V
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, A DESOLATE SCENE.
a. Visit to the Region Affected by
the Great Earthquake in
Now Zealand.
i Veritable Womlerhutl, Rich in the
Molt Mcirvloti3 Omtion of
' Nature. ,
The Acid I'.lvor.
1 left Ohincniutu In company wltli
Mr. Goldsmith, district surveyor, ami,
tfter throe hours' riding through a
aiountuinous fern-clay country, reach
ed the survey camp at Harehcru bush,
i few m les from the most southern
jrator and close to the edge of the mud
line. On the road from Ohinumutu
very foxv indications of the eruption
aan be observed. On the Moorangi
ranges, at the base of which the track
.les, the deposit ejected on the 10th of
June still remains, giving a bluish tint
:o the lofty hills. As Harehcru is ap
proached, however, the signs of vol
:anie action become more evident.
The ground is covered with a depth of
iovoral inches with scoria, ashes, and
auul, and hero and there onithquake
jracks are met with. These are caused
oy a subsidence of the ground, and in
tituost every case follow the Lues of
former depressions which are a very
inarkud feature yf the country. It is
also noteworthy "that thev invariably
run northeast and southwest the di
rection followed by the great fissure or
Jino of volcanic force. The cracks vary
in width from a few inches to two or
three feet, and in some places are from
three to four feet deep.
After a short rest at the camp 1 started
for the southern crater, pasmg on the
way a part of the bush whic.-t has the
ippoaraneo of having been subjected to
the full force ot a. scorching blast. About
half an hour's walking brings you to
the miul-l.no proper, Helmut you high
brown fern clothes the ridges and val
leys, while in front, as far as the eye
can reach, stretches a mighty undulat
ing ocean of dull gray mud, in the cen
ter of which rises an enormous volume
of pure vh to steam, while in the back
ground 'J'arawera, gashed and broken
lowers, If. 800 feet into the sky. It is a
scene of fearful desolation, of which no
one who has not gazed upon it can form
the faintest conception. In most places
the mud is consolidated, and is as hard
us cement, but here and there one comes
across nast. patches in wh.ch xou s nk
at every step over the knee. Walk ng
under such circumstances is excessively
dillicult and fatiguing. The mud clings
like glue to the fool and leg. and it re
quires considerable physical strength to
get through these places. 1 was fully
an hour crossing a patch of soft mud,
which under ont nary circumstances 1
could have walked over in live or ten
minute;. Willi the exception of thesj
places, which can not be avoided, walk
ing, though laborious, presents no very
great d llietilty. The surface is furrow
ed in all directions, presenting a .simi
lar appearance to plowed laud, while
deep water course are frequently met
with. The southern crater is formed
in a high hill, the sides of which are
covered w th fragments of rocs, prin
cipally trachyte. From the lip to the
hot lake at t;ie bottom of the crater is
between live and six hundred feet. Very
little steam arises from this crater, but
the water in it was boiling furiously
and landsl ps were constantly occur
ring. A little to the northeast of this crater
is a hot Ink.) of about an acre in extent.
This has been called Echo lake, from
tho fact of a remarkably distinct echo
being heard here. In a large number
of places it was bo'Iing with great fury,
and its surface was covered with diny
colored foam. The sides of the lake
arc hiirh and steep, but at one po nt
t hoy have been broken through, and
three weeks ago the lake poured out
enormous volumes of boiling water at
this point, which formed a river of con
siderable diinens ons, and its course
can bo diat netly traced, tho banks be
ing from twenty to thirty feet high in
some places. Since then, however, the
lake has fallen and is now several feet
below ts former level.
Divided trom the lake by a narrow
strip of land is the Hole-in tho-Wnll
crater, an enormous gap in the snlo of
tho hill. It is an ugly an 1 fearsome
place, lull of steam and water of mky
blackness. Th s crater an 1 the lake
have a playful habit of squirting water
and throwing stones into each other.
Fortuuutol , however, the day I stood
between them the refrained from in
dulging in this sport. All round tho
hillsides right down to the margin of
tho lake whero 1 was the ground was
covered w th indentations, marking
whero heavy stones had fallen and
buried themselves in the mud, sp'.-i-h-ing
in all droclions. and g ving tho
side of tho hill the appearance of hav
ing been bombarded. These depres
sions are ercular in form and vary
from lour to thirty feet in c.rciinifor
enee. Tho Rothomanana craters which lie
beyond were sending up u beaut ful
oloud of steam and thunder. ng away
with great act vity. The wuul was
bitterly cold and swept over tho bleak
mud-covered hills with tremendous
force, earning with it clouds of pebbly
dust. Hound I ho cone of the southern
crater the surface is br.lliantly bujow
elud with beautiful white crystals,
xvhiuh sparkle like diamonds in the
sunshine.
Tho return to camp was a fatigu'ng
journey, ami crossing the soft mud
which had grown softer and sticker
than over, "wits a toilsome pioce of
work. Dur ng the night several shocks
of earthquake were experienced, and.
the d. slant rumbling of tho craters
sounded oloar Htid unenunv in the still
nwss of lh mid. light.
In tho Wai.uapu valley, w10i, nos
botwoun these two gint peaks, there
k u new wonderland, r eh in tho most
marvelous erent on of a tmstor.ous
nature, and hitherto unexplored by
tourists. There aro hundreds of
ltunarbies, hot .priugs. stoum holes,
lakes of the mot lov ly tints -front
rich green to deep blue nat " biulin,
clour us crystal, and luiuu.urc terraces
of great beauty, although falling far
short of tite matchless charms of the
p nk and white terraces. At present
there are no tracks in this new won
derland, imd traveling is consequently
somewhat dillicult. but 1 bolievo it is
lite intention of the government to con
st ruet a good track through the valley,
the whole of which ought certainlv to
be procured for the us.s of the public.
When projerlx opened out the region
will beyond quest on become the chief
attraction of the lake distrct At
present, however, the volcanoes aro the
"Teat s ght, and will long continue to
Tie so to the scientist and the mere sight
seer. They are objects which are
unique in the world.
1 have traversed tho whole of the
northeast side of the enormous fissure
front near Lake Okaro r ght to the top
of Mount Tarawcra. and can therefore
speak with some amount of authority of
tlioextraordinary character of thecoun
try. The journey occupied two days, but
it is possible to "do it in less lime. Fol
lowing the edge of the tissurc. after
crossing the Keho lake, we reached a
high hill overlooking the Hotoinahana
craters. Standing upon this lofty em
inence, wh.ch 1 may name hero as
Mount Herald, one had a splend d view
right down into the craters, many
hundred of feet below. The dense
volumes of snow-1 ke stream rising
slowly from hundreds of d lie rent
points, and merging into one enormous
cioud, formed a kaleidoscopic picture
of indeseribablo beauty. Continuing
our journey northward we got into a
deep water-course, the banks of which
r.so on either side to between fifty and
sixty feet. Getting down the narrow
channel, which in places made a sheer
descent of from twelve to twenty feet,
was not a very agreeable experience,
as the overhanging masses of mud
threatened to come tumbling on the
to of us any moment. However, slid
ing, dropping, leaping, and scrambling,
wo succeeded in getting out of it m
safetv. It led us into an enormous ani
ph theater which has been blown out of
the sloping ridges formerly ran down
to the margin of Uotoniahiia lake. The
wall-like back of this amphitheater
is formed with marvelous regu
larity. This great arena is filled
with huge bowlders anil tremendous
masses of rock. In tho center, h.ss
ing out from a pile of broken
rock, is a stream of boiling water, which
rushes with great velocity over tho
fragments of trachyte which lie in its
course, tinting them a rich brilliant red,
and winds along the arena and pours
into one of the craters, where it is
evaporated. Crossing the veritable
Waiwora river which is about twelve
feet wide, required great caution to
avoid getting scalded. We next cross
ed the lied river, a. stream of cold wa
ter highly impregnated with iron and
t nged the color of blood, and pitched
our tent on a mud ledge on the banks
of what we named the Acid river. The
water was tepid and had an alum taste,
and, as we d.scovercd later on gives oil'
suffocating gases. Wo were able to
procure some firewood, and after some
d llieulty succeeded in finding cold
water the color of the mud around us.
We had lea, and when it grew dark, we
turned in for the night. None of us
slept verv souudlw The tent got lilled
with the fumes from the river, which
caused a stilling sensat on. The
craters close to us kept warning inces
santly, and the spring wh eh fed our
Acid river worked itself up now and
then into an alarming nlnte of activity,
threatening to send the stones which
blocked its vent living around. To in
crease our uneasiness we could hear
tlie mud banks on the sides fall.ng with
a loud splash into the river at intervals.
During the night it was cold and our
bed of mud was painfully hard.
Soon after daylight we were up. and
as wo had slept n our clothes some
of us in our hats and mittens our dress
ing did not occupy much time. After
bicakfast Mr. Smith and myself, accom
panied by Harry Lunditis. started to
ascend Tarawcra. The sides of the
mountain were covered with fine scoria
ash, as hard as rock, rendering it dilli
cult to got a footing. When near the
top of the mounta n we came across a
frozen lake, and in the crevices there
were snow and ice. Tho top of the
mountain is beaut fully colored by lite
fumes from the steaming holes wh oh
line tho edge of the fissure. The de
posit is quite .000 feet in places. Stand
ing on the edge of tho fissure, we could
look down into tho craters, winch arc
now quiescent. They aro d vided from
one another by narrow ridges. Great
cracks run along the edge in some
places, threatening a trein ndous laud
slip. Gigaut.c bowlders lie on top in
all directions, having been thrown out
of the craters, and, looking at these
enormous masses, some idea can bo
formed of tho tremendous force which
must have been tit work to throw them
up from a depth of 700 feet.
The descent was accomplished in
safety. On the way down wo witness
oil a fresh eruption between To Hupo
o Toroa and Kom ti. This new volcano
was ejecting stones and mud to a great
height and omitting a hirgo cloud of
steam. Previously there was a small
tepid lake hero, which looked innoconl
enough, and no ouo would have sup
posed it likely to be the seat of a fresh
outbreak. At the fool of Tarawcra, in
the line of the chasm, a beautiful green
lako has been found. Hut I must re
servo a detailed account of all we saw
until another time. Wc reached our
tent on tho Acid river, and as tho
weather looked threatening wc decided
to push on to camp. We therefore
packed up, and each with a huge swag
on his back started for Paroheru. which
we reached nt dark, and just as tho rain
began to couio down in torrents.
llotorua Cor. Auckland Herald.
A Delicate Sense.
Tito spoctroicopo capable of indi
cating tho millionth part of a milli
gram of sodium has Ihjoii regarded as
tho most delicate of all moans of anal
ysis. Its keenness proves to bo far
surpassed, hoxvovoi by that of tho
sense of smell, late European investi
gation having shown that the nerves of
the nose aro sensibly afl'ected by one
four-hnndrod-and sixtieth part ot a
m Jligram of liiorcaptaii a milligram
boing .0151 of a grain. And if such
be the delicacy of human snioll, what
must be the minuteness of tho smallest
part clo which max produce n 'jnnrea
tiou on the uoso of u dog!
NO HArtM IN KISSING.
The w.itr tli. jvl blv ,liore,
Tlie wind ' k; tin li'!li;
Tlie untx-nms .s the tulip buii
For the o.lor It distils.
The drwdrojH kiss tli roc at mora,
The i-ereons iew at ev";
Tlie fern mid flown- enrircllug clasp
Iu mystic leant ies weave.
The moonbeams kiss the rlmnl t night.
The star cem kiss the sea,
While shadows, dieiimily and soft
Are k is.i i,T oa the sett.
The 8Purs kfs the Imilrilmc pink
That blooms en Ix-anty's !ln,
The ruder Wrists though cold aud clilU,
Its ruddy nectar tip.
The wind, the wave, tlie huddli!)' tloxx'crs,
The latiiililnir. inorrv rills.
Are Ulsiiie all IYomi morn till eve,
And clouds still Mss the hills.
Even Heaven and earth do meet to kls
Through tears of sparkling dew;
lu Uhslug then, can there be harm!
I don't thluls so do jouj
A Family Man.
' One of the patty hail just road a
newspaper paragraph concerning the
prolilicness of a Georgia family, when
old General Madtield said:
"Yes, twenty-one children are surely
enough for any one family, that is. if
the father anil mother are not very
fond of children. 1 have known of
families, however, where you might
take txvculx-onc out of tho llock aud
then some one, look ng at tho rest,
would say. 'my gracious 1 never saw the
like of children.'
Some time ago I traveled on horse
back through tlie northwestern part of
the state. One dav 1 fell in with a
rather companionablo old fellow who
jogged along on a pony. At night, on
on occasion, we stopped at a house
and requested accommodations for tlie
night. The owner of the place, a
newly married young fellow, treated
us with much courtesy, and tho next
morning when we proposed to settle,
he would not accept a cent. While we
were standing at tho gate, my compan
ion, addressing our host, said:
"It scents to me that I have seen
you before."
'Is it possible that vou don't know
me?'
I know our face, but I cannot re
call your name.'
"W'y, I'm your son Hill, the one that
married last week.'
'W'y, how aro you. Hill shake, old
fellow. 1 knew that one of my boys
got married, but I'll be dinged cf " I
did't forget which one.'
" 'Ann's married too.'
" 'Ann who?'
" 'W'y, sister Ann married vcslor
day.' . '"Your sister Ann! Oh. yes,' ho ex
claimed, with suddenly recollection, 'the
one with long, light ha.r with one eye
a little out of plumb.'
" 'Oil, no, you aro thinking about
Jane.'
' 'That's a fact, I have got them
mixed. Let me see, Hiil, what was
your mother's name?'
" 'Emily; was old Archie Smith's
daughter.''
" 'Ah, hah. but do you remember
which one of my wives she was?'
" 'The fourth'ouc, 1 have heard her
say.'
" 'Yes, so she was. My stars, how
t'lno does lly! A family grows up
around a man before ho can scarcely
realize it.'
" 'How mail)- times have you been
ntarriedl1' I asked, as we rode along.
"He took out a greasy old account
book, turned to a page covered with
figures, and said: 'Ten t mes. Haven't
had the best of lueic with inv wives.'
" 'How many children have you?'
"lie scratched his head, in an em
barrassed way, and repl cd: 'Now
ou've got mo. Hill, back .winder, is
putty good at figures, but I never could
do much iu arithmetic' "Arkansuw
Traveler.
Open Wide tho Windows.
Directly tho sun begins to decline, let
every midden and housewife, and man
aud woman and child with an eye for
tlie p cturesque, and a feeling for health
cud bounty, throw up the Venetian or
I'ar'sian bl.nds. Open your rooms to
the glories of the evening; throw up and
pull down the sa-hes; open wide all
your doors. Let cool breezes enter tint
corridor and cellar and garret and
room; let the 'caller" air circulate
through every inch of tho house hour
after hour, while you are getting your
evening meal, while you say your pray
ers, while you think of others after the
toils of the day. If it be your priceless
lot to dwell apart from city life, and
have outside your cottage or villa or
mansion, flowers, those lovelv gifts of
Dame Nature, lot scents of roses and
thymo couio in at everv gap in Hie
hedge, at every rift of the wall, at ev
ery cranny of the house scents of rose
mary and mignonette, and lavender and
borganiot. and lil' and elderborrv.
Welcome tho del cato perfume on its
cooling, refreshing, heallhv m ssion. It
is Ilvge.'s gift a superlative boon for
tho dog days. Dc3 Monies Mail.
Altogether Too I'urticular.
A guost at a hotel iu Florida taMcd
of the butter and asked tho waiter
what it was. Tho servants didn't
know, and tho head-waiter was call
ed. He professed his ignorance, aud
the guest sought tho landlord.
"That." said tho host as ho tasted it,
"probably represents butter."
"Hut don't you know?"
"Not exactly. I've got a steward
who is groat" on experiments, and
whether this is crenmory, dairy, com
mon, artificial or tho Chicago buttorino
J can't say. James, take this gentle
man out and introduoo him to tho stew
ard, and see that it is charged extra iu
ids bill." Wall Street News.
What tho lieu Thought.
"Mama," saiil a little girl, "I love
hens, boouuso they think of their pray
ers evory day."
"Dumb animals never prav, Lucv."
"Hut a hen always thinks about it;
tho first throe words of it, anyway."
"What are the llrt thrco words,
Lucv?"
Now Hay." Carl J'ntsel a Weekly.
nnr,mjtri
THE IDtAL. NEWSPAPER.
An Ititerottiitr Itsiny on Journalism
bj tlenry Wnttcrsoti -1 ho Three
tniilliiiil Vrlnelnlos of l)ls
lntoresteUucsx. ( leanll-.
ness, nml Cnnnvlty.
In a letter to The LomsviUc Courier
John.nl from Lausanne Henry Watter
soti writes: Yet, after all. has not lit
erature, and particularly fictitious liter
ature, under its old forms, very nearly
run its course? is there anything iu
books which the newspaper, adequate
ly rendered, can not better produce
and supply, except the records of times
when there were no newspapers ad
milling that works of the imagination
have exhausted their possibilities and
spent their force? Mind you, no man
thinks less of the current newspaper
than I do. It is a vast power minli
reeted, and, 1 was almost going to say,
wasted. Hut 1 have in my fancy a
newspaper not so misdirected or wasted,
conducted under flic largest sene of
public and personal.responsibiliiy. cd t
cd with tact. ah. lily, and care, intelli
gently and cleanly, and, where the oc
iiision requires. brilliantly written,
.uul yet furnished with all the re
sources of modern enterprise and or
ganization. Xo newspaper answering this de
scription now exists iu the world, and
perhaps none is likely to exist for a
long time to conic. Hut ouo will exist
as soon as the experiment is tried bv a
man equal to the task aud master of
the situation immediately at hand.
Then the public, seeing what a news
paper can be, will not hesitate to make
its choice; and. after that, it will pav
no man of brains and ambition to lish
mud out of the sewers.
Hut, it may be asked, what ought a
newspaper to be. and what can .1 be?
It should, to begin with, bo a history,
nnd a complete history, of yesterday,
neatly and justly told. It should, to
end w th. be a chronicle of the life and
thought, and, as far as may be, a ic
llectiou of the temper and tone of tho
people, done with absolute fideli'.y.
I'he newspaper which first achieves
Ihe.-e purposes will be the greatest of
practical successes, just as those news
papers which have approached litem
nearest have been tho greatest practi
rnl successes.
At tho bottom of this seheino lio
lliree cardinal principles. They are:
Disinterestedness.
Cleanliness.
Capacity.
The ideal editor need not be nay, ho
must not be a neutral, or a ''free
lance," Often the worst kinds of ser
vil ty and corruption are found nias
querating under the pretense, and
-oinetinies the actual belief, of "inde
pendence." No man can amount to
much in this world who does not be
lieve in something, and who lias not
some method in his believing, aud to
say of a man that he is not a partisan
is to imply that he is either a scamp or
a skeptic. The ideal cd tor maybe as
partisan as he pleases. Hut he must
be disinterested; thai is to say, ho must
Do what he claims to be, and must seek
,o r. present the truth, as ho sees it, for
truth's sake, and not for the sake of an
olliee or a job. lie must deal fairly
and frankly by the punlic. Even the
professed nd orates of special interests
by do ng so have gained great ered t;
how much more credit is to be gained
and merited by one who dedicates him
self wholly to tho general interest?
Too honest to be bought and too bravo
to be bull cd, such an one needs only
capacity to compass every end possible
to the reason of li s being, lie will es
U.blish between his re a lers and him
self a perfect understanding; just such
an understanding as is established be
tween the upright, banker and his de
positors or the honest lawyer and his
clients.
Journalism, if journalists would only
sec it, is qu te as exact a science as law
and bank ng, and to if the same gener
al prine pies should bo applied as aro
ajipl cd to other professions which de
pend upon the faith and credit of the
many, and which look for tho.r re
wards to the service they render the
public. Tho banker who neglects Ins
bank, tho lawyer who quits li s ollico to
seek other kinds of profit, or fancied
profit, political or otherwise, than be
long to his legit mate business loses
no matter what ho may gain by his
venture professional charaeier anil
custom. So will and so doos the
journalist. Journalism is no less n
jealous mistress than law, and will as
reluctantly div.de her favors with an
other. Indeed, iu public life the best,
and all, that any man can huvo is a
constituency; and this, once inquired,
may not be trifled with. Ho who is
true to it will stand, as ho who is not
will fail, aud the rule works precisely
the same iu tho press as in politus.
There have been, of course, somo
journalists who have shouo in ollicial
I fc, but not many, because the condi
tions that make a man brill ant iu
journalism aro tho reverse of those
which mako him brill. ant iu olliee. The
business of the journalist is to arrest
tho attention of the public from dav to
day, and this puts u strain upon the in
ventive faculties and tho nerve energy'
which are at war with tho steady and
Uurdy composure indispensable to sue
cesssul administration. In his public
intercourse tho journalist Is a ib-hatcr,
not an administrator. Ho must bo
ready upon tho instant for all comers,
is allowed no time to rolled or prepare,
and has to spoak to every disjointed
thought, giving each its proportion. An
event, an idea, no bigger than tlie first
ray of tho morning sun, appears above
tho surface of ulliurs; he can not wait
for litis to disclose itself, bul'must deal
with it nt once; it shows its face a little
more, aud ho must murk tho change
aud deal w th tl at; and, finally, by tho
time it has reached its complete de
velopment and is ready for statesmen
to tako hold of it, tho journalist has
put it before his roudors iu many ways,
according as it may havo altered its
aspects in tho process of rising above
the horizon ami ascending to its zenith.
He who is unwilling to submit him
eolf to the limitation which such work
ts this imposes had beat leave journal
Am severely alone; but to those who
Teal'ZO it and accept it there are lively
times and plenty of uscfuluos ahead,
for few puru t in the woiM are more
var able and ecii ng than journal in.
Hut I was speak, ng of literutfir'! and
journal:sin. and Ihe gradual crowding
out of the one b the ntber. Already
the greatest publishing houc4 are the
great newspaper oliiees. 'i'he eminent
propagandists of Christendom no long
er rely upon books. To lie ecluded
from the nowspap rs or ignored by
them, is to be lost. 'In Mr. Gladstone
and to Dr. Doellingcr. to Mr. ltu-k n
and to Mr. llenrv George the newspa
per is a necessity. The press of lite
world can anv day of the year, and by
a Hash, as it were" supply fifty million
of readers. Its wealth is proportion
ate. Three or four newspapers can
form a s ndicate to overbid anv possi
ble combination of book publisher-.
The end must be. therefore, that the
best writing will find its best compen
sation iu the journals, and. as time
goes on, the journals will gradually
draw to themselves the best writers.
When that time comes, it will not be,
as now in journalism, a contest of epi
grams and epithets, in which those who
are the sane est couio oil' victorious,
but an open aud responsible competi
tion for legitimate patronage, based
upon the principles of supply and de
mand which prevail iu other liiins of
business enterpr.se.
No until who has marked and consid
ered the wontl rful progress of journal
ism tlie lust forty yours can doubt this,
or fail to. see that the journal of the future
will surpass the journal of tho present
day in character and tone quite as far
as the journal of to-day surpasses the
journal of yesterday in opportunity and
equipment.
The ideal journalist must be inde
pendent of the political managers and
the party workers. To be so independ
ent lie must keep out of their company.
He must bn independent of the ad
vertisers. To be so independent he
must give litem a medium of eoninuini
calion which they can not dispense
with. He must lit' . independent of
money pressure. To be so independent
he must mind his own bit-ness exclu
sively, a process which rarely fails to
secure pecuniary independence, the
root of every kind of independence.
Ten years of honest ell'ort in these di
rections will establish him who makes
it in public credit, and that alone is any
man's fortune.
King the Hell Softly.
A drummer for an eastern houso sat
amid a group of colleagues who wore
admir.ng his veracious style of spin
ning "calkers," when one of the gang
said:
"Tell us a fish yarn. Hob."
"I'll go ye." said Hob, and forth
with he' commenced:
"I took my vacation last week and 1
ran across Grove.r, who was on a fishing
excursion, i inv led myself to become
one of the party aud had a good lime.
While we were throwing ll es in the
pools. G rover dropped li s seal ring in
the water. He took it easy, as though
he never expected to see it aga.n.
About a half an hour later we hooked
a line large trout wh ch, when he was
lauded, we cut open, and what do you
think was found u him?"
'Here! Here!" the crowd exela'nte.l.
".Somebody pull the boll."
"You can l pull any lulls on me un
less yon can guess "what was m the
trout."
"Spring something now, Hob. Tho
ring story is too old."
"I have said nothing about Ihe ring.
When the trout was opened, we found
the New York base-ball club ins'do hid
ing away from ilio Chicagos." Van
rrcUel's'Ucechf.
A Hint (o Lovers.
If any limit desire to know the char
acter of his chosen future wife, let him
tako her hand and hold it up between
him and the light. If considerable In
terstices and eh uks show themselves
between the lingers it is a sign of n
desperate inquisiilvonoss. Mrs. Hluo
beard doubtless possessed such ill-lilting
fingers. If on the contrary, the lin
gers lit closely together, Ih-y denote
avar ce. Secret hoard, cheese-par. ng
tendencies, and a candlo-ond style of
of liousekeep ng may be prophesied by
tho light of ch rosopht in such eases".
This may be one of tho instances in
which the study is to bo found praeti
cally useful. In the sum j way young
women may bo advised to choose a hus
band whose hands are naturally red.
His d sposilion will then be cheerful,
sanguine, hopeful. The man with dark
colored hands w 11 prove an indifferent
compan on. Ho inclines to biliousness
aud melancholy. If the hands are
wdtite, Ihuv denote a phlegmatic d spo
sit on, one scarcely mora agreeable to
live wilh than tho bilious and melan
choly. .Siiin'H lleiul Level.
Sunt Jones, the evangelist, has a busi
ness shrewdness about hint that insures
success'. Ho says: "I am worth $100 a
day now, but if I got enough newspa
per advertising I'llsoou be worth 81. 000
a day when 1 preach, and then I'll go
to Europe." Many a merchant and
manufacturer could profit by adopting
a judicious system of newspaper udver
tis ng. Let buyers know what you huvo
to soil. Shrewd advertisers are aban
doning all, other advertising mediums
and devices except the well established
newspapers. ISoalo i Jliulgct.
A Productive Tree.
"My son," said a father to ltls little
boy, "what tree yields the most fruit?"
"The apple tree?" said tho bow
"No."
"Tho poor tree?"
"No.''
"Tho peach troo?"
"No,"
"1 guess it Is tho axle treo then,
papa." Carl I'rclzeVa Weekly.
Ail Aid to Jloinory.
Cimdlfato to voter I bollovo you
promised to vote for me.
Voter I don't recolluot. I've prom
ised to vote for o nuiny fellers that I
can't exactly remember.
"Take sumethlng?"
"Don't euro If 1 do. Hy the way, 1
bolievo I did promise to vote for you."
Uoo'laU'a bun.
PULLING FODDER.
1M11 Arp'8 Sketch of n Country S-'ccno
Hulling fodder looks like a hard busi
ness. writes Hill Arp to The Al'antt
Constitution. My tenants get to tin
field early while tho grass and tin
weeds and the morning glory vines an
all wot with dew. and tho ground L
sticky with moisture. They aro toot
wet up to their knees, and tite r pant
Hop around their ankles and th-' d-nv
drops fall iu their sleeves, but the.'
don't seem to mind it. Hy and bv oi
the situ mounts up over llietn the dev
disappears, and the sultry heat coma'
down and there is no chance for i
breeze iu the low ground coin, but still
they pull away, and talk and laugh at
merry as if they were hav ng a frolic
Then ho has to tie it up and carry i
llirough long rows to tho cud of tin
field, and the big pile of twenty o:
thirty bundles is all over Ins head" anc
his shoulders anil ho goes bump uj
along the cornstalks anil gets tho trust
all down his neck and in his exes, bin
still he don't mind it, nnd brags hoxi
many bundles he carr.ed and nevci
dropped nary one.
There is soniething mighty cheerfij
about xvilling labor, toil that "is content
cd sxveat that is no curse. 1 couldu'
pull fodder if I was willing, bull ac
not xvill.ng. If I had a step-lad lor am
a boy to tote it along fri.iu stock ti
stock and there was no dew .ill I the siis
xv as behind :. cloud, 1 might xen uro I
short row. Heiug xvilling is the grea
thing about labor. He ng xv Hingis tin
secret of success in anything. 1 heart,
an old man say that "any man couli
quit drink ng xvhisky "or chexviu
tobacco if he xvus xv Ming. He it. us
get his own consent the lirt th ng, auc
then it is easy to do.
It is a man's nature to xvork up ox
netly to h s lens. on. II. s task must b
done. I'ullmg fodder is dis.tgre able
but the fanner's m.nd has been xvurkei!
up to that for years and so it is al
right. It is part of his business. W
all string up our nerves and our xviil tc
the tension of our condition, our necessi
tics. It is like luriiing a screw on a vio.
tin to get the. strings up to tho chord.
When they slacken they won't play it
harmony and wo must tighten tin
tension again. Dr. Felt on lives tw
miles from toxvn, and I live live
and my minor Wccms lix'cs ton
'J ho doctor's road is just as lonji
to him as mine is to me, or as the tet
miles is to Mabor Weenis. Wo have al
got used to the task, the journey, and
screwed our fiddles up to that tension,
but I xvould get awful tired if I had to gc
as far as Weems and Dr. I'ellon
xvouldn't live xv hero 1 do for anything.
The doctor is sorry for me, anil I aiu
sorry for Weenis, and ho is sorry foi
somebody beyond him, but our sympa
thy is xvasted. There is lots of sympa
thy xvasted in this xvorld, but it "shoxvi
a good heart to have it. As the burden
is, so tho strength shall be. If l.iboi
is rewarded it is all right. Rowland
says he don't mind pulling foilder at all
if "it don't, get. wet and spoil in the
curing. Contentment is xvnat xvo al
xvant, and the poor man can In as con
tented as tho rich one if his labor is ro
xvardeil a reasonable reward. Then il
is xvilling labor. Tho watchman gooi
on duty xvillingly at midnight. The
doctor hears the door-bell r.ng xvillingh
when deep sleep litis possesst d hiin oti
a cold and stormy night. Tho ni rht
editor of the daily pap-r s a wimp
slave to the lump. Every true mat.
will serexv his courage up to thostiekinj
point if the rexvard is iu sight.
Hough I'Yeil Needed.
Under this head, argues the Wash
ivfjton Tost, all domestic animals noei
rough feed, or "stover," in xed nlonj
xvith tho lino food hos as well as tin
rest. In the case of tho rtiiniiiatiu
animals it is doubtful if gra n or men.
fed alone goes to the first stomach a.
all. A largo majority of tho expert
moots made to determine this po nt,
clearly show that lino tods do not, tc
any material extent, go to tho lirsi
sloiitaeh xvhon fed to cattle alone; am!
if feed does not go to the first stoniaoli.
it can bo only very imperfectly digest
ed, since it escapes the maccral nj
process of the runteii, and bo ng renins.
t eaticiited and mixed xv th tho saliva.
How true this is every feeder of cattle,
iu the West at least, must know. A
largo proportion of tho kernels of oori.
cute. i by the animals is found in theii
droppings, nomu xvhole, others broken,
but all und gested. if thoy had passet'
into tlio first stomach they xvould havi
boon raised an I renmstiealcd, aud cer
tainly xvould not havo escaped fhii
pro ess scarcely broken. So it is xvlter
meal is fed. It passes into tho thirc
and fourth stomachs, a mass of dough
into which tho gastric juices ciinuo1
penetrate. It is true that the muscu
lar contractions of tlio stomach xvill
give a gontlo motion to th dough; but
tins xvill mako it more compact rat hot
than of a iharaet r thai tho gastrii
ju co can operate freely upon it. If,
however, xvo mix this meal with cut
slraxv or hav, the mixture xv 11 go t
tito first stomach, and xvill. of course,
bo reimisticatcd, wh to the bits of iitraxt
or hay xvill allow tho gastric julco t
circulate through tho mass and insurt
complete digestion.
Hair Lifters.
"Yes, sir," said tho Groat Travolor,
"I huvo Boon, with my oivn oyos, a
xvlld Indian tako tho scalp of a xvhito
man actually l.ft the hair from hit
liead- and It made mv blood run cold."
"Tlmt's noihing,""saId tho Sceptica.
Honrd-sr, "that's nothing; right hero ic
Lynn, on Market strcut, I have seen i
man actually take thrco men in succes
sion by the scalp and actually lift theit
hair from their bonds."
"Way, tho man must havo boon crazj
drunk or a lunatic," salil tho G. T,
"Perfectly sane and sobor as I am,'
replied tho S. H.
"Well, xvho hi the name of goodness
was ho? '
"Ho xvus a harbor," solemnly said
tho S. H. Lyn Uu on.
Demlwooil l MifTcrlng from u lea fm!n
there not bili) cuoukIi In tlio town to cool i
xrliUii) covUtuil. Orcut fiulTt-rlnjf prevail.
(itaux C'dy Jotteml,
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