A NOVELTY IN VOTING.
Description ir lh Hallot Mihm'ttecl to
(ho Miinclniinlt l.cl"l"t'irn.
Messrs. Diehard II. Dana ami Mor
rill Wymtiti. .If., have propnrod for tho
Committee on Election Laws of tlio
Mnssacl metta Legislature n Imilot
which, in many ru-jpects, is the host
nicauro of tho kind wo havo i-ver soo'i.
Tliulr l)IH opens with ii provision that
nil ballots shall bo printed snil dis
tributed at public expense. Upon thut
point thoro is no longer nnv division of
opinion, everybody conceding the wl.--ilom
of taking from tho political organ i
tintlons the dangerous und corrupting
control of llio bullous whicli have boon
bo long in their hands.
Each Imilot shall contain the name,
residence (with street and number in
city elections,) and party or political
appellation of every candidate whoso
nomination for any ollleo to bo speci
fied in the ballot lias boon duty made,"
the nsitncs to bo arranged in alphabet
ical order, except that presidential
electors arc to bo arranged in a sepa
rate group. The provision for distribu
ting the ballots to the election ofllcers
at llit polls is so specific and so inter
esting as an cfToetivo means for pre
vent! ig forgery of tho olllcial ballots
that we give it in full:
"Sec ion 11. Tho Secretary of tho
Commonwealth shall send the proper
ballots, specimen ballots, and cards of
instruction printed by him, to the sov
oral city and town clerks, so as to bo
received, ono sot at least forty-eight
hours before the day of election, the
other set sent separately .so as to be re
ceived at least twenty-four hours before
the day of election. Thcso ballots,
specimen ballots and cards shall be
Font in separate sealed packages,
clearly marked on tho outside for the
lolling place for which they are in
tended, and tho number of ballots in
closed. The ballots, specimen ballots,
and cards f instruction printed by t Ii
cit)' dorks shall each set bo packed In
separate sealed packages clearly marked
on the otiLshlo for tho polling precincts
for which they are intended. The city
and town clerks shall send to the sev
eral otlicers of each precinct or to tho
selectmen of the town buforo tho open
ing of tlio polls on election da)', In tho
manner in whicli tho ballot boxes are
required to bo sent, ono full set of the
packages of ballots, specimen ballots
nnd cards intended for that polling
place keeping iv record of the 111111111111'
of ballots sent to each polling pi sice.
The second set shall be retained until
they are needed for tho p irposo of vo
ting. At tho opening of the polls 111
each polling place the seals of the pack
ages shall be publicly broken and the
packages opened, and the books of bal
lots handed to the ballot olliccis herein
after provided for by the precinct ollleer
or the selectmen of the town presiding
nt such polling places. Tho cards of
instruction shall bo posted in each
place provided for the marking of the
ballots, hereinafter provided for, ami
not less than three such cards, and also
not less than live specimen ballots,
jvostcil in and about tlio polling place
outside the guard rails, before any bal
lot is delivered to any voter."
When tho voter receives his bailor,
after he has shown that he is entitled
to vote, hu must go alone into a com
partment ami check with a cross in the
margin of the ballot (lie names of the
candidates for whom he wishes to vote.
Then he must fold his ballot so that the
olllcial iudorscmoiii on the back will
ho xisib'e, and, coming from the com
p:(rtmeiit, deposit it in the ballot-box. No
ballot without the nlhVul indorsement
can bo received by the olllcers in charge
of tho b tllot-buxi's, and if any such
should get in, it must l thrown out in
tla counting. Any voter who allows
his ballot to be seen by any person with
tho apparent intention of letting it be
known how ho has voted or intends to
vote, or any person who interferes or
attempts to interfere with any voter
while marking hit ballot, or who at
tempts to ascertain In any way how he
has voted, .-hall bu punished by a Hue
of not less than i?f or more than if 100.
Xatton.
Odd Facts About Gun-Cotton.
When gun-cotton or other high ex
plosives are freely exposed upon an iron
anvil and detonated, the explosive
leaves a deop and periiianent inipres
sinn upon the .surface of the metal with
which It was in contact. Tho impios
Mon produced by tho exploding mass
is an almost exact copy of that face of
tho explosive which was in contact
with tho Hiatal. This is best observed
with gpu-oottou, for, from the nature
of the material, It can bo shaped ac
cording to fancy, and such llgures and
designs as ono wishes can bo stamped
upon its surface. Thus, if a disk of
guu-cotton, on the face of which tho
loiters "U. S. N." and the date "1881"
are iuduuted, be detonated, it will be
found that tho letters and figures will
bo reproduced in the iron, and, most
singular of all these phenomena, thoy
will bo indented in the Iron just as they
wore in tho gun-cotton. Sorlbners
Maqazint.
V',(T Why Ho Could Think So.
TwoMiieii on a railway train bogan to
discuss a book which tho newsboy h:ul
left 011 tho sunt.
I think it is a very wotvk thing,"
paid ono of them. "I examined It awhilo
ago, nnd I sua that tho characters arc
weak and 111 drawn.'
"1 like it very iiiuuli," tho othur man
replied. "1 think it is ono of tlio llnee-t
pieces of liotlon over produoud In this
country."
"1 don't sou how you can think that."
"I do, for, you sec, I wrote it." Jr
kamato Traveler,
A blind physician at lViis.vola.
Via., has a largo pi'iielico, and goes
Huout tuo biruuu uiuimuu.
PRINCESS SALM SALM.
IntorenllMK lllatory nt n Homnntlc, C,ecK
creil untl KTonUul Life.
Several queries liavo been made of
Into as to what became of l'rinccfl9
Kalm Salni, an American lady whoso
, venturesome character elevated her
Jfoni tho common people to the rank
I of Princess. Newspaper stories havo
1 ecu published from tinio to time about
her, but nono contain a full and cor
rect account of her life and Until dis
appearance from tlio eyes of tho world.
Tho lust days of her career wero a
I nppy conclusion of a life full of ro
tanutic associations. Through tho
kindness of L. E. Hinckley, now resid
ing in this city, but who wns born and
raised in the Princess' native village,
tho Call is enabled to give some inter
esting particulars of her life.
Well I remember," ho said to a
reporter, "when yet 11 .child in my na
tive town of Philipsburg, Province of
Quebec, listening to old Captain Henry
Joy spinning yarns in his little cob
bler's shop. Wo called him Captain,
but ho was a privateersman in tlio
American service, and finally settled
down to mending shoes and harness.
His wife was an Indian squnw a
Cherokee, I beliovo tho pet of all the
littlo children and a female doctor.
They wero married many years and
lind a family of two sons anil four
daughters, but died some years since.
"These were tho parcnU of Princess
Salm Salm, quite illiterate and without
any ambition, and thoy were always
the same there. Adelaide Joy, tho
Princess, was a remarkable child, and
even then would ride bareback horses
through tho country without any fear.
She could shoulder a gun, too, and
spent many a day hunting in tho woods.
School was a matter of small impor
tance to her, so at fifteen she went to
work in private families. This monot
onous life was badly suited to her ad
venturous spirit, and nt seventeen she
went to Su Albans, VU, and thence
South with Cliarani's circus as a tight
rope walker and equestrienne, under
tho assumed iiamo of Agnes Sinclair.
"It was rumored that she was mar
ried to a performer, hut she was cer
tainly married to sonio oflicor of tho
Federal army after she had left tho cir
cus when tlio war broke out. Sho trav
eled to Mexico with this oflicer, and
there mot Prince Salm Salm, who ac
companied Maximilian. Salm Salm
wits Prince of a province or princedom
in Germany, ami was sentenced to be
shot with Maximilian, hut through her
pleadings the Mexican authorities par
doned him. with the understanding
that he should immediately depart for
(!orinauy. It was never known what
became of the American ollleer, but
the Princess then accompanied Salm
Salm to his native laud, and they li.etl
together there in peace till the out
break of the Franco-Prussian war.
Then the Prince fought with the Prus
sian army and fell before Met.. She
died about three years ago in Germany,
m.d left two sous, who arc young men
now.
"During her lifetime sho never for
got her parents. A letter would bo
received regularly every three months
by the postmaster of Philipsburg, and
It contained a remittance with another
letter for the old couple. Her picture
and that of her husband and children
were suspended in the little cobbling
shop and would be shown with pride
by the old father. The postmaster was
always instructed not to disclose her
identity to that of the people, lest it
might rum her social standing in
Europe. After hordeath she was high
ly spoken of, and her charitable acts
during the rrauco-l russian war are
still reiiieuihered.
"When a domestic servant her natu
ral desire for adventure and the stage
induced her to study Shakespeare, and
she purchased large volumes of his
works. In her palmy days, when Phil
ipsburg had been parted from her for
ever, these same books wrapped up old
shoes ami the illustrations adorned the
walls of tho shop.
"The Princess was a dark brunette,
very hnuduomo and engaging in inan
, uers, still she was not a woman who
depended on natural gifts or graces as
objects to gain her ends. She died at
the age of lifty-livo to sixty years.
"The whole family are now in good
circumstances. Ono sou, Henry Joy,
is now a prominent physician of Chi
cago; the other, (ieorge, is a purser of
a Cham plain steamer. 'Mrs. Mendall,
a sister, is owner of the Mendall Lith
ographing Company, of Chicago, and,
in her own way, made a success of
life. She married a working-man, who
died quite young, leaving a small busi
ness, whicli she then managed, with
good results. She now lias several
houses on Dearborn avenue and is
reputed very wealthy. Another sister
is married to a Philadelphia banker,
and the fourth is the wife of a United
States olllcial in Mexico. (Ieorge re
sides in Philipsburg with ids daughter
and guards tho old homestead, where
a reunion of tho family is sometimes
hold," San .Francisco Call.
Tho Ruling Passion.
Life was ebbing fast, and his hours
were few. Ho was a Third avenue el
evated brakomau, and eating his meals
between stations had sapped his vital
ity. "My dear young friend," said tho
minister at his bedside, "I trust that
what has boon so graciously vouchsafed
to 1110 to say will comfort and sustain
you. 1 will leave y$i now for tho
'present."
"Very well, sir," responded tho sick
man, feebly. "Step lively, plonso,"
A'.'J'. Sun. 9
1 1
It Isn't every newspaper render
who can tell a typographical error
from 11 great American joke. Washing'
ton CriHc,
WHY flROWN WAS JIUTED.
A Domestic Melodrama and Its Harrow
Inc ComK-qarnce.
Tho other day Miss Jones spent tlio
afternoon with hor friend and former
Bcliool-mate, Mrs. Smith, who has been
married several years and has a beauti
ful boy.
"I heard tho other day that you wero
engaged to Mr. Drown. Is thcro any
truth it?" asked Mrs. Smith of hor
friond, who was holding tlio baby.
"I am not engaged to Mr. Drown.".
"Dut ain't you going to bo? Ho is
such a nice, steady young man."
"That depends upon circumstances.
Ono tlilnir is sure, if ho expects mo to
tako advantage of my lca-year privi
leges lie will wait a good long wliile,"
replied Mis Jones.
"Dut would you accept him if ho wero
to propose?" queried Sirs. Smith.
"I am not quite sure that I would.
Men aro so unreliable."
"Don't you love liimP" asked Mrs.
Smith.
"O, ho is a very nice gontloman, but
there are so many unhappy marriages
that I don't think I care to take any
risks."
"You should get marriod by all
moans. I usod to think and talk just
liko you, but now that I am married I
am twico as happy as I was. I have a
good, kind husband."
"You never quarrel, I suppose. Ho
never says any thing rude or unkind,
and ho never goes out at night and
comes home lato?"
"O, no. of course not."
"Never grtiniblus about theoxponso?"
"What a strange girl you aro? What
makes you ask such foolish, silly ques
tions?" "Well, you know thoro aro some
such husbands."
"I've read about somo such cases of
brutality, and Pvo heard people talk
about such husbands, but I don't know
11113' thing about it-"
"I am so glad for your sako that you
aro happy. How sound tho dour littlo
follow sleeps."
"Yes; I wish you would take him in
the next room and put him in his little
cradle," said Mrs. Smith. Her friend
compliod with her request.
While Miss Jones was in tho noxt
room tlio door was suddenly oponed
and Mr. Smith entered. Ho had just
come home and did not know Miss
Jones was in the house. It was plain
to see that ho was as mad as a wot hen.
Shaking a bill at his wife, ho said in a
hnar-o. cynical tone:
Hero is anotlierone of t-otir infernal
bills. You must think I'm made of
money."
"Il-u-s-h!" said his wife, putting hor
linger to her lips and pointing into tho
other room.
"Hush,' he blanked, "I don't give a
continental whether tho blank brat
squalls or not. 1 want you to under
stand that I don't propose to put up
with any more of your extravagance.
This is is tlio second hat 3-011 have had
since we wero married. Do 3'ou pro
pose to break me up in business witli
your Houseless extravagance? D3' the
wa3' 3'ou l)U3 now mt' 0,10 WH,dd sup
pose you had half a do.on fool heads on
your shoulders."
"O, (Jeorge! Dear George!"
"Justehoeso that 'doah Georgo' rack
et (mimicking her.) Only last week I
I paid a grocery bill of one dollar and
tliiity-sovoii cents. You must think I'm
a Mule Jay Could on wheels. Did a man
bring a demijohn of brandy and two
hundred cigars for 1110?"
"Yes, and here is tlio bill for lifty
soven dollars."
"For heaven's sako quit looking as
if you were going to blubber! I just
came home to loll you not to sit up for
me. After the lodge is out 1 am going
so attend a littlo oyster supper with
the boys and some theatrical people
down at the hotel. I may not get back
before three o'clock." and oil' ho was.
Of course Miss Jones hoard every
word of this joint discussion, and when,
shortly afterward, Drown proposed, ho
was jilted and bounced so promptly
that ho left the house without his hat
and cane. Ho was oven more aston
ished than tho lightning was when it
struck a magazine containing 1,756,81:1
pounds of giant powder. Mock ing liird.
Gum and Peppermint.
Chewing gum lias come to bo con.
sidcred tho popular euro for dyspepsia,
at least by those young dames who
have reason to imagine that thoy sutler
from the ill ell'ects of midnight suppers
and too long a series of dinner parties.
In Newport last summer peppermint
drops wore Introduced at a certain
point In the meal and partaken of by
every one, and at an ontertalnniont
which was given recently, when Ice
cream was served, Jamaica ginger was
passed and a few drops recommended
to counteract the ell'ects of tho ice.
When the plates wero changed for tho
last tlmo at a gentleman's dinner, given
a few nights ago, each one hold a ticket
for a Turkish bath, a sad commentary
011 the condition that the guests must
havo boon In. A". V. Press.
Printers Exempt from Cholora.
The printers havo been exceptionally
exempt from falling victims to tho
cholera epidemics which have rccontly
occurred in the South American con
tinent. When the yellow fever epi
demic in 1SG8 created consternation
here tho Typographical Union had only
to pay tho expenses Jor two members,
and both of thoni recovered. Now to
day tiio same incident is recorded in
Chill with respect to cholora, where wo
lind that, according to the report of the
president of the Typographical Union
of Valparaiso, up to the date of his
last report, not one of the one hundred
members of the Union had been at
tacked. Thus they enjoyed tho same
good fortune thoy hm experienced
during the previous your. L n .1 j l'eruj
Vrema,
INSIGNIA OP MERIT.
Ktiropean Order uf Knighthood of Morn
Hi an Ordinary Interest.
Inquiry lias been niado as to tho sig
nificance of tlio Iron Cross the lato
Gtnperor William was so desirous to
.lave buried with him. The Iron Cross
s tlio chief badge of military service,
mil was conferred upon William when
ic wns a Prince by his brother, then
King, for great bravery and sol
llorly conduct. This was in 1849, when
lie was given supremo command of tlio
royal forces when Daden and the Pala
tinate rushed into arms against consti
utcd authority. The cross was more
prized 1)3 him bccauo ho had been re
called from banishment he was exiled
by imperial order in 1848 and the
order pour Ic meritc, hotter than his re
call, attested his restoration to favor.
Tlio order of the Iron Cross was
founded by Frederick William in 1813.
The insignia is a cast-iron cross with
silver mountings and. bearing 110 in
scription on the reverse ; the upper
part of tlio obverse contains the initials
"F. W." surmounted on a crown ; tho
center is adorned with three oak leaves,
below which is the number 181U. When
the cross is conferred for military
merit, the ribbon .supporting it is of
black watered silk with white stripes;
for civil merit, the ribbon is white
watered silk wiih black stripes.
Other European orders limy bo rc
'erred to with interest. The Ito3'al
Prussian order of tho Dlack Eagle,
founded in 1701 by Fiderick, is a blue
enameled cross, each arm of whicli is
forked with a center gold monogram
"F. It." (Fredricus Ilex) and a crowned
black eagle with spread wings. The
motto is "Stiiim Ciquo" (every ono his
due). The order is never conferred
upon persons below thirty years of
age. (lormaiiy has also the order of the
Rod Eagle, the second order of tho
kingdom, founded 1705; tho roj'al or
der of the HoiHC of Hohenzollei'ii, a
gold cross with white and black en
amel, founded 1841; tho order of
Louise,' a small black enameled gold
cross, founded in 1814, exclusively re
served for ladies; the Davariun order
of St. Hubert, founded 1411, to be ad
mitted to which requires that ono
should havo been six years a member
of tho civil order of merit of the Da
varian crown.
Austria shares witli Spain, since the
time of Charles V., the right of the or
der of the Golden Fleece, founded in
1 129 by Philip III., the Good, Duke of
Durgunih' and Count of Flanders. The
French Legion of Honor wns founded
in 1802 us a reward of civil merit or
military valor. The highest order of
Rii'-i-ia is that of St. Andrew, founded
1(198, anil is conferred exclusively on
persons of the most exalted rank. It
is represented hy a blue enameled
liguro of St. Andrew on the cross.
Ru-sia has a military order of St.
George, founded in 17(i9, which is
never confcri etl but for a gallautiw at
sea or in the field. The insignia is a
white enameled cross with gold rim, on
the obverse side of which is an imago
of St. George and the dragon.
Spain lias numerous orders, tho old
est being that of 'lulatrava, founded in
ll.VS, and is now a court distinction
rareh- conferred. The order of Alcan
tara was founded in 1177, and is lim
ited to those who can prove noble
descent through at least four genera
tions. Tho orders of Great Dritain aro
more or less famous. The lirst in dig
nity is that of the Garter, founded in
1:149. The next that of the Thistle,
founded in l.rIO, the motto of which is
"Nemo mo inipunc lacessit;" that of
St. Patrick, 178.1. "Quis Soparabit?"
that of the Hath, 1.189. "Tria junetu in
uno;" the Star of India, 18(51, motto,
"Heaven's Light Our Guide;" St.
Michael anil St. George, 1818. The
chief order of Drazil is that of Pedro,
founded in 1822.
Denmark has ono of the inot illus
trious orders of chivalry, the order of
the Elephant, which ranks even with
that of the Garter, founded at an un
certain date, but probably in tho
twelfth century. It is limited to thirty
knights. Italy's chief order is th it of
the Aiinuneiada, reorganized in 1518.
Sweden lias the nobler order of the
Seraph, founded 12S0. and limited to
twenty-three natives and eight foreign
e rs. t'lt kaifo Inter-Ocean.
South American Mosquitoes.
Some ludicrous stories aro told about
adventures with the mosquitoes, lhave
been solemnly assured that often when
they have attacked a boat and driven
its captain and crew below they have
broken tho windows of tlio cabin by
plunging in swarms against them, and
have attempted to burst in the doors.
Although this may bo something of an
exaggeration, it is nevertheless true
that frequently horses and cattle, after
the most frightful sufferings, have died
from mosquito bites 011 board tlio ves
sels. Not long ago a herd of valuable
cattle wero being taken' from the
United States to a ranch upon tho Mag
dalena river, and became so desperate
under the attacks of the mosquitoes that
they broke from their stalls and all
woro'drowned. Passengers intending
to make the voyage usually provide
themselves witli protection in the shape
of inoMjuito bars, head nets and thick
gloves, and when on deck are com
pelled to tie their sleeves around their
wrists ami their pantaloons around
their ankles. American Magazine,
Tho latest medical theory pre
scribes only two meals a day one at
the beginning and 0110 at the end of the
day. If people adopt this plan and
carefully avoid working between mwils
life would be much easier. It is work
ing so much between meals that make
lifoso hard. Xorw r HuUcUn.
-Washington lYrritor now claim
to 'uu out '200,000 inhabitants.
KNEW HIM WELL.
A Female Wltnem ConTlnce a Lawyer
AImot Atalntt Ills Will.
"You know tho defendant in this
case, do 3-011?" asked a Kansas 'awyor
of a female native of tlio soil.
"Know which?" she asked.
"The defendant, Jake Lynch."
"Do I know Jake Lynch?"
"Yes."
"You want to know if I know Jake
Lynch well, if that ain't a good one.
Why, mister, the Lynch family nn' "
"Can't you sny yes or no?"
"Why, Jake Lynclr's mother an' my
step-dad's father was ouco lirst cous
ins, an'"
"Then 3'ou know him?"
"Who, Jake Lynch? Me know .Tako
Lynch. You're a stranger in these
parts, ain't you?"
"That has nothing to do with tho
case. If you know Jake Lynch, say
so."
"If I know him! Lcmme tell j'ou
that Jake Lynch's birthday and my
brother Hiram's is on the same day,
an'"
"You know him of course, then?"
"Who Jake Lynch? Ask Jake if I
know him? Ask him if lie was ever
introduced to D0M3 Skelton?"
"I don't care to ask him an'-thing. I
simply want to ask 3011 if Jake Lynch
is known to 3011 personally."
"Pussnnly? Well, I don't know
what you mean by 'pussonly,' but if
3'ou want to know if know Jake an'
if lie knows mc, I can tell you in
mighty few words. Jake Lynch's
father an' my fatVor "
"Now, I want you to sav 'yes' or
'no.'"
"Thought vou wanted mo to say if I
knew Jake L'nch."
"That's jus't what I do want."
"Well, then, lommo alone an' I'll
tell you all about it. Jako Lynch was
born in Iujccan an' I was born in tho
same county an' "
"And of course 3-011 know him?"
"Who Jake Lynch? Do I know
Jako Lj'uch, when tho very boss he
rid hero on was ono ho traded my
man a span of young steers for?
Wli3-, man, Jake's wife was Ann Elizy
Skill', an' her an' 1110 is tlio same age
to a da, an' "
"That will do. I see that you do
know him."
"Know him? Know Jake? Wli3',
man "
"That will do."
"Win, I Wits married on a Chows
da3' an' Jako was married tho noxt
da3', an' his oldest 1103' an' 1113- oldest
girl is most the same age, an' "
"That will do." Detroit Free Press.
DIDN'T MIND THE BITE.
A CourKMiii4 .-I1111 who Couldn't hn
llcat.'ii Out ol 11 llorxn Trail,-.
A Georgia man, while standing in
front of a blacksmith's shop, was bitten
1)3 a dog, "Gracious alive!" ex
claimed tlio blacksmith, "run homo
and pra3' for tho salvation of 3-0111' soul
for 3'our body is lost."
"How so?" tho old fellow asked as
ho rubbed tho place where the dog had
bitten him.
"Why, that dog is mad. Look how
he foams at tho mouth. That's tlio dog
tlio neighbors havo been looking for!"
A putl'of smoke camo from tho bushos
near b3 tho " bang" of a gun was
heard and tho dog fell dead in tlio
road.
"Neighbors boon lookin' fur him,
eh!" said the old follow who had boon
bitten. "Wall. I ain't been lookin' fur
him, hut it 'pears sorter liko bo's been
lookin' for me, "
"Run to a doctor, man."
"No, I kain't afford it. I hired 0110
last spring to euro tlio chills on 1113'
daughter Nan, an' I thought it would
break 1110 hothitioualy 11 p agin I got
him paid. Nan, 3-011 know, married
Abo Slater shortty afterwards, an' I
sa3s to Abo, s'l, 'Abo, 3-011 oughtor
pav a part of that chill bill?' -Whut
chill bill?' says he. 'W'y Nan's,' s'l.
'Oh,' sins ho, 'I didn'tmartw the chills
too. I only married Nan, an' I nach
ully expected the chills not to cut no
figgor in the transaction.' An', sir,
Abe he never would pa3' a cent on
that chill bill, but puttj soon 'long
come the big ynllov agor, crecpin'
down tho big road. Wall, sure, it
hopped a-straddlo uv olo Abe an'
rid him putt- nigh ter death."
"Dut that ain't got nothing to do with
that mad dog. You'll bo a dead man
in loss' 11 nine days."
"Wall, I'll wait an' soo, an' pf whut
3-011 say comes true, w'y I'll own up.
1 ain't no ban' ter dispute alter tlio
lacks havo dun gone agin me. 'Taint
thator way with Abo, though. He'll
argy when ho knows ho ain't got no
show. I liko tor soo a man stick up
fur whut ho boliovcs, but then whon
a feller finds bo's wrong, wv ho jest
nachully ought ter cave. Wall, good
luawnin'. I've got a boss trade on
han' over yander cross tho branch,
an' I b'l'evo I'll fix it up bofo' tho fellor
gits outen tho notion." Arkansaw
Traveler.
There is no doubt that tho light
Dralima is tlio host fowl for profitable
rearing of market chickens, as it will
mako the largest weight from a certain
quantity of food In tlio shortest time.
Spring chickens of this breed willoasily
weigh two and a half pounds at three
months old, and oightornino pounds In
eight mouths. The oggs of this breed
are more valuable for food and forpns-
, try than any other kind, but thoro are
j other fowls that will lay more oggs. It
is not the number which counts fot
j profit always.
Plants most cultivated by working
people in the cities are said by a tlorist
to be the geranium, tlio holiotropo.
uicnsia, tiaisy, guiyuovfor, primrose,
I pink aud oxulis.
WHAT IS PESSIMISM?
A Theory In Hie Air as UimulMtantlal aa
Many Other Silly Theories.
We have heard of commentators
darkening with many words tho sub
ject they set out to illumine. I trust
that no such misfortune is to result
from the labors of tho Drowning
societies in this country and England.
To class the keen-sighted, but large
minded and genial-hearted Drowning
among the pessimists seems a mistake
hard to account for to one who hns
found in his hopeful philosophy, n
greater encouragement than almost
any other single writer, teacher or
preacher of to-day has to give. I
confess to being skeptical as to tho gen
uineness of much that calls itself pes
simism, or, rather as to tlio existonco
of many thorough-going pessimists. I
question tho propriety of classing
Pascal among pessimists called " re
ligious," for to my mind the ideas of
religion and pessimism aro incom
patibleeven religion as Pascal under
stood it. It were truer to say of
him that, in tho struggle of his
intellect between faith and under
mining doubt, his mind at times lost
hold on religion, and then, for him, tho
universe was darkened, and chaos came
again. If to "recognize that in this
world sorrow outbalances joy" bo pes
simism, then I tako it that the major
ity of persons past thciryouth, who have
minds to think witli and hearts to feel
with, are pessimists. Dut such recog
nition of tho fact of life does not settlo
tho question whether it is worth living.
Drowning says, in tho person of
the pagan poet Cleon: "Life's inade
quate to joy, as tho soul sees it" that
is, in unalloyed fullness of perfection;
3'ct the pagan could imagine a state of
being above tho present in which the
"jo3--h linger" should Do satisfied, if
Zeus tlio all-wise were the all-loving,
too. It seems to me that tho true
pessimist, like tlio true skeptic, is
nothing if not thorough-going, and
that to be ono requires a greater hard
ness of head and coldness of heart
than belong, thank Heaven, to 111:1113.
A genuine pessimist should go out and
drown himself, as tho practical out
come of his belief; if ho does not, it is
because, in spite of thorny, lie con
trives to find life tolerable and if for
him, why may it not bo for his follows?
Tlio formula of pessimism is, or ought
to be, that this is tlio worst of all pos
sible worlds, and therefore let us each
and all get out of it. Schopenhauer,
the "great apostle of pessimism," so
far as ho was sincere and consistent,
was so in virtue of his coldness of
heart, the "luminous selfishness whicli
guided him through life." He was
never guilty of really associating with
anyboih', we are told. Dut, granting
tlio existence of a few convinced and
more or less consequent contemners
of the world and mankind, 1 think it
remains true that pessimism is mostly
a theoiy in tho air, as unsubstantial
and harmless as main other theories
that men have manufactured in all
ages of tho world. To return to tlio
point whence I started that Drowning,
of all men, should bo called a pessi
mist seems wonderful, most wonder
ful, and 3-ot again wonderful. To roc
ognize the forco of circumstance and
the fatality of chance in tlio life of
man, the irretricvablcncss of his mis
takes, liis capacity for suH'ering, tlio
possibility of his deepest joys trans
forming themselves into his most
poignant griefs, the frustration of hope
and the heartsickness of unfulfilled de
sire, "infinite passion and tlio pain of
finite hearts that yearn" to sco and
feel all this docs not make a man
a pessimist. To put into a word
that dianictricallv opposite view I tako
of Drowning, it seems to 1110 that, a
few great names apart, no poet with
so wide ami deep a knowledgo of hu
man nature and life has so uniformly
maintained a tone of steadfast aud
lofty hope. His world is not made up
of saints and heroes, but of struggling,
sinning, sorrowing men and women;
yet in liis creed they havo always tho
power to erect themselves above them
selves. Main; of them find victory oven
in defeat, joy in tho midst of pain, and
honor, faith, and love worth, even in
this life, more than oas3-going com
fort and the satisfaction of selfish pas
sion. The confidence of Drowning's
tonocontrasts witli tho uncertain utter
ance of most of his brother poets sinco
Wordsworth. Even tlio latter spoko,
as it wore, from tho lonely hoight of
abstract contemplation, while Drown
ing's voice comes up from amidst the
throng of active human life. Ho says
of it
"This world It moans Intensely, and moans
Rood j
To find Its moanlnc is my meat and drink."
And tho facts of oxistonco which move
tlio shallower thinker to lamentation
and doubt, nanioty, tho mutability of
all things and tho disappointment ol
hope, stir and stimulate Drowning, so
that ho cries, of this "old woo of tho
world, tune to whoso rise anil fall wo
live and die"
"Hlse wtth It, thon ! Itejoico that man ts liurloo.
From change In cbaiiKu unceasingly."
Atlantic Monthly.
To touch a young calf to drink,
back him into a corner of tlio shed and
stand astride ids neck so he can go
noithor backward nor forward, having
tho pail in roach. Put throe fingers in
ids mouth, letting him hold his head
as high as ho likes; dip up the milk
with 3our freo hand and pour it into
the other; it will run down into his
mouth aud ho will begin to suok. Now
lift the pail up to his nose, and as ho
gets interested gently lower it toward
tlio ground. Ho will object to this,
but you will como it after a littlo.
Now begin gently to tako your fingers
out of his mouth; you will succeed in
this before long, and the calf is broken.