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. GIRLS IN COLLEGE.
tTlint It Cost to Kutct iho Ills Institution
of I.ariilnj;.
At Vitssar Collcgo tho smallest sum
cn which u jfirl can pay hor bills, aside
irom scholarship aid. is about $J50.
Of this amount $100 is for tuition and
$S00 for boiird and washing. A genius
in thrift ami Vnssar noes nuch a
geniu3 now and thon can buy liar
books anl stationery and supply her
self with tho mnall incidentals dear to
school girls for tho remaining $50.
Car faro, ir nho goes homo between
terms, and L.j larger items of dnwa
arc not included. Necessary expenses
at Smith, Wollcaloy ana Byrn Mawr
do not greatly from tho figures.
iFivc-hundred dollars would represent
the :-: "to yearly expondituro of no
amnil p.o;.ortion of the girl students
in V. a schools. Six hundred dol
lars i- n Kbcral nllowanco, and 700
more il. "i luxurious. Tho largnst
suu- pr it hardly rlso above tho rain
imv.M 'A'.!'1-, tho president duoniod
lioipf. :' for' comfort and pena of
mind at C mbridgo.
Boston University, of tho co-education:.
1 i I'lioois, has no dormitory sys
tem, and girl student:) from a di3
lanc exercise no small ingenuity in
housing and feeding themselves with
out overwhelming board bills. Four
doll.-w a wool:, whon necessary, some
of tl urn I'iid it possible to livo for, or
$1JS for thirty-ovon wooks in tho
city. Add $100 for tuition and $50 'for
bookf, cu-faro and incidentals, and a
jcar'fi sr-h'ioling is provided at a cost
of $3L.
Somo of tho country colleges, while
.giving a substantial education, treat
tho pocket-book with great lenionoy.
St. Lawrence University, in tho north
ern I'Dvt of Now York, for instance,
tutor t young women as well as 'on
for ?I0 a year, and tho townspeople
take them to their hei'.rts and their
Txat .uest chambers for $11.50 a ccit
Education there still costs Hubslnnllnl
ly what it used to at tho older schools
in tho pioneer days.
To work ono's way through oollcgo
unaided Is a hard task, but is now and
then accomplished by a sturdy girl.
A lnrgo-cyed brunolte, not sturdy, but,
fragile-looking, graduated from Bos-
' .ttn T n 1 1-r.i.a t i, i f,m vi, iuj fi tri litr
ilndlng a situation as waitress ina
restaurant, wearing tho whlto apron
. during tho rush hours at morning and
flight, and in vacation soison tho day
through. To save is somotimes easier
than to earn, and I liavo tn mind one
group of four girls, two from Boston
Unlvcrhity and two at tho Harvard
Anno:, wiio cngagod two ndjolnin
i rooms in a (pilot house in Boston and
J oonrdod themselves on an average o
i $3.70 per week. Their rooms coat ,
or S1."'' . ah. Tlioy took breakfast at
) st t malt i tauvaut, whoro oatmoal and
if at oak i. t 'Jo cents. They ate an tip
i nlo and n -limVf bread for lunch and
ii n'jrnt thoy poo'.od resources, sproud
ing napk.'H on tho top of a trunk and
feasMii r on bread and milk or broad
3nd a taslo of eanuod meats. Once
neighbor surreptitiously insortcd six
classes of jolly in tho bureau drawer
whiih secvod as commissary depart
raont, and thon they dined Voyally for
Mcvcral days. Tho food cost them
ench 35 cents per day, and nono ol
them Hullered by tho experiment,
lhoir expenses fit" clothing wore
no create in prop irt'on. One mom
Ler of the quartette possessed a single
gown, a well-worn black cashmero,
llolng invited to a professor's roooptlor
ono evi'hiug, she remained away froir
day's ivltntlon while oho sat in n
cloak and petticoat cleaning anc
pressing and freshening with rlbboiif
her old apparel. At night she onjoyed
.lieraelf unite as thoroughly as the
rest i f tie company. A'. Y. Cor. Jn
dianapuhx Journal.
BONE-MEAL V6n POULTRY.
It Is "Xiuiltlivt anil NtrfiiKtliniH tlu llmiri
utiil 1. (;(.
' Mnnj farmers think that tho lions
mny shift for thomsolvo. If thoy dc
well, all right: if thoy aro found dead
or dying it Is not much loss. Tor th
tfnpltnl invested no stock on tho farn
will pry a well as tho poultry well
carod for. Ono of tho llttlo things thai
ought to bo looked after to have tlx
poultry always in good trim is a sup
ply of bono-meal. Poultry Alison
should not neglect to use sutllclent raw
bono either crushed or in tho form ol
meal. It contains limo as do oystoi
shells, but it contains animal mattui
-which is of great value. Bono whei
burnt is of comparativoly llttlo vnlui
over oyster shells, but when orushoc
or ground raw supplies value pooullai
to ltsolf. All classes of poultry aro ox
tremoly fond of iL Caro should bt
taken to havo it pure and Hweot. It it
good for all classes and agon of poultry
Por young chicks It should bo used it
tho form of meal, mixing a smal
quantity two or throo times a wool
with their eoft feed, say one quart to i
bushol of corn-meal.
In young turkeys it Is almost impos
siblo to pn vent leg weakness. Abou
, -tho tlmo of their "shooting tho red,'
whon their health becomes establishe
and thoy grow npnee, tho dovolopmou'
s f ft.rittina mill lirvu ,1 1 ....
raoro iiuuini iimbiiihiiiuuh ui iimiuiiu
111 1 I ... 1 1 ... I I , I..
f than can bo a Horded by thu usual artl
oles of focd. It l woll to begin t
mix a little bone-meal with thu feoc
of young turkeys and from tho Unit
thoy uro four weeks old It can bo uset
, froely,
iu JiJJUi ions uiiuuia ii iwiiun, 1111
it Is nutritious nnd strengthens thi
bones and legs. All ralsors of younj
I ono of tho ovjla to which thoy aro ox
ro ed and this 1b n natural provontlvo
nnd horo is ono or tho casos wiier.
iirovoution ia bottor than ouro, Bmh
f . .... .I. . i ...
tun ami oinor Asiatic oiiiuks ir wu
wo reason uro groatly bonolltod b
,H wq.OMo toultry Journal,
SQUELCrtEO.
A Story Trllni-'n IMa Hj:aMl Only on One
Cnr.illtlrm.
"I IJPow." tliij nortticrii nipnilKir mi!il oo
caxlntuill? nay, "that ih.'o;! wmiJd lirMntr to
j iK'Iio'o nniiio of tho Hung I imve lti toll-
i.c; uiioiu my criflri',iu'',; in iio war, uui
Uiov iiiv all tino t iliu lef.or "
"t iloii't dmibt for n moment." satil t!ie
ucHiorti insu, "lio nn't in tlia wir "And
now Jnc; li t mo toll you l.ttlc mnritanu
rtliry- :nm icyotiil u dcuit nail not l:i tito
I wist (Uiiy, tuiiigb I will iimfMN UIaaooIiI
tlmt It Unf Ijuits on It A orouJ of tnfti
u-i.'n. siltii.g hi n vilnoii nn nilit n:nl u ir.na
up nnd comineacfil to rulatu tin esprt-f!ic;-uf
liiR own. It inn lilic tlili 'I iramffa
slii;ten yiinosi wliliMi uas wreckctl In intil
ocrnn. JJany ut tho KUetiHrs did not sue
eifd la tct,tic lato tlio life inmw at.tl sotno
i:f ii3 IkkI to Jump Into the water. 1
inn.! n.,.1 l.(.!i mnnitrfnit tfi
hold at n pircfj of thn'.icr Jiwt blf.
t:iiiij;li to nip)Mji't itkv lipcovorlng my
Ircath I c-ot:.i-alutjjl tnyticlf on Imving
iujport I'tiouz'.i to puMiibly !;cfp nw rilln.it
until 1 coiilil ins pickoil tip li.v wi.'tiu lawiiiig
vawH'l. Sud:!nly 1 fth tr,ecitd of inytirabrr
-u down, and tarnliiR inr lieml, ii:aco-eml
that niwIixT arm Im.l crcbUxl hold of my
lamlmr. In a lantr.Mitor two o tveixi about
toi!i!t. I u: ;;i'l tilin to bo caroiu', but be
r.ca:!il n..t lu-iii mo. '.Vo drlfwd along lor
korio nu :i, v.t!n I iiiud'up my tiiind tbut
oao or t'.ie w! ;:cr of u:i nnulil bavotngodoirn,
for with mucIi prtiuiv It wa-t only u matter
of t.':ne when '. would both low oar plocof
timber. 1 ll:ri!!y oilxwl my way uptotVo
taaii and clioklug him, iar.de him rolcnto his
grlji. lie fell o.T, and I Mippim diowiud, for
1 paildlod r.wny i ru:d wi'v him no moro. It
was a cruel thing to do, bat self pro-ervatlou
I(OUik tho lii-st law of aatiiiv, I looked out for
."o. I, Vo'Qvnay not boiiuvo this., bat, Rontlo
men, it Im thu truth.'
"Tlicn." tho uu.;tcr congressman went on
to relate, "a Uls m-in. with buv board nnd
ilorce loolo'o; oyebnP.'H, nroo from n corner
and wiids 'Alua for yoa, it as trno. 1 vrut
tin) man yon pushed that awful day from tho
pinco of timber. Hal ha I ou thought yon
liod drowned mo; but 1 live to faco tho man
who treated mo so. Ivital fortune, when 1
tirrM) from bon-j-.'.i the nnry -wnves, seat
nlo.iR p-t 'i r pioco of timbor, and, though
I' ' uy yon, I liiiiorensth enough left to
..;( Ilho an oyster to my timber, and in u
few hours I waj rescued by a pasning ship.
For nearly trn loa,-; years 1 havo been hunt
ing you, sir, and you shall tlio. I will gfvo
you ilvo minutes to prepare for death mora
than you would k'vo mo in mid ocean.'
'-A-If '.'.SrT. ft A
k f i i r e
6 ri'SfeAr.r
'G'AUif-- ill
r r, a, n&r
n
"T!u crowd Kceracd ili'-ncted to intorfcro,
but the li:g niati with Imuhy bwutl drinv two
pintoln, ard called out: 'Utnml l.wl;, every
iiiiflyl' and with tho death dealing weapoiw
ho eiivercil tho party who had narrated tho
ocean osprrlL'tice. Tho latter pleaded for
iiv.'icy, and ovcnttir.Uy tho big man with tho
bushy board calil: 'I will hparo your lifo only
on ono condition.'
" 'Xamo itl' gasped tho frightened man.
" 'That you will confess to ritla crowd that
no Mich thing os you havo related over oc
cerrod, and that you havo simply lioeii tell
ing a whopping lie, thinking that theso peo
ple would beliuvo you.'
"Asipilek as u fla.'.li tho man admitted that
lio had simply bo-.-a roaumemg. Ho wna for
given, but not until after ho had tiruted the
homo." Detroit Tribune.
A DiuigumiM SutOoct.
Killtor-iu-Chlef (to suhordlniitel As John
Ij. Is about to die, you may wrlto a neathlng
article, revlan ing his hfo and congratulating
tho cotritry on his exported demise.
HubKiilinnto Tlio morning dispatches an
nou.ic hat Sullivan's chancer for recovery
am rvccilent.
liditor-ln Chiof-r-In that casa yon may
writo cn editorial uuggestiag that ICtlrain
may yet meet Ida match. Omaha World.
Of Two KvlU.
Dealer I wiy, Jahe, It's lieginning to rain
ud thoro gw old Noverpay acriiss tho street
with tho now h?it ho got hem last week. Tako
him out an umbrella or he'll havo it ruined
heforo ho Rots home.
Clerlt Why, sir, ho'll keep tho umbrella.
Dealer lio matter hurry up I'd rather
Iomi tho umbrella than trust him for another
hat. Djtrolt Fmi IVcsm.
An Ax lu I.lou of it Ptlo Urlrrr.
"Why did ycu hit Kato Dunmn on tin
bead with an r.xl" nsketl .lustlco Ford of
llridgut Alagulro. of iVi Madison titvt, in tho
H'-jsos Mnrkrt ixilico court, this morning.
"Yer honor, thero was tiothiu' heavier
handy," was tho candid reply.
Tlio Mauiro wnn held lor oxamhiMion.
New York Uvoaing WorhL
Ono Wuy.
Doy Say, mister, father wants to know
what's tho chetipckt way of cottln' UctU lu
crtwl. Vlago Dentist Woll, I reckon the cheap
est way that I know of Is to conic mid ktcal
my apples when my bulldog's uiimiul.Ei
chauga None of lilt ItulnPM.
"John," Mild his wife, "go out and stop
thOMi toys from torturing that cat, Tlio cries
of tho poor thins ahuot Urlvo mo eruxy."
"Just shut tho wimlow,"jUo wild, without
looking up from his pair. "It isn't oar eat."
Now York livening Sun.
linoiiiy.
First Dame Whatkhall wotlo today I Let'i
po to tho mutiueof
liecotul Damo Can't; wo haven't nny
money, it takes money to go to tho mriuro.
First Damo no It docs. I did not think of
thau Woll, let', go i hopping. Philadelphia
Kecord.
Hun short.
Iiakor (to foreman) Ain the pls lu yet,
Fritxl
Foreman No, ln I'm waiting for tho
boy. lie's gonu mound to tho I hi fiber Unit
ing and Packing coaijvmy (or a foir moro
bottoms. Life.
Too Much for tlr Onliiiu.
Walter (to cintomer)Fln' do ktivilt
uu"
onioat all light, talif
Customur idutiioiuiyi elKir I tmuk ilia
stwk UkM uway wimewhat ttet tUvor of the
onwus. i'osm Slf Ullffa.
ti j'.r
A
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CAPTUREO BY INDJAN3.
In ttomntitto JINtory nf Mexican ipn
rriil's Steit-llii'ntiter.
J.ilsa JoEwio Lacombo.-, who Is mnkiug
i abort visit to thi.i city has a romantic
history. Sho is tin stop-daughter of
General Lagrmto, a retired Jioxlcan
iJlicor, w ho became a citizen of tho
United States many year ago.
Mlsa .Jos'lo Avas stolen from hor par
in's in 1871 by tho It.initto tribo of
i ad:an3 of Northern Id..ho. I'or thir
Uon years hor parents wei-3 unaware
of her whereabouts, and intmy tiniiM
had givon her up for dead. The mat
ter was bro'ifjht to tho attention of tho
t'-rted SiteHOovcrmrant, and a search
bogan. Cionaml Sherilan wa3 the man
selected to Iwk up tho case, and after
i prtrastad invojtigatifm, in which
the d. partmont at Wnshintrlon tx
pmdod many thousands O dollars, and
during which tnrsny ii?es wero lot, she
w,.s re- ouovl Angtist 7, 1881. Tho guide
whom (lo.ioriil yheridan cmployjl
dt'rin.; his search iru the famous Dosh
KonMnglo.i, u groat Indinn ucout and
fr.ituer unun.
litii', i;aoomocr is a woman perncps
two!i!y-ix years of ago, nnd although
giving no ovidenco of earoful education,
i i quit.! intelligent, and ia not in any
wise rotic?nt about relating tho history
of hor captivity. When she had ar
rived at tho ;igo of thirteen, ono of tho
chiefs of tho Bauitlos decided that lis
would make hor his wifi'Q Sho indig
uaiitly refused, declaring that she
wished to go back lo her parents.
In order to forco her to marry tho
copnor-eolorcd Captain tho Indians
resorted to easy methods of torture,
but. finding it impossible, gradually
Increased thu dose. As ovidenco of
tho ordQil which sho suffered, Miss
Latiomber now oxhibi t s sl.O een wounds,
the result of knifo gashes on hor per
son. Finding thoy could not prevail
upon hor to comply, tho barbarians
forsook tholr brutal methods and for
tho remainder of hor stay contented
Ihonisulvos in keeping a strict watch
upon hor movements.
After being rescued Miss Lacomber
wont to hor home only to find that her
fnthor had boon killed by Mexicans
along tho Bio CJrando for participating
in clearing some renegades from Texas.
Since that limo sho litis busied hor
itlf in traveling among her friends,
and is now going to Washington to as
certain if sho can get sonio indemnity
at tho hands of tho Government.
Kensington, tho scout, has a history
which, wh'tlo not as thrilling ai his
lady companion', contains many points
of interest, olio is a typical Westerner.
Ho was born in Colfax, Co!., and iiis
parents wore killed, while ho wa-i an
infant, by tho .Modocs. Doshwas taken
a prisoner .and kept until ho was t-?n
years of .170, when ho was rescued by
Colonel Cheatham and placed in the
Government school at San Francisco,
where ho romuinod four years.
For uixtcen years ho was in tho em
ploy of the Government, and was with
Gftioral Custer just previous to the
battle with Sitting Hull Ho was sont
with orders to Hono just boforo tho
massacre, and whilo ho was absent the
light occurred, lie started with Gen
eral Grant on his tour around thu
world, but was summoned back from
London. IIo accompanied White Cloud,
Jlig Hoar and Golden Kaglo, of tho
Umatilla tribo, to arrange for tho
transfer of tlioir rosorvatlou to tho
(iovornniont. Aftor this duty was com
menced ho was assigned to duty in the
mooushlno districts in Kentucky and
Tonnossoo. Since that time ho has
performed various duties for Unelo
Sam. 0Ki'iu (Xd.) Cor. N. Y. Jour
nal. CLEANING TOrlBSTONES.
V (juror Iliislnen Curried On lu tlio IIx
Sinoky City.
"Do you over havo orders to clean
old tombstones?" asked a roportorat
ono of the largo.it marblo-cutttng shops
in Pittsburgh yesterday.
"O. yes, that is a big part of ovory
monument builder's busluoss," repllod
the proprietor. "Until tho Introduction
of natural gas as fuol, I'lftsburgh and
Allegheny had tho name of having tho
dirllost tombstones and monuments in
tho world. Tho snioko from tho iron
mills flooded in clouds over Allegheny,
S9. Mary's and Uulondulo oouietorlos,
and bogrlmmod all marble. Tomb.
Htonos in those comoterlos used to
actually get black. Tho busluoss of
cleaning them llourlshod thon. But
natural gas has changed all that. Still
wo aro called upon frequently to shlno
up headstones and shafts which aro
ngo-f talncd or soiled by tho elements.
If caro is tikoti like this tho lifo of a
tombstone in this climate euu to pro
longed twenty years longer than If it
was left to Itself."
"How do you clean tomllonos and
not spoil tho enamel?"
"By a vory simple process. Wo mix
one-fourth of a pound of soft soap with
tho same amount of pounded whftlug;
one ounce soda and a pioco of stone
blue tho slso of a walnut. Wo boll
those together for a quarter of an
hour, and while hot rub it over the
tombstone with a piece of flannel and
leave It on twonty-four hours. Thon
wo wash this off with clean water and
polish tho marble with a piece of coarse
llauuol.
"I originally got this roolpo from an
old colored woman In BaUiinoro.
Marble uttips to houses aro vory popu
lar thero and she had madothc mixture
during a llfo-tlmo to oloati the tops.
This old lady also told me what sho
nid was a good way to paint 011 marble,
so that it won't rub off. It was to uo
the ordinary gold pitiiit Mid by art
itorod, counting of powdered brass
nd oil of turpentine. But nil sueh
llHtd. 1 bHTo found, will wash oil In
um."iff&HfyA Z?tpufcA, ,
RAPID TRAVELING.
Tlio Rnsllsh I'.nliton of Oettlnff V'l'erd Out
if an JCuni'ie.
"What is tho limit of speed?"
"Thoro is none," replied Sir Edward;
"I don't sco why you shouldn't go one
hundred milc3 an hour if you had ex
press line dirough lines that 5a.
without good3 and slow passenger
trains crawling over them.
Mr. Wntkins Jr.. m a raa of greater
experience in this particular matter,
olwwrve.I that tlio attainmsnt of such a
spcd would bo prevented by tho diffi
culty of getting rid of tho steam, "b
ciufe," fi iid In. "tho htghor yo i drlvo
the engine above a eor'tnin bpoud tho
moro tho b.vck pnwiurc io."
"What was tho highest spooJ ttnv
elod tdiiy? S.;vonty-two?" queried
SiirWutkin. "No," wai o:in practical
man's roply. "not rnarj than s:xty-tl?e.
Anysperii aboro si-fly milos an hour is
got on a road witJi a failing gradient,
'lliey cavil hara gone iwyond Bi:ty
fivo e.isily enoucfh to-dp,y. but thero
wa.i no need thisrc vrtw uo hut Uraj to
r.ako ). Thoy kepi a lovol speed all
tho way. bat they had a steady train
and an easy loal. only four carriages;
and l'uunicg with a light train like
that, you are running under the best
possible conditions." 0
"Tho great secret In sot'.lng u steady
train." romnrkol Sir Edward, "is to
havo V.q vjhlclos tho sains length, the
samo weig'it and all coujilod wtdl to
gether. That waiQio caso to-Ov. u-nd
I never experienced oasie.' running."
"I remember well," the voteran wont
on to say. "whe?i f was a boy of cloven,
at tho opening of the Liverpool and
Manchester railway, when poir doir
old Iiuskison was killed at n.rin'iill,
old George Stephenson came down
with one of his engine. to Manchester
to got doctor.?, and T remember the
Manchester papers next day said,
'marvelous to relate,' the engine bear
ing Georgo Stephen .ion coming into
Mancho.Uor, 'attained tho extraordin
ary speed of thirty-four mios an
hour.' That was looked upon as a
marvelous thing in thoso days."
"Is thoro no0additional danger in
sevonty-miles-nn-hotir trains comp.cje.l.
with slower?"
"O, tharos 110 danger 1:1 seven ,y
miles an hour at all, oxcopt in crossings
and hidings, and not there if tho points
are kept proporly cleaned ami oiled.
You may go through a station sa'.O.y
with many points and crossings, but if
tho points aro no proporly kept, clown
and oiled you may go with a bang in to
something that sticks. So in all the-se
trains there should bo vory groat caro
about poi:itsa:id crossings." Pall Mull
liudijrl.
WASHING A TIGER.
low 11 Co'tx'.icl: I'jcIUi-iI mitl I'k'.Tieil it
II 111;.) Wltd r.i'lirtt.
Soon after I'o.on's arrival at Moscow
for the fair, 0110 of tho men employed
In his menagerie died, and it became
necessary to find a substitute, as his
staff of attendants was rather limited,
and tho others had as- much to do as
thoy could manage. His choice fell
upon a moutjick, a lino specimen of a
Cossack, who of course did not under
stand a word of Froneh, and the terms
of the bargain wero settled in dumb
show. Tho lion turner had then to iu
otrucl his new servant in his daily duty
of cleaning out tlnAagos, and by way
of a lesson, 1'ozon picked up tho re
quisite articles and went to work. Tho
moutjick watched him very elosuly, and
appeared to take.lu all tho details of
tho operation. Next morning, armed
with a broom, a bucket and a sponge,
he opened tho first cage ho came to
and quietly stopped in, as he had soon
his master step on tlio previous day in
to two cagos of harmloss brutes. But
this trno happonod to bo tenanted by a
splendid tiger that lay stretched on tho
floor fast asleep. At the noise made by
closing tho door tho crAturo opened ha
eyes and turned its green eye-balls on
tho man, who, all unconscious of his
danger, stood in a corner dipping his
big spongo into tlio bucket. At that
monumt Pezcm enmo out of his caravan
and was fairly staggered, for onco in
his life, tit tho terrible sight that mot
his gaze. Vhat could ho do to warn
the man ol his danger? The faintest
cry might cause his death; hotter wait
and bo ready to rush to his assistance
if tho tigor9tteiupted to budge. Tho
Cossack, sponge In hand, coolly ap
proached the animal and Dogan rub
bing him down with tho stolidity of a
military brtbluek polishing bin cap
tain's boots. The suddon application
of cold wutor to its hide evidently pro
duced a very agreeable affect on tho
tiger, for it bogan to purr, stretching
out Its pawn, rolling over on Its back
and complacently offering every part
of its body to the vigorous treatment
of the mouyii-k, who went on .crubblng
with might and main. All the while
l'eon stood thoro with his eyes wldo
open and as If nailed to the spot.
When he had finished his job tho Cos
sack left tho cage us quietly as ho had
entered It. and It required tho most
energetic and oxpiMslvo gestures on
tho part of tho lion tamor to prevent
his repeating tho experiment on a eec
imd wild beast. . France (lu Xurtl.
lieonomy with the corn crop menus
that tho foddor should bo stored undor
cover and not left staudiug in the
holds U oflon practiced. Good fod
dor i valuable uud highly rolitdied by
all eiiibsea of stock, but it oun be In
jured by exposure as onfily n hay.
No niattor how much caro Is takun
Uie tdiocks will plot over lu win
ter, by which tuetui h Lrg share of
fodder is ruin I oy iM-lvjjf on the
frouud. W t'.' aiv .uru'.l ou it thoy
will tr-unplo h tortIou alw. Tho
burn U '.ho proper plaoo for It.
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
lloir a C1iV:i?v Man Acqiitrail Wealth
anil roltlon In Kcritl.
dno niz!it just after the big fire
three younr nun sat down in the ruin
and talked "about what would probably
be their fate. Those throe men wore
II. G. 1 rout, a Mr. libardman and r
newspaper man. I'rout was a qui t
dotormined sort of fellow whose horn
was in Iliversido. His occupation wo
that of a civil engineer. His proposi
tion was that thoy should leave the
city and tlio country and cast thei:
fortunes with the Khedive in Egypt.
He made a glowing picture of the lam:
of tho Nile and predicted fortune and
famo. There was no outlook here.
They decided to go. In tlie midst ol
their arrangements Boardman received
a flattering offer to go to New I'or':.
whidi ho acoptsd, nnd tho :iewspap-.
man received or.o to go olsowhfjie
which he acceplo.l. Prout accopttfl
his fate and Uu'td alone for a world
he had never teen and of which he
know comparatively little. Of hi
journey there and hi first experience
there is not tauch to sr.y.
In tiroi he reported to General
(Chinese) Gordon nnd became
one of his most faithful and
trusted aids. After a short service ho
was promoted and had tho titlo of Governor-General
of the Provinces of tho
Interior. His capital was Lado, a
point ono thousand miles south of any
white settlement. Here tho young
Chiengon it ruled and reigned in a sorl
of Oriental magnificence for that
country which makes his lifo ono of
romance. Ho had hlsO.ourtiers and
couriers, who did hini tho homago
due a potentate. Many of the manners
and customs of the people of that land
were retained by him. IIo had his
troops, and with then made invasions
ntjrjj eor.quesN. uud now and then dis
covered a race of beings of which his
tory and explorations had made no
uie.ition. In the fastnesses of ono of
tho mountains he found a tribe of
blacks who were giants in p'cD'siquo and
moro than tic av:;.-:igo uncivilized
tribjs in in! -ibvt. lie gave drer-s pa
rades before them and made sneh osten
tatious dihpluy that they enlisted under
his hnnuer. Ho found their percep
tions qti'.c.:. Thoy learned tho evolu
tions of ills tactics in romr.rkahlv abort
time, and every thing he taught they
grasped with eagerness, and made
jood roldiora.
Ho was resiles and in consequence
10 pP.shed his invasions and cpmo back
loaded with Iho richness of some
remote tribe. He had enough of the
romantic in his make-up to adapt him-f-o'f
to tho religious foriu.i of the coun
try, and his capital at times presented
a strangg appoaraac-?.
Having Kpcnt nrich of his tinio in the
service of thu Khedive in tho manner
staled, tho government at length con
cluded to negotiate with Knfjjand for
tho pm-ehaso of gun-boats for its
service. General Gordon sent Prout
to London for that purpose. Ho had a
leave of absence in order to do rlils
work. Having mole his purchases in
London, ho naked for an extension of
his leavo of absence, which was grant
ed. Ho turned his faoo toward his
native country. He reached Now York,
tarried there ono day and camo West.
IIo reached St. Louis and saw his
friend, whom ho lud left in Chicago,
and tried to got him to go with him
to Texas, whoro he had a rail
road scheme. Ho left St. Louis on tho
afternoon of tlio day of his arrival
and wont to Fort Leavenworth, whore
ho married a young lady whoso ac
quaintance ho had formed before ho
loft the United States.
Thoy wont to Paris on their bridal
trip. Tho life in Kgypt had made in
roads on tho constitution of I'rout. IIo
placed himself undor tho caro of a
noted physician, who told him that a
return to Kgypt meant cortaiu death.
He resigned his position in tho sorvico
of tho Khodivo nnd, having made an
(tended tour of tho continent, ho re
turned to tho United States. To-day
ho is at tho head of a big printing con
corn in Xow York City, and has close
associations with his old friend Board
man. Tho other friend is in Chicago
in the nowspapor business.
Prout's Kgyptlan romance and ex
perience notted him a small fortune In
cash, and gavo him an Insight of life
that has made him a contented man.
Chicago Mail.
What a Child Did.
Only a few days ago a mother and
her daughter, on their way from Phila
delphia to Ouuihn, wore changing
trains at one of our passenger stations.
Suddenly tho girl caught sight of hor
father, a San Franciscan, on his return
journey from Now York. Ho hud
parted from his wife six years ago on
aceouut of somo domestic Infelicity.
The child called his namo
"O papa! Thoro's papa!" and ran
to him. He clasped hor in his arms.
But her work as poacenmkor was
only begun. "Now come over to mam
ma." bho continued, eagerly. "Do
fc-peak to mamma. Sho has cried so
much, and has told mo often how good
papa always was." Tho appeal was ir
resistible. Tho husband and father
looked ut the wife and mother, ho
stopped quickly to hor, they clasped
bauds, and tho uulooked-for reconcilia
tion vw jtu nuooiuplishod fact. The
west-bound train boro away a reunited
family. Interior.
A physic Inn who has studied the
uumfeer of yfUow(evtM visits to this
country has found that it Hue baett hero
la eighty i.'"t ihrtweot yajtr. 'IV
Oral known omn oi lh forr In Amer-
loa was In 1693.
DELAYED AM HOUR.
How to rin.l ihe Trno Wclcltt nil Valuo
of Thins la t!in WorI!.
The train stopped suddenly botweon
two stations. Several of tho passen
gers rtiBhed out of tho car excitedly,
and camo back with the tidings that
fiere was an obstruction 011 the track
which would cause tho delay of an
hour.
Tho countc:rneos of most of tho
passenger instantly fell into depths of
gloom and despair.
"Thii is simply intolerable!" mut
'lored one middle-aged man to his com
panion. "I shall not roach the oily
lxiforo the market closes. It will cost
mo?2.000or?3,000."
A physician dropped his nowepapoi
and paced impatiently up and down the
car. "An hour lata with all my pa
tients!" he exclaimed.
"Are nny of them in immediate
danger?" a.-kcd a bystander.
"Xo.t But an hour late! If. is un
bearable!" A young girl looked r.t her compan
ions with the tears in bar eyes. -I am
goin? into tovn : the trimming for
mydrais. Now it wU! nit 13 donu.in
time. 1 shall havo U wear : old blue
to the party."
A abor:, pompous old man talked
loudly and Incessantly, scolding con
ductors and brakomcn. as if they were
personally responsible for the delay.
"I am lo lecture this afternoon be
fore Ihe Lyceum." ho explained in hot
indignation. "Tho audience will have
to wait twenty miuutes." O
A young man sat immovable, his
head bant upon his breast, his faco set
and hard.
"My little bois dying," he said tc
some o:i3 who questioned him. "1
was tele-rraphcd for. 1 shall not see
hira alive."
But whilo. with most of the passun-
r-.-o.-a t1!..... vr'nj n sm-.t. mivif'.,inn that
Qhe wheels of the universe had stopped
because thoy wore delayed in their pur
suits of work, ono women sat silent and
tranquil.
Sho wan nmr tho end of a long life
of pain and hardship and oxperienee.
Sho had conv. too, near enough to
God who ruled ovor all lives to under
stand how every event and accident,
groat or little, lias its place and ptir
poso in tho Eternal Order, as have
motes ".eating in tho sunshine. She
was close enough to tho gates of the
future life to see how little in it3 infi
nite height and meaning was the old
ball drojs, or tho fall of slocks, or oven
the loss of an hour with the dying
child. 0
"One of the most singular studio3 in
life," says BoueheQ "is to note how
dinoront men, each with his own
ocales, weigh the tititno objects, and at
tach to Iht'Q.O.lilVerent values."
The lost bit of iinary which brought
tears to tha oyes of tho school-girl was
lighter than a feather in tho eyes of
tho f,to2k broker; and his loss of thou
sands was contemptible to tho man
whoso child was going from him into
tho grave without a word; and doubt
less oven his pain soond momentary
and trivial in tho vision of tho unguis,
to whom u thousand years aro as a day,
and death but u momentary ehnngo of
life.
How, then, are wo to lind tho true
weightand valuo of things in the world?
In tho United States Mint, whon thoy
built a machine for weighing coin with
absolute accuracy, thoy sank a shaft
deep into tho earth and through upper
formations, which tire shaken by pass
ing jars, and rested tho foundation
upon the immovable granite beneath.
Tho man who digs in this way to find
:i foundation for his lifo, through tho
flowers and surface growths which
shako with ovory storm, to tho ever
lusting rock balow only can weigh tho
events and belongings of tho world at
thoir real value. Youth's Companion.
GREELEY'S PUGNACITY.
How thu Grout llclltm- ltipriiviil u Crowd
if (iiilll 1111 SUillki'rs. ,
Horace Grjeloy, as is woll known,
was ti vory pronounced non-resistant,
yet ho was ono of tho most pugnacious
men in tho world. A curious instance
of this incongruous temperament and
its )"csult came under tho writer's obser
vation oa ono occasion, occasioning
him uomo9.irprlso. It was tho general
opinion that tho old follow was a coward
at heart, and made uso of his non-ro-sistant
professions as a scroon to pro
tect liinisolf from personal injury at
tho hands of an opponent. It was a
Sunday morning in Now York at tho
vory commencement of tho war. just
after the great Bull Una scare, and tho
Gjvorninont authorities at Washington
wore frantically calling for troops. Tho
Metropolitan Hotel of Now York, then
tho great up-town exchange, was tlllod
by a motloy crowd, drinking, smoking
and discussing tho situation of bo
leagurod Washington. Among thu
ovowd, were soveral army officers in
full uniform, smoking their cigars and
criticising Lincoln as couiinaudor-In-chlef
in a sneoring way, when a com
motion occurred in tho doorway, and
Greeloy, with his old felt hat on thu
back of his head, rushed through thu
crowd aud up to tho group of oflleern
and addressed them somowluit lu'tor
this stylo: "Why are you loafing about
here, you mluerablo cowards? Why
aro you not reporting yourselves At
Washington? 'I his i. a reort for
skulkers. Aren't you ashamed of your
selves?" The biggest follow of tho
group was terribly angry, and lifting
his hoavy sword he thundered out,
"Uepcut those words, old mau, and I'll
split your skull!" Greeley throw oil
the old felt hat oxclaiuiing: "Strike m
soon as you please; I repeat what 1
have nlremly said. " K very ono praaeut
xpoUttl that the old man would bo
Mildew 1. in-tc:il, the follow turned
u bin h 1 . . ig "Coniottwny, boyi,
l-i,u! . .-1 i tU luaatlc." Gra-,
ley gave tnem on oontemptuowi U!e, v
mid tvHiihl departure. Uj-( Htuhttt.