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THE BUFFALO MOTH.
fcetr to i:ltrtnItiato Thin Cruel Enem ol
lltiX and Carpel
Gasoline, naphtha or benzine nre nil
equally t-nienclous to kill tho buffalo
moth, unci entomologists havo not
round any lhli.fr hotter to rccom
menu for Mie purpose. Tho grub of
tho bufiulo moth, which Is tho creat
tiro whioh does tho mischief, is appar
ently proof against all other forms of
insecliciies. A little natural history
of the beetle which causes so nuich de
struction nay bo repeated with value.
This boollc measures rather less than
nn cl.il.lh of an Inch In length. It is
dark, sllfhUy hairy and has a bright
line of red down tho center of Its body.
It does not eat carpets, but feeds on
tho pollen of several different shrubs.
It is known to be so fond of the spires com- In many ways, and It Is sin! iu
that it is not wise to allow that orna- 'deed when tho relentless money-lender
ancntal bush to grow near tho house,
or on the premises at all, If possible.
This bcollo fllos In the open window
and lays Its eggs In any woolen sub
stance it can find, especially in the
cdgcs. of carpets. If abundance ol
pyrethrum, or Persian insect powder,
1s kept at tire edges of tho carpet be
"neath tho paper tilling and tho carpet,
or any thing else Is used of tho many
things, like pepper or camphor, that
"housekeepers use to make the edges ol
their car tot disagreeable to moths, it
is probable that tho buffalo moth will
move on to more welcome quarters.
-Prevention la better than euro In this
case. Onco established in a house,
svory generation of beetles seems im
pelled to return to tho same place, and
if there is a posslblo dark, unguarded
corner where thoy can locate they
come.
When the grub or pupa of the beetle
Is hatched from tho eggs In tho carpet,
nothing but vigorous doses of benzine,
naphtha or gasoline will kill him, and
abundance must bo used. He Is a lit
tle, brown, hairy worm-like creature.
scarcely a quarter of an inch long.
and hatches out about the middle of
April. He easily hides In tho fuzz of
'tho enrpot, but his presence may bo
Irnown by Ills tracks. Ho eats tho nap
off tho carpet in lines quite symme
trical and regular. If you can not sec
any thing eating tho enrpot, biit notice
tho eaton spots It is wlso to suspect
tho presence of tho buffalo moth.
"There is no danger in using gasoline,
"with tho precaution used by H. II. ,
who writes that she used it, "opening
every door and window for a day and
a night afterwards, and allowing no
flro or light near tho room for tho
aino time." Gasoline Is tho most
powerful, naphtha Is next and Ih not
bo explosive as gasoline; benzine is
next best and is still less oxploalvo,
though no fire or light should bo al
lowed .near tho benzine bottle whon In
use.
If the lloor, closets and drawers of a
liouw! ant kept sedulously clean, and
pyrethriim powder or a little powdered
sulphur Is used at tho edges or tho car
pots, and, above all, all tho woolen
garments, hats and any other articles
not In use are packed away in news
papers and camphor till needed and no
rubbish Is allowed to collect about tho
premises moths, of all kinds cease to
bo a terror. N. 1'. Tribune.
FARMERS'DEBTS.
Avoid llorroirlntr Money nn Souietlilny to
1 Oremlril mitt Shunned.
Thoro aro many farmers who aro In
no clangor of getting into debt. Thoy
aro woll off, havo money in tho bank
or loaned olsowhero, and make good
profits from their farms bosldes tholi
intoiost monuy. Such farmers always
havo plenty of monoy, or. If not, thoy
liuvo only to draw from their Invested
capital. It la far otherwise with a
largo class of farmers. If not aleady
in debt moro or loss thoy aro often near
its borders and strongly tempted to en
ter. Two clauses of Inllvionces aro at
work to got farmers into debt. One
clasR includes tho deslro to make a
show, to rldo In stylo, etc. Often tho
farmer works hard and economizes,
keeping out of debt till his children
aro grown up. Thoy must havo things
that father and mother never thought
of having. Thoy have no soruplon
about running In debt; it acorns easy
Tho old folks oppose In vain and tho
Jamlly entor upon a course which
brings untold pain and sorrow, 1 havo
known iui instance whoro a man and
Ills wife worked hard, bought a farm
and no:irly paid for It. Hut one ol
their sous must havo u lino horse
and carriage and other things to match.
Tho rosult was that tho farmer got
tintnngled in debt and In thoond, which
soon camo, ho lost all his property ox
copt his housohold goods. That sou Is
worth very littlo to-day, and tho father
and mother had no homo In tholr old
ago except by tho charity of others.
It Is a sad thing to go In debt to gratify
prido or lovo of pleasure Lot farmers
and tholr children bowaro of this groat
evil.
Hut thoro is another class of lnllu.
oncos which impel men Into debt.
There aro times when It certainly
soctns beat to htro money. Take an
exnmplo. A son takoa tlto old farm
with Its poor buildings, llo brings his
wife homo, children aro horn to thorn,
and hu finds tho cold, inconvenient
house is killing tho dear ones. Ho lias
a littlo money saved up, decides to fix
up tho old house as tho timbers aro
good. Ho has, eay, $'JO0. ThU ha
thinks will do tho work, but so much
iH8 to bo clone that In tho end ho lluda
himself one, two, or three hundred
dollars in debt. Suppose, ho has to pay
elx, twelve or eighteen or moro dollars
a year in Interest, tho added comfort
and cthtvoniopco and health of ltU
family fully repay this, as woll as tho
t-ost of repairing. Other eaes ocour
at timed wheni it Booms ncoossary to
ran Into debt; but if farmers wuru,
' moro deeply Impressed with the evil
I of debt, they would suffer much before
allowing themselves to be bound by
Its chain. It is always host to have.
If possible, a sum laid by to use in
case of a sudden need for money.
Sieknoss may come, a horse may dlo
and a now one have to be bought, a
thousand unforeseen cases may occur
in which money will have to be uocl,
And if il not at hand, it must be
borrowed. It is a very good plan to
keep a e:ih account, noting down all
money recived and paid. This shows
wh'iv the money goes. Tim often It
goes a littles hero and a lltl'io the,re for
things not actually needed, and so
when tho ral need comes the monry
to meet It is gone. Then it is hard to
nay debts. Crops mav fall. Iosj mav
takes the farmer's all. Let every
farmer avoid debt as something to ho
dreaded and shunned. It Is not ni,c
sary to bo stingy and parslmoMlou..
but self-denial Is neeeisary. and how
ever hard, It Is not as hard as financial
.uln.- Cor. Ilurul .Veto Yorker.
EDUCATING HORSES.
Hon- to Millie Colt-, (iriireful. Strong and
Oriieriilly rueful.
When a green colt is first put into
harness lie naturally makes a great
many awkward moves and gets himself
Into "shapes" that will not add to his
value If they beeomo chronic. Much
of this awkwardness wears away in
time as the young horse gets into the
lino of his vork, but It often happens
through want of enro on the part of his
driror that certain coltish tricks tha
came from awkwardness in the first
place cling to him nil through life It
Is easier to teach a young horse what
you want him to do than to break up
had habits which he may have con
trir ij, 0 It Is very Important tocom-
i;..;nco right with him. Horses bred
and broken in on tho farm aro, as a
rule, moro awkward than they should
bo, and it is mostly duo to tho fact
that those who train them arc too
easily satisfied. A skilled horseman
will take a young horso fresh from the
farm, and in a fow woeks work a great
transformation in him. Good manners
nre worth monoy In selling a horse,
and farmers who raiso one or moro
colts for mnrkct each year should take
more pains In educating them and get
better prices. It is not best to at
tempt to develop speed, for that Is ex
pensive business and Is tho work of a
professional, who has tho necessary
skill and appliances; but any one can
teach a colt to walk well, to stand
quietly until his driver Is ready to start,
and a dozen other things that go
to make a horso plcasanter to handle,
and consequently moro valuable In tho
oyos of tho would-bo purchaser. Colts
should not bo worked when very
young, for their strength Is not often
up to the work required of them, and
thoy got Into awkward habits that
stick to thorn. A two-year eolt may
easily bo ruined as a walker by putting
too much of a load behind htm. A
colt's education should begin as noon
as ho is weaned, however, and ho may
bo bitted and made quite supple long
before ho Is old enough to wear har
ness. Teach him to back with easo,
as far as you want him to, first on
smooth ground and then over rails,
door sills, or othor like obstructions.
Turn his neck by easy efforts until ho
will place his noso at e.thor shoulder '
without moving out of his tracks.
Many other simple exercises will sug
gest themselves that will aid in giving
tho eolt full control of his muscles
and so making him graceful and handy.
Never use harsh means, but insist up
on being obeyed. When you command
a movement carry your point, hut do
It in suoh a patient way that your
young pupil will not get a distaste for
his lessons and sulk. Let him know
that you appreeiato his efforts to
please you and so keep up his interest.
Enough may bo added to tho value of
ii young horso In this way to well re
pay you for tho trouble. Philadelphia
iriD.i.
Seed for Next Year.
heed to bo used next fcetuson should
lie saved early. To bo any advantago
to uio saver it siiouiu Do saved caro-
lully. In tho first placo, attention
idiould bo paid to tho growth of sov
end plants, that tho best may bo In
variably holeeted for perpetuation. As
soon ns tho soeds aro gathered, no mat
tor how pressing tho needs of tho hour
may bo, they should bo put Into pack
ages that shall contain tho names of
tho seeds aud any memoranda that It
may bo essential or desirable to know
when tho sowing time come. To fill
tho poekots promiscuously with rip
ened seeds intending later to separate
Is a worthless work; and to save seed
promiscuously, mixing kinds or color
that should bo used separately, Is
worse than neglecting to save seed en
tirely, for In tho latter wise tho ro
llablo seedsman must bo resorted to
and tho rusult bo satisfactory almost
invariably, aud in tho former instance
tho temptation will bo to put In tho
ground a mixture of seed that had hot
ter havo been thrown Into tho lire. Hy
all means save seed, but take time to
do tho work properly, remembering
that tune aud patience now will atone
for vexation and moro tlmo, otherwise
necessary to ho spent at an equally
busy time. Ma.iMiehu.ictU Ploughman,
Tho grape rot is now believed to
bo under control, tho remedies sug
gested by tho Government reports
having boon tried with success at
boveral points. Tho simvylnir of tho
vines us soon as tho blossoms appear,
and repenting tho operation after each
rain with a polution of sulphuto of
copper and ltme water U tho plau
sdoptod.
SHE DIDNT SAY NO!"
"-.e didn't Ray "ye," bat a soft color cztro
O'er tier cock and her brow till her checks were
cllarne:
AbJ sic KhuJcd her ejv fron tho soft raellow
Or tho fctars la tho sky that. ao wickedly brlRbt,
Were ixrerlnjT nt ia thro the still summer nisht:
And she didn't say -aol"
Olio didn't nay "yr," but 1 knew that sho heard,
Kor tho rown slw woro eo her lioiom were stirred,
Aud the snvct eyejttie turned half away from
my own
Had wondrously tendT aud luminous crown
A clear thro' tho iiva of tho tarli;ht they
shone i
Acd sho didn't nay "nor"
It 51
iT" SJ
She didn't say "yes." but tho lace on her (rown
Fhe l:cotted and palled and smoothed carefully
uowu.
And looked, altogether, so lovely and cwect
Tliat I knelt, ill tho light of her ej e.s, at her feet
And bep;;;ed her that one llttla word to repeat
And she didn't say "uol"
SLo wouldn't say "yes." and sho couldn't say
"no
Cut she whljpercd my name, as I tent my head
low
And told her that sho of my llfo was a part
With tho word on her lips and a thrill In my
Heart,
When a voice ('twas her brother's) broks In with
a start,
And tho wretch Just yelled "Rats:"
-Kittlo K. in Judge.
Thtirouslily SatUfleil with Himself.
An English general, la reviewing it corps
or cavalry, suddenly stopped before a splen
did looking fellow nnd nsked" abruptly:
"Which is tho Inst horso In tho regimoutr
"Number forty, sir." "What makes you
think ho Is tho best horso!" "Ho walks, trot
and gallops well; Is n good juniper; ba3 no
vice, no blemish; carrius bis head well; is in
Ids prime." "And who U tho best soldier In
tho regiment r "Tom Jones, sir." "Wbyf
"Uecuuso lio Is nn honorable man, is obedi
ent, tidy, takes irood caro of his equipment
and his horse, and does his duty well" "And
who Is tho rider of tho best horse?" "Tom
Jones, sir." "And who is Tom Jones?'' "1
nm, sir." Tho general could not help laugh
ing, tiutlio gave a sovereign to his informant,
who received it without moving a muscle.
l.iverjool 1'ost.
It AVn Awful.
' 'A baby in tho houso is n well sprint: of
joy,' and our own dear littlo Horaco is tho
light nnd joy of our lives," wroto Mr. Pip
kins la a letter to a friend tho other day. nnd
then ho got up and walked over to tho cradle
lu which Ij is own little well spring of jov had
bc?n yelling steaddy for an hour, and said:
Ait) you iroins to howl forever? You
lioat anything for yelling and screeching
that I over saw In all tho days of my life! I
ucliovo in my Mini that yon aro two-thirds
liyona. It'd enough to drivo a fellow cmsv
to Ih) (.hut up nn hour with you! I wouldn't
have another such a joyous thins as you nre
irouuil for a b'illion dollars. I wish your
mother would hurry homo and let mo get
away to my club or to somo other placo
where I i nn hnvo n littlo peaeo of my lifol
Will Is awful, awful!" Detroit Free Press.
A Kuinrt C.irl.
"Rebecca, you shall not bhncak mit dot
Moses Levi vonee more."
"O, ladder, you nreak mlno henrdt. Vo
vos almost engaged. Vy shall I not shpeak
f him?"
"Ho haf shcated me. IIo linf sold mo n
msto diamond for a shcuuiuo shtouo."
"O. fiidder. dot shouldt recommend him to
yon as n i.on-in-law. If ho can fool u viso
man llfo yea, see vat a fortium ho haf in do
ehewolry pixlmss."
" ell, IteUven, you vas schmnrder as 1
thcught. (let married von you like, 1 am
unUelilous to go into baidnership with
mine son-in-law." S.m Francisco Wasp.
Worshiped by ii Certain Set.
Boston Maiden (to young man from Now
Jersey) in Now Jersey, Mr. Hedmud, blood,
X understand, in not considered of tho first
Importance?
Mr. lle.luiud It ii among tho skceterc,
lllsa u aide. ow York Hun.
in ill Oun Coin.
"Well, Jnnot," asked a facetious huihand
vhoo wlfo had just discharged tho hired
girl, "nre you going to bravely breast tho
waves of the domestic sea of troubles?"
"No," sho iiusucrod demurely; "I am only
goln to stum tho currants." Judge.
A Student of tho Game.
"Woll, young man," said a sportiug goods
dealer, "what can we do for you?"
"Have you Uxiks on baseball?"
"Yes."
"01' me 'Tho Ulso an' Fall of tho Roman
Umpire.' "New York Sun.
Verily It Is.
Our friends have departed to spend tho
summer by tho seaside. Wo havo gono as far
ns our means would allow, nnd rented a cabin
la front of Hilly Well's luillpond. Cheapness
with cheerfulness is great gain. Smithvlllo
(Go.) Nows,
do Ouo i;yu on It.
much to peep through your tolo-
"How
seopoT
"Ten cents."
"Theru' live.
I've only ono eye," Titno.
Doiurvtla rnbuluiti.
"Urldget," inquired tho lady of tho houso
of her adjutant general, "can't wo havo hash
for breakfast?"
"If ye chows, 11111111," was tho frlnhtfully
suggestive answer. Detroit Free I'reta.
JI.i Could Draw All Ulght.
"Do you draw at nil, Mr. FangsleyP
"My ivitroaa say 1 draw very welL"
"So you're an nrtUtf"
"No. You misuaderktand me. I'm a den.
tist." Lincoln Journal.
On Somo Occasion.
Mls ReaconhlU What nro tho most
disagreeable features about your school,
Johnnie?
Johnuio Tho teachar'. Harvard Lam
1
poon.
THE BOWSER FAMILY
Htm.
ISowsrr Clint Muit Pleasantly About
Her Provoking Itunband.
I suppose every husband is subject
to what might be called "sudden fits,'
and I hopo every wife tries to bear up
under them with philosophical pa
tience. The other Sunday morning,
five minutc3
gono to hta
after Mr. Uowser had
room to got ready for
church, ho roared at mo over the ban
ister:
"Airs, uowser, nro you tho woman
of the house or only a lady boarder'1
"Why, dear?"
"Don't why dear me. Mrs. Bowser!
If I pretended to bo a housekeeper I'd
look after things once In awhile!"
"Any thinir wrong?"
"Any thing wrong! Do I waste my
breath In talking when every thing is
all right?"
"What is it?" I asked aa I reached
tho head of Jhc stairs
Ho held a clean shirt In one hand,
and with tho other he pointed to it
with a dramatic flourish and whis
pered:
"Buttons!"
"Muttons how?"
"Not.u solitary button on this shirt,
and yet you find tlmo to gad down
town every day! That's the kind of a
wife you aro!"
"Mr. Bowser, do you mean shirt-
buttons?"
"Do I! You don't suppose I'm look
ing for overcoat buttons on my shirts,
do you?"
"Well, then, you haven't had a shirt-
button on your shirts for ten years
You and all others use collar-buttons.
Your collar-buttons are in the shirt
you havo on."
It struck him all In a heap. IIo saw
how he had trapped himself, but he
wont to his room muttering:
"That's it! She always has an ex
cuse ready for every thing!"
Ono awful hot day In July he spoke
about changing his socks after his
bath, and I told him in the plainest of
English that.ho would find clean ones
in his lower bureau drawer. That
night he came homo and began
"Can you tell me what day during
tho next month you will have two
minutes to spare?"
"Why?"
"Because, If you evor got them, per
haps you can devoto a few seconds to
darning tho holes In my socks. I've
had to limp around all tho afternoon
on that account."
"It can't bo!"
"Oh, no! You aro such a model
honsfikfnilfr tlint It, min't liv nf rnrr!
Look here!"
IIo pulled off his shoes and lo! he
had on his heavy winter socks, every
thread wool! Thero woro two or three
holes, but thoy were not to bo darned
until fall, of course.
"Mr. Bowsor, where did vou get those
Bocks?" I asked
"Out of tho trunk In tho clothes
press, of course."
"And you go and put on January
socks In July! You havo six pairs oi
clean cotton socks in the lower drawer
of tho bureau."
"I'll bet you $10,000 thero isn't oven
one pair there! I looked through overv
drawer live times over!"
I took hir.i up and showed him the
socks, counting them out pair by pair,
and ho looked at mo very seriously and
observed:
"Yes, I 9co 'em, but were they there
when I looked for 'em? How easy for
you to havo sneaked up and placed 'em
hero an hour ugo?"
He had some wearing apparel which
ho said I might sell to buy somo toys
for thn bahv. T imt ihn nlnthna ilnii'i,
. M
anu woin uirougn every poeicot twice
over, in ono oi ino coats i found a
receipted bill for twenty-six dollars
worth of lumber, and I laid It on Mr
Bowser s desk. A man camo for the
clothes and took thorn away, and three
nours mier, wnen mv. isowser camo
homo, I told him of my bargain.
lou got just half what ho would
havo paid mo," ho replied, and tho
subject was dropped for half an hour.
anon an oi a suuuen no jumped up
and oxclaimed:
"You've finally done It, just as I ox
pocted you would."
"Done whatP"
"1 remember that I loft a valuable
paper in that brown coat. It was a
receipted lumbar bill and they may
bend tho bill again any day!
"1 looked In tho poekots."
"Oh, yes, you looked! You looked
just like any othor wlfo who was in a
hurry to got tho clothes out of tho
houso and tho monov In hor hand."
i woiH anu goi ino receipt una asKeu
him if that was tho one. He grudg-
. 1 ... .. . .
ingly admitted that it was, and added:
"1 presume tho old-olo' man found nnd
returned It. 1 miwt reward him for his
honesty."
Mr. Bowsor camo down tho othor
morning with his vest opon. When I
laughed at his absent-mindedness ho
roplled:
"Mrs. Bowser, I want you to lot my
clothes alono horenftor!"
"But I haven't touched them."
"Perhaps it was tho cat! Perhaps
tho cat wanted a pleoo of cloth and cut
it out of my vest-back!"
"No ono but you has touched that
vost"
"Then why has it grown so small all
of a suddeu that I ain't button it?
There's somo very queer work in this
houso, Mrs. Bowsor."
I investigated nnd found that hhad
drawn tho btrap to tho last inch and
buckled It fast, but ho would admit
nothing. On tho contrary, ho obsorved
that some bnblos woro too cuto and
cunning to over grow up.
It was only throo nights ago that
Mr. Bowser took five dollnrn from his
wallet aud handed it to mo with tho
remark:
"Tho man won't proDably como with
the oats until I havo gone in th
morning. Take this and pay him."
t.'ext morning he sat down to break
fast looking so very sober that I
nsked:
"Are you sick. Mr. Bowser?"
"I oiiffht to be. When peoplo arc
( robbed thev aro generally made sicic.
"Have vou been robbed?"
"I have."
"When?"
"Last night."
"For mercy's sake! but did somo ono
jet into our Jiouser"
"I do not know. When I wnnt to
bed last night I had in my wallet.
This morning I have only 50."
-You don't say!"
I "It seems verv queer to me. Mr
Bowsor. If you want niouey, why don't
you ask for It?"
"l 011 don't think I tool: your money,
io you?"
"It's very mysterious."
"Why, say, you gave me that five
for the feed man."
Mr. Bowser's countenance fell just
twenty-six Inches' In the next two sec
onds, and in his confusion he agreed
that the money was now accounted ior
all right- However, on second thought
ho observed:
"1 will overlook It this time. Mrs.
Bowser, but don't pre-ume upon my
good nature in futuro!" Detroit Free
I'ress.
THEY SAW BISMARCK.
Cow
wo Kritrut CilrN .Yliiiiaced to .Meet
tho Cierinikit Chancellor.
I Te:it up to Beriin from Dresden for
two weeks with my cousin Cissy, and
r.'e both wanted so much to see Bis
marck. Every body said that being
there such a short time we would never
ee him in the world, because there
r.-ere hi ndred of Germans who had
arvcr been able to do so. and still had
lived their whole lives long in Berlin.
So I though!, thero wa-s nothing to do
except to write him a nolo and ask him
if ho wouldn't allow Cissy and mo to
look at him. I found my pen and
paper and wrote: "Prince Bismarck
I'wo English g:rls who arc only in
Ikjrlin for a short time aro anxious to
sec the greatest man in tho world and
tvant to know if you could not grant
ihcm an audience." I signed it with
niy name, and when i directed it
Prince BiMiiarck." I felt just an if 1
ivere directing it to Santa Clans. Cissy
and I took it to the palace. We walked
by the sentries and through the big
courtyard up to the front door. The
outlor stood there, oh! so stern and
irrim, and refused at first to take my
note, but when I said: "Why you
must take it; don't you see it is to
Prince Bismarck?" he frowned more
than over and took it.
If you can believe it, that verv night
ivhile we were sitting at supper thoro
:ame a letter with a great seal on the
back directed to Miss Perry Jonos.
And I read: "Prince Bismarck will
?rant the young ladies an interview at
twelve o'clock to-morrow." We were
shown into a large, dark hall when we
went and I said:
Oh, dear me, Cissy, what if Prince
Bismarck should come and speak to us
while we aro in this dark place! There
Isn't ono thing hero that I could make
conversation about."
But just then Herr Von Hottenberg,
tho Prince's secretary, camo and told
us that tho Prince was in tho garden
and would receive us there. 1 never
3hall forget how tho garden looked.
There was a long path in front of us,
with beautiful foliage meeting above
it; the green leaves rustled, tho littlo
I . " . .
iiirtnmy 11 llt'Of fill ftV.lK
tho ground,
Rnd Prlnco Bismarck-
camo walking
down tho path, with his dogs on either
side him.
I couldn't think of a single one of
those German speeches which I had re
hearsed on the night before and I
didn't know what I was going to do,
when suddenly ho smiled and held out
his hand and said In perfect English:
'How do you do? I am very glad to
sco you.
He looked so jolly that I didn't feel
afraid of him any more, especially
when ho turned to me and exclaimed:
Is that the kind of hat vou wear In
England? Horriblo! they aro too
high."
Then wo all walked down tho path.
Cissy with him and 1 with Horr von
Bottenberg.untll after awhile 1 thought
that Cissy had boon with him long
enough, because I wrote tho note, vou
know, bo I just stepped forward,
meaning to pull her slyly by the dress,
and just as 1 did It Prince Bismarck
looked !lt mo nnd thou ho , , d u
0V01. j walkcd with him th ()f
tho time, and ho showed us his lloweiv
and I praised every single llowor and
said how beautiful and how lovely it
was, and we petted tho dogs and
praisod them. Finnlly ho took us to
tho Konlggratzer street entrance into
tho garden and wished us good-bye,
aud wo managed to tell him how very,
wry kind wo thought ho had been to
us! Tho great gate opened and shut:
evory thing was over. Wo had seen
Bismarck. -Boston Transcript.
The Rotort Courteous.
A farmor traveling In u foreign land
for tho first time, becoming somewhat
anxious about tho condition of his
Uvo stock, tolegraphed home: "Is
things all right at tho barn?
John Bukex."
His stnble-boy, whoso conversation
was proverbially laconic, Immediately
tolographed back: "John Bukkn
Things Is. Koukut." Harper's Maga
zine. A Washington pollconmn had his
po)kts picked by u thiof h was tak
ing to the lockup.
ORGANIZED THIEVERY.
A reruvlnn Company Wlioe Object la tho
rltimlrrlnc or tho Dead. (
A limited liability company has boon
formed at Mollendo, with a capital of
$40,000. It is called tho Compana
Anonlma Exploradora do Las Iluscaa
del Inch, and Its business Is to bo tho
scnrchlng of the old burial grounds of
the Peruvian Incas, for burled treasure
In money or other valuables. It has
received a concession from tho Peru
vian authorities, and proposes to go at
its work In a systematic, buslness-llko
fashion: The field of tho company has
been pretty well worked over already
by the horde of hap-hazard plunder
ers from all parts of the world, who
have flocked to Peru from the times of
Pizarro till the present day, but thero
aro yet somo very substantial legonda
of buried wealth that has not yet been
discovered. Under tho old Castlo of
Uuzco. for Instance, Felipe do Pomanes
tells that thero Is a vault containing
figures of all tho Incas wrought in
fine gold, and that In his own day
they had been seen by a certain Dona
Maria do Esquevil. She, tho story
goes, was married to a descendant of
the Incas, and reproached him with
being too poor to support her properly.
This, at last, so 1-rltated him that ho
led her blindfolded through many
winduig passages Into a room where
she saw wealth such as no mortal over
dreamed of, and asked her what sho
thought of that for a poor man's nest
egg. When Humboldt was exploring
'n tho neighborhood of tho Teinplo of
tho Sun, at Cuzco, a poor lad, a de
scendant of the ancient kings, told him
tho story, which is still current among
the Indians, that tho golden chair of
tho Incas was sunk in the baths at Pul
tamarac, and that there are gardens
with artificial trees of tho purest gold
beneath the temple. These gardens,
by the way, are mentioned by tho ear
liest historians of tho Conquest Hum
bolt's lad, when asked why ho did not
seek for this hidden treasure, said that
it would do him no good If ho found
It, but would only cause his neighbors
to hnto and injure him. "Wo havo a
little field," he said, "and good wheat"
That contented him. This same spirit
seems to have animated all tho de
scendants of tho ancient race of Peru,
and encourages peoplo like those who
havo just put$40,000 into tho Society
Exploradora to hopo that only a part
of the ancient treasure has ever been
discovered. It is alleged that tho In
dians can generally got gold when they
actually need it, as at the time of the
rebelion of Pumacaqua, in 1811, when,
according to the story of an old
woman of the Asteto family, told
to Mr. Markham some thirty years
ago, her father having been a col
leaguo of Pumacaqua and present at
the time, Pumacaqua entered tho coun
cil chambers laden with gold and drip
ping wet, from a journey he had mado
up the bed of the Huatanay to a cave
filled with golden fijrures. It was al
ways believed then, according to the
historians, that tho rebel chiefs had
some such store to draw upon; and it
Is certain that after his final defeat
Pumacnqua offered tho thioves a pilo
of gold bigger than that of Atahualpa,
the ancient chieftain, as a ransom for
his life. Tho offer was declined, and
lie died with the secret unrevealed, at
least to his conquorors. (
This Atahualpa, It is a matter of his
tory, when in captivity, offered a room
filled with gold as a ransom, but Pizar
to demanded doublo tho amount, and
tho Incas, agreeing, sent messengers all'
over tho kingdom to bring it. Theso
messengers, on their way to tho cap
ital, heard that Atahualpa had been
Strangled, and they throw down their
loads of gold, and, it is said, buried.
Ihcm somewhero in tho mountains ot
Llanganati, to the northwest of Quito, I
though no search has ever revealed
the spot. Then thoro Is tho golden
chain of tho Incas, every link as thick
as a man's arm, and its length so great
that it went twice around tho great
fquaro ot Huaeapata, and which
Is said to havo been thrown into
tho deep lake of Urcos to savo
It from tho Spaniards. Thero can still'
bo seen a drift which tho Spaniards
started through tho mountains to drain
tho lake, but which was never com
pleted. While these and similar le
gends ao vory well to flro tho ardor of
dubious investors in tho stock of tho
Society Exploradora, it is highly prob
able that tho actual work of tho com
pany will bo in tho less romantic lino
of digging up tho bones of ancient in
habitants for tho sako of the trinkets
which may havo been buried with
them. This sort of petty thiovory is
less attractive to tho imagination than
tho exhumation of forests of golden
trees nnd conventions of goldon Incas,
but It will probably pay bettor in tho
end. A'. J'. Sun.
Village Destroyed by Ice. J
Advices from tho fishing vlllngo of
Korschkaranza, In Kola, a peninsula
on tho White Sea, descrlbo a wonder
ful phenomenon, now in Artlo annals,
which took placo on Janunry 5 last
At four o'clock in tho morning tho in
habitants woro awakened bv a sariee.
of heavy, dull detonations, llko heavy
aruiiory. toiiortly afterward a great
Ico wall to tho northwest, sovoral hun
dred feet high, was seen to bo mov
ing toward tlin vIMnmv .Inn lit-
...... J, w,
less In conscquenco of tho pressuro of
tho ocean of Ico outside. Tho Ico hills
camo slowly but irresistibly onward,
anu passed over tho vlllago, which thoy
completely erased, and kent onward
for u mile Inland. Tho Ico traveled a
mllo and a half in four hours. Tho
villagers saved tholr llvos, but littlo
else, Phikuteiphiu J'resi. i
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