AN EXCELLENT PLAN.
Itnw Farmer Cnn Knslly Supply Their
1'nmlllrs With l'retli Ueer.
If the farmer wants a piece of fresh
beef ami goes to town to buy it ho must
pay 12 cents per pound for it. If ho
asks the butchorwhnt ho gives for good
fat cattle, ho says he does not need any
just at present, but thfc ho can get all
he wants at '2 or 3 cents. There is no
alternative for the farmer but to pay
his money nnd take what the butcher
chooses to give. The Pennsylvania
farmers have hit -upon a plan to meet
this condition of things, and the Pitts
burgh Stockman thus describes it:
In August. 1SS7, about twenty-fivo
farmers agreed to associate together to
supply themselves with fresh beef once
a week for six weeks. We adopted a
few laws for our government. Each
member is required to bind hunt-elf
io take a certain number of pounds of
the average of beef each week at a price
which will bo sure to pay cost (wetixed
even cents per pound). Wo appointed
an executive committee of three, whoso
duty it was to buy cattle and have
them dressed and cut up. We bought
fat heifers for three cents per pound;
the hide and tallow paid for dressing
and cutting. It cost fifty cents each to
buy the cattle and have them delivered
at Buffalo. We sometimes had a little
surplus beef, which we could always
sell to outsiders at a profit. When wo
settled up after killing six beeves wo
found that wo had our moat for six
cents per pound, and still had a little
money in the treasury. In short, wo
were satisfied with the experiment and
expect to start up again after harvest.
Of course, we had to go once a week
to get our meat, which is more trouble
than buying from a wagon at our doors;
but then wo know just what kind of
meat wo aro getting, and we are suro
that it is fresh if we go next morning
after it is killed. And, best of all, we
get nearly as much more meat for the I
money. Lucre is nothing complicated
in the business; any set of farmers can
make it a success and eat their own
beef at cost, and not have to pay
one for the privilege."
m 0 m
THE WEISBADEN LIMP.
any
Vounc nntl Healthy l'erxiins Ilnblilln
A lout I.lko tlio 1'nt lenl-i.
One can not stay long in Wiesbaden
without catching what may bo called
the Wiesbaden limp. The doctors and
guide books have not yet taken cogniz
ance of this trilling malady. Perhaps I
am its discoverer. At any rate I am suro
it exists. Although I spent but a few
days in Wiesbaden I found myself
;-lowly but surely acquiring the limy.
You see iho rheumatic and gouty
patients on every side. They hobblo
along with e.u.e- and crutches. Watch
ing them you conio to sympathize with
them. You feel that it is brutal in you to
be striding ahead in perfect health and
bent only on having a good time while
these victims of chronic disease tako
their steps so painfully. (Suddenly tho
muscles of one leg seem to stifTon a bit.
You slow your gait. You begin to
think, for tho first time in your
life, whether you require a course
of the waters so beneficial to tho
thousands who llock to Wiesbaden to
drink and bathe in them, lint, as
soon as you look about, you observo
that young and obviously healthy peo
ple are a 111 io ted in just the same way.
You tako courage, and, after shaking
your leg a fow times, become con
vinced that tho trouble is purely im
aginary. Tho limp is not ungraceful,
even to tho belles who frequent the
watering placo for flirtations only. It
gives them u good excuso to use tho
parasol-eanes live feet long, which con
tinue to ba in fashion. Probably this
odd habit of affecting a limp is con
firmed in good society by tho fact that
kings, princes and great people gener
ally who have inherited or earned their
own gout, come to Wiesbaden to got
rid of it. They set high examples of
limping, and it is but natural for
humbler folk to imitate them. I havo
never read a scientific report on tho
composition of the Wiesbaden waters.
But if they contain any thing more
than common tnblo salt, my palate mis
leads mo; and I fall to wondering
whether the patients might not just as
well stay at homo and drink strong
valine solutions at a temperature not
quite hot enough to scald tho tongue.
Stuttgart Cor. AT. Y. Commercial.
The Result of a Bad Habit.
A novol accident, resulting from u
habit of very common prevalence
among nervous people, was brought to ,
my notice recently. A young lady pro
tented herself at my ofllco complaining
of a constant irritation in her throat.
Two weeks previously sho had been
taken with a severe "soro throat,"
which was treated by a neighboring
physician. Under his care, sho snys,
tho inflammation quickly subsided, but
thoro still romainod a sensation of irri
talion. Examination revealed a small,
fleshy-looking object, about tho size of i
a kernel qf wheat, adherent to tho tls
fL" posterior t'J tho loft tonsil, by ono
end. Tho other parts of tho throat wero
normal. I ho littio mass could not be
detached by a cotton-covered probe,
but by tho uso of furcops it was easily
removed, and on examination proved
to ba a piece of finger nail, which had
becomo covered by a cheesy deposit.
A broken piece of tho nail was also ro
moved from under tho mucous mem
brano at the same spot by a sharp
poinlod probe. Tho patient then con
forsod to tho habit of biting hor finger
nails, and, moreover, could romombor
that a day or two previous to the onset
of her throat trouble u pioco of nail
which she had hitton off had becomo
lot in hor mouth, but after it hud
reueori a tit of coughing sho hud forgot
ten About It until rwniudud by my (II-rovorjr.-
Itr, J, Tutkilt, in Mttiiml
ROD.
.mei..-uo summer- (ilurimt HUnsomtnci
by tlio AViirxlilr.
If the golden rod bo a few days lato
its sotting is none the less superb. Tho
roadsides, even tho railroad sides,
wncro tno uncultivated banks havo
been left to tho clouds' own watering.
nro rich and dense with wild-growing
things, in this neighborhood at least-
no trees are heavy with foilagc. Tho
juices of the forest and of the weeds
are in them, up to the 13th of August,
ami only a weakening tree or an in
jured ono sends its leaves flying be
lore the breath of a thunderstorm. Tho
golden rod Is a plant of exquisite grace.
Its burning rival, the bitter sweet.
with blossoms rather copper-burnished
man gold, shows an occasional illumi
nation on hillsides and as festoons
to the rnil fences in theso parts.
To tho further north tho bitter sweet
enters into closer competition with tho
sign of a waning summer, but croons
nnd twines, whereas the slendcr.uprlght
statellness of the golden rod is ono of
nature's real beauties. It is so delicate
in appearance, yet so sturdy in reality
as its wooly neighbor, tho mullein.
This last would be considered a beauti
ful wonder, in its velvety sage-green
setting of leaves, were it not for its
abundant and homely suggestions and
surroundings. Ambitious pcoplo cul
tivate tho plant known as the ele
phant's ear, but the pretty mullein
might bo well called the heifer's car,
from its shape and softness to tho
touch, and the trick it hns in spring
ing up In the stoniest pasture land. It
takes a boulder country, apparently,
like tho Stato of Maine, to I'ght up
the roadside torches of tho bog onion.
A veritable flame, ruddier than tho
tulip, this vernacular beauty with its
single cup of fire, makes as great a
show in the midsummer for the north
ern woods as the pond lilies do for tho
northern swamps at this season. Tho
far northern summer journey, extend-
I ing to the British possessions.
links tho two nations together with
tho tiny wild strawberry, sweeter
than all of Jersey's and Penn
sylvania's crop, of mammoth size and
snowiness. The ground pine trails its
nets of green across tho frontier whero
the fishing controversy rages, nnd
knows no longitude or pink granlto
pillar for a stopping post to tell whero
tho English lino begins.
And everywhere the golden rod, in
tlestruetivo weed of which farmers
Complain not or not loudly advances
As territory and heaps its panicles with
wealth for tho gatherers. Not that tho
golden rod, except in hot city streets,
has a pecuniary value. Its rewards
are for the gatherers who make it their
pursuit. When the pennyroyal, in
cisive in fragrance, sends up its greet
ing from tho hot sward
as .-, ou crush it
under foot, bow tho
gather it as a trophy,
under tho balsam fir
knee to it and
Hut when from
you can get a
nodding glimpso of the golden rod,
rest and bo thankful that tho lato and
crowded blossoming of tho northern
Bummer is so rich in color, so health
ful to tho seeker, and so subtly inter
laced and accompanied with the aro
matic smells and taste of berry and
weed and a black birch stem. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Silence Is Golden.
Keep still. When trouble is
ing, keep still. Wtien slander
ting on to its legs, keep still.
brew
is get
When your feolings aro hurt, keep still, till
you recover from your excitement at
any rate. Things look differently
through an unngitated eye. In a com
motion once I wrote a letter, and
font it, and wished I had not. In my
later years I had another commotion,
and wrote a long letter; but lifo had
rubbed a little senso into me, and I
kept that letter in my pocket ngainst
tho day when I could look it over
without ngitation and without tears.
I was glad I did. I.ress and less it
teemed necessary to send it. I was
not sure it would do any hurt, but in
my doubtfulness I leaned to reticence,
and eventually it was destroyed. Timo
works wonders. Wait till you can
Speak calmly, and then you will not
need to speak, may be. Silence is tho
most massive thing concoivablo somo
times. It is strength in its very gran
deur. It is liko a regiment ordered to
stand still in tho mad fury of battle.
To plunge in were twico as easy. Tho
tongue has unsettled more ministers
than small salaries ever did, r lack of
ability. Dr. UurtoiSs Lectures to Yale
Divinity Students.
Courage Needed.
Courage is needed in tho daily lifo of
Christian people. Tho "virtuo" or
bravery which Paul commends has op
portunity for largo play. A man must
havo courage to follow tho polo star of
principlo in all things. It needs u
bravo spirit sometimes to call things
by thoir right names. Wo aro not to
:ondono covetousness by calling it fru
gality, nor cowardice by calling it
prudence, nor wastefulness by calling
It goodheartedness. Wo need to bo
bold iu rebuking sin. An expression
Of honest conviction is demanded of all
who would bo loyal to tho truth.
Faithfulness to God may demand sacri
fice, but tho approbation of men is
worthless if it can only bo gained by
Iho shipwreck of conscience. Chris
Uan Inquirer.
"Miss Scrcechowl enng nt the
tnusiculo last ovonlng," said ono mu
iloian to another, "and sho otfaated a
fc'ondorful transformation." "Indeed I
How?" "Well, Bho tang 'It Was a
Dnium,' and turnud it into n oitho.
lox night rnuro." Yonktrt Stattunan,
PRETTY GOLDEN
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Tho Koyal College of Music, Lon
don, which is but a few years old, has
received a now donation of 30.000.
It now possesses 150,000, an incomo
of 13,000, and fifty-nino pupils.
In thirtcon years (1S73-1SSG) in
Great Britain thcro hns been a de
crease in tho number of marriages! of
three and a half per cent, in each thou
sand of population.
In Norway a bucket of water is set
down by horses with their allowance
of hay. and thoy take a sip of ono ami
a mouthful of tho othef nltornatoly.
A broken-winded horse is rarely over
seen in that country.
' In many parts of Great Britain it
is customary to remove hives of boos
from farms to the mountains in tho
month of August, so as to give the
bees an opportunity to collect honey
from flowers that blossom late in tho
season.
JcruKulcm is rapidly growing as a
trade center. Ono hundred thousand
dollars' worth of objects of devotion
in mother-of-pearl and olive wood are
exported to America and Europe every
year. Vino cultivation is being ex
tended, and the price of land has risen
six-fold within a fow years.
The King of Corea is not the
weakling that his enemies represent
him. In fact, he is a strong, progress
ive man, who has a hard road to go,
and whoso gentleness is sometimes
mistaken for lack of strength. Ameri
cans who havo known him admire him.
German scientists have laid bare
the latest haunts of bacteria. The sur
faces of coins are found to be coated
with them, and with a species char
acteristic of putrefaction. Old bank
notes and oven new ones are allvo with
micro-organisms, which, in fact, would
seem to abound on all objects which
arc exposed to frequent handling.
'I he American circle in London, so
in En.'lish paper says, is beginning to
ittain mi important position, owing to
the fact- hat so many American ladies
have married Englishmen of title.
and aro, on this account, as well as
for tlnMf personal attractions and ac
complishments, well received overy
where. Ultimately tho American cir
cle v Ml, if it manages with taot, and
consents to glide, become a great 'in
fluence' in London."
A correspondent who recently spent
few days on tho Dutch island, of
Marken, in tho Zuydor Zee, writes that
in many of the humble houses occupied
by the fishermen of the island ho saw
carved" furniture- that would turn an
American collector green with envv.
whilo in evory house tho rare old Delft
china was ranged in double and triple
rows about tho walls.
A Russian method of stopping a
runaway horse is said to bo very effect
ive. They place a cord with a running
knot around tho horse's neck near tho
neck-strap. To this slip-nooso attach
i pair of reins, which may bo thrown
over tho dash-board ready to bo seized
at any moment. When the horse starts
take up the extra reins and tighten tho
cord around his throat. Tho most
furious horso stops instantly.
Queen Victoria hns begun to de
velop a grent fondness for tho gamo of
whist. She is not satisfied to let a day
go by without having her rubbor. She
is not a brilliant player, but sho tries
conscientiously to satisfy her partner.
1 hose about hor aro beginning to bo
bored by fier-lncessant longing to in
utige in uio gamo. ono can stand a
long siege at tho table, nnd often
wearies those who aro playing with
her by hor disinclination to quit. It is
said that sho hates to loso her money
iw much as though sho wore poor for
sho plays tho good old English gamo of
a guinea u cornor.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
A Miirylmul Judco Decide When Ono If
h Puamsiicer, untl When Not.
Has a person riding in a horse-car a
right to leuvo the car for any purpose
nnd then return to it to resume tho
ride without paying a second faro?
That is a point of frequent dispute
between conductors and passengers.
It was tho causo of a lawsuit that was
recently carried to tho highest court of
Maryland, which rendered an olaborato
opinion on tho law in tho matter.
A man riding on ono of the Balti
more street-cars complained that ho
was insulted by tho driver and told tho
latter ho would report him. Tho
pas sengor romainod on tho car until
about a block away from tho com
pany's ofllco, when ho got off and hur
ried toward tho ofllco with tho inten
tion of reporting tho drivor and then
resuming his trip on tho car. Mean
time tho drivor jumped off, followed
the passenger and assaulted him. Tho
latter thereupon sued the company for
damages.
The Court of Appeals assumed that
tho company would bo liable if tho
person was a passcngor at tho timo ho
was assaulted by tho driver. But was
lie u passongor in view of tho fact that
he had left tho car? The court held
that ho was not. and hence that tho
company was not liable.
The rule it laid down is that a pass
enger has a right to ride to tho termi
nus of tho line if ho.uhouses. It added
that ho muy nlo leave the car tempo
rarily and return to it, provided ho
gives the conductor noticoof his intent
and tho conductor assents. In such
caso his right to continue his ride is
nut forfeited, and he romains a passen
ger ovon whor. oft tho car. But if ho
leaves the cur without giving audi no
tice it is to bo assumed that lie has tor
minuted his trip, thut tho contract lx
twueu him and tho company i at r.n
and und thut he I no longur a patten
Sr. V. 1'. JleraU,
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
ONE SCIENTIST'S VIEWS ON THE
CRUELTY OF BOYHOOD.
Tho Kuiplojinciit of 1'tcctrlc Clock
Town AVlicro Kartliitnkes Aro lVc-
queMt An Amusing Application of I'ltc
togruptiy by Mcuni of n l'lato Holder
It is well known that nil light foiling upon
n perfectly black surfneo Is absorbed, nnd
pnotojrrapmc pinto exposed m n camera
jwlntcd townnl such n surface will lx ea
tiroly unnoted ujion. The most ir.ter.so black
is produced Mmply by absence of light, and
tho cntranro to n cavo or tho open door of a
jwrfectly dark room forms n photographic
background, suitablo for tho production of
sorno very unutsiug pictures.
D
HO. 1 rilOTOGRAriUC ri.ATE HOLDER.
If a iersoii stands before such a blnck back
ground nnd is photographed, only that jwrt
of tho plato will Iki nfTootcd which receives
tho light reflected from himself. If ho then
changes tils position so that his imago falls
upon another jwirt of tho plate, both images
will npiionr m tho same picture when dovel
oped; nnd n photograph can thus lx mado in
which n j)crson is apparently shaking hands
with himself, playing a gamo of cards with
his double, of offering him refreshments, etc
As a tierfoctlv dark background is not al
ways available, a French photographer, if.
Due, has invented u form of plato holder by
which two opjKvsito sides of tho saiuo plato
can bo exoed at different times. Tho con
struction is evident from tho engraving (Fig.
1). Tho doors, B, H, aro o-icned by the
pieces of metal, A, A. D is n strip of sheet
metal which Is only used to cover the crack
between tho two doors, nnd is drawn out
after tho holder is placed in tho camera. A
line exactly corresponding to tho division in
tho plato holder is drawn on tho focusing
glass to Insure accuracy in adjusting tho
uincrent positions of tho sitter.
no. 3 amukino iiKsri.T i.v riioToonArnr.
Fig. ii -shows ono of tho results obtained by
M. Due with this plato holder. La Knturo
gives tlio following explanation of how tho
picture was mndo: Tho luiiutor. easel und
stool wero first photographed oa ono-half of
tlio plato; then, putting on liis coat nnd lint,
tho artist transformed himself into a model
and was again taken on tho other half. Tho
portrait on tho cncl is still tho nimo jx-rsou.
but was afterwards udded to tho proof and
not directly photographed.
Tim Savagery of Uojliood.
Mr. John Johnston, in Popular Scicnca
Monthly, brings homo tho forcihleuoss of the
analogy between tho traits of savages and
that of developing civilized mankind. Hn
cites a caso of wanton cruelty recorded, bv a
boj' without any apparent feeling for the
cruelty of tho act. Mr. Johnston, opjos!iig
tho sentiment that iwrvades much of tho
literature that is supjKisod to Iks written for
boys, does not predict for this boy a lifo
of sin, but gravely contoinplatcs tho trait as
a step in tlio normal df velopment of youth.
Pity U a lato factor In moral evolution, nnd
n really "good" Iwy U morally precocious or
diseased. This view does not lower ono's es
timate of n loy's virtues, but neconts thosa
that nro suited to his years, ns -well as tho im
portance of tho gradual nnd tiinoly uppcar
nuco of tho Kjverul instincts nnd emotions
without which civilization would bo impos
sible Sorvlcraliln flrate ISuri.
To removo ono troublosomo complaint that
frequontly causes grnto bars to wnrp, say
American Enginoer, havo suitable spaco or
clcarunco at each end of tlie bur.
Grata bar learcrs will prove moro service
nblo if thoy aro placed a short dlstanco from
tho end of tho grato bar, leaving spaco so
that whatever falls at tho end may not lodge
there. Homo grato bar bearers are placed up
to tho bridge wall tit ono end and join tho
dead plato at tho opposite end. As those
places nro most likely to accumulate ashes
thoy speodlly choke up, if ojionings nro not
provfdod for their escape.
Two Xeir Alloys of Aluminum.
M. Bourbouzo has, says Itovuo Sclcntl
flquo, formed an alloy of forty-flvo parts of
tin and fifty-five of aluminum, which answers
for fcoldoring aluminum. This alloy pos
fesscs almost tho samo lightness as tho pure
aluminum nnd can booanlly soldered. JL
Bourbouzo haa invented another alloy con
taining only 10 jcr cent of tin. This second
alloy, which can replace aluminum iu all Its
applications, cnn bo soldered to tin, while
it preserves all tho principal qualities of tho
pure metal.
i:i-trlo Clocks.
An export houso In fituttgart, Germany,
has recently supplied to tho town of Caracas,
in Venezuela, a number of clocks for tho
public rtroeta. On account of froquont earth
quakes clock towers aro not advisable, and
sinco the dock must bo. placed low, a com
paratively largo number fs required. Among
tho clocks M-nt out Is ono with tho dial thir
teen feet in diameter. All tho clocks will bo
worked electrically and illuminated at night
with the electric light.
How to Waterproof (,'unras.
For n good solution for waterprooflnfj can
vas horso and wagon rovers tlwt will lio
flexible, tako boiled oil, fifteen touuds; boos
wui, onoi'mnd; ground lithurgo, tliirtooii
jioutxW. Mlx nnd apply with a brush to tin
urtltslu, previously strutehtxl against u wall
or tahto, wiuhing und drying each urtlcin
woll Ufor applying tho coinoltlpji.
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SECRETS OF THE TOILET.
Direction for l'rcucrvliiir the llyr-tjilict
nml Eye-ItroiT.
Tlio euro of tho oc-lashes is too lit.
tie thought of or understood, though
they are indispensable to tho beauty o
tho eyes and greatly to the geneiT
charm of tho faco. Long, even lashc
aro very rare among us, paticularly
after tho ago of thirty, while Kastern
beauties very seldom lack them. 1 he
mode adopted by tliein is the ono we
aro so familiar with as regards our
hair tho clipping of the split end
with a pair of scissors about onco i
month. This never falls when tried on
a child or young person. Tho eyes
should be closed whilo tho operation is
being performed and tlio scissors used
cautiously. This lengthens and
strengthens tho lashes, which often
have a tendency to break or fall out.
This tendency may arise from different
causes. If tho eyes are sticky or gum
mod together batho them for several
minutes in tepid milk and water. Hub
bing makes tlio lashes fall. Again,
many pcoplo aro troubled with
greasy secretion that lies on tho lids
and destroys tho lnsho. In such a case
the following mixture is recommended
Horax, four grains; sirup of quinces,
one urucnm: niacic ciiorry water, one
ounco. Mix and bathe carefully. To
cheek the secretions, aunolnt nightly
with sweet oil.
Iho eyebrows aro almost as much
neglected as tho o,o-lashos, and that,
too. by persons by no means indifler
out to their appearance. Thoy should
arch slightly, bo rather abundant and
lie smoothly. To tho latter end thoy
should be moistened slightly with
water and cologno and then combed
Jo prevent the falling of tho hair of
tho brows ono of tho following roc
ipes is recommended:
1. Apply almond oil at night on re
tiring and bathe in tho morning in
tepid water.
2. Five grains of uulphnto of quinine
and ono ounce of alcohol. This wash
is also good for tho oyo-lashos. It
should bo applied to tho roots with tho
finest sable brush.
!. Until tho brows throe times daily
in a wash composed of nine grains ol
borate of soda, ono gill of distilled
water and ten drops of esconco ol
mint. This will also check any ton
dency to extreme moisture.
4. Shavo and apply sweet oil.
o. ix ono gu l ot water, ono ounce
of glycerine and nino grains of chlo
rate of potassium. I his roeoipo is a
euro for dry, crusty pimples iu tlio
brows. It should bo applied lightly
with a soft tooth-brush.
A correspondent gives tlio following
ns t.io result of study and experience
in the secrets of the toilet:
. . f . ...
-Tor a greasy s::in uso iinely pow
dered gum bon;:oiu and bay rum iu so
lution, or wash the face in sweet milk
or liliuntus water without using soap.
"For blackheads" a solution of nub
phi to of sodi and water Is ojcolont.
"l or a rough, dry skin" nothing can
be moro simple and directive than a
weak solution of carbolic add (ono
part carbolic acid, fifteen parts water),
and whore pimple? occur, even as In
acne, tlio most obstinate of all skin
troubles, the occasional uso of a pow
dor mndo of alum, borax and cream of
tartar (equal parts) will provo an of-
fectivo remedy.
Glycerine iu any form applied to tlio
skin for any length of timo will harden
and darken tho cuticle, and will finally
ail'ect tho normal functions of seba
ceous duets, which functions aro essen
tial to a healthy and clear complexion,
likewise any astringent minerals, such
as zinc, load or arsenic, will by reac
tion injure, unless tho skin is attacked
by some malignant form of disease, iu
which caso it is better to commit a phy-
uieiuu. -V. Y. World
How tho World Is Fed.
"Kvou tho oldest and bos? Informed
mail In tho trade," said an experienced
salosman in tho grocery business, "can
not begin to toll J'011 uy thing about
tho wonderful extent of tho traflto iu
food. Figures don't seem to express
tlio thing so that any body can re
alize how enormous the business is.
Now ovory body knows that corn mukes
only a small part of what any body
eats. I moan by that, nobody eats
corn enough to muko it u principal ar
ticle of diot. Yet there Is ono estab
lishment in Maryland acorn factory,
thoy call it whero thoro aro thousands
of cans of corn a week put up and
sold. Now, consider that this is only
ono establishment out of hundreds iu
this country, and thousands In tho
world, whero food is put up in cuiih.
i'lien think that corn is only ono small
item of food oven among tho canned
goods. And then remember thut
canned goods aro merely a fraction of
tno food supply, ami you win bo ready
to acknowledge that tho food Indus
tries aro too great to bo readily
grasped by tho imagination. Moro
than three-fifths of all tho workers of
tho world aro engaged wholly in rais
ing or handling food." X Y. Mail and
Express,
A young Australian near Uochuru,
after an unusually hard day's work
thcop shearing, wont to sleep on the
sitting-room couch uftor (supper. Soon
ho uroso, walked out into tho darkness,
went through four gates, which lie
carefully closed, to tlio woodshed, and
then hung up his coat and tool: down
his sheep shears and sharpened them.
Then ho caught a sheep and had just
finished shearing It when some of the
household cumo with a lantern. Then
It turned out thut ho had been uslcop
all tho time, und tho light of tho lnu
turn awakened him. Tho sheep was
sliuarud uu well uh though It hud liuun
donu In bioud daylight,
FIGHTING AFRICANS.
Tlio Story it Native ToIM of tho Hn-Xgnta
Attuck on Stntilcj".
Tlio bloodiest and most furious battle
Stanley had with tho Congo natives
during his first descent of that rivet
was with tho Ua-Xgala. livery body
has read his graphic account of that
combat, In which sixty-four e.moes
loaded with tho fiercest of Congo
fighters wero precipitated upon tho little
band of travelers, and had not sprai-s
been pitted against firearms Stanley's
party would nr.vor havo reached thff
sea. A whilo ago Muole, or.r ot
tho ollleers of tho chief of tin-Ua-Xgala,
gave to Captain Coquiihnl
the native version of that mem Mviblo
day. Tho white men on tlio Conga
bring homo few stories that surpass irt
interest tho.se tho natives tell of the time
when tho unknown whites lirst camo
among them, and of the comma' Ion
these strangers, with their wond -r'ul
trade goods and thoir still 1110113 nton
ishing voapouH, everywhere produced.
"We had never soon a white man,"'
said Muo'.e, whoso tribj, thickly popu
lating the river bank for many miles,
numbers over 100.000 people. "Wo had
not the slighte.it ide i that such boings
existo:!. Ono day, some dozens moons
ago fit Win on February II, 1877, at
tho moment when the sun stood right
above our heads, a IVitllla of e.ino'H of
a form wo hud never sjoii t)ofon pre
ceded by a canotof extraordinary size,
suddenly came info view, in tho swift
ost partoi thoc.trront thoy wero qulotlj
passing iu front of our villages. We
wero astonished to s."e lint nmn,
oven to their heads, were covered with
white cloths, and we thought it vcrj
singular, for tho richest chiefs wo know
wore only a littio rag made of bauann
liber; and a fuel that, was absolutely
now to us, and that upset, all our notions
of humanity, was tho sight of two white
boings, yes, as white as our pottery
clay, who appeared to command the
expedition. Thoy seemoi' to havo alwut
the same form as other men, but theit
hair, thoir oyos and their color wore;
very strange to us.
"Wo asked ono another: Wore not
those men envoys from Ibanza, the
mysterious spirit, and why did thoy so
suddenly appear upon our river? Theit
purpose could only bo bad, for sud
denly thoy landod on an island oppo
site us, Instead of coming to our shoiu,
as all pooplo did whoso intentions wore
not hostile. At first, before we vorn
able to sco them distinctly, wo thought
they wero an expedition from our ene
mies of Moboka. Our alarm drums
sounded, and wo crowded to our canoes,
all ready for a fight. But tho clothing
of tho warriors, tlio straigo form of
thoir weapons, and tho unheard-ol
aspect of tho white men soon unde
ceived us. Still, wo launched our
canoes nnd rapidly approached thoso
of tho unknown strangers.
'The older of the two whlto moc
bad straight gray hair and his oyes
wero tho color of the water. Ho stood
up in ills canoo and hold toward us n
red cloth and some brass wire. Wn
still approached him, discussing ox.
oiledly tho meaning of his strange al
titude. Tho othor. white man Frank:
f'ocock, who was drowned a few woks,
lator in tho cataracts of Iho lower Con
go aimed his weapon at us, and the
older man talked to him rapidly in u
language wo did not understand.
Those of our friendn who wore nearest
tho strangers thought tlio action of the
white men boded us no good, nnd so.
thoy judged It host at onco to attack
these, mysterious whlto-i who had coma
from no ono know whero.
"Then tlio battlo bogan, and It wnj
tho most terrible wo over fought. Our
spears foil fast among tho enemy and wf
killed some of them, and thulr bodloi
lay half over tho sides of their canous.
But, O, what fetich gave thoir weapons
such wonderful power! Their bullets,
made of 11 heavy gray metal wo hud
never ion before, reached uu ivt onor
rnoir, distances. Women and old in on
who wero following tlio combat from tha
shore wero hit. Tho walls of our huts
wero perforated. Some goata who
wero wandering far olf In tho fiollls
dropped dead of their wounds. As for
us who wero on tho water, our stout
shields wore pierced as though thoy
had been bananas. Many of ns were
Killed and woundod and othors woro
drowned, for the bullets knocked holes
In some of our woodon canoos, which
filled luid sank.. Still wo kept fighting
desperately, and wo followed tho whlto
boings somo dlstanco below our vil
lages. Their band llnally escaped ua.
aud raised loud erics of triumph as wo
ended the pursuit. Wo could not un
derstand what thoy said."
Muole added thut Mata Bailee, tho
chief of tho Ba-Ngalu, exerted ovory
effort to dissuade his Mrdont pooplo
from approaching tite wuHes, who, ho
declared, could not 'laman belngg.
It was thlsHumo chief, who, throo years
ago, wopt as ho bade farowcll to Cap
tain Coqullhnt, tho founder of tho Bu
N'gala eUJon, who was ubout to go
back to Kuropo. "Return soon," ho
said, "for I urn old, aud I wish to seo
you again boforo I dio." A fow days
over a year lator Coqullhat was again
among tho Ba-Ngala, who, with thoir
powerful and aged chief, aro now
among tho most faithful and useful
friondB of tho whites. JV. Y. Sun.
Tho now eervunt girl camo to tho
lady crying und holding 011 to hor
linger. "What's tho mutter?" uslfod
tho lady. "I've run u fork into my
flngor, and if it'u this plated stuff I'll
got lockjaw." "Don't bo nfmld. All
my Hilvor w gouulno. I don't hoop miy
plntcd wmo Jn tho houuo." ffext
morning tho servant girl and all tlio
silver wero mUsliig, und tliu tnohi
ware was nil plutod furnmiu liiuu futv
until iho time wyru bdUur,