THE ARiZONA KICKER.
-mnc or the Itnro l'rlvllpCrs Unjoypd tty
WofiTii IMltor.
N - take tho following extracts from
tlic last issue of tho Arizona Kicker:
"Exim.anatouy. Last week wo an
nounced that we wero on tho trail of
I. 15. Davis, the Apaoho avenue grocer,
and that this week's issue would con
tain an expose calculated to startle the
community. We had over a column
of it in typo whon Mr Davis called at
the Kicker olllce and subscribed for
tho paper and gave us a column ad. for
a year. Mr. Davis is not only a gon
inl, whole-souled gentleman, worthy
of a place in our best society, but an
enterprising, go-ahead citizen wIioms
a credit to the whole State. When
you want the best goods at tho lowest
prices call on him."
"Ri;foi:mino Si.owi.v. When we
struck this town the chief of police by
drunk on the sidewalk in front of the
j post-ollice, and the six patrolmen were
playing pool or poker. Any mio of
the crowd could bo bought for half a
f dollar. Wo have been pegging away
for reform with each issue of the
Kicker, and wo are pleased to noto an
improvement. Tho chief hasn't been
drunk for tho last fortnight, and yes
terday we counted four patrolmen on
their beats at one timo. All reforms
move slowly, but patienco and per
severance will accompli-h much. We
shall keep at it, and wo predict that
the day will yet como when wo shall
have a polieo force which will not fear
a drunken Indian nor sell out to a
gambler for less than two dollars a
sell."
"Not This Ykak. Considerable
anxiety has- been expressed by our
many friends and well-wishers over
tho fact that the Kicker did not get the
city printing again this year. In
answer to all inquiries we reply that
wo did not want it. Tho total income
last year was ninety-six cents, while
wo lent over $15 to tho mayor and
aldermen and never expect to get a
cent back. Wo can't stand that kind of
a racket more than one year."
"Somi: Onii:u Kvi:. We have re
ceived several communications from
leading citizens asking tho Kicker to
'go' for .Judge of Probate Smith, who
1 1 4 i...r...i.i i ...i . i i
juia uuuu iuu uuimiuiuu n 1111 u;m n iusu.y
.for tho last mouth to attend to busi
ness. Thero is no doubt that tho
.judge ought to bo raked fore and aft.
but wo can't do it just now. We aro
his creditor for about if'JO, and if wo
opened on him ho'd toll us to whistle
for our loan. As swn as we get our
money back wo promise to make tho
fur fly, not only in tho ease of the
judge himself, but from tho coat of his
brother Hill, who is also steeped in
liquor and rendering himself a public
nuisance. Have patience, gentlemen."
Detroit Free Press.
BUYING A FARM.
A.lvloo to tint I.auiI-lliuiKry In tlin Olilrr
States ol tlin Union.
To one land-hungry I would say:
Go slow. Huy within your means, and
have somo little monoy to spare. A
man owning land can always get
credit, beeauso his land can not got
nway. To tho one having a fow thou
sands of dollars and not much farm
-experience, and yet anxious to own
land and go to raising big corn and
-cabbage, I would say: Put your money
in somo good savings bank and hire
out to somo thorough-going, hard
working farmer for a year or two, and
more practical, common-sonso knowl
edge will bo gained than by rending
what others have dono for years, and
uftor serving such an apprenticeship,
and still anxious to farm, you will
know what kind of a farm you want.
One of tho best kinds of farms to own
is a grass farm. Grass land, tho world
over, stands tho highest in valuo. In
Holland such a farm sells for $1,000
per aero and over, in England from
$G0O to .$300 per acre, and in our own
country such land is eagorly sought
after, tmd whon onco gotten is hold
tightly. Grass holds fertility; it
grows tho season through. Even in
winter its roots reach out and gather
in tho ammonia contained in tho snow
and rain. Grow all tho grass you can,
and keep as much land covered as pos
sible, is tho secrot of retai ling for
tuity on tho farm.
Men with largo mean9 en'., purchase
what suits their fancy, and can buy
what stock and implements they de
sire, oven if prices aro high. It is a
pleasure for them to do so, and oven
if thoy should spond foolishly largo
sums, it is not wholly lost, as many
deserving laboring men aro holped and
tho neighborhood is bettor for their
presonco and enterprise.
At present land is low. but it will
not continue so. Tho vast emigration
to tho West has taken up most of tho
land suitablo for agricultural purposes,
and the tido will sot in toward us bo
foro tho year is out Thoo that can
buy for themselves a fow acres of land
and pay for it will not bo sorry thoy
did so, and thoso owning largo tracts
that they can not work at profit, and
that hang like a millstone about their
necks, should dovlso moans to attract
worthy men to buy and sottlo in tholr
midst, and thus help to mako a part of
their land moro valuablo than tho
whole was formorly. Maryland has
one of tho most healthful climates and
a soil suited to grow almost any crop,
and thousand of acres that can bo
bought extremely low. Wo havo mnny
good, prosperous farmors, and wo
want many moro of tho same kind.
llaltimoro American.
Thoro Is considerable difference
between a key on a seaboard und a C
on tho keyboard.
I HEJUDICED VERDICTS.
Why .luror Want to Dpelilp In favor cf
four ("Unit".
"You would bo surprised how littlo
the average juryman appreciates tho
importance of his position." remarked
n young man who was drawing his pay
for a week's jury duty. "I'm not
sufficiently well posted in law to say
that tho whole jury system should be
abolished, but my experiences of tho
last week tell me that it should be
radically remodeled. On Monday I
went to court and found l.0 other men,
like myself, kept away from their
business. It was time for recess when
tho score or so of excuses had been
made to the judge, and the court
hadn't been reopened many minutes
before we were dismissed for the day.
The next morning as each case on tho
docket was read oiT a lawyer would
get tip and ask for an adjournment on
soni- trivial plea or other.
"The jurymen would then be dts-mU-ed
until tho afternoon, and soon
after reassembling would be excused
till the next day. This dilly-dallying
was kept up tho en' ire week, and
although we had nothing to do tho
days wero so broken into that none of
us could attend to any private busi
ness. Tho lf0 jurymen were divided
into two panels. Tho one I was in
tried a single case, and I scarcely
think the other panel had any thing
more to do. Tho jurymen wero paid
."Sl.fiOO for their week's work, while
the two cases tried wero for
sums amounting to only 1100. Law
comes high, and it seems that tho
country must have it.
"I havo spoken of how littlo serious
attention the average juryman gives
to a case. Tho one we tried was a suit
for $100. The moment wo wore
locked up in the jury-room one of tho
men began to boss every thing.
Hoys,' said he, 'I'm an old hand
at this business, and havo been on
more juries than any other man in the
city. I'll show you how to go about
tho case so as to decide it in a fow
moments, and we can get homo in
time for supper. I guess you're all
for the plaintiff; she's it poor woman,
and the other fel'-nv has plenty of
dust. If wo decide in favor of tho
plaintiff, we'll only havo to ngreo tts
to the amount of the verdict, and then
tho job is done.'
"i was the only one who held out,
but all argument was useless. Tho
mere fact that the woman was poor
seemed enough to convince tho jury
men that she deserved a verdict in her
favor. Tho rich man gots very littlo
fair play in tho petty courts, as far as
tho jury is concerned. Tho big bugs
have iniluence enough to got excused
from jury duty, and they leave the
box to bo filled by small tradesmen.
These jurors aro mostly men of such
pronounced socialistic tendencies that
it is utterly impossiblo for them to
see beyond their own pet theories.
They are no doubt honest enough as a
rule, but their prejudices aro too
strong to allow them to judge in a
case where labor and capital form the
bono of contention."
A lawyer, commenting on tho same
subject, said that as tho judge took a
directly opposite view from tho jury
men things wero rather oven up. In
a case of poor plaintiff and rich de
fendant, whatever feeling tho judge
might havo was sure to ho against
sending tho matter to tho jury. He
know tho jury would bo apt to favor
tho plaintiff, and that meant that the
defendant would appeal the case. In
that ovont tho judge's decision was
nt to bo reversed, a thing which he
would not be likely to relish. N. Y.
Sun.
A TRAINED GOAT.
Its Wonderful Acrobatic rtrforninnct to
tlin .Mimic of H Kecil.
A travolor in tho Holy Land, says
Mr. Holder, was ono day stopped on
the road by an Arab, who said he
wanted to show him how his trained
goat performed. Tho travolor, noth
ing loath at being entertained whore
such a novolty was hardly to bo ex
pected, expressed his willingness, and
tho performance commenced.
Tho Arab dismounted from a miser
able donkey, spread a small carpet
upon tho ground and called up a demure-looking
goat that had been
following behind. From a bag the
man first took a number of blocks, six
inches long, cylindrical in shape and
two inches across tho top, and placed
four upon tho carpet at a small dis
tanco apart. Tho goat immediately
stepped upon them, ciirofully putting
a foot upon each block. Now the
Arab placed in his mouth a small rood
musical instrument and began to drone
a monotonous air that was evidently
appreciated by tho goat, as it pricked
up its ears and assumed a position oi
deep attention.
Without stopping his music tho Arab
thon lifted one of tho goat's forefeet
and slipped under it another cylinder,
and repeated tho operation under all
its hoofs. In this way tho goat was
gradually lifted until finally the
pillars of wood wore four feet from the
ground, tho pationt animal preserving
its balance perfectly, and appearing
as if standing on stilts. That the
music! if it could bo called music, wag
an important factor in this perform
ance was very .evident, for tho mo
ment it ceased tho goat began to
waver and tremble; but upon the
strains being revived tho animal
scorned to ucquiro fresh confidence.
Whon tho music entirely ceased it top
pled ovor and fell to the ground.
Tho next trick, if wo may notorm It,
was to build up tho columns in tin un
even manner, so that finally thoy were
roriAvcd from under tho forefoot, the
nnlmal standing upon its hind logs on
tho pillars, three foot in height St
Nicholas,
COURT PAGENTRI&.
The tJnlvrrsul l)Ui)aranrp of Oltl-Ttma
romp anil Olsplny or Itoyalty.
The timv seem- fast passing nway
for tho frequent great state pageants
in which the royal courts of Europo
were wont to indulge. It is true that
now and then we hear descriptions of
gorgeous ceremonies, attended by all
tho state and show of tho old.Mi time,
but thoy become moro and more rare
as the age advances.
Attention is called to tho fact by a
notable exception to it which was re
cently seen at the Winter Palace, in
St. Petersburg. The Russian New
Year comes eleven days later than
ours, and is preceded, according to the
rules nf tho Russian Church, by a
very strict fast of six weeks. Thon
all the pomp of tho Imperial court is
displayed as the new year open". On
the Inst of those occasions the festivity
was ob.-orved with quite as much
splendor as in earlier days. It was
half E iropcau, half Oriental. Tho
costumes and Uniforms were dn.zling
and varied, and Circassians and Sibe
rians vied with European Russians in
tho brilliancy and gorgeousness of
tln ir displays.
The halls of the' Winter Palace, says
a graphic account, "were conv erted. by
means of rare tropical plants, into
gardens of delicious verdure; tho
mellow sheen of thousands of wax
candles contrasted with the brilliancy
of the elccWic light, shining on buffets
heaped high with the coronation pinto,
and a background of supper tables
wtis laden with native and exotic
delicacies."
Such scones, which wero once not
uncommon at European courts, aro
now rarely presented tit any except
the Russian court.
In England a gorgeous state pageant
is in these days rare indeed. On tho
occasion of her jubilee, a year and a
half ago, indeed Queen Victoria made
ji brilliant celebration, at which Kinus
and Pr ncos attended in a glittering
Hock: but even then it was noticed
the Queen did not wear tho great
crown of Ht'itain, which, with tho
Koh-i-noor gleaming in tho center,
visitors to tho Tower of London see
inclosed in gla-s.
Paris has not witnessed any very
splendid pageant for more than twenty
years. Parisians who remember tho
display of Napoleon 111., when, in
1S()7, ho was visited in turn by nearly
every crowned head of Europe, and by
at least one Asiatic potentate, can find
nothing tnat lias taken place since to
equal it. Franco is Republican, and
sncc tho downfall of tho Empire has
become less ostentation.
It used to bo the boast of Spain that
tho court of Madrid was tho only great
'ourt in Europo. "Madrid en sola
corte" the Spaniards used proudly to
declare in their musical tongue; but
tho glories of tho old Spanish court
have pretty much passed away. Thero
is still a more stiff and rigid ceremony,
indeed, at tho Madrid palace than in
any other, und a host of royal servants
pass daily through a strict routine;
but oven coronations and i oyal bapt
isms aro performed with far less
brilliancy of corcintmy than formerly.
It is said that tho present King of
Italy lives in almost as modest a sim
plicity as his father, Victor Emmanuel,
did before him. Certain it is that
Homo rarely witnesses a great royal
pageant, while it is deprived, to some
extent at least, of tho stately parades
mado by the i'opo and his Cardinals
whon ho was tho temporal ruler of tho
Etornal City.
Tho German pageants of tho modern
day are, for tho most part, great mili
tary roviows and maneuvers, designed
to sot fortli tho armed prowess of tho
Empire, and tho samo may bo said of
thoso of tho Austrian court.
With tho moro democratic ago is
vanishing tho old-time pomp and dis
play of royalty, as if it wore foil that
such display is out of placo at a period
when tho people aro taking a greater
share in tho Governments, and at a
poriod, also, whon immonso sums of
money aro needed by tho sovereigns in
ordor to keep tip tholr huge military
armaments. Youth's Companion.
English Walking Jackets.'
Jackets aro so becoming to fine fig
ures that thoy aro always liked to wear
over dresses that aro made without
redingotes. Piping of a contrasting
color of cloth or elso a piping of gilt
braid will edgo these jackets. Tho
Dlrectolro rovers, short and broad, aro
turned ovor at tho top to disclose a
vest of cloth of lighter color in some
jackets, while others hove long rolling
rovers oxtonding to tho end of tho
fronts of tho jacket, and disclosing a
vest of lighter cloth nearly covered
with applique designs, curves, arab
esques, flowers, otc.dono in cloth of a
darker shado and edged with feather
braid. Tho Emplro bolt four or llvo
inches wldo Is placed across tho vest
of many jackets, disappearing under
tho rovers, and is usually of cloth
elaborately braided. Tho Dlrectolro
capos, or three deep collars, tho largest
reaching only to tho shoulder tips, aro
on other jackets, and aro especially
liked In dark green cloth, with yellow
cloth piping or else gilt braid on the
edge of tho capes; tho same pipings
are used on drab or brown cloth capos,
while silver braid edges those of gray
cloth. Harper's Huzur.
Tho old lady wont to tho thcator
for tho first time. Tho play win
"Julius Cmsar." "Waal," sho said
uftorwards, "Pvo hoarn toll that the
thoaytor wore bad, but I think It's
wufcs than bod. Its notliin' but crime
to kill ull them fellers just to amuse
the aujionco, und it oughtor be put u
top to." Harper's Haaur.
PUBLIC SALARIES.
Thp. Fay llrrelwil liy Somo of tlin Morr
rromlnrnt (iiiviTiiiiii-nt OlllchiU.
The comfortable and high-salaried
positions of tills land aro perhaps not
quite so numerous in proportion to the
niinVer of olliees to be hold, yet they
are respectable in their tutui. Of
course every body knows that tho sal
ary of Cabinet officers Is $8,000 a year.
Next to those perhaps come the Inter
State Commerce t'ommissionershlp.
which pay .$7.f00 a year. Thero aro
llvo of them. Thero are the positions
of Assistant Secretaries in the various
departments. The men who fill these
pine" rank next to the head of the de
partments and get from$:l.f00to$i.o00
salary. There are about a dozen of
these place. and the responsibility Is
great and tho work hard. The head
of the murine hospital service gets
?6,000.
Tho heads of the various divisions
and bureaus in the Treasury ;et front
S.iOOto $l.")00. There about twenty
of these places. Nino positions as
Assistant Treasurer pay from $1,000
to $8,000. Tho New York sub
Treasurer gets moro than tho Treas
urer himself, tho salary of tho sub
Treasiirer being $8,000, tho samo as a
Cabinet officer. Thoso at Ronton and
San Francisco get $.1,000. the same as
a Congressman gets. Thero aro a
pretty good lot of plums in the inter
nal revenue service. Tho Commis
sioner gets $(!.000 and twenty or moro
of the collectors about $1,000 a year.
Tho customs service is equally Inter
esting. Tho collector of customs of
New York gets moro than a Cabinet
officer, or in fact more than any Gov
ernment olllcial on duty in this coun
try, except the President and possibly
tho General of tho army and Admiral
of the navy. His salary of $l'-),000 per
year makes (coupled with tho usual
patronage) that position of more valuo
than almost any other in tho service
Thero aro dozens more of customs
collectors whoso salaries range from
$8,000 downward, and many other
positions of about a like value.
In the Interior Department thoro Is
an Assistant Secretary at$l 000, bend
of tho geological survey at $15,000,
Commissioner of Railroads and of In
dian Affairs at $1,000 each, Conunls.
siouer of Education tit $.'!.000, Coin
uiissioner of Patents and Pensions at
$0,000 each, general land olllce $1,000
and assistant commissioners at $15,000
and $;i,(00 each. Then thero Is an
army of outside men under tho Inte
rior Department getting good pay.
surveyors general, special agents,
registers and receivers, and a lot moro
of them "loo numerous to mention."
in tho Post-ollico Department thoro
aro "fa'vors" for tho political gorman
in largo numbers. The assistant post
master generalships pay $1,000 each,
tho Now York postmaster gots as
much as a Cablnot officer, and thoro
tiro about a hundred post-offices pay
ing salaries of from $.'5,000 to $0,000,
beside a lot of good-paying places in
tho department and on tho road as
general agents and that sort of thing.
Tho Post-olllco Department alono has
about (50.000 officials, great and small,
to conduct its immense business.
In tho Department of Justieo is tho
Solicitor-General at $7,000 a year, an
Assistant Attornoy-Gonoral at $.1,000
and another at $1,000. solicitor of in
ternal revenue at $1,000, and so on.
And thon tho marshals and district
judges and circuit judges, who aro
numbered by tho scoro, and oven hun
dreds, and whoso salaries run from
$2, GOO to $0,000.
Tho Government printor gots $1,000,
tho district commissioners $.1,000 each,
tho secretary of tho Sonato $7,000, tho
sorgeant-at-arms $l,H20, clork of tho
House $.1.'100, librarian of Congress
$1,000, privato secretaries of tho Pres
ident $5,000. Civil-Sorvico commis
sioners $.'5.i100 each, and so on. Thoro
aro nearly 1.10.000 positions under tho
Government. N. Y. Graphic.
FLOWERS AS EMBLEMS.
Illfitorlcul anil 1'olltlnil Nli;nlllraiiMi At.
tiiclii'il to TliKin.
Tho violot was choson by tho ad
herents of Nnpoloon as tholr badge
during his oxllo in Elba (1811-10.
Meeting a stranger, ono would ask:
"Almoz-vous la vlolotto?" Do you
love tho violet? An ignorant porson
might answer simply, "Oul." Yos.
Rut ono in tho secrot would add,
"Rion!" (well!), and would rocolvotho
countersign: "Ello rovlondra au prln
tomps." It will roturn in tho spring.
From tho time of his doparturo Na
poleon was toasted as Corporal or
Genoral Violot. Ills friends woro
rings or ribbons of violot color. A
popular design was a group of violets
so drawn that a practiced eye could
discover in two largo ones tho liko
nossos of Napoleon and Mario Louise,
while a smaller ono displayed tho feat
ures of tholr son, "tho King of Home."
After tho battlo of Waterloo tho wear
ing of vlolots was considered treason
able. It lias boon well said of tho
(lower that, "springing in obscurity
and retaining its perfume in death, It
was a wonderful emblem of him who
rose from tho valleys of Corsica to tho
throne of tho goldon llllos, and whoso
name has been a spoil of power long
after ho has ceased to breathe the air
of earth."
Tho fondness of the late Emporor
William of Germany for tho corn
llower 1ms causod it to bo commonly
known by the namo of Kalsorblumo
(tlm Emperor's (lower). It was asso
ciated with tender momorles of his
noble mother, Louisa of Prussia. Her
enemy, Napoloonoxprossod his opin
ion of her talents whon he character
ized her as "tho only man in the fam
ily," and mild, on hearing tho nowB of
her dentil: "The King of Prussia has
lout his beat Minis tor." When fleeing
to Momel with hor children after tho
battle of Joint, an accident to the cir
rlago obliged them to wait awhilo by
tho roadside. To divert tho tired and
hungry children from tho thoughts of
their discomfort, sho sot them to gath
ering the corn flowers, and made gar
lauds to decorate tholr heads, singing
the while old ballads arid telling sto
ries, it was a scene which William
never forgot, and that was a proud day
when he humbled the power of the
country from which she had endured
so much; and tho old monarch in the
glories of his triumph was heard to
murmur: "My mother, thou art
avenged."
Nations, ns well ns individuals, have
hud their emblem Mowers. The rose
was centuries ago tho chosen llower of
England, and the white and the red
were the two rival branches of the
Plantagenet family, the houses of York
and Lancaster. At the time of
tho happy union of their claims
in the marriage of Henry
of Richmond with Elizabeth
of York it is said that a rose of mingled
colors sprung miraculously into being;
it combined the hues of tho "bleeding
rose" of one race and "the pale and
maiden blossom" of tho other. Such
a rose Is still in existence, and is known
as the "York and Lancaster roso."
Scotland's national Mower, the this
tle, bears tho proud motto whoso truth
iter foes havo often proved. Nemo
mo Inipuno lacessit (No one injures
mo with impunity). Tradition tolls us
tho emblem was chosen In memory of
Its service long ago during tho Inva
sion of tlie Danes. Thoy had planned
a night attack, and as thoy stole in tho
darkness toward tho Scottish camp,
one of thoin inadvertently stepped upon
u thistle. Losing command of him
self ho uttered a cry of puln. This
aroused the sleeping Scots, who sprang
to arms and routed tho enemy.
Old legends toll us that St. Patrick,
finding it hard to convince his hearers
concerning the doctrine of tho trinity,
gathered a trefoil and took tho three
fold leaf as an Illustration: wherefore
tho supernatural power attributed to
a threefold leaf, and 'lonce tho adop
tion of tho national emblem:
"Chosen leaf
Of hard anil chief,
Okl Krln'b native shamrock."
' Harper's Razar.
JED HANKS' WIFE.
A AVomaii Who Didn't Propose to Curry
Her Cross In Sllenre.
Unlovely as tho character of tho
scolding woman is, thoro is somo ox
cuso for hor infirmities of temper
when they havo been developed by
years of association with that sore
trial, a shiftless, improvident husband
so lacking in pride and manliness as
to allow his wife to support him and
tholr children. .led Hanks was such
a man and his wife, Matilda, had been
mado a most accomplished scold by
his shiftlessnoss, which was all the
more trying beeauso of tho fact that
Matilda was an enorgotic and ambi
tious woman.
Jed was meekness itsolf, but his
mildness only mado matters worse, for
nothing so trios tho temper of an an
gry woman as sorono calmness on tho
part of tho person at whom hor anger
Is directed. Jed's defense and anger
seldom wont beyond u mild: "Sho
now. Tilly."
"Woll, why can't you bo tho six
teenth part of a man, thon?" Matilda
would burst out. "I'd bo ashamed of
myself If I was you. Jed Hanks!"
"Now, Tilly, you're gotting ex
cited." "Excited! Excited, Jed Hanks!
Woll, haven't I reason for being ex
cited? Wouldn't a brass woman got
oxcited If sho had to support a shift
less man and six children P"
"Tilly, Tilly, try to bo cn'm."
"Oh, cn'm! It looks like being cn'm,
don't it, with not a tiling in tho house
hut a littlo flour and a handful of tea,
and you lying on tho grass all day
long and not oven cutting me a little
stovo-wood? And yot you say for mo
to bo ciCm ."'
Well, now. Till, what's tho uso o'
makin' sech a to-do ovor HP Wo'll
git along."
"Oh, yos, 'wo'll git along!' Wo'll
kill tho bear, won't wc? I declnro to
morcy, .led Hanks, if you a'n't enough
to drlvo a woman crazy! Whoro's
your grit? Whoro your splrltP You
simply haven't got any and you know
it"
"Woll thon. Tilly, what'B tho uso of
toll in' mo soP"
"Oh. I'll toll you so! I'll toll you
so ov'ry day of your shirioss llfo, and
forty times a day, Jed Hanks!"
Poor Matilda! sho has her unfortu
nate counterpart in many wives of to
day who can not sulfor In silence the
crosses thoy must dally bear, und who
would bo hotter wives if tholr hus
bands wero bettor men. Youth's Com
panion. Charles E. Roles is tho real namo
of tho famous California highwayman
generally ' known as "Hluok Hart."
At the breaking out of the war ho was
living in Decatur, ill., and joined tho
One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois
regiment, was made sergeant and
served throe years, gaining some
distinction for bravery. Returning
home in 1 8(50, he disposed of his farm,
locating his wife and throe small
children all girls In tho littlo town
of Olney, 111., and then started for
Montana. From all information his
domestic relations wero peculiarly
happy. His wife Is described by hor
neighbors as an estimable woman,
und the children he left behind him
wero bright and unusually pretty,
For many years ho has been a terror
to tiie stage companion and travelers
in the mountains of California.
OUTWARD MOURNING.
Thp Custom of Wrurlm; Crape for T.ong
l'l-rloils ralllm; Into llne.
We go through a great deal of fnlso
sentiment and false politeness in tho
matter of our funeral ceremonies and
our mourning attire. In the youthful
dnys of our present sexagenarians tha
mark of mourning a piece of black
crape around the sleeve of a colored
coat was reserved for tho army only.
Army and nnvy officers alone might
mako this modest manifestation stand
in lieu of tho glossy sables and deep
hat-bands of civilians. There was ti
howl, as well as a sneer, when thesu
civilians adopted tho military custom,
and on tho sleeve of a colored coat
stitched a black band to denote the
death of a dear friend or near relation.
Howls and sneers notwithstanding, tho
custom gained ground, and is now rec
ognized, adopted and approved of.
There are many who set their faces
against the excessive mourning of by
gone attire. No longer do all widows
oven think it necessary to clothe them
selves In crape, and tho life-long obli
gation of the widow's cap, like tho life
long obligation of tho widow's black.
Is at an end. Those who like to cling
to tho ancient methods havo tholr will
and do their pleasure, but those who
do not those who carry death in tholr
hearts and do not care to show It to tho
world or thoso who really aro not
deeply utllletod may dispense with
mourning altogether, if thoy havo tho
mind. Simple black answers all tho
purpose, and tho term for this is great
ly curtailed. Wo no longer feel thai
wo owe it to tho memory of tho dear
dead to make ourselves uncomfortable,
and to spond money on moro show on
moro signs and symbols to gratify tho
watching world. Deep In our hearts
wo bear tho sacred imago wo keep
alive tho holy Maine. Wo havo loved
that noble man. thatpuro-Honled woman
the father,- the husband, tho glorious
brother, tho mother who bore us, and
tho sister who was our cradlo
playmate. Wo havo loved for all
our llfo; wo shall lovo to the
hour of death. Hut need wo thon
clothe ourselves In crape and woolen,
and mark ourselves "Horeaved" as by
a placard pinned to our breast? Far
better and moro suitable ayo, and
sometimes far more sincere, too the
undemonstrative acceptance of tho In
evitable tho quiet cherishing of secret
sorrow tho close concealment of the
sacred lovo. Tho sorrow lies there,
and wo do not wish to show it to tha
world as a beggar unfolds his sore.
We do not wish to bo questioned nor
condoled with. Who can comfort usE
No ono! What good does it do us oc
tho world to Haunt our grief in crapo
and weepers In tho face of tho curious,
tho unsympathetic, tho critical P Toa
much" or "too littlo" "too soon left
off" or "too long kept on" "tho fashion
too smart for mourning" or "tho depth
ridiculous for tho occasion." Do wo
want to run tho gauntlet of all out
dead friends' criticisms? Far bottot
tho slightest indication that Is possi
ble ho slight as to escape general
notice than tills which attracts genoral
attention? Duchoss of Rutland, in
Loudon Queen.
ARMY-WORM REMEDIES.
Mow to Slop tlin Inereano of Tills D-
Htructlvi! Agricultural l'ent.
Tho army worm, according to Mr
Lawrence Hrunor of tho Nobraska Ex
periment Station, has appoarcd In that
State lu threatening numbers; and &9
a moans of checking its incrcaso ha
makes the following suggestions in a
recent Station Hiilletln:
Chief among tho romodios adopted
for keeping in chock the Increase of
this pest is tho burning of old gratia,
stubblo and other llko rocoptacles fo
tho eggs and hibernating hirvto. Per
haps this accounts for tho absence ol
the pest from our frontier settlements
in this and othor Western States for
tho past twenty yoars and more, tha
customary fall and early spring prairie
fires having destroyod such eggs and
larvai as would otherwise have entered
upon tho spring and summer cam
paigns. This Is a preventive boforotho
post has "materialized." Tho burn
ing should bo postponed until spring
has woll advanced, to bo of moat
benefit. During Into years, tho increase
of area cultivated, and tho prevention,
of starting llros on tho prairies, espe
cially In the "cattlo districts" of tha
Northwest, lias perhaps boon tho di
rect cause for the presonco of this in
sect in injurious numbers.
Ditching, rolling, plowing, etc., are
remedies that can bo used advantage
ously now, Ditching and fencing can
bo resorted to in preventing tho worma
from passing from ono field to another.
Fence boards sot on edgo and saturated
with kerosene will effectually check an
advancing column, after which thoy
can bo destroyed by crushing. Ditch
ing, witli the opposite side of tho ditch
from tho advancing host "dug undor,"
will "corral" the worms for tho time
being, whon thoy can bo destroyed by
crushing, or by covorlng thorn with
hay or straw and setting fire to it
Poisoning with Loudon purple and
Paris green bus also been resorted to
with good results; but as long as othor
and loss dangerous methods do not
fall, It is advisable not to resort to
these. Grass or grain that has been
sprayed with these poisons should
never bo fed to stock, us thero is dan
ger of poisoning animals bo fed.
Orange Judd Farmer,
'Mr. William 0. Smith and Mlu
Mury White woro very successfully
married at tho home of tho brlde't
parents last night," was the rather
unusual way in which a young roporter
began an account of a wedding, whluk
was at leant one instance of num-lag
not boing a failure.