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THE CHIL3 MUSICIAN.
lie had played for his lordship's levea,
Ho bad played for her ladyship's whim,
Till the poor little head waa weary,
And the poor little brain would sn-lm.
And the face jnw peaked and eerie,
And the lare eyes strange aud bright,
And they said too late "He U weary!
He fchall rest for at least to-night I"
But at dawn, when the birds were waking,
Ac they watched in the silent room,
With the sound of a strained cord breaking,
A bomething snapped in the gloom,
Twas the string of his violoncello,
And they heard him stir in his bed:
"Make room for a tired little fellow,
Kind Oodl" was the Inst that he said.
Austin Dobson.
BOUM-BOUM.
The child lay on liislittle white bed, denthly
pale, nnd looked with eyes nintlenllthobigccr
by fever straight before him, steadily, and
with the, strange fixedness of the sick who
already ierceivo whnt those who nro well
cannot see. The mother, at the foot of the
bed, biting her lingers so ns not to cry out,
noxious nnd tormenteil with her suffering,
watched the progress of the disease over tho
Mor, thin fuco of her little loy, nnd the
futher, a lino fellow, though ho was only a
workingman, held back in his eyes tho tears
that burned on their lids. And the first light
of the dawn, clear, gentle, tho light of a lino
morning In June, came into tho narrow bed
room on the Kue des Abbesses, whero lay
dying the little Francois, son of Jacques
Legrand nud of Madeleine Ixgrand, his wife.
He was a boy of 7 years. A blonde and rosy
little chap, who, not three, weeks before, had
loen as lively and as chipper as n sparrow.
But a fever had seized him, and they had
brought him home, one evening, from school,
with his head so heavy and his hands so hot.
And ever sinco he had been there, on bis bed,
and sometimes in his delirium would say,
looking at the nicely polished shoes that his
mother had carefully set in a corner: "You
can throw them away now, little Francois'
shoes. Little Francois will not wear them )
any more. Little Francois will not go to
school again never, never P
Then tho father would cry out, "Will you
be quiet?" and tho mother would go and
hide her face in her pillow, so that tho little
Francois would not hear her weep. Through
the night that had just passed tho child had
had no delirium. But for two days he had
bothered tho doctor by a strange sort of de
spondency, which resembled a surrender to j
death, as if, though but 7 years old. the '
sick boy had already experienced tho weari
ness of life. Ho was tired out, apiwreutly, j
silent, sad, idly tossing his weak head back- j
ward aud forward on tho pillow, unwilling
to tnko anything; having no longer a smile
on his poor, thin lips, and with his haggard
eyes searching, seeing no ono knew what,
far off, far away. "There, abovo us, ier- '
haps," thought Madeleine, who shivered at
the thought. When they wanted him to
take his medicine, some syrup may le, or a ,
little beef tea, ho refused everything.
"Do you want anything, Fraincoisf"
"No, I want nothing."
"You mut get him out of this," said tho
doctor. '"This torpor alarms me. You aro
his jMtrent.s, you should know your child.
Think of something which may animate this
little fellow, bring back to earth tho mind
which is roaming among the clouds." And
then ho went away. I
"Think of somethingf Oh, yes, beyond a
doubt, they know him well, their Francois,
these good people. They knew how much
ho was amused, tho little fellow, when on
isimdnv ho would no and forairo in tho
hedges, and would come back to Paris on
his father's shoulder, loaded with hawthorn.
Jacques Legrand had bought for Francois all
sorts of images, and ho put them on the
child's bod, and made them dance before tho
wandering eyes of tho little fellow, aud, all
ready to cry, tried to make hint laugh.
"'ow, do you seo, 'tis the Broken Bridge.
Tra-la-la. And hero is a general. You ro
jmemter wo saw a general once in tho Bois
do Boulogne) If you will tako your medi
cine I will buy a real general for you, with
a cloth coat and gold paillettes. Do you
want him tho general I Tell me." i
"No," replied tho child, in the dry voice
which fever produces. i
"Do you want a pistol? some marbles? a
bow nnd arrows!"
"No," answered tho littlo voice, almost
cruel in its distinctness. j
And to alt that thoy said to him, to all tho
jumping jacks, to all the balloons that they i
promised him, tho littlo voice tho parents
all the while looking at each other in despair j
answered, "No! no! no!"
"But what do you want, then, my Fran- i
coisf" asked tho mother. "Come now, there
must bo something that you would liko to
have. What is it? Tell it to mo, your
mammal" Ami fho laid her check down on
the pillow of tho sick boy, and sho whispered
her request in his ear, ns if it were a secret
between them. Then tho child, rising in his 1
bed and stretching out toward something in- 1
visible an eager hand, replied suddenly, with (
a ftrango accent and in an earnest tone, that
was at onco supplicating and imperative: ,
"I want Bouni-Boum!" i
Boum-Boum I '
The ioor Madeleino throw a frightened
look at her husbaud. What did tho littlo
ono say? Was it tho delirium, tho terrible-,
delirium como back?
Boum-Bouml I
Sho did not know what it meant, and sho
was frightened at theso queer words, which
tho child now repeated with tho willfulness !
of a sick i'ron, as if, not having dared until
then to forinulato his dream, he would cling
to it now with an iuvtuciblo obstinacy.
"Yes, Bouin-Bouinl Bourn-Bourn! I want
Boum-Boum)"
Tho mother had seized in her nervousness
Jacques's hand, and said in a low voice, as
though sho were out of her wits, "What
does that mean, Jacques! Ohl it is all over
with him." I
But tho father had on his rough faco n
nnilo that was almost happy. And a bewil
dcrcdsmilo, also thosmiloof a condemned
man who detects a possible chanco for lib
erty. Bouni-Boum I Ho well rnoinlxrod
tho Easter morning when ho iiad taken
Francois to tho circus. Ho had still in his
ears tho child's great bursts of joy, his
hearty laugh tho laugh of on amused
youngster when tho clown, tho splendid
clown, all spotted with gold, with a spark
ling, many colored dress, on tho back of
which was set a big brown butterfly, per
formed his unties in tho ring, played tricks
on tho ridiug master, or held himself motion-1
less on tho ground, his head down and his
feet in the air, or threw up to tho chaudo
licr his sort felt hat nnd caught it adroitly on
his head, nnd whero tho men formed a pyra-1
mid; and at each trick, liko tho refrain of a
song, lighting up his big, droll, bright faco,
tha clown uttorod tho samo cry, rented tho ,
samo word, acoomtnied winetintoa by a roll ,
of drums Uouin-Boiuiil i
Boum-Bouml and every tlmo that it camo
round, Boum-Bouuil tit wulacirotw burUd
out in bravo, and tho littlo one laughed
hsortiwU Bourn-Bourn I It was tliU .
IJoum.Boum, tha down of tuo circus, tun
man who cutortalnal a epod rt of tho city,
that ho warned to see-the little l'nmoots-.
and that he might not have and might not seo.
because he was ther", sick and weak, in his
white l?dl
That evening Jacques Logrand brought to
the child a jointed down, with spangles
sewed on all over, that he had liought at a
high price the price, in fact, of four days'
work. But he would have given twenty,
thirty days', a year's lalnir to bring back a
smile to the pale lips of the sick toy. Tho
child looked for a inlnuto at tho toy as it
shone on tho w hito licdelothes, then, sadly:
"It is not Boiun-Bouin! I want to seo
Bouni-Boum."
Ah I if Jacques could have wrapped him in
his quilt, carried him off, taken him to tho
circus, shown him tho clown dancing under
the lighted chandelier, and said to him,
"There is Boum-Boum."
He did better than that, this good Jacques.
He went to the circus, ho asked for tho
clown's address, and timidly, with limbs
weakened by emotion, ho mounted step by
step tho staironso that led to the homo of tho
artist at Montniartre. It was very bold what
he had como to do there, this man Jacques!
But after all, actors nro willing to go and
play, to recite monologues in tho drawing
rooms of tine people. Perhaps tho clown
oh, if he only would! maybe willing to como
nnd sav rood morning to Francois. What
1 mattered it how they received him, Jacques
legrand, at Boum-Boum's home?
It was no longer Boum-Bouml It was M.
Moraine, who, in the rooms of an artist,
i nmong books, engravings, an artistic ele
gance making a choice background to a
charming man, who received Jacques in his
ollice like that of a physician. Jacques stared,
, did not recognize tho clown, and turned his
soft hat over and over in his hands. Tho
other waited. Then the father excused him
self. It was surprising what ho had just i
asked it coital not lo done pardon, oxcuso
1 me but in fact, it related to tho littlo boy.
'A fln lit tin bov. monsieur And so inter
ligont! Always tho th-st in his class, except- ;
' ing in arithmetic, which ho did not under- j
'stand. A dreamer, this littlo follow, do yon
seel Yes. a dreamer. And tho proof there,
the proof and Jacques hesitated, stain- I
itierea, men piucKeu up cuuiuu -i
niptly
' "The proof is that he wants to seo you,
that ho thinks only of you, as if you
were
there lefore him. like n star that ho would
like to have, aud if ho looked" and tho
father, whose face was wan and sallow with
his great care, stopped, and great drops of
sweat stood on his brow. He did not dare to
look at the clown, who stood thoro with his
eyes fixed on the workman.
And what would Boum-Boum. say to him!
Would he send him away, tako him for a
fool, put him out of the house?
"You live?" asked Boum-Boum
"Oh! very near, lino des Abbesses."
"Very well,'' said tho other. "He wants to
seo Boum-Boum, you say? All right, ho
bhall seo Bouni-Boum P
When the door opened lcfoi-o tho clown,
Jacques Legrand cried out ehceriiigly to his
loy, "Now, Fraueois, be satisfied, you rogue!
See, there is Boum-Boum!''
And into the child's faco there came a
happy light. Ho raised himself in his moth
er's arms and turned his head toward tho
two men, looked for a moment to seo w ho
was this gentleman in a frock coat at his
father's side, the gentleman whoso good, jolly
faco was then smiling on him, and whom ho
did not know; aud when they said to him
"That is Boum-Boum P ho fell back, slowly,
sadly, with his head turned to tho pillow, and
lay there with his eyes fixed, his big bluo
eyes that saw beyond the walls of tho littlo
bedroom, and that looked for, that were
always looking for Boum-Boum's spangles
and butterfly us n lover pursues his dreams.
"No," replied tho child, with a voice no
longer dry, but distressed, "No, that is not
Boum-Boum P
Tho clown, standing near the littlo bed,
bent a profound gaze on tho faco of tho sick
littlo man, a grave look, but of an infinite
sweetness. Ho shook his head, looked at tho
anxious father and broken dtiwn mother und
said, smiling, "He is right; it is not Bount
Botim!" and ho went off.
"I shall not see I shall never seo him ngain,
Boum-Bouml" now repeated tho child whoso
littlo voice seemed to bo already whisering
to tho angels. "Perhaps Bouni-Boum is over
there, yonder, whero littlo Francois will soon
go?"
And suddenly ho had not been gone half
nn hour tho door was rudely opened, nnd
in his black and spangled suit, with a yellow
topknot on his head, a golden butterfly on
his breast and another on his back, his mouth
opened into an expansive grin, his good faco
all chalked, Boum-Boum, tho real Boum
Boum, tho Boum-Boum of tho circus, tho
Boum-Boum of tho people, tho Boum-Boum
of tho littlo Francois, Boum-Boum himself
appeared! And on his little white led, with
a lively exultation in his eyes, laughing, cry
ing, happy, saved, tho child clapped his littlo
thin hands, shouted bravo! and cried w ith all
tho joyfulness of a 7-year-old, bursting out
suddenly like a lighted rocket,"Boum-Boum!
Tis ho, 'tis he this time! That is Boum
Boum, sure! Hurrah for Boum-Boum I Good
morning, Boum-Boum!''
When tho doctor camo Hint day he found,
seated at tho bedside of tho littlo Francois,
a white faced clown, who kept the littlo fel-
low laughing all tho time, and who said to
tho sick boy, stirring a lump of sugar in tho
bottom of a cup of medicine, "You know if
you do not drink it, littlo Francois, that
Boum-Boum will not como to seo you ngain."
I And tho child drank it.
"Isn't it nicef
"Very nice, thank you, Boum-Boum."
i "Doctor," said tho clown to tho physician,
"do not bo jealous. It seems to me, however,
that my antics do him us much good us your
prescriptions."
Tho father and mother wept; but this tlmo
it was becauso of their happiness. And
every day until littlo Francois was ablo to
leave his I ed a carriage stopped before tuo
workman's homo on tho Huo des Ablx?ss),
and there btcpod from it a man wrapped in
a heavy overcoat with tho capo turned up,
' und beneath, dressed for tho circus, and with
jolly chalked face.
"What do I owo you, sirP said Jacques
Legrand to the master clown at tho end of
his visits, when tho loy went out for tho first
timo; "because, iu fact, you bee, L owo you
something."
Tho clown offered to tho parents his two
big hands, tho hands of n sweet and nmlublo
Hercules. "A good shako of your hands,"
ho said. Then kissing both of tho child's
cheeks, which had rocoverod some of their
rosiness, ho added laughing, "Tho permis
sion to print on my visiting cards
. 'BOUM-BOUM,
I ACtlOHATlC DOCTOR,
Tbysician Ordinary to the Littlo Francois.' "
Translated from tho French of Jules Citv
retio for tho Boston Transcript,
I Kroiioiuy on the Continent.
I Tho common peoplo of Hamburg rarely eat
meat, it is so dear. Soups aro mado in great
variety, Including ono from lxr. The
Iorer kinds of flh only aro cheap. Economy
is not confined to tho poorer jxjoplo. Servant
girls aro gonerally allowed for tha week
tholr loaf of bread and quarter or half jwund
of butter or lard, nnd nro ouly jnnittud to
.. . n I nunnltv nf u.nli innnl 41... -. t
i wllh Ul0 famlly ,,rovUlouJ
i ,IU tu0 m0al Good HookcVecpIus.
FARM AND GARDEN
Column of Very Useful
Information. .
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
People Who Are Subject to Giddiness
or
Faintness Should Not
Bathe Eto.
In choosing meat select that of ft fine,
smooth grain and of a bright-red eolot
and white fat.
If pork is young, the lean will break
on beini: pitched ; the fat will bo white,
soft and pulpy.
Delicate-colored silks should never lie
laid nwiiy in white paer, ns the chloride
nf lime used in blenching the paper often
drnws out the color.
People who are subject to attneks of
giddiness or faintness, and those who
euiler from palpitation nnd other senao
of discomfort at the henrt, should not
bathe.
P.its of soap which are too small to bo
used should be carefully laid aside for
laundry days, when they can lie molted
tit) to add tb the wash boiler instead of
i .
scraping up a new oar oi soap.
Gutter in small quantities may lie
ma,je by stirring the cream in a bowl:
nnli ,.: j done ovurv dav bv some eoou
housekeepers, who prefer butter made of
sweet cream and ure willing to perform
this extra lnbor that they may have it
fresh daily.
When decanters and carafes liecome so
discolored inside that shot or lino coals
will not cleanse them, fill the bottle with
finelv chopped potato skins, cork tightly
and let the bottle stattd for three days,
when the skins will ferment. Turn out
and rinse. The bottle v. ill bo as bright
and clean as when new.
When you feel the pricking pain on
the evelid that announces the coining of
a stv," use as an application very strong
black tea, or simplv tne tea leaves mois
tened with a little "water, put in a small
hag of muslin nnd laid over the eyelid.
Moisten again as it dries. This, if used
before the sty gets well under way, will
generally drive it away.
Opening the window in front of astovo
will stop a smoking chimney. The smok
ing ifi sometimes caused by an insutli
cient supplv of air. Oftentimes simply
fanning the lire vigorously will stop tho
smoking. Nothing is more annoying
than a smoking chimney. Two openings
in the same Hue will cause tins troumej
I therefore, it is necessary to mnko sep
arate Hues for everv tire. A tree abovo
the chimney may stop the dralt; this
can bo remedied" only by cutting down
the tree.
DitiiKer r tJiiilerfeeillnir.
Underfeeding ruins more live stock Id.
the West than overfeeding. Grave ns
is the objection to pampered breeding
animals, yet whero there is ono beast
ruined by nn excess of heating food there
are a dozen well-bred ones tmlTeied to
Inpso into a state of hopeless degeneracy
by a failure in the case of young stock to
keep them growing or by neglecting to
provide a suilicient ration to support
breeding animals against tho taxes of
nature. Feed the younsters generously
on proper food stud's, and when they are
matured, if of tho right etamp, they will
not require extra care. Prof. Sanborn
argues that there is even more in feed
than in breed, and tho facts ire not all
against him. Whatever is worth keep
ing at all in the way of farm stock is
worth keeping well.
Treatment of llutter.
A cliurner in Rural Lije holds that
granulated butter can le washed and
cooled to a better advantage if the water
ie allowed to percolate through the mass
of butter while the churn is at rest. To
revolve it, he holds, has the tendency to
mass tho granules ere the chilling effect
of the water has taken away some of the
adhesive nature of tho globules.
Wo think he is sound up to a certain
point; that is, practice his method until
lie is sure the whole mass is cold enough
to keep it in granules then they can bo
washed thoroughly without adhering to
each other. After so much is secured
tho right temperature to pack can bo ob
tained by using water warm enough to
raise the mass in a few minutes to about
50 in summer and 00 in winter.
Work for Itulnjr Uajru.
It is so often necessary to work over
hours in pleasant weather that when a
rainy day comes in summer tho farmer
mnv profitably devote it partly to intel
lectual improvement. He can at least
then take time to estimate carefully what
needs to be dono and plan as to the best
way of doing it. This will requiro study
and prove the best possible intellectual
exercise. It at least requires as much
executive ability to keep everything on
a large farm in order and working
smoothly as it does to manage a manu
facturing or commercial business.
Comiuilllnir Htock tn Knt Fond.
Animals can possibly be wintered or
kent at other seasons on food that con
tains barely enough nutrition to sustain
life. But whenever thiH is the fact no
profit need lie expected from stock thus
fed. All tho advantage to tho farmer
from feeding stock comes from feeding
more than is nepdod for barely retaining
the same condition. There must be in
crease either of flesh, milk or wool le
foro there can be any profit, and this re
quires gciierallyjood feeding.
Cutting Timothy Too Karl?.
When timothy is in bloom its pollen
makes the hay dusty when cut. It is
bent possibly tocut when thostock bursts
into head before blossoming; but, if tho
grass cannot well lo cut then, defer tho
cutting until the blossom falls. Tho hay
will then Ixj at least not injurious, and
its deficiencies can be made up with lib
eral rations of oats or other grain.
Teitlnir llin t-'own,
The f'rirwi Journal says a New York
dairyman doubled the yield of butter per
cow of his herd in ono year by testing
every cow and disposing of the poor
ones and feeding u little letter his new
herd. Both acts are in full accord with
modern dairy gosjHjl,
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cntimllnn Pacific Abandon It Vine
derbllt Alliance to Nw York.
The American Consul is sick with yel
low fever at Vera Cruz.
The vellow fever nt Vera Crur. is ex
tending to the ships in the harbor.
The wheat croti of the Dominion of
Canada is estimated at 5T, 100,000 bush
els.
M. Eiffel will make n proposition to
the World's Fair directory to build a
tower.
The Western Union nnvs 125.000 rental
for its Tenth and Chestnut streets build
ing in Philadelphia,
The Missouri river is cutting the banks
near Kansas City and endangering the
Missouri Pacific tracks.
The periodical report of a threatened
uprising in Mexico against the Diaz gov
ernment is again in circulation.
The citv of Vera Cruz, Mexico, has
negotiated a loan of $1,000,000 redeem
able in forty years at 0 per cent.
All the New York papers that pul
lislieil an account of the recent execution
by electricity are to be indicted.
There is talk of a convention of all the
historical societies to decide where the
remains of Columbus are interred.
Constant rains have caused a reap
pearance of the cotton worm in Ala
bama, and the entire crop is in danger.
According to Sheriffs' reports to the
Adjutant-General no fewer thnit IK10
murderers are roaming at large in Texas.
All the records of the City Treasttror'?
ollice at Philadelphia are missing, and
another official sensation is o:t the tapis.
An official in tho Treasury Department
ava the banks in California are in a bet
ter condition than those in other States.
The window-glass manufacturers in
Pennsylvania and their employers can
not agree on wages and a strike is prob
able. A German syndicate is trying to pur
chase large tracts of coffee and rublier
producing lands in the State of Chiapas,
Mexico.
The Ford Citv Plate-Glass Works at
Pittsburg, which are the largest ' in the
United States, will return to the use of
coal as fuel.
'Pi,.. Sinuv Indian Commission has se
cured the consent of the Ognllas for the
withdrawal of SOO Cheyennes from Pino
Hidge agency.
The dispute over the will of Samuel J.
Tilden, it is said, has been amicably set
tled. Fifty per cent, is to go to the city
nnd 50 per cent, to the heirs.
Postmaster-General Wanamnker is
trying to arrange for a fast fortnightly
mail service lad ween San Francisco and
Australia bv way of New Zealand.
Never before at the West I' jmt iNltli
tary Academy has as much building been
going on as this year. Twenty-eight
buildings, including a gymnasium, me
under way.
The St. Louis (Ualtf'lkmocrnl, which
has made a thorough canvass of tho cot
ton outlook in eight States, announces
that the present in uleations ioiiit to the
largest vield on record.
The Canadian Pacific has apparently
abandoned its Vanderbilt alliance to
New York. It is now sending mo most
of its traffic via the untario aim eat
ern, its old connection.
.lav Gould and other New York capi
talists, who say they have $25,000,000 to
put into such a scheme, it is stated, win
build an elevated railroad in Chicago,
connecting the west and Bouth sides.
A nrotest lias lieen made bv delegates
of the Musical Protective Union at New
York against tho admission to this coun
try of a ballet troupe now about leaving
Europe under the management of Wal
ter Dainrosch.
Tho Dominion government lias ro
leaped seven American fishing vessels
captured by the Dream within the three
mile limit. There was a heavy fog at
the time, and the law, it is believed, waa
unwittingly infringed.
The New York J'rens gives currency tb
the reiiort that Secretary Noble has
placed his resignation in the President's
hands, but has consented to remain in
ollice until Minister Lincoln retires,
when he will go tothecourtof St.James.
The railroads aro anxious to know
how it is the Pullman Company makes
so much money and thoy get so littlo
commission. A bill in equity has been
filed in Chicago against the company by
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul.
Tho State of Jalisco, Mexico, has been
in great financial difficulties since tho
accession of General Galvin to the Gov
ernorship. He is said to bo closing the
schools and favoring all kinds of gam
bling. Tho State is also overrun by bri
gands. Acting Secretary Chandler has re
versed the action of the Commissioner
of the general land ollice in tho case of
the United States against tho Puget
Sound Mill Company of Seattle, anil di
rects that a patent issue under section 7
of tho net of March 3, 1801. This action
practically decides forty-four nimilar
cases in tne same district.
SPORTING NOTES.
T-(l ITltclinrd Wnnt to I'ltflit ritvalm
Kinia lr InililceiiHiiitH ure Ofl'erml.
Ted l'ritchard haa announced that ho
will come to America to flirht FitzHim
moiiH before the club that will allow him
expeiiHCH and put up the largeHt purno.
The Hilly Murphy-OriU'o IlKht, which
wa8 to have occurred in Kydney July 15,
wiih poBtteoned a week to await the ar
rival of Sullivan, who waa expected there
July '11.
Hy steamer Alameda it is learned that
Joe Chovnuki of San FraiiciHco defeated
Owen Sullivan in a round and a half in
Melbourne July 22. ChoyiiHki had agreed
to knock Sullivan out in eight rounds
for a piinjo of foUO,
The steamer Alameda from Australia
briiiKH news of another escapade of John
L. Sullivan. One day while the Hteamur
was Ixitween Honolulu and Samoa Sulli
van aioHO at 11 A. m. and commenced to
imbilw freely. Hy Htipper timo he had
diBism-d of thirty-elvrht lxjttleH of jvorter
ami wiih uproariously drunk. Captain
J lay wards ordered tho bar shut down.
While tho oinhty or more jmsHenerB
were at supper Sullivan made his ap
pearance, and strontrly protested to Cap
tain HaywardH atiainst bollix deprived
of liquor, lie mailo a scene, and squared
oil to strike the captain, when there win
a roll of the ship and John I. went down
In a heap. He was seized, Iwunil, taken
to bis stateroom and looked up. He ol
tained no more liquor during tho pan-buge.
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IIISTttlt V. Tne VIimi rn Crmoeaeli contalne a complete
aula.. Iiriitfd l.l.tert of ll.e cte.t Ameilcan Clrll War, pro.
fu.elrll i.traled wllli numer.ti. anecdote of the Itebelllon , a
cimplele III. mi. t aiurrlc from It dl.carery br Oolumbuelo
ll.e pre.eiit tin..1 Cfaphl.' d.a.npllon of famoue batttea aud
Important etnit. In lt.e blitorr of all nallooe, cbrenolofleal
hl.iorr.rtcrtc
llltllilt AI'll V. TMi jteal work contain the Urn of all
tl.e rr.t I.-I.I f tie t'ultet Mate, from traablniton to
Ma-ria.iii wllh l -iirall. and other tllit.ltallen. lo Urea and
..... ti.ii. ..f,i-. I.mi llonaparte Sliakeapeere, llyroo. Wtlltam
friii, Ilei0u.lii Im.kllil. Ilenrv Plar, Daniel Web.ter. and
I.mou. atatciiieii, aulhor. poele, feneralo, cletiymeo, etc.,
.lawn to I lie tr.et.t day
AI1IIK rl.'I'I'lli:. Valuable Idnleand naefnl en(etlone
i.i I .iiuern. if. ain.c ef del 1 era, , ate an t fence, feitllllera.
rirl.t liiipleiiteiit. t hie. took raUtnii, Iticlu ting the tteatmant of
dl.oa.e.et.lolne.llo animal poultry keepli.f , and bow made
ii ccful an 1 pronit.lAt beekeeplnc.dnlry faimtni.etc. The
treatment of the. a .iil-ject I compl.l anl ell.auallte. and
ren.trre the nork of HI eat raetleal uie to farmer audatockmen.
IIIIIITKU'II't'lti:. Herein I ulren Ibemoat uietul Mm
toiroaeraef .ill kind. r leielablea an 1 fruit, ae fathered
rroui the experience of the tuo.t ucceful l.otlloultutlat.
AllCIH rr.C'l't'ltr.. relnand plana for hou,eolt,
ham anl other oiitbulldlna, with laluable aulico le
tho luteudlnK to build.
HltlTSICIIOI.II. Till work contalne tried anl letted retire
for aluio! ciery Imaclnabledilh for breakfe!, dlnoerand tea.
tl.l department atone beliif worlh mere tliau nine tenth of
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cr.tlon lol.ou.ekeeper: del(nand uietleua for makliif
many beautiful tlilug for the adornment of home, In needle
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CMn. Jrn. Hi Kfle f lull". AMe, U4umiv
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M AMIPACTUIII.S. In iMntfal woik la alw JaanlVa
aad llluatrataa Ilia atli an.l -taefi of iTlnlinl, stitflat,
UxiaMudlnl. ool ntaln, llliota!bj,fbMO,tapl,T.e.l.
I limine. I'laoo mailat, oattti maalnl, t'T" reail. taa.
manuratluteaf alia. Iron, aual, (lata, china, (.aifiimary, T
Itatliar. alareli, "all tapar. Iniraollno, poatal earJa, rM
alamra, antaloraa. rant, panella, naaJlai, an.t many alaar
Hilnia, allot ikb -111 b. found eoullarly Inmollaj aa
loitrucllra.
FOltF.tON ritlllirCTn. Intataillol 4earrllleaa. Illaa
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fhoool.u. cotlon, rial, lump, I0, rloa, mitnifia, elaaar,
ll)ar, cinnamon, allirlea, poppr, coooanuli. f laaapplaa. n
anaa, piunaa, Jain, ralllna, f a, allrai, India. tutib.r, Jatla
patoba, cotk, camphor, caller all, tapioca, no., etc.
NATlHtAI. HIRTOUV. laUrfeilnit and la.lr-.nl..
d.lcllrtloni, accompaul. t by llluMlatlooa, or niimrfoui baaata.
blfda, flihca an.llni.cn, Kllbuiutb curioua Inloamallan t. fata
list tbtlr Ufa aud bablla.
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MININO. rteilflptlonl an I llluitfalloni of tha mlalac at
told, allicr, diamond!, coat, call, capper, lead, tine, Ua aa.
qulekillrer
WONIIKIIS OF THE Rl.A. ITcteln ale oerlbe aa
llluat lata 1 tba menr wendarfuland beautiful thlnia fenad atlaa
bolton athe ocean, the plault, floaen, ehelle, Oibei, ill., Uka-
lee pearl dltlnl. coral fleblni. etc., etc.
STATISTICAI. ANI MISOEM.ANF.ortS. Iterata.
II (Ilea at ait amount or ueeful and Intrreitlnl InfofmaUo.
coma of wblcb It the population of Alnetlean cltlee, area aa
popul Mlon cf the cnntlnenle, of IheRlalea and Terrlloilea, aad,
of "to -iilnclpal eountrlea of the world, lenilh af tha principal
.Ir.-ir.-.-wldentlr) rote for alitj jeare, rreildenllal etetlatlaa.
are i an' depth of aeee, lakea and oceana, belihl of mountain,
locom lion cf animate and aeloclly of bodlaa, beliht af raoaa
mente, towOi.' an. etrucluree, dlilancee from Wa.hjniloa, ala.
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coecrr anO proiteie, populer aobtlo.uete of American Btatee,
cilice, etc., common frammalleal errore.tule. for apelllni, ra
nunclnllon nnauae of eepllale. Wall Street plire, eenwaeeea.
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