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Dig tor It at Home.
Would yon have the shining metal?
Do not o'er the wide world roam,
Following a fleeting phantom
Stay and dig for it at home.
Do not heed the lurim story
Treasures distant hillsides hold ;
Ten adventurers, disappointed,
Stand for every ounce of gold.
Wishing still for something better
Manv fancies youth will rear;
Mountains of the 3'ellow mica.
In the distanto gold appear.
And the longing is contagious,
Drinking from a leaden cup,
For the means of grander living,
On highways to pick it up.
But dame fortune is too ficklo
In her train afar to roam.
Would you win her golden treasure
Stay and dig for it at home.
In the land that lies before you
Find your wealth by honest toil ;
Never votary disappointed
lugluly sought the generous soil.
Only faint , weak hearts repining
cast a way mo coon at nana :
fortunes smues win rarely crown
them
Sought for in a distant land.
I'nt success rides on before you,
Orapple it and you will win ;
Lot e'en now the mists are rifting
And the tides are rushing in.
Tet no foreign expedition
Lure your restless steps to roam,
Gold is nearer than the mountains,
Stay and dig for it at home.
TJ1E REST RED.
Tlio district school in the village
of Ilollythorn was taught by Miss
Eva Stanley, who "boarded around"
among the scholars, and was consid
ered tlie paragon of teachers.
Tho last week previous to the hol
iday vacation she had been boarding
with a Mrs. Carpenter, who was mak
ing gigantic preparations for guests
she was expecting from Xew York.
"You have never met my brothers,
Eva," she said. "There's Sam, and
Georgie, and Johnty, the youngest;
and such times as they have when
they get out here and 'rusticate,' as
they call it! But dear me, I don't
get much rest or peace, for they are
like a lot of boys let out of school.
"The last iime they visited me
together, John and Sam actually cut
a pane of glass from the window and
pelted tTeorgo froia my best room
with snow!
Yon see there is always a regular
strife for that particular room, for
the bed is a spring one, and they say
they don't sleep on any other in the
citv. lint they don't get it this time,
that's certain, for I intend to give
yon that room, and so end the con
troversy.
'I had iust as soon occupy some
other room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do
not wish to incommode your broth
ers." "No you shan't, Eva." peremptor
ily exclaimed her hostess; "and what
is the nst of your going home vaca
tion week? You can stay here just
as well as not, and do your sewing
on my machine."
The subject was dropped, and the
entire household retired early, for
on the morrow the brothers, young,
ardent and full of life, were to be
there. lint without sending any
word of their intention, they had
concluded to take the train which
would land them in Ilollythorn about
bed time. George and John did so,
and when seated in the cars began to
speculate upon the absence of Sam.
"No reason in the world why ho
should not have been there," said
George. "I can't make it out unless
he has taken the live o'clock train by
mistake."
"Not a bit of it," laughed John,
who fancied he understood tlie entire
programme. it is most HKeiy lie
took that train on purpose to get into
Hannah m parlor bed-room, and make
us take up with straw ticks and
feathers."
"I didn't think of that, but I reck
on yon are right. We must contrive
to get him out somehow."
The brothers put their heads to
gether and laughed heartily over
their scheme for out-witting Sam,
and accordingly, when the train
reached Ilollythorn about eleven
o'clock, they approached the home
of their sister in a very stealthy man
ner. Climbing the fence in the rear,
tliey softly opened the window and
obtained access to the pantry, where
they demolished a whole mince pie
and a quantity of doughnuts. Then
with appetites appeased they remov
ed their boots and prepared to inves
tigate the "best room;" they stole
along the hall, which was dimlv
lighted by the moon, ascended the
stairs and reached the door. Tlie
faint rays of the moon disclosed a
chair piled with clothing, and they
could distinctly trace the outlines of
a form beneath the bed clothes. A
few whispered words were exchanged
and then as lightly as if shod with
down they drew near.
"All ready!" whispered George.
Quick as thought thev seized the
form of the sleeper, bed'clothes and
all bore it swiftly down the stairs
and out into the snow, and were
about to drop it in a huge drift when
a shrill scream broke the stillness of
the night, and oh, horror! it was that
of a woman! And in their conster
nation they dropped their burden
plump into the middle of the drift.
w Good heavens!" exclaimed George.
it isn t Sam, but some woman as I
am a sinner and she has fainted!
lktin and call Hannah!"
With admh able presence of mind,
he lifted the limp form of Eva Stan
ley and carried it into the house
But they had already been heard
and the inmates came rushing into
the hall just as be appeared.
"George! John! for goodness sake
what does this mean, and who have
you there?" asked Mrs. Carpenter iu
a bre-.th.
"Blessed if I know," began George;
"thought it was Sam. so we conclud
ed to give him a douse in the snow
for getting into the best bed and
trying to euchre us. Quick! I believe
sue nas iainreu.
"Just like you," scolded Hannah,
as she assisted in depositing Eva
once more in the bed from which she
had been so unceremoniously taken;
"beginning your tricks upon each
other before you are fairly in the
house. Clear out now 1"
Long before she had finished her
tirade her brothers had betaken them
selves down stairs, where they went
into hysterics over the joke.
"A pretty kettle of fish!" George
said, rolling over the floor and letting
off peal after peal of laughter.
"I should think it was." replied
John, holding his sides. "Oh, my!
But what is to be done about it; and
who do you suppose sh is, George?"
"Some guest of Hannah's of course,
and young and pretty at that. I don't
know how it is with you, but I feel
particularly small and cheap would
sell myself at a very low price."
"Cheap!" roared John, "Cheap! I
would actually give myself away this
blessed minute, and throw some
thing in to boot. What are we to do?
I can't say. I believe I shall dig out
of this place and get back to the city
before morning. I haven't got the
courage to face the music."
He began hastily putting on his
boots, and would have carried his
threat into execution, but for the
appearance of Hannah, who nt once
asserted her authority .
"You are not going a single step,
John. I don't wonder vou feel asham
ed of yourselves. What on earth
possessed you is more than lean tell."
"That's right, Han'; pitch in, scold
away; I'll take any amount of talking
just now. I am as meek as a lamb
But who is it we've played so shabby
a trick on? replied George.
"Trick! I should think it was
Why it is Eva Stanley, our school
teacher, and this is her week to board
here. I don't believe the poor girl
will get over her fright. It is too
bad; I shouldn't wonder if she had
taken her death of cold, being drag
ged out of a warm bed at this time of
night and dropped into a snow drift
in that fashion. .No wonder she cried,
poor thing.
"Cried, did she?" replied George,
with a groan.
"I should think she did. I just
took her in my arms and let her have
her cry out, while I explained to her
how she had been mistaken for Sam
and became the victim of your mad
pranks."
"That was neat in yon, Han'," said
George. "I am awful glad you hug
ged the poor little thing. Wish you
had given her a brotherly hug for
me pon my honor 1 do.
"And how on earth do vou exnect
us to stay and take the conseq neuces?'
asked John, beginning to look serious.
"Im for taking myself off instanter
I had rather face a masked battery
than this pretty teacher, after making
such fowls of ourselves.
"I don't care if yon had," answere
his sister, indignantly. "The only
way is to stay and brave it out, both
of you, Qnd apologize for your rude
ness."
"Cut Sam. how the deuce are wo
to cret alousr with him? You know
well enough. Han', we shall never
hear the end of it from him."
"If you two can keep a secret, IT
find a way to silence Bridget, and 1
is a subject Eva will not care to have
discussed, and fortunately my bus
band is away from home. So go to
bed and rejt contented."
She showed them to the bed she
had intended them to occ.iiiy, and
soon the house was once more hushed
in slumber.
Meanwhile, their brother Sam hat
reached the depot a few minutes too
late. He found the train he was to
have taken already gone, but on con
suiting a time table he found that
another started two hours later, am
so decided to take it. He figured to
himself, as he impatiently crowde
into an empty seat and was being
whirled along at a rapid rate, h
snugly his brothers had ensconcec
themselves in the best bed, which
by right belonged to him, he bein
the eldest; and consummated a plan
to get even with them.
r i f i . .
sometime alter midnight lie was
deposited in Holly thorn, aud reach
ing his sister's house he scouted
around till he found a way of en
trance into the kitchen, where he
deposited his luggage, and removed
his boots. Then he quietly stole up
stairs and opened the door of the
best room. "Sure enough," though
he, "my fine chaps you'x3 in clover!'
For there were not to be mistaken
signs of the room being occupied
To think of coping with their unit
ed strength by dragging them forth
was not practicable, but there stooc
the pitcher of water, and he knew a
erood dousing with the icy llun
would bring tliem out quick enough
He lifted the pitcher, approached
the bed, raised it and suddenly dash
ed the contents upon the sleepers
Such a torrent of screams as he
had never before heard rang through
the house, and before Sam couh
collect his scattered senses the door
opened, and Hannah, George am
John rushed in clothed in scanty
apparel Hannah with a frightened
look upon her face and a lamp in her
hand that revealed the entire scene
There, sitting in bed, with her hai
dripping like a mermaid, her night
dress deluged, her faea colorless and
looking terror, was the young school
mistress; and there was Sam, with
the empty pitcher in his hand, the
picture of imbecility, staring around
like an idiot at the havoc he had
made. Hannah, George ud John
instantly "understood the situation;
and the If tter, at the command of
their si.;tci dragged Sam away, rud
he assisted the drenched and terri
f2d rifl to dry clothing, and then
took her to lier own room and bed,
explaining for the second time the
mishaps of the night.
"I'll keep vou with me, now, my
loor child." she said, though with
difficulty keeping back her laughter.
V The boys are nicely come up witn
at anv rate: and if it were not for
your being so terribly frightened,
and the way my best bed has been
used, I would nt care, am you are
tafo now."
Hannah kiseed her charge and went
down to see the beys, who as soon as
they were fairly shut in the regions
below, began to appreciate the joke
and now that Sam was as deep in the
mud as they were in the mire, gave
no quarter.
"1 11 bo blamed if 1 know what it
all means," said Sam, looking in con
fusion at liis brothers, who were roll
ing and kicking iu convulsions of
aughter.
"Means!" said George, holding his
sides. "It means that you have stol
en like a thief into MissEva Stanley's
bed chamber, who is a young lady
teacher, boarding here; and thinking
it was your humble servant and John
snug in bed, yon attempted to drown
us out, and made a grand mistake.
How do you like it, Sam?"
"I confess I see the point, but not
tho joke. It is a most outrageous
shame."
At this juncture Hannah came in
and began rating them soundly,
thereby Jetting out the whole story.
It was Sam s turn to laugh.
Miss Eva was not visible the next
morning, and Hannah announced that
she was sick with a bad cold. Han
nah had the unruly crew under her
thumb for once in her life, and had
the satisfaction of seeing them be
have with some dignity. They ap
peared rever to forget that there was
an invalid in the house, and went on
tip-toe about. Sam, who seemed to
take the entire responsibility upon
his own shoulders, sent off slyly to
the city for choice fruit and flowers,
which he induced his sister to con
vey to the young lady with the most
abject apologies and regrets.
In a couple of days Eva was able
to come dvwn stairs. She was look
ing quite pale, but lovely, and of
course divinely, when presented by
Mrs. Carpenter to her three brothers,
who behaved quite well, considering
the unpleasantness of their situation.
But Sam, who had broken the ice
by means of his presents, was most
at ease, and hy virtue of his age and
expetience constituted himself the
proprietor, and was constantly on
hand o ofl'er Miss Eva a thousand
nameless attentions; aod before tlie
week was out John declared that
Sa-n was "done for!"
"Gone under completely!" echoed
George with one of his dismal groans.
Hannah, singing Eva's praises,
commended Sam's choice, and recom
mended marriage to all of them as
the ouly sobering process she was
acquainted with.
It was a pieco of advice, however,
which they did not appear inclined
to follow, notwithstanding Sam's
happy lot with the pretty school mis
tress of Hollythorn.
She often reminds her brothers-in-law
of lier unceremonious introduc
tion to a snow drift at the dead of
night, and they retaliate with tho
shower-bath given her by Sam.
Ihuigm?; in China.
One mode of Chinese capital pun
ishment is known as "the cage." The
"cage" used was between two and
three feet square and over six feet
high. Near the bottom was a close
floor of plank. The four sides were
open work of plank palings. The
planks composing the cover were
made to fit around a man's neck close
enough to hang him, but not close
enough to strangle him. The con
demned man was put into this cage,
his head projecting above, the cover
fitting around his neck, and under
his feet anumbea of bricks, one above
the other, just enough to enable him
to stand on tiptoe. When this posi
tion, from weariness, becomes unen
durable, his only relief was to hang
by his neck. The design is to make
a man suffer as much as possible, but
not to kill him too quickly. Usnally
after a criminal has been standing
thus for a day or so, one of the bricks
is removed, then another, until he
hangs by the neck altogether. It is
said that a strong man ordinarily
will endure this torture several days
before life becomes'extinct.
On the present occasion death was
hastened more quickly. The man
was put into the cage Sunday after
noon, I believe, about one o'clock.
I heard of it Monday morning and
went over to Amoy about two o'clock
in the afternoon to see him. He had
then been dead some time. The
guard said he had died just before
daylight; that he was conscious of
having committed great crimes, and
had hastened his own death by kick
ing the bricks from under his feet.
But the people said privately that
the guard wished to get rid of their
charge that they might be prepared
to keep New Year's'day (the Chinese
New Year was near at hand), and
therefore had taken the bricks from
under his feet during the night. This
probably was the fact.
A few years ago you could set up
and talk philosophy with a girl all
night; but now if you stay after ono
or two o'clock in tho morning the
old people begin to pound on the
floor upstairs for you to go. We
don't mind it ourselves, but we can't
help feeling for the girls.
Gail Hamilton advises girls to
pick out husbands as a shrewd boy
chooses his upples. She tells them
to take to good-looking, plump, liver
ly fellows, or none.
The San Antonia Herald disap
proves of closing the saloons at night;
it's so convenient, it says, to know
where to go to look for a ijoliceman.
A Middle Ape Romance.
During the recent visit of Queen
Victoria to Coburg, Germany, her
attention was called to a venerable
tower, covered with ivy, a striking
symbol of time's changes and life's
contradictions. Here, during forty
years, TJlrich von Eichtenstein, the
lover of the unhappy Anna of Sax
ony, wife of Duke Johann Casimir,
lingered in prison. Let me briefly
outline this sad history, which is
not alone of local iuterest. This lady
was a danghter of the Elector of Sax
' ny and was marreid to the Dnke'Cas
imir in 1586. Brought up amid the
'ayeties of her father's court, she
developed a peculiarly lively tem
perament, and was ill fitted for the
quiet, lonely life which fell to her
lot after marriage. The Duke, a
passionate lover of the chase, ap
pears to have neglected his young
wife, and she presently fell into the
snare laid for her by one Scotns, a
brilliant and wily adventurer, who
had wormed himself into tho con
fidence of the Duke, and secured al
so the reputation of being a great
magician and alchemist. His machi
nations against the young Duchess
were directed toward tho result of
getting possession of her jewels aud
bringing her into a guilty relation
with Yon Lichtenstein, a gallant offi
cer of the Duke's household. Scotus
succeeded in his devilish intrigue
all too well. The beautiful Princess
become totally under his influence,
falling a victim to his slight-of-hand
arts, and following his injunctions
even so far as to make overtures of
love to Yon Lichtenstein. Scotus
fled with his booty, and the relations
between the Dnchessaud the courtier
did not long remain a secret. Both
confessed their guilt, and they were
both imprisoned. The matter was
laid before the Consistory, aud Duke
Casimir obtained a divorce. After
leading a life of penitence for nine
teen years, during all which time
the misguided Duchess was kept in
close captieity, she closed her unfor
tunate life at the Coburg fortress in
l'J13. Even a sterner fate befell Von
Lichtenstein. Ho was condemned
to perpetual and solitary confine
ment. His sentence was fully carri
ed out in the old tower before the
city, and his dreadful puuishment of
forty years ended with his life in
ICjJ. The place of his long incar
ceration is incorporated with an ele
gant dwelling-house, and the walls
of the round tower now resound with
the joyful music and noisy pastimes
of happy youth, instead of the groans
and sighs and complaints of the lan
guishing captive.
Capital io 1 he Acre.
It is obvious to all who give the
subject auy consideration that in
order to make a farm profitable it
must be run to its full capacity. To
do this requires a definite umount of
capital to the acre just as much as
the space within the factory wall
needs to be occupied with tho most
approved machinery. Capital on
Western farms is found to be the
most productive, as a general rule,
when invested in stock. Exceptional
cases are common where surround
ing circumstances show that grain
raising is the most profitable. In
some localities butter making has
been found to pay the best. In these
it would justify the farmer to either
sell off a portion to his land to in
crease his working capital or hire
capital and keep more cows. In
other localities, remote from market,
a flock of mei-ino sheep may prove a
better investment than cash invested
in a large area of land. At all events,
whether tho farmer's capital be in
land or stock, ho should make full
use of it. As a rnle, stock farmers
are better adapted to the constant
employment of help every day in the
year than are grain farms. To make
farming successful, either on grain
or stock farms or on both combined,
the plans for conducting them should
be so well arranged that no one
about the place either employer or
thehired laborers should atan- time
be without something to do that will
be profitable during the entire year.
The speculative tendendency should
be checked; the holding of large
areas of laud with a view of making
a large profit to its increased value
in the future. This is too common.
Taxes and interest on borrowed mon
ey are more than a match for con
stant labor. Better to sell a portion
of the land to raise money to proper
ly stock the remainder. All land that
is not used is an incubus on the far
mer's prosperity, and some kind of a
return, either in the form of grain,
stock or other prodnctsx should be
exacted from each acre of land own
ed. To make the farm pay, sufficient
capital to the acre must be used to
work the farm up to its full capacity
of productiveness. Rural Worhl.
Duties of a Mother. She should
be firm, gentle, kind, always ready
to attend to her child. She should
never laugh at him at what he does
that is cunning never allow him to
think of his looks, except to bo neat
and clean in all his habits. She
should teach him to obey a look to
respect those older than himself; she
should never make a command with
out seeing that it is preformed in
the right manner. Never speak of
the child'sfaults or foibles, or repeat
his remarks before him. It is a sure
wa3r to spoil a child. Never re
prove a child when excited, nor let
your tone of voice be raised when
coirecting. Strive to inspire love
not dread respect, not fear. Be
inember you are training and educat
ing a soul for eternity. Teach your
children to wait upon themselves, to
put away a thing when done with it.
But do not forget that you were once
a child. California Farmer.
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Potatoes as Food for Stock.
Potatoes in many localities distant
from market are this season so abun
dant and cheap that they can only be
used to advantage for feeding out to
stock. It is true that certain agri
cultural writers have of late endeav
ored to show that this valuable tuber
was of little or no value for such
purposes, but it is very probable
that the gentlemen who advance these
theories are not practical agricultur
ists. The value of the potato as food
for man and many of our domestic
animals is too well known to be dis
carded at this late day in consequence
of anything which may be written
by theoretical chemists or agricul
turists. Bat while the potato has been a
bone of contention among agricul
turists for many years, its practical
and specific value" as food for stock
has never been disproved when put
to the test. The celebrated veterin
arian, William Youatt, in speaking
of the value of the various kinds of
roots as food for stock, says of the
potato: "Among the various vegeta
ble productions that have been ap
propriated to the stall-feeding of cat
tle, none have occasioned greater
discussion than potatoes. They fur
nish an excellent supply, particularly
when cut and steamed, they appear
adequate to the fattening of neat cat
tle in combination with comparatively
small portions of other food." In
the eleventh volume of the British
"Annals of Agriculture," we find
some statements of Mr. Campbell, of
Charlton, Eng., which bear directly
upon this question. He observes
that 100 bushels of potatoes and 700
pounds of hay are generally suiliciout
to fatten any animal that thrives tol
erably well. They should at first be
given in small quantities and gradu
ally increased to one or two bushels
per day; dry food being always inter
mixed, and the proportion of hay
being uniformly regulated by the
effect which the potatoes produce on
the bowels. The hay should always
be cut in order that it may be more
readily mixed with the potatoes.
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To Clean a Ru&ty Plow.
Take a quart of water and pour
slowly into it half a pint of sulphuric
acid. The mixture will become quite
warm from chemical action, and this
is the reason why the acid should bo
poured slowly into the water, rather
than the water into the acid, and let
it remain on the iron till it evapo
rates. Then wash it again. The ob
ject is togivethe acid time to dissolve
the rust. Then wash with water and
you will perceive where the worst
spots are. Apply some more acid,
and rub on those siots with a brick.
The acid and the scouring will remove
most of the rust. Then wash the
mould board thoroughly with water
to remove all the acid, and rub it
dry. Brush it over with petroleum,
or other oil, and let it be till Spring.
When you go to plowing, take a bot
tle of water to the field with you and
apply it every bout to any spot of rust
that may remain. The acid and tlie
scouring of the earth will soon make
it perfectly bright and smooth. If
all iron work be washed off with pe
troleum as soon as we put our tools,
implements, and machines aside for
the "Winter, it will keep them from
rusting, and save a great deal of
trouble and annoyance, to say noth
ing of depreciation and loss. llural
World.
A Magnificent Hunt.
The hunting which the Prince of
Wales enjoyed in Nepanl, India, dur
ing his recent visit to that country,
as described in the London Times,
is calculated to make the mouth of
the ordinary sportsman, who never
bags anything bigger than a shipeor
a duck, water. The hunt was on
the 2'2d of February, and on the even
ing of the 21st the preparations com
menced for tho next day's sport. No
less than eight hundred elephants
were moored about the jungles where
the tigers were ensconced, and aline
of grass huts was constructed, in
which 1,800 natives were stationed
to keep up fires through the night,
so that the tigers could not break
through. The next morning the
mighty circle of elephants, with their
long retinue of horses camels and
natives, commenced the march of
doom to the tigers. The corresjxm
deut thus describes the animated
scene: In ten minute3 or a quarter
of an hour we came on the rendezvous
of the howdah and Suddee or pad
elephants, and which seemed to
form a dark brown wall across the
glade in front. The sportsmen dis
mounted and handed the horses to
the Syces, the howdah elephants knelt
down for the shooters; then there
was a great clamor of voices as. the
line was formed by many hundred of
elephants, so closely packed that a
walking-stick could scarcely beep
thrust between them at times, and
that in places the line was two and
three deep. The voice of command,
the yells of the jemadars; the blow
of the hirens on the elephants' heads,
the shouts of mahouts, the crashing
of branches above and of saplings
below, made the forest ring. At
times a halt wa3 called, and there
was a comparative lull. Scon the
tigers came bounding from their lairs
and the savage roars added to the
din. No sooner would one come
bounding through the forest than
the hunters would take aim and lay
him low. For three hours the ani
mated scene continued, and then his
Royal Highness retired, after having
shot four tigers.
A Ivansas court refused to take a
rod nose as evidence that a prisoner
was fond of whisky, but explained:
"Outside of law a red nose knocks
the temperance question higher than
a kite." - -
'sSjhqost Vait !"
The other day, says the Chicago.
THbune, a simple-minded German
called on a grocer to pay a bill; giv-
ing him a $10 note. Tho grocer ex
amined it closely and said: .
"Hullo, where did vou get this -note?"
" t
"Vot is de reasons mid dees note?"
replied the honest Teuton; "don't
she vas good, heiu?"
"Good!" answered tho grocer,
"wli3r, you're a lucky man that note '
is worth S10 50."
"Ishdotso? Why for?"
"You see the signature over here, i
don't you!" ;
"Does tings like a corkscrew mit
de worms? Yah."
"Well, that's Spinner's signature."
"Veil."
"Well, Mr. New is now Treasurer
of the United States."
"You don't tole me so;" "veil."
"Well, and notes signed by Spin
ner are getting scarce, and people
pay five per cent, more for theia
than for the new issue."
"By Shimminy, ish dot so?"
"Yes; lemme see your bills; why,
every one of them is a Spinner! Mau;
alive, your fortune is made."
In pursuance of tho grocer's ad
vice, Mr. Schneider called at the
sub-treasury, Saturday afternoon, to
get the premium on his bilis. What
success liehad it is impossible to state. .
but h? v.' as seen lat'.rr in the evening,
lurking round the street by which
the grocer must go homo, and on be
ing accosted by an acquaintance, tie.
following conversation took place:
"Dor pei'-ble von Sharmany ' fights
well, hc'in?"
"Oh, yes; the Germans are -unquestionable
a military nation of the first
class."
"Some big fights, hein? Liepsic?''
"Ycs." "Und Sadowa?''
"Yes." "Und Koniggratz?"
"Certainly."
"Und Worth, und Mars-la-Tour,
und Gravelotte und Sedan?"
"Of course."
"Dnse was all birr battles, rind der
Deutch licked?"
' "Yes."
"Veil, you joost vaits till dot
grocery store shuts himself up, und
you saw a Deutch victory vot makos
you forgot dem little ones."
ihisiness
Lav,r.
1. Icrnorance of law excuses no
ono. .
2. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.
3. The law compels no one to do
impossibilities.
4. An agreement without consiii
eration is void.
5. Signatures made with a lead
pencil are good in law.
G. A receipt for money paid is
not legally conclusive.
7. The acts of one partner binds
all the others.
8. Contracts made on Sunday
cannot be enforced.
9. A contract made with a minor
is .void.
10. A contract made with a luna
tic is void.
11. A contract for advertising in
a Sunday newspaper is invalid.
12. Agents are responsible to
their principals for their errors.
13. Each individual in a partner
ship is responsible for the whole,
amount of the debts of the firm.
14. A minor cannot make a legal
obligation. -
lu. Notes bear iuterest only when
so stated.
1G. It is not legally necessary to.
say on a note "for value received. "-
17. A note drawn on Sunday is
void.
18. A note obtained by fraud, or
from a person in a state of intoxica
tion, cannot be collected by law.
10. If a note be lost or stolen, it
does not release the maker. Ho
must pay it.
Staked and Lost. The Paris cor
respondent of the New Orleans Pica
yune says: A wealthy bachelor, who
breakfasts every morning in one of
the most fashionable restaurants of
the Boulevard des Italiens, is, or
was, very attentively waited on by
waiter whose palm he generally
crossed, and never with the viler
metal. Of course the wealthy bach
elor always had the same seat, a seat
by a window looking on the ever ani
mated boulevard, hot plates, dishes
served promptly, but not too fast;
in fine Benedict had an excellent ser
vant. Bnt, during the last week,
Benedict has been unable to get this
excellent servant; another one hangs
around him and tries his best tosnp
ply all his wants; still the now face
is not the old face, and what annoys
Benedict most is that he occasionally
who gives him most sorrowful glan
ces. Benedict has examined the
matter, and has discovered that his
old servant is addicted to gambling.
One evening, having lost all his
money, he staked his best customer
Benedict and lost him.
PcornE who Advertise. The Bos
ton Pot says: People who advertise
are smarter than those who don't,
better looking, too, nine to ten. This
is natural if not logical. Advertising
is an indication of intelligence and
looks. At all events the world be
lieves in thosa who advertise, and it
plants its dollars in their pockets.
Such are live people, and in these
live days nobody wants anything to
do with any but your live men and
women. Our advice to everybody
except in matrimony is to advertise.
It is sure to return largely, increase
your reputation as a business man,
make hosts cf friends, and add to the
number of shrewd and sensible peo
ple in the world, of which there has,
never yet been an oyerstock.
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