T - : ioVij uioro ati-oni s
. Vav Col be l:a Toul
TVl-y dii e say It when tiia tears ere Start
ing? .
v ' . .11 ist a word tn swept br n ronlvymlu
01 r i.tt'm ml eurucient 'till the parting,
Au;t ili-m wa led it ail Impotent and
'" a U Slay God be With Toal
Bct'rr l'- .n earthly presence 'eu the.
0 !-sl
la t- " eieut blessing that our parting
lritmr;
S'rr In tue ioneilest moments God is nearest;
And Horn our sorrows heavenly comlortj
spring,
II God bo WIthTTa.
Good t-ve, good-byes With latest breath we
say it,
a. So. ,i-y of faith and hope and love:
P r i,jr tnnst corns, we can not Ion delay it,
hut, ane in Him we hupe to meet above,
It' God be With Ua.
O inny Ho jratde and fc'ess and keep you ever.
i. e i.o Is strong; to battle with your foes;
TP. l.ocvi r tali- ma love can tall you never,
An-1 a.l vonrneed He in Ills wisdom
knows;
May God be With Ton!
Cood bve! Tls all we have for one
another;
Our love, more strong than death, ta help
less st!U,
For none can take the harden for his
broiucr.
Or abieia, excent by prayer, from any III;
May Gov! be With You!
J, Bttrmei e. ia St. Louis Magazine.
SHE HAD HER WISH.
"Little Bixby "Was Allowed to Die
for Her Friend. .
"It's got to be done, fast as well, as
List, Car'Une'." -
Car'line, a young and not uncomely
woman, despite her rags and grime, an
swered listlessly: "Well, JUn, I s'pose
it'll hev to be as you say.' .
She wits sitting on the decayed door
ill of an old stone house. Dirt, squalor
and shiftlessness were everywhere ap
parent, and she ana Jim fitted the'r en
vironment perfectly. Down in a corner
- where a fence once had been was a wild
rose-bush, and close beside it, with on
ci the da'nfy flowers in her hand, sat a
dirty, un'ovely child. Carline turned
her dull b'aek eyes toward her, and Jim,
who was athxk-set, animal-faced man,
followed her glance.
"bne ami a handsome one, is she.
Car'line our little daughter? she'sgocd
fur rtolhin' but to eat an' git into mis
th'ef girerally. Now, it's jist as plain
as d:tv w e ve got all we can do to tafce
kerr on ourselves an old irsamni
We've got to git out of this shanty old
- Fauim s is goin' to tear it down over
our heads old rascal he is! an 'taint
convenient travT.ng with a baby with'
out a nurpejul.""
He I-ughed at his faeetiousness. but
was vexed to hnd Car line unrespon
.... give. - . -
- "o I'll take her to a b'g boarding
house Vritre she'll have good livin' at
me expense 01 ncn ioiks. uome nere,
1 av: '
Tue child scrambled to her feet, fear
manifest in her every motion. Sua
stumbled over a stone, but. though hurt.
p eted herself up without a wkimner.
The man caught and held her roughly
ss t-he came near him, shrinteng piti-
luuv aw ay trom h s grasp.
x '.See here, Car'l ne. they'll th'nk we
ari xcir ess-to her. Vjive us a rag an
fonw wa'er. Kow you go put her dads
TO'T'-itier.
He dcbbled the little so led face w'th
the rr g, then wiped it with her d.rty
cret-s.
Now yon are clean as atntton just
t to, -av gooa-bye to your mammy."
lie 1 fsc3 her to his shoulder.
"llalnt got no duds eh? Well, 1
i:ofl t thick sfce a need a fcaratory
u una.' . r-. v - j , . . . 11 .
The something that served Car'line
for a heart felt a strange thrill as she
looked up at the frightened faet saw the
pb-a-bng.
outstretched hands, heard the
WlU
njr "irammv? mammy!
J s-t set her down, Jim; she seems
' ' M,ad 'b)titit,"
Car'line: , here goes to the
-irn'ihc4i&3. Save your eye-drops in
fwuie, car i.rwi.
The woman turned shortly and went
into the house. An old crone, seeing
aer, looked tip ana quavered:
"What's goin1 on?"
' "J ini's took the voursg one to the
Kor-house," answered Car'line, sul-
. "I declare, Iady, if you have not east
- --'Tur shoe! Whoa! and Violet Fenn,
r r.cping from her phaeton, ran back
p'ck it up. She returned flashed and
-inU'rig, and took the pretty bay. pony
- y tije bridie. "its a coincidence,
" - " vady, that there is a blacksmith just
j""- 're, I might as well have it set right
; a vrny; but I believe you are in collusion
?. K the smith."
' 'ltiere was nothing doing in the little
t "2d'' forge: bu.-iness was dull, and
' the pm:rii sat on a log beside & collec
tioa of old wheels, reading a paper. He
s i was thin and unh r.iized, quite unlike
. ' 4" the Irawny, tra litional workman. He
looked sharply up at Tiolet and the
. turn-out. triskly rasing, as if work were
. 'a rl iation.
' "f. won't take long,'" he said, as he
laJy from the thills; "'but you
u'ght go cvor to the house and set till
done llere, Pete, come work the
j: ;
A-(tX, aid Violet s'rolled across the
- ' -ad to fie yard, whtra a limpid spring
. fcbled b;nca ha grand old oak. A
rr- r hung on its trunk, and taking it
-'-n, she drank th'rstlly. "It is the
lt-atrr I ever tasted,'' she said, as
v ' .vhnng the dipper. Then shs saw
J.' hir a ragged, bare-footed girl who..
" t on a fpade, was watching her
. - "' .ttonVhment.'
' . "v h rit a forlorn, unlovely crea'nref
- ,honght; then she smiled and Vio
' '--iv.rf was rarely sweet on her.
: 1 Ui) jolt uuf rim ta 11, piijAauii y.
, " ioiy do v-m do?" said tha child,
iu:.i .Air you a-visitn'?"
; - ' m having a shoe put on
immed, light-lashed" eyes
.. to inspect her so soberly that
- . . -J'"l asrain.
...-,-! .... . ii"'u!u thhik spad'n was hard
' ' ! v doesn't your father do it or
'-" fi-V"
,, be -nt my father!" cried the
- -i . A'ld'ng towards the shop. 'He's
, l 'nr. I only live here. I haint
V.ks!"
- . V,ke'l sb' if she had no folks
-v,,!g! in her tatters and grime.
: child:- Violet said. Her look
' : ' the child like a caress; she
. , We nearer, as if moved to tell
- , - , Xarren history of her life.
- ' 6. I come from the poor-'us.
i.t me there when I wer not
i. My folks was too poor
" i-lis-i "kelley took me out'n
' . .a spell .ago. ;
' lour name?"
, 3 liixby that was my
v To the poor-'us they
' rby. short fur
" - . :w."
von ?
pit
iw: Miss Kelley knows."
can you do for Mrs. Kel
';i"e hr'ghtencd.
sari'ble jobs. I scrubs,
('Mirus, an forks the
i'lej, an weads gardlng,
" s haby, an's
- .'child! Violet brske
4'et's chief fault was
'h.'jr fr'ends eaid.
.at was certainly
. :
itively. .." . -
'l)"i!i anybody ever toll you thev loved
you?" . . v
"Love me'" crictl B'vhyher tone was
a j.nrotet. Tlicn. sudiien;y her chin
lu'vertd and She saiJ: Noboi)y loveJ
me-, 1 hain't no folks!"
"loor thing'." and Violet's soft hand
smoothed the shock of closely cropped
hair.
"1 hev tried to bo a good g"rl to M
Kelley," she said. "1 allarsdo j st what
I'm told, bat the chillem toll lies about
me, an Miss Kelley she says I aint wuth
my salt, au' Teta broke tlie blue bowl I
never tetched, an' he sa d 'twas me, an'
She whipped me orful, an shet me up
in the gran'ry with the rata all night,"
and here the tears came into her eyes.
The blacksmith's hammer had ceas ,sd
iti clinking, and he was soon, with hii
apron on, er!ticallv examining t'ie
phaeton,-while Tote fed Lady out of ths
shop. Meanwhile a fleshy, hard-featured
woman came out of the house
down to Vio'efc.
"I see Bixby is a-talkin to you.
B'xby is a bad girl; ahe tolls lies. "She
isn't wuth her salt," the nasal voice
continued. "It wat the worst bargain
I ever made takin such a erectur from
the poor-houe. I've done a good deal
fur her, but I'm s'o'r. and tirei. I'm
goin to take her back to the poor
house. I tays so to my man last night
Out she goe-, Nate," says I, '.-bag ar.d
baggage!"
"'Tisn't true:" sobbed Bixby, the
tears streaming -down her cheeks. "1
hev tried! I heve done till she tola me."
Impulsive Violot! fhe turned and
placed her hand upon the girl, andsatd:
"I th'nk I cart make this little girl use
ful; I will Hke her home with mo!"
Mrs. Kellay stood as on paralyzed.
This was a sequel of which she had
never dreamed. Her threat of taking
Bixby back to the poor-honse had be -n
mere idle vaporing. Bixby's "salt"
had be n rated vory h:ghly.
Bixby ga-ped: astonishment over
whelmed her; her world seemed falling
into chaos. She hardly knew how sh.
went and got her sun-bonnet she had
little else to gather up. She had never
had any possessions, unless it tvas a
bottle-shaped gour J and some valueless
old tut o is. . ,
"I mu-t k'ss the baby!" she cried.
""Sou slia'nt neither!" sad Mrs.
Keller, spitefully: "you sha'n't touch
him!" - .
He crowed on the floor, a pudgy little
th'ng; h had never,b-.ea unkind to
Bixby, and she loved him.
Uood-bye, Jimmy," she sa"d, de
vouring h in with her eyes. Tnen site
crossed Mrs. Kelley's threshold for the
last time.
Another page of her life was ended.
"I never wa so surprised in all my
life," said Violet Fo-nnS mothor to her
pretty daghter-'n-law, Eli.se, "as when
tiolet brought little Bixby home with
Lcr."
Surpr sed was a mild statement, for
she would not have been more astound
ed at an irruption of Goths and Van
dais oa their charming lake-side vii
la-xe.
iler household was ma!l, and ran as if
on ve'vet. She had two servant. John
and Mar a, who had been with ber for
years. Bixby was certainly not needed,
and there would be much difficulty in
adjuHt'ng her to her proper position. A
great many niole-h ils elevated them
selves into mounla'ns before the eood
lady discovered that, after all, things
went on about as usual, and Bixby was
the most tractable and eger to ervc of
dependencies. .. .
I really can not see how you can
suffer such a miserable creature about."
said El se, whos idol was self. "She
has that m?.erabe, low-down look 1
di-spise, and her freoules are aa.b g as
cloek-whcela. and her foot is a most
fear.'ul and wonderful thing. Give her
an nc'i and she'll take aa elL She has
a ch.-tnee,- too. to make up all sorts of
lies to impose on your en dulity. Mother
Fenn, you" are "too good; that is the
troubie with you! Y0.1 will find her out
bv and by for a- el.is!i, ungrateful
thin?."
"Really, Elise," said Mrs. Fenn,
driven to-speak in behalf of Violet s
protege, "she is better than she looks,
fc-he does not lie I do not Ih nk her
stories never change; and she is the most
obedient littie thing, and she picks up
faster than you wou'd think; Ttiaria ha
taught her to lay the cloth nice'y al
ready, and she knows what a napkin is
for; "and she has learned the Lo.d a
Prayer. Think of it, she had never
prayed in her life! her religious ideas
are "the crudest possible. Mie said it
seemed to her that Violet imit be God'a
wife 1 he day she brought her here."
"Shockingi" ea':d L'lise, crossly. "I
do not see, mo her, how you tolerate her
for a moment"
Bnt hew changed Was Bixby' world
-what a largess of happiness life had
brought her! She was not a demon
strative child; Violet even d d not know
how she rejoiced and kept
eontinual jubilee. She had fairly
gapped f r breath when taken to her
own room. It was a small halUbed
room, with a sunny, white-curtained
window, cool matting on the floor, and
a pretty oak set. Was this her this
that seemed like the p ilace of a king?
Everything so exquisitely fresh and
neat, and a charming engraving of a
chcrab smiled down on hor from "the
tint ?d wall. It was Heaven! She was
not fit, but she would try so hard to be
worthy. Years passed one. two, three,
four ye irs that brought little change
to Mrs. Fenn and Violet, but worked
wondtrs with Bixhy. She was nc
longer a white h -at hen, but was one of
t he most efficient aids ia the domestic
machinery.
One Spring Violet went to New York
to visit friends and Elise tent over dur
ing hrr atsmcc to borrow Bixbv. She
had long ago found out that Bixby was
a failhf il soul, and excellent to look
jif "or children. In fa t, 1 er little ones
were i fond of her th,t Kioy were rc;st
less and intr.iet.'.ble oudcr th ir French
bonne's t pocry rul aadnow thatMar-
g terite had g n.3 o!T in a hufT, thera
was no al ernative but Bixby. So Mr 4,
Fenn, amiabl soul, f-:e:it h r over they
only lii-ed ba I a mile apart a id Wise
'ojud. as the always did, her difficulties
smoolh n by others.
Bixby hid been there three weeks.
when John Fe -n, as ho was always
called, h s ua:uc tavin? snnlc in that o;
his mistress, came puffing in late one
morn;ng. His news was sad. Miss
Violet had come home the preceding
evening; she hail been taken ill on her
iourney, and had gone-r'ght to bed on
her nrrival. Mrs. Fenn sent for the
doctor, who pronounced her suffering
from a virulent case or d phtheria. lie
toldt brokenly, the tears running down
his puffy checks.
'Mrs. Fenn ain't strong enough to
stand such a strain asthis'fi be on Tier,"
be said, forlornly. "I went for Mrs.
Jasper to come an' help 'tend Miss Vio
let, but she don't care to come on ac
count of the disease. And MisS Crupps
was 8Tck, an' the poor child needs
watching and tending every blessed
minut an' Maria, has to 'tend to the
house."
Elise listened, dismayed. "
- "Violet down with d phtheria! Where
did she take such a d sease? " How did
she got it? Did yon say she was all pur
ple and swollen, John? Have you been
by her? D d you dare come here with
out bong disinfected? You can -carry
disease in your clothes, your hair! How
dared you, John? Go right out on the
stoop, and talk to me through the win
dow!"
"I have not b;en near poor Miss
- - .lb ii -Jit I. O'.'l 't l! d I'.ll. "
-Oh!" sa si 1.' s 8 Jinowl v.. c:imi vl
"Poor Vioii-1 ! I't'T tnoth.ur! l!owa.fu
how terrible!"
At the gate John m 1 B xbr, with her
flock. . They were in tho gayest possible
spirits, and held u
up lor his admiration
long dandelion eh tins, but he was in
110 uiooet for trifles. Hii news, abrupHy
told, struck Bixby hke a bolt from a
clear sky.
"Dot say my Miss Violet Is dying,
John!" .
Then, without another word, she
sought Mrs. Maurlco.
"You must get somebody in my
place," she said. "I am going home to
Miss Violet. ' -
"What nonsensical talk!" said Elise,
who was lovely in her pallor. "Mother
sent down word tlvtt vou were not to
corao home. I need vou with the chil
drn. It would bo very mean for you
to go away now. Besides, .you will
ake the diphtheria; it's a dangerous
I diseas e and if tou get s'ck, who is
I sroing t tend to you? Listen to reason,
Bixby."
"I can't li.-ten to rach reason," said
Bixby, in a chokeid vo ce. "I can't toll
you how I feel, ma'am: you wouldn't
understand. Miss Violet took me from
hell, and gave me Heaven!" The in
tens'tyof her speech shocked EHs.
"What blasphomy! Stop ta'.king.
This is unb -arable, Bixby!"
"And I'd lay down my life fur her!"
continueei the clrl, with flashing eyes.
"I've never had no chance yet to do fur
them. Olij if Jesus gave His life fur
his enemies, can't I risk mino fur my
friends? - -
"Hush, Bixby'" said Elise, petulant
ly. "You don't know what you are
talking. about. Go back to the chil
dren.
But instead of going obediently back
to the little ones, Bixby got hrr things
and went disocedientiy down tue sirojt,
Mrs. Fenn, pallid, wan, keeninj
sleepless watch over the ch id dearer to
her than life, looked up astoui hod, as
Bixby softly entered the sick room. She
wave! her back.
"Violet is very, very sic'-. Do not
come by her, Bixby: 1 do not want you
to tafce the disease."
"I am not afraid of it. . I only want
to do fur her to help you. Fur the
dear Lord's sake, let me nev my chance
of do rig, ma am:
A solemn warfare with death was
waged for hoars in that hushed room.
Without were b id and blossom and
golden sunshine, the merry laugh of
child renantl song of birds, tho humming
of bees, asthey s'pped nectar frotri white
and pink pet ale d b.oonij. Y ltuin was
ceaseless v ig 1 and agonizing prayer, an 1
a va:n. so it seemed, bore nga nst hope.
No one knew the moment when the
real crisis came, and the dread angel
sheathed the sword npl fted to smite.
but slowly dawned the blessed certain
ty. Violet would live.
"You must go down into the garden
and get some fresh a'r, Bixby, faid
Mri Fenn, gently. "It seems to me
you have not really eaten or slept for
days. 1 shall nave to give you an
ornate."
"Yes, do go d -wn, Bixby!" pleaded
Viole', from ner couch. She lay there
very fair and frail, se g'ad to be back
from the portals of death, so thankful
to G'xl for bestowing on her her life as
a gift for the second time. Her com
plexion was as iresh and ta r as a babe s;
her eves were I;n ge and luminous.
"L'ear. god B.xby! How invaluable
yon have b. en!"
B'xby obfyed without protest Once
oat "n "the sunshine, shd thought she
won d tee! bett-r; her head ached, and
tlast rify seemed to have left her s'.urdy
limbs. What a b-a'.it'fal world it was!
She stopped to look at the cactus,- a
mas of gorgeous crimson bloom on the
terrao?, and bont over the moss
pinks in the border. There were robins
nesting in the e!ms; she heard the bees
droning in the cherry-blossoms. The
world was beautiful, and life was sweet
She wanted to lie down there on the soft
turf, and feel the. breeze coolinar her
chee"k; she longei to. like a very child.
She would lie down just a little while,
then go bae k to Miss Violet Old John,
c -ming by a while later, saw her st ll
resting there.
"This w.U never do, child," he sa"d.
shaking her. "Tue ground is damp. If
yon are s'eepy, go Into the house.
She looked up at him. with strange.
dull eves, then closed them heavily.
"You must get np, B.xby!" he said,
authoritatively.
She minded him stupitlly, and was led
deicilely to her little room, and placed
m the bod from which she was never
again to rise. - Shs babbled in her de-
l.rium of old. child sh scenes and suffer
ings, and was aga'n a servant of serv
ants, a defenceless, homeless drndare.
"No one loves me; I hain't no folks!"
she cried, sm't.ng feeble palms.
Sad truth not to bo denied! The depth
and sweetness of human love had never
been revealed to her. She had been be-
fr'ended. helped, but loved, never. But
she had loved. Could she have done
more? The presnt took shape with the
past She babbled of Miss Violet
"Can't I die for her. Lord?" she whis
pered. "It don't make fur me." Then
she talked of the roses, pinks, the cac
tus, the dandelions stirring thegra-ses.
"I must go home," she Faitl, confused
ly, here is my home?
.Mrs. Fenn bent over her, burdenel
w.th fympathv.
"Here is home, Bixby. Don't you
know mi?"
But the girl looked up and beyond
her. To human kindness she was irre
sponsive now. The crumbs from the
earthly table which had liilod her Vlth
uch fulness of content were as nothing
to the feast of wh-'ch she shortly would
partake. .
"Such a besutiful face!" she whis
pered; "such a beautiful f;iee!"
The rapt smile fl ckercd, faded; tbe
eyes that w a glory not of earth grew
dim. Little Bixby was djad. Marga
ret Hammond Eckerson, in YwMs Com
lanum.
VALUE OF FOODS.
Unhealthralncsa f a Diet Which Require
the Aid of Mlraulun a.
It has come to this, that the simplest
articles of diet are the safest and that
is, in my opinion, another argument in
favor of plain living. Yes, the simplest
are the safest, and let me add, the best
are tho cheapest The butcher, for ex
ample, or the egg merchant, can not
adulterate his wares, but he may have
saveral qualities; and there is a stage
at which all animal foods arrive, when
kept in shops, which readers them to a
large extent poisonous, and this is as
bad, if not worse, than adulteration.-.
We often hear it 5a:d th-tt shop eggs,
as they are called, are good cnoug'.i tor
frying, with bacon for example. This
is a positive mlstaVe; an egg that has
even a suspic on of staleness about "it is
deleterious to health, not to s iy danger
ous, no matter whether it be ir:cd or
boiled. And the si mo may be said of
fiesh meats of allk nls. and I will not ex
cept a hare or venison. I am quite
prepared- to have this Ii: tie sen ence
Fooh-poohed by the robust and healthy,
only said that I adhere to it and that
I have the courage of roy convictions
and furthermore, that I nave invalids
and dyspeptics and those with delicate
digestions in my thoughts as I write,
I grant you, my healthful athlete,
who can tramp over the moors
with gua and bag frcm mirn'ng dawn
1 11 dowy ere, and never feel t'red, that
the eating of long kept game may not
seem to injure you, but the bare fact
that piquant sauces and stimulants are
needed to a d d'gestion, is exceedingly
'jxrjiclona. " ,y- .'- i
MclllS ti S'litUMtftV. Tj
A tH;".1!l, ll-f? liflJ I IS bei-ll I'MIT -R 'J
c' .-'(if', r.l n:!'.) in.'i!iv hi i-c-i, s.ii-1 Jau-hi
t'.les fi.cn i-i lr.oi'tt cmna-o ta f.-..i
pviryi'nvVj dusks n-i 1 t:oni!- than n lo.
irov.m sok-n to 1110 trheu I was a child
my old father. Ho wiw tlm village doctor.'
I eaiue Into bin ofHoe, w he-re he wns com
xmmiius medicine, one day, looking cross
and reiuiy to try.
'AA' bat Is the mutter, Mary f
"Tut ttredl I've been making bed and
washing dishes nil day, and every day, and
what good dix-s it doF To-tuorrow the ledi
tri'l bo to make and the dishes to wash over
again.
"Look, niy.shib!,' lie said, "do you sor
tltese little empty viabsr Ihwy nro nil la
signiacont, cheap things, of no vie! no in tuein
solves; but in one 1 put a deailly poison, hi
another a sweet perfume, iu a tbird a healing
medicine.
" 'Nobody cares for the vials; It i that
which they oaiT.y that kills or cures. Ybur
daily work, tho dishes washed or tho fluon
swept are homely things and count for nolh.
in themselves; but ic is the anger or tin
sweet patience or seal or liigh thoughts that
you put into them that shall last. These
make your life.' Youth's Companion.
Among the dearest pleasures that I enjoj
U anticipation of some especial bnppineSH that
f can buy with work and not wii b any othei
t-ui-rone-y iu tliia world. Signor Max.
SPANISH ETIQUETTE.
Bow a Loyal Soldier Was Punished for
Saving- m l'rlncesa' Life.
The etiquette or rules to be observed
in royal palaces is necessary for keep
ing order at court In Spain it was
carried to such lengths as to make
martj'rs of their Kings. Here is an in
stance at which, in spite of the fatal
consequences- it produced, one can not
refrain from smiling.
Philip the Third was gravely seated
by the firesiele; the tire-maker of the
court had kindletl so great a quantity
of wood that the monarch was nearlv
st-vFocated with heat, and his grandeur
would not suffer him to rise from the
chair; the domestics could not presume
to enter the apartment because it was
against the etiquette. At length the
Mfjrquis de Potat appeared, and tin
King ordered him to damp the fire; but
he excused himself, alleging that he
was forbidden by .the etiquette to per
form such a function, for which the
Duke d'Ussetla ought to be calked upon
as it was his business. The Duke wa?
gone out; the lire burnt fiercer; ami th
King endured it, rather than derogate
fj-om his dignity. But his bhioel wa?-
heated to sneh a degree, that an ery
sipelas of the head appeared the nt-v-
day, which, succeeded by a violen
fever, carried him off in 1621. in the
twenty-fourth year of his reign. .
The palaee was once on fire; a soldier
who knew the King's sister was in her
apartment, anel must have lieen con
sumed in a few minutes by the flames,
at the risk of his life rushed in, and
brought her Highness safe out in hi?
arms! but' the Sanish tiiqnttle was here
wofully broken into! The loyal soMier
was brought to trial; anel as it was im
possible tt deny that he bad entered
her apartment, the judges condemned
him to die! The Spanish Princess, how
ever, condescended, in consideration
of the circumstances, to pardon the sol
dier, and very benevolently saved his
life. Curiosities of Literature, Disraeli.
LINCOLN ON QUARRELS.
The Shield Dae! the Lat Fernonal Conflict
of the Great IlllnoUan.
This was Mr. Lincoln's last personal
quarrel. Altliough the rest of his life
was passed -in hot 4ud earnest debate
he never ag:iin descended to the levpi
of his adversaries, who woulel gladly
enough have resortetl to unseemly
wrangling. Ia later vears it became
his duty to pre an official reprimand
to a young ofaeer who hail been court-
martialed for a quarrel with one of hi
associates The reprimand is probably
the gentlest recorded in the annals ol
penal discourses, and it shows, in few
words, the principles which ruled the
conduct .of this great and peaceabh
man. It has never before been pub
lished, and it deserves to be written it
letters of golii on the walls of even
gymnasium and college.
."The advice of a father to his son,
'Beware of entrance to a quarrel, bu;
being in, bear it that the opposed ma
beware of thee! is good, but not th
best Quarrel not at all. No man re
solved to make the most of himself cat:
spare time for personal contention.
Still less can he afford to take all thi
consequences, including the vitiating
of his temper and the loss of self-control.
Yield larger things to which yon
can show no more than equal right;
and yield lesser ones though clearly
your own. Better give your path to a
dog than be bitten by him in contest
ing for tho right Even killing-the
dog would not cure the bite." 2,'ic
olay and Hay. in Century.
m
The Pears Expedition.
News has reached Copenhagen that an
American naval engineer, Mr. Pears in
company with another American am'
a Dane, has made an excursion during
the summer into the interior of Green
land. They began the excursion from
the Fakitsokfiorel; 16 miles further
north than the point of departure of
Prof. Nordenskjold, when he prnetrat
ed 84 miles further into the interior,
and two Laplanders in his troop went
120 miles further east, not, however,
confirming the professor's theory of
oases. Mr. Pears went 130 miles into
the interior, not meeting with protrud
ing mountain peaks cr any thing re
markable; all was one pretty even pur
face of ice. The journey was made for
the most part on sledges, anel the re
turn voyage was made with extraordin
ary speed before a southeast gale. The
little party were about three weeks on
the ice, and were warmly woleomeel back
by the Givenlanders, who had feared
they were lost Mr. Pears also
thoroughly examined the frozen Tor-suketafior.l,-
formerly mapped out by
Stenstrapp and Hannnar. Cor. N. Y.
Post.
An Arabian Quack.
An Arabian '"doctor" by the name ol
Golam Khader has been permitted tc
experiment on six of the inmates of the
Institution for the Blinel at Genoa, and
as tho newspapers published reports of
the wonderful effects of his treatment,
the management of the institution has
stateel that while it i3 true that one oi
the patients has shown a slight improve
ment the other five have so far not beei!
benefited by the Arabian oculist His
treatment consists in the application of
a white powder, anal he insists in all
cases on the patient's declaration that
his aflliction had been pronouncedin-
curable. N. Y. rost.
Only a Side Dish. -"Will
you please give me twenty-five
or fifty cents to buy bread with?" he
waileeL "I 111 starvin ! " .
"Can't you buy a loaf of bread for
less than twenty-five or fifty cents?"
"Yes; but do vou think a man can
make a dinner on bread onh ? It's
sothia' but a bide dish." & Y. Hurt,
DIALECTS.
The Alv!!ilttr or t-'.Ktulillxtilns
for H heir I'reiiert utlon.
Is it possible to establish such an in
stitution? It is certainly time. Yeoi
nfter year the older districts of tht
United States and Canada nre getting
less and less distinguished by those pe
culiarities in their vernacular which te
the student of history anel philolog5
are of the utmost interest. Publk
school.s.many newspapers, cheap books,
a taste for reading, a notion that "old
timo" ways and dialect aro not "tie
gant," and, above all, the moro con
stant communication bctwecu different
pirf-ts of the country, are doing much t;
tone down the people of the United
States to what. from. the 'philologist'
point of view, is one dead level. In
time the mountaineers of Tennessee
and the hill country of the' Carolina,
the "crackers" of Georgia and the pic
turesquely talking folk of the Arkansas
bottoms and the lower Mississippi will
have lost many of their present peculi
arities of speech Even the New Eng
landers, I am told (for I have'not lived
In Ametit-a fur more than twenty years)
are fast abandoning many of those tlia
lectic peculiarities which to a philolo
gist are so suggestive. Even the Vir
ginians, since they have gone into the
great world, are no longer so readily
"be-rnyod" by their speech. Now,
therefore, is the time to collect Vocabu
laries of these local dialects, with spec
imens gleantnl from public works illus
trating the use of any particular word.
Books, almanacs, election-aehlresse
and a host of similar ephemeral liter
ature might be gathered and deKsited
in the national library. Mr. Cable,
by his novels, has done much tc
preserve the quaint Creole Louisiana
speech; Mr. Johnston has in the same
way done as much for the Georgian
dialect; MissMurfree for the Tennessee
mountaineers; Mr. Page for the Virgin
ians; a host of writers, imprimis Mr.
Lowell, for the New Englanders; and,
not to go over the long roll of writers
in American dialects Mr. Harris has
shown us what a wealth of folk-lore
and folk-speech there is to be garnered
among the Southern negroes. But the
next generation will have no such easy
task as the present one. Even in slow
going Englaml the Folk-lore Society
and the English Dialect Society came
quite late enongh into the field, and
found that in a few vears more the
school boards and the desire to be
"genteel" would hare effectually
effaced those old-world differences of
tongue which even in 1598, when Fut
tenham wasriting his "Arte of Eng
lish posie," had .begun to be blurred.
Already many a precious relic of the
past has leen forever list, and we can
only be thankful that so much has been
preserved. In America (I speak, of
course.nf the old colonial sections(there
still linger peculiarities anel. even bits
of folk-lore, which have vanished out of
the districts in the mother-countries.
from which the immigrants came.
Now. therefore, is the time for snatch
ing np what still remains and I ques
tion whether there are not in the Lnite-d
States and in lower Canada quite a
many ilialects as there nre in England.
The Pennsvlvania Dutchman" lias
even yet teeulhirities in speech easily
Jetected by those who know them, and
there is scarcely an old State of the
Union of which the same could not be
laid. Cor. Science.
- PEDESTRIAN TOURS.
The Blast Pt-aau( Way of Spending Sum
mer Vacation.
The recent publication of Mr. Lee
Meriwether s entertaining little book,
-'A Tramp Trip," in which he show.
us how we can "see Eurepe on fifty
cents a day," the latest of many works
of the kiml, will set a large number o!
voting fellows meditating and calculat
ing. It awakens in tho tiling sons oi
men wilel desires tor the knapsack and
alpenstock. The rudest experience of
Mr. Meriwether seems agreeable to the
student, tireel of a too protracted
wrestle with his dictionaries so long
us he only reads the author's account
of it. Doubtless, it would be a different
thing to find ourselves in the heart
of Kussia, ignorant of the, lan
guage of the country, an object of
suspicion to the police and the supply
of cash running low. It was certainly
a gallant feat to travel in twelve
months fourteen thousand miles, in
Italy, Russia, Germany, France "and
England, at an expense of three hun
dred anil eighteen dollars anel thirty-
seven cents, paying for it by sending
letters to the newspapers and then
writing a little book which may yield
profit enough for a voyage round the
world.
If we can not all do these heroic
things, many of our young readers can
achieve a walk of one. two or three
weeks through the nearest range of
mountains, or alemg the banks of the
nearest river. The success of such a
trip depends chiefly upon a strict com
pliance with the physical conditions.
Mr. Meriwether says: "Carry only
such indispcusablcs as a light strong,
lexible knapsack, a waterproof coat,
a change of underclothing, an extra
flannel shirt for cold summits, a pocket
drinking cup and a map of the coun
try. Be sure the siloes are perfectly
right for the least thing wrong about
one shoe may spoil the journey."
The most common error of pedestrian
tourists is overdoing, particularly at
first Mr. Meriwether, beginning" his
tour at Naples, walketl twenty-five
miles on tlu second da-, and enmc
near being totally dishearten eel. His
feet were blistered; every bone ached;
every muse le was sore. But nfter two
or three days' rest, he mustered resolu
tion enough to walk on. It Is a good
plan to start late in the week. Fiiday
or Satimlay, so that the Sunday rest
may come when it is wauted. Total
avoidance of intoxicating drinks, plenty
of nourishing feioel, eaten in a cheer
ful, leisurely manner and eight hours
sleep every night, with an occasional
long halt at the most interesting spots,
will usually bring pedestrians homo in
spleneliel condition. Youth's Compan
ion. m
"He's gawn to the dawgs, paw
fella w, he has, I assuaw you." "Good
gracious! I hiulu't, noticed it" "Gad!
Whcaw aw" youaw eyes? Haven't you
stien how tight his bweeches aw, and
the cusscel ceilaw of the cwavat he
wcaws?'" Town Topics.
Prince Bismarck,. while he was at
Carlsbad for his health, feeling unwell,
sent for Dr. Schweinger, who began to
put all sorts of questions to him. Al
last the Piinoo lost his temper, and ex
claimed: "What on earth are you
driving at, doctoi-P" Nothing discon
certed, tbe'latter replied very calmly:
"1 am at your orders, Prince; but, if
you wish to be treated without being
questioned, you had better send for the
veterinary surgeon, who is accustomed
to physic in that way." N. Y. Ledger.
AMERICAN
FCURTH-OF-JULY ADVICE.
Timely huKfutloin fur the fcmart Tfoang
Mrn of the I'eriod.
The annual celebration of the Dec
laration of Indepenelence occurring
soon, a few suggestions may not be in
appropriate at this time.
Therefore, my son, let me warn you
against being tod inquisitive. . To peer
Into thS muzzle of a gnn while your
companion is experimenting upon the
mechanism ut the opposite-end of tho
weapon may be quite praiseworthy in
a strictly scientific point of view, but
the practice is likely to be attended by
painful results. . That is to s ty, the re
sults are sometimes painful; in many
cases tho effect is altogether painless
but they aro lasting.
. Do not blow into the smoking end of
a lire-cracker. The fire-cracker is lit
tle, but it can blow very much harder
than you. ,
If you arc firing a cannon, and wish
to extract the greatest possible amount
of amusement out of the exercise, in
duce the person who thumbs the vent
to uncover the hole at the proper mo
ment and the effect will be startling.
It may remove some of your members
or even yourself; but then, there is the
offset that you w ill save a great deal
of money that would otherwise be ex
pended upon gloves, and there is the
adiled possibility that your board and
clothes will cost you nothing hence
forth. Tho spirit of 1776. which yoa have
heard so much about, is not of that
brand obtainable at the saloon. A
great many persons are not aware of
this fact or at all events they get the
two varieties so confounded that they
make a confoundedly bad appearance
and feel confoundedly bad the day
ufter.
Do not think, lecanse a young lady
acquaintance smiles upon you on this
tlay of days that she is desperately in
love with you. Ice-cream and soda
are extremely palatable to the female
taste, and a smile is neither exhaust
ing to the purse (iTie purse of the
smiler) nor detrimental to the physical
system (unless the smiler assimilate
too much of the L c. and s).
k' Of course, you will not go upon the
waier in a tsaii-'jwai. unless you are
wholly unacquainted with the art of
navigation. If you know nothing
nbont sailing a boat, you will have a
fine time, besides getting a nice bath
without tiie trouble of undressing.
I should also advise you to eat all
the cak"s, peanuts and Such other con
diments as are dispensed by peripatetic
dealers. The proper study of mankind
is man, and it is, therefore, well to
know how much one's stomach will
tear.
Yon will not forget to bny a whip.
Why yon shotdd buy one, or what
earthly connection there can be be
tween a ten-cent w hip and the Dec
laration of Independence I am unable
to say; but as it seems to be the proper
thing to do, don't forget to supply
yourself with a whip.
In ortler tr obt.tiii the greatest possi
ble results from a fire-cracker, elo not
throw it in the street (unless a restive
horse happens to be passing); but pro
ject it into some house in process of
construction. whre shavings are
plentiful. You will be surprised at
the shore? which will reward your
care and forethought
Before cute-ling a crowtl, take the
precaution to unbutton your cjt
Kemeniber that while you are enjoying
a holiday, ther are people who hare
to work; and by adopting tho advice
offered you can save the light-fingered
gentry no end of trouble.
Drink all the ire-water possible. The
more you drink the more yon will
crave It, and-every body knows that
there is no greater pleasure in life than
satisfying one's cravings Of course it
may kill you; but what of that? There
will be plenty of folks left to carry
on this world's business after you have
left it
Make all the noise you possibly can.
People might forget you if you didn't
You will lie mui-h thought of if you
make your environment hideous.
Boston 'Transcript.
THE MEANING OF TEXAS.
Correct Version of the Orla-tn of the Saas
of t ha Lone Star fctate.
The Clarendon Northwest Texan re
views the old antl never-to-be-forgotten
question as to the origin of the name
of Texas. That paper says: -
Texas is an Indian name and signi
fies paradise- It was given by a com
pany of weary and thirsty Indian tray
elers, who, after many day3 of travel
under the heat of a summer sun, dis
covered the beautiful waters of the
Colorado and exclaimed "Tehas
which the American-Texans soon pro
nounced lexas
This reads very much like the ston
of the name of Alabama, which is in
terpreted "here we rest" It is about
time to give a rest to the old dispute
about the name of the Lone Star State.
Governor Ireland was a gooel deal
laughed at by some of the papers be
cause in a magazine article he adopted
frienel or friendship as the original
meaning of the word. For this he had
high authority. John' Qui ncy Adams
when United States Secretary of State,
hail a long correspondence with Don
Onis, the Spanish Minister, on the dis-
puteel boundary question between the
United States and Spain. The lat
ter wrote, in regard to the early
occupation of Texas by Spanish troop
anel missions, tiiat the ofheer of Spain
who took possession of the country on
iMatagora Bay stated that lie met v
tribe of Indians who saluted him with
tho word "Tehas," which, in their lan
guage, meant friendly. Some writers
have claimed that the word is th
Si.inish one which is spelled tcjas, and
aicans roof, and was given to the In
dians because they had roofa on their
dwcllingsrbut this was no novelty to
the conquerors, ns they found roofs
common to the dwellings of the natives
of Mexico. Tho word is spelled as
many ways as it is defined: Texas
Tehas, Tt-jas, Tecas, etc., tho original
pronunciation being difficult to English-speaking
people, It ia said by his
torians that I ho territory now oalled
Texas was known to tho Spanish mis
sionaries in 1521 ns Mixtccapan; the
pcoplo were railed Mixtccans, and
were thought to be descendants of
Mixtecati, the reputed progenitor of
tho inhabitants- of Mexico when the
country was conquered by Cortes. It
is about timo to adjourn the question
us to whether the present Inhabitants
.ire Texans or Texiaus, aa they used to
be called, or Texicana as a Trinity
River poet in tho days of the Texas
revolution called them when ho wanted
a word to rhyme with Mexicans The
laws of the republic used the word
Texlan, but even the laws of an, ad
joining State can not compel . people
vvno nave been accustomed to write
the name Arkansas to spell it Arkan-
saw. Calves Con Vtu-.
A FISH PARADISE.
A 'Pond IthOM Finny Inhabitant Ar - Pro
tected by m Mjftriou e-pell.
"Do you see those brook trout?" said
Walter M. Smith, a prominent Chicago
lawyer, as he passed out of a restaurant
the other day. "Well, they remind me
of a very curious locality near my old
home. There is no part of the country
where trout fishing is so prevalent and
persistent in or out of season as New
York, Vermont and Massachusetts, yet
I know of a pond almost at the junc
tion of the boundaries of those States
that is almost literally full of trout,
and, although I spent all of the earlier
part of my life within. ten miles of the
place, I never heard of a single fish
having been caught there. The place
is called Sttmforel pond, and is eight
miles from Stamford, Vt, and almost
bn the New York and Massachusetts
State lines All the streams in the vi
cinity are whipped in and out of season
by armies of fly-fishers, but somehow
they let this pond severely alone. For
a long time I wondered why it was no
one fished there, and then determined
to get up a party anel go myself. I got
six young men and we started fn a light
wagon, carrying a tent and camping
outfit prepared to stay two weeks if
necessary. As the pond is nearly in
the center of Bear swamp, we left the
wagon at s place called the Powder
Mills, and trudged the rest of the way
on foot Before we got there one of
the party fell and broke his wrist We
kept on until we reached the edges of
the pond. It was nearly sunset and a
more weird, dismal spot it would have
been hard to imagine.
"Tall trees grew to the very edge
and cast a broad, black band of shadow
all around the pond, and, on the side
opposite frrm us, among dark weeela
and thickly growing vines was the
ruins of an old bnt, whose tumbling
sides and caved roof was covered with
dark, green moss evidently the accu
mulation of many seasons The .gen
eral aspect was not encouraging, but
we determined to stick it out and went
back about half a mile to some higher
land, where we set our tent, deter
mined to begin fishing early in the
morning. That night two of the party
Were taken violently ill, complaining
of nausea and sharp pains. The man
who had broken his wrist was delirious
al1 night and conld not move his arm
the next morning. Things certainly
looked black, bnt we sent one of the
boys for the wagon to take the sick
men back. Fishing that day was out
of the question, as there were but two
of ns left to tend three helpless ones
but along in the afternoon I took my
rod and walked over to the pond just
by ways of investigation. When I
reached the edge I started around to
get a good look at the old hut bnt had
not gone half way before I tripped on
a Tine and fell, breaking my fly-rod in
a dozen pieces That settled" me. 1
determine', to get home as soon as
possible and let the fish go- I got back
to camp and found the men no better.
Night came and still we heard nothing
from the man we had sent for the
wagon, ami it wns not until the even
ing of the seeond day that the wagon
came, being driven by a negro, our
man having been kicked by one of the
horses and unable to return himself.
"It is needless to say," Mr. Smith
continued, "we lost no time getting
away irom the locality which seemed
to be surrounded by misfortune. Out
of the six that started butiwd got home
well, although the distance was bnt
eighteen miles When we did return
we presented a most pitiable aspect
The mosquitoes had bitten us so that
we- looked as though we hatl been
through a siege of small-pox, and alto
gether we were as disreputable-looking
as could well lie imagined. I never
made another visit to the pond, and al
though I haTe made numerous inquir
ies I never even heard of anv fish being
caught there. Several parties went
there afterward with the same deter
mination that prompted our going, bu
something nnfortunate always hat
pened to them or in some way thev
were prevented from .accomplishing
their purpose, and to this day that
pond is regarded with almost supersti
tion by the fishermen all around. No
body goes near there and the trout and
pickerel flap around to their heart's
content free from their enemies"
Chicago Aeirs
PREPARING
WOOL
Tho Condition In Which It Should B
uatrea lor sue.
It makes a considerable difference in
the price received for the wool wr.Pth.Ai
it is pnt upon the market in good con
dition or not The good condition if
is In largely determines the value or
price, ana tne price we receive deter
mines the amount of profit realized
from the sheep. When gooel. common
wool, such as we may expect to secure
from the average farmer, is Belling at
twenty cents dirty, taggy, bqrry wool
sells at twelve to thirteen cents, and
from that np, depending largely, of
course, upon the condition it is in.
There is no excuse for tags They
eau be taken off before the sheep are
turned upon the pasture. In the spring,
.r if neglected at that time it can be
none when you shear. There is no pos
sible gain in leaving them in. The
tlockage more than overbalances the
increased weight because the buyer
tikes into consideration the labor of
ttking them out and is sure to overes
timate their weight The farmer can
better afford to take them out than to
"ct them remain on.
Sheep should, by all means be kept
away from burrs. Any one who has
ever trietl picking them out is generally
well satisfied that it is something of a
task, and it only adds to the cost;
there is no possible bonr-t Burrs are
a loss,-and that against our interests
""Again, it Is necessary tn ken oh
fleece separate. Roll tight together,
and tie with the side next to the &kin
out Do the shearinsr In a clean i
90 there will be no unnecessary trash.
Clean wool, properly tied up tight and
snug, that when opened nnt almm
tigs burrs or trash; will sell at the best
market prices always ,
Every sheep breeder realizes that
generally this kind of stock has pr I a
very small profit: nianv. in fi-t Tr.no
not been able to realise any profit and
. ... 1 . , ., . .
in n i-its u;ivtj Hoauuoneu tne business on
this account Much of this ia no doubt
due to a want of proper care and feed.
ana to a laiiure to send the wool to
market In a condition that will i nsnro
the highest price. Even with low
prices, those. who keen their sheen in a
good condition, so that a good growth
of wool is secured, and also take proper
eare in marketing, find they have been
able to realize at least a small profit
A difference of fiTe cents per ponna
on a fleece mar make the difTrnv hw
tween realizing a profit and sustaining
I loss And in very many cases the
rreater portion of this differ
bas'jd upon the condition in the prepa
ration of the wool for market. Farm,
CANADIAN GOF!0
AfTiaspte Artie! r Foo t Poo-testlne; Snpo
rler NoarU'iiajr juaUitie.
On a recent visit to the Canary Is
lands, one of the first things to attract
mynotice was the good development and
fine personal appearance of the com
mon people- I afterward found that
travelers are generally impressed in
the same manner on their first visit to
the Canaries. If they have previously
visited the Spanish Peninsula, they nre
apt to contrast the native Spaniards
with their Canarian relatives, always
In favor of the latter, whose greatpr
height and lx tter liodily forms are very
evident This superiority may be due,
in a certain degree, to the admixtaro
of the Spanish blood with that of the
Gnaiiche race, which was fonnd in pos
session, when, in 1110, the Spanish un
dertook the conqdest of the Cnn.irian
Archipelago. It required more than
fifty years for the purpose, and not un
til, to tho utmost efforts of Spain, then
in the height of her power, ths treach
ery of four native Kings had been
added, did all the seven islanels come
nnder Spanish ctile. The old chroni
clers are fond of dcrscribing the m'ld
dispositions of the Guanches, their tail.
manly figures and noble bearing in
time of peace, as well as their great
strength and valor when fighting to
preserve their ancient liberty.
Even the women took part against
the invaders, and proved themselves, in
daring and prowess, no mean antagon
ists. One woman is especially men
tioned who rushed upon an aelvancing
eolnmn, seized the foremost soldicrand
fled up the mountain, bearing her vic
tim as if he had been a child, outstrip
ping her pursuers till, coming to a
precipice, she leaped down and bvth
were dashed to pieces
The conquerors not only mingled
their blood with the conquered, as
happens with the Latin races bnt they
adopted many of their customs some
of which are preserved to the present
time. Perhaps the most important of
these is in relation to their food, the
principal article of which is .of Guanche ;
origin. s
I have alludetl to the excellent botllly
development and proportions of the
modern Canarians and to the testi
mony left by the old chroniclers to
the still fine characteristics of the an
cient Gnanches who are indeed de
scribed as marvels of bodily strength,
beauty and agility, because these facts
have an important bearing on the
qnestion of their food. As there can be
no such bodily growth, strength and
activity, as is described as belonging
to these people, without superior nour
ishment it follows that the fiod used
by the Guanches and adopted and still
almost exclusively us--hI by the present
inhabitants must be highly nutritious
.This article. s evidently important,
is the gofio. There is nothing myste
rious about it, for goSo is simply flour
made from any of the cereals by lurch
ing or roastilig bt-fore grinding. The
Gnauches may have roasted their
wheat brtrley, etc., by the ready
method of first heating stones on
which or among whieh the the grain
was afterward placed. As to that
there are no precise accounts but well
sl taped grinding-stones are plentifully
preserved. " At present gofio is pre
pared by roasting the grain in a broad,
shallow eartheu dish, over a charcoal
fire. It is kept constantly stirred- ta
prevent burning. One can hardly pass,
through a hamlet or village wiCiOtit wit
nessing some stage of the. preparation
i -me r:uu is arst eareiuuj
picked over and allimpni-Ities removed.
The processes frequently take place Ih
front of or just within the always open
x : . 'it r - r
door, giving the traveler ample oppor
tunity to see air steps of the prepara
tion. The grinding is done at the wind
mills, whieh abound everywhere. The'
roasted grain is ground te a very fine
flour, when it becomes gofio. After
grinding it ia ready for immediate use.
When it to be eaten, .milk, soup, or
any snittble fluid maybe mixed "with it
any thing, in fact, to give it sufficient
consistency to tie conveyed into the
month. Being already cooked, it re
quires no further preparation before
eating. .
Ultimately maize was- introdaced in
to the islands and soon became an ar
ticle of general cultivation, particular! j
on the Inland of Grand Canary, where
gofio from it is the staple article of
food for the laboring population, as
that from wheat or wheat mixed with
maize is in Teneriffe, wheat being mora
largely grown in the latter island,
gofip is also made from barley, and. es
pecially in Fuerteventtsra. It is also
made from Spanish heans; but this
kind is not U3ed alone, but to mix in
the proportion of about one-fourth to
threedourthsof wheat, barley, or maiao
gofio, as some prefer.. Wheat and eorn
gofio, mixed in equal proportions is
very much used, and is preferred by
many to either article" alone. Popular
Science Monthly.
Pungent Brevities.
Net - proceeds
profits -
Tho
fisherman's
A bowled strike One on a ten-pin
alley. 1
A wordy warfare "The Battle of
the Books"
A miik punch A prod, administered
to a refractory cow,
Falute of the eoneluctor "How?
fares it with yon?"
Pupils at the nat 1 tori urn are now
getting along swimmingly.
Soldiers are great sufferers from
cold. They have been known to sleen,
under cover, in a hot fir jwvir
Free I rvss.
Won't Injure His Prospects.
"Why don't vou st-r around rn,) o-
something to do?", was asked of a lay
fellow. - .
"I don't know." was thArr.r.br Tw
less I m too superstitious"
Superstitious! What
tion got to do with it?"
Well, I reael somewhere
every thing comes to him wh m--t
and I don't want to do any thing that
will be liable to injure my prospects,'''
Tid-Bits.
-The BvpHst Misxiorir, nr.,r,--
stttcs that whereas twenty-five year
ago there w as not a Tirof;n rw.
tian in the province of Shantung,
China, now there are 300 places when
Protestant Christians meet remlarl
.w ,V C" . 1 an . - -
v iiw aaooatn. unis is the glorious
. .
The great tcmnU
Ihebes Egypt contain tha l.? 1. .
, . - - - ". CJV
tanical work in the world. It is seuln
1 11 red on the walla, ami
- ""i 1-ir- -
eign plants hroeght home by Thotrues
, . , campaign ia Arabia. Nos
wily is the plant or tree shown, -but the
leaves fruit and
- r 1 j 1 1 .
tratea separate! nftrr ik
modern TaQtacistT--(j(,, ruJjct.