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J. W, ANDERSON, Editor and Proprietor MY WIFE AND CHILD, Kflio I tattoo beats; the lights are gone, The camp around in Blnmber lies; ■Hie night with solemn pace moves on; I The shadows thicken o’er the skies; ■lint sleep my weary eyes had flown, fl And sad, uneasy thoughts arise. |I think of thee, oh, dearest one ! J Whose love mine early life hath blest; ■Of thee and him—our baby son— I Who slumbers on thy gentle breast. ■God of the tender, frail and lone, I Oh, guard that little sleeper’s rest! ■And hover gently, hover near I To her whose watchful eye is wet— ITho mother, wife—the doubly dear, I In whose young heart have freshly met ■Two streams of love, so deep and clear, | And cheer kneels her drooping before Thy spiiit throne, yet! ■Kow, as flie I Oh, teach her, Ruler of the skies 1 I I That while by Thy behest alone Earth's mightiest powers fall or rise; ■Ko tear is wept to Thee unknown, I Nor hair is lost, nor sparrow dies; ■That Thou eanst stay the ruthless hand I Of dark disease, and soothe its pain; ■That I only by Thy stern command The battle’s lost, the soldier slain; iThat from the distant sea or land [ Thou bring’st the wanderer home again. I And when upon her pillow lone, I [ Her tear-wet cheek is sadly pressed, I May happier visions beam upon The brightening currents of her breast; [Nor | frowning look, nor angry tone Disturb the Sabbath of her rest 1 [Whatever fate those forms may throw, I Loved with a passion almost wild, I By day, by night—in joy or woe— [From [ By fears oppressed or hopes beguiled; every danger, every foe, | Ob, God ! protect Henry my wife and child ! Bootes Jackson. “RAIN-IN-THE-FACE.” iOM “boots and saddles,” by mbs. CUSTER. I must preface my account of the oc Inrrence by going back to the summer if the Yellowstone campaigu. Twc of he citizens attached to the expedition, me as the sutler, the other as the vet tiuary surgeon, were in the habit of liliDg by themselves a great deal. Not king enlisted men, much more liberty ban soldiers have was allowed them, ilany warnings were given, however, ind an instance fresh in the minds of ras repeatedly told them. One day heir hour of lingering came. While hey stopped to water their horses, ome Indians concealed in a gully shot hem within sight of our regiment, who pere then fighting on the hill, and did lot. find the bodies for some time after¬ ward. favorites; Both of both the left murdered men rere families, and egret and sympathy were general hrongkout tlie command, I A year and a half afterward informa Ion came to our post, Fort Lincoln, hat an Indian was then at the agency at Bunding Rock, drawing his rations, Bankets and ammunition from the gov Inment and at the same time boasting I the murder of these two men. This Itelligence created intense indignation ■ our garrison. A detachment was pickly Baled orders. prepared No and started out with one was aware even lhat direction they were to take. Gen. laster knew that it was absolutely icessary lould that caution and secresy be observed. At the next post, ■enty miles below, there were scouts ■ployed. They would not fail to send ■t a runner and warn the Standing lock Indians of the coming of the corn land and its objects, if they conld learn' ■at it was. When the rnnnor carries ftportant news he starts with an even bit in the morning and keeps it up all Iv, hardly stopping to drink at the ■earn he crosses. Snch a courier would btstrip a command of cavalry in the Idiuary time it makes on a march. ■Accordingly Fort Rice was left behind ■any miles before the orders were fcened. They contained directions to bpture and bring back an Uncapapa Idian. called Rain-in-the-Face, the ■owed murderer of the sutler and the fcterinary Isted surgeon. The command con of two officers and 100 men. The leneral had selected his brother to assist P this delicate transaction, as he was lout to do ever since they began their pe of adventure together during the |ar. They arrived on the day that the Indians were drawing their rations ol P ef - There were 500 at the agency f med with the latest long-range rifles. F was more and more clear that too |iiich care could not be taken to prevent r e object of the visit being known tc P e warriors. An expedition had been r Q t down once before, but news of its ptention for the culprit bad reached the agency in time to escape. He conld not refrain even aftor this warning from Ipenly vaun* o his crime. the capture. i Tn order, then, to conceal the purport P their appearance at the agency, the paptnin in command resolved to a ruse. Be sent fifty men to the camp, ten miles t«ay to make inquiries for these Indians Mio had murdered citizens on the Red tbver the year before. CoL Custer was putered to take five picked men and go L° fader's store, where the Indians r rt constantly. This required great poolneps pad to and extreme patience, for they lounge about, seemingly indiffer pb nntil they could be certain the right pan was discovered. The cold made the pc Indians draw their blankets around [hem [ey. and over their heads. There is f“' r any when individuality about their dress, e8S arrayed for a council or ®he Comnoton Star. dance. It was therefore almost impos¬ sible to tell one from the other. Col. Tom had to wait for hours, only looking furtively when these wary crea¬ tures were off guard. At last one of them loosened his blanket, and with the meager description that had been given him CoL Tom identified him as " KAIN-IN- THE-FACE. ” Coming suddenly from behind, he threw his arms about him, and seized the Winchester rifle that the savage at¬ tempted to cock. He was taken entirely by surprise. No fear showed itself, but from the characteristically stolid face hate and revenge flashed out for an in¬ stant. He drew himseif up in an inde¬ pendent manner to show his brother warriors that he did not dread death. Among them he had been considered brave beyond precedent, because he had dared to enter the agency store at all, and so“encounter the risk of arrest. The soldiers tied his hands and mounted guard over him. About thiry Indians surrounded them instantly, and an old orator commenced a harangue to the others, inciting them to recapture their brother. Breathless excitement pre¬ vailed. At that moment the captain in oommand appeared in their midst. With the same coolness he had shown in the war and during the six years of his In¬ dian campaign, he spoke to them through an interpreter. With prudence and tact he explained that he intended to give the prisoner exactly the treat¬ ment a white man would receive under like circumstances; that nothing would induce them to give him up; and the better plan to save bloodshed would be for the chiefs to withdraw and take with them their followers. Seeing that they could accomplish nothing by intimida¬ tion, or by superior numbers, they had recourse to parley, and proposed to com¬ promise. They offered as a sacrifice two Indians of the tribe in exchange for Rain in-the-Face. It was generosity like that of Artemus Ward, who offered his wife’s relatives on the altar of his country, for they took care not to offer for sacrifice any but In¬ dians of low rank. Riin-in-the-Face was a very distinguished warrior among them, and belonged to a family of six brothers, one of whom, Iron Horse, was - • « »• > w «* . -- in the end, and the prisoner was taken to the cavalry camp. During the time that the Indians were opposing his re¬ moval, the troopers had assembled aiound the entrance, ready for any emergency, and prepared to escort the murderer away. The Indians instantly vanished; all went quickly and quietly \o their camp, ten miles distant. Later in the day a party of fifteen mounted warriors dashed through the agency to the road beyond, which had to be taken by our troopers on the way home. 01 course our officers expected an attack from that party when they began their homeward march; to their surprise, they were unmolested. We learned afterward that the mounted Indians went to the camp of Two Bears to urge the young braves there to combine with them in the recapture of Rain-in-the-Face. Two Bears had long been friendly to the white man; he was too old to fight, and prevented his young men from joining in the contemplated rescue. After the command had returned and the officers reported, Gen. Custer sent for Rain-in-the-Face. He was tall alright and young. His face was quite imperturbable. In a subsequent inter¬ view the General looked himself in his room with him. Through an inter¬ preter and with every clever question and infinite patience he spent hours trying to induce the Indian to acknowl¬ edge his crime. The culprit’s face finally lest its impervious look and he showed some agitation. THE MURDERS. He gave a brief account of the mur¬ der and then made a full confession be¬ fore ali the officers. He said neither of the white men were armed when at¬ tacked. He had shot the old man, but he did not die instantly, riding a short distance before falling from his horse. He then went to him and with his stone mallet beat out the last breath left. Be¬ fore leaving him he shot his body full of arrows. The younger man signaled to them from the bushes, and they knew that the manner in which he held up his hand was an overture of peace. When he reached him the, white man gave him his hat as another and further petition for mercy. But he shot him at once, first with his gnn, and then with arrows. One of the latter entering his back; the dying man struggled to pull it through. Neither man was scalped, nad as the elder was bald and the younger closely cropped hair. Two Indians, one of them Iron Horse, had followed the cavalry from the agency and asked to see tneir comrade. The General sent for Rain-iu-the-Face. He came into the room with a guard at his heels. He was dressed in mourning. His leggings were black, and his sable blanket was belted by a band of white beads. One black feather stood erect on his head. Iron Horse supposed that he was to be hung at onee, and that this would be the final interview. The elder brother, believing there was no hope, was very solemn. He removed his heavily beaded and embroidered buffalo robe and replaced it with the plain one that Rain-in-the-Faoe wore. - He ex changed pipes, also, giving him his bighlv afferward ornamental one that he might present it to the General. The pipes are valuable, as the materia* COVINGTON, GEORGIA, MAY 27, 1885. of which the bowls are made has to be brought from Kansas. Then, finding that there was a prospect of Rain-in-the Face having his trial in Washington, he took off the medal that had been given to his father by a former President, whose likeness was in the medallion, and placed it over the neck of his brother, that it might be a silent argument in his favor when he confronted the “Great Father.” It was an impressive and melancholy scene. Iron Horse charged his brother not to attempt to escape, saying that if he did get back to the reservation he would surely be recaptured. He be¬ lieved that he would be kindly treated while a captive, and perhaps the white chief would intercede for him to obtain his pardon. After asking him not to lose courage, they smoked again and silently withdrew. In about ten days Iron Horse returned, bringing a portion of his tribe with him. The Indians with Iron Horse came directly to headquarters and asked for a council. As many as conld get into the General’s room entered. There was time, while they were preparing, to send for the ladies, and a few of ns were tucked away on the lounge with instruc¬ tions not to more or whisper, for mv husband treated these Indians with a 8 much consideration as if they had been crowned heads. The Indiars turned a surprised, rather soornful glance into the “ ladies’ gallery,” for their women are i.lways kept in the background. In re¬ turn for this we did not hesitate to criti¬ cise their toilets. They were gorgeous in full dress. Iron Horse wore an elab¬ orately beaded and painted buckskin shirt, with masses of solid embroidery of porcupine quills. The sleeves and shoul¬ ders were ornamented with A FRINGE OF SCALP LOCKS. Some of the hair we saw with a shud¬ der was light and wavy. I could not but picture the little head “ rnnning over with curls” from which it had been taken, for all the Indian locks I have ever seen were straight and black. The chief wore on his shoulders a sort of cape, trimmed with a fringe of snowy ermine. His leggings were a mass of bead work. He wore a cap of otter with¬ out a crown, tom to leave ered. Three eagle feathers, that denote the number of warriors killed, were so fastened in that they stood erect. There were several perforations in each ear f -'om which depended bead ear-rings. He had armlets of burnished brass; thrown around him was a beaded blanket The red clay pipe had the wooden stem Inlaid with silver, and was embellished with the breast feathers of brilliantly plumaged birds. The tobacco bag, about t .ro feet long, had not an inch that was not decorated. The costume was simply superb. Iron Horse began his speech in the usual high-pitched, unchangeable key. He thanked the General for the care of his brother, and the whole tenor of the rest was repeated petitions to ask the real father in Washington to spare his life. He then slowly took off his elabo ate buckskin shirt and presented it to ly husband. He ended by making A SINGULAR REQUEST, which was worthy of Damon and Pythias. Two sly young braves in the outer circle of the untitled, asked per¬ mission through their chief to share the captivity of Rain-in-the-Face. I could not help recalling what some one had told me in the East, that women some¬ times go to the State Prison at Sing Sing vnd importune to be allowed to share the imprisonment of their husbands or brothers; but no instance is found in the history of that great institution where a man has asked to divide with a friend or relative the sufferings of his sentence. After his two friends had left him, Rain-in-the-Faoe occupied a part of the guard house with a citizen who had been caught stealing grain from the storehouse. For several months they had been chained together and used to walk in front of the little prison for ex¬ ercise and air. The guard-house was a poorly-built, insecure wooden building. After a time the sentinels became less vigilant, and the citizen, with help from his friends outside, who were working in the same way, cut a hole in the wall at night and escaped. He broke the chain attaching him t the Indian, who was left free to follow We fonud afterward that Rain-in-the Face did not dare to return to the reser¬ vation, but made his way to the hostile camp. In the spring of 1874 he sent word from there by an agency Indian that he had joined Sitting Bull, and was awaiting his revenge for his imprison¬ ment. Big The stained waters of the Little Horn, on June 25,1876, told how deadly and fatal that was. The vengeance of that incarnate fiend was concentrated on the man who had effected his cap¬ ture. It was found on the battlefield that he had cut out the brave heart of that gallant, loyal, and lovable man, our brother Tom. Healing. —The healing power of earthquakes is a subject for discussion in the Spanish medical press. The state¬ ment is made that in the recent shake up at Malaga most of the patients for¬ got their diseases and took to the open air. The change agreed with them so well that a few have only returned to the hospital. A CHEAT CROW ROpST. IIOIV THE BIIIDS MAKE THINGS LIVE¬ LY IN BUSHUILL, PA. A million Corn Stenlers Cantnre Hie Woods and Astound tlie Natives. A letter from Bushkill, Pa., dated April 14tb, says:—As Simon Trauel, A farmer, living near High Knob, in the southwestern portion of this county, was chopping in the woods about half way up the mountain on Thursday last, he was attracted by a flock of crows which appeared suddenly from a south¬ ern direction and alighted in a high tree a hundred yards away. After a great deal of loud cawing the flock arose -and flew away in the direction they had come. Tranel then went on with his work. About the middle of the afternoon, an hour after the crows had taken their departure, he happened to look south¬ ward, and saw that the sky was black with some approaching object. In a few minutes he discovered that it was a immense flock of crows, which sood swept into the Kuob woods, and with a thunder of wings and deafening clamor of throats settled down into the trees, whose leafless branches became biack ened with the birds from top to bottom. For three hours flock after flock of crows poured into the woods, until the side of the hill for a space of more than forty acres was covered so thickly with them that big branches were split from the trees beneath their weight. It was nearly dark when the last crow found a resting place in the woods, and mid¬ night came before quiet was restored in the vast congregation. The crows remained in the woods until last Monday. Early every morn¬ ing flocks would start out from the col¬ ony, taking different directions, and after being absent for an hour or so would one after another return. Their arrival was greeted with the wildest commotion all through the woods, vo¬ ciferous cawing and flapping of wings being kept up for some minutes. Then other flocks would go out, to be met with the same hubbub on their return. The news of the great crow roost spread around the thinly-settled region, and 4a<« «*»«4 tiuji" ogg and hear the crows. On Saturday a number of the natives agreed that it would be a good thing, now that they had apparently all the crows there were in the country within reach, to make nightly raids on them, and thus save a great deal of future loss to cornfields. Accordingly, a party of seven, armed with guns and long poles, and some of them carrying torches, be¬ gan the work of destruction. They reached the woods where the crows were sleeping about nine o’clock. The torches were lit, and the raiders entered the woods. They had not proceeded far when they were greeted with a yell of defiance from 100,000 crows. The yell was followed by hundreds of the birds boldly attacking the invading party, using both beak and claw with suoh effect that the surprised backwoodsmen were forced to flee to save themselves. They were followed to the edge of the woods by flocks of infuriated crows, and not a shot was fired nor a crow killed. On Monday morning, for the first time, not a flock left the woods, but all was bustle, commotion, and noise amoDg the trees. Crows were darting in all directions, uttering peculiar cries, and evidently anxious to be everywhere at once. Just before noon matters became comparatively quiet, and then small flocks began to emerge from the woods, going in all directions. This exodus continued until late in the afteruoou, when every crow had disappeared, and none came back. The scene in the piece of woods they had occupied is de¬ scribed as remarkable. Every tree had one or more branches torn from it and they lay piled abont on the gromr* & if the trees had been swept by a whirl¬ wind. Every foot of ground was torn up, plainly by the crows searching for insects for food. “Every spring,” says an old citizen of the village, “the crows, like wild nigeons, gather somewhere about the country to do their courting and mate. This spring they happened to select the High Knob, because the scouts they sent out liked it, and guided the rest to the spot. As the love making pro¬ gresses flecks r f crows go out to select good nesting and foraging places. They come back to the roost and report, and a grand discussion is had on that. Alter these matters are all settled, and every crow is mated, they form into flocks of j twenty or so, and, after they bid each S other good-by, leave for the respective nesting places selected for them. Mou day forenoon, when there was snch a commotion among the crows on the Kuob, they were taking leave of one an¬ other. There will probably never be another crow roost in this part of the country. Next year it may be in Ken ‘ tucky.” Settled It.—A negro brought suit in a Georgia Justice’s Court for possession of two shoats and a sow and pigs, and gained it. His lawyer, as soon as the case was decided, settled the fees for himself, Squire A., the lawyer on the other side, and the court. “Well, Joe, Squire A. will take one of the shoats, I’ll take the other one, the Judge will take the sow and pig*> *^<1 you’ve gained the case.” DOM If SITU RECIPES. Julia Corson Tells us How to Cook Fish. Broiled Salt Mackerel with Butter Sauce.— Soak a salt mackerel over night, laying it in plenty of cold water, with the skin uppermost, so that the salt may fall to tiie bottom of the water after it is disengaged from the fish. In the morning trim off the tail, fins and point of the head; dry the mackerel, put it between the bars of a double-wire gridiron, well buttered to prevent stick¬ ing, and brown the fish over a hot fire; while it is being browned boil some potatoes, as directed in the following recipe, and make a butter sance; when the potatoes and sance are ready, serve them separately in hot dishes, and serve the fish with some slices of lemon, or a few sprigs of parsley or watercresses, on the dish, as a garnish. Butter Sauce for Broiled Mack¬ erel.— Put in a saucepan over the fire a table-spoonful each of butter and flour, and then stir them until they bub¬ ble; then gradually stir in a pint of boil¬ ing water, and when the sauce is smooth season it with a level tea-spoonfnl of salt, quarter of a salt-spoonful of white pepper, and a table-spoonful of chopped parsley or capers, if either is available; after the sauce has boiled for two min¬ utes, add to it three table-spoonfuls of butter, cut in small pieces, and stir the sauce until the butter is melted; do not allow the sauce to boil after the but¬ ter is added; when the butter is melted put in the juice of half a lemon, and serve the sauce at once with the fish. Boiled Potatoes to Serve with Fish. —Choose small, smooth potatoes of even size, wash them and then peel them, taking care to remove only a very thin paring and to keep them smooth, and laying each one in cold water as it is peeled; when the fish is first put to cook place the potatoes over the fire in plenty of salted boiling water, and boil them for ten minutes, or until they can be easily pierced with a fork; do not al¬ low the potatoes to boil until they begin to break, but drain them as soon as they are tender; after draining the po¬ tatoes cover them with a clean towel, folded several times and place the saucepan containing them where they will keep hot without burning until me fish is done; the folded towel will retain the heat and at the same time permit the steam to escape, so that the potatoes will be mealy and unbroken when they are served. Potatoes may be boiled in their jackets the same way, a thin ring of paring being removed after they are washed; os is the case with the peeled potatoes, care must be taken to drain the potatoes as soon as they are tender enough to be pierced with a folk, and they must then be covered with a folded towel and allowed to steam. X Chinese Intoxicant The spectacle of two Chinamen stag¬ gering along Smithfield street the other night, evidently “three sheets in the wind,” was one that excited some cari¬ osity. Whether they had been tanking up after the most approved American style on plain ordinary lager beer or old Monongahela rye, was the question. “They have a quiet little still of their own,” was a remark of a habitue of City Hall. “Chinaman don’t take kindly to beer or whisky. They go to one of their countrymen in town who deals in the article and get a bottle of liquid distilled from rice. I tell you it’s a lively drink, too. Why stone fences aud Jersey lightning are like water when put on a level with incopee. That’s what the Chinamen call it. The Chinese storekeepers in San Francisco import the stuff and ship it to their agents in different parts of the oountry. It is pnt up in qneer-shaped bottles and looks some¬ thing like gin. You can get plenty of it in town if yon have a Chinese friend. Just ask John Chinaman next time he brings your washing to get you a bottle of incopee and give him $1. It’s sur¬ prising how much these Mongols can stand. They will sip incopee all even¬ ing and toddle home in single file with¬ out varying a shade from a straight line. Sometines though they get more than they can carry, just like those fellows you saw pass by. Why, if an old toper on whisky were to try inoopee it would knock him out flat in three rounds. It’s a mtghty queer liqnor and-a bad thing to fool with. If yon do yon will want to whip your mother in-law and your best friend in half an hour .—PWsburg Dispatch. An Extraordinary Confession. James S. Lowell, of Lewistown, Me., who in 1874 was convicted of wife murder and sentenced to death, and whose sentence was afterward commuted to imprisonment for life, made a full oonfession of his crime to the prison officials at Thomaston. He said he took bis wife to ride, and when in a secluded spot a quarrel arose, in which he inadvertently choked her to death. He then cut off the head and hid it under a log at a distance from the body, to make identification difficult. The body of the victim was not found until two years afterward, and it was then but a skeleton, so that the identifi¬ cation was not absolute. It was gen¬ erally believed that Mrs. Lowell had run away with a circus, and many have hitherto believed Lowell innocent. VOL. XI. NO 28. TILE OPPOSING FORCES. FACTS ABOUT THE ARMIES OF ENG LAND AND RUSSIA. A Russian Staff Officer's Estimate of the Strength of the Two Armies. A reporter of the New York Herald had an interview in regard to the Anglo Rnssian controversy, with a Russian captain of the general staff, who iB now in New York city. The captain firmly declined to say anything concerning his mission to this country, but spoke free¬ ly on other subjects. “Which do you believe is the better prepared for war, Russia or England ?” asked the reporter. “Russia, certainly,” was the reply; “and you may easily see that that is so by comparing the forces of the two con¬ tending countries. As for Russia I will give you the following particulars:—The Russian army is composed of 192 in¬ fantry regiments of 3,500 men each, or 672,000 men all told; of the sharpshoot¬ ers, numbering 46,000 men; of the fron¬ tier battalions, comprising 27,000 men; of cavalry, 48,000 men, and of Cossacks, numbering 18,000 men. In the Russian artillery there are about 80,000 men, with 2,424 oannon of the foot artillery and 150 cannon of the horse artillery. Our engineer corps comprises about 27,000 men. Therefore the Russian army, ready to move, consists of 920,000 men. Besides, there are the artillery¬ men stationed at different fortresses all over the country to the number of not less than 50,000 men. There are also many local battalions for local duty. As to the reserves, I may safely state that they will amount to a half of the active army as stated above—that is, abont 450,000 men and 1,200 cannon. There are also special recruiting forces, com¬ posed of experienced officers and men and numbering 6,000, who would be able in a short time to instruct and pre¬ pare for service ten times as many new recruits. In the Afghan war the Cos¬ sacks would be of great importance. There are the Cossacks of the Don, of the Kuban, of Orenburg, of the Trans Baikal, of the Terek, of the Ural, of Siberia, of Astrakhan and of the Amoor, numbering 125,000 men ready to move at alinst notion The Cossacks have had experience in actual war, and particu¬ larly in Turkestan. So you see in the Afghan war they would be particularly serviceable. You must understand that so far I have spoken of the ordinary or regular army. In case of need militia can be called hundreds of thousands strong. But I don’t believe that we will need it “On the other side, in England,” continued the captain, * ‘there are about 160,000 men under arms. We may ad¬ mit that the royal militia numbers also about 160,000, and the volunteer corps about 230,000. That will make 550,000 all told, and that counting very liberally. Now you have 1,545,000 on the Russian side against 550,000 on the English side. That is a big dfference. is it not ? Well, we will not overlook the Indian army,” continued the captain, after a pause. “That army is officially stated at 188, 000, and there are also 280,000 so-called soldiers belonging to different Indian princes who are under English rule. We should also add the Afghan army, numbering abont 60,000. That will make 528,000 men, which is a good ad¬ dition to the English forces. This ad¬ dition, however, is far from balancing the large Russian army, to say nothing of the immense inferiority of the In¬ dians and Afghans to the Russian sol¬ diers. Take, for instance, the Cossack, of whom it is said, ‘he was born on horseback and loves war like his sweet¬ heart,’ and put against him an Afghan or an Indian, who knows nothing abeut a rough, regular war, and you will have a correct idea of the respective forces.” A Dangerous Experiment. One day last fall a small boy of White Plains, N. Y., had his ears filled with oats by some boys with whom he was skylarking in a barn. The boy scratched and cleaned out, as he thought, all of the grain, and went abont his business. About six weeks ago the boy was taken with a severe pain in his ear. His head swelled up, and he was in awful agony. All reme¬ dies failed, and his mother took him to a physician, who removed two kernels of oats which bad sprouted and taken root in the boy’s ear. He is now per¬ fectly well. Letting the Cat Out of the Bag.— It was formerly the trick of the English countryman to substitute' a cat for a sucking pig, and bring it to market in a bag, so that he who without careful ex¬ amination made a hasty bargain, was said to buy a pig in a poke and might get a cat in a bag, and a discovery ol this cheat gave rise to the expression •letting the cat ont of the bag” as a pre¬ mature and unlucky exposure. Work for the Lawyers. —Pennsyl¬ vania, two years ago, passed a law de¬ claring “store orde*V’ issued to miners as pay illegal. There was no penalty, however, and the law has been consid¬ ered a deail letter. A test case was made recently, and the miner won, the decree being thnt he should be paid in legal tender. Suits amounting to a million dollars are threatened. WIT AND WISDOM. A railroad strike—a collision. Thb type righter—the proof-reader. Never fret; it will .only shorten your days. Never stand long at a comer of s street. Never abuse one who was once your bosom friend. Never reply to the epithet of a fool, or a low fellow. Never speak in a contemptuous man ner of womankind. i Never taste anatom when you are not hongry; it is suicidal. Hailing cabs is a common thing wheD it is hailing pitchforks. Never spend many of your evenings away from your family. A chancery conrt is one in which jus¬ tice has an even chance. Never anticipate too much; disap¬ pointment is not pleasant. The English policy in Egypt—False Prophets and quick returns. Never speak of your parents as the “old man” or “old woman.” The “one more” drink has made a hundred thousand drunkards. A girl may be a good violin player and yet not be able to draw a beau. We propose that the phrase “money no object” be amended to read “money no objection.” A poet sings: “The jocund spring in here.” Yes; we never saw a more joakin’ spring than this. Professor : “Mention an oxide.” Student: “Leather.” Professor: “Oxide of what ?” Student: “Oxide of Beef.” Exit Professor. An old friend is not always the per¬ son whom it is easiest to make a confi¬ dant of ; there is the barrier of remem¬ bered communications under other cir cnmstances. He was a likable man; sweet-tempered, ready-witted, frank, without grins of suppressed bitterness or other conversar tional flavors which make half of ns an affliction to our iriends. Lafayette had a great mind, and he knew what he was doing when he as¬ sisted the United States. France is now getting large supplies of canned frogs from this country. We often think we are of great Im¬ portance to other people; that they must be thinking of ns and our affairs; that they watch our actions and shape their course accordingly. In general we are quite mistaken. The craze for lady barbers is dying out. After a man has his face cut bias, his throat shirred and his hair pompa donred and been talked to death, he naturally returns to the male barber and takes chloroform. “Why do bees make wax ?” asks a farm journal. We do not know, unless it is because no one has told them that the honey manufacturers are willing to make it for them ont of paraffine.— Philadelphia Call. In a fashionable novel the author says: “Lady Emma trembled, grew pale, and immediately fainted.” The printer, putting “p” instead of “f,” rendered it, “The lady grew pale, and immediately painted.” An agricultural journal says: “Spring is the best time in the year to move bees.’’ It may be; bat if a bee settles on your neck, or any other portion of your anatomy, in the fall, don’t wait un¬ til the spring to move it. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censorious of his neighbors. Every one of his opinions appears to him written, as it were, with sunbeams, and be grows angry that his neighbors do not see it in the same light The small boy feels that it is tempt¬ ing Providence for a leading grocery firm to pnt large and luscious looking oranges right out on the sidewalk and label them: “Do not fail to try these oranges; they are very nice.” The Proud Poet. Harry is a papa—which wonderful event does his most awful dignity tre¬ mendously augment. And he has been ■ papa for two entire days, which vast responsibility in grandeur he displays. An old friend asked young Harry, “How is the little kid ?” No answer. Papa’s dignity snch freedom quite forbid. The question was repeated; “How is the kid to-day ?” A freezing stare from Harry and, “What, sir, did you say ?” “Oh, 1 just asked ‘How is the kid?’” Severe was pa’s disdain; “Oh ! Ah ! Ahem ! The kid! What kid ? Beg pardon, sir? Explain!’’ “How is the baby, then 1” Papa’s importance big did swell. “Oh, if yon mean my SON, sir, he is, thank yon, very well.”—H. C, Dodge in Chicago Sun, New Forests.— In his Arbor Day proclamation, the Governor of Kansas said that the State which the pioneers found treeless and a desert now bears upon its fertile bosom “more thau 20 000,000 fruit trees, and more than 200, 000 acres of forest trees, all planted by our own people.” The Governor also says “that there has been an increase in the rainfall in Kansas is fully proved by the statistics of our oldest meteor¬ ologists.”