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J. W. ANDERSON, Editor and
COMING
l song from the top of a budding tree,
[ song of the sweetness yet to bo!
feorcely is leaf or blossom seen,
Earth ha? only a hint of groon;
let the heaven taught sparrow can soar and
sing
lie coming of every precious thing.
loon will the wind-blown seeds take root,
la re boughs blush into bloom and fruit,
Redded joy in a sheltering nest,
hooding love in a mother’s bi-east.
Hfe’s full of gladness doth wake and sing,
fbrough the song-bird’s note, in the early
spring.
[ —Mary Isabella Forsyth, in the Current
N THE WRONG HANDS.
Mias Orintbia Brown set down her tea.
jp with an emphasis that made all
ie china rattle. And little Mrs.
eeker jumped nervously at
pund, ,
“1 never heard anything so ridiculous j
3 all my life,”’ said Miss Buuwn, deri
Ively. “Gilbert Mutt in love with
Icorgia Arlington! Why, she is a mere
oil with big blue eyes and pink checks
nd yellow curls.”
“She’s very fascinating in her man
ers,” .Mrs. Meeker ventured to re
’ *
lark.
“Oh, pshaw!” was Miss Orinthia’s
mtemptuous comment. “And -you
■ally think he's in love with her?”
“Yes, I must say that I think so. ” :
“Ali-h-h,” said Orinthia, meaningly.
if I only dared tell you all!”
“i)rar me!” said Mrs. Meeker, eagerly;
what do you mean?” j
“Nothing,” said Miss Brown with a
nd of her head, “He walked home
rom church last night with me—didn't
U .
I “Yes, but—” ;
| “He stayed on my side, of the room
II the time we were decorating-the
air rooms with evergreens, didn’t
(-:
“Yes; but that was because—”
“Ami__but never mind, never mind!’
kid Miss Orintbia, mysteriously “Time
rill show! Geor-ria Arlington indeed
-why, she's nothing but a child_a
here school girl! I know better!”
“Do tell me, Miss Orinthia,” pleaded
|drs. Meeker. “Is he really engaged to
mu
Miss Orinthia pursed up her lips,drop
ed her eyelids with a manner that was
ronderfully eloquent, but she would
ommit heisclf no further.
, “Let’s mo nn -wi lucky a....™ bag,.
hose China dolls for the
aid Miss Brown. “\Ve shall get more
ioney out of the lucky hag than any
hing else, and wc must he sure and
lave it well furnished.”
While thc tea drinking ceremonial
lad been going on in the lower part of
he mansion of Mrs Meeker, quite a dif
erent chain of circumstances was trans
firing above stairs. Mr. Gilbert Mott,
vho had been inveighed into the snares
if the ladies’fair, nolens volens. had
T “J ““f *• t illS
n „cou,»tio« of idling sundry
lones of bvight-hued paper with sugar
alums and French bon-bons.
I Georgia Arlington shook hack her
bunny curls aud blushed like a June rosc
pid, as she started up. i
“Don't go, Miss Arlington, please!”
pleaded Gilbert, himself not unembae
rBSsed. ' But Georgia muttered some
thing about roll of ribbon which she ?
a
bad forgotten, and fluttered past him ere
he could remonstrate further. |
Gilbert looked after her, with a whim
| 6 ical expression of d,spair on his counte -,
nance.
JL,..... “Now, why does she run away from
me like that!” he said to himself.
k
!“ “• ■>«. ™ V — f •'
'1^1::% jh^Ld piles o,
cedar sprigs and princess pine yet wait -
mg to le wrought into garlands, he sat
the following fashion:
hav e rea d in my eyes—thestory of my heart’s
devotion? For I love you, and have loved
yon, and shall love you to the world’s end;
and you must have seen it for yourself dur
'or fairl ^Yet
youwiU" trot give me a word a glance of
encouragement. Is this right, my ruthless
queen o£ hearts' Bnt X am determined that
you she* tell me when we meet again
whether I may hope or not! Until then,
sweet one, I am half in dlspair, half hopeful
Yours, ever and unalterably,
G. M.
He had just scribbled off this unstudi -
ed effusion when the sound of footstep*
on thc stairs chased away the soft shad
ows of his love dream, and he bad just
time to slip the paper under a leaf of
Norway spruce twigs, when Mrs Meeker
and Miss Orinthia Brown entered.
“At work so soon!” cried the latter,
archly. “Isn’t he industrious, Mrs.
Meeker?”
“Yes,” said Gilbert, hypocritically, “I
am at work already J'„, ”
.0 ho exactly for the
fair.
lie watched nervously for an oppor.
tunity to possess himself of the
t-hcet of paper without observation,
die Comnatem Star.
Miss Orintbia, doubtless prompted
o >y some baleful evil spirit, hovered
around the spruce boughs like a middle
aged turtledove, and effectually warded
off his designs. And presently ho was
borne down stairs in the popular
to open some boxes of donations
had just arrived by parcel delivery.
1 can easily come hack to got
when they are busy cackling over the
new things,” bethought,
But-fit illustration this of the futility
ol all human plans—when he came re
joicing back some twenty minutes or so
later the sheet was gone. Gone, leaving
no trace of vestige behind—gone, utterly
and entirely!
“I believe there has been some super
human atrenev at work,” thought our
bewildered hero, as he tumbled over the
chaotic contents on the table in vain.
But Mr. Mott wits wrong. The agency
had been exceedingly human—no other,
’ n tact, than m.sehicvous little Billie
Arlington, who came in searcti of stray
P r 'scs for the famous lucky-bag which
^Jen temporarily delivered into his
hands. Cornucopias, pin-cushions, llim
mel’s scent-bags, needle-books, he
puunced on alike, and perceiving a sheet
°f pink paper written on, he crumpicu it
into an old envelope directed “Miss
0nntb!a A. Brown,’’ which Vy beyond.
M hat larks it will he! ” thought the
incorrigible Billy, ‘.‘jioiae °f, Bie^girls
B think they’ve got a love-letter and how
n >M they’ll be alien thgy find
nothing but one of Rintley's receipts or
crochet patterns.”
Arid away rushed Master Billy, little
rcc ki»g of the mischief he was unwit
singly working to the cause of true love,
The evening of the fair came,* and the j
pretty rooms made still prettier by paper j
and evergreen garlands, were i
*ded with the brave, the fair, and
that were neither ono nor the other,
Arlington, presiding at ono of
tables, looked lovely enough to drive
a dozen young men distracted, in
l °T one; and Miss Orinthia, in a
" n ff slate colored silk dress, went
B°Ut like an autumn leaf in a high wind,
bo lucky-bag circulated from hand to
carrying, as is the wont of these ,
a little cuirent of merriment
in its wake. Georgia drew
cigar-case, Mr. Mott became the pro
viotor o{ a r ag doll, and Miss Orinthia
drew—a letter, addressed to her
Gilbert Mott, leaning against the
Miss f’lfe h " r V l M
j tb lnft j lc p ol1s „i CC) while Georgia
7 d-md bit her lip, and looked ready
un d feigned a merry little ripple
laughter, all in one and the same i
" '
“Why don’t that horrid old maid keep
discontented from Gcorgia Avling.on?” thought ;
“She looks like 1
hero.
di e( i. UD bunch of rasins beside a clus- i
of bl o 0m ing Isabella grapes.”
; () watc j lin bis opportunity, he
„
p C a through the crowd and edged up
l *"" ^ G “ rSi> “I "” 8 1
ho „ hl ,pored softly |
_ But she turned her he ,id
“Please f ", to execusc „„ me, Mr. ,, Mott, xiott ” she she
said, coolly.
While Gilbert was stalling at her in
a hand was slipped through
£> g arm Mll Miss orinthia Brown drew
^ ^ ^ demanded
“Where arc you going?” he
rather unwillingly.
“Just outside the door, one
whispered Miss Orinthia, faltenngly.
(>It . 8 ^ iu the tuln „, t of a common
crowd that such words should be spoken.”
“What words! I haven’t an idea of
htod drooped o„ hi, ,h»„M.r.
me, Mi.s
but I think your wits are forsak
, gaid (;ilUcrt Mott, striving to
.0
me?” sobbed Orinthia with the dawning
“Miss Brown, w 1 j
ami plain ,
tclj me at once, j, w .1
.
are talking about?”
ori ntbia Brown’s sallow cheeks red
dened-hcr eyes sparkled ominously, ai
she drew- irom her pocket t c predoi.-i
missive. .that ,
“ Do you mean to say, sir you
didn't write this letter?” she demanded.
Qilbert took ,he letter and scrutinized
,
' lt the letter.”
“Aes, of course, „ j ivvroie wro te
1 “Then, dearest
“Stop, though,’’ nc mtemq e ,
; ticeliy. “It”wasn’t* td yo#.
“Not to me?”
“No. Do you suppose
many you?” uttered shr , • k
Miss Orinthia a
but the next moment s le vas -
bert Mott had vanished. ‘ !
ter was E io.-.,g
gia were to be won, she m
before Fate con-p ■ ^
once, »***" h ‘”
otto* old m*
res „
I wish to say rryou.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, JULY 1, ISM.
« You had a great deaf better it
say
your beloved Miss Orintbia.” said Geor*
gia, tossing her flaxen c urls,
“ But she isn’t beloved Miss Oriu
my
tliia,” cried Gilbert.
“ I suppose you will be denying
1 own handwriting next,” said
j Georgia,
indignantly. “ But it’s of no use; I saw
the lottcr myself.”
j j “But, Georgia, the letter was written
i to you.”
“ Then,” said Georgia, brightening
' little, “how
a did she get it?”
“ That’s just what I can’t
hend compre¬
myself,” said Gilbert; “but one
thing I am very certain of—I love you,
and you alone, and I won’t leave you un¬
til you tell me whether my love is re
turned,”
And he did not; neither was it neccs
j sary for him to stay there very long.
But to this day nobody save Billy,
irrepressible, knows exactly how Geor
Sia s letter came into Miss Orintbia
j Brown’s hands.
Stanley on the Corfgo.
II. IT. "Johnson, in a recent hook on
the Congro region, gives the following
,
description of his meeting with Stanley
at Yivi,in a station crovvdod with Zanzi
bans: “Here he was, seated, on his
'camp-chair, his pipe in his mouth, and a
| semi-circle of grinning kinglets squatting
in,front of hire, some oLjhcm smoking
long stemmed little bowled pipes in
complacent silence, and others pulling
many questions to, ‘Bula Matade’ as to
his recent journey to Europe—to
‘Mputo,’ the land beyond the sea as
they call it—and receiving his replies
with expressions of incredulous wonder,
tapping their open moulds with their
hands. I paused* involuntarily to look
at this group, for Stanley had not yet
seen me approaching and was uncon -
scions of observation. Perhaps lie never
posed better for his picture than at that
moment, as he sat benignly chatting and
smoking with thc native chiefs, his face
lighting up with amusement' at their na
tire remarks, while the bearing of his
head still retained that somewhat proud
carriage that inspired these African
chieftains with a real respect for ins
wishes and a desire to retain his friend
ship. Any one observing Stanley at this
moment could comprehend the great in :
fiuence he possesses over the native mind
on the Congo, and could realize how
that influence* must tend toward peace
wherever Stanley’s fame has reached, for
attocls* 2 frifi*i~*
tacking Stanley himself. Stanley turned
suddenly 11 s the chief of the station in
troduced me, and welcomed me in a
thoroughly cordial manner; then, dis
missing the natives who had examined
me curiously under the belief that I was
‘Bula MatadeV son, he sent Dualla for
gome tea. Dualla was a handsome
Somali lad, son of the ch'.cf of police at
Aden, and versed in many European and
African languages. He had been Stan
ley’s body-servant on the Congo since
16:9
Tb. X.» York A. tolls this U)_of
the late Commodore \ andcrbilt: A few
years before the war the commodore pur
chased with Commodore \ anderbilt ft
flf thc sfock of the line no w
known as the Pacific Mail. The part
ners diagreed, and each wanted to buy
the other out. At last Commodore Gar
risen received an oiler of several millions
from Vanderbilt. Garrison accepted,
I and Vanderbilt oahl him in notes. After
'‘ hulrun for some time Mr.
'bone, v . miU , rb lt . s son . ia . law> went to
‘
. v dWU did
not " ant he pavin 1 ” „. inter est any
longer, and offered ^ Q sc ttle for the full
1 Vanderbilt
i $*£
he ,„id
striking h,s hand, the check 1 want ^ the alnst 'J C! " \°
; will you do if j ^
x
r passed, but
No one knew what ten
mimHe3 afterward Garrison emerged
f r0 m the door of No. 8 bearing a check
^ Rmount principal nnd in
,
of , hc coramod „ rcs
^ l,c prevailed on to disclose
thc secret of that interview.
_______
| A Ba d Place for Christians.
Formerly when „ Persian Mahometan
killed a Christian he was fined #15.
' Now he has io pay #60 for the same pnv
iIe2e If a .Mahometan can capture a
. |
christia gj r l and convert her to his re
iprion, when her father dies lie inherits
his property to the exclusion of after all other the
^ rhis call8es 8 g^at run
daughters of rich Christians, even when
they are not pretty. If a Mahometan,
when out walking, meets a C hristian on
horseback, the latter has to surrender luc
..«•< .»« * 11 .- 0 - o' a*
phet w ride to his destination.
.The profit. Itom "Undo Tom’x CahiV'
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The rays of happiness, like those
light, are colorless when unbroken.
The top round of the ladder is an
inary one; no man ever reached it yet.
Men should not think too much
themselvcs, and yet a man should
careful not to forget himself.
Extremes arc dangerous; a middle es
fete is safest, as a middle temper of the
sea, between a still calm and a violent
tempest, , is • most , helpful , , , , to . convey the ,
mariner to bis haven.
It is good to be unselfish and gener¬
ous, but don’t carry it too' far. It will
not do to give yourself to be melted
down for the benefit of the tallow trade;
you must know where to find vourseli.
He that gives good advice builds with
one liana; he that gives good counsel
and example, builds with both, but he
that gives good admonition and had ex¬
ample, builds with one hand and nulls
down with the other.
Clear thinking goes for much in lift,
It is characteristic of the strong, accurate
mind, and should be cultivated with the
utmost care by requiring the pupil to
bound every idea with which he deals
whether it be a material object or an
emotion of 1 he soul.
And what, after all, is life hut a .ittl
journey in a strange land, with a few
companions, less friends, a flying train,
a halt at the little stations, a rest and a
recollection of what we have seen, known
and enjoyed most as we traveled, even
though they may he unpossessed of like
impressions and surroundings.
Abovq a'.l other things in the world,
character has supreme value. A man
can nevqr be more than what his charac¬
ter-intellectual, moral and spiritual—
makes him. A man can never do more,
or better, than deliver, or embody, that i
wh ch is characteristic of himself. Alt
mas: juerading and make believe produce
little impression, and, iu their products
and results, die early.
Peasant Life in Italy.
Life beneath an Italian sky is popu
larly imagined to be a pleasing form of
existence, writes a correspondent. Such,
however,, docs not appear to be invariably
the case. Day labo ers who possess noth
ing are the majority of the inhabitants;
they amount in Piedmont to one-fifth of
the population. The landlords arehabit- !
ually absentees, taking no interest what- |
rnry nave exciuuctt I
means from the list of councilors at the
communal i elections. i ,■ ti.» The townspeople
deride and despise country folks, and
are looked , , , upon by , them as proutt ana „ n d !
-el : sh In Novara the farm laborer is
said contend , with . , species • of c
“to every
miv\ti#n in” from the cradle to the grave.”
m, c, i, » .h. c, re of
strangers or rolling in the mud ; at seven
° months
vcars 0 ld ho receives a few per
of schooling, and passes the re
ma i n der in tending goats; at ten he nl
‘"“I 1 tW °"' 1
^ '
„ urJt , t 0 f form
The mon r p e in summer at2 a.
'
^ ’ in at 4 A . „., awakened by
^ tick on an emntv box- in the
'
c "
''°! U When ill the hos
pi ■>■ oceives e w b en old and unfit
,
^ j ^ uncarcd
^ nts sel om take to
. h en deprived of ft u rc .
s0,llces T l ' ! t ' 1 , d work
'
tllc f f . ^* ° r .'I ,,
a! ftge ° ® l, Cn
night they catch frogs and fish-in h - the the
m,rshc? - old At forty, decrepit ^ ™ at “JT fifty,
women, , at
witb bent ^ and bronzed faces.
- - toSto* ««.. « «« ^
' X
master and wo kman live together for
ye „,s without the change of a syllable
gamut of the social scale.
0 f thc manner iu which nearly one la
f p a ris was built upon the hollow
0 old
„ roun d beneath. The catacombs are
' gome of which had a ceiling
s olid cnough t0 build upon. Butin
many other eases the top ground had to
be blown down before the work of mil;
inK CO uhl be begun, an 1 it was necessary
also to fill in or bank up the soil. In
olh er cases the houses were reared on thc
, top of veritable piles, -. like lik-o those those of Vm
1 sterdam.
The use to which these hollow tunne.s
have been put include not only the stor
age of dead men’s bones and mummies,
aB d the accommodation of sewers, but
also the storage of wines and the growt
0 f mushrooms. It was m>., per.mps
generally known, that the thing i^ieh
the people were most a rai o in ar.s
during the last days of the ComLnune was
a. »'”*'■«
the leaders of that desperate insurrection
tilled tbe catacombs wit gunno.v
d „ „„ dvo.mitc, xnd cold it mo-
TRAINING A HORSE,
**“ rLcu liSSVJTmJiS? 6 "
of
“There are very few people who know
tow intelligent horses are,” said an ex
:>er ^ horse trainer to a Newark Call re
!)0rter the other day. ‘A horse that
not too old can lie taught anything if it
i J* trained in the right way. Iho
‘ S ' lat “° rSeS are not under8tood
-
™“ 8 e( l ,le “ tl y they "° COudemned witb ‘
out cause. I can take a young colt and,
eve j{ i( . b nei . vous an d g h v ft in two
■
veeks time , I can fire . a cannon from its
>ack.”
“How can you do it in such a
j aiiiiffl nf lin,,!" m6 ‘
“Easy enough, in’ if you go about it in
-he right t way. A horse is • totally . , ,, ignor- .
ant when it is born, and so is a man.
TIi—t ihey are i both ,|__ equal , on ,, the start, , , , hut a
man’s brain develops and he can com
prebend things by conversing with his
fellow men. A horse cannot and he
must . learn (lung from
every observation.
Upon this plan I train my colts. When
' want to teach one to go back I push it
hack and at the same time erv ‘back.’
“
After . - ,
repeating that several times the
animal learns what the word moans,
Hid he will obey it instantly when it is
,
given. If 1 want him to follow me I
pursue the same course. Horses are
taught tricks in this way and you can
make a colt paw the ground simplj- by
saying the word.”
“Can an old horse be taught?”
“Not very well, if they are over nine
years. They become like old people
and lose all aptitude for knowledge. The
hardest thing is to break an old horse of
shying a t any particular object. A horse
once thoroughly frightened will never
forget it, and if he sees the object of his
fright again you can depend upon a
broken wagon. About two years ago a
wealthy gentleman in Baltimore was
driving along when a man on a
bicycle dashed bv and frightened the
norse so that he ran away, I was scut
for to break him of lUe.ha|a,t„'and I took
a bicycle and showed ij to iibn in. every
conceivable way. I placed it on his ,
Lack and whirled the wheels around in
front of him. The animal became ac
customca to it and understood that the
bicycle wonld not harm him, and after
that he was not afraid, A horse is an
a, »mal of strong prejudices. He either
likes or dislikes a thing, and it is a diffi
c'Bt matter to'break Liui of a prejigji^;
tn'train!” to tram ‘ ’ ’ ’
“Well, > there is no breed of horses that j
can be considered more intelligent than
others, but if I wanted a horse to train
I would select an ordinary animal , ,, that .
showed signs of intelligence. Never
select a thoroughbred. ,, . By ,, nature they
*» d “*•'
t0 ) um P over an 0 y tac le an a
ways anxious to dart away.
intelligent horse, of no particular pedi
i» v ° tlr™°lior"ei Ire
, of .. ordinary tood, ...w,
kindof nltot.o
b V whipping him. It is aye id «a
-
to suppose that you can compel a hoise
t0 do anyt ung ' lf 16 10 obstlna 0 ) ou
T d ° ^ With ^ by tryi “ S t0 ^
nim tllc opposite thing, . i had a
tiorse once that 1 got for a very low fig
ure was a very bnc animaI ’ but l(
'
had one g 1Mt fault - would Stop just
because it wanted to be contrary.
not attempt to beat it, but 1 just
down and let it see that I was not
anxious to go ahead, and it would start
^ g uc h a proceeding was very annoy
ing * at times, but after a while the horse
^ about his bad habit, and it
valllfllllc anima l.”
W
“ “« “fl^
J J h ^ rQ narrow noge and thick
HoWJS for fatnily use should
A horse that is required for heavy work
long 1 e.
“Should ahorse be clipped ... during t , c
winter?”
“Well, that is a mooted quesbom
Some horsemen contend that if a horse
. ' Jover ' nitbt ” he is likely
to remain . damp but if . lie is . clipped , he be
will soon dry off. I hat wall \er> wel
so far as it goes but if care is taken with
a ' horse * he will be rubbed dry before he
L P thQ 8tab ,, Natttre provides
hone , with n a thick coat « nnd I-do not
^
t in 1 is g '
„vo - ’ [her ,' arc 'r« very difficult animals to
w 1 '■ T ^ frbkv and full of play,
. r l>Ia yt hi „g 8 than any
t g - - A real mustang ta a knowing
® u vvoade rful the clever
*. -. * d ' h thev are on the pvai
TZ t It People do not
U ttinate, anim.il.
, ; ^ som „ times 0 but
«Jo . . ^ to do some verv clever
dm .„
are used in carts, and at other rough
work. They arc cautious and slow, and
! mountainous f ° r that reason districts; . thcy but aro vory make good mis¬ ,or
no
take, a mule has more intelligence than
he is given credit for.”
The Fastest Trotting Record.
| A correspondent of the Chicago Jour
nal writes: The following is a statement
j i of the best trotting time on record at all
distances and at all ways of going: b a
I
Cleveland, Trotting in harness, one mile—Maud S, at
^ mile August 2, 1884,2:09 3-4—the fast
ever trotted and the fastest first
heefc.
1 iSVS Ltesflf^nd hoTew
trotted.
One mile—Maud S, at Chicago, July 33,
1«1; 2:11—the fastest third heatever trotted.
One mile—Maud S, at Chicago, July 34,
ISSO; 2:13 I-3-the fastest heat in races
against other horses.
toemile—Maud xS,at. Rolmont Park,Fhila
! delphia, July 38, 1881; 3:12, 2:13 1-4,2:12 1-3
fastest three consecutive heats ever
One mile-^Phallas, at Chicago, July 14,
W34: 2.TS 3-4—the fastest fourth heat over
trotted,
Ono mile-Smuggler, 'at Cleveland, July
27. is7ti; 3:17 1 - 2 —the fastest fifth heat ever
(
One mile—Charlie Ford, at Hartford, Au
gust 25, JSHO; 2-19 1-2— the fastest sixth heat
evev trotted.
Ono mile by a yearling—Hinda Rose, at
^ , i^ , -' a ”n^.’ 0 ^ ovenll,er 1881 ’ 2:361
Ope mile by 2-year-old—Wild Flower, at
^ ® ctober 1Sa1 ’A'-?'—the
best on record.’ ’
6 U*' ‘Mi**} at
1 exington latest »
"
the over trotted at that age.
mgton, One nrilo Ky., by October a 4 year-old—Bonita, 11,1883:2:1s 3-4. at Lex
l )ne mile by a 5-year old—Jay-Eye-See, at
ITovidence, September 15, 1883; 2:10 3-4—
Onemite^over half-mile track—Rarus, at
Toled”. July 20, 1878; 2:10—it never was
toe mite-Jay-Eye*See, at Belmont Park.
August 15,1884—faetesttwo consecutive beats;
" ' mile,
One fastest four consecutive hefts—
Gloster, at Rochester, August 14, 1874; 2:18,
witli'wfCloud;' Ymidsnifl? Maid.'^ht
Hartford, August Ml, 18/(i; 2:10 3-4, 2:17 1-4,
th ' 11 heat with
Smuggler.
o .'t'p’ ldf i r ‘r 3 Chief ’ at Lelington »
Bapiember Three miles—Huntress, 'JM, 1872 7:21 1-4. at Prospect Tark,
;
Juno 1 . 3 , I 84 :i; 11:06
Mack, at San Francisco,
^dyiwnber Ten 'mUestacontroUer, 33, 1878: 1-4. at San Francisco,
27:3:3
1830; 38:00.
miles—-Girder, at ban Francisco,
miles—Captain McGowan, at Bos
ArLlat' Albany ’ 1840-
3:55*101-8.
lsl '^ ^ovJmb<> m;>'^V; 0 35 i’ lj0ng
One hundred and one miles—Fanny Jenks,
at T t wmlii-One mile^Hopeful nt Chicago
fk»Whr-«Wmit ui- -w/- third * «,i heat. i.«at
October 13,1878 : 2:17, the fastest
Maid, One mile, Long drawing Wand, 2,000 1865 pounds—Mountain 3:341-2. How
’ at } ; miles—General
js rh at for rot Hng! Two
Butler at Long Island.June 18,1803,first heat,
4 54 1-4- Dexter at Long Island. October 27,
socoml heat< 41 - 4 . Three miles—
Kimble Jackson, at Union Course, June 1,
1853- 8:03. Fourmiles— Longfellow, at ban
Francisr0i Decem ber 31. I860;-10:84 1-2. Five
'S7d7““; miles—Controller,at >San Francisco, April 20,
mUes-Spangle, Oao or
Trotting double teams, one hundred miles
'under 1 saddle:’ mUe—Great
Trotting One
Centerville, Long Island, Mayl 8 , 188b; 10:51.
NoW) Mr . Editor, people who orvn -
trotters can looking judge.how good a ono they
own by over the above record
y ou oBen hear people say they have a
Blat can trot twenty five miles an
hour without any trouble. Let them try
it . j
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shells that Travel. !
The great conch or strorabus ,___, has a j
veritable sword that it thrusts out, sticks
i into the ground, and by muscular efforts
i jerks itself along, making a decided
leap. Thc squids-that are the bright
: est forms of mollusks-leap entirely clear
— W ”'>»“•
ZZ.
is quite novel. They are generally beau
tifully colored, and have long, streaming
violent opening and shutting of their
shell known as the Lina Nians is partic
^ remarkable for these flights, and
all the scallops are jumpers and leapera.
whcn placed tn a boat' they have been
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ordinary
scallop has been known to jump out of
a pot when placed upon a stove.
The Russia. ^ Army. ■
The strength of the Russian »™ 1 JM»
war footing, aceordirg to the returns of
tbe ministry of war, was as follows in
1883 ' -
beoular armt.
Infantry............. 1.970,801
Agilely 21L7nS 4:3.407- 2.321,476
Eugmeers ...........
ibmoolab army.
tf . 158^270
Artillery............ l‘2,700- 180.580
Grand total.......... 2,503,056
An5 „o,ftopo,.a«. ong the irregular troops of Russia
a, « tb, C.a.ack..
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A resident of Stockton, Cal., died re
.(lockj.*, W.g th. fo-xr
XI. NO 33.
j FUN.
; A man content to live in oleomar¬
an
garine boardiug-house does not know on
I which side his bread is buttered.— Pica
i uune.
“In the spermaceti whale the teeth
are fixed to the gum. ” We have noticed
the same thing in Vassar girls .—Keto
York Graphic.
Men are said to sleep the soundest the
night before they are hanged. Those
troubled with insomnia have now an
j elfecacious though heroic remedy
The small boy now wears a seraphic
' 4miie of perfect happiness he fluctu
as
! ates between the baseball game, the
i qkatimr skat,n S rink unk and an<1 the the rrii-cnn .-Call. ('nil
j clrcus
! An English traveler in Wiring over
I some American town names came across
the well-known ones of Pawtucket, She
tucket and Nantucket, “Haw! haw!”
he exclaimed, “I’m blessed if the whole
family didn't, take it !”—Pittsburg Chron
icle.
Volumes havo been written giving
diagrams and specifications as to how
children should be trained up, and yet
ns soon as a man becomes a daddy he
throws his judgment overboard, shuts
his eye to reason, and lets the sauallcr
rule the roost. -Chicago Ledger.
"A scientist rays that the way to sleep
W <0 think of nothing,” read Mrs. Smith
in a newspaper. ‘ “If that be true, I
should . that would , , sleep , r.U the
say you
time, my dear,” said her husband. “No
doubt, Mr. Smith, for I think a great
deal of you.”— Newman Independent.
British Battles in Eleven Tears,
The following is a list of British bat
ties, with the losses thereat, fought in
tJi e last eleven years, from Amoaful to
the fightntBaker’s zereba; At Amoaful,
w jj Crc gj r yj ftrne t Wolaeley routed the
Ashantees, our loss was 7 killed and 300
wounded. At Pel war Kotal (Afghan
war, General Boberts), our loss was‘J
othoers and 10 men killed and 2 officers
and 71 men wounded. At Isandlana
(Zulu, Colonel Durnfordj, all our men
were killed—23 officers, 500 men, and 1,
000 natives. At Rorke’s Drift we lost 17
killed and 10 wounded. At Slobane
mountain, South Africa, we lost 11 oiti
CirS anr * men killed and wounded,
At Ekowe our loss was trifling, there
Being scarcely more than 41 killed and
wounded. At Ulundi we lost 104 killed
anA wonnded - At Charasiab, in the
second .Vf'dian fighting war, General Robe tnrwtil rts,
whcre t h e ctftmnneo
four days , and , ljoi.prrc Roberts rptreated retreateu to ro the me
sherpur cantonments, we lost 62 killed
and 154 wounded. General Gough,
struggling to relieve Sherpur, lost 5
killed and 03 33 mmimlod wounded. At Ahmed
Khcl we lost 17 killed and 124 wounded.
At Maiwond, wlmn General Burrows wa,
defeated by Ayoob Khan, we lost 21
officcr8 300 EngU sh, and 700 natives
kUledi 15 officers and 00 men missing,
At Mazra, when General Roberts defeate
Tl 'M SSt m Znd.d
n.d n,»i»g nnd 109 wouud.d. At in
gogo we lwt 150 killed and wounded
anA at Majuba 85 killed, 131 wounded,
and 00 prisoners taken. AtTel-el-Kebir
we lost 0 officers and 45 men killed and
33 officers and 320 men wounded. At
Teb 5 officers were killed, 17 wounded,
35 non-commissioned officers and privates
killed, aa*l 123 wounded. AtTamaiour
loss tvas 5 officers and 80 men killed, 8
officers and 105 men wounded. At
£ ^ boo Klca we lost 0 officers and 65 men
() officcrs am l 85 men wounded.
, H,nl mUl c of Gul.at we lost 10 killed
d 60 ^ A . Ilasheen our loss
wounded. Iiithe
Suaday wa Tost 7
2~£$& « lTl \T,t ‘r-.rss iSSP cZun
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^or Af “ r th Aup»tme ® “^ anS I., J^^bad hud the the
’ ^
bide, was finally appointed in 1856 sec
re tary of the Mexican legation at Wash
i wton. Whi'e holding that position he
marrie d Alice Green, the daughter of an
Q]d dcrk jn thc navy department, who
rt , si<1 ,, d on Georgetown heights. They
had Grandfather a son named after his imperia
Don Avigustine de Itmbide
“ ’
, h y invited by Maximilian
b wa3 about 8cvcn year s old,
- '
to bring him to Mexico. . He formatiy
adopted the boy, and sent his parents
back to America. >Ir. Seward was ap¬
pealed to and requested to demand the
restoration of the boy, but he did not
to interfere, and advised Mme.
Iturbide to go to Paris and lay her case
before Napoleon. She did so, but he
als0 refused to interfere, and she re
turned to Georgetown. After the down
fall of Maximilian, young Irtubide was
«. » <U«ptow„, .ta. hi. “
ucation was completed, and ne now re
sides there. Many of the diplomats re
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