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Old Merry Bey* Sen*.
^ The lord k>v*» hi. . rind, . , .ntfth* ■ . mi-er . hi* goM
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With a heart that i? thankful for all."
~“r“ romtov tmtittaaM DM..
And then Isdio. repo.e on ttar
down -
• And the mia.tr.! i. honored with f.ase,
AM bone, to iTSL.
And IU merrilv .in.
A. I march *'th i-wine *’
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Sim. honestv bonffltT fearsth f«r.th no no fall fsll_
The bmaof all »»rilk
u ..o.idrtookr,fbe.!th
«.V With S bran t that is thankful for all
Let the lord have his land and the miser his
And the hunter hi« horse and his hound
m. Hi. T rwordsnd .mj^uliu? th*<dsrio. £,'i wmnd. d
And the ssnor hu lass,
An4 the tvsnty her glass.
And the reaper his bonny bright sky :
But with love tor my lot.
lu * sweet little col,
And ihe Bp*rkfc of mirti< in my eye,
I my ditty n.H sodk.
Spite of ptnorv-ftieff
“Thonrh the ca v h in mv cofTem be small,
The best ttfaii wealth
Ca a stock of-meat health
With a hc»'t ix tbxnkfnl for ai!
A NIGHT WITH A BEAR.
Tell von what, Roxie; I wish fatlier
and Jnk.- bad ^mie of those .hot nut
cakea for their dinner; they didu t cakry
much of anything, and these are proper
n, ®5*
Mrs. Reamifui , set her left hand upon
her hip, leaned against theeomer of the
dresMu, and me«]jtatively selected aijoth
er nut cake, dongh-nut or cruller, as you
may call them, from the great brown
pan piletl up with these dainties, and
Boxie, who waseturjed upin a little heap
ott the corner of the settle, knitting a
bhi^ wooten stocking, looked brightly
UFjmdsaid: —___ —- ;..
‘ Dfct ra« go and carry them some,
ma. It’s just as warm ami nice as can
oe ont or doors, real hpiicgy, and I
know the way to th« w<mhI lot. I d just
love I'M-o.
lx-t s ace—teu o clot-lt, said . Mrs. „
TTrtrrteT-mrmtb, P'j fm.VvnpmghFT - y*. I 1 ' 1 . ° fipgerp n '1*^
upon he- apron. “ It s a matter of four
milea there by Hie'bridge, Jake; says,
though if you cross the tor.l it take, off
» nolo or more. Toll'd better go round
by Muybridge, Oh, anyway." that isn’t worth while,
“ no, nut;
was strong enough yet to siod over all
the wood he’d been entting,’ said Roxie,
earnestly, for the additional mile rather
territied her.
“ Did he? Well, if that's so, it is
relief, right," replied her mother filled in a pad tone with ; of
aud then she atm
“ssrsjtTi-a; r
rereid/u^ aquirrcl-skin “ad cap well over her ears, Med
her pretty ecarlet tippet around h«
neok, km*. and The held mother »p her face for with s good
by and said, kindly: gave it mi
usiuilfevor, little girl. Take
‘ Good-bv to you
good home care mother.” of yourself, and come safe
to
“ yes, ma. Bnt I may They'll wait and come
with them, mayn’t I ? let me
ride on old Rob, yon know.
“ Why, yes, Ill yon might as well, I sup
pose, iron though be lonesome without
all day, baby. But it would be bet
ter for you to rule home si. stay
It waa a lovelv day in the latter part
of March, and although the ground was
«iyi,.ukiwiinai«..; ini- m..ik-- mut
rivers were still iast bound in ioe, tnere
waa something m the air that told of
spring—eomething the mounting that ret through the sap its in
million maple little trees channels toward the tiuda,
already beginning to redden for then
blooming, aDd sent the blood m little
til ft?*’® it bloesonmd • reins dancing hercheeks npward and too, lips nn
in
fairer “Howpleaimrtitistobealiveraaid than in any maple tree.
the UtUe girl aloud, while a sqturrel
rnnnmg up the old oak tree overhead
.toDp^ tie higher mid cnrhng npon lis his back, bushy eWterod toil a
the same idea m his own language,
Roxie stoppedto listen and sqnirref laugh friskeil aloud,
. at which sound the
swav to his hole, 'went, and the little Say! girl,
smging merrily, the on and her the
croesod the nver on ice, ou
other bonk stoppaL and looked wist
fully down a side path leading her dureedryad. into the
denrer foreet away from
mnet “Ir^lybelieve have Started, it toe is so cheekerbiUTiee spnngy, she
thmight;-rye look in what Jake a mmd cglts to go Bear-berry down and
Pasture,’ though I told him they were
not bear-berries, hut real checkcrber
riea." steps Bo,"saying the to little hers elf, path, Roiicran stopped, a
few down
stood still for a minute, then slowly
- turned back, sayte*: — r
“No, I wont, either, for may lu- I
wouldn’t get to the camp with the nut
cakes before noon, and then they
have eaten all their cheese. No; I’ll
right on, and not slay there any time
all,bnt eome back and get the
berries; besides, mother I'd -aid .she’d
loniMooie without roe, bo better
stay, So any way.” flattering
Roxie, herself like
so older person with the fancy that
was hat giving another, up her while selfish ’pleasure
1 of really
carrying out her own fancy, went
ing ou her way, and readied the
jtwt a* her father struck his axe
into the log where he meant to leave
ter an hour, and Jake, her
older brother, took off his cup,
the cnrls bai-k from 1 i-heoteil brow,
shook out Ihe hay and grain before
Rob, whose whinny had already
claimed dinner-time.
tie, “ Why. if here lie isn’t sis with a tin
and I’U bound gome of
cakes ui it t” exclaimed Jake, who
rather mouraed at the said cakes
being he ready caught before he left home,
then the little girl np iu
anna, kuaed tor heartily, and dh-.f put
on Hob s back* whence Jkhe
saying gravely:
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By T. L. GANTT.
tor rough p lay. Ill be twelve jeer* old °H
owu pocket, and the time paused swiftly
»Sw!y552SsS said:
"Ooae. Jake, nooniugls over. G«
to work.”
, “All right, dr. Ion CAn rit s.Ul an
ber father or bredher should obj«t to
her going alone into the wilder part of
the foreet. “ Me said she’d be lone
»dded she hnrriedly, and then
hercheeks began to burn aa if she had
realiy told a lie instead of snggesting
one.
“ Well, you’re a right down think good girl
'to come so far and then to of tna
instead of yourself, and next day we're
working about home IU give yon a good
ride to pay for it.
And Jake kissed his litUe sister ten
derly, ; her father nodded good-by with
wm pleasant word of thanks, and
Roxie with the empty tin pail tn her
hand set ont upon her homeward -ionr
ney, a little excitement in her heart as
she thonght of sting her contemplated conscience exenr
sinn,^ a little she in ha«l her been a«
ahe rcflectetl that not quite
honest about any part of it
Did you ever notice, when a little
tttmble«l and .-agitated, how quicklv
seemed to pass over the gronnd,
how speedily you arrived at the point
whither yon tad not fairly decided to
go? It with Roxie, and while she
was so
still considering whether after she all
she would go straight home, was
almuty at the entrance of the sunny
northern gUle where lay the patch of
bright red berries whoee faint, wlioU
some perfume told of their vicinity even
before they could be seen. Throwing
herself upon her knees, the little girl
pushed aside the glossy dark-green
leaves, and with a low cry of delight
ntoop»J of fragraut..berries down 'wnd kissetl- they lay the fresh clusters and
as
bright before her. v -
cried “ O she, you dear, “How darling I little tilings!”
love to see you
again, and know that all the rest of the
pretty things are coming right along!”
Then she ltfgan to plnek, and put
them sometimes in her month, adme
; times in her and so long did she
: linger over her pleasant task that the
»nn w»* already in the topn of tire pine
trees, when, returning from a little ex
enrsion into the wootla to get a sprig
f rom a “riESPRushr R .ii.r.atte.t Tmt
within the lrerdcr of the little glade,
and stood for a moment transfi red with
horror. IMA. tte pul .b. M Mt:
ttrim-triU scooping of berries sat a l>e»r-eub, hi*
ont the treasure with paw,
»nd greeilily devouring it, apparently
th ataoi u
him the trouble of gathering his favor
berries for himself.
One moment of dumb terror, aud
then a feeling of anger aud reckless
courage filled the heart.of the woo.!*
m!W -„ child, and, darting forward, the she
m.ule a snatch at het pail,; t same
aaif-’- -
S&j£?%S& aud1ntlutot.il '"mk "USl his
teeth, very plainly, restored that
unless that there pail would of berries be trouble was for
at onee some
one. Bnt this was uot the first bear-cub
. that Roxie had seen, and her temper
tta s up as well as the bears. So, firm
ly grasping the pail, site began to retreat
backward, at first slowly, bnt as the
be., dropped on his feet aud aecured
fadmed to follow her, or rather the pail
of berries, she lost courage, aud turn
ing, began to run, not eanng or noting
in what direction, and still mechamcally
grasping the pail of bernes.
Suddenly, through the close crowding
pines which had so nearly shut out the
dayNght, appeared an open space, and
i. -v ’ i! ~ 1 ;• r"*.‘. —s
the river, and once across the river she
f e lf as if she would be safe. Even in
the brief glance she threw around as
she hurst from the edge of the wood,
she saw that here was neither the bridge
nor the ford which, she had crossed iu
the morning; a point altogether she judged, strange
and new to her, and, as
further down the m-er, since the space
from wider. shore But to the shore bear was eloae considerably behind,
was
and neither rime nor courage for del.b
oration was at hand, and Roxie, after
her moment’s pause sprang forward
npon tte snowy ire, oloarty followed by
the clumsy little beast.
At that very moment, a mile further
ap stream, *r. Beamish and his son
Juke L were cautiously ai driving old Rob across
froae n ford, the man w«
savinsr: bv
“I’m afraid we’ll have to go shouldn’t round
the bridge after this, Jake, I
wonder ifthe-rimr broke up this very
u rght. See that crack ’
•• It wouldn’t do for Roxie to come
over here alone again,’’said stick. Jake, prob
ing the ice-crack with his
Ami Roxie-poor glad little think Rone- of sate whom
Jake was to to as at
home, was at that very moment step
ping ov.*r a wide~efaekTietWei n two
great masse-of ioe, and staring forlorn
ty^hajit her. for a little way in advance
* p pear»i suoflier grert gep. sod
bear close liehind was whimpering with
terror aa he ftlnug to which the’.edge Roxie of had the
flowing jnst. mas* leaped, upon and which he had
only jnoi'p Shaking with cold
failed to upon.
mid fright, the little girl staggered farther for
ward across* the ire until at ite
-edge she earns npon a narrow, width swiftly
rolling tide, increasing in at
moment-the current of the river
denlv set free from its winterbondage, its chains.
and rapidly dashing back, away crack
Roxie tnrned bat the
she had stepped over was already
too-wide' for her to attempt to repast*,
and a gentle shaking movement which
her feet told that the block < n
s he stood was already in motion,
that strenldhVnd ho escape waa ronLge possible than
more a
girl leer could climbed be expected and to poaseea.
. bad up, now
timidly to the edge of the ice,
with fear, and seeming to take so
notice of Roxie, that she forgot all
? fear of him, and these two,
upon the rocking and slippery floor
tl.eir strange prieoD, went floating
the turbulent stream.
i j The . twilight deepened mto <lfWk,
stars awne ont bright an<i oold* and
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f * r * , '»y If°” kom»u B«d »na
Little Rosie rv*.nl het oeeleae teen,
SSSSSSSfi hearted sense of security and peace re
warmed hff4ritB^«maeTipoiih?r her free*i D g fingers .gainst bu
peaci/ally a lips went
to sleep.
ShewM awakened by a tremendous
w«_ benZg cl«e above her, and he was
saying: Roxie hurt?"
“ Oh, ! are you
«So, Jake, I—I believe not Why, and
and-ol., why, what I is know. it all ? Oh, Where Jake, is this, Jake, I
wa* so frightened!” And, turoing end
denly, she hid her faee in her brother’s
coet and burst into hurried a psesion embrace of tears, and
Bnt Jake, with one
kiss.piit “Wad her away, saving: sis, till
finish just one minute, him.” we
the bear; father will shoot
“No.no, no!” screamed Roxie, her
tears drial ns if bv magic. “ Don't kill
the bear, father *' Jate don’t you touch
the bear- he’s my friend, and we were
both so scared last night, and then I
prayed that he wouldn’t eat me, and he
didn’t, ami I*ra too mustn’t hurt him.” Mr.
“ Well, beat now !” remarked
Beamish', as with both hands burietl dragged in
the coar^ hair by which lie had
W to the surface, for it had gone
when the ioe-«ike had been broken
.against the jam of logs which had dangii- stop
pe.1 it, he looked up at hi. little
tor’s pale face.
“ You and the bear ma^le friends, and
said yonr prayers together, and he can’t
l>e hurt, you father! say ?” please don’t hurt
'‘Yes, Oh,
him!"
“ We might take him home and keep
him chained np for a sort of a pet, if he
will behave decent,” suggested Jake, a
little doubtfully.
“Well!—I suppose slowly we could,” re
plied the father, very and relnc
tantiv. “He seems peaceable enough
now.”
“ And see how good lie is to me,” said
Roxie, eagerly, as she patted the Lead
of her strange new friend, who blinked
amicably get*Rob in reply. *• Oh, Jake, do go
and and the sled, aiid carry him
home, won’t von ? r and the
“ Why. yes, if father says so.
critter will Ictmo tic his legs.”
The ox-sled was close at hand, for the
father and brother had brought it to the
river before they began their weary :
aeareh rip and down it. bank., not know- i
ttvg what-nKmnittttbttrdm almost they frantic might j
have to carry home to tiro
mother.
Ami understand toaiiij.,.. well that the '
seemed to so
handling and ride were all for his own
good, that he bore the humiliation of
tied with^-constdcndite
equanimity, mid in a short time de- :
veloped so gentle aud gentlemanly valued and a :
character as to become. •
honored member of the family, remain
ing with it for about a year, when, wish
ing. probably, to art Up housekeeping snapped
on hia own account, he quietly
dSfateTto thatTiccupatfon probably by
the ic. of his right arm in an
„„ the New Haven railroad. About two
It ago he iUacovered that hi* guetmea «
the weight of hogs were so inevitably ;
accurate as to warrant him in giving up
work at the telegraphic instrument and
jn tnrain _ y. attention wholly to the
, Tt | Icr industry. This ha found to be
tocrative lrtring the winter rt 1877
Mr. Hodgins won nine hogs at matches, ;
and this winter he has won six. Besides, ;
in the two seasons, ho has taken the
overplus money—by reason of being the
second nearest gnesser-fifteen made times.
j u i) 11H singular enpporjjJbCmwW, way he attend- money
m ,nnph ■i to and, i
writer,‘he . business strictlv in^thh
was enable.! to pass his sum
„ an/pleaauni. ■_ va ehting and-other pursuits of S
ease He acquired his ex
oentionsl orofleienov watching^ in the beginning !
through carefully: the progress of ■
mat chea and through eom-;
pa rison of the copious notes which he
ma j e an ,i entered very carefully tlm in a
b.»k jjas specially peculiar opened for it is purpose. said, of
s wav, 'Many tried
making h i« retimates. have ;
to get ° hold of it, and many have
ttl y were sucoeesful until the result i
showed them the^^error of their farmeL“ao- snpposi
tioa9 . As with many his as ability, forty down
qnainted ^ were and
t E.“^Sl m Mamaroneck watching hi.^tiomtea. him Mr.
“3.1^ jih,i c ;. t),e largest ^mndHaudwS hog ho ever
«»♦. -Maraamneek last vour The
of which he has any "record n as
Porfceheeter, and weighed1,100
q 8 . This was kille.1 seven years
ago, and was slaughtered in. the summer
time out - of m ereyfortl.e ^ miseries which
ita bnlk Bnt „ a llp(in it,_,Ve W York
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tfaaaterfeit Hreenlmeta ’
The treasurer of tjje United Htaten tor
nishes counterfeit the following description dollar of the
recent five notes on
CcntralGerman and Union National
banks of Uhioago, and the Farmers
National Bank of Virginia, Ill. Those
counterfeits were aH made from the
same jdate printed as the “Trader ” of Chioego,
and are in this way: Dio conn
terfeiters printed a number of notes
from tlie “Trader’s ” plate, leaving the
word’s “ National Bank of Illinois,” and
as « number of these notea .we still in
the hands of the counterfeiters, they ore
enabled, by having the title printed in.
to make a new Counterfeit. This is the
way the fives on the Aurora, Canton,
Paxton and Peru banks were made. AU
genuine five dollar notea on the Central
and Germah National banks of Chicago,
bare the name of Jno. Allison as regis
ter, while counterfeits have the name of
B. B. Oolby as Union register. All genuine
fives on the National Bank of
Chicago are ttaieii January Mat 14, I8e6; All
counterfeits are dated 10,18®.
genuine fives on the Farmers' National
Bank of Virginia, Ill., are dated Sep
tember I, 1865; the counterfeit*
; dated well May examine 10,1865. carefully The public all will
to fives
j I Illinois banks, as some of these
ished bills are still in existence and
; be readily ehaugeJ into a new e »miter
) fait.
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.
SEYESTf MILLIONS ST1RYIN6.
__
formerly. Famine, so far from being an
extensive and almn* tmknown regions
70,«»^e0 of htmisa bemga-nearly the
don ble the entire popolation of
United St»te»-in a state of starvation,
P l«s , "tiian
en
there is no rerord of one . wide-spre^l
and terrible a* the present.
Drought, inundation and insurrection
, may be set down as the main causes of
famine in China, to which the ravages
of locusts, whioh sometime. devMtate
eitenslve Although region, in the north, districts msy be
added. the alluvial
of the country are reticnlatei.by a net
work of canals, which bound every field
and intersect every village, the hill and
monntain regions are without any except
the rndest means of communication,
i There are. in fart, few road, in the em
pi re worthy b, be meutioned, and these,
which survive as the memorials ot -pro
vions and more enterprising dynasties,
are in a melancholy condition of decay
and ruin. Even the immense stone
f-anneway leading from the dynasty, capital to built the
burial-place blocks of the Ming and towering
of solid of granite,
forty ia impassable feet above for' the vehieles, plain which and it affords spans,
but a rough and insecure footway for
trains of donkeys and the bearers of
palanquins and chairs. In the mouu
tainous districts of the south no yehiclca
drawn by animals arc eyer used, their
producto their finding their way to the mar
kets and supplies to their villages
on the backs of human carrier*. Trav
elere in these province, not infretinenUy
meet long proceeeion.of peasants, eome
bearing chest, of tea upon the ends of a
bamboo pole slung across their shoul
ders, souie bundles miscellaneous of fagots for fire
wood, and others a bur
den of the mde'products of their fields
and work-shops. In the provinces of
Chihil, .Shantung, Shansi aud Shensi
clumsy two-wheeled carts drawn by
bullocks are employed to some
though they afford no adequate means
of conveying food to eommupities whose
local crops have failed.
The most trustworthy nntljorifcies esti
mate the population of China proper at
120.099.090. and of its dependencies
at about 26,000,000, constituting to
gether Tire fully ouo-third this of the stn|rendous human
race. support of
mass of human beinga taxe s even the
immense land the an* unfailing Nowhere fertility of the
to ntraort. in the
world is agriculture pnrsned with more
eos ,„t
in the world is individual industry and
frogality-OArried to a greater length. In
nil foreign conntrias where th e Chinese
-gone, their thrift apiD
have far exceeded any with which they
were brought into competition, and they
have never faded to extort prosperity
from even the most unpromising sur
roundings aud conditions Their peroe
vorance is pro,* epmst all forms of die
conragement, and their fortitude sn
the economy of the. uatioii, that sue
the most augtist deities in the
cated 4 system of Chinese 1 with mythrtogv is
supposed exelusive to watch over it The pecnliar ten. de
end. dedicated to it,in attentron. Pekin only seoouil in
is
extent and splendor to that of heaven
and earth, which and observed on a certain all day theem- in the
year, is over
pm with appropriate ceremome^ the
emperor dimes forth tn itete from his
austere and mystermns reclus.tm, »”d
with ha own Wds ^gurte g theplow
across the Ifaee sacred Held *4J aoea *
?hnnc. is grown to some extern
h11 P»tts ol the empire, nine though its
chief , prodnrtion ta m the southern
provinces. and The northern plains wheat, produce
“iUet. in tl.c northwest rye,
oets, barley and maize constitute the
bulk of the food supply. Maachoonn
produoes in sufficient abundance black
P“l«e, which.with scanty crons and of the
coarser vanetiee of gram, the pro
ot their fl<»ks and herds, “aketap
Who greater partof their snbsistenrei.
The Proymoe of feohneu, lying uw the
heed-waters of the kaug tso Iviong,
above the port of IUng, the head lnet opened of the
to commerce and at the
navigation dy and its product* of thenver, of the m widest of great TOriety. ferg
The mountainous reg.on of (he ahenn,
bounded on the west aud south by the
upper waters Riohtoter of the Yellow river, is Dana, said,
by ilaron ami Professor
to be one of tho richest coal regions in
the wrobL but.ft^is revet.almost totally
^nworkwi and the »nhabita»U ui>on its
borders gather the reeds of thouiod* the rivers
ftw faeh»» they have done for
of ?<**■ Tobereo grows abumUutty aU
over the empire and sugar-cane ,s sue
cessfully^^culrivated f along the alluvium
”1 Everything its pnnmpal nvere possible
which it is to use
ns foo.1 is eagerly utilized by the Chinese.
The fields and the waters, and the wil
ilorneas are ransacked for their various
spoil with a deligenee and thoronglinesB
which is, perhaps, unknown elsewhere
i n the world. The field rat and the bur
rowing mole, elsewhere the terror of
; agriculturists, are to the Chinaman the
! good f gifts of God. fattened Certain favorite the market vane
ie * „f dog are for
rand i esteemed n great and delicacy snakes, Snails,
water newts, lizards, oven
are not.disdained » food. Mr. Wiro
, grove |„ide*, Cooke narrates that, one of Lis
a slim, meditative vonth, who
teemed dnring the greater part of the
time to lie revolving in his mind prob
lems day of n plunged religions or mrtaphvsical lagfore which »ort, the
one into a
retinue was passing, and presently emer
ged holding m hi.hand a small brown
snake which he had captured aud killed
bv compressing its neok. In reply to
enquiries month, which he put parted his in finger upon his
smile, bv signifying a hungry, ex
lie pectant rept;je way of ilia supper. that
intended the for
Among the better classes culiuarv and
dietetic usages of rnnch refinement pre
j vail, although dishes of mysterious eorl,
i not nntinged with a suspicion of eat,
apt to alarm the apprehension of the oe
easionsl Western guest. Mr. Oliphaot,
the secretary of Lord Elgin, and
historian of hi- mission to China, higher
to Chinese cookery a place
that of thn Eiigiish, but inferior to
of the French. Mr/Oliplumt enjoyed
Stsnghm distinction Lueullne. < oi •' dia 5°5^Sl h he givas a
j the feast, thin chalk** <* *e d tea of a
their hostility to rparehM- &JZ
. hS ing and down tearing w tt« Up emp^t -tteJM lme extwdsd enrer
, IoWoSSl
from Shanghai sad «u
marked ^ttrmd ** Jhjt
which is threaded wni its thousands of
miles J rail, and who* famine-stricken
provinces can thus be »j4fVly meted
by the spontaneous benefaction of the
world. The recent fast** in the
era province, of India 1»4 hardly b«m
made known in Eurig* before relief
began to ten oopuwfa «i«n tta*
perishing people. Upnr of $8,w0.
000 were contributed1 ii kef I r^at flntsih
for thin purpose, and celerity witn
which relief was broagk „ bear upon
communities so rem<* scattered
was due^mtirolv to tis Inca of oom
mnnication establishef 1 r the enter
prise of the British andm UmoJ by the
acquiescence of the IdUan people.
Until China learns ssai new lessons
and exhibits the arte a moregeseejus eiiiflbruto hospitality of other
towards and
nation^ isolate provinces se^ns of will dutfh among to the be
o»tinue
| hmm* of appaUmf. *saster. T he
world may pity her suffering people, ,
but the ntmoet relief vkfeh it is able to
extend will For* be Mmtyjmd madequate.
-.Veto Time*
. - - — — "u< —
: The taffaA #f R^recit the R®** er *
A whimsical Southey's legeid, made relates the to
: of one of ballads, a
man who wiw resnedUkid after hanging,
and disappearetl fashion. from the In gibbet ninety-one in a
mysterious Southey tells the story of Ro
smnxas us
precht the Robber, believed in Ctermany fact.
to have had some foundation in
Roprecht, who hadloog been a terror to
the inhabitants of Cologne, who at
length caught, tried,sentenced audexe
ented.
(>n the next morning, to fite surprise
of early passers-by, the week gibbet later Ro
found to be empty. Ong
precht was seen haegmg t^ere :nrtcnd again, of
{ m t wenring boots
shoes. What thia BML mom all mean was
fctft tc Pater Sscve He *nd his
mu j»ict were driving home late on the
night after the ereeafion. Passing look- near
the gibbet they tliey found heart. it to low prooeed mo*n; from
mg up liobber red ns«d though
Kopreeht. be, they dH not lifce to leave
he might i*
|,j m 8 nch a nittaU a state : they, cut
lied Uirn to thei. fioine, ooaoeaied reii;,..* from w.,
succored hint and him
the anthoritiea. Whatever aiftaea
"may have poiweaaeff, grtBtiide did
was not among the number. He
not deserve to have so clumsy a Jack
Ketch to hanghim,for we are told that—
Bscauw of the irons that 1» m in.
He bun* not by the u«k. bnt by the chin;
^rn^why tou^rooui! ’
K>bbrt ’^him^rtt banged fom most rt
“JiSuShSS^^SSiaoede^•
'"n tto^Dwmon ^hicb the tea bnugling unugangna^ hangman
This timeTuunlt was t iroi»rly *»«
11 , me and Piet Peteruoon. myten.
--■ » ■-
a 9fen>Cmamittal tsplain. I I
0a:ptoin Wwd WM an eccentric of the
flnt d one ^ pecUiariaes !
nerergavt tlHrtesiMd' «B- j
gwert o a direct antrtion. An amusing .
iostauee off this anrtve habit i» related, whlj
One mornina. lonrof hiafrienefa.
lvere Bwar e of this trait in his character,
O b sor¥ ed him goLug to market, aud aftei
K ,, mp i,. J*£&- n ierinn entereUnte «het as to :
thg pnc ^ hcilE*for M iaimill g lrota him
, .eoJSSdvJCSed h Msntnebae- the^wwBminaries, Tliey
a , .ISftodngS«wi««l»J gjo^S, a t different
{^«™e . g oatreel rihich he must
w.y home,, write.! gentleman his com
ing j \' e ry soon the bluff old of
ma e ^ .ppearanoe, with a bnnoh
p ige ons inhishand. questioner accosted As he approached, him with:
the “Q^Jmonnag, first did
captain I What
’ giw toT pigoons tei . mo ningr bluntly,
“ Mone v,” said the captain
npt h e street.
The ^nd genUeman, a little further
addressed him and asked.—
How go gop.gcons pigeonsmorning, morning, cap p
, .
“Thpo don’t at all_I csirrv them 1 "
go
u div ,„„* t he third who
; P “ffH time of and'^ inquired,—
ow are lozen-only nigeoMi adoa«a?”
.. Didn’t get a old bought
^ the gentleman,
„ rn ffi, at ffl plodding.® his way.
'Finally, ,4^, &e fonrtli and thewary last of the old
P h7 oSereing cottonel to
sa!t 00eema e ii the blandest of
n *’ « n e let of pigeons you have there,
l “r. «“’—»»•< w hat did win get them for ?”
. tlie pertinent and
ISwl reiomder Without and the molest*- captain
If™ home further
n the nigeona did not take wing
th ejokedld ^aadhasP^ wtieoi WMStt handed down doirti
bytradirirtito 1^ ?•
****??"?' „. _« «_—..
insects Prof. Riley due .regard* to then multiplying the^migration -• more o
1 as of ropport.
rapidly than their means
The migration of rate is attributed to
the same canse. and similar observations
have been made as to other animals.
Many insects that ere md normally of a
migtitory tendency exhibit ,t when press
' ed by dearth of food. In these cues
, they collect together and migrate in
large bodies. Referring to instances of
the kind, Prof. Riley- Academy ?! »recent meet
(ingoftbeSt. stfted Loms of Sciences,
^ that vast AigW* butterflies took
place at times from the eqnatonal region,
of Sonth America. observed at Migrating Bwanns
have been sea; Mid teeo IB
the southwestern parts fact ot the Urnted
State*, where tlie is frequently especially re
corded in local newspapers, OctoW
i iu September and and occaMou
ally stteree in the springmonths. observari-ms In have every been in
where hufrterfty
made, this migratmg ftrehippaa. ha« lM-en
i femitd to be. tb«
! FlK», BARDEN ISO HOUSEHOLD.
__
linseed oil or » quart of linseed cake
SSSSisftasi
f;H 0 “ “? « thi.
; ^Jd\eilLg^U<fdoe aTthi
^bring into^requis^iontoe desired fall
rae ana for wmpsiwing Jjj the ends
rta an ,i understand vour "and
, {jjrhm and yon will enjoy it
m it,-Cincinnati Gazette.
1 It is economy to feed your working
stock, tmttle, horses or mule^ with a
Ubera hand Do not expert to get
first-cUss work from them unless yon
do. Many men pamper a trotter or
some fancy animal, which oftenis of no
earthly fet use thmr to its owner or anybody hungry. else It
.and the rule tearas go
seems fcuoh work of possible some men to get aa
as out of their
teams at the least possible e*peuse.
Tins is right in theory, bnt it ia in re
; duemg to practice that the grave mis
Uke is ^made. The cheapest work is
done with the best-eared for team.— Aon
of the AotL
Joseph Ramaev, of North Egremont.
Mass., has discovered ft rule for guess
;i ,* t}ie we j«ht length of hogs. He says;
: „ p £ the ^ in inches from
^ ; f the 8b dfr to 0 , e M
tWtail bv the number of inches girth
| of the ahonlder, and Multiply reduce
Uie prodnet tc> square feet. number
j the result bv twenty-two, the
0 f pounds weight of on a square foot of
pork. - The product will give uoarlv role the
; jgt.lv dreseed weight.” By this he
jj gnesaed within a half pound of a
0 rr five hundred and seventy
pouods.
K trial™.
Bxxr Soup Take four pounds of
f ren h beef or what is better and more
economical a nice beef shank or “ soup
: bone*” put it into four or five siowly quarts of
tratcr* six^'hours: salt it and let it boil five '
0 r sxim well: half an hour be
| ofe you w j a j 1 to take it up put it in n
cup parti v full of rice, a small qu celery, al ity
O [ r7J. pottttoes carrots ’ onions aud
j ca grom jj pieces
fine Hponoe Uake. Tq theyolks of
JB *gm, wdl jX** ***^ * l ggSg ,l g~
bira of a pound of Jemon.hftlfirotmdof powdertHlwhRe an
B*ri )n !“ .“ fon
iow. teaspoonful havmg m mxta it. and wyll zmx^ one
of two
!•***?,«°d tfamjidd the whites of six
eggs, well haah-x.
t Bat’OK t’T'if'ANT.—To two onnotj o
; guilted ^ butter add a smalt onion, nearly chop- f ried
gnq. stir, and wh en
T*),] „ sjwimfSI df Bdlir, brotli, salt,
; browning add half a pint of
pepper, f a pickled encumber chopped,
our „talks chopped patsley, and mas
tank Boil gently about ten minntee,
add olio teaspoonfnl vinegar, give one.
^ g m ,
- P,,.,. Lkwon I’m-Shoe lemon
one
! J^ggy W »’ br^wRh^wheat
cnP square of oompremed
yeast to two quarts of amterjwhen
light, make up the dough with Graham
flow* and one-half a teacnpfnl molaeee*;
l et stand to rise again 1 ; then make npthe
loaves with the hands, and when light
p ,„i, soMwartallr.
,,,, „ n porter
“?™„ t^TennmfflNi* diff^Lnt tods of fowls and is
to thrtr management, Mr.
farmd wrtorte his hens:
n—ton found weak lye and wood j,„k«r aehee
r( , , kshes^^tafexcellent „ reoommerid chlorate of
olas b• A«hea are a^iso> n>rtutent tor - the
^p* 1 ?«““«* '« \uriwe. *ri". ^Tto
w sulphur keel™,?® sprinkled ! , .
rirf jT^djw cimi Renton’«
Ct ^^rt!y in“ oThis -tehWh E m
by
boi-s in the partitions, one
S^era serTin „ f or two coops. Water in a dial.
nail kw Witt a hole eat in
,. ^ ■ i- uiivm l^Ktix InrvdAnnr ato^theend^ The of holes nests Tim
The kens enter through darkness
m.In tbeOTteST then in comparative
«« wro«»e*.to el™ the
a Jhe Jr™??! best gram f'or h-J^n-crt its
hearing from natnie the fable, i^i^ItoW u retool
onoe “re SThert aei nens w to'la^ nju a
.. , w
Abeut Parrels.
De^on Green was talring about par
to ts tec other dry. He said he once
knew K:;L a parrot that was not as polite story as
e-nS^Tower-Mou^tate.” .. , h e one mentioned in a
„,WtoTew wmld^ear The par
'SuA whenever
u beopenro hi- ma hill »• It had been iu'wWrtf taught
S uf«™i«rait! When
ill i America.
it it. ininistef be'ongei! to the
a vera stnet It had
her bv het nephew a
midstopman^ as aU! rhristmas rmtmaA present. prreenri It rt
°M la« W ™ne u ‘ihe’was very
orort «th the neigh^ when they W .1
her wha^twicxeawi or iT^Butet
»;*“ beim®®
fast it swore at *▼*»]** bidiop.
.
and, BO °?. the deac T iff t, that sto’rv I hsve
8a ee on
had a paragrata .1 “b? Eklmbrngh Scouano, j
onethat ltve m
hveyeare qp.lta**** noise Uke
wehp, “ smacking amg the wnf^. bps, „ .am - •
talking would speak ’7l at the h rShf right U , -and
w'.at w» just right to be^u then and
there. bowed, notlded, shoe *v i. ia h ,,li . winked’
rolled to>“ “J .or -
motions suited to full
was saying- Hi* voi . _ ,
clear, and he could jgtei p aad. 6 „
end. make «t fdrem tol or
cottons tales are
moat actually li
he m v,*-;.*-/«>,
things n«»ed. —A . a
VOL. IV. NO. 26.
BULL FIKHTS 15 BADRID.
_
been dedicated to the king and queen
SSS5S3sa5s5 dresses have characterised
R b« been a besnWnl
The p««l* rflUdrid, qnkded b,
Msararrotbat they are to hare too.
^V^sleri^Ww^fvonos The caballeroe enplsas wwe T»nDg,
jui°d»ome bal ’*T e " and TOr y exorilent d'fferMit horsemen. from those The
yesterday The s oomda. They that fonght like
tigers. ftret one came out
went fall tilt at eve^thing te »w, tore
off w halberdier s sleeve and then »t
tacked an algueiL knocked his horse
down and earned off the alguactl. hat.
The second, brevclyattecked by the
cabslero. wounded[the horse, charged
mto the midst of the helberdiere, and,
although wonn led with the halherds,
went back to them two or three times,
actually third, called biting by them the in his fury. The
to-nigbfs sporting elephant reporter with m
newspaper “ an
bayonets," ‘‘high, was, powerful in sporting aud psrlance, willing,’’
and tempered, machos pies feet). He
of (manv
first threw pickefi up an ajguacil, horse midst and all, of
him over into Jhe
thelialberdiers, tearmgAl«met all of his
clothes off. He thengalloDed away, but
instantly back and charged at the
hriberdiere wain.
Tte“ the robaficroicame pmutuag up
. bun. tuida beautiful and/hoarse Bight it was, his
dress, horsemanship all per
m their kind, and raising his horse
one band, preoisely according to
*! ie f ic tbrust the rejoneillo into
t!,e bull * ahouldcr. And then this
“ powerful” and “willing ereaturc
tfl f ue< * a Dt * thrice threw the horse and
rider to the , gronnd, aad then and there
gored that beautiful horse to death, de
,J berately Btaudmg on the poor cabal
^ eru8 rtoncacli and chest, on the velvet
8a ^ n au ^ ^ aoe doublet while^he^ gored
Rte horse. What that poor boy s feel
*°8* must have l>een t as he lay
,,D(3er tramping home ofamadbnll
cannot be conceived. The bull-fighters
ft »l t h ey ci m hi-to entice the null
aw *y* “ ut In vam * “ e °, nl y let%
horse when it was dead, and.charged at
halbardirrs again, giving time -o
carry the cabellero to the infirmary. It
»“ » u llke » horrible nightmare—too
horrible to seem real. -
The nextcaMleroaoeomplnheda the^anaatart .... boll- , feat .
recorded m
“® k '“f 1
withhis rejonoHo. The !ta
tire M.-” 00.10011 4 ^/.I e. 1 rr:o*re. iKBjfne
‘ ^
■” waie o Ter.^
.. . ■ ^
**?• ““ cu oorrida lias
T A _„„. ,
‘“‘“J;_ •?*J ”®,\ „ 1 tl in “ ii theiu
teU'geniTOy tn 1 w y ■
w ,” f?
^Liftoiunler-thrtheaiught ,
rotL^l wftlu and
all tlmtoime tosMneof
SS sKySS
P~ i'JfffcSSrtKFwdShSe ^circumstance ''Sort
t“ £ k “a°*
issofond,----- ,
Literary t wriosUy »
A lady occupuhI a h .a J.
“?*, ITSLtoJuE, . u irt
< ' i * ht ,ulf ®, ,r ””? A ,™. Jho
f ’’I’? 8 ' be wliole^^reads alinost w if
3^. u wntten “ OB * t " M “ d J
’
''Vh, all this toil for the triumph* . or^ , anhon. .
1
Dry’s «h»rt .mnmrt ____ - - v but.■ , .
4 , ,. .
j “ c
, . rop>.
The * nd ibe * Mabi ! ”
To be w totter far than not ,. to be. .
Tbongh m ,, '^ _L 1
B „, light care, -peat when nughtv id. grirt
dumb- ' -Van
The bottom is but shallow whence they r-me.
I -Sri WaUer rnlph.
Tour fate is but Ihecommon fata of all;
!
Cnmlngled Hr. here no man befall
-SwlAtreU.
Nature to okh rtlote hi-proper sphere.
~«***»■
Fortuno make-folly . „ her , poculiar ,. -CAsreAU. care :
C°dom doo, often reo, n ovMralo.
^^
And threw acruo, mn-hmaou. tool
well how long r 1 permi Mrtn » to^
: Those ho fonrire org. mortohaM be mo»t -Sy
sin mav be -elaaprt *> c»sw roronurt ree
I ■ face- -TmWi.
! vuotateroourK where virtue hu -.wraiSr. not P l«m.
’
Theolteep each pa«ion however dear,
1 , -Ttompren.
.
Thoo pendulum betwiat a -mile and tear .
' -Byron.
I Her wn-hal cmarea let faithhe-plaamwe lay
‘
, ***> »•“" terum *“ d ,.
! v
: ,
««»r not too high ... to fall, . « - hutatee ptoyw*. .
! ma^-grow ofafi , Out , h o denu-e^^ «
m.n, rreounre that , impmu. , ,. s srif^-trem
wagnM «rr»nde«r T u i» ^cerrprr. a dream.
’
! Think “ not'aaWtion wise becaaw ’Us teaw.
,<fri Wm. tzvenant -
The ™patn. path- of glory ry lead toit^^to the grave.
I
Wh , t i i Mn biUon? Ti. bnt a gloriom chsat.
' Only destructive to the-brave and great...
What * all the gaudy glitter of a crown 1 ^ '
'
, Tha ^ ^ bh« lie* uot on t»d*rt , down
■
Ho ’ on? we h '®' * V ^ 1
j That m*u live* two* ■ tl ihetreti d trgt
! ** ,i ,to k th*., while v« 9 veiasv vaar'dod Mate*.
’wrod.
, , wb(im »t«m Obriirtiana worship, yet Dot ^
The trod that - given guard. *»1 terror*
Fot „t dre -ete-T
—ffvttk**p*a T *
)Cknneiegf et the Wet.
1875.
Outrages upon Christians in Bulgaria.
Turkey pnnmh the perpetrator, of the
Bnlgamn givmLKAwsto outrages. Rngland_that.t .
Ka«»
oonmdws the Turkish atromtM Intel
^
0I J°’y e '7
....
an^ m holding TnFW^te^vl^L* Tnrkey to a oaw snt^ 11 ^
The conference assembles in Cons tan
tmople.
* 877 -
January-The conference'dissolves, tte
ffb. posit ions being reiected by Turkey.
March — Russia, Germany, France,
Italy and England unite in a protocol of
warning April to Turkey Turkey. angrily rejects .... the
-
protocol aa an unwarranted interference.
April 24— Russia declares war against
Turkey and orders its army across the
frontier.
May 17—Ardahau captured by assault,
June 2—Kars invested.
July 2 — The Russians across the
Danube.
July 18—First attack the Shipka .
on
Pass. .
July 31 The Russians defeated . at .
—
Plevna. ' -T T7
AuguateSeptembcr-Desperate Mkan . . fight
mgtor control of the passes
November 17-1S Kars earned by,
assault.
December 9—Surrender . of Plevna.
December 31—The Turks evacuate
.Sofia.
18,8.
January 13—Tlie Rnsaiaue enter Adri
^nople. February 7— Fortifications of Con
Rtantinople abandoned by the Turks.
Febrnary 8-13—The passage of the
j), ir janelles by the Rritinh Constantinople fleet ;thr(yit
onet \ occupation of Channel fleet by
the Russians ; the British
ort j em j to Gibraltar ; active military
preparations in fingfand. Bntisfc ironclads
Frbnuurr I I miles
nnohor at Princes' Islands, thirteen
: H °«th of Constantinople.
j —
. A Bkute af Grass bCTCBty Fee; High.
Th bum boo ’ as those ‘j who have
ta t,ottnykmw is
i rnnn t r ,i nm-rnrr thn to^Uro nr»n--r Iu it* naUve
oUmee it (rtowato^no growB height neignto^r™ of from
i^^lv * aU^JritibXt^Sy feet or
ndred It is Si cortamty “•
seventy honse;" feet high in an Engliah occurred hot
but this has recently rit at
s r ,„, Ho n«e the mans ion ttie. Dake
to Northumlierfand, near Twickenham,
The Loudon Gardener*' Chronicle oompiled says:
veratiious author who
for the childreu of d the all Beanstalk” time the fairy
sU>ry o{ .. Jw , k nu un
fortunately omitted to tell his readers in
»bat dime waa situated the locale of the
remarkable growth which hechropidsa.or
fa?Z“ h^''the* S^climldSg
«»t most modern Jacks p«sess, he
i would have found it comparatively the easy
to have worked his way to summit
<d that wonderful bambw> mast now te
be seen in the tropical house good-sired at Syon.
which is as big around as a
: scaffold-pole, aud abort seventy feet in
.^Sgrowte height. This superb Shoot has
of over sixty ieet in
mouths, and having reached the top of
glasa dome has now been forced to
bend its point downwards as though
like Wolaey, it ha .1 reached the higdieat
point of it*, career long erertwewae at
was done. This wonderful stem .»
least twice the size of any other shoot
from the same plant, and deserves to
t ,,,r amenura! the marvels .if vsocution
in our exceedingly nngenial and eccen
t r i,- clime.
-
Words ef Wisdom. .
snmptim .Despair has mined some, bnt pro
multitudes.
Delays increase desires, and sometimes
extinguish them.
Let them fiber who know how to rule.
*
The near miss of happmeeei* agreat ,
misery. fetter.
Hagte trips up it* own heels,
a# d stops itself.
Look well into thyaell; there is a
roS°!ri7rtvrav* w}lioh wil j always spring up if
: seareb tewra
^e virtne of a oxtraoiSmarv man ought to be mraw
h : ty^d“7 exertions '
Ljiborality v . ; , „„ “j
: * ’
• jelfiehnees, nndei to
a _e
: *?,. roUmg J^arirt chanot P
The fauro* help we wtafidM .
afflicted man is not to takehis burden
from him, but to call out his bret
, be able bror
| rtro»g<h, the burden. that he may to
,
jj aar t. m ore or less, I -nppoae, most
(>{ na !„», but we keep them so elfiee
easeii and padlocked—we wear an ont
; -iOrgo tuud ut dry that lit t le jxl none
thel-ive.that may be, with i n e aea p ea
gfadden those around ns. And so
hfe passes without any of the
! t« siwietv that conies when affection is
. noi felt bnt expressed.
-
i>ai» Bead 4 I letter Irtter Office Offlct OddKfes. tMUltie*.
Die lateaale by the pwt-o«toe unclaimed «
merit at Mashtngton of
; sges sent to the dead Irtteroflh ■
J showed the extensive use maile o1\ fi.at
mode of transp-irtation bv all classes J
.tradew and others, the .arteto* tlioae >rai
warded;being Q mtrusted a« - vanous express ** romp
mt unclaimed f package was rerontlv re- .
An the New York poet-offire,
reived from spare-nb,
containing a roast a
*** roust vrel, reveral
jerked Tension, -au-1 aey.:i..
■■ t.mgnevpotatoisi «»tm«k *..!.<» ■
of imtteri a loaf of fruit cake,
MUll T - <!*»«»»’ uttts, o»*iwe«h app
. several bottles of wm.
etc. ; sms,, of nd
whiskey, two boxes Cigars, a
,
Limburgm drerees.’
rathe same packsgssalt, £t°7,'Z p^psr, n
I Xi f„TS t
; ditson ftu abundance of Soar an
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Nc*k*erf L*t* tt>Sub. Ukirty <Ujt« ............ son
of A4mmattmfc>n, thirty Oaf* _____ 4.f*
of nwBMWSu' thra* mentis*. ... X.9®
m t «j 4 rjt*Q*i. i;>. tinny any* 4 *•
of W». UTUf'li»: *h:y.. tarty (hjIV. *-"*
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Roi« S:«* por •qtwre.eocX meerttosj i. t>
“0 Pilsrri*, Verne* the Sight it# Fwtr
% O Pdgntn, themgbtKfut*
IM net the d*rk thy heart appall.
Though lootn the fthedovti vague end vaet.
For Love sh^h Mve xa nil.
There b no hope hut tfai* to «rc
Through tears that gether fset end fail .
Too gtoet io pensbXoY% mart be. '
Aud L* 7 ve than eeve ua til.
Here patienoe with our loa* and pem.
Our troubled epaoe of deyt eo *m* 11 .
We •btl) not rtreieb our »rii« in vein,
Fog Love shell neve «• * 1 L
O Pilgrim, bat * moment wait.
And we •be*] hear our darting* cell
Beyond Death's mate end nwfnl gete.
And Love rtiel! «eve ae e»L
-Celia Tharter in Sertfmer.
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Three hnndreil and thirty-six bee
weigh no oance and 2,160 fill a pint
measure.
tv.i- rabbit is timid, bnt no cook ran
make him qnail. This is u fact m nstu
rgJ history,
Tlie * ce.it.f^l United States VhetoliL™. furnishes reventv
{SfT B’rftafn inporte P 1 hy J
When a mother goes ou a whaling ex
p«lttion blubber she alie wants. rarefy fails to get all the
Great Britain imported laM venr 54, •
KV2.888 hundred weight of wheat for
home consnmptien.
Tue importfi 0 f France during 1877
amounted to $751,273,600, and the ex
ports to $695,864,600.
;, * A denrvrvm g jggW who f jives teggMg oh the seashore
htLs ooirtftl TP Z StW^th-bre'S’ere %
A chantable ^V m . ’
lished a home in that 0 . city for women
who had faUen victims to mtcmpei^nee,
,AX>, m mne and myitlia of these toe forty-two applica tion, were teeta iront
ladies of ran*.
The United States has 651 head of oat
tie to eveiy 1,000 population, Denmark
587 head, Norway 564, Sweden 482, Hol
land 395, Rwitzerumd 388, Oennanv 384,
Austro-Hungaiy 354, France 325, Russia
325 and Great Britain 300.
The old, old story: A man went into
a store on West Hill last night, and
picked up a gun. Of course he didn’t
know it was loaded. It went off. 8o
did the man. And the man who owns,
or, rather, who ownetl the gun, would
give twenty dollars to know where tiuy
west.
The Congressional Directory shows
that out of Sfi't members of Oongreea which
only 193 are natives of the State,
they represent. ^p^ited. Only one State entirely (North hy
j, eStie,
naUve Is*. while the ttefega
tion* of tenStateSdonotcontain a single
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Some remarks “ It is not what ,
one :
people eat, but what they digest, that
Lakes Utent rtroug, -ft- i s a ct wh at makes the y
gain, hut what U.ev save, that
theai rich, It is not what thsy read,
but what they remember, that makes
them leaned. It is not what they pro
fees, but what they practice, that makes
them righteous. ”
Th^ Xuu doga, the greyhonnds brought the of
Asia, have been to
ss^sfssaisst
"
\\\«" “‘gX’a^ei tom” henhte mothe?
“shedtedfouryearssgo.ma’am." reply. The
WW! the T onng urehiu’s
},i, u go, 1 however, n a* a rewatvl
The fM?„win/“ death 1“™ atitiee” *i,“..o»ro.r is trans
•
jjt«“ literally froina^rticti *" 1 iMm*psp<r. ■
J 1 m tin. ..
" ,’fa,*
™Ilbe?i^law wien^hlerp r , m
motheron law,^wb^^ 'wto b»
^
ro*' .i, 11 luinlanednenr * the fttrnaee. Die
1 ’ Bwu .
Mark Twain, lus Jannary-JWan'o _ _______
»u
arttelm winch he pronoime«im^a saw in Bermuda, a franunleut
arr»ngement,d»cattse its branches h*»e
neither shoes, suspenders, j no- any othei
india He rtv, rubber *”“> mrtmgany tr.-e which bo
a
*“*“* *'?** ’’ £? J®? idr^lnaded 'downwilh
j a mrfui b!e
and other mahoga y
kind-Aomvtow.
Miss Alice McKee of Onatgo was hnml.le im
aWe p, ,, ay the rent of her
apartments, and a unstable entered
them in order to levy npon her form
ture. She protested; he insisted, H re
< Inning had obtained to -how entemiee hi* Writ pVaath by repre^rttew wity. e
that he wished to obtain boMd. Miss
MeKre riwik a pi^l f rom a bnre.^ and
• (foot the. intruder d*jad. « >n of tne tna
j waa proved that tbe.jntfsea
on wlii, ' h lie wj* had exhihrtvd
and thrt throng tew the ^
, sotence and rl “ 1,,ry
meiliately acqmtted her. explom,
Dr . H aj e l.randt, the Airman
1 ^i JW , tl ae-cnbiiighiBtravel»totf” He
^h,, (iwggnphkal Soelefy, lt.Mud . Wr#
- rfro mgeimmi the
in dealing with the natives. Among
HataiteB lie was regarded as a magWtt.
•.ndwaefon'edtepronomie.'iiiCBatatoul* unfruitful fields. For this pur
„ n the of all
. . *t .hia requeet,.aK-cim.;us ml- i tge i iwl ly
plants and s n i ii n v c after -
^ug ^ gathers.! by the frtbe, and
rorved a. a “ fetish,” eolleetrons. were rere.
f„j|^ packed away iu the
. On another occasion he wro attecked by
weral hnndre .1 natives, who beat -
f haity retreat u,em when argirtl the with explorer a pbotogroi-loc advwiofd
aimeIti _«
t[ig naturslistof the II.'
- ’ to f 1
gitevev does not seem care
I of hi. office.
.■ inscription: “-Not.- '
toVhS-Blatenw flight:’-’ and brighten the walls as th-v
with such mottoes as these: “ li¬
0 .. [}„ „ho robs me of c
. - th.eharm of his persona,
.
’ “ oi Science
n tl expense route.*,
mterrupt.on religion cannot
! ^ that
g. „ BreTi(f is tire ««! «t »■* <«
.. Tll ^ ailnJ de f*.*t '•< B‘ » 1
a (vrrii.i!-nggestiveiu ts.’’ p - y a
^ roilection is «... antique tint
. SSZJ St^ ft eta y over-a train to see
) b But one iatomew
. to£quite „ reU m.t»..rea wonM
• .efficient,
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