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CHEROKEE ADVANCE
UAXTON,
OEORGIA
MI LK OF TAX AM.
Ifni* of TV mo. Hr* *» pari,
1'nU me wUj jou'VfU k,)( ttart
Of, If roollj yofi muMbSlk,
Pro} oxpum my vtok*d Milk,
lloor my vnw, before I go,
Ml 1m even »IUl you, thong*.
TfOf.
By yrair long|Ul) nnm*tt«o<. 1
WtKiyJ hy t»Wyiowning -*la*V ■ *•’ j "
By IhoM heolo, on won«L-mu mlft, '
'■ I > Which hi men oV troo-tog*Hit) |
By those itn thel dnvy es Iw,
Ml la eree Mltti y6*. thongk.
By Bioo. rite Il.fng Ml teste
.-I Hj ywirafawof 4 b,MIS,,. v •
By ttie melancholy bray
That olormi fnlke mil** my,
By yottr *i«ni f«*oly* Ut When,
Ml la (no with yon, IbeBflw,
Mult of True, 1 *m gon*i
' <* Think <1 me, eveet, *h* i tlotm,
For 1 By to g*t • club,
Then your b!em—1 oM back Ml Aral* I
If I *annot make yon ga
Ml be e'en with yon, tcongh.
•ygoafon Piafc
Uka n tt. noons ft iw Canada
\ iLt,» h'. I*.;;;
The forest we had entered tu a dome
gTove of cedars, mixed with aprnee and
(Tine. The trees stood olore together,
with lew branches, and were plentifully
Interspersed with windfalla, lying I Wean t-
liigli on rotten branches, and forming
an ndmirahle natural Abatis ngkinnt onr
advancing column of two armed with ax
gm,l shot-gun. ,
Oeorge inovea Qh like n khadow
atruight for the squirrel that still ehat-
kare and scolds and awaara from the
depths of the ee<lar jungle. I veer to
4b* right We worm ouraolraj tie-twupn
tho thick trunks, and under the thidOer
branches.
A low 8h I” oatehes mv ear. I turn
toward Oeorge. “ ffetfrlA Ik I" is Writ
ten all over his face. He |smite directly
ahead, then shakes his ai, and point*
•Uld points again. 11
I look, stretch np and look, croirb
down and look, but see uothaig gave tire
tr> 'c-trunks. |lii
Oeorge grows impatient He thinks
I do not understand him. 't 1 ' >
. " 1* void } Here lw is ’" ha hisses.
Jfu(, iJfiiiu hears as well as 1 “Afy«I*
witn! There he goek f* >' '* j
I hear a whiuu aud a gruut that fe-
mtud mo of a mciutgene, and through
flic thick (Vidar triinkk"Hod ^he dead
bronchos oi a fallen pino eafou a flitting
glim]ise of shambling blackness. 1
f tiro i snap shot, as T would bUwoL. * itMk Uxr my „*1*1,1*, I
eeek dart. dg tb*..«k tho aidor tops, Iflra. Tl«i horet falls forward with a heavy
The smoke hangs mnlpr, the tliii'k
branchea and shuts out all before mej
“He’s down 1 No u* Cavone /*' yells
■ this lordly gams as t wwolfl p«B friggAff
on a woodcock 1 Owe hfrfl aft as r 1
flip" another Hal wborn ahffl I
another bear, when I have keen all
life getting dp with this ftfatsttst Its*,
if I had only ehot him, what yania I
won Id spin to my sporting Meads—
" Le volci moon/ Here he la again I"
sonudetl Oeorge'a voice, load and dear,
through the forest, sad out abort my
reverie.
; MJ heart stilled, and my brala
steadied in as instant. Again 1 sfirung tit
TtimywTrT'may^Hv
retrieve my fnrtnnee,” thoaghk I, as I
dragged, crawled and poshed ayahlf
ahead through the underbrush.
Oeorge beam me oraeliing aletog, afcd
•Louie from the f*“T n t^iTi ^de. »• Bk'o
makin' down by the laka Right abend
o' ycr.« TiOok out for him.'
I scramble on, impelled by one stngje,
strong desire—to get oh^ feed, fair afoot
at that laser.
I keep on and on. Hot a Word fa m
Oeoego. At my right, ttuoogh t|i«
lake, sleeping in th« aonlight. I
my pnee. All is eilent aa a aanotnaiy.
the moat praotieah
negative once:
1. Never give In to disobedience, and
hMte tliivatea iwhaA, yew arf^A pre
pared to carry out
l Never lone your temper. I do not
J 3hiD'
leaves, I catnh bright glihipeee ol th«‘- 1 with reHgioua ifatafft, far as pen will
Oeorge, The .report of the gnu has
^ broken tbc spell of tho forest eiletfaa*!
and Ooorgo cliaDges from n Merpnit to a
•: tiger. , . . . • ,,. pi 1 •• .
1 “ No,”- he cries; " hu's, off again.
Fire I”
I f\ro my left barrel through the
> siuolto with the “eye of faith,” aiiil,
. , craiiuuing in a couple of fresh eiu 4 tridges,
George and I rush on, if any mode of
progivsi through n tangled Cedar swiunp
l ,pm lie called a rush. We kick nml
Wrest'off the'dry deiul branches, nrram-
’• ^iln ever the fallen pine; bnt the Utar I
'-Nowhere a sign of liirn, Notliiug hut
forest and silence.
Goorge koops on ; I do my U-st Uifol-
. :«i.'low. He glides along hko j» eat, in one
R (,Jmud un uplifted ax, descciuliug now and
( then to Sever an opposing hough. He
gets (Cfi r the ground twri foot to mv one.
“ /evoifo, </ul I’en va I There he
^oi'B again I Ten* z / Game on !” cries
George; and I perform tho kpoodiost
coming on of which I am capable. Slow
iuvnough It is, though. Every tow sUq*
li. Bio tangled branches of. a falfau cedar
uust be buret through, but on I press
md scramble aud tumble and crawl till
• V/ , Uooiyo is reached. He stands on a
, piostiatc tree, ax upraisod. head Isutt
forward and to one Bide—on admirable
' htntrte rtf alert news. il- •
“ A’ 1 omtez i IjistonV! he whispers.
A moment's stillness. Then n cruek-
• » -lii'K- loud and near, up the jull-aichs.
^Jeotge jump# through the thicket, and
springs up the slope like a flash.
■ Follow him? I could as easily flit up
to heaven without wings. 8o I scramble
l °n tlirough the level swamp. It is said
“blood will tellI oau swear that
•“'[ ilwefght will. The burden of my 900
.u . pounds hundioupped me in this -swamp
. race with a lieor. Every thicket I
t crawled through, every windfall I
scrambled over, told on mo, till at last I
was forced to halt. With perspiration
bursting from every pore, and breath on
ly canght in gasps, I leaned against a
,vr! i tree, and imngiued the feelings of the
likorsc in a race. My heart beat
loudly as tho drumming 'of a' partridge,
the whole forost soemed to reverberate
with iU quick thud, thud, thud, and the
gm blood leaped to head and templea till my
* i ■ / Wuin was in a w hirl.
While tho trees were dancing before
my reeling sight I thought, “ What an
-iai tf-nntucky wight rtm 11 After ' twenty
<5 t ^ peene vf emajl-gamo shwting, to at lest
actually meet a Ixsar in his haunts in
the forost, get within thirty yards of
him, on the point of gratifying one of
her, the pat orobitfonn of my life, and then
Iht * hUi hAPf »wa# » pottplc of shott like a
fool with the buck ague, while my noble
- fl.-n H- inkn-y ogolly off; and I am left
*mpty-honded I”
• K. i i 1T Woreo thaa that, the brnte runs away
mslowly that George sees him again
“ tniY agftn—Tkeeffle up-with him, in fact,
—iaaiAim, fW ' l t*Q, floM > ” Were
I a light, nimble fellow like George, I
lOjfvixJjni^bt; hgvnotoliot a beajr—yee, p half-
. .dozen tpnea over. And then my pin.
1 ’ what n’fool, W brn^ a 'little snipe-gun
tirari'oinM toft woda.ia.qu.toft f& th? ol
the forests, thtthffOfll; bplqfp which ol!
others quail, from the A t.'antiq to fhe
Miusissippi, and then to tire away at
blackness springe for me, sudden end
iwi/t.
1 have not time to Ink* A step. Had
Kfne allowed,' them Is no opportuntt/,''
The fallen cedar is at my track ; I fan
pinions'! between its branchea. Bnt no
thought of retreat or dodging enters fay
miml. There is tlme'bnt for one single
itnfuilsc, and that U—thOot. My gnn
(s fit m'y riglit hand, both barrola full
cork. Imtautly I pifah to my shoul
der, yet in this instant the whole foiMt
scene, with the ou-daahiug, black brute
in ttie center, Is accurately and indelibly
phdfopi aphivl tm my sight 1 see Bm
boost loefahg oir ail fount, hfnd qfmrtcre
high, fore-shouhtedi low, head deWn end
askew, snout turned to right, ftp buried
up like a snarling dog, teeth chattering,
and black eyes gleaming with a devilish
light. On comes the MfaMtgr with his
vibrating, gruntiug growl, 4f««rr-r-rvr/
Ah ilie gun swings up %> my toed I
ffhmoe along Also I>nreels, end lee (he
xuiTlijrtifg ttskh of the leeiftii^ briitc
within four feet of my gutt-mnudr.
mv never be angry, AM fa
times Indispenssbla, espedUfly
TBs Iridi m Ultttg WMMU^hhenusl lmaalu.q( tywy plees! The Hgcuro
or ensek Bktahg*fa veryriifferent from
loss of temper.
3. -QLallty ng|, Jjfirer near si them;
S WH bom you rally
them. iM
A Do m>i work on their filings.
Feelings are far too delicate (hugs to be
used for tools.*'* 71 is like taking the
mainspring odt ofyCur watch end notch
ing ft for a ttt.*’ It may be n wonderful
•"to, bnt how farek ywnt wntok} fs-
peofilly avriW dutng SU in conneottbn
surely deaden them to all that jig flunk
l*et your feelingsnot your efforts on*
Unwre, affect them with n ympaihy the
the more powerful that it li not toned
upon them; and, in order iU drf 1 this,
ut, whatever tiint Mgy bev" ftp avoid being tootnglUh in the hiding of
,1 sJijignkyael^ljpoae fallenlyoor Ihcllngt. k man'a fan family
baa a riplit to share bin good fsehngm.
5." Wkter MMNMym doubt, except
yfai dn< ehle tn ausvist. To doubt an
honest child is to do what yon oan to
nrnhn - Men ; mini! to believe a Uar,
" Well, the bear is off, and Oeorgs with
him- I'll keep o^plowiy, oool off, Jtd
|H-rhups got my 'eeoond wind' that ire
read about,
thinking, T
cedar that U/'b^et-ia^MM fay
route, swing my Inge ever, fat end net
for n uiomeut, then leinnrely drop down
m the other tide. 1
"j#nartf-F+.ir f* Atti honi padsr a __
efedar, only aereu PM UWfJ. S mam fa.-j tf heAegot altogtthfa shameless,'is to
hlni'klliutu Hlipinon f/W ma ass4<lan as*4 lllMJS llim« ' * ' ’
6. Instil no religious dbctriUe apart
from its duty. tt have no doty as itn
oeoresafy itAMlttkiii, the doctrine
may be regarded rs doubfanh w n
7. Do noktoi hand un mere quarreling,
which, like a storm in nstajre, fa often
helpful Id ol earing the mors}. f4nvn«rl>tm_
Hloptt by a.;ndgmsnt between the par
tie*., But b«ocver^ aa tp the kind of
Tnarrcfhig and temper shown ui it. fa-
peofally give no quarter td'fany'flAfeir-
"taa arising from greed or spits. D«e
your strongest language with regard to
thud at my feet.
i lower wy gjun. and, with Anger on
the left trigger, press the mnule sgatnat
the luoustcFa head. He inovea not.
Every ftber .<4 my being thrills with n
wild, intvtmn delight.
° “l)c»dtv>I yell, with Mvege glee.
Ami from up the monntaiu-klde comes
Oenige’H siiswnring'-sbout, "Dravo, ttton
fra; ~ * .
Ami now eomestiebrgc himself, crash
ing nml houuding down the steep and
swinging his ax aloft. He jhmps over
our fallen foe, embraces me, dances
uliout like s true Frenchman, shouting,
"Bravo, own from/ bravo, moofrtre/
Notu ruron* vainou notr» rnntnU.
Siwrc! Yon old black devil, you I
Void—Lore you are, mort Aha I” and
groH)iiug me with both hands words fail
ns, and we give voios to tbs wild joy of
victory in one long " Halloo I" that
wnkiw (lie slumbering echoes of the
summer lake. The veneer of 1,000 years
of civilisation dropped from ns like a
garment, and the original savage, the
lighting animal, the true man within,
laughed with a asst that civilisation
knows not of.
Jim hears our shout from down the
lake, catches He meaning, gleefully
hallnoe in reply, end peddles swiftly to
us in tho pirogue.
“ Here he is, Jim," quoth l' “ Fofof
four*. ”
Jim peers over the shaggy brute,
looks up, take# off hie hat, and, bowing
toward me, mjs, with fa# air of a dip-
lpmat offering a eenttment at a royal
banquet, “ CTe*t bim bon, ntmoiettr,
braucoup (le ptnutoir a ootre brut, ei
tiuonc ]>lu* a Voire fuML"
Taking Bruin by the pewe, we olid
her down the bank.
“aim’ll weigh abflfa four hundred,”
laid Jim, re/Vo lively, as we lifted her
fhe pirogne. "But then they’re
dreodfnl lean in sammer. Late in the
foil, now, she'd go another hundred
sure.”—Harper’* Magazine.
A han living In the vidnity of St,
Louis recently forwarded to the Poet-
office Department eighteen 8-ccnt
stamps, which, having been carried
about in his pocket, were nearly reduced
to the condition of their original pnlp.
Accompanying the dilapidated stamp#
was a letter in which the writer says.:
■" k'on can see that they have not been
used,, and that ia the vyaeon why I send
them to yon. If you can, send good
once book ; if not, yon oan probably
mske it up in some other way ; for in
stance, by appointment to some good
position, or—coma other way.”
rules ;
feV olf my father’s
Lire, in Asia msy have its attractions,
but its perils are fearful. Leaving out
ot ooinpdoratoou the vyils arising from
Overpopulation and despotic govern
ment, the dangers are fearful. A tor
nado in the western section of Tonqnia
has just destroyed over 2,000 buildings,
rendering many thousand persons home
less. In India last year only ten less
than 22,000 persons fell .victims to wild
beast or snake bites. In Bengal alone
8o9 persons were killed by tigers, and
1,064 by serpents. One would think
1. Always let them Coma to ytoto; ehd
•iweye keen whet Alley have to say. I ift
they bring a complaint always axw^ine
into it and dispense pure justice, and
nothing but jiudioe. ’
It OuTtlvtle^ndfar Of giving fair p ay.
EfvAfy Chc. of NMtnte, llkck AntocAive
fair play, but Ao due ongbi to imeg ine,
therefore, that he toses fair play.
R. Teach fna ttm Very first, from the
infancy capabla of eifakfag a sugar plum,
to shore .with neighbors. Never refuse
the offering a child brings yon, except
you have a good reason, and give Ik
And never pretend topoHale^that in
volves hideouA pofartWIitice in ito effects
on the ddM. '
The necessity of giving a Maaoa for
refusing a kiadnsss has no relation to
the ueceasity of giving s reason with
ivory command. There is no sueh ne
cessity. i
4. Allow a great deal ot noiee—as
much as ia fairly endurable; but the
m< mient they seem getting lieyond their
own control stop (he lioine st once. A)ho
put A stop at once to all fretting and
grumbling.
ff. Favor the development of eegh in
the direction of his own bent. Help
biui to develop himself, but do not push
development. To do so is most danger
ous.
fi. Mind the moral nature, and it will
take care of the intellectual. In ether
words, the beft thing for the intellect ia
the cultivation ot the conscience, qot in
casuistry but in oouduet. It msy take
lunger to apive, hut the end will be the
highest possible health, vigor and ratio
of progress.
7. Discourage emulation, and insist
on duty—not often, bnt stfoogiy,—7A*
Floor’* Daughter.
TUB *UAlton* OH TUB QHAVBK.
In China ancestors are held in pecnl-
iar reverence. Tho Chinese look upon
the casting ot a shadow over sn anrws-
tor’s grave m an insult, end resent it
with impetuous anger. Chinese ances
tors are buried, not in large cemeteries,
bnt in the family burial grounds. As
China ia thiokiy tofcabited, the remit is
that aa. fatoestor’s bones may be found
resting beneath every few rods of tufa.
Hence • novel cause of trouble to a tele
graph oompapy in that country. Xha
company erected poles on which to l<«»g
the wires. Hie poles and wine east
necessarily more or 1cm of a shadow.
Every (fainaman on whoes ancestor’s
grave s shadow rested forthwith arose
In his wrath and cut down tba polos.
The oonseqnanos has been, aa a ~-“-r
of eoonoaiy and self-protection the com
pany has placed the wires underground.
Reverence for the dead in China has so*
complished what regard for the eomfert
and safety of the living has m yet been
unable to accomplish in this reran try.
Pomr-six railroads, operating a total
of 07,500 miles—nearly one hvlf of ths
total mileage of the country—report
gross earnings amounting to $593,172,-
77$ aurmg the nine months of 18$U end
ing with beptember. For the same pe
riod last year ths mileage of these
roods was 32,284, and the earnings
1167,779,134. The increased earnings
this year keep pace with the increased
mileage, the average earnings (ier mile
being $5,2u6 this year, against $5,197 in
1880.
mn erarrxr or moot,
pl* "fa* fh» WOfad A woafag go”
H toufa a Aattoi ot'lhe great fapublfa.
•td his mutrimocia) leap ia taken acMM
faA bfpad UUtoM whioti eeparstc America
BoMpft tb dMoenda bom this
■tuperdoua saltatory exercise, not npoA
the toAsympathetio shores of Britain,
where his reoe fa looked 0;xin with
fBsdklfi, %nd eteh ^tereion, but upon
the hospitable and friondly shores of the
new republic in France, where his kin
tfaA'Itofal' spprefastfd warmly by gomr-
Adah Bona, of BatUeford, Canada,
bss bit on a new way of raising potatoes.
Being pressed for time in the spring, he
dug halts in the sod end dropped in ths
cuttings, covering them lightly with
•erth. This we* sD the attention they
Hiiviooston a good country to emigrate j rec «ived, and he has taken up a heavy
ham' cro P °f large and fine-looking potatoes.
ports with muoh gusto the arrival of the
dfatingntkhed Wn^fajfas, who one to be
introduced * with due Ubnor into tha
breeding establishments which supply
DM mark fas of the qay eapitsl. The
Euukee frog fa quite worthy of the
country in whioh his first mortal croak
fa made. He ia twice »* big as the well-*
known inhabitant of the mashes of the
Seine, whose dulicefa limbs ore so eager
ly booght np dy French epicures, tod sc
dafMfly served to toMn by toe cordon/
bUmi ot UirGAfe Anglais and tha Trofa
from. The preeioos consignment hea
beep received by tbs frog breeders with
unbounded joy, end itia anticipated that
a skillful treatment fa the new race will
Infaaq fresh viftnni into the stook of the
frog ponds, so that fa tuns, by a oareful
system of propagatfau, the lege of the
oeoakera supplied tafthe French restaur
ants will rival in siae the legB of chick-
ena, whioh to resemble In
flavor, and it will no longer be necessary
for the giver of a flsast to sacrifice a
holocaust Cl the etpensive viotuns. It
•etois, ho wove*, that the new-comers are
alia!the ruder raw.'' The Yankee hoe
owm a-wooing, and "whether his
pother would let him go or no” is still a
doubtful point. But. at any rate, neither
hie mfafeerpurbfa He ter have aooom-
panied him to Europe. He will be wed-
4faj|.)P the wife or gives provided for
him fa Uie Freunh grenouillrm, and we
airib&ely hope that he will "live happi
ly over after ward, ”gftd be the father of
.an inoreaeing and interesting family ot
Franco-American tooakerar, —London
Globe.
• Ma PMmnwATtow or hi am aba.
■ < fffaa tofluense of qpiare fa tb health-
faetynfluanoe whioh ean affect a an kind;
objeote of ukanl beauty and grandeur
Mrtoa to alavaaa faH^undentaudfag, to
iWffii* ftp. bnagbutflon, and to purify
tba heart; within th^ circle of their at
traction the oitixena af all oomitrton
meek tod time the peace of the world fa
promoted. It fa the duty of the nation
possessing snob objects to shield them
farmer from dagradflug influences and
to hold them for the world’s good.
The Falls of Niagara command a wider
interest than any other ot the wooden
of nature; every year two hundred thou
sand people of aft nations visit them ;
they constitute the maet renowned
American posseeaion. They are being
destroyed for purpongi of private gain,
and in a few years' vSn* have 'suffered to
suoh an extent that rentoratiun will be
no longer possible. These circumstances
furnish an imperative coll tor action and
jaatify on appeal to the sentiment of the
country—considerations ot State pride
and constitutional propriety indicate
that tho outran should be taken by the
Bteto of New York. We ore under dis-
tinot obligations to our descendants and
to mankind to preserve Niagara and its
influences; every moral and patriotic
sentiment demands tfatt we fulfill thorn.
Should we neglect to do so posterity will
justly scorn us, end every member of
the decreasing throng of visitors will
carry book the shameful information
that America, the land destined beyond
all question to be first in individual
capacity and commercial prosperity, is
last in true patriotism and ha# no care ft*
moral worth.—liuffaio Expr***.
BOW TO QV1BT AH A VUIKrCB.
When Madame Boisgontior was play
ing at tho Follies Dromatiqnes, Paris,
she confessed to having h«d the very
bod habit of keeping the stage waiting.
One evening, after having been repeat
edly called without effect, the manager
burst into her dressing-room, apoplectic
with passion. ,
" Madame Boisgontler,”aaid he, “ you
are laughing at the andfanae I”
" And why not ?” said she; “ they are
laughing at me.”
"You’re not ready,’’he cried. “What
fa to be done ?"
“Throw that ca^^BS modotne,
pointing to a Wide-awake he held in his
hand, " into the gallery; there'll be a
fight, and that will occupy them for k
time.”
The cap of discord won thrown, and
produced its effect Two minutes were
gained, but still Madame Boisgontier
was not ready.
" Madame Boisgontier, this is intol
erable,” exclaimed the manager. '.’Only
listen to the voice of the public. It’s
worse than any menagerie at feeding
time. They are tearing up the benches.”
" Nonsense I” said the aotwss. " Send
out for a franc’s Worth of apples, and
pelt the pit. III pay for them.”
It eras an inspiration. The apples
produced the effect, together with some
bruises, end were devoured on the
spot. As the last morsel disappeared,
.Madame Boisgontier, radiant with beau
ty, mode her entree uiaid the plaudits ot
a delighted houoe.
BMW WAT niiMr OLB MATS.
There had been a great deal of bad
feeling between two Galveston families ;
hence, there was much surprise when
they intermarried. A friend, in speak
ing to the father of tha bride, asked if
the families had made friends.
" Not a bit of it. I hate every bone
in my son-in-law’s body.”
" Why did you let him marry your
daughter, than ? ”
" To get even with him. I guess you
don’t know that girl's mother as well
as I do.”
onm MAfnrrACttrma.
Citing tba IRQ,01)0,000 of alb fabrics
produced in this oountry, Consul Pefx-
Otto, writing 4 from Lyons, remarks that
we have not A single silk filature worthy
of. the name, and an dependant entirely
Upon Europe and Asia for tba raw ma
terial. There ere two questions; Can
we raise silk ? And oau we feel tt f The
first has already been answered, because,
having ascertained that the mulberry
will do well in thia oountry, ability to
raise the worm follows. Ae to reeling,
the impossibility of competing by hand !
labor with 80 cents a day paid in Europe |
for reeling and 6 to 10 cents in China
sad Japan is evidently hopeless. Ma- ;
cbinery must find tha Way out of tha |
problem, if there is any. An Amerioaa ,
engineer, who "believed it possible to ;
invent machinery whioh, by the nee and |
application ol electricity, w< uld not only
overcome existing difficulties and pro
duce e superior quality of thread, but
solve at the same time the all-important
labor question, and render silk-reeling
in the United flutes ae possible sad
proflUbls os anywhere else in the
world,” has been studying the subject in
Europe, and Mr. Peixotto thinks he has
been successful. The decline >n French
filatures he ascribes to inferior crops,
decreased consumption af pure silk
goods, superiority of Italian fila
tures, and competition in Chins and
Japan. The picture in hie mind's eye fa
the successful establishment here of
every branch of silk industry, from the
leaf to the perfected fabric, end he flat
ters himself that what tha cotton gin has
done for ootton thia new invention
(whifih hk does net describe) may do ter
silk, and that this oountry may accom
plish in silk aft it bee aooompiiahed in oot
ton fabrioa. There has been n marked
cheapening of silk already, very fair
black fabrics now being obtaiunble at
retail for $1.50, whioh would have oust
$2.25 fifteen yean ago, and this is not
quite all ascribed to appreciation of
currency. Of all textile materials, silk is
the warmest, the lightest relative to
wirmth, the most flexible end moat agree
able to the body, far the strongest, end
fa faoogqiersbly superior in respect to
dyeing and facility of weaving. To have
the material produced in thia oountry
would probably be of some advantage
to the mills, end, although tba pi -tore
presented hare is perhaps too flattering, it
lies an interest ae suggesting e pleasant
possibility, far silks may not si Ways be
the rare fabrics they now arm
A MATBBHAt TVHMBT-OOBBLBBk
A good story, and one perfectly aa-
thentio. oomee to tie from the near rural
districts, where a farmer ia largely en
gaged in raising that kind Of poultry
most conspicuous on the oeoaeion of
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.
That the business of laying might not
be interrupted among his turkeys, Mr.
Goodale (for that ia tha thrifty farmer**
name) assigned to 4 an old-setting ben tha
cob tract ot hatching out thirtean turkey
eggs. The hen willingly assumed the
contract and patiently executed it, com
ing out in good time with thirteen young
turkeys. In their mad skirmish for
grasshoppers the young turkeys led their
stepmother many a weary jaunt through
the meadows and oornfields, haunted by
beasts of prey, and it was noticeable to
the owner that their number was overy
week growing less. While Mr, Goodale
thus watched, it appears that his veteran
gobbler was also making close observa
tions. Several times the gobbler admin
istered a thumping rebuke to the careleas
old hen on the occasion of her return at
uight with a smaller family than she had
in the morning. Finally, by rats, and
weasels, and minks, the number of her
children was reduced to five, and the
natural fat) er could stand the slaughter
no longer. In his rage his beautiful
wattles swelled almost to bursting. He
soiled into the cowardly stepmother of
his pretty little ohildren. He hammered
her maternal head not only with his sav
age beak, but with his dull gaffii as well
But for her squawk-of distress aud the
resoue which foDowed, the gobbler
would have killed her in cold blood.
Her spirit waa, however, broken, and she
had no more fondness for turkey. Ths
old gobbler straightway assumed the
oorc of the five remaining yonng turkeys,
covered them at night, went with them
doily on their grasshopper excursions,
chased their old stepmother whenever
she oame in sight, and finally formally
weaned them.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
AH APT BIBLICAL QVOTATIOH.
Where was it somebody was telling
the Jester about a good old preacher
somewhere down in Ohio, who loved his
pipe and cigar far better than he did the
man who always keeps awake through
the hymns and goes to sleep during the
sermon? One day the committee of
bretliren came to remonstrate with the
jXU-son for about the hundredth time,
beseeching and commanding him to
abandon the wicked ond filthy habit of
smoking. "II,” tboy told him, "yon
can give us one passage of scripture, one
ine from the-Bible that justifies yo'u in
the use of tobacco, we will let yon smoka
in peace and never approach you on tha
subject again. ”
“ H’m,’’6nid the old man, “ you mean
that, do you ?”
" Indeed, we do mean it, and we will
abide by what wa say,” said the com
mittee.
“ Then,” said the parson, brightening
up, " how does Revelation xxii. II,
strike you—* He which is filthy, let him
be filthy still ?' ” And they turned away
and were speech less.—Hau k-Nge.
Wb are firm believers in the maxim
that, for all right judgment ol any man
or tiling, it is useful, nay essential, to
see his good qualities before pronouno
iug on bin had.
Patience ripens Sie most difficult
[ plans.
WAHAOBM»HT OT MICK CBTLDHBW. |
The vicissitudes necessarily incident I
to il outdoor end primitive mode of life
are never the first reuses of eay disease,
though they may somstimes betray its
pnrwie* Bronchitis, nowadays per
haps tbs Moot frequent at all infantile
disease*, makes no exception to this
rate; a draught of sold sir may reveal the
latent progress of the disorder, but its
cause is long confinement in a vitiated
and overheated atmosphere, and its
proper remedy ventilation aud a mild,
phlegm-looeetring (saccharine) diet,
warm sweet milk, sweat oatmeal ;>or-
ridge or boney-wnter. Seleot an airy
bedroom and do not be afraid to open
Ike windows; among tho children of
tha Indian trilies who brave in Open
tents the terrible winters of tbe Hudw-in
Bay toiritory, bronchitis, croup and
diphtheria are wholly unknown ; aud
what we call " faking sold ” might often
be more correctly described as taking
hot; glowing stoves, and even open fires
in a night-nursery, greatly aggravate
the pernicious effects of an impure at
mosphere. The first paroxysm of croup
ean be jifomptly relieved by very sim
ple remedies ; fresh air and a rapid for-
wstd-and-baokward movement of the
erne, combined in urgent coses with the
application of a flesh-brush (or a piece
of flannel) to the neck and the up;>er
parted the chest. Paregoric and poppy-
sirnp stop the cough by luthargixing
tbe irritability, and thus preventing the
discharge of the phlegm till it* accumu
lation prodncee a second and far more
dangerous pares vent, Tbesa second at
tacks of croup (after the administration
of palliatives) are generally the fatal
so«sl When the child is convalescing,
let him beware of stimulating food and
overheated rooms. Do not give aperi
ent medicines; easttvenesa, os an after-
affect ef pleuritic affections, will soon
yield to fresh air and a vegetable diet,—-
Popular Science Monthly.
ram wonsr or braar ora.
It fa so easy to get into the way of
thinking the worst ot onr friends and
neighbors that one should guard against
a habit of detraction with all one's might
It is painfully depressing to be with
those who habitoeliy speck evil of oth
era One feels in a charmed cirdo of
hopeless iniquity, if it be not one of de
lusive appearances. Everything is lied
throughout, end there is not e square
inch of virtue left for onr weary soul to
Seat on. People whom we hove loved
■Inee we were ohildren ere shown to US’
as seamed and eoarred with Iniquities,
and unworthy onr most tepid regard;
names that we have venerated are stripped
of their laurels, and crowned with
weeds and stsaw, or wade out to be the
mere shadows of names, if indeed they
ere not the shadows ot foul substances;
our pot illusions are sneered st, end life
is stripped of its poetry. People given
to detraction can never find a possible
excuse, e charitable reason, for anything
they do not quite agree with, Uke or un
derstand. Say they see some one they
know under conditions admitting of two
explanations—one supposing doubtful
taste or discretion, the other compatible
with perfect innocence and purity of
thought and motive; you never hear
them give the latter interpretation, or
ocoept it when offered to them. It must
be that doubtful appearances are the
warranty of evil deeds; aud they will
not be convinced to tbe contrary, say
what yon msy; they love to hear and
believe evil rather than good.
w ■ ■ i mi
AOMK TAMILIAN SATIH09.
Shakspeare gives us more pithy say
ings than any other author. From him
we euil: "Count tbeir chickens ero they
ere hatched," “ Make doubly sure,”
“Look before you leap,” "OhristmM
comes but once a year,” Washington
Irving gives us the "Almighty dollar.”
Thomas Norton queried long ago, "Wliot
will Mrs. Grundy say?” while Gold
smith answers, "Ask me no questions aud
I’ll tell yon no fibs.” Thomas Tusser, s
writer of ths sixteenth oentury, gives us
"It's an ill wind that turns ao good,"
"Better late than never,” "Look ere
you leap,” and "The stone that is roll
ing will gather no moss,” "All cr.v and
no wool’* is found in Butler's "Hudi-
bras.” Dryden says; “None but the
brave dpeerve the fair,” " Men are but
children of the larger growth,” "Through
thick and thin.” “Of two evils I have
chosen the least,” and "The end must
justify tho means,” are from Matthew
I’rior. We are indebted to Colley Cib
ber for the agreeable intelligence that
"Richard is himself again." Cowper
falls us that "Variety is the spice of
life.” To Milton we owe “The Ph rad ine
of Fools.” From Bacon comes “Know
ledge iH power,” and Thomas Soutberne
reminds un that "Pity’s akin to love.’’
Dean Swift thought that " Bread is the
staff of life. ” Campbell found that "Com
ing c van fa cost their shadows before,”
and " Tie distance lends enchantment
to the view.” "A thing ef boeuty is a
joy forever” is from Keats. Franklin
says “God helps those who help them
selves, ” and Lawrence Sterne oomforte
us with the thought that "God tempera
the wind to the shorn lamb.”
The United States Supreme Court,
the cose of Francis H. Barton vs. J<
Barbour, has held that where a cour
one State has a railroad or other pr
erty in its possession for sdministrat
and ap])ointa a receiver to aid in
performance of it# duty by oarrying
the business to which the property
adapted, a court of another State ]
no jurisdiction to entertain asuitagai
such receiver for cause of action arisi
in the State in which he is appoint
and in whioh the property in his poes
•ion is situated, based on his uegligei
or the negligence of his subordinatec
the performance of his or tbeir duties
AiH-iE tbe weather as we may, il
tbe best made.
o*ionr or twb bbkfmtbab.
Tbe legend ot tbe origin <d beefsteak
is ns follows : " Lucius Plauous, n Ro
man Senator, wee ordered by bifMnr
Trajan to not as one of the menial seert*
fleers to Jnpiter. He resisted, but wee
dragged to the altar. There the frag
ments at tbe victim were placed upon
the fire and the unfortunate Booster was
compelled to turn them. In the process
of roosting one of the pieces fell off the
fire, bnt was canght by Plsncas, which,
burning his fingers, he thro** into his
month. In that moment he made tbe
discovery ti/at the taste of a slice of meat
thus carbonated was infinitely far be
yond all the conventional styles of Ho
man cookery as a palatable tetamph.
PI Miens conceived, too, at the moment
an experiment by which to preserve his
own dignity, and he at once evinced
his contempt for th$ Emperor by osten
sibly serving him wtitle soothing the
service he was compelled to pO^form,
and converting the proceedings tattk "ne
of festivity. He swallowed every rAormJ,
deluded Trajan, defrauded Jupiter ssd
invented the beefsteak. A discovery of
such importance did long remain a se
cret; beefsteak became the prominent
feature. The priests adopted it, end the
King of Olympus no longer depended on
Rome for the delights pf the culinary
art” The sirloin of beef fjwee its name,
it is said, to Charles II, who fining one
day on the loin of beef, end, bring par
ticularly pleaaed with it, asked ttw J»m»«
of it On being told he Mid: “ F>* it*
merit I will knight it, and honoefor.% tt
shall be called Sir Lolo- ’*
Manaob* Jack Haveriy S*ys: "Last,
but not least, I would strodftlff <*« Uon
the yonng manager against anUfgonising
or fighting the newspapers. No .matter
whet his personal feelings m$ff bC, no
matter how **tjari the fttiffilsin timt
msy appear iL print about hie judgment,-
his businsM ability or his personal char
acter, it fa absolutely essential that he
should smother these, and consider that
in his profession he ean aflefd to do
nothing thnt will arouse the fan of any
newspapar that cap at any time bo pf
value to him. The good will ef the
humblest creature fa preferable to ttn
ill-will, end osrtainly the friendship of
tbe mighty press fa of vital importance
to the manager’s success. If the yonng
man starts out with an opposite idee in
his mind h# will find sooner than he may
think how rudely that idea ean be shat
tered.” / / i ., _ /
tmb igxuftt mr* a or.
An English paper tells this gooff
story : "By virtue of certain capital*-
tiona with the Sublime Forte, the United'
States, fa oommou with other Govern
ments, era entitled to keep n gun-boat
in the Bee of Marmora for the carrying
of dispatches, the protection of their oit-
iaens domiciled at Feta and delate, and
so forth. In the winter of the Aonfev-
ence year, 1870, there arrived iif tbe
Dardanelles a magnifioent American cor
vette—English Ballon would call her S
frigate—celled theVandalia. The Pashe
of the castle of Europe was terribly dis
concerted. He went on board the cor
vette and politely pointed oat that un
der the capitulations tho gunboats only of
foreign powers were poimitted to pees
through the strait*. 1 It’s tha smallest
we’ve got,’ calmly replied ths gallant
commander of the Tandolia, and away
•teamed the big ship for Constantino
ple." _
Ok the anthority of Lieut. Winslow,
of the United States coast survey, it.
looks as if the oyster would “go” be
fore the Chinaman does, Tbe oyster
beds north of Maryland and Virginia at#
practically exhausted, and the preae'nt
method of working the Maryland andl
Virginia beds 'will in a comparatively
short time destroy them also. A clumsy
dredge, weighing from five to thirty
tons, is dragged back and forth, wrench
ing and crushing them, forcing others to
lip downward into nnoongenial mud,
aud generally much impairing reproduc
tive power. This dredging is merciless
and continaou, notwithstanding pro
tective laws. By rockless working oys
ter beds on the northwestern coast of
France diminished from 70,000,000 to
1,000,000 in twenty-five years, and nk
Falmouth, England, a fishery whioh
supported 700 men, in ton years, ftoea
not give work to forty The lovers of
this “delicious bivalvu ’’ will mourn ol
the prospect of a day when there will be
no valves to buy.
Upon the snbject of low railroad fares
tho Boston Traveller remarks : If the
railroad war is productive ot low fares
and fast trains, the people will not be at
all disposed to complain. Itis certainly an
advantage to the traveling public, which
it has not been slow to appreciate in the
most practical manner. Thousands of
people, who could not hgve traveled at
the usual rates, have traveled, and trav
eled very comfortably, daring the past
summer. It has been notably s season
of travel. Does not the wonderful in
crease of passenger traffic which fol-.
lowed the eattingof the rates fast summer
demonstrate to railroad managers thsi
they can afford to make some of these
benefits permanent ? We cannot all ex
pect to go to Chioago for $5, but if man
agers would read the lesson of low fores,
and find it in their way to permanently
reduce them somewhat, we should oil
travel of tenor than we do now.
It costa $20 to secure s front seat
when Patti sings, but the energetic end
enterprising managers of Paris theaters
have hit upon a scheme by which peo
ple who cannot afford to pay suoh fancy
prices can catoh snatches of the prims u
donna's songs at a aheaper rate. Tele
phone lines are utilized for thi* purpose
and stations established where a five-
unnuten' listen con be secured for a franc jn
and a half. Many patronize the new
system, and express themselves re well
retufied with what thqy baas. r