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VOL. V. NO. 9.
The BeaelifaU Land of Best
Therms e realm of r ant oVr tho sunset bills,
And a life ear* fsw, I know,
For the breath of peace that the ev'ning
bring*
And tho soothing song that the tired one
•mg*
And the pro*'n -o that calms and stills,
Cometh out of the after glow.
There the sun sinks down on his weary way.
And the cooling shades appear,
* And the sky is tinged with the mellow
light,
Of the window-glow of the home at
night
When the wanderer, long astray,
Sees tho welcome of loved onei near.
Thero the flame Laud lies, tho fair, Heaven
m blessed,
And I turn where’er I roam,
To the setting sun that is e’er tho same
Heavenly Father lighting the fireside
flame,
On tho hearth of the Wanderer's Home,
In tho Beautiful Realm of Rost.
—Lu li. Cake, in Detroit Free Press.
TIGER LILY.
A mid-summer moon was shining
down on tho unoven surfaco of tho wild
mountain plateau; tho lights of the lit¬
tle settlement then* liko yellow dots of
flame, hero and there. Tonight the
barracks—mere rude wooden enclosures
they wore, as flundly constructed as a
child’s card-house—wore in restless
commotion, for the men were to break
camp on tho morrow.
8x mouths they had been stationed
at Omayo. When first the straggling
settlement sprang up around the moun¬
tain mine, whoso hidden treasures had
attracted tho inhabitants, thoro had
been trouble with the wandering Indians
who haunted tho slopes higher up—as
much tho fault of tho wli.tcs as of the
rel men, it is but jutt to say.
But tho United States pro'ccts its
own, and a body of men were stationod
at onci at Omayo, until the settlement
was strong enough, figuratively speak¬
ing, to stand on its own fost. And now
the emergency was over, and the sol
• diers had been ordered to a military
post a huudrc l milos or so to the north¬
west.
Old Joo Jernigan sat smoking his
pipe on tho board platform in front of
his “General Supply S.orc.”
All the evening it had boon full of
customers, but now, as the hands of the
wooden clock neared the flguro nine, he
was at liberty to como out to his splint
clinir and smoke his pipe and stare at
the moon, while Captain Irving Ismay
sat on tho cracker barrel inside and
talked with Lily.
Lily was Jernigan’s nieco and book¬
keeper, and in addition to this the very
apple of his eye—a tall, dusky-eyed,
handsome girl, with a peachy complex¬
ion, and hair full of bronze glints and
gleams.
“Tiger Lily,” the miners called her,
•ometimes in rcfeicnco to the fime spirit
of her own that sho had, aud a self-as¬
sertion which she was very apt to show
if once she suspectod that any of them
wero not treating her with due respect.
Lily was adding up tho books for the
day. (Old Joo was no scholar, and
knew nothing of bookkeeping by dou¬
ble entry. “The gal knows enough for
us both,” ho was wont to say, with a
certain pr do, as ho lookod toward the
wooden-railel desk where she wrote
down thevarioui items of sale and bar¬
ter with an tngle’s quill pen, dipped in
ink made of pokeborry juice.) And
Captain Ismay was bidding her
good -by.
“She'll miss him, likely, will Lily,”
said Joe to himmlf, still staring stead -
fastiy up at the moon.. “He’s been a
deal o’ company for her. It ain’t as if
she could briug herself to associate with
every fell >w at the Omayo Minos, for
Lily always was particular. But then a
hundred milos or so don’t count for
much out here, and if ho asks permis¬
sion to como and sea her once in a while
I shan't fay no. My poor little Tiger
Lily I I brought her out here because
thero didn’t seem no place to leave her
in the State of Varraount, and she’s
liven rare and uteful to me, there's no
denyin’ that But it’s a lonesome place
for a gal to conn to; yea, it is. And
the Captain’s a flue fellow, but he ain’t
no handsomer for a man than Lily is for
a gal. So fur’s I can see, I shall be
the only man who will be a loser by the
bargain. Eh? Is that you, Reuben
Dorsay I Set down a spell. , No, we
ain’t shut up yet, but the post bag’s
bean gone twenty minutes and more.”
“Gone, eh!” said Reuben Dorsov, the
young foreman of the forco now em¬
ployed in eatablishing telcnraphic com
munications between Omayo and Center
City. “Well, it’s no great matter. To¬
morrow will do very well. Nico night,
Jernigan, isn’t it!”
“Yes.” •
The old mah smoked on.
“The military division is getting
ready to move tomorrow.”
“So I’m told.”
“The captain’s inside,isn't he,talking
to LUy I”
Jernigan nodded without removing
bi« pipe from his mouth.
Porsay half rose, then sat down
again.
“Well,” said ho, “I guess I won’t
disturb them.”
Jernigan answered only by a sort of
sly chuckle.
“A nice man, that young Ismay !’’
Once more old Joo nodded.
“They'll get more civilized quarters,
I’ve heard, at Morton’s Pass,” observed
Doraay, leaning back against the cedar
post that formed one of the columns of
tho rude portico. “Iunny’s wife is to
meet him there.”
“Ismay’s which!”
“His wife. From Sacramento City.
Didn’t you know ho was married to
old General Purviancc’s daughter! A
runaway match, two years ago. Quite
a romantic story 1”
“No,” said Joe Jernigan, “I never
heard it.”
Dorsay talked a littlo linger, but
old Joe paid no sort of attention to
his words. Ho did not even know
when tho young foreman went away.
“Ismay’s wife!” lie kept repeating
to himself—“Ismay’s wife! What will
Lily say—poor Lily!—when she knows
it? By gum! I’ve a mind to pitch the
fellow down into the gulley when he
comes out! What business has a mar¬
ried man lurking around hero, talking
nonse.iso to tho girls? But he’ll find
it won’t pay to fool with my Tiger
Lily! No, that it won't!”
Captain Is may went away presently,
with a cnreless, good-humored adieu.
The old man glared at him as ho de¬
parted, with red, savago e/cs like those
of a Spanish bull who faces tho mata¬
dor.
The moment ho had vanished behind
the madrona thickets, Jernigan sprang
up and made for the solitary road by a
short-cut which would be sure to inter¬
cept the wayfarer some quarter of a mi le
below.
In his hand ho grasped his open jack¬
knife; ills heart beat liko a muffled
drum.
4 * My Tiger Lily 1” ho kept repeating
to himself; “my own littlo ewe Iambi
There’s but one way to deal with the
scoundrel who comes hero to make a
football of her heart. No captain in all
the United States army can do that, and
hope to escapo alive 1”
He stood thero waiting, but Ismay did
not como that way.
“I’m baffled for once,” Jernigan mut¬
tered. “Ho has taken tho Redwood
road this time. No matter! I’ll hunt
him down yet. IIo’s to be in the place
twelve hours longer. Tney’ll have to
detafl another captain for duty at Mor¬
ton’s Pass, that’s all. I shall hear him
when he comes down past the Echo
II ck, and I shall be ready for him!”
He returned slowly—still drawing
his breath quick and fast—to the
wooden platform all steeped in moon¬
light, and sat down once more iu the
old splint chair.
Inside the store he could hear Lily’s
light steps moving around, as she
locked the cash drawer and put the
ledger and day-book away.
As she did so, she hummed a snatch
of some tune. Tuo sound went to old
Joe’s heart.
Poor chil 1! how innocently happy she
was!
In a minute or so she came out into
the clear white moonshine.
“Well, Uncle Joe!’ sho said gaily.
“Well, my la s! ’
The words were almost like a groan.
She sat down Les.do him, leaning her
head again-t h's arm.
He stroke 1 down the bronze, gleam¬
ing hair with a dumb strength of long¬
ing tenderness in his heart.
Her cheeks were unwontedly Ted; hcT
dark eyes sparkled beneath their long
lashes.
“How shall I tell her?” thought the
old man. “My pet lamb, that I
wouldn’t hurt for a king's ransom! I
never was one to pick and choose my
words, like a preacher or a lawyer. But
she’d ought to know—yes, she’d ought
to knowl”
“Uncle Joe!” said Lily, after a mo¬
ment or two of silence.
“Yes, my girl!”
“Theie—there’s something I wait to
tell you.”
’ “Is there, Lily?”
0 His heart sank within him. Was it
coming now?
“You won’t be vexed, Uncle Joe!”
she said, nestling her head close against
his arm.
“I—vexed with you, my girl! That
ain’t up-and-down likc’y, is it! But
I’ve done wrong, L : ly—I’ve forgot that
a great rough man like me ain’t the sort
to look after a tender chick liks you. I
should ’a waiched closer, Lily—that’s
what I should have done.”
“What should you say, uncle, ” whis¬
pered Lily, “if—if I am to get married
and leave you?”
“To—get marrie.l, Li’-yt”
“Haven’t you suspected this, uncle,
of late?”
“Yes, I have,” said he, “but, oh,
Lily, is your heart very much in this!”
FORT GAINES. GA.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1889.
“Uncle l”
“Has he asked you to uv.try him,
Lily!”
“Yes, uncle.”
“Then”—the old man flung his clay
pips down upon tho ground, whero it
broke into a score of fragments, and
muttered a deep execration under his
breath—“he’s a villain, that’s all.”
“Uncle! ’ cried out the girl.
“And a double-dyed one at that I**
said the excited old man. i • Lily I
Lilyl he has a wife already at Morton’s
Pass! He’s going to her now. ”
Lily had lifted her head and looked
earnestly at her uncle.
“But uncle, he isn’t going to Mor
t n’s Pass.”
“Yes, he is—tomorrow. And I wish
he’d fallen dead before he ever came to
Omayo with his epaulettes and his
jingling spurs, and his false, handsome
face 1”
“Uncle!” cried Lily, “whom aro you
talking about?”
“About Captain Ismay, to-be-sure.”
“But what has Captain Ismay to do
with it?”
“Everything, hasn’t he?”
Lily knit her pretty brows in a puz¬
zled fashion.
“Nothing at all,” said she, “except
that he’s been an excellent friend to
Reuben, and we’re both ever so much
obliged to him. Only think, uncle—
he’s got the contract for Reuben to be
chief electrical engineer at North Mari¬
no in the new works there, and when¬
ever you can spare me uncle—’ ’
1 % Reuben!” burst out Joe Jernigan.
“Yes, to-be-sure—Reuben Dorsay.
We’ve been engaged a long time now.
Do you mean, you dear, darling, stupid
old u’icic, that you never suspected
this?”
“Never!” said Uncle Joe, smiting hi3
knee with his fist. “But look here,
Tiger Lily, do you love him?”
“Yes, Uncle Joe.”
“And he loves you?”
“Of course he docs.”
“Then,” said tho old man, “I haven’t
a word of objection. I shall be awfi 1
lonesome without you, but as long as
you’re both happy, why, it’s all right.”
And as he kissed her forehead, she
thought she felt tho touch of a tear¬
drop on her brow.
“But it can’t be possible,” said T ger
Lily, to herself, “because who ever
heard of Uncle Joe shedding a tear.”
But Tiger Lily did not know that this
tear was not one of grief, but rather of
thaukfulncss that there was no blood
guiltiness on his hands .—Saturday
Nujht.
The Wild Mustang Pony.
There are still bands of wild mustang
ponie3 in Southern Texas. As you
know, these are supposed to be the de¬
scendants of the Spanish hors33 which
were allowed to run wild by the first
Spaniards who came to Moxio. It is
most probable that the mustang had
some part in originating most of the In¬
dian ponies.
The wild mustangs always ga'her in
large bands, and are very suspicious at
the approach of a person. They do not
come near sett ements or ranches un¬
less forced to by lack of water. The
principal colors that are fouad in this
breed are dun and mouse; in lean horses
a black streak is found a’.oag the back,
but this disappears as the animal fattens
up. Spotted or “paints” may be found
occasionally; it is not uncommon to find
mustangs with a white streak down the
face, but this occurs generally in
“paints.” The musta ngs have a long,
flowing mane and tail, medium withers,
body generally rouuled, hups short,
deep breast, and a generally deep neck.
The eyes are inclined to bi sunk in and
keen.
The mustangs thrive better on grass
than any other breed of hones, an l it
is on account of that that they have
been raised for cow ponies, although
they may be u-ed for general purposes.
They generally have a vicicui disposi¬
tion, but if properly handled they may
be made very docile. A very retrark
ablo fact is that mares carry their foals
somewhat longer than other breeds.
This is proliably due to their running
wild, living on grass, and having to
stand winters without shelter. Wild
mares on range often sell from $15 to
$25, but they are worth a groat deal
more when broken, averaging from $30
to $55, although I have known of them
selling at $150. Horses used for cow
ponies range from $40 to $60.
Hard to Snit
Mr. Gesso (at window)—Hello! here
come Mr. and Mrs. Goby. They’rr
coming here, I suppose?
Mra. Gesso—They are! What an
idea, to call at this time of the day.
Why, I
Mr. Gesso—They’ve gone by.
Mrs. Gesso—They have? Wc’l, ...of 1 1
very strange. I should thiuk Vf o.
Goby might be friendly enough to call
when she’s passing right by the door.—
fuck
THE RATTLESNAKE
Some Peculiarities of this Ophi¬
dian Terror.
When His Headless Tall Is
Pinched the Neck Strikes.
From an article by Dr. S. Weir
Mitchell, on “The Poison of Serpents,”
in the Century, we quote the following:
“Lot us observe what happens when the
rattlesnake means mischief. He throw’s
himself into a spiral, and about one
third of his length, carrying the head,
rises from the coil and stands upright.
The attitude is fiae and warlike, and ar¬
tists who attempt to portray it always
fail. Ho does not pursue, but waits.
Littlo animals he scorns unless he is
hungry, so that the mouse or toad he
leaves for days unnoticed in his cage.
Larger or noisy creatures alaim him.
Then his head and neck are thrown far
back, his mouth is open very wide, the
fang held firmly erect, and with an
abrupt swiftness, for which his ordinary
motions prepare one but little, ho strikes
once and is back on guard again, vigi¬
lant and brave. The blow is a stab, and
is given by throwing the head forward
while the half-coils below, it are
straightened out to lengthen the neck
and give power to the motions which
drive the fangs into tho opponent’s flesh;
as they enter, tho temporal muscle
closes the lower jaw on tho part struck,
and thus forces the sharp fang deeper
in. It is a thrust aided by a bite. At
this moment the poison duet is opened
by the relaxation of the muscle which
surrounds it, and tho same muscle
which shuts the jaw squeezes the gland,
and drives its venom through tho duct
and hollow fang into the bitten part.
“In so complicated a series of acts
thero is often failure. Tho tooth
strikes on tough skin and doubles back
or fails to enter, or the serpent mis¬
judges distance and falls short and may
squirt the venom four or five feet in the
air, doing no harm. I had a curious
experience of this kind in which a
snake eight feet six inches long throw a
teaspoonful or more of poison athwart
my foieheid. It missed my eyes by an
inch or two. I have had many near
escapes, but this was the grimmest of
all. An inch lower would have cost me
my sight aud probably my life.
“A snake will turn and strike from
any posture, but the coil is the attitude
always assumed when possible. The
coil acts as an anchor and enables the
animal to shake its fangs loose from the
wound. A snake can rarely strike be¬
yond half his length. If both fangs
enter, the hurt is doubly dangerous, be¬
cause the dose of venom is doubled. At
times a fang is left in the flesh, but this
does not trouble the serpent’s powers as
a poisoner, since numberless teeth lie
ready to become firmly fixed in its
place, and both fangs are never lo.st to¬
gether. The nervous mechanism which
controls the act of striking seems to be
in the spinal cord, for if we cut off a
snake’s head and then pinch its tail, the
stump of the neck returns and with
some accuracy hits the hand of the ex¬
perimenter—if he has the nerve to hold
on. Few men have. I have not. A
little Irishman who took care of my
laboratory astonished me by coolly BUS
taioing this test. He did it by closing
his eyes and so shutting out for a
moment the too suggestive view of the
returning stump. Snakes have always
seemed to me averse to striking, and
they have been on the whole much
maligned.
, “Any cool, quiet person moving
.slowly and steadily may pick up and
handle gently most venomous serpents.
I fancy, however, that the vipers and
tho copperheads are uncertain pets. Mr.
Thompson, the snake keeper at tho
Philadelphia Zoological, handles his
serpents with impunity; but one day
having dropped some little moccasins a
few days old down his sleeve while he
carried their mamma in his hand, one of
the babies bit him and made an ugly
wound. At present the snake staff is
used to handle snakes.
“I saw one Octobor, in Tangiers,
wfeat I had long desired to observe—a
snake charmer. Most of his snakes
wero harmless; but he refused, with
well-acted horror, to permit me to take
hold of them. He had also two large
brown vipers; these he handled with
care, but I saw at once that they were
kept exhausted of their venom by hav¬
ing been daily teased into biting on a
bundle of rags tied to a stick. They
were too tired to be dangerous. I have
often seen snakes in this state. After
three or four fruitless acts of instinctive
uge of their venom they give up, and
seem to become ind ff-rent to ap
-ajaches and even to rough hand
Bug-”
Teacher—Sammie, how many bones
aro th^re in the human body—your fa¬
ther's, for instance? Sammie—One;
h«’« the ossified man at the museum^*
Desperadoes Who Were Fine Shots.
There nover were liner pistol shots in
the world than many of tho noted des¬
peradoes and killers who have figured
in the romantic criminal annals of tho
west. Thero is scarcely a story of Wild
Bill’ sproficiency with a pistol that is not
trite. He was the quickest, surest shot
ever in the west He had killei nearly
forty men in his time, “not counting In¬
dians and greasers,” as the bad men
ued pleasantly to say. It was the rar
est thing that he shot his victim moro
than once. His favorite spot in which
to plant his deadly bullet was between
the eyes. He occasionally shot his
man through tho heart by way of varia¬
tion. It is said that he could throw an
oyster can into the air and put twelve
bullets into it from his own navies bo •
fore it reached the ground. He could
also send six bullets through the hole
mado by the first ball in a target seven¬
ty yards away. Wiiilo shooting he
never appeared to take aim but sent his
leaden messengers flying on their mis.
sion in seemingly the most careless and
off-hand way imaginable.
All the killers with big records aad
private graveyards shot in much the
same manner. Billy tho Kid, Ciay Al¬
lison, Bit Masters on, Sam Holliday, tho
Eurp brothers, “Coramanche” Jack
Stillwell, and other worthies of tho
frontier all shot with no apparent aim.
All of them were professional killers,
and in their later days, when abundance
of practice had mado them dexterous iu
tho art of murder, most of them shot
their victims always between tho eyes,
in imitation of Wild Bill.
Watch Out
When it is necessary for you to go
among machinery in motion, just as you
start in ‘ ‘watch out. ” Many a man has
started to go around among shafting
and belts in motion to do oiling and
necessary work, and como back on a
board, never able to toll how he lost his
life—a bloody splash here, a part of a
limb there, reveal tho place and cauio
of tho accident. Tho poor fellow did
not “watchout,” hence tho lifeless body
that lays before us.
Not many years ago this was one of
the sad scenes I witnessed. A man be¬
loved by every one of tho 500 men
working in a shop was missed, aud the
engineer fearing some accident had hap¬
pened him, shutdown aud the search
began. Iu five minutes poor Jim lay
before them dead. The battered oil
can was firmly clutched in his hand and
a frightful gash in his heal told tho sad
tale—he didn’t “watch out.”
Quite a few years ago the proprietor
of a large shop in a New England city
where locomotives wero built, saw a
man trying to put on a heavy belt. This
man was “watching out,” and failed to
put it on as quick as tho proprietor
wanted him to, so ho said: “— it,
come down and let me put it on.” The
proprietor in his haste and anger, did
not “watch out.” In ton minutes ho
was on his way homo on a stretcher,
dead. His clothes caught in tho belt
and he was earned over the shaft
and dropped on tho floor a mangled
mass. The two little words would have
saved his life aud spared him to a lov¬
ing wife and happy children.
Taking a Philosophical View.
It is told of a prominent business man
of the city that he bought through a
broker bonds to the amount of $10,000,
and on receiving them put them into
tho outside pocket of his overcoat,
walked to the head of Milk street,
where he became entangled in a crowd
and had the bonds stolen. All this was
only a somewhat exaggerated case of
carelessness, but what followed showed
that the man was a philosopher.
The usual steps were taken to dis¬
cover and recover the missing securi¬
ties, but when some days hid passed
without any clew the owner began to
conclude that ho should never hear
of them.
“Well,” he remarked to his broker
one day, when he had dropped in to in¬
quire whether anything had been heard
of the stolen secarities, and his ques¬
tion had been answered in the nega¬
tive, “there’s one thing about it; all J
lose is the interest of the money. ”
“The intjrest of the miney?” repeat¬
ed the broker; “why, you have lost the
principal, too, haven’t you? ’
“Oh, not at all,” was the reply; “my
heirs lose that .”—Boston Courier.
Ainbition of a Muscovite.
Among the most original of th6
foreigners now in Paris must be men¬
tioned a Muscovite magnate who ha3
been in the exhibition every day since
its opening, and whose special mania is
to taste every cosmopolitan dish that is
prepared on or near the Champ de Mars.
He has eaten everything, including the
unsavory messes of the Anoamites, and
'intends to go on with his gastronomic*]
experiences until he hi xhausted all
le menus .—Lmdon Tele-
u.LL B. GRAHAM, Editor and Wet
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Water gaa is being manufactured on
a large scale in England.
MasBachu e etts now claims to make
soft steel equal to tho famous German
article.
Wooden carriage wheels will soon be
done away with in carriages and ate el
wheels substituted,
A St. Louis genuis has found that a
person can always stand tho heat of the
month he was born in bettor than any
other.
Manufacturers in many parts of the
United States are using machinery to
make gas out of coal ins!cad of using
raw coal.
A noted scientist concludes that, con¬
trary to general belief, lightning has a
perceptible duration beyond the thous¬
andth of a second.
A plumbago mine has been discovered
in Somervillo, Me. Specimens have
been analyzed and are pronounced al¬
most puro black lead.
An extraordinary mill to roll stool bars
and girders is to bo built in England.
It will roll lengths two hundred and
fifty feet long and twenty-four inches
deep.
The wheol used by lapidaries is a flat
copper disk charged ou the edge with
powdered emery, or a steel disc charged
with diamond dust. It is used in tlio
same manner us a circular saw.
A paper on the sardino road by M.
Boucher beforo the Paris Academy of
Science expresses the opinion that it is
a young fish which has not attained its
full development.
Tho African insects imitate grass,
twigs, sticks and leaves, and tho object
of this curious provision in nature is
presumed to be protection, for tho
creature has but to keep still to save its
life.
Tho tercentenary of the microscope
will bo celebrated next year at Ant¬
werp. Tho botanical exhibition to bo
held there will include also an exhibi¬
tion of microscopes,, from the oldest to
the most modern.
A Russian doctor speaks enthusias¬
tically of what he calls “urtication”—
that is, pricking with a bunch of fresh
nettles—as a cure for nmcithesia, neu¬
ralgia, and numerous other diseases. It
has long been in use among tho Rus¬
sian peasantry.
The hot-lake district in New Zealand
again gives signs of disturbance. Fresh
outbursts of volcanic activity aro noted
at Mount Ruapehu,, where the hot lake
on tho summit is very lively, and
throws up colossal geysers. Sinco the
terrible eruption of 1886 the inhabitants
of the neighborhood become nervous at
the slightest symptom of disturbance.
Of the 4200 kinds of flowers which
grow in Europe only 430, or 10 per cent,
are odoriferous. The commonest flow¬
ers are the white ones, of which thoro
are 1194 kinds. Less than one- fifth of
these are fragrant. Of the 951 kinds of
yellow flowers 76 are odoriferous; of the
823 red kinds, 84; of tho 594 blue
kinds, 81; of thft 308 violet-blue kinds,
13. Of the 240 kinds with combined
colors 28 are fragrant.
A new shaping tool has been invent¬
ed—a machine in which two flirt sur¬
faces, acting vertically or horizontally
and moving in opposite directions, with
adjustable dies fixed upon them, roll in
one motion a piece of metal, regular or
irregular in shape,and of almost any de¬
sired pattern. At a single stroke of tho
mechanism may be obtained a sphere, a
cone, a chair screw, a bolt with thread
and head—in fact, an endless variety of
mechanical forms.
Russian Double Dinners.
The Russian eats on an averago once
every two hours. The climate and cus¬
tom require such frequent meals, the
digestion of which is aided by frequent
draughts of vodki and tea. Yodki is
the Russian whisky, made from pota¬
toes and rye. It is flsry and colorless
and is generally flavored with some ex¬
tract like vanilla or orange. It is drunk
from small cups that hold perhaps half
a gill. Yodki and tea are the insepara¬
ble accompaniments of friendly as well
as of business intercourse in the country
of the Czar. Drunken men are rare.
Russia and Sweden are the only coun¬
tries in which the double dinner is the
rule. When you go to the house of a
Russian, be he a friend or a-stranger,
you are at once invited to a side-table,
where salted meats, pickled eel, salted
cucumbers and many other spicy and
appetizing viands are urged upon you
with an impressiveness that knows no
refusal. This repast is washed down
with frequent cups of vodki. That
over, and when the visitor feels as if
he has eaten enough for twenty-four
hours, the host says: “And now for
dinner.” At dinner-table then^yj
is served in c a,
in the Crimea
naut.
The Shape of the Skull.Ai*
Is a man stupid, or hriUtnut cr wfcpy J
Surpassingly able or d .11;
It all depends on las cranial hurnipjM slufl
Depends on the simp < ot hm Un.tjjj
And there are son*.- thing>
(vinuotdo, A Va
Let dead, them struggle utd U^HH| 0HH ■
Dnle-s il„. v ran l ■ l . t
Tln>n And alter the shr-o ; “'klrlHBfgB
fi.) not attempt tfi «s«
And st ruggle until y« u are gray, V
On tasks for which yon were never (M
For your skull isn't shape i thJ rigfl
Shape the shape of you' life h> the
your skull;
Build your life to Die mould
brain; * «
Run your e rrs on the track thus V]
for your ulflf E.
Unless you would wreck t he dir®
A church is not used for n (horehoustH
By Is the not shape list'd of for the a home house, or yottsl; by J W
u*
the head. M
Its various uses w» tell. fl
Thou don’t try to flght against V
design, p| 1
You’ll find it hard work and Small
Don’t squander your strength on nipt
ftvita
When your skull isn’t shnjvnl tin
way, * I
For tho world is flllod up with -l.fi irj
men
Who strugglo and try to attain § imj 1
Tho cloud-bannered peaks of
heights,
Without tho right bulge of th 1 ml
For the plastic skull of tho man b sli
By n fate that is greater than lie, I
And ho must judge by the shape of J
Tho trend of his destiny. 1
Then judge by the fit of your ornniii
Don't squander your powers, I prrl
In reaching for unattainable thing* a
When your fckull isn’t shaped fcq
way. >
-S. W. Foss, in Vrwker l
HUMOROUS.
Calling a halt—“Hi, there, you cr!
plo!”
The road to ruin leads through tl
wicket gate. j
Berry pickers got what they can (1
can what they got.
Why had a poor singer better sing j
an organ than a piano accompanimou!
Because of tho frequent stops.
Dairynun’s Son—A mouse has faliJ v|
into tho milk. HU-Mother--Did
take it out? Boy—No; I have throwx
tho cat in.
The man who is in the habit of fr*
big to got to tho bottom of thing!
should beware of falling overboard ixt
mid-ocean. l ■
Young Lady—“That r sold i
parrot you
mo last week doesn't talk at afi. ”
Dealer—“Yes’m; you said you granted
one that wouldn’t be a nuisance to the
neighbors.” 1
tho “Why glass of aro tho you palm so agitated?” leaf fan, inquire^ 'which]
was in a great flutter. “Because I l ava
teason to beliovo that you are about tfl
get drunk.” 1
A musician brought to despair by the!
poor playing of a lady in a room abpvd
his own meets her ono day in the bajJ
with her thrce-ycar-old child and ra™
in a most friendly manner: “Yood
little one —j thero plays qnito well for he&
„
*
The Value of Soapstone. f
One of the valuable minerals of thikj
country of which the output is largely
increasing is talc or soapstone. It iai
used for dressing skins, leather gloved i
and similar purposes, but its greate
use is as an adulterant. For this it is,}
culiarly fitted on account of its lightnes^j
being employed as a filler chiefly in the
manufacture of soap paper and robber,
and to a certain extent as a Jubrictml
with other substances, It is also meT L
for making slate pencil, crayons, stovesj
ovens, lime-kiln linings and hearths,
and also, being acid proof, for siz :ngj
rollers iQ cotton factories. In Alabama)
it is used for headstones. The Ameri
can aborigines used it for culinary arti¬
cles, and the Chinese for the carving oi
their idols. Its lightness an 1 its fibroin
character admit of its almost entire in,
corporation (90 per cent.) with papj«
stock, while clay and other material
which it replaces are only ilabie ■
tho extent of thirty or forty such per naniA) ee^ <
It is known tocommerca by
as pulp, mineral pvilp, agalite asbestnn
pulp and others of the same charactU
Beds Were Bundles of Straw.
In the early period of modern hb'.on
beds were almost universally in EurejpJ
nothing but bundles of straw, As Is
in England as the time of Quaen Eli ail
beth no carpets were used and the floor*
were strewn with rushes, and tlie hcdl
were hardly anything better than a tula
bench or any rude frame work wluohj
lifted it above the floor.
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A Primrose Stumbling Block^
Rev.
doesn’t s
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