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THE ADVERTISER. •#**« 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. -—- r> A Primrose Stumbling Block^ Rev. doesn’t s \ .!