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h COUNTY \----= ❖ m m If l yj U 8 <> y <=> S Dew a err § co <=» a CO P3 53 Eg -2 £ 2 r p pet CD £=» % a Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Views. ” VOL. 1. There will he plenty of international exhibitions tills year. Among others will be one relating to music at Bologna, one at Vienna, covering architecture, sculpture and painting, and one at Mel* bourne comprising everything. There is such a boom in tho Argentine Republic that Buenos Ayres has become the dearest city in the world to live in. The city is growing very fast, and rents are up to the skies. Provisions of every description are almost as high as in Eu rope, and general living expenses have rapidly increased. China has made more progress toward civilization in the last five years than fo twenty years before. The population of the empire is so vast that it is estimated that 2t are dying every minute, 34,500 every day,aud 13,441,600 every year. At this rate the whole population of the United States would be swept off iu five years. .. The interior of a cafe at Montmartre, France, is modeled like an immense tub, and the illusion is further carried out by the circular shape of the doors aud win dow frames. As the signboard bears the classic inscription “Diogenes,” there is some curiosity to know if the proprietor of the cafe thinks there is no honest man outside his establishment. Mexico is making a high hid for im migration. It is reported that the Mex ican Government has made a concession to a real estate company, whereby 55, 000,000 acres of land in eleven different States is to come into its possession,to be occupied by immigrants. ' Settlers on these tracts are to be exempt from tax ation on the land, and the Government guarantees them protection. It is pro - posed to establish agencies in the prin cipal cities of America and Europe to in duce immigration to Mexico. The w-hole population of Utah is at least 200,000; four-fifths of them are Mormons in religious faith; the restare non-Mormons or what are called there “Gentiles.” There are or lately were, about 2,000 heads of polygamous fam ilies. Very many of them are old people, some of them married their plural wives long before there was any prohibitory law against such marriages. These older people and their older wives are now rapidly passing away. The younger ! ihe Mormon faith, ,o f ♦.>•» ages it) it) tlian*one ar... wider, nr tier, have not. married more wife. The London Telegraph, says tlmtt it is an “undoubted fact that thousands and of thousands of acres of fine land in ‘the British Islands’ can not at present be let to tenants at ten or even less per acre. Yet it thinks that ‘the horizon is brightening round for the sorely-tried agricultural and that ‘better times are iu for British farmers, It believes improvement is coming in the direction of stock-raising to supply the large demand for beef and mutton, has been to so large an extent from abroad. British officials in India are much about the affairs of the King of who died recently at Calcutta. lie the members of his family had about servants, many of whom had their with them, so that about 10,000 were iu one capacity or another about his palace and dependent him. How to provide for all these the problem. The Government has a scale of gratuities for such of King’s servants as will agree to re to Lucknow, and, further, a free is to be given them. The re will involve the transfer of a town trom Calcutta to Lucknow. debts of the King are said to be and the claims from creditors larger and more numerous. It is that the cutting down of the will be of a ruthless kind. The fact that fifteen to twenty-five a month are now arriving at the cf the Congo, illustrates the of commerce in that region of since Stanley showed the im of the great river. One ocean lias already ascended the river Boma, fifty miles from the sea, and best channels are being marked by ■ so that deep-drauglit vessels may navigate the lower river. Little for the entertainment of travelers bec-n built at Banana and Boma. reason why the whites on the lower enjoy far better health than is said to be because they have canned meats aud now raise own beef. Cattle thrive finely at and it takes a steer every three to feed the whites who are now at that station. GRAY’S STATION, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. MARCH 3. 1888 . ACROSS THE SNOW, Across the snow and over the sand, Where summer lingers with song and bloom, The festooned oaks of Florida stand Enshrouded in odorous gloom; Over the mountains, across the snow. The blue sky smileth audbendeth low. Across the snow aud over the sea, Italy laughs, like a child at play; And her rivers that sing incessantly Are wooing the soul away I Over the sea and across the snow They are calling me, but I cannot go. Across the sea and over the tears, The wonder-world of our childhood lies, And voices echo across the years With whispered questions and low replies, Over the graves and across the snow, The children are calling who loved me so. Across the snow and beyond the doubt, There Ueth a land so sweet and fair That none who enter will turn about To bring us tidings of loved ones there; Over the doubt and across tho snow The dear ones beckon and I shall go. —Benjamin £/. Parker. “ SERVED THEM RIGHT.” BY CHARLES R. DODGE. Allis not gold that glitters,’’ runs the proverb. Albert bang was a brilliant fellow in the estimation of his friends, l!e was brilliant, too, in so many differ ent directions, that some who thought they knew him well marveled that he had not set the world on fire long before he was aud twenty-one. in lie dressed faultlessly flic best taste, which was the more remarkable when it is considered that he never twice patronized the same tailor. He was brilliant in the ease with which he made acquaintances among people iu society, and received invita lions to all notable society events. ^ et, with all his brilliancy, Alfred Lang was always without money, always wanting to borrow small sums of intimate friends, and, consequently, iu debt to more member people than he actually could re when he sometimes endeavored to ascertain where he stood. One thing was in his favor. His father was com paratively well off, and was known as a man of strictest integrity in the business World, and the son was able to push his way, after his peculiar fashion, largely ® re P u t»t'°n. ^ don t you get married, Alf, and settle ,,, down to business, respectably?” sam a chum one day, who knew him in Deuce take , it, .. .George, he replied ruin warmth “J1 a man can’t sup pou himself, how upon earth can lie support a wife, and particularly the sort ° ‘. ke t° ,nftr *T ? ” .*• > * 118 friend replied, ‘under the circumstances perhaps ) here is but ”" e ,” JlV lor as many another , young man has done before you; let the wife do the supporting, or rather, her father.” “But every girl in town knows me,” plausible Alfred Lang observed sagely, “and if she does not, her father does, so you see it amounts to the same thing.” “Yes, I see,” his companion observed with a sigh. “I pity you.” Then after a pause added, “Why don’t you go to work?” with Lang derisive lit a cigarette, daintily, and rings a heavenward, laugh and blew several smoke the subject. abruptly turned im sod * O ! p v mo ^° ™'?g- U * "° ashe worl awoke \ ; ' k® at Ho clock after a delightful evening at rlo°s de ^f” nal “ Ega ^, ! T h ? n have to ! g disagreeable r if .f the i^ d iT- mya 0 '' a UCPagaln 'i Then rniVto 1,0 wfmfan i ? “"i** i sa "“ < * rcd hp?| d appetite for breakfast, >i m with the governor, and was on his way to th e i ail way station to take the train i(un,„ ' mmi „ i l'.as_given . , las . check , , for „ 0 , to get rid of me he said with T 1 1 am going out d into ro tlic world to seek my fortune. Of simply course . . y«'< take “PProvc, the advice George, for I shall time and you I so shall kindly gave for me stakes some Aon ago, will play my come to my wedding, won’t you!” With the aid of his father’s name, and a letter of introduction or two to men of Ins own age, Alfred Lam* was not roundings. long without With friends in his new sur and pleasant address, engaging manners sessing and, withal, pos an unlimited fund of the verv refinement of cheek, lie soon received invitations to this or to (hat event; and being reputed a man of means and the son of a merchant whose credit wits “Al,”he made rapid progress in so ciety. his Among of cerluin new acquaintances Delano, was the son a Dr Charles by name, and through him Lang soon made the acquaintance of the daughter Kate, a fascinating the young lady. impressed Fortune or no fortune, girl had him at had the impressed very first meeting as Love no woman tugged him before. at rein bis heartstrings, affections, but he resolved held a tight on his not to commit himself foolishly, until he had first learned the precise market value of under the dainty bundle of merchandise consideration. Even a fool can a-k questions, and he soon learned, to *his eminent satisfaction, that Dr. Delano had a fine practice, and owned considerable real estate in various parts of the city. Moreover, he xvas very proud of his daughter; and it was pered win her that heart, the man who would be father’s able to the and^apture time, the affections at same might make up his mind to settle down in life and give himself no further anxiety the future. Then Alfred I.ang congratulated him- self upon falling in love so honestly, and finding felt a fortune at a single stroke”. He that the girl was interested—a huu *» a «httftS did!y didly 6VT, fhe The flarrT'f flame of f° love gressin was n therefore fanned as occasion presented itself. A few weeks after this stage of fSows f0l r SWr0tet ° Ge ° rge I)eVinS US Dear Boy: D I T have . met my fate, in spite of our wS’itssasfsBs'K Delano, the only daughter of prominent a physician here, and a very lovely girl in everyway. From remarks casually dropped father by the is fellows about town I infer that her quarrel with quite him wealthy; however, I will not on that score, for Kate is jolly company, that and things have gone so far now. rather than lose her 1 would try to be resigned, had her father a dozen fortunes. But do not, think me mercenary, for much l should hate love in a cottage, her sweet ° :; l " The engagement had hardly ceased to be a matter of gossip when Allred bang began to consider the expediency of early marriage. The doctor was not averse to the suggestion—he had no wish to stand in the way of his daughter’s happiness; did and Kitty—well, Mrs. Delano most of the urging with the gitl,who consented to a June wedding reluctantly ^-arguing that their engagement hail been of so short duration. Then came those weeks of preparation which are heart supposed to fill an expectant bride’s with joy,and to deplete her father’s and poeketbook. Spring budded, bloomed day ripened length into summer, and the happy at arrived. the One morning, two or three days after lounged return from the the doctor’s wedding tour, Lang into office, and, tendering himself his father-in-law window a cigar,threw upon the scat. Some thing,evidently,was disturbing his usual serenity moustache of mind, for he twisted his nervously between the thumb and finger of his left hand, while he held his cigar idly in the other. Dr. Delano, too, silence appeared which quite neither, ill at ease during the able break. somehow, was to “Is there anything you wish to say to me, Alfred,” the elder asked at length, turning his head slightly, “Oh, nothing special; I’m not disturb ing you, I hope.” , “Not in the least. Have you seen the paper this morning? 1 rarely look at anything the doctor but the stock market reports,” “I returned, laughing faintly. never look at them. Fact is I—I never risk money in stocks, and therefore have no interest in following tlie quota tious. It’s only fools and children who play with fire, anyhow. No, sir, I never speculated in my life ” The doctor winced, coughed gently once marks or twice, and began making dollar with a stub pen on a prescription hi ftn i- .. *.•,}*.* U’-re Wr» made In speculation, Alfred,” the man of physic replied making in a moment. The young man no answer, the doctor went on with his pen practice. “There is money in mining stock, just now,” he re marked at length. “Aud, by the way, I i was recently offered a rare chance to go into a company at par, where it is possible to double the amount invested in two years. As things are, it would not pay me to make sacrifices in one direction for the sake of invest ments in another; still, if I could find the right sort of a person to go in with me, I would not mind five or ten thou sand.” “You mean that the other fellow shall pu t in five or ten thousand with you.” “Yes. that is-of course”— “Hah!” Lang ejaculated “I think it over.” lie stretched himself to his full length,and then arose to his feet, “It lias just occured tome,” he ventured, faking a step toward the door, “I have Mining stock.” “Well, no.’’the doctor replied, giving the man a quizzical glance.” “It would be very foolish, with the little she has, to iuto t p. lt HOrt 0 f au investment." 'Then the young man whistled softlya f ew ) )ars 0 j au 0 . )( . ra air, and awkwardly left the room . The honeymoon passed with nothing „nusual to disturb its sweetness and , ereI)ity ” . Then carac onc , morning the a "‘ , kpnln =” 1 h conversation . began with the usual « , ta ‘ k lm,u, “ e<l 1,1 l, y mnrnod people tender experience, rapidly coming , ‘ ow " ,0 ndult. English of unmistakable \ Iie * l ^ U° ness W5U1 * ce ot young handsome wife proportions, had hi tiled * suggested the possible luture ‘“yg'-ocy oi aI) establishment. V " 0U <1 indeed be charming, T -' - at( V >> .i the young man replied, luting 1 j (f ends of his moustache nervously, l»'t I supposed that the doctor, your “ 00 “ father, had already settled matters, 18 customary, when - Somehow he not go on. lie knew what lie ntec \ to but the words sounded ' vien uttered; so he paused. / , { 1 “” al !" k<;<l opened at her husband. eyes very wide- Why, f. , sh e exclaimed: (me ‘ .. . ial had married '° ‘ lln - ou for „ “TVell,’ lie replied, . with an attempt gaiety, thing “you will admit that money is good to have.” “My father was .speaking last night of future plans,’ she went on, without her husband's reply. “Of we wish to Live independently by ana the sooner we begin to about it the better.” Lang crossed the room slowly, with head bent, and returning, said with laugh which sounded very affected: “My dear, I am very well satisfied where am > aren’t you?” “Well, no,” she replied with a look of disposed “decidedly not; aud since you to treat the mnttergo lightly I will ak yo & in as many words, what are your ideas concerning the future?” “Do you wish to know?” he returned ■"! turnst YSTSSttiySS done Kitty,” wrong, lie continued with a change of manner, “1 had no wish to deceive yo«-i„ fact, knowing that your father was so well a 0Utit ’,n U o “i, m ii ' r that h .l u8t i at P''<*ent - lam t without a business , :sssr4t'!s”i ro ° of affairs t.’ir trnlvt’’ ^ Are you telling me the ,, truth? . Mrs. her Dang feet. gasped, as she attempted to rise to “lam” ' UR t “ father-— 1 1 1 ,, “He disowned f. , me several months ago, after a quarrel over the question of an allowance. But that is nothin-.'’ he SL tcY"ZacoroeS stupefied silence. “I shall soon find a business, and meanwhile, your father ’— My fothei, ^ she repeated, springing a V out my ee J' father? , sdla " As ’ te you ll y fm have the fooled truth b un ®dfbmpletely, you have m turn been beautifully fooled yourself, “Fooled, Ifate?” the young finaneici repeated, “what do you mean?” There was a look of wicked triumph in her eyes as she replied: “I mean that he has speculated his fortune away, in j«red llis practice by inattention to busi ness, and is almost on the verge of bauk ruptcy. . That’s why he consented so willingly to an early marriage. C’harm ing state of affairs, is it not?” tioi) Lang’s reply was a tri syllabic invoca of «is satanic majesty, “Now, you see you will have to sup P ort me, whether you wish to or not. Oh, sir, this is perfectly fiendish.” Then she buried her face in her hands 811(1 g ave y (> «t to her feelings in a flood of tears. night. Mrs. Lnug cried herself to sleep that Dr. Delano was quite cut up at the startling information which reached his ears next morning, but as the biter had been bitten, there, was nothing to be said on either side. Tt all worked for the best, however, in the end, as the sequel will show, “Do you really love me, Alfred,” the wife asked one evening, a month after the cloud burst. “I sometimes fancy that you do.” doubt.it?’, “Love you, my dear girl, can you “Then why do you not try harder to g' fit into business? J am dying to go to housekeeping, and I know we with could live COsil y 011 a sW aU income, good managing. I aim that, ready Kitty?” to do my he “Do von mean eagerly. “Fword itf# , <f 1 _____ j — “Th received ,Fi i ’;.jvo...rf;ecT letter a fortune after Six all. 1 a -wOtty from .1 .v Tromas offering a position ns salesman m their mercantile establishment. The host's are long aud the pay very small for a man of my extravagant tastes, having a wife whose tastes are equally extrava gant. I have been looking for some thing better for weeks, as you know, bill address having no qualifications cheek but recommend a fair ad and some to me, I fear 1 shall not be very successful, l Now. if you can home. swallow I’ll your pride, |Pre at your own and, try to swal low mine and go to work; perhaps, with careful management, we may some ( b*y be worth the something." salary?” wife “What is the ques tioned. “Only $1,400; hut it is sure and regular, will be “And you promise to let me your bookkeeper and Kitty?” banker?” “Can 1 trust you, She looked straight into his eyes as she replied: “Can’t you trust me, Al Ki»' 5 ~ k °" w; “Nevermind that now, my dear girl; leave the words unsaid. But I can and will trust you, for we have both learned a lesson that will suffice for life, I hope. I’ll take that position to-morrow, Kitty, and we will begin life sensibly at the bottom of the ladder.” Then he kissed her fondly, married, It is a year since Alfred Lang and his wife has indeed brought him a fortune; for his father, seeing that, he was in earnest, has forgiven him and taken hinrinto his business. Wires and , , An Underground Forest. An underground forest was recently discovered in the metal mountain:! in Saxony. These mountains are eov ered wilh forests of pines and firs, iu which there are a large number of open spaces serving them as pastures for the cattle k,,pt on during the summer. Many of these forest pastures are inundated in fall and remain under water until the summer periodical following. inundations The is result the of these formation of region deep layers of peat, which supply the with valuable heating material. Along a pass through that forest region a nl i| r0 ad is now building between the ( .; t j eg of Annaborg and Schwarzenburg. j n on(J 0 , the peat pastures the navvies have just laid open the stems of a prime val forest in an advanced stage of the process of petrifaction or carbonization, The stems are all of the fir family, from fifteen to thirty inches’ circumference on the average, and imbedded in peat some fifteen to twenty feet under the surface, No reliable estimate of the age of tho forest has yet been published, She Didn’t Think So. A young lady named Wiser was re • cently married in New York. We haven’t ranch to say, of course, SOr ‘houM she Fate have parried, Ye t Wiser she would surely tie If she had never married. *- Waxhinuton Critio. H0rSEH01.lt MATTERS. The Value of Green Salatls. „ SS3S its s^-tsstt'SA appetite, fivorsUn. digestion and assim nation of fat foods ^u^s P Hluce the ' a nHnentn beads v turti'ips ’cauli- cifl boiled peas beets Hower or potatoes make good salad, with about one-fourth of their quaotitv of sliced onion. The best dressing for these -*• * ■!«»"«> - .......... * salt vinegar, and and a palatable The addition seasoning of of ley the pepper. moderates the odor pavs to salad of me the onion n.dnn tn to a » uegree. A How Haggis is Made. "" a • A Scotch haggis is made of the lights, liver and heart of a sheep, which is all called pluck. They come attached to the windpipe. But it all on to boil, say for an hour and a half. It is well to let the windpipe’s end hang over the pot, so that any impurities may pass out. When done, remove from the fire and allow the windpipe, the pluck bits to cool. skin Then gris- cut away of or tle, and all but a quarter of the liver. Then add a half pound of beef suet and chop the whole of very fine. which Now add been two small cupfuls oatmeal has previously dried in the oven, pepper, salt and about half a pint of the liqnoi in which the pluck was boiled. Now it is ready for the bag, which must have been procured from the market the day before; it is the large stomach of a sheep and wash must be fresh. first in As cold soon as possible then it well, water, plunge it into boiling water, and scrape carefully; then it should be allowed to soak all night in a pan of salt and water. When the mince is ready wash the bag with cold clean water, and only little more than half fill it with the mince, for room must be left for the meal aud meat to expand; if filled, the hag would burst. Now sew the bag up securely and pop it into occasionally, a pot of boiling it swells, water, pricking it air If as the skin allow the to escape. pears very boil thin, tic three a pudding hours; around it; for hot, without gravy or garnish of kind, as it is sufficiently rich of Harper's Bazar. Cheerful Kitchens. Country kitchens should have a closet Opening out of. them for hanging every day coats, hats, umbrellas and water proofs aud the stowing away of over shoes and other belongings which are usually cast off in a hurry and wanted in a hurry. If the closet is not there these things' are sort to find the lodgmen place which t In the the kitchen, lj)« this is “men folks” and farm boys enter first. Nothing gives ft' kitchen Vucli ft forlorn, linlidy air as ft collection ot these Uriels luiCs- a every as nii able nail or pitched upon they every available been chair. Besides after have iu the room a short time, the warm, steamy atmosphere is likely to evolve an odor not at all pleasant to sensitive olfac tories. The closet where these things are kept should be frequently aired. The spend farmer’s much wife oi in daughters have to so time the kitchen, it ought to be bright comfortable,arm and attractive. chair An easy rocker or should be placed by a window-, where the tired housekeeper may drop down a just few moments and snatch up a paper, or simply rest while waiting for something to boil or come to the right brown. If she is lond of pictures let her have them on the kitchen waits, if they are only prints or woodcuts from some of the illustrated papers—some of these are beautiful enough to be worthy fine frames—or if she loves color, some chronics of fruit and flowers are very fur from being bud art. At any rate, let the country kitchen, where so much time is d light, at .1 cheery.— Keel pea. Bird’s Nijst T’i ddino.—B are 0 to 8 nice juicy sour apples of nearly even size; with an apple corer remove the cores, riace them in a deep pudding made dish, pour on them a rich custard of 4 eggs, sugar to taste, a quart of milk, and a teaspoonful vanilla extract. Bake until the apples are soft and the custard stiffens. It is delicious hot or cold. Cranberry Pie.— Cock the cran berries in enough water to When come up around but not over them. soft, rub them through acolander, to remove the skins, then return the strained pulp to the kettle; when Toiling, add a generous supply of sugar, nearly as tritich as of the cranberry, stir well, and when the sugar is all dissolved it will be quite jellied Have pie plates covered with nica crust. As .hood as the cranberries are cooled pour into the plates. them Cut narrow strips of the crust ami lay in bars over the top. Bake in a quick oven fifteen to twenty minutes and you will have a very nice oh* HncED BEEK.-A nice way of using a shin of beef is to cook it until very tender, so that the meat it will readily tiring fall from the boric. Pick up fine liquor hi whhilAhe meat ig‘cooked has cooled, remove all the fat, boil it down to 3 tcaeupfuls; then add the picked up meat; season to taste with pepper ami bait, a little nutmeg, half a teaspoonful each of cinnamon, cloves and chopped parsley, and a trifle of summer savory or thyme, unless the the family. flavor Mix is disagreeable the spices to any of well with the beef, let it boil up, then put into place a deep dish harden. or mold, and set in a cool to When cut in thin slices it makes a nice breakfast, lunch or tea dish. Prairie Farm r. The Spanish Government will set apart $100,000 yearly to create a fund for the Christopher Columbus celebration. NO. IT. FROM DAY TO DAY. Only from day to day We hold our way. Uncertain ever. Though hops and gay desira Touched with their fire Each fresh endeavor. Only from day to day We grope our way Through hurrying hours; But. still our castles fair Lift to tho air Their glistening towers. And still from day to day Along the way Beckon us ever, To follow, follow, folio O’er hill and hollow With fresh endeavor. Sometimes, triumphant, gay, The bugles play And trumpets sound From out those glistening towers, And rainbow showers Bedew the ground. Then “sweet, oil, sweet the way,” We smiling say, Ami forward press With swirt, impatient feet And hearts that boat With eagerness. Yet still beyond, tho gay Sweet bugles play, And trumpets blow. Howe’er wo Hying haste, Or lagging waste, Tho hours that go. Still far and far away, Till comes the day, Wo gain that peak In Darien; then, blind No more, we find, Perchance, what we do see. —■Nora Ferry, in Harper's Magazine. PITH AND POINT. A signal failure—A futile attempt to stop a street car. It requires a clever surgeon to dress a wounded vanity.— Life. The obscure Arab who invented alco holic. stimulants died more than 1100 years ago, but his “spirit” still lives. •What which this world is yearning without for is a hammer a woman can use smashing her thumb-nail .—Fall Hirer Advance. a Dausville man has a lame rabbit t )iat has been trained to make not pie. Jt rUle*Netrn ) m t0 ) H . killed lust though.—Dans-, 'when Wee W getting along in years, And of tho-World we see, . It almost makes us weep to tmnk Hpw (rah we used tube! • - — .tanaamOus (Kit.) Jpvrnat. . other States i-gan in mas the os. Union, more.. .shingt%h,.l but, curiously n ait enough, it has no more than the usual percentage Free of good boys .—Burlington Pros, In Northern Alaska the sun shines only four hours out of the twenty-four m winter, and the Alaskans ought to bo duly thankful. Base ball clubs can only play one game a day. -Norristown Herald. Miss Clara—“Why do you speak of the young men about town, Ethel, as ‘gilded youths?”’ Alias Ethel (whose tilth season is rapidly largely slipping made of brass, by)— (“Because \31ara,”— Kpoch. they are Oil, the snow, the blowy snow Kilting the eyes ami the nose below— .Stooping the street ears, • Wetting your feet, Choking tlie breath of t could Till) blow people like you meet! blowy old Once t he snow. * —Omaha World. In Turkey, when any man is the author of notorious falsehoods, they blacken tho whole front of his house. We presume, however, that the law is off during the pendency litherwise of a heated political would campaign; look the city streets like a procession of hearses .—Boston 'J'rauseript. Always Miserable,— Jones— “You seem to be always miserable.” Smith- “So 1 am. Life lias no pleasures for me.” “What is the matter?” “Anxiety about my future rol s me of one half of my present joy, ami remorse for my past life gets away with the other half.”— Tex us Siftings. A Boodle Dog for 11 iiiiting Purposes, • “A wrf .sheared poodle,” said .. John T , trained „ L. Ihompson, held an work old hunter, that he ran be for so will excel the beat Irish or Gordon setter, in pointing, ,f flushing kept and retrieving. gothrough He l:aa ' hi 8 coat is close, thicket and bramble without difliculty, and as hem usually intelligent, he can ‘f *««K»»t very rt addy. I haven poodle 1 llllve 1,8e< l on '“it ,|W “ P lac « ,1( > wa 111 Maryland, where I lost at least half a dozen good setters by acciacntailyshoot »'« thcm '" Ml,) the T w<ire tho jf"*' Now my 1 poodle seems d to know ,h .‘: d an | er - al “ how to av 0 j n » | . . . Batisfimcmn of the hunter. The ,s the ,ldd do ° for mc ’ ~ New * 01 ‘ Beware ot tile I ' J. There is one feature about ivy which i s disastrous rather than romantic, and which must be guarded against. Give it time enough and it will unroot your house. Jn any very old house you will find it lifting the tiles, and through any small aperture sending a bright green shoot through the ceiling into the room, The writer of this sheet well remembers reluctantly having to destroy a noble ivy, and having entirely also to re-roof a whole building it had overrun,— Cassell's Magazine,