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"Onr Ambition is to make a Veracious Work, Reliable in its ? Bfgj Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Jnst in Us Views. ”
VOL. I.
At the recent New York Methodist
Conference a promise was exacted from
ndidates for the ministry to wholly
3 *>»“»<***«“
Several prisoners under the sentence ol
death have been interviewed ifi New
York, and have unanimously declared in
favor of electricity as against the rope.
Almost every American craft which
goes to sea now carries oil to smooth the
troubled waters, and there is hardly a
week in which it does not save some ves
sel from foundering.
The Chinese of Tacoma, Washington
Territory, import from Alaska every few
months big boxes full of dried hears’
paws, from which they make a medicine
similar to their dried lizard tonic. Bear’s
gall which sells at $10 a pound, is also in
great demand among them.
One of the most successful of orchid
growers is a young New Jersey woman,
who, finding herself in straightened cir
cumstandes a few years ago, began flor
iculture in a small way on a little piece
of pine land. Now she has taken her
younger sisters into partnership and is
doing a big business.
The electric motor for street cars has
passed the experimental stage, asserts
the DJroit Free Pr . * . It has been tried
in Boston and provtd a marked success,
drawing a car at the rate of from twelve
to fifteen miles an hour with ease, and
ascending grades without difficulty. It
is claimed that the car can be run eight
een hours with but two changes of the
storage battery. If this is true, and it is
also true that the co?t is less than horse
power, the street-car horse is doomed.
The late Emperor William, of Ger
many, during his lifetime saw disappear
from the scene six Popes, eight Emper
ors, fifty-two Kings, six Sultans, and
twenty-one Presidents. Four of these
are still alive, but the remaining eighty
nine are dead. Kaiser Wilhelm pos
sessed, ’ among ° other virtues of the
Hohenzollerns, „ , that ,, , of , economy. With
out falling into the sordid avarice of
Frederick the Great, he knew how to
reckc>h7Tiii3'^u
fortune of his house, which was at one
time very small.
Whatever be the result of the marriage
between the Indian Chaska and his pious
white school mistress out in Dakota,
remarks the New York Sun, it is evident
that he has got a wife who puts in prac
tice the most advanced ideas of the
rights of her sex. According to the
reports that come by telegraph, she
carried on the courtship by which he
was won; she gave him gifts in proof of
her attachment; she presented him with
a gold wedding ring, upon which both
of their names were engraved; she took
him out to walk; she manifested her
affoction in public; she aided in his
education, and it is alleged that she even
went so far as to offer to work for his
support. There was thus a complete
reversal of the customs that are ordinarily
practised in the matrimonial market, and
the rights of women were asserted in a
way which can be justified only by
recalling the glorious fact that this is
leap year.
Emperor -c- William, aged 90, W. W.
Corcoran, 89, Mr. Alcott, 88, Chief Jus
tice Waite, 71, ’ and Attorney-General
Brewster, 71, have all ,, died ,... this year, and ,
these deaths, says the Conner-Journal,
rail attention to tho longevity of
active and famous men iu all lands. In
America, George Bancroft, the historian,
is 87. Neal Dow, only a short time ago
defeated when a candidate for Mayor of
Portland, Me., is 84. Simon Cameron,
who was in Lincoln’s Cabinet, is 88.
David Dudley Field is 82 General Jo
seph E. Johnson and John G. Whittier
are eighty. Jeler.o. Dari, ie 79. Oliver
I Wendell rTadSnneaiul Holmes and Hannibal Hamlin ST*
with , ' adst0 ne aad TennvVon 1 ennyson,88. L -
President McCosh, i of Princeton, and Pres
ident Noah Porter, of Yale, are 76. Pres
ident Barnard, of Columbia College.is 78.
Professor Dana and General -T Fremont
are .4, Admiral Porter , is 78. n General
Jubai Early is 72. Justice Miller, Jus
tice Field and Senator Dawes are 71, the
age Ah of An Chief Justice 1 V Waite I ouis Kos
sum stiu 1 lives - at the age of 85. Car- ,
dmal Newman is 86. Von Moltke is
87. Ferdinand de Lesseps is 82. Car
dinal Manning is 79 The Pone v*. is 77
aonnijrignt, Tnfcn • V* Marshal X, V, Bazame T, • and A King
lake, the historian of the Crimea, are 76.
Robert Browning and Meissonier are 75.
Bismarck Earl Granville and Rawlin
son , me mstonan, are „ ~o . <5. rru- ibis certain
iy mow* great vitality among the leader#
•f the nineteenth century. Our time
seem to belong to the old men ‘ But
most of x tw, cnem w wouia m prooaoiy , - oe willing ....
k> exchange fame for youth.
GUAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1888.
THE OLD WIFE,
By the bed the old man, waiting, satin vigil
safl atld tender,
Wto "« tSaSb^ d ^ “ 1
8 h
Slowly from the wall and window chased the
sunset’s golden splendor,
Going down.
‘Is it night1 ”she whispered, waking (for her
spirit seemed to hover
Lost between tho next world’s sunrise and
the bedtime cares of this),
And the old man, weak and tearful, trembling
as he bent above her,
Answered: “Yes.”
“ Are the children inf’ she asked him. Could
he tell her? All the treasures
Of their household lay in silence many years
beneath the snow;
But her heart was with them living back
among her toils and pleasures,
Long ago.
And again she called at dew-fall in the sunny
“Where summer weather,
is little Charley, father? Frank and
Robert—have they come?”
“ They are safe,” the old faltered; “
man all
the children are together,
Safe at home.”
Then he murmured gentle soothings, but his
grief grew strong and stronger,
Till it choked aud stilled him as he held her
wrinkled hand,
For her soul, far out of hearing, could his
fondest words no longer
Understand.
Rtiii+ fcaii the i*a pale r lips stammered f •, questions, lulla
bies and broken verses,
Nursery prattle all the language of a mother’s
loving heeds
While the midnight round the mourner, left
to sorrow’s bitter mercies,
Wrapped its weeds;
There was stillness on the pillow—and the
old man listened lonely—
Till they led him from the chamber, with tho
burden on his breast,
For the wife of sixty years, his manhood’s
early love and only,
Lay at rest.
“Fare you well!” he sobbed, “my Sarah;
you will meet the babes before me ;
Tis a little . while, for neither can the parting
long abide,
For you will come and call me soon, I know
—and Heaven will restore me
To your side.”
It was even so. The springtime, in steps of
Scarcely shed its orchard blossoms ere the old
[ ffian closed his eyes
A»d they buried him by Sarah, and they had
their “ diamond wedding ”
, .
—Church Union.
ALONG THE OEINOCO.
At . o’clock >
nine in the morning of the
L>Ui day of September, in the year 18B0,
tiie steam launch Naturalist began her
ascent ot the Orinoco River. It was an
exploring expedition fitted out by Red
tol, the English naturalist and taxider
mist, and lie had the full consent of the
Venezuelan authorities to navigate if
possible to the head waters of tho stream
Our party wa3 composed of Mr. Iledfol,
an Scotch English doctor sportsman named Grant, a
and sportsman named
Me Jonald, two youngmen named Ward
and Baker, who were assistants to the
naturalist, an engineer, a fireman, a
cook, a steward, two deck hand* and
myself. I was taken to act as interpreter,
having passed several years on the coast
and m the interior. I was also to assist
the professor in scouring and caring for
specimens, and in helping to supply the
party wnh fresh meat,
The launch had been built in England
espeeially for this trip. She was flat
bottomed, screw power, and of light
fn? U £ h i' Her CD p ,eS " Cre ^ cry I )0WC1 '
i gmtes arranged for either
had , ZZ been f' sacrificed -./ V ! to r00m secure and strength comfort
and power, our accommodations were
still ample aud convenient, We had a
large supply of small arms and ammu
mounted six-pounders were
■ on carriages so as to be used at
the gangways. All the upper cabin
windows were provided with bullet
proof shutters, and the woodwork was
,,™ D J; h ea ^ v ?- Z 1 here was no dloubt
.
prepared and it was°only common prudenc^to be I
for them
The English bng Duke took the
“/"u ^ndTt
* as from that Island we took our de
parture that September morning, carry- ;
mg as much coal as we could 4. possibly
""'ll* .Her
g® tt)n g mto the Orinoco, we were beyond
and although the stream
is much used by naave boatmen it was
only at long intervals that any craft
came in sight. There is no river in the
G j?, ge9 ’ T.! nch 18
T infested by crocodiles. We saw
them almost from the moment we
entered the stream, and every mile
passed over the number seemed to in
crease - They were so bold and numerous
as tR be a serious menace to the native
craft, and we had been asked by Gov
ernment officials to kill as many as possi
ble. During the afternoon of the second
day three of us killed with our rifles at
*® ast fift y of the monsters. Wherever
thore was a sandy beach the reptilescould
be found by the dozen, and some of the
sandbars in the river were hidden from
aigbt by the scaly bodies. The engines
were slowed down and the launch kept
as near the shore as safety would permit,
and we were often within pistol shot of
our targets. Few of the crocodiles
»eemed alarmed at our appearan e, and
,ome sand came bars swimming inspect off from islands
and to us. I have seen
the crocodiles of India and Africa.where
they are supposed to attain their largest
sire, but they cannot compare with those
of the Orinoco. About .5 o'clock on the
afternoon of the second day, as we
swerved info the mouth of a creek on the
right hand bank to escape some drift
wood coming down, every one uttered
an exclamation of astonishment at sight
of a monster saurian lying among the
weeds. He was, as all agreed, fully
twenty-five feet long, and his bulk at
the middle was that of a horse. He lay
with his head away from us at first, but
whirled on being made aware of our presence he
about, opened his jaws wide
his enough to take in an oil barrel, and took
time about entering the water. Our
astonishment at his size was so great
that none of us fired a shot.
After proceeding five miles further up
the stream we trussed to the left bank,
entered the month of another creek, in
shore tending to make our first excursion on
from this spot. Several crocodiles
followed in the wake of the steamer,
and some of the men declared that the
big fellow was among them. We ran
into the creek about four times our
length, and in and short made fast to a tree onshore,
a time night shut down
over the forest.
Here tt was a great . highway ,. , which had
been more or less navigated for a score
of years, and along the banks of which
were many settlements, aud yet the pres
puce of mau had not made tho slightest
inroad into tlie wildness and the savage
ness of nature. Scarcely had the dark
ness come down when we were besieged
on all sides. For the mosquito pest we
were prepared. Had we not been no
man cou ht have lived an hour. They
came down upon us in such swarms that
a man outside of shelter would have
eon eaten alive. Every door and window
was defended by wire cloth, but tho in*
sects settled on the glass outside and
hidden upon every object on deck until it was
down the from creek sight. and The crocodiles came
in from the river
in such numbers that the swell kicked
up times kept the launch in motion. A dozen
over we felt their teeth taking
hold of the iron screw and slipping oflf.
aud it seemed as if men in an
would have stood no show whatever
against the monsters.
Night also brought out a thousand
sounds from the primeval forest around
us. frightful Frogs, medley, birds, and and there beetles raised a
.were ,no
roents when all our conversation had to
be suspended. We were now high
enough up to be among the jaguars and
black panthers, and the screams of these
savage beasts reached our ears before we
turned in to sleep. Indeed, as we sat
smoking heard and in the cabin after supper, we
felt an animal of the cat tribe
spring aboard aud walk back and
over our heads. As wo were entirely
shut in there was k* no danger to be feared,
The engineer ha d of
startled our visitor out of his wits and
brought half us graveyard stillness for the
next hour.
Next morning, while the Professor
and his assistants landed to scour the
woods about and secure specimens I gave
the crocodile# all my attention I had
an calibre, English and muzzle-loading rifle of lar«-e Tn
I shot five of the reptiles
the creek behind the boat. A bullet be
hind the fore once° leg or in the eye reached
their life at While the report of the
rifle alarmed the birds and animals of the
forest the crocodiles paid little attention
to it. Just above was a long, sandy
beach, and by eight o’clock in the morn
ing this beach was a sight to
see. We hal a full mile of it under
our eyes, and the number of crocodiles
which had crawled up on the sands could
not have been short of 50 J. They were
of all sizes, from the little chap no long
er than your arm to the old settler,
alongside have of which laid. a twenty foot pole
could been I walked up to
the thick of them and began blazing ,
away. Those reptiles within a space of
forty feet hurried into the water at the
r ? P ° rt ’ ljU t it °" ly t0 1;md a S ain
above and 1 , below, , and it was fully three
hours before the game became so shy
that I temporarily abandoned the sport,
The morning’s remit was 110 crocodiles, i
all of which were veterans of the
size. During the two days we remained
in this spot I killed 207 of the reptiles,
and forty more were slam by other mem
bers of the party.
Four or five days later, while twenty
five miles further up the river, we saw a
curious and astounding sight. We were
finished d/nne^ whe^^a'/e/vi/disiov
ered in the forest on the opposite shore,
The flames were two or three miles back
wddanimals*begmmakfni'thecross'imr ft-ter, but hard!y had we ob- 8
for a distance of two .SI! miles either ES wav S
„„d to tee mtont« «
fire the water for all this d Stance seemed !
lashed to foam. Wild cattie, deer,
tapirs for and jaguars came swimming to our
side life. The crocodiles^ for a
long distance up and down the stream
K ot fbe call to come to a rare feast,
and , I believe that a full thousand of
them were in sight from the launch. The
stream here was over half a mile wide,
with a current of about three miles an
hour. What with their fear of the flames
behind them and the fierce crocodiles
around them, the fleeing inhabitants of
the forest were in great terror. It did
not for a time occur to us that we were
in huge any danger, but heading suddenly straight we observed
a serpent and tor the
launch, some shouted for all to seek
cover. The snake came right aboard,
and was followed in a minute or two by
a jaguar. . Either of the visitors could
have easily passed to the shore as we lay
against the bunk iu deep water, but both
seemeddetermmedtoremainwithus.lt
wasn’t two m nutes before the fierce
growls of the jaguar proved that a con
liict was imminent, and thirty seconds
later serpent and beast were having it
hot and r.eavv along the hurricane deck.
While the row was going on a second
jaguar boarded us over the bows, whick ,
were open back to the pilot house, and
looking from a window it seemed as it
we were beset from the river side. It
was a fuli half hour before the panic sub
sided, and by that time every crocodile
must have had a square meal and over
Jilf,™ serpent came r.? aboard. ,v A ? fight ,"x certainly
took place between the snake and the
first jaguar, and when the second came
aboard, the fight took on a new phase.
Whether the two beasts were attacking
the reptile together, or whether it was a
triangular contest, we could not tell, but
after the panic along the river had sub
sided, we carefully opened the cabin
doors and looked out. One of the jaguars
lay dead on the deck, while the other
and the serpent were gone, An
examination of the dead beast showed
that he had been caught in the folds of
the snake, and that the latter was a boa
constrictor. The backbone and nearly
all the ribs were broken.
Ti»ce o, four to. kb. wo WU mm
and plain view of a still moie singular
combat. We had tied up to the bank
for the night, and were eating supper,
when a wild ‘ hull mme down 1 to Hip
xvater by a path only 300 feet , above i us, ,
He wns either very thirsty or very reclt
less,-for feet he gave us no attention. With
fo tev of where he lowered his head
to dtiuk uas a large tree, and the bull
had s^jucely tasted the water when an
enormous and outward serpent from flung itself large downward limb and
a
sei/.ed the bull. I here was agreatfusa
instantly. Ihe snake had a tail hold on
the limb, but tae bull svas stout and
strong and could not be pulled off hifl
f ee ^ While taken by surprise, he was
not in the least rattled, aud from the
^*yhe that the used serpent hoof had and undertaken horns, we a saw big
.i°b. Mud and leaves and grass were
eying m showers, almost hiding tho bull
from our view, when a monster croco
dile tame out of a bed of reeds a few
rods -above, and running along down the
ban c. seized the bull by a fore leg. The
defiant roars of tho victim were now
changed to bellows of terror and dismay.
While the snake attempted to haul one
way the crocodile pulled tlio other,
After three or four minutes the saurian
g ct au le advantage, his hold and suddenly and the ser
P er * ; t g<> of the tree, then
, « u ch a rumpus was kicked up that we
could see nothing of the combat. When
the air cleared a little the serpent was
esc-.ping into a thick fringe of foliage,
We tired our.ritlcs at the bull and cioco
j dile and scared them off. The bull w-as
i weak and evidently had been badly
I hurt.
; let ‘^ one u!ous travel ^‘ on’ foot through the United thi
mo P°P str ‘ ct; m
'States tmd one would not see a single
1 h-'i.’f.f dog of cat where we saw three
f n^the Orinoco. There was
were not around us. and most of the
tlme one or more were in sight. When
ever we ran along close to the banks we
them crouched down on flood wood
ot oving through the forest, and when
e' dr we came to a sandy beach over
which the tin tie crawled a jaguar could
surely be counted on for every half
mile - In the three months we killed up
of 200 of these animals, and in al
mostevere instance saved the skin. In
on ^y one case was a °y of us in danger
fro,n tljis cunning and ferocious beast,
The steamer had been tied to the bank
an< I we had been making excursions
from that spot for three or four days,
when one afternoon, when only one of
the young men was left behind at the fire
on the bank, a aguar crept up and
sprang upon linn. Jt was a wonderful
spring, as where he afterward the beast discovered. crouched From
spot to ihe
pbircwheie he alighted on his victim
was just twenty-six down feet. The young
pan ^ was kneeling which and bend
n g over a specimen the jaguar fell he was
examining and on his
back and seized him by the right shoul
der ’ / rjl ® man wei « hed al, ,« ost 15 <>
the pounds and trotted was a muscular fellow , but
jaguar off with him as if he
had been a shoulder of mutton, not lift
ing but the body entirely from the ground,
<Ie dragging it along. Fortunately for
victim, the forest was very dense
jmt there, and the beast had to take one
of the several paths leading through it.
He had not gone above 800 feet when he
met one of the party on his way back
to the boat 1 he jaguar sprang for a
bmb ten feet above his head, still hold
d ^ rful muscular ’power" tl/tone 1 ofliis
forepaws When he dropped actually touched the limb,
back it was to receive
^ Z
y° ull K man with his claws.-Wait, Y'/rk
^
*■« N »'“
Some time ago an engineer on the Lit
tie Miami railroad was suspended be
cause, after having been examined by
Dr. Clark, he was found to be quite deaf.
The engineer claimed at the time that he
could hear everything while running his
engine, but the doctor found that in a
still room he could not hear ordinary con
vernation a foot away. The engineer
lives at Cincinnati mul received treat
ment in that city for his disease, but
without any special benefit. After being
suspended eight months thc engineer
again came to llr. Clark and insisted that
he could hear perfectly while on a mov
ing engine, The doctor thought he
would test the case and, accompanying
the man to Cincinnati made a number of
experiments withhim on engines. The
result was that the doator found the en
ginecr was not only ti lling but* the truth in
regard to the matter, also that the
deaf man could hear low remarks and
whispers on a movin'* engine that even
Dr Clark’s keen ear failed to catch The
engineer wa* reinstated_ ' Columfnu (0.)
Journal
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Mackerel are found in all northern
seas. They are caught in long nets
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
Breakfast, Dinner and Tea.
do x want for dear?
lly You, wants with are nil cheerful in my mind quite smile clear,
And your drees, thoughts morning beguile
a pretty my to wLd
And make me sure that my morning light
Beam* strongly true e'en while dancing
Be certain bright. give these, all these.
to me
And anything else that you can or please.
But dinner, what will I have for that?
Well, dear, when I enter, doff my hat,
And turn to the table, 1 want to see you,
Standing To just as you always forenoon’s do, fret
make mo lose all the
Ami cheer far tho afternoon’s work to get.
Tell me all your news, and. I’ll tell mine.
And with love and joy and jjeaea we'll din*.
Bo certain to give me these, all these.
And anything else that you can or please.
And what for tea? Have I any choice?
Yes, dear; the sound of your gentle voice
And JSS^tShOSeStTA your gentle presence. 1 always feel
Comes just in the way 1 love the best,
Bo, when especial you are planning onr twilight heart for tea
With thought in your mo,
Be certain to give me these, all these,
And anything else that vou can or please.
—Juniata Stafford.
-
Strawberry Short t ake
Three egos one cupful of sugar, two
q£ j](>uj- one tablespoonful of of butter,
one scant teaspoon of cream tartar,
one small haU - teaspoon of soda. Beat
), u tter aud sugar too-etheri Add the
c<#rs, well beaten. Mix soda arid cteam
©1 tartar with flour and rub this through
a . sieve over the mixture. Bake in four
deep * t hi plates Mix three pints of
Btla vv berries with a half pint of sugar.
Spread a layer of strawberries on one and hot
lay a second cake over this
cover t }j e top with the berries. A
mer i n £ue of whipped with cream or the white
of one egg beaten a tablespoonful
of sugar may cover the upper berr.ee as
dioose ’
-
Make Mme Watfr at Home,
There . is no need ... whatever of - fu , ™» ln 8
to the druggist and buying lime water
every time it is needed. And, by he
way, it is very useful to have in tlie
l» ouse m case of S6ur .stomach, etc. A
teaspoonful of it with half a pint of m lk
will often make the milk quite digestible
when without tlio lime water, it m g it
sour and produce colic, or distrccs m the
stomach, lo make lime water, get a
lump of good unslaked lime, the s.-e of
a hen a egg, or larger; put it in an old
pitcher and pour on a pint or so ot
water. As soon as it is slaked and cool
enough stir it with a spoon or stick and
pour oil the principal part of the milky
fluid into a pint or quart bottle, leaving
the dregs m the pitcher to be thrown
‘tor* the hot 0. ’*Uw«l 1. tjt
dissolved in me dc-r xail . u fagm
this water WOTWarfy aiwltj s beoi unnorni
strength. When used down so that W
cannot be poured off without stirring
the bottom, add more water, shake the
bottle, cork it well, and let it again set
tie for use. Once a year or so, make a
up a new lot as at first. Lime the size
of an egg will be enough for a good
many quarts of lime water, which will
practically cost of nothing. degrees, At the ordinary
temperature contains 00 a pint of clear
lime water only 0? grains of
lime. (A is pound little is 7000 grains.) d, and Lime little _
water a untac a
tonic also .—Prairie Farmer.
Kecipes.
Sweet Pear Preserves.—For each
pound of fruit take one-half pound of
SU g a r. gave the perfect cores and skins,
p,oi 1 these in sufficient water to merely
cover them; si rain this syrup and put in
the sugar, aud add the prepared fruit,
stew gently until tho syrup becomes
colored finely. is When much sealing the bottle pre
serves, if there too syrup,
f or pudding sauce
Carrot Soup.-Boil ‘ as many ' red car
rot(J in Wllter us [ro u tiI tender;
then cut up the red part and pound it
v( . ry lin( , Weigh it and to ever? twelve
or thirteen ounces of uounded carrotudd
f rnv v with’it- sour) or rich stock -i
m , xe d gradually season with
i ittlo salt and cayenne; J strain it through
L*!?l • , dTce h f wi)h f • d
ut into in a lar-’e separate dish
J]f y t __Boil artBwa[er a handful of
„ U fortwent?
ni j nut(;8 . B t ra in one half of it on three
f//; P i "‘ s ."" ur - and wheD th,! ° ther
s* 1 ; ’ a a . ^ haU al ° f ’ a a Jnt ‘ S Desh J 1 pSus str^g brew
mak
ferment until it ceases to work; next
”
V lke lrc 11 Lve ry wc k.
stR w them for an hour, with plenty ol
S Jlakc a s ‘" rt P t e wh * L
one and yo ks of ’bree ggs, an
,?r. , U /’ ° vaT Z‘q/ *
° U A ent -a i I f I r. 7 f > r
int to ' the thickness lt .mitfrT of a nennv
^ mnld wUh fihitwbf rtl the
joints with white of ll Rh rice
a V : rcmo ve 1C
n . '®» , in u 10 8 ‘ At. ■ andSe 1 ^ e
: ’
tresh leach ,, Jelly.—1 , eel , and slice
ripe peaches enough to heap a quart bowl.
Melt an ounce of gelatine over the fire in
half a cup of water; while it is melted,
press potato-masher. the peaches through the a sieve with a
.Mix melted gelatine
wlth the [’caches, and beat add the a cupful of pow
:l<!r ed s’i«ar, mixture with
an egg-whip until it begins to stiffen,
Then pour it into a tin mold, or earthen
bowl, rubbed with salad oil and set it
m the refrigerator from for mold three or four hours,
Turn it the before serving,
Half a pint of cream whipped to a stiff
frot h and mixed in at the same time
with the gelatine makes the dish exceed
ingly delicate and nourishing; but with
Hie cream added, the jelly must be used
the same day it is made.
NO. 3*2,
THH OLD
Th* biassed old Ore-place I how bright tt ap
pears
As back to my boyhood I.gase,
O'er the desolate wants of tha vanishing
years,
From the gloom of these lone latter days-.
Us lips are as ruddy, Its heart is as warm',- \
To my fancy, to night, as of yore,
When we cuddled around it, and smiled at
the storm,
As it showed its whit© teeth at the door.
I remember the apple that wooed the red
flame,
Till the blood bubbled out of ft* cheek;
And the passionate pop corn that smothered
its shame
Till its heart split apart with a shriek;
I remember the Greeks and the Trojans wha
fought
In their shadowy shapes on the wall,
And the yarn, in thick tangles, my fingers
held taut,
While my mother was winding tlio ball.
I remember the cat that lay cozy and curled
By the jamb, where the flames flickers*
high,
And the sparkles—the flro-flies of winter—
that whirled
tTptlw flue, as the wind whistled by;
I remember the bald-headed, bandy-legged
tongs
That frowned like a fiend in my face, ,<■ -
In a fury of passion, repeating the wrong*
They hod borne in the old fire-place,
I remember the steam from the kettle thaf
breathed
As soft as the flight of a soul,
The long-handled skillet that spluttered and
seethed
With the batter that burdened its bowl;
Iremember the rusty, identical nail,
Whore tho criminal pot-hooks were hung.
The dragon-faced andirons, the old cedar pail.
The gourd, and the peg where it swung. ,
But tho fire has died out on the old cablr
hearth,
The wind clatters loud through the pans,
And the dwellers—they’vo flown to tho ends
of the earth,
And will gaze on it never again;
A forget-me-not grows in the mouldering
wall,
The last, as it were, of its race,
And the shadows of night settle down like a
pall
On the stones of the old flre-plaos.
PITH AND POINT.
Sharp practice-Surgery. o„ r „„ rw
Soled again—A mended shoe,
The wasp has one strong point, bat it
| j, aot | n his favor.
^ ^ raigjr who is aIway , , n ne#d
11
ur
_____ into"
holes worn wh
..
sock.
What is the horse power of our navyt
asks a correspondent. One hor**.—
Washington Critic.
I.EAf YEAR COUPLET ‘
Maid of Brooklyn, ere you pop.
Tell mo, can you wield the mop ?
—New York Tribune.
A roller in a South Side Mid who af
fect* dudiah attire is catled “Mil
dewed” by his friends .—Pittsburg Chron
icle.
In some parts of Maryland oyster* pas*
as current money. There is one advan
tage about that. Bad money of that
kind is easily detected. — Graphic.
“Amen” at last ilie preacher said, -
And lost he start again,
A deacon murmured in his dread:
"Amen to that amen.”
— Merchant-Traveler.
Successful Young Artist—“I tell you,
Jim, theic m u big field for artists i»
New York.” Unsuccissful Ditto— M I
suppose you refer to tho Potter * Fieldt”
— Uazar.
Little Tommy—“Papa, why doe* thi*
paper head its jokes ‘Attic halt?'" Pap*
—“Because the men who write them in
attics make their salt that way, my aoa.”
— Terns Sittings.
Room for Improvement.—Minister— whe*
“Aud do you expect to be a lawyer
you grow up, like your father, Bobby!”
Bobby—“Yes, sir; I expect to be a law
yer, but ma hopes I won’t be one lik*
pa. ”— Epoch.
“Will you allow me to sleep in the
ten-acre lot hack of the barn, ma’am'?"
pleaded the tramp. “Certainly,” re
sponded the woman matches kindly, “and it her*
are a couple of in ease should
turn cold before morning.”
MaKnetla™.
the It is reported as rod an observed fact that
lieat uf),lal| V l> ” R « d friction is
absent whenever the bodies brought in
contact of thc are magnetized. bas An explanation found.
eause not yet been A
8trikin 8 ® xam P le is described in a late
number of a scientific periodical:
A workman fastened two hold powerful
ma g netg to his lathe, to more se
curely a piece of metal which he wished
to drill and turn. The presence of the
magnets kept the metal so cold that no
wa ter was needed to keep the drill coot,
Such an observation as this may lead
to important discoveries. Not only may
it throw t -ome light upon thc relations of
heat and magnetism, but it may be put
to practical d use. factories The arises extra largely risk of from fir*
i n mills aD
cation the difficulty o£ the machinery. of securing constant lubri
If magnetizing gudgeons or their bear
this ings will danger prevent heat be from friction, TeufV* then
may avo.cled. —
Companion.
- - - -
Rabbits ar* becoming *o numerous In
Nebraska that their destruction is celltd
for by a State law. It is no unusual
sight to #(>• a drove of several hundred.
