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OOITY vV 0 * [vfcSS-y*~' -,.v — ■« 6* '« I J . :r--- ❖ & fSVAftJ m dfiaWiillJ as&E il §g| in its Hsis." “Our Ambitioa is to make a Veracious Work, Reliableia its ■teif ‘ mm Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just VOL. I. Fourteen thousand men and women earn their living in London with, their pens. ________ A comparison of the work of English, French and American detectives shows -the latter to be twelve per cent, ahead all around. A French doctor of note says th physician who will advise a womeV to ride on horseback for her health should be kicked out of the profession. r- The greatest achievement in the history of life insurance has been made by Mr. John Wanamaker, the great Philadel phia merchant, who is now paying pre miums on §1,000,009 to twenty-nine different companies. Only forty per o.ent of the quantity of pine-apples sol .? j n an y y ear Between 18G0 and 18(55 jg now disposed of. Tht banana and ' early Southern fruits have gone far toward driving this once fa vorite fr aft out ol the market. In tide gradating class of the college at Hi'jJsdaie, Mich., this year, two members ‘of tho same family were rivals for class honors. One was C. H. Jackson, filty 'three years of age, and the other his son aged twenty-two. So strange a rivalry is (unprecedented in educational history. It won’t be ten years lienee, predict? "the Detroit Free Press, when all build ings piped for heat in the winter will be .cooled in summer through the same pipes. If ice can be artificially frozen it would be no great trick to send down The temperature of a ba 1, opera bouse •or room. It is human to err, moralizes the Phila delphia Inquirer , and just in so far ns it is human to err, men must be excused fot “their occasional mistakes. A Cincinnati 'druggist has killed a patient by m iking ;a m stake in putting up a prescription, vtlie first mistake in eight years and in 200,000 prescriptions. Since ex-G >veruor Hubbard, of Texas was appointed Ministei to the Court of Japan, our trade with that co ntry ha grown from $14,000,000 tof j.-i.oatt. (to . $3,500,000 in excess of the total Engii-h trade l'or the same year, li exceeds the German-Japan trade by $19,000,000, aud that of France by $12, 000 , 000 ._ _ A New York house which ten years ago employed 100 traveling salesmen now does its business entirely by illustrate i catalogues arid correspondence, and its is ahead of what it used to be. Others are moving the same way, and in few years hence, predicts the Detro t Free Pr g% the drummer will drum les Of that vast work, as projected, the ship canal b tween Bordeaux on the At lantic seaboard and Narbonuo one th ■ Mediterranean coast, it is stated that the cost will be some $10',000,090, and while its length would be about 300 mil s the use of it would be a saving of nearly 700 miles by, ve-sels going from southern France or northern Italy'to the northern Atlantic. It has generally been believed that the reduction in average height of French soldiers which followed Napoleon’s wars, due, of course, to the immense slaughter in those campaigns, marie all of those soldiers the shortest in Europe. But, ac cording to a high medical and military autherity in Russia,the minimum height of the Russian and t’ae French conscript is about equal—live feet; while in most other European countries the minimum ranges from five feet one inch to Jive feel three inches. The New York Sun says: “Queen Victoria’s attention is to be drawn to the fact that the woman who ma le the lining for the superb carriage in which her Majesty rode an Jubilee Day last year is on the verge of starvation. The poor creature is a cripple, bent almost double, and lias worked and lived in the same room for thirty years. The lining was exquisite work, but the woman was paid only five cents per yard, and by working from dawn till midnight she was able to make just six yards.” The importation of firecrackers this year, says the American Gultirator. will amount to 300,000 boxes. This is 100, - 000 more than last year. The increase is partially due to larger population, but mostly to the fact that this year a Presi dential election occurs. The left-over stock on the 4th of .July will all come available before November. Of the more co-tly pyrotechnics large amounts are made in this coun ry by American manufacturers, but nobody can success fully compete with tbe Chinese in the firecracker manufacture. OlUY, SATE)AY; - SEPTEMBER 15, 1888. “BECAUSE 1 LOVE YOU." “I cann °t bring yog wealth,” she sail; Among cannot bring ye* fame or place the noted of the race, But I can love you, "TV hen trials come to test you, sweot, I can be sunlight to your feet; My kiss your precious lips shall gro Because 1 love you. Vys dr.ylight dies along the wta. Vvil] come homo to me to re.,t, And I shall sleep upon your breas' Because I love yo». If sickness comes, beside your I will bend low with quiet tread, Ami pray God's blessing on your heath Because I love you. — “AsdCW clings to the violet, Making the fragrant chalice &o my Ufa into yours is set, Because I love you. “Only myself, my all, I bring! But count it, sweet, a precioii To give my life an offering, Because I love yout, “I bow before no other shrink If I go first across death's lino I will re'tiirh to claim you mint! Because I love you.” —Sarah K. Bolton. CHINESE PIRATES. Frost the year 1853 to 1854 the Chinese ■-bn, from t-hanghaiin tho north to 8ing apore in the south, was infested with pirate craft. As for that matter, ea had been the cruising ground of pirates fora score of years pieviously, out 1 mention these two years for par ocular reasons. One was tiiat I was cn '_ r aged in a vigorous warfare against them, and the other that the clo% of the de ? lh of ; he leading spin.,, and a broke up piracy trade. as a in inose far back days comparatively nothing uas known of f liina outside of a tew seaports Treaties wetre of little account, and Consuls were lew and far oetweem d defend Every merchant ship was ex ecu to herse f, and the tap an of every man-of-war had authority to bomba: d any town which refused to enev\ his water and prov.s.ons. All • artoiis were trading with China, but, aside from a few few seaports, all hina ■lated all other people. At the docks at ilong hong I could drink tea with the • hiuese merchants. Haifa mile away sKg.^’^r,? jars other countries, it defused ftie marfers and shippers 1 here is no doubt that he Chinese Government tact.ly e,i couraged piracy and could the great mass of the pop at,on have had its say, allowed not a single foreigner would have been to land on the coast. In tlie year o4 there was an associa tion at canton cal.ed ‘The Foreign traders. It was composed of Atne i cans, Englishmen, ' eimans, Flenchmen, Spaniards and Hussians, aud numbeied over sixty represent at ves. The capital lepre-cnted amounted to millions, and (he oh ect was threefold. We ha t more power with the Chinese Government than and any fore.gn Minister. We had trade. rules We regulations could regarding the tea and carry a point by pro ests threats. Every pound of tea from a district 500 miles square had to pass through our hands. \v e tiled many protest against tin- pirates and ihe laxity of the government in hunting them down, and were finally officially informed that we wore at lioerty to lake any steps we. deemed best in the matter. That meant we could fit out a craft and go for the rascals right and left handed. We had been anticipating this, and had a craft ready at Hong liong. She was an American schooner of excellent model and large spread of sail, aud we knew that she could outsail anything, native or foreign, we had ever seen in tho e waters. We aimed her with a Long Tom bought anti lour 1:4-pounders, having the guns from the sale of the salvage of a French man-of-war. Then we picked up and a crew of fifty men—all foreigners sailors—and -when v.e went out of Hong hong we were pre pared to give of the the pirates schooner, Hail which Columbia, I was purser was called the Revenge, and her captain was an had Englishman commissioned named Wethernee, who served as a officer in the regular service. The first lieutenant was an American, and the oiher officers were divided up among the other nation alities. We flew the association flag, and while we had liberty to go for pi.ates, we were warned that any ins takes would be ma le to cost us de rly. The two boss pirates of that date were Shung-Wongand Chin-Lung. The first had a fleet o seven or eight craft, and haunted the sea from Singapore north to the Tong-Kin Islands. The second cruised from thence as far north as Shanghai, having his headquarters Formo.-a Island. He was reported to have a fleet of nine craft. ’• hat both were moi sters we had a hundred proofs, and that bothhad grown rich and power ful it was easy to show by ihe long list of missing vessels hanging in tbe head quarters office. While we had kept our movements as secret as possible, we had no doubt that Government officials had given us away, and that the pirates would he on the watch for us. To de ceive them as far as days, possible, and spoke we ran and to the south for three reported to four ships bound for Can ton. q hen we ran over toward the 1 hilippine Islands until we had a good o i ng, when we headed up for Formosa to get acquainted with old < hin-Lung. did During the next three days we not sight a sail of any sort. Then early one morning we fell in with a lot of wreckage which showed us that a trader had been overhauled and burned. We were now to the east of Formosa, and fifty miles oS the coast. Men were set w °rk to give ihe schooner the appear ance of a vessel in distress, and under a light breeze we made slow headway to ward the island. It was about 4 o’clock m the afternoon before anything ap proaefted Us, although we saw a number ot iia.ive craft at a distance. Then a small junk came out from a bay about fire miles oil, and headed directly for at ns. Everything sixes aboard of us seemed to be and sevens. A man was lashed to the xminimftst, to repre sent the Captain, everyth ng aloft was and seven or eight men on vi deck i we,e seominglv drunk and having a high old tune. We had a man aloit to play a part, knowing that we should be hailed in Engl.sh. Bolh of these boss pirates had Americans and Englishmen with them—rascals who had deserted their ships and voluntarily adopted the a e of a pirate—and one of them was at ways put forward to bail a ship. The Wink came steadily forward to within hailing distance before she came up into the wind. This was proof, whether she was honest or not, that our appearance ! deceived her. The rhen on deck yelled j and shook their lists, as drunken men ; Uught do. but at the first opportunity a voice hailed us. j “Schooner ahoy! What schooner is that? ’ “The Hevenge, Capt. Thatcher, bound to Shanghai,” answered the man aloft. “What’s the matter aboard?” “Crew in a state of mutiny for the last three days. They have lashed the Cap* tain to the mast and driven me aloft. ” “Whit’s your cargo?” “General merchandise.” “Any a;ms aboard?” There “Only a few muskets,” were a do en men aboa,the jnnk, but they dared not attempt to hoard. They chattered away among (ban-elves fora while, and then the spokesman called out: “Very well, we will headed" bring vou help.” With that the junk back for the buy, accompanied by the yells and curses of the apparently drunken crew, We had a native aboard called Shin I-ee. lie hud been in the headquarters for several years, and could be de pended that the upon." He gave it as his opinion, by the junk was a spy boat sent out pirates, who never attacked a vessel by daylight without taking all due precautions. lie sari we would see the p rate fleet come out, in case no sail appeared on the horizon, and his words were gradually s-eedily verified. We had been edging in-here, and were not over five miles from the land, when *z want carefully to get manipulating away very the badly, h^m but ^ we were seven miles ott the land before tlio fleet reached us. W e were satisfied of their mentions long enough before I was not to help a vessel m distress but to take advantage of one almost help less. The junks kept pretty well together, and when within ri e shot each one raised (. hin-Lung’s flag and uttered a cneer. Each had a cotiplu of howitzers, wi h wh eh they opened fire upon the schooner, but no liaim had been done when we were ready to spring the trap. At the. word of command every man was on deck, the gun crews jumped to ship- their stations, and things aloft wore shape in a moment. the 'Then pirates tve wore and round to get between the bay, and opened shell. fire. A solid Chinese shot junk is a mere One had went through them as if they been paper. The poor chaps were unnerved as soon as they saw the trap into which j they had fallen, and devoted all their energies to getttng away. We could quick outsail work any wi or h the lour junks, of but them. it j was They were sent to the bottom one after another,, and as we came u'p with the fifth we ran her down. Our stem struck her lull oil the starboard broadside and cut her almost in two. She had at least thirty men aboaul, and there was one down long* despairing shriek as few they went to watery graves. A came up to clutch'at the wreckage and beg to bo taken aboard, but notoueof them would the sharks Captain did lend a hold hand of to. drifted Such at the to not get out sea with the tide. It was a fearful retri button, but these men were monsters, Inside of thirty minutes from the time we opened fire the Meet was at the bet tom and at 1 ast a hundred pirates had paid the penalty of their crimes, < ur Captain was lamenting the fa t that he had not pi'kcd up one or two in order to secure information when there was a row forward, and it was found an nounced that a pirate had been hanging to the chains. When brought aft he was ready to do anything to save his life. His name was Mung-Hanif, and he had good cause to believe that we would reverse it. He was the faptain of the junk we had run down, and was ready to tell us all about rendezvous, old Chin-Lung, his The bay was his but plunder was hidden on the coast near Foo i how. There we re barracks for the men up the bay, and thirty or forty men there at that moment. They had captured and a French brig several days be fore, she was then at anchor in the bay writing then for Chin-Lung’s return. He was op among the Lioo Kioo Islands with four junks to capture a large ship which had drifred into shoal water, but was not abandoned. Tf we would spare his life he would pilot us ; anywhere and prove his gratitude in any way. Shin-Lee too : him in hand fora few minutes, and then announced that we could depend upon him. We • ran into the bay, brought up alongside the brig, and sent forty men ashore to cleanout the place. Not a p rate wa- to be Everything -een, all having which boiled for the w oods, j would burn was set : on fire, and a prize crew was put aboard i the brig to navigate her to Hong Kong, She reached that port wifely, and our j j x age money for its went outlay. far to reimburse the company r hen we sailed out of the bay it wad >ok for the thought boss pirate, lie o’clock was *er than we foe. At 8 next morning We savt iis fleet ahead, its way back to Formosa empty ded and by 10 we had the junks er fire. These were a braver lot of t. Knowing that they could not out us, and seeming to suspect that we e an enemy, they closed right in for ri, It did hot hist; long; however, fall j had one man killed by the of d sk from aloft, and three or four I inded by the bullets from their an [them kt firearms, and in return not a man escaped. In less than an hour s ding altogether we sent nine junks ; 1 20u men to destruction. Butchery, n’t it? Well, call it so; but remem that in the previous twelve months fleet of this old pirate had captured and less than ten foieign Craft sis lers, and that every man, murdered, woman, 1 child aboard bad been erfi was, no sentiment about Chin tig He thought of nothing but fid's throat with a smile bn his face, We wore now ready to sail in Search Sluing Wong, who had less power, ,t was just as great a villain. These o leaders had divided up the terri ry, and compelled ail lesser pirates control. to in them, and come under their >, then, we had only two men to strike to down the whole lot. At the close the third day after heading r the south we came upon the track the piratical fleet. A trader in woods fd dyestuffs had been overhauled about hundred m.les north of the north n group of Philippines, called the ittle Philippines. The crew eon- 5*3 \t°\ aung-Wong lmd boarded her himself, L, id although the crew were native Chi he could not restrain his bloody aud. He demanded a sum equal to 800 in American money. There was nly about $10 aboard, and ho personally others ut the Captain's throat, had the ogged, and went on his way to the of Luzon, wh ch is on the west side 1 f the island of that name. he trader and received from her terri ied crew the incidents above narrated, «id ^ ... luc thenshaiica |; . ™ uld , h Y,f If nn fm- Aml^k the hav called le . ^,j T.vlm L wa ahead u \«* d . „ W iJ n the coast w ? 8 attac ^ d it,. sevea u about ? lie y an ,lT hour ® hore ' before 1 J\l dnyl/tM. ™C ire as lt ! c [ lc c J , ‘ e ’ ji,. . < Tivior ' UWer Cith'in ' than w re range we J A them and, seeing escape U ff t fellows tried hard to lay T thirty minutes from the » j “ f fhe fight we had sunk or run d j J ni -k had and disposed » wounci of every ed ft „ d 0 nl four lnen ( j 0 j n<r o„r work had been done so promptly and wed ttl , d di 8 t ruc k; terror to tho hearts of all evil doers in those seas,and jt wa s several years before another a-1 ot pj raC y was committed. The Chinese government returned its thanks to tho Association, ship owners sent in contri butions of money to express their grati* tude ai)d w hen we came to sell tha sc hooner to the Chinese government as a cru j scrt the company was financial y a ; t( , ise" ad j t was probably the br.efest c f U and attended with the greatest resll tts recorded of an armed ves>el._ ^ " y^ik Sun. Battle Between a Horse and a l):ig. g_ Keitor, of Detroit, Mich., recently imported an English "its bull-dog warranted they never ) 0 open jaws when once bad closed on an enemy. Koiter was very pro d of his purchase and exhibited it frequently to a select circle of friends, Recently tuc wheru^Mr. dog was given a corner in the stable lveiter also kept a fast pacing horse. Keitor one day locked the two animals in the barn and went avva y orl au excursion, When he re turned and opened the ham door in the evening he was horrified to find the horse on the floor nearly dead, while hanging flesh to the under jaw. from which the bad been torn, the’bull leaving the bone almost bare, was dog, alive but badly bruised. Mr. Keiter caked in his friends and , d onee s(d wor k relieving the horse of his terr blc antagonist. The dog was choked, kicked, wedge pounded, into burned his -with hot irons, a driven j awg j )U j; .pj t0 rlo purpose. F inally an ax was procured and the dog’s head ybopped'off. loosen the Then it was difficult to gr p. and The horse was got to his feet an examination made. His skin was torn f ro m his body in many places, to’fasten Where the dog had evidently tried his teeth ’ and he was scarred from head to f 00t _ qq,,.. do „ bad evidently had one hold on the bor e's breast, for there a large piece of flesh was torn out. It had been a battle royal. Probably the dog, a f ter i irea king his rope, had wandered j nto t j lu peer's stall and coming too ncar hjg heels had been kicked. He re taliated wf h his teeth and the fight be "an. in' There was hardly a whole bone left the do"’s body.— New York Post. Stark Mad in an Instant. The Duchess de Luynes returned tc her home in Paris the other day after ? trip into the country and found her Ital ian waiting maid strutting about arrayed iu her mistress’s best ball dress. Defer? the Duchess could remonstrate an other servant walxeti into the rocm, and remarking that tlie millennium hac come,began to throw bric-a-brac,alburai and other ornamental article out of tht window. The police were called in,anc on examination by physicians had it stark «a: found that both girls gone abb mad at the same time. / e’3 one is o Chicago list aid. HOUSEHOLD MVtIEBS. A. Good! .Jcansinjr Fluid. For removing spots from furniture carpets and woolen good? generally, follow*; prenarc a cleans ng fluid as Cut fine two buncos bf white castiu soap and dissolve' it in a p nt of hot water over the lire, then add two quarts cold, more of water, and, when nearly two ouncer of ammonia and one ounc4 each of alcohol and glycerine. Put all in a gallon jug, shake well and it is ready for use. Ettp it closely corked . . • us( , To ’Sash woolen or Cilshlnere drcsa ,, 00 ds, place a teacupful . .. , wlirm water rub the tthv * ? w - lt h the’hands, rinse aiul iron while it is damp, the vvron" side. For cleaning with ear P.'^’ ; , „ p| ot u in the fluid a water and rub the spots di<ml ,—Prairie Fanner. Princess Muffins. We had a guest over nigh\ a physician 1 be and specialist in dietary matters, prince-s made the breakfast muffins, Which the doctor pronounced “the best thing he ever saw in food.” He would like the recipe, provided elaborate, it were neither 1 he very expensive smiled nor and very said “not very, and princess then and there: “Into cola she gave it make water 1 stirred‘graham! meal to a medium thick batter, and dropped ready hot it into muffin rings that were then put the pan into an oven feat Was at J quick. Ml heat In a tnll . over t.fteen minutes the muffins«« °" cd you -‘You see have them omitted ’ /J» th^east ^' 8 or * baking . . P™ der y„‘ know how s „ re , y to ,he heat docs,heb-wmk” The whole secret peasant is can the make ten 'P e as "f good “ r ® d ° muffins ^^"ihe « t princess, if she w 11 attend to tms one bturdy Vak. The Use of OH in Cooking. It is said by Eleanor Bates, in Daugh ters of America, that a lady once attend ed a concert, at which she fell into a dis cussion with a friend concerning divers modes of cookery; the theme of the con versation proved more enchanting than the music, which came to a sudden pause just as her unruly tongue, in spue of herself, proclaimed in bearing of ttio whole audience to their undisguised de light: “We fry ours iu b itter!” Beloved si-ters, fry no more in butter, it is expensive, burns ea-fliy and needs constant watching Not many of you turn to lard, that modern American pro duct which has been scornfully thrust from foreign inaikets. The housewife who nus"“ niiry on.-tlie banks of f a raniwH|rav>euiA meal * and j ouiteuuilk lly on sweet corn other lard with —she and none may use out fear and w.thout fearfully reproach, and but the lard of the market is won derfully made. Produced from unclean, sometimes diseased an mills, and as proved by recent revelations, more often adulterated than not, it is au utiwho o sorne arti lu of food. Let us forthwith inaugurate a crusade against it. What then shall we use for frying? Clean beef drippings arc objections delightful in tlieir w.iy, but some of the al ways made to animal fats are in place here, lhere is an article, however, against which nono of these can be urged. It is cotton-seed oil. Vou don’t l.ke the taste of oil? I)o you like the delicate flavor of fresh, sweet chicken fat? The tastes arc almost identical. The cost is less than that of lard. A kettlefni may be used again and again. It will cook without burning at n much higher temperature than either butter or lard. It being purely vegetable, form of can carry no trichinae, no scrofula into the human system. It “takes up” in cooking less than lard. Its merits have long been known to for eign chefs, and are though proclaimed sometimes aloud dis- in cooking schools, of olive oil. guised under the name They who have used it the longest, are its warmest friends and firmest ad hereuts. Househohl Hints. Vegetables are best stored in a room by themselves. Hweet, light, fine-grained bread, twenty-four hours old makes the best sandwiches. Never send to the table the same food for three meals in succession, unless varied in some way. A cool cellar aired on a warm day will gather moisture. To avoid this open the windowsill the evon'ngs. Scraps are a regular savings bank for the good cook. The greatest made possible variety of good things can be out of them. Fruit that has been canned or pre served can be dried by skimming it out of the liquid and treating the same as tomato figs. After cleaning lamps and wiping them dry, turn the wick down below the top of the burner. This prevents oil on the outside of the burner. A good cook throws away inch nothing. Every piece of bread,every of meat, every particle of vegetable can be turned into something palatable. Flour shouid be bought by the barrel, but Indian meal is so apt to become in fested with weevils that it should not remain much over a week on hand. When you boil a cabbage tie abit of dry bread in a bag and put it in the ket tle. French cooks say that the unpleas ant odor will be absorbed by the bread. Mayonnaise dressing, stirred made with with the yolks of two oil raw added eggs, the best olive drop by drop, is the foundation of the best salad dress ing, is A good way salt to distinguish the mushrooms under side. to sprinkle it on yellow spongy the or If turns speci men is poisonous: if black, it is whole some. NO. 45. THE OLD 3CH OL-HOOSS On the viilage green it stood, And a tree was at the door, \ Whose shadows broad and good Reached far along the floor Of the school-room when the suf Put on his crimson host, And bte daily labors done, Like A monarch sank to rest. How the threshold wood was worn, How tho lintel port decayed; By She tread at eve and morn Of tho feet that o’er it strayed By the presence of the crowd Within the portal small— By the joy's emerald shroud That wrapp'd and darkened all That schOC#house dim and old, How ninny years have flown Sinco in its little fcSH> My name was kindly known? How different it seems From what it used to be, When gay as morning dreams, We play’d around the tree! How we watched tho lengthen’d ray, Through the dusty window pane; How we longed to he away, And at sport upon the plain, To leave the weary hooks, And the master’s careful eye, For the flowers and the brooks, And the cool and open sky. Alas! where now are they— My early comrades dear! Departed far away, And I alone am here; Some arc in distant climes, , And some in churchyards cold, Yet it tells of happy tones, That school-house, dim and old. — Penman's Art Journal. PITH AND POINT. Out on a fly—Noah’s dove. In Boston the horse-fiddle is called the “equine violin.” The carpenter: What i sec, I seue; What I seize, I saw. A merchant often foots a bill twenty times to a customer’s once. Before making fruit cake, current ex penses must be considered. A tug isn’t much of a vessel but it ranks as a sort of brig aid. While boxing increases tbe size of a man’s arm it doubles his list. Oysters are now selling for $1 per gal. Ice cream in hot weather costs more per gal. ball ought to be ab'o to CYunon trains shoot the bridges and skip ’up outs. The man who is down at the heels • now goes to the ward boss to get well heeled. Ea k on his own stamping ground— his The post-office cleric returned from vacation. “Yes,” said the landlady, sadly, “ap pearances are deceitful, but disappear ances are more so.” A young lady attending balls and parties should have a female chaperon until she is able to call some other chap her own.— Tuledj Den. “Dear me, how close the poor cows are crowded together,”.she reinai kcd. “I 'A ma’am, but we have to do it.” “Why so?” “To get condensed milk.” Jaggs—“Er—John, what is this?” Attendant—“Cheese, sir.” Jaggs - “Whew! Why didn’t you have it em balmed before you sent it up?”— Judge. Mr. Waldo, of Boston—“Isn’t Mr, Wabash, of Chicago, an original young than man, Pene ope? ’ ‘‘He is more that, mamma; he is aboriginal .”—New York Bun. There is a moss-covered adage that says a rolling stone gathers be to no it, moss. But what use would moss any how. It would only interfere with its rolling.— h’i/thoj). He was rich and ignorant, and when he consulted a builder concerning pizarro a new house he said: “1 want a wide on three sides, where the children can ride their littic cyclopedias, ami enjoy themselves .”—Detroit Free Prm. On the Steamer. Outward Bound.— Mamina—“1 was reading in a paper just before we sailed that there are 1,000,000 more women than men in Germany.” Daughter (of uncertain age,—“Mamma, worth while 1 think it will hardly be Transcript. our to go to Germany.”— Boalon. Snake Catching. The best method I have found for cap taring snakes, says a writer in Swist Cross, except the large black ones, is the following. When you see one that you want,endeavor, by all possible means, to cover him with your net. Then grasp his neck betw< en the thumb and fore finger of your gloved hand On and returning put him in one of the tin cans. home saturate a smalt sponge with chlo roform, which thrust into the can with your snake. Vou can do this in a small room to prevent the snake’s escape. In the course of a quarter of an hour the snake may be tak n from the can and ar ranged in a bottle, which is then to be filled with alcohol and tightly corked, and your specimen is ready for the on one of these hunts a lady who was searching for botanical specimens I hap pened ‘ to come along just as was putting a snake into one 0 f the tin cans, f” She inquired what I was going to do with it, and I said: “Preserve it;” whereupon she asked: “Do they make good which preserves?” he took Goethe kept a pet snake from the chimney corner end fondled every night, w hich shows that he was partial to these “noxious reptiles,” and Dr. McCook says the sDake is the most beautiful animal in a cation. I don’t know but I agree with him.