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VOL I.
Paths.
Tiio rath tlmt leads to a Loaf of Bread
Winds through the Swamps of Toll,
Ar.d the path ilia* leads to a Suit of Clothes
(loos through a flowerless soil,
t ad the paths that lead to a Loaf of Bread
And the Suit of Clothes are hard to tread.
: nd tho path that loads to a House of Your
Own
Climbs over the bouldered hills,
And the path that leads to a Bank Account
Is swept by the blast tliat kills:
But the men who start in the paths today
In the Lazy Hills may go astray.
In the Lazy Hills are trees of shade
i By the dreamy Brooks of S’eep,
Ami the rollicking River of Pleasure laughs,
And gambols down the steep;
But when the blasts of the Winter conic,
[The brooks ar.d the river are frozen dumb.
fj’hen woe to these in the Lazy Hi ts
When the blasts of Winter moan,
[Who strayed from the path to a Bank Ac¬
count
And the p::th to a House of Their Own ;
These paths are hard in the summer heat,
But in Winter they lead to a anug retreat.
— [S. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
Her Cat and His Chickens,
BY MABGABET EYTINGE.
I dare say ’twould have come around
iiuyhow in the course of time, but law
kakes alive! her cat and his chickens
Kid hurry matters lip the liveliest and
■piickcst I ever seen in the hull of my
lorn days. You see, we’d lived in
fcwltown nigh on to sixteen years.
■There wasn’t another house in sight
Ivhen we built our little cottage there.
■Jennie AAR’Cii (we named her .Tennio
■first and tacked on the AVren after,
■cause she proved to be the cheeriest,
fchirpiest little blessing that ever bright-
fned the airtli) was 2 years old when
kve moved into it, and her 18th birth-
[day was due the 30th of that June.
She’d been away since the foregoiii’
[September, a-stayin’ with her Aunt
Janet in Boston and a-finishin’ oft’at a
good school there, and I tell you every
month she was gone ’peared like a
year to her father and me. But we
[knowed jreg'lar from her letters, that come
twice a week, that our darlin’,
our only darlin’, for we’d never
had another child, hadn’t changed a
bit.
AVe’d been a lectio, just a leetle,
feared at the goin’ off that city air and
influences might charge her some, but
we’d got over that fear altogether and
was awaitin’ to welcome her home
with the lovingest of hearts when the
trouble began at the cottage next door.
It had been nigh on to a year empty
when, the very day after Jennie
started for tier aunt’s, the Rosemarys
moved in. There was only three of
’em—the AVidow Rosemary, her father
and her son. The son was a good-
lookin’ young fellow of about live and
twenty. Ile’cl come to Owltown to be
overseer in the big carpet factory, and
when lie wasn’t to the factory he was
a-potterin’ around his garden, and he
hadn’t been here more’ll a week when
he put up a lien-house in the back part
of it plumb again our fence.
AA'ell, things went on agreeably
’tween the two families, though we
never become what you might call
really acquainted wiih eaeli other, the
widow bein’ in deep mournin’ and
seemin’ to want to live very much to
herself until this June. Then one
mornin’ I heard angry voices ill the
next garden and, steppin’ to my
kitchen winder, I kctched the words:
“Two more chickens gone, and it’s
that cat takes ’em—I’ll swear it is.”
“Yes, no doubt of it,” says old Mr.
Rosemary. “I’ve chased him away
myself several times, He ort to he
pizened—that’s what lie ort to be.”
Mercy me! my heart stood still,
’cause there wasn't no cat but our
Frisky in the neighborhood, and lie
was Jennie Wren’s cat, and she
thought the world of him. His birth¬
day and her’n came on the same day
of the same month, though his n was
ten years later, and she never writ a
letter to us that she didn’t send her
love to him.
I never knowed Him to trouble our
chickens and I didn’t believe that he’d
took thefyn. So I throwed on iny
sun-bonnet and marched out into tiio
I back yard aiid mounted an old chair
that stood there, and pokin’ my hca 1
over the fence, I says:
“If you’re a-taikin’ about our cat,
i Mr. Rosemary, I’ll make bold to say
you’re mistaken.”
AVith that the old man speaks up
Und says: “AA r ell, I’ve seen him prowl-
jin’ | ’round here and druv him away
several times.”
“And did he have a chicken either
|°f “AVell, them times?” says I. he
no ma’am; I can’t say
Mid,” says lie. “But they’re disap-
jpearin’ [they day arter day, aud where can
I go?”
“Rats,” says I, gelt in’ down from
(he B chair, and I can’t imagine, though
ve tried and tried, what made young
PI*'. Rosemary bu’st out a laughin’.
I Hut that very afternoon, as I w&»
Off tliO feftClf pQUh BffCWJn'j
THE ENTERPRISE.
over the fence conio Frisky with a
chicken a-hangin’ in his mouth.
LandsJ I wns taken aback. I
dropped my work and flew down the
stoop ’bout ns fast as he’d come over
tho fence, and I ketched him and made
him let go the chicken, and then I
slipped off my slipper and giv’ him a
good whippin’, which bein’his first so
frightened and astonished him that he
howled perfectly awful. Then shut
him up in the cellar and left him
there, supplyiu’ him with food and
drink, of course, for two days and
nights. Well, the 30th June come at
last and with it our precious Jennie
AVren, aud after she'd hugged and
kissed her father ar.d me until we wns
all out of breath, she sot down in her
favorite rockin’-chair and asked,
“Where’s Frisky?” I went and opened
the cellar door and called him; but it
was some time ’fore he’d come, and
when lie did come he didn’t do credit
to his name, for lie just crept along
and looked as though lie expected to
see 1 hat slipper a-lioverin’ over him in
the air.
“AVliy, what’s the matter with
him?” says Jennie. So I told her all
about it. And, if you’ll believe me,
that gir! took Frisky’s part right
straight through. “Of course he
don’t know strange chickens,” says
she. “The folks that ust to live there
didn’t keep any, and there isn’t
another house nearer than a block,
lie thought they was birds, and he’s
never been whipped for calchin’ birds.
And I’d just like to see Mr. Jack
Rosemary pizen him. Poor old
Frisky!”
But Frisky hid under the sofa and
refused to come out and be comforted,
and pretty soon what with Jennie
AVren a-tellin’ aud us a-listenin’ to lots
of city news, we entirely forgot him.
That is, wc forgot him till tea time,
and then, as father and me and Jen¬
nie was a-drinkiu’ our tea, we heard
quite a commotion in the next garden.
“Dear me,” says I, almost droppin’
my cup, which I wouldn’t a-done for
a good deal, it being one of my blue
chaney set, “Frisky’s out and at it
agin.” And sure enough. I’d no
sooner got the words out of my
mouth than over the fence flies Frisky
with another chicken, and Jack Rose¬
mary, calls out as matt as can be:
“I’ll git my pistol and shoot him.
I ain’t a-goin’ to stand this no longer.”
“Ob! dear,” says I, and I jumps up
and was a-goin out, when Jennie says:
“Let me go, mother,” and iu a miimit
she was on the old chair, and th e
young man, hearing her, begun: —
“There, ma’am, I hope you’ll acknowl¬
edged! now, that I’ve seen it with my
eyes, and unless that--.” But just
as lie gits as far as this Jennie’s pretty,
fluffy, golden head pops up above the
fence, aud she says in a voice as sweet
as honey: “I beg your pardon, sir,
but was you a-speakin’ to me?”
“O! no, certainly not,” says he,
a-stammerin’ at a great rate, “I
thought you was your mother—I mean
—I was simply savin'—That is, 1 hope
my chickens are not annoyin’ your cat
in any way.”
I don’t know how Jennie AVren ever
kept her face, but she did,long enough,
anyhow, to say slowly and gravely:
“But they do annoy him sir. They
disagree with him very much indeed.”
Then she slid from the chair on to the
grass and laughed and laughed till I
thought she never would slop.
The verv next day the widow called
on us a-sayin’: “She’d been very re¬
miss in not being more friendly, but
she hoped we’d overlook it, and she’d
try to be a better neighbor in fulure.”
Then we returned her call, and then
the old man and Jack paid us a visit,
and it wasn’t long before the young
fellow was in here on some excuse or
other every dac. And 1 declare to
man three weeks hadn’t gone by since
flic day he threatened to shoot Frisky
when I overheard Jennie AVren a-say¬
in’: “Really and truly my cat never
did molest our chickens,” and that
Jack makes answer: “Well, I’m per¬
fectly willin’, just to protect the poor
tilings, to have my chickens become
our chickens as soon as possible. It
only leinaiiis for you to consent.
“AYTiy, what do you mean, Jack
Rosemary?” says Jennie.
“Can’t you guess, Jennie AVren?”
says Jack, and lie takes her in his arms
and kisses her.
And I vow that cat never did touch
one of (hem chickens after they were
married.—[Detroit Free Press.
Edith’s Fling.
Miss May Tare—Oh! Edith, dear,
do you know that Fred actually pro¬
posed to me last evening.
Edith—Just as i expected.
Miss M. T.—AA’liy did you expect
it? I refused
Edith—AVliy, when mm
last night he said be would go and do
something desperate.—[!}(»??»
CARNESVILLH, GA M FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.1890.
t MEXICAN VILLAGES.
Primitive Life Among Some Ill-
habitants of New Mexico.
The Four-Footed Companion of
the Poorer Families.
Between Las A’egas and its famous
hot springs, six miles above, on the
Rio Gallinas, aro three Mexican vil¬
lages—Upper Las Vegas, l’laza Vigil,
and Plaza Llano, which preserve to a
great extent (lie primitiveness of tlie
old times. Their flatroofed adobe
houses, built about a plaza, or cluster¬
ing irregularly against tlie hill-side,
are a soft pleasant brown in tint, and,
owing to tiio thickness of their walls,
are cool in summer and warm in win¬
ter. The clay floors are kept scrupu¬
lously clean, and to the passer-by the
interior looks neat and inviting.
In the residences of an early type
there are blit few articles of furniture,
although the walls are always decorat¬
ed with gaudy pictures of saints and
Madonnas; but since the coming of
the railroad there has been a great
change in the interior furnishing of
these bouses, most of which have
adopted to a considerable extent the
fashion of houses of the samo class in
the East.
In the corner of these humble homes,
beneath the broad chimney, is an adobe
fireplace, in which in cold weather a
bright fire of pinon-wood often crack-
els. Outside of the walls a character¬
istic feature of tho country is the great
conical oven, wherein is done the
family baking; and at times when
these structures are not in use, the en¬
trance is walled up with stones to keep
out the intruding bens and dogs, which
find its interior an attractive abiding-
place.
In these little communities the in¬
habitants usually lead their lives with¬
out much care, laboring only sufficient¬
ly to support themselves with the
simple necessaries of existence, and
borrowing no trouble for the morrow,
aud they enjoy perhaps more happiness
than people in general do under more
complex and enlightened conditions.
But many of the poorer Mexicans un¬
der the new conditions of tilings
brought about by the coming of the
railroad have displayed a considerable
capacity to work steadily, and have
shown an ambition to accumulate
property and to improve their condi¬
tion. Conspicuous among the smaller
houses of these little hamlets are the
habitations ot the wealthy people of
Mexican descent.
An unfailing attendant about the
liouses of the poorer Mexicans is the
burro, or donkey, who stands some¬
what on the footing of a member of
the family. lie toils indefatigably
for his master when that person takes
it into his head to work, and at leisure
times is content to find his living in
such scanty grazing as is afforded by
the arid plains and hill-sides. He is
regarded by the master with a touch
of superstitious reverence, owing to
the darkened lines in the form of a
cross which he usually bears between
Iiis shoulders, a mark which the Mexi¬
cans ascribe to the circumstance that it
was upon one of these animals that the
Saviour rode when he entered the
gates of Jerusalem.
The prevailing religion of New
Mexico is the Catholic, although in the
larger towns churches of nearly every
denomination exist. In many of the
remote villages there are societies of a
peculiar order of flagellants known as
Pen Rentes, who on Good Friday prac¬
tice great austerities; they whip them¬
selves with rods, scourges, and even
with branches of cactus, walk barefoot
over sharp stones, bea.r huge crosses
to the tops of mountains, and in simi¬
lar ways endeavor to atone for their
misdeeds of the year. Their practices
are so violent and sanguinary that
they are discouraged, and even ex-
pressly forbidden, by the Archbishop
of New Mexico.
The Pcnitcntes formerly marched in
processions in open day, but, under the
changed conditions of later years now
perform their rites only in secret,
making, under cover of darkness,
their pilgrimage to some cross stand¬
ing' on an eminence or on the level
prairie. In many of these villages, or
in some retired locality near them,
may be seen a building, often entirely
without windows, devoted to the meet¬
ings of this fanatical order of leligion-
ists.—[Harper’s AVcekly.
In No Hurry to Hear Him.
He—AA'ould you like to hear me
sing “In t: e Sweet By and By,” Miss
Mattie?
She (sweetly)—Yes, Henry, but
not before.
Jack—I have a pressing question to
ask you, Miss Au*)’. Anfy—ljQ Pfi>
I’JWI
The Accidental Discovery of Brn.~!L
in tire year 1600, King Emmanuel
of Portugal pluced Pedro Alvarez
Cabral, an eminent navigator, in com¬
mand of a squadron of thirtecu vessels,
to be sent to (ho East Indies by way
of the Cape of Good Hope, which had
then been recently discovered. Cabral
sailed from Lisbon. In order to avoid
the calms oft'the coast of Guinea, the
eliips sailed far westward—so far that
they were carried by ocean currents
and driven by the trade-winds to tho
western vergo of the Atlantic* Ocean,
in the equatorial region. In April
Cabral came in sight of land at latitude
in degrees south.
JIo landed; set up a cross; took
formal possession of the country in the
name of his King, and called it “Tho
Land of the Holy Cross.” It was
afterwards named Brazil, from brasil,
a dye-wood which abounded there.
Cabral did not suspect that a Spanish
navigator (Pinzou) had “annexed”
the vast territory to the crown of Cas¬
tile three months before. A contro¬
versy arose between Spain and Portu¬
gal in regard to the possession of
Brazil, which wav amicably settled,
Portugal retaining possession of the
country from tho mouth of tlie river
Amazon to that of the Bio de la Plata.
So it was that Portugal became pos¬
sessed of vast territory in South
America. It is said that King Em¬
manuel sent throe small vessels to
South America in 1501, under the com¬
mand of Amcricus Vespucius, which
touched Brazil at latitude 5 degrees
south, and returned to Lisbon afier a
voyage of sixteen months. Grave
doubts have been expressed, and even
denials of the truth of the narrative of
the alleged voyage given by Vespucius;
and negative testimony discovered by
erudite investigators attest the reason¬
ableness of the doubts.— [Mail and
Express.
The Coffee of Bolivia.
The agricultural industries of Bo¬
livia comprise but three articles of
consequence, viz: coffee, chincona
bark and cocoa. Tho best coffee comes
from the valley of the Yungas.
Though a very small white beau, it
posesses a peculiarly delicate flavor,
and commands a higher price in the
market than any other. 1 he narrow
valley, however, produces 12,000 arro-
bas a year (25 pounds to the arroba),
or about one-fouifh of Bolivia’s sup¬
ply. The province of Mapiri pro¬
duces three times as much, but its
coffee brings less money, being of in¬
ferior quality.
The average value of Yungas’ yearly
crop is 100,0U0 pesos aurana, or 80,000
bolivianas, the dollars of tho country.
A boliviana, by the way, is worth
twenty-five cents less than the “sol”
(dollar) of Peru; and the Bolivian
peso is worth 25 cents less than the
boliviana, while every American dol¬
lar in gold or paper commands $1.£0
in Bolivian currency. To transport
(lie Yungas coffee over the mountains
to La I’az costs the producer about
two bolivianas and forty cents per
quintal.
The average price of coffee at La
Par. is 24 bolivianas per hundred
weight, while from the coast to Europe,
all the way round by sailing vessel, it
is only one boliviana. Luckily there
is no export duty cn coffee, though at
present barely enough is grown for
home consumption. Doubtless tho
put will soon be greatly increased, as
many of the largest chincona planters
are now planting coffee instead of the
quina tree, since the latter lias become
literally a “drug on the market.”—
[Washington Star.
Stanley’s AVork-Room in Cairo.
it was in that part of Ihe hotel
farthest removed from the street that
Air. Si aiilev' took up his abode. Here
he had a tine suite of rooms on the
ground floor, very handsomely fur¬
nished in the Oriental style. A large,
lofty reeeption-rooin and an equally
large and handsome dining-room. In
those he received some of the most ini.
portant or most persistent of his many
callers; but as a rule he shut himself
up in iiis bedroom, and there he wrote
from early morning till late at night,
and woe betide anyone who ventured
unasked into this sanctum. He very
rarely went out, even for a si roll
round the garden. His whole heart
and soul were centered on his work.
He had set himself a certain task,
and he had determined to complete it
to the exclusion of every other object
in life. He said of himself, “I have
so many pages to write. I know that
i f I do not complete this work by a
certain time, when other and impera¬
tive duties are imposed upon me, L
shall never complete it at all. AVlien
my work is accomplished, then I will
talk with foil, laugh wjtli you, and
play with you, or ride with you to
you heart’s content; btu ]$& me alone
now, for Jfcavcry's sake.
Mfegaglno,
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A RIPDI.R.
All through the long, long summer,
AV lthout a thought of nerves,
Natiy busy housewives
Are putting up preserves,
Balm of a thousand flowers,
Clover-top and rose,
Dogwood tree and jessamiuo
And fragrant alder-blmvs,
Yield their sweetest treasures
To eaeli thrifty sprite,
Who fills the fairy bottle
And seals it quite air-tight.
Busy little housewives,
All ill russet dress,
AVhat to call them, can you,
Merry children, guess?
Conte lay the cloth and set the plates,
The girls and boys arc home.
Call Fred and Kate and Ben and Bess
There’s honey in the comb.
Press. — [Elizabeth V. Hyatt, in [he Detroit lTe<
HOW DOGGY COOLS OFF.
Among various expressions of intel¬
ligence which often place a dog in nc
mean place of comparison to his mas¬
ter, a little habit developed by a dog
in tho suburbs is worth mentioning,
says the Boston Journal:
AVhenevcr this dog becomes angry,
instead of making au exhibition of his
temper he turns away from the offend¬
ing person as quickly as possible and
irakes a bee line like a flush to the
nearest brook. In a few minutes lie
returns, dripping, but serene, without
a trace of his former excitement in li’s
manner. His plunge has apparently
cooled off ail angry feelings and even
caused forgetfulness of causes of dis-
turbaucc.
“DUNNO.”
The train of tho North was late,and
as it drew up before the station there
was a great deal of hurrying to get
the large amount of waiting express
matter on beard. In the midst of the
bustle and confusion a man approached
with a dog in his arms and a most
bowitdored expression on his face.
“Look quick there 1” shouted the
express agent; “where’s that dog
going?”
Tho bewildered expression deep¬
ened on the man’s face as he gazed at
the struggling puppy in his arms, and
he drawled out: —
“AVell, I dnnno, and he dunno, and
nobody dunno, and he’s eat hit tag!’
AVasn’t that dog in a dilemma?—
[AVide Awake.
ONE BIRD NORSES ANOTHER.'
In a certain family in Buffalo there
is a caged robin which has been the
household pet for ten years. The robin
is now aged. He lias lost one eye aud
his plumage wouldn’t be looked at
twice by a milliner. His legs aro weak
and so are his toes, and he can no
longer cling to his perch and warble
hilariously. So be sits on the floor of
his cage, and, like the dove in the song,
mourns and mourns and mourns. At
any rate lie did until a few days ago,
when a cardinal bird was put in the
cage with him. The cardinal bird is iu
the heyday of youth, and from the first
he cast a pitying eye on his companion.
After observing him awhile it occurred
to him that lie might fill up some of
his spare time waiting on him. .So lie
now takes the bread and tilings that
are put into the cage and moistens
them and rolls them into wads or peb¬
bles and rains them down the robin’s
throat.— [Buffalo (N.A .) Courier.
ANIMALS THAT CHANGE COLOR.
There is a tiny crustacean, the cha¬
meleon shrimp, which can alter its hue
to that of any material on which it
happens to rest. On a sandy bottom
it appears gray or sand-colored; when
lurking among sea weed it becomes
green or red or brown, according to
the nature of its momentary back¬
ground. Probably the effect is quito
unconscious, or ft least involuntary,
like blushing with ourselves—and no¬
body ever blushed on purpose—though
they do say a distinguished poet once
complained that an eminent actor did
not follow iiis stage directions because
he omitted to obey the rubrical re¬
mark, “Here Harold purples with
anger.”
The change is produced by certain
automatic muscles which force up par¬
ticular pigment cells above the others,
green coining to the top on a green
surface, red on a ruddy one, and
brown or gray where tlie circum¬
stances demand them. Many kinds of
fish similarly aller color to suit their
background by forcing forward or
backward certain special pigment cells
known as chromatophores whose vari¬
ous combinations produce at will al¬
most any required tone or shade.
Almost all reptiles and amphibians
possess the power of changing their
hue in accordance with their environ¬
ment in a very high degree; and among
certain tree toads and frogs it is diffi¬
cult t,o say what is the normal coloring,
as they vary indefinitely from buff
or dovo color to ohcoolalo-broiyu, rose
ami 9v<u» JUtto,—[Pieayune.
How Hair Cloth Is Made.
Many people understand, of course,
how hair cloth is made, but for the
edification of those who do not, wo
will explain (lie process. In tho first
plneo, horsehair cannot bo dyed. It
repels coloring matter; so to mako
black cloth is is necessary to secure
natural black hair. The horses, in
many cases absolutely wild, running
unrestrained, tiro regularly corallcd
and shorn. Of course black lmir is
preferable, but sometimes grey stock
is utilized. Not only tho tails, but
also the manes are cut; the hair is
bunched. TIioro bunches seldom con¬
tain hairs of less length limn two feet;
some are even three and three and
ono-lmlf feet and tho thickness of the
bunches is usually two or three inches.
The haircloth looms are provided
with what we may call a nipper, in
place of slmtlic, and the nipper is so
finely actuated that it travels across
the warp and seizes from the bunches
one hair only—tho jaws of tiio nipper
being too lino to grasp moro than ono
—and carries it across the weft
threads, dropping it into the exact
place. The action of tho loom me¬
chanically forces the hair next to its
predecessor, the warp crosses upon it,
snugly holds it in its place, the nipper
travels back and seizes snothcr, and so
on and on. Tho delicacy and almost
human accuracy with which each sep¬
arate hair is placed between the warp
threads are really incredible.— [New
York Tclegtam.
How a War Regan.
July 23, 1637, was (he date of that
ludicrous event called tho “Casting of
the Stools,” in the old cathedral of
St. Giles, Edinburgh, Scotland, which
some choose to regard as the first overt
act in the war that cost Charles I. his
head. There were no pews in those
days; “each godly dame,” writes
Chambers, “sat on her own chair or
clasp stool (steamer-stool) brought
to church on purpose. AVlien the
dean, Mr. James Ilannay, opened the
book to read the service of tiio Church
of England, Jennie Geddes throw her
stool at the dean’s head, and whole
sackful of small elasp-bibles followed.
After the dismissal of the congrega¬
tion the bishop was mobbed in the
street and narrowly escaped with his
life.” The King persisted in forcing
his liturgy on the Scottish people, and
ended with paying the penalty of his
life twelve years after m tho war that
might be said to have begun with the
Casting of the Stools in St. Giles’
Kirk. A stool is preserved in the
Antiquarian Museum, Edinburgh,
which is identified on pretty good evi¬
dence as the stool that Jenny Geddes
threw.—[New York Sun.
The Chinese Devotee in a Foreign Land.
Every Chinaman in Chicago conducts
Ids religious services in his own pe¬
culiar way. In many a little room,
back of a basement laundry, one may
find the sacred images, and on (lie holi¬
days und feast days little tapers will
be lighted about them, the sacred pea¬
nut oil will be burned as incense, and
other vilc-sinclling stuff will be ignited
as a proof of John's devotion to the
teachings of Confucius. Tho Chinese
religious customs are apparently as
meaningless as the incantations of a
Choctaw medicine-man, but they are
held in awful reverence by the Ori¬
entals, and no persuasion can induce
ono of them to explain their signifi¬
cance. No Chinese church has been
established in Chicago and probably
none will be, for every almond-eyed
laundry man in the city still claims a
residence across the ocean, and is only
waiting until be can get enough money
to go back and surprise the natives of
the flowery kingdom.—[Chicago News.
A Bug With Two Green Lanterns.
A. AY. Habersham recently found
on Exchange place a beetle about ono
inch long that has back of his eyes two
spots that give out a dazzling phos¬
phorescent green light sufficient to il¬
luminate his surroundings for a dis¬
tance of several inches. AVhcn placed
on his back lie rights himself with a
spring and a snapping sound, It is
hence inferred that he belongs to the
family “Elatcr.” As such a beetle
with lanterns is not known to be a
resident of this country, it is supposed
that Mr. Habersham’s find is an immi¬
grant from Brazil, or some tropical
country where bugs that carry lan¬
terns are not uncommon.—[Baltimore
Sun.
Flooding Out a Pest of Squirrels.
The owner of a vine ranch near
Porterville, Tulare county, was
troubled so much with lavages of
squirrels that he tried the experiment
of flooding them out. He dug trenches
from a big ditch all over the grounds,
turned on the water and then invited
the town hoys to bring on their dogs.
At the close of the first day tho boys
and dogs billed Examiner. 2000 ro<jente ; -s;[San
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NO. 37.
Sopii In a Picture.
J.tttle girl upon the street,
Laughing eyes ami tripping feet,
With your hands all running over
Daisy blooms and flowers of elovcr,
You to me a pieture bring
Of a long-lost sunny Spring;
Waving woods and sunset skies
Rise like dreams of Paradise.
Little girl, when coming days
Hold for you their memories;
When in womanhood’s fair land
You shall, happy, one day stand,
Keep your childish faiths as sweet
As the blossoms at your feet;
Though your hands no moro run over
Witli the daisies and the clover.
Some day, little maiden fair,
With the wind-tossed, sunny hair,
Shall you flush at love’s sweet pra’ses,
That aro sweeter than the daisies;
Woman's hopes and woman’s love,
.Sweetness sent by heaven above,
With these shall your hands run over
Dropping daisy blooms and clover.
—[Lilian Whiting.
HUMOROUS.
Popular fiction—Lying.
AVhcrc there’s a AVill thero’s a Billy-
Eaten out of house and home—Pic¬
nic dinners.
The first result of falling in lovo is
generally a little falling out.
A man in Colorado recently married
Miss Toobor.. She’s his sweet potato.
It is an anomalous fact that wooden
heads do not produce tho thoughts that
burn.
“Evil is wrought by want of
thought ” Also, optimistic singer, by
thought of want.
“Did Miss Smith receive any valu¬
able presents on her wedding day?”
“Yes, one—a now name.”
Shoe Dealer—(facetiously, to cus¬
tomer.)—AATiy, I sell shoes so cheap
that I might almost bn called a free¬
booter.
Boy (to bis friend who has fallen
down a hole)—“I say, Tommy, if you
shouldn’t ever come out of there alive
can I have your bull pup?”
“Do you think that speech was given
to man to conceal his thoughts?” “I
do, for I have noticed that the talkative
man never reveals any thought.”
“How,” said Mrs. Newrich, “can
we make tho invitations to our ball
particularly stylish?” “I’ll toll you,”
unswered her husband, “instead of
putting two-cent stamps oil them,
we’ll put ten-centers, eh?”
The Orca or Grampus;
As if not satisfied with tho harm it
can do alone, the orca secures the aid
of two or three of its fellows,and then
the little pack of monsters starts on an
expedition. Everyting is game to
them. If a school of dolphins com?
in sigiit, away go the fierce sea-wolves
in hot chase. The frightened dolphins
dash madly through die waves, urged
to their swiftest speed by terror; but
grimly the ravenous pursuers close up¬
on (lie flying quarry.
Perhaps a great Greenland whalo
may cross the path of the marauders.
Huge as it is—the largest of created
beings—it lias no terrors for the blood¬
thirsty pack. They dart about the
giant with lightning velocity; now in
front, now underneath, now on die
sides; until the bewildered monster,
with a lush of iiis ponderous tail,turn
his mighty head downward and seeks
the ocean’s bed.
Vain effort! His tormentors follow
him apparently with ferocious glee.
Up, up again, rage and agony lending
added strength, till the surface is
readied and all that bulk of flesh
shoots out of water and then fails
with a ponderous crash, dashing the
boiling waves asunder. .Still the agile
foes arc there. 'They leap over bis
head, high in tho air, and dive under
him. They rush at him, here, there,
and everywhere. He opens his huge
month to engulf them, They only
mock at the danger, and soon wound¬
ed in a hundred places, weakened and
powerless, the whale succumbs.— [St.
Nicholas.
A Dog Hospital.
Chicago lias a dog hospital, and the
pity is that it can only he patronized by
rich dogs, for its prices aro beyond the
means of many a suffering canine.
Possibly, though, as the hospital re¬
ceives increased patronage, a “free
clinic” jBy be added, or a “bed” or
two entBwed, after the manner of liko
institutions for people. Dogs, and all
animals, arc liable to disease, and need
medical care when sick. Over-feeding
is often the cause of their ti onbles, as
it is with human animals.
Diseases of animals receive more at¬
tention now than formerly, and tho
demand now is that the “dog doctor”
receive the respect due to a man who
has been educated, and to iiis educa¬
tion adds the desire to ease the suffer¬
ings of dumb animals. That a veter¬
inarian be educated is necessary, and
that ho bo a gentleman is not incom¬
patible yrlfcU Uia calling, —[Picayune.