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®he Picketts Cittttlg fjetdii W. B. MOTCEY, Editor. VOL. I. THE HIDDEN CROSS. How many heart* so brave and true Are battling day by day To bear a cross their whole lives thro’, Unmurmuring all the way. The cross they bear they do not care That all the world shall see, As if to ask or beg a share Of its cold sympathy. They do not wish that all should hnow The secret of its power, Hor even of the hidden woe Of many a sleepless hour. Oft drenched with tears the steps that lead Up to the throne of grace, To One who hears them when they plead And never hides His face. John B. Hemstreet, m Inter-Ocean. A i rnmninrnmraiinTTTmrc TERRIBLE TEN MINUTES. - in It the happened one afternoon last year, month of November, that I re- ceived a telegram calling for my presence in London earlv next morning on au im portant business matter. To such a summons there was but one answer pos- sible, so, with just a regretful thought for a card party I should have to forego I wired back this reply: “Mr. J. Devon, Anderton's Hotel, London: “ Shall leave Burtown by the 13 to-night, and will call on you to-morrow at 8:15. Knightly.” fimshed Having dispatched my message, I oft the days work with all speed and then returned to my lodgings TI,r™,S these consisted principally !OBS of cramming JOUrn . ey ' a soft cap and a few other necessaries into a carpet-bag, after which followed the discussion of a hearty meal, and the delivery of an exhortation to my land- lady to feed my fox-terrier, Grip, at his usualhours. ] The remainder of the evening was spent in skimming over the morning’s paper, wherein I found little to interest floor. me. In disgust, I flung the thing on the It alighted at a graceful angle, on whose apex appeared the heading, as conspicuous as leaded type could make it: “ Shocking Wife Murder in Burtown —Arrest of the Murderer.” With a mental apology to the pub- lishers of the Chronicle for the injustice I had done them as caterers to the the public craving for horrors, I picked up paper and proceeded to digest the “harrowing details. ” lhe gist of the news was as follows: An abandoned ruffian, Chippy Watson by name, had, after the fashion of his class, beaten in his wife’s skull with a mallet, in consequence of some domestic disagreement. Having committed the deed, he coolly put on his coat and hat, and was proceeding to depart, when the neighbors and police, attracted by the screams of the unfortunate victim, rushed m and secured him. This was all, or nearly ail the paragraph tamed, except for the usual information that “the prisoner will be brought up h before the magistrates this morning, an to Arwife“ us " g ,te mur - It was now past eleven-time forme to make my way down to the station; rather more than time, in fact, since that imposing structure was distant from my lodgings by fully two miles. .Fortunately, my bag was light, and I shared in its pleasing characteristic of being unburdened by superfluous weight, Nonetheless, on reaching my destina- tion there was only one minute left me wherein to take my ticket and secure a seat, lhe latter operation, thanks to the slowness of the booking-clerk in handmg me my change, had to be ac- comphshed the by running the gauntlet of began guards and porters as the train to move No sooner had I ascertained that my limbs were uninjured by the uncere- monious fashion in which the railway officials had ‘assisted’ me to my seat, than I discovered that the only other tenant of the compartment in which I was ensconced was a young lady, and one, moreover, of no small beauty. Now. cmicerneiL 11 Anmn^men to’snare 111 1 h^ave Se *elf is 8 the^ possession preSnce enough fadieJ and thit seff-nosaesSion but in of vanishes with most uncalled for rapidity, In the presence of ladies ves ■ but hern there was but one who was bound to shoiild keep me makVirefittX’ fora whole hour until the Iran So it bap pened that, as I contemplated the charms of mv vis-a-vis from behind the evenine- paper, which I had found time to buv on my flight to the station, a measure of my courage returned, and in the inspiritin" myself*- words of Mr. Gilbert, said I to “I’ll take heart and make a start- ’ faint heart never won fair lady.” “I trust vou were not alarmed by my unceremonious entry?” I remarked with some inward misgivings, but much " outward assuranc e. For answer, a quiet stare and a slight contraction of the pretty mouth of my companion—indicating and unintroduced, her opinion I had that, as a stranger no right to speak to her. This to an ordinary male animal was the the moment for strategic attack it upon the fair one’s scruples; forme for was flight, exact opposite—the moment Ostrich-like, had flight been possible. I buried my face behind my newspaper— there being no sand available—and in a few moments heard, to my relief, a corresponding rustle from the opposite prude side of the carriage as my pretty followed suit. The sense of defeat and disgrace fairly overwhelmed me for! a while, and my eyes wandered over the paper I held in my hand, seeing but understanding not what they saw. At length they lighted upon a familtor name: “Chippy his Watson,” and and their owner recovered senses almost forgot his grief S as he read the following S lines: “The Burtown Murder-Escape incident, of the of the hearing before ^ the magistrates and the remand of the prisoner, jjendrea: JASPER. GEORGIA, THURSDAY.. FEBRUARY ‘ 4 . 1888. the in.jue.st, the paragraph went on as follows: “On leaving the court, Watson was conducted between four officers to the van. •lust as he was stepping in, and when the policemen were endeavoring to the keep back the crowd that pressed round, prisoner suddenly snapped his hand- culls in some inexplicable manner, and then] knockingdown the constables who threw by selves upon him, broke through the slanders and fled down the street. The t0 ° k ? laC ® ^ s « eraed in a °“ uinute Watson, ngor- . e ' - ’““' ously guarded, was quietly walking into the the van in the midst of the officers; next, and he was tree, tearing down the street with the police and the populace at his heels. He was seen to dodge down a back alley, known as Shut Lane, and followed by the crowd of several hun- dreds Attheendof Shut Lane he dis- appeared round a corner, and, strange be to sny, has not been seen again. There can no but dou his bt, that he will and be disappearance recaptured; present mysterious. escape understand are most Wu that the fellow possesses singular strength be ■ nd a S dit y i but none the less, it will BP standing that disgrace should to our policeauthori- in broad ties a prisoner thus, crowded daylight, and in the midst of a thoroughfare the hands effect his escape A reward from of y cr y of .lustiee. one hundred pounds has been offered for re-apprehension. Watson is about five feet nine inches in height, strongly built, and when he escaped was dressed in a gray fustian suit, with a red scarf a nd * a [ t He may f «rt. h er be dis- tinguislied t - by a scar across his chin, and bv having an arrow tatooed on the back of his left hand.” This was about the extentof the infor- mation contained in the paragraph, and my readers will agree with me that the news was sufficiently exciting to occupy m y tb thoughts unpleasant to the complete exclusion had of e experience I just passed through. As I lay back read, in my -seat to muse upon what I had my thoughts began after awhile to wander and my head to nod, according to their wont at midnight, and before long I asleep. How long I slept I cannot only—but in probably for a few minutes those few moments I underwent a most discomforting dream. I dreamt mallet in Chippy Watson stood over me, hand, and that my traveling companion was bolding his arm, to avert the threat- ened blow. She struggled in vain, and the mallet fell—yet with a strangely “g™ touch—upon my arm. AYith start, I awoke, and then saw the girl of dream bending toward me with a scrap of paper in her hand. But ber face, how terribly was it changed! u Instead of *e dainty pink flush I had last seen, there was a ghastly whiteness m her cheeks, and her eyes seemed starting from her head with terror. l Holding 3f. up one ^ finger, ^ as if }^ to commanr s e ° ce > s e P assef r “ e e P a P? r - on which were written the fol- lowing words: Some one ,s underneath the seat, and UM m = ‘ h « thought that this was an ,dle alarm! ? cannot tel ; but this much I know, that m an instant thre flashed across my mind with overwhelming force the thought of the Returning esca.ped wife murdere 1 . silence-sig- my companion’s nal by a gesture of acquiescence, I wrote upon the paper. w probably only a dog. Shall I lo0 ^ undef th e seat? «« aQSW er was short and .... to the P°“■ ■ , . , ,, . . . - > 0 00 “ w.isa iam. Here, then, , was a sufncie,it dilemma; but by comparison with what had passed and before1 between my fellow P^enger myself it was a dilemma ) that I telt al- most disposed to welcome The male »?x in my person waa about to assume its nghttul position would-be of independent protector to its ^ & ker, if and com- panion. bweet was my revenge: yet, the revenge scarcely promised to be wholly pleasurable. lir5t action was to remove any sus- picion that there might be in the mind tbe mysterious tlurd occupant of our carriage, through the presumably acei- dental action of having touched tho lady’s dress. Giving vent to an awakened audible yawn, as though I had in' just from deep, I remarked, a tone of cool impertinence: ad- "You really must excuse me for dressing you again, madam, but will you permit me to smoke, to enliven this te- dious journey?” As I spoke, I accompanied my words by a meaning glance, and was favored with the reply: “Certainly, if you wish it; I cannot prevent you.” produced pipe and Thereupon I my tobacco-pouch and proceeded slowly the plan to AH the former, os I thought out of action. On reference to my watch. I saw that the train would stop in another ten minutes. Clearly, the only thing to do was to wait till we reached Black- ley - and th ere get assistance to find out who our unknown traveling companion might be. lem, The the longer I curious pondered over solution the prob- did more for its I become, and then, heedlessof the warn- ing I had received, I struck a match and intentionally dropped it. Stooping down, with a muttered mai- ediction, to pick it up. I cast a search- ing glance underneath the opposite seat, and then my blood ran cold, as the faint gleam of the taper revealed the back of a man’s hand with the mark of a tattoed arrow upon it. Chippy Watson then was our com- panion—a doomed and desperate man! By a mighty effort I controlled mv ‘ voice sufficiently to reaching say: “Excuse my across you, madam, but that was my last match, and I could not afford to let i. go out.” The girl, into whose while checks lhe color showed no trace of returning mur- mured some unintelligible ivp y. and for a few moments we sat in silence. “WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONEST LABOR. Again 1 looked at my watch. Thank Heaven, in five minutes we should be at Blackley, and thfeawful ride would be at an end. Scarcely had the thought formulated itself when trembling the girl like op- posite mo sprang up, could her: a leaf, and shrieked, ere 1 stop “Oh, the hand has touched my foot again!” words left her lips I The moment the heard a sudden movement under the seat, and ijuicker than thought a figure up- peared upon the floor. In that moment I flung myself upon the ruthnn and clutched his throat with the energy oi gain despair, his knowing that should he once feet it was all over with mo, for-1 the lighter and wfaker man. Can I ever get the horror of that,five minutes’ ride? The whole Compartment seemed to be falling upon me. Then nails, foot, nil were atta; king me at once, but through all 1 kept and my gri isSn\med upon the murderer’s throat, t houg with biood, and almost lost ness, still held on, while the girl’s screams rang- dimly through my ears. Suddenly ceased; the train fainted slopped ; the tho strug- body gle and 1 across of my captive. When I recovered consciousness at length, I found myself lying upon a (a- ble m the Blackley Station waiting-room, with a sympathetic crowd around me, and, best of all, 1 saw a face bending girl ten- of derly over me, the face of the my dream and my discomfiture. After making twojor three attempts, I managed to ask: “ Where is Watson ?” “ Very nigh dead,” replied a ruddy- faced farmer who stood beside me. “You three-quarters strangled the life outof his ugly body; he was black in the face when they lifted you off him.” “Do you know that he is an escaped wife-murderer ?” I inquired feebly. “ Y'es, we know,” responded police my hon- est friend. “’1 he Burtown graphed after the train to have it searched, because a man answering liia description had been seen in the station before it left. The police have got him safe, my lad, this time, and no mistake, Why, i saw him handcuffed, and his arms pinioned behind him, and he lying half dead the whileafter the throt- tling as you readers gave him.” to hear the rest of Do my want my story, now that the catastrophe is told! If so, I will inform them that Watson, on breaking loose from the po- lice, after turning the corner of Shut Lane—where it will be remembered he disapjieared—contrived, incredible effort, to scale by an high almost wall, a and so gam the shelter of a railway until em- he bankment. Along this lie crept reached the mid-town tunnel, where he had lurked all day, until, late 111 the evening, contrived he crept into himself the in station, carriage tyd to secrete a of the midnight mail, with the results before mentioned. There is one more incident in close connection with that journey to be told; it is this,.that there will be a marriage ear.y tins spring The name of the xtgzz'sz.'XsSS: %i:r: never formally introduced to her future lorn and master, and therefore it is surely unnecessary to tell the name she will soon cease to bear, to a passing acquaintance like the reader. C.iambera x Journai. ------------ — --- Blowing' tlie Mayor's Horn Among * some of the numerous corp ac¬ tion cu oms in Knglandt mentioned savs the blowinf Magarine. ^ may be \ of „ Burghnl0teHorn) -, by the somK of which the members of the corporation were, ’ in da vs gone by, summoned to- f h r T ,; is ( . ,-stom probably / dates k A }(] s hav been . some ^ continued until our own times _ Ki an ancient ll01 -n is pre- ‘“If 8erved ; , wl iich is sounded every cky,” day. a vi „ it< rghoitld remain in thc writes Mt , ^ Walbnui, ’ “during the the evening he lna J h( ar th e 90U nding 6 of Mayor's horn. It formerly announced the setting of the watch, whence the chief officer of the town derived the Saxon style of wak ® m an ’ hut n °w,ot course, la P sed '" . t0 a formality. I liree blasts, dub and dire, are given at nine “’dock at the Mayor’s door by his official ^Tiket cmss whUeThe'^ w lj Jerenth ", c ™ bell e of t he cathedra 1 is ringing . It was oidained , . , l u 1458 that 1 should be blown at the ^“ch i • *the Ste 8vd »y“l within tbe ‘owne towne’was wm robbed rowed he T^wasproved P nd L loss that he a his ser- n ts did did not not their their dutie datie at -it ,tfi the e time time. ’" Tlie Art of Sermon Making. „ . . For a number oUyeffiTY A’alfek* Rev. A. J. F. Bchrend in the Brooklyn “ I continued to read half of my sermon* and to prepare the other half without U9e 0 f the pen. But iny written and speaking styles were out of harmony. I found myself living a double mental life, Mv preaching lucked uniformity and the individuality which grows out of the use of a single method. 80 I abandoned both methods and adojited careful the third - that of preparing a brief, mas- tering its contents without special at- tention to the language and then freely reproducing it in speech and without thc use of a note. This has been my habit for over fifteen years, and lam sure that for me it is the best. The. written preparation ordinarily amounts to 2,0<K) words, one-third of a fully writ- ten discourse. The thought with is put special as compactly as possible, and and precision. No regard to clearness either of argument of elaboration, attempted the time or of imagery, composition is this is left at to the quent review, to which an hour and a half is given immediately preceding the service, and very much is left to the friciioi, o th .light which an active and attentive audience always excites. The way to have a good credit is to keen out of deb 111 U 1 lNI MTfNrt Imr fNf ll\ *PH|f illhi MOTlTTi olHJllli WAYS , THE “ CAPTAIN'S ’ VARIOUS OF MAKING MONEY. sUmoltii" Oysters arid Fisbirije for I'eltcans.-Night Hums After Alligators.—TheSaurian*’ Teeth, An individual described as the “Cap- tain” said to a Newport (Ivy.) correspoud- eat oi the New York idlin’ ugcd , 0 shovel oysters for about eight mon ths in the year on the lower J.a Forclie, barrel them and send , iH l to New Orleans where they lnc f rom t - to VI bits a burreh mi,, ? }u jf ovst ,, r as a rule is small- but ,, .... almost 0» nhatV «* pebbles. , 0 tit teen miles frmn the coast <iv«ry ii tlJo bayou in Louisiana is an oyster bed. where the stream is more than foilt feet d( . , t j u , 0 v S ter# .uv taken with drfedgCs ^.l.MTSuaf that way; tlie shallow but that beds is such a slow ifi, 0 tess are more . , ra( j_ Here one has but to wade out (bo water with a scoop or a fork „ n ,i shovel his dugout full in no time, ()f ,. ourse w ] 10n they only bring 15 cents to -i j.r.O a barrel in the New Orleans llvl rkot there is not much money in the ;„ lsincss; but a little money ' goes a long way to the bayou dweller. “While working the oyster beds 1 was So near the Coast that I used to put in a or two each week pelican fishing, You take a long lino-a sea-grass line; ri „ it out with about thirty Hooks set in bunches of threes, lashed back to back; k the line on the water by mfeaiis of fl Tlif oa t g and bait your hooks with fry. J* nolir-an Cops sails over aud^pouches the water ’fish sees the down ami hook He thinks -iiid he lias s7iit oot a sting-rav ; n i,;g nm,ch tries to it out• but „ 0 q’l,.,,, j.., ma j {CS his ...; nl ] to t „i -' v i,j nv but sud- i v the line hr ires him nnshort and , j f r,. int t] watcr w j. |, a g.^ngh ' w j iei . (| 0 flounders around until I paddle om all q ta | <(1 him aboard with me. “There is a bunch of fine hair like f e;u hers in each wing of the pelican w hich bring in their rough state 35 cents a i JUUC h 0 r 7fi cents for each bird. ^hen I had time I used to skin the whole bird stuff him for'him mount him ' and t f roln ^5 t 0 “In * the summer of 18831 coast one mornine at seven o’clock Th( , re was a jg^fi wind and a heavy swell on the water and hundreds of the birds we f 0 u 0W j Q „ the wave8 They fly at a distan ,. e 0 f about a yard from the wat01 . risinK and f a JH nK w j t h the waves as re gul s ar lv ' as though they were floating upon £ them When a fish shows himself t 0 bird wiU drop scoop up thc v i c tlm, s ih- e c j t into its pouch fen and go on until it, hag a load of pounds r or more of “'wf'/ sir. kut there were so many Of them {fiat I did trouble to set the line, b u t ,‘ paddled out among them, and before the Jav wa3 doue 1 had settled thirty- eigil | t 0 f them, killing them with a blue w i8tler . It took me h all night--” P *. b £ " sr; 0 , powder i„ to , 0 „r cjlindor-boro sh.ngun, cover it witha wad; on top of that you ram in five buck , hot aDO ther light wad, live more buc kshot, and still five; another tight wad, and you have a blue whist- ” ]e „ “Is not buck-diot a big dose for bird?” “ Not for a pelican. You have to take them breast on in order not to injure the wings; and, like a duok’s breast, the pelican’s front will turn a light load of lead. Well, as 1 was saying, it took me all night and most of next day to strip and pack the feathers; but as i got #25 for the lot I did not begrudge the work, But that was a big day. Sometimes, when the oysters were out of season, it, seemed as though everything ail went night wrong. and I might puddle around never find a’gator, and keep my lines set all day without catching a bird, Often __________________ and often I have been so poor thut I had to paddle ° ,n illto a r * CB field, gather a peek or so of the green ncc and oat it boiled without any other seasoning saltiwater-thrown the , than a jiint of into pot . Sometimes I could get nothing but Iniiled ^ ^ ' lk< “ spoiled “There fish. ...... gator hunting, but, is money in hard taken altogether, it is work. Have : y /»* P^ed. a pirogue? The first! “me a man steps into a pnogue it ducks away irom under him and leaves lain ’ ioun<l ' ;r:n - u: m the water so smoothly fv* 4 he oa n 1 help hollowed remembering of the thing It is . a canoe out a single cypress log, and is so light that the weight 01 a man hardly forces it below the surface at all. It practically slides wer the water,and Jienceis die best boat “KAb tor shallows. As soon as it grew dusk 1 would take “ y rlfl ? an d a little dark lantern, wi- ch I bought in New Orleans tor d cents, and, after seating myself on the bottom th e pirogue, paddle up the bayou, na8 . ’he of lantern “ ln S eye my upon either shore as I passed, n hen the light would strike a gator it was only necee- sary k « e P tfi e fla,a * n his eyes and he wa ’ “ llnu a8 a ' ,at - -Not knowing which wa -' move t0 ® sca P e *“ e hanger, lie f®., n ”. move 811 ant “ 1 8 f? t a 15,11 if:l ,nt ^ hls ye wnen , he would thrash e ar h»”“ with his tail tor a tew seconds or sometimes make an ugly rush toward me, snapping his jaws, and then suddenly * r< T > “notionless. As so ®“ as was dead i would haul m well ashore and keep on up tfie bayou. , The gators are plenty enough in ,j° u !* laDa BwaD U ,s ’ about as p en y- as r . [ ,c en *.i n a a | n J ,n fif c ' ,u ” r y’ 80 18 ^ was seldom ,, that I padaiod more than a mile or two without killing half a dozen <*em. As a rde I d,d not want more 1 n a ’ s 1 & , •fan an alligator , r to salt \ hk head?” ' <‘ Y es his ^ jaw-bones, in order to remove fiesh loosen the teeth. After Per Annum, In Advance* being taken Off, the hide* are covered ^ith coarse suit, folded up and thrown into a barrel. They bring from fifteen. 1o s j xf * con ( S enc h In the markets, and the tooth are worth about, ns Much mare. The large* teeth ftre u cd ftfr Umbrella haiuiUfs—fttimotimG'sbringing as much as $ I fo* a single tooth; while the smaller ones are turned into jewelry, and bring the lmntcr, in the rough, ifl a ported. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL A special !j oil is now manufactured to , )0 m( by V0SS( q 8 nt sea to pour on the waves in time of sftfrnt. Tho „„ T'cslmn . of t utilizing ...... the .. waste . P ower *he Mississippi luvoi fof h- °P erflt . > 01 1 °f :tl .' electric light phint m fet. Minn., . is being discussed in that Paris , to have,.th ; s winter an interna- tioniil exhibition of dovices for prevent- big and extinguishing fires in theatres, There will life theatrical performance with sham fires. A solid lump of coal containing weighing eighty- seven cubic feet, and 0,351 pounds, was exhibited at the Texas Stats Fair recently held at Dallas. It was the largest block of coal ever taken from a nine in the United States. Ole l’alsen, who says that he has fished bl t)l0 Columbia River for eight years, unu fish’twelve „ ht n( . m - Astoria Oregon recently a feet long, which he can’t classify *th« It wasn’t a sturgeon, and bc- tween' eyes was a straight inches horn, in thirteen inches long, three diametferat the bttsej ’ and almost as sliar, ‘ ls S ‘ needle The common puff ball ,, a r.kmgly il us- * , r atcs the rapal ty "lib \\hn li lungi limy ,n ’ llt, l ,l v It is said that 300 years would - . tlm be required for ball, a man it to count po;-able sp ies to' °f a 8 ‘ n S'^ if were < ' on,:nllc . the counting (lay and eight for that time. Y r et a iavorably plant.d double spore P ro ce a P! a ^ 98la “'gc as the- f st . , nl S* lt ' a Bin S 0 - A recent public tc.->t of tho consoli- dated railway telegraph system «{ train telegraphy, ttlado on the Lehigh N'alley Railroad, gave moving very satisfactory -csults On a train sixty miles an hour messages were sent and received b- atn from other trains On the road, a*/’ mm municatjou was had with this , ,4- nui with different stations on the line, Experiments are being made on P>nr sian ra lways with axle boxes fitted w,fi bearings of vegetable parchment in plao. of brass. The parchment is strongly is compressed before being used, and it thoroughly dried to prevent subsequent placed shrinkage. Wooden rings are on the outside of the bearings, fitting the collars of tho journals. An emulsion of water and oil and all the mineral oils are uged as lubricants The parchment oil, and soon is becomes impregnated with able to go a long time without a renewal of lubrication. u j 8 8aid railway 0 „ the authority of “an American engineer,” that low temperatures do not decrease the strength i’i'koi’J’fJ oc'cur from'bro'te’i rails in cold weather. This is because when the ground is f rozen hard it loses its elasticity, s ome thin(r must yield when the train 11 mns over the road - ’ it is the 8 "round that yields in unfrozen weather; but during a freeze tlie ground will not yield, ana the the rail, as being the weakest part of structure, has to suffer the oonsequences, Dr. Littlewood describes in the Lineet a method which lie has used successfully in seven cases for the removal of needles f rom the body. The part sUpposod rubbed to contain the needle is thorougly over with an electro magnet, sons to magnetize the metal, if present. A delicately balanced magnetic needle is held over the part, If thencedleisprcs- e nt, its position can lie ascertained by the attraction or repulsion of the jioles 0 f the magnetic needle. Having ascer- tained the presence of the needle and rendered thc part bloodless and painless, The an inc slon is made over thc needle. electromagnet is then inserted in the wound, and the needle felt for and with- drawn. If the needle is firmly embedded, the positive pole of a galvanic battery is 0,1 the surface of the body of the patient, and the negative pole in contact with the needle, which becomes loosened j, y electrolysis, and can then be easily re- moved by the electro magnet, How the Sparrow Came, The English sparrow’s advent here was very like the rablit which Australia is 80 anxious to get rid of. A miller caterpillar, indigenous to this climate, was found to he destroying the trees in tt, c parks, besides being a nuisance in consequence of its propensity to hang from the trees by a web-like thread, p ergons passing under the trees were ji ab j e to have the crawling creatures their drop down tbe j r ne cks or upon c | olbeSj and gorae remedy was sought to rid jsf e w York of these pests. Afor- e i„ ner suggested the importation of a f ew sparrows. Seventy-five pairs were br0 ught over from the Old World, and , he Revere winter which followed killed t h e birds. A second attempt was made, and every one was asked to care for the little creatures and build sparrow bouseg This was done and the sparrows WRrft saved the next winter. The young broods raised in the country were soon ab j e to take care of themselves. It did not take long for the acclimated for- eigners and their descendants to migrate, and now they are found all over the rffited States .-New York Mail and Ex- re<tw Natives T . near Asheville, . .... Y-__ North Carolina, r , ,. get $17-, they a pound the for woods ginseng for root, which dig m export- a lon lna ’ ~ curated R . twelfth . F ... birSday . her* v N. J., bed quilt that recently by completing a contained11,810 < pieces, r .NO. 15. WISHES. Tho summer day was o’er,and twilight sweet Came close upon its track witts dmv-bathed l'cet; ami Moved by the mystic spell. May, Vato, Bess Agreed among themselves each to confess What they would like to lie in future year.. ‘‘Oh, I would like,” said laughing, blue-eyed May, “To' go before the world in some gn-n* ploy. To act so 1 well tho phases of my part, That all the pulses of ils giant heart Uhould bound awl flatfia- v. ith its weight of tenrs.” “And I would like to write-,* aid dreamy Boss, “Sots* grand, sweet truth, the wenry ones to blew, To clothe it in some softly flowing rhyme-. As fair and tender a» the summer time, Fi r truths, like folks, hx>k better when welt dressed.” Then, looking far away, said restless Kate: -"I’d like a true, deep-hearted soul to mate, To hare one hold me over dearest, rtsst, And in my womanhood hi* honor rest, For to bo fondly loved is to u. btem, Thd years rolled oil, and our ambitious May Found that her part was real in iifo’s great play. thrilled small The world she nlfl+ed and as beside Tho one she would have moved, as ocean tide Is great above the brooklet sing^mi Sweefe, A lover came t« woo, anil Hess was v. T fcd-; # the truth instead.:, She did not write, but lived Lived happy in an honest heart and name, Content to be unrecognized by fame, To fit her rhymes to little children’s feet. And Kate, who would have lived for love alone, Gave all her woman’s heart unsought, un¬ known, Yet she it wns who gave great truths to-men . For, having not, her longing taught her pen To write of Love beyond the human great. To tell of Love, that witli a bounteous hand, Short-sighted mortals cannot understand, Gives ever to its children; gives, indeed, Not always what they want, but what, they need, Nor gives, in wisdom, any gift too late. — Anne B. Spearing,in Lewiston .Journal HUMOR OF THE DAY. The equestrian takes a back seat. The convict is naturally in a good humor when he’s breaking out. Maud asks: “How can I get white hands?” Make bread, Maud. — Burlington Free Frew. Men who cover themselves with glory sometimes find that they are, after all, very thinly clad.— Boston rout. “I saw a pretty thing in kid glove# last evening.” observed. Fitzpercy to hi# sister. “VV hat was it?” “My best girl’s hand.— FiJshurrjh Chronicle. “I see the dude has got into the latest edition of Webster's dictionary.” “Has the he? Well, hurry, then, and slam cover down.”— Chicago News. “Advice,” says a philosopher, “should come to us like a gentle fall of snow.” Very true; but wc usualy receive it as if it were a shower bath. —Boston Courier-. “ Does marriage change U man?” asks a writer. Depends on whom he marries. Some women would make a man bald in six months.— Burlington Free Pres*. “ Early to bod amt early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,'* Campagne and oysters at midnight’s hour Cuts a man off in his early flower. —Merchant Traveler. Lady (who had a sick husband)— “Don’t you think, doctor, that you ought to bleed my husband?” Doctor (absent-mindedly)—“No, madamff, not until he gets well."— Epoch. An exchange has an article on “China - as It Is.” Just how China is depends it is upon the hired girl Generally that wicked, and often so badly broken It has to be swept out.— Omaha Herald. In these cold winter nights true love is born Conceive a sweeter picture if you can; Fair Chloe at the fireside pops the com And Stephen pops the question, like a man. Courier. —Boston “I tell you what it is, Gus: Ararninta’s father can’t appreciate us. He has no soul.” “Oh! he hasn’t! eh? Well, if you’d been in my place last night you’d have thought he was all sole.”— Harper's Bazar. A strange child was introduced to 4- year-old Adelaide with injunctions as to his entertainment. With a superb dig¬ nity the suggestions were checked by: “My dear, I have played with children «1J my life.”— American Magazine. Spider Web Taper. The Hon. George West, of Ballston Spa, is in possession of a curiosity in paper sent him by a friend in Ilong- Kong, China. It is a sheet II by 14 inches, made from the web of the “Sacred White Spider” of the Flowery Kingdom. It is as light as air and almost as transparent, but is also beauti¬ fully printed, and contains about the equal of two columns of mailer, Midship¬ giving in English the story of “How man Copple-tone was presented at the court of Pekin.” Mr. West has made the manufacture of paper his life work and study, but it is safe to say that he never ran a spider web paper factory. — Saratoga (N. Y.) Saratogian. Certain proverbs in the Mahabharata parallel those found among other na- tions. Among these there is the “ gold¬ en rule,” which, however, is formulated negatively in the Sanskrit: “Do not unto others what thou wouldst not have others do unto you.” In Chinese, the maxim also has the negative Talmud, form, where as the is also the case in the saying is put in. the mouth of the famous Rabbi Hillel..