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-angund
of which is !
.ua-like structure is ,
...ngies and an inch or |
Runic inscriptions, interest- I
mars, are ou tlie building.
zeros as though tea grown in the
fi climate of Canada would possess ■
extraordinary puckering ° powers, b, like’
. Nevertheless ,, ,
unto a green persimmon.
Professor St. Andrews, of the Central
trying Experimental Farm of Canada, with proposes hardy j
some experiments a
variety grown in Japan.
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Tlie big cattle ranches of the far West
and Southwest are reported to be break-
mo-A m e tip. A yea vpir arro <_,o the tno Aionraia Niobrara T Land and
and Cattle Company, which has become
bankrupt, refused $1,000,000 for its
property. Instead of the big companies
swallowinsr 1 ° the 1 6 little l ones ° 6 ’ it lt is tUou thought ° 111
toward the i
that the tendency is . break- j
ing up of the big ranches into smaller j
ones. --,-------------^ !
The cashier of a Chinese bank tried to
leave with the funds of his bank for
some undiscovered bourne or other, but
was, unhappily for himself, promptly
captured, lt seems to lake a good deal
of vengeance to satisfy the demands of
Chinese justice, which certainly ought to
be, and no doubt is, extremely deterrent.
All all events, in the case of this luck¬
less cashier, the preliminary step, when
they caught him, was to wall him up
neatly in a cell, and leave him to reflect
on the error of his ways and to starve,
and in the meantime they chopped-off
the heads of all his family.— Ijteds Mer¬
cury.
It appears that about seventeen mill¬
ions of tons of coal per year is the
amount yielded by the chief coal dis¬
tricts of Great Britain—Newcastle, South
Wales, and tlie Clyde country—and, as¬
suming this to represent the average
annual consumption for many years to
come, it is estimated that the British
mines will not be exhausted in less than
000 to S90 years. It is further calcu¬
lated that drawing upon only one of her
fields, the Westphalian, Germany will
not be able to exhaust her coal supply in
loss than a thousand years, and she has, :
in addition, the riches of the Bavarian, ;
the Aachen, and tlie Silesian coal dis- 1
It T . claimed, . . , therefore, that, . ;
tncts. is j
independent of the resources of other
countries, Great Britain and Germany j
could supply Europe * with coal for an
unlimited period. ;
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The North Chino Hera hi of recent
date ute sn says vs that nm persons persons who vno doubt the id • I
barbarity of some of the Chinese punish-
meats “ have only to walk into the city
of Shanghai this mornino', a fewniinutes'
end thev will find one of the most 1
,s ’ -
revolting ot fliese punishments . , , . in tub .... |
operation, and its infliction applauded ’
by ali the Chinese who know of it.” The I
criminal, one Koh. is a hardened ruffian,
who , has , passed , the greater par. ot the
past ten years in jail. The specific
offence for which he was being punished
was his habit of blackmailin'' ‘ the new ’
I 111 - " L ! 1 ' e : ,I )Ut . 1C . •' aiL " ub “ im-
He was suspended in a cage about five
feet high, with his head through the top
iu a wooden collar, so that he could not
reach " it with his hands His fee' ” which ‘
loaded , nBflpd wi1tl vith chains, were so far
from the bottom that he could only just
touch it when standing on tiptoe. Here
he he was was condemned couucmnc to to stand s ana, withr.nt without
food ot w -er, j » ..m< e t.m outer gate
of the magistrate’s yameu, the sport of
hundreds, until death pu( an end to his
sufferings The writer andlts sua^sts that a
photograj nf - = j eon,, cupaut .
would be telling frontispiece . the
a to
Marquis Tseng's recent article ot the
“Awakenin'' of China.”
it Kens Conntg Hjcmlk
JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1888.
long by fifty feet high. This would stop
the that ava'nnche,aud solid of it w as more forty than rods likely long j !
a mass snow
and twenty-four feet deep lay above me.
What had become of the hermit ? There j
was not one chance in a thousand that
he had escaped. The avalanche would I
1 block the trail for weeks, and at the vary,
! best it would be some days before any
| one at our camp w ould know that I \vus
! would in the hut. the It the hermit escaped buried he I ;
carry news. If he was
under the snow, I might as well make u.p ;
my mind to remain a prisoner unfit
l | spring. half I hour was in a bad box, aud for the I
first I quite lost my courage.
j Then, having prisoner every reason to believe davit,.. tha,t
| I must be a for many long
j | it 1 began to There take an inventory good bed of stock, of skins as
were. was a
and blankets, several choking utensils, clock, a
table and several rough stools, a a
dozen or more books, about thirty catt
’ dies, with tea, coffee, pork, and
quantities sugar, several
flour in to last me
: weeks. I could not have been better pro
i vided had I planned lor the avalanche to
'come. There was a lean-to at the back
end of the hut, aud I looked into this to
find it full of fuel. I felt much more
hopeful after I had taken the inventory,
for I could not help but feed that it would
be For long- several before I saw daylight the again. accident ,
hours after
the cabin sent forth suspicious sounds,
The snow was settling aud packing above
it, and rafters aud logs cracked and
snapped in a way to keep me proved on thorps,
If the weight on the roof too
great I should be crushed or smothered
the moment it fell in. It was after <1
o’clock in the afternoon before 1 felt sale.
But very little snow bad come down the
chimney. I reasoned from this that it
had been covered by rocks or limbs. If
such was the case and the fire refused to
burn, I should be hard pressed with
plenty of raw provisions at hand. I l'elt
all the gravity of the situation as 1 threw
on somo light wood and made a blaze.
was a hard light, for half au hour.
Some of the smoke certainly found
way to escape, but some, was driven
back. However, after a lime the heat
the fire brought down agreat deal of wa'tei
--somuch so that I could hardly keep a
flame going -and about 4:30 o'clock the
cabin was cleared of smoke. W lule .
could not lor an instant believe that the
chimney showed above the snow, I was
satisfied that some way had been opener
* or tbe smoke to drive away. I may ex-
plain here that a great mass of tree tops
lodged ou the rooi before the bulk o!
that snow came, and these held the snow
up so that the smoke went sailing abou’
in a hundred channels.
I got my sc if some supper, weunu up
tlie clock, and sat down for a smoke and
a think. Tlie hermit had two pipes aud
“large stock of tobacco, and lonely as was
m v situation a feeling of gratitude to
God f ? r the comforts at hand was upper-
mos ^ 1Q m y tuind. I buried was now deep perfectly under
satisfied that I was
, the snow, and that my rescue would be'a
matter of weeks. The first move was to
write out a statement of the accident,
ftnd t * 1 ’ s ^ placed where it would be pre-
sel 7ed and ^ ound ' u case of my death,
T hen I began a daily journal,and followed. mapped A
out a programme to be
week ’ s imprisonment would be nothing,
but after that it would not do to let the
m * nd dwell on the situation. You see,
! ke kolror °i wns stillness. The
idea ke I )C c i olnill B u l’ ,llat ^ wlt3 buried
alive, and it was an awful thing , to think
<d- hermit’s clock was an oid fash-
ionetl one - w ith !l loud tick-tack, and
nft er the cabin . got through settling un- j
der tke weight of the snow every tick i
? ouaded al ' nost as loud as tke b low °, f a j
h “>"» er - It was so warm that T I needed ,
only the smallest hre and when I went
to bed at y ,° c oe ‘, ; there was no need ot j
even a single blanket , lor cover. ;
_
a '" x ' rnr ' rr " T,rr
“rjt'jse \
be that \ lx * hermit, caught under the ;
8» ow * had succeeded in tunuelling his
.'V iy pJ* jy ari'V, i.. i', 0 V an ^i"! “ I had^no bdlt 110 sooner sooner
despatched my breakfast than I set about
making me a shovel to dig with. 1 found
f hatchet, and with this sharpened the a
boarJ ' and the snow I dug Horn
doorway had 1 heaped bt up in the fuel .V al room,
hour } when , I made *“ the discovery ov « that .‘ the ?"
hrst rush ol the avalanche had brought
d °7 n a g reft ^ lot of 8ma11 hushes
and rocks, with had here and there a large
tn ' e The ? ,JC '-' n P lied «P
skeder ’ but tbe ,y held up the mass of
*now so that with a little digging
”.°" ld r ““ a iu abii0St ««y direc *
tion ' Great care was .necessary,
<!Ver > as tlie burden above was very
heavy, mid the displacement of a
P” r[ miglit bring down a great weight of
After I had run the tunnel straight out
from the door about twenty feet I turned
to the right, made mv way under a lot
of rubbish, and after going about thirty
feet came upon the body of an IuUiau. I
' Here the limbs and sticks made a sort ot l
bower, under which he lav. and I knew
that it was his voice J had heard culling,
There were uo Indians about us except
hostiles, and just before the snow cade I
th, ‘- v ha 1 killed two men belonging f 1
•
our camp. \\ e hid no fear of them att<.
winter set in, vil,ages knowing that they stuck
close to their Here was a ret
»k>». however, in full war paint; but I
bad no sooner found him than I saw th»t
he was deau. though his body was terrible still
warm. He had been mauled inti :
! manner, both legs being broken.his head ;
j bloody from an injury, and h s right !
j arm doubled under bun as if broken. 1 j
<--o«iW see the butt of las -uhe
\ sticking out of the snow, but wtfen
j I pulled at it 1 found the barrel[
missing. It had been wrenched off. i
got his tomahawk and knife, nowever,
£IK ANGELS.
jl.v as lieart can be,
Haehel goes up from me,
r faces, uuforgot,
children that are not;
Uthougli I know
in the laud where I shall go.
> close in tlie dear old way;
t forward aud will not stay;
o made it ha$ made lt right;
ny darlings out of my sight,
Uthougli l know
•> the land where I shall go,
led. Theie is one small mound,
in the sweet grave-ground,
sv» blcLui d and spread
Daby head
d. oh' I know
la lari' i c hr re I shall go.
•ly groi it and*gone away;
i my darling is turning gray
j goldeu once in the days so dear,
r many an l many a year.
Yet I know—1 knw—
-i a child in the land where 1 .-.ball go;
.y bl ight, brave boy is a grave eyed man,
aeiug the world as a worker can;
But I think of him now as 1 had him then,
Audi lay Ids cheek to my heart again;
And so 1 know
I shall ha ve him thera where we both shall go
Out from the father aud into life.
Back to His broad from the ended strife,
And the finished labor, I hear the word
From the lips of Him who was child and
Lord,
And X know, that so
It shall be in the land where we all shall go.
Oivea back—with the gain. The secret this
Df the blessed Kingdom of Children is:
My mother’s arms are waiting for me;
1 shall lay mv head ou my father’s knee;
For so I know
I’m a child myself where 1 shall go.
The world is. roublous and hard and cold,
And men and women grow gray aud old:
But behind the world is an inner . place, ,
M here yet their angels behold Uod’s face,
A “ 1 lo: we k,10W
. rhatonly oW!dr
th * * B ,° an ** Him so.
" —Adeline 2. D. Whitney
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rvnrD IAL'JjD Ai\ , v AVALAiiUlll. , r . , , vmir ,
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T «n> Virginia ii : o
t b e north of OUy with » lot of
miners’ mail strap tied on mv back There tW,..'
was no ve.-miar mail, route there
but about once a month some one took
the letters down and returned with any
mail found at the Postoffice. I was on
snow shoes. The winter had been
severe, and the snow was five or six feet
deep on the level. The 27th of January
had been a very balmy day-, with a warm
sun and wind, and on the moruin<>- of
the 28th I started. °
I had to make my way along the base
of a range known to us then as Bill’s
Thumb, and for this twelve miles there
was only one settler. He was an G Jd
bachelor who had built, himself a snuo-,
stout cabin under the eaves of the
Thumb. He was hunter, miner, pros-
pector, don’t taxidermist, naturalist, aud i
know what else. Some of the
boys he "had who hud met him hail an idea that
soured on the world, and come
out there to live a hermit life, but ho was
a chap who kept to himself and would
not allow any one to question him. I
got along very well for the first live
miles, but then realized that I was in
danger from snow slides. The thaw had
continued through the night, audit
needed only a jar to send the great
masses of snow lying on the mountain
rushing which nothing down the could slope with a force
stand. One took
]ilace behind me
-&S VtffpSKUS 4 ®
He was coming toward the house, but
had a burden on his shoulder and v\as
movingslowly. Therefore, as I reached
the cabin I stood at the door to wait for
] limi thinking do he might errand. wish me to take
a letter or some He was still
half a mile away when I heard a dull,
^11 away up the mountain above mv
head. 1 knew it was a mass of snow
tumbling off the rooks, and that it was
the seed of a,, avalanche. The sound
had scarcely reached my ears when J
wheeled to the door, lifted the lat h, and
the next instant was inside. I was none
too soon Almost every pound of snow
o C a mountain side a thousand feet high
ea P da quarter of a mile long was in tno-
,iou fcr the bil9e - i! * ame with a ter-
rible roar and a succession of crushes as
rocks and trees were caught, up, and I
held my breath for what was to happen
The house trembled and rocked, a thou-
sand empty wagons seemed to rush over
the roof, and then all was midnight dark-
ne5 . Sj and the stillness of the grave settled
dowu upon me.
The house had been buried under an
avalanche. It was God’s mercy that it
had not been swept away and tom log
from log. There was only a small tire on
f] le hearth, arid before 1 moved I struck
a match to see mv wav. After looking
about a bit I found a candle, and then I
bt # a!1 to irm ‘’ ti L ,ate rliL ' situation. On
opening the door I found the mow
packed solidly in front. Going to the
single window I found every ray of light
out - 1,1 ,he room was a bundle of
rods about as large as my six linger them. and nine
fe(;t ]ontJ Tliere were of 1
se j Z ed one and thrust it upward from the ;
door, but it did not go and through the drift.
I lashed another to it, yet the length
was DOt sufficient. 1 lashed on a second,
and now had at least twenty-five dear
f ee t of pole to probe found with,and I be.ievci!
the upper end 4ay light. In front
of the cabin, aud about 200 feet away,
was a great mass of bare rock forty rods
“WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONEST LABOR.”
together with powder horn and bullet
along pouch, and and when beyond 1 had it, pulled I caught the sight body
of moccasin crept in the aud dirt. It
a snow
took me an hour to unearth second the body,
which was that of a warrior,
The life had been crushed out of him tu
a second. The mass of rock which had
come down with him had broken every
bone in his body, and a great share of
his face had been ground off His rifle
I could not And, while both knife and
tomahawk were broken. While search-
iug his cold and battered body 1 found a
buckskin bag containing about tf’JOJ
worth of small nuggets of gold, and
this gave me a hint to overhaul the other.
I also got from him about $200 worth of
dust and nuggets, and in the search I
found attached to his belt a white mau's
scalp, which had not been off the vie-
tim's head over twodays. They must have
been in ambush pait way up the mown-
tain, intent upan taking the hermit's
scalp, and but for the avalunche they
might have had mine as well. time I had
The day had gone by the
overhauled the "second Indian's body.
Being at work the hours had passed
swiftly away, and 1 had not given.my-
elf any time to brood over the horrors
of the situation. After supper I sat in
trout of the lire for awhile, then wrote
up'mv daily journal, and when I went
to bed I left the door wide open. It.
seemed to me that the air was getting
foul down there, and by opening the
door midnight, the room was 1 greatly afterward purified. It
w as as come to
know, and the fire was all out, when
some noise in the room startled me. I
sat. up in bed and was soon convinced
that some one or some living thing be-
side myself was present. I could hear
a labored breathing, together with
sounds, as of some one pulling himself
j foot along of the the floor, bed and and lighted I Climbed the over caudle. the
J What was my amazement to find a third
savage in the cabin! He had quite
reached the side of the bed, aud had
j got out that way, as usual,
he would have at least wounded
me, for he had his naked knife in his
hand and was bent on murder. The
hatchet was at hand, but 1 did not need
, a weapon. The warrior had been dread-
Jully hurt, and, as an investigation beyond
proved, had been burred just the
other two. When I left the bodies he
had dug his way to my tunnel, and then
pulled himself along to the door, intend-
fng baffled to have in thus, my he life glared as I slept with When all
at me
the hate a human heart can betray. He
\vu- crushed at the hips, aud none but a
sawge could have,accomplished what he
■ * cornu naveKilled him at a single
blow, but the horrible work was spared
m<3 * Death was already beside him, aud
as I stood and looked down upon him,
candle In hand, lie Uttered a faint war-
whoop and fell over dead When 1 was
sure .“Jat lire had departed, I dragged
him into the tunnel and shut and barred
the door, aud so upset had my nerves be-
come by the adventure that I did not
sleep again that night.
In the morning I excavated a hole near
where the two bodies lay,and pushed the
three into it. and packed the snow over
them. Then I began running a tunnel
for the ledge in front of the cabin, and
had gone about twenty l'eet when the
second night came. Early in tlie third
day I had to abandon this tunnel on ac-
count of a cave-iu which nearly smothered
me. Then I turned to the right to come
out down the valley, aud I was still at
this work when the first week closed.
Early in the second week I was and stopped
by a bank of rocks undearth, wnen
the second week closed I was drifting a
tunnel to the left It xvas slower work
than you would think for The snow
was packed very solid, and all and I dug out
had to be thrown behind me,
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Mr^r.0
fgt by tunneling.
I started in on the third week
*** at ?i° r /' J lian l r °r a any
All A that f week I tunneled , to the
right again, and at three o’clock on Sat-
unlay afternoon I broke into had my done own
tunnel. In other words, I woods. as I
tt man uoes when lost in the
made a half circle and came back on my-
nit, while all the time I felt sure I was
going straight ahead. The fourth week
spent mostly in the house. I was
now becoming •much weaker and was
to give up. It was on the thirty-
fifth night that the cabin begun groan-
jng anu racking again, and I knew tliaL
the snow was settling down around it.
The noises continued all night, giving
me many a fright, aud at seven o'clock
next morning, when 1 opened the door,
j found my tunnel filled up. I was
.lamenting this when I noticed that the
fire wns dra wing better than usual Go-
ingover to the fireplace, I took a look up
the chimney and saw the dark sky of
heaven. At tlie same moment three or
four drops of rain fell upon my face, aod
then I understood that a great thaw had
#et in and was three reducing da_\s the snow however, around
me. it was more,
before 1 got could daylight through the win-
dow and force my way out of the
door.
It had been the raining for three day* and
nights, and creek below me was a
ma d torrent. The snow on the trail was
y 0 t very deep, and 1 was compelled to
wfdt tao d . iy ,. before 1 could get away,
Tb en the weather changed to colder,and
, „ ot down to Virginia City. It was
nea i-iy ft month later before we cottid get
at the bodies I knew were under the
gnow 'pj ie Permit had been cuuriit in
the edge of the rush, and Filled by being
dashed against the rooks. Hi* body wm
c arr i e d across the frozen creek to the
e <jg*: 0 f a thicket, and such clothin" "tat- as
itill clung to it were in shreds and
ters They had known of the avalanche
$1-00 Per Annum, In Advance*
both above and below, and had given
me up for lost. As near as the men
could judge the snow above me was forty
feet deep, and uo one hud nnv idea that
the cabin had been spared. That 1 oauje
out of it alive was simply the luck which
strangely enough «aves a man now and
then from the open jaws of death.—-Y*'<(
York Sun.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
An Excellent Heap.
An excellent 9oap may be made from
drippings by following the rules here
given: Babbitts .... T1 Potash, ,
Take one can of
j three pints of water, four pounds Put of
! solid grease. Melt the grease first.
j hi “ little water at a time. Add the
potash, stir five minutes, add three quarts
j of boiling water, boil live hours, adding
j water as it boils away. Add twoounces
of borax and boil one-halt hour longer;
; P 0l *r i ut ° a soa P bos letting- it stand a
da.V or so before cutting into cakes.
! A Cheap Floor Faint.
Some mouths ago the floors of many
Austrian garrisons were painted with
tar, and the results have that proved the method so oni- is
j formly advantageous appli-
becoming greatly extended in its
cation. The collection of dust in cracks
is thus prevented, and a consequent
diminution in irritative diseases of the
; eye has been noted. Cleaning facilitated, of and the
rooms has been greatly completely excluded,
parasites The coating are almost of is inexpensive,
tar re-
quires renewal but once u year, and pre-
seats but one disadvantage—namely, its
sombre color,
Fried Indian Meal Porridge.
j) ry a .,j ld (d y edow meal in the oven
and then sift it. Add to a quart of boil-
j u „. wab ,,. „ teoapoouful of salt, and by
(Wives dredge in the meal. Stir con-
gtautlv ‘ aud cook half to back three-quarters
ol - u a i lour Piute on of range
lint j tbe moisture is well evaporated,
then L„ “ C nnur i n io ..leased aidfirm bread tins and
{aoniing t a to .Next
cut. it into half j inch slices, dust
, )VU1 . (p,.,,, ., imp, |j ol r a u<l f rv a delicate
1 The object in drying the meal
brow[)
before cooking it is to remove all moist-
p Illav ) mve contracted when in a
(l amp store or closet. Damp meal often
j jm-ments, and it is then unhealthy,
Acid an ounce of butter aud two table-
spoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese to
( i 1( . .ili, w h;ie it is cookiny and it be-
comes Polenta, the favorite food of
j ta | v
:
j Broiled Salt Codfish.
. (juthalfof a small codfish into medium
g j Z( , c | S( juare pieces, split them in two
’ and soak thera jg bt ] cold water,
over n n
| j) ra j n an( j dr y them in a napkin next
morniug ] {ub u little butter over each
j pj ece aud broil them. Place melted them on a
p| a (| er alH j . Jour a little butter
over them.
prawn butter is sometimes served with
this dish. It should be very smooth-
looking and have a starchy appearance, little
Divide three oudccs of butter into
balls. Dredge them with flour. Put
one-fourth of them into a saucepan, and
when they begin to melt add whisk to a
smooth consistency. Now one more
of tlie floured balls and whisk thor-
ougiily until incorporated with tlie first,
Repeat this process until all are used,
When smooth and thick stir in a tea-
spoonful of leinou juice, and if liked u
little chopped parsley,
Consomme Houp.
Cut two DOunt ‘ ] s ski „ of bl . e{ alui two
, 8 kn uckle of veai illt «. a kettle,
tw(J V’ook uarts of cold water , heat
* radually three lgmrs, then add
f ow | weighing three pounds, cook
ssifJrM £,%£&
‘ and summer savory. Whim tie chicken
.. remoV e it. Cook six or seven
then Rtraiu. When cold remove
-be fat bv laviun over a damn clean
cloth or brown paper, to which t he fat
wi u ftd j, crp Allow the white quartet' and
j erUjj]ied g)ie |i of.’an egg to every
stock. Put into a stew-pan and stir
1 unti| ho( wlieI1 it reaches the boiling
Doint . let t kePU at that 1JO i nt for half
hour, then strain.
rt .. . r —
Ugefnl Hints,
The sure preventive , for . tholera . . Is .
cleanliness.
Bathrooms should not open into sleep-
ing apartments.
Pine pillows are used on library lounges
as inducing slumber.
Been u separate saucepan ' for boili n» ^
pota toes in if po-siblo
ofteuer flour is sifted „-ii for sponge ' B
Cft Lie ligktct the cake i. will i be.
The water iu which codfish has been
soaked is very good for washing the
mne under the stove.
Take a bucket of fredi water into
your bedroom every night. It will ali-
sorb all poisonous gasses.
Bathroom but' accessories may be simple or
elegant, plenty of water and soap
are within the reach of all.
Paint .tains that are dry and old mav
b( with . r(!movcd f rom cotton oir woolen the"suet goods
Milnmform First cover *
ni i -i,utter ‘
with m V
, hou,d , , . huve ^ • ,. , hours >
« n « ?
fdee P’ aD< B s a '. tb,u . ’ *J erV0,,a persons
Llirl ten v f“ 1 ,ch sbou,d bo laken re L' u
r<;< ! ‘ '
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To cure warts take an Irish potato aud
cut off a piece of the end and rub on the
wart two or tbree times u day, time cutting used. a
slice from the potato each
Ver y often 0,10 potato is sufficient for
cure.
NO. 23.
THE SONG OF THE FOO
Within my sanctum snug I sit,
And watch the world go round and round;
My Ink is dry, my pen is split,
My pen and scissors cunt lie found.
Ali! Joy for me, my work is dropped,
For wtio can work without his tools?.'
True, as you say, my pay is stopped,
But money is not good for fools.
Ho foolish here 1 sit aud dream
Within my sanctum's scanty bound;
I touch no pen to thought or theme,
But watch the world go round and round
With sweat and struggle, toil and pain,
From dawn of day to set of sun,
With lust of power aud greed of galr
With battles lost and victories won,
Wilb hate and fear and bitter strife,
With treacherous blow and angry wound,
While I, the fool, in happier life,
Just watch the world go louud and round.
—Hubert J. Burdette.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Ilisinga are treated so summarily in
Russia that even yeast is afraid to do its
duty. it
When a physician loses his skill
naturally follows that lie is out of prac¬
tice.- Merchant Truceter.
How would it work for the women suf¬
fragists to colonize and govern the terri¬
tory of No Man’s Land?
Schools of herring are striking in to¬
ward the American shore. They obeyed
the orders of the swimming delegate.
After all, it is perhaps appropriate that
physicians’ prescriptions should be writ¬
ten in Latin, a deatl lauguuge .—Pittsburg
Chronicle.
In view of his preference for a “shining
mark,” it i9 a little strange that death
doesn’t capture more bootblacks.— Dans-
ville Breeze.
When a washerwoman changes her
place of residence one may ask her
“where she hnugs out now” without
using slang. with
Au Illinois man who went fishing
Lincoln fifty years ago threatens to bug
the Century Magazine for not printing his
picture.— Life.
Now does each side in Congress
Declare in hot ferment.
That tlie other eyes the surplus
With burglarious intent.
— Tid-Bits.
A burglar in Harlem took, among other
things, a cornet belonging trying to an to amateur, raise
and the neighbors are a
luud of fiOd In 'ini/u “re thief to
return some night and carry off the
amateur .—Nno York 'lime .
Oh, sad is the touch of a vanished band,
And the sound of a voice that is still;
And sad is the winter without any ice
The ice dealer's house to till.
But saddest of aJi fdie things I know
Is the toboggan slide without Courier-Journal. any snow.
—
Chicago Lady (to husband)—“My dear,
did you think to order a ton of coal to¬
day?” Husband—“Yes.” Chicago Lady
—“And my shoes?” Husband—“Yes,
and” (peering out of the window) "there
is a truck backing up to the door now,
but it’s too dark to see whether it has
the coal or the shoes.”— Uar/er'e Bazar.
Coldest Night Ever Known in America.
The other day there was in the city
quite a distinguished Boe'.-Di yateh. young His man, celeb¬ says
the St. Louis
rity consists of his having recorded the
lowest temperature everobser.ed within
the bounds of civilization. His name
is George A. Carden, and lie was on his
way from Luma, Mo., to Chicago, where
he will act as Assistant Observer in the
Signal Office, lt was on New Year’s
morning, 1*85, that Mr. Carden, then
Signal Service Observer at Poplar telegraphic River,
Montana, sent on the solitary world
wire that connected him witli the
outside this brief but startling announce¬ below
ment: “Temperature (52.1 til degrees night trying
zero.” “I tossed about
to keep warm,” said Mr. Carden. “1'he
big stove I kept nearly red hot, but still
the iittie room would not get warm. It
seemed as cold as tlie outer air. Upon
me I had piled covering equivalent to
twenty thicknesses of blankets. Army
blankets, buffalo robes, buffalo coats,
cloth coats, everything in the shape of
protection, was heaped upon my iittie
bed, yet still I shivered under it ail. No
one can form an idea of the cold that
night. 1 had to wear tlie heaviest mit¬
tens, and my sealskin cap was pulled I
down over my ears. Once, when
reached my bare baud out of the bed to
throw another stick of wood on the fire
it was so benumbed that I had to drop the
the stick. Mind you, all this time
fire was roaring and crackling.”
She Brought the Road to Terms.
The second railway built in this couu-
try, we believe, was a short line of twenty
*"**“ fr orn Magara Falls to Lockport,
the track , made of wooden scantling or
string pieces with strap iron laid on top
for rails. By the way, these olten turned
up one end and, catching through above the the
wheel, came piercing The up engines cf those
bottom of the car.
days were of course very weak in power.
Oh this railroad was a light grade for a
few hundred feet. Near this lived a
widow woman who had a large fat hog
wllb - b one da .v got upon the track and
"“skilled. The railway people refused
t0 P a V her forit - on tbtt r<» u,,d that the
had - road. She
Log no business on the
i,ad tlle lard tried out, and after failing
to get anything from the railway, she
spread this lard liberally upon the rails
for a considerable distance along the as-
cending grade. The engine having wasunable then
no “sanding” arrangement, it
to climb the grade; aud as often as they
sprinkled sand ou the track by hand aud
had passed by, she swept it off and ap-
plied more lard. The result was, the
railway company paid her all she asked
for the hog .—PrairU Fanner.