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SWEET PHYLLIS. A PASTORAL. With cowslips in her flaxen hair. In stnnjrbth-hanirinir gown o’ blue, A crook within her lily band, A silver buckle on her shoe— She sits upon n <1 liaicd bank. Her fleecy flock ate feeding near; Her heart calls over, like a bird: “Oh, Colin, Colin, Colin dear! “ My love a biuoeyed shepherd is. He leads his flock on y onder lea; 1 am a s mple shepherdess. But Colin came a-w<H>ing me!” Dear Colin stands amongst his flock. And stares across theme tdow gate; He sc.-s sweet Phyllis' gown o' blue. And Laves his lambkins to their fate. “ <*h. Cd n, Colin, Colin dear! ” Sweet Phyllis imnrs her heart repeat. She starts and blushes, for she sees Her own dear Colin at her feet. A pattering of little hoofs, J hrough meadow grasses crisp with dew, A bleating at the meadow gate. And Colin's sheep are coming, too. Maru E. Ililkiiu in lent arg Magazine. FOSSIL MAN TRACKS. Dr. 11. W. Harkness has read a paper Indore the California Academy of Sci ences on the recent discovery of foot prints in the sandstone of the yard of the Nevada Stale Prison. In the course of this paper he said: “We find in the lowest strata, ex posed by the workmen, numerous fresh water shells, which are those of a mus sel, of ti e genus ‘Anodonta.’ At an elevation of thirteen feet above these is found another strata in which, in addi tion to the shells of Ano lonta. we find a species of Physa. This discovery is of additional interest from the fact that < laronce King reports that he found no fie-h-water shells in the region except ing those of Planorbis. It should be mentioned that the floor or area of the yard we are now studying bears evi dence of having been slightly tilted at a . period subsequent to it- deposition. It also gives evidence of having been at one time the shore of some lake, or, perhaps, pond, local and isolated as its level was above that of Lake Lahontan. Presumatdy we stand on the shore of this ancient pond or lake, and as we look about us we see the footprints of a variety of animals, among which we recognize those of the mammoth, the <le<;r, the wolf, those of many birds, ap parently those of ahorse, and, most im portant of all, what seems to be the im prints of the sandaled foot of man. “There are six series of the tracks of man. Lach of these series is represent ed by a number of footprints (from eight to seventeen) in regular order, and each showing more or less plainly the im print of a sandal. Besides this, in one of the series there is a marked differ ence in the form of the sandal. The first of these series which we examined is to be seen emerging, as it wore, from the southern side of tneyard, and where the eliir is fifteen feet in height above the track-. This series consists of twelve tracks, to wh ch number four were subseouently added by tunneling into the rock. These tracks were evi dently made in a layer of sediment of perhaps two inches in depth, for below this layer we find the compact sand stone. In etc h instance the mud had been raised by the pressure of the foot, into a ridge which entirely surrounded it. This mud is only partially solidified, and is still I‘akey ami easily broken on exposure. Each of the imprints furnish es us with evidence, as we believe, that the feet of the one making the tracks were protected by sandals. “In no single impression, perhaps, do vve find conclusive evidett 'e of th ; s fact, hut when we study them as a whole we find that that which is wattl ing in one i.s furnished by others which follow, lit nearly all the toe portion of the sandal is well shown, it being as smooth :s the work of a mason for the distance of two or threi) inches. Back ward from the toe we generally find the impression of the ou'e • portion of the sandal. \\ hen studied as a whole we can determine with a good deal of ex actness the at: al length ami breadth ot the sandal, which we find to be nine teen inches in length, eight inches at the ball ot the foot, while the heel is six inches in breadth. In its outline it follows clearly the shape of the human foot. I rom the great toe outward there is a really graceful curve, which draws in tow at d the heel; w hile from t lit* great toe inward the line i.s drawn toward the instep, amt thence in an onward curve to the heel. In one series this curve i.s deeper, showing a slightly different form of sandal. Ihe average length of the stride is two feet threo inches.'' The distance between the feet or the strad dle is eighteen inches. “It set ms vorv important to know if there were more toot prints of the sanm series still running on inioandunderthij rock face. 1 o determine this fact Mr. Garrard, who w a-anxious to assist tn in every way possible, immediately commenced a tunnel upon the line ol the prints of the same series, if such ex isted. In this effort ho was completely successful, bringing to view four otlu r footprints, three of which were more perfect than those which had been pre viously <>xposed. One of the four, owing to a fault of the rock, was toe obscure to be of value. Os this series vve secured twelve more or less perfect casts in plaster. “ One marked feature is that in ali of these tracks the toes turn well out ward. which is not as a rule the habit of the North American Indian \\'itl%, a few paces of the prints vve have de scribed is to be found another series of tracks made by an individual who was walking in deeper mud. which citing to and closed in upon the foot. Seven or eight such are to be seen in regular order, and then the track, like the one previously described, is lost in the ledge toward which the steps are tending. Three of these are somewhat smaller than the one described, while one has a samlai more eu wed than that of his fel lows. These are lost in the ledge, where they mav be followed by future explorations. These printsappear to be upon a floor a few inches lower than the one first described. “ Returning now to our first described tracks, we find nt a di'tauce of ten or twelve pa es other tracks, which vv<j suppose to have been made bv a mam moth. They are in regular order and eight in number, with an average stride I of four feet four and a half inches. Tlte so >t is twenty-one inches in diameter. I They were found imprinted on what is now pretty compact sand-stone. We find no distinct traces of toes, but only a general outline of the foot. “ Besides the above-described tracks there were tracks of some waiting birds, as before mentioned. These did not seem to differ much in form and size from those of the same order now living. Several quite distinct tracks of deer are also to be seen. Others, again, were found which in size ami length of stride much resemble those of a wolf. At one point these tracks may be traced for a distance of twenty feet, where they also are lost in the ledge. There are also a few poorly-defined imprints of what we believe to lie a horse. Near the western liimt we find clear indications ot animals having wallowed and lain in the soft mud. “There have been, we believe, but two objections thus lar raised against the claim that the imprints first de scribed were those of man. First, that the colossal size of the sandal will be likely to cause doubts in the minds of many. Secondly, that the space be tween the feet, or, as it is called, the straddle, is so marked as to create a suspicion that they were those of an an imal other than of man. “To the first objection we reply that for the protection of his feet the primi tive man would naturally select the samlai. In fashioning this sandal of wood, it is reasonable to suppose that with his gouge of obsidian he would cut out a hollow to correspond tothesize of his foot, leaving a raised bonier which might serve as a protection Io the side of his foot, as well as to the heel and toe. Its raised bonier would a'so be of great service in securing the thongs by which the samlai was attached to the foot. Some such plan must, we think, have been adopted for securing th" san dal, as we find no indication of holes in the bottom of the sandal through which thongs might be passed to la- en it to the feet. “Taking this view of th • ease, it seems to be apparent that to protect a foot of twelve or thirteen niches ho would be likely to fashion a sandal of nearh if not quite the proportions of the one shown by the impre-sion. “While it must be admitted that the print Qf the sandalled foot is mitisu illy large, much larger, in fact than the hide sandals worn by the Mexican In dians or the straw -andais of the Jap anese, yet the stride is but that of the average man of live feet ten inches in height.” Ancient ami Modern Egypt. The ancient Egypt was reckoned in its best days to contain a population of Ift,OOO,(XX), and it was the richest and most prosperous monarchy in the world before Home came to the front, its cities rivaled Babylon and Nineveh in their days, and when Ainru took Alexandria it contained over 000,0(10 inhabitants and the grandest library collection in the world. The modern Egypt, though possessing none of the ancient grand eur. is still a country far from despica ble in resources and population. Egypt proper, from the cascades of the Nile to the sea, contains about 0,000 square miles of cultivable and irrigable land in the Nile valley, and a population of 5,500,000. This is less than the area of Massachusetts, and not much above the population of the State of New ) ork But the productive quality of the land is such that it might serve to support 20,000,000. The annual ex ports to Great Britain alone ten years ago amounted to $82,250,000, while the imports from Great Britain to Egypt were but $36,000,000, showing a lu'isy balance of trade in favor of Egypt. Since the opening of the Suez. ('anal, Egyptian exports to England have de clined to less than $40,000,000, and the imports to less than $12,000,000. The 'alley of the lower Nile is not al) of Egypt, though it is all that is vital. The Khedive rules over a region on the upper Nile covering an area of 1,500,000 square miles, and embracing a barbarous population of 1(1,000,000. This has been, acquired by conquest since 1873, and includes Nubia and Darfur. Nubia is that country which the ancients called Ethiopia. These conquests may be made valuable by the construction of railways, but that will require European capital. I'hc present dynasty was founded by the u-urper, Mchemit Ali. He was ap pointed I‘asha, or Governor by the Sul tan of Turkey in 1806, and five years after he compelled his master to make him Viceroy. This title was continued through the descendants of Mehemet Ali down to the fifth. Ismail, who, in 1X66, received the title of Khedive-el- Misr, which means King. The condi tion of this promotion was that the Khedive should pay an annual tribute of *3,000,000 to the Sultan, the former tribute being but $1,800,000. This, of course, is a heavy tax on the people. The allowance for the support of the Khedive, or King, is $750,000, ami for his relatives $660,000. But the late Khedive, Ismail, contracted private debts amounting to more than $ 10,000,- 000 and otherwise so wasted the sub stance of the country that in 1879. when France and England, for the protection of their people who held Egyptian se curities, appointed each an officer to eontiol and regulate the finances of Egypt, they found an aggregate of pub lic and private debt amounting to $150,- 000,000. Ismail was deposed and his son lewik, the present Khedive, be came his successor. These financial complications led to the present diffi culties; these and the Mohammedan ha tred of Christians and foreigners. The rapid decline of Egyptian trade with England, formerly her best customer, is attributed to the Suez, Canal, which enables England to trade on better terms with India and her Oriental pos sessions. And this fact is the secret of the aversion of the Egyptians to the Canal and their earnest purpose to de stroy it if they can. Loti/mi Times. —The pastors or tne .vretnoaist Epis copal Churches of York. I’a.. publish a card giving their reasons for rem-ingto attend '‘so-called Methodist camp-meet ings.’ Many of these enterprises, they say, are not under the control of any de partment of tlte church, ami are man aged by grossly immoral men, who use money to bribe uneducated consciences, | and obtain this money by collusion with I railroad corporal ions.* “We are in fa vor of camp-meetings,” (he clergymen add, “whenever it can lie demonstrated ' that their inlluence is more helpful than ! hurtful to the cause of Christ."'—C'/nca go Triounc. A Type of Indian Territory Indians. I trotted my pony along pretty brisk ly, and in a half hour’s ride overtook an Indian riding slowly along on a mus tang. I hailed him. He was a friendly one. All Indians in the Territory are friendly. They are warm friends if you have a bottle of whisky and a little money, and will never leave you till the money and whisky are gone. I found that he was going to the “ Big Spring.” as he called it, or Baxter Springs, in the southeastern part of Kansas, the end of my journey. He said the reason I had seen no one was I had traveled between two ranges of settlements all the way. Had 1 gone ten miles to the north I would have struck one of them. But I was not sorry 1 had not. My compan ion could speak English very plainly, and was very dirty and lazy. He was a good type of the inhabitants of the Ter ritory. He was clad in a gorgeous waistcoat of a Disraeli pattern, buttoned with brass army buttons, and had a blanket fastened at the hips and wrap ped around his legs to the knees, while his feet were covered with moccasins. He said we were within two days’ travel of the springs, and that about one hour before sunset we would strike off from the trail, and seek shelter for the night among the Indian settlements. So'wo traveled along, he being very shy, 1 hardly knowing how to manage him, till J thought of the whisky bottle. I pre sented it to him. There was a change as if by magic. His tongue was loosened and there was no more silence. He told me Indian stories and I was regaled with Indian folk-lore. He told me that nine-tenths of the people were against the opening of the Territory to settlement, but they did not feel safe against it on account of treaties so often broken. He said if it did happen there was no telling where it would end, for the people would surely rise against them, and they would not rise unarmed or un skilled in the use of arms. It was now near sunset, and, according to his promise, we branched oft - toward the settlements. In the day's ride there had been a great change in the country, for it assumed features more like those of the State of Missouri, but theclimate was the same. It was the mixture of plan, woodland and bluff thrown together in '"onderful confusion. Now and then an Indian cabin would peer out between the trees, and often there would be quite a well-kept farm, but it was Indian farming after all. At sunset we reached the top of a bluff overlooking a prettv little stream that rippled along toward the south, and, winding down the bltifl into the valley below, we reached the settlement, where we were to stou for the night.— Boston Advertiser. Directions for Making a Shirt. The very first thing to do is to set the linen bosom on the front. Stitch it twice across the lower edge, and cut out the neck by the shirt pattern. Next finish the back. If a yoke shirt is to be made, gather the fullness, and placing it between the front and back of the yoke, sew the seam and turn the yoke, leaving the seam inside. .If it be a sack-shirt, face the back for a depth of twelve inches. Next sew up the shoulder seams, always leaving the facing of the. ba k. or the lining of the yoke, to stitch down on the. right side. I'his makes all smooth and well finished. Then take the sleeves, which have already had the wrist-bands sewed on, but are still open from wrist-band to shoulder, sew them into the body of the shirt, leaving half an inch to turn down for a facing. This makes un necessary the troublesome arm-ho’c facing and gives the, requisite strength and finish. Now comes the long seam, closing both the sleeve and the body, and almost finishing the garment. This seam mu't be carefully felled. Make tin* narrowest hem possible round the bottom of Ute shirt. Stay the ends of seams with tiny gussets or a tape stitched firmly a ross. The pattern ought to be so perfect that the neck will need no trimming out. A circular band is the best tilting, and this ro i quires a pattern. Remember that upon the set of tlte neck-band depends the lit of tlte bosom and the comfort of the wearer, and use a tape measure that it may be neither too large nor too small, but just right. Shirt bosoms should always be lined. They are sometimes purchased with a coarse linen lining, but the ordinary linen bosom sewed over the front, and the cloth beneath allowed to remain instead of cutting away, is quite as good. Wisconsin Shih-, .hitn'iial. '1 <> Sleep. Eat Onions. I venture to suggest a new but simple remedy for want of sleep, says a man who has had experience. Opiates, in itiy form, even the liquor opii si daf and chloroform, will leave traces of their in fluence next morning. I, therefore, prescribe for mySelf and have fro- I juently done so for others—onions ; •amply common onions, raw, but .Span ish onions stewed will do. All know the taste of onions; this is due to a peculiar ; essential oil eotitamed in this most valu able and healthy root. The oil has, I tin sure, highly soporific powers. In nty own case they never fad. If lam much pressed with work and feel that I sltatl not sleep, I eat two or three small onions, and the effect is magical. Onions are also excellent things to eat when much exposed to intense cold. Finally, it a person can not sleep, it is because the blood is in the brain, and not in the | stomach. The remedy, therefore, is ob vious. Call the blood down from the brain to the stomach. This is to be •lone by eating a biscuit, a hard-boiled egg. a bit of bread and cheese, or some ; tiling. Fdllow this up with a glass of j milk, or even water, and you will fall asleep, and will, I trust, bless the name ■ of the writer.— Exchange. Representatives of the most fash ionable families in Van Buren Countv, ' Ark., recently met in a small village to indulge in a hunt after horse thieves. Owing to bad weather, there were no ladies in the party, but their absence ! was forgotten in the pleasure and ex- 1 citement of the chase. After a lively I gallop over fences and rough fields the hunters bagged three thieves, two of whom, however, were killed before the spectators arrived in a coach and four. Ihe chase vv;ll he renewed as soon as a general meet can be arranged. These sportsmen say that the sport was far bet ter than fox hunting.— A. K Sun. | THE DONATION PARTY OF DEAD MULE FLAT. From bleak New England’s mountains Upto the corralled strand Where fair Montana’s fountains ' Roll alleged silver sand, y A missionary, mild in / His manners and his speech, i Journeyed to seek the wild in • A church wherein to preach. In the “city ” where he duly His wandering tent did pitch— It could not be said truly The good man “ struck it rich.* For the people (who would gather To hear his words with mirth) Were not earth’s salt, but rathcr The salters of the earth. Os calls though oft spoke deacon, Or brother—l mean “pard”— He found that they were speaking (See Hamlet) by the card. And the language that they use with Regard to every game The good man’s face suffused with A (bob-tailed) flush of shame. And to his deep dejection. When all around his hat He sent for a collection, But little wealth he gat. If growled the parson plucky Tlmy would satiric smile. And hint he was blamed lucky In getting back the tile. One day unto the preacher Two ruffians did repair; Each was the vilest creature — Except the other—there. Ohe was the “A 1 Terror,*’ The other “Murderer Ned And they confessed the error Ot the lives that they had led. The missionary ’ware was That jesting they must be; He said in his church there was Jnst then no vacancy. But when toward the trigger He saw their fingers glide. He remembered with great vigor There was “ room for two inside " “ Seein’ we now air brothers,” The “ A 1 Terror ” cries, “ We Ought to get the others To come and be likewise. So cock your gun, my hearty, And. parson, fetch your hat: Hey for a donation party For the church of Dead-mule Flat I" Forth went the luckless parson, Between the ruffians two, Who homicide and arson Vowed for the cause they'd do. They had their weapons handy, And used toward all they met The nterfus operand! Os frontier etiquette. First, Brother “Terror A 1 ” Would range them in a row, And stand prepared to slay one Whose hands should downward go, While Deacon “ Murderer Ed.” he Went through them systemat ically, and the ready Placed in the parson’s hat. The party cleaned the city Out in an hour or so. "Doc.” said the "Terror,” witty, " ’Tis time for us to go. Unto the distant heathen We mean forthwith to slide, And preach the Gospel; we, then, The plunder must divide. “ The sun is hast’ning bedward, No time to lose have we— Here's half for Deacon Edward, And here is half for me; And, my whlte-chokered hearty, You shall have back your hat. ’Rah for the donation party For the Church of Dead mule Flat!” "But, boys,” the parson pleaded, "’Tis hardly right for me To let you, unimpeded, Take the church's property. Ail preachers to their trust ar« Faithful presumed to be: Just shoot my hat and duster, That folk the holes may eec “ And think I made endeavor The church funds to retain.” In duster and in beaver They tired their pistols twain, And the parson snickered queerly As to two six-shooters drew: "Brethren, beloved dearly. I’ve got the drop on you?” He marches to the citv. And there his prize presents To a Vigilance Committee Os prominent residents. The pleas the missionary For his captives makes they fend off, And they give tlte cemetery of his church a double send-off. They give him the " donation,” And heap anew his hat, Ami elect by acclamation Him Pope of Dead-mule Flat; A church tax straight they levy, And now when the hat goes round, Its contents are right heavy, And have a chinking sound. And his mother would not know’m, That young mining engineer, Who om-e had been to Rome, And with a superior sneer, Where the Flatters most do cluster, Tile statement did dispute That the Pope wore a linen duster, And was upon the shoot. (j. T. Lanigan, in Harper's Magazine. How Tarantulas Fight. There was recently received in Den ver, for store exhibition, two full-o-rown tarantulas, one of the brown and the othei of the black variety. The brown fellow was eaged in a common cigar box and the black one in a glass jtir. As they could not be exhibited to ad vantage in contrivances of this kind, and as they were not very pleasant company to have running about loose, a box almost two feet square with a glass top was procured, on tlte bottom of which a lav er of sand was spread to make the animals feel at home. The cover was then drawn and the two spiders pitched into it from their sepa rate cages. No sooner did the one dis cover the other’s presence than they rti-hed at each other as viciously as two panthers, and immediately closed in deadly embrace. T hey came together with a bound, and then twining their long hairy legs about each other rolled over and over in the sand, biting each 1 other savagely, and then tugging with ; all their might as if endeavoring to crush ; each other by sheer muscular power. I Incredible as it may seem, this sort of warfare was kept up for six hours, during most of which time it could not be seen that either was gaining the slightest advantage, as neither 'slmwed any sign of disposition to end the fight except by the death of his adversary. At last the black one rolled over dead on tlte sand while the victor immediate ly proceeded to reap the spoils of his long battle. Seizing his vanquished enemy in his stout horns, or pincers, or w hatever contrivance he has for that purpose, he rapidly tore him limb from limb, and coolly proceeded, in the cannibalistic fashion to make a meal of him. In a very short time nothing was left except a little pile of legs and pieces of shell to mark the spot''where one tarantula had fallen and another had dined. Denver Tribune. A German wine merchant who was convicted and sent to prison for adult erating wine was forced to betray the .secret of his operation. It was this: Three thousand small casks of wine, bv the addition of water, alcohol, potato sugar, w ine dregs and salt, were made to yield the enormous quantity of 52,00(1 casks, which he sold at about fifteen times its value. WM. A. MILLER, C ‘ T ’ tARGI W. MILLER & CARGILL, wHOLESAIE QU E EN SWA RE No. 184 Market Street, OE-IA.TT2YJSTOOC3-JY. TE2STJST. defined Petroleum and Lubricating Oils. I sep3 6m | HERRON’S! 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