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THk two brothers.
(f'rcm the Talmud.)
In Palestine long years ago,—
So runs the legend old, —
Whore Kedron’s sparkling waters flo
Across their sands of gold.
And Mount Moriah lifts his head
Aliove the sunny plain,
Two brothers owned—as one—'tis said
A Held of golden grain.
And when the autumn days had come
And all the shocks and sheaves
Stood waiting for the “harvest home,
Among the withering leaves,
The older brother said one night:
“I’m stronger far than Saul,
My vour.ger brother, 'tis but right
That I should give him all
These sheaves upon the plain
We own together, so
I’ll put with his my stacks of grain.
And he will noverknowl"
Scarce had he left the sheaves of wheat
When quietly there came
Across the field with stealthy feet,
And errand just the same—
The younger lad, who said: “1 see
My brother Simon's need
Isgreater far than mine, for he
Hath wife and child to feed;
And so to him I’ll give my sheaves,
It is but right, I know —
And he will never think who leaves
These wheat stacks on his row!”
Next morning when the brothers twain
Began to count their store,
Behold! each found his stacks of grain
To number as before!
“Why! how is this?" in great surprise
Each to himself then said—
“i’ll watch to night and see who tries
These tricks when I’m abed!"
And so, half way across the plain
They met—each one bent o’er
With shocks and sheaves of golden grain
To swell his brother s store!
Good Saul and Simon! Would to-day
More brothers might bo found
Who seek each other’s good alway,
Aud in kind deeds abound.
Youth's Companion.
A PLOT THAT FAILED.
In the year that our civil war broke
out I left Honolulu for a trading trip
among the islands to the South, but be
ing more particularly bound for the
Paumotu Islands, which lie to the sou'h
oast, oti the Tropic or Capricorn. There
are fifteen or twenty groups of islands
in the South Pacific, and while the resi
dents of some are civilized and living
like white folks, there are others iu
habited by scoundrelly gangs. There
are about thirty islands, large and small,
in the I aumotugroup, andin IsStil there
wasn’t a native among them, who was
not a thief and a liar when dealing with
white men. 1 thiuk there was two or
three English missionaries on the larger
island at the date I mention, but their
influence was limited. The natives were
a sneaking lot, always playing for some !
point of advantage, and were rather held !
in contempt by tne traders. They would
cheat,steal and lie, but no one supposed
them brave enough to attack a vessel.
Our craft was a fiue, new schooner,
built on the model of a fruiter, and one
of the fastest crafts ever propelled by
wind power. She was also easy to handle,
and carried a dry deck through seas
which wotil l have wet a frigate fore and
aft. Sho was commanded by Captain
Wallers, a very eompeient man, while 1 j
had the berth of first mate. Cur second
was a Mr. Sheppard, and we had six men
before the mast. We were loaded with
articles of traffic, and our armament con
sisted ol one six-pounder on a carriage
and a dozen swords and muskets. The
Captain had made two previous voyages
to the islands, and lie had a very poor
opinion of the courage of the natives.
We had an uneventful voyage to with
in oue hundred miles of the islands, when
we encountered the brig ’Frisco, which
had also been on a trading voyage. She
showed a signal of distress, and I was
ordered to go aboard in response. Her
original crew of ten men had been re
duced one-half, and the Captain was in
need,of the services of a suigeon, having
a bad scalp wound and two cuts on the
shoulder. Three days before, as the brig
had completed her cargo, the natives
had made a determined e.lort to capture
her. Three of her crew had been killed,
one drowned, and a fifth carried oil a
prisoner, and only one man of the five re
maining laid escaped being wounded. In
repelling the natives thirty or forty of
them had been slaughtered, and the
Captain's aiv ce to us was to seek some
other port. We could not spare the brig
any hands, but we fixed up the wounded
as well as we could, our Captain went
aboard to hear the particulars of the
fight, and when the vessels separated we
held to our original course.
“I am not to be scared out by his
yarn, Mr. Winters," he sa d to me. “1
know those natives, and I know that
they haven't the courage of sheep. I
suspect that the crew of the brigand the
natives went on a big drunk together,
and that whisky brought about a quarrel,
in which sailors knifed each other."
“But it won’t be much trouble to take
proper precautions," I replied.
“Ob, no. Ycu will have full charge
when we get ou trading grounds, as 1
will have to look after the barter. Take
such precautions as you like, though I
think it will be trouble for nothing^’
My bump of caution is decidedly
prominent. As a sailor 1 always pre
ferred !o snug down and store away be
fore (he storm broke. 1 got up the cut
lasses aud found them about as sharp as
spades. The muskets were rusty and
out of repair, and the caps and bullets
stowed away where 1 had a long hunt to
find them. We were iu sight of the
islands Indore I had the arms in good
shape, and the Captain had indulged iu
more than oue chuckle over my efforts.
There were three or four rulers distrib
uted about the groups, but the head man
recognized by the traders was known by
the tide of “Old Lop." His left shoulder
was badly down and lie was old and
6k inuy. Instead of being called lop
shouldered, the sailors gave him the
briefer and more expressive nickname of
“Old Lop.” He lived on an island
known to us in those days as the Horse
shoe, and this was about the centre of
the group. There were safe channels
among the isles, and a craft lying oil
the Horseshoe was perfectly sheltered in
any sort weather. We were a whole day
making our way through the channels,
and it struck me as very curious that all
the native boats kept well out of hail.
We sighted a score or more of them, but
they wanted nothing of us. In three or
four cases where the Captain bawled at
them through his trumpet we heard their
defiance ia answer.
When we reached our anchorage it
was nearly dusk. Only one boat t ame
off to us, and the native who boarded us
acted to me like a man bent on some
errand of mischief. He said that trade
was dull and Old Lop sick of fever, but
that lie would see on the morrow what
could bo done. Our Captain was the
only one aboard who could talk the
lingo, and for reasons of his own he did
not lot on that he had encountered the
brig or had a suspicion that anything
had happened. As soon as night came I
put the watch under arms, and twice
during the night wo heard sounds to
prove that we were being spied upon.
Next morning, however, things assumed
a different look. Several boats came off,
the Captain was invited ashore, and a
messenger from Old I .op said that trade
would be good. We wanted dyewoods,
roots, barks, cocoanut kernels, and other
products, and when the Captain landed
he had assurances that we could fill up
in a week. Not a native had a word to
say about the brig, but the Captain soon
saw broken heads enough to satisfy him
that there had been a row. Old Lop had
been knocked silly bv a blow from a
capstan bar. instead of having fever, and
the women had blackened their thumbs
as they never do except when in mourn
ing-
We lay at anchor a quarter of a mile
from the beach, and when the Captain
returned he gave orders to have the
schooner taken into a little cove within
biscuit throw of the sand. The natives
had complained that it was too much
work to pull the cargo out to us. I
asked the Captain if it didn't look like
a plot to get us in a helpless situation,
aud he laughed and replied:
“The row with the brig will last j
these fellows for a good while yet. They j
don’t seem to cry for me as they did i
when here before, but there’s plenty of j
trade, and we’ll get ’em good-natured J
after a bit. You’ve got charge, and you j
can point your guns as you like.”
We pulled the schooner into the cove,
and for three days the natives brought '
us stuff as fast as we could stow it
away. The Captain spent most of his
i time ashore, and whenever he came ■
; aboard it was to announce that the na
tives were in better humor, and that we
need r.ot be apprehensive. Had I not had
all the men with me in my suspicions I j
should no doubt have relaxed my vigil
ance. Each sailor, however, by catch
ing on to this or that, was satisfied that j
danger menaced, and was only too glad j
to see preparations made to meet it. I j
had the cannon loaded with whatever
would answer for canister, muskets and i
cutlasses kept ready, and would not al- |
low over ten natives aboard'at once.
They had bows and arrows and spears |
and clubs, with now and then an old
musket, and each one who came had to
leave all weapons behind. On the third I
day I saw no less thau three of them cut a
notch ou a stick to represent each oue
of us, aud those who came aboard had
a smack of the impudent in their de
meanor.
On the fourth morning not a native
came off to us, and when the Captain
went ashore with a new stock of liquor
to propitiate Old Lop he found that it
was a holiday with the people, and that
all were excused from work. He sent
me word to let all go ashore who wished,
and when I made the announcement
every hand was off except one. A fore
mast man named Parker, a steady, mid
dle-aged man, finding that I was to stay,
asked that he might keep me company,
and we had scarcely been left alone
when he said:
“Mr. Winters. I beg your pardon for
being so bold of speech, but I don’t like
the looks of things ashore.”
“Nor 1, either."
“I am glad, sir, that we are agreed,
for I think there’ll be throat-cutting
done before night. I haven't been easy
at all since wo dropped anchor here.
I’ve been among the Feejee, Touga,
Ph i nix, Union and other groups, and
these chaps are too saucy for men who
haven’t got a plot on hand.”
“And what do you think of the holi
day ?’’
“All moonshine, sir. It is an excuse
to get all of us ashore. These natives
have a holiday every day ia the year,
so far as that goes. It isn’t ffer the likes
of me to give you advice, but I think we
should get ready for a row.”
I thought so, too. We took the cover
off the mainsail and hoisted it part way
up, ran up the jit>, uncovered the fore
sail, and acted as two men might who
were caring for a craft at anchor. We
lay headed toward the channel, as the
tide was running in, and had only
enough chain out to let her swing. We
overhauled the cable, and fixed it for
slipping, got the cannon aft, where it
could have a raking fire, aud were then
as ready as we two men could be. Ashore
all was hilarity and confusion, with
natives marching up and down, and
beating their diums and blowing their
horns. We had made the preparations
spoken of, when the Captain sent one of
the men off to us to tell us to come
ashoie, as everybody was having a good
time. I questioned the messenger closely,
but he had seen nothing suspicious. I
I sent word that we might come soon,
but did not intend to move afoot, Two
hours passed, and we had remarked that
the tide had just turned, when old Lop
i sent us a pressing invitation, backed by
a second message from the Captain.
The sailor had been aloft with the glass,
and on coming down reported that our
men were acting as if drunk, and that
every native appoared to be armed.* I
sent word back that I would not leave
the schooner, and half au hour later
the expected climax came. Wc heard a
general howling and shouting, and
Parker, who was again aloft, hurried
down to report that he lird seen three of
our crew clubbed to death. He had
scarcely gained the deck when about 200
natives made a rush for the cauoes drawn
up opposite us. While we were not more
than 100 feet from the shore, in water
about three fathoms deep, the natives
had to swim or take to their canoes.
There were lots of sharks in the coves,
and so none of them ventured to plunge
in.
While Parker ran to slip the cable I
ran aft to the wheel. There was a bit of
a breeze, and favorable at that, while
j the run of the tide alone would take us
slowly out Time wa3 what we wanted,
and seeing that the canoes were ready to
shove off I trained tbe gun a little lower,
applied my lighted cigar to the priming,
and no one discharge from a six-pounder
ever had a greater effect. It destroyed three
or four canoes, killed or wounded a score
of natives, and the smoke had scarcely
blown away before the schooner began
moving. The natives were checked for
the moment, giving us time to hoist the
mainsail a little higher, and when they
began the pursuit we were moving down
| the channel at about three miles an hour.
It was lucky that I had cleaned up the
muskets and prepared a plenty of ammu
nition. But for the firearms we would
have been boarded with a rush, for up
ward of a hundred natives crowded into
canoes to pursue. The channel was nar
row, but well defined, and while I had
the wheel and kept her going Parker
was busy with the muskets. lie fired in
turn at each canoe, and whenever he hit
a man he threw all into confusion and
checked pursuit for several minutes. By
and by he got time enough to reload the
cannon, and this time he rammed iu a
solid shot. The natives seemed to look
upon it as a gun which hud only one
speech or report, aud though the solid
shot hit no one, their confusion was very
great. Soon after this Parker killed a
man in the foremost canoe, and then all
fell back.
We now got the foresail on her and
the other jibs, aud the schooner crept
along so fast that pursuit was given
over, much to our satisfaction. We
kept to the southward, following the
channels between the islands, until about
5 o'clock in the afternoon, when we met
the trading schooner Junta, owned by
our same firm, which had loaded at the
Tubai Islands, and was going to add a
! few more packages at the Horseshoe.
{ We divided the crews and sailed around
to the Tongas, ~where two whalers were
'refitting. Wc here got enough volun- j
■ teers to increase our number to fifty, j
borrowed muskets and cutlasses, and :
returned to Old Lop’s headquarters in ■
the 'Frisco. He showed fight when we
landed, but soon became panic stricken
and ceased resistance. We first made
sure that all our men had been murdered,
and then the men were let loose for re
venge. They were a wild lot, and they
felt it necessary to teach the natives a
lesson, and the hunting and killing
went on for three days. age
nor sex met with mercy, and the number
of victims must have counted up fully
200. The Horseshoe was, iu fact, de
populated, and since that time no native
iu any of the groups has dared to raise
his hand against a white man, much less
plot the slaughter of a crew and the tak
ing of a ship. —New York Sun.
Western (’lilt' Dwellers.
One of the most attractive portions of
Colorado, if not in the entire West, is
that part of the State in which are found
the cliff dwellings of a long extinct race.
The district in which these ruins are
located covers an area of nearly six
thousand square miles, chiefly in Colo
rado, but which includes narrow belts in
the adjacent territories of IS ew Mexico,
Utah and Arizona.
The ruins of this region, like most
others of the estrerne West and South,
are the remnants in a great mea-ure of
stone structures. It is evident, how
ever, that a great portion of the villages
and dwellings of the lowlands which
comprise this district have been of
material other than stone, frequently,
doubtless, of rubble and adobe com
bined.
Tbe cliff houses conform in shape to
the floor ofeL niche or shelf on which
they are bunt. They are of firm, neat
masonry, and the manner in which they
are attached or cemented to the cliffs is
simply marvelous. Their construction
has cost a great deal of labor, the rock
and mortar irh which they are built hav
ing been bright hundreds of feet up
tJf most precipitous places. They have
afc.au h more modern look than the
valley and cave remains, and are probably
in general more recent, belonging rather
to the ciose than to the earlier parts of a
long period of occupation.
It seems probable that a rich reward
awaits the fortunate arclnologist who
shall be able to thoroughly investigate
the historical records that lie buried iu
the masses of ruins, the unexplored
caves, and the still mysterious burial
places of the Northwest. But it is quite
improbable that any certain light will
ever be thrown on the origin of this
curious race which has just been de
scribed, or their history. Cincinnati
Commercial.
England’s Eg“ Consumption.
About a third of the eggs and a large
proportion of the poultry we consume
come to us from foreign countries, says
Condon (England) Til Bih. It has been
computed that at least 10 ) eggs per an
num are cou mmed by each person in the
United Kingdom—very young children
only excepted. If, then, the egg-eating
population of Great Britain and Ireland
be set down as numbering 50,000,000
persons,it becomes apparent that :’», 0C0, -
000.000 eggs will be needed to supply
their demands.
Of these 1,088, 380,440 eggs were
landed in the United Kingdom from
Continental places in the year The
money value of the eggs amounted to
$15,402,500, France being the recipient
of $5,250,000, Germany of nearly $5,000.-
000, and Belgium of over $500,000. The
sums paid to Germany apd Belgium
chiefly represent egga_ which, in the
cour-e of transit, are simply brought
through these countries on their way to
the larger seats of consumption in Groat
Britain; as a matter of fact, nearly ail
the eggs said to come from Belgium are
Italian shipped at Antwerp. The im
portation of eggs from abroad has in
creased very rapidly' of late years. In
1841 the number imported was t>7,000,-
000, in 1878 it had grown to eleven times
that amount, and the figures we have
given for lust year show that no fewer
than three and a quarter million eggs
were imported on every working day.
A New Game For Church Fairs.
“Changing the leopard spots” i 3 the
newe-t scheme in church fairs. The
minister stretches a large piece of white
cloth across one end of the room. On it
is drawn in charcoal a representation of
a leopard, with its mouth open and its
tail trailing on the ground. About forty
pieces of circular black cloth a couple of
inches in diameter are fastened all over
the leopard with pins. “Can the leopard
change his spots?" says the preacher,
repeating the Bibli al question. It can
by a simple process. Each one iu the
congregation pays $1 and buys a spat
until the leopard resembles a white calf.
Then the game is repeated until every
body, including the leopard, is perfectly
satisfied with the result.— Chicago Herat J,
HOW BELLS ABE MADE.
OPERATIONS REQUIRING GREAT
CARE AND SKILL.
Tli<* Musical Tone—Formin'; the
Moulds—Casting and Polishing?
the Beil—Testin'; the Tone.
If may not be generally known, says a
writer in Stoves and Hardware , that there
are only five concerns in the United
States engaged in the manufacture of
church, school, and clrme bells.
Contrary to the popular idea, the ex
act musical tone of a bell depends neither
upon the metal nor upon any change in
it after being cast. If the bell should
not be of the exact pitch, there is no
alternative but to melt it over and re
cast it until the proper tone is secured.
Hence, it is clear that the greatest care
must be exercised, and the most thor
ough skill displayed.
The first operation, and the one upon
which success depends, is the forming
of the moulds. They are made accord
ing to plans-which are first prepared to
demonstrate tho weight, thickness, and
dimensions necessary to produce the re
quired tone. The moulding is done en
tirely by hand, without the use of pat
terns. For the inside, the shape is made
up of loam, which is merely sand mixed
with enough clay to make it cohesive.
With nothing but a trowel, a paddle,
and his hands, the operator moulds the
loam into the desired shape, work
ing from the bottom toward the apex.
The work is necessarily slow, as great
care must be exercised, a 3 any variation
from the plans would inevitably ruin the
effect, and frequent measurements are
taken to see that there are no deviations.
The surface is now covered with black
lead. This is mixed into a thick paint,
or mortar, and applied with a brush.
Each coat must be allowed to dry, and
successive coats applied until it reaches
a thickness of about three-quarters of an
inch, oi until the desired shape is ac
curately secured. The outside half of
the mould is built up of loam in the
same way, only in this case no coating of
plumbago is used. The exterior mould
fits over the inside mould, tho space be
tween the two determining the thickness
of the bell. The moulds being finished,
they are placed in position in a pit in
front of the furnace. At the apex, or
at the point where the bell would be
hung, an opening is made in the outside
mould of about two inches in diameter.
A trough then carries the molten metal
directly into the mould.
The furnace is very similar to those
generally used in melting large quan
tities of brass. The melting pot is built
between two fire-boxes, so constructed
that the heat strikes the sides and bot
tom with almost equal force, e ieeting
quick results. The metal used is simply
ingot copper and tin, in the proportion
of four parts of the former to one cf the
latter. The copper is first melted, and
then the tin is put into the molten mass,
soon becoming a part of it. The kettle
has a capacity of about a ton. For a
bell weighing three hundred pounds, the
mould is completely tilled in seven or
eight minutes. For bells weighing six
hundred pounds, if requires about fifteen
minutes, and so on.
The bell having cooled sufficiently,
the moulds are broken, and it is taken
out and turned over to the polisher. The
inside, having been moulded against the
smooth surface of black lead, needs no
polishing, but tho outside requires at
tention in that respeet. The operation
is very simple. The bell is hoisted to
the center of a double revolving table,
'fhe part the bell rests upon revolves
one way, the surrounding pait in an
opposite direction. This latter part is
so constructed that it will hold a large
quantity of coke. Thus, in revolving,
the coke scours the outside of the hell,
the result being a smooth, bright sur
face.
Before polishing, however, the tone of
the bell is tested, and it is again tested
after polishing, as carefully as the string
of a piano or the reed of an organ. If
satisfactory, nothing remains to do hut
the mounting.
An idea of the great accuracy that
must be displayed in the plans and prep
aration of the moulds can be seen in that
from ten to twenty-live pounds of metal,
either too much or too little, in bells
weighing from 600 to 2000 pounds, or a
variation of from one-twentieth to one
twelfth of an inch in thickness, will affect
the tone. The successful manufacture
of chimes and peals, therefore, can only
be done by those whose knowledge of
the business Is as accurate as instinct,
and this is possessed only by those who
have followed the business for a lifetime.
Tlse Biggest Paving Slone.
The big stone that forms the sidewalk
in front of the Vanderbilt mansion on
Fifth avenue has long been known to
New Yorkers as the largest single stone
ever utilised for such a purpose. It was
transported at a cost of nearly two thou
sand dollars and brought down the
Hudson in a canal boat. At Delamater’s
works on the Noitli Hiver the big der
rick was brought into requisition to lift
the stone from the canal boat to the
dock. When in mid-air the chains
broke and the stone plunged through
the canal boat underneath, boat and
stone both going to ihe bottom of the
slip. It was afterward raised and placed
in its preseut position. For years it has
-been supreme as the biggest solid piece
of sidewalk in the city, but a week or
two ago it lost its claim through the ap
pearance of a mightier rival. Mr. Fred
Vanderbilt i 3 responsible for the new ar
rival, which is a solid piece of stone
fifteen feet wide and twenty feet long,
and will be placed in front of his res
idence. It was quarried at Oxford.
Chenango County, and required a special
car to be built for its transportation!
Superintendent William Buchanan, of
the New York Central ltoad, devised the
ear. Nothing can be carried on the
Central road that is wider than ten feet
or higher than fourteen feet, and with
such limitations it was no easy job to
make a car that would carry a stone
15x20 feet. This Mr. Buchanan did,
however, by putting the stone on edge,
and at such an angle that its breadth
and height came within the limits set by
the tracks and bridges of the road. This
was done on mathematical principles.—
N <o York Mm 1 and Express,
Nearly one hundred aud twenty thou
sand birds of prey have been killed in
Prussia the past twelve months, aud in
the future crows ami magpies are to be
ranked as such.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Eight dogs will buy a wife in Siberia.
At Hong Kong, China, thieves steal
the telephone wire.
One acre of land in Wall street, New
York, is worth $14,800,000.
John Connerton, of Louisville, Ky.,
has a mule which chews tobacco.
A cannon ball would reach the moon
in eighteen days if it kept right on
humping.
The Baxter family of Norwich, Conn.,
found a valuable ring stored away in the
interior of a turkey.
There is in Sydney, New South Wales,
an ancient spinster of 105. She has
smoked for fifty years.
George 1., King of England, ded
from drunkenness, which his physician
called an apoplectic fit.
A doctor in Cincinnati charges next to
nothing for his services in cases where
his patient does not recover.
Organs are said to have been first in
troduced into »churches by Hope
Vitalianus about A. D., lii7o.
A cow broke into a Brooklyn oyster
dealer’s establishment and devoured
eight quarts of raw oysters before she was
discovered.
A drum major of Flint, Mich., hurt
himself severely while playing with the
gorgeous stall with which he excites the
wonder of the 9mall boys.
Tanks of pure coifee ready for con
sumption are now put up and shipped as
far as two hundred miles, arriving at
their destination as hot as it can possi
bly be drunk.
The metal tokens issued by firms and
private individuals during the Civil war
to pass as small change have no value
except as mementos of the times and to
curiosity seekers.
A brother of 1 ord Wolseley, Frederick
Wolseley, an Australian squatter, claims
attention for having invented a sheep
shearing machine by which one man can
shear 140 sheep a day clean as a whistle.
A hog was butchered at Charlton, Ga.,
a few days since, and in the maw of the
swine were found some twenty-two nails
and a lot of glass, supposed to have been
p eces of a bottle. The hog was ap
parently healthy.
The mocking birds in Orange, Cal.,
feed on the berries that grow on the
Chinese umbrella tree, and this sort of
food makes them tipsy. They act very
foolishly after a hearty meal and stagger
about badly intoxicated.
Objects of art in Japan are never ex
hibited by the dozen, either by dealers
or by private owners. They are kept
carefully packed away in boxes and cot
ton wool, and are brought out one by
one, as the dealer likes.
A kingfisher attacked a black bass
near Orlando, Fla. The bird sank its
talons into the bass, intending to carry
the fish off, but the task was too great,
and, as the bird could not free itself the
birss found little trouble in drowning it.
There was too little water in the bap
tismal pool of a colored church at Kirk
ville, Ala., and when the sexton started
the fire it blew up. The church was full
of people, and the pastor had to be
taken off the rafters—whither he was
thrown —with a ladder, but no one was
nurt.
A new device for bicycles allows the
use of those machines upon the ice, the
little wheel being converted into a run
ner, while the large wheel is provided
w’ith clips that prevent slipping on the
ice. In New York parties are now
formed to go up the Hudson for a tour
nament whenever the river freezes over.
The Cow Would Not Be Harnessed.
One could scarcely expect a cow, not
trained to the profession of arms, to con
duct herself with great self-possession as
one of an army, in the “Story of a Boy
Company” is to be found an anecdote
concerning one such new recruit—a cow,
which, with several hens and a rooster,
were attached to a Confederate battery.
As soon as a halt was made for the night,
the fowls were taken from the wagon
where they rode, the rooster was tied to
a wheel-spoke, by the leg, and hi 3 family
always remained near him.
As the war progiessed, and the horses
grew poor, the cow was brought into
use as a beast of burden. Fhe was sad
dl d, dishes, frying-pans and coffee-pots
were hung upon the saddle, and the do
cile creature moved away, quite oblivious
of the clatter on lier back. She was
usually tied to a caisson, but oTten she
was turned loose,- and thus followed the
battery, like an enlisted soldier.
During the last winter of the vrar a
large, raw-boned, brindle cow strayed
into camp, and although at fiist wild,
she soon followed the example of the
veteran and became an orderly remit.
One day, when a sudden start had
been ordered, it was thought advisable
to utilize the new eow as a porter. A
little fellow named Car ton was ordered
to saddle the cows. The old one was
quickly loaded with the Captain’s bag
gage, recently-killed chickens and other
rations, and ( arlton thsn proceeded to
put the coffee pot, skillet and other
cooking utensils upon the brindle. He
was obliged to make her fast to a pine
tree in order to load her rapidly.
Every thing was ready, the battery
was about to move, and the Captain di
rected Carlton to let go the ropes, aud
make the brindle tollow in the wake of
the old cow, who had just taken the line
of march in good order. But no sooner
had the ropes slipped from brindle’s
horns than, with head, heels and tail
high in the air, she sped down the hill,
the sound of her bellowing mingling
with the clatter of tin, and forming a
brass and tenor seldom heard.
After freeing herself of every vestige
of her pack she slowly returned, seeking
her companion. The scattered load was
collected and placed agaiu upon her
back, but as soon as she was free, xvith
a bound and bellow, she tied down the
hill, this time never to return.
A party of United States surveyors
who have been engaged on the coast of
Oregon the past year say that there are
hundreds of fertile valleys unsettled and
several good harbors unused, and only
awaiting the advent of commerce to
create another world of activity.
A pretty idea for decorating the cor
sage is to cluster several lengths of rib
bon of the same c contrasting colors at
the throat, carry them to the waistline,
dra-w them together, then let them fall
us they will.
SOLD TO STRANGE R 3.
The worn out blinds hang loosely, **"
The paint has nearly gone,
The creaking gate swings idly,
The old place looks forlorn;
The myrtle mound is grass-grown,
That blossomed years ago, *
And one by one have vanished
The flowers I used to know. ®
The ancient tree whose cherries - t
Rejoiced my childish heart,
Stands lifeless, grim and groaning; r
The arbor’s dropped apart 1
That arbor in the garden 1
Where honeysuckles twined;
The once broad path that led there
Is now but ill-defined.
The deer, quaint old mansion,
It held our kith and kin
For eighty years and over,
’Till they were gathered in.
And now it goes to strangers; 1
Its glories all are fled
Since those who built the hearth-fire
Are numbered with the dead.
While we who loved it fondly
Must give a parting sigh,;
A farewell look, and sadly
Forever pass it by.
And still the fragrant lilies
May bloom beside the door.
But strangers' footsteps echo
Across the oaken floor.
—Boston Transcript.
HUMOIt OF THE DAY.
We, the people—U. S.
A bridal party—The horse.
A dwarf pear—A couple under size.
A romance of the middle ages—An old
maid’s love affair.
Lost in the outskirts—A woman,when
she can’t find her pocket.
Corners in the stock market may be
sharp, but they are never square.
“Pride goes before a Fall,” and the
“Winter of discontent” comes after.
Shades of the departed—Those left
hanging when the last tenant moved
out.
How to bo happy, though married—
Let your wife do all the talking— Boston
Courier.
To keep jellies from molding, place
them on a low shelf where they can be
reached by the children.
To write a good story for the public a
man must have a good upper story of
his own.— New York News.
Why will a street-car C' nductor stop a
man from smoking and the next minute
help a woman to alight:— Nw York
News.
“Mrs. Smith holds her age remarkably
well.” “She holds her tongue about it,
if that’s what you mean?”— Boston Tran
script.
The man who grafted an apple twig
into a pine tree reports to the Gawktown
Agriculturist that he a led to raise pine
apples.
“All men are born free and equal,”
but uufortunately some are born equal
to two or three of their fellows. — New
York Tribune.
“Time and tide wait for no man,”
but when a woman is in the case, even
time and tide must wait or go on without
her.— New York Tribune.
Stranger—“ May I ask what your oc
cupation is, sir?” Tally-ho driver (in a
college town) —“Oh, I coach the stu
dents.”—Burlington Free Press.
Easily Explained.—Old Lady (togro
cer"B boy)—“What mikes the price on
them potatoes so stiff, boy?” Grocor’s
Hoy—“lt’s because there’s so much
starch iu ’em, mum.”— Lije.
Frenchman—:“ Yes, Miss Bostonia, in
the Mediterranean I sailed through
schools of sardines, Miss Bostonia—
“Nonsense? How could they swim in
those heavy tin boxes?”— Time.
Mrs. Scrumptous—“Do not go near
that old mill, my daughter.” Daughter
“Why not, mamma?” .Mrs. S.— “Don’t
you kuow that the Scriptures say that
‘the sound of the grinding is low.’”—
Chicago Globe.
Wife (to unhappy husband—“l
wouldn't worry, John; it doesn’t do any
good to borrow trouble. Husband—
“ Borrow trouble? Great Ca>sar, my
dear, I ain’t borrowing trouble, I’ve
got it to loan.”
“Just came from the West, eh? Well,
how’s business out there?” “Hush
ing. Thirty new towns were started ia
Kansas, last week, and three of them
have already got a few inhabitants.”—
New York World.
Bessie—“ln the history class to-day
the teacher spoke about the tri-color.
What is the tri-color, mamma?” Mam
ma—“l think the teacher must have re
ferred to yellow, my dear. It is a very
trying color.” — Burlington Free Press.
Business ways. Clerk—“ Why do you
want these apple barrels marked ‘open
this end ?’ What difference does it make
which end is opened?” Fruit dealer—
“We can’t afford to pack large apples at
both ends of the barrel.”— Drake's Maga
zine.
“George, dear, what a beautiful dia
mond butterfly! It looks ready to fly.”
“I don’t see why it wants to fly,” growled
George. “Goodness knows it’s high
enough now. The roll, plate counter is
at the other end of the store. Coma
on. ” — Jewellers' Weekly.
Well, William,” said Mr. Hardhead to
his new conlidentiai clerk, “you are in a
first class position now at a good salary.
I shall expect you to be faithful and
diligent—in fact, to mako all my in
terests your own. It won’t be necessary,
however, for you to make love to the
typewriter. I’ll attend to her myself.’*
Terre Haute Express.
THE WAY OK THE WORL.H.
She stood upon the platform scale,
Her lover by her side;
Her dimpled cheeks were rosy rod;
He murmured: “Ba my bride.”
With downcast eyes and faltering hand.
Love’s summons to obey,
She placed a nickel in the slot
And gave herself a weigh.
The Glass of Fashion: “Ah,” said Mr.
Scourplate grimly, as he adjusted his
necktie, “We ’ave to put hup with the
airs of these society people hall day; but
when evenink comes, me boy, they show
wot the truly genteel is bv puttink on
the dress that we wear all day I” “That’s
so,” replied Mr. CTuuibcloth, with a
grave nod. “Yon ®ave a great ’ead,
Tummis; we waiters be the real leader*
of fashion.”— Life.