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VALUABLE SPACE.
Tho Cunning St ry -f an Inch
and » Half of Land.
A M’TihiuU Je lou o II < S il.b.r’.
Suot n; OferTeacben Him b f.
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In one of tin- «-f r<- t« ' f New York run
ning west from B -dway, tw ■ xtori ■
•land aide by wide with a ipai'- of one
•nd a half irides between the wall", an
unusual Bight in * m«ti<q>ib» where land
is valued by the inch. The curioin *t'<ry
of that Vuranl apace is thie
Fifty y« ar* ago these lot* were owned
by two praona, whom w<: will <l**igi ate
a* A. Merchant ami D. II DJW- Bu»i
licMWii* creeping Info fin street rapidly,
and the demand for more storeroom in
duced Mr. Merchant to pull down the
old budding on hi* pli-iuiw'i, and erect a
atom and wan house < oinrneuMirnte with
the demand. A well known architect
wax employed, n contract for material
given, and the building wax put up by
day work, in the most substantial man
ti, r. 'J'lic foundation had been set ex
tra deep the brick* being laid, not after
the mauner of modern day*, but with
the best of material. Mortar wax not
spared between the brick* on the xevcinl
c urses. Tlirr beam* wen: heavy and
keyed into the walla. An iron vault
wax sot in solid musonnry on the ground
flnm, and a healer placed in the base
mi ut, the flue* of which ran up
to the third xtory, and the appoint
ment* thioughout were of the most
elaborate sort When the store was
completed, Mi. Merchant had no dill!
rulty in finding n flint clan* tenant, to
Whom be leased It for a brief term of
year*. The tenant took posses: ion, tho
store wax filled with good*, business soon
cirniucnccd io thrive, and Loth tenant
and landlord were happy.
Mr, Ogg, somewhat jealous of his .
n< ighbor’x su< i -x, also concluded to re
build, Hix old building win torn down,
nnd excavation* for the hew were made.
At thia (Kiiut Mr. Ogg called on Mr.
M reliant and informed him that his
(M reliant'') w ill extended one inch and
n half on Ogg's lan 1. Tnix win a great
surprise to Mr. M icliaal, who did not
hesitate to tell Mr. Ogg that ho d mbted
the fact.
“Have it ■urvoyed, then," w s I’tg*
ri'fly, “and find out for yotir If."
Tho stirvoy wax made, and Merchant’s
building was found to encroach one Inch
iftid a null on the hind As hit neighbor.
‘‘Well,” says Merchant, “I'll pay you
for the ground. How much do you
want I" .
“1 don't want your mom y, I want
the wound," was <>"■'“ ungracious
answer.
“Oh, pshaw I you are joking,” said
Mn< h int. “You certainly d n’t inti a l
to have me pul 1 down my wall for tho
sake of an inch ami n half of ground I"
“1 menu just w hat I say,"replied Ogg.
“It suit* my plans to have that inch nnd
n half, and I will have it I"
Neith'-r the appeal* of inutua' friend -,
n sentiment of neighborliness, or oilers
of money, could budge th Shylock. So
nt a heavy Io s Merchant nettled with
his tenants, tore down the wall and re
built it on Ins own gtound.
In the meantime Ogg’s building went
up. He strove to outdo his neighbor in
solidity of it mi-mary; he want no
story higher, and in finishing the store
wn* even more elaborate in tho appoint
ments, If* completed it, found n
tenant, an I executed a lease; the tenant
moved in and tilled the building with
merchandise, ami M Ogg wns happy.
The busy »■ on came around again,
nnd Mi O received a call from Mr.
Merchant.
“I have .om to in.,win yon, Mi. O ■
that your build.ng is or and a half inches
en my lot," sa d Mr. Merchant, which, of
ceurse, Mr. Ogg disputed. “Have it
surveyed th n, and find out for yourself,
M.. Ogg."
The surv. y was made, and it proved
that Mi M reliant w a-right. Og. ; '.s store
w e on M reliant's land one and a half
Inches, In r. bitlldin", Mer< hant had sot
Vink his wall three inches, and Ogg's
masons had built close up to it.
Th ,ju li*v.ry so hi told. Tho man
who showed no m cy to others could
find n<» friends to intercede for him. It
was long before ho recovered from th
lor- his sidtishnvss had entailed U] on
himself. No’ only was it a heavy ex
pense to change his wall, but his tenant
made him pay dearly for his broken con
tract , win e .M- M r haul's tenant won
hnicnl with him, and upon the expira
tion of hi< bort le.is was glad to renew
it at a real that in a little whi e more
thuu «'oui|>: ns ited M..'chant for his loss.
—Faiu S.-sA/s.
A I‘ruuonuceil Sweet Tooth.
On. of div legal lumiunru" in tbi* city
has a iw t to th of pronounced type.
Not Ion• ego lie was taking dinner, ami
when the nllec was served drew the
•ugar Ixiwl to his plate and began to
drop in the lumps, at the same time car
rying on asp rite I conversation. A
tricud *aw five lumps disappear in the
cup of entire, and fearing that the
last yer wax -brent-minded suggest J to
to liitu that he w is »p bling hi* coffee.
••Oh. nut at all. I i.way - take 10 luui|«
iu in cup," was the reply, and tie e li
ver ation a: i th" sw etnuig p:o., •** was
resumed.— Pro.ideneie J. »r» it.
A Prairie Dog Village.
B-forc leaving the valley of th' Y'l
, lowtt' iio. writes a rorre-p-mdent of the
I C.ee<d...id // •/, pa-- d through »
village which for the number of inhabi-
I tnnts might compare favorably w.th
i many a pretenth us city in tho > .i-t. The
structuri'*, how-ver, were neither lofty
i nor magnifl' cut, y< t no doubt ixactiy
, siiiti d to tin- coiiwnicncc of the inhubi
. taut*, and bui t after the lateat and most
I approved »tyl'.'of pia.-in dog archiUc
t ire. For a mile in length an lon eitiier
; side, aa far us wc could sec ai <1 doubtiexs
, much further, the town extended. The
1 citizens n|ijiearcd to be quite wiapjxtd
iup in their own affairs, and did not
, allow <ur visit to disturb them much.
I Yet wc Were th" object* of sonic curiosity
: and some distiust u» wi 11, for these little
[ fellow* evidently did not think it pru
dent tor main lounging atound on their '
porr lie* after we bud iq,proached within ;
thirty feet or so, hut each one retired ,
gr.'.e fully into hi* own domicile to reaji
pear, however, the next instant in order
that Im rpight lose none of the sights. It
would seem, however, that these busy
little bodies, in »pite of a little shyness
nt first, arc really very hospitable fed
lows and not at all aristocratic in their i
x >cial iutcrcouixc, for tin y admit to their
hou-ei upon term* of perfect freedom
nnd equality owls and rattlesnakes.
Here and there, perched upon little
mounds, wc saw these sacred birds of
Minerva blinking their eyes with an air
of self-complacency as if they were iu
reality lords nt the m inor nnd were in
I no wise to be regarded as intruders or
dependants upon other's hospitality.
Where (xnnlu* is Admired.
A stranger who had just arrived nt a
country hotel in Arkansaw, became in
volved in n hot discussion with the
clerk. Finally the stranger, striking the
rough pine counter with his flit, ex
claimed ;
“You are the biggest liar in Arkan
xnw I”
The clerk, instead of becoming of
fended, said:
“Let in ■ •ec you a minute, please." !
He drew the stranger aside nnd re
marked :
“Who told you <"
“Who t Id me what f”
“That I am the biggest liar in the
state."
“No one."
“Then how did you find it out I”
“I knew it at a gl incc."
“My friend," -ml the clerk, affection- j
ately placing one hand on the stranger's .
shoulder, “you an- tho sltarpext man J
1 ever saw. IL took me some time to find I
it out, but 1 am the biggest 1 ar in the
state. If you wre as good u judge of a
i boss as you are of a man, you could soon
get rich in this country. Stay at oui
| house as long as you please, and your
i board shall not cost you a cent. You
' will not find a place in this country
I where gemu- i* admired aa much as it is
at this hotel." .IrX.m.s/e Traveler.
Ni’gnr lor Animals.
It seem i there is much more nutriment
in sugar than has generally been suspec
ted. Mothers forbid their children eat
ing candy, and with good reason, lot
sweets in tl.nt concentrated form are tin
; wholesome, if taken too freely. But cx
perimeuts with animals have shown that
sugar can be converted into beef and lat.
Sugar na* so cheap recently in Emo)ie
j that it l.as been fed out to cattle quite
1 freely. It was found that fifty kdosof
( sugar increased an animal’s weight near
i | ly sixteen kilos more than if the animal
’ had no sugar. This gave a handsome
, profit, and the meat from these animals
, was found to boos a very superior quali
, ty. Five or six pounds of sugar a day
was all that an ox would take with zest.
i I'nlike children, thu young cattle had
but little desire for sweets. Heretofore
it has been supposed that sugar was
merely heat-producing, but it seems, un
der the subtle chemistry of nature, to be
convert ble into good fl sh and blood.
, It is, however, no more wonderful than
that the lion y widt h the bees extract
from flowers can be converted into
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A "Sort of a Salute.*’
One day Bea :r. .ard, with s ver al
lesser lights, came u|>on a sentinel who
had taken his gun entirely to pieces and
was greasing lock, stock and barrel,
j The great general 100 .ed Like a thunder
i cloud, but neither his tlashing uniform
■ I nor the sc wl on his face hud any iffect
lon the si iitiu.l, who quietly (iroc.eded
i ' . . ...
| to rub a piece of tn* gun.
"Say," rem.irkcd a:i officer, “that’s
i Beauregard there; he's a sort of a gen
eral."
“All right," ' vd the unabashed senti
nel, "if he'll wait till I get this gun to
gether I'll give hiin a sort of a salute."
Atlnuta Cons.'e'afi or.
Silenced.
“Well, 1 never,” i marked Dutnley, as
he tried t > bile through a muffin the
’ i other m Tiling at breakfast.
“What is the matter”’ inquired tho
’ landlady.
"This bread is awful," angrily replied
Dumley.
’ “W< 11, it's better bred than you are,"
was the freezing response.
i The sib uce that came over the break
, fast table was so deep that it punched a
I hole in the cellar floor, Life.
LAIHEs’ DEi ir.TMKJIT.
A 11 <»r#t for Uoinnt-
A 'd'. hr.xti w -nta.i broke into »r iml>- I
ing hou* ■, lircu her r- vojver among tire
I inmate*, reared them off, grabbed the
st ike* and i xeorted her huaband home.
A Al inftoba young g rl w rnted to marry
i Dakota young mtn. Tho family ob
jected. Shastood on the Manitoba side,
her lover stood in Drkota, and a preacher,
with one foot on Biitixh soil and the
I other iu tire United States, married
| them. A St. Louis girl found a stn-ngo
I man in the lions ■. She compelled him
to sit down and wait until she called an j
< fib er to take him to the police station.
And yet men talk about the infirmity of
women. — Hiltimvre Arneriean.
How Io liar* White llaurtx.
A little uminonia or borax in tho water
j you wash your hands with, and that
water just lukewarm, say* the Papular
i fr ienet A'eite, will keep the skin clean
' and soft. A little oatmeal mixed with
I the water will whiten the hands. Many
i people u*c glycerine on theirhands when
| they go to bed, wearing glover to keep
l the bedding clean; but glycerine does
not agree with every one. It makes
I some skins harsh and red. Tins'- people
i should rub their hands with dry oatmeal
i and wear gloves in bed. A good prepa
ration for the hands at night is white of .
egg with a grain of alum dissolved in it.
The “R >man toilet paste" is merely
| white of egg, barley-flour and honey. 1
They sny it was used by the Romans in ’
olden time. It is a first-rate thing, but j
it does not do the work any better than |
oatmeal. The roughest and hardest ■
hands can be made soft and white iu a ;
month’s time by doctoring them a little
at bed-time; and all the tools you need
arc a nail brush, a bottle of ammonia, a
I box of powdered borax, and a little fine,
white sand to rub the stains off, or a cut
of lemon, which will do even better, for
the acid of tho lemon will clean any
thing.
Xlnrrlns'- In Southern Kuxhl*.
In the vast steppes of southern Russia,
I on the shores of the Caspian and Black
Sea, marriage ceremonies recall the
: patriarchal customs of the earliest stages
of society. The evening before the day
when the affianced bride is given to her
| husband, she pays visits to the inhabi
i tunts of the village in the simple dress of
I a peasant.
The girls of the village who accompany
her are, on tlie contrary, attired in their '
| best. A necklace of pearls or coral is
j wound at least a dozen times round the I
I neck, on which they hung religious
medals, witli enamel paintings imitating '
; mnsxio. At ouch house llio betkrothod
throws herself on her knees before the
head of it, and kisses his feet as she begs
hrs pardon. The fair penitent is im
mediately raised nnd ki .sed, receiving
some small present, while she in return
gives a small roll of bread, of a symbolic
form.
On her return home all her beautiful
hair is cut off, as henceforth she must
wear the platoke, or turban, a woollen
or linen shawl which is rolled round the
head, and is the only distinction between
the married and unmarried. It is in
variably presented by tho husband.
When the marriage is over the husband
takes his wife to the inhabitants of tho
village nnd shows them tho change of
dress effected the night before.
i
Origin of Jbit xhioiiM.
Ono of the pn valent impressions re
garding the fashions is that they are
created nnd started by a syndicate of
the great dressmakers of Paris acting in
concert; but this impression is an errone
ous one. There are some five or six
leading dressmakers who strain every in
ventive faculty that they possess to pro
duce novelties, most of them twice a
' a year,and Worth i nntinuously through
i out the season. For Worth still rc-
I mains without a rival as the great artis
' tic dressmaker of tho world. It was he,
| for instance, that invented the exquisite
little wr q>s compounded of colored vel
vet and black lace and colored Leal em
broideries and fringes. He brought
them out two years ago, and they have
just made their appearance in the cloak i
departments of the Bon M irehe and tiro
Louvre. It was he that introduced
black lacc dresses, and that devised the ,
long plush paletot as a ball wrap. His I
I influence is generally extended over the
w orld of evening dr -sses and of gorgeous '
ICT CT 3
materials and artistic blending of colors.
. Sometimes a single unforeseen event will |
have a powerful effect on the world of
fashion. Thus the deaths of the kings
of Spain and of the Barohess de Roths
child induced the creation of new and
beauteous tints of purple for the half
mourning that then became tb.e fashion.
I Long years ago the overthrow of the
empire of Maximilian in Mexico brought
about the supression of a new and
splendid shale of yellow which had just
been created and had been christened
“Mexico." The failure of the effort to
seat the Count de Chambord on the
, threnc in like manner led to the diaap
i pearaoce of a peculiar and very rich
dark blue, which had been prepared and
named “royal blue” in anticipation of
I that event. Parm l.'tter.
Ribbon bows, loops, ends, aigrettes
:m I various fanciful arrangements of
, straps and bows with buckles and slides
arc shown.
Fawh!on
C'lxtuim* for children arc mostly ia
b'.u.' or white. I
Braiding on jacketr and ulsters con
tinue* “the thing.”
R bbon* arc used in (Tofusion for mil
linery of all grade*.
II its of soft beaver have brim and
cr wn of different colors.
Blue felt ha:*, trimmed with red silk ,
c >rd, arc worn with red nnd bluo cos
tumes.
Butterflies’ wings, leaves, coronets
and bat-shaped brims are made of cut
jet beads.
Vest* arc more stylish than ever,
those finishing in a point at the waist
bqmg in best taste.
Bustle* are larger tha ever; larger docs
not half express it—twice aa large is
much nearer tiuth.
Ruchings are passe; a tiny ribbon i*
worn around the throat and wrists, held
in place by a butterfly bow.
Melon-shaped bonnets are novelties.
Tiny are made of folds of velvet with
beads to outline the sections.
White woolen goods especially make
lovely yet simple toilets for little girls,
silk and lace being banished.
Plush is rather more popular than vel
vet, but those who choose the velvet
may be sure of being well dressed.
Jet sets consisting of epaulettes, cuffs,
collars and pendant plastrons for the
corsage arc among the high novelties in
garnitures.
Novelties in dress trimmings consist of
soutache embroidery bands aud motifs,
sometimes made more decorative with
fine cut jet.
Novelties in dress trimmings consist of
soutache embroidery bands and motifs,
sometimes made more decorative with
fine cut jet.
“Spiderweb” jet trimming is made of
fine net strung with tiny jet beads and
veined witli fine bugles. It is shown in
a variety of designs.
Red is a leading color for hats and
bonnets in felt and boucle cloth. Being
frequently trimmed witli black it gives a
Mephistophelian aspect to the wearer.
Tlie manner in which the velvet or
plush covering tlie crowns of turbans and
bonnets is made to rise in conical loose
masses in front is a novel feature in mil
linery.
Evening bonnets made of beads are in
pale blue, (link, gold and crystal. Os
trich tins witli pearl bead drops are used
for trimming with picot-edged watered
ribbon.
Oaiuiturcs of military cords and gimps
are popular. Braid trimming is used,
especially that which is set upon one
edge, and follows an intricate pattern of
curves and circles. Some of this braid |
trimming is ten inches wide, and is made
of braid that is at least tliree-eiglds of
an inch in width.
Whisker Philosophy.
Two fallacies are in vogue regarding
the whisker question; one is that a thin
faced man should support side whiskers
to “widen his face;” tlie other that a
round-faced fat man should favor long
chin whiskers to “lengthen ids face.’
Both arc adopted on the counteraction
and antidote principle, but are wrong as
wrong can bo. A man with a sharp
chin exposed is thin and appears thin, in
spite of his Burnsides. And a moon
faced man gives himself a humorous and
clownish appearance by wearing a long
sharp tuft on his chin. Tiie principle of
conformity should be observed or a
wholesale change made. A thin m in, for
instance, should wear chin whiskers, no
whiskers at all, or a full beard. He no
more looks well with side whiskers and
a peaked chin than he would to stuff his
chest and not his checks or his calves.
To look well he must be uniformly and
consistently thin and he may modify it
by a complete beard.
A fat man should be smooth-faced, or
wear universal whiskers pretty closely
cropped. Tho well proportioned and
moderately full faced man may vary the
stylo and quantity of his whiskers with
impunity, so far as tlie tliin or broad ap
pearance is concerned; but even l e has
certain manifest principles to observe ou
other lines. For example, it may be set
down that no one looks well in u strag
gling growth. They should be as neatly
and carefully trimmed as the head, and,
if anything, more fn qucntly. A very
short beard gives an anima!look; if very
large it indicates vanity or crankiness.
Graphic -Vi te*.
Hnnting for Lost Specie.
It will be 98 years ago next month
since one of his majesty’s ships, named
the Lutine, foundered off the coast of
H Hand. She was conveying specie for
the use of the troops abroad, aud the
whole of it was lost with the vessel.
After a lapse of 68 years, a portion of
this money was recovered, and it seems
that now that there is a probability of
recovering a ati'.l further portion of the
lost treasure, and preliminary investiga
tions Lave been made with a view to
sending down divers. It is to be hoped
that the result will be satirfactory, as
the government stands si m< what in
need of specie at the present, to make
up tho deficiencies left by their pe
deccssors.—Jfcne'.esfvr ■ i Cauner.
SCIFUTIFIC WRAP!*.
A chemical tuof manufacturing i
rpr-iiue, with-mt the use of cinchona ■
Inrk. has been discovered in England by
Mr. t're'SWcll Hewett, giving rise to the
hope of a great reduction in the price of j
tie dtu,'. , '
Ci opening a black snake, captured in ,
•/. -mania, the uupic edeuted number of
109 young ones was found, the greatest .
number previously recorded having been ;
I thirty-two. The snake measured four '
feet three inches in length.
Japan, according to Mr. John Milne, '
contains 139 volcanic peaks, of which 51 ,
are still active. The loftiest lx Fujiyama, |
near V iiama, a little over 12,400 feet ;
high.wh ell doe-not appear to Ise extinct, ■
as is oi-ncrully supposed.
1) <H i.i th Arolia glacier of the Alps
, P i>f. Forel ha* discovered a natural
g:. tto, which he explored to adistancc of
ah ut 275 yards. The width of this ice-
I tavern is from six to thirty yards, and
I its height from two to three yards.
Italian physicians are very successfully
treating lockjaw from wounds by keep
ling the patient in a state of perfect rest
in a room ipecially prepared f >r preserv
i ing absolute silence. One practioner :
reports recovery in four out of every five
i c “ scs -
Attention is being directed to creosote
■ as a possible future source of heat and
light. Boilers for war vessels have al-
i ready been adapted to its use as fuel, ■
i and, mixed witli about four times its
I weight of air, it has given good results
as an illuminant.
Herr L. Solonche having shown expe
. rimentally that the friction of ice and
I water results in the po.-itive electrifica
tion of ice, and consequent negative
, electrification of water,considers it prob
able that the friction of cumulus and
I cirrus clouds maybe sufficient to account
for thunder storms.
|
It is proposed to make the Lick ob
servatory truly a gift of science as well as
to California by placing the great teles
cope at the disposal of the distinguished
I astronomers of tlie world during certain
hours of each twenty-four, thus giving
j visiting specialists an opportunity of at
tacking the unsolved problem of astrono
my with the most powerful optical aid
to be obtained.
The Causes of Earthquake?.
In a lecture Professor John N.
Newberry, discussing the causes of earth
. quakes, presented some forcible argu
ments, against tlie theory that the globe
■s solid to its centre. His conclusion is
that wc must fall back on the theory of
a cool and solid crust resting upon a
highly heated fluid or semi-fluid interior,
■ and the elow cooling of the entire
planet by radiation of its heat into space.
Iti the Contemporary Review Dr. Archi
bald. Geikie notes the fact, which quite
agrees witli Professor Newberry’s view,
that “never witiiin recorded human ex
perience has there been more terrestrial
disturbance than during tlie last few
years.” “It has been plausibly sug
gested,” lie says, “that the gradual in
crease in tlie thickness of the cool outer
I crust has offered continually augmenting
resistance to the movements of the still
; hot interior, and hence that earthquakes
' and volcanic eruptions ought now to be
1 less constant but more violent than in
tlie older time.” This he strikingly il-
I lustrates by a pot of porridge, which,
after thorough boiling, lias been taken
off the fire. While it was boiling tlie
' escape of steam kept it in constant cbulli
; tion and eruption, but when cooling a
crust forms and the pent up steam finds
I exit by intermittent puffs, which be
i come fewer but bigger us tho crust
OCT
II thickens.
Mallet, the highest authority on earth
, j quake records, pointed out that there
: were two marked periods of extreme
j paroxysm observable in each century,
, one of which occurs toward the end of
; the century. As wc are now in this
i period, science should widen the field of
■ seismometric obscrvacions w itli a view to
discover the laws of seismic convulsions.
■ I —A'.'c Flirt Herald.
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Nuts and Kernels.
: —The difference in our estimate of
, ■ people and tilings depends ou how wc
, 1 take them. If we eat the whole nut,
| wc find a good deal that is coarse and
. ! innutritions; but if we have the habit
of (licking out the kernel, we generally
find it swi et. Even tho squirrel knows
, enough for that. Persons of a very wide
and varied experience are apt to acquire
this squireclous wisdom. Out of each of
their battle-, sieges, and fortunes they
have contrived to extract a central core
, ( that was interesting. Tlie crude re
[ ma.nder of incident and circumstance,
< like the ache of the philosophical war
r rior with th- broken leg, at least served
? I “to pass away the time." A neighbor of
I mine finds human nature very hum Irum.
[ j People bore him terribly. He should
: stop trying to take them whole. Even
[ in one’s self there may be found some
deep.y hidden bit of good meat, how
. ever thick the shuck and shell. How
> delightful, and perennially delightful is
] that friend who seems to have dis
covered this kernel in our husky nature!
i sVh.it aa agre 'able day we pass when ho
• j succeeds, for the time being, in making
- it visible even to ourselves l—Aflratic
[ As astAfy.
tnil-DREN’S COf MN.
V. hat We tl;*y j> Oe
The wise i-m brin ; their teaming
Tho rich may bring their wealth”
And some may Lrmg their ur«at lle .„
And rome bring strength and health
V.’e too would bring our treasure*
To offer to the king :
We have no wealth or learning,
What shall we children bring!
We':! bring th* little duties
We bavo to do etch day ;
We'J! tty oar lest to please Him
At home, at school, at play.
And th-so shall be tlie treasures
Wo offer to our King,
And these are gifts that even
'Hie poorest child may bring.
Temperance Bit.i , r<
Shrewd Buffaloes.
The tame buffalos of India are said to
possess an unusually intelligent nature
uotwithstanding their rough extenor
An English traveller, who has made the
passage up the Brahma-pootra, relates an
instance of mathematical calculation on
tlie part of these animals such as must
have been amusing to witness, as it f 8
entertaining to read.
“Once," he says, “while our party
were awaiting the arrival of a steamer
coming down the river, wanting tome
thing wherewith to occupy our minds
we became interested in watchin-the
behavior of a herd of buffalos belonging
to a neighboring village. We remarked
that each morning, about six o’clock
the whole herd swam across the river
from tile opposite side, the bull con .
sidcrably in advance leading the wav
■ followed by tlie matrons witli their calves
I by their sides.
“Entering tlie water about half a miie
farther up on tlie opposite bank, the
strong current washed them down to the
village where they wished to land. This
was as judicious a calculation of distance
and power of tlie current as could have
■ been made by the most able mathe
matician.
I “Tlie river at this point was fully a
mile broad, but as there was better feed
ing-ground on the other bank, the ani
mals preferred the swim. After they
had reached the bank safely there was a
halt for a few minures to rest and re
cover breath
“It was a pleasing sight to watch the
natural anxiety of each matron for her
young one towards the end of tho swim,
wiien they were beginning to tire; the
repeated turn of the bead to see how the
youngster was getting on, and the satis
faction when at length, wearied with the
long journey, the little one rested its
head upon its mother for support.”
A Profound Secret.
“Canyon keep a secret, Daisy.'" asked
Nell Clay of her young sister.
“Yes, indeed," replied daisy, trying
to look dignified.
Nell bent down and whispered some
thing in Daisy’s oar, ut which Daisy
clapped her hands and cried, “Oh,
goody-!”
“Remember, it is a profound secret,”
said sister Nell.
Daisy ran off to school feeling very im-
■ portant, and overtook Conny Travers on
j the way.
I “Oh, Conny,” she said, “I have some
) thing awful nice!”
“Oh my,” said Conny, “can’t you just
tell me?”
“ Nell wouldn’t like it."
“She wouldn’t mind me,” pleaded
Conny.
“Won't you never, never tell J” whis
pered Daisy.”
“Never, ’s long as I live.”
“Honest and true?”
“ Truer’n steel,” declared Conny.
“Well, Sarah Bell’s father is going to
give her a piano for her birthday to-mor
row, Jout they wouldn’t have her know it
for anything until she comes home and
finds it in the parlor."
I “How splendid,” exclaimed Conny.
“ It's a profound secret,” said Daisy.
A few days afterward Mrs. Bell called
| upon Mrs. Clay.
I “I suppose Sarah was surprised and dc-
I lighted about the piano,” said the lat
ter.
“She was delighted enough,” was the
reply, “but she wasn’t a bit surprised;
she heard it at school. ”
“ That Conny Travers must have told, ’
| said Daisy indignantly after Mrs. Be!!
I had gone home.
“But who told Conny,” asked sister
I NeU -
| “I did, but I didn’t suppose she’d »
mean enough to tell.”
“And I didn’t think you would, ’ r •
plied Nell.
“Well children,” said Mrs. Clay, “its
an old saying that ‘if you can't keep
your own secret, no one will keep it for
you.’ If you remember this it will save a
good deal of trouble.”
“There's an older sentence that I like
i much better,” said sweet Aunt Peice
'from her window: “‘Set a watch, 0
i Lord, before my mouth; keep the door
of my lips.’ Hyrt'e.
Anything toAppea’e Him.
“What is that child crying ; >rl
asked Fogg.
“1 don’t know. I've given him every
thing I can think of and still he dues- t
stop," replied his wife.
“That proves of course, that he wants
something else.”
i “But I can’t find anything else to gi Te
■ him."
"Well, lend him something then cu t
' you.