1880-09-03; Clare County Press

              FUASfff*W« VJ511SUS t\\S«W«r. ^
.^ort'Troaiilwtot ta'a)^'taiuiw,    ."'
Win loved Kn?ly%ttt, t:--.  ■ ;
With cojr.ed-bcet orjwtk.
Shrpp^wwatftf\vi\%JserVwtfftofnujrer," *
Jiow tlio doetor vowofl ItiM mttil,'
In auy one keo|>t»it iltelp (kmTiiU
Offivl, fanwiVlfilwsv   -„ -;,.
AnoysteisfcmtH'M *"'    *
t.iljU3B«aniljowk, siiorJ-ealto&id \raMo,  ;
AHiltltofa^ ftii'tu iiripciioWnK
«l» «tf» f« H?iM)MD(?.«!t tentiiiiaj
"Xim'Kil'jtyonHstiut good,    ":
\\fta tU" (Iwtrloo ol JLWum'ji Iw^aadiliij-,
'Twas fWrfi!l, ho BalS, fa t*j Hvjri'
^ ill. woman ;o eating Hum ulten;
Sho fined for dlvoNe,   ?
A»a{fotii,nro«Mr«s     -'
1' of she would U»vo caWmfjs, Vy jWaven,   '
" Why, I'll o
Vminted Dm
" You cn
nvJi'1!^?",' «"<il'J''w» -•«
Forthwith ho bepm « forty to>'K> fast.
Starved himself flmvu t0 the shade ol n ghost,
Ha 11 pay to hen* tho lecturer "bowl? •
ltt' f°r tho doctor named Tunnel-,
WJ|i> fl,iu, boro Ul0 Mllm banner
J&JPWWrofwlll—
«.,tv, r*"laoeothism|.
m7m.«  '"<wo<,t &*»*,rtUl Wanner!
UJ/'»OSI» HUTOS, 111*
h 1JJ«oforty days minimKitMSt J"
tod Doc, tho Qo.v ho mot lit»\v|fe lMt.
xoixmu-tl amlyoulinowttl"
youlinowi
owrtl"
**-«*"
'jpwu.mij'r,
DrifmtUp«io»-flal(«i 'mid the shells,
Urcalt littlo waves iminutt tho vebUea,
.Rise Jlttlo notes in dufciel awt-lli.
And faint, again in sli,er trebles,
Tho hot B«it strops, and dips and dins
«,, te,Huruluf1,rmv t0 ''row nnmW,
Alien Wmcai-od Uio ocean's Hm,
And ehife away to golden Btmubor".
Ootncj Iwiltaht, with thy pntp',0 bradh,
An*i Iitahen mi Uio dramihiir widows:
Itin Tratorjiuc fttut to death, '
A'ho bending roods, tho fevered billows]
Alia boetom forth tho Umld flam,
To trend tho coot itew-droopimr heaven,
At«l quickly let the hu ruins bare
That bind tho Impatient seu bo Then.
Htvimw jw mm »a*nv ■
JIX 1UM.IK 0, yOUKtf.
^fflbo rain wa* paltering on tho roof,
'    T&9 room ceenied iouo mid dre-ar;
ThoBi^Jihat burned within tlusfirafo
Mad 10Bt>ita iiower to cheer.
Jty soul waJiftKLfor,JobMiii,'haclr,
I cawfpudJioWlNtitwalu,
When, la I I bcnrd4L'Hft)««Uu;4
-*• -singing-lff ttwwtet - - --'■-	
'Dio rein slftl pattering on the roof
So uionxny »oul did nwllo;
"tim soudwr ibiy «oon pacBcd away,
Kniirinit inn ttwiL of light.
And tiatimiufi vyoll »i.v f ntiiro lwpca
'.   Not OHO should brcah in twain:
Hy faith wss Ftlrred hy tho litt!e bird
i. Singing In the ruin,
Then lot us copli, when hfpo M'nus dead.
And Bliedimo Uugerinc rnysi,.
Ittiuernher woll Kjiut tho «u« may et1-"
Onr dtirit and rainy days;    •
And, o» wo nail witii Jieh'o wlndH
O'er We tcmi)ijatnoii«i.iia.in,
A irnjBOi) lesin from tho lltt'oliirfl
Sloyiriffjii the rain.
tjbHuEitimtt) Aric,,
friencls, and littlo did I luiov, ita xnusi«
iu;r
And linns; 'Jiy breeze, with soothing w
Around niy heated brown to flutter,
And leivh the wavm jnore wtd to nitig—
Moi-,% yearnlin; myateries to utter.
for ic, gliding softly from tho met,
Come, breathing over distant clUc«,
And crown the hiltawith holy n-st,
And till thn winds with plaintive dlltif?,
THE GOVEKXOK'S DAUGHTER.
■Wc hnd lii'fU Kuiling sistv-four days—
»lon{j<«rtim« ilian it usually takes to
ftimo from llio J.-moiro lo nny port of
]?r.uuv, Uow jjlmlly mo liailfd tlio
ondms ot the voyrtRf find onr jiwir ni)-
pro;u-li to laud! Tims far, until to-day,
mUluiiK h:«l njtiKjatwliuHiRht, and-whim
theiwi'li'omo sontid of "laud ulioad!"
fell ttpou onr cars, ■with oun btdiud, and
niovpd, us it wh', by an c-loetrif cm-
rent, i-vny piwspnswr iu the pliip, fdr-
geltui« Ins tx-pupntiou, wtcictd upon thc
dock to gnfl motbt-r i-nrth nptiu, Ottl v
tlu>y oan toll -who have louki'd on .soa
nnd Hky uuftl the davs bpfoim- ivi-ok.s
and numltm lmv, fil,od it is to rawt tlio
land, antl m >_m raootiiif,' loavo ln-liiud
the monotony fu«t in loup tsoa vovaKCS
falls dowiittutm tho ship liko avail.
. ms cntpnul the harbor of Horta, cliiot
city of Fayul, ono of tho Azores. No
ti'.no waa lost in ffoitijifj ashoro. Evory-
wiOKimght ont hia boat jsnit Prom tho
bold of the ship great trunks won
.yielded np, and silks smd diamonds and
•costly costumes, long nnused, were
eagerly brought into requisition. At
last we. wore ready, and soon our fool
tonehod the long-desired land.
Horta as a harbor is seareolv «orth
describing. Lying idly, stringing on
the tvators, wore a few iishiug .smacks j
the hulk of au old Amerioan sliij> lohl »
ston- oE wreck and disaster, while a
small l>anj'ih brig, lately come in for a
supply *f fretsh water, ssvid plaitilv
ouoti^li in its loneliness Unit few vessef,
f'Ut^rftl tliis solitary itartiur. ami then
Ojily when they«)iild Tint help it, ns in
tbo case of the India merrinuitewicom-
wovo ite oharms about mo, how much
happiness, how Mntoh wretchedness, Bill
awaited mo in tho island. At last ottr
ilrst visit was at au end, and, biddhig a
reluctant good-by to ouj.vhoat, and his
charming ditughtot-s, wo put back to this
ship, not, -iiowevGfj itotil, tfeMrtMtiKgntf
the Governor's prdssiug iiivitaticm, wo
had promised to return on tho following
day.
Ouco on board thoro was nothing
spokon of ivmong all our piu-ty but tlio
graoious reception we had mot with; tjio
gone," I saidj "and already
milos distanji^i'tinitttoso shords.'^
>> ''But wlnit oxtittso did you'make?
what reasons did you givo?" eagerly
askod this child of innocouco and sincerity.
knowing that I must ba candid, ns
honest as my best friond, I told my
stor^ jusfc as I had, dono tho previous
evening to the Captain of tho Ship.
Avowing nil to thin excellent man, I told
him that it was utterly impossible for
mo to return to Franco ; that I loved the
-, . ., -„ -,   ,     .,        .j .,•    , eldest daughter of tho Governor ; that I
charm of the Governor s family and tho wls ^ ml{%.n beloved, and that somo
anticipated pleasure of to-morrow s re-  oxonso must bo mado that I should, at
nowal of agreeablo associations. For
my part I eould join in no conversation.
I had not it word to say. I became suddenly dnJ, and, not to appear morose, I
least for tho present, lenvo the ship and
remain  on  tho  island.    In vain tho
Captain urged, dissuading mo from my
.. - . . - .,-,-!., ,-    Lpurposo.   I bocamo furious.   At last,
l-otoed as early as possible to theseelu-. fimiing that any attempt to keop mo
sion otray stateroom. -Wliat wits going- abo.tat mtis useless, liko a man of export-
ou within mo was a singular fooling I
had nevei; experienced beforo; but in
looking down into the bottom ot my
heart tho germ of my lovo for Iieonin.
soon told mo that J. was uo longer free,,
that my heart had been left behind ti
wiling'captive to tho charms of the '
beautiful daughter o£ tho Governor.
Just as iho sun was poming the first
myR ot purple nnd gold from his throho
onco ho grncofnllj'- yielded, and, assuring
mo- that all his advice had been well intended and for my best interests, he allowed rao to depart, with a prayl>r that I
might bo happy.
Leonia listened until I had told aU,
and
Iiebttin, I was uot happy, howovei', . I
hadx>i:omis,«d to return—Ihad sworn it.
Two yeors after my ,1'otnrn Ii-ocoivtxl
tho following letter from Loonitv:
Sin: 1 Ix-fiovod Iu you. I lmvo boon xtc-
ccired. My father had dctcrniinod to tvolwmo
you it» lii« son-jit-lmv, hut yon onmu not Now
4h(if all bono of -citrtldy lmppiaeso is gone, 1
I ilaS-B njiido p'otheihiit vo«'s nt Uio Convent of
Santa Atinit. toaviiig1 all behind me, Ilwvo
yot l)rsi«d to lloayeu that you amy bo liiljvpy.
IMrowoll forevtx Leosia.
In tho fourteenth century tho troubsi-
dours ^yollld huvo immortstlized sueh
constancy as this, whilo legend aud poetry -would havo vied to hold tho mnuo
of snpli it woman in solemn reverence.
To-d(iy, in tbo yt^nr of grace 1880, mmiy
will say: "Why did sho not marry William I'orris ? Sho might havo boon rich
and happy." Thia latter is Uto roiison-
ing of tho Imaiioiai'H in our dny.
O, temporn;!    O, tooves 1    "
MCHIGAtf OT5WS.
Tun Michigan Air Imia has broken
ground insido Pontiac eity limits,
'i'mi Big Eapids peoplo aro going to
keep clean.   A now aud extensive soap
looking into my sout with her dark
oyes, exclaimed: .
" Then you will always remain-you j ^"W htm hwti Pat^tblisliocl there.
Tub Ogemaw Jlcrahl hns been in-
' formed that twenty-flve deer were %-e-
ght tho early breeze on deck.    I wns ! ™ l% ^"'i'^!« «" »«™.» ™"'V Vf 1 T'on'n'rSSl* °"e ''^ "* ^ Unm**P
auxTous, though I carefully guarded my j *ljot   0, wuld it, M» given mo  to j of Churchill,
secret to leave the shin and once mora' £1U"T tlmt lwral msU ]lV0iiml (lll,!!    ^W W.residenee of O. Sf, Brown-
«i»t f.'nt. in TTm-Ki.    A bVbfc win,! tl.oi.! ™,mo »wu ft*° mifwtiuinto; somo may  son, ,ot;EyfU-t; whieh is not yet iiuishod,
in tho Bast, I rose the next day, and, ™ f,™'1 k'f ° ™- „ T , ,. , „ , J
dressing mvsolf with sempuloM care i, ' A" my ikaam," 1 replied, "could!
sought tho early breeze on deck.   I was ! »nvfr hr\ c^m^All *_ ?"efl .«* renl,ty ?! !
set foot in Horta,   A light wind that
glorious day.   "With bounding 1 .- , -,,- ,,     -,..,.      -, ,,
veh)cityour boat cleared tlio distance.' JW even here nil  tho delights  of the.
separating us from our friends, aud wo I P1??"?0" lalul-
were tax shore in a few moments.   As
we drew near, I knew not why, my
heart beat wilh a mad inipuko and singular contradiction moro
much as I burned to see the oiijee
"I beg of yon," safd I(Conia, "not to
nienfeu-thiitmiVtonaSah in my pr«i»
■emVo." I hn-yft.'jiQVer givehihim my heart
than  once' i an'^ ^ V08 ^ivi0 '»0v«i*.looked.-.do^ro
ho object of I »t«*^^2? ,««'Ll fe. *»
ing her hand over her heart: " Themis
something stronger here," said she,
"than any human will. Last night an
angel with golden wings camo to mo in
a dfrjnni.   jfe brought me a casket of
better, and later on in life will.
Before entering tho Governor's house
I saw my beloved at tho window, her
eves bent in the direction of the ship,
one iu pai-tWlnr."    One glance told me   aie »i«f*t «ht«pered joy and future hap-  pounds,    from   which  400  pounds  ot
all.   Jn a moment I understood the rea-; 1" " ^ hZ ih**° Z™-. .        .       . fhffSl- »re "1'ull>> or ucmly ft £on WHl n
sou. "Wlrat happiness nwtdted mc !   1      \hi» H1"«t,!»r »"'»^»^ of ww.ki.ess , half per week.
11 and energy was not to bn wondered at in'    -- -   -
Lcouia,
has beon struck by lightning twico with
in throo .months.
I'm! Borneo Observer has the following peculiar item : "3. N, Owen left on
our btblo tho other day a number ot
strangely amalgamated cucumbers and
apples."
Fmii iu Patterson's carriage raposi*
tory, at Flint, indicted a loss ot §5,000 ;
insurance, §1,200. Ouo hundred carriages, partly built, were lost. The loss
hi tools, paints, etc., wus considerable.
A Bawxjb Ckekk correspondent says:
" Tlio subscription itl aid of (ho Toledo
road is fast Jilting up. Met-chanls put
down readily from $o0 to #500, so Uint
thero is no longer any fear but the
needed $10,000 will bo secured."
Tun cheese factory at Pino Ilun, noar
Flint, has tho milk from 200 cows. The
average daily amount delivered is 4,000
£„
<>
?-&.'Tg3*A
wits going to spend ait entire day in (he
society of her my heart adored. Such tt
day is* an eternity. How many men have
never iu the euurse of a long lite had
twelve hours of such bliss !
Fernandez, when breakfast had beon '
partaken of, showed us over his vast ostites. My immediate companion wns
Lt cmiit. .;£ thousand little occasions during (he day gave me (he opportunity I
so much nought to tell my Jove; never,
however, boldly, but silently and only
after tho fashion that lovers know so
well.   Fb\£illy, making au allusion to tlio i
Her mother was born in Granada, and ou her side she was of Moorish
extraction; added to tliis was a most
amiable natural character, and her
Spanish pride and African impetuosity
made her charming.    She	
oue,fuithor, pamoeos, and
inspirntiiig lines of 1 he Portuguese poet
had inflamed her soul, ribe wept over
the misfortunes of Inez and Dom Pedro,
aud the faithfulness as well ns the courageous resignation ot the former was in
her oyes perfection.
Wjiit,h if. J. Alley, of Albion, was
limiting woodcock near town, he saw
two rattlesnakes, one fit which he shot.
He also found one (hat had been killed
mk ciiiEtfci'ries.-fuS I
ii  . " 1 '' i^  " i V   V %   I:
ftr.I   .■'   J/Oi-atciI.
i* {Vfom tho Kowlork flrniihli-.)
Aoc«5J|og to tho lato census,  thiyfcy-
fout; oPoiir Btatca contain Kit chief cities.    flRtl'.osa cities Uniim has OlQWii. J*
four tfftfca population ot.tK-o'i fo%. w4'(jtn
wi(h * J^populatian  of   under 10,000,
Thoso-Avfir^OjOOfl coulaiu a population
or aOMs^it gaia of 3,800 over tho census
of lS7fl.-< 'Sfe.w Hampshire has six chief
cilics,|ii!i-i)Vpr Wifl iw«flwider riP.OOO.
Tho fo«eoTei: lu*v(i ^ -populalipniof 71,-
'-"    -'^ S)V1 J5,&!M ojr^lfa) jSt^^O.
'■'''10?lj'\HiB'eJW"6r4mi!fritanni-
r- "-'novr. 1'J.fiW, a gain ot
WO.     .ttt  >rassachuse,tbt
inlfttion m l(i7,8i«,^iiaii;
... imfjeutictjt lias .niitifenj;
Xhirte«rt0t thcso.lKiVa'ovo'r jfO.OOO.i'and.
ha-io a^fppnlittion: of $01",3i(>; a ^gniu of
S8,«0(fisajco 1870. Kcw Vork has thirteen ofties over 10,000, whoso xioptdation
is 2,3^;i;7«, a gain of 519,719 sinco 1870.
Pennsylvania bus nino cilics, with ft
pojjulotidn of l,2r»0,222,.ji gaiii of 20p,535
sttico 1S70. Dofawavi- has.one eity.Syith-
a population of"4:J,000, a gain of-'i^JUMf-
sinco 1870. Jfarvlaud has also one with
310,00&,-)ngainof"72,Ci<i. 'I'he District
of Columbia has onowiih 100,000, fl gain
of 00,8pl. Vh'gtnia has three over 10,000,
with a" total of 100,8 l.'l. AVest Virginia
has ouo city wiih a population of 81,671;?
a gain of'12,083, South CaHjiimv pn^
ono ovei1.10,000 and ono under. Tho ono
over hiuf a population ot 49,027, a gain
of only .071 sinco 1K70, Georgia, haa
four, itil over 10,000, with a total of
91,399, "a gain of 23,l(!i. Alabama has ono over aud one
under. The ouo over has 29,100, a
gain of 7,132 sinco 1870. Louisiana has
ono oy$j6 and one under, tho former ,2J(v
359, aguiu ot 2t,0il. Ti»;ns has three
cities rd! over 10,000, whoso populations
is 59,001, a gain of 2i,23S. Tennessee'
has four with a total of 103,HI0, a gain
of tiofiOQ sinco lvS70. Kentucky lias hut
one city of any size; this has a x'opula-
tion of ,126t550, it gain of 2.1,800 in ten
years.'% Ohio has six, all over 10,000;
tho tdiL population of theso h 071,001,
again of 165,032. Miclugnu hi*four,
allows* 10,000, and I hev show a total
populrtttou of 181,085, a'ga'not B7;090.
ludiauri lias two, bolh over 10,000 j their
totalis J01.12S, » gftitt of W,t&, Iliuiot3
has nitto over 10,000, with a total of
017,581, ti gain of .231.4S0. In. Ioi\5t
thero iiro live all over 10,000, antl they
haven total of 85,523, nho-rtlug n gain of
14,205, jViseonsin has tlu-ee above 10,-
000 aiKl-'ono bolow; tho three have a
a few  days before,  and  the apparent
i impetuosity j ftl)U1Hlnuc(1 „f theso venomous reptiles j °W ffl-v™(, ,,„ „m        .     . rn r,„
had read bnt|fluito l„0k away his apiietite for hunt-  pop«^0a of 147,490, a gain ot 53,001.
no doubt (ho j jJ-,„ J 4 I Sfinne^stiv bos three above tuid one un-
' ''■— -innnA; those nbovo have it total of
Jain Of 59,8:30.   Nebraska has
. group
might bo seen talking, laughing and
jesting with one another, but evidently,
as far as occupation was coucerue'd.
iwnctienlly unemployed. Home lay on
tthe wharves, indolent as the hu<,aroni of
Naples, while others again went up nnd
'down the narrow streets, heedless of
purpose and earing little, to till appearance, how soon the day might end. A
few old women, in long blue cloaks and
heavy hoods, were in the streets, and
>s«me barefooted sisters from a neighboring conveut made up the picture
presented for onr inspection on our arrival iu Horta. To account for ifto
small number of persons we encountered i
is not difficult, since the people of these "
islands seldom crime out in the daytime,
leaving nntil the cool evening the enjoyment of their recreation and what
business transactions they contemplate.
The news of our coming, however,
soon spread, and curious faces of more-
curious people were to lje seen at every
corner, eagerly eying tho lately-arrivoil
strangers. Nor were the natives unfriendly in their manifestations in their
professions cvcnt of friendship. The Governor of the islandfient somo of hia slaves
to ofl'ei ns bankets of oranges and other
tropical fruits. This kindness we interpreted as a good omen, reminding ns, as
it did, of the hospitality of Guaciuiga-
gori to Columbus on liis arrival at St.
Salvador. Otlling upon tho friendly
and kind-hearted stranger, wo returned
onr very sincere thanks, and were in
turn received with most generous and
polite attention,
Tho Govornot's namo was- Fernandez
Clorrejo. A Brazilian by birth, he had
been ti long time at tho qourfc of jjisbon,
wheru by hia intelligence and breadth of
view ho had become distinguished, endearing liimself to all the court aud
making hosts of friends. Ho soon acquired place and power, and was named
Governor of Fnyal in token of his many
services and the esteem in wliich he was
held by the Government of Donna
Maria. The Governor invited the ship's
company to a grand banquet. Nothing
was left undone, to make our sojourn
pleasant as possible. Our host enfer-
tainwl ns with yrumely cfjiJtteHjej «wrie*
ty ol aianea vied With, tho excellence ol
tbeir prepsvration, while tbo best wine
thafc Spain can boast crowned a ¥dp'A$
truly royal in all its sewice. Wo thanked
our stars for coming to that island.
Fernandez Correjo had threo daughters.
One of tliem, tho oldest, was of dazzling
beauty, She was just 18, with a perfect
ligure and dark, piercing eyes. The expression of her face bore nn inexpressible charm. Her hair fell in long ringlets, outshining in brilliancy tho raven's
wing.
A rumor was enrrenfcin the island that
this young lady was shortly to marry a
rich American, who had „iln>_ up his
abode at IJorto,   Her yontlifjd heart,
however, had never yet experienced thnt
strango sentiment called love, and never
yet had the magic words, " I love thee,"
passed  her ruby lips.   Innocent and
pure, this  young  girl  know nofc how
strewn with thorns is life's weary -path;
how bloom the roses, fresh in tlieir fragrance, yefc hiding the siing.   Careless
of to morrow was she, heedless of strife;
so far she had only read a gilded book,
turned ft golden page.   Alas, poor child J
dream on thy dream of peace.   In a fow
days thou shnlfc awake to misery, if nofc
to despair.   When the repast was over
Donnn, Leoma (this was the lady's name)
sat down afc the pinno, aud in a moment
onr hearts were entranced by tho most
exquisite tones I have ever heard evoked
Irom that instrument.   X imagined that
I wan again at home.   Visions of my
native country came nt Avill-^the ol'd
homestead, my mother's face, my playmates  of younger years, my sister's
voice, my brother's friendly call—alL all
camo up before mo and once more,
though so far removed, I was in Franco
again.   Illusion of an how!   I was and
would yet be long separated fro® all my
,*tpnpnhifcUmof 30,005, again
y^J&ihsns lias three, nil over
iOiM*t>LtA' of 47,500, a gain of
""iteoTicri*"has /three, alt over
A fArfilt in the Upper Peninsula of I jqq ry
Michigan says:   Tho Indians on tluit        '
beautiful sheet of water, Lake Glucagon,
havo   built   a   deer-fonco some fifteen
utiles in length,  and capture deer by
driving- thom mto Uio Jake, w ruihee Hml
ii-bark canoes ^;<«™£ ."FTStKRwwlO.'H 8»&» <tf WSO.   Utah
should bo to live here 1" "  *    \ l»>«se, ami ordered for my'u-cannaO*.  &T ^a? £&£ ov & fiKfl £fr ''"&?If W ll P*? JSM*. ?f,"
buiiiuuwi, wjim. nm . ,   .       '      ..., ,.11.,rtm„nf    'Plm onlv dif-   i     i       V ■ '   :    * ■,, "J I,,ls"u,b l'«u   forttfl iM^ix, all over 10,000; their total
I»to«im>hyi*WByim*m^ Itetuls under wafer wiUt poles. • i»-JUliSlu gtrin ol 12J 751.   NcwJer-
repltcd Leonia "why not remain here? ™»^A l™%^fo^wet-tho littlo nu- Enn' »<>*"»«. ™ «!«« »l Vohaa>\my hlajfightover 10,000, makiugn total
But you are ouly joking. Morcowr, I ^t&, n^vl *nln*«W Smtionod w.ui * AraaJtrt mill, ttt Bay City, met with a f „f\«lii7"at.d a gain of 123,412. The to-
have heard so miu-lt of your beautiful   ff^S W4™K   f"*? ««*'''«* !V X'"w f». 8"'^    »«? I^cI-fnln'tfra of t.e 301 cities reaches
- -b-        ' -     ■**  -.?--,. J t Was at woVk at n saw havmir inserted } 9(08«,719.     In  1870 it was 7,201,071,
' thus showing a gain ot 2,487,048 peoi»le
in the 101  cities during the last ten
..  years.
!flowers~atid what delieiotis  poetry is : saw, struck Boiijeanxtin the cheekbone
iiuntry of France that I ean scarcely
believe in the dot-ire you express. Besides, J remember tdl you said yesterday
concerning love of country and the happiness of serving it. You see you gave
me reasons lo doubt you."
Forbidilfti Land.
eto"^j^an^hSS«u^h ! 1^«¥* tn.de, their outlandish notions,
avo contracted bat! habits,
walk straight from now on."
Y.mi must
"Furhftpd
.1 willj goverpfir, if you will onlymanago
to keep out'ot the Baioojislyotuself.'"
The elder fcrttb. glVf ^epsive, and, -haying resolved on reformatioii, imvor again
was seen to enter a. saloon, tlirqugli the
front doftr. ^Bsop says hettctmtlly overheard the foregoing tjonverpation, avhich
only goes tosljow whtt't kind ifi-n. news-
pappr man BJsop really, wati. Unfortunately, there, wus no" stenographer preft-
enl, s& ilil-iop ciiu'phlm off as many fables as ho" pleaseti on tho;- .public—
Ctafi-oston JYr.irs. "  ■   •
Bliij-), .Tho Atyfitst^Soi^jqjatyf i|'br fori
r||suj^ it to th#|sin'fi&i!of^ha.hvater-
woulfl bo easily-tu'ntrifeod; -air yth -may-.
soon havo our enterprising exem-sion;
managers offering rt trip idonp the but*
torn of tlio rivor to Lake Erie—singlo
tickets, 50 cents; lady and gentleman's
fcjcketo'75 ■vetjfe.^pcpvtt Frrii fremf
'HOUSEKMSpisjiS' JlEbPS. *
'ritf'Ut.i.l'iMtr frnvei'b* lit CuoUliiir.
Miss Pod's lectures aro full of littlrf
bits of information that might fairly ba
callfitjl onliujify proverbs^ Jlerc ciiav. fow,
offieMi'Z " ..•■$. ii :S-\ :' . '•
' TlitfreW a gr^ennoBs'm'oniofift and j>a-<
talcica that renders thom bard to digest.*
For beultb'R salto put thorn iu warm
m hmy betoro cooking.
fnit .can finK
fctoye; with it you can wirtincr'a pot lai[
an- J)^ii3', or boil it afc. tho' H.'iino rate for
twejity minutes.   -w   ;'v--'! ;j
Good Hour is not tested by its color,
Whito flour may nofc bo tho best. The
lest of good Jli'mr is by the amount of
wator it absorbs.
In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when ifc
js done; put a skewer into the 'breast, and
i tit&i.feeasfcirtend/si; th/f fijw(,i<t dquc
A* fthv dijed tor pre'rfci3'ed;!eh5ra-ries, with
stones out, are tho very best thing possible to garnish sweet dishes.
Singlo cream is cream that has stood
on tho milk twelvo hours. It is best for
tea and coffee. Doublo cream stands on
ft.l milk. f\®>n(y-foiir hours, and cream
■W'ljMW ''frequently stands forty-eight
hours. Great)! that is to be whipped
should nofc bo butter cream, lesfc in whipping it chaugo to butter,
To boat the whites of eggs quickly,
put in a pinch of salt. Tho cooler tlie
eggs the quicker they trill troth. Bait
cools and al?o freshens them. .
In boiling eggs hard put fhem ih tioil-
ing-water. It will prevent fche yolk from
coloring black,
You. must never attempt to boil the
dressing of a clear soup iu tho stock, for
it will always discolor the soup.
Iu making any sauce,  put the butter
and fiom- in together, aud your sauce   thoroughfare, tho pitch, watersheds iind
will never be Jumpy. general   character     being   more    in
Whenever-yon see your sauce boil from i tlm my of (.x,,erjme„t than a scientific,
the sides of (lie pan you may know your (aml practical renovation. <* The
lloj[»«i*oJ»do»B( (country    road-maker   commences   by
B-nled fo;yl with saueo, over which j throwing out the "big stones" on fo the
grate thd yolk of eggs, is a magmheent • hia(. of the road, retaining U,o smaller
dtsli for hmcheon. ont«, when by thoroughly "bedding"
Tepid watet is pro lutsed bj eombimng | i]u, h- Hi0Ues tht. best possible fomida-
tw.^thirds cold aud one-third boiling | Uou j(, htl,i; and, with ft- covering of
water. . ....   I smaller stones mixed with gravel, or
Fo make maecarom tender, put it m j m.n ,rith ood loBm carefully hai'rowed
eobl water and bring it to a boil. It wd uml 8C1.U1H1^ (v nm\-\wil is formed whieh
then be niueb more tender than if put >viII defy botli raii.8 and heavy teams,
mto hot water or slewed in milk. Generally the tvro devotes his lime to
The yolk of eggs;lands the crust much heaping ftp tlie'material in the center
bettor than the wlutes.    Apply it to the j WJ-tll, m%hla a(m ^ Mcn ,,, -mt(rl[vK
j with locomotion, and which heap ihe
first heavy teim resolves into deep rnts,
I'OUJiTiiY KOAJMBAKiSU.'
'APlHKc*. That In HkilU'rvirciitlyUi'xIcr-C
i,', j'wlmiil, Miyary-it'hvK
iSwrn uioJXiliifuril Con;-.iaLJ
in (hfetjmto'f pistes i* eithwt-^.lp^ -Ji^,
ok a fo-be-tteqiuVd science. • The .oyer.-;
ago Stflectmhil <jr road-agent of ft county
town is usually deplorably ignorant ot
tho first principles of making a gopd
road. Nothing will so surely advance
tho growth and woll being of a town as
well-mtulo and well-kept roads. No port
of its domestic economy will moro certainly repay the outlay. Nothing more
bespeaks fcho iiiteiligenco and, character
or publie spirit of its citizens. InEn-
ghtnd and most of its dependencies the
roods aro made directly by tho state or
uuder its supervision. As a. result, the
contrast between English roods and
thoso of this country is much in favor of
the former. A cemmon and natural
misbike of nmst towns in this country is
(hat an intelligent farmer must necessarily know how to mako tt good road,
but tho reverso is the fact. Boad-mnk-
ing is a subject requiring study mid
a knowledge of the nature of soils, not
often considered by any but engineers,
or thoso to wiiom such knowledge is it
necessary adjunct of their business in
life, A well-made road oven iu out-
climate and with tho wide differences iu
soil ingredients will last for years,
whereas ordinarily (lie item of repair* uu
onr roads means an entirely changed
edges with a l-rusl
Old potatoes may be freshened up by
plnngiiig them into cold water beforo
cooking them.
Never put n pudding that is to Im
Steamed into onything elso than a. dry
In sweet dishes. Ifc will make fho pudding heavy. To clean them wipo with a
dry towel.
To brown sugar for sauce or puddings,
put the sugar in a jx-rfoctly dry saucepan. [If the pan is the least bit wet, the
sugar will burn, and yon will spoil your I
vitiating ijs usefulness for any but a similarly heavy team, and for it Only with
constantly-increasing strain on the
horses, Yankee ingenuity bas invented
capital road-making tools, which need
Wtf>"ferf*HigtW*MiqJtftt^
such thorqugliTareu a$ would mnkct-them
admired, in placo of being a reproach
and shame. Our country is rich enough
(o place the roads in the hands of such
government as will insure tbeir perfection, instead of leaving them to town
ollicials without the education or expoii-
to-day.""  *"  ~ ""*'       Fernandez Correjo was. not a man to
"Wer«I not -tfraid of being indis    1>°'k-'eeivcrt.    Besides, the extreme cold-
Xf    ;   T    -rs r      -       i     ,    »»loa« wRlitw)i<m I w* onliwilwli^
.,       ,}     '   P°ima   "'i™"*.   mwiwly  knees before my adored, Fernandez ap- i'""; m „, shut up from the rest of the population
thought you had guessed the reason, jU.urud. Passing by, however, on hisj Ki-Ni-KWiTeno-KON.nnOttawasquftw, 0f the globo as hermetically as if ifc
but, since you have not, allow mo to , evening walk, ho seemed to take no not-1 who will be remembered "by nearly all i wer0 one of tlie subdivisions of tho
keep my secret,     , ; ice of what was gomg on.   The next day ' touristswho have visited Little Traverse 1 moon's sm-faee.   Until very lately, the
The embarrassment visible iu the face • I was summoned to his  rn'csenco.   'j j in years p.ist,_died recently nt the ago ot   only information which tvn  havp had
aud in every movement of my conipan- ; walked with a firm step nud"quiet nerve, ; 10(5 years. Her ^reafc ago_ mtulo her
ion reverded more thau auy answer she' for, although I knew he might reprimand j quite ft local celebrity. During tho lost
might havo given. Fearing to wound mc severely, I felt sure he Avould never! year she has beeu an infant iu every rc-
or anuov her, I remained silent, and for. despise me. " Sir," said he, " I have I spect, spending her time creeping about
a. long tune wo walked on, mi word os-1 desired to see yon. Sit down. You love j the floor and amusing herself with play-
eaping our Ups. At length we sat down my daughter, she loves you. All this 11 things, Ot quietly sleeping upon «■ cotin
at tlie foot ot a little hill. Straightway, know. But perhaps yoti iu-e not aware | the Corner of the room. Some tliink-
in front of us was an immense field sown thafc before your arrival she had already I 'x-'1' »($<•'is greater than is churned. For
tdl over with daisies. been engaged to marry William Torris. 1 several years she has been cared for by
"In the country I came from," said I, i Sir, I respect au oath "with idl the honor   a daughter, who is now nearly GO years
" this pretty Jlower is much prized, and j of an old Castiliau, but, as the happi-   old. 	
lovers use it to lind out fhe degree of ' ness of my child must.not be sacrificed ! „,„,„   «,„„«_»  ,..,., f-.,.,.,.,. wi™ :..
lovo  existing between them.    Here s  even to the saeredness of an oath, I now J        .'
how it's done."   Haying which, I threw t ask you, sir, who you are, foi I do not
aside, one by oue,  the petals of tho j know you,  aud if my lovo  for my
flower and repealed, at tho same time, , daughter makes me forswpar an honor-
the  mystic words.    I stopped   at   the j able principle, it   cannot  at auy cost
words "just a little." ; make me forget my authority and my
"I did this on purpose," said L    "So i duty."
you love me ' a li ttlo ?'" j    •' gir," I replied, " I thank yon for tho
Leoma blushed. ; courtesy with which you have treated
"Thou you deny it,_ do yon?'    _    .       „je.    God knows how much I love your
daughter, and there i« nothing I am not
pj*paved lo do tooijlftia y»ur c<jasen*.
'Wiis is the answer to your flrafc question. In the second pioco I am obliged
to avow that I have no fortune. I eome
from a good family, honored in France,
Sho gave mo hor hand and placing
sit in MtuU), tliis w»« tba choicest icnuWci; *
I could buvo sought.
The day wa» jusfc closiug. In otu-
ramble wo had been left far behind; tdl
our friends had gono on, and, not know
ing whither we had strayed, were com- mK\ a)i X possess is the education I have
mg back to meet tin. We followed them, received and what I have boen able to
stdl pursuing onr leisure. On the mor- acquire of the world's knowledge."
row tho ship was to set sail from Horta. 1 <.you mmt obWn the comcDto[ yom
When Leonia heard this she turned ifamilybcforeanyunionwithmydftughter
pale. Wide the Captain and the pass* i c.im tuko place," mildly answered Fer*
engera wero saying a last farewell to Fer- nandez, and nt tlio same timo ho'added
nanrlez, quietly approachuig Leonia I that as a ship was aboufc to sail in a few
whispered in her ear; ' | ttllyg j jjiight take passage in her,
"I shall nofc go with them to-morrow. | Fefnondez Correjo was too proud-
Afc 9 o'clock, expect mc. I shall return."'spirited, too much of a man to make
The day of sailing oame. With at allusion to any want of fortune; on this
favoring wind tho ship that boro me to f account ho suggested my speedy de-
Horta started for tho coast of France, j parturo, arguing, no doubt, that absence
I stood on tho shores watching her re and separation wore, the best remedies to
treating lines until her masts grow end a lovo that seemed to him, at least
smaller and smaller ou tlio horizon. , for his daughter, fraught with hidden
Then nt lasfc she became « speck and ■ dangers.
then all was level with the seti, and sky ) in a few days I started. Arriving in
and water mot and no ship was there— j Marseilles I decided to go no -further,
tome. Hope seemed fled, but the image Wandering often to tho seashore, I con-
of my beloved came as tho rainbow after \Meil toy longings, av desires to tho
,fcbe storm, and peace wns restored to my j wild ^ooeun breeze, trusting that some
breast. .   j day its idle course spent, perhaps half
Afc 9 o'clock I repaired to the houso of relaxed, a message Might reach my
Fernandez. A mulatto woman opened j Leonia, But tho breeze sped on its
the door. Tho iirst glonco nt Leonio i way/-My treasure heatd no word, of lovo
gave mo to understand What a sleepless j froui mo and down in hor heart Secretly
night sho must have passed; nay, how -, blamed mo.
ill she must have been, since the lines Beturntng home, I was recoived as
in her faee revealed intense suffering. I tho prodigal, When I had told my ad-
Will I relate it? Musfclsnyit? I was j ventures, all my father and mother
really not displeased at witnessing tho I asked was that I might leave them no
evidences ot this suffering. I had. al-1 more. __ Growing old, these goodjiareuts
most wished to see her sick, so strange a
TM» state.
Annouucl'ments for agricultural fairs
in Michigan have been made to take
place on the following dates:
Kept. 13-17, nt »otroib--Midiignit Slato Agri-
culturnl aud Horticultural Kodcty.
Sept. 21-21, at i'psilaiiti—Eastern Michigan So-
doty.
Sept, 20-25, nt Grand ltnpkls—Western 3Iidti-
gnh Society.
Sent. 27-Ocfc. 1, at Jjrtiismg—Ccmtmt Jflpliignu
homw. ■■■'*■■■ -
Oct. «-8, afcBohlOh UatlKMr^-NorUi ISsrrlcit aftd
Michigan lako Shore Society.
Hept. 21-23, ftt Qtvosao— Tor Shiawassee.
Hept. 21-23, at Charlotte- for Eaton.
iScpt. 21-23, at Tjiidiiigton—tor Mason.
Hejjt 21-21, at tioldttnter—for Uraucii.
Kept. 21-24, at Ithaca—for Oi-aliot.
Hept. 21-24. at Howell -for Livingston.
Sept. 22 21. at OtuHopoIia—for Cuhh.
Sojit. 22-21, at Mason—for liiKltam.
Sept. 23-24, at Benzonia—for Benzie
Sept. 28-30, at Bear Lake—for Mltnistce.
Sept. 28-30, *t Big Kapidrt—for Mcco»(o.
Hept. 2(1-30, nt JSvart—for Oaceola.
Sept. 2ft-80, at Ovid—for Union Society.
Sept. 2d 30, at Lexinjttoii—for RaiiHac.
Kept. 27 Oct. 1. at ITillifdnlo-for inundate.
Kept, 28-Oct. 1, at Bay Oily—for Bay.
Kept, 28- Oct. 1, at lntufc—for flcnesue.
Kept, 28-Oet. 1, at 'rraveriio City, for Grand
Traverse.
Kepb^S-Opfc, Jf .at JMomnKoo—for Kaklnlazoo.
Hopfc. 28-Oct. 1, at Adriivn—for Lenawee.
Sopbal-Oct. 1, af Ponlitia—for Oakland.
Sept. 28-Oct. J, at Hart— for Oceana,
Kept. 28-Oct 1, at Ami Arbor—for "Waiiliteiiaw.
Sept. 23-Oct. 1, at Mt. Olomenn— for Btadotnb,
Kept. 2S-Ocfi 1, at ty'atroilavillc—for 'ftwcoln.
Sept 2!)-Oet 2, at Noss-ayi'tj—for Kewayjio.
Sept S!»-0ct 2, at Sherman-for "WcxfoiiL
Oct 4 «5, tit Violltita—1'armera' Clnb.
Ort. i-5, at Cheboygan—for Cheboygan.
Oct, 4-7, at Marshall—for Calliotm.
Oct. 4-8, at .Taekuon—for JafiltttOh.
Oct. 5-8, at Plainwell—for Allegan,
Oct 0-8, atl'aw l'aw->-for Van Buren.
Oct, K-8, at Midland-for Midland.
Oct, 7-8, at Bad Axo—for Huron.
thinfj is love and so near akin is vanity
to this vory lovo.
"Ah I my dear friend," stud Leonia,
" are you indeed eome 1 Your ship, then,
has not yet gone ? "
needed nil my loving care, and I promised them to remain a month, when I
should again sot sail for Horta. But
fato had ordered otherwise. I fell in
love with a charming woman, whoso
face made mo forget that of iho distant/
Am massive walking-stick more than
ISO jcars old, once the property Of
Thomas iTancock, imele of John Hart-
cock, is now in the possession of Mir.
Alexander Williams, of Boston. This
venerable cane, which is in perfeefc
preservation, bears its first owner's
name on its finely-carved hend, Tiiohias
Hancock was ono of the eminent merchants Of New England. He built the
fjunons old Hancock fioftse on Bftnoon
street, in 1707,
about the country, its popiilntioh,physical peculiarities aud its history, hits been
derived from the talcs told by a Dutch
sailor who was cast away upon tlju
Oorcan coast more than 200 years ago. '
A few writeis, like Seibold and Du
Hnlde, picked up much indirect information to China told Japan from ship*
wrecked Corcftns, who are supposed to
have told as many lies, though of ft different character, as Henrik Hamel, th'e
shipwrecked Dutchman, after he sue-
ceeded hi getting uwuy from the Oore-
ans, who had kept him tis a curiosity for
nearly twenty years. As wo are apt to
magnify the greatness of thc unknown,
the prevailing litdief through" tho oivil-
ized> world lias been that Corea is o land
llowing with milk and honey, teeming
with riehdg Of till KiMS,ufid filled with
gorgeous palaces aud cloud-capped
towe&i,, the liko of whielbhuvo not bean
SiueepkfeJJtiytf Of KUbliilt' KhftU And hfs
Or}ei*Sl splendor. Onpidity has, there^
for^iieefa ndded to curiosity, 'and the
commercial world is eager to break into
the forbidden land, to ransack its rich
store-houses, and to gapo hi wonder at
its marvelous monuments.
saucepan. 1 . i encc necessary to an accomplishment of
{.^ttlcts and steaks may bofnedasweliuie object. Most of the roads east of
as Wed, but they must bo put m hot, lho ComKH.tit.„t riyW- are sandy, mid
butter or lard. The givaso is hot enough tWs foct togotiu.r witll jUc indifference
when it throws oil a bh.ish smoke. (U, i&lor'an(.^ of thoBQ in cillu.,re UmM.a
The witter used in miwugln-ead must ;imi)%vi%r tllrfr character, necessarily
botppitL If it is too hot, tho loaf will. j ■lm\nH-li.>H ami retards tho natural and
bei full qf great holes. ,, Krovriuf? tendency  of eity  people for
To !>t,ii potatoes successfully:   When ■ Zmifo* llU(1 iivij;K in 1]l(. ^.t^.
the skin breaks, pour oil tho water aud " - ■ ~ ~ -—  •
let them finish cooking in their own       Inherited Tendencies to Disease,
(.teaiit. !    The pz-esent arlieleis bascdon a s'ulu-
Ii»iniikingj*vusfcof any kind, do not' «)»lo l>»P''r hi' J*1'- J< K. Black, in the
melt th" lard iu flour. Melting will iu- | Popular Molt nre MmiUil//, Hevenly
jure the crust. ' thousand persons in America yearly die
In boiling dumplings of any kind, put '■ (,f consumption, most of whom have iu-
theiti in Ute water one afc a time. If they : herited the disease. Vast uumbei-s iu-
an> put hi together they will mix with 1 herit a tendency to rheumatism, ei>ilop-
eaeh othcr^ ^_-   i sy, insanity,   cancer,  indigestion, mi-
~ ---■ "     ■-- ! graine, neuralgia, asthma, mid  to early
Ittttlly I'erplexetl. 1 i„.s8 0f sight and hearing.   No other
Nothing is moro savory to a Southern j eauso of grief and suifcring compares
negro's palate than a roasted fat opos-; with that duo to organic defects handed
sum. One old negro hunter captured a i down from parent to child. Of our <K),-
line sjiccimen the other day, and, feel- j 000,000 ot peoplo probably 2G,000,000
ing hungry, stopped to cook it iu tho : inherit some constitutional 'defect. But
woods. Ife builfc ti, firo and dresspd and j hitherto little has been done to arrest
spitted his meat; but, being very tired these tendencies. Physicians are called
as well as hungry, he fell asleep wltilo only to the sick. On tho contrary, those
the 'possum was roasting, ! who have inherited tendencies to dis-
' As he slept, a, "low-trash" negro '■ ense are generally as careless of their
camo upon the scene, dtmbtlessattracted I health as others, while, in (he ease
by tho  lire aud tho smell of roasting j of those who already show the tendency,
rIt JTay Yet be True.
When Jiilo^i Vtarnfe' ##jtejhis rtfindflee,
•''Twenty ThouWd Leagues Under Uie,
Sea,"he found it necessary to construct
a cigar-shaped steamer that wottld travel
under witter while her iu-ew eould
breathe wilh tho same ease they could
on land. It Mr. Verne had waited for a
fow years ho might, iwrhfips, havo saved
himself the troublo of inventing this
submarine criiffc, -as he might, thon liave
found it Ih aottntl iOpenitioiUt It is.at
present onTy firoposed to apply a recent'
invention to » diver's helmet in the following manner; Tho apparfttns, having
been fastened over tho nose and mouth
of the diver, when he wishes to breathe
the liir oufc of his lungs ho does so in the
ordiriaiy way, and it f^oes down tlio
tubes into tlie bottom of the front fitter.
It then filters through the ennstie-
ehtsrged sponge in front, and, passing
along ah outlet sit. the toft, is conducted
oVoriho diver's "slionhler into, the othor
case, through wliich ifc Biters' in tho
same way, nud then, ascending into the
helmet, mixes with tho oxygen that has
been let in fvom ite store chamber, and
is ready fo bo breathed again nito the
divert* lungs. Mr. Fleuss states that, if
he could only cat underwater, ho could
remain there for a wholo day; ns ifc it,
ho walked for a quarter of a mila under
the sea. atBydo, and when nt Brighton
ho Wenfc dotvu during stormy weather into five fathoms of water, This being
the case, ifc is (i simple matter to apply
the principle to the iuy-tight subroutine
turned to an esisior position, but would
not wake. The stranger took iu the situation, and then proceeded to tako in
the 'possum. He, too, was a 'possum-
eater, and he made short work of tho
daiuty roast. He ato and ate till bufc tlio
bones wero left.
Uncle. Bph wns stilt sleeping, and it
occurred to tho.vandal.. fclmfcho.>vould>
nittke*Epii think he had been to'snpper,"
so that when he awoke he woidd not
sutmeefc th© theft Thon the J4I0W-
trtiwi" negl-o proceeded to 'possum-
grenso Eplvs bantls and face and mouth,
and to pile in the old man's'lap the
gnawed bones.
Nights have mornings, and sleep must
have its waking. Uncle Eph awoke nnd
immediately thought tif his 'possum. It
was not On tho iiro; ifc was udtnnywhertj
to be seen; but thero in his lap jvere lh&,
bbneafhathad bejiu gniiwej.^'Oiis^i^
liaiids, lips and beard was greftse tti^l4h%
smell of'possum. He was self-convicted.
Ho concluded  that
though these tiro his only hope.   Moreover, the whole influence of our social
life   and   practices    encourages    tho
thoughtless   squandering   of   vital re
servo.
As a consequence, wo aro degenerating us a peoplo, The death-rate and
birth-rate nro steadily approximating.
The diB'ereuew is a'ready less in Now
Bugland thtui in any country of Europe,
Prance alono excepted. Yet thero is no
inlioi-cnt difficiilty:ia iho way of oxtu>
pitting-hereditery disoaae. Hygienic
care woidd accomplish it—such care aa
can come only from a medical export,
and sueh as wo ore till ready to resort to
in acuta diseases. Able physicians have
thus been able to extirpate tubercular
consumption from themselves, their families and descendants,—Methodist.
Dense l*oimlalion of Afrlen,
;'  Although wo havo not> nor are wo
likely to have for years, any nceurate
ho had oaten thc (statistics of the population of thc in-
'possum, yct;h0;conld not romembor the terior of Africa, thero is very little doubt
pleasure the eatihg had given him. ^'        that We   havo greatly  underrated  it.
Weighing all eireiunstniitial evidence Much important information has lately
carefully, tbo old man slowly pronounced been gathered on the subject, cspeciully
judgment: 4 ^concerning the distribution and density
"Dat'an. fao'. I'so been entip' dot of that far-off land, Jn the great lake
'possumj I'so been ^alinfj it $11" my\ district, for instance, thero aro lem-
sleep." - u - ' tories us thickly settled as mauy 33n-
But thon his stomach; why did ifc nofc j vopeau slates, 'relativaly small tu-eas
stand oufc as tt witness in tho case?   It possessing millions of people. The negro
felt empty, and yet ifc should be full,
"It's certain sho'r I've dono eat up
that opossum. Must have dono ifc when
I'se sleep. But," and the old man placed
Ids hand sadly over his ronlly-empty
stomach, "but it interferes less'n auy
'possum I ebberdidcat."—JVetu Qrtcans
iHwyune.      ,<r •- ,, --   .     ...;',
jfisop lis „ JtCjiOriw. '
Tho iirsfc mention made in iiueieuthis-
tory of the crab is by ohe JEsop, who
was n Greek Newspaper man, and who
lived about ttys year 000 B. C. Liko
the mau who stuffed tho ballot-box, he
is much involved in a great deal of obscurity, JSsop heard the paternal ancestor of a promising young crab, who
was inclined to tiasooiato with fast horses
and tlio like, give tbe latter some good
ndvieo. Said tbe old crab: '' My son,
yoit are briughig disgraco On tho family,   i'oft run around teio much, and
regions aro by far the most xiopidotis,
Whilo tho desert portions ore the, reverse. A JVertelt geograilhical society
gives tho estimated figures of various
subdivisions of that continent as follows : In the Soudan tho population is
80,000,000, or about fifty-threo persons
to tho square mile. The town '»f Bida,
on the Nigoi-j for example, contains fully
00,000 inhabitants. East Africa is rated
at a0,000,000, and equatorial Africa afc
some 40,000,000 souls. A late attthority
pn ethnology sets the negroes as numerically 180,000,000; tho Htunites, 30,-
000 000; the BtintaSj 13,000,000; lho
Eoolah, 8,000,000; the Nubians, 1,500,-
000; tho Hottentots, 50,000, making a
total of 172,650,000. These fitriu-es-
only ttpproximtite, of com-se—tiro con
sidered too low by both Germnn and
British geographers, the former estimating tho population rs high m 200,-
000,000,
1'ITJr ANB.i'OrK'f.
A Wbstekk paper fells of a boy who
'•peered fatally into "the"muzzle of si
shot-gun."
The Boston Globe snys .that, a promising young horse in South Boston lias
beep named Dr. Tanner, in hdpes tliat
it will make him fast.' '   ". *
ICvkhas schqol-teacber : "Ayiierq does
our grain go to?" Vlnto A)m hopper."
"What hopper?" "Grasshopper," tii-
un'phantly shouted ,11 ijcholar.
Hi: was from tho mountain side, and
wo«{ buying his first'glass of soda. "I
ivis|i you'd skim off that jukum, bobs ;
I oin'fc paying for riofroth, yj)\i bet.'1
'• •'<Shon," said a Dutehmau, "yon may
say~wlmt you pleasp- 'j>out pad i-eigb-
^cjiljo home mfT-   .. ..   .
todlle'r day tw|i of ,lltent c^niq jiofyfy »(^i»-, -.j,,
■fug,'" * ' ". *"'*'.*'•' '«-•.■•';'.   -',-.
"I HVi'VOHK," said a juibniiig lady ion.
Birilor whom-sho Mtw holding Die mdder
of n boat, as she" was- sauntering on the
seashore, -"I-shiipogo thjit.your favox-ito
troo is the. 'elnr." "l'es, madam," ho
responded, " and I see llmt your favorite
is tiio beach."
"I osnr want to show yon ona thing
more, professor; I have invented a short
Way of boring mounbtins, which I think
will prove valuable." "My dear sir,"
burst forth the wearied listener, "if you
would only invent a short method of
boring individuals, you would indeed
confer a lasting benefit npon tho race."
A e-BDAOOGUE told ouo of his scholars,
a sou of the Emerald Isle, to spell
hostility. "H-o-r-s-e, horse," commenced Pal. "Not boi-se-ljlity," said
tho teacher j "but hoss-tiltty." "Sure,"
replied Pat, " an' didn't ye tell me, ouly
the other day, not to say boss ? Faith!
it's wim thing wid yo one day, and another the nixt,"
Wni'.N Quill wns ut a. certain dinner
party fly-re was a pudding ou the table
of n peculiarly attractive character. One
ofthe guests helped himself to a huge
piece, when lhe host, wishing to have
Quin's opinion, pushed tho dish toward him mid invited liim to " taste tlie
puddiutr." "Pray," said Qtiin, looking
first at the gentleman's plate and then at
the dish, " whieh is tho pudding V"
" Opb hearts, ottr thoughts, our very'
beiugs grow tendet' with age," said Uie
pastor, thoughtfully. "Yes," stud the
new boarder, with a passionate gleam of
intelligence in his mild blue eyes, "but
then we nre not hens." Kobody
laughed very much, except the landlady.
Site seemed to enjoy ifc immensely; but,
when tho pudding was brought hi, ifc
was noticed that the now boarder got
all the crust and none of tbo " dope,"
so itwas generally thought that Mrs.
MclCerrel had dissembled.
"Don't get out of anybody's way,"
tdvised. Henry Ward Beecher. But,
Mr. Beecher, whon you recognize your
landlord only half ftblcrek ftwuy, and it
^•ftiWA crpSsjiU-i&'i^
four-story stairwhys wiuf'^'i-cnf' e^HS.
winking afc you from the near side of tho
street—are we—is a man, that in, to go
straight ahead and collide with (lie landlord? Oh, nonsense! what kind of talk
in that to give adebt-lmlen people, with
money at 11 per cent., and your summer
clothes uot paid for?
A HINT.
YmuiR Freili a lnrtiful yet persistent fnvolu,
Wart -tvty niiieti in love wits atury .Tane.
Oaw iiiglit xtlie loJd liiiti, in lier tnidciert loiie,
" It le nut good f.ir jtiun ta lie alone.-'
Said Trni, " Ja»t no, }ou datllui,' lltt'O eif.
I've etten thought cf thnt hiuijo thing injeclf."
Then paid tho lass, while Fred wna all ukok,
"yoiloiiBlittobuj-JOiirec'ra terrier dog."
Old " -SpceWo " roie from off her aest
And cncklF'l wltlinuicli \1gnr,
A» if to nay," 'X hat isii'b my hem J
Xn ben can lay a biwjicr."
While Johnny, ttatidltigiicnrtbe gate,
In mil to contempt «a« K«r.inii,
A« if he could not tolerate
The f ubs Uie hen was rulMng.
Bin pit test toolclier down a pes—
He rahed Idi voice to flay it—
" Vou link jou're nn«rf—bod made zat cgp—
l'mi t-wln't-liclp bnt- tay Jt,'"
A Unity Cm-Wage in the Ball.
A baby carriage in tho hall.
The happiest piece of furniture that
nny house can boast, always making au
honorable exception in favor of the
cradle.
That baby carriage moans a home.
Without it, only a place to stay in.
It means a "dear little dimpled darling"—that makes sUushincaU the time—
when it hasn't got the colic.
It means a happy mother, whoso life
is filled with nil tender care, all sweet
responsibilities, all wonderful hope for
the.future. ,
It means a father who holds his bead
up among men with the grandest dignity that any man may kuow.
To mothcrit is "Baby."
To father it is "My boy."
That baby carriage in the hall means
all the wealth of rosy hours as mother
•sings lullaby songs—porhaps,
" Hush my dear, lie still and slumber,
itoly angels gtm tl thy bed."
When all tho timo sho is the angel that
Ood appointed to gutif d it, as none of all
ltigh hetiveu's host could da
It menus a word of plans and projects
which all opnter in Uiat ono littlelifo,
Ifc means a father that studies Ms bank
balance with wonderful diligence, for
" My son must havo a good education,
and a good start in lifo," you kuow.
And he goes home and catches the
laughing toddler up, and reddons the
dimples with his whiskers, and then putting sturdy littlo twelvo-month's old on
his feet, sets him at his a, b, c of walking, addressing him with comical dignity, "Well, Governor, whero shtdl we
go now?"
And although ho only calls liim "Governor," tho mother's heart says—andthe
father wouldn't deny ifc were she to put
it in words—that more likely it will bo
President^ hi that dim, beautiful and
certainly Very grand future.
Her choice, though, would be that ho
should bo a good man aud a happy one.
Between them both they parcel out for
his manhood's years all Uiat makes lifo
worth the living.
That baby carriage in the hall means
a gooddealj does it not?
It means everything to the father aud
mother.
It means more thancan bo told.
If you havo such apiece, of furniture in
use you know all about it.
If you haven't, it's tt waste of raw material to bother with yon.— Wheeling
Leader.  _„_____
A Hawk Steals a Hat.
A few days ago, as ft son of Mr. Nicholas iS'orrisit, of NnsBagaweyn, waa passing tlirough the woods on his farm, he
noticed n hawk hovering around near
hini. Thinking nothing about tho matter, bo walked oil, whon all at once, and
belore he had timo to make any defense,
the bird dived down and patigiit his hat
in its claws and carried it aloft. When
the bird got about the height of the trees
£ Jet the jtat deep,— Montreal Witness,
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