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- SHOVE'S BEPSKTAMCB,
Love came knocilng, gentiy knocking
At the portals o£ my heart, J
And besaeched me their unlocking,
I'or n secret he'd impart;   "
But I laughed to scorn his greeting—
And regretted not the fleeting
Ot his baffled steps retreating
On their -way.
Shen again it message brought he,
- .Knocking gently as before,
Anil with courtly tones Besought me—
Yet I opened not'the door.
-Mildly chiding my denying,
And my cool reserve decrying, _  ■
•   He, with low and mystic sighing,
Turned away.
Soon the little .tyrant shyly—
Without warning as heiore—
Pulled the latch-string, and then slyly
Pushed aside the loosened door.
Though my heart was near'felenting, - *
.   And I felt'twould bring Topenting,
,.  Sfetlwould not, by consenting,
Lcwe to-day.       - "»
Could I catch him and securely
Tie his Utile wicked'wings, •■  -
I would kneel to him demurely,
„    Tho' I know they say he s'ings—
That isihe* 1 know his knocking,
' I will hastca the unlocking.
Ah, the little trifier, mocking.
Flies away!
.—Xepublic.
AT »AWIV.
Early this morning, waking,
'I heard the sand-piper's call,
And the sea on the shoro was breaking
, 'With a dreamy rise and fall.
The Sawn that was softly blushing
Touched cloud and wave with rose,
And tha sails in the west were flushing;
Np breeze stirred their repoBe.
"What tone in.tha. water's falling
Had reached me while I dreamed?
"What sound in the wild birds' calling
Like a heavenly greeting seemed?
"What meant the delicate splendor
• That brightened the conscious morn
"With a radiance fresh and tender,
Crowning the day newborn?
• All nature's musical voices
Whispered, " Awake and see
Awake! for the day rejoiceB!"
What news had the morn-for me?
Then I remembered the "blessing
So sweet, O friend, so near!
Mm joy beyond all expressing—
SCo-day youwouldbe here!
BT jr. Mr, KILEY.
There! little girl; iimft cry!
Tbey have broken your doll, I know,
And your tea-set blue,
And yonr-pliy-Iionse, too,
Are things of the long: ago;.
But childish troubles Will soon pass by,
There! little girl; doa'tcry!
There! little girl; don't cry!
They have broken your slate,'I kno^ff;
And the glad; wild wayss
Of your school-girl days
Are things o£ the long ago;
But life and love will foon come by,
-'-'   There! little girlfdon'tcry;
Xfceret little girl; don't cry!
Tbej- have broken yonr heart, I.know;
And the Talnbiw gleams
OCyourTouthful dreams
Are things of thclong ago;1
- * But heaven h''ldsall for which you sigh,
Tlierel littlegir}; don't cry!
—Indianapolis 'Journal.
HOW HE GOT OUT OF IT;
OE,
Engaged • to Three  Cirla   in One
Night.
"If you will take my-advice," said Mr.
Wilding, making a last noble "but futile
effort to balance th§ ivory paper knife on
the tip of bis first finger, "you won't go
to the Brownrigs'ball.''      -     •
"And why not,"asked his companion
imfably.-
*'Well, I really wouldn't, you know,"
Baid Mr. Wilding, giving up'bis struggle
with the impossible, and laying the refractory paper knife upon the table, "for
a variety of reasons. Girls play the very
mischief with you, and you know what
"trouble it gave me to get you out of "your
last scrape. "There are four" Brownrig
girls, aren't there? And they are al
pretty?". -:
"I cton't see/what that's got to do with
it," said Snooks^
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NUMBER 23,
met her eyep and vras conquered. She
would dance the next, with him ? Yea
(coldly). And the next? Yes (more
erently). " And; the ninth—he can see
she: as  disengaged for,it?   Xes    (this
timfe quife w^ml^).     .      ""'
"&& Hour later the deed-was done.
Some capital champagne, a'dark avenue
(I believe there were some Chinese-lanterns there originally, but a kind wind-
had blown tHem* out), and a- soft little;
hand slipped into his, did the work'; and
Miss Katie had promised bashfully, but
with unmistakable willingness, to be the
future Mrs. Snooks. Whether it was
Snooks or the property pertaining to:
Snooks she most affected, deponent: say-'
eth not. -.
"When, however, her betrothed found
what he had- done^ and remembered his
former words, and all the awfulness oi
parental wrath, Ms beart failed. Mm.
He went, as he usually did when in sorry
case, in search of Wilding; and having
discovered him, took him into a side
room, and shutting the door, confronted
him with a* rather pale face.     .
" So the eyes were too many for you'?"'.
said Mr. Wilding calmly, after a deliberate examination of the disturbed face before Mm.    "I told you how it would be."
''That's the. sort of thing' any fellow
might say,'.' * returned Snooks pathetically. "I didn't think you would" have
been so aggravating. And just when you
see I'm down on my luck, too. Yes;
I'vebeen and-gone and done.it."  .. -, * &$
'f Mother will -'.be 'pleased,'"!quoted!
his friend and. law adviser with a shrug.
"So, by the" bye, will  be  your  father.'
They both regard nothing so higMy as .
birth. .1 suppose Miss Brownrig can lay
claim-to some decent breeding ?"
"The old chap is a comchandler,yOu
know that, at least, he used to be," said
Snooks, with a heavy groan.
"O, indeed! And a yery charming
business, too, I have no doubt Leads1
up to quite a train of ideas. Corn,
wheat, staff of life, quaint old mill, and
rustic bridge in the distance, miller sitting on it. I wonder," dreamily, "if
Brownrig ever wore a white hat ? And
ifsoj, why? Don't all speak at once.
Well, well, she. is a very pretty girt,
Suehi6yes,.,ypu know! I" really congratulate you,'my'dear fellow." /
"Wilding," desperately, "can't ypu do
something ? I—I don't know hbw'it %®g-
pened. Itwas the champagne, I suppose, and of; course she is pretty; but I
don't want toinftrry any one, andl know
the Governor won't hear of it." ;
"He will have to hear of it now, won't
he ?" asked Wilding unfeelingly.
"He would go out of his mind if such
a thing was even hinted to Mm," declared Snooks wildly. "Try to help me
out of it. Wilding, can't you?"
"I don't see what there is to do, except marry her. I only hope "Lady
Snooks and Miss Cornchandler will get
on. And you should think of her beauty, you know; .doubtless it will console
yqu when.Sir Peter cuts you off with the
"Happily, no! Though, if the laws
of your land did not forbid it, I am inclined to think you might 'try to accomplish even that. Still, be advised,"
Snooks, and be conspicuous by your ab--
sence atthe Brownrigs' ' small and early.'
Papa Brownrig, when incensed, is not
nice, and you know you are decidedly
intimate with Miss.Kate."
"No, I am not," said Snooks with decision, " not a bit of it. Though I allow
she is a handsome girl, and has lovely
'eyes.    Hasn't she, now ?"
"I- don't know. As a" rule I never
look into a woman's eyes. I considter it
a rudeness as well as a beastly," said
Wilding earnestly, telling his lie without
ablush. "Never mind her eyes. If,"
warningly, "you must go to this ball, at
least try to forget that she has any eyes
at all. If you don't, you will propose to
her, to a moral."
One would think that I was a raw
Bchool-boy," said young Snooks wrath-
fully. " Do yoii think I .can't look at a
woman without committing myself ? Do
I look like a fool'?"-   . .5.
- Whatever Mr. Wilding thought atthat
moment, he kept .It to Mmself, Before
he spoke next, lie and his conscdencei->had
agreed to dissemble..',    - f,.-'.-   -      "„
".My dear fellow, do not let us even
hint at such a thing,'f he said, "amiably.
"I only meant'you were, slightly—very
slightly—susceptible, arid! =th"at Miss
Kate has a certain, amount" ,5$ ^pleasing
power, and th'at^-I positive!^-would give
up this ball if I—"   '        " ■'}"?..
"Are you going?" brbke; in Snooks; impatiently.        . .
"Well, yes, I! dare say I shall loot-in
abput 12." ('\'.- ■   Z-      * '
"ThenI shall look in with;~you," said
Snooks defiantly.     .-       .-•<--
"Factis, the feUow .wants; to spoon hfer
himself, anddbn't seethe force of being
cut out,'" saidlie to himself complacently
as he rani'- down • the steps.. of fWJldirig's
gtairs.        . . _ •'">.'- --'
. Beyond all question the Brownrigs'
ball was a decided success. The rooms
were filled to overflowing, the staircases
were -choked, the heat was intorable.
Sir -Thomas, "and Lady Higgins had
actually put in an appearance after all,
and the supper, .if uneatable, was, las;
sure you, vergoexpensive.' "Jto pains or
money had been spared : everything was
what the- mistress of the house - called
"rug regal;"- and all the Miss- Brownrigs
looked*,^ charming as any Vphe; sfionld
desire.   . ■    "
.' • There were four of them..   There was
Katie,   the second   daughter—Snook's
^friend, arid the possessor of. the lovely
eyes. And they were lovely; "Targe," "and
dark, and' true, and tender,"''-like  the
North,-according to the'Laureato; tf black
as sloes," said her fond if slightly oppressive . mother,   and.' of. ithe languid,
melting order/ >»**' -   -';'- J'-'i->t'-J \'J.
Then  there was  Hetty,   the-eldest
girl, who,- if. her -eyes were not dark as
midnight, had at least-the dearest little
nose in.^h?r?Srprldi.jrA;pjrrp pbrejek. feature,
■ perfect in   eyery  respect^   ignorant  of
"  colds in the head, that made: jona long, to
tell her (only she.Tvouhl haVe. blushed,
* they were all .nicely ^oughjr^up^1;p,bout
Dudu, andher'Pfiidian appehefage.-
.Then came;: Georgie^- " George -" the
Third,'' as-^he was playfully termed in
the bosom-of . her Jfamilyp-who^ if she
had neither nose h6r"eyes like Hef sisters,
had certainly a prettier mouth, than
either. A sweet little kissable.rosebud
.of a mouth that pouted and laughed alternately, -and-did considerable execution.        ,     • '
Arid-finally, there was-lolly.   A tall,
pafe'girl, with blue eyes, a finely cut
chh'i, 'rind ti great" deal of 'detertainniifcn
all round*        '•«•■•..
" - - -KatieV eyes "nreref large*/darker, and
(when she looked at Snooks and thought
■•   of -his" thousands) more melting than'ever
that night. Her dress/if slightly bizarre,
was immensely becoming.. - Snooks; Jor
'   the first half hour,-kepfr himself.-bravely.
aloof from, her faadhations, declined,;!**)
notice her reproachful -glanejes and laa-
.  guisbing teillades, and lor reward was
--wr8ic*ted,  'Finally, being,driven into*
cornwduriag * fetal wt ef Laoce?*, be
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Shoo!
r\rrvT-.t'---i -.
oks-"dis-
noyr,Mx. Snooks, if I were, you, I should
go in and say good-night to mamma, because you have.bepn :having a good deal
of papa's champagne,. and it is taking to
the constitution.".
Snooks took, the hint, bade farewell to
Mrs. Brownrig, who, to his heated imagination, appeared to regard Mm already with a moist and motherly eye,
and, taking Wilding's arm, drew him out
of the house. '        .        '-
. j'Well?" said the* latter -interToga-
tif«jly.     ' :    "  *■■  '"'  ■■"-'..       -  -■-
"I don't- know whether it fes well or
ill,"'returned he gloomily. " "But-I fol--
lowted your advice and proposed tor'em
s&z - ■■■ * '-"-.'A-:     ■■■■ " ;    '■■
c?And they accepted-you ?"
'".Most of 'em. Biit Lilly,- the young-,-
est, she^-" - ;
"I always said she was a sensible
girl;" put in Mr. Wilding, so^o ^oce.
''Did"you?"   with   much, surprise.-
"Wfell>-she refused me ;-sort of said she
wouldn't have me at any. price;   So you
see you were wrong !'.'   . •
."I always knew she was one of the
most intelligent girls .1 ever met," Mr.
Wilding repeated, in a tone so difficult
that Ms. companion for once had sufficient sense io refrain fpr demanding an"
explanation. -     _
The next morning, as Katie Brownrig
turned the angle of the hall that led to
her father's sanctum* (whither a sense of
filial duty befekoried her) she almost ran
into the anns of her three sisters,, all converging toward, the same "spot from different directions.. Simultaneously they
entered Mr. Browniig's study. (He
Calied-ita library.; "but that word is too
often profaned for me to profane it, so I
shall draw the line at study). But to return. Miss Lilly, being the youngest,
was of course the first to raise her voice.
"I had a proposal last night, papa,
and I have come to tell you about it,"
said she? in a tone replete with triumph.
It was so sweet to the mind of youth
to outdo its. eldfers. But "on this occasion
only" the elders refused to be outdone.
They each and all betrayed a smile of inward satisfaction, and then they gave
way to speech.
"No!" they said .in a breath. They;
did not mean to doubt or be impolite
they only meant surprise. .
y"The curate," said Hetty in a composed but plainly'contemptuous wMsper.
It was a stage whisper.
"Old Major Sterne," said Miss Georgie
proriiptly. ?
'^Perhaps Heni-y Simmg," suggested
Katie, with" some, sympathy. Then turning to her f atlier she said, with a conscious blush, "It is very strange, papa,
but I too had a proposal last night."
r "And so had I!" exclaimed Georgie
and Hetty'in.a breath.' .   -   ■-,
"Eh?" said, papa, pushing up his spectacles. He was:fat and pudgy, with
sandy hair-and- flabby nose. He, was a
powerful mari, too, and one" unpleasant
to come to open quarrel with. Proposals
in the Brownrig family were few and .far
,."X shan't my dear, but my whip will,"
saidpapa, grimly.
So he waited until 5; he waited until
half-past five; and then lie took up a certain heavy gold knobbed whip that-lay
stretched on the table as though in read-
mess, and . sallied forth in search- of
Snooks' rooms. And he found them, and
Snooks, too—in- bed; suffering, from a
severe catarrh, caught, I- presume, in the
laurel avenue." • •    " '■   '
And no man knows Avhat* he did to
Snooks.. But at least he gave him an
increased desire for his bed, because for
a fortnight afterward he never stored out
of it.   ••■   -■-  :- ": -'■ :,
When Mr. Wilding'heard of all tMs, I
regret to- say he gave way to noisy .mirth
iff the ^privacy of liis; chambers; and was
actually caught' by liis washerwoman,
who peeped tMough the keyhole, performing a wild dance in the middle of
the floor.
k&wmimm*mm
mally; and then, overcome, no doubt,
by the melancholy of this suggestion, he
breaks down and gives way to tears.
" I say, don't do that, you know," exclaimed Wilding indignantly. "Weeping all over the place won't improve matters, and-will make you look- a worse
fool than'nafure intended, when you go
out of the room. If you have put your
foot'in it, at least try to bear misfortune
like a man. Look here," angrily, "if
you are going to keep up tMs Mdeous
boohooing I'll leave the room, and you
too, to your fate. It's downright indecent. They will hear you in-the-next
house if you don't moderate your grief."
As the nearest house was a quarter of
a mile off, tMs was severe.
"I shouldn't'care if they heard me in
the next town," said Mr. Snooks, who
was qMte too far gone for shame.
"There is just one chance for you,
and only one," said wilding, slowly. "I
have an idea and yOu must either' follow
it or—go to the altar."
"I'll follow anything, eagerly. What
is it?"
"You have proposed ■ to Miss Katie,?'
solemnly. "Now go and propose to the
other three!" -
As Wilding gave vent to his idea he
turned abruptly on "Ms heel and left the
room.
"I'll do it," said Snooks valiantly, drying his eyes and giving his breast a
tragic tap, '.'whatever comes of -it."
Going into the hall he*awHetty standing near an entrance; a little way beyond
her was* Kate, conversing, with, a tall
and lanky youth". - -Not daring "to* glance
in the directiorirof "-the latter,' who plainly expected-him to-come straight to her
on the wings1 of ^ove, he turned and
asked Hetty to dance. '    '    " '-
They danced, andthen (it was custom
with the ball goers in that mild suburban
neighborhood) he drew her out under the
gleaming stars and np the dark' avenue
that a few minutes since was the scene
o'f her sister's happiness.
There he proposed, in' due'form, and
was again accepted. Hetty's conduct,
indeed, was perhaps a degree more pronounced than Katie's, because she laid
her head-upon Ms'shbuTder", andTie felt
by'all the laws-of sentiment bound to
kiss her. Her nose looked lovely in the
pale moonlight; so I dare say he did not
find the fulfilling of thislaw- difficult.
After that he had some more,' a good
deal more, champagne; and then he proposed .to Miss Georgia, who also consented to be his. There now remained
but one other step tp be taken. He
crossed the room and asked the'youngest
Miss Brownrig to danco. He was getting rather mixed by .this time, and was
on the very point of asking her to marry
him instead,* so customary^had the aues-
tipn.grbwn'.fo. him "now. "Miss Iiily,
however, declined to dance, bn the .plea
that, she was tired, and fcould exert'her-
self no more that night. - With-questionable taste he, pressed the - matter,Vaiid
begged her to "give him- just one. :At
this she toldhim frankly, she did not admire "his style, pf. daricing, wMch, of
course, ended the.conservation.) So*he
tsked her to come /for a stroll instead,
and htiving arrived at the morifentous
ipot, delivered- ■ himself of the ornate
speech that had already done duty three
times that night. I forgot what it' was,
but I know it wound up with the declaration that'lie adored her and wanted'to
marrv her.
'" '-'It's extremely good of you, I m sure,
said .the youngest Miss BroWning, calmly.    "But," uncivil, as I fear -it  must
sound. 1 don't.want tomarrr^ou.",- -
"Don't'you, by Jove!" said.Snook,,
hastily.-"'"Well, that's awfully Id—No,
no!" pulling himself up with a start; "I
don'tniean that, you know; Imean it's
awfnlly horrid,, you know. In- fact,"
warming to his work through sheer gratitude, ' *yoit have .iriade me miserable forever"; you've broken my heart/'
/'Dear me, how shocking!" said Miss
Lillys frivolously. "Let us. hope Time
will mendit I'm jiot very sure you did
not tpwdt the truth »tflr«fc I really b«-
Jiere itj»kM,»y storing you,
PASSING SMILES.
" Have you been on a bust lately!" •
said the shoulder-brace to the corset.
"Mx 'day's work's big grin," as the
foundry man said, when he commenced
to cast a cannon.
Husband—"Mary, my love, this apple dumpling is not half done." Wife—
"Well, finish it, then, my dear."
Ohe hah- in the hash will cost more
hard feelings than seven riiottoes on the^
walls can overcome.—Alta- California.^
"A mas recently died in New Orleans
from eating matches," says'the Washington Capital. We presume eating
matches may be as fatal as starving or
walking matches.
Kansas reports a big corn crop, tMee
million and a half of acres growing in
that state, and only a million of inhabitants. TMee and a half corns to each
person.   Big feat.
"Ihave three children who are the
very image of myself." "I pitty tho
youngest," .replied his interlocutor.
"Why?" "'Because he is the one who
will have to resemble you the longest."
Several salesladies write tothe Herald
that they feel insulted when thoy are
called shop girls: Possibly it would be
well to compromise this matter—to give
them, for instance, truly legitimate title
" counter jumper. "—JElmira Free Press.
Path bossed the carpenter work of
her new home in Wales, arid as a consequence she had: eight rooms torn to pieces
two or three times over, and now she hafe
% lawsuit with the carpenter. But she
has more closets than house, and is
happy.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has had
over fprty proposals Of marriage. „ If
she'd accepted the first one she wouldn't
have had tile other thirty-nine to brag
of, but she wouldn't have died an old
maid.   D'ye :mind that, girls.—Boston
I>08t.
'' In what condition was the patriarch
Job"" atT*Ke -^■•^~«-- ^~— --^^"s*
m
intobne day overpowered Mm,
"One at a time; my breath is not
what it used to be," he said addressing
Katie.-(If he'had said breadth, it would
have been equally true, as his mother—
if she was to be . believed—always de
clared he was a lean baby): "May I
ask the name of your lover ■?"
"Mr. Snooks," said .she with downcast
eyes and a "timid smile. She took up the
corner of a cherry-colored bow .that
adorned her gown, and fell to admiring
it, through which she fondly thought was
bashfulnuess.
"Impossible!" exclaimed Georgie angrily.'
"What a disgraceful untruth!" cried
Hetty rudely. . f'Mr. Snooks proposed to
me,.last night, arid I .accepted him."
"What is it -you say? Oh, I aru
going'out of my mind; my senses are deserting me,'-' said Georgie, putting hei
hands 'to her head with a dramatic
gesture':' "Or is it a dream that he
asked me to marry him, and that I too
said 'yes5?" .   ':
"I seldom visit the clouds," said
Lilly, with a short but bitter laugh.
" And "I* certainly kribw he made me a
a noble offer of his hand and heart;
both which treasures 1 declined."
"" Wliere ?" demanded the other tMee,
as thouglrwith one miouth.
"In the laurel avenue !"
At this they all groaned aloud.
"Perfidious monster!" said Hetty
from her heart.
"Am I to understand," began Mr.
Brownrig, with suppressed but evident
fury, "that tMs—tMs—unmitigated
scoundrel asked you all to marry him
last night ?"
"If we speak the truth, yes," replied
the girls dismally.
.''He.was drunk," said papa, savagely.
"I can't believe it," spid Katie, who
was dissolved in tears—in fact, 'like
Niobe, all tears'—by this time. "Nothing could be nicer than the way he did
it. His language was so perfect, and so
thoroughly from the—heart."
"He addressed me in a most honorable, upright, and Christian fasMon,"
said Hetty. "lam sure he meant every
word he said"
She was thinking uneasily of that kisa*
iin tlie. moonlight-   ,Oould.any.one. have,
seen her?   Was old Major Sterne anywhere about at the moment ?
"I certainly considered his manner
strange, not a bit like what one reads,"
said Georgie, honestly, "butI thought
'of the" title and the property, and >I said
yes directly."
"I thought him the very greatest mufl
I ever*spoke .to/' broke in .Miss. Lilly
with decision. I refused him without a
mjomentls hesitation, and told him to go
h(»peftr;-I!ia 'sure,it was:well" I"did. I
daresay if',he 'had, stayed . here much
longer 'heik would have proposed to mam-
maVriext, * pnd,"afterward, to. the upper
housemiaid *T agree with you, papa, the
champagne was too much for Mm."
."I—I think he is fond of me," said
Katie, in a low and trembling tone. "Her
fingers are not playing with the cherry
colored bow now, but her eyelids have
borrowed largely bf ita tint. .
:. "Don't be a goose, "Katie," said the
-.youngest Miss Brownrig, kindly, but
scornfully; "you don't suppose any of us
would marry him now, after the way he
has behave^? Do have some little
pride.."     ■'-_--.. .     .     "
jfPerhaps-he is -mad,".- said, Hetty,
vaguely.-. Justr' at* this" moment,, as a
slave^to. heir;?wourided vanity, she would
Ifavi T^^giad to believe hirii'sb>   ."
"No, my dear," declared Lily, .calmly;
'"he has'no brains worth turning.";
- "He said - sometMng to papa about
.calling to-day at. 4"o'clock," said Katie,
very faintly.     -       . ;
- -r "Then I shall sit here till 4," returned
.;Mr.-"Brownrig "in- an, rawful tone. "I
i-Bhaliset here until-5; -and- then! shall
/get lip, andgo'oujr arid find that young
'man; and give'him such a Horse whip-
J>ing as I warrant you he never got be-
ore in all his life.
;_-. "Don't be too'.hwd;OQ hjtf. pap*/.'
entreated Katie, wwkljrr,"    '  "
"Dead," calmly replied the quiet loo!
ing boy.   IVom tins answer no appeal
was taken.
Aetemtjs Wabd once 'told .us that the
funniest story he ever heard was- about
an inebriated reporter, who - leaned over
the railing of the reporters' gallery in the
EngHsh House of Lords and inquired :
" Will shum noble 'ord plea shing comic
■hong?"-
The trouble about taking a medicine
warranted to. cure all diseases is that it
may not know exactly "what is wanted of
it, and in that case it will go fooling
around in the system trying to cure you
of some disease that you have: not got.—
New Orleans Picayune.
A Kansas City reporter records the
fact that the defeated candidate "took
Ms way to the train, wrapped in gloom
and new store clothes. The gloom was an
elegant fit, but the store clothes were too
short in the legs and very baggy about
the shoulders."    .      *
She was a charming girl, and her method of explaining what she had heard
at the scientific meeting was irresistible.
Discoursing upon the photophone, she
said, lucidly, "You see by means of a
lens they condense a ray of space "
The rest of her remark was lost in -the
laughter of the company.      .   ■•
Last week a Bible agent sat down on
a farmer's table up in Scott County,
played euchre with the' old man and won
a yoke of four-year-old steers from Mm,
and then made him buy eight dozen
Bibles and sixteen pounds of tracts to
redeem his steers.—Burlington Hawk-
eye.
The most insulting sort of impudence
is tolerated at seaside resorts. "Have
you taken a bath tMs morning?" is a
question that may be asked of a; lady at
such a place, and it is rarely ever resented. The same question in town would
sever friendsMp and cause somebody to
get hurt.
Fashionable Galveston lady at a
social gathering remarks jestingly to
Gilhooly: "I wonder how much I would
bring if I was put upat
Bold to the Mgb*»*-«ctaer?'' "Just about
83 {MiLlAA^yThj, my* jewelry alone is
-wbrEhthat." "Yes, that's what I put
it down at in my estimate;"—Galveston
News.
"Is one of the census book filled in the
County Clerk's office, the census enumerator, by some accident, put down the
name of one individual turned around,
that is, the given name ivheie" "the surname shoiild be. Instead of -remitting
the name, he wrote above it an explanatory note, "turned around itself."—
Kingstown Freeman.
'.'Why," some writer asks, "is a brilliant man less brilliant with hiswife than
with any one else?" Well, we suppose
she asks him for money oftener than ajiy
one else. .You take to borrowing money
regularly and constantly of. your dearest
and most brilliant friend, and see-what
will become of his brilliancy^ in ^your
presence..      - .    •
A Clergyman's Suit.
A clergyman -in Hbrnellsville,- N; Y.,
JIOJtKIBLE.
Fanf
m
ovi
am
rfe. J»r«T«IUn2 I« »lie Polar Region
Ifitotjr of Ilia-Ci-nis-. of tho Corwln.l
. the second day ojitfrom St. 'M>
chnejs.we reached St.'Lawxence Island/
whe ;e -it 'was  reported  a  famine liad
swe t away nearly the whble population-
.du£ ig'the<previous yeaiv - The island is
nin^ ymiles long from east to west.   We^
stea ied along "close in" by-the- shore,1
worfcig "otir way'tMough the-ice." At
lasljfie settlements ^were- reacned and
eaclUcHje that.was visited presented the
saiijadreaty sc'e'ncof - deb,tli'virid"dcsoIa-
;Not assign of- life w&¥; to J besefin^
d ^bout"^n^pfe?ti»^iaela;Qi1i%
itpfvthfe house^iaa ghastly"
^^^SSML____i
ierifr Tot. mteeiTpToh'l&.s,
^i^^prpba.bly" tlie^ first to look,-
jhem./ . Their clothes-liad rotted off
iclies, butthe f onris were preserved
§'. .cold" sb that they looked like
ss.'.. The skin .was drawn tightly
their • eiriacia'ted faces and. fonps,
lopked-liko ancient parchment., So
perfectly had the dry air. preserved th,em
thas we-.cottld distinguish the .bodies of
thefwomen from tlie men by the; 'deep,
tattoo marks on the chin, which is "one of
thejs>eeuliar styles of feminine ornament.
Bi fSew houses bodies^ Were'foiind in vfc-
lioffe-jiostures, Just as they fell in the
la&wigony pf solitary death. As long as
tharerwere any survivors to perform the"
serfice,, the "corpses -were placed in the.
re'gmar rows. in front'of the huts. At
onfjilace ive.iound, fifty bodies side by
sic^kome .being the remains of little
" en',' while others were the corpses
>ld people. ■ *     . . - . •'
"te.u^ual litter and refuse wMch sur-^
!<t the Esquimaux huts were lacking,*
ftiere wjis.nofc a scrapleftof any Mnd
Sod; The* cleanly-gnawed ' bones'
edthat they had eaten their dogs£
had even devoured the rats wMch'
mJgit the village; they had' chewed up
thwold'iiits of walrus-hide—everything
wM%*coidd Satisfy tliB cravings of 'hunger"- yXt last they had perished miser-
alj^'tiyiri'g .by iuches, with no hope of
siiaebr i*ud no change of escape. "At least
50jpbf*the poor wretches suffered this
h^t>u&..death.j Tofexplain this terrible
$ajupiiie, which was as unusual as it was
fajB$j.'if-mustbe added that-the seasoji
£crie of unparalleled .severity.   Tlie
|Ves'of .this island were large, robust
|,'and expert hunters and fishermen.
iplike' most of their race", - they were
jfbvident find made no provision for
" i a winter.    The coldsetiri early and
nued, without, interruption.   . The
:y;^ was forty degrees bplaw zero
sks atAp'time..   The cold-'arnd .^io;
pais preyented \tliem\fro.m going
"* feipe to catphwalrus and^eal's^
, w depericfen'ce'for .food in the
^"^Jlidir scant-stock "bf 'meatwbs
ste'd; they were many miles
*, andiCoidd npt have peached
ie;face "of 'the; bitter'winter.
____ fWM^<tM
ine,. only about one-half the original
flony having survived. They had a
latger stock 6f provisions than their, unfortunate neighbors, and thus escaped
co|mplfete annihilation.
jThe* customs of. the natives are savage
aiid brutid: It is usual for the old people,' when they feel that tliey can Work
nb longer, to announce the fact to'their
children. Then the poor creatures are
taken out of the hut; and either knocked
on the head or stabbed by their sons. If
they fail to give warning of tbeir helplessness, the children are quick to detect
the signs of age and promptly dispatch
'their parents, generally by beating them
over the head. - The bodies are seldom
buried; they are cast ■ to the dogs, who
devour them. -■ At this place also, we had
new evidence of some native peculiarities
—the ease .with, which, they could see.at
: a great distance with the"naked eye, -and'
ithe; marvelous way ;hi' wMch news, waa
transmitted from.the most distant points.
A native will describe the dress and appearance of a man who is approaching
■at "a great distance. A wMte-^nan, even
asharp-eyed sailor, can -just riiake out
th|t it is a human figure. So, if any-
•thing occurs on, the coast—if a piece of
'wreck comes .asJiore^the full particulars
mil be known a thousand miles from,the
.spot where it occurred It is a wonderful piece of telegraphy—one native
rusMng off .to pass the news, to another,
and thus speeding intelligence oyer hundred^ of- miles of territory .in a. single
.day.' ... "-■'..    •      ,
;.'■- The Cabbage.
Just speak to a fine, lady about cab-
biges and she will think that you have
mentioned one oif the lowest things on
eirth. Madam, you are wrong; it is one
of the. most useful articles, of food
Those ancient nations didr not know
ftod science, but theyknew the value of
gxidiahd nourishing tMngs, and. gave
tiem the place of honor which they deserved. Cabbages were .thought of
highly by ancient nations, and the Egyptians gave the cabbage the honor of let-
^gf«T-«>odao*all their otiier. dishes;
t|iey<;a]ledit adivilie «H«iU^_ The Greeks
^dBomans had a great atteotion for
cabbage, and conceived the idea, whicli-s,
I^ive myself, that the use of cabbage
•leeps people from drunkenness. I am
.^rsuaded that the . constaht" eating~oF
ertam yegptables. Mils thp .desire for
acohplic beverages. Greek doctors* as-
aibed all kinds of virtues tp the cabbage.
Jbwas thought to. cure even paralysis,
looks Were composed to celebrate the
^rtUes of the cabbage,  and ladies par-
ok'of "it" soon  after childbirth.   The
mans thought even-more of the cab-
[agethan the Greeks.   They ascribe to
5 the: fact tihat they could for sixhundred
ears  do  without doctors,, and  Cato
ctually maintained that cabbage' cured-'
*|1 diseases.5: The ancients knew several,
jinds'bf cabbage-^-the long-leaved green
abbage,. ithe-hard Whit4' so much used
p. 'Germany for   "sauerkraut" orfer-
jieaited cabbage, the curly and the red.
pis last seems jfco have held the place of
jionor, and -Was first- introduced by the
Romans into Graul or Prance, and then
.brought, to -Great Britain.   Later, the
3,000,000  persoiis  in' the.same area:;c
thei-e are 10,000. miles of .railroad and
nearly-twice that of ? telegraph; there is,
a property valuation of .at least $S,000,-
000,000; six prosperous' States and niu6
Territories; growing in wealth and popu-I
lation, now.producing in.precious metals-
at-least $85,Q00;000 annually, aiid also^
.embracing'-tlie threelargestTvheat-grbw-•
ing States inthe Union. ..•■•''.-.   ■  -".
* -     •       1—v    r^: ^    rr~:     r~~* • ■ * ■
j .    FACTS EOB -KHErCITmoiTS. -'A
'. The Spaiiish"" Armada riuriihered :i30
IsMps, to'.which'rthe' English 'could 'bp-
lpose-b*l,^li|jjiye^el8,\i^'-;(ihfeg^eo
^sm^^^^^^^ttheiit ii^l^p.aledin,
Itonhage ^fhe1 smallest' b?T'H^ilg^UBpris."
JThe /Armada- 'carrfed,T8v'000y s^^h>nd'
mihni
'   "-t ' " -     --- -,-p    ^    .  - -        -       .- -_
'^NtTTMEas-. grow  upon- u * tree  from
Jtwenty-five to;thirty fee.t'-highj ^wiiich,-
.bears.a.iruit reseriiblingVin'fprm and
size the seckle pear. " "When- ripe'the
outer "shell of ;this "fruit breaksjfevealing
an-inner case 'of bright-red; ;kuown-to
commerce as-mape^-   This'i\its turn is.
tr'enioved, and the nutmeg is found ;in-
:closed in "a  third?shell \harder  than'
i either-of'the others.    ".  •  •
TEE-'Parsees of India are-fire-wdrsMp-
ers, and reverence-the- sun, .moon -and.
stars. .:Upon the altars, of their temples
the- prie.sts keep fire continually burn-'
ing,' and*- declare that it has" never "been
_ extinguished. When engaged in "their
duties these devotees wear, masks over
tlie lower' part bf: theirTfaces, lest .their
breath should pollute the sabred flame. t
' Conducting the British Government"
by a Ministry chosen frbm'the strongest
party in'the House, of Commons date's-
from tiie time, of William III. _, in. 1689.
Previous tolthat 'all, the Ministers liad
been independent of 'each Other, and responsible -to ■ the sovereign • 'alone, who
might dismiss onejgreat'officer of state,
and retain the rest. The idea of a homogeneous Ministry was first carried'
but by Bobert, Earl of Sunderland, who
successively held' office under Charles
II.,' James II. and William of; Orange.
- The needle-gun is tiie-invention of
John Nicholas Dreyse, .& Prussian lock-'
smith. ' He' was 19 years, old when the
battle of Jena was fought, and' "picked
up a musket upon the" field/an examination of which convinced. him that his
countrymen were the worstrarmed -soldiers in Europe. Dreyse in'ade his way,
to Paris, and entered 'the employ' of a
Swiss gunmaker, whom. Napoleon com-:v
missioned to . make" a breech-loading
musket. The young apprentice took up",
the idea and worked at it'for m'ariy years'
until, in 1835, lie succeeded" in making ra
breeck-loading*needle-gun.' -The Prussian Government tried, and adopted the
weappn, and sjipplied'th'e/inventor witii
means for carrying oh jthe manufacture
of the gun now'used in Kaiser Wilhelni's
anny. t   ■-  '   ..-. .   ',-',,
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SLAVES '5tN TliU EAST.
Terrible Scenes. In ji Constantinople Mar-
'    ""■" lset Pla«e". ',"Z " "i- - -"
, " "Correspondence;ofihs aiaB"che5ter;Ei!imiiief.J-.,r'
^The -headquarters of3 the wMte-slave
trade in ^Constantinople jare hi ;the.
Bostandchi qiiartef/; which ^'comprises- "a
nifmber of small, narrow streets betweBn:
Pera/.G&lata; andrTaphane.7 The "ti^de
is; conducted- almost^ ^exclusively .-by rj_.
tribe«f.Circ^sians^owri.*as.'Tessh*dcliis.
Families generally Hrark 'together:: 'One
3nCJHIGA3r"NE\
Gladwin
Beabs are   numerous
county.. - *  ._
The farmers "at Tx_
have organized aprote
insurance company.
Uj? to last Saturday
tabawassee Boom Cdi
^^^^ n2imbors ^Iproximateiv ml-
000,000 feet. § '       -        >
Shipments of 'iron orifc ^.^ 41le -$
Peninsula, this season, %)Sept  ^'L
negate 1,860,666 tons, |U ^&e^e °,
455,708 tons over-last se!%^.   K
■ : A  EETOEir&Om *Epsc^mm^i caWiir
Isle courifcy
3tive mutual fire-
ovdning, th3 Tit-
mpany had rafted
"abroJid^nd''(i5ir-chas,eSJ .and forwirds-^Jie.
"try they will get thenrkiLkV,! bribe set-' -
.tiers.1' -■     .    -  -~ Z'z\-  -vv-    .   .
What the Saginaw vallejV-neg-^ fe-a
system.-'of riyer ^Igs-^sa^^jid - at Bay
.City and ono at. the Saginaws! _ *2£ xega-
larl-y^quippeS fast ..fire-tug ^buld save
.them money occasiC|3ia31yr'"   'i .   -'
" ' Ths"Jgrand stand -at ^^fy-ndhigton
"(Mason county) iair-broke ^^ma, carrying 200 persons:; sdth.it,- .M'any -wei'd-
rbruised - and- sprained, bnt t^, one wak
;badly.injuredJ
-1 THE'trbtible witli/Bpy^Btr. W&re, 01
'fiie,Detrbit Conferen^, ;wa4jeported to ■
be'that-he owed so'much "lit*** usefulness
as a imnisterr'was.^about""^strpyed;
hence theyilet him. putr.but B^ofe him
backfortrp-eightthours-later., * "Isr
! A son of ^^ey.Tyrxeli; Mp
iiear. Kalamasjop, ;sjg^„a.4sgqsu»cei
'throiightheinterm6jppSFy"bf Aiabbdrwensj;
Vho v.caUreg^TUiriy^n their .pofeoo* >o
'$k 4SBaped ^M^g«S
has exdited much hostile criticism-'byl^f^-leaved, cabbage was introduced
suing ah estate for ^0 for officiating af f^ Greeks wer^ fond of aromatic, sea-
A funeral,- and securing the amount;
turns out, however, that he had-prettj
good grounds" for Ms Pourse.- A'rich ma
died, and the family wanted the fune*l
to take place on .Sunday, and also wantd
this particular minister to, officiate.. ^o
gave up Ms appointments fpr. the, day**
obhge the family, hired a carriage, sid
went He waited sometimeforrenurfr-
ation, and ,at last sent a bill for *5,
wMch was refused, and s6 for thebilpd
damages he sued for-$50 and got it. uie
dead man neyer hired a pew inthe cl?ch
nor paid for preaching, and the qu^ion
naturally arises, Why are not miu/ters
entitled to pay for extra labor as wjl as
other men?
. The" Irish Boyal College of Sujeons
has lately severely cautioned itJoem-
bpm ftgartofclwTiagftny coHimuiilUoRi
SonmgSr-^pf oil, raisin wine, and almonds.
They boiled or stewed the cabbage and
seasoned it with cummin, coriander seed,
with, oil, wine,, and gravy, malting rich
dishes of a vegetable, wMch/jvejiipw boil'
in water,, and reckon among the plainest
food. ^Something, like a remembrance
of .cooking • cabbage , amongt tQp . old.
Greeks has' come do^n' to' the r modern
Greqks, "for theysiiiff" cabbage'leaves
withf dainty mince meat, and' then stow
theni with gravy.—-Mrs. Lewis, in Food,
aiid Health Leaves!
. Thk Changes of Tltirty-oiie Tears.
In:1849, when gold was discovered in
California,' there .was not .between the
Missouri river and the Pacific ;bcean» or
fr6m-Manitoba to .Sonora, over. 55,000
persoifa of Caucasian stock, and not30,--
.000 al told speaking in'English as the
loop*! of tbeir nfitintjjr.   l$oyr there are
i^^e.
ments prized by oil
.even in'tliese 4ays .of machinery, of .cooperation, and of luxurious living, we
cannot afford to have"'classed with" the
lost arts. Among these is the* art of
.plain sewing. .In the. olden times the
sampler and patch-work made girlish
fingers early 'acquainted "-"with -the
use of the needle, and though no one can
care to see those particular industries
revived, yet there are few women who'do
not find sooner or later that in their lives
"the needle bears equality with the
beautiful craft,of the pencil and the
mighty power of the pen." Whether it
is cheaper or not to buy ready-made
under-clothing is not the question.; The
- point insisted- on -'is that every women
should know how to make her own clothe
ing neatly, skilfully' and readily." She
"may add to tMsiHnowledge .that of embroidery andlaee-jjialting ]ust as she may
add, to.a -practicalknowledge of bread-
. making that of making, cake and desserts.
There is great effort "made nowadays to
acquire accomplishmfents •: comparatively
useless and the. neglect -of those wMch
are of first consequence. The httle girl
may begin her RpprenticesMp to-the
■nfcedle by making doll clothes, and as
patterns for all -manner pf lilliputian garments -are for sale in pattern stores,
she, can learn to cut out and put together
at the same time. Of course she must
have instruction, direction^ assistance; to
give these is one of the purposes her
mother was specially created for. By and
by the juvenile seamstress may be-promoted, and • permitted to .exercise her
skill on larger garments and later be
taught machine sewing. But before this
she should master all the r mysteries of
"over and over" stitch, bfheaiming.fell-
ing, overcasting, catstiteh, backstitch,
gathering and facing dpyn. . Little folks
always want to'db what they can't do,
and a promise bf perrilissibn to undertake
a difficult task will often stimulate a child
to do wellthat which,i?entirely within
her power.. Then sKe.shoulci be permitted
.to enter upon"larger 'tmdertakings.
Mending iB another, accomplishment
possessed by yery. few young ladies.
This;bra,uph of |domestic industry is usually delegated to thd mother or grandmother, tod" the young ladies'play the
piano* oij'embrbider "when they should be
jaore_Jisefuliy employed, in mending.
This imposes & .great deal of "drudgeryoDT
the one who has all this mending to'do,
and releases from what should be a pleasant t&skj those-piost able to-perform it.
"No matter how wealthy, a young lady is,
she should know when her wardrobe is
in perfect prder and be able to keep it so
with her 'own hands. /There is a very
colnplete Manual of Mendmg recently
published wMch gives full instructions
in this'nibst neOessaa^'and'valuable ac-
cdmplishment. - •,''*-» • . ■.
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A Satisfactory Candidate forLife In-
'      "surauce. : •   ..
Josh Billings says:. ''I knm to tlio
conclusion lately that life was so onsar-
tin that the.phly wafor'me" tii stand a
fair chainee "With other folks was tu git
my life insured, and bo i kalled on the
Agent of the Garden Angel Life Insurance Co., and answered the, .following
questions, which was put tu me over the
top ov a pair bv gobld s^ebts* by a slik
little fat old feller,- with, a little, round
grey-head, and as pretty a little belly pn
him mb enny man'ever "owned: "Ques-'
tions—^-lst. Are you mail or'femail? 'If
ko, pleze-state how long' you1, have been
so. .2d.--Are you.subject to fits, and if
so,.do yuhave more than*.one;at a time?
3d. Did yu ever have erihy ancestors,
and if so,"how much? '4th. Du yu ever
-have enny nite mores? '5th. Are yu
jnarriedand single,, or are yuq. bachelor?
6th. Do -y^l believe "in a future sfcite?
If yu do, 'state it~. "7th. "Have yu ever
committed suicide, and'if so, how did it
seem.to affect yu,? ..After answering the
;above questions, like, a .man,- in the con-
firmbfifn'the slik little fat old feller with
goold specks on eed I- was insured for
life, and proberty wonlditemain so for a
tenn ov year*. I thanked hiaa, and
•tailed one 07 ny fetofc peoaiT«*BW««f "^
-lolack' euntichs "orrwhiter- -girisr . Tfie
rendezvous of these gentry is a coffee
liousg "in the 35bstaMchi: qiiart!Sr,.'.the
•entry tojwhich, issstrictly- forbidden <to',aU.
-savp followers of- ihe prophet.    A( white
b'oy in good health;" from "efgSt td-fourteen years old^ "costs frbniT61.80^"$200;-
if he has any acquirements;-,Sueh,. for instance,, as ;a knowledge.,pf, coolcefy. ot-
other npusew'or^i He will commtod twice'
;as. mudh. ' A ,girl'under "ten-years 'old
"may be had?for ^lOOj wliill'E m.aideH"bef"
tween; twelve' and -- sixteen,^ .especially^ if
sheJcan read and .write and^siiuin. a little.,
on the zittarj iS'worth'$3!,500.J 'A female
slaye bf exceptional beauty; *youn'g, wMte
and avirgin-^-the style mostin!vogue.aj;e,
blondes-and black'^yt^brings -from
■ $4,400 to $6,000.'   Por aphoie'e specimen,'
with'a'smattei'ing of Pfe'fich,..aiid able to
pliy, a -few-airs on'the piahb, - a-rich
amateur has been kHbwn to .pay as inueh,
as $12;!40P. '-But, as may. besupposedt,
the demand for. articles^f jthds Eescriptioh
has^ greatly'fallen off since' the'halcyon
'timfe of perpetual loans and profuse t expenditure. ":,-• Black -..slaves;. ;iyho,".are.-
brought principally  -from Africa,- are
either sold.direet. by .the importers "to the
proprietors Jof hitrems.or,. to "dealers; Woof whoni Have'extensive'- marts iii Stam*
boul. ', These two generally keep on hand
one hundredito one hundred and/twenty
slaves.each," There, are also, depots in2
Scutari 'and 'in seVefali'VillageS - oh; the
Bosphorus: • A strong-bl'abk "slave, sells!
for 'about §90; 'a.bl'abk-maiden,- $67-.to"
$75; a full eunuch-, $3l5-to/S400,-;Mid.
half . ejinuch;, $13'5' to *§225.;,-l?qt''thQ-
least' interesting part of'the" "account-
from  which "I- quote" -is ,:tlie\ writer's
description -of liis-visit .to ;a sla^e dealer's
den in the. .neighborhood of .Scutari,..thq.
exapt locality of wliich lie was sworn hot
fo reveal. .• His companion whs--ali Arab,
broker,. 'Whom?, he: had:to? backsheesh-
KeaviLy'forhis.services: * -He,assumied.the
the iufkisharmyf '€ie "o'stensiblS olSjebt
bf his visit ;beihg.:.tbe p~n?chajtei.bf .ft-
•halaiks or-hpusefilayev -iDhe siaye-rdealer'^
wai^hbuse3yAS':a:lMg|B'wo^enI>iiilding;
the \slave-dealfer ,^uhself^'-a  dignified
Turt of tlie old 'Scfcdol^lktordM^turbaned
 .-  .  ...              .     „ ^
gun  after  liita.
assed, tittougi
half lours;''.       .    _ .	
A x'EW days since Samuel, 'Armstrong,
living iri the town of Thornapple,- Barry
county, gotmto;afracas'Tntlr ^a^nsifch-
bor named*James Porbls, - on - tlieir upturn from a cireuS. -Both ^were drunk. .
Porbes was badlylinjnredi. .aid T died, "a
few days afterward; ^Armstpopg is under
arrest.. .."  ...''I -_Zl, ;: /. 7       .
S. C. BoviiAir, of- Battle Greek to^-"»'
ship, living" six'miles* southwest bf-, the
ciny,' has presented: the museum some
■Indian.'rehes.   Th^y/cp'fisist .pf/Tsfohe
hatchets, .of a .yery regular form^pol-.
ished smpoth bj- tlie -action bf -wafer.    -
Among tiie otherVcuribs'ifcies 'found on
.the same spot were-some stone pipes
iand - about  fifty  arrow-heads,— Battle    ,
rCreeh Journal.   • -   —"-        '•'--*
" Oir Sunday, Eddie'Wagiifer, 11 -yeara
old, son of ifeed W-agner, of theC^uktcy;
-mjTipij v^as ishot.in* the back wMie,.pj^tj,
.ginming.with.a 'pompamonnamedTOtto, *"
Otto Had shbt at a bird,- and,- leaning'Ius"- '
gun'against-a. stiiinp, :l3oth- boys started' "
io "retrieve" the game;"but-had; jxo>:
.gone far when the gun fell from- its rest-J
'.ing place and :was discharged;-lodging .
"it& entire _;cont*erfts; tn"the ,-jgoor- little-   -
andh'e dieddroraits effects"' 6n-*the-fbl--
loiving" 'd-ijt-Z.jjforth'iaesler.n ~ M?mvg~,
Journal.'  f   ,'   '    ";;.'- A.''•"":-::
-■AAtebsw^-explosion has tM&urred;i:a\
the. gristt-mill; Of H.' A.-Beach, at-Mat-
•lington. : The^oileX exploded, craslong-
through. Vie "building 'and.'through.- au-
aSditionat'tactsed'to'thft mill, used-Mdi
occupied: by Jjohn Kathbun for^ flaking;
cider, kilJingiMi?. Eathbun.'- .XTka b«ild^. -
ing is a^talwrfeck, "•Sirts of.thP.build-sw
ihg, "and*bbiler ivere fouhtl'at1 ^ distance^
of fift^nTcods'-from the mill-site; " At,the"' ■
timeiof HheTfexplQsiou ;nar pther-.apersm^
'was at or -near the mill exbept, John
Bathbun*,' "MfrBathbim* was"^0 ybars ,
old, and leaves ^,n invalid wife.. , -   , ^ ' ■
THR"Sfcate Hign:C!qurt of th?.-Order qV
MmimM
or: complimenlaiy^ _ .,.,.._,
business bfeganH'The de'alef!s hea37man,'
Hassamy %'- gigantic Nubidh, was summoned, -'and told, to'bring forttL atnumber
of slavgs for th^ inspection, of the broker
and his friend. : TMrty negro wbmen of
vmibiis ages" ahd''a number'of 'boys were
then led into *the*"fb"om:-f"iThesei the.
broker, "who "had really -appmmission to
buy two.or three«slaves, looked carefully
over, made. them dpen'thfeir mouths,
phiched then: ribs, tried their wind and
exainined their ..'"points."- as- a horse-
dealer'examines-the points pf an.animal
wliich. is offered to. him for^sale. In. the
end two women, and" 'one boy were
selected as suitable^for'their.' purpose.
Then began -a long and-almost'intermin-
able wrangle... The dealer. asked $900,
Tlie broker laughed Mm to scorn and
"offered. $60. Whereupon- the Turk
waxed scornfully indignant/ but ih consideration of the rank of his guests offered
to come down to. $220. Then niore.coffeo
and fresh pipes were ordered and, after a
tremendous' paMver and" an immense
'consumption ^bf tobacco, the lot" was
knocked down for $190.,: The purchase,
it was agreed, should be sent for and the
dealer's'little bill settled on theffollowing
day.        " •'*  ■     "''
life Xn India. . >.
The following is an extract froman address by a prominent missionary from
India:   ,.-,.,.A.; ,-r.'Z-;i ■"•':■
'' The-girls' are married at the age of five
and six, never later than ten, on account
of the believed effebt that such,a misfortune would have on her ancestors. She
is put into a box,' Svhich is closed up like
a coffin and Covered with'a decorated cloth,
and in" this shape taken'to" :thehusbarid's
house, where she is deposited and left
for the rest of. her life, never to, go out
save pn the .occasion of exceptional and
rare visits to her 'mother.' In "the high
caste house's the'outer -court,-'around
which are the tiiemen'sapaxtments, luxuriously .furnished, is reache.d;by an underground 'p'assage." A,'passage .leads
"froni this to'th'e inner court'about -which
are th£ wives' rooms or cells..: The:walls
and floor inside are of brick;- there is no
bed, .no. chair and no furniture but a sort
of desk andaboxiii'whicli'the'bceupaTif s
cloth'es are-kept* ?Tliey "ate never taught
to' read or write;'and I suppose thftt -when
^-TvenTTJlEfeltot-rnot -one -in "eighty
thousand could read. All of the „world
they ever see is this.inner court. They
are marvelously beautiful, however,- both
•men and -women, as a* race, despite
the! hard lot .ofthe-wives. Each lady
has her'om brick-floored cell, and sleeps
on a strip of matting. TheSyidows-are
far worse; off, however. -They can neyer
marry again; can eat only one iaeala day,
of -rice; are debarred.by superstitious
custom frpm receiving any help or any
word of love or mercy;, are compellbd to
wfear their hair hanging loose, uncleansed
and unbfaided,. and cannot speak in the
presence of .their mother-indaw or sister-
in-law, without permission.'' Every "three
weeks they have a twenty-four-hour fast
I saw one'"httle'giri. a child who- was
burning up with fever, a&d-whose tongue,
black {ind swollen, -was, protruding, from
her parched ..lips. I asked her. if she
wanted water, and she signified feebly
that she "did. I told the women,! io get
her some; but they refused, saying that
,she was;a widow and it was wrongi She
had hacLno v^ater for tMee days, but they
would nbt" lbir me' give hef any on the
plea that I was a xiolluted foreigner, and
such an .act woidd break .her caste and
that of the. whole-; house. She digd'in
great agony the next day.
., A\ MAij; may work, twelve hours a day.
for fifteen years bn" a morning newspaper *
'withbut tafiihg' a vacation for the benefit
of his health; but should the same, man
get fc position in one- of. the 'Government
departments, at Washington, where they
commence'.work at 9 o'clock" a. m. and
quit'k'e. S p: ni., in less than a'year he,
would'-be. w.,'ioverworked" and worn,
out that he would want a. six weeks* Holiday to recuperate,   it must bo in the
4mWag-^tey*^9fH««w>|i Herald,
:e-p&uing year':"]
Banger,"Louis Zurder"r Grand Rapids;,
State. Yice .Chief  Banger, E.  -ShuLte,..
Jackson^ State- BSgk.Secretarj', X W-
Johnston, Lawton ;' State High Treasurer,   J.   H. Roberts, Grand Uapids1;' -
State ' High   Senior .Warden,: .WI. G,
Thompson,.Jackson; State High Junior
Warden;. Samuel   Shellfish,'. Detroit;
Representative's to the Supreme High*
Court pf the" World, Dh J. J.-Molheron-
and James- A:  Randall, .Detroit. , The*
court then adjourned to meet aiext.year
at Grand Rapids, on the second:Tuesday
in September, <     "       .;
A  PABA.GB.vPir. has  been,""going.the.-
rounds of the press below" calling the
deposits of -Lake Superior-ore beds, ahd 1
placing the amount of copper they carry
at 6 'per c^nt.   This statement Sb deceptive and calculated to mislead. -Inthe
first place, there is no copper ore mined
on Lake Superior.   All the copper obtained ih this region is ih "Jthe'"shape of
native .metal in small  and large masses
and small particles disseminated through.
the vein' rock,. the latter material fur-
hisMng. over four-fifths of the entire prck:
duet bf ■ the Upper Peninsula:  -Aside
from the. conglomerate, belt worked in .
the Calumet and Hecla mine," which,is
phenomenally rich, the average amount
of" copper taken from bur lodes is under
Hi per cent.'  .Tothe uninformed an-bre
carryingX3 per cent., of .copper may appear rich, while in .point of- fact its com>
mercial value is "not as great as our poor- .
est' lodes, which average below 1- per .
'cent,  of ingot copper. -A copper-ore,
■after being min^d,. has.to undergo ex- .
pgnsive metallurgical treatment in order"
to bring it to a, .state of commercial value
which our vciu stuff attains by being
simply crus"hedand::was1ied at ainini-.
mum coat,.—Portage Lalcc Mining QpA
zette. -       ^
""Sate Dat Pocketbook!"
-. A. negro planter came to Vicksburg,
spld his cotton, put his .money in. his
pocketbook, and started down the river.
Leaning too far over theguardsasthe
iboatbackedout,.hefell.overboard His .
■portemonnaie, which -was in his side
pocket, floated but androde with his.hat
on the surface of' the water, while the
current carried;"the_-negro,'away. ,The .
yawl waa, lowered, and assistance at once
started.towards.the .drowning man, .who,
perceiving his treasure floating off, raised
Ms voice and shouted i ...
'" Save dat pocketbook!"    . -
His head.went-under-and disappeared.
As he rose up again he gasped.:   .
" "Dar's'$L18 in dat pocketbook."      -
Scarcely had he uttered the words "be- „"
forehe sank a second "time. . .- "
.The yawl came within, reach just in
time tp rescue the drowning African as
he came to the surface for the last time.
As soon as' the water was wiped from his
nose and mouth so that lie conld see and
speak, he asked ;.
..," Did—nlid, you, save dat ^pocketbook?" *
_"VNb," was the response'.'
•■j, "^Teii^ aen,"Baid- the -negro, regretfully, "what de debbil was de uae ob
savin' me ?"     '
Ifew Trick I^n Tailoring.   .
. A fashionable Boston' tailor' has hi! '
upon a plan of gratifying his -customers
fwith as many suite of clothes as they may
feel inclined to • wear at a very large reduction frqmfasMonable prices.. He offers to supply three suite a year for §117,
four suits for "$140, five suite for $162,
while for §200* a" "year he will agree to let
them have as many suite as they may
choose to wear, the "old suite tobe're-
'tiirned*ahd*the customer to have the
privilege of two Suits at a Ume. Under
the- first three propositions the post of
each, suit would lie $39,35 and §32,&G
.respectively, the customer .retaining
the clothes. -tJuder the last prop- -
psitibn the customer may-have ten .or
-more suite a year at * cost of $20 or less
for each suit, on the simple condition pf
«xchangiug tt*e suite that have bwnworo
ior awf taw*—$et» Tvrky
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