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ShS-Sjii-g^gseCr of *ftipnan life fQrevfer onwasd
rolls,
AhS. bears to the eternal shore- its daily freight of
8Q«lS» = - _ . *
"Ihough bravely sails onr bark to-day, pale* death
sits at the prow,
&nS- few shall know we ever lived a hundred years
u   from now.
Ohimighty l-uma*l,brotherhood! "why fiercely war
* " aad strive,      ■ •
Wldjfe God's great world has ample-space for everything, alive?
Broad fields, uncuUured and unclaimed- are wait-
-'■' ing for the plow •'■*..-
Of "process that shall make them bloom a hundred
* years from now.
Why should we try so earnestly in life's short,, narrow span, . - .-•..'
On golden stairs to climb so high above our brother
mart?  - .
Why blindly at an earthly shring in slavish homage
bow? •   -    .
Onxt gold will rust, ourselves be dust, a hundred
■years from now.
Why prize so much the world's applause?   Why
„     dread so much its- blame?
A fleetihg echo is its voice of censure or of fame;
She praise that thrills the heart, the scorn that dyes
"with shame the brow,
"Will be"«as long-forgotten dreams a hundred years
from now.
Oh, patient heart, that meekly bear your weary load
of wrong! -
Oh, earnest-hearts, that bravely* dare, and, striving,
grow more strong!
Kress on till perfect peace is won; you'll never
dream of how' '* -
lou struggled o'er life's thorny road a hundred
o'TyMrsfrom now. - •
Grand, lofty souls, who live and toil that freedom,
right and truth
Alone may rule the universe, for you is endless
* youth? '
When, 'mid the blest, with God you rest, the grate-
0 .fnllandTshallbow, .       .
Above your clay in rev'rent love a hundred yeass
from now.
Earth's empires rise and fall.   Erne! like breakers
on thy shore,
They rush upon thy rocks of doom, go down, and
are no more; .
Thystarry wilderness of worlds that gem night's
radiant brow
Will light the skies for other eyes a hundred years
from now.
Our Father, to-whose sleepless eyes the past and
.^Suture stand '* - *
An open page, like babes we cling to Thy protecting
hand;
ChangeJ,«orrow, death are naught to us if we may
safely bow
Belleath the shadow of Thy throne a hundred years
from now.
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Theifide was a longonej fo*r ourdG*.uar"£. '■
ry had an hour's start of hs, and the
moon rose a globe of coppery fire and
.found us still clanking on. I had joined
the Sheriff and the leader of the sol-
, diers. ]jfe C"Setf S*"* "fjent^"tn.^ nntil I
ventured:
"Are  you   certain,   Sheriff,   of   our
men?"
"Sure as the moon," said the old man,
rtersely, c*lrin'king in the sweet air of the
sublime night With a sigh which seemed
SAVED.
A little viole&ione day, . -»
Toward heaven raised its head.
And mutely begged one drop of- dew;
From thirst 'twas almost dead.
Its littrie*fl.OT*rer heart Was sad,
'  That fate had willed it so,
A bright and happy home to leave,
In unknown fields to blow.
Drooping its head unto the ground,
The flower a prayer did say, (
Which, though none heard, One understood—;
For all with life can pray.
JnSt. then a cloud of darkened hue,
Borne by the west wind's breath,
Swept o'er the scene; its mission was
To save this flow.er from death.
Down came the rain with freSh'ning
The violet looked above,
And cast toward heaven, its friend |
One.perfumed look of love.
+ood
"•£■?*".
,6*
to .-say^ filet. me^ja|dn§i   I knowiwhgt;
I'm about, and "won't be* questioned."
Silence again. The brisk breeze "was
blowing rifted clouds across the face of
the moon, mottling the dim plain with
fantastic shadows. Suddenly these
clouds swept away. A full, clear burst
of light flooded, the prairie^ and, not
half a mUeitway*. we saw" three moving
figures which, in the now marvelously
brilliant lunar illumination, could be
easily distinguished as those of two
.mounted men and a pack animal.
The wind was in our faces, blowing
the noise of our approach from the fugitives'* ears> and though we: rode hard,'
with no attempt at stealthiness, it was
not until we were close upon them that
they suddenly drew in and faced about,
both men sitting bolt upright in their
saddles, with their hands at their hips.
In gesture and bearing they meant fight,
"•and looked every inch desperate and
dangerous men.
We halted, too. "For a moment a dead
silence fell upon us. Then the Sheriff's
gray mare neighed, and the charm was
broken. ; :*.*■'.   * 7. "   '*       .-.:i
J0%>'s there?" called one of the fugi-
"-fiaste* Spanish, emphasizing the chal-
fpii/y by the sharp click of his pistol as
. rought it to a cock.
frreiie rattle of a dozen carbines falling
the   position   drowned   the   Sheriff's
ply.   Then  the   clear voice   of the
younger fugitive arose:   "If we. must
THE LAST SNAKE STOEY.
A Sight to IFreeze One's Blood.
[From th*e:Whitehall (Mich.) Times.]
In the town of Hague, on the banks
of Lake G-eorge, opposite Hulett's landings has lived for a long time a man and
his Wife, by the name of Mr. andr .Mrs.
Reuben Davis. This couple have" occupied a log cabin, which has been situated
near the water's edge. The place has
been known as the " Rattlesnake Man's
House," "and many visitors have made
excursions to the spot to see this singular-looking couple. They have made a
livings from rattlesnakes, capturing many
of the reptiles, and obtaining the oil,
which always commands a high price.
At this cabin might always have been
seen a large number of these reptiles.
The old maif/who is now about 65 years
of age, catches them with a long pair of
wooden tongs, which he quickly and
dexterously grasps them with just below,
the -head* "He then either killed them
outright or else removed their fangs,
and thus rendered them harmless. He
.possessed power to charm them also, it
is said. In fact, he once informed the
writer, who visited his cabin, that " thai*
warn't a varmint that crawled but wot I
ken make 'em lay down as quiet as a
lamb."
The old man had about his premises
a large number of snakes, which he exhibited to   visitors, expecting and receiving" T^any a nickel or dime in return,   lie iiever visited a village without
carrying several of these odious specimens with him, which he will draw from
f-his pockets and place about his neck, or
fondle and handle them as if they were
j kittens.   By these exhibitions- he picks.
I up* a good many coppers,
J    Many wonderful stories are told about
"old "Rube" and his wife, the latter
being as milch of a curiosity as her husband.   We have been told that the very
shanty swarmed with rattlesnakes, the
single precinct of Ric Square, which
usually gives, 400 or 50k "lepjiblica^ majority, Mv~. Grant got 111 votes over his
Bepubliean competitor; —Philadelphia
Times.          'i .
THE   HOME   f||K"T©K.
For the Cure of NijraALGiA.—Take
two ounces of chlorof or fig two ounces of
chloral hydrate, one anf^ane-haU ounces
of alcohol, one ounce ^camphor/ one
So if a kindly power above "
Can hear a flower's call, "U^ 7
WilLnot sweet favors, if we ask, 7
bescend upon us all?
"" THE* SHERIFF'S MISTAKE.
"Thar*s strangers," said the Sheriff,
suddenly setting down his tin-cup of
regulation whisky untouched, and shuffling to the door.
The Sheriff was a safe man to believe^
though how he made out anything in
the blinding glare of evening sunlight
that flooded the level prairie west of
Buffalo Station no one but a professor
of optics could have told. The old man
had the eye of an eagle. ■   ■
"Two on'em, .with a pack-pony," he
added j and just then a sudden sunset
•~7"T.TlaT.- srier.1 -across tho lonely, vyesie,
and we saw ihem too.
They were about a quarter of a mile
away, heading for the station and its
single, combination building of store,
dining-room and freight-house. They
came on at an oasy gait, driving their
pack-pony before them. As they neared
tiss we n could note the signs of hard
travel^abbut them". From their dust-
sown —othing and their loose-seats in
the saddle, as well as the jaded canter
of their ponies, everything in their appearance spoke of a long ride and a
weary one.     ,
They crossed the track and drew up
in the shade of the station, one of them
only replying to the Sheriff's cheery
hail^WLth a curt nod. He dismounted
stifilyf 'addressed a few words'to his
companion, who remained in the saddle
with one leg crossed over the bow, and
a moment later his gaunt buckskin-
and-frieze garbed figure vanished in the
cool; shadow of the store.
<*__kely-boy,"said the Sheriff, Who
had been eying his companion intently. "*_hey nought be Texican drovers
an' then agin they moughtent."
He added the latter sentence reflectively, never relaxing the scrutiny of the
mounted stranger. That person was a
"likely-boy," indeed. Afoot he anight
have stood nearly six feet on his bare
soles. His swarthy face, handsome as a
gypsy girl's, and delicately shaped and
set as any lady's, was framed with a
shock of tangled, wavy hair, of whose
black, glossy glory any court dame might
have been proud, and his eyes, full,
black, and lustrous as those of a race
horse", flashed under the finely-penciled
brows. The hand Which rested lazily
on his knee was large, and in perfect
keeping with his well-knit figure, but in
shape clean cut s_d handsome as a
woman's.
I was still scrutinizing this somewhat
singular apparition with more than ordinary curiosity, when the Sheriff
turned suddenly on me.
"*Whar*s yer pony, Tom?" he asked.
'Oh; the shed'"
'•'Saddled?" ■
".With a loose girth—yes."
'^>The sogers is in the Hundred Horn
gulch," he went on, speaking rapidly.
" Slide forrerd an' bring "em up. May
the big wolf in Devil's run devour me
if them ain't two of our men."
I knew the Sheriff too well to hesitate
or'question further. As I girted my
pony ih the shed a shadow floated across
the doorway, and was gone. When I.
rode ont the two strangers were cantering off to the southward, pointing for
the Bepubliean river, and, as I gave my
pony reinand galloped in the opposite
direction,! saw the Sheriff mounting
his* big gray mare, which had been tied
to the corner-post of the store. .7
The Sheriff and a party "of soldiers
from Port Hays were on the watch for
the train-robbers, who had stopped the
western-bound train at Big Springs,
eight, days before, and who were supposed to be striking for the Texan border with their rich spoil. The soldiers,
as the Sheriff had said, were posted in
a if^vine known as Hundred Horn gulch,
a few miles from the station, and where
the" main trail from the North Platte
crossed the railroad track.
. The sun was just dipping when I
rode np to the station ahead of my
troopers. The Sheriff, who was studying the written description of the marauders by the wandering light, puthim-
se*S_ stour head without a word, and we
trailed off* a long line of creaking, jingling* hoof-beating clamor, through the
windy, silence and gloom of the darkening fSM&Qe
die, we might as well die like men," it j occupants not having any fears what
said
What followed was almost like the
flaming of a flash of lightning. I heard
the Sheriff call out, "Throw up your
hands!" and saw him spur straight for
the strangers^hen came a flash, arat-
tliilg fire of " eairbiries" and revolvers, ahd
a fierce oath from a trooper behind me,
who tumbled from his saddle with his
thigh smashed. At the same time, and
"before I could kick clear of the stirrups,
my poor pony staggered and fell dead,
with a pistol-ball between his eyes, and,
in his fall, pinned me to the earth.
The fight was as brief as it was furious, andj like all•-,really,desperate encounters I ever saw, was an almost silent
one, as far as any sound of voices went.
But the shatp reports of revolv-ers and"
the duller discharge of carbines freighted the night wind, and the ground owls
lumbered into a clumsy flight" atr-the
unwonted noises. Finally a* single flash
flamed across the light, thin vapor from*
the firing, a single report was blown to
leeward, sharp and clear, and then the
discharges ceased. With a desperate
effort I dragged myself clear of my dead
animal ancMimped to myfeefcV
The Sheriff and half a dozen soldiers
were grouped about the body of one of
the fugitives. Another soldier supported the figure of the "likely boy." Some
-black shapes on the prairie marked the
whereabouts of the rest of the dozen
troopers, and told at what cost the vic-
tory"_^.been."Sf"on.    •*■;*:• 7?
The boy himself, only held upright by
the soldier's strong arm, was still alive.
The bright moonlight shining on his
handsome, gj^hlhjface, lighted it to unearthly beauty." "'In the struggle his coat
had been torn off, and a broad, dark,
slowly-spreading smear was visible on
his coar.se, gray shirt. . His breathings
was hdarsfe'and quick, the sure index? to
a shot in the lungs. j
"He's goin'," said the Sheriff, mopping \
the blood from a bad cut in his forehead with his sleeve. •■ "Great snakes!
what a fight he made!"
"Here's the pony, Sheriff."
One of the men led the pack pony,
wM*3_during the"£litire, fight had been
quietly grazing at a little distance off,
up to the group. With a quiet jerk he
dragged off the tattered blanket which
coveredjthe*o"jpk"    "* t   -'   <■.« * ,  ,:;
There were a few camp utensils', some
provisions, and a bulging sort of double
Dag thrown over the fronts of the pan:
nier. With ant effort he pulled this off,
but its weight tore it from his hands,
and it fell with a metallic- crash. As it
struck the earth its seams burst. The
queer-shaped sack was :simply an old
pair of pants with the legs tied up, and
its contents rolled, jingling and sparkling, over the short grass, a cascade of
minted gold.      • • -      o
Before the ring of the precious metal
died away, the group about the dead
man and wounded boy parted with an
exclamation of startled surprise. The
boy had suddenly struggled to his feet.
He stood swinging dizzily to and fro for
an instant, and then, snatching a revolver from the belt of the amazed soldier who stood beside him, fired point
blank at one of his captors directly in
front of him.
The man fell dead, and his murderer,
with the smoking pistol still in his hand,
tottered forward a step 'and sank in a
heap on the corpse of his companion,
with-***his,'faceupon its breast and one;
arm about its neck.   *   *   *
Strange! Well, however that may be
so far^ the strangest part is to eome.yet.
Of course, yoii have suspected all along
that the handsome boy/was a -v^omaii.;
Well, he wasn't! and, what was' more,
the pair, far from/being the. train, robbers, were a worthy Texan drover ahd
his son, who had sold out their beasts
at "North Platte and were on their way
home with the money. They.had$l"l,000
in coin"Mih them,;and pfobabl^faiyaM'
that our party were the very robbers for
whom we mi^QpJs.,them.,„ The boys had
the laugh on* theSheriff for many'a long
day after. For once his vaunted acute-
nesshad*fa*Ued'ihiin.f:7^„ jp^l'v'j q f^.r,"
. What was*done to him.? WKy,"gri8at
Scott, stranger, what do you suppose?
Are we not all liable to mistakes?
The canning factories of- *N*ew. Jfefsey
are in full ,blast working up ,the ..abundance of tomatoes, corn, fruits, etc.,, of
this remarkably-ifj-uitM season.
ever of them,
Tlie Jahd on which the shanty stood
was lately purchased by Bishop Seymour, of Illinois, who succeeded Bishop
McCoskry,- the latter being the hero of
the late scandal. The owner has tried
repeatedly to get the Davis family to
move off, but the old couple have refused until lately, when the Bishop
threatened to eject them by legal process. He finally offered Davis $10 to
leave peaceably, and the old man, his
wife and a boat load of snakes left one
day last week for Harbor island, about
a mile south of where the -cottage was
situated.
On Friday the torch was applied to
the premises. When the -Are began to
"sjxread, a terrible sight T^et the eyes of
those present. It was a "sight that caused *
the beholders to flee up trees for safety.
Hissing rattlesnakes and squealing rats
;poufed out of the building from all directions. "As the hot flames sprung
toward the roof, the crackling of the dry
boards was mingled with the rattle of
scores of maddened serpents and unearthly yells of rodents. The very roof
seemed to be alive with venomous reptiles, and the bright green and white of
their outside covering shone with a glare
as the flames lit upon them. One of the
men, who was a close eye-witness of the
scene, says: "One large snake, about
seven feet long, opened its mouth, and
out came at least two score of little reptiles, whose little tails shook in the air
as if they, too, were frenzied at the destruction the flames made of their home.
Several snakes charged madly upon the
flames only to fall back burned to death,
while the rats that could get away took
to the woods. In one place a projecting
log was made the object of attack by
Ihree large reptiles. As the trio charged,
madly upon it, a great sheet of fire,
whose forked tongues were even more
poisonous than those of the snakes,
rolled around and seized the reptiles,
causing them to cease rattling, as each
one7dropped over dead. About the
ground lay many dead serpents and
roasted rats, while some were writhing
and seemed to be in fearful agony."
The Talue of a Name.
At the recent State election the Bepublicans made large gains in the: adjoining county of Hereford, and in most,
if-not all, of the other counties of the
First Congressional district. But, lo and
behold I Northampton went the other
way, and elected a Democratic representative by 133 majority. Here was a
puzzling .paradox. How the thing .was
done, however, appears below:
The Democratic candidate for the
Legislature was a Mr. James W. Grant.
Like his illustrious namesake, he is a
silent man and makes no speeches. On
the morning of the election, just previous
to the opening of the polls, a man oh
horseback appeared at each voting precinct in the county, called up the colored
voters, and addressed them substantially
as follows:
"Fellow-citizens—I come to address
you this morning as to the man you shall
vote for. I shall say but a few words,
and these will be especially directed to
you, colored people. I ask, who gave
you your liberties?"
"Grant! Grant! Gen. Grant!" rent the
air in a general yell from the dusky
crowd.,
" Who fought for you four years and
took you from the bonds of slavery and
rnade you "a free and noble people?"
* "Grant! Grant! Gen. Grant!"again
the shout went up.
".Then here are 'Grant' ticket's I hold
in one hand, and 'Newsum' tickets I
hold in the other. Which one will you
"vote?"    .
"Give lis de Grant tickets! Give me
de .Grant ticket! Hurra for Grant! I
is for Grant every time, I is!" was the
unanimous response.
The thunderstruck Bepubliean fuglemen Were too dazed at the audacity of
the spokesman and its success to interfere in season. The affair was a com-
7]plete coup de main. By one of those
sudden transports of enthusiasm which
have seized upon men in crowds in all
climes and ages, and to which the negro
racejs peculiarly susceptible, the colored
voters caught eagerly at the 'Grant'ballots, rushed to the boxes and put them
in. . And thus Northampton returned a
Democratic   representative.    At   $ie
.oil pf peppermint. J| §i. the mixture
into a bottle sU_.eienif ^ large to hold it,
Cork it tightly, shake it.sfioroughry, and
bathe the part afflicted frequently. rThie
above is intended for 4&tward application only.      -     ' "     -ti'- '    '    *.j- ■•■=■'
-'ri|i' - -- **--,
A New DisiKFECTA|rT-.—A distin-
guishfed niedicai 'auihciiifcyzrecommendB
for use in civil and military hospitals,
and for the purpose oj| destroying the
poison germs of small-jiOx, scarlet fever
and other infectious * diseases, a„ disinfectant composed of one^artof rectified
oil of turpentine and sefen parts of benzine, with the addition5$ 'fiVe'tlrbps'of
oil of verbena to eachtkince. Articles
of clothing, fiirnitxire, walljpaper, . carpeting, -books*, he-vrepap|rs,'''tetterst,~ diay
"be perfectly saturated 'With it without
receiving the slightest i^ijuiy. . ....
CLEAIifLINESS     AND   '"^EAIT?. — The
British and Foreign $Iedim% Quarterly, in one of the most philosophic examinations ever made df^^pjdemiedi^-i
eases, says'ih substancft^t'the close of
it: " We ' have thus found that these
scourges ^piiiig^*&:qm.,t*|e>b9'?o*ai> o*f ^s-
ture/tod th"atVhichltht*& imi^fioWti^
ture is under the control of man. We
have found that by Cleanliness and
proper drainage we mayentirely change
the hist,ory-o-| jpla^es_| „j&rata:egions
visited" by'6 pe^tileiice " *^aVe _iu¥
out so that they can n<| longer trouble
them. In this we shall find such returning to the lessons of tlWlathers of medicine, and not the least Q^the blissful results will be that by simply changing
from the aberrations .fi£ nature to the
use of her beneficent po#ers in a proper
direction, "we shall ba^cfh jfrom ■jfhole'
communities all fear offijestilence."
A Bemedt eor Wea^?E*3TEs1—A simple remedyfor weakr-or fepre eyestis rge-j,
ommehded" as iollows:" Get V jf-cent
cake of .elder, flowers"its the draggiaifS.
and steep in one gffl'olrsoit water;* it
must be steeped in bri|jlit tin ogearth-
;enware;. strain nicelyyi: and then add
three drops'of laxidaniinxj" bottle it tight
and keep in a cool plac^f then use it as
a wash, letting some of r"-. :el in. the eyes.
CJurioris Kevelations in tho Great "Will Case.
[Condensed from the New Tork papers.]
In the great Vanderbilt will case, now
occupying the attention of one of the
New *Kprkjepi*i^ts, ^s.Lillian; Stoddart,
mdow**oi^'Dyr€!h'arles: Anderson "^tod-
dart, testified that she first saw Commodore Vanderbilt at a Spiritual meeting
in Boston.   This caused some discussion as to the admission of testimony
*     -i i     •      itiw   . -     .-      j.   to the beliefjpf-the Commodorejin Spir-
ounce ol sulphunc efjXys* gpunstf Atuiiiism bU^^s fitfall^dd_itt4   The
sulphate morphine, aB*H*wo drains of-■ _,,_,„- illftll __w _hft J^. _.t <-
witness then said she next met Commodore Vanderbilt on the east side of the
city, at a meeting at which Dr. Stoddart
and his friends were present. Dr. Stod-
dariH^s #, clairvoyant^ physician, - or
smedical clairvoyant, and""the cto'ctor was
introduced to the Commodore as such.
Witness saw the Commodore at his of-
?fice, and o;a ^Fourth street,» near Mc-
Dougal street; ""Wffchelss^ here * said she
'knew William H. Vanderbilt, and pointed him out in court. On one occasion
Dr. Stoddart and herself met the Com-
modore-in "Fourth." strefet^at^ihe*** pkrk,
and spoke td* him, and, after the*Com-
modore left, she noticed there was a man
watching them. The man watching
them was William H. Vanderbilt,-and
he came%ac_ a5a"2;;sp*oke*td them-when
the Commodore was out of sight. The
conversation was in September, 1874, in
"V^ashington square. William H. Vanderbilt ~Un coming ugJpgidl-r^fThat gentleman you were talking to is my father,
and you are his medical clairvoyant. I
.wish to have a private conversation with
you.'y W"e, agreed to ineetthim -next day
at 10 o'clock at the" Cosmopolitan Hotel,
Chambers street and West Broadway,
and we did so. "Mr. Vanderbilt seemed
surprised at my being ..present, but Mr.
Stoddart said, "T_*t&- M right."*. Mr.
Vanderbilt said, "I want you to control
3£he old man, as you have power over
him, and he believes in you. I want
yoxJStoi *J3Ciflueicje.I*hitnrBOt he will think
more of me." "I don't "know "about
that," said Mr. Stoddart. "I will let
you know about that to-morrow."
TThe next day *we met .him at the sa)nfe
place, and* "Mr. Vanderbilt handed, llrl
Stoddart a roll of bills.   Mr. Stoddart
counted  them, and   said:  "That's all
.i^ght and satisfactory.   Now I am ready
^or^busmessl"   *•""•■"'
William H. then said: "I Want you to
call on the old man at his office, and say
to him you have a message from his
deadrwif e it0:3^in"|ih"ef spirit world. Tell
him the message was to make his will
iu favor of William H., and also impress
on the old man that all the rest of the
chi3d^3n;hate him."      -        .*
—fefl^toddart called on the Cdmmo-
cell. Both of the children were down
on their knees, with their hands clasped
and tears running down their cheeks.
"Oh, Lord, please let us out of this
place, and we'll never do it again, never,
never," prayed one sobbing culprit,
while the other was repeating the
Lord's prayer. "Pray harder," said one
of them, "and speak your words plain,
or God won't understand you." "I try
to, Jimmy, but I'm crying so I can't,"
said the other, and then both redoubled
their prayers. The officer slipped away,
got th.e keys and compounded their
felony.
CORN-STALK  SUGAR,  -
and
VI*
l'o"'!qw.t)*i'-.'...pw' -•-'''*," 'j-,\ ---'s-Ju j,?" the
eyes'are piiniui o£"iEif<si£~ soi\*,"*iiiai£fc'
small, soft compresses, fret in the mixture and bind over the*, eyes at night.
I can warrant the above as harmless and
sure, _aving tried it in a number of cases
where other skill and remedies had utterly failed. If the eyes are badly inflamed, use it very freely; and atea[*
made of elder flowers and drank will
help cleanse the blood. Pure rock salt
and water will strengthen your weak
eyes if you bathe them daUydn it. I
would earnestly advise "you to avoid
mixtures or washes containing mineral
Or other poisons.
ABmNiiiERrNG-* Medicine to Children.—There are many ways of preparing medicines so that taking them
shall not be a trial. Thus, castor oil
well stirred into boiling milk, sweetened
and flavored, will be readily swallowed
by most children; a powder sandwiched
between layers of sugar will, unless very
bitter, usually go down all right; while
calomel when sprinkled on a shoe of
bread, afterward buttered and spread
with preserves or jelly, will be taken
without a suspicion that it is medicine.
We have successfully given a pill
wrapped ih part of a raisin by giving it
after two or three whole raisins which
were without medicine, the child swallowing it unconsciously. When it becomes absolutely necessary to forge
the little patient to take a dose, do so
quietly and firmly. Hold the hands
and nose, while the spoon presses down
the tongue; in the effort to breathe the
medicine, which should in.such case be
in liquid form, will be swallowed. A
medicine glass is much better than a
spoon, and less apt to spill the contents;
it may.bc used also as a means of compulsion, by turning it up so as to stop
the supply of air; at the first gasp fo
breath the medicine will be taken, and
the glass may be removed. Often a
struggle with the patient will do more
harm than the dose will do good, and
medicine thus given is apt to be rejected
by the stomach. In such cases the
dhysician must be appealed to.
The "Fire Fiend.
Speaking of the vast—and to a great
extent. j&,foid^ble4-destrttction of property by fire in this country, the Fireman says that fires are increasing, both
in number and destructiveness, far more
rapidly than the increase of wealth and
production. It is computed that from
an annual loss by fire in 1868 of $35,-
000,000, the annual loss, exclusive of exceptional fires such as Boston and Chicago (if they may be ealled "exceptional"), has increased to $100,000,000.
The full significance of this statement
cannot be realized unless analyzed.
This loss is the irremediable loss of human product and industry. It is the
conversion of human blood, brawn and
muscle, necessary to create $100,000,000
of value, into ashes and smoke. Assum? *
ing the labor that produced this value
to be worth $3 per day, this loss is the
loss of more than the combined labor
of 100,000 men for one entire ear.
'Then, too, it must be remembered that
this is surplus production. It has been
accumulated by producers after earning
livelihoods for themselves and families,
and paying their share of the cost oi
government and their proportion of the
burdens of society. It would require,
then, the „ labor of 100,000. men for
twenty years to replace by surplus production this annual loss. It is not only
so much wealth subtracted from the resources of the country, but it is the loss
of the productive*) pOWgrof ^oiaifcft M$h
tali
on
clore nex*> day and toltl-.him as directed.
J-«.i    «.i— r-H: ^Sj^* *-  ^ ~-.. *"-   i^      .  -•      '„.'-*      "   '   -*
to come in at the moment and say:'"I
say:
also haVe a message," but.the Stoddarts
were not to recognize him. Mr. Stoddart then went into a trance.
While in the trance, Mr. Stoddart .saidi "There is the spirit of
an elderly lady around ine." It Was the
Commodore's dead wife. Mr. Stoddart
said the spirit told the Commodore to
make his will in favor of William H., as
he was the only one to* Be depended on
to do the business, as all the other children hated the Commodore, and wished
him dead. The Commodore appeared
to ?Be' yery-. much excited, and said:
"Wiliiam shall have all." He then
drank a glass of water. Mr. Stoddart
then came out of the trance, and William .H. entered at the> moment. Mr.
Stoddart exclaimed: "Who is that?
That is the man I saw in the trance."
The Commodore seemed greatly surprised, and William H. said he had also
received a spirit message. "■ "*■:■.
Some two days afterward the witness
and her husband saw the Commodore
at his office. The Commodore said that
he would do*as-directed by the spirit,
and would make his will in favor of
William H., and make him his successor. The Commodore repeated this several times. The last time the witness
and Mr. Stoddart saw the Commodore
was in January, 1875. She could not
say how much was in the* roll of bills
given her husband by-William H. There
were fifties', tens and fives *in it.-- She
always believed there were about $1,000
in the roll, -   r,  ., .    . »  ,, _
The Eruption of M. Vesuvius.
Mail advices ten days old, from London, report that Vesuvius was then
throwing up lava to a height of 300 feet
above' the rim blithe new-crater, and
that a grand display of flames might be
expected at any time.,.. Tb.ere have been
several "erupliohs bB'Ve*su"\dus in the
present century. A new crater opened
in J3e_te;mber, 1809, and continued to
throw forth fire, lava and ashes during
nearly four years. Then the mountain
was quiet for nearly twentyvthree .years,
when in October, 1832," "the" great cone
fell in, and torrents of lava spread over
the adjacent, country." Twelve years
afterward the village of Caposecco was
entirely destroyed, but, from that time
until the beginning of 1850, Vesuvius
was quiet. In February, 1850, it again
sent forth its molten lava; and another
great *optbreak oecknredi'.iin 4855, and
still another in 1858. In August, 1859,
the eruption was remarkable, another
small c5by* being desta3)Xe^—Torre del
Greco—which had already been visited
in 1794, when^ its cathedral, several
chiirches,?inid m&riylho'u'lfes *ai±d "JstcSes
were obliterated. Among the most
formidable, eruptions,, however, have
bee^?-those^bf recent yeaisj- notably the'
one in April, 1872, when great ruin was
•"wrought in the surrounding country,
and"thatfin "March; l876pwheh Pompeii
was threatened with another burial. In
June of.rlast year8sand and^ashes were
carriedJ as far as -Bb"me.^*_xxt, in point
of human sacrifice, ancient times stand
alone~. When~the eldei; Pliny perished,
the8number of -Victims Was'200,000; and
the time was when the slightest warning f^ni^he. summit of the volcano was
a signal" "for* general consternation and
terror.—Neio York Berald..
A Boy's "Prayer.
At Holyoke, Mass.,* two little boys
were afreltefd*,'^--? 'Jt^ping -the leases
from the trees in the park. &bon after
they had been locked up an officer
heard thejr voices and "peeped into the
gome Highly Interesting Experiments
Satisfactory "Results.
It is possible, says the Chicago Journal, that a new department of American
industry is about to be thrown open to
the country. As is well known, Gen.
Be Due," Commissioner of Agriculture,
and Prof. Collier, chemist of the same
department, have been jointly engaged
for some time in demonstrating the
feasibility of extracting the saccharine
principle of corn and sorghum stalks
in sufficient quantity and quality to
make the manufacture of sugar from
the same a paying business. Their
Work lias* now so far advanced toward
completeness as to admit of a statement
of results already obtained, and the
drawing of inferences for future probabilities.
In corn-stalks the percentage of juice
to the weight of raw material was found
to average 24.79 with different lots. In
sorghum-stalks this percentage was
found to run up as high as 88, although,
on account of the imperfection of the
old machinery used in the experimenting process, it was only possible to really extract 35, leaving the most sugar-
producing part still unutilized. The
general results as to corn were as follows: Whole weight of corn-stalks,
11,^37 pounds; lost by stripping, 3,620
pounds; weight of juice obtained, 2,773
pOunds; specific gravity of juice, 10.54;
percentage of juice from stripped stalks,
36.41.
General results of sorghum: Total
weight of stalks from field, 18,958
pounds; lost by stripping of stalks, 3,-
822# pounds; weight of juice, 4,963
pounds; specific gravity, 10.58; percentage of juice of stalks as they came from
the field, 35.56; percentage of juice of
stripped stalks, 48.96.
In the course of the investigation, 25,-
000 pounds of corn stalks were operated
upon, and 7S1 pounds, or 3i per cent, of
good crystallized sugar was obtained.
This amount, with better machinery,
could be increased, it is thought, to £'i
],--rjL "T.j*"-^- V'"■■"-yi7°i,,     Tr^ \\ic f:'*r",'*■«''">;2*;t"^-
tion it comes out that severaFpracticai
farmers in Minnesota have been engaged
in making sugar from a species of stalk
called amber sorghum for the last two
years, with a profit of from $50 to $100
per acre.
While the Commissioner is quite enthusiastic over the prrospeets, and is already confident that the making of sugar
from cornstalks and sorghum will be a
permanent and profitable industry in
the Northern States, and that the introduction of a new kind of sorghum in the
South will tend to supplant the regular
sugar-cane, the management of which is
very expensive and the crop uncertain;
yet the Professor, with cooler head and
more scientific judgment, it may be,
thinks that another year of experiment
will be required before the question can
be fully decided. If the question is decided affirmatively, an immense amount
of" corn-stalk material which is now
practically useless and generally wasted
can be put to a most valuable and savory
use.
A "Novel Feat in Dentistry.
Scalp-grafting has become, a quite
common performance, but it will be
news to many that teeth may be similarly transplanted and made to grow in
other mouths than the original owner's.
Dr. Thomas, of Detroit, details in the
Dental Cosmos a case in which he successfully performed this oj)eration, inserting in the mouth of a gentleman,
who had lost a right superior cusipdate,
a solid and healthy tooth that he had
removed from a lady's mouth four
weeks previously. He opened into the
canal and pulp chamber of the tooth,
from the apex of the root only; cut the
end off one-eighth of an inch (it being
that much too long), reduced the size
somewhat in the center of the root (it
being a trifle larger than the root extracted), filled and placed it in position.
He states that the occlusion, shajie and
color were perfect, so much so that several
dentists who saw the case were not able
to distinguish the transplanted tooth
from the others. The two features in
the case that he calls particular attention to are: first, that, although the
tooth had been in his office four weeks,
there is to-day no perceptible change in
color; and, second, that the reattachment is as perfect as though it had
been transplanted or replanted the same
day of extraction. Dr. Thomas knows
but two obstacles in the way of the
perfect practicability of "transplanting;"
first,, the difficulty of obtaining * the
proper teeth at the proper time; and,
second, the possibility of inoculation.
The latter is the more formidable of the
two, and, to escape the ills that might
follow, the greatest caution is necessary.
The first difficulty is more easily gotten
over, for it is not necessary that the
tooth transplanted should correspond
exactly in shape and size to the one extracted; if it is too large, it maybe carefully reduced; or, if too small, new osseous deposit will supply the deficiency.
Neither is it necessary, as we have seen,
that the transplanted tooth should be a
freshly-extracted one.
At the County Fair.
The dreamy-eyed, curly-tailed por-
cines next engrossed our attention—
that is, we leaned over the pens and
mused on the gigantic proportions of
the animals and thought how much the
animals reminded -us of some men we
knew. The man who said that the pen
was mightier than the sword must have
had a pig-stye in his mind's eye.—Bome
Sentinel,
B__   _II>*M'3r  ___H  """H!©   S3SI_.
Yes, my lips to-night haye spokea
Words I said they should not BpeaS;
And I would I could recall them-—
Would I had not been so wes_.
Oh, that one unguarded moment!
Were it mine to live again,
All the strength of its temptation
Would appeal to me in vain.
True, my lips have only-uttered
What is ever in my heart;
*I am happy when beside him,
Wretched when we are apart;
Though I listen to his praises
Always longer than I should,
Yet my heart can never hear them
Half so often as it would.
And I would not, could not, pain him,
Would not for the world offend,
I would have him lmow I like him
As a brother, as a friend;
But I meant to ieep one secret
In my bosom always hid,
Eor I never meant to tell him
That I loved him—but 1 did.
PITH Al® P©MT.
The air apparent—Thick fOg.
A mght garment for warm weather
The close of the day.
Why is a sailor's hand like the sky at
night?   Because it's tarry.
When are the clouds like jockeys?
When they hold the rains.
A book is a man's best friend, and the
only one he can shut up without giving
offense.
" This is quite a ram in essence," said
the man as he fell with his arm in a jar
of vanilla.
To blow out a kerosene lamp with *
safety to yourself—Get somebody else
to do the blowing.
Why is a darkey in the bushes an aid
to a bright understanding ? Because he
is a black-in-brush. ' •   :*   ••-.'
The musician who hired a big fiddle *
said it reminded him of a big flower, because it was a viol-let.
A wife, like echo, should be true,
To speat when she is spoken to; -*.*":
But not, like echo, still be heard   .      ■ *
Contending for the final word. .   ■ / '
"Oh, I know she loves him," cried the
grief-stricken youth.   "But how do you
know she prefers your rival?" asked the "
friend.   "AhIs was the sad reply^,"! saw
her look bias at him."      .  .'  '
An exchange enters into a lengthy dig
sertation upon "How to put out a kerd-*
sene lamp."   If the handle is very phy, >■'■'
the better way is to call in the hired-girl%
and let her carry it out. 5:.-- .
In the make-up of the modern small-,,
boy there is altogether too much whistle
for the amount of boy.   It is most top
much like using a two-quart funnel in a
three-ounce vial.—Bridgeport. Stand--
ard. • -        ■•-.:■:
A Kentucky farmer writes to the lo- -
cal newspaper, complaining of the low
price of dairy produce, and adds: "I
shall not sell my eggs for 8 cents a dozen—it don't pay for the wear and tear of
the hen."
People who have been to the springs, *
the lakes and the seasides are now open- .
ing the front window-shutters and coming .in from their summer retreats on
tlie >back stoops.—Cincinnati Break-
ast-Table. .      * ■
If -the Courier-Journal is hot "mis- "
takeni % failure on the part of parents.;
to properly utilize the undergrowth of
the country, has done more to fit the
present generation for the penitentiary
than anything else."
"Sam, you are not honesfe. "Why do
you put, all the good peaches on i-ro pi
the measure end the Utile oe.cs 7; "lo .tV
&
"same rea-jos, *=r.r.,
froni oi Ixrcso c.V. ry.
r*^ JO"
only animal ever invented that am. e'^l
twenty-four hours a day, and then get,
up an hour before day and devour a
flour barrel and seven old fruit oans for
a lunch.—Norristown Berald.
Nothing will sooner make a man's
eyes shoot fire, his brain whirl and his
heart flop up against his palate, than to
lose his balance on his available leg
while trying to stow the other away in
his dual garmenture.—Boston Transcript.
So pleased was she with her success,
She asked him then once more,
" What is the difference?" says she,
Same question as before.
He gave it np and queried, what?
She answered, sparkling bright,
" The moon gets full but once a month.
But you do every night."
An old farmer lately gave this advice
to his sons: "Boys, don't wait for sum- *
mit to turn up. Tou might just as well
go an' sit down on a stone in the middle
of amedder,with a pail atwixt your legs,
and wait for a cow to back up to you to
be milked.
A magazine writer says there is a language of the hair. Don't doubt it in the
least. At any rate, we have heard of
tolerably well-authenticated cases where
a single auburn hair on a dark coat-collar could talk plainer than a guide-
board, and furnish the material for a
whole course of lectures.—The Nation.
HEKE AND THERE.
" What is the difference," said she,
" Between the moon and you ?"
" I cannot tell, my treasured one,"
Said he, with interest new.
" Tlie difference is this," said she,
With satire of a Junius,
" The moon hath silvery quarters, love,
While you are impecunious."
— Yorikers Gazette.
An irascible old gentleman who formerly held the position of Justice of
the Peace was recently accosted in the
street in a manner that did not come
up to his Honor's idea of the respect
due to him. "Young man," said he,
"I fine you twenty shillings for eon-
'tempt of court." "Why, Judge," said
the offender, "you are npt in session."
"This court," replied the Judge, "is always an object of contempt."
_         V,
The Bank Failure m (Rlasgow.
The failure of the Bank of the City
of Glasgow, Scotland, has been to some
extent foreseen, but the failure is, nevertheless, one that, even if it do. not extend to other banks, will prove most disastrous. The figures of liabilities put
down are $50,000,000. This enormous
loss will fall mainly on despositors, the
practice of depositing money in banks
being universal in Scotland, even more
so, perhaps, than in this country. The
bank-note circulation is comparatively
small. The "" British Encyclopedia"
gives a list of the banks in Scotland*.
All the banks are of comparatively long
standing, beginning with the Bank of
Scotland, founded in 1695, and the
Royal Bank, founded in 1727. The City
of Glasgow Bank was organized in 1839,
being the youngest of ail the Scotch
banks. The latest figures concerning
this bank are for 1874-'5, and at that
time the bank had 1,273 partners, 125
branches, $5,000,000 paid-up capital,
$2,115,000 surplus or reserve, §41,000,-
000 deposits, and the shares were worth
240. The bank is not a chartered institution, and all the partners are liable to'
the whole extent of their fortunes for
the debts of the bank; The Scotch
banks all allow interest on deposits, and
it is stated that more than half the deposits in the Scotch banks are in sums
of |50 to $1,000—the banks p-racMcally
serving as savings banks,—Cliicago
Tribune,
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