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snana fa-rbesk ghsl's choice.
sun. only a farmer's girl ;
John is only a farmer's lad,
Bntsqjgeho-'v, when we change to meet,
The very sound of liis coming feet
tJan make my heart so glad
That_np to my cheeks the warm blush flies,
Afia he reads his welcome in my eyes.
I am only a farmer's girl •
Master Tom is the Squire's son;
Bat, strange to tell, his feet this way
Xurn often toward the close of day
After the chores are done, ■
When John (he passes the meadow gate)
Gives such a scowl, and—will not wait.
I am only a farmer's girl,
So what can the Squire want of me!
My heart is John's; John knows it well;
But it isn't for me the truth to tell—
So bashful a lad is he!
^^?w?a4re may ?om? and ^ S^k* may go.
But all the answer he'll get is '• "No I" .
The Sqnire praises my hair and eyes ;
The Sauire says I'm a lady born.
. S?a$ c^"c * for Ma foolish speech ?
'lis John's voice only my heart can teach
To sing like the birds at morn.
But John is jealous, the foolish boy,
And my aays are shorn of half their joy.
Oh, I am only a farmer's girl,
" -d ■^rd/olin is only a farmer's lad,
But I'd rather be his in his humble life
Than be a '-lady as Squire's wife,
With a resties? heart and sad!
But John—so bf.shful a boy is he»
is a long while asking my heart of me.
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.    Y^h the first sweet dawn of niorn*n°*
'* ,-*^)?.e a-'s-aabfeara-fair" and bright,
f0!*™"" everything it glanced at
Wiih a soft and mellow light.
■   - Th??i r*atchecl that lovely sunbeam
*" -fs it took its silent way,
Through the meadows sweet with clover,
.fast the reapers making hay
Saw itkiss'-th'egolden lily,
Make^heibses iedder glow
st°°P to greet-the dainty violet.
Through the long grass glinting go.
. And. that lovely sunbeam, castin-*-
Every shadow far awav,
•^uWng with its rosy brightness
All the places where they lay,
Taught its mm sweet lesson truly
When the heart is filled-with care
If we open wide its windows.
1   And let f&e Sin shine there—
Though it may not lift the sorrow— '
May not take away the care—*
."""■"SU "iaakethe burden lighter '
And easier to bear.
Why, sir, no one can expect to keep
tliese sort of things secret."
"What,   then, is it whispered about
that I am?
"Whispered! Lord, sii*, it was in
everybody's niouth .before breakfast!"
^ And" what does everybody say?"
"That you ai-e a broken-down miller
hiding from creditors." And here he
cast a shrewd glance on the threadbare
pepper-and-salts of the stranger, who
regarded him for a moment -with a comic
expression on his features, made him a
profound bow and walked off.       -     -
Not a whit humbled by this repulse,
tne stranger repaired to the place of
general promenade and took possession
of a vacant place at the end of one of
the benches, on which were seated two
or three of those important people who
had from .time immemorial invested
themselves with the dignity of the head
persons of the place.
These worthies did not allow him time
to make their acquaintance, but with an
air as if they dreaded infection thev
rose and departed. Not the least discomposed,by the distaste the great men
of httle T. 'evinced tor his society,
the stranger drew from his pocket a box,
cigar, and smoked for some
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CEAEE, MICHIGAN,, F^AY, OCTOBER 25,1878.
Single Copies! Five Gents.
assembled population of T. mute with
consternation.
That afternoon, the whole corporation, sensible too late of their error,
waited in a body on Lord A— B
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CAERE© HIS 0"WJf BUNDLE,   , J kgktecl a
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In   the dullest part of  the "duUest n -   v-*-.-o -«-»». w
county of; England is situated the_t_e   Jnn*=ef °n*-?e promenade, he hastily
time with great relish
At length, perceiving
a new set of
bathing    town
demi:semirfashionable
of T.
Once -there happened to the said little
town a very dull season. Every town
on the coast besides was full of company—bathers, walkers, donkey-riders
- saunterers and peddle-gatherers:. yet
the luckless town of T. was compara-
tivelyT;emptyv... Hnga placards with
Lodgings to let" stared everybody in
the face, from; every window in everv
direction; J
In-thi*s-'3tate of utter stagnation were
affairs atT.,-when one hot day, in the
middle of August, a stranger was seen
to enter that town-corporate. - This
stranger entered the town in so ques-'
SSt a *S?ap.e fat tHe ™ry fourth
and fifth caster in T., stood aloof, hold-
.     ing themselves above him.   Even the
shop-keepers; mantua-makers and waiters lib the tavernsfelt their noses turn
•np "intuitively at him.    The groups of
loiterers, collected at the doors of the
inns,  passed contemptuous comments
on him as he pursued his way, and' the
fashionable that were to be seen* in the
- streets cast supercilious glances of careless- superiority upon him, for he was on
lootanda3onerattired-in-a coat, waist-
- -coat, and in short a Avliole suit of that
sqrt of- mixed cloth called "pepper-and-
salt-colored, with a blaeicsilk hahdker
dispatched his cigar, arid, approaching
one of the other benches, addressed a
iew courteous though trifling observations to its occupants, three ladies and
a gentleman; but had his remarks been
either of a blasphemous or indelicate
nature they could not have been received -with a greater appearance of consternation by  the   ladies,   who   rose
alarmed at the  liberty' the man had
taken, while the gentleman observed
with a most aristocratic demeanor, that
he labored under a mistake in addressing those ladies.
to apologize for their mistake, and to entreat him to honor the town -with his
presence during the remainder of the
season.
He was busily employed in tying up
his bundle when the deputation entered,
and he continued to adjust it aU the
time they were speaking. When they
concluded, having tightened the last
Knot, he replied as follows:
"Gentlemen,   I   entered   your  towri-
with every intention of thinking well of
its inhabitants.   But I came in a shabby
coat, carrying my own bundle, ahd took
up my quarters at a paltry alehouse, the
only place where you would give me admittance.    Your reception of me would
have been very different had I arrived
I in my_ carnage.    But, gentlemen, I am
an odd fellow, as you see, and sometimes
I try whether I can obtain it without these
adventitious distinctions; and the man-
.ner in which you treated me, while I
appeared among you in the light of a
poor and inoffensive stranger, has convinced me of my error in looking for
liberality here.   And I must inform you
that I estimate your polite attention at
the same value that I did your contempt,
and that I would not spend another
night in your town if you would give it
to.me; andso good-morning/'
As his Lordship concluded, he attached
his red bundle to the end of his bludgeon, and shouldering it, with a droll
look at the discomfited corporation, he
trudged out of the town with the same air
of. sturdy independence that he had
trudged in.—Belqravia.
the hog was
intry, but had
gPilgrims. He
ite, and there-
l weather was
As he is a
should eare-
e hog in his
, nourishment
Id get in the
, the "salts and
n the ground*
ally. He said
"shGgJ cholera
of   hogs are
l • -t,iUv/a^ ^e' stranger,, "yoii   are
-ngnt;l took you for persons of politeness and benevolence.   Discovering my
. Hog- Ch| *
Dr. Dunlap, ia "injure heve last
week, brought oiit iat many new
and interesting '■faetfjareling a hog
and his diseases.   _j
not a native of thi
been brought' over I
is a native of a warinl
fore the idea that th
injurious to him"'is'
stranger to our clima
fully study his hab*iti"
wild state gets most/"
from the ground. - -*E|eiiig the case,
he should have the^r§,rticles,of food
given  him that he*
ground.   If fed artifil
other substances .foul
should be supplied^'"
there was no sucir^f
in  reality.   All * disss
grouped together a*? c4i*a,- although, it
is improperly done.^¥ has made the
study of the disease^usjbiess of. late.
He calls the diseasew6id fever; says
they have -the samelaiptoms people
have with this fe:tei;.44is* caused-by a
peculiar poison in"the$od; had examined nearly 100 iii.4fast few weeks-;
duration of diseasaijfr'om seven to
fourteen days; w"i!ll'-£jldisease in from
seven to foiu'teei&maft'ej ex.pos*fli*e;
the first symptpmi-^r\eadache; won't
eat; keep food awav?
him to, eat mains'
.cough; a stifihess^
quarters; is spre-Cvin-'
severe cathartics^' "
stipated; tfhe cajii'
numerous; the7^:
crowding, bad food^^?vater, etc., etc.
Slough j^t&r |i|''<o*^|-'*the-*:pr|Qcip"al
causes; filth is a'notli^vgat'cause; says
to never use stfa;\y*"*fi ""
clay always, a*rid-$e;
pens clean; grv&tiii
,'t try to force
•ihasl'a slight
aqk^and hind
■els; <lon't give
itle; hog is coir
ifeTkfieteSrjm*3^to"*fcomplete the picture*,
carried a large bundle in a red silk
handkerchief at the end of a stout oaken
cudgel over his shoulder.
"I'll warrant me, Jack, that 'ere fist of
his would prove a knock-me-down argument," said a sailor to one of his ship-
mktes/ *who was intently surveying the
stranger. 	
"Ey, ey, my lad, make yourself sure
o  :that," replied Jack, between whom
^Tf'iIcrave TOm* Pardon and retire."
-    Although    any    reasonable   person
might have been satisfied from these
specimens of the inhabitants, still "the
man, who? earned his own hiuidle" persevered in his endeavors to find some
liberal-minded  person therein.   Erom
...the highest to-the lowest, a general feel-
jing of suspicion seemed to pervade the
bosoms of all, and the luckless stranger
resided m the town a whole week without finding a single exception.  *
The habitual good temper and light-
hearted gayety of the stranger was raffled; and there was-a comiMre'ssibn on
His brow,  and an angry erlow on his.
m
Whimsicalities of Insanity.
^ A literary gentleman of some celeb- -  -    ,
nty, who, in consequence of a slight af-   wateiV butkeepih)
fection pf the brain, was for several   1S °PPose<l to 'hitei-*-,
months the inmate of an insane asylum   §*enei'ates chsea/frp
in Scotland, lias recently published his   breec"lhig as-muclfa
"impressions" of life therein.   He says I ^^ag is thex^
that one of the most singular of his fellow sufferers was a gentleman who was
a very beautiful billiai'd-player,  an old
inmate of the house, and quite a psychological study.   He   seemed  like a
man m a waking dream," and- historical
events and personages, from the dreamland of his memory, were perpetually
mirrored   on   his   brain.    He   cempli-
mn^*ted' *he m*iter by supposing Mm
4,000 years old, and considered the
events and persons of the present gen-
WO*
.CGI
"z^i-
cholera which- "j$
never failed .jto. "
sulphite soda^-tefi^
soda fivejjound^v'c^
mix together-"      ''
ure to
times a day^-'d"!
morning ton-<"
bowels' are'cQS!
ounce with.e
inovecl.*"_Hx'
ureia.sl6p_,
eration unworthy of notice. The fol- l±eed (not sort^"*
lowing is a specimen oiMiis extraor ^earbolin n^VT*l*li.
dinary reminiscencej
ilding; but use
:t_ to keep the
ilenty of pure
"fr'pili-sloughs^
g; beneves it
mends cross-
able.   The fol-
;jb_e cure of the
;Q,iid says it has
leure:   Hypo-
is, bicai-bonate
. one pound;
^bu.nd of £icdx£-
'7twice or three.
ellHo'gs-evety'
^ stomach*  If'
iubW^-^Wh*a_
itil3"boweIs are
ie^tboviS^mixt--
\ ■'•&$& grtiuhd
sa_>oon"fuls of
-    Ihe hogs
with others which he made later in life.
This wohid'make this turtle at-least 78
years of age at death. But the strangest
part of the affair is that after more than
three-fourths of a century the turtle
should have been found on the same farm
where "he (received thp.first date of ^finding. 'E**aaentiy"when the initials'wer-
cut upon the shell he was a small fellow, as they have an extended appearance, showing* that from the center the
shell had extended about three-fourths
of an inch "each yfay-4-Providence
Journa 1.	
The Child Preacher.
There is now in Louisville a "little ne-
gress who is a perfect ehild wonder.
Sheis a sSriptm-al. marvel. -She*does
not even know her letters, yet she can
quote accurately almost any passage in
the Bible. At the age of 9 months she
could talk, and would frequently tell her
mother what her idea of heaven was.
As she grew older she would sit for
hours and expatiate on the .beauties and
glories of the other world. The< old
col5re"d folks would listen to her sa**/ings
for hours. A reporter interrogated her.
"What is your name, little girl?" "Alice
Coatny." "How old are you?" "I'se
jr^t- 4 years and- 28 days., ojd to-night?"
"Where were you born?" "I was born
in Liverpool, England—'cross de Atlantic." "How long since you felt the power
'within you?" "I don't know; I'se always felt the power of God."-"""What
do you talk about whon you speak to a
crowd?"   "I talk   about   Jesus, about
In a Horrible State.
W. J. Jones, who was tarred and
feathered by Beno (Ner.) people and
then sent out of town on a westward-
bound train, was in a pitiable condition
when he reached Truckee. The Be-
■publican of that place says: "We saw
the victim Thursday night on the overland train. He was in a truly pitiable
condition. Coal-tar or gas-tar had been j
used, and used freely. This substance
blisters like a mustard-plaster. The
cuticle will peel off of Mr. Jones just |
as if he had been boiled. His hair and j
the wound on his head were filled with \
tai\ The hair stuck out in all direc- j
tions, or at least a mass of hair stuck j
out. The sockets of liis eyes were level
full with solid tar, which seemed to j
have been poured into them and al-
lmved to cool. His whiskers seemed a
large, unshapely mass of tar. His face,
neck and, we are told, Ms entire body
had a fhick coating. The vigilantes
kindly clothed him before putting him
on the train. The sight might have
been ludicrous if it had not been agonizing. The train was nearly three
hpurs in reaching Truckee. The pain
endured by the poor fellow was excruciating. Sightless, helpless, coated with
a horrid odoriferous substance, he sat
silently, with his head bowed over.
Occasionally his fingers would grasp
spasmodically at the open air. Sometimes his body would twitch nervously,
as if from the pain he endured. Arriving at Truckee, Grandison Jones and
colored man were put to work
M2:  I_ETHB   COITNTKY   COUglK.     *
My little country cousin
Is xeally woi'tli a dozen
Of tlie city girls you meet as you stroll along
Broadway;
She's ever so much, neater.
She's ever so much sweeter.  4
Just a modest little flower, not intended for display.
Pure as the sky -diore her.
None knew her but to love lier:
The very birds for her repeat their most delicious
songs:
go bright she is and Merry,
Vou will not think it very
Strange that the troubled heart for such a^.cheery
spirit longs.
So pretty and so youthful,
So roguish, yet so truthful,
My little country cousin, with her sweet,
ways,
My favorite is, clearly:
Indeed, I love her dearly. '    * n
And find that language is too poor in which to spealr „
her praise.
My love I need not stifle:
■"-©th me she does not trifle,
Or bid me in the Xethean wave my aspirations ;.
drown. - . ""
Ah, no, my precious jewel
Would never be so cruel,"
l?or my little country eowsinls the sweetest wifoin
town.
—Josephine Pollard.
attractive
PITH A5D POINT.
Mto6--/iisease<ar^; lxeavenly tllillgSj a*bout ]10W jeSus died   to rem0ve the tar.   It was an hour be
IIIeL^?. „f„   ^j   and was crucified; how he rose agaimin" fore x)r. E. J. Goss was called upon "and
~  " "   " "    three days and sitteth at the light hand j ^e linSeed oil which he prescribed ob-
of God."   "Can you spell?"   "No, sir: -, tained.   Everybody who saw the poor
I don't know my A B Gs yet."    She j m.eteh pitied him." The very men who \
then went on in a rapturous strain abput (performed the  deed would have pitied j
Woman's writes—Postscrips.
Aee wagon-tracks wheel"writing?
A Vassae girl's oath-^Buy gum.
Paekot talk—A monb-polly-logue.
■ Whom the gods love eat cucumbers.
A queue-cumber-—The heathen Chinee.  . .:..-;.', .
.Tested interest—-Money in .thewaist- __
coat pocket.
Chioanebt—-Palming off an old hen '
as a young chicken.
Alii men are not homeless, but sdiae
are home less than others.
Nothing but a steady dye-it will pre-.
serve the reputation of the mustache on
the face of the red-haired man.-
The miser who hoarded his money -in -
a vase said he did it because he believed
in the saying: "TJrn your money before
you. spend it." -     .  *
It is darkest just before day, but Sambo says that is the very time when-a -
chicken is the widest awake.—Gincin--.
natiBreakfast Table.. •   .-
■Kansas has aLimbuxger-cheese fac-
tory, and a case of yellow fever can't get
within ten mile's of the State.   The vie- -
tory is always to the strong. '    •
"Don't worry about my going away, .
j my   "'darling.    Absence, . yoii   know, *
I makes the heart'grow   fonder."    "Of
j somebody else," added the darling. ,
Some wretch has the audacity to re- '
.i  ,
&&
_ , mail
had just arrived, arid, the le£tet*3,'liavi*Qg
: been sorted, were delivered-" to their
respective: claimants. But ther.e "wa|
one letter that had not been claimed,
which excited general curiosity.
According to the invariable diurnal
custom, all the town-people who had
nothing to do were assembled in or
near the i30sto_.ee—"those who'expected
letters to receive them, and those who
did not to take note of the epistles di-
and the stranger h siagle look of recog-. i*ected to their neighbors.
J
nition   had been   exchanged, en passant.
"He's a rum sort of fish, howsom-
ever," rejoined the first speaker, "and
I wonder, what wind cast him. on this
shore. "-• He don't look like a landsman, for all his pepper-and-salt gear.
Mayhap you' know soniewhat about him,
Jack."
"Mayhap I do," replied Jack, pursing
up hi&mouthwitha look of importance;
but I haven't sailed so many years in
the King's service without learning to
keep my own counsel—aye, and another's too, on occasion; and I'd advise
you, Ben, my boy, to take another observation of his fist before you go to
crack your jokes on himi" said Jack;
and Ben having done so, wisely determined oh keepin'g his distance.
There certainly was a characteristic
something in the stranger, from the tie
of his handkerchief ta the slight roll in
his gait, that savored of a seafaring life, j
Even his way of setting on his hat had
not the look of a landsman. The act of
sturdy independence with which he
shouldered his bundle and trudged
along showed that he considered the
opinions of the bystanders was a matter
of perfect indifference. Yet there was
that about him which forcibly arrested
the attention of every one. People
who would not own to themselves that
they thought him worthy of notice
nevertheless turned round to look at
him again.
A sovereign procured him a supper
and bed, and all things needful for rest
and refreshments, at a small public
house, whose crazy little creaking sign
promised to travelers "Good entertainment for man and horse."
The next morning, being disencumbered of the unpopular bundle at the
end of that oaken cudgel, which he still
either geasped or'flourished in a most
nautical fashion, he entered the reading-
room of the town.
"It is no use putting down your
name, sir, for you cannot be admitted
here," was the answer he received from
the superintendent of this fashionable
resort.
""Not on my paying the usual terms
of subscription ?" demandedthe stranger.
"No, sir, we cannot admit persons of
your description on my terms, sir."
"Persons of my description!" retorted
the stranger, most emphatically, grasping his trusty cudgel; "and pray, sir, of
what description do you suppose me to
be?"
The Jack in office surveyed the
sturdy stranger. with a look in which
contempt and alarm were oddly blended,
as he replied i
"Can't exactly say, sir, but I'm sure
none of our subscribers would choose to
associate with you."
"How do you know that, you saucy
Jackanapes?" said the stranger, becoming a little choleric.
"Why, sir, because, sir, we make a
point of being very select, sir. andnever
on no account admit persons of your description."
"But it seems you do not know of
what description I am."
The unclaimed letter was of a tempting appearance, surmounted with a coronet,
iddressed to the Eight Hon. Ad
miral Lord A	
by the Duke of
B -,  and franked
A: Many were the
surmises offered on the subject. Could
it be possible that a man of his high
rank meant to honor them with his
presence for the season? ; Bntrthen he
had not engaged lodgings. No matter,"
there  were plenty disengaged.   Lord
A  B   would doubtless   arrive
that day with his suite. It would be
the salvation of the town for the season
to be able to announce such an arrival
in the county papers. The presence of
my Lord was perhaps a prognostic of a
visit from the Duke and the mighty
Duchess.
During the discussion, in which by
this time the whole town was engaged,
there were some .Whose curiosity to
know the contents of this important
epistle was so great as to betray them
into the endeavor of f orestalling Lord
A  B  in reading"; all that was
come-at-able in his letter; but the envelope was folded so as to baffle the
most expert in the worthy art of round-
readings.
The stranger (who had remained an
unnoticed listener in the crowd, and
had quietly seen the letter passing from
hand to-hand through a large circle)
now stepped into their midst, and, making a low bow, said:
" Gentlemen, when you have amused
yourselves sufficiently with that letter,
I will thank you to hand it over to me,
its rightful owner."
" To you!" exclaimed the whole town
and corporation in a single breath,
" this letter, which is franked and sealed
by the Duke of A , and addressed to
Admiral Lord A B ?"
"I am he, gentlemen," said the
stranger, making a sarcastic obeisance
all around. " I see you do not think
that the son of a Duke can wear such a
coat, and carryhis own bundle on occasion. However, I see one -within hail
who can witness to my identity. Here,
you Jack Braceyard, have you forgotten
your old commander?"
" Forgotten your Honor! No, no, my
Lord," exclaimed Jack, springing into
the midst of the circle. "I knew your
noble Lordship the moment I seen you;
but I remembered your Honor's humor
too well to spoil your sport by saluting,
when you thought fit to hoist foreign
colors."
" Jack, you are an honest fellow, and
here's a sovereign to drink my health,
for we have weathered many a hard gale
to^eth'er',"and here's another for keeping"
my secret, old heart of oak.   And now,
gentlemen,"    continued Lord    A	
B , "if you are not yet satisfied that
the letter belongs to me, here are, I
trust,. J3"0licient proofs." As he spoke
he produced from his pocket-book a
bundle of letters, bearing the same superscription.
The Postmaster immediately handed
him the, letter, and began a string of
elaborate apologies, which his Lordship
did not stay to listen to, but walked
back to the Golden Lion, leaving the
■^oali^rved some tTio-usaiicf years ""Before*3
tlie Sfoali yem refer tQ./wlio "built tlie
ark. I had a good deal to do with the-
construction of the ark, and furnished
some very useful hints in regard to the
admission of ah* and light and so forth.
He was a very resj-ectable man, Noah,
with a decent family,but, unfortunately,
he got into very dissipated habits in his
oMage, and, in spite of all I could say
to him, he indulged in wine to a very
hurtful excess. Julius Csesar was a very
clever man, with a bald forehead; but I
was more intimate with Alexander the
Great, of Macedonia, as I was long in
the military profession myself. I one
time commanded three battalions^ of
men about three-quarters of an inch
tall. No; they were not Lilliputians. I
knew Capt. Gulliver very well. And
they were smart enough little fellows;
but my men were excellent marksmen—
they always aimed at the eyes and never
missed.   I'll tell you, Mr. , the most
extraordinary thing you ever heard,
which beats railroads. I was once
transported from the farthest shores of
India to the center of Africa in three
minutes! By what means?" he repeated, in reply to a question respecting
his method of transit—"By a bomb!"
In reply to my remark on the danger of
being wafted so rapidly over vast
oceans, he continued: " Yes, it was attended with considerable danger. I
once came down souse into the ocean;
but fortunately I hailed a vessel, which
came to my relief, and I pursued my
journey to the wilds of Africa with the
loss of only two minutes." Sometimes,
however, the poor gentleman would
seem doubtful of his own veracity, or
■ijeyecL directions
*|&y:-_re-'r-ettttmg-
se the othel' day.
mil, but his knowl-
I fearfully limited.
ier,tpld him to go
jnggy. The man
(Farmer, not long
fto the vehicle to
the strength of liis memory, and remark : "My memory is not so good as
it was, and my health, for the last 100
years, has rather failed me, which
makes my head a little confused." And
thus he moves about in his waking
dream, wearing out his existence between his pipe and at a game of billiards, diversified, occasionally, by n
short excursion in the neighborhood, in
charge of an attendant.	
Facts for Kerosene Burners.
Every lamp filled with the fluid is liable to explode after burning several
hours. But no explosion will ever happen when the lamp is full. The danger
comes from the constant generation of
an invisible vapor in the confined space*
above the oil. The vapor, which is inflammable, is caused by the heat of the
burner communicated to the oil; but it
will not explode unless exposed to flame.
He  "«Tei
The Iris1-|-ma*n -who*
to "trim thTSfSH^I,
down" all the trees, has^found a kindred
spirit as thorough as hitmself.   The Yal-
lejo (Cal.) Chronicle s«iys:
J. W. Earmer hirec"! an old, sailor to
work around his plai
The man is a -willing s<
edge of farm matters i
This morning Mr. Eanj
out and grease the
went, and when Mr.
after, stepped to get i:
come to town, he drew fihis hands back in
wonder to find them gffeased. Examination showed that the "-iaole buggy, from
top to bottom, running*gear, body, shafts '
and all, were covered with a slick coating of -grease; everything was greased'
except the axles. The man had also
greased a carriage in the same careful
and thorough manner, even to its whole
top, and stood by adiiiring his handiwork with all the satisfaction of a person who thinks he las done a job exceedingly well.
Mr. Earmer got int<- the carriage and
sadly drove to towx. When he got
there it was probabl,*" one of the most
horrible-looking sighs in the shape of a
vehicle ever seen. The road was, of
course, dusty, and thedust had gathered
to somewhere near tl3 depth of an inch
on every square irjh of its surface.
The carriage lookedas if it had been
built dusty, and thendriven across the
plains, and on a tri> .through the Yo-
semite, and had tippel over numberless
times on the ioute. t is now at Henderson's beizig cleaisd. We have not
learned whether thenian's wages have
been raised or not.
things biblical and spiritual, completely
^nonplusing the reporter.    She was accompanied by two colored men.   They
talked-in.an enthusiastic manner about
her.   ?She said hi h er. conversation' that
she believed in two kinds of baptism.
She spoke of the different modes of salvation; how to reach paradise; how to
be converted from asbatTman to a good
one,   etc.    Her sayings   were   entirely
original, and were not spoken in a hesi- \ kufwf&a ahd.
tating voice, but in a quick, keen and j sti-^ett'3
|forcibl& manner.   As young.as she is/a■}     -*—-■**■■
negress, without education in the "prin-- j
eiples she sets forth, her power partakes j
strongly of the inarvelrus.—Loidsville \
GQicriei'-Jmmictl..,'-;.       ..:...
~Zttl   J)P-B   $-ri:.'i     .   .? -*
How a Million lien Died.
.writer
from
^h75hl.g_*eration 'Iferongb
autlioj* singles out, an xpnigiiiifGiu.
generation of 1,000,00Q,-and _nds
tlieaaxxxQf^^jj^o^e-iova.-t'h die before
they reach 5 years of "age." During
the next five years the deaths number
less than one-seventh of. those in the
first" quinquennium. Erom 10 to 15,
the average mortality is lower than at
him.   His sufferings were extreme,
eyes were fairly burning up.   No one i
ever heard before of putting tar on a
man's face and in his eyes. Eor six
hours two men worked faithfully neutralizing the tar and removing it from
his body. We saw him this morning.
His eyes were terribly, inflamed. It is
doubtful, if he ever recovers his sight.
It -is..feared the eye-balls have been
blistered and forever de-
*?■}*■■
mark.that the ladies   deck their hats
T-r!*"o 1 with'flowers in memory of the men who
| have been killed by milliners' bills.-"
" Spell love," said a young man to
his girl one night. ' " Y-o-u," she timidly
essayed.   The -courtship   had  been a
protracted one,-'but they are married-
now.
The paragraphists have   discovered,
the best method of heating a street-car.
" Garry a woman half a block-further
'A-
It will" be hot-
than she wants to
enough." .
"A coBEESBO"N*DEXT wants to know whfft
lying in state means. Ah! yes; weT,
there are two lands,:   One is when a
ii*$Ki*p the Consumptive.        j
ohdent of Les Mondes calls j
attenfJftn'to   the fact  that  butchers,   ««-«> .»■•-  ";■- — T+-IL, ^wMc. wi^t* o
i though they may be pale and thin whenJ g«at. man dies, and the othei is when a
'I they enter on thebusiness,quickly gain   g*ea**man-^i ' " '; ,,
'■ freshness of color, stoutness, and a gen-      "Deabest," hemnrmured, ecstatically :
■        1# n .     , erally comfortable look.   It is a pure ' as he folded her jn his arms" for the first ,>
m"' an^-Enghsh magazine . fi(jJ   of <JolIIB   timt t]iey pilt aside the' time, "let me sample the nectar Moiiy *-.
birth to deatii the, .march j h   fc      (iioni< 0* the meat for themselves, l lips."   "[Take a, "whole schooner of jfj,  . f
.^-l.1o
-thei*-** '■
itly-wMspered-; ilit%sSl:ont^
•**.■■■■
^".ilafcion,*ffi5p
of nutritive*"juices of the meal* vola"£!T- ,
ized in tlie air—a "kind of nutrition by j
effusion. If this be really a fact, it i's J
argued that young people, suffering |
from deficient or impure blood, and;
especially children of a weak or lyni-
HaiTy-
any other period.   Erom 15 to 20, the ! ^tic constitution, might be subjected j
number of deaths increases again.
"Uassachisetts and South Carolina.
Gov. lampton, of South Carolina, in
a letterto Gov. Eice, of Massachusetts,
regardng the refusd of the latter to
surrenler Hiram H. Xenrpton for trial
in So-tfh. Carolina, sars:   "I regret that
the Oief Executive Df the great State
of Mijsachusetts shoild have committed 4 flagrant a volation of the su-
prem laws of the laid—a violation ir-
repajble in its natuis, as the State suf-
f eri^ thereby has nc possible redress.
Hac£"OU confined yourself to giving a
simle refusal to sunender the fugitive
I iould make no further comments
i**bi your letter, as the disregard by
t& executive authorty of one State of
•e rights of  anotler State concerns
lie whole people of *he United States;
have
-   , „      W-t, inasmuch as yot have seen fit to
The metal attachments on lamps often ^se your actiori orL fce ground that, in
-KQ™-n_ -fWt-o- rlAOTAfis  warmer than t*he\ ^ jllc"lgmentj theobject in procuring
become forty degrees warmer than the
oil, which is itself sometimes as high as
200 degrees. Hence, kerosene, to be
entirely safe, should be near 150 degrees proof.
In the United States alone, last year^ _w_
over 100 deaths per week were reportedg.OTern"or Qf g0lltl   Carolina, to" add
from accidents by kerosene. 'hat your statement is entirely nnwar-
A simple test is to place a^table^^ and to ^ the unworthy im-
spoonful of the oil in a saucer andapplpiltati0n, as I do, with indignant scorn."
a lighted match; if the oil ignites it 1
increases again, especially among women. At this period,
the influence of dangerous occupations
begins to be seen in the death-rate.
Enlly eight times as many men as
women die violent deaths. The number of such deaths continues to] rise
from 20 to 25, and keeps high for at
least twenty years. Consumption is
prevalent and fatal from 20 to 4x>r and is
responsible for half the deaths. Erom
85 to 45 the effects of wear and tear begin to appear, and many persons succumb to diseases of the important internal organs. By 55 the imagined
1,000,000 has dwindled down to less
or 421,115. After this
increases more rapidly,
At 75 there remain 161,124, and at 85.
38,565. Only 202 reach the age of 100.
At 53 the number of men and women
surviving is about equal, but from 55
onward the women exceed the men.
with advantage to hygienic treatment
j based upon it.   A well-known Erench i
! physician commends the idea, and offers ;
: the following plan for the treatment of ■
| consumptive persons, in place of send-;
J ing them off'to distant places with re- \
putedly mild climates.    In a well-ven-1
! tilated, sun-lit and sheltered room, with ■
j southern exposure, he would, by means :
i of a Mousseron brazier, the high, moist i
heat of which is salutary and favorable
to respiration, form for the patient an \
artificial climate, like that of Nice or
than one-half,
the death-rate
t<& Ti
tamma-"Why?" .Harry-^-''Papa"always threatens to vip me, but he' never
does."
An American traveler in Galway saw
a pig in1 a peasant's house, and he said:
"Why do you have a, pig in there?"
"Shure," said he of Galway, "the house
has all the convaynances7that I ray son-
able pig requoires."—London Times.'
"Ink can be preserved from mold by
putting a clove in the bottle." When
Mrs. Spriggins, wife of Spriggins of the
Morning Awakener, read the above,
she cried excitedly, "There! now a know
what Mr. S. always carries cloves in his
vest pocket for."
Great men are said to become so by
aiming high and wasting no time' on
Elorida, having all the advantages, with- \ small things, but, although a man may
out the inconveniences, of the real cli- ; be way up in the hay-loft of fame, there
 §5.434,857
   (;,1!)1.!107
,  7,305,283
yield for 1878
The total pro
■je indictment agaijst Patterson, Par-
*r and Kempton dees not appear to be
jr the purpose of toying Kempton for
jie crime charged against him, but for
different purpos', it is my duty,
as
unsafe; never use it.   If  it does n
take fire it is not necessarily safe, I
cause the temperature of the oil in oj**
air is not so great as that in a bunff
lamp.
Keep the metallic parts of lamps 00-
and the air passages open. After a^P
has been burning three or four h| at
one time, never relight again tilBed-
Tn extinguishing the light, ti the
wick down quite low and alio/ few
seconds to  intervene   before ,*wing
out the flickering flame, or, h@ st£U-
j do not blow it out, but let it ^er out.
I —Prairie Farmer. /
The Chronicle of a Turtle.
We were shown to-day, by Mr. Andrew H. Eemingtor. a turtle-shell bearing the following inscription: "C. E.
1800." The turtle was found the 4th
day of August ujpn the Eemington
farm; is of the woo'J-turtle species, and
when found had bean dead but a short
time, as the body *\tfis in the shell and
but slightly decomposed. The inscription was evidently made by Mr. Caleb
Eemington (father sof Andrew), who at
that time was 16 years of age. The
carving of the lettejs correspond exactly
The -Sold and Silver of Colorado.
Colorado ranks third among the gold
and silver producing States of our
Union. In her mountains is hidden a
world of mineral wealth. In fact, mining stands first in the resources of the
State. The yield of gold and silver
froni Colorado for the past six years is
as follows:
lvS7*J §3,766.00011875.
1873 '4.070,000 li>75.
1W4  5,302,(I00|1S77.
It is thought that the
will exceed $10,000,000.
duction from the Colorado mines up to
the 1st of last January amounts to the
magnificent sum of $72,000,000. New
mines are discovered and opened and
new mining works built every year. In
fact, the seemingly inexhaustible min
eral deposits of the State have but just
begun to be developed. We visited the
Boston and Colorado smelting works at
Black Hawk, under the management of
Prof. N. P. Hill, the largest on this continent, and probably the largest in the
world. Over 20,000 tons of ore are
treated each year in this establishment,
and the yearly production of gold and
silver is over $2,500,000 (coin value).
The hills and mountains around Black
Hawk are mined and tunneled and
blasted until they are literally honeycombed. As you walk the streets of
the town hundreds of miners are at
work far beneath you, tearing the precious ore from the rocks.—Cor. Troy
Tvnes.
Native Philosophy.
" Your professor has given you some
elementary instructions as to bodies?"
"Yes, sh*."
"Very well. What is a transparent
body?"
(Silence that would reflect no discredit upon a Trappist or a deaf mute.)
"Well, what is-a transparent body?
Don't you know?"
"Of course I do; I recollect the
words in the book. A transparent—
body—is—is—"
" It's a body through which you can
see light. Now give me an example of
a transparent body?"
"A lock."
"A lock?"
"Yes, sir; you can see light through
the key-hole."
mate. To aid the antiseptic action of
the warm, moist air, rich in vapors,
charged with dissolved carbonic acid,
he would place in one or more corners
of the room an open bottle of water
saturated with sulphurous acid. By
this arrangement he thinks the prog-
I ress of the tuburculation would be ar-
| rested.
\ The "Mexican Border.
j A recent telegram from San Antonio,
j Texas, says: "The transfer of 12,000
i Mexican troops to the Bio Grande
i border is certain. Gen. Orel thinks
j the move one of policy on the
! part of Diaz to strengthen himself in the
estimation of the Mexican people, as
Trevino, the chief eommaneler of the
Mexican forces on the Eio Grande border, aspires to the Presidency. Ornellas,
the Mexican Consul here, says the object
is to settle Indian affairs in Northern
Mexico. He states that internal matters are being quieted, and that there is
no other office for the troops. All accounts, however, show general turbulence throughout the country, which in-
eluces the belief that Gen. Ord is cor- j
rect, and that Ornellas only talks to mis-1
lead conclusions as to the object of
sending these forces to their present
elestination,' as the Mexican troops at
present along the Eio Grande are not
properly fed, anel have to be guarded to
prevent their desertion. People here
anel the military think some consequences will ensue when the larger
force arrives, and anticipate great
trouble. The few hundred Mexican
soldiers at Saragossa, Newton, and other
j)laces, are furnished beef half from
Texas, anel it is also thought this greatly-
increaseel force Avill depenelupon the
same source for its meat."
The First White Man on American Soil.
A writer in the Jewish Messenger
cites Alexaneler von Humboldt's " Cosmos" as an authority for a claim that a
Jew was the first white man who set
oot on American soil.
The Jew, however, had been baptized.
In a note in volume 11, chapter vi.,
Humboldt relates that, on his first expedition, Columbus, when approaching
the island of Cuba, believed himself to
be between two Chinese ports. Desiring to hand the letters which he possessed from the European monarehs to
the "great Chan of the Moguls" in
China, and then return to Spain, he
" sends a baptized Jew, Louis de Torres
by name, to the shore, because he understands the Hebrew, the Chaldac, and
some Arabic, those languages being
used in all the mercantile places of
Asia."
are times, generally just before a rain,
when he tenelerly remembers the first
little corn he ever had.—Breakfast Table.
The time will come when you won't
have to leave your seat at the theater
between acts to go out and " see a man."
Edison is experimenting on waves of
light sent through the telephone, and
says that "before a year I will make you
see a man 1,000 miles away."—Cincinnati Saturday NigM.
A Strange History of "Saviors."
A new book gives the history, so far
as it is known, of sixteen "Saviors" who
flourisheel from three to seventeen
centuries before the Christian era, and
all of whom, it is said, were crucified.
They were Chrislma, Hindoo, date unknown; Sakia, Hindoo, B. C. 60Q;
Thammuz, B. C. 800; Wittoba, of
Tehngonese, B. C. 552; Iao, of Nepaul,
B. C. 622: Hesus, of Celtic Druids, B. C.
834; Quexalcot, of Mexico, B. C. 327;
Qtiirinus, of Eome, B. C. 406; Prometheus, B. C. 547; Thulis, of Egypt, B. C.
1700; Indra, of Thibet, B. G. 725; Al-
cestos, of Euripides, B. C. 600; Atys, of
Phrygia, B. C. 600; Crite, of Chaldea,
B. C. 1200; Bali, of Orissa, B. C. 725;
Mithra, of Persia, B. C. 1200.
Poor Caiiotta.
Maximilian's widow continues to reside at Tervueren, near Brussels. Her
first hallucination was that an attempt
had been made to poison her in Mexico,
and that this design was still directed
against her, and she refused all food
which her sister-in-law, the Queen of
the Belgians, had not tasted. None
now see her without the Queen's permission, as a strange face produces seri- '
ous excitement. Sometimes she puts
on a splendid dress, her rooms are brill
iantly lighted, and she imagines herself
receiving guests, whom she addresses in
various languages. She.has forgotten
her accomplishments in the way of music and painting. Her brother and sister-in-law, the King and Queen, have all
along treated her with the tenderest solicitude. 	
A little boy whose father was a rather
immoderate drinker of the moderate
kind one day sprained his wrist, and his
mother utilized the whisky in her husband's bottle to bathe the little fellow's
wrist. After a while the pain began to
abate, and the child surprised his mother
by exclaiming, "Ma, has pa got a sprained
throat?"	
North Carolina claims the greatest
vegetable0 curiosity—an aj>ple growing
on a grape vine.
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