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SHIS* SMiEaiaiHg BEES A® A^OKE.'S.
.*:.'■: BHP0ETED BY TBTOHFBI. TAHSS.      .   "    ".
Wc^zis, T*?altz in, yelittle Mds, and gather round
* ' ssxj knee, ■ * ._.«-.
And drop them hoots and firstTpot-hooks, and hear
a yarn from me.
S Mnaijfcalrag a fairy tale of Jinny's fierce aid wild,
For" I hold it is unchristian to deceive a simple
'child;
But, as from school yer driftin'- "by, I ihowt ybti'd
-like ta hear
Of a " Spellin' Bee" at Angel's that .-we organize^
- last year. . i: .:      .;• ji
Itwarn'tmadeup of gentle kids—of pretty JHdg,—
like you.
Sot gents pp. hed their reg'lar growth, and"somp
".enough for two. '    ." r.   •'
"IgiereTvOzIia—y Jim of Sutter's For!*, and Bilson
* *    ofliagrange, .      ".        .
And ""** Pistol Bob," who wore, that day, a ini      y
way of change.    -        - ,    .    t       »  v
You start, you little Mds; you tniitlr these are no!
pretty names, '   '
But eaeH, had s injai hehin^ it, aad-nmy name is
' tEruthful James.
Thar was" Poker Die!*: feom Whisty Hat, and Smith
of Shooter's Bend, . _
And Brown of Calaveras—which I want no betted
friend. **"
"Si-refe-fingered Jack—yes,-pretty dears—three fln-
'" 'gers—y<w have five.
<01app cut off two—it's sing'lar, too, that Clapp
ain't now alive.. . .
Twas very wrong, indeed, my dears, and Clapp was
much to blame; .  , ,       ^
lifeewise was Jack, in after years, fin* shootin' of
that same. <?"   r
53ie*nigtts was tinder lengthenin' out, the rains
had jest begun,
"When all thf camp, came up to Pete's to have their
usual fun;
But iwejansot kinder sad like around the-rbsivroom
■■*-' uetbve    "   ■"■      - --*--■.
Till Smith got up, permisHss-like-j-and this re-
•marShehove:
"Thar's anew game down in IWsco, that, ezfar ezj
-■:,? :kinsee, •• : . -"    ,■  r
*Beafe euchre, poker and van-toon, they caBslM.
'Spellin'Bee.'"
•£."* *■*=-*.*■*'"•■' : .   --ii'
• Them. Brown of Calaveras simply hitched his .chair
andspak'er     ' .
'Poker is good, enough for me," and Lanky Jim
sez, "Shake!"
.    AndtBob allowed he warh't proud, but he "must
say right thar
Xhat;t*haman who tackled euchrehed his educatfoif
'■a gtfuar."      .    *-
32iis brought up 1-enny Fairchild, the school-master, who said *
He knew the game, and he would give instructions
„ oarthat head..             -
"For instance, take some simple word," sez he,
" like'separate,T
Now who: can spell it?'" Dog my - skin ef thar was
" one in eight.
This set the boys all wild at once.   The chairs was
put in row,
And at the head was I«nky Jim, and at the foot
was Joe; * '7 •
And high upon the bar itself the school-master was-
raised    .. - ■ , ;   -.  ,    ****
And the bar-keep"put his- glasses- down, and sat
and silent gazed.
* ■ .'-•.".'?- .   - -      ?      .
■The"first word out was "parallel," and seven let it
op.
0301 Joa.^altzed in his double " 1" betwixt the " a"
and " e;"
*For, since he drilled them Mexicans in San Jacinto's
"fight,
liar warn't no prouder man got up than Pistol Joe
-thatnight— •.    ..    .
Till "rhythm" came.   He tried to smile, then said,.
" they had him there,"
And lanky Jim,. With' one long stride, goi-up and
took*fc»chair. -.•■•'•■ . ■* -
O Tittle Mds i my pretty Mds, 'twas touchin' to sur
vey •
These bearded men, with weppings on, like schoolboys at their play.
They'd laugh with glee, and shout to seo each other
lead the -van,. '
And Bob sat up as monitor, with a cue for a rattan,
Till the Chair gave out "incinerate," amd Brown *
said he'd be durned   * o    - ,
If any such blamed word as that in school was ever'
learned.
When ^frthisjis" came they all sprung up, and
vowed the man who rung
Another* blamed Greek word on them be taken out
and hung.
As they sat down again I saw in Bilson's eye a
- ■ flash,
And Brown of Calaveras was a-iwisttn' his mustache,
And when at last Brown slipped on " gneiss" and
Bilson took his chair; -    -       ''-■'■     " *'
He dropped some casual words about some folks
who dyed their hair.
And then the Chair grew very wMte, and the Chair
c said he'd adjourn,
But Poker Dick remarked thatAe would wait and
get his turn; ■ •""'*'
Then with a trembiin' voice and hand, and with a
"    wanderin' eye.
The Chair next offered^i^der=du(
tow the fij
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kbsoriptionr $1.60 per Annum,, .    CLABE, MICHIGAN, *J ? iY,"NOVEMBER 831878.
Single Oopes i Five Gents,
"Maudejbiaclalready been-with us a,week,*
what with '* the -noisy* •dlatter of' -oiit
friends, the croquet tourneys, the lawn
dances, and the other pleasant ways in
which our evenings were spent, we had-
hithertorhjad: no, opportunity*, of indulging in tfibs^ nrtiktal confidences so dear
to women who are in the blissful state
known as "engaged.-*   Tliere was a particularly tender bond of sympathy between us, inasmuch as Iwasm bi-weekly
correspondence with her brother John,
to whom I signed myself, " yarns, jiEec-r,
tioDately,-** whilst ''her* "Setroffieip. wal1
Harry Somers, who had been a "visitor
to our house from his childhood.   Ere
they drove away in the afternoon the
other girls twitted us rather severely
for not joining them, and it seemed a
general opinion that Maude's headache
was noting* pfiojpf thaif a Sham-   But
the gentlemen said little"; in my opinion
their hearts would have been gladdened
had all the party abstained from attending the picnic, their inclinations tending*
toward the wheat stubble in "Five-acre
field" and the -adjacent turnip patch,
where-a fine-e*5vey■ had sox%ht shelter
the night  before*   But,  as  the  girls
were resolred upon going, the males, of
course, were obliged to act as escort.
By-and-by papa was induced to  join
them, and thus it wras Maude and I were
left alone.
Bo engrossing was the subject of our
his arms when freeing himself from the
bushes.
"Oh, sis," exclaimed Maude, "it is a
man. "Let us give him all our jewelry,
or mayiiap we may be murdered ere any
of our people may cone back."
"Maude," I cried, "for Heaven's sake
endeavor to retain your senses. You
yesterday remarked the double-barreled
gun which hangs over the mantelpiece
in the kitchen, and asked me* if it were"
loaded, "Do you think you could fetch
it to me while I keep watch here?"
She nodded; I knew her fright prevented her speaking. Clasping her hand
tiglitly within my own, and then releasing it, I said:
"Bring it to me, then; the gunispeiv
fectly safe so long as you do not touch
the trigger.
"While Maude was gone it seemed to
me as though the figure drew closer; it
was careful to remain within the shadow
of.ihe tree, but it'stmck-me as exceed-^
ingly strange that, although tlie white-
sleeved arms were continually raised, as
though their owner had just awakened
from a; sound sleep, I could not see the
creature's head.
In a very short time I heard Maude's
approaching footsteps. As she pla'ced
the gun in my hand I felt that her fingers
were cold and trembling.
At that moment the mysterious being
drew a few paces nearer, and seemed to
PEBUDSLIOK     «
J-OTBKCE.
.1
jio "Next Seven
-jajidBeatli. _«n
,-aithj
"astrological
..jag one of the
7 -earth's his-
iment of the
'"j *5$f "the four
„• system—Ju-
id 1*Neptune—
. :J But this "is
u) language of
- A the. history
'.c\ that. ever af-
' J Ihe l1.-perihelia
o will'. soon be
.:o3B."   The the-
cr jnore-*t>f the
to' the'siin, the
l^ion qf our at-
TcemSlea *rsi-iis4
-., resulting in the
.  and  pestilences
•ud domestic ani-
- :Tecte.d^ mELgs^©!*
1. j>ing id ih6w "ihkt*-
".rays been marked
conversation that we were surprised I have a limping gait, whether from na£-
when the housemaid brought in the tea, ural infirinity. or drunkenness I--Coul'cL
and, dropping a courtesy, asked if Sarah,   not tell.
the cook, might go with her down to the Flinging open the windOW) and rais-
villfg^,,until 10 o'clock,- to tak^in-the-"|.ing the gun, I cried at the top of my
festfviti'es with which'Farmer „sheombe j voice, "Who's  there?   Answer, or I'll
J-fire!".
j    ■_: few seconds elapsed, but no-'response came to my inquiry.
i    "Who. aye yon* ?" I.again shCuted.
{    My fingers closed upon the trigger,
J then came a flash of light and a loud
i report—the -intruder* upon the lawn
j staggered and fell.
Simultaneously   poor   Maude   sank
fainting on the Carpet. .   ■■'v
j Not daring to move from the room, I
j rested the, gun against the table, and,
| raising Maude's head in my hscnds3 eh-
! deavoredto restore her to consciousness,
j What seemed tq me.hotirs,  but what
was celebrating his harvest home. It
then occurred to any ;-m|3iory that the
servants had asked me for this holiday
a fortnight previously, and that I had
given a half acquiescent response. In
the hurry of my domestic duties, and
the excitement occasioned by a house
full of eafiipahy, C^haoV however, forgotten the circumstance until now.
"Where is Ben?" I inquired, referring
to one of the carters who inhabited a
snug little cottage on the farm, and was
"consequently required to place himself
at our serviceTsvhen wanted.
The: demesne dropped^aitothei*
tesy, and announced that the individual
G£*ur-
t*6eg_t
„p,vpr too-*"**-/*01 -B^011 dropped.andIMcihe,
m^*T1"'one- -'.:"*"*,
oe-j-iin gents arose and said " they'd business
™m >wn in camp,"- ,
, *&z the road was rather dark, and ez the-night
■an'* was damp,
Ay>d»_Iiere got up  Three-Kngered Jack,  and
locked the door and yelled:
"No, not one mother's son goes out till that thar
ft   wordissp611edl1" '    *.    ■' .'        7j   ? -
But, „e tlie words were on his Hpsphe groaned
and sank in pain, _„..,..
And^Snlrtafli Webster on his chest and Worcester
on his brain.     ......
Below the bar dodged Poker Dick, arid triedto look
-ezhe*    * ""  7**7 -   t.~Z
Was huntin' up authorities thet no one felse/CQtud
see;
And Brown got down behind the stove, allowin' he
'• was cold,"
Till it upsot, and down his legs the cinders freely
rolled;
And'fifVEi^t gents osUed '£praer!"*"tin,,in!'Bis s|m-"
•-'jple way,        -*      '* • '* '"• *''
Poor Smith began with "O" " R"—" or"— and he
was draggeda-way. - - -  -  -.-. K_* ^ •»■«•
,    ;i   t'rf ■/j     v'       -■  -    »     <r    - *:  - -
O, little kids, my pretty kids, down on your knees
and pray I
You've got your eddication in a peaceful sort of
Andfb^Siiu'wa.'lOSa-S.ariay.be. sharpsos-SsMga
their spellin' square,
But likewise^ slings .their bowie-knives without?a.
thauglitor care-4- ;f-     *   .■, "^ .'
Ton w*i&" id kifow the'rest, my dears?  Thet's alll
In me you see
The only gent that lived to tell about thet Spellin'
Bee I
He deased and passed, that truthful man; the children went their way ...
With downcast hfeads and downcast-hearts—^butriot
to sport orplay*.
For when at eve the lamps were lit, and supperless
to bed
Each child was sent, with tasks undone and lessons
all unsaid,     •   - ,, ■ •
*No man might know the awful woe that thrilled
their youthful frames,
As they dreamed of Angel's Spelling Bee and thought
of Truthful James.
—Bi'ei JBarte, in XToverriber Scribiier,
alluded to had gone to Wells with a load
of barley, and would not be back until
•late.
:   "And the boy Smith?"
"Please, 'm, master told lu'm a might
go when a 'ad' fed the poultry and
fastened 'em up for the night, and a 'as
been gone thisquaeterjof an hour."
"I hope heniafcte4u*i?e "Hie' forlcfeys and
^^^^^^°m-..ft;.<?ajefttl lad is
Smith, and he's, got 'em ;aB iight 'enow.
I'll be boun'," responded -i&e-maid.
I"hesila*fced a moment -as M w&ether" it
was altogether safe to be thus left, but
as I had given a half promise to the
girls, and I knew it would be a sad disappointment to them not to go, I dis-
tuissed my apprehensions, and told them
really could not have been more than
twenty minutes, passed, and then came
the sound of vehicles driven rapidly up
the lane. I heard my father clamoring
for admittance, and, hurrying to the door,
fell almost swooning into his arms.
As coherently as I could I told him
of our adventure, and that the body oi
a man lay beneath the laurel bushes; so,
;_s^?m"*^^^
voice ~ funded through the
" I've got" him; but he's more frightened
than hurt.   Why, girls, it's   a  repre- .
isentaiive of yourselves"!    It's nothing
but a goose J" . • •        •
Neither was it. That boy Smith, who
was so much to be depended on, had for
once proved himself unworthy of his
trust, and this poor bird, in its futile
What May *ESJ"§7 -\if"*>
Teai'S—APei'fc.      •■■ ;
[From tin ;
If there is a*B * '•:■
criology," we, are'    »•
most p'estneBtiai   ■   >
tory.   Since the      ■>
Christian efa,->il';v.j^",
great planets of,  i   .'
piter, Uranus, ,'      ?■
have not been.- 6r **■>• ■
about to occul^i*/}* *
Dr. Knapp, whcs
of the greatest! inflicted tiie humta ■-l
of   these planet*;,
"lively times for.th .■
ory is'-that wlw.?/
large planets is nr
temperatui-e anfi
mosphereareso -"li
iiqltriotis -vicissihic
prolonged drougBfT.
destruction of   w
among human ben,
mals.
©■^5 jEnapp has?
s"5a£istieal da?a, al
perihelion data hav-
by unusual mortaliJ^ smd that access
and death have mv^Juily "corresponded
with the jilanets : . perihelion at the
same time. The re* lution ; Off Jupiter
round the sun is acjj 'Qplished in a lit-
i tie less than twelve; ars, of Satta*n in
a little- less than **/ irfcy years, and of
"Neptune in about %'"j years. If it be
true, therefore, tli<: the perihelia of
these planets oeeasil^- atmpsp^ric^ conditions unfavorable" "■ -life^ pestilential
periods should occ^x ,once -in ,% dozen
years, and aggravate "■ rand''\^ide5-spr*eJad-
epidemics at longer -iiitervals. In tracing the history of -ex'iiemies*" for* *intoi?e-
than 2,000 years, Dit Knapp finds the
facts in all cases to.Vfildate- the; rtheory-.
Thus, in the sixth, nyt again in the sixteenth centimes, thre'e pf {"hese planets
were coincident in \h3 ilrrfioii, and those
^were the most pestijt i7" " "
Christian era.
But soon we are to]LaVe, for-the.first,
time in* 2,000 years/sill foiuvof the^'
planets against us.   T^ey, "willbe attheir,
nearest approach to tf*o sun :"fn/ot'soon*-
after, 1880, so that »V-v a few years, say
from 1880 to .1885, _.«• yLtali^hi'evety
living thing will be \ix.b to a severe and
trying ordeal.  Sora!\ persons thinkthey
see, in the sign's pf il? J-i~-r -~u«^~""
of the groat disaster."
future.   The excess"
ampled cold, tli<"" nvc
disasters. H* fieK,'i'hr
the potulo iri'Oi**, "fr*
"STVPI*-. _J7-"i~sc-
European lbraiilna*f'^il)e^i^ easily-in<-
fluenced by the new intoxicant; for a
shovelful of coarse sug^r in a bucket of
water is sufficient to fuddle a whole
tribe of Australian aborigines.
Hums] evidences
ill* immediate
i^. ■     $a$M<bh:Mte§.s «.
Muffs are of medium size.
Sleeves are tighter than ever.
Ilepped fabrics are in high favor.
Black dresses are as popular as ever.
Only light furs*, are-used for evening
wear.        v' "'6'**  ' ' *   ** *'
Watered silk—moire—is very fashion-
•able.
Medium-sized bonnets are not fashionable.
Gold bmcaded cap^Mbbpns" are mq**<#
worn
All dresses of woolen materials are cut
short.
All the n.e*w„hpnnets.,are(v,ei**y-small or
very large.",-"16''
It is fashionable at the moment not to
be fashionable.
: Stockings are in more bizarre styles
"than:ever before, l^*"!*]" .-'.'•*•* *;"7 ii-.'
The _ori"(lon fall styles for women are
very masculine.
flashes at the elbow and at the top
"are seen on manv Parisiar^ress^leeves.
long, but very short jackets are also
■■worn.
The clan tartan v -and Scptch plaid
short'eqs_inies?are'* the f&fiby^of-- the
passing moment.
Dresses, to be fashionable, must be
very short in front, even when trained
in,the back.*;.   $.•■<• = ^ -wrt^ *.- 7   ..„%!?;»
Striped Pelans'and sMpe^dmoires are
hi demand for parts of dressy composite
ft costumes.
The talma is a newjnantle which ds.
.simply a revival oF«^W"%le, "wiMie
"difference of a tight back.
The newest buttons are* bullet-shaped.
They aro of colored pearl, jet? brass,
st^^_iPShot,jaui*'lin& porcelain';": • >-*■
The beef-eater hat may be worn with
,+• i +*~«o ** 4*,~ tiie hriin turned either up or down, and
jtiidhmesof.jhe^^ (lmm ifc is ail excefient shade for
theeyef*. ^^i;„^«C? ni*s;V . .'' '*:-.'
: Silk or spun silk stockings to match
costumes aro to be worn with black kid
Jlow shoes, with a strap across the instep
*New
feeymighrilffjthf |ea,things ajid be   endeavors,to seek its companions, had,.
■ off at once. > ^ om, nej.votlS fancy, become magnified
Noticing that after a time Maude became less conversational, I inquired the
reason, but, receiving-naught but evasive
answers, I questioned her more closely.
"You are not afraid, are you, dear?"
"I shall be only confessing the truth
to the proportions of a housebreaking
J desperado; its outstretched wings in the
shadow, to which it so persistently kept,"
helping to   carry out the delusion we
j had entertained.     Of course we were
1 pretty considerably rallied  about   the
to remain in the house alone.
"What the Ancients Ate.
whenSsteffiyd-ffilSat'Iw^^ry sfec^.fefi|%iatter, bili-wei never after volunteered
vhear you give your consent to the servants leaving us. Suppose any person
has been watching the house, and was
to seize the pn||Quiuty of--committing
a robbery?"
_ "My dear Maude," I responded, "noth-
ifiig of the sort ever happens in these
parts,.} JAjh}g, as we do^some7distancec
froni' arty'tolvn, we "knoW'all the^persons
"?T:^:
.d as among
"Ulindly-approaching
premoniEioJ®""p£'^ti
perihelion.
• Well, " to be forewarned is to be fore-
armed-."r Aecidents e-xeepted, we know
very well that the persons of more" 'vigorous constitutions and more hygienic
habits will have the best chance to survive. whatever adverse influences the
extraordinary perihelia will occasion. It
is well known to physicians that, in all
pestilences, plague, typhus, small-pox,
cholera, murrain, etc., the intemperate,
the dissipated, and those whose sanitary
conditions were bad, furnished the victims.
We do not write to alarm anyone, nor
to make a sensation.^ Headers can judge
for themselves what importance to attach
to the subject. Tha; the conjoint perihelion of all the large planets of t"h<**v
solar system, one of which, Jupiter,
DfeflJK HDBBIB.     .    .--,-.;
"What's that you jare saying, dear Hubbie,
To the club you will go down town?
Do listen a moment, I pray you;. . ,
Come, draw up a _._rand Bit down." <•
"What for?" "Well, I'll pretty soon tell you;
Do you know what you said yesterday,.-
About the party to come off at Warren's,
Exactly a:week from to-day?
"Well-, dear Hubbie. in order to go there.
I, of course, must look splendid, you know,
And I want a new dress, and new jewels,'
Andslrppers, as white as the snow.
*    -* ■
" 'Skat's all-hunibug,' you say; please remember,
That I will not be put off that way; •
For.I know very well that you're joking,-
* And joking in this case won't pay.
"Now, Hubbie, don't sit there a-thinking;
T&3U know very well 'tis no use;
Co^ie, darling, write out a check now;,.
Why, just see there, your necktie is loose!     .
"Ten ch.an.ces to one you'd have lost it;
Many thanks—now you are getting smart;     -■
This'check, finds a safe place in my pocket,   .
And you a safe place in my heart."
A TEERIBIE INTEUDEK.
We were alone in the house—Maude
Chaplain and I—and did not altogether
like i ?the! .piosition in which we were
plaCed. ..,;.. '
While rjthe daylight lasted, and there
seemed so much life about the farm, it
seemed very pleasant to have the louse
.to ourselves, to- be able to wander together .through the quaint did rooms and
to talk on the subject very- dear to both
of us, without the dread of being overshadowed by the London female cousins
and the roystering youths who had come
' to spend a month of the shooting beneath our roof. ■• For a time we- reveled
in our comparative solitude, and pitied
the female cousins, the eager sportsmen,
poor •''"papa", "and the rest of thehouse-
hold','"who had been beguiled, into accepting aji7 invitation to Mrs. "Rattletrap's
. picnic'at the Scrubs, a piece of moorland
som'e eight miles distant from our. house.
We were all expected, but my-old schoolfellow} Maude, pleaded headache, and I
was not sorry to have an excuse for
staying'at'home with dar guest. We
had met "but seldom since vre, left the
prim sfchool at Taunton; and, although
resident within a radius of, say, four
miles."
"But l;owc.about*«iramps? ,^r£.th;ey
not dread-fu^dofile^s3?" "" w v ' *c J
"Perhaps, Maude, even they are more
sinned against than sinning. At all
events, tranjps seldom^ilever, come near
us. -^-on-Osee we" 9ie^of^the'lnain^adi
The lane leads to the farm, and nowhere
else."
"But," persuaded^ Maude, ."*fchat fact
would be all tftfe w^rsfe' f"oi*liisM a^iramp
should come here."
' "Beally," I replied, "I shall get quite
angry with you if you pursue the subject
further. To put.an end, however, to all
your-fears, you shall come with me, and
we will bolt the outer doors."
The alacrity with which Maude rose
from her c&air was k5tgb6d.pi'6bf ilfat
the proposed measure was of a welcome
nature; so, proceeding from the drawing-
rbom, we walked to the lawn, and, fastening the gate which opened on to the
lane, we re-entered the house. We then
locked, bolted and barred the back
premises,; say^that all the .windows were
"fastened^ itnd then carit'e **back!*to the
drawing-room.
I must confess that, when we had secured all the approaches |o. our citadel,
I was myself *a gbod deal more at ease
than I had been previously.
Slowly-the autumn sun sank beneath
the range of hills fronting our dwelling,,
tinging'the sky with 'ia!diant hue's which*
varied momentarily. ..     , t ., . . _ ?(S
I could haYe* s"at for hbilrs watching
the numerous hues that swept across the
heavens, &h'nM,.- W-th ■ the* uprising moon5
and gathering twilight, I saw that Maude
was once more becoming nervous.
"Won't-you.closer the shutters?"rin-
quired Maude.
f *N"ot.u*ntess. yoii'-particjilarly wish.it/
. dear," I replied.
"Butldo/'sheranfeweredi ;■     ?
* I was about to shut out the moonlight
view, and make a* desperate'«>e_ort to
ch'ange the conversation, when Maude,
who had, hergeyes-feedjonsthe^law^a^
suddenly »eltitched:i _iy rMm, -and * involuntarily retreated a step, "Sis," she
cried, "what is,„ .tha,t imoying*1 in, the
laurels?" .^*»w6^u     >
I looked, and in a, moment observed
emer^^goM^iej^hl^e-Hf ©% $Bjejfa&{
fels, "but still remaining beneath the
dense shadow of the overhanging tree,
what seemed to be the figure of a man.
He looked in height very short, almost
4warf-like, but .-was. stout of .fefune,/and
appeared dressed in white,, or'was without a coat; what seemed to be his shirt
The diversity of   substances which
we find in the catalogue of articles of
food  is as great as the variety with
iwhich the art or the science of cookery
prepares  them.    The notions of the
ancients on this most important subject
are worthy of remark.   Their taste regarding meat was various.   Beef  they
considered the most substantial food;
hence -it .constituted the chief nourishment of  theii- athletas.    Camels'   and
dromedaries' flesh was much esteemed-,
&eir heels most especially.    Donkey
flesh was in" high repute; Maecenas, according to Pliny, delighted in it; and
the-wild ass, "Brought from Africa, was
compared to venison.   The hog and the
wild boar appear to have been held in
great estimation; and a hog was called
"animal propter convivia natum;" but
the classical portion of  the sow was
somewhat singular^'vulva nil dulcius
ampia."" Their mode of  killing swine
was as refifleTdrin barbarity as in epicurism.     Plutarch  tells  us  that  the
gravid   sow  was actually tramped  to
death, to form a delicious mass fit for
the gods.   At other times, pigs were
slaughtered with red-hot spits, that the
blood might not be lost.   Stuffing a pig
with assafoetida and very smaE animals
was a luxury called "porcus Trojanus;"
alluding, no doubt, to the warriors who
were concealed in  the Trojan horse.
Young bears, dogs and foxes (the latter
more esteemed when fed upon grapes)
were also much admired bytheEomans,
who were also so fond of various birds
that some consular families assumed the
names of  those they most esteemed.
Cattius tells us how to drown fowls in
Palernian wine, to render them more
luscious and tender.   Pheasants were
brought over from OolcHs, and deemed
afconet^te-such; a rarity "that -one of the
Plolemiestbitteriy lamented his never
having tasted any. ^Peacocks were also
very highly esteemed.
anc^a steel>^cMe,5but, m bp^^N
Biris Awards and Decorations,
The awarding of medals to the happy
premium-takers -fcooiih-place i&',1,h~SBSxia.
Exposition as the closing official act in
-- "---"""-rwith that groat show. .The
■*****! interest, and the
the Pli.ee do ia€oncorae"werc^U^'isi-
dent of the rc-public, foreign .Princes,
diplomats, Presidents and Bureaux of
the two Chambers of the Legislature,
Special Ambassadors, Ministers and Prefects of the Heine, Chief of Police,-snd
subordinate Cabinet officers, and surrounding this central attraction were,
first, the .*5,(!00 persons who were to receive prizes and. the 1,000 jurors, and.
outside of these tlie multitude of lookers-on. Alter a parade by soldiers and
an address by the Chief Executive, the
awards wc-ro announced and the lucky
exhibitors decorated. The greatest
feature of all the day followed in admitting to the order of the Legion of
Honor certain leading Americans connected with iheExhibiMqii.- i" These*wefe.
Commissioner "General Bichard &. Mc-
Cormic-k. who is made Commander;
Prof. "P. A. P. Barnard and William W.
*': : BBLIr IiOKCILET, OF TEXAS-
A Career of Crime Unparalleled in American
" *" Criminal Records.
William P. Longley, better known as
BUI Longley, who recently expiated on
the gallows at Giddings, Texas, one of
over a score of murders, was unquestionably the most atrocious criminal in
the countiy. Longley had certainly
killed" eight men, six whites and two
negroes, besides shooting several others
Who survived:" but it is confidently be-
lieyed that at least thirty men died by
his hand,
He began his extraordinary career at
the age of 15, whon he and a companion
amused themselves by mounting on
horseback - and firing at every negro
Whom they encountered. Those were
stormy times even for Texas, when it
w"as emerging from* the civil war, and
civil law was virtually dead in the
greater portion of the State. The im-*
munity which Longley 'enjoyed emboldened him to more daring crimes,
until, before reaching his majority, he
was one of the most dreaded men north
of; the Bio Grande, While yet quite
young he started through the Indian
Nation with a companion, but was attacked by outlaws, his partner killed,
and himself put to flight. When his
horse gave out he shot an Indian and
took.his feom him.. This he repeated
several- times, until the Creeks and
Choctaws gathered and pursued him.
Longley's horse was killed, himself
wounded, and he took to the bush.
Here he was found by a squaw, who
brought him- food and helped conceal
him until the hue and cry was over,
when he got away.
Longley subsequently joined a party
which started for the Black Hills, but
were turned back by the -Government
troops, and he enlisted in the service.
He made an arrangement with the
Quartermaster to swindle the Government, but tlie. two attempted to cheat
each other, quarreled, and Longley
shot the Quartermaster dead, and, then
took to the mountains. He was followed, captured, and sentenced to a
long confinement in prison, but escaped, as he declared, through bribing*
the guard.
While tramping through the woodsin
Arkansas one day he stopped at a cabin,
where he was welcomed by its only oc*-
cupant, a powerful-limbed, heavily-
"ibearded man. While the two were in
conversation the cabin was surrounded
by a vigilance committee, that had come
"V/v^t.   HndiHg iv hnndsOme,
1S
\^^n£^£^£±£^ i |*iC^ ^^-^vXigusie j^s;
K. "Glrard, •Secretary to the Commissioner General; Henry Pettit, engineer
and architect, Commissioner General's
staff; Thomas B. Pickering, Superintendent " of -flie^Machinery "-Section;
r'Lieut. Benjamin H. Buckingham, United
States navy, naval attache; John D.
Philbrick, Superintendent of the Educational Section; D. Maitland. Arm-:
strong, Superintendent of the Pine Arts
Section;    Prof.    Andrew   D.   White,
disturb our atmos^hif e and temperature
veiy considerably, is probable; that this
disturbance must be injurious to health
and life is certain; and that these periods have hitherto \een pestilential is
a matter of record. How much .we shall
suffer'during the nett dozen *or fifteen
years, depends veif much trpon how
nearly we live a life in accordance with
the laws of life.
.A Sad "tomance.
The inquest h'eldto-day on Miss Ella
Bfanbury, who died rom exhaustion consequent   on  long immersjon   in,, the
Thames and shod front the Princess
Alice collision, is tfe closing chapter of
a touching romane.    Miss   Hanbtuy
was an American g**! of 19, only child
of a wealthy New lork merchant.   She
was on a visit hereand went for a run
on thei liver, in coxpany with her engaged husband, M Harrison, a member
of the American br.   When the crash
came, Harrison emraced her and bade
her good-by, sayiq they would meet in
heaven.   She  sax no  more  of "him.
They were parte,,on the instant, and
she found herselfn the water.   Partly
swimming, partlyttpported by a plank,
she floated for fo hours and a half,
and-was then picld rip apparently none
the worse, for S3 was about the "aext
week.   She the^earned, howevei, the
loss of her lover,ind, since then, has
altered and pin« till she   took, two
days ago, to the)ed from which her
body was this -("J?" borne;to thegi-ave.
Miss Hanbury w? a very rich heiress,
and what makesjie fatality still sadder
is that, while thpquest_ was in progress, a telegramnnouncing the death
of her father wianded to the Coroner
— London lettl
sleeyes "being * alone seen as' he raised {served,
"'f    "London Churches.
There, are 85.4 churches in London
and its suburbs.. There is a* daily celebration .of Jihe Holy, Communion in 42
of tn_n*/*ftl*dail^-Service in 243, a full
choral service in- 271 and partly choral
in-240 others, and a surpliced choir in
*M5., Ih 115: churches Gregorian tune's •
are used wholly or partly; in 252 the
seats are free and open*. In 463 churches
the surphce-fs worn in preaching; in 35
Euchai'istic vestments are adopted; in-
Muse is used in 14; in 58 altar lights
are employee!,,and in 41 there are un-
lighted candles on the altar. The east--
ward position is adopted by the celebrant a't'the communion in 179 churches;
123 are open daily for private prayer;
floral decorations are introduced at 238,
and- vnA0 the 'feast ,of dedication is ob-
A 2fe Intoxicant.
The Englishinrnal Iron says: We
are indebted t<Jie race perhaps lowest
in the scale of itelligence for the discovery of a nl* stimulant, which appeal's to eombl the _ properties of all
which the pertted ingenuity of mankind had prepusly invented. It is
smoked and ^wed, or applied, in.*a
plaster behincp ears. According to
the quantity fed, it produces either
pleasant exliiljtion or intense and continuous" exciteiit ; like the cocoa leaves
ofthe South jfericau Indian, it invigorates and j"ps up the strength
through.perid-Pf protracted exertion;
and in'battle supplies, when requisite, the Dn courage infused by
brandy and bpg. Its name is " pitcli-
erine," so tl the jovial Australian
may, with bli slight alteration in one
of our own \od-iellowship phrases,
talk of '^iis-i id anxlf/pitcliernie.^ •ft*
is, however, j ible that the stronger
LL. D., juror; Prof. William P. Blake,
juror, and_ P'rbf.. EdA*feird JliJJImght,
LL. I>., JTU'brSjlnade tJhevaliersT Cyrus
H McCormick, of Chicago, and Walter
A. Wood,-of i-Noy -Yorlc-^fwho ^vere iii,
1867 made "Chevaliers, were, raised to
officers, and Thomas A. Edison and
Elisha Gr*^y5ithe„in,ventorI; -wi_e made
Chevaliers.—Chicago Journal.   '
&. Tliird-elass^fflMl Matft&.. :i*-^
The new plan, of registering third-
a great success, and-reports from all directions show, that^ jts ;advantages..ar,e
appreciated by Ihe pubhc 'ihe' retail
merchants of the larger cities are using
it to extend their..trade-..through, -the
maikVwliich are cneap'er ana quite as
rapid in delivery as the express companies. , The New York nierchants * report
that their ifiail trade, now that the sys-
"em of registration is adopted, will increase rapic"Uy|«an£l't.hey are sending* out
thousands of catalogues and samples to
the smaller towns, where the advantages
of prices and variety,-in, ladies^.-goods
particularly, are not offered. The same
is true of merchants in Western eities%
Heretofore the trade byisamples through!
the express companies has been large,
hut the charges for carriage were so
'high-,"that there. was; no economyinJfi?
small purchase. Now a lady's silk dress
can be sent through the mail, registered^ *f6r SS cents," and tUe^merehanis;
on even small purchases, can afford to
prepay postage, and thus a.customer
ma milage can have equal{ advantages
in trade with people who live-in cities.
Erom, the .reports already received the
income; "off the' P'os'-^ffice^lDepaitmerit"*5
will be increased by this new system.-
WasJcmgiop telegram,  .,      , ^
Very Funny.
Thoy .were; having so.mxich merriment.
at a Bdcllfe'sler wedding 'thar'd young
man of the name of Link drew a revolver and began, in fun, to terrify tiie
young women guests with threat** ^fo*-
shoot them.   Pretty soon the weapon
|hrpugh-
"lea* oh*'
three of her teeth, and lodged in the
*root of her tongue.   TliUt stored the
fun.
jrraceful
■jae'iiled to- the "iiOi*bC-tiilei7 vilef ^iiiluy
shook his head. As .there was no help
for himself, he thought his visitormight
as well bear him company n the road to
the sudden gallows.
Both men were carried out and hanged
to the limb of a tree, and then the seven
vigilantes galloped away. A brother of
West was hiding in the woods, watching
the proceedings. As the horsemen dis-
appeared, he ran up and cut down the
horse-thief. He was already dead, but
when Longley was lowered he was found
to be alive. The knot oi the rope had
caught in his ear, and in the course of
an hour he was as well as ever.
Longley straightway devoted himself
to "getting   even" with the vigilance
.committee.   He caught and hanged the
man;who put the rope around his neck,
and claimed to have shot all the others,
thoxigh it is scarcely credible that such
V case.
1"' Some of Longley's murders were particularly  atrocious.'   He   deliberately
killed the Bev. Mr. Bay, of Arkansas,
because that   gentleman attempted to
persuade a young girl not to marry the
desperado.   One  night   a  soldier expressed an unfavorable opinion of Tex-
ans, and Longley sent a bullet through
his  brain.   His  last  crime, so far as
known, was that of walking into a field
where a man was plowing and firing one
ban-el at him.   The poor  fellow  fell
badly wounded, and asked Longley why
he had shh^ him.    "For fun," was the
answer, as the young scoundrel emptied
the other barrel into his'victim's body,
instantly  killing him.   It   should be
stated that Longley suspected this per-
.son of being concerned in the slaying of
a distant relative of his.
Finally this desperado seemed to
weary of his massacres, and went into
Nacogdoches county, where he engaged
himself to a farmer. He wrought quietly
■for several months, and formed a strong
friendship for a young man in the
neighborhood, to whom, finally, under a
solemn pledge of secrecy, he gave his
correct name. His confidant communicated with the authorities, who, knowing the desperate character of their
man, succeeded in surrounding him
•while he was unarmed and working in a
field. His trial and conviction followed,
and, after several appeals, he suffered
the penalty of his numerous crimes.
A Friendly Father.
A stern parent, so much dreaded by
young and spoony- serenaders, is not
always such a ferocious monster as he
ris! generally represented. Three young
gentlemen, accompanied by a guitar,
began singing sweetly under the win-
•"dow of a favored one, the other evening, when a dark object was seen to issue from the corner of the house. It
moved slowly and cautiously, and
seemed to be armed. They were too
much devoted to the art to break off in
the middle of the strain which they
were in at the time, so they held the
;fort tremblingly until it was finished,
-?and then prepared to decamp hastily.
This* was interrupted, however, by the
.motions of the aforesaid object, who,
•_Sw being near enough to be seen more
clearly, beckoned to them frantically,
2*nd whispered; "Hold on, boys—don't,
be'frade; it's me." And, sure enough,
it was him, the father of the angel they
had called to serenade. He,beckoned
to" the party" to follow him around to the
side of the house, where he explained
matters as well as he could under the
circumstances. "I've been out a- little
to-night," said he, " and I'm- tryin'to get
in the house without beiii' heard."
Exchange.
A SS
Jaclr, 1" hear you've gone anckgono it;
Yes, Ilmow;jnostfelloT?gTi*ill:. .
.  Went and tried it once myself, sir,
Though, you see, I'm single still.
And you met her—did yon ieli. £ie2
Down at Newport last-July,
And resolved to asli the guestioa;*" -
At a soiree?  go did I.
I suppose yon left fho l*cl!-rooji5.
With its music and its light;
For they say love's flame is jurigMesi
In the dartoess of the night.
Well, you walked along together,
"     Overhead the starlit Bliy.
And I'll het—old man, confess it
You were frightened.  So was„I. -
So you strolled along the terrace.
Saw the summer moonlight pour
All its radiance on the waters,.
As -they rippled on the shore;
2311 at length you gathered dourage.
When you saw that none were nigh ?
Did you draw her close and tell her
*Ehat you loved her?   go -did I.
Well, I needn't as& you further,
And I'm sure I wish you joy.
Thini I'll wander down and sea you
When you're married—eh, my hoy?
When'the honeymoon is over    -
And you're settled down, we'll try-    .
. *  What J' '.Che deuce yaiiscy I   Eejectod,
You rejected?   So vras II
- Acta Oolwm.biQ.iia.
.SE_I_]SB 3P0J5T.
Had the A i of the Apostles tb keen.
edge?   Keen —no."
A bubaIi inventor has patented a padded gate-top to facilitate courtship. .* - •
"Thistle do," as the donkey-said as
he munched a particularly juicy one.
The Bosnians are on the Save, and
so is about everybody else these times.
There was only one man not spoiled
by being lionized. His name was Daniel.
Because artailor sits on Ms/own feet,,
does it follow that he is a cornseated
man? ". -    - '"'"'■*-..«
, "When*-does a farmer act with great-
rudeness toward Ms corn? "When/ "■■
pulls its ears-- ._....
It doesn't prove that a man is -proud
just because he turns up his nose, .at. a
sulphur match. -    •
"Br you * do not want to "be robbed of
your goodname* do not have"i"C"piin£ed
on yoftr umbrella. -    " ■ v
*A pakrot in said* to live-to be*"209
years old. * A barber does not "Sivejsd-
long, but he talks more.      -.   .   ... ._■ •-
Is former times the man ate the cream
(if the ' cat didn't anticipate, him),, biii _
no:vf they cremate the man.
Who was the author of that little
poem beginning:
"Ms sweetio love, hut ohl how "bitter
To love a girl and then not-git her!
Is* you wish to pay your debts you ^
have paid them. Your creditors eaii-7
not deny that' there has been p&y- ~
meant. *".■"""
In* England you will sometimes stum .
ble upon fortified  places where .yoii.
least-expect them.   "For instance, Westminster Abbey has no less than twelve
canons.
The gang of burglars who work for--
seven straignt hours to hammer a safe '
to pieces to secure 14 cents." know how &
country minister feels iiext day alter,a
donotion visit. 7
It was of a Brooklyn accident JTom
McCarthy was testifying, when lie said,
"Ijsaw MeNamee on  his back, and. I ■
said.,.'John, are you killed?' and he said, r
'I'amr'    '■''
A SWEET PAIB.
"Our.meetings, pet, are just f.s sweet
As lovers' meetings e'er should bo,
And. why we quarrel eib wa pert.
Is something very darls: f o ae,3
"Perhaps.-"' she 2ns were-J, '*1 _ to Olamt*."
""    I £vd gleamed Ins eye's Hko -tvr:r;I:i::"-; r-i-irn;
-.--,' -" '~~-——'.-->--'-?     j-. :*-•*--luiov.,
:A
vJIbawicE
renGas aics. ■jeer*-.- i.;".-*-
portiined so frequently for Ms rent thai
in a climax of exasperation, the o*£her
day, he turned on the landlord with
the cogent and conclusive retort:
""Now, you needn't put on so many
airs, old man. "Why, I owe enough" in
tMs towr. to buy up. all your old
houses."
A Scotch farmer had determined, in-.
spite of the bad times, to pay his rent, if
it were Ms.last shilling, and, saying to
the factor who received it, "It is my last
sMlling," .tiirew down a roll of notes.
The factor counted them and said,
"There is £50 toomuch." "'Odds, man,"
said the farmer, "I put my hand in the
wrong pouch!"
A Yankee auctioneer lately indulged
in the following little bit of the pa*-
thetic: " Gentlemen, if my father and
mother stood where you do, and didn't
buy these boots—these- elegant boots—
when they were going-for $1,1 should
feel it my duty as a son to tell both of
'em that they were false to themselves
and false to their country."
How busy, is death in our midst!
Every time, we catch sight ofthe head:
line, "Death of aMillionare" we catch our
jbreath -with a convulsive gasp and press
our nervous hand on our anxious heart
to still its tremulous fluttering, until
our apprehensive eyes can look further
on, and see that it is not some near and
dearly loved relative that lias passed
away. It is cruel to head a death notice
in such an ambiguous manner.
"Do you know, dearest/'he said, reflectively,   as   they watched  Brindle  *
quietly chewing* her cud, "that a cow's f
mouth reminds me of a- flower ?" "What
sort of a flower, love?" said she. "Cows
hp," and his eyes softened as he gazed
down upon her, and, looking* up reverently at so much original genius, she
fixed her month like the top of a rubber.
tobacco pouch, and he smoothed it out
with Ms tongue.—Breakfast Table.
Yesterday  two grammarians  were
wrangling on Jefferson street, one contending that it was only proper to say *
"my wages is Mgh," while the other noisily insisted that the correct thing was
"my wages are Mgh."    Finally, they
stopped a day laborer, and submitted
the question to him, "WMch do you say,
"your wages is high," ox your wage's are
Mgh ?"    "Oh, to the devil wid yer non- •
sense,".he said, resuming Ms pick, "yer .
nayther.ov ye right; me wages is* low,"
thunderin' low."—Hawk Eye.
How a Zfogi'0 Caught a Turtle.
A negro man was fishingin the Patau-
la creek, when he hung a huge turtle in
the mouth with a small perch hook. He
managed to raise the turtle's head part**
ly out of the water, and lield hirti in
that position, with his mouth open, u%-vj-
til several gallons of water had rundown his throat. "The turtle then
dropped-its head over to one side, and ,
the negro, thinking he had drowned it,* •
jumped into the creek. He caught the
turtle by the tail, put it between his
teeth, and held on to.i-fc while he cut a
slit in two of the feet for hand-holds.
He then started for the bank, but found
it a severe struggle, as the turtle would
hold to roots and branches of trees in
the creek. The negro finally got the
turtle on its back and pushed it out of
the water.- The turtle weighed seventy-
seven-pounds, and had a head that -
measured, seven and a half inches across
the top.—Lumpkin (Ga.) Independent
Boston owns more than one-third of -
all the property, in Massachusetts.
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