The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1890 Page: 4 of 6
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AFRICANS WHO BUILD THEIR
HUTS ON PILES.
M«« tie IV<ip! ut llif liult uf liill*l (oMflfM
to liadr lh trrrlhl. Knl.l* f lb.
kl*s f Itahiimr) Tunc
tssdt vf Tkrm.
Miti'ti attention was recently called
to tho region around Kotonou. nu the
(iuir of fiultiea. neui' which place sev-
eral hundred of women w irriort of die
king of Ihihoniei were killed in luitllo
by the French troop*. ' >no of tho
most interesting feature* of thi* region
it tho large iiullvi' villages and town*
tbut have been built in the water.
The inhabitant* many year* atfo took
thi* moan* of trying to oscape froui
the terrible raid- from the king of
Dahomey. Many bunilrod* of people
were actually <1 c van by the powerful
king Into the w: .-i\ it happen* that
the Di<houiiaiis:■ e very superstitious
about travelling u canoes or crossing
streams, and the fugitive* took edvan.
tage of thi* (act to secure protection
for themselves.
On any gootl uiup one may oe the
"iHiiihutn waters' near Kotonou. Tl s
is the home of those lake dwellers.
The towns have uaeh a population of
from SOO to 300 .• oul* to as many thou-
sands. Physically the |>eoplc tiro tlno
Miid healthy specimen* of Africans,
and as a rule they are free from dis-
ease. ( ov. Moloney of Lagos says tho
houses "* [JtlOfl til' *'"*"'if1-'
branjjju,s 01 lm,\i wood three
1 'itSnes in diameter. They are driven
into the bottom o! tho lake. The upper
unds arc secured by cross pieces, on
which are laid a Jimiboo flooring, two-
ihirds or one-hall of which is covered
in by a house. Tho uprights of the
house arc fixed first and are secured
below the platform to the supporting
piles. Tho roof Irame isnexl made ot;
the platform, and is covered with grass
or bamboo leaves, and raised to its po-
sition. The remaining portion of floor-
ing is used as a veranda in the con-
st ruction no uails are used.
These natives are fishermen and also
a pastoral people It is a curious fact
that, they keop cattle in pens adjoining
their houses built on piles over the
water like their dwellings Sometimes
during tho dry season the shallowness
of the water admits of tho cat'le being
allowed to wander on terra firma: but
fodder is brought in canoes to many
less fortunate animal* which nre com-
pelled to oke out their existence In
these pens surrounded by water until
such time as they nre tethered and
transported by canoo to the butcher.
The present natives are still in dread
of the ])ahomiuns> but even if this fear
no longer existed it is probable that
tho habit which they and their fathers
before them have long followed would
load them to prefer these aquatic resi-
dences. It >s not known how many
lake dwellers there am?, but it is sup-
posed there are at least 10,000 of them
among tho various trioes whose huts
cover the Donhnm waters. Onco in a
while these tribes make war on one
nnother. and they conduct their light-
ing in canoes, capable of holding two
or t' -e persons, and their weapons
are t •*, harpoons, spears, and clubs.
In some other parts of Africa, par-
ticularly in the Congo basin, the habit
of dwelling Ir, huts sustained on piles
in lakes or rivers is very largely fol-
lowed. mid perhaps a million or two
of the people ot A!rica are still per-
petuating tho phase of life of which
we have relies in the remains of the
lake dwellers of the prehistoric ora.
glaring m ' ho he 1
laughter fiercely a
*iin: with animu ■
Zealand by, tl
tltun rabbits"
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Coi'i Wtt
0JIKH4 rtfer
WttUvr, Mii«t .
A lliunit III «11\
ilu<« tifUi'ii f
In vaU« \ ami
On u
H«* tuuk« ■* hi in
Ho MW«H"| s 1 I
Hb put I
liat
lit* lunik* and Ui a i r «
Now in u 'li ■run . . t* .i Ur
Now in ciu)i':i« I '
Ho touch*** tlu w.i in ' 'v. i
He M tl «' i «d trou
A teiulrr nAt3|| ! i k• • a
ttinfftf Vo hot* ohil>: r ii;
Hut th« ftUtk' dlvitit'Ht
Siuoe ever tho jour* • ^a:.,
U tho manifold (kma uunto munic
Ho drawn from th tu-uri ul m.
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A ftouvenr
C*old«M> rtinfloi-H can a\.. Kra
My domi hoart fr«• 111 it* .!.•• ) i
And my oul from . n* i i-* 1 .tii
By thin ntratid of mUiiiin hui>
Wiiy doe • tadn • > t
Ah it inr-ofh ni> ^tar i « v«-
Tin I h <• jib'
In tho luti'klohorrv
Always Frenh.
Man had a littlo lui .
But ho wa* n t a .-luti rji
Aud an §ba Ufs\ . .IN.' boa
Sho alwayn ha i ti >h • iu n
- AUSTRALIA
LraUinu liir
PITOGF^KS^.
tut<tt.iul Mwll-r
A BIRDLEST.
COUNTRY.
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Mom Ihr xolifoo^ 1)« iidimlitril
A writer In a recent numt>er of
Hlackwoou's Maga/.ino, in an article
on the island of Jamaici, notes the
Kitnoc'l total absence there of bird life,
where formerly it resided in profusion.
Two causes are assigned for this deple-
tion: the lirst due ts the demand for
feathered ornaments /or the clothing J
of women, and tho second, so far as j
around-resting oirds are concerned. U> 1
tho introduction of the mongoose from I
the East Indies. Formerly Jamaica
was so scourged with rats as to serious- !
Iv decrease the crop of sugar cane. !
The mongoose inado short work ol |
these rodents: but when this supply
was exhausted, it turned It* attention
to the lizards and snake* (which in
Jamaica are always harmless), ttic
eggs of quail, a bird formerly most
abundant, aim all other ground-laying
sorts, or any of the feathered specie?,
which came within its reach. Poultry
were devastated, the solo exception
being tho guiuea fowl, the hardness of
the shell of its egg* defying the toeih
of the mongoose. These insects now
infest the vegetation of the entire
,: iaud, except that found on
the higher altitude*. These
pests hang in swarms on the
blades of grass and every green thing.
Human beings exhaust their energy in
freeing themselves from them, whils
many cattle fall victims to their at-
tack s.
w«rW
Kriuimii), Hi-.
Australia i* malting l'Oo ! its i-laint
lobe OOlisiiiere I the tlinst prngi e--lve
Country in the word. W ■■ re i lebt-
ed to it fo«' the b m< .n* \ de>. . , i
to assure the p nty ••.' t i.a ..\
and In other direi ti.. • - •>. •> iin«
mado aiivun. •* w w • I in w i tu
consider. It now seen- |u I•:• li,al
in Australia will l .i nr ' u n.i
to a prnctiea de .• .• ••■•... . •
spective merit* of t
tection nn J tli ■ ; > j - -i i ' i i p
ability id st .to mv
ways of travel i
Kvcn to the inali.
thi* youngest and .n- • pr
people hav.i in ,., • „• .si.
tion*. and in \ ie . w \ .
has accoiuplisl..-.i 'nu - n
in this direct .e . - . t<-
much to predict our ow-i ^
conveyancing in y yei ou i r
much as the old I ut - . .st - n . (
pleading, as expuuuded .; • !i : >.
been displaced by the more -.impiuand
direct sys' in in An. ■-.ran . ■ n-t-
'J'he present system id . tr,ui fei
in Australia has been * - ti i
a quarter of ncentur . v A -•
tralla and New South H . .
bet-n adopted in oijhi <■ I
colonies, including I!.- tMi < ... -r . i
our north western u „ .r> • it *
once simple, direct i
involving nn long ■ • m.1
stracl*. disputes user t . an :
innumerable p->rpleMii - m
the system uf land irv,
bored in most of the -I;;
l*nit«d Mate-. The ':"ii•
and dusty volmne- . i
registries and the c
to fraud are readily -ivoid
Australian system, wi, i
tration of tit.«-s nut .<>• I Ii
owner having one,- prow > tii -
satisfactorily i« giv- e-niii.-aie t.
the efleet that *< : .
that parcel «>: . i i • r:ill
isconcluslv. .--.id- . <j ( ' ,.i' Mi - i>.
any court ul 1-n. \* it'.- j
i« sold 111" own- ■ r. t i ... . -i i. •
to the regi*tr: ' g .. i . u:: j t
then issues anoth " e •••'ii. to ti..
purchase.- < i licat---
inortgages i my b< l i t in a few min-
utes at but ;i ti 'iiti ,i .- 'i 1
realty passe* :;* read.ly ■ mi iian ; t.
hand s* )n. - -i ■ , )i I' -s 1 h \
the greatest «■ I>j • • •:i >■. i - . -ti ;-,
of transfer lies in the v. y ...u •*.
and east no s* w.th will . r- <r;. nrr-
change oh 1<
ingiy difficult (.<• b .. ,. i
t-osted r,« to «-:> ti.
This, how.... - i .
the I'Bdonbi- 1 . .. > .
saving ehurg - to. r
HIS F I n S T V ! 31 T r 11 TOWN
%bner Uuuirrn%« Mrlotij fit )-* In u t . J .
% n i!a<; niuii •
Abner iroin t.... i -
\i.ndtne White mi - i !j t:i i • - e.
AN HOUR WITH THE BEST AU-
THORITIES.
lOuti , I,e Small S'„r«V(ir« lll|>|ihi,'
lli« (uihim uf I'oiihr) T"|> 4.i tu! 4 nrr
ot liu* I .if a. Hinlilm-f) S :ii of
Ilr* liuili',
Dor lli'i'f t'l fiduollo i-
lln\ . ig shown tin- drift the cattle
in. istry the p.ikt d- ulii, an 1 exitihlted
-. ue |. r.ii.is of Mstonisling giowtn,
m tos Mi t uthbei|Vvs!|, I •luili
-....v look into tho future null s--o if Sfe
i n teud what U aliuud i -is in Hiia
most important braaoh of -i.dustry. In
ie itmt mans, indeed I may say most.
0 ll" big he I'll s l:li' e b>- Ii dispersed
01 itly reduced the ranges rut
,<iu . moro than one-half within the
p-.*t ten years and the s'lial! cattle
iio.ding . increased tdoei'o CI per cent
.ui ' .■ ■ iw- v per i cut. Tiie io?t uf pro-
t ii.i tj now estiin aled by our best
ii.foriiioJ ritnehmen at .'i0 per i^<nt
than ten yearn ago, mid tho
,angec of niortiillty by more crowded
ranges is gr. ally increased. It used
to i e i stiu. ted that it took tiU acres
of to hupport *i steer through the
year, and anything less than this
ma .• s the grazing of cuttle on the
open rang.: the yoar round risky. Uo
fortunately wo have no means of ob-
taining the number of i.^res to each
uei'ii of eutllu now in liio range coun-
try Hut Ajuit it lias been greatly re-
■ ■■ en the | a-l few years by tho - rapid
'ue - a- in the number of farms . lid
astonishing swelling of cattlo hold-
11>y ■ throughout the range country can
h i■ 1 • -ar y slutv n. Ill Kutisas, accord-
in : to the govcrum. nt reports, tho
t ,i i.' .jra/:ug land* to the number
I- ' ,«t lias i> *en redi.ced .* '■ per cent,
1 i.or ..o t v. •>-thirds, in 1'cxtis one-
I hul.' and Mi xico uine-teiHhs. The
i : lull ii - therefore I «Mig crowded
u , a side-.. IIii• I i. herd of cattle on n
we-*. ! .i ii. iri- is no longer m goose
I- '. , \ . o dell egg-.
■e
' I-u
( 11 It I lis it till \\ ill | If
I Hit' liti ve till I, siii
u all.
stem
.ue li.i
tins l.ei
from i
hurt li
con,'
Willi
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pal
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i clip
> 'no
room to ?
for they
ail-, nail
which
ncum-1
of till j
Ii. 'Sty 1
;abi.i:y ,
th. i
in- ir.>.
• llotiiU
are nci
get a taste
i t: ,-y w i i l eop it up iinti I
.1 • :tcb oilier: but if shut up by
v.-- .'or a f -u days no harm
■ ii" >.f the ojieration. They
not ho clipped iilitil the (owl*
• riy a year old, or until their
iavo oblaiued their growth. If
to.
i
March
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Mo
gross
ID.I
un -
(.rain In III
f.irtn itnpl
d or -uil'ei
.an drills
As dmi :
11o'11 .s more
- v or-e from
for depositing
I- ..ay of the
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city
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MARK TWAIN'S CHAMOIS.
tloo%o
It DU^ioiloi) Ii tl ^ Ztalaiof
of (uiwmiin«.
Not even in the wildest flights of his '
Imagination could Murk Twain have
ever dreamed that the portion of his J
"Tramp in Europe'' devoted to the dl*- 1
russion of the insect which he so
amusingly describes us a chamois ;
would one day be read aloud ic a leg-
islative assembly and become the sub-
ject of a parliamentary debate. And
vet this Is precisely what has just
occurred in New Z-nland. The gov- i
•rnmentof tho colony is nnxious to ac-
•limttti/.e the chamois, and io order to '
•>*ecute this laudable object askod par-
liament for a vote of £360. When tho (
vote came up for discussion, an honor- !
able mcuuer named Kerr rose in
righteous indignation and demanded
further tafornatiou. "I should like
to hetir Irom the government exactly
what these 'shammies' are. 1 am told
that they are a cross between a pig and
a sheep, and they breed scab.'' "Then1
is a book about them in the library,"
politely replied a rnemlwron the other
side of the house ' I'll go and fetch it
for you." Mr. Kerr, touched by this
sot of courtesy, graciously received
the volume and began reading oul. In
a pompous voice, the passage pointed
out to him —a famous passage from one
of the work* of the eminent naturalist
feamool Clemens, hotter known to
luauy of his readers .is Mark Twain.
As the reading pioceeded the house
qutekiy reail/td tits joke. Not so Mr.
Kerr. V ben he v l5ie statement
muftis
trateu to t
visit to th
i.way from
Ledger
A - it,.-
ineiropi i
sumiii. ■ ..
return '
loviteU h.s
to vis t Ii I
And th ,s
Boston, ami
•sith his bos'.
At lirst our country;i an i nrdly know
what to do with biui-.• If at tho wn:i-
d rou sly l^don tab.e. His relative, Oi>
aerviug Ins hesitation, waispor.-d tc
him;
"Don't be baciiw rl. Abner, help
yourself to just wh it you too-
By and oy i\ gentleman sl' t u ; oppo-
site directed a waiter to bin.' lilat u
pi to of ice crontu.
Tho crearv was b"
gentleman etitdorrnb.
ho finished n dish of sr
looked up an 1 aw t i d
mass in tho plate le t
was tempting, and he
and mok It- lie hu 1 put i spoonful o
tho frozen ini cture into hu mouth, and
was hesitating bctwe-.ti s- rpriso un I
delight, when tho genlletti in opnosil.-
rather abruptl'* .ind not ' ry pb--.i«'int
ly spoke:
"Well, my friend, tint's what
should call decidedly en >
"YuivV responded Abner, ianoteat-
! iy, whea fee had swallowed the fi-igi
' morsel, ' it's hoi t th
I ever lusted. I n
don't. Inilieve i'.'s t< >
frost!'
it'i which he will expatlnte upon the
outrages "the poor man" reoolve*
f 1*01.1 all men who onjoy a coui|>«tiinee
would draw out your sympathy If you
did not know more about him. Why
is he not hon.a nt work Aye, thero's
the rub! K • • ai soon .as lie has co: sed
to bewail tlio fact that tho "poor man'
litis un chance, very liknly he will in-
dulge in a Hippuut allusion to som<>
farmer who ha* Ii d the oomiiiou scuni
to pay the price for Miccess and Is al-
ready enjoy ing it. The shiftless farmer
TAMING A FLOCK C* QUAILS.
Anchwlmal "<• tomln*! ' ilr«iu-'« <'••«.
(|i|i>r Ho. IVllil.l..*. ul itir III..I.
SijVeral Wci l ago Mr-. U. N. Mudor
•I Jefferson township aw i lot ol
}iiail- dusting liieinselvcs uudei some
'iliraiil busla's iu llie back end of iicl
Mideii -ays ilie SeranioM, l'i , cone-
•pond, nt i■ I the X V ■>«/(. The birds
noked -o happy un.I contetl' d that
die thought il would lie too bad to dls-
urb i|n>in -o she relurned to the house
.vil 1. -nt pulling llie weed* out of a
eilcli of onions that she had gone
Iicl for tIn' puI pose of doing. Ill an
, . til HF WOULD CAM AOAIN. CLU08*0N VI8ITBD BV a m.
or irtirden. pcrleetlf free to leave ti* if he wuwww j - A p0tT
Kiev choose. I'hf rat w a* given t > me 4# M I. Oi.sll) t.t r:.t. l s 4 U Hfce Usras t«. oru.i i„„ ^
,'dil and ivorthiuM two tears ago,
then unite w itd. He gradually became
e xtivuich tit me. and, during a sovero
illneri l iia*l I a 4t vcar, he took il Into
his Head to it on my pillow to guard
itinueil
Die. Kicr sin e tlieu he Im* eontl
to sleep there; lie run* up-stails with
1)16, and follow * Hit* to
UmI« tllWpllltf
alwavs on the bolster or pillow by mv
head! Ill is very plucky and defend-
llrlH.ii|ili -l'""" I .. .. , IU*7./'.'?* f
ti... Mvernt *l^"< 1,10 ' . wottld thlt be worth W|0,, -
mnoitneed n tfrnnd sx ilbltlo-. ol Uqulrwl • tall, slender mm w|,b
SZ a tattooed woman, w,,n llUttfe, ,!•«;«• "d mobile mouth, « re, '
esen"Ing the twelve disciple, nntl chin and a hln fringe of wh iW,:, 1
rep i
a u i muis.
the la-t supper, with run*
As a New York Slur rcportor en
isdownrigiit sure tliut ho will uotmako
a slave of himself, not lie, like old man mill oi so the ipiail- had disappeared
u the tali timothy of the adioiuiug
ii .id- w. and Mis. Sutder scattered
"g
A does nor would lie work us hard ns
that young B i doing, (iuess ho wi 1
enjoy life while he can; ul any rule
lie cannot see how anyone could linui
any pe. co of iiiiud if he were lis stingy
as old t '. This shiftless farmer has u
neglected farm unless possibly lie has
some wlde-nwnko boys or an ludoiulu*
bio wife.
I utttiiIt Nrnl I'.ilnlors.
W hile tho experiments with whole
or cut tubers, large or smull tubers.
etc., fur seed, are somewhat conflict-
ing. there is a considerable preponder-
ance of evidence that the larger the
amount of tuber retained in each piece
the larger the yield, large, whole po-
tatoes giving a greater yield thr.n
when cut, and '.ho yield decreasing us
the size of tho piece is diminished
j and that eurlluess is rotarded aud
vigor is diminished as the size of the uis.-cd a morning on purpose to see
piece used for seed is decreased "'e iiuniis would act when ihey
.Neither whole tubers nor one-eve cut;} ' lil"' •'')> r-',:'iu
«■'- •" —
ioiiii buckwlu'at around where ilicy
i.,.| becu w allow ing. Oil the follow-
day the bird- came there again,
up the buck wheal and had a
, | time. Every day lor a week or
:„Mi. Snyder scattered grain among
i bushes for the ijuails to feed on
iIt11 llie birds sOOU got so that tlii'V
nuked for food in the gulden as I'egil-
.u ly as they did for a resting place at
ligfit out in the woods, back of the
ii^ meadow lot.
I in.* morning I liu kiud-hc.ii led w oinaii
ni'gni to Ihrow I e bitekwlieal, but tho
pi.iils iciliiuded her of liei negligence
i\ appearing til the usual Imai and
nal.iiig a great fuss ind noise because
leio wasn't any grain in tho garden
oi .iieni in pick up. Mrs. Snydei lei
In* birds linui for other kinds of food
hat day. and for several morning*
ifter liiiit she dUln't I iil lo give ihcin
i good feed of buckwheat I'lten she
perlectlv otfijined when hi* human
friends "took hiin up. Though si*
months have elapsed, nothing will ill- :
•luce him to enter that room again, j
Our aft* poiftu'l fi'tawl* willi nui . i
lie u es his left paw always wliei.
drinking, 'hulling' tho water up to |
ids mouth eve i from the bottom of a |
<i;uililer, ui i|oili' • 'lt*fl-liuutle*l. — |
i uti'i "i Stifdator
the angle of either Jaw, us he w,ik*
9,c As a New lorK ~* ^ ^l.vlU, V,f
U* S.'SE?.1-""-si,
cudv to begin, lie sa . I.udlii
' "r" "l"->'
H ill! This is poetry, i, it #u,„ *
Next'''0
to her Is a gorilla from Afrh*. Th. j Jo- A IKioui on •ImmorUil^. .
gorilla Is noted for sucking <he blood i thought I uotleed tiint
opto when asleep I don't know J bo lines seeuiu.l begi,, w,tuU(,p.
Whether it's when tin* rlili. or th. ,1"1' ^bat. w * the i ,niry >onm d,
id is is tin
el himself during one whole night
when he was shut up accidentally - H 11 v nod loukud it over
h iu the sonic room with a large and tabood by the savage, of
savage cat- He was fouud slltiug up.
with teeth and claws ready, and was
Nome culi it tattooed an I omc labocd
but it all means tho sumo turn.'
II l<
WHEN YOU KNOW MOW.
Right lo Mr' lli«.k «r.t Wl
•Iimi|tlns nft rui*.
of a moderately large tuber, contain- j
| pearaiicc.
log two or three oyes— gives the best Promptly on lime the whole dock
results. I H'cpt under the garden fence front the
iicadoiv, ran among the bushes, mid
ic gau lo dodge and 11 utter about w hero
'Jim had been iu ilic habit of liudiug
I.. _ -tim and Hum-
ive i lie ui renin! oil for
i--.i ie to keep u largo
i fowls through
ii ..iino oi them
and n lien will
es lie;, comb, lit
I 1 1'OlniiVe llie
d lb. Jowl and
< f sharp shears
from the liens
both eonib- and
m.iln* st does not
t if done ouickly ntnl
n 1'hey li>*i l oi.
car : must bo taken
nre i t ouo time 1 lia'i
-liu' them in. line In
. "iil peck at each
the
t'liuttry ItnlsliiK
li is not right to encourag. ;i novice
to risk hi* time and money at some-
thing he doe* not understand, an.I this
article is intended not to encourage or
discourage beginners, but to set them
right at tho start. There 1* money ut
poultry keeping, but it i* i i tho man
a- much a* in tho fowls. A mistnko
may cause loss. Lice may
dear out of tho held. Tin
come along like a cyclone
everything away. But tin
begins nt the bottom rou
ladder, observes all that
tries lo learn, and is n >1
work, will sooner or int
reach the ton. ltural Home
driv
one
uup may
ii -weep
ian who
the
, spires.
Hints tor tin* lliiiisou s
W hen the haiius are -la.
-alt and lemon juice: this n
-'.aiiis aud render llie liand-
white.
Keen silver an I nickel i
an-i mounts bright by rubo.
woolen cloths saturnted in •
UUIIUOIlill.
Don't 'orgel, if you are a in.
io have you- work-t'iolc and ironing* j hough cac
:hc huckwlieai. When tltcy had
lealchcd long enough to learn tli.it no
grain hud been put lhei>. lor ihem the
i i t'i I * piped iu Ion lone*, llulleiid nn-
■asiiv, sculli'ic.l into llie \egelnble
led-, aud nplH'.-ireit to be very much
iisappointi'I in a little w ldie llie
lllails giii' up 11 -i i, c'i, assembled
inder the curiant bush"., and went lo
lusting tliem-chc- ill I e -oil Mrs.
stiyder connled f. u11• . n in the llock.
mi! then -lie went d Mii -i 11 r- got a
insinfill of buckw laMi. and tiptoed her
\ iv into the gald. i! When -he ll.ul
(ot as Ileal to tin piaii* as sir could
•lid of without scaling ihem Mt . Snyder
surely lung a lutudfui oi buckwheat tow ard
lie quiet little ||oek II fell allioilg
hem and they all scampered under
he fence r«id went out of sight in u
"so niri'i Then -lie threw -nine more
•iKo oil | i( tiie grain >u tlio ground where lliey
ofl aud lild beeII and si-cu led herself behind a
ow of pea* ine* I'resently one of the
.it'll, v.'lit 1,1 "d i crawl under the
'.-nce int.. the e mien It soou found
he buckw heat a I -i : to tilling its
iron, and at tin* the oilier birds took
| "outage, tiled from li iiidiug places,
woman, ind went I < picking oji the giiiin us
h was deti'i'i'iine I tu gel it-
i mont*
g with
i'itt of
oou they will not betil
i; i| li-itched the first
do I'j clIp lie flr-t ol
i,'ol .lid lilt-
foro iiim while
alio ps. Abaei
far awa,
!'■ ached
It j
irlb I
coldest jiudd'i
mv lunn! of
tnctiod will
Tae Qoei'.ioi it £.n ori-..-.*j".
It is sui.l that a woman cm pick ui
a hotter stove plate, ni iwitiisl'in.lli
her dollcnte hand, llinu a inun run
This may b<>. but w. tlnnU too inucl
stress is laid upon such a trlllintr fn -t
for she . ertainly can't drip it an;
quicker.
A Good Mar.. Eat—
Mew Spirit Was that a very ha>
man you just turned away?
fSt 1 Ver No; bis record is gooi
•Bough, but he's been the head man ii
a •mall town hlig hts lio qml 1 klioi
■ d i> t every
r be el" i -ied oul
1 A.I coin-
mad..■ -iduble by
i.i.'b 'li" bono
■s tiirt of this.-
• w nolo I'nos-
i - 11 licit ly eul*
'ont.ici with any
lie! i i' ee- tiiiu y piM'Jue •« rust, Whloll
'> -,v w-oiv: ago' the inuchin-
M .. '.a • -ti- * out than
lii". . ,i i . ,i i,n y a few
1 .,n i if boused and
- I ' t I '.lie" t.ilie* ought
o-: all "l:n •-.
• nittiila i , llor<fs.
i I" - h'irses are t].>
i . -.'t- -1:11 i-.'Jue to eare-
• * •< id me in- - -.-• A little ex- [
t i wrong t mo may prove
1 ■ • i wild t best itiedic.il care.
I.oi. - M. '.. I.. ■ horse is a Hit!" ,
■ '.!• -. i ■ o . iii;i„. - iu -y - tem 11!-
' o r- - - * * i ■ nt' iek of dis-
I ■ 1 ■'. ou- . : rgles lit -uch
' - . re < -.hiustnl, i.i:i the blood
e -r.- - h .vo no', tin* power to contract I
l'"i v upon iiie large amount of
d InI a! un; tslioii follows, 1
bioo i ie--. * of lb - lung* become
. ged, tin 1 if so ie- remedy is not
ii- n l one. in 111 m illation may sol iu
and pneumonia carry tho animal aivay.
Ain . .. Ik: shoo', ue\cr be over-
strained iti Hiis way, and when in
-i en n condition it is almost always
In to pi u r* the animal iu a cold,
i.. u p or [.torlj' ventilated slablo,
I iilf«rin1t> in Miliilnis
much regularity as possibio
ho t bo pre- -ied t. milking a cow,
boti. es lo thu". i ud in having tho job
i ou u v, ay - b , t ie suine person. Knch
u lie; has ti s *fnewhat different way
i ii n.lilng llie lout, and tiny dilTer-
•ne ■ is sure to bo noticed by the cow,
und a'Vccl bei quict ide aad llie amount
of unlit she will give. Some very
hoi .oos cow*, and these are often the
best, bold up their milk when a
an;.-: tio-is th .ni'.liiny. Tills milk
- cilia..iiii_■ in tho ti Id "i- s absorbel.
and the e insequoucn is that the cow
goes di \ sooner than she otherwise
would.
\1 illtl-r.li|{ lletf. I lie-1| l .
'I, .ire ;■ i o use in t'yiug to ocon o-
'it ; in th. feed of ho; . during winter.
Th- tu a who only cures lo gel them
lit' .1 alive waste.i all lie feeds, anil
ii-i > 11 st'.n id p g' ins load of the
1I-. 't on < lie put '.ip in tlio full.
IS:*- e I tig annuals o. any kind should
not li. fed heavily, especially on corn,
it ' .ami iirn ding s <ver should be kept
tin t ty, Mid If lin y i re young lliov
wll probably grow I t weight enough
to j>:i> for their k*o . besides their
il'leriif pig* in tlio spring.
Nil'fi « ,
\ shiftless furm-r i' one who i* wont
o itnpute to Fate llie a cumulated
nil*. for his beiu,: "a poor mun."
You cortilnly iiuvj se;n him. mid
bcaisl him loo. 1 or hi is a fmqusaiei*
of tlio village str.i*t iKirnurs and
boiirj a few Inches higher t. an they
tire usual;y made. This lit*: precau-
tion will pre ,'ont many a backache.
When a stovu i- craoken a cemenl
lulls be made of wood ashi.s und suit,
in e pi i propociion* mixed 'o a paste
with coid water, l-'iil the cracks with
this w .en the stove is cool, .ml it will
sooa harden
1 ' washing clothes bo'.h the dirt
rom w'uhoal and tii • soiiin," ' om the
body need to be removed. I his last is
1 largely accomplished by the oxidizing
.nrtuanccs of the air, and hence atmos-
phere drying i- better than
heat-dry iiK*
Tl:ii inos* desirable party oag is a
huge o'n made o' "Id fashioned look-
ing brocade It should tie of sufficient
*.i/e to hul l a pair of slipjiers, u fun.
and '.h ■ numerous iittlo belonging-
tba' are u-uunesded during the
evening li.cli one cannot lake in her
pocket even if ou • wanted to.
In- most exquisite - mbroideri is
that which coino* from Fayal in the
\ ir . Islands. It I- done on a fine
lU'lity of sli i" l i a g licon. After the
requisite number of threads are
drawn, tlio remaining are woven by
the need lewaim m into a square-mesh-
ed ground, on which tho pattern ol
leaf, flowei or \ ine is skillfully and
daintily darned, i.ayal work is used
lo border pilloiv-slrims, buffol-eovors,
little finger-bowl doylies and otr.or
pieces.
thare.
From hci ul.icc of conei ilmeut Mr*,
snytlei flung a handful of buckwheat
nto llie air so iluit it fell into the midst
it the flock Ii scared I he bird* a lit-
ie, but tliei ouiekly lesiiiued llielr
'ceding, uuil >•!r*. .Snydci began lo
•vhislie io them lliuging luoru grain
nto the ait as -he w ! istlnl. I'hat es-
•ilei*. their euriosiiy just enough to
liake them look op fi r a moment, ami
Wis. Snyder emptied llie basiu and
dole away without letting the birds
i*.'ii her. She fed the quail* tu thi* way
'or a few days, gradually got them
Itsetl to her whistle and voice, ami let
Woman loveit woman, i* about to
lie rehabilitated in the estimation of
the world in un important matter, ts
the Washington K er sine rail-
ioul- have been built. e\or since
street ears have rolled through bust
si reels, llie cartoonist, tin* paragraph*!*,
the wits of the ti reside, the eml-uian iu
minstrels shows, and the clown in the
circus have been dcpieliu.; her as do-
fi ing the In w of motion and gravitu-
I ion iu gelling olT a moving car.
I'arow stll* of hiuglitPt have been
etoked at descriptions of her mauuor
ol grasping the roar rail, fin ing back-
ward. aud stepping to the ground with
her lace io llie past and her hack to
llie future.
I hi* funny man has never ceased lo
■ 'lout :i* he recounted the number of
revolutions lovely woman complete*
before she recover* from the effect* of
l.er attempt at resuming her fooling
ou solid earth from the fleeting ear.
And man has always, in the proud
e eisciousilc*s of knowing jusl how it
ought lo be done, faced front, wung
alien.L dropped oft. and tun lot t.\o
block* liefore lie could check III* mo-
mentum.
I'lten lie fan- lii!ii*ell with hi* hat
and spend* ten minutes iu a saloon
drinking beet and congratulating him-
self on the lime he has saved by drop-
ping off the car while ii i* iu motion
in-ic.nl of having the conductor stop to
let hi in oil.
Vlie i wrong, sod the women
have been liglii iu thootv at least,
though, bless 'em. th«\ couldn't put it
iu practice for lot* of reasons. The
patrons of tin* c.tble ear* knows how
the lliiug i* done.
I lie next time \ou tide ou {seventh
street jusl notice bow a eondncloi gets
from the grip-car to the rear of tlie
opeu car. lie don't walk Iwck and lie
doi*-n't sw ing off like the ordinary run
of masculine mortals.
He sw ings oiii on the fool guard with
I ;s face lo the rear. Grasping lh«
bras* rod with the littudneil the car lie
throw* his body oul and forward to-
ward the rear of the (rain and lets go.
lie laud* lightly on the ball of Ida
oil foot. 1'ne momentum of tiie car
throws hint back, and he recovers
gracefully ou the near foot, whloll
swing- back lo afford the needed n|>-
pol l. Then when the rear car gets
along be swings ou again.
li i* iery easy when you know how.
but dou't ti v it Until you nre dead sure
you can do it.
• bout U?"
• What is it worth to you?"
"What I* your Idea i f ,ts v*jllt,.*
"Well, it took mo torn* |10urj
wriusit. I burned midulgiu oil W1
Unit pooui."
••I have done the sumo tliuig w>rj
tat Iff editorial many time." m.ij
Mr. 1 lugs ton.
"And It seem* lo in- t ..
worth 110."
"Ate you aware, M
"My name I-. Ucgghw--|>rr
Unoggic* Accent ou tin. | * '
"Thank vou. At you uh«i>., j|
IxioggioH. thut .lullii Militm h«
■I'nradise l.o*l' for only |7V, nno-UM
•ash and the ro*t ou time
"Why-"
"Are you awatc liiai UvtwrtBurJ
jiice' n*led to oll 'Tani O'Shsultr'l«
t suit of clothes worth about H,Vj t
"No. I unver heard
"Did you know, Mr. Ism^iia/
said Ftlltor lllugston, ivlUj tool
that Oliver '''0 inith
•old a piHiiu tv stlc„fuls loaf Uf'
\u old gcntlenimi wit i s|iectacle*I ilJ'' a0'' ll"' 1 ol MUM4L
Aung in o'ir rem ie we went out. and ""I11 Homei ref'i*ed mi offer«f *
people are asloop. aw'
iifforencc to you.
" Thi*, good people be continued,
passing to the next cage, i* the cole*
hratod buoy constructor, from South
\merlci. This reptile is able ti
,'tu*li an < x in his fold-, "n the left
if him i« the raccoon, so called from
its gall, which Is that 1 f a roekins
horse Next beyond Is a beaver.
| which secures It* .11111 Irom lleiiu t
Kails. Wis Chat animal on the riglii
is called a porkoplne. « itiinod fron*
ii- love of pork, mid that olio ou tin
iefi is an oposuiu. The last named
0 real tiro gel* hi* name from the
ireciau word op, tho I .a 1 i 1 word pos,
tud the Hebrew word sum
He then posed befne the was
figures, and wont on:
• This dl«cljile is .lolip.
Hercules, that one Murl;.
Cicoro. und so on: all good uieu oxeept
Judas 'Hcirroi. Each tiguto is ui
jxact reproduction of tlio cclobrutodj
pu I nt 1113 by Nero, and virtue is i'",
own reward
that
that
one
om
dioe|iekln for hi* liu.) Iiecaun
said to tiie Icctnrei"
"Aren't you mi-lakc 1 about Her-
culosr'
"No. sir."
"Sure you a.n'tl1''
• i.ook a-hete. old man!' exclaimed
the lecturer, a* h" squared oil. "I've
been la the show busiues for iweut.v
odd vents, and If vou tliinU you know
the'rope* i-ei.er than 1 do ton c.„, half-plnt of shrimp-
take command " I "bay |'J,.si. sugi
"Oh no. no, no' You nre doubtles
thought it wa* worth tiro
-kins?'
"I'll take for the po- m, ci-J
sion."
"Perhaps you luv« .. ,i,,.w|
Mr. lsnogglcs. " pursued ihe rdiw.l
*th t Plautu* ill., i: u i , |i<v!, ma
grind out 11 roudeau t .M,j tinte krj
four-(ago p.N'ui atkiut th" nlrct*U|
Sorrento for*1 v slilliin.1* anil i«tliiilj
*oil it nt I hut '''
| "Would |l..Vi is. Iini niueli fnf ISkii
Mr
Huririllni
Hosio th* British Coosu!
st
. . Iieni get sight of her lo* degrees. In- ... , , , . ,
artificial ,i,iu ,,f a 11| fn,-n ih- lime -he lirsi enehow in hi* last report, contrast-
law the bird- iu tnc garden she bad
licm *0 well lamed that t icy tlutiered
mi of the meadow wheneter she called
hem. ate in iier presence,
and did not
*!ciu to fear liei at nil. Since ilieu
Mr*. Snyder has tnken s good deal
:o in fort will: her strange lillle llock.
4nil she said the other day that tlit*
"Oiitidfucc the bit Is have iu liei pay*
let ninny times over for all the trouble
the has made herself iu getting the
11 ibI little creatures 10 im as i.tnie a*
tiiei are.
How He Worked the Innocent*.
The ospi'l'leticeil train boy was ap-
parently giving instructions lo a youth
whom lie was breaking iu as au *t*si«t-
nut.
In tiie seat direclh in front of the
two sat Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Ket-
punk, of <ioorgo<ou' t 1 os* ltimils. Il
wa* their lir-t trip away from home.
You can gener'ly loll by I holt'
ing the methods of harvesting the pop-
pi piei ailing in Western and Ksstern
• 'hinit. *.. 1 * thut if tiie cultivators of
the poppy in the F.s*t were as skilled
all in the art of collecting the juice as
,,f 1 heir countrymen in Western Chios it
1- ill bill cell uin that the foreign im-
pott would l"0 very small indeed. In
We-tcrn <'itina llie c.ipiules are sacri-
ficed by means of a parallel row of
I ui ve 'point* projecting from one of
the end* of a short wooden handle.
1'lie incision* which are exceedingly
line, arc made in the evening, and tSe
juice, exuding slowly, it harvested io
the tnrrnlujt liefore sunrise. There is
110 waste. Ill the eastern provinces,
.ui the other Imiid. an instrument re-
sembling ;i small carpenter's plane is
] employed. Tiie opeiutor pas.-es the
pliino over the capsule, leaving th*
shaving of llie «kin attached to it* low-
er end The juice immediately exude*
from tiie capsule, and although the
collector follows closely on the heels
bay *11.*, .1 iil,. viMHrJ
'And yon .11.1 ,v. pOMibhJ
. 1 , . „ li: .t l'asso, tbo Italia • lurk-jiiT
rtghi - quite riglii -and of c ium yoc,
know your bo ine*s. Only
••Only what?"
"Oil. well, nt'ier mind. It atcuek
1110 as a little queer, but I goes* it'*! , , ,, , . ,
right all right Ii was lieeaus* I an j ( A
rutlier rusty on such matter*, probsbly.l" n,anu .up, 1 tai t.u. u woal Mj
.. * . . .ii *>!«• «vo« when h > ,4 lulrtr \m
\ cry ffiitortaitiiiig. vorv. ariu I *hiil
* * old. for hit If ii crow 1
cull n^niu .. . . ... ,
"1 ou c n Imvo II for noilUM;
tribes in the ojsert ClugsUm.
"H'ln* Ihis will i -!|i-i i 1
IS., lr si.,p|, Urc loll.. IU. v.lrl ' lone p, 1!r<cr. Kt 1
j u ,w|umn, M, |, i.^glM,"
Arabs are s* all know, divided Int. ra !ikp to hHV„ v
tribe*, which, !'ke the Scotch c.nns, Qr mind paving a*,, nay,
take nauieh from their cntllesl head • „u Mr , |Uvt,,0„. v u ,
A* there ,n-e in North trltinn Mac I rooni (t„.
grego,** and Mu.-donaJds that is. son- . *.At reguia.' d l-ts^
oi Uregor or of Donald there uro. i. tll„ .,^4 m
the de ert. Ueni fshanimiir, the sons o ,0 „u,ul ^ bul (
Shammar, and many other trlbei wjfllljr home poets n* itii.i-h u 11
-ml art.' called after Hour list au Vno art. a lionie p ■ von Mt"
co.ler 1'he aiisto. lali. ft "I « ;l* ral*."d o .m th" M|
"rib.", says the author of "The Holy fut.„, •'
Und and the Hi We.' marry only in . ' „All(i on ,Unt ,l( , „
very limited circle, to keep then ki few., M„
wealth Influence in as few hand, (), p4por Utr, , ,,
as posslSTe Hut tne blue-blooded ■ dowi, M ,,al
husband* make up for th - by marry • Thank vou M' < It"
Ing .everal wlies. leaving the.uprem.' x-(.Uv wh"nl , )|ntl , |v ,u.j. M|J
rank for the one of purest dement1 a,|, ,t(iv.„„.0. nrs-
who ha* the honor of u> ting out tl- M|. , irsth<f«
provisions ol the house) ,i<l and of r.v w,Uol> eSlneUM
mousy tlw
paring the meats for lier bttsb-ind urn
his guests, a prei-ofaliv. which wa*
ceded us a matter of coi rse to Sural
Kuatirs
A . ticket fed nn an insect
Too small for eye to see,
A Held mouse captured the cricket.
And hushed hi? minstrelsy.
A iftuy shrike pounced ou the lleld inousi:
And hunv liim on a thorn,
And a hawk cauie down on ihe cruel -hrilit
From over the waving corn.
And i f,i\ sprang out on tho red-tailed
hawk
I'* 1*0m under u fallen tree,
!-' n bird and tjeu-t by IUvmI and lb I,
I if every decree
I'rev nne upon the oilier,
'Twin thus ordained to Ih ;
My rifle laid old re; nurd low,
And Death Death looked nl me
Ernt-st Mct .affey, |
A tumour Dec lit
Oh he iso he said) was a millionaire,
And she was a lunker's daught*
At least alio said she was, us *ho strolled
On tlio *andy beach by the waV*r.
They talked of the wealth that ;aoh om:
I had,
And the future seemed much brighter—
j And I lion ho returned to hi* job u* u clerk,
And *hi to hor old typewriter.
Kin Hnrher's Emiarrsiimsit.
A y.'.ung lady tells, not without
blusli.-s, this good slory on herself.
Her name Is linger, a Frunch name,
pronounced l'-znen. llec ntly slio was
tr.ueilng und u Iclearum wns sent hoi
lo be banded lo hot on the train r.t
certain station. She expotted it- and
when the messenger boy* cntored thi
en* the i nne io meet him. Before
j *h j reached him he be.'itn waving tin.
I dispatch in tho nil* and shouting
•Mis* Ilug-licr say. Is .Miss Hug-hct
in Ibis cut? Here's n dispatch foi
| Mis* Hughcr.'' Tlio p:is*eng«r began
to laugh: *be sank Into « seat ovor-
l wholmed with confusion. She dured
] not take tho telegram in the presenci
of the niirlh the name hud provoked,
and it was not until Him hoy lma loft
Ihe car i.«il entered another that slit
could muster sufficient i*ouraflro to re-
quest n kind old gentleman to procur.
, it for her. t'.*i|>e Cod Iwm.
• ♦ •
Her Mii.uk}.
* How do you tell when thoro is any
gold in this funny*lookinff sUinoi''
uskod the dear i;irl who wa* being
shown around Ihe mint liy an official.
"Why. we smell it," he replied.
Holding it to her pretty little nose,
•be remarked very IiinoeenUjrs "Wh,~,
I true It It- too. hut I don't -*e nnythlno
• bout It to - Why. wlmjt i r« yoi
ItVitfk. IJ
looks," said the p aiinl bov.orucUlariv, "f 'be opei.nloi it floil* so fast thsl
'whether il'* goiii' to pi> lo try io nuich of H drops on the leaves of the
come any little gatue oiei em or not.
See that'ehau half way between here
an' the other end of ihe earl' Well.
you could sell that man a dime novel
for a dollar and a half and rope liini in
on the ilollar-lu-thi"li:.\ nick jusl a*
easy as look at him. You'd bo wiistiu'
your lime, though, to try and play
iinv tricks ou such people _
Iu'front of us. They're old travelers, of Indian opium presented himself.aml
No use lo show them am lliiug but ! be lias ascertained from parties well
w hat's bang up genuine an'' cheap If qualified to judge that not more than
skein and is ln i. A* an example of
the manner in which native, as com-
pared willi Indian, opium is consumed
in bis district. Mr. Hosie mentions thai
it refuge for the cure of opium smokers
was opened by a missionary in the city
of Wencltow during the past year,
and that out of many scores of appli-
es these two ' cants for admission only one smoker
per cent of mok*r* consume the for
s-iii drug. With a view to in«iire the
full pay ment of hiin or iuland transit
dues o:i native opium, regulations
were, wil l the sanction of llie high
provincial authorities, promulgated
previous to the harvesting ol last
year's crop by the It kin .iflleers. They
enjoined Intending purchasers, before
proceeding to thu couutry districts, to
report at the offices the quantities they
proposed lo purchase, and to take oul
jia-se* which, with the opium, had to
lie presented at the stations for exam-
ination. Opium not covered by passes
w as to be confiscated, aud the carriers
punished. Hut. owing to the ease with
which tho drug can lie concealed and
my eye teeth all cut. Here he conies. *mtigglud, the regulation* hare noi
If hull gofc anything worth buying he'll been genetnily respected—Lttd* Mtr
come straight lo us. Yoii sco if be cury.
doesn't." ; • "
And before Iiie peanut boy was done
with Mr. Harrison Kerpunk lie bail Joan of Arc.
sold him half a dozen prize package*. M Miiyuat.(Ji the editor of the Paris
live boxes of last teal s maple c.iiamels /,*((/,<rrti vigorously protests against th*
a dozen "onr^inngos. three JHi^nt wuy , j of Al* ,,
now I icing exploded. "There are. be
you've got iiiiytTdng that's fresh au
wutii the money,them lolkt i* the kind
of ciistbiners lo lake 'cm lo llie titst
thing. Snide gooils won I Ho down
with such customer* as ibeni.I lull\ou.
Well, I must work the train now. lie-
meinber what I i e told ymi.
"That boy i* a inighti good jndgii of
human uatute. Jose, i*n't lie?'' said
llarrisou to bis wife, after the e\|>eii-
enced peanut boy bad gone into ihe
forward cat to uei hi* basket. He
liiouglit hu wasn't talking loud enough
for u* lo hear, bill I've got pretty sharp
ear*. I heard every blamed word he
said. Well, it's a tad. Jose," he ml*
ded, "ii wouldn't be much use lo try
any uf Jii* little trick* on mi . I've got
and banded it over
"Please m; until. '«st
mid Mr. Clugatoa dij.«* W|
when Abraham entortaim d Ihr angel- 1 >h.. m, a Mua
and wa* )ii oudly accepte.1 by her. * ^
books fur half a dollar each, unloaded
his entire stock of moldv tilt* on him
and cleaned him oul of a $2 hill oil au
innocent little trick with a pill-box aud
a gold coin.
"Jo*c." said Harrison, after lie had
sat looking oul of llie ear window foi
about live mile*, ' dinned if I don't
begin lo think he said all that to llie
observes. "low figures in history so
glorious aud touching as that of the
Maid of Orleans. Hence. I think, It is
high time to sny that an nbute Is beiug
made of her, that she is being trans-
formed into au instrument of publicity,
and made the victim of the same luxury
of advertisement us that bestowed on
other boy ou purpotc fojnue to hear il!" ihe last quack medicine. All this is
deplorable. Two bishops are gutting
A Kestrel and Itat. up costly and unnecessary inotinmeots
ot her; statues of her are being raised
I see .In your book ou "Hriliih Birds' everywhere; pilgrimages to her birth-
you slate that the kestrel is easily place arc being organised, and l*.r
iamed. Dtir bird was taken from a w hole life and c.atuur form tho ground-
nest last year and put into a cage vut work of pluys and pantomimes. Onu
oi doors, for a few days only, aud would almost iniagiiiis that France had
llcdgcd. He was then turned oul aud forgotten all about her, or that she did
flew acro*s the park into the vsootl* not oxisl before the year 1890. Let us
and was seen no more foi some day*. , leave her alone with that halo of ten-
wium he returned, found Ills way Into der respect which hu* never been de-
llie lion :e, and ha* never voluntarily nied her aud not compromiio her glo-
left It since. We often turn him out rious deed* by puffing and exnrgera*
mid see him u mile or more from the lion."
haute, but soou after lind hi in search- 1 —
ing for au opeu wiuilow by which he
may reach tho dining-room', where ho
lives by preference, (torching on u pic-
ture-frame. but nl'vny* coming on my
liiisbaud'* arm wln.j called, even
through the glare of lamps und cau-
dles. Ho invariably twitter* a sort of
soft song when wo speak to him. lie
i* a grand bird, perfect in plumage.
I have a white tat. who live* a* all
('holly Fashun (to Custom-Houst
officer)---"Now that yoi^ have dis-
covered those English clothe* in mj
trunk uud examined them I should lll|*
to know how In time you found I wai
trying to smuggle them. How did
I yoi
know they were in my trunk?" Cut-
tom-Houte Officer— ''Tliev nre so vert
loud that I heard them throbbing In
•id* the trunk.n- 4rfvrM*« Annriom.
If tti<" biulmnd, aa ii sometime)
done, accept* from a childlOM* wife th*
aift of one of her foinalo slaves as v
wife of Inferior rank, in the hope that
tho latu*r may have a child whom liei
mlstres* may adopt, tu* child, unlit
adopted aud formally declared free is.
like it* mother, a slsve, and I be pits
petty of the wife, and can I*' sold oi
driven out nn ihe plea****, the husband
sccordiiig to Arab custom, boing help
!es« Hags, and Mitnae' were in thli
way the *(ktve«,ol Sarah, aad -die wu.
srlthln hur righl when she deninndec
the expulsion of ix.th from the en
:iimpmeQi.
ttfraal L*t
0 v ayi-aut l^ol t' Ho you come litis t* y '
1 hear you hnmk si the lone chwed door
That turned loo oft oil itio hi nre iK-fnre
I am utranir now; I can say vou nay
The va*ue, sweet smile un your Up* to-day
It* meaning and iiiuk c I know of rorr.
0 vafranl I^ove. do you cirnr this way :
1 hear you knock at the Imiir cloned duor
But why your summon* uhoutd I obe\
I 1 l len«.i once till iny heart prcw sore
Shall I listen airain, and airaln deplore.'
Nay: Autumn must ever bo wiser thai
May—
And the more we welcome the more vol
beli-av ■
O vagrant Love, would you come thi* way
Wicked Ckoiri.
I* it not about time for a general up
rl*lng and protest nualunt tho choii
member* who talk during prayer ii
church? a*k* tho PiUaburgh Chrlstiat
Advocate. Some of thoni seem to bt
so thoroughly filled with the idoa p
tho importance of their singing thn'
they violaU) every rule In tho unwrlttm
law of reverence. 1 he preachor doei-
not produer. his uotcs for study noi
keep mumbling over the outline of hb
sermon in an audible tone of volet
*blle the nnthein i* hcinj sung
Neither should the choir be pi*cparin|
for voluntary or hymn while othei
part* of the service arc belntr observed
Just ns the preacher hits hi* sermoi
ready when ho coine* lo church, *< ——
•honld the *inpers be i-oudy with iheh1 not. hold anything over time
perls when they come. If thoy can■' dlamotor, and lb'* "l'14' i
not be preparetl licfoi-e tho servieo Ii1 Willupn Valley iolntoe* so
commenced, let Ihora keop quiet. Ilet j cd are seldom under ten
ter not have any choir singing thai' mutter has eniisod tu
lo have II a cnus- of iri*«verfti®j li1 anxiety We don't want w
Mio house of (n>d. I^t the crusndf' potatoes j 1st on tho ragged « j
ngninsl the sin begin at oncc. lined winter, bwt we do j
leaner than 111- v isil i - • I w «l
do it for everybodi
Mr. lsnojrgle- exj" -- •>" I
tilde and walked out
"Ham a newspaper una l!ut
devise some way to meet
*olili |iii/.cd Editor ' i/ston *♦'
leaneit liaek in hi- c:iair aad lW'''^
hitnwlf In the «'**-
• ♦ •
Odder la Folitiei
I!. W. (iildor, the !*) oditom"
Century, entorpd the ll*ts i-"*
Tammany Hi- up|x'' - ie 1*1
last full i*described by tlieWeM
appearance* of Kb'b ir.l ttaties ■
In (Killtics are rate, b it. not
with Interest He I* - inteeiel
ino*t men of strong |s>"in'sl fss^^1
hi* manner ou the stump
amusing if there were net w*
rather pathclio In hl earncsln^ ,
hair I* long, hi* f •
tigure 1* apare. II b . the
scholar and an enthu*'*"' '
deed, bo 111 of these Uilnf**
speeches on the |lo«er;,*
tniMtarpicce* of jmjiIt* «nd l"'.'*1
scathing diction. I bo teas
Mdorw listened to Mi*.« * «i®*
their cigar* very la' (l0**
corner* of tlieic nioutbs ti*
hand* thrust deep In the.r W
tine ot them voiced the gee*
mont of tho crowd a lew ««
when after listening carefa'W \
rhetorical but to him i"etP
IKirioda of Mr. (illdcr's di*<e«i ^
turned on hi* heels slowljf * ^
with au air of judicial fairness,
of courae, nobody know* t o 1
about, but that feller dont
harm."
Th* Treablss #f s*
We must roally requc*i0ur
who are delivering us n'-*
payment of their dolluqn*0'
lions to scleet emiillcr vartj
possibio. They forget ih« •••
that we have to coolt "1,'r*1 , 1
same old tin dipiwr, •ospoW^j™
fashion to a tripod no the J(
inder our composting "'0,n'.
City and Conn ry Haalifc
Statistics do not «hi w a groaifi
longovity In the country than iu th*
city, and if wi. exclude Infnut inortnlit;
from the account the exact reverse i'
true. Moreover, among Ihesc dwelleii
discrlinlnntlon made n* to
have no mttliod of propm iii* .
vnrletlmi. - .South Wend (<>' •'
Rest Trenblr
**l am *o44rotibled about ^
hand," said Mr*. Mttdmas.
" — ""v'• *••«'«' uwffnur . , is« ititioi1 H *
In the city who are able to live .el,, aympathy from tho pastoi
lively ns well a* country people do fi.'*°* fn,m bad 1lo*°r!'| „0r «
general health is unquestionably hot *" all,n , ,)oW
tor. Iteyond the limit* of sqnalld nor'l,u "" lll)llov*
arty, tho food, clothing nn.l hou.in, n">'U',n* hU"
of city people In modern time? are nl . repl^1
hett«r in a ina. kad degree than 1,. *«' Uoo- ^h*t
eounify, and the cooklnc U IWltieMur My i„i 'l,nnd tliluld •>«
ably iiipeKor. --N. V. WorU. . <,g.
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Democrat Publishing Company. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1890, newspaper, December 11, 1890; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191656/m1/4/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.