THE BARBOUR COUNTYVOL. II. MEDICINE LODGE, BAltBOUR CO., KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1881. NO. 21

INDIAN SUMMER.Th. ilry L ave lie in drift- of Lrown ami

Within tli- - forest n oks an4 on the Llll- -!'! n tnr ;

Aim!, falling ovi r all, tlio iimOilneDrift Wiirmly downward through theImy air.

In (ombre lanty the lv I meadowtie soft plow of th! Autumn

Fl rki-d- . rr r and r.non, wIM rtuU-- t shrvl- -

Th it at tin- - i : . x of the Minshine die.The forest in lt solemn lendor,

Mirn of tr-- Kriii-n- it wu wont towear;

Wr;r. in a mUt of urj:., w)ft andtender,

I. ike a dim rv.i r, filling all tlie a!r.

Tl' f.ir-n- mountain rU; in atatelyI'ran leur,

I'nlil tt.iir lofty niiiiiniu pit Tee the mistlli t. hvisM IU Uy wreathenof itrl and

rt iiImtAlxeit t irre.it l.rov, which tho Min

h 14 kt- -e I.

The hreec h full of -- ft An I i.slmy odorsA riiilet,lunil'roii Hti!Ine- - till the air-- All

tln ne are li;t the sad )lt BWPft fon- -ImmiT4

Ta it co.n a lini vhn 'loom i every- -

where.

Thi Winter r.,m and all t'.e Fall' rareMfeetrieu

Mint f.ide an I ..;'.: hi whiterol'' fm in :

And In her Immm')-- an t I. r f;ir complete- -

The A lit 'tin (l en i,l hrhh In thet'orm.

A GIRL'S PROMISE.

An ! you rojoe to stm I by what,yo i .iy, sr'f"

' lix.u tly, (imrge."Tlu n pilem fell Ik twecn the two

men fur ;i few moment.It w.n the old r.tory the useless !e- -

tition of poverty-stricke- youth askingof wealthy idd nf the hand of beauty.

(eirj; Stanley had loved , prettyI .st her I una from hi childhood up,mid Kit her had returned hi love infull me mure, hut when tlio decisivemoment came and lit asked rich oldlarmcr John for his daughter then how;u tol l that ho w;u too pxr to heaspirin j.

After t :ir i n cr for awhile in dumbdespair at the hard-feature- farmer ashe sat in hi ea.iy chair by tho sunnywindow, (Joore plucked up courage toa:k :

"And h my poverty tho only thingyou riavo to owning mo ai a

"That'll about tho long and short ofit, my boy," wn tho prompt reply."I had to make a nest before I caughtmy bird, and I don't quite neo whyother men should not do the same.

"ijui(o right, mi, said tlio youngman brightenlnj up a little, "but mayI nk how wealthy I must be lie fore 1

ran propose for Esther VFarmer John stroked his chin with

a atnile pl.iying nlout his weatherbeaten feature:, and drawing from hislocl;et sin envelope which contained aone hundred dollar bill, the price ofRome land which had leen sold thatday he displayed the crisp note.

"When you can hhow 100 greenbacksbko that I'll part with my daughter."

"All right, go,l bye.""Where are you going?""West.""UM bless you. Good bye"And s- tliey parted, and so lightly

did tho old nmn think of his harshtreatment, that listening to the dronoof tho honey bee in the rose tree out-side he fell n.deep, h;3 arm resting uintho window Pill, tlio envelope contain-ing tho 1 bill in his hand.

Meanwhile (Jeorge had hurried to thetry t ing-plac- down at the stylo in theme;uhnv, and had told Esther his story.

When she lizard that he w;is goingfar uwny from her tho girl burst intot an.

"EsthiT, Edlu r, don't cry, can't youbo tine io me until I come back?"

"I c m and will," wai the passionatereply.

Promise it!"'"I promise It o'.i my life."The idiadrs of the summer evening

were closing In as (Jorge Stanley stoodat tho iloor of the cottage which hadbeen his home, nr.d l ei I his mother inhi 4 arms.

Scarcely were the last farewells spok-en when tho garden gate clanged and,the comtablo of the village strode upthe patlu

"fieorge," the man said i egret fully"I must arrest you."

Mrs. Stanley uttered a low cry buttii! young man laughed.

"1.4 thU home Joke, Mr. Hardy?" hecueu, "arrest mo tor w hat?

"1'or theft.""Theft of what:""Of .if UK) bank note.""From whom?""Farmer Dana,""Merciful Heaven! I ""Mr. Dana says you are the only

person who knew he had the note inhis possession and that after you hadcalled upon him he fell naif ep, when heawoke the note was gone.

"Why should he accuse me?" theyoung man cried Indignantly.

T.eciuse an hour after you left thefarm you purchased a ticket for Nevadawitna fiw bill.

"Hut the money was mine.""Ah. but Mr. Dana baa Identified the

bill as his. I'm afraid, George, youmust come to the lock-u- p with me un-til you havo an examination."

I.ikoaman he faced tho disgraceand was cool and dignified until hewas dismissed on the following day,tho evidence against Mm not being M

enough to condemn him.So he went west with a heavy heart,

to s.Tk his fortune, knowing that outof his life long friends Esther and hismother alone deemed him guiltless ofthe g dling charge against his name andhonor.

A year went around, and It was al--ready the upringtime of another, andKs her prayed day and night forwelfare of her absent lover. The oS?harpy moments of her lifeshe eat with V" J,"?.ue"talked of George. ClU"iey ana

Oh how happy the poor mighthave been could he have heaJdfWVTe? talk of knowr!

depth of their trusting affiuSS?Returning one afternoon from thicottage Esther met her father he1verande r."Jthcr," the old man said -- I wantto speak with yoo. I have decided tooverhau the old house, furnish ita bit and lay In a new stock of furnf.

ture." .

Lsther glanced up in surprise,"I don't see the use of It," she re--turned.

"Don'tyou. sis?" with a sly wink."Do you think the old place Is fit forthe richest girl in Mayviller?

"My wedding, father?"' Esthergasped.

"Certainly, why not? I have alwavsthought Dr. Hell was sweet on you andlo-ua- ne asiceu me for you. I couldnot le Letter pleased to "

"rather, hush, I cannot marry Dr.Hell."

"Why not?""Hecause I can never love him!""Oh. that's all right. In the mean

time I'll have tho carpenters round inthe morning and have them throw outa in the sitting room."

And with a jovial laugh the old mansauntered down the steps.

upm ner cnamoermai mgut Estherstood at the window and raised a paletear-we- t face to the stars.

"I will die first," she murmured res-olutely. "I will be true to George andwill not break my promise."

Hright and caily the following morn-ing she appeared at breakfast, andthough her father eyed her keenlj, henever mistrusted the conflict she hadbeen waging through the previousnight.

With a shudder of horror Estherhoard the carpenters begin work at thesitting room window, and while herfather stood in front of the house plan-ning some alterations with the archi-tect, she lied to her room to read a let-ter she had long ago received fromGeorge.

Scarcely had she commenced readingwhen a rap came upon the door, andon opening it Esther encountered the

"Miss Esther," the girl said, extend-ing something in her hand ; "the car-lente-

found this as they were tear-ing away the mop-loar- d under the sit-ting room window."

Esther took the object, uttered awild cry and darted down the stairs.

"I ather, father, look!" she screamed,"deorgo is innocent!

With a puzzled air the farmer tookthe dirty envelope and with tremblingfingers extra. ted a mildewed note forI1U0.

"Slipied out of my fingers and intothe pesky hole," ho gasped. "Whatwould I give if the poor boy was herenow ! I'd give him to you without onecent for the wrong I havo done him!"

In his bewilderment the old fellowdid not notice the stir beside him, andwhen he raised his eyes at last therestood ueorge btanley.

l our wish is granted,' the youngman said, "the boy is here but notlKor. There are the bills you wantedto see before I claimed Esther.

Hut Farmer John pushed the proffered wallet aside and faltered brokenly:

"Say no more alout it, George, takeher, she is yours, and may Heaven for-give me and bless you both. See hereMr. What's-yer-nam- e, I want you toget through with these improvementsin double-quic- k time for there's to bea wedding here next week."

A Spider Draws up a Mouse by thei an.

tthaueii (KM Slau.UnL

A very curious and interesting spectacle was to be seen on Monday afternoon in the oflice of Mr. P. C Clever'slivery stable in this city. Against thewall or the room stands a tolerably talldesk, and under this a small spider.not larger than a common pea, hadconstructed an extensive web reachingdown to the tloor.

t about 11::0 o'clock Monday forenoon it w;is observed that the spiderhad ensnared a young mouse by passinghiaments of her web about its tail.When first seen the mouse had its hindfeet oft the floor, and could barelytouch the floor with its fore feet Thespider was full of business, running upand down the line, occasionally bitingtne mouses tail, making it struggledesperately. Its efforts to escape wereunavailing, and the slender filamentsalout its tail were too strong for it tobreak. In a short time ii was seenthat the spider was slowly hoisting Itsvictim into the air. By two o'clockin the afternoon the mouse could barely touch the floor with its forefeet;by dork the point of its nose was aninch above the floor. At nine o'clockat night the mouse was still alive, buthad made no sign except when the spi-der descended and bit its tail At thistime it was an inch and a half from thefloor.

The next morning the mouse wasdead and hung three inches from thefloor.

The news of the novel sight soon became circulated, and hundreds of peo-ple visited the stable to witness itThe mouse Is a small one. probably lessthan half grown, measuring about oneand one half inches from the point ofits nose to tne root or its tail. Howthe spider succeeded in ensnaring it isnot known. The mechanical ingenuity of the spider, which enabled her toraise a body which must weigh fortyor fifty times as much as herself, hasbeen the subject of much commentand simulation, and no satisfactorysolution or tne dumcuity has beenfound. All agree that it is a most remarkable case, and one that would bereceived with utter incredulity if itwere not so amply attested.

Neatness in Women.woman may ue nanasome or re

markably attractive In various ways;but if she Is not personally neat, shecannot hope to win admiration. Fineclothes will not conceal the slattern. Ayoung woman with her hair always Indisorder, and her clothes hanging aboutner as u suspended from a prop. Isalways repulsive. Slattern Is writtenon her person from the crown of herhead to the sole of her feet, and if shewins a husband, he will turn out, inall probability, either an Idle fool or adrunken ruCln. The bringing up ofdaughters to be able to work, talk andact like honest, sensible young women,is the special task of all mothers, and inthe Industrial ranks there is Imposedalso the prime obligation of learning torespect household work for its ownsake, and the comfort and hapiness itwill bring in the future. House-wor-kis drudgery, but it must be done bysomebody, and had better be well than111 done.

Mr. Falrchtld, the United States minis-ter to Spain, was among the guests at astate dinner given In Madrid by the mar-quis of Northampton, who heads an em-bassy aent to confer the Order of the Gar-ter on King Alfonso.

The Mormon missionaries have recentlygained 300 converts In Schleswig-IIolsteln- .

GARFIELD'S HEAVENLY ESCORT.

Delaware People See the Late President Surrounded by Soldier's in theSky.

Wilmington (Del.) New.

Peninsula people have been seeingghosts and Supernatural objects withalarming frequency during the pasttnree weeks. The first Instance of thingsheavenly having been seen comes fromlloyal Oak, Md. A little girl, some threeweeks ago, living in the village, &aw"hf-te- r

nightfall, before the moon wasfairly up above the horizon, wholeplatoons of angels slowly marching andcountermarching to and fro in theclouds, their white robes and helmetsglistening with a weird light At intervals the heavenly visitors woulddance mournfully, as if to the soundor unseen music and certainly unheardmusic. She rushed into her parents,and declared that the heavens had bee aspread and portrayed to her visionsights somewhat premature, as regards time, and then sank down inaffright. Her father, to satisfy hisdoubting mind, .went out and was rewarded with a sight of the unearthlyspectacle. The news of the mysteryquickly spread from mouth to mouth,from house to house, and in an incredi-bly short space of time the Inhabitantswere out en masse, gazing in open-mouth- ed

astonishment, while thewhite-robe- d hosts, seemingly offendedat the immense amount of genuine as-tonishment and wonder they were un-earthing, slowly faded from sight,leaving Royal Oak a firm believer,from the little girl who was first onthe spot, to the 'squire in his littleofice behind the church, in ghosts andwinged goblins. But the phenomenaseem to have been especially manifestin Sussex county, Delaware.

Monday night, two weeks ago, William West, a farmer living near George-town, the county seat, saw, at a timealmost identical with the appearance ofthe vision at Royal Oak, bands of soldiers of great size, equipped in daulinguniforms, their musket steels quiveringand shimmering in the pale weird lightthat seemed to be everywhere, march-ing with military precision up anddown unseen avenues, and presentingarms at the sound of unheard com-mands. The vision was of startlingdistinction and lasted long enough tobe seen by a number of "West's neigh-bors, who, after the unearthly militaryuaa taken its departure and beenswallowed up in thin air, retailed thestrange story to their eager friends,who had not been so fortunate as they.But strangest of all, a man namedCoverdale, who was driving throughtne country along a lonely road at thesame time, being then several milesaway from West's house, and in an entirely different direction, saw to hisastonishment and alarm the same bandof soidlers In their faultless uniforms.Many people living near Laurel, manymiles away, situated in the lower endof the peninsula, saw tho same extraordinary phenomena at the same time,A few go as far as to say, in spite ofthe ridicule of their associates, thatthey distinctly saw in the midst of thesoldiers, and conspicuous by reason ofnis size and commanding presence, thehero president himself, pale, but withhis every feature distinctly and vividly portrayed. There is no doubt of thefact that there were many who thoughtthey saw Garfield in the clouds. InTalbot county the illusion was seen bynumoers. a iarmer living nearClaras l'oint on going out into hi3.yard after dark saw, as he related itafterward to his neighbors, angels andeoldiers marching side by side in theclouds, wheeling and going throughevery evolution with military precision,and absolutely life-lik- e and natural.

At the Old Home.Major Swain, who was so closely con

nected with the late president, describesthe arrival of the bereaved family atthe old home in Mentor. "We accom-panied Mrs. Garfield, Grandma Garfield, the children and Private Secre-tary Brown, to the old homestead atMentor on Tuesday. We were met atthe depot by the Rudolphs, Mrs. Gar- -ueid s relatives, and were accompaniedquietly to the homestead. When wecame in sight of the old, familiar spot,Mrs. Garfield was quite overcome fora moment, but soon recovered her com-posure and entered the desolate home.Gen. Garfield's study remains just ashe left it, and one of the sorrowingwidow's first steps was to go into theroom where she had spent so many

rnappy nours. one is graauaiiy recovering from the effects of the blow

"Mrs. Garfield said It was too earlyto indicate where she will reside, butshe will spend her summers at Mentor.In the winter season she will spendpart of the time with her relatives inCleveland where she will le near herhusband s remains, and part of thetime in Williamstown, Mass., whereshe will be near her eldest boys. Harryand Jimmie, while they are in attendance at Williams College. The boyswill leave for Williams College on Friday night or Saturday morning of thisweek. Grandma Garfield in the futurewill make her home with Mrs. Gar-field. Wherever the bereaved wifegoes the sorrowing mother will go.The aged grandmother is very frail.and will spend her last days with thefamily or her dead son."

The Pay of Teachers.The Rutland (Vt) Herald and Globe

says very wisely in regard to the payof teachers : "The low wages that ad-mit of no savings, if the teacher hasa family, is the blight upon a professionthat contains within its exercises morepossibilities for good, in . multiplyingtne Dest mannooa and womanhoodthrough the unceasing manipultationof character in its pintle immaturity,than even the pulpit, for the teachercomes into closer contact with thegrowing youth of the country thaneven the parent. Three-fourt- hs oftne leacners wno serve xor meagerwages have no call to their profession,for the very reason that they take nopermanent interest in It; they neverexpect to foUow it for a g, sothey cannot give it the necessary pains,the essential enthusiasm; but once let itbe understood that goad work and excepational gifts for teaching are sure of areward that did not by its meagerne3scompell celibacy, or the domestic econ-omy of a church-mous- e, and moremen or exceptional . tact, talent andmanhood would follow teaching for a

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

A Tendar Tributa to the rVimmnn.wealth of Enrlish-Srjeaki- n- Pea.pie.

rail Mall Gaze.te.To-da- when England and America

stand as mourners by the grave ofPresident Garfield, we may venture tohope that the bitter memories and thedividing animosities engendered by theRevolutionary war of last centurvhave finally died away. Never sincetne declaration or Independence havethe two great English speaking na-tions been so united in sentiment asthey are to-da- nevei in the history ofthe world has an event apparently soslight served to demonstrate a sympathy and an affection so deep as thatwhich has been revealed by the president's death.. For a hundred vearaEngland has had to pay the penalty ofthe folly of her obstinate monarch ; butat last it would appear that the expia-tion is complete, and in sentiment theold country and the new are united byties as deep, as tender, and as strong,as if the tea had never been thrown in-to Boston harbor, and the echoes ofthe Concord fight had never reverberat-ed round the world. The time therefore seems to have fully come whenboth nations will do well to considerwhether it would not be right and ex-pedient that the reapproacliments sohappily accomplished between the peo-ples should now be accompanied by acorresnondinir chancre in thn rr" .'innsof the governments, nd that Enf mdand America, already one in si ft.snouia oe united more closely in alitical sense. There is a United Kine.dom and the United States: but thunion of English-speakin- g people, vastenough to include both the mothercountry and all the commonwealthswith which she has strewn the world,has still to be achieved.

No sane man on this side the Atlan-tic desires to undo the work of Wash-ington and the other heroes of theRevolutionary war. Even those inwhom "imperial instincts" swell mostlargely would resolutely refuse, even ifit were urgently tendered, the sover-eignty of the United States. Thegrown man does not return to hiscradle, and America has long since at-tained a maturity which would rendergrotesque the idea of a return to thenursery of nations. It would be justas reasonable that the United King-dom should seek admission into thefederal union of the American statesas that the United States should besubordinated in any way, no matterhow nominal, to the sceptre of oursovereign. Nor would any wise manseek to multiply the points of frictionbetween two nations. Gobden's say-ing that international good feeling wasbest secured by a maximum of inter-course between the peoples and a mini-mum of communications between theirrulers, contains much sound sense; andany political union that involved theslightest interference on the part ofone government in the affairs of theother should be ipso facto ruled out ofcourt But it may not be impossibleto give some visible and tangibleshape to the real but invisible unionbetween England and America, theevidence of which this day ir-radiates with a new hope the heartsof the mourners, who in two continentsattend in spirit the funeral of themurdered president. If James Gar-field had been ruler of the British em-pire, he could not have been more sincerely mourned by Englishmen, andthere have been many rulers of theBritish empire whose decease hasfailed to awaken one-tent- h part of thekeen and lively sympathy which hasfound expression on this occasion.Nor is it true, to say that the impulsewuicu cioses our exenanges tms ai ter-noo- n

is a mere sentimentalism whichis certain to disappear like the mist ofthe morning. The stock exchange isnot exactly the chosen home of senti-ment, nor could any mere passing gusthave stirred to the depths a people soreserved as ours. This outburst ofbrotherly feeling no one calls theAmericans "cousins" now is but theoutcome of a long process which is nownearly complete. The death of Abraham Lincoln began the work ; the deathof James Garfield crowns it Year byyear the ties between the two peopleshave been silently multiplying beforeour eyes. The great ocean ferry hasso bridged the Atlantic with its innumerable steamers that a ceaselessstream of passengers cross and recrossbetween the sides of "the ditch " andfeel equally at home on both. Englishlooms were always supplied fromAmerica; but it is only within the lastfew years that England has began tobe fed from the prairies of the westOur home farm is but of small extentcompared with the broad acres whichare cultivated for us by men of Englishbirth across the Atlantic Never intne nistory or mankind have twonations of common origin, laws, literature, and language, had so many inter-est- s

in common and been so closely andmutually dependent without aspiringto convert into a political reality theunion wnicn Denas tnem into one.

When we asked what closer politicaltie can be forged than those which al-ready exist we may reply by askingwhat political tie may be establishedbetween Canada, Australia, and SouthAfrica when they attain their majorityand are no longer content to accept agovernor nominated in Londen, or torefer the'r disputes to the abitrament ofa colonial minister, who is often ienorant of their history, and almost alwaysunpenecuy miormea as to me facts onwhich he has to decide ? No one willdeny that a time will come when thesecolonies will aspire to complete independence; but it is equally indisput-able that no Englishman can regardsuch an eventuality without the deep-est feelings of regret and sorrow if theseedling commonwealths which wenave planted all over theworld should, on attaining theirmaepenaence, not mainmn someconnection- - with the motherlandacross the seas. Empire in the oldsense or the word is impossible. Ourcolonies already are all but emancipated from the tutelage of Downingouc;b. 4. icm wax, wuicu wouia ex-pose them to the attacks of an enemy'scruisers in a quarrel In which theywere not interested, and on which theyhad never been consulted, might pre-cipitate a change which sooner or lateris inevitable. What then, is to be doneto retain in fraternal onion the ocean--severed, seii-goveri- communities of

blood? Every one will admis, at least, tne desirability of pro

viding some silken tie sufficientlyloose and elastic to allow the utmostfreedom to individual development,but strong enough to convey a senseof unity, and to provide against thecontingency of internecine war. Allthat we suggest is that England andAmerica should now attempt to ar-range some such informal union asEngland and Australia will have todiscuss, say, in the lifetime of the nextgeneration. Even in Europe, wherealien nations, with rival religions andcivilizations, and full of the savagememories of forgotten wars, regardwith undisguised hostility the statusquo, the necessity of providing somesuch mollis vicendi and mutual co-

operation, is recognized by the exist-eac- e

of tne European concert in thestrengthening and development ofwhich lies the most promising hope ofpeace in the old world. If a Europeanconcert, in spite of all but insurmount-able difficulties, is recognized as a po-

litical necessity for Europe, why shouldthere not be an Anglo-Americ- con-cert wide enough to include in onecommon fatherland all English-speakin- g

men? That concert exists to-da-y,

morally. Why should it not be per-petuated and preserved by the creationof a political arrangement conceived inthe spirit of this hour of internationalsympathy and communion? Concern-ing the methods by which this maybest be realized, it is not necessary tospeak to-da- Sufficient for the pres-ent is it to express the ideal towardwhich the eye3 of the English-speakin- g

races here and beyond the sea shouldsteadfastly bo turned.

Health of Swine.TheDepartment of Agriculture has

ssued a pamphlet on "American Pork,"giving the result of its investigationconcerning trichinaj and the diseasesof swine. We make the followingextracts from it:

The hogs of Illinois and Ohio, anddouptles3 of other Western States, areof various improved breeds, mainlyhigh-grad- e Berkshires and PolanChinas, and are unsurpassed for purity aby the hogs of the best British fancybreeders. Tne pigs are generallyfarrowed in April and May, and assoon as they are able to do so, areallowed to follow corn-fe-d cattle, withthe range of grass pasture and pure-runnin- g

water during the summer andfall. When not following corn-fe- d cat-tle, the pigs are fed with corn untilthe spring grass and their age make itpossible for the animals to subsist andthrive on gras3 alone.

Formerly hog-killin- g was all done inthe winter, and the farmers consequent-ly had a special season for preparinghogs for market, but now that summer-killin-g,

especially in Chicago, hasattained proportions nearly as large asthe winter-killin- the farmer can finda market for his hog3 at any time ofyear, and has only to consult his convenience a? to the time of fattening,being sure of finding a market when-ever he has a carload ready for' trans-portation.

When the hog reaches the age of sixmonths or more and it is previous tothis age, and while he has no presentmarketable value to the farmer thatthe most of the deaths from 'hog chol-era" occur he is put into pens andwell fed upon corn and given access topure spring water. Should the hog beattacked with "cholera" during thisperiod, he is immediately seperatedfrom his fellows, and the diseasebeing fatal, the dead animal must bedisposed of by burial or utilizedas a fertilizer. The disease effectsthe hoz suddenly. As Dr. Stetson observes, "it destroys life atonce and adds that "it is impossible to make good meat of such a hog,by any process, decomposition settingin before the death of the animal, inmost cases."

It may, in fact, be stated as beyonda doubt that all rumors or reports thatAmerican hogs dying by disease or evenby accident, ever entered upon anymarket in the shape of meat or lard,are founded wholly upon ignorance ormalice, for it is not in the power ofthe hog-me- curer or the lard refiner,whatever hi3 inclination, to utilize themeat of hogs which have died ofcholera, in any edible form that couldpass the mo3t superficial inspection.

A Conscientious Girl's Sacrifice.The following story is told of a two- -

story brick house in the suburbs ofBoston, whose doors and windows arenailed up, and which has never beenoccupied: "Nearly thirty years ago ayoung man built it for his bride, intending to mortgage it and pay for itgradually, as his worldly goods increased, to all of which she agreed.When the wedding day was appointed,the trousseau ready, and the housefinished, he took the lady out fromBoston to inspect it After going overthe house he presented her with a deedof it for a weddiug gift . Knowing hiscircumstances, she was astonished thathe had actually paid for it He explained that buying a. ticket inlottery, he had drawn the first prize,which covered the cost of the house.The Puritan maiden protested shewould not take a home obtained bygambling, and refused the deed. Hisarguments were of no avail; she re-mained obdurate. When they left thehouse he locked the door and threw thekey into the brook near by. The nextday he boarded up the windows, andonly the spiders and mice have everoccupied it The man never marriedhe became rich, but Is a wanderer onthe face of the earth. The womannever married she is still living, poorana invalid.

Mrs. Fiske's Will. -There were fifty-fiv- e different be-

quests in the will of Mrs. Willardjfiske, or Ithaca. Eight of $2,000,two of 13,000, sixteen of to.OOO. fourteen of $10,000. one of 115.000. fourof $25,000, one of $40,000, six of $100,- -uw, one or rW.UOO, and one of $300,-00- 0.

making a total of $1,497,000. Itis thought in Ithaca that the grandhouse she was buildinsr will eo toCornell university, coming in as a partof the residue, which is given to thelibrary fund. It is believed Jjer bequestto tne university may amotmt to $500,000. The $40,000 to establish a hospital lor stuaents is esjiecially com-mended as a thoughtful rind beneficialbequest as many stud aita living Indistant parts of the country havesuffered from poor cajg when ta&ensuddenly m at Ithaca

THE SLIM TEACHER.

How He Managed the School at Cran-berry Gulch.

Baa Frasciaco BalleUa.

"Mister, no doubt you have all theiearnin' that's required in a schoolteacher, but it wants more than Iearninto make a man able to teach 'school inCranberry Gulch. You'll soon findthat out if you try. ; We've had threewho tried it on; One lays there in thegraveyard; another. lost his eye; thelast one opened school and left beforenoontime for the benefit of his health.He hasnt been back since. Now you'rea slender build, and all your Iearnin'will only make It worse, for all ouryoung folks are rough and don't standno nonsense."

This was what one of the trustees ofthe district said to my friend HarryFlotoe, when he made application forthe vacant position of teacher.

Let me try. I know I am slenderbut I am tough and , have a strongwill," said Harry.

"Just as you like. Theie's the schoolhouse, and I'll have the notice given ifyou want it done," said the trustee.

"I do, said Harry, "and IT1 opennext Monday at 6 a. m."

The notice was given and there wasa great deal of excitement in the gulchand along the Yuba flats. More thanfifty young people of both sexes madean excuse to drop into the tavern toget a sight at the fellow who thoughthe could keep school in that district,and many a contemptuous glance fellon the slender form and youthful faceof the would-b- e teaqher.

Eight o'clock on Monday morningcame, and Harry Flotoe went down tothe school with a key in one hand andvalise in the other.

"Ready to slope, if he finds we're toomuch for him," said a cross-eye- d, broad-shoulder-

fellow of 18.The school house was unlocked and

the new teacher went to his desk.Some of the folks went to see what hewas going to do, though school was notcalled."

Harry opened his valise and took outlarge belt Then, after buckling it

around his waist he put three Colt'srevolvers there each six barrels, and abowie knife eighteen inches in theblade.

"Thunder!" he means business !"muttered the cross-eye- d chap.

The new teacher now took out asquare card about four inches eachway, walked to the other end of theschool house and tacked it up againstthe wall. .Returning to his desk hedrew a revolver from his belt, and quickas thought sent ball after ball into thecard, till there were six balls in a spotnot much larger than a silver dollar.

By this time the school house wasfull of big boys and girls. The littleones were afraid to come in.

Then the teacher walked half waydown the room with a bowie knife inhis hand, and threw it with so true ahand that it stuck, quivering, in thecenter of the card.

He left it there and quietly put twomore of the same kind in his belt andreloaded hl3 yet smoking pistol.

Ring the bell ; I am about to openschool."

He spoke to the cross-eye- d boy, thebully of the crowd, and the boy rangthe bell without a word.

"The scholars will take their seats;open school with a prayer," he said,

ternely, five minutes later.The scholars sat down silent! v, al

roost breathless. After prayer thefaTior nnrVaA a rvn1vr an1 nrollrorldown on the floor.

Wa tit ill orrgnrra tVia oloaaao " Via

said; "all who can read, write andspell will rise. Of them we will formthe first class."

Only six got up. He escorted themto upper seats, and then he began toexamine the rest. A whisper washeard behind him. In a second he I

..l j aNo whispering allowed here?" he

thunnnvi ir,frevolver lay on a level with the cross- -eyed boy's head.

"I'll not do so any more," gasped thebuiiv

"See vou do not I npvpr irivA asecond warning." said the teacher, andtho rovnivor foil

It took two hours to organize theclasses, but when done thev were allorganized.

Then came recess. The teacherwent out, too, for the room wascrowded and hot A hawk was circling over head, high in the air. Theteacher drew his revolver, and the nextsecond the hawk came tumbling downamong tne wondering scholars.

1 rom that day on Harry kept schoolfor two years in Cranburry Gulch, hissalary doubled after the first quarter.and his pupils learning to love as wellas respect him, and the revolvers wereout of sight within a month.

They had found a man at last whocould keep school. This is a fact

Give us Pure Lager.The enormous amount of slucose

and other substitutes used in the manufacture of lager beer has directed theattention of medical to thefact that sincelagerbeerPhas grown to

--"iUf !IfIa?fJfuoa uotu a vuxicojiuuiigijr tuarwingincrease of kidney - ailments amongbeer-drinker- s. These two facts carrymore than a warning to thoughtful

.m x a mpersons, iisucn want anotner lact,hereitis: Brewers, wnenseen togetn- -er at the festive board, avoid beer oftheir own as they wouldcontagion. TheySrill invariably , beseen to order champagne, unine wine,or beer of foreign manufacture, Afriend, who is an expert informs us

secretchemist isas necessary an adjunct asthe maltster. Once known, these factswill eause stampede among beer--

QxinKera.

Don t know half mtr value,Th-- T enred me of Aeue, Billousnesa

and Complaint as recommended.1 had a hilFbottle left which I used formy two little ptris, who the doctors andneighbors said could pot be cured. IwoSld have lost both of one niht ifI had not elven tnem itinera, rneydid them w much good I continued theft

until they were cured. That is why ISaid do not know half the value ofun futtAM and da net reeommend themhigh enouh?-- B. Rochester, N. Y. Seeother column. American Rural Home.

A collation recently taken up by tte5

Driving With The Parasol.Burlington Bawkeye.

The other evening the Jester wasDatning nis eyes in cold water, andsuspended the operation long enoughto remark:

. "If a woman can't take her parasolto heaven when she dies, she wont behappy there. She will come packafter if

An impressive quiet followed thisdogmatic statement, and the parasolsof the court knew some of them werein for it.

"We were driving this afternoon,"the aggrieved Jester resumed, "and theprincess kindly shaded my head withher parasol. It was very kind, . indeed.It limited my view of the country, attimes, to my knees and the dashboardof the wagon. Whenever we met ateam, especially if the road was verynarrow, the princess lowered herparasol between myself and the pass-ing wagon, so that I turned out byfaith, or stood on my head to catch aglimpse of the eollUing wheels. Whenwe started down a steep hill she drop-ped the parasol between me and thehorses, and I trusted to the good senseof the animals to keep out of theditch. When we met any acquaintan-ces to whom I wished to bow, sheknocked my hat into my eyes. Whenshe would point my admiring gaze tosome exquisitly tinted autumn leaf,she jabbed a projecting parasol ribinto my eye. When she turned tospeak to any one in the rear seat sherasped the back of my neck. Oft asthe carriage struck a stone or lurchedover a rut, she prodded my g

head with vicious little jabs, Idrew my head down between myshoulders and sat crouched and bent,but the remorseless parasol still pursu-ed me. I have been pelted and raspedand prodded, and all from a mistakensense of kindness. A woman's un-selfishness and kindness of heart alwaysprompts her to hold her parasol overthe man who drives. And if the manwho drives is allowed to choose forhimself, he will choose sunstroke inpreferance to the parasol every time.I do not complain, mind you, I merelymake a simple statement of plain fact.Any man who has had to drive a pairof horses while some gentle-hearte-d

woman held a parasol over him knowswhat 1 have suffered. And when sheholds an umbrella it is infinitely worse,Then the man is utterly and hopelesslyextinguished, and the material world isto him only a wild, blank chaos ofalpaca and whalebone,"

Badly Trained Husbands.Mrs. Craik, nee Mulock.

How many unhappy girls have paiddearly for the upbringing of raeiryoung husbands, who, the first glamourof love passed, treat their wives as theywere allowed to treat their sisters, andas they saw their fathers treat theirmothers, carelessly, disrespectfully,with a total want of that consideratetenderness which is worth all the pas-sionate love in the world. This, thoughthey may pass muster outside as excel-lent husbands, never do anything reallybad, and possessing many good andattractive qualities, yetjeontriving somehow quietly to break the poor womanlyheart, or harden into that passive ac-

ceptance of pain which is more fatalto married happiness than even tem-porary estrangement Anger itself isa safer thing than stolid, hopeless

The best husbands I ever met cameou a family where the mother, amOSt UOrOlC antt Woman,aid down the absolute law, "girls first"

Not in anv authority, but urst to oethought of, as to protection and tender-ness. Consequently, the chivalrouscare which these lads were taught toshow their own sisters naturally ex-

tended itself to all women. They8tew up uuBgeuueuieu-Bcuu- uo, u--exacting, courteous oi speecnof hearL Tn them was trie protecting"rengtn oi mannooa, wnicn Bcorua wuse its strength eTceot ior protection;the proud honesty of manhood whichinfinitely prefers bemg lovingly and"Piy resisted, oemg luum,one's finger," as mean men are twisted,ana mean women wui aiways uo iuuuuready to do it; but which, I think, allnonesL men ana crave wuiucu wmunot merely dislike, but utterly aespise.

A Clever urow.The London Field.

I have had my Australian piping1 A A HMt 1A Icrow ior aooui two yema. "

was uneducated, and rather a QisreP; 1

utable looking party, but witti gooatooa ana exercise, nia wusitoi uucubsoon deveiorjea itseii. e ucitauwith the first part of MThe Bells," thenhe off perfectly the trumpet call of"Cease Firincr " "Charlie is my uarline." "Nix mv Dolly." and hi is diligently at work at ."uoa uiess mePrince" and has tne urst part iainywell off. He fetches and carries like adog, and seems never tired of runningafter a ball of crumpled paper, anabringing it backone's hand and waiting for another

mrmr fit A. Y.1 AKvnt AnThaillDntMOW. lie WUllumuw uuu. .floor, and play more like a monkey man

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A rtH Md. naner mentionslM-nx- r T. Dftenen. or tnat piace,

u rtar-a- RAverelv with rheumatic1 w"u bua; 7 V " "

he tried a bottle fli mn,n1M mm!

hhn.f0 'IndianapolisijLi.... Gen. John Echols, of reports

t throueh the backswoods ofKentucxyr Z and West Pj."eTen tie cabins of the coiorea people wuntheix bits of crape in mourning for Presl- -

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. . . "WaiMncton Gozttte is the that the colts in that

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P.Mbls by" iMtattoglt with St Jacob's OiL

rrauor laTtsor.The Chestnut crop of East Tennessee

will be very large this season.Last year the United States pro-

duced 70,000,000 tons of coal.The Vatican library at Rome con-

tains 100,000 volumes and 40,000 M&3

The Japanese sent 1,272,756 tele-grams over their own wires last year.

There are 17,000,000 males andfemales in the United King-

dom.Thirty years ago it cost Massachu-

setts $4.81 to educate each child; nowits costs $13.55.

Many tanners about Sand mountain,Alabama, say their crops are far abovetheir anticipations.

The mountains of eastern Kentuckyare fall of speculators in search of coalmines and fine timber.

The pearl excitement has died outat Murfreesboro, Tenn., but dealers artyet buying all that are being offered.

farmers are makingmore money this season, at presentprices, than at any time for years past.

The heroes of Homer's time usedafter meal to wipe their hands on apiece of bread and throw it to the dogs.

There is being erected in New Yorka borne for the aged and infirmHebrews. The cost is to be $150,-00- 0.

- The autograph of Martin Luther wasrecently sold for $150; that of Malanc-tho- n

for $56, and that of Voltaire for$2,250.

Some of the timber fires in the Sier-ras are said to be five or six miles Lalength A large amount of good timberis being destroyed in some places.

Capt Paul Boyton has started forthe head waters on the Yellowstonerwith the purpose of paddling himselfto St Louis, a distance of 3,5C0miles.

Pennsylvania has advanced from be-

ing the twelfth in rank, of the tobac-co raising states in 1870, to the thirdin 1880, Kentucky and Virginia alonesurpassing her.

Mrs. Mackay, wife of the bonanzamillionaire, now in Paris, has a travel-ing carriage that cost $30,00(, and requires an annual outlay of $2,000 tokeep it in order.

The Durango Record says that thereis a squash on exhibition in that townwhich is six feet and seven inches incircumference, and which materialenough to make ten acre) of pumpkinpies.

All the boats on Canandalgua lakeare now loaded with grapes peaches, which are not wholly exhausted inthat region. One day last week a boatlanded 11,000 pounds of grapes atCanandalgua.

Captain Jim and his braves havebeen putting their talents to good usin Lane county, Oregon, recently, bypicking hops. About thirty-fiv- e Indi-ans were thus engaged, and they picked23,000 pounds on one farm.

Some of the Leechburg, Pa., peoplehave calves bred from Alderney cows

the sacred bull bought from Boyd &Peter s circus, which went to pieces atthat place some months ago. The semi-sacr- ed

semi-Aldern- calves attractmuch attention.

The annual product of gold is nowless than $100,000,000, and its foreigncoinage is practically suspended. Inthe United States the production hasgradually diminished. In 1878 it was$47,266,107; in 1879 it was f38,WU.000; in 1880, $36,000,000.

In order to have a perfectly cleartitle recorded for the West Shore roadto a piece of land at New Windsor, onthe Hudson, it was necessary thatRobert Ellison should procure the letters natent in which George II. ofvn!an rrrWI th Ian tn hU errand.- -ial,"C1' Au"viw """

xuo iu uaiscovereu uku. muia iaiui uwui vuThursday than any other ty In U

week; that July is the unlucki est

months averager.CrZotT, ThpV

wumub.on the record of sixteen years expencuvc

Seventy-fiv- e thousand acres of landin Aroostook county. Me., whose statevaluation has been 83 0 cents, soldat auction in Bangor a few days agof avenure price of 73 4-- cents

nAyacre. A lot or o.uuu in

Somerset county, sold at 54 cents peracre the state valuation being 36 centsper acre.

Bodie Free Press: In one of thecanons leading up to the extinct volcanoes south of Mono lake, there is aspring of lemonade water at le-is- t thefluid that oozes rrom tne roots nas afUvor that strongly resembles lemonade. It is clear, and has sucn a ftrongarid taste that with the aid of little. . . ld f th oename

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A. Garfield, dease" vDeinPtneI atnOUUt purcuasud Wlwu iud fiwotu.

unbscrinttons to the Garfield fund.! ThA bonds will yield an annual in--;;: of 111 nm. cunnot be paid oili w - -

by the government until the year1907,

that the canning season is at itsheuStJ housewives should bear in mind

nutritious qualities, and is nuv.e rromhoofs, and other slaughter houserefuse, Many of the cheap JrlUes sold

iruised by flavors,often artinciai;, ana are not w w putin the stomach, Nothing like the old--

I fashioned, home-mad- e jelly,i n t TTirwKnirifI . . i t.. i .vuana VOW Vitja uio mwcaoo omy- -I. .... va a v-i- ro,

.UUUU1U w.,wuu "". !been greater proporaonauy, inan inFrancisco. It Is stated that north

0f San Francisco ten years ago, the to--

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neighborhood of 5,000 tons. HumboldtI and Coos bays will be represented byI about 6,000 tons, making in all 11,000tow for those places, old governmentmeasurement, eual to about 7,500 tons

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