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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-8-15, Page 2YOUNG FOLKS. Little JO and Mary Aim Little Jo watt a little roan At4 hi little pal waa Mary Ann; it tickled Mary Ann and Jo When they found a neighboras wheelbar 15, 1 he I he I 'angina, the little men, Ho 1 ho 1 ho laughed May Mn. "'Will my lady ride ?" eaid cotirteous Jo, "Then. hop right into the wheelbarrow, ItOs tot a gilded palankeeu, But its got a cheerful mise en 'were. 'WImy 'tidy ride?" old the little an. Tvu bet your lifer shouted May Ann. A/sedated by her emiling May Ann climbed into tbe wheelbarrow, Chockful of toy h made he feel AA the barrow walteed round cm ha wheel, Right happy was the little mail And ditto, likewhe, Mary Arno But alae I alas 1 for little eo And, alas •1 for Mary Ann aho. Io the midse of all their merriment Over the barrow and eontents went, Down on Obt nose went the little mao Out On her head went Mary Ann. Els alumnae came or little Jo, Fer Mary Ann came her dad, Pero, Now fer apart, their 'harlots flow Aa they sit the stinging awitch below. w, • .ntionoAr., 3.0317, Be. Arse haenecatix Poecenr. A practical tote is a ort of hick played by one pereen Open anOther, in the hope of Ms"ising hine ntseetefertsside arid eldiculeue. To pee one'? frieud in an abord siteetion, to intelfere with Ids right*, to do Something 'talkie will bur; l4u2 m body or mind, not yeaY deeply periaepe, yet reaLly, le the object of the practical joker. I have 'lever in my Wo teen able to see the least good, the least innocent fuu, In precticel jekee, but 1 hue sot a greet deal at evil hi d mischief re mating hem thtra. I chalet tbirde of a pereen Ad dieted to prtatical joking as 'Anything but meet mai eoutereptible, For how CAP We boner the dlopesition Lich take* pleaeure In cruelly I Scene years ago, jut at ansit, A Maid-2er 'sant ha a certain beaotiful beme took tt hate ber la -ed. that it would be rare feta to dress bereelf in a target awl frighten =other of the servarsts. So elm slipped bete the grotuads hid hexed! behind a tree, Alta welted her oppertunity. Daucbsg reertily alerg, gauging with NeiCe like a herd, came 4 ANAtOt7 little deughter of the house, who bad been seat et au errand to **lodge Matte end of the green hare. The merry ehild, sezsitive to laer hetips, eaughe aglimnse of the etraighte fi ere sloalking behind the oak% aud Itteced thet a few months after• tea—ot nervoue abock, the phyrift , which then began its fatal wink, of our New Eonlaud collegea o /aid been itudytug betel that he ter the Freshman Clem WAR startled ehep at midnight by a party et 1. rook% who nrceeeded to make sport themselvee ty the stupid process called 44 hue rag ' their eompaulee. Tbeerhad their ly fun, but it h to be heeled flat none of tbo number ea:agave& in It cau ever think of that night without a pang, for it made the y tuth insene. I don't like to believe eat may of my retders emote* In thie wretched kind of jest. hec If they 'do, It is bemuse they hive mever locked ot it from the right peint of vstw. There Inn among pay friends one, I Ara sure, who would be happy in reeking si y one else miserable. I sew Tod the other day perched in a took, "wayNoy up in a tall tree, and I thaughte "Wt a splendld climber you are, land, and bow altably you'd run to the miz zenetopif you were a eralor•boy 1" I knew ell Fred was as surcefooted as a eat, and ha eyes like s squIrrel, and. the grip of a medicos'', so I IV011 not elarmedon his account, Not Go his mother, She came to tbe door, called 44 Fred 1 Fred V' and Sully deeeried him in his airy nest, from which "his yoke fell like,. falling etar." Tben she was great. ly distressed and frightened, and 1 was dis- appointed In Fred, because instead of re. lieeng her fears at once, he mad ; Ob, pouf, mamma 1 there's no danger, NV ay are you AO excited I've been here doa. yam of times," Ile did defamed at last, but a hue gentle. zest—and Fred naeans to be a gentleman— would not have allowed a woman to be fright- ened even for au instant, especielly when the women was his own mother. The 'spirit which leada one not to care when a friend iasuffering terron en one's account is the same which makes the practical jest possible. Aunt Marjorie's; children must banish thin if they would make their little world happy.--.[Harper's Young People. tommatmolommi The Fool of tbe A rich Chinese lady bad a foolish son, for whom the had taken a wife from a cultured family: When he was about to pay the first visit, to his bride's parents, his mother inatracted him how to behave and what to say, for she was very anxious that bis mental deficiency should not be di:covered. She tried to forecast the questions that would be put to him, and to provide him with mowers that would satisfy the questioner, and at the same time forestall further ques- tioning. As he carried a costly fan on which a landecape was painted, she thought that guests, disposed to be affable, would ask what scene was thereon represented, and ao ahe taught him to reepond to that question by raying, "Oh. that is only a fancy sketch." Then, as he was to ride a fine mule she thought the gentlemen would be sure to raaannent upon its excellent condition, and to inquire its price; so he drilled her son In replying, with courteous humility," The animal is nothing more than a good beast of burden,reared on our farm, and not worthy row attention." 'When the young man arrived at the door of his host, the first to greet him was his prospective mother-in-law, who politely Ira; quired after the health of his mother. He promptly responded, saying, "The animal Is nothing more than a good Newt of burden, reared on our farm, and not worthy of your attention." The honified mother-in-law drew bath, half unconsciously exclaiming, "I was told that youra was a very well - ordered family 1" The fool, having be- tbought himself that he ought to have first -used the answer wbioh his mother first taught him, tautened to reply, "Oh, that Is only a fancy eketch." • Mamma's ExaotlWords. Wlilies (regretfully)—I'd like jut awfully to kin you, Gracie, but 1 'aped it wouldn't do. You know your mamma /said you ustn't never kiss the boys. Gracie—Yee, that' + what she maid. What is, it's about what she read. I 'member' jnst as well: She says to me, she says: "Gracie, don't you ever let me see you kitssin' the boys. " Mamma, shins gone over to Mrs. Bilby's. The mean ia not the extreme, but if there is anything meaner than a hornet's extreme it haealot come this way.; Prightening Children. The inatience that is bought to hear upon a thild durieg the fitet ;head° of lift will leave a decided effect in determining his power of selecoutrol in later Team It le ft thet home more than in any other place that this influence must first be exeroised, and upon nurses, governessee and parerite de, volvea this most important duty, a reepon‘ eibility which, coneidertecl in its true bglat, becomea a privilege and a trained trust. A child cannet understand the "why and where - tore" of many thine wItioh to an adult are perfectly plain end intelligible. He le timid, and naturally shrink e from sighta ana'eounds which, to him, are 'Orange and uneccounte able. Te frIghten a child in any way is not only thouglatlesa and ernel, but the aot itself may be tollowea by serious results. For one to eity no hum was intended, and that it wee only in nn, le no excluse. It is of some of the ways in which this abuse is aometimea :Afore, and there CoNSEQUENTAnENDANT ruts, tbat I wish to !Teak. There are soma people who seem to take a mold eatiefeetion in feightening young children by auddenly appearing before aunt with the face hidden by a mask or the en- tire body covered with a xibeet, at the eame time uttering lend and unnatural sounds, and gesticulating in a wIld and herdic man- ner. Occasionally we find a moon who le so regardiese of posaible acchienta tut not to heeitate to poiat at a child a gun or a plated, and feign to atrike him with a knife or hat. chea The eetting of a change dog upon one who already shown ragas ot terror at the ceuttant barking of the animal la hone, Unto Mowed by unexpeeted and painful rotate. For little aetit et dieolsedience, children Are etextetimee shut up in a dark *set or temporarily conned m the dark Attie or haler. At otter times they are told Orange stories of ghoeta, and threat. treed thee, if they do not behave, they will be men TO TEM RAO MUNN, or OW wandering gipalea will steal them and carry them away. Theta and other atielt frightful apperitIone are relies of bar - bruit= and cuperatitioe, which ehould have no place in the Cbristran light aud intelli- gence of tills nineteenth century. And not (rely this: Lucie ecene% stories and threata are geoesly indecent and deliberate false- lewd's, the nature et which the claild will terectday endezetand, and he will be very likely to fent a jut, estimate of the mend charaoter el thee in wheats couedence end honesty be firmly believed, It hi talo to be remembered that it le poulble tbat a child may be SO often frighteued in One way or mother As to eventually weaken In. slIsr eter, and even ecreethoes prodece 4 clepier. able itate of mantel imbecility; and there are Deny one on record where 4 child hoe eo frightened se to chute Inheeibility vuleicza and deatie—IGoca Renidkoon E, I. PeanutE Tor illecittlia. ° Biagi) Lyman, of North Carelfue, con- tribute* the followleg to the Raleigh "Nowa and Observer en— fesi— tbink I 'moo made a very valuable dig. coveryeand 1 Ara anxious that others abould oleo ezpie, the iterieflo of it. For mealy two years 1 have been offering greatly fora aleeplenuets at night, end frequently hove not been able to sleep tnore than one or two hours during the night. I have tried a great number of proposed remedies, acme of which bee° helped en e little, but not for any tenth of time. A little more than a fortureht ago, while ataybag et the tease of a friend In the oountry, ray geed hostess brought into the valour quite late in the evening, a bountiful supply of freshly roast. ed emanate. Aril em very fon dof them, when they are not too moll cooked, I ate quite freely of them, and soon after othed to bed, !found the next, morning that I lad enjoyed the belt sleep 1 lad experienced for over a month. I attributed this at once to the paean% and determined to try %hem maim the following evening. I did so, and abut drank a glaaa of fresh, meet milk after I had finis ed the peanut'. That night slept still better, And now, for a fortnight, I have pArtakee of the Donuts and the milk every inglxt, and bayonet only 'slept rentark- ably well, but have &Imo fully recovered from a slight attack of indigestion -which had troubled me before. I now find that peanuts, carefully nested and nob done so as to be at all burned, are surely a remedy for slop - lessee's, and also for that form of indigos - tion which is one of the producing =see of sleeplessness. • There ie a popular impression that pea- nuts are indigestible, but 1 have never found them so =has they were too muck routed, or bad been routed many day a before. When too much cooked or when stele they certainly are indigestible, but when carefully routed and fresh they promote digestion. They ehould be eaten shortly before going to bed, and not more than half a pint sbould be taken. They should be roasted before they are sbelled, stud shelled only as they are eaten. A hall pint of shelled nuts would be too many. I commend this remedy with great confi. dance to those who are afflicted with insom- nia, partionlatly if indigeation is, in part, the cause of it. The peanut le a very vain. able article of food when carefully roasted and partaken of in moderation. I hope none of my readers will imagine that I have start- ed a peanut farm and am wiahing to create a boom in that article, but I shall be rejoic- ed if what I have written should be the means of bestowing on any others the great benefit which I have derived from this simple agency. Trawl:sena B. Lya&N. Bishop of North Carolina. The U. S. Pension List. The United States Congress voted in 1889 for pensions to soldiers of the rebellion $60,000,000, for 1887 $75,000, .000, for 1888 $83,000,000. For the year ending June 30, 1889, only $80,500,000 eras voted; it being expected that Congress would supply any deficiency litter on, and the Democrats were alLICiOAA to go te the Presidential election as friends of economy," but as a matter of fact $90,000,000 was needed. The firentl year has closed with a large defiolenoy, and many pensioners must remain unpaid until alter, the next Congreaa has usembled and provid- ed the teceseary 'nude. It is interesting to know that three time the entire revenue of the Domiaion is expended in the United. States for war pension's alone. At the rate which the new Pension Commissioner is in- creasing tha pension scale over $100,000,000 will be needed for the current year. It is generally conoeded that the pension bureau is a sink of oorruption.--thforttreal Star, • The Retort Courteous. At a cafe a group of gentlemen diacussine politics ; a young student entered and join- ed in the oonveraation ; his argamente did not please the others, and one of them 'said to hint, "Be quiet I At your agel wats an ase myself I" Yon are wonderfully well pretserved, air," was the reply, 4 PI' euro ottheAntice in WhIch lee indulges— m is texteeme ace/tuna. My °face1» tho het Port wheee1 w etationed looked over the nea and had veranda onceideit, which of ouree was ke woods rays a writer in Camber's Journ I was. sitting Alke day in my cffiee,eilair loo ing out over the bey beyend to collect m thoughts for a dispatch theu. in ha,ncl tvb, erptea e celestial wanting along theveran with &eine dark oNect hs his arms, the da °NCO showing its appreciation of theatte tion it was receiving by placing two arms inordinate leugth around the man's nee naturally rose upto eee what thle pheno enon was, and having been told that it w rare autmal I at once made overtures f its purchue. An soon as negotiations Were concluded fastencal my purehase—a, black gibbon— any e,opying.prees, instead of seuding him n to my bowie, being anxftus to introdu him myself to my two o.ogis and te Jean) the bat. I could not intnust a rare anim to my servant% lest the iutro d nation. throug their agenoy to Joaeph and the rest ;nig reaalt in emus disaster. When I fastene the gibbon to the press 1 took no account the length of tbe animal's arms, and I we therefore not a little eurprised when a blac hand took esaseestion of e red and blue pen ell and A black mouth begau to eat it. Na- ture is Bald, in her beneficence, to instruct the lower anineada what to eat and what to avoid. That, no doubt, applies to an anima' in the wild Ow, such animal being directed by inetinet where to find An anti, dote to anything deleterious Which It may NINA eaten. An auireel in captivity mut, however, be heated differently, and MOO not be allowed to do as it likes. SO I roe - 'toned, and as I had no herb reedy to correct the evil which I knew would retkult from eating a pencil I proceeded to recover the stolen made. Tuough my new pet did net mind being teuched, though he would jump into your lap end melte himeelf quite at home, he strongly °bleated to part with anything which he had once got hold of, and a good detil of diplomacy had to be used boom I poeseatedmyeelt of the pencil. Scarcely was tide fun at an end before some black Angers were dipped tato the ink, and when the ink wits removed (rat of reach the gusi bottle was next tented over, the gum belegperactderly appreciated. Think - tug that the animal might be thirsty I put moor at water before him, but though easy to put the saucer dews it was impoesib-e to PP* Ir tel, agalle, erne though there was not e drop of Water left in it. _Atfiret the name of &mho" was given to the gibbon, en iteeennt of Its jet.hlaek odor, then this tree changed in course et eitne to "Samuel," tho little fellow hewn. ing too respectable babe called Sarebo. As the haat port at which I WAX atationed the lower window& of inet dwelling.hooter were provided with iron bere—ithent Ave bathe* apart—aa A proteetIon %phut tbievea. Theo bare were A great conveniencer to me, as I could attaoh SAM to thereat meal times, thus keeping him out of mischief while giv. bag biro plenty of freedom. The q4C141412 af feeding Sara was ROO AU etuty ano to tackle. If we sat down and beg= hieing before he was eerved the Meat twiny phiteete were made, and when the runner et rice WAS put down there WES 110 cue courrigeous enoueb to recover the empty anon The phut was often settled, by SAAA himself, who, having finished his rice, would throw the moor into tbe Air a few times, catching It very cleverly, and then hurl it away from him, A wooden bowl was found to answer better. but *le taw rectelved rattail rough UAW • and had -be be ropeahdly renewed. e • One very notherible feature about Sam was his eTtrAIII0 jealousy. III ;choked the oat in his preiience he used to get into a paroxyam of rage and make groat efforts to bite me. He would be almost as much vexed RI petted the dogs. When a goat came to luncheon he wee so angry at the intrusion that be often had to be removed. He would absorb all the convereetion until removal, it being quite impossible to keep him quiet. He had tr. singular objeotion— he bas it tow in a mita way—to anything being *removed by the mortar ; and had he been faetened to cay chair instead of the window to plena ono pea on the table could have beet removed. When in the drawing- roorn with me—and he was often there—be would even fly at my wife if she attempted to touch the tea things. At this date he has sobered down a good deal; ,but even now, though a servan' may bring me a letter, he mut not take away a reply if Sam is with me. He objects to any one coming near me; and if my wife shakos my coat, or even touches my shoulder, he catches bold of her, thought:tow perhaps more in play than in anger. A Sandbagger Sentenced. TORONTO Aug., 7.—Wm. Adams was tried by the Colonel the other day on the charge of laving feloniously wounded a man named Allen daebilcook four yeara ago. Trebilcook swore that on the night of the 5th of Oactober, 1885, he was Attacked by the prisoner at the corner of Elizabeth and Albert streets. He thought that the prison- er had struck him with a aandbag, which had broken hie hand and shinned him. The prisoner had been employed ar a kitohen hand at 40 Albert street, and was dh- oharged at the instance of the complainant, who suipected Adams of being connected with the robbery of a gold watch and a pair of shoes from the house a month or two previously. Adams is the man who stole the bed quilt from the jail last week while visiting a prisoner, a,nci has served a term for highway robbery. He did not deny the assault, but claimed that Trebileock had provokel it. The Magistrate sentenced him to nine months in the Central Prison. An Ancient Turk Those who are milieus to remain m the flash beyond the ordinary duration of this mortal life will be interested in the habits of the old Turk who has recently died at Haddetha, aged one hundred and thirty years. Old Radii Bolivian Saba had seven wives,- all of whom died before bis: he was the father of sixty sons and nine daughters, who have also gone the way of all flesh, and the year before his death he was thinking of marrying again, but could not obtain the necessary funds to buy a bride. Saba was a farmer unto his life's end; his diet consisted mainly of barley bread, beans (vegetarians take notel) and loth and only twice a year, on high festivals, did he eat; meet. Hie olothes were even more simple then his diet, consisting of shirt only, and when he trwrel- led a pair of trousers. His bed wag a mattreas and a straw mat, and it had never beens a bed of eioknese" Lill three days before his death. Mother (to servant not long over) -- "Bridget, when my daughter is entertaining her young gentlemanfriend me she wee last evening you mut not intrude upon their society, but let them be inanity alone." Bridget—" Well, now, you're very crazy, mum, if you think want to steal that little hap ehe had last night. I wouldn't give the tip of my Pataya litinle finger for a doz- en liko him," African Henry Wall and Z wart Jamie crossed the Zambesi to haat elephauta. They heard of tuanaeating lion who had, killed several people, and oedered their "boys" to make o etrong fence behind the camp every night, and to collect plenty of weed, no 00 to keep up pod. 4nes, One night a " bey " wee eleemng bY himself alengaide a fire, and the other Kaffirs were lying in show a little way Off. Just before daybreak W all heard soma. thing like the purr of a lion close to him. He cried. out, "Here's a lion I Wake up, Janie je Ita 4 few eeconcla the camp was stirring, but the mao whit had been eleeping by him- self was gone, Immediately they heard the Iien growling, and crianchieg the dead man close behina the camp. Two thota defect in the directiou of the sound, chteed the lion to retire horn bie prey, At broad dayliebt the buotere took up the trail, and before long came hp with the lion, who, 'with head turned on one side and hoid, ing the dead roan by tbe thoulder, eo that his legs deagged on the ground, wee walking alowly along. When be beard the hunters, he dropped hie prey, belt turned, and hood looking at them. A ehot °tweed him to run into the thick bush, wherepursuit was hope - lees. The dead man had been seized by the head and killed inetantil% Ooe night A Woman and her two children were sleepily in a but on the ground, while the freehold slept in a little open hut 011 platform. Suddenly the woman war awaken- ed by the cries of her hatband. She ruhed out ; the lion wan on the platform crunching tbe body of her Inieband. At raght et the woman, the lion eprang front the platform, killed her, and ate her as eliolay, Nob uutil Ode maneMer had killed thirty petives was he killed. One day two voting Ktffite were about to go hate the forest to chop poles. "ow," Raid PAO to the other, " the lion atilt bee kiIled 80 mane people attache oe, whet ehall we do ?" We meat heed and face Mat with our amie gab,' answered bie companion, "11 bc atteeke one of ue, the other Can ruela in erzd stele him." As they werowalhing ono hehlud the other, the Ilett ruebed upon them. One Kaffir etala bed the taut aa he sprang upon him, but received a. blew from the lion's paw which tore hie eeck and throat open, and hid bine upon the ground. Hie comrade threw hie eeeegai let° the etrikieg hinx Is the ribs bebind the thoulder, !alert:Alio wounded, the lion tura. ed and walked Away, valth two meettaba aticaang is him, The two men returned ta their village, where the/Oared one died MO night. A, hunt tbe next thy ;Recovered the lion dead within a bundred yards of Rh not where he bad sprung upon tate man. The natives collected 4 14Cgo quantity of dry wood, and lighted a huge are upon whieb they tbrew the lion's °arena, and it was wholly ooneumed. In tile itterior of Africa a man-eating lion, when killed, is alwAye consumed by Are, Medusa's Aramag the ancient Greek a the name of Medusa was given to a very unpleaeant. looking female whose heir wee ti mays of angrily writhing serpent& Fortunately she ceased to exist about the timevrheu it became the fashion to require proole of the truth of every statement, but irer RAMA hes been given to one of the vest variety of creatures width tivo In the seta The Minium of the CM are really pretty things, sometime* of A pure white and sometimes very brightly colored, whichfloat or mita or seek thelr pray by creating tiny whirlpools by the wilt waving motion of a number of delloade branches or arms, thug driving the.anintal. calm on adalph they live into the Medullae ever -hungry mouth. Ith therm soft, waviug, branablike arms vtlaiala are supposed to hear &retie:Olathe to hdeduards trerpentehair and home given her name to tile sea oreeture whir& is doubtless a terrifying object to Ita viotims, though a pretty and delicate ono to our eyes. Various -legends are related of the mythioal Meduea. The EgailibrIum of the Sexes. Wbenever careful end reliable steadies have been obtained it is found that more male than female thildren have been born. In Great Britain, where the returns are near, er perfection than elsewhere, the proportion for the laat ten years was found to be 1,041 melee to 1,000 females. 10 14 seingular fact, however, that the mortality among the male children is greater, so that the equilibrium is restored m ten years, and a census of children of that age shoo: the sexes to be equal. From tbat age onward, owing to the more perilous occupations of males to tones in war, eto., the proportion of females begins to increase until the final census in 'England bows 1,000 women of all agea to 949 men. An Unguarded Statement. "Where are yen two going?" asked a girl of a youth and maiden who were wan- dering away from the main group at the picnic, "Oh, we're going to get some pond Mies." In a quarter of an hour they were return- WheNe the matter ?" asked the girl who first: spoke. "Couldn't you get what you went after 1" " No," replied the other young., lady, un- guardedly, "somebody else bad the ham- mock." And the young man blushed.—allerthanb. Traveller. The Best Time to Bathe. The base time to bathe h just before going to bed, as any danger of catching cold is thus avoided, and the complexion is bin proved by keeping warm for 'seemed hours after leaving the bath. A couple of pounds of bran put into a thin bag and then in the bathtub le excellent for softening the skin. It ehould be left to soak in a smelt quantity of water several hours before being used. The internal aide to the complexion are moat of them well known. The old-fashion- ed remedy of sulplaur and molasses hi eon: sidered among the best. Charcoal powdered and taken with water is said to be excellent, but it is most difficult to take. A atrictly vegetable and fruit diet is followed by many for one or twoweeks.—[London Lancet Concerning Dogs. Over 7,000 persons have been treated for hydrophobia at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, and only 71 have died. M. Pasteur, how- ever, think e there is no reason why there should be any hydrophobia at all. He be- lieves that simple police regulation's would stamp out hydrophobia in the British Is- lands, since the disease is invariably caused by the bite of an animal affected with it. Tae Prince of Walsh has also expressed his I belief that if all dogs in the British Islands were mauled for one year rabies would be unknown THE BILPLA INDIANS. entereming Aeconna of Their Marriage ceremonies. Mr. Ph. Jacobsen, in a letter to his well- known brother, Capt. A. Jacobsen, gives; the following deseription of the marriage ceremonies of the Bilqnle Indiana of British Columbia. An 1rdien who intends to marry calla upon his intended wife's parents end arrangea with them bow much be is to pay for permiesion to marry the girl. Among people of high descent tide is done by reea. isengere, 20OletiMeS AS Many as twenty being one to call on the gala father. They are mat by the manse Intrelete before tita Meng man te of age. ft many inetancee both man and girl are not more than 8 or 9 yeare The messengers go in their boats to tho &re Juniata and carry on their negotiations without going mama, where the relatives of the girl are Standing. The messengers of the young nran's patents praise his excellence and noble descent ; the great exploits of his father, grandfather and anceetore ; their ware, vieteries, and hunting expeditiona, liberality at festival's, etc. Then the girl's relatives praise the girl and her =castors and thus the negotiatione are carried on. asFinixoarielybay ratlime hi:erne:41140=11ra ; °taut, daeetbethrgoix78 relatives prated, and Maintain that the number is not sufficient to pay for the per- mission to marry the girl, In order to ob- tain their coneent, new blankets are thrown adore one by one, the messengere contin- ually maicitaining that the price paid is too great. Generally from twenty to fifty blankets, each of %he oleo of about dOoo are paid. After this the boy and the girl are amid- ered engaged. When they came to be grown up tile young man has to rierve a year to his: father4n,law, ilo intuit fell trees, fetch water, fish, and hunt for the letter. During Obi tirne he he called Hoe, which means "one who team" ,After a ewer has elapsed the marriage is celebrated, At thia time great ftetivale are celebrator]. Seven or eight men perform a dance, They wear deneleg aprone and legging% trimmed with puffin. beaks, Imola of deer, copper Oho% and If the groona, abould be 4 wealthy man, who has presented to hia wife many amell copper plate% suck aa are teed aa presents to a bride, these are eartied by the clench's. The aingingoneater, who beau the drum, AtartA A song in which the (lancers joie, The oatig wed at the maniage feetival if' hang in mutton, while iu all ether dencee each dancer has bh Own 'WOO API erorig. The flat &neer weave A ring Mode of cedar bark. Hie haw le strewn with eagle down, which filea about whale he =Wee and forma St cloud around hie head. The groom pre - saute the first dancer with 4 piece of milk*, whicth the letter tease to pieces, whiet% be ahem' down in front of each bathe of the cryiug, Idolp 1" in order to drive away evil spititta Theme placea of calico which he thrown, down in front of the bouses have a lucky meanies, and at the slime time express the Idea thet the groom, when be coulee to be a wealthy roan, will not forget the inhabitants of any bathe when giving A festival. The elancere awing thelr bodice and arms, stamp their feet, and thew the copper platen to the bookers -en. Then the bride% father bring" a greet number of blanket', generally double the number cf thee° he bed received from the groom, and givers them to Ma daughter. The bride orders a few blenketer to be statu4 before the groom. She efts down and he puts Ms hand upon her head. Then the groom is given for oath of the parts at his body one or :nor° blankets. Finely bo is given anew blanket. After the bride's tether has given a blanket to each dancer and to the drum. mer, the villagers are invited to a great feast. At this time groom and bride eat for the first time together, Mine .ramily. Dimpled acheeka mit eyes of pine, Mout like id veto molaed reit dew. Und leedie teeth abut peekle droo— Dons der baby. Carley head, und full of glee, Drowaers all oudt at der knee— l% as peen blaying horse, you see— Dot's ludic Yavecob. Von hunclerdheexty in der abide, Der oder day yen she vativeighed— She beats me BOOR, 1 vas avraid-- Dot's mine Katrina. Brae -footed hed und poet, stout% Mich grooked legs dot vitt bend oudt, Fond of hie beer und saner kraut— Dot's me, himself. 'Von sahmell young baby, full of fun, Von leedle prite-eyed, roguish son, Von Iran to greet vhen vork is done— ])ot'a mine family. CHARLES FALLEN' ADAMS. Sidney Pie. Scene, Paris. A restaurant where " Eng - limb is spoke." Farmer Gubblea (over for the Exhibition): "And what% tbis 'ere, waiter ?" Waiter "Van nice kitteney pie, sere I" Fartnerarbes : "Guam lad along, 'Liza, veheer out these furrin- era. They wants us to eattittens," Swindled by a Dream. Hostetter Maginnie dropped Into Mon ShaumburgOs store one day last week, and instead of his usual oordial greeting the lat- ter accosted him with: "hfaginnie, old boy, Vac, so mad as der tnyvil 1" What has roused your ire ?" interrogate ed Hostetter. "Goat in himmel 1 I dhream las' nide I vas zelling a cote Inc dwenty-fife tellers vot yust cost fife, und it yuat mock me mat, oos it vas all a dhream. I gif you my wort, I emu lose dwenty tollare by dat dhream." The Only Wan". The only way of solving the problem, Is marriage a failure? is to try it. It reminds tut of the story anent the toetlatool and the mushroom. How oan you tell a mushroom hem a toadstool? By eating it. If it is a toadstool you die; if it is a mushroom, you don't. A good memory is a blessing," says 'a writer. And it may be remarked that it la one that wealth cannot buy. Judi; look at the man who becomes 'suddenly rioh. cannot even remember the faces of his old friends.. The unereected and unusual prices paid a the recent art sale for pictures which a few years ago were hawked about by starving artists and sold for a song, are awaking the usual comment upon the ingratitude of the publio and the cruel fate of men of genius, who die gnawing a crust, leaving their chil- dren in raga to beg for bread at the feet of their statues. Poor Millet for instance. What SUllehille would have fallen upon his life could he have obtained for his master- piece half of the sum yielded at the recent auction. The Angelus was as noble a piature in 1859 ae to -day, but people apparently did not so underatand it, Look Up. As the news Of Sir Henry Clintonta land. • ng Tattle nine thousand troeps npou Long Island, followed by Washington's mem. tiou of the Wendt spread along the Sound, there was a panic among the inbaldtantre Deacon Took, a citizen Of Quogth, had accumulated A good/y sum, of money to gold, and resolved to hide it where it would be uoure from Tory ravagee. He put his guineas into a strong bag, and sallied forth an hour before delve into the wildernees. When he bed gone about) three miles, he atopped beside an oak trx tbe midst of some pines, put down bie bag, and dug a hole in the eanuy oil. Then he look- ed carefully on all sides, liateoed, and satieaga hill:Mali that be was alone, and fleetly dropped in his bag, covered it, nattered leaves and, twige over the allot, and went home. It eluttaced, however, that Deacon Jones, of the neighboring town, was out on a deer. hunt. He had weeded that very oalt-tree as a hiding -place to watch for his game, and was ensconced in its branches while the otter was eo carefully burying his gold. After Deacon Traeles departure, he deeeended from the tree, dug up the bag of gold, and carried it borne. A day or two Igor the former revisited the toren, to make titre that everytting was este. To hi eatonithment anddietrees, the hole wee open, his treasure gone. The next week Deacon Jones took the bag of gold and eatoceeded to ale home of the owner of the treaore, whom he found in a moat despondent frame of mind, in fact rack he bed, "Why, Brother Trask,",liesairl, "what is tbe matter 1" "I am undone, Brother Xonie ; I am undone," said the peer man. *4 What le it 2" asked tha - your trouble due to oome world)* lose?" "That's it," was the answer. 'TITO lost all my money, and I've loot hope In Previelhaces e ' D At this eacon Jones produced the bag of gold. " Where did wife:4 it, brother 2" ethyl hie now joyful friend, " That &won't matter, Brother Truk," said his visitor. "But 10A Me give you all bit of advice : whenever you have any lansinees to do, do not forget to look up, AA Obriatian OAR eught. Open Your Windows at Night. Anexttaotelinaryfalleey ta tleedreadefetigh air. What air can we breathe at night but night Air 7 The ehoice labetweett pure night eir !rare without AU419U1 are from within. Moab people prefer the latter—au 'unto. countable choice. Wince will they 'hay if it le proved to be true Oral fully one -half of Ali thedisteraes we ;miter fromereeezwiloned by people bleeping with their windowa abut? An open window roost Akhtil in the year can never hurt any one. It great 01%1*ex:tight air ie often the beat and purest to be had In twenty.four boure. One could better underetand "hut. ting tbs windows itt town during the day than during the night for the sake of the sick. The Abilene* of "make, the quiet, aU tend to make the night the best time for airing the p nen t. Ono of our highest medical authori. ties ea consumption and climate has told me that the air of Loudon le never se good at after10 o'clock at night. Always 111r your room, then, from the ;Meld* ole if petal% Wiudown are made to open, doors are trade to shut —a truth which ethers extremely dIffi- cm it of Apprehension. Every room must be aired from without. every ?meager frora with- in,— (Sanitary World. As Smart as a Yankee. Among other passettgera in a third -alas, compartment in railway carriage are an Am- erican and a Scotch farmer, who are seated facing each other. American— "Wall, friend, guess yeou think a deal of this ole country of yeoura." Farmer—"Oo, ay ; it's guid much for me at any rete." American "S that so. Glues you've ne- ver seen the States Graand country—jest make yeou state. Zeov aouid make guar fortin in a year or two, frieud ; I'll lay my last dollar on that there 1" Parraer—"Ab, men, d'ye say sae? But yer American bodhe aro shun atrocious leears that ower here we dinna believe a word ye say." American --"Wall, friend, guess my mouth never uttered a lie in all my tarnation career," Varmer--"Weel, meybe you're richt ; for, like tbe rest o' yer kind, yer speak through • yer nose." He °ailed on Miss Lexington. "Did you call on the ohawming Mee Lewxington lawst night, Chappie, as you said you would?" "Bah jove, 1 did." 44 Naw, bah jovel" "Fact, my dealx boy." "Bak jove you're getting to be a regular terwar. When do you call again?" ho‘mceIt.,,lan't fixed. Miss Lewaington wasn't 1•11110m.M..4.•• Quite Impracticable. A London paper says that all the people now living in the world, or about 1,400,- 000,000, could find standing room within the limits of a field ten miles equate, and by aid of a, telephone could be addressed by a aingle speaker. To successfully carry out au= an undertaking would attract a large crowd, no doubt, but we fear the scheme is mpracticable. He Got the Word. McCorkle--" There was a ,terrible shock which threw every passenger into the aisle, When we recovered ourselves, and went for- ward, we found that] our train and another had—had"—McCraokle (helping him to - word)—" Telescoped," MoCorkle—No ; con lide-osooped." tee In the Stilly Night. Mrs. Heavidough (waking her husband)— "Oh, John, what makes you thump and hammer and bang up and down on the bed so? I can't sleep a wink." John (sleepily)—"Guess that pound cake of yours is beginning to get to work."---(Tex- aa Siftings. • ----- President Harrison is doing well. Up to the present he has appointed: to office his brother, his brother -hi -law, hisfather-in-law, his son's fatheain-law, bis wife's main, his son's wife's cousin, his nephew, his daughter's brother-in-law, his brother's son-in-law, his wife's niece's husband, his son's father-in- law's nleoe's husband. Apparently the only difficulty that le looming up ahead is that the list of offices is not es large ea the family connection, The Albany "Argus" Oahe that the President recently remarked "The only way to get satisfaction out of a. public office is to please yourself while you are in it." He ia apparently doing his beat to get all the eatiefaction possible out of his position.