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The Childhood of the heart,
Oh, the retry da -vs ot,childhc•od,
flow blissful)) aney sped,
When not a ulnen had vanished,
and not a wonder fled :
The your was full of promise then.
The Longue wan full of prtlee,—
Bi t 1 think the cup is sweeter now
1 Than tea the childish days.
oft, the laughing world of childhood,
Of ignorance and ease !
The lightest touch could quicken,
And the least pleasure please ;
Yet the upward pai.hn are dearer,
Witl, all the thorns they bear,
Than a garden of a hundred Mowers
When Ignorance Is there !
Oh, the beating heart of uhlldhood-
1'hat little heart of snow,
That doubt has never entered,
Nor sorrow has brought late !
Trust nee. not all the rapture
Its eager life ca, open
Can shadow forth the perfect love
That warms the breast u1 man.
—Dora ltead'Coodale in ilarper's Weekly
BIFI"S ELOPEMENT.
When Young Mr. Carsmith, to whom the
boyish soubriquet of "Hill," for Blatchford,
clung with embarrassing tenacity, began
paying his addresses to Miss Uharlotte
\Vade, daughter of Joseph trade, the con-
tractor and builder, everybody, with but
one exception, pronnuueef them well
matched, for Miss Charlotte, though an
amiable and meritorious young lady, was as
much an enigma and as hopelessly giddy as
her lover.
"Darling," said Biff one moonlight night
as he gazed hard at the boor of the porch
fantastically decorated with grape -vine
shadows, "I can't understand your father.
You are afraid to speak to hits of our mar.
riage, and I'm sure if I'd ask hint he'd
thunder 'No 1' and then knock me down.
What do you say to running off?"
"And getting :tarried ?"
"Surd 1"
"Oh, that world be ever so nice!" ex-
claimed the rattan:tic miss, overjoyed at
the prospect of an affair exactly suited to
her disposition. "But you don't mean to-
night, Lilly''"
"No, hardly so soon, sweetness. Sup-
pose wo say a week from next 'Thursday :"
"Thursday would be agreeable to ane,
Bitty, dear, but 'Tuesday is lodge night
with papa, you know, and 1 was thiuk-
ing"--
"Why, certainly," assented the blissful
youth ; "we'll make it a week from 'Tues-
day night. The old gentleman gets in
late, tired out, and hh'li sleep like a brick,
and I'll have a horse and buggy here at—
let me see—yes, at 1 o'clock to take you
away. You will have. your things all
packed, and—and—who shall we get to
marry us':"
"I'll never consent to having anything
but a minister," said Charlotte.
"What's the matter with a justice of the
peace ?" queried Biflroguis}Ily.
"Oh, I just won't have hint," ejaculated
his companion, bringing her loot forcibly
down on a weak, struggling moonbeam.
"The idea of being married by u—"
"\\'ell, then, thet's settled," said Riff,
with ready acquiescence. "But will it. be
safe to try any of the ministers here in
town ?"
"I'in afraid not," said Charlotte musing-
ly. "Suppose we have Mr. Oliphant per-
form the ceremony at Adrian. It is only
twenty-one miles from here."
"A great idea 1" cried Biff ,rapturously.
"Splendid scheme 1 Oliphant is just the
man—kind hearted, knows us well and
will do the right thing by us. Oh, Char-
lotte, you're an angel 1"
So, with a few minor matters discussed
and settled, the 'elopument—the bona fide
elopement, with ladder, midnight ride and
all—was on, and Mr. Wade, unsuspecting
old nnan, would soon be bound to congratu-
late thein or—whistle. Meeting his friend,
Charles Strong, on the street shortly after-
ward, Bitf, in strict confidence, opened his
heart to him. Charlie had another friend,
"and his friend had a friend."
Sunday night preceding the fated Tues-
day came round and found :the foyers to-
gether with something to talk about.
"Darling." inquired Charlotte, in tender-
est accents and with that sweet, restful
confidence one is apt to repose in the judg-
ment of their future husband, "shall I try
to puck all my things in a valise ?"
"If it can be done, certainly," Biff an-
wered firmly, as a man with, an apprecia-
tion of the force of a great responsibility
should do ; "carrying a trunk is out of the
question."
"We must try and remember to get our
license," continued Charlotte.
"I've attended to that. To -morrow at
10 o'clock it will be ready."
"Perhaps, dear, it would better be left
with me for safe keeping. It may get lost,
you know,"
"That's a fact. I'm liable to leave it in
the wrung coat pocket at home. Meet me
at the postoffce to -morrow, and I'll hand
you the paper," said Bill' as he arose to de-
part.
With fond embraces and mutual pledges
they separated. It was a long, long wait
till midnight on Tuesday, but that hour
got round at last, and soon thereafter carne
the audacious youth in a trim lively rig.
stopping and hitching his horse to the
branch of an old locust tree at the end of
the lane. The darkness was about right
and the weather perfeet. Satisfying him-
self that all was quiet and everything as it
should be for the execution of his project,
bravely Biff strode toward a clump of tall
evergreens, within the gloom of which re-
posed the peaceful home of Joseph Wade,
contractor and builder.
Beneath the shadow of a stately pine the
young man paused, for he had twenty min-
utes to spare. Standing there in the dark
and all alone Biff reinstates. Ile wonders
if it is right to take this girl away from her
parents, leaving them utterly disconsolate,
and with no alternative but to quietly sub-
mit to the inevitable. He intends to try
and make Charlotte happy, in hopes that
she may never repent the step about to be
taken, but is that a sufficient recompense
for parental grief? Here is a great moral
question: but the abstruce nature of the
proposition proving too much for Biff he
gives it up.
As the appointed hour approached our
hero, with conscientious scruples safely put
away, sallied forth from his place of oon-
ceulment. Going in the direction of the car-
riage house, where the ladder customarily
was kept, quite unexpectedly that conveni-
ent auxiliary in such enterprise was found
leaning against the side of the house only
a short distance from Charlotte's window.
"Hello," said Bill to himself, quietly
lifting the ladder and placing it beneath
the window of his sweetheart's room,
"luck is with mo or this thing wouldn't
have been placed so close at hand. Now for
the signal."
Three sharp taps on the brick pavement
brought to view a shadowy form in the
opening above. Hastily Biff scaled the
ladder, but upon reaching the casement
instead of his girl a bundle confronted
him,
"Is that you, Charlotte?" was the anxious
inquiry.
"Yes."
"What's this?" in a stage wh▪ isper.
"My shawl, darling."
"All right. Come on, Can you *limb
out ?"
"Not just yet. Here, take this tbo."
f
"Don't ask me. It's clothing. Wouldn't
it be best to take these down and then re -
tura?"
• Perhaps it would," Biff auswcred as
cautiotiely started to climb down age
The buudle deposited on the ground he
ro-
turned for his treasure.
"Hero, lovey " again carne the swe
girl's vette, "take the valise. 1t's heav
Can you curry it -without falling ?"
"I 1/01/0 So. There isn't anything more
to go r
"Only this one." as another formidable
package appeared, "but it isn't very hinlayCan you take both ?"
"Gracious ! Charlotte, what's that!"
"The lunch, darling."
"Yes," answered Biff bravely, thou
with some huskiness in his vuiue. "1 gut
1 can manage them."
It is unnecessary to give it minute d
cr'iptiou of how Charlotte contrived to
throw'* the window and ou the ladder;
hots' Jeff proposed to lift her out, and she,
refusing his assistance, said she would do
better alone; or how, when almost to the
ground, a sudden fright seized her and the
gallant lover had to. take the little tree.
i
' ur in his arras, whereupon, his foot slip.
ping, both fell, and the ladder was kuocked
over, making a racket as it struck the
porch. Barring these trit•atitios our friend*
succeeded in effecting u silent departure.
Once safely in the buggy and driving to-
ward Adrian, their prospects briguten.
Dilibreitly, though perforce with caution,
the lovers follow the strange road and au
Beed in covering more than kali the d'
Lance before daybreak. At dawn t
horses' pace is quickened, and the journ
becomes a joyous one. Presently the vas
ern sky is filled with mantling cloud
above which the glowing sun emerge
while in unison with the beatings of the
blithesome hearts song birds make t
woods resound with merry greetings
their drowsy suites. Life to the lovers is
jocund festival, existence tiewleee, t
Uharlotte, whose eyes are continually sea
Hing that portion of the road already tn.,
eracd, abruptly cries out :
"Look, darling ! Isn't that a horse a
buggy ?
Her companion, throwing a glance bac
ward, reluctantly acknowledged that t
black object at the brow of the hill born a
unpleasant resemblance to the combinati
mentioned.
"Oh, if it should be papa caning aft
us !" exclaimed the girl, greatly alarmed,
"Now, don't worry about your fettle
He's snoring away at home all rizht, an
besides, if it proves to be him, Ire can
catch us, for this is a fast nag," said B
consolingly, as he reached after the whi
Giving his horse a smart cut, the latt
plunges ahead, wheels are set to apinnin
•int` clouds of dust roll up behind. Cha
tette meanwhile is keeping tab on th
movement of their supposed pursuer. Tim
lengthens, minutes become hours, when on
travels rapidly.
"Is bit y;et in sight, Charlotte ?"
"Yea, indeed," cried the girl, elaspin
her hands, "and the buggy is gaining on u
I just know it's papa, 1t be overtakes u
oh, what shall we do ?"
"We will reach Adrian first, and wife
your father arrives hell not know where t
look for us, By the time we arediscovere
it will be everlastingly too late. Get alon
there!"
Crack goes the whip again, and aw
they speed, past lanes and crossroads
through the valleys and over the swellin
hills. Early farmhands . and milkmaid
open wide their eyes in amazement, specu
lating on the sight, nor is their astonish
anent lessened when shortly afterward
second carriage dashes by in hot pursuit o
the first one.
Our lovers are approaching Adrie.n. Al
ready brick walls and church spires appea
to view. Foaming and covered with per
apiration the little nag in front of the
falters not, but nobly presses forward. Th
truants have corse to know beyond perad.
venture that an irate father is after them.
'There is no mistaking his turnout or the
determined way in which she holds to the
chase.
The town at last ! Over the gravelly
streets the carriage containing our youth-
ful friend noisily clatters, while Mr. Wade
and his white faced Bess are yet struggling
with turnpike dust. Mr. Oliphant, the
minister, is at breakfast when somebody
gives the doorbell a violent wrench. Has-
tening to admit his callers, he finds Biffand
Charlotte, who hurriedly make known
their mission. The reverend gentleman,
though suspecting an elopement, discover
no reason why the coople'n wishes should
not be gratified. Addressing the young
man, Mr. Oliphant asked for their license
to wed.
"Oh, we have the documents all right,"
said Biff laughingly. "Charlotte, where is
the paper ?"
`The girl is already searching for it in her
handbag, but without show of success.
What has she done with it? Tremulously
again and again the small gloved hand is
thrust into the mysterious deep of that
satchel. "Can it be possible?" she thought
"No 1 yes ! Ah, at last I have—but no—
psltaw, only a paper of pins 1" Becoming
impatient at the delay, Biff turns and finds
his darling in tears.
"Oh, hilly, dearest, please forgive me,"
sobbed Charlotte, "but I'm afraid 1 have—
don't scold me—left the—paper at home on
the--the—bureau !"
"What ! do you mean to say you haven't
the license ?"
"Yes, darling, I do ; I've loft it at home,"
wailed the gg{{rl, wringing her hands, "and I
djust wwadiI was dead, that's what I
"Gracious, Charlotte, this is something
terrible," cried Bill' despairingly as he sank
into the nearest chair, with arms falling
limp, and a sickly pallor overspreading }lis
countenance. Springing to his aide,
Charlotte threw both arms about her lover's
neck.
Next moment the hall doors were rudely
flung open, and with long strides and face
a -glow Mr. Joseph Wade, contractor and
builder, enters and grasps his friend Oli-
phant by the hand. Puffing and gasping
for breath, he speaks :
"Is my daughter here—with that—young
scapegoat—Biff Carsmith ?"
"Yes. the), are here," answered the
preacher. "If you wish to sec them step
this way!"
"I reckon I do—want to—see them," said
Mr. Wade still striving to regain his
breath, as they entered the room where
Bur and Charlotte, clinging to each other
like two thistle burrs, were seated on the
sofa.
"Ah—you scoundrel—wanted to run off
—with my daughter—did you?"
Biff struggled to arise, for Wade was
precisely the spark required to ignite his
keg of gunpowder, He was mad all over
and felt as if it was a good time to give the
old man a tongue lashing, But Charlotte,
dutiful girl, placed her hand over hie rnouth
and held him back.
"Well, It's all -.right when young people
want to get married," continued old Joe,
regaining his breath and chuckling with
fiendish glee as he glanced toward Mr. Oli-
phant, "but when they undertake anything
they ought to attend strictly to the busi-
ness. I ain't no architect, but when I lay
out my plans they go. Last night these
gidd3 heads ran away in snoh a blamed
hurry that Charlotte forgot to take their
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marriage lieenifo, so I ditched up and
brought It to idea*, thiu4iug maybe it
mould come nt handy. I tried to overtake
the reseals on the read, but to s:.vo nay' fife
I couldn'twee!. ted up with tl eat. Now let
the meeting proceed, anti wh� a its through
with I mote that we adjourn to the liUtrest
restam'ttut and get something 10 vitt. '1'tuw's
the ,way 1 feel!''--rletyal 11. Alialisunin
Chicago Inter-Oeeau.
LAST INTERVIEW WITH EMERSON.
When the Intellect of the Great Man Had
Left its Owner.
I told Miss Alcott that I regretted my
inability to meet .1r. Einersou. "He sees
scarcely •any one now," she replidd ; "but
let us walk to the house, and, perhitps, you
es- can catch a glimpse of him, even if you Can -
go not speak to him." We shortly reached
of M r. Enrurson's house. Mies Emerson
greeted us at the door, and welcomed ate
with true New Englund hospitality as I
was introduced to tier. by bliss Alcott as
her "young friend,"
Mille Emerson took us into the comfort-
able little parlor, and 1 felt as if I had been
conducted in a room filled with the associa.
Lions of the choicest spirits of American
lettere. After a brief conversation MissAlcott told Miss 13tnoreou of my desire to
ureet her father.
"He meets no one," silo said, turning to
me ; •'but 1 will go and see hitt." She had
0- gone but u moment, when Mise Alcott also
tar excused herself, saying : "You shall see
ho Mr. Emerson if it is at all possible."
A few minutes passed, and the ladies re.turu t i. Miss Alcott had a smile upon her
face, and 1 knew elle had succeeded for an
audience. "Your wish is to be realized,"
she said, simply, and beckouitrg ate, 1 fol-
lowed my iuteresting ,aide. 'Through two
rooms we went, when I found thyself in
Emerson's library.
There, at his desk, his face turned to.
ward the fire as in deep ntcditatiou, sat the
than whom I had so many times fondly
hoped to sleet. I was again introduced by
Mies Alcott. Emerson rose with a quiet
dignity in his manner, and extended his
(rand. Motioning me to a chair, I sat d^',vn,
and was about to begin a conversation,
when he rose, walked to the window, and
stood silently looking out as if no one was
in the rootn. I Iooked at Miss Alcott, who
put her finger to her mouth indicating that
1 was to be silent. Not a word was spoken
for an uncomfortably long time. Presently
he left the window, resumed his chair,
1 Coking intently at the fire, still ignoring
the presence of either of us.
"Have you read this new work of
Rnskin's yet ?" broke upon the stillness as
Miss Alcott asked the question of Emerson.
Slowly the great master of English turned
in his chair, and asked with great delibera-
tion :
"Did you speak to mo, madam?"
I was dumfounded, and in au instant I
realized the reason of his seclusion from the
world. He did not know his friends, not
even Louisa Alcott ! The sense of recog-
nition had left, him ! After a moment 1
inquired of Emerson if he would write his
name in my album.
"My mine?" He asked.
"Yes," 1 replied, "I should esteem it
highly."
\Write it on that piece of paper. I will
copy it." r
taking the paper, I wrote on it "Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Concord, November,
23, 1881." Carefully scrutinizing what 1
had written, he took my album and copied
the words, letter by letter. So far had the
great intellect left its owner that he could
nut recall hiaown name, and not even could he
correctly spell the name of the town which
be so closely- associated with his fame amid
work, for in my book still appears the
signature with the word underneath,
"Conocord," in a trembling hand.—Boston
Advertiser.
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FRIED GRASSHOPPERS.
A Gaatronomlc Dainty Tnat Every Kan-
san Can Indulge in.
"Ever eat any grasshoppers?" asked
John Henry Blake of the Gastronomic Club
in session at the )Lindell. "You never did?
Then you don't know what luxury is. Talk
about your fricaseed frogs, pate de foie
Bras, and all the rest o' your high falutin'
french fixin's ! They just ain't in it at all
with a big fat Kansas hopper, done brown
in fresh country butter. I was travelling
s from St. Joe to Wichita when the hoppers
swooped down on Kansas like a horde of
hungry office -holders on a President-elect.
When they finished feeding and bobbed up
on the barbed-wire fences to pick their
teeth and talk it over, the country looked
like the burned district in Chicago after the
big fire. 1 had a new green wagon, with
red wheels, and the hoppers ate every bit
of paint off it and gnawed the woodwork.
Whey ate all the blacking off my harness,
the tails off my horses, and I had to keep
my Clog under a tarpaulin to prevent them
devouring him raw.
"You never saw such appetites. They
got into my commissary departmentant and
made away with everythit but a atone
jar of butter I had bought St. Joe. I
didn't have a cent, and it as two days'
drive to Wichita. Couldn't live on butter,
you know, so I concluded to play for even.
I built a fire, put my skillet over it and
dropped in half a pound of the dyspepsia
provoker. It was soon frying and sizzing
away at a great rate, and the hoppers were
hopping into it, sixty a second. I let 'em
fry about a minute, then I removed 'em
and sat down to give my stomach a sur.
prise party. Well, sir, the hind logs were
the fittest meat I ever ate. They had an
excellent game flavor and tasted like noun.
tain brook trout. I fared annrptuously
atter that, and found the journey far too
short, I had always been sorry for John,
whose diet was locusts and wild honey, but
I tell you John knew his business. If a
locust is anything like a Kansas hopper,
the original pathfinder had no kick com-
ing."—St. Louis Globe -Democrat.
Tho Caro of Odds and Ends.
There are few things that are more neg-
lected or that cause more annoyance than
the hits and scraps of cloth that accumulate
about a house, says a writer in the New
York Ledger. Those that are valuable are
often allowed to go to waste through care•
leseness, or else aro premitted to becalm
occasions of annoyance by reason of gather-
ing moths or dust, and from the littering
up of the rooms in which they are stored.
The best -plan is to provide large bags for
all pieces and patches ; cotton, silk, and
woollen bag apackage of camphor may keep
away moths, unless the parcels become too
thoroughly inhabited by them. The fool-
ishness of throwing away all that is not of
immediate use *teed not be commented on ;
it should be self-evident.
Coconnnt Pudding.
A it�ae.erter of a pound of sugar, a gaarter of
aptttd6d of cocoanut, three ounces of butter,
the w ites of six eggs, half a gins of wine
and brandy mixed, one teaspoonful ot rose
water. Beat the butter and sugar smooth,
whisk the eggs and add to it, then stir iu
the grated nut and liquor. Cove your re
plates with rich crust, fill them with tits
mixture and bake in a moderate oven
CLEAhiCIRf:GS iN-HANDLiNCG MILK.
The Cow Should Be Thoroughly Cltauaad
and nu Should the )biker's IDtuds.
There is eft importantlessou in the results
obtained byfthu nee of the separut:,r, it net -
chino that by uentl•ifugal forou, aid me•
chanival devices, eepartitee the create from
the milk. The lesson uotuee from the elfin -
Illation of another eleinent than thu cream,
the impueitius, many of which would not
be detected by the eye, though ahuwu to
be in such quantities, even is milk Chet it
supposed to have been carefully handled,
ms 10 crake one wish not to think of thein
US incorporated in butter. These impar•
Wes are varied in character, ranging from
earth, to the dry, dead akin that is re-
moved from the udder by the process of
milking.
A Large percentage of foreign matter gets
into the milk before it is removed from the
stable. The milker sits down and after
making two or three passes across the critter
with his hand to brush off any 1uus" tui t
that may be clinging to it, begins mi king,
quite unconscious, it would sees*, of the
very untidy condition of thiuga. If the
milker would let a ray of sunlight fall upon
the space between his hands and the pail,
iie would be somewhat surprised and ulorti•
•tie4 tit the thick shower ot small impurities
that wenld be seen constantly settling down
into flu milk -pail. A thorough pruput•at-
t.iuu ahuulti be made before mtlkiug. In
the first place the floor upon which the cows
stand should be thoroughly swept ,town in-
to the gutter every day. Thu cows should
be carefully carded and brushed every day
when standing in the stable. This is not so
important when they are in the pasture,
but even then it pays.
Before beginning to milk, a thorough
cleaning of the sides, udder.and under por.
tion of each animal should be given. For
this purpose a broom is exceedingly Conveni•
eut. The cow's sides can be easily swept
down with this, then, taking the flat side
of the broom, is thorough rubbing can be
given the udder and belly. With a piece
of cloth the udder and teats can be careful-
ly wiped—the whole operation not occupy-
ing more than a minute for each cow. It is
best to ciet:n the whole iteral with the
broom first, then follow with the cloth. 11y
this time the dust will have settled to a
considerable extent, and the work can pro-
ceed rapidly and neatly.
It is presupposed that the milker'a hands
and pails are perfectly clean. There are
still other chances for milk to become con-
taminated. It requires very careful wash•
ing, scalding, and airing to keep the pane
sweet. The simple pouring in, and out
again, of boiling water is not enough. They
should be kept in boiling water for ten
minutes at least ---then thoroughly dried
and covere'l, Milk ret in open pans often
receives dust and impurities from the sur-
rounding atmosphere and the ceiling. The
milk -room should be thoroughly cleated
and whitewashed, and its windows coverer',
with fine netting,
Anothersout•ce of trouble is the contain.
ination by odors. Milk and butter are
peculiarly receptive of odors, and all,
evurc:s of the -e s':ould be removed. It
assuredly requires censtesit care and effort
to make dairy productions first-class, but
their increased value pays richly for all 1110
extra trouble, while in the matter of
cleaniinese, whether there be increased
value or not, pride in one's work and a
sense of duty toward ones customers,
ought to induce one to keep things sweet
an d pure.
HOW THEY RIDE IN AUSTRALIA.
Eighty Mlles on Horseback nt One
Stretch au Ordinary Feat.
In Australia, where population is sparse
and distances are great, some remarkable
feats of endurance in horse -riding are
credited to the mounted police—feats more
remarkable in some instances, taking into,
account all the circumstances, than those
accomplished by the winners its the military
ride between Vienna and Berlin. • Trooper
Power in February, 1880, undertook an
arduous journey across most inhospitable
country in pursuit of a horse.stealer named
John Smith. This zealous officer
travelled 766 miles in twenty-six days
without changing horses. Fur one
stage of eighty miles he was wholly with-
out water, and the country was in such
a bad state for 131) miles that his two
horses had nothing to eat. His powers of
endurance may be judged from the state.
stent that he did thirty miles a day on
worn-out horses, along long dry stages and
with bud '11 ter or no water at all to
drink.
Trooper Willshire on another oca'ision
rode eighty-five miles in twenty hours on
one horse. This was May 28, 1887, two
days after the natives had "stuck up"
Eriduna Station. This Baine man travelled
300 miles in four days when he heard that
a comrade named Shirley had died of
thirst. He did not have macadamized
roads and plenty of fresh ,water, like the
German officers, but he had a broiling sun
to endure, sand hills to climb, "mulga"
scrub to penetrate, and was sometimes com-
pelled to take dead animals out of native
wells before he could use the water.—Lou-
don Daily News.
A Modern Malady.
To be without an impulse or desire,
A heap of furs with no spark of lire;
Tn he rt,prey to modish melancholy,
Without the force for any other folly;
To watch the movements of the universe,
And to believe it moves from had to worse.
Blind tendency the master of the whole,
And man without a purpose or a soul;
To see the good and evil, foul and fair,
And not to take a side and not to care,
nut live contented in a calm despair.
Not live! exist; with power and passion fled,
A lean heart nourishing a thinking head.
f, musing on these matters, walked apart,
To he at peace and eetunnne with my heart. •
Ah ! if the geelt were gracious to us, then
Ionic new Prometheus would be granteri men,
And, as 1 mused, 1 thought one spoke with mo:
"I brought the fire front 1leaven," he said, "Int aye
Your eyes aro holden that ye cannot see."
The Spectator.
Bridesmaids Bunting for nridegroom.
The Scotsman reports a curious case of a
bridegroom crazed by bliss. A policeman
at Portobello on going his rounds very early
one morning discovered is young man on the
roof of a low building, and, naturally be-
lieving him to be a burglar, seized him. He
was surprised on seeing that he was evi-
dently in his beat clothes, and still noire so
when on searching for burglar's tools he
found only a piece of hridacake. The cap-
tive offering no explanation the officer was
puzzled. Suddenly a party of young wo.
men—a bride and bridesmaids—apprnachecl
in an excited state ; they were evidently
searchhig for some valuable which had been
lost. On catching sight of the culprit thorn
was a shout 'of 'Why, hero he is 1" The
poor bride seemed greatly moved. During
the marriage festivities he had for some un-
explained reason slipped away from the
scene, and his friends had divided inti par-
ties searching high and low for the run-
away. They were naturally greatly aston-
ished that he had preferred a cold roof in
winter time to the society of his charming
bride. Without: any more fuss they took
poaaeasion of the fugitive from metri rnnny,
who looked somewhat depressed. and bore .
Trim away in triumph.
1 AN OPPOSITE SIMILARITY.
, Dudleigh Smith—Ah ! there is another
young lady waving her pocket -handker-
chief at me. They eawn't resist me, you
know.
2—.1N OrPosITT Si57JL.1RITY, .1
Bridget Maloney—Will yez moind the
consnm tive dude across the sthrate
a•thryid' to attract Ole attintion ? Shure,
a reschpetable gurl ca:t't dello windys wid-
out bein' insulted,
NOT TO BE FOOLED. '
Slow Mr, Vanderbilt Got Ahead of tad
Jeweller.
A good story is told of one of the Van.
derbilts. While abroad recently he leas
visited by a rich Berlin jeweler, who, with-
out waiting the usual formalities incident,
to gaining an audience, marched in on Mr.
Vanderbilt unannounced,
The intruder was an elderly man with an
intelligent face, and attired in faultless
evening dress, the fashion prescribed ))y
Europeon etiquette for visits to potentates',
ambassadors and other high dignitaries
irrespective of the hour or season.
Mr. Vanderbilt was surprised, but »e$
overwhelmed, by the jeweller's evident at-,
tempt at Continential complaisance. He
listened to his tale of the "greatest ruby on
earth," which the dealer was willing to dia..
pose of at a sacrifice, with a courteous air,'
and then offered him one-tenth of the price
demanded.
"1 have five stones of exactly the sante
dimensions ami coloring," said he, "and I'
am willing to eotnplete the half dozen ata
fair figure. You may send me your answer
within two hours. (food morning."
The answer arrived eighty minutes before
the prescribed time had elapsed. It was in
the affirmative.
Low Voice Shows Refinement.
Man inherited from his immediate ances-
tors, the apes and monkeys, a voice of con-
siderable altitude, in which the lower tones
were almost unknown. The monkeys chat*.
tered to their fellows from tree to tree in
shrill head tones, the natural vocal expres-
sion of a weak and titnid race, in whose
physical formation the head had begun to
bold an important place. The upper notes
of the register were characteristic of the
first *nen, as they still are of savage tribes
and peoples, and of the half -civilized mem-
bers of modern society, whose voices have
never been subjected to discipline.
The voices of country people accustomed
to magnificent distances and conversation
at long range are, if not keyed higher,
oftener used in the upper ranges than those,
of city people who feel obliged by the neces-
sities of good breeding to moderate their
tortes. When a man is self-contained he
uses the .middle and lower tones of his
voice ; when angry the voice mounts grad-'
tally to the head. If the gentler sex would
oftener bear in mind the eulogies of Shakes-
peare and Scott of that voice gentle and
low, which is an excellent thing in women,
they would more rarely have occasion to
wonder why they have ceased to be attrac-
tive.
The music of the Chinese, Japanese and
of all wild tribes is keyed high and sung.
usually iu falsetto, the lower notes being
obtained by drums, tomtoms, or some
other instruments of the kind. Although
their songs are far front agreeable to the
ear, they still think they sing,—Nast's
Weekly.
A Grand 014 Woman.
Sir Andrew Clark has often been heard
to say that Mrs. Gladstone is quite as much
entitled to the name of the Grand Old
Woman as her evergreen husband is to
that of the Grand Old Man. On January
12 last Mrs. Gladatone's 80th birthday came
round, and she passed the morning writing
letters to her friends in England, a task
which she accomplished without wearing
glasses of any kind as aids to her eight. In
fact she has never yet known what it is to
need spectacles and her eyes are as bright
as those of a young woman.
Every morning passed by Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone at Hawa'den sees them both at
church, nearly three-quarters of a mile
away from the castle, in the early morning.
Be the weather what it may, the Prime
Minister invariably walks to church and
back, taking pleasure in this matutinal ex-
ercise when the snow is falling heavily.
Mrs. Gladstone goes thither and back in
her little pony carriage, which she drives
herself. It is said that Mrs. Gladstone
does not know what it is to have a head-
ache or to stiffer from cold foot.
The Other Side of the Question.
"What afternoon would you like to have
out?" inquired the woman who was trying
to employ -a servant young lady. ''Oi beg
pardon, mom," was the response, "butwhat
afternoon would yez ixpect mo to stay in ?"
—Washington Star.