The Exeter Advocate, 1888-5-13, Page 3S YIVIPATRY.
"Well, what do you went T" asked, the
Mayor, as the old man dually looked lei the
door. He had been, passing and repassing
in front of the offioe abs noon, oseiileting in
indecision. He was from the country—a
thin old fellow, with small blinking eyed
and wrinkled face, His limp red hair had
attained a sore of uneertain gray. In and
out the furrows of .his shallow chin e,. sparse
Bet up with bins all night, on the outside. I
wee bound to be there. Re wrieched the
bar out, an' he drapped out,. 'most en top Q'
Rte."
"The devil he did r
He ain't oalkerated to. spend the night
away *rem me. He never did that eenoe he
wiz bore. W0, sir, But he went back fain
and Square, climbed right bane, when I
explained to him ; an' he staid thar all
night, in the leek -up, ile wiz reasonable,
mighty reaaoltable. He wou)d.0 t talk
beard bristled, leaving tsetse baro spots here ninth ; he 4140 weent to disturb no. 040.
an there where he had rubbed off the hair, We Duly looked at each ether, Sir. -.-give bad
robbing with each a hard. betray baztd,year e powerful heap o' trouble along o that
after year, in moments of .iudecietoaa -eve, boy. I zuzased hitt?; +'tended him;1 ao-
dentky the majority of the momenta of hie tually prayed over hie+:
life Hie mouth had: been strayed by a pipe,
which, drawing down the corner of tt, drew
all the wrinkles of hia face into it at IOW a .
ds" 'heti the Mayor of thin town r The
words slid without Inflection .or emphasis
oz to a thin, drawling. nasal voice.
" Yea. What do yeti want
F." Nothiu', sir; Iioti►iu:' in particular -"
There wee a Ranee, as if cogent reasons in
bia'mind were giving hint another wernieg.
a Ie fastened tub eyes on the .Mayors face as
if he were examining seedling pot,toee,
"1; eoly,want ay:uspaattiy, aIr—tyrnpa,-
thee
He closed his menet es e?denly, al% tothe
Pipe . bole, at d began rubbing iiia chin again.
The solution, of hie doubts thio time resulted
ilt his conveying his eommuniOatiou hi a
monotenees undertone to himself, waiving
ail claims to a, bearing, which TO15te4 entire-
ly in the volition of the Mayor, The wail
eyea impartially looked numeaniugly into
opace.
" it's only that boy a" imine. .I've hail o
powerful lot Q trouble with that boy a'
mune, I've nussed bite, I've 'tended hint,
rye labored with hitt, stead I—I—I've pray
ed over �heiui , I- .I'v o Frayed over that boy
• zs?uaal. sale looked at the Mayor foroome
sex nasion over tido loot xteeni
Oh, your boy to trouble
l
"Re uses foci: up to•da , sad ledged.
Res locked up over there. Hsi stopped
rubbing Ida chin to pont in the direutian of
the town jail,
Backed sap, ole T What was the mat-
" • Pt
the ., .slice the call t. A
"Begged pe, , F
feller tried to 'rest Miom Be knocked him
down, my boy did."
Resisting the police, eh? resisting
asaxBrevity of the law'Weil, I'm very ; 1
lochs 1o4e4 up. Xott cauutry pail*, thin
gots can coma Into thio town and runit 'uta
Ton lease. Noy, sir; if you ails dial's like
tta'a y ton you can keepaway ':' but it you
dine ware, you con tet our terree, a d
`vet east to behave youraelre*." Ttt
Eery steuerensly reissued taus fr``
oI
tho iseroratlext of lsit zuortaing
u'rQrisbtoic; you're perieatk
ayin' aotiiis'; I ain't cos
yenhethv They,'tolt
rut" .1 ain't got ate+'
a fir sympathy. I I
iu't been here
settee hefore th
seed that boy, I've
e preyed over titn»—
e nedtteetion. s Re as
est had dao metlier. I holt him with one
while 14a -01U -shed ' her with t'other•=-
old wonnau. She died the feet thleg
ter he waw bore, my old woman did. Fie
un fleet puny and they and red, there we
teliin' which end frons t'otber'ceptby the
isquellin :"
"" Well, 1 recon he'll never leant his dui
to the law younger.''
"The old woMau warn t ninth of a bel
or comfort either," without noticing tit
inteirnption. " I don't know as old women
ginorafyis. Always�eaquarreilin' and a-
eomplainin' and a•eetttn' by the fire. Ilut
she let' the boy to me, the old woman did, 't
of who did din herself.--I--I--l'vo prayed
over that boy; yea, air, I've prayed overbfm,
Wo was a•goin' back home thisevenin'."
"One night in the look -up won't hurt
him."
"" Na sir; that's trite. - it won't hurt him
a mites -one night in the loch -up. He font,
ate' ousted, an kicked, an' scritched, like a
painter, my boy did. He didn't waitgo to
the lock up, that's a foot. :fie tared round
eonaider ble." �y
""How much fine was it besides?
" Twenty-five dollars, ,lir."
" Twenty five T Well, I can't let him
come down here and clean out the town and
invalid the whole police force for Mae than
that.,"
a" There's always something bappenio' to
that boy ever since the old woman died. The
fust time t washed him he 'most drowned in
the piggin o' water. 14 e could scarcely crawl
"fore he went to vealt.r in the fire. He'a.
fell down and broke his arm. He's shothia-
self accidental. He's cut his self all over
with knives and hatches and axes. Every-
thing
verything that could eut has cut that boy."
" How much money have you got ?"
" Mel" The old fellow's hand stopped of
itself in astonishment. His jaw fell ; the
pipe, if it had been in place, would have
broken to pieces on the ground. " Me ? I
'dint got no money. I come from the mount-
ing.
"What did you come to town for, if you
haven't got any money 7"
"The boy, he wanted to come. He wanted
to see a town for meet, in his life, He brung
a live 'coon with him, sir,what he caught, and
some akin—otter•skine."
Well, what did he do with them T"
" Traded 'em off, sur. A aide o' green meat
wiz what he calkerlated on. But he took
boots, air—boots to come up outside o' his
breeches." He gesticulated towards the
place where, under more favorable oiroum•
stances, the oalf of his leg might have been
visible under the patched trousers. " They
wuz hand some boots. He wouldn't take 'em
fust. He wanted me to hey 'em. Me with
boots outside o' my breeches !" He would
have smiled if his mouth had known how.
fie el make the ,fine five dollars!"
"That's reasonable, sir; that's reasonable.
But just as you please, air,—I've had a
mighty heap o' trouble with that boy. I've
mesad
" You look around and see if you can't
serape up the money, and be in the court-
room early to -morrow morning. Good -by?"
The next morning by daylight the Mayor
was summoned. At he descended the stairs
of his residence•he saw a greyish -red head
cautiously thrust inside the front door and
withdrawn four or five times.
"" iel)o 1 What are you doing here thin
hour of the morning T"
" Nothin', air ; only to see. you 'aint -for-
got."
" Well, I haven't."
" lies there, sir; there in the lockup,
nay boy is. Hots a-waitin' there for you. I
" Here i I tan's, stay any longer,'
"Yon wouldn't take these here for the
floe, would you? Tbey mought fie yon."
lie fetched the heed that did not attend
to his shin froze behind his: back and held
up a pair of boots.
hie ;sick '044 right off. my boy did. Ha
said be didn't waroa the darn things noway$;
he'd ruttier go barefoot all hie life. He't
there, sir, in the :betel£ -up, ss.waitiag me me.
He Said he'd wait on zee, and he won't go
back on bit ward. Bet We in a mighty
burry to go home, nay boy be Ree done
said. he'd stay there, thane); twell I come
basOr, Ile ellen stags if I a'aye, When
the old women went off and died, he staid
westh sue. He eonld 'a went anddied as
easy at not. -,..4 miseeble, putty--"
l�
" 1 said five doliere, and 1 �stiek to it--
here 1"
The door closed, and the Mayor retired
upstairs. The old man locked at the five -
dollar hill which had beexi. thrust 'into hit
hand, " They told me the Mayor wart a
geai'leaaq,, and they told arae to ansae to him
torr sympathy." .. iurper's Weekly.,
The $ehool of the Soldiel
Though itis'ienpoasible to melte the young
soldier, say' of two or three yearn' service,
physically told : though we cannot give him
the btrdeised tensest( and the Wady ztervee
which he will have *ewe alts or seven yeare
later, we can tea eertahe extent make bins
a veteran by giving hiss aerpetual practice
in peace of the work which Re will have eo
do in war. No doebt, as I well .know by
my own unpleasant experieneee its the
Eases o,+aiericeere wee, the acted whiatluig
et bullets, the eravritieg of shells, and the
sight of Mende killed and wouadtd, have
efreet which cermet be siivaleted is
Acte; but it la certainly possible to give
young toddler snobs inetraction that all
e phases of the action will be familiar to
sn, and that he will instinctively know
right our*: to pursue ander instinctively
tstatuces. Se tong, as fighting WAS
tcrl :tzs sniff linea or heavy column,
leer drill, which shill pee alt is the
za,rd, was undoubtedly a very vet -
ug for war ;hut the ceve isaltered
acre sail cappieg ourselves
give to Aha young eoldier
anon in all these fightin
have taken the place
smote formerly in vogue.
n of hit time it *peat is
f11a, whereas tali the field et
Gla will absolutely disappear,
ug the man for war, but,
training hien for eaanothing
Shen he futde hinsselt is
wan temay everything will be
new to him. To the effect
prodneed by' the ballets and
wounds and death we doliber-
confusioa which triers front
ing to perforin movements to whish.
*accustomed:, or at leeet little aoonr,,
d;; and, by and training we aro de-
eratoly unfitting him to be steady on the
Id of action, It Is said with justice that
O beat training for the soldier and that
bless soonest changes hint into a voterau
aha actual practice of war, Wo should
e refore endeavor to make our peace train
g as like that of war as possible, By this
Dana we shall aconeat ingraft the qualities
of old soldiers upon those of young ones,
and shall have done all that in us lies to
obtain the ateadineas of the veteran in storm
ideation with the fire of youth. Another
quality which may be impreeaed upon the
young soldier with great advantage is that
atrong esprit de corps which gives ranch of
their tone to soldiers, old or young.
FARM.
MULTIPI:YING, .POTATOtS,
A writer in the Iroisdun Carden gives
account et the method he adopted to ire
crease a high-priced potato. The variety
wee a kind knowat as the pride of Arperica,
of which he geve something like a dolitr for
two tubera, eue of them large and sound,
and the other smell and diseased. Early in
March they werelaid in a pan, covered with
One soil, and Bet on a warzu staging its his
peach -house. They soots sprouted, and
when tit sproute were threw iachhestoes,
they were carefully paled Off, and t
Out utsere
returned to the soil. The eprauta were pot.
ted off singly, in good loamy suit, previnnely
warmed,. $t-xneh pots being used. Tney
were tet on the front staging and watered.,
They noon beeauae welt eistablsahed, and
were transplanted. '1'ae tubera gave a
second and larger crop of epreete then be-
fore, aitd there were treaters litre the Bret.
A third but timelier, crop of shoots was ob
Things to be avoided : Scrub stock
crops, and scrub families.
Sulphur dusted ever the seed piecee
they are deposited into the furrows le
o prevent scab.
The damage done to fruit trees: by rabbits,
borers and insects, may be prevented by
applying pine tar to the bailee of the trete.
Werra the tar and apply with a brush.
Frequent sad thorough cultivation la gene-
rally tally as effeotivests, protectiog vegeta-
era,
d
1'JiRlLLING HO PSELLQLH
- Tdl.ih�•
' an
TAIL OFA TAA oLx.
Mr. John Brown came hones one
lately, and being very thirsty, on
for himself a tankard of water is
which he thought -wan empty, Imam
surprise and cometereetion ,whets hie aosz
Tommy, aged eight, cline rsinaing h►, just
as bis draught was fiasiehed and *brleked:
0
hie plants agaiu a iojury froest drought, as "Why, paps,,l you've, swallowed stay tad -
the best mulch moat carefully applied. polel" '
Toads are the policemen of the gardens, "Whaaat t j" a sented the alarmed father.
They speedily transport iatect depredators : ", You young idiot 1 ran for this elector t'
to a place where they will do ztc more harm. Bat the enly medical manwho could be
And thxe interior }ail it quite capacious. got halts of et the moment was a eb.'
Sprinkiiag garden vegetables ;or vegetable wean, rattans is the neighborhood. On the
pa n y, plaited to
lanes is at no account, If you want to � ase being rather incoherencl oit -
water them, give the gros.nd a thorough hitt by the now thorona bey fcigittouad lana
Soaking -.afterwards mulch or keep well cul- By. its said
timed.
You meat make iteeut twine."
1'.aruiin le too c" mplex test art #ora rraasi " Kut tan8 husband care." awing:," replied
tailed. All tb�e plaits formed a raw in the tolearn itgult tet sea rivers a lifetime aztd by poor Mrs. Brawls, be tore.
g •P
rden ,hl feat lop ,oma des l du tbor- et1 fr ns wits alta *u shall ane , it is
ga S 1? Y g, his own rxperience- ai0no. '1"here are butte ars leet'o froTM else shalt avian, yo'x ktso , 2t7Z
ongbly pulverized ground:, S inches apart, wisdom and prolix i,a ntllazeng sirs ea aeriemca
Inverted dower pots protacta them front: of othr-rs,
jrsut grze (e pozssora zcxye, eo pot} till ltisn svr�
a n threatened frost,and ever teenbrdaaeheas ze vecer to seta testis, tett ze 'teethe stet he
Any a et leen zee pat our platys what' last fall I nil AVM tip to ze moat of hienatenr, and ran
ow
try wee "f them gate ceatieg of grow- , he are za Hellas 110 vitt chomp out, ao.
ray are asst brasher es need be, Not And theygave him bucket alter bucket of
eh sympathy for the fanner with the water till he become horribly' eiek, but mo
tows, tadpole" ellonved out"
t p%tatoess deep enough an you sae I BY this time poor Brawn wee% suffering
the harrow et the time; stat the yemig !, agoatee. The tadpsle, or the large quantity
la ata are goat co; die.; op. attd titernee it of water, one or other, was a iwng ex
orot?r day, Aex%tive1.13,g tho trail ilataly 'and rtgreatpato, added to which late himself wok;
Illirag rveaT iedrn w mato of mortal mad indefinable terror.
�r its e a ashe4ye also: in to awdea, Jlist then the fancily physician made Kiat op-
t with iatttice, a;aibigo, eauleflawer '. pearsuee and tried TO Alley their fears, bee
crop sued for sruhsais or .greens. Toa alt to sen purpose, sosmetlsing ..tactical inset
et and snaiu'teet location is needed. for ha daae. Tttiaiktue, a little sat mulatta would
tosaaatoee, awaet pathhoea, peaaasita" doh, a said t good after the drenehiag he
ea fATTOOT Gan afford to continue raining i4 ow, I beth d recommend you, him 4
wait short rad nla to bun, to give tins s
samba stock, Between twenty* yeast °f ,sod, dale sf broody,that will make bins
r than it atocd in the nnraery, The farmingh. ga
witrisb atealr, and twenty years trleky and pathnpee he will then, under t44
of weligulvel vowelized a hheetaagasitberal of farm ug with improved ttoek, them will iufiaezto at liquor. make Ma suddeza appear,
were aged for the saran purpose later On.
Two bushels were obtained from one tweed
of aeed. The above it anbateirztiasily the
process given ila the Oaxdeza, greatly re-
dueed and condensed ; raid it navy afford ,u
uaeful Suggestions to those not femihar with
the proceee adopted Ity gardenersfair rapid
ly isereasiog rare and easily sere*
RAW TO i't.a'"rTaai;.
eceipt from the nnreery, the
4 be carefully heele:bin. If they
in several dart, the trees should be
If they are very dry, tops and all!
0 into the trench. anti 40 covering
Trite damp. The bales sbould leo
teat is diameter, and deep eriaaa,.�h
snit the planting of aha trees 4 little
ion
ger here
In talent.
as born.
ed him,
sting into
eta grouped wake wad;aatheswell worn he d)il'ereawo is prafate equal to the price amts, axed relieve you 011,0
wee -halt of sant- year'as growth, remove all disease abauld bre buried. Orsly by thin j frisky', it only made 1dr..Browii samawliat
broken limbs with a sharp knife, and eaat pro".ean earn file virus) fwd germs be email- tipsy, m wbaclt stats he iseeat;ae whet the
with abeliae all mote and •shafted places, �. U **tea stud the (spread of the sato sa to Seoteb uadl "greetin' fit','' Ira a xrsa iallilt
c
broken nolo anould Went ausootbly with an ' vented. This it especially trate cl snisasala way he bade isle we epic wife an atffecting
been dipped its thin mud, the tree is placed Sct tweet potato plantae after the soil hart ! drat
za aha Tiela. liprex'I th0 nota carefully'., ! beccrrto tboraughly warm. The ground ' The doctor however. seeing that the poor
drive a stairo beside aha tree, and 1111 iur tlaa need not be rich, but ebet:M Ira fertilized is i team, ea well. as bit fataasly, was suffering.
sail, working'itthoroughly nudera ndautosag
faire roots with the hand, (lista swat or three:
aasutrd treadiaga during the pro:Ns: of filling,
wbieb aboald reach tiro height of the nursery
setting, and fill the rent of the hole with a
mulch of goatee hey and straw. Plate a
piece oI woolen cloth between the tree arid
ataaice, to prevent chafing; tie Brady, and
tire following day giro the tree A thorough
watering,
it is placers beside the hale,. Gaze, of a duo frrst, - al that ,dies of The ptau Wray tried can a meat wiialesale
amine ea«b tree for borers, cut baoir The carcase: of every mdse cash, bot instead 'af usalring the
tadpole
upward elast: sed atter all tho mato have rty!'log of diseases kturoon to be contagious. farewell and iuslettd m isg put to tied to
APOt T Dor aflsst isms.
l ew people realize tie) impart a ee of
fnoubetor alone after the egga
rip. H'eving tried naauey means
ling molature is the egg drawer, wet
ei aetielied that spraying with a floriat'u
bulb, having an exuaedlugi fiva rare, in the
best. Toe egge should. not be turned salter
the 10th dal' tuever fear of their pipping on
the under *stir). re -
If the chicken le strong enough to oatue
out, thin is of little conaequenee, he is
hound to come. teethe last turning of the
eggs, they should be" sprayed thoroughly
with wateratleaat 110 c' oreven 115° would'
not injure them. Tho drawer should be
closed immediately, and Icfaao for 24 hours'
et least. Ia hot water machines 311 hours Is
even better.
We have reoently even a batch of 100:
cltleke from 188 fertile eggs. They were
left le the drawer for 35 hours, and the only
means of ventilation is lh, inch pipe in the
(rout of the maobino, whteh plea to prove
that bottom ventilation front a series of
hSipes is a prolific cause of uuaatisfaetery
atching.
Cross 'ittposea"5.
What sorrow we should beckon unawares,
What stinging nettles in our path would
grow,
If God would answer all our thoughtless
prayers
Or firing to harvest the poor seed we sow!
The storm for whieb you prayed, whose
kindly shook
Revived your fielda and blessed the faint.
ing air,
Drove a strong ship upon the cruel rook,
And one I loved went down in ahipwreck
there.'
I ask for sunshine on my grapes to -day ;
You plead for rain to kiss your drooping
Rowers;
And titua within God's patient hand we lay
These intricate cross purposes of ours.
I greeted with ooid grace and doubting fears
The guest who proved an angel by my
side ;
And I have shed more bitter, burning tears
Because of hopes fulfilled than prayers de-
nied.
Then be not clamorous, 0 reatlesa soul,
But hold thy trust in God's eternal plan 1
Be views our life's dull weaving as a whole;
Only its tangled threads are seen by maul
Dear Lord, vain repetitions are not meet
When we would bring our messages to
:thee ;
Help ua to lay them at Thy dear feet
Tn acquiesence, not garrulity ?
Jealousy the Cause of "Hostility.
The London Spectator (April 2S) attri-
butes the hostility of thernilitary party in
Germany to England to the desire of the
German authorities to " square" Russia by
allowing her to have her way in Eastern
Europe in order that Germany may have a
free hand against France. England cannot
afford to let Russia have her way at Constan-
tiaople, and the Germans are afraid she will
combine with Austria and Italy to explode
the arrangement,
The Kennebec lumber season, which has
just closed, has been an unusually favorable
one. The cut about the shores of Moosehead
Lake will amouatto about 10,000,000 feet,
Aha bill or drill, either by well decsinpsote4 "neuter: of ntiusi about ilio unfortunate little
barnyard manure, or (what is generally Ipsolitsvi,;,deteranimeatotsiteactivexne tar,
preferable in our soils) by se good special) and briar matters toasat£siactory treble by
potato tertalizrr, a little schema: of bit owsi, ile eralered 3I7I'.
We would rather have one pan off Wil:
with quarter luta crease, ibasts four peens
with one aixteeutb'inaii cream, By the
token, twenty acres of land with n
s, deep sell, may be more deairaale than
.aksuued tract of oleo hundred apsl. a bt-
seres.
n
oblong form is lir ttcr titan as e41
ono Inc the home garden. Seed; sows air
planted is rows inatead of little bede sin%•
pilf'tea the whole matter, anal admits of the
use of the plow and cultivator instead of
the spade, the boo and the rake, and tnakca
Ito cultivation :;i pleasure instead of adrearrl-
ed task.
To get the cream qulekly from milk : its
soon as it is drawn Iron% the cow reduce its
temperature to about 45 ° and keep tether%.
and ha h or 5 hem ell the create will rise.
The create will be perfeetly sweet, and the
stilus udlk evil', be of a very superior qual-
ity. If the cream le to be made into butter,
it should be kept at a temporetnre of about
t35a, and churned at a temperature of from
55-0 to 000.
Pumpkins planted among cern should not
be planted at the sumo time with the corn
but when the corn is about four beehea high.
Tako an old shovel er fork handle, point
the cud at it, make a hole with this, dro f
in your pumpkin seed, and Mote in the hole
with your foot, By this method you can
get your pumpkins just vherc you want
them, an thick as you want theta, and being
inter than alto corn, the vines are not in the
way of the cultivator.
Buon.lenn.tr Fon Tnnn I'noTEOTIo$.
Two years ago a coatral Dakota farmer
planted five acres of box elder and cotton
wood trees ono year old, having previously
prepared she lamp. Ile then awed buck
wheat quite think, which grew luxuriantly,
and bong left uncut, served as au excellent
mulch, protecting from the bot ane of July
and August, the cold winter and alternate
freezing and:thawing of early spring. The
land was well seeded from the first Drop, and
another heavy crop was allowed to grow
Wit year, and left on the ground as before.
The trees have atood both winters well, and
the percentage of loss is very small. The
buckwheat straw' subdued the weeds, and
aimed the labor of repeated cultivation,
North Dakota Farmer.
DEET 8owm o ton PEAS.
Many garden crops are retarded or injured
by deep sowing, but peas are not among.
the number. With more space and. greater
depth they would grow better and give finer
crops, especially in seasons of droath, A
anoceaaful cultivator says that he gives each
plant six inches space in the lines ; and in-
stead of covering them only two inches
deep, as is the common practice, he finds at
least twice this depth much better, and ob-
tains larger crops. Ae the common practice
is to plant peas as one of the earliest crops,
and tate time in many places is at band, it is
well to remind gardeners that they will ob-
tain an item of vatuable knowledge by try-
ing both ways aide by side.
rears ABOUT $EEDINO GRASS.
In an acre there are .8,128,640 square
inohea, There are in a bushel of clear seed,
of
Timothy
Orchard grass
Kentucky Blue
Red Top.. ,
Meadow Fescue
Red Clover
White Clover
40,000,000 seeds
7,000,000 "
45,000,000 "
70,000,000 "
26.000,000 "
16,000,000 "
25,000,000 "
DON'T; COVER TOO DEEPLY.
Many who plant fine ,seeds have 'no con-
ception of their requirements. .A lady per•
chased some pansy seed the other day, and
asked me how deep',she should sow it—"four
or five inches?" 1 told her if she wanted it
to Come up not to cover it more than a six-
teenth of an inch. Many people fail just
this way and then blame the seedsman.
NoTes,
Good plowing is the foundation of good
crops,
In pruning apple orchards, many farmers
insist on cutting ant the leading centre
branch to let the snit abine into the tree.
This is a serious mistake. So is the cutting
off of any large branches, it is a stabbing
and wounding of the tree that gives it a rote
ten heart nmkea it weak to resist the wind,
and leads to premature death. Cut out the
sap shoots, trim off small branches, and en-
courage a pyramidal growth, is the one cur -
met plan. And early spring is the right
,
Browns, nitrous now 0s beat, to be partial'
unarmed, promising to return fs:auhour
with bis assistant, when hahoped to be able
to relieve him permanently.
its the saczeed£xsg half hoar the patient
essifered all sorts of pains, real and' bougie-
dry, clad was more than ever convinced of
the nativity of hit unwelcome tenant.
The doctor, howvever, meanwhile, had
offered half a dozen ornate boys u hanal*oiae
prise for the Brat tadpole they would brlasg
him, and the fact beteg noised abroad hiss
house seat resembled Pbaroah's palace dur.
lug ono of the plagues of Egypt. It sem
filled with frogs and frogiiage of all lazes
and egos, canasang greet coaaaternatioe to the
txtce:ical household.
.But lona oho this the doo:or and his
ansletent had started offer) finally cure their
patient, The doctor carried a healthy
pallywig in a small bottle, in his pocket,
rhe asaisutnt a powerful electric battery, in
tk valise. Turning everyone out of the room,
alto eonfsplrators quietly hid the battery.
reader the bed, after atijasting it to its et.
most power. The new poilywig was then
a irefully placed on the pillow near the des-
pairing mens head, one battery wire wag
arr.inged louder his chin and at a algid
from the doctor, the other, with the full
power of the batter.', was suddenly applied
to his stomach. With a horrid yell the
poor wvrctola suddenly sprang up in bed,
and the doctor and his assistant both Shout-
ed. :
hout-ed.: "" Hurrah 1 he is out atlast 1" The un-
suspeeting family, bearing the yell, rushed
in to see the startled. Mr. Brown fitting up
in bed, the poor little tadpole lying beside
him, Re was socn made aware of the
change in the state of adfaire, and warmly
thanked the dooter, as did all the family.
" He gave me an awful spasm as be got
out though, but thank Heaven itis now all
over,"
Just et that moment however, the ever
unfortunate Tommy came rushing into the
roomwith a glees is his hand, saying:
Why, papa 1 here is my tadpole 1 Yon
never swallowed it atter all 1 "
If a bombahell had buret in the room the
consternation could not have been more
complete. The father, now cured,euspected
some trick, he did nor exactly know what,
but seeing the doctor and his assistant con-
vulsed with laughter, he angrily requested
their immediate withdrawal from his house
and they, nothing loath, were only too glad
to escape into the open air. The story soon
leaked out, and while the doctor watt highly
praised for his treatment, so much so that
he was ever after called Dr. Tadpole, poor
Mr. Brown bad a hard time of it. He soon
got so disgusted with being nick -named
old Polliwog" that he left the country,
and returned permanently to town, where
no one ever knew of the bad time he had
when he swallowed the tadpole.
A Hard Diamond.
At a recent meeting of the "New York
Academy of Sciences a remarkable dir men&
was exhibited. It is a compound or multiple
crystal, containing a large number of twin-
inge, and belongs to the class termed " ex-
treme dnrate" by the French. It had been
out into the general shape of a brilliant,
and then places on the polishing wheel,
where it was kept for. 100 days, the wheel
revolving at the rate of 2,800 revolutions
a minute. The diamond was fixed upon the
"rotating surface at a distance of about fifteen
inches from the centre. Based on these
figures, a calculation showed that the sur-
face passed over by the diamond amounted
to 75,000 miles. The ordinary weight plat
ed on a diamond while on the wheel is from
two and a quarter to two and one-half'
pounds. This was inoreased until finally
forty pounds were used. The wheel was
badly damaged, the diamond ploughing into
it and throwing scintillations in all direc-
tions. Even under these conditions the
diamond could ,not be given a commercial
polish.
Alexander Graham Bell, of telephone
fame, may still be spoken of as a young
man, for he has only recently turned his
40th. year. Twenty-five years ago he was
a poor boy in. Edinburgh.
We should be kerful how we enourridge
luxurys. It iz but a step forard from hoe -
calk to plum-puddin', but it iz a mile and a
half by the nearest rode when we have to
go back again.—Josh :Billings,
Passenger -Condiiator, how far are we
from Reuses City? Oonductor—We're there
'now, sir; just passed 820th street, Pas-
aenger—.How coonwill we get to the station?
Conductor—Its about an hour's ride.
Mr. B. Couhill (of Boston)—Ah, Miss
Chandler, I see you are an admirer of Mil-
ton! Mies Chandler (of Cincinnati) -No ;
can't say I am. Why pa's young advertia-
ingman makes rhymes with a good deal plea-
santer jingle 1
On the Beach.
I stood on the beach when the tide went out,
.And the blue wavea kissed my feet ;
They coaxed and caressed like a babe on the
breast
Of its msaher, soft and sweet;
Then glided away, like a child at play,
On the smooth and pebbly sands,
And came fawning back o'er their silver
Sr ack,
And beckoned with shining hands.
I stood on the beach when the tide came in,
And the waves were foaming white ;
They lashed the shore with the awful roar
Of the tempest in its might.
They bubbled and boiled, .and hissed and
coiled,
Like things of venomous. breath,
And dashed 'gainat the rooks their threaten -
nog shocks, '
Defiance unto death.
And said as i atdod alone on the beach,
I ,
Old ocadn, I know you well ;
Your smile is bright as an maga of light,
But your kiss is false as hell.
Woe shadows your path ween you wake be
wrath,
Death lurks in your breezes free,—
In your coral caves and Sighing waves,
0 lovely, treacherous sea 1