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hb o t oub neeog w aI n ese
aOp. DPDIWs' leetrers in the
evel Int meo beoommin more
sor e lgains powerin his descrifp.
ieb and as b Pe his "qur
3y*' as boecbthe il gty dsme be gI
tw m hnting down--the uman raee.
lrst Friday bi subject was the first ap.
lparance of man upon the earth, which
war in the pteistocene age. The dis
4ro. was Mallted in the main to dis
l Edichb have been made in Great
a, p that oagutry baving been made
a ailstudy by Prof. Dawklns. In
the pleistocene age the country now oc.
eped by the th Seri was elevated,
an that the sea was but a narrow'gut,
sad the land was occupied by large for
arts of Scotch fir, spruce, yews, oaks,
bhhbes and ferns. In this age were
miand animals surviving from the pleis
toeene age, such as the stag and the
ersaight-horned elephbat. But animals
of th temperate elimates were appear
kg, esch as the beaver and the wolver'
fIn. Southern forms of vegetation ex
tended further north than now, and
the r4ev a tb4 ghehcihast. eA
mac3 blr. l ar ivy. Ifas
thiete aiinf int laed pleiteene
l, it l'not rlmn ible that man was
isg then, though the evidence from
bones which have .been found is not
nousive, for such cting might have
n made the incisors of beavers.
they
ong g sti
mai way one of the most arctic types-
the woXk-sheep, But there is full and
t evideneeof the presence of man
it this time. In 1873 was
Ss : ain spl ter in
Sof thne 'T-vldm,
w feh belongs to this age and 1
must have been drop by man. About
our nths o rawkin said .
evidently been knocked of by the man. s
ldaeture of implements and also to find 8
ball the implement itself, the other balf
at which has saie been found. The
orginal discoverer of the lint splinters t
has restored them to the block to which r
S.th y]geou, pal .rried y ,,ncJuºlv r
thaLe place an wle they were found
" were, earny mea made his imple.
meam . These Implements were made i
asterlstfrle f the ee age which 1
m coueetned m tib iusslon, Is the t
4 bones e4blao and asio reindeerre . e
mains b the thousand. These bisons
Wn aP ly the in t
mee i1*. ao re
ar the neighborhood. In the river drift t
e a whib L lole f is built was
ain 1860 a iant Instrument which *
belongs to the pistmn age. Since
bhave been found both there and in other ,
ample tht , , reele C
time, and wi sn es ntins 1a-,
murh ,ý that tlºVlU t
t o same time. 4RP, Pa9emtine and
Sdh leh a~a seeai d at the same
I qe, _pln sy n form condition
fre e w lHbte, em ered during
sar onperiodl.
as m the relati 1. the smem to the
pen et uses, ml? ed
teel tn~r is s i
to ths a aIro I!
-I
w dt esetde
~a~s c~ Ja ~~Ff~Y I~~~I
ebsMsesb
Iivide md,
Ar
rdhe bw IeidaM o f; bt wen
thelanu in s handterablet; but when.
he ever possible she does all her laughing
- lnternally. This wrenches h terribly,
P- and sooner or later some of her vitals
I wI nget broken all to pieces; but she
preers death to s dlsply of her soag
a. gy teeth.-Gimas sawts Enquirer.
rahemet's Siege of C.astatnieple I
1453.
S Ten cty was more than eleven miles
e a circumference. On the side of the
Iasea it was defended by a simple wall;
e the other side were covered by regular
i, fortifications, towers and bastions. The
At Turkish army was immense, numbering
r- probably 200,000 or 260,000 men; the
s, imagination of the Greek historians ex
re tended this number to 300,000, and even
s- 400,000. The regular army was prob
1e ably under 200,000. The Greeks had
is lost entirely the use of arms, and de
r- pnded upon their mercenaries. The I
r" Emperor would not arm more than
'- 15,000; his chief jientenant was an Ital
id ian, Giustinani, who had with him
S many Veaetiat sad; Genoese. The
it legate, ld4ore, d hi dtay bravely as
e a soldier. The city had 104 ~qp and
n among the number wasone gIltic for
5 the time, which could onl retsix or
n seven times a day, and hatro btcooled
>t eaoh time after it had been rad. The
'e art of siege was still in its i . Ma- 1
'" homet used all the old mae which
e were madeOr aroehm and aults. 1
'yHe had o. Aprowsi ·ten
lead, 44a> nab n o wed tised
galn$ -:the assilants, as I
s bell us, the famous IGreek
i ilre, the secret of which was uMl1 pre- I
- served in the Greek Em'pire. The in
d vestment of Constantinople began on the
,n 5th of April, 1453. The siege went on 4
to methodically and various assaults were
SI rtPiseed Iy te reeis. MAbpnet was I
t, surprised to findsoineth resistance. The
STurkish ships succeeded in forcing the i
t entrance of the Golden Horn, and the I
Sty ra th gp oment, began to show I
s li tertrll mptoas qf dicontent
'aid discor° Wdch tre noticed in all t
sieges of populous capitals. While the 1
soldiers were on the ramparts the city I
If was convulsed with theological discus- (
e lons. Even on the eve of the ruin of
a their cause, the fanatical Greeks showed 1
more abhorrence for the dogmas and I
Srites of the Latin Chuolh than for the C
enemies who were before the gates. I
. Constantinople was likeJerusalem when 5
it was besieged by the Romans. The
lerm ~lrtrb l ibut did i
s uýi tiip i~ithe re;d t
enemy. " would prefer a hundred a
times," said one, " toee in Constan- t
e tinople the turban of the Turks rather I
a tntha e taralf the Pope." The crowd4 f
t rushed to the shrines where the miracle- '1
working virgins were kept, but did not I
Srush to the ramparts. All sorts of I
prophecies were made; the Greeks be. ii
came the pitiable vitims of what waT ii
S~lled the las sqo of Pari+ t
o1 o 'mad s. s
Co p 1 not4uirender be- t
cause it was starved; it was regplarli n
t taken by storm. While the mob aeea*- s
ed the Emperor of treason Mahon1ut
hkep tfiring is 10 ton guns against th : I
ewalls and m ing breseh. He pron- q
IYed his follewe's the plunder of a cil r
which was then, after Rome, the riches II
a in Ata j ws pre- d
M e rayer&.
e It be a on tla 28th oDeay lanthe ipid " t'
die o lthe day. The resistance of thb e
Greeks sand Italians, who were fighting,
e)e apgiast twenty, was truly eroic. d
Costantlne ws among his troops, ano
0 showed the greatest brarvery. Glhstini
n amt was mortally wounded. In the eve
I ning, the Italians, having lost the:~
chief, took to thuir ships and abandonc I
Sthenuaortuate Emperor. The battle b,.
tIhe mi next day; the Emperor d
ought' a common soldier, "like a 5
e r Aemsm." The Ight was tami. b
e to-ra.i Coonistabta Nd in the ear
I aun sd t o.t*slon wassu sh that l
M i~ess was not'nodied a first. His ir
. They had been prmbod b
Ialdunder; they sacked tihm I
-i O#Italnmr iiul. ¶iehy n
f pen of Victor Hm oeul had jbeCuibe n
in theastrese. An Italian witness mys b
that "corpe nwem floatingon t1h D,-. a
Sdsael Red Ws s oS the. h
b s k o ,itisas, solme of 60oo0 If
vietims. The moet noble ladies were
a marhed fr plunder. Saint Sepia be.c
* ame theses~Posar Ma.
sTuvlksshowed nnm ern en. h
mbm euld hm mmmmj em' rol isv
a 'atyeth'su;8~s h lt I a
lhi
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y A Care to Wheeptlg COugh.
. A rnnoiw sends me a slip cut from a
Srecent newspaper, inqulring for a relia
ble remedy for whooping cough. I am
Senabled to give the desirfed information
e after actu experience in my own fami
` ly, and throghth e equally favorable
experience of more than a score of
friends and neighbors who have tried it.
It is well known to most intelligent
people that exposure of patients to the
vapors arising from the purifying boxes
, in the gas works almost invariably re
le lieves the terrible paroxysms, and, after
I; repeated visits, cures have been fre
ir quently effected. This discovery was
e made by a physician in Paris about fif
g teen years ago.
e The fact was published, and soon afd
c. ter visits began to be made to the Man.
n hattan, New York, Brooklyn, and other
gas works, on the recommendation of
d our medical men. An epidemic of
- whooping cough raged in Newport in
e the winter of 1li78. Over 200 patients,
n between the ages of two months and
I. seventy-five years, visited the gas works.
n The Treasurer of the company, William
e A. Stedman, Esq., states that nearly all
s were benefited, and some were undoubt
d edly cured.
r About that time the child of a distin
r guished chemist in Providence, R. I.,
I was seriously ill with this terrible dis.
e ease, and too weak to be taken to the
. gas works. The father procured a
b quantity of the liquid hydro-carbon de.
posited by condensation in the bottom
n of the purifying box, and vaporized it in
d a metal dish in the closed ropm of the
s little sufferer. Almost immediately it
g revived, the spasms were checked, and
after a few days the child recovered and
was as well as ever.
Ma icroscopists have recently discov
n ered that the cause of whooping cough
e (pertussis) is the rapid aggregation of
s bacteria under the root of the tongue.
e These must be destroyed before relief
a can be obtained. To this end such pow
e erful medicine as quinine bromide is
r given; but even that fails to reach the
t seat of the disease. Of course the or
I dinary expectorants are absolutely use
la ess; change of air is rarely curative;
hence t'c rapidly increasing percentage
of deaths from this disease.
f The New York Board of Health re
1 port for 1876 has a list of 489 deaths
from whooping cough in that city. The
B deaths weekly in London, England, are
fromi a minimum of 60 to a maximum of
220, over 6,000 annually.
Pa hysicians generally inform the anx
i ious parents that whooping cough must
take its course, as a remedyis unknown,
I and they can only slightly relieve it;
that the incubation and increase in
r virulence will occupy six weeks, and
from six weeks to six months will be re
Sq'ired before it is entirely. removed.
t he whoopings usually increase regu
t arly in number from day to day to the
fifth week, often equaling forty times
in twenty-four hours. Very rarely is
{ this disease preceded by any other, but
so great is the strain upon the system
that frequently it is followed by pneu
moats, in which event death often en
sues. A fatal termination is more genm
erlly'the result of absolute physical ex
haustion due to the terrible strain cone
. quent upon the oft-recurring paroxysms.
A few years since my youngest child,
neverbefore ill, was stricken by this
dread disease. The best medical talent
was obtained, every known remedy
tried, most watchful care constantly ex.
ercised, but without the slightest avail.
The child actually coughed itself to
death. With all the grief of this sad
i experience still fresh,in April, 1879, we
were alarmed by a new incursion of the
Sdestroyer. Our children, 5 and 7 years,
were attacked, seemingly with the sever
I Ity of the preceding case.
It was then I learned of this Prov
dence chemist's discovery, and that
Ssimple but iagenious apparatus had
been Invented by which the hydro
carbon (by analysis found to be creso
Slene C6HIIS6ClO) could be evaporated
in a closed room. I Immediately pro
cared both. The apparatus is a metal
stand six inches high, supporting a Cup,
I holding half an ounce of cresolene. The
h eat is supplied either by a petroleum
Snight lamp or gas; vaporizers being
Smade to atach to a ordinary gasm burn
er.
Cresolee is a rose.pink liquid with a
boiling point of 397 degrees. It is not
unpleasant ina odor, but, on the other
. hanld, Is extremely grateful to any one
with the least bronchi l or catarrhal af
Sfection.
In three minutes after the lamp was
lighted the vapor of the creolene was
,diflsed in every Ipr of a room 1 by
20 feet. In ten minutes the childra
manifested evident relief, recovered
,from their dull exhaustion and were
pnla~~evi°n tim bed, even lughlag aloud
revident freedom from the par
'o s a ot adv d it eoM be coti
d in sfetall inlgbt, and at the ex- I
piratlon of fIteen mirntoextimlshed
the lamp. The child dr been
whe plag twenty tles a day.: One of
them: 4i not even eaug r twelveh
hours, m the other or thirty-lx.
Learitng ttth vapowlumlor ould I
_ be contluas day ad nriwhtw more
rapid bene5t, I applidi t Ave pighta
In mther sleepinptl z0o Theraeems
.eased sad they speedily reooverea
A t that tim epla ios d whet j
begt a lths appras
iuhe w estth e ,
I believe thve um esake
ar now to be obaned froiru a
I a co ent will fa
ealatesion al thaut w s g adie m ..
man is
hits ea omlioe. 'It ia ea.
s oo'rk ,t B k e.
the am u Is the o md
in uasm e
I
Tr b.S
"" ':1
tares offer tempting possibilities. Some
in handkerchief patterns, the border be
ing a rich but quiet combination of
- colors in which gold predominates. A I
m dress would require twelve of these I
" handkerchiefs, and they are from $1 to I
l- 4 a square, so that a nice suit can be +
l had for $30, or less, if made at home. I
of This matter of dress-making is always i
v. very disturbing and sometimes costs
more than the material itself. By hay. t
m ing a dress-maker come to the house it t
as can be greatly reduced-say to three, I
e- four or five dollars-but this is always i
er attended with uncertainty of result; i
that intangible but indispensable thing I
i known as style may elude you. 1
The simplicity of some of the street
costumes is acceptable to those of us
who have no taste for elaboration. A
perfectly plain short skirt with trimming I
or at the bottom about six inoqes deep, and
over that a coat with loose breadths- 1
? such a one, made to fill an order, we I
n have seen of olive damassee over a
s skirt of olive satin; almost severe in its t
id simplicity, but very distinguished, and t
s may of course be imitated in less ex- t
m travagant materials. As the skirt will e
11 not tax any one's skill very much, the t
t- coat alone will require the help of an J
expert.
s The hood on street suits, as well as t
' on coats and cloaks, is an old friend, ii
* and a very picturesque addition. They t
to are usually lined with bright plaid or e
some contrasting shade of silk. Some
' fit closely to the back as if pressed, and a
n others set up in loose folds. This grate- t
In ful feature of the coming season is sure
18 to be very popular, and perhaps it will S
it be well to make it adjustable, so that in I
d case it becomes unpleasantly common it a
d may be removed at will.
The Scotch and French plaids-al.
ways a staple article in the market-are t'
h seen this season in brighter combina. Ii
tions of color than usual. The French 4
goods are imbued with the delicacy of "
3 tint which is so conspicuous in the man.
ufactures of that people; so that they 11
do not shock even where there is a union t
e of many bright and differing shades. j1
- These goods can be had from $1.50 to h
- $2.00 per yard, forty-eight inches in i
width. They make very serviceable c
Ssuits for young girls attending school, a
and require very little trimming. The
' underneath skirt may be simply bor- b
" dered with single plaiting, one-eighth of a
a yard in depth; over-skirt stitched; f,
Ssleeves and collar may be prettily finished it
with facings of cashmere. 5
Many new wool materials are brought u
out in plain solid shades; somA with n
t smooth surface, and others with twilled. I
" These goods are desirable for all ordi. s8
nary wear, and can be trimmed with u
satin to match the material, or bright- t(
Sened with pipings of cashmere in any (
pretty contrastingshade. Striped worsted it
ý braid makes a very suitable trimming It
for them. A lovely suit of bottle-green
lady's cloth was shown, with facings of ca
cardinal cashmere,having the Languedoc si
sacque of the same material for street b
t wear. Lady's cloth should always be a]
shrunk before making. xi
Camel's hair is still in great favor and hI
seen in all the exquisitely beautiful tints. ti
Certainly no material can give better Il
service that a good French camel's-hair. si
The best quality is the cheapest. The tI
*camel's-hair with momie cloth finish-a fa
n aew material-Is mostly made up with
Splush. N
t Striped and plaid plush and velvet ti
! will be much used-a marked feature- ha
in trimming for fall and winter wear. sa
* Satin will be in favor, and combines in
very prettily with camel's-hair. A very at
d handsome suit is of black camel's.hair h(
Btrimmed with black satin and lace.. A d
S dress trimmed in this style can be worn at
Sat any season. at
Much that is anique and effective de- bh
pends upon the proper combination of "
color. Many people violate the laws of
good taste in this particular more than
in all others. Much depends upon har
mony, even in contrast In the some
what new and desirable fabreic for la- th
dies' wear called cheviot we find the
j beautiful shades of dark plum, garnet, o
turquois blue, bronze. old gold and green
'combined in small, deep-toned cheeks, m
with a rough surfacee by which an ap l
pearanee of Lndistinctness is produced. a
SFrom this material are made handsome as
suits, with side plaiting on underneath in
dress; overdress and bsque piped with m
Sany of thi) shades in the material to suit
the taste. Cheviot is much used for at
r children's wear, being brightened with a
cashmere in the invisible colors which i
abound in the fabric. It is forty-two pI
to forty-eight inches in width, and costs su
from $1.66 to 62.25 per yard. ye
Cashmere is still in great favor for
house dresses, and found in faUl line of in
colors. Afew suits inthesolidshades at
are seen for street wear.
Black silks, of course, are never out al
of date; they are combined with satin or
damassee silk. It is quite the exeption ye
to see a drae. made entirely of plain
black silk. Good black silk ean behad ea
Sfrom $1.76 upward. In damassee the
large foral designs are most fashionable M
for bouse wear, while the designs are s
eloser and less in size for street wear.
Id passing we must not fail tossythat of
plain and twilled flannel is still much he
Al though sumh wo rn dm d -tl -m
mer,it promie to bearried forward into
me fail ad winter, Ud will certainly
make esceedingsy oomfortable and use
al dre . Dar asv blae lethelead- p
leg shade; sad the dresmes astill do
miade with rn l stitching around the "
akint oer with thu.
A vua slight deat ivty sufile. to
mot·Yaal mot to water.
l s mile I a smooth, th
traba~igSt a eoeltr dt ot
whis hers an water s If sel
t lra as .
twina lst 1,00 massh he
**w*m two rane. ao the Andes, fanl
t m all tluallthae dt anae ab ove
th. eemaaaeemeetd lth 1,0 mileIt
hvagnayj,, 1,0 0 a mles lo
spineb tie enrr0 wla wvn
a gb~rhalWaan t se levation,
on eshibiaen at the taelse,
raakr9if~l~ ~ · ·
e How to Shoe Horses,
f IT may interest some of your readers
p to learn my method of shoeing. While
e there have been great improvements in
9 almost every thing else during the past
e quarter of a century, I have noticed lit.
. tie, if any, improvement in horse-shoe
:s tarted to learn the blacksmith's
trade in 1858, and have never done any
t thing else. I claim to be expert at all
kinds of carriage work and horse-shoe
ing. Some people say that a carriage
ironer can not know how to shoe a
horse. I can give you the names of
hundreds of the best citizens of Clay
t County, Mo., who will testify to my ca.
Spacity as a horse-shoer, and after you
L have read about my method you can
judge for yourself.
For the past eighteen years I have
been constantly shoeing horses, and have
learned the ways of several States and
Canada, and "I assert positively that
there is only one way to shoe a horse so
that he will travel easy and at the same
time keep the hoof sound. Some may
I say that all horses can not be shod in
the same way, but I claim they can.
L Allow me to describe the method I use,
and I believe you will agree with me in
the statement just made. If the f'ollow
ing instructions are carefully followed
the result will be satisfactory in every
case:
First, I take a good sixteen-inch rasp
and rasp down the foot level, watching
that the heels are not cut down too low.
After the foot is trimmed to the proper
shape, I use a knife to smooth it, and
never cut the braces of the foot, for they
are the strength of it, and never use the
knife on the frog, for it is the heart of
the foot. The frog sheds off once in
two or three months, when the foot is
in a healthy condition. The frog is in
tended for a cushion, and the larger it
is the better. When a horse trots he al
ways strikes the heels to the ground
first, and if he has a large frog exposed
to strike first it will naturally lessen the
jar to the leg, and operate to keep the
heels well spread. On the other band,
if the frog is cut out what is left be
comes so dry that it can not be cut with
a knife, and the heels shrink together.
After having trimmed the feet, as I
have stated, to the proper size, I select
a shoe just large enough te cover the
foot, and then shape it to fit. Applying
it to the hoof, I watch that the hoof is
scorched only just enough to show the
uneveness of the foot, and then with a
rasp or knife smooth true. In this way
I never fail to fit a shoe properly. If the
shoe is fitted correctly the heels are al
ways well spread out. If the shoes are
too long the heels will be drawn to
gether, and the foot being thus pinched
it becomes contracted and results in a
lame horse.
Next, the shoe should always be con
caved on the fore feet. Never put hind
shoes on the fore feet. The shoe should
bear only on the outer rim of the hoof,
and watch that it bears equally all
around and not simply on the toe and
heel. If these directions are followed,
the horse will never be troubled with
lameness in the feet, caused by improper
shoeing. If the shoe is not left on more
than sixty days, bruises or corns can not
form in the hoof.
Now, a word about driving nails.
Nails should never be driven high, and
then in six or eight weeks the foot will
have grown sufliciently ti enable the
shoer to cut out the old nail holes, leav.
ing sound hoofs. If the nails, however,
are driven high, at the next shoeing the I
hoof will not have grown enough to cut
down to the old nail holes, and the water
and mud will soak into these old holes
and cause the hoof to become rotten and
brittle.--. Larock, in tle Blacksmirt
zad WPheelwriglt.
Seeding to Grass In the Fall.
Tan common practice of farmers in
the North is to seed in the spring, in
connection with spring wheat, barley,
or oats. We recently visited a farmer
who has practiced seeding in the fall for
many years. He followed spring seed
ing, and found that the grass seed made
a small, poor growth, under the oats,
and the roots did not get strong enough
in the growth after the oats were re
moved, to carry them well through the
winter. He now seeds with rye, using
about a hundred bushels of ashes to the
acre where he lays down for meadow. E
His rotation is somewhat peculiar, and
prepares the way for the remarkable
success of his meadows, which last eight
years, giving good crops of grass. In a
ten-acre meadow under this treatment '
in its second year in grass, there were
at least two tons of hay to the acre. He
begins with the corn crop, applying to it
all the manure upon the farm. Corn
occuples the ground for one or two
years, according to the condition of the
land. If rich, mellow, and clean
enough to suit his standard, the dorn is
followed by oats without manure. These
are usually very heavy, both la straw and
seed. sRye thethirdcrop intherot-.
tion, taking all the ashes. At the cost
of twenty cents a bushel at the wharf,
he finds these the best fertilizer for his
sil he has ever used. They last for
t yr, givi good orops of grass
pthout wing, and the effects are
seen for I years longer in the subse.
queat rotation. With the manurng
praeieed upon his farm, we have no
doubt fall has the advuantage overspring
Sdlag.-Ar er TAgrlcsre.
Z3Z
RuFaxcn, always fertile in dioverdng
new professions for her children, has
just ionvented anew oocoupation. A man
goes about the streets of Paris hearing a
small tray covered withgreen cloth. On
thbi trayare a paek of cards a set of
dominoes and a dice-box. With this
stock-intrade, the man, who styles him. h
self "L'Amater," goes to the house.
of tsvalids or idle persona, a for a
small fee plays with them at may of the
gamswhlecan be managed withuuh eh
pr - s. ah. r, dice sad dominees
Iti~ mid that the ",amater" makes a
os a mat in the social orgpanlation o
Paris. Uldoubtedly this mateur card- *i
player is moh moren likely to be in de
mand tha the aemi-mytholgieal Qua.
toraleme, who was mpposedat one time
to earm alivelilbood nl Paris by attend- t
lng dinner parties,where, through some
mimle, the number of guests was the
fabl thirt . This number fourteen a
was upected to entertain the eompany ,
with brllbsat conversationand was aid h
to roeive a large fee for his services.
ut thepersonmsiving dinnes who so5
fardefthelawsh ld down by Drilat- .
sarn ars to helnasydadaer of nbd. 6
i thessU as at tt h eIeventh hoar with
thirte at able are comparatvely few, B
ad there ,aet have been seasons when
Tsa clanannati GesComneaw hasunal
formed Its de.ii Many robberies have
,bi m.oiristo ~t that o byperson
Our Young Folks.
irs
ile MAMMA'S PUZZLE.
it BABY 1s sleeping-Good night good night!
Angels with ;oy behold the fair eight;
it- Two little eyelids fringe the soft cheek
e* Where dimples and smiles have frollicked all
day:
One little answer in vain do I seek.
1's Which is the sweeter--inatnma cannot say
SlBaby asleep or baby at play?
ll aly is sleeping; what perfect repose,
e- What innocent rest my little one kn'ws!
No furrow of care, no line canl 1 trace
On thewe little features by night or by dlay,
a To .dh:low their beauty or Umar their sweet
Oh. whicrl is tit' ftairer-man any one styl
y lBaby asletpor batiy at play?
* -Mrs. It. .1. 'rrn,,r, ,t Christiane Union.
-u -- *
tn WHAT TIlA1BK;ITINSG'S FOR.
S FIlt and Jack lHoward sat by the
e widow watching the snow as it fell
slat to the ground. Little Jack, in his
kilt skirts and long curl-, had. great re
Sspet and :Ilmiratiou for his brother
e Fred, who wore jackets and trousers,
and had just arrived at the dignity of
boots, tho:tghl utmatntt had said he
could not wear !them I* till snow e:tme.''
That wa:s the rea-son t!iey watched the ]
Sstoils eagerly, :taikiing busily mean- I
while. i
* "Fred, when is T'hanksliving?"
asked Jack, trt'inur to imake a picture
on the window with his linger, forget- (
tilng mnamna's reIrt oof the day before.
" Next Thursda'," p]rompltlyv. rep)lited
Fg Fred, who was almost always willing to I
answer .Jack's questions, which, to tell t
the truth were very numerous; in fact,
llpapm called him "a dear little interro. l
::ttio.n point:" but Fred loved him. andil
,f besides, liked to be appealed to, as if (
n wiser than Jack.
' " JHowv many ldays till then?" contin
ued Jack, puttting sonic frightful horns t
on the animal which had been begun a
for a cat. t
"Six," patiently answered Fred, tak- !
ing out his knife to sharpen his slate I
e pencil.
S "i say, Fred," persevered Jack, t
"tell me what Thanksgiving's for, any
wily.'
SWhy. Jack, it's to go to church
and haIe a good dinnejm," said Fred,
who had broken the nice point to his
t pencil and was scowling a little. i
*'And go to grandipa's, if he only l
hadn't died," added Jack, turninfg
away from his ",art studies" to watch
SFret. "Do they keep Thanksgiving in
Heaven, Fred?"
" Yes. Jaekv, I think they do, of
course; but we go to church Sundays,
and we have tip-top dinners most every
day, it nothing happlens, and we used
to go to grandpa's in summer time, too, v
so I don't just know what T'hanksgiv
ine is for," he concluded, reluctantly.
"I'm pretty sure about the eating 1
part," said Jack, triullphantly, "for
Bridtret's making Imince mleat to-day,
andi ' had a taste," laughing to think -
of the size of the "taste;" "but that
can't be all it's for. Just see, Fred,
how it snows!" and away went both
boys for coats, caps and mittens, as well
as boots, for the ground was now as '
while as lBridget's frosted cake. The a
busy little fellows had not heard their ;
mother come into the room, in time to f,
hear the last of their conversation. She
was a pretty mamma, "the prettiest a
lady in town," both boys stoutly main
tained; a loving mamma, too, anxious c
that her sons shlould grow into good,
noble men.
"They don't understand what Thanks. g
giving is for!" she said to herself, in
surprise, as she drew her rocker nearer ! k
the bright, open tire. "Theymust find I
out. andti how?"
Thanksgiving morning dawned bright
and cold; not snow enough for sleih
ing, but enough to deck the fences and a
trees in a beautiful new winter dress, ii
and make home seem dearer than ever. i
The Howard family gathered happily
around the breakfast table, tempting
with chicken, rolls, coffee and dough
nuts, and attractive with some of mam
ma's flowers at each plate. n
"So glad I don't have to ~o down
town to-day, little woman," said papa,
and mamma smiled back her pleasure,
when Fred said, eagerly:
"M amma, who is the company we're
going to have to-dayP When will you a
"They will be here when you come n
from church; wait patiently till then,
dear," mamma answered, and sprang
to catch Jack's goblet of milk, which
he had upset while gallantly insisting
on giving her the rolls. After break
fast the boys passed the time in playing a
with the baby, till they all went to
church together. Fred gave Jack a
reminding punch when the minister h
read: "In everything give thanks," A
and whispered, "now I guess we'll
find out;" but though he listened well -
for a time, he got no clear idea, wonder
ing what "harvests," "yellow fever,"
"accidents," and "reforms" had to do A
with " Thanksgiving." Jack occupied
himself with counting the buttons on
Charlie Scott's coat, and whispered to ti
Fred "what comes nextto twelveP" I
when mamma's hand on his reminded a
him that in church all the talking was C
done by one person; and after a long P
time, it seemed to Jack, church was a
over, and they were on their way home.
Paps and mamma walked in front, and
ta.ked about the sermon and the sing
ing. Fred and Jack, behind them,
wondered who the "company" was,
waiting for them now at home.
"It ean't be Aunt Helen and the al
girls, for they've got the mumps, and *
can't go out doors. Glad we haven't Ii
glt 'em, Fred," said Jack, skipping
along backward to admire Fred's new
overcoat, with so many pockets!
"Nor Uncle John, for he's gone to
see that pretty lady who was here last
spring,' said red. "Wonder whatd
he's gone to see her for; wasn't she
lovely, though?" and here Fred forgot sli
his dignity in a good-natured ehase f
after a dOg, in which Jack joined. de
As they went up the walk to their '
pretty, comfortable home, there was an
odd little smile on papa's face, and
mamma said, as they went in: "Boys,
so directly to the nursery and take off
your coats, and then come down."
In a twinkling the boys were in the ll
sitting-room, their eyes big with curl. m
osity. Whom do you thinE they saw? m
Sitting by the fre, in their own pretty in
camp chairs, were two boys of about pU
their sise, thin and pale and dirty; in o0
ragged, scanty clothes, seemingly as th
much surprised at being there as any i
one else could be. Instantly mamma c
msaid, in her sweetest voice, holding out a
her hands to her own boys: '
"Jack and Fred Howard, here are th
Bob sad Tom White, who hare come to he
visit us. We hopeto givethem a very i
lrd and Jack were very dear chiI- T
drem, but they were surprsed and dis-I
ppolated. ?orgetthng "'the law of th
Rove" sad the "golden rulie," which o0
older people forget most sadly, too, b6
Fred stood eyeing the guests with
onmething like scorn, I am sorry to
say, while Jack, turning away from fn
his mother's outstretched hand, cried vil
out: ra
"I don't like 'em; I don't want 'em Hi
here." wI
3kb ind Tom fidgeted and turned kil
red, gazing in awe at the
vines, easy ehairs, and Is of
Mrs. iloward's beautiful 1,ost o,
kindly toward thenm. Thn 'uor
"Fred and Jack, my darling s;
tell you a true story. I fou' t
all little boys down on Park.s, tn
day it snowed. They have '0
they have no father or othr no
ito take care of them. Ilobho ld
sweeps crossings, or does athIs
can to earn a little for Tom s thi
A wonman down near the
et lets them sleep in her wood ge
father and Inother died of Fllo.
last summer, while we WerI
pas's." here her oice falte
moment-her dear old' father
only a lew months befo'e-but
went on: " I have brcaght tem
Le to-day to let you see what The
11 ing's for; and I hope theli will ti
is before they leave us." 8he," ate
and waited foI'a answer: Fr
'r quickly forward, and said to rob:
, Haven't lon aiiv home?" Toa
(f loving boy home meant all t
e dear in the world.
" No," briefly replied Bob, surV,
e Fred's blue suit and bright buttons
Ssharpi and wistful eyes. rerer
little Jack, his cheeks red writh er
I Ient.ex
e "Haven't yout any llllanmia?" al
out, as if he ouldnu't believe so gretI
sorrow could be biorne.
i " No,""' again said lob, this tired q.
rtiig up a rough, dirty hand to
LI eyes.
"Nor any baby sister?" asked J;
now standing close beside them.
I "No," broke in Tom, with a itl
f choke in his voice; "she died befort,
rest."
- Poor little .lack! the smiling al
s sister, in the rose-lined cradlej}
a stairs, was a very a:ngel to him, s
this was too much. Bursting into tears,
hie cried out, clasping his arms around
e her neck: "Oh, manuma, I do feel
sorry for thema. Caun't you do sone
, thing for them?"
- Fred was crying too, now, and papa
walked to the window and stood with
I his back to them all, but maums
smiled, though tears were in hereyes
,Drawing Fred close to her, she said,
laying her hands on Jack's curly hed,
F buried in her lap:
S "Shall we give them some good warn
i clothes, and when they are washedand
dressed shall they come and eat dinner
with us? Shall we give them alook a
baby, and let them hold her littlehand
in theirs? Shall they playfunny~ m
with us after dinner, ayd sing with us
when you are tired if play? And
I when it is nearly dark shalllp
with them to a kind man, who iilta
care of them, and never let them be
homeless or hungry any mtore?'
r So this was the way Fred and m
learned "what Thanksgiving wasu te
-N. 1. Tribune.
A Ilomie for Ills Mother.
BuSINEss called me to the Utld
States Land Ofllice. While there a i
aapparently sixteen or seventeensYesidt
r age came in and presented a certilp
for forty acres of land.
I was struck with the countenns
and general aplpearance of the boy, t1
inquired of him for whom he wuas p
chasing the land.
"For myself, sir."
Ithen inquired where he had got t
money. He answered, "I earned k"
Feeling then an increased desire ht
knowing something more about the o,
I asked about himself anmdilalrets. II
Stook a seat and gave mn the followi,
narrative: "1 am the oldest d oi
children. Father is a drinking ne
and often returns home drunk. Fin4
ing that father would not abstain fra
liquor, I resolved to make an elort h
Ssome way to help my motheral
brothers and sisters. I got an ae sal
went into a new part of the counati
work clearing land, and I have aid
money enough to buy forty sr a
"Well my good boy, what are ja
going to do with the land?" .
I will work on it, build a log hot
a nd when it is all ready, till ki
father, mother, brothers, ~nd siste_
live with me. The land I want ferqa
mother, which will secure her ft.
want in her old ae,."
"And what wirl you do with 3W
Yfather, if he continues to drink"r'
I "O, sir, when we get hin o ni
Sfarm he will feel at home and be huP
and I hope become a sober man.
"Young man, God bless omh."
SBy this time tile receiver haed id.
'his receipt for his forty acsrosd iio
As he was leaving the oilce he
"At last I have a hliome formmolk
-E-aminer amd Chrousle,
Arbitratia Better Thani UIilt
BALTIMORE CITY has a OIt f a
tration in connection wh ith 1iW, Oda
Trade for the settlement of ilficltie
among the mercantile conmmnakt. Ti
Court possesses ample were t
prompt settlement of all oonttfr
arising from the pursuit of tuds,
meree, navigation, manrPufatin
The Court is accessible for btill "
all times, and the expensesr . s i
to twenty dollars from eekiii
Three modes of.tral are
by the Court, viz.: Befloe tllse
alone; before the Judge mad tw_
arbitrators, one to be sealdace
Sti t; before three lay .r.iRI
From the final d nd ths amJ
there is no appeal to any Ciaitb'
state. Partie may r a pplt '
Court with or waithout r
judgment in every ease Ua ,"
Idered within twenty days ataer ~b
sion. That Is a cheap d shand
for settling petty asuits, aid robf h
decisions are as often ( ) rJIE5
as the more costly CoSi W
State.--T'e MerchIaM.
Sleeplng an a IkIbI
NEAR Chattaboochee, Ms11.
lives an old negro known
men as Keiser. He is a brnwr
makes a good living, buIt a
in a house in a numberf f,
passing at any hour of the "L.py
on the boat can see his
the woods. For some time then5
in the neighborhood stole Ii*i
cane, watermelons, ete., mndhed
a plan to catch then. W iDU s
months when the fruit wa rim S l
the cotton-picking season he - ,
hogshead in the center of the l
is a strange creature in_ this. l
succeedes un raking sa very_ -
The boys often keep hinms the
talkdng to him, until she Ida
the stream, and then see bi,:,,
overboard and swim forl -t
bhu (ia.) Esqauirer.
WtHts a minister wa cOp
funeral service at a cemeteryin -
ville, Pa., a snakeemout ofI
raised its head and moved
lie lkept his ee on it whileesli
with the rituaf The rtile
killed by.a gentleman wuls C5'
