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- bvý ýemlsms. of abmio aad tomb. - tri4s to told y"away -s far. al 16the gloam wida eel wattl -e sa tn esmegd to be , a ° 7 psomid tram my beh~sei. !M!w, IryoA if fe if v.e5 agab # s n eras t Itoli pesos mad pefe, t bea or -AM farriwr ý ý erawcm a A NGTHE NODOOS. ~~tL ahT of~ Is Diplomacy .5 absbr WnH nee& Y ~e aw That 1m...a ma r ... -l ·horl ·rdi lA swag abrp isd ofnt eunwuttea = ý ie' d. - r .tgtI.s that pa dire tie lbodaem o Comtdmmiomaei 187'45. now ow the Ant the.by a pall. Sthh Ijwt.o twowd re ohfthe Jlor USt iSatIb sate for to tbh r rof ·msad theoPam to tlss BoBs itwa idwif b to ad $ =no jt jIu - to. Ma pes tilt hbw thlb.ad Lys The ` r s lit s M d oL ie, - a t ter- a sa the tin hinysa-d lb. 4**#ombiin as ko was in `` o stmt tbey umat t to a Pobild~a tnb, thatks, Jaen weurrd -- sus by ie squaws boa~sstut tw In w 'S .w ante "' ~ em sad lawý hine ±1r s aheani ii);·10i sr wauM b I Iq Ir -i ~in . bsie C(Is presence, Mr. Ste..l wsb te awapaper me: *elemim.. I want to impress upon S that etirely at the methey thm peop we em a delicate poito. -T ou must leave to FairchUid ad myself the whole busness of this m!stlon. Do not talk to the ndianspo or try to watch us closely, and do ex actly as we do. Everything ist be conoeliatory. Some of these foolish young chiefs may seem impert nent, or. nded, insult us.- We must subm:t to y a igtyv, come how it may. If C tl.Jr u oasks you who you are it wil be a good point for you to say that you are the men who write for the * great newspapers whieh reach the eye of the Grat Father, and that his cour pki ts will be carefully taken down. ow, letus be cautious and I believe there will be no danger." Everybody trusted Steele and Fair abild, and for once there were gath ered as quiet, as demure and as un ostentatious a lot of newspaper men as ever assembled. There were no at tempts at Interviewing, no bustling about for pointers, and no button holing on the quiet in search of 'ooeps." Each ma. smply held his breath andI listened. The Modoc ststaeme were one ad all freed from newspaper pertirsety. Canian Jack's save was a "vaulted chamtb" of nature's make. It was created by volcanic action, and the en trance to It was not more than ten bet wide. The latter was Irregular, and one had to follow a dark and tri eate chamber. Once Inaside the room was perhaps sixty feet long by thirty Swide. The ouncil fire of sam hbsh and greasewood was ti U blast, and around ISt sitting on their haunhes were more than one hun deed ldis. The ony uaws epae eat wre Captain Ja's two wvv ens an eld pre-blooded Iledoe. abd the other a pbaleu and rather 0.l7 0. of 3agih, however. Tlhe sembassy" was escorted in bSear-Faced Charley. Captain Jack sat l the ear of the cave ona mat of twigs, and one ot his wives on either side o him.. He looked o a the partyea ered, sad hf al ed at FarMhid Then he took 8teele's dhand, but he d4 not trse his seat. The llowed hand shaking .n al aond. M anyoy thinks this was not irka he ehad better try It etie. Sir people had each to shake hands with over em hundred Indians evey nes ermed to tthe teeth. mide by theiiamoke of the Ire in the cae ah whIte stsemh some what d8 stAed the soieome smells tm a at a di ousekeeping. aný withal age a u o delh del in the fre It Roe In te heart imposed a task upon the A wtdia's which required same se will. aSoueal anbyhad tan - s avs d sDt aelb. u-k-- art ' - - him.sg.a -a` ir ariiP gar S~a wag mt ra .Ihw~ I.h ý`i~ it; iýº týºýr is > dSrLawi."ig+M -ý .a eagle ddxt Www o I t~rh It :..ie~t , t, +ID Iaf Id SL" wold be had Ia the morning. I Aordil the party's horses were s eaed for their blankets and saddles Swere brought in. ana the six or seven * white men and forty or more Indians lay down on the rocks. The writer was s invited to stretch himself beside "Sear a Face" on a tale mat. It was not mn viting, but the invitation was grac:ous ly acooepted. There wa. not much r sleep. All night long the sage-brush fire was kept blasng. Every hour or so the savages would "change the watch." One or two or three red devils would erawl into the cave, guns in hand, and covered with cartr dges. and others would crawl out a,:d take their places. The silent hours drugged by and finally daylight broke. With it all the Indians were astir, and, of course, their guest, were too polite to interfere with domestic arrangements. They arose, I too. ."We must saddle up and be prepared I to get out of here just as soon as th s talk' is o~er," said Fairchild. *"We mustn't wear out our welcome," he added, significantly. He said afterward that he saw cer- 1 tain signs among some of the 3 ounger Indians that he d:dn't 1 ke. For in stance, at daybreak they had removed the horses of the'r guests to another spot. and had been so impolite as to t take all the bacon and bscuit they t could get their hands on, leaving none , for the white man's breakfast. A pail i of coffee was hastily made. the horses , were saddled, and then the Ind .aus were assembled for another "talk." Steele and Fairchild purposely made | this as brief as possible. Captain Jack stated simply that he would receive the "hy---tees.'T and he said in Englisi' , to Faircild: "Meacham--you tell Meacham me want him to come. Me want to see 1 Meacham." The few Indians who understood En 1lish broke into a coarse laugh, and teele at once took Capta.n Jack's hand and bade him good-bye. "Go out and mount." he whispered w quickly to the rest of the party. There was no t me lost in bidding a adieu to the savages. Fairchild sprang t I-to his saddle and s'ruck out at once. In tea minutes the whole party were out of the crater-like basin and pieknKg oi theor way in single file over the rooks. a It was fully an hour before a word was spoken. and then Steele, who brought up the rear, exelaimel: "Boys. I think we got out of there in -god time." Four weeks later the treacherous Mo- g does committed the awful ermine whh i startled the oountry.-Ban AFrsisci r. N. Y. S-. t, Di a Q..ý....ý N A SALT LAKE. k. samumkaMe C mId t the Top of a SThere is a remarkable salt lake situ I ated one hundred. and tty miles west uand oath of Albuquerque, in New -s Maexto and about fifty miles from the r Artsoe& line. The lake is locate on - the top of a voldano mountain, and id evietly ooapies an extinct carte. Thelake Is p-s-aps three quaraers of a Simleo In dmnMter. and s so strongly N. Impabaetdl with salt that a thaT -er of pu.el white salt at a spongy m. aemmy like seatins g ha e tcamusts - tbr w, magso lad. It e The bit i of the plc qudl-a aud u. stds.eue sand or any for a- !ht e Rttwl t.rhe ~ ~is . o C e .ed zh white foam Is ems specimaen inlosing the stem of Sswgutabbie, abdd ea be handled se am apple by sea ssem SBt th Maestourlo feature of this lake is a tal. ;_aeelr m, Smomumeaatshaped Smaetione whleh rises up wsar the setero the lake to the beeght et oe huadred eet and whinh appears to becom osed of wh:tI Saas throw up b eo . oaols:oA d urnsome adq et F a -n Sa.md pei S tfrm th* bas toward mde s o wasu rough n harier was f ud to be halbw h at.~ e and at sh bottoml thmtwas me. as sear pond of water ;with a ght mmerald gran color la ý bteh s whisk Pea.s a leae tns s~dwr t we - It the watsr. Att w.th it d esai t thd the a w lm e retio th pth i - me'oasi - E lee~ ii the heWeg 1 his end labs sole J 1ºn a dto a It was OWarear ag lbre .. . .f vs fir -n s. an "m, a a blid a I SSPECIAL CROPS. a Few sggerstioas Relative to Thef Cal tlvatinm. 4 In the vicinity of cities and large is towns many farmers devote their at ir tent'on pr:ncipally to the production of some part'cular crop. and if they select a crop that is adapted to the soil of h their farm, and it is one that they are ir Interested in enough to induce them to be ecome thoroughly acu;ninted with the I best methods of producing t. there is -: but little doubt but they w 11 do better - than if they follow mixed farming; but if they attempt to produce a crop that d is not adapted to their land, or one that e they can not become interested in. they will very surely make a fa lure of it. b When a farmer decides to enter large I" into the product:on of any crop, the first thing for h m to consider is. what he knows about it; if he does i ot know enough about it to select the soil best e adapted to it. growth, and does no: a take enough interest in it to learn the best methods of operation, he had better continue to follow mixed farm r ing, or select some crop that he is familiar with. When a farmer does fully understand the wants of acrop he r should not try to produce it on a soil that is not adapted .to its growth, thinking he can make up the deficiency of his land by his superior knowledge, I because by so doing he is carrying a loaa that, as a rule, is unnecessary. SOur farms most of them have a variety of soils, so that by properly assigning the different crops, each one may be put on to land adapted to its growth; but if a farmer should chance to have a farm composed of land that is all heavy soil, he will confine himself to such crops as grow best on heavy land. If milk or butter be h a money crop he will feed his cows principally on grass and hay, and ift he finds it necessary to grow any fodder crops for summer feed, he will grow oats instead of Hun garian. If his farm should be of a light sandy soil and. he washed to produce milk, he would depend largely on win ter rye, corn fodder and Hungarian to feed both summer and winter. The farmer's success depends largely on his ability to assign the diffe.ent crops to such portions of his farm as are best adapted to their growth- he who can not do th's had better follow mixed farmmg, because by so doing he will be likely to get some crops on the = right sod. but when he attempts to grow but one crop. If he makes any _m stake in the selection of the soil. or in his method of cultivation, he will be unable to grow his produce as cheap as those who fully understand the baus ness; so be has to sell atso profit, if not a positive loss. When a farmer deeides to go into some special crop he must remember that he has got to compete with ex perts; therefore, unless he feels very sure that he also om become an expert, he should not enter upon what must be an unequal race, and in the end he will ind that he has made a mistake in l al mixed farming. p a sa rulequ ing re. 4i culture, and ee s of rluan.rse e of manure or commercia fertilisers; this mens a large outlay of time sad moasy,. thus opening a ebas for a tailure that to the common farmer will be somewhat serious; there will oo--a onally be a year when a crop will al nd if ly one be grown there will be f everal ro. ~ am grown, for some one of them wll n all probabty be good. but with a ter- to ough k owledge of howbest to pro wildube the profits in goto years ts t ita poor year. - The farmers who have been most sroessful are those who have oomined themselves to a few r that are to be put innt the market for sale. He who .oaiaes h'mself to mined farming will always have some rop that wil do well so that be will have asomething to sell, but whabt he sells must necessarly lbesinsmall lot which a a rule an nottbe disposed of to so good adya tgeas f hehad a large lot. and had thosooghy learned the trade of - lagt fo market; the trtasp.rteo t muarkt is also as a rule ma moe egz Spa.de than it would be ithd arg Squantites. Whether or nst it I. he.t r a farmer to leave med aming I tr the protecton t of speelal must depend rpmewhet hm blet Somdition as wellu upon h s g he must not emi hasse br.iddge over a bad sean. wha cros do o payi , thus eme- . st be ha to that tait earn keep a - phi t mo y a il waned, withoutl itr what he ean do with agente he will at a end la a bad season hire anousy to arry his neas ere ho Soeas fraes msew easmr emmed witah - -ep As a eiLe a best ar ea t fmer Irr m sy otained Ia - to emer to an ireatt lte READING FOR THE YOUNG. FIVE LITTLE WHITE HEADS. Five little white heads peeped out of the mold, When the dew was dpmo and the night was And the crowded their way through the soil with pride. " Hur hy! We are going to be mushrooms!" they cried. But the sun ams up, and the sun shone down. And the I.tte white heads were shriveled and brown: Long were their faces, thber pr de had a faRll They were nothing but toad-stools, after alL -Walter Learned, in St. KYiholts. A CHAPTER ON GOOD MANNERS. A Few Rules for Ioys, Whleh They Will Do Well to Read and Practlee. Some boys think it effeminate and af fected to be polite and considerate to others. Now everybody likes heartiness in a boy; but is it not possible for a boy to be open and hearty and manly and have well-bred manners also? L for one, do not see why it is not. In fact, some of the most agreeab'e boys I have ever met have had very good manners in deed, but they were just as manly, just as full of spirits, just as fond of sport, just as genuine boys, as many of their companions who were not nearly so well-bred. Let me ask If a boy is any more a manly boy because he crams his mouth full when he is eating? Is he likely to play a b2ater hand at base ball because he sits at dinner with his el bows on the table? But what are good manners? All of as know someth:ng as to what they are. We all know and practice some of the rules of good breeding. The most of s, are not as bad as we might be there is some comfort in that. I have seen boys jostle people on the sidewalk very rudely, but I have never seen a boy so rude that he would intentionally run against an Infirm old lady. Now don't imagine that good man aers make one stiff, or that they make one uncomfortab'e, like a badly fitting coat. Good manners may be just as natural as bad manners, just as easy and matter-of-course as speaking or laughing. This is the sort of good manners that we ought to have, so that it would be just as easy for us to do the right thing as it would be to do the wrong thing. We must make our good manners our second nature; and they will become anybody's second nature, if one will take eare to practice them. Let one observe all the rules carefully fora time, and byand by one will ob serve the rules without stoll to think about them. In fact, i be ome just as easy to be polite as to play or work. Thbers ae a good many rules ao good manners what one must not do, and what one must do but It seem to me that the most important at all the rules is to be kind-hearted. The boy who does kindly things may make a few istaes In mattr, but eve - bod wilt like msd rs him. The k aid-heated Ibwho pick up a has ea n theb who takg ies ithe rubleto show a lady the right i way to bu also done a polite as well -s a kid-hearted tbhi. SBat boy m. y have a kind ,art and the best intemtioasin the worid; and yet tor" to do some things that he ouht to o, or do things that he ought not to do. die my, for instaee, have a kfind heart, ad orget to takeoff his hat to ladit; or he may haves kind hear, and not know that he should not whistle in Stbhe mea hs elds, or dra. a a se.t o thewall, or bet with hisfest a ths floor, or make soises of ay kind when other people are by. The.se are seS very plaarn leobsrto - thatesh e uIors , an whiak s.o a essemial part -od aaners. Doon't every morning be ash" a all the . ·asobr i the family wth ," anad oat evera ondt to& When einter h eor ihole-reoo, My ' totheteaeher, ad eveang'w yes leave I the NaeverT blaeoi y Into awo aniia Soe .netamea. tar need net saks aado with the vcldte, s ae by sas r to do s - I nto a omuveºr knw Ieidl ahbo a sdestr under 1 or abt . *Fu dea mases or *mlIl" &. Brown, anl kºsn he y ter soy b se e buryesea kI a gs mmeses e ai whe a hhe She · .-..- -, rr. 4 rrdruI In the first laoe, don't i.-i seat at the table before the 7 Ladies should always be allowed tt. t their seats first, and boys should he until the rest are seated, orpp a to seat themselves. or r Don't, when you are sealed, beg.* oil drum on the table, or make disturb~ ances of any kind. Don't begin handle your knife or fork, or to with the goblets, or with any artiei ae Don't touer anything until on nd occasion to use It. You must not lean on the table, a put your elbows on the table, or sret* yourself across the table. Any aset this kind is very vulgar. S Don't be greedily anxious for you time to come to be served. The ladis m must be served firt, and then evy one else older than you are. h if- youngest must come last, tbt to should always be served before All through life you must always the female sex preference to your own, a This is a social privilege graated r. to them throughout the civit.zed woeid, re If you have soup, don't drop yet ho head down to the dish in order to rnee it, and don't makes disagreeabl ling when you are eating it. YeTt learn to eat soup quietlys nd usa " You can do so if you try. st When you get your plate of ate t, don't plunge into it as if you neverasy ir food before. and as if you were afr somebody would run off with it, . is almost always plenty of ti me y one's meals. Remember thati hsil is not good manners. Eat slowly . te noiselessly. Take small j and masticate w-r. . When cutting your meat don't th~ia your elbows out. Keep them cleam ` your side. If every one at table Maj ºf to thrust his elbows into the sides his neighbors how uncomfortatk e would be to sit at table! Be sure l ,: I to discommode any one; this is a gsi rule to observe at all times ad s ais paces. Of course you will not eat with t , knife. People in old times, when thN Stwo-tined for was in generl mse, with their knives, but it is now ces... ered vulgar to do so. Take up meat and vegetables with .our f oad ways; and don't take up too munh at a r time. There is no need of ever ear.. crowding your fork oref packlag ys mouth full of food, and it shows pi want of good taste and good matsam - to do so You must not put bits ofl oesr r other substances back into- yopie.k If you have taken something t mouth that you can not swallow it quietly upon your fork, md at the side of your plate. cherries or grapes remove the from your mouth neatly with yeou ger. Don't put them into the pa0ato Ihave frequently seen persons do When you want anytng, do not stretch aeross your nelibar a plate ha order to reach it. Podity ask for it,, either of tservant or one near it. Do not pt your knife into the butter, or the mal-ellar, or into any dish 4 When you have ocedsion to drink, do not tnra yaor gobeistor cup upsidedow and pour its contents into your moutk Learn to drink neatly, a little at tlme. ad be sure not to guagie wben you drink These amoreen of the saes o goou mannes at tele., ad so dealt have heard ni er often befora m you rmesahersd t obselrvo themaat ot begin to paete theis ad to eat- n ea , stqui . ads manner. In additioa to all these I urge you to be mast in all your person. Keep year hamis our hnge ils dclean. Let y Ing abludtir be thormmg. J teeth wash out your ears; h. Why .a.ld o all b s be frsh-lookig dan well-mannered A. Baes i Yeenth's Cuspaniaos. I., FORT DONELSON. -At the - i agdFtDmmelbum, tihe now re tnemud me umitb. they Gould Got aud::s aguimus -' woo usurnd te pienty .1 IL 1lvho ia hrehrI portio C*e `Qt Um et theii as they PM. - eum - buck pit rt of 00 tb, t~e d f ry GUY, It a habe been ties tha 2iaysr p-ebe h N beiwem the -s m - tom` -oo ths r wee. wlout As s et ~ as e eey di bs L t mlrIak~lrtheaey~be*r in hIn Istrshm i· 'ad arn when I auived er-tn flg INW =ft sladmg is kaeoRki" heftt -os eztoeihida -sae N. soused sold erartlem rMad whb thsee wwens loes at hud I r sa mensa miht tie lnei ad emsw with bLe kumehe and al"d wtib Taey hiepert to stag oat ad Ighaj heem as hes pmrbba head o ?"m twdho atakosl n.ow eatasffwoif ~war e witr uq~id tha e -my hadL " d. slus wt leesnf bse ao, uct be his Un a reb emy&qma*.e ittrcwvibgnow il 4kbrd ·rGade Wwil i .- v h22osoae~the and brt, thee rrade n a ~4~and, it Our afloat This gs · r ales only WW tad Awl~l~c, r, + ISr lle sees Ilrlc o toofmn~g +I die soy' ?foie F' dhdr:. 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