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Editor and I'roi-rn t r. I lic Eiu.kmas. under the recent law ol Coutrrewt rirriiiatt'H free iu Washington Couuty. On all puktb h ut i-uthiile WBHbmtftou County, the ,xmUfe raid Id Uh.- publisher at the office in U out roller. VOL. XXXVI. MOXTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1S79. SO. 22. She mrnan. MO.MTELIEU.VT. WEDNESDAY. MAY 28. 1879. ings, promulgated everywhere, though so-, nnco of their dutv. to lio In-ouo-lit mi.l,.r cretly in Uussia, had the tendency to cn- the power of tho military courts'and son courage the formation of new (societies un- tcnceil according to military order No.279, der various names, such as " loung uus-, issued in m.i. This oritur nimcrtiins to Letter From .Minnesota. J m:svii.i.f Waseca Co., Minn., ) May 18, 1879. J Plai: Fkbkman: A wise philosopher h:is said that " rrocrastination was the thief of time," ami the wily pilferer has been busy with our timo for the past few months, so that wo have neglecteil to cor respond with you; but we will now jot a few items from this portion of tho ' far west," where, for tho present, wo arc lo cated. THE WEATHER i- now propitious anil favorable, ami all aru hopeful ami expectant, though for tho pant months, previous to last week, things looked rather dubious and gloomy ir. pros pect of an oxteniled ilrouth; lmlei'il, we have had scarcely any rain-fall since last October and, according to our prophecy of last January, we had no snow during tho winter and consequently tho soil re ceived verv little moisture from that source. But the abundant rains of the past ten days have dispelled our fears for the present and gave us encouragement for tho future. Tho season is somewhat lator than that of last year but tho small grain is all up and doing finely tho wheal stooling and spreading so us to moct the most sanguine expectations of our farm ors. Corn-planting will bo completed during this week. EMIGRATION. Your readers in llio eastern slates can form but little idea of the tide of emigra lion that is flowing into and through our stale. Being on one of the many routes of travel, wo will givo you a few figures from actual count, During tho last sixty days the number ol wagons or " prairie schooners " has averaged twenty-live per day, and four times that number of horses, mules and oxen. It would bo safe to say that each wagon contained five persons, making a total of seven thousand, live hundred people that havo passed this point by teams, and probably as many mure h ive gone by rail and it must be remem bered that this is but one of a dozen thor oughfares to tho west and north-west. OL'lt ELECTION came oil' a few days ago, and resulted iu the completo triumph of tho temperance ticket. The issue was squarely made license or no license and no license won by lifty-one majority. Tho school board was elected at tho sumo time, and we had the privilege of going to tho polls in com pany with a score of women, a thing that had never happened to us before in our forty years of voting. 1'IItE. We were visited by tho lire-liend a few days ago, and a largo lumbering mill, barrel and stave factory were entirely consumed - No ineuronoo; loi;6 between live and six thousand dollars. Two small burns were also burned contents mostly saved. The wind was favorable, other wise we should have to chronicle a more serious loss. The forest is in full foliage, and the season has arrived when tho average youngster indulges iu the luxury of slono hruisfs, and we think there is a prolific crop, judging from tho amount of tip toeing we see on tho streets. The young men pi ly base ball, and tho more aged and sedate speculate ou presidential can didates, but no sympathizing words for our foreign traveler. Tho Illinois D. I), may be the " coming man. L. 1). C. SECRETS OK TIIE NIHILIST ORDER. issued sia (Molodaia Kossia), " Land and rrec-. all cases which aro not left to tho nrdinarr lom," and others, all bavins a common ; courts." sympathy and purposo with Ilerlzen. leaving in the background many ol Ins opinions, these societies advanced and I the great Kussian secret society is ad- uloptod new ideas more in accordance Willi , ministered under the following mien Six the new era which they believed they saw j members can form a separate body, or me ilawn. 1 hese ideas were lust expressed circle, with full power to act anil receive through two popular journals, Soverm-j new members, but only with tho greatest tennik and P.uskoio Slowo, which were precautions. A candidate for admission suppressed about 10 years ago by the Uus- j must be recomiueded as a trustworthy sian govermenl, and soino of their writers i man, upon whom reliance can bo placed sentenced to hard labor for lifo in the j under any circumstances. After saiisfac- mincs of Siberia. Among these werojtory investigation the circle, in full mect Czernyshcvski, who wrote the celehrated i ing, votes on tho new member. Two votes uussian romance, t nai to un, mihuaii- against nun are siiiiicient to cause re eel on Nihilism in Russia, HISTORY 01' THE ORIIHN, KISE AND I'ROG ISKSS Ol'' THE (SECRET SOCIETY- ITS TER RORS AND ITS RESOLUTION rili;SKNT SIZE Or THE OUO, ANIMATION ITS OATH AND ITS riiOl'LAMATIONS. The attempt on the life of the czar of Knssiu, taken in connection with the re cent assassination of Prince Krapotkine and the attempted killing of Gen. von Krcnteiin, attracts renewed attention to the secret order which now keeps the peo ple of Uussia in a stale of terrorism. A brief sketch of the rise and progress of this dreadful society, will, therefore, be read wilh interest. The birth of free ideas in Uussia dates from a few years previous to the accession of Emperor Nicholas I , in lK.'D, at which time a secret society was formed under the name of " Deeabristy" (Ueceiuberists), called after the month in which a revolution occurred at St. Peters burg. Citizens of St. Petersburg remem ber that terrible day, December 19, IS: as one of dreadful carnage. All the prin cipal streets of the capital were red with the blood of the victims. The principal leaders of the secret society were Pestel, liylicf, Piestrizuff, Koumin, Movravicff, Anoslol. (all of whom were hanged,) Oga- rill', Hakonnin Ilerlzen Iskander, Satin and ToutcbkolV. Though many members of the society were hanged and thousands sent to Siberia by Nicholas I., many es caped or were unsuspected, and continued their work. Tho object of the secret or ganization was to dethrone Nicholas I. in order to form a constitutional government, with Constantino Paulovitch (an elder brother of Nicholas I.), at its head. Fol lowers and members of the secret society established a journal in London, called the Kolokol (the Bell), whoso proprietor and editor was the famous revoluionist. Ilerlzen (Iskander), who died in Switzer land a few years ago, an exile and under the death sentence of his native country. Hertzen's ideas were exalted, although he Honielimcs carried them to extremes. Pos sessing proud power of languago ho ac quired much popularity and a powerful influence over Russian youth, who received, sect el ly read and hid his journal as some sacred relic, believing ill Ilerlzen as in God. Tlie most remarkable of his produc tions published in the Kolokol were " Let ters from This Side." They contain min ute accounts of llio most secrctnfi'airs of the imperial government, as well as tho czar and his family, together with the editor's iews and hones of the future of Uussia. His sympathizers and agents penetrated I in see usion ol tno liousenoius oi iiienigii i s: circles of Kussian society as well as the private chambers of officials. Hertzen's chief oliieets were to bring about a repre sentation of llio people, to sweep from the face of mo earth every member of the czar's family, the lillod aristocracy and the priest, and to make an equal division of Hie lands. Those letters contain iiiueri vnHiahlo historical material, from the fact that these statements are trim to the small est details. His influence continued strong in Uussia until 18.58. hertzen's followers. off (a poet) and others. Tho principal leaders of nihilism at that timo were Czernyshevski, Mikhailoff, Anlonovitch. DobrolubolV, Pissureff and Nietchaicff. Switzerland gave up the last named per son in 1870, on the demand of tho Russian government, under accusation of being one of the assassins of Ivanholl', a mem ber of the nihilists, who attempted to be tray their secrets. They had had oppor tunity to spread their nihilistic ideas through these journals under most favor able circumstance as during the interval between 18o8 and 1872 comparative free dom of the press existed, which had never been the ease previous to that time. On June 7, 1872, an order was issued from the czar giving power to tho minister of the interior lo punish any undue freedom of the press. Since then there has been nothing but persecution. Tho above men (except Xietchaicfl) were well known and distinguished writers, exercising a power ful iiitlueneo in the conversion of the opin ion of the Kussian youth. REVOLT OK THE WOMEN. Tho sympathies of the women were so far engaged that they became willing to make great sacrifices to show their total disregard of the existing customs of society. They cut off their long hair, and many en lered professions. Many studied successful'-, and became doctors of medicine. As such stand prominent llin names of Sousleva, Taganlzuva and Pavlova. Fol lowing recklessly the examples of men, they affected contempt for the mero cere mony of marriage, and entered into the re lation of wife without tho performance of the legal lormalities, declaring their inten tion of renouncing every timeworn custom as a trammel upon tho freedom of thought and action. They ridiculed the old notions of their parents, pronouncing them " Ol.itnloi.n They declared that they were no longer satisfied to be only well dressed dolls, wilh painted faces, but demanded rights which men enjoyed, and tho same opportunities of knowledge; to have posi tion every where, and to be useful members of society. " We shall resist our oppress ors as enemies to tho improvement and progro-s of women." Tourganicff, in his novel of" Fathers ami Sons," attempted a contrast of the old and new generations, struggling for the defence of their respec tive opinions, ilut this story does not by any means afford a comprehension of the subject. It required a more powerful hand to represent faithfully the shadows and lights of the past and the present of the social and political lifo of tho Kussian people. NIHILISM NAMED. Following this work appeared a series of letters liy Uknerouzam, (Autovitch), pub lished in the journal (Huchctki (18(il)under the title " Confessions of a New Genera tion in Uussia," seemingly prepared for llio pnrjioEo .if kIioivmij lioir little Tom- ganleff really understood and how poorly he had portrayed the true picture of the direction and progress among the liberal men of this country, lie applied to these rcpiesentatives of new ideas tho name nihilists (from tho Latin word nihil, noth ing), conveying the idea that they believe in nothing, and from that timo the name has been retained and applied. There ex isted, and still exisls, even in private life a terrible struggle between the old anil new representatives. Children adopting the new ideas go lo the extreiuo!and disre gard all respect or regard for tho old order of things. They hold in contempt their parents, who retain cherished beliefs, and consequently the most bitter enmity often exists among those of the closest lies of re lationship. Czeneyshevski, in " What to Do, presents with great cleverness his opinion of the young generation of Uussia. Irom 18,0 the nihilists began to take de cided and important action. The young men spread themselves through the differ ent provinces, propagating tho new ideas inioiig the peasantry, presenting them with books and instigating them to revolu lion. 1 oung ladies, even of the highest ranks of society, dressed themselves as peasants and sought menial employments that they might Instruct others in their pe culiar views. Toinhovskole, a wealthy princess, ami moving iu court circles, was liscovered among peasant wasner-women, with a like object. In tho schools the young girls nearly all pecamo converts, and no restrictions, no persecutions have been able to arrest the rapid growth of nihilism. uuo may oe, u ine opposing mcmiier can support his opposition by undoubted evi dences of disqualification. A newly cho sen member is iuvilcd to a meeting of the circle, where ho must take tho following solemn obligation or oath: " I. A. B., do solemnly, before the altar of my mother country, promi-o and swear that I will never disclose, under penalty of ucatii, any ol i no secrets i it the Kussian national secret society ' before any agent of tno tyrannical Kussian government, hav ing the cz-ir at its head, or any one whom I do not actually know to be a member of this society j that I will sacrifice iny lift anil all that is sacred to me in the slrng gle agaiust the bloodthirsty tyrants and oppressors of the Kussian people; that I will obey and execute every unanimous de cision of llio circle without hesitation, lur ing ready to sacrifice my life anil regard less of any personal danger I may encoiin ter in so doing. 1 know ill it I must be ready to light in the name of the liberty of the Russian peoplo whi n tho moment of rising shall arrive and tho grand sign be given railing all to anus. I do solemnly swear that I will resist, in cane of an at tempt to arrest me or any other member of the society by the government ug. nts.wilh whatever weapon is at my disposal at the moment, without fear or regard for per sonal consequences, that 1 will not recom mend any new member without the knowl edge that he is a true friend of the op pressed Russian piople; that from the moment I become a member of this ' Se cret Russian Society' 1 regard myself as a sworn enemy of the Russian despotical government and begin to nut against it by every means I can command." HOW THEV MLLTIl'I.V. W hen a circle reaches tho number of (10 it is subdivided into ten circles of six each, so that if discovered by the police only six persons will sillier arrest. Into theso circles, which meet ostensibly only for social purposes, gathering about the somaiwor as in the enjoyment of friendly hospitality, it is sought to draw members lrom every class ol society military of ficers of every rank, common soldiers, the middle classes and peasantry. Very few priests find favor enough to bo admitted. 1 lie system is similar to that which existed among the Italians before they gained their freedom. It is the passion of the day and tho dreadful mystery which envelops the order adds to the fascination. Every member according to his means, makes weekly or monthly payments to the treas urer. Money is used lor llio purchase of arms, tne propagation ot treo ideas among tho peasants each circle sending an armed agent on this errand. Many wo men belong to theso circles, In every town and large village of Uussia there are so many circles, that had the government a true conception ol the extent of their number it woiil.l lo ovun. i.iovo Riioitsly Harmed man it is. THEIR ALLIES. Besides this there are 1 1,000,000 of the so-called old faith men (Starovier.) They arc divided into various sects, amongst whom exists most dangerous elements. 1 hey employ agents who go from village to village spreading their failh and declar ing that the czar and his family aro agent: of the devil. They endure every form of persecution, and in the event of a general uprising of the people could be counted on as firm friends of the nihili-ls. They are scattered from Astrakhan to the w lute sea. but aro more numerous about the Volga river. Tho Starovier arc all able to read and write and are liberal in their ideas, having iiiucti sympathy with peas ants, lhero are multitudes of Poles among theso circles wailing for the prom ised uprising to recognize their opportu nity for freedom. No oppression, no knouts or chains in Siberia can stay ihe progress of events which hastens the fierce death struggle which w ill bo made for freedom of press and opinion in Uus sia. TIIi;:KASM;ilOV.NfcTII.B. I'ui-U.nireil amid a world of change. It stand, with atubborn kinilneM faat, Whi-u uatnrlit from memory cah estrange A landmark of the precloua iasti Where shade was KiUKht, and timewaa lost. And noshes met tochat awhile. And many a step, now silent, crouod The ancient grass-grown stile. Tliinnod in the rraad old wood endeared. Trimmed the low hotUe that ramrej irre The brook' wild luuks precisely sheafed. And ev,m the bridge th-U spans it newt A newer path winds in and out ThruiiKh luauy a reeu and leafy mile. And in ikt-s a s.udied swerve to Auut The p xir old grass-grown stile. Uut still the shadows come and go, Ami forest-scents are softly blown. Aud flowering creepers to and fro Swing, pendulous, o'er the steps of stone; Tn the brook's briuk. with thirsty baste. The lou white-throated sunbeams file. Yet falter ere the wavelthoy taste llolow tho grass-grown stile. Hero pl-ms folk ou Sabbaths mot, A-loiierluir on their way from church; The schoolboy here his satchel set, Mindless aLike of book or birch; Am', here the swa'U forgot to sing, And rhymes forsook for Jest and smile. An ths blithe milkmaid, caroling. Tripp'd o'or the grass-grown stile. And h;ire fond lovers made their tryst, To lint the tale, forever new. And mingled sighs, the while they kissed. And blessed the sweet stolen interview; Until, as minutes lapsed to hours. And rosier grew tho impasiioued smile. It B-.-eiUed so altar, strewn with flowers. The dear old grass-growu stile. All silent now, and lorn aud gray. No more is heard tho rustic's rhyme,' Nor lover's souud.nor roundelay, Nor any step save that of Time, Whose haunting foot no prayer could stay. Nor any taloot love beguile, As, hour by hour, and day by day. He, too, passed o'er the stilo. WHAT IS I.IFEf BY MIIS. A. M. MUNSTER. " What is Life?"-Fond Youth replied, " 'Tis u suutit sea, with a flowing tide, Win-re tho waves are bright as the skies above. And the bark is guided by Hope aud Love; While the soug of birds, and the breath of flowers. Make glad the flight of tho golden holirB." " What is Life?"-Stern Manhood said, " '1'is a grave where early hopes He dead, A tomb with fuded garlands deck'd, While the sad deep kuell of bygone time Peals on the soul like a funeral chime." " What is LifeV"01d Age drew noar, Willi tottering limbs, and snow-white hair, And said, " ' 1'is a Journey drear aud cold. Where death full oft doth spare the old, To wander iilouo from day to day, When all they loved havo passed away." " What is Llfo?"-A small, still voice, replying, mado my heart rejoice: " 'Tis tho night before that glorious day When doubts and fears shall pass away, Aud the tears of tho mouruers shall fall no moro, Iu the culm reposo of the heavouly shore." , Am Engineer's Need ok Nerve. Un- Various Mooes or Bleaching Cot- ' ....... ..... ... .. i r, : - n noni.i;ai....l r.,f l,n questionably tno bravest men in America ioj-i. it owuiiiicu i are those who stand upon tho foot-boards cotton cloth that is bleached by chemical of the locomotives which draw the fast processes before it goes into tho market express trains. But few persons aro does not wear as well as that which is un aware ot it, but on the leailing railways, nieaeneu, ami is very uaoiu in nun to where connections must bo mado if possi- turn yollow ; also it is very much harder I hie, only engineers known to be bravo and to sew upon. I have for sonio years used i daring arc given engines on express trains, j llio unbleached in preference. Sheets and and as soon as an engineer shows tin pillow eases can no maue up lar quicker least timidity about running fast he is ; before cotton has been wet. and allowance j taken from his engine and given ono on a can lie made for shrinking; indeed, any frienlit train to run. To such cases have garment, can oo maue u tins item h oorne orcurred recently on Indianapolis roads, j in mind. Make a good suds of soft water Railroad officers state that the first sign and lye soap, if you havo it; put the cot- that an engineer is becoming timid is that ton cloth in cold sails ana Dt'ing it to a ho will be livo toten minutes late, possibly a half hour for some days and nights in succession. He is then called to an ac count, and unless his reasons are convinc ing, another engineer is given his engine to run for a few limes, and should he bring iho train in promptly on time, the first named engineer gets a fioight train to run until he braces up. It is stated, however, that after an engineer allows his timidity lo get a fair hold he seldom so far ovorcomes it as to have the bravery to step on to an express train engino and run it at the speed necessary to make tho lime. Quite recently, an engineer on one of the roads running west from hero got an im pression that some accident was to happen to him, and one night when running a fast express, ho constantly lost time. At the first station where tho train stopped the conductor berated him for running so slow. The engineer actually shed tears, and owned that fears had overcome him, and that lie dare not run fast, and at his own request an engineer of a freight train which stood at this meeting point was given the train to run through that nioht. tho conductor telegraphing ihe train-master, asking that the request be granted. Tho timid engineer has since run a freight on tho road. Poor Richard's Sayings. ANNOTATIONS II V DREARY. THE LORD DUN- STRENGTH Of THE MOVEMENT. The result must finally bo terrible bloodshed, such as has never been sur passed iu Ihe history of mankind. Such a sacrifice of the educated portion of the Uiis-ian youth will have its effect for all future time on the history and progress of the nation. Already there is organized a secret government by the society for gen eral freedom. The present strength of the movement may be judged from the follow ing facts: From Si. Petersburg, it was announced, under dato of September 14, that, in consequence of an attempt to as sassinate Gens. Mazenlzoff and Markaog, the local police are iu search of the secret government, which calls itself " The So ciety for the i reeilom of Russians,' and has branches in every province of llio em pire. Tho funds of the Geneva committee for the aid of political criminals are already wholly transferred to Moscow. Iu the city of Rostov, recently, a spy named Ni- konoll was assassinated lor revealing a lew of the nihilists or socialists lo tho police. The " society " issued a proclamotion in which it openly avowed its armed organ ization, and that tho sentence of death had been passed on all spies. These declara tions caused a panic in St. Petersburg iinong the agents of the police. The fol lowing order of the czar was issued under date of August 21, 1878: In tho frequency of late of political crimes, having llio character oi clear uis- obedience to the powers of the government, his imperial majesty recognizes a ring of secret criminals, who under tho influence of social. revolutionary and other theories, would destroy the whole constitution of the stale. These criminals, refusing to recognize tho necessity of social order, tho rights of property, the saercilnoss oi mat rimonial ties, or even faitli in God, do not hesitate to employ any means, however in famous, in carrying out their plots. They boldly attempt the most hoinous crimes, thev destroy the public pcaco and endanger the power of the stale tho sacred duty of which is to defend society and counteract criminal purposes. The constant repeti tion of lliese unhoard-of crimes demands the immediate institution of such measures as will inflict the most severe punishment. For I hat reason we order that all above mentioned criminal cases bo tried under tho jurisdiction of tho military courts, and punishment be enforced according to the criminal code. We order all such above, mentioned persons, charged with armed resistance to iho powers of government or THE LAST ASSASSINATION. Tho recent assassination of Prince Krapotkine, governor of KharkolV, by the Nihilists, is loo well remembered to re quire extended notice. Prince Krapot kine attended " Ihe ball of tho daughters of tho nobility," in Kharkol)'. Ho was returning from the festivity at about 11 o'clock, and had almost reached tho gov ernment house in his e image, when in rounding a street corner, he was shot with a revolver by some person who ap parently, had stepped up on tho step of Iho carriage in order to take deliberate aim. The prince died from tho wound in a few hours. The remarkable feature about the murder was the proclamation posted throughout the empire a few days after. It read as follows: " The Rus sian socialist revolutionary party has dis posed of ono of its deadliest enemies one of Ihe most inhuman jailers of iis con demned and imprisoned brethren. On the 9th of February, Prince Krapotkine, the governor ot Ivuai koll was killed with revolver. 1 his execution was carried out by the Russian socialist reuolutionary or ganization, which is also responsible for all the executions in 1878. As on the last occasion, that organization begs to lay bo fore the public frankly and sincerely the reasons that havo compelled it to have further recourso to the revolver. Krapot kine had committed the following crimes: "1. At the end of last year he sanc tioned ami ordered tho barbarous treat ment to which political prisoners were sub iected in tho prison of Kharkofl. 2. He falsely reported to tho minister of the interior, on tho subject of tho last distrrbanees at tho universii v of Khar koff, that the polico had been attacked by the students, whereas in reality it was the latter who, by Ins own orders, had hrst been Hogged with Cossock whips. 3 He is directly responsible for the atrocious and barbarous treatment of po litical prisoners at llorisogiobsk, and lib name is intimately connected with Ihe history of Iho Central prison in that town where ho was guilty of tho following acts: iho barbanous treatment of the Russian prisoners is then specified at, great length. Such are the crimes committed by Krapotkine." " Such are tho causes and considerations that havo compelled the Russian socialists party to sentence one of its enemies to death. Death for death, execution for ex ecution, terror for terror. This is our answer to the threats tho persecutions and the oppression of tho government. Should the latter persevere in its old course, the bodies of Heyking and Mesentzoff will not have turned lo dust before the government will hear from us again." Seio York Herald. " Mv dear," said a gentleman to Ids wife, ' our olub is going to havo all the home comforts." " Indoed," replied tho chaf'ed with atleinpting to resist military wife, " and when, pray, is our homo lo Tho boldness nnd fascination of his writ-J or polico agents during the the perform-' havo all the club comforts?" A fellah once lold mo that nuother fel lah wrote a book be lore ho was born I mean before tho first fellah was born (of course the fellah who woto it must have been born, else, how could he havo written it?) that is a long timo ago to pwove that a whole lot of pwoverbs and things that fellahs aro in tho habit of quoting wero all nonsense. I should vewy much like to get that book. I I think if I could got it at one of thoso spherical no globular no, thats not tlin word circle circular yes, that's it rrrrtlttrino liliwawies f I knew It was mnuiluiKj that went wound) I think if I could just bowow that book from a circu lating libwawy, I'd yes, upon my word, now I'd twy and wead it. A doothed good sort of a book that, I'm sure. I I always (ii'iihato pwoverbs. In tho first place, they they're so howwibly confus ing I always mix 'em up together, somehow, when I twy to weniember them. And, besides, if evewy fellah was to wcg ulate his life by a lot of pwoverbs, what what a bealhly sort of a life ho would lead! a more uncomfortable set of mak thims you never wead. For instance, there was ' Early to bed and early to rise makes a fellah healthy, and wealthy, and wisu." I don't believe a word of that, 11 tell you why. To begin with healthy." When Sam anil I wero chil- Ircn wo were all packed off to bod about eight or nine o'clock just when a fellah lit to be dining and had to get up at six or seven quite the middle of the night, yon know and pway, did mat keep us iieallhy. On the conlwawy, we were al ways getting meathles, or whooping cough, or vaccinathion, or some bowwid complaint or other. As for mental im- pwoveiiient, U s not tho slightest use in Iml way, for I Iwied it at Oxford, when ill the men of my time were sitting up treading for modewations, with wet towels wound their heads, and dwinking gween lea I I went to bed I did and what was tho consequence? I don't mind telling yon now hut I 1 was plucked. And then anout " wealthy." J.ook at my liwottier Sam. lie useu to oo out shooting vaoy early, Pin sure, when he was home and you know lie s not over ich just now. That weminds me ho he bowwowed a couple of ponies of mo just before he loll Lngland, anil stwango lo say ,'ius lorgotlen all aoout it sinco. But.I never could niako Sam out. He s such a doolhid ineonthequcntial fellah Sam is. But there's ono vewy nothcntliical pwov- crb which says, " A bird in the hand is worth two in llio misn. iti-ttio man who invented that pwoverb must have been a b-born idiot. How tho doolh can he t-tell tho wclalive v-valuo of poultry in that pwomithciious manner? Suppothe I've got a wobbin-wed-hwest in my band (I nearly had the other morning but ho Hew away, confound him!) well, suppotho the two birds in tho bush are a b-hwaee of part widges you you don't mean to tell me that that wobbin-wed-bwest would fetch as much as a bwaee of partwidgos? Ab Ihurd! P-poor Wiehard can't gammon me in thai sort of way. This eccentric old party then goes on to say, that "Thoso who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Now, consider ing what a very small pwoportion of peo plo occupy tenements of this descwiption, I should have thought the best thing to say would havo been, " Thoso who d don't live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." I-I'm sure it would have em bwaeed a gweater n-numher of the com munity p-partioulnrly th-thoso little b-blackcuards in the stwoots, who can never even havo boon in a glass liouso in their lives, and yet are always saying things about, b-boathly balls that hit you mil then webound back in a mystewious sort of way into their hands playing at l lip-cat a liowwul kind ol game, in which a fellah strikes a bit of wood on tho ground that flies up into tho air, and and and il it doesn t hit you, he wins that is he gots it back again and if if it doct hit you, you lose that is, you lose your temper at least I know i'do. Let mo see th-thcre's something about money that Poor Wiehard says oh, I we niember: " If you would know tho value of money, twy lo bowwoy some." By Jove! yes ho-he's wite there he's wito at last. Poor Wiehard is. (If he'd been Wich Wiehard he wouldn't have hit that off so well.) Yes: if you would know the value of money, twy to bowwow some. Vowy twuo and I'll toll you another thing: when you've found out how valuable it is, ha! ha! never lend il. Th-that'srny mak thini. You soo I'm th-thiuking of bwother Sam and th-those unfortunate ponies." I d-don't suppothe I shall see them, or S-Sam, again for a long time, Reuaisle Weather Proi'HET. One Adobe Martin, son of Asa Martin the old time weather prophet of Remsen, predicts strange things fir our coiintiy. lie fore told tho weather over a year ago with great accuracy, and this week agreed perfeotly with" his prophecies so'Jar. He belongs 10 no CUUICII, uui oencvca uiiino itly iii the direct working of the hand of God in tho affairs of men. lie says the mild winter, following the abundant har vests of 1877, was intended to leacli mankind that God wished them to enjoy happiness, and that His good gifts were always bestowed with a bounteous hand, if they only chooso to accept; that the continued abundant harvests of the past summer were to show a continued mind fulness for our wants. Ihe terrible storms which we now endure are to show us that continued prosperity is not the lot of man. We are to experienco next summer tne most unprecedented largo crops for har vests which wero ever known in the United Slates. This is lo be followed by a winter even more severe than this. A late, cold spring follows in 1880, crops are to bo cut off by frost, destroyed by drought; grass hoppers, bugs and injects will Devastate the west, and the prices of grain and nroduco of all kinds will bo enormous. Wars in Europe will nrevent aid from that quarter. Men with small capitals will accumulate millions by speculation in tho necessities of the times, while starvation and bread riots will be of daily occurrence. This is to last for two years, when pros- nnritv will once more dawn upon us. In tho mist Mr. Martin has prophesied many things correctly. What ibis will amount to remains to bo developed. fii'ca Ilcjiitb lican. boil : then lake tho cloth or garment out and when cool spread it on the grass. Have a tub of suds close by, so as to dip the goods in each day. In three days they will be bleached to a snow whiteness, and keep white till worn out. This is the way our grandmothers bleached their marvel ous webs of linen damask, and it is too good a praciice to bo forgotten or go out of use. When the apple trees are in bloom spread out garments that have turned yel low, after boiling in suds, an 1 they will be cleansed white as snow. 2. Tho cause of cotton goods turning yellow is darkness. If you exposo them often to sunlight they will not turn yellow. When they become yellow you may bleach them by exposure in a room tilled with chlorine vapor, or what may be bet ter and safer, with ozone. The best thing, parhaps, is not to keep your cotton goo !s loo long in confined, dark places, but to ventilate them often, and let sun or at least daylight act on them. 3. To take yellow out of old cotton, scald sour milk until tho curd and whey separate; then strain, and soak cloth in the whey. A week will bo long enough, un ess verv bad. t urn every nay, so me mould will not settle on tho cloth, and wash and boll as usual. 1. For thirty yards of yard-wide mus lin, allow one and one-half pounds ol limo. Put the lime in a bag, and dissolve it in water sufficient to cover the muslin. Boil the muslin well before putting it in this solution. After the muslin has become white enough, remove it from tho lime water and rinso thoroughly. fiOI.NG IIOIIE. " I am going home." a schoolboy said. As he left his tasks at school, ' To the cottage white on yonder street. Where homo's bright circle is still ccmplete. With love for its golden rule." ' I am going home." a captain said. As his ship sped o'er the sea, " To the lone farm-hou-ie ou the old hill. side: To the village belle, my promised bride. Now watching and waiting for me." " I am going home," a merchant said. Whose carriage rolled up the street. " To the ' marble front ' on yonder square; To my lovely wife, so proud aud fair. And my daughters fair and sweet." " I am going home," a woodman said. As he left his fallen tree, " To the humble c it on yonder hill. Where life flows on like a gentle rill. With those who are dear to me." " I am going home." a sold itr said, As he left the battle plain, " To a peaceful farm in a northern stale, Where loving ones my coming awail. To welcome ine bark ayatu." " I am going home," a Christian s.ii-1. Ashislifowas well-uiL-h o'er. " To my Father's housj by tho crystal svi, For the crown and tho robe there wattia-f f;r And shall wear them forever more." - IC'icto ,'t y M'tti K' An Ohio tramp left a lady a lock of his hair. Il was pulled out by the servant as the fellow was climbing out of a window. How a Toad Undresses A gentleman sends to an agricultural paper an amusing description ol "How a load lakes tilt His Coat and Pants." He says he has seen ono do it, and a Iriend has seen another do Iho same thing in the same way: " About the middle of July I found toad on a hill of melons, and not wanting him to leave. I hoed around lum. lie ap peared sluggish and ni t inclined to move. Presently I observed him pressing his el bows against his sides and rubbing down ward. He appeared so singular that 1 watched to see what ho was up to. After a few smart rubs his skin began to burst mien st.rai"-lit alons' his luck. Now, sa'ni I, u1 fellow, you have done it; but he appeared lo be unconcerned, and kept on rubbing until he had worked all his rkin into folds on his sides and hips; then grasping one hind leg with both his hands, ho hauled oil ono leg 01 ins pants um same as anybody would, then stripped tile other hind leg in the same way. lie then took his cast-off cuticlo forward between his forelegs into his mouth and swallowed it; then by raising and lowering his head, swallowing as his head came duivn, he stripped off the skiu underneath until il came to his forelegs, and then grasping ono of these with the opposite hand, by considerable pulling, stripped off the skin ; changing hands, he stripped the other, and by "a slight motion of thu head, and all the while swallowing, he drew it from the neck and swallowed the whole. Tho operation seemed an agreeable one and occupied but a slurt time." An Extraordinary Story. An extra ordinary slory comes from a Russian cor respondent at Odessa, lie says: There exists under tho authority of Russia a funeral island, situated in the neighbor hood of Archangel, on tho Volga. The Kalmucks convey their sick there, and as soon as a member of a family becomes ill be is shipped to llio island, so great is the dread lesl his disease may be communicat ed to the other members of tho household. If. in an exceptional instance, the poor fellow gels well again he is none the less loomed, for he is fated to die of starvation on this dismal island. On reaching the shores ono is overpowered by tho offensive smell. Myriads of flies are seen rising in swarms from this charnal place, and thousands of birds take to flight. Ihe ground is strewn with corpses and skele tons. In March, when the river throws off its icy fetters, its waters rise and Hood the island, carrying away into the waves of the Caspian "all those human remains. -,M C....... lid. n.l in n l'onnlotrict XUCSU lacis Ills lauiiauiiu i" uni..,..,v , 1 ... U I .1 ot'ian Ly a naruy corresoonueui, wuo iiu.ii the courage to visit this Kalmuck necrop olis, lie asked if no authority or law existed in the place. "The law," he was told "was tho naqaika, or knout, with which fifteen or twenty strokes are given on tho backs of the Kalmucks when they rebel against the will of the men in power," and as theso peoplo are, in sum mer, ll..Uod to tho -waist, tUo tnak is no difficult one. If it so happens that some high functionary wanders so far as Astra khan, vou may bo quite sure that if he has ever heard of tho island he will not ask to bo taken there. Don't he Proud. It will never do to think too highly of yourself, or to imagine that you havo some special claim on the respect of man because of your ancestry. The world, which loved your father be cause it had good reason to, will instinc tively, for a while at least, lift its hat to your father's son, too; but unless you are tho worthy son of your father it will soon learn to stand in jour presence covered, and oven defiant. Therefore do not look down on people as though Ihey were nothing, and wilh tho feeling that you were made from a different kind of clay. For centuries a moreeau has been lliating on the surface of Hebrew literal lire to the following effect : A copper penny and a gold com were once lying side by side on a shelf in a mint. The gold col" 'aid scornfully, " Liule penny, get out of my way. You are intended for poor nc". while I am the coin that kings use. 1 he penny moved away to the other end of the shel , simply murmuring, "Yon cannot always tell what desliny may have in store." After a while a stingy miser came, bought the gold coin and buried it in the earth for safe keeping. The penny was o-ivon lo a Door man whose brother had hist been sold as a slave. He went to the J .. iti.i -,i. i.:... r... 1.: sultan and pieaueu wan nun mi m brother's liberty, promising to give his life and all ho had. if only his brother could be saved. " Your life and all that you have?" said tho sultan. Then the poor man drew llio penny, tno origin, new penny forth, and answered, "this is all I have in tho world. I will willingly Rive you that and my life, and my gratitude beside." Tho sultan's heart was touched, he took tho little coin, nnd said, "Your brother shall bo saved, and I will wear this penny on a golden chain upon my breast in token of tho great love which hinds a brother to a brother." So the nroiiil cold coin, was hidden in earth and lost, while the copper penny adorned the breast of a sultan. It is better not to be overbearing and proud of your birth, for you can never predict tho circumstances by which you may bo surrounueu. Some one overheard David Davis pray the other night. The burden of his prayer was: "OLord, derrick ine back on the fence. Burlinylm Ifimkeije." A story is lold of two Englishmen who started from Denver, Col., for a walk to the mountains, before breakfast, an ap parently easy task, as the mountains did not appear more than a mile or so away. After walking for an hour tvi'hout set EV-g to have made any progress toward the de sired goal, one of them beanie uis couraged, and concluded to return for his breakfast; afiern.tr-, be took a carriage and went hi search of bis friend, w hom he found on the haul; of a small ditch, en gaged in removing his boots. His friend inquif 1 " hat h" iv'."ndeil to do.-" if re ' 'o wade the ditch. His iVic ! said there was no necessity for that, as it was less ''.an thr.' fet acros-, ,.,el he could e isily j.imp it. " You can't tell anything about h :n this country, -: uled Ihe othi . " it may be three hnndi'i 'i luci across M'ght I know." i':' morning to extend about tu'teen miio walk p. before he reached the foot !!'! A Toledo Lawyer's Adven ruiir.. -A prominent and dignified tt'tornoy who iives on a certain avenue a short distant from Adams street, while eating hi: break-fa-l a few mornings since, saw a cow pass in front r.f un; house which Very much reset-.-.V.cii tin; animal that, supplied th" milk for his own Undo. He thought it was his cow, am! as old bnnule has a habit of fiirgelMng to come home when she escapes lo iho green pastures wiucn sur round the city, the a'.tornci left his half lit"' :''"'l broaf.f.'.r.t and without hat and in slippers gave chase to tiie auiniai. It was a close race between lim dignified attorney liw u..i cow, an 1 it is hard lo tell which retained the most dignity. She made good time ami so did the attorney. At last, however, after a but chase of thr'ai blocks be caught !:. and led her back in triumph lo the barn. Wh" was 'u'h ''is-o-ust lo discover lhero his own cow quietly feeding from the trough. He returned l i the house, and when the small boy, cull a twinkle in his eye, asked if he "caughted her," he was savagely ordered lo .i and get his father's boots and not ask questions. Tuledo Commercial. lh:w as a Weather Skin. Dew is sicnofline weather, and is never seen except under a cloudless sky. Wind and clouds are sure preventive of dew, from llio simple reason that clouds are able to retain sonio of tho solar heat; and, as they can irive forth warmth, tho raidiation from the earth is checked, nnd a warmer tem perature preserved. Wind evaporates the moisture as fat as it appears; and if the wind is westerly, lhero is little new or cloud to be seen. Iho contrary is ob served with easterly wind, but a west wind blows over a vast expanse ot land, and having lost its vapor, dries up any moisture it mav come across ; whereas an east wind, crossiug the Atlantic, is full of vapor, and sheds dew on all sides. These remarks, of course apply chiefly to par ticular localities, but tho influence of a west wind may bo seen In tho spring. Dew is more copiously deposited in spring and aulumn than in summer, as thero is usually a great difference in thoso seasons between thotem)craturo of day and night; in tho spring, however, thero is a small deposit of dew when a wost wind prevails ; but in autumn, during tho soft influence of south and east winds, tho earth is cov ered with moisture. It has also been observod that there is a greater formation of dew between sunset and midnight. Intelligence of a Bullock. An Australian paper relates tho following striking instance of brulo intelligence, which occurred not long ago near Nairue township, in South Australia. A very largo bullock injured his eye. whon un yoked from the dray, by a chain, tho hook of which lacerated tho eye. After a few days had passed, the eye became seriously inflamed, and it was thought advisable to get him into tho stockyard and cast him fin- the purpose of dressing the wound. This was dune by ropes being attached to his legs, but it was found of no avail, from file strength of the animal, for as soon as they attempted to throw him he lifted his leg and pulled tho men to the ground. As a last resource they put his head in the bail, a contrivance frequently used in that country for securing animals, by getting llieir nocks between two up right liars of wood, one of which is move able at pleasure. Having thus succeeded in sei'iirino- him. thev dressed his eye with blue stone. The men then unbailed the bullock and immediately rushed out of tho slnekvard. thinking the animal would be infuriated with pain and expecting to be attacked, instead of which tho poor suffer er walked off quietly to tho shade of a largo gum tree, and on tho following morning, much to tho astonishment of its owner and all who witnessed it, the bullock walked up to the stockyard of his , , 1 1 Ll . 1 1 1 llin own accord, anil piaceu uis nuau m mo bail to havo ihe eye dressed ; and this ho repeated every day until the eye was quite restored. A Curiosity of the Revolution. Lord Cornwallis, whoso " Corn," the old negro said, " Massa Washington shelled ofiind made him Cobwallis," was given leave to go homo after his great surrender subject to recall, on his bond of honor, at anv timo Washington wanted him. In stead of wauling auy thing mote, however, of the beaten British commander, wasn-ino-ton was very glad to get lid of him. Tho following is a copy of tho parole of Lord Cornwallis, which was given mm after ho surrendered at Yorktown, on the 19th of October, 1781. Ihe original copy was Durchaseil, not long sinco, by tho state of Massachusetts, from sonio one in New York, and has been placed in the state library, for exhibition. " I. Charles Earl Cornwallis, Lieulen- nnt-Gononil and Commander of his Brit tanic Majesty's forces.do acknowledge my self a prisoner of war to the United Slates of America, and, Having permission n oui his Excellency, General Washington, agreeable to capitulation, to proceed to New York nnd Charleston, or euner, aim to Europe, do pledge my faith and word of honor, that I will not do or say any thing injurious to the said United States or armies thereof or their allies, until duly exchanged; I do further promiso that whenever required by tho Commander-in-Chief of tho American Army, or the Commissary of tho prisoners for thu same, I will repair to such place or places as they or either of them may require. Given under my band at Yorktown, the 28th day of October, 1781. Cornwallis." Old-Time Anecdote. Hallo, you man with the pail and frock, can you inform me whether .his honor tho governor of Vermont lives herci' said a liritijU omccr, as he brought his fiery horse to a stand in front of Governor Chittenden's dwelling. Ho does, was tho response of tho man, still wending his way to tho pig-sty. Is his honor at home? continued tho man of tho spurs. Most certainly, replied the frock. Take my horse by the bit, then, said tho officer. I have business to transact with vour master Without a second bidding, tho man did as requested, and tho olliccr alighted and made his wav to the door, and gavo tho panel several hearty raps witli the butt of his whip for he knew that in those days of republican simplicity, knockers and bolls, like servants, wero in but little use. Tho good dame answered tho summons in person ; and having seated the officer and ascertained his desire to see the governor, departed to inform her husband of tho guest's arrival; but on ascertaining that the officer had made a hitching-post of her husband, she immediately informed him that her husband was engaged in tho yard, and could not very well wait upon him and his horse at the same time. Tho predicament of the ollioer can be better imagined than described. On. Vint tmk Past!" Au aged cler gyman writes: " Tho pulpit is not what it was when I was a boy. Sermons weie I linn lirnaelllid which I WOllld give half the little I mvsanna to hoar again. Oh! It is sad to witness tho degeneracy of these later days!" Much more follows in tho mimn strain: but all this is not criticism. More complaining and scolding, railing at the age, tlo no good. Such writors would spond thoir timo to much moro profit, were il.ey to nnalyzo some representative ser mons of tho past and others of to-day. and show wherein this superiority consists. Thero Is a lilmy exaggeration in years which plays tricks with our judgment. lit. hut that close analysis will provo that never in the history of tho church has Iho average pulpit or dory been highor than it is to day. Tho world is smir mil tn enmnhlin ot UlO preSOIlt, linil look biekward for its golden age. A fti-peem nuns nvni-heill'd the remark, " I his age is degenerate." "Yos." said ho,"lhat must lie true, for my grandfather told mo thst when he was a boy he often heard his grandfather say the same thing." Ilomi Utic Monthly. Iliiiil Heeled Shoes. I once saw a vouno; man who was hopelessly lame from the effects of wearing tight boots Unsaid: " I would wear tight boots ; a tumor came upon my foot, I had the best medical attention, but it proved to bo incurable. At length, to save my lifo, when mortification showed itself my phy sician said tho foot must bo amputated above llio heel. Think of my sorrow at tho very thought of losing my loot but I had to submit, anil now l am wnar, you see me, a poor cripple all from pride. ,V few words must oo auueu upan ine injurious effects of high heeled shoes. The remarks I am about to make deserve to bo seriously considered. Tho present fashion is to have tho lieel ol tno oooc not only high, but narrow and inclined for ward, so mat tne instance oeiween inn heel and point of the foot appears to bo smaller than it really is. Tho effect of ibis is to remove the weight of the body from its natural support, tho toes instead of the heel first touch the ground, heneo often aeuto pain in tho sole of tho foot, and injuries to the anterior joints. Grave constitutional troubles are not un frequently tho result of persistence in this ridiculous fashion. A word to tho wise is sufficient. Exercise. A great deal depends upon tho time chosen for needtul exercise. When it is properly conducted, tho etiect on tne uigestive system is veij iw;u- The appelito is increased, and more lood is taken in order to supply force necessary for the maintenance ol tho nieciianieai force. This increase of appelito is espec ially noted when the exercise is taken iu the open air. When exercise i undertaken, however, without duo preparation, or iLe bodily powers are exhausted by fatigue, tho power of being able to take food is diminished. This condition, if the exer cise is continued and tho power of taking food remains impared, is one of ""v.sidor .,i ,i ,n,roi- and the health is often great; . affected, tho force of the heat Doing mucu reduced. It is of great importance, more over, when great fatigue has been under oono, to see that the bodily powers an thoroughly recruited by rest before an attempt is mado to take food, otherwise there will be no inclination to tako it, and if forced down it will not digest. An hour's rest, with a cup of warm tea, will do much toward restoring appelito in thoso cases. Indeed it should be a rule in all cases that a period of rest should in tervene between work and food. How She Sewed on His Buttons. Old Bluminer is light listed. Several days ago ho said to his wife; Maria, I want you to look over that broadcloth vest of mine and put new buttons on it, 'cause I'm going to a card partv to-night. " But, Ely," answerc 1 Mrs Blummer. " I haven't any buttons to match that vest ; and " "Thunder!" broke in Blummer, " the idea of a woman keeping house as long as have, an pretendin to D; out oi but tons. By Ueorge: I o neve jou ii as uiu for money to bay em with next. Tint evening liiunuuer hurrie.l through his supper and began arraying u'iiii-m'" for the card party. Presently lie caiieil lor the b.o.'t '..'loth vest, and jlrs. i.iue"vei, with marvelous promptitude, handed it 1 1 him. 'le tool; it, hastily miio'ele ' it, and then, as his eye took in tho complete ap pearanee, he stood as ono true :';-;cd. It was a :' but.tonnd vest, and there w.k..':. buttons on and thu dazed op,1 of Blum mer obsi.i . that the firs', or top one.wa.-. a tiny pearl shirt button, a'bl next one was a bras-' r.nny overcoat button wilh I. -S. gleaming upon il. and that nambcr three was an oxydized silver atl'iir. uui that number four iv.i- ' boiii button, evi dently from the back of on.: of the Puritan fathers' coals, and then came a s'lspjuder hinton. and then, as the dazzled eyes of onl Blummer readied the bo Win nuf.on a poker chip (found in Blummer' s pecke!) wilh two holes punched in it he gave a snort that made tne e.u.iiiuuiiui- .pui.-. There is after all, a line scuse of humor ibout Blummer, and lie laugie'd tin lie cried, and there won't be any more button uiom.j grudged in It' '.t tioilscuoid Hereafter. Stons Pi.ainino Machine. A machine for planing granito and other hard stones has been brought out that promises to provo uf value in reducing the cost of preparing minding sconos. ii consists oi an oblong frame of iron, supported at tho corners, and carrying a movablo platen, somewhat after the manner of iron plan- imr machines. On this is placed a strong head-piece or tool holder, and by means of a system of long pulleys and correspond ing belts, power may be brought to the tool whatever its position during the work. The block of granito to be planed is placed on a hand truck nnd rolled under the machine and raised by means of jaok serows lo llio proper level for the work. The revolution of the cutting tool planes down the stone at about the pace ot the iron nlaner. and performs the work in a manner fully equal lo hand labor. The tool is fed lo the work by nana, one man The treasurer of Frederick tho Great ap proached him and said : " That philoso pher nf vnnrs has drawn on you for forty- live thousand dollars." Who was this nhilnannliBr? He was a man prosecuting his labors in the kingdom, and the king being pleased with him, told mm to maw uporThim for any amount that he might wlcli In ntirrvino- forward bis work. Tho elainiilid not offend tho king, hut rotlinr nnordod him pleasure, ior ii was evidenco that tho philosopher had con fidonoo in his word and ability. And when God lolls us to ask largely of Ilini ..licntiitoW untiino' no limits to Uis promis oa tie is nle.isod to soo us crave liberal gifts, because it exhibits our faitli in Uis word and resources. It is beoause we are airniohtnned in ourselves that our bless ings are not moro abundant. God is wait-ino- to be gracious, and His grace is as bouudless as Himself. United Prcsbxjtcri- A yotino- John Chinaman at Phillips Aomlnmr n Andovor finds bis heart in danger. John had been rather backward in Ida studies, so that tho faculty consider ed it their duty to make tne same Known to the Chinese government, at whose ex nama the vnnmr man is educate4. This they did, and one may imagine the disgust that was manilestea upon reauing me re nlv which was as follows: " Send him nnmn nnd we will behead him." John being sufficient for all the work. Scrib- will stay with the Melican man and keep I Vila hnnrl. "BaiiV Mine." Tho b-'iy carriage made its appearaneo stjrday for the sea son. It was occupied by usual baby, and it was propelled by the woman uo innka Into all iho store windows as sho goes along. A reporter who followed ihe carriage for an hour found that i: collid- il with five women, ten men, six enro- blocks, four boxes and a street car, and every collision only made the woman more fleiermineu iu uucupy hyu-i.iiiii.ijii. the sidewalk if it took all summer. She succeeded, ihey all succeed, a woman pushing a baby carriage in front of her on tho sidewalk is as dangerous as seven roller skaters and four velocipede riders combined. She can't kill a full- grown man quite as promptly as a runa way team, but she can knock his shins to pieces, tumble nun over, upset u ins good resolutions and leave him flint-hearted and evil-minded. Ynu nan't dodso a babv cab. lour only safe wav is to make a jump from tho curb- - l ..I. - iA.l.lM 'Pl,w rrr. Stone Or CIUUU muuci. mtj fi on wheels. They aro supposed to be a convenience which no respectable baby can do without No matter wuo lust got tho idea that jolting a baby around town, bobbing him ovorerosswaiKs woum sweet en his disposition the idea is correct. Put a man in a vehicle of tho sort and his back would bo brokon in an Hour, out Daoios havo no backs. Thoy are Bimply great huncks of sweotnoss. ine only reason why all the Union regiments in the late war were not armed with baby carriages was because tho factories could not supply them. They would have endod the war in one year. Tho woman with tne baby carnao-o necus no auvice. aao Knows enough to head the vehicle toward every crowd she can see. Tho thicker the crowd tho more business sue nas tuero. It is her duty to run to all tiros with it, to select the busiest cross-walks, and to got in front of all runaway teams, and she perfectly understands it. If thore is any country on earth where these vehicles are not in use, it is no country to live in.-t Detroit Free Press,