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COUNTY. W. YA.. SATURDAY. JURY -s‘*■ i:x
“ — - POETICAL Mark Twain's First Interview with other forces, whether of preset or remote
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ViMIHiA PAE3 PRE33.
TEKMS.
-fr- Cbo F i** PatasUpablUhed vveeUv at Tic
l> ari amJ fifty CV»I« par <>«»* »» «dre»*?.
irrilRKK HOLLARS if not paid in advance,
-dr 0*4 IMinf «»d fifty l\mU fur *»-f old*1
;,y~ pUe tortus of advertising are, for a sqmirt
incMorl* *. O.it OUUr ‘*"J *’•/»» tV"'*fo:
•hi « Invrtiuaa- largeromo* iu th« usepnpor
lioa Ktch continuance fifty Ctnti.
•<rNo advertisement to t- • co:. : r*'d hr :
ty-_Yn ad' rt: .meat not tuarkc ! m ‘.. e c»; r
„r * tpeoitivd number-fir xertiona will be continue*;
uatil, rderedout, pat ;.i/atiaexacted aceaniinglt
tf-Rsai \.n* Anvannsnanxta*—To avoid an>
mixun.l •r«txading“n the part of the nnn je’advct
rilege only extend* to their immediate busiaea*-*
a tbituur Nolle > if more than five!, nest*
JOB WORK—
tV* !••. i * •ciitvd promptly, nca’ ; .andall-.i
7. r. M. < o\v 11:,
A iTOH N b V V \ 0 col AM-.: ou AT I.AV ,
Wtishmirtoit, !>•/’•
*«i . * JAL all t. n gi :tt to all -
the
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y i t »r* .if** Fr tru.t;.wo. W. ' >
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F. o. H >x ilia.
February 1, 1-73—6m.
AMKlIIt’AN UOl’SK,
Corner f IV-aa.- lvania A' nu. undithStrec
... , IV v *
iwun^mu. it. v. .
V f t ,lu«- b of «h« Av#nue and S*. w:
liOAUl* V* per Day.
J. B. .v '»>TT, I’r . : iet r.
LrTTSIE1.L & Drxsixi.Tox,
(ieiiiTal (.h>mm:?sion Merchant'
U'ai^hiu^loit. i>. <’.
(1 ■ *XS t i VII '■ i s •
1). <.*. OA 1.1 .Alt 1 Hi,
A .TOBXK¥ AT LAW,
W M- II. Tit W I KS,
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15 A A !.<>!? A " IJ.SOX.
M
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COOKK aV kknn i:i>\,
tiriLL j»r*
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April IT, I'T t lf Spirit.
Cuasm J.FACtKSEB.J
I'nulKnor .A
.Vo. ?,/**. ■' •’«■» J/*»rt»»»6i- r'Jt
\ \ " ILL pra.-ti * ^ tin
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1* It \ -i <* ia i» %V rturtfotm,
■ II\U!.‘ .OWN. VIRGINIA.
Offi:-: at my Residence,
May 21. l-Ti Jan* 24, Wl. Jan. 2, !*■
SamiK'l .1. <‘. 'ioorr.
ATTORNKt AT LAW,
< Iron M ooi*4',
ATTOKNLV AT LAW,
ft i, /. -r>». r», Ji ;■ nun t’o nty, M r«t V i ryim-i,
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t. t,h *aj<l C'.unU. .
May U, W2.
Sixty-five 1 irM Prize Me
- dais \warded.
_C1M' 1 I*
M AN L’FACTOKY.
\VM. Si. N A 15 I s »V CO.,
Miiiujacturtr* of
liltiXH, St*l'AKK AM) l PKR.UT
1>I WO FOltTl^y
IiMTlitOKK. Mt>
Tin Instruments hare h . n before the Public
! r ne.irlr Tbirtv Years, and upon their excellence
a! • u»* attained and ■<
nlii. I. preU'-uncca them uueeti >led, tu
TON K.
ror H
WORK.)! * VSIIII*
\ X !> 1)1 K A It 11.1 I » •
All . ur S uii Pivse have unr Ne»v lui
. W. u aid call - al alii -, lion towur late
1 , ti<l lapraretil nts i:i •
, |UXD PI 1X08 | Xl> 8 JO A BE ORAXDS,
Found in n«» V ino, which brluT tbi* I *****
n arcr}'* rfcc. si .in hns let bet*n attain* »•
V J R •• I 1
■— . .-a; \ ;.»l an MUiinuent enabled t»
■ raiiiish Pm:i •- O and Mrtiinror* <*f the
I'u ' ...
V. \t. K\ AUK .1- « ))..
it \ I.TI MORE. Mi).
Or any of "-ir re. alar e-tablislied a uncies.
Oct. -s. 1 s* I 6m.
1 )ric*< ‘ 1 jist
OF
II. WASKKYS
FURNITURE WAREHOOMS,
\ . x t; u > , X'r vltim • i > • r,
MA' TTVOIIK.
XV\I.J. CIF V'fI!K!i Si ITS .§65.00 to S'iOO
I* v .i . •• .. 60.0 a to 500
i n . : \». i > ■ . . -1 f» tn leo
!. 1)' i'i OS .... . 3..VI to 1 Ail
>; ,. vt s . I*"
\\ \ - .. VXDS. 2.00 to .it>
LOrXT.ES . 5.001 i t"
KOCKKKS l."-'t» 30
I ! . i > OK >!IM.l:t'Alil)S 2D.'- ' • ’>
. k.toti
11 tiling,
Pillow*, 1! >1; tcra, at
COM E A.M> SEK I S.
I' . u.b.-r 7.1—1 y.
GKO. AW I’OY.
(Xyster 1 ’ticker,
• v,\. to »£ /ley.
a»;. t> DolUngswortli Street,
15 A I.Ti M OK K. Ml*.
<*, J iltteiiJtd In, *1 nd
1 i I'll* YTK’ 1»I S .I.s,
r I Nil AT Old. 1. _* K .. ii a:. I Well TriedJU-tnv
- !i • i can - J by a
DI.'IIASEI) L1YE1J,
• ' ■ the niily M. J
a. >y ti people, ubr*
; tj *. Our pit -ent obi ct
,p t *t b i. . i ot ?" ,'iciii a Mi ung. and
t. 8 x!. i UttHUS.
OD M I s \ IIEIM.
IMPOKTKUS. DISTILLERS
« ISrantlirs. lYiur*. (■iti*,
, V ! I \ S r i' r.
i:ai.tk;;)R", mi>.
March U. 1M0- 2.V.
Hwv Your Furniture Direct
1 'l*Oti'l tIn• M:i!iil(':ictil 1*C1‘»
am* savi: ri:ii ckxt.
1
. - S HE wm/Bb -
NEW \\n 1 i •. A \ T KALI. MOCK VOW
in vi»v at vn.\ low rmcrs, vLt
V T • I’.ir! r Suits. Rip# or llair^ -O0 Of*
Walt t ! .It Suits. M irble Top-. I a- ) no
... »
i! ! I’a • d Cottage S ut*,coin V il» on
••• > *
A*. i; : j■ • lit .ui ty of lilt.I! COST work.
•• V t: ;• t > v. lit tt til ■-■ who onlv v l.sll
1 st ir 11,1st2—r.
\\rM. K< H 1 L,
WATCHES, JEWELRY, AMO
WATl'ii MATI.Ill U.S,
11 ]»;iltimorc.
\1?-,. i hu> ! t Ur^,• stock ,,f Cheap Jewelry and
L jc' v • -is. C untrv order? solicited.
Dei • tuber id. I '72 - Iv.
!>r. I .Ifiscot' 18. liauNon,
i ‘li a sit-iau ain 1 Suwon,
CilAlil.l^TOWX, W. VA.
Oil. at Resident , Corner < f Charles and Liberty
April 13, 1873- tf.
!)1C. \VM. \V. ISKOWN,
I’hysiciaa anil >tir:;r«it.
nlFLUS hi- Professional Service? to the citi
t- in 1 'Iv. : .tun n and vicinity.
• i : t! :• : ! r. of Mi?. A. I’. Mycr?.
A; rtl ■>, ls73 3m.
r|WCLL and Pocket Cutlery, a nice lot just re
I ccived and I ir ?alc. low. bv
DL KK A GALI.AHEK.
Mai* h 22, 187A.
hIT,AW AUK Co-’i Shell r«. lt.iv, Slraw and
Kodder Cutteli, lor «.il bv
K b.I-. • 1>L KL d GALLAHKK.
m:i; oi Isu.rifor.K t uattrrtn,.,
BALTIMORE,
K EEP constantly on hind a very elegant 05
soi tment of
DIAMONDS.
FIXE JEWELRY.
AND KLKOAXT SILVER WAUL.
l’ATEK. IMHLIITE A CO.
.1 CI.ES .1 CliUEXSKX,
And the Celebrated
LEMON WATCHES,
Vi.I, mar.v.ftt'-’nred exj*res.-ly to oar order, and
rantvi iveentlrr satllfaction.
ti i. W. v> : BU a c O.
.March 1. IsT 1 lr.
L Ol NTAIN IIOTEL,
Cam to \ v n :■ 11 uw a it e Streets,
\ p Camden Station and 1!. A 0. It. It. Dej'Ot,
I 5:i! I i n»oi*4* 3Iju*vl:m<l.
/ l:\H N T to tin- 1»-|-ots of all the Soiitli
i. ru and W .'inn Railroads and Steamboat
i at ltugs, -1 in g Hack hire. St ««i < 'or* i .1 1
• v live iiiinut- • convoy mg |>a>#enj;ers toalboc
tioi. of the (Tit .. making it a- convenient as any
If:. 1 i 11 1: .111111 i. • r ■ ■. All the A|*i>oint : t-ntf oft his
. . : ■ 1 1 - ...»‘ i ‘ 1: :: ^1 1: < •"
house i» supplied with the National Fire Kscape,
ai th.- lixtiiiguislui. Wat r eonvti.i. nco on
. < rv Floor. ' It. SHARE, rroprietor.
Si-Vt. 2/71.
31:insiou 1 Louse ! lot ol.
-i
X. V.’.Oiust.u F.vvktti .vSr. 1'ai'i.Sti:j;i;vs
Opposite BarnumV City Hold,
DAI.T1M015K, HD.
hAAC Al.liKKTNOA, Proprietor.
rl (‘rms Sl..“>o pt*r Dity.
Jiutc 15, ltiiO-(Jm.
HERMAN !!.t XX. JOHN STIEBTZ.
i}] 11 \ 11< ‘ Si ici*i z.
MAM’FACT MU KS OF
Gilt. Imitation. Rosewood.
' K!-ny, Walnut, and Every Kind of .
(’.Ml, KUO.M AND COU.N ICL MOl LDIXGS,
J’ort rait and
lMiMurr I’minos,
Healers in
1 K; Nv.il MlKliOK- AND GI-'.L -I AX LOOKING
LASS I'LATLS.
Krauu Re-(lilted at the west Kite?.
S L Corner . f Howard and 1'avette Streets. 2nd
'
/yt,I,', r« > illfiml It to tin ir n.U-anta-jt to cullht/ore
),nr< Aa.iay 11»< '■ -rt.
1’,-brwarv S, 1 !»""■— y.
HEMO VAL.
A I VT1IKKS A CO., MI KCIIANT TAlLOKS.
VI karst No. t No.32NORTH
t corner of Lexington,
w here thev will e .ntiiiue th ■irbusine.-sasformer
' •>, with a’wtli . — it dst ek <>f Choice aud S'a
■ i iLI. GOODS, which they will be pleased to
make up to oi 1-r, and iu tK me t approved style,
.U model ate j11 ires.
March 1.5, l'TJ-ly.
C1IA ISLES HEIN,
man: fa' irum or
■ IonvgIi’V and Silvci* \\ ai*c,
No. SI Lexixuiox Srr.trr,
Between Charles ar.d Liberty) „
BALTIMORE.
All kind* of IT: :r Jewelry made to order. Jew
li v and Watch -repaired iu the Best Style uud
it the L• ’■ >t puce.-.
I’.ut cular attention riven te Country cr
ier?.
February 6,1ST.';-—y.
EM ME1J T .v CO.
Wholesale Dealers Iti
Fine Rye Whiskies,
And Importers Of
Wines, 1 > ran dies,
&c., iVc.
Xo. 2t;s W. err Stbllt,
Dec. 7, lsTJ-Iy. CALT1M0IIE.
/ J / J I > L .L .l • » tn
UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS
A SD
G-oltl and Silver Medals
WT'ERE awarded to C1IAS. M. STIKFF. for
\> the best PIANOS in competition with all
the leading Manufacturer* ol the country.
OFFICE AND WAKFKOOMS,
\cv. t( X. Liberty St., Baltimore, Maryland.
The superiority of the Uuriralled StielT Piano
Forte, is conceded by all who have compared it
with others. In their New Grand Square Scale,
7 }* Octave*, the manufacturer ha* sue •<>« ded iu
making the most perfect l’iftno Forte j ossible.
Price* will be found us reasonable as consistent
with thorough workmanship.
A large assortment of Second Hand Pianos al
way s on hand, from $75 to $300.
We are agents for the celebrated llui dett Cabi
net Parlor and Church Organs, nil alvles and pri
ces. t • suit every one, guaranteed to be fully eijual
to any made.
Send for I firs* re ted catalogue containing the
names of < er t.oOO Southcrnei s. i 500 of whom
ure Virginian*, two hundred North Caroliniaue,
one hundred and fity Fast Tenin ,-sn ans, and o
thers throughout the South.) who have bought
the StielT Piano since the close of the w ar.
July l.J, 1873—yearly. April 10, 1 ‘>73.
If. IS. KISKKiiUANDT,
Importer and Manufacturer of
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
STIMXsTG s,
78 li vLTMoti: SritrKr,
Feb. S. 1873—y. BALTIMORE.
G. TJ ! A'L'El l,
Importer and Dealer in
Coal Oil Lani] s, Chimr.eya, Lcnternr,
... ... . ,. i. ■ i,i• i• oil i nr u’l/’Ve
lJiirn TK. Brn.-hs. Collar*. Britannia Ware, ('«#
t.ir^. Waiters, Table Cutlery, $ tone and Earthen
Ware at Factory price#, «C c.,
\,i. illI{v m,vkk Srtur, Between Pratt and
l mbard, BALTIMORE.
February 8. i<7 ' — V.
THE -OLD ESTABLISHED
(y/lciaalqffiioineM (£cllcac
OF AMERICA. “
THE
dtftjfau/, yiur&m <f' 0(u//cl
SOUTHERN
<
No. S N Charles Street,
BAL TI MORE, MD.
Organized and Derat'd Entire’,j to r,(paring
l/oung and c.Htdd(c qdgedalien
1 TO REGIME TBOKODCH
fPt\i ct ica l M cec::: it an is
A Ml
Off' / v// '
OVER 2500 YOUNG MEN
most the
SOUTHERN ST. I TES
GRADUA TED at this INSTITUTION, ami
are wee Billine Responsible anil lr rat II'c 1 tuitions in
the Trading 'BAALS AAD Bl'SJAESS HOCsES if
''"there 'ARE NO VACATIONS. Students can
enter at any time.
Special Individual Instruction an t success guaran
teed Send for College Documents and splendid Spect
40,:ens of Penmanship. Enclose tu*o Postage Stamps.
Add, ess all Communications to
II. It 8 ll‘l I It. Pn rt.
Southern Business College, Baltimore, Lid.
Feb. 8. 1*73—ly.
GUKS.
SI XCr 1 ,K GUNS,
At $2 :.o, no, si ;.o, $'. oo. so oo, $s oo, $lo oo,
$12 00 to $20 00.
1 >< H'HI.K GUNS.
$i; (Ml, $7 .Mi, <10 i;0, $12 Oft. Sl.'i lift. $20 00, $2.'i 00
$.;o 00, $10 00, $7)0 00 to $77. 00.
LKKKCll-LOADING DOEULK (il.'XS,
At $10 00, $1.00, $ .0 no. $00 oil, <7', 00, S'.o Oil,
$110 00, $120 00 to $700 00.
1 » 1 \ V
Smith Sr We -on. Colt'*. Allen's, Sh rp’f, Whit
ney apd other kinds,
AT MAXI KACTL’KKBS' J’KICES.
\Rii:iuiiitioi> <V Im
K 'i Breech-loading Gun', at a small advance on
<,,i Importation. Metallic Ammunition for
Hide* anti l’i.-tols at Booitt maiket price*. A
complete assortment of all Spot ting Goo ; l’i ices
and Description sent "ii appl ea*io:i.
G, "•!- shipped hv 1.1 pi e --. C. (). D.
DO' l.'l M.V, TKlMlfl.K A CO.
Inniorter*,
No. W. Baltimore St.. BABTl.MOKK.
Bichatd'.-, Dougal’*. Ur. oner's, Scott's. Hiid
other celebrated make of guns on hand and import
ed t" ordi r.
September 21. 1*72— ly.
W. D. 1! \U!. -:TT. JESSE T. HIGGINS.
llAliR KIT & I Ilfi ii IX
WHOLESALE I’EAt.EHS IV
HATS, CAPS,
AND
STRAW ^ GODS,
No. 215 Baltieokb Sr.,
White Marble Building, BABTIMClAr
A complete Stock of Goods kept always on hand,
suited to the Valley Trade. Older* solicit-d and
u ill he promptly and faithfully attended to.
January 10, lsf>7.
PPKPAPKIA ) 1 i WI XT HR.
THE CUEABEST AND BEST
ST< >YKS AX1 > TIXW AKE
In Baltimore, are to lie obtained at
IISIIKRS,
No. ' 1 X. Gay S r , OrresiTB 1! u:tu- u<■ir the
Lridj■,
BALTIMORE, MI).
INVERT j lar rat.ern of COOK 1NG and
HEATING STO\ K, and all the artici. • of
TI N W A HE, generally used by In i f ki epor*. ke; t
ronstantlv on l and. 1*rices reasonable: C.ill and
e amice our goods end hear our pri -es. These
•ecure purchase.
Nor. b, 1 ** • "J- ly.
Collection Hepot.
r|WIE Clurleftown Depot. Winchester A Stras
| burg Branch of the B. A O. Railroad, ha*
been made a Collection Depot. Freights w ill here
after be collected at Charlestown, instead, as here
tofore, at tba points from which shipment* art
made. All person* receiving freight on and after
August 1st 1*72, will be required to pay for the
^aiiie before removal. J. I). STARKE .
Aug. 3,1872. Agent*
TIIE LAST SUPPER.
“Anil when they had sung a bvmn they went out
into the Mount of Olives.
What song safig the twelve with the fin^loT
When finished the Sacrament nine?
Were thev bowed and subdued in behavior,
Or bold as made bold with a sign ?
Were the hairy boasts strong and defiant.’
Were the naked arms brawny and strong?
Were the bearded lips lifted reliant,
Thrust forth aud full sturdy xx ith song ?
What sang they? What sweet song <>f Zion,
With Christ In their midst like a crown
While here sat Saint Peter, the lion;
Aud there, like a lamb, with head doxvy,
Sat Saint John, with his silken and rfiveu
Rich hair on his shoulders, and eyes
Lifting unto the faces unshaven
Like a sensitive child in surprise.
Was the song as strong fishermen swinging
Their nets full of hope to the sea ?
Or low, like the ripple wave, singing
Sea-songs on their loved Galilee?
Were they sad with foreshadow* of sorrows,
Like the birds that sine low when the breeze
Is tip toe with a tale of to morrow*—
Of earthquakes and sinking of teas-?
Ah ! soft was their song as the wax s are
That fall in loxv musical moans;
And fail 1 should say as the winds are
That bloxv by the white gravestone*.
ALL THE BIRDS SIMi IN Tl NIL
All the birds they sing in tune,
0 lu art, keep beating time
For the world is full of Juuc,
Aud life is in its prime.
All the clouds float soft aud white
In a skv serenely blue ;
Peace and Hope sit left wd right
Those friends are tried and tiue.
Ring loud, O ioybell, sweet and clear,
i hem t, no longer roam :
The best of life is noxv and here
lu the atmosphere ot home.
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
Charlestown, JclFerson Co., V,r. Ya.
... *i Tvt'L'iMKnv him ”
Saturday, July 5, 1S73.
Deferred Articles.
Tbo Federal Debt from 1857 to 1871.
The following is a daten.cnt of the outstand
ing jnincijitfl of the national debt at the dose
of each financial year bir.ee 1S.77, taken from
the report of the Secretary of the lrcasury,
December the 4th, 1871, page 13:
July 1, ls.57.S 2x,f,99.631 65
Julv I. 1M5S. 44.till,681 03
julv l’ 1959. 13,496.637 sS
Julv 1, 1SII0. Ii4.x43.2b7 xs
.lull 1, lxtil. ‘10,5x0,973 72
.lull I, lxti2. 594,176,412 1
.| u I v 1. 1S63. 1.119,771.138 63
Julv 1, 1X64. 1,818.7x6,370 '>7
July 1, 1x6). 2,680.647,869 7’
.lull I, lx.;.:. 2.773,236,173 6V
July 1, 1867. 779,121,105 87
July I, I Mix. 2,611.6x7,851 19
Julv 1, 1x69. 2,588,452,213 93
Julv 1, 1x70 . 2,4X0,672.427 xl
July- 1, 1x71. 2,3 •3,213,333 32
Fecundity of Fishcc.
The Siiailific America.i says : it is said that
probably abrnt i><l,(i00,000 or 70,000,000 cod
fi.,h are lakeu fr->m the si i annually around
the sh<>rc.- of Newfoundland. Hut even that
quantity seems sindl when v.a consider that
; the ci d yields something like 3,500,000 eggs
| each season, and that even 8,000,000 have been
1 f..mid in the roc of a single cod. • Hher fi-h,
though not equaling the c>>d, arc wonderfully
productive. A herring, six or seven ounces in
weight, i provided with about 30,000 "va.—
After making all reasonable allowances fur the
destruction of <ggs and of the young, it his
been calculat 1 that ii. t! r? • years a. ingle pair
ofberring would produce 154,000,000. Hulfon
sai l, that if a pair of Herrings were left to
breed and multiply undisturbed for a period ..I
twenty y ears, they would yield a fish bulk
equal to the gh.be on which we live. The Cod
far surpasses the herring in fecundity. Were
it not that va-t numbers of the eggs were de
stroyed, fish would so multiply as to lill the
waters completely.
Training a Ileifer.
i >ws usually become addicted to kicking
when heifers from being milked by abusive
milkers. I havo never seen an old cow he-|
Colitc a kicker unless nhii> d. Instead of cows
being avcise to being milked when giving a
large quantity, I have ever found it the reverse.
When pasturage is g . .1, and cows come home
at night with milk, our ‘'down Mist” cows
seem grateful to have :t removed. Milking a
heifer fur fb .,r.-t tdr.c requires natience. f >r
they trill almost invariably kick.- In such a
case put a broad strap round her 1 dy, ju>t
front of the udder and buckle it up moderately
tight, and so soon r.s she g» t> quiet ,for she
will dance around a littlo at first ', take your
pail, r it down and g i to milking, for she is
as helpless as a kitten. Do not attempt t"
use a rope instead of a . t;«.p, f<*r it will not an
swer. This iS a much better method than
tying the leg*, as it docs not hurt the animal
in the !ea;t. A few applications of tiie strap,
with plenty of patience and kindness, will
cure the most obstinate ease.—Jitiral Ilona:.
Female Loveliness.
Do you think von can make a girl lovely if
you do not make her happy. There is not one
restraint you put on a good girls’s nature—
tln-rc is not one check you give to her instincts
of affection or <>f effort—which is all lire mot;
paiuf il because it takes away tie Liiglituv. s
from the eyes of innocence, and charm from
tjicbrowof virtue. The perfect lovliness of a
witra.ui’s countenance can only consist in the
majestic peace which » found in the memory
of happy and useful years, full of sweet re
cord.-: and fnm the joining of this with that,
yet more majestic childishucs?, winch still
full of change and premi e opening al ways,
Z. 'dr.it at on e and bright with hope of belter
things to be won and to bo bestowed. There
an old age where there is still that promise—
it is eternal youth.
“Toll me, Apple Blossom -,
IIow vour robe* were made :
Did the fairies weave them
In th>* grassy glade.
Out of threads of sunshine,
On a magic loom —
1’aint them with the morning,
Dip them in perfume?”
Why .]•> honest ducks dip their heads under
uatci ' Tu liquidate their little bills.
I had never seen liiui before. He brotijht
letters of introduction from mutual friends in
San Francisco, anil by invitation I breakfasted
with him. It was almost religion, there kt the
silver mines, to precede suoh a meal with wh.s
ky cocktails. Artcmus, with the true cosmo
politan instinct, always deferred to the cu-toms
ajf the country he was in, and so he ordered
three of those abominations. ITingstou was
prescut. I am a match for nearly any bever
age you can mention except whisky cocktail,
and therefore I said 1 would rather not drink
one. I said it would go right to my head and
coufusc me so that I would lo in a helpless
U:.gle in ten minutes. I did not want to act
like a lunatic before -strangers, but Artcmus
gently insisted, end 1 drank the treasonable
mixture under protest* and felt ah the time
that 1 was doing a thing that might he sorry
for. In a minute or two I h'egau to imagine
that my ideas were clouded. I waited in great
anxiety for the conversation to open, with a
sort of vague hope that my understanding
would prove clear, after all, and my misgiv
ings prove groundless.
Artcmus dropped an unimportant remark or
two, and then assumed a look of superhuman
cam:, tncss and made the following astound*
ing speech, lie said :
"Now, there is one thing I ought to ask you
about before I forget it. You have been hero
at ijilverland—here in Nevada—two or three
years, and, of course, your position on the dai
ly press has made it necessary f »r you to go
down in the mines and examine them careful
ly in detail, and therefore you know all about
the silver mining business. Now, what I want
to get at is—is, well the way deposits of ore
are iinuso, you Know, i or ;n: wnc. .*<u»,
1 understand it, the veiu which contains the
silver is sandwiched in between castings of
granite, and runs along the ground, and sticks
up like a curlstoue.
Well, take a veiu forty feet tl.iclt, for exam
ple, or eighty, fur that mattt r, or even a hun
dred—say you go down on it with a abaft,
straight down, you know, or with what you
call the ‘inclines,’ maybe you go down five
hundred feet, or maybe you don’t g > down but
two hundred feet, any way you go d iwn, and
all the time lids vein grows narrower, when tin
castings come nearer or approach each other,
you may say, that is when they do approach,
which of course they do n t always do, | artic
ularly in eases where* the nature ol the (urina
tion is such that they stand apart wider than
they otherwise would, and which geology has
failed to account for, although everything in
that science goes to prove that, all thing* be
ing equal, it would if it did not, or would not!
certainly If it did, aud theu of course they are.
Do uot you think il is .' ’
I said to myself: ‘ Now, T ju*t knew h nv it
would be—that cusced whi.-ky cocktail has
done the business forme ; 1 don’t understand
any more than a clam. And then I said
aloud, “I—I—that is—if you don't mind,
would you—would you say that over again ?
I ought-"
“(>, certainly, certainly ! \ ou see i am v. -
ry unfamiliar with the subject, and perhaps I
don't present my case clearly, but 1-”
“ No. no—no, no—you state in plain enough,
hut that vile cocktail has muddled me a little.
Ilut I will—no, 1 do understand, for that
matter; but I Wuiild get the hang of it all the
better if you went over it again—and I'll pay
better attention this time.”
lie said: “Why, what I was after, was
this.” [ Here he became even more fearfully
impressive than ever, aud emphasized each par
ticular point by checking it off on Ids linger
ends.] “ This vein, or lode, or ledge, or w hat
ever you call it, runs along between twy layers
of granite, just the same as if it were a sand
wich. Very well. Now, suppose you go
down on that, say a thousand feet, or maybe
twelve hundre 1, it don't really matter,) l>cfore
you drift; and then you start your drifts, some
of them across the ledge, nod others along the
length of it, where the sulpb.urcts—I believe
they call them sulphurcts, though why they
should, considering that, t.u far as 1 can sec, the
.. . .. .1. ..... Ini . .1 n innr rliiAft tn.f tux
some suppose, br.t in which it canoot lie suc
cessfully maintained wherein the rume should
not continue, while part an 1 parcel of the same
ore not committed to either in the sense referred
to, whereas, under different circumstances, the
most experienced among us could not detect it
if it " ere, or might overlook it if it did, or scorn •
the very idea of such a thing, even though it
were palpably demonstrated as such. Am 1
not right?”
I said sorrowfully ; “ I feel ashamed of my
self, Mr. Ward, I know I ought to under
stand you perfectly well, Lut you soo that in
fernal whisky cocktail has got into my head,
and now I cannot understand even the simplest
proposition. I told you how it would he/'
“0, don't mind it, d n't mind it the fault
was my own, no doubt—t’ /h I did think it
dear, enough for-”
"Don’t say a word. Clear! Why, you
stated it as clear as the sun to anybody but an
abject idiot, but it’s that confounded cocktail
that has played the mischief/'
“ No, now don’t say that, i’ll Legiu all
ever again, and—•—
"Don’t r.ovv—for goodness’ sake don’t do
anything of the kind, because 1 tell you my
head is in snch a condition that I don’t believe
1 could understand the most tritiing question ..
tnau could a-k roc."
” Now, don’t you ho afraid. I’ll put it so
plain this time that you can’t help but get the
haug of it. We will begin at the very begin
ning.” [Leaning far across the table, with
determined impressiveness wrought upon hi.-,
every feature, and fingers prepared to keep
tally of each point aseuumcrated ; and 1, lean
ing forward with painful interest, resolved to 1
comprehend or perish.] “ You know the vein,
the ledge, the thing that contains the metal, j
whereby it coiiotitutca the medium between all
foinier against the latter, or tho latter against
the former, or all, or both, or C"u.pio«iiMi.g as
possible the relative differences existing within
the radius whencecuulminate the several de
grees of similarity to which
I slid : *• 0, blame nty wooden hoad4 it ain’t
any use '—it ain’t any u>e to try—I can’t un
derstand anything. The plainer you get it t!.o
more I can't get the hang of it. ’
I heard a suspicious. n>>isc behind me, ami
turned in time to see liiugst<>n dodging h hind
a newspaper, and quaking with a gentle ecsta
sy of laughter. I looked at Ward again, and
he had thrown off his dread solemnity and was
laughing also. Then I saw that I had b. u
sold—that I had been made the victim of a
swindle io the way of a string of plausildy
.worried sentences that didn’t mean anything
under thesun.
Artcmus Ward was one of the best fellows
in the world, and ot:o uf the most companiona
ble. It has been said that he was not iluent
iu conversation, but, with the above experi
ence in my mind, 1 differ.
Number of Eggs that u lien can Lay.
We copy the following item, which has boon,
for a long time, going the rounds of tho agri
cultural press, showing how little scientific at
tention hat. been ordinarily bestowed upou tho
subject of poultry-keeping. It has been as
certained that the ovarium of a fowl is comp >»ed
of 000 ovules of eggs ; therefore a bon, during
the whole of her life, cannot possibly lay over
coo eggs which iu tho natural course are dis
tributed ou r nine years, iu the following pio
portion:
Sec.util " '• .Umto II!*
Ti.ird “ “ ..130 to i:tr»
Fourth “ • “ .. 100 billS
Fifth “ “ 00 to w>
£*ixth " ** .. t<* (MJ
Seventh 44 44 35 t • 40
Kiglith ** “ IS to 20
Ninth “ “ I tj lo
It follows that it would not bo profitable to
keep lies . after th.ir fourth y. ir, as t! j ro
duco will not pay for tin ir I; tj ing except
when they are of u valiubic and scarce breed.
To begin with, wo may d iuU the p risibility
of making an accurate i •tint of tho uumber
of ovisacs in tl:e ovaries, or of affirming that
no new ones make their appearance out of
minute germs or cells iu tho course of the life
of thy hen. In the next pla o such u limita
tion must lure a reference to the actual consti
tution of the fowl and this either in it s wild
or tame cooditi >n. If to the former, the num
ber of ovisacs, even if definitely ascertained,
can have no connection whatever with tho
habit of tho hen, siuCO she lays iu a wild state
only as many eggs as she can cover; if to tho
tame fowl, it i.-> strange to find so definite a rule
laid down for an animal that is, in the highest
degree, of an artificial character, and whose
nature is, in many points, constantly being ic
nude.— The Toullnj U’o/YT.
Woman 'a Incompleteness.
Woman i. never complete. .' restless night
undoes the beauty of the day , Minshino blurs
the evanescent coloring of her ch ck , frost nip*
tho tender outlines of ]<er kico into sudden
harshness. Caro ploughs its lines across her
brow ; motherhood destroys the clastic liglit
ness o( lnr form; the bits*m of Iter check, tho
quiclk fiasli of l»er eye, fa'les and vauishes a->
the years go hy. J tut v.omuo is still true b>
her ideal. Shu won’t know wlm she . . beat
en, and ehe manages to steal fresh vi.t'.ric.
even iu her defeat. She invent. new concep
tions of womanly grace; »lie rallies ut forty
and fronts us with llio beauty of womanhood ;
slie makes a last stand at sixty, w itli tho beau
ty of age. .She falls like . ar, wrapping her
mantle around—“ buried iu woolen! 'iwould a
saint provoke.” 1 loath listens pitifully to Um
longings of a lifetime, and the wrinkle.] faco
smiles with something of the ^prcltioecs of
eighteen.
Once upon a time some r.sidcnt up.ru the
treatment by it* officers in the matten.f a slain
cow or an over-charge on freight. Thereafter
Lu persisted in refusing to Luy a ticket at the
ticket-office, and invariably paid his faro on
the train, a proceeding which involved an ex
tra ten cents on each occasion.
As he was almost a daily pa. *eng- r this pro
-ceding excited the curiosity of the conductor,
who one day said :
“ Why don’t you buy your ticket ut the of
fice 7 It would save you money and me .1 deal
of trouble."
‘ 1 dare say," said the passenger, looking up
lrjly, “ but I’ve got a spite against this com
pany, and I’ve taken an oath ti<at they’ll never
sec a cent of my nr ney '"
A little girl, whoh.nl grert kindness of heart
for all the animal creation, saw u hen prepar
ing to gather her chickens under her skeltcr
mg wings, and shouted earnestly, “ Oh ! don’t
:it down on those beautiful little birds, you
Sreat ugly oh! rooster !"
A grocer asked an artist, > sculpture <'.i(h
:ult ?" The artist replic 1, “ Why, ble.u you,
no. You have only to take a 11 *k of marble,
i mallet, anti a chisel,.and knock off all the
marble you don’t want.”
A Michigander recently married a female
:’ortugues, and now people arc wondering what
will come n*-xt.
A country newspaper shaking of a blind
fiddler, saj s: “ Although he can’t see he can
saw."
At what time of life may a man be said to
belong to the vegetable kingdom? When
experience has made him wjn.
"Lazy folks take the most pains !” An ac
tive man who has had the rheumatism doubt*
this.
Thu most bashful girl Cv< r heard of was the
>oung lady who blusher! when r-lie was asked
f ol o had not been courting sleep.