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THANKSGIVING.
"Have you cat the wheat in tht bio win,i
fields,
The barley, the oats, and the rye?
The golden corn and the pearly rice!
For the winter days and nigh."
"We have reaped them all from shore t
shore,
And the grain is safe on the threshing floor.'
-Have you gathered the berries from th
vines,
And the fruit from the orchard trees?
Th? dew and the see tit from t:ie rose am
thyme
In the hive of the honey bees?"
"The peach and the plum and the apples ar
ours,
And the honeycomb from the scented flow
ers."
The wealth o( the snowy cotton-field
And the gift of the sugar-cane,
The savory herb and the nourishing root,
There has nothing been given in vain.
W# have gathered the harvest from shore t
6hore,
And the measure is full and running o'er."
Then lift up the head with a song!
And lift up the hands with a gift I
tV>a onoiant; envor of ftll
The spirit in gratitude lift:
For the joy and the promise of spring,
For the hay and the clover sweet,
The barley, the rye, ani the oats.
The rice and the corn and the wheat,
The cotton and sugar and fruit,
The flowers and the fine honeycomb,
The country, so fair and so free,
The blessing and glory of home.
Thanksgiving! thanksgiving I .Uianksgiv
tag!"
Joyfully, gratefully call
To God, the "Preserver of men,"
The bountiful Father of all.
?Amelia E. Barr.
AUNT~ HANNAH'S WAY
A THANKSGIVING SKETCH.
' What is Jane doing now?" asked Mrs
Harding, looking up from the pie-crus
the was crimping.
"Laughing," replied Aunt Hannah
curtly, ''and she always is laughing now
adays. What does make that girl laugl
?o much?"
"I hadn't noticod it," said Mrs. Hard
ing; ''in fnct, I have been so busy lately
I haven't had time to notice. But I'n
{;lad if she is any happier. A week o
wo ago she seemed very sad, and I fount
her a number of times just at nightfal
Itanding out under the willow trees nea
the water-drain, crying."
Just then Samantha Heath, the hire(
girl, gave a queer little cry, half betweei
a cough and a sneeze, and as Mrs. Hard
ing turned around, she caught her maid
?f-all-wcrk with an unmistakable grin 01
her broad face.
"Well, Samantha," she questioned
lather sharply, ''didn't I remark to yoi
-1 x T 1
mi me lime suuui iibmc o iuh B|nu?t
"Yes'm," replied Samantha, with th(
corners of her mouth drawing up, anc
the corners of her eyes drawing down, a
he kept on chopping her mince - pi<
meat.
"Well, then?"
"Oh nothing,' said Samantha, "onlj
Jane i'b mostly merry or sad, as the ole
gong goes, according to tfte mood oi tn<
girl in the story she is reading. Theon<
now is a girl with very red lips and whit<
teeth. It stems to suit Jane, for herlip;
1 ate amazing red, and her teeth are a:
white as a dog's teeth. Of course sh<
overdoes it, but that is natural, I sup
pose."
Mrs. Harding looked at Samantlia with
ominous little red spots showing them
lelves on her vet fair face.
" Do you mean to tell mc that my onlj
daughter is so simple?"
"Nothiug simple about it, I'm sure,'
interrupted the hired girl. "It's thi
fact. Jane tells me about it every da^
when I go up to do the chamber-work
the girl must have something to occupj
her mind, and she don't have any worl
to do."
" That's just it,''said Aunt Hannah
interrupting in her turn, "just the secret
Bhe don't have anything to do, and th(
fcir's ought to be busy. Now she migh
Just as well be chopping that mincc-mcat
or paring those apples, or crimping thosi
pics, as any one else."
'Jane never has been very well, yoi
know, Aunt Hannah."
"She has always been made to thin!
he wasn't," replied Aunt Hannah
44 What Jane needs now is exercise. I
she was a romp, I could stand it; but fo
a great, tall, healthy and hearty girl lik<
her to sit in her chamber hour after hour
and 10. k and read novels?"
4"Susette' in the'Sweet Swans o
Savoy' always sat in her chamber,'* sai<
Samatha; "and most all the story-bool
girls do. They always 'go to their owi
rooms.' "
44 They'd go to the kitchen were thei
my girls," muttered Aunt Hannah.
441 am sare Janev is not in her roon
now,'' said Mrs. Harding triumphantly
" Yon just said she was laughing. ''
"No; of course she was not in he
room then," replied Samautha. ''The
rirl in the last book she got from th<
library goes out and takes a "quiet wall
with a happy smile on her lips.' "
Good Mrs. Harding was really angr
bow. The red spots on her cheeks deep
ened to canniue, as Jane came slowb
md steadily up the walk, with a book ii
her hand.
"Look at that girl's stilted, unnatura
walk!" exclaimed Aunt Hannah. "A
her age she ought to come with a ski]
and a jump, as unconcious of her feet a
a bird is of its wings. What book havi
joudherc, Jane? Let me see, it please,'
went on Aunt Hannah, as the young git
entered the large, neat kitchen.
Jane unwillingly handed it over, witl
a sickly smile.
"Humph!" said Aunt Hannah
""Where are you going, dear?"
"To my room," replied Jane, with
mil* hmftdnr und sicklier than the firs
one, "when you are through with ni
book," and she leaned her shoulde
languidly against the door, clapped he
slim, white hands in front of her, an
looked through the window away to tli
nrsset hills, with a 9inile that showed hi
white, even teeth, still resting upon he
face.
Aunt Hannah and Samantha exchange
plances and smiles. Mrs. Harding sai
it, aud said, in a peremptory tone:
"Jane, go up stairs, braid up you
bair, take off that ridiculous bow froi
lh(.' top of your head, put on your even
day boots and an apron, and then com
down into the kitchen and wash tip th
baking dishes."
June slowly turned around, gave li<
fond mother a most withering loot
which was copied as nearly as possibl
from a character in the story she ha
read a few days before, and returned, i
a scornful tone:
"Wash the baking dishes! iMc! Wh
cannot Saroantha do it? I never washe
bakinar dishes in my life!"
"Time you had,"' said Aunt Ifannal
who had tucked the book under h<
apron and gone on with her npplo-parin*
:ino went up-stairs to hor room, hi
* .
quite forgot to come down again; and
Samantha washed up the dishes.
i "Just as I told you," said the hired
girl to Aunt Hannah. "She won't do i
auything but read those foolish stories
from the circulating library at the drug
store, and then act out the characters
0 they tell about." '
It was Thanksgiving time. Guests
n had been invited, and there was everything
to do. There had always been
9 just such times at the farmhouse ever
since Jar.e could remember; but she had
never assisted. She was the onlydiiugh- |
1 ter, and had been brought up in the use- (
less way that many of the only daughters f
are brought up in, in the homes of far- ,
- rrtArs flvpn. where mistaken mothers
often say:
"My girls shall have the easy times (
that I have missed in my life."
The next morning Aunt Hannah said
to Samantha, privately: J
"Don't you want to go home to ,
Thanksgiving, my good girl?'1 (
"Yes, ma'am, the very worst way,"
o quickly said the faithful domestic. "My
brother's folks have writen for me, and
there's to be a big family gathering; but
I can't go."
"You shall go, and what's more you
shall sray two weeks," said Aunt Hannah,
resolutely, "and your wages shall
go on all the same. Say to Mrs. Harding
to-night that you must go. Jane shall
do your work."
"Oh, she can't!"
"She can and she shall,"said Aunt
Hannah. "I will put my shoulder to the
wheel. Don't you worry now; just give
out that you must go home this year."
j So, just after the mail came in, Sa..
manthasaid to her mistress:
"I want to go home to Thanksgiving
awfully." ,
"You ought to go," put in Aunt Hannah.
"You shall go to-morrow, and be
? e?l ? ' ?Ui. T mill ?\n*r tiAiir ro 11. |
gone ft lunujyui,. j. nm JJUJT jvm ??.?
road fare."
' But what shall we do?" said Mrs.
Harding, looking really appalled. "It
' i is impossible to hire help at this season; ]
and there's no time to look for any,
! either." ,
j "I am here, dear sister," said Aunt
| Hannah?as if that covered all grounds
I of objection?"and Jane shall help. I
I will hire her as ray assistant, and pay her J
' three dollars a week?and the work will ^
* i do her good."
xj Jane was not consulted; to be sure; j
; but she did not dare rebel against good, .
i whole-souled Aunt Hannah, who was a
^ person ?>t consequence in the family,
1 being a childless widow with consid- !
[ erable means at her own disposal. Sa- '
: mantha went, and Jane took her place. J
"Oh, I am to be dish washer," saia
r Aunt Hnnn?h ?<? .T?ne reluctantly went
, toward the sink the morning of the hired \
* girl's departure. "You know how to (
11 wash dishes well enough, I dare say, al"
: though there is a right way as well as a ,
* j wrong way to wash dishes, but you will |
j learn by seeing me. I can wash dishes !
; and at the same time give directions
?' about the work you are to do. Kowyou
1 , will mix the bread first."
I "I don't know how."
' | "Time you did, and I will tell you all (
I about it, dear. Sister Harding, put the ,
s rooms to rights, make the beds, and see
i to the milk; you are the 'second girl,'re- .
member. Jane and I are the cooks. I i
intend that on Thanksgiving Day every
[ j article of food that goes on to the table
* j shall have been prepared by our Jane."
| j Jane opened her eyes in unaccustomed ,
5 : surprise, and her lips for wondering
5 speech. But Aunt Hannah, with smiles 1
' and good nature, talked so fast that the
II young girl found no chance to reply.
5 1 "Vnii arnon i ntplliorf?n t ftml ft nrettV COn
" ! acicntious girl," went on the good aunt; 1
! "you are as stong as many girls in your
1 | position: your appetite is good, and you
I are capable?" Jane opened her lips
again, but Auut Hannah reiterated?
f 1-you arc young, capable and hearty. No
, matter what station in life you may be
calkd to fill, you want to know how to
3 cook and how to do all kinds of house'f
work in the best way."
' j Aunt Hannah, who was very entertain'
ing, and who knew a great many people,
c went on telling of this one and that one,
i and gave Mrs. A.'s rule for making
? | bread, and Mrs. B.'s recipe for a certain
kind of cake, until Jane found that even ,
3 women of culture and wealth took charge I
t | of their own households.
> ! When, that night, Farmer Harding
3 complimented his daughter's first ginger1
bread, she was agreeably surprised to find
1 how much more real satisfaction there |
was in making it than in rocking idly in i
: her chair, or standing out under the wil
lows in the attitude of a heroine, with a
' handkerchief pressed to her dewy eyes.
r | Jane was often tired at first, of course,
3 but she persevered under Aunt Hannah's
? direction and treatment. Her mother j
grew rested and young, and was told so I
J by her friends with whom she now had I
i time to visit.
c j On Thanksgiving Day, when every
1 . thing was being praised, Aunt Hannah
I tnnk orreat satisfaction in savin<r:
P j "My pupil, Janey, prepared every dish |
set before you."
1 , "I declare," said the Western uncle, [
"I declare, that's the way to bring up a :
girl, be she a merchant's, a lawyer's, or a
r farmer's."
1 Before he left the old homestead he
\ gave a bountiful sum of money to his
v brother with which to refurnish and
paint the house, embellish the parlor, ,
f build a new front fence, and last, but j
not least, to pay off an old mortgage on ^
T the farm. j s
1 i "Such a capable, industrious and J ]
' amiable girl as .Fancy,'' this uncle went I
f j on, ''deseives a house as tine as any in ,
' the village. She makes the old Harding I (
? homestead a pleasant place to come to; j g
3 and besides,she saves her mother a great j \
? deal of labor and trouble.'' s
, So Jane Harding, instead of only read- s
ing about lovely, well-kept homes and s
their presiding angels, became the light J (
a and stay of her owu mother's household, | ?
i chiefly through Aunt Hannah's judicious ! j
l* instructions.?Annie A. Preston.
a " c
t Pay of Street Car Condnctors. ;
y The pay of conductors on the street | i
,r j railways in the large cities of the East is j 1
!r as follows: | t
^ 1 On the Broadway line, in New York, j t
4Vw.v* M/i/./n t?A 4lO fA* f??ir\o /i/tti. I 1
e j 11H-J IW.U'1. V- '"1 u.c w.j.o, |
,r | sumcs about tcu hours and thirty min- , i
;r j utes. | i
j In Boston the conductor commcnees at ] i
,j $2, and according to the time he has ?
N been in the employ of the company his '
wages are raised to $2.">0 per day of
ir twelve hours.
n In Philadelphia the pay is $2 foi a
r_ twelve hours. If completing a trip re- | s
c ! quires more than twelve hours and thirty j
e minutes, the conductor gets at the rate I s
j of twenty-five cents per hour for the ex-' i
,r 1 cess time. That is to say in New York I 5
t i they receive nineteen and one-half cents. ;
le per hour; in Boston, twenty and five- j ;
' sixth cents per hour, and in Philadelphia j ;
n about seventeen cents per hour. 1
i "" " ' 1!
y j Mr. Edward Earle, of New York, has 1
d ' on hid place at Narra^anscit Pier a water j '
I tower seventy-five f<-et Iiifjh, containing j \
?, | 18,000 gallons. On the top of this tower j '
Jr I is a woo:len dragon twenty-one feet long, ! j
j. ' with spread wings measuring twelve feet i '
it from tip to tip.
AUTOMATONS.
CO
WONDERFUL PUPPETS THAT 1"
HAVE STARTLED MANKIND. ba
1*
IS
Intomatons That Did Everything pr
but Think?Iron Eagles and lit
Wooden Birds?A Remark- w]
able Trnmpetcr. ail
or
Ptzppets or marionettes were patronized 5.1
t>y both the Greeks nud Homans. and V
lutomata, which are the inventions which c
ire principally dealt with, also go back ?r
to a remote period. Vulcan's tripod on ^
wheels has the authority of Honutf', .
D.cdalus made moving statu's; Arehy tas, !n
r>f Tarontum, 400 Ii. C., invented a c.
n-Art/1/in nirmAn fKof nniltfl flu in 1 nir
n VWMV.U |?IqVVH VUUb VVUiU lij *? V**v ..... 1
Ln the fifteenth century Regiomantamus
made an iron fly that moved through the a
atmosphere, and afterward an automatic c?
eagle, which on the arrival of the Em- f.1.
peror Maximilian at Nuremberg, flew
forth to meet him. ,
Albertus Magnus is credited with con- ,
structing a head that moved and talked, w
and which so frightoncn Thomas Aquinas mi
that he sma-hed it into pieces. Albertus
exclaimed when he saw his achievement 1
destroyed: ''So perishes the work of ^
thirty years!" Koger Bacon made a ,
a speaking head of brass which excited
awe among all who heard it.
Speakingautomatahavebeen frequent
ly attempted of late years, but the great
difficulty lies in simulating the human .
voice. The most successful of these ef- s
forts was perhaps that of Prof. Faber, of '.
Vienna, exhibited in London forty years
ago under the name of Euphonia. Faber
worked forty years at the automaton. j.(
The figure enunicated words and also
sang. There was an arrangement of
bellows, pipes pedals and keys, which
the inventor played to prompt the discourse.
j
Philip C'ampe invented a wonderful
group of automata for Louis XIV.?a , !
narria?Tfi and four horses that started off .
with the crack of a whip, the horses t*
prancing, trotting and galloping in turn. ^
It ran along until it got in front of the ^
King, when it stopped. Then a toy 1
footman descended and, opening the .
carriage door, handed out a lady ' with j"
born grace." The lady made a courtesy, .
presented a petition to His Majesty and,
reentering her carriage, was driven
iway.
The king of automata constructors was
Jaques Vaucanson, born at Grenoble in th
1700. While quite a boy he made several ea
self-moving figures. The bent of his th
mind was determined by a rather pecu- m
liar circumstance. Being left to himself tis
in the house of a friend to which he th
went with his mother, he perceived be
through the crack of a partion an old 11i
:lock with a slowly swinging pendulum, v.tvhich
excited his attention. Next time fo
le visited the house he had a pencil to
?nr/ nnnftp with him. and made a rouerh h
.ketch of the clock. By earnest study th
ind investigation he succeeded in mak- flc
ng a clock of his own out of pieces of ab
wood, and this wooden clock kept time fo
:airly well. Then begun his experiments na
with automata. th
"He made a wooden chapel, with mov- th
ing figures of priests. fie invented a an
lydraulic machine for the city of Lyons, w:
ind, later, in the same plac e, perfected a w
nachine for silk weaving that caused the or
workpeople to rise against him in arms, en
Eiis first great achievement in automata
was a flute player, which was one of the d<
wonders of his time. He had been ill
ind made it during his convalescence, flc
The several parts of it were made by dif- yc
"erent workmen to prevent its discovery, at
Jnly a faithful servant aided him in his ro
secret. According to D'Alembert, the In
emarkable figure stood on a pedestal, in cc
which a portion of the moohunism was fa
concealed, and the player not only blew ?
into the instrument, but with his lips increased
or diminished the sound.performing
the legato and staccato passages with
perfection and fingering with complete ac
icc-uiacy. It was exhibited in Paris in
1738 and made a great sensation. Vaucauson
next made a flageolet player, and m
later a mechanical duck, which waddled,
swam, dived and quacked, and, like De at
Gcnnes's peacock, picked up and swallowed
its food. He was engaged on an co
endless chain when he died. He willed
ill his automata to the King. rj,
JIaet/.el, the inventor of the metronome ia'
md of several musical automata, opened
in exhibition in Vienna in 1809, with a
life-size automaton trumpeter as the f
chief attraction. When the audience
intercd all they saw was a tent. After
i time the curtain parted and Maet/el ap- 0,1
scared leading forward a trumpeter in atl
lie full regimentals of an Austrian
iragoon. By pressing the left epaulet w<
)f t he figure he made it play cavalry calls dr
ind a march and an allegro by "Weigi, lil
tccompanied by a full band of living
musicians. lsTor was this all. The an
igure retired and reappeared a3 a th
:rumpeter of the French (Juard. Mactzel rewound
it upon the left hip, pressed once
nore on the left epaulet, and it played -0
;he French cavalary calls, a French re
avalrv march by Dussck and one of k:
['level's allegros, the full band again
!/>/./.m I (invinff X'jji/i V.t.-t
Forest Dangers.
Inexperienced hunters should nnver,
when it can be avoided, go out alone
nto a wooded section they are not ^
amiliat' with, ?'is in ca*e of fogs or snow<torms
they are quite likely to become *
ost or bewildered.
I have known several such c ases where jjf'
ncn, losing their bearings, have war.- r.jiered
about for days in a state of confuiion
and uncertainty, upon the verge of '
unacy. They do not reason upon their j
ituation, but invariably exhaust themiclvesby
running ahead at their utmost
peed without the least regard to direcions,
and often follow their own tracks jn
iround in a circle, with the idea they arc wj
n a beaten tiail. j
During one of my earliest expeditions cu
>ver the plains, a German gentleman
viththe party became lost while huntng,
and was absent for about ten days
icfore he rejoined us; and during all this
ime he was wandering about between
he Canadian river and the plain wagon
oad we had made, which at no point W1
,vcre over two miles apart. Yet he did
iot remember seeing either the road or
iver at any time dining his long ab- n0
lencc.?Outing. m<
? ar<
? n 1. _ 4.1 i uq
A UllllCIIO Billing's l>Uiili.
Silver ornaments for bridle and saddle J
tie leg.d tender in exc hange for anything So
aliible wherever the Guucho, a South
Vmerican cowboy, goes, and what is his '
cat by day and his pillow by night he ^
iscs as a sort of savings bank. I have ,
icen saddles worth $1,000, with solid
liver stirrups, pommels and ornaments
vcighing as much as a man. A pair ,*L
)f silver spurs are worth anyvlierc
from $50 to $100, according to ~~
li/.c and workmanship, and stirrups of
idid silver, in the form of n heelless
dipper, the belles of Argentine eon* j wc
lider essential to riding costume. The ! Kv
iame are often made of brass, and when | bei
lighly polished add a unique feature to mr
;ho accoutrements of an Argentine I ha
;ib d'lTii. ?IIo.i'/'Ci's Mntjazinc. ! ell
Babj Talk.
Bob. Burdette says: A Boston won
mes out in print to denounce "t
iguid dish-wa9h popularity known
by talk." Oh, well, that's to be
oted in Beanville, where Joseph Cc
regarded as a model child'u nurse t
imary kindergarten teacher. We
ive, firmly believe, that a baby w]
hiich? that? is born with eye-glaf
tl n theory shoul l be addressed as
Madam. This is all right, for a ba
, for an infant. But for a baby
e babv. a human babv. and no e
angeling with the hideous mark o
ammar back on its arm?yes, "i
m; a flesh and blood baby that ho'
nay, never weeps?that howls, I b
good, lusty, ungrammatical Englisl
i you know that, "it" has arrived r
ill want years of luncheon and pett
fore "it" wants a page of dictiona
roaring, dimpled, crowing, shrieki
licky, romping, kicking baby; a gr
ng, hairless, toothless, gummy ba
;hat" doesn't even know how to
ts" awkward fists grammatically, 1
rusts and digs them into "its" e
ticn "it" wants to stick them into "i
outh. "It" is "it's" muz/er's o
reetsy little pootsie wootsie, and a ]
5 ittie sing.
Out upon your machine made babe
>ew one long ago. His name was H
'rson Ingraham Stillwater, and
irents called him that when he was
s cradle, lie was but five years
hen first I met him, down Dy tne j
>is river, lie said to me: "Excuse !
r, but could you kindly enlighten
to the character of this strange-lo
g craft toward which our steps
nding; and, also, can you tell me
hom it does belong?" "I clutched
;tlc monster by the ne:;k and held 1
ider the dredge boat for an hour,
:pected a scene with his mother,
,e only said that "Henderson was \
r advanced, his uncle Dennison did
own until he was forty-nine." T
dn't bury Henderson. They pres
m between the pages of a Colti
Has, and he flattened out and di
st like a fern. That's what beco
that sort of children. I am gla
owned him. I am looking around
ore like him. People who wean tl
fants on dictionaries will do well
:cp them under glass until I lose
mahawk. Wagh!
Floating Gardens of the Aztecs
During all their wanderings, when
etnnnpd thp Aztecs cultivated
rth an<3l lived upon what nature ?
em. Surrounded by enemies, in
idst of a lake where there were but
h, necessity and industry compe
em to form floating gardens on
isom of the waters. They wove togei
u roots of aquatic plants interwi
il? twigs and branches until t
rin ,d a foundation sufficiently str
support a soil they drew from
ittora of the lake, and on it they so
eir needed maize and chilo. T1
tating gardens were about a 1
iove the water and of var
rms, the most effective being long i
irrow, called cintas, or ribbons. W
eir natural taste for flowers, they adi
e ornamental to the useful, and tl
lall gardens multiplying, were covc
ith flowers and aromatic herbs, wl
ere used in the worship of their g
sent to decorate the palace of
nperor.
What a picture of delightful indej
:nce!
The peaceful Indian could anchor
iwery home where he willed, float
md social cares or political burd<
id from prying neighbors and pollt
gossips he could quietly paddle aw
i these secure retreats the spent!
Kild elude his creditors, the bank
ulter hide from the minions of the 1
Outinq.
Worth Making Noto or.
Every time I spend a dollar foolish!
n opening a pauper's grave.
Every time I puy rent I am taking
uch away from a home of my own.
Every time I speak a kind word I
[ding a brick to my temple of manhc
Every time I buy an article I am
uraging the manufacturer or produ
Every time I pay a debt I am do
T-4. ? J 1- -1-:? i...
gilt UUU IldplUg LU put LUUUtJf 1U V/41
tion.
Every time I refrain speaking in
ucc of a friend I prove that I am no
iend.
Every time I speak cross and imp<
isly I'm weakening my ncrvo pc
id adding to the misery of others.
Those that place their hope in and
arid have in a great measure conquc
ead of death aud unreasonable lov<
'c.
Here joys that endure forever, fr
d in vigor,arc opposed to satisfacti
at are attended with satiety and i
its, and flatter iu the very tasting.
The desire of fame betrays an ami
us inan into indecencies that lessen
putation; he is still afraid lest an;
s actions should be thrown away iu j
te.?Dr<j Goods Chronicle.
Principal Colors in S:>a Waves.
Profes.-or Tyndall lias come to thet
marine artists, lie explains thattli
i> tlime nrineinal hue3 in sea wai
no, green nud yellow, and they si
? in accordance with the followijg
tilie laws: Solid particles held in
iter act as minute mfrrors reflecting
flit which penetrates the liquid. 1
ys which are sent out, after hav
i versed only a thin strata of wa
eserve their yellow parts; but, if
flections are attenuated, the water
nrs green; and if they do not cxis;
, the sea being clear and free fi
uddy matters, the color is deep bl
an indigo sea the crest of the wa
11 appear green on account of tli
;k of thickness. Sea weed, anini
les, and other local or accidental can
iy have much influence on .he color
e water.
"The Time the Old Cow Died of.'
T ? ?? '""m Iicrtfl tills
11MW 111. 1JJ HUTU U.1V.M V.4.V w..,
thout auv definite idea of its mean!
origin. It seems to have come to
>m over the sea. In Scotland and I
rth of Ir land the saying is very cc
)n in the mouths of the peasantry,
we out of an old song;
'here was an old mail tiiui ho had an
cow,
\.irj he hod nothing to give her;
he took out his llddle and ho played he
tune:
Consider, good cow, consider;
is is no time of year for the grass to grc
.'oasider, good cow, consider.'
The old cow died of hunger, and wl
y grotesquely melancholy song or ti
uttered the north country people s<
"hat is the tune the old cow died o
Christian at Work.
\ <*reat deal of talent is lost iu 1
rid for tlifi v/jint of a little coura,
cry day sends to their graves a nu
r of obscure mei: who have onlv
lined obscure bccau.se their timid
s jirevcntcd them from making a fi
ort.
FALSE LIMBS.
Ian
hat
as ODD ARTIFICIAL MEMBERS AN]
ex HOW THEY ARE MADE.
ok
k0_ The Cork Leg a Myth?Wh at It Cost
to "Wear False Limbs?A
1SCS Boy With Rnbber
Sir Hands.
be.
, a ?<p0 yOU ever ijave requests to mat
lfin queer artificial limbs?" was asked of
f j'( j manufacturer who had a wooden le
j prominently displayed in a 3how-case o
n' : Broadway.
ay- j "Oh, yes," was the reply, "we have a
lt'' j kinds of visitors, some of whom wat
ind | very odd things. Unly a short tin
!" .> J ir
I BILHJC it IllttU UIU|JjiUU 111 nuv Ttuuuu
7 to make him an artificial nose. It wasn
ft? in my line, however, as I only make leg
i" arms and ringers, so I was compelled t
by- decline his request. There are man
Usc curious things about my business. F<
bu' instance, if a man only loses his foot 1:
ycf is compelled to wear an entire false lc^
its' just as if he had lost his leg up above tl
'wn knee. If he loses his hand he is con
P'1 polled to wear a false arm, because othe
Tyise it wouldn't work right and couldn
I be fastened securely. With a tinge
CI}* however, it is different, as we can gene
his ally fasten that on so that no one coul
J *n tell the difference."
old ??[)0 y0U make cork legs?" was askei
[Hi- The manufacturer laughed heartily i
mc> he replied:
mc "No, I do not; and I never knew ar
ok- one who did. The cork leg is a fabl
are All artificial legs and arms are made <
1 to light wood, such as willow, basswood <
the something of that sort. The wood is co
trim 1 u-ith raw hide in order to oresen
I it, and the top, as you sec, is made <
but leather nicely padded where it fastens c
rery the stump of the real leg."
not "What is the cost of artificial limbs?'
hey "An artificial leg usually costs $75, a
ised though we have made them as high i
an's $150. An arm doesn't cost quite i
ried much, and fingers are less in propo
mci tion."
d 1 "How long will the limbs last?"
foi "We guarantee a leg to last five year
ien although I have known one to be woi
1 to for fifteen years. If a man is carele
aud gets his artificial foot wet it wi
soon rot, and then he will be compelh
to have a new one fastened to his le;
We can put a new foot on just as easi
,ve, as a shoemaker puts a sole on your shoe
the "D? 7?u ever sell ready-made artitici
rav< limbs?"
!th( "Oh, no," responded the manufa
few turer, "every one has to be made
lied order, because no two men are exact
alike. When a man wants a limb v
thei measure him very carefully for it, as
ne(j must be exactly the same size as h
natural limb, or he would feel awkwar<
ong It is made just as near the same shape '
thi his natural limb as possible, and he soc
wed ?cts accustomed to it."
ties* "You mentioned requests that yc
f00j sometimes had for odd limbs."
iouf "Yes," replied the manufacture
an(j "there was the man I mentioned wl
rith wanted the nose. I have seen sever
[je(j artificial noses, but never made an
lese They are usually made of wax or plast
red Pa"s> and are generally fasted to tl
iich *ace by a pair of spectacles caught ov
0(jg the ears. They generally have rather
queer appe.irance and don't look mu<
like the natural article. They are al:
>en- very expensive, as there is a great de
of work on them, especially in the colo
kls ing. The object, of course, is to mal
be_ ! them as much like the natural skin col
I ?a nnuqihlp T knew an old armv ofHc
ens, I r" ? ? ?
par' who l?st his no<e the war aQd had i
f^yl j artificial one made. He was a very hai
drinker and he used to go to the mi
who made his nose every six months ar
aw have it colored up a little more, to mal
it look natural, as he said.
"I also knew a man," continued tl
manufacturer, "who lost an ear and ht
. - one made of india-rubber. It was a bca
J tiful piece of work, ar.d was very del
cately tinted the exact color of a hums
30 ear. No one could have told the diffe
ence, and very few people knew that 1
am wore an artificial ear until one day 1
>od. dressed in a hurry and put it on wror
en. side before. He came downtown wii
cer> it that way, and created a groat .sens
. ' tion before he discovered his mistake,
'ing "The queerest case I ever heard of. w
rcu" of a man who lost his lower j&w and h:i
it replaced by an artificial one compose
dc- of rubbor and wax. By an arrangemei
a of springs he could *se it almost as wc
as an ordinary jaw. Then there is tl
;tu- case of that boy at Belleville, N. J., wl
wer lost both hands in a machine last Sprin;
Ilis friends took up a subscription f<
her him and had two hands made for hiD
,re(j j From the wrist up they were made <
0f j ash and the hands were made of rubbe
covered with kid gloves. I understac
esh ^iat caa use ueurly as well i
ons natural hands and pick up a pen an
write with it easily.
* * "I tell you we can replace almost an
. . part of a man except his head, and pe
"to" 1 haps in another century they'll be ablet
"1S ! do that."?New York Journal.
7 of |
jri
Brain-Workers' Recreation.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Ilolmes, durin
the busy years of his life, it i3 said, wi
telp ac customed to rest his brains by workin
iere with his hands. Under the great librar
res, table there was a smaller one, which wi
low a miniature workshop, fitted with a turr
sci- ing lathe and tools, with which the po<
the made boxes, biac kets and toys for h:
the friends. The little shop moved on a tin
fho railway track in the Hour, so that on tli
insr ! approach of a visitor who could not aj
tei% | pieciate "jim-crai ks," tne doctor com
the P'ish the table, tools and all, under tli
ap- large one, entirely out of sight. The mt
t at ; jority of brain-workers have had sora
om ! pursuit, taste or handicraft which r(
ue. ! lieved the tension on the brain of stead
ves application in one direction. Sometime*
Leir as in the case of Mr. Gladstone's tree
ial- (hopping or Mr. Hawthorne's potato
iscs digging, it was severe physical exertio
of j that gave rest 1o the mind, but oftenc
! it was the employment of the lingers an<
j brain in some lighter work than the dail
" | craft. Hans Andersen cut paper figure
jon | with marvellous skill; one of the grca
n,, | Russian novelists makes day pipes o
j every shape, and one of the most eminen
the clergymen in this country dabbles i
im_ | t I'lemistry and has nearly blown up hi
jt family on several occasions. ? Yviithy
I Companion.
old '
How Boys Man .Make Money.
,r a Russel Sage's advice: " Iiy (I) gel
ting a position; (2) keeping his mout
shut; (:i) observing; (4) being faithful
,w; j (5) making his employer think that h
I would be lost in the fog without him
lcn I and (G) to be polite. That is a good wa
ln? for a young man to begin after he get
!7,; there. If he lives up to these rules h
will rot want a friend at court, for an
length of time?in fac t, not at all."
Jay Gould's policy: "Keep out c
tho bad company and go to work with a wil
ge. The boy who does that is bcund to gc
ra- on in the world."
re- Cyrus W. Field's scheme: "Punch
ity ality, houesty and brevity," Mr. Kiel
rat | says, "are the watchwords of life."I
Washington Pot.
I ?
WORDS OF WISDOM.
The greater misfortune of all is not U
[j. be able to bear misfortune.
The one prudence in life is concentra
tion; the one evil is dissipation.
Where there is no want of will then
will be no want of opportunity.
We carry all our neighbor's crimes ii
sight and throw all our own over ou
shoulders.
A sound discretion is not so much in
:e dicatcd by never making a mistake asb;
a never repeating it.
Simplicity in character, in manners, ii
style; in all ihings, the supreme excel
jj lence is simplicity.
it The first thing for acceptance of tmtl
1C is to unlearn human doctrincs and be
u? come as a little child.
't If a great thing can be done at all, i
s, can be done easily. But it is that kin*
;o of ease with which a tree blossoms aite
i}' long years of gathering strength.
)r True quiet doei not consist in speakinj
lc little or nothing, but repeating nothinj
* evil, speaking nothing idle, being atil
,e amidst storms of trouble.
J] Patience strengthens the spirit, sweel
ens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishc
envy, subdues pride; she bridles th
' tongue, restrains the hand and trample
upon temptatious.
The soul has its rainy days when all i
I cold and dark aud desolate within?an
^ when drippings from the fountain of soi
row, falling upon the roof of memorj
ly makes it gloomy indeed.
e. Oh, learn to speak kindly, gently, tec
of derly. Those very words may be th
Dr brightest upon your record of eternitj
v- ana mark your divine right to an heaver
re ly inheritance. Oh, speak kindly, dea
of soul!
Good resolutions are often like loosel
tied cord; on the first'strain of tempts
' tion they slip. They should be tied i
>1 a hard knot of prayer and then shoul
as be kept tight and firm by stretchin
50 Godward.
r- ?
How They Execute Men in Paris.
TV*/* mnrrlAPAr in PranPft i
' informed when the Court of Cassatio
n rejects his appeal; but he always has th
s.| hope that the President will pardon hin
|J, ana on the strength of this hope most o
the condemned remain comparativel
j>" tranquil. When the final day arrives th
? convict is awakened by the warden abou
'. half an hour before the time is set fc
a the execution. The strait-jacket is re
moved and his ordinary clothes give
him. Then he is bound hand ana foe
I by two of the headsman's aides, an
y afterward left alone with the priest a fei
moments, unless the services of this ec
. clesiastic are declined.
,1S From the condemned's cell he is take
1 to a dimly lighted room called the toile
chambcr; here, seated on a stool, h
>n listens to the prayers recited aloud by th
priest, while one of the aides cuts th
hair from the back of the neck and th
collar from the shirt. He is ready! Sup
r' ported by the two aides and accompanie
1(? by the executioner, the priest an
a the other officials, the condemne
marches out, the two outside doors fl
cr open, and the guillotine, surrounded b
ie the military and the police, greets th
er eye. Arrived at the bascule the execv
? tioner and his aides push him against th
swinging plank; he falls so that his nec
i0, fits into the lower half of the moor
shaped socket, the upper half of whic
r" is immediately lowered; the executione
cc touches a spring, the knife falls with
or sharp sound, the head drops into th
er ?*? K1aa/1 rrncV>na nv
Ill Uf U illl/lC 9L1CUIU KJL lgwruvu w
"j from the trunk and justice is satisfied.
r The whole operation takes less tha
ltj h'llf a minute. The headless body
slid into the willow basket, the head
ke placed between the legs and the bask<
, is put into a wagon that has been wai:
, iug two hours for its burden. Escorte
' by a squad of gendarmes and followe
by a priest in a modest cab the trai
gallops oil to the Ivry Cemetery, thr(
or four miles away, where a pait of tt
r" enclosure, called the turnip field, is r<
3e served for the burial of executed crimii
le tils. When the body is not claimed, :
is immediately exhumed and given t
a the mcdical school.?London TtlegrapI
as A Professional Sauerkraut Cutter.
id A Reading (Pcnn.) correspondent saj
id there is in that city a calling whic
it probably is unknown in any other plac
ill in this country. That calling is the pr<
ie fessional cutting of cabbage for sauer
10 kraut making. The cutter travels abou
the city from house to house from tli
sr latter part of October until the middle c
i. November, bv which time the sauerkran
making season is over. The father c
r, the business is Michael Bruckman, wh
id has cut cabbage for Reading's be$
is families far many years. There are fei
id families in the city, from the highest t
the lowest, that fail to put down a sup
iy ply of sauerkraut every fall. Bruckma
r- alone cuts up 200 heads of cabbage i
o day during the putting down season. Hi
cabbage cutter lie imported from Gci
many, and he says there is not anothe
like it in this country.
It is the well-to-do families aud s.ilooi
n keepers who hire their cabbage cut, al
ia though the charge is only one cent a
? head. The saloon keepers are the bes
y customers of the cabbage cutters, fo
IS they order hundreds of heads cut at ?
[. time. Sauei kraut for lunch is one of th
;t delicacies of Reading all the year round
is During the last h>df of October am
v- the fiist half of Xowmber, Cutter Brrck
e man estimate-', the:e are not less thai
2,000 heads of cabbage cut every day fo
j sauerkraut in Reading, or (50,000 head
e for the season. Those who do not hir<
their kraut stock cut luve <u!icrs c
e their own, or wait their tarn to borrov
.. of a neighbor who has. No Reading
y household i> exactly complete without ,
cabbiiffe cutter. The person who cuts
,] cabbage for kra.it professionally ha'
. nothing to do with the making of th(
n krttnt. That is done by the family, and
! the family in Berks county that does no
1 know all the mysteries of saucrkrau
v making had bettor kct*p its ignomuce t(
s itself. No family puts down less than
,t ten heads of cabbage in pickle to "ripen'
r iuto kraut, while the cutter frequently
1 has a job of a hundred heads or more tc
a cut at a iingle house,
s ??
i Bolivia's Mineral Wealth.
Bolivia is doubtless the richest in min
crals of any land on the globe, and mill
inna imnn millions of nrecious metals
have been taken out of lier mines by th(
jj primitive process which still exists and
. must exist till railroads arc constructed tc
p carry machinery there. Every ounce of on
[ that finds its way oul of Ihe Andes is car
' ried on the back of a man or a lama
' and the quart/ is crushed by rolling
c heavy logs upon it. I>y this methoc
? Bolivia exports from twelve to fiftccr
millions of gold and silver annually, ant
the output would be fabulous if modcrr
I machinery could be taken into the mines
,[ ?Harper's Mmjuzim-.
i- A tailoring concern at f'rawfordsville
Ind., offers a marriage lirensc to even
_ young man who will buy his wedding
suit of them.
pp-f
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TA BURGLAR'S KfT. - '
>
THE TOOLS USED BY EXPERIENCED
SAFE ROBBER&
3 a
Instruments Specially Designed for
Um by Thieves ? A Powerful
J Little Viae?Burglars Their
Own Tool Makers.
f "Burglars' tools?" said a veteran police
officer, in reply to a question, "why,.
a yes; there's lots of them around. A good
. many are in the police stations, but a
large enough number are left in the
, hands of experienced men to keep as
busy, and the owners of well-filled safes
nervous. -i?
Then leading the way to a closet the
| officer took down a heavy bundle that
* was wrapped in rabber cloth. Opening
r this he displayed an assortment of tools,
of sufficient variety of sizes and shapes
} to stock the shop of any locksmith.
9 "We captured this kit," continued the
L officer, "from a gang of 8ufe-*blower8,
who were just commencing work on the
; safe in the office of the Norton Mills at
i the Madison street bridge. Through the
. I normmnpoQ nf thp watchman who dig
i) covered them, they were alarmed and
gained sufficient time to make their escape,
but not to take their teols with
j them."
j Opening a second bundle, the officer
r" : took out a large, heavy instrument,
' that to the casual observer might have
been used for anything but watch repairing
with equal aptitude. The tool,
e however, had been specially designed ?
and made for the purpose of forcing
'* safe doors and was the latest product of
ir the profession that defies locks and locksmiths.
It is the latest outg owth of
y the old breast bit and brace, and is capable
[of applying enormous pressure. In
n commencing operations on a safe with
d this 'instrument three small holes are
g first bored in the outer sheeting of the
safe door, and the brace, for such it really
is, fastened firmly to the door by meant
of three screws. When this is done the \ [ ,'
is hardest labor of the thieves is over, for
n after placing the drill, known in the
c thieves' slang as a "tap," in the brace,
i, the simple turning of the crank and (he
f use of the wheel will speedily cut tnrougn
y any plate of iron or steel, however harde
ened. The machine is so arranged that
it the crank merely revolves the drill, while
ir the wheel, which closely resembles that
!- used aboard ships, regulates the pressure
u of the drill against the metal to be cut.
it After having reached the lock a plain
d Bteel rod is inserted in the brace, and
v the wheel being turned the lock is
; broken ;and the bolts left free to be
opened by turning the safe knob. The
n Bteel braces are over an inch in diamit
eter. The entire instrument is the work
e of an expert machinist, and shows that
e the greatest care has been taken in its
e construction.
e Among the braces and drill marked
?- was found a little hand vise, evidently
d made for the express use of the. thieves,
d as it bore no manufacturer's stamp or ,,
a dofn ftf nntont. The vise, thouerh onlY
, ? _
y six inches in length and operated bj a
y thumb screw, whs a very powerful one,
e and in addition to its use as a vise added
i- that of a wrench. The gang of thieves
e from which this "kit" was captured had
k secured entrance to the office of the
i- Norton Mills through an adjoining buildh
ing, and were hard at work upon the
:r safe when discovered by the night watcha
man. Instead of summoning the police
ie the night watchman sto>d outside the
it building and shouted ' burglars "at the
highest pitch of his lungs until the
n thieves took the alarm and made their
is escape.
is A kit similar to this one, though not as
it powerful, was turned over to tho police of
t- the West Chicago avenue station by *
d Mr. Higgms, of No. 18 Osborn street,
d some months ago. Mr. Higgins late ono
n night went into a shed in the rear of his
:e house to get a hod of coal. As he threw
le the light of his lantern into tne Dm Ae
2- saw a small satchel, and, on opening it,
i- discovered the tools. Thinking they beit
longed to some machinist who had care;o
lessly left them there, Mr. Higgins
i. turned them over to the police to hold,
awaiting the claim of the owner. The
owner, nowever, failed to appear, and so
the kit?a finely made lot of burglars'
? tools?remained with the police. In testing
11 the power of these instruments a cast10
iron plate one inch in thickness was easily
cut through in fifteen minutes, while a
'* wrought steel plate only required a few
more minutes.
* The query of "Who makes thcso
tools?" was propounded to a dozen detectives
and police officers, but brought
only the one response, "The burglar*
? themselves." - ,-v
"A good cracksman," said a detective,
y "has necessarily to be a good mechanic.
0 He naturally relies upon himself for the
" manufacture of his instruments, and as he
n grows more expert in his work he grows
1 j more inventive. The brace over at
3 i ]nlf nn improvement
I Jy/CSpiatUCSOU VW .
j oil tbe old breast brace. Some ingenious
I cracksman evidently discovered that the
| pressure of his body was not sufficient to
! enable the drill to work well, and
| thought of the plan to compel the safe
itself to hold the brace and furnish the
' | pressure. Oh, those fellows are ingej
nious enough," added the dete. tive as
1 he lit a cigar. "The only trouble is that
I they spend so much time on their iavenI
tions that they keep us hustling night
I and day to keep track of them."?Chicai
go Herald.
i ?
Colds and Air Drafts.
Many persons who suffer from catarrhal
affections blame for their troubles the
I changeable climate, exposure to cold and
wet and air drafts. They have a horror
of fresh air, and before retiring for the
night close the doors and windows tight
and nluir up every hole and crack. Thus
, | they* sleep 'in an impure, stuTy atmos[
| pherc, apparently unaware that it is the
t poisonous fluid they breath aud rebreathe
which ftivcs them their catarrhal coini
plaints. It is said that among people
, who live constantly in the open air the
? nasal and throat diseases, which by us
, are called catarrh, are unknown. A
, sleeping-room should ha.e at least ono
I aperture as near the floor as possible for
j the fresh, cool air to come in. and one
| near the ceiling for the foul air to get
! out. A grate tire' is a good veutilator,
: and where there is such, the aperture for ,
J the incoming fresh air should be at the
i top of the window. A close bed-room
; i without a fire is almost as bad as one
1 wanned with a stove. It is a great error
> ' to suppose that cold air must necessarily
i be pure air. It may be free/, ugcold and
| ai the same time deadly poisonous.?
, ' Vindnnati Commercial Ga.etle.
r
1 ... D ? ,1
1 A Hlimiin uiviJiiiig-i?wu.
1 i John Bugles, a wealthy quarryman, of
i Tnylorsville, Ohio, is a sort of human
1 j diviuing-rod us far as natural gas is con'
I corned. When near a vein of gas?
whether it has been tapped or lies conI
ccalcd and unknown beneath the s.ur>
; face?he feels as if an intense electric
' i current were passing through his body,
' j iiud falls to the ground as if in a fit.?
| New York Worhh
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