McMINNYILLE,
TENNESSEE.
i MR. WJIATS-IIIS-NAME.
They called lilm Mr. Wlinfa-lits-niime:
From where lio was, or why ho dime,
Or when, or whiit liu found to do,
Nobody In the city knew.
.- He lived, It seemed, shut up alono
i In a low hovel of liU own ;
There liu cooked his muni and made 1)U
bod,
; Careless of ull tys neighbors said.
His neighbor), too, said lnunv things
Kxpretislve of jcrave wonclerinus,
Since none of them had ever been
' Within his doors, or peered therein.
Lin fact, (frown watchful, tlicy became
Assured that Mr. What's his naino
Was up to something wrong indued,
It looked that way, wo all agreed.
1 ''
At night wore beard strange noises there,
' When honest people evenwhoro
' Had long retired, and hls'lisrht
Was often seen to burn all night.
Ilo left his house but seldom then
Would always hurry buck again,
As though he feared some stranger's knock,
Jfiuding him gone, might burst tho lock.
Ilosldos, ho carried, every day,
At tho one hour ho went awnv,
A basket, with the contents h'id
liciibuth its woven willow lid.
And so we irrew to greatly blamo
This wary Mr. Whiit'g hu-nunio,
And look on him with such distrust
His actions seemed to sanction Just.
But when he died he died one lav
Dropped In the street while on his way
To that old wrch-hed hut of his
i Vou'll think it strange perhaps It is
lint when we lifted him, and past
The threshold of tho door at last,
No man ol all the crowd but stepped
Wih reverence, and bowed and wept.
What was it? Just a shriek of pain
1 pray never to bear again
A withered woman, old and bowed,
That fell and crawled and cried aloud,
, And kissed tho dead man's matted hair
Lifted his face and kissed him there
Called to him, as she clutched his hand,
In words no one could understand.
Insane, but well, we, soarchlng, found
An unsigned letter, in a round
Free band, within the dead man's,
" Ixok to my mother I'm at rest.
f You'll find my money saloly hid
1'nder the lining of the lid
Of my work-basket. It is hers,
And (iod will bless her ministers!'
And somo day though ho died unknown
'If through the City by the Throne
1 walk, all cleansed of earthly shame,
I'll ask for Mr. What's-his-niime.
J, IF. liiley, in JndUmapolit Jm na
A SEW BRASH! OF THE l'OSTAL
SERVICE
A short time since the London Tele
graph, which is always saying something
to get somebody into trouble, published
an'artinlfi rfilativn to thn nn(rrninrnsir-
tiality which the domestic rat feels for
its homo, its vehement yearning to re
turn tnitner wncn circumstances over
which it has no control have resulted in
its transfer to unfamiliar localities, and
all that sort of thing, winding up by
giving an interesting account of how
certain eminent Dutch naturalists had
utili.W Grimalkin as a letter carrier;
made a sort of carrier pigeon of the cat,
in fact. Of thirty-seven cata carried
miles from their native village, and
turned loose with letters tied around
their necks, not one failed to get back
to the starting point in time.
Well, young Mr. Tillinghast, out on
West Hill, read this articlo, and a roman
tic conception occurred to him right on
tho spot. AVhile he was burning a
limited quantity of old Judge Dinen
baugh's gas and just ruining Miss Dif
fenbaugh's bangs that evening, ho told
Miss Diffenbaugh all about it. Happy
scheme! born of love's emergencies.
Mr. Tillinghast would carry Elfrida's
beloved nialteso homo with him that
night. Tho next evening, when the
stars wore shining and the presence of
the old Judge, returned from circuit,
forbade Clarence about the premises,
tho rnaltcso home returning would bear,
bound to its neck by a silken cord, a
memoranda of Clarence, his undjing
affection and one thing and another.
Clarence loved tho maltese for its
juistress' sake, but it just called for all
the 1qvo he had in the warehouse before
he got it home. The malteso was one
'of the fiery, untamed Ukraine breed;
blue as smoke, with a tail like a second
growth bologna sausage, and it weighed
about twenty-three pounds. Its name
was Cleopatra. It was really a Mark
Antony cat, but Miss Diffenbaugh called
it Cleopatra because it was such a pretty
name. You never can tell whether a
cat has a right to vote or not by the
naiuc a girl gives it.
Mr. Tillinghast tucked tho cat under
his coat as well as he could, but the cat
stuck out fore and aft. Vainly he strug
gled with it, bowsprit, or spanker would
.stand out in spite of him. And when
he was about half-way home he mot a
group of friends, ladies and gentlemen,
returning from some festive and expen
sive ice-cream saloon. They accosted
him, and ho had to let go with one hand
to lift his hat, and as he did so Cleopa
tra got his head out and yelled for fresh
air m a tone that blighted tho lilacs and
t hrew one of tho ladies into hysterics.
Appalled by the fearful sound and its
terrible consequence, Mr. Tillinghast
was hurrying on, when one of the gen
tlemen collared him. and told him that
in his opinion it was a very brutal,
cowardly trick, and one that no gentle-1
man would be guilty of, and ho believed
that Mr. Tillinghast would nover havo
lone it had ho not been intoxicated,
and he would expect an explanation and
apology from him when he was sober.
Greatly depressed in spirit, Mr. Til
linghast pursued his homeward way,
Cleopatra occasionally clawing his ribs
in a manner that indicated an early
grave. Often the erratic eccentricities
of Cleopatra compelled the young man
to weep aloud, but they reached homo
at last. Cleopatra curled up on the foot
of the bed and purred himself to sleep
with the calm content of a cat that had
uiiuie a substantial lunch of human ribs,
and Mr. Tillinghast sat up tho greater
part of tho night, writing a letter full of
poetry, and bathinc his lacerated body.
Next eveuing he mado ready to send
his messenger home. lu order to in
crease tho cat's vehement yearning"
to return home, Mr. Tillinghast had
fed it nothinjr during tho day, and Clco
patra, in tho frenzy of hunger, had
chased imaginary rats about that room
until there wasn t left in it a piece of
fragile furniture big enough to break
again. Tho only thing that wasn't
scratched was tho ceiling, and the only
thing that wasn't broken was tho ham
mer. "If," said Mr. Tillinghast, holding
his lacerated hands in a bath of water
nnd soda, aftr tying his letter carefully
around Cleopatra's neck with a blue
ribbon, " if your yearning' t return
homo is one-half so vehement as mine is
to have you return thither, you will be
in the lap of your aiigelic mistress be
fore I can close this door again. Go,
messenger of a love that is deep, as the
sea and deathless a eternity, go, tell
the heart that holds my own that reus
of fire could not write on the scrolls of
in fini" nr.o.Vi ilf irr !."-.
And so ho oponod the door. Cleopa
tra Went out into tho gloaming with tho
air oi a cat wno was just going to say
something like that anyhow, when he
suggested it. Mr. Tillinghast did not
appear to notice this peculiar expression
on Cleopatra's countenance. Ho was
looking at the sky.
"I he stars are shininz." ho said:
"sho is looking for my message and she
is thinking of me."
And Miss Diffenbaugh?
She was sitting in her lonely bower.
looking out into the star-lit night, say
ing, "His messenger, with feet of silence,
is even now on its way to tell mo he
loves me yet. I feel his presence near
me."
In the meantime Cleopatra was car.
rymg out his contract after the approved
manner of a veteran star-route contract
or. He got along very well for a quar
ter of a milo, and was making pretty
good time whon, while streaking down
a lonesome alley, he suddenly paused
and said:
I hope to die if I don't smell fish."
And whilo he was exploring the ash-
pile he was suddenly accosted by a lonesome-looking
cat on the woodshed.
44 Say, old indigo blue, shinny on your
own side !"
41 Watchugivinus?" growled Cleopa
tra, just glancing up long enough from
an old mackerel to take the woodshed
der's measure.
The woodshedder, being on his own
premises, made a violent effort to re
strain his wrath, but ho came down to
the ash-pile and said, in a voice that
meant business :
4 I'll trouble you for that fish, if you
please."
44 All right," said Cleopatra, 44 I'll
leave you tho bones when I'm through
with it."
The strange cat reached out to take
the savory fish, and Cleopatra smote
him. In less time than it takes to tell
it, he stood that ca in the corner of the
fence and wiped enough hair off him to
stuff a sofa cushion. And as the wail
ing cat dragged its lacerated body down
the drain, Cleopatra resumed his fish,
remarking, as- he dodged a passing
blacking-brush, that he believed, as
long as he was out, he'd sit up a little
while and have some fnn with the boys..
And ho had it. He went down the al
leys and danced to everything he met.
He nearly tore tho ear off a smart kitten
that got up on a wood-pilo and sassed
him and asked him 44 where he picked
up that paper collar?" He prowled
through backyards, and he almost hor
rified the life out of a most highly re
spectable elderly tortoise-shell tabbji
sitting in a kitchen window, by creep
ing up close under the window and the,j
roaring out to know if 44 she danced th t
lancers?" He scalped a harmless Mex
ican dog all the way down its bare back,
in six red, raw lines, and shouted after
the anguish-stricken animal to "run
home and put on his hair?" He was hh
onco with an old kerosene torch that
perfumed him up like a political proces
sion, and he crawled through an old
drain back of the soap-works, and camo
out smellin? worse than an Indian pic
nic. At last ho heard music over in
"Stony Lonesome," and went there and
found the boys were having a littlu
dance, and the first thing ho did when
he went, he spat at the bar-keeper and
slapped a one-eyed cat from Ilibernia.
44 rile onto me by thousands!" He
yelled. "I've got just one more eye
than I want to take home!"
And they didn't wait for a second in
vitation. They piled onto him then and
there, and the babbling brook that
prattles through tho rocks of Stony
Lonesome, when it heard the wild, un
earthly clamor, turned back and ran uu
the hiil, and in dumb terror watched
the circling clouds of misty hair drifting
about in tho valley below.
In Judge Diffenbaugh's hospitable
parlors his chosen friends lingered,
though the hour was late. At the piano
Miss Diffenbaugh dreamily wandered
through the entrancing numbers ol
"Schubert's Cradle Song." There was
a familiar voice at the front gate that
made her heart beat wildly. Tho voice
camo across, the lawn. It was Cleopa
tra And this waa what hn was an vino"
44 Hoop-pee ! I can lick the first bloo3y
brindlo son of a rat-catcher that ever
climbed a fence! Whoop! I'm tho old
he-Hashi Bazouk from Angular Street,
an' don' you fer-furgiz it donyoufur
gizit! Dance to me, somebody ! I only
weigh a pound!"
And then that apparition that mock
ery of a respectable, home-bred cat
strode into Judge Diffenbaugh's parlor,
and everybody climbed on the tables
and chairs. Miss Diffenbaugh fainted
Tho old Judge swore, Cleopatra laughed
sardonically and remarked t hat "he'd
been out all night, and ho was gettin' to
be a big boy now." His hair was mainly
gone, and what he had left was not
combed. His face was scratched. One
eye was closed. His ears hung loose
and limn. He hic-cupped in his speech
and tried to sing "Old Oaken Bucket."
Around his neck still clung the blue rib
bon and a letter, crumpled, torn,
stained, unsavory. Tho Judge received
tho letter with a pair of tongs, and Cle
opatra was banished to tho oarn, which
the shrieking rats tlcscrted forever wlicn
they saw him come in. uraer was re
stored in the parlor ana the Juugo rcart
the letter to himscii.
He did not divulge its contents.
Tho terrified guests thought, and
still think, that it was a Nihilist warn
ing. ,
The Judge did not show the letter to
his daughter.
Ho simply told her that if ever thai
infinite ass. vouni? what's-his-namn.
came around that house again he would
pulverize his brainless carcass with tho
lawn-mower.
Mr. Tillinghast still lives a blighted,
despairing life. He has gono out of the
mail service and leaves all experiments
in star-routes to other parties. jJurliwj
ton lhiwkajc.
Dynamite is coming into use as a
means of suicide. A Yorkshire corre
spondent sends to the British Medical
Journal an account of an extraordinary
case in which a drunken well-sinker put
an end to himseil by exploding a dy
namite cartridge in his mouth. Strange
ly enough, although his tongue, teeth
palate and maxillary bones were blown
to pieces, tr skin of the checks and
lips remained intact, and, except for cx
travasalion of blood about the eyes
there was littlo to show externally the
cause of his death.
There is a theater in Berlin whic
rives performances at haii-past sis
o'clock in the morning during pleasant
summer days, l he price ot admission
is low, and -',000 or 3,000 persons arc
often presenpat these representations.
A gentleman in Selma, Ala., .when
only twenty-one years old, awHjd a
widow of tiflj. .Uew days ago',sThcn
sixty-five yeits of age, he married a
young lady of twenty-oue.
The sculptor is the man who 44 cut
The Garter op Gibbon-Snake.
The- garter-snake (Eutxnia sirtalis)
abounding, as it does, in every Stato
of the Union, and, indeed, throughout
North America is too common to need
description.
In the latter part of March or early in
April the male Is in his best spirits and
finest condition. If at this time you at
tempt to capture him, he will flatten
himself out so as to appear twice his us
ual size, and . strike with amazing vim
and rapidity for so small an animal. I
have had the blood drip from a finger
laceratod by thoir sharp little teeth.
Toward the end of summer the female
brings forth alive from twenty to thirty
young. They exactly resemblo their
parent at birth, and are about seven and
a half inches long. They are covered
with a thin, transparent membrane,
out of which they soon force their way.
Tho young snakes feed on angle
worms and soft-bodied insects. As they
increase in size they adopt their adult
food Viz., frogs, toads, salamanders
and small reptiles of all kinds, young
birds and field mice, and, when obtain
able, small fishes. '' In captivity I have
succeeded in getting them to devour raw
beef by moving it about with a fine wire.
The snakes, believing it to bo-, alive,
seize and swallow it, . . ....
Now a word about this swallowing
Sroccss. Strictly speaking, a snake
oes not 44 swallow," but crawls over its
food. Both upper and lower jaws are
freely movable and, controlled by appro
priate muscles. Having seized its prey,
one upper jaw is movod forward, and
the teeth, which all point backward,
firmly fixed, then the jaw (Of the oppo
site side in the same manner, then the
two lower jaws act in the same way,
until the object is swallowed, the mus
cles of the neck meanwhile forcing the
serpent's body forward over that of its
victim.
Snakes, it is well known, are able to
a long time without food ; not so
Ion:
ong, however, as is usually thought. I
think none of our common species could
exist through even a single season with
out eating. Tho locomotiro apparatus
of serpents is very beautiful. Each ver
tebra (except the. caudal) is supplied
with a pair of freely movablo ribs, the
lower extremities of which are attached
to the broad, movable . belly-scales
(scuta), each of which slightly under
lies tho preceding one. Each rib is sup
plied with a set of muscles, too complex
to describe hero. When the ribs arc
pulled forward, of course the scut a
move with them, their smooth surfaces
taking no hold on the ground. :, When,
however, the muscles act in a counter
direction, their sharp edges take firm
hold, and the body is propelled for
ward.
Garter-snakes, like all ophidians,
change their skins ; not onco a year, as
is generally supposed, but three, five, or
even more times in a season, according
to age and condition. . " . ,
I have many times witnessed this pro
cess of undressing. By stretching the
jaws wide open and violently working
tho labials (hp scales) the skin is broken
from about the lips. Then, by nibbing
the head against the ground or con
vcnicnt object, it is forced backward to
the neck, whence it is unrolled from the
rest of the body by the snake crawling
like an earth worm (i.e., contracting
and extending the body) completely out
of its old dress, assisting the operation
bv rubbin? against stones ana twis. JJv
blowing into tho "neck" of this empty
"slough," it may be tor a moment in
flated, looking like tho ghost of its for
mer owner.
What the term of life in the Eutieniio
may be is, in the nature of things, some
what hard to determine; but, judging
from their slow growth, I think that
thirty or forty years would bo within
limits. ...
The nrlncinal diseases to which thew
seem to be subject are a fungoid growth
of a soft, mucous character, which
grows around and in the mouth, soon
causing the animal to wasto -away ana
die, and a disease of the skin and super
ficial muscles, which gives the poor an
imal tho appearance of being caked
with white clay. This also is sooner or
later fatal.
Nor does tho ribbon-snake want for
enenuos. trogs ana toads will readily
devour the young. I think both moles
and shrews prey upon them, and several
species of hawk feed . upon tho larger
individuals-. --
This snake is entirely harmless and is
even to a certain degree capable of being
tamed. Indeed, I have . had several
which would take food from my hand.
crawl into my coat pockets and up my
arm, without showing the slightest fear,
the species being usually, except the
males in the breoding season, extremoly
timid.
In conclusion, i would say that the
wholesale killing of every species of
snake is not only cruel, but worse than
useless, the greater number ot species
feeding largely on held mice, thus rid
ding tho agriculturist of these annoying
and destructive little pests. All species
will get out of the way of man, if possi
ble, and the two venomous varieties
found in tho New England and Middlo
States the rattlesnake and copperhead
are, popular opinion to the contrary,
rare. A. II . ftti?, in A. Y. IndrjKUd-
Ctlt, ; , l . ; . . . ;
A North Carolina Gold Coin.
An Alabama editor says j A few days
ago a rare $0 gold coin was handed us
by Mr. L. Breazealc, of Calcra, for in
spection. Said coin was about the size
of a silver quarter, a shade thicker, the
color of "old gold," and was inscribed
as follows: On one side, "Carolina
gold, August 1st, 18:54. 140 c. 20 carats.1
On the other side, "C. Betchler. At
Kutherf, 5 dollars." The history of
this coin, as wo ls-arncd from Mr. U
about this : A gentleman by tho name
of Betchler owned and worked a gold
mine in North Carolina about the date
shown on said coin. At this time trans
portation facilities were not so good as
they have become since, and the means
of communication were much more lim
ited. On this account Betchler found
some difficulty in getting his gold dust
to market and. to the mints, and he
formed the idea of coining it hipiself ,
Not wishing to infringe upon the Gov
crnment, or to bo considered a counter
feiter, he ascertained the exact amount
of gold contained in the different varic
ties of gold coins coined by the Govern
ment, mwle his own dies, and coined his
gold-dust in bis own name, stamping
his.own name and the value upon each,
as shown above. This was known
throughout North Carolina as Betchler
gold, and passed amone the people
it hat State, and elsewhere where the
Tracts were known, as readily as the
gold coinsUhat bore the stamp of the
Government mints. The $' coin w
saw and which "dr. u. had in his pos
session is a beautiful one, and is well
toTirthy at a place in the cabinet of
nuuiisniJtologist.
On Aug. 1 the Lady Godiva proces
sion wiijxvjved (after many years
3pa5vlrr,"xJcA-eutry, England, in the
I rrjc:T.cP of r.Tirlv 2".000 rcr!e.
HOME ASD FABM.
Never cut a fowl's wing to prevent
iteflyjig. Pull out the flight feathers
of ond .wing.. ,
Old table-cloths can be used for
making napkins, soft towels for infants,
and tao oldest and most worn pieces do
nicely for wash rags.
Animate when confined and sup
plied j with fattening food always in
crease largely in weight during the first
few weeks, after which the rato of in
crease diminishes to a considerable ex
tent. I
Tossed Potatoes.Boil somo pota
toes in their skins ; peel them and cut
into small piecos. Toss them over tho
fire in a mixture of cream, butter rolled
in flour, pepper and salt, till they are
hot and well covered with the sauce.
Egg Sauce. Take yelks of two
eggs boiled hard; mah them with a
tablcspoonful of mustard, a little pepper
and salt, three tablespoonfuls of vine
gar and three of salad oil. A table
spoonful of catsup improves this for
some.
It is an old adage to give the ani
mals all they will eat. It would be bet
ter to say give them all they can digest.
Thero are a great many animals which
eat more than they can digest. As a
general thing horses which stand in the
stall idle eat much more than those
which work all tho time.
Tomato Catsup. One-half peck
ripe tomatoes, six large onions, four red
peppers ; add two cups sugar, four cups
vinegar, a tablcspoonful each of salt and
ground mustard, two tablespoonfuls
cinnamon, auspice, ginger, nutmeg and
cloves ; boil three hours ; strain and bot
tle for use ; leave out sugar if you pre
fer; this will keep for years.
Peach Shortcake. Make a dough
as for soda biscuits, only shorter : roll
to ono-fourth of an inch thick, and place
on a baking tin ; spread this with butter,
ana place another layer of dough on
top. Bake in a quick oven. Whilo hot,
separate the two layers, and spread
mashed fresh peaches with plenty of su
gar between, also over the top, and
serve with cream. .
Manure snouid do lorked over oc
casionally to make it fine. If it is heat
ing, muck or loam should be mixed with
it to ausoro me ammonia which is
formed daring the process of docompo
sition. sprinkling the heap with ground
plaster is also advisablo. The plaster
will absorb any ammonia which escapes
from the pile and save it for the use of
srrowmr plants. Ammonia is too valu
able an element of plant food to allow it
to D9 wasted. .
To make Bavarian cream with
peaches, allow eighteen fine peaches to
half a pound of sugar, cut them in small
pieces and boil. When reduced to a
marmaiaoe, squeeze them through n
sieve or colander. Add half a package
of dissolved gelatine and a glassful of
good cream. Stir it well to make it
smooth, w hen it is about to set add
pint of whipped cream, and mold it. It
makes a stiu prettier dish to serve
halves or quarters of fresh peaches, half
frozen, around the cream.
Chow-Chow. Two ouarts of toma
toes, two white onions, half-dozen greeS
fieppers, one dozen cucumbers, two
leads of cabbage, all chopped fine; let
this stand over night; sprinkle a teacup
of salt in it. In the morning drain off
the brine and season with one table
spoonful of celery seed, one ounce of
tumeric, half-teaspoonful of cayenne
pepper, one cup of brown sugar, one
ounce of allspice, one ounce of black
pepper, one-quarter ouncco of cloves
vinegar enough to cover, and boil two
hours.
A Nice Littlo Side Dish. Take
boiled Irish potatoes and mash them
smooth, and take of minced cold meat
(any kind of roast meat) about half as
much as you have potatoes, and a finely
chopped onion (if onions are not liked,
it is good without), season well with
pepper, salt and butter, and break into
it two eggs, inash and mix well togeth
er, put it on a pie-plate, and mark it
in a high, round cone, set it in a brisk
oven, and let it brown evenly. Serve
hot.
Seed wheat is prepared for sowing.
as a preventive ot rust and smut, in sev
eral ways, such as by steeping in a
strong brine of salt and water and then
drying in air-slacked lime ; by steeping
in a solution of four ounces of sulphate
of copper in one gallon of water, or in a
solution of four ounces of glauber salts
(sulphate oi soda) in a gallon of. water,
and then whilo wet mixing with air-
slacked quick-lime. The steeping is
continued for twelve hours, and is done
immediately before sowing. The effect
of these preparations is to destroy any
germs of tike smut fungus or seed spores
of which the smut consists by their caus-
iio action. : ja wib process is certainty
effective to some extent, it should be
generally practiced, for if this were
done the diffusion of tho spores of smut
far and wide from tho smut in the crops
would be materially reduced more and
more every year.
Horse-Stable Floors.
The long-debated question as to tho
best material for stable-floors is being
again revived. A clay floor was ad
hered to by some for years, and such
was tho earnestness of its advocates
and the many arguments brought to
bear upon it that we were induced some
twenty years ago to try it. In three or
four months we had the planks back
again, being satisfied of the disadvant
ages of clay for this purpose. Our pres
ent floor of plank is simply inclined a
littlo from front to rear, where the usual
gutter is made to carry off tho liquid
voidings. We do not believe in sand,
coal-ashes, sawdust, asphaltum, flags,
cobble-stones, or any of these modern
devices to injure horses. Thus far we
havo never noticed that this little in
clination was in any way injurious ; and
we doubt whether the wooden grating
that wo frequently see placed over the
planking that some use would be ad
visable on the ground that the animal
would be no more comfortable, while
this movable grating or second floor
might lead to accidents. When a per
son can keep horses in good, sound,
healthy condition for five or seven years,
as we have done, on a carefully-constructed
plank-flooring, inclining a little
to the rear, it is just as well to be satis
fied with it. Do what one will, holes
will be dug by tho stamping of the feet
in the clay, and these will be filled with
moisture, which will necessarily result
in scratches, quarter-crack, etc. If tho
clay is leveled off and beaten down
daily, it will make no difference. Some
time ago we inspected a number of sta
bles where many horses were kept, and
we encountered only one which was
composed of anything but wood. Of
course there will be new things inven
tions springing up, which are to meet
and overcome every objection, and
there will be some to adopt them, but
we shill be satisfied with what we have
until there is something produced about
which there will he. no mistake. Tr-
Mortality of Children.
Summer after summer we have the
eame fearful statistics of the mortality
of children under five years of age, as
compared with the death-list of all per
sons over that age. The figures are so
out of proportion that it is impossible,
it would seem, to escape tho conclusion
that there must bo something' radically
wrong in our treatment of children.
Take, for instance, the mortuary report
for the last week, which is but a fair
specimen, as the death-lists for the sum
mers of 1878-9 will verify. There died,
ass week, in our city, altogether L'&u
persons. Of this number Hi that is,
more than one-half were children un
der five years of age. Of these 144,
again, llti were infants under ono year,
twenty-three between one and two years,
J ' -1. . 1 I
ana uvo Detween two ana nve years.
These figures Would, furthermore, seepi
to show that, in proportion as our chil
dren are mero babies, wo treat them
more irrationally. A further compari
son of tho tables of our summer deaths,
were it necessary, would show,' further,
that the hotter the summer Is the great
er is the disproportion between infants
and adults. ow, what can bo the
reason? The notion that children die in
such large numbers because they are
teething is absurd ; because infants un
der ono year, who fill nearly one-half of
tho above mortuary list, are not gener
ally given to teething j and because
teething is in itself not an unwholesome
operation. Besides, doctors almost in
variably assign, as the cause of the
death of these infants, what is usually
called summer complaint, which means
diarrheal diseases. Why, then should
these diseases affect little children so
much more powerfully than persons
who are sufficiently advanced in age to
crawl or walk out of doors, romp in the
streets, go into tho parks in short, to
escape the confinement of close, lll-ven-
tilated rooms, and enjoy, out of doors,
the fresh air of God? The answer lies
in the question ; though be it preached
summer after summer, it will be forgot
ten long beforo a year has again turned
around.
No sooner is a baby born, than tho
fond mother and foolish father order all
windows and window-shutters of a ba
by's room hermetically closed, so that
tho child may havo no possible chance
or drawing in a breath of fresh air,
which, nevertheless is even more es
sential to it than its mother milk. It is
brought up in atmosphere so surcharged
with poison from the exhalation of its
own and other bodies, that it is a real
marvel that baby children survive at all
in summer time. In winter, the grate
or stove furnishes some ventilation.
When the infant is considered old
enough to be submitted to the light of
day, it still confined to its miserable
room, and there are few mothers daring
enough, in face of tho almost cruel su
perstition, to send their infant children
out of the house into the fresh air. Any
man or woman of experience must have
felt the recuperative power of air out
side of the house, and, in a still greater
degree, of the air of another locality.
Why do we go to Lafayette, or any
other park? Because we immediately
experience the benefit of a chango of
atmosphere. Are, then, tho infants not
human beings as we are? Indeed, they
need the strengthening power of fresh air
far more than we do, for they have not
the nervous energy which, in older per
sons, is the most active combatant of
disease. St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
A great discovery has been made on
the Mojave Desert, says a San Francisco
paper, which seems destined to revolu
tionize vine-culture in Southern Califor
nia. It has been found (that grape cut
tings, inserted in tho trunk of the cacti
on the desert, grow and thrive as vig
orously as in cultivated land. This fact
is of great importance to the people. By
the use of a chisel a man can plant a
large vineyard in a day, and the vines
so planted will climb tho cactus and
grow luxuriantly without cultivation or
irrigation. The dry, hot sands of the
desert will afford a fine placo for drying
raisins, in addition to grapes it has
been proved that melons, cucumbers
and tomatoes will grow from the cactus
stock.
It appears that every known trait
of the mound-builder was possessed al
so by tho Indian at the time of tho dis
covery of America. It hence becomes
unnecessary to appeal to any other
agency than the Indian. It is poor
philosophy and poor science that resorts
to hypothetical causes when those al
ready known are sufficient to produce the
known effects. The 1 ndian is a known
adequate cause. The assignment of the
mounds to any other dynasty was born
of that common reverence for the past,
and for the uncxplainablo, which not
only unconsciously augments the actual,
but revolts at the reduction of these
works to the level of the existing red
man. Toptdar Science Monthly.
Near .Ovid, Mich., a shepherd dog
ran five miles with a runaway team, and
kept it in the road, thus preventing the
wagon from being smashed into smith
ereens. A census agent est imates that 7,000,
000 people are interested in the United
States fisheries, and that tho annual
product is worth about $100,000,000.
THE MARKETS.
NEW YOItK, .September, 1R81.
CATTl.K Native Steers.
f J UU
id 12 Oft
COTToS MiUUIina
KliOl'i: (iooil to Choice...
WllKA'l'-No. j Uuil
No. 2 Spring
coi:x-No.j
(ATS Western Mixed
I'UKK Mtnutliu-d Mess
sr. Louis,
COTTON-Midilliiig
lifcKVKS Choice
Fair to (iood
Native Cows
Texas Steers
JIOOS Common to Select..
SIIKKP Fair to Choli-c
KLHCIt XXX to Choice
WHEAT No. 3 Winter
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No. :
COHN No. 2 Mixed
OA I S No. -J
IIVK No. i
TOIJAfCO Park I.uirs
MimIiiiiii Dark Leaf
HAV-Cholee Timothy
Ul'TTF.K hotKv Dairy
EtiliS choice
1'OltK Mamlnrd Mesa
UACON Cleat Kil)
I.AItn l'tinie Stenra
Wool Tub-washed, medium
Unwanted
CHICAGO.
CATTLE Native steers.
IHM, Onod to choice
SHF.Fr t.ood to choice
FLOl'U Winter
Snrinc
Kt 20 Ml
6 20
f 15
W Y) 25
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4 Ml
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5 50
1 31
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No. 2 Miii)K
COUN No.-J
OATS No. 2
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KANSAS UTV
CATTLE Native steers
. Vttive Cows
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WHEAT-No.2
No.:
COKV No. 2 Mned
5 10
J 50
6 OO
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NKWOULEANS.
FLorU-Hmh tiral
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38
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OATS Choice
11 V-CIoic- M U
IWIK-Met-" 19 0"
n leiir Kin U
("II y- M -M::..,-
- Charles O'Conor, the well-known
New York lawyer, six years ago was
given up oy nis aoctors, wno icu ins
bedside and pronounced him past hopo
and recovery ; but tho old man of 74
rallied, even after the closing rites of
the church had been performed and tho
consecrated wafer was placed in his
mouth, and called for what he had long
been begging, a pear, ate it and is alive
to-day.
"Mother Ho Recovered,"
wrote an Illinois girl to her Eastern rela
tives. "She took bittcra for a lon; time
but without any tfood. So when she heard
of the virtues of Kidney-Wort she got a box
nd it has completely cured her Liver com-
plaint." Jltalth and llomt.
44 Yorj can't come it," is what the astron
omers say to our aerial stranger, as they ob
serve bis departure after vaiu efforts to
reach the earth.
Cured of Drinking.
44 A young friend of mine was cured of
an Insatiable thirst for liquor, which had so
prostrated him that he was unable to do any
business. Ho was entirely cured IT the use
of Hop Hitters. It allayed all that burning
thirst: took away the appetite for liquor:
matte his nerves steady, and he has remained
a sober and steady man for more than two
years, and hag no desire to return to his
cups; 1 know of a number of others that
have been cured of drinking by it." From
a leading R. It. Official, Chicago, III. T.ma.
Bed-bnci, Jtonche.
Rata, cats, mice, ant.i, fl.es, Insects, cleared
out by "Rough on Hats" 15c, druggists.
If afflicted with Sore Eves, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 20c.
Would not be without Reddlne's Russia
Ealve, is the verdict ot all who use it.
f WOMAN'S TItllttirili'
HQS. LYD1A L PIHKHAM, OF LYNN, MASS,
SISC9VIBEB or
LYDIA E. PINKHAPif S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Ponltlvp Cnre
for all those PalaM GonplalnU anil WeaVneuot
o common to our best female population.
. It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Com.
plalnte, all OYarian trouble), Inflammation and Ulcera
tion, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, and it particularly adapted to th
Change ot Life.
It will dissolre and eipcl tumors from the uterus In
an earl 7 stage ot development. The tendency to can
cerous humors there Is checked rery speedily hy its use.
It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving
for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cure Bloating-, Headaches, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi
gestion. That feeling; of bearing; down, causing pain, weight
and backache, Is always permanently cured by ite use.
It will at all times and under all circumstances let In
harmony with the laws that c;o era the female system.
For the curt of Kidney Complaints ot either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA E. riN WHAM'S VEGETABLE COM.
POUNDis prepared at ta and I3i Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass. Price (L Six bottles for as. Sent by mail
In the form of pills, also In the form ot loiemrea, on
receipt of prioe, $1 per box for either. Mr Pinkham
treelyanswora all letters of Inquiry. Send for pamph
let Address aa above. Ventfon thit itaprr.
No family should be without LYDIA & PINKHAM'S
LO'EK PILLS. They cure constipation, biliouanean
and torpidity ot too liver. Si cents per box.
Sold by EICHARDSON & CO., SI Louis, Mo
FOR SALE ltV DRUGGISTS.
S10
A DAT. JlmrtomalceU. Komi-thlnn Sennit
Ati EMS. CoK, YoNiiK A Co.,St. Loula.Mo.
HAIR
and IFfnssnntC.O. I. anywhere. Wholesale
aim Iteuu. pnce-llit rrte. Goods (ntaran
teed. B.USiUKUL.157 Wabash av.Chlcaaa
AGENTS i
Coin money with Or. Chine's New
Kecelut llonk. New r ri-v sedanden
larged. By mill, si AUdrcw Chase Pul I Co. . Toledo. O.
MONTH AGENTS WANTED UO beat
rsaTivr auuicss day uronaon, ui-iroii, Mica.
LSfJ vlO'SntS rnn secure nermnnont employment
J'"6",,,nllh good salary sellliiKHiieenClly
ftkli't and Stocking Nupporlera.i-ie. i'tmpleoiunt
r". juurcn Hiiecntuy auirnaer io.,uu., u.
A rents wanted. tS lay mane
ae I us our r.v not M. HOI,
A It 1 U l-KH and r AM MA AI.K.
eLliii to 'a Ibi. bt-lls nt VI. (,0.
liumsiic Scalk Co., Cmcmuau, u.
flPiMIW; MaCHINFC Tools for all kinds nf Will
Baaing. LOOMIS 1 NYMAN. TIFFIN, OHIO.
A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY FAST 1
ell Fine aLurg t-agrn vine of
President Garfield.
Apply to it Hi dknsinu u Hon, Sit b. Jih St, New kork city
AXLE GREASE.
Best In the World. Get the rrnulne. Ev
ery naekavae has ear Trmte-mnrk nnd le
Burked Friuer's. ULI)Vttl WI1CUE,
. tSV A DAP CUAIANTICO
M BA
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Di'AMcrrm
fU SCW FOR OH TAL OSUC
A. W MORGAN A CO.
iNOIANAPOUS. INDIANA
M El BLOOD!
PARSONS' PURGATIVE PILLS ttM
Bl.jod, inrl will co!itil't'ly chnnfcc the iduod in tin rn
tlrr nyrUrm In three month. Any preou who will tnkn
1 pill encli night from 1 to 14 wee-leu nmy bo irsiuird
to ound health, If such thing b pokHthlc Sold cv
crywhtiv, or Btnt by mall for letter stamp. I. 8.
Joiinbon 4 Co., Host un. MaM.. fornuMty Hunger, M
IT or Ohlllfj and Pover
AND ALIWJISEASES
Caused by Malm-lit I Fuleontnc of the Bload.
A WARHAKTED UUHE.
Price, SB 1 .OO. For sale hy all Dni!sti
fir tlir Chit of Cfliirs. CmMs Hos-tmt'-'i1. Ahm
r-r-3',i:'.m. ru. 'l..tz. "i; (."-itJ: 1i.p-
1
1 j.. .-..m'.toiiaa
10 TJma! J1 ll
iar ..
DTnifiril
Though Shaken In l.very Joint '
And liber with fever and ague, or bilious rcmlttjRt, .
the system may yol be freed from tlio niall&nnt virus.'
with Hosteller's Stomach Hitters.. I'rotoct tho system
against It with this benellccnt antl-spaiinodlc whtcu
Is turtlicrinore a supremo remedy for liver complaint.
constipation, dyspepsia, debility, rheumatism, klndoy ,
troubles and otlu-r allmcnU.
For sale by all UntKRtsts and Dealers generally.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
FOR THE CURE OF ;
FEVER and AGUE
Or CHILLS and FEVER.
Ibe proprietor of this celebrated medicine
justly claims for it ft superiority over all rem
edies ever ottered to tbe publio for the B&FE,
CBTAIN, SPEED Y and PERMANENT cure
of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, wheth
er of short or longstanding. Herefen to the
entire western and Southern country to bear
him testimony to the truth of tbe assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to cure if
the directions are strictly followed and carried
out. In a great many cases a single dose hai ,
been sufficient for a cure, and whole families
havo been cured by asinglebottle, with aper- .
feet restoration of the general health. It if,
however, prudent, and in every case more cer
tain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller
doses for a week or two after the disease has
been checked, more especially in difficult and .
long-standing cases. Usually this medicine
will not require any aidtokeepthe bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however re
quire a cathartic medicine, after bavin; taken
three or four doses of the Tonic, single dose
of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY FILLS
will be sufficient.
The penuine SMITH'S TONIC SYEUP must
have DB. JOHN BULL'S private stamp on each
bottle. SB. JOHN BULLonly has tbe ri(rhtto
manufacture and sell the original JOHN 3,
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, of Louisville, Ky.
Examine woll the label on each bottle. If my
private stamp is not on each bottle do not
purchase, or you will be deceived,
XXL. JOHN OOUXjXj,
Manufacturer and Vender of -SMITH'S
TONIC SYRUP,
BULL'S SARSAPARILLA,
BULL'S WORM DESTROYER,
The Popular Remedies Of the Day.
Prlnelpal Office, 810 Slain St., I.OI ISVIIXK, KY.
JJDUCATIONAL
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MT. 1)E CHANTAIi ATADKXT, m-arWheellnf.W.
V. tiiKiluli, French, Music Apply for catalogue
Tiie Best SCHOOL in the Lani ;
Racine College, Wis.
For terms, apply to DE. PAKKER, '
Racine College, Eacine, "Wis. '
THIS IS
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Double
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THE
Clorer
fiacnins tuat et Ua
llnisrlla, Monitor, Jr
snd tbs Ashland Clover
llu'lura lu a Kjit-nllflo tn .
t ilio l oldn, 0., Ir, Sept. '
l.Vh and lltih, 1X80 fa ibm
prtwiiceorgO.OOOFarnurs
ana Trt liermeii ot Us WhI.
nimmllf", ly
HAGERSTOWN AORICTULT'1, 1MPLEM T MFtf. 00.
Man hU,, nmimK,i..,iii.i. Hagerstown, Mi
COTTON IS KING6?,!!5158
faTuSS. KING 0FC0TT0N
for Cotton Gin use and general plantation purposes,
not found in any other Engint in tht world. For ..
Pamphlets and Prire I.lst apply by mail to THE '
AULTMAN & TAYLOR COMPANY, Mansnsls, .
Ohio.
VM S t lplnr. ..I.I 1... hh
ffi9llO VRlZK nuwlts In romic Monthly, a mam.
motli plcuirlal for family cntwulnuient. IMsl
fear. Smii on trial six months to nyncw subscriber
uu cm. alien mens lite. ; none rrew.
121 Kuiiku SUeeU N. T. '
TELEGRAPHING.
Hryanl A Htrntton'e Ilus. .
ami Tel. College, St. Louis. ',
Mo., Is the largest In Hie Wcsl. Tho ii-admir telegraph
companies win ainanie Ki-aiiuaiot 10 positions. ; ; t,
fnniTO uiaiiTrn
HQCniO (IHHILU THRiu.iNO book
TO BF,rXTIfT
1,u,t'hVSal detectives
Py Allan Plnksrtnn. The (lreatet LlTlng HeuwU ! '
from Ills most sxeluiiR experiences. Ilia moit Intensely '
Inten-stlns: work, ever pulillhed. Profusely Illustrated. ,
SKI.l.S AT -KillT. Mend for liberal terms to mill 1
money. M'AMMKL k IM 210 N Hd St . H. Louis. Mm,
LYON & HEALY
162 a 106 Slate Street Chicago,
Will tni ynftii U tnj adina, ttuir
aain rilTlLonuf.
for ISM, 10 KwrMtaP at nTO,
' i s
lalnmnu, huiu, Cnj. Helta. I'&m
pona, KeftnWta. Cap Lamp RtaaU,
Praia msinrv DianiMa n. auacr
Band OullU. Kwslrisc Mulatto!,! alM llf
xiutlai lnitrnotinn snj KnrrlMt far Aaiittir
Uamla, sail a aaWJof I caolos Saa Mwk,
15 EITIIEK Mqi'lD Oil DUX FOBS
Thitt Acts nt ilietmne lime on
TES LITER, TES SOWSLS,
AXD IKS KIDNITS. .
WHY ARE AVE SICK?
Btcauit to allow that great orgam to
becomt dnrjatdor tonilil, ond poiionou$
nhiwmriart therefor forced Into tin Hood
that thouldbe expelled naturally.
' lisilsi lililUfl sili ii
WILL SURELY CURE
KIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
PILES. CONftTIPATlOtt, X'KINART
DIHEASI , KEMA1.K WEAKNEieEB,
AN1 JiEKVOUS lHBOIttoElta,
J earning fret action of tltett organ and I
rettoring their jmcer to tltrow off ditcat.
TVIiy suffer Bllioni pains and arhss!
Why tormented nllli Plies, Constipation!
Why frightened oier disordered Kidneys!
IThy endure aerTont or lick lieadsrhest
V KIONKY-WO RTmiiZ i ej:.ice In health.
It la put ip In Dry Vefetahle Farm, latin!
cans one. package of whit-It makes an quarts of j
medMna. A)MlnUqldFarm, very Cms-I
traUO, for those that cannot reauily pre para It.
A Ifrit arts with equal efficiency In either form. I
M GET IT Of TOUR DKUOOIBT. PRICE, tl.0 I
WELU,BiCI!AnDSOXCo.,rre,,
twill eetd toe dry post paid.) BrBLBGTO TT.
K. 8. L.
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