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VOL. XXVI.
LIBERTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1892.
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CARDS-PROFESSIONAL, Eto.
GEO. F.WEBB,
.. Attorney at Law,
y Office in tbe Butler Building, Liberty,
. " Amite Count j, Miss. 11-9-90
D. C. BR AM LETT, .
ill:;::; d fair i1, law,
WOODVILLE, MISS.
Will practice in all the Courts ot
Amite and adjoining counties, and in the
Supremo Court at Jackson. 1-yi.
; theo. Mcknight, Jr.,
Attorney at Law,
LIBERTY, MISS. .
Will practice in all tha Courts ol
Amite and adjoining counties, and in the
Supreme and Federal Courts at.laukson.
, 12-11-tfO.
E. H. RATCLIFF, ..'
Attorney at Law,
GLOSTKB, MISS.
Will practice in all the Conns ol
Amite and ad joining counties and in tha
Supreme Court at Jackson. 13-90.
Mrs. Fade Br.w.r Si Co.
-DEALERS IN-
Millinery Goods;
Ladies' Wear, Notions, Etc. :
HATS and BONNETS
Shaped and Trimmed on Short No
tice and in the Latest Styles.
(PATRONAGE 'SOLICITED.
. Liberty, Mississippi.
J. B. WEBB,
Attorney ; at Law,
. r . GLOSTER, MISS.
' Will practice In al! the courts of Amita
and1 adjoining counties, and in the Su
preme Court at Jackson.
J. IL Price,
Magnolia.
W. E. Gill,
Liberty.
r PRICE & GILL,
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Attorneys at Law,
LIBERTY, MISS.
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- Will .practice in all the courts of
Amite and adjoining counties, and iq
the Supreme Court at Jackson..,
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St. Louis,JV.is80uri.
W. B. MCDOWELL :. : Agent,
Amite County, Miss.
HOTEL
' 'And Livery Stable,
LIBERTY, MISS.
The undersigned begs to announce
Mat be is now prepared' to receive
boarders and entertain the traveling
public Fare the best tbe market af
fords. He is also prepared to meet the
wants of the publio in the way of feed
ing, stabling and grooming stock which
nay be entrusted to bis care. Charge
easooablo. Giro me a trial . , j , .
TII03IAB WAWJItt.
Vbtrtj, Sept I?, W
HUNKUM HILL.
I ascd to (an ea lliuii klU
And think it very Uiph,
And one ol aature's afitjchly amp
Tb helped buld au tat sky
One day I t.xlitled op l:a si. e
And atood apoa it top,
And ihi-n I Ic.rneJ tha sky suit re
Cfon some other prop.
And there I saw tt Jiist bryoBil,
Aaothrr ht:l Biuco hlbvr.
Hi aiBiBlt aiinrlwl with the aky.
All fused with luuset nrt. .
Tnat hill'i a button oa Iht urth,-
Sid I to UtU. Joaat. ;,..
The great ky spreUs t btUtonkole
Aad thea tt hitches on."
One day Iettmhea Ihe other hill,
Aad found with lieavy heart
The button aod tba buttonhola
Wort tcry far apart.
But there trainst the rrimsoa weat
Another hill 111 aeea,
A mighty spann ed ciuhloa whera
The big sky loved to lean.
And so I've kert on climbing hills
From busy day to day.
But from tba topmost peak! I find
Tba sky la far away.
Ia spita of many tumbles, still
This sermon 1 would presch,
Lllo's greatest fun ia rraspinf for
TUe thinKS we cannot reach.
a W. Posa, In Yankr Blade.
Smith was asking me to-day," said
Mr. Itowser, as he laid down his even
lng paper, "it we wouldn't drop over
some evening and havo a four-handed
game of euchre with them."
hy, I should like to go over any
evening," replied Mrs. liowser.
"Ho and his wife play most every
evening."
"Yes?"
' "If you only knew how to play we
murht have a gamo now and then."
"I have been told that I play fairly
well, bhe quietly replied.
"Havo, eli! I imppose we might have
apame or two, though of course I can
play my cards with my eyes shut
Have you got a pack around?"
"Mr. Howser. I am perfectly willing
to play, but you must promise me not
get mad if you are beaten-'
"Mad! What are you talking about!
The idea of me getting mad over a
game of cards!
"Do you promise?"
"My dear woman, in about ten mln
titcs from now yon will begin to turn
red and white and pet so mad that a
yoke of oxen can"t hold you. You are
the one to make promises. Get the
cards, and if you win one game out of
ten 1 11 buy you a twenty dollar hat"
"If I win more frames than you do
you won't you won't feel put out?"
she' asked as they sat down to the
table. ..
"Good lands! but what is the woman
talking about? Mrs. Bowser, I've
played more games of euchre than
you've got hairs in your head, and no
one ever knew mo to feel anything but
serene. A husband who can t play
game of cards with his wife without
getting mad had better hang up. Go
ahead and deal. The poorest player
always has the deal. Hearts is trumo.
eh? Ah, ahl I will proceed to lead
this."
Mr. Bowser had a good hand and
scored a march, and after counting up
ho leaned back and laughed and asked
"Any other little game that you can
play better than thia. Mrs. Bowser?"
He dealt and scored another point
and chuckled some more, and when the
game was finished she had scored only
one point'
"Beginning to get red in the face al
readyha! ha! ha! he laughed. "You
hare promised not to get mad, though,
and I shall hold yon to it
She had nothing to say, but scored a
march on the new game. Mr. liowser
tried hard to laugh, but three or four
minutes later, when the game was fin
ished and she clapped her hands and
shouted "Chicago!" there wasn't a sign
of a -smile on his face as he replied:
."Do you want to wake up the whole
town? Perhaps you don't know that I
MB. BOWSKB HOLDS A GOOD HASD.
gave you that game just to encourage
you. I on lOOKeo re aery to cry.
"Please don't give me any more."
"Don't you worry! You don't get aa
nther ainirle soint to-nicht!"
She did, though. She got the first
point on the new game, and ho began
to look Very sober. He brightened up
a little when he scored one, but that
' nil he cot on the game.
"That's even games, and I'm a Chi
extra ahead!" she exclaimed, as she
"O, it Is, eh? It's a wonder yon didn't
get the other game as well! Swindling
and cheaUn? al cards don't seem to
trouble some people's consciences!"
"But I didn't cheat!" -rn.V
Tion't trv it airaln. Mrs Bow
serl Spades is trump, and what do
you do?"
rder me ep! What's that fort"
"llecauae it is the best I've got"
"You can t do it! You have cot to
passr
.o, I haven t If I think I ct.n
make a point I can order yon up, of
course."
"1 doo't believe it, but rather than
have a great f uss over it I'll take it up.
hat are you leading the right-bower
for?"
"I want to take all the tricks. I can
ad any way I want to, can't I?
"O. well, go ahead and see how you'll
come out!"
bhe came out by winning the game.
while Mr. liowser had scored only two
points.
"That's a game and a Chicago ahead.
Mr. Bowser! Instead of one game out
of ten, I've won two out of three!"
"Yes, but how did you win 'em? If
you'd played honestly, yon wouldn't
have scored two points on a game!
There's the trump. What do you do?"
"1 order you up, said Mrs. liowser.
"Order me up! You can't do it!"
"Of course I can."
"Not much. No one ever heard of
such a thing!"
'Hoyle says that If you have a
strong hand and think"
"Hoyle! Hoyle. he shouted, as be
rose up and waved his arms around.
'Who is Hoyle? Does Hoyle run this
family? Is Hoyle playiug this game of
cords or are we?"
"But my dear, Hoyle is authority on
cards."
"Never! I allow no man to make
rules for me! You either say you'll
pass or I don't play any more."
To preserve tbe peace Mrs. liowser
passed and he turned it down. She
then made the trump hearts.
"But yon can't do it" he protested.
"When I turn down diamonds how can
you make it hearts?"
"Can't 1 make it what I wish?"
"No, ma'am, you can't not In this
game! If you were playing with some
two-year-old baby you might play a
baby game, but you've either got to
play a straight game or quit!"
"Mr. liowser, Hoyle says that when
your opponent "
"Hoyle againl I tell you Hoyle has
nothiug to do with it! There! We
don't play any more! I knew how it
would end when we sat down!"
"Don't be foolish, Mr. Bowser."
"Foolish! Do you suppose I'm going
to sit here and be cheated out of my
siir ohderkd inn CP.
eye teeth? It's mighty funny that a
woman can't play an honest game of
cards!"
"I'm afraid, dear, that you don't
really understand the game of euchre,"
she replied.
"I don't eh? I, who was playing
euchre forty years before you were
born, don't understand the game!
That settles it, Mrs. Bowser; settles it
forever! If I should live to be ten
thousand years old I'd never play
another game with you! I see now
why so many husbands are driven
from home why so many go to de
struction. It's because they can't find
any comfort at home!"
"Mr. Bowser, you promised me be
fore we sat down that "
"And who raised this row? Who set
out to deliberately swindle and cheat?
But it's no use to say more. I ought
to have known better. Every husband
ought to know better. Smith is an in
fernal old liar and I'm going to bed!"
M. Quad, in N. Y. World.
DURATION OF LIGHTNING
Tha Length of a Flash Less Than tha
10,000th Fart of a Kecond.
Authorities differ as to the time of
duration of the lightning flash; hut all
agree that it is less than J,he 10,000th
part of a second. The experiment
which establishes this fact is due to the
late Sir Charles Wheatstone. A disk,
divided into alternate sections of black
and white, is caused to rotate very
rapidly on its axis, and by daylight it
appears of a uniform gray. If light
ning occurring in the dark render the
separate sectors visible it is plain that
the duration of light must be less than
the time of revolution through the
breadth of one sector.
The experiment was tried with a
disk of sixty sectors and making 180
revolutions in a second, so that the
time of turning through tbe space of
one sector is the 10,800th part of a
second. When the disk, rotating, with
this velocity, is rendered visible by
lightning black and white sectors are
seen with gray ones intervening. This
shows that the flash is not absolutely
instantaneous, for in this case the sec
tors would be seen sharply defined
without any alternation of gray.
Chambers Journal.
Dae to His Creditor.
A good story is told of one of our
former citizens who is not overpartic
ular about paying his bills. One of his
creditors presented a bill of longstand
ing, but met with the usual inability
Of meeting the same, pleading Pover
ty, etc. "How ia this?" said the
creditor, "you don't look as it you
Were as poor as all that for your fact
looks like the full moon and yotu
whole personal appearance looks more
like sirloins and roasts than poverty."
"Oh I" said the poor debtor, gently
stroking his principal, extremity, "thif
owe to my last boarding bouse
keeper. " Tbe creditor uollod. asd lefk
-W'Vburjr AmerlfM
THE FARMING WORLD.
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SPRING WAGON DECK.
A Great Con r. clear. Worth Macb Mora
Tfcaa It. Small Oast.
Recently while attending a county
fair where a good many gardeners
were exhibitors I was struck with the
clumsy and Inconvenient eontrivauces
for extending th) carrying capacity of
spring wagons. Many were made of.
odds and ends of thick boards and
without reference to convenience in
unloading. By the side of them my
own looked as airy and frail as em
broidery compared to sail cloth, yet it
la sufficiently strong to carry 1,400
pounds in market baskets, and I can
unload the whole load without hand
ling more than six baskets twice, and
aometimes not then, if I chance to sell
these six baskets last My wagon
Is platform spring, 90 inches by 30,
inside measure of box, with a falling
hinged endgate.
To make a deck I took two pieces of
pine board 1 inch thick, 4 inches wide
and 6 feet long. These were for bed
pieces, to rest upon the sides of the
box, which is 8 inches high. This gives
room for half-bushel baskets under
neath. For platform I bought a dry
goods box, 5s inches long and about 20
inches square, for which I paid 10
cents. The material of the sides was
X of an inch thick, and of these I
used what I needed, nailing the boards
on to the edge of the bed pieces and
leaving vacancies between of about S
Inches. I do not grow radishes, onions
or celery for market, so it was not
necessary to have the deck boards close
together. The nailing was done with
long, slender wire nails, driven slight
ly on a slant and not all in line with the
Li jL
center of the bed piece, as that would
have a tendency to split it and weaken
the hold of the nails. A railing of inch
stuff Vi Inches high was nailed around
the edge of the sides and back, aetting
00 top of the deck. The widest board
was at the forward end, as the deck ia
used without a scat and the driver sits
among the baskets. Bits of iron
screwed on to the inside of the bed
pieces project downward Into the clips
which hold the seat in place and hold
the deck in position on the wagon.
Where a wagon has a seat rail on the
Inside end holes for iron dowels, the
aame kind of dowels must be used in
the bedpieccs of the deck. Four
triangular wooden pieces are fitted in
outside to serve as braces. I am sorry
to say that my deck proved too much
for the cupidity of some one and 1 shall
have to build another, and in this I
shall leave off the clumsy, outuiile
braces and have four pieces of strap
iron, 10 inches long, bent at right
angles S inches frian one end and
punched for screws. These will be
fastened underneath on inside of bed
pieces, the long ends projecting down
and entering the seat fastening to hold
it in place. On the first day of the fair
I put the deck under horticultural hall,
expecting to get It when the fair was
over, but when I looked for it it was
gone. It cost less than 20 cents for
material and less than two hours'
labor to make, so I am not out of
pocket very much; but I pity the man
who was so hard np as to take it The
accompanying drawing, showing end
view, will make the way of construct
ing the deck more plain. A is tho end
of the wagon. The space above A
should not be obstructed, as this per
mits taking out baskets when the tail
board is down. Baskets can also be
taken out of the forward end. There
are many times when farmers as well
as gardeners find such an attachment
to a spring wagon a great convenience
and worth much more than its small
eost L. B. Pierce, in Ohio Farmer.
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.
A wooL-GHowEB says that tobacco
water used as a sheep dip does not give
so good a luster to the growing fleece
as some of the 'dips that are to be
bought already prepared.
Tim quiet cow, the friendly hen, the
peaceful horse, give the largest re
turns with the least expense. Conquer
everything on the farm, including the
hired man, by politeness and kindness.
Farm Journal.
Wk see it stated that from recent in
vestigations made In tbe Pennsylvania
university veterinary school it was
shown that the chief cause of consump
tion is tne use of the milk and flesh of
tuberculous cattle.
Do not expect any hens to lay
eqnaHy well in summer and In winter.
If you insist on a good supply of eggs
from November till February, then
select a breed noted for the ability to
lay in the winter. Do not expect every
thing of one breed.
Fruit men say tbat when fruit is
barreled, and is to be hauled several
miles by team before being shipped,
the barrels Bhould be laid down on their
sides so tbat they will not be shaken
closer together and thus be left looser
in the barrel than when pocked.
Thb American Florist claims to have
found an infallible remedy for the cut
worm pest It says use pyrethrura
powder, making certain that it is fresh.
Distribute it with a bellows at evening
lime and in the morning large numbers
of the worms will be found lying on
the ground dead.
Whew tomato vines are flipped by
the first frost it is said to be of great
advantage, In ripening the remaining
green fruit to cut off all frosted por
tions of leaves and stalks, aa this pre
vents the depreciated sap from the
frozen parts from reaching and de
preciating the fruit, v
The raising of ducks is only in its
Infancy in thia country. The time
will perhaps eome when that fowl will
be raised aa extensively a in China.
One of the best reasons for extending
the breeding of duoki is the fact tbat
they are less liable tq diseaaq than any
other breed, 0 fowl
REGARDING CONCRETE.
It Caa Be Vsaa
Be Vsoa I M.y Way A bowl
Faxons aad Bousea.
Concrete may be turned to many val
uable uses about farms and rural dwell
ings, and any ordinary workman caa
manage it It is made np of the com
mon hydraulic cement or waterlime,
one part; clean and sharp, rather coarse
saud, three parts, and broken stone or
coarse gravel, five parts. The lime and
sand are mixed dry and evenly as pos
sible; thia is necessary, because If
mixed wet it will quickly harden and
be spoiled. A mixing-board or table is
Bade and the cement and sand are
spread oa it Water is then added to
make a thin mortar. The broken
stone or gravel, which should be clean
and free from earth, is kept wet, and
the required quantity is added to the
mortar, the whole being shoveled over
and over until each fragment is com
pletely covered with the cement. This
is important; the strength and solidity
of the concrete depend upon it
To lay floor, the bottom is first
graded and made level, and should be
well rammed to get a solid foundation.
As much of the concrete is then mixed
as can be spread while a second batch
is mixing, and is spread on the floor
and beaten drown. More of the con
crete ia then spread and a cleam joint is
made, so that no cracks will be left la
the floor.
The whole floor is thus laid and made
as smooth ss possible by a rubber of
plank with a handle, by which the stu
face is smoothed and leveled. After
the floor is laid it Is covered with fin
ishing coat of the cement and sand
mortar alone, and this is well rubbed,
as before, to get a good surface.
It must be left a few days to harden
before it is used. It will be impervions
to rats, and if coated with hot gas-tnr
or asphaltuin, it will be perfectly water
proof. The floor should be at least
three inches thick, and the finishing
coat need be no thicker than Is neces
sary to make the surface smooth. This
Is the best Door for stables and dairies,
The quantities of materials required
may be calculated on this basis: A
barrel of the cement and three of sand
will make 13 cubic feet of mortar, and
the 5 barrels of stone or .gravel will
make 'M cubic feet This quantity of
concrete will make 120 square feet of
floor three inches thick. To find the
quantity required, the length and width
of the floor are multiplied together,
this giving the number of square feet
in it N. Y. Tribune.
CATTLE STANCHIONS.
V New Hind Invented by aa Ingenlool
Western Farmer.
Some improvements on the common
stationary stanchion are herewith
shown. They are in use in the stables
of a Minnesota subscriber and give
good satisfaction. Being cheap and
easily made, they are adapted to the
wants of those who feed cattle in the
winter and during the summer or who
another year want this space for some
thing else. The stanchions are made
of two by four Inch scantling and, be
ing put together with wooden pins or
bolts, they may be readily taken apart
and stored away when necessary. The
bed piece is mado of two by four inch
scantlings and so is the top piece, but
IMPROVED. CATTLE STANCHIONS.
in the illustration one is removed to
show how they are fastened. A A are
tho stationary parts; C C the movable '
sides that hold the cattle in; E E are
automatic fasteners which hold the
stanchions shut In stall A the stan
chion is shown open. The space 11 is
filled with a triangular board to keep
the animal from putting its head in
the wrong place. When the animal
puts its head in place a push on C
closes the stanchion. E drops auto
matically in place and holds it shut, as
shown in stall B. As seen in the en
graving, the movable part C has no
pin in the lower end to hold It in place,
but one on each side of it A pin at
the top keeps it down when it is shut
In stall C is shown how the movable
part is taken from its place when tak
ing the stanchions apart. Stall D
shows a simple contrivance by which
the cattle can be shut In it they know
their places and let out, too, without
going In between them. A strong
string 8 is tied to the staple N, passes
through the staple I and to any con
venient place. Pulling on this will
close them, and on the one attached at
W and E will open them and let the
cattle out American Agriculturist
Excellent Tonic for Fowls.
Iron in any shape is beneficial to
fowls. Copperas is sulphate of iron,
and if a little copperas is added to the
drinking water or ground flue and
mixed with their food, the benefit will
soon be seen in the reddened combs and
healthy look. If an old iron pot is
used in which to keep the drinking
water gradual oxidization of the iron
by the water will cause particles of
oxide of iron to be given off, which
will be taken up by the fowls when
drinking. A handful of nails or other
pieces of iron, iron fillings or even iron
cinders, if placed in the vessel contain
ing the water, will more or less afford
iron to the poultry. Iron Is Invigor
ating, stimulating aud assists in guard
ing the system from disease. Iron is
in the system of every living creature,
and any deficiency thereof causes
weakness and debility. - The use of
copperas is beneficial in another re
spect It is a remedy for a great many
diseases; It is a good disinfectant and sv
sure remedy against contagion of a
certain character. Do not be afraid to
use it A tablespoon fui of solution of
copperas in the drinking water for a
dozen fowls is sufficient and it is cheap
in price; the expense of its use Is but a
trifle. Farm, Field and Stoskman,
Tag hen hasn't rqueh of st yolot, tjyt
her iweoi.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. ...
A bunch of little scent-bars made of
scraps of cllk or ribbon is effective and
pretty, aad baby's bells for sale at ba
saars can be arranged as follows!,- Tie
some bells on to lengths of ribbon and
gather them together tn a bunch and
fix them to a stick previously covered
with a ribbon. N. Y. World.
-To make the best shsving soap ever
invented, take tonrand one-half pounds
of white bar soap, one eaart of rain
water, one gill of beefs gall, and one
gill of spirits of turpentine. Cut the
soa tne and boil Are minutes. Stir
while boiling, aad olur with one ounce
of Vermillion. Scent with oil of rose or
almond. Detroit Free Press.
Apple Slump. Pare, core ma quar
ter a dozen tart apple Put them into
a porcelain-lined kettle with one cup
ful of water and two cupfuls of molas
ses. Make a crust of one pint of flour,
one teaspoooful of sugar, and one half-
tea poonful of salt Add sweet milt to
make a dough. Roll out and cover the
apple; a team thirty minutes without
lifting tbe over. Demorest s Maga
zine. '
This is a season of celery, A dainty
way to prepare It for the celery boat is
to curl the ends. Select firm, white
celery. Trim off the green tops. Sep
arate the head into pieces, and with a
large trussing needle fringe the upper
part of each strip two inohea or more.
Lay 'hem in ice-cold water for half an
hour or more before .the time bf serv
ing, and they will be curled and crisp
and make a dainty appearance on the
celery boat N. Y. Tribune.
Marshmallows, Dissolve half a
pound of white gumarabie in one pint
of water. Strain, and add half a pound
of fine sugar, and place over the fire,
stirring constantly until the sirup Is
dissolved and all Is of the consistency
of honey. Add gradually the whites of
four eggs well beaten. Stir the mix
ture until it becomes somewhat thin
and does not adhere to the finger.
Then pour into a tin slightly dusted
with powdered starch, or cornflour,
and when cool, divide it off into small
squares. LaJ.os' Home Journal.
Apple Cake Pudding. Cover the
bottom of a pudding dish with pared
and quarter apple, of a tender, tart va
.iety, and spread over it cake made as
above. Bake till well done, and serve
with Sweet Sauce: One tablespoonful
of sifted flour, one-half cupful of sugar, '
and pinch of salt wet to a paste with
cold water. Stir in one-halt pint of
boiling water (very scant measure),
boil two minutes, and add one table
spoonful of butter and one small tea
spoonful of vanilla; or flavor with nut
meg or olnnamon. Good Housekeep
ing. -
Georgia Salad. Take white cab
bage, celery, salt and pepper, a salt-
spoonful of mixed mustard, a teaspoon-
f ul of olive oil, and one gul of vinegar.
Shred the salad very fine and out the
celery into small dice; mix these to
gether and sprinkle with pepper and
salt Put tho vinegar into a saucepan
and stir in a well-beaten egg, stir over
a hot fire till thick as cream. Add the
mustard, oil and sugar, well beaten,
and pour over the celery and cabbage.
Serve the salad in a silver dish, with
crackers, or bread, butter and cheese
A pretty cheese dish, dainty Bilver
breadbasket and tasteful pats of butter
add much to the appearance of the ta
ble. Crackers should be served In their
china jars. Housekeeper.
A STILTED PROPOSAL.
Remarkable Love-Let ter by tha Author of
"Home, Sweet Homo."
"Madam! I did for a long time in
dulge in the fallacious hope that for
tune would have favored and placed me
in a more suitable situation for making
this communication to yon. I have, un
fortunately, been disappointed, and
have endeavored to calm my feelings
and submit to my fate; yet the mora I
have striven to do so the more I have
been convinced that it would be useless
for me any longer to attempt to strug
gle with the sentiments I feel toward
you. I am conscious of my unwortlu-
ness for the boon I desire of you, and
can not, dare not ask of you a decisive
answer in my favor now; only permit
me to hope that at some .future time I
shall hare the happiness of believing my
affection returned. At the same time I
conjure you to remember in making up
your decision that it is in your power to
render me happy or miserable.
"Having frequently, through the kind
permission of your honored parents, the
pleasure of being in your Society, I
every day find it more necessary to
come to some conclusion as to my future
conduct for when I was obliged to
leave you, it was only to renew the sgi
tated state of my mind and to contem
plate the image of one too dear to me to
resign forever without making an ef
fort I was unequal to when in your
presence. You will perhaps tell me
that this is presumption on my part and
truly it is. I have nothing to offer you
but a devoted heart and hand; however,
be assured madam, whatever your de
cision may be, present wishes for your
happiness and welfare shall be the first
of my heart I have felt it essential to
my peace of mind that I should Inform
you of the state of my feelings, satisfied
that that and your amiableness of heart
will plead my excuse. I entreat you to
reply to this letter, if but one word; in
deed, I am sure if yon knew how
anxiously I shall await your answer.
compassion alone would induce you to
an early reply. Allow toe madam, to
subscribe myself, your very bumble
and devoted admirer.
John Howard Payn."
New England Magazine. . , , '
Wellington's; Piety. '.
A story is related that, when one day
the duke of Wellington was kneeling at
the altar to partake of the communion,
a peasant knelt by his side for the same
purpose. An officious person standing
by whispered in words the Iron DuPta
eould not but overhear; "Come away
from there. Don't you know that you-
are kneeling beside toe duke of Welling
ion?" "Let him remain," Interrupted
the duke; "there ia no rank a, thlf
RELIGIOUS "
17V
Self deception is on of t '. jnoat
deadly of all dseffere. -
Dr. John Hal1 baa iwt'rtstd from
the directorate of Lcteu.Tb' -cti
seminary. New York city.
A Boston aldertnaa L the f.'-er of
".project to introduee a university
course in the schools of that cy.
A theologiral seminary is to be esw
tablisbe.1 at Chicago, to be k&ovni as
the English Lutheran Theological seai- -lnary.
.The poorest ircmtanees la life
with religious spirit of resignation,
are far better than tbe greatest abuoH
anea and highest honors wit'aoat it; for
these can not give that peace of mind
which" the other caa never want
Towmoa. ' . -
Brows university was founded ia
1784 at Warren, B. L, end wss amoved
to Prevv-Wnce, its present seat in 1H0.
Its first "name was Knode Island college,
but In 1J4 it received Its present name
In honor Of Nicholas Brown, one of He
chief benefactor '
President Dwk-ht of Yale, "while
not favoring the admission of women to
study in the classes with men, does
wish Yale bad a woman I annex, ana
the only objection he finds to it estab
lishment is thst the university hasn't
the money to put into it s
The rrand revolution IB the stste or
the mind which repentance brings with
it Is sense of the authority of uoa
ever present to wield the ascendency
of a master principle over all the move
ments, calling forth every purpose, and
carrying it forward through all the op
positions of sin snd Satan. .
The older buildings of Iiarvaw oof
leire have the following sates: Massa
chusetts hall, 1730; Holden, 1TS4; Hollls,
1763; Harvard. lTM; Steughtoa. ' ISM.
University. 1811. Tha earner stoae ol
Gore hall was laid in 1818; the books
being moved into the library In the va
cation of 1814 There were (LMO vol
umes at that time. Illustrated Chris
tian Weekly. '
Mrs, Emma. P. Ewlng, famous by
her work In oookinfr schools, opened
her Chicago school In 1S80, aud for six
years has conducted classes in cookery
at Chautauqua during the summer, la
1883 she TeceWed the appointment of
professor of domestic economy ia low
Agricultural college. Bhe is a New
Yorker by birth, but has lived much in
annas. Harpers Bazar.
The department of agrlcaitur of.
Victoria, Australia, sent circulars, to
head teachers oi all the state schools
outside of the metropolitan area a short
time ago asking (or their views as to, the
desirability of Riving Instruction in
agriculture to the children attending
those schools. Of 1.348 K setters, ei
per cent are lavoraoie 10 too intro
duction of agricultural lessons In the
rural schools, and 84 per cent of them
already have some acquninance wltn
the theories of agriculture. In fifty
two ease sahoo eitildj-eo already care
for gardens or trees in the school re
serves, and the majority of the scholars
attending 809 other schools have garden
plots or assist their parents at home in
gardening. In 101 schools the pupils
ave regularly made collections 01
ild flowers, weeds, grasses, insects
and butterflies, and these collections
have been used in object lessons. 1
WIT AND WISDOM.1 " J
Thy purpose firm, Is equal to tha
deed. Young.
Hard workers are usually honest.
Industry lifts them above temptation.
An unsteady man, like an unsteady
light, is apt to go out nights. -Texas
Sifting. ;. ""."'.
Certain acts caa be rendered legal.
but can never be made legitimate.
Texas Sittings. . . , !
The e-ood we have in us we doubt
of; and the happiness that's in our band
we throw away. Thackeray.
You often hear men say, 1 11 tell
you what kind of a man I am," but
they never do it- Atchison uioDe.
It ia bad enoturh to cite on more
than you can chew, but it's worse to
try to chew it Detroit Free Press.
Young people in tne country are
not no slow. They often make love at
a rattling gate. Yonkcrs Statesman.
r We do not wish to be severe npon
teamsters as a class, hot we are forced
to the conclusion that ihey seldom turn
out well. Boston Trsnscrlpt
Let no knowledge satisfy but that
which lift abora the world, which
weans from the world, which makes
the world a footstool. Spurgeon.
Old Soak 8elf-preservation the
first law of nature. Young Croak t
suppose that is why you keep yourself
in alcohol an tne time. oi josepn
Rapid Art Work.-iMand Ethel
Powderly has such a lovely fresh com
plexion! ' M arle What! A fresh one
since I saw her five minutes agor ivaie
Field's Washington, j ; , v
How much trouble be avoids who
does not look to see what his neighbor
says or does or thinks, but only to what
he does himself, that it may be just ana
pure! Marcus Aurelius.
Bella fcstclie is sucn a iucny girt
Bhe was born with a golden spoon in
her month. Nell Yos, and it must
have been a tablenpoofl, too, I should
Judge. Somerfield Journal. '
"It takes two young women along
time to say good-by to each other, I've
heard." "Yes, but Ie noticed It takes
young man and a young woman a
great deal longer." N. Y. Press.
"Pardon me, said the young man,
when he stepped on the toe of a lsdy'a
slipper In the dance. "Don't apolo
gize!" said shot "Beaux on tne sup
pers are fasmonauis, ana we muss
stand anything for style."
' The man who claims vociferously
that It is the princip'8 rather than the
two cents that he objects to In an over
charge never fails to grab the two cents
just as soon as, he is admitted to be
right about the principle. Somerville
Journal.
, By the seashore. (Jeorge Ethel, I
wfeh you wouldn't always sing, "Oath
erlng Up the Shells by the Seashore."
Ethel Why do yon object to It?
George My recolleatlutu of the game
are anjtblrif but plwant J?, Y. Hep
Id.