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TIE6 TRUE C: DEMOCRAT.
fT. ?RAmIIOJSVhLE LOISIZANA.
Thegondolas of Venice are being
gradually displaced by little steam
boats.
In 1876 there were 12,000,000books
in the public libraries of the United
States. Now there are 36,000,000.
A Baltimore physician has printed
a book on "How and What to Eat."
There is room for another one now on
"How to Get It to Eat."
The government of the Swiss canton
of Neuenburg is considering the pro
ject of competing with private com
panies in the business.' of life insur
sace.
Game birds never did, and probably
never will, form more than a very
small part of this country's food sup
ply, so there is no such need as exists
in the case of fish for propagating
them at public expense. Notwith
standing that fact, the proposition to
extend the field of operations of the
fish commission, so that it may apply
to the problem of increasing the num
ber of birds the methods that are suc
ceeding so well with fish, is one to be
highly commended, in the opinion of
the New York Times. To do so would
result in some direct profit to the peo
ple, and in much that is indirect. The
incidental expense would be infinites
imal.
Stock papers published in different
parts of the range country are begin
ning to see the end of the present
method of handling cattle, notes the
Sioux Falls (S. D.) Argus. The in
creasing number of new settlers is
forcing the breaking up of large herds,
and the "little men" with from fifty
to 200 head of cattle, giving them
continued care, are the ones who are
bound to be in on the finish, while
the large herders will be working at a
loss. When that period arrives there
will be not so many cattle kings, but
the aggregate number of cattle in the
country will be greater, and by the
better care they 'receive, the better
grades will bring more wealth to the
country than comes under the present
system.
Macon is running a municipal farm
and doing it successfully, too. It is a
small one, comparatively, comprising
sixty acres, and it is devoted to.the
raising of food for the fifty horses and
' mules which the city uses in work on
the street#. When not otherwise em
ployed these animals are used in
working the farm, while the manure
from the city stables fertilizes it. Under
these conditions the only cost in
operation is for the labor employed in
planting and harvesting. Ffom forty
acres of oats a crop of 2500 bushels,
of an estimated value of. $750, is ex
.pected this season. In addition $3000
worth of hay is looked for from the
other twenty acres. From a measured
acre of land last year there was cut
5400 pounds of fine hay. This was
after a forty-bushel crop of oats had
been harvested, and nearly enough to
make certain another cutting of hay
before frost. It had long been the
custom of the city to rent this land at
$5 an acre. Now its value in annual
product is figured at over $60per
acre.
Mark Twain,writing of the Queen's
jubilee, says that the most remarkable
thing that has happened during Vic
toria's long reign is the increase in
the number of English-speaking peo
ple. When the present Queen of Eng
land was born, seventy-eight years
ago, there were only 25,000,000 Eng
lish speaking people in the world; now
there are more than 128,000,000. No
such rapid spread of language was
ever known before. The great Eng.
lish-speaking nations and their popu
lations are as follows:
County- Population.
United States, 73,000,000
United Kingdom, 40,000.000
Canada, 5,000,000
Australia and New Zealand, 5,000,000
In Asia, Africa and elsewhere, 5,000,000 I
Total, .128,000,000
The greatest increase in the num
ber of English-speaking people has
not been in the Queen's domain, but
in the country which cut loose from
English rule. The.population of the
United States in 1820, when Queen
Victoria was 2 years old, was only
9,633,825. It has increased more
than seven and one-hAlf times since
then. In 1821 the population of the
United Kingdom was 21,272,187. It
has scarcely doubled in the seventy
six years that have since intervened. 1
England, it is true, has made remark- I
able progress during Victoria's reign, t
but the progress of this republic in
population and all other respects has a
bezn far more wonderful.
BEGINNING AGAIN.
When somtimes our feet grow weary
On the rugged hills of life,
The path stretching long and dreary,
With trial and labor rife, .I
We pause on the upward journey,
Glancing backward o'er valley and glen,
knd sigh with an infinite longing
To return and "begin again;"
for behind is the dew of the morning,
IiWith all its freshness and light,
Ind before us are doubts and shadows
And the chill and gloom of the night;
Lnd we think of the sunny places
We passed so carelessly then,
Lnd we sigh, "0 Father, permit us
To return and 'begin again.' "
We think of the many dear ones
Whose lives touched ours at times,
Whose loving thoughts and pleasant smiles
Float back like vesper chimes;
knd we sadly remember burdens
We might have lightened then
ah, gladly would we ease them,
Could we "begin again."
And yet, how vain the asking!
Life's duties press all of us on,
And who would shrink from the burden,
Or sigh for the sunshine that's gone?
And it may be not far on before us
Wait places fairer than then;
Our paths may yet lead by still waters,
Though we may not "begin again." •
Yes, upward and onward forever
Be our paths on the hills of life,
But ere long a radiant dawning
Will glorify trial and strife,
And our Father's hand will lead us
Tenderly upward' then;
[n the joy and peace of the better world
He'll let us "begin again."
SAVED BY HIS WIFE,.
HE profession
al"loafer" sees
more life than
any one. The
busy people in
mighty Lon
don are in too
great a hurry
to make money
to notice all
the quaint lit
*' t e comedies
which work
themselves out
(day by day.
It was while I was "loafing" that I
saw a strange drama in real life, which
I should certainly have missed had I
not been conscientiously idle.
One afternoon I fell into conversa
tion with a little man who was like
wise busy in the almost forgotten art
of doing nothing.
He was a neat little man; his mus
tache was neatl.y trimmed, his figure
was neat and compact, his clothes were
neat.
We were watching a girl fall off her
bicycle. There were several people
looking on, and we all enjoyed it very
much. The girl kept falling, but
whether she did it for our amusement
or because she couldn't help it I don't
know.
We discussed the "new woman,"
and I was glad to find he didn't ap
prove of her, because I do, and it gave
me a chance of airing my views.
And so a kind of intimacy sprang up
between us. We met nearly every
day, and bit by bit he told me his lit
tle story.
His name was Smollett, and he lived
in a flat near the park with his wife
and child. He told me in confidence
that his wife was the best little woman
in the world, and hinted that his child
was within a trifle of being the best
little man.
Mr. Smollett had been'a clerk in a
stockbroker's office. But the stock
broker had taken a wrong view of the
South African question, and, after be
ing hammered, had gone through the
Bankruptcy Court and retired into the
country to live in contentment on his
wife's settlement. Mlr. Smollett was
in search of a fresh appointment.
"You know," he said one day, "I'm
not a greedy man. I don't look for a
large salary. Three or four pounds a
week would satisfy me very well for
the present. You see, my wife is such
a splendid manager."
I believe he spent his mornings in
the delightful occupation of answering
advertisements and hunting up friends
likely to be of service. In the after
noon he lounged in Battersea Park.
But the weeks slipped away; and
spring was converted into sunimer.
Mr. Smollett still made his appear
ance in the park, near the boathouse,
with unfailing regularity. He had
not found employment.
"It strikes me," he said with a kind
of airy philosophy, "that I shall have
to look out for something at about two
pounds a week. A small loaf is better I
than no bread, isn't it?"
"Quite so," I assented, "and so is a 1
biscuit."
"And do you know," he ran on.
"we are getting quite hard up. We I
are indeed."*
He said this with an air of surprise,
gs if I could scarcely be expected tobe
lieve it. But as I had suffered from I
the complaint for many years, I found j
no diffioulty in grasping the situation.
As the autumn approached he began I
to look gloomily anxious. The scraps
of commonplace philosophy with which
he flavored his conversation became
more cynical and less humorous.
"Aren't you going to smoke?" I
asked one day, noticing the prim little
oigarette was not forthcoming.
"No," he said, doubtfully. "I
don't think so. I'm afraid I shall I
have to give it up; it doesn't alto- I
gether agree with me."
He tapped himself on the chest as I
he spoke, to signify, I suppose, that it I
affected his throat. But I had my
doubts, and persuaded him to try my t
tobacco.
The little man began to be a trifle
less spruce in his appearance. He
had managed to get wet through
two or three times; at one time he
had an umbrella--I don't know what E
became of it; and his clothes seemed a
to shrink, and make him look pinched I
and thin.
By the time the autumn had set in,
anmd.the number of cyclists was dimin'
ishing, I verily believe he was short of
food. At any rate, he seemed to be
very glad to join me in a few sand
wiches at a small public house I had
discovered in Vauxhall,. where the
L, sandwiches were fairly good and only
a penny each. He told me, in strict
confidence, that he would jump at a
guinea a week, "just to keep the pot
boiling, you know," he added, with a
cautious wink.
One day we were sitting in the Park
watching a six-foot policeman manage
a mob of three very small boys, who
wanted to climb the railings and de
stroy some flowers,, when a man
looked hard at Smollett, and then
8 spoke to him. I strolled away.
He was a well-dressed man of about
twenty-eight or thirty, with the ap
pearance of one who is prosperous,
and treats himself well. It struck me
at once that he was the kind of a
person who has a proper regard for
his own interest, so that if he had to
choose between going to the wall him
self and sending another man there,
his choice would certainly fall on the
other man.
However, he seemed to treat Smol
lett with some cordiality, and I could
see from my friend's manner that he
was trying to converse with him, and
at the same time was nervously anx
ious to secure his help.
At last the stranger went on, and
Smollett returned to me.
"That's funny, isn't it?" he began.
"He's an old school fellow of mine; I
haven't seen him for fifteen years.
He's doing well. I told him I was
on the lookout for something, and he
- thinks he can give me work to do at
home."
I congratulated him, but he ran on
a without a pause.
"His name's Morehouse; he's run
- ning a company or something, making
no end of money. He's got my ad
dress."
"Did he give you hiis?" I asked.
"Oh, no, it wasn't necessary, you
know."
Tljat was just what I expected. Mr.
Morehouse didn't want a shabby
t friend calling on him in the city.
"Won't my little wife be glad!" he
[ said, gleefully. "I think I shall go
1 home at once and tellher., Good-by."
And he bustled away with his good
news.
I don't think Smollett made very
much money out of his friend's work,
I but it served to meet some of his mpst
pressing requirements, and gaveihim
new hope.
One afternoon he turned up in the
Park looking pale and excited. I
asked if there was anything the mat
ter, but he was rather taciturn, and
said vaguely that "things were look
ing up a bit."
"Don't you think a fellow's quite
entitled to do the very best he can for
his wife and children, and all that sort
of thing?" he asked, solemnly.
"Of course he is. Who doubted
it?"
"No one," he said curtly, and went
home, walking with rather a defiant
air.
I felt uncomfortable about him.
There was something in his manner
which suggested to me that he was
going through a crisis.
A day or two later he began to look
thoroughly ill. To put it roundly, the
man looked half starved and almost
demented with worry.
"I suppose you haven't heard of 1
anything?"
"No," he said. "I'm sick and tired
of trying. I haven't even enoughi
money to pay for postage stamps. My
boots are in holes. I can't walk into i
the city. My wife is nearly broken
down, and the child is ill. I wish II
couldn't swim!"
"Why?"
"I'd drown myself. Can't afford ai
revolver, you know."
He said this with a bitter laugh, but @
he didn't mean it. The little man had t
no more idea of committing suicide k
than I had.
"Does Morehouse still send you e
some work?" ,
"No," he said, quietly. "I shan't
get any more work from Morehouse." I
"Oh!"
How he got through the next fort- i:
night I scarcely knew. He seemed I
to have no friends. The weather was d
getting colder, and he lacked an over- n
coat---I believe that everything which t
could be spared had been disposed of -
to buy food. I could do very little to
help him, being in my chronic condition
of low water.
At last he appeared one afternoon in "
a state of triumph. He had found a tl
situation-only two pounds a week- c
but he was as pleased as if it had been cc
the directorship of a bank. a
"I will start to work to-morrow,"he ti
said cheerfully, "so I'm afraid we won't
have any more afternoon talks. They've E
done me good."
"Did I ever tell you what More- o0
house wanted me to do?" he said, 5]
jerkily. i
I knew what was coming-a con:. 0
fession.
.'"Perhaps you had better keep it to a
yourself." .1
('No, I want to tell you. I think you f
are the sort of a fellow who would un- 1
derstand." Y
"I happen to be a very good writer, a
I can copy anybody's handwriting. b
It's a sort of gift. Sometimes at school
I used to do other fellow's exercises P
for them, and no one could tell the dif
ference. Morehouse knew this; and c
he wanted me to put somebody else's ti
name to a bill." . .P
He stopped and swallowed some-tl
thing nervously. a
S"He offered me fifty pounds-and I 8
wanted the money very badly."
"You didn't do it?" I asked.
"Yes, I did," he said simply. b
. "There was hardly any risk,'" he t
said shakily. "Morehouse had ar- '
ranged it very cleverly and before the
bill would become due he was certain ri
to refund the money all right, so it b
would never have been known." tl
"It wrnuld have been a mrime," he a
- went on huskily, "but it didn't come
ie off."
1- "How was that?"
d "I wrote the name. It was perfect.
Le It was all ready to go off stamped and
y addressed to Morehouse."
"t "How was it it didn't go?" I asked.
a "My wife saw it lying on the table.
At She didn't know all about it but I sup
a pose she guessed there was something
wrong."
k By this time he was fairly crying,
,e but I tried not to see.
Lo "And she?" I asked.
"- "She picked the wretched thing up
n and chucked it in the fire," he said.
n Then he jumped up from his seat,
and without another word walked
it away as fast as his little legs would
- carry him.
' WELL-TO-DO ROVERS.
a An Entire Family Traveling About the
)r Country in Wagons.
;o Recently a gypsy-like cavalcade
1- paused for a brief sojourn in Washing.
a, ton's suburbs. But the occupants of
Le the carriages were not real gypsies.
They were the well-bred family and
I- attendants of Captain Jack Hayden,
d formerly of Cincinnati, on their
ýe northeastward travels away from the
d warmer South. From here they moved
i- on into Pennsylvania. Years ago
Captain Hayden made up his mind to
d see this great country in his own way.
So he fitted up a caravan of his own
i. design and plan, and began a new life
I for health, strength, pleasure 'and
). business. Since then he has traveled
a thousands of miles by wagon. The
.e establishment consists of Captain
It Hayden, Mrs. Hayden, two sons, two
attendants and ten horses. Captain
n Hayden is the picture of health, a
good talker and ran over his story very
L- good naturedly. He said to a re
g porter:
t- "I have covered this country, ex.
cepting the New England States, pretty
thoroughly. Winter and summer we
a move about, just the same, managing
to get into the extreme Southern
States or Mexico during the coldest
y months and working North with the
sun. I have never known what a day
e of sickness is. I absolutely do not
o know 'what it is to feel out of sorts.
" At one time my wife suffered con
d siderably from malaria and rheumat.
ism, but this was when she .remained
y at our home in Cincinnati. A trip to
the woods and fields, large and in.
it cessant doses of pure air, and she's
n now all right again. All our vehicles
are easy running and our horses good,
e and we can make many miles in a day
I if occasion requires."
A big covered wagon is the sleeping
d apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Hayden,
when in camp. It contains a hand
some bed with the neatest linen and
a pillows, with lace and satin shams.
r In this wagon there are also a hand
t some 'cabinet filled with fine china
ware and the wardrobe of the party.
I The arrangement of the doors and side
windows is'such that thorough ventila.
t tion is secured.,
t "How about your comfort during
heavy rain storms, Captain?"
"We are never inconvenienced by
r even 'the heavy downpours. Both
s wagon and tents are waterproof, and
we rest as dry as punk. As for light.
i ning, I feel safer in the wagon or tent
i than I would in a house, and Ibelieve
t I am so."
"What is the prime object of your
I travels?"
"I buy and sell horses as the gyp
sies do. I know I could do business
Sif located in some city, but the health
Sconsideration is an important one in
the "manner of life I lead. Our ex.
penses for food for ourselves and horses,
horseshoeing, wear and tear, and re
pairs, toll,' etc., run about $30 a week."
The two sons and attendants 'sleep
in the tent used as a dining room dur
ing the day. Two large shepherd dogs
guard the camp at night. The Cap
tain is well read on all sufbjects and
his family is a bright one. He was
born in England, but he came to this
country at an early age. He said in
conclusion:
"If more people knpw the real pleas.
ures of such a nomadic life, easy, rest,
ful life, there would be hundreds liv
ing in the woods the way we do.
House living is not in it. I would not
dwell in a cottage if it was given te
me free of charge. Give me a life in
the woods with plenty of spring water."
-Washington Pathfinder.
Wages Are High in Japan.
$ The competition of Japanese labor,
which has been so much dreaded by
the American workman, is not likely
longer to be a menace if wages in Japan
continue to increase in the extraordia.
ary degree they have maintained since
the China-Japanese War.
United States Consul Connolly, ol
Hioga, has supplied the State Depart.
menit"with tables, showing the wages
of various classes of labor, more or lesa
skilled, for 1894, 1895 and 1896, thai
illlitites this wonderful increase is
ceritn lines. Argricultural laborers1
m ale and female, have had their wages
advanced in that period of time from
.10 'yen per day to .25 y'en; weaveri
from.15 to .35 yen; tailors from .60 to
1.20 yen; papermakers from .18 to .44
yen; blacksmiths from .45 to .85 yen,
and so on throuigh many kinds of Isa.
borE
The Japanese manufacturers also ap.
pear to be having their labor troubles,
which they are endeavoring to over.
come min unique fashion, as shown by
the'Consul's report, based on newspa
per accounts. The great activity i
the cotton spinning industry has led to
a demand for labor in excess of the
supply. One great mill raised wages,
and thus enticed away labor from itt
conmletitors. The latter replied by a
boycott against the offeniding mill, and
then soughtforcibly toprevent the de I
sertion of theiir operatives. Pickets
were located at stations and along the
river rtite, but notwithstanding th(e,
boycodtted' mill continues to draw away i
the laborers who manage to make thei t
,,l~ ~ ,
LIFTING CHURCH DEBTS,
HSOW THE SUM OF $66000 WAS
i RAISED BY A DENVER MINISTER
Vlore Than 150,000 Raised in Two
Weeks, and the Debts of Three
Churches of Different Denominations
o Wiped Out-. A Scene of Enthusiasm.
In two weeks Denver ohuirches have
succeeded in raising $150,000 and
lifting the debts off three churches of
different denominations. Circulars c
inviting people to come to the church d
and contribute to the debt-raising were
distributed, and regardless of denomi- b
I nation or creed, everybody joined in f,
the movement, and by the fusion of
forces the end was accomplished. a
Trinity M. E. Church is the most
notable example of success in debt- h
-aising. Trinity is the largest church t,
and the most expensively constructed
edifice of the Methodist denomination o
in the United States. But almost all s1
I Jf its liberal donors met with reverses, it
and their fortunes of millions melted ti
I away like so much snow before the ei
sun. Thus it came to pass that Trin- tl
ity M. E. Church, from being the fore
most and most wealthy organization in o1
the West, felt the pressure of distress, ,
and found mortgages confronting the be
trustees, with little or no prospect of bl
meeting them. The sum of $60,000 lil
was demanded in the most imperative bi
manner. Something had to be done, th
and it was done. To-day there is not
a cent of indebtedness, and the con
3regation breathes freer.
A fair share of the amount came
from Catholics, who wrote their checks ar
ior sums ranging from $500 to $1000. of
The credit for the liquidation may be a
ascribed to Major Elijah Halford, pay
master United States army, attached
to the department of Colorado, with bi
headquarters at Denver. His brain
attacked the subject in a way that N
could only be devised by one skilled vi
In the expedients of a newspaper tb
training. His enthusiasm became gl
infectious, the newspapers supple- to
mented him with able descriptions t
Af the efforts to float Trinity and the a
Church became the center of an ex- t1
citement that has not had its equal in or
the history of the city.
To raise $10,000 in one day, after b
the resources of the people had been el
drained to the last cent, was an under- hi
taking of a stupendous character, ,
but the pastor tackled the subject as al
manfully as if it was his first appeal .hi
for funds. After the introductory re- bE
marks a brilliant idea occurred to one ra
man, who proposed that the roll be ,a
called by States. The first response dr
was from an Arizona cattle man, who b
had just dropped in to kill time. He
saw the preacher for $100, and then a th
tall man in the gallery offered $100 for di
[Ilinois. Ohio came next with $200, m
while Pennsylvania and Missouri fol- be
lowed with $200. Indiana was hold- th
ing a caucus in a corner, and was next
to respond with $300. Foreign coun- ki
tries were called, and the first contri- B
bution from over the water came from th
Japan. A young Japanese from the
soast, who had been married the day wi
before to .a white teacher, was the
giver of $5. Germany, France and
England strove for honors, and little
Finland gave $1. These smallamounts
did more to enthuse the people than me
any of the great sums that had been it,
reported earlier, and then the fun be- ar
gan. Away up in the topmost row of re
the gallery was a broad-shouldered an
man, who shouted, "I give $5 for he
Montana," throwing a gold coin down U
at the preacher. In a minute men in hi
all parts of the house arose and threw aB
gold and silver in the direction of Dr. fo
Cobern, the pastor. Every now and ini
then Dr. Cobern would turn, and, pl
waving his arms wildly in the air, 01
would shout: va
"Sing, brothers, sing; we've gotan- o0
other thousand." go
Then the organist would strike the pe
keys of the great organ with a trium- fal
phant crash and the audience would th
sing, the Doxology rolling through the tai
great church in a wave of majestic an
melody. lil
"Here's two for $250 each," said the be
doctor; "that makes $59,000 now; sing th
it, sing it," and the reverend gentle- of
man turned to the choir behind him be
and shouted in his enthusiasm. The ca
choir sang, and the people, too. pu
"Here's one for $200. That makes gr
the $60,000. Now the mortgage is frt
off. Sing, for you've rolled the mort- ac:
gage off." fa
Then the congregation sang "God ha
be with you till we see you again," in EB
honor of Dr. Cobern, who will leave
for a three months' trip to Europe this
week.
The other churches thatraised debts fo
during the past two months, are Christ iei
M. E., 825,000; St. Elizabeth's Catho- he
lie, $40,000; Central Presbyterian, B
$25,000, and First Baptist, $25,000.-- bi
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A AVete'an Parrot. Ti
The "Daniels parrot" that died in pl
St. Johnsbury, Vt., the other day, t
was fifty-one years old. He was taken s
from the nest when very young, and
lived for fourteen years on the Isthmus A
of Panama. For seven years he was Pa
with the Spaniards in Mexico on a cat- aU
tle ranch, and spoke Spanish well. thl
He spent eleven years on a steamboat pl4
crossing the Gulf of Mexico; three tai
years with the Wise family, in St. t
Johnsbury, and for the last fifteen or
years with the Daniels family, who re- of
ceived an .offer of $65 for him six years ce]
ago from the managers of .Barnum's In
circus. He laughed and seemed very
bright almost to the time of his death.
Congress of Chimney Sweeps.
Some years ago a congress of
chimney sweeps held in Orebro, gri
Sweden, the sessions being opened wb
with psalm-singing and prayer, and~ an
debates were held concerning the at
moral and social improvements which~ an:
it was desirable to introduce amqng for
the sweeps. Now another meeting is,
to be held, this time t Stockholm all
ALASKAN N
They Are rPpa .
of rlrsedae .and
John Mulir, the f
and discobverer of the
glacier, writes of "The
in the Century. Of
Mr. Muir writes:
On the arrival of the
of the passengers make ~
ashore to see the cuiioti
in front of the massive .t
of the Indians, and t6 Iy
s chiefly silver bracelets h
dollars and half-dollar. J
e engraved by Indianwo
better than thoseof civii'
° from the wool of wild goi"
carved spoons from the
t animals;" Shaman rattle`
totem-poles, 'canoes,
hatchets, pipes, baske
traders in these curio8il;Ž
mostly women and childr
o1 n the front platforms of I
stores, sitting on their b
ingly careless whether t'e
thing or not, every other
ened hideously, a naked::
the eyes and on the tip of.Q
where the smut has been '
, off. The larger girls and
women are brilliantly arraye
hbons and calico, and shine
blackened and blanketed `,
like scarlet tanagers in a@tfoik
9 birds. - Besides curiositie
them have berries to sell, T
and blue, fresh and dewy,
wondrous clean as compar
people. These Indians are
intelligent, nevertheless, and;"
an air of self-respect whiciii.
of raggedness and squalor i
subdue.
Many canoes may be seen`:-
shore, all fashioned alike,
i beak-like sterns and prows,:
carrying twenty or thirty;
What the mustang is to the
vaquero the canoe is to they
the Alaska coast. They ski.
glassy, sheltered waters far
to fish and hunt and trade, p
to visit their neighbors.: Yon
a whole family, grandpr
the prow of their canoe id
orated with handfuls o
epilobium. They are o
berries, as the baskets so
else in iny travels, notit o
have I seen so' many ,
woods and meadows ad
along the shores sae faulbi
'huckleberries of many e
berries, raspberries; b
rants, and gooseberries
strawberries and'seM
drier grounds, and cran
bogs, sufficient for ever
and human being in thet
thousands of tons toes
dians at certain e` tioe
merry bands, gatherar
beat theca into paste,
the pats into square
them for winter use, to
kin of. bread wit.bl e
Berries alone, witli
that belongs to: them
show ihow fine and ich
wilderness inaus be&'
Fruit and the Coil
Each year peope'ig
more fully the vale'of, r
it, not 'ss . l'"
article of food. Fruitu
refreshing, appetizi
and consequently ha!
health and the compr e
aredifflerences. Grpe*l*
highly nutritious. Gt
agedtswitbithe most 4
for they are so easilydi
ing is Beasier to digest
ple,takelneithernithe
Oranges; lemonsand le
valu~'as a means ofi
complexion, and they ;
good if taken before.r
peaches are easy ofgl
fatteniig, Nothiing i
the blood than strawbre
tain a larger percentage
any other fruit. Fruit :t
like apples, cherriesir i~
be thoroughly mattede
they' are di1ffiult to- iL8i i
of raw fruit should never be
before eating grapes or anym
care should be taken to remo.
purities by 'washing. I'.i
grape stones. Stale fruist aM
fruit should never be eaten, an
acid fruit should not be tak
farinaceous foods unless th.
has. vigorous digestion.
Record.
A Buffalo Herd in lia
John K. Bass, the,
foundryman, who is one .
lest citizens of that lively t
herd of buffalo at his cou
Brookside. 'The head of.
big bull, royally named
Just now King Angus is
for 'he is the father of a
Time was when-ibiilsl
plains of this countr'nih1
thousands. Wholesale si
sisted-'in through r
deoishated their'ran tE
A small herd is in Yellows
Park. Somewhere in Te
supposed to be another.
the- far northwest andi
plored fastnesses of the
tains there may be a few'
the rest have disappeared 0
or three small herds in p
of these is owned by Mr.
cepting his herd, the onl
Indians is the rampant
the great seal of the State
-Terre Haute (Ind.)
The Borster TakeD
A silly youth wasrgg
great friends in a mixe4
which Douglas Jerrold w,
and said that he had dine
at Devonshire House, a
any fish on the table. "Ia'
for it," he added.
"I can," said Jerrold;"i!
i ll1 upstair."s.