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THE COUNTY PAPER,
Br leWTK A WAIMH.
OREGON,
MO
FI.OWK.tl UAItURN.
"Tho Atr.crloia Garden.
Jn the garden were leisurely walking
Brave Robin and Koxy the fair,
And Robin, while walking: and talking,
Twined roses In Itwy'a brown batr;
BlMebudi and rosea all bluthtn?,
With sprigs ot the tweet mignonette,
"While the blood to their faces kept rushing
When Robin's eyes Italy's eyes met.
Jasmine, laburnum, and larkspur,
Verbenas, deep-dyed and pale,
day panstea and white valley lilies
Heard love tell his stammering tale.
While tho lovers kept walking and talking,
Four eyes bent down to the ground,
"Two hearts hd been lost, they discovered,
And then discovered them found;
Bat didn't know what to do with them
Tho lost and found hcartt for awhile;
8o each plucked a new and fresh nosegay,
And each gave the other a smile.
Each a stem ot Forget-me-not gathered,
And each said, "Oh, take and keep this!"
Their vows thus exchanged with fresh fl owcrs,
They sealed the exchange with a kiss,
'Fidelity, secrecy, silence,
Eich promised to faithfully hold,
Till Itibln could earn for his R)xy
A bone and some shekels ot gold.
Out, alas, some opened-carcd listeners,
Winged messengers hurrying by,
-Saw what bad been done In tho garden,
And tattled to earth and to sky,
"Oh I Robin ahdRoxy are lovers,"
They piped with a song and a shout,
And havo plighted their troth In tho gar
den!" Bo the delicate secret was out.
The world soon had tho wholo story,
Which Robin could not deny;
And R)xy, when bantered about It,
Blushed back 'neath a mischievous eye.
So Cupid, and It Jbln and Roxy,
Made love, with flowers for words,
As tbey walked nnd talked In the garden,
And nobody told but the birds.
F All IT, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
IlinlM to Hoiiho ClcnncrH.
Wlpo tho jnlrrora with borax water,
tho cloth being wet enough to dampon
it. In scouring paint, sapolto is hotter
than sand, and in all cases a llttlo borax
should bo placed in tho water. Mirrors
can bo cleaned with whiting, afterward
fl WM11ILIMUM. Ull IlfLI 11 L1II ir a D1.UU1U B11U'
It"""'" """
annii (1 no vnr (in uqnn nil vnxnisiiGa worK
pjpf any soit.
f 'l'lio Elloct of Vnrnlsli.
ig! No lady knows until sho has tried it
'rj.'how much sho may change tho aspect
of things about tho house by using a
little varnish. On a sunshiny day tako
tho old chairs and tables out on tho
porch or by an opon door, and after
inorouguiy uusung anu wiping u wim
'7a damp cloth, apply a thin coat of var
nish and so cover up scrateno? anu
marred spots of all kinds. It will dry
in n. vnrv snort umu. anu vou win uu
surprls 3d to seo how much good you havo
dono. A llunnol cloth with a very lit
tlo linseed oil is good to rub furniture
with, but tho greatest care must bo ex
orolsed to prevent any oil being' left on
tho wood to attract dust. It must bo
rubbed until you would not know, ex
cept by tho improved appoaranco, that
any oil had boon used.
Farmer' AHoclatlon.
To tub Farmers oy the NorrrmvEsr:
Tho undersigned membors of tho Ex
coutivo Commltteo of tho Iowa Farm
ers' Convention recently held in Dos
Moines, in pursuance with tho instruc
tions given them, havo agreed upon,
and hero with present the following plan
ot organization for our mutual protec
tion. It will bo observed that tho plan con
templates the establishment of a Farm
ers' Protective Association organizod
under tho laws of Iowa as a corporuto
body, with powers and duties as shown
by tho accompanying artlolos ot incor
poration. .
If tho plan here prosented moels your
approval wo would earnestly appoal to
you to tako immcdiato steps to organize
In your rospoctlvo towns and counties,
solcct your olllcers, raise tho funds neo
cssary to carry out tho purpose horo
contemplated and roport at once to tho
Soorotary of tho Farmor's Frotectivo
Association tho names of your ofllcors
and tho amount ol money raised. Tho
.Executive Commltteo havo taken tho
responsibility of retaining as counsel
for this association, Judgo C. C. Colo,
of Dcs Moluos, and Qon. 0. F. Butler,
of Massachusetts. It will bo observed
that tho annual mooting of tho mom
bors will bo at Des Moines on tho 29th
of June, at which tlmo goneral attend
ance Is desired, as tho election of per
manent officers ,wlll tako placo, and
Sjusinecs of groat Importanco will bo
transacted.
Tho work already dono by your com
Tnitteo is simply preliminary, nnd Is all
subject to such monloattori or revision
as tho annual meeASg may dTrmlno
Hipon. &
" Farmors of tho northwost it Is for
;you now to determine how iormldablo
rand successful this movemont shall bo
conio. The commltteo has endoavorod
to disohargo Its duties falthlully, and
with you rests tho responsibility of sue--cess.
If immcdiato notion is taken by
vory neighborhood to oarnostly co
oporato In this movomont succoss cuu
not bo doubtful.
John D. Whitman,
B. F. Gub,
: M. L. Devin,
0. D. ItKINKINQ,
Commltteo.
TooIh nud '1'caiuM.
weitern Hural.
With somo, timo and labor appoar to
bo almost as worthless commodities as
they possets, so littto do thoy attempt
to cconomtao in thorn. To men who
proporly approolato thoir valuo, their
wasto through thoughtlessness or al
most criminal neglect, is astounding.
Horo li a man, who, instoad of supply
ing hlmsolf with apropor sot of tools
and implements, begins tho season with
thoso that nro noarlv worthless. Tho
wjgon breaks down, tho plow gives!
out, tho harrow breaks, tho cultivator
will not work, and ho goes through tho
season, mending first ono thing and
thon another, and finds at tho ond that
ho has actually wasted enough in tlmo
to havo bought now ones nt tho begin
ning. It is novor profitable to nso
worn-out tools and Implements on tho
farm, and it is never prolltabla to kcop
them on tho fatm. When r.n implement
is worn out it is rcasonablo to supposo
that' it has dono all tho work that it was
originally intended to do, and wo
ought to bo satisfied.
Anothor man will attempt to got
through cho soason with a team that is
entiroly unfit for service It creeps
over tho ground liko au elephant on
slow parade, and docs uot do, bocauso
it cannot, ono half tho work that a good
team would do, but oats just as much
and causos contlnuod voxatlon to tl;o
owner. If thcro is anything on tho
farm moro unprofitable than another,
excopt a poor farmer, it is a worn out
toam. It would have boon bettor If tho
matter had been attended to beforo
this, but it is novcr too Into to got rid
of n poor team. Bettor spend a week
In huhtlng for a good ono thau to con
tinue with ono that cannot do ono half
tho work that a good ono would do.
Tlio liow.
Young Folk's Rural.
Probably tho most Important imple
ment used in tho cultivation of tho soil
is tho plovr. And yet this slmplo uton
sll was not invented until a comparative
ly rccont tlmo; and oven now it is not
pcrfcoted. Tho first plows of which
wo havo any record," wore fashioned
from a forked limb of somo tough hard
wood, tho wholo consisting ot. a .singlo
awkward-appoaring piece. At length
tho ingenuity ot somo ouo concolvcd
tho idea of binding ono of the prongs
with iron; and this was conceded and
received ns a great improvement.
For throo thousand years this exceed
ingly primltlvo form of tho p'ow was
used. Tho hieroglyphics and bas-rcllols
found among tho tombs and crumbling
ruins of ancient Egypt, Etrurla, and
Grccoo, show that during tho most
brilliant eras of thoso mighty nations,
tho main instrument of ngriculturo re
mained in this low sUto of imporfection.
Nearly all tho mechanical ingenuity of
tho world was at that tlmo contcred in
tho less usoful art of architecture; and
and wonderful bullding3 woro erected,
and stupendous monuments roared, but
It did not always bring bread to tho
homos of tho poor laborers. Tho waves of
war rolled across tho borders, famine
swept tho land, and as nations thoy
sauk in darkness and barbarism, thero
to remain until tho light ot truth and
humau progress shall dissolve tho dark
cloud that hovors over thorn and tho
sublimo teachings of Christianity and
soionco ralso them from thoir low, do
graded state.
Timo passed on. Nations roso nnd
fell. Amorica was discovered. Tho
samo primltlvo plow of tho nnolonts,
with now and then a slight modification,
contlnudo in uso. Finally, howover,
another improvement was ndded. A
boam, standard, and handles wcrocon
s'racted; a seasoned hard-wood land
bldo, and a mold-board fashioned from a
tough block of wood, with a winding
grain, calculated to g'.vo it tbo necessary
curvo for turning tho furrow. And this
brings us down past tho period of tho
Amorlcan Revolution. Probably thcro
aro many now living who can well ro
mombor thoso rudo wooden Imple
ments. Somotlmos tho mold-board was
plated with sheet iron, or strips ol
wrought iron haramorcd out pf old
horse-shoos, nnd fashioned by tho black
smith. A thick, spear-shapod clump
of iron formod tho point, and two
wooden pins noar tho top of tho stand
ard served for handlos. It was termed
tho "bull plow."
Tho first complete cast-iron plow was
mndo by James Small, of Berwickshire,
Scotland, in 1785. During tho noxjt
thirtyyoars inventlvo minds woroEtudy
ingand exporlmontlng to produco im
provements. Among thceo was James
Jefferson, who sought to determlno tho
proper shape of mold-board; Charlos
Nowbold, of Burlington, Now Jorsoy,
who constructed a plow In 1797, with
land-sldo, mold-board and sharo, all
cast togcthor; said to bn tbo ilrst oast,
iron plow in Amorico, nnd upon which
tho worthy inventor spont $30,000 In
perfeotlng and introducing, and thon
abondoncd tho business In despair; and
Ransomo, of Ipswich, England, who
chlllod tho cast-Iron shares on tho un
der sldo.
About this tlmo Jethro Wood, of Scl
plo, Cayuga county, Now York, was ox
periraontlng nud applying his inventlvo
genius In producing nn improvement
destined to eclipse all th opntonts of
his predecessors. Ho talked of his con
templated improvements until many
half-boliovod him mad; and so great
was his prCJonsity for whittling, in
constructing his thousands of inln(aturo
modolsthatho was tauntingly dubbed
tho "Whittling Yankoo." In tho con
struotlng of his modols, ho used largo
potatos, cutting and fashioning thorn
Into almost ovory concelvablo shapo
nnd form, until ho had whlttlod away
bushels boforo ho produced ono that
oxaotly suited him. Ills improved plow
wos first offered to tho publlo in 1819.
Tho oast-Iron parts woro looked togeth
er in an Ingenious and substantial man-
no r, doing away with sarow-bolts nnd
muoh cumbrous complexity nnd ox
ponso. It was tho first plow in which
tho cast-Iron duplicates or parte could
bo replaced in tho fluid; and approximat
ed closoly to tho improved plows of to
day. It was'a success; and although it
brought llttlo money to Its originator,
it must ovor bn looked upon by tho me
chanical and sclontlflo world as tho
greatest improvement in tho plow evor
consummated by a singlo individual.
For tho last fifty yoars patents nnd
improvements havo muKlpliod with such
wondorful rapidity that spaco forbids
thoir mention. In somo yoars n hun
dred difforont inventions portalning to
tho plow aro mndo; nnd manufaoturing
establishments spring up In almost ov
ory town nud hamlet in tho country.
Solontifio inventors and manufacturers
havo givon us straight plows, sldo-hlll
plows, tronoh -plows, shovol-plows, and
gang-plows, In a thousand forms nnd
variotles, ndaptod for ovory species of
soli nnd surfneo. Sulky-plows are now
bolng used, by which tho driver rldoson
n spring sent, nnd plows his ground with
onse nnd comfort. Thoy aro probably
destined to work well on the smooth
prairlo lands of tho West, but many lin
piovomonts will bo required boforo thoy
becomo a succoss among tho rougher
lands and rocky htll-sldcs of tho E ist.
Tho steam-plow has often boon talked
about of Into, and In n few Instances It
has been put into practical operation.
But tho inventions In this lino nro as
yet orudo nnd cumbrous; nudtomo tlmo
must elnpso b.eforo it Is made to produco
satisfactory work. Novortholcss tho
tlmo will doubtless como when tho sod
of tho far wostcrn plains will be turned
by its mighty powor; and tho groat
channels of trado and cummcrco will
throb nnd pulsate all tho way from thoir
fountain head, amid tho hnzy smoke
clouds of tho Btoam-onginc.
Tho main object in tho selection of a
plow, is to chooso ono in which tho
pressure upon tho mold-board Is overy
whoro equal. Solcct such nn imple
ment, nnd you havo ono that tho earth
will not adhere to, and that will turn
a furrow ovonly, nnd hold easily, and
ono the draft of which will bo light.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
Banana Ice Cream. Tako eight ripe
banauas, pound them into n pulp, then
beat them thoroughly with ono quart
of cream. Sweeten and freeze tho
samo as ordinary croam. They may
also bo grated or finely chopped.
Asparagus Omelet Bull two pounds
ot tendor, fresh -cat asparagus in very
llttlo water, with n smnll portion of
salt, or what is better still, steam tho
asparagus without water until it is ten
der, chop It very lino, mix It with tho
yolk of llvo and whites of thrco well
beaten eggs and two tablespoonfuls of
sweot croam, fry nnd servo quite hot.
Tomato Soup. To ono pint of toma
toes canned, or four largo raw onos cut
up fiuo, add ono quart of boiling wator,
and lot thorn boll; add ono teaspoonful
soda, when it will foam; Immediately
add ono pint of sweot milk, with salt,
poppor and plenty of butter; when this
boils, add eight small crnckors, rolled
fino, nnd servo. Equal to oystor soup.
Lemon Pie. Grato tho rind of ono
lemon, squcozo tho juice and cut tho
rest into small pieces with n sharp knife.
Add to this ono cup of sugar, ono half
cup of warm wator, butter tho slzo of
a walnut; mix all togothcr, add flour to
thickon tho julco a littlo. Bako In doop
tins or plates. This is for ono pic.
Almond Cookies. This rulo will make
a largo quantity of very nico cookies,
and may of courso be varied to suit
your needs: Two pounds of butter,
threo pounds of sugar, one pound ot
almonds blanohod and chopped, cut in
halves or poundod. two teaspoonfuls of
cinnamon, ono teaspoonful of salcratus,
ono cup of boiling wator, ono lemon,
ono dozen eggs, knead in flour enough
to mako as stiff as cooky dough should
bo, roll and cut in fancy shapes, and
alter they aro in tins sprinkle tho
almond? thickly over thorn.
Snow Pudding. Tako llvo eggs;
dlvldo yolks from whites; boat whites
to a stiff froth; placo ono quart of milk
on tho rango; when at a boiling point
add sugar to taste; ono vanilla bean or
ono stick of clunamou, sweeten tho
whfyjs. with ono tablospoonful of pow
dered sugar and drop them into tho hot
milk; l&tvo in long enough to scald
thorn, whllo you wisk thorn Into small
flakosj tako a skimmer and takeout tho
flakcj and let them cool on u dish, add
yolks to milk with a teaspoonful of
cornJMaroh dissolved In wator; when
cool urJ tho ilnkos nnd sorvo.
Tho operator at n Maryland telograph
station it responsible for tho following;
An old olorod man biought to the
fllco a dispatch, which ho ordered sent
off Immediately. Tho operator answor
ed "All rHht," look tho papor and sont
the dlspat.lh. Thou, taking down his
file, ho plrAod tho original on tho hook,
hung It upju tho ofllco, and went on to
atteri? to EJi business. Tho old follow
took Vs scat and remained for half an
hour novor removing his eyes from tho
paper on tho file. After waiting until
ho was out of all pat!oncor ho said: I
say, boss, hain't you gwiuoto send dat
messagoP It's berry important; It
should go 'mcgetly." Mr. Brown an
sworodi "Why, old man I sontthodls
patch long ago; it's dellvorod boforo
this tlmo." Whonupon tho old man
roplledi "Yo can't fool dis chile. It's
not sont at all. It's just hanging up
dar on do hook. I saw yo when yo put
it dar' au' I hasn't takou my oyes off'n
it slnco." Tho oporator tried to explain,
but nothing short of sending tho papor
would satisfy, IIo doesn't bellevo yet
tho messago was sont.
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
WIDE-AWAKE AND PAST-ASLEEP.
The Independent.
A bright summer day came out of tho east,
And a dear llttlo lad was he,
nis lips were red from a strawberry feast,
And his eyes were ns blue as the sea.
Ills yellow hair was blown by tho breeze,
Like grass In a windy place;
He had torn his Jacket In climbing trees
And ho laughed all over his face.
He danced In the elm, on tho leafy spray
Whcro the ncstot the bluebird swlngp,
Till tho birdies had winked the sleep away,
All under their painted wings.
Ho shook the stem of the lilies tall,
While they nodded In high surprise,
And rubbed with their Angers white and
small,
Tho dreams from their golden eyes.
Tho daisy hurried to wash her face
In a drop of tho silver dew,
And every leaf In Its lofty place
The kiss of the sunshine knew.
The tqulrrcl chattered and combed his tall,
That curls up over his spine ;
And each ro I clover turned almost polo
When the village clock struck nine.
For two little boys, In two little beds,
Lay sleeping the morning long,
Though the sun shone to on their tangled
heads
And the birds had ended their song.
"Oh, dear, oh, dear I" said the summer day,
"What sleepy small boys I scot
I wish, I wish they would wako and play
With a bright llttlo day llko me."
'A'lio Unngaroo.
Am. Affrlcu'turlit.
Ono of tho strangest of animals in
Australia whoro ovorythlng Is stld to
b i peculiar in both nnlmnl nnd plant
llfo Is tho Kangaroo. Thcro aro n
number of different kinds of Kangaroos,
one of which Is a trco climber, nnd
jumps from bough to bough, catching
and hanging by its long, strong tall,
much as doos our opossum, a cousin, or
somo other near rclativo of tho Kanga
roos. The gonoral appoaranco of tho
Kangaroo Is shown In tho accompany
ing engraving. It will bo seen that this
animal has a small, mouse-like head,
very short nnd ridiculously small loro
legs, and hind parts of groat sizo, end
ing in a tail of a weight and longth en
tirely out of proportion to tho foro part
of tho body. Tho Kangaroos rango in
slzo all tho way from a haro up to tho
hlght and weight of a largo sized man.
In somo rcspcct3 tbo Kangaroo resem
bles a tcad, becauso "when It stands It
sits, and when it runs it jumps." It is
to bo presumed that tho first question a
boy would ask Is: What is tho tall so
big for? At hrst sight it might bo sup
posed that this largo extremity was for
protection n fighting mombcr a
weapon of dofonso; but this, we aro
told, by thoso who havo scon tho Kanga
roo in its homo, is not so. Somo havo
thought it was to aid in walking a fifth
log but this animal does not do much
walking, and when it does, it docs not
walk on or with Its tall. Tho tall Is
mostly used to break tho fall as tho
Kangaroo strikes tho ground after It
has taken a leap, which is oltcu twenty
feet or mere. Tho Kangaroo is a rath
er savago animal, and an old ono will
frequently kill tho dogs that aro used to
hurt them and when corucrcd haAO
dono sovcro Injury to hunters them
selves. Tho Kangaroo clasps tho dog
or man by Its short foro legs, aud then
scratches and tears its victim with tho
long, sharp claws of Its hind legs.
Sheep-raising Is ono of tho leading in
dustries of Australia, and the Kanga
roos nro troublesomo to tho farmers, as
thoy destroy Iprgo quantities of valuable
pasturage. Kangaroos go in flocks,
somewhat ns our shcop do, and are sel
dom found entirely alono. It is seldom
thnt tho flock is lnrge, usually r.lx or ten,
with an old ono as leader. Thoy aro
valued for both thoir skin and flesh, nnd
are hunted and killed in largo numbers
by tho natives in Australia. Tho hunt
cr must bu very cunning to bo success
ful in capturing his subtlo gamo Tho
hunters usually go in bands, and with
their plot and plan well understood by
all thoso engaged in tho chase, cautious
ly como upon and surround a number
of Kangaroos that may Lo feeding
quietly upon a hillside or valley. Tho
animals, quick to tako any alarm, will
thon hop away at a rapid rato, except
thoso that havo fallen victims to tho
savago hunters.
Porhaps tho most interesting thing
about Kangaroos is tho way which
thoy enro ior their young. When tho
baby Kangaroo is born, it is very small,
not much moro than nn inch in length,
nnd entirely unablo to run about or
caro for iteolf. Tho young animal is
placed in a pouch on tho under sU'o of
tho mother, and in this "crndlo" tho
little Kangaroo payees tho early days of
its life. When it gets larger and strong
er it occnsicually leaves its pouch, and
hops about, nipping tho green tmd ten
der herbage, but so soon ns any danger
is seen It scrambles back to its pookot
of safety. Nearly eight months pass,
before tho young Kangaroo loaves tho
pouch, then woighlng about ton
pounds, and lrom that tlmo on seeks
Its own food and becomes its own pro
teotor. Tlio ltrots'll 'I'lirnsli.
Tho brown thrush 13 also called
"brown thrasher," nud sometimes
"plnntiug bird," ns ho arrives at tho
North shortly boforo corn-planting
tlmo. Ho Is a plain bird, with plumago
of sobor tint; his ontiro uppor parte bo
ing brown, tho undor parts gray, Willi
tho breast nnd throat marked with
brown. Tho fomalo Is marked tho samo
as tho mnlo, thoy bolng undlstlngulsh
nblo by oolor.
Tho thrush soldom sings much until
tho lenvos of tho treos havo grown suf
ficiently lnrgo for him to sit, unobserved
and partly concealed among tho uppor
brnnchos, whcro ho trills forth a rich
nnd varied molody, often for hours to
gothor, nnd somotlmos noarly nil day.
Ilo commences with a low soft, low
notes, growing gradually louder nnd
stronger until tho song becomes nlmost
enchanting in its sweotnoss. Thon
stopping for nn instant, ho begtns ngnln
with, porhnps n fow strnlns iu what
may bo called n rccltativo tono, followed
by n strango mcdloy of tho notes of
othor birds, of which ho is n vory fair
Imitator. Hut any attempt to describo
tho song of tho brown thrush is usoloss;
onco hoard, it will bo listened to atten
tively, nnd not readily forgotton.
Tho thrush has also a peculiar note, n
sort of sharp chirp, which Is uttered
when tho bird Is alarmed or disturbed.
I havo olton hoard thorn In tho night,
making a low, chirping sound; but I
could not discover that thoy woro ex
cite 1 in any way.
Tho thrushos seem to be mated when
thoy arrlvo from tho south in tho spring,
nnd soon comraenco thoir nest, which Is
quite a woll-bullt structure composed
ot leaves, grnpo-vlno bark, etc., on a
foundational sticks. It Is dooply hol
lowed, lined with fino, fibrous roots, nnd
Is usunlly placed In a treo or vine, with
in a fow foot of tho ground; though
somotiraos rn tho ground, undor a bush
or in somo secluded place.
Tho brown thrush is related to, and
somowhat resembles tho mocking-bird
of tho Southern States. Tho cgns, usu
ally thrco or four in number, aro green
ish white, thickly sprinkled with lino
dots of reddish-brown. Their average
dimensions nro about 1.12 Inch by .78
inch.
.lolimilu'H lM-oum.
11V AKTIIONV K. ANDSHSOX.
Youiik Folks' Rural.
Perhaps if Johnnie's papa had not
been such a very funny man, Johnnie
wouldn't havo had this dream at all;
for then, don't you seo? ho would
not havo oaten tho niinco plo, and tho
doughnuts, nnd nil tho othor things.
Hut Johnnto's papa was a very funny
papa, indeed. Ho had twinkling bluo
oyes that always seemed to bo laughing
at something nobody know what; even
funr.y papa himself didn't always know
why ho laughed. He was jolly, and fat,
and smiling, lor all thn world like
Santa CImis; ho always carried sugar
plums and poppcr.nints in his pockets
for nil tho llttlo children that ho met.
Oh, ho was a vory funny papa!
Anil thon Johnnlo did so lovo to call
Ho would eat, and cat, and cat, and
novcr seemed to bo qn'to satisfied, ex
cept onco. Oao ovening at tho supper
tablo, funny papasald, "Well, Johnnlo.
don't you feel rather hungry?"
Of courso Johnnlo was vory hungry
everybody would havo been astonish
ed If ho wasn't, --and funny papa piled,
oh, such a heap of good things on his
plato! Mamma remonstrated at this,
and said that it would make Johnnlo
sick; but tunny papa whispered some
thing in her oar, and ended with, "Wo
will teach tho child a lesson."
Johnnlo heard thlslast, but didn't un
derstand, and was too much occupied
with his roast chicken and potatoes lo
caro what it did mean.
Aly! but Johnnlo feasted royally that
ovening! Papa replenished his plato
many times, and at last at our greedy
littlo Johnnlo folt quite satisfied. Fun
ny papa told him ho might stay up this
ovening till nine Johnnie's bod-time
was eight Johnnie was delighted, and
.thought ho must bo tho hnppicst boy
allvo that ovening.
But it was long beforo oven eight
o'clock that ho bcoamo very drowsy
and tired. Funny papa urged him to
stay up longer, and ho'd tell him a won
dorful story; but Johnnlo wouldn't
and roallv could not if ho would. So
mamma lucked him and a rosy-checked
applo safe into the littlo trundle-bed.
Johnnlo took ono tiny bito of tho applo,
and thon fell asleep. Ho dreamed that
ho was standing on a wild and desolate
sea-shore; tho waves dashed angrily
upon the gray rocks noar and now and
then tlio wailing cry of tho loon would
bo borne to his cars. Just then a great
crow camo (lying ovor tho soa towards
hiin, with loud "caw! caw'sl"
Tho crow sottled on a rook noar
Johnnlo, and rollod up her ejes in a
way which frightened him very much.
This scorned to nmuso her immensely,
and sho laughed hoarsely, "Haw! haw!
haw!"
Ploaso, what do you want?"' asked
Johnnlo in trembling tones.
"I want you!" croaked Mrs. Crow
Black. "What did you eat my cousin
for?"
Johnnlo looked mystified. "I didn't
oat your cousin," ho protested.
"Yes, you did I" said Mrs Crow
Black, vory impolitely, Johnnlo thought;
"hor namo was Miss Chlckio Spring."
Jjhnny made no roply. Thero wasn't
any use in answering, when sho contra
dieted everything ho said, ho thought.
' You greedy, greody boy!" Mrs.
Black went on, catching hor broath
overy now and then, with a sort of a
sob; "not content with what yon had
boforo you had to oat my cousin. Good
ness knows what 1 and my poor family
aro to dol l)o you soo what you'vo
done, you cruol wiotch? Now wo'll
have to put on mourning again, for our
old clothos aro all rusty and wornout;
and wo aro so poor so vory poor!" and
sho sobbed, and wiped hor stroamlng
oyes Willi ono oi nor ciaws.
Then sho glared angrily at Johnnlo:
"What have you got thero, you littlo
greedy?" IIo was holding tho npplo
which ho had bitten boloro going to
sleep.
"Crawl right Into that wcrm-hoio,"
said Mrs. Blaok Imporntlvoly. "I'm
going to carry you homo, nnd perhaps
my children will punish you as you do
sorvo." Johnulo wondorod how ho was going
to cot into tho applo, but Mrs. Black
lookod so threatening, that ho didn't
daro dijoboy hor. To his surprise Lo
could crawl in qulto readily.
Gj 'way in," croaked Mrs. Black;
"I'm going to carry tho npplo by tho
stem, nnd you may fall out If you
don't."
It was vory dark within tho npplo,
but ns soon ns Johnnio's oyes becamo
accustomed to tho dnrknoss ho could
soo qulto woli. A hugo worm was ly
ing right boforo him. To Johnnlo it
was a vory tcrrlblo monster, indeed. It
stared nt him with dull, plnkish-rcd
oyes.
"So wo nro travoling companions," it
said, in n sort of whoozy whisper. "I
heard what Mrs. Crow Black said.
Sho's n regular tnrtnr, nnd I wouldn't
llko to bo in your shoes, my boy."
Juhnnlo dld'nt know what n tnrtnr
wnJ, but thought it must bo somothing
very tcrrlblo, II Mrs. Black was ono.
"You aro n pretty good boy," tho
worm wont on, keeping Its head In au
idiotic, undulating motion, "but very
muoh too fond ol sweot apples -sweot
applrs, mind. If you llkod sour npplos,
r.ow, I could stand It, nnd would novor
complnln; but sweot ones nh, novcr!
You havo oaten so mnny of my relatives
that I ought to bo angry with you, but
I'm not; I don't harbor any Ill-foolings,
I'm suro.
But you crippled mo for life onco,
when I lived in another applo. You bit
off six of my logs onco it's a mercy
you didn't kill mo outright! and now I
can't go to my sister's ball next week;"
and tho worm sobbed plaintively.
Johnnlo pitiod it for having lost its
ilegs, and then himself for having eaten
them.
J ust then tho applo began to tremble,
and tlio worm said, looking frightened,
' I do hopo Mrs. Crow Black will bo
careful, and not lot go tho stem; for if
sho docs, we'll surely bo drowned."
Tho worm was lying in a vory cramp
ed position indeed, nnd began to strotch
itself. Johnnlo retreated, and tlio
worm called out, "hook outlthcro's an
npplo seed right behind you!"
But tho warning camo too late.
Johnnlo tripped over tho seed and bo
gan to roll towards tho opening of tho
worm-hole.
Boforo ho could stop himself, ho was
falling down, down to tho billowy, gray
sea below, and thon ho awoke!
Tho next morning, Johnnlo cut tho
applo which ho had taken to bed, Into
four pieces. Suro enough, thcro was a
worm In it! "Why-oo!" said Johnnie,
vory much surprised; "bo you tho worm
that I travoled with?"
But tho worm said novcr a word. It
wriggled so much that Johnnlo couldn't
sco it six of its legs woro missing or
not. Pel haps it wasn't tho crippled
worm, atter all.
t don't know whether Johnnie learn
cd tho "lesson" funny papa wished him
to, or not; but I do know that ho always
looks well at sweet apples boforo ho eats
them !
Farrngut in .Moullo Bay.
li, C. Kinney In Juno Hcrlbner.
From "Au August Morning witli
Farragut," by E. C. Kinnoy, in the
Juno ScniUNEit, which -also contains a
description of tho now Farragut statue,
with Illustrations:
"Happily for tho flcot and for tho
country, thoro was n man In command
that day equal to the omnrgenoy a
man whoso oaglo oyo grasped overy
dcatall of tho fight, whllo ho possessod
tho skill to direot and tho norvo nnd
ability to oxocuto. Thoro was no timo
lor doubt or dolay. Had ho hesitated,
tho fortuno of tho day must havo been
against us. Tho Admiral was standing
in tho futtock shrouds, under tho main
top, a position aoovo tho smoko, lrom
which ho could tako iu tho wholo
situation, and could communicate with
tho pilot In tho main-top, and with tho
lloet-captain nnd cxecutivo officer on
tho dock beneath. For several yoars,
thoro has boon a disoujslon In tin pa-
purs and magazines of the country as to
tho Admiral's bolng 'lashed to tho rig
ging.' Tho writer has no light to
throw on tho subject. Farragut was
standing in tho shrouds, ns described,
when tho writer went on deck, nnd
ho romainod thoro until tho Harljord
had passed boyoud tho rango of tho fort;
but thoro woro not moro than two or
thrco porsons on board who knowany
thing about his being fastened in placo.
Tlio first heard of it in tho fieot was
some thrco or four wooks after tho fight,
when tho Now York papers woro ic
colved. Various rumor3 havo boon cir
culated as to tlio fact, ono of which
was that tho Admiral took n ropo's ond
with him when ho wont nloft, nnd so
cured It so as to provont his falling
on deck iu caso ot accident. This is tho
story which was curront on ship-board
at that tlmo and was gonorally bolioved
Slnco tho incident has boon undor dir-
cussion in tho papors tho 'roal facte'
in tho ctso havo been in ado known nud
will stand In history on tho unquestioned
authority of Floot-Captaln Drayton and
ot Flag-Lieutenant J. Crittondon Wat
sou, of tho admiral's staff. This is to
tho effiiot that Captain Drayton, seolng
tho admiral In tho rigging, and tearing
ho might be killod by n fall on dcok in
caso ho was wounded, orderod an old
quartermaster to tako n ropo's and S3
'euro It arouud him, so' that ho would
bo provontod from falling.
Tho writer Is disposed to boliovo that
tho admiral was so absorbed in watch
ing tho light that ho dld'not know at
tho moment tho precautions taken for
his safety by his floet-captaln, But
whatever doubt may nttaohto this par
ticular lnoldont of which so muoh has
slnco boon mado, whllo so littlo wss
thought of It at tho timo thoro is no
chance for doubt as to tho admiral's
notion. Finding that tho Brooklyn did
not start ahoad, ho hurrlodly inquired
of pilot Freoman, in tho nnln-top, if
thoro is dopth enough for the Hartford
to pass to the lift of tho vessels in front.
Hecivlng nn afllrmativo roply, ho said.
'I will tako tho load, 'Immediately ordor
cd tho ship 'ahoad fast.'
On board of n war stcamor tho en
gines aro directed by tho tap of n bolt,
tho wlros conncotod with which load
to tho quarter deck. Ono stroko of tho
boll moans 'go ahoad'; two, 'stop'; throo
'back'; nnd four, 'go nhoad ns fast as
possible.' Loaning down through tho
shrouds to tho ofll :or on dock nt tlio
boh pull, tho admiral shouted, 'Four
boWa, eight hells, sixtehv iiklu! Givo
her all tho stonm you'vo got' Tlio or
der was instantly transmitted, and tho
old ship soemod imbued with tlio ad
miral's spirit, and, running past tho
Brooklyn nnd tho monitors, regardless
of port, ram, gun-boat, nnd tho unseen
foo beneath, dashed nhoad, nil alono,
savo for hor gallant consort, Mota-
comct.
A Cliejcnno Konmnce.
A young woman, who Is doscribed na
"ono of tho loveliest nnd most nccom
plishcd daughters of Choycnno,'' whllo
riding through tho streets of that lively
city a fow months ago, was thrown vio
lently from her horso. A Spanish lad
spranglrom tho lamp-postngalnst which
ho hint been leaning and endeavored to
prevent tho accident, but tho only as
sistance that ho could render was to lift
tho lady from tho ground aud bear her
Into a neighboring house. Then, sigh
ing for further sigh', of tho fair ono, t ho
youth resumed his duty nt the lamp-post.
As for tho young woman, sho susulncd
nn annoying injury. It was nothinglcis
thau tlio fracture ol one ol hor Iront
teeth. The delicato pearl that 11 ished
through "lips within whoso nny laby
rinth when sho smiled tho soul was lost,"
was hopolossly crushed. Beauty In dis
tress appealed to art; tho young woman
went to tho dentist, who promised to
search high and low lor a pearl of tho
proper slz3 and brilliancy. T!.o search
was mado faithfully, but not until tho
dentist saw a young S, nniard leaning n
gainst a lamp post did he find tho covet
ed prize. Tho vouth gladly sold ono of
his teotli for $103, offering all his stock
In trado at tho same torms. Tho tooth
was submitted to proper treatment and
tho young bono woman appeared at a
ball tho following ovening apparently
nono tho worso lor tho accident But,
with it womau's curiosity, sho would
havo given her head to know whence
camo the tooth. Timo passod. Tho
Spaniard made a fortunate purchaso of
stock with his .$100, and not only began
to patron'zo tho tailor,, but Indnlgo In a
bank account. Oao ovening last week
chanco throw him Into a select little par
ty, where tlio fair rider liapponod to bo
present, and ho rolatcd his dental ad
venture When ho smiled ami pointed
to tho van iiit placo in his mouth tho
young lady gave n littlo shriek. Her
secret was discovered, and now tho
Clicyonno and Denver papers annouueo
that the Spaniard will got his tooth back
at tho altar on tho 2,V.h of this month.
Asoldicr received twonty lashos well
laid on. 1 iio culprit, instead of bellow
ing when tho corporal applied tho lash,
laughed Immodoratoly, which made tho
officer lay on with greater force. On
giving him tho twentieth blow, tho en
raged corporal could stand it no longer.
"Woli, hero," said ho, "I've dono my
duty, and I can whip yo no moro, but
I'd just liko to know what it is that's
so funny?" "Funnjl" roared tho othor;
way, it's too good! You'vo got tho
wrong Smithl I ain't tho man that was
to bo whipped! It's tho ono in tho
othor company! Now you'll havo to
do it all over again!''
In describing a new organ a rural
musical critic says," Tho swell died
away in a dollcious suffocation, llko ono
singing a sweet song undor tho bed
clothos." When VOU Visitor leurn Nhw Vnrk CM.v. nam
Haueaeo'Kinreasaiin and Cirrlairu Hire, anil
stop nt Uritml Union lEolel, nearly
opposite Orand Central Depot. 85J elegant
moms rcuureu to f i anu upwarua per Hay.
Klevator. Itestaurnnt supplied with the best.
Horse Cars. Htnires and Klt-vated Ritlrnml In
all Depots,
rOUNG MENiU.'nU'.
munili. biiull mini while leurnlnir. Situation
furnl.hfd. Valentino pro... .lanc.vlllc.WI..
SIMPLE. LIGHT AND STRONG.
No comp'loated Qairtn;, Ono nuu ctn do tbo
work ot two, mill turn out a littler jot. Thewlnnur
of Kh.t premium w.itrevrr enlilu ted. Sand for Mm
trotca Circular au 1 Hpco.ul O.icounta to
POWELL & DOUGLAS,
Mrg'torrumpa, wicdildli, ic,
Vuuliomiii,Hlluolii.
The Boss Stci Mr.