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if" THE COUNTY PAPEB. Ily DOItVNS A WAI.l.Klt. OUEtlON, : : : : MO, voioi:s or tiii: nkiiit. "It wns lUi Int night when you rollro.1 1" ' oa, iMpa," I Mlil with a yawn llclilntl my fan, "for tlic liorrld man Ho Just talked on mill on. The more I lilntoj tin more lie ttajctl; I knew you were wakeful, too, -And I told htin so; hut lie uouM not go Anil wlint could a ioor girl ilol" "It wj.i very Lite when you retired I" "Yes, Mi:i!" I frankly oald, 'Tor the man, you wo, Jut talked to me, Though I yawncil till my ryes were nil; Aul I went so far when the clock struck twelve, As to count the stroke all throti'jth; Hut the stupid I he Just wouldn't see Ami what coultl a poor plrl ilo!" "It was v,orse Hum lute when you retired !" "Why 1 tell jou nil" 1 cried, 4,lf I lilnUil onco to the tiresome dunce, 'Twas a liumlrcil times liesldel Why, I even said you'd turn In lull Vor at let live hours 1 1 knew; Out he tipped his chair, and still sat there So what rould n Jusir plrl dol" "Well, thcJ(H'mses-poh!wayouupn11 night I' "Why, papal" I humhly plead, "Don't thunder sol there's a man Mow; And he sent you his card, and said That the reason why he staid all night Was, that he wanted to see you, too, That he might ask for the hand I pave For what could a ioor plrl dol" THK 01,1) Will. LHtli! Blossom, yon make It so lmnl .for mo to suy good-bvu to you." "When?" Tlio Innocent, surprised, inquiring fnco renunciation was, indeed, dillleult for John Uurrows. I lu touched n dimple ill her cheek, mill thou si curl of her linlr, ns ho might lmvo touched llowors on a grave, perhaps. Sho shook buck tlio silky rtyplcs im patiently. "When, John?" Ho looked ut her for u moment with out n, smile, pretty tut sho was. "Nelly, sit down hero for a moment." Thoy sat down on tlio pretty crimson couch boforo tho lire. Seeing trouble In ' his face, sho put her hand in his, and ho smoothed out tlio little rose-leaf member upon bin broad palm, more than ever confident, as ho looked at it, that ho was right. "Nelly, you know I lovo you." "Yes," witli a blush, for lie had never said it before. "And I am very sorry." "Why," after a pauso of bewilder nicnt. "Hccatiso you are a dolleato llttlo flower, needing earo and nursing to keep your bloom bright; and I am going to a liard, rough life, among privation's fu ror, and malaria, which will trv even my powerful constitution, and whore you must not go." "You aro going to tlio Far West?" "Yes. My mother must liavo a homo in her old ago. Sho is strong now, but time is tolling on her. You know all that, she lias been to mo?" "Yes; sho lias boon a good mother. Hut you shall take mo too, John." Shu won her way into his arms against his will. "You will tako mo, too?" Mr. 111. I T ....I ,.,11 iiwi. tun JUII Ullll VOll niadu It so hard for mo to sav good-bvo oyou?" " " V 'John, what could I do without you?" "Ilo took tho little, caressing hand down from his face. "Don'lmako mo weak, Nelly. Do von think that it is nothing to mo to loavo my littlo violet tho onlv woman I ever loved for a hard, cold" life and unceasing toil. I cannot marry for ten years, Nelly." "And then I shall bo tldrtvycars old." "Yes, married, and with" littlo chil dren; seeing, atlast, that vour old lover, .John Uurrows, was right.' Ho rose to bis feet. "John!" in terror. "Yes I am going, Nolly. Littlo one you look so much a woman now, witli jour steadfast eyes hear mo: I did not foresee that you would lovo mu that I should love you. You wore a littlo chool girl when I saved you from drowning last suinmor, andyoursatchel of books lloated away down tlio river and was lost. I camo hero to seo Greir. ory, not you. I could not help lovin you; but did not think mull to-night thai you cared so much for me, Nolly. Hut, child you will forget mo." "No vor!" JHo went on. Nnlk- T nlinll lutnrvni. tn- ...... .1 rand night, more and moro, ns timo'goos on and I get older, lonelier, moro weary. Hut I shall nover hopo to boo you again. Now, give mo your hand." Sho gave him both. Ho raised thorn to Ids lips, but boforo sho could speak nirain ho was conn. Shivering violently, slio went to the fire, and stood thoro trying to warm herself. Sho understood it all now his .strangely elaborate arrangements for a trip to Now York. Ho had known that ho was not coming back when sho had begged Jilra to bring her his photograph from tho great metropolis, but was go ing on on into tho dim distance. Tnis Is why ho had not promised. It was getting lato slio was so cold slio li ml hnttnr im in hil. Rim i,,l.l mot go into tho parlor to bid her father and aunt, and Gregory good night; so nnu uruii, micnuy up 10 nor own room. 'Thoro tho vory weight of grief upon hor lulled her to sleep. Hut when slio woke, her grief sprang upon her like somo hidden monster who had Iain in wait for her all night. Her misery terrified her. Why.shoidd sho not dio? Why should sho over riso from Uhat bed? Hut when they called her, sho sprang up hastily, dressed and went down, and thoy wore too busy talking to notice that -alio did not know what she was doing. .Hut, by nrid by.whcnhi'rbrotlier reached for somo moro coffee, and observed "John Uurrows and his mother went to Now York in tho first train this morn ing,' film tiled to riso unconcernedly from tho table, and fell in a dead faint on tho carpet among them. When Nolly camo to, sho was un dressed and in bod, and Aunt Mary was darning stockings at tho foot. "Oh, lot mo got up, Aunt Mary! I don't wan't to Ilo hero!" "Now, Noll, bo reasonable! You'ro Jill." "Oh, Aunt Mary. I'm not." "Nelly, if you will lio still to-day, I'll lot you fiavo that old box of curiosities In my room to look ovor. Will you?" "1 don't know." Aunt Mary went for them. Nell shut hor oyes and let tho wnvo in nil its bitter onss mirgo over her once; when Miss fioldliig camo back, bringing a box of old mahogany, black and glossy with limv. I "Tliercl" setting it on tlio bed. Witli a wintry littlo smllo of thanks Nelly lifted the cover. Tho old liinhog- nny box contained strange things. Pic hires ou wood and ivory, illuminated manuscripts. webs of st-omr lace, nn i tliiuo ornaments, ancient embroideries. 1 great packages of old letters, sealed , tlasks of unmmUlar nerfunie. ntieicnt brooches of red gold, finger rings of uniiusiiy-soi gems ueu together Willi faded ribbons, a knot of hair fastened together witli a gold heart, tlio silver nut oi n sworn, ami lastly, a tiny octa gon portrait of nn old man, dono in eiinik upon a kind of vellum anil en closed in u frnnio of tarnished brass. "V ho Is this Hint is so ugly, Aunt Marv?" "That, thov sav, is mv great grand father. Nelly." h h "What is Jt painted on -tills queer uuuir "Well, it is a kind of leather, I be novo. Thoy used to write on It In old times." "Ho N uncommonly ugly, isn't lie?" ..l.l - .1, .... Mini iciiv, wcur.iv. As slio spoke, tlio littlo case fell anart In liur Intuits. A yellow, folded paper was ruveaicu. .-5110 opened it, and saw that it was written tinon. "Why, bleis mv Mini, what liavo you there?" J exclaimed Miss Goldlng, rising up in a xiriuigu uiuriu. Sliu snatched it from Nelly's hand. "It can't bo the will!" slio cried Nelly looked on In dumb surprise, Aunt Mary read a few words, then rushed away in wild agitation to tlio library where her brother was sitting. Nelly could hear them talking, tho two; men nor urouior camo; then tho old housekeeper was called from tho ill-nliig-rooni; and so much confused con- ver.-alion sho never heard before. By mm uy, uiey tin waiicti upon nor in a body. "Nolly," said her father, silting down 011 tlio foot of thu bed, "vou nro an heir es." "This is old Grandfather Goblin's Willi" exclaimed Aunt Alary, nourish ing the bit of yellow paper. "It seems that lie was very eccentric, Gregory condescended toexplaln. "Ilo was very rich, and had somo hard sons and somo grandsons who promised to bo harder, and ho fell out with tlio whole set, who whro waiting for him to die. lie declared that no niimni- 1 f Mu should eneourago tho young people's excesses; a littlo poverty would help tho family, and tho fourth generation would appiveintohis 111011 y, and propa bly make good uo of It. When ho died, no will could bo found; and though there was a famous struggle for tho property, it went Into thu bands of tru-does, through tho oath of tlio lawyer who drew up tho will; and there it lias been, descending from 0110 person to another, and accumulating in value, until you and I, Nolly, aro as rich as Cni'sus." ,'llow, Gregory?" "Ain't wo tlio fourth generation? Father was tho onlv child. U'o nro Mu only children; all the back folks aro dead and it slides down to us on greas ed wires. Hurrah for Grandfather Gold- mgr "Is this Into, father?" "Yes, my dear. Tlio nrnnnrtv la chiefly in Leeds, Kngland. Tho house keeper who camo over last summer, you imui, n.iiii:iis 10 Know an anotit it. It is safe hands, and our claim is indis putable." What did Nelly do? Tho littlo gooso! Instead of Hying oil" in thoughts of a uarriasre. find dresses of ninth. ,f riii and a trip to Kuropo, she buried her fnco In tlio nillows. and iniirinni-i-d nn. dor Iter breath, "Oh, John! Oh, dear, dear John!" And it was no castle in tiionlr. Tin months proved that Nelly Goldlng was tho mistress of srold untold. 'Vntl then a littlo note went to Knnana saying: "Deak John I am waiting for you with a fortune. Will you como for mo now? "Nkh.v." And bo camo instantly; nud thoiMi somo might liavo sneered at his readi ness, tlio henrt of tlio littlo wifo was al ways at poaco. Sho know that John Burrows loved her truly. Grandfather Goldlng's mo ney built up a commodious western town; paved streets, raised rows of shops, erected dwelling-houses, found ed banks, libraries, nnd churches; and Jsellv finally lived "out West." Hut she had opportunities of seeing pioneer Hfo; and sho said. "Jhon was right; I should have died in a year, had I lived hero in poverty." Ml Curious Sea Iiiliabltnaiits. llioro Is a continual warfare golii" on In the deep a constant strugglo for tlio means of sustaining life. Tlio car nivorous devour tho vogotarians, and mud-eaters swallow both animal and vegetablo forms: and this runs all tlio way down tho scale, from tlio shark and tho equally ravenous bluollsh to tho least of tho annelids Tlieso last tlio sea-worms aro wary, but thoy cannot oscapo thoir enemies. If thoy wero to conllno themselves to tho bottom where thoy feed, and whero many of them grow to tho length of a foot or two the y might In a measure oscapo, thoiurh tliov would sllll lm ,-. ., O --------- . " v i ,j IW tlio scim and other fish that know how to (li'r for thorn: but tlmv lm-o tr ou-l particularly at night nnd in tho breed ing season, and then thoy aro snupped mi in countless numbers. Thoyhnvo almost every variety of forms, and thoir structure is marvelous monsters witli hooked Jaws at tho ond of a proboscis, and with sides of bluish green, that throw oil" an inlinlto variety of Irrldos cent hues. Somo of tho sea-worms lmvo scales, others soft bodies; somo aro sluggish, and curl themselves up Into balls when disturbed; others aro rest less, particularly at night; somo aro round, others Hat; somo build tubes of sand and cement, woven together till thoy muko a colony of many hundred members; tho tubus of others aro soft and lloxlblo, and somo, when disturbed, Withdraw Within their ni-nnl-.wl n, ,!,,.,.. 0113 tubes, and closo tho orllico with a ping, who varioty of tho sorpuliu has threo dark-red oyes; another variety has clusters of oyes on each tcntaolo. lho amphipods woro accounted of no great valuo till It was shown by tho I'isll Conimlflslnn tlitit thncn or,. .,11 tucea furnish a vast amount of food for ooinsatt and frcsh-wator fishes. In deed, thero is not a croaturo that SWims or eriLwIa Hint 1na nt 1,.., - - uvo IJUkllUlU tllO tOOtl Of SOnit) Iltlmr niitninl A beach-lloa is caught up by a soup or a ilOlllldOr. SOtltds IlinVn tnrrll.ln ' - , ......... ,u,,,U ,,(. J UU among young maokorol, and sharks nuirgiujB win somuimng appetiz ing in tho gasterpod. A man wont. tl,w,i,,,l, i,..i, Ho had ownod a flno horso and gig, and I thoy both disappeared for a time, but y nun uy mu norso and gig ijotli woro doing Mirvico for tho samu owner ngain. I On being asked what this meant" tho man's reply wass "I went through tho bankruptcy court, but thu horso and gig wont round." tiii:s.moki:hn HYMN. Tills In llan weed now withered quite. Thcugti preen at noon, cut down at night, enows tny decay; All flesh Is hay, Tlmsl hlnk, and smoke tobacco. The pipe, so lllly while and weak, Does this thy mortal state Ijcsjicak, Thou art e'en such, (lone with a touch, Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when the smoke ascends on high, Then thou bclmld'st the vanity Of worldly stuff, (lone with 11 puff, Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when tho plpo prows foul within, Think on thy soul defiled with sin; for then the fire It doth require, Thus think, and smoke tobacco.' And sec'sl tho ashes cast away 1 Then to thyself thou mayest say, That to the dust lletiiru thou must, Thus think, and smoke tobacco. l'KACTICAL SCIENCE. 1'rrnUs of CiKtliiRs, Castings, says a contemporary, scorn to manifest peculiar freaks and Irrcu laritlcs for which it Is ditllcult to find a cause. Thoy occur sometimes in tlio sand, sometime in tho venting, and often with wrong facings. For Instance, tho quality of facing sand must always bo graded, according to tlio casting to bo made, heavy or light, deep or slial low in tli" mold. Again, interior coal in facing sands Is detrimental. Possibly tho dealer In foundry facings has been grinding inferior stock, Instead of get ting a carbon in tho form of coal dust to .stand tlio Iron pouring against thu mold. Thero has been dirt nnd slatu ri'OIIIld ill with tlio ennl. Tlili Id ,, of scabby castings, together with too lino a sand, or a sand without a body, which all iiiohlot-4 1 ,-! il iivi,t f,. . light work. If moldors could onlv have good Minds good irons and goo'd fac ings, and tho same stock supplied each tlmo, thero would tio littlo need of com- iiaini; nut tlio geology of our country s not such us to admit (ifill.r.rl nn- mnlil. ItlirSaild Ut OVOrVlineL- llnnp ivlinn nw.l.t. lug sand costs from ,? tO to $50 a car do Ivered in 11 foundry yard, ns wo know it does In many instances. ;mic1i'h VVriitlirrSorilcr. .Tub- Ifi.m u'tll 1,.. .,1 1 1 1.. ,.. and showery. Tho warmer days will bo it, !), HI. lfi, 17. 'JO, 21, 22, 2:.20 ill. Tho days liable to bo marked by high .11114 umn HI11113 will 00 0, I, 1U, 14, 10, 1U. 2il. 27. anil Amr. 1t 'I'l,.. .I,...- more liable to give areas of clouds with snowcrs will Do il, , y, 10, 12, 111, 17, 18, 22. Sit. 2(1. 27. '2'). ill. Tim .., liable to givo fairer haying and harvest- i.i", uuu or win 00 1, 0, 7, 8, lit, 11. 1, 10, 21, as, 28, ilO. Aurora and earthquake actively likely to occur near il. fl. 9. 10. lil. 1(1. 17. !) o- on 07 M July -llli., will give cloudy sky at the cast, anil clear sky at tho west, follow ed by showery wcatlicr. ft. J. Coucu. Siiintnneoiis Combustion by Nitric Acid. In conscquenco of tho burning of a freight car during tiio fall of 1870, on one of the railways in Hadcn, which was suspected to liavo been caused by nitric acid. Professor H. Haas, of Carf sruhe, called upon by the government to report whether that aold could pro duce combustion or not. In tho experi ments miido to solvo this question, lho conditions which might be supposed to exist in freight curs containing nitric acid wero imitated as far as possible. Small boxes of a capacity of ten to six teen quarts wero charged with variable proportions of bay, straw, tow and blotting paper all of which substances aro used in packing nnd placed within larger boxes, while tho spaco fiotween them was filled with hay or tow, to pro vent too rapid a radiation of hoar, bo causo tho experiments wero to bo con ducted in tho open air. and tho outer box at tlio same timo represented tho walls of a railway car. Tho material contained in tlio inner box was now saturated with acid, and rather tightly compressed, so that when tho cover was put on it was pretty well filled. At first reddish and afterwards whitish vapors wero given off, finally a distinct sxoko. On lifting tho cover strongly glowing patches could bo seen, which rapidly increased all through tho contents, and which broke out in bright llames on no cess of frco air or gentlo fanning. With red fuming acid, or with acid of specifio gravity 1.18. theso results wero obtained very rapidly and within a fow minutes. With ordinary acid, of spo cillo gravity l.!)7s, it required somewhat mnw, ti.kin .....I .1 -.1 . "u iiinu, aim mu action was less en ergetic in tho beginning; but, in threo dllleront trials, after about twenty mln utes tho sanio result was IliinUy obtained, provided tlio material was packed tight ly in thu box and was thoroughly sat uratcd In Its suceosslvo layers. It scorns quite probnblo that even a weaker acid can produco tho saino re sult in larger bulks and during warm weather in a confined spaco which pro vents rapid cooling. Hitherto it has often been doubted that spontaneous combustion could bo caused undor such circumstances, but tho above oxpori monts nnd results aro certainly incon trovertible. Tho Origin of Diptheria. Tho observations of G. H. Fosbrooko, tlio medical health olllcor of ltirmiii" hnm, Kngland, liavo led him to form conclusions respooling tho origin of dipthoria, which differ in somo points from those which liavo beon urged by otlior authorities. Ho regards it as 11 woll-cstabllshed fact, confirmed by his oxporionco, that tho disease Is moro com mon in rural than in urban districts, and has obvorved that oven when it has pre vailed extensively in a rural district, and bus thonco been conveyed into a nel"h borlng town, it has not spread in tho town. In ono town of 6,000 inhabitants, diphtheria, when It ocoured, prevailed concurrently witli typhoid fovor or sear latlnn, giving riso to tho suggestion that all thoso diseases might originato in a common poison. Mr. I'osbrooko does not ngrco with otlier authorities as to tho conditions of soil most favorable to tho propagation of dipthoria. General ly tho disoaso has been thought to nour ish mosS In damp situations and in con noctlon with damp subsoils. All of his attompts to assoolato its origin and dis tribution with any peculiar soil or situa tion liavo failed, for ho has mot It both In villugcs occupying olovatcd and alrv situations and in low places, Tlio most serious epidemics, nnd tho larger num ber of cases of which ho has Tiad por sonal knowledge, liavo appeared on soils that woro "ratlior gravelly and well drained." Willi 0110 exception, Ids ox norionco opposes tho Idea that houses shut In by ireos aro moro liable to har bor t)iti disoaso than thoso which aro not surrounded by an abundant vegetation. Tho tluctullons of dlptltoriti, when It pro- Vails for lint nnnatflnrnldn tnnirlli f do not appear to bo itilliicnced bv nnv changes of season or by variations of earner, meteorological observations, mnuo witli roiorcnco to tills point, ttlfTei widely, anil furnish 110 guide to nn on inion. lho disoaso is generally found nrst to Drealt out in October nnd to pro VflH P.q fill nntilnmtn ,i,1.n.i It ,lnn. MHn..nt1 . .... ..i.v....,w, t, uu, ll ij, it 11, in tho winter months, Increasing, as is natural with epidemics, during tho ear lier months of its course, but without re gard to tho regularity or Irregularity of U1U BCIIBUII. THE OATH OF THE PRESIDENT. 11V JtAIICO ADAMS. Tlio question hnving been ral"d whether tlio Chiof-Justioo of thu S11 promo Court invariably administers tho oatli, wo liavo gathered tho following 1111,13 111,111 uuiiieiiiio sources: Tho Constitution of tho United States prescribes, that tho Pros dent: "Hcforo ho enters on tho execution of his olllco, ho shall tako lho followlno- oatli or alUrmntion: " 'I do solemnly swear Cor nfltrnri that I will faithfully oxecuto tho olllco of rresiueni of tlio united states, and will to tho best of my ability preserve, pro tcct, nnd defend tho Constitution of tho United States." ' TIito is no law ns to what olllcor of tho government shall ndmhitstor thu oath; nnd for all practical purposes, it woiiiuooas Diniiiiig, 11 tiiKon Ueforo n notary, as it would bo before tho Chlef- .lustlco of tlio Supreme Court. Althoiurli the oath is usually taken boforo tho Chief-Justice, yet It hasnot beeninvnri- auiy tlio case. Georgo Washington, at his first In aiiguration. was sworn In on tlm itnth day of April, 178!), in tho city of New York, by Chancellor Livingston of Now York, tho first Chief-Justice, John Jny, not being appointed until September 2(1, 1780. On bis second inaiuriiratlon. tlm oatli was adininlxtereil to him at Phila delphia, March I, 17!il. bv Jitdiro dish ng, one of tho Associate Judires of the ouprumu i.miri, l'.:: .... . . . . " John Adams took tho oath 11! Philn. delphla. March 4. 1707. beforn Cblnf. Jitstteo Oliver Kllswortli. 1 nomas .Jollcrson was sworn in nt. n nslilngtnn, March I, 1801, and Mnrcli 4, 1805, first and second terms, bv Chief. Justice John Marshall. James MatlNou was sworn In March 4, 1800, and March 4. 1813. first niidseo. ond terms, by Clilef-Justico Marshall. .lames iMonroo was sworn in March 4, 1817. nnd March 5. 1821. first and SOP. ond tonus, by Clilef-Justico Marshall. John (Jiuncy Adams was sworn In March 4, 182.i, by Chief-Jtistico Mar shall. indrew Jackson was sworn in Mnroh 4, 1820, and March 4, 1833, bv Chicf- lustlcc Marshall. Martiiln Van Huren was sworn in March 4, 1837, by Chief -Justlco Koger a, inncy. William II. Harrison was sworn in March 4. 1841, by Chief-Justlco Tanoy. r..i... 'p..i.. . ,. !. uuiiii Ajivr .is sworn in April U, 1811. bv Juilyu Ci-iinnb. niili,f..riit.il,. of tho District and Circuit Courts of tho District of Columbia. James K. Polk was sworn In March 4, 1815, by Cliicf-Justlco Tanoy. .aonary inyior was sworn in March 5, 18 tO, by Chief-Justice Taney. Millard l illmoro was sworn in Jnlv 10, 1850, by Judge Crunch, in tlio Hotisn of Representatives, this being tho onlv instance, of Congress being in session at tho time of the death of a President. iniiiKlln 1'ioreo was sworn n March 4, 1853, by Chief-Justice Tanoy. James lliichanan was sworn in March 4, 1857, by Chief-Justlco Tanoy. ivin .iiKiiu i.incoin was sworn in iMarcli 4, 1801, by Cliiof-Justico Tanoy, nnd (second term') March 4. 18C5. bv CMef. Justice Salmon P. Chase. Andrew Johnson was sworn in Anrll 18, 1805, by Chief-Justlco Chase, at tho Kirkwood House. Ulysses S. Grunt was sworn In Mnrnh 4, 18(10, nnd March 4, 1873, first and second terms, by Clilef-Justico Chaso. uiiiiierioru u. Hayes was sworn in March 5, 1877, by Chief-Justlco Morri son K. Wnlto. James A. Gtirlleld was sivnrn In March 4, 1881, by Chief-Justlco Waito. Thero liavo been twenty-four Presi dential terms, which liavo been tilled by twenty different Presidents. Sovon Presidents havo been ro-olectcd. Six Vlco-Prosldents havo become President threo on account of tho death of tho President, nnd threo by election but no Vice-President who lias succeeded a President by ro-ison of death, has ovor been rc-electod. A Salary Well Used. Tho old clorcrvmon ofMnqnnliiiofta had small salaries: votth cd moro with littlo monoy thnn many of their successors with much larger In comes. Tho father of Chief Justlcn Parsons was settled at Hyflold with nn annual salary of two hundred nnd eighty dollars. Ho had a largo family of children, threo of whom ho sent through Harvard Collego, and all of whom received an excellent education, and occupied positions of inllnenco in tlio world. A sharper economy must lmvo ruled in ministers' households in thoso days than In thoso, and every penny must lmvo licen put to good uso. Jonathan Edwards, tlio greatest phi losopher and theologian of our country, had such a narrow income that his grent uiiv3, nriiiuii won mm a reputation in Europe, wero written on the backs nnd ends of letters received from friends. Ho could not afl'ord to buy paper for tho purpose. His daughters, who becamo distinguished women, woro all taught certain accomplishments, by which, however, thoy used to bring something into tho family treasury. A Poor "Widow's" Appeal. A soldier's widow wroto to an attor ney In Washington asking what stops slio should tnko to secure a pension on accouut of tho death of hor husband whllo serving in tlio army. Tho attor ney sent back a list of questions to bo answered by tlio applicant, Sho replied to tho question, "what was tho namo of tho dead soldlorP" as follows: "Al though I cannot glvo my husband's name nor describe film, I Insist that ho was killed In tlio army; olsowhoro is ho, and why so long gone? For surely, of all tho bravo boys who loft homo and friends to fight for our country, ono must havo been my husband, and for tho sake of that unnamed, unknown grave whoro ray dear bravo boy Is sleeping his last loii"' sleep, I havo novor been married. I think I havo told you all you will euro to know, ns you aro only inlorostod In pensions, nud 1 11m not a pensioner. I lmvo said many times Unit my husband died in tho nrmv, novor thinking Ishould bu called to account for It. Hut you won't forgot tlio poor littlo unknown widow, will you? Yours, most slucoro- A littlo girl wanted to know If tlio guinott lion laid tlio goldon egg. WHA1UN' O THK (IIIUKN-; Thero havo liecn a great many versions of tho song published, nnd It Is dlfllcult f o decide which Is tho original. Tlio following Is thought to bo as good as onyi "Och I have yc heard the cruel news, The news that's going round! The shamrock Is by law forbid To grow on Irish ground. St. Patrick's Day no more we'll kape, Ills colour can't bo seen, For there's a cruel 1aw,agalii!t Thewcarlti' o the green. "I met with Nappcr Tandy, And ho took 1110 by lho hand! Oh I how Is jKior old Ireland, And how does sho stand! 'TIs the most distressful country That ever yet was seen, For they're hanging men nnd women thero lor wearln' o' tho green. "Oh I If tho color we must wear l!o Kngland's cruel ml, Let It remind us of tho blood Thnt Ireland has shed; Then tako tho shamrock from your hat, And fling It on the sod, And .never fear 'twill take root there Tho' under fixit 'tis trod. "When law can stop the blades of grass From growing ns they grow, And w hen the leaves In Summer tlmo Their color cease to show, Oh I then I'll change tlic color That I wear In my enwbeen ; llut till that time, please (Jxl, I'll stick Towcarln' o' the green." PAIHI AND OAKDEN. Kilt Tlio Words. Iowa llomolcal, Thero aro thousands of acres of p-oml land uncultivated this season nil ovor lho west, owing to tho Into snriiio-. ami tlio lack of liolp. If left in Its present condition, it will produce a largo crop in iiu.Minii wecus, uiai win seed tnous nndsof acres with tlieso nests of thn farm. Thero is yet tlmo to put in Mil ieu iuiiiruiiuii crass. 0 okw lent or turnips, llieso crops will pay far bet ter than to let tho weeds grow. 'I'hero aro indications that ull kinds of forngo will commnnd good prices noxt winter, nnd now Is tho tlmo to provide a sup ply. Plow up tho weeds and nut In some one of tho crops Hint will vet malum. Thor may pay better than wlicntorcorn, nun in any event it will destroy tlio weeds. I'rollt In lliittriOliildtifr. Fcrmrs Union, good cow, well cared for. will enr. nlnly make two hundred pounds of butter In a season, that is to say, ono pound a day for two hundred days, anil that at twenty. Hvo cents is fifty dollars. Wo will call threo acres suflicionl land to keep 11 cow 0110 year, which is a hli-o-n estimate for our productive soil. This w better business than can bo done on tlio best wheat land n thu stato will this advantage, that every year tlio far mer uses 111s inrin lor grazing it is im. proving; tho soil, instead of baino- im povenshed is becoming richer by the application of manure from tho stock. '1 hen again wo havo not brought into account tlio calf sho has brought forth, which can bo sot down ns another ten lollars to bo added to tho butter, and tlio skim milk should make at least one hundred pounds of pork, which is worth four or live dollars more. Tho price of nay or other feed sho would consumo could not exceed in any part of the Mate nvo uoiiars, wiiuo in i-omo districts it would not amount to over half that sum. Thero can bo no doubt In regard to tho prolitin raising stock, nor the monovln making butter In most, if not ovcry county in tlic stato and tho business Is going to improve and grow bettor each year. TliiiroiiRhliroil Stock. X Fullor in tlio Newton Journal. Tho outlook for thoroughbred stork has seldom beon better than at, tlio present timo. Thoro havo been times when fancy strains of blood, purchas ed by wealthy fanciers, mado higher prices than nro being realized this sea son, but thero certainly has never beon a tlmo thero wns such a strong general demand for Improving stock as at tlio present. As for tho extravagant, and t may bo said almost fictitious micos formerly pnid for high pedigrco stock, thoy cut but a small figure in the Iffio stock trade to-day. It is tlio fact that prices ot tnorougiibred animals, aro no onger fabulous, but within tho reach of every man that can ttllbrd to raiso stock, that creates tho strong inquiry from all sections of tho country. A fow yours ago uuoui mo oniy piircnnser.sof pedigree stock wore raised in tlio older states who had oxpenslvo lands, but now tho numbor of lino stock breeders is so largo, and is so ranldlv increaslnn-. that prices have dropped to a substan tial basis which gives to tlio seller a fair compensation and yet does not dobar all would-bo buyers short of million rales. The general tono of tho lino stock market Is stronp and healthy, and the demand Is not confined to nny particu lar section, but is moro general than over boforo known. Tho various rival breeds havo their individual friends, as much on tho plains ns in tho moro set tled soctlons, south and west, whoro only scrubs havo beon heretofore. Let tho good work continue. . . l'untiiro for llutliT Cows. Notional Live Block Journal. g Tlio best pasture grasses havo crcct ing or wholly fibrous roots, tiiocreepin"' root running horizontally undurgroumC and pushing up stems every few inujics from this creeping root or rhlzoW). Tliis crcoping root is n"t likoly to bo in jured by close cropping, and rotuluy its vitality bettor through sovoro drilghts after closo feeding, when a bulboZsroot would bo destroyed. Tho fumAon of tho bulb In bulbous grasses is oidontly to storo up materials for future Iiowth; and If thoso bulbs nro Injured ! eaten oil', tho root Is destroyed. Tho nutri ment in all grasses is gathered by fibrous roots alone, and theso fibrous roots are joined to tlio rhlzomo orthfbulb, In creeping or bulbous roots. fj Tho bostspoolniens of creoplfcrootod pasture grmscs aro bluo gnK, June grass, (Poa Prontlsos) and vlrfigraiss also called bluo grass (PoaCoii.Wcssa). Uoth of thoo grasses, when well eslab Hshcd In tho soil mentioned, will retain thoir foot hold against many discour agements. Uoth of theso grasses start quickly aftor cropping. Orchard grass (I)aot Uactyllo glomorata) . y a j . la nnn nf Ihn vtvr l.naf nuDt,,.n 1 when onco established . '".J p"iiu ginnvva tabllshed. It starts, per- tiidlv aftor outtlnfr or eron. haps, moro rtii ping than any 'other grass. It will grow , in 111 10 ntgnt almost as much ns conned uu in mu m, nt.. i. lie. top lAgro.tis vulgaris should bo iiiuiiiiieii. Hiiuu aim rou uioversnouiii HiiYiyo uu iiiiugieii wiiu mo soeiis 'or- pasture. Thoro are many other grosses . tiiat migiit bo sown, but tho scoda nro ililllcnlt to bo obtained. uiju i iiMuru 01 iiioso scons win do the f 11 ifiwinir, itiiftiiit, il vir,i.i.iu. y, 0 pounds; Kentucky bluo grass, -1 puumisi wire I grass, threo pounds; orchard grass, 4 poiiiius; reti top, ,1 pounds; red clover, 4 pounds; whlto clover, it pounds, nnd swcct-sccnted voninl grass, 2 pounds. A pasttiro well stocked with theso grasses nnd clovers will ccrtnlnly pro- uuco 1110 mm lor "giit-cdgo" butter. Too littlo attention has been, ns yet, paid to lho stocking of pastures This subject needs cnroful examination and discussion, nnd wo shall bo glad to linvo mu viuwa 01 some readers upon it. of our experienced uu tllUlltUIIUlU iri n..i i. ... ChlcsRoMornlnirllcrnld. n VHIIII-3U iwmr'B jsruir siorc. It may not bo known ,nrallv ,0.1,0 denizens- of Chicago that a disci. In Esculapl.is. dono In Chinosn. .Ir-o. ii.vi,-i ...n.. t , . ... . ...... j.i.iwiitu 111 uiuir llllllSl, OUt RUCI1 H tlio case. His littlo di n of nn onien. if Indeed it deserves tho dignity of tho tho Inttcr appellation. Is cnrtiilnK- n nn. .. .. . : . riosity. It occupies tho sldo room of a inuiuiry establishment. Its wnlls pre .... .. .11.... i-.. . neiii, it iiispmv 01 1 arrow m in vou. mi which aro arranged a great profusion of bottles, boxes and small horn jars, In which nro kept the various medicaments dear to tho ailing Culestlal heart. Thoso llli'iltninna ni-n ri.irn t.ln.l ! l.ta ...itr.1. deferential trust. Ono littlo horn tnr. ornamented with tho nrtlstio characters of tho Chinese tongue, contains a blnck looklng liquid which, if those letters wero translated, would bo found to bo a do coctlon of frog's feet, dried nt a ccrlnin timo of tho moon, boiled aecnnllno- In certain mystic rites, and receiving groat virtue, from having been bottled undor tho proper constellation. A fow oncer iti.i.. 1 , ... . . iiuiu uo.xes, covered wil 1 red 11 ero said tho presiding genius of the place, a globular specimen of almond-oyed hit- iiiiuiiiy. "Yes," said the reporter. "You cure mo?" "ies:vou pav mo twentv-llvn ilnlln. ,.,! - 1. 1. ' unng you an ngiu." "Yes. in Flisco. Mollenn man li'lnmJ ..Mill ...l.I . 111 this town ho como slow. In California! Moliean lady sho como much, much Pay bundle dolla somo times." After much conversation tho reporter had been practicing but a siiort tlmo u. 11 nun 111,11 1. 11 in ivuiiuv iiuvsit!i!in nun uuioiig us, ami unit iienco ins wonderful eurc3 had not become known outside of His washing brethren of tho queue, but that he hoped after a timo to secure as profitable a practice among tho Moli- cans as ne nail enjoyed in "California," whore, if ho was entirely truthful, ho had performed marvels. "Bh'l loor." "It Wiis a Had funeral to mo." said tno speauor; "llio saddest I havo attend .. . .... . . ' ed lor ninnv years." "That of' Edmonson?" "Yes." "How did ho dio?" "Poor poor as poverty. His lifo wasom long strugglo with tho world. and nt every disadvantage. Fortune mocked bun all tlio while witii golden promises that were destined novor to know fulfillment." "Yet lie was patient nnd enduring,' remarked 0110 of the company. "i-aut-iii as a uiirisiuui enduring as a martyr," was answered. "Poor man! Ho was worthy of a better fab. Ho ought to liavo succeeded, for hodosorv cd siiccese." "Did bo not succeed?" questioned 0110 who hnd spoken of bis patience nnd endurance. "Is'o, sir. Ho died poor, just as I havo stated. Nothing that ho put his hand to ovor succeeded. A strange fatalitv scorned to attond every enter prise." "I was with him in his last moments.' said tho otlior, "and thought ho died rich." "Jo, ho has left nothing bohind," wns replied. "Tho heirs will havo no concern as to tho administration of his cstnte." "He left n good name," said "and that is something." ono, "And n legacy of noblo deeds Hint were done in tho namo of humanity," ruiunrKcu nnoincr. "And precious examples," said third. "Lessons of natlcnco In sufTbrlnrr. f.f hope In adversity, of heavenly confi dence when no sunbeams fell upon his 1 11.1 , .1 ,. . . .. . . uuwiniuruii pain." was mo tost ninnv of another. "And high truths, manly couragoand hcroio fortitude." "Then ho died rich," was tho om- pliatio declaration. "It obor than tlm rw l.m millionaire who wont to hi S WoXli was a mpha. Jroee slon. Nottl.obuilalofal.umim clod. but tlio ceremonies attendant on tho translation of nn inure!. Did not snn- ceed? Why, his wholo lifo was 11 sories ot succcesses. In every conllict ho camo oil tho victor, and now tho viator's crown Is on his brow. A Lesson of Brotherly Love. On Sunday morning, while a certain I 11?. IV I 11 11 nni-lnti, deacon wis preparing for c ...rob wnmlorlng wayfarer, or, In modern par- lanco.a tramp, appeared at his door, pleaded his l unger, and bood fo . ' V " " ' ',m'1 r,,,ul;la m'y ui, 1, iu.11 iii uiuiiu linn iii'gan 10 Cllt It! ut whllo doing so took oJeaslon to l moiilsl. tho beggar concerning tho error gi. iblcs, contain, somo of thorn, u po- and both father and mother l?adfound 1 8?r.if 6l;rt-,'vcc; whloh tho lunrn- it out. At bedtime he abbreviated his ed practitioner has brought with him prayers, closing with tlio words, "God from Ch inn, and others a quant ty of idess brot hor and sister, nnd grandma, s idors. dried, pressed and packed, and aineiil" "You havo forgotten part of all ready lo ylofd heir healing virtues to your prayer," suggoMtfi tho mother, tho hand of tlio physician as soon ns tho Tho quick, sharp "reply was: "You sign of the r star becomes propitious don't tliink I'm going to pray for folks "lousickP You wan co mod e nn?" .1,.,. u-l.i,. ,n .1? fan 1 J ikwas mu noiy Oilliuail day WHICH 10 thobodv tbornliv Li. t T'o"1' n was desecrating, ho nskod'iam if ho ton. It'll neoXsi u0,llng ? ngula know miv In nrV ffo wnh. i .. n 19 nuct"os3 to say that tlan t know liow to pray. "No," was tho re ply. "Then." said tlio doacon. "I'll toach you," and ho commenced to re peat tlio Lord's prayer. 1 Hut lust as ho uttered tlio first words, "Our lather." tho beircar Interrun.nil him with the nuostlon. "What. Is bo your father and mlno too?" "res," tho deacon replied. "Why," oxoliilmod tho befrirnr. "wo aro brothers, thon ain't woP Can't vnn out that slico a littlo thickor?" A dry-goods clerk, who had a most itlnniltufi ulfl- nf wfilltttn, l,ujl In n , .. W...........W.. ..... v. iirrt lu iii iu .n . .i. ..i P S.J . a goods which a party of feminine ciMom. nn i m wi tn . iVnlu m.V.... (IIBIUUI, liuri, Ol II1U NlOrO, 10 1II1U somo ladles!" ho called, as ho swum? blms.flf oft. "lln. u-n mmH. . . ..... ..- walk that wayl" loarnod 'k l3. crieu n pert miss; wwo novor that stylo, you know." Tho clork now drilling His tibia lu tlio motions of 11 now gait, Thoro novor was but one man complained of a railroad train forgoino- . too last. And no was trying to persuade ., 1 1.,, i. ... 1... 1 1.. 1 ., a balky horso l.o owiie.l to get off tho iracK ooioro mo coining trulu got thoro, LITTLE FOLKS. "iMammn, do you know how I .get, Inln 1in1 en '.tit, ,1,01) liXT w .l..lt. ' how do youP" "Why I put ono foot on! tho bod nnd then holler out 'ratal1 nnd scaro myself right In." A littlo boy was heard to say: "Two policemen can stand tnlklng nnd chew ing in the middle of n stdnn-nlk wbttn mV . " ...... v p go round them, nnd thoy nln't loafers becauso tlioy' vo got a silvor lomuswmo on tiioir conts." Dinmicirs vounircst datitrlilor nsVoil t. " ..... .. . .. bisici lur a now pen, WHICH 1110 latter r.e'"sca 1,crV " child, f """ tt,l ."i ' "IF 'nn ; ' ,u "lHl "n ' "wy. " corao, 1 !'m n year older.1' Tommy went fls 1 nrr tho other dav -1 . ... . . . c . .--" milium, iiuiiiiis.siou 01 iiismqiiier. flew morning a nclirhbor's son met him. mill. asked, "Did you catch anything ycslcr- day, Tommy?" ."Xot till I got homo," wns the rather sad response. Aunt Esther had been trvlno- . n tinr- Sliado littlo Edtllo to .nllm nt. Mtnw.f. using ns nn nrgumont thai tlio littlo chickens went to roost at thnt tlmo. lcs," said Eddie, "but tho old hen nl-.' moro arguments with lilm. Eunice wns 0 years and Sarah was 6. Ono morning Sarali said to Eunice, "I won't lovo vou if vou do so." Kiml said: "You must not sav so. find will not lovo you if you don't lovo every body." Sarah replied: "Well I guess God old not henr mo. Ho is away up high, and I guess ho js a littlo deaf." lho Lacy boys of Madison, Wis., wont to a menngeno and became filled with tlio idea of starting a bestshow of their wn, using such material as was within reach. They painted stripes on a whlto pony for a zebra, sheared tho hind half of a big Newfoundland don- ora I'011' u"' oft toro legs of a calf "a Kni'gnroo, and wcrp about to makej ') a"lc cat ''. chopping when their I!U"ur 'scovered tiiem. A boy was eating away at a big oc- 1 uuiiihil iiiul jiiiii ueen erneicoii ntn.11 wm a brickbat, when a uotlostrinii MtU Ida "uiy 10 unit ami remark, "lJoy, don't I .vou know that too much of .bat stuff "wy ffivo you tho colic?" "I guoss so," was tho reply. "Then why do you cat it?" "Well, if mv chum, who llvoa cxt door, can stand tlio smnll-pox for six weeks, 1 guess I can put tin with tlio colic for threo or four hours!" was tho repiy, as 110 bit oil another big hunk. When a fashionable Indv WfiQ In full ,rVss u U:UI IC scorned to Iicrtinsoph- I lrll,inl ,,,l 11111.. 1 ll " Istlcated littlo brother that if b or ilrnaa should bo drawn up toward tho neck nl...... ..!.. 1 1 t. ... . . auuui, si a lucncs 11 wouid uo n groat im provement. Ho went to tho wardrobe, and, bringing a shawl, iirosmi.nil It. tn her. "What's that for?" sbn nsfcn.l. "Why, it's for vou to nut 011." s.abl tlm enfant terrible. "For mo to put on? Why I'm all dressed. Don't Hook pret ty?" "Oh, yes," blurted out tho littlo observer, as ho looked ut. hoi- lmm i,ni. dors, "but you had better put on tlfo shawl, for, sister, somebody might sco you, you know."' . , Tho Painlessness of Death. Popular Srlcnco Monllily for .Inly. At birth tlio bilbo undergoes an orde al that, wero ho conscious, would bo moro trying than n most painful death; yet ho feels it not. Pom In an uncon- soious state, tlio brain incnpablo of re ceiving conscious impressions, his en trance intothis hitherto unknown world is accomplished during a stato of obliv ion, known as Nature's aniosthesia; "rninie&siy wo come, whence wo know-not Painlessly wo go, whither we know not I" From tiio earliest" period of lmmnn history death has been consitlorod as necessarily accompanied bv nnln? general is this bollof, that tho terms "death-agony," "last struggle," "pangs of death, '' etc., havo been in. almost un iversal uso In overy ago nnd undor all conditions of society. Nothing could bo moro erroneous; tho truth is. pain and death snlilnm gothor wo mean tlio last fow moments of life. Of course, death may bo pro coded by weeks or oven months of ox tremo suffering, ns occurs durinn- cer tain incurablo diseases. 0 So exaggerated has beon this notion that it has been considered nn net of humanity to anticipate the "death-stmg-glo" by violence: forages it was cus tomary among tlio lower olasses of Eu- iM.l7KUitl. by suddenly jerk. TlJS ?S3 ' ',, ' Ti.'". ,,?:'. Si'T "C..111? resP':- , ' a vZi., ".' . ,' """"'J' impossi- I'.'0, Venetian ambassador, in tho iiuiu Ul ifuueii jiary, asserted that it was a common custom among tho country-people to. smother the dying bv means of a pillow placed over tho faco. upon whloh leaned or sat tho nearest relative. 'Ibis was founded upon tlio pious bollof that a short road was thn ho J ono. ibis custom was immi.t .1 7. . "'"" UOWn rotnZffra' 1,a.rents S m?t Z- inl ,11,ill,ro'i vleo lloCovS J .? L "l'vc,tl tl,0,.l'r Monds of a through oxomitlvo olomenvV. """ ttnna In- lni..r.l.. n ' ' VAuu- L"L1. l,.a"ln?-.tl!oy wore permitted T 1 T "Indod orlm- neor os are false 1.1 both conception and practice. Death is a physiological I pro cess, aud like all other anlnmllunct ons should bo painless. '""uions QA Temperanct Sermon. never bo pTcaoTicdtTianthat which mifortunato woman of Capo Glrar. v mo., rocontly- delivered before her hus S!S? Steffi J-PS - eoyered uponUiosimsd kours," nnd departed WlT' you T 1. i. t..i. "L11" l forced binf- hnr.. Z"" wno with him; but. on ro novlniT ' " 0 tho dish, found only of paper on whloh was writtoni "lopo Tu WH1 .n: i?X yr ra0'i It 13 tho Saii.0 3as vnn" iiiiuiiy uavo ntiiomo." rf w Littlo VJllllln linil linil ,1 oniw.l.l.. ,!.- wl,oltloSUnKl!?W . ' J - ,. I1UMM linil (, h.. . ions father. "r..rt,.l..l.. il " ' 1 export, who knows - ui,. ron tna n you want Is a baseball J,u?.U! U' ""U ill about It.. U..1I ' . . . shell aud u fow paokttgc3o(ytVaJtt0,nf f I -J . i yffW'ywjiliii;OTy jtn -,i