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,-T. beiaia ®iir gtl(J}fnr? ^laindtaltr. V 3. V.VH SLYKE, McHENBT, ILLINOIS. AGRICULTURAL AKD DOMESTIC* Oh Wild Columbines. . . Tie lofltli slope* are purple with violets, •rlJ> 'elds are ablaze with gold stars, jii .i.t -rodigal In'iian tobacco TK:^ tl,e lane t0 the bars. Boms irJniic a SBow-atorm, tke Wck of the woods; Bvthc --l-'-Sidv ,he great oraB8® cowslip® By IHG e^i»6*fith f Ti1Pir hoTMla Have Bhfiy crept v 1 meir JtlooaB* And the wizard, with ft>/ ^blSEf"' Site down by the .trairtv "? Where a blue-winged frail «v is drowning himeelf la per.*v ri^tT1_. There are Bethleham boi#In ib*- There are buttercups hasd by ^ Then are wake-robins doura in t-*18 Where the sedge-flag i» wiry atku M™» And crowded and sweet on Iw 'W Wild saxifrage node as yews pang, _ And maidenly pure droop tire wind OOWOT That hide in the sheltering gmm, .. But I share them. IJnplueked froa 1 mT patnlfay I UTuBh back the sweet-breathing fa ,n» Andl pass by the spicy-breathed >>ink ^***» Whose tassels trail into the burn, 1 am hunting the shyest of beauties, That flower with a tropical cheek, . it> Where the crimson shown bright thfOO£. browmieB8, As the blood of a brunette should apeak! High and shy, in the places untrodden. It blooms in the shade of the rocks, And waves its flushed bells to the passer, Whose looking and longing It modesJ This moment a yellow throat flattered Just evor my head from a tree; And I foHowed him up through the bushes, Balf-hoping his neat I should see, And there were the columbines, hiding In the rocky clefts scattered about. Ah! my sunny-faced gold-hearted beauties. My. darlings, your secret is out! --Independent." Around the Farm* J. R. Fix left at this office yesterday the largest Concord grapes we have seen in Kansas. He plants the vines ten feet apart each way, cultivates between, and lets them grow like a gooseberry bush. --Alma News. ITALIA* farmers, in order to prevent harness and articles in leather generally from errfEering from the ammoniacal odors of the stable, add a little glycer­ ine to the grease employed to coat the leather. A good idea, bat a better one is to allow none of the ammonia to es­ cape. FOREMOST among requisites for suc­ cess in market gardening is a good loca­ tion, the smallest amount of hauling to reach a market; and hence it is better to pay $200 per acre for land two miles from market than to get the same fcr nothing six miles away. Again, there should be access to more than one mar­ ket; the business, if large, should be managed by two men, one to attend solely to the garden, the other to selling and collecting, and various outside work. --An Old Hand. IT is said that there are at the present time 10.000,000 trees growing in Ne­ braska that have been planted by the citizens. This is truly an immense number of trees, and it would, one would imagine, transform the entire Slate into a grove. On the contrary, that vast number are almost impercept­ ible on the immense plain that com­ prises our State. Treble the number can be set out without materially affect­ ing the landscape for years. Some day Nebraska will be one of the best tim­ bered States in the Union.--Nebraska City News. IT is doubtful whether, with all the experience farmers have had in reclaim­ ing the numerous swamps of this coun­ try, they have yet settled upon the best way, or whether the swamps that have been reclaimed in the careless, unsys­ tematic way pursued, have not cost more than the profits. There is still a great deal of swamp land, marring the appear­ ance of the best farming districts of our ooUntry, and yielding but little income, and it seems to us that farmers cannot do better than to discuss thoroughly the best and most economical methods of training, clearing, and working and feeding the different kinds of swamps.-- Rural Home. PRESIDENT SAYLES asked the dub if there was any particular benefit in drill­ ing wheat north and south over any other way ? Horace Sayles replied tbat the prevailing winds here were from the west and southwest. If the drill was run north and south the ridges would hold the snow longer And protect the wheat better than if the wind blew with the ridges. C. W. Holmes could agree with Mr. Sayles in the theory, but the best crop he ever saw was drilled east and west. Madison <Sraves was of the opinion that there was no difference practically, for he had experimented on it but had never got any satisfactory re-, suits.--Michigan Farriers' Club. OKS pound of green copperas, cost­ ing seven cents, dissolved in one quart of water, and poured down a water- closet, will effectually concentrate and destroy the foulest smells. 69 board ships and steamboats, about hotels, and otler public places, there is nothing so nice to purify the air. Simple green copperas dissolved in anything will render a hospital or other place for the siok free from unpleasant smells. In fish markets, slaughter houses, sinks, and wherever there are offensive gases, dissolve copperas and sprinkle it about, and in a few days the smell will all pass away. If a cat, rat, or mouse dies about the house, and sends forth an offensive gas, place some dissolved copperas in an open vessel near the plaoe where the nuifance is, and it will purify the atmos­ phere. Then, keep all clean. About the House. * ROACHES.--Any house can be rid of roaches by free and continuous use of powdered borax. In crevices where borax cannot be used, pour in boiling water. These two things persevered in will exterminate the pestiferous insect. PEACH CUSTARD.--Line a plate with rich paste; peel and mash a dozen or more peaches, add sugar to taste, a cup -of cream, and the yolks of three eggs, with the whites of two. Bake in a quick Oven, and, when done, spread over the top the remaining white of egg, beaten to a foam, with a teaspoonful of sugar. •Set in the oven for five minutes, and serve. RHUBABB WINE.--Grate the stalks of the rhubarb on a coarse horseradish grater. Then strain through a cloth, ' and to one quart of the juice add three quarts of water and three pounds of •coarse brown sugar. Liet it stand for a day until the sugar is dissolved. Fill the demijohns full, leaving them un­ corked. Keep a bottle of the wine to fill up the demijohns, as they will keep running over. Let them stand for a week or so, and then bottle and cork tightly. It will be fit for use in about three months. RASPBERRY VICTQAB.--Fill a atone jar with ripe raspberries and cover them with the purest and strongest vinegar and let them stand fer a week. Then pour the whole contents through a sieve and crush the berries thoroughly. To each pint of the juio • add one and a half pounds of loaf sugar and let the liquor and sugar boil long enough together to dissolve the latter and throw up a little scum, which should be removed at once. Then bottle the liquid and^cork tightly. Two tablespoon! uis oi ibis liquor stirred in a tumbler of iced water will make a delicious summer drink. A COBRK*PONDBNT pf the New York Herald eaye that the trei® *° °°™ green corn is to allow the ti."**8remain on the stalk until about half aC hour be­ fore meal time. Then. pluck thi> corn> strip off all the husks except one or tW layers close to the grain. If these spread op6K »t the tops of the c»?@, 1st- them be tied over the ends of the ears with a string. Let calculations be made to have the corn cooked precisely at the dinner hour. As soon as the grain ^ cooked thoroughly let it be carried to ^ table warm, smoking and flagrant, jf 0!^oked according to these directions, -jggjj corn will taste much more deli­ cious thau H the ears had been gathered a day or two previous to the time when tfcey were to be cooked. A great many ueople do not knuw by experience what h luxurious dish greon corn is, for the reaso n that they have always been accus­ tomed eat only sncl1 ears as bave been cathflrA d so long a time that the sweet and deli °*ous k®8 ite *U8" cious aron xa- 'innie and Walter. « Worm wf. ftther, Walter! Welcome warm weather \ We were wishing win­ ter would wane, ^^*©ren twe ? M " We were well \ wean Whispered Waltei '• we^ u" ' white/ woe-begone was Walter; way­ ward, willful, worn ^ weakBef8' wasted, waxing weaket whenever win­ ter's wild, withering wind, ^ were wai^?8* Wholly without waywardndk ^ wa8 . ,mi~ fred, Walter's wise, womaUfc v w ' who, with winsome, wooing* wa^8' wafi well beloved. ,, " We won't wait, Walter; whi3® er's warm, we'll wander where wc >ocUftnafl wave, won't we?" Walter's wonted wretchedness w*ho.iy waned. " Why, Winnie, we'll ""5:^ where we went when we were with V "" lie; we'll weave wild flower wreath. ^ watch woodmen working, woodlice, worms wriggling, windmill whirling, watermills wheeling; we will win wild whortleberries, witness wheat win­ nowed." Wisbeach Woods were white with wildflowers; warm, westerly winds whis­ pered where willows were waving, wood- pigeons, wrens, wood-peckers were warbling wild wood-notes. Where Wis- beaeh water-mill's waters, which were wholly waveless, widened, where water- lilies waxen white, Winifred wove wreaths with woodbine, white-thorn, wall-flowers, while Walter whittled wooden wedges with willow wands. Wholly without warning, wild wet winds woke within Wisbeach woods, whistling where Winifred wandered with Walter; weeping willows were wailing weirdly, waging war with wftid-tossed waters. Winifred's wary watchfulness waked. " Walter, we won't wait." « Which way, Winnie?" Winifred wavered. " Why, where were we wandering ? Wisbeach Woods widen whichever way we walk. Where's Wisbeach white wicket! Where Win­ ston's water-mill ?" Wistfully Walter witnessed Winifred's wonder. "Winnie, Winnie, we were wrong, wholly wrong, wandering within wild ways. Wayfaring weather-beaten waits, we're well-nigh worn out." Winifred waited where, within wot- tled woodward walls, wagons, wheel­ barrows, wains were waiting, weighty with withered wood. Walter warmly wrapped with Winifred's well-worn wadded water proof, was wailing woful- ly, wholly wearied. Winifred, who, worn with watching, wellnigh weeping, was wistfully, wakefully waiting Wil­ lie's well-known whistle, wholly wished Walter's well-being warranted. With well-timed wisdom, Walter was wound with wide, white worsted wrappers, which wonderfully well withstood win­ ter's withering, whistling winds. Whol­ ly without warm wrappers was Win­ ifred, who, with womanly wisdom, was watching Walter's welfare, warding Walter's weakness. "When will Willie wend where we wait?" wearily wondered Walter. "Wnist! Walter," whispered Win­ nie, " who was whooping!" " Whereabouts?" Welcome whistling was waking Wis beach woods when winter's windy war­ fare waxed weaker. "Winnie! Walter!" Winifred's wake­ fulness was well-grounded. "We're well, Willie; we're where Winston's wagons wait" Without waiting, Willie was within Winston's woodwork walls. "Welcome! welcome! Willie." Win­ nie was weeping with weariness, with watching Walter, with wayfaring. "Why, Winnie! wise, watchful, warm-hearted Winnie," Willie whis­ pered, wheedingly; "we won't weep; Walter's well; what were Walter with­ out Winnie?" Wholly wonderful was Winifred's well-timed, womanly wisdom, which well warranted weakly Willie's welfare. Whenever wandering within Wisbeach woods with Winnie, Walter would whis­ per, "What were Walter without Win­ nie? wise, watchful, warm-hearted Win nie!" Consumption of Water. The following table shows the daily consumption of water, by gallons, per inhabitant, in the principal cities of the civilized world: PROSPERITY II IRELA.m New York 95 Chicaso go Hartford .80 Reading 75 Albany 75 Buffalo 63 Brooklyn 60 St. Louis 60 KUBOPEAN 01TIE8. Dublin 00 i Loudon Glasgow 52 Liverpool... Pari* ,98 Manchester Boston 60 Philadelphia 56 Cincinnati 63 Baltimore 60 Lowell 44 Cleveland 43 Providenoe(use meteis)30 Milwaukee ..35 Mtortrcrgh S5|8he«eld .... ..33 . 30 . .21 ..20 A. Prosperity Attained Through Terrible ' Suffering--Condition of the People Oen- erally Ameliorated. [From the London Spectator.! No one who now revisits Ireland after an absence of some years can have any doubt tbat she has made a considerable advance in material prosperity. Evi­ dence of the fact is borne in upon him in a multiplicity of ways. The pros­ perity is not such as this conn try enjoys, but of its kind it is real and consider­ able. It has been attained through ter­ rible sufferings, that reflect discredit on our statesmanship and our intelli­ gence, but now that the suffering is past, it is some consolation that it has not been uadergone altogether in vain. * * * Formerly the tenant had no protection against eviction but the good feeling of bus landlord, the pressure of public opinion, and the dread of being shot. Now he has, in addition, the certainty of a lawsuit; and, after all, the certainty^of a lawsuit, whatever the chances of win­ ning, has a very deterrent effect upon nine out of ten .people, Owing, the*^ to all these and several other OPftses, not condition of the people GWIEVFELIT »»*«! -- ' 0TATED, BUT THEIR B^NUDURA of living ha§ wrJ markedly raised. Their food is hctt^ their clothes are bet­ ter, and their houses are ®ie food is even yet, indeed, not as tious as it ought to be, for, on this point! the Irish, peasant is too self-denying, but it is very much bettor than of old. The houses, again, are certainly not such as sanitary science approves, and in the poorer parts of the country, especially the hovels, are deplorably wretched. In the bogs, for example, one frequently sees cabins with a damp earthen floor, a roof so low that a tall man eould touch it, no windows, and a hole in the thatch for a chimney. Rut these lairs of fever and rheumatism are far less numerous in proportion than they were. Gener­ ally speaking, there is a decided, though very insufficient improvement in the houses, and the general health is mar­ velous, the death-rate of Ireland, ac­ cording "to the official return just pub­ lished, being only 19 per 10,000, * * The on© great drawback to Irish pros­ perity, that which inspires fears for its continuance, is the absence of a varied industry. Where there is a varied in­ dustry there exists within the country itself a market for its agricultural pro­ duce, and also a field of employment for the surplus arms the rural districts rear. But without such industry, both produce and labor have to seek a foreign, market. Now, Ireland can be said to have only two industries--the linen manufacture and the distilling of whisky. But the linen manufacture is confined to a por­ tion of Ulster, and the distillation of whisky, though a profitable business, is not one which the statesman, the moral­ ist, or the philanthropist would wish ^ * see indefinitely increased. The prc "sperity of Ireland thus is dependent on ti prosperity of England. In other words. i® a reflected prosperity. Last oenturv ' Ireland was almost exclusively a grazinfc * country. But the great, war against Nu vP°leon compelled England to raise her o^ ^ *°°d> and the enormous prices conseq uenfc on the *** ci eated a willingness to com* Irolfinct titi©n became a growe * grain, and the Ci/rn laws induced hei * continue the samt role. The repeal o f the Corn hiws, how­ ever,, soon convince*. h©r that she could not compete against tL ^ United States, Russia, and the Danub ^ countries in the wheat market, and yt ^ hy year the cultivation of wheat has dii finished, un­ til now the area under that ^Train is only one-fifth of what it was in i W7. An­ other remarkable proof of how com­ pletely the agriculture of Ireland is regulated by the English market, is that the total area under crops of all ki^ds is now not greater than it was in 1847. , In the course of thirty years--that is, of unprecedented progress throughout the world, and, as we have been showing, of marked advance in Ireland itself--there has been no addition made to the tillage of Ireland. The explanation, of course, is, that under the regime of free-trade, foreign competition in corn and roots proved too powerful to allow of exten­ sion. The Irish farmers, therefore, wisely turned their attention to the branch of their business in which their nearness to the market gave them a de­ cided advantage. In other words, they directed their energies to the breeding and fattening of oattle, and the making of butter. Some Good Anagrams. A good story is told of an English lady, Mrs. Eleanor Davies, who imag­ ined herself to be a prophetess, and fan­ cied that the spirit of Daniel was in her, because she could transpose her name into " Beveal, O Daniel." Her anagram was faulty, however, lacking an s and containing an I too much, lier surprise and consternation were great when one day she saw an anagram of the name "Dame Eleanor Davies" which read " never so mad a ladie." Here are a few examples of anagrams. They an­ swer as it were to the original word: Astronomers, moon starers; telegraphs, great helps® gallantries, all great sins; encyclopedias a nice cold pye; lawyers, sly ware; misanthrope, spare him not; old England, golden land; Presbyterian, best in prayer; punishment, nine thumps; penitentiary, nay, I repent it; radical reform, rare mad frolic; revolu­ tion, to love ruin; James Stuart, a just master. The Drunkard's Will. I leave to society a ruined character, a wretched example, and a men^ory that will soon rot. I leave to my parents, during the rest of their lives, as much sorrow as hu­ manity in a decrepit and feeble state can sustain. I leave to my brothers and sisters as much mortification and injury as I oould conveniently bring upon them. I leave to my wife a broken heart, a life of wretchedness and shame, to weep over me and my premature death. I give and bequeath to each of I my children poverty, ignoranoe, a low char­ acter, and the remembrance that their father was a monster. him. Was there ever such a waste of good money ? But the sympathizer was equal to the occasion. "Whereis the money now?" he asked, and wa$ told M in the bank.*' " All right," he said; " you write a check on the bank, and jrot it in the old boy's ooffin, drawn to order." That young man ought to get on in the world. A Legacy. A Hebrew gentleman had a legacy left him, but it was hampered with an un­ fortunate condition, which he hastened to announce to a sympathizing friend. The sum was £10,000, but half the sum, according to the testator's wishes, was to be placed in bis ooffin, and buried with All Sorts. NK^IB well water brings on fever. MOM sweet potatoes were raised in Iowa the past season than ev .T before. NEW YORK proposes ta celebrate the centennial of the close, the revolu­ tionary war in 1883. PROP. PBOOTOB says scientists are the least credulous of nw,* av- ble exception of lawyers, THE Deadwooder^ , , peas and string be*' J. having green --when they o- -ns Wlfch their baoon --a get the bacon. t ebbs;--each dav that follows IS a reflux from on high, Tending to the darksome hollows Where the frosts of winter lie. Indiana correspondent speaks of drumming in a political procession uie pulsatile rhythm of hammered sheepskin." • A DKADWOOD CITY jury "honorably aoquiUed a murderer who killed a man Whom hd Ciistook for the one that he in­ tended to kiK DR. SoHiimCA^ has found at the fabled birthplace <*S Hercules eleven small terra-cotta oowa, nine female idols with horns. THB New York School Commissioners have adopted a rule that no married per­ sons be employed as teachers in the public schools of that city. f A MAN at Springfield, Pa., was met on the highway, knocked down and robbed, and when the case was worked up it was found that his own wife was the robber. AFTER a honeymoon of six short weeks the wife of David Kealer, of Gowanus, N. Y., lit out one day with $960 of her husband's money and a lover of . her own. A NEVADA man, being commanded by a robber to throw up his hands, obeyed promptly, and concealed his money in them. The robber searched his cloth­ ing, but not his hands, and so got no booty. Two XOUNO men were reoentiv hanged by vigflants in Llano county, Texas, for cattle stealing. Later developments showed that the cattle found in their possession were hired from a stockman at some distance. IN a few weeks a young lady of great wealth and personal attractions, who lives in Richmond, Va., will be led to the altar by the ni<m of her choice, who is an ex-penitentiary convict, he having served nine years for robbery. TXB steam street oars of Paris are three-deck vehicles, carry 200 people, and are luxurious to ride in. The decks are reached by an elegant stairway, with decorated silver railings, and the steam engine is attached alio id in such a man­ ner as to afford no .inoonvanience to the passengers. COMMERCIAL agencies have just re­ ceived an "eye-opener" at Toronto. A merchant of that city has just obtained ^ judgment of several hundred dollars against Dunn & Co., for loss sustained bgfcftving credit on the agency's rating to a dealer Who proved to be shaky, ana who subsequently failed. AT Paradise, Caolie county, Utah, last mo*nth, a 7-year-old son of William Mit­ ten \788 caught in the counter shaft of a shine* ->-mill and had his right arm pulled out of i^he socket, his legs pulled off below thk * knee8» <^d was otherwise shockingly mangkxi He lived about two hours ait. 'er ^ accident. , " THSSK Bea VERWY°K oarsmen," says the Pall MM L lazs[te> "seem to have been anything bat w® should con­ sider amateurs. 1. 7 are recorded by their own local joaama , 88 plumbers and tinsmiths. In Englaai* ,al1 a^1SttU 18 of the pale of amateorsli^ In Ameri<», it seems, they are more fn. "©-a^d-easy in their notions.' PJEOFT/E who have NARROW^ \ escaped becoming deaf through riding * 0n8.418" tances in noisy streetcars will. rejoice upon learning that a ear compâ ? 111 Philadelphia lias eaoceeded in makii ^ a car propelled by steam th^t is nlmc ^ noiseless. Even the steam is not heard, it being condensed by passing into an air chamber. As A party of 300 recruits of Terry's command recently passed through Erainerd, Minn., the men displayed a disgraceful lack of discipline, leaving the cars and raiding a store for a barret of apples and a quantity of cigars. Or­ der and obedienoe wer£ not restored by the commanding officer until he drew and oocked his revolver. A GUEST at a Pittsburgh hotel looked under his bed, and was rewarded by seeing the crouchiug figure of a man. The robber made a dash for liberty but was caught in the building. When searched a bottle half full of chloroform was found upon him. He was indignant that a man should be so old-maidish as to go peeking under the bed. I KNOW not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death God's mercy underlies. And fo beside the silent sea I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His inlands lift Iheir fronded ] a msin air; I only kuow I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. --Whitticr. A YOUNG man who was engaged to be married recently committed suicide in Cincinnati, and the mother of the damsel whom he was to wed brought in a bill against his estate of $128 for board and $50 for wedding expenses incurred by the prospective bride. The court al­ lowed $100 of the account, and the mat ter was finally settled by the paymen of $85. . ?*^THK Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution says A ^ury in Talbot oounty has just given a widow $2,400 as damages caused by the killing of her husband. It is the first case of the kind ever tried in this State. It has been to the Supreme Court, which decided that a widow may recover for the homicide of her husband, whether the act of a natural or an artificial person. The case in question is that of Mrs. Caroline Cottingtiam vs. W. J. Weeks. Tfl® 1.ESTENMAL. *ihe Philadelphia Whistle Has Cost centennial, says the St Louis Re jlican, does not ocsur as often in a lr jnily as in a nation, and is noticeably an excellent thing. Particularly when it does not cost too much. The question at the heels of a three-years' panic is, .have the people paid too dear for their whistle ? This is not put in the char­ acter of a growler, but in the spirit of earnest inquiry. The first Centennial of the young and grand Republic has been a glorious success, but--how much ? That is the question before the house--how much? The Exposition was opened' on May 1Q and will close on November 10, a period of 185 days, including Sundays, On Feuub^lvtuiift day the cash re­ ceipts wei'e $125,731.50. That was im­ mense and £>eyond the preoeding im- xn^sities of an7 cash receipts at any similar ev£Ut knowu to , l® it will serve *S • CTMO „'or an average. Hi* . , daily visitors at 100,00$ find at*. - ^ their daily expenditures at $5 for « person, gives the aggregate amount of cash left in Philadelphia in the 185 daya of the Centennial at ninety-two millions five hundred thousand dollars. This includes only outlays for hotel, Exposition, hacks, amusements, re­ freshments, small purchases of memen­ toes and incidentals, and is reasonable. Where one person might and would spend less another would spend twice and three times five dollars, and so rea- sonably average it. As an additional oilcnlation affecting the South and West, from the Pacific to Pittsburgh, from the lakes to the gulf, end from lexas to the longitudinal line of Wash­ ington, the number of visitors during the summer may be safely put down at a quarter of a million. These, averaged at $100 each, would give a further outlay of twenty-five millions of dollars, all taken out of the circulation of the West and South. It is not possible to form an estimate of the expenditures of far Eastern visitors, or of those living con­ tiguous to the Exposition, nor of the receipts of railroads, prominently of the Pennsylvania Central, the business of which has been inconceivably im­ mense. Enough, however, has been roughly but not unreasonably estimated to permit readers to judge for them­ selves whether the whistle has not cost "a pretty penny." It is a worthy in­ strument on which have been and are played pleasant melodies, and, unlike most whistles, it doeB not lie broken on the floor, but--have we paid dear for the frolic or not I n aaoaei COOPM. GOIXU TO SCHOOIU i f 1 mmmm ' A i t> Re helped bar over the meadow brook, While her feet she timidly set (Twin lilies they were!) on the mossy MM With the cooling ripnles wet. A Daring WeasaL A Bridgeport family were the recip­ ients of A singular visit a few days since. The lady, whose rooms were in the third story, went into another part of the house lor a few minutes, leaving her infant in the room asleep, and her pet canary upon the floor under his cage, enjoying his morning baih. Upon her return she found in one corner of the room a weasel that had entered through the window in her absence, and was engaged in making a breakfast of the bird. The windows were open, but the blinds were closed, and the proba bility is that the little animal ascended a tree near the house and sprang upon the window-sill, forcing his slender body through the spaces between the slats of the blinds. The weasel was killed. The old ladies say that the child would have been the victim had the bird not been in the room.--New Haven {Conn.) Palladium. Wise Sayings. Anecdotes of Henrv A. Wise are now in order. It is said that when the city of Norfolk was desolated by yellow fever, twenty years ago, and the people in the neighboring country refused all intercourse with the inhabitants, Mr. Wise invited the citizens, sick and weii, to seek the freBh air of his plantation. He was not a professing Christian, yet he showed no fear of death, saying that it was not a fearful, but a wonderful, thing to stand.in the presence of the liv­ ing God. His last words were: "My life- has been devoted to virtue and integ­ rity, ?md I can say that I never tried to rob a penniless man, and what is worse, and what is easier, I never tried to rob a rich one." A Cros8-Examlnatioiu A well-known barrister at the criminal kbar, who prides himself upon his skill in ci.oss examining a witness, had an odd- loow'hig genius upon whom to operate. " Yov1 (say, sir, that the prisoner is a thief ' " Yes, cir, 'cause why, she con­ fessed iv " "And yon also swear she bound shoes for you subsequent to the confession?" "I do, sir." "-Then," giving a sagacious look at the court, " we are to understand that you employ dishonest people to work for you, even after their rascalities are known ?" " Of course; how else could I get assistance from a lawyer?" The banister said: "Stand aside." ' / 7/ They passed the brook and it seemed to sing With a sweeter, merrier sound, "•* As the two with their school-books wandered 4gr Hi I O'er the clover-laden ground. O little maiden! how fair yon were . ' With your eyes of heavenly Woe; r ̂ , &nd the dimples played on your cheelt% #l JMISf < On a rose the drops of dew. w t As play on a rose the drops of dew, When the breezes merrily bttMrt " „ .. And your lips they were Unto ot the rlpttuf peach, In the morning's ruddy glow. Bare feet; how they twinkled among the gtial, - Did you know, whenever you took The path for school, that he waited for By the vlUsv-eha 4ed bwV f Since then, the fragrant blossoms have KM To the boughs, ah! many a time; And a bridge is over the brook that sings, As of old, its pleasant rhyme. And two are straying npiti the batik As 1 pen these wandering words, And they talk of the happy school-day tbae, And they watch the building birds. But s stream there is with a grander tar, With a sterner, sadder song: * lovers will cross to » different school; Am - " sip each other along! : AMa- r fgffc £lid rOUlte * fofe of feUows and fond of lofth^ lengthen ^ WHAT IS thai ' * being cut at both «. Outlived them AH. Thirty-nine years ago Victoria took her seat on the throae, and she has lived to see every one of her then contempo­ raries disappear. Some have died, others have been discrowned and exiled. The English lady is becoming old, but looking back in the years past, she has the consolation of knowing that private worth, prudence and temperance give character and robustness to the woman as they do stability to the sovereign. A cnocK that has ticked two centuries and a half lias been placed in Memorial Hall, Hamilton (N. Y.) College. The good ship Mary Lyon landed in New York harbor on Nov. 3,1631, with the upostle to the Indians and this time­ piece on boanl. It kept time for John Eliot while h« was translating the Bible into the language of the Indians, and has been handed down in the direct line to the sixth generation. It. still keeps excellent time. AT Great Bead, Pa., they have a boy fiend, a 'match for Jesse Pomeroy. He shot an infant in his cradle. The Cor­ oner's jury decided it accidental. A few weeks afterward he beat to insensi­ bility a,5-year-old child, and then was about hanging it to a ladder in a barn, when, fortunately, he was interrupted. The fi9nd is named Francis Van Barri- gar; his age is ibout 12 years. He has been confined ii the oounty jail. A ditch. for young men- Goo D headquarterb ^sweethearts. On the shoulders of the. ^ SOMTUDK is well enout, --Danbury want to borrow something.- News. " THB Isles of Greece" are begini?*qgf to regain somewhat of their ancient glory sinoe petroleum went up to 40 cento. " SICKNESS had impaired his health," said a Wisconsin editor ; whioh led a rival to remark : " Yes. it often has that effect." ABOUT next week look out for 50,000 Massachusetts housewives covering up the last jar of preserves and murmuring: " 'Tis did."--Boston Globe. SENSIBLE item from the New York Commercial Adi*erti9er: Those who come to you to talk about others are the ones to go to others to talk about you. " Do you want to have some real fun, Gus ?" asked The-Girl-with-a-Beam-in- her-Eye, "I do! I do!" gushed the enamored Augustus. " Then hie with me to the Centennial Dairy and yon will see. the greatest ot American Mush-Booma t Ileal fun, Gas J"--Philadelphia Bulfc tinw COACHMAN (on being told by ftia Lord- slqo> that, he mil not want to drive out to-day)--Well, me Lord, then perhaps I hud better take our children out? His Lordship--Now, Johnson, look here; I don't mind jou sayiug our carriage, our 'orses, or our 'ouse; but I must draw the line--and I draw it at our children. -- Pun. AN Irishman, lately landed in New York, was searching for two of his brothers, whom he had not heard from since they left the old country. On© day, while walking near a locomotive works, he arrived in front of a large boiler, on which was printed, in large letters, "Patented 187©," On this catching the eyes of the immigrant, he exclaimed, "Hurrah? I have found thim at last ' Pat an' Ted 1870 T That's the year they came out, an' they're both biler makers." THIS is how Geo. Alfred Townsend described the Hell Gate explosion s Newton made 3,680 holes, three times as long and as large as a gun-barrel, which he filled with cartridge? «f hitrd- glycerine, and capped them. They studded the roof of these two city blocks. Then he attached twenty-three miles of wire to their caps, and on Sun­ day they were charged by an 800-cell battery, and set off by a little child, with her thumb--Miss Newton, aged 2J. And of such is the kingdom of heaven. " Except ye be a child," so said the Lord reviled. " The gates 61 heaven ye ne'er shall enter in." " But here's a little child," Johfi Newton answered mild, " Shall break the gates of t'other place and win !'* The battery was dumb; she took her little Hmmh And pressed it down upon the golflen key. Eoefc yiclJed tc the spell; iu fell thu gates of hell. And the river hands with the sea. A Cat's Deadhead Ride. Last Friday, when the carmen were examining the 8:45 a. m. train on the Lehigh Valley railroad at Bethelem, » black oat was found complacently sitting on the rear platform truck, between the springs under one of the coaches. It was evident her catship had come from Philadelphia. The railroad officials tried to drive her from her hiding place, but puss held her own. The passengers all siding with her, she had but little trouble in remaining, and so rode peacefully to Waverly, a distance of 245 miles. At each and every station between Phila­ delphia and Waverly numbers of passen­ gers would get out, and with the loiter­ ers around the depot view the oat, while the more charitable passed food to her, which she ate with & relish. At Waverly the feline was removed from the truck and put in charge of the drawing-room car porter.--Buffalo Express. TH» cowardice of men who, in adver­ sity, kill themselves, and leave their families without support, is illustrated in the case of George H. RusseH, onoe a prosperous broker in San Francisco. He wrote to his wife before committing suicide, as follows: " I prefer death to seeing you and our children in want for the necessaries of life. If I could support you and them I would like to live." AN aged lady, who counts her money by the thousands, paid her fine in the Providence Police Court, the other moniiag, for being indecently intoxi­ cated the night before, and then gave surety for the appearance of a young man the next week on the charge of reveling. COVTNOTON, Ky., has a lady billiard- pi ayer, Miss Blanche Worthington by name, who is said to handle the cue with much grace and skill. The way she beats conceited masouline players*iB sur­ prising, and often causes them to won­ der *' how she did it." A Bmorr man beoame acquainted with a young woman on a railway train the other day, and at the end of their trip they went to a clergyman and were married.