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(Ml MUMCK'S UUNTIH0. mr amm* v. AUSTM. - - - ^isss^8Bft^a • MM wfcoa* nam* I knot, ^iwiil't rfayme m|l-N let It go Wfcmtks At mystic*] land below, osed-up pins «n« marbles or* WW* prteoe bad a princely, capita way, flanl lrtiw* now have forgotten quit*,) - - - tint ui iMnter should fv "" to th* witty wight. %<* DM ttM Hteoa. out hanttng one raums* day, •wraa oM. old nmn in a homespun suit, !»• WhoWMsetting out fruit trees; whereat with cay, fe • Bdloong laagh, cried the prinoe: "I say, * Old fellow, you're throwing your time away-- ̂ Do y<H» tnqr you'll live till these trees bear 1 "YORTTU S IMS years and mom. God wot," Q--thtbeold. eld man, with a mellow amfle ̂ Ibava eaten man trees that I planted not; Soffit* posterity took no thought, ; No* jaaM my debt to the past, why, I oupht, V»M banged for a thief or an ingrato Tile." "Sskl" drawled the prince much pleased, and straight P ,» A puree was flung at the old man's feet, t ? «•*! Who smiled, and answered with voice elate: V'./.-k-A* "You see, kind sir, I don't have to wait; S# r My trees bear fruit at an early date "' And, truly, each fruit is uncommon sweet." t; ' _, *Zf h, seh 1" cried the prince, at the apt reply ». ;>,•» frtill further charmed, and two purses rV* Wreie iosfed to the wit who, smilirg sly, i Bald: 'What! Two crops in one arason? Why, •f/l Bic.ce I was a younker, under the sky, feneh a miracle was never sean before." "Beta, seh, seh!" laughed the prinoe, and hla treasurer's hand Three jursen more to the pround let fly: KIrft fly; for riches have wings, and--and •The prince began dimly to understand <*•;; VA, He'd batter fly, too, lest the wit so bland , : Should drain his treasury dry. ' J 4 1 * So the genial princa to his Arab steed »'u Put bis golden spurs aud galloped J. i Then the old, old man roared out, "ii ' 3 • Of planting fruit trees I've no need; f . x . " T h e w h o l e c r e a t i o n m a y r u n to seed; , ' 'vj,, For I've nude posterity pay." /'V- ;• And then, unlets history's worse than wrong: : ! < He picked up the parses and pulled off the ' 1. gray, ' SfcV Ixind beard that he had not sported long, %•*, ,And the wig Which bad hidden the color strong f *v Of the red, red hair from the courtly throng 5 > . Who envied hi a luck that day. ! Then be laughed, and the mountains many m V/ mile "nl ? The musical echo caught, .f , As he called for Lis wine-skin and pipe; and rAV, while , He was ca'ling lustily, over the stile "VCams a maiden bringing them with a smile, % 7 ~ And he kissed her--as he ought. m*7 llOItAIi. Ah, met Time's gray since that summer so,gay v ' When tho prince's deer hunt cost him dear, " But agoldtn moral remains--like a ray , Of the sun that laughed in his face that day: * *;From persons who moralize keep away, p.: For the hawk of humbug is hover<ng near.- - K. --Oood Cheer. SECOND CHOICE. BY EUGENE DAEKLEY. "„M~ ° "Engaged, Kate! Really engaged?" cried Miss Hnviland, with sparkling eyes. f'-'1/"Oh, yes," said Kate M&rcy; "it's real AV- 1 ienough, I suppose." T "And is he young? Is he handsome? Is £.<*;*'v '•*w vi-rv much in love?" | "He is neither young nor handsome," |i*. ' said Knte, briefly. "He is GO, at least, al- . * though I mast confess that he is tolerably IT5 „ well preserved. He is Gen. Grenville. »We are to be married in February or £V-\' 'March. Now, you know all about it." . "Kate, yon will let me ask one question |%. «~J- more," coaxed Belle. Do you lore him?" < ^ " "Is it likely?" retorted Kate, with a shrug J3-'t of her sliou'ders. „ ?|\; Miss Hnviland clasped her hands. "Kate! Kate!" she cried. "I see it all. sfefc., Y011 nre going to gen yourself for rank and Id!" "Don't be a goose!" said Kate, crimson­ ing to the roots of her hair. '"One can't be ;• sentimentalist all oue's life." Kate Marcy went home from the theater matinee that afternoon, and flaii« her .gloves one wuv and her bouquet other. ired of what, mv darling?" "Of everything!" said Kate. "Of my en­ gagement to thai dreadful old man most of alt!" Mrs. Marcy, with diplomatic prompt- r i- , ness, opened a blue velvet case that lay on the table. "See what he has sent yon," said she. £ v -1 "Your favorite jewels--sapphires--all set PpSt:-.'. aiowtd with diamonds. Are they not "M-,> * beautiful, dear?" Kate's cheeks flushed; her eyes sparkled •" the sight of the gems. tH- "If 1 co,,1<i only have the pretty things 1^^ withont-having him!" said she. fej'i Mrs, Marcy took Gen. Grenville into her p,1 •; confidence that evening, when he was ^ ; wailiug for Rate. fe:": • "My dear General," said she--she was ||K . _ about fifteen years younger than her in- ' tended Bon-in-law--"this matter must be ||* settled at once," |rf- " What matter?" 6aid the General,blandly. ^ • "The matter of yonr marriage." EL. - . "Nothing could make nie happier," said i- r ' the gallant General. "If Kate will name t!S , . t the day--" * "Oh, that, of course," said Mrs. Marcy. £ ; "Shall we sny the tenth of next month? " Z&'fy "With the greatest of pleasure," said I ' v G?n. Grenville. Mrfl* M»rcy hurried "up stairs, ostensibly ^ ; to expedite her daughter's toilet, actually x to tell her that the day was fixed. if f. "Oh. pshaw!" said Kate. "Why is he in - such a dreadful hurry?" fe . When they were driving along in the , clear December moonlight, Kate boldly P ̂ proposed a plan which had been for some v , time agitating her mind. |\\V "Gen. Grenville," said she, in her sweet- -, ««t voice. , r "My Princess," said the old gentleman. fi/' "Do--do you object to skating?" g- ; "Not in the least," said Gen. Grenville. l£:- • lWh- Spider--gently, Beetle! Reallv - these horses are particularly gay to-night." ':ix . ' Because, said Kate, "Mr. Leverincton has invited me to go to the rink next Tues- 0t' day evening, when--" . . f B u t t h e s e n t e n c e n e v e r w a s f i n i s h e d . gKpg A full-loaded furniture van, emerging '•X; unexpectedly, like a moving mountain, j'ci from a Bide street, upset the equanimity of Si Spider and Beetle; they gave a sudden m plunge, and the next moment Kate, tho H>; , General, • and the eight heels of Spider and sl! Beetle were mingled in one indistmiamh- ^ able mass. * !jv ' The usual crowd assembled--the police *a«ied--and presently it transpired that |ag ; Miss Marcy was unhurt, that the General who had been liunpr against a lamp-post' $}. was nncon^cious, that Beetle was onlv H' "liBht,y hurt- that it would be neces- . 9txy lo shoot Spider on the spot. ' Poor Kate! Her first thought--oh, most ungrateful of II HFLIAC'.^VNO K\V*,11 AV.:.. III question. We can't be married on the loth of January now. And if the poor dear General should he fatally injured, I wonder 1L minima would expect me to wear crap*'!" (Jen. Grenville, however, was not fatally ininred, as it happened. His shoulder was diaio his ankle was broken. «n:l he L*ad received a formidable-looking cut on the forehead; but a superb constitution rendered him able to lauph at these tiifles when the first shock was over. "Kate," said Mrs. Marcy, "you must go •ad nurse'him." "Mamma, I hha'n't do anything of the sort," said Kate. "He has got his valet •nd old maid sister, hasn't he?" "But, Kate, neither of these can take your place.* .* • " "Oh. raanuna, how ridiculous yon fere!" said Iviit >, pettishly. "If it's necessarv for any one to hold his bead and buthe his temples with cologne, you c2n do it." "Yes. but, Kate," ventured Mrs. Marcy, . *1 can hardly think it right that while your engaged husband is lying at the point of denth, you should be dining and dancing uxl skating with Mr. Leverintjton." "Koasense. mamma!" cried Kate. isn't anywhere near the point of dctath. He's as far from it as possible. And one mnst amuse one's self. Even a reprieved prisoner is allowed to do that!* About a week afterward Mrs. Marcy Went to visit Gen. Grenville. In her hand •he carried a bunch of winter violets, and in her heart she bore a thousand-pound weight. ()h. how shall I tcll him?" said ahe, tragically. y "Eh?" said old Miss Grenville, who was •ery deaf. "I'm ao glad yon came. Ger« aid is so nervous and rwstless, there is no Jiving with him. He has been countiwj the minutes until'your arrival." Gen. Grenville rose courteously to re­ ceive Mrs. Marcy. - "My dear madam," he said, "you have been my guardian angel all 4hese weary weeks. And your kindness emboldens me to speak out what is in my mind, and --" Oh, don't!" said Mrs. Marcy, hyster­ ically. "Pray don't! Let me speak first." "Place aux dames," gallantly quoted the old gentleman, with a bow. "I don't know how to break it to you," faltered Mrs. Marcy; "but--but-^ "Is any one dead?" said the General, Ap­ prehensively. \ "Oh, no, no! But--Kate vu married this morning to Mr. Leverington! And I never heard of it until they came back from church." "Indeed!" said the General. "Pray give 'em my congratulations." Mrs. Marcy's face brightened. "Ob," she cried, with a long sigh of re- Jief. "it is so goo(4 of you not to be angry!" "I had just been writing a note to Kate," said Gen. Grenville. "I had been asking her to release me from my troth." "Oh, Gen. Grenville!" gasped Mrs. Marcy. "But it is unnecessary to send it now, went on the General. "There is no longer any reason why I should not ask you% dear madam, to be my wife." , " : ' Mrs. Marcy blushed like • young girl. : "Meshe repeated. J ; "The full-blown rose, in my opinion, said the General, "is far fairer than the bud. Madam, I have learned to love you. Will you be my wife?" If--if you think I can make you happy," whispered Mrs. Marcy, "I am so glad," said Kate, when she was told of her mother's engagement. "I would a great deal rather have him for a step­ father than a husband, for he is an old darling, after all." Mr. Leverington looked admiringly at his blooming young bride. "If you talk in that way, Kate," said he, I shall be madly jealous." Washington at Yorktown. One who was in the army at the time relates an incident that came under his notice: "A considerable cannonading from the enemy; one shot killed three men, and mortally wounded another. While the Bev. Mr. Evans, our chaplain, was standing near the Commander-in-Chief, a shot struck the ground so near as to cover his hat with sand. Being much agitated, he took off his hat, and said, See here, General!' 'Mr. .Evans,' re­ plied his excellency, with his usual composure, "you'd better carry that home and show it to your wife and children.'" Indeed it seemed to many that Wash­ ington bore a charmed life, and it was often said that he was under the special protection of God. He was fearless, and constantly exposed to danger, but his constant escapes made him cool aud self-possessed, and the admiration of his men. He was excited by the events which were hurrying the war to tho close, and he watched with intense earnestness the several assaults which wero made on the works. Once he had dismounted and was standing by Gen­ erals Knox and Lincoln at the grand battery. It was not a safe place, for,. though they were behind a fortification, it was quite possible for shot to enter •the opening through which they were looking. One of his aids, growing nervous, begged him to leave, for the place was very much exposed. "If you think so," said Washington, "you are at liberty to step back." Presently a ball did strike the cannon, and rolling off, fell at Washington's feet. Gen. Knox seized him by the arm. "My dear General," said he, "we can't spare you yet." "It's a spent ball," replied Washing­ ton, coqlly, "No harm is done." He watched the action until the redoubts which his men had been assaulting were taken; then he drew a long breath of relief and turned to Knox. "The work is done," he said emphat­ ically; "and well done."--Hortme^M. S c u d d e r , i n S t . N i c h o l a s . l t y f Americans in Paris. ',-t Always conspicuous by their affa­ bility, pretty toilets, and a certain peaceful independence of manner are the Americans, by far the most popular of all the strangers with the Paris public. They possess the two essentials to French favor--politeness and pelf. Al­ ways floating in a delightful nimbus of gold, thev emerge from a/distant mine, or oil-well, or ranche to shower smiling prosperity upon the meritorious popu­ lation with whom a "Thank you" goes --well, not quite but almost as far as recklessness in the disbursement of small coin. In no place is the difference so strik­ ing between English, French, and American girls, nor are their self- reliance, judgment, and simplicity so strongly contrasted as here, where the upper class of the three nations meet in the same social stratum, but with a difference of education, of development, and tradition as wide as the seas which forever separate their different shores. And let it be frankly confessed, with all pardonable satisfaction, that in almost every respect the American girl of to-day is in advance of her Baxon and Gallic sisters.--Paris correspondence Philadelphia Prexx. Clave Iter Flower to God. At -a baby's funeral the family gath­ ered about the little open grave, and each one dropped into it a sweet fra­ grant snowy blossom, the last souvenir of earthly love. All but one. When it came to the youngest, a little girl of a few summers, to part with her precious flower she held it tightly in her clasped bands, as if defying any'one tot take it from her. "Give it with the rest," urged her father, gently: "Mamma had to give up hers." Oil, but mamma gave her flower to God," lisped the child instantly. A suggestion that carried an infinite >en<;o into the hearts bowed down with grief. Full Enough to Be Boiled Oat* "Say, Mr. Hcraggs, you're wanted at tlie Alderman's oliiee." ^ ^Yiial's the matter?" "lY.ur son Joe's been arrested." "What for?" "Don't know. He's poofcv full." ' "Why, I never knewhim to drink." "Well, maybe not. Anyhow he wants you to bail him out."--Philadelphia Cal\. "JOHN, what is that scar ON your chin ?.:• "That scar ? Oh, that's a relic of barberisni." i desire to act, and act vigor "He i ously, to be happv, - BOB STOPPED THE STAGE. A MUM Road Agent and the Rude Advant- •«e That WM Taken of Him. Capt. Long, an army officer, was stoging it between Julesburg and Cheyeape before the railroad connected the tw€^ says the New York Sun. The througfi passengers numbered seven, befog five men and two ladies, the latter being the wives of two of the pas­ sengers. He was the only military man aboard. The two married men were Eusterners, who were going to Cheyenne to set up in mercantile business. One of the others was an artist and corres­ pondent for a New York illustrated paper, and the fifth was a stockman. It was but natural that they should soon strike up a speaking acquaintance, and the natural result of this was a general conversation about stage robbers. Those chaps were pretty numerous at that time, and the chances were at least even on the coach being held up before the end of the journey. People who regard themselves in peril often become communicative. These had not been traveling half a day before it was I known that the two mercantile men had about $16,000 in greenbacks, and all but $200 was concealed in tho bosom of their wives. The artist had $150 in the lining of his cap and $30 in his wallet. The stockman had $100 in his wallet and his bootlegs jammed full of greenbacks. Long had $80 in his pocket and not a dollar else­ where. The fact of his being an army officer will satisfy all inquiries as to why he didn't have more. The next thing was to expect the stage to be stopped, and to plan lvhat they would do. They had all read and heard of such affairs, but no one had been run through the mill. The five men each had a trusty revolver, and it was hardly to be expected that they should permit themselves to be robbed by one or two men. It was arranged that in case the stage was stopped the ladies should sink down out of harm's way and give the men a chance to show their mettle. As a matter of course, they depended on the driver to help them out as he could. It was about half an hour before sun­ down, and they were skirting the cot- tonwoods along the north fork of the upper Platte, when the driver suddenly pulled up. They looked out to see what had happened, and a man opened the right-hand door of the coach and looked in on them. He was about 30 years of age, light hair, blue eyes, sandy beard, and regular features. In­ deed, he was a good-looking man. His dress was half hunter, half gentleman, and he looked clean an tasty. He had a cocked revolver in his right hand and his left held the door open. "One, three, five, seven," he counted. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely sorry to put you to any trouble, but I shall have to request you to alight. That is, the gentlemen will please step out, while the ladies can remain in the coach." The artist was the first one down, and his revolver was taken as he reached the ground, and he was ordered to "stand over there." Each one was disarmed the same way, and the pistols of all were flung under the coach. While no one could say the driver stood in with the agent he certainly acted a contemptible part. He had stopped the coach at a gesture, and now sat on his seat, his face entirely free from anxiety. He was armed with two re­ volvers, and lie could easily have shot the agent through the head, as the lat­ ter gave him no attention whatever. Well, there stood the five men in line, and the agent surveyed them and said: "I must have $5,000 out of this crowd. Captain, place your money on the ground. Watches and rings I don't care for, and none, of you seem to "have Any diamonds." One threw his wallet down in con­ tempt, and the others followed suit. The agent picked them up, selected out the greenbacks, and, uf>on counting up the sum total, he laughed merrily, and observed: "This crowd must be looking for a poor-house. Now, gents, no more fooling. There's money here, and I'm going to have it. If it" isn't in your pockets its in the coach. If it isn't in the coach the ladies have got it. Shell out, or I'll search every one of you." Then he backed up to the open door of the stage, leaving them about ten feet away, and still covered with his re­ volver. "Ladies," he said, in a voice as soft as a girl's, "I didn't mean to trouble you, but I've had such poor luck out­ side that I must request a contribution. Please hand out the money you iax*e carrying for these gentlemen."" The women were terribly frightened, and both at once started to comply with the order. The husbands saw ruin staring them in the face, and the one next to the captain, whose name was Travers, breathed so hard that all etrald hear him. Suddenly, as if shot from a cannon, and with the agent still covering them, Travers sprang for­ ward. He made just two jumps lap cover the distance. The revolver cracked and the bullet cut a lock of hair from his head, but next instant lie had seized the barrel with his right hand, the man's throat with the left, and was crying for help. All gave it fast enough, and inside of two minutes had the fellow disarmed and bound. Standard Time. What is known as the "new standard time" was adopted by agreement by all the principal railroads of tho United Htates at 12 o'clock noon on November 18, 1883. The system divides the con­ tinent into five longitudinal belts, and fixes a meridian of time for each belt. These meridians are 15 degrees of longitude, corresponding to one hour of time apart. Eastern Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia use the 00th meridian; the Canadas, New En­ gland, the Middle States, Virginia, and the Carolinas use the 75th meridian, which is that of Philadelphia; the States of the Mississippi Valley, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, the westward in­ cluding Texas, Kansas, and the larger part of Nebaska, and Dakota use the yOth meridian, which is that of New Orleans. The territories to the western border of Arizona and Montana go In­ die time of the 105th meridian, which is that of Denver; and the Pacific States employ the 120tli meridian. The time divisions are known as intercolonial time, eastern time, central time, moun­ tain time, and Pacific time. A traveler passing from one time belt to another will find his watch an hour too fast or too slow according to the direction in which he is going. All points in any time division using the time of tlip meridian must set their time-pieces faster or slower than the Mme indicated by the sun, according as Rieir position is east or vest of the line. This change of system reduced the time standards used by the railroads from fifty-three to five, a great convenience to 'the rail- T * i-•£?£.' „ * , • , ' H v„ i ' ' f ft hrr t i- * •< •' i f": < >s -<•». I tW'lin# pjxWjfi., Ilw^rs. ̂\ . - >,«.* < * ' •* f- suggestion leaftng to tho afaptibii of this new srW&aii originated with Prof. Abbe, of the Signal Bureau at Wash­ ington, and was elaborated by Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, of Columbia College, New York. The scheme was proposed in 1878, but was not adopted until it had been submitted to a number of scientific associations at hofne and abroad and received their approval.-- Toledo Blade. ^ The StimolnB ef Persecatfen. Prof. Bonstadt enumerates the in­ comparable difficulties under which the genius of Hebrew literature produced its modern fruit, and propounds the question: Was that fertility developed in spite or by means of persecution? The Hebrews, before the lose of their national independence, he holds to have been anything but an intellectual peo­ ple. During more than eight centuries of national prosperity that did not pro­ duce a single philosopher, artist, or sculptor, added not a single faot to the extant stock of scientific knowledge. They had poets, but no unbiased critic would nams their works with tho mas­ terpieces of Greece and Borne. In exile handicapped by all the burdens of social, political, and religious ostracism, the grandchildren of Israel produced a larger percentage of immortal writers in all possible branches of literature than any other race of the contempo­ rary world. But, on the other hand, it must be admitted that persecution has often failed to produce any analogous effects. What have Russian bayonets done for Polish literature or for the literary productiveness of Polish exiles? Under the stimulus of fierce and re­ peated persecutions the early Christians produced nothing but theological drive. The beginning of persecution marks the eclipse of the light that shone with such meridian splendor during the golden age of Moorish Spain. Dr. Weil, the historian of the caliphs, estimates that with the single exception of re­ publican Athens, no city of the world ever rivaled Cordova's galaxy of poets, philosophers, and scholars. When Spain reeked with the smoke of the autos-dafe, those stars set in this gloom of an endless night. But it is true that religious persecution has never failed to rouse a spirit of fanatical resistance. It is, indeed, not saying too much that many anachronistic superstitions owe their vitality to the vivifying influence of hostile interference. The limitless power of the Spanish priesthood, ex- erte'Lwith an incomparable persistence of ingenuity and remorseless cruelty, failed to effect the conversion of the Spanish Jews. Pagan autocrats who could exile millions of warlike bar­ barians tried in vain to exercise the specter of a mutinous sect. The Moslem conqucrors of Hindoostan, with all the complex advantage of su­ perior civilization, were unable to en­ force the conformity of the ignorant na­ tives. Extreme absurdities look vener­ able in their halo of martyrdom as soon as tyranny lights tho fagots of persecu­ tion. "Einfelite burg ist unser Gott"--and even the miserable bulwark of a Mor­ mon tabernacle is proof against the more -contemptible weapon of an Ed­ munds bill.--Prof. Oswald. Ministers' Wives. Some young "clericus," having writ­ ten to Prof. Gouge, asking "how to se­ lect a young lady to fill the responsible position of a minister's wife," he replies thus in the Albany Evening Journal. In ninety-nine and three-quarter cases out of a hundred asking about what your wife will' be is as futile as studying an almanac to find out where lightning will strike in Montgomery County next August, or what kind of weather you will have the first week in September. It is judicious and wise to select the right kind of a lady for a wife, and it would also be pleasant to pick out the spot where we would have a wart if we had to have one; but, alas, the closest scrutiny and most mature judgment will fail to locate the wart, and in too many cases will fail to secure the woman. You say nothing rabout love. You have made the mistake that the settler in Nebraska makes when he locates his buildings without consider­ ing the cyclone. The cyclone revises the first edition of the settler's plans, and the second edition so completely covers the ground that the author's cursory remarks are forgotten. You speak of selecting a wife as you would select furniture. This would be judi­ cious if it would work. But if love gets a grip on you, your present cool judg­ ment would boil coffee in three minutes, and you would think a red-headed girl in a blue sun-bonnet would ornament a village church more than a new steeple and a set of lightning rods. You ought to have a wife considera­ bly older than yourself, say ten years or so. A Roman nose would give her a commanding appearance. If she had curls--good, big, hard curls, that look like two-inch augers with the points broken off--they would keep the rabble from being too free with her. She should be accomplished. She should be able to work thirty different kinds of tidies. What is home without a tidy ? She should bring to the happy home some of her art works. Any accom­ plished young woman has some paint­ ings. One neighbor I had up in. Wash­ ington County had his parlor full of his wife's paintings. Take one of those landscapes and when a string fetched loose and the picture turned around the lake would be sky and the birds would be the ships, and the sky would be the real estate, and the clouds would answer for cattle feeding on the green sward. Hang that creation of art in any shape and it would still be intelligible and a thing of beauty. Hang it up corner- wise and it would be a plaque repre­ senting a thunder storm in the Rocky Mountains. He had portraits his wife had painted. The-hair and eyes and mouth were all one color. The sooth­ ing effect of those art works was very apparent when he moved his old sick mother into the best room to die. She was startled when she awoke, but after looking at those pictures for a day or two a change was apparent. She told her son she was not only willing to die, she was eager. Thus did art triumph over nature, Such a wife as I am describing would help you in yom- work. Sewing cir­ cles, mite societies, and missionary meetings would be conducted in such a manner as to dispel all levity and in­ spire respect. Such help would lighten your labors, for ono pastoral call with her would last a long time. Your car­ pets and furniture would not be worn out by visitors. Sunday school would be as sacred and solemn as a new cem­ etery with a white picket fence around it. - , "TIME is money "-^that's a fact, and if you wish to know the value of time, just got a little speck of dirt iu your pocket chronometer and take it round to a watch-tinker; he'll blow in it a couple of times and charge you 2s. 6d. for re- L • . THE WOP POOS or AtttittA. THMY Couldn't Stand the War IFAMTIJ Th«ilr Final Kxtermination. [From the Atlanta Confutation.] Did you ever hear of the wild dogs of Atlanta? At one time the oountry around here was almost at the mercy of these savage animals. Horses, ele­ phants, and camels can be made to take an almost human interest in war, but dogs cannot stand the racket. The din of battle and the smell of villianous saltpeter breaks them up entirely. Our dogs had a hard time during the siege. There were thousands of them in those days, and when the season of short rations set in they were the first to feel it. In many instances thev were abandoned by their refugeeing owners and had to literally forage for a living. The thunder of the big guns, the un­ earthly shrieks of the shells, the noise of falling buildings, the rattle of musketry, and the heavy tramp of marching soldiers, all struck terror to the canine contingent. Toward the close of the siege nearly every dog in the city was half-rabid or in the last stage of nervous prostration. The wretched brutes sought shelter under houses and in bombproofs. Majestic mastiffs and surly bulldogs curled their tails between their legs and yelped mournfully at every unusual sound. Hundreds of the bolder ones made a frantic break over the breastworks and ditches, and made their way through the lines of both armies, never stopping • until they reached the woods. ' It was even worse after Sherman's army entered the place. The citizens were driven out in such a hurry that they had no time to think of their pets and no means of transportation for them. Later the destruction of the city by fire and the general pandemo­ nium that ensued scattered the few re­ maining dogs. These innocent victims of the ravages of war had a terrible experience dur­ ing the rigorous winter of 1864-5. Their misery drove them to form strange partnerships, and it was a com­ mon sight to see them roving in bands of a dozen or more. #The old saying: "Banish the dog from his kennel and have a wolf," was illustrated in this case. In the course of five or six months the country people for fifty miles around were spinning marvelous yarns about "them wild dogs of At­ lanta." ' The dog belongs to the genus which produces the wolf, the jackal, and the fox. Tame dogs, of course, lose many of the characteristics of these animals; but when persecution and misery cause them to relapse into a wild state they take the appearance, the habits, and the tastes of wolves and jackals. Such was notoriously the fact with the At­ lanta dogs. They lost every trace of domesticity. They grew to enormous size, with savage eyes and cruel-looking fangs. Occasionally a gang of these ferocious beasts would swoop down pn a farm­ yard, devouring cliickens and pigs, and attacking men when they stood in their way. ^ It took the liveliest kind of shooting to drive them off. Some­ times they would surround a lonely cabin and wait for the inmates to come out. They even made raids into little villages, forcing the inhabitants to shut themselves up in their houses. The disappearance of many a negro in those perilous times was fully accounted for when his skeleton was found with every particle of flesh gnawed off, and with the ground around showing evi­ dences of a desperate struggle. Early in 1805, when a few refugees began returning to Atlanta, they had to struggle with these wild dogs for the possession of the ruins. Bloody encounters occurred among the ash- heaps and piles of debris. Every cellar and hole in the ground held these ravenous -brtttes, and they leaped upon men, women, and children without the slightest provocation. At that time it was dangerous to ride or drive out in the country. On the main road be­ tween here and Decatur, in broad day­ light, dogs were known to attack horses attached to buggies, forcing their drivers to open a hot fusilade with their revolvers. After getting this taate of a wild life the Atlanta dogs went to the bad al­ together. They never reformed. A relentless warfare was waged upon them from the Stone Mountain to Kenesaw, and one by one they bit the dust until they were all wiped out. The reader at a distance must not jump to the conclusion that this indiscriminate slaughter has caused an unusual scarcity of dogs in this region. Thanks to the universal human weakness for pets, we are abundantly supplied with bench-legged fices, terriers, pugs, Newfoundlands, mastiffs, and bulls. If some unexpected calamity should cause them all to go wild, after the fashion of their predecessors, they would be an uncommonly tough crowd to deal with. Congressman Taulbee's Foot. A good deal of the electioneering in the Kentucky mountains is done by talking at the cross-roads and private conversations. Representative Taulbee, it is said, never allowed an opportunity to pass of making a vote or of impro- ing his constituents with the simpli.-it. of his nature and habit. One day in one of the little towns of the mountains 4 revenue agent just arrived from the .North, was standing near by a knot of mountaineers, witJi whom Taulbee was chatting. They were sitting on a login front of a grocery, and the revenue •ugent was leaning against a tree some distance away. Seeing him, Taulbee called out, as ho pointed to his patent- leather boots, which shone like polished jet in the rays of the setting sun: "I don't suppose, kurnel, those feet of yours over followed the plow ?" "No, indeed," responded the revenue agent, "in the country where I came from we hire men to do our plowing, and those who have more brains make their money in other ways." "Well," said Taulbee, as he looked about upon his knot of sliirt-sleeved, tobacco-chewing constituents, "I would like to show one of you fellows from tho North the foot of a farmer's boy who has followed the plow and is not ashamed of it," and with that Congress­ man Taulbee, or rather, Candidate Taulbee--it was during his campaign for election--pulled off his shoe, tore off his ' stocking, and held up a calloused und brier-scarred foot to the disgusted gaze of the revenue agent. As he did so the mountaineers nudged each other, and one of them whispered to his neighbor: "That's the kind of a feller to send to Congress; he's our man, an' we're boun' to vote for him." The revenue agent merely said that such actions would almost be an indictable offense in tho North, and left Taulbee in disgust.--Cor. Cleveland Leader. THE Arabian prophet, Mahommed, taught that fever was "a whiff from the winds of hell, and must bo overcome with cold water." He practiced as well uraachcd hvdrouathv. ^ i'y.lK' .'V '<-«* i, - - I* was a ldqg, low, unfinished apart- BM&t, the rough joints And beams being simply coated with whitewash. The clear ash floor was scrubbed to a snowy whiteness, and the few chairs that the loom contained were placed against the wall in a prim sort of way that seemed to indicate that they had not been dis­ placed in some time. Along one side of this apartment were racks upon which were pans of milk, tier on tier, nearly to the ceiling. Milk cans of various sizes stood about, and a long iron sink contained milk bottles that a young maid was busily scalding. It was, in fact, the room of a Jersey dairy­ man. The young girl informed a New York Mail and Express reporter that her father would be in in a few minutes. He came presently, followed by two stout farm hands, each bearing two brimming pails of milk which were speedily transferred to newly scalded bottles. The farmer remarked that those Alderneys would have to get more corn meal, because thev were in­ valid cows and must be well fed. Then ho noticed the visitor and nodded a good-morning. "Why are they invalid cows?" asked the newsman. 'Why you see, there are a certain class of customers who drink lots of milk simply for medicine. There's a lady on Madison Avenue, in New York, that takes three quarts a day, and I'm told she drinks it ail herself.' Some of these people are regular cranks, and the moment you give them milk from a new cow, they spot it. There was a little Jersey heifer, 3 years old, that used to give beautiful milk, almost as golden as the butter that could be made from it, and this I furnished to a con­ sumptive individual on Twenty-third street. He seemed to thrive on it, and actually began to gain flesh, though his physician had assured him that there was little hope. Well, I got a chance to sell the cow, and as she gave so little milk. 1 did so. My customer was nearly wild when I told him that this ac­ counted for the change in the milk. He inquired anxiously as to who purchased, and sent post haste to the man. He was just in time to prevent the animal's becoming beef. The heifer thus saved from the butcher's knife was placed in a fine stable, fed like a queen, and the owner had the two or more quarts of milk furnished every daay for his own use. "I often drink milk myself when I dont't feel well, and it always does me good. '"Nearly every milkman has in­ dividual customers who take milk purely because they think it strengthens the system." A prominent city physician subse­ quently seen by the reporter said: "I regard milk as a better tonic than most preparations. It helps the impover­ ished blood and furnishes a nutriment easily taken by the system. The prin­ cipal parts of milk are the oleine or oily parts, the caseine or cheesy por­ tion, and the phosphates of lime and potash. In butter we get the oleine, in cheese the oleine and caseine to­ gether, because the caseine, when the curd forms, holds the oleine together. In cases of typhoid fever I give milk altogether, and I have known many a person to be brought from death's door through its agency. "It is now a common practice to in­ ject milk into the blood when it is im­ poverished. That fluid takes it up and appropriates it in some unaccountable way, and people's lives have been saved in this way. I drink a glass of milk every night before going to bed, and have for years."--American Culti­ vator. " Hot Boxes. . Hi Is difficult for an engineer to un­ derstand at all times why his bearings run hot, when he knows that the box caps are not screwed down too tight, and there is enough oil being fed so that they ought to run cool. An ex­ amination will sometimes reveal that tjie journal has a groove cut all the way round by wear, or grit, or as the result of some accident. This groove simply acts as a ditch which the oil will not pass over until it is full, and the quan­ tity of oil laid in a ring around the journal is apt to form a convenient stopping-place for all the grit or dust that may be passed and the flow of oil be stopped. If the boxes are babbitted all around, this difficulty may be obvi­ ated by casting the box on the shaft and letting it fill the grooves. Then if they run straight around, a little filing on the rib that is formed on the box will allow the shaft to turn freely, aud it will be found that the oil will readily pass. If, however, the box is of brass or other hard metal, we are told that filing the bearing in the direction of the length of the shaft will give relief under almost every circumstance. This plan might also be used with babbitted boxes when the grooves are cut spinal ly in the bearing. But above all the shafting must be kept true and in line; all the oil in creation will not cure the troubles that will arise with an engine shaft out of line. Then cleanliness should come in. It is true that oil seems to have a tendency to work out of a bearing, but if the oil that accumu­ lates just outside the box is not care­ fully wiped away, it will accumulate all the floating dust and grit that may fall upon it, and this does really seem to have a tendency to work into the bear­ ing, and if this occurS; hot boxes are the sure result, and disabled machinery that acts unsatisfactorily will just as surely come if the evil is neglected and allowed to take its own course.--Power. Had Gone Up. Col. Moley sent a recently employed colored man to the postoffice for fifty cents worth of postage stamps. "Look here, Simon," said the Colonel, when the man returned, "you have only brought me thirty cents worth of stamps. How's that?" "I paid him 50 cents fur 'em sar." "No, you didn't. You have kept 20 cents. Stamps are 2 cents apiece, iand you have only brought me fifteen, in­ stead of twenty-five." "Look heali, boss, I'so powerful sorry ter see dat yer doan keep up wid do market. De price o' stamps hab dun riz." "What?" * "Dun riz, I tells yer." "Give me 20 cent, Simon." "How ken I gin yer de ermount when da charged so much fur de stamps? Co'n an' wheat an' oats an' rye an' stamps is all dun gono up, an' heah yer comes maltin' er mouf er bout 20 cents. Nwber seed de like in mer lifo. Er pusson kaint lib in dis heah country wiilout gittiu' inter trouble. 'Taint my fault dat de market changes. Rcckin dat if I went out ter buy some meat fur yer I'd be 'cuzed of stealin'. Neber seed de like. 1 'spize er whito man no how."--Arkansaw Traveler. AFTER the Norman conquest of En­ gland the king and „ the upper classes of England spoko French for some A MAK generally has to ptfr-TOTTED nun for a square meal. ANGLERS and topers are alike in one respect--both draw the line at water. THESE is a place in Pennsylvania called Economy. It is not a summer resort. IT is some satisfaction to argue with the man who holds a mortgage. He is always willing to accept your premises. How MANY years of close study are wasted by the scientists. The dis­ covery of the circulation of the blood was made in vein. WEKPIXO Widow--And such a good man, sir. Busy Undertaker--No donbt, no doubt, but a little wide--a little wide for the average man. AN eccentric divine once said to his audience: "My hearers, there is a great deal of ordinary work to be done in this*world; and, thank the Lord, there are a great many ordinary people to do it." No, IT is not hard So write funny paragraphs. All you have to do is to procure a pen, some paper and ink, and then sit down and write, as they occur to you. It is not the writing, but the occurring, that is hard. _ A COMMITTEE is discussing the aboli­ tion of Greek and Latin in .Harvard. Wo are willing that these dead and dangerous languages should go, pro­ vided the study of ballet dancing is not made compulsory.--Lowell Citizen. VISITOR (regarding the baby)--Oh, what a dear little duck of a child! He resembles you both, indeed he does. He's got his mother's handsome eyea and his father's hair. Father (who is bald-headed)--I think he must have; haven't. THE ECONOMICAL GIRL. , ;; They Bay she's worth her weight In " For she hersejf confesses, She sends her boots to be rosoled And always turns her dresses. Economy the maiden loves-- , "* - She'll never want a lover-- She darns her stockings and her { And makes her bonnets over. --Boston Courier. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINIO]*, She went adown tho garden walk. His arm was around her waist; Now don't do that," she bluntly "You know it's in bad taste." "I'm sure I cannot see it so," He said with seme grimaces, "My hand I'm only trying now. At making glad waiut places.* --Botton Budget. BRINDLE COW. «. Ijittle cow that gives the milk, Hide as sleek and Boft as silk, No one yet has ever seen . An honest cow give butterine. --Gao&iil's Sun. Honest little' brindle cow, , Will you please to toll us boW Half the milk which yon supntti * > Gets the color of tne sky? " --Merchant Traveler. "WHERE is the apathy?" asked M#ffc Snaggs, as she and her husband were inspecting the House of Representatives at Washington. "The apathy?" inter­ rogated her husband. "Yes; I have read a good deal in the papers about the apathy of Congress, and I thought I'd like to see it."--Pittsburgh Chron­ icle. JUDGE met a young friend who was going to Jackson. "What business will you embark in?" asked the Judge. "I have not decided as yet, but I will try to make an honest living at some­ thing," was the reply. "My young friend," spoke up the Judge, "you are going to the right place to succeed, for there will be no opposition in that line." --Vicksburg Herald. "MY husband is so poetic," said one lady to another in a Seventh street car the other day. "Have you ever tried rubbin' his jints with liartshorn lini­ ment, mum ?" interrupted a beefy-look­ ing woman with a market-basket at her feet, who was sitting at her elbow and overheard the remark. "That'll straighten him out as quick as any­ thing I know of, if he hain't got It too hs^"7-Washhigton Republic, . , Some Famous Old Men. The longevity of famous statedmaeti fit rem arkable. Imagine Lord Palm erston acting vigorously as Prime Minister of England when over eighty, governing the vast British Empire with steady hand, and making speeches three hours long in the House of Commons, and rising next day fresh as a man of 40! Think of the venerable Guizot, the French statesman, who, at the age of 87, was still writing histories, presiding over religious conventions, and carry­ ing on lively discussions in the French Academy. The late Lord Lyndhurst made able speeches in the House of Lords when he had passed his ninetieth year; and his long-time rival, Lord Brougham, wrote his autobiography, in three goodly volumes, when he had nearly reached ninety years. The Marquis of Lansdowne, who, as Lord Henry Petty, was a leading mem- : ber of the "All the Talents" cabinet of which Charles James Fox was the chief, in 1806, was still an active member of the House of Lords nearly sixty years later, in 1863, and died in that year at the age of 83. The Duke of Wellington took part In public a flairs until his death in 1852, in his eighty-third year. In former generations energetic states­ men of advanced years are found thickly scattered through the pages of history. There was the old Marquis of Winches­ ter, who could remember Edward IV., the first York sovereign, in 1483, and who, when he died in 1572, at tho age of 97, was holding office under Queen Elizabeth. Referring to the statesmen of our own country, it is a familiar fact that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, tne' second and third Presidents, both died on the 4th of July, 1826, just half a century from the day on which both signed the Declaration of Independence, Adams being 91, and Jefferson 83. President Andrew Jackson lived to be 82, John Quincy Adams to be 81, Madi- son 85.--Youth's Companion. They Like missionaries. A faaveler recently returned from t|g|isii Fiji Islands, and who brought with linn * the skull and bones of a missionary , friend as curios, declares that the Fijians would again become1 cannibals if they had the opportunity. Even now, he says, one cannot go into the in­ terior of the island with safety. The Government forbids people going into the mountains, for fear they will get baked and eaten. All tiio clothes the natives wear is a lion-cloth and the Government encourages the chiefs in not introducing civilized clothing. The ° women, though, have some modesty, as is shown by the fact that only recently eight of them were sentenced by the roko, for some offense, to go nude for < four months. There is very little edu­ cation among the masses, but the mis­ sionaries have established a few schools k for children.--St. Paul Pioneer Press, . "THERE," said a charming ljidy, with f I a naive expression that made her fabe radiant, pointing to an ebony case of j china-ware, "that is my brick-bat cabir net." - • a...-,......-,,...,,,., y - lU* t . r< '• * * r>r^f *, ̂ : ^ - i % •I V:'jl &03