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THE NTJFCI? son HORSFC OR DAKOTA 'i>„ * wk • fan • . , O T nmt. SIRNTOfc. • • « y:\ ;- _ • If fa" ont pn tH'o jieaitr*«s , . 1 ' " « f » e c « w i f . y i V o t i i ' j ; • v . ' • ?'• 4ft»9fnte of it* <fln«inens vary. " t -.-'-v./ . Bo nomine, so dark, po :orlom. It is botuvipd bv moastirpl»ss arrcltj ' • - ; Mbt* itincfl nr. ft trw is Jn SiMit': " * > --lltrt, ihaii'r plain a-th? "Ires-sof tho Qn»k<*% V It Blar.Js iij tlic sun's brondost light. - Tti» bfrTj^r roar by mnkf"* his burrow, ' •f®be fjoj'bpr his hillock of 8"il. 1 • An-! ploughs, with tlifii inile-longths of fwsrow, Go round it with infinite toil™' A well-cnrb, n wash-bonch a wonia.ll, Willi poTiltrv and pics, are ontsidej Tlwc^nihor-liiw is woiiuroiisly hmnttt _ In look, uud lb:" vista-how WidL-T r ' " Yon can po to tho Bnnrise or "sundown" In straight lines, the left or tli' right, . And leagues ot Jons level ore run down Before you escape from it» ai^ht. ' ' . Th« To f i= w<>!i Thntchod with coarse gfMMIJ A stove-pipe peers out t > tb<' sky.* . 'Ti« a plet^<*c whoso plainness Rurpnsse# All objects that clinlleu :«.• the evi>. TwiBted hay eervrt. its owner fcr fuel; Ho twists it at ease by the roar Of-* hftv liro, whiej,t pp.nit H tho ernel, Hat ah bite of tli - wind at tiit< uoor. Sometime? in n-> ocean of color (In glimmer 'tis ycliow or srre4>n) Itstan ia. In Novuober ft duller Bread carpet about it is >ti u. In winter, while bias's from the praici# Bring "biUrards' that ceasu not to blow, , • 'TfS-fts warm as au isle oi ( aMfV, Deep wdrr th« tempest and.spw. --Harper * if(iQuziH°. • ' ^ THRICE l ine ALIVE. '<&. Miner s Thrilling Espevienoes Under 0.*©iuifl--How a Mn.z Feels When Entombed Alive. Mrr:-" m PL. • ' Wtr; US' P^.-. ? • T. o'MAH.'Sr.' • ; c ! q > p r i r t i o . » i n l i e i i i g b u r i e d ' alive was in Febrnarv. BSFIL. while work­ ing ipan irou-ore mme, in HJII Colliery, England. in known as the "Black Country." Mv work was to carry water to throw on the dirt ami ciod of th? f«tv of tin1 work­ ings. tlui> .•sofit'iimir it ;iu<l making it easier to mine and get the ore down. ^ I had stnned fmrt tl»e UottoBi of the shaft, whtre our bnckets were tilled, in company with a dmnl> l>oy. We had to d go the ;>iaje rcaU together until we eame to the junction of two entries, when ea<4i wonhl liave to go in his own entry to reach that part of the workings attenile<l by him. Before parting we pot doxrti onr buck­ ets to rest ourselves aud exchanges afew words, or, rather a few signs, as he talked l»y signs. We had not been •there a minute before *ach of tis no­ ticed some loose dirt falling from near the roof opposite where I was standing. Before we had time to act, or even think, the whole side of the entry--six feet high, twelve feet long, and from eighteen inches to two feet thicjt--came over on us. completely burviug me be­ neath it. while the dnmb 1K>Y, standing in Iris Own entry, which was down hill from me , was just out of the reach of the fall, but the dirt scattering in Iris entry caught him by the legs and knocked him down before he could get awav, and held him there. I must have been stunned for a mo­ ment after the fall, but not more than that. Young as I v as, not 10 yearn old, I realized my position, and concluded it was useless in me wasting my breath yelling, so I kept myself quiet and list­ ened to the dumb boy. I have always been considered a good shouter, and have the reputation of making myself heard when not seen, but that boy. dumb though he was, could outslioiit me, so I let him shout for both of us. I had often heard him mutter some words when angry, but never heard bim plainly articulate a single word; but that day he called "Oh, Lord!" several times, as plainly as I ever heard it said, and he did not call it out in a whisper, either. So vise or mold could be made to encase a person's body as tight as mine was without causing pain, and yet I felt no pain whatever. \Ve were not there long before help arrived. AK» it was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon some of the miners had done work and were a1*rat to start out when the dumb boy's terrible yells reached their ears, and they started on a run toward the place. The dumb boy, being visible, was soon released. Not having heard roe they did not know I was there, and were about to go to the bottom of the shaft and still leave me buried there ; but he soon made them understand that I was buried beneath the fall. I soon heard the picks scraping and rooting among the dirt, and I began to call out to them so that they might know where to search for me. It did not take long to get the dirt oft me, and when they found by the sound of my voice that they were getting dose ^ to me, they all threw down their picks except one and began turning over the dirt and stones with their hands, while the man with the pick used it verv care- • fully, and soon stuck the -pick into mv vest, wlrich was the only thing I had on in.T bodv. I soon got out, and men with • brave but tender hearts and willing hands were there, who took me in their arms and carried me to the bottom of the shaft. So sure were they that every bone in my body was broken that tlie'y would not let my father touch me, for fear it would be' hard on him to find out how badly I was hurt. But before I got to the shaft I gave them to under­ stand that I was very little hurt and could stand on my legs without much pain, except where my legs lav across the angle iron rails. " The amount of „ dirt that fell may be judged from the fact that it took two men, shoveling as hard as, jthey could, two hours and a quarter to clear the track so that wag­ ons could pass. The only reason I can give that every bone in mv bodv was hoard it cracking and crunching down on me. To think was to act. I could mot get to the toji in time, and to walk luj'-k the coal Mould fail on we ivjd ,cmsh me into jelly. I turned and dovo jlown the waste head first, as I would in a river. By that means I expected to beat the coal and get out of the way at the iKjttoin before it caught me, and, .as the ground under me was nearly all fine dirt aud slack, I was not as much afraid of getting hurt by it as by the falling coal, besides it was the only tiling to do.' But quick as I was, the coal was to the ground as soon as I was, and was soon rolling over me. The "biggest lnmps l>eii)g first, the bottom of the waste was soon blocked, so that I ••could not slide Out at the bottom, and I was soon covered over. My calls for help were soon responded to. and I was not there long before^ I was rescued. I had not much time to think, except while thinking how to get out of the way: The lumps in falling over me tore the flesh off my arms con­ siderably. as they were stretched out in the act of diving, and they still retain the marks as silent witnesses to testify to my narrow escape. Otherwise I was not hurt., My -third, and up fcr> the present time" my last, burial took place in Brown's Orchard Mine, Salineville. Ohio, in September. 1871. My father and I were working in a room together. The coal was about three feet six inches thick, and the roof generally very good, but occasionally bad places were met with. Our room was in onie of these bad places; so bad was it that about eight inches of slate would fall almost as soon as the coal was mined aud shot •down, ami all the props we could put up w ould not prevent it. As the coal was not very thick we did not try to the Bunker ; prevent it as long as it- fell easy, for the that part j slate over that was very solid: In time ~ I it got so solid that we could no longer pull it down, so we posted it up with ' $ood props, and the further we got un­ der it the more solid it got, until we thought it unnecessary to post it so close to the face of the coal. One afternoon about the middle of Septeml>er. 1871, I fired a shot for the purpose of blasting down some coal. As soon as the shot went off I went back to the face of the room to see what it had done. I was sounding the coal on the fac.e when I noticed bits of slate falling from the i-oof near the rijb-- a sure indication that some slate was go­ ing to fall. Thinking perhaps it was only a small lump that had been shaken by the shot, I went to the middle of the room to get to where I thought the slate was solid, as I had sounded it a sh'ut time before. When I reached the middle of the room, to my horror I saw the roof was caving all over me, the whole width of it. Lightning is. slow when compared to a man's thoughts in time of dag­ ger. With death staring him in the face a man does a great deal of think­ ing in a short time, and those thoughts are generally how to cheat death for that time. When I saw that roof I was satisfied that grim death was staring me in the face and laughing at my thoughts of fooling or beating him'out of his prey. Could I l>eat death even at the risk of two broken legs? This was what I was thinking of. The posts we had set were not less than twelve feet away, and if I could reach them with my body at a single bound it would be safe at the expense of my legs. While I thought it was only the draw-slate that was going to fall, the room was so full of powder smoke I could not see anything two yards away from the face of the room, and did not know but the whole room was caving in. In .that case no power on earth could save me. Was I pre­ pared to die T Could my father get along without me? Every act of my life passed like a panorama before me, my bad deeds seeming most prominent. No one had ever survived after l>eing caught by even the draw-slate, which was eight inches thick in those mines. Still life was sweet and worth an etlort. With a prayer to heaven I made one bound for safety. Just as my body was stretched out in the act of springing forward, the slate came loose and bore ino to the ground, burying me beneath it. The cry I sent forth for help as the slate bore me down was a cry of de­ spair, and I expected it to be my last one. For though I knew help was near. I did not expect to escape without be­ ing crushed to jelly, or at least without some broken bones, as there was noth­ ing to break the fall--nothing to save me from the full weight of it, as the bottom was a hard fire-clay, as hard as the slate of the roof. Fortunately I was never stunned for even a mo­ ment, and when those who heard my crv for help simultaneous with the fall of the slate came to me, I was able to direct tlieni. Though the room was full of powder smoke, so they could hardly see what slate had fallen, or whether there was more to fall, still on they came, heedless aud thoughtless of danger. A human being was und?r that slate and needed to be got out as soon^is possible, and there was no time to stop to investigate--a life might be crushed out under the tons of slate that had fallen if there was any delay. These were the thoughts that brought them to where I was. But being com­ pletely buried, they could not tell just where I was or what position I was in, but my voice told them about where my head was, and I was lagging of them to lift a piece ofi' my "head. When! fell it was on my left side, and the slate in falling broke on each si(Je of rny body. One piece broke off from mv shoulder and lay across my head. It was this piece that I wanted them to tA» ACCOUNT OF tOXFl CiUS. BILY, XYE. , ' BY not broken is that a three-inch oak j lift from my head, for, while the rest of plank, that had been set some time be­ fore over a prop to keep up the roof reached out about fifteen iuclies from the Bide on which I was standing be­ fore the fall, and though it was snapped off as close as though it had been sawed it checked the weight of the dirt from drcnhiBg me beneath it.- Mv next burial took place in 18M. while working in the same colliery. The c©al being about ten or eleven feet thick, with a seam of dirt about eighteen inches thick, running about five and a half feet from the bottom, was got in two veins on the long wall system. The bottom vein was worked several yards ahead, and the dirt arid slack packed light in the gob, leaving the slate was crushing my body beneath its heavy weight, that piece seemed to be bursting my skull. But not know­ ing which piece it was, they did not know which to lift first, but bv one of them standing on it, I told them which it-was, and three of them lifted it off me, though tliev could not do it until by a short jerk in lifting it up they broke On examination I found that the slate broke off the posts very close, and was over 12 feet long, 2(i feet wide, and o\er8 inches thick, and I was under | c^nter of the fall, and yet, thanks to a Divine Providence, as soon as I got ! through examining the slate I got up , „ , „ ~ yacant spaces and walked homo, and next dav walked called wastes every six or seT.-n | to town, a full mile from where I lived fK dTVn whl(^ coal was andinafewdavs was at work as ^ I thrown when mined to be loaded. My a* if nothing had happened Though I work was to throw the coal down these have worked in the mines of oH«md Pennsylvania since, I have never met with a single accident, and still hope to receive a Christian burial, with all its rites and ceremonies. wastes, after it had been loosened. I been working in another part of the mine while the xniners were getting the coal loose. Thinking it had been got down, I came back to my regular plaee of work. The miners having started the coal to fall went back to waituntil it had fallen, so that when I c«irio back up the waste they did not aee me to warn me. I went* on, never thinking of danger, but when I .got to tKe top and Tight under the coal, I Used to Carving. '/Will you carve?" asked the land­ lady of young Sawbones, who is in col­ lege. •' "Certainly; whene'er the body?-J-I mean bring on the meat," correcting himself as best he oould .--'fid Bits ' * w * m ~ T . . . . > . j * _ ... ^.y Vi a kind of Chinese humorist whose hame was lvally Keiug-fu-tse. Tiiis name translated means Reverend Master Kiug. He was a great man, and many of his sayings have been embalmed in history and handed down to the pres­ ent time. His style of humor was of the profound variety, but liis stylo of pen­ manship was like that of F. E. Spinner, who did some paragraph work at one time in the Treasury Department. Con­ fucius is sniil to have been a kind of Chinese Moses, itnd people who knew both these gentlemen say that they had many strong personal characteristics in common. He was born in Loo on Junrt 19, 551 B. C., and when he went bft 'k there once to lecture, after he had become a great man, he had only $7.50 in the house. His old neighbors said that he j had been very much overestimated, and j that they knew him when he was a boy. They also said tlyit there were dozens of other boys in Loo who were just as #ood humorists as Confucius ever dast be. One reporter on the Loo Vindi­ cator asked him if he had ever written anything for publication, and after the lecture was over announced in his pa­ per that the lecture business was "over­ done. * i Confucius lost his father at the age of H years, and so had to rustle for him­ self, as lie says. He was essentially a self-made man, and never wore sus­ penders, even in the best society. He \rore a style of dress which has since become very popular in China, consist­ ing of wide pantaloons and oolong cut­ away coat. His complexion was a little on the yellow oi'der, and his eyes were similar to each other, though a little in­ clined to sag at one corner. He became a school-teacher in the graded school at Loo and carried, cold fried pork and rat sandwiches for his dinner. When asked what one sentence would best express the conduct most fitting for one's whole life, he said: "Do not unto others what you would not have them do to you." This sentence, in substance, afterward appeared in,,book form and is now widely quoted. It is a very popular piece of advice, aud many people give it to other people. Confucius was a great man and the leading humorist of bis day. He pub­ lished a small paper at one time, doing all the typographical work himself with a marking brush. His signature was a marvel of individuality and looked like the footprints of a kangaroo that had been scared out of a mndhole and lit on a pillow-sham. But death has claimed him. Like the man who has done his chores and ejected the cat and blown out the gas, he lay down to enter into the dreamless sleep which comes alone to those who have done their work well. Not in the midst of clashing arms, beneath the clouds of Avar, amid the shouts of vic­ tory and frantic yells of defeat; not on the rough frontier with his boots on, nor in the hospital chased by the phan­ toms of delirium tremens, but in a calm and dispassionate manner, Confucius accepted his doom. The Chinese pa­ pers very trutlifullv say: "His death lias cast a glooni over our land and filled a long-felt want."--Chicago Neics. ' An Electrical Engineer. There are two roads to take if, you wish to become an electrical engineer. Although this occupation of electrical engineering is so new, there are three colleges in our country where the theoretical part of the profession is taught, namely: The Stevens Institute of Technology, at Hol»oken, New Jer­ sey; the University of Pennsylvania; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There are other schools, but these are the best known. If a young man has gone through the theoretical and partially practical train­ ing to be had in either of these institu­ tions, he does not require a great^ deal of actual experience in doing the work itself to fit him for undertaking almost any task pertaining to the calling. But some boys may not be able to spare the time or pay the money for this collegiate part of the training. In that case, they endeavor to find employ­ ment in one of the factories of the great companies I have mentioned. To ob­ tain admission, however, they must be bright, they must give good promise in the taste they have for mechanical pur­ suits, as well as in their habits, that they are suited for the profession they seek to enter. Having obtained an entrance, they begin as ordinary employees, do­ ing the simplest kind of work or even drudgery then they are transferred from one department to another, learn­ ing a .little at each step they take; until, finally, they have a good knowledge of the manufacturing branch of the pro­ fession. From there they should go to the laljoratoi-y, where they obtain the scien­ tific knowledge of the business. To know how the different parts are put together is not of itself sullicient; they must be able to tell tvlaj they aro put. together in that particular way; it is just that knowledge which makes them electrical engineers. Then they are sent out as assistants to the various electric-lighting stations or are temporarily placed in charge of plants which have just been established, and which some amateur engineer is learning how to run. JFinally they may be put in charge of a lighting station- that is, a building from which the light­ ing power is furnished for.the lamps in the immediate neighborhood; and lastly, they may become members of the en­ gineering corps, and put up the electric- lights for people in the manner I have descrilied.--George J. Manson, m St. Nicholas. Marrying in Haste. Tli* young women of America are fully the equals of their brothers in ibility to embrace an - opportunity to better their condition, but they should be made to understand that a stranger who makes love at sight should not be regarded as such an opportunity. The case of the Nebraska beauty who hastily married a chatming stranger, and on her wedding tour learned that lifer hus­ band was a bigamist, forger and horse thief, prompts the Philadelphia Time* to suv that "there are certain rules that a village maiden who is about to choose a husband can observe with safety, and one of them is not to marry a stranger." The Macon Tefogrtiph+v,ith equal truth, says: "Marriage, for girls, is a lottery at best, but the girl who takes an unknown husband draws from a wheel in which there are none but blanks." There have been cases of hasty mar­ riages in wlrich tho bridegroom was not abadfelhvi-. The late William Shak- speare, who could f$ivo any American girl points on humarti nature, tells of one in his story of "Komeo and Juliet." but Romeo, altliou^li he poisoned himself before his record1 could be looked into, dragged'to the graVe' Svith him three other men and his bride be­ sides. Could Juliet's ante-mortem statement have been taken by the local coroner it, is sn,fn 1<J have ftrtsiiticd that the fun of marrying a strange young man costs more than it ja tea-thl.--Xew Vofk Jlerahl. • " -J.'V The Northwestern Rebellion. . - . . The trouble began among the French and Indian half-breeds of the province of Saskatchewan, who were dissatisfied with their treatment by the Dominion government. Early in March, 1885, some 400 of these assembled at Duck Lake, under the leadership of Louis Kiel, and formulated their de­ mands, which related mainly to certain changes in the laws concerning owner­ ship of lands. Tliev made no written statement of their grievances, but seized some forty white men, traders and prominent citizens, and held them as hostages until thegovernment should send a commission to investigate their alleged wrongs. Tho Canadian gov­ ernment appointed a commission for this pur[M>se, but in the meantime sent troops to put down the outbreak. The rebellion spread through the half-breed settlements, and several Indian tribes joined forces with them. An attempt made by a band of militia and civilians to recapture the supplies seized by the rebels at D.uek Lake, was defeated with a loss of twelve killed aud eleven wounded. There was quite a large force of militia and mounted police in the Saskatchewan country, but these were so scattered by their , efforts to protect all the - trading posts that they could not mass at any one place in suf­ ficient force to attack the enemy. The force sent against the reikis was under the command of Gen. Middleton. He brought his soldiers by rail to Fort Qu'Appelle and made his headquarters there. Ho then ( April 5) marched northwest of Humboldt and west to Clark's Crossing, on the south branch of the Saskatchewan. Following the course of this river, he reached Fish Creek, near Batoclie, April 24, where he found Kiel and his forces intrenched. In the engagement which followed the government forces were Worsted, or, rather, finding that they could not force the rebels from their strong in- trenclinients, thov fell back without much fighting, the fighting was re­ newed Mtfv 9 and continued until May 11, when the rebels were driven from their rifle-pits at the point of the bayo­ net. The village was captured and many prisoners taken. Meanwhile, a detachment of mounted police, under Col. Ottet, had, April 24, relieved Bat- tleford, which had been besieged by hostile Indians under Chief Pound- maker for some weeks, and following up the retreating red men worsted them in a severe battle May 3. Kiel was cap­ tured May 15, near But-oehe. His rebel followers now dispersed, but some of the Indians, under Chief Big Bear, still held out. These were defeated in two engagements with the government troops May 28 and June 3, and then re­ treated toward the mountains. They were pursued by the mounted police, and Big Bear himself was captured July 3. The Indians now made peace without any further attempt at resist­ ance. Louis Kiel was tried for treason, was convicted August 1, and was hanged November 18, 1885.--Inter (ivean. • n Cruel Gastronomy. The maiko advanced in a broad line with two radiant beauties in the center bearing a large trgv,on which lay a mag­ nificent carp breathing, and with his scales shining as.if just drawn from the water. The master of ceremonies ad­ vanced, and receiving the tray from the maiko, set it on the mat and turned it slowly around so that all might see the living picture. As the maiko retired all leaned forward to watch fhe noble carp as it lay quivering on its bed of moss and cresses, with a background of greenery like a true Japanese garden. The carp, with its shining scales, green and silvery shadings and fine outlines, is a favorite study for Japanese artists, and on screens, kakemous aud fukusa they never tire of painting, inlaying and embroidering it, and like every­ thing else in their art, it has a symbol­ ism that makes it doubly a favorite. This feature of serving a living fish at a feast is one of the rare old customs of Japan that foreigners seldom experience in this era of change, and we had thrills of satisfaction at witnessing the- grand scene, at the same time with humane shivers at watching the slow breathing of the dying carp. In the deftest way morsels and flakes of raw fish' were lilted from its back and passed to the company, and, with fear of Mr. Bergh before me, I lilted up the shreds of clear pinkish yellow, dipped them in soy and ate tlieni. It was worse than canni­ balism in a sense, and we tried to think ^ that the carp before us had not been tonched with the knife, but that bits from the back of another fish had been cunningly concealed behind it and passed to us. The epicures, meanwhile, made all the Japanese noises expressive of appreciation as they lingered on the delicious morsels. A sudden turn or jar of the tray, or, as was inhumanly insisted in discussing this feature of the feast afterward, a sprinkle of salt, caused the flesh to suddenly writhe, double and quiver with agony, and show the great hollow in its back from which the flesh had l)een slowly cut. Convinced then that we had been eating that very carp, I dropped mv chop-stick gently, and felt that fish's eve fixed re­ proachfully on me for as long as it re­ mained on the dish, and haunting me afterward.--Kioto letter, in St. Louis Globe-Democi'at. Poor John. "John, dear," said the young 'wife, looking up from the paper she was read­ ing, "I see that people carry chestnuts in their jiockets to cure rheuinatism "TSies, dear." "Is it customary to carry things in t] pockets to cure diseases?" "Itedepends upon whether the person afflicted is superstitious or not." "Because, when sewing d button on your vest yesterday I discovered a quantity of cloves, coffee-beans, carda- rnon seeds, flagroot and other things in one of the pockets. Do you carry them as a remedy? Is there anything the matter with you, dear?" "Ye-es, my dear," said John, stam­ mering and turning as red as a Inriled lobster. "I--I think I have a little heart trouble." "Poor fellow!" she said, as tears came to her eyes; "you never told me a word about it."--Boh ton Courier. Americans in Japan. Americans are the third highest in point of number of the foreigners re­ siding in Japan, according to statistics published in a native paper. The Chinese stand at the head of the list with 2,471 residents, followed by the English with G18, the Americans num­ bering 187. • THE footmen and coachman of a 6er tain family in England wear green wigs when they go to court. Facto not Generally Knevro* Spinach is a Persian plant. is n naHyft of Vnnl'tnd. Melons were found originally in Asia. Filberts originallycame from Greece.' Quinces originally came from Cor­ inth. The turnip originally came from Rome. The peach originally came from P e r s i a . » . . . v 5 Sage is A ikative of ihe sonth of Europe. ,yh - .» Sweet marjoram is a native of Portu­ gal- Damsons originally came from Da­ mascus. The nasturtium came originally from Peru.- . r ' The pea is a native of the south of Europe. (linger is a native of the East and West Indies* Coriander seed came originally from the East. The cucumber was originaHjr,a tropi­ cal vegetable. y The Greeks called butter bouturos-- "cow cheese." The gooseberry is indigenous to Gr -•at Britain.' Apricots are indigenous to tho plain* of Armenia. . • Pears were originally brought from the East by the Romans, " Capers originally grew wild in Greece and Northern Africa. / The walnut is a native,of Persia; the Caucasus and China. 1 r ' The clove is a native of the Malacca Island, as also is the nutmeg. Cherries were known in Asia as far back as tho seventeenth century. Garlic came to us first from Sicily and the shorts of the Mediterranean. Asparagus was originally a wild sea- coast plant, and is a native of Great Britain. Necatine received its name from nec­ tar, the principal drink of the gods. The tomato is a native of South America, and it takes its name from a Portugese word. Greengage is called after the Gage family, who first took it into England from a monastery in Paris. Parsley is said to have come £rom Egypt, and mythology tells us it was used to adorn the head of Hercules. Apples were originally brought from the East by the Romans! The crab-ap­ ple is indigenous to Great Britain. When James Buchanan was Minister to England he had ears of corn, hermet­ ically sealed, sent to him from this country. The onion was almost an object of worship with the Egyptians 2,000 years before the Christian era. It first came from India. The cantaloup is a native of Amer­ ica, and so called from the name of a place near Rome, where it was first cul­ tivated in Europe. Before the middle of the seventeenth century tea was not used in England, and was entirely unknown to the Greeks and Romans. *"*Tlle word biscuit is French for "twice baked," because, originally, that was the mode of entirely depriving it of moisture to insure its keeping. Cloves come to us from the Indies, and take their name from the Latin vlauvnx or French ekini, both meaning a nail, Jo which they have a resemb­ lance. ^ Lemons were used by the Romans to keep moths from their garments, and in the time of Plinv they were considered •n excellent poison. They are natives of Asia. The Selfish Pool and Generous Streamlet. See that little fountain yonder, away on the distant mountain, shining like a thread of silver through the thick copse, and sparkling like a diamond in its healthful activity. It is hurrying on with tinkling feet to bear its tribute to the river. See, it passes a stagnant pool, and the pool hails it, "Whither away, master streamlet?" "I am going to the river to bear this cup of water God has given me." "Ah, von are very foolish for that; you'll need it before the summer is over. It has been a backward spring, and we shall have a hot summer to pay for it; you will dry up then." "Well," says tl'e streamlet, "if I am to die so soon, I had better work while the day lasts. If I am likely to lose mv treasure from the heat. I had better do good with it while I have it." So pn it goes, blessing and rejoicing in its course. The pool smiled complacently at its own superior foresight, and husbanded all its re­ sources, letting not a drop steal away. Soon the midsummer heat came down, and it fell upon the little stream; but the trees crowded to its brink and spread out their sheltering branches over it in the day of adversity, for it brought refreshment and life to them; and the sun peeped through their brandies and smiled complacently upon its dimpled face, and seemed to say, "It i s n o t i n m y h e a r t t o h a r m y o u a u d the birds sipped its silver tide and sang its praises, the flowers breathed thtVir perfume upon its bosom, the beasts of the fiekl loved to linger nt-ar its banks, the husbaudman's eye always sparkled with joy as he gazed upon the long line of verdant beauty that marked its course through his fields and meadows, and so an it went, blessing and blessed of all. But where was the prudent pool? Alas! in its inglorious inactivity it grew sickly and pestilential. The beasts of the field put their lips to it, but turned awav without drinking; the breezes stopped and kissed it by mistake, but caught the malaria in the contact, and carried the ague through the region, and the inhabitants caught it,-and had to move away; and at last heaven, in mercy to man, smote it with, a hotter breath and dried it up. But did the little stream exhaust it­ self? Oh, no! God saw to that. It emptied its full cup into the river, and the river bore it to the sea and the sea welcomed it, and the sun smiled upon the sea and the sea sent up its incense to greet the sun, and the clouds caught in their capacious bosoms the incense from the sea, and the winds, like wait­ ing steeds, caught the cliaViots of the clouds and bore them away--away to the very mountain that gave the little fountain birth, and there they tipped the brimming cup and poured the grate­ ful baptism down. So God saw to it that the little fountain, though it gave so fully and so freely, never ran dry. Moral--If God so bless the fountain, will he not also bless you, my children, if "as ye have freely received, ye also ireelv give?" C&nnot we all learn a useful and blessed lesson from the sdtish pool, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, "It is more blessed to give tlian to receive?"--Jdi-asiioiiary lieview. GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON were arraigned on the same day recently at a police "court witlrin sight of Mount Vernon, , THE bean*is said to be a native of Egypt Turkoman Raids. The raid.ng of the Turkomans was essentially a t slave-dealing system, founded on the assumption of a right of property in human flesh and blood. Men, women, and children were carried oft to Khiva and Bokhara, thus placing the impassable desert between them and their homes, so that escape was all but iiv possible--this security producing a corresponding value in the slave mar­ kets .of these places. T^iese predatory excursions were known as "cliapows" by the Persians, jjij^as ;"»l(imans" by tlie Turkomans. The number of men engaged in one of them depended much on the character tlie leader: if lie had a jiravious reputation for success in such expedi­ tions, large numbers would flock to him when a new5 raid was projected; at times as many as five or six thousand men would engage in one of these ex­ peditions. Horses were put under a peculiar diet and training to fit them for tl^e necessary endurance, for it must be understood that the Turko­ man s horse formed the essential part of the raider, where long rides arid sudden surprises were the main tactics of the game. As the Thugs of India converted their system of murder into a kind of worship, so the Ishans, or Mohammedan mollahs, gave a religious sanction to the foray by blessing it be­ fore starting. At" first the "alaman" would move slowly across the desert; but as soon as the Persian frontier was passed, it made long and stealthy marches by unfrequented routes, avoid­ ing all large towns, till the selected dis­ trict was reached. Small parties were then detached; these in the dusk of the early dawn crept under the cover of hollows or rising ground toward villages, -on which they came down with a light­ ning sweep, so as to catch the men,or women at work in the fields, or bv the surprise to seize^lie cattle before they could be driven in. Men, women, and children, as well as horses, cattle, and sheep, were all fish to the Turkoman's net, and \yliatever was taken was carried off to the main body of the alaman, who guarded the plunder while the detach­ ments carried on the work. If a village could be taken, then every liv­ ing thing in it became spoil; whatever tlie robber's horse could carry, or whatever could be forced to move on ' its» sown legs, was borne away. Young girls--if they were pretty--and children were looked upon as the most valuable prizes, as they could be sold to the highest ad­ vantage in the bazars of Khiva or Bok­ hara: it was also considered a lucky stroke when any one of wealth or rank was caught, a heavy ransom being ex­ pected for his release. We were told of one raid in which 130,000 sheep, goats, and other animals had been swept away ;tliis large number has much the appearance of exaggeration, but supposing we subtract a large discount from the figures--say twenty-five or even fifty per cent.--the sum will vet- present a calamitous loss to the people who were despoiled. When the opera­ tions on the ground selected were com­ pleted, the alaman began its retreat, generally taking another route from that by which it came. If not too much overburdened with spoil, the plundering would go on during the re­ turn march. When a successful expedi­ tion had been made, and each returned rich from robbery and crime, there was great rejoicing in the auls, or collec­ tions of kibitkas, which form the villages of Turkestan; the Ishans again came forth and uttered prayers of thanks to Allah for all the good things which had come to tlieni.--William Simpson, in Harper's Mayazine. A Milk-white, I'ink-eyed Raven. Scarcely less rare than a black tulip, a red-haired negro, or a four-leaved shamrock, is the amazing natural curi­ osity now being exhibited in the Berlin Aquarium, to the material augmenta­ tion of that institution's daily receipts. A milk-white raven, with pale pink eyes and red legs, received admission a week ago to the great central aviary, in which scores of beautiful birds flutter and chirp and build their nests in-com­ parative freedom, but his presence there spread such general panic among the remaining inmates of the roliere that it has been found necessary to re­ move him to a separate cage. Strange as it may seem, the other birds instinct-4 ively recognized that this corviu;> albino was abnormal and therefore terrible. Many of them became total abstainers from food and drink through sheer fright while he shared their quarters, and huddled together shivering, at as great a distance from the fearful anom­ aly as the limits of their prison would permit tliem to attain. In all respects, save his extraordinary hues, the raven is as other ravens. His appetite is ap­ parently insatiable, and he ministers to it with a formidable beak. Neither in tone nor delivery is there any unusual mellowness or tenderness about his croak. His pink eyes could not be more steadily engaged in contemplating the inaifi chance were they as yellow as bur­ nished gold. He was found with a coal- black brood of brothers and sisters, in a nest built by liis parents--whose sur­ prise at his peculiar appearance must, we should think, have been considera­ ble--on the topmost branch of an old tree in the Georgentlial, a valley in Thuringcn. Doubly an anachronism, this snow-white raven is at present one of the "lions" of tho German capital- Preparing for Examination. "Fwliat in the divil are you doing with the arurmful of books, Mike?" "Fwliat am I doing wid tlieni ? I'm PITH ANB poiirr. 'ire' Sallio Wonk of the frost-ki cake. THE baker's sweetheart Ratus. , EVE commenced her education in fall term. WHEN a man takes kindly to it reciprocates.--Maverick. THE shoemaker gets his praise froii awl.--California Maverick. „ ' THE leopard cannot keep himself "n«K. spotted from the world."--Merchaffi Traveler. THE man of noble mien is sometimes" the meanest man in town.--Merchant Traveler.' IT is very expensive trying to be hon­ est, but who cares, so long as you e^ti have it charged.--While Hall Times. "DIED without medical aid," says ITT exchange. Very few people die tlieas lays without the help of one or moj|i| doctors. , -c „ THE world may owe a man a living, but like luanv another debtor it only I'esjmnds after repeated duns.--Dan1 ville Breeze. A BOTTLE of. milk which a Baltimore chemist was testing exploded witJi great force and nearly killed him. It was probably from a-kicking cow. To A bully: "I beg you, and what's more, I order you, to get out." The bully, with great dignity: "The order is sufficient, sir, and your , useless."--Paris Netvs. ART NOTE. . . A maiden hooTred fn^s with great cai^; •* Into one of them she knit a bear. Folks laughed most to death, - And they sa, d in one br m il, "What a sweet little piggie is tliore." * --GoodaW* Chicago Hun. MOTHER : "1 am afraid that Mr. Crisscross is not serious in his atten­ tions.." Daught?r: "He is awfully bashful, you know. But he is offering- himself piecemeal; last night he wanted me to take his arm." FIRST Gascon--"My eldest son was born with two teeth." Second ditto (not to be outdone)--"Mine had slight indications of a beard." Third (tri- . umpliantly)--"My daughter was born ready vaccinated."--Varis Keivs. TALKING about horse-chestnuts being good'for rheumatism is all nonsense. They are good for nothing, and tliaifs why they are so prolific. Just as soOn . as a use for them is discovered, some tarnal bug, or other varmint will come along anil eat up the crop.--Danville Breege. "SEE here, Pat," said an indignant farmer to his green Irish laborer, "I put you to weeding the onion bed yes­ terday. This morning I went out and' found the onions all pulled up by the roots and the weeds growing in the bed. Don't you know vegetables when yon see them?" "Shure, an' I axed you," responded Patrick, "an' you told me to tell them by the smell. So when 1* come to a vegetable that looked quare an' smelt bastely I just pulled it up, that I did. But, howsomever, Fll re­ member the nixt time that it ain't a flower bed I'm a wadin' when you sinds me into the vigetable garden."--Brook­ lyn Times. A MEDICAL journal -tells of a man who was cut in the head in 1852, was bitten, by a dog in 1854, was cut over the eye in 1850, was drugged and nearly killed by laudanum in 1857, was thrown frotn a horse in 1858, and later was cut in the back of the head, thrown several times from horses, was struck by liglit- ning, dislocated his ankle, was injured in the side, somebody jumped on h|p head, and he is now suffering from "• uervous prostration. He would not have encountered a much more serions train of casualties if lie had been a member of a college foot ball team, or participated in a "cane rush'."--Noft'iit- tpirn Herald. , > HER L'H0T0«RAPH. Quito carelessly and with a laugh She banded me her photograph With, "It is I o -rid--but--if you Insist don't criticise it, too." Of course I knew she didn't mean A word she said. With pleasure Uoen, She canldn't hide, sho -n atchcd me wliils 1 gazed in wonder at her stylo. There, I ke a quo?n, sho was arrayatl; llor sealskin .siicqii" was well < iBpl&yoI O'er sat'u orest) with royal train And earrings, pin an 1 watch and chain. My ailniinitiou nnconc aled At KO much ele^ANC* revr nled ' Gave her the most exquisite joy. Until ruBhed in her awful boy. "Ob, ma! Pa says you mi'so him laugH A showing folks y ur phv.ograph-- • That sacquo and dross and watch, you know. You borrowrd just to make a show." --H. C. Dodge, in G< odall's.Sun. S3 BOUND TO MAKE FOR CASH ififlfti Kerr's little girl, Cookoo, went to Delmonico's daucing class, and one day little Freddy Smith kissed her. "Oh, Cookoo, I'm ashamed to think you should let a -little boy kiss you 1" said her mother. „ "Well, mamma, I couldn't help it," said Cookoo. "Yori couldn't help it?"exclaimed her mother. "No, mamma. You see, Freddy and I were dancing the polka. Freddy had to stand up close to me, and all at once, his lip slipped and the kiss happened." --Philadelphia Call. IT is believed that the devil takes off his hat whenever he meets a hypocrite. Men and Beasts. There is a class of people who pro- gross with a meal something after this fashion : A long drauglit of coffee, tea, milk, or water, as the case may be, be­ gins the performance; this is followed by a mouthful of something solid; only a mouthful, however, for the stream is turned on a.^ain down the throat. A glass of water disappears; then the food is attacked and voraciously; again the stream. Once more attention is.- given to the food, but always the stream has the first consideration. We silently ask, and wondtr how long the man can stand it. To say nothing of the utter disregard of the laws of health iu thus eating and drinking simultaneously, it is arwibsurd spectacle! A Tired, over-luxated man drinks twice as much water as he needs, first, be­ cause he is so tired he doesn't know what he is doing till he sees the bottom of the glass; and second, because his blood is at boiling mark, and the sud­ den chill is delightful, and he would prolong it till liia capacity to swallow gives out. For the same reason he ^irinks rapidly, that the succession of •hills may lower his temperature as •tpeedilv as possible. And then he goes out to his stable. "Jphn, be sure to give Black Prince no water just yet. Rub him down well, olin, and cool him off slowly."--Mar- aret Sidney, hi Good Housekeeping. A Really New Joke. Wifo (reading the paper)--"Well, I eclare, if that isn't the queerest thing ever heard of." Husband--".What's that?" Wife--"Why, here in the paper is an ccount of a wedding up in Manchester, nd among the wedding presents was a mil-terrier, given to the bride by her atlier." Husband--"I don't see anything odd about that. She was the old man's youngest daughter, wasn't she?" Wife--"Yes, but what has that got to do with it?" Husband--"Why, of course, if she and all the rest were married, he had no further use for the dog."-- Somer- ville Journal. ® A "GERMAN chemist ,t has ascertained that poisons--such as prussic acid, cop- rosive sublimate and ' sulphuretted hydrogen--destroj* the germinating power of seeds. It is a curious fact that while tho names of all our animals are of Saxon origin^ Norman names are given to flesh they yield.