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>rT̂ •<> ft' M .? ri .<* MWi "I repUwfc , yoor *^#pirtrm|$K£C witsMaya npfin r i • | donkey roads, liis lb, labile ] with »laugh, and both iwHy baoktothei of the Ai«d1im; "Is sheers^bHA Lfli;earnestly. "No* *BiH sb crazy tut you were, to j listen ta4*v'eaidDelie.«ItVold Menrdeej:. Everyone Iwws her. • 9«laio«Uudhfflw teMn^hoo î andboGs them into drinks. There are» families arcuhd here that wo»fd rather have Buss Meirydeer in sieknstt than uj other doctor in town. And she's a nurse, too; and some thinks she sees and hears more than other people." "Howold lashe?" «Ahund*3Tt least," said Delia. "Now, lei tis make haste and get the- be half fr tea ready, for pa will t̂£f wh«n he comes." frozen • one, dear mottpc;. , inynind; •0*Sfc£ ItafthertaiAtoreiiralftnd, t 1 And «m to her unkind. ! ^IWikMlftttr BMWt »haniefoUyv t'». u AadstUlfllwusedme well-" u i« nmr value hcarea arUhl 1 I thejrpaFK through hell. rttw«e to Mr, mother* Mat jna're hutd from ia» tbrteda '•ocUtions liberty. 35&Tth*' eftMrtaforgtvcî ! ... ' r tm uakiad. •>; ̂ r « |wi rntOmm the tottsof oV* HI meet yoaoer the w»v door--quick! one coming down the Mi.. *' ri dStny'dnty " % • "I wanderif mythr6fcgood gifts will come true?" ssid liill laughing. "Oh, undoubtedly!" Delia enswered, wi*h the most marked satire. . But Delia PenflftM herself was sur­ prised, about a week subsequently, when a lettr r arrived for Lill from "the lad she left behind her." "What do you think, Liftf* be wrote, "I am coming East. I am cottdBig to the very samepart of the country where yon are. Do yOu know the old red mill? Well, Oriel Hall bas bought it and we are to nttt, it in partnership. And ' when we hare saved a little money, Oriel is coming baok West for the gill he is engagedfco, abd I--well, Lill, you know the rest. It may be several yean first, but we must be pa­ tient! For the present, dear, it will be enough for,me to be near you." "There's the lover!" cried Delia, as Xill sat radiantly dreaming over the letter, "And. the clear conscience well take for granted. Now, if only old witch Merrydeer would supply the money, I should really btelieve in her." "I gue3s," said Jeboram Hawley, the hired man, who had come in a ̂this mo­ ment with a pot of glue to warm over } ,jth6 kitchen stove, "that old Miss'Merry- * deer Won't supply many more things m this world. She's at death's doojr with pneumony. That's what I've heard." "Is she, poor old thing?" said Delia, carelessly.. "Take care Jebonun, don't •fr* < •' *M4 r.. i ̂T r.'̂ f-% ttm&osam at Mow tell that " i k«awp*i»[ mi |gr %gm ,î „M jaauMon. *•*• " tint theChild, iteneiB and toseeinimagina- ifvi-iMftiaMiMfc If'they teethingage i Wti ft* ..mm wp#« muJs, air. Iheerds • lilM rSVS»,. tttWi IK: the said' ontof W "ntf . ^NiBtiWIlS cspadty of w y thathecaa digest best. If Umw Is <^r afannach or bowels in * -facie evidence of twetf % (&, I 1 wasir •nd everyone at the laah- hefos* where her p»r IM WW? terian bmn to pit ires Says she: me Mai l a > oan a hwr ain't ar •r't fcjor O. when -'how in the nam«.o* ricane be a eomin' cloud in the akyf therefc the denois ' Boltpioks up a» , breaks out for tho. ievse ̂and gits there I liasea ̂ ^BidJ hears thai roarin' 'cross gitfin' loader and londtir, jest Sikt • they begin to blow bilett, sir. Aud i - moon wm feMnin*, river turnin' black1, closer aiid bidaor standin'. S funeral, when iqtfnril o>nt their . where the riftStathat whole comin' itp W While I waa ' ' I Mtt I" WAS to her feet with all t rinmrn wfasdhhadlmilt _ >ai«aBd the - glowiog Jogs in fee deep chimney. ""B&wr mprh is it for a foot passen- g«r7' said fha, calling np the narrow, ww>fa»*»irway. , *BWtrtian*ta foot paMmger," irrite- bfyjmlnrtod Delia, with her mouth Ml of lUKhpsots. "It's old Miss Merrydeer, w^i^Jp§r' donlun cart. Ten fffits." stormy March bunset, red along the a .Idieles iu tl»iaf,' Sud .cloud piled overhead, tJurvol^ wiiish old fins Merrydeer's Advance. sfe»od OB the toll-house with surpmad eyes at woman, %ho sat on a (^eittlMraaohe« and whipped np a " donkey in front of her, ftto fclwayt? ready enough to MMK^ta&ftstie&li y remiirkid old Miss MMnf&ear, as the dopkey came to a dead lialt in front of thetott-bar. "Now, woman" (to Lill),. "why >wed to go on?" » . please," said Lill, timid- _ out ner hand, with all, that had ever read, dreamed or heard •MM "*ritebes coming back ' into lier ndfin af'the si^ht of the yellow, old faoe, with its fringe of wlrite elf-locKs, Um red cloak and the . nose that was a bird of prgy. . , • ' ceajtsT shrilly shrieked old , y^eer. "And fyt what, I i to know ?" fSplained I^^ frishing wore than ever that h«r QQ^aVt lFoald coiue down siairs. 'J&jden't^mow any thing., about toll-' 3r" «aid Miss Merrydeer. "Sjsand and let me go through. The Wife* htorfe long afore they built tlw It's sw^idliDg^tbat's whbt ItiiL ^Oetup, Neddy!" •»<•» i > •»- tte settled herself back aiuong the spruce boughs and protradingf with an air of determination, and oped to her drowsy steed as if she nt to ride rough-shod over all op- P9«itk*n; but just here Delia Penfield OUgfee running down stairs and swung the bar back to it's place. M'Wmi •cents, Miss M«rrydeer," said "or you can't pass. That's the |»w." , ... Jfriss Merrydeer uttered a curious of dissatisfaction. ftt:S law, it aia't justice," said she, in the pocket of her tattered --a garment which had evi-. an out down from a man's 'There, as true as; yon live, there dime has fell out and got (fhe vodds!" £*"•' ij V»»owen$et" said Delia, tartly. "^ts-7-ajid do hurtfy. I c^n't in this wind all night,0 iMB't got it," bluntly spoke Wit the old crone. "Lemme pass! _ without the 10 cents," said 'Tve pa's orders, rinnst stick to 'em, If you haven't , Hsy you must go around by pullMii" i th^'»/oar miles .farther," said ©older overy 'dahitEte, and pmli winds ii hardi on my rhen- spill that glue!" "She's got a lawyer's clerk there a making of her will!" chuckled Jeboram. "He's to take out his pay in four bottles of Ague Spruce Cure and a gallon of root beer. Bnt law! there aint no use --she'll never diel She'll fly up on a broomstick some day, or disappear in a flash of lightning." The next day, however, ?ame' a tat­ tered little messenger to the toll-house a bright-eyed colored latL "Old Miss Merrydeer wants to see the young woman as sly? give the three good gifts to," said_he»Joltitig his cof­ fee-colored eyeballs' 0Otmd. "I'm to show her de Way. " Off, please." Lill looked at Delia ukMaazement. "Bhallil go?" *aid she. ̂ "Oh, surely 1 ought." "It's a lonely spot," saidDeMa--"np in the woods n ithotth: " . , shouldhavethought of that be- tw». «dd Deua, indifferently. , "Deli), why don't yon let her pass ?" lyfriapared Lill. "She's so old and--" pettishly repeated Delia, she's the worst old harpy in the We always have just this ©very time she goe« through she bolted the gate with ostenta- noise. Old Miss Merrydeer was I j and reluctantly turning the don- drooping head around, when Lill Game to the rescue. a minute, Miss Merrydeer," Here is a 10-cent piece. It * pity for you and the poor to go so far around this bit- Ajid--and you can next time you come t.hi« said Miss Merrydeer, shrilly. 11 neighbor's house in sight. ,Febotan: hsd better follow you at a little distance. .Old witch Merrydeer fnftjr hucn yon into a white dove or a red fawn, for all < that I know." , - • - She laughed,' but there was a certain vein of seriousness that underlay all her mirth; so Lilt started out in the gray March afternoon, with little flurries of snow pricking her cheek like frozen needles eirer «nd anon, ^nd the rimny fruijt cMpkling under her feet, while, some few paces behind, trudged Jeb­ oram, charged to look as little as possible HWfen escort. u i' •' , "For no^ibdy knows," imid Delki,' " what the old witch may take offense at" < Bnt, to confess the truth,- Lill wsp frightened when,jbhe entered the little octe-storied cabin, one side of which was all awry wiui the force of many 4" winter's tempest, in whose low-«eiled apartment old If Us1 Mertydeer lay dying.': >; .*.•» r..-U y.i-st .*•>]f ' • "Is it my bonny girl ?" she said, lift­ ing her glance to the new comer's .face. "Yes, it's she as gaye me the dime. Out of her own pocket she gave it to ihe. Everyone else turned their backs upon me and laughed to see the old witch go by. No one ever gave me anything be­ fore but sneers and curses. For what good to anybody was old witch Merry­ deer ? But she took pity on her, Lord love her! And I promised her three good gifts. I've made her mv heiress, that's what I've done. Cbme here, pretty one, and-put your haud iu mine." - But even a» Lill touched her warm palm to the old crone's fast-purpling hand, she gaye ft quick gasp, turned over, and died. Lill closed lie* eyes, tied np the poor old toothless jaws with her scent­ ed pocket handkerchief, crossed the hands on the pulseless breast, and went hooie again, leaving Jeboram to do what ho could for the watchers and at­ tendants. And, as she walked, she carried the strange, aromatic odors of pine and birch, and dried pentoy-royal bunches in Her (tress, curioils remem­ brances of old Miss Merrydeer. t They buried her on the mount&in side in a quaint little graveyard, where the cows grazed at will, pic]ung their way among the moss-grown tomb­ stones, and where the fence had h ago fallen to ruins; and people laug] _ at the idea of Lill Pennfield being con­ sented bnifflgi of ihe dBa^fQ^nan's estate. _ "Oh, yes; the will is ali right' and fight enough," said Uncle ronfiheld "Bnt, after «U, what doe* it amount to? An old hovel crammed chuek full of skewed. Wf>V,' Tsfr, iay KiKr wrnild | lifted a cotton tialir I wotdd a put ttp and dusted, and l did tinder itffcn back er little, « ̂« '̂%ith Susan inn n stimitin* linn i i>m Ihsl gallery. There st̂ stpttf, sir, and first she'd sing 'Old jEEniMUred,' and then she'd git down on her marrow bones and moan but b6i* Ht®&*'jirayer, and the every once in a wftOe She'd hofllei* out, 'Jim, what is t&ePtiiatferf M If I would'nt a giteh ̂ qnstitf df Dfcxter's best jest to a hslf ̂ OI^Qd Whlit W((s' the matter. If yortl̂ a standin' thej-e havin' one another fa3ter*n you oonT. and the cold sw t̂ runnin? in my boots, yp '̂d a ̂ happy I was, sir, wheil j seed somethin' black riz up oat, that river and shuqk hisself. I jest up and holler ̂ to Susan Ann not to be, c»rryi»' on like a moonjaek and makin.'* dntned lool heraelf; bat I had jeat as> welln hollered at a loggerhead turJtle. tog Baaan Ann and every nigger on that Ullhad litout for the canebraak, air. So I jest stobd there lonesome by myself'and I jest poured it into them b'ars tig îi 'md left when they topped that levee and shuck themsetves, twell broad daylight, sir. It looked like the whole world was fall of b'ars, sfr.' I Jfest ^bttd in my tracks and I killed thirty-eight of 'em, sir-- the biggest m the drove, and when I stopped sbootin' there wasn't a livin' soul on th»t plantotimi 'cept me and {fei® d .̂ ̂>'ar8; nig?er̂ 8iI-uttle.and big ̂an^L Siuan Ann to boot, was clean gone, AV» I got some nigger dogs and I ketohed the old ooman rdown ob 4foe'a &tryei%the next d.ay, btit some of them niggers never W.git back, sir, never did. ies» yes, Vars will travel when you m*ke.&hot Jpr 'em.n~-Fore«iand Stream. , i >i partkmlittly ttfe hotted prodhet o!f the cersiO, >m ootfr'atareh, crfeokers, oookiea, r snape^ 'eto., • made • ftoot wlute r. there mwith iafspts, ppr^ov to the »when they have a hu^e proportion all their teeth, a normal dyspepsia, ery particle of such food tehds to provoke disorder of Ute digestive organs. • flteneeocouitipation, colic, con- vulsioos, "teething Bidcness," etc. But these ailments pwvail even when the children are nourished by their mother. This is due in put to the nn natural diet of the mother, but also, in gfeat measure, to eaiMseivo and over frequent _ " Teething"--This word covers amul* titnde of stos.. €an it be supposed, by even the nuMlt ignorant, that getting the teeth shoilld be a painful and dan- .̂.prooess? Says Dr. Dawson: there vis ever on absurd fallacy fastened upon Ihe popular mind, it is»in my-dpmidnfjtW* bugbear of ' teething siokges»' I h»vo never seen such a ouse WpeW. [%r V»W8°n» Jfaown, is, or was for along time, physician to the,. New €hddiren,Ke ̂ tttyeeiBfareteatftMi sliould nsary for !3iCk J, and it is bey&d why the Creator ng of man ical process th! The gift' of enjoying life * should be ranked an^ngthe most desirable of talents. Wl̂ en our fprefathers solemnly into their Declaration of Independence thf» #sser)tion that men wero entitled to iife, liberty, and the pursuit of happinsas, tibsegr gave official recognition aad<wnphasia tothe impovt- anoe of happiness#a an eismealjof na­ tional life. As a rule we ignore it indi­ vidually. ' We are apt̂ «o<oeti8ider hap­ piness from the Oarlytem standpoint as aomething that"man- can do 'Without." We are apt to have an ttndeflnod feel­ ing that we are not doing ottr Whole duty if we arte happy; thatWis a spe­ cies of dawtantisnf&r fflle anff^hildSAh _ , Felice. This; is our puritan inheritance,^ j»nd one" r|t91^Sng£is perceptibly with ns. " Mdfirot, in his "Bnt , le Cowedî '̂ look around you, and yon will see that people of nera-iailing neither great faults noi gayety have nor merits; that as a rule people who lay themselves out to be agreeable are frivolous people, with­ out any sound principle, and thai those who, like certain persons who mix in our society, have no character, excel in playing all." In this the French critic expresses a very universal sentiment and one that is apt to be accepted sdri$ analysis. But it is not true that hap­ piness is really our n0tnal condition, and that any failure to realize it should suggest to us a violation of laws and warn us to seek the remedy and restor­ ation? Of course,'if haj^iness is ad­ judged to be entirely <fepeh<lpnt cm things, and to require at least f10,000 a year for its support, it is a practically unattainable to most of us. Bnt if we relegate it to its trae place as a spirit^ ual condition, we bold the keys that unlock for us the gates of destiny, lappinesj is m qftl ^d intellectual amfry, as health is physical sanity, and the pursuit of h^piness," which is secured to ns as a ooustitutkmal right, is a very landpbtetind feasible occupa­ tion. »ino-tea|hs of otir anxiety, onr worry, our fanned trials, is wholly useless. Koji that it is entirely with basli but its realities consist of towSsteo î It Is wiser twhsthat varbs and roots, twenty gallons o' root beer, four dozen bottles of ague cure that never yet cured anybody, and four acres of land with the stones so close together on't that even the sheep .can't get their noses down to lirowse. 'Taint much of a fortfai', according to my way o' thinking!" "But she meant kindly toward me, poor thing!" said Lill, s<mly; "and'all because I gave her a--dime r 1 The next afternoon, however, Uncle Pennfield came back from town with a . eor una to look rather that 1 . hope, and ̂̂ forward *#ana. the "Mr. Pen- Well, beaming face. "hook here, Lill," said he. "Yon've got tibe for tin' after alL What d'ye think? Old Witdi Merrydeer had $800 in the savings bank, and it's yonxs. I declare I never would have Relieved there was that much money to be made ontof roots and yarhs!" •Bight hundred dollars r cried Delia, sp*frg»W>? her trtie ess, and is m itself the life of permanent blessed snoeess. "The kingdom of heaven is within you,m-*>Bo»ion Tram- etter. . .. •" : ' The Stan on Our Flag. ' tt"is to s woman that the United States is indebted for having a star with live pointn on their national flag. Her name was BtStHTfltoss, and she was «a npholsterer by tr*4*i OTiie oommittee of Congress authorised to design a flag dime to her to perform the work, a&S 'she sugg^fted that five-pointed stir would their purpose than the sixrpointed. She was oteated flagmsfcer to ̂ f'ov «mment, sod her bwinevi14e»9en4stl to her children, but was at last relin- bj her daughter, who joined of Smikds, and did hot wish to have her handiwork «ae&rii» r. DaWsioai attributes the gasto-in- tsstinsil disoftSers to excessive alimen- exeept where the misohiaf is augmented by the use of starchy food prior to the appearance of quite a large number of teelh. The quantity of muk which these ^bnng infahts are permit- ' ted to swallow is simply enormous, when we oottlA to have an adequate Mea of their needS ' 4haWg, their caplicity for digestion^fnd assimilation. They can digest îhey need; they swallow double, often treble, the amount need­ ed. It is bonunon enough for an infant at the age of ibree or four months to swallow a quact of cow's milk. The on ly bobe, tb*$ in many v ears ol observ­ ation, I have ever known to pass an en­ tire year without an hour's physical in- convenienoe--tnot a restless night, not a cry of pain--was fed but three times a day from the age of two months. -Bis food was oowYamk, with "aiew hour's cream removed ̂wWi no water or sugar added. M thaage of one year, this in­ fant, a stout, strapping boy, was taking three ordumjry coffee oupfuls of mjlk! Up to the ftg« of Wo months this l̂ be was a terror td 'the household. Bis bowels were either "loose" or "closed," he suffered with colic, was constantly "spitting up," etc., and was a very un- happy little fellow. After adopting the three-nteal system he became easy, and up fb this time (he is now sixteen months old) he has enjoyed perfect ease. _ His teeth are "cat" without his" knowing it--coming along as naturally as his hair or toe; nails. My own infant, now ne*r ten months old, is nursed three times a day only--morning, noon and night --and enjoys perfect health, and is a comfort twenty-four hours in' every day to herself and all about her. Dr. Dawson, before" quoted, agrees with m?. fully as to, the cure diarrheal , troubl^B as well as their cause. When­ ever there is disturbance of the stom­ ach or bowels indicating indigestion, as spitting up, hiccough, colic, diarrhea, feverishness, etc., the diet should be lessened and the intervals prolonged. No,diarrhea would withstand a fast of twenty-four hours if token at the very outset. Few, indeed, at any stage pribr to collapse, but wotild yield to this sys­ tem of treatment, viz: No food while the diarrhea lasted save fresh water in response to thirst. Water should be offered in small quantities frequently. This principle of treatment has recently been indorsed by the Paris Medical School. I have never known it to fail, if there was left vitality enough to make recovery possible. As soon as conva­ lescence is established, then the infre­ quent, moderate meals are to be re­ sumed.--Dr. C. E. Page, intfeuo York Times. ' Hew Ihe Farm Help Were lire! Out. The help we get nowadays don't amount to shucks. Time was when the help you hired in haying timS could do decent day's work, but this yeSr they're wurs'n ever." Old Fanner Smith was getting in hay at his farm in a suburban town, and had two or three men at work with him. The bid faiitti continued: "Tell you what it is: eld as I am - I can pack more hay on a wagin than atoy two men of the present day can fork up. " "Supposeytm- try it, old man," sug­ gested one of t̂he men, at the same time tipping the whik to his mate on the opposite side to "sock it" to the old man. The did fellow needed no second in-' vitation. With a bound he mounted hi?4, ed and K>«Wy yefsp strong] .e would stand at the, ffMe ana clap her little han^S £oi gle ̂when ner father came to dinner, ana when he woukltake her on his shouldeir^ ̂ ahp would ahout land call to every one to look how high she was. Ono day a large, shaggy dog came into the ana when she tan to him and h flower to his Ibbse, he growl turned away. She was terribly fright­ ened, and tbe black nurse, who Stood near, was not slow in making a mental note of the impression the dog had made. Several nights afterward, when bed time came, the child was unusually wakeful. "Yer'd better come heah an' git indi* bed," the nurse commanded. "I don't wknt to." " ' " 4 "All rightj den. I'se gwine out an' call dat ole dog What growled at yer. When he; comes an' fin's yer outen de bed, he'll bite yer head off." The little girl grew deathly pale. "Nuthin' would htiit dat dog beitoir den tergit a chance at ver. Tether Hijght he botch a little girl across de road an'eat her all up." T)|e child screamed., •, . • "Come* on bejre den, an' I won't Jet him ketch yer." « - i , The poor little thing obeyed. Her father and mother were at an entertain­ ment and there was no appeal from the negro woman's decision. When morn­ ing epme the little girl did not awake with her glad "good mornin' papa an' She had tossed all night and a hot fever had settled upon her. She grew rapidly worse, and the next day the physician declared"that there was no hope for her. Shr» became delirious, mid struggling would ex­ claim : "Dog shan't have mamma's little girl?* It- was a sorrowing cirole that sur­ rounded her death,bed. The parents were plunged into a grief which none but the hearts of fathers and mothers can feel. * Her last moments were a series of straggles. How hard the beautiful can die. She wildly threw up her little bands Mid shrieked: , "Goavray, d<tgl" . , % , A gentle hand wiped the death froth from ner lips. Agiun she struggled and shrieked: "Dog shan't have--" but she died ere the sentencewas finished.--Arkansaw Traveler. > By Their Names They Are Knolm. A oertain young Hebrew tm man, with an elderly companion," a special ticket of a scalper, and got aboard the train. When the. conductor oame around he took up Isaac's ticket and looked at the name, and then at Isaac, shook his head and said:,/ , "What's your hame?" ̂ilr f "Let fete see my ticket." ' ,s n "Can't you tell your name without seeing, tie ticket,? This won't do. You'll have to get off at the next sta­ tion or pay your fare." This agitated Isaac profoundly, and he turned to hfis companion and said : "Moses, Tve forgot my name that was on the tieket. Can you tell me what it is?" , "Vill you let me see ̂ ot ticket, Mr. Doondogtter?" inquired Moses. The ixraductor showed it to him. "Mein Oot, Izaak, vot name is dees? Pat­ rick Moriarity! No vonder you dond recomember dot name! Dond you nefer get some more teekets of dem schoolpers mit dot name on. Dey vill all de times gif you ayay.--The Drumr mer. :• • The Hotel Porter. The hotel porter is a cross between a good subject for morality and a typo­ graphical error. He is always on hand when not wanted and on your generos­ ity when you do want him. He is wise beyond his years in unnecessary wis­ dom. He hears a ring for a fire to be built in number 3,672, and he starts off with a pitcher of ice water that spills, freely as he jerks it along. Arrived at 3,671 he kicks on the door and is told that the occupant Ordered nothing. "Oh, then its 72 that I was huntin," and he passes along with fiendisk de­ light to '72 where "he opens the door without knocking and catches the in­ mate toying to warm up with the gas. "I want a fire," shouts the guest. "Oh, I thought you wanted ice water tbe way you rang," and then he leisurely seeks the fireman and tells hiin that a fire is wanted in '72 and he hurries away to a seat andis soon resting Ins tired bones at the rate of sixty miles an hour.-- Chicago Cheek. : ̂ A Free Railroad. ' Then is a free railroad in Oaltland, raveling lutwAliI the cftrt, and was stowing away hay at a tremendous rate. Up came forkful after forkful, first on one Side and then upon the other. The "help" was put- tmgim its best licks and the old man was kept squirming around in lively ityle, mwh to the amusement of all lands. The "help" was rapidly getting tired; it would never do to give up ana allow "the old man to oome off victorious. Something must be done at once. "When I pat up a heavy forkful on this side, give him all you can lift from the other end, and knock him out," said ene of the men to the other in an undertone. Ths-jplsu wtfrk^d well. One of the men lilted anei&aordinary big forkful, just fftfctanjgf Wfeite the edge of the load, and, whQe tho old man was lean- £ 'ovoreni fellow on &b ofbftr "side threw all he eoujd lift upon fee baok of the old umpany way directly through it, and the prin­ cipal street afforded the best route; but the people were relnotsnt to have the thronghfare spoiled, and only consent­ ed with the proviso that no fares should be collected for rides within the corpor­ ate limits. There are several stationson this peculiar section of the line, and the residents use the trains freely. Bovoton, Mecklenburg oounty, YF., bas a oolored woman, now in her 100th year, jpho has never taken a dose of medicine of any kind in all her life. She is hale and hearty, and seems like ly to live quite a number of years longer. . ttriualaiiertft). priroipaUy where the two o«n*«ttto of countries are. mctte sSteeel to them than others. Th ĵr have 1 bly awe tesquMUfy mvsgs« theSenth of France than any ojther ragfpn. The hall-storm which visited France in July, 1788, did more dam­ age than any other on 'teeord. storm traversed the entire length of France in two Parallel lincs Mtoen miles apart. One line was about 800 unites m length and the other 600 and the meam breadth of ea«h was About nine miles, thus devastating and totally destroying the crops on 10,000 square There are on record accounts of va­ rious marvellous hail-storms and hail­ stones. The abbe Maurey in a paper read before the Boyal Society of Oer- m»ny gives an aewunt of hail failteg ui a certain storm from half an infch in alMWiterJo'tho vreight ofoight pounds, and one hail,-stone was found weighing fourteen pounds, and another fqreedits way through the roof of shf sheeting. And Mayne, in his and statistical notes of India; says that in Myrose during the reign of Tqipoo Bnltaii there are well, authenticated of hail stones pt the size of an it. ^JSkBoWtWikm t of ue devastation of a storm at Marmorioe bay, in Asia Minor, where it hastled oontinuouibly for two davs and nights, haii-stcmes falling as ltirgs as walnutf,--Iowa State Register. firudllan Slaves. Among the classes of slaves in Brazil the lives Of some are so different from those of others that the oaae of one class cannot be token to represent the stote of th,e whole. The highest class are the maids, pages or valets, whose sole work is to attend on the lhaster or mistress to whom they have been dedi­ cated at birth, tbe custom in many planters* frunilies being to give to each of their children th# soundest and best-' looking slave child nearest in age aa4 of the same sex. ' These little slave maids or valets have to do all tiie labor and bidding of all sorts of their young owners, acting as shadows when so re­ quired, and as substances when occa­ sion demands. These children--the one free, the other bond--grow up to­ gether, often weaving eords of love and affection, so that whatever may be the lot of the other slaves these remain with their first owners, and sre never sent away to work in the plantations or else­ where, except in ease of very bad be­ havior. The -next in favor art the arti­ sans, the bricklayers, carpenters and smiths, who am often hired out, and who are well treated in consideration of the gre^t revenues they bring to their owners ; in Act, many a hired slave of this claSs earns for his master from 5 to 10 shillings s-day. Then dome the house slaves, the coachmen, the eooks and the washerwomen; following these are the town slaves, who are hired out to work at any labor, the owner receiv­ ing so much per head per day. Last of all cbme the plantation slaves, who often in appearance look little human, and seem very Calibans in many, many cases. These sad ones are they who earn all the wealth of the land; these are they who rise before the sun, and, after asking in forced formality the blessing of Christ from their master or overseer, are led off in herds to toil till dark, their food being taken to them in carts, and doled out as to a herd of creatures more swine-like than human; these are they who do all the hard work of the plantation, the life-sapping toil, leaving thai which is easy to the col­ onist or free laborer. No one who has only seen the city slaves can form an idea of a herd of slaves being filed off to their work, nor oan tell the sensa­ tion of meeting a half-hundred human beings homeward turning after a hard day in the sun, each carrying wood to serve for tbe food-cooking, each on meeting you folding his hands and ab­ jectly begging your blessing in Christ's name. On they come, one straggling behind the,other, the young and stm strong in front, the old and feeble and the women, with their little ones bound to their waists toiling far behind.-- London Times. , »<l . Knowledge* No Alexapder has been fonts? to con­ quer all knowledge and weep for more worlds to conquer. When we use our knowledge in try­ ing to do things, we find 'lhat fckil! in doing comes little by little, And that the best knowledge cannot bring us the skill wbich will oome only through our trying to do. Step by step, through the weary ckys and years, we are coming into thit ripe­ ness of knowledge, which, aftaf all, is only the gateway to something bettor that lies beyond. , We have got to work a thing out as well as know how it ought to pome out, before we can bring it out in its perfec­ tion.---jKev. C. X. Guild." In vtew of a proposal to exfend ihe ~ ' of troes in Ireland as a means Choose atways the way that the bes% however rough it may be. Custom will render it easy and agree*? ble,*- Pythagoras, --' - planting of troes in Irelsn4 ss a means of impWvini; the oondltion of that country,, a BarliaiMnUiy retwmmoved for by Mr. Morum of the number of timber trees registered in ihe sister isle has been issued, It is furniAsd liy the Gierke! the Peace of Ihe al cotmtieet snd it ehows thetotdnnm be Cor er. iike tfee xesfc of ua world--albeit the ̂ salary «| .... .. we've been told, is a few hundyqt,' lars more than that of a newspaper re­ porter. ' - m ,1. . T w Wjisklra f >4* 3 The weathercook is a vane thing. ; ,r: A waitkr resembles a raoe-honw ̂ when he runs for steaks. pleasure resorts is a The only poverty that ip observable about the great pfei poverty of brainSi Whxx a young man taclie to do just as he wants it, it may be termed broke-down. BLBSSEO are the dining-room girls, according to the Bibfo; for verily they are the piece-makers. Full many an hour of sad reflection is spent in regretting the number of schooners that have gone down amid Ihe storms that sweep acrpss the bar. "Two peihts witii bufc a single thoughts two tramps that beat jqpe," said a compositor, as he and his partner marched valiantly up to the bar. ' Woman nev4r'had her rights. When a woman stands in front of a mirror for ten minutes she is called vain, but a man can stand there half a day when shaving himself, and the reef of the family imagines that he is telling th* truth when he is cussing at the v&or. "A raw moments sometimes nuta * man change," yells the Boston Post. "A man with blue eyes was seen going into a beer saloon yesterday, and when he came out he had black eyes." We have often heard of a man havingid^ck ind bine at the /same tune. J < ;;/• i « 'V/, fS'!. [Chicago ChetK.) nEFSESsuta featare- i*. j A nose. , ... , . Wai8XT has a "rising tendency" when a man drinks too much. Uxdkb the title of "Thoughts on the Sea," a poet has unburd|iMid himself.. One's thonghts on the ses are often ci a very retched chsraoier. A pebson loses one pound dnring a says an exchange. This night's must be appli English to Ameriomis. The chronicle secounts of Sersons losing hundreds of pounds uring a night s sleep. Tickle away, you fly; pestiferous carniverous, you totalizing fly. The frost ind the winters coming imd youll soon lie down and die. JUmp m the glucose,drink the milk,contaminate the tea. You'll soon leave this festive earth* a fly angel to be. ' Kino Omom, once husband of 70B African damsels, is dead. It tbe grief of each widow equaled the display made by American women at the fonerfcb oi their husbands, the mourners must $1$ r . ' \ ' rUft W«-y have followed, jibe king to plsce in boats. , Honesty Winning a Fertî M. _ Not long ago a rich, man died ̂ Brussels, leaving nearly all his fortune to a young woman who was entirely unacquainted with_him. This is how it came to pass: He was a very eccen­ tric man, and set out like Diogenes in search of an honest man. His tub was an omnibus, and his lantern a small coin. In the omnibus he used to take his seat every day near the conductor, and always showed himself veiy oblig­ ing in passing uj) the money of passen* gers and returning the change, but to the latter he always managed to add i franc or half-franc. Then he would watch those to whom it came. They would count it carefully, notice the extra coin, and invariably slip it into their pockets. No one had any thought of the poor conductor, whose meager salary of 3 francs a day could ill sup­ port such a loss. But at' la&t a young woman passed hers badt with, "Con* ductor you have given me half a franc too much." Diogenes, delighted, fol­ lowed her home made inquiriet as the answers were sstisftactory, his wilt in her favor, though be never gave her warning that ur half-franc was going to bring her h^f a nullioĵ . Amsriean lanflwrWng. - Statistics are needed of the Amer£ oan handwriting* befops any tion j| attnmptod about it. are in thê way of s it from all ! pearls of deegymsn, . doctors, no the _ iy, unformed, thai; like tfay hate _«awt itflacks only a fanoy, or is the writing'a si|m of superficiality and carelessness ex- Mrgeration? There hi variety ewMgh. We certainly have not ̂ ie rmHstmifef that in Qwaaa or Freoî i writing enables uŝ to toll Us nationality at a adaoe. Are w» mistaken in saying thai im i£n î»Mk fluiinrillir niaaBi; O"'" Bu"* mM J - .i Of Is »luud ot̂ BNN aess? We steaed the Dedaration, very well on the Airhole, but we have lurdly as a .people lived up fo it.--Chmrles Won Dmdky Mtueper** Ufkgar The remains of Oeorge Whitefield, the em nMt divine, lie buried beneath the l ulpit ti the old Presbyteriaa Ohnrcli at HewburypM, Ifass. lap ii asid that tt/Aon seidominTadm I pjpe fowlb