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ealrt I. VAN SUKC. Etfltor MM **• ILLINOia i * 'iluc 1MCHKT MIKBKV snHttrr. BT W1XI. CARI.TOK. I i: te" !r\ © • s?- Vi •^b, yr®, I'm fixed tos solid, sir, as most of folks y<n» IM"»T At ItHt the coyote, Poverty, hu onwd to niO > at me; That mine MI worth a million down--that is, it i w to-dan; -What it mlffht cost to-moxror, though, I couldn't exacily say. • A boy ta old Connect lent--this droim I used to . hold; : what it the cellar of oar house should sprins aleak vr.ih gold. - .And I trom th"re t any time a shining lump .%;> co. Id lirmg?-- / IV got a • clar in this rook that's Just that sort- iS, o'thing. Ite'fTlwsuminy f-vther slaved himself for twenty ywrs to pay - 'r j>1 xve taken ont of that thereTiole in less thatf * ha f a dav; g§pjSe> "It I conld lead him up yon path, I'd make him fiiiile, a least; '•>%, 3Bnt his old labo -hardened hands are moulder- ins in the East. •-g J >, I'd pack my mother up this hill, and open to ' ) \ " " her view is » &non*rh to giyu a benefit to all the poor she knew; T ; jTd pan a heap o'happin >ss ontof her dear old lac-; v 3Btit mother's struck a lead of cold In quite a !•'" dill re; it p ace. 4 Mygirl? We'l, maybe this is soft; but since V ; h e q u e s t i o n ' s p u t , * <1 Wouldn't tell it to ahvone except a " tender - r" foot.") " . J.,» IVTe used to climb those Eastern hills (she was a charming Trftoh), H .• %** proR.^-ct on what we could do when I had struck it rich." r."* '" But her o!d father hadnt the heart let us 1 * \ marry pour, ' . So I eli >»fc of Yankee dust, and took a Western tour. <> • My trip i lasted nev ral years. The old man X'% sxi' vo i, no dou t, >*vu' J swore 1 n ver wuuld come back till I could buy him out. ^5viv-3roin don't known what it is to hunt and dig W.;5- '2 from day to ..ay. To strike a vein-thafc almost shows, then dodges rw* . . clear away, f:', . Ton do? Well, yes; but harp you starred, and , • lie^u c, and almost dioilv £V> "With tiea«nr« 8 that you couldn't find heaped up IA every S.dj? & And then her letters wandered, Ifltfe; then >ltA v * ta-.-erod to an end; m, , X wonder< d on it for a while, then wrote a >' school-boyfriend; And j« - as 1 had s ruck this mine, and my old /' heart b at hieh, ; * tThe.c came a le.ter up the gulch--it was my .? ' ' • friend's reply. "V"' \ <i • '"She's been a-w nderlns in her mind; the other a i tern'>on •:.> **»' fihe wen. wii. in tin asylnm walla, aa crazy as pf..V>*; * loon." & < - * * * * • • > A rush across the barren plains, a snailish rail- ' v'C-'. ro dride. I was in the asylum, too, a-knceling at her side. X thousht she knew mo, Just at first; but soon t-hc shrank awa JUid never lookeaat me again, whatever I might pay. She wa.id rs round, or crouches in a western t window n che. ' And say "M . love will come to me when he has f 'stra k it rich.'" ,JKo word or look for mx Oh, but the Eastern p •;* h.lls wereo Id! r .And something always seemed to say, "Go b ck l'.. . , and Jove yourgoidl" i. And I c. nie i>ack; and in this hut my purpose / , is to stay-- miser witu his treasure bright already stowed away. •" Vl'm preside t, c-shier, and board of quite a , t- WL-ai hy bank, 4jJ"~\"With none < xcept myself to please--and no one else- to thank;' , Bot nothing makes my hea.t beat fast--and I am growing old, >'MWith n « a ti.inx to love or leave except this pile of g^ild. • ilBot I have learned a thing or two; I know, as sa:e a-" fa.e, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too tate; And that l'.n poorer n w than through those happy day» un which jl ownid heart, and did no< know that X had struct rich. .W TM MUCH TO When I was a young pan, I entered :*the manufacturing house of Beli & Co. ! jaa a clerk. 'x he position which I held, that of 'chief salesman, gave me a knowledge of the wants of customers, and nect'8- ,«ar.lj brought mo in daily contact with . ihe master mechanic of the concern. gentleman was a man of consid- -lerable ability, and much goodness of .heart We became intimate--socially, And fast friend*. He was married. His f X' "e.'ii' j?'1'® v, asi to all appearances, an estima- ? . ;4v --loving and unselfish. ^ waS a frequent visitor at their 1'ff {l°s^^iouse, tb» lr society beiug particularly /^pleasurable to me; and I had reason * to believe my presence equally agre a- , ."4*' *• i;^le to them. I often thought that, if I N ' had a wife to grace my home like the * * <)ae possessed by John Rivers, I should » j It/ Jbe contented and happy. > ^tel awhile a visitor arrived at the ' Hi vers' mansion--a sister of the wife, i- ^ ^ This s.ster was younger, fairer, and onore beauti ul in every respect than ; the other. I, as might be expected, : 4ook a great fancy to the new-comer. «:An attachment sprang up between us •4"which ripened into love; a very ardent v*. , love, on my part, at least I then , 4 thought women were little less than ^ Angels, and she the fairest and purest them all. In time I declared my passidb, and my sweetheart gladdened my heart by . the acknowledgment of feelings similar my own- ^ e became engaged. J need not tell you of the blissfulness t <•* of those rlays. The charm of life seemed rV"' , , to have just be^un. In the meantime, John grew discon y-«.v f: w?. tented with his position at the factory. I His income was large for a salaried man, but its coming was so regular, and the amount so unvarying, that there was a monotony about it which did not harmonize with his ambitious ideas. He threw up his position, and st irted a factory of his own. His notions of business were those of a child; his training had not been in the proper direction for success. He failed disastrously. His wife, in­ stead of extending the sympathy which a mau, under sueh circumstances, .. craves, charged him with imbecility. Her- reproaches were so constant that the poor man became distracted, The ? loss of his wife's love and respect, added • to the destruction of his financial hopes, made him succumb entirely. He died, leaving his wife nearly penniless. The bereaved ones took their loss qflite philosophically--evinced but lit­ tle grief, I thought. 1 offered them all the consolation in power--showed a becoming interest i in the widow's plans of the future-- made various suggestions in regard to positions which were respec'able, the duties light, and the pay good--all of which advice was kindly received, but not acted on. Though Mrs. Rivers, after her hus­ band's misfortunes, had exhibited traits of character which would render her, during seasons of disaster, anvthing but a congenial companion, I should, if I had beea pecuuiari y able, urged* a speedy marriage of myself and beloved, and > ifered a home free from care to tiie widow of my deceased friend; but th« claims of my widowed mother and young sister could not "be ignored, and tliose elsiima thousfh moderate enough, vere ---------- --tpe#* in a state of depletion quite incompftK ible with the r» or man. nt maintenance •! straugers. 11/ resources were too l mitedto entertain RUCII a thought for a moment. Not so, however, with the ladies, That as yet unproposed arrangement was the one of all others uppermost in their minds; though, 1 opine, ihey had no great faith in its accomplishment, else the change in their manner towards me would not have l>een so marked. • I con tin ned my attentions, of course, to my ladylove; but noticed a lack of cordiality on hi*r part"; the heretofore freely given smiles were withheld; and when 1 put the question to her, "How soon shall the happy day be ?' she re­ plied, '"The day of our marriage may be hastened or permanently removed according to yottr decision in r gard to a request which I have to make." 1 asked her to name the request, though 1 confess 1 was not without a surmise as to the nature of it Said she: "It relates to my sister. Her welfare is a consideration of more importance to me just now, lhan a matrimonial al iance with anyone; that is, unless such alliance should' con­ tribute as much to her comfort as my own. What I wi-h to ask is, whether you are willing, in the event of our marriage, to undertake my sister's sup­ port, and to give her a home--a perma­ nent home--under your own roof?*' This request, as sho termed it, I felt in no position to grant. The want of delicacy displayed made me forget that solicitude for one's kindred is an ad­ mirable thin?, even though allowed to outrun one's discretion; and the bar- pain-like way in which the matter was broached seemed to rob the subject of our union of all the tenderness with which I, i I my own mind, had sur­ rounded it. 1 tried to explain to her that I was not a rich man, but expected to do for her relative whatever my ability would permit; and reminded her that if she loved and trusted me, she might safely leave the matter to mv honor. But that did not satisfy her. Count- int* too much upon the extent of my affection, and not * realizing the effect of persistency on some natures, she pressed me to bind myself by a sacred promise, or relinquis i any claim which I might fancy I had to her hand. The conflict of emotions (love and pride) made me hesitate for a momeut ere 1 was ready to reply. When about to speak, she seemed to divine my an­ swer, and, anticipating it, raised her hand and said, coolly: "I know what you would say; please consider our en­ gagement is at an end." Alter a few words of entreaty and re­ proach on mv part, and the farewell injunction, "Go, and never show your face again!" irotn my amiable friend, I retired from her presence. For three weeks following this dis­ tressing interview, I was the most wretched man in the country. The al­ ternate feelings of wrath and forgive­ ness, of love and eliagric, to say noth­ ing of the rude awaking which I had experienced from my blissful dreams, so wore upon me that 1 could neither eat nor sleep, and became reduced to a mere shadow of my former self. What the end might have been to me dread to think, had not a few lines from her own pen reached me, express­ ing regret for what had been said-- avowing a love which could not endure endless separation, and iutiinating that a sister's importunity was the cause of the whole unpleasantness. That letter calmed the "troubled waters" of my soul considerably. My appetite improved* I began to assume again the appearance of a human being. But I was in no hurry to reply. My love had received sueh a wither­ ing that it was in no condition to bloom again right away; and my views as to the nature and motives of women had undergone somewhat of a change. 'An­ gelica' and 'Sinceritas' were names which had been iejilaced in my mind by others less flattering, but perhaps more appropriate. Indecision, common to young people suffering from heartache, led me t > de­ lay so long any recognition of her com­ munication, that the lady evidently thought I needed another stirring up, and one, too, of a different character. I received, through h^r lawyer, notice of a suit brought against me for breach of promise, and pecuniary damages for injured feelings, &c. Strange to what expedients women will resort to further their ends! J would willingly have paid the dam­ ages, although I had but little f^ith in the existence of injuries; but public scandal was a thing I dreaded to face; and a legal contest with a woman--a woman whom I once had dearly loved, and for whom, perhaps, 1 still felt a weakness--was highly distasteful to n^e. But I had a character to sustain, so concluded to appear as defendant in the case. The trial, like the lady herself, was a mixture of bitter and sweet The hand of the widow, as prime mover in the proceedings, was plainly revealed. The sympathies of the jury were largely with the fair plaintiff (beauty and tears have their influence), but the evidence was entirely against her, and she lost the suit Subsequent to the trial, I offered, through my attorney, to pay such part of the damages claimed as I was then able--promising to iquidate the whole in time. 1 did not like the attitude in which I- was unwillingly placed, that of an enemy to the cherished ones of my departed friend, and made this offer to change it, as well as to show to the ladies that thoir welfare was a matter iu which I had not ceased to take an interest. And I had, too, an undefin- able heart-longing for the happy days of the past--yearning for her who once had received my caresses and a sincere wish to attain her esteem. My offer was refused with disdaid, (the freak of a woman, or, perhaps, the AG1 m axe sufficiently great to keep my purse I wore i TR ~ 'tetn.i. nAt. it„,.18. disregard, for once, of the prayers of sister,) and a verbal message sent to me to the effect that it was her earnest hope that I should know nothiug but misery for the remainder of my life. After the lapse of several years, I was summoned to the death-bed of my not- forgotten friend. I found her conscious, but hardly al>le to articulate. She im­ plored forgiveness, and managed to inform me that her love had always been mine--her heart had been right, though her judgment wrong. The sudden revealing of the better side of her nature so overwhelmed me with love and grief for her--the onlv woman who had ever entered my heart --her helpless cahdition so excited my pity, that 1 would have made any sacri­ fice to prolong her life. She d;ed in my arms. When I go hence I shall look for lior. I hope she may be found in that place from whence I, when I first met her, felt assured she came. IT IS believe that four comets have roamed through space since the records began. Most of them invisible without a teloscojpe. HUaraunuun tn. It is by statistic* it has bn proved that raspberrie* pay better tbu strawberries This is a point well woHh the consideration of our small fruit­ growers. The "Franconia" is thought to be the best raspberry. AKIMAL FOOD FOR CHICKS.--The Gor- mantown Telegraph insists upon the necesity for feeding animal food to young chickens, saying this is the prin­ cipal food the old hen secures for her brood. The meat soraps make them lay, and the variety helps make them healthy. FARM BUILDINGS.--Convenience of farm buildings is an important aid to good farming, especially where much stock is kept and there are ma»y chores. Water should always be pro­ vided in the barn yard, the feeding boxes should be near where the feed is kept, and the buildings should not be very far removed from the house. If this results in more neatness about barns and barnyards than has been thought necessary, it will be another important advantage gained. SALTING THEM DOWN.--A farmer who has been highly successful in choking out C.ma la thistles gives the Michigan Farmer the fruits of his experience as follows: "I keep on an average about 200 sheep, and whenever I discover a patch of the thistles I manage to salt the sheep there, putting a small hand­ ful of sa t in each thistle, at the root Besides the action of the salt, which tends to destroy them, the thistles are eaten by the sheep close to the ground, and after one or two saltings, the grass among the thistles, as well as every­ thing else that hides them from view, has been eaten off so that each thistle is easy to be seen and to receive its handful of salt. After this treatment it is seldom that any thistles are seen the second year." WIKE FENCES.-- We have quit using all wire fencos. To make a fenco "pig tight and horse high," all of wire re- qu pes posts not more than eight feet api^t and eight strands of wire. This is too expensive. Such a fence costs us hear $135 per mile, or at the rate of per rod. We are now building a combination fenco altogether -- two boards below and three strands of wire above. We put the post sixteen feet apart, with short posts between to which to nail the boards. Old posts which have rotted off in the ground are used for the short posts. We set the posts at least two feet deep, and then plow on either side, throwing the earth toward the posts, till w e have a ridge and two ditches. Then we put on the boards and wires. Such a fonce costs us §300 per mile. This includes all materials, hauling and building. We used the best galvanized wire, -with barbs three inches apart. This wire is heavier than ordinarily used, a strand a mile long weighing from 360 to 375 pounds. With a little pracfice, the wire can be stretched and stapled very rapidly. The end posts must we well braced, or the wire will draw them out of plumb.--Correspondence Country Gentleman. SEED POTATOES.--How to cut pota­ toes for planting has been a subject of continual interest for discussion in the farmers' olubs and the meetings of the agricultural associations, and the sub­ ject also of no little experiment; but unfortunately in this connection as well as others there is no definite record of all the conditions prevailing at the time of the experiments, or of the quan­ titative results secured. The subject is an important one, and has within the last year or two been made a matter of experiment. Ip Germany, Lydecker has directed his attention especially to the value of the eyes on different parts of the tuber, and the depth of planting upon the quantity of the crop. He finds that the end eyes are more pro­ lific than the side ones; and that a bet­ ter crop is secured by shallow than by leep planting. Woolny experimented with potatoes that were nncut, those cut in the direction of the long diame- eter through the center, and those cut through the short diameter, and his crops showed that uncut potatoes fur­ nish the best seed, while of the parts of cut potatoes the pointed ends were more prolific than the other halves of the tubers. He found also that the pointed ends gave larger tubers than the medium-sii;ed whole potatoes. Ex­ cept to increase the seed, therefore, it is better, in view of the quantity and quality of the crop, to plant whole un­ cut potatoes. On the other hand, For- biscli finds that there is a limit to the weight or size of the potatoes to be used for seed, but lie does not state what this limit may be. Yet he finds that the extension of disease in the crop tends to increase with the in­ creased size of the seed.---Chicago Tribune. DBYINO UP Cows.--Should dairy cows be dried off, or should they be milked up to calving time, if thoy are disposed to yield milk up to that tiriie? To answer this question pat, yes or no, would only betray the ignorance of the speaker on the subject of dairymen's practices and prejudices. We know of 110 subject that needs intelligent airing at the meetings of our Dairymen's As­ sociation this winter as much as this. It is well-kuown to all that no mat'ei how great may be the How of a cow's milk, when she first calves, if she goes dry too soon sho will not prove a profit­ able milker. Indeed, most dairymen would be surprised if they would only test the question &3 to the yearly yield of the two cows that yielded the most and the least at the time of calving. This could be approximated by ke ping the dates of dropping calves and goiug dry of different cows in the herd, with their various yields weighed and re- orded. What we started rut to say was that the strange part of this subject relates to the practices and prejudices of dairy men. In the country we find farmers almost universally drying up their cows with tho fear of hurting them if milked up to calving time. Near the cities, where milk is sold to consumers, 110 aftention whatever is paid to the time a cuw is due to calve. . She is simply milked as long as she will give it, and sold if she goos dry too long be fore calving. Breeders of dairy cattle who handle high-priced cows are in grave doubt o#i the subject of drying off. They all know it is a dangerous practice if not done with care and diligence. If the cow is nep-leoted and forms milk in her udder that is not drawn off, she is sure to sutler fr< m the neglect, while good milkers are almost, certain to give mitk up to the day of calving, with a pretty general opinion that it injures the calf and creates too heavy a drain on the cow. Can our dairy expounders at the Convention lay down a safe rule to pursue in this matter? Let tli^m try it by all means.--American Dairyman. | HOUSElTEEl'ER'b HELPS. ^ ' two taatypoonful* of soda, «th and oinna , itoLASSjBs OAUI.--Two cops of mo- laaftM, two aggiyttne cup of lard, one eop of buttermilk, two teaspoon fula ol •oda, one tablaipoonful of ginger and a little salt SPICK CAKJK. --One cup of sour cream, one cup of sugar, butter size of walnut, one teaspoon fn! of soda, one teaspoon- ful of allspice, one and a half tea- spoonfuls each of cinnamon and cloves, one egg. FRUIT CAKE.--Tiro cups of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of butter, one cup of sour cream, five eggs, one pound of raisins, one pound of currants, spice to taste, two level tenspoonfuls of" soda, flour to make quite stiff. STEAMED CORN BREAD.--One pint of carnell, one pint of corn meal, one half- cup of molasses, one egg, little salt, wet with sour-milk; to every cup of milk, one level teaspoonful of soda. Steam three hours brown in oven. FRUIT JUMBLES.--One pound of su­ gar, one pound of butter, one pound and a quarter of flour, six ojrgs, half a pound of currants, a little soda and nut­ meg. Mix the butter, sugar, spice, and eggs, then the currants, next the soda, and lastly the flour. GINGERBBEAD.--Five pounds of flour, two and ono-quarter pounds of treacle, one and one-half ounces of ginger, ground very fine; one pound of butter, one and one-quArter pound of moist sugar, a very little salt l!oll it, when thprougly mixed, into a thin paste, and cut it into small cakes, bake in a quick oven, and watch, as the cakes are soon baked enough. HEY DROPS.--One cup sour milk or buttermilk, three tablespoonfuls sugar, one of butter if buttermilk is not used, one egg, scant teaspoonful soda, and one of cinnamon; add rye flour suffi­ cient to made a stiff batter. Take it up by the tablespoonful and drop into boil­ ing hot lard, first dipping the spoon into the hot lard to prevent the dough sticking to tho spoon. SPONGE PUDDING.--Three eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, two tablespoonfuls of water, one-half tea- spoonfuls of soda, and one and one-half teaspoonfuls of cream tartar. Beat the eggs thoroughly, mix cream tartar with flour, and dissolve the soda in the cold water, adding it at last Bake in a large roasting-pan; spread the batter thinly and bake ten minutes. When done, spread with currant jelly, roll while warm, and lay in a clean towel in the warming oven till ready to serve. GRAHAM GEMS.--One pint of graham, two teaspoons of baking powder, one tablespoon of shortening, one even spoon of sugar, a little salt. Mix bak­ ing powder with flour, rub the shorten­ ing through it and stir with milk till it is thin enough to drop from a spoon. The paus should be hot and thoroughly greased, and should stand on the stove while they are filled, and a moment longer, uutil the gems begin to rise, then they must be put on the upper grate of the oven. They will bake in fifteen minutes if the oven is hot. CREAM PJE.--Bake a J&rust in a large pie pan; lift it out on a plate; for fill­ ing, take one pint of very rich milk, boil three-fourths of it; with the re­ maining one-fourth stir two tablespoon­ fuls of corn starch; add to the boiling milk, stirring all the time; then add one-half teacup of sugar, then the yolks of two eggs, well beaten and thinned with a little milk. Bemove from the fire; flavor with vanilla and nutmeg, and pour into the crust. Whip the whites; add one-half teacup sugar; frost the pie. and place in the oven to brown slightly. Serve cold. Just in Time* • An eastern man made a trip to the far west and at one point lie waited an hour or two for a delayed train, em­ ploying the interval by walking up and down the platform giving his opinions on western customs. "I tell you what it is," he said to a strapping big fellow in a slouch hat who had just arrived, "you western people want more of the civilization of the east, and you want'more eastern peo­ ple among you." "Tliet's whnt auother duffer from New Yorick said when he landed-h'ar." Well, he was right" We uns didn't somehow think so, stranger." Of course you didn't, and that's what's the matter with you." Tliet's whnt the other filler said." I'd like to see that man and shake his hand once, for the sake of pro­ gress." Yer con* doit, stranger; he's on his way back to the startin' p'int." "You didn't scare him away, did you." Not exactly, stranger; he's in town yit, but he's ready to go when the en- gino pulls out" Where is he? I want to see him and brace him up." All right, stranger, jisi go in the deepo thar, an' ax the boss to let yer see the man in the long wooden oox. Mebbe yer can see him, mebbe yer can't; leastwise tain't goin' to hurt yer to try. If yer can brace him up, it's more'n the doctors could do, after long- legged Jim pulled on him' fur swear in' thot in the s verlized east thar wuz five aces in the deck." The eastern man's train oame along just in time.--Merchant Traveler, Bring on Your Goat! . Mr. Jones has been thinking of form­ ing a lodge and becoming a Free Ma­ son, so he will be able to tell a straight story to Maria when he comes home late at night all tangled up in his mind. So when lie met the Grand Panjan­ drum on the corner of Henry ^nd Clif­ ford streets he began to talk business. "I'm coming down some night," ho said, winking one eyelid rapidly, "to get 'nisliiated." t "Do," said his friend, winking back. "We'll rattle you through the degrees in no time. Goa while you're young, Jones. D'ye hear, old man ?" At that moment a wicked white goat that lodges at McCarthy's stables, and day-boards around on vacant lots, rushed out of the corner yard, knoek- ing ,lones into the middle of the street, and seating the Grand Panjandrum outside of the sidewalk. "Look, here," said Jones, getting up slowly out of the dust, "I call this tak­ ing a mean advantage of a man. I wasn't ready to be 'nishiated, and I don't like that way of doing thi gs! However, I ain't going to be seared off! If anything happens to me tell Maria I di d game. Now bring on veur goat," and Jones rolled up bis sleeves and seated himself for a square fight --Detroit Free Preaa. LARGE beets are the general attrac­ tion in the store windows of Ahe South­ ern States. INTEGRITY is avirtue which sedks and nopflii no nittrwnaT ' JM ^ ••• - - • ' - > -A-.-: < " •' ^ V** ^ "J * Khartoum is the drivf Alty and the •eat of Government of the IgfOn Soodan. Iti* situated on the penin­ sula formed by the junction ot the While Nile and the Blue Nile, and has a population of about 50,000 in times of peace. Emphatically Khartoum is a city of the desert, for a waste of sand encompasses it on all sides as far as the eye can see. Though the desert is healthy enough, the town itself has a bad sanitary roputation; part of it lies ao low that after an inundation pools of water stagnate without any attempt at drainage, until the seeds of fever and pestilenee are sown far and wide. Viewed from a distance Khartoum appears very picturesque, with its shining river, stately government buildings and towering minaret but a closer inspection dispels all the ro­ mance about it and salutes the nose with a multitude of adors. Narrow and dusty lanes wind around between high walls, which are occasionally broken by a door or gateway. The houses are mostly bare huts, one story high, with flat roofs, and they are built of dark Nile mild, or sun-baked bricks. The more substantial buildings are occu­ pied by the government, or the Europ­ ean residents. The palace of the Gov­ ernor General of the Soudan is pleas­ antly situated on the banks of the Blue Nile, and it is an extensive edifice, fac­ ed with stone, and backed by a large garden. Khartoum has also many smaller gardens of date palms, orange and citron trees, pomegranates, grape­ vines and prickly pears; and round about the place may be seen the two methods of irrigation that have from time out of mind prevailed upon the Nile: the shadroof, a pole weighted at one end with stones, and at the other with a bucketful of water, to be raised by manual labor, and the saki- yeli, a huge wheel with water pots on its circumference, turned day and night by oxen, and creaking and groaning so awfully as to make sleep impossible to any one who has not heard it all his life. The inhabitants of Khartoum are Arabs, Egyptians, Turks, Copts, Syr­ ian, Greeks, and Armenians, besides a few Italian, German, and French trad­ ers, European consuls,.officers, and mis­ sionaries. The appearance of the streets are as diversified as in most oriental towns; brown Arab girls show their bare arms and feet, with silver anklets and blue skirt*, while balanc­ ing jars of water cn their heads; un­ turned Bedouins of the desert stalk about in dirty white drapery; the sol­ diers of the Soudan set off their inky skin with a white uniform; gray-bea1 d- ed Turks play chess or backgammon all day long before their do rs; harden­ ed old slave-dealers clothe their wick­ edness in white turban and robes; half naked peasants go to and from market with melons on their heads; and fat negresses wallow in the mud of the Nile, under pretense of bathing, like hippopotami. Rambling bazaats in covered and uncovered streets display for sale an odd mixture of fish, flesh, fowl, vegetables, European, goods and oriental trifles, a subtle scent pervad­ ing the whole. The peoblo of Khar­ toum support a winter temperature of of 80 degrees and a summer tempera­ ture of 100 degrees, and this hot cli­ mate may furnish some excuse for their almost phenomenal laziness. One traveler says their chief occupation seems to be to lie on their backs iu the shade and kill flies, and the children in the schools have not even energy enough to brush away the flies, which may be seen feasting around their eyes in two black rings. The importance of Khartoum is due entirely to its trade, for it is the com mercial center of the vast Soudan, oi Country of the Blacks. All the native products of the heart of Africa: ivory, hides, senna, gum arabic, ebony, ostrich feathers, come here on caravans and are exchar ged for European goods 01 money. From Khartoum they arc transported by boat and caravan to Cairo and Lower Egypt.---Neio York Observer. " , , Shopping in Bombay. I wished on one occasion, to find some smoking-jackets and caps, and my but­ ler volunteered to condut me to a place. Through narrow, crowded, and dark streets we rode, stopping finally at a door-,wry, where a steep flight .of steps, or, rather, a ladder, almost erect, led to the upper story. A rope at the side hung down from above, and, clutching it first, I ascended. I could not help feeling a little nervons, bat the butler iu whom I had great confidence, fol­ lowed closely, and reassured me. The room in which I found myself was very small and dark, with no window. An old Mohammedan sat oross-legged in the corner, with a dim light by his side. He rose, salaamed almost to the floor, lighted auother lamp, and, piling up some dingy old rugs for me to sit on, proceeded to untie his bundles and dis­ play his goods. It was a long time be­ fore I could see in the dimness of the room, but by degrees my eyes became accustomed to the darkness, and my olfactories to the "delightful India smell," which was almost overpowering. It required patience to watch him open package after package of very inferior goods. From experience, I knew this was a necessary performance to be gone through. After a while the embroidor- ies of which I was in search began to appear. Then my butler depreciated the article so well that the abatement in price was astonishing. I selected several things, and rose to go, but tho little, weird old mau begged "Mem Sahib" to be seated, and wait just one "little minute," and give him the pleas­ ure of showing "Mem Sahib" a shawL And he did show me not one shawl but hundreds--coarse, ill-made heavy, at first, finer, more delicate, most exquisitely woven, at last Find­ ing me firm in my intention not to pur­ chase, he reduced the prices for these lie witching goods till they were almost too small to be true. I hastily made my escape down the ladder, lest my pocket-book should be emptied • then aftd there. I prmnm* there or girl geographer in ten wh#,- has not read of avalandhes; but perhaps also not one of yon in ten have dftter & general idea of these frightful phe­ nomena--musses of snow and lee slid­ ing with wild velocity down the moun- f,a na. Bnt this is only one sort of av­ alanche ; there are at least four differ­ ent kinds known among the Alps; th" rolling, the sliding, the drift, and the glacier avalanches. ^ Do not jump at the conclusion that the glacier avalanche, being formed of so id ice, must be the most daugerous of all. This is not 1 he case. The gla­ cier avalance is only apiece of loosened ica which comes rrsli.ng down the de­ clivity, with a noiso like thunder, to be sure, but it is comparativelv harmless, as it is generally brokeia in small pieces bjt the rocks it meets in its de­ scent to the valley. No, the most fearful of the, slides is the rolling avalanche. I will tell you liow it is formed. You already know that the loltier Alpine peaks are cover­ ed with snow the year round. Some­ times, in the spring, in the soft thawv weather, the damp grains of enow cling firmly together and form into hard balls. ̂ Whenever one of the e balls be­ comes heavy enough, it begins to move slowly down the declivity. On it goes, always increasing its speedy over a field of snow getting, of course, bigger and bigger at every turn, for being very damp and clammy, it collects to itseif the snow over which it passes, and be­ fore it reaches the valley becomes a mighty and immense mass, large enough, indeed, to bury a whole village. Sometimes such a terrible calamity happens; in tha year 1749, when one of these dangerous and dreadful rolling avalanches descended u on a village in the valley of Tavviph, it actually swept it from its site and then covered it com­ pletely. You will think it must have caused general ruin and death. But no; it was in the night, and it was done so quietly that the villagers knew nothing of their misfortune till morn­ ing came, when they began to wonder why it did not grow light! They were dug out, nearly all of them alive. A drift avalance, or, as the Swiss call it, staub-lauinen, most generally hap­ pens just after a snow storm, when the wind drives the loose snow from peak to peak, and hurls it down in Vust quan­ tities into the valleys. A sliding avalanche--rutsch-lauinen --takes place in early spring, when the snow at the summit of the peak melts, and a great patch of it rushes down the mountain slope, sweeping away every.-, thing in its path.-- Wide Awake. . The Spine in Baliroad Accidents. The Medico-Legal Journal has an interesting paper by Dr. G. Johnson on concussion of the spine in railway injuries. The purpose of the article is to show that of late years there has been a great deal of fraud in the claims against railway companies for damages because of injury to the spine through accident. Dr. Johnson asserts that an English surgeon named Erichsen gave a stimulus to this kind cf imposture by publishing a very sensational book on the subject in 1866; and that ever since that time railway companies hav6 been victimized more or less by complaints of spinal injury having no foundation in fact. So common, he says, has the thing become, that physicians now term aTtmntnrxi. ",+irrftf;ion HVmp- •ojo'iiopvnoi sqi jo tioin'|.ioj ap .nqnap.uHl a.iem v 04;^ nam f|;.y, r A . Butter and 1 And the Highest 1 a] Waucondu, May 20th, 1884. PRICE B AT WAUl ̂ ISImxr Only. A lunatic whose monomania takes the direction of autographs runs vio­ lently down a steep stairway leading from a shop, and exclaims triumphant­ ly to another sufferer whose disease is art: - "I have it! I've just bought one--a genuine Baphael!" "A Baphael?" replies his compan­ ion. "I have one." The autograph collector, scornfully --"Yes, but yours is only a picture!"-- From the French. A SHOWER of frogs occurred recently near Knoxville, Tennessee, the land of , tough stories. ACTORS are combining to get mana­ gers to abolish the hated Wednesday house, and she thinks the place suit her." "Now she is walking down. Yes, she likes the location. It is handy to the cars, and the people on either side look as if they would lend their flat-irons and wash-tubs." • "Does she ring the bell?" "She doth. It is answered by a solid woman with a sort of nitric acid eye." "And after she has asked how much the rent is, and how many children the neighbors liaver and what society can be looked for, and whether the land­ lord is willing to make repairs, what happens?" "Oh, nothing muoh. The solid wo­ man draws herself up, shuts her teeth hard and points to the sign and hisses: 'Idiot! can't you read ?'" "And then?" "And then the other backs down the steps, reads: 'Scarlet fever here!' and goes away realizing that she has con­ tributed something to the general hap­ piness of the human race."--Free Press. A Pathetic Piece. : A literary society had assembled at a house on Clifford street the other night when a stranger pulled the bell and said to the gentleman who answered it: , "Is this a literary meeting?" ' "Yes, sir." "Very well; I should like to come in and read ray piece/' . "What is it?" "It is something to draw tears from everv eye." _ "But what's the subject?" ' "It's about onions, sir." • For a long time the two glared at Sach othffr, and as the owner of the .onse reached for his revolver the stranger fled into darkness..--Detroit Free Pre**. ; v Medicinal Item. The child of a very fashionable Aus­ tin ladv was sick. The doctor came and wrote out a prescription, which the servant girl carried to the drug s ore. ' If the child don't keep the first powder on his stomach, *ou must give him another one," remarked the clerk, as he pasted the laliel on the bottle. 1 "Gib him anudder one!" exclaimed the colored lady. "Of course we is gwineter gib him anudder ona We iain't no poor folks. You don't 'spec' we's gwineter gib him de same one ober agin, does yer?"--Texan sittings. k THAT Connecticut clergyman who de- pounced kissing games at church- social gatherings must be old, blind, and pomely as a stone fenoe covered with RKONRGRAI** / • - A cotnmnr jack-knives.--Tht < AN ENGLISH paper says that no poet has jet trorn the garter. It is different in this eonntrj--Pectft Statu. THE Apostle Paul said thai "faKh without works is dead." He evidently referred to his watch.--Parte Beacon. Because a man has acquired a liberal education it is no sign that he is liberal with his pocketbook.--Qari treU*fa. Weekly. EVEN though prohibition should pre* •ail all over this country, it would noi prevent whisky from being still made. --Texas Siftings. THEY are erecting twelve-story build­ ings in Chicago. It's no use; thej ean't get to Heaven thatway. Be mem­ ber Babel.--New York Journal. THE latest way of curving a chicken is to grab it fondly by each leg, take in a full breath and pull for all von're worth--Noble County Democrat.' "WHAT shall I do with th.se spoiled pine-apples?" asked a grocer's clerk. "Look out, don't touch *em. They are intended lor the church festival.? YES, it is true that "care killed a cat," but it is also true that Care laid down right after the job, and wa n't able to trouble anyone else for the next six weeks.--Haw key e. The man who can thoroughly enjoy himself at a fashionable reception after discovering that ,the bow of his white tie is under his left ear is superior to the pomps and vanities of this wicked world. AN INQUIRER asks: "How can I tell classical music ?" That is easy enough. When von hear everybody applaud and look relieved after the piece is finished, then you can know that it is strictly classical.--New York Graphic. A CLERGYMAN, who recently held service in Auburn Prison, preached from the text: "Go home to thy ffiends." And for once in their sin- stained, rrime-haunted lives the au­ dience expressed a desire to follow good man's advica. t "YES, John is a little wild, and I'm somewhat afraid of him.; but he's got a good run of trade, and we can't dis­ charge him very well. Tell you what let's do. Take him into the firm, and I guess he'll be glad to get out in less than six months.--Bos to ryrfi'ranijcript. ENV*. The actcr down to i he tootMghts strode; . His strict s they w re immense; - And from his parted lips there fiowod A stream of < loij ucuce. What causes the actors bead to spta,'; ' And his sight to leave him there? Twan the blaze of th.' pluml>er's diax That jfleamed in an orched.ra c^air. . ^ --Wilkcsbari e Union. : "You are mistaken, Mr. Bumper," re­ marked his wife as he came in with his pocket full of smash; d eggs aud tried to explain himself, "nature lurnishes the material and leaves it to its own course for man to make the fool. It relieves nature of a great responsibili­ ty." Mr. Bumper didn't stop to argue the point, but kept on scooping egg shells and yolk from his pistol pocket. --Peck's Sun. WHEN David Tod was Governor of Ohio a Columbus dentist once came to him and said: "Governor Tod, why do you not spell your name with two d's ? I spell my name that way, and I find that on examination of genealogical records that the most eminent members of the Tod family spelled their names Todd." "Well, you see," said the Gov­ ernor, very gravely, "the Almighty gets along with one d iu His name and I believe I can get along with one d in mine." Mrs. Jensen had a lazy husband, and was foolishly fond of him. ~ One day ' she said to a sensible lady friend of hers: "Really, it may sound silly to­ ssy it, but I just worship my husband." "You oughtn t to do it It's wrong." "Not very, I hope." "Yes it is, if the divine injunction against that sort of thing is worth anything." "Why the Bible doesn't say anything against that, does it?" "Of course; don't you know itsavs you mustn't worship anything that's idle?"--Merchant Traveler. IN THE window of a shop devoted to the sale of hardware and kitchen fur­ nishings, the sign "Iron Sinks" appears" in letters of considerable size. An in­ dividual whose ideas had become some­ what confused by the combined action of beat and alcohol, came along that way and beheld this announcement, whereupon he braced him: elf against a convenient lamp-post, and sapiently moralized as follows: "Well, 1 hate a fool! Man must be an ash to sthick-- hie--up such a sign as that Iron shinksl Was er use putting that up in the window? Everybody knows it shinks. Look here!" to the proprie­ tor, who at that moment appeared at> the door, "Why don't yer put'Wood floats' in yer other winder? You must think public don't know nothing." And thus saying he walked away, shaking his head sapiently and wondering at the shop-keeper's simplicity. * Long-Llved F»imi:iP8. The united ages of Mr. John Stojgf» his brother, and five sisters are 598+ years, an average of 84 years and 2£ months each. They are the survivors of a family of twelve, the children of the late James and Sally (Woodbury) Story, of Pigeon Cove. The children now living are: Sally, born Jan. 3. 1787; Hepzibali, Nov. 20. 1792; Amos, Jan. 14, 1797; John, April 8, 1799; Martha, Nov. 12, 1803: Mary, July 16, 1808; Judith, Feb. 25 1812. Their father died Dec. 16, 1851, in the 90th year of his age. Their grandfather, John Story, of Ipswich, was the father of thirteen children; their great-grand­ father, Seth S ory, of Ipswich, was the s father of fourteen children. He died Aug, 15, 1785, in the 93d years of his age. Mr. Francis Colburn. with whom the writer has had a business associa­ tion for twenty-five years, say a branch of his family has a record wich excels that of Mr. Story. The Colburn fam­ ily, which originated in Dedham, con­ sisted of the same number of living children, six sisters and one brother, all living, and their united ages are 591$ years, averaging 841 years each.-- Gloucester (Mass.) Advertiser. Emily's Future Assured. . ^understand your Emily is engaged to young Ferdinand, the son of Mr. Bullstocks, the wealthy banker," said their lady visitor. '•Not now. She was, but received an offer of marriage from Mr. lyfle Twist the celebrated pitcher of the Goose- egg Nine, and we persuaded b< c to break the engagement with Mr. Bull- stocks, as we desired to see her com­ fortably settled above the pi ssible. reach of want." - Pittsburgh Chronicle. THE supply of water at Aberdeen, Miss., is obtained from artesian wells, of which there are a number bored in the middle of the principal streets. THE disease of tho meter--gas tlitk fever.---Oil City Derrick *