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f * ' 1 ,T a* xuos warrants axus^" . An bm w^o pom a* •Tailing o'er aa iftmdl tttnttM at friends that ha has So I tttritba leaves of fancy till in shadowy da- I find the smiliagfntuwofaa old •mUw«H olmina. l flicker plyj .f Yha Him to tftmw Vtfta I ̂iiltuBî ratonitaN of tha dud* in my mj pip* in sttaaea, mt • algh that f-** - 4 _ awriii to yoke Iti fit* with my tobaooo and to wHili la tbe * , - Maok*- « x «n« a ftimot retrospection--for the loving h V " % thought* that start b<v , Into being afo line perfume* tram (ha bloeaoma Ti ' - ofttttbMrt; H! 4ndta dream the old dream avar la*Iturary divine, ffbnt my truant fancy wanders with that old aweetheart of mine. Though I hear, beneath my Study, Ilka a flatter- in§ of wings, The voices of my children and the mother ai the • i I feel do twinge of «ona«ienoa to deny ma any >5- , s theme ff Whan care baa oast her anchor In the harbor ol adream. >C to fact, to apeak In earneat I believe it adds a charm W.:•-11* V **° "Pio* the good a trifle with a little duat of harm-- .7 For I find an extra flavor in memory's mellow ft. a, Tine M, 1 That makes me drink the deeper to that old ̂ "•• sweetheart of mine. E A face of lily beanty and a form of airy grace . Floats out of my tobacoo as the genii from the And I thrill beneath the glances of a pair ol azure eyes As glowing aa the summer and as tender as the skies. loan see the chock 6he wore when first I kissed her and she an- awered the caress With the written declaration that, *as surely ai the vine he pink sunbonnet and the little leered dress IP. si ma. sweetheart of mi And again I feel the pressure of her slender lit tie hand As we used to talk together of the future we had planned-- When I should be a poet and with nothing els< to do Bat to wrKe the tender verses that she sat th< music When we should live together in a cozy little oot Hid in a nest of rose*, with a tiny garden spot. Where the vines were ever fruitlul ana the weather ever fine And the birds were ever singing for that old sweetheart of mine. wnon I should bo her lover forever and a day. And she my faithful sweetheart till the golden hair was gray; ' And we should bo so happy that when either'! lipa were dumb They should not smile In Heaven till the other1'! kiss had come. Bat, ah 1 my dream is broken by a step upon thi stair. And the doer is softly opened, and--my wife ii standing there, , Tet with eagerness and rapture all my visions ] ? reaip-n To meet the living presenco of that old sweat heart of mine. THE CURATE'S DAUGHTER. , BY IRKNE - -v : f i There was great excitement one fore­ noon in the village of Regis, England. The entire population was astir. The v church bells were ringing gaily, while the church itself was profusely deco­ rated. The festivities were in honor of the marriage of Laura Harvey, the jcurate's pretty daughter, with the young and handsome Lieutenant Fred s' ' Stephens. . The appearance of the recruiting • party commanded by Stephens had -^created quite a commotion in Regis. The principal social result of the visit ,•, was Stephens' engagement to Laura. * Captivated by her freshness and vivac- ' , ifcy, so different from those of his city ^acquaintances, he offered her his hand, i , a which Laura accented, won by his ' ^gentlemanly bearing. A rumor reached Laura's ear, shortly r after tlieir engagement, that Stephens • was intemperate; and to her dismay t",-and grief she had sinoa then detected ^symptoms of it, which, but for her -'^awakened suspicions, might have passed "^unnoticed. This was her first love, and she loved deeply, and trusting in J her power to reform what she deemed venial fault, she contented herself with speaking seriously to her be­ trothed on the subject, and obtained a promise that he would amend. Laura was just the woman to guide and re­ form Stephens, had circumstances per­ mitted. Want of occupation and proper companionship were the chief <causes that led him to dissipate; and from that vice her love and society - would have continued to lure him. | Stephens was well connected, and heir to valuable property on attaining his majority, an event which would not occur for another year. His friends were dissatisfied with the match; thought he might have done , better than wed a poor curate's daugh­ ter ; that he might have married a rich, or at least a more aristocratic wife; and, therefore, would hare nothing to do with Laura. The bridegroom had not a single re­ flation at the marriage, to the great disappointment of the villagers, who ^expected a brilliant display of titled ^people. But Laura had heaps of friends, including the best people of the neighborhood, for both she and her father were beloved. Prominent . among them was a young lawyer, for­ merly Laura's favorite playmate, and now her ardent but secret admirer, who -saw that he had been eclipsed by his jj. . more fortunate rival. Stephens kept his pledge faithfully, and Lfur&'s life was a very plel&ant one. Her only source of uneasiness was the coolness of his relatives, al­ though that did not troubje an inde­ pendent nature like her's much. The first cloud in their career, however, soon came. Stephens was ordered to India with his regiment A speedy result of his removal from home restraints, was that Stephens .broke his pledge, and soon became more intemperate than ever; he was seldom completely sober; and it was a wonder how he managed to escape a court-martial. But drink soon told on his health in India. In a few months he broke •down, and finally had to be invalided ? ̂ for the preservation of his life, and was ordered to return home by sailing ves- a*el, a tedious route by the Cape of f Good Hope. He was the only passen- ger by the Sealark, in which, with few, i <and uncongenial companions, he was left too much to his own resources. Undeterred by the precarious state of 'his health, he again resorted to h£s old «nemy for solace. One afternoon after lying becalmed for some days, they encountered one of those sudden storms peculiar to equa­ torial regions. A prolonged succession of flashes of the most vivid and blind­ ing lightning was followed by a drenching rain, and that again by a .heavy squall, which forced them to ^shorten sail, and kept all hands on deck for a couple of hours. "The fiworst of it is over I think," said Cap­ tain Black to the first mate. "But. ..what odor is that, as if something were [5-i "burning? It comes from the saloon," said he, sniffing over the skylight "I hope the lightning hasn't set ns f . * \ r " ' • . ^ & I i" I - s- •v- lr I: vt"'; «t W n* below 4»6ad itooM. ' ateward had been on t̂ok at *wk» or the catastrophe would have beeft ̂ discovered sootier. The mate traoed the strange odor to Stephens' Recollecting that he hadn'fc been on deck lately, and knowing his habits, he knocked, opened the aoor, looked in, and immediately started back, horror-struck by what he saw. "Good Heaven!" he uttered, then ran to the sky-light and shouted, "Come down, immediately, Captain Black!" A horrible sight met their view. The cabiu was filled with smoke, while Stephen's was found lying on the bed burned to death. That morning after drinking heavily he had lain down till the storm was over. Shortly after his body had taken fire, its tissues having become preternaturally combustible from long indulgence in ardent spirits. But whether the inherent combusti­ bility had been roused into action by the lightning or by the flame of a lucifer match--for he had evidently been smok­ ing--could not be ascertained. As it was, his hands were completely burned off. His body, clothes, and the cover­ ings of the bed were also entirely con­ sumed ; the surrounding woodwork be­ ing only slightly scorched, like his skin generally. It was a sad And carious death to die. Captain Black took-the body home, pre­ served in spirits. Laura was sitting alone one evening when the let­ ter containing the news of her hus­ band's decease arrived. The blow would have been lighter had he re­ turned to die at home in a less horrible manner. From Captain Black's letter she gleaned that his old vice had again enslaved him and finally killed him. Though she loved him dearly, notwithstanding all his faults, she now saw her mistake in marrying an intem­ perate man. Laura's troubles did not end with her husband's interment. She met his relatives for the first time over his grave. But they were cold, stately, and scarcely deigned to notice her. After the fnneral the will was read. Fortunately Captain Black had forwarded it to herself. Stephens had left his property to his wife. Evidently chagrined, the relatives left, after bid­ ding Laura a freezing good-bye. Scarcely a week elasped, when she received notice through the family law­ yer, that her husband's will was illegal and was to be disputed in court; first, because he was,a minor, and under twenty-one when he made it; second, because he was legatee to the property only on arriving at the age of twenty- one, and, therefore could have no right to it, as he died before he had reached that period. An examination of dates showed Laura that her husband ' had died six teen hours before he had attained the age of twenty-one. The question,there­ fore, was, whether it could be consid ered that he had reached his majority or not It was sharp practice on the part of the plaintiffs to raise such a plea. Laura in her dilemma put the matter in the hands of her old play­ mate, Parker, who had recently be$n admitted to the bar. Mainly by his skill and exertions, the arguments against the validity of the will were overruled, because the de­ ceased was living on the day which would have completed the period. The property, which was valuable, was therefore transferred to Laura. Twelve months later a second wed­ ding took place at the church of Regis. Laura had given her hand to her first admirer, and who now bid fair to be One of the leading barristers 1n the metropolis. On asking her hand, she learnt for the first time how deeply he had loved her before her first marriage, and years after, when she could look more calmly on the past, though she could not fail to see how she had risked her happiness by marrying Stephens, she could not help thanking Providence that on the whole all things had turned out for the best. - An Astronomical Pnzile. Jupiter's satellites welf# Sis- covered by Galileo in 1610, astronomers have been greatly mystified by the phenomena of their transits across the planet'sjlisc. The fourth, or farthest, satellite grows rapidly and increasingly fainter as it nears the edge of the disc, shines with moderate brilliancy for ten or fifteen minutes after contact, then disappears altogether for a like period, and lastly comes out as a dark spot which becomes darker and darker un­ til it equals the blackness of its own shadow on the planet The second satellite, however, seems never to have been seen otherwise than as pure white during transit The appearance of the third and tirst is different still, the former having been seen as perfectly white, and yet, even on the next suc­ ceeding revolution, so black as to be mistaken for the fourth; while the lat­ ter is sometimes a steel feTay and some­ times a little darker. These singular anomalies, says Newcomb, are very difficult to account for except by sup­ posing very violent changes constantly in progress on the satellites' surfaces. After a special study of some years, Mr. E. J. Spitta, R. A. S., reaches a different conclusion, attributing the ap­ parent changes to idiosyncrasies of our vision. These defects of the eye cause a small illuminated object crossing a larger to appear bright when the light- reflecting capacity of the former is the higher, area for area, and to seem dark when the background is the superior in reflecting qualities. The edge of the planet has less reflective power than the center, and opposite sides of the satellites may differ in this aspect-- Arkansaw Traveler. Where a Girl Makes a Mistake. There are girls who, instead of mak­ ing themselves useful and calmly rest­ ing in their maiden dignity, think only of getting married, and use question­ able means to achieve their purpose. Forgetting the proverb, "The more haste the less speed," this sort of girl not infrequently assumes a "fast" style of talk, manner, and dress, in order to make herself attractive to the opposite sex. In doing so she makes a great mistake. Fish may nibble at her bait, but they will not allow themselves to be caught A loud girl may attract at­ tention and have half an hour of popu­ larity, but she is a type of the short­ sightedness of some of her sex. Men ot the baser sort may amuse themselves with her, but no man worth having would think of marrying her. There is a liberty that makes us free, and a liberty that makes us slaves, and the girls who take liberties with modesty of speech and manner, and who cross over the boundary into masculine terri­ tory, are not more free but more en­ slaved than before. And the approba­ tion of men, which is the end in view, is lost by the means taken to gain it Whatever men may be themselves, they like gentleness, modesty, and purity in act and thought in women.-- Lady Bellair4 in BUuzicwood'g Ma a a- sine. BfcisnniH How to JPromtotm the One and JPi'avat UM Other. - rst. James Oaz-ttn.i Chief among the conditions which accompany natural sleep i« the com- Earative freedom of the brain from lood. The difference is, indeed, suffi­ cient to cause a sensible falling off in the temperature of the hea l of a sleep­ ing person. A second condition is the comparative freedom of the brain from oxygen. Alexander von Humboldt seems to have been the first to suggest this, and his theory is now very gen­ erally accepted; although several writers--and notably Dr. Frederick Scholz, of Bremen--have recently at­ tacked it with considerable energy. But this condition exists only at the commencement of sleep. It is appar­ ently the principal cause of mental fatigue; and as the proportion of oxy­ gen increases, the fatigue and the con­ sequent need of sleep decrease. The activity and usefulness of every organ of the body are carried on at the ex­ pense of a consumption of animal fuel; and this process exhausts much of the oxygen of the system. We take in oxy­ gen in the air we breathe, but we do not take in quite enough for our wak­ ing needs. The deficiency is supplied from the oxygen that we store up within ns while we sleep. During the day we gradnally exhaust this reserve; and as the supply of oxygen fails, so the fires of our vitality diminish. Long depri­ vation of sleep is, therefore, dangerous to the well being of the body; for, in default of proper fuel, the bodily fires consume the body itself. Nor "is this all. Oxygen is necessary for strength; and it is to the lack of it in the tired body that the phenomenon which is so often to be observed in sleepy persons may be attributed. The muscles of the neck, for the nonce improperly for­ tified, grow weak, and the sufferer in­ voluntarily nods. At a later stago all the muscles are similarly affected. The third condition, which tends to produce natural sleep, may be called perodicity. Man is essentially a creature of habit, and the advent of bedtime is, even in case of people who suffer from wake­ fulness, the most favorable opportunity for seeking rest. If, then, the time be propitious, the position appropriate, and the degree of fatigue sufficient, the ordinary person goes to sleep. But one or more of the conditions may be lack­ ing, or there may be mental conditions which seem to forbid sleep even when time, position, and fatigue are all favor­ able. Tjtfbommonest of the adverse conditioi^Hs more or less intense mental iffBccupation. This tends to drive blood to the head and the evil may be remedied either by intellectual exertion ki a less absorbing direction or by ineahanical means. Boerhave recommended his sleep­ less patients to lie where they could not avoid listening to the regular falling of drops of water into a resonant vessel. Jean Paul Richtar suggested the pict­ uring in the mind of an endless gar­ land of flowers which stretched away into measureless space. Other people advise the sufferer to count to himself, or to conjure up visions from the pat­ tern of the trail or from the shadows iu the room. Among the mechanical means for withdrawing the exce.'s of blood from the brain, the use of a hot bath mav he recommended; but , the prescription of Prof. Preyer, of Jopa, is perhaps the best He makes his pa- 1 hi in China, ild in Brazil, Mr. and Mra. _ never failed in being pre* settled to tha kings and qu>tens who rated the countries'they visited, except in one instance. The American Minis­ ter failed to get them an audience with the kinglets who r in tue civil-service reform government of Japan. Bis­ marck told them there was only one place in America he would like to seo, and that was Niagara Falls. Mr. Sig- i ourne.r told a reporter of the Albany j Argus that it was impossible to esti- : mate the number of miles he had trav- j eled. When asked how much it had ; cost him he said, "Somewhere in the | neighborhood of $75,000," as un­ concerned as if it had been 75 cents. When he married his wife in 1882 she weighed but 102 pounds; six years later she weighed 165. (Jrant's Simplicity and Luck. ' Leonard Swett told an interesting story illustrative of Gen. Grant's tradi­ tional good luck, as well as his lack of what is called shrewdness in commer­ cial dealings. When Grant was en­ gaged in writing his memoirs the Cen­ tury company, which had been pub­ lishing some of his war articles in the Century magazine, offered him $10,000 for the manuscript of his book. Web­ ster, the publisher, also had his eye on tha alert for the forthcoming work, and one day called on the General to inquire about it Grant was seated at his desk, about to attach his signature to the Century contract, which lay be­ fore him. It had apparently never oc­ curred to him to ask more for his liter­ ary production. Webster intimated that he would like to make an offer. "If it would not be impertinent," he said, "I would like to inquire how much the Century company agrees to pay yon?" "Ten thousand dollars," Gen. Grant said. "Then I wouldn't sign the contract just yet," said Webater. "Why not?" "Because I will pay you $50,000." "Gen. Grant opened his eyes in amazement It had not occurred to him to set so high a value on his work; he had not thought of dickering beyond the first offer. But he did not sign the contract / Afterward Mark^Twain, Webster's relative and bufuiess partner, called and told the General that none of the publishers had offered him what his manuscript was worth. "I will give you 8100,000 and a rovaltv," he said. So Webster & Co. became Grant's pub­ lishers. The firm has grown rich out of Grant's book, and Grant's family has been paid over $500,003. "And Grant's book," said Mr. Swett in conclusion, "will become a classic more valuable than 'Crcsar's Comment­ aries.' I consider it the greatest achievement of Gen. Grant's wonder­ ful life to have written such a work with death looking over his shoulders." Light in the Darkness. Old Marmaduke Longstreet set the richly inlaid tomato-can down on the tessellated pavement, and paused with the ready beer keg poised upon the chine of its fellow. For a moment he stroked his grizzled, shaggy beard in silence--long years ago, when the inva­ sion of English nobility taught the bloodiest blood of the republic how to live without working, old Marmaduke tient stand with one arm outstretched ' sworn a terrible vow never to This conducts ! shave or wash his face or comb his until it aches violently. an excess of bloo 1 to the arm and sel­ dom fails to relieve the brain. The worst thing that a sleepless man can do is to make use of chloral or morphia. The more he takes it the more he hair again--and then he spake: "Nay, I am not scathed, good wot, by all tlm flurry on the street In time 1 foresaw the culmination of this wild spirit of reckless speculation and fever needs it; and scores of instances are on ; activity, miscalled enterprise, and record of men who, having taken one I guided by that conservatism or the other for a few nights fa succes- j ^hich >* ever apart of my nature, held sion, have never again been able to j myself aloof from the thousand and sleep without the assistance of the i one inflated schemes that have precip- drng. Sleep is so good a thing for the ! Stated this financial crash and disquieted body that it may always bo enjoyed I time. Right thankful am I that I with advantage whenever it can be ob tuined; bnt the amount of sleep that is absolutely necessary for the recupera­ tion of the faculties varies greatly with different people. Eight hours' sleep, eight hours' work, and eight hours' recreation is perhaps the best division of the day and night for most persons; but stout people generally require more sleep than lean ones, and old people less than young ones. Alexan­ der von Humboldt slept for only four worshiped not at the shrine of the god ot' Mammon, and confining my operations closely and rigidly within legitimate line, I am now holding stocks the integrity whereof may be in the least affected by the wreck of wild-cat institutions and the collapse of speculative bubbles. My children's patrimony is safe. Will you join me ?" And pouring the foaming tomato-can to the brim, they drank to the safe old ways of solid business, and separated hours out of twenty-four; so did Fred- j *° l,ulau« their daily conservative erick the Great. Napoleon, on the other | operations on old-established and emi- hand, slept much, and would, at least : nentl.v^olid lunch routes. It's safe to atone time of his life, fall asleep when- I tla« worst is over.-- Bob Burdelte. ever he had an opportunity. ' It is re­ corded of him that when he was before Toulon he could fall asleep during the heaviest firing, but that he usually awoke as soon as it ceased. A similar phenomenon occasionally occurs with most of us. The stopping of a clock or the cessation of the jolting and whirring of an express train will wake many a man who sleeps soundly enough while the noise continues. The miller is roused when his mill-wheel comes to ^ Longevity Aided by Salt. In a recent work by Prof. Burggraeve, of Ghent, the prominent theory main­ tained is that salt is the great regulat­ ing agent of life, and on the proper use of which human longevity largely de­ pends, it being,4ft any rate, a great preventive of certain maladies--if the blood is too rich salt will render it less charged, or if it is poor salt will recon utitute it and restore to it the necessary a standstill; and the sleeping coachman j elements. Among the interesting facts wakes with a start of alarm when his cited by Prof. Burggraeve in elaborat weary horse pulls slowly up and be- J ing his subject is that about the end of gins to nibble the grass at the side of j the last century a terrible epidemic, the road. Longest Bridal Trip on Record. George Sigourney marriel Miss Im- ogene Henriques in Buffalo in 1882. Mr. Sigourney is the son of a wealthy Californian, while Miss Henriques' parents, though not poor, were only in comfortable circumstances, and lived in a small town near Buffalo. What led to the attachment I do not know, but it is said it was love at first sight, with a speedy marriage. The cards read after marriage: "Mr, and Mrs. Sigourney. At home Thursday, in Sacramento, CaL, in the year 1888." From 1882 to 1888 is a long time to oatch them "at home," but they were upon one perpet­ ual bridal trip for six years. Five days after their marriage they -were upon the high seas, bound for England. Mr. Sigourney had plenty of money, and going over planned a six-years' trip with his vountr and pretty wife. When thev reached London both wrote home bearing some analogy to scurvy, broke out in Saxony, making such rapid pro­ gress among the poorer classes that the Government ordered an inquiry into its nature and course. The result was the establishment of a singular fact--viz: that miners, although re­ duced to the same misery as other workmen, remained, with their families, completely exempt from the malady; the diet of the miners differed from the others only in one point--viz.: that be­ ing employed by the State, they were supplied with salt gratuitously, the deduction being that the absence of salt in the diet of the other workmen was the cause of the malady. Salt was then prescribed as a curative measure, and the epidemic disappeared us if bj enchantment. Umbremania. A true art is claimed as a develop­ ment of the familiar diversion of mak- ing rude figures by the shadow of the to their parents that they would not be j hands on the walL Trewey, a French back for six years, and 3ir. Sigourney j artist, has added great variety to these made arrangements with his banker to j shadow pictures, and his fast-increas- j ing list already numbers more than 300 : new forms. By patient exercise, he forward their mail wherever they might be. After going through En­ gland, Ireland, and Scotland, they fairly covered every point of interest in France, Germany, Italy, Prussia, Austria, and Russia. They visited Greece, Denmark, Rome, Turkey, China. Japan, sailed along the Nile, ,-isited the Canary Islands, Borneo, New Guinea, Persia, and spent a year in traveling through Asia. They went has given his hands great suppleness, enabling him not only to represent most diverse figures upon a screen, but to give them motion and liie. The swan, smoothing its plumage^ the bird taking flight, the oat making its toilet, the tight-rope dancer, who, after sa­ luting the public, rubs chalk on her feet before walking on the rope, are to Australia, and from there to Africa j among the silhouettes produced of such MAN. :r. Kl̂ ra from tha AvHma "Ktefcar." [Detroit Free Press.) \ "We notice that some humpbacked coward has tacked np a written plack- ard on the postotfice door, asking why we have not been run out of town. If the man who wrote it will reveal his identity, and if we can't put him two feet under ground inside of five minutes* we will agree to cancel the in­ surance on our office, set the shanty on fire, and leave town on foot" "Two subscribers have come in since our last issue and paid us for a year in advance. This swells our list to thirty- seven bona-fide subscribers, and peo­ ple who sneered at our claim that we would have a list of 5,000 within a year are beginning to sing smalL The London Times had to have thirty-seven subscribers before it got 5,000. We shall next week put forth the claim of the largest circulation west of Omaha." "The jackassites of Jackass Hill are chuckling because it is reported around town that the First National Bank re­ fused to discount our note for $25. We did go to the bank and ask to have a note of that size discounted, and we failed to get the money, but it was not because our note was not considered good. It was because the President of the bank, assisted by the gentlemanly and able cashier, had lost every dollar the b&nk possessed at a faro table the night before, and they were waiting for an old sucker in Massachusetts to send on some more tin. The First Na­ tional advertises a capital of $75,000. It never had above $2,000 in its vaults. It has always been run in connection with Switzer's dance house, and its staff of oflicevs have been the best patrons of the gambling houses and the race track. Jackass Hill had better draw in its horns or we'll give a half a dozen or more of the bon-ton' away to the Sheriff " "We had & criticism on the Governor of Kansas in our last, and old Peg-leg White, who keeps the one-liorse Gro­ cery at the corner of Apache avenue and Red Head alley, came and ordered out his advertisement in consequence. We are glad of it Old Peg-leg has been selling wormy herrings, adulter­ ated whisky and skipper cheese to the people of his town for iirst-class goods, and next week we shall open on him. We have heard that the old choker is a bigamist and a horse-thief, and we have a man on his record." "A so-called poem on the death of the Povetty Hollow kid who was run over by a mule last week, was shoved under the door last night, with the ac­ companying statement that its publi­ cation would enlarge our circulation. That's all soft soap, and a mighty poor quality at that! From certain ear marks we are satisfied that Arabella Devoe Perkins wrote the alleged poem. If her father ever saw a copy of The Kicker it was in some one else's hands, and hor mother is the lady referred to last week as dropping lead nickels into the contribution box. ' Arabella is av­ erage enough, but knows more about mop handles than poetry." "We have received a two-column let­ ter Bigned 'Veritas,'which purports to give a true history of Maj. Galvanus Burt, proprietor and landlord of the Adams House. He is shown up as a thief, hypocrite, liar, and coward, but we shall not publish it While he keeps the most miserable apology for a hotel on earth, and while we are sat­ isfied he would steal the winkers from a dead dog's eye, the Major was the .first man in town to subscribe to our paper, and we are not going back on him unless he refuses to renew," "It has been remarked that when­ ever a stranger who looks like a de­ tective appears in town about four- fifths of our leading citizens hunt their holes like foxes. This matter has been carried so far as to seriously in­ terrupt business. We wish strangers would keep awav." "We had a call yesterday from Jim Dana, editor of the Bull Whacker. Jim is the raggedest, lean­ est, poorest, dried-up specimen of the editorial fraternity we ever shook paws with, and his paper isn't fit to wrap a dead coyote in. He is always blowing about the Bull Whacker'* influence and circulation, and has got an idea that he will go to Congress next year. His journalistic dishcloth is the laughing­ stock of the section and Jim couldn't sell himself for wolf bait" and thence over to South America. Commencing at Patagonia they trav­ eled north, visiting all the principal places in Pern, Chili, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentine Republic, and other coun­ tries of South America, and recrossing the Pacific Ocean again took up their journey to England by another route. While abroad Mrs. Sigourney became the mother of twin boys and two girls. 1 The twins were born in St. Petersburg. V * 4 • • - • • - ' •/ - •• "S ^ 4 - 4 ' v. wonderful accuracy that one can i scarely believe that they are shadows I of the hands alone.--Arkansaw Trav- ! eler. ' Dyspepsia has been the cause of many momentous crises. A leg of mut­ ton is said to have controlled the tide ot Leipsic's battle, and the consequences of the indigestion of a certain doohess are proverbial. m u/t The Decline of the Scotch. 2h* most remorseless force in mod­ ern civilization is the power of a great citv to obliterate the national charac­ teristics of a people. London, with its fashions and follies, for example, has obliterated Scotland, as EfaglVnd be­ fore the modern London never did, and the Scotch as a people, have almost ceased to exist. There is a sort of national tragedy in this change that is pathetically pointed out by *Prof. John Stuart Blackie, of the University of Ed­ inburgh, who is one of the most stal­ wart of, living Scotch scholars and writers. He Writes: "I am sorry to state my conviction, founded on pretty large intercourse with my countrymen, that the spirit of national self-esteem, for which they have been noted, is suffering under "a sensible decline. The causes of this lamentable process of self-obliteration are easy to name. The powerful eeo^ tral attraction of the huge metropolis to which by the union we are attached; the Anglification of our nobility and upper ten thousand by the pomp of London residence and the glittering seductions of London life; the spread of Episco­ pacy among the same classes, not so much always from religious conviction as from the double bribe which it offers of aristocratic connection and testhet* ical luxury; and, more than all, the neglect of her middle schools by Scot­ land, which has caused the upper classes to send their hopeful progeny to Harrow and Oxford, where, if the education is not more solid, it has both a greater reputation and a higher re­ ward ; all these causes combine to gnaw at the roots of a truly national culture in Scotland, and to render the produc­ tion of men of a distinctly Scottish type, such as Walter Scott, Lord Cock- burn, and Dr. Guthrie, more and more difficult every day. To all this must be add^d the complete neglect of all pa­ triotic traditions and national furnish­ ing in the principal schools and univer­ sities. In the University of Edinburg not a single professor of history exists; in the best schools, as in the fashion­ able saloons, it is rare to hear a good Scotch song sung; the rich store of wit and wisdom contained in the melodi­ ous stores of the Scottish people, and ennobled by the names of Burnes and Scott and Tannahill and Bannatine, and such noble ladies as Mrs. Cock- burn, of Fairnilee, Joanna Baillie, and the Baroness Nairne, are flung aside in favor of the latest London, French, or German novelty, which may tickle the itching ear, strain the ambitious throat and coddle the sickly sentiment of the bnt which are utterly destitute a patziotie Sootohaan. Soa^oh »it to^uggle a people oat elite pwnd- est heritage by the enervating sedtw- tionsofa peendo civilization than to spoil then of it by the rude arts of con- qnest and oppression; and thus it may come about in another generation or two that the union of 1707 shall hare achieved what the embattled ranks of the Plantagenets at Stirling and Ban- nockburn tried in vain--the absorption of little Scotland into big England, as Samnium was swallowed np by Rome." Hints for the Well. When an engine is running fall speed, every part in perfect play, the engineer knows well that constant vigil­ ance is the price. If he relax his care to oil, polish, and examine* trusting to luck and good chance to take him along safely, he will soon be dismissed for unfaithfulness. The human body, that perfect ma­ chine, the man wonderful in the house beautiful, must also be looked after by the engineer, otherwise the boiler will run low when he wishes the propelling power strongest, the tension snap when need of firm hold is greatest One is prone to forget the "ounce of prevention," but it must be remem­ bered if good health is long retained. It pays to consider the matter. The "hints" given are from good authority, and I think merit attention. Do not wear tight clothing; the ob­ vious reason every intelligent mind can see. Cleanliness is next to godli­ ness, therefore a virtue worthy of practice. Do not eat too much. Each person oan best deteftnine for himself when that amount is reaohed. Dio Lewis says, "After all, it is not so much the quality as the quantity." Do not eat hot food, especially bread, and do not eat late at night _ Eat something within an hour after rising, if obliged to labor or study, or exposed to malaria or contagion. If possible eat in pure air, and not too fast Nothing is gained bv bolting food, and much harm may follow. Drink at close of meals, not too strong nor too hot; never a full glass of very hot or very cold liquid to wash down food, as the saliva is waste! and stomach flooded. Keep the body scrupulously clean; change clothing often worn next the skin, and do not economize iu wash bills. Never sleep in clothing worn during the day. Ventilation cannot be accomplished by simply letting the pure air in ; the the bad must be let out If rooms, especially sleeping-rooms, are not con­ structed on this plan, a little contriving will find a way. Have a stated time for going to bed, and if possible adhere to it. "Late hours are shadows from the grave." Fail not to take full respirations. Deep breathing is one of life's strong­ holds, and pure air is free. Watch the children in regard to health matters. Many delicately born children have been reared to strength and usefulness by careful adherence to hygienic rules. Physicians differ wideljMn the modus operandi of disease, diagnosis, and treatment, but all doctors of all schools agree in the beneficial effects of air, water, and sunlight, and general hygienic principles* -- Christian at Horfr. ^ t i * **4 Execution of Maximilian. AI sunrise on the morning of June 19, 1867, the Emperor and his gen­ erals, Miramon and Mejia, were led out to the Cerro de las C'ampanas for execution. Maximilian yielded the central place, that of honor, to Mira­ mon as a testimonial to his bravery, and took his place at the left of the line marked out. He gave gold coins to the soldiers detailed to fire the fatal volley, and begged them to aim di­ rectly at his heart and avoid mutilating his face. He had directed that his body be sent to Europe, and he wished his mother to see his face without any marks of the fearful death he was to die. He took pains to wrap a handker­ chief around his long blonde beard to prevent its being burned. Then, ad­ dressing the soldiers of the Republican army and the immense crowd standing, in sorrowful silence upon the hillside, said, "Mexicans, I die for a just cause--for the independence of Mexico. God i grant that my blood may bring happi-| ness to my new country. Viva Mex- »# ico.'" Miramon echoed his Viva Mex- j ico, and the loud report of muskets! rang out over the hills and valleys of?. Queretaro. The three men fell heav-rj* ily. Maximilian was not instantly killed, and sprang to his feet at once, uttering the most agonizing cries. A aa soldier advanced and gave what is - called the golpede gracia (the blow of mercy)--a well-aimed shot which pierced the heart of the Emperor and h stretched his lifeless body beside those of his companions-in-arms. --Arthur Howard Noll, in the American Mag a* tin*. B wks as Companions. ̂ A child brought up in an atmosptiere of books will absorb a certain amount of culture from his very surroundings. As soon as a child has learned to turn over the leaves of a book without tear­ ing them give him books of his own. If he cares for them at first only for the pictures, he will in time learn to love them for what they can tell him. Chil­ dren should be encouraged to keep their books neatly on little shelves of their own. Very neat hanging shelves con­ taining from one to four shelves can be obtained at the bazaars at from 50 cents to $1, and will be found a source of much pleasure to the child, who is certain to glory in the idea of pro­ prietorship and to take much pleasure in arranging his small library. It will also teach him to take good care of his books, which is a lesson he cannot learn too soon. The true book lover always cherishes his books tenderly, but the child cannot be expected to entertain the reverence for a good book which he possesses in later years.--Rrchange. A German bAd ot "trolling stood the other afternoon, says a! York paper,in front of a Bowery over the door of which htmg a baaoerf deooMted with rampant The players were air1 with a discordant attempt Patrick's Dav in the Morning" they had finished the tune them applause from a number of natured (Irishmen who could not take the familiar air, even if it Wmi 1 pear in a strange disgniML How 4m the band learn the tune. Mid how dfcft ^ the players know it was appropriate a reporter asked himself. The leader of the band, who wu$ -J* large, bioad-slionldered man, with Teutonic countenance was anproaehed. ,-^W ."Do you apeak English?" said tfs f reporter, "Well, I should smile," he *eplied, * « with the accent of a Pennaylvaiutfc*YY)| Dutchman, aa he entered the saloott- for a drink. "I am not a GfltiiMi* vj I'm an American. But all the riMt «rif if my men are German and most of Utt ,!• bands are German, leaders and aft So you would like to know something \ about how we live and what we eat*.* '5f; J| My band here is a pretty good one, aad- we make more than the* average. It Ja ",b the general impression that bandi v-fl vide the money collected in eqoal N;i shares. Bnt I don't work it that way. t ^ I hire these men at $1 a day apieta* ' (| Our baud, including myself, is only f| five. So I only have a daily pay roll of $4 Now, lots of people don't see how t J j it is we make a living. It's easy % enough, though; we play about six ,V"i hours a day, and once every five ; minutes during that time. Now, that would be seventy-two times a day. If ,"4 we can collect ten cents each time, it ^ ^ pays for me as long as the other fel- ' p lows are satisfied. J give them each M( $1 and pocket $3.20. As a matter of fact, though, we average about twwAljjf i cents for each time we play. Then, . you see, my profits are larger Take $4 from $1440 and you leave me $10.49, which is a good day's wages and noth- * ing extraordinary for me to make. "I used to be a peddler in Pennsyl> vania and the South, and the first tiflM I heard a German band and saw thesa \ * picking up the dimes and niokles I made up my mind there was money in >! street playing. I was the bass horn in V the village band when I was at home, and I decided to quit peddling and go , into music for a business. I cooldat nt Americans to work for $1 a day m • tired these Germans. Some of thesa can't read a word cf English, but can't be beat when it comes to reading ••>!•* notes. They get there sure. I waa , | the one who thought of teaching than ' music appropriate to the season. For ' v instance, about Washington's Birthdav - ̂ we were working the 'Star Spangled Banner,' 'America,' and 'Hail Colum* bia.' Then for St Patrick's Day I ; taught the boys the 'Lakes of Killap» • ̂ ney,' 'The Last Rose of Summer,* 'Kathleen Mavourneen,' and othot good Irish melodies. They hava ,» ̂ helped us to make money I oan tell you. • "1 suppose you think that a German >i band never practices, but let till von I have the boys up in my room C'i hour every morning before we go oot „ for the day. During that time we re- : hearse pieces for the tetany I ai- ,>>a|| ways try to have something new to «|§fc the popular taste. I am now ready for the summer aeaaon of boat rides, picnics, and excursions, I hope to have a choice selection to choose from before very long. I tell you, young man,the German band bttsi*" ness, next to running a canal bo^, i& about the most profitable thing fojrThe amount of capital invested that I ktt&r <*" . --/.i Hint for Hongekeepm. A good many compounds have been S invented to reduce the labor of the washer-woman, says the Pitta* ^ burgh Chronicle-Telegraph, but the insuperable objection to most of ̂ them is that they rot the fiber of the : | cloth subjected to their action, and in the long run "cost more than they come to." It is good news to the • * WHEAT WANfto-- The highest market prloe In cm will be paid for good Milling Wheal at the Fox River Valley Mills. Mc Henry. K. BlaOUt*. No use going to the oity for a Hid ness ot yourself or friends when ye °m get a far better one by «sU|mt a the Gallery of L. E. Bsnnett, «** Perry & Owen's store, In this vlllfli(i He will guarantee you satistaotlei Call and see his specimens, CARPET WEAVING. The undersigned It prepared (j weave Rag Carpets on short nettf &nd at Reasonable rates. Resident* ane Block West of the resideOM « Wm. Walsh. Orders respectfully M itcited, and satisfaction gaaranteed. - Mas. Wm. FOLTZ. singer; of the power to warm the blood, brace \ • ' *8 "v! > Not a Hypocrite. A man of shambling gait and ragged appearance forced his way into the counting-room of a large publishing house, and, addressing the proprietor who looking up in astonishment, said; "I want fifty cents, "t "Don't owe you anything." "I know that, but I need the money.9 "Want to buy something to eat, I suppose." "No sir, I don't want anything to eat" "Oh, I see, you want to buy your baby a pair of shoes." "No, I don't" . i, "Ah, you want to buy m^fuader- shirt" "No, I don't" "Then why do yon want fifty cents?" "Want to get drunk." "By George!" exclaimed the great business man, "you are farther from being a hypocrite than any man I have seen this vear. Here's a dollar for you.--Arkansaw Traveler. m. C. P. TORNOW, Custom Tailor, of Nuada. wishes fk inforn the citizens of McHenry at 5 • vicinity that he will visit McHeai ^e benzife^'m'ire aaya tnat ail uoajP* p«*ars by evaporation iu the process of boiling. Benzine sells for a fe w cents a • quart, and it is said that a pint of the i fluid will do for two large washings. Ceaatry Life and Healtk. A point in regard to Grand Ann^ mortality is the fact that the death- '. rate of those who originally came from | the country far exceeds that of the • city men. "it is generally supposed ̂ that a country life is conducive to health, but as far as the records of the War Department prove anything, the contrary is the case. When in thai ̂ '/• Army 0if the Potomac, Stoddard'a Ver- 7 .' ^ mont Brigade, stalwart mountsfaeaT%' ̂ men of large size and great mnaeeln*> ; ̂ development, were far more snbjeet to, 1 ^ * disease than city boys, and died Ifts . J sheep in the Chickahominy ai while the death-rate among tha < regiments was low, comj Since the close of the war, during the last ten years, the 1 of the country regimenta shov i larger mortality than the matropoKtaa troops, and sickness'la moch mora frequent • A smart citizen of Tenneaaee mm in New York to see about raiaing money for a proposed railroad line down m his country, and when asked to ex­ plain, he said: "There's no explana­ tion about it Thi* is to be a railroad 200 miles long." "But about the com­ pany." "Oh, that's been organized and all the officers elected.* "What'a the capital?" "Fifty million dollars." "How much stock has been taken?" "About $300worth?" "WhaV only $800?" "That's all, mister, and if you fellers down here will only piteh in and gobble up the rest of it well go ahead and make things hum." Senator Mobbill started in life hind the counter of a oonntry store. ^ ^ , rt-Lr , 'iwH < \ f . 1.. 1 ^ s' ^'4 p.rv : * *> * V - 5 1 - «*., is*!*v ;r> H/.V; ,*? i . *; s. A\". 1 ;-a"* 1 HA *,-•< ^ , a t/"'Si.'J " *'• •\Az\ ^ ' a ,1 V, J '•-r, > •» - >m, iWi! - .£*&;• mr :>1 j si ,1.. , . lv•r.fcilkjfe.t.Ls lu»6f