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auNora fE ARE MY SISTERS, ALL. BT MTKIi FOWUSh „. fcf alatar, oft I see her , upon the streitf " > Hy sister 'uiiil the revel* • - a»Jo*Fashionofi 1 meet. ,'V #7 B<«ter starves tn squalor. Her babe upon her breest; |It sister gayly dances, ' la silks an a*« -a silks and satins dreat. [ v My sister's gray with grief; sister's Pleasure's princess, y sister's Sorrow's feoff. M y Bister's wau and wasted; . Her eyes are dim with r - Whose sad and ceaseless , My sister never hears. And still rnv sister dances. While still iuv sister weeps; J©ys lit:lit. plays on the surface, Bui Death is in the detgia, r, Jfy sisters, O my sisters, Why stand Bo'far (tparff #Pride, is there no pitys. s:.|'F<. r Error in thy heart f p|y sisters. O my »i»ter#*i.>>§ Mjp hapless ones -who 'V» flb sinning souls and aintMS, '**' ;i-Se are my sisters, all. RACHEL; ttr, Winning the Old Man's Daughter. BT 8TANLEI BAYARD. OHN LINDSEY m the leading man of Hilton. He had began at the bottom, but now, by virtue of broad acres and great flocks, was at tne top of the ladder. He possessed 'half of Hilton, one or two river farms, a wife, two sons and a daugh­ ter. His wife was a ; #eek little woman of the faded, dis- aouraged-looking species, and he seldom mentioned her among his possessions; She sons were loud, blustering, both inheriting their father's disregard for all ifkiags good, (he was the profan- et*ii leg to m **** matt* of aoiî |DiiWrtttq«)kHtO»dilMt to be ̂ And Bay, ter, I d o M l t h i n k t t a t y o u » e e d b e s o ftp- prehensiTe; yoor father maj not disap­ prove." •Well, he will; I em sure of it Bat yott to© right, 1 suppose." So, after sundrT other remarks, inter­ esting to only themselves, she passed on to the village and Harper continued his journey. Arriving at the Lindsey mansion, he was admitted to the pres­ ence of its owner. "Howdy, Mr. Harper; fine day," rais­ ing his eyes from his paper. "Set down." Harper accepted the proffered ohair, and, thinking it best to proceed to busi­ ness, said, without any perliminary re­ marks : "Mr. Lindsey, I have oome this morn­ ing to ask yonr permission to marry your daughter. tVe think a great deal of each other, and you know Rachel is a very cautious girl, not likely to fasten her affections upon any one without thinking seriously." "The devil you do? Want to marry my daughter,"ah? Well, I'll be d---d if you shall !" And the oaths rolled from his lips in such picturesque confusion that all the would-be roughs of Hilton would have been transfixed with admiration had they but heard him. He ended his elo­ quent discourse by ordering Harper out of the house. Robert readily obeyed, in order that the smell of brimstone might" blow off his clothes. When Rachel came home she was ordered to stay away from church hence­ forth, and to nee no more of that "d d pup, Harper." She replied that if her father ohose to keep her from church, she of course had nothing to do but obey, and that although she might not see Robert often, she certainly should not forget him; that she "would never marry any one else, adding that she really thought in the end she would marry Robert, as she had at first in­ tended. More swearing on the part of Lind- sey. So matters stood on Tuesday. On Wednesday it rained hard and yon dro To j, "are to leave we here to be """'ON#**' to goingwithus, re- started oft Cone bask here!" Lindsey; and as he crawled into the boat he cried 3 Id®*® IXL DBOWJf FIBS!! * •est wan in the village) without ids determination to make all things tend to his money-making ambition. ; - Ibey, therefore, wasted their lives in . xfotous living and dissipation. Rachel, the daughter, was of- far "^USsremt material. She was bright and *mok, with a refinement of manner that jnadQ one wonder from whence it came. Inp ersonal appearance she was .good to ' look upon, with broad, low forehead, <dear gray eyes, a mouth full of beauti­ ful white teeth, and a very firm looking <ehin. Her head was covered with a fgofusion of short dark curls, which | gave her, perhaps, a rather boyish look. F She was a member of the Hil- •*toK Presbyterian Church, and qa very devoted member, too, lit being necessary for her to make up tfor the rest of the family. H How the Hilton church had also a pastor, a young, handsome, eloquent v fpastor, and he talked Rachel Ldnasey's (heart right out of her body before she 4mew that she bad one. The affection was mutual, bui ®achel was troubled by thoughts of her Jfather's opposition to their plans. She %ellknew that his dearest ambition in Regard io her was to many Lei: to some ,:;.v«ity nabobj that she might reign a W ; WELL, I'LL BE DABBED IV TE SHALL!" : -queen of society. And lie was more­ over strongly prejudiced against minis- ' ters of the gospel, considering them all '"a lazy, rantin' lot, that never did nothiu' but talk, and wuz not worth 'lead to shoot 'em." Bat Robert Harper, the young man ••in question, was strong in his faith in the power of love, and declared that he •would claim his lady-love in spite of any j>ower on earth. "Robert," she would say, "yon don't 4, know father; he'll be in a terrible rage, p and when he gets mad he swears ?,» awfully. Sometimes it frightens me." f / But Robert declared that in him there •5^ was an abseuce of fear of "cussin" of tip soy description, and so they managed jp"to get along very comfortably, 'till R Harper decided to settle the matter by "telling Lindsey the state of affairs. One bright, sunshiny morning in v: - early spring, Rachel started for the vil- ! lage, between which and her home there intervened only a strip of woods. 11 The air was soft and mild, the birds singing, and the grass thickly dotted , here and there by wild flowers. She ' had a feeling of exhilaration as though her spirit responded to the new life ; springing up around her. Suddenly . her eyes brightened and her face flushed £ •& deeper hue as the athletic*form of $ Robert Harper came in view. She looked at him sharply. There was a vary resolute look in his eyes. "Robert Harper, where are you go­ ring?" ?Bey lindsey, I am going unceasingly* and on Hitnrsdaty it poured all day and all night Friday morning things began to look uncomfortable. The liver which flowed through the village, augmented by its tributary creeks and brooks, was up to the top of its banks, and everybody began to look solemn, shake their heads, and to envy John Lindsey in his home on the hill, safe from the freshet. Had they known where he really wss they would not have envied him so much. The next morning after his interview with Robert Harper, Lindsey had gone down to one of his bajou farms, taking Ray with him. Thursday, the rains being so heavy, with no signs of abatement, his men had left him to provide for their fami­ lies in case of there being a flood, as many of them lived in the river bot­ toms. He had steadfastly refused to be in­ duced by Rachel's entreaties to remove to a place of safety, stubbornly main­ taining that there was 110 danger. Rachel's heart was very heavy, Friday night, as the shadows of evening fell upon the earth and the splashing of the water h<*d a mournful sound, that made her shudder with anxiety. Her father was.still stern and forbid­ ding, but she could not leave him to seek her own safety. She thought of her mother, her lawless brothers, and her lover. Even God seemed so far off. A feeling of loneliness and utter helplessness came over her, and she threw herself upon the bed and sobbed herself to sleep. About 9 o'clock John Lindsey pnt out the lights and went to bed, not in the least uneasy, and was soon fast asleep. About midnight he awoke with a start. A splashing sound seemed to fill the air. He sprung up in terror, jumped from his bed and landed in water. He bounded back into the middle of his bed with the agility of a monkey. His teeth chat- .tered, his hair stood up like a porcu pine's quills. "Ray! Ray!" he shouted, "where are you? Oh, we'll be drowned; I know we will. For God's sake, Bay, why don't yon oome or talk or do some­ thing." He was too frightened to swear, but kept bobbing up and down, gesticulat­ ing wildly and talking like a wild man. At this moment, fortunately for the bed springs, Ray came into the room. She crossed over to her father, the water splashing around her feet as she walked, and administered a decided shaking. "Father, for goodness' sakes hush! If it is God's will for us to die now, I, for one, am ready, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that I didn't marry Robert Harper. She was a woman, you know. Then, pitying his helpless terror, she tried to calm him. A few minutes later a voice was heard outside the window. "Ray, 6pen the window." "Robert, is it you? I thought you would oome. O, I am so glad i "Yon are the ooolest cuss I ever •aw. Get more oheek than a brass monkey and a GoVment mule putt to* Mther. *Ooom you oan have m: daughter; have her and welcome, an' yon don't get a 1% chunk o' land for a weddin' present, why it Wont be lay fault, darn you." And so they sailed away. Lindsey'a respect for his son-in-law was ever afterward remarkably. Home-Keturning Chinaman* Forward, between decks, are more than a hundred Chinese steerage pas­ sengers--mostly reposing in their rude wooden bunks" since it is too cold and rough upon deck for them. Some chat, some sleep, many are smoking opium; a few are gambling. At a low table covered with a bamboo mat, the game of fan-tan is being played by the light of three candles. A silent ring of watchers and wagerers presses closely about the table;--from surrounding bunks, others look down; and the yellow candle glare, coloring all these impassive faces, makes their placid race-smile seem as the smiling of gilded idols in some mysterious pagoda. Deep in the hold below, sixty square boxes are--much resembling tea-chests --covered with Chinese lettering. Each contains the bones of a dead man-- bones being sent back to melt into that Chinese soil from whence, by nature's vital chemistry, they were shapen. And those whose labelled bones are rolling to and fro in the dark below, as the plunging steamer rocks and shud­ ders, once also .passed this ocean on just such a ship--and smoked or dreamed their time away in just such berths, and played the same Strang play by such a yellow light in even just such an atmos­ phere heavy with vaporized jopium. Very silent the playing is.; Scarcely a word is uttered despite of losses or gains. From the deck overhead, an odd chant echoes loudly down--the chant of the Chinese erew. First one utters a snarling sharp cry, like a cat's cry of anger--Yow-ijeef" Then all the others shrill together Yo-too!--as they pull at the ropes. "Joss paper" has been strewn about-- doubtless to propitiate the gods of that most eastern East to which we west- wardly sail. Perhaps those ancient gods will hearken to the prayers of their patient worshippers, and make' smooth the menacing fac^of this turbu­ lent sea. ' Kan's Best Friend. First and foremost, woman' Jc best friend: Because she is his mother. ' Second, because she is his wife. Because without her he would rude, rough, and ungodly. Because she can with him endure pain quietly and meet joy gladly. Because she is patient with him in ill­ ness. enduies his fretfulness and "moth­ ers" him. Because she teaches him the value of gentle words, of kindly thought and of consideration. Because on her breast he oan shed tears of repentance, and he is never re­ minded of them afterward. Because she has made for us a beau­ tiful world, in which we should be proud to live and contented to die. Because she will stick to him through good and evil report, and always believe in him, if she loves him. Because, when he is behaving like a fretful boy--and we all do, you know, at times--with no reason in the world for it, woman's soft word, touch or glance will make him ashamed of him­ self, as he ought to be. Because without her as an incentive he would grow lazy; there wpuld be no good work dbne, there would ybe no no­ ble books written, there would be no beautiful pictures painted, there would be no divine strains of melody. Because--and this is the best reason of all--when the world had reached an unenviable state of wickedness the blessed task of bringing it a Savior for all mankind was given to a woman, which was God's way of setting his seal of approval on her who is mother, wife, daughter, and sweetheart, and. there­ fore, man's best friend.--E[^i^eh^ld Companion. cu'oL;•"{ ir man's be what was ftithing. Emily. Let me go to sleep, will ;iyou?" For a few moments silence reigned in the sleeping chamber. "Cyrus Winterbot- tom, there's somebody In the home! I hear a .noise in the kitchen 1" Cyrus sat up in bed atidlistened. "Its the cat," he grumbled drowsily. "A cat doesnt wear boota and go aronnd opening doors.. Harki* The baby stirred, and Mrs. Winter- bottom soothed it to rest again. "I dont see what anybody wants to get into our kitchen for." growled Cy­ rus'with a yawn. "There's nothing to --heigh-ho--to steal ia that part of the house, is there?" "Nothing to steal! There's a plate­ ful of tarts, a pan of doughnuts, and a sponge cake." "Some ofyour--heigh-ho--yout own concoction, Emily?" "Yes, some of ray own making. Then there's all the silerware, and--" "He'll never get to the silverware, Emily, if he tackles the doughnuts first. You will find his horribly distorted body in the morning--^ "Hush! Hark!";- • ;/v--"'V He listened again. All was quiet. But presently an unmistakable sound as of somebody tooving about on t.he floor below aroused even Cyrus' dulled senses. Steps seemed approaching the stairway. Cyrus took his revolver out from under his pillow, climed softly out of bed, went to the door of the room and got behind it, first having cautioned his wife in a whisper to make no noise and leave matters entirely in his hands. Softly and stealthily came the steps up the stairway, and in a few moments the dim light of the night lamp on the dressing case fell upon the stalwart form of a man whose face was concealed by a mask. Mrs, Winter bottom screamed at the sight of him, the baby woke up and howled, and before the burglar could recover from the momentary confusion into which this unexpected reception had thrown him Cyrus confronted him with the revolver. "You infernal scoundrel!" he hissed, "Don't you move a muscle or I'll put a ball through you ?" The revolver hadn't been loaded for a year or mor^, and Cyrus knew it, but the burglar didn't. The pitiful wretch stood perfectly still. j "Take off your mask!" stertrly com­ manded Cyrus. Higher Edoeatlon. Said a brilliant woman of our day: "To be a wife and mother is not the end of my existence; the end is to be a woman. I am only a wife and mother in passing." But even if wifehood and motherhood were the end and aim, the higher the development of the woman the better the wife and mother. Con­ jugal affection, maternal instinct, are none the less powerful when under the control of enlightened intelligence. In­ deed, the highest ideal of devotion is consistent with the highest conditions of culture, and she who knows most of what man knows is certainly better fitted to be his companion than is she who meets his nature only on the side of his physical comfort. For a woman to know how to lcok pretty, to dress .tastefully, to preside graciously, to make her house oharming and her home delightful to all who feel its social atmosphere, for her to be in­ terested in her church and her chari­ ties, to like good books, to appreciate good music --all this is involved in the highest, if not in the so-called "higher" education. We mean that all this keeps in exercise and consequent de­ velopment the highest part of her na­ ture. But to know how to look pretty does not demand that a woman should know nothing else, and many a woman graduate has discovered and is ready to testify that in all things that enter into the glory of the true home life she is able to do better and to be more because of that widening of judgment and de­ velopment of mental powers that come as the result of college work.--Pitta- burgh Frex*. "fcnolu»e(i.' A Detroit lawyer received a letter from Texas the other day on which the postage stamp was of an issue current fifteen years ago, and on the envelope of which there was a request to "return It was Harper, and before she oould ' if not delivered sometime pretty soon. d. - u resist, he placed his arm round her and drew her through a window into a skiff outside. "My father! You mpst not lfi*ve ' " L v : ' -W "Certainly not." * > r'|k Turning to Lindsey; said: ^ "Mr. Lindsey. Ray and • I are going down the river to be married. If you like, we will take you along that we may receive your blessing!" - "Never! I'll drown first!" "All right. We'll return for your congratulations if yon are here; if • yon if • • , ?: / */f <'• y 'hs' ---------- - i * ' i * < * v*? V J* ' The contents read: "Some time in the year 170Q a man by the name of Hooten took up two acres of ground in your town. He is dead. I am his heir. I want to find •ut all about it. I want you to search the records and send me all the papets and information you oan. If them two acres is there yet I want 'em. If not, I don't. I only want what belongs to me as his lawful heir. Enclosed you will find 25 cents in stamps to pay for you* trouble. I am well. Answer as as possible.*--fVe« Press. The burglar complied. With ashen face and mean, hangdog look he ' stood there and said not a word. Mrs. Win- terbottom had recovered her self pos­ session, but the baby continued to howL 'It would Serve you right, you sneak­ ing, contemptible villain," said Cyrus in a deep, tragic voice, "if I should shoot you where you Btand. I believe I'll do it any how." 'Mercy! mercy!" pleaded the tremb­ ling wretch. "It's1 the first time I ever broke into a house. I'll never do it again. Please let me go." It's the first time von were ever caught at it! It'll be the last. Down On your knees!" 'Don't kill him, Cyrus!" begged his wife. "Think of the carpet!" "Listen," said Cyrus, coming closer to the kneeling burglar. "Hold up yonr hands!" While the fellow's hands were np Cyrus rifled his pockets. He took therefrom two loaded revolvers, a bowie knife, a dagger, a slung-shot, a bottle of chloroform, and a sandbag. "Your first offense, 'is it?" Baid Cyrus. "For a novice at the business you carry a pretty good kit of tools. Stand up t" The burglar obeyed. "Are you a man of family?" "Yes, sir. Oh, please ~" "Stop your whinning." A look of hard, stern, relentless pur­ pose settled on Cyrus' face. He pointed the revolver at the abject scoundrel's head again. "Go and take that babyl" h»«om- manded. "Wh-what for?" "Never mind what for! You go and take that baby!" "Cyrus!" exclaimed Mrs. Winter- bottom in dismay, "what do you mean ?" "I know what I am about, Emily. Pick up that squalling infant, you vil­ lain !" The man obeyed. "Handle it carefully!" ® "Yes, sir!" "Now walk the floor with it!* . For four long hours Cyrus Winter- bottom held that empty rovolver leveled at the head of the miserable man and compelled him to walk up aqddown the room with the crying, squirming infant in his arms. At daybreak the cringing, crawling villain was, permitted to sneak .away from the premises, a broken-hearted man. His raven hair had turned white in that one night. It was a horrible retribution, but who shall say it was not deserved? And thus we learn, my children, that crime sometimes brings its own punishment, and that the way of the transgressor continues to be hard.--Family Ledger* and not tM 1 it be mc party zeal, by rever ^by sense of : ? But m sense of d< and posterity, afttl •fltogipH emotions, profoundly if1 emotions, a people without oht . monmnents, museums centennials, national songs, would be a people with­ out power to meet any great crisis or achieve any great deed. V 'Seal-Skins. ' A seal-skin sacque is generally ac­ counted a desirable adjunct of a lady's Wardrobe, and our countrywomen know that most of the seal-skins sold in the tTnited States come from Alaska, but only after being plucked, dremed and dyed in London. Few people are con­ versant, however, with the plucking process, or understand why it is indis­ pensable. The so-called common seals either have no under-fur at all, or so little of it, as to deprive their skins of any com­ mercial value as furs. The beautiful velvet-like coats which are so much valued are the under-fur of the Otarise, which in untechnical language are de­ scribed sometimes as eared-seals and sometimes as sea-bears. In addition, however, to their dense, soft under-fur, the eared-seals have a quantity of long, loose exterior hair which has to be carefully removed. The removal is thus performed: The roots of the loose exteriov hairs, penetrating deeper into the skin than those of the soft fur, can be cut by paring on the ' fleshy side of the skin, without touching the roots of the fur. The long hairs then drop off, leaving the sheet of velvet-like fur be­ low. 1 Some of the habits of the Alaska fur seals are well worth nothing. From the middle of April to the middle of June, the male seals resort to the breeding- places, and are followed by the females, who give birth to one pup each, after which the pairing season begins. The younger or bachelor, seals are prevented from landing by the older, and have either to remain in the water or go to the uplands, where they are captured by the hunters. The seals are polyg­ amous, and the adult males fight furiously, the aggregate sound of theut roaring being compared to that of a railway train. It is a remarkable fact that during the pairing season, whioh lasts three or four months, the breed­ ing males take no food, and are often .reduced to half their weight, which, when they are eight years old and in full flesh, ranges from 500 to 700 pounds. The females are much smaller; they weigh from eighty to one hundred pounds. No females and no adult males are supposed to be killed for their fur, the hunters taking only a portion of the young bachelor seals, whose skins are of a superior quality. The very finest seal-skins do nob oome from Alaska, but from the South Shetlands, and other islands in the Antarctic Ocean. But the number of skins brought to the Lon­ don emporium from this quarter is relatively small.--Neiv York Ledger. BhreWd Diamond Thief. It is natural that articles of great value are objects of temptation. We are prepared to understand that the common thief is constantly scheming to gain possession of precious stones and jewelry, but it is a matter of surprise to learn, through stories that come across the ocean, of the tricks indulged in there by the diamond trade--the legiti­ mate, every-day dealers in precious stones. The peculiarity of this con­ dition of things is that the sharp prac­ tice of dealers does not involve their reputation or standing, the thing being looked at as a matter of shrewdness and rather admired as a clever piece of business. An aqecdote is related by the .Jewelers' Weekly to illustrate this. A dealer called upon a firm with whom he was in the habit of transacting business' and asked to see a lot of dia­ monds. After examining them for some time he returned the paper, say­ ing he would call again in reference to buying them. It was at once noticed that a large stone was missing. A hasty search was made, but no trace of the diamond being discovered, the dealer, without more ado, was accused of having taken the brilliant. He in­ dignantly denied the charge, and sub­ mitted without hesitation to being searched. The stone was not found, and profuse apologies were offered for the false ac­ cusation. Th© following day the dealer appeared again, this time with a paper of diamons to sell, but also with an­ other object in view, whioh he took good care not to disclose. A oaieful observer might have noticed that while the stones were being examined at the light he ran his fingers along the under serface of the portion of the counter near which he sat and picked off some­ thing that stuck to the wood. It was nothing more ncr less than the diamond which had so mysteriously disappeared the day before. He had fastened it to the counter by means of a piece of wax with which he had provided himself, and on the occasion of his secon4 visit secured his bootv. ° - V 1 Tbe Individuality. The nation is subject like the indi­ vidual to passions. Gold is discovered in California; the paseion of gold sweeps, a multitude across the continent and round by the isthmus to dig for it. A cannon blazes forth against the flag on Fort Sumter; a passion of patriotism sweeps over the nation and 75,000 an­ swer to President Lincoln^ call almost before the call is issued, 'f h 1 Shall the nation then fAl wtf tf* enough to l&ut i E- with an inward . "and it makes fc&diiag, too." i^rfklng, Gibson!" eaUedmit who was along ft ffW Been making sojtne &*- "It looks like a gord joll. Abdit kindling enough to last yoiouai winter. fence. I see, "lou'll to last onwith Two Doctors. 1 , Altnost every one has made Ma jest about the proneness of doct-ors to disa­ gree, the one prescribing exactly an op­ posite course from that ordered by an­ other, but not every one has had an op­ portunity to conduct such an experi­ ment as was made by the late Baron Lutz, formerly prime minister of Bava­ ria. The Baron was once severely wounded in battle in both legs. The wound in one leg was much like that in the other. It struck him that here was a chance to study the ways of the sur­ gical profession and beguile the long hours of his convalescence. He ac­ cordingly called in one doctor, and gave him charge of his right leg, but told him nothing about the wound in the other, and then called in another surgeon for his left leg, keeping him simi­ larly in ignorance about the wounded right leg. The doctors adopted a very different method of treatment, but both wounds healed at about the same time. When the Baron's legs were quite well, he de­ rived a great deal of amusement from getting the doctors together and mysti­ fying them with questions about the way each had treated "his leg."--Ex­ change.. • „ Had Scruples About IU "1 think," said Mrs. Brown, "I will preserve my bathing suit ia camphor^ this winter." ^ "A good idea, my km),* said Mr. Brown. "Will yon step into the druggist's and buy me as much camphor as is neo- essary, dear?" "I would with pleasure, darling, but I'm really ashamed to ask for so small a quantity «» * dra^ua.̂ ^MPf Cod "Yea, Tm getting a good deal of com­ fort out of that." ^Gibson," said the deputy sheriff, who passed along shortly afterward, "if you take good care of those old shin­ gles they'll last yon for kindling all winter." "Yes," replied Gibson rather shortly, *1 suppose they will." The driver of the wagon was next "Hello, Gibson," said he; "you'll have kindling enough to last yon all winter." Mr. Gibson made no reply. He went on raking his shingles somewhat viciously. "Morning, Gibson!" exclaimed the Sunday-senool Superintendent a min­ ute or two afterward, as he stopped and leaned over the have kindling enough, youall--" "Dara the kindling!" The Superintendent a shudder. "The next man that says that to me," Cluttered Mr. Gibson, "will have a fight on his hands." "How does thee do, friend Gibson.?" inquired the next passer, a genial old Quaker. "I see thee will have enough kindling to--" "Go to thunder!" roared Gibson. Of course he couldn't get a fight out of a Quaker, so he kicked a stray oat ont of the yard by way of relieving his feelings, and continued raking the old shingles without looking up. The pastor of Mr. Gibson's church was talcing his afternoon walk. He saw th© parishioner at work, stopped a mo­ ment and looked at him, and then re­ marked : "You wil! have kindling enough, Brother Gibson--" That was all he said. Brother ,Gib- son, without pausing to see who it was, yelled out: "Blank the blankety-blank old shin­ gles to blanknation! Blank your blank meddlesome mouth! If you don't light out of this blank quick, I'll set tbe dog on you." Five minutes later Mr. Gibson, with trembling haste and bis pookets full of revolvers ready for instant use, was burning his shingles in the alley. His case will come up before a meeting of the church officials nexff Sunday after­ noon. Mow England LaWi. , The following is a copy of some of Jaws which have been enforced in the good old State of Vermont: "No one shall be a freeman or .give a vote unless he is converted and a mem­ ber of one of the churches allowed in the dominion. "Each freeman shall swear by the blessed God to bear true allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is the only king. "No dissenter from the essential wor­ ship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for electing of magistrates or any officer. "No food or lodging shall be offered to a heretic. "No one shall cross a river on the Sabbath but authorized clergymen. "No one shall travel, cook vitualf^ make beds, sweep houses, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day. "No one shall kiss his or her children on the Sabbath or fasting days. "The Sabbath day shail begin at sun­ set Saturday. "Every ratable person Who refuses to pay his proportion to support the min­ ister of town or parish shall be .fined five pounds and five shillings every quarter. "Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver, or bone lace, above one shilling per yard, shall be pre* sented by the grand jurors, and the selectmen shall tax the estate three hundred pounds. "Whoever brings cards or dice into the dominion shall pay a fine of five pounds. "No one shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards, drum, trumpet, or jews- harp. "No gospel minister shall join people in marriage. The magistrate shall join them in marriage, as he may do it with less scandal to Christ's church. "When parents refuse their children convenient marriages, the magistrates shall determine the point. "A man who strikes bis wife shall be fined ten pounds. "A woman who strikes her husband shall be punished as the law directs. "No man shall court a maid ih person or by letter without obtaining the con­ sent of her parents; five pounds penalty for the first offense, ten for the second, and for the third imprisonment ^tjupig the pleasure of the court." ; v ;' "Yes" and "No." It is wonderful how vast an amonnt of mischief, and of misery even, is pro­ duced by the simple misuse of these little words. People many times say "Yes" without thinking what it inh volves, or they say "No" in so feeble a tone that those who are urging them to do something which they cannot honor­ ably do are invited to persist until they get the answer they desire. And thus they assume obligations whioh they have no settled purpose to fulfil, or neglect duties which their own con­ science and their sense of honor tell them they should discharge. "Yes" is more easily said than "No," because it is more agreeable to assent to an­ other's wishes than it is to oppose them. Hence, of some good-natured men the remark is often heard: "They cannot say'No.'" Young man, consider well what you are asked to do before you pronounce your "Yes;" but, having utterid it, re­ member that the reply to all who wish to break your promise must be a "No" so emphatic, prompt, decisive, that they cannot for a moment doubt tnat you mean it. You have made a great at­ tainment if you have learned to say "No," and stick to it. Frequently you will find it a most unpleasant word, sometimes a very painful word to utter. But that sort of pain is momentary. It is not the pain caused by conscience violated, by honor sullied. It is not the pain produced by the life-long memory of evils inflicted on yourself and others, which a little timely firm- your ness would have prevented. "Let you Hea' be 'Yea,' and your 'Nay* 6e Albert m - W ta ing.Wift he thonght would t>6 nesota M»d become as much of a staple AS tlm pcpt&' O. "Wilfit flourish in this soil and «li- mate ?" * Undoubtedly, I will tell you sLwrt lj it A few yean ago., a sc»eati#t.diM«ws®_, ered in Japan a tplttt resefttbliiMr r potato, and sent tipples of and Paris to be exparinettted ««, J] These experiments havefeMn favorable ? successes, and the new potato has been > extensively introduced in Berlin MC-./-* Paris, especially in hotels and retfeia- rants. A number of farmers in ottrVi- cinity, with whom I have npon the subject, are menton the plant next season. The. Royal Prussian Society of Berlin has , taken plans to make experiments with * the ptant. The scientific name of the plant is 'St&cbys tuberifera,' but as to their form they might be called pine cones. "Stachyg affinis' is another^ name, and lately they have given it the name 'Stachys SieboldiL' The cultiva-Jvs; ̂ tion is the same as the old potato, ana ̂y s there have been foand over 100 kliolla S Lf } •• i n o n e h i l l ; s p j n g s a y a s m a n y a s 3 0 0 , J bnt this is probably exaggerated. They f are, of course, not as large as our com- , mon potato. According to the Garden \ ';f Flora, the organ of thfe society, the' ,̂ f* analysis of the frait is: tA. Water..... 7&3S „ • Protein 1.60 Amide 1.6T v'ilS Fat t 0.18 Carbonhydrate (Prlnclp4 (slsetm) 16 57 ' fs' - Cellulose.... o.73<': , -?« AsbeB ...•••• LOS'4 " "There is neither starch nor sugar, ' but galactan, a substance between. j both. Stachys affinis of tuberifera is an ,v4,lvV agreeable tasting vegetable when boiled in salt water and ^served with butterf^|;|j|^ and parsley sauce. Some people like them seethed in oil, but that is merely • "1 a matter of taste. Prepared like 'pommes de terre frites' (potatoes cut in > j ?4 small slices and fried in butter) they f;V are claimed to be a delicious dish. The p ) taste at first is like that of a sweet r potato, but one will soon feel a very " w fine piquant taste. They do not need J. * to be peeled, but are only washed clean > in water, which is another blessing tof^'^« tbe housekeeper. They are kept in thex t ( ^ g r o u n d a s l a t e a s p o s s i b l e , a n d p r e - . ̂ served packed in sand in the cellar dnr-S|fe :'W '•M v • -i i^l boy ll\nn-,; >r Ven,; -:0 1 little fisbt!V;« j ing the winter months. "Exposed to the air they will shrink ; and lose their nice," white mother-of-jji| pearl like color. The plant is winter-^ *, * < hardy, and thrives in anv soiL Frost: • does not hurt them, and to have them ' •> ! V always fresh they are left in the ground v. . and dug as wanted. In our climate iti*.' is best to keep them in a ditch or in> " sand in the cellar, W. Perring, in-. spec tor of the Royal Botanical Garden.. in Berlin, informs me that the produc- , tion is very large, and that there are'J, many enthusiasts in favor of the new^|rf;&if.^ plant in that city, whioh prophesies the plant a great future. The expectations. ; of high prices and large yields will in- " duce a good many farmers; to make a ^ trial with the new plant. I have al- ' ^ :;^v ready quite a number of ots<lere far " seed." Some Salt-Water Questions! The capacity of the average sm , for asking questions is practical! limited, but we do not remember hearing a more searching lot of inquire than these propounded by a New York': > boy to his father, who had taken him.*': for a steamer trip on the Sound. Here V , is a partial list: -"-'V"CV "Do they call this a Sound steamer " because of the noise?" i, „ ' "Is that water down there any wet-> -' J?, ter than the water in the Atlantic , 3" Ocean?" "What makes the water wet, any- ; ' , how?" . * '• "How many men could be drowned in "V ' water deep as that?" - iit ^ "If a mamma fish couldn't get any worms in the water for the would she go ashore and dig for them?" v: "Suppose la whale came along and> v. sat for three days on an oyster, so that , - j he couldn't open his shell, would it Bnf- >: focate the oyster?" . "Doesn't the dampness ever ;gi*e.»'.;f^.;::;-;.; elams malaria?" : "Does it hurt to get drowned?" M "Is that big man with the gold but- "j""% \: tons on his coat the papa of all those - *'v % i men who do whatever he tells them c ^ to?" ' •u' c ^ w \ "Who are those men np there in the • , little house on the roof playing with ^ Hi j the bicycle?" . V-K "Where do all those soapsuds behind! , . ' the boat come from?" j "Could a locomotive go as fast on the^kj; water as this boat?" „ 'i "ffhit Lovely Big K*ra. Among the tribes of Borneo the m and women wear very little clothing. The former always carry the arms. ^ They are warlike, and always ready to^ . „ pick a quarrel, especially when intoxi- M"i oated by a beverage which they manu- •! facture from the root of a peculiar tree. ^ , They have a custom like that of thet v j American Indian. They always pre-^'^ ^ \ serve the head of their victim as a tro-'4^f , r phy. Hence the name "Head Hunters;" As many as fifty human skulls oftent|4^:||| hang from a native's roof." , _ . k'^v; The Dyak tribe women have a liking- i>fi • .for particular marks. They consider it a great addition to one's beauty to have^ the lobe of the ear touch the shoulder. They pierce the ear and attach heavy} >«• weights to hold it down. The weight!.!4 is gradually increased. ^ Should the ear ", v break no greater misfortune oould ' < happen. / f.' They believe that a good spirit existaf | in the different kinds of birds that > abound on the island. The Dyaks haveC|L; a certain code of traditional laws, ac->f|^ , '» o o r d i n g t o w h i o h a l l c r i m e s a r e p u n - i ? * ^ ished and their various disputes settled.^ ^r, *| Punishments are usuallly paid by fine*-; t « in the form of plates, jars and Bimilaisll^ : • | articles. They have a erase for old jart^;/ and pay immense sums of money * them. V! Grasshoppers in Africa. Stanley says that certain portions ot^ Africa will always be worthless on ae-£,; : count of the ravages of the grasshop-iV;';. pers. In one instance he saw a column^" ̂ of young grasshoppers ten miles broi by thirty miles long marching down s| valley, and when the grass was fir against them they were think-enough to smbther the flames. if. Hot Salted to His Votes. Young Mr. Whooper (who is singing right through the pile)--Ah, this piece looks pretty; I guess I'll try it. Miss Patience (who is obliged to ac­ company, and also to hear him)--Oh, no, don't try that It's a piece of olas- sioal music and has to be snng well* - . 1 * i"" ' [ -- •" "" "• >?',"> - 'i* % *, ' r-> 1 rsitb. •> J, / ' ' •- v.. '* '