Bloomington Progress, Volume 18, Number 9, Bloomington, Monroe County, 30 April 1884 — Page 1

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1HB GOMOTHHKS OTFT, ' Beside the haTy ctdto She sat the whole nishmjons, To lay open hta Uttl-sllp -The kisses sis et Sobs. riUs the IdW shall make Met Ions To dJtak," sho softly sighed, -S "The fount of Beauty with, the Urtrt - That ne'er to satl-ined. i "This ti the kiss shaB ope the eye . And stbuulate thelmta To see what others never saw. And he can ne'er attain. "This is the kiss shall oharm hi line Bo that hie whole life long There honey-bees of thoo?ht shaB Mrs The sllngine' sweets of Bona1. ' " "and bere the Mas of Wandering;' t 1 print on feet ami breast, That he may far possession hafv Desire and unrest. "And this shall ba the Ilia of m, His life to consecrate To her that shall be kat too soon. Or beloondonttoolaae. "Shore arothesisseefrfe I J ' My baby In his sleep; The sixth, the saoredeat ot aQ, A little while I keep. "And he shall never know. or. kaowit. It never shall hetcld, Which sweeter Is 'he kiss I give. Or the Ids that I withhold." 6 T. Zanieaa, ta harper' Magazine,

"Faint Heart He'eb . Faib LaoV."

Won

"A hat of last yeara fashion!" "But her eyes were like gray stars." - "And her - manner dreeujfulrjr quick and decided." "Bright and sparkling, I should call it" " "My dear Richard, you are really abrrard. The girl is a hospital nurse, and' what woman with any refinement or delicacy would take tip such a profession as that? It shows she can't be nice." "Ladies do each things nowadays" less defiantly. "How yon know you're only saying so because she's pretty. Of course, ladies do queer tilings nowadays, but -bliat doesn't excuse an . unwomanly feeling. Besides, she is only a solicitor's daughter.. I shan't ask mamma to call." "But don't you think common civil-ay- " . "No, I don't. She's only staying at the rectory, and we're not forced to call on every one's friends. Besides, Capt. Chad wick is expected home, and it would make it awkward. What would one of Lord Belmont's people say if wo asked them, to meet a girl like Miss Travers?" "All the same, she's- as pretty and '

ladylike as any one I ever met in these ! and

parts."

turned and strode away as rapidly as he had come. "Miss TraTers! are you hurt?" Biohard was able to articulate at last. "You never should hare done a thing like that. Hardwicke was right ; it was awfully rash! By the way, you know Hardwicke?" "No, I'm not hurt a bit." The wonderful gray eyes were dancing with fun now. "Don't scold me, please. I know it was a siHy thing to do but I didn't stop to think. Pray don't look so horrified!" "But if Von had been bitten?" "Well, I wasn't." And her face dimpled with a friendly smile ""at his shocked look. "But yo-Sjknow -Hardwicke?" he persisted, unable to get oyer his surprise in that quarter. "Oh, yes." Her face grew cold instantly. "Capt. Hardwicke was in hos-. pital with, an accident some months ago my hospital I had. charge of him there, thaVs all." And she pulled a 'rose so sharply from the hedge that it fell to piece m her hands. "Look there!" she laughed, showering the petals on the ground before her; "let us cover over the battle-field with flowers," and she laughed again. Richard went home more thoughtful than ever. Surely this woman was a novel thing in his experience of men and meaner?-... She acted with the skill and daring of a man; and yet he would rather not think what his sisters' fooes would be like had they but seen it. Was it actually ladylike? or should she not rather have fled from the scene of conflict, or even have screamed and fainted? To bo sure, she had looked as beautiful as an avenging Amazon ; but was it quite correct conduct for a girl? And Capt. Hard wicke's manner, so abrupt and dictatorial; he seemed to show her the difference in social position between a nobleman's nephew and a hospital nurse. It must have been an awkward meeting, as his sisters had said. And then a cold shiver came over him, as he thought of Miss Travers in

troduced as Mrs. Bichard Allerdyee at Belmont castle, and Capt. Hardwicko's stony stare of surprise. And yet and yet she was so beautiful.

.Nearly three weeks since the dog episode, and Richard's courage still wavered in the balance. He had grown

to know Miss Travers well in those three weeks, and to know her well was but to love her better. There never was a woman so sweet, so clever, so sympathetic, so beautiful ho was certain of that no woman he more ardently longed to have-for his own.;

yet and yet.!- That terrible

I strength of character, that profession,

Very likelv. but she's not in our set. ! that lack of pedigree ! Only last night.

Now,- Richard, if you say any more I n the moonlit rectory garden, ho had hall begin think you're falling in love ! almost flung all prudence to the winds, with her, if the idea is not too absurd." ' "be had been so" dangerously, fatally But Bichard had closed tho drawing- i sweet (she was always especially kind zoom door upon his six Bisters' languid 5 to him), but he reeled back from the voices, and 'was half way across the : gnl just in time when she mentioned wide lawn with its brilliant parterres: casually, without a change of voice or of summer flowers. Poor Bichard Al- 1 countenance, that she had an uncle who lerdycelosly son of tho richest banker! was a chemist in Boohester. "A in Chellowdean, people. of good fainilv, ! chemist! Shades of my. ancestors, but with just that uncertainty of social protect met" Bichard "recoiled again position which made them afraid of s be thought of it, and fancied Hard-

overstepping any boundaries, rather I wicees iooku ne couui nave neara uer, ls - j r - j 7 : T?n- TT,Ln-,.1. .(ill .4 J.l,

gratified at being on i-timate terms with Lord Belmont and the Hardwickes, he was of divided mind this summer afternoon. He Imd been greatly taken

by that sweet face and slight figure in

For Capt. Hardwicke was still at the " White Hart," and perhaps his presence, and the atmosphere of exalted society about him, had been one of Richard's

restraining though unconscious

the rectory .pew hist Sunday; wes sen-1 flnences. Now, as he slowly worked aiblo cf a thrill of more limn civil inter-! his way up the steepest hill in tha

eat when he met their owner walking ! neighborhood, on his new tricycle, he

I Wtitt ponaermg uie out, question iu ilia

i mind. Could he take the fatal plunge,

or was it too costly?

home with the good old rector after service, and was introduced to "Miss Travers," while the eyes "like gray stars" were suddenly raised to his; and Ka fiajl imv stiim tKnfc. eimA numft a

larger portion of his time than was summit, drove all else to the four strictly needful'in walking past the ree-1 winds ; and in an instant ho had overtory's rose-covered garden gate. But, token the object of his cogitations, and

on tne outer siae, His sisters words nod j sprung to iue grouna oesiue ner

A trim, graceful figure on the road

before him. as at last ho gained the

certainly struck home.

Brought up, as all the Allerdyees Were, like hothouse plants, sheltered from every breath of frcsty air, it was not strange that Bichard at 25, though a big, burly enough young Englishman to look at, was but little of a man in Blind or heart. Knowledge of the world had been carefully kept from him, as from his sisters, lest they, should learn evil; but their very ignorance had cost them the loss of power to choose between evil and good, and had given them weak prejudices and con-

cratea opmionan ven ess, instead oi a

Mr. AHerdyce!" she said, turning

with . her 'own bright ' look to shake hands; "how like aghost you stole upon xnel ' Oh, I see, it .wa on a tricycle, and what a beauty! Do let me look at it." And Bichard, nothing loath, began to display his new toy a perfect thing in build and finish tho Al'.ordyces' possessions always were the most perfect of their kind. He began to explain it to her, forgetting all about the chemist uncle, but she interrupted him. "Yes, I know all about them, thanks. I see, it is a regular bit of perfection.

mind able to discern and nivfer tha M should so like to try it; may I?"

right, Once more Bichsrd was dumb with Richard's handsome face was ovcrcaxt surprise. A lady on a tricycle was as as he swung out of the lodge gates and j 7t an unheard-of thing in rustic Chel-

down the road. Miss Travers ahos-

fital nurse! certainly it was a shock. ot only did it seem to him unwomanly for a woman to work at all, but infinitely more so to do menial work. And then the awful thought of what his

motner and sisters wouia sav. were

lowdean, and it- seemed an outrageous idea to hirq. "I really don't think- you could," he faltered. "My sisters have never done such a thing." "Your sisters? Oh, perhaps not!" with a little smile at the idea. "But I

they asked to receive a hospital nurse I am quite used to tricycles. I rid one as his future wife! For it Had gone as j whenever I can get a chance." far as that, in Kic hard's susceptible J Farther blow for Bichard; but there mind, even in these three short days. . was no kuo -ring how to refuse her, and All at once his thoughts broke off, as he stood aside. She took her place Miss Travers herself, sweet and bright ' like one who was thoroughly used to aa ever, in her black dress, came out I tricycles, and he could not but admit

desperate. She could never turn mat fatal . corner by the railway embankment; over it she must go. And it was just then that Richard and she, both together saw tho puff of snowwhite smoko from the hill-side, that told them tho evening express was out of the tunnel, and thundering down that very bit of line. It all flashed over Agatha in ona

j rush ; would the fall kill her, or would I it bo the train? It must bo one or tho

other; the next second or two-would settle that; and a swift prayer was on her lips, but what she never quite knew, for even as she breathed it, some one or something in brown tweed knickerbockers, luirlod itself over the roadside stile before her, a stout stick darted into the flying wheel, and with one quick swerve tho tricycle crashed into the ditch, and lay there, a confused mass of spinning strokes ani mutilated tires, while Agntha flew out from its midst like a ball, and alighted on s

grnssy bank a yard or two away ; ana the express rushed past with a wild yell on the line just below, and vanished round a sharp curve that matched the. road above it. Then, and then alone, did Richard's legs regain their power of motion, and. he set off as fast as they could carry him to where the little blaok figure lay. Somehow it took longer to run down that hill than the last descent would have led one to think, for when Richard, panting and breathless, reached tho scene of the accident, tho little black figure, very much out of its usual trim neatness, was seated on the grassy tangle that broke her fall, busily bindi ing up with her own small handkerchief a deep gash in tho hand of the knickerbockered person who knelt at her side. It was a very pale face that looked up at Richard's, with tho sort of awe that any human creature must wear who has just been face to faco with death, but her great groy eyes, had a wonderful flushing light in them. "The poor tricycle!" she said; "I am so sorry. Is it very badly hurt?" And, in the fervor and relief of his gladness, Biohard could find words for nothing but: "Bother tho tricycle!" He was ready enough to say something, however, prosently, when ho found himself obliged to stop and see its- remains decently cored for, while Capt.. Hardwicke took charge of Miss Travers' return to the rectory. She said she was hone the worse for her fall, bnt perhaps she was a little shaken; but Capt. Hardwicke kindly offered-- her his arm, and she took it. Richard hurried after them before long,, his whole heart aglow. That awful minute this afternoon had taught him that life without Agntha Travers would seem a ooor and worthless thinor. were

j sho a factory girl. He hurried after i them, therefore, and came in sight of . the rectory gate as two bauds, ono very neatly bandaged, unclasped over it, and a small dark head raised itself swiftly : from a brown tweed shoulder, whore it j seemed to have been resting. I "Good gracious!" was all Richard j could utter, as Agatha vanishod, and j Capt. Hardwicke, looking odiouily I radiant, sauntered toward him. "Ah, Allerdyee, old fellow, caught ! us, have you? Then I may as well tell i you all my tremendous good luck at jonce, and take your congratulations. Perhaps you've heard how Miss I Travers' nursing saved my lifelastyear,

and wJien, ot course; I tell in love Willi her, as who wouldn't? She would have it it was only gratitude, and refused to let me make what sho railed a mesalliance, just because there's that brute of a title coming to mo some day. I told her I thought all that rubbish was obsolete, and offered to drop tho title altogether if she liked; but nothing would do, and we parted rather out of temper. I heard sho was down here, and ran down to see my uncle, hoping he would talk her over, but I began to think it was no use. And, do you know, I was frantically jealous of you, old fellew! 1 saw she liked you, and 1 almost believe you could .havo cut mo out early in the day, if yon'd had tho pluck to try, sho was so set against me. But to-day sho mode it all right, and she thinks Tve saved her life this time, so we're quits. Well, old man, am I not the luckiest man alive?" "But but " stammered the wretch ed Bichard, "surely, her family !" "She's an orphan. Oh, I see what you mean ; she told me sbo hud been shocking you with an undo who's a chemist, or a butcher, or goodness knows what. Bah ! I should think tho mere fact of being a hospital nnrso wai

a patent of nobility to any woman. Bnt if my little girl were a beggar-maiden she would still bo a real princess. God bless her T And Richard's' groau may have beeq on assent. Cassell's Family' Maya-zinc.

from the rectory gate, the great rectory

mosttn pacwg oemna ner.

she adorned hep position.

What a deliefoarhiU to run down!" . : i t ' tVC?. Tin i i

Now. Richard's own collio was at his ! she said, with a happy little laugh, as

master's heels, and there was a border ; he placed her dainty feet on the feud of long standing between these treadles. "I really must try it" two faithful followers. There was one j "Pra.y, pray don't attempt it!" was angry growl, a heavy rush, a thud, and t Richard's horrified remonstrance, for then a brown body and a black rolled j the hill stretched down even more altogether in the dnst in a manner sug-1 ruptly than on the side ho had ascendgeative of a" dog's funeral on one sfete j ed, and near the bottom there was a or tho other. Richard, who was nctu- sudden sharp turn, with tho railway ally staggered by the suddenness of it ' line running just below tho nastiest all, could not for a moment regain his bit of road for miles around. Perhaps

wfnaeai wiuwiien ue uiu, h was so una even Afftrtna Xravers would have hesim i a.l t TA.i .i 1 i . - . ' . . . - - . . . r.

Hiss Travers, both white hands locked in, the hair cf Rollo's shaggy neck, pulling him from his foe with all her strength, and calling to "Mr, Allerdyee" to "take hold of his dog and pull him off." She was being whirled round in tha clorid of dust by the frantiwsltzers before Bichard could quite settle where

to, take hold," 'but that task was per-

tated to hazard it had it not' been for

the consternation in i'lchaxcfs face. " Mr. Allerdyee, yDTSf are fainthearted," she said gaylyyas she started on her downward course a little more rapidly than she had at first intended, but Richard's new tricycle ran smoothly. His heart was in hi - mouth, as the country folk say, as sho began to glide rapidly ofL.,u.She turned her head, and

formed for him by a gentlpmanin tweed ' flashed buck a merry defiance. "My iiickerbockors. who ataited'out of the uncle, the chemist at Jlochester, used

" Vp-ite Hart;" a few roils away, and : to say n Then the wicked sparkle

ranj'.tjO the TrSvers and

friigtneuts of .the other's per;on; and it's riinnin awuy.

LIBRARIES.

resci'e. Between Suss j luaea suddenly, and we called quick hra-Kelf tho waltzers were and clear: jfCan you stop me, pleas?

Mrv'rtv n fcc lho brfikfrfs fitiil ; T mn't malr ir.nrnlr '

Mix Traverse. tiuskcl. vaatlncr.

cof - red with dix's t.ut looking lovelier than Richard had ever seen woni:-,r, loojc Itefore, s.wk buek against tho wtory wall and tried to laugh. 'J !-.'--strangtr lifted Id l-at, looking strai.-;. at let with a pair of pi-rcing bri, a ?' "xcu? mo. Mis." Travers," he m. in r:.t!:er au oiT-haiid manner, "but tun? was nbont s rash it thingjts any .! eou'.d posss ily do. Tho dogs mi-' r both have turned on you end bitten yon br.'i-y." ' 'I hfsk yc n, Capt. Hardv.-icko, I . . not n letv-fc fer," ws hor recpO' . g.vv: -lith i little haughtines5i; and ;hCCiiCtnv.n, with a aod to Bichard, j

Poor Bichard of the faint heart! It

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. road. '..o Richard will so long us that ; t, slight figure Mimed to swim knees knocked . ! She managed . -.teoriug handle l the middle of pace grew more

Raised His Wages. "I have been running a train for thirty years," said a gray-haired conductor on the Wabash as he sat down by my side and sorto 1 out his tickets and coupons. "I started in on the New York Central, have been on tho Lake Shore, Pennaylvanr-a, and three O.'s, and here I am on the Wabash." "Did von know old Vanderbilt?" "Did I know him? Wei!. He used to keep a pretty close watch of everything, 1 tell yon, and there wasn't muoh going on along tho road that ho didn't know about. Ono time I got myself into a box. At Albany thoy brought a oorpse on to my train, and nobody

had bought a ticket for it, according to

rules. At first 1 refused to carry it, but the station a pent said it belonged to some of the railroad folks, and the charges wo:ild be paid to me in New Yvk. When wo got to New York no body called for the corpso. I was in a hurry to go home, bnt I waited around for my faro, as I knew I'd bo hold responsible for it. Nobody came, and nobody at the depot know anything about " it This vexed wo a good deal, and SO I mode up my mind something had to bo done. So 1 sent word over to the medical college there was a 'stiff at tho Ccntr.il Depot for sale. A doctor came right over, and I sold him tho body for jnst enough to pay tho charges, entered the fact on my roJiort, and went home. Next morning i heard tho body was that of a relative of old Vanderbilt himsolf ! And I had gone and sold it to a medical college! Well, I wont stra'giit to the old man's office to get my discharge, I know my time had come. But, would you believe it, I wasn't bounced? The old man took it very cool." "What did ho ny?" "He said bo had got the body back all right, and had inquired into nil the ciroumstances. Then ho raised my wages a hundred dollars a year!" Chicago Herald.

By the errors of others, tliewisa man corrects his own.

Our National "Library Conipiirisd with Those of Otlior Countries. The National Library may indeed be called the great brain bottle of the American people. But tho bottle is already too full. Tho library was mado to aocommodato 300,000 volumes, and there ore already 513, 441 books piled in it, one above another, and over 170,000 aro stored away in the crypt. After the work on the new building is commenced, says Architect Smithmycr, it will require five years to complete it, and in that time at the present rate of increase our National Library will have approximated -a million of volumes.' Aided as it is by the copyright tax it will always be tho largest and best library in the United States, and it will soon compete with thoso of Europe. There-are now five- big-or libraries in tho world, vi. The National Library of France, with 2,300,000 volumes; tho Library of tho British Museum at London, 1,500,000; tho Royal Publio Library at St Petersburg, 1,000,000; tho Royal Library at Munich, 900,000, and the Royal Library ut Berlin, 7i)0,000. Tho first library in this country was tho Harvard College Library started in 163.S, while that of Yale College was started in A. 1). 1700. Thirty-one yoars later Ben Franklin, having walked from Now York to Philadelphia aud started a printing-office there, originated the first subscription library of America, and iu 1800, when our Capitol was removed to Washington, the Library of Congress or our National Library was foundod. When the British came hero in 1814, they burned it, and Congress bought Jefferson's library of 7,000 volumes as a second beginning. By. 1351 the library bad increased to 05,000, when it was again destroyed by fire, only 20,000 volumes being saved. Since that time the library has steadily grown, having nearly doubled in size within the past ten years. Ic 1870 there were estimated to be 50,010,000 books in tho libraries of tho United States and 20,000, ( 00 of these were in publio librarios. This gives an average of over one book per person, as th'-ro were 8, 000,000 people in the United States by tho census. The German nations have the most books in their libraries, and there are over a thousand public libraries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, twenty of which contain over 1000,000 volumes. Great Britain has only sine libraries containing oyer 100,000 volumes, but the British Museum pays out $80,000 annually to improve its collection. Franco has six libraries of over 100,000 books outside of the National Library, which is the largest in the world, aud Spain has, nil told, thirty public libraries, containing in ft!l 700,000 volumes, of which 220,000 are in the library at Madrid. Cleveland leader.

Only a Dos:. It was not an hour after dawn, yet the waiting-room in the Grand Central Station was full. It was always full. Outside, each minute of the day, trains came or went ; to Canada, to IJew England, to the South, to the great West. The thronging crowd gathered there now, were of every variety of race and condition, and their pursuits were as various. Here were a group of young fellows, laughing and boisterous, on their way to Harvard; there a poor family of pale, silent emigrants, going to seek ihoir fortune in Dakota. A party of delicate women and children, wrapped in furs, and attended by liveried 'servants, were waiting for the train which would take them to Florida. On this bench sat a bonanza king, who was on his way back to his gold mines in California, and on that half-a-dozen sturdy Norwegians and blackeyed Spaniards, who had juit landed from an ocean steamer, each with his whole possessions tied up in a handkerchief, and in his hat his ticket marked for Denver, Col. Each man was only intent upon himself and his own business. In spite of the crowd there was a marked quiet. We Americans aro a silent people. Tho soft moaning air blew freshly through the long lines of cars and x:iffing engines; a faint hum came from without. It was the great city awakening for the day. A Scotch colloy, belong to one of the emigrants, went from ono group to another, wagging his t.dl aud looking

up with mild, expressive oyes full of good nature and friendly feeling. He seemed to bind these people suddenly together with a thread of good-wilt Children caUed to him, the students romped with him, ladies patted his

shaggy head, a poor negro w the cor

ner threw him a bone.

Just then a startled hush fell on the

crowd and every eyo turned in one di

rection. A woman was washing the

windows of some empty cars drawn on a siding, singing as sho rubbed the panes. She had her child with her, a little fellow 8 years old. While her back was turned, tho baby ran to tho door of the car and jumped down on to the next track. Upon the track the Eastern express was just approaching tho station. Directly in its xioth Was tho baby. A sort of sob of terror came from the paralyzed crowd. Tho dog, with head erect and fixed eyes, saw the danger, and with a bound and a fierce bark, darted toward the child. Tho baby, frightened, started back. Tho inothor went on washing windows and singing, as the hugo engine rushed up abreast of her car. There was a crunching noise and a faiht little cry of agony. Even strong men grew" sick at the sound and turned away. When thoy looked, tho baby was toddlingacross the platform, laughing, and the crushed, doad .body of tho dog lay on tho track. "Passeng.'ra for Pittsburgh, Chicago, and tho West!" "Passengers for Baltimore, Richmond, and the South !" So tho cry wout on, and the surging crowd passed out, never all to moot agiuu in this world. 'ut the faces of men and women wor pale, aud there wore tears in the eyes of many of them. Tho poor Heg:o ai:d tho millionaire, tottering old men, and laughing boys woro the bettor ami fcfro.ifjer for what they had seen, mid were helped upward by so inucb, bycmise omi a dumb dog had been friendly in its life and heroic in its dentil. Yor'li's Comjum'on.

Tlipy All Knew How. I took a large spider from his web under the. basement of a mill, put him on a chip, and set him ailoat ou the quiet waters of (lie poi.d. He walked all about (he sides of his ha.-lt, survoyiug tho situation very carofully, and when the fact that ho win really afloat and about a yard from shore foeiued to bo fully coiuprohondod. ho prospected for the noiirest point of land. This point fairly settled upon, ho immediately began to cast a web for it, He threw it

as far as possible in tho air with tho wind. It soon reached the shore, aud

made fast to the spires of grass. Thou

he turned himself about and in true sailor fashion began to haul iu hand over hand on his cable Carefully ho drew upon it until his bark began to

move toward tho shore. As it moved the faster he tho faster drew upon it to

keep his hawser taut, and from touching the water. Very soon ho reached tho shore, and quickly leaping to terra

firma, no spod his way Homeward

Thinking that he might be a special expert, and an exception in that lino

of Iwatinanship to the rest of his

companions, I tried several of them,

and Uiey all came to shore in like manner. Portland Press.

Queen Sophia Charlotte.

Frederio HX, son and successor of

the threat Elector, is one of the most contemptible personages whom the

house of Ilohonzollern has produced.

lie was vain, frivolous, unmanly, and.

withal, physically deformed. But the facihties of his age, and the impulses of

Ins own vanity, permitted nun to con

nect his name with one famous and several praiseworthy achievements. He obtained the royal dignity for himself and his successors; he founded tho

University of Halle and the Prussian Academy of Sciences; he gave aid and

encouragement to Leiumtz, Pufendorf,

Wolf, Spener, Thomasius, and other ingenious scholars ; and he was the

husband of Sophia Charlotte.

Indeed, the good fortune last named,

the possession of an accomplished and enterprising princess, accounti in large

measure for all of i redone s triumphs,

except, perhaps, the acquisition of the crown. That was his own work, and it was one bingularly calculated to call forth all of his zeal and energy. But in tho encouragement given to learning and letters and art, the Elcctress was

the leader, whilo her husband was i

spirod less by intellectual sympathy than by the desire to add luster to his

court.

Sophia Charlotte, Frederic's second

wife, was a princess of ih-s house of Hanover, and sister of Georgo I. of

England. ' Her naturally keen aud act

ive mind had lieon developed by an ex

cellent education, and by the advan

tages of the most intellectual society

which Germauy afforded. Leibnitz

was always a welcome guest at her father's court, and after her marriage he gave a great part of his time to Berlin, where Sophia Charlotte continued to propound paradoxes, and quiz hiui about the causes of things. Rofugees

from Lutheran and refugees from Cath

olic intolerance were cordiallv received

and tolerated by the Electrcss' influ

ence. Sho patronized Jesuits, and

her kindness being seasoned with a

touch of malicious humor sho de

lighted in betrayir.g Spenor and Vota

into theological disputes in her araw

ing-room. She was a firm friend of Schluter, and to his genius and her management Berlin owes soino of its

finest monuments and palaces, iiesser,

Canitz, and other so-called poets found

in the Electress a patient listener as they recited their odos and epics. But

with all hor merits and accomplish

ments Sophia Charlotte wanted one

quality to whioh Frederio attached a profound importance, so that although

he respected and even feared, no nard-

ly admired her. She had no sympathy with the Elector's love for spectacular effect If a magn:ficent pageant was organized at the. palace, the Electress would absent herself entirely, or commit some solecism and throw every

thing into confusion, or even break up the whole oeremony by going into open

revolt at some critical moment. Uur ing the coronation services at Konigs-

berg, which Frederic had exerted all

his tngonuity to make solemn and imposing, the Electress laughed behind her husband's great wig, and even took

a pi'.;ch of snuff nt the very point where Frederio expected her to look most

grave and decorous. On her death

bed she could not suppress her grim humor. "His Majesty will grieve bitterly when you are gone," said an attendant "Oh, yes," replied the penetrating princess; "but it will give him the

chance to get up a magnificent funeral." A magnificent funeral she received,

and if that could honor the dead de

served: but not long afterward her in

consolable husband consoled himself to

a third wife. Herbert Tuttle, in Har

per's Magazine.

The Man with a Conundrum. "Why is my head like a motoh?"

asked the customer of the barber who

was shampooing lum. "Is it because it feels light when it's

rubbed?" queried the slinger of tho

suds. "Just so," said the patron. "And

now," ho added, "why is my head like

a brass aoor-Knoo r "Because it hasn't much hair on it, ventured the tonsorial artist

"No," said tho citizen, shaking his

nend. A minute elapsed, when tho hair butoher absent-mindedly inquired : "Did you say head or cheek, Colonel?"

"I said head, you idiot !" shouted the conundrum victim, sitting upright, "and I meant that it got brighter the more

it was rubbed, and I don't want any insinuations." The barber gontly apologized as he said : "Look out, Colonel ; I don't want to feel that you are liable to loeso your head, thus making it ljko an umbrella." A'cto York Comviercial Advertiser.

Poverty, Humility, Godliness. If we are not getting to bo a more godly nation it is not for lack of ohnrches. In ISM) there was a church to every 1,7-10 inhabitants; in IfvSU there was ono church to every 717 inhabitants. In 1800 there wore i.'.r-51 preachers; in 18S0 there wcro CO, 870. The increase, of population for tho ton years preceding I8.SO was 30 per cent, j the increase of church communicants during these same years was Hi per cent. This shows that the prenohers aro getting in their work; but they wero greatly ajr-isted by the panic iii 1873 nnd tho subsequent hard tines. There is nothings.) provocativo of goodness as poverty. It brings with it humility. Grand JiaiMs 'i'imes. Let no young man over permit it to enter his mind that economy is meanness, or that it is to bo despi-icd. it ii ho who saves who con afford to give:

and nothing i-i mean which is honest, and whioh goes to establish one's independence

Tins poor avo only they who feel

poor, and poverty couaists in fooling poor. Tho rich, ns w. reckon them, among them tho very lioli, in a true search would bo found very indigent and ragged.

FARM NOTES.

It is said that one bushel of beets added to nine bushels of apples makes

cider rioher and of superior flavor to j back.

that mado from apples alone. We should try the experiment ton a small scale. The farmer should remember that animal hoat is maintained by the food eaten. The more heat required, the larger the amount of food must be ussd for this purpose. Food that is used by the animal for the production of heat cannot be changed into fat You might as well expect to use the same pile of logs to build a house, and burs in tho stove. This is not "mere theory;" it is a scientific fact, backed by experiment It follows, therefore, that the corn and hay may bo wasted through a crack in the stable walls as certainly and as rapidly as through a crack in the corn-crib floor. It is simply a question of profit,' will it pay better to keep an animal warm by giving it comfortable quarters, or by feeding an increased amount of corn and hay? Farmer's Advance. The Minneapolis Tribune remarks : "An important chango is taking place in the character of the agricultural industry in the southern half of this State. Instead of relying mainly on wheat the farmers there are putting more capital into dairying and growing horses, beef, cattle, and hogs. This will lead to the cultivation of corn and oats much more extensively, and the results already obtained prove that tho policy will greatly increase the profitableness of farming in that locality, and prevent the frequent embarrassment flowing from dependence upon a single crop. The creamery business especially is developing with remarkable rapidity. There are already sixtyeight of these in operation, and eight more will begin business early in tho spring. The butter produced is of excellent quality and commands high prices," Very many families desire some inexpensive device for filtering rain and other waters to be used for cooking and table use. A cheap and very efficient filter may be mado by using a spirit or wine cask, placing it ou end with the head removed, and baring a faucet at tho bottom to draw off the clear water. To fit it for a filter, take the removed top head of the cask, and with a small bit bore holes all over it, then place clean bricks or blocks of wood on the bottom, and on these rest the perforated top. Now fill upon it about four inches of charcoal chopped into small bits the size of peas, and over this put a layer of sand six inches deep. Impure water poured into the cask on top of the sand will become clear and sparkling alter a little while, or as soon as all fine particles are worked out of the charcoal and sand. This filter will not need renewing oftener than once in two or three months. Popular Science Monthly. Capse op Hog Cholera. It is quite possible that the hog cholera that has so suddenly disappeared from certain sections was the result of feeding by a certain system rather than a contagious disease. Pigs fed on corn for generations are deprived of the nitrogenous elements of food, and tho flesh is little more than thin cells of animal tissue filled with oil. Nature may have, to a certain extent, boon provided for, but not with an evenly balanced ration, and when from any cause the functions of the system were disturbed, disease stepped in and tho "cholera" was the result When the bettor system of

clover feeding hogs was adopted, and

wete never so happy as when exultingly . repeating thir niosto, "an eye for an. cy-, a tooth for a tooth." The pedi-. greo .of the latter does not date as far

They were first beard of wnen

Christ was upon earth, and their motto was "Love your enemies, do good to them that hato you." This family has not, multiplied 'rapidly, and it some-tiines-Jocks as if it would become extinct.-

f BflMESTTC RECIPES. Pie Cbcst. Mix two and ono-half cups of sifted flour with one-half cup of lard, one-half cup of butter, salt and one-half cup of cold water. Bannock Pcodino. One cup of cornmeal, one cup of flour, one cup of sour milk, one egg, one teospoonful of lard, ono tea-spoonful of soda. ' Cup Cake, Two cups of sugar, ono cup of milk, one-half cup of butter, two taaspoonfuls of baking powder, four eggs, two and one-h.alf -cups of flour. Squash Pie. Steam the squash, and when done beat; perfectly smooth; add a tablespoonful of sugar, one-quarter of a cup of butter, nutmeg and two eggs. The quantity is sufficient for three pies. Cbbest Cake. One-half cup of butter, one onp of sugar, two eggs, onehalf cup of milk, one and one-half cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one cup of washed currants, dredged with flour. To Cook Liver. First have the liver cut in thin slices and pour boiling water upon it, and let it stand ten minutes. Then roll in flour and fry in bacon or pork fat. Before serving put on a liboral supply of butter and pepper and set for a moment in the oven. Mashed Turnips. Pare and lay in cold water, slightly salted, ten minutes ; cook with boiling water, and cook until very tender; drain and wash in a colander; season with butter, pepper, and salt Serve hot Lemon Later Cake. Two eggs, two cups of sugar, two and one-half cups of flour, one-quarter of a cup of butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; filling one cup of sugar, one egg, ono tablespoonful of butter, one lemon grated ; boil till thick. Bread Pudijin . Pour boiling water on a pint of dry bread crumbs; melt with it ono tablespoonful of butter. When soft, mix in two beaten eggs, one pint or more of fruit stewed or fresh; sweeten to taste. It is better without spices. Bake twenty' minutes, and"eat with or without cream. Pra-iTd Pit? Para and errata one

largo white potato into a deep dishf

add the grated rind and puce of one lemon, the white cf one egg well beaten, one teacup of cold water, one teacup of white sugar. Ponr this into a plate lined with a nice crust and bake. When done havo ready tho whites of three eggs well beaten, with one-half cup of powdered sugar and a few drops of lemon extract Pour this over the pie and return to tho oven till of a rich brown color. Indian Meal Cake. Sift one-half pint of cornmeal and one-half pint of wheat flour, into which first put teaspoonful baking powder, and a small spoonful salt; one grated nutmeg; one tablespoonful ground cinnamon; put three-quarters of a pound granulated sugar and one-half a pound butter together. Beat eight eggs very Pght, and add to the butter and sugar.

meal l.ttle at a

pork was finished upon corn, and the timeond one-half cup of mdk, and

system of tho hog had been perfoctly

fed in all its ports, cholera disappeared. It is more than likely that a return to old methods would revive it, and if Commissioner Loring's Treasury commission will experiment in this direction, rather than try to find a case of the disease to "work from," something definite might bo found out about it prior to tho year 1900. Milwaukee Sentinel. A Typical Mutton Sheep. Breeders of Shropshires claim for their favorites that they are the most profitable of allsheop m this country, as they combine the good qualities of the Southdowii as a meat-producing animal, and of the Merino as a wool-bearing sheep. The editor of tho Texas Wool Qroioer says that the Southdown, if purely bred, is a mutton sheep and nothing else; it is the lightest shearing of all English favorite breeds, and, in the words of Prof. Jepnings, "is cultivated partio jlarly for its mutton, which for quality takes precedence of all others." For the sake of mutton qualities the wool has been sacrificed, aud it is the least valuable of English wool-producers. But in other qualities docility, eari-frmaturity, milking, and as a good mother it has no superior. Combining wool and mutton, tho Shropshire may bo mora profitable, nnd, indeed, combining the two, the Shropshire is said to bo more profitable than the Merino ; but as a mutton, sheep, pure and simple, and as the most beautifully formed sheep, tho Southdown stands in the front Chicago -Tribune. A correspondent of the Cultivator

says tho whole operation of destroying j

Canada thistles is to put the thistles where they cannot breathe from tho 1st of June' till near tho eud of September. This process will completely kill them, in any State in the Union. Tho trouble in oil cases of failure is that a few of them are allowed to peep above ground, take breath, and thou go on growing again. They cau never bo killed when this is done. The easiest nnd cheapest way to do the work is by deep, thorough, and careful plowing. Mv way is to lot tho thistles grow till

about blossoming time, and thou, with

a good team and a Sm-rate plow, turn thorn completely under, not allowing a

solitary straggler to le seen. I attach a heavy chain to tho plow, to servo as a woed-hook, without which I could not bury them. If woll buriod, it will bo a

have dish on pan well buttered ; bake

in a moderate oven. A Pickling Recipe. It can be used at any ttme hot or cold, wet or dry no weather being unsuitable. To 100 pounds of beef, salt, either fine or coarse, seven pounds; brown sugar, two .pouEtls; saltpeter, two ounces; red' aud black pepper, each two ounces;spice to (M preferred) suit the taste. Mix these, and rub each piece of meat well with the mixture. Now put on the head of tho barrel next tho moat, and weigh down with a thirty or fifty pound rock, and in forty-eight or seventy-two hours it will make enough brine to cover the meat Will be ready to use' in a week, and keep till eaten up.

The War of 1812. The verdict of posterity upon the war of 1812 maybe said to be this-f That there was ample ground for if and that it completed the work of the revolution; and yet that it was the immediate product of a few ambitious men, whose aims and principles were not really so high as "were those of many who opposed tho war. The outrageous impressment of American seamen touched a point of national pride, and justly; while the United States submitted to this it certainly could not bo called an independent nation; and the abuse was practically ended by tho war, even though the treaty of peace was silent Oh .the other side, the' dread entertained of Napoleon by the Federalists was perfectly legitimate; and this, too, time has confirmed. But this peril was really far less pressing than tho other: tho United States needed more to- be liberated from the domineering attitude of England than from the remoter tyranny of Napoleon, and it was therefore necessary to reckon with England first As a matter of fact, Iho Fodoral'sts did their duty in notion ; tho Commonwealth of Massachusetts furnished duriug those throe years more soldiers than any other; and tho New England States, which opposed tho war, sont more men into tho field than tho Southern States, which brought on tho contest Unfortunately, tho world remembers words hotter than actions Utera scripta manel aud tho few questionable phrases of the

Hartford Convention are now hotter remembered than tho 11,000 men which Massachusetts raised in 1814, or the

month before any of thtun can raeh ' "''i.iiOO.OOO she paid f. r bounties. T. IV.

Iltgfftnson, m Harpers Mag&zme.

Letting Down the liars.

tho surface; but before it ia time.

nuother heavy plowing aet3 them back another month or less. Cutting them

oft'with a boo or in any other way, will

not answer, because thoy first get ab vo I Two old necroes become acmiainted

ground. I can kill -my huge patch in j in a way that shanies formality.

three months, !;-. clear ground. At a C03t . Mnftino- for thn first time. thev

of from ? to $8 an acre, and leave the j look at each other. Then; one ground in most admirable condition for : romarks so tho other can hear

sowing winter grain.

Odd Characters. Chiuios Kingsloy, in his "Water

Babies," refers to two very odd characters Mrs. B-do!Ui-bv-as-vou-did :

and Mi s. Do as-you-wonld-be-done.-bv. !

have boon interested m looking un

the pedigrees of tUeao old ladies. I , find tho first rau chum a very onciout ! AncA?;irv. ftllil th.i f.ir.,i.v- uwfl TimiiAv. '

ous, so-dtorod all over tho earth. Thev

thrived in tho Old Tcstauieat days, ?nd

him: '"Doau bolebo I knows that man, but his face is mighty 'miliar." Then the other one says : "Seed dat man nomnwhere, bat kain't place him. Howdy do, goucrman ?" "Poorly; how ia it wid yosso'f V" "Porcly, thank yer. Whar does yer lib?" "On dor Pryor place. Whar does yerse'f Vide?" "On the Avery place. How's all yor folks ?" "Porely, thank yer; how's all wid yosse'f?" "Portly, bleegod tor yer." After this they tiv old ac-.piainianoss and never fail to greet each other as friends. Arkansaw Traveler,

HUMOR. Nveb ride ; nightmare with tho spur of the moment ' . Pkrhafs it's better to be right than to be President, but it is easier to ba President Somb people prefer -death to marriage. That's because they, new tried death. ' " ; As illustrated in insurance, a write up business is not always an upright business. A Bublington mother has miraculously cured her youngest hopeful ,of smoking by the laying on of hands. , What is the difference between ' a swallow-tailed coat and a boot-jack? One catches the heel of a boot and the other the toe. One would reasonably suppose that it would be difficult to oolleet a HU from a leather merchant when he btajs leather and hides. "No," said the Chicago editor, of fci rival, "I don't think he was drunk when he wrote that editorial; when a man's drunk he speaks the truth." "Oh I" said the man who bad traveled, "I didnt mind having the delirium tremens. I saw snakes and alligators and things, but it merely seemed as though I was in Florida," "Jury," said a Western Judge, "you kin go out and find a verdict If yoa can't find one of your own, get the one the last jury used." The jury returned with a verdict of "Suicide in the ninth degree." An ! neighbor ones, why took sad? , Worse looks I never saw: Sure something's happened very nadr Hast, lost thy moihfcr'n-laW? Thy -nolher'a-law? Alas ! friend Broun, great is my woe Of trouble I've my nil: I've passed my semi-annnal throe I've paid my water bull My water bill! The Poet at the AtfaUru. A man can brake ou a railroad for (40 a month all his life, but if inn gets broken on one be want) $5,000 ia cash, and if he leaves a widow she usually puts her figures as high as $10,0 JO. Texas Sifting' An exchange speaks of a "kfasmg; bee" organized in a Western town. We would have no objections to the hissing if the bee would present itself aooording to tho established rules of etiquette. Jfcwman Independent. His M attie wa a pretty Cirt. As fa r as one oonld be; And every time tie made a,oaU He had a Hat oa knee. Merchant Trwoeter. And when he had no cash with which. To so and see the play. He'd give no heed to her desire, - But say to Hat, "Oh, ay!" f. . : - , -Wasi: Hatchet. These was a game of poker oolpe, As loni as he waa abis. "Alas!" cried he who ftot the aooop, , ' (for ehort, I'll call htm "Bantyl " "I'll have to see my "uncle," now . That you hat e 'seen' my ante. JCfete York Journal. They do things, coolly down ia Tennessee. It ia said of a young lady that nineteen years ago her father refused to let her go to a candy-pulL She, however, disappeared. The other day she returned, lifted elevtsn childrem out of the wagon, went into her father house and took off her things as calmly as though she had only been absent aa hour or two. Carl' PretieVs Weekly. BEAUTIFUL BELLA BARNEY. Bewitched bncolic Ben became. Bv buxom Bella Barney:

Tt,,n hefair backward, better

lilondo Rellit. habbllnir blarni

Uothere.d hv bashfutness Bea's

mazing txcame Jen s musses; , But blinded by Belle's beauty bright. By baleful ba'ks Ben brashes. By bluuder j bashful beings blind become bereaved: but lirasen boldness becomes best brace behind Beirin&ers hloomine: blazon.

Bright"? Dcaecaeo, oy naroec

rinsuy ocs ov nrusruug, Ben breaks beyond blank bubxul

Bad cored by Maztne Dins-unf. -. But blissful, reatifla browse, " By hroodln-r brought both Belle , Before Ben, braced by browston, bows Briefly, betimes, betrothal, San i"rancUco Pott. THE MAN WHO' WAS LEFT. Ten maids then wan, Kach one as fair As the other nine. Ten stars as bright. In lovclv light Each other did outshine. A tender swain. With puzzled brain. Lifts up his wailing TOice; And In despair He tears hlsbalr Tbat he can't make a ohotea "Wall not!" they cried; . 'Nor woe betide; But rather do rejoice ' That other ten Much better men Than you have mad a chotoe." -WillJ. Lampton. ODE TO A BABT. See the pretty baby. Eyes so big and blue: Knows great deal, maybe, - But only says, "Oo, oo." . , Bands like balls ot cotton. Feet so pmk and 1st: Where can the kid have gotten Hands aud feet Uke that? Cheeks so round and cbuffy. And such a such a nosel Hair so short and fluffy, And, gracious, see those toes! Lcoks at everybody As it it knew them all ; Does it want some toddyj. ,, . . Is It going to squall? Yes, it's going to do lb

usten now u nouersi

Mamma wouldn't sail it,. ' Vuc ' '

IH tO-

Ol

Hampton ts a 11t inawe. " A middle-aged man approached Gen. Hampton and asked his influence ia nressino- a claim before the Militat-v

Committee of the Senate, Tee stranger then said: "General, I am glad to see you again. You do not recognise me, but you personally made a prisoner of me during the war. " Comparing note. Hampton found out that it was a fact, and recalled the circumstances. He

was roconnoitenng one .night, and missed his way. Around him burned many more camp-fires than he had left belaud hint. Entering a house, he discovered that he had strayed into the

enemy s lines. A few soldiers, were seated at a table, and abruptly address

ing tnem as u a superior officer of

their own army, ho asked who they were and what they were doing there. One man spoke up and reliiA "Wr

belong to tho Jdightu Ne''. rk 1

ment, and uen. warrec

his nervo and address woui : )vquir"d

to extricate himself fromrtt -. .limuei i na

position. Ho reached for h-- pist-.l, held it along his thigh, an"', n 'raYng the house, commanded th- niiui wtv had spoken to him to follow. Jjwd.rt so. Hampton mounjtod his hr-r-v av' called the man to hint. B"m'.-;l;.. .low to the Federal, soldier's- ear h'e whimpered : "I have a pistol auu.U. ut uis

head and will shoot you if anv alarm ;

made." The surprised soldier whte-per'-d: "Don't shoot I surrender." Hampton bade him move on just ahead of his horse, and so brougut him into the Confederate camp. It was this man who, after more titan twenty yearn, mot his captor aud asked a favor ol him.

w uouuwi, huu uu was moro than willing to grant It was a stranr .

romantic coincidence in the returning

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Ktea,--&' fi. e. -itTliJFJ:':U.