Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 January 1889 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER.

C DOAJCK, XubUHer. JASPKK. INIUAXA ONLY A LITTLE OLD SHOC! Oetj- a MtUeotd . Uoljr httie W . Thai a behr' feetha wer: I Oaljr a IttUe oM she. 1 Br a fritf-Kwa nlr aioned, Oely a nttle eM Bj- bar Wvtac hood trMt4! 0ljr a pule old t)Me, But I held It rtoto, as tflt hoe w The heater here aed tM ea heart-Boie, A I seen to see, aed to heat 000, TMiUlDlr tool, villi tt eistpled rraee. As it iurtttly Kite I root tdaee to oiaee: Oeee wore I took late btaxftiiur eyes. That mt snjr own with a gla i saror-. Oa more I plajr kIA Um riojrlets fair CX the taBffted. aat-hrowa aair, Aad thooh 'us a rtetoa. to ae tt tree. A I look ostee ia on thst KM U 10! Oetr a liUto old shea, VTUk a tottered heel, had the toot oat Hot HmwmU aw oow a waSerfel seetl It '. doMer to ? thae toeoee eoa toll! A : (u no it how, thtoofk too aM of my toon, It k eeweed with too story vjasshod yor. Whoa t-r heart thrilled with gledoes. m nftMnjr I luthoOoA-traatoaJorofroal sothsrhoei! Thfowrk 1 ho olvcr.ox depth of tfcs oUeoe " 1 hoar Soft-aieatared seusd.s that !aU (all oa icy ear. Aad the word that are soefcea see these of a saiat, la awrr, I haew, to a an tine's toatotoiot! "Cease jfrSeviag. O heart, aod Mm to tho Kitht That shtaiax tor tho; mm! striata brteht. For the little ooo's leee, or tho rather' s ova will. That oo4 hleosed la-; mother U MefrUste hor MtUt Gotdod hy aaoot. aod ireerded hy M m, Tho tool ot the eh:Wt statesaiHedhy Mori UafohUBC la growth. It I idaatiag its idisce la the woattecJul way of Cod's woaderfal rraee. And tho dear little feet are bow paotiac hetweea Thr !U oa the earth aod the ) aotoen." Xl!m lhnr. im Jmttr Own. EVANESCENT INK. Vr. Ambrose Pook'a MaohloatiOQss Prore Hi DefoAt. Mr. Ambrose Peck sat before his desk In tho law office of Steele & Soelling. buried in profound thought. It was after office hours, and there was mo one present to disturb him. With lats feet on the desk and his elbows on the arms of his chair, he slowly pulled at his sandj' muotache. while his keen gray eyes Mxed themselves unconeious!y upon a spider which was spinning a web across a duety pigeon-hole above the desk. "Hang it'' he muttered impatiently to himself, "I wish that I couid my way cWar." Mr. Peck was thinking of his aunt, the widow of bis great-trade. Captain Jollifer. She was eighty years old and lived in the old Jollifer mansion. which had once been the pride of the Tillage on whose outskirts it had .otood. Utit the village had in time grown into town, which slowly extending itself. naconda-Uke, had swallowed up the big brick mansion and the wide lawn and garden, until they now formed an entire square in the heart of the corporation. This real estate alone, which, as Mr. Peck reflected, could be laM off in beautiful building lots, was in itself a fortune; though the old lady had other property, of which Ambrose well knew the firm of which ho was bead cleric being Mrs. Jollifer's lawyers. And how to get possession in a strictly legal war of all this property was the problem which profoundly exercising- Mr. Peck's mental acumen. He knew that Mrs. Jollifer had but few distant relatives, and that these she cordially hated. Indeed the amiable old. lady had often been heard to declare inn truly Spartan spirit that rather than leave any of hor property to "those people. " she "would burn down the house over her own head1 As a security against either alternative, she took care to hare always on hand, locked away in her private desk, a last wilt and testament, written with her own hand and duly signed and coaled. Of the contents of this document she made no secret, having always openly avowed hor intention of leaving hor property to either her late husband's grand-nephew, Ambrose Peek, or to a certain Miss Melissa Judd. a distant relative, who had for a score of years lived with her in the capacity of housekeeper, nurse and oonSdeetial companion. But the trouble was that Mrs. Jollifer. being a lady of very uncertain mind and temper, should every now and then have a falling out " with one or the other of her proposed heirs, in which case she -weuM invariably destroy the lastMade will and write a new one, cutting off the offender with a legacy of one hundred dollars, and bequeathing the rest of her possessions to the other. with the exception of an annuity to her pet dog, Fido. In consequence of this -peculiarity Mr. Peck was continually haunted by the fear of his respected relative being suddenly called from this sublunary sphere white see of the -wills adverse to himself happened to lJ in force; and he naturally felt it his duty to form some phut in defense of his own interests. Presently Mr. Peck, ha ring dnly resected, began to talk to himself in a ftlow and emphatic tone Vcs It's the only wnf , so far as I Of course she'll accept me if I Then, K Me tarns nut to be the TmuV, lH marry her (this with an involuntary grimace) .while, should the final 'will be proven in my favor well, I need not ewnflidcr myself hound hy the en-

There is Aliee--preHy

AHee aad. Thy the hy. should Inure happen by chance to to no will at nil, Alice will ho belr. or. a least, her mother will. beiag the neareot f kin. I could throw ovor Um old et mmI nwrrjr A1W. Hut Uy! ow do I know but that MoUmu, if b boenHiM Um koir. may tk it into hr kondto throw mm orer? CMd wImh tkey ohm iito bomomIm o(

j-wfwty. Kottoniliy prefer to Koep u to thowtMlrM. ad MelitMit Judd hi m evmmag itnd r&rU&Ht a h hmhcpio. It will b ntiuuiiiiary to tt sure grip on ber. A seret wnrriiMfo? No, no! That would be ffir$m? hor grip on nto. Hrwaeh- of - iH-ota lo Miit? Ah! Thwrw moot be Wttors lUor to produes in orkhmoa. Ha! ha! I'll hare hor thora." IIre Mr. Peek sild exultantly, and briiakly rubbed his hand together. Hut tho nxt moment the smile vxahhd. Here, again! She will have wjr lottorsi well, and could bring a suit as aeily ao I. I've toward her eay that she never destroy! a letter, a she get so few. How shall I find a way out of thi?" He reomed hi musing, unconcernedly watching a Hy which was gyrating about the spider1 web. Presently the j spider made a spring, and at the same moment Mr. Peck brought down his hand smartly upon the desk before him. with an exultant chuckle. "Capital'- Zfc.'A: That will settle the whole matter and make all smooth. Hy George. I'll do it at once. There's no time to be lost, since the old woman may go off at any moment. He! he! what a pleasant little surprise -it will be for Melissa Judd!" Thereupon Mr. Peck reached his hat. and, crossing the street to a druggist, presently returned with several tiny parcels of powders which he proceeded to carefully poor into a small ink bottle. As if for the purpose of an easier identi fication, or, perhaps, to screen the con tents, he pasted over this bottle a paper wrapper of a peculiar mottled mul berry hue. Then, seating himself at the open window for the sake of the failing- lighL he dipped a pen into the bottle and commenced making experimental nourishes and inscriptions on a sheet of paper in a large and bold hand: Wm MtfiMtt Judd. I'reJxznL Iknrei M(lifi. Your tUld lover. Mri. Jrta IVc." Harinr arrived at this latter flnale, Mr. Peck held the paper off at arm's length and surveyed it with a look of great disgtiet. His back was at the window, ad ho did not, perceive that a thin and wiry female had paused on the sidewalk without, and with a pair of keen black eyes was taking in every thing at a glance Mr. Peck, mulberry bottle and writing ineiuded. She started at sight of this last, and uttered an involuntary gasp, which she instantly converted into a tremulous abeatf' Mr. Peck started, and hasti ly thru-i the paper and bottle into an obscure little pigeoe-hote abore his desk. A He in P said Miss Judd. puckering her lips into a cOostrained smile, while an unwonted color suffused her sallow face. "In lh othce so long after business hours, Mr. Peck? I houki think you would be giad to get away as soon as possible. M Mr. Peck sighed, and beliered he was getting fond of solitude or, rather, getting tired of it He began to find his room at the hoarding-house rather lonesome, and without any of the comforts and pleasures of home; and he was never anxious to return to it. "Ahem!, I was on my way there I mean to Miss Spicer's to leave you a message front Mrs. J el lifer. She wMies to see you at enec" "Ahr Ambrose knew front Ion; experience what such a message portended. For some time he had been out of hisaunt's good graces, aad noir she had had a "falling out" with Melissa, and in consequence was about to reinstate him In her favor and make a new wilL As the two walked together down a retired side street toward the Jotlifer House, Mr. Peek took occasion to inform his fair companion that he expected to leave in a few days oa a brief business trip. There wae something which he had long wished to say to her, and before he went he would leave a letter, which he hoped she would answer at once, directing to the address he weuhi give- And all that eTeamg Miss Jttdd found herself so agitated and bewildered by this new and totally unexpected experience la her life, that she actually forget to air Mrs. Jenifer's sheets before the fire, and to warm ever the cold chicken-pie for Fido s supper. o wonder that the ill used old lady accused her of intentional neglect and of wishing to herself and Fido In their graves in order that she might enjoy her expected legacy. And no wonder that she that verynight wrote a new will,, constituting Mr. Peck and Fido her sole heirs and reltww After thy some weeks passed in which things went on as usual, the excellent Mrs. Jollifer making aad unmaking her will just 'as the humor took her. Ambrose Peek bore It phllcfophieally. Aimed with a couple of letters from his now affmneed bride, he felt that he could defy the worst fate that his aftecUooate aunt might have in store for him. As for his own letter, he had exacted from Melissa a promise to do with them a he should with her s seal them up immediately upon receipt, not to he opened until "after their marriage," when some evening at their own fireside they might look them over together an! 'compare notes. " It wae. he een

a mere fanny of hie; hut as it

ICoUoia hot ha mored it So the autumn eame, and on a certain evoning MUm MetUwa Judd had oocaeion to open a leathor trunk, wherein ho kept Mored away hor moot valued and secret pounnofliono. Thin trunk, to be secure from Mrs. Jollifer'8 prying, was kept in the attic, out of reach; and thither Mies Judd now proceeded, leaving tho old lady indulging in Iter ttoual afternoon nap. From thks she never woke until four o'clock, in time for her port wine gruel, and ttte prudent companion would take care to be bttek in good time. On opening the trunk MIm Judd was dfemayed to Had that the rain, drippins; from n k;ak in the roof, had found its way through a crack in the lid and moistened a portion of the eon teat. Among tbee was tho Utile box containing Mr. Peck's lottore, which the immcdiatelv huKtetted to examine. ITtey were dry and uninjured. But as be turned tnetu over something strange in their appearance arrested .tor attention. There were the postmark!;, but what had become of the addrt? Hastily opening them her aotontahnnent increased. Heside the date of receipt, which she horetf had written in pencil, there was not a word or sign written upon either of the two inclosed sheets ot paper. Melissa Htt staring at the paper?. What could it mean? She had heard of ''evanescent ink." and these letters must undoubtedly have been written with something of the kind. Then she remembered having come upon Mr. Peck while all alone in the ofMee he wa engaged in writing her name with endearing appellations on a Bheet of paper. He had been experimenting with the ink! She remembered how hastily, and, as she now thought, guiltily, he had thrust away the paper and the mulberry-colored bottle into a pigeonhole above his deek. He had intended that the writting should disappear but why? And with the question there gradually dawned upon the acute mind ef Melissa Judd a full orception of Ambrose Peck's design, in all its unmitigated villainy and duplicity. And to think that she should so easily have been made a fool of. He had managed to get possession of her written promise of marriage and to destroy his own, and to prevent her discovery of the trick he had requested her to seal up the letters. His intention was to abandon her in case of his falling heir to the proierty; and ten to one he would seek to marry that chit, Alice Hayes, to whom he had been paying attention of late. MiesJudd hated Alice aad her mother. When the latter had mortally offended her Aunt Jollifer by preferring )U share poverty with the man she loved to remaining under her roof as a pampered slave and ien!oner on her bounty. Miss Judd had stepped in and secured that place for herself, and had ever since, by means of false re ports on either side, manage! to keen the aunt and niece apart. Mrs. Hayes was now a widow and very poor; and Alice a woman caa easily discover what a man can not about love affairs. Alice was. as Miss Judd knew, engaged to that impecunious young doctor who would probably have to wait a do en years before he eoukl afford to marry. In any event, thank goodlier. Mr. Peck coutd never get Alice- As for the rest, Misri Judd set her teeth and clenched her hands involuntarily. Oh, if she coukl be revenged! She was aroused by a great knocking proceeding from Mrs. Joilifer's room. Hurrying down, she found it long past four o'clock, and the room full of Maoke from a burning log which had rolled off the andirons to the hearth. Mrs. Jollifer was furious. She had no doubt hut that Melissa had purposely shut her up there to be suffocated. And her anger and resentment reached its climax when Miss Judd, after hurriedly preparing the gruel, presented it seasoned with tansy vinegar instead of wine! Melissa ungrateful, treacherous Melissa was trying to poison her! And without a moment's delay the old lady ordered her to g) at once for Mr Steele; so that by night a new will reposed under lock and key in Mrs. Joilifer's desk. Then the old lady went to bed; and, whether from the effects of Iter agitation or the tansy vinegar, or from other causes unknown, there she was found next morning, stiff and stark in death. And in less than an hour the news had spread alt over town, with the additional that the last act of her life had been to make a will entirely in her nephew's favor. It was surprising how friendly the whole populace Immediately became towards Mr. Peek. In compliance with .the express de sire of the deceased her will was to be opened and read by Mr. Steele immediately after the funeral, and in presence of all whom that occasion might bring together. Wherefore, as soon as the burial was concluded, a goodly number assembled in the parlor of the Jollifer mansion, where, at a table, Mee-rs Steelo and Snclling occupied a conspicuous place. Mr. Peek sat near, in crape bands and with a preternatural solemn face. He never glanced toward Miss Judd, who, on her part, kept her eyes rigidly fixed upon him. Mrs. Hayes and Alice were present, the former looking sad with the genuine regret that after all there should have been no reconciliation with her aunt before hot death. There was a dead silenee as Mr. Steele arose and. after some remarks and formalities, otemaiy broke the seal of the will. Mr. Peek's eyes jMIW lluJ&tW WicWWlfi AfMi Hfll 9lo4 furtive stee-gmaee atMateJnua,

hoc notingf

anfy to meet that lady's gergea-llka

As the lawyer slowly unfolded the' Important document the eyes of all were upon him, and they wondered at the untaxed and bewildered look with which he regarded the paper. He turned it over and over, held it to the light, and with Mr. Snelliag carefully examined it This is very extraordinary," he said. "I myself wrote and sealed this will, sad am certain that It has not since been tampered with. The seal was intact and the paper un doubtedly tho same upon which I wrote. Here are marks to prove it; but the writing itself, with the signatures, have disappeared." Every body stared. Ambrose Peck, with white face and wild eyes, came forward. "W-what ink did you use?" he gasped. The lawyer turned suddenly to Mis Judd. Miss Judd, caa you produce" the bottle of ink which you presented mc for the writiny of this will?" "No. Mr," promptly replied the lady, rising as if on the witnes-eUnd of a court ' of justice. "If you remember, I informed you when I went ! for you that there happened to be ni Ink in the house, and asked pcrmiion to take a bottle from your oflice, which I did while you put on your coat; and, after the will was written, I requested you to take the bottle back with you to the office, which you did." "Certainly. 1 remember now; a bottle with a mulberry-colored label or wrapper, which I had noticed on your desk, Mr. Peck. Perhaps it would le as well to produce it." Mr. Peck turned his eyes wildly upon Miss Judd. What he saw in the gae which unflinchingly met his own. only himself knew, but he at once, without uttering a word, sank limp and helpless into a chair, trembling aa though under a stroke of palsy. Die affair was a more than nine days' wonder to the good people of theftown. For there ensued a very complicated law-suit, In which it was finally decided that 110 legal ana authentic will of the late Mrs. Jollifer had been or could be produced; her whole property naturally reverted to her niece. Mrs. Hayes. So Alice and the doctor were enabled to marry without further waiting, and were happy; while Miss Judd set up a mil linery shop opposite Mr. Peck's oflice, where he is daily cotnieHed to see her. but he never speaks as ho passes by. S. J. Ilcw, ik Detroit tree Jrcm. YANKEE PEDDLERS. Their rrtUIty ami Shrewdnpat Kx eeerfed Only lj Their relltee. Ihelankee peddler, in nine cases out of ten, is a pleasant, companiona hie fellow. Ho knows how to observe. and he ruminates and reasons as ho "circulates" through the country. Hu man nature, of both sexes and all ages and phases, is his study, and he knows it like a book. If he did not, his sales would be fewer and his profits less; for it is by "working head-work" that he selht his hollow-ware, and by his keen perception of character that ho turns his tin so readily Into gold. The wis dom he utters through his nose astonishes the quid-nuncs of ths villages, and the neat compliments to their wives and daughters that now from it like popular tunes from a barrel or- j gan, enable him to poke it profitably ! Into every wayside dwelling. Is there a iolitical problem jiending in the bar-room of the village tavern, who so competent to solve it as tho peddler, who gathers up the threads of public opinion as he travels on, and selecting with admirable sagacity tho strongest and best, knots them up into an argument that might bother a Congresssional committee, and which to the town blacksmith, lawyer, tailor, store-keeper and school-master seems a Gordlan complication that no tongue caa untie- Is there a horse-trade in progress, and a difficulty aa to who shall give "the boot," he is the man to place It on the right leg. He can talk horse like an Arab, and knows by instinct the value of every thing within the reach of mortal computation. Barring his nasal prosody and habit of intruding the Vowel e into orthographical society, where its presence is a solecism, he speaks good English. We have heard a Yankee peddler in Miltoa that many a college-bred youth would boggle at; and as for "mental arithmetic," it is hereditary with every scion of New England. To use the words of liyron, it is. "hers wCt him. ht him m laleae. It is hi very spirit, aet a sease." In our opinion, those Wise Men of the East, the peddlers of New England, have been much belied. The general testimony of our farmers and farmers' wives is favorable to Oriental PeddlerIsm, lite members of the guild are, for the most part, polite and goodnatured. They compliment the women, bestow eaedies on the children, and pay a moderate, though not extravagant, price for rags. Their woodenware, when not toe green, seldom cracks; their tinware does, to be sure, sontetimes leak, hut they always make it up In "soft sawder" next time they come round. Their cigars may not indeed he "Hire Havanas," but the Connecticut cabbage is as wholesome a vegetable as man ever smoked, and their brooms are all right "up to the handle." A. 1 IMftr. e "If you want to see human nature,, stand here for awhile," said the stamp man at the post-office. "A woman eame in yesterday and asked for resignation stamps." "What did she want?' "Registering stamp.1' Iktrtii Frtt trH.

RUTAAJRANT HOGS. oo of Them MooHe a rale Laetrs

ami a Report' Appetite. Speaking ot restaurants, how they hold the mirror up to the nature of one's breeding! Let a man he lifted never so high by the most skillful and artistic of tailors, he will find his level at the table. The failure ef ,our restaurant keepers to provide a number of small tables for two compels the doubling, and frequently the quadrupling up process, so that one has an excellent though ofttimee uncomfortable opportunity of studying his dining neighbor. I sat in such R position last night Keing in haste to roach the theater, my lady and I entered the 11 rat restaurant we eame to and it is called a good one for supper. There were no vacant tables, so I selected a table at which was seated a vary niceappearing mortal, well dressed, and who gave the impression of being a gentleman of taste. His order was served . 1 it as we took our seats, anu as wo waited for ours we were regaled by us won derful an exhibition of gastronomic gymnastics as I hud over seen. This gentleman of taste began with soup. He evidently is fond of soup. itli ono hand clasping tho plato, to tilt it as the compound grew loss, and the other tho spoon as Anson holds his bat when two men aro out and throe on bases, he got on the ouUiidu of that soup in five breaths, and with such a noise as comes from tho waste-pipe of nearly emptied bath-tub. Ho then . jt 1 A. gave ms attention to 111s nsn, ana uui for his opportune coughing would liavo certainly ptoved the worth of our fours that some of tho bones would be the duath of him. Tho fish dispatched, he devoted his energies to a nice-looking sirloin, soma potatoes and turnips. I am sure he likes hash, especially when prepared by himself; for, after care fully cutting tho most from the bone, he cut it in small pieces, dumped the potatoes and turnip on top, and, by duft manipulation, had In tho twinkling of an eye the three ingredients mixed .vith a thoroughness worthy of a bottor cause, lie lias uuio use tor a iura whon ho eats hash. Ho prefors, as he showed last ovening, to got his" knife nicoly heaped, using a crust of broad for a pusher. How ho got through tho dessert I don't know. My companion complained of a suddon falntnoss, art I took hor out in the air and we wet to the theater without supper. 17. co Journal. PAST CIVILIZATIONS. The KUa nail Fall or Vast and State hhiI Kmolre. MlR-htr There have boon some half doRon Treat civilizations within tho memory of man. There have boon tho Roman, the Persian.theGrook.the Assyrian and the Egyptian.and each and all of them liavo ceased to exist under the same circumstances. The Roman Empire attained a stability and organization which well might promise to bo eternal. Even in the time of Caracalla it seemed sound in every part of U immonso frame, and likely to compote with tho solid fabrics of nature Yet within a century or two aftorwarda hordes of Goths and Huns, whom a few years before no ono knew oven by name, wore trampling on tho tombs of Caesar and tho Antonines. Tho Persian Empire, for Oriental vastness and awe which such splendor creates, seemed once so permanent that folly alono could predict its rum. Yet down swopt an unexpected cataclysm of semi-barbarous Macedonians and Persia was no more. The Assyrians, in the decline of their power, wore yot tho undisputed princos of Asia. Who would have thought that Babylon could become a doscrt that night when the barbarian Cyrus knocked at its gates? Egypt with all its wealth, all its learning and all its commerce, was in a moment overrun by wild marauders, with Cambyses at their head, and not a vestige of its power was left. The great Greek Empire of Byzantium, after lasting a thousand years, and, regarding It as a continuation of elder civilization, enduring for nearly double that time, seemed, indeed, to have its dissolution indefinitely delayed, in order that the event might come about in the strictly orthodox form of tho human drama. It had outlived the furies which beset the Empire of the West. Even the Saracens hurled themselves at it in vain. It was like to be an imperial prodigy, as a man who lives on, empowered with an Immunity from death, a monster, a portent an unnatural being whom death has forgotten and all men point at with horror. But the end came the death of a civilisation; its only way to leave the world in the inroad and overwhelming hy the barbarian Turks. GeHlkrHan's MagartM. o m 1 Hew te Live a Successful Life In order to be of practical service la this world, a man must have love for some truth, or oause, or party, or pergonal leader, and must bo loyal to the object of hia devotion. No man oan compass any real good merely by being a hater, a scoffer or sneerer. A man may do harm to one side, or to both sides, in any great contest, hy hla hostility to one or both of the contestants; but ho would be of little worth to either side through simply disliking tho other side. You may think it shows your superiority for you to say that you, oare little who succeeds In a conflict which arouses the deepest feelings of your fellows on every side of you; but the history of the race shows that men who are worth imitating have never had that spirit m observers of the struggles of human ity in their day. 5. S. Itwat. o o Tennyson's works are used for sohooi examination paper in India.

THR OOW STAlLIt

KfpS Ma IVaWaWi IMarJI OSMWernelfr4 eM" vMe Light awe voamatina. Toe many fall to reallxe the import Mice of light and good air in the stable where oows are to be kept Te be sure there are holes and oracks enough n many stable to give plenty of air. utd too much for the comfort ef the 3ows, hut when the stable Is made warm some kind-hearted men think they have done enough. It la not so. Make the stable warm and oomtortable, but have light and air, too. A night shutters may be placed at the windows If desired, but have some ventilation, especially at night, when every thing Is shut up. Whatever contributes to the lieaitn. And comfort of farm stock adds to the profit of tho owner. It is especially Important to secure good ventilation for dairy cattle, for the milk Is contaminated by foul odors both beforo and after It Is taken from the cow. Unless the cows have pure air to breathe. It may bo expected that the butter made from tliolrmilk will show tho ill effects of Impure air. Not only is milk contaminated, but tho health of the cows is affected by badly ventilated quarters. In proof of this wo give the following Instance: A farmer was complaining of the sovoro losses ho had experienced year after yoar among his milch cattle. On visiting his farm it was found that the stablo was a veritable Black HoleIt was so low that ona could not stand upright in it. As tho hay-loft was above tho cow-house had been made low in order that more storage for hay could bo provided. The only light wac from one pane of glass, about a foot square, and the milking night and morning, both summer and winter, had to be done by candle-light The only ventilation was by the door whon open, but of course this glvos no distribution of air. Year after yoar he had lost one or more cows, and on opening them the stomachs presontod the appearance of being pitted, as though the cows had suffered from small-pox. There was no hesitation in attributing the losses to tho condition of the stablo. The tonmt then made a representation to his landlord, who saw tho force of it. Light was broken In, ventilation given, iho celling raised and tho deaths wasod. Several years have now jlapsec, and thoro has been no recurrence of tho former mortality; and thla proves conclusively that animals rojuiro tho same attention as to matters jf hygiene, if they are to do well, as do the human family. If tho management )f animals but approximated tho rules f health we lay down for ourselves, a rast annual sum would lie saved to the 'armors of the United States." As the season for stabling cattle is here, it behooves the dairymen to see that all needed changes to give light and air to his cows be made at once, it will not post much, and the promoted comfort and health of the cows will more than repay for tho outlay of timo and money. Give the cows warm, light and airy quarters you will not regret it Chlatgo Jowml. A Stampede ef Sheep., A correspondent of the London Times relates a remarkable ocourrenoe which took place on the night of Saturday, November .1, 188& Ho says: "At a time as near eight o'clock as possible the tens of thousands of sheep folded in the large sheep-breeding districts north, oast and west of Reading wero taken with a sudden fright, jumping their hurdles, escaping from, tho Holds, and running hither and thither; in fact, there must for some timo have been a perfoct stampede. Early on Sunday morning the shep herds found the animals under hedges and In the roads, panting and frightened as if they had been terror-strlok-en. Tho extent of this remarkable oc currence may be judged when we men tion that every large farmer from Walllngford on the one hand to Twyford on the other seems to have had his sheep thus frightened, and It la al so noteworthy that with only two or three exceptions the hill country north of the Thames seems to have been principally affected." It is suggested that there may have been a slight shock of earthquake. Social Farm Gatherings. Let not winter go by without reap ing as much benefit as possible from associating with your neighbors. Do not let yourself depend solely upon the public gatherings, but make an effort to induce your personal friends to join you in hospitable gatherings. Get the young people interested. This ona often be done by requiring each one te do something at each meeting to amuse or entertain the company, taklngturns mako out a list of questions to he an swered or agreed upon concerning tho dairy, the farm and the market A little fun will help things amazingly. Let, for Instance, the question come up which is tho most useful on the farm, the dog or the cat. Make the boys take the side of the oat aad the girls the dog so as to teach them to argue against their own sentiments, there are many other and far more important subjects that can be reasoned alnmt at these gatherings, but bo careful not to get the matter too heavy or the members will be inclined to go to sleep over thorn. Amerimn Dairy man. The first school oetisus taken in Georgia since 188 has just been completed. It gives the total number of children of school age as 690,281, as against 608,722 In 1882, and shows that in the country districts the boys outnumber the girls, while in the oitiee and towns tks girls predominate.