Bloomington Telephone, Volume 15, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 November 1893 — Page 2

DAILY TELEPHONE.

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that mule." In the race of life the fastest man is almost sure t fail.

1 will take a good deal of courage for the social reformer to sit on the barbed wire trust. -:' Dee yowreaeher-ever get -'road?n vYes, indeed, lam often the victim of his ruling passion. " The absent-minded professor to the night watchman i;G66d night I hope you will sleep well.11 Little Freddie (to sister.' $ caller)--4It must be awful nice to be a man. Don't you wish, you were a man, Mr. Nobrane?" t v 1 : lUinois uses more shingles than and ether 6tate in the union. The Illinois

school teachers seem to understand their business. The boarding-house, keeper? who gives her boarders" eletftnargarine instead of butter provides them with the fat of the lnd.. t v Level menus flat, yet the man who would feel flattered to be called level headed would object strongly to being

; called ifci beaded. Giles How is it your sisters can never agree?" BibyVey're bota the same size and are always wearing each other's clothes." Indemnity money: .."What do you get an evening for waiting at entertainments?" "Five - iiarks, but if there is to be singing I must ask six. 11 A Boston club has ordered a bust of John L. Sullivan John would, no doubt, be pjeaetft to iurnish it himself, if thte raj&istwnds wore sent him. - " 4" ' SrA Missapprehension of Terms Mr. Oarsman (on the crew) "Have you seen the Yale tank?" MissPharminsrton (innocently) Noy I haven't met

"Is there much corn raised in Germany?" asked Squildig. "I think not," replied McTwilliugen. "Why?" -It seems to me I have heard it called tho fodder lard." What! Is the widow Brown going to be led to the altar for the third time?'1, No, J guess not. She ought to benble to find the way there herself by this timc.M "

MrOwea-Yonr soda fount an is - well - charged.- M r.- - B m pe e n ick 1 e 1 "Veil, dot's niy pizness ef 1 hat got dot ; fountain charged; ipid ef yoii puv vot vou owe, I pay may be caaii.; .

"What, is' that letter?11 Pupil "I don't know." " I'cachcr hat is it fbfct 5fckes "honej' ?V Stop all fcpy (son of & manufacturer) Glucose,"

New York s Masterly Inactivity : -New Ybrk i$ like Mrs. Cleveland in one respect,!1 remarked the Snake Kditor. Jn what respect !" asked the Horse Editor. No bustle about tho faU." Dunn "When cm you settle this account, Mr. Short ?" Short 4 'Oh, come around next week." -'Will you pay m.then ?T1 "I can't promise that exactly j but I can tell you then when to come again." 'Why, my boy. you've spelt window without an n. Don't you know tho difference' between' a window and a widow ?" Yes, sir. You can see through one and and you can't soa through the other, sir." , The S gaciouli Maiden He "I tioa't see why you won't marry a man without capital if he has a good s alary. Mother Evo married a gardener,-1 -SJaaOfaiuK did Was to lose his bituatioa'.' Effects of - Carousal FKst Umbrella "Oh, dear!- My ribs ache and Pm : ore alb ' over. " Second U$3bralia Well I sboujd think you wonUJ be, Ypurwere pretty well soaked when you were brought' home 1 knight." " ... Mrs Yeast "Johnny, an? you full ovfcr to your house?"1 Johnviy (whose. mother takes '-boarders W-4 'Yes: you see Uncle Remus sent a barrel of fall apples down day before yesterday, and now we1 re veryniuch cr.itnped.": V Clothing Salesman -7-"YVpll, how do you like this "pattern?11 Customer 'Can't you give me something a littre quieter? You see, 1 frequently come home after midnight., and it is a matter of some importance to mo to wake up my wife.11 Mr. Nagger "I believe if ; I was to die you1 d be willing to wed HoH.cbub himself, just to see if you cot Id force him into subjection to your will.1' Mrs. . Nagger Tlie law does not allow a woman to marry the father of her deceased hushan 1. ' Trifling Injuries, Football Player (feebly) Did we win?1 Sympathizing Comrade kWe did, old fellow." Football Player (excitedly) "Never mind that dislocated thigh, doctor. Take these broken teeth out of my mouth so I can holler!" Mri Gullible I)q von know. doar.

John is as boyish in. . his feelings as ever?" Mi?s. Kawier "Indeed?" Mrs. Gulible "Yes, Why, it was only last niht I he rd him talking in his sieep about seeing the elephant. The dear fellow had jdoubtfess lxen to the circus.11 Between the A$ts Young wife . flfes, tlesMV h-atnr worried! George seems to h;vc acquired smdi a bd h bit When we attend the theater ho always goes out between ail the acts Friend "Oh, my dear, you look at it in entire., the wrong way. You ought to be thankful that he comes in between all the drinks. ,

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very important article of food. Kakec beans was, for two centuries, th

JMunday dinner. Fortified

lateuil of beans with a center

and with a pitcher of cider,

onset two nours each could Hated by the folks who had mental excitement during the

week.1. suppose they never did find any one who really did not know beans, but some who were in their judge ment so stupid that nothing else could

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chief justice and chancellor, was once "8Cr.lbo them. It must be remem- , . , . bered that country folk make otuL :h

retained on a trial m the course of

which he had to cross examine a. sturdy countrym n clad in the usual habiliments of a laborer, and, finding, tfrff-evttencs telllnff'aatnTrtilgcne'ttV heftendivipred to dhconcqtV tno wifc-i ness by exclaming in his own bluff inane . 4iYou fellow in the leathern, doublet, what have you been paid for swearing?1' w - "Truly, sir, if you hVe no more for lying -than I have for swearing you might wear a leathern: doublet as wejl as I." - In another case he was .matched by an equally smart, witness. Crogs ex

amining a gentleman who frequently

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mucn riaicuie or city people as

town men make of them in return. 4,As like as two peas'1 is an exact way of saying Mat two people do not

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pull open a pea-pod you wilt not won

der that thfrtrrn'er has adopted peas to express his opinion of likeness. tTllia fWlfhis ojhtfT" is vrtiuely undwwW hf everfcodyv but only a farmer or a horse owner can quite get the force of the saw. A hor.se th tt is 4sober as a deacon" on h iy, whoa well fed. with oaiti is a new 'Cieatun3 and not good tQ jlri.ye at a funeral. Boys often feel-their-'at when a little wild and frisky, Sowinir wild oats" is of

obscure origin and not so easily under-

ans e.. Ligypfian Soil - Artinal

to Cure Hog Cholera Household Hia and Suggestions Uatful EecipesV .jr

Ucaii Culture The Rural World says in regard to this legume, which is biug raised quite extensively; that it is a crop that need not depend on the general market for saie and protitrfor it is one that

roftpliad 'J pigs.r poultry,; calves i caflfbadisposeof readily and firotttabfy fana udicleof apparel. It yon will on the 'farm. ' No class of animals on

the farm, from the lariner himself and Mb family, down" to the poultry but but will be benefited by ..diet of beans. Having, as ifacy do, a large proportion of albuminoids or muscle making element in their composition, they form an excellent substitute tor meat. Pur

used the terras lessor, lessee, assignor stoiuL It nrobablv was oriirinaltv .-aw-

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unu assignee, ne was iemo exciaim: fiughis oats wild;1 1 or it. may mean

assignor, and assignee, lessor and

lessee. Do vou know what a lessor or

lessee is? I question if you do, with all your formal evidonce." 'Yesi.but I d6,V replied the witness.

4'andl will give you an instance. If

that a 'too liyjtiiy chap has . none too

moral habits.- Thf phrasd is clear enough the meaning may not be. 'Leaky as a seive,'1 refers to gabblers and gossips. Hut. as a matter of fact, country folk must gossip more or less, and so must city folk. I should

yon nou 10 me you are tne noduer, ana like to write adafensanf crwin. WhArA

if I nod to you you are the noddee.11 j the dailv paper is an impossibility, On one occasion Dunning met with a ife would be. innufferable but for a stinging retort, Having dealings with pood deal of tongue. The result is a gentleman whose nose wa? of a that in every community a few persons somewhat peculiar type, he said to get differentiated from the rest as nimT news g therers and scatterers.- It is ow, Mr. Coppernose, you have surprising how these people get hold sworn, what do vou say?" of every item oV your private alfairs. -Why, upon m,y oath," replied the I fancy sometimes it is a matter of inWitness, 'i WOUld not exchange mv Rt.innt, nf umo.U. tho f:nvnp w.uild smv.

coppe" nose for your brazen fae."

We are no informed wliat influence, if any, this evidence had upon the judge. . He would probably be satisfied as to the veracity of the woman in the following case, assuming that the cross examination be correctly reported: Was he a tall man?11 he asked. "Not very tali your Honor: much about the size of your Worship's Honor," replied the witness. wWas he good looking?" "Quite contrary; much like your honer but with a handsomer nose. ' -Did he squint?" 'A little, your Worship; but not so much as your Honor by good deal:" Lord Kenyon, when trying: a case respecting the non fulfillment of a con

tract on a large scale for shoes, the ; principal question in -which was

'whether, the shoes, were well and

soundly made with the best materials,"

because smell is the most unaccountable function we have. A cat will smell meat through two sto;ie wails, and know just where it is.' A beo will find a broken grape five minutes after it is cracked in the viueyard. An ant will climb a baan pole I ) feet in

search of a pod that has b.;en bruised. " A gossip has some such instinct for

juicy bits of tattle.

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How to Eatertaln Well. A hostess should think twice before she invites people to her house. She should be so generous as to let hee friends alone unless she wishes to treat them well. Then, having made up her mind to invite them, she must remember that from that moment she is their si ve. She is to be all attention

and all suavity. If she has nothing to

; asked a witness pointing to his own . .offer them but a cup of tea, she must

shoes: "Were the ehoes anything like, make it a .vjaker full of th& warm these!" ?No, my Lord," was the re- cmit.h" hu W m.nnpr. Tn t.h UmnHa.

ply, -they were a good deal better and house, tne humblest surroundings, the

j hosless- lfl queen, and , she rnpst be gracious. If sho is not, she is a snobi ' a vulgarian-and a poor creature, no matter if her husband is a millionalrei a president or a great scholar. A lady should bo verr particular to specify

moregenteeier.

Our ran was once engaged in an exciting argument with a judge when the latter said: Ifyousay another word Til commit you.M Then, my Lord," replied the witty counsel, 'St will be the best thing you1 11 have committed this year.1' At the trial of HorneTooke, Sir John Scott who proseeuted as attorney general, declared that, in instituting the

j prosecution, he h d been guided by the dictates of hisiconscieuce, and express ed the hope that after lie w as gone his

children might feel that in leaving respectability, but it is always them an example of public orooitv ho

whom she wishes to see. and no lady should go to a strange house uninvited, on the spoken belief of some other per? son that she will he welcome, still less should a irentlrfman presume too much.

A young gentlera m may be taken by a :

married lady, who is all powerful, to a

ball, as she is supposed to indorse his

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left them an" inheritance far more Dree- tn n invibit.inn. If hmvpvoi.

: ious than any acquiaition of property through any misapprehension, a person or honor he could bequeath to them. ,?ets into a houe uninvited, a hostess During this speech bir John shed te rs; should never show, by word or manand, to the surprise of the court M it- ner, that she observes it. The very ,orJ;t)e solicitor general, wept also. act that a person has rosied her I -What on earth, said someone to threshold gives, for the moment, th it

j. ooKe, -can juiwora ue crying tort person a claim on the politeness of the -At the thought of the little inheri- hostess. Ladies' Home Journal.

tance tnat poorcott is nicely to leave his children," w s roake's lvply. A story is told of a well known lawyer addressing a jury respecting a chimney being on , fire and in "the course of his address exclaiming: "Gentlemen' the chimney took lire; "it poured forth volumes of sinoice. Volumes, did I say? Whole enoyclo penias!" Witty and humoroe remarks also frequently pass among the. Jgal fia-. ternity outside the law courts. Lord Ellen borough was dining one d iy at an assize dinner, when someone olfered to help him to some fowl. "No, 1 thank you,'1 said his lordship, "I mean to try beefi"

A St,r?naIe. If the sun cares to rise, let him rise, ; And if n t, et liim ever lie hii; . For the li.ir. from my 1 vly-Iove3 eyes Sh nes forth as the ma never did. If the moon caro to shine let ler shine. But h ir r ry U duU-3r by far Th in t!ie dre.un of a fnie t.iat is mine Of a face that ueaons briUt as a star.

Cam? tn" Orirf. The suit of the Widow Gibbs against us for the breach of nr.miise, damages $15,000, came up in court last Friday,' This suit was instituted six . months

ago by the .euurt housy ring, which;

"If you do, ray Lord," said Jakyll, has sought our downfall-ever since the

it will be hung beef.,T

Sergeant Davy was accused on one

! occasion of having disgraced the bar

by taking silver from a client. "I took silver," he jCxplained, "because I could not get gold ; but I took every farthing the fellow had in the world, and I hope you d m't call that disgracing the profession." One night as Krskine was coming out of the Hpu.se of Commons he was stopped by a member going, in and asked : Who1 up. Erskine ?" "Wiudh m," was the reply. 'What she on?" was the next question. , "His legs," said the witty advocate, a reply which would sc rcely satisfy the desire for political, information. All the Year Round.

Refused One-Half Million. Chicago. I Special The makers of No-To-Bac, the guaranteed tobacco habit cure, latelv refused a syndicate oifer of one-half million for their business, No-To-ilaettAn absolute guaranteed cure for chewing, snutf-dipplng and cigarette" fimokimf. It Is Sold by nearly all the drupists inthis country and Canada. Made by the Sterling Remedy Company, Kox 21. Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind, Chicago Office, 45 Randolph street. They print a book called "Don't Tobacco Spit and Pmoke Your Lffe AwwfA Every tohacc. r should reM it. Mailed for the as k -

FARM SAWS. Both the Cross-Cut and Rip-Saw Variety In Use.. I suppose they were called saws at first because possessed of considerable cutting quality. No one likes them better than country folk, and it is curious to see how all common wisdom, in timq, gets into these, sharp sayings. , .Every vegetable, fruit and grain is' brought to contribute it.- pretty simile for the rustic mind. I have often neurd it said of some one whose notons were either too shallow or too profound. "The fellow do vsn't know beans." Nothing cert -.inly, could express the contempt of a Mass tchusetts

farmer more vigorously than to say of

first issue of this paper. Tnat is, they put the widow up to sue us, and have advanced the money as it was needed. When the widow was. put on the stand she testified thit on the night of Febuary 21, lrt$7f we asked' her to marry us. She insisted, that the d ts was correct, and that nothing could change her mind about it We then exhibited the record of the jail to prove that on that d y and night, and on all the next day and next niht, we weie a prisoner, having, as some of our readers may remember, departed from the line of virtue and a gone on a bender. Tnis exhibit knocked the widow out on the first round, .and con

founded her supporters, and we don't

beiieve they will tackle us. again after that fashion. As for the widow, she was only a cat's-paw, and we have sent to her house a bade jt of groceries, a clothes line, a set of cups and saucers and a sack of flour to prove that we have no malice. Arizou i Kic.cer.

Still Room -t.tr More. There is no immediate d eager of the United States becoming overcrowded, for Joseph N I'm -no, Ji, shows in Frank Leslie's paper that sin';e indepeu lone was achieved tho United States government has bean the largest owner of arable land on the earth. Tho total area of the "public dom dn,M sold and unsolJ, amounts to l,rt-U,or2,oS7 aero and constitutes 72 per ce:it of tho tot 1 area, of tho United Stales, including Al ski. About 700,000,0 M ticrCH oavc beep sold and donated, and about 1 -

a man he was ignorant of the leirmnin- loO, 000,000 acres remain unsold. As ous and commonest product of his the area of Alaska is Mtl.o.'JO.OOO acres. Hold. ' "Any lan'Twill' grow beans; and ' tho are i unsold" exclusive of Lhat, terror that reason they becimd early a , ritory is about 780,000,000 acres.' ' 1

But few farms are vyithout some land thai is well adapted to this crop. The soil best suited U. it is a light, sandy, well drained soil, not over rich, at least in vegetable matter. Beans will do f irly well on land tod poor for m ny crops; and for this reason many have thought that only poor land should be used; but for paying crops and for this reason many have thought that only poor land should be used; but for paying crops they demand fertile andf though tho fertility must be adapted to their needs. Manures contaiug a large per cent, of nitrogen and a good proportion of phosphoric acid, are beat Wliy He Failed. Notevery one knows how to keep a hotel or run an incubator. A correspondent of the Prairie Fanner who has tried to do tho latter thus describes his experience: Allow me to make an admission. I have exchanged a goodly pile of hardr earned shincy dollars for a striped and varnished incubator, tilled its secret chambers wiih expensive eggs, got up steam, regulated the regulator, coddled the thermostat, vigilantly regarded the rise and fall of the mercury, and patiently endured the scoffs and gibes of unsympathetic neighbors, for a period of twenty-one long days and nights. I say 1 have done all of the above several things; and then, while darkness overspread the land and unfeeling men slept, I have clone as follows: linked those expensive eggs out of the dark recesses of that iufornal machine, let them fall with a dull, squashy thud into a bucket, stealthily dug p. great hole in' tho earth, and, with many low but deep imprecations, poured them into it and piled the soil upon, and jumped on it 'I he failure was probably duo to one of two causes -a defective incubator, of which there are: many on the market, pr to a jack of . ihe patience, watch fulness, and 'horse sense" requisite lor so delicate an operation as hatching .eggs. We have seen many thousands of thrifty chickens and ducklings hatched in incubators; but the result was scoured only by unremitting care and attention from start to finish, and the exercise of an intelligence due to keen observation and much experimenting. ;Artilicial incubation is a. business which must bo' learned. The mother-hen makes a business of hatching, and so must man, if he would succeed in it For ordinary farm chicken-raising, tho hen is still the best incubator. --Examiner. To Care Hog Chlerf. An old gentleman dropped into the office of the W. shington Star in search of a reporter to whom he wanted to impart some valuable information on the above subject. lie said: t4i read in a Chicago paper some time ago. where a farmer out west lost his corncrib by lire -and, that a number of his hogs got into the debris and ate the burned corn they found ther. It so happened that ne, r)y every pig he had. wa suffering from the cholera. Many, ha4 died and he found little hopes of saving ihe others,' though he had resorted to! 1 1 kindsof tre tmeut known, but every hog that ate that corn got weiLi' .... -t 1 did not t?ke much stock in that story, but recently visiting Mr. James & lite I, of Montgomery county. Mo., I found, he was iosi.rg many of his hogs by cholera! ; I suggested and wo tried the turned corn on onfj he had given up as gone, and it got well in a short time, as' did others under the same, treatment. . This is a simple remedy. at the command of any one, and I vouch for its success in the casa I h ve tried. My name is Wm. Hill, and I live on N street .southwest, near the Washington Barracks. Many of your farmer readers, both in the city and out "in the country, will he glad to know o" this, and as the Star takes great interest in giving its readers valuable information I should like to see it in print" How to Tell Good Oats. Good o ts are clean, hard, dry, sweet, heajvy, .plump, full of Hour, and rattle like: shot They have a .clean and ai- . most ipetalic luster. Each oat in a well-grdwu' sample i3 nearly of the same size. There are but few small or imperfect grain The hard presurof the nail on an oat should leave little or no mark. The kernel when pressed between the teeth sho ild clip rather than teat. The sidn should be thin. . The size of the kernel will be less' in proportion than the skin is thick. The color of tho oats is noti very material, but white oats are generally thinner in the skin th n blaclc. Again, black oats will grow on inferior oils. Short, plump oats are preferable to large, long grains. Bearded oats must have an excess of husk, Oatanre not necessarily bad because they are thin-skinned or bearded ; nut they must contain a lesi amount of Hour per bushel than thin-skinned oats without beards. Care of tho Han1s. The hands may be kept clean and eoft by washing them in lukewarm water containing a little ammonia or borpx.- A little, , oatmeal iaixe4 - withwater will whitpn ti,om. When the hands are chapped and

sore, mutton euet is the most healing of all remedies. Apply as oftou as convd&iient, after washing and wiping the hands thoroughly, and the soreness

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od forj?8onS plrso('s whig Jhave

(Hiaooeu ranUM&nu sot nor OTrrerm ior

i4irritntincf to fthe skin Jm Upmo

-ose" Sunburnt iMteds may be treated: with lime water or lemon juice. Gloves save the hands from much wear and to-tr and staining, and, if the fingers are cut off, do not hinder work. A housekepeeper gives the following recipe for a preparation to be used upon the hands before retiring: One gill of

honey, one gill of sweet oil, one ounce

of yellow wax. Boil together and stir till cool;- "- - Farmers' Meetings, When the farmers of any community are able to hold ficcferrt meetings for discussing subjects relating to farm crops, foe several years in. succession; that community will step in advance of one where no meetings are held- Those who have had opportunities to observe such communities are able to see a difference in the management of the farms, as well as in the conversation of the farmers themselves. It is impossible for farmers to frequently : -meet together and discuss farm ing" operations, without being improved socially as weli as intellectually. They learn to fit into society, and are made to see more clearly the position they occupy. The man who keeps on his own farm and avoids society, contracts his ideas and sees but little beyond his own farm. Having but limited opportunities to compare ideas, or crops.jwith, others, he is very likely to either overrate or underrate himself and his crops. Hints to Housekeeper. To take iron rust out of white goodsPour a teacupful of boiling water; stretch the goods , tightly across the top of it; then pour on a little ol the solution of oxalic acid dissolved in water, and rub it with tho edge of a teaspoon or auything. If it does not come out at once, dip it down into the hot water and rub it again. Shrunken, half-worn bed-blankets or comforts, past using on a bed, make good pads to put under a stair, carpet. They will answer the purpose just as well as the bough ten pads, and be a great saving in the wear otf the stair carpet Fainting the kitchen walls enables one to wash them off, and in general tends to a neat appearance. The paint should be good oil paint, applied as for out-door work, first sizing the surface to be coated with a solution of onehalf pound of glue to a gallon of water. Clothespins boiled a few minutes and quickly dried once or twice a month become more durable. Apples will not freeze if covered with linen cloth, nor a pie or custard bu:m if in the oven with a dish of water. . Never wash cups, plates, spoons and kni ves used in the sickroom with those of the family. Scarlet fever and other infectious diseases have been spread in this way. Do not eat in the sick person's room, or w take of anything th..t has stood there. A remedy for burns is a paste of baking soda and watir. Ta ke a wet cloth, cover with the paste and bind over the burn. Should tho paste become dry, wet it from the outside. Never put potatoes on tho table in a covered di?h. They will reabsorb their own moisture and become soggy. Whitk merino underclothing, when past wearing, makes excellent washr;igs and cleaning-cloths.1 and nothing makes better holders for either ironing or use. about the stove than cast-off wooileri, hosiery covered vifh thick drilling. It is a good plan tri make the covers for iron-holders of white drilling in the form of a bag, ihen they can be slipped ou and gashed when soiled. SutrAk GiNGEUBREAD. One and onehalf pounds of Hour, one pound of sugar, three-fourths pound butter, five eggs, ginger, and a 'little saleratus; spread on thin sheets and roll thin. Jumbces. Siv cups of ikmr, three of suga'K one-half of butter, four oggs, teaspoon saler tus flissblved In a cup of milk; drop' oh tins with- a spoon, sprinkle with sugar arid bak quickly.' Newport Tea Cak. One cup of sugar, one-Unlf jupof--me&ed butter, 1 of milk, two spoons of creani of tartar, one of sola aud Hour to m ke a stitf batter ; mix the soda and crotan of ;tirtar with the ilpur ; bake twenty minutes. Potato Cakes. Rub two table-spoonfuls-of hotter into two pounds of masked potatoes; add two, pounds.,

of llour, a Ji : tie silt, aud milk enough to make a stitF batter : aid half a cupful of yeast ; set the mixture to rise, and when lirht bake in cak is th p ;e of muflins. Serve hot and buttet'ea.

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LBcharged a cargo of

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Prti: which wai" fathered from the

battle field of Tarapaca, where the bodies of 4,000 Peruvian soldiers have lain un buried for ten years. The battle was fought between the Peruvians and Chilians on November 17, 1781), and the heavy losses sustained by the Peruvians forced them to retreat, leaving their dead lying on the fieldv The nttarat-frrof aoda was gathered among thecqrpses, loaded on the backs of mules and carried down to the port of Pisagua, where it was transferred ob -Ugbtero to the bark - It will be manufactured into gunpowder. The bodies of the soldiers have turned into mummies, j-jtraqgte as it may seem, after lying on the desert plain all these years. In any other country thy would have been reduced to skeletons in a short time between' the ravages of wild beasts and the "exposure to the elements. For over 199 mileis' on either sid of thd battlefield not a blade of grass can be ieenv owing to the nature of the eoi-L- - The absence of gruHB and water accounts. for the absenceof wild beasts. Thejearth isso filled with nitrate of soda that this, in connection yith7 the ijjo't dry atmosphere, has preserved the bodies of the men and horses from decay; The scene is a strange one, indeed, and when the officers and some of the passengers of the bark visited the place they were astonished. The fumes arising from the nitrate of soda have prevented the uniforms of the soldiers from becoming rotten and dropping off. On a bright moonlight night the scene is said to suggest the ide that the battle had' oniy been fought & few days. The Peruvian government has not made any effort to bury the dead. The country is so poor since its defeat by Chili that it is as much as it can do to pay the tributes levied by Chili. The demand for nitrate for use in the manufacture of gunpowder has become so great, though there is no immediate sirn of war anywhere, that thousands 'of ton of the article1 are brought to this country annually from Peru by a syndicateof which ex-May or Grace, of New York, is the head. Peru pays a tax to Cnili on every ton of nitrate shipped from that country. Philadelphia Record. .

n&nnerttjftt Table. The time for acquiring good table manners is during childhood and at home. Years at boarding school, hour3 spent over books of social etiquette may efface vulgar habits, but can never give the ease pad grace acquired in childboud at a well ordered table. A child who is almost a baby can be taught to handle hi& knife and fork, or spoon, if he is; too young for those more ad vnced implements, with a daintiness that will oifendi 'no one. Where there are children it is not a good plan to have a wide difference between your -e very-day wid company china, silver And n apery. 'There is too apt to be a wide difference also between e very-day and company manners. Let each child have his cover as nicely laid with plate, knife and fork, spoon, napkin and glass 3 his elders, and remember that'll 'will be sure to note your own- use ofi ,these articles. Teach btra-o-sHV- 'thank you" and ''please,11 and if hi is allowed to leave the table before thqmeal is ended, let hirn learn to say "excuse me.M We were very much amused at h baby of four sumipers who recently dined at our table. ' The meal; interspersed with interesting conversaftftS,r was ledious-tohts-rnfnt appetito and intellect, and finally-the little man spoke up with : "May I be excused, please ? 1 ha"o enjoyed my dinner vermuch." Sonie on at tho table not hii father remarked that that boy bid fair to be the finest gentleman in America.-"

American Agriculturist.

A Very Had CoM When you're w'leezini? and snee:inv? And foi just like fre;zln; And your eyes ktjep a running, In a manner mast st mninsr; o r ecus: tre is a showing, Aud your nose prts a i low nsr; And your voire is pitched low,. And sounds full of woj; 1 ol ts give intimation,And iuiich information. For full often you re lold: ; u v hy, you've jot a bad cold !" Uuflft o iv AuUrallfe. "Comparatively fe -v Australians," remarks a Melbourne journ il, Varv aware that part of their own country--the northern territory has vast herds ot wild buifalu ro imiag over its plains aud wallowing in its sh uly pools. The anhnats1 are massive an 1 heavy, with splen lid horns and afford sport of a suiliciontly dangerous nature to possess ch-trms for the moat daring hunter. The first bulfaloos were landed at Fort Essiugton in 1SJ: by order of tlie-im--p iri I government, and after sixty veers' uninterrupted lucre no their

numbers uue now tonishing

The French. i They seem to me to be people made exucUy for enjoying thros3ive$, says Builalo Hill, writing of the French. I do not mean to say 'that they have no valor, or mihtary courage, or energy; all the world ItriOWsJhe reverse, is true in war matter and -the energy of the country is wondrfuiiy proved by tho recent exposition. t tne;yther hand I do not tninlc that' they overwork. 1 hey appear to take their bleaiure as they go aiotv and are content with mohrate ior;tuues and incomes. It is a great pity tfh t the govdnnmeatd of Kurope cannot got on .peaceably together, for jif it w not for the necessity 6f keeping up a fc- nding army I believe the French wjukl be the,: happiest people in the world. Their manner of life is a perfect indication of their general character, and though I cannot help- a hairing it, 1 must say that it would not do for me, and I think morft Amorictn would come to the s:ima' conclusion., jUoffee and rods at i o'clock 'in tho morning, breakfast at noon, co.Tee in the middle of the afternoon and dinner in the evening does not giv the rapid American t ine enough for hi'work.- , The French, however .liarj sufficient time to do what they wish to and manage to get more iun out of life than we do.

Second Xatnre. No, Georire you cannot chide a bakosl potato because it sinokoi any more than you can chide a loco.notive for leading a fast life. Tnoy a o built that way, and you will ob-erve that I he baked poUto u iles ordtred otherwi.io. will sippc ir suit;biy: chid in a smOiiiug jacket. .N. Y. Com. Ad.

Bronbt Him to ttme Ybu are not going to stay downtown late.to-niglvt are you, JohoP" 'Not very late, Maria. I have to help put a man through the third degree at lod ;e, I'll come straigutf home as soon its it is,.oyr." (lvindiy, but iirmlyj lf you can repeat th 3 password, 'Six slim slick sailings distinctly Whan you Come homo from the lodge, 4"' J-hq outside gu irdian will ..dmit you, and il youciuf t you needn't ring "any ! alarm at the outer door. You'll stay on the outside all niijht, my doar." John came home earlyj Chicago Tribuuo. i Anytliin Klse in Her Line! AlgrnoiipiJearest liuilyt A pa;i not conceal my feelings any lonpr. ! must tell you how dearly I love you. Mav 1 hope Tbr vour Jove ih turn? Emily -Certainly. Will' that' -be all to-day? San Fraaciico Kvoniag 1