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PrimwwfcoappHed klrelf to govern
w0; Stfe-gut by puttfrg hUhotue
JiftoioriUr. Hi chief care was to
ng2a1iiiWftfa. lie applied him-
wtf above D to rectify his incli&a-
tiow.' He labor-ad vary much to invig-
orate hie molitions. In order to
etreagthea hk reaolotta is he stroTeto
eetafcliah hir tboaghta. Finally to es-
tablish his thought he aspired to
reasoning even of the p rimal origin and
final end of all creature t and formed to
himself a clear idea. Ix effect the clear
idea of the origin and ei id of all crea-
tures established his thoughts. His
thoughts being est-Wished these
strengtliened his resolutions. His reso-
lutions being confirmed. thc3c served to
rectify his inclination;. His inclina-
tions being corrected hesc served to
regulate his conduct His conduct
being rightly ordered" it was easv
to put his house ii good order.
The good order reignirig in his house
facilitated the good administration of
his States. His States finally being
well-governed gave ton e to the whole
Empire and virtue was made to nour-
ish." One may go far and not find
again so much in so llitle space. We
may observe therein the immense result
which it is held follows from the influ-
ence of one man. nother Chine.se
sagQrivesthlscurrcnt proverb: "The
Empire the State tie family. The
root of the Empire is in the State; the
root of the State is in he faniilv; the
root of the family is ii the person."
But it was never thougl t by these sages
that the head person .Yhethcr of The
family or of the State should merely
exert his wiK but shot .Id contemplate
the nature of the law w hich is ahove all
persons alike but t be exercised
through the will of the best Therefore
the Emperor's dress in lden times was
covered with figures of :ho sun. moon
dragons insects features of nature
mountains rivers to lignify that the
Governor ought to be ike all natural
powers good and obedhnt to law. The
influence of a great per. n goes far be-
cause he comes to great ness by the steps
which are set by the s: ge in'admirnblc
order. The reason abo it the origin and
the end of all creatures is to exercise the
mind on the two mightiest of all ideas
those namely of mor: Is and religion
for religion reasons of whence we come
and morals reason of the end or aim of
our coining. Such icasoiiing etal-
lishe. our thoughts bcciuse it brings us
to a center whence we ;an observe cor-
rectly the secret of tl e way of heaven
and earth. Says Confucius: "The secret
of the way of heaven aid eartli is that
they are one and witlu ut douhlene-s.1'
The Prince's thoughts leing c.-labli-hed
this strengthened his -oolutions" for
fine thoughts are like great company:
and who can live with great company
without gathering strci gtii throughout?
Moreover if thoughts e clear.y estab-
lished then duty bccoin- is clear by which
the writ will be oxercisi d to attempt the
duty. By this the im linations will be
rectified; for by a long triumph of will
or resolution virtue is transmuted into
nature or habit Habit is what we finvc;
aiid that virtue which is a habit is the
highest kind of virtue or it is goodness
which has become oi rselves. It is a
plain and easy consequence that cor-
rected inclinations regu ated the Prince's
conduct; for his acts then had free
course from a good am open fountain
in himself. So progresses freedom ac-
cording to Hegel's great account of lilv-
erty the greatest that vas ever given
"the spirits realization of its own na-
ture." "If there be irtue." says an
ancient Chinese poem "what need of
laws? I have heard it said that when
kingdoms were about b go down thov
had many laws." The next step is that
the Prince's "conduct being rightly or-
dered it was easy to i ut his house in
good order." This foil wed liccause ex-
ample is so strong a f rce. Confucius
has it another way elsewhere: "Let
there be men taught w means of tin-
ruler's character and the Government
will flourish; but without men the
government ceases." Precept is hut
utterance but examp e is the power
which the utterance 'ignilios. From
the ruler's own hou.-e being in good
order followed the ex cn-ion of virtue
through other hou.-c udd-. until all
the States ami the Kmpirc
itself were lloiiri.-hin r. Thi.- is 'the
leaven hidden in the n ensure of meal
which .signifies the ropmdr.clivene of a
little good tjll the wind mas. he lifted.
Hut is not also the pov or of bad infec-
tion great? Truly it i i mi. Bad things
spread like disease. 1 epraved example
depraves. Yet who im it heard any one
speak of the reprodrethonesH of the
bad? For if the bail t'ided by nature to
reproduce itself of n 'cc ity it would
be permanent and pi-rva-ive forever
since from counties ago- it was lir-t
upon the grouuil. by i :-an of the ion-
order of life printiti ely out of which
Egypt God has called 1 i- -i.m. hi Mini
and for our guidance- aeli one ha.- h's
own opportunity to lo well that the
good may abound: am! the p:ilh i plain
from serious thinking to good govern-
ment and to the dill'u on thereof. -Ho
does best for the good of the world who
lives nobly in his own hou-c." If each
cmeonryrulehimsolfwoll.it i hard to
compute what a kingi oni he will occu-
py." St. Louis Globe- Dunocrat.
COLUMUUS.
Thoughts Itmplred by the Appronchiiif;
Tour Hundredth Atn Ivormry of Amer-
IcaV Disccivery.
On the 12th day of October. IS'):? will
occur the four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery by Chri topher Columbus t
which ultimateh led to the settlement
and civilization of tin' Wc-tern Hemi.i-
phcre. and the c.-tabli 'hment of a num-
ber of independent pi osperous and jiro-
gressive sovereignties. An event which
opened the door to sin ii momentous re-
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suits ought to be litl' celebrated by all
the countries which we their existence
primarily to the faith courage and per-
severance of the great discoverer and
most of all by the United States the
greatest and freest thi most enlightened
and the most prosperc us of the splendid
constellation.
While there can h irdiy be two opin-
ions as to the propri jty "of such a cele-
bration witk a specia and fitting recog-
nition of the crownii ig passage in the
career of its central f gure there will of
course be a diversify f views as to the
precise form a memo rial observance of
this character shoulc assume and the
details by which it mould be marked.
All most agree hoi 'ever that to ade-
quately symbolise am properly perpetu-
ate 'the sentiment vhich prompts the
proposed celebration something noble
xm conception and pel manent in charac-
ter if Beoawary. Kat orally the popular
majawi will torn first to a monumental
straotare of aoae f rm or otfcer. and
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xpwssioft woM doabtleat faror the
reaakm at the lTatkmal capital by the
dbv jacMoo d Congress of a sculp-
tured grovp wmiok would portray the
form aid features of Columbia and at
the aaaie Umk tell through the medium
of soitable ambleiwitic accessories the
stotyof bis jnarreloas royafe and its
unmatched outcome and the thought
would J Batm-aHr follow of course that
the structure should be completed and
dedicated .with due ceremonial honors
on the quadrennial anniversary of the
event it is designed to commemorate.
It may and no doubt will be said that
in the matter of erecting monuments
and statues the country has of late years
moved somewhat too fast and with" too
little regard for the unities of art and
history. This is in a sense unfortunate-
ly too true. But surely no one can pre-
tend that as a people we have been too
hasty in the recognition of Columbus
and his achievements nor will any one
be likely- to say that they should not be
recognized in the most imposing and
enduring manner possible. In this re-
spect the United Suites appears at great
disadvantage when compared with other
countries whose obligation is at loat no
greater and whose ability to fitly ex
press it is certainly much less. Ihe
Republic of Mexico for example has
already erected in her capital city a
massive and handsome sculptured group
in honor of the hardy and adventurous
sailor. His bronze effigy adorns the
port of Aspinwall in the United States
of Colombia. The city of his birth has
fitly acknowledged the luster conferred
upon her by her illustrous son in the
erection of an elaborate and beautiful
marble statue with subordinate figures
in one of her most prominent squares.
Barcoloua where Columbus made re-
port of his discoveries to his roy-al
patrons has also paid him suitible hon-
ors by costly memorial structures. In
other cities in Italy and Spain and in
some also in the new world has his
memory been similarly honored many of
the testimonials being imposing and
costly rather less striking and expen-
sive but all conceived and executed in
the most liberal spirit of graceful ap-
preciation. Yet the people of the United
States have been silent and idle all these
years. Shall it longer be said to their
shame that they are too buy with other
things or too niggardly to properly hon-
or the memory of the man to which so
much is due? Washington Star.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The Development of the Great Northwest i
and KxteiiHiou of Yater-W:iyn. j
The peojile of the Norlhwe-t have in !
view certain gigantic projects which '
would greatly advantage trade if tiny
were consummated. It is proposed that
an artificial river two hundred feet
wide shall be con-trucled. which shall
run from Chicago southwest to the
Illinois. Thi.- would practically unite j
the Mississippi and Lake Michigan. Then
again there is talk of turning the trade ol
the Canadian northwest southward to
the United States by constructing a
canal to connect Lake Winnipeg with
our lake system. The iled Kiver of the
North which form.- the boundary be-
tween Minnesota and Dakota and which
runs north into Lake Winnipeg i navi-
gable from Fargo if not from llrecken-
ridge. A vessel would go west from
Lake Superior by the St. Louis River
cross over the divide to the Mi.sivippi
River follow that river up lreain one
hundred and fifty miles cross over to Red
Lake River and go west on that to the
Red River at Grand Forks. 1). T. On
this route a waterway requiring less
than fifty miles of artiheial canal
make a channel with .-ixfeet nf
water which would connect the Mi
I
sKsippi with the lake system and con-
nect both the lake S3'.stem with Lake
Winnipeg and the whole of the Sas-
katchewan and Hudson Bay country.
This .scheme contemplates the uniting
of three basins that of Lake Superior
of the Upper Mississippi and of the
Winnipeg River and Lake. It will cost
about :S(KK)000 to construct the canal
which will be about as long as the Erie
Canal in New York. There is no doubt
as our population moves westward that
the demand upon our Government will
become imperative to improve the
waterways at the Nation's cpcu.-e. The
union of the great lake .ystm of the
Northwe.-t. including of course the
great lake.- of the Dominion with the
M-ii ippi would greatly advantage
the trade which is building up our .-ea-coa.-t
cities. The Canadian Paeilie Rail-
way has lu'cn completed. It prnciiealry
makes a new line between the Atlantic
and the Pacific Oceans. The develop-
ment of the Norlhwe-t has onh jut
commenced and the m t few ear- will
ee a mijrhtv eini"x:itiun to tho-e distant
regions which only a few year- back
were deemed uninhabitable because too
far to the north. Dcmorrst' '.? Montthf.
A FORTUNE IN DIAMONDS.
Tin- rreeioiiH tJi-iii Owned Iiy .Air-. Stan-
ford of OWiforohi.
Few even among the royal familie-of
Europe have more valuable diamoud-
than Mrs. Stanford wife of Senator
Stanford of California. One who can
.-peak anthoritativeh -ay.- her diamond-:
are valued at .?1.0i)0.'OO.. Her husband
bought four sets of diamonds for her
when the alnablc-of Queen Isabella ol
Spain were .-old in Pari- and paid up-
wards of (HUK0 for the four. One
.-et is of the .-tone- known as "blue dia-
mond"." as they emit violet rays by day;
another ha.- pink ray- in it- .-tone.-: the
third .-ei is of yellow diamond.- as yel-
low a topaz ami the fourth is of llaw-le.-
white .-tones. Each set ha- a tiara
or necklace pendant brooch earring.-
from four to six bracelet.- and .-nine
linger rinjjs all of the -ame .-tyle of
make and of corresponding stout s. In
addition to these Mrs. Stanford
ha.- some; genuine black diamond.- cut
pear-shaped and numerous other dia-
mond ornaments in a variety of style-.
One necklace (not belonging to anv of
the .-ets above named) is valued at
one hundred thou.-aud dollars and its
pendant at thirty thousand dollars. She
has over sixtv diamond linirer rimrs.
which she keeps on a string of black (
tape. To accommodate all these jewels
she has a case which was made to order
f.fC. Jilh C:VSt-'n an.lUr an1 i
UUI"I.U- JIUUl HIUKS. XllU Wise Oil- il i
separate drawer for each set of dia- !
monds and is of course nearly all the
time deposited in a bank. Mrs. Stan-
ford cares very little for these treasures
especially since the death of her only
son whom she idolized. On one occa-
sion before his death she wore nearly
all her jewels at once. It was when
a dinner was given herself and her hus-
band by Mr. William E. Dodge of
New York. She wore a black tulle
dress embroidered in silver and its
draperies were clasped with ornaments
made of her diamonds which she had
reset especially for that occasion. She
also wore tiara necklace pendant ear-
rings brooch and other ornaments of
dimouda.Pfladelphia Times.
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SMafMtbLt tad Jour.
To rals his cttoesfaa; spirits kfttter
drive away I
t away US stelaacfcolr.
Aad w ajy my wife aad t
Oat cheery Ire when darkness borers
And while the cold winds noen and tlgh
We ait there like a pair of lover.
I aotBeaatee thlak'tbat there most be
Some subtle witcber about tt;
But this 1 know. 1 oan not see
How we could ever do without it.
So every night it's llf hted now.
For thus we both of us have willed It
And every nljrbt wo have a row.
To settle which or us shall build It.
SomercUle Journal.
TALE IX THREE CIIAPTKKS.
tOcvcland Leader.
'Apples apples appoleal"
A SMOKING MINISTER.
Two Good Stories of n QuIck-IVlttcU Meth-
odist Minister.
Rev. C. D. Bunn Is a remarkably eloquent
and witty member of one of the New En-
gland Conferences of the Methodist Eylsco-
pal Church. He has a peculiar drawl
which adds much to tlio mirth-provoking
character of his .sayings lie Is withal
exceedingly bald and much addicted to
suiokiiiff: When he preached In the
young men of his acquaintance used to
chatl him a great deal for the sake of
drawing him o-it. One doj' he was asked
how it happened that some men Riew very
bald at m eatly an aire while others were
well covered. "Well" said he. "sumo
people's heads run to hair and some to
brains."
At the Xorthport c.uiip-mcetim; one day a
brother was waikim; :.hout in the wols
uieditatintr upon a sermon when he saw
.-moke curling up fioiu the toots of a large
tree that had been leveled by a storm.
Motmtin
the trunk he crept cautiously
along and peeped over the end.
1 here sat
brother u. puling away at a i. u. pipe
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"Whoa! Only "steen cents a peck.'
Jhe ?ood brotl.or was ver' much shockctl.
mill iiiincu nun vtuu.
"Hello Brother Bunn! Are you offering
incense to the devil'.1"
Brother Bunn slowly lifted hlaeyes to the
intruders face settled back Into his old
position ami drawled out:
"Ya-as. But I didn't know he was so
near." Detroit Free Prcax.
One Trie Only.
" Schentlemens schoost valk In and
look at dose vinter coots."
" How much is this overcoit?"
Terventy tollars for dot overgoat and
dot vas making you a bresent of dot over-
goat." " That's too high."
" I dells you illsliter (Jilhooly I Jiavo
only von brice 1 never drades. Chnn-t
read dot sign on der vail "Fixed Prices.' "
" 0 that means you lix the prices to -uti
ymirself. Twenty dollars is too much."
" 1 believe you heard me veil I tole you I
had only von price teiveiity tollars."
" It's not woith .seven and a half."
Mo-e Sehautnburg ea-eily: "Vill yer
give dot?" Texan Htftinys.
ill.
"I I 10 0 0 I Well bygoah"
Not I'amUIar with Them.
iliss Clara Can you call the names of
the diiferent stars and constellations. A!r.
Featherly'.'
Fe;itlierly Oh yes. There ts the north
star and the evening i-tar and the Great
Bear and the Little Dipper and the Milky
Way and all the rest Oh. yes.
Miss Clara The Creat Bear Is called
Ursa Major is it not?
Featherly Oh you mean do I know bo-
tanical names? I ain ashamed to confess I
io not -V. Y. Time.
The IIotpltHUle Farmer.
"This " said Farmer Hayseed to his city
cuest as he nointed to a large field "is
whero we keep our bun."
..Am are we going jn there? miiid Uie
eues.
"Yes. but you need not be afraid. He is
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as gei.Ue as a lamb except when he sees
bright red. If you will take this chalk and
chalk your nose we can pass through in
safety.-
And the farmer chuckled sottly to him-
self that night as he heard his guest pack-
ing his grip. 27m: Rambler.
The Amenities of Life.
"You are a liar sir."
"You are a gentleman.'
"Ah l" returned the first speaker molli-
fied. "1 was mistaken. Please accept my
apology."
"Don't mention it" replied the other
curtly. "I was mistaken too." N. Y.
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. THE FAMILY FRIEND.
Haw tfce TpU mi Ptawrt Ages Mara
Store is derived from the Saxon stofa.
One of these sources of domestic infe-
licity however modified its form is
merely a fire-place inclosed on all sides
the air entering from below and carried
off as in a common grate bj a vent
The general principle is first to employ
the fuel in the most advantageous man-
ner for heating the external part of the
store and secondly to keep within the
room as much of the air so warmed as
is consistent with wholcsomencss and
cleanliness.
A fixed atove (stuba) was used in the
time of the Roman Empire for hcutins:
baths and in Germany and Scandanavia
for batlis and hot-houses. In the mid-
dle ages they were generally construct-
ed of brick or tiles sometime- of slate
or steatite (?oapstnne). ami u.-ed for
warmin"; dwrllinjr. They were hur-
.structures sometimes occupying the
whoh side of a room and in Scandi-
navia 1 1 1 1 -i r broad Hat surface was the
slcepmr-plnec of the hoii'hold. The
fin- wa-t kindled ni tin. bottom and tin
heat and -mki paM'i' tiiruiih various
Unci Ivfor reaching the chimney.
The-e ttiVrx Were cc iliniuical of fuel a
matter of much important- in miiiu1
parts of Kuri.pe. In ilii imin: - of th"
rich they were --.mclimc. faced with
porcelain r highly oniameiitcd tile-:.
Many will rem- mber no diult. a J-r-celain
Move of ih:-d'wript:.on evhibit.il
in the Swedi-I; ilfpartmeiit at the Cen-
tennial Exposition in 1-S7G. They have
oven- and line- for cooking and need
to be rej)leiiih'd with fuel but once in
twentv-four hour-.
One of the lir-t attempts at making a
stove of iron was tha of Cardina:
Polipnac in France early in thr eigh-
teenth century. The Polignac lire-
nlaces so called were constructed with
hollow backs hearths and iron jambs
to economize heat. In 1710 Dr. l)esau-
jJiers. of London modified thee tire-
places to use them for coal instead of
wood. Hut neither these nor the Hol-
land stoves ever became popular in En-
gland owinjr to the strong prejudice in
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l.l .4 pllill llll IF. 1 1 I III It I Hl .Vil llltll
had prcc-'M'-il it. Ihe principle of u
action wa- the -ame as that of the air-
tight -tove- introduced many year-
later. Indi'ed. it would have been air-
tight had it lveu possible at that lime to
make tie- easting- .-uilicieiitly clo-e-'it-ting.
About 1 77." Franklin invented
several oth'-r -toves. among hem two
for the burning of bituminous mi:!. hi-
of the-;.' had a downward dra'iflit. and
coii-'imcd it- own -moke: tin- oih-T h:"d
the ba-ket urate or eag". with ni':di-
bars at the top and bottom which ati-r
being Idled and kindled at the top could
be inverted ami o made to burn at tin
ba-c. Between I7-S"iuiul 17'i." U.:ij imin
Thomp-iiii (Count Uumford) dei-ed
.-everal improvements in iove-. own-
etc.. all intended to economize fuel and
I heat.
j Previou- lo l.vj.j tin ll-e of -tove-..
generally of ihe box pattern and of very
rude cou-l ruction was routined to
.-tore.- hotel bar-rooms. M-honi-housi--and
churches in the citie and larger
town-. Country churches were not
i u-uallv WMi'met!. bin the older women
carried their loot toves ami the men
protected their feet with .-lout leather
over.-hoes known as boxes." In the
residence.-of some of the more wealthy
city families cannel and other Kngli.-h
coal generally ref-rrcd to at the timea.-
I "sea coal." was burned in imported
J grates or in Uumford stoves lin-d with
I tire-brick. A large number u-fd the
' Franklin stove as an open lireplaee.
burning wood in it. The re-t of the
. world u.-ed the capaciou-. old-fa-iiioned
fireplace. The cheapne-s of fuel the
cheerfulness of an open fireplace and
the great weight and rough con-truction
of the stoves of tho-e days made the
latter in but little demand. After the
opening of the Erie and Champlaiu
canal-" the introduction of river .-team-
I boats and the beginning of railroad
travel the facilities for tran-porting
j heavy goods were so much incre.t-ed
that "the manufacture of -tove.- -non be-
' came a leading industry. These were
; wood -tove-. but anthracite coal which
j was gradually coming into use when-
ever a high degree of heat was required
and a -tr.ng draught po ible. wa-
destined to create a revolution in the
' hil-ille .
' Tin- lir-t attempt- were failure- and
i it w.t not until lS:l:i when Jordoii I..
. Mo'.t demoii-trated that an anthracite
j tire co'iltl be made from nut and pca--ifd
coa!-. and e-.!abli-hel -everal oth.-r
facts con ruing the law- of i;n!ui--
tiou. that anthracite coal -love-lieeame
-aJeable. The i:r- cooking -to - :uan-
ui'aelueed iu Albany were of the old tin
plate oval pattern the o en aiove the
Ire. A di eript'on of the !i:eul:on-
.nel impriAi-iiii'til- in -". - -uu-" then
wotdd lili volume-. h i- doubtful
iievirthdi . f hi:; of i hem can com-
pare ixi : he i ful::. -. or in he-tithfuhie
v.ilh ih oll-I.;-l.j."iiel. capac;-ni- wood- i
fin i1:ii of our grand-daddies. ....
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' SPOOPENDYKE.
-lr.ii;;li? niil t ;i ri"niiin tine of tin
l.n-t Tint -..j!ili" lluiitii'V Kir Wrote.
'.N'.iw iu dear." -aid Mr. popen-
ilke. "if oit will bring me the pen and
' ink. I'll look over vour account.- and
' .-trairhten ein out for ou. I think !
' vour idea of keening an account of the
dailv c.pciw- i- the Im t that ou ever
i did. It- bu-iue like ami 1 want to
! encourage mt in it."
"Here's the ink." .-aid Mr-. Spoopen-
dyke growing radiant at the compii-
I nicnt. "1 had the pen day before ye
i terday. "Let me think." And -hi' dove
! into her work-ba-ket. and then glanced
' iurou-lv under the bureau.
Well do you -uppo-e I'm going to
.-jdit in linger and write with tiiat?"" d--tnandeil
Mr. Spoopendyke. "Wherc".-
Ihe pen? I want the pen."
"1 put it -omewherc." -aid Mrs.
Spoopendyke. "Ah. h-re I have it.
Xow.you-ee" she continued. "I put
what money you -pent down here and
thi.- is the joint account. You know "
"What's this?" asked Mr. Spoopen-
dyke. "That's your account: this
"No no; I mean this marine
-ketch
! in the second line
-That? Oh
that s ; i.
"S'pnse I ever spent .-even
dollar-
with a tail like that to it? If you're go-
ing to make figures why don't you make
figures? Whafd'ye want to make a pic-
ture of a prize tight in a column of ac-
counts for? What is this elephant doing
here?" r
I think that's 2" replied Mr?. Spoop-
endyke dubiously. "May be it's a 4. I
cantell bv adding it up."
"What are you going to add up? D'ye
count in this corner lot and that rose-
bush and this pair of suspender-? D'ye !
add them in?" I
-That's a 7 and that's a 5 and the last .
is au 8. They come out all right and j
during the last mouth you have spent I
more than I and the joint account to-
"Haven't either. When did I spend
this broken down gunboat?"
"That ain't a boat; It's $42 for yonr
f suit"
"Well this tramp'fifhmg off a rock
when did I spend him?"
"It ain't a tramp It's $50 cash you
took and I don't know what you spent
it for. Look at my account now
"What's that man pulling a gig for?"
"It's nothing of the sort. That ain't
a gig. it's $1 for wiggin. You see I've
only spent $22 in a month and you'vo
spent $184."
"You can't tell by this what I've
done" growled Mr. Spoopendyke.
"What's the rat-trap doing in the
joint account?"
"That's lifteen cents for fruit when
you were sick?"
"And tlris inea.-lv looking old hen.
what ha.- -he got to ilo with it?"
"That- no hi n. Thit a 2. It w.-an
two dollars for having vour chair
mended.
"What have you charged iwwith thi- j
old graveyard for?" J
Thai'.- lifteen cent-Mr sbiv -: "e-
The fifteen ain't plain but that's what
it :. ;
I low do you make out I have j.pi-nt j
- much? Wh.re- the vouchers? Show i
l:SO the Vouchers." I
"I don"; know what ym mean." -:;5d I
.Mr--. Spoopeinl:i. '-mi uu .-lieut .til '
I put i sow n.
Hav.Mi"t ! anyl'iinof tip- .-r..
Show me -onie vmu-h.-rs. Your ac-
Count- are all htt'ii: uir. i u don't
know how to k-. p an a unt."
"Ye-. I do." pleade 1 Mr-. Spoonen
nne. "ami 1 think it .- all r:g :t.
"No you don't. What do ou mean
b getting up engravings of a .-econd-
Ji.iai". furniture -tore and claiming that
it .- my account? You are a great
book-keeper you are. All you want is
a sign hung between you and the other
side of the .-treet lo be a commercial
college. If ever 1 fail i business. I'm
going to iill you up wr
-tart a night .-chool. (Ii
And Mr. Spoopendyke
ning up the columns
and eight twelve and
carry one to the next
Here thi.- is wrong
eighteen for twent he
"Eh?" jerked out M
"That"- it ..' I. in..
miu couldn't keep aeeoun
even add up."
"That make- your act
ger." replied Mrs. Sp
didn't think it wa- .- mi
Main went the bind; :i
foliowcd by the pen. ar
have gone too. but Mi
cuut'ou- placed it mi'
"Dm1 ga-t it!" how'
dike as he tore otl" hi
p.iretl for bed. "You
benches and
me my pen."
nenced run-
i two's four
two .-v tour
iteen am.
ret i- lour
vc got an
Sp lopenclyke.
t. I knew
" . You can't
the room.
.ie ink. would
Miopeiidyke
'i.irui-. way.
r. Spoi. pell-
he and pre-
lit to have a
pen and ink. Next til-
want accounts
kept I'll ki op "em chained up in tin
artl. and don t you go n-ar em: you
hear nic?"
"Ve-. ih-ar." replied Mrs. Spoopcn-
ihkc :us ..he !ipped the obmious book
into the drawer. -7"" .'.
OYSTER CULTURE.
An
-:xii'riiiiciit AVhlcli l'rioni.t-k to
la.
cri"ii"e the Supply of itivalvei.
Profe. or W. K. Brooks in a recent
circular of the .John.- Hopkin- I'niver-.-ity
give- an iuleiv-tiiig account of his
summer's experiments in the artitieial
cultivation of tiy-ter- in lloat-. Iu July
he con-tructed a floating car. made -o
as to permit the free circulation of the
water and having tilled :i with clean
o-ter-.-licll-. moored it in the eh miiel
at Beaufort. X. ('. "A- all the ny-ters
in the vicinity." he sa-. "Were in vei v
-hallow water they were itearh througfi
-pawning and the condit'on- were
therefore ery unfavorable: but. not-with-tauding
ti:i-. I immediately -e-cureil
a good .-t." and the young oyster-grew
with remarkable rapidity on
account of the abundant supply of food
and fre.-h water which gained ready ac-
ee to all of them and the uniform
temperature which wa- .-ecu red by the
-on-taut change of water."
The experiment.- of Prof. Brooks are
very important as hi- method of oyster
culture ina be fappliod in many ways
of which a- he remark- tie mo-t ob-vioii-
i- the production of .-.-ed oy.-ters
for planting. The -eed' u-ed for
planting in Maryland aud Virginia i-
procured from the natural beds of our
littoral water- by tonging and dredg
ing hv a -mall inve.-tnient in lioating
collect. .r-. it appears anv one on tide- '
... i.i :'i. .-..:.. I.".-. ;:... '
r.
of much IhII -r. cleniiei I than that
now taken frmu tin natural bills. The
o .'ei- thu- reared an l.irv enoti"h .
for nl.intiii"-in live or. -i week-. j
- the author ot tl experiments '
p iiii:- out. his method can al-o In u-cd
for tin direct production of marketable i
o-ter-. i-peeialK ovi r imuMy lMttom-
ttnl .11 r.-gion- jviiei-e public" niiim-ni '
ilo.- :; permit an private owiicr-tup
of th" bottom. Tile llietllful. if
adapted will al- di aw.-.v with the n.-
ei "tv fit .' title t tin lHtt.in and
jn.-tth enlarge !!: -appi; of ;. -ers for
the itellefil of the people. A". 1". . -.'..
A CONSIDERATE" DAUGHTER.
why ho Didn't Wiifil Her I.ihit to .Vf
Much of Her ".lothi-r.
Sam H'dhr. .1 wealthy voting man.
ha- Ih-cii paing marked all utiou to
Mi-s Birdie Met "iiini- Mr-. Met'iiinis.
the mother of Birdie is an "nnme:i-ely
-lout woman. A few evenings ago Mr.
Holbry Wit- e.M"cted to call. Jus? t. fore
the hour appointed for his arrival B.rdie
-aid to her mother:
"Mother dear will you do me on
favor?"
Wh"U i- it. dear?"
"Yon k:iow that daughters alwa.-
grow up t r.-emble tJti'ir mother-."
Well my dear?"
Well. now. ju-t look at o:ir-lf in
ihegla . You look a- big as one of
ihe water-tank-. You know you
weigh one hundred and .-i.xi'.-niue
pounds."
"Well what i- it. nu daughter'1"
"Plea-e. -tay in your loom. Don't
let Mr. Holbry -ii-you. I don't want
him to -i-o much of you."
Why -. my daughter?"
"Because ma I've nearly got him
eoralled. Ho i- a little -kittl-.il. but 111
have him roped in pretty soon: but if he
should s you he will think that I'll b-a-big
as you -one of the- da-. and
he'll jump the fence. Mire. I tell you.
ju.-t wait until we are married and "then
you can come and live with us but
don't .-care him off just at this crisis."
7'Xro. Sittings.
-Athletic Note: "There is a man on
our street afflicted with a bad casts of the
foot-and-mouth di-easo." remarked Ele-
ncer Jones to a young physician of hi-
acquaintance. "Impovdblc'" said tho
voting doctor. "I never heard of a liu-
man being taking that disaa.se. Burt
he has it undoubtedly."' "What am
the symptom-?" -Why he thinks he
is a champion pedestrian anil he is al-
way.- talking about It.' Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
A PLACE FOR YOU.
Sota dar my boy yoalt a nan.
Corapelied to face the world alone:
Your own career you'll kava to plan.
And work mil. too and by your own
Exertions gala whate'ar renown
Will evix gather round your name;
And If you lose life's waiting' crown.
Yours is the blame.
The impress of each sunny hour
On lltes are.it after-work you'll see:
Youth now Is your mid yours too power
To make or mar your destiny.
How? By the wav you use these hours:
Abu storo j our mind and nerve your
heart.
Training the while those latent powers
To do tMr pHrt.
Within the world mr hoy. sonjcwhore
There is a plr.ee made jxi-t for !;
Yourfuturu buttle-around is there.
And there Is ror. tor you io do;
I'ernaps it is to s II the jcnuii.
I'crhans to n-. in:i. le t: rind-
Just tluuk uwuile .o-ir ottiekened brain
Your p. act- Mil ilad.
And l'p it hljrh or be it tow.
No matter wiiereyou tiud vour post.
Oil. rt.clx to It. Ilik l.-.d. anl -how
our u.ei'le. wit !e ;.ou make the most
Of nth"- lair houi ." l.earn to till
Your plree wsh hor.itr. ki.o nlwa'S
To do jour :ii.. si:l ilo it well
1 i jrlte-: n: -e.
GiMen Day.
JUMBO."
Pt-r'.onal KcutiuUi -ih vt by IIU Keeper
3lu:ticv. fitt.
The following iniere.-tinir sketch of
liarnum'-s mammoth elctdiant which
' me; ueii a traii'ic death in Canada la-t
mmi.r. j. l;ixi.n f:-om an :irtielc in a'
. . . . .- - r
l.ill ilKII.U I "1 It'll flKi . AUllltlf I ivyn .
"It w a.- in December. 18.51 that mr
name wa- entered on the book.- of the
Koal Zoological Society's (Jarden. at
llegent- Park in London. I was then
-evciiteeu years of age. and my great
th ire to be constantly among the animal-
which I had vi.-ited over aud over
again wa- finally gratilied.
"I well remember when it was an-
nounced eighteen years ago that an
African elephant with immense ears
like folding parlor doors would soon
arrive and the managers decided to
i m2l nu. jn t.arpe of hinu Thcre was
. .x.;t.mnt when the boat arrived
j from Pari- and it seemed as if all the
boys ami gins in London turned out to
see him. The little elephant was a
curio-itv on account of his peculiar
J .-hape and his big ears and the mem-
bers of .-everal learned societies came
j to examine him. The name I gave
nit even big- j .- ... n.u particular signiti-
einlyke. "I ..... hl f:u.t j lon-t tI;lk that i
j had ever heard it.
"Ki-"U the native- where he was
capiuri d it wash arned that Jiimb wa-
live ear- of age. and 1 took delight in
telling the isitors that he would grow
. up to be the bigge-t elephant ill the
world. Tiiis I judged from the pecul-
iar -i.e and proportions of hi- bom in
relation lo the body and I re-oled
.-non afterward that I would make a
stuily of feeding him. He wa.- then
. .-ieklv. and in a had .-tat"of health gen-
erally. .Jumbo and my -elf were fast
friend- the lir-t lime we met and he
j would be governed In none of the
! other keepers. He was like a great
j good-natured boy. and he took a-pe-;
cial fancy to children and ladies and
was never . happy as when he could
carry a back-load of little ones around
the Park. Hi- pas-ciigers included
children of royalty and nobility and
as he grow rapidh.a largi r saddle was
ncec-.-ary every few months.
One tlav a- Jumbo wa- pa ing
through a crowd he sutideith -topped
and would not move an inch when I
commanded him to proceed. From
m -eat in the -addle I ob-erved that a
lady below wa.- much agitated a- he
ame running toward Jumbo. Lean-
ing over the .-ide of the saddle I .-aw
that a child of two or throe years had
fallen in our pathway and was lying
between Jumbo's fore-feet. The bea-t
would not -tir until he had taken up
tin: infant temlerh in his trunk aud
pa ed it oer to the mother.
I "Mr. Barnum ten ears ago saw
' JuuiImi at the (larden-tuid tried to pur-eh.i-i"him.
When heouorcd titty thou-
j -and dollars for him I was afraid the
: director- would let him go and that 1
would lo-e m In t friend. I didn't
have much to -ay to the great .-how-:
man. and was not at all anxious to ex-
hibit the good point- of my big ele-
phant until after flu manager- of the
(ianlen had a tired nu thai they
would never allow the animal to go to
rVnierica for an price. Six v ear- ago.
howevor JuiuIhi had tut n-of fretful
....
He whn-lt alarmct ttie directors ami
the even went -o far a- to iiuieh:i-i
blui.dcrbu.-e- with ivhieh to -hoot him
if ! b..iiue mad and unmanageable.
I '''hi them that elephant- were social I
animal- and that what .tiled Jumbo f
wa- the want of -oci t with hi.- own
speces.
A- Mr. Barnum had a -core or two
of eleoii.tnt- in hi- great Amerie tit j
-how .Mr. A. I. liar: let t i-uperiui-nd- ;
ut of tin- Zoological (iargi n-. :. d
the -.tie of .Jitm'.o at a great-;. i.-.i.:.-tl
price. Mr. Barit'lUI olt'ered lei: thott--and
ddlc-. :im the m:.l--g .- ac-
cepted it. on tin condition U.M i..--oouid
take him a-he -ioo.. a-. !.
would run no ri-k-of remoiug him.
The bargain wa- made and it wa- one
of she happie-t days of m Ht when i .
found that I was to accompany my old .
friend aero the water. f
The journey i- l".t miliar to every io
nev i- i.iiuiiiitt to eerv "v
tml girl iu the land. rcn tho-e who f
ha.e not .-ecu JiiihIm) on hi- traxei-
throitgtt the country have r.-ad how
litmbo was boxed up ami hoi-ted
abroad the -to.tnior A ri..n Monarch
by m-.iii- ot normou
It... an to. .Til il ftl
ib nick- -i!d
New Yolk i:i I
Aoril. b -J. c'.crv pater in tin-
il I -- .......- .-...-- I.. !... I ....I
11M1
had column-f iiitt-re-ting new-:.b-ul i
the v.-omJertul bea-t mat bail me.v
gl'owii to be the large-i know 11 :illit::il
in the wi rid.
JiiniiKi wa- unlike any other ele-
phant in Mr. Barnum".- great herd It
would never d to puui-h him or to
force him to ob. Mr. Ar-iin:
tail
mi-
ludi'.-.-wav over iie:.ii ii tr t gra
mals (any uf which might pit k h'.ai up
and hurl him as a boy would a rat)
solely lef au-e they fear him. Not - '
with Jumbo. Ilcmimlod me beean-e
! he loved me. Manv vear- ago it was
that he began to -hoVhis affection for !
' ... r..1 Im never betr.-tved the conli- '
deuce I idaced in him." When -.or i 1 hi-nwv not be pra.-t.c.tble. But eor-
cotihl make niv wi-hc- kno-ii to him. J-""- ll 3 '"I(:ir th!'- l- -r raU
he alwav- obevod. Like a child he j for morV n'st attont.on than it has
would sometime- b- peovi-h and
! Milieu but at such tinn- he would
solicit me to pet him and if I re-
mained near. le would -joii get over
his ill feeling.
" We have traveled many thousands An amusing story of the introduc-
of miles together in ihe magnificent I tion of the mulb-rry' into California is
car built expressly for our use. My : related in the Now York Iwlrp wleut.
sleeping apartment was at one end of In the Territorial Legi-dalure in earlv
the can and my bed was near Jumbo days a green country member intro-Unlc-s
I was in it he would not go to I duocd a.d secured the passage of bill
shop no matter what hour of tin j giving a reward of one th-msand dollars
nb'ht it might be. Sometimes 1 would to tho person who -hould lir-t nro.lne..
t:keashortwalkaroundthe city after
the exhibition was over for the day.
and before the cars started. Jumbo
was alwavs awake and waiting for his
bit of cake and beer or whatever 1
j hftd. He always shared my beer at
night OneIforgot gfrt
$ortio. nd after I had droppI
asleep he put his trunk around mc
and lifted me out of my bed. I th
recollected the nip of beer I had left
in the mu not enough to wet the oM
fellow's throat but as soon as he got ft
he was satisfied-
Ke was mischievous too ana
oftentimes he would wait until I had
fallen ajleep and then carefully take
off my bedclothes without awakening
- it it. wsjj cold weather. I would
find the quilts crowded into the venti
lator overhead l recouect mwiug j
coat and vest carefully tucked into the
grating of the car out of my reach. I
looked for them for half an hour
while Jumbo swtink his trunk like an
enormous pendulum as he always did
when expressing delight. Finally he
directed my attention to the grating
and at niv request gave theni back.
Many times Jumbo has picked me up
and placed me out of danger of vari-
ous kinds to which he fancied I wa5
exposed and in several instances he
saved my life. When the .-tampede of
elephant's took place la-l year he
caught nii in his trunk ami held me a
pri-oner bi twecn his fore-feet until the
general alarm hat! sub-ided.
"An amusing instance occurred at
Penn Y.m of Jumbo".- jealousy of the
attention paid me by i-itors to the
groat show.
"A oioig lad from the rural dis-
tricts took quite a fancy to inc. and I
.-uppe-c I took more pain- than usual
that .-lie should know the whole history
of Jumbo. She returned -coral times
i before the circus performance began
'.V... ... ".
in the lug lent and eaen tunc orotigni
a bouquet or other small git't. After the
exhibition .-he came again and Jumbo
concluded I was cither in great dan-
ger or else receiving altogether too
much attention from the dam.-el. At
any rate he wound his trunk around
me ami drew me away from her. I
freetl mv-elf. and again made myself
agreeable when Jumbo picked me up
and placed me on one side and then
gently but firmly pushed the lady away
from "him as far as his chains would al-
low. "I do not like to review the detail
of Jumbo's sudden death. He showed
his affection for me to the Ia.-t mo-
ment and it seems that he reali.ed
the danger to which I was exposed.
He tir-t look care as he saw the fatal
train coining that I should besaed
ami quickly put me out of harm.- way.
Then he a- quickly rolled Tom Thumb
awa from the track and in so doing
lo-t -o much time that tin engine Wa-
lloon him before he could nioe awn.
He was a king and he fact d death like
a king. The locomotive -truck him on
the head fracturing hi- kull.
"Jumbo's hide and bone- are now
in charge of Prof. Ward proprietor of
the great mu.-eum at Koehe-tcr. N. Y..
and he is preparing them for Mr. Bar-
num hereafter to trau-prt through the
country with hi--how. Kenluall the
skeleton will re-t at tin Xciional Mu-
seum of the Smith-ouiau in-t'ttutiou al
Washington while the stuffed -km will
be placed in the Barium: Museum of
Natural Ilistorv at Tuft- College. nu:ir
Bo-ton."
Mr. Barnum .-end- the following
short account of Jumbo.- introduction
to hi.- herd of elephants;
"The day after Jumbo's arrival a
Matli-on Square (Jarden we resolved to
introduce him to the thirty-live Indian
elephants which we had there. Sotnc
of lis feared the result but Scott iu-si-ted
that Jumbo was loo much of a
gentleman to mi-behave ."-o we placed
our thirty-live ciephnuU iu a row. each
I being ehaineil one leg to a po-t ami
then Scott led .Jumbo m. He pas-ed
in front of the-tringof elephant.-. look-
ing at first a little -urpri-ed. a.- did ail
the other elephant- when they tir-t 'dis-
covered him approaching. But Jumbo
and all the ot'er elephant.- at once
looked kind I;. and each extended it.-
trunk as Jumbo pas-ed. which he fondly
took with his own tiunk. giving each
elephant a kind care--. Mutual affec-
tion seemed at once e-tabh-hed. and it
existed without interruption till tho
day of hi- death."
AMERICAN ANIMALS.
Mow ('.in the Dent rurt ion mill Ililifiotion
.f iiieriemi (iikine lie !"ri- ent ! '.
Mr. Krne.-t Ingor-olL in a papr jt
pubii-hed by the American ("eograph-
ical .Society make.- a -tar! ling record
of tie extinction of wild animal.- from
thi-eoiitiueiit by th- -eitb-mout of the
untry. Much of tm- lamenf.u.b U-
erea-e of animal life u-- uanvubtabk.
But Mr. tnger-oil does w.-ll to h---itt
upon th rulhle v. a-t- .f oiu of oin
mo-t valuable n -miiv . Only Lweatv-
Jtve year- ago the ir-at plains wei-
'iVorel with butl'al'H'-. and Mr. Iigt.r-
-li -ay-: "I my -eif h.i''- .- m .-i-ai-l.Kii-
Siuhcii i the t p!"i' Mis-iri ft
-v.-i mini $& ait. t he- ;.m-sI uf -i.
cattle." i::t b- t-xt.-u-. i lh Pariro-railway-?
"a- been ui.e :! w:i -::-.
f a s exf-riMii- i f ! in
Th" Kr-i-a nl ! r 't -ii::-ii-I
: sim at. imttl' ::cw '.. -:-.(! tu
the c .vhirh eigit: y ar- :ig v
-ecu in 'otisaBi's tin- plain- nii vhe
-wi-e' ' ainl in the Wfucl Kiier
-WM'
have praetii'Iy in eu drili-a-'
ivfiife in i:e Stfliilhelrt
tilaiit plaieait.
r-oll -5ua- I it.-ii this ikIi Iw!
iu tin-natural i ' rot" aui-
en to
Koek
Mr!
di-tnrb
i i -f t- .. i ...
'-lai im i not i::iiiieu io nz ia:o afoiie.
"" - J ' once dj-pi.r!d in Lii- At-
'"'
I..... :..
faloiig lh"-eoa-t -outhu :rd
lo (':
f I k t f 1 1
i. have retir.-d to the- NVv.-
or Labi'itiior coa-i. Thu
the oyMer on oar Atlantic
-eriou-!y ib-crca-ed. TIu-
ribc- -peeially tin prairie
he wild turkey dm k- and
birti- have been .-adlv de-
nd -till the .-laughter goes on
I habi
Ct-a-t
feat ii
cbicki
all ga
pjet.'d.
a! most imcnecked.
Mr. Inger-oll -ugge.-t- that an arrest
migiit be jut upon this uncalled-for
de-truction by making and eniorciii
"a law which should permit so-calicd.
-port to be indulged only by a. -elected
few who had proved their cauuritv fur
Uv'' wh" " InniMl Jbeir capacity 1
CCimillOU M-IlMS and sclf-re-tiaillt.
--1 - -ro-" ' gouerai pun.ic
and for legislation affording belter pro-
tection of animal.- than any which has
ever yet been enacted. A. Y. IfcruM.
ihe hundred vuung mulberry tree from
the seed. Shortly after the end of tin:
ses.-.ion the couiitrv meinour received
the reward when it was discovered
i that he already had his mulberry grove.
-mrted beforc'he introduced the bill.
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Lowry, James A. The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 22, 1886, newspaper, January 22, 1886; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth314342/m1/2/?q=Flat: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.