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Sore Eyes The eyes are always iu sympathy with the body, and alEjrd an excellent index of Its condition. When the eyes become weak, and the lids inflamed and sor an evidence that the system has b- disordered by Scrofula, for which Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the best ^ o w n remedy. Aye^l Sar?ajarilir ^ A fto ^®n to\! xuedici&e a short time I was completely Cured has effected a complete cure, and I believe c. E. u U i ; Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J . C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Maai. Sold by all DraggiaU. Price *1; aix bottlee, $S. C h i l d T e n rOR PITCHER’S Ostaiia : C a a toria proxuotea Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, DiaiThoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep n a tu r a l. C a sioria contains no Iforphiae or other narcotic property. “ Castoria is so well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription JmoTO to me.” H, A. A rcher , M. P., 82 Portland Ave., BrooH^, N. Y. “ I use Castoria in my practice, and find it Specially adapted to affections of children.” S s \ , t f E \ S S I THE GREAT | iGerman Remedyl S TRUTHS FOB THE SICK, § I For those deathly BiUons SpellBdepena llBiUons SpellBdepena H oh S ulphub B ittebs lijlt -will cnre yon. UsimpJoK B it S cebs ; |||lt will cure yon. Cleanse the yitiated|T| blood when you seel its impurities hnrst-|l ing through the shini III should use S ulthub m B itters . They will K n o t then be weak and iJslchly. SOLPHC will c u re ______ plaint. Don’t be < iged;ltwiUc [nKBlTTEBSl I Liver Com.l I • ‘edis-l S ulphur bitters ||| will build you up a n d | make you strong and|i healthy. _________ I SULPHUR B itters |h ICARTEKS nPlTTLE- ■ IVER 9 PULS. CURE H l f i t p i SICK and regulate the oowels. U. >? they only cured HEA0 who rat vithout them. But alter au sick u w ACHE **^^e1^bi\Lhtle 1 nM them. In vials at 25 cents; fire for $1. hy dxaggiits r/crywhere, or seat by mail. C AETEK M JEDICI5TE CO., Wev7 York City. Minnesota r.nd Northwestern R. R. 11 and Cbrlst- sant work at made. Work sent by mall any distance. Particu- latsfree. No canvassing. Addreesatonce, ckes - OBNT AHT CO., Ur Milk Street, Boston. Mass.— S ia r ii FiaiaioTF sclool, KiwinROH. K. Y. 85th year bejciai September 18. roreircalani addrcM. 19 dim. OJOniY W. SIQIiAll, Ttm jui. I r p i i ^ S o n , ^ m p r k t o r s . of % €omt^. Cfrms: $i.50 pft in ^btanff. Y O L U M E 6 8 . H U D S O N , N . T . , T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , 1 8 8 7 . N U M B E R 3 9 ■Where is It leading us, this sad procession Of yelled hours and weeks, all grim and grey 7 The summer dies in autumn’s chlii embraces, Then winter calls drear autumn-time away; Till spring days come, all redolent with flowers, Once more to mock ns wltb tneir brier, bright And summer comes but once again to va: For all the seasons last so short a whll ’Tls winter time, e’er we have welcomed June. ; stay them, passing—ever passing aghgh ourur liveses waxax shorterhorter ass theyhey i We cannot stay them, passlr E’en thou o liv w s a t go, Although we tremble a t the gathering shadows. That wait around, and hide what none may know. Of life, sad life, I did not ask thy dower, I did not take oi vould I fain be given wider knowledge, clear and fair, not darkly thi-ough a gl.nss darkerarker yetet to sightight dimmedmmed oftt by cr\r\ Ing,, Made d y to s di of by c Ing So dim I cannot see the way I pass. There Is no sunshine here without a shade •>, No smlli' that has n ot Its swlft-followlng tear. No bliss that Is not paid for by a sorrow, That casts before Its shade of mortal fear. Is there no lanJ, oh Ule, where we are happy, dedge that our blessings are ; life’s best Joys unending Safe m the knowledge th a t our blesslnj That love Is real; life’s best Joys i Beyond the horrors of some Judgment bar. ;h the silence of the d e ad- dead, that are so quiet, it knowing aught, withln it their church yard Oh, can It he that all our lives but lead us. To share the silence where past ages sleep; That Life lt‘’e!f doth yield our only harvest. T H E GAGUS STALK . iptain ( the captain of a bark lately returned from a cruise in the South seas to a Sau Francisco reporter. He held in his hand what appeared to be a guadily painted barber’s pole sbruuken to the size of a policeman’s club. ‘‘That,” continued the skipper, “is a piece of gagus stalk. It came from Guuptil Island, near the Molucca group. I h’Lve navigated the South seas for mauy years and I never saw it growing upon any other island, and I don’t think you will find any seafaring man hailing from those waters but will bear out what I say. I t is a species of cactus. G a u p ti Islan d is a small one, but is well populated by natives of the Malay race. In the interior this plant grows wild, flourishing especially in the red, rocky soil. It looks fine when growing, as you might judge from the bright hues with which this is spotted. The main stalk is covered with sharp, nettle-like protuberances, and a prick from one of them will cause more pain than red pepper thrown in your eyes. W hen young the plent consists of but one stalk, which shoots up straight to a height of four or five feet. It is a brilliant scarlet hue. Toward winter a number of oflshoots spring out until the thing looks like a broom stood up right. Green and purple specks then appear all over it. A grove of gagus shrubs is a very pretty sight. B u t it is the properties of the plant which distinguish it. Opium is a potent drug, but I will back the extract from the igus stalk to effect more damage on human system than all the opium in ’orid.orld. Thehe natives cut the pi the w T in the early spring, .thered a sufficient itives Cl After they have gathered a sufficient quantity they put itit inn largearge bowlsowls andnd crushr it with i l b a c u s h .......... . iiuge stones. A grayish sap runs out freely, and this they collect and drink after letting it ferment, which it does easily. One drink of a pint is enough for an ordinary man, but I have seen natives drink a greater quantity. Within half an hour after imbib ing it the drinker becomes perfectly stupid, and lies around like a log. The spell lasts a day or more, during which time the natives say they live in paradise.” “I years ago I bad a man in my crew who was driven crazy by one drink.” “What effect does it have upon the natives ?” “Well, that is where the gagus dis plays itself. If you could see some of the terrible examples of gagus drink ing in Gauptil you would be horrified. The first effect of the liquor is to soften the bones and gradually eat them away. There are natives \ l the victims of gagus, who are ini homeless and unable to walk their limbs. They are doomed to wither away like this stalk until they die in misery and convulsions. Im- ifterl death the head of the lediately a corp s e b e c o m e s as so f t bouos can bo felt, th e sk u ll is com pletely eaten away. The body then begins to swell as though it were in flated with gas, and immediately burial is necessary.” “H ow long does it take to thus de- astate a human being V’ asked the re- “That is according to the appetite of the victim for the stuff. Usually two years will finish the hardest man. Oh, the sufferings of the slaves to the drink are terrible.” The Beet Sugar Industry. Claus Speckels, the Hawaiian sugar king, has spent several months in Europe, investigating the beet sugar industry, and tells a correspondent of the New York H e rald, in London, that he has purchased a lot o f machinery in Cologne and Prague for the purpose of establishing a beet sugar factory in California. H e is convinced that with his new machinery, which he calls marvelous, he can create one of the greatest industries the United States has ever had, and he does not propose to rest till he has made this country the greatest beet sugar producer, manufacturer,and market in the world, exceeding even Germany and France. A new factory is to be built in Cali fornia which will use 350 tons of beets per day and turn out 40 tons of sugar CHILMEH OF THE RICH. THE SOURCE OF ALL TRUE HAP PINESS UNKNOWN TO THEM. Facts Concerning tI,o aiost Nogleotod Class iu Any Community—Tlie Ke- straints WTilcli VVealth Imposes—Noth ing to Wish and Plan For—Contrasts. TllGl’G is 1 ed at this amelioration of the cond dren of the rich, ” The poor children ap peal to the sympathies of every one; wo have them with us, on our hearts and con sciences always, but the children of the rich are the most neglected class in any rents. Wha a gay watering plac ?nt in the giddy whirl spent in the giddy whirl of society, it is a fortunate child of the rich who knows its own mother. The father’s business occu pies his time and thoughts; from 80 to CO years of age he finds that all of his faculties are required to repair the damages of one panic and provide in ad vance for another. If the child is -well clothed and has his or her school bills sent in regularly, the man of business cares believes he has fulfilled all the obligations of an indulgent father, conscious that he has done more for his child than was done for him. Thus the child is driven hack on his nnrse, or the groom, or the butler—ac cording to age or condition—for sympathy and fellowship. Here, if not his manners, his morals and his views of life are formed. DELIGHTS THAT ARE DENIED. But of these disadvantages the child is not himself conscious until, later in life, he reviews his beginnings. \Wliat most troubles him is the restraint which the wealth of his parents imposes on his action. He is cut off from the associates of his own age, if we except a few caged animals like unto himself. Of the free dom of youth he knows little or nothing. The delight of anticipation is denied by the gratification in advance of all wishes for balls, bats, kites, and the thousand and one things which the happy boy of the poor makes for himself. No rich hoy ever felt the thrill of delight, of conscious power which comes to the hoy who has constructed out of nothing a kite that is sailing to the stars and almost dra'wing him after it. The boy of the rich has bought for him those lopsided, fantastic Japanese abortions which do not take naturally to the varying waves of our up per atmosphere. For the child of the rich there is noth ing to wish for, to plan for, to deny one’s self for; everything is at his command, and his boyish nature is smothered by his unusual privileges. If he is permitted to go to the circus at all, it is only with some old fellow whose memory of his youth has faded, and to whom the smell of the saw dust has no suggestion of past delight, and as he paid a t the door for a reserved seat the iioor child of destiny has no thrill of fear and terror when the hoy with the lemonade TYliispers to the man at tlie door and points significantly in his direction. IN HIS NATURAL STATE. A hoy in his natural state is an animal who revels in the freedom of disorder, and under the system of doing for himself learns to do for others. Every faculty ho has is quickened hy exercise and hidden strength developed under necessity. But the son of the rich is, as we have said, a caeed and pampered animal. Before he inderstand why shoTxld want to Ue president, and, be- sides, he learns from school hooks that it is a position reserved for the sons of poor hut holiest parents. The contrasts, as they suggest them- selves, are innumerahle—they are suffi- cient for a volume. Enough have been noted to convince the reasonable man who has in his mind any recoUection of his youth, that the children of the rich have as yet an unrecognized claim on onr sympathies; that they live without fear or hope; that they are denied alike the pains and pleasures of early years; that they are Imprisoned from the beginning, and so hedged in by conventionalism that tho source of all true happiness is ever un known to them. It is strange that in this period of the world, with philanthropical erable, we should not hav A Queer Japanese Custom. Hiding up the wide street a short ois- tanee we come to the United States con sulate—for a wonder a really fine looking building—^beyond which, on each side of the street, we notice numerous bamboo poles, from the tops of which are floating immense many colored paper fishes, so constructed as to be filled by the wind. These illustrate a very curious custom in vogue all through Japan. During the month of May it is customary to float a paper fish in front of each house in which a male child has been horn during the year, and very unhappy are most young married couples who cannot display such an emblem. The boy, no m atter how ugly or mischievous he may be, is tho pride of the Japanese household, and on the 5th of social festival of the year. On one pole, Just above the paper fi.sh, we noticed a flowing paper figure in blue and white— Japanese mourning colors—which we im agined signified that a male child had been born in the adjacent house during the year, but that it had since been car ried off by the grim destroyer,—Cor. Bal timore Sun. killed, 10; bulls k ed, 11; bull flghi animals, 44. ihters wounded, 4; total A Solentlflo Problem. ting scientific i the nuthoritj o* .u _______ Science,” that whe; people are sick above the diaphragm they are optimistic, but when they are sick be low the diaphragm then they are pessi mistic. It is very valuable information and a most suggestive discovery. 'When a mail insists on being cheerful hereafter you can account for it and pity him; his dis ease has got the upper hand of his dia phragm, and there are only two things to to be done—either turn him over dis creetly SO that his diaphragm-will show above his ailments, or injure him about the legs until his pessimistic virtues are aroused. It is one of the curious features of the case, going to prove the theory that gouty people are pesBlmlsts while con sumptives are always happy. Science, for some strange reason, declines to de fine the temperament of the man who has no ailments above or below the dia phragm. Perhaps it Is not acquainted with him.—Hartford Courant. TIME MAKES CHANGES PLEASANTLY. Does trouble rise, and life appear A prison With no open gate, And fettered circumstances and fear. Attend thy ways?—In silence wait And look to God; it well will be, For time makes changes pleasantly, .* APACHE MEDICINE DANCE, cine Woman’s Invocation. A the mellow outlines of F ort Marion le in view a ruddy reflection of^ the Id cries of the tomtom. Passing through the old portcullis, as we entered the courtyard of the fort, a curious scene presented itself. From the ramparta abore hundreds of figures were seen standing, sitting, in every imaginable posture. Lining the stone staircase, crouched in groups upon the pavement of the court, the rest of the spectators smoked, chatted and enjoyed themselves. Occasionally the fii’e, heaped with fresh logs, blazed up fiercely, giving us a chance to recognize some of the dark faces. Around it two dancers whirled, both splendid specimens of Indian man hood. The fii-elight gleamed on their, broad, naked chests, painted and tattooed with symbolic devices. On their heads were fastened curious square head dresses, to which pieces of metal were attached; these clanged and jarred with every motion, while the face was entirely concealed by a thick woolen maak. Tall, straight as an a n w , their swift, supple movements showed the gi’eat muscular power they possessed. By sharp, wild cries the tribe signified their delight a t any particularly daring act, as when one of the men leaned so far over the fire that he seemed actually in the midst of it. For hours this dance was kept up, till the eye wearied of following their swift, whirling movements. Finally there was a short interval; and then began the “medicine dance.” Emerging from the shadowy casement a tall, bent figure ap peared, supported on either side. Led to a low seat prepared for him within the circle of light, the poor creature sank into it half unconscious, while the men of tho tribe to which he belonged formed themselves into a line. First came to Colie and Ustane their office, weari „ and cap. One of them carried a small tomtom, accompanying himself on this he chanted toe medicine i being performed in utter silence, except toe low muttering of the medicine men and toe occasional shrill, mocking cries of the dancers, who, running beside the line, looked and acted like evil splints. The marcliing was continued until from out the line a medicine woman ad vanced, and walking up to where the sick man lay began her chant. ‘Weii-d and unearthly she looked in the dim light, her swarthy face, half hidden by masses of black hair, lifted to the starry heavens. Her voice, a veritable “ voix deslarmes,” now raised in an agony of supplication or sunk to a low key of sob bing entreaty, rang out on the still night air. Strangely impressed, I noticed the reverent faces and moving lips of the In dians around me. \Who will dare to as sert that their prayers to the “Great Spirit,” of whom even we, except by faith, can know so little, are worthless? At length she stopped, stepping back into her place In the line, while tlie march was recommenced, This ended toe “medicine dance,” the invalid was removed and a fresh relay of logs heaped on toe fire for the last feature of the programme, a dance in which all the tribes join. In separate lines tho men and women stood facing\ each other. After a few preliminaries of crossing over and back each squw chose a brave, being obliged to dance with her partnear all the evening. This festivity is gener ally kept up till morning, and as it was already well into the “weesma’ hours” we decided not to wait for its termina tion, although politely urged to take part, an invitation we were strongly tempted to accept.—St. Augustine (Fla.) Cor. Home Journal. Professional Bondsmen. The professional bondsman is one of toe jvils difficult to overcome thataccom- int system of “bailiii e whether or not they kno' they take the risk, and usm' ” sons released low them; tally do so thing more. The most exorbitant -rates of interest are demanded for the money loaned. For $S5 and $50 deposited but a few hours a t the police station they ex- “■ort $5, $10 and sometimes even $15 in Plnenitnde aS iUarlanbaa. Mariofc.b.ad watem to reduce such vigor ous and omnivorous eaters into moderate propoi-tions rose to a high pitch. This is w hat toe fat lady opposite me ate; Soup, boiled beef, veal cutlets, roast pork, raw herring and onions, baked veal, then ordered “gefuUt© taube,” stuffed dove, and when she h ad eaten that was a gefuUte taube herself.—Comliil) Maga- Boyhood, 10 to 15; youth, 15 to 25; 3 hood, 35 to 55; maturity, 55 to 75; ripe ness, 75 to 85, and old age from 85 up ward. Professor J . B. Buchanan places toe attahiable limits of longevity a t 140, and he cites the fomdeen people of that age foimd in Italy by a census under one of the later Roman emperors.—^Brooklyn L ire Fleas 'W anted. A singular advertisement attracted my attention the other day. It was a call for 10,000 live flees, to he delivered in parcels of not less than 5,000 each, at a certain address. I confess my curiosity to know what a man could want vrito such a vast number of these interesting little Insects led me to go and make personal inquiry. I found the man was a flee trainer, and I gathered toeSe facts: That It takes three months to teach a flee to do anything worthy of a public performance; that only one flee in a thousand can be taught anything; that a performing flee usually lives a year with great care, and that In response to his advertisement he had only received In three days one package, estL mated to contain 8,000 flees, and they came from the dog pound. He paid $35 tor them and they were very good flees.— PopnlAtlon »ad Bforalfe The density or sparsity of population has much to do -with irwrala. It is hard work to exercise faith in fetid air. It is a difficult task to bo pious in a poisoned atmosphere. The slums of great cities are not congenial soil in which to culti vate moral and religious principles. If there is a sleepless, seething hell any where upon the.globe, you can find the locale in toe densely populated jJortionB of great cities.—& r . W. Forteus in Glohe-Democnt» THE THEORY OF STORMS. An Easily Understood Description of How They Originate and Pass Away. theory of storms the otoei unj-; “Storms are caused,” he said, “first by the meeting and commingling of in- equal atmospheric, temperatures or pres- Bures; second, by the rotation of the earth, and, thirdly, hy uneQual specific gravity of different layers of air. The first of these causes is the prime one; the other two are but of secondary and com paratively slight importance inthegen- _ __________ ises is the prime one; the 3v two are but of secondary i ' . itivelyslight importance in .. ation of a storm. “It is a well kno’tvn fact that warm air rises. It is equally well known that the earth becomes heatect'by toe sim’s rays falling upon it, and by the absorption and diation of this stored up heat rendc every point of the compass, and this suc tion causes wind, but places affected hy a storm thus formed, it will be seen, will have the wind from different points of ipass, according to their direc- the COmpa^is, uccuiumg to iiicii' uirt tion from the storm center. Thus, a locality directly south of a stoi’m center will have toe wind from the south, as it rushes north. \When this -warm air has accumulated at a sufficiently high alti tude, and become surrounded by a cooler air, the moisture in it begins to condense, forming rain. “The rushing in of toe cool air to fill toe vacuum caused by toe rising hot air gives motion to the accumuJation of warm air, and it begins to whirl about in a circle, but a t the center all is calm and clear. Thus it is that sometimes we experience ‘a lull in the storm, ’ as it is called. Such a brief respite is nothing more than the passing of a storm center directly over head, through which too smi even may shine unobstructedly, “As this storm keeps whirling about over head it continues to gather energy, and grows by the accession of more heated air, exactly as a snowball is increased in diameter by rolling it in the snow, At last the accumulation becomes of such proportions as to feel the effects of toe earth’s i-otation, and it begins to move. This rotation of toe earth, being from west to east, gives all the storms of any extent the same general direction. Such general dii-ection, however, from, west to east, is liable to deflections from various causes, such as mountains, conditions of toe atmosphere, Ify coming in contact with other storms or air currents, and by large areas of water, “Nine out of ten A tions o£ the Rocky mountains. These storms talce a generally southeasterly di rection u ntil they get into the dry regions Of Kansas, and there, becoming fam es. All such gen- im-tois country to .tlantic, through the St. Lawrence •, ■Within recent years these Ameri- torough in recent years these 4 can storms have been actually trac Atlantic to Europe, and some as far as Asia. arms originate in the same way, ■ on land or a t sea; in summer or across the A of them evei ‘All storr whether on land or a t sea; in summer or in winter. The undercurrent of air which rises need n ot necessarily be warm __ ____ ixirature point; but the undercurrent must a higher tem p eratoe than that above and surrounding it to force it to rise. In other v.’ords, a storm is originated by a commingling of unequal atmospheric temneratures. ” —New York Commercial Advertiser._________________ A Co-operativeo-operative Kitchen.itchen. actually carried A C K Tlie scheme has been actually car to effect in New York, so far as s into effi many families, and i t is presided over by a high priced cook, such a m an as only toe richest single faioilies are able to em ploy. Provisions are bought wholesale, and there is a variety in the fare n ot pos sible in an ordinary household with its own kitchen. The housemaids are also supplied by tho manager, in whose pay and under whose discipline they are, and toe establishment furnishes, brides, me chanics and porters for toe common con venience. Therefore, a family may ob tain cookery and service which only the very rich are able to seemn in another than a co-operative:o-operativ( household. people wh( 10 have lived in such apartment houses have often become < satisfied witli them. The cookery is res- nen may sigh for toe pations with which the old fashioned household provided them. But the Lon- taurant cookery, and something of the character of the home is lost. Lofe isluo easy, and women may sigh for t occu- with which the old f d provided them. B ut the Lon don writer is correct in his prevision when he says that future,—New York Sun. orrect m his previi at something like a clearly indicated for stalking a Flagitaffi A Falmouth sportsman went out for beach birds recently. A glance across Y e st Falmoiith meaaows ehowea him the long neck and bead of a blue heron. Straightway he began to wriggle along the marsh toward the game. Every n o w and then he would raise his head to make sure that liis prey had not flitted to fields more gi’een, and then another rod of •wallowing through green ooze and slimy mud. At last he came to a n ‘ ‘aim, ’ ’ and raised to his knee—^to find that he had been stalking the flagstaff and pennant of a sloop in West Falmouth harbor, b mile away.—^Boston Journal. An Age of Type-writen. I believe the time will come when toe local of a paper -will aU he done on toe typewriter. The paper -will have one or more shorthand men In the office and the reporters, when they come in, ■will reel off their accounts to one of these clerks, who will afterwards write it out on the type writer and leave the copy to be corrected on the reporter’s desk. One of these short hand men ■will be at the telephone and will have the receivers of the Instrument over both his ears after the fashion of ear- muffs. This •Will leave his hands free and everything that comes la over tho tele phone Will bO taken down in shorthand, and In tho intervals worked out on tog typewriter. If toe reporter Is some miles away from the office lie will step to tho nearest telephone and relate his story. This will he a great saving in time and traveL The paper could then get along •with fewer reporters, and the night editor, ha-vlng all the manuscript before him in type written form, could more accurately estimate the quantity of matter it would make when set up. The next generation wlU be an age of typewriters, and toe old fashioned method of pen -writing will gradually become a lost arL—Luke Sharp In Detroit Free Ftess. wich^ a LOCAL SK E T C H E S . O n the C a m , H i 3 lisdalb , C opake . ■) September l7, 1887. j\ A ne-wspaper correspondent is like a bird the wiog, with optics like a cat. I everything, hear the fainteet •wbis] on the wiog, with optics like a cat. He must remember. Ko notes with pencil and ps Ho mnet remember and then recollect. . difference is memory is the etorehouBe, recol lection is the porter to bring ont the A newspaper interviewer is a. “ohii another brood.” He worms himself into the oonfideuoe of men—finds out opinions, details of business, plans of life-work, and if ho don’t ask a man bow often he kisses his wife it’s marvel. Tho interviewer is impertinent, irre pressible, persistent and cheeky. The corres pondent is O, so modest, bashful and retiring! “Batter would hardly melt in his mouth,” Note the difference—that’s all. The beautiful autumn with its mellow at mosphere and changing foliage, and hazy va por on the mountain-top, all of summer in the by-gones, all fold, shonld be incentive to stay yet a little while iu the coun try. But no, a obiily night, a little raio-fall, frightens the timid, and the horses and equip ages are sent forward to the great cities le ever-ohanj horses and equip ages are sent forward to the great cities and owners follow at once, missing the ever-ohang- hues of foliage and the soft balmy air and twilight of an Indian Summer. is now the place of great note so far as dis tinguished names can make it, but the Horses, all the modem names for vehicles, can be seeu traversing the beautiful valley of Hills dale homeward-bound. We left the oars at Hillsdale Station, and were soon domiciled at Mt. Washington Hotel, kept by Messrs. 2ieh & Son. This House, so often described needs no enlogj only to saysay itt is quiet,iet, bome-liki-like—the tors geni i is qu home proprie- itlemanly, the lawn green and yet top, while the soft )ring water comes at one’s bidding from a laughter t J. M. H. Dike, wife and two daughters,ang New York, . Jaques, k nd two d of flowers, the menu tip-t( spring high up In Slate Book. It is well pat ronized. 'We give a few of the patties there: 0. H. Shelden, wife, daughter aud nnrse. Providence, R. I . ; Mrs. A E. Faxen ; G. B. MoPberson and wife; B. H. Nichols and wife; Miss Mattie Mack; Mrs. 'Wiley and M. A. Jaques, W, &o., &o. Monsieur Zeh furnished us with a rig—our objective point “ Hillsdale Heights,” the home of an estimable lady, Mrs. Morehouse. We kept onr trotter well in baud but had no chance for a “brush.” We like a horse that make fraoks fast. Before our property “went np the spout,” horses and good ones, indeed we did. a cheek on the tow path I What’s the enoe ? Only in conditions. One must sub mit to the inevitable and rest I \requiescatin •pace.\ O the ruin of the freshet! we said on the way. The “cloud-burst” on the “divide,” (high point between the two valleys,) so dis astrons, carrying away dams, mills, bridges. ' BahiudftSc40. 0 ing flood, bringing ruin and devastation 8 path. There is not a mill in Hillsdale crossed the pew bridge enroute to the Heights there was a bend above ns. We could in fanoy bear the terrible r o ar above, then nearer tbe hiss and the bound and the orash of the coming flood, brinj “worth a dam” to day. Before my friend McPherson oritioises he’ll please note how 1 speU the word. Here we are at “ HILLSDALE HEIGHTS,” the obarmlng home of Mrs. Morehouse, a lady of fortune yet remarkable for ind'nstry and business tact Her mansion this summer has been like a bee-hive with guests, she tho pro ducer of honey, they tho oonsnmers. If the question was raised here and now, “Does Mrs. Morehouse like so toaoonmulate the “shokels” and ‘’dnoats” ? I answer, no. Her inoome and earnings go to educate yonug men College—a leverage to make up the of ministers—to sweeten the lives of strug gling ones for bread, and keep the gaunt wolf from the door of the poor. Her villa, is home with everything good to eat—lacteal fluid and delicious cream from her “ Jers« undo such “cottage cheese,” toothsome. What makes a vil for the many ? It is ihe presence of an intelli gent, kind-hearted and oompanionable hos- Indeed it is, yea, verily ! She intro- who Staid a In our present ) aalaries rseys” nent and posed gracefully ily dressed with no outlandish “d;gi viz : (a bustle.) and is it any wonder her graceful no ontls on, viz : (a bustle,) and is it any nice personnel, winning ways ai manner shonld call to onr mind the little poem oommenoing with “0 would we wore a boy again.” Tbs hostess told us she was not in robust health. Would conditions be more favorable S8 expressed by tbe Irishman who said: “It is pleasant to be alone if yon have your awate- heart wid ye.” She had no anxious look like Longfellow’ ingelene,” but a satisfled : lover, full of tho elements noble manhood would oome soon to olaim his own. “So mote it be.” We’ll name a few of Mrs. M’s summer guests, v iz : Mrs. and Miss Greene, the Misses Van Brunt, Mias Bronfc, Mr. and Mrs. C— children and nurse, Miss Young, Brooklyn, Mrs. Kogley, Hiss Boney, Hoboken, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. James and children, Norwood, N. Y.—all told, nineteen guests, a “happy family” in- We said our adieu’s, returned to dine at Mt. Washington, escaped the Cannon that guards the station and landed at HOTEL DE VAN »E B60ASIf, Oopake. The host nsoally so basy was ia a state of “ masterly inactivity.” He knows how to keep a hotel, indeed he does! He buys a large farm and cow he is in the public service. Supervisor o f the town. How ambi tions men get, sometimes! How we all like to serve the “dear people,” yea, verily I es- peoially if we can see the ducats ahead. Among the good things prepared by the hos tess here, is delicious coffee, good, like the neotar of the Gods themselves. Our objeotive point was •WSililAK DINEBABT’S. We found this busy man at home, in time to admire with him that beantifnl piece of horse- flesh, “Bntteronp.” The name inoindes the color. She ia symmetrical, has clean, sinewy limbs, small scroll ear, intelligent eye, olear ont head and can trot fast. She is entered for ihe races in Chatham 22d inst. We hope ■he’ll win. We inqmred sbont the “Silver Mine.” We hops it vrill “pan ont,” 0 , so well. A look into the deep oalm bine eyes of William Dine- hart will at once diseorer a wealth of senti ment treasured in his heart, and if the “mine” ia a bonanza the people tonndabont will have osnse for rejoioing. He has all the elements of a noble manhood. We called at tbe “Astor Mansion.” There waa alokneee ia the family—only saw Mr. Aitor himself. He entertains nioelj of the necessity of some keeping well for the siok. H e is a pietetred gentleman in the Fifties and bids fair to pasa along the highway of life U to care polite, cordial, well- the Fifi pasa along the highway of life way down into the Eightiea. He seems, by his orarenMtion, tonndentsndthelawsof hesltb. Mrs. Astor wss represented by tbe wealth of flowers in the Park. They are her pets, part of the Inxaries, and 0 how beantifnl they are. If wa had time to enlarge on the statuary, so suggestive, though one must read up in my thology to fully comprehend. Mr. Asfor’s stables, horses and private driving park have never seen. West Copake has many pleasant reeidenoes, suggestive of abnndsnee and oomforL At Oopake Flats we saw our intelligent friend Hermance. He oomes pretty near perpetual, motion. He would make a good legislator and would poll a large vote—including our own. Dinner at Hotel de Van De Bogart and almost train time, so, dear reader, au revoir. G e ttin g to th e F r o n t . A great many people have an idea that all they lack o f being great is the opportunity. Probably they think that i f heaven had given them the same chances that others have they would be as rich, as great and as happy as they are. It may be that they are moping and droning around, uncertain as to what their end will be, and envying those whose future com fort is assured. O r, it is possible that they are merely putting in the time without any definite future prospects, or even hopes. Is it heaven’s fault that they do not succeed as well, as those who are striving to attain a defi nite end ? 'barring accident, men occupy the niche for which they are fitted. A s the old adage has i t : “ W a ter will find its level.” T h e man who is content to live on the ground floor is not liable to die on the roof. N e ither is the man apt to spend his days in a dingy back oflice, whose heart is set upon occupying a front office. There are a great many who would like to be proprietors, but have to content themselves with being clerks, because they lack the courage or the skill necessary to apply the means offered by a kind and impartial heaven, T r u e aspiration is something more than a mere passing desire. Y o u would like to go to Congress. W h y don’t you go ? T h e way is just as open for you as for anyone else. A ll you need is the courage to make the start, the skill to apply the means, and the fortitude to bear defeat. T h e man with a burning desire for a knowledge o f mathematics, can ac quire it, though he has to work from sun to sun. If his taste runs to astronomy he may become a noted astronomer in the course o f time, even if he has not the wherewith to buy a cheap telescope. W e have jlivlng examples of this in out own city, and history is full o f names that were un known to fame u n til they had been lifted into prominence by the industry, perseverance and skill o f men who were poor in purse and lacked the prestige ot a great family name. H o w many thousands there are who have the means, the opportunities and the desire to be great in this world who never can be. T h e y merely want to be great because it is so nice to have their names in the papers, and to be pointed out as M r. So-and-so, who holds such and such position. T h e y rarely have their wishes gratified, T h e motive for gaining position does not matter as much as some may sup pose. I f a man wants to get a partic ular office in order that he may be in a position to rob, defraud or use black mail succesftully, he is just as apt to get it as if he really desired to be o f valuable service to his country. In order to get such a position, however, he must possess the same skill, cour age and fortitude asis anyny othert man. vhiclh a o lalities gain for him the posi- : he in turn may hurt o f those who helped him to it. It would seem, therefore, that it is possible for a man to secure almost anything that he really, earnestly de sires. T h e fact that he fails to secure it may usually be regarded as proof that he would have failed in using it had it been given to him. T h e H o m e s o f Engiand. Oliver Wendell Holmes In Atlantic. It is very delightful to find one’s self in one of these English country residences. The bouse is commonly old, and has a history. It is often times itself a record, like that old farm h0UB9 my friend ijobn Dellows wrote n e abou t, -whicb cb r o n icled half a d o z e n r e ig n s b y various arch itectu r a l marks as exactly as if it had been an official register. “Tbe stately homes of England,” as we see them at Wilton and Longford Castle, are not more ad mirable in their splendors than “the blessed homes of England” in their modest beauty. Everywhere one may see here old parsonages by tho side of ivy-mantled churches, and the comfort able mansions where generations of country squires have lived in peace, while their sons have gone forth to fight England’s battles, and carry her flags of war and commerce all over the world. W e in America can hardly be said to have such a possession as a family home. W e encamp—not under canvas, but in fabiros of wood or more lasting materials, ■which are pulled down after a brief occupancy by the builders, and possibly their children, or are modernized so that the former dwellers in them would never recognize the;r old habitations. L ast winter the Montana legislative assem bly voted a bounty of ten oenls spieoe for five cents for ground Bqnir- the available money in the territorial treasary bed been paid ont for 153,- 709 prairie dogs and 698,971 gro ’ • • Uw was tepaslsd. €len. Longstreet at Home. ■Vetretating a n d S n o r in g a t B i s Q u iet Komo in the Georgia m ountains. From the St. Loula KepubUcan. Twenty-five years ago Gen. James Longstreet was a man of blood. The one object of bis life was tbe slaughter What a change has come! Perfect peace surrounda the old soldier in the evening of his life. A quiet farmhouse stands on the summit of a mountain ridge in north Georgia. Before it lies the valley of the Chattahoochee. The ground de scends rapidly, and from the home of Longstreet one looks down upon the tree tops. For miles and miles stretches a restless sea of green, fanned this way and that way by the mountain winds. Beyond rises a ridge of hills, and further still are the Blue Ridge moun tains, darkly outlined against the sky. As I approached the house a few days ago I saw no sign of life save a pickininny in the horse lot and some okickens in the yard. The large double doors at the front of the house stood half open. There was no bell, so I knocked. There was no response so I knocked again. My next rap, so it seemed to me, was enough to loosen the plastering in the hall. Still there was no response. At that moment I caught sound of a snore. “There is life in the old land yet,” I thought, as I made an effort to awaken the snorer. B u t the more I knocked the louder did the snorer snore. I grew tired and quit knocking. I turned from the door and looked upon tbe beautiful and peaceful scene stretching away to where the sky touched the mountain tops. I was so vexed that I wanted to throw a rock at a mocking bird singing in a big soyamore near by. Turning to the door again, I put all my strength into one terrific crash against the door. There was a sudden sound as of one awaking inside the house, and “Lee’s old war horse” came down the hall to meet me. H is hair was s ilver; his whi-skers were snow. H is giant figure waa somewhat bent, but bis eagle eyes still flashed with the old-time fire, And years had only deep ened the strong lines in his face. He was dressed for comfort. H e did not care that his collar was awry; that his vest adorned a chair-post; that 1 alpaca coat was ripped up the ba He aid not oarfl that tiia slippera m “flap, flap, flap” against, his heels as walked. I did not care either. “Nobody here to-day but me,” said the old warrior, as he showed me into the library where ho had been sleepinj 1 a lo u n g e . h m j Ol lut the ’ confederate unifori “I shall put it on some day and have my picture taken,” he said. “Have you had enough of war ?” I asked. it him a German emperor, and Mrs. Longstreet’s cc believes to this day that it is a picti her “Marse Jeems.” The general’s fortune ia rather small, it ho lives comfortably. H e dii his time between history which he is will be made up mainly adventures in the -eet has of her “Marse Jeems.’ iral’f b u t ho lives comfortably. H e divides i..-- — u-i,------vineyard and a DOW w riting. The history will be out in about a year. It will contain some very startling state- lents about the late war. The book ill be made up m of accounts of le wars in which Gen. _ iversa- thougb he is very deaf. Mrs. Longstreet is a vivacious little lady, and, of course, quite proud of the general. Origin of an Old Saying. The old saying, “N ine tailors make a man,” is so seldom correctly quoted that the true reading and meaning is worth reproducing. The proper word as above is “tailers” not “tailors,” as often written, its origin can be traced back several centuries. It was one of the customs, when a person died in tbe parish, to toll the church beU once for every year of the deceased’s life. B u t no one could from this tell the sex of the departed, so the sexton to gratify public curiosity, after ringing in the usual way the number of years, would give eight quick strokes if th e de ceased was a woman and nine if i t was a man. Tbeae being rung at tbe end of the strokes for tbe years were called “tailers,” and thus nine tailers made a Persons, Places and Things. The Hoosier Demoorats are talking about rnaniog Senator Daniel Torheesfor Governor. Professor Geselohap is to get a hundred thousand dollars for frescoing the dome of the Berlin arsenal. George Westinghonse, Jr., ihe inventor of the Westinghouse airbrake, is said to ba now worth nine miUions or go. Tho schooner Jennie T. Phillips, of Swsmp- soott, took a fare of 25,000 ton on Friday. The fieh brought seven cents Somebtlebody who wh doesn’t like Oolleotor U«. York has hired two organ iders to stand under the windows o f his office recently and discourse sweet mnsio to him all tbe afternoon. Mr. 'Wallace Brace (Yale ’67), lecturer and rerser,” has bonght the 15 sore tract known as the “Poet’s Corner” at De Funiak Springs, and is going to put a marble fonntainin center, beautify it in other ways and sell building lots to rich northern friends of his .who want winter homes in tbe land of flowers. Alaska has a remarkable body of gold ore? It is a cliff fronting tbe ocean, and is 250 to practicallyaotioally I It is a rich qnartz. Senator Jon< 300 feet wide i Inexhaustible. 168 , of Nevada, has a fifth interest in the mine, and Tredn the man who disoovered it,owns another fifth. | “A curious bit of land is St. H ad*,* Bays the London JDail^ Hews. It lies sixty miles beyond Harris, and is 14G miles distant from the mainland. Hesr it are the bird-infested isles of Sony and Boreray, b u t S t. Hilda alone b o a sts human tenants. In 1881 tbe island contained nineteen families, or seventy* ’ seven persons, thirty-three males and forty-four females. They live in a lit tle green valley which slopes to the ses. The island itself forms part of the anefent estate of Uunvegan. Once upon a time ihe village of St. Kilda looked like a H o ttentot “kraal” Tho houses were huts built of loose stonee and turf and filled w ith an atmosphere of perennial smoke. N o w things are better ordered. The houses are built , of stone, with roofs of galvanized iro% an improvement due to the generosity of Macleod, the hereditary possessor of the land. N o part of the world is more famous for its bird iuhabitimts than this desolate oceanlo patL H ere the solan geese nestle in thouwndi. The fulmar, the gannet, guillem ots, puffins, eider ducks and other sea fow l exist in countless swarms. These birds form, in fact, the stay and sup port of tbe S t Kilda folk. The island ers say that the fulmar, or stormy pet rel, gives them oil for burning, down for their beds, wholesome meat, and ointment or salve for their infirmities. There are no h e n s on St. Hilda. The - sea birds supply the place of tbe do mestic fowl completely, and the h o u se wives of the lonely isle are relieved 1^- nature from the cares and worries of bird-tending. The women look like “feathered Mercuries, for their shoes,” adds this writer, “are made o fgannet’s skin.” • The feathers are valued at 7s per stone (£14) for the black puffin va riety and at 5s for grays. The fulmar ’ oil sells at l a a pint, the cloth made by the inhabitants at 3a per Scotch ell, while the cattle are specially rated. For e ight or nine months at a tim e St. Kilda may have no intercourse with the outer world. Life on tho island outside world affect not the St. Kilda folk. The islanders are exempt from consumptive troubles— a fact held by some enihusiaBtic doctors to be due to the atmosphere of peat-smoke amid which St. Kilda at large lives and breathes. B u t their babies are liable to be killed off by a mysterious ailment about the eighth day of life, and the people are said to be subject to a spe cies of influenza, which only appears when strangers visit the isle. Nobody knows how the ailment is conveyed or what it is. No infection is presumed to be carried from the vieiting steamer to the shore; but, nevert’neless, the St. Kilda folk begiti to snuffle and to sneeze whenever the tourist season sets in. It appears that the inhabitants- are accustomed to send messages inserted iu bottles or in extem p o rized boats, to the m a inland. They com m it th e ir ■ wislies to Ike waves and trust to favor ing galea to waft their desires ashore. A strategem of this kind was recently put in force by the Free church minis ter who has taken charge of the spirit ual affairs on tbe island. Ho sent a sea-message which, after some weeks or months of wandering, contrived to be cast ashore and to be brought under the notice of some benevolent person, who forwarded the message to its des tination in Edinburgh. The reverend gentleman in this communication to the principal of the Free church college in the Scottish metropolis spoke of the disastrons'’ period through which his people and himself bad passed in St. Kilda. They were out of everything, in fact, if the message was to be believed, and were anxiously awaiting help from tbe charity and benevolence of the main land. This help was duly dispatched to them. The Jackal, a government vessel, was sent to the island, and an official o f the board o f supervision was deputied, along with the surgeon'of the ship, to report upon the state of things in the island. The information in question has now come to hand. The reporter tells us in the first instance that he found from four to six hundred fulmars salted and stored as provisions in each family. As a single fulmar affords a full meal for an adult, it follows that from eight to twelve hundred meat rations are contained in each house in the island. Then follows a record of salted mutton similarly laid by for future use. There are eighteen cows on the islan d ; there are potatoes io p len ty; and a certain Mr. McKao- kenzie, who is said to import and r e tail the luxuries of life in ihe shape of ' tea, sugar and tobacco, is reported as doing a brisk trade. Nor is this the entire account of St. Kilda aud its prosperity. The canny Gaels are scrupulously penurious. That they are bound to save money is evident, seeing that but for Mr. Maokenzie’i luxuries there is nothing on the island to buy, while, on the o ther hand, they receive cash for their feathers and oiL In each family circle, the reporter tell* us, he found capital to the extent o* £20. One recent emigrant from the island carried with him £100, repre senting his savings. The tourists who visited St. Kilda last summer numbered about two hundred, and by the pur chases of these visitors another souroa of inoome was constituted. There isv one pathetic sentence in the naval doctor’s report on St. Kilda which must not be omitted from a recitid of the life of the northern recounting the liking < tobacco and spirits, the absence of condiments—scarcely salted food is so want of The ly required where common—and ih e , the doctor <«dTO- cates the institution of simple a lively games for the children of i island, the cultivation of singii vegetablei 9 instiiuti of singing, and innocei not know that instrumental musics bagpipes excluded, ia the horror o f these northerners,that “human hymns” as ihe ordinary p oetic compositions are called, are eschewed in the churches o f the highlands, sud that the very men tion of games for ibe bairns will be regarded with grave suspieiom “A t - 1 . - - i:
