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I- \ * » ' > 1 , \ \ ~ EVEBT THURSDAY, B y A. C.H . LIVINGSTON, «DITOB AND PBOWUUtTOB, >C *NP /O B f^INTINQ by every description executed with prompt- # and at low prices. DEVOTED TO P0UTI08, 8OIENCE, AQRIOULTURE AND WHOLE INTERE8T8 OF THE PEOPLE. VOL.32. ELIZABETHTOWN, ESSKX COTjJNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY. APRIL 1O, 1884 BUSINESS CARDS. . an i Counsellor at Law, im/A*a doting. JV. T. rne/ and Counsellor at Law, Joriah. Essex County. N. Y. • *.». BOTWTON. and Counsellors at Law, KeesevilU. JV. T. T, F. OONWAY. •Attorney and: Counsellor at Law, 1 54 Wall St. New York. • Attomeyi and Counsellors at Law, I* Keeseoille. N. Y. 1 Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 82 McCormirk Block. Chicago. JU. Mn W. SMITH, I Attorney and Counsellor at La* Upper Jau, Essex. Co,, JV. Y. H UHW> • Attorney and Counsellor at Law fflzfl/jpfMoimi. J?»cra Countv, N. Y. • J-J- I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 1 837 Jtfadt.ion ,41)?., ^I^anv. JV. Y. I Pnblloand Pension Notary, Detoctivo Borvloo 1 P and Tax Lnnd Business aSpeolallty. Branch Offl«e Orown Point. N. Y. ^OND & BKOVVN, I Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, EliiabeOUmrn, Essex County. JV. J'. • BTBON POND, - - W. BOOTT BBOWN. I pit'HAK U I>. HAN1>, Counsellor at Law, EU*abethtown, N. Y. I T30WXAND C. KKJLI-OG«, I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, EUzaltethtoirn. Essex. County. N. Y. J^Io^rcaovKK, I Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Port Henry. Essex County. JV. Y. PHOTOGRAPHERS. I Tji HI. JOHNSON, PHOTOGRAPHER^ CVoirti Point. Essex County, N. Y. HOTELS. THE BERKELEY, I B. E WOODRUFF, - JVn;>ri«!or. I Saranae Lake Tiling*, Franklin Co., tf. T. Propriety. I HENRY ALLEN, lak* Placid, N. Y. THE WINDSOR, (AJilR O N1>A CKH.) | 0. KELLOGG, - - Proprietor. Elitabethtoten, Eitr* Co.. JV. T. |- Th» Windsor and p<>itn«rwaivjommod»loovoi MANSION HOUSE, WILLIAM. Sl,\fO\Pfi, - Proprietor Kllxnbothtoten, N. I. \RIGHAUDS HOUSK, MERUIT A. ri.ARK, - Pr^rhto, ir<M«|>orf, tr. Y. Uvory wtun«'<<'<l wild houn«». \ WEED HOUSE, M0STFOHT WEED. - Proj>rieU>r Hettpori, JV. Y. EdDOfln! attrition pnld to loonl and oominur Hul travel. S»-F(rHt-oliuw Llvory. SHERMAN HOUSE, 0 L. Ui'TTKUFlEJ.D, - Proprietor Mortal,, JCMAC County, JV. r. Oro n.-.l* of Mlnnvlltn ' ritrrliuin drlvnn, f Inwn unil IIVITV BANK8. First National OF POUT HENRY. N. Y. Wn air (lenlnniH of rxlriulliiR otir r»'lnU«m will) tin- people <,f K Mm . x county, a«<l Uk tin* occusioii to Invltn tho ii|wn)nR of <!«<. r«wil H(rounlH, lh<> i>ur<lmno nml MIC ol f \rnp: and (loim'NlU- Mil\ ofcxrhfti)|!«, tli rollrciion o f c<»ii|toim, And llir tmiiMc'llti of all general Imiiklug bimlnomi. J'AUTIOI'I.AII ArrRNTioN UIVKN TO Hin-r».^ 1NO INVKHTOIW WITH Ml»IT«l» HTATK« IJONPB, A\ also the Kxclmngcor PurriiMrof »iutir \tAU< ami HnilroiulTlomU iMTiigbt mui *oU\ V. H. AT W KM., C'wJllri SCHOOLS. ELIZABETHTOWN UNION FREE aCHOOI KMsmcrimiwit. KMII DO , N Y />l \'/- '»• // COATKS, - IWH Hio F A ,.,. TBHM. IHHa.of U.U H4I100I. wl » lrHrlicm (iww ( |tirlit|[thUt«rm*iiitil«iiM> *Wil»« to Jomli,houWU|>i>lirlmm«MUl«>lj i-H-mlon RilmtmtiiKs Imilructlott «'»! I»I«.| ihoniugli. Tprtni M rwi ^1« imv nimlUr .,IIIM»1 In Northern N )'» ^ The- ihrrr .iKiutrtinaitU will tw 11111 1' V alilK (NHihera. I'lMrnrUi.n wUl Itc gltpa In in»»rum» '\\l,„,,)!• t Jr»lrtng ll, Lh^l ipitn«ttiM, I trtwn tfce flowers hftd Moonud •wbM, utwMnrottbltwlMbMutr, . Ana 1 long for samtawi tmu* 5 The ffloriout, puslonato •ummar- AU flowing with torrent neat, When the wltMU oome up. tram the aauthUM And the a*r« «re long and aweeu The summer sisjKon Uw Wfl tcp^, The south wind wallod and Kgtied, The robin's song grew drowsy, While the roses bloomed and died 1 Tw u then I thought of the automn, And I longed (or the thoughtful days, When the trees should don their purple, And the kill tops bMe in bate. Then autumn oame in her grandeur; The grass grew old and brown. And splendor lay In th« forest, And the leaves oame drifting down 1 Twaa then I longed ror the winter, The winter oold and pale, And my restless hearv grew weary, And the autnma>s vharms were stale. And now In the heart of winter, I sigh tor the spring again, And I think In wild tmpaUenoe Ol the lumen on htU and plain; And yet, ere the spring has ranlshed, My heart will ttre, r know. While the jowel, Convent, 1 seek for, Win new be mlM fellow. __ Drudged nwriage. He was the master of large means, and he had helped Mr Pommery lavishly, while ha ' poured out' gifts on lil, sad atayad abroad purposely to leave bar onsmbaa. rassed. They had corresponded freely and eon. atantiy, and seemed, neither of them, to have repented. He was ooming home, now; was expect- daily, hourly almost. He had written I:' 1 Shall certainly be with von by toe tenth, and ny with me a marriage girt for my wife—a den egg, worthy a prtnoesV aooeptaaoe.\ Barrada's main Inoome was derived from mining enterprise called the \Grand Golden Egg Mining Company,\ In whiob be was a large shareholder. It was a stand- Mrs. Stratum beard, with feeelings o* iTy that oaunot be detorlbsd. 11 It's a great pity you are not a hi mer woman, Lil,\ the would aay to hear sister, slmperlngly. \ PliU Barrada tblnks MJHOJiL L A N Y. THE GOLDEN EGG. t was Phil Barrada'a weddlng-nlght, and girl he was to have married had jilted him—gone off wlthanotbor man, at the last moment. That wan not all. John Pommory, the bunkor, was dimply In debt to Barrada, and It had hmm tho Uolt understanding Uint thin marriage was to oonoul nil obligntioriR. Not that there had boon the slightest ap. proach to a bargain, evctn in thought- Fhil tved, and 8U]>|xmn<t hlinaolf loved again— but naturally bo had linen eaalar In money matters with tho man who** ROD in-law he cpootod to bo Uian bo would have been with a stranger. Phil staggered under tbn blow, but th« mkor Roomed crushed. Ho sat In hU olagnnt library, bla hands hanging limp from tho arms of bis chair, te form shrunken into auoh a pitiable heap of shame aiul dismay Uiat few would have known him. Barrada itood by the mantlnpUoa, his uidaorne face white, bis hands alonohed. was rage that sbook hl« soul. The mannnr in whioh ha hs/1 IMMII olmat 1 was maddening. To liave boon dahided mtil thU last supreme moment, and then irsaken for the oreatore Itose Pontmsry bad ohoaen—nn animated doll, a strutting barber's pgle 1 Bee here, Pommery I\ he said to fee overwhelmfld Ixuiker, bitterly \ IU)iia« np, man ! I want U) talk to you I I n*m« Ivwe -night to be married, and I must have my wife 1\ John Pommery starnd at him h«lpl«saly, with droi)|«d Jaw. O.KKI haaviuia, umn 1 Don't look at m* that VKKJ I\ fltoUlmed HAITMIK, lini«>U<.nUy. Hio guewt* wait. Aa yet thny know not]}. Ing. You hnve other djitightaca. Put the bridal ftueriea <m one of Uiom, and lat as hava a wedding in spite of lloso. Will yxro doltr I mean Jt--yes. I)eold« (julolrty ( is no time to lose.\ n br»W stnvightentMl hlmMir, and trlod lo look ft little mora rational. \ Whlnb V whtob 7\ b* gaa|>«l. At Uiat moiimiil a vunng girl, iM>rba|M &L on, ran inU> Ua« library. ••r n |>«, «ra you ill t\ aba eri*<1, in'e •rmt voia«, ntnging her anna arotind bis neok Hh* WM Ml Pnmmnry. Wbv ' 141 \ fWU \j) It would bo Imrd to «*y , for ovrni tn b«r radio aha must b»ve b^n a Uaek L ' jlng. Hb« WM tl>o yimtiijoat <rf Mr. »V»rr»m«ry*s bmuty. Rho WM Sn v*l»it», <»f «mn«, whloh ma<U her gljMiy akin ao«i» «»«t» darker by mm ,t. Hut aho b»d aplmtdtd blf, blartk ay*». whloh turnwi l»» luuiin.iun woniliir n«»w <m Pbll Mnrriwla. M bo PinUlm«V «»nUm Ur* rd Mid Uhlujj bor hand <tt hta i • Ml, you at* •»\» **» HM I VOU Uk« m- aomo, I know. Will yon pot on lh« inrMal veil y.mr alater baa dlamrdwl. »nd oo»» , with me and b» marrliwl to night 1 I will novor let you ragrot It.\ L41's very Up* turned white and a«f. Her faUwr put his ana aitmn.1 bar. •< Rhe ia auoh • ohlM, lUinuU,\ Jba said, faintly. •• All tho h«M»r\ ( Phil ar*w«r«Hi, sternly, M,.t.ig f-t 1K>1-1 <rf tho Htila.. 'I* 1 '* - mil. \Hhotamore Uk.ly to h* b«\»est ...dlraa. NoJU»« y«w n.w sh« snail e*« r«gr«t It. If y««i five her to m», sir. Wbsi do you aay, l-ll r\ Paimr- t,»«ll,n.,1 tb« girl, timidly turning bw Httl«, dark, sfariW »aos towan him. \ My ehlld f\ •• Hball I, i»t»a f W.mW y«» »»• tt r Mr. Pommwy drew a k**. «»««\»• hr~U». Huoh a marriag. wooM *-n> •««? .„„« « OH U»s old r«xrt»ng, a»d t.» pay »* rada i«.w wooJd break W». It 4M »««•*§• iu> long to deoida \ Yam.\ ba said. \ It w«mM grMlfy m •ry rouoh, ai|4 aava «« ail r«»' •»«*• ears I ought to risk seeing him after all thai hat happened. What would you do If be fell tn lore with me over again T Lil soarooly heard her. Hhe was a c deal more anxious as to what her husband would think about b«r Umn aha waa < earning hi* falling In love over again with was so 1IUU aelf.oonsoloua that ska did not know the Uttfc plain, rt»rk-.kloae4 attlld bad beeome ons of the most beauttfal i) to be found anywhsra. Tba time ae«m«<l vary bmg to hm. fa * nanM and we**, and still no Bartada. Hbn began t<» Im vsty anxious. T)M> morning pupara uf tha •l«vat»O» bronght dlsMtrous news. Oraud OonsoUdated Ooldm Kgg Mining OVnupany bad gone by the board - burst llko a prinkad bubble. It was told at tha braakraM tehlo, aad «ry >«• tumod white but Hum, who hnnt to an eiultent laugh. \ That ia what keeps him,\ sho «n<wr«d. It is to b« hop«d y.mr goldon agg la sa/a, li Ilkp that will « L (irnUnt have II.\ \ Hoan,\ aald John rnaly, \ an«thnr K|io« n tb« ullrri wolrorno yoti i wdar toy roof. Miitd ill\ U) Mt liko •>!>« turn<»l to atr. rreasntly she roa«, and want .ml of tbs Kttn. motioning tha othora bank when ta«y Wild bava foliow~l bar. \ I want tn ba a)one,\ ah* aald, simply. The n««t momest a note was brought tbs bank./, sigiied \ I*bil Barvwla,\ and aay m library <}rxn» Ui mm, wttfcwl 1st Tho twti m«n mat. agitatedly does al.o taka It r «lam«nd«4 Phil, \ BbaJ) I r» •\'' l>1 \* my br»4na t m will y«u g«t b#r a dlv-wn- r You •w, I <U*m aay,\ ha said, in • J«Kin« Umm, UM4 Ja^vwl ra»rfnlly «n bis tmthm In Uv'i iU » < wm^ Phil had kept his word, and tried his beat no Jjgrets should foUow thai hasty aad rambling*we**** brief <• possible. But MM inoonligty night ah* ^ aa asan at a dis- •wo* from th* dan aad ]Ir. Dowllng, ae> (Uetest horses, visited the on toe Kmsnt, two to nimbsr, sad tben less than a w^k old. Ltokily for the ad- venturers they did not mitt the mother oat on thetr way home. The two kittens, which when captured dd tt tt tt thi d ha no ye gotten thei l th th t* I Joke b ne home he v 1 him and Lil that when bs o bring her a ,\ golden nnoh of Iteanty In a * I am M* ahaftand oarried p eyss open and fi y g y p wm no larger than the t*o fists of a man, were fed on milk at the oamp until about twow**ksago, when Mr. Dowllng brought them op with him to this dty aad presented them to his friend. _They sr* now eight weeks old and weigh thirty pound* apieoe. Having bssa fondled and pasted all their lives, they are as tame and playfal as do- mestio kittens and display fsw signs of ferocity woept when feeding, si whiob Urns they are altogether unapproachable. They are kept confined in a oags In th< Dbok yard, but am often broagbt into, tlu parlor and tornsd loose for the entertain- ment of gnests. They than evinoe their appreciation of their liberty by ohasing W>h other, Jump. ing over furniture and sokttedng UWUes and sbildnn in srsry direct I oaj They display great food ness for bright «ors and a lady or ohild wearing a dress of snob materia) will rsoeiT* a great dssi of attention from Umn. Bundles of turwspapers thrown •poo tbs floor will bs seised and In ft fsw •sormds wduosd lo shrsds by the fm nss of teeth and eUws, and bnt tor oonstent watobtng rugs and bsssooks would share what erf it? Midnight, exoept to oowaros, IsnotdiiNnntfromany other hoar, only as His a great deal safer for those like us. AJonsinahouse? It to a little ahaky at times, bot generally safe enough; bnt that Isn't the way a house is generally worked. There should be two, and three are better. Terrible risks f We don't think of it in that light. Than is something always fas- oina«ng in the risk, and it isn't oonsidend objsotfonsbla. What do we think? How dow« feml? How, look here, there isn't muoh time nor oooasion for thlnHng and footing outside the Job to be done. Your sentimentel ohaps don't want to be prowl- tog about nights on any of these delioato ' rackets.' The man who is going to stop tn a bed-room of a strange house at,2 o'clock a* night to oonsult his feelings had better keep oat of thai bed-room. The man wl proposal to enter this profession wants < ran alow on the thinking and feeling line, especially when on «uty.\ WM a small, hay windowed •!•»*« frrw*. tha hhnrj, wmt wbtofc a of Sba mm> had rvMWl that at Ih« ftr«t tnrta nt Buwla'i vtrfaa. thU rortaln bad Hftad, and ahown lil, Jn«t M aba h*d Bad taay* from Uia dining room Uv». Ar~u\tn\ wor>U fall from b«r Iraat>anda Wpm, .»•• m«.T~l towwd kirn II> tam«1 a«4<t*nty m*4 saw hm. aad Hwith*t»«dlnf U»a wo»Urfnl t»«naf..»m^ tkm tn bar, koaw hmt. 1 h. *ait imuMxl sh« was In bla mmm rimwM; afc.U -jn«a«ly crut ut tha muss. \ I-at Uuun a^tla it tbamsaJvaa,\ ba ansA- e«d. \ Why, bow la UUr aak-1 MatrtuU a* U-K, U.Jrin* f'.n.1l r Aow. lnb. UMI \U bl<tahtM| Aw* np>« bia h>mnm. \ am* trt say y«w 1^»« »•. W r * k happy, awaat Unejb, w 4 *Umm •ta tn««n*>1 him. \ IHt b«v« y w b-a.r.1 r IK, y wbat w Urf<*«in— ba.o «,T«fto*a« «gly, growl and «pU and any c Ing to piok tbstn up will ran th* risk of getting a blow front a paw wbloh will send fiv* sharp olaws d«*p Into tb* fUah. Wb*tt tlr«d of pJay th«y will oIlmK InU, their owner's lap or strwteh thAms*iv«a npm, a sofa, wiwrt Ui«y will jmr Contented. ly until they fall an)<»>i>. Sm FrancUet a NOTBD AOTRBSS' YOUTH. A LmilsviUe aoqualnteno* of Mary And«r. •on writes to the N«w Ortaaoa Ttmm-f)*mo- mtt th* following Incident .—•' Tb* stori*s that maob us of b«r triuiaphs abroad, th« aiiwioTia tn tb* pap*** to h.i )*w*k and gorgMma onatum**, tb* d^sorljitlona of b*v luiurioua niamm ho«n* at Ijong liranoh, always oarry m* baoa In memory to th* Umo, M?m yaar* ago, Whim I visttad h*r in Ui« IIMU old bons* on Walnut atr*«t, In Ioui«vilU, whloh was thra h*r boat*. I WM ettb* Mm* * Reboot girl, and Mary An. dorann wa* «Ute«wi m aavantwm y**n of ag*. n*r tall. HtU*, slmdn flfor*. laoktng ronndrxMS to m*k* It beautiful, and •*m**t f*a* tb*t wrnr* an almost moody *i~ pressUm of stodkras abataraottnn InutraajMi KM UUHhly whmn I flrst SMt b«r. On thi* «tnn Vrotmmn NobU Bntlar bad teken •tftnl of hi* pnjrfla to bis proteg**, this yimng girl, wbo, from having b«*n a pupil n blm, had gone to New York to be M th* inatrnotion of Vandsnboff, and now bad nknrnmA tn I»ul*viU* for a brief Interval of r*st, b*for« pursuing bm studia* furih«. Th«b<iu**. whloh htm sine* h*. <*tmm hMorloal, WM an old ttimbUdowa- UKtklng rtrtmtur., whlnh, notwithstanding tb* {xtvoTiy of It* furnUblngs, bad y*t *n •tr of hooM^llk* nnmfnrt la UM small frmit nmmmhmr ib*t* wa* *o op«m pUno at which Mary bad h**n praotMng, •\> WM paid «>KH.t b*r ptmdhU for •» U>l* Uma h»t imitmd<m WM «V«m »»d <b« >)u4 of b*t •*»<«•. wniob, «n<Uf {Hr*smr« of «*r«nm»Uno«e. was ioVn.FBtlnfc.fnll Inn, wa* stlU U bryn W»* »**»t*4 CVJIUB* 1 \ Od* OB t»* •UN « » tmtmim giowad and *r*M*b* , rUb against a cage, where- upon a tigress in it immediately thrust oat (U paw, ton off her bonnet and lacerated She* was taken to the infirmary. While all this was. going on the escaped tiger had been seoured by means of the barrel, and it was repWd in its den. The spaee in the centre had so&roeiy been dear, sd when a report spread that the animal had escaped a s*oond time. Again then a frightful rush among those inside the lagerie. The rumor was, however, groundless. The boarding broken down in the first rash was rsplaosd, -and the band having begun to play tranquillity was re- ORiailt OF POSTAOB STAMPS. !%•«• Vint latradHollQn Abroad aa4 la th* United lltau*. Th* flrst government to use stamps for »e prepayment of pratage was Great Britain, and, although II; was not until 1840 that th* stamps vore used in that eonntry, they have now become oommon, as many a boy's stamp album will show, ta tvsry nation on the globe. The original p of England was In the form of an envelope for the transmission of letters to any part of that oountry at one penny for a single-rate latter. This plan was originated by Sir Rowland Hill, who ha* been aptly •d \ tb* father of the postage ntamp.\ Tbero is, however, another aspirant for the n of Inventing th* (mstage stamp. \ Italy, as far baok as IHIH, lutter sheet* w praparod and stemped by tho government on tb* lower lafMmnd oornor, and the lot- t*rs m> stamped worn dollvorod by speolnlly •pptrfnted oarrlom cm the pnymont of a sum oney «<jual to that represented by the AH OLD MAN'S KNOWLEDGE. caused the night express on the Ohioago, Burlington and Quinoy Bailroad to stop at Naperrille, though a brakeman had announoed that there would be no stops between Ohioago and Aurora. \.What station is this Tasked a pai ger in the front seat of a young man was reading a book just behind him. \ThisisNaperrille.\ \No 'taint,\ said an owlish-faoed old aan across the aisle. \ It's Am The young man imiled faintly and went on reading his book. But the old man was not to be tossed oil in that indifferent i ner. \ I know it's Aurora, because we're an hour out of Ohioago, and, I've driven to Naperville many a time in less than an hoar.\ BU11 the >oung man only went on read. ing. His indifference seemed so comfort, able that the old man couldn't stand it \ When I was a young man I used to try to learn something by listening to them as knew more'n I did.\ The young man simply went \ I came to Ohioago in '49, an' there ain't no mau about these parts can tell me any- ion, and, although it w» oBjTtoTaT mtto the latter that StepheJ was o>. began to out at the limb to relieve Oough. He gave a few feeble and random strokes, then laid th* axe within Gough's reach, and, saying that he was\ donstor » anfCrough must cut himself oat reeled way a short distance and fell dead, Oough, knowing than was not on* oeetnahundred that any one would i that way, and awtre that he oould sot possibly survive the night held immovably bi the snow, pat all his energies into tha task, and, though suffering intensely, rao- eeeded after an hour's hard work, in owU : the branch in two and releasing him- . Then he found that his right leg waa broken and he oould* not rise to big feet There is a cabin a mile from where Oough lay which is used by woodohoppers who oamp out, but they never oocupy it through the day. Oough detennined to drag him- self through the snow to that cabin, and he started on his laborious journey. When the choppers went into the cabin, about are o'clock, they found him uneonsdous on the floor. His fingers were torn and bleeding and his clothing in tatters. They suoce*d*d in restoring him, anxkhe was aoon able to relate to them the terrible ex. pwienoe of the afternoon. His fingers were \a to the bone by clutching in the hard it of the snow in dragging himself tothe in. He was taken to MaUey's Mills, and will doubtless reoover. The dead body of his unfortunate oomrade was found late at night by the chopper*. Stephens had fallen on the keen edge of his upturned axe, and It had penetrated hia abdomen to nearly half its Ungth.-Philadtlpfuv Bewrd. r U ti Italy This stamp roprwwntod a carrier thing about where Naperville is.\ horaabaok, and wan of three value*. It There was. a long silenoe. The inod In use In Itely until 1836, when gera looked at one another and theu at the disoonMnnod. But whothor young mon. The old man turned in his seat and said to the passengers behind him Oraat Britain originated tho post- nfM, It is flvldont that It WM tbn nvrvwj«wt of tba latter country in th* UM of UMWO <vmv<ml«nt artioln* whloh WM tho iv« that oanaod thntr adoption by the tmtel nations of Enrofxi. England, bowavor, enjoyed the monopoly of unlhg •taropa for two yoars, and has, at the BAUM Umo, made faw«r ohang** In tho dosigru upon bar atamp* than any othnr oountry in whloh tboy *r« niMd. Hinoo 1B40 the main ipon alt BriUah stamp* eioopt tho h*lf-p*nny has bean tho portrait of th* Quimn, and «v«r sino* that date the BriUsb etatnp b** borno the girU*h form of Victoria forty thr** yn*rs ago. While in Great mr portrait than Uiat of the Qnnen ha* appeared upon any of the •tenna, in this country, the Kamlwioh la- lanrta, tbo rVmth Amnrioan republics, Mei- too, Hnudl and 1 1 other oountries UM hoaor of portraltora ha* bora distributed anvmg th* variotM promin<mt officials, and tbo oVmominatinns hirnV m dwignntod by lh* dlffaront portrmiU Ihoy bore, a* well as by tb* di0«t<mt oolor of the Ink with which Ihoy w«r* printed. There ha* been only one •noaption to this In this country, when, la 1749, • thnwwwwt tf»mp WM iMtiod, tbo dWgu b«ing * train of care. It WM, how- •v«r. in u*a only a aliort tisio, whon It waa raft!*/\*! with nooUior hearing tbo Hotnan KIM *od cue bslontring to our «ate«m<>d wHti thai ai«»i.U.,n, hla nlasslo featuros a*va invariably ad«me<l tha SQtrop mo*t ID M*. Tb* nr*t ramntr* to foll<W (}r**s RriUln In Ua. u*» of aUmj- wM V Br*jdl. ssrtes of thra* pg 1 Some folks think they k-flbw it all, but drove a team through the country before some of 'em was born.\ 8U11 the young man only read aad smiled. Nobody aald a word for several seconds. \ How far to it from Ohioago to Naper- ville?\ asked the passenger in the front Mat ofths young man. \ About twenty-eight miles. 11 \ 'Tain't nuthsr,\ put La the old man. \ D'ye i'pose I oould drive a team twenty- eight miles in lass 'n an hour ?\ replied the young man, and turned again to his book. \ i Just twelVe miles to Naperville what it to. An' What's mon, w pawMd Naperville half an hour ago an' this is Aurora, I tell ye.\ Th* young man turned a leaf of hla book and continued to read. The train started and the old man settled down in bia seat muttering to himself Uiat the younger is UM more be thinks he knows, s few minutes the train stopped again, rw, then, you know so muoh about it,\ said the old man, as tha quiet object of his discomfort closed his book and rose to leave tbo oar, \ What plaoe ia this?\ \ This is Aurora, sir.\ When the young man had left the car the old gentleman called the conductor. v What pUc* is this ?\ \ How far to this from Ohioago ?\ \ Thirty-Mven and a half miles.\ \ How far to Naperville from here ?\ \ About nine miles.\ -What! Napervilto twenty-eight i frum Chicago r \Yes sir.\ After th* old man had been quiet thoughtful for Kimt Um* he called to «i •vralatbm hi ma, THB ANT Or •UHQUkHT. so of a It I* mlf «M tyro m 4 iy, Austria, fUlUah <hiionm, Pnuwta, Hmttmy, OUattharg, TrtnUWt, Wur*4m»mrg a»4 UM United AtaUa Jt n»y mit be nMkwal pri.1* t-> k d ! , 1 M « I M to b* I twv* k«4 my pal taMs« UttN«* ovio d bo«w wiMHt a »* MH W*IUN« by, *«4 I stead t» M« k*M ka.plasj tolly at TMy tlwts^t It w»a sit rtaWi. Ml la*U* U hmA tannA a j>l*o) Is Now •n«aa W»)e* •** THni<U4, Imt »u«h I* the a***. Foilowtag I*- United tttate* wan •May otiMf mM'ta* in which it ia a* •jMW Mr» •* l» is b*f». Tb« naas wbo sja* tk* stasst* l ** «•• in tbl* *o«atif p j UM p«**««a stamp i sorvaying. ewswbry la «ba es> Mo, bs4 bsdst ns*»s %9 tbsif sstads te m4v bsrtteMp* m slay si ban*, 1m 0*7 mmi swt «SSM« te *a**p* wbst bss bsm, «B4 sJwsp wiU bs, UM fate qf to* sverag* T Og \ Do you know who that young follow was in Utat aest qvsi thsr* f' \ T*s, sir ; be is aa offtosr of th* ro He second UM right of way for this n from n*r* to Obteago and supsrintendsd i\ Why he looks lite Th* dsttos ha did 1 a boy now.\ \ Yes, but he's older than n* looks. 1 Just Utsn a vote* a» th* door said \ Wb*n I WM a young man I used and laarn something by listening to those wbo knew more than 1 did. And th** I'm old I find it pays to do tha Ibing\ Tba paw.rmr* looked around, and then stood UM yo«ng saam with to* book in hto •INOUUtR FATALITIES. Ta**M*«* • of tlMS* yr*UU4UM~ la Urn, at fa* MM j Mills, H. , tw« y*srs *fo and found a Jl aroslMd to dtttti by s from UM woods of Maine, RtiUag kg wttbfa* two wsaks of hi* arrival Artlmr M*l*y w*a acokUntally shot WUliaM* iasuOags wail* ta«y nn hosting •oaB* tta* afUrwafd. Bafor* th* y*ar waa <** WUHMM i*«aiafs was drownad whlla wound just above Stephen* faoe was deathly pal« H, HARD PACTS. One sees little anywhere from a railway •arriage, and when the country is pretty The old saying that what is oas ajanVv meat is another man's poison Is reahaai k* the opposite tastes of people. ! The Tinglishman will not eat a but wiU gloat over a meal of barm periwinkles, the latter a species of esa snail that adheres to th* rooks. Tn* New Hoi- lander relishes a feast of decayed .hark, y*t looks with horror on bread and butter. Tn* Japanese hare a prejudioe • beef, but will enjoy stewed The Turks shudder at the thought of oatou oysters. , — ^^ The French will eat frogs, snails and tba diseased UTOM of geese, but draw th* Baa at alligators. Buckland declares the taste of boa oonstriotor good and much like veal, ' Sir Robert Sohomberg foun£ monkev very palatable, though he says before oarv- ' ing It looked disagreeably like roast ehiid. Quass, the fermented cabbage water of the Euasians, is their popular tipple. It is described a* resembling a mixture of stale fish and arapmds in taste, yet, next to basr, it has more votaries than any other ferment- ed beverag*. A. tallow eandlfl washed down with quass forms a meal that it would b* bard to be thankful for. In Canton and other Chinese ate* rate an sold at the rate of f 2 a dozen, and fee bind quarters of dogs are hong up in th* butchers' shop* alongside of muttons and lambs, but command a higher price. The edible birds' nests of the Chinese are worth twice their weight in sUrer, the finest variety selling f or aa high as |30 a pound. The negroes of the West Indies eat baked snakes and palm worms fried in their own fat, but they cannot be induced to eat stew- ed rabbits, In Mexico parrots are eaten, but are rftther tough. The Gruachos of the Banda Oriental are in the habit of hunting skunks for the sake of their flesh. In Kaskaekia, a town on the banks of th* Mississippi, \Musical Jack,\ or fried rattle- snakes, decapitated and skinned, and show, ing a meat as white and firm as a chicken, much of a dead level, covered wil it of thick grass, green or russet, according to the time of year, the view from the window soon ceases to interest, and no one regrets that he misses 200 or 300 miles of it during the night. And we learn as little by hearing as by seeing.. The in- lation picked up by the way, chiefly in the odd minutes at stations, to not of the most reliable nature; and nowhere to it so difficult to get at (he truth as in the North- west on either side of the boundary line. Of course, it to part of every man's religion that the country, and his section in particu- lar, must be cracked up. And when you point to indifferent crops, or tell of, hard- ships your friends have encountered or drawbacks undeniably oonneeted with the Northwest, these are at once put down to some malign genius indifferently known as 'the government,\ \the syndicate\ or 'the banks.\ A man with these to fall back upon to armed at all times. He has a oomplete Beady Eeokoner and to saved the trouble of thinking, while he has the com- fort of knowing that somebody—against standard dish. The octopus, or devil-fish, when boiled arst and their roasted, is eaten in Corsica »d esteemed a great delicacy. In the Pacific islands and West Indies : lizards' eggs are eaten with great gusto. The j natives of the Antilles eat alligator eggs, and the eggs of the turtle an popular every- L where, though up to the commencement of \ the last century turtle was only eaten by the poor of Jamaica. Ants an eaten by various nations. In Brazil they are served- with a resinous saube, and in Africa they are stewed with grease or butter. The Seat ; Indians catch them in pita, carefully wash them and eat them in handfoto like raisins. In Siam a'curry of ante' eggs is a opsUy luxury. The Ceyloneae eat 1 bees after We may be thankful for of good land, vast fertile blame for every calamity. His casual judg- ment Is satisfied and at the same time his patriotism and-self-respect are preserved intact. Fortunately, I was not dependent for information on the only sources open to flying visitors. I had visited the oountry three times and spent several weeks with farmen, learning something of the hard facts of the case. «It is no use blinding our eyes tothe truth that the sun of the North- west has its spots. Ten or eleven years ago I could get few to believe that there was anything good there. Two yean ago few would allow that there was anything bad. By and by we shall understand tia*- like every other oountry it is a mixture at good and bad. ~ ' enormous areai plains that shall be an inheritance for our thildren's ohildren, unless we go on beg- ging strangers—in neroy to ns—to oome and enter on the possession of 100 acres apieoe, without iiatMssarilyffanoying that it Is better than Ontario or Nova Sootia. I, for one, would be very thankful for another Ontario. The. Northwest hat many dis- advantages. The one that will be left moat sorely for many a day was th* \ boom \ of two yea* ago that unsettled jraloea aad da- morallMd the people. Floods, graashop. pars, early frosts, monopolies and ehame- Won land policies have been small evil* oompared to the drinking and gambling, Ih* rags for speculating engendered, tin laying out of Imaginary town sites and oon- isqucnt oheating by wholesale, the forma- don of wildcat oompaniee, the fictitious falues everywhere, the attempt to build up towns before there was any oountry to aup-\ port them, and all the other evil* connected with th* oraM to get money suddenly, to get it without working, and to get it at othsr people's expense. Gray-haired men seemsd to lose not only their old-fashioned robbing them of their honey. Oaterpillars and spiders are dainties to the' African bushman. After they have wound the \<V from the oocoon the Chinese eat the ohrysa- . lie of the silk worm. Spiders roasted are a sort of dessert with the New Caledonians. The Viennese are the greatest snail eaten in the world. The town of Ulm, on tha Danube, is the principal place where «n»ilt j are fattened for the market Those whioh are fattened on strawberries command ttw ' highest prices, while 60,000 pounds are an- 1 nually exported from the Isle of Crete. Tha ( great African snail, that attains a length of j eight inches, is converted into soap. Cocks , l^mbsareooiisideredadeUoaoyinttMr restauiante, while the ~ WHY WE BAT. We eat our dinner because, in the food a which that meal consists, we expect to t materials capable of replacing those i have lost in the acts and processes of life, \ \ Food,\ in this view, from dry bread i Smith's choicest dainties, is only whioh the body demands for its a and support; and the perfect diet is si that which affords us the moat complete a] tome of our bodily belongings in moat « densed form, and m » shape snaoeptibla of ] ready conversion, by digestion, into our-I selves. We eat, then, because we, n and we waste because we work. Tha no escape from the continual wear and taw 1 which beaeta us. We reoeiv* sojnuch f as inoome, and we exert ao muoh force a give Off* profit in thi. transaction consisting of t \ energy \or power at doing work wa 4 tain from our food. It Is true that ws « to live; it would be a truer staiamsat if 1 •aid that we eat to work. Wa begin < physiological career with work, and our di nenaretheoonasquanea of our \ There is, after all, a oonddarabk an admirable social philosophy in thia.vt of matters. The knowledge that tt * of ours periodically auk* i se honesty, bnt their s U illi They talked as ito ld w* 7 *f a)***** a M*a| Hver* «*f* If , M honesty, bnt y tf baU a million or a million.peopto oould be poured into a oountry by one road in * year of five er six months, and a wilderness of stubborn glebe turned into th* garden of tb* Lord by affixing names to town site* and locating railway stations. The settle.. m*nt of to* Northwest wiU.take time, aad x^. th* Boa. X. A, Mitchell, tba poatanae- UratN.w Haven, who adopted K in hto offios in 1M7. It did not differ in form and sto* muoh from the stamps now in use, bat was of a brown oolor and printed ia bUck. Upon it was printed: \Paidl^w Havso Post Offloe, five cents; X. A. Ifit- *bafl,P. MV Th* mer chants aad busin**» neo of New Haven complained at the losr of«msoeoa*ion«d by their having to -wait wail* tbey paid their postage, having to late tbsfepbata in the Una at th* alarVft wtmdow,s»d also because tfcey oould oafr .MU and pwp*7 pottage white tha poat eOaaitaaooan. For thsir accomodatton ba had tbsae -tamp, printed, which ha aold to(bs*»,i •\ - for th* wherewithal of life and work, i to lead to/the plain conclusion thai tt* serve good and wise treatment. IT bs no hesitation in endorsing tba • that Uving well means, othew things 1 •A SWIM EIGHTY MILES PBOM 1 \That ia a handsome i _ Patrolman Magee, of Division 8, to ft I oap^hom ha met upon Aflantto avwxas, tha neighborhood of Oonunentel wharf. \ Tea,\ replied the captain, woo - J nnand of a ooartwis* collier, 1 tstaapyaari •• AU**t It s» now* baoosas a f *wtoj|ts)s>*Ma»tib«*,tan«srdt»aa»tal a«MkUofUf*,lhaia* down with all tha tenderaeavof a tha beautiful beast that stood | wards into hto weather-beaten p to a handsome dog, and atoo an « Jm, afe,.aJgily mttsa fxoa iptotWaport,a«dt him aboard tbat be h»4 r Why r said the offtoer, of hsavsns-did. h* ,ga*