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T h e C l a y t o n p ^ e e - ... .... . ....... .. ri . ... ... P r e s s . E. D. & W. M. ’TOTCENT, Editors and Proprietors. THOUSAND ISLA N D S ,^V E E ST. LA WHENCE. Adx-ertising Bates made kno-wn on application. TOL. I. NO. 1 . CLAYTON, N. Y., TU e | d AY, M,AKCH 2 , 1886 . cided revival of business, that the rev enues of thirty of the prominent post . offices during the last six months of 188'j increased f;537,191, or 7 1-4 per cent, over those of the previous year. -The French have looked tvith alarm upon the steady export of Percheron horses to the U m tsd States,but the mo?t prominent breeders there now say tha the progeny of these horses, raised in th? United States, are an improvemement oa their sires, and that it is profitable to re import. It is known that Isapoleoa Iff. ' used to import Percheron horses from | '\'ennont for the ]>ostchaises which he ’ used so much, as General Fleu.’-y. his master of horses, found them much su perior to the Mecklenburg horses more \ generally in use. STRIVE ON. IVhat though an undertaking Reach but a fruitless end, VT ouldst thou, thy toil forsaking, To disappointment bend? Droop not beneath disaster, More sternly face the gale! Then y et mayst prove a master, And o'er calm waters sail. —Melville Milne. A LINE FENCE. cheeks were red with resentm ent; his sharp eyes bla/.ed. ‘‘Your .strike. Talcott.\ said Mr. Mc- Quirk, shoilly: ho had spent several moments in aiming for the m iddle w ick et. and had failed to go through. they obeyed the unspoke \ commands of“' their husbands rather than face the dis-i pleasure which would have followed a de- fiance of them. They smiled when .'bey met each other; they lingered in ttie church vestibule to change good-morning. Once Mrs. Loi ,T H £ FO U N T A IN OF TEARS. ____ ittge good-morning. Once Mrs. L ong “You better jest think over about this .sent in a dish of fre.sli fried cakes by a ace.” s.aid 'Mr. Lon<T. as he turned stiff- ^ neighbor'.s boy, lie told her that m V«. Talcott had burst out crying. She had emptied the di.sh, and sent it back full fence ,” said Mr. Long, as be turned stiff- , neighbor'.s boy. B e told her th.at m V«. Mrs. Talcott had come out o f the house w ith a little bowl in her hands; a thin. . of ___ apple .sauce. ■fforaan, pleasing remains of s a n d y -: The autumn days filled the sir whij haired prettiness. the dim blue v a p o r (md n o t u n p l e a s a n t --------- j *‘I want YOU to take in .some of mv ris- : odor of bonfire smoke. Mr. Talcott was on the 1 raked off; the w c e ^ ^ 1 1 ^ ,ijp. wl had flourished p o w c ^ ^ s f o r hiuro during R e g a r d ingthe grotnh of cremation, the Modem Crematist says that the B u f falo Cremation society has erected a furnace on the Italian p lan ; that a cre mation furnace has been completed at Pittsburg, where natural gas will be the fu e l; that Cincinnati has an organization that is building a furnace; that a society has been organized in San Francisco, and w ill build soon; that Baltimore has a live organization, embracing many p romi nent citizens: that Philadelphia's society is several years old, and composed large ly of German business men; that the In some IT the remains of a Orleans has one of the oldest societies in ; voices'and'the*cbck o f mall ^ this country; that San Antonia w ill soon i *-i S ' t going to\\stanf still au’^ Stout, pleasant-faced woman to whom he | ---------- : flourished powe'^fcss' I aoo?afo^?c.o^:rfheTe“.f S'Vad S ■ fence whT^^h^^euo?a+id j sizzled itself quite brown, and the coffee November when the ])ile lay ready, low from that of I n c u m V -bw ’ ^ a b o i l —her faculties cencentrated- down in the garden in a corner of a r»rocp<;<?;nu^ neighbor, Talcott | themselves upon an unexpected circum- plundered potaton.-ucii. - a procession of nine, clu c k ing in a stance just beneath her eves. : of its rough Imllow.C} -.- I she said, “he^s tearing down ! thin snow, i uflucin ^ composed deliberation, the line fence. He'.s sot Job Dwver | yij. Talcott lic^hted it directlv afte>- Mr. Long came to the door rather slow ly. He stood there rubbing hi.s chin doubtfully; and then went \\down the steps, and toward his neighbor's yard. Mr. Talcott wa.s working energetically. A pile of worm-eaten posts, pulled up by before Dwyer ^ w as amassing a similar heap, ned Mn j Talcott appeared unaware of his neighbor'spres presence. He .snapped off au- . other picket without speaking. He wore iceeded. ; a forbidding look which set sti sing araon; conteihpl.'itivc air. skirting after a dissatisfied survey, and .scttlmw d o w n at la.st am o n g th e tom .'itoes w i t h a chorus of victorious clucks. \It a in t going to do.\ said 3Ir. Long, wiping a disturbed face with his old re d silk handkerchief. “I stand i t . ” repleni.shed , .rtill burnin; i t : at 8 i'clock it ing. He .cat down on an old look at it asit leaped and flick ered itself out, lighting up a broad space around it and shining on the high fence. ain't going to ; of n o t h in . ^ Jo 6 Dwy, ; p esky croquet business.'’ rejoi ' Long, jerking his head'toward 1 : bor's yard, from which the s ng^ but that ' ' .3 his neigh- ' n eighW 's' jard, from which the sound of other picket w: ^\^\!aTti _ ‘ ; and shining on th e high His wife had come out with a shawl over her head and watcliecl it .a few jninutc=, and gone. in. A .spark from the subsiding fire snap ped into a little pile of dried stalks half a rod distant, and tlu-y flamed up. A tw ig took fire from them and burned to its end, and a loose splinter blazed in its turn. He watched the curious littl« ^ -hs flickering way port, Iowa, Detroit. Los Angeles. Sacra mento, Boston and W orcester have or ganizations, and are contemplating the building of crematoriums. ‘Oh, laws E lia s ’\ Mr? Louo- beo-qn I a ’ observed, with his eyes fence; they took the f.larm. and glowed , s. i.na,. “This fence and crackled smartly..And tl ' - _ “ C , in ea.sy remonstrance; but her liusl^and ........ .. tin dipiier from the j don't know a' had- seized an old porch-shelf, and wa.s m a k ing mato-patch as fast as h is .sixty scatteri: nrespoi build a ^rangely on Hee of light as it ate yon'd thiuk better of it,” Mr. Long observed, _ the other, •‘im s lence and crackled smartly..And then the flames ing fixing for quite a spell, mounted up. and grew broader aud red- foi- the to -------- ^■^’ ? /f«''l«^ ‘ d e r - t h e fence had'caught fire. An interesting fact w ith regard to damage from lightning has been evolved ; u- ........ .......... ............ . .. from a atudy of insurance statistics in | them unrelentingly t ' ^ h T t u r £ s ' t ? o S e U Germany. It appears that during the ; point, and leaned exhaustedly agaimst j t.v ' - years between 1850 and 1880 the light- j sunken gate of the dilapidated fence, i a-rnunnl ning n s h s hare increased t h r e e f o l d y h a . IS, out of any given number of buildings [ the long-ago period of its erection; chats i three times as many would be struck by j held at all times of day and upon all sub- ! lightning during 18S0 as were struck | — politics, mowing-m achines, fer- i during 18o0. Two causes for this extra- j i eu ,\ ne said, “ itMl be a g o o d thing, j h ands which were not quite stea f„fcrcrp?t thcm sclvcst ; Talcotf.s croquet-ground was be- , Then he peered all about him. in an ’ • - ~ ^ , fore. He pulled a gra.^s and chewed i t ; o d d ly guilty way, emptied his pail of 'win’ (or two or three minutes be- water ,:n the ground, and went and fore he went into the house. down on the stumn -. /-lin Jlr. Talcott got up ; ^0° 1 ? -M Then he turned, with scarcely the to build haste which m ight have been looked for, ve pause: ■ started for the uump. He .seemed ii new one, I rather to linger on the way; when he re.ached it, he slood~fjr a moment w ith in his voice shook hi.s out a ordinary increase suggest themselves: A change of meteorological conditions, | fore him. Mr. TalcotYhiniseTf sbiod or the more common use of metals in j leaning the weight of his small and ^ » n n .c ,io n a L I„ v e .t ig « io n s have j j r X r f i r r o S owever. ai e o eve on a sa is ac r , -°'*'aynesg^ his whole attitude expressive j ^chfuj and profound ;^sflrmtia:i „._:-4 8 ^ e s were fixed upon the long fig- ; of ^ r t Coilicut, the champion | ling brightly; but he stooped to pick a chip which had got stuck into the i^-m achines fer- , - ° “ Posuie. But he carried .?ole of his boot, and Tied the old woolen .“ccochct however, failed to dev elop a satisfactory Prof. H o ltz -fails to find ^ p ^ lsa E e 5 i« io g iia u T r e td r B r a 5 ^ ^ o f a s :where mflSt m etal is used about build- ' in g s the largest number of lightning - strokes are recorded. On the other ...^ , , dow n on th e stum p ig a in . He looked W ell? said his wife, as she set the , cold and cross and um Y -. and anything di.sh of pork oa the tabic. ; but heroic; but thcr<.- was a new-found “ H es.set out to buUd a new % e fence,’’ warmth within him . , flu»a MH-iMTtfg, 4 »k:cr^-iTis »est «mtr«iRn—»— irnerc nooire'iMcr- ing his knife up and down between the place half an hoi luvK at mm. Uli Old Dr. Blair, upon whose ball be was .t o n . . . „ v e Incveased bov. ie S : j S S V f . h t minute. He dwelt •You hain't Elia.<;?'’ she said il to s happened. number and intensity. An investigation of the subject in this country would be interesting, particularly in regard to the safety afforded by lightning-rods. Me teorological changes arc continually g oing on, and whether danger from lisrhtniug has increased three-fold, as in Germany, would be worth knowing. hi'-- grocery to take a b Y s P ped across from n.i'-- grocery t fourth hand, and who was kei eye on that edifice, fidgeted about inner- r„,. .Vyo A ousapprehension and dangerous prox- iriavino-tnV n im ity to the upraised mallet ^ making tol able free in my garden, and Mr. Long surveved the scene with dis- ’ £ ; ; ; \ S S i ■\ that {•-' :• fence Taicott’s croquYf- Hc had not been .\lurc quet was not on a level w ith ••keerd«\ and g ’ \ In a pamphlet received from Charles tv. Garfield. Grand Rapid';, the .'-ecrctary of the Michigan Horticultur.'jl society has been collecting intere.«ting informa tion relating to the State legislation in the interests of horticulture. From this reliable little pamphlet is learned how.', pack of foolishness; falling graduallv much assistance i.s rendered to the vari- habit, despite his convictions, of ous horticulnm ,! sociclies by tbelr re- ?he spected States. The Mas.sachusctts Hor- gam b lin g; and that a deacon of the church and a member of the town coun cil should counteneuce and encourage such iniqiiitT was .1 pnbjf-cp f^j- gr)-avf\ rofiec- Frqm thic— after frequent c'lirnpse'; aud occasional considerations of the game, over the fence—he had softened to the opinion tbat it wa^ a waste of time and a ■•I told him.\ said l^fr Long, reaching for the coffee pot, ‘-his hens had been garden, and ice better be fixed up. If he'-; a flare up like a fool. I don't my concern.\ swallow from his; wife Avatebed him wi-nfully. SI you couldn't feel safe with one if didn't watch it every minute. H e d the incflScacy of water when once a startec fire had ih°Vl cup. His She looked ted, and pointed to the . , , where it lay on the ground, in coneiusive proof of t'ue ]»oint. IMr. Long had come out and watched the crinflagration from a discreet distance. ho finally stood poking over the warm finder^ with one foot. ISfr. Talcott stood •1 on h'ain't ever had no trouble with near by. They did nor look at each 1 bpforr. • tV.A qpp Other for a moment. Then tbe latter ‘-poke, in a A oice made higb .and .‘-hnrji ■ ' S Ifjy^;.trav«l o’er desert and mountain, the cotujtr.v o f sorrow, f j ^ y , and to-night, and to-morrow, And naay be for months and for vears, • \ybu ahall come, with a heart that is burst- - '. ing, For trouble, and toiling, aud thirsting, You-^all certainly come to the fountain, At iragth—to the Fountain of Tears. Very peaceful the place is, and solely For piteous lamenting and sighing A n d those w h o come, liv in g or dying Alike from their hope.s and their fears; Full of cypress-like shadows the place is, And statues that cover their faces; But out of the gloom springs the holv •And beautiful Fountain of Tears. And it flows, and it flows with a motion So gently, and lovel.v, aud hstlesw, And murmurs a tune so resistless. To Him who hath .suffered and hears. You shall surely, without a tvord spoken. A M MW, Fire l\ew S(eel-Anuored Cruisers to be Built. Fifteen Million Dollars for struction Pur|Doses. G on- thev would nol I ■^^•hich was thej X ou snail surely, without a word spoken. | , — x- ------- Kneel down there and know you're heart- | ^MerLndiSg that a l i k e be appropriated next decided not fo adopt tbe j( A -R'ashington dispatch s&yi? that the House committee on naval affairs has nearl.y completed the bill for tbe improvement of the navy. Ai-gumeuts have been made by tbe secretary of the navy. Admiral Por ter and other prominent naval offleera, and the testiniony given by all of them will ec.-ompa'nv tbe rej.ort of the committee 1 had had some ordinary trou'Dlewith The committee'e.?timate that .l.b 000,000 wul | T d , ° s S ’° i ? £ « n S K ^ ^ ^ ^ be a proper sum for tbi-' Congres.- to appro- | forward companiouway. 'iVben near the top piiate as a; begiunmg. of which J; 7 . 5 '. ki ,- j he felt a knife sla.sh acros-r his forehead 000 will be- provided for in the bill ■ a ^hand ^^izerl him ^ by the throat A T E B R I B L E M P T I N Y . T w o M a la y s M u r d e r F i v e S a ilo r s a n d C a p tu r e a S h ip. Captain E,ob 8 rt K. Clarke, of the ship Frank N. Thayer, on which two Manila sea men mutinied* on Jan 2. and after killing several of the crew set fire to tbe vessel arrived in New York a fe-w dar.j ago and told the story of the mutiny. Captain Clarke .said that all went well on his ship until the night of January 2. The ves- .sel wai then in the southeast ti^ule winds, sailing along r a ^ id j Imes, the mate, whom he informed that 'ould not have to put into St. Helena, was then some 700 miles distant. About midnight Captain Clarke heard some one calling him. F.e thought that the mate had had some ordinary troul broken. And yield to the long-curbed emotion, That day by the Form tain of Tears. —A rthur 0'Shav.ghne.‘t<;v. , . , • Then he observed his assailant, -ited, with the 1 who he now saw was one of the Manila sea- P I M E . \ T P . 1 E . I G R A P H S . tbeie ate piOLab]\ onl\ his left .side and then utrn partly round. ' Then tbe captain slipped in bis own blood, •erea the steps own blood, back head- As wac predicted, the winter has beeu nci lots of cold weather got Advertising is a good deal like making love to a wiaow. It can't be overdone. — Chioago Ledger. It's the little things that tell— especial ly the little brothers and sisters.— B>ir- Uhgton Free PreM. Some .statesmen are continually putting eir ears to the ground to hear what >av of them .— Jloiuton po.steritv -n-ill {_Texm') Post. The bangs having gone out of style- 1 among young ladies the rolling pin and washboard begin to look more hojieful.— Merchaut- Truceler. An awfully homely man at a sociable where kissing game\ are played looks as lone.some as a straw- hat in a snow-.storm. —Xeic Yorh JourrMl. A Michigan boy had his left hand taken off by a ])u/.z-saw, -which he thought -was not moving. He no-n- calls his right hand his left hand.— Pacl-. uch watiei- that I two harbor.s on our whole i iillS iiiii ^ i 9 ® Cou^'V Island and utterly destroy i t'autai loklyn. if not New York. To meet such after ca sels as this it ^^■ou]d be l>est to provide for ' door ope xedo boate which make their attacks under 1 Clarke er of darjkness. The determination not to ' on her’ f ; p = com m it^ fa-s ored the ( i-eapou of a plant .cbe quickly dressed his wejuuds. The captain ■■“ TV .bilit}’-,; adopt aud lecommend a hb- ])anionAvay door. The latter replied that •VA-ay, and that be dared recomnu She looked like a funeral hearse, so sad, Of all joy bereft and forsaken; Oh, why wa.s this change, in feature once She was baving in g .” Husband— “ Did he I polite.— H'Xi’jie f s Bazar. SPRING POEM. Oh, where is the thing We call “Gentle Spring,*' The season of tha-w and of zephyr? She singing a psalm In the land of the palm. Where she kicks up her heels like a —S e n York .) lit}’-,; adopt appropriation, 000 for piu-p will be recommends at a government ya mined in^ upoik, oud fi ■onimend a lib- ijanionAvav door, say, jyerhaps, of $250.- someone AA-a.s in the |se. Five lai-ge vessels : „ot obey the order. erm„e„t y a r . l ' ' m upoik, and four to private t-ontract. These iivo f i-om six to eight thousand to armored apd equipped ’ ful armament a'itaiiiabb bevei ^ housaiid ion 5 .to be heavily i door and c< iped Avith theast m poAver- 1 -‘Oh, hide A MADMAN’S ACT. imaiiAvith his revolver, me,\ cried a terrified voice, dn feared ti-eachery and the mail, who 1 to enter mself in. n g a P i s t o l in Clilam b er o f D e p u tic.s. aiber of th e F r e n c h h her photograph taken. —Gorham Movnlaineer. In G e m a n army circles a soldier is obliged to write home to his wife once every month. An old bachelor says this explains Avhy so many Germans come to thi.s country to escape military duty.— SarrUtown IJerald. W ife— “yil&ai. a very jwUte y o u n g radn [ both bulled wgrm fir^ into the a% and.not never discovered it.-’ W ife— “ H e was | -- 1 In tbe French chamber of deputie,?, at Vei'sailles, the other afternoon, a .strange man in one of the galleries arose excitedly^ drew a revolver and. fired it twice aud then coolly threw a letter towai-d M. Clemenceau. Th? man w ^ seized ami hurried out by tbe police. A flattened bullet was found feet of -tbe president of the ccitenient caused by the police. chaml>?r. : The loting Ihsted 1 The captai __ locked the doer 1 proved fo be a -♦bite seaman name dricksen. Tbe latter Avas then beard I he bathroom, aa here he locked him- Tbe exhausted captain soon heard one of the cabin AAindoAA-s smashed in. and looking un be saw the treacherous faces of tbe tivb Manila seamen glaring down wickedl}- at him.' He tired tAvo shots, aud the coolies di-»- appeai-ed. Captain Ciarke aud his Avife Avere not then aAvare that tbe Iw j Manila sailors Avere th© only mutineers. These two men, it seem.s,ap- proacbetl Mate Holmes and Second Mate Davis at midnight, Avhen tlie latter were about to change the Avatches, and .stabbed tbe tAvo oflicers, killing them instantly. One of them then went aud called to tbs captain, and after be, as he iniag- inged, had dispatched the latter, rejoined ’ ■ ' on deck. . The t'vo mutinee letthr which the prisoner c a st a t M. CTsmeneean was fotmd and delivered into Jovrnal. N a tive H o u ses o f A laska. him before.\ she .said, an y b r e a k f a s t. Mr. T.alcott and .Tob D ’.^-Te^ AA'orked fast. By niglit the old fence had been demoli.shed and c.artcd into the wood- honse. and ucav boards stood Icanine -gainst the avc B .\tone. By noon tiie •I < ticultural society, although one of the most useful as As-ell as the most prosper ous organizations devoted to horticulture in the country, has never received assist ance from State legislation. The Massa chusetts State Board of Agriculture, however, which devotes a goodly share ? a tolerableolerable ms acquiring a t know ledge of its baleful methe'ds. He had even been known to manifest an interest in the game, to tender advice in a crisis, to g ive his opinion upon a disputed poing to join in applause of a good stroke. But he had ahvays considered that his presence was something ol a reproof and restraint. .Just now, as he \tood frown- : b< • o a : . ; „ s o n \ : by the State. N e w l o r k gives nothing ' he had_ ever retreated in the least from •iiTncs\ of ihe effort. •-Weill down je.st like paper.\ lie said, guc\\ there couldn't anybody .a-srop- ped if. I couldn't do anything again.'-t it — n o thing .at a l l !\ 11 c felt thru he r-- ly this some of the dignity in his own concejUion; he lofiked relieved. His neighbor did not reply directly. The darkue.ss hid h i' softened perturbed expression, and he Avas not the }ie:-- son to make it manifest. Hi\ tone. Avhen he sjioke. Avas composed and even eou- dc.scending. •‘According to law.\ he said, “I s'pose . i , I'm ealled on to put up the next one. I “I don't know what to make of it.\ .\'pose I might do it any time; I ain't .she .said, com ing back to the t.ablo. anx- .so terrible bli«v jest as present.’’ iqusly. “ I don't knoAv why a little I oav “ W ell.\ sai'cl' Mr, Talcott. a g a in ' ___ ______ ____ _ next day the posts and scantlings were gained hv .th is up and a yard of the fence done.*' he had lost in 1 -Mrs. Long got up from the diune:- table to look at it. .and tnrned a blank face upon her husband. ••Elias,\ she .said, --he's got it more'n two yards high.\ IMr. Long stared at her. Then he re covered him.self. ••It don't m.akc no .sort of difference to me how high he's got it.\' he snapped. , . . , . ......... ............ ... least from his primal attitude of rigorous disap- “I Y c lare for it.\' .said Mr. Talcott. exultingly. as the doctor's ball came bowling into the corner; “ we're getting affably, picket like the ^old one wouldn't done doAvn the garden. \I nuher ]C.st as well. You could look right through it ----- ’h •ough it je.st as tliou g there wasn't nothing there; and it Avas handy hand t'biugs across.’’ better build a picket. I guess a pit ell. You h'ain't heard how do full old Lem Pe.ar.son is. haA-e you?” looking guess you p icket 'd at at the station much time and money bowling into th e corner; ? expended in the interests of hortic'ul- right along! Come in ,’’h e ------ — , ralic+s Thp \Vp-n- .Tpr?pv pvnpritnpnt turning to Mr. Long. “It looks as though w e d fix ’em this time ’ “ You’ll have ! yourn to hom e,” said. his position, keep them hens of ‘•TheyTe spoiling She went about the house that dnv with an uneasy apprehension in her face. “I don't knoAv what to make o f i t ,” she kept thinking, in a troubled way. She knew by the next night. Tbe new line fence Avasdone. It''was seven feet high. There was nothing to be seen acro.ss it except the upper half of Mr. M Jialebone. “Theie is no arncle of commerce that varies more widely in its market ]>rice than the \A-halebone.\ said a dealer to a accom] this w ithout other direct aid from the State legislature than the publication of its report. Its agricultural college has received due support, and the horticul tural department has received much at tention. Vermont has an annual allow ance of $‘2,500 for agriculture, horticul- j price according turn depend\ upon the luck of the sailor\. _ ^ _____ _____ _ ___ If they find the whniing grounds c]o.secl and the fall became raAv and windy, and ^7\ Avith shipwreck, or for any eventually snoAA-y. ‘ reason fail to catch whales, the price Avili reporter for the N cav York MaU and E.r- jjTtHi recently. “ In .January it mav sell for two dollars a pound and in the fol lowing June for five dollars a pound. Twenty-five years ago the price Avas sev- pound. It varies in lepend\ upt If they find the whaling grounds clo.sed I'l directly to horticultural societies, but appropriates $ 20,000 per annum to its ex periment station. It is very fair to add th at at th e station much tim e and money turalists. The N e w Jersey experiment station receives $ 8,000 annually, and a portion of this amount goes to sastain horticultural interests. The > yourn to norae,” said. ‘•TheyTe spoilin g acro.ss it excep t th e upper Michigan horticultural society, w h ile ; garden jest about as fast as they can ; T alcott s house, the tops of the trees and iplisM n g efficient work, has done 1 t r a . j i t Ip 'ose tall and stern and ^ ” ' Mr. Talcott s sm iling face hardened. It , forbidding. And there avu \ no gate. It wfis not the first time his neighbor had \was a hostile, uncompromising barrier, mentioned the hens: though never hither- It was an effective monument to Mr. Ta!- to with so much decision. cott's wrath and resentment. “ I don't reallv know as it’s any of my The summer passed on into the fall, concern,’'h e said; “you can’t jest ex- t .1 - ^ . . . pect for me to be chasing hens everlast- ingly.” ^ 3 ir. laicott and Mr. Long “I don’t know but whatyou you better be ■peak speak to oacli other when they met in 1 .-1. .. .. . stock is worth catch.’’ •‘What part doe.s whalebone chiefly -^^-as come from?*’ “ T he main supply is brought from the North Pacific whalers and comes in in November. A smaller quantity comes from the South sea and arrives about June. N oav and then a .small su p p ly aui.i I 0 --^ ------ I v'-v* nw v ijvi. uu epcajiJDg comes from David's straits and Hudson’s forestry manual in goodly mimbers. jt j said ; “i rather guess this line ! term s;’’ and the cau-ses and circumstances hay. W h a lesa r e c a u g h tth e r e a t a llsea - has also been of assistance in the aid n f V® ^ They | o f the rupture were not a mystery. Peo- sons of the year, and the bone coming t© couian t get in then unless they should | pie came on A’arjung pretexts to look at N e w T o r k is apt to disturb the price, go round by the orchard, and that ain’t ; the fence, from one side or the another, ! 'The wspply come.s from Ne-w Bedford likely.’’ i and heqj; the story in detail. Often they . eud San Francisco, which are tbe great “I h’aint been calculating to lay out j -went thence over to the other side, and ' 'W’hale ports of this countiT. A great The houses of the native.\ arc m\ich the s.qmc in .qll, division\ of Alaska. The d-n-ellings are thus described : A circular mound of earth, gras.s groA v ing and lit tered with all gras.\ gro A v in g t orts of l)ou\ehold meu- ouching. c doAvn. sti-iiy owmeneeaB was ronoa ana aeuverea mic ---- Yu q l he exclaim ^ : ' j two ima-derers pressed tbe CSiinamaa “I have written to M. Clemenceau. He their servi:-e. and forced him to cook for I knows what it means.’ This, of course. Ava' i sailor had hidden bim.self aloft, j not understood bv those who heard il and it i bairicaded in added to the gene'ral consternation. He said I forecastle had bwn woundeii by tbe mur- That he vvas a soldier who bad been so il!- i o e r ^ Avbom they nad at first attempted to ! treated b t his superiors and ignored ' neither they nor tbe six able ! hy his brother officei-s of justice that be re- ; , ™en ubo were IcK-ked up AA-ith them sorted to the desperate exp.edieut of c-i-eating ; ^iared to sail v ....... tbe sensation in the chamber of deputies in j ’“\rdei order to secure attention to his grievances.: *. He added that in no other -.vay .so A^el] a.\ that ! . .v - .......... ........ ........ 1)6 had chosen could be atti-act atteutitm tu ; hi\ \ide. lay apparently himself aud to Avhar he desired to tell the' point of <ieath. On Monday Tnorning public. He Avisbed, be d?c Hred. Ui have at- ■ captain felt much sti'onger. He went t teutiou drqwu to hi\ trial, bec.ause at it he lathrooin -vvlu-ie he loucrl Hendric uUl add nitieh to the iulormatiou now '‘‘'’9' \ \O .\aid that the t-oolies AA-ere the lb possession of In the mean- ited AA'ife from the apex, dogs crouching, childrcu rolTing .emeu.ceau cour.sii coAernmeut crnir.eut the name' to friret’i - ’ the o ther rev o lv e r to hi\ Avife. ti-u-.i'ver\ ' Le.sye tw o .\hots in that.\' be .-aid to he)-, '•'’.utl II I am killed vou £.ive one of them to r chii<l and pur thentber other in v.Aurself.\ clim b ing up or rolTing doAvn. stra mor- j cov the name' or lue ii-ti-.iyer.\ sel\ of food left from one meal to the ' iM<-t/. 'J'he <-)iiurit-\ mine i- given a.s Peron- otbt-r. and a .\oft mixture of mud and ! ” B f b midonbrediy in'\aiie. He served - I ill I he Freu-il .armv m the Fi-an-t-(tc-rman ivliic-h lie thre in e i an offer offal surrounding it a l l The entrance to ibis house i« a I oav . irregular sqtiare aperture, through Avhich \the inmate \toops. and ))a.s.se« down a foot or two through a sliorc low passage on to the earthern floor within. The interior gen erally consists of an irregularly shaped square circle, twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, receiving its only light from without ihroug'n the small smoke open ing at the apex of tbe roof. Avhich rises tent-like from the floor. The lire-place is directly under the opening. Bude beds or couches of skin and grass mats are laid slightly raised aboA'e' the floor, tipon clumsy frames made of sticks and saplings or rough- hewn planks. and sometimes on little cie- •'•.ation.s built up of peat or sod. Some- ilgin g s ides ice, Avhere, 'orded for MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. times a .small hall-way with btilg in g sid i.s erected over the entrance, Avhere, by cultural society has $- 2,000 per annum, and Indiana from $300 to $500. Iowa | in*his°lon|^ gives $1,000, $200 of w h ich is awarded ! Mr.Talci in premiums for grow ing forest trees. , The governm ent of Kansas makes suffi- Mr. Talcott and Mr. Long did not — ------ b etter be ■ s to each other when they me chasing hens than w a sting tim e over ; the street or the postoffice or the black ed hi.s neighbor, sur- siniT ’ . ' yeying the croquet-ground w ith sternness ly. 1Yhen Mr. featured f9''» buo ture and forestrv. The IHinois Horti- ! than w a stin g tim e over ; th e st ___ I i.*„, e-.T A /.A ___ ________ I this here, responded hi.s neighbor, sur- sm itl^shop; th ey passed each other grii len Mr. Talcott Avas appointed go up. Tub makes it a very .specula business and avc can never tcJl what mlative hear of the alcott Avas appointed to ig-featured face. ^ the school board, of which Mr. Loi cott’ssmall, bright eyes .snapped. ' already a member, he sent in a resigna- “You h'ain't no call, as I know of. to tion. \When Mr. Long Avas put on a ' , . . , , V ... ' which Mr. Talcott ve no opinion whatsoever,'’ he re to rted church comm ittee of . , • X- X A- ' • turned his eyes upon his Avas one, he refused to a..i. cient appropriation to cover the expense irate countenance. He Avas slo-wer to ' It became rapidly knoAvn that the two of publishing the annual report and j anger than his neighbor. “A b o u t them | old neighbors w ere “n ot on speaking foroctrr nAflnual in fToadl-ir AAumlAnvc Tf i ben.s, ’ he sa id ; “I rather auess th is line ! term s ;*’ and th e cau.ses and eirnumotHnr.Ac has also been o f assistance in the aid of forestry. Nebraska gives $1,000. Ohio gives $1,000. The Horticultural society o f Georgia is an old one, and has done valuable work by increasing the variety . o f fruit products and encouraging thg . organization of local ,societie.s. The State , hM not g iven direct aid to its horticul tural societies, A child at Pueblo, Colo., died of scar le t feverj a nd her clothes were thrown in ashed.* . Soon afterward a dog arid a cat ■ j w h o had been playing with the clothes ' Weretafeen w ith the same disease and . • o -- — — ; — trience , , . . „ ^ything^on^fences jest present,” said j listened-with interest to the complemeutal i amount* used to come from* Nantucket, Talcott, bracing short legs defiantly. “The laws allows,” rejoined neighbor “that a man’s oblig^ half toAvard fixing up a fence that’s complained of,” “I hadn't be his 's been hadn't been calculating to Jay out no money on fences,” Mr. T a lc o tt repeated, his voice rising to a sharp pitch. Mr. Long’s thin face grew grim. “I don’t know as I ever heard that the version. The whole affair, perhaps, was , but the shallowness of its harbor and the welcomed as a break in the monotony of .greater convenience of New . Bedford the general amicableness. drove its trade away. On board slip the It •vA’as known, and Mrs. Talcott were not active pari rel. Their old pleas It w a sjknow n , too, that Mrs. Long , slaps of whalebone, as they are termed in ' tive p a r tici-: mercantile phrase, are done up in bundles ach and are sent In cutting up _ ard intercourse was n e c e ssa-) Avhaleboue there is a loss of about twenty lily cut off, and they had ceased to run in per cent, on the raw material. The hair of an evening. B u t this was because , is tvorth ten cents a pound for m ixing , , . --------------------------- neither felt “free to enter her neighbor's with horsehair for upholstering purposes, law makes exceptions o f people that are house, as matters stood; and because, in and it is sometimes used in the mnnufac- Ui little .plus, ” hv ohserveu. j A e ir tvnicl wom anly submissiveuMs^ 1 ture ol bruaboe.” ^ ___ mercantile phrase, are done up i _______ pants in the quarrel. Their old pleasant i of two hundred pounds each and are sent companionship seemed virtually ended; to market in that .shape. In cutting up their backyard intercourse was necessa- i Avhaleboue there is a loss of about twenty J kxxie L ivd . i-- anu-iim'-'ed to nnpear in concert ue.xi sras-Au. ixnn iSr.\TE.\ S fxator . H awley issaiu AAell on tl)t ]-iiUo. :.\RV IKVI.VG prefers tbe Bible aud A all orber books. C aklotta P atti will pre eutly give up iiigiug aud .go to Floreuce\ to live. I'.MT- to play very v H ex r v lii Shakes).iea:-e our c-hu<i aud pur the in v.Aurs-!f.\ The two mn!-derer>. witU 'lous ix>!es to v. hr-h they uad lo.-bed kniA^es, stood on de<-k' i eady to ha: poon any cue Avfio c-a)ne uj) from ;hecabi)i. The ir.;.jtain saAv cme of tbe vil- laias and fired, -wouudiug hi)m The Miow i:nmediareiA- )-an forwai-d. CaWaiu Clarke then burst through the lorAvard cabin door, and at the same time the im prisoned men in t.be fore'-astle broke ib)-ough The baiTioade. and the man Avho had beeu hiding r,lo;t came on deck. The Avouuded iuurdei‘ci liu'Li gavea u ild A ell. and. running to the side, plunged overboai-d. The other villain jiuuped doAvn tbe vent.lating batch. AA hile tiie cai>taiu and .\eA-eral of the sailors Avere a]Aproacbing this hatch aioke liegau to jiour up from it. The TeToh h.ad Jii-ed the he)-np in tbe cargo. In JOH.A' O'.VEX.s. th; fanio'ds co)nediau. AA bo I Avretob h.ad Jii-ed tbe he)-np in tbe cargo. In I a : yeen solong an invalid, i\ s I oaa I v couva- : a moment he appe.tred spnnpng out of the M in .ME M. a DDERX. t ’ue actress, ha\ taken j giA-mg a fiendnsh yell, r a n to the side an A to AA-j itin-; to;- AVesici-n m a g a z ines, in addi- j I”’ tion to her cram a tk- d u ti e s .' E n g lish aettes\. get\ i-eek.\ o f tbe y e a r, AA'ith E llen T ekry fkTo a Avd'k flr'ty- a vacation i\ expansion, room is afforded f o r t h j L ouisa M. ALroTT.author of “Little Men. keeping o f untencilsand water ve.scelc ami | Litrle IPomen \ and 'the i'e.st of a popular .ser- ,'is a shelter for dog.s. Immediately ad- j ies of book?, is reported at v.-ork on a comedy, joining most of these h ouses will be found j , T he lav.-and order league, of Cincinnati. r kHchen. . w o . d . |j , in and covered over AVith begun. sods, -nith an opening at the top.to give Miss M.vv T ift , the daught-;r of a New York banker, has made a brilliant success a‘. p’-i\-ate soire;es in Paris, and has been offered a-a engagement at her majesty's theatre in London. J. L. T oole , a prominent English actor, has placed a fine monument and othoi’Avise adorxel the long-ueglecte.l graA-e of H. J. Byron, -nh ise plays baA'e made much merri ment for the English speaking world. M iss E lmira S trong , who is traveling with a theatrical troupe in the Eastern States, is a great-granddaughter of Calib S' eight times governor of Mt great-gi'cat-grand-.laughter frame, walled i opening at the top. to giv A'ent to the .smoke. The.se are cntirel.A' above ground, rarely over five or six feet in diameter, and are littered Avith filth and offal of all kinds; serving also as a refuge for the dog.s in inclement -weather. In the interior regions, Avhere both fuel and building material are more abundant, the houses change somewhat in appear ance and construction; the excavation of the coast houses, made for the purpose of saving both, di.sappear.s, and give.s Avay to log-structures above the ground, but still covered with sods. LiA’ing within convenient distance of timber, the people (inland) do not depend so much upon the natural warmth of the mother-earth,— Chambers' JovrnaJ. The Frisky Sloth. A sloth is in its way an interesting animal, and in that view deserves a few remarks. Take a snail, magnify him 10,000 diameters, clap on him four legs Avith three long curved claw.s on each, and hang him head down among the branches of a tree; then poke him behind w ith a sharp stick, and he i progress as a sloths are ambi- le morning start- lere i t joined the ?^ening wheri I re- away. It had it this was a exception. up berilnd with a sharp si will make about as rapid pi sloth. Of course some tious. J saw one in thi ing out on a limb wh« tree trunk, and that turned i t was tw elve feet ai The first patient admitted to the new igan tion. Northern hospital for the insane in Mich* man who assisted in I its erec- Adi Sc; “ After tinatiou. and offe) herself. 5be doubt thai Calib Sn-oug, 3Iassachusetts, and a of Presideu President John IcHURMANN, tbe imp] ft Naples we a -e not cerlain of i. 1 have )>ropo 3 ed Brazil i-ed her ^. 200 , 000 , also a steal 8 Ava»ts $d00,000, but I do not shall come to terms.’’ ipresario of Patti, saj^s: not certain o our des- to Patti, allJl to imer^a _ manaf imau in the Avorld who folloAvs the pro of the staga. Most of the money is the name of her mother,who has been appeared as are not far ifrer eA*er since she ! girl in California They _ ____ ___ ongwho estimate Lotta’s possessions at a gpol dejal OArer a million dollars. Year af ter veir she has earned from $50,000 to $70,000. L ast year ne , _____^ mills Avere erected in the Southern States, Kentucky leading with thirty-one; Tennes see, twenty-four; Virginia, twenty; Te^ eighteen;! Georgia, ssA’enteen, Carolina,! ten. ! hundred and fifty ‘-T Souf’-— \\ - anty; Texas, and North , i i f T h r s r ™ , r „ \ ihe Tbayei-. A small ouantitv of provisions Avere .stowed in tbe largest boat, .snd after Ibi' Avon.u.ie 1 men liEd been placed in the bot t;»i) M--C'l.-u-i.-e a)id hej- t hild and th> uniu .ii!'-- ( men got in. Tnc boat lAitt 5t' , o-nt'-t-i) <>e•.-uoaDt^ lav \uy the bui-n in; siiip until tbe lolloAvine morn iuv Then t'ney s:ec-i'ed for St. Helena\A-bicl (1 on the following SnndaA'. Cap ray.\ That be cannot account foi c-y )-oav'n«l . tain Ciari;:- ra tile m u tiny PROm’IENT PEOPLE. .-t can i A oluuK- of Mr. Blaine's “Twenty ill Congi-esv' has jv.s:- been issued. Eni.S'.ix. The inventor, took his second wife, le daug.)ti=-)- of an 01 :io millionaire, a fe-ss- ^_T he the dfuigt day.s siiK t N ot le\' complete ri; during HE Avido-.v ( than seven German generals will heir fll'tietb year of active service Mexico, .\-pending^her d t c i^ ^ g *y^re ia^a rocking chair, smoking cigai’ettes.\ P a r n e l l ' s f is absolutely pe h i s cash a He GarlaiKl bhe is the niece of his deceased T here are 150,000,000 tons of coal waste piled lip in the anthracite coal regions,which, under a [lately discovered proces.?, is now beingutillzed. ‘ . C aptain B oycott , Avhose experience ; fA)rd V aveuey, in Suffolk, F-rgrltHui S aji S mall , the Retr. Sam Jones’ < ir, is tall andnd slender,er, w' ’ tor, is tall a slend with dark hal a bi-owji mustache, lie wears .spectatiles, althoug.i not yet thirty-five years of iige. Hismaiiuer is uervou,s, earnest and attrac tive,aud his A'oice strong and clear. T he late Muzzafer fcdiu, the Etnir 'of ;hr.ra, had a t h is death one o f the large
