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uCOuldn't Lie for that Money"

A story is told of young Watervll!e,
Me-, lawyer, who was OF conviTal turn,
who had in his hands a number of un-
settled accounts against an old farmer in
the vicinity, who never paid any debts
until lie was sued, aud then only after
loud outcries against the lawyers for
"grinding the faces OF the poor. One
day he came in to settle Il bill, when the
lawyer offered to discount him dollar
and Il half if he would 60 into the street,
mingle with MI the groups OF people
whom he might meet and lea'l the con,
versation mp to point where he could
incidentally remark that he (the lawyer)
WAS sharp and worthy fellow. The
old man wanted the money, bHt finally
he said impressively: esquire I'm
very old man and have done many
wicked things in my life: but with my
views of eternity can't lie like that TO
money" The dollar and n half was dis
counted without extorting any recon-
rense therefor.
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understand the narrow escape they had had:
Fcrvent and sincere we're the thanks we received
from all except one man. He WAS escaping from
Justice, and was captured. From the elevated
embankment VIC could trace the course OF the
flood for miles. The train put back to Hand,
leigh, whence the passengers we're forwarded
by another company.
BY the time we had arranged matters ana re-
turned to the broken yiaduci the water had sub
sided. The work Of destruction was complete,
but " breakdown" gang was quickly on the
spot. A footway was constructed across the
muddy rivcr-bed, and trains stopped at both
sides of the stream, the passengers exchanging
from ore to the other.
The loss Of cattle and farm produce caused
bv that terrible flood was very great. Had the
catastrophe occurred during the night, the loss
of human life would have been appalling. AS
it WAS, some unfortunate people were drowned,
but some had most marvellous escapes. The as
pect Of the country rs rctraccd my steps was
deplorable-I could scarcely recognize the
places had passed in the nlorning.
l found McCausland and his stall Mt the reser-
vcir awaiting me- He wrung my hand feryently
and said certain words that l shall not easily
forget.
The vaduct was quickly rebuilt, but the St
tion-master at Ammcring does not forget the
race OF steam versus water OH tho NlGlant loco
motive, Nor do |.
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Words of Wisdom.

No man should be Judge in his own
cause.
To man full of questions, make no
answer.
What men are deficient in reason,
they usually make up in rage.
Life is duty, and one ought to desire
its preservation. Wilfully to letit decay
would be sin.
Solon being asked why, among his
laws, there was not one against personal
affronts, answered that he could not be-
lieve the world SO fantastical rs to regard
them.
Whoever sincerely endeavors to do oil
the good he can, will probably do much
more than he imagines, or will ever
know to the day of judgment, when the
secrets of all hearts shall be made mani
fest.
Honor and justice, 'eason and equity,
60 great way in procuring prosperity
to those who use them; and, in case Of
failure, they secure the best retreat and
the most honorable consolation.
Let those who are appointed to Judge
of the character of others bear in mind
their own imperfections, and rather
strive by sympathy to soften the pang
arising from conviction of guilt, than
by Misrepresentation to increase it.
The skill should be. so to order the
time of recreation that it may relax, and
refresh the part that has been exercised
and is tired, and yet do something which,
besides the present delight and ease,
may produce what will afterwards be
profitable.
A passionate temper renders q man
unfit for advice, deprives him of his rea-
son, robs him Of all that is great and no.
BILE in his nature, makes him unfit
for conversation, destroys friendship,
changes justice into cruelty, and turns
all order into confusion.
The fountain of content must spring
up in the mind; and he who has so little
knowledge of human nature rs to seek
happiness by changing anything but his
own disposition, will waste his life in
fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs
which he purposes to remove.
The governor may be deceived he
beareth the hesword, and may strike with it
improperly. But if, to remedy an occa-
sional inconvenience of this sort, you
dissolve government, what will be the
consequence? More mischief will be
done by the people, thus let loose, in a
month, than would be done by the gov
ernment in half q century
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Expensive Funerals Condemned.

Judge Rhone, of Luzerne county, Pa,
has called for the vouchers for the items
termed funeral expenses in recent case
hoard in the orphans court. The amount
of the deccdent's personal estate was
S5S1.S2, while the expenses of burial
were returned by the administrator at
s13O.75. On the subject Of extravagant
funerals Judge Rhone says : "It is not
necessary to have pompo1s procession
in great length, in which figure con-
spicuously waving plnmes-the prancing
livery steed, harnessed in finely up
holstered vehicles glistening
silver-platel casket in which is placed
the cold clay clothed with raimentas costly
asthe richest he wore when living. Neither
is a pile of carved marble with poetic
Inscription set over the tomb in q con-
spicuous corner lot in the city of the
dead, necessary for Christian burial;
Have the terms grave. coffin and shroud
been forgotten by everybody? Such
parades rs are called fine funerals may
crafty the vanity of the living, but no
respect for the dead demands them, and
where q decedent's estate is limited and
his debts are not paid, or where he
leaves q family of helpless children, the
expenses of such burials will not be
allowed out of his estate. Those who
contract for and enjoy such luxuries
must pay for them themselves.
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"Nonsense," I replied. laughing "l'll be
ready in five minutes if it's important. Is tho
horse here?'
ran up for my waterproofs. When came
down the horse was at the door and McCaus-
land inspecting him.
mounted "Now."I said, "for this great
message, if you please
McCauSlaids tone had something very
solemn in it as he replied:
Tell the station-master at Ammering juno
ton, and any people you see, that the south
reservoir will not last three hours. 1t will
burst down the valley. and will destroy the
Apps viaduct, and carry away the bridges on
the Holmesdale branch. Stop the traffic, aud
save the passengers. God bless You ; and bark
ye, ride for your life! l will fire the signal
cannon as a warning. Goodbye"
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DEATH OF A HEADSMAN.
Hans Friech, n Quiet Dwcller In Paris
Identified rs the Prussian Samson.

Il
Identified rs the Prussinn Samson.
An old man died at the age of eighty
few days ago in the dreary street of
Chateau Landon, Paris, who for some
years had dwelt there absolutely alone
and unknown. He was stout, solldly
built, not talkative but good humored
and friendly. He was known to be a
Berliner by birth, but he did not care to
talk about himself, and his early history
was shrouded with mystery: Hans
Friech was the name by which he passed
among his neiglbors. He only went
out of evenings, and then but for short
time, exchanging few shakes of the
hand with acquaintances. When he
heard a German voice he turned away
or crossed the street to avoid its owner.
he never read tho papers and received
letters but rarely, yet he busted himself
most of the time writing-what he re-
fused to say. He had no visitors, paid
his rent punctually, rose and retired
early, and lived well. In fine he was
perfect type of small bourgeois retired
from business and living on his income.
TO women he was always polite, to chill
dren more than kind. Not until his
death did the fact become public that
Hans Friech had been the headsman Of
Berlin.
Headsman in the true significance of
the word, not mere mechanic puller of
cords and TOUGHER of springs, like San.
son or Roch. for during the period he
executed the hautes p,nres of the Prus-
sian capital, ending in 1840, the ax and
not the guiIlotine was employed for the
decapitatiop of criminals. Hans Freich
was an artist, for not only could he re-
move his subjects head ut single
blow, but he knew and respected that
subjects rights and preferences, He
did not affect the Gothic masquerade Of
black doublet and red hose he wore
long black silk stockings, short close-fit-
ting pantaloons of black velvet, black
coat and black gloves. He would not
touch the handle of his ax with his bare
palm not all the gold in Prussia could
have induced him to such fragrant
breach of scaffold etiquette.
Nevertheless, the Berliners insist
ed on overlooking the fact that he
wore gloves and saw the blood upon
his hands. Friech had no friends
and too many acquaintances. People
all knew him, and shrank from him.
To enable him to leave the hateful town
he worked busily till he had filled one
OF his long black silk stockings with
pieces, and on counting them
found that he had enough money to as
sure his ~olnfort for the remainder Of his
life. That very day he resigned his
Office and set out for Paris, where he
found quiet ard unconcern, where the
children did not point him out with tiny
fingers to each other, or the women who
came upon him shrink back in speech
less horror. So quiet was he indeed
that he became homesick for the scaffold
and set himself to write his memoirs.
His identity and the nature Of the work
with which he had occupied his declin-
ing days only came out after his death.
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Combinations of Fodder and Grain.

As the object of every farmer should
be to push his young stock forward rs
fast rs the best food, in proper quantity,
will do it, he must not be content with
ration of fodder which they will eat, but
one that will furnish them the nutriment
required for rapid growth. While ne
should scrupulously require his animals
to utilize everything raised on the farm,
let him combine the less nutritious with
the more nutritious, so that everything
shall count the most in growth, and
therefore in profit. If farmer has but
little straw, two quarts of wheat bran to
the bushel of straw will make it equal to
good hay; and then, to give extra
growth, add one quart Of corn meal or
corn and oat meal mixed to this, and the
animals will thrive finely. This ration,
two quarts bran and one quart corn meal
to tue bushel Of straw, will cost no more
than hay at market rates-cost OF grain
ranging from three to four and one-hat
cents, and when mixed with bushel OF
cut straw will weigh about nine pounds.
And this ration we have found to push
young cattle and colts rapidly all
winter. When stockholders have full
faith in the fact that it is always the ex-
ira food that produces the profit, they
will not hesitate to use q small ration of
grain to improve the fodder ration. 1t
takes but small amount, and that all
goes to growth. The reader will see
how easy it is to add the various kinds
of grain to the different fodde mixtures
we have mentioned. We usually make
q mixture of the grain before it is ground,
and give as large variety as is conven-
lent. We have made the following
mixture for use at the present time:
Winter wheat blowings (one-quarter
cracked wheat, three-quarters chess),
twelve pounds oats, five; corn, five;
1axseel, one; total twenty-three pounds.
This is, all ground together very fine and
makes very palatable ration, good for
all stock, but not expensive, rs will be
seen by the following figures Twelve
pounds wheat blowings, three cents !;
i've pounds oats, six and one-quarter
cents; five pounds corn, five cents;
one pound faxseed, three cents grind
ing, two and one-quarter cents total,
twenty-three pounds, nineteen and one
half cents or $16.94 per ton. This com
bination possesses many excellent
qualities. The fiaxseed is added to give
oil, as we'll as nitrogenous material, and
makes it just laxative enough, but adds
only slightly to the cost. We find that
work horses do excellently we'll upon it,
rs we'll rs all stock. We use this to
supplement other rations, such as above
mentioned. We have often found flaxseed
n most profitable addition, but never
add more than one part to twenty OF
other food, as it renders it too laxative.
Gentleman.
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NV Mother.

Back through the lapse OF lonely years,
OF light and shade, and bitter tears,
l seem to hear
Ny mother voice soft, sweet and low
Ny mothers voice. all , well know
Its cadence dear.
OFT sitting, when the night bird wings
His homeward fight and softly sings
A plaintive song,
Then memry waves her magic wand
And summons from the silent land
Dear ones long gone.
Again, stand by mothers knee,
Again her sainted face I see,
As in dream.
Then asks my heart. with voice Of tears,
For her; alas the sad, sad years
Lie dark between.
Oh mother, from that sphere divine,
On wings Of light cleave realms OF time,
Come thou 10 me
If for only little space,
That I may look on thy dear face.
One moment see,
AS once I saw, thy tender eyes,
That know not tears in Paradise,
Grieved no more.
watch for thee, oh mother dear;
listen, and seem to hear
Thy songs float DER
. That lonely river, deep and wide,
Which darkly rolls its Stygian tide
From shore to shore;
Silent and deep through lonely years
Swollen with bitter farewell tears
Forever more.
Trusting, I'll wait while life lasts here,
Till in that grand, immortal sphere,
Where sorrows cease,
We meet, and ON thy loving breast
NY weary head shall be at rest
In perfect peace. -
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The newest style of evening dress is
the "baby frock," made exactly as for
an infant with all the fullness of the skirt
thrown back, short waist, and wide sash
belt closed with slashed loops and falling
ends.
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An editor says he never dotted an but once
in his life :; that was in fight with conteni-
pOrary.
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members managed to enter the building
and save most Of the regalia and para
phernalia. The buildings at the south
ern corner of Dock and Unionstreets and
on the opposite corner caught almost
simultaneously.
At al early hour the Western Union
Telegraph Company's office was burned
and its valuable batteries and apparatus
destroyed. A great quantity of the
goods saved fell into the hands of thieves,
who hung around like vultures, eager to
avail themselves of any opportunity that
afforded to carry off what they could lay
their hands. on. The ballast wharf was
covered most of the night with thou
sands of people anxious to escape by
water, rs were also the railway track and
the ground around the track between the
ballast wharf and Courtenay bay. The
following newspaper offic, s with their
"plant" and stock were completely
swept away The Freeman, The Even-
ing Globe, The Daily Telegraph, The
Daily Nc,Us, The Waterman and The
Religious Intelligencer. The entire
business portion OF the city was de-
stroyed. Not leading establishment
escaped. All the principal dry goods
stores, the leading groceries, all
the ship brokers. commission mer.
chants, all in the business of
wholesale liquors, coal, flour, provisions,
salt, lumber, tea, West India goods,
etc., we're utterly wiped out. Forty
odd blocks, or nearly two hundred acres
south of King street, have not six build
ings remaining. Every street, square
and alley was filled with furniture, and
thousands of people were without food
Or shelter. The International Com
pany's steamer New York sheltered and
fed 1, 900 persons, and the vessels in the
stream had large numbers of people Oh
board. Thousands had to get away from
the lower part of the city by boats. A
number OF lives were 10 t, and it was be-
lievei the destruction of property would
amount to fifteen million dollars.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-20
A Disease Of the Desert.

Intense radiation of heat in the great des-
ert of Sahara produces extraordinary effects
on insects as we'll as animals and men. When
caravan starts out to traverse that wide
waste of desolation, flies follow on in pro-
digious multitudes, attracted, no doubt, by
odor from the animals, but they soon drop
dead by intensified heat. Fleas burrowing
in hair, straw, or sacks, are killed off rapidly.
But the most singular of all is the malady to
which men are incident after being exposed
short time to the burning sands and a verti-
cal sun in this arid and life-forsaken region.
1t is called ragic-and is kind of brain fe-
yer. The stricken traveller is delighted,
amused, and made extensively happy by ex-
hibitions of fantastic forms. He sees mir
ages, palm trees, groups of tents, sheeny
mountains, sparkling cascades, and misty
forms dancing DELIGHTFULLY."- before his en-
tranced vision. From all that can be gathered
upon the subject it appears that certain con-
diton Of atmosphere. wholly free from mois-
ture, with intense solar heat, produces effects
on the brain very similar to hasheesh. Both
exalt the nervous system, and speedily de-
stroy all desire to exist, deprived Of the nat
ural excitation of the brain.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-20
Utilizing cider POmace.

We have found it pays well to feed pomace
to stock, which usually eat it greedily. If
placed in layers six inches thick, with twelve
or fifteen inches of hay or straw between the
layers, it will not ferment, but will keep in
good condition until fed out, provided it is
kept from freezing. Cattle, sheep or horses
will eat straw rapidly, if it has been used to
dry pomacc, and frequently improve in con-
dition. even if fed nothing but the straw and
pomace. A neighbor once stated to US that
the owner OF a cider mill near his fathers
farm in Lyme. Conn.,, always filled thirty
or forty foot barn full of straw and pomace,
on which he wintered a large flock of sheep,
bought up in the fall for this purpose, and
sold them fat after shearing in the spring.
He allowed the sheep to eat all the pomace
and straw they would. and in SO large mass
it kept secure from freezing, except at the
outer edges, so that it was always fresh and
soft when fed. In making cider with the
now common hand-mills, we have usually
pressed about one bushel of apples at each
time, and the resulting cheese will usually
last horse one day, with hay or straw in ad-
dition. This feed makes the horses coat
silky, and makes him lively when driven.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-20
Won't Give up the Flag.

State Librarian Conner, of Indiana, isn't
as ready to give up that Texas flag as the
Colonel OF the regiment which captured it.
He remarks: ''Being custodian OF the rebel
flag which the governor of Texas desires re-
turned, simply have to say that while haye
control of it it will remain in the State
library. 1t is trophy of the heroism of my
comrades of Indiana, both living and dead,
and if the Governor of Texas cannot be 'paci-
fed without its return, he and his soldiers of
the 'lost cause will have to 60 unpacitied. If
Col. Vail, of Gibson county, desires its re-
turn, as understand he does, propose to
stand between his desires and the honor of
his soldiers so long as occupy the position l
now do. As guide to the course of the
Governor of Texas and Gen. Terry's rebels,
refer them to Hebrews xii, t."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-20
THIkTEEN INCHES OF BABY.
A Mite that Only Weighs one Pound and
Ten Ounces.
IN. Y. WOrld.]


James Collins, Il hack-driver, lives with bis
wife and mother-in-law on the top floor Of
the tenement house on Thompson street, just
below Spring. A very unusual event was re-
ported from Mr. Collins room yesterday, and
making an inquiry concerning it, the reporter
asked of Mrs. Collins mother:
Have you any objections to showing me
the paper p
''Lord, sir, no. Walk right in" AS she
said this, Mrs.. Konig, the grandmother of
the baby, moved her rocking chair around a
little and began to unroll large bundle of
cotton batting which she held in her lap
II hope there is no danger" said the World
reporter Twill it break
This was natural question, but nobody
saw fit to answer it; and while the grand
mother rocked herself and nimbly unrolled
the cotton batting the reporter glanced over
the apartment It was not much to glance
over TEree-quarters of it was taken up by
a bed in which lay Mrs. Collins, plump,
pretty, black-eyed woman of five and twenty,
who giggled and said she didn't know how it
came to be ''such little One."
''How much does it weigh?' inquired the
reporter, as the grandmother continued
rapidly unrolling the cotton batting.
Zone pound and ten ounces, sir; and she
is just thirteen inches long when we pull her
out straight
The grandmother tirelessly rocked and un-
rolled. The reporter never suspected that
the cotton batting had baby at the core,
and his next question was ''Where is it ?"
''In here" said the grandmother.
''Dear me-" said the reporter; II didn' t
know it was dead
''It isn't said the laconic grandmother.
The reporter was ashamed of himself, and
asked: ''What color is t?'
''Red," said the grandmother. "Look for
yourself"
The midget lay unrolled. No wonder it
Was red. The centripetal force provoked in
it by the nimble grandmother must have sent
its comprehensive blood Whirling to the sur
face. 1t looked like the stunted offspring Ot
liliputian. Its head was about the size Ut a
hens egg and covered with thick crop of
black hair. AS her grandmother had said,
the baby was all red. She was attired in d
bib, which exposed her legs and arms and
neck, all of a size, and about as large around
as the drumstick of turkey after dinner.
Still the little Collins had strength to cnrl her
toes and 10 put her arms above her head,
though she could not open her eyes. The
reporter laid finger on the child and found
the skin of normal temperature. When he
had done looking the grandmother rolled her
up again.
This remarkable child eats teaspoonful
of milk and water and sugar three times a
day, and can cry Justify when it is hungry.
The doctor thinks he will bringit up. tits five
months and eighteen days child, and is the
first Mrs. Collins has ever had. The mother
is an American of German descent, and the
father is IN Irishman Mrs. Collins is doing
well-as could he expected.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-20
Had no idea Of Business.
From the Danbury News

From the Danbury News.]
A reporter on the local edition of the Dan
bury Ne,os went to see the young lady he is
keeping company with Sunday evening
She met him at the door with colorless
face.
"Oh, Tom ?" she cried, in an agitated tone
1--WE have had such scare! Ma was coming
down stairs and she caught her foot in the
carpet and went the whole length-'
''Hold on" shouted the excited youth, div.
ing nervously into his hip pocket for his note.
book, while he whipped out a pencil from an
other recess. "Now go on 60 on, Matilda
go on, but be calm! For heavens sake, be
calm! Kill her?'
''Gracious, no!'
''Break her back! Crush her skull? BE
calm, be calm For the sake of science be
calm!"
"Wby, Tom," gasped the girl, frightened
by his impetuosity, ''lt wasn't serious. 1t
WAS
Wasn't serious ?" he gasped, in turn. 'Do
you mean to say she didn't break anything
after nll that fuss p
why, certainly not. She never hurt her
self Bit"
"Will." calculated the young man, with
an expression Of disgust on his face, as he
sadly restored the book and pencil to their
places ''that's all a woman knows about bus
iness." -.-..