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Fighting for a Homo. ).

A woodpecker's hole is such Q very
convenient place for nest, that many
other birds are glad to find one unoc-
cupied. Sometimes q pair of .wrens
will watch the motions OF the wood
peckers while they are at work, until
an unfinished hole Is left unguarded,
when they will take possession or 1t.
AS soon as the lawful owners return.
the thieves are driven off. but they are
so persistent and troublesome that, al
though q woodpecker ,is larRer,and
stronger than twenty wrens, the own
ers sometimes abandon the place and
make new nest. Still, the wrens are
not always allowed to keep the house
they have stolen, for the blue-bf are
equally covetous Of 1t, and sometimes
fight fiercely with the wrens IN their
attempts to gain possession of It,. Oc-
castonally both .wrens, and blue-birds
are driven away by the martins, for
these birds also prize awoodpeekers'
holes very highly. The fierce battles
between these various birds fov0r an
abandoned hole are verv amusipg, and
often last several days; for they are all
very obstinate birdS, and m' ea6hncne is
determined not to give UP, ), the matter
is not very easily settled.4H0f. W.
X, Brooke, ST. ~ yssssy
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Earthquake Waves.

From the Ban Francisco Call. ,,f t
Z Professor George Davidson has made
q communication to the Academy OF
Sciences on earthquake waves ct Fort
Point, phenomena caused. It Is sup
posed, by the earthquake wave record
cd In 1854, ~ this has been. at Fort
Point on the 23d Of December. The
discussion of that earthquake wave
took place, from the records at Fort
Point, before we knew Of the earth
quake In Japan the average osciiia-
lions at Fort Point were fhirty-five
minutes. The Average height or the
fFst set Of waves was As. 100 Of 4 foot.
Reading from the, official report of
these occurrences, Professor Davidson
stated that the differences Of time be.
tween the wave ct 6alnOda, In Japan,
and the observations at San Francisco
was l2 hours and 50 minutes. The
wave therefore travelled at the rate Of
868 miles per hour, or Smiles per min
uoes Another account gave tho inter.
val at IL hours and 18 minutes, or $40
miles per hour, or 6.2 miles per min.
ute. AT San Diego the observation
was l8 hour and 30 minutes, or 355
miles per hour, The rate Of motion
from Ito 6.2 miles per minute, and the
duration Of an ossillation, IS minutes
at 6an Francisco, and 81 minutes at
San Diego, gave for the length OF the
wave on the San Fran cisco path 210 to
III miles, and on the San Diego path
from 106 to 1872 miles. A wave Of 210
miles would move with q velocity Of 8
miles pei. minute In depth 2230 faith
oms and one OF 2l7 miles would
move with . velocity Of 6.2 miles per
minute I'm 2500 fhthoms. The corres-
ponding depth on the San Diego path
IL 200 fhthoms. Curiously enough,
within the last two years we have had
confirmation Of this a. the actual depth
fr0m the reenroheo OF Commander
Belkpap Of the TuscarorA- M
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Georgian LONELINESS.
From the Cornhill Magazine.

Every one has heard of the Georgian
beauties, who, In the estimation o.
Turkish importers, ,rivaled or surpassed
those Of Circassia itself. Among them
great many handsome and even
some beautiful faces may certainly be
seen, regular and finely-chiseled fea.
| tures, Q clear complexion, large and
liquid eyes, an erect carriage, In which
there Is q good deal Of dignity as well
As OF v0luptuousness. To taste, how.
ever formed upon Western models,
mere beauty. OF features and figure,
without expression, is not very inter
esting, and those faces have seldom
any expression. They want even the
vivacity which, In the parallel case of
the women Of Andalusia, partly re-
deems the absence Of intelligence
They are admirable as pieces OF Ma
lures handiwork, but not charmin
A Turk may think them perfection |;
but It may be doubted whether any
one who has seen the ladies Of Cork
or Baltimore would take much plea
sure In their society. However. this
is q point on which people will dis
agree to the end Of time and those who
hold that tits enough to look at beauty
without feeling inclined to talk to her,
need not go beyond Georgia to find ali
they can wish. IT must be remeim-
bered. however, that this lovcliness is
rather fieetihg. Toward middle life
the complexion Is apt to become sallow,
and the nose and chin rather too
prominent, while the vacuity Of look
remains. One is told that the women
are, as indeed the whole nation Is, al
most uneducated, with nothing but the
pettiest personal interests to fill their
thoughts or animate their lives. The
men are sufficiently good-loOking and
pleasing In manner, with, perhaps, q
shade Of effeminacy In their coun-
tenances-at least those Of the lowland.
They do not strike one ~ Q strong
race, either physically O: otherwise,
with any future before It; nor have
they ever produced o great man, or
done anything considerable In history,
although they have had civilization
and Christianity, after q sort, ever
since the third or fourth century of
our era. They belong. of course, to
the Orthodox Eastern Church, and are
now in full communion with the
Church of Russia, of which, indeed,
they may he said to be q branch, though
their liturgy differs q little In some
points. During the earlier middle
ages Isuspect that they wereinfiuenced
by heterOdox Armenia, then by Con-
stantinople; and their ecclesiastical
alphabet, Is taken from the Armenian.
or their number It Is difficult to form
AN estimate; 1t can hardly Exceed
500. 900 souls, and may be considerably
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Dry Weather Farming

From the San Francisco Bulletin. A, ,ca~
A lot of 10, 900 sheep were offered a
few days since In one Of the b0(ithern
counties Of this State, for, ,fyel cents a
head. There was neither grass nor
water, and the sheep were not strong
enough to drive, any distance. /, This
instance is only one or maryof the
came kind occurring insoutheinecuu
ties. Within Q few, days one. land
owner In Kern county was off6r3f Ss'.
600 for sufficient pasturage TO carry g.
600 head of cattle about three months.
The pasture was alfalfa, growfnk Where
there would have been no native 9rass-
es IN such year as this. There have
been scores or incidents ia this State
during the present year where owners
OF large herds OF American cattle and
Hooks 81 sheep well guarded, were will
Ing to give half of these herds sand
nocks to any one who would carry
them over until the next sessson when
grass should come. 9 And all the. ;tule
lands this year not under cultivation,
have either been leased for p6sture or
are occupied by the owners. A large
AREA Of these lands are cultivated this
year without levees, the water In the
rivers and sloughs being low enough
to give clear ground surface. TON
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sIm goin' 70 quit this airthiy scene;
Il Ain't NO place for me 70 stay
In such world q Z s to-day.
Srch works and ways d too much for me,
The g!rlss bounced from top to toe,
And that's the hull o what they know.
The men is mad on bonds and stocks.
r% ,s.1 .s,S en- ;nSotin S I! an P!Sfin Locks
Ef Aain't laid on my nnal SHELF
There Amt crctur but knows to-day
l never was lunstic any way.
bus since crazy folks all 70 free
I'm dreadful afraid they'll hang up mel
There's another thing that's pesky hard
can't 70 into neighbor's yard
10 say How be your or borry apin,
But what the paper III haveit In:
Took dinner Tuesday with Mrs. Keeno'
Or. Our worthy friend Mrs. Greene's gone
Down 70 Barkhamstead 10 see her son.
Great Jerusaleml cant stir
Without a-raisin' some feller's fur?
There aio't no privacy, 20 70 say,
No more than II this was Judgment Day.
And a. for msetin'-I want TO swear
why. even .olS Hundred : spiisd pn1 and done,
Like everything elne under the sun:
used 70 be 20 solemn and slow,
Praise TO the Lord nom men below
High dfddle diddle there and here
No respect TO the Lord above,
No more'n Of He was hand and glove
With all the creatures no ever made,
And all the figs that ever was played.
Preachin' too-but here I'm dumb
But i tell You what I'd like Il some
IL good old Parson Nathan Strong
Out o his grave would come along,
An give us o stirrin' taste % IRE
Judgment an justice q my desire.
IT aint all love an sickish sweet
That makes this world or 4 other complete.
But lawi I'm oldi I'd better be dead
When the world g turnin' over my head;
Sperits talkin' like tarnsl fools,
Bibles kicked out % deestrict schools,
Grassy creturs a-murderin' round
Honest folks better be under the ground.
So fare-ye-welli this airthly scene
No more III be pestered by Widder 0reeDs.s
~ -Baltimore Sur
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travelled 1900 miles through . desert
country TO enjoy our religion; and
why shouldn't we do it?"
"Do you consider that you are
6rs;asing = A. United States law In prac-
,vSss q sfsS Rs sys the RFsSRss ssSssr Css Css.
Of New Hampshire had : Siil passed
two wives. This was to kill polygamy.
courts and killed Senator Cragin by
deciding that Ann Eliza wasn't Q
wife, but only mistress. In fact,
lawful to do what the the courts decide
can't be done. The fact is,n continued
the prophet, ''nothing can ever pre-
vent q man living with as many
women as he likes. II they want to
come and live with him, they win
come, and no law can prevent It,"
"Then you think polygamy will 60
Certainly. My people are honest,
thrifty, sober, Industrious, and relig-
i0us. The Lord has blessed us from
the commencement. Persecution has
only kept US together. No calamity
could hurt US except to he let alone. II
we were left severely alone, internal
dissensions might divide US up. But
as long as we are prosecuted, we will
continue to thrive"
In my minglings with the Mormons
/ find that polygamy Is becoming AN
popular with the educated class Of
Mormons. Brigham's youngest daugh-
ters say they will not marry a man
who has two wives. and the same with
Hyrum Clawsen's daughters. Wealth
and culture will kill polygamy II
nothing else will. If the second wives
are mislresses, as has been decided by
the courts, and their children illegiti-
mate, preventing the inheritance Of
you can see that this is the
rock on which Mormonism will event.
ually founder. ELI PERKINS.
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A very young miss thus addressed
her paternal ancestor at the breakfast
table on Sunday morning; 20 Poppy, 1
want 10 new b at and pair O ofnew shoes. y
"I s'pose 90. What don't you want?''
remarked the paternal. 'sWell.D an
swered the quick-witted little miss, "l
don't want any trousers. y .,og,. 80
A Frenchman, having heard the
word press made use OF to signify per
suasion, as "Press that gentleman to
take something to eat. y took occasion
ct Q party to use term which he
thought synonymous, and begged .
friend to squeeze a young lady to sing.
ha'I never saw such restless child i'
exclaimed the mother ~ she tried to
f1t the 10y with o new Jacket. The
little fellow grew quiet and thought
ful for moment, and then suddenly
exclaimed: II know why I'm 20, ma
the day God made me ] guess the
dust was a-fiying awful" 4.
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COME LET Us REASON TOGETHER.

SOME LEI 10 nEASON AOoEIhEn'
DOES 1T PAY, to have scores of work.
ing men poor, ragged, and financially
ruined, In order that one sal0On-keeper
may be dressed In broad cloth and
flush Of money? il ~ sins + 30
DOES 1T PAY, to have fifty working
men livecn bone-soup and half rations,
In order that one saloOn-keeper may
flourish on roast turkey and cham
paigne? 4 usfr sl.ei4l .a IA
DOES IT PAY, to have the mothers
and children Of twenty families dress
ed In rags, starved into the semblance
of emaciated scare-crows, and living in
novels, in order that the saloon keep
er's wife may dress In satin, and her
children grow fat and hearty and live
In q bay-window parlOr?1 ut got.s :
DOES 1T PAY, to have citizen in
jail to be supported at the public ex-
pense, because another citizen sells
him liquor? sle y,la~iapai
DOES 1T PAY, to have one citizen
supported by the tax payers of the
county, In the Lunatic Asylum, be-
cause another citizen makes him crazy
by selling him liquor? Of uu
DOES 1T PAY, to arrest, try, convict
buu puulbu y llhh ~ - CODU VI OuOu-
sands Of dollars to the tax payers of
the county, because another man sold
him liquor, under the influence of
which he committed murder?
DOES IT PAY, to have ten of our
turned into vagabonds and criminals
by selling them liquor? 't
I'm a H<Np ~
allow John Doe to sell Richard Roe
whiskey. and then spepd thousands of
dollars Of the tax payers money, in
committed, while crazed by the whis-
key? -,'.n.a r.l .
DOES 1T PAY, to have one thousand
turned into hells of discord and misery,
dealer may amass large fortune?
the penitentiaries, and prisons, and
hospitals. 1000 in the lunatic asylum,
and 10, 900 men, women, and children
the honest, industrious tax payers, in
order that q few capitalists may grow
richer by the manufacture and sale Of
whiskey? -
DOES 1T PAY, to permit the existence
of traffic, which only results In crime,
poverty, misery and death, and which
never did, never does, never can, and
never will do any good?.i
1T NEVER PAYS 10 DO WRONa; your
sin will And you out; whether Others
find It out or not, the sin knows where
you are and Will always keep you
posted of that fact. II does not pay
Flint Journal. gcyu,.... trrfs 80
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see men of good character, backed by
the Legislature Of the State, undertake
q lottery scheme for merit0rious OBJ
ject, and the result is utter and general
decentralization among all the parties
connected with 1t, and dishonesty
among Others. The result aimed ut
has not been attained, while great
moral damage has been done tO the
thousands who participated In II. After
Kentucky's experience other 6tates
and communities ehould beware OF
Licensing 2 crime for . good object--or
q bad one either.
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Another Mormon wife has been tell.
Ing her story; less theatric one than
Ann Eliza's, not, we should suppose,
from lack of material, but rather from
a reticence and the cold temper that
comes with age. This wife is the law
full one Of Orson Pratt, one of the chief
men of the Mormon hierarchy since
NauvoO, and now one Of the twelve
apostles of the church. She has done
a mighty work against Mormonism
In her own labors, by which, as she
tells correspondent OF the New York
Herald, she has brought up four sons
and two daughters, every one anti
Mormon the eldest son is now 80
years old. Mrs. Pratt's story is full OF
interest. Her husband she credits
with real and ingrained religious en-
thusiasm, and one of their sons de-
scribes him in that character.
held by Brigham Young in q state of
extreme and disgraceful bondage ;
kept almost constantly out Of the
country as missionary for fear of q
sudden illumination which might
make him impracticable, and paid the
most meager salary for his service as
instructor in science and az church
historian. We may add here that un-
doubtedly Orson Pratt is q man of
sufficient ability to have made q real
mark in the real world II he had not
been captured by this vile delusion.
His treatise on Cubic and Bi-quadratic
Equations" Is by no means an insig-
nificapt contribution to working
mathematics. To recur to Mrs. Pratt's
story, we need only say that she ex-
presses q conviction, but does not pre-
tend to have any knowledge, that the
Mountain Meadow massacre was plan-
ned and ordered by Brigham Young |;
that she describes the state of feeling
In southern Utah at that time as thor
oughly fanatical on the snbject Of the
immolation Of Gentiles who passed
that way that she pictures strongly
the miseries of polygamy, and most
interests the reader of hef tale In the
way in which she taught her children
q better gospel than the Mormon SUD
plement. There Is certainly no mother
who can imagine herself ip the place
of Mrs. Pratt, the wife of . fanatic,
chief priest OF corrupt and murderous
religion, and with the souls Of her
children weighing on her soul ,--who
will not thrill with sympathy in read
ing OF her secret, tuition. Many q
night y she said, "when my children
were young and also when they had
grown up so as to be companions to
me, i have closed this very room where
we are sitting, locked the door, pulled
down the window curtains, put out all
but one candle on the table, gathered
my boys close around my chair and
talked to them In whispers Tor fear
that what I said would be overheard.
This was no idle apprehension. Spies,
then, were on the track Of every sus-
pected household. There were nights
when nom two. to four men used to
gather around this dwelling, leaning
with their ears against the lpanes TO
hear some word which might warrant
them In entering and, erasing all our
lives.u '>n,'' ~
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FOR THE CHILDREN.
~ a.r-r~7frR ~
The BOY That Laughs.

i know funny little boy,
The happiest ever born;
'ltis face u like beam Of Joy, y..r.y-y-
Although his clothes are torn. W.
saw him tumble on his nose,
But %. he i.SsasdI df'i1; u you suppose
He struck his funny bonef
There's sunahine In each word he. speaks.
His laugh is something grand;
Its rpples 0yerrun his cheeks,
Like waves On snowy sad. lR ~
He laughs the moment he awakes,
And till the day II done;
The school room for q joke he takes,
His lessons are but fun. ~.
No matter how the day mays 80
You cannot make him cry; r.,.
He's worth . dozen boys know,
Who pout, and NOPE, and sigh.
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,Atlast something like justice Ia to be
n,,s's. done e TIE a. IN smes%cry s2y q Stephen Al
bin apprpPriating $4,000 to finish the
Douglas Monument haa passed both
houses q the Legislature d she State.
The demand !Ot pa~ports at bur State
DeRartmcnt indicates that foreign trav-
81 tnls season Will be largely In excess
OF oIprevious years. Compared with last
year the number Issued b date shows
an excess Of 1000. a9a 4sg, IS
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A woman who has tried the expert
ment tays: when q man finds q
place that Is pleasanter 70 him than
his own home, his wife should put two
Jumps OF sugar In his coffee, and dou-
bic the quantity Of sunshine IN the
front room" i,.
A good suggestion IL like q CRYING
baby at concert: Il ought TO be oar
ried cut. -"
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The Young Merchants.

Two country lads came at an early
hour to market town, and arranging
their little stands, sat down W. wait
for customers. One was furnished
with fruit and vegetables Of the boys
own cultivation, and the other
supplied with Holsters and fish.
The market hours passed along, and
each little merchant saw with pleasure
his stores steadily, decreasing, and
equivalent In silver shining in His lit
tie m0ney-cup. The last melon lay on
Harry's stand, when gentleman came
by, and placing his hand upon 1T, said,
What fine large melon. \ What do
you ask for It my boy?'
The melon Is the last have, SIR;
and though 1t looks very fair, there Is
an unsound spot In IT, said the boy,
turning 1t over. l. H. sfiHnN %
so there is,' said the man; I think /
will not take 1t. Butt he added, look
Ing into the boys fine open counten-
ance, is 1t very business-like to point
out the defects of your fruits to GUS
1T il better than being dishonest,
sir said the boy modestly. a.
you are right, little fellow, always
remember that principle, and, you will
uuu I6VOT WII0 CfOO anu Iu6u also.
shall remember your little stand In
future. Are those lobsten fresh?' he
continued turning TO Ben Wilson's
stand. .Trl 'Sfsr3s ~ gii1E o.
Yes, sir; fresh this morning.
caught them myself was the reply,
and a purchase being made thegentle-
man went away. ...,,.sf
Harry. what fool you was to show
the gentleman that spot In the melon.
Now you can, take It home for your
pains, or throw II away How much
wiser is he about these HOLSTERS /
caught yesterday? Sold them for the
same price did tile fresh fonesr. VIE
would never have looked ut the melon
until he had gone away.
40 Ben, would not tell q lie, oroA act
one either, for twice what I have earned
this morning. Besides, 1 shall be bet
ter off in the end, for have gained
customer, and you have lost one.''
Most boys are handsome n Why
don't they grow up handsome? Is II
hard work, and poverty, and rum and
tobacco, and selfishness and pride and
vanity, and all the other and foolish
propensities and bad habits which 80
play the deuce with their good looks:
: Warrington.
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In most places "a stones throw"
"fiye minutes walk, uetc., are used for
measures for short distances. In Du-
buque, however, they speak Of q place
as being within the bawl of q mule" I"
The "convict cut" is all the rage.
The ladies look at their "lovey's" hair
and sigh, wishing that fashion would
dictate thus to them. But how they
would lookI ~
"A little girl recently went out to make
call. AS she arose to g0she exclaim.
ed; "Oh / forgot! I want to see all your
new spring dresses and things. They'll
ask me about 'em the first thing when
ket home.u She was fnrnished with
TIE required details. f
YsWhen should / war this dress?''
aSlked . lady of Worth the Paris man.
n3illlner. "It 10 too bigh for evening,
too airy for . promenade, andnot light
enough for dinner" Madame" re-
piled Worth, II made this dress to be
worn between and O'Clock; not Q mo.
ment before, and not minute after" "
There had been . discussion about the
cut OF q dress, and she was wrathy. It's
|af veryweI1, she poutei, "f0t you to
Eex xpect woman 70 be On angel; but I'd
have you know sir, that wouldn't be
even an angel unless my wings were
cut goringl There now" -
.God bless dear papa and mamma !;
and o, dear Lord, please make us very
Stylish" was the prayer Of little
New York girl whose parents were
fashionable sM
"I'm afraid you'll be late at the party, -
said an old lady to her granddaughter,
who replied: "Qh, you dear grand
mother, don't you know that In our
fashionable set nobody ever goes to a
party till everybody gets there ?" o
The Orieutals are very trusting to
each other. fare you not afraid to go
away from your shop without locking
it?n traveller asked an Egyptian.
o no,v answered the man co0lly,
there is not q Christian within three
miles. |" fef an ~
A young girl was presented to James
I. - m English prodigy, because her
learning was 20 profound, I'm addi-
tiOntO her varied literary Attainments,"
said the person who Introduced her,
"I can assure your majesty that she
can both speak and write Latin, Greek
and Hebrew "These are rare attain
ments.U . said the king; "but, pray tell
me, can she spin?"
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"But the MOrmOn6 are armed Z"
'.Yes, our people are pioneers. They
are all armed. 1supp0se there are 300,-
600 guns among our people; for every
pioneer thinks he needs gun as much
as woman needs hoop skirt. Be-
cause we are Mormons we are none
the less citizens Of the United States.
It Is just as much our duty to drill and
keep up our militia, and we feel as
much patriotism in our drilling and
organizing a. the New Englanders do.
IL the Seventh Regiment Is patriotic,
Es0 are our people. When you have
your division parades In New York,
suppose some fool OF newspaper cor
respondent should telegraph to Presi-
dent Hayes that the New Workers.
were drilling and arming, and then all
the newspapers should make hulla-
,balo0 abodtit, as the Herald has about
our boys training? Does not the Con.
stitution make 1t lawful for every citi-
zen to bear armsP Are we Mormons
in the Union or out OF ~" aud the
prophet grew eloquent with patriotic
"When will Utah become q State,
Mr.. Young2" I asked, changing the
"Nobody knows. We are large
enough now. We are twice as large
as Nebraska. Colorado, and Nevada
were; but they are afraid to make us
State" fpi ,iif~ ~
"Why?"
Because said the prophet, "the
Mormons would control the State.
We would elect our Governor, and
drive out all the gamblers and shut up
tha drin kiuO aalOOna The Qeute0l
Gambling shops, billiard saloons, and
drinking saloons are communicating
our people. They are protected now
by the United States Courts"
"If Utah were Q State you would
legalize polypmy" remarked en-
quiringly.
own religious and social affairs. We