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Animal Intelligence illustrated.

A reliable exchange relates a mar
velous dog story. Not long ago Phila-
delphia lady, while doingher marketing
one morning, received the gift OF q
chicken from a friend whom she met:
On returning home she took the fewl
from the basket and gave it to the cook,
remarkina, II wish I had another
chicken; it takes at least two to make a
dinner" Thereupon the family Dog,
which had been stretched upon tho
window-siil. jumped out OF the window
as if something had attracted him. The
dog staid away about lalf IN hour, ana
came back with chicken IN his mouth,
laid the burden down, and retreated TO
his usual seat on the window-silE The
chicken was yet warm, though dead;
the dog had seized it by the throat. 1t
was not known whose poultry-yard had
suffered.
From Portland, Maine, comes n cat
story which compares favorably with
the above. In = village not far from
Portland is a quiet family. consisting OF
an aged gentleman, his housekeeper and
their faithful old cat. Family prayers
are regular exercise every evening in
this household, and the cat fell into
the habit of purctual attendance.
Nothing was allowed to interfere with
tbs duty. At the signal for prayers she
would even leave mouse half caught.
or give a doomed bird longer lease OF
existence, and decorously compose her
self in the lap of the housekeeper, with
an air of attention to the service that
was highly cdifying. At the final
Amen" she went friskily about her
business. But in an evil day there came
a kitten that was deemed supertluous,
and sentence OF death was passed upon
it. The head of the family undertook
the execution of the sentence, and un:
known to him the cat WAS witness OF
the scene. From that day the cat re;
fused to attend the evening service, and
cannot now be induced to listen to the
PRAYERS of one who had so shocked her
sensibilities. She faithfully performs
all other duties as before. and sociably
purrs for the family on all secular oc-
casions, but utterly refuses to Join in any
devotional exel lcises.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

No slouch-A high hat.
Germany is now overrun with beg
gars. .a
Girls, Naomi was fve hundred and
eighty years old when she was married.
The cook who undertakes to pluck a
/ turkey must make a clean breast Of it.
I-Rcayslae.
A game OF euchre between the seasons
! Spring passes, summer makes 1t next,
autumn orders it up and winter runslthe
game out. ~ SSstE. {;
A land flowing with milk and honey
may be very rich, but it ought to make
things quite damp, and uncomfortable
for farmers.-ptcayttne. !. ~
".That baby. / admit, is as good as
, wheat" remarked fond parept the
other day. "but like wheat it has to be-
threshed. Wheeling Leader. ~
There is still outstanding S3i ,0O0, 600
of called United States government
/ bonds upon which interest has ceased
since the seventeenth of July last.
Mr.. Soule Of illinois, has, it is claimed,
! 2OO,O09 dozen frogs of all ages on an
acre and quarter of land, which he is
breeding for the Chicago and Cincinnati
market. la's
John Bright declares that If he was .
teacher in school he would make IL "a
very impor tant part Of his business" tx
| impress every boy and girl with the
duty of being kind to al animals:
I clasped her tiny hand in mine; !
vowed to shield her from the wind. and
from the worlds cold storms. She set
her beauteous eye on me. and with her
; little lips said: IAN umbrella will do
as we'll" F.ia.
"Many handkerchief Irritation on
! the street has caused runaway" says
an exchange. and the Norristown Herald
remarks that "the runaways are often
brought to sudden stop by an alter
and bridal" .
Professor Sheldon in his new work
on dairy farming, assumes that $50 ,OOO.-
600 gallons of milk are annually made
into cheese in England and 100000, 600
gallons to butter. The quantity OF the
| former product made is l26, 900 tons and
of the latter S0,285 tons.
The three greatest natural wonders OF
the American continent-perhaps we
may safely say the three grandest on
earth-are all comprised within the
| United States. They are the Yosemite
| valley, the region about the lieadwaters
of the Yellowstone river. and Niagara
, Falls. [a
Alexis St. Martin, whose stomach was
blown open by /, charge OF buck-sbot
fifty-eight years ago. furnishing an 0p:
I portunity for the doctors TO learn all
] about gastric digestion. is still hale and
t hearty Mt the age Of eighty-seven. and
the oriice in his stomach is still open.
; He lives Mt St. Thomas, Canada.
In sterile tract of country between
! Dar-es .Salaam and Nys wasswa the ele-
plants attached to the Belgian elephant
expedition marched uninterruptedly
without food for forty-two hours and
without water for thirty-five hours.
each animal carrying at the time bur.
| dens weighing twelve hundred weight
LINES ON A POPULAR ARTICLE.
; Open and shut, .'1sl ~ sa,ss,. -
Fen from the rise to the setting Of the snn.
Open and shut, E'-'.t ~
! Open and shut,
g; And never a single bit OF fun.
Open and shut,
Open and shut,
With never fond smiles Of Joy or tean.
Open and shut,
Open and shut, 7t
Oh, this is the life OF a pair Of shears.
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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. G. BENET.

man was at the same age, as I hcerd
Mis- Tracy say arterward.
mis- Tracy looked at the child and
then at its mother, layin' roll of bills
on Jenny's knee.
"A proud, almost angry, look came
into Jenny's eyes. She handed 'em
back, sayin': =.
"'l can't accept charity from you. D."
"Miss Tracy made motion tew 60
on, and then stopped, sayin':
"If my son has wronged you, Jenny,
it is not charity"
"Your son has not wrongcd me,
madame
miss Tracy passed on, Though l
minded that she kept her eyes on the
child so long as it was in sight.
mot long arterward Squire Tracy
dropped down in the street in a fit of
apperplexv, and died afore mornin.'
Mis- Tracy had the body put in the
tomb, telegraphin' fur Norman tew come
home immejetly.
Il sha'n't never forget the day he
come. Jenny was at the winder when
he rode by. She never said word, but
| took notice that her cheeks was as red
as the June roses that was CROWN out
side.
mot more'n ten minutes arter, Il
neighbor rushes in, sayin' that he'd been
throwed from the kerriage ontew heap
of stuns, an taken up fur dead.
"Snatchin' up her child, Jenny ran
out inter the street, an | follered. She
made straight bee-line fur the squire's,
where great crowd had collected-up
the steps, through the hall, upstairs
tew where the dyin' man lay.
GAS she bent over him. he opened his
eyes, an smiled rs he saw her.
"tJenny-my wife! my child
Mother, for my sake, be kind to them!
"These were the last words that Nor
man Tracy ever spoke.
"Whcn Jenny SAW he was gone, she
gave sharp cry an fell tew tha floor.
An when they loosened her dress. tew
try tew bring her tew. they found her
marriage certificate, close to her heart,
where she alters kept it.
"The tather an son was buried on
the same day, an a sadder house an
funeral | never went tew,
"Howsumever, Jenny was righted at
last. an them made ashamed who had
looked down on her, an who now re-
pented of their harsh judgment.
II needn't tell you that Jenny
now Mrs. Norman Tracy-never left
the house which she had the best of all
rights tew be in. Old Mrs. Tracy never
forgot her sons dyin' words. She was
rs kind to Jenny as an own mother
could be, and as for George, her grand
son, she fairly worshiped him, an does
tew this day.
"The three live very happy together
in the big house on the hill, an from
which nobody that's sick or in trouble
is ever turned away uncontrolled or
empty-handed.- Grace Halpiasc.
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The Pumpkin.


Oh! greenly and fair in the lands OF the sun
The vines OF the gourd and the rich melon
run,
And the rock and the tree and the cottage
enfold,
With broad leaves all sreenness and blossoms
all gold.
Like that which o'cr Ninevah's prophet once
grew
While he waited to know that his warning
was true,
And longed tor the storm cloud, and listened
in vain
For the rush OF the whirlwind and red fire OF
rain.
On the banks of Xerid the dark Spanish
maiden
Comes up with the fruit OF the tangled vine
laden;
And the Creole Of Cuba laughs out to behold
Through orange leaves shining the Nr"hl
spheres of gold;
Yet with dearer delight, from his home in the
North,
On the fields OF his harvest the Yankee looks
forth.
Where crooknecks are coiling and yellow
fruit shines
And the sun of September melts down on his
All. on Thanksgiving day, when from east
and from west,
From north and from south, come the pilgrim
and guest;
When the gray haired New Englander sees
round his board
The old broken links OF affection restored;
When tho care-wearied man seeks his mother
once more,
And he worn matron smiles where the girl
smiled before;
What moistens the lip and what brightens the
eye,
What calls lack the past Like rich pumpkin
a. pie!
Oh! fruit loved OF boyhoood! the old days
recalling,
When the wood grapes were purping, and
brown nuts were falling;
When wild, ugly faces we carved in its skin,
Glaring out through the dark, with candle
within;
When we laughed round the corn heap, with
hearts all in tune,
Our chair broad pumpkin, our lantern the
moon,
Telling tales of the fairy who travelled like
steam
In pumpkn-shell coach, with two rats for a
Then thanks for thy present! None sweeter
or better
Fer smoked from IN oven or circled platter.
Fair hands never wrought at pastry more fine,
Brighter Dyes never watched DER its baking
than thine;
And the prayer which my mouth is too full
to express
Swells my heart that thy shadow may never
grow less;
That the daysot thy lot may be heightened
. below
And the fame OF thy worth like the pumpkin
vine grow;
And thy life be as sweet, and its last sunset
sky
Golden tinted and fair as thy own pumpkin
John G. Whttier.
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well-modulated voice. She has been
extremely Industrious in her profession
She composes rapidly often, but correct
with great care, and frequently injure
her health-not robust by any means;
by her excessive application. She is 4
pronounced nationalist in belief, in most
respects wonderful woman, and surely
q prodigious intellect.
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suits. The plants need not be blanched
before storing, as old time gardeners be:
lieved. If properly stored they will
como out white, crisp, and tender to the
leaves. To have good celery, however.
it is, of course, needful THAT it be well
grown; no plan for storing can make
Amends for defective culture. - Ne'0
York Tribune.
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George Eliot's Work and Power.

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Chronicle SAYS of this wonderful woman:
Her poetry-she has issued six volumes
- has not been liked, nor does it deserv
to be liked in any measure with he
novels. Still, she prefers her poetry, and
would rather be ranked as poet than a
fictionist. Her entire earnings have
been about $3.50, 900, and she could make
a contract any day for new story for
which she would be guaranteed 1000:
Her money-making power is not excelled
by that of any writer in Great Britain.
In her case genius has been rewarded.
George Eliot is one of the most learned
authors of her time. The amount of her
requirement is wonderful: She is lmls-
tress of French, German, Italian, Span
ish, Dutch, bas a tolerable acqualntanc,e;
with Romaic and Russian. is up in all
the sciences, is a critical Latin and Greek
cholar. an admirable historian, an arch
eologist, understands music, painting
and statuary, and is brilliant converse
tionalist. Beauty she has not, and moth
ing like it. Some persons count her very
plain, even homely; others no ID that she
has a we're interesting face. 10 me snc
is in no wise remarkable in appearance;
she does not look bit like genius
reniuses seldom do. She has gray eyes,
rather large features. abundant, hair
streaked with white, medium figure,
neither stout nor slender, and a pleasant
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The tusk that Cetywayo sent over to
England as a herald of peace. is seven
feet long and nearly three feet in circum-
ference at the big end. 1t was very
appropriate emblem of peace. If we
should gee a man coming at US with a
tusk like that. we'd 20 in for peace on
any terms. and pay the hall rent "o'lr-
selves. ."-Burlington HaUkeye.
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Be what nature intended you for and
YOU will succeed, say the wise men, but
il seems to take about twenty-five or
thirty years of the average mans lite
before he finds out what it was nature
intended him for.-Des Moines Register.
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Coming-Come.
How dreary are the crowded street

How dreary are the crowded streets
With not soul abroad!
How sunless Is the sunny sky!
No ire on hearth, no mirtb Of board!
How long the nights, how slow the day
Ny loves away! Ny loves away!
How gay the crowded city streets!
How cheerily shines the sun!
Dances the fire, and round the board
From lip to lip the greetings run!
No longer in the dumpsI roam
Ny loves come home! My loves come
home! -Ney York Trt6un.
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The dentist is an artist who must be
gin his profession by learning to draw
-Picaytl1le.
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We have seen celery we'll kept through
winter by simply burying an ordinary
flour barrel in the ground, mixing IN the
bottom about nine inches of thin mud,
placing the Celery uprightwith the balls
of roots in the mud, and covering over
with mound Of straw, leaves or
manure. The celery came out finely
bieached and without a sign of shriVel-
ing. Experience with many methods
has tSught us that this is one Of the
very best for small lots for family use.
We have also seen excellent results by
placing the barrel in q cool cellar. Of
course. the roots should be bedded in
the mud in this case as well, and l.; will
keep fresh for long time. In quantity
celery may be stored in trenches, say
two feet wide and of sufficient depth to
take in all except the leaves wh"n stand.
ing upright: The plants must lie packed
closely together, allowing a ball OF earth
to remain on the roots of each. Bank
up slightly on either side, cover about
two feet deep with leaves, and place
on this roof.like structure of
boards to ward off rain. Water
among celery plants during winter
is rs disadvantageous as during it's
growing season it is indispensable. Of
all materials for protecting the tops and
to keep out frost we have !ound leaves
best and corn fodder poorest. The lat
ter appears to possess some special at
traction for mice, and they will harbor
in it in preference to almost anything
else. As for location for storing away
celery, hillside in light sandy or grav-
ely soil is best. and the nearest approach
to this will give most satisfactory re-
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Oh. She kissed it, an from that mo-
ment began tew git better.
Her folks didn't none on 'em come
nigh her, an husband an me both said
she could have home with us as long
as she was mind tew stay.
"Sich commotion as it made in Bar
berry Green never see yit! The folks
in the village made all sorts of errands
Sto come in, SOS tew see Jenny Locke's
child
"a body would ha' thought thatshe'd
sunk tew the floor with shame, tew
meet all them pryin', curious eyes; she
was alters sich sensitive thing, color
ing tew the ears if man looked at her
harder than common. But she didn't
seem tew mind it one speck. but sot like
q marble statoo, an aim ost rs white,
holdin' her baby in her arms as if twas
the most nat'ral thing in the world tew
have it there.
"Of course they was all GURUS tew
know who's twas, though none on 'en
durst ask her outright, she had slch
cold, proud way with her. But they
didn't none on 'em get no satisfaction
with all their hints an spyin'. Ever
tew me, Jenny never mentioned 1t:
fathers name.
LAS soon as Jenny got strong enough
j.. she went to work sewin' ag'in. Sht
was so handy in maxim and tixin' ovel
that she found plenty tew do.
mis- Tracy took her sons absence
very hard her health was very poor, SO
heerd. AS fur the squire, folks said h
was more ca'tankerous an harder to ge
along with than ever. I didn't SCI
neither on 'em tew speak tew.
mis- Tracy never spoke to Jenny bu
once. It was the summer arter Norman
went off. Jenny an me sot oh thu
porch sewin' when I see her. comm
down the street.
"She sorter hesitated when sht
reached the gate and then opened it ane
walked in.
Il was settin' little back of Jenny
I looked at her, but there was not bi
OF change in her face 'cept that it might
be ieetle paler than common.
"Georgie, the baby, was ,playin' a
her feet. the very pictur' of what Nor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-17
Treatment of Crime and Criminals in
the Future.

Basing his opinion on what he re-
CARDS as the legitimate teaching of the
doctrine of heredity, writer in the
Journal of Science believes that the
criminal legislation of the future-un-
less dominated by those who pander to
crime will do something like this /:
The lineage and connections of every
offender, especially of every habitual
criminal, will be carefully scrutinized,
and all surviving members will be SUBJ
jected to an unobtrusive bul penetrat-
ing scrutiny. The younger members
of the race will be, as far as possible,
surrounded by such moral and religious
influences as will most effectually check
and counteract their probable inbred
tendency to crime. Courts of Justice,
he says, will have their criminal geneolo-
gists whose records will shed a new
and, most valuable light on not few
unsolved problems both of biology and
of mental science. It is TO be hoped
that, when "the future" comes, il will
be able to use such a power wisely and
without malice. But the author is
more radical still. Gas for the man,
he continues, "who has once formally
declared war against society, hosting,
so to speak, the black flag, care will be
taken that he shall neither repeat his
offense nor, after its commission, be-
come parent"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-17
Darwin's Fathers.

A gorilla from the west coast of Afri
ca is now lodged in the Crystal Palace,
London. The chimpanzee and the
orang-outang have arms that enable
them, with single stoop, to touch the
ground, while the arm of the gorilla is
not much out of proportion to a long
armed human being. In the form OF
the hand and fingers, too, it is more
like man, these being much shorter than
those of the other two. Most of all, its
ear is strikingly human, for it Is small
and beautifully formed, and, instead of
thin leathery flap jutting outward, is
set well to the head. 1t has also we'll
formed brow, and its dark brown eyes
are lighted up with an expression
which seems to speak of latent intelii-
gence. In profile it has the exact re-
semblance to little Guinea negro. the
blacklist of black; but, looked at full
faced, the almost total absence of a
nose, the fiat, open nostrils, the long
and powerful jaws and the vast cavity
which forms the mouth, rob it OF what
is suggestive of the human face di-
vine." When standing at It's full height
the gorilla may be about 2 feet, but If
il lives to be full grown 1t may attain
from 10 feet.
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20 Lady farewell Please send this
womsn's things to this Address q in the
city," and Carl handed Lulnp q !, card,
while he continued; Keep that DEATH
charm, but take from Il that deadly
poison. Keep it rs IA souvenir that
Capt. Carl repaid the service You did
his son." i.t.1 .i.,..r 4
Then turning to the guilty, trembling
woman, he said to her simply:
"Come!"
Without word, and with bowed head,
she followed him, and Lulu was left
alone in horror and grief. Thus her
father found her, and from her lips
heard the terrible story. He folded his
daughter in his arms in rapture at her
escape, while he said:
Il do believe her guilty now, Lulu,
for remember / believed she loved me
at first, yet her manner changed as soon
as met with financial misfortunes; and
it was evidently her intention to kill
You and marry Fred De Lancy, for she
frequently asked about his riches.
will order her trunks sent off at once.
I wonder what her band will do with
herr"
81 cannot tell, father"
"Then we will drive to their camp 20
morrow and have talk with Capt.
Carl, who seemsto be splendid fel.
low"
And the next day Lulu felt SO much
better that she drove to the gypsy en-
Ecampment with her father; but the
wanderers had Departed, and when they
returned again to the neighborhood, five
years after, Lulu was Mrs. Fred De
Lancy, and had little boy whom they
had named Carl, after the chief, who,
with his son, came to Sanford Hill to
visit them. 5uIla ysb ga aaL
The gypsy boy had grown into a
handsome man, and Capt. Carl's locks
were nearly white, and look of set
tied melancholy rested in his eyes.
When asked by Lulu and her hus.
band about Viola, he said, in low
stern voice: i9aa
She is dead, lady our tribe sen.
fenced her to die by her own hand, and
being a gypsy, she obeyed."
And Capt. Carl and his son wendell
their way back to their woodland en-.
campment, burying in their hearts bit.
| ter secret