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orisIn of the Piow.

In paper on the origin Of the plow, DIR.
Taylor states that the first agricultural im-
ulement seems TO have been . pointed stick
four or five feet long, such as many savage
Tribes still carry for the purpose Of digging
roots, knocking down fruits and uneathing
animals. At later day the stick was bent
and used Is . hoe, the point being hardened
by fire. In the southern part or Sweden
large tracts Of land give evidence of early
cultivation, which is attributed to aprehis-
toric people called by the natives s'the hack
ers.n who are always associated with the
giants Of mythology, and whose rude hoe
va Dir pole with short protecting branch
/ These came into use Afterwards larger m
.trument Of the same kind, which was moi
used like the hoe, but was dragged by mer
or oxen. Instances Of this kind are to .
\ found In old Egyptian pictures and bas-re
/ ns6s. and 4 Wa probably the primitive ide'
u the slow which y of pss-hissoric oriZin
a wilderness bsing found Otis early use anon
| he oreeka HsUptiAns and Chinese Il NJ
, | f,vm ~ earlisst time Religious sanction
: rhsusxs inpsossnnens ~ weeden boo
Il sl,od Vim hon, and In ths tins q yirxs
81 vteelsd pl6w .was IN use which differed y
lAa,sffoa - bsst y Europs = century -
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Love and schooima'an ms.

The Philadelphia Times editoria!ly COM
rpents on love aud schoolma'ams as follows:
When girl gets in love ID is just like her to
con lude that the next sweet thing to do is 70
elope. There are girls who prefer an elope-
ment to anything else In this world except
. sealskin sacqae and new bonnet. II
comes natural 70 them, and unless they can
accomplish at least one romantic eiopement
In the course OF the first twenty years OF ex-
lster,ce they are apt to look upon life IS
miserable and gloomy failure, with no ade-
ouate compensations. Some, girls, however,
are not fortunate enough 10 have facilities
for eloping. This was the way with nics
| vouna schoolma'am in Decatur, Illinois
She got In love, rs schoolma'ams some time
do. bu. she was very miserable In 1t all
When arrangements for marriage were be
inp considered, the young woman insisse'
that they should be made right In oil thei
1 details and should by all means include .
| e,opement. II was talked Of between IN
two Immediately interested and the detail
arranged, when It was discovered that one
| the thugs essential TO complete and thrill
/ ing c,cpeuent was missing. There was =
! hone "a ~lope from. The romantic your
!. scbooln,a'sm md no parents; she was ooar
, ine around and there would be no indigna
) anySody 70 chass aiteF her, 70 bring her ba'
/ with sccwi and forgive The children vi
!. I suIle setsrw1rd. Amer several days stFu
r IN win her feelings she abandoned The =
= 81 getting married u al. She wss safsss
IL tina liz would be I hollow noctesy 70
/ if she should marry witheuf 81 ths sosAs
q tie Ara = shs cDuldnt slopA aiks : -
bls elsl ~ woaldns " napisd.
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Z" Stop My Paper.

We occasionally meet a man In this woriu
who is under the impression thai If he stops
his paper he will thus get even with the edi-
tor for some supposed injury-maybe 1t IS
only gentle request for subscription past
due. .. - s.-... -
Some business men, or rather men In some
business, are laboring under the same irn-
preston. Why, don't these blissful fellows
know that when man cuts his paper u
causes no commotion with the editor? lie
| |. used to it. 1t is only proof that his pa
per is appreciated. 5.E....i.. srf....a., :.
Aside from that the editor Is very ordi'
nary man. He eati, he drinks, he wear
clothes (when he can ges them; they may
not be the finest, but he wears them all TN
same) he wears . hat, he ests vegetables, %
eata bread and meat and all other indeiics
c,es of the season (sometimes he eat
crow.) ,H ,..at -...a.. ga.. A,
4 No, tie editor doesn't go barefooted Gun
J ,e.. he has to). Paradoxically speaking, h
!, ia 4 man like any other man. He has fee
inps like man. Likes his friends as an
other man, and as rule Is not less charit'
BILE than other men.
Now, s.stop my paper" man, don't thin
to hurt his feelings by paying up and euii
ting. This is very large world, friend, ai
!, there are some very large people in Il. H'
Q discover that we can't get along without Y
n why. then we'll sell out and quit the bal
ness.-Topeka Commonwealth.
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new Nua'-w ssrzl r.. !

February is to have but 20 dsys IN the
year 1000, though it will be leap year.. !
A man has been offered $4,000 FOR lot
in Minneapolis that he purchased for $lL. Y
Gen. Walker estimates thst the popula-
tion of this country will exceed 64,ooo,Ooo
in 1890. '-a .1.@"
1T Is said the postal card has decreased the
sale of writing paper sl2, 100000 annually in
the United States.
An old printer who played his first game
of ten-pins and knocked them all down,
said: "Pi'd, by jingo!"
The wife of compositor in the Office OF
the New York World recently gave birth to
male child weighing 81. pounds.
There are $500 shoemakers in Chicago.
The average of wages is 81 per day. In the
making of a shoe there are "a parts.
The richest mine in New Mexico, now
worth S. OO0, 900, was originally sold for "
in silver, little gold dust and an old re-
volver.
Garfield Is now safe in selecting his Cab
met. A Kentucky court has decided that he
was legally elected, and compelled man TO
pay bet.
Milwaukee has passed an ordinance as
sessing its horse railroad companies So,OoO
wear for each mile of the streets on which
their tracks are laid.
Cutting off hens head will make hei
a chicken. There is no other way to account
| for the fact that broiled hens are never found
| Oh restaurant bills of fare. ..#. .
Two drops of laudanum in half tea
spoonful of warm water, and dropped int,
the ears, will give immediate relief to per
sons troubled with neuralgia.
Indiana boasts that S5 per cent. OF al
| freights between the east and west cross hel
territory. Eleven trunk lines are said u
cross the State, besides three running nortl
aud south, the railroads striking 50 OF the y;
counties.
1t is said that when Alexander II. Steph
ems goes skating he always ties knot in hi
coat tails to save himself from falling throug
air-holes. The idea is not original with Mr
Stephens, however.
AT the fireenglne house in Cambridge
Mass, the fire men rest In second-stor
room. Finding the act Of getting dow
stairs, upon an alarm, consumed several sec
onds, they have cut a hatchway in the foo
and now slide down on smooth, roun
pole. BY this means of rapid transit the
save ten seconds. ..-.....s
| The following Is given by an 'exchang
as q sure cure for felon: Cut the end OF
lemon OF lime, insert the finger in the linn
or lemon and the pain win cease; keep IL o
three or four days and a cure Is effecte'
This is cheap, sure and permanent-muc
better than the barbarous lancet method.
, has been used years for this, but 1t Is M
/ generally known.
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Baroness Bartlett.

The following is pen picture OF Baroness
n, .rdatt- Coutts. She is tall and grsceiui'
and has dark brown hair and hazel eyes,
Her energy and vitality are extraordinary
and, when she is well, she defeats ner age =.
. dozen wears. Her hands are very small ana
delicate, and have been modelled - speci-
mems of perfect beauty. She usually dresses
i DARK velvet or silk Of well chosen and
subdued color. She wears no hesd dress 70
the morning, but in the evening she y 70 o
seen In an Ango. cap. She has On aOnno
.nce Of most rare and costly jeweiry' ou' sn'
rarely makes any display Of u on her person
Orc..ion.lly she wears tigers claw ricn'!
.et : pendent to the gold chain around ne
neck. Il was presented TO the baroness !. 2
Sir woolseIey, aud she values 4 nagnly' ~
bampess is goId horsewoman Ana y F'n
u IL exercise, and she walks with an s'a'
ticIsy thas many younger woman n''sl
4 envy.
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INAUGURATION ODE.

Sung at the first Inauguration Of Abraham
Lincoln.
All hail unfurl the Stripes and stars
The banner Of the free!
Ten times ten thousand patriots greet
The shrine OF Liberty
Come with one heart, one hope, one aim,
An undivided band,
To elevate, with solemn rites,
The ruler Of our land!
Not to invest potentate
With robes of majesty;
Not to confer kiugly crown,
Nor bend the subject knee.
We bow beneath no sceptred sway,
Obey no royal nod;
Columhlas sons, erect and free,
Kneel only to their God!
Our ruler boasts no titled rank,
No ancient princely line;
No regal right TO sovereignty,
Anc stral and divine.
A patriot at his country's call
Responding 10 her voice;
One of the prople, ne becomes
A sovereign by our choice!
And now. before the mighty pile.
We've reared TO Liberty,
He swearS TO cherish and defend
The charter of the free!
God of our country seal his oath
With Thy supreme assent
God save the Union OF the states!
God save our President
Francis De Hdes, JGipter
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Royal People They Had Met.

Is One time" the man on the woedooS
I;t,le lacks and two queens with me, ana
was-compelled to entertain those monarchs
a, An expense of $l12 right on the spot"
81 met count under somewhat similar
circumstances" said the fat passenger. "h
W az at a royal assemblage; Dom Pedro was
there, and had only a few royal personases
to set of cluster Of plebian ten-spots, ana
the count alone cost me $ll."
al was at Bucking 'em Palace one night"
remarked the tall, thin passenger, "in Dem
YER. I bucked against the Royal Bengal IT,
eer until three o'clock in the morning, ano
his majesty cost me everything had, even
to the boots upon my feet. so went 10 the
hotel in my arctics." E
$50 much for Bucking 'en, said the cross
passenger.
.You don't know the printsw queried the
man OH the woodbox.
"What prince9" asked the tall, th'n' pas
senger.
t :. The prints on the cards, }" was the reply
"No." caid the tall, thin passenger, "but
knew the marquis against me every time."
alt isn't SO exciting, but it is much cheap
er and safer, said the passenger, "to SIT ao~l
. at a beer table and enjoy little domihoe
with the dnchess." -,
.You have met the duchess frequently
r then ?, asked the cross passenger.
a "Thousands of times" said the SAD on'
h ..I never sit down at q euchre party n
e marked the fat passenger, without the couh
II ess."
d "No, indeed" they all murmured.
"The counters duke three games out
'e five away from me last night," said tile pa
n sencer with the sandy goatee.
ID .That was czard luck, remarked the 81
IN passenger.
re .That's what made you rajah round
n yher Won came in this morning." said 9
IL man Oh the woodbox. 81 heard you INV
TO ton the hah, too."
of 81 was mad," replied the passenger W
ID the sandy goatee. ~ had met WIN
Ill coolest insultin'-"
i've "The cool what ?" inquired the cross p
senger.
Eastern Sultan" replied the passeh
with the sandy goatee.
;.h Then the fat passenger groaned and
Ia he gave up hope for such man. And
NV woman who talks bass suddenly iookeo
nv from under her black gloves and wanted
~. know what under the sun they were taiA
,di- about.
,itv .Royal people we have met" tim'a'y
,ed the bashful passenger, who had got IN n
at 4 last station.
,,;cl The woman who talks base snaried vi
: 70 her breath.
vto .You rile everybody you meet sne
ting and the discuss'on "0"s p,~,;r
! Of lamp in . breezy hallway.-baT''"
The HQtrkeqe.
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Another method.

A method for teaching children reading
spelling and writing, !" all >at'once," has been
practiced by . teacher In the west. She pre-
mares on aslip OF cardboard sword which
NAV be made the principal one In . shors
sentence, rs, for instance, "dog." The word
i. written and printed upon the slip, 50 that
the pupil may learn the elements o. penman.
ship with reading and spelling. The scno'.
ars are made read. spell and write TINS wor"
until they have learned it theroughiy. iheh
another slip with the word "the" uponR -
given them, and they are taught It's meaning
use and relation. Other words are given IN
the same way, and the scholars are then
taught to put them together to make sem
tences. Thus, in every new word that comes
no the scholar is interested, aud his interest,"
Is preserved al through.
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LIQUIDATION OR BOOM
The Big stock Operators Getting Out and ooi'g
tv IA s.4 to turope. H. a..E@-E

b aIs 4 q liquidation or BOOM" inquired
a Sun representative Of the Old Wizard.
aOf course it's liquidation and it has to
be carried on for long time TO come. sold
INV seat and don't want to have anything 10
do with stocks. The only trouble Is that
the chap who bought it hasn't put IN an ap-
pearance yet with that $4,000 check; but
there Is chance Of his doing SO on Thursday
next, which is the Judgment day OF stock
broking morality. haven't seen Gould nor
Vanderbilt for several days past, but UNDER
stand that Gould managed, before going
west, 10 ressddle Vanderbilt with great
deal q Western Union stuff. This VIII
equip Gould for his mex: consolidation cam
paign. The question of the hour Is "hat
Vandebilt's going to do with it all before
he leaves for Europe in April. Possibly he
may tn to spass the mustard over 70 the
fBntisners. II Is true that Biiiy hasnt taken
me into his confidence on this subject, but
the odds of the game are that, having shorn
our domestic lambs clean down to their sec
ond fleece, we'll now have to 60 for Euro
pean wool"
A broker. generally supposed to be rep
resentatiye of the California duet, said: I'D.
| o. Mills has sold out everything he had,
bought whole block in Broad street, given
notice to all the present occupants-most OF
whom are gentlemen from Jerusalam-to
quit by the 1st of May, and seems TO be con-
centrating his attention on erecting pyra-
mjdal rival to the obelisk. His contrere
from the Pacific slope, James X. keene, has
this time put pair Of Mexican spurs deep
| down into .he ribs of Jay Gould and those
| of his following who turned bulls ut the
eleventh hour. He has, to my knowledge,
sold in the neichborhuod of 400, 900 shares
In the course of the last six weeks, includ-
ing some 10000 shares of st. Paul and Erie
at top prces. l haven't been able to md
out vet who were the buyers, but have rea'
son to believe that Gould and Savage were on
the preferred list. l think his st. Paul didn't
cost him 10 and he got all average OF llS for
it, In any case, know for fact that nc
advised me TO buy it at 9l and told me 10
send him in the stock If couldn't carry II,
but like cursed fool didn't take his advice
OF course was afraid of being bull-dozed
But the stock has sold at l20 since. under
stand that he Is going to leave for Europe II
April and that he has made up his mind
even If he should find himself in the SAM
boat with William H., not to saddled will
any Western Union at any price."--Se'
York Sun.
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-~
Lilies

Everybody Is delighted with the fragrance
and delicacy Of the white water lily, ana we
buy them a. the railroad stations In summer
Is good genii, which will dispel largely the
lsssitude, the depression and disgust o' . not
days ride in the sullry and cindery cars.
Very few but have, at one time or Anotner'
wishsd that they might be able to proPssa'e
20 sweet flower, The following mode naa
proved successfal, The roots, procuredfin 90 tne
fAll,aIe KEEP. damp during the ensuing winlel
In flower po,s. In the spring alfbsrrsl
With hoops we'll secured. y procured; hhh
psin.ed, 20 much the bettef, md sst On brick
| 4 the garden, and l filled with : mixture .
| s,rden earth, ssnd, and we'll irotssd manure
| The roots an ~ ip thh snA covered, Wa's
4 sddsd ssn1ly. m hide = stins. sves
dsvlaot 3 e. .nos 70 disturb The sarthl -
ssssub q allsd. Inthe bii tbs . rassr Z = y : !.
! Iov.d i ~ "a. an4 ~ ens y pl.esd = =
1 csl,a. "a sassrsl = lOng tssTals.F y
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Gath on the Western Press.

/ asked Townsend the other night why he
preferred the western press to the eastern.
"Mainly because 1t pays BETTER" he replied.
" My regular salary on the Chicago Tribune
was $1,000 a year, and from the Inquirer
alone make more than any journalist in
New York gets from his constant work, GER
tainly except the very head Of the leading
papers, aud perhaps one or two editorial
writer's. The general workers on the New
York press are very poorly paid. The coin
petition is SO heavy that prices are beaten
down and special talent is lost in a host OF
good ordinaries. As q class the writers on
the city are not creditable representatives OF
the profession. saw an iliy-dressed, shah.
by, tramp-like fellow 60 up to Senator Conk-
| ling the other night and hazard All iquiry in
a cringing tone. Conkling turned on him
and said Mot one word. air: poi, one
/ out. That fellow was from one of the ieao-
inc napers. and turned to friend and said
that II the salaries Of reporters would not
hermit of better dressing than that, the city
press ought to uniform It's men, as the dts
trict telegraph company does its boys
prefar the western press, also, because II
gives more swing and freedom than we have
here. The New York dailies are set up II
} the midst Of such tremendous influences
that they are circumspect and cautious
Their power Is so great and the enterprise
pressing for recognition and aid are 81
, rich and numerous that there Is suspicion
D criticism of every piece Of news offered
Then too many Of the papers are under par
5 tizan or special control and must cut thei
work out to suit special dictation that
9 un,ournalistic aud usually unwise. Tn
western papers want the news undiluted an
J. care little or nothing who 1t hurts or help
so It pleases the public. Then the ind'
'. pepdence of the western press Is so eviden
/ " in advance Of that Of the east that 1t IN
presses the intelligent observer and creates
p profound respect for it. But time may wo
n wondrous changes in this respect and ere ior
es the western press may become as much q
generated as the press Of the east. We ca
y, not feel surprised at this condition, but
US hope for the best. .,
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A Puzzle with Words.

=.
Students of the Institute Of Tcchnslogy AZ
Boston designated puzzle, which excites
considerable interest. Given, two words OF
an equal number Of letters, the problem Is 70
change one to the other by using one letter ~
= time of the first 30 as 10 make legitlmat te
English word, continuing the alterations an-
iii the desired result Is attained. The con-
dirions are that only Que letter shall DC al
tered to form each new word. and that none
bu, words which can be found In English
dictionaries shall be used. Here are some
ex amples ef the changes.
| East 70 West--Esst, vast, vest, West.
| Boot TO Shoe-Boot, SCOT, shot, Shoe.
Dog TO Cst--Dog, dig, fig. fas. fat, Cat'
| MIX and Hash--Milk, mile, male, mate
hate, hath, Hash.
| The game is quite popular In railroad OH
ces. rs well as In family circles and a. nrs
sides. and seems To furnish instructions VII
amusement. s..4 - - ~. yH
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POETRY
ANAcREoNTlC.

Friend of INV soul! this goblet sip,
Twill chase that prn~ive tear;
'Tis not ~ sweet n womans mp,
But, oh, It's more sincere.
Like her d-lus i've beam,
Twill steal away the mind;
But, like affections dream,
IL leaves no sting behind.
Come, twine the wreath thy brow to
shade, ..
These flowers were culled at noon,
Like woman's love the rose VIII taae,
But, ah not half so soon!
For, though the flowers decayed,
Its fragrance Is not o'er
But once when loves betrayed
The heart can bloom no moore
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osE OF aAHFlELp,s ESCAPES.
How He Missed Becoming Humorous
.% ' Speaker.

General Garfield tells this story showing
how he once narrowly escaped becoming
humorous speaker: ~ had at one time quite
an itching in that direction, and carried 1t so
far in the campaign Of 1860 as to make q
speech that was pronounced as funny 1t
was delivered, believe, in Columbus, Ohio,
and was published quite widely, and the
comments Of the press called good deal Of
attention to 1t. had up to that time not
made wide reputation in the State, but the
fattering notices Of this speech brought me
into considerable prominence, and l receiv-
ed large number of Invitations to speak. |
thought the matter over and saw that the
time had come when must take my place
| In the place field either as man Of wit or as
a man who dealt with subjects more in the
way Of matter of fact. said to myself that
could gain quicker and probably wider
\ repnta alton as man Of humor or funny
man. as it is now called, than as man who
discussed subjects after the usual matter-of.
fact way; but knew myself well enough to
understand that could not long hold out In
the former direction and when failed as a
man of wit could not the begin to discuss
in matter-of.fact way. 1t was good deal
of struggle, as think of it now, but de-
termined to repress the wit, and so accepted
an invitation to speak in Cincinnati ,and pro-
ceeded in the most prosy way possible tt
prepare speech on the issues of the day
There was large crowd out to hear me
They expected to hear something after thu
Corwln stamp, was fully aware, but l di'
not permit myself to indulge in single hu
morous allusion, and more disappointe'
audience 1t was never my good fortune L
address. heard some of those present talk
ing the matter over after the meeting ha
closed, and made some such remarks as
don't see anything very funny about tina
speech;' Il thought that fellow was the com
ing Tom Corwin;' He must have left hi
funny vein at home,' etc. never had an
funny reputation to contend against afte
that speech"