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For Young Readers.
THE ROAD TO THE HOUSE OF
NEVER.

IA Spanish proverb says that "by the road
of By-and-by one arrives at the house of
Never."l
There's dangerous Iidle Afrite who aceosts
us day by day.
Upsetting every purpose in a soft, entieing
Saying: I" Rest from this, pray you, for to-
morrow you can try s
If hard work is to be done, you can do it By
and-by." Nt 4 F-g
Though he tell you not to do it,
Mind him not, or you will rue it, "A.
For his words, so smooth and clever,
. Take you to the house of Never. ,s. -
His voice is like sirens, and he always aims
to please;
He's idle as zephyr and he bids you take
If your spirits seemto falter, at your elbow he
is nigh,
By-and-by
Though he tell you MOTTO do it,
Mini him not. or you will rue it,
For his words, so smooth and clever,
Take you to the house of Never.
He commands an endless fu .ure and has youth
upon his side,
So he ma tes your little horoscope magnificent
ly wide; -
Quite disturbed by earn st plodders, he ap-
peals with witching eye:
whats your hurry-wait a little-you can do
it By-and-by.
Though he tell you not to do it, ss's
nj nd him not, or you will rue it,
FU" his wof Is, so smooth and clever
Take you to the house of Never.
He's tr cky little prompter and he always
fingers near, U
Knowing just the proTer moment when to
whisper in your r; cr ~ ret. r.
He can span your pretty rainbows, and make
With his magical proviso of the golden BY
audby. .t- .ss- f.-F f.
Though h, tell you not TO do it,
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two feet IN the ground. linss ;.g!....t
tapestry of silk, and provides = !" witn
hinged door OF mixed mortar and So
constructed to open outward onlv ~ n
you understand how to open it and tbl4
owner does not desire a call bo ~. b..e
made arrangements to defend his n,ira 80 l.
ey. On the side Opposite the ~
there are holes underneath tha e1iaS.a
into which he inserts his strong ,sVyEl
claws, and no oyster Is sssA n,ss
troublesome to force. OF an Ital;sn l,ote ~.
der. which fashions q similar fortress. :p.- ~
said that if this hinge be broken IL II. I n
side violence, the creature maLas Nv.
second door, which differs frnra rle'is s,.a' 3
first in not being movable. and Nc Nc. o,,o, sao
can quite explain how it then con-
triyes to enter and leave its apartnentf Il
The common house spider is of a l;X.;J
ash color; others are black, brown IA
green, yellow, or white, Al a rule tha;,
color is that which is best adanted ~.
concealment, but some are nnattIs5 ~. /,
striped. or even marked ike a t;gor
Many are very hairy. One snerieS %, ca,,
run sideways and backward. as we'll 80
forward; a few kinds leap IA the san,o =,
manner as beasts OF prev. Man,.,
spiders cast their skins like sernenfs an3l
crabs, and it is said that, like crabs +
they can grow new LEG if one of The
original set be accidentally broken.
Spiders have enemies as well as VIE
TINS. Tiny parasites. vex them exceed.
ingly. A largew winged insect Of tba4l
Sphinx order pierees them with NJ,
sting, and, carrying them off dead or
alive. buries them with its own eo,0s, !
that its offspring may ind meal ready1
when they are hatched. Birds prev
upon them. They form an article of fgndI
to the Bosjesmen of South Africa: and,
the inhabitants of New Caledonia VIII
devour them as cheertullY as HUNGRY,
boy bee steak pie. In the course of az
nature NEST of them die on the an
proach of winter, though some. live sew.
eral years. '.'' = i'''I '.T2 : i1'1
1t was once. thought that spilersE
webs might be useful in commerce.
Bon, of Languedoc, succeeded in max.
ing pair of gloves, and also pair Of
stockings Of sp;Ger silk They. were
gray colored, and as strong as ordinary
silken goods. But when the experiment
came to be tried uponia larger scale, id
was found that the creatures ate each
other UP so greedily Chat spider breed
ing would never pay. = W. III. RoodSI
an london CORgre3 atiORaliSt.
=
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with astonishing facility. He was de-
lighted when Berry promised to send
him one1of each, and said that hunting
parties were sometimes lost because they
lost all idea in a storm as to which way
they were going. The glass, he said,
would help him to tell whether the black
specks seen far away on the ice were seal
or not, and save miles of walking. He
will get his compass and spyglass when
the Whalers go north in the. spring.
Captain Berry related how the two
boys of this particular Tchoutchee were
polite little fellows and would always
rise when any one not belonging to the
family came in, and he said the people
had words of salutation which they al
ways used when they met. He was sur
prised to find these evidences of polite
ness among people the most remote and
Isolated from any civilized influences.
The women, he says. have some pride of
dress, and SO do the men, though inside
their houses they strip down to one gar
ment about the loins, taking off their
furs; and the women take pride in keep
ing their houses what they regard as
clean, though it would not pass for clean
idea of accumulating for the future, and
are primitively cemmunistic about their
fool. If one family has meat and the
other families in the village have none,
they all eat of the supply until it is gone
or they can get more, and if one village
has food and another none, the hungry
ones come over and eat with those who
have something. They live on from
hand to mouth, and there are eYidences
of annihilated villages where, it is reason
able to suppose, something has occurred
to prevent the getting of meat, and so
all have starved to death.
1t is no more than fair to state that
these interesting facts came out in a con-
versation in which the narrator had no
suspicion. that any of the incidents that
he related would get into print, but they
are none the less readable for coming in
formally in this way. Washington Re-
publican. i Ss 80 8
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A HeartiesS DesertiOn.


= The doors of the State Lanatie Asylum
have just been opened to admit young
lady, whose inteilectha5 been dethroned
by the perfidy of recreant bridegroom.
The name of the demented girl is Anna
Peterson, member OF one of the most
prominent families of Harbor Creek,
near Erie, Pa. Miss Peterson is nineteen
years old. and has been literally en-
dowed by nature with a handsome form
and sweet disposition. About a year
ago young man named p. Dullea paid
her marked attention, and in due time
she promised to wed him. Dullea is
possessed of considerable property, and
the match was generally considered a
; most happy one. The 9TH of March was
set for the wedding day, and many rela-
tiyes and friends were invited to be pres
ent at the ceremony The bridegroom
was very Jealous in making the prepara-
tions, and left nothing undone, which
would add eclat to the affair. The event.
full dag arrived and Anna Peterson ar
rayed herself in her bridal robes. The
morning trains brought many friends
who assen1bledgin theshandsomey decof
rated parloss As the hour drew nigh. The
marriage was TO be solemnzed at noon.
At 1:50 the bridegroom had not arrived.l
The minister was in waiting to perform
the ceremony and in an upper room the
bride sat among her elegantly attired
bridemads. Just before noon stranger
rangthe bell, and, banding the servant
a letter addres, ,ed to Miss Peterson, hur-
ried away. This excited considerable
suspicion and not without forebodings of
evil did Mr.. Peterson deliver the missive
to his daughter. She tore it open hur-
riedly glanced over its contents and with
an agonized shrek felIin swoon The
fatal letter was picked up and read to
the guests. twas curt heaFtless epistle
and read as follows.
sMY DEAR MISS PsTERsoS: Circumstances
over which have no control compel me 10
forcgo the honor of Wedding you to-day. This
my presence elsewhere At some future time,
If all goes wei, II may see you, and then, if our
Feelings for each other are unaltefed, our rela-
tons can be considered the same as though this
little hitch in our arrangements had never hap
pened. Yours truly, +
70 G8@ p. DuLLEA. I
"P. Sam going to travel"
Restoratives.were applied and the de-
serted bridei rcgained consciousness.
When she came, out of the faint, she as
tonished her friends by quietly readjust-E /
ing her wreath of orange blossoms and
taking the hands of an aged neighbor, I
addressed him by her false lovers name
and announced herself ready to repeat
the words that Should make hei. his wife, !
Then it flashed on the minds of all those
present that the shock had deprived her
of her reason. They led her away like
poor Ophelia, smiling and chatting in AM
artless way that was heartrending to see
and hear. The house of rejoicing was
changed to one of sorrow. During the
night Miss Peterson was attacked with
violent paroxysms, succeeded by periods
of insensibility. Her parents are pros-i
trated by the weight of sorrow. Nothing
further has been heard from Dullea, and
the. community is wild with excitement
over his perfidious action. Erie pa \
Cor. Chicago Herald.
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

Mortar and paint may be removed
from window glass by applying hot
sharp vinegar.
Starch makes better paste TO use
in papering walls than flour, and is less
expensive also; little will 60 so much
further. r
Rich Cookies: One and half cup
fuls of sugar, one small cupful of butter,
one cupful of sour cream; one egg, one
level teaspoonful of soda, and whatever
seasoning is preferred. Flour to roll
Tle HoaSeltotd.
To prevent the hair from falling out
try wetUing the head at night with salt
and water. Have the salt dissolved in
the water so that it will not annoy you
by particles sticking to your hair, Mild
sage tea is also excellent. N. Y. Post.
An excellent cement for fastening
knife-handles may be made by taking
small quantity of Bath briek-dust and
about half the quantity of resin; reducs
to fine powder; fill the hole in the
handle with the mixture; heat the part
of the knife to be inserted hot, then put
it in the handle and let it remain until
set.-Dets'o6t Post
A delicious pudding is made thus:
Sift two tablespoonfuls of flour and mix
with the beaten yelks of six eggs, add
gradually one pint of sweet cream, a
quarter of pound of citron cut in very
thin slices, and two tablespoonfuls of
sugar; mix thoroughly, pour into but
tered tin and bake twenty-five minutes.
Serve with wine or vanilla sauce. En-
change.
TO prevent the hair falling off a
horse name and to restore the growth
rub the skin or the part with the follow
ing mixture, viz: One pint of alcohol
and one draehm of tincture of canthar-
ides. Give the horse dose of salts
Twelve ounces) and feed some wheat
bran, which will allay the irritation of
the skin, to which the loss of hair is due.
--LiUe Stock Monthly.
Miss Adelaide A. Manter, Industry,
Me, took the old homestead when her
brothers sought other business and her
fathers health failed, and in ten years
has increased its producing ca
pacity to three or four times the original
amount, and made the farm one of the
UCoL-pslt u : OucS III .lH6 COuHtIJ. "A
young orchard gives excellent return,
and there is gold in the fleece and feet
of her flock OF sheep.--N. Z. Tribune.
Farmers should teach those pretend
ers who propose to cure moon blind
ness in horses by knocking out the So
called wolf teeth, that they cannot be
played upon in that absurd manner. It
is easily seen that these teeth have moth
ing to do with such blindness. That is
a disease of the eye, ola constitutional
nature, and it is barbarous to pretend
to associate the breaking out of the ami
mali teeth with the cure of the diseased
eye, -Nationat Agricutturatist.
When fowl is found moping about
with an abnormal development of the
crop it should be caught and looked
after II. is what is called crop-bound,
which is stoppage of the diet leading
from the crop to the gizzard. If rehef
canpot be given by gentle manipulation
with the hands the crop must be opened
with sharp penknife and the contents
removed. Wash the crop out with clear
tepid water and close with stitch, but
do not catch the skin. Feed on soft food
for few days and give but little water.
IN. 7. Herald.
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TchouteIlee HABITS.

Captain Berry, of the navy, who CON-
manded the Rodgers on her fated Arctic
voyage, came over from New York yes
terday by order of the Secretary of the
Navy, and is at the Ebbitt House. In
conversation with an old friend the talk
turned ON the Madagascar people here
and the curiosities of races.
''It is curious" said Berry, ''fhis ques-
ton Of color. Some people have a notion
that the blacks and dark-skinned people
all come from tropical countries, but the
natives OF Peru were not very dark; the
natives in Mckee were light; then further
north the Indians are still darker, and
when the Esquimaux are reached they
are found to be much darker. than the
NorthAmerican Indians. g a
'Yes, and. so far as anybody knows,
they have been in their cold country for
thousands of years." Clipped in the
eempanipn.a n sgrta7 sss
''For thousands of years-yes: and
there are evidences that they came from
still further north. -
ADO they.seem to know ANYTHING about
their ancestors?"
''Not much. They care very little
for the past or for the future. [ tried to
talk with them about the skeletons of
animals found in the caves, but they
seemed to know nothing about them.
They were wonder-stricken at the de-
scription of the mammoth, some tusks
of which | brought away from Wrangel
Island. One bright fellow saw us look
ing at book of pictures of animals, and
he would come day after day and ask to
look at the book. He was delighted to
look at the pictures of the bears of his
own climate,s and would laugh immod-
erately as he returned to them. - ,t.
'' Then they have their ideas of funny
things as well as other folks?''
20, yes, One day some of the women
of the Tchoutehees-th rorthernmost
people | saw-were telling me about
expeditions they made to find collections
of small roots which the rats or lem
mings of that country dig and gather in
heaps forwinter eating. and asked them
what became of the rats after their sup
plies had been stolen. They laughed and
laughed, thinking it very funny that any
body should ever think of the rat in the
transaction
AAA~A eitSog 1S1VEAC W. RCt SJkuttliIlp
of vegetable sort TO eatpp
They get these little roots, which
they steal from the Jennings. and thew
save the seaweed they find in the stoni-
ach of the seal and eat that
Did they try TO speak English
wordsp'' I 4
The men "a few of them ~wo,lIl
Try, though none of them could speak a
word which had the sound in it. They
would speak my name aecuratelv--that
Is, the men would Bat he women ia
variably pronounced itas though it were
spelled Bezzy. .sS.a9aA@
"One fellowvsthe same one who came
so many times to see the pictures of ana
NAL Learned to speak great MANY
English words, but he would fairly sweat
under the. difficulty of the effort when he
tried to say saannel.s He would pick rp
words by asking as he came across arti-
cles new to him: What's name?' He
could say cotton, calico and all the let
ters but the is. The nearest he could
come to flannel was to saw plan
mel. using the p for as some children
do
Captain Berry said this fellow never
tired OF handling the compass and spy
glass, ant he learned 10 know their uses
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The people of Glasgow, the great
manufacturing metropolis of Scotland,
have been going into ecstacies over two
new Pullman palace cars, called respect
lively the St. Mungo and the St. Andrew.
American enterprise is making itself felt
among the eaany north Rritons.
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Centuries ago the City of Rome was
saved by the cackling Of geese, and now
a Baltimore rooster has emulated their
example. Two men entered cellar in
that city with the object of stealing
pigeons, when rooster, seeing what
they were after, crowed so Justify that
the owner came to the rescue and had
the men arrested on the charge of lar
ceny.
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Product OF Precious Metals

Dur 'ng the year 1881 the produetioni
of precious metals somewhat exceeded
that of the previous year The produe-
tion of gold in 1881 was of the value Otl
$l07. .773, 157, and of silver $97, $50, 460,
whereas il 1880 the figures stood 2at8
$40 ABS, 786 for gold AMI $94551.0 90
for silver. BY far the largest producer
was America via Gold, S34, zoe, ,00Qik
silver, $43, 600, COO; followed in descend-8
ing scale by Australia Cod, $31, l27,-
SIS; silver, only 1927, 125. q Rus sia+Sl
Gold, $2S,551, ,028; silver. s473.5la;b
Mexico-GoTd, only 1889, leo; siffer,
$25, 167, 763. Columbia DID, 4.000,sd
000;.. silver, $1,000, 600. GermaDy-7b
Gold, S232,610; silver, S5,576,6g9.
Austria Hungary - Gold, 81, 240, $685.
silver, 81. .303, 280. Veneluela-Gold.
$2, 274, 692; no silver. Africa Gold,
ST. 9g9, 800 Canada---Gold. S1,09I. 926T
silver, $68, POS. Bolivia-Gold, $72,345;,
silver, S11, ,O0o, 600 Chili-Gold, sf2S,-
85g; silver, S5.0S1,747 Spain-silyers
IS, 096, 220. The remaining supplies
were furnished by Sweden, Norway,
Italy, Turkey, the Argentine Republics
Brazil and Japan. The largest circula-
= OH Oh paper HIOutJ bulUuS nooe 49,
world n 1881 belonged to the. United
Sta es, which had $79S, 074.S78 value.
Next came Russia, @6l2, 916,f09; fol-s
lowed by France. with, S5I2,l ", 629ig
Austria, S299, ,09l, 1856; Italy, $293. 772,-
1885,; Germany, $211, 122.464; GreAts
Britain, S26S, 692, ,764; Brazil. $685. 155,1i
400. The smallest paper circulation
was in Central AmeFica, which stood az
only 1858, 347, The largest circu latloHt
of gold was in France, viz: 1874 ,8U5,-
900 value; [ nited States, $563, 63l .40osi
Germany. 1887, 143, 742; Spain, Hl3V,-b
000,O italy, S144, $50, 900; Belgiuni'
S103, 900, 600; Rus, ias 81 l9.s09,1sasi
The smallest gold circulation was ~
Peru, which figured at the value o.
only S62, ,085. ~ lailadeEpisfG Ieie9rGE9''f
,+-f5,t5ff ~ --7---777~t7ss7ff7 77lT Irs43s = 81
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-Pugilism and the New York police
force were Jointly dealt a severe blow
the other day. when ''oneofIthe fnest ?
was so thoroughly knocked out Y ~ e, enc [
round by woman that he was uifaDla
to respond to the call of "tinae Nv
]. SgR.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14

The Usual. RESULT 1t II not to he DE-
MED tIat Il good sewing machine j. one ct
the most important appurtenanccs o! t"'
modern household
We thought we had good machine in
our household until one day the agent on
the Noe Iiome presented himself at ON
door and proceeded to deliver an Grafton
upon it, characteristic merits.
But we answered, our machine
serves us nicely and suits III well, and We
do not care for another
Theagent, however, begged the priyilegc
of lcavinL one Of his machines WITH II, Ton
the ladies to try
The request was not unr"as0na 1'r 50 We
granted It but more to oh'ig" tie agent
than ANYTHING else; for we really did not
want the marhinc, and had moi tie rrmnt-
ct .clca Of buying it.
The machine once in The house, il wa.
natural ,h1t Tie ladies should loo1> it over
they Iii 50, and n a consequence fell IL
love with it Thcv say t'iHt without 1hc
slightest wish to d"cry or dispara e any
Other machine" this, all things considered.
i. in their opinion the most desirable one
to h, he'd
The up,hrt Of thr whole matter Nae that
the OIL machin" VS. disposed Of a&i the
"I.tgni- Ruln ~ Sew Homo installed IN
our Lo,,srhol Il is pronounced a |rnJ-
inc beauty and "A r"ol COM .prt, ana DER
folks wanted us to tel other folks about
it,
Th,sunriyalc manhn" Is mapufe t"'".,
ry til NEN HOME >TWINH MA'IiiNl
GO - Union Square New I"2h, "n.
...+ E.
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III ouse ana Farm.

Successful farming will depend, in
the future, largely on avoidance OF
waste. We are learning how to
make land productive, how to mar
kst crops advantageously, when to
SOW and when to reap-are we learn
lug how to save We lose from neg
lrgence, from unskllfui manipulation
Of farm products, from keeping I'M
profitable stock, from wastefllness in
feeding, from hiring cheap and insult
tolent help, These losses seem IN
tangible, but they represent "hard
cash.
Give fatting cattle as much as they
Will eat, and often five times a day.
Never give rapid changes of food, but
change often. a good guide for Il
safe quantity of grain per day to ma
turing cattle is one pound to every
hundred OF their own weight, thus an
ANNA! weighing one thousand may
receive ten pounds.
II is claimed that full feed of hay
to horses, following the feeding Of
ronsecrated food is wasteful. for the
reason that it crowds the first ont Of
the stomach before the proper diges-
non has been accomplished. And so,
IN order to secure best results, hay
should h. fed first and the concentra
taI flnt afterwards
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INTERESTING
FARM ANDIIOt'SElAOAD
NOTES.

Mr.. Edgar Saunders Of Tie Prdt-
9ic Farmer, thinks it clearly demon
strated that grass clippings should
not be left on lawns.
Madison, Conn.,, pays a bounty of
% cents a head on woodchucks, the
carcasses to be brought to one Of the
Selectmen as evidence.
A raw bone superphosphate was
rated at the Connecticut Experiment
Station as worth SIS ton less than
the selling price, and another ferti-
llzer was poorer still.
The Chadd's Fork, Penn Farmers
Club characterized European spar
rows as "an unmitigated nuisance,
but one member suggested that they
make good pies"
The recent pamphlet report of the
"Northern Cane Growers Association
of the State of New York Secre-
tary G. j. Reynolds, OF Corning-con-
tains much matter of value to all in
terestsd in the sorghum industry
Let us respect the olt, especially
the black one The pericarp of this
grain, according to member of tht
French Academy Of Science, Coon
t4ins substance which has the prop
erty of stimulating the motor cells 0
the nervous system"
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Rate of WOrtnIit L.

The rate Of mortality in males IS /
in 40, and of females, liz A.. The
expectation Of life is thus rcckoned
at about 5 per cent longer for WON
.n than for mcn-and with these
facts before us, why not try to keep
a box Of Swavnes Ointment ia the
house at all times: 1t cures Itching
Piles in one halt the time of any
o.hrr similar preparation; also, all
F,ruptious Of the skin. Try a box.
For sale al all drug stores,
Tlant sweet com early aud often,
and plenty IF it. What is not re
,,li,cd for table ltc--and even the
stalks Of this, ii cut and fed as
soon as the ears are pulled will
make the best and cheapest Of feed
Tor the milking COWS, and cannot be-
rXcelled for starting the lgs'
which are to constitute the fall batch
.rnL.
SOW IA little corn soaked in warm
water until it is soft, over the corn
field each day during the time the
crows are troublesome. They will
not take the trouble to dig for that
which is planted. If done late in the
evening At will be in time for then
Very early breakfast.
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nl'uJ'no'. ljtc.is sweeping by go and
lila dare before YOU die, something
fta1p im&ldy and sublime leave behind
To conquer tirc' SG6 week in your
Own town Sj ou,Gt Tree. No risk Et
crythine new. Capital not required We
viii furnish YOU everything. Many ac
making fortunes Ladies make rs much as
men, and boy, and gils make great pay,
Reader itNou want busincs, at which YOU
can make GREAT pay all the time, write FOR
parlicn'aIs to /! IAllhrr I 20, Fort
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-14
THIN THINGS
FOR THE
'THOUSAN DIS.

Halfliucd and Skeleton Suits in all the
newest and most desirable shades in Scrgcs;
also Blue Flannels, Yacht Cloth, Mohairs,
Drap d Etc and WorSted Our Sccrsucker
Suits (all colorsl was never approached in
magnitude or variety before in the State.
In Busters we can aslonish you, We
have them in all TIE best fabrics in Linen,
Mohair, Alpaca, &c.
We also have the Largest Line of Boys
and Childrcn's Clothing for Summer wear
eIcr shown.
A Separate Department for White and
Fancy Vests, in which over 5000 Styles
are shown. from 81 Cents to $500 in Price.
We always excel in getting up Clothing
for summer weor, and we are proud of our
magnificent assortment.