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self In large town where were at least
q dozen apothecaries who had, at yari-
Gus times, bought goods OF him. Think
ing to cement friendships, to pass
pleasant evening, and at the same time
profit his own business, he resolved to
make grand feast and invite them all
to partake of his hospitality. So he ar
ranged it with his host, and issued his
cards of invitation-the card to A. B.
simply inviting him to the supper as an
individual, and saying nothing about
any others. Ten of them accepted the
invitation.
The hour for the feast drew nigh, and
Npothecary No. l appeared. He was
greeted cordially, and had just taken his
seat when appeared apothecary No. 2;
and while the genial host was welcom-
ing him No. / arose and went away.
But before the host could remark upon
the circumstance No. 3 appeared and
while our London druggist was warmly
welcoming him, No. 2 arose and de-
parted.
What did it mcan2 The druggist was
upon the point of inquiring of his soil
tary guest when No. A arrived. Ali
this was good. But while he smilinglJ
embraced this arrival, No. 3 silently fold
ed his tent and stole away And SO il
was to the end. No. came and 4 left
and so on until, when No. 10 arrived
and the druggist had grasped his hand
with 81 am glad to see you" No. 9 IN
continently departed.
However, No. IL, having none to make
him afraid, remained, and the twain haC
rather more food aud wine than they
could dispose of. But they made nigh
of it and had good time.
On the following day the Londor
druggist called upon his strangely de
parting friends, to ascertain the caused
their strange behavior Oh the preceding
evening, and the answer of one will an
swer for the answer OF each and all o.
them for, as he went fIom apothecary
TO apothecary, he received that same re-
Spouse. Thus it was
"My dear sir" the druggist said to
apothecary No. l, greeting him in his
private office, "what in the world made
you leave me in the way you did last
EVENING"" .#
"Sir in the name of common decency
I ask you-would you have me sit al
table with such an unmitigated scoun
| dr.l aC %
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NORTHERN CUSTOMS.

In Sweden and Norway graveyards
are consecrated ground, and are not en-.
larged. The people OF the same family
are generally buried together, and there
must be six feet of earth over the grave,
little mound marking the spot. When
the graveyard is full, the old graves are
opened, and the bones are collected and
placed in the bone-house-a building
constructed for the purpose-which I
have sometimes seen partly filled with
these relics of humanity. The Swedish
and Norwegian Lapps are all Luther.
ans. Easter is one Of the great festi.
walls of tine church, and in that year was
TO take place on the 9th Of April. All
we're dressed in their best clothes-the
women in gown OF reindeer skin
reaching much below the knees. with
pantalettes and shoes of the same mate
rial. The women wore queer little bon.
nets of bright colors, made of pieces Of
wool and silk. Some Of the belts around
the waist were ornamented with silver.
They also wore large glass beads around
the neck, and the fingers Of many were
ornamented with odd-shaped silver
rings. Their great pride is to have two,
three, or four large bright silk handker.
chiefs about the neck, hanging down
behind. The more they have, the more
fashionable they are considered. The
men are dressed very much in the same
way, except that they wore square caps
and shorter gowns. One of the charac.
teristics Of the Laplander is that they
are not bashful, though they are not for.
ward. l never met even bashful child,
So we all soon became good friends.
The men and women smoked and
snuffed great deal.
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PISOICULTURE.

The cultivation of fish has recently at
tracted very great attention among
farmers, and many who are favorably
located for experimenting in this
branch of industry are creating ponds
and stocking them with the best varie-
ties of food fish. Thus far the German
carp seems to be the fayorite variety, and
they are being largely introduced. In
Iowa several ponds of more or less mag
nitude have recently been arranged, and
in sections where these fish have been
introduced and properly cared for it has
been found that there is profit in the
business. The North Carolina Superin-
tendent of Fish and Fisheries says:
81 have the best authority for saying
that carp are among the choicest fresh
wator fishes. have this from at least
ton persons, no one having made con-
trary statement. The adaptability OF
the carp to our waters is no longer a
question, but well authenticated in near
ly every instance. 1t is found that most
of the ponds which contain them are
near the source of springs. Such loca-
tons are far less favorable than others
where the water supply is taken from
bronchaa or cracks A munh-larpef
growth can be obtained in larger and
warmer ponds. There exist in all parts
OF the State mill ponds that will produce
enough carp to more than supply the
surrounding neighborhoods. In all
cases where they can be drawn a profit
may be relied upon if properly stocked
with carp"
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1t is fortunate that theater goers al
home do not tlke TO heart the tragedies
that are placed upon the English stage
so much as the Persians, who, according
to'a writer, not only shed tears as tho
actors narrate the death of the Prophet,
the martyrdom OF Ally, and other incl
dents in the history of Mohammedan
ism, but howl piteously us they leave
the theater, pull each others hair, and
run knives into themselves with des-
pair. These representations are styled
tearzics," and they take place during
the religious festival of She Moharrum,
being got up by the wealthy people with
the double object of propitiating the
Deity and making display of thor rich
tapestries aud jewels on the stage.
The representations nre held either in
the court yards OF their houses, or upon
the public squares, the personages OF
Importance viewing them from the win
dows of the houses, while the crowd
gathers round the improvised stage,
"camels at rest" Ushers, armed with
heavy wands, go ronnd to maintain or
der, and lads with pipes to hire, and
water and cakes to sell, drOne out
their stock phrases until the story teller,
followed by six chorister boys, mounts
the stage. His business is to prepare
the audience for the representation by
telling them stories relative TO deaths OF
the Imaums, and, in order to produce a
more powerful eject upon them, he in
terlards his story with frequent groans
md tears, finally throwing down his
turban, tearing open hSs dress and driy-
ing his nails into his chest. His des-
pair moves the whole OF the audience to
tears, and he then descends from the
stage with bottle, and, sopping ur
their tears with piece of cJt,on wool,
presses them into it-one OF these tears,
in the opinion of the Persians, being
sufficient 10 save the life OF patient
who has been given up by the doctors.
This prologue over, the actors appear.
and the drama begins, with the result
described above.
These, however, are not the only plays
in the Persian repertory, tho two other
kinds being "temachas and "kara-
guez," Of which the first named are
farces or comedies, full of illusions more
or less broad, and improvised by the
"Lontys," who are professional dancers
and musicians. These "Lontys" are
often accompanied by dancing girls, and
even by monkeys and bears, and they
CRIME themselves with SCOT ami -four.
The "karaguez is very much like oul
own "Punch and judy" the character
OF Punch being taken by Ketchel Peh-
levan, who is invariably represented US
bald, and whose favorite occupation /:
10 deceive the Mollahs by pretending tc
piety. After having depicted 10 the
Mollahs in very glowing terms the
charms of religious life and the pleas
ures reserved to good Mussulmans il
another world, lie begins TO sing an
acreontic songs until the poor Mollah
carried away by enthusiasm. throw
down the Koran and begins to play til,
guitar and drink the fine wine Of Chiraz
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the President. "Although two of his
children am bar'fut, his wife needs cloze
an he hasn't dozen taters in de house,
ne had taken good money from his pock-
ct an paid it out fur bad whisky. He
wasn't o man when / foun' him. He
was hog-a big hog I could smell
his breaf six feet away, an it would have
made dog sick. He had lost his hat,
rolled in de slush, an den fallen into
stuporish sleep. I got help an toted
him home, an tonight he comes to dis
meetin' to have vote among men who
work hard, respect demselves an lib So
Der lives"
Size sorry, sah."
"No doubt Of it, but dat am no de-
Tense. A fool excites pity, kase God
made him dat way. A lunatic draws
sympathy, kase he has met wild misfort-
une. A drunkard arouses muffin but
contempt. He deliberately goes at it to
make brute of hisself. You have
heard me speak of dis matter on seberal
prevus occashuns, an you know how de
majority of dis club feel on de subieck.
In de las two months you have bin
drunk TO- times"
eyes, sab but I'll quit"
II hope you will, but doubt it.
You had cherry thing to lose by gettin'
drunk de fust time. You have lost
character, respect, money an standin',
an dar's leetle hope dat you will see any
reason to quit. We kin guard agin
thieves by lockin' up our money. We
kin put de murderer in prison an have
him outer de way. We kin expose de
liar an kiver him wild confusion. But
de drunkard-de hog-de beast, who
kin trust himp Who kin believe in him
Who wants his society? Who am not
degraded by walkin' beside himP Brud-
der Scott, you am bounced man
Your name will be crossed from our
rolls, you will be refused admission
heah, an we shall forgit dat you war
eber numbered wild s."-Free Press
Lime Kiln CLUB Papers.
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corN1RY AND CITY RAIN.

Considerable attention has been re-
Gently gwen togthe difference botweer
the rain of the city and tho country
The country rain is neutral and is con
sidered the best adapted efor human
consumption of any found above the
earth, on the earth or under the earth
The rain that falls in cities, on the othel
hand, is acid, c0rroding metals evil ef
fects are visible Oh every side, in paint
in NIL decorations, and, In iact, almos
everything erected by man. The pnP
EST rain is that collected at the sea coast
more especially Mt considerable heights,
while organic matter in the air usually
corresponds with the density OF popu
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rna MAx VINO otrsuErnnrp A1n

TRR MAN VINO OCTSUFFERED ALI
"They are making lots of fuss oveI
the fact that the Jeanette SURVIVOR
were compelled to live on walrus hide foi
three weeks" said Dilenderfer down al
the club the other night "iust al
though that was anything SO terrible
Now, if they had gone through the hard
ships that have they might talk"
"Cook's been burning your buck
wheats, suppose, said Boggs, with t,
satirical wink.
"Ohl I'm in earnest" said Diffen
derfer. "Fur instance, was lost on
Michigan prairie once, and for three
days lived on a single field mouse !
caught."
"That's nothing" said another mem
Der, contemptuously.
"Aint, ELI? Another time was
shipwrecked in the South Seas. Floated
around on raft sixteen days with moth
ing to cot but pair of old bootlegs
among ten OF rs.
"Good, soft calfskin isn't so bad,
critically observed Skidmore, who
claimed to have been pirate, or some
thing, in early life.
"Then, on another OCCASION" said
Difenderfer, bracing up again, after 6
while, 81 was locked by mistake in {
bank vault, and had to subsist over Sun
day on Government bonds and cou
pons."
"Lots Of men doing that now," sale
old Bolts, gruffly.
81 escaped from the rebs, during thu
war, at New Orleans, e." said the narrator
growing paler and more determined q
he went on, "and for six weeks hid in
swamp and lived exclusively on the cast
off skin of an alligator. :"
"You should have boiled it," sail
Gufey, calmly. "That's the way
used to do in Africa"
There was silence that could be Gu
with knife after that for some time
when, just as the crowd was chucklini
over the supposed extinguishment of tn
story teller, Diffenderfer took the bit il
his teeth and made one more desperat
brush for the lead.
"But, gentlemen" he continued, sol
emily, "those were hardships, indeed
but nothing, absolutely nothing, con
pared to an experience once endure
in this city about three years agc
Through an unfortunate combination (
circumstances I was compelled to Ell
three hotel steaks in one week r. An
with awestruck faces the sympathizin
crowd arose and awarded the survive
the official cake.-San Francisco Pos
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4 LAND AGENr,s SroRE

A pretty good story is told about Land
Agent Miner, OF the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad, who one day had
party of Eastern farmers in tow, try.
ing to sell each of them farm in the
rich Arkansas valley. Miner had taken
Them into his light wagon, and behind
his spanking team of bays had given
them grand tide, lasting all day. He
had done his best to make them en-.
thusiastic by rehearsing the stories,
which he had at tongues end, OF the
marvellous crops Of the valley, but to all
intents it was cloves labor lost" for
they would not 'thuse. This annoyed
Miner, but he had his revenge in his
reply to one Of the party, who, with q
sardonic smile, asked:
"Well. Mr.. Agent, is there anything
that won't grow here ?"
eyes," replied Miner, pumpkins
won't"
"What !" exclaimed the cynical land.
buyers together, pumpkins won't2"
"No," said Miner "there are men
in this county who would give $3.50 ar
acre for land that would mature croI
Of pumpkins. They never have beer
able to get a crop since I've been here
and that's ten years.
"Well, how strangei Why is it?'
said land-buyer No. /.
This was Miners chance, and, with 9
serious expression, he replied; "Well,
If, the soil is so itch that the vines grow
so fast they wear the pumpkins ou
lragging them over the ground. Kan
'aS Sketches.
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POOR BOlS' RECORD.
A Fec Of Them Who Haze Income Ircst
dents Of the UbIited Sfafcs.

FeV of Them Who Haze BecOme Irest-
dents Of the UHitcd Sfafcs.
The second President OF the United
States, John Adams, was the son Of
farmer OF moderate means, who was
compelled to work constantly for the
support of his family. When, at the
age OF 20, the son graduated at Harvard
College, his education was his own capt.
tai for his start in active lie.
Andrew Jackson WIS born in log hut
in extrem poverty. He grew mp in the
woods Of North Carolina, living i'll the
home OF relative, where his mother
worked to support herself and her three
children.
| James X. Polk, tho eleventh Presi-
dent, spent his early days on farm in
the wilderness of North Carolina. His
father placed him in a store with the ill.,
tention that he should enter mercantile
life; but his dislike for business was 30
great that at the age OF IL he was sent
to the Mnrfreesborough Academy to fit
him for college.
Willard Fillmore was the son Of a
New York farmer. and his home was an
humble one. When he was II years Of
age he was sent away from home "
learn the business OF q clothier. But
five years later he entered Il law Office,
and at the age of % was admitted to the
bar.
james Buchanan was born in small
town Of the Allegheny mountains. His
father was poor, and by his own NIX built
his home in the wilderness. When
James was 8 years Of age he was placed
ut school, and six years later entered
Dickinson College, where he graduated
with the highest honors.
1t is well known that Abraham Liu.
colr was the son OF parents who were
the poorest Of the poor. Till he was
more than q bis home was log cabin.
his attendance ut school was limited to u
few months. From early life he was
compelled to depends on himself not only
for his living, but also for his success in
his business and his profession.
At the age OF 10 Andrew johnson was
apprenticed to q tailor. Previously his
mother had supported him by her own
labor. He was never able, it is said. to
attend school. His education he gained
by his own efforts at night, after work.
ing all day at his trade, and by the help
OF his wife, $50
The early home OF Gen. Grant, also,
ON the banks Of the Ohio, more thar
fifty years ago, was without many Of
the comforts of civilized life. Till III
WIS II, when he was sent to Wes
Point, he lived the life Of commoI
boy, in q common home.
james A. Garfield, like SO many Of hi
predecessors, was born in log hut
When he was II years old his fathel
died. The family was poor. When HI
had hardly entered his teens he was do
: ing mans work in the harvest field
He learned the carpenters trade. HI
u worked on the Ohio canal. He was de
! termincd, however, to have an educa
: ton, IN leaving his plane ard hi
: scythc, he worked his way through tn,
: preparatory school, and, with some hell
, from friends, was able to graduate a
Williams Cnllega.
The lives Of many of the President
: ,roye that no boy is so poor but that h
: nla, hope to attain the highest honor
which the American people can give,
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cam Brudder Abraham Scott in do
hall dis evening"" inquired the Presi-
dent, as he looked down the aisles.
"Yes, sab" answered voice from the
northwest corner.
"Den please step dis way"
Brother Scott scufed forward, head
down and his countenance betraying
about seventeen different emotions, and
when he reached the mark the President
continued
"Brudder Scott, in gwine ober to de
old man Johnson's las mite to borry q
hunk O butter fur breakfast, / diskiy-
cred some one lynn on de sidewalk. My
first thought was to yell murder. My
mex thought was to smell of his breaf.
Dat settled dc case to once. 1t wasn't
q murder, but case OF dead drunk.
l turned de subieck ODER to git look at
his face, an who dye s'pose it WASP
Brother Scott gazed straight at bust
of Venus and had nothing Ia. say.
at was Brudder Scott /" whispered
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.rwo OF A rRADE,o ETC.

The old saying. "Two Of trade can
never agree" was never more patty il
Illustrated than by the following incident
which is taken from an old book OF
Chronicles of a generation that has
long since passed from the stage Of ac-
tive life 4: ag4rG
A wholesale druggist of london, who
had many customers in the country
towns, and also in distant cities, during
q summers ramble CHANGED to find him.
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10 CORRESPONDENTS.

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from every ncghborhood where the SEMI
us the ,ews plainly, correctly, briefly and intel
igbly. witllout needless comment or rhelorica
nnnrshcs. Let no obituary notice exceed tel
lines: don't II scuIs the weather, or write abou
mtttcrs of no interest To the reading public
Use bat one side Of the paper and write rs oitcl
a. yoahtvc news itcms to chronicle, and NJ
ollCMrr.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY.j

To ALWAYS insure light dumplings mix
and let stand two or three hours before
rising cut into thin strips, roll in flour
and boil twenty minutes.
VELVET Whites of four eggs
beaten to q stiff froth; two teaspoon
fuls each of sugar, currant jelly and
raspberry jam. Beat all together brisk
ly. Serve with or without cream.
With cake it is delicious dish for des-
sert.
Soft GINGER CAKE.-One cup of mo-
lasses. one cup of sugar, one cup OF
sweet milk, half cup of butter, one
egg, two teaspoonfuls OF baking pow
der, ginger and raisins to suit the taste.
Stir in -four enough to make soft bat
ter, not rs thick as ordinary cake. Bake
slowly.
PARSLEY SAUCE. Wash a bunch of
parsley in cold water, then boil it for six
or seven minutes in salt and water ;
drain it, cut the leaves from the stalks
and chop them fine. Have ready some
melted butter and stir in the parsley;
allow two small tablespoonful of leaves
to one half-pint of butter. Serve with
fish and boiled fowls.
CREAM BISCUITS. - Delicious little
cream biscuits for afternoon tea are
made by mixing self-raising -four with
cream, which roll into thin, smooth
paste, prick. cut and bake Immediately.
They should be kept dry in close tin
box. Ii the -four is not self-raising,
salt it lightly, and mix with dessert.
spoonful of baking powder.
HAM SANDWICHES. Chop the ham fine
and season it with. salt, pepper and mus
tard. If the lean meat alone is uSed a
little melted butter may be added.
Spread between thin slices of bread
Cheese sandwiches are very nice ; the
cheese may be grated or cut in thir
! slices. Mustard is added or not as
, pleased.
SNowDoN CAKE.-This is genuine
: Scotch recipe, and is a great favoritt
with Standardization families. Beat
to cream half pound Of butter, three
quarters of pound of granulated sugar
: the whites of six eggs, half teacup o.
I cream, and one pound of Bermuda ar
= rowroot. Add the beaten yelks of two
8 of the eggs and very little salt. Bake
3 in mold one hour or more.
: MASHED POTATOES. Pare and boil the
potatoes, and, after every trace. of the
water has evaporated, mash them will
1 your pestle, still in the kettle over the
: fire; they are naught If not kept hot
! Get out every suggestion Of lump ant
a as you mash put in a generous quantit,
8 Of fresh butter, and, if you have it, som,
Q cream--if not cream, enough milk Il
make the potato rich and moist. Salt i
to taste, and serve fresh and no
8 dish piled up and smoothed over in no
: with little black pepper sifted on top
t Mashed potato which has stood on tn
= stove for while before serving is poo
4 stuff. If you want the top brown holt
a over it a salamander or very hot stow
: lid-don't put the dish into the oven
It that only makes the contents watery,
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FEMALE voices are being rigidly ex-
cluded from the Roman Catholic choirs
Of Montreal.