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ward Of MS, and, skipping from the sur
face, went close over our heads.
As the smoke of this discharge rolled
away, an object great dea! darker
than smoke and far more terrible, open.
ed its folds at the briggs main truck. 1t
had Just been sent up abaft the sails,
so that we did not see it until it thus
suddenly expanded aloft. 1t was the
fearful flag of an Algerine pirate, with
the deaths head grinning CHASTITY white
in the centre of its horribly black field.
At the same moment, the fellow
waved as if about to bring his full
broadside to bear upon us. AS he dld
this, we counted eleven guns on the
side next to us, and knew that we had
to contend with twenty-five gun brig.
There was no time to lose If we would
get in the blow.
"Stand by!" cried our captain, in o
voice of thunder. "Aim low! All
ready now! Fire!"
I was boy of fifteen, and until this
moment I had felt terribly nervous.
But this feeling now left me instantly.
There was something in that stout,
determined call. Standby" that had
the effect of magic.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang"
went the five big guns of our starboard
t@tterr. The deck trembled under
the shock, and the thick, black smoke
cs.ne rolling back into our faces.
We heard the crash of splinters on
board the Algerine, and knew that one
shot had told. There was confusion
upon the briggs deck, and I could see
something that had the appearance of
blooS running down from her scuppers.
Fl the charges of only two or three of
those nine-pounders had gone sweep
ing through that mass of black scoun-
trels, there must have been fearful
work!
But the confusion was over in o mo-
ment, and the grim enemy returned
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Heroic Cure for Painting.

Il saw q girl cured of, or rather pre-
vented from fainting fit once" said .
gentleman yesterday.
I'VE had been misguided, and man
and his daughter, with whom I was
travelling, drove into q river that was
swimming.
a.As the mules began to raise . rum
pus in the water, one of the girls col
lapsed and started to go into . faint.
Her father struck back and slapped
her . singing blow in the face.
The girl recovered and showed that
she was angry and hurt. As we pull.
ed out on the opposite shore the father
remarked:
lam sorry I had to slap You, but
saw you were going to faint, and might
tumble into the stream, so I slapped
you to prevent your fainting.'
Tt was heroic treatment, but It an
swered the purpose. atlantis &c
stitutiosa
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A Fatefnl Ring.

A curious story Is related from Mad.
rid in explanation of the misfortunes
which have lately afflicted the royal
house of Spain. It appears that the
root of the mischief is fatal ring of
quite medieval deadliness. The late
King Alfonso XII. gave it to his cousin,
Mercedes, when he was betrothed to
her, and she wore it during the whole
of her short married life. On her death
the King presented it to his grand
mother, the Queen Christina. She
died very soon after, when it passed to
the Kings sister, the Infsnta del Pillar,
who at once began to sicken, and In .
few days breathed her last Alphonso
then handed it to his sister-in-law,
Christina, the youngest daughter Of the
Duke of Montpensier, but IN three
months she was also dead. His Majesty
now resolved to retain the baleful Jewel
in his own keeping, but he, too, soon
fell . victim to its mysterious ma1ig-
nancy. By order Of his widow il has
now been suspended by chain around
the neck Of the statue Of the Naid Of
Almudena, the patron saizf Of Mad1id.
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and how he could have come there we
were at loss to imagine.
saw that his eyes were fixed upoL
me from the very first, and looked
hard at him in return. It seemed to
me that had seen him before.
He was upon the very point of speak.
ing to me-indeed, he had got out my
first name-when I just dropped my
oar right where it was and threw my
self upon him with my arms about his
neck.
"Oh, Joe, Joel" cried; ooh, Brother
Joel"
1t seemed marvellous that I should
have known him, he was so worn and
wretched. But I did know him, and
he knew me. The tears rained fast
down his face as he tried to speak.
When we got him on board the ship
he told us his whole story. His vessel
had been taken by the Algerines three
years before, and he, with all his ship
mates, had been condemned to slavery.
At first he had been kept on shore,
but after time he was put on board
the corsair we had Just sunk, where he
was forced to undergo the most dis
tressing servitude.
During the battle he had bevn kept
in attendance upon the wounded, and
one nine-pound shot, he said, gave him
plenty of employment.
His deliverance seemed miraculous
to him, as well it might.
One of the Algerines lay dead on our
ships deck, and this fellow, he said,
was the captain of the brig, the black
master whom he had served.
We put the three rescued Algerinee
on shore at Gibraltar, letting them &C
about their business, and then with
happy hearts made sail across the At
lantic.
I went up the long lane with Joe, and
into the dooryard, Just as I had dreamed
that I did. But mothers feelings, who
can tell?
Instead of losing me, she had now
her other boy, and for once in her life
at least, she had reason to bless sea
voyage, though it had once been so alb
horrent to her.
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The Deth's.Head Moth.

| A short time before the outbreak OF
the French Revolution there appeared
in Europe o large moth, bearing on
the back of its thorax hideous deaths
head. It had been imported into
Europe with it's native plant, the DO.
tato.
1t was not long before it was found
that this ominous-looking insect de-
stroyed and devastated the hives of
bees, feeding on the honey it plum
dered from them. It swooped down
in the dead Of night, making havoc of
the hive, and resistance was in vain, as
the stings of the bees could not pene-
trate the soft, downy covering of the
moth.
The owners of bees tried. various
means to prevent the onslaught of this
terrible enemy, bet all in vain, and at
last the bees solved the problem them
selves.
They built wall of wax with loop
holes in it sufficiently large to allow
themselves to pass but not large
enough to admit their enemy.
In appearance the death's-head
uxObA ID 4dlAC anu Will
yellow markings, and measures about
five inches from tip to tip of its ex-
tended wings. On the thorax or
middle portion of the body are pale
markings, representing q hideous
deaths head, hence the name of the
insect.
The caterpillar is greenish yellow,
with black spots on the back and cross
lines of blue and white. It is our COM
mon potato worm.
One of the strange characteristics OF
this peculiar moth is a plaintive, squeak
ing sound which it emits, the manner
of its production having as yet no sat-
isfactory explanation.
On account of the piratical markings
on its thorax, it has always been re-
garded with superstitious dislike and
aversion.
In Mauritius superstition prevails
that it sheds dust from its wings
that causes immediate blindness if it
falls upon person. For this reason,
when one of the moths enters q habi-
tation scene of CONSERVATION ensues.
The chrysalis is quite interesting,
resembling q Jug in its
shape. The long handle is commonly
to be the tail of the insect,
but is in reality the tongue-case. This
latter organize tongues of extra
ordinary length, to enable it to reach
after the honey in flowers having deep
corolla. A Madagascar species has q
tongue 81 inches in length.
The chrysalis is frequently found in
digging in the ground where potatoes
have been planted.-Noble n Eber.
hart, Ph. D.
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Still there was no cry for quarfe- AMI
I don't know that we would have heel
ed it had such cry been heard.
sBang, bang, bang! Crash, crab
crash!" Every shot told, now.
sGive it to the devils!" said nm,
noble old captain; awe've got them
sure!" And how our men sprang to the
work! They did not require any nrpino
Lower and lower sank the pirate.
till her forecastle was almost on a level
with the water. Then, all at once She
gave plunge as if to dive right under
our ship. She rushed forward. her bow
spirit crashing against the Eagles side
and breaking short off.
Then she seemed to stand almost on
end, her stern uppermost. There was
sort of struggle as of some dying ami
mal-and the next moment down she
went.
The Eagle rolled fearfully in the
deep chasm made by the sinking hull.
but in few minutes she sat upon the
ordinary swell, triumphant and safe.
the good old New Yorker that she was.
At first all the black faces were car
ried down with their sinking vessel.
but presently we saw three or four
heads bobbing above water, and our
boat was lowered to pick up the poor
wretches whom the sea had failed to
retain in its grasp.
Invent with the others in the boat.
We picked up three ferocious-looking
fellows, about the color of Moors, who
looked as if they would very gladly cut
off our heads if they could get o
chance.
Then we pulled for the fourth and
last, and hauled him, too, into the boat.
He was as white as we were our
selves, and, as soon as he could get
breath to speak, he said something in
plain English.
We all looked at him in astonish-
ment. He was thin and miserable,
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been reared SO carefully that a few
shocks would be fatal to me. Our
people were extremely refined and
high strung. Several of my ancestors
drove their own teams and hauled
freight from the depot. We are a
naughty race, and when irritated
would fight for our honor or anything
else that presented itself.
The Nyes extend back into the past
for hundreds of years. They have oc-
cupied every position of trust all over
the pages of the grocery history of their
country. We will not brook an af-
front, and the man who looks askance
at us may be found on the following
day carefully looking over his vitals,
removing sand from them, and trying
to replace them in their former posi-
ton on the program.
And so I was as pleased as child
when I entered this rough Western
town, so far removed from the great
thought emporiums and brain works of
the thinking and tidy East, and found
so much real merit, so much that we
are fond of in the East, yet hardly ex-
pect to find so far West, where every
thing is, o! so crude, and o so coarse.
Among other things I brought my
pajamas with me, and finger-bowl. I
did not think would find any finger
bowls out here, and I must have my
finger-bowl or sicken and fade away.
There are some real good stores here,
and Eastern people who may be hest
tating about coming here because there
is no good place to trade need not hest
tate any longer.
Society here, too, is good. It is so
good that, so far, I have not been
pressed to enter it much, and so I can
see that it is not so mixed as I have
been told it was at home.
The Chicago River is one of the most
desolate and arid streams I have ever
observed. It has the same soiled and
troubled bosom that one sometimes sees
in the lower walks of life, and it moves
very, o, SO very deliberately, like man
going to the train to meet his wife's
mother, knowing that she does not ap-
prove of him.
Two million three hundred and
OA6Aoy tAOuodAO COWS Wc10 1uduS
widows here last year. Five thousand
pigs per day also bite the dust after
having emitted piercing shrek. One
sees the pig gay, frolicsome, and with
life before him. Anon we find him
cold in death. His chest has large
hole in it and big, big chip gives his
mouth hard, set look. It is awful.
And yet to see Mr.. Armour there with
his sleeves tucked up above his dim
pied elbows and the tips of his red
flannels just showing roguishly be-
meath, You would find it hard to say in
your heart, "Here is cold, cruel man.
He fits here and there among the work
men, looking now at the breast-bone Of
q Quincy shote to see if we will have
an open winter, and then going on to
where he is trying to keep up COB fire
under hogshead in which he is
smoking some of his justly celebrated
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hams. And are you fond of your
work, MIR. Armour?" I asked, as he be-
gan to pull out the chin whiskers of an
adult hog. Indeed I am" he re-
piled. ut seems almost like play to
me now. At first it made me tired and
I yearned for something more remuner-
alive, but it pays real well now, and
though I feel weary at night as / get
home and put on my other clothes / am
sustained and soothed by the blessed
assurance that at the end of the year
find I have made s., OOO. 900, and that
is worth making sacrifice for. OF
course it is pleasanter to write thoughts
for the paper and wear your good
clothes every day and call yourself lit
erary than it is to assassinate hogs all
day and go home smelling like lard
rendering recital, but literature is not
so remunerative. I am therefore con-
tent. Ny lot may not be 50 fragrant as
yours, but it Is not after all an undesir-
able one He then buried his gleam-
ing blade in the watch pocket of large
ecru hog, and Is he began to unravel
the digestive economy of the poor brute
/ turned aside and hid my face on the
shoulder of . young lady that stood
near by. / am brave man In great
emergency, but when my honor Is not
ct stake my heart is just as tender - it
can be.
I speak of Mr.. Armour's works be-
cause it Is customary to do 80. People
who come to Chicago from the East ct
once repair to the pork centers, and,
having seem them, they write Q letter
shout the matter and go home.
An old Chicago business man who
has d, ass, 66O.N more than I have q
Iwrite these lines, said to me: sYou
-, with shout . million Of people
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bound Bostonian, and the San Francis

bound Bostonian, and the San Francis
co millionaire plays whist with the
bead-eyed humorist. Crossing the
Missouri River the air of curiosity man
ifests itself, followed east of Chicago
by falling off in the rapport and per-
sifage business, until between New
York and Boston the stranger feels the
same air of cordiality that Mr.. Enoch
Arden did when he got home, late at
night, looked in the window, and went
away. BILL NYE.
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CURE FOR insomnia.

Recently there came to work in q
Brookfeld Conn., family Swedish
woman, who, hearing of a young wom-
ans trouble from insomnia, told her of
the practice of people in her country
who are similarly afflicted. 1t was to
take napkin, dip it in ice-cold water,
wiring it slightly, and lay it across her
eyes. The plan was followed and it
worked like charm. The first night
the girl slept four hours without awak-
ening, something she had not done for
several months. At the end of that
time the napkin had become dry. By
wetting it again she at once went to
sleep, and it required considerable
force to rouse her in the morning.
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our fire. I saw one OF our best men
go down, dropping stone dead upon
the planks, but there was no time to
ask how he had been hut or how much
he had been mangled.
Again our nine-pounders sent out
their iron storm, and again the pirate
replied. 1t was now fierce battle,
with the guns roaring upon both sides,
, and the smoke so thick that we could
hardly see the enemy at all.
But all the time we heard our cap
tain's voice, and it encouraged us like
! the sound of trumpet.
Sire low! fire low !" he kept crying
plug her right in the hull! You are
doing well, my good fellows; you are
doing WE'LL"
Suddenly we found that the brig
was close aboard of us. She looked
dreadfully cut up; her jibboom was
gone and her main topmast also, but
her savage crew had filed her away
before the wind in order to lay us on
board.
In another moment her bow struck
the Eagles side. The black villains
were swarming upon the bowsprit of
their vessel, ready to leap down upon
our deck, but our good captain had
provided against this. Two of the
nine-pounders on the opposite side of
the ship had been turned around in
their tackles, so that by firing across
the deck they could sweep all before
them.
Now" he cried, stake good aim,
men-be sure of them! There, let 'em
have it,"
Both the big cannons roared together,
and the effect was terrible. The pr
rates bowsprit was entirely cleared of
men. They fell from it as blackbirds
fall from tree where they have clus-
tered when the sportsman sweeps them
with full charge of fine shot.
And now it was hand-to- hand fight,
terrible beyond description. The pi-
rates had their cimeters and our men
their bayonets. But the black faces
and bare black arms were beaten back.
Although five to- one, they could not
overcome the determined resistance of
the Yankee crew.
In the dreadful struggle our helms
man had LEFT the wheel and joined IN the
melee, when the help of every man was
needed to repel the frantic fiends who
were striving to obtain q foothold on
our decks.
1t was a most fortunate circumstance
that he did so, for with no one at the
helm, the ship swung around in such
. manner that the pirate was brought
to the leeward, and made to swing
straight off from Us, so that our whole
broadside could be brought to bear,
while he could not use single gun.
His bowsprit had become entangled
In our rigging, and he lay helpless,
without the power either to get away
or to return our fireswith effect. The
moment man appeared upon the briggs
head, with the desperate intent Of
boarding us, he was swept away.
Oh, how our men worked 1t the
nine-pounders! Bang, bang, bang!"
went the heavy reports, and every shot
made clean hole through the bows of
the brig.
We saw that she settled. The water
must be rushing into her in torrents.
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SRRIH0.


The springtime is coming,
The wild bee is humming,
The brown earth is spotted with green;
The robins are singing,
The warm breezes 1ingfng
Sweet odors the mountains between.
The willows are dipping,
And noddfng and drpring;
Along where the wate|cress grows;
Bright sunbeams are glancing,
Sweet wild flowers enhancing,
On banks where the mountain stream flows
The crocus is creeping.
And cautiously peeping,
To learn II the weather Is cold;
The dnffodil, signing
Is every way trying
To peep its head up through the mold.
The bee and sweet clover
Think best to wait over,
Till lilies and roses appear;
When skies will be clearer
And summer songs nearer,
They promised again to be here.
WAITsFIELD. VT
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OF mine insists that the following Is
far superior. Apply . wash made Of
OF pulverixed borax, and half an
ounce Of powdered camphor. Rub on
with piece Of flannel or : sponge.
To Seed Raisins. boiling
water over raisins, and the seeds can
very easily be removed.
Dust in the Eyes.-H unfortunate
enough to fill the eyes with dust, do
not rub them. Cold water dashed in
to them will give almost immediate
relief.
A Cooling Drink.-An excellent
dunk for patient suffering wi
fever is prepared by putting q large
spoonful of black currant Jelly into
tumblerful Of boiling water. To be
used when cold.
To Clean Glasses. friend assures
me that glasses can be cleaned and
made to shine brightly by q very SIM
pie process. Into the glass to be
cleansed break few raw egg-shells,
add little cold water, shake well,
rinse with clear cold water, and the
glass will shine clear as crystal. II
the glass is at all greasy, use warm
water and little soda, and rinse thor
oughly in cold water.
A Neuo Clothesline.-A new clothes
line is an undisputed nuisance, but if
the housewife will boil it until tender,
or, in other words, until it is soft and
perfectly pliable, she will find it much
more satisfactory when used. After
boiling, it should be hung in warm
room until dry, and not allowed to
"kink." A line, when not in use,
should be taken down, rolled into q
ball, and put away until needed again.
With care line will last long time,
and never soil the clothes it comes in
contact with. /
CHICAGO, Ill.
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KITCHEN ECONOMY.

Hasty Pudding TO quart Of boiled
milk add the yelks Of two eggs and 4
little salt; stir in gradually flour until
it is of q good thickness. Let IL bod,
stirring all the while; pour into dish
and serve with sauce.
Batter Pudding-Beat mp six eggs,
add quart of milk, six tablespoonf,;ls
of -four, eight bitter almonds blnnched
and grated, one tablespoonful Of salt
and one of ground ginger; mix all to-
gether and pour into . buttcrcd baking
dish; tie cloth over it, and boil ono
hour and quarter. Serve with melted
butter and sugar.
Apple Jelly-Take two dozen sour
apples, pare them and cover with
water; let boil until reduced to . pulp !;
strain through . jelly bag, and to
every pint add one pound Of white
sugar, flavor with lemon Juice: loil
for fifteen minutes and skin, OCCASION
ally; try . little on plate, aud when
it jellies il Is done enough.
Pop Overs-Two beaten eggs, two
cups Of boiled milk, two cups Of fonr;
vet the -four with : little Of tho milk
10 prevent Jumping, then add the re-
mAinder; pour in buttcred cups until
halt full, and bake in quick oven
twenty minutes.
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TO CURE A sgY.

Styes are such troublesome little
ailments that the following remedy for
their cure, recommended by M. Abadie,
az be welcome: Dissolve one part
of boracic acid in thirty parts of dis.
titled water, and drop on some of this
solution with wetted piece Of wad-
ding several times o day. It is said
not only to effect cure but to pre-
vent return Of this annoying affec.
ton,
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HOMING here as ]

did from New York
Twas agreeably sur
prised to note the
cultivation and re-
fnement one sees
here at the most
unexpected mo-
ments. I came to
Chicago from the
East fearing that
I would be shocked
and panied almost
constantly by the
rudeness and ignor-
ance of the masses.
And I hate to be
shooko1 r hQvQ
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BILL NYE SEES CHICAGO.


Like Other Distinguished Visitors He De-
ecxanes tie Stock Yards = His Tender
Heart Grows Faint ut the sights He wit
Noses During . Conversation with III.
Armour.
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LAUNDRY ITEM.

Shirt bosoms never blister If starch
ed on the right side, but if they are
wrong side out when starched they are
apt to do so. Pour mixed starch into
boiling water instead of pouring boil
ing water on the starch, in that way
never using more starch than is neces-
sary, as the simple starch and water
can be saved.
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10 Prevent Ia
Hair from E6ll-
ing OH. -Wask
and rub the scalp
thoroughly oncs
. week with salt
. n d " ateF.
Speaking from
experience, I can
say thisis the best
remedy I know
Of: still a hiend
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SOMEBODY has written . poeea N
hats. It must be very verse-artile IN
III tendency.
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FRUIT srBINs.

Stains of fruit on good table linen
can be removed without injury by using
the following with care: Pour boiling
water on chloride of lime, in the pro-
portion of one gallon to quarter Of
pound, bottle it, cork it well, and in
using be careful not to stir it. Lay the
stain in this for moment, then arply
white vinegar and boil the table lien.
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HAIR TONIC.

A fine tonic for the hair is one-hah
water and one half bay-rum, made
bitter with quinine. This must be
rubbed into the scalp twice day. But
it is thought to darken the color Of the
hair.