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their feet. and they rat wildly away
leaving the packs in ful possession of
the pavements while the Cinnamon
cheered Justify at their hasty retreat.
These peculiar packs Snelled as no
powder ever smelled before, and the
smoke which filed the fir was almost
suffocating. There appeared to be an
aroma of burning opiuIh, but, what
ever 1t was, 1t was terrible and almost
terrifying to American n4strils.
Towards midnight they brought out
whole sheafs of Amerif an-made sky
rockets to which they had attached
bamboo tails with packs bf firecraclers
for aerial display. These were fired off
by dozens. In fact the entire celebra-
ton was carried on Hy wholesale.
They had evidently PURCHASED the last
remnants of the stock q some dealer
who disposed of them at POST. The dis
play was as lavish as might have been
expected at Inauguration time and at
government expense. the skyrocket
part of the show lasted rearly half an
hour ut the firecrackers kept on pop
ping all the time and tho wild dancing
of the Cinnamon was as continuous as
though an army of Jtps was after
them.
Then came the coloreh lights. The
curbstoncs were covered with little
boxes containing coloreh powder and
for fifteen minutes the scene was bril-
liant. The smoke aroseras incense and
pervaded the upper atmosphere until
the stars were almost entirely OBJ
scured. During this performance some
giant crackers were produced and
scores of & EN- cracked the air. The
louder the noise the mi rrier were the
peculiar foreigners who were celebrat-
ing our national birthday. But these
giant noise-makers we mere popguns
rs compared with the hgal explosion of
Celestial patriotism. John Milton
and Signor Dante could have witnessed
the scene they might hate written with
lxeener inspiration. A string of giant
crackers about twenty fleet long and
thicker than a mans arm was pro-
duced as final crSck o. doom.
1t was started by Ch6naman as big
as Goliath. He seemed to be the boss
of the whole affair, Ind when he
marched forth with IL at big roll, or
log of fire, the whole cobny came down
from their houses and porches to form
ring around 1t. For lily five minutes
thare was pandemonium unequaled
save by an actual ar,illery battle.
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SKY-LIGHT.

YEARLY mount the tenement stair.
rqfub to the top OF the fouiness there,
Ana turn to the attic on the right
Some day Iii show you the pitfiul sight
Braidlns rag rugs sat a cripple lad.
Light from the scutt,s was all he had
a wink Of the sky glanced down 81 the gloom.
Never sound came into the room.
Never q sight OF the stirring street
Low the chill's voice vas sober and sweet:
Mothers at work. and father Is dead.
Jim he holds HOSES At i've cents head,
Bob was a sailor before he vas sunk.
Joe be sells papers. and Tim he gets drunk
Nobody else. ma'am, only just me
was born crooked same IS you see
~once there was Molly She made the mat
For you. Roses, Like them in your nat,
Pretty nv sister she taught me to braid
Boys ma'am. they 90: but Molly. she stsid-"
CHOKING BIT. said: Poor little ehapi
What could befsll hert What sort OF mishspi
Where IN this world has Molly gone tos
Leaving alone poor thing like you
Dark was the garrett: but who could devise
Softer fair lamps than the little lads eyesf
Cp 70 the sky-Iight his thin, twisted hand
Painfully pointed Don't underestimate
Il used 20 think that ladies' like you
9ain't got TO learn thinss. but most alwers
knew
See those white clouds and all that blue air.
Molly. my sister shes there-up there"
sweet little soul OF the body shut I'M a
I am your scholar. glad TO begin.
Hardest OF lessons learn from you:
Unto the light have. thJs 70 b. trus-
Saddest OF hearts. For you In my song.
Look for your dearest dead where they be-
long
Over each life there's enough OF The blue.
Sky-light and sOll-Iight let Heaven through.
Elizabeth PLe'ps-ward. IN Youths Com
IA ZION.
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FROM INDIAN NAMES.

Fox river, in Illinois, got a name
from the translation of the Indian
designation, Observation-Disclosures" River
of the Foxes"
GAsEo bay, in Maine, has its name
from an Indian word meaning "crane.
These birds were formerly plentiful on
its shores.
LEEcH lake, in Minnesota, takes its
name from translation of the Indian
Gahsuhgusgwah Chemakang, the
place of leeches."
KESSEBEc was the nearest approach
the whites could make to the pronunci-
alton of Quinninnippiohl1e. 1.-The place
OF long water"
The Conemaugh was named from an
Indian word meaning otter creek,
from The form abundance of these
animals in its waters.
THE Appalachicola, in Florida, took
its name from that of an Indian town
Oh its banks, Alphabetical, meaning
ian old town or fort.
THE Flint, in Michigan. was called
by the Indians Perwonigo, 1.-THE river
of the flint" from the abundance OF
this stone on its banks
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OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.

THE state of Vermont is worth $780,
s06. us.
THE state of Kansas is worth $780,
sol $50.
THE state of Arkansas is valued at
$50, 400, 1854.
THE value of Montana, mines and all,
is SIS, 500, s02.
WYOMING was at the last census worth
s13,6al seq.
NEVADA has an assessed valution of
500, 99l, 459.
THE assessors of 1890 rated Michigan
at s5i7 $3.50, 359.
MARYLAND has an assessed valuation
Of s497 800, 675.
New YORK has g.. 900, 900 invested in
private libraries.
THE assessed valuation of New Hamp-
shire is s205, $50, sos.
ARIzoNA's territory and resources are
valued at s9,270.214.
IDAHO has the least nominal valua-
ton, being only 6,440,s76.
THE clocks in this country are esti-
mated to number $4,000, 600.
THE little state of Delaware might be
bought for $50, 95l ,643.
South CARoLINA's wealth of all kinds
is estimated at 1888. $50, 1875.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMEMADE BRoODER.
It's Designer Claims That It Is Practical
In Every ReaDeef.


In Every Respect.
Some time ago / promised a de-
scription of my homemade brooder.
wish to say on the start that while not
costly it is thoroughly practical for all
ordinary purposes, for 1t has been
tested and does its work we'll
The size shall give is large enough
20 accommodate 95 or 100 chickens,
which is as many as ought to be in
one flock. To warm the brooder,
use a common tin wash-boiler with
cover. In the center of the bottom
insert a 2ls-inch pipe, open at the
long enough to reach within two
inches of top of the boiler. The hot
air going into this tube from the lamp
underneath heats the water that sur
rounds il.
The brooder box should be AZ feet
long and 2 feet inches wide. and as
deep as the boiler is high, with room
under the floor for an ordinary hand
lamp with chimney; use lamp with
wide wick, and let it come within an
inch of the mouth of the tube. The
boiltI Coll Dc pidCcu lcuR tHWlSc OF
across the floor as one may wish, yet
there must be plenty of room to let the
chickens come around the boiler with
out being crowded.
The door should be high enough to
allow the boiler To come to the top of
the brooder, so as not to let the steam
into the chamber where the chickens
are. Cut hole in the floor one foot
square, over which set the boiler and
under it place the lamp, with the
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Mr.. Binks-I met 4 woman to-day
that | thought good Zeal of once.
Mrs. Binks-Oh, youldid?
"Yes, | used to do my very best to
please her."
"IIumph.'
IL did everything | fould to win her
affection"
my goodness!"
And at last succeeded"
"Wha-"
"She granted all thaf | asked, and by
so doing made me tile happiest man
alive"
Il asked her to coml right up to the
house with me to-day, but she had some
shopping to do and cam hot get here until
supper time"
"Mr. Binks, am gong right home to
my mother"
"She isn't at home, ruy dear. II was
your mother that ! INST. She gave me
you."-N. Y. Weekly.
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y>t goa say IL isn't worth trying. NY
dear George heart never main
tanned fair lady, IL il won her"
The upshot was that George figured
up his liabilities against his check.
and handed over to the trusty Scherer
1850. to be converted in two days, or
some such reasonable time. into Ee.50o
Done" cried Scherer. as ne penciled
the little transaction in his notebook.
And done George was For next
day. when he looked at Mines" in the
money column. he found Gold Bugs
had crawled downstairs three-eighths-
What do you advise. Sckerer?" asked
George. when they met in the city.
Never advise my dear George. Don't
do it-on principle. Cut your losses,
let your profits run. is our old wheeze;
but it's no good being too hasty. This
fall is simply due to somebody being
in too big a hurry 10 pocket profit.
But you judge for yourself, dear boy;
that's what advise"
Next dav Gold Bugs had crawled
downstairs two or three steps more
Its nothing. George. said the Op-
timiStic Scherer Weak holders
couldn't last Out-that's my explana-
tion. Still. don't be guided by me-"
Next day after that Gold Bugs had
fallen 81 heavily that you couldn't find
anybody to'pick them up again at any
price. And just then, of course, 70
make amends. George Llttlecash was
reminded by his tailor of that little
account" which had been overlooked
for so many quarters Ii was in this
doleful hour, as he sat savagely biting
his lips. knitting his brOws and inward
" cursing Scherer and ali his works,
that he glanced vaguely at copy of
the Evening Intelligence.
Renewed Activity in Rand Shares"
was the line in large type that caught
the disconSOlate investors eye as the
paper lay on his desk.
.'Confound Rand shares he eiacu-
lated fervently. wheeling round as
though frozn a too sffectionate snake.
Just then. as luck would have il. il
popped the beaming and expansive
Scherer.
why, George. my dear boy. you're
looking as CHASTITY "a James Canham
Read when he was taken from life, as
the waxworks bill says Nothing seri-
Gus, hope? Gal chueked your
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Look here, Scherer; I don't want
You blarneYing me again. I've had
quite enough of Rand shares. thanks
in fact, long sight too much"
Rand shares, Why. my dear fell
low Scherer returned. with laok of
panied virtue. You really don't mean
10 tell me that's what put you down in
the dumps-that little matter of two
City, when you stood to win as many
thousands, Bless my soulr'-Scherer's
eve had just caught the line in the
Evening Intelligencer-"have you seen
the paper to-night?'
'No." replied George. whose back
was turned. nor want to I'm sick of
the whole thing. You knew. for told
you. I couldn't risk anything under the
circumstances unless il was absolutely
certain"
And that's what you call risk
''Oh, hang-I know it's my own fault
only don't bother me with any more
of these fine tales"
Now. I call this very unkind II you,
George" said Scherer. injured; II do.
indeed" And so saying. while he kept
one eve on Georges back, MIR. Scherer
cast the other down the money column.
When he reached Gold Bugs" that
particular eye fiared up like a fusee.
Now. what should you say il Gold
Bugs went up again TO 54, eh?'
ROT
Right you are. dear boy. Rot is
IL? Well, well. You think / misled
you about that little deal, eh?"
Well, il you want plain speaking,
Mr.. Scherer. think you did"
And you an friends. George. This
is what comes of trying TO do a man a
good turn, Now. what do you say il I
offer to take those shares of your hands
again, since you're so cut up over emp"
AT shilling apiece, suppose. Hs,
haT'
"A shilling apiece? 70. sir. Not at
a shilling apiece III give you what
you gave for 'em. and a shilling apiece
over TO so h your injured feelings.
What dye ink Of THAR
Mr.. Scherer found his magnanimity
50 exhilarating that he drew himself
Up, threw open his coat, aud slipped
George's Evening Intelligent n into his
own pocket.
You doubt my honesty and my good
faith. Ell, my dear sir" he said, pulling
out his check book and roll of notes.
Last week you paid me $3.50: If you WI ~
be so good as to hand me back the
scrip ! shall have much pleasure in
handing you my check for a362 los Or,
praps." he added, with cutting sar-
casm. since you doubt my honesty, you
A
George. who had risen. half dazed,
had just enough presence of mind to
gasp in his establishments:
IF it's all the same TO you, should"
Certainly. my dear sir"
I'm only too delighted to hand IL
back to yOu," said George fervently, as
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The Sweet Girl Graduates Excuse.

She was the prettiest young thing
you ever looked at, and she will be one
of the sweet girl graduates of 's5. The
minister was asking her about her
studies:
Have you read Cesar" he asked.
'Oh. yes, indeed. We read Cesar
the first year"
"Ah. indeed And have you read
Cicero?''
"Oh. yesi We read Cicero the second
year"
''Ah, indeed! And have you read
virgil's 'AeneidT
lies. I've read everything"
'''Ah, indeed"
But she had the sweetest smile and o
complexion like a peacn.-Philadel-
mia Press
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FIG. l.-oUTsIDE VIEW.

A, glass slide for ventilation. 9x12 inch n.
top of boiler L, tube running down through
boiler c, cover over top OF tube. ID. hinged
trap door. TO ventilate and clean. F, G., glass
slides. exi2 f. entrance for chicks to brooder
chamber. II. inclined platform for chicks to
reach brooder chamber Dotted line shows
where floor OF brooder is.
chimney under the mouth of the tube.
Fill the boiler about two-thirds full of
hot water, light the lamp, shut up the
brooder, and in few moments it will
be warm, ready for the little chicks.
Cut hole in top, forward of the
boiler, cover nicely with 9x12 glass,
also two in the side the same size
These should be so they can slide back
and forth. The top one is for light
and ventilation; the side holes are for
light, and through them the brooder
can be easily cleaned. Another hole
should be cut in the side below the
floor, in order to place the lamp under
the boiler. and 70 remove il for filling
and trimming. We use glass here also,
as we can more readily see how the
lamp is burning.
In front is another glass door, so the
chickens can come out upon the plat
form to eat. Never feed in the cham
Der. Cover :he floor with sand or saw
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never was wedding without presents
As for no honeymOOn-why, Hetty
would be justified in CRYING of before
the very altar"
What had placed our frie Id in this
unpleasant quandary was. to begin
with, Uncle. Piper's check for $3.50.
II was a check tn marry Hetty and set
up house with. and qua cash was salts
factory enough. hut accompanied with
the wise avuncular injunction:
George, marry on a cash basis-cash,
mind -or never look me in the face
again" Such excellent advice, plus a
$500 check. il is impossible for a
nephew TO spurn ESPECIALLY a nephew
In love.
And then. when he had this gold
mine of un told wealth in his pocket.
and . full ocean of happiness to look
forward e.. t;eOrge fell into the tolls
of the plausible fellow. Tom Scherer.
Of the well-known city firm OF Mouton.
Scherer & Walker. Scherer had such
taking way of remembering. and
cherishing affectionstely, ones Chris
tian name.
''Ah! Congratulate You, my dear
Happy man. Some of you fellows have
the devils own luck. And just in
time. too, for me To put you on to
making a comfortable nest egg for the
happy home one of the prettiest
chances you ever had. But come into
Pipps' and have a coffee
PiPps. that long. low. smoky dive"
in IhrogmOrtOn street, was crowded
with eaSy-mannered gentlemen in silk
hats, or in ne hats at all. who con-
versed in pairs and in groups with
electrical energy. They could not hear
themselves for their own talking.
''Sell-at five-three-eight" Book YOU
thousand. "Buy-six-quarter." Sell"
Bay" "Panjandrums' Rhodes"
.'Barnev's stock" struck Bibble-
bobble-reef" last crushing ten
ounces such were some of the scraps
of jargon that emerged above the din
in flashes of comparative silence; while
ever and anon a gentleman would draw
from his vest pocket a little notebook
aud pencil some entry or other Almost
deafened at first by the hubbub. George
Littlecash was soon n the whirlpool
himself. an eager listener to Mr..
Scherer's glowing tales indicative of the
pecuniary advantage certain to result
from a small punt in the South African
''bOOm-
Eighty thou in one deal. my dear
George dye think of that, Ell?
Springett went nap on Gold Bug Ex-
tensions-put on every penny he couhi
scrape together. till he hadn't a cent
10 swear by-and came out $1,000
golden sOvereigns to the good. And
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PITH AND POINT.

Romance has been elegantly de-
fined as the offspring of fiction and
love.-Disraeli.
If God puts the lions den in front
of us, we will miss a good deal IL we
don't walk straight up to it-Ram's
HorL.
-rhe impartiality OF history is not
that of the mirror. which merely re-
fleets objects. but the Judge who sees.
listens and decides.-Lamartine.
New Arrival-"hre all your rooms
engaged" Hotel Proprietor-"Yes
but there q lot of summer girls about
here who aren't"-Philadelph Rec
ord.
-Simpson-"How do you know that
your rival and her father will fall out
and fight" Jimpsor (gleefully)-
They've both joined the same church
choir. "-Tammany Times.
-Stranger-"Don'ty you find it lonely
making a trip out here every day?"
Commuter-'Not at all. l bring home
a new cook or maid-of-all-work with
me almost every evening. Truth.
Mrs. smith, declare! This leg
of mutton has shrunk away almost to
nothing" lille Smith-"Perhaps
mamma, IL came off the same sheep as
my flannel did. "-Pearson's Weekly.
Girls certainly develop into wom-
en- with alarming rapidity," muses. the
Manayunk Philosopher "In these
days it is only step from the panta-
lette to pantaloon. philadelphia Rec
ord.
-He-'I hear you attend the Han
del and Haydn performances We're
you present at the 'Creation?" She
Gndignantly)-'I suppose you will
next want to know il i sailed in
Noah's ark?"-Boston Beacon.
-Applicant-"I ask for the hand OF
your daughter" Parent-"Have you
any prospects for the future?" Appli-
cant-"None whatever" Parent-"She
hasn't any. either. Take her. my boy,
and be happy. Bless you both. Texas
Siftings.
Mrs. NewrIch-"I want a pair of
the dearest gloves you've got" Clerk
"How long do you want them,
madame?" Mrs. Newrich-"I want to
buy them. young man; you don't think
1 want to rent them, do you?"-Phila-
delphia Record.
Dear me" said Mrs. Hunnimune,
II must see our grocer right away"
"What fore" asked her husband. II
have some instructions to give him. !
want to tell him to make our coffee a
little stronger and our butter little
weaker. Washington Star.
NO man ever obtained anything
worth having without working hard
for it," "a id Mrs. Bickers to her hus-
band, 10 was in discouraged mood.
That's So" replied Mr.. Bickers, re-
dectively. IL remember that obtained
you without the slightest difficulty
Harper's Bazar.
-Macfarlane suppose you have
come again in connection with the dia-
mond pin I thought had been stolen
from me. 1t turns out, after all. that
had left it in my dressing case"
Nym Doyle from Scotland Yard)-''I
deeply regret that fact" Macfarlane
Why" Nym Doyle = "Because I
have found a clew to the thief."-Tit-
Bits.
We walk here. as it were, in the
crypts of life; at times, from the great
cathedral above us, we can hear the
organ and the chanting choir; we see
the light streaming through the open
door, when some friend goes up before
us; and shall we fear to mount the mar
row staircase of the grave that leads
us out of this uncertain twilig hit into
life eternal?-Longfellow
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HE FEARED THE WORST.
Weeks Fun at a Summer Resort.

Weeks Pun at a Summer Resort.
A little man with nervous tread,
carrying a small gripsack, hurried
through the entrance to the big hotel
and across the lobby to the desk, where
he hastily registered.
II want a good room" he said. as he
threw down his pen and looked up into
the calm face of the clerk. "Wifc's
away. Been away four weeks. Can
yor give me room on the second
fioor?"
The clerk nodded.
Good said the newly-arrived guest.
Nothing above would suit me. Want
il TO tie as near as possible to the Of
flee. Your weeks ago my wife left me.
Summer resort. you know. Nothing
but pleasant letters from her. Every
thing lovely so far. During all this
period she hasn't asked me for a cent.
Think of it! Not cent. Can have
my meals sent to my room?'
Yes, sir, replied the clerk, with q
suppressed yawn.
"That's right" said the man on the
outside of the desk. mot a cent" he
muttered to himself under his breath,
mot red cent. Doctor in the housed?
"Yes, sir"
GLOW is he-pretty good?"
Zone of the best"
Good in an emergency, eh? Good
for certain call? Up on heart dis
ease?"
Certainly, sir"
Splendid Now, have you tele.
phone?'
"Yes, sir. Look here" exclaimed the
clerk; what's wrong. anyway? You
look well enough. What's the matter;
What's all this fuss about?"
The little man leaned forward CON
fidentially.
That's what don't know" he said.
You never can tell. | must be pre-
pared. Re prepared for anything Yes.
SIR" he muttered, hoarsely; mo one
knows. I'm not a strong man. can
not tell what it may be. You say you
have telephone?"
That's what | said" answered the
clerk. What are you"
The little man caught him feverish-
ly by the arm. ''Listen." he broke in.
as he thrust a small paper out on the
desk. Here is the telephone number
of my bank. This morning. sir, after
four weeks, four weeks of pleasant,
gossipy. CHEEKY. loving letters. | re-
ceived postal-card from my wife say.
ing that she had drawn on me, and
when the bell-boys have been APP
prised, when the doctor has been noti-
fed and stands in readiness at a mo
menrs notice, when all precautions
have been taken, | wish you would
ring them up and then come upstairs
and tell me what the amount of that
draft is."-IIarper's Bazaar.
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he passed over the scr,u. ard received
the crisp notes and glea ming gold in
exchange.
And yet. strange to say" laughed
Scherer, Il can assure you Tm no less
delighted to take il back. Hai hal ha!
Ha. ha! har' For some moments the
cachinnation prevented speech. When
Scherer found breath he remarked to
his bewildered friend: MY dear
George, let me give you a word of hon.
est advice-iu fact, two words. Don't
doubt your friends honesty again, and
when you hold active shares keep a
sharp eye on the papers-ha. ha, ha!'
The papers, echoed Littlecash;
why. no, | haven't seen to-night's pa
per yet And he struck bell.
Yes. sir?" said the Office boy.
where's to-night's evening paper,
Tippetts?r
Amt come in yet, sir"
"Oh. yes. il has" corrected Mr..
Scherer. choking with laughter as he
produced the Evening Intelligence.
Il just-just mechanically picked it
up for a momen myself"
nut the ONCE OOy triumpneu-
That's a hold won. sir; to-night's
amt come in not yet, sir
Not come i'm" shrieked Seherer.
turning to the date why. good Lord
the papers a month old
Mr.. Scherer's ordinations as he
sank into Georges chair were so shock
ingly prOfane that even the Office boy
turned pah and expected a fash of
lightning.
GEORGE got his friend out OF the Office
OF last. but made point of handing
him back the odd twelve pounds ten
ito soothe his feelings" The wedding
took place. and Uncle Piper will never
know the particulars of Georges first
and last-little venture on the stock
exchange.-St. James Budget.