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Year: 1874

Nor long since 4 correspondent Of the
Philadelphia n buli ~ for tAo
information of the Boys of America"
the following synopsis of game which
he thinks ought in Il short time to be-
| come as popular as base ball.


The game in question is known in Ire
land by the name of "Scout" But even
there it is certainly not played in con
formity with the original constitution.
In an old French document on "Athlet-
ics,' which stumbled upon short time
ago, under the caption of La Chassc dc
Guerre," l at once recognized the lead
ing constituents of its crude parody of
the "Old Land" Scout" The Norman
title, think, ought to be retained, be
cause Chase de GueIre" sounds good,
and by that name propose to present it.


The contestants consist of thirteen II
side, which includes the master tor lead
err of the company. The scene of ac-
ton is parallelogram, 220 by so yards
Each company, with its chosen master,
takes position in the right and left cor
ners at the head of the "placc." Then
one from each side goes out, and is
placed by the umpire on the starting line
midway between the parties and likewise
at the head of the grounds. The race is
to be 200 yards, and the win
ming post is small ilag-polc, sur
mounted by a small pennant of the
united colors of the contestants. The
pole may be neat lance wood stick
about six feet high by about an inch and
half in diameter, with IL wedge shaped
the ground or in the cleft of "A small
block.of wood The capture of the flag
pole, which should easily yield to the
forward pressure of the hand, ut once
secures Il point" to the party whose man
has taken it, and makes Il prisoner of his
unsuccessful opponent The first twelve
points decide the game. The second
master will have charge Of the iag-polc
and readjust it Immediately after each
capture. Each winner is entitled to run
again and again, as often rs he takes the
pole But he must not do SO until after
the balance of his free companions have
each had II spin" If any one of the
opposing parties should have the unpre-
ccdcntcd good fortune to take u prisoner
every race it will of course win the game
right oil, making twelve consecutive
points to nothing But if instead of max
ing twelve consecutive points ii should
meantime have lost three prisoners, the
master of the captured company is cntl-
tied to claim an exchange, and to con
tinue the game with the three redeemed,
and SO on until no one to exchange re
mains ON the losing side, and the game
is dc tacto declared. No exchange is ad-
missiblc while single contestant re
mains on either side | strongly recon-
mend this fine, invigorating and inspirlt-
ing game to the boys, whether in transit
or full grown, of America.
Year: 1874

BOYS, wake up! Don't sit dreaming as
though the world was just made to sleep
in. Don't imagine somebody is going to
clothc and feed you while you do moth
ing but read love stories Have more
ambition than to part your hair IN the
middle, carry Il cane, wear Inc pools
and flourish a cigar Don't, any OF you,
bclittlc yourselves by using tobacco i'll
any form. 1t will make you filthy, ere
ate an appetite for liquor and make you
old and nervous.


Wake up! Try to be somebody. Try
to do something. Try to be noble, hon
est and Industrious. BY being some
body we do not mean simply being rich,
or Just like all the rest of the boys. Step
out boldly into new paths that other
bows arc too indolent and timid to try
In doing this you may not be like Ned,
who uses oaths; or Fred, who plays
cards; or Tom, who says his mother ana
father don't know anything; or like any
of score of other boys who all do about
the same way for fear the rest will laugh
ut them.


To do something is to shovel coal or
run errands: indeed, anything that Is
right, rather than lounge on hotcl steps
or hang around saloons. Ii you wouio
rather tell little falschoOd or SMOKE of
drink than to be seen in PLAIN ciothes'
coarse boots and at work-you are JUST
nobody.


Truth, temperance and good deeds
make men; clothes have nothing to 90
with it, If the lads you associate Win
talk snecringly of their mothers ana SIS
ters, avoid them as you would deauiy
poison. The influence of low, vulgar
language may lead you to infamy. no
PURE. Oh, how pleasant it is to look lh'o
the face of an innocent lad who IS cnas'e
and yirtuous! Take care OF your bodies'
do not abuse them Keep them sacredly
pure, clean and wholesome.


Don't think that because you are Only
a lad It will not make any difference II
you do just as you please. Don't thlnk
that God cares very little about you,
when the most trifiing act you may DO
is held in His everlasting remembrance.
He saws. "Even a child Is known by his
doings, whether his works be pure, or
whether they be right" just think Of
that! oh, how good and right and pure,
then, ought every child to be, because
for such God is fitting up a beautiful
mansion in glory!-Bessie Beech, IN s. s.
AdpOcate.
Year: 1874




We have long seen the possibility
Of missionary TO our country from
the heather, and one has at last arrived
in the person OF Wong CRin Foo.
Alas, yesl Bitter and humiliating as
is the truth, he is a chinaman; nay,
more--a political refugee, and doubt.
less the forerunner of q long line Of
distinguished Celestials who will leave
their country to transfer their allie
glance and ambition to our soil. This
antipodal celebrity, who speaks Eng
lish perfectly, has recently arrived in
Boston, and, with commehdaLle zeal,
has at once begun his labors among
the skeptical people Of that modern
Athens. He does not appear to have
felt il bis duty to open bis mission on
the Pacific Coast, where the people OF
his race are popularly supposed to be
destitute of souls. Though tstigued
by the storm Of politics in his native
land, this Oriental refugee seems to
have retained an unwaYering love for
and belief in the religion and society
of the country of the Celestials, and
has begun an active missionary work
here. He mourns over our incom-
pletehess, our lack OF repose and
gravity, our profuse expenditure, our
business greed, aud our utter want of
tilial reverence. Nothing, he thinks,
can lift us from our degradation but
the religion OF ConiuciOs, which rails
ed China from a low and disturbed
condition, and gave her SO many CEN
turies of brilliant peace, Wong Chin
Foo earnestly expresses the hope that
followers Of the Chinese philosopher
may at once spring up here: and his
audacity may yet result in "Confu-
cius class" into whose ranks young
Boston may flock to listen to the
teachings Of the exilod aristocrat.
Year: 1874

A druggist in Des Moines, Iowa,
was recently made the victim of a
rather expensive practical joke. A
man. apparently under the influence
of liquor, entered the shop one
morning, and called for a glass Of
soda-water, After drinking it, he
staggered against a pane Of French
plate glass in the show window,
shivering it to atoms. Seeing the
mischief he had done he hurried
away, but the druggist pursued and
overlook him, demanding payment
for the damage. The inebriate pro.
tested that he was impecunious, but
the plea did not avail. Two clerks
seized and searched him, and ex-
tracted from somewhere about his
person a $100 bill. This they de-
posted in their money-till, deducted
the price Of the glass, and stufing
the change into one of his pockets,
sent him adrift upon the street.
During the day the druggist discov-
cred, to his horror that the bill was
counterfeit. OF course no time
was slost; officers were sent in every
direction, and the offender was at
length captured and brought before
the bar Of Justice. Here, however,
a legal technicality disturbed the
even flow Of equity. The druDkard
urged that he was guiltless, of any
crime; that the counterfeit money
happened to be in his pocket at the
time of the accident, and that it was
taken from him by force, Under the
circumstances, the honorable gentle
man who presided over the court
felt constrained to dismiss the case,
and the druggist, with the fear of o
suit for assault and battery before
his eyes, declined to move further in
the matter.
Year: 1874

RUss1As New ARMY.-An impor-
tant crisis is approaching in regard
to the reconstruction of the Russian
army. In about one month tho levy
of recruits, according to the new
system, will take place, and the
change will have to be effected with
much more caution than has been
found necessary in any other State.
The new army law makes men of all
classes liable to military service, SO
that the new recruits will have to
stand side by side with the soldiers
OF tho old regjuie, and bo obliged to
treat them rs their comrades. Such
companionship will hardly be tempt
ing to nm educated man, when he
considers the low grade hitherto oc-
cupied in society by tho common
Russian soldier; indeed, it is pretty
certain that il some precautions are
not taken to avoid bringing the more
cultivated men into close contact
with the raw and uHciYilized, collis-
ions will occur which may cause no
small anxiety to the Government.
The institution of voluntary service
has been extended 10 a degree un-
precedented in any other country.
The schools, which elsewhere would
only be regarded as elementary, are
here included among tho establish
ments whose pupils are given special
privileges under the army law.
Every ono who is able to do SO will
therefore enter the army as yolun-
teer.
Year: 1874

The life Of Mary Ham of Rye, N.


H., who recently died at the age Of


so, was romantic and interesting in


the highest degree. For the 49, years
immediately preceding her death she
lived the life of a hermit in lonely
hut, to which water and the broom
were strangers during her residence
in it, and which was so filthy that an
ordinary person could hardly bear to
be in it for a moment, Here she ate
and slept and got drunk, and was
never glad to see company. 9


The only thing that in any meas
ure relieved this hovel of its dreari-
ness was a package of well-worn love
letters, and these explained her ec-
centric life. She was very much ad,
mired when 20 years old, and was
very coquettish, withal; but she fin
ally fell in love with one Charles
Waldron, and their love-letters were
of the warmest sort. He tired of
her fckleness, however, and dismiss
ed her, This broke her heart, but
to make itappear that she cared moth
ing for it, she engaged herself to n
brilliant Young. scapegrace named
John Ham, who had been expelled
from Dartmouth College, and being
himself disappointed in love married
her in a fit of recHlessness,


He died nineteen years ago, and
ever after she lived her strange life.
There have been many interesting
stories told about her, one Of which
was that she had a large sum of mon
ey concealed in her hut; but search
after dea tn disproved this. The let
ters, however, showed that her love
affair hat gone so far that her we'd
ding QUIT it had been prepared and
the day appointed when the thunder
bolt carle. The circumstances of
her last sickness led to the suspicion
that she had been poisoned.


She we $ found with q bottle by her
side, lying on bed in the EXTREMIST
agony; but rum and mental suffering
probably account for all, The town
authorities determined to "clean out"
her den q few days before her death;
but they were obliged to tear her
from it., screaming and struggling,
and the publication required two
days work and a bonfire. The
neighborH gave her every possible
comfort in her closing hours, and
Il niece, whom she had not seen for
twenty years, visited her, and the
ola xrop,on ,.aooOn;1o1 No.,
Year: 1874

AT NIGHr-Here is one of Thacke-
rays pleasant touches: ut is night
now. and here is home. Gathered un-
der the quiet roof, elders and children
lie alike at rest In the midst of great
calm the stars look out from the heav-
ems. The silence is peopled with the
sorrowful remorse for sins and
shortcomings, memories Of passionate
joys and griefs rise out of their graves
both now alike calm and sad. Eyes, as
/ shut mine, look at me. that have long
since ceased to shine. The town and
the fair landscape sleep under the star
light, wrsathed under the autumn mists
Twinkling among the houses light
keeps watch, here and there in what
may be a sick chamber or two. The
clock tolls sweetly in the silent air
Here is night and rest. An awful sense
of thanks makes the heart swell and
the head bow, as l pass TO my room
through the sleeping house, and feel
as though hushed blessing were upon
it
Year: 1874

C. Ten Hood wrote to his wife: ''T
never was anything till knew you-
and have been better, happier and .
more prosperous man ever sincc. Lay
that truth by in lavender. and remind
me of it when I fail. I am writing
fondly and warmly; but not without
good cause. First, your own Affection
ate letter, lately received; next the re-
membrance of our dearchildren, pledges
OF our dear old familiar love: then \
delicious impulse to pour out the over
flowing of my heart into Yours; and
last, not least, the knowledge that your
dear eyes will read what my hands are
now writing. Perhaps there is an af-
ter-thought that, whatever may befall
me. the wife of my bosom will have
this acknowledgements Of her tenderness.
worth and excellence, of all that is
wifely or womanly. from my pen"
Year: 1874

"a The other day lady reached
the railroad depot just as the train on
which she desired to depart moved
away. As she stood gazing at the train,
her arms full Of packages and her eyes
full of tears, gentleman arrived At the
depot on a run, with a valise in hand.
coat on his arm and his face stream
ing with rerspiration. He also was al
ter that train, but alas! was too late.
As he looked anxious,y after the train,
now moving swiftly away, he sat down
on his valise, wiped his face, and very
deliberately said:
"D-n that trainr'
The lady heard it, and smiling upon
him with all her sweetness, her face
lighted up with heavenly glow as she
said:


Thank you. sir"
Year: 1874

GA bashful young man mortally
offended the bride of his most intimate
friend by stammerin-, when taken aback
by a request for toast at the Wedding
supper: Tom, my f-fr-friend, may
You have a wedding once year as long
as you live"
Year: 1874

A spread-eagle orator wanted tie
wings of bird to fly to every village
and hamlet in the broad land. but h.
wilted when a naughty boy in the crowd
sang out, You'd be shot for goose be-
fore YOU flied mile"
Year: 1874

81 A lady returning from an un-
profitable visit to church, declared that
s'when she saw the shawls of those
Smiths. and then thought of the things
her own girls had to wear. if it wasn't
for the consolation of religion she did
not know what she should do"
Year: 1874

The New York World is confident that if gold does exist in the Black Hills country, it will be dug out by white men, and that the digging will begin pretty soon, treaty or no treaty. It says: What do white persons of the present age care for Indian treaties The treaty, it may be depended upon, will not prevent the invasion. If the pold-hunters do not cut straight through it they will circumventi it. The boundaries of the Sioux reservation are very indefinitely described, that part of the country having never been fully surveyed, and this fact will make an evasion of the provisions of the treaty all the easier.

 It is stated that by taking particu- lar route, the gold bearing fields can be reached without trespassing upon the Indian reservation, and in connection with this plan it has been represented that the gold bearing fields do not lie wholly within the borders of the reser- vation and so high an official as Gen eral Sheridan is represented as saying that. provided it is ascertained that the gold fields do lie within the borders of the Sioux reservation, Congress can be induced to alter the terms of the treaty. It will make no difference, it appears, whether the Indians are willing to con- sent to change in the provisions of the treaty
Year: 1874

A short time ago the United States Life-saving Corps tried an interesting experiment for saving life in case of shipwreck on the coast. A large con. course of people gathered at Asbury Park, near Ocean Grove, to witness the exhibition. A yacht anchored quar- ter of mile from the shore represented the wreck, and number of gentlemen on board of her the distressed subjects of rescue. A mortar threw ball over the vessel, strong line being attached to the ball, and stout rope to the line. Eager hands on the vessel caught the line and drew in the rope, and then they rapidly hauled toward them an inclosed air-tight life-boat, so con- structed that, roll as it might, no water could enter or submerge it. Several men were then placed in the Gfe-boat, securely fastened in, and the shoremen hauled it through the breakers to the shore. This was repeated until all the supposed subjects of danger were rescued
Year: 1874

We shall soon have cool weather, and then every man and boy should wear Elmwood Collars. You need not adopt the Mexican costume but can wear something between the collar and spurs.-Cone.

 A penny saved here and there counts up at the end of the year. Buy only Silver Tipped Shoes and you will save dollars instead o cents Paren remember this.-Com,
Year: 1874

-. The chief at the lake, an old man,
came to see us of his own accord, says
a correspondent-said he had heard
that we had come, and sat down under
a tree-and he came to invite us to take
up our quarters with him. Many of
the men are very intelligent-looking,
with high foreheads and well-shaped
heads. They show singular taste in
the astonishingly varied stylesin which
their hair is arranged. Their bead
necklaces are really pretty specimens of
work. Many have the upper and mid
die, as well as the lower part of the ear,
bored, and have from three to five rings
in each ear. The hole in the lobe of
the ear is large enough to admit ones
finger, and some wear a piece of bam-
boo, about an inch long, in it. Brass
and iron bracelets, elaborately figured,
are seen and some of the men sport
from two to eight brass rings on each
finger. and even the thumbs are not
spared. They wear copper, brass and
iron rings on theirlegs and arms many
have their front teeth notched, and
some file them till they resemble the
teeth of saw. The upper lip ring of
the women gives them a revolving ap-
pearance it is universally worn in the
highlands. A puncture is made high
up in the lip, and is gradually enlarged
until the peLeIe can be inserted. Some
are very large. One we measured
caused the lip to project two inches be-
yond the tip of the nose when the lady
smiled, the contraction of the muscles
elevated it over the eyes.


Why do the women wear these
things ?" the venerable chief, Chin
surdi, was asked.


Evidently surprised at such q stupid
question, he replied:


"For beauty They are the only
beautiful things women have Men
have boards, women have none. What
kind of person would she be without
the pelele? She would not be o woman
at all, with a mouth like a man but no
beard !"


One woman having large tin oelele
with bottom like dish, refused to
sell it, because, she said, her husband
would beat her if she went home with
out it. These rings are made of bam-
boo, of iron, or of tin. Their scanty
clothing-the prepared bark of trees,
the skins of animals Chiefly goats), and
o thick strong cotton cloth, are all Of
native manufacture. They seem to be
an industrious race.
Year: 1874

Considerable excitement was created
IN New YORK sJ blrc report OF ii member
of the Board of Aldermen, that VIM.
M. Tweed was treated too well on the
Island, being furnished with an apart
ment in the dwelling house, etc. A re-
porter who visited Tweed, says that he
complains of great physical prostration,
and believes himself to be q fit subject
for the hospital. He AYERS that he per-
forms every duty incumbent upon him
as hospital attendant, and does as
much work as anybody who has pre-
ceded him in that position. AS to the
facilities which may be offered him to
escape, he asserts that he would make
no attempt to do so if he were allowed
to roam the whole island in perfect
freedom. He has great confidence in
the strength of his legal position, and
is very hopeful that his counsel will be
able to effect his release through legal
technicalities. His wife and family,
it is stated, now visit him about every
ten days, and his sons and Mr.. Dewey
once week. He receives them in the
room which he has been allowed to
occupy, and would feel wretchedly
miserable ii he was denied the priv
ilege. He keeps a record of the charac-
ter and the amount of work he performs
every day, and appears to be convinced
that he is doing as much useful labor as
any other prisoner. He is sensible that
he is more favored than his fellows pris-
oners, and expresses himself as very
grateful for the consideration shown
him. His friends argue that justice
has been satisfied by his sentence to the
Penitentiary, and say that if he was
subjected to the rigid discipline of the
prison, and confined in q cell, it would
kill him, as he has been under medical
treatment for q period of ten years.
His secretary asserts that he has not
been able to dress himself unaided
during that time, and that, being a man
of great bulk and weight, his confne-
ment in one of the small cells of the
Penitentiaryis almost physical impos-
sibility.
Year: 1874

The crowd outside the court room
was greatly disappointed when it heard
the result of the Tichborne trial. A
reporter for the Daily NeaOS ran to a
cab and said, "Drive me to the Daily
NeaOs office" What's the sentence ?"
asked the cab driver. Fourteen years
hard labor" Then I'll see your neck
broke before I'll drive you anywhere. I"
This little dialogue is characteristic of
the crowd. It was a crowd of people
who had gradually come to consider the
Tichborne case fghtbetween q butcher
and the aristocracy and nothing else,
with their sympathies in favor of the
butcher.
Year: 1874

One day recently in Sacramento, a
man appeared in the street with a pistol
in his hand. He pointed the muzzle at
everybody he met, and pulled the trig-
ger, but the caps seemed to be bad, and
would not explode. Occasionally he
put on fresh cap, poked the end of the
barrel into his mouth, and tried to
make the thing go off. He caught a
little girl, and made several efforts to
explode the charge close to her head.
The people ran into their houses and
locked the doors, until shrewd boy re-
lieved them of the eccentric chap and
his pistol. "Tell me how far it is to
Sacramento, or I'll kill You? ?" said the
maniac. "Eight miles right straight
down the railroad track" replied the
boy. The lie was efiectual, and the
maniac logged out of town, putting
fresh caps on his pistol, and aiming at
his crazy head.
Year: 1874

A PRETTY FANoY.-When day begins
to go up to heaven at night, it does not
spread pair of wings and fly aloft like
bird. 1t just climbs softly up ON a
ladder. 1t sets its red sandal on the
shrub you have watered these three
days, lest it should perish with thirst
then it steps on the tree we sit under,
and thence to the ridge of the roof
from the roof to the chimney and
from the chimney to the tall elm and
from. the elm to the tall church spire
and then to the threshold of heaven
and thus you can see it go up as though
it walked up red roses. s.-Jeremy Tag
Tor.