anaheim-gazette 1875-01-23

ANAHEIM VOL. 5. The Aurora Borealis. Where is thy birthplace, spirit of light? Covering the heavens at dead of night, Shedding the glorious effulgence afar, Shatning the line of the brightest star. Sometimes in silver and sometimes in red. Flashing and flickering overhead, Dancing more lightly than clouds that fly. Air for thy music, thy floor the sky. Bearest those tidings of regions cold, Chilled by looms with revels old? Hast thou brought down to thy sunnier clime Light from the bright Polar night for a time? Where art thou traveling, spirit so fair? Sock at them a home in the boundless air? Art thou beaten in a ceaseless round Ever to travel your creations bound? Then, sweetest spirit, I envy thee not, Blauteons and gav, yet how dark is thy lot! Flitting and flashing thy frolicsome way, Turning thy darkness to radiant day. Thanks for the pausing to cheer us awhile, Shedding the veil of the fairy smile. When thou art vanished how cold the sky Looks from your starry depths on high? —Phrenological Journal The "Katie King" Exposure. That the "Katie King," as presented for the last year at the Holmes' seances in this city was a being of flesh and blood, has been ascertained beyond a doubt, but who she was, how she was secreted in the house, afterwards introduced into the cabinet, and so assisted as to leave it without being detected, has as yet been scances. Oace within the cabinet, she had only to arrange her white dress, put on a little extra powder, and she was ready to begin. A lamp was then dimly lighted and the usual manifestations gone through with. Had the scance closed in the ordinary manner, "Katie" would have been found in the cabinet, but "John King," through Mr. Holmes, stated that if they would turn out the lights again for a few moments it might give him strength to do some extra materializing. The lights were accordingly extinguished, thus enabling "Katie" to come out of the cabinet and leave the room by the hall door. After "Katie" had made her escape, "John King" again asked for light, and for several moments all waited patiently for the manifestations promised. None came, however, as Mr. "King" explained that conditions were not right, and so the lights were turned on and the scance closed. The ten persons who had witnessed the manifestations then took the cabinet to pieces, and as the original board had been before returned to its place, they of course, found "no trap nor trick of any kind." Had the investigators on that evening insisted upon having but one dark scance they never would have signed the certificate which was there drawn up for as the cabinet was on that evening virtually without a trap—"Katie King" having entered it through the door, under cover of darkness—she could not have made her escape except during the second dark scance, at the close of the evening's performance. This was almost the only occasion on which a Holmes entertainment began and ended with a dark women’s way. What, admitting that a woman it is lovely for her to be, and self-reliant, modest and gentle and truthful, honoured given to hospitality and the social life, are some of the ways of women? We shall women, more than men, are economies. A man is anything and like it, to buy it. Perhaps it may be a bonnet and in that case it probably as it hangs, resplendent in flowers, in the milliner’s He does not stop to inquire has to go with that special price, and though the price him a momentary surprise article he will order it think no more about it. The other hand, makes the bonnet or a dress a matter thought. She knows mystifying, dyeing, contriving which are utterly unknown band. And sometimes his give her a momentary thrilling feeling which she cannot she compares what they have an instant, with the system she has been practicing, expected, for weeks and most once happened to be pre-friend of mine, who had n’t buy a new dress in two years by reason of feminine ingenuity ways able to appear in a becoming manner was pr... The "Katie King" Exposure. That the "Katie King," as presented for the last year at the Holmes seances in this city was a being of flesh and blood, has been accompanied beyond a doubt, but who she was how she was secreted in the house, afterwards introduced into the cabinet, and so assisted as to leave it without being detected, has as yet been more or less a mystery. "Katie King," or rather the young woman who personated her, is a widow with a child, and a mother depending upon her for support. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Holmes became acquainted with her at a boarding-house, where they lived for some weeks subsequent to their advent in Philadelphia. About the time the Holmeses took possession of No. 50 North Ninth street, "Katie King" became unable to pay her board, and was finally reduced to such an extremity that she was absolutely penniless and almost without clothing. Finding that this was the case, her host sold what few effects she had left and turned the woman into the street. In this condition she was promised assistance by Mr. and Mrs. Holmes provided she would act the part of a materialized spirit in their cabinet seances. Although the proposition was revolting she was forced to accept it. Or see her child and mother suffer from hunger. The cabinet, which had been placed in the corner of the second story front room, with one side against a door which opened into a bedchamber, was easily arranged so as to admit of ingrees from the bedroom. The boards were all fastened with screws, and battins were placed outside and inside about two feet from the door. It was an easy matter to take out one of the boards, and put in its place a duplicate so divided at the battins that the point of juncture could not be seen. The upper part of the board was firmly secured, but the lower portion was loosely fastened with two screws, while the other screw heads were "dummies." When it was thought a strict examination of the cabinet would be made, the divided board could be taken out and the original put in its place. When the "Katie King" seances first began the gentleman who afterward became so prominently connected with them—Dr. Child of this city—was permitted to examine every nook and corner of the house. As he was for a time very skeptical on the question of materialization the investigations were very thoroughly conducted. The visitors would then be congregated in the front room with the cabinet, and the door would be locked. "Katie King" would soon after enter the house from the street, make her way to the bedroom, assume her white dress, and with a small screw driver take off the lower portion of the divided board. Those preparations could not be heard on account of the singing and music-box noise which was continually kept up. To enter the cabinet was then AN EASY TASK FOR KATIE. And with a stool she could reach the rather high aperture. The disappearing and reappearing part of the phenomenon. KATIE" COULD CREEP INTO IT; And in this she hid herself before the seance and after it was concluded. The bedroom was many times examined after the change, and the bed was also inspected, but no one ever thought of looking into the boister to see what it was stuffed with. "Katie King," during last Summer, when these seances were being given at No. 50 North Ninth street, boarded with Mrs. Holmes, and was at first suspected by Dr. Child, but on several occasions he was requested by Mrs. Holmes to answer the violent ringing of the door bell immediately following the close of the seance. He always found the suspected lady very impatiently waiting to be let in, and she often complained that as she boarded with Mrs. Holmes, that lady had no right to lock her out. The Doctor's suspicions were soon quieted by this ruse, and the young lady was seldom afterwards thought of. During the heated term Mr. and Mrs. Holmes left the city and traveled through the West, where they were once exposed, but as the account was not clearly written, the effect was not very damaging. Upon the return of the mediums to Philadelphia in the fall, Dr. Child was sent for by Mrs. Holmes and asked to assist them in finding a house. The Doctor gladly complied with the request, as he was anxious to have the cabinet placed in a room where it could stand near solid walls. He found one or two houses where the front room would admit of this arrangement, but Mrs. Holmes discovered some fault with them all, and finally decided upon the house at 825 North Tenth street. In the second story front room of this house the cabinet was placed in such a position that it stood about eighteen inches from a boarded-up window. As already described, this window was arranged in such a way that with the sash taken out there was room for a person to stand between the boards on the inside and the shutters on the outside. One of the boards was apparently fastened by screws, but they were only "dummies." In reality it hung on pivots, and was held in its place by a stout button on the inside. A board in the back of the cabinet was similarly arranged. Before the scene, and as the original board had been before returned to its place, they, of course, found "no trap nor trick of any kind." Had the investigators on that evening insisted upon having but one dark seance they never would have signed the certificate which was there drawn up for as the cabinet was on that evening virtually without a trap—"Katie King" having entered it through the door, under cover of darkness—the could not have made her escape except during the second dark seance, at the close of the evening's performance. This was almost the only occasion on which a Holmes entertainment began and ended with a dark seance, and the reason why this change was made should at that time have been more closely inquired into. It has been stated that for a time the door leading from the front room into the hall was always locked. As this created much suspicion, the mediums finally consented to have it remain open until the manifestations first appeared. Under such circumstances it became necessary to make a change in the manner of keeping "Katie" out of sight. The bolster on the bed was therefore so arranged that TACT is pure womanly self-control with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. TACT is pure womanly self-control with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off all the chop rest fine. Add peppers, chopped fine, after and clearing off seeds and peck of large smooth, gin sliced about half an inch fourth pound each of green cinnamon; half a pint of seed, and a small teacupful cabbage, peppers, salt and timately and then put in—first a thin layer of cabbage one of the tomatoes, and tipping off with the cabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing, contriving to which are utterly unknown band. And sometimes his give her a momentary thrill feeling which she cannot an instant, with the system she has been practicing; expected for weeks and most once happened to be pre-friend of mine, who had no buy a new dress in two years by reason of feminine ingestion ways able to appear in an becoming manner, was praised husband with a set of clothes present, value forty dollars birthday, and he desired to give overlooked the fact that he learned to play chess. SELF-CONTROL with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. TACT is pure womanly self-control with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off all the chop rest fine. Add peppers, chopped fine, after and clearing off seeds and peck of large smooth, gin sliced about half an inch fourth pound each of green cinnamon; half a pint of seed, and a small teacupful cabbage, peppers, salt and timately and then put in—first a thin layer of cabbage one of the tomatoes, and tipping off with the cabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing, contriving to which are utterly unknown band. And sometimes his give her a momentary thrill feeling which she cannot an instant, with the system she has been practicing; expected for weeks and most once happened to be pre-friend of mine, who had no buy a new dress in two years by reason of feminine ingestion ways able to appear in an becoming manner, was praised husband with a set of clothes present, value forty dollars birthday, and he desired to give overlooked the fact that he learned to play chess. SELF-CONTROL with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. TACT is pure womanly self-control with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off all the chop rest fine. Add peppers, chopped fine, after and clearing off seeds and peck of large smooth, gin sliced about half an inch fourth pound each of green cinnamon; half a pint of seed, and a small teacupful cabbage, peppers, salt and timately and then put in—first a thin layer of cabbage one of the tomatoes, and tipping off with the cabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing, contriving to which are utterly unknown band. And sometimes his give her a momentary thrill feeling which she cannot an instant, with the system she has been practicing; expected for weeks and most once happened to be pre-friend of mine, who had no buy a new dress in two years by reason of feminine ingestion ways able to appear in an becoming manner, was praised husband with a set of clothes present, value forty dollars birthday, and he desired to give overlooked the fact that he learned to play chess. SELF-CONTROL with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. TACT is pure womanly self-control with which she gift and thanked him for love that prompted it; dering, was genuine, was revelation of women's ways. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off all the chop rest fine. Add peppers, chopped fine, after and clearing off seeds and peck of large smooth, gin sliced about half an inch fourth pound each of green cinnamon; half a pint of seed，and a small teacupful cabbage，peppers，盐和timately和then put in—first a thin layerof cabbage oneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeksandmostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthanmother.Thesentigentsandconsistentswavelerateandconciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbearandswiftimpulseofloothusiasmorpitywilllead say thingswhichincalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebewithoutdoingviolenceandwithouthavinglosengrainedfinenessandpayUnion. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseedsandpeckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintofseed,andasmallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,saltandtimatelyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeksandmostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthanmother.Thesentigentsandconsistentswavelerateandconciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbearandswiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebewithoutdoingviolenceandwithouthavinglosengrainedfinenessandpayUnion. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseedsandpeckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintofseed,andasmallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,saltandtimaticallyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeksandmostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthanmother.Thesentigentsandconsistentswavelerateandconciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbearandswiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebewithoutdoingviolenceandwithouthavinglosengrainedfinenessandpayUnion. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseedsandpeckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintofseed,andasmallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,saltandtimaticallyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeksandmostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthanmother.Thesentigentsandconsistentswavelerateandconciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbearandswiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebewithoutdoingviolenceandwithouthaving losengrainedfinenessandpayUnion. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseedsandpeckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintofseed,andasmallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,saltandtimaticallyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeksandmostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthanmother.Thesentigentsandconsistentswavelerateandconciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbear和swiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCEANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseedsandpeckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintofseed,andasmallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,saltandtimaticallyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthan母亲。Thesentigents和consistentswavelerate和conciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbear和swiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.Independexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCEANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseeds和peckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintOfseed,anda smallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,salt和timaticallyandthenputin—firstathinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthan母亲。Thesentigents和consistentswavelerate和conciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbear和swiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.In dependexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCEANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseeds和peckoflargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintOfseed,anda smallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,salt和timaticallyandthenputin—firsta thinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostoncehappenedtobepre-friendofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreasonoffeminineingestionwaysabletoappearinanbecomingmanner.wasprincipailenderofthevexudiamostinglypromptinethefatherthan母亲。Thesentigents和consistentswavelerate和conciliatesthenatureinwomanhood.Wetheourealfeelingsratherthanbear和swiftimpulseofloothusiamspecialtyoncalmregretorcondemn. ITisawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.In dependexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCEANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseeds和peckOFlargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintOfseed,anda smallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,salt和timaticallyandthenputin—firsta thinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostoncehappenedtobepre-friend-ofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreason Offeminal vinegar sufficient saturate and lead saturate into calm regrettor condemn. ITIsawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.In dependexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCEANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseeds和peckOFlargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfaninfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintOfseed,anda smallteacupfullcabbage，peppers,salt和timaticallyandthenputin—firsta thinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostoncehappenedtobepre-friend-ofminewhohadnobuyanewdressintwoyearsbyreason Offeminal vinegar sufficient saturate into calm regrettor condemn. ITIsawoman'swaytosensitivetopraiseorblowwordtoa lovingwomanoneshe lovesorregardsflower.Akindwordislainopenbad.In dependexterior influencesnoonebe WITHOUTDOINGVIOLENCE ANDWITHOUTHAVINGLOSEENGRAINEDFINENESSANDPAINTUNION. PICKLED CABBAGE.-The red cabbage—heads raidium size—tear off allthe chop rest fine.Add peppers，chopped fine，afterandclearingoffseeds和peckOFlargesmooth,gin slicedabouthalfanInfourthpoundeachofgreencinnamon;halfapintOfseed,anda smallteacup fullcabbage，peppers,salt和timaticallyandthenput in—firsta thinlayerofcabbageoneofthetomatoes,andtippingoffwiththecabbage. SHE knows mysteries dyeing，contrivingtowhichareutterlyunknownband.Andsometimeshisgivehera momentarythrillingwhichshecannotaninstantwiththesystemshehasbeenpracticing;expectedforweeks和mostonceh AN EASY TASK FOR KATIE. And with a stool she could reach the rather high aperture. The disappearing and reappearing part of the phenomenon was accomplished by gradually lowering a black cloth over herself, and at the same time crouching back into the corner. The semi-darkness of the room, combined with the complete blackness of the inside of the cabinet, made the seeming impossible feat very simple. The levitation manifestation, or the suspension of her body in the air, was done by means of the stool, covered with black cloth. As it was impossible to distinguish any color but white within the cabinet, the stool was of course invisible, and by stepping on it very deliberately, and gradually raising herself, the young lady was enabled to present the appearance of being lifted from and suspended above the door. At the close of the seance there was always a delay of about ten minutes between the last appearance of the alleged spirit and the knocks, which signified that no more were coming. During this time "Katie" would slip through the hole in the cabinet, screw on-the-loosened board, and make her escape. Had the cabinet been taken apart at such a time the trick would have been discovered. It was taken to pieces after a similar seance, but by some means the Holmeses suspected that this would be done, and were prepared for it. A party of ten gathered in the room on this occasion, and Mrs. Holmes complained that she was feeling so unwell that her mediunistic power was very weak, consequently it would be necessary to hold a dark seance first. This was consented to; the lights were extinguished, not only in the room but in the hall, and the dark seance began. As the divided board had been taken from the cabinet it was impossible for Katie to enter in the usual manner, and she consequently came in through the door. This she could do under cover of the darkness, and as ALL HANDS WERE CLASPED, She safely crossed the room during the ringing of bells and the twanging of guitars and other accompaniments of dark cled upon the house at 825 North Tenth street. In the second story front room of this house the cabinet was placed in such a position that it stood about eighteen inches from a boarded-up window. As already described, this window was arranged in such a way that with the sash taken out there was room for a person to stand between the boards on the inside and the shutters on the outside. One of the boards was apparently fastened by screws, but they were only "dummies." In reality it hung on pivots, and was held in its place by a stout button on the inside. A board in the back of the cabinet was similarly arranged. Before the seances began. "KATIE KING" TOOK HER POSITION In the window and fastened herself in. The space between the cabinet and the wall was then concealed by a door, which at first glance appeared as part of the cabinet, a table covered with musical instruments was shoved up against it, and the guests, who were always received in a down stairs room, were invited to ascend. A dark seance always opened the entertainment, during which Katie would descend from her perch, and making her way into the cabinet, took a position in the corner, where she could not be seen when the cabinet door was opened. Mr. Holmes would then enter the cabinet, and between the two the usual manifestations were produced. The numerous faces shown were nothing but rubber masks, so made that they could be blown up into different sizes, and at the same time produce different appearances. Mr. Holmes could conceal half a dozen such faces in his inside pocket.—Philadelphia Press. HALL'S DISAPPOINTMENT.—The Chicago Times says that Otis O. Hall, of San Francisco, was a bank teller two years ago at a salary of $2,500. He loved Miss Sharon, Miss Shazon loved him. Mr. Sharon was agreeable, but the elder Hall advised Otis to wait a pair of years, travel in Europe, grow wordly-wise, return and marry. All this Otis did as he was parentally advised. He left his situation in San Francisco, made an extensive tour of Europe, and a short time ago returned, the period of his probation having elapsed. He got back just in time to read in the newspapers the marriage of Miss Sharon, his betrothed, to T. G. Newlands, a young lawyer of San Francisco. It was also stated for Hall's further edification that Newlands had received $1,000,000 in cash with his beautiful bride. Hall got a position as clerk in a Chicago hardware store, but he is not happy. REMOVING GREASE SPOT out grease from clothing turpentine people generate mistake of wetting the turpentine, and then rub sponge or piece of cloth fat is dissolved, but greater space, and is not benzole or turpentine covers a greater surface to only way to remove grease place soft blotting paper top of the spot which is usually saturated with then well pressed. The solved and absorbed by entirely removed from thenset preserve THE BOUQUET quently have a bouquet which they would like is a simple way to do plate and place the flowers it, fill the plate with water vase set a bell-glass with water. The air in the moist, which will cause main fresh and beautiful.The experiment may be to scale by inverting a tuned bud in a saucer of water. GERMAN TOAST.—To well, add one cup of sweet season with a little salt in slices stale bread, and to moisten and fry in boil This we think is an easy breakfast. WORTH TRYING.—It boots are filled with absorb every particle of leather, and in so doing fill the boot as with a tipping its form and dull without hardening it. THE FIRESIDE. Women's Ways. What, admitting that a woman is what it is lovely for her to be, at once retiring and self-reliant, modest and self-possessed, gentle and truthful, home-loving, yet given to hospitality and the adorning of social life, are some of the characteristic ways of women? We shall all admit that women, more than men, are given to small economies. A man is apt, if he see a thing and like it, to buy it out of hand. Perhaps it may be a bonnet for his wife, and in that case it probably takes his eye as it hangs, resplendent in ribbons and flowers, in the milliner's show-window. He does not stop to inquire what his wife has to go with that special color or fabric, and though the price may occasion him a momentary surprise, if he like the article he will order it sent home, and think no more about it. A woman on the other hand, makes the purchase of a bonnet or a dress a matter of very serious thought. She knows mysteries of turning, dyeing, contriving and repairing, which are utterly unknown to her husband. And sometimes his kindest gifts give her a momentary thrill of indignant feeling which she cannot help, because she compares what they have cost, all in an instant, with the system of frugality she has been practicing, entirely unsuspected, for weeks and months. Thus, I once happened to be present when a friend of mine, who had not been able to buy a new dress in two years, but who, by reason of feminine ingenuity, was always able to appear in a lady-like and becoming manner was presented by her Testing Her Innocence. The following touching scene recently occurred in a court of justice in Paris: A poor, pale seamstress, who had recently become a widow, was arraigned for theft. She appeared at the bar with her baby of eleven months on her arm. She went to get some work one day, and it was alleged that she stole three gold coins of ten francs each. The money was missed soon after she left her employer and a servant was sent to her room to claim it. The servant found her about to quit the room, with the three gold coins in her hand. She said to the servant, "I was going to carry them back to you." Nevertheless she was carried to the commissioner of the police, and he ordered her to be sent before the police court for trial. She was too poor to engage a lawyer, and when asked by the judge what she had to say for herself, she answered: "The day I went to my employer's I carried my child with me. It was in my arms as it is now. I was not paying attention to it. There were several gold coins on the mantelpiece, and unknown to me, it stretched out its little hand and seized three pieces, which I did not observe till I got home. At once put on my bonnet and was going back to my employer to return them when I was arrested. This is the solemn truth, as I hope for Heaven's mercy." The court could not believe the story. They upbraided the mother for her impudence in endeavoring to palm off such a manifest falshood for the truth. They besought her, for her own sake to retract so absurd a tale, for it could have no effect but to oblige the court to sentence her to a much severed punishment than they Blunt Doctors. It is a curious fact, but yet remarkably true, some doctors, in proportion as they are sharp, are also generally blunt. They are acute in detecting ailments, but blunt in expressing their opinion thereupon. One of these notable physicians was Dr. Radcliffe, who died about a century and a half ago. The last part of his name was strikingly characteristic of him; for he was as rough and abrupt as a cliff, and sometimes very "steep" in his charges. A notorious usurper and miser, named Tyson, once came to him, disguised as a poor man, in order to save the fee. Radcliffe, however, recognized him, and showed him no consideration, though he gave him good advice. "Go home, sir, and repent," he roared. "The grave is ready for the man who has raised an immense estate out of the spoils of the orphans and widows. You will be a dead man, sir, in ten days." And so it was. Tyson died within that time, leaving three hundred thousand pounds (a million and a half of his ill-gotten gains). Dr. Radcliffe was as plain to kings and queens as to common people, and though they did not like his bluntness, they had to put up with it for the sake of his strong common sense. When the Princess Anne once sent to him, he returned word by the messenger that "She had nothing but the vapours, and was as well as any other woman in the world, could she but think so." For this he was dismissed from the court, but though the doctor could do without the court the court could not do without him. The Princess Anne became A Recipe for John Warren my father's almost every mother was wore all neat even necessities lame;and so cared treat of the wrist from Yale Co. to a place near Haven;where resort for any allowed him tion of caring whatever he always gave him and that was in the estimation what it was ther. As the year good, steady accumulated came to manage a small business time grew to in the western removed. Jo of the town home and gave many miles dexterity for pinchings he comforted to enjoyments both upright o But as he gardled the to PICKLED CABBAGE.—Take five heads of red cabbage—heads rather below medium size—tear off all the loose leaves and chop the rest fine. Add also a peck of peppers, chopped fine, after cutting open and clearing off seeds and stems; abou a peck of large smooth, green tomatoes, sliced about half an inch thick; one-fourth pound each of ground cloves and cinnamon; half a pint of whole mustard seed, and a small teacupful of salt. The cabbage, peppers, salt and spices mix intimately and then put in jars or in a tub—first a thin layer of cabbage, etc., then one of the tomatoes, and thus alternately, topping off with the cabbage and peppers. Over the whole pour boiling hot cider vinegar sufficient to thoroughly saturate the same and let it stand even were several gold coins on the mantelpiece, and unknown to me, it stretched out its little hand and seized three pieces, which I did not observe till I got home. I at once put on my bonnet and was going back to my employer to return them when I was arrested. This is the solemn truth, as I hope for Heaven’s mercy.” The court could not believe the story. They upbraided the mother for her impulence in endeavoring to palm off such a manifest falschood for the truth. They besought her, for her own sake to retract so absurd a tale, for it could have no effect but to oblige the court to sentence her to a much severe punishment than they were disposed to inflict upon one so young and evidently steeped so deep in poverty. These appeals had no effect, except to strengthen the poor mother’s pertinacious adherence to her original story. As the firmness was sustained by that look of innocence which the most adroit criminal can never counterfeit, the court was at a loss to discover what decision justice demanded. To relieve their embarrassment one of the judges proposed to renew the scene described by the mother. Three gold coins were placed on the clerk’s table. The mother was requested to assume the position in which she stood at her employer’s house. There was then a breathless pause in the court. The baby soon discovered the bright coins, eyed them for a moment, smiled and then stretched forth its tiny hand, and clutched them in its fingers with a miser’s eagerness. The mother was at once acquitted. A Chivalrous Act. Walking up Chestnut street a few days ago with the well known revenue detective Brooks, he remarked, pointing to a girl of fourteen years, sitting on the steps of the Public Ledger building selling newspapers, “look at the shawl that child has on.” I looked at the shawl and at the thinly-chad child, sitting on the cold step, and replied that the shawl did not appear to be in harmony with the remaining portion of the child’s clothing. “That shawl,” remarked Brooks, “has a history, which is briefly this: A week ago John Douglass came into my office, and taking off his shawl, a heavy, costly one, asked me to take hold of it; opening a knife he quickly cut the shawl into two parts, and starting out with one-half upon his shoulders and the other in his hand he walked to where that child is sitting, gave her one-half of it and then returned to my office.” “The whole proceeding,” said Brooks, took me so by surprise, that I asked Mr. Douglass what had come over him. He replied—that for several mornings he had seen a little girl sitting on the steps of a building up Chestnut street, selling papers, and her scant clothing had so haunted him that he had determined to share his shawl with her. Considering that only a few days before a thief stole Mr. Douglass’s overcoat, which compelled him to wear his traveling shawl, that act may be regarded as really meritorious in a young law student, and an act of which the young man’s father, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; at Washington, may be proud. If ever young Douglass should become President of the United States, and the shivering news child become mistress of the Executive Mansion, what an interest in these gold coins (a million and a half of his ill-gotten gains). Dr. Radcliffe was as plain to kings and queens as to common people, and though they did not like his bluntness, they had not put up with it for the sake of his strong common sense. When the Princess Anne once sent to him, he returned word by the messenger that “She had nothing but the vapours, and was as well as any other woman in the world, could she but think so.” For this he was dismissed from the court, but though the doctor could do without the court the court could not do without him. The Princess Anne became Queen, sent for him, when her husband, George of Denmark, was dying, and Radcliffe told her no medicine would keep him alive longer than six days, as it proved. When called in to attend King William, he told him it was no use trying to cure him. If the King gave up drinking so much wine he might live three or four years but no skill could do more. His Majesty was finally seized with dropsy, and asked the doctor what he “thought of his legs.” Radcliffe replied, “Why, truly, sir, I would not have Your Majesty’s two legs for your three kingdoms.” William was naturally offended and would not see the blunt doctor again. Salt Mines of Cracow. This vast depth is divided into four distinct stories or fields, one below the other. In the second is a great lake, 650 feet long, and 40 feet deep, formed of the salt water which trickles through the strata. The visitor is rowed across this subterranean sheet of water, and after he has arrived at the other shore and descended to the third story, he learns, to his surprise, that the lake he has just traversed is directly over his head. The several stories are simply immense excavations out of the solid salt, but much artistic taste has been displayed through successive generations in the decorations of these chambers. The chapel, in particular, consists of a beautiful gothic temple, dedicated to St. Anthony and contains many statues and obelisks, all formed of rock-salt, and also an altar, pulpit, etc. The grand reception chamber is a gigantic hall, the height from floor to ceiling being within fifty feet as great as that of the monument. In this hall the members of the imperial family are received when they visit the mines; and together with the principal passages and other chambers are brilliantly illuminated, the crystals of rock-salt sparkling exquisitely in the blaze of torches. There is room for at least one thousand persons to dine in this chamber without inconvenience, and its dimensions are so vast, that, despite the number and the brilliancy of the torches, and notwithstanding that the glittering walls and roof tend to reflect the blaze, the eye in vain attempts to fathom its vastness. Cassell’s World of Wonders. The British Government monopoly of the opium trade of India yields a net revenue of about $30,000,000 per annum, most of which is paid by the Chinese. The poison is most destructive of Chinese life; morals; energy; and consequently of the general prosperity of the country. As is well known, the drug was forced REMOVING GREASE SPOTS.—In taking out grease from clothing with benzole or turpentine people generally make the mistake of wetting the cloth with the turpentine, and then rubbing it with a sponge or piece of cloth. In this way the fat is dissolved, but is spread over a greater space, and is not removed; the benzole or turpentine evaporates, and covers a greater surface than before. The only way to remove grease-spots is to place soft blotting-paper beneath and on top of the spot which is to be first thoroughly saturated with the benzole, and then well pressed. The fat is then dissolved and absorbed by the paper, and entirely removed from the clothing. PRESERVE THE BOUQUET.—Persons frequently have a bouquet of choice flowers which they would like to preserve; this is a simple way to do it: take a deep plate and place the flowers in a vase upon it, fill the plate with water, and over the vase set a bell-glass with its rim in the water. The air in the glass becomes moist, which will cause the flowers to remain fresh and beautiful for a long time. The experiment may be tried on a smaller scale by inverting a tumbler over a rosebud in a saucer of water. GERMAN TOAST.—To one egg, beaten well, add one cup of sweet milk or cream, season with a little salt and pepper. Cut in slices stale bread, and dip in the milk to moisten and fry in butter on a griddle. This we think is an extra nice dish for breakfast. WORTH TRYING.—It is said that if wet boots are filled with dry oats they will absorb every particle of moisture from the leather, and in so doing will swell and fill the boot as with a tightly fitting last, keeping its form and drying the leather without hardening it. BUILDING UP CHESTNUT STREET, SELLING PAPERS, AND HER SCANT CLothing had so haunted him that he had determined to share his shawl with her." Considering that only a few days before a thief stole Mr. Douglass's overcoat, which compelled him to wear his traveling shawl, that act may be regarded as really meritorious in a young law student, and an act of which the young man's father, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, at Washington, may be proud. If ever young Douglass should become President of the United States, and the shivering news child become mistress of the Executive Mansion, what an interesting nouvelette the "Romance of the Student's Shawl" would make.—Philadelphia Letter. "As the Twig is Bent." Well, I declare! I don't see where that child gets his disposition from," I heard a mother exclaim, not long since. O, how easily any impartial observer could have told her; but she could not see; and she would not have believed had she been told. An incident, comical in some respects, yet seriously suggestive, came under my observation within that mother's door-yard, the relation of which will help to solve her moral problem. "Jack!" screamed a bright-eyed, golden-haired, fair-faced little girl, of not more than six summers, to her younger brother, who had dumped himself under the wall, where he was digging sand with a strip of shingle—"Jack, you good-for-nothing little scamp!—you are the torment of my life! Come right into the house, this minute, or I'll take the very hide off'm you!—Come in, I say! "Why, Totty!" exclaimed her father, who chanced to come up at that moment, "what in the world are you saying? Is that the way you talk to your little brother?" "O, no, papa," answered the child, promptly and with an innocent smile. "We was playing keep-house, and I am Jack's mamma, and I was talking to him just as mamma-talked to me this morning. I never really spank him as mamma does me sometimes." — New York Ledger. MARK TWAIN says that since he has become a director in an accidental insurance company, the Hartford, "accidents have assumed a kindlier aspect. I look upon a cripple now with affectionate interest, as an advertisement. To me there is a charm about a railroad collision that is unspeakable." THE British Government monopoly of the opium trade of India yields a net revenue of about $36,000,000 per annum, the most of which is paid by the Chinese. The poison is most destructive of Chinese life, morals, energy, and consequently of the general prosperity of the country. As is well known, the drug was forced upon the Chinese market by military power. The Chinese Government has several times appealed to the British to release them from their treaty obligation on this point. The question is now urged upon the English people by an Anti-opium Association, composed of eloquent and zealous gentlemen who will give the British conscience no rest until this great abuse is abolished. The Chinese Government prohibits the production of opium on Chinese soil, and would immediately prohibit its importation, but for fear of England. With such facts as these, and with proofs of the deadly effects of the drug, the Anti-opium Association can argue English morality with irresistible effect. ONE OF THE LEADING Elders OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MENONITES, 40 years ago, was one Miller, a man of immense strength. Passing a crowd of idlers at the courthouse, he was stopped with the question: "Miller, they say if one smites a menonite on one cheek he will turn the other. Is that so?" "That is true." The questioner here gave Miller a smart blow on the cheek, when Miller, turning the other cheek, had it duplicated. This raised a great laugh as the fellow turned away. "Stop, my friend," said Miller, "if you had read a little further you would have found another passage that we also hold by. With the measure that ye mete unto others, it shall be meted to you again, and heaping full," and picking him up bodily, he fairly thrashed the wall with him. It is estimated that 600,000 men will swear off on tobacco on the 1st of January, and that 599,999 of them will be using it again on the morning of the 2d. Detroit Free Press. "EDMUND KIRK," an author of considerable note, has been sent to prison for swindling, and he will peg shoes instead of constructing books. GAZETTE. NO. 14. A Recipe for Spoiling Boys—The Warren Boys. John Warren was a boy employed in my father's store, who began life with almost everything against him. His mother was very poor, and his earnings were all needed at home, so there was very little margin left with which to buy even necessaries for himself. He was lame, and so could not be very active, and had but very moderate abilities. The one treat of the week was taking out students from Yale College on a certain evening, to a place some four miles from New Haven, where they were accustomed to resort for an oyster supper. My father allowed him to take his horse, on condition of caring well for him, and gave him whatever he could make. The students always gave him a grand oyster supper, and that was as much as the fare almost, in the estimation of the lad who knew what it was to go hungry. As the years rolled on John acquired good, steady business habits, and in time accumulated a little money. When he came to manhood, he was able to start in a small business for himself, which, in time grew to the most prosperous store in the western village, to which he had removed. John Warren was the rich man of the town when I knew him, and his home and grounds the handsomest for many miles around. He was taking indemnity for the early privations and pinchings he had experienced. It was a comfort to think that he had gained these enjoyments by a life of steady industry and upright dealing. But as he looked over the past, he regarded the toil and privation which had devoted to ornithology. At that early period of the day the sky was invariably cloudless (the thermometer making 72 or 73 deg. Fahr.), the heavy dew of the previous night's rain which lay on the moist foliage, becoming quickly dissipated by the glowing sun, which, rising straight out of the East, mounted rapidly to the zenith. All nature was fresh—new leaf and flower-buds expanding rapidly. Some mornings a single tree would appear in flower amidst what was the preceding evening a uniform green mass of forest—a dome of blossom suddenly created as if by magic. The birds were all active. The heat increased rapidly toward 2 o'clock (92 degrees and 93 degree Fahrenheit), by which time every voice of bird or mammal was hushed; only in the trees was heard at intervals the harsh whirr of the cicada. The leaves, which were so moist and fresh in the morning, now became lax and drooping; the flowers shed their petals. Our neighbors, the Indian and Mulatto inhabitants of the open palm-thatched huts were either asleep in their bammocks or seated on mats in the shade, too languid even to talk. Our most days in June and July a heavy shower would fall some time in the afternoon, producing a most welcome coolness. The approach of the rain-clouds was after a uniform fashion very interesting to observe. First, the cool sea-breeze which commenced to blow about ten o'clock, and which had increased in force with the increasing power of the sun, would flag and finally die away. The heat and electric tension of accumulated, a little money. When he came to manhood, he was able to start in a small business for himself, which in time grew to the most prosperous store in the western village, to which he had removed. John Warren was the rich man of the town when I knew him, and his home and grounds the hand-somest for many miles around. He was taking indemnity for the early privations and pinchings he had experienced. It was a comfort to think that he had gained these enjoyments by a life of steady industry and upright dealing. But as he looked over the past, he regarded the toil and privation which had really been his stimulant to exertion, as the unmitigated evil of his lot. He determined that his sons should have some enjoyment in their youth. They should not be obliged to count their pennies, as he was forced to. If they wanted spending money, they should have it. They were not slow in appreciating their father's sentiments. Boys never are, when they take on that shape. They were willing to spend all the money he would furnish. If a circus came along they were not obliged to hang around outside, and look and long for admittance. Their tickets were bought, their pockets full of candy and nuts, and they were among the first to get seats. It all seemed very pleasant at first. When they were small they entered into these things with the zest of children. But very soon this grew an old story. Five dollars could not buy them as much pleasure as five cents did their father in his boyhood. Then they began to hunt for some enjoyments which had a keener relish. The old, old route to the saloon and bar-room became familiar, while yet they were lads. Their father remonstrated mildly, "Do not so, my sons," but it was about as effectual as was the same remark from the lips of good old Eli. They were fairly started in the "Grand Trunk Route" to ruin, and "plenty of money." had bought the ticket. They did not miss a connection on the road. All forms of dissipation were plunged into with ever-increasing jealousness, and the poor father settled back into a gloomy apathy, hoping as the very best he could look for, that "they would soon sow their wild oats," and settle down to business. They were "set up" again and again, but customers did not throng the new stores. They were suspicious of the honesty of such fast young men. They preferred going out of the way to deal with the steady-going, upright old father. When at last he resigned in their favor, the old firm soon ran down in popularity. His oldest son died raving with delirium tremens, leaving a wife and three little ones but poorly cared for. The second followed in the same steps a few years afterwards. A third lives a half imbecile—and the youngest pet of all, the beautiful college boy, is the terror of his widowed mother, whose life he has more than once attempted. Children need money in a small measure, that they may be taught how to use it properly! It does them good to make their little purchases of pencils, paper and like themselves. They need simple toys and luxuries too at times, in order to develop their natures healthfully and happily, but they need to be kindly called to give an account of the way they spend even their pennies. A little blank account book given to your boy when he ers shed their petals. Our neighbors, the Indian and Mulatto inhabitants of the open palm-thatched huts were either asleep in their hammocks or seated on mats in the shade, too lauguid even to talk. Our most days in June and July a heavy shower would fall some time in the afternoon, producing a most welcome coolness. The approach of the rain-clouds was after a uniform fashion very interesting to observe. First, the cool sea-breeze which commenced to blow about ten o'clock, and which had increased in force with the increasing power of the sun, would flag and finally die away. The heat and electric tension of the atmosphere would then become almost insupportable. Langour and uneasiness would seize on every one; even the denizens of the forest betraying it by their motions. White clouds would appear in the east and gather into cumuli, with an increasing blackness along their lower portions. The whole eastern horizon would become suddenly black, and this would spread upward, the sun at length becoming obscured. Then the rush of a mighty wind is heard throughout the forest, swaying the tree-tops; a vivid flash of lightning bursts forth, then a crash of thunder, and down streams the delighting rain. Such storms soon cease, leaving bluish motionless clouds in the sky until night. Meanwhile all nature is refreshed; but heaps of flower-petals and fallen leaves are seen under the trees. Towards evening life revives again, and the ringing uproar is resumed from bush and tree. The following morning the sun again rises in a cloudless sky, and so the cycle is completed; spring, summer and autumn, as it were, in one tropical day. The days are more or less like this throughout the year in this country. The Cattle Interests of the United States. Increase in aptitude to fatten and in average weight has been continuous and marked during the last half century. Since 1817 there have been imported into North America nearly, if not quite, one thousand well-bred animals for stock improvement, mainly the beef-yielding short horn; but also many of the best specimens of the Ayrshire for quantity of milk; the Jersey and its congeners of the Channel Islands; for richness of cream and quality of butter; the black-and-white Dutch, Devons, Herefords, and other breeds, not exceeding the fat cow of Brittany. So great has been the success of this attempted improvement, that the cattle of the central portions of the West have become high-grade short-horns of increased size and superiority of flesh, with a far smaller proportion of offal. Instead of degenerating, the thoroughbreds have been improved by the skill and care of our wide-awake breeders, until one family of short-horns, the Botes stock, has been for years exported to England at prices commencing at $2,006 to $3,000 each, advancing in a year or two to $7,000, as appreciation abroad was intensified, and culminated last season at the magnificent figure of $40,600 for an elderly cow, amid the excitement of competition between the most skillful breeders of two continents. The average weight of importations two and a half centuries ago, probably did not exceed 300 pounds; in 1710 the average At monopoly of yields a net yield 200 per annum by the Chinese. Consequently of the country, it was forced by military government has the British to treat obligation on is now urged against Anti-opium eloquent and give the British until this great Chinese Government of opium immediately about for fear of us as these, and effects of the association can arith irresistible years of the Penn-years ago, was immense strength at the court; writes a mennon-turn the other. The question: writes a mennon-turn the other. The ques-smart blow on turning the other This raised a turn turned away. Miller, "if you you would have but we also hold that ye mete unto to you again, ticking him up the wall with men will the 1st of January them will be coming of the 3d. Author of consid- to prison for shoes instead Shortly after the battle of Princeton a witty Scotch farmer amused himself by writing a humorous ballad upon it, which so stung one of the officers who had behaved very badly on that occasion that he sent the poet a challenge to meet him at H——for mortal combat. The second found the farmer busy with his pitchfork, to whom he delivered the challenge of the redoubtable hero. The good humored farmer, turning toward him with his agricultural implement in his hand coolly said, "Gang awa' back to Maister Smith, and tell him I hae nae time to come to H——to gie him satisfaction; but, that if he likes to come here, I'll just do as he did—I'll run awa'". Thomas Caldwell, President of the South Nashville Street Railway, undertook to ride with a new driver the other night, telling him in response to the demand for fare. "I own most of this road," and getting this reply: "Well, you won't own it long if you don't pay me your fare. That's all I've got to say about it." It's easier for a needle to go through the eye of a camel than for a woman to say, "It's of no consequence," when you kick a hole in her new silk dress. In packing away his Saratoga water barrel the other day a Boston druggist found a dead rat and an old jack-knife, and his customers now know what made it taste so. A man in Peoria claims to have a stone that Washington threw at a woodpecker on his father's cherry-tree. Instead of degenerating, the thorough-breds have been improved by the skill and care of our wide-awake breeders, until one family of short-horns, the Botes stock, has been for years exported to England at prices commencing at $2,000 to $3,000 each, advancing in a year or two to $7,000, as appreciation abroad was intensified, and culminated last season at the magnificent figure of $40,600 for an elderly cow, amid the excitement of competition between the most skillful breeders of two continents. The average weight of importations two and a half centuries ago probably did not exceed 300 pounds; in 1740 the average in the London market had been reported at 370 pounds; at the beginning of the present century the London average had advanced to about 500 pounds, and now the official average is 600 pounds for British and 500 for beees. The stock of this country, not including that of Spanish blood, is now nearly up to the British standard of weight.—Phrenological Journal. The Syracuse Journal says: "Some idea of freight passing over the Central may be formed from the fact that between eight and ten o'clock Friday night no less than five double headers" came into the new freight yard at De Wit, each containing from seventy to seventy-five cars, and even then 500 cars were left over in Rochester waiting transportation." Belle Plaine, Iowa, has the champion cat. Seeing a crane quietly roosting up a tree, she waited till nightfall. Then she pouenced upon the crane. Then the crane flew away with the cat. Still that crane was soon food for kittens. With reference to the religious and national character of the population of London, an English paper says that there are gathered there more Jews than there are in Palestine, more Scotch than there are in Edinburgh, more Irish than there are in Dublin, more Roman Catholics than there are in Rome, and there is a great variety in the languages spoken. Editing a paper is like carrying an umbrella on a windy day. Everybody thinks he could manage better than the one who has hold of the handle. A Massachusetts woman who came to Michigan only three weeks ago is already married to a man with seven children. There is no State like Michigan. There's another advantage of short courtships—you save twenty per cent. on fuel and lights.