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CJoirert ww| UrjSg. when I otma to PhilhAoJphi*, oa,IV>urth Stmt; in toet, DM atirerte hud lived In the WM kciiw on fourth Street since colonial time** Some of theliloc-tintod fbueT imported hy Benjoniin Calrert in UM nign of Queen Anne still re­mains in the windpws, protected now by wire netting* "the real name of tit* fonuly k prominent inHuladel-phiii'annals; indeed, Mias Jano> Cal-Ytrt was fond of fpaattankig the todal

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first president bald his court in tha Quaker oity* Judg ing tfcm Madam Calrert's portrait, cool eyed, thin lipped a m | Ivwk-nafcd, •*• waa )ika)y to be vicioriouo in any pottte war of words with Martha Washington who, according to Miss Jane's traflition, was sharp of tamper but dull of w i t

"My gmndmothei- tn Mias J a n e

would iay t bar beady black eyes spark-Mug; "would Always toqte late to Christ Church, lest her catch and out­riders might hare to gtve way to the President, and she be forced to yield thajpoa in going up the aisle to Matty Custis, aa aha called her. The Cal-Ycrte were the cadets of one of the beat families in Surrey, England, apd aha wpa o f t h e Doapenaarhue.; Bba would hardTy Jloldpreoedencolo tho wife of a Virginia farmer because the canaitJe had choaen to elect him President f f ~

Miss Jane would neyer hare yielded Che^pM. All of us, at forty, hare found out some god that we worship, and hen waa the old Calrert dynasty. The world In which' ihfy hid ruled were now bones and dust, but Miss Je\ne ojred in i t Why not? There was the hiatoric house as a memorial of it, with its old china and pictures, but it waa bare of carpets and food; her own income waa lest than that of the grocer's wife at the corner. It was Infinitely pleaaanter to sink the {{re­seat (altogether, and to l ire in tke gloria* of dead Calvert* end Deepen-errs. During the whole of the clri l war she never read a newspaper, lest ahe; might know something of t h a i

Jf'rulgar squabbl*," and nothing could u d u o e her to enter the gates of the

pNntonnia l Bxpoaition, to which the whale nation wa i crowding in 1876. The three familieo erf ancient deacent whom alone she visited had taken n o interest in it, hence ejus set it down as a- paltry show, gotten up by this swarming mill ion of parvenus w h o had taken possession of Philadelphia since the Oalrerte loat power.

Mias Jane had two brother*. Peter Delaucey Calrert waa the beat pre* sarred, beat dressed man of fifty who waa to be seen on Chestnut S t i ee t H e had n o businsas, n o pursuit, no , passion nor interest but one; he w i s * a collector of specimens of lace. On lace he was the supreme authority in the country.- y Hia cabinet was the e n r y of aU connoisseurs. How, with hia small income, he had secured thoee kHoetest ts^aand p o ^ t M o i i e k n e w . t%sA irhath%ooa rjrt^ry of >hk life.

N e w tib h * * * a brain» howerer nar-row in compass, can be whol ly occu­pied with genealogy or lace. The re-siduuft of mcntsJ force which waa left outside of these pursuits to Mis* Jane

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ajniher brother they deroted to squab-bllng with each <^her. • Any eu^eet would serve; the weather/the open­ing of a door, the boding of an egg, theorispneosof a p ece of toast They roes in the morning, yawned, quarrel­ed, apologised, yawned, qn|rroisd again, *nd so filled up the vacant day. They went to church regularly, knelt, stood up, gased at Dr. Nestky with polite unseeing r yea. He, gopd man, hia heart aching with pity for them, tried for fifteen years to kindle in them acme human inters*! in Ood or num. Be launched the terrors of hell, at them and opened the infinite depths of

and at the end of the fifteen ootiy idea they had of him

that he waa the grandson of a , o*d a hpor uho had once

s Mthsd at oUVeoMian point , Their seute were like tero lite crei-

turo* in an exhausted air-recehrer, shrir*iinganddyiao|daarbyAaT. ||MS man who shut* hi* fife up in too nar­row a bound some time will pay the penalty* \*r^* • • ' • • " » ^ •; <*»»,..,.-.•

There was another brother, Zack, a yotuigj afiwli o*my Ifttow^ prhe hat otruckOtttapathforlAimaolf. He had puthislitUepcrtknintoso^ehMef

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fine candles, I foigot wlUch. Hogrel* rich by it, *nd so became a Hrinr di*v pace to thiOaJrert name. Crime the family tree had born unwttfiered— bat soap and candle* f Howaver.Zack lived at heme, lor without hia raffomf how could the house be kept up? , - In 1877 Master Zack, in hia usual off hand, noatterof^acb way, brought home a wife from Grand Bapida, Michigan, v ; . "Ho^fsmilyrheoaidbreplytohls

brother^ authoritetire demand. MPoo my word; I don1! knottf Her father made bedsteads or. #rt-wheels or something, (ut she's »v dear little tenderhearted thing, and I want you And Jane to be kind to her. 2ft* dreary home to bring her to. But 111 not turn my hack on you and my c|piar^'; ,. u,-•** ! -,u. > ,..'....,.*. •. r |lis* jAatf never opened her lips to complain., But the ircm entered her soul. The namslsasf^young woman from Michigan was a heavier blow than even the laundry soap. She ap­peared in the pew next Sunday, a soft little creature of dasaUag fairness, with yellow hair and dark brows end eye*. Mis* Jhne sat beside her, her face vacant and lUtrBqpnstve aa a cofflivlid; her spirit wHhin her full of the dead Calrert*.

Now cornea1 the miraculous part of my story. A little man than a year later, Mm. Putney, one of Miss Jane's neighbors for ten years, waa astonished at receiving. her first ftall freea that lady, o She WM stately but cordial. :

"I have heard, Mrs, Putney," she said "that the eyea of one of your • i M m i were affected while teething. Ifcncyjourbaby'ecyes are weak and I Mt that I must consult "with some one of experience. The doctor pooh-poohs the whole matter; and gave me nooatiafacUon."

After <*a good deal of consultation Mrs, Putney hesitatingly offered to go and inspect the baby. >

i'Ohi if you would !M cried MisoJaoe gratefully. "My brother Delaneey and I have so little experience,1 As tor the baby's parent* they are mere ehikteeo."

Mi^ Putney found the baby in the arms of Peter Delaneey, a man' whom ter years she had regarded from* afar With awe. It was tugging at his dyed moustache with one smnd, waving his shirt, collar with tbl other, while he giggled delighted. He did not even attempt to recover himself. , % "Our little girl, Madam," h* said, "shops thg most remarkable desire to put ererything into her month. How do you account for that?'*

"Well, I hare obeerred other chil­dren do ItV * j , , - ,

"I never have,H lie said coldly* An hour after this baby waa bojjli,

Miss Jane in her state dresa bad gone in to look at i t Zack picked H up and J laid it in her arms. "It's name is Jane," he said abruptly. "Her mother wisheeit* .,..-..,;•- i .^.4

The old woman held the baby t6 her withered breast, where a child had never lain before. She held it firmly, but trtmhled a good deal. Ood only knew what longing* had throbbed there and died unanswered. "Not Jane; Jennie," she said. "Mother used*) call toe that;" and after a pause she leaned over the bed and kissed fur the first time the pal* young mother. "I thank you for that MoWiH

she said. / ' Mrs. Putney was not the only otran-

ger to whom little Jean opened the door of the charnel-like house* There were a eucoossion of harnuftes, the woman who mdde her clothes, the man who brought her milk, little Mr*. Avery over the way with a Maltese 1 kitten, black Soph* with catmint out of her gardeh. All of these people took a keen interest in the baby, and Miss Jane repmd it with a zealous care of them and their affairs. $he discov­ered that Mr. Avery waa *• neglected man of genius. Sophy's husband de­served hanging. The milkman bad a Uind child for' whom she secured a place in thfe asylum. Her own eyes had suddenly been opened, and she found the world full of lining beings. The dead Calvert* began to fade, ghost-Uk*. V ....... M

The child w i s born a w n after a tftundus case of kidnapping in Phila­

delphia, and Mr. Delaneey Calrert was possessed with the idea that she would be stolen. He never allowed the ours* to take her outside o / the garden unless he waa on guard. H e followed her with his alow, stately step through the street*, asaumlng utter't**Jotanoe of nurse! wagOnor baby, hut Moping a fierce 070 on every man that passed them.

W h e n the baby was s ix months old H had diphtheria. Its mother was Ul, and Miss Jane had sole charge of i t during that terrible n i g h t whi le poor iWMoeyt , i n slippers and flailing dretaingjswft* ran here and there, breaking ice in the cellar or stirring poultices over the kitchen range.

"It will kill m y brother if this child dj**,» said Miss Jane to the doctor, her eye following him affectionately. "He is making an idol of i t " ...

II was not the child but the motb*r w h o died, of the same treacherous dis­ease. They brought her the baby, and after she had kissed it she laid it in Miss Jane's arms, whispering, "Keep ibaMakJ)or Sac*

"Aa God mm • » , ittffy," she «ob-htd. •.

W l m J ^ l u r f W h i r poor little Wlf« in the grnvo h* left the city to plvnfB into bwiMiB within «Q boar. "IMmfi emu njatlf myowaingr^

with % j w w ^ a « m i i Tht cong»»g»Uon iMtdw mmih\rt* m**u- Tb-* w » mneihlnf mow tMOiHi bApitan Itere. jTot» \^tyr OOlj'^bu cpmlnc.op to Ood. but two U«#,>hlchh*d long been )mnmmd h « | tad apart ftom Hfm-Hret-that wm M«riy ended. '• MWhojo$ter,'' atl(|^b© olergyroao lookiniB4««dilyfttltti withered faeaa kefote him, "ihall-wot reeebe the kingdom of Ood M»|ittl« child shall not enter thereio."^* , "v w

And when be ponSd the pure water on the ebihi, U eaeneirae if it Ml aleo on die gray hewia^hnit before him. with the power olptod'* spirit to strengthen and to l a y

fashi4aW7 Two fashiohaWe dressed girts met yesterday o n t£e Chmpus Martihs; saidxme: . s => .

"Hello! yoa^hveet tiling, what do youknowT^ «* ' : 7

"Knows notW'cept that theyVe got a new clerk in« *a store -a reg­ular dandyv Went in, you know, for plaid sewing silk. Tell you, he's a swell. Wowl got any money r

"Bern, but not metch. Why** , uOh, they've got the boas creams at

I've got a Whole nickel;

he ssid. "I danH want to see the child

The next flpnday snvmg the people Who brought chlMren to he baptised there were two benfold figures clothed to deoy oooeiming. Mr. Delaneey car­ried, the baby himself .to the aJtar. The

(sbw had A « S 4 froA^ia hair and wW*keiland l«n t h « White aa snow; the real ^aii had come osrtfroaa be­hind the udent been at last; hk kind

Kit and Sue with a bundle of'em; they never offered me a amack| the old cranks 1 Lst'i set up ftpposish."

"How mean 1 Been to the postofflce?" 4«teen times." ^ 4

*'That ain't many» Come with me. We'll get the candy and sail in and make the pump-haftdle'e t yea stick out Funny ain't hef , • ,

"Funny, not so funny. Went to the dance at Nell's with him, and he walked all over my feet Say! you know Willie WaiHyef"

"I should smeelf Did he take tin Arm off you!" \ v

'One , Ctooar! t h e other one felt weak. H e told me that old joke about going into the hotel—"

"Oh, Jemiatel I've heard that Once more and ah*lf or twice. Say! they're ge t telephofie communications with down town!" ••

1 *Wow! spose I don't jen^w that— talked down the other day to Joaiah. J inks! he was t w e e t " . "Thought you didn't know him."

"Oh, y o u sweet thing! H W h a t the diff? told him he would find me if h o took the cars with the blue l ight onv"

4*Going to see him." ,

" N o t m u c h . " . /••';'••"':••;';/!; "Hare y o u seen the new college

tough." #

#*Wow! He's n o earthly!" ip . ; MWhy? . Is h« erushed on anir-

hody? : , , 4iNo; seveneris gave hini the dead

march the other day. He caught step with himself 'oteen timee, he got so rattled; wrathy, too, I guess, for he turned around and says "Thanks, awfullT ; , * , ^ , ,;..,, cS. U

Jt8ey, Cal, IwojidowntoLUy-bud." "How did you get your courage to

Stick I" •• . , . , , - ; ..;,«<; * , . . ^ ? . t ." U ' (<Stick? I had to stick, t says. 'C*l d o

you go. ' » A t this time a runaway*teatfi^put an

end to the moat mteresting eon vena­tion on i^cord.--i>otrotf Pott tmd Tribune, *<.r • --**

tnder ftleetia'ft Marriage Shop.

; Beach Pdhd 1* a lote ly sheet of water six teen mile* east of Norwich, R L , in the wildest charcoal region of western Rhode I s land It* shores are clad tn primeval forests. In a cabin in the wilderness dwell Elder Sloeum and h i s wife. Over the dOor of his lodge i* the not ice: "Merriagea per» formed for $8 a cpupl*. The elder is the most eccentric preacher since Lorenso Dow, whose birthplac*, a gambrelroofed house, is in Montville, eight mile* west Of this city. H e has to deal w i th a rough, backwoods class, and his style suits them. About a year ago he appointed a day for his f u n e r a l ^ n d punctually on the date his obsequies were ,oelebrated by 100 of his neighbors, w h o caroused in and about his cabin, whi le the elder re­posed in an open faced coffin o n the table in hia aitttog room* Al l got drunk, and some ope set fire to i straw stack, which waa consumed, one of the revelers narrowly escaping crema­tion while attempting to run through the flames. • Since the elder h u n g out hia marriage notice hfe ha* been over­run with orders, mostly from runaway couple*. To accommodate all otessss he has to "shave" hi* price consider­ably at times, sometimes throwing off seventy-five per cent, TOT cash. ^ H e

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Tlie import comes fro,# Barrland lhataome unknoyrn, terrible ttollady is destroying IrV oysters. Nearly a million bushels Of niarketable oytden have been killed by this disease the present sea­son, they say* Oystermen here do not believe it., Thtoy do not take any stock in stories of disease among oysters. Said one of the oldest Fulton Market dealers yesterday: 'There is a present scarcity of oyso>rs in the Baltimore market ajid New York feels it, not because any of our supply comes from there, byt because they are not able to shuck and ship to the West what their trade d*m*nds, and consequently the trade fall* back on it*. But that scarcity is caused, not by any malady, but by storms and high winds, which hare prevented the tongers from gathering the oysters and the boats from bringing them into market They get up stories of that sort down there periodically to excuse little rises in the price of oysters, and the stories are swallowed—ui the west. I hare seen It stated that somethiiTg is wrong with the oysters on the south shore of Long Island this year and that the Prince's

thought we might whack-up. Met4iP*y °y«*f« • " P 0 0 * That is simply

dose business in both Connecticut and Rhode Island. There have been two cases within thfe past two weeks in Which the course of true lore, tiger-ruptodby paternal inWfence, flowed from this state Orer to Beach Pond tear belief.v Mias Beilly of Wauregan, a railroad village in Windham county, loved a careless young fellow, Bob Blye, of the same neighborhood., Her parents objected to Bob's suit, and finally locked the young lady in an upper chamber ot tips house* She yielded and expressed contrition over her misplaced affections. One morn-| ^ she caMdesafy that she didn't care to marry at present, and that she probably would *%** and die an old maid.* On ac­count <of this expreswm the freedom of Wauregan,was extended to her. She accepted it, eijd the following night went to ride with her lover, who, it is said, "drove over to the eHer'a." They w o ^ m a n ^ that evening. The rage of the parents when they teamed Of t b e d e w ^ w * ^ said nothing, The sesond ease that of Louis Danineau and a lady of Fitehrille, six miles north of Norwich, who eloped on last Thursday

II j * reported that the elder tW exmple, who are only nine>

teen<y*m of age. The Anther of the girl is looking f6r them with a horse­whip curled up in his coat pocket, , •

not true." L _ ^ Mr. Bladkford Udked on the subject

In hi* tall tower, where be carries on a fl*h, oyster, and axolotl hatchery. He fiaa there^ a small oyster that he is raising «* a pet After 1ft had rigged a microscope on the'atomic oyster and had shown how it wagged the pr%

f booei*4ike month, that it will absorb by the end of it* thirti month, he said.

"List year the oysters on the south side of Long Island were so poor that they Were unfit for food. As far as we could find Out $ei* condition was due to a Want of sufficient food. They were thin and watery, and at ho time during the season did they become large and plump. A plague among the Maryland oysters will not affect the New York market perceptibly, as our supplies t\re drawn almost entirely from our surrounding waters. I haven't the slightest idea what tho malady is or might be, and' cton't be­fore much in it . 5

"The oyster* from the south side of Long Island this year are unusually good. - Rockaways are better than they liftve been before, in Are years, and are rery abundant. Last year they were very popr. So far as I hare noticed, the Prince's Bay oysters this season are in unusually good condition.

'The only malady I hare erer known oysters to be affected with was what was called 'green gill' The Long Island oysters hare been affected by it rery often. It girea the meat of the oyster a decided green tinge, and consumers of oysters fight shy of them when they that have color, because they think it is caused by copper. But it is not* Lout year we fouud that the oysters1 green tinge Was caused by feeding, upon minutf signs, which do not at all affect their flavor, healthful-ness, or condition. The JBuropean oyster* are almost always tinged with green, and our English cousins think an oyster is hardly good to eat unless ft is green, j

"By the way, early this season Prof. Hyder of the United States Fish Com­mission hatched young oysters and plaigfed them in an artificial pond;

rhere the tide ebbed and flowed. Now those oysters are three-quarters of an inch in diameter. This is the first successful attempt e W made trf artifi­cially propagate the oyster. They hare been successfully hatched before but could only be got to live seven or eight days, and then would die. But these are now living, flourishing, and grow­ing in the third month. # This is prob­ably onejof the greatest discoveries erer made in this line, as it settles the ques­tion of the practicability of the artifi­cial propagation of the oyster and of its being done at rery small expense."

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A day or two ago* a man who was at the Central .depot to take a train sud­denly cried Out thai some one had stolen his ralise, and he began such a hullabaloo that everybody had to be interested.

"I sot that 'ere satchel right down thar9 and stepped to the door," he ex­plained to officer Button, "and when I returned it was gone."

"WeU« y o u should hare been care­f u l W o are not responsible for such losses." ,

"You *in*t, eh> Whar's the p*esH efcfttf" ,

' ^ r o f t U e a i ^ s i r r ' -'*Whar'a the general m&nhger?*' ; "He'* sick abed.*' "Whar's the superintendent?^ "Won't be here Ull 4o%clock." "Wall, How, somebody's got to

make good that loo* or about a doien mod will go to the hospital for six months apiece." , ^ •

"What was the ralue?" ••• "Fifty dollars and not a cent less!" "What are the content*?" .._

" "I had twelve shirts, a new suit of clothes, and orerooat and lots of other thing*" ] , .

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" O n e handle gono^tt id the lock broken?" r \ ,

"Yes, o a t handle was broken, and I h M her tied with a string."

"I* this B r asked the officer, as he took the baggage off a bench not six feet away. { 4 ,,. , fc J

"Great snakes! that's herr chuckled the owner. . . •*•.-.— -- •

In handing ft to hint the string fcroioL the bag flew open andou trolled fwo old shirts, a pair of sock* and lire or six paper collars—all there was in

whhi l^eatbe»arethedttd*rou wfcht* edMOforr. <|twrio4 the officer; ; 'sJV^#flwm thetodkiiant rsply. ' 1 should hare taken the money for loo* of time and damage to my feel­ings. I'm no Sbylock, sir r

• It beats all how a*ncrthern man does hanker to shoot an alligator just a* soon m he gets ^eyond the Ohio river, and the further south he goes the stronger grows the feeling. It's a sort of "buck fever," and nothing will curek except the bore*of the reptile. A chap from Rhode Island Want doi& to Biloixi from New Orleans with the party. Small alligators were plenty enough along the creeks and ditcheov and every time the Clam State man saw one he almost kicked hi* boots off. I He tackled everybody around Blloxi for an alligator hunt. And he flnfeily paid a dftkey $3 to drive Mni to sftake four or Ave mUes^Wy, wfc<F* the ssnriaua were said to be numerous enough to crowd each other *?ut of the water*. The boys had been over in the morning and fixed things, A rope waa tied to either end of a water soaked log and. led into the bushe*, and no sooner had the hunter got down ttod discovered a movement in the water than he opened fire. "DatVyer game, boss," said the darkey al he seated himself in the shade, and the way that old log was bombarded wa* a caution. The man made eye shots" aitod line shots, and dead shotf and after Jie had fired about twotttyflretimes he began to wonder why hi* gam* didn't turn toes'up. "Take* a heap o' lead, boos, but you is troublin' him mighty bad," encouraged the darkSy, and the bombardment wa* renewed with a de­termination to die in the last ditch. Pretty soon a map broke from the bushes to the left, and in a roke of authority called out: "Shooting alli­gators out of season ia^on offence punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars." "No !" "How many shots hare you flred T **Only thirty-nine." "Shooting off a revolver in the State of Mississippi, except in self defense, te a fine of five dollar* for each time! Have you a permit f "Permit for what?" 4Toehoot«atC6L Ford's al­ligators. If not he can recover dam­age* not to exceed $500. Did you cross that field?. "Xsa.% tfThafs trespass, and the fine is not lc** than $25. Too must come witli me!" "But, sir— I~M" ^ will bring my horse and buggy and you must go to the county seat!" The "constable" started. So did Rhode Island. They went iii oji-posite directions. The Rhode Islander came into Bifoxi, on a canter, settled his hotel bill without stopping to count the change, and picking up hia satchel he dusted Ctff okmfejthe railroad U if called to a deathbed. When I found him in Mobile a few days later he had shaved off his whisker* and blackened his eye-brows. He also complained of a lame back and corns on his feet "Say !"ssys he as he had carefully looked around for listeners. "If old Mississippi feels so stuck up over a few ponds and alligators and constable* she can keep 'em and be hanged to her! I druther shoot a crow any time than an alligator." - -Detroit Fret Pre$$. ^

Concerning the Apple Crep.'

The apple situation is peculiar this year., It waa the "off year" last sea­son, and there was the customary light crop at prices ranging from fS.fiO to $4 per barrel. This year, "by good rights," as the farmer* say, there should be a large crop such a* they gather oftentimc* for sale at $1 and $£ per barrel, and export thousand* of barrels at these prices. Reports from nearly all apple growing sections give promise of a very different state of affairs.' ••'. ***• > .--.•-.«.,, •••••*:*•• .*'•»

It is too much, perhaps, to s a y that the. apple crop is a failure but it will fall far short of expectation* This is the talk of all our leading dealers i* this fruitand numerous private advices were quote4 u s i n support of this vifir. These all point to the fact that the erop is a scattered orte rather than a failure. One New England farmer writes here "J that he will have a large crop of 500 barrels. His neighbors will not do as well aa tuuaL Different counties in the same state return varying report*. Oil the same farm a marked difference is noticed in the bearing of trees* . ,.

Generally speaking, trees in sheltered localities have done the best, and this seem* to be the key to the whole situa­tion. The trees blossomed well throughout the country, but were seriously affected by subsequent cold and damp weather in June , and the crop is largely in proportion to the natural protection of orchards* Under such circumstances it is next to impos­sible to estanate the shortage. As the harvest advances there is l i k e l y to be considerable change in the situation. v But it is safe to count on an unusu­

al ly small crop for an apple year* r, I t looks n o w as if higher price* than thoee of last year would be realised.

A prominent dealer informs us that he will contract for choice Baldwin* at $4 per barrel. Farmer* are acting cautiously about contract*, and on ly placing them at safe figure*. , The ex­port movement, will be very entail at th^best, with a likelihood of a much greater value of imports from Canada, whore the crop is s*id to be large.— Boston Commercial Bulletin.

A Slight Mistake.

During the last two or three yean, or since fickle-minded fashion* has deemed that mrd* aa well a* feathers should be ueed to ornament the heads; of the eftto of feminine society, a new Wuroe of revenfto has been opened to the natives of Southern California. Santa Barbara, being "the land of flowers," ia nscsssaiily the home of that delicate little humming bird, which lires upon the dejtilted pollen or food of our gaudiest flora. In a case upon the counter wtttSa.tfae drug; store of A. M. Riiix waa diaoorestd two rows of desoi bumming birds, each with their Utile "feet turned up j to the daisies." "Theteo^fcaieeeiiV lyderelopedoiiel"aoidMr. Ruia. "It is lee* than three years old, but it ia steadily girowing. We do nbt propose; to engage very extensively to it, ask is not exactly in our line, which m drugs and purfumery, but we find a. market for all are can obtain."

"How do you detain these huthmingf birds r queried the reportST.

*The little boys bring them ht There are four or fire little CoJifor-nian* who lire in or near town who are expert* with slingHihot*, a skill­fully manipulated improvement upon the contrirance used by David to kill Goliah. Small pebbles or a teaspoon-ful of bird shot i* used, and, when prppellod by our little humming bird hunters, usually bring down the bird. These little hunters bring ii> on an, average about five birds a day."'

•4Why do they not use nets? It would not destroy or injure the deli­cate plumage of these little birds."

"Net* would he better, I believe, hot the little SpaniHi children are ueedtjto the little sling shots and are as skilful with tbefn as are their fathers with the tiara, and woe to the humming bird at which one of these little boys dts-chaises a charge of pebbles or bird shot"

"I* there money in the business r "No, not worth speaking of. I psjr

ten to fifteen cents jsach for the bird* and then I dress and stuff them and ship them to San Francisco. Then I am paid at the rate of fifty cent* each for the female common bird, and seventy-five oents each for those male bird* of brilliant phunsge." '

"Is there more than one rariety of humming bird in the market ?" j .

"Yea, we hare four. There is the 'Fiery/ or th*t bird you see there with the red flaming throat Then there is the sulphuretted or yellow brontefl bird. Next, the ordinary male, which b*a> a ^eojt SJU tojd plumage, and last the brown, unhronsed female bird."

"What i* ttte extent ef the^rade f" "Last year |oe oant off less than a

thousand birds; we could hare found a market for at least three times the number exported." *

In continued con rcreation it Wasdi*-corered that while San Frtmcisoo ob­tains a large proportion of these deli­cate little birds, the best and prettiest are selected and, shipped direct to the fashion centers^in Paris and London, where they otnhpAnd a high price.— Sanfa Barftafa ifneas.

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Ever a* the old lovais rain of the storm ottiy soon will follow the coUTnights, henry fiost* and failing kersey when every lover of the steel trap will be 00 the way to sense laves** ground that he has before found profitable, ot% per-

to have good the nrious kind "mala locality. , Asiamortjoecuttt*^^

the young trapper to sppoeptice him­self for, at leest ode or Ato winters with some did s^o^rperieJM^ trapper, from whom he can leirninastngte seaoonniorethan he otb«rwiae would in two or these year* of his ow^ rough experience, Tt^Mitxxm^vtinguat

Lgreat usefulness to be lean*! In end Jfcomklttamp, andastoth* best plans

for setting traps, placing bait*, using spring poles, slide pole* and deed fall*. Some hare the best success setting under the Water, others ean^sf equally well on dry land &>* under water. Some inexperienced trappers spend much valuable time and labor in build­ing toggle-Joiiii**} pitas. These may do if built laige enough for » bear trap aa^ eecui^yftrtnn^d topsthir, hut; there are always enough neiural place* to.set a steel trap Without re

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A man at the Central Market wag in need of a boy to assist him at his peanut •tend, and in some way it beoame known to a colored man on Calhoun street Yesterday morning he put in an appearanoe, accompanied by his boy, a lad of twelre, and applied for thepteoe. ,1

"Can your) boy rfead and write f" asked the peanut man.

"Hekin. oih-"^ . ^ "Is he wOlibg and industrious T •

, J / tHeamd4 , , v. *•.-"Ca^ you giASJrantee his integrity 4" '1^1-I^iu'oal iUie mixed, bos*.

Dos* you rsfej* to hjs gettin' up airly f" "I refer to his honesty. If I should

leave him in] -charge here for sererel bout* would he abuse my confidence?'1

v"Well* saU," amid the maa aa he Walked arouiid the stand to see how it closed up, "if you shet down the kirer an' turn de kdy out' leare dat boy on de choir heart with plenty of apple* to eat, I'll wamhit his integrity sgin de prominentestlmau in Detroit"—De­troit Free

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Tie sees Oatieek.

Printers are liable to c f e 80, at least, thought the y o u n g man as he stepped up to the society editor's table: "Good morning. W h a t is it, sir T was the affable greeting.. * •

14You made a little mistake in yottr announcements yesterday, air T

"Very likely. It is almost impb*. slble not to make a mistsdcesomstimA. What was it r 1 ^^ ^

"Ton said me and Iisste Pipkins wars bothered, when we* are not bothered at alL We are betrothed, *ir. QuiteaditTorenee." ?w

"Ah 1 1 presume you see the dif­ference n o w more t h i n you will in the future. However, I # i l l smooth the mat ter 'out Oood morning, -*-" Bbttimorean.

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"How iajt that y*x^*i not at the sea shore this summer, Mrs. Fussan-featherr saidtMxs, Yeast to that?Badyf

whom she met in the market the other morning. I

"Oh my husband says he cant affoid it," replied the ledy eddreeeed, taking a peaeh from the basket and hitting into it bust to see if it wa* ripe.

"But you Were at Long Branch last Iftmmer," continued Mrs. Yeast, lay­ing down the money for the purchase she had just made, .

<(Ycs, we spent lasfrsummer at Long Branch, but iusioess was* better last year than it Use been this;" said Mrs. F., trying another peach, »

4'Why, my (husband says bosiifts* i* * great deal] better this year than it wss last year,!' remarked Mrs. Yeast a little surprised.

"Well, it (may he better in some branches of ujede("eeid Mr* Fuassn-foather, making 4 cavity into her third sample W h ; "but I know last yv sr my husband foiled and only had to pay ten ceJt* on the dollar. This year he ha* bee n obliged to pay cash for everything, and of course he ha* had no opportunity to fail. Warm day, i su t i t r - - *

Krrtx^LTtwa> Twtuna.—A lady fell* u* <4the first bottle has done my daughter a groat deal ot good, her food does not distress her now, nor does she suffer from that extmpe tried feeling Which she did before utang Hood's fearsapariila," A secoodbottte effected a cure. No other preparation contains such a ecmcefitrstfon <rf vitaiudtig, en­riching, purifying and inrigorating properties pa Hoods Sarsaparitla.

sortmg to artificial cores and pan* We have, in, our contact with differ­ent trappers, found many ffeoNas* bait for bearer and' otter, hpt as f k aa our knowledge goee, we are led to he-Were that fiiey always scars away more amimals than they catch, j^

Where the streams a » dkepan|l the current not too swift, or whew there are frequent small lakes, we much prefer trapping a£$d traveling wsih a good light boat From it you can ot> ten set a tiup to advantage in seme good place that couU not be iiBadie^ otherwise, and then when.it is neces­sary to change location the heat will carry all your camping ss}uiptoents and cooking utensils with ease, and la^d them right where you want them Stoet-on or near the toak of the stream. It Is seMoiiirXhat aa good trap­ping is to be had along a large river a* in the smaller streams and creeks. 8maUbkes*4>dme**be*are e*eolte<>» if located.well astey front seitlsnienU. Pine lands and temarac swamp* are good, too, foi*

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necetSaiy in ooler to be successful. After the fur baa been caught much

depends o n the way of skinning end curing the pelt to get the price out of the buyer. I t very frequently hap-, pens that boys and lunateur trappers, will have a nice lot o f excellent pells so poorly stretohed and handled that when offered f ty enfe they will not bring over about onevhaff of what they would if they had heen properly eurod and well stretched. S o b e f e r y epro> ful to skin nicely and strotdt « s U your furs, after first having taken tiff thesuperfluous fat and rough edges, aiid you wil l then hare furs that wil l bring y o u Ui*~ highest market price, and all the buyer* that have bought of y o u wil l want your furs again next season. Two men, with a hoar to at­tend camp, are the best ntimSer with which to g o into the woods in the fall. More ttyui two is too ninny. If thev are good, societjUe fellows, and do not shirk their jrespsotivo duttes, and their location b e a , good opn for game, our word for it they wiUhmr* a most en* joyable winter, and when their united catch is sold, and the money divided in the springe they wi l l be conaiderahly better off than when they went into the woods. Their health will also he much improved from the healthful and rigorous exercise, and altogether, they will want to g o again for another [Win-t e r t trapping when the next^seseoo rolls around. «v

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U I got one l*tter from him outer de poet-office." ;

"I s'peesv after de way h e *nnd beat yer, dat yer sent i t hac t tor him widout openin9 it r "

"You Jem bet I d k t n V o p c n de after de way he treated me. No,] deed, I didnT .I'd see Urn in coffin f u s t "

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