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Me" $!*'* SZ'1!! pioneer. ADVERTISING RATES I II ia'< t too*. a toot. ,«•■* <m* dolman fta w no no in u> JlslfCUnmn 49 cu ts J> ISO) quu ,/r Cc'ujeil ,.,. to at is w » u> TLt« ]DCL<J ID O) A 60 4 U3 OHM IOCS » o> I Cu S 03 luaii a. none. : V COUNBELOIVAT-LAW, Siitir la Cfeaacsrar and nruitii oDw, B<* lu« ctij, i.r»j lUsldtoc® And Uoln e£r«, Vtsctsfel, New Jtncj. JAM. ll.BIXOS. Arronxrr iai> Corcszum at Lam-, OIIIn in lasurwac# Putldl , T-rt-jr ■ MILLVILLT. N- J- . gto. xj. coorz.n. . UNITED 8TATEB COMMISSIONER. T -«-jr X1LLVILLE, N. J. ^mE-uuBriiueTi, HOMEOPATHIST, .OOc® ti Malfwlnlle4* coro*r Urn-li* Avenue end line MmL >i— — — en^— — — —y NEWS IN BRIEF V ' —Thn city directory of Minneapolis, \ Miimreoln, for 1882, contains 28,923 \ name*, Indicating a population cl 78,800. * ■ — Tbo widow of Ea-Pretidanl Tyler V U about to make her homo in Richmond, V Ya„ at tho comer of Eighth and Oraoo *' . \ ■ trecU. # y —The aggregato value of tho propcr- '' y.% Y of colored peoplo throughout TeaY»eo is act down at $5,078,001, being Ntucreaso of $571,170 over tho pro- % Rngjear, \y- •* . . rfho greatest weight lifted br Prof, LjjiP "in harnma," aa ho called the wriUa which ho clolhod hlm- * ' exhibiting hi* feats o: strength, 0 pounds. .• - VrXfroe circulating library in New frfi'V; r- E^fronUlna 50S5 volume®, and is ■' ' v • ' • ryTriiwIng In alxo and usefulness. B5 cent, of tho clroula^a-> • ^ o I fiction, first oil well was opened tivv V i -irtrodnct of tho wells has E>C; '• ^ 10 wealth of ita\odncU. ^^^aEbo^Jjpts patents for tho - , ^ past .aixwUnLhs wcr^5i7 oft), an incrcaso over tho samo pcN.\ ]Mt year of $87,000. \ —l^-o first Welch church idiihlo was V foundod in 1803. At present CbL0 ^ in tho Btato forty chnrchea, wtthY>00 jncffibcrt, \ — Tho product of Oolifonila oniehs!^ _ " tct mines but year was 00,931 llaskv aud tho ci ports by tea and rail wcro : 45,779 disks.

v". ' — Tho tonnage ttansporied on all tho ' • reilruads in tbn United States in 189 amounted to 350,000,000 tons, which • , ■ at the too low average of $50 a ton would be worth $18,000,000,000. —Tho Agricultural College at Han'T over, 2T. IL, will admit woman pupils at •p - ■ its next term, who will bo given a special oourse of study, including batter and - chocao making, and dairying In all its branch os. • — From statistics recently published, w tt appoAia tliat 358 railway sodden ts occurred in Bchrfum in 1880. Of three 131 wcro duo to collisions and 112 from trains running off tho rails at or nssx > > > * AUUoas, ' y J, ' • — Ureat Britain. Incln ding all her posmmjona, has 4210 steam vrese's and • • . * 18.520 iftUlag vresels, or a total of 22,735, "whno tho United Btatre has 1779 steam and G579 sailing vessels, or a total ' . * of 8158.- . They make something besides ofS . * flce-holdcra in Washington, tho manu"^jaoturing cataldishmcnta of tho cltr har- '' O " ' Wg • capital of $5,831,220, rmploying ■ -TillO person*, while their prodncts are '.i ^ yilucu ftl $11)011,185. •• ' - . — Anopler has been issued forbid- .* ; ding" profoaaJonsl guides to aecompany rWtore through tho Treasury Building • in Washington. If d wired, an employe of tho dcptflffltsi will accompany vialtoni through tho building without v\ ahsrgc. . • —Tho statuo and monument to Oal. V * . lioun, soon to bo erected in Oharicsloa, ti. O. , is luutenlng to comploUon. Rarnlsch, Uio sculptor, formerly of Phila- . del phis, U busy on it in his Roman n i *' stnUk», and it ra his ambition to make it r-.'-y. a work of art on which hia name may p*' '■ be fonndid.* ! i v T \ ' r. y ' y v— It is catinutol that tho South has tlih? season paid to tbo North $55,000,000 /or wheat, $50,000,000 fur com, ; ' ! v \j s $72,000,000 for mrola, and about $25,^•V*: ''000.000 for W, butter, choree, oats, 1 • spplre. potatooo, etc. ... - * — Tho totil length of railway, liner In ^ t2ia United Kmgdom on Jan, 1st, were S8£fr;'x 18.175 miles, of mhich 8,802 milre were M . nl aingle line. Total paid up $3,700,000^00; total revelln^ $385,A ooh, 000; ud remnue, % $155,000,000 ; proportion of expend] tort* to receipts, taper cent Ihere werp J8.720 locomoUvre lnuie. . Msgmflcent sre the preacnU sent by King Alphtmao to tho member* of IN ' *tU0 Oomml«km that lock the Order of \. ' the Garter at Mailrid but year. The \ rrince of Wales reoalvtd Upre tries VVAf-: • -worth more than $30,000. To the other* \ are sent some superb specimens of Toledo \ anus, richly encrusted with gold.

AUG LaT. ] iLeqakl A Lwm U<orac; 1 A »Iun.t<ruaj quae* fiRs Uc it; ; ' TLf Ccl>2« hi C Ill, LE4 truulft sre tluxb, I la (Am; ale rp ix* water* Uc. Aa4 mm jua *ott kA.".« UdoCi tast rr«t AU»»r ou v*k. • ck** Uifut* ; lb* CftXtle oo U« uyA.aLft:ij « btxs*t . La Jo; U« cTsl£?nJ *A*<AJW lutxs. Ok, bow ufcLk* LboM mcrrj hour* la *uaa; J oar, when tint Uajtj uc: ; WS«& 194 tltib w|ail» v.aAo lot* to Qowrn Ami wuukl>ikli ilax sa4 Wftitri WLcn ta the ct*m *wr<» wstrr* talk, to] »trata* vt Its; tau*tc »wr!l Kroca ever; mo**-cap of ik ruck, iTum *tu; mmE(u uowma** belli lVok bow * Joy loo ik<-;> fur aoax^l, A peace tpUkf KtKO kaowa, lloibe* ttc bcftTcn* sod wr*(« the (naB-l-Tbc I Of »'nf of itjctiDf rtjuw. Mian skture kcnrjic. » Harrison Dsy was an old bachelor. Not so very old either— only a littlo way into the ihlrtiue. But why he was a bachelor at all, tho Lord only knows — I don't know I'm sure; for ho vu one of Iho most domrelie men living, and lorcd nothing better than a © ooy homo flrcaide, with a fricud or tvro to help him along. He was not rxccaalrcly bashful, and ho was qslte ablo to aflnrd the exi>cnso of a Lome. Though, for that matter, many a young man has found it costs leas to keep two than it docs to keep one, - sometime*, flo was quite popular ir, society, sad ho might liavo suited himself if ho chose— but ho dhln't choose. Perhaps tho main reason was tliat ho had ouch s oomfortablo homo with his brother; for ever since Gcorgo Day married jirotty Belli© 8now# Ilomsoa had boardod with them. And Sallio took^.auch good care of him and lila traps, that ho never felt tho want of a homo. That's iho way with a man— If everything keeps tight and tidy, ho can do very well by himself; but onco let things get at aires and bctccs (generally at about sixties and aeventire under masculine rule) and straightway ho looks around for a woman to straighten them "P. I However, be the reason what it may, Harrison Ray was a bachelor, and so he might hare been to this «layt if iho fatea had not sent lire. Bailie a visitor one annua cr in tho sbapo of a plump, sweet little schoolma'am ; with chocks round and roey as a J one apple, slid lovely 1 brown hair, which was neither "banged" nor burned with hot irons into a state of nasty xnussincss, nor yet worn in a \ Vcrrible "Innstio fringe," but simply ™*ed back iu soft, smooth loop* and i hrov gQcj, u many a New Tori belle

wouldMyo jjaif her diamonds to have by nalnf^Hght on her own head. % Tlili pi^iQ littlo ichootma'azn was j called LauraXji^ ^ j it idl oat ^ Mrs. Balho— G^gQ being away from homo— asked h or Vothcrdn -law to meet Miss Wilson at the^^pot on tho day , when she was cxpocloA to arxivc. Harrison did not altogt^cj- {^cy this j task. But he could not ^disobliging i to his good littlo sister, so b\ marched . to the railway station like a he/W When the train cacao in thore^cre only three lady passenger*. One wi** ( large, benevolent looking old womal i with a. basket— couldn't bo ahe. Tho u ox I was a pretty achool giri in brown— couldn't be aho either. Rut tho next was a tall, angular female, with glasses and a most terrific "pull 'bock." The beau Ideal of a schoolma'am I Oouldnt aho flourish a birch rod In superb slylel" mentally observed Harrison. Upon that be walked out on the platform, and addreascd tho lady with the grandest bow. "I prcaumo I address Miss Wilson!" Tho lady drew back and said, rigidly— "Sir, yon preanmo loo far, I hsvo not the houoT of your acquaintance, " Bho passed on, and Harrison drew back somewhat absshed, when the pretty schoolgirl touched his arm. "1 am Miss Wilson. Did Oouain Sallie send yon to meat me, air?" she said, in a sweet clear voice, Harrison assured her he Vras sent, most sgroeably surprised to find this deaylilUe thing wa* his sister** guest, and took hey checks to gf t her baggage, They were soon on tbfdrwayio George's In a carriage, and Harrison used his eyes so well as to discover that Miss Laura had the finest eyes and the softest white hand be had ever seen, in addition to hey bthcr beau ties. In abort, he mad* np his mind st once to like hex. And before she had Veen 8*1 lie's guest three weeks, ho had taksn tho stfp* from liking to something a little hlghsr, and was more than hslf in lora with b«, Bailie and George saw the turn thing* , were taking, and were quite delighted at the tdca of having Laura for a sister. M 23& r.>v£ ■

But they did not interfere until Har- J hwmulao alow to show the prefer- j cuoc they wcro euro ho fdt, thst Mr*. • Bailie waa mo rod to help him a bit. Use ailcrucou laort bod gone out j fur a whflo alone. Mre. Bailie thought . if she got away too, and left HarrLion to xnoct Laura on her return, tho lcic-<x-Ute which moat naturally follow, might bring about good rt*ulla. Any way, aho resolved to try. ' fulling baby Charley to deep for hia afternoon nap, which was usually a long one, Mre. Bailie haatiJy dresaod fcr a walk, and going in where Iiamaon eat reading, she aald, tn hex moat engaging way,— 4TIajry, 1 find I am obliged to go out oli an errand. Won't yoa watch baby for a little while? He is asleep, and will only nosd a little jog of hia cradle now and then." Harrison readily promised, and drew hia chair near Charley's cradle, resuming hia book. Mre. Balli* went atraightway down to her husband's ofiloc, and ooufidod her plana to him; whereupon ho wickedly conspired with her to set a a till stronger trap for Harrison's unwary feot. Therefore, tho office boy was <liapatchod to the house with a note, telling Harry that George and Sallie were detained a while on buaincea. but Laura will soon bo in, and would ho ask her to have tho kindness to giro himself and I Charley a bit of supper (she would find all tilings ready in tho pad try) and take care of them Until they oould get home. Mr. Harrison wea disposed to grumble at this news, and wondered what tho business could be which would kocp Bailie too. But there was no hdp for it; and Charley's voice from the cradle recalled him directly to his share of the duties, so ho went obodlcaUy into the sitting-room. The little chap bad waked in a good humor, and Harrison deemed it policy to keep him so. Ho aai down upon the floor and gave}^121 Bailie's photograph album to play with. When he gut tired of that he was seppliod with a pin -cushion full of pins, and the sciiaore. Luckily ho did fcot kill himself with these, and Mr. Harrison next presented him with Salllo's boat bottle of cologne. This kept him quiet a fow minutes. Then he began to fret, and though Harriaod offered him ovary available article in Ih e room, he would have none of them. "Well, I can't think of anything else to please you, except the oil lamp or the hatchet," cried Harry, as he began to walk up and down the floor with his tionbloeomo charge. *T do wish Miss Wilson wou'd come, since your mother won't. I'm sure I don't know what to do with you."

But Charley was tired » and hungry, and began to squall most unmfcl odiously, and the more his distressed uncle triad to sootho. him, the harder be squalled. "What on earth Is a fellow to do with you?" pried poor Harry, in Utter despair, "What do young ones cat, anyBread and milk? Maybe he's . Let's go down stairs and see what wo can find. I wish to tho Lord Laura would com ol" Down stairs they went, but milk they , could not find, sad Charley would not l©*1 without it. At last unable to please Ve child with say thing, iho disgusted bvVolar took the sugar bowl and sat dowlto feed tho child the sugar, keeping up\% rclcntleea trot, Jrot, trot, by way ol ha^tag ib© sugar down. 4 There I Vi^ j? 1; kills yoni" he cried* dabbing a kfcpnful into tho baby's mouth. "Good Lord I talk about womea^ going off to votaSnd speechify, and look what a hullabidttjt y^wj up *hen one olth sin goea out feKa hour. There! est, you littlo imp. I 'ff^wiih to greet ooa Laura Wilsou would , Immediately upon lb© 'varocatlon, Laura appeared fu the dinVs»^oom door, with a comic*! smile oa faoo at our hero's undignified position. Harry dropped tho sugar bowl, **2l nearly dropped tho baby, as ho arose and awkwardly tried to explain the situation. "That's a pltyl But they'll come as soon as they can, no doubt, And now Tm here we shall do very waU," said Mire Laura. "Let me take Charley. Oome, baby, come." Bho held out her pretty hands, and Charley, who arts very fond of her, ■prang to thorn with a crow of delight, cuddled down on hex soft shoulder at once, Bho knew where the milk was, and under her dlroeUons, Mr, Harrison brought a cup of it, and then watched her with admiring eye* as ahe fed the hungry child so daintily. "Now wa wfll go upstairs, and hell go right to sleep. You tee, I know his regular habits, whioh make* a difference," tho said, with a smile at Harry, which »eda Ms far* flush UUaeeoqnt*Uy. ; /> Ifl a fow minutes Laura had Charley r* ?',* ; V.\ X • , ' ; ' V: >VW -ri-v. - »c: s

faxt ariocp, and in a few more Mr. HarrUou wat sealed at a <x»y supper -table, while she pourod hi* tea. He thought ho should not object to just such an arrangement in general, and there was a little flatter ol cmbcrraaamont about Laura which xnaue her exceedingly charming. After supper Harrison returned to the sitting-room, where Laura soon joinod him. Ho watched her as she sat beside the lamp with some pretty, light work, and, before Jong, tUe sweet Lome picture stirred hia heart so deeply that be took a strung resolution to aocuru it fur his own. "Why ilou't George and Bullio come?" ho aald, by way of beginning a conversation. "I Lope nothing alarming detains them." said Laura. "I hope not. I'd go down ami aec, but I don't like leaving vcw sloue." '-Go. if you like. I shall not be at si* afraid." "No, I don't like to. They will surely oome soon, anyhow. My gracious, Mias Laura, I wm having an awful time when you csne." "Bo I perceived." said Laura, lsughing a little at the recollection of the fanny figure he cut. "I'm marrj I did not has leu homo sooner. I would have done »o had I known you mudcxl mo." "I wonder if I don't need rou Always. Will yon como as readily if I do?^ said Harry, suddenly. Laura looked np in surprise, and Let sweet fsoe flushed deeply. Harry rose instantly,' cranaed over, and stood close to her, saying, gravely: "I am in deep earnest, dear Laura. I want to spend all the rest of ray life with too. May I?" "Bat yon hare known mcsuch a little while," said Laura, bonding cloacr over her work. "Long enough to loam to love you, though 1 think I learned that the first day." "No surer than think?" asked Laura, half looking up with a bluah and an arch glance. "fts, s thousand times surer!" criod Harry, ardently, dropjiiag on one knee beside her. "I know I did. Will you have me, Laura?" I dare say Laura answered 'Tea,** though Harry's shoulder Lid her face so completely that nobody could have heard but himself, and 1 can only guess at her answer; for wheu George and Ssllie cam© in a littlo later, they surprised a moet interesting tableau, and Cue which delighted them, for it proved that their little acbemo had not failed, and convinced them that Harrison Day's bachelorhood was almost ended.

AieWfil Work* la H*HO*. A rwoeat writer describee tho finding of en riant work in the digging of a canal between Lakes Eostia and Dora, to open up the more aouther* lakra c! the great lake region of Florida. The first excavations revealed the existence of a olearly defined wall lying in a line tending toward the southwest, from where it was first struck. The wall was composed of a dark brown sandstone, very much crumb! ed in places, more distinct, more clearly defined, and the stone more solid as the digging increased in depth. The wall was .evidently the eastern aid© of an ancient horns or fortification, as the slope of Iho outer wall was to tho weal. About sight feet from tho slope of tbo eastern wall a mound of sand wss struck, embedded In tho muck formation above and around it. This sand mound was dug into only a few inches, as the depth of the wafer demanded 1ml a alight increased depth of the channel at thai point; but enough was discovered to warrant the belief that hero on the northwestern shore of Laks Dor* is submerged a city or town or fortification older by ocntune* than anything yet discovered in this portion of Florida. Bmall, coriouily shaped blocks of sandstone, some of them showing traces of fire, pieces of pottery, and utensils mad© of a mottled flint were thrown out by the men while working waist deep in water. One spear head of mottled flint, $ve and a hall Inches long by one and a quarter inches wide, nicely finished. taken from the top of the sand mcmud and sboni four feet below tbo water >tvcl of th© lake, > - W*1 »»m*. The Interusbbual • Posit! Bureau at Bcroo has Jail nsnwi tu statlittcs for the year 1B7P, co vertex the lweatv-fivc principal countries beloonagkj vbe iVetal Unkn. Durins the year, $. 2«XV, OOq bOO pieces were sept hypos*, of winch 4, $5o 000,000 wm letter* and postal cards, tKkhc mmiuous total, 5, t S4,005»«W pieces *r% credited lo Europe, 2,568,000, OX) to A^w tfVA. 000,000 to Arts, 75.000.000 to Australia, and 11,000,000 to Afnca. UeckcwtSc the population of the glooe l,400.000,00Opihe i total would allow 5-9 pieces of mail taufhr per capita. Amcag lb© .nations Ragtsad sent, the Urges* number, l%5$7,OX\,Ck\ pieces, and Ucraany lb* next largest, 1,900.000,000. lulhe usecf pcalal cvdt Germany cam© first, with Ul, 000, Oft), and Eagtaad followed, with 114,000,000} v - * % \ * ' « * • 4 ' -4 * •' . * "

Ts* WmIucUh M»fttai«ftl. The white, tall, plain abaft of the Waahinrt/jc Mocumcst ia foot by foot dally rising skyward, and ila eodpieLre^ iu due course of time, is , now aMurod. It ia already a landmark viaiole Lrxcn any j»*rt of Waaixingvm, and the inbaLitanU, after a generation of ridicule, are bs ginning to b© proud of iL Apirt frtun its uni/juc character as an architectural wonder, modern arirr.or propejae* to ubdixe tt for tbu public benefit. The Bignal Ofhoc expects to Lata a permanent station at ita summit, and its officer* any that obacrTnlinui of the air and atmoophcrtc movements at an altitude of 550 feet will be of great value. OljaervaLon* art? tflktrs, of course, at far greater altitudes this, but the gradual slope of even the most pracipitous moan tains and the presence of large r.u*e» of rock near the observatory croato aurlacc currcnta, even on mountain helghL, and interfere witn the study of the phenomena of the higher levels of the atmosphere. It Lsj often been projxjtxxl to institute lotro of cxperimcsta by cw-aua of captive balloons, but the expense cf snch wurk prtvcnUd the plans being carried out. At the time of the Centennial it was proposed to croct w skeleton h>»er to the bright <A l.ftXl feet in Fairmoont Park. Had this bora done, the signa! officer* would have utilised thesbscrraUuy for the benefit of acteorologiosl science, but the tower stopped at $00 feet. The signal ofilcrs ear it would nut be impracticable to build a tower 1,000 foci high, or even higher, and that the erection of such a tower would txjofgrva acrriou. The monument is now 295 foct high. The original design ooutcmjilalcd a height Of 500 foct. but at a meeting cf the Commissioners two year* age, when it was decided Lo resume work, it was voted to make the monument the loftiest artificial structure in th© world. The Commissioners examined the height* cf all the acted monuments, tower*, pagodas, s;crea, building*, and ll*g-i>oiea, and found that to safely distant*? all rivali r 4 height of 550 feet would be neo-wsary. It was therefore dch-rmincd to complete the shaft on this plan, and the drawing* were modified to that cud. What was the surprise and gratification of the OomEuaoiohere to find subsequently thai the new proportions of the shall a* now adopted were exactly those cf an Egyptian obcliax. fXjEl*** t»4 lUrMft. The custom of working or cxcrcuing horse* directly after caring ; or feeding after hard work, and before they are thoroughly rested ; hairing at boon, when both thcae violation* of a natural law are committed : thca© are the predisposing cause* of pinker®, and of moet diseases that affect our horses. Keep the horao quiet, dry, warm, and in a pure atmosphere, the nearer outdoor air th© better, and atop his feed entirely at the first symptom of disease, and ho will specridy recover. It ha* been demonstrated in tens of thousand* of cases in family life that two meal* are not only ample for th© Lard©*: and moat exhausting labors, physical or mental, but altogether best. Th© same thing baa been fully proved in hundreds of instance® with horso*. and ha* never in a single instance failed, after a fair trial, to work the beat results. An hour's rest at coon is vastly more restoring to a tired animal, whether here© or man. than a meal of any sort, although tho latter may prove more stimulating. The morning meal given, if possible, early enough for partial stomach digestion before the muscular and nervous ivaUun* are called into motive play ; the night meal offered long enough' sifter work to insure a rested condition ol th© body ; a diet liberal enough, but never cxcrwrire ; this is the law and gospel of hygienic die; for either man or beast, lhave never tried to fat tea my horeos, for I long ago learoesi that fat is disease; but I hare always found that if a hare© doe® solid work enough he will be fairly plump if he has two sufficient meals, J/uscfc is the product of work and food ; /of may be laid on by food alooa. We see, however, plenty cf hooves that are gcaer<xi*ly — too generously — fed, that still remain thin, and show ©very Indicative of being under-nourished ; dyspepsia ia a diteas© not confined ©xdcairelr to creature* who enrn ccffritr borecw. But for perfect hralth and immunity from disease, restriction of exercise mast be met by re® trie ti cm in dieL Horee® require more food in cold than in warm weather. If performing th© sama labor. In oa»e of a warm spell la winter I reduce their feed, more or less, according to circumstances, ma surelv as I do th© amount c! fuel oonsuned. I aho adopt the aaae principle In my own diet. The result ia, that neither uy animals nor myweli are ever foe on© moment aick." Aw SaawSswr Star. ) BxiocanU has written a tetnr to the > /"ufi Alalt Ci'dcfri In which he draws a 1 picture cf an amateur star, presumably 1 aire. Laagtry. as aeekiag an old actreaa, . who drills ber as a parrot in two cc three , characters, beyood which she kwows t BXhlag. Bring nreuHtrs I pbetcvrapbs of breatlf ta eo•ttrm^ aai » cover* lb© walls cT th© cities with wctxlCVU ; and thru she starts ou ber profreMonal career Tulty equipped as a star, tustaSaiag bersrl! by sooh means en a plaee • fvarire© th© actress wbo •« lifts ber fare 1 froca Wc studita to see bmelf beauu in the lac* by Imposture. H ^ ;•

Tim* Uatm ftr*. Ut» S'/«Jr(ft. A yuacg farmer rar.-.n g*ilo;ring orts the praine to u* wki'-c wc trcxt*d a oug. Now if y cjz Lave nevtr accu the ? cm the prairie, you Lave never a<ct *t al- He tchoxg* thrre. Until yoc act? Lieu ia hi* Lomt. you can never realltc? h<»w tame a pictnru Lo rrg^ e* curvcring in tho *Ue»t/ of a city, or pcanciug tnrtvagh the thronged dure* of a park. Est on: her— the d±j u fufl of annahine, th* air of December is urging and pure, and on LLoae plains it is an axhiiaraliog aa champcrua. A* far out on th© pale Lro#n prairie t: you r-er. diitiiguial oOjecta you can ace tLe moving *j»ack on the Lorixon, and watch It coming into dearer view a-» vo . ace 4 ship aai! iu signt at 4ua. Tne figure oc the rr. 1 r~, and horav aoens one ; the it, «— tinn cf the caay gallop i* regclar u mosic, ni'tg and failing ju period cadence. A* they com© xxarcr, the figure of the horve, period in outline and graceful in ere xj movement, the Icc^ toaaing mane, the cut aeat cf the rider, riding wiih 4tr*ight knoe* and long stirru;*, and by and by the muffled flatter, rather than <na'.icr, of the L00U cc the turf, and Lc^k of and around all this the background of a far-reaching jirairie dimpling in all ahxdre of brown, ami the a+liing of a aky blue as tn rquois, with the wide, wfid aenae cf perloet freedom, a cnivutwe in aight, *- a picture that you ncTcr want to forget, ami could not forget i; yon woo id, Wc all wanted to snout a* the rider gallojwd -np, and with a cnecry " Heho ' to onr driver, went awingmg on 1 hare aecn boautiiul aid-he horses in Fairmoont Park, Pnilad®l;hix. Pa., I har® watched riderv in Central Park, N. Y., poundmg their saddle® with the ti i;v hammer e**o of tl;© English ridingschool ; I have aemn the **ffycui" and their wonderful jockey*, throwing the m Lc® away Eke *o many ecootals in J crome ; I hare *<xm armies of cavalry sweep acroji the battle-field, while tho ground fairly rocked and trembled unner their charging feet; I have watched, thrilled with tin lenient, a aixgcu L*Atery go wheeling and thundering into position iu the very lace of a charging column at a tine "when cinctea meant fcrots, hut I thick I never saw the hare© when he seemed so much a part cf th© landscape ; whrm all th© freedom and beauty cf earth and am and sky seemed to be made to harm*>n ize- with Lita, i ts strength sud beauty and graoc. until I watchnd him tweei>. ing over live groat sky -encircled prune* «f the Wcah OE«r» *1 * jTftiiSWr rotl It is always an easy or»n tbe mibtary. I think, however, thai a reference to the yxrsonnci of Fort Misacola may not be i- n, Wc hare as out commanding offircr a Map*, promoted only 4t roc month* ago, who has been continually »n the United h talcs acrvicc since 1S55, and who bear* the compliments cf Gaiuca' Mills when a Fj-it Lieutenant m 1855. The next ranking effioer is a Captm emtirixay in the regular army aiaro April, 1S61, who was a brigade commander in 2955, but who has 15 capla-'us cf i clan try acrior to himself in grade, between and the coveted majority. Our next officer ia r* k has worn the shoulder strep* of a Captain far over seventeen ytare. was tirevrted for gallantry at BpoUsylvauia, and hope® to be a field officer by 1893. Next in order come® the C*pta:u, cae hrudred ana thirty, foarth in lineal rank, continnoudv in service since January. 1905. and a Captain since March, 19G3. He never expects promotion. Without fn-her cox tinning the list, I will add that we have two Lieutenant* at the ;ost, and one ©! them is a second Lietriecaai at that, one cf whom has served lu the United BUtoa Army twenty -five 7 cure, and the other for more tuan twenty. The cateere of these officers are made up of something bosiic® a chronicle of crelere, breve ta, and tccmollccy The last word seems a satire, indeed, when I add tnai w© have beaiie* in th© Tnird Infantry five First Liectenants who have b ere the rank since 18c4. Lcvk at yxxtr arm r register, and note their recccds, Th® subject make® me feel old. A Cbeap lew Baa, ■ | With all the recent improvements iu 1 family refrigerator* the price is still | such as to be an itrm o! cvrwxlcreb m consequence to those of limited mrerov. — To dwellers ta city bouses, especially iu 1 41 flats," th© sp-ce they occupy i* of more impcrtano© than their coat. In some o! theme aparimeata they are supplied, lm3t ro the walU, while ra otner* ' thry are abeent, ®o that the tenant who ? hai t»ca© dril'ke® to buy, hoping that 1 h*s next more will l>ring him one.* In such a case the stationary wish lib ts ' often brought into rrquroriou ricu* six days ant of seven. To convert this into a refrigerator, plug not only th© collet tot also the overflow, so thst 110 sewer gas can tutor. Then pxxreh a? a ccune raon japanned tin box tnrh as are k msrkw " bread. ** and sell fcr 50 or 75 r cents. With a tail punch a few holes ' in the Ivriom, and put it in the statione try tub, letting it rest on >!oekm of , kiodltng wood. In such a box 20 pounds 9 of Ice with the lotxl for a family of five j or ail can U placed with case. Tbe' i. ice dvxa tot melt taster than in a $10 *J - ice tvx. and the Vater drains cot into >. the tub as fast aa it melts, and can be © removed ococ a dar by simply drawing • the idng. Three who are eaiug the deb vice speak very highly _oL^ -