Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1872, Page 7

Gian’ you? Hal ha! good CHAPTER ON PARROTS. er it. Like who’ hat =—s They tell @ good story in Newgate street, Lon- | don. ot a parrot, or of two parrots rather, a Bepairing Buildings. , like mem, im time grow old. Rat Mardy Balbs and their Caltivation Buildings, unlike — when they are tast go Docaase they with outlive our severest winters, iaori ALPHABETICAL Be not imratient! That yearns toward bulbs, Lp 20 im thy ‘teemiag CEHEST, ae. Kine, 64) Base. bet. ha and rm. BUSINESS DIRECTORY: »..:7semsenaee. ne aud brought b: As many ot the ‘are intending the present winter to get out lumber with which either to repair old or put up new building, and as miny more will sometime do the same work,a fow bintson this subject may be both interesting and set. ‘When # man haga building wiich is sadiy in thing which he ought to ‘8 general and more extended cultivation, which is yearly @ud deserveliy inercasing, not only from th eage of their culture, but fron tize fact 89 soon after wister, at a time other flowers are to be mot ith. First of ali to appear in its chaste beauty is the snewdrep, followed by the gray crocus, the sweet hyacinth, and the bold, bright eariy ~» and #9 On through tu or queenly lilies, producing im suocesson an srray of gorgeous colors scarcely to be met with in and a g ven ore, belonging to Morley, a sman in the Old Iailey, Prison, which ts vouchsat strictest sen: ‘ebearts. Al! yet will ripen, all! -ctediy, prepared by heaven, g winter it will lie ag Bpoo thy tabie lies ear of grain, © | in Kate, thank you,” I) Catherine Whiting board . Captain Ka! haven't seen Captai with dignity. Dat, don't M 38 with hers ep want, Mrs. Dearborne?”” i noe least | rhea feet = the air, ud mean —— 1) 3 = eda. began, while Fred in ! UMpist, FOU ARB & BUCceSSIst. As you also excel. Yes, Miss ate. id, Delp" essty, “she is so in- nd rarely pretty, and so Pat on,” said Fred, he is a regular Containing Cards of First-class Establishments just opposite the in all Braaches ef Business in the Distrist. for a8 true in the The man had a wonderful ‘bird-sense,”” and his power of training birds | famous throughont the metropolis. He | arrot to speak whenever ie street door, but, when re: of the when few, if any. WAREHOUSES. ; 928-38-33 U0. ore. bs. 8b S UKD os Which \ ature with enormo: amor D EB. Lanpras & Go., Palmer & Gur: Epes. Ti © wa: had taught his green a knock fas hear’ at the bell of the same door was ri taught the grey parrot to answer. still standing, hasoneof those projecting porches thet prevent the second story from being seen the pavement. One day a person knocked, “Who is there borom 0; tue uni verse. * * - . need of repairs the do is to sit down and ‘count the cost” of pu! itin order. Negiect of this simple thing has involved many a man in debt and caused him a vast amount of trouble aud vexation. Take a case, and such casey are constantly occurrin;, for an illustration of our sub; 89 La. avente, Ale, George's. riresoer bso | » patience well might seize apon iting is Captal Hint, Fre noeent and ehifa’ik in tranquil secrecy. ee ie the veriest tyro may desire, irop by drop. y joyed by the bumbiest as weil as the most favored in tha land. Totall, bulbs succeed best in a light, rich soil. If the soil where you propose to plant bé stiff and heavy, do not tail to procure a bar- row load ortwo of sand and weil-rotted manure. This should be thoroughly mixed with the soil to a depth of fifteen inches, and the resalts will asked the green parrot. “The man with the leather,” was the reply. The bird answered, ‘All right! and then silent. After waiting some time and not finding the door opened, the man knocked again. “Wao ig there?” again asked the parro:. “ Who's | cried the porter oatside. “It’s 1, th man with the leather, why don’t you open the shaking his head, rt, and those are ‘ng her mets around you [ | The em» ions of my heart | should find dif- | cult t exp ain. But I tound Miss Whitin, the arbor, half an hour later, after Fred and I }fed my hat wt t. A man has cn fashion and eat of He wishes to have it made as strlis! and also thoroughly repaired. He out of debt and has a little ‘This be decides to use in repatrin, build a new houso he is well @. Bakiow 12% Pe. eve.. bet, Ih and imp ens, | TTe! w. opposite Oity Hall. ear ("ay a. ceda the heads of alt the flowers, see. sucesefa ly.'? oming spring; they fall asleep their silver bair ches from them as in dream! owly actamn dass 7: ~TRGERSOLLy BTy, S17 4 etry ib a ‘th a flourish, aad knelt at io f OT: met re istegue Sesimree a Rosie Coens ieee = aE eS LUMBER YARD. ‘Wu. Mcixas, corner WW erect 280 cane ; Stig Setapeaape seinen sie, ent teindipuns | Wiven & Wasow, =. ny and kemes was 7 bets Gimow & TowmEt, Pa. ay., bot. 50 B tech ous. MARKET STORES, door?” “All right! repeated the parro' 'v@ Operation, bat he thinks it w! dened trees ishing and satisfactory. Toe ma- arity of the so-called Dutch bulbs, are grown in and aroand Harlem, in Holland, and it is probable that in no other part of the earth is & 8uil and climate so suited to their wauts, as regards growing the same and preparing them for the market of the wor: which expiatns their seemingly high prices. that bloomearly im thesprin, ted in the fa So enraged the man that be furiously “Go to the gate!” shouted a new roice, which proceeded from the gray parrot. “To cing no gato; al to remodel aud ré (All konar to Cai has Do idea that it will fake mors than tw o- thirds ot bis money im the bank to09 all that he So if he has a woo out what timber be thinks bh jv for use he hires a he has no wool lot he engaes his lamber and sets the carpentor to Such a fob is vacy easy to begin. rons ese, can at wailin secrecy. © baste with cool of moonlit ia Kate,” I said in mock ‘Icse” her book with almost a yawn. m've found out, ish tae, Si3 Pe eee Title ver fi Notary. eae as pee may eelaing, hs 8 wishes cons. bem round with veils of silver ? t News: shail need, ang © gray parrot. The porter was enragel; but, ask pardon for remarks I | stepping across the street, the better to answer | }, @ fact in itself ¥ may still sleep he said sweetly. never FeeR tue then. j “Ard now Ihave a proposition to make,” I began. “We are to spend several weeks’ ty- gether, here, ani report calls youa teriibie | to give satisfaction, be p at, during October and November,and sboald planed in a dry, well riched soil, cho spot where water does not stand on the §) asthe bulbs woald be apt to rot, and cai disappointment. Afterthe beds are vssible, cover the surface of the same of coarse manure to the down & bntiding. tell where it wi often reveals decayed » whieh were supposed to Pull these away and found out of order. 1 Is, to purchase for him a white © | ‘Le price was of less {nportance than the | disposition, and b s: men's Breviary. <2 ___ “So it does ron sound and strong. Of yon before I left town. ued, “the more necd of terrupted. “I heard ding et the bird. ange, be Budject to no fits of trained to be han REX. oa ar M streci MeNic wT Tiles, Coererazctng., s the sumuer’s w and & great expense to LU | More timber must be obt than be expected must be done, and passes on the work drag: along until ne w hy bad never undertaken it , at lust and evea th i paid he timds tha’ drawn and that deen Chliged to borrow of others in order to meet his payments, does not suit him, Old barns, too, are sometimes t ‘and made to © AIN KATE. my proposition. Let us enter into a | gee to have a grand flirtation; each knowing isno danger of a broken heart ‘bus we have nothin andcan be very h t what is the nee h will help to keep oat tro. ep the bulbs Corner Igch et rect. and be cleanly 6320 B. On pivoi mi, A F took great pains to ples empioyer, and at last sent him home 7 the mest perfect specimen of the seen in London. ago, nothing in could surpass | | top of crown to tiy lead, gray, or cr from all sign of | and in sha the same time drier—a point to be desired. toff early in the spring, a8 soon as hard fiosis are over, and before the plants have grown too much, or else they will ba iajared] by the process of so doing. All bulbs may be planted in be: 1. 12st effect is obtained,) masses, groapa, or as si gle plants. It is a general custom to plant » ™® beds whieh, as the re filled with sam ‘As vernas, petan trest. between Gand Hi ig to fear, nothing to BAKERS, BANKS AND That's what [ ! saw the bird t he way of ornichol OL pare, snowy ry she asked. “Wo TO Moous « Pawvrw. 68 ey a thelp it; and it is better ba full amterstanding than to | t in the old way. harmless, Miss Whiting, I could have gone on suminer and never dreamed of mn tobe Captain Kat malicions intentions every move you refore, let us agree to a ilirtation | . she said archly, ‘and here is my ” She gave me her band—I re- king how soft and shapely it was pp. Treasery Dept RD SALOONS, ARDS4LOON, corner sth & DP ate. IGEMN & LOCKS TUS, een R, GS 7th ot, opp. Bloc. Bells Lt'e Beds, 158 Pi BLACKSSITH SHOPS. F. Baroe tiNg (Horse Showin WM Kinsinosh, Sbipaol hg. HERL at the bank is all RAIA SraTON Gabi BiLt paroquct or macaw; | BE Pi ude, bearing aud act distingulahable as a blvoded horse. as she was called, stood unrivalled she wat sent home, there was perfuct satisfaction; the employer was pleased, as he well miglit be; the family of daughters in ecstacy of tiop, and Morley richly remunerated for his But the bird woul was attributed, at first, to fear; then to change of diet, and at last, to absolute inability. Of course there was great disappointment. Beau- hung at the dining-room window; every visitor was in admiration of her spotless less shape; and, of course, body sym ized in the disappointment at ber irremedtable de: “at no more girls a picase,—1 bad His hones fs to ips, hyacinths, « Tt is an old ho same ripen and deca flowering plants, suc! drummondii, geraniums, &c. may may be obtained in a circular or oval bed, by first planting thickly around the outeids a band of snowdrops; next a heavy baad of ero- cus; the centre tobe p single Van Tholl tulips. These as they ripen may be all removed to acool, dry cellar, and the bed Yilled with summer ornaments of the © GeunerpEn. a7 F Faxp. Pisces! 3.8. Kvseiine, t as much as new, ey are really worth very much less. Now, it a aan has a job of this kind to do let bim get @ tensty man who understands the business to come and examine tha be make an estimate of the expense of putting it Let him pa'l otf boards enough 89 that be can see to begin with what it will b> Then let him make out a bil of the timber required eo that just whet is needed, and that only, may be obtained. the estimate of the car per cent. for ¢xtras whic! and yon can form an intelligent opinion of ths ost of doing your work. siderably higher than you think it should te d> that the carpenter is tryirg to probably understan@ tie work and knows that it wiil be long and ex. pensive. Sometimes an old house is repaired, when, aii things cousidered, it would be econ- omy to pull down the old and build new. One friends is just now illust@ting this point. asalarge and valuable farm with a nice but anold and almost worthless honse. The location of the barn was first-rate, bnt that of the house was very poor indeed. ndand near his barn, was a very Bo) OF Mame | }& 86 Weter st. arn janted with double and A T. ¥ HiTING, Straw Ht& Bt. Blonchor,#% Pa ay Lt Fepeat it, my Wonld your heart come with it?” I said and sughed merrily. @ good beginning! I see you are no she cried; and we launched on the sea of flirtation. I told Fred of our arran; I thought he look “Allright, old fellow,” he said, shaking my fam glad to know you are not I want to marry if I can, and I didn’t like to ting against you, You are quite sure vou are in earnest” a ire,” I anewered. “Goon, my dear boy, with my blessing; but dont marry her uutil il our flirtation.” I shouldn't think of it under a ‘My business won't pe e will be willing to wait as grave and thoughtful ‘as if it were 21 K street northweet, necessary to do. : Pred, and { inter- that the first entture, is to but first-class, sonnd, —Briggt f Bro's Cat ‘We wish to impress it upon all, and moet important select and obtain nothin well-ripened, heavy bul WE. NaLLer, southwest corner %h and E sts, BUOKSTORES, We Baitanrrs ©. C PURSELL, #03 $th strest, abov. TA bare, 8 at.) 0) ROSMAN ( Fr Oo... 706 Tt plamage and Tau! ter add atleast 1) are always wentel n this afternoon, like yonr company, but to stay, Igo alone. I want nothing ‘© OF any other woman.” :” erled Fred, widening his “What has coms over you, the le firts? Been bitren. en? hy disgusted: work and womeu. Will you go?” hen ii! follow.” Religicanteo.), 07 menit "the following Ss bet ee ith. New York ave. If the estimate is Co2- Person one day at dinver, would be worth her weight in gold.”” She almost cost it as it is,” said pater- he creature is a cheat. feathers don’t make fine birds, certainly not ! paid ten guineas for her, and | baud heartil: aAgem: Cows. The dairy interest is so great a part of stock {arming that it requires more attention from dairyman than he is accustomed to give it. There is much more talk about fine horses and fast trotters; yet the prodncts ofthe dairy would every year more than pay for al! the horses raised in the country. Fali-made butter is always preferred to that of summer, because the weather bein, the milk iskept at the proper temper: raise the cream in the best condition, making butter of great solidity, and the grass that Starts efter tne fall ri: This prodactor fall batt 8 batter price, and the dairyman lias every centive to so gare for his tows as to produce the grentest amonnt. A little extra feed will canze s good ‘low of «late in the season, and t roluce from fifteen te utter toa given q athe amount am in earnest. J answered, ioft and am gol (ine parrots. she cannot say ene word.” “Sh, but I think the more! ing, if you have nothing to say? | im clear articulate sounds from the cage, to the | par amézment of family and guests. ‘That settled forever Beauty's supremacy. Happy as this rejoinder | gives s Tull tdea of the inte tril next wee OF. : *.ev..betlith acd idtn sie, | ‘What's the use Liger cer B: ding. I leave, and so # i called me, and that n, for [should regret me that mosfdo- ‘as, it by no means gence ot the bird. | not learn what you tried to teach she would learn what she ought not. Her owner, Dr. Hall, one day peremptorily dis After sintting the door o! iy, the latter exclaimed, i Dr. Hall isa gre: aught the wore B & Leirce, 816-18-20 28th street BSUILDING MAT: AR. Surrneny & Co. 90 v y 5.0. Rxpway, Mow R, EGGS, CHEESE, 2c. ods ) 3.W. corer Shs wait any length of tima » dryly that Fred looxed Seeing me perfectly serious, he gives ita tine flavor, er conseqaently brings ergrown thing, which was built in the days of onr fJoretatiers, when size was the main point to which attention was pail. The | not good, the foundation was imp mthe wrong place ell, loved mone; p compliments; chat pe harmless nd, Ben, couldn't you—seeing you have no zs —couldn’t you speak «i word for my prospects? Speak aboat that ¥ twenty years been heard of since. just sey he went nition there y | hs fs fall milk will bird heard a jen Commenced the work of rebu 2 it is done he will have ay i$ @ grat deal } °r> oO one morning in Dr. Hal nd joenlarly ea’ hore that afternoon “tput that in though; and I am the only heie. red Fred that f | house, with r CARPENTERS AND i rooms at a pr er value, and not the “Who are you' eter, ro-to-to t & poor huilding. and expect oni Dring your per- ¥ nothing of your ed me warmly, ga now cellar and a good and ially toward the veice: “D—n him! | te was inthe garden when I re- | Whether it i possible to entirely em idicate bad bebits in parrot son, well kn when the pase | 2 to produce a good vento keep the cow in good 1 in the sea every time ed to care him of iDg protase lang nu connected an o and gave up siveuring. u was washed over cent, provided against ng corn, millet or H | tleulty was reco ‘orn or other fodder, tor short pastare in wes drawn on : now make up vars not worth + will be paid for, 2 tho! .. opp. dia long breath. OA THO NE Co Now, where have you bee Slonter Marker Te, Nr. corner E an? sib streets .W, FECTIONERIYS. BERT. (Dining Boo NCERS. da half pounds of sid for in the ein Iudia, somewhere, and is the only paid ms) TU Tcdet.op. P.O | snd was lunching at the rect te bis fineness EY. 612 Pa. sve, (Law, Titles, Rotary.) LING WAX, ac. W BsstsoLomag. at wholesale, 102 Teh streot, CORSETS, SHIETS, & Dovelass"{ Ladios Duderwear DENTISTS, we ae LL, 1112 ¥ street northwest, Ss to requ m. This will th seved by getting them in good condit! fall. It reqnires about one-six lees food to pat mal in candition ia war ne ot these drealtal paases in the con- No one seemed able to break it, when, tothe astonishinent and ; most horrible swearing tong1e poured forth a torrent of blasphemy an‘ at Upon the assembled gacste! aghast at these unusual sounds, w! | mlnuce or two, comtinned uninteri hostess, however, hastily rising from drew aside @ muslin curtain, ail discovered the | offender in the person of @ gray parrot, pu chased that morping frum a travelling’ bird- ‘ording to a woman’s idaa, y: He’s & splenaid fellow, even thongh the latter may have « desi the mest. ting and other repairs to rosts on took place. *than in cold | of all present, Kather a pleasant fellow, cdged, “and he waltzes like ar “Are angels proficient I suppose 80,” angel, and | waitz beautifully. never have recoguized Mus Whit- g tor the girl I had known before. ropped her quiet, calm, child-like seif, ssumed the gay, dazzling mask of Captain a She dressed becomingly and el-zantly, yet | with no show or glare of colors, « se it would not have been becoming!y. all things, and fairly dazzied me with t and beauty. Yet I think I missed Miss Whiting sorely, fer a few days afver her cepartureand Kate's advent. We walked, we sat, we drove, we taiked together. pied all the spare moments, and, few as they were, he seemed very hopetal; ful about all thin, ever succeeded in anything. undivided attention to three young ladies, at cifferent times, and been certain ot success, and each time faled. He was not cast down, bow- ever; but was now looking eonfidently forward s ‘aptain Kate. great deal, Ben,” he thank you heartily for your When | afi settled, consider my “Certainly,” I would resp So three weeks lip should depart. she acknowl- en R very ona look The rain storms of | en such a8 cows would be batter rom, aud this iseasily done by Those who have tested inkage of milk very iarge when One diiryman Probably the ma- she retorted. corner Ithat, D S a Ath DOLLAR STORE, 421 Pa, ay, bot.456 AKERS Hakvey 4 Hotpen. 1016 Poona, - but in the long aper than ttle chest J haughty curl, Tremember thi i then «quite forgetting Mis: following dav. A very quiet, sets posed fo storms. seventy-five cows toll ns that a heavy rain, even in Jaly, reduced the milk two pounds per head. The cow is one of man’s best servants, and he should show himself mindral of her wants. Live Stoc Pak Winn tae Pe suse ILe0N, 9Y.(O0t's tanght by role) nemlock or pine boards half an i Las TORES. end twenty-four inches long iatd ole inche ( the weather, are taking tie place of When the boards are free this kind of roof proves gives gopd satisfaction. a8 they are well This habit of using profane and filthy lan- guage is generally caught by parrots on their sea- Voyages from the s:tlor Charlotte visited Admiral to congratulate him on his great victory, sie was atiracted by a gray parrot which hung in the forecastie. The bird was singing “God Save the King.” Every note and perfect accuracy that her ma- surprised and delighted, requested a closer erview, and, during lunch, the parrot was consexuently swung in her cage on the uarter- No sooner had she re: bonor, however, than she for, A torrent of im beian ears was poured forth, and the creature, unconscious of indacoram, was hurried back to the sailors’ quarter. Asa rule, parro‘s do not learn to speak byrote. A phrase repeated a hundred times will often never be learned, whereas a sharp word, an angry ex- pression or a quick retort, is caught instantly. itissaid that macaws are the best talkers of the whole species, providing they are reared not ly are they able to talk, but they also sing in a peculiar, soft voice. in sweetness, though not in compass of musical notes, they are, however, excelled by the grass roquet. While the cuckatoo parrot tribe, and the most easil same time, the mort difficnit Its disposition is more gentle, however, and its obedience more implicit, than any of the other species. The gray Attican parrot, trom its docility and apti- tude, ranks everywhere le-appearing and rather I have said to myself, one likely to molest me in any wa' wled out tomlittle arbor the ext @ book in my hand, and found Miss | with a book inber Nand, seated in | ING, Hi Pouns. avenne, cornsr 54st, Ms, cernor New York aveume aba lat and H sts. northwest, ve.. Oapicol Hill” Capitol Bil, When good Queen OGalTHER, corner awkes’s Hag-ship, neteo™, 11 Peace LEY, 223 east Penna. ave., Goo! Yates & WiswaLt, SICH street, near La. a a5 8 & 10% Feb wee Pa.av. &6tb et. cast oa She studied my a Charch. ik papers give the fol ripus details of recent robberies of Kev. Dr. ‘Taimage’s Tabernacle in Brooklyn: ‘The congregation of Dr. Tulmage’s Taber- nacie in brooklyn was much exci by the announcement that the money boxes had «1 of large sums from during the past three mouths. The seats in the ‘Tabernacle are free, bat those who occupy them voluntarily give sams varying from $W to $259 avear. These subscriptions are inclosed in en- velopes and put in the boxes which are passed through the aisles by the collectors. sre long and narrow. and when filled are set in arowc! pigeon-holes on either side of the plat form, aud are removed by thi ervice is Over. however good the shingle, t The New Yor will make apoor and leaky thing more and that is, atten to all repairs in time. In this, asin other things, “a stitch in time saves nine. SNIeK PayTERsc! riven with sue! Working Farmer. The Mat Pest. We know of three methods:—1. The old French plan; this ts followed chiefly in Paris bz men making it a special business. deep tab, with water on the bottom, an: elevation im the middle like au island, on which 1s only piace tor just one rat tositon. Tne top ie covered, and has a large baiauce valve, open- ing downward. On the middle of the valve a piece of fried pork or cheese is placed and when the rat walks on it to get the cheese. th goes down, drops the rat into the wa ack into position. the rat hole to the top of the tub by means of ed with cheesa, go as to make the walk attractive for the rats. course of a night, some ten, twenty, or even may go down, and if the isiand was they would ba found most all alive ia around; but the TO vinion OF the little island saves the trouble of because their egotistic instinct tor pm causes them to tight for the ex- ciugive possession of the island, on which, in the morning, the strongest rat i Kime, S17 2th st., W NEATLY. 49 Jeflerson orton STEWARD & TAYLOR. O01 91 st.. corn aires eivice 's EXrRess; : 8 Pe 3 Bridge st., Gin;? Waeh'n #t ERGHA a. aa Die ic F.G@ Davis, 80) Youns & Paww W sh. Fearson, for Fred was , though he fe had paid his There is amp'e room, ed in my book, thi swags hope! her place of t all her good lesty, unfit for er E north weat, oa street, near B, decidedly com nee, I seated m: bench and opened my book. progres+ rapidity. mented at the cloz- > the opposite Miss Whiting was so in- ing ‘im repose, made snch a pretty, good- cture, sitting there, that I could not her. rested she seemed to be im her book, And hew utterly oblivious of my presence! Wa? nonentity then’? I began to feel very If she would only glance at ¢ wouldn't. Once she picked some =, and tossed at the ‘Sinker,) $93 Ps. avenne e treasurer after The chureh officers were | y puzzled to find out who robbed the or how it could have been done unno- |. While Deacon Thomas E. Pearsal his pew a few weeks azo, his sharp detected & mysterious movement of one of money boxes. It was observed to quietly | F te inwards in ita place im the pi til even its Jong handle was out of quietis slide back again to it original position, ynen‘ly another and another ot the boxes ed and reappeared to the astonished gaze of the worthy deacen, who after the service critical examination of the cover no cause for the mys- tcrious movyemeout and neither did be detect the loss of the money. On Sunday, however, @ couple of detectives from the central oflice secreted themselves in the organ loft avd watched close! movement of the boxes. at Ipst rewarded, for when the morning service was nearly over, Judson Shotwell, aged seven- teen, a ron of the sextoncf the tabernacle, was detected coming out trom under the platform. He was at once arrested, and finding Lis m: neuvers had been watched conteased the whole story. His brother, Longstreet Shotwell, he said, knew he rebbed the boxes, ard levied a blackwail on kimen each and every oceasion after making araid. Judson yery ingentoa-!y the wood-work at the end hole, and then drew the boxes towards hin, taking out the lar, i envelopes, and leaving th: Over £5'0 had been stolen in shared between the sexton’s sons. It was much affected, and cried like a d when he heard of the diegraceful pro- Both the young men were arrested | and locked up in the first precinct police station Mr. Rowaa, one of the I will Pred.” in two more I taiion continued un- dering, and I some- times trembled fer my own safety. Once, whe: standing near b; in contact with from the nest. pleces of board crawling thing from her door. but never glanced at me. “Mise Whitin, me, but Tam t rather thnk the arbor occupied.” | ng kept on reading, and answered | o lips somehow came had never felt quite \o provoketh love,” I satd at length, of making believe. and 1 wiil avoi: So I did, and we sailed, an: deliciously through the re «nd one morning [ arose with the uncomforta- Ule reeling upon me that it hadali come to an end, and I was to leave onthe forenoon train. 1 also arose with another knowles; very much in love with Captain | eided!v, irrevocable in love. ing. too, that it waa just what Captain Kate in- | tended, and I determined to keep my secret lecked ‘up im my breast. ber, in the old mock way aud was conscious that under all her there was turking d nerved myseli for i the last farewell. uietly swimm| tamed, it ts, at tall rode, and flirted ning two weeks, ery well, consider me here. Not to be worsted in this way, I said boldly. «Wel!, but I want you to tglk to me.” She c osed her book, keeping one slender hand 5s and lifted her childishly race. Itisa very pleasant day, Mr. Lester,” she perfect gravity. wasover, made Se TR rer ot Ea. ave, end Wehat, | ¥ .) 1113 Pa. av. 0. WinsLow, enc'r to Timed firat as & favorite, ears the common green Ama- | rom the little attention it requires and its | quick sagacity, is sharing the general favor. A gentleman residing in Wilmington, Dela- ware, ownsone of these Amazon parrots. possesses @ fluency and variety of language | rarely ever ejuated by the African gray. As | soon & her master returns trom the otlice tor dinner, Polly begina to salute him in fondest ‘Papa dear,come and kiss your Come in, papa, come in, aud a thousand more!” When the footman enters the room, she says to | him, but never to any one else. | dinner, James, I’m hnn, | Lcan’t eat my head off!” who frequently spends several weeks at the | house, Polly bas but one question, never put | to any one else, “Oh, you gay deceiver, why Drytin &Co., between the pa calm eves to my crowned aroind him. York plan, invented by one of our friend: The floor near the rat hole 1s covered wit! When the rats watk thia it makes their feet sore; these they lick with their tongues, which makes their mouths the result is that they shun this locality—not rlone, but appear to teil all the rats in the ne ghborbood about it, and eventa- ally the hovse is entirely abandoned by them, notwithstanding the houses around may be {: 3. The Dateh method. be used successfully in Holland; we have, how- A namber of rats are left to themselves in a very large trap or cage, wich no food whatever; their craving hunge: w cause them to fight, i eaten by the strongest. tight is renewed, and the next weakest i victim, and eo it goes on till one strong rat is en this has eaten the last remains of any of the others, it is let loos; the animal bh noW acquired such a taste for rat flesh that he the terror of ratdom, going around seeking what nu an incredibleshort time the premises are abandoned by all other rats, which will not come back before the can- nibal rat has lett or dic: FURNITURE STORES. Nw Bb Bi cses -Avenneh case, 7th at.2 thin caustic potassa. Le AL iM So I complimented cooler since th through the morning, shower,” she ob- “Looks some like rain im the east,” she re- went tothe arbor to say “With my most heartfelt thanks for the pleasant flirtation you have kindiy indulged me to, and hoping you ail happiness in the future 1 will say good-bye.” Haw 'Lt0N & PEaRson, cor, 8h & pretty green bean a B SEarETnD 800. P,Y,M0. 4.3. j ‘Ob & loch ste, | and give us @ kisa, ComPak?, 2g ten, s Rear Wx. W. Vavewan, for sharches, houses, &.,721D GROCERY STORES, es,” T said, and then we both laughed. : 1 » you will let me go ens’ ‘Great Expec- This is said to WaskINeTON Gas 1 On with my book. ST. Stupid fellow! ever, never tried ft ‘0.4 bacheior-friend, | i dress tor now, a! pay me pretty compliments, and admire ens,” I asked. love him. From the open- Is books are gardens of He interests you in his meanest thies, not with He ia inimitable—ho is in- Others may, in their style, be ting. but to me there is none like 1 d the weakest After a short t! it be shook her hoad, grave! mo the compliment,” I laughed. now may the Fates provide fur you uutil you return to town.”” So | left her, with a greater pain in my heart than I ev r had before: a pain that grew deeper and deep every step 1 took, till at the foot of | | the bil. became unendurable, and out and walked defiantly back to the arbor. ptain Kate's face was in her hands, aud tears upon her dress. Said softly, ‘‘what is the matte started violenily, and through her tears. “i burt my Unger witha thorn and it made undisturbed. and enlists your #§ ia way, and Ae Aan soar . APPEL, COmDer JaMEe JIRDINGTON, 1713 Pe Gro, Betz & Br in’ j Whom she had rd saying, at the after-dinner table, ‘The bird’s invaluable; $500 would not bay her, if | owned her—would it. Polly?” always addresses the salute the moment hi : “Five hundred dotlars would rot buy Five hundred doliars! Why, the bird's in- agentleman,a near neighbo ° A deeper ttash had come intoher cheeks and w wider and darker. dly pretty now,’ ‘really an intelligent little After (nat, Miss Whiting a1 (sought her society, and she did not Avoid! me. but treated me precisely as she would Not jost thateither, for if you owned her! on Washington street Five hundred dollars! trustees, prefers the comp ———__ +“ —_ { informed myself, ma | complied with the terms of, Manufacturer aad it m parrot certainly diserim:- | nates between the sexes and between conditions | in life. To awell-dressed young gentleman the What a get-up! What a sweil you on the contrary, fond. | th = deference, | ag . sized cow Will eat about 200 Ibs. of hay per week. In the dairy districts of this State it is estimated that it requires two tons of lay to winter acow. Where hay is worth £20 perton at the baru, as it is where we reside, the expense of wintering a herd of cows take a large slice outof the profits of the dai But with us, while hay is comparatively h: nd corn-stalks and straw abun- ice. We do not An ordinary. Location of Mouses. Science of Health bas qpme sensible su; {ions on this topic, which are appropriate Houses should be built on upland growud, with exposure to sunlight onevery side. Dur- ing epicemics, it has been noted by physicians iat deaths oceur more frequently on theshaded side of the street, than on the sunny side; and in hospitals physicians have testified to the Teadiness with which diseases have yielded to treatment in sunny rooms, whl have proved intracta ere be nO bogs, no marshes, no stagnant water in the neighborho: ‘Then let the cel- lars be thoroughly draine’ subject has caused the death of many a person. No father or mother should rest one moment in peace while their innocent babies ara sleep- ing in rooms over damp and moldy cellars. Cel- be drained, bat thoroughly the house must be un- Let the drains also be eonstructed for the conduct ioneof slops and sew; to @ common reservoir, the dweliing, to be used tor fertilizing par- poses. 2 younger brother. then laughed was a little more reserved: ha some very pleasant chat together. She could talk sense, and I prided myself on my abilities md 0 almost # week slipped by before I knew it. “I think [should find it very dull here but | 3 | said to her one di when | dreaded your coming so. ed up wonderingly. “Dreaded my “Yrs, [feared you wou'd be oneof the slash- iy kill, and talk me | “Is she not nice : clergyman, who is detected by his dress, she is 1 excecdingly offensive, perpetually calling out, | “Let us pray!” ‘Glory be to God!” “Amen!” | She was once lost, stayed out over night, and | lef and searches ruled the disconsolate hodse- weak, however, a workman, was hatied by Polly, from pile of bricks, with the call, “Take me home! Take me home!” Whether the night-chilled | bird did or did not attach meaning tothe words, it is certain that the workman did, and that he madea thing of bringing her ho: low speaking as an accom- irds, There is hardly asongster wood that cannot be taught music, and a | ive @ descant above the reach of ut itis only the raven, jackdaw magpie that possess the “Let me extract the thorn,” I said, puttin, | jy arm sboat her waist. to tell you that I was tired of ‘make believe’ | and wauted to play love in earnest; will { pose 1 could—oniy——” vate?" “Why, about the grand flirtation!’ “We will end it in agrand weddin, “I guess that would be a good answered trom I said good-bye again, and went to see Fred. “By the way, Ben,” he said, ‘‘now you are going. | think | shal! prepose to Kate and settle Pred,” said 1; “for she is going to marry me! It was rather abrupt, but Fred and bis uncle reaily came from India and fortune, and he m: “And I came bac! grain is cheal dant and of good average « sell for an unusually low advise thoseof ourreaders similarly situated to buy cows aud winter them in hopes of maki @ good thing of it bv selling them at a h price in the spring. They may or they may not make muney by the operation. we are perfectly safe in recommendi: farmers who have plenty of straw Hot to sil their cows; and if tl more-cows next summer, we think now and winter them over to A cow will ea: say three bay per day. So faras bulk is concerned, must not vary much fromthisstandard. Incar own case, however, we would feed 2 bushels Fe! ea wait euch erourn nents day. W bran, an a per day. We think & cow can be wintered better and (with us) far cheaper than on Ray alone. If youhave plenty of clover-bay it may take the the bran. But do not straw and stalks alone. American sgriculturis ®7 The Italians are Proposing te repose in American sleeping cars. in Philadetphia who lost both +» bet. oth and 19th ota, Bt. FOOD FOR INFANTS. you “Why—I sup “Only what, ile in shaded rooms going to his j - and woald dres Id. ata give me no peace.” “What gave you that idea een Fred “Cantante my chum, Fred Gorman, about a » Kate,” the belle oi thought vou might be her sty; “And did you aver see this Captain Kat asked Mise Whiting, litting her calm lakes of e. . 1 cam imagine her,” I answered. And what do you imagine her like ber & description ing Fred, and closed b; “Now, that style of girl | cannot tolerate, and ‘ere one of them, no wonder I me at all like Cap. Inattention to this But we think the season, and I lars should not on! ventilated, other AHIES. .. office, 1994 Pa. av., near 18th Uelithes bn — A inne Peveve | olteBctoe en epee AmERIcaN 15x Co., oMfce,S13 Hh st., bet. Bang v, ISSTRUMEST 5CE Ixppranpent Ice Ics at Medistance from r cre ertainly, if wot all, will etand ALLEY of Virginia is when in danger—the parrot never. jundred and twenty-five miles lo bpm Se Bee 3 —— the coun! ugnsta, ngham, Warren, Clarke, - Frede: ‘hb a population of of °S.495 square miles, of ® cash valuation of more from the amount and is freer from sickness of the United to winter notone on ; admii winning love. tis very poor economy. are always on guard.—.. do not consider ueried, arebly. said deeidediy. and jealous eye S. Dodge in Appleton’s. Sipxs To Tes Q: if you'll tell a story I must tell Pap: “No: at all,’* you im the beginning, but for you I should feel '¥ renders it very 70,060,000. It of agricultural of kinds, than an: B Bret sm tary also, Pictared remae, PALENT AGENTS. NN ROO..(8.W. Sci. 4m 5. Boor bear Tis cxrent., C. Woon. 8. 8. conver # and (th streets. No tlaLeTeD, S87) Lis WL ‘a OLN . 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D. isl. to sell the propart mentioned and described in snid pr ccaadines, baring. Feported lo the conrt that op the 2th day of July, =D. sr sold to Arthur Clements lot 25, ituate in Washington, D. 0. for the he being the highest bidder therefor, end that caid Cloments bas since weetcned bis eid Try. who has since le prescribed by amid . by the court, this ta day of December ‘ordered, that aid sale be raided and firmed, unless catee to the contrary thor Shown on or bolus the Gb of Januar, Isi3, provided @ copy cf this order Le wi at “~ for three weeks as ne re, im Bcrae Dewepapet on pred ~~ age iy 4 -d —Test: kh. J. MEIGS, Clers. ict iad EP. Wiuei Ms. ‘Albert Victor thrives now: LoS ‘closely 98 & ls po Shr. i, Savon Revi Fon! for J i Tishi: e oe . te fo oa Bows Ponwine ScmeTayers. Were eoxeutislly D®oxmars PECTORAL SYRUP, rox COUGHS AND COLDS. Wholessie Depot, CHABLES STOTT 4 CO.3, 450 Pennsy!vania avenue, ata | F novd0-ly* Washington, B. 0. pleasent, and you are in all “Ob, thank you!’ ‘She said it so drviy, that I looked up to catch the bidden meaning of her words nentiog fegh ef carly as usual. ne standing the ga! “sh he came rot the ata down on my shou! “Bo Ben, my boy, you jumped trom the fry- xy beat you. I don’t think you wou! ‘rebellious)—‘‘Then oo’s be a nasty and Pa must beat amongeleven | that, 80 00 won’t like it too. &F-Not one of the five suits for libel, recently things the opposite 1,961 acres of improved nds her time in manages her failed in that ‘States. There are 1 and bat she was STA yo clergyman three or Tour damwesle in the largest by far, Prestyiecione ee Sowa onan, new Erie Railroad clerks. If thisoccurred hat a stir would hay 4 by polou, but &7-The New York committee of hay seventy have agit is one of Rubinstein’s eecentricities that he will mot play ats concert where Strauss" waltzes are on the programme, + ing upon the nove |. CARET. T= NEW NATIONAL MARKET.