6.  Mind  your  hands  1  Don’t  let  them  steal  or 
nght,  or  write  any  evil  words.  Mind !  , 
6.  Mind  your  feet!  Don’t  let  them  walk  In  the 
steps  Of  the  wicked.  Mind  I  1 
T.  Mind  your  heart !  Don’t  let  the  love  of  sin  | 
dwell  in  It.  Don’t  give  It  to  Satan,  but  ask  Jesus  | 
PUBLISHEE’S  NOTICES, 
well  armed,  are  besieged  by  an  Incensed  com¬ 
munity,  and  will  be  starved  out. 
A  shield  hearing  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  See  of 
Cloyne,  Ireland 
TO  TIIK  LADY  READKRS  OF  THE  KFRAI. 
which  was  Llshop  Berkley’s  own 
diocese.  Is  the  design  chosen  for  the  Berkley 
window  In  the  nev?  Yale  chapel. 
I  he  Indian  Nation  Is  the  Gretna  Green  for 
fugitive  lovers  D’om  'I'exas.  Marriages  In  the 
Nation  are  valid. 
The  Al.sea  Keservatlon  In  Oregon  has  been 
.abandoned,  ann  ts  now  thrown  oj^en  to  settlers. 
Many  civilized  Indians  have  loeat-ed  there. 
Imitation  IJmburgcr  cheese  has  been  rnanu- 
hactured  sosnccessfully  In  Wl.sconsln  that  families 
living  near  the  factory  were  obliged  to  close  their 
SPI’iCIAL  OFFER 
OF  BAKE  PLANTS  AND  SEEDS 
Queen  of  England,  $6,2T0;  the  King  of  the  Bel- 
glaD.a,  *l,64S;  and  the  President  of  the  French 
republic,  Jflno. 
Emperor  William  has  addreased  the  following 
words  to  the  elUzena  of  WIssomhourg,  in  Alsace, 
Where  the  French  nrst  felt  the  shock  of  the  ad¬ 
vancing  German  host;  *•  I  know  you  come  to  me 
with  bleeding  hearts.  It  la  only  natural,  my 
friends;  but  I  my.self  have  known  vicissitudes, 
but  bore  up  against  them.  BeUeve  me,  as  an  old 
man,  time  sets  all  things  right.  Time  reconciles 
us  to  the  grculc.st  changes,  and  time,  I  am  sure, 
will  make  you  satisfied.” 
Dr.  Abnath  of  Sunderland  having  by  public 
placards  invited  attendance  at  a  lecture  on  antl- 
LETTERS  FROM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS, 
I  IIavinq  a  few  choice  plants  now  growing  jt 
j  tho  UtTKAi.’s  Exi’eiumentai.  Geounds.  whicl 
we  think  would  be  desirable  Di  some  of  the  lad) 
readers  of  the  Rceal  New-Yokkeb,  we  make 
I  the  following  olfor : 
!  Ihose  who,  in  renewing  their  owui  Hubsorip- 
tion,  send  us  an  additional  name  (not  already  on 
our  list)  with  tiio  sum  of  ?(4.00  for  tiie  two,  may 
select  any  two  of  the  following-named  plants 
and  a  paper  oi  the  seed  of  the  Moliieca  Bahn. 
Tliose  who  I'ecxiivo  tJieso  premiums  <!Hn  divi<le 
with  their  friends,  or  keep  them  all,  as  they  may 
agree  among  theiiiKolvoH.  as  oiu-  object  i/i*  mak¬ 
ing  the  offer  is  to  induce  old  subscribers  to 
send  UK  new  ones,  thereby  increasing  our  list. 
The  plants  nud  seeds  offered  are  very  choice,  as 
will  ho  seen  in  doHcriptiou  given  below.  The 
plants  will  bo  sent  by  mail  free,  and  carefully 
packed  and  forwarded  iiiimediately  on  receipt  of 
subscriptions. 
AUiililoii  Ituiilc  tie  .^elae.  —  The 
best  of  11)0  Ahutihir.it,  Its  flowers  are  large  and 
white.  It  blooms  throughout  tJie  w  hole  year  and 
therefore  is  alike  desh-ablo  for  the  conservatory 
or  garden.  Its  growth  is  lapid— sn)all  idants 
attaining  the  bight  of  live  feet  during  the  sum-  j 
mor  months.  In  the  f«|)  it  may  bo  cut  back  to 
windows. 
Six  prisoners  set  Are  to  and  burned  the  Rich¬ 
mond,  Texa.s,  Jail  a  lew  days  ago.  They  were  all 
nearly  suffocated  when  taken  out. 
A  8an  Francisco  man  l.ost  his  place  a.s  a  bar¬ 
keeper  and  Jiad  to  go  lo  work  In  a  tea  store; 
whereupon  he  became  discouraged  and  killed 
himself. 
A  man  at  Falrvlew,  Ky.,  with  a  craving  for 
llrpior,  after  .selling  everything  of  value  whenv 
with  lo  buy  the  sUmulant,  took  hia  few  months’ 
old  child  .and  tradis]  It  over  the  bar  for  a  drink  of 
whisky.  'I'he  child  w.a.s  aftcnvaid  redeemed  by 
the  mother  on  paying  for  the  Ihjuor. 
Judge  Uotidernoii  or  Lebanon  County,  Pa.,  at  a 
hate  Session  of  the  (;onrt  of  t)uart.cr  .Sesslnns. 
through  winter.  1  will  change  the  subject  and 
tell  you  about  my  qullhs.  I  am  piecing  t  wo ;  one 
1b  call  the  “  dogwood  blo.ssum,"  and  t  he  other  the 
“  bacbidor.”  I  ihink  they  are  i)reuy.  i«y  luolher 
has  pieced  one  called  the  ‘‘broken  stove.”  It  Is 
very  pretty.  I  must  tell  you,  befoi-e  I  closi’,  that, 
I  am  going  to  try  to  get  up  a  club  for  the  IUikal. 
I  am  very  much  interested  in  Uncle  Tkck’s  letters 
to  us  young  folks,— Mamie  X.  s.,  itiiauhiuiy  cva,  Ga. 
[UNChK  Tkoe  begs  to  say  that  he  will  publish  a 
“  General  Order  ”  very  shortly,  which  will  create 
a  great  excitement  In  the  Hural  Legion,  and 
make  the  coming  campaign  a  rousing  one.  Ix:M>k 
out  for  It.J 
An  Offer. 
Deak  Mr.  Enrron;—!  have  never  w  ritten  to  the 
KvRAii  before,  and  do  not  know  as  I  will  make 
very  good  headway ;  hut  I  thought  that  If  all  the 
rest  of  the  boys  and  girls  were  writing  l  would 
try.  ‘‘  Try  ”  ought  to  be  every  one’s  mot, to.  1  can 
do  any  work  tnai  is  to  be  done  on  a  farm,  from 
feeding  the  pigs  to  getting  in  T.Ue  ci-ops  and  tak¬ 
ing  care  of  them.  My  father  lives  on  .a  farm  of 
a  lltUe  over  two  hundred  acrc,s:  he  keeps  five 
horses,  Afteen  cows,  and  a  consldorablo  jmung 
stock.  He  has  tekeu  the  Uitrai,  ever  since  it  was 
staricd.  1  have  become  very  much  interested  in 
the  hoys'  and  girls’  letters.  If  Cousin  Jim  ivlll 
write  again  and  sign  Ids  right  Inll  lals,  I  shall  be 
very  happy,  and  In  return  I  will  send  rnlno.  A 
great  many  of  my  schoolmates  call  me  “Cap¬ 
tain.”  I  suppose?  It  Is  beoause  i  am  capuan  of  a 
base  ball  club.  Yours  truly — Captain. 
for  the  Prevention  of  cruelty  to  Animals  had  him 
summoned  and  A ned  one  shilling  In  vindication 
of  the  new  Vivlseidlon  law,  the  sixth  .section  of 
which  renders  a  per.son  amemablc  to  punishment 
who  advertises  his  Intention  to  perform  needless 
painful  expciunents  on  animals. 
Marshal  Bazalne  Is  now  residing  with  his  wife 
and  children  at  Llanes,  a  little  village  of  the  As- 
turla-s,  whore  the  Count  de  Mendoza  Cortina  has 
offered  him  ho.spltallly.  This  gentleman  Is  pro¬ 
prietor  of  the  mines  of  st.  Lulsde  Potosl  in  Mexico, 
and  It  Is  through  him  that  the  raothcr-ln-law  of 
the  Marshal  recelvi*  the  revenue  from  her  Mexi¬ 
can  ealates,  Baz.aDic  has  no  fortune,  and  that  of 
his  wife  was  completely  absorbed  by  the  exj)cnses 
01  his  trial,  wldch  the  French  Government  rigor¬ 
ously  exacted,  even  to  the  extent  or  seizing  a 
clock  of  the  Marshal  and  a  pair  of  his  panlAloon.s 
to  nnx't  the  balance  duo. 
According  to  the  Mandalay  coirespondent  of  a 
Rangoon  paper,  the  King  of  Burmah  ha.s  Just  con¬ 
trived  a  wocMlen  machine,  which  Is  to  be  erected 
In  the  palace,  and  by  w'hlch  t  he  nethor  parts  of 
the  British  PoUtIcal  Resident,  will  be  hidden  alto¬ 
gether  from  the  royal  gaze.  In  IJils  way  win  the 
Resident,  with  his  ahoe.s  on.  be  allowed  to  ap¬ 
proach  and  converse  with  hLs  .Majesty. 
The  Mohammedans  of  Bombay'  resolved  at  a 
rnent  of  Agriculture  that  “  In  Mexico  there  exists 
the  agricultural  cai)aclty  to  i)roduce  all  the  coffee 
I  that  can  be  consumed  in  the  United  .States,  and 
of  a  duality  or|uaI  to  the  best  grown  In  any  conn- 
try.” 
Remains  of  fourteen  Mctlinsof  the  recent  Indian 
raid  near  Frio  City,  Texas,  have  been  found. 
Many  think  the  raiders  were  white  men  In  dls- 
A  late  Charleston  circular  juits  the  present  rice 
crop  of  Georgia  and  South  Carolina  atis.iioo  tJerces 
or  about  dve  percent,  more  than  any  crop  since 
the  war. 
Five  colored  Methodist  preachera  raided  a  gln- 
house  In  Austin  County,  Te.xas,  and  attcrapte<l  to 
carry  off  two  bales  ol  cotten ;  but  the  proprietor 
put  in  an  appeaivance  and  shot  three  of  the  men. 
During  the  progress  of  th«  Franklin  county  fair 
al  Farmington,  Ale.,  a  portion  of  the  upper  Aoor 
of  the  exhibition  hall  gave  way,  carrying  imo  per-  j 
sons  te  the  door  below.  Heveriil  wore  seriously'  | 
and  one  fatally  injured. 
On  'J'uesday  morning,  the  loih  lust.,  the  Peo¬ 
ples’  Bunk  at  Manchester,  Aflch.,  was  entered  by  ' 
burglans,  and  over  f!»,ooo  in  currency  taken  from  I 
A  Utility  Ctrl. 
Dear  cousins  I  would  like  to  become  one  of 
your  number.  1  am  like  t.’ousln  Jim  :  I  never 
wrote  to  the  paper  before.  1  Jive  In  Tennessee, 
on  the  mountain.  I  am  fourteen,  .and  mn  Ave 
feet  four  and  a-half  Inches  tall.  I  can  milk,  hai- 
nesB  a  horse,  plow  and  drive  oxeu.  I  can  spin 
and  weave,  and  help  run  the  saw  mill  when  I  am 
needed,  and  run  the  grist  mill;  I  have  done  It 
many  a  Ume.  I  have  not  learned  to  shoot  a  gun, 
but  my  brother  has  promised  me  that  I  may  go  a 
deer  driving  with  lilm  some  time.— Wild  Nei.i,, 
Black  Wol/,  Tcnn, 
From  a  Broome  County  CIrl. 
Dear  Editor  :— j  am  ten  years  old.  My  father 
keeps  a  dairy  of  ten  cows.  We  live  on  u  farm  of 
180  acres,  and  In  summer  and  autumn  It  is  the 
loveliest  place  that  you  over  saw.  l  have  got  a 
pet  cat  and  hla  name  Is  Billy.  Dear  Cousins,  more 
of  you  write,  and  let  us  have  a  whole  column  of 
Rural  Cousins.  Aly  name  Is— Clara  D. 
DECAPITATIONS, 
1.  Decapitatk  a  tree,  and  leave  part  of  a  circle. 
2.  A  kind  of  stone  and  leave  tardy. 
3.  A  moUiusk,  and  leave  a  mebil  pin. 
4.  A  wild  animal,  and  leave  a  domestic  animal. 
6.  A  round  body,  and  leave  the  whole. 
6.  A  plant,  and  leave  a  wooden  frame. 
7.  Meager,  and  leave  a  relation. 
8.  A  snob,  and  leave  a  fountain. 
9.  Part  of  a  wagon,  and  leave  part  of  the  human 
body. 
10.  A  tramsparent  substance,  and  leave  a  maid. 
11.  A  blaze,  and  leave  a  cripple. 
12.  A  kink  of  nut,  and  leave  a  kind  of  grain. 
Answer  in  two  weeks.  c.  s. 
FOREIGN  NOTES 
MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA, 
I  AM  composed  of  18  letters : 
My  7,  5, 15,  s,  6  capital  of  one  of  the  States  of  o 
Union. 
My  8, 14,  13,  1,  2  value. 
My  16,  IT,  11, 18  lazy. 
My  12,  9, 4, 10  a  dose  of  medicine. 
My  whole  Is  a  religious  song. 
Answer  In  two  weeks.  Little  One, 
SEMI-BUSINESS  PARAGRAPHS, 
American  Manufacturers  .Abroad,— The  Japa¬ 
nese  Government,  Intending  to  Introduce  music  In 
Its  European  SchooLs,  their  foreign  experts  have 
selected  Geo.  Woods  fi  Co.’s  Boston  made  Parlor 
Organs,  o\'er  all  American  and  European  instru¬ 
ments,  as  most  tlioroughly  constructed  and  likely 
to  withstand  the  climate. 
HOME  NEWS  PARAGRAPHS, 
PUZZLER  ANSWERS.-Oct.  7 
Virginians  are  now  Indulging  largely  In  deer 
and  sora  hunting. 
Tennessee  Is  now  sending  about  fifty  emigrants 
l)Ci'  day  Into  Toxa.'i, 
A  bevy  of  lively  girls  In  Grant  County,  Ky., 
amuse  ihem.selvcs  at  night  by  stealing  the  hand 
cars  on  the  railroad  and  working  a  furious  passage 
up  and  down  the  track. 
Popular  meetings  arc  being  held  in  Nash^1lle 
to  devise  means  for  i.he  suppression  of  crime. 
Mayor  Kershlval  Is  charged  with  being  the  friend 
and  protector  of  gamblers. 
A  family  ol  systematic  murderers  has  been  dis¬ 
covered  at  Montague,  Te.xas.  Seven  of  them. 
Frank  Miller's  Leather  Pre.sbkvai 
Water  J*roof  Blacking  received  the  hlg 
only  aw'ard  at  the  Centennial  E.xhlbltIon. 
Frank  Miller's  Harness  Oil  received  the  high¬ 
est  and  only  atvard  at  the  Centennial  Exhlblton, 
Kiddle. 
