'J Rates of Advertising. Ono Square (1 inch,) one insertion - fl One Square " one month - - 3 Ofl One Square " three months - 8 00 One Square " one year - - 10 W; Two Squares, tone year - - 15 On Quarter Col. " - - - - 30 00 Half " " - - - 60 00 One " " - - - - 100 00 Ijejral notice at established rates. Marriage and death notices, gratis. All bills for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. (fa $ 18 VUBUSHED EVEItY WKDNESDAY, BT r. an. wuisric, OFFICE Iff HOBIN805 & BONNXR'S BUILDtKO . . ELM STREET, TI0NE8TA, PA. - TERMS, fLM AIEAB. No Subscriptions received for a shorter poriotl than throe months. Correspondence solicited from mi pari of tho country. No notice will be taken ot anonymous communications. VOL. XII. NO. 33. TIONESTA, PA., NOV. 5, 1879. $1.50 Per Annum. 1 1 The WatermUI. Listen to the wnteriuill through the livelong tiny , . Iow tho clinking of ita wheel wears the hours away. ' - - , Languidly the autumn wind stirs the green wood leave, From the fields tho reapers fling binding up the flheaveo; ' , And a proverb haunts my wind, a a spell ;is CHSt, ' Tlie mill will never grind with" the water that . .is pant. Autumn winds revive' no more leaves that once are shed, And the sickle cannot reap corn ones gath ered i . And the rippling stream flows .tranquil, deep and mill, Nov or gliding back again to the watermiU. Tiuly speaks the proverb old, with a meaning, vast, ' The mill will never grind with the water that ! '. ; ". ;:..... Tuke the lesson to thyself, loving heart and true, ' Golden years are fleeting by, youth is passing too; 'Learn to male the most oi life; lose no happy day, .Time will never bring thee back chance. swept away.' Leave no tender word unsaid, love while love ' sliall last ; , '," , Tho mill will never grind with the water that is past. 1 Work while yet the daylight shines'man ot strength and will, Never does tho streamlet jhde useless by the mill ; Wait mot 'till to-morrow's s'tn shines npou thy way, . , All that, thou ennst eull thiuo own lie in thy io-lay. ' . I'dVor, fn'telTcct and' fumlth niay not always lust " , ."-Y.-.. . , .; ; TJic a ill cannot grind with Jhe water that Ih past. .'V ; ..! Ili oil, tiio wanted hours ol lilu tftnt nave drifted J lite good we mljhl lwve dbne, gone with out a "Sigh , ' IMvt, that, we mkiht once hare saved by a v'w liiiiglo word, ' ' ; ' '. . . 'Iotij;lil8 conceived, out never' ponned, per- " ' Willi;; unheard. 1 1 ;A Tuke this ly&on to thine heart, Uke sad hold Tho mill will never grind with tho water that ; is pant. .. ;' 'i " . ' v - " Gch. D Q. McCallvm. JOE'S WIFE. I write, my dear old chum, for the pur pose of inviting you to visit us. Don't refuse; My wife heartily seconds the invitation. Ah, Tom, she s a jewel my wife. I know if you could meet such a one you would euccumb bachelorhood. She is the dearest, Bweetest, best tem pered, loveliest the English language fails me here, but, as you were always better than I at tlwj " Unabridged," I be - seech you to look therein for some en dearing adjectives' and complete the sen tence. You, who sing about tke felicity if a "Bachelor -Hall," when you havo seen my" happy home, will change your tune. You must come, Tom. I won't tako a refusal, lours, etc. - Jok Haix. I answered his letter thus : II y Deak Jok I t hought when I last saw vou 1 never could be tempted -to jeopardize my peaceof mind or my bones by again placing myself at the mercy of your practical jokes, init I nave no other recourse now than to accept your invitation. You must promise me, my dear fellow, you will not play any of your jokes. A married man ought to be more dignified, and if you do play any of your u icks on me J. warn you i suau . board " the 'first train for home. Yours, etc. Tom Tuuuston. I went. I Was met at the train by ! T . i . . ...... r... t "n- ....... ... 1 . n 1 . . . .1 .. uuu o Eri vaui, n ixinit wuu uau n luiift body," dressed in a long coat, a long . waistcoat, a long necktie, a long hat, long boots and whoso name was Long, I instinctively hated this man. lie scrutinized me closely; I returned the .! TT.. . . I . J scrutiny, xio waicncu my every move mentlike a detective would a. supposed criminal's. I watched his movement as a timid man would a vicious canine's. We atlennh reached Joe's house I anticipated Joe's welcome, but in his place came the-loveliest woman I ever saw. It is true, as Joe said, 1 was always fluent in language, but to this day I cannot find words to.-fcatisfyi me in describing her surpassing beauty. "Joe, Joe," thought I, "it is well for you that you met her hrst." '"You are Mr. Thurston," she asked, timidly approaching me, and shyly glancing at mo from under her drooping eydjds. I informed her that I was the personage, and inquired for Joe. For answer that-geatleman himself. who was on horseback, sprang from the saddle, crasped my hand, and, like the irrepressible J oe oi old, cried : "Glad to see you, old boy! "We'll have cloriou9 old times, as of old We'll hunt, fish, smoke, etc., till you grow so fat, halo and hearty that your most intimate city friends won't know you. Uouio, let a ko in, tea is waiting l'aidon me for not introducing you, but I suppose you introduced yourself in my absence. Apropos, it was hospitable in me to absent myself on your arrival, but business called mo away." So rattling on Joe ushered us Into the coziest little parlor that ever a poor bachelor 'was called upon 1o envy. But the cozy little wife? What was the envy of the room, with its adornments, to the envy of such a wife? Must I iidiuit ii? I might as well own right Lie as at any further period of my re cital I felt a thrill at my heart. It was a thrill of exquisite paina thrill of jealousy of Joe s happiness. Joe." 1 mentally eriea, " netter, lar better for me if I had declined your in vitation." Presently we had a most refreshim? supper, after which Joe- and I strolled out for a walk and a smoke. . "-Toe," I exclaimed, enthusiastically. " trnit Pnpfiminm rt rwif vrlfa wjifa merited. She in indeed a treasure. By Jove if I could find such a jewel I would never rest till I won and married her." Joe was on the point of lightlnc a ci gar when I begun, but paused with up raised match till I had finished and the match burned his fingers. I thought for a time he was angry at my impetu osity, but his face cleared away, and the old wicked twinkle that I feared so much came to his eyes. He grasped my hand. saying: "You're right, my boy; she's the dearest little wife in the universe. I'n glad you like her." After we had finished our cigars and talked for some time of our old college days, we re-entered the house. " Nellie," cried Joe, opening the piano, "favor Tom and me with a tune. He has a passion for mnsic." " Perhaps, Mr. Thurston" ' began she, but was Interrupted by Joo. "No, Nellie, I protest! No mistering around here! It s plain Tom. Do you hear. TomP She's to cail vou Tom and you're to call iher Nellie. Violation of tnis nite wul incur my internal dis pleasure. Govern yourselves accord ingly." " PerhatifB he will object," pleaded Nellie. . " No, no," I exclaimed, "it Will please me very much and I will feel highly honored to be allowed to address you by your Christian name." "Pshaw, Tom I It'll please her. Won't it, Nell?" i ' .' : She laughed, and gave mo a bewitch ing look accompanied by a nod. . " I was going to . say." -said Nellie. "that perhaps you 'could sing with me," i ' .j, r , "No. no: excuse me, I can't sing Nellie," ... V. ',, , ry The word was Uttered with a gasp, and I certainly turned violently ved iu the face. Jot? was looking at me, and I saw he had. a "desperate 'straggle to control the muscles of his mouth. ' I was indccVi fond of music, but;! was entranced with hr-r magnificent voice. The evening . passed on golden wings. Joe ran on in his wild old ways: told his jok w and laughed just ns ,bojsto,rr ously as he did when we; roomed, to get her at college. He did not give us much chance to join in the conversation ; for one comic anecdote reminded him of another which he must telljt We botlr laughed heartily at his -stories,' and talked volumes to each other with our eyes. . : ,.'...; 1 . '.'-..-I.." " ' That night I dreamed I loved Nellie. (Oh, truthful dream!) 1 dreamed slia reciprocated that lovo.i f Oh ' vain dream!) Tlien 1 dreamed intrigue be gan. We determined to elope, lly heart bled for poor Joe, but I felt it was death to live without her. - Now she has met me under the old elm south' of Joe's house. I see her pale, excited faca! 1 feel her nervous hand clasping mine! Now we are fleeing ! On, on, and now we are pursued! Joe is on our track! The scene changes, and we are on the river. We glide along smoothly Ih a light boat. Now we are safeand slio is mine mine forever! But no, Joe "till pursues us. Now lie is closeto us. Why cannot we glide faster? Joe approaches swiftly. Now he closes in onus! He has caught her in his cruel grasp ! Ilex beautiful pleading eyes are vaised to mine! He raises a knife aloft! The. I catch his arm, we struggle silently to gether. 1 wrest the . knife from his grasp and plunge it into his breast, and he drops from the misty boat and sinks beneath the dark waves! How dark the river has grown by the pale light of the moon ! The gaunt and ghastly figure of Mr. Long suddenly emerges from -the waves! Isaw him catch my darjing in his long arms. and. before I could inter fere, they had both- disappeared beneath the turbid waves of the river! This awoke me! I arose and resumed my wearing apparel, bathed my feverish face and went forth into tho air to try and exercise the evil spirits with a cigar. -By the ensuing mdrning my dream had.ceased to trouble me, but the real ity of things did not cease." There', was jN el lie-before me in all her beauty, all Iter sweetness, to tempt , me on to love lier. . There was Joe, with Il his exu berance of spirit, and as unsuspicious as a child. He seemed to do- ail in his power to bring us together.' - He often lured us into interesting conversation, or managed to get us engaged in singing and playing, and then leave us alone for hours. Days passed awav and lapsed into weeks; in these weeks I was almost the constant companion of Nellie Hall. We were'out riding, boating, and to in numerable concerts and entertainments, all througU the suggestion and, planning of Joe.,., J felt and knew well tho dan ger; I was fascinated at first now I was irretrievably in love. The thought of breaking away from this charming crea ture caused mo pain like uuto death. I resolved to leave. No matter what it cost me. the only honorable course for me to pursue was to return to the city and for get no, not lorget, lor never could I forget the only woman I ever loved or could love. Joe was absent on the day I arrived at this determination. All the better 1 thought it; it would be easier to get away. I proceeded to pack up aud get ready to gQ on the evening train. I no ticed during the progress of packing, that tho long body of Long was over shadowing me He seemed determined no$ to let anything escape his observa tion. At length, when I had finished my work, he approached me. His long arm was raised to his breast pocket, and from thence he extracted a letter which he handed me. I tore it open; it was from Joe, and read : "Thomas Thurston, you are a traitor! I no longer doubt your pertidity. Long has watched you and Nellie closely. It is useless to deny intention of eloping with her. I demand satisfaction, and it can only be had from your heart's blood. Meet me on the river bank, and by the light of the moon, and in the presence of Long, we will settle our differences." I looked up. Long had disappeared, and in his place stood Nellie. "Why, Tom, you're not foing to leave us, are you?" she asked I thought she addressed me in a tone of regret. I looked in her bright eyes such beautiful loving eyes I How could J. pain herP How could I drive the blood from- her cheeks and the light from her eyes by showing her Joe's letter and telling tier all? She came very near to me and said coaxingly : Don't go, Tom ; I will be so lonely hep e now." . I cannot stav. Nell. . I rerret havintr to leave you " My words came fast and almost inarticulate. " I thought to be on my way now, and can only stay long enough to bid you adieu." "But, Tom, what will Joe say? Surely you will stay till he comes! " sbe cried. "No, no. I cannot, Nellie; indeed I can not. I can never forget the happir ness I have had here this summer; but I must leave you now, and fear- -it is forever!" . . My voice was unsteady, and I clasped botli her hands very tightly in mine. " Forever ! " she repeated . "Oh, Tom, Forever! " What a world of tenderness, of regret, in her intonations, , It died away as a wail of woo. ! "No, Nellie; never shall I see you again: never shall I clasp these little hands iu mine, never hear the music of your sweet voice. I shall never see you again never!" , "Never!" the moan, died away and the beautiful eyes were raised to mine in speechless agony that wrung my heart with pain.- i ,' . . "Oh, Nellie, do not break my heart! My grief, my wretchedness is beyond bearing now. Your beloved eyes look- into mine will haunt me in coming years. . xou know my secret. Kecnmi rate me if you will, Neljie, my darling." A liffht sprune into her cves stramrc. dazzling light that spread over her beau tiful face tho light of -a . .measureless love, ot a transport oi joy. "Jt are well. I cried, in a husky voice, not dar ing to stay, longer; V farewell," and I turned to go, when her fingers closed over mine. I turned to her again and she threw her arms about mv neck. . "You must not go! You shall not go, for T love you!"-and the beaming face was hidden on my breast... , - . ; A chuckling itnse from behind startled, us. It broke into a laugh, then into loud shouts and frightful roars, inter mingled with hideous guft'nws and a woman's musical laugh, till the hills echoed and re-echoed the sound. Nel l'e'a face was suffused with blushes and she drew away fromtne: but I clasped her more closely, a light bieaking in on my bewildered brain, , , , , "Ha! ha! ha!" roared Joe, . while Iong emitted a series of strange sounds very like a laugh. " Ho ! ho ! ho ! Long haf ha! ha! wife Tom thought sister Nel was hat ha! ha I was my wife!" if. Words of Courage. t ' 'a' ' . A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of courage. Every day sends to the grave a number of ob tscure men, who have Only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented their first effort, and who, if they could have been induced to begin, would, in all probability, have gone great lengths in the career of fame. .The ljiot is, in order to do 'anything in this world that is worth doing wo must not stand shivering on tho brink, and think of the cold ancT danger, but jump in and separable as we can. - It will not do to bo perpetually calculating risks .id ad justing nice chances. - It did very ' well before the flood, when a man could con sult . bjg. friends upon a publication for one hundred and fifty years and then live to soe ita success for six or seven centu ries afterwards, but at present a man waits, and -doubts, and hesitates, and cojnsu Its his brother and his uncle, and particular friends, till one day he finds tlijat he is sixty years of age; that he has.luetso much time in consulting first cousins and , particular friends that he luw no time left to follow their advice.: There is no such thing fortxver-equeani-ishness at present, . the opportunity so easily Blips away, the very period of hfs life at which man chooses to venture, if ever, is so confined, that it is no bad njla to preach up the necessity, in such instances, of a little violence to feelings, and to efforts made in defiance to strict and sober calculation Sydney Smilh. ' '. , . ' -' -Bucket Shop Uamblers. 'According to the Chicago Tribune the introduction ' of " bucket shops," (low agencies where any sum from $1 upward can be invested on the rise or fall of wheat) has led to wholesale gamb ling. - The 'lYibune : declares that woman "not of desperate or question able condition " "como to these shops to gamble under assumed names, as well as laits from twelve to sixteen years old "by the" hundred," and men, "clerks, salesmen, bookkeepers, men jn bus iness, hackmen, teamsters, men on sa le ries and men employed at day's work. I stonecutters, blacksmiths and workmen of all wages and occupation; students j ana proiessors or colleges, reverend di vines, ueaieis 14 ineoiogy, mcmoers 01 Christian associations, members of so cieties for the prevention of cruelty to animals and for tho suppression o vice, gentlemen who war on saloons which permit minors to play pool, and teach ers of Sunday-schools, hard drinkers and temperate men," who stake thou sands of dollars in small sums. Accept ing the statements ot the Tribune as true, tho recent fluctuations in the price of wheat have brought the community to a worse pass in Chicago than ever mining speculation did in tho worst days of San Francisco. The midnight liinniiidur bhould not he ban ished Irom our dwelling any more quirky thitu should a couli or void ol any kind ha diivtn liom the ytlein. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup quietly yet ponitively j.luot all colds under its control. Price 'ii eeots. TIMELY TOPICS. The commonness" of inebriety among French children is asserted by a writer in the London Gentleman's Magazine. " Again and again at hotel tables," he says, "I have seen 'children scarcely more than babies suffering distinctly from alcohol. It is, as travelers in France know, tho custom in all districts south of. the Loire to supply wine gratis at two meals, breakfast and dinner, at which the residents in h hotel eat in company. Repeatedly, then, in the hotels in French watering places, I have watched children of five years old and upward supplied by their mothers with wine enough visibly to flush and excite them. At Sables d'Olonne one little fellow, whose age could not be more than six, drank at each of two consecutive meals three tumblers of wine slightly diluted with water. The result was on each occasion that he sprawled over the table, and ended by putting his iiead in his mother's lap and falling asleep." It appears from the official reports, that the experience of what are called model lodging houses, such as the Pea body buildings in London and other large towns, combined with that of bar racks, workhouses and schools, furnish ed abundant evidence that what is termed density of population is not so detrimental physically as has usually been assumed: because in such buildings as are referred to the rate of mortality is much less, with a density of one thou sand five hundred persons to the acre, than it is in ordinary houses, with a density ot only two hundred and fifty to the acre. Again, the health of a com munity is found to be much more de- Eendentupon food, clothing and personal abits, than upon the arrangement and construction of dwellings or workshops for, however perfect the arrangement and construction, these may be entirely neutralised if the food is bad, the cloth- ine deficient and the personal habits filthy. . We get a great dear of wind about compressed air street car motors every now and then. . These aerial propellers are in use on one street car line in the United States and seeru to give good sat isfaction. It costs six and one-fourth 6ents a mile to draw a car by horse power. ;, The compressed air system is said to cost but one and one-fourth t ents a mile. The speed ran be regulated up to twenty miles an hour, The car can be stopped at its highest rate of speed within its own length : at least so it is reported, although this would be rather rough on the passengers if the car was going at its twenty-mile Tate. The ad vantage of this over, any other motor is that all the heavy machinery is left be hind at the depot, where tho compress ing is done, and the cars start out with concealed cylinders containing the air compressed to twenty-five atmospheres. Thus we may have windmills to drive the street cars. - Persons presenting claims to the United States Treasury on account of bonds winch have been destroyed wholly or in part, or on account of registered bonds which have been lost, will be re quired to present evidence showing First, the number, denomination, date of authorizing act and series of each bond, whether coupon. or registered, and if registered, the name of the payee. In the case of rei istered bonds, it should also be stated whether they had been assigned or not, and if so, the name ol the assignee should be given. Second The time and place of purchase, of whom purchased, and the consideration paid. Third The material facts and circum stances connected with the loss. The evidence should be as full and clear as possible. Proofs may be mado by affi davit, and by such other competent evi. dence as may be in the possession of the claimants Duplicates will not be issued within 6ix months from the loss. The interest on uncalled registered bonds will be paid notwithstanding the loss. These regulations do not apply in any way to coupons lost or destroyed which have been detached from the bonds, as no relief in such cases can be granted. The Mangosteen. I must not omit the tree which bears tho famous fruit of the East known as the mangosteen. It is not tall nor is it particularly handsome. It is only some twenty feet in height and has spreading branches instead of the single tufts that adorn the trees that I have just de scribed. But the fruit is the prince of the tree fruits of the world tlie apple, the peach, the orange, the pomegranate, none of them ct n compare with it, and even if you combine all these fruits you are only beginning to approach it. Ex ternally it has the appearand of a small apple that has been partially baked or has become very brown in tho sun. On cutting it you find au external husk harder than the rind of an orange and three times as thick. When you have penetrated this husk you find a mass of snow-white pulp, and you need no in structor to tell you that this is the ed ible portion of the mangosteen. It melts in your mouth like an over-ripe peach or like snow on the surface of a river. Its flavor is a combination of sweetness and slight acidity, which you can no more describe than you can tell how a violet smells or a canary sings. I think I have tasted nearly every fruit that frows on the globe, and unhesitatingly award the prize of excellence to the mangosteen. At this distance of time and place my lips moisten when I think of the mangosteens that solaced the heat of Java ana made the life of th'. island more agreeable than it would otherwise have been. If this fruit grew in the Garden of Eden, I can well understand why Adam and Eve wept at their ex pulsion: perhaps it was tlie mangosteen which trie serpent offered for the tempt ation of our first mother, if so, it is easy to understand why she fell from grace. Correspondence Philadelphia 2mt$. The Government Library. Readers who are eager for statistics may seek to know something of the pe cuniary value of the collection of books which the people own at Washington. The expenditures upon the library of the government, ii compared witn its extent and value, has not been great. The sum total of the appropriations of Congress for books Irom 1S00 to 1878 Has not exceeded $640,000, and this is in clusive of the cost of two conflagrations. The British Museum Library, which numbers 1, 100,000 volumes, is supposed to have cost about $3,000,000 (600,000) ; but as not not only this collection, but all the great government libraries of Europe, are rich in rare and early printed books, as well as in manu scripts, and many of them in costly en- .1 1 1 1 gravings, mere una ue jiu jubii unsin lur a comparison between them and a col lection so modern in its origin, as well as its principal contents, as our own. The library of the British museum, moreover, nas enjoyed for more than a century the benefit of the copyright, bringing in free of cost all the publica tions of the British and colonial press. The library at Washington, though founded in the beginning ot tne century, reallv dates from 1853. when only 20.- 000 volumes were saved from the flames. It would be unreasonable to expect that an American national library should rival those of the old world in those col lections of incunabula and precious manu-; scripts which centuries of opportunity have enabled them to assemble. There are now twelve libraries in Europe out numbering the libfary of Congress in the books upon their shelves; yet the growth of our national library has been so rapid as to have twice doubled the numeral extent of the collection in fif teen years. In 1S63 the library of Wash ington contained 72,000 volumes ; in 1M67. 165,000; and in 1878 the collection had risen to 340,000 volumes, besides pamphlets. The Boston public library alone among American collections, ap proximate it in size, and even a little exceeds it if we count the books con tained in its seven branches in the suburbs of Boston, which, however, are duplicates of the parent collection. But the numerical standard is far from iur- nishing an adequate test of the true value of any collection of books, save in the presumptive it furnishes that the largest collections will contain the best works printed in every field. It may be said for U10 library Oi Congress that, in the main, its stores have been selected with a view to the highest utility, and with some general plan of unity ;' it has not, like the British museum library, the Boston public library, and some other large institutions, been the recip ient of extensive donations or bequests, which while greatly enriching the col lections, tends also to the multiplica tion of duplicates. It were to be wished that all authors of books, and especially of pamphlets, should bear in mind that this great collection at Washington is the representative library of the coun try, and by placing in it copies of their productions, whether protected by copy right or not, secure to their thought a place where it will be sure ot transmis sion to that posterity which may care to examine it. All pamphlets coming to this library are treated with the same honor as books, acknowledged, sepa rately bound (instead of having their identity liierited with others in incon gruous volumes), and classified in their proper relation upon the shelves. Educating Horses. Horses can be educated to the extent of their understanding, as well as chil dren can be easily damaged or ruined by bay management. It is believed that the great liability comes more from the different management of men than from variance of natural disposition in the animals. Horses with mettle are more easily educated than those of loss or dull spirits, and are more susceptible of ill training, and consequently may be as good or bad, according to the education they re-eive. Horses with dull spirits arc not by any means proof against bad management, for in any of them may often be found the most provoking ob stinacy, vicious habits of different char acters that render them almost worth less. Could the coming generation of horses in this coumry be kept from the days of colthood to the age of five years in the hands of good, careful managers, there would be seen a vast difl'erenco in tlie general character of the noble ani mals. If a colt is never allowed to get an advantage it will never know that it possesses a power that man cannot con trol, and if it be made familiar with strange objects it will not be skittish and nervous. If a horse is mado accus tomed from his early days to have ob jects hit on his heels, back and hips, he will pay no attention to the giving out ot harness or of a wagon running against him at an unexpected moment. A gun can be fired from tlie back of a horse, an umbrella held over his head, a buffalo robe thrown over his neck, a railroad engine pass close by, his heels bumped with sticks, and the animal take it all as the natural condition of things, if only taught by careful management that he will not be injured thereby. There is a great need ol improvement in the man agement of this noble animal, less beat ing and more educating. Rales for Acquiring Wealth. Be honest. If Satan tempts you to de fraud your neighbor, it is only that he may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in the end. Be temperate. Liquor has made more paupers than all other vices combined. Be industrious. Indolence, debt and disease are brothers. Let your word be your bond. Good credit is a fortune to begin with. Limit your expenses by necessity and comfort, leaving a good balance for mar gin saved. Invest your funds carefully and intelli gently. Beware of the brilliant bubbles that are blown up to tempt ingenious speeulators. . (jive your personal attention to your business. To do this, keep brain and body healthlul. Antnmn Leaves. Autumn leaves are falling, falling, tailing Slowly to the ground j Angels sad are calling, calling, calling - To the weary hearts with mournful found; Solemn sound. Antnmn leaves are sailing, sailing, sailing Sottly through the air; Loving hearts are lading, failing, failing; Azrael hovers, beck nmg everywhere -Everywhere. Autumn leaves are dying, dying, dying t Sadly, one by one; Broken hearts are lying, lying, lying . . jt . ... ... In their rest where dark despair is clone; - " Grief is done. Autumn loaves are speaking, epeaking, speak ing ' - To the thoughtless souls Who, but pleasure seeking, seeking, seeking, Heed not as hie ever onward rolls; Swiltly rolls. Autumn leaves are pleading, pleading, plead ing In prophetic tone, With the thousands speeding, speeding, speeding To appear before their Maker's throne; A wiul throne! Emile Pickkardt. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A handsome thing in dress goods : A pretty girl. Ottawa Republican. Scotland has produced another pea sant bard named Anderson, a railroad laborer. When the night is pitch dark, it does by no means follow that it's s-tarry. Whim Wlmms. Some one who believes that brevity is tlie soul of wit" writes, "Don't eat stale Q-ctimbcrs. They'll W up." No matter how a young lady's hat is lost it is almost certain to turn up either behind or at the side. Sandy Slone. We presume tlie axletrees of railroad car wheels are called journals because of their rapid circulation. Boston Tran script. There are thirty thousand deaf mutes in the United States, and fifty places of worship where services arc conducted in tlie sign language. "It is more disgraceful, my soriV'said a fond parent, " to wear a black eyathan it is to wear shabby clothes. " Ya-as," replied the boy, "but the clothes are hardest to get rid of." And the old man sat silent for a long time, thinking what to say, and by the time lie thought of it his boy had been over in the neighbor's yard fifteen minutes, and had " licked " the neighbor's son and won a white alley, two crystals and a boly. hawk eye. A terror remembered is sometimes more dangerous than the same terror actually experienced. One Sunday, not long ago, as a young woman was cross ing the Hue St. Ilonore, Paris, she was suddenly knocked down by a high wheeled cart, known as a spider. Her peril was imminent, but she retained her self-possession and relieved the anxiety of tlie spectators by regaining her feet and reactiing the sidewalk very little the worse lor her mishap. As soon as sTie reached home she began to relate the in cident to her friends, and while doing bo was seized with a violent attack of nerv ous agitation, and sank fainting on the floor. S:ie never spoke again. A LAY. Ob, these memories all flow Inward, On my tired heart Ho-day, And I almost smell tlie ulovur, While I list, tlie robins lay. Lilla JV. Cuthman. I.ATEH. ' Sweet the fcummcr breezes gontly Sweep ulong the cottage thatch, And I almrat 6niell the clover, While I list, tho robins hatch. Stevbenpille Herat 1. LATEST And while autumn winds are nighiug, Echoing ray heart's pad throbbin'u, i cBterday we shot and made a Bully pot-pie of the robins. Burlimjlon Hawkeyt. How the Sparrow was Introduced. One of the most interesting papers in Tlarper's relates to a little bird that has been the subjection of praise and of de nunciation also. There is much dispute as to the merits or the shortcomings of the sparrow, and we are not certain the American people will gratefully remem ber the person who first introduced the foreigner to our country. This attempt was made we are told by a gentleman named Desblois, in Portland, Maine, during tlie autumn of 1S58; he brought over a few birds from the continent, and liberated them in a large garden which was situated within the central part of the city. They remained there shelter ed nnd secure under the eaves of a neigh boring church throughout the winter, and in the following spring settled down happily enough to tlie labor of nest-building and rearing their young. Two years later the first pair of these finches were set at liberty near Madison Square, New York city; the importa tion was steadily repeated, the birds being released ih the Central Park and at Jersey City. They were first intro duced to Boston in IMS by the city gov ernment, and to Philadelphia by the municipal authorities in 1M9, and from small beginnings the house-sparrow has been spread all over this northern coun try wherever we have a city east of the Rocky mountains, and the fluttering floe :s of the robust, noiy lit'le foreign er enliven the streets thereof in every direction. Their numbers are near' countless. Buffalo CotninercUU. 2-
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