VOL. LV.
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in theroonu formerly occupied by the
A LOVK SONG.
O. lassie wilt thou gang with m*
A down the meadows greet) ?
The pretty thrush sings merrily
The lilac leaves between;
The ox-eyed daisy noddeth low
A' through thy locks of Jet
And wherefore should 1 gang with tt. <
A down the meadows green,
K'eti though the thrush slug tuerrU)
The lilac leaves between?
Low nods the modest daisy flow er
The soft wind bloweth free;
Hut at this early matin hour
Why should 1 gaug with thee?
The Ivy swingeth on the wall.
With sunlight glints between;
o lassie, thou so fair and tall,
Couie down the meadows green:
And by yon brook grow violets blue,
Like unto thy sweet eyes
O come and hear my love so true -
The love that never dies.
Yea, laddie, an' that be the why,
1 fain would gaug along—
For true, true love doth never the
Hut yearly waxeth stroug,
0 winds and flow ers, and Ivy vine.
How sweet you be to day 1
O yellow sun, hew bright you shine!
Come, laddie, let's away I
WHOSE FAI'LT.
Fred Dayton assisted his wife's cou
sin, Jennv Searles, into the carriage
that was waiting for her at the station.
She had been his wife's bridesmaid,
and he sighed as he looked in her smil
ing face.
It was three years since that so-called
happy event occurred, but though she
was a trifle more staid and dignified, she
had the same happy smile, neat, trim ap
pearance that he so well remembered.
"You will find Fanny a good deal al
tered," he said, as he took a seat by
her side.
Jenny eas a somewhat surprised
glance at the grave face of the speaker.
" Why, how? Has she been ill?
44 Well, no! I can't say that she has
been ill," was the hesitating reply; 44 but
she—she's changed. Marriage don't
seem to havo agreeed with her very
well."
The laugh that ended these words
sounded rather forced. Perhaps he f a lt
the implication conveyed by them; or,
rather, the fact itself.
Jenny looked earnestly into the frank,
kindly face of the speaker.
Was it his fault?—for there must be a
fault somewhere.
The house, as the carriage stopped in
front of it, looked as if it was all shut
up.
If Jenny had expected to see her con
sin in the hall she was diss
Fred looked slightly disconcerted as
he glanced around.
44 Fanny's iu her room, I suppose; I'll
hunt her up."
44 Ah! there you are, Fan."
Here a dowdily-dressed woman made
her appearance at the other end of the
hall, whom Jenny would have failed to
recognize had it not been for the warm
embrace and eager greeting.
After leading the way to the dark and
rather untidy sitting-room, Fanny's an
imation all at once forsook her, and,
throwing herself upon the sofa, she
burst inth tears, much to Jenny's sur
prise and consternation.
44 The sight of you reminds me so of
the happy past!" sighed Fanny, as she
wiped away her tears.
44 And the present is no less happy,
I hope?" suggested Jenny, feeling for
her cousin's husband, who looked fool
ishly conscious that he was m some way
considered to be at fault.
Fanny's only reply was a mournful
shake of the head, which, rightly inter
preted, meant that she never expected
to be so happy again as long as she
lived.
Putting his hands in his pocket Fred
walked to the window, whisting softly
to himst If with an ill dissembled air of
unconcern.
" If you knew how that noise goes
through my head, Fred!" remoustrated
Fanny, as she rang for Ann to tuke
away her cousin's things.
Fred ceased whistling, taking him
self out of the room at the same time.
Fanny gave her cousin a look, as
much as to say, "You see what I have
to put up with?"
As soon as the door closed after her
husband Fanny's countenance lost its
disconsolate, abused expression, and she
oommenced talking with her visitor with
considerable spirit and animation.
Jenny now had an opportunity to ob
serve her more particularly.
It was nearly dinner-time, and still
she had on the calico wrapper that she
had worn at breakfast; not much scaled,
but still faded and wrinkled.
She wore neither cuffs nor collar,
while her pretty brown hair—pretty
when properly cared for—was smoothed
over the top and tucked back of her ears
in tangled bunches.
Her feet were thrust into a pair of old
slippers, much too large for her and
down at the heels.
As Jenny looked at her she could
hardly believe that it was her cousin,
Fanny Burns, who always used to look
so fresh and neat, so dmiling and happy.
From the habit of giving way to all
her peevish and discontented feelings as
they arose, it seemed impossible for her
to look pleasant now, when she tried ;
while her very voice, which used to have
such a clear and cheerful ring, had be
come infected by them.
In answering and asking questions the
time passed rapidly until it was nearly
Mil.Ml KIM. PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1881.
time for dinner.
" 1 had no idea it was so near dinner
time," Maid Jennv, rising to her feet, as
she glanced at her watch. " 1 shall
hardly giro you time to dress."
44 O! I sha'n't make any change in my
dress; there'll he nobody hut my husband
at dinner, and you won't mind."
" No, certainly, I sha'n't mind."
There was more than this on Jenny's
lips, hut she cheeked herself.
This was not the right time to speak,
even if she had any right to speak at
all.
There could scarcely he a greater con
trast than tlio*e two presented at the
dinner-table, both of nearly the same
age, and both endowed with more than
usual personal attractions.
At the time of her marriage. Fanny
had been called the prettier; but it'was
quite the contrary now, and all the dif
ference lay in the dress and expression.
Not that Jenny's attire was either
gay or expensive.
The dress was a simple merino, simply
made and trimmed, hut it fitted neatly
the neat waist of the wearer. The cuffs
and collar were white and fresh, with a
knot of bright rihhous at her throat.
On the contrary, Fanny wore the
same faded, ill-titting dress of the morn
ing, with the addition—if addition it
could he called—of a half-soiled collar,
pinned away and fastened with a hunch
of dingy ribbon.
It was impossible for Fred not to no
tice the difference, and making a men
tal comment on it not very flattering to
the wife of his choice.
The contrast was too marked to escape
her notice, though it was easy to see
that she ascribed the change to their
different conditions.
"Ah! you won't think it's worth while
to fuss so much after you're married,
Jen," she said, with a laugh.
44 Perhaps Miss Jenny will think her
husband worth dressing for," retorted
Fred.
44 If she does, I hope it will be for a
husband who cares enough for her soci
ety to spend one evening at home out of
six,
Fred turned red with anger and mor
tification.
It was evident to Jenny that this
would not have been the last of it had
she not been present.
She hastened to change the subject,
lieiug aided in tnc endeavor- by the ad
vent of baby.
It was a lovely child, and one would
suppose would he an additional tie to
hind their hearts together, hut instead of
that it was a constant bone of conten
tion.
Thus matters went on for some days.
Jenny observed with pain that Fred was
in the habit of spending most of bis eve
nings out. For a while after she came
he stayed in. hut mortified as well as ir
ritated by his wife's slovenly appear
ance and fretful complaining, he gradu
ally absented himself, until he rarely
spent an evening at home.
"Is Mr. Dayton out this evening!"
inquired Jenny, as, entering the sitting
room, she glanced around.
4 'You never need ask, that question,"
returned Fanny; " he's always out."
Jenny had long wished foj an opj>or
tunity to talk with her cousin. After a
moment's grave silence ehe said:
"And do you know what the end of
this will be, Fanny?"
44 Ruin, I suppose," was the bitter re
ponse. 44 But there is no help for it, as
I see. It is something for which lam
not responsible."
44 But I think you are, Fanny."
"I?" replied Fanny, opening her eyes
widely; 44 what can you mean?"
"Just what I say, my dear cousin.
When you married Frederick Dayton,
no man was more domestically inclined
or fonder of his wife and home than he."
" He's got over it bravely!" exclaimed
Fanny, with a bitter laugh. 44 He don't
act as if lie hud the slightest affection for
me, and seems to prefer any place to his
home."
"And is not this in a great measure
your own fault? Nay, look not so an
gry, dear cousin; I love you too well to
see you recklessly throwing away your
happiness and his. Did not the altera
tion you speak of spring from the change
in you? We cannot love what is un
lovely. No man can love a wife who
takes 110 pains to make her person neat
and attrative, or a home that is full of
hickeriugs and discomfort. Before
your marriage you would have been ter
rified at the idea of his catching a
glimpse of you in the attire in which
you now allow him to see you all day.
Why should you seek to look less pleas
ing in his eyes now than then?"
Fanny glanced at the opposite mirror
that revealed so unflattering a tale,
coloring with anger and mortification.
"It is impossible for a married women
to dress as she did when a girl, and 110
man has a right to expect it.
"Every man has a right to expect his
wife to have sufficient respect for him
to present a neat and tidy appearance.
You did not consider it too much trouble
to dress when Judge Bairy called on yon.
And last evening, at the party, when Mr.
Howard picked up your hankercliief,
you received it with a look and smile
such as I have not seen you bestow upon
your husband, even when he took twice
the pains to please you!"
"You are very severe,"said Fanny,
her eyes tilling with tears,
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend.
My dear Fanny, two ways are open to
you. You can cither make home to
your husband the dearest place in the
world, and yourself oue of the most be
loved ami happy of wives, or you can
alienate his affections, driving him to
haunts and companionship that will
wreck the peace and happiness of both.'
Here they were interrupted by the ad
vent of visitors.
Jenny returned home the next morn
ing, so she had no opportunity of know
ing what effect her earnest ap}H*al had
upon the better feeling of her cousin.
It was some months before Fanny
and Jenny met again, and then it was at
the marriage that transformed the latter
into the loved and loving wife of the
husband of her choice.
The happy smile on the face of Fred,
and w hit h was reflected back from the
smiling eyes of life* wife, told of the
happy change that had been wrought.
4 "Fred spends all his evenings at
home now," said Fanny, giving her cou
sin a significant lodk.
"Why shouldn't I?" cried the happy
husband, when I 4ave the dearest wife
and the pleasantest home in the world!"
IVrry'a I'M Victory.
Sixty cieht years ago a battle was fought
on Lake Erie between a fleet commanded
by Commodore Oliver H. Perry, then 27
years of age, and a British squadron com
manded by Commodore Barclay. The
American command ccnsisted of nine ves
sels, viz.: The flagship Lawrence, 20 guns;
the Niagara, 20 guus; the Caledonia, 3
guns; the Ariel, 4 guns; the Scorpion, 2
guns; the Soiners, 2 guns; the Trippe, Ti
gress and Porcupine, 1 guu each. The
British squadron consisted of flagship De-
troit, 19 guns; Queen Charlotte, 17 guns;
Hunter, 10 guns; Lady Provost, 13 guns;
Little Belt, 8 guns; Chippewa, 1 gun and
2 swivels. In cannon the British outnum
bered the American! by 10. Six of the
vessels were built a! Erie, under the in
spection and direction of Perry, in about
90 days, and by the aid of camels were
tloated over the bar which hemmed them
in, equipped ready to sail—a work at that
day of no common magnitude. When the
fleet met, the Lawrence bore at her msst
head a flag inscribed With the last words
of the brave commander of the Chesa
peake, "Don'tgive up the ship.' 1 The
battle raged with iuteuse severity on both
sides. The late Dr. Usher Parsons, who
was surgeon in-chief on board the Law
rence, 6M}B that "for more than two long
hours little could he heard but the deafen
ing thunders of our "Cwn broadsides, the
crash of balls dashing through the timbers,
and the shrieks of the wouuded. These
were brought down faster than 1 could at
tend to them, farther than to stay the
bleeding, or suppoit the shattered limb
with splints, and pass them forward upon
the berth deck. Two or three were killed
near me. after being wounded. * * *
When the battle was raging most severely,
Midshipman Lamb came down wiih bis
arm badly fractured; 1 applied a splint ahd
requested him to go forward and lie down;
as he was leaving me and while my baud
was on him, a cannon ball struck him in
the side and dashed kirn against the othor
side of the room, which instantly termin
ated biß sufferings. Charles Pohig, a Nar
ragansett Indian, who was badly wounded,
s iffered in like manner. * * * Lieut.
Varuell had his scalp badly torn, and came
below wit J the blood streaming over bis
face; some lint was Lastily applied and
contined v. ith a large bandauua, with di
rections to report himself for better dress
ing after the battle, aud he insisted on re
turning to the deck.'' The duties of Dr.
Parsons were arduous and exhausting, and
were performed with persistent fidelity,
until the last man had keen cared for. He
experienced several hairbreadth escapes,
aud alter the close of the war pursued ms
profession for many years in this city, hon
ored witli a professorship iu Brown uuiver
sity, aud respected by lis fellow citizens.
The Lawrence, against which the heav
iest tire ot the enemy was at first directed
was terribly cut up, aud rendered nearly
unmanageable. In llr; midst of a storm
of sbot, Commodore Perry quitted hei
and proceeding to the Niagara, took com
mand, brought her up into close quar
ters with the enemy, aud soon insured
victory. From Put-in-Bay, he wrote to
Gen. Harrison this terse and comprehen
sive sentence: "Dear General: We have
met the enemy and they are ours." Un
the same day lie wrote to the Secretary of
t'ie Navy: "It has pleased tLe Almighty to
give to the arms of the United btates a
signal victory over their enemies on this
lake. The British squadron, consisting of
two ships, two brigs, one sloop and one
schooner, have this moment surrendered
to the force under my command atter a
sharp conflict." The hss of the Americans
iu this battle was 27 killed and 90 wounded.
Uf these 22 were killed aud 01 wouuded
on board the Lawrence. Tne British loss
was 41 killed aud 94 wounded. Commo
dore Barclay bore tesiimony to the human
ity of the Americans in caring for his
wounded men. The battle wus an impor
tant one iu its results. It gave to our
government the command of Lake Eiie,
which up to that date, had been controlled
by the British. With this success grave
and vital issues were connected. In com
municating this achievement to Congress,
President Madison used the following com
plimentary language: "The conduct of
Capt. Perry, adioit as it was daring, and
which was so weil seconded by his com
rades, justly entitles them to the admira
lion aud gratitude of their couutry, aud
will fill an early page iu its naval
annals with a victory never surpassed iu
luster, however inucu it may have been in
magnitude.'' The attempt in subsequent
years to wrest the glory of this victory
from Commodore Perry, and transfer the
chaplet to the brow of his second iu com
mand, Elliott, proved 4t a lame aud impo
tent conclusion.'' bo long as bravery,
skill ana moral worth hold a place in
public i stimation, the roll of fame will re
tain high upon it the name of Perry, while
by every Rhode Islander the names of
Brownell, Turner, Champlin. Almy.Breese,
lay lor, Par ous, Alexander Perry and
their Rhode Islaud compeers, will ever be
held in honor.
A Trickster tricked.
Even Hemann, the greatest of all liv
ing tricksters, and whose conversance
with the black art should, one would
think, place him beyond the possibility
of being on the wrong side of a trick, in
himself once in a while victimized in a
manner that raises a loud laugh. One
night the magician had the most recent
laugh placed against him. In his pro
gramme he introduces his marvelous
cabinet, a large institution like a two
story refrigerator, with double doors
opening so as to expose the whole in
terior, which iscrossbarred in the man
ner made familiar to the public in con
struction of tables for living heads ami
half women. In this cabinet he seciets
a sailor, who mysteriously disappears,
although the audience can see under and
all around the affair, and two gentlemen
are sitting ou the stage within three
yards of it. The sailor cannot jossibl v
leave the cabinet without being seen,
and the trick consists in so disposing of
the panels of the interior that, although
the doors are swung wide, the eye cuu
not detect any change in the appearauce
of the compartment. There are several
variations of the trick. The sailor in
stantly releases himself from a pair of
stocks when locked inside. He also
gets out of a securely fastened and rope
bouml trunk, and there are numerous
hands *liown at the openings in the
doors, but the most marvelous feature
of the whole thing is the appearance of
a little colored lsy in the auditorium
less than a minute after he has been
hustled into the cabinet. The trick went
well enough until this stage of the per
formance was reached: The boy was
rushed into the cabinet; Hermann open
ed the doors a moment aftreward and
the boy was gone.
"80-y! 80-y!" the magician shouted.
"W'ere air you, boy?"
But no "boy" showed up in the uu
ditorium. The call was repeated a
numlter of rimes, and Hermann was at
last almost in despair. At last one of
the ushers ran up the parquet aisle,
making directly for the magician.
"W'ere eez debo-y?" Hermann shout
ed. "You are notlieem. Yen luke too
pale."
The usher grabbed the magician's left
ear and whispered a few hurried words
into it. He told him that the colored
boy was then on his way to the calal>oose
in the arms of a tall policeman, and
would not be able to finish his share of
the trick until he was bailed out. Her
mann could not have been more astonish
ed if he hod been struck with a brick.
He slammed the doors of the cabinet
angrily, told the audience that his
"bo-y" had been arrested by a police
officer, and he would have to bring the
trick to a close without the usual
triumphant denouement.
The explanation of the difficulty is
very easy: The boy, a smart 14-vear
old boy whom Hermann secured in
Memphis, in making liis way out of the
cabinet runs for the back door of the
stage, and then, with the fleetness of a
twolegged Iroquois, flies through the
alley and around the corner into the
entrance of the theatre just in time to
answer "Here I am" to the magician's
"80-y w 'ere air you?" As he darted
out of the alley the boy ran into an offi
cer's arms. The policeman, imagining
that the little fellow hid stolen some
thing, carried him off to the station,
wholly unconscious of the fact that he
had quite spoiled one of Hermann's best
tricks.
A light with a Rat.
A few nights ago a Hart for J man
beard a rat in his sleeping-room, and
on striking a light found that his rat
ship had evidently lost his way, for he
was running wildly about seeking a
place to escape. The gentleman opened
a door to get a broom or some other
weapon with which to dispatch him,
and the frightened rat. taking advant
age of the opening, scampered across
the room over the man's bare feet and
out of the door before of could be closed.
The rat ran down the back stairs and in
to the kitchen, followed by the man clad
only in his night robe with a kerosene
lamp in one hand and a broom in the
other. Before beginning the fight in
earnest; the gentleman let in his young
dog, thinking this would be a good lime
to initiate the animal into the mystery
of rat killing. The dog got his eye up
on the rat—a large old fellow—and then
skulked off into the corner and lay down.
The gentleman, seeing his "purp" was
not to be depended upon, "went for" the
rat with his broom. He brought the
weapon down with a vengeance, but like
Patrick's flea, the rat wasn't there.
After two or three miss-strikes the man's
"dander riz" and the battle was vigo
rously waged. The rat circled round
and round the room followed by his hu
man foe with higli-lifted lamp and swing
ing broom. This animated scene also
frightened the dog and he went round
and round the room with master and rat,
adding to the uproar. The rat was so
desperately scared he at last, in sheer
desperation, sprang towards the man,
ran up his legs and half way up his
body before he was dislodged. This
sudden onslaught caused the gentleman
to retire for a few minutes, and when he
returned he was in full dress with rub
ber boots on and breeches legs tucked
iu at the top. No more rats on un-
covered legs in his'n. Now he was
ready for the fray again. But where
w as the rat? Ho was nowhere to be seen.
The gentleman looked in every nook
and corner for him, but he was not to be
found. The dog still occupied his cor
ner and was trembling as though badly
frightened. His master spoke kindly to
him, and the animal came toward him
when lo! the rat was exposed to view.
11l his fright he had taken refuge under
the dog. Tlio gentleman once more
went for the rat and the same scene was
repeated, the rat again running to the
dog for safety. He was dislodged from
this retreat a second time, and once
more, when hard pressed, he turned up
on his two-legged adversary. But lie
fore the rat could clamber up his person
a blow from the broom stunned him and
a boot heel finished the tight. The
skirmish lasted übout half an hour, no
rat ever before making a more desperate
straggle for his life. But the odds were
"agin him" from the start, and one
more victory nnut be credited to the
enemy of the rat race.
A Vvlluwitou Ih-ur Story.
The Fire Hole Hotel is located on the
west side of the lower basin at the foot
of the mountain, near a good spring of
water, and from which can be had a
line view of the valley. Marshall, the
proprietor, has a thirty years' lease from
the government, and will odd to his
house as the business of the public de
mands. This is the only house in the
Pork beside the one at the entrance. It
is a wild and solitary place to spend the
winter, which Marshall and his wife,
with a young lady companion, did for
the first time lust winter, and in this
connection he told mc a bear story. He
said that after visitors ceased coming tt.
the Park last full he went to Virginia
City for his winter supplies, leaving hi*
wile, children and the young woman it
charge of the place. Near the house, in
the rear, was situated a dug-out or root
house, where he stored his potatoes,
etc., to keep them from freezing, and tt;
ventilate which he used a joint of stove
pi l>e. One morning during his absence
his wife looked out of the window ami
saw a bear pulling down the pipe ami
trying to dig into the root house, in
which they had also stored most of their
provisions. The womeu were at their
wits' end as to what course to pursue.
They at first threw tin cans from the
windows and managed to disturb bruin
for a few moments, but he soon returned,
as he had already sniffed the good things
of that ground cellar, and he did not
promise to be scared off with tin cans.
Mrs. Marshall, brave enough to be left
alone, did not intend to have all of her
provisions taken l>efore her eyes, and
proposed to load the rifle if her com
panion would fire it at the bear, which
being complied with, a good charge was
soon placed in the gun, which was laid
across the window-sill and discharged at
his bearship, but the aim, not being ac
curate, did not strike him in a vital part,
although his actions showed that he was
hit. He retreated to the hillside, aat
iq>on his haunches, took a view of the
situation, and then disappeared in the
bushes, where he remained. The wo
men were not satisfied and they went
after that boar—a very imprudent thing,
to say the least; but nevertheless, they
went, for (as they expressed it) they
were afraid he might come bark again
in the night, and, as they were satisfied
he was wounded, they wanted to finish
him. Loading the rifle again, they went
cautiously up the hillside, until they
discovered the bear standing in a small
clearing, w hen the women prepared for
action by laying the gun across a log
and taking deliberate aim, hitting the
animal behind the foreslioulder, when
he came rolling down the hill. The
women did not stop to see whether the
bear w as rolling or running—they imag
ined the latter—and both ran for dear
life, dropping the gun as they went for
the house, which they reaohed before
easting a glance in the rear. Whan
safe in the house they took a view of
the situation, and could see bruin dou
bled up and giving his last kick. He
finally became quiet, and they ventured
out and got possession of their gun,
which was loaded, and a third charge
put into the bear to make sure he was
not playing 'possu n. When Marshall
came home lie weighed the bear, and
it brought dow u the beam to 350 pounds.
He tells the story of the action of the
brave women with a great deal of pride,
and the young woman who did the
shooting has become quite a heroine.
Tlie Old Home.
••Darling, wake up ami stop snoring,
said a Detroit woman to her husband.
"Eh? Whazza matter now?" he asked as
he half raised up. n bed.
"YVont't you p ease stop snoring? If you
only knew how homesick it made me I'm
sure you would."
"Homesick! How the deuce can my in
nocent snore make you homesick."
"Why, you know, daniug, that the home
on the coast from which you took me a
joyous bride, was only half a mile from a
government fog-horn, and every time you
snore it reminds me so of home that I just
cau't stand it. Please lay on your side and
have some little respect for my feelings,"
And theu the brute spread himself out
on his back and in five minutes had bar
bathed in tears as visions of the old home
crept upon her.
, Hope Deferred.
" When we are married, Lucy," said
the poor man's son to the rich man's
daughter, "our honeymoon shall be
passed abroad. We will drive in the
Bois, promenade the Prada, gaze down
into the blue waters of the Adriatic from
the Kialto, and enjey the Neapolitan
sunsets while strolling along the Chiaja."
•' How delicious!" she murmured.
"But, John, dear! have you money
enough to do all this ? For pa says I
mustu't expect anything until he dies!"
John's countenance underwent such a
change that she couldn't help asking
him if he felt sick.
"No, darling!" he answered, faintly;
"I am not sick! I was only thinking
that perhaps we had better postpone
the marriage until after he funeral!"
A Great Lake.
The proposal to make a great lake in the
extreme North of this continent by closing
the northerly outlet of the valley of the
Mackenzie river at the line of 68 degrees,
and thus storing up the water of 1.200,000
square miles, is an admirable one for some
reasons, while tor others it can hardly be
looked upon favorably. Points in favor of
the scheme are that by carrying it out a
lake 2,000 miles long by 200 wide would
be established, which, would lie "a never
failing feeder for the Mississippi, and
would connect the Hudson Bay with the
great lakes, and also with the interior of
Alaska through the Yukon and atb tents.
The connection of the Upper Mississippi
with Lake Mackenzie would be a compa
lative easy matter, and u vast amount of
navigable waterway would be added to the
river. The formation of Lake Mackenzie
would also contribute to the proposed ship
canal fioiu Cairo, 111., to the Gulf of Bt.
Lawrence by the most straight line which
cuts the Wabash Valley, the Lake Erie and
Ontario and the Lower St. Lawrence. The
outlook is beautiful from these points of
view, undoubtedly, but not from others;
for if the lake which it is thus proposed to
make should become a real tning, the end
of tbe world might at once becjtne a con
cern of what Mr. Conkhng likes to call tne
"near futun." Sareral years ago a
French physicist named Aduetnar proposed
the theory that through the gradual ac
cumulation of ice at the North Pole, the
earth's center of gravity would eventually
become so widely seperated from its<cen -
ter of sphercity that the globe would sud
denly topple over, and all the land be
flooded with the waters from the South, a
new deluge being thus brought about from
which no Noah, no matter how trim and
tight his ark might be cou.d possibly es
cape. This theory is yet held as valid by
several competent men of sc ence, Mr.
Cro'l among the number, if we are not in
error. To establish at he North Pole such
a lake as is proposed would simply do in a
short tim" what otherwise would be the
work of centuries, for the water accumu
lating thus in a hurry would as surely top
p'e over towards the sun, as the ice. gath
ering slowly, could never cause it to ca
reen. Capitalists who are engaged in the
seheme would, therefore, do well to wait a
bit before attempting to put it into ef
fect.
Curious Set Inhabitant*.
There is a continual warfare going on in
the deep—a constant struggle for the means
'of sustaining life. The carnivorous de
| vour the vegetarians, and the mudeaters
i swallow both animal and vegetable forms;
and this runs all the way down the scale,
from the shark and the equally ravenous
j bluefish to the least of the annelids. These
last—the sea worms—are wary but they
cannnot escape their enemies. If they
were to conhne themselves to the bottom
where they feed, and where many of them
grow to the length of a foot or two—they
might in a measure escape, though they
would still be a prey to the scup and other
tish that know how to dig for them; but
they love to swim, particularly [at night ard
in the breeding season, and tnen they are
snapped up in countless uumbers. They
have almost every variety ot form, and
their structure is marvelous—monsters
with hooked jaws at the end of a proo
scis, and with sides of bluish-green—aui
throw off an infiuite variety of irridescent
hues. Some of the sea worms have scales,
o'.hers soft bodies; some are sluggish, anu
curl themselves up into balls when disturb
ed; others are restless, particularly at
night; some are round otheis flat; some
build tubes of sand and cement, woven to
gether till they make a colony of many
hundred members; the lubes of others are
soft aud flexible, and some, when disturb
ed, withdraw within their crooked, calcare
ous tubes, aud close the orifice with a plug.
One variety of the serpula has three dark
red eyes; another variety has clusters of
eyes on each tentacle. The amphtpods
were accounted of no great value till it
was shown by the Fish Commission that
these small Crustacea furnish a vast amount
of food for both salt ana fresh water fishes,
inueid there is nut a creature that swans
or crawls that does not become the food of
some other animal. A beach flea is caught
up by a :scup or a flouuder, and squids
make havoc among young mackerel, while
sharks and stingrays find something appe
tizing in tne gasteropod.
Sailed Away.
His name was Moses Sparrow. He was
very green. That was tue idea tbat al
ways came into Miss Page's mind wben
slu' looked at ber couutry lady's sou.
Such a rustic youth, with such fair hair,
worn long, sucu blue eyes, such slopkg
thoulders, such a iamb-iike expression—
A ml, be lug tbere at tne iarmhouse, whith
er sue had been sent to spend the summer
months, the city belle resolved that she
would try her powers of tacination upon
the boy, who struck her as so good a sub
ject lor tlertatiOQ, in which all fun was to
be on her side aud all the sentiment ou
his.
And at it she went.begimng with a smile,
a word, and rejoyemg to see the fish bi-e
so readily. She enjoyed herself very much
until she grew tired of it, and then she de
cided on breaking the heart she had won,
aud enjoying the crash. So she turned hnn
out iu the garden aud made him sit beside
her on the bench under the wistarias, anu
said, sadly.
"I'm going home next week. I shall
send you wedding cards when I am mar
ried. lamto be married to a rich old
gentleman uext winter.''
Then she waited to see him drop at
her feet, but be aid not drop. He only
&aid:
"Wal, I'm real glad! I kinder felt
afraid I'd been going too far with you.
I'm a sort of butieilly, tiirtin' from flower
to flower, you know and I have flirted
with you, Idu allow. I was afraid you'd
go oil m a decline or suthiu' —you seemed
to set so much on me—if you heared sud
denly-like that me and Aim Maua was
keepin* steady company. But, law, seuce
you're going to be married, there ain't no
uarm done! I shouldn't hev liked you to
drown yourself, Jike t'other summer boaru
er did, in tbe mill-pond. She bad my
photograph in her pocket when she was
fished out.'' Then he smiled at Miss Page,
and she arose and sailed away from him
with great dignity.
—A codfish produces 3,686,760 eggs;
a mackerel 454,860.
—ln 1526 roses were placed over con
fessionals as symbols of secrecy.
NO. 45.