A MTTI.K wonAH.
Pfcrnar T"i never knrw her. Pli
Wk only know n tn tlicw who love her
And atlll rover her inrmnry
Pare the tre that shine nbnve her.
B? God's frtrnng provldc-nee bereft
Of fnther. mother, alster. brothers,
An1 hmnehvw, friendless, Joyloss left,
(She freely nave her life for others.
Itfrtvt she hud we could not tU
We dared not ask, we never knew It I
Hr heart was like a hidden well
Deep, sealed, and only God saw thronuh It.
On errands sweet with mercy swift
Bho moved, her fnre of Joy the token ;
Her willing hands the wehtht would lift
From many a heart despairing, bro ken.
In weal and woe, tn ralm and storm,
Smiling she trod the path of duty (
Rot beautiful tn fart or form.
For In her life was all the beauty.
DM any weep? Phe wept with them
Did any fall T She comfort gave them I
And whoa the whole world would condemn
She stretched a woman's hand to save them.
And many a sweet "God bless herl" cam"
From the tender touch made human.
And Hps all trembling, breathed her name,
And said: "God bless that little woman."
E. L. Ptanton.
AN INCIDENT OF WAR.
BY AN ENGLISHMAN,
The war which I rpfer to was not one
ttt those which we have lately had upon
or hands, but that which a few years
go ragpd so long, so fiercely, between
the Northern and Southern States of
America. It was my fortune to serve on
the medical staff with a portion of the
Northern army during most of that ter
rible struggle ; and it is needless to sny
that many personal incident! came under
my notice, which will never leave my
memory. Not one of them, however,
made so painful an impression upon me
8 that which I am alxnit to descrile.
Towards noon on the day after one of
the fiercest battles of the war, a young boI
dier was brought in from the battle field,
where by some mischance he had been
overlooked and abandoned, while com
rades of his far less grievously wounded
than he, had been sheltered and tended
before nightfall. The poor fellow had
bin all night and during the long scorch
ing hours of the morning, amid heaps of
dead, lxith men and horses, suffering
from the loss of an arm, and other
wounds. An army surgeon is not as a
rule a man prone to undue sentiment or
to feminine softness at the sight of phys
ical suffering ; I am not conscious of any
weakness that makes me an exception in
this particular. There was, however, in
this youth's expression of countenance
omething which struck me irresistibly,
and with the strong glance of his large
bright eye, fixed my attention and awak
ened my eager interest. He was a slen
der youth, tall, yet gracefully made, with
head which, as the novelist phrases it,
would bring ecstasy to the soul of a sculp
tor; and every feature molded to the
true type of manly beauty. A singlo
glance gave me this summary outline of
My patient before I had time to ascertain
the nature or extent of his injuries. A
very brief examination soon told me that
the life which for hours had been ebbing
0 painfully away, was well nigh spent ;
. and he mast have read the awful truth in
my face, for he whispered to me faintly
ad said aa I rose: "Is there, then, no
hope?"
Alas! there was no hope; but I had
not speech to tell him so ; for something
was rising into my throat and choking
me, and a moisture in my eyes was
blinding me ; and the only reply I could
give him was a shake of my head. The
brave spirit which had nerved him
through the fight had kept him up till
now; but now, when the dismal truth
bad broken upon him, there passed over
his pallid face a look of mingled disap
pointment and resignation which it was
painful beyond expression to witness. I
lost no time in giving him such surgical
aid as his deierate condition called for
and his wuuing strength could bear. I
had hardly done so when an unexpected
oice addressed him : "My own dear boy I
my brave heroic boy!" The tone was of
cheery encouragement, yet feebly dis
guising the woe of a breaking heart; for
it was his mother's voice that spoke, and
her lips that kissed his fevered brow.
Gently she turned back his disordered
nd blood stained locks, diasembling with
evident effort the mother's anguish lest
he should add another sorrow to the
pangs of his dying hour.
"My mother!" he cried with almost
frantic delight. "Is it you, my mother!
How came you here? Is it you, or am I
dreaming?" and as he spoke he threw
his only remaining arm around her neck,
and kissed hor with all the rapture of a
child. "Thank Ood!" he continued in
snatches, as his failing strength allowed
him "thank Ood for this blessed joy,
that I see your face once more, my
mother. All last night, as I lay amid the
dreadful sights around me, I prayed that
I might look once more upon your face,
niy sweetest mother, once more hear your
voice. I seemed to pray in vain, yet still
I prayed. "
" My poor, poor boy, " she snid ; "a curae
upon the hand that has brought you to
this!" and her tears at length broke from
her control.
To the amazement of all, there ap
peared to be something in this exelama
tion of Jim mother that stimulated the
dytr. youth to a final effort of speech
and motion. He half raised himself
from his bed, and with that unaccounta
ble energy which sometimes marks the
closing moments of life, he siiid: "No,
no! don't say that. Don't say accurst.
You know not the words you aro speak
ing. Oh!" he cried after a moment's
THiise, "how shall I tell her the horrible
tale? How can I smite her down with
such a blow, at such an hour?" and ho
fell Lack e.vhuusted upon his pillow.
The effort had been too much for him,
and for some moments we doubted if the
spirit had not tied. It was only a pass
ing weakness, however, und before long
ue rallied again. Again he spoke, but
with a kind of dreamy half conscious
n.s, at one moment gazing into his
mother's eyes, at another seemingly for
fjotful of her presence.
, "Truly it was a bloody field," he said.
"I had I won in several hard fought fightu,
before, but they were all children's pas
time compared with that of yesterday,
No sooner had we come in sight of the
enemy, than the ringing voice of tho
general was heard : 'At them, my boys,
and do your duty!' What happened
after that I know not. Know not. do I
say? Oh, would it w-ere true that I
knew not! Regrimed with dust, each
man was confronted with his own indi
vidual foe j and If there be fighting
among fiends, then surely did our fight
ing resemble theirs. I was myself
wounded, when a fair haired man lioro
down upon me from the opposng line, if
line it could then be called, and I re
ceived his headlong onset with a terrific
bayonet thrust, and as he fell I thought
of Cain, and of that deed which haa
made the name of Cain a name of male
diction for ever. I know not why, but I
felt myself to halt in the midst of tho
melee, to kneel beside that fair haired
man nnd look at him. I turned him
over, and looked upon his face his dear,
dead face. Ah! mother, it was it was
my brother's face, and my own arm had
slain him!"
The scene at that moment it would not
be easy to descrilie. In an instant tho
weeping mother's tears were dry nnd her
face became passionless as marble. My
own emotion, which I have already ac
knowledged. I took no pains to conceal.
Kough, hard favored soldiers standing by
listened with bated breath to this more
than tragic narrative, whilo big teat
drops welled from their eyes unchecked
nnd undisguised.
" Yes, " he continued, soliloquising. " my
own arm had slain him. llear, darling
brother Fred! I laid my face upon his,
and it was cold- that face which in our
boyhood seemed but the mirror of my
own ; ever near me at home, at school,
at meat, nnd at play which laughed
when I was glad, and wept when I was
sorrowful. Oh. would we both had died
in those fresh bright days of innocence.
I kissed his pallid lips; I looked into his
eyes, but in them was no responsive
glance. He was dead. I had slain him!
The very thought was a burning madness
in my brain. I heeded not .the carnago
around me. I thought not of my own
wounds, I even knew not when my arm
was gone. Oh, the arm that hail dont
such a deed deserved to perish. Forgive
me. Oh! my brother! How gladly would
I give my life to bring back thine againl
Stay, friends; do not shut out the blessed
light. Let in the light. I can
not see my dear mother Fred,
sweet brother, put up your sword, and
let us play with flowers once more upon
this pleasant grass. "
And so he passed away to join his
brother, let us hope, in a land where
bloom the flowers that never fade, where
strifes and wars are unknown, and where
the mysteries and misunderstandings of
our present state are dispelled by the
light that never dies.
Reverence for the childless mother's
grief, as well as the many voiced call of
duty, prevented my making at tho
moment the inquiries which thronged
my mind both as to the history of this
strangely sorrow smitten family, and the
means by which the poor mother had
come to know of her son's condition and
whereabouts. I have often since tried
to trace her ; but the search has always
been fruitless. They certainly belonged
to the better class of society ; and I think
it likewise certain that they were
Southerners. The younger brother
which I took him to be whose sad nar
rative is here given, had probably resided
for some time in the North, and becom
ing imbued with the sentiments and
opinions which charged the atmosphere
around him, found himself eventually in
the ranks. In a word, I look upon tho
whole episode as one of those awful
coincidences of fate which are generally
thought to take place only in the pages
of romance, but which a pretty wide
experience has taught me to believe aro
by no means infrequent among the un
recorded realities of life.
An Abased Language.
It is curious to note what vulgarisms
creep into the American language, even
the language spoken by well educated,
not to say cultured people. Just at
present tho ear is harrowed by a phrase,
or rather a word, much used by our
belles who assist afternoon hostesses at
that function called a "tea." "My dear,"
6ays one girl to another, "I'm invited to
pour for Mrs. Commonwealth next
Wednesday." "Oh, are you? Well.she
asked me to turn, but I had another en
gagement." Heavens and earth, I
thought, what is the meaning of "pour"
and "turn?" It was some time before
the verbs nnd their implied noun made a
connection in my brain, and then the de
sire to stand these young women in a
comer was so intense I retired to avoid a
demonstration. The century him indeed
grown old and lazy where the tongue
finds so small a word as "tea" difficult of
utterance. To pour tea is about as sim
ple a phrase as can be spoken, and to
drop the final word tea is to render it in
tolerably vulgar. The custom at large
afternoon receptions hereof having two
g od looking girls perform this service,
generally imposed on servants in well
apiointed houses in London, is thor
oughly American, and so, too. is the
abominable fault which has grown out of
it. Boston Herald.
Kerosene Euiultlon,
There is a difference between kerosene
nnd kerosene emulsion in their effects on
plant. Tho emulsion is an excellent
insecticide, and also harmless to animals
and plants. To make the emulsion cut
up half a pound of hard soap and let it
boil in one gallon of water. When boil
in.? add two gallons of, kerosene, but first
remove tho vessel from the fire to guard
against danger. Chum the mixture, and
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water without tin kerosene rising to the
top of the water. The emulsion as
recommended will answer for 25 gallons
of wuter.
Hostess (to visitor, a Frenchman) M.
Dubois, do you like animals? M.Dubois
Yes, yes, roadame! I like all se ani
mals, ze dog, ae cat, ee horse en tin, any
sing rat is beastly. Chicago News,
The Iron Port of the World.
Escanabais the county seat of Delta
county, Mich. It lies at the foot of tho
great pine forests and overlooks Little
Day do Noquet, the head waters of Green
bay. FiVo years since it was practically
a village lit the wilderness.
According to Mr. Nursey's carefully
written report, capable of the fullest
verification. Kscannbn Is tho greatest
Iron port of tho world. He tolls ns that
during tho navigation season of 1890 it
shipped 11,700,000 tone of iron ore, or
nearly double that of all the ore ports of
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
combined. Its lumlcr output amounted
to about 120,000,000 feet, while the
freight capacity of the vessels entering
and clearing from its port exceeded
8.000,000 tons. This compares with the
tonnages of the greatest seaports of the
world, which are: (1) London. 19,000,000;
(2) Liverpool, 14,000,000; (fl) New York,
11.000,000, and next comes Escanoba
with 8,000,000 tons. Iron.
Itonnd the World In Eighty Days.
The first of the new vessels of the
Canadian Pacific line, btrilt to establish
communication between Vancouver and
Japan, has left Liverpool for Vancou
ver, and she takes with her a number
of passengers at an inclusive charge of
120 for an all-round-the-globe trip.
The vessel is a magnifient siocimon of
tho skill of the English shipbuilder.
Her complement of passengers is full,
and these glorified trippers aro timod
to be back in England within eighty
days after their departure from Liver
pool. They will go by way of the Sue
canal and the Indian and Pacific oceans,
and will cross Canada on the Canadian
Pacific line, London Tit-Bits
The Dnty on Imported Gaa. '
The treasury department has approved
the action of the collector of customs at
Buffalo exacting duty on natnral gas
imported into that district in pi pea un
der the Niagara river from tho interior
of Canada. Assistant Secretary Spanl
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objection is perceived to the course sug
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of estimated quantities and tho liqnidar
uon at the end of the months according
to the quantities Bhown by the returns
of the meter. Washington Star.
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