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On the jrrave of vanished days
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TREED ItY A CROCODILE.
BY POBKBT MORTtlS, LL. D.
In the spring of iaM, Charles Ackworth,
of our parts, took a tour through Louisiana,
and upon his return related to me some curi
ous adventures. In the cane-brakes of Lou
isiana he was ensraped one day in a bear
hunt, and, losing his horse, wandered to the
north side of Lake rontchartrain. Seeing
the probability of remaining there until morn
ing, he rigged up his hooks and set himself
to ?atch a supper of fish. Those Southern
lakes have muddy, shelving banks, and it
was necessary to seek a leaning tree, from
which the fisherman might cast his lines into
deep water. After a little search Ackworth
found one exactly to his taste, an ancient
beech tree daring enosgh to spring upon the
edge of the bank, so near in fact that a slight
cave-in had effected its centre of gravity un
til it had bent in humble obeisance far over
the lake. With his fishing tackle alwajs in
his pocket and a couple of frogs caught nap
ping near by, Mr. Ackworth crept along the
stooping trunk, out to the very extremity of
the tree, full sixty feet from shore, and set
him se'f to his work.
The close of the day wt beautiful, and
Ackworth had the spnsibilitis of a natural
ist. The dep green of the spring leaves in
that intense climate reminds one of looking
through green glnssps, and st that particular
hour the verdure seemed more dense than
usual. It was, in fact, so green as to appear
oark, as washer-women mix indigo in their
suds nntil our shirts become white enonch
to appear blue. He had scarcely gat his
bfok in the water before the birds, frighten
ed away at his approach, returned, and,
after n little prudish twisting of necks to
ward him, went on with sport and labor un
disturbed An immense heron, whose legs
dangled under him as he flew, settled upon
a dead branch half-way up an old cypress
and eyed him pleasantly. A gang of pea
cocks cime screaming and circling in their
accustomed manner, their gayish plumage
glittering in gTeen and gold, and their un
drilled voices piercing the ear as harsh as
piccolo flutes. A maternal duck led her
flpct of ducklets directly under him as he
sat, nor entertained any suspicions of his
presence.
A good time had our hero accumulating j
spoil that afternoon. Such a destruction of
the finny tribe must have devastated en'iro
families. Gar. goggle-eyes, oilm, white
perch, red perch and cat yielded successive
ly to the attractions of frog meat, exercised
their various evolutions as if loth to leave
the lake and come to his pouch. Tn the ex
citement of the hour he had scarcely noticed
that the great top in which he was suspend
ed was gradually settling near the water.
His weight so far from the fulcrum had borne
heavily upon the roots and they gave way,
bringing down a great mass of soil, until
half the trunk was under water.
Now, Ackworth was never a good hand to
walk a log. As long ns he had hunted and
fished through torrent and ravine he had al
ways taken the safer way about in prefer
ence to the straighter way across, and tho
he had walked the great beaeh trunk with
pome boldness when out of water, it was
quite a different affair to retrace it with fifty
pounds of fish on his back. Standing long
enough in suspense to see that every mo
ment made the matter worse, gloom and
personal trepidation increasing, he decided
to leave his fish until daylight and make the
passage unloaded. Tie tied his spoils to a
stont branch and begun tho march. With
arms extended as If on tho tight rope he
fixed his ee on the shore, felt the log with
his feet and shuffled awkwardly along at the
rate of two steps to the minute.
Hut the shuffle forward was suddenly ex
changed to back action, as there rose up on
the log before him the head of an enormons
alligator that fixed a pair of wicked little
eyes full upon him. The monster had
doubtless been watching him all the time,
nnd observing his movement shoreward had
cut In just in time to stop it. Charles Ack
worth found himself about the going down
of the sun sixty feet from shore and guarded
bv a Pontchartrain crocodile.
In the first moment of surprise his (the
man's) feet slipped on the slippery log, and
he was completely sonsed in the water be
fore he could scramble nack to his footing.
Then he betook himself to a large limb,
leaving his fish below, and made a deliberate
survey of the situation. While doing this,
and wringing the water from his clothes, his
horror was intensified by seeing the monster
quite as deliberately draw himself on the log
at full length and begin a slow movement
toward him. As the black knobs on his
back rose above the water in nndulatory
motions he conld reckon to an inch the
length of the saurian from the tip of snout to
the last scale upon his swinging caudal.
; J rns was not, however, like measuring a
i dried specimen with tt tane bne. Every foot
j of that fifteen was animated and eager. The
I body was reeking with slime ; his month, as
j he opened and closed it in his awkward
shamble, displayed full rows of those large
round teeth- so coveted by hunters as charg
ers for rifle guns.
The reptile breathed with a sighing sound,
and Ackworth imagined there was an odor
of carrion upon the air. As the hideous rep
tile reached the first fork in the tree his
weight brought down another ton of earth
from the bank, and had not Ackworth been
confident that the longer bough rested upon
the bottom he would have given up all for
lost. As it was, he was obliged to seek a
softer potitiOD, and tfcere tied himself witb
suspenders and hankerchief and prepared to
pass the night. The alligator, seeing the
fish hanging to a limb, took them in at a
gulp, lines and all.
This feat being accomplished the beast
spread himself at full length, and, fixing his
eye upon his prey, suggested in his croeodll
ean style : "Be in no hnrry. I am patient.
I have had my snack. When yoa are tired
roosting there I will have yon."
As the two faced each other thns, the man,
who was not patient, cursed his ill fortune
that he had neither gun nor pistol to match
those villainous teeth. There, in plain sight,
leaned In a dogwood fork, the gun, good at
twenty paces to blow the very skull plates
from the animal's head. There, hanging by
Its side, the riflpd pistols. Only one shot
to bore out that little red eye, and he almost
felt that he conld die happv. A wide yawn
from the aligator Indicated a desire for sleep.
An immense owl of the gray species then
took np his station over the now useless
weapons, and began so dismal a hooting
sounds so unnatural and unexplalnable upon
ordinary principles thnt Ackworth could
only feel they were Intended for his death
song, though why the owl should colleague
with the alligator he conld notimagine. All
this was discouraging enough.
But there was an added horror. Before
the owl had finished the first chapter of his
dirge a splashing in the water called his at
tention to the fact that another alligator had
come on duty. Another reptile, allured by
some Instinctive sense of prey, was swim
ming round the tree-top as if seeking an en
trance and a welcome. DTow many times
that circuit was made will never he known.
How many times Saurian No. 1 raised him
self to his feet st the man's slightest move
ment and opened bis month to Its limit need
not be told. DTow many water snakes
(moccasins') with cold, slimy skins, crent
over Ackworth's hands nnd feet ns they
squirmed throngh the rrpp tops ugh ! The
night In length was Polar, Arctic; In hor
rors, Tartarean. Tt recalled Bunyan's hero
as be passed In the darkness through the
valley of the shadow of death. Would
morning never come? Not a star was visi
ble, for heavy banks of clonds came np over
the lake, and smart showers of rain beat
upon the unprotected fisherman, clinging
now to that tree top. Then It CPaspd. the
wind vpered to the north, and it became
very cold. Ackworth shlveTed ns though
he would break his fastenings. And still
Sentinel No. 2 continued his circuit splash
ing, No. 1 his yawning watch, the gray owl
his heart-rending dirge.
At lat daylight oh! blessed daylight
came. Nature's long sleep ended. The day
birds left their perches. A gang of jaybirds
drove the owl clear down the lake, pricking
the very ta;l feathers out of him. Ever
since tat day Ackworth always kills an
owl when be can. Alligator No. 1, wearried
of fruitless watching, disappeared. The
sun rose gloriously, nnd warmed and dried
him. and cheered his very heart. The
snakes troubled him no more. The mother
dnek came hack with her little fleet, pluming
her feathers lel-nre'y, never suspecting thrt
he raw how playfnllv the ducklets pprked at
every feather she thTw off. The long
legged heron ventured to his day's fishing.
A troop of deer watered within twenty steps
of the gentleman who was perched in the
ton of a beach tree, guarded by an alligator.
It was long after noon, however, before
the renMle, to his great foy. withdrew sullen
ly and sunk to the bottom. No time was
lost by Ackworth in releasing himself from
the bonds and resumed his journey to the
shore, but his limbs were so cramped that he
could scarcely move, and before he had got
half wav down the log a loud splashing be
hind showpd that the alligator had seen the
movement and was on his way to thwart It
Ackworth plunged forward. Tie slipped, he
fell, he spattered the water with Ms hands,
all the time hearing the paddles of his pur
suer drawing nearer. It was a drawn raee,
the parties reached the bank neck-and-neck.
Mr. Ackworth fell at the root of the tree Jnst
as the alligator struck him with his caudal
appendace across the back.
riad the blow fallen a few inches higher
this story would never hare been -published.
A broken back would have disabled the man,
and those white-rowed teeth would have
crushed him. TTis hody, dragged to the bot
tom of the lake, would have heen a bone of
contest for a whole school of alligators. But
it hit a part of the body intentionally elastic,
and the blow hoisted the man clear over the
bank Into a sturdy holly bnsh, whose thorns
penetrated his flesh and rent his garments
in a hundred places. So he was saved.
Sorely bruised and out of breath, his hip
sprained so that he never bestrode saddle
again without pain, Ackworth felt that he
was saved.
Nor was he entirely unavenged. For
should the reader, seeking the scene of this
terrible adventure, discover an alligator of
some fifteen, or by this time eighteen, feet
long, whose right eye Is absent, removed by
a rifle hall, he may safely set him down as
the identical sentinel who made the night
hours dreary with his presence
What a Leap Dm. The pioneer women
of the West were famllar with hardships and
dangers. Yet their life was not wanting in
romantic, incidents. Kate Sherrill, whose
father was among the first to settle in Tenn
essee, could outrun and ontleap any other
woman In the valley of the Watauga. One
day the Indians attacked the settlement, and
the women fled to the fort. Kate's tall,
straight, figure attracted the attention of sev
eral warriors, who tried to head her off. See
ing that she would be caught if she'took the
direct path to the fort, she made a circuit and
arrived In front of the palisades. She tried
to climb over them. Some one Inside leaned
over and grasped her hand. TTis footing
gave way, and both fell to the gronnd, but
on opposite sides of tho high fence.
The Indians were close at hand, and their
builets and arrows fell like hail. It was
climb over or die, for she would not be taken
alive. She ?prang, leaped over and alighted
by the side of C'apt. John Sevier. ITe was
then married ; but on the death of his wife,
three years after Kate's famous leap, he
asked the agile girl to become his wife.
ner husband became the first Governor of
Tennessee. She gave such a reputation to
his home that it was known far and wide as
"the hospitable mansion of the people's fa
vorite." The manners of that primitive people are
illustrated by the care she took of an Import
ed carpet presented to "the first Governor's
wife." It was the first carpet ever laid on a
"puncheon." or split-log floor, west of the
Alleghenies. When company waa expected
it was spread out. After they had gone the
servants dusted, folded, and boxed It up.
BATTLE OF THE BLUE LICKS.
On the 14th of August, 1782, the fatal bat
tle was fought on the old State road, about a
half-mile north of the Lower Blue Licks, of
Kentucky. The Kentuckians who took
part In the fight left Bryant's Station, Fay
ette county, on the afternoon of the 13th,
and were composed of 182 men, according to
one account, and 166 according to another.
The subjoined account of the memorable
fight we copy from "McClung's Sketches" :
"Colonel Daniel Boone headed a strong
party from Boonesborough. Trige brought
np the force from Harrodsburg. John Todd
commanded the militia around Lexington.
Nearly a third of the whole number were
commissioned officers, who took their sta
tions Jn the ranks for the first time. Among
those who bore the rank of colonel were
Majors McBrlde, McGary, Levi Todd, and
Captains Butler and Gordon. Todd and
Trigg, as senior colonels, commanded the
forces. The Indians had followed the buffa
lo track, chopping many trees on each side
of the road with their hatchets, and when
they came In sight of the Kentuckians halt
ed, gaed at them a few moments In silence,
and leisurely disappeared over the top of the
hill. A halt Immediately ensued and a con
sultation was held. The wild and lonely as
pect of the country around them, their dis
tance from any point of support, with the
certainty of being in the presence of a supe
rior enemy, seems to have Inspired a portion
of the officers with a seriousness bordering
upon awe. All eyes were instantly turned
upon Boone, and Col. Todd asked his opin
ion about the situation. lie replied that
their situation was critical and delicate ;
that the force before them was undoubtedly
nnmerous and ready for btttle; that he
was well acquainted with the ground in the
neighborhood, and was apprehensive that an
ambuscade was formed at a distance of a
mile nnd a half in advance, in snch a man
ner, that a concealed enemy might assail
them both In front and flank, before they
were apprised of the danger. It would be
proper, therefore, to do one of two things,
either to await the arrival of Logan, with re
inforcements, or to attack without delay.
Boone was beard in silence and with deep
atention. A difference of opinion immedi
ately sprung up, which was dismissed at
length with snch ardor on both sides that the
boiling bravery of McGary stimulated him to ;
an act which nearly proved destructive to '
his country, ne suddenly interrupted the
consultation by a loud whoop, resembling
the war-cry of the Indians, waved his bat
and shouted aloud :
"Let all who are not cowards follow me !"
The mounted men dashed tnmultuonsly
forward and the footmen were mingled with
them in one rolling and irregular mass. No
order was given and none observed. They
struggled through a dep ford In the river as
best they could, Mcflary still leading the
van. Tpon reaching the top of the hill they
followed the buffalo track with the same
precipitate ardor.
Suddenly the van halted. They had
reached a spot where two ravines headed,
one on each side of the ridge. Here a body
of Indians appeared nnd attacked the van.
The troops were upon a bare and open
ridge ; the Indians in a bushy ravine. The
former found themselves ns if in the wings
of a net, destitute of a proper shelter, while
the enemy, in a great measure, were covered
from their fire. Still, however, they main
tained their ground, and the action became
warm and bloody. The parties gradually
closed the Indians emerged from the ravines,
and the fire became mutually destructive.
The ofScprs suffered dreadfully. Todd nnd
Trigg in the rear, narlan. McBride and the
younger Boone in front, were already killed.
The Indians gradually extended their
lines to turn the right and cut. off the retreat
of the Kentuckians, which had now become
hurried and gpneral The Indians immedi
ately sprang forwaid In pursuit, and, falling
upon them with Mieir tomahawks, made a
cruel slaughter. From the battle ground to
the river the spectacle was terrible. The
horsemen generally escaped ; but the foot
men were almost totally destroyed. Colonel
Boone, after witnessing the death of his son
and many of his dearest friends, found him
self almost entirely surrounded at the very
commencement of the retreat.
Several hundred Indians were between
him and the ford, and to which the attention
of the savages was principally directed. Be
ing intimately acquainted with the ground
he, together with a few friends, dashed into
the ravine which the Indians had occupied,
but which most of them had now left to join
in the pursuit. Fie managed to bafSe one or
two small parties, who pursued him for a
short distance, crossed the river below the
ford, and ertering the wood at a point where
there was no pursuit, returned by a circuit
ous route to Bryant's Station.
In the meantime the great mass of the
pursued and the pursuers crowded on the
bank of the ford. The slaughter in the river
was great. A man by the name of Nether
land, who had formerly been suspected of
cowardice, here displayed a coolness and
presence of mind equally noble and unex
pected. Instantly checking his horse he
called in a loud voice, for his companions to
halt, fire upon the Indians, and save those
who were In the stream. The party In
stantly obeyed, and facing about poured In
a galling and close fare upon the foremost of
their pursners. The enemy instantly fell
back and gave time for the barrassed and
miserable footmen to cross In safety.
But little loss was sustained after crossing
the river, although the pursuit was keenly
urged for twenty miles.
The Indian loss was 64 killed and wound
ed. Thus ended a battle that will be memora
ble as long as time shall litst, and the cere
monies upon the sacred ground where these
heroes sacrificed their lives were both fitting
and proper.
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With a bumpy swish and a curdled roar.
Sweet Mary's churn goes drumming ;
Young Reuben leans on the low half-door,
And hopes that the butter Is coming ;
Then sighs and sifehs, and drops his eyes
What words can his feelings utter?
"Oh, drop me down In the churn," he cries,
"And make me into butter I"
She rests her hnnds. and gazing, stands
At the sound of his words vagary ;
Then plies the staff with a lightsome laugh
"Oh. go away 1" says Mary.
If a maiden's word means aught, they say,
The opposite sense is in it :
So Reuben finds in her "Go away I"
A "Just come in a minnt."
"I hone," says he, "I may make so free,"
"My answer should be to your ears," says
she,
"If I could but leave the bntter."
His arm on the shelf that holds the delf,
fie looks across the dairy :
"Shall I go to her side, shall I dare
pride?"
"Oh, go away I" says Mary.
ne takes the bint and he takes a kiss,
With fears and inward quaking ;
She does not take what be takes amiss.
Nor seem in an nwfnl taking.
Sweet kisses he takes so loud and fast
That he takes her breath completely ;
lie takes her tight in his arms at last,
And still she takes it sweetly :
The heart of the bov is wild with joy ;
lie has won her his bird, his fairy ;
"111 go outright for the ring to-night !"
"Oh, go away !" says Mary.
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W05DERFUL MESMERIC FEATS.
Upon special Invitation sent them, a num
ber of physicians, lawyers and scientific gen
tlemen assembled in the Louisville Commer
cial editorial rooms on a recent afternoon to
witness a private entertainment given by the
Trofessors Kennedy, the mesmerists. Five
first class subjects were selected and they
were compelled to do things that nmazed
those present, especially the physicians.
Numerous tests, such as causing the sub
jects to cry, langh, move restlessly around
on their chairs and make'ngly faces at imag
inary persons whom they disliked, were
gone throngh with, and the Professors then
tried more difficult tests, and in every In
stance were successful with all the subjects.
A silver dollar was placed upon the floor
and the subjects were told that, they could
have the dollar if they conld pick it np and
hold on to it. A ruh nnd scramble was
made for the piece of mopey, but on account
of an imaginary heat it possessed not one of
the subjects could more than merely touch
It. The Professors removed the impression
that the coin was hot, and one of the sub
jects grabbed It np. and sticking it down in
bis pantaloon pockets, walked away smil
ing. But he didn't po far until the coin be
gan to burn him, and he undoubtedly snffer
ed'grent torture before he could get the
money out of his pocket and throw it away.
This test was successfully worked on all the
subjects.
The Professors then'removed the sense of
smell from the subjects, and a botMe of am
monia was held nnder their noses, but not
thp slightest effect did it have upon them.
Prof. Thomas William Tobin, who was pres
ent, requested permission to try the ammo
nia test himself. Taking a pieee ot paper
be saturated It thoroughly with the ammo
nia, and the room in which the entertain
ment was given was completely filled with a
strong odor of ammonia, so strong that the
eyes of several of those In the room became
watery. The saturated paper was then rub
bed under the nose of the mesmerized sub
jects, but not the sliphest effect was noticea
ble upon their eyes, which, by the way, were
wide open. Prof. Tobin was fully convinced
that the snhjects'bad really been deprived of
the sense of smell.
Two of the subjects were next sewed to
gether with a doubled thread. The needle
was stuck through their cheeks, and Prof.
Tobin pulled the thread partly throngh to
convince himself that the needle had actual
ly penetrated the flesh. The subjects were
allowed to stand sewed together a few mo
ments, and when brought to were entirely
unconscious of what had just occurred, al
though a person to look at them while they
were being sewed would suppose that they
were conscious of everything going on about
them.
Several other interesting and amusing
tests were given nnd the entertainment con
cluded. The gentlemen present were so ut
terly surprised at the performance that they
did not undertake to offer any sort of ex
planation for the wonderful things they bad
witnessed. They nil decided to go home
and dream over it. and then read all the works
on mesmerism that they could get hold of.
The Moon and the Earth. A reader
who signs himself "One of the Boys" asks
what he evidently thinks are some funny
questions about a statement that appeared
in the Companion to the effect that the earth
lost considerable territory when it parted
with the moon. As ai answertosome of his
questions, we wil give the theory of the for
mation of worlds that is at present accepted
by astronomers, for the benefit of interested
readers.
Millions of years ago a vast mass of fiery
nebulous matter Is supposed to have filled
and extended far beyond the space now oc
cupied by the sun and bis family of worlds.
As ages rolled on, changes took piace in
this vaporous mass. The inner and larger
portion condensed and took form as the cen
tral sun. and the outer portion contracted in
to concentric rings, which in process of time
became planets and satellites ; sun, planets
and moons being ir.dissolubly bound together
and forming our solar system.
No astronomer has yet found out the way
by which this result was brought about, or
why the earth should have but one moon,
while Satnrn rejoices In eight moons besides
bis wonderful rings.
This, in a few brief words. Is the founda
tion of what is known as the nebular hypo
thesis, or the theory that ages ago our sys
tem was a mass of fiery vapor, that in cool
ing has condensed Into globulons masses or
worlds, that we call sun, planets, and their
moons. Most of these worlds are still cool
ing off to the stage which all matter must
reach, the general law being the larger the
body the longpr it will take to cool.
Thus the moon, being smaller than the
earth, has cooled off nntil it is a dead world
unfit to sustain life. The earth, millions of
years hpnee, unless interferences that are
contingent occur, will be in the same condi
tion. Even the sun himself will ages hence
lose his-light and heat Youths' Companion.
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TRUE POLITENESS.
The Cleveland Ltader has an observing
friend traveling through France who, among
other things, remarks : Politeness, with the
French, Is a matter of education as well as of
nature. The French child Is taught the les
son from the beginning of its existence, and
it Is made a part of its life. It is the one
thing that is never forgotten, add lack of it
never forgiven. The shipwrecked French
man who could not get into a boat, as he was
disappearing under the waves.'raised his hat
and with such a bow as he could make under
the circumstances, said : "Adieu, Mesdames;
adieu, Mesieurs," and went to the fishes. I
doubt not that it really occurred, for I have
seen ladies splashed by a cab on a rainy day,
smile politely at the driver. A race that has
that degree of politeness can never be any
thing but polite. When such exasperation
ns splashed skirts and stockings will not ruf
fle them nothing will.
The children ar delightful in this particu
lar. French children do not go about clam
oring for the best places, and sulking if they
do not get them. They do not take favors
and attentions as a matter of course and un
acknowledged. The slightestattection shown
them ls;acknowledged by the sweetest kind
of a bow not the dancing master's bow, but
a genuine one and the Invariable "Mercl,
Monsieur !" or Madame or Mademoiselle, as
the case may be.
I was iD a compartment with a little French
boy of twelve, the precise age at which
American children, as a rule, deserve blame
for their rudeness and general disagreeable-
ness. lie was dressed faultlessly, but bis
clothes were not the chief charm. I sat be
tween him and the open window and he was
eating pears. Now an American boy at that
age would either have dropped the cores on
the floor, or tossed them out of the window
without a word to anybody. But this small
gentleman every time with a "Permit me,
Monsieur," said in tho most pleasant way,
rose and came to the window and dropped
them out, and then, "Merci. Monsieur," he
quietly took his seat It was a delight. I am
sorry to say that auch small boys do not trave1
on American railroafis to any alarming ex
tent. Would they were more frequent.
And when in his seat, if an elderly person
or any one elte came In he was the very first
to rise and offer his seat if it were in the
slightest degiee moie comfortable than the
one vacant, and the good nature in which he
insisted upon the new comer taking It was
really "too sweet for anything."-'
Such a sight we never had the pleasure of
witnessing ; but we have frequently seen the correct and responsible character. Mr. Bab
American ten, and even fifteen-year-old, re- J cock, of course, returned word that be was.
fuse to exchange seats w ith persons old j The old gentleman was then given the liberty
enough to be their grandmother, and fre- of the ilepartmei.t.
quet:!!y claim a whole seat Ed, Clierfitld
Republican.
The writer continues : And this boy was
no exception. He was not a show boy out
posing before the great American liepublic,
or such of it as happened to be in France at
the time ; but he was a sample, a type of the
regulation French child. I have seen just as
much politeness in the ragged waifs of the
Faubourg St. Antone, where a child never
saw the blue sky more than in little patches
that could be seen over the tops of seven sto-
ried houses, as I everdid in the"Champs Kly -
sees. On Sabbath, at St. Cloud, where the
ragged children of poverty are take n by their
mothers for air and light, it was a delight to
fill the pockets with sweets to give them.
They bad ro money to buy, and the little hu-
man rats looked longingly at the'riches of the
candy stands, and a sou's worth made the
I difference between perfect happiness and
half pleasure. You gave them the sou's
worth, and what a glad smile came to the
lips, and accompanied with It was the delic
ious half bow and balr courtesy, and invari
ably "Merci, Monsieur." One little tot, who
could not speak, filled her mouth with the
I unheard-of delicacies she had received, and
too young to say "Merci," put up her lips to
be kissed.
A Domestic Arcadia. According to the
Mexican correspondent of the New York
i Times, the flomestic life of native Mexican is
worthy ot imitation elsewhere. He says:
The amiability and good nature of Mexican
women is proverbial. They are universally
good tempered, gracious and graceful, and
this charm of manner prevails in all classes.
Advantages of education are few, and their
accomplishments are limited to the guitar and
a few Spanish songs, but their voices aje
sweet and melodious, arid their laugh is low,
musical and infectious. Simple-minded and
affectionate in their natures, devoted where
they love, and confiding, but fierce in their
jealousies, mere children in
simplicity" and
pleased with a little attention.
never awk-
ward in society a Fifth avenue belle might
envy them their grace nnd natural polish of
manner, which is something marvelous, con
sidering their want ot opportunities. Even
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the children are gentle and never rude or
boisterous. Their reverence and respect for
their parents is something wonderful. When j
saying good night to them they kneel and
kiss their hands. The good nature and af- j
fectionate manner In domestic life is charm- !
Ing. There is scarcely an instance of family j
quarrels and bickerings. No Mexican ever !
abused wife or children, and in pocial life
theii amiability is most commendable.
. Take Care of the Pennies. An ex
change has the following sound and prac
tical ndvice, so good and true, and so appli
cable to our times, that we give it to our
readers, and commend it to their careful at
tention :
"Take care of the pennies. Look well to
your spending. No matter what comes in,
if more goes out you will always be poor.
The art Is not in making money but tn keep
ing it. Little expenses, like mice in a barn,
when they are many, make great waste.
Hair by hair heads get bald ; straw by straw
the ttmtcii goes off the cottage, and drop by
drop the rain comes into the chamber. A
barrel is soon empty if the tap leaks but a
drop a minute. When you mean to save be
gin with your mouth ; many thieves pass
down the red lane. .Never stretch your legs
I further tl'an the blankets will reach or you
j will soon be cold. In oL.thcs, choose sultn
! ble and lasting stuff and not tawdy fineries,
j To be warm is the inain thing, never mind
I the iooks. A fool nia make money, but it
needs a wise man to keep it. Remember it
is easier to build two chimneys than to keep
one going. II you give all to the back aud
board there is nothing 1
eft for the savings
ork bard when yin
bank. Fare hard and w
are young and you will have a chance to rest
when you are old."
"Nothing," said an impatient husband, j
"so reminds me of Balaam and bis ass as two j
women stopping in church and obstructing
the way, tj indulge in their everlasting talk." j
"But you forget, my dear," retorted his wifo
meekly, "that it was the angel who flopped l
in the way, and lia'aam and his ass who
coanplainad of It."
AX ILLINOIS CURIOSITF.
GIVISO AWAY THOUSANDS, BUT TOO BTI50T
TO WEAK fOCKS.
"Do you see that old man?" said a friend
to me, as we were walking down the princi
pal thoroughfare of Monmouth, III.
I followed the direction which his finger
pointed and saw a lank, peak faced and
giay-hcaded man fl. ambling along the side
walk, lie was poorly clad, and s"eiued cc
cupied iu thought. As I nodded a yes to the
query' the new character that bad tfawned
upon me disappeared In a doorway.
"Well, he is too stingy to wear Bocks and
he is one of the leadiug merchant of the
town."
It was W. D. Presuley, the noted philan
thropist and curiosity. Although he has
made several fortunes in business, he is now
comparatively poor. Christiau missions have
got the money. It is eetimaU-d that within
a few years past he has donated to tuisions
at least f so.ooo. It is only quite recent'y that
be gave f 10,000 to some Christian cuc, ftid
having no more money at hand, b ad i:un-
I ally gave his note for t5,00o, which wa-. S'cn
convened into cash,
j The strange fact of it all Is he absolutely
i denies himself the necessaries of Tfe tl.:t ha
j may give the crying heathens more, bo pe
j nurious Is he, in fact, that be will chase a fly
j ing paper over the piazza for a quarter of an
I hour to use in wrapping. His twine Ir un-
t wlsts until be makes of the ordinary strings
I three pieces. Here is an instance of bis av-
) jng method : A man w ho had just purebrwl
a pair of boots walked into Pre9sley's store
one day to purchase some small article. The
lioots were extravagantly done up in fini .l e.
wrapping paper and strings. He left them
on the counter. The old gentleman took
them to one side while the customer was
busy with a clerk, and, re-wrapj irg them,
tied the straps with a small piece of string
saving the balance of the material for bis
own use.
A few years ago Pressley went to New
Yoik to lay in a heavy stock of goods. He
! always was a great admirer of the Stewart
house, and there he located to purchase his
goods. He bought sparingly the firnt day,
and when evening came requested the man
ager of the department in which he was pur
chasing to permit him to remain there during
the night. He was as usual clad in cheap
mountebank costume, and the manager, not
knowing him, sent a messenger to Mr. Dra
per Babcock, Jr., who happened to be in tie
city at the time, to inquire if Tresslv was a
Before leaving the manager requeued
Fressley to accompany Liiu to supper; but
no, he had lunch with him. and taking f;-nu
a coat pocket some brokeu ctacher ai.d
cheese, he sat down on a bale of p-vi-l aud
commenced to eat. When tue depart rniit
was opened on the following mornim? he ws
found asleep upon the tUrnr. He aaain par
took of his frugal meal and contimi. -1 I.'s
purcha.-es until bis bill had aggTe.U-d l.ca"
iy S20,ow. Afterhaving ,uade arrant -:p"-,
j for time payment and given instrucrou
I the shipment of the c mkIs, he askij what
I discount would be made f -r ca-h- A lirx-ral
j per centage off was given him, and lei.chiug
I Into some mysterious corner of his under
clothing, be brought to the light a larc -o'l
of money, from which he paid his bill iu fu'l.
, The clerks to this day have not forgotten the
; strange merchant from Momnjuih. V'-nrer
Tribxnw,
Schools rs Fi.op.enc i., iTALT. Tl.a nat
uml curiosity and interest which I felt !n
first entering a class room cf Florentine clill
dren were met by a lmik on liie faces cf ; ip
scholars so clear and unmistakable as to
draw from me the exclamation :
"How happy these children !xk !"
I turned to the teachers and saw the shrne
gt-ntle and unruffled look reflected in their
faces. One of them replied :
"They are very good children."
Suspecting that such genera! rquanimi'v
could only be purchased by laxity of rtScip
line in some form or other, I f-kel :
"Do you ever punish them
Her face became ominously grave. 1 ex
pected a tiirch rod at lea-t.
"Oh, yes! sometimes we tnust."
"Ilnvv do you punih then:?"
'I give them a had mirk,"
I looked incredulous.
"It is felt to be a great disgrace," she add
ed. "What do yon do when a child tells an un
truth or steals ?"
"I separate it from its companions or keep
it In for a few minutes, or perhaps I write to
the parents," was the rvj'ly.
"IM you ever beat them."
"Oh, never I thechid wouM be -oTe p --
I fectly unmanageable, and I should In n
" innuence in u: scuov.i -ia aiscipi.ic
won i a oe oesiroje.i.
The explanation which I lece'ved to ttiie
astounding statement was, th.'.t it w;:s : h
rule to make puni-hinetit inornl, and that
the disgrace of a bad mark had gained s ?"''
a hold on the children and their parents, t!ii;
it was found S'lfticjent.
I objected that Italians are notori'.'jsiy
high spirited and finry.
The teacher replied :
"Corporal punishment would develop ail
the bad qualities of a child, and it would be
come uncontrollable and wild. It is n. vrr
done."
One tncher boxed a chil l's ears, an 1 re
ceived instant tlismissa! from the tmini' ipV
itv or. the grounds that h; this act she :..
forfeited her influence over th school h id
her power of controlling the children.
Jean Condoist has been brought to Pari
as a medical curiosity from th ll'iute Caone.
According to a medical contributor to a Par
isian contemporary, this youth, aged 19.t ok
a start on the 17th of May, lsi, Doing then
six feet three inches high, ami found one
morning that he had grown an inch Everv
week since then has he registere bimse.f,
and on the 14th of Septemlier this human
beanstalk had gained nearly five Inches ; he
grew five inches more before the aoth of
January, 182, and s?ven more betre Marcii
IS, and he now stands 7 feet 10 inches. All
this has been accompanied by great pao:s in
the back, and he stoops considc'!v : but
since last June it is bis lpgs only that hnvs
grown, and bis f-et are already twnty-four
inches long. Pall MiU Garettt.
Buii.dino a Bio House in Two Days.
, i ne rapid increase or population in km
I has stimulated the inventive geiiiu-es of t'.e
Dominion tocontrire houses tat may h-
Krtable and quickly put np. L. Fre-.,,f
plleville, Ont, has planned one thAi Is m
I three-foot sections and lnvrt.nU fMi-'Mi -f. A
j houe, for a hotel or iioarding otr. ii.h:n " ,
i ti a a lii.iin tint lltl t Wir,nini'tr .H-pr 10J .- t
j ong, twostorieshigh, and divided int..ai.n
i rnents sufficient to accommodate Lv) ,.is; 3
Th. rm.nrtstmn was laid nn Tn Ur n,i i ,
hount was completed on the next Thursd-.
lious was completed on the next Thur
morning. Sortivesfern Lumberman.
HuNDRFns of thousands of rie'i die ar-irr
a' 1 y from s t ron g d ri n k. Ko nxa 'ro'i tA '' n ' '
We never undertake t(. criticUp roy ot -i
editor, but we do not bfl . v tt .t .viv vn
can die annually. Amu" '' '''' 1,4 '
tear, and no man can rljp i r rv ' -r. ,.ir
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