-AtlvertiHing- It atea.
Th lera-e and rel aide t-irmlatli m Can.
lui Kiiim return en da It to tbe teraraO'la
coaalderatlt.u of advent-era wboae favvn Will fee
iBierted at Iba lullowing low ratal:
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Adutiai-trator'aanilihi-eutora Notice. IBM
Audluir'a NoPees :.M
Stray and aliallar Notieea e
ar HeaulHi odi or proceerfinai at aoy ewryc ra
(ton or ..n. ty and ri.D.nual'-atloBa dflr4 M
call attent'i a it any natter 01 limited ur laai
ilual inier. ,1 mnai t paid ir adrtlaaait.
Mk k and .tub PrintlB of all klnda aeatly aa4
eiealuaaiy exemted at tba lowent price. Aa
Ion iyo loricet f.
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Milirrl(in Itnlcs
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,1,. M ii"t n l'l within r. month". Jt if
II ii. .t (..Id althiil the jful . 'i
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liii.'inl i-or year will to cbaraed to
n event will th shove terras be tl
.tr."" l ihue "ho don enuli toclr
rl ,,rttt r.y .v!nu in nlvmira uiiist not et
' ',,- i !:i- d q Use "mii.o l-rina At tbopo who
'"ct i'lt tni ""' diatiuolly uu.njn.io.Hl trois
......f.l.u (k.ir.t.tj, flf tin. eomiT,
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES KUKIl AND ALL AUK SI-AVtS beside'
SI.0O and poftate per year In a Jvance.
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VOLUME XXVI.
EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1S92.
NUMBER 10.
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MIAWH II"1 ' us men. j
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Vlen, Boys and Children
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY !
(;of. CANSMAISPS, ALTOONA, PA., for your Clothing
wu.r,. 011 have tlte largest sole.' ion anil best goods for the least
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not "ool. Simfilt-. reautifitl. Giwa'the-
words mean much, but to see " The Rochester"
will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal-
tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only,
it is absoiutt-.y safxaA unbreakable. Like Aladdin's
01 01!, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar
velous Ir'ht ij purer and hrichrer thin me Urrk
sof:-r thaa eLrtric light anrl
''t " ;lr V"'rt V.,'m?r,Ti,R to
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lnjvr thf twth, ruw ltrada h; or , r.) larrron
ttipatlaa ALL OTHtK 1KOS "IK!iM IM- IrO.
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Rochester."
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HEAD
jimlrr. Applied into the nontrilt it is
hem, a!oiy xnjtammatton, heau
50c
1300
BUSHELS
OF
POTATOES
O. W. Rra m rii.E, Fair Io, Kat Ctik,
Mil., says :
With tX ponnH if Pniv)l'. Orrrm
Krrtlllxrr A.r 1'oUl.xi, on l'i
.-res of iai;d, lie raised 1,:0 bushels
Kiuootli, goco ,-ize.l pouttoes. When
quantity o rertilizi-r and qunlity ol
land Is eonslilerel, this Is largest crop
of poUities ever rulse-J in the world.
Why not r:i ..-? bl rrcp.i of Ktatoeaf
We'-;u lell yo ov to do it. and hour
to prent !.- Hot j ml ltilKht.
Keir two-eeni. , tum-'S for I'.ook
.f I'.N juices.
W 5. Powell 5c Co.,
0?en;:cl rerti'izer Manufacturer
'viltimur. Mil.
follolea wrlttaa at ihort naloe la the
OLD RELIABLE ' yETNA"
.al other first '! t'ompanlaa.
T. W. DICK,
l"MT OK THE
OLU HARTFORD
PIKO INSURANCE (MY.
r".".iiit.iirK..lmy "llHi.
Mountain House
SUB SHAVING PARLOR!
CENTRE STREET, EBINSBURG.
'I'HIS well known and lri eatahllabcd Sha fiaa;
X l arlur ia now loeated !eotra atreet, .p
ponl.a tho livery ataMe 'if O'Hara. 1 lav la tt Laift
er. where the l.uaineaa -will I e earned (id Ir tb
lulurr. SHAVINC, JIAlK ( I'VliMi .1NI
ll A M I'l M )1 M 1 done ir the tea tent and uual
artistic mai.nrr. ('lean Towel" a etalty.
BI.aiuie watel cu at their reldneea.
JAMW ll.UAMT.
fropru
W. DICK'.
-I- ATTOK NKY-AT-tAW,
KaansarRu. latirwrp-
r-Speolal wttcnUoa nlvaa te elaAaoa tor rVn-
alon Hounty, etc. chl- 'tw
THE EARLY OWL
An ml once lived in a hollow tret.
Ami he wa as mihc i.s wte couiil b;
The branch of le-arninK A didn't know
t'ould scarce ou the irw of knowledge Trw:
lif knew the tree from branch to root.
And au owl HU that can afford to hoot.
And he hooted until, alas! one uj v
lie chanced to hur, in a casual vray.
An insignificant little bird
Make use of a trrm he had never heard,
lie was flying to bed in the daw ning liht
When he heard her siiufinij iti all her nii);ht:
"Hurray: hurray for the early worm!"
"Dear me:" said the owl, "what a elngular
term:
I mould look it up if it weren't u j late;
1 must rise at dusk to lurest1!?!.
Karly to bed and early to ri.so
Make u u 1 healthy, and stealthy, and wlae!"
So he slept like an honest owl all day,
And rose in the early twilight ray,
And went to work in the dusky light
To look for the early worm all nigh'..
He searched th country for miles around.
Hut the early worm was not to be found;
So he went to bed in the dawning lijrhl
And looked for the "worm" ai;.in next night.
And attain, ami again, and arfain. and uain.
He sought and he sought, but all in vain.
Till he must have looked for a yar and a day
Kor the early worm in the twilight gray.
At last In despair he gave up ihe search.
An-.t was heard to remark, as ixi Kit on
hi
perch
By the side or his neit in the hollow tree:
"The I Uinf is as plain as night to uie
Nothing can shake uiy conviction tirm,
There's no such thin;; us tho early worm."
liver Herfor.1, in St. Nicholas.
THK FIKHTIVE MELONS.
Where the Boya Found Theru After
an Exciting Chtttje.
The school year at (ilciiville &euilMnjr
had jut ij-iiel, aud our li.iu.t-, were
full of husiiu-w We had eiijoyeii a
Iknsant vueution. and Vk hold of
sttuly with :L'st.
Aiming' other interests detuatiiliiio; at-ttMilii-n
were certain u. flair of our sn'i
ety. and iilxtut aiiozs-u f us were o;utli
ere.l, iiiw eveniug-, in Ilati llosiiier's
room for that ptirjiose.
llaii was a lar,fe-hearted fellow, pop
ular vvilli every laxly, well siipplio.l
with luiiiiey, lilnTal, but rather too
i.'iiil of luukinf a display.
During the aftermxiu he had Uufht
half a iiuzfii tnusktuelous. with which
to sitrjirise the rest of us that evening;
I'.ud. when the uiarkettuau deliverci
them, they were placed in a !uaktt ui:-di-r
:i loutiie near the dotr, iu Dan's
room.
In the course ( our business transac
tion, (ill Kobiiisoti. tho most mischiev
ous fellow uiiioti us, sittiuy on the
lounge directly over the melons, dis
eovered them by their txlor, an.l,
when he thought all eye.s were turned
the other way, he slyly oened the
door and shoved the basket into the
hall. Then, making au excuse to fjo
out, he placed it on a low rixif out of
the back hall window, where he could
reach it from his room without dilli
culty. Hut Charley Gates had witnessed his
performance in shoving- the basket into
the hull, anil, by listening keenly,
knew pretty nearly where he had con
cealed it.
Sxn after Gil's return, Charley
passed out. lookiutf- as serious as a dea
con, and. easily finding- the prize, re
moved it to another spot on the back
roof, immediately under his own
window. However, "it takes a ro;ue
to catch a rog-ue."
Craijf Hammond, who roomed in an
other part of the building-, was ju.st
coming- to the business meeting when
Charley was tiptoeing and clamWrinjr
about with the basket, ami watched all
his movements, perceiving plainly that
he was carrying on some sort of mis
chie f.
As soon as Charley went back into
Hosmer's room, Craig confiscated the
melons, and, hurrying down the stairs,
stepied quietly into the woodhouse at
Ilcv. Mr. Clark's, and there deposited
the treasure. Then he came to our
meeting, made excuse for lieing late,
and awaited developments.
When the business was transacted,
and we were about scattering to our
rooms. lan detained us, saying:
"Hold on. fellows! Don't goyet. I've
a little relish, to divide around, if you
like it."
And, stepping to the lonnge, he felt
under for the basket.
Not finding it at first, he reached
further under and clear along to the
other end.
Tailing in his search, and glancing
vainly arouud the room, he was greatly
amazed at the disappearance.
"Well, now, Itnys, that lieats all!
Why. I bought a nice lot of melons at
the market, and, when the man
brought them up, I told him to put
them right here, under the lounge, in a
basket: and lie did, I'm sure. What
does it mean?"
And down he got again on his knees
and felt the whole length of the lounge,
exclaiming:
"(lone, gone sure as guns:"
After some good-natured chaffing
over the matter, there being uo help
for it, we were again about separat
ing, when (Jil spoke up:
"lt'9toobad. fellows; but, if you'll
step into nry room, I've something to
show you, so yon can gratify your eyes
if not your palates."
"Twenty-four eyes equal twelve
palates," mutteced Charley Gates, his
iaoe glowing roguishly. "It ia to tie
oped nothing will happen to eliminate
Slue eyes from that equation. We
canldnt stand it."
When we reached Gil's room, and he
hui struck a light, he went to the win-
.dtxvr, leaned out, and seemed grasping
ior something but secured nothing
ill i ire substantial than air.
Satisfying himself that he had Wen
foiled at his game, he drew back,
greeted with the sarcastic rally:
"Set up your show, Gil; the audience
is becoming impatient."
"Well, gentlemen. I'm more sold than
llosmer, and paid in my own coin.
Fact is, I hail a basket of melons to
show you, and, to keep them cool,
placed them out on the roof; but they
xhto to have evaporated."
"Served you right!" exclaimed Dan.
And the rest of us gave way to bois
terous laughter.
Half a dozen attempts at wit flashed
out on the instant:
"Like an Irishman's flea."
"Great anticipations; realizations.
not sunt." ... .1
"Now you see it and now you don t.
When these explosions were ended.
Charley Gates tailed out, in a pitiful
tone: , .
"This is too bad, fellows. My heart
vache for you in your disappointment.
J. long to relieve you, anil, though 1 ean
do lint little toward it. 1 invite you to
my humble apartment to share my last
Imiuo aud crust."
Hy this time we had all absorlied
such a spirit of fun that we needed no
urging to accompany him.
Kvery lio.y, too, was fully convinced
of the fact that we were in pursuit of a
ba-sket of melons, under diflicttlties.
Whether we should ever catch it or not
wa-s the puzzle; but Craig Hammond,
of course, thought he was the only f.-l-low
who saw the end from the begin
ning. Like Gil, Charley undertook to pro
cure his "bone and crust" through tlie
window, and, like Gil. failed, feeling
wildly into the outside darkness.
When he turned and faced us. tit-
laughter that tilled that rootu was un
controllable. Some of us sank to the
floor it would seem almost in convul
sions. Witty remarks seemed dry and out of
place, as we reali.ed the merits of our
ca.se. in pursuit of melons, which
dodged us as if alive. At length Caig
Hammond thought his turn had come.
"Now, fellows, we can't close up the
fun without something .substantial.
We've fed on air too I01115:"
A roar i-af laughter answered him. for
every one of us knew well enough that
another chapter of melons was coming.
" 'otue along," continued Craig. "we" 11
make a sure thing of it this tiin. : for I
don't depend on lounges and portico
roofs for my supplies."
"lla. ha: When you cabbage m.-l.'ii-.,
you hide them where you can lin.t thcui.
do you, Craig?" was the response.
He undertook to parry this hint and
put us olT the scent by declaring that
he was agoing to forage through the
country lor supplies, to make up for
Hosmer's losses.
Out we went and started across a
corner of the campus, toward his r. ia
iu the other winvf of the buil.linj-. when
he halted us iu the moonlight and hudf
us wait, while he stepped to liev.
Clark's premises, as he sai l, "to recou
noiter." While h. was gone, th-." rest of lis
ciphered out hi trick hy recalling his
late arrival at the meeting and putting
it with Charley's statement hat he
thought somelxHiy was watch'u him
while he wai . limbing about with the
basket.
"I declare. I hoiie he'll miss thtrm,
too." said Dan, mirthfully.
"Never mind. llosmer. If ever we
overtake those melons, we'll credit
them to yon as the first mover iu the
pauorama."
"ISasketorama. more accurately,"
suggested some one.
"I fear we shall never bask in the
contents of that basket." groaned Gil.
"Hut for you, prime conspirator, we
should long ere this have tast-'d their
sweets." said another, in mix'!; elo
quence, and jxunting a long forefinger
in t til's fa.-e.
15y this time Craig returned empty
handed, reporting that the woodhouse
door was shut and locked, and was sa
luted with ji'x-s aud laughter.
"Alas: alas! our poor deprived ptl
ates:" sighe I one.
"Palatial humbug." exclaimed anoth
er, iu a poor attempt to play on the
wortl palate.
"t,Y...choly wreck of our fond ex
pectations," mourned anotlu-i"
We voted ourselves a cheated an.l in
jured set of fellows, and, w ith many a
mock lamentation, scattered to our
rooms.
The next day brought to each of us
an invitation from Mrs. Clark to call at
her home from eight to nine that even
ing. From Craig we- learned that when
some one of the family came to lock up
the house the melons were discovered,
and supixised to lie a present from some
country parishioner. I5ut, early in the
morning, Craig called on Mrs. Clark
antl explained.
That evening at the minister's, our
party, reinforced by several charming
friends, overtook the fugitive melons.
and with trnsto put an end to their wan
dering habit.
Hut, notwithstanding the common
impression that such young fellows are
chiefly creatures of appetite, the fact
remains that we enjoyed the pleasure
of pursuit more thaa that of eating the
melons. Lamar Heaumont, in Golden
Days.
A Henlptor'e Sitters.
A successful sculptor gets much
amusement out of tho sitters whose
busts he mohls especially those of
strong originality. Carlyle. uftermuch
persuasion, was persuaded to sit for
his bust to Sir Cdgar Ikx-hm. the sculp
tor royul to the English court. "I'il
give you twenty-two minutes to make
what you can of me," said he one dav,
, terming in at ihe door of lloohin's
studio. He stood there, watch in hand,
while Sir Kdgar manipulated the damp
clay. Scarcely had the minute hand
pointed to the appointed moment for
sitter's departure when the sculptor
pushed his clay aside. Hut Carlyle
had l?en drawn on to talk and to for
get; so insisted upon giving the sculp
tor another two-and-twenty minutes,
lie returned to the studio on another
day to be studied at the artist's leisure.
Lord Stratford de IledclilTe. who so
long ruled at Constantinople as the
Hritish minister, had a passionate tem
per. After sitting to Sir Edgar for his
bust, he visited the studio to inspect it.
He did not like it, and. knitting his
overhanging brows into a great frown,
he shouted out: "Why, you have me
look like a bad-tempered man:
Youth's Companion.
To Mount m oarti.
"There is such a difference," said a
man on the piazza at a Clarem nt tea a
few days ago. "in the way a woman
mounts or dcsc-end:; from a coach or
drag. There is a certain skill tilxjut it
whi.'li comes only from considerable
practice. A woman in America scarce
ly gjts enough exprieu'e to acquire
this, b :L iuay American women who
hare 00:1 -lie 1 a great deal i-i Europe
show till.; :..-li .olingai once. She :;houl.l
u:io only one hand to touch the coa--h
and the other should rest on t'u' shoul
der of the groom or the gentleman who
is assisting her. Above all, sh-; should
show and know no fear, a condition of
confidence that is rarely acquired ex
cept after many mounts."
lie was an old merchant who de
voted much time to his advertising.
"John," said his wife, "what do yot
want put on your tombstone?" "Oh."
he answered, "it isn't important what
the text is so long as it gets gotxl space
and i well displayed." Washington
.Star.
ft-EST.
T-op."er strt-tch tin- shadows,
i i it : t-r lulls liu- iiiit.
Softly I ir.'.s an- sin'TiM
Ve.-taTs lor Hie tr.fht.
Crickets In the meadow
1 ir:.e:s; of oe,
Kiie-Il'.i-s in ihe distance
l'lamii.).' hiii a!ve.
Homeward plods the toiler,
U ork;.': :-tituc is pa-t.
vYt-.iry liiiil.-s artr aihi!,.,'
;.' -: .ii coih.-s a. lt.
.izv hum of insects
i I'lui ail the uir.
! 1 ;;y sou::d ; e?:t c Uif
N'.-c;,r ir our cure.
Dei i-r .T.tt s the darkness
!.a'ir's nut Is U. :!:
H it.. now in d. ri.nl and
strio rs for Iheir i.rt-ad.
Krcezt s In the tri-e-tops
Md uiur sol l un.l
Suuij:: r t.iiie is IU ctiug.
Harvest X'li riiLsl go.
rio.'.y tints of sun-rise
: tr ul.ing cP.Mim sky:
fj:. :i to tuy duty,
Ilt-uvcu's rest is nivh.
'.'. A. I.uut. i:i Ohio Farmer.
SELF-DENIAL
A Convict Father Who Died to
His Children.
"During the latter part of May of this
year (IVi-.'i. I was the guest of friends
in the city of . The home was so
pleasant mid the surroundings so at
tractive that we fotgot the perpetual
drizzling rain that b.-do us stay in
ooors. Through the wkh front win
dows we hsiio-d across a narrow street
t the ljcatiti:iil park, where the suow
..alis ami lil:cs were in bloom Our
conversation was interrupted by a
messenger who came iu haste to call
away my host, who is a physician. The
face of my hostess, which had ecn full
f life mi. I animal ion. suddenly changed
iitid a !ook of madness w as plainly vis-
ile. It was the tirst time 1 had ever
:.ccn her thus, uud my ees must have
::skcd ;i que-tion which iuY l!;s Were
soo i-i lur'.coiis to utter. ."some jsrsoti
arc skilled in reading between the
ines. i-Ij l others are po.-ses.M-d of a
i- her i.i-r f knowing what a fiienl
v:intsto ::sk. an.l isnswcriiig ;t fuljv.
when Vi u have not uttered a avord.
"I was t h'.nUiiig," she aiJ. "of the
11. any who are denied the pleasures of
hie. the t!i tit-titnls wbocuiiiiot even see
; ictt:iti f it, iiiilch less i it tl.e gt.-at
world's fair. Vmir profcssit.ii callsytm
o cni.s i!er tl e cr-nditiou i f tho si.-k
: ml 1 lur pixir, I .ut have you considered
.:c world i.f sorrow tliat i within the
-...id walls of t:ie prison?"
1 was wondering at the sudden
change that hail taken place in her
maimer wondering how she happened
.0 get till this theme. It must have
been lx-cia-.e of the errand on which
ut-r liihi.and had ffiae forth.
"Yes." 1 replied, us if i'ealiJillg that
my part of the conversation cuildiiot
Ik- -..ii.iu. l.-.l -.:juply l.y tliiidvin'. "and
I a 1:1 glad that you have introduced the
subject, since i have heard that you
nave for years taken a deep interest in
the miforl imate. Hut pray tell me how
you get so readily from the world's fair
to the llri lewell and Sing Sing."
"O; readily enough. 1 Have thought
out. but have not uttered the connecting
links. Von have leen admiring the
park. The flowers do not bloom for the
c Mivicts. The lawn is not dressed for
them. The fair is not held for them.
are de
1 1 t.
all the
world out
homes, and
their loveil
.ie their gloomy prison
even sometimes dead to
imes here."
1 had often seen my friend at t:ble
presiding grucef ully, iu the social world
0 here her power was acknowledged,
iu the house of devotion where the
iremblitig prayer was uttered, but
lever had 1 seen her whole soul looking
out through her features as now. "May
1 tell yon of a caso that has deeply in
terested me?" she continued, anil with
out waiting for a reply recited to me
substantially the following story id a
convict's self- denial:
Mr, was a man of ardent nature.
He was happiiv married and liecame
the father of two children. The daugh
ters had grown in strength and beauty,
anil no prettier sight was witnessed
than in the evenings when his wife and
ittle children sat with him on the door
.U'p, or w alked along the smixvth path
ways in the park. The wife and
mother sickened and died. Some time
after her death the father had a dilli
culty with a man who had in someway
offended him. Whose the fault was I
do not know, but in a hasty moment he
raised Lis hand aud struck a cruel blow
that felled his brother Ut the ground
aud blighted ail his own hopes for life,
i he victim was Ixrne to the hospital,
where, after a few hours suffering, he
lied and the assailant was held for
manslaughter. Much sympathy was
.X pressed for him, and for a time it
eined as though he would bo released.
:hit when the trial came he was con
victed and sentenced to imprisonment
for twenty years. The sentence may
have bucn just, but sometimes justice
is terrible. The little children, aged
live and three anil one-half years, found
a home ia our sixdety.
You never saw such children (except,
of course, your own). The oldest re
.embled the father. Dark, piercing
eyes, and hair that would not le out
rivaled in its glossy blackness y the
raven's wing. The younger must have
esembled her mother. She was a per-
j'ect blonde, with curling hair and well
.Viiapcd nose, and pouting lips that
seemed to le dewy with a mother's
kiss; merry dimples were ulout her
mouth, as though a laugh hail lieen in
terrupted and lingered there, ready to
break forth again. Her forehead was
never equaled by the finest marble
model that came from human soul an.l
hand. Her deep blue eyes spoke forth
a world of pleading tenderness as
though asking for something to take
the place in her soul of a mother's love.
Every one that saw this child wanted
her. "So like my balx in heaven,"
said the fond mother who had Wen be
reft. I called to pee the father for the last
time, lie was to le taken to his prison
the following day. He seemed to guess
my mission, ft war;- cruel one. O'.
how my heart ached as I tried to sjx-ak.
in simple words, sentences that, though
smooth, must have seemed to him cruel
as tne keenest blade. His children
were lieautiful. He would do anything
for them. I had found homes for them
I where they would ! treated with eare
i and tenderness. All that wealth and love
could do for them would Iks done. He
j drank in my words with eagerness. I
said that in twenty years, when he
would le released, these children
would Is.' women. They might be
wives, and possibly mothers. Your
name stands in the way of their suc
cess. Can yon give them up and never
know them again, and let th-iu Ix for
ever ignoraut of their father's sad
history? His features wi-re settled.
He did not weep. He turned away a
moment and Is 1 wed his proud head on
his hands. Then he turned r.nd said:
"A raging lire burns within my brain."
1 told him not to be hasty in his de
cision, lie might wait until to-morrow
and give an answer. ""To-morrow?
Why should I wait until to-morrow?
True, they are all that is left on earth
to ine now, an.l 1 can Is nothing to
them but a disgrace. The name I gave
them has Wen tarnislieiL Shall I coin
jx'l them to War it still? Tell rny
darling children that their mother died
when they were haWs, and that their
father is dead that he died for the 111.
1 shall never seek to know them. Their
father is a convict now. Give each
one of them a rose for me. Often did
their mother and I gather flowers for
them. Give each of them a rose, and
when these flowers wither, their father
will W no more to them uo more for
ever." The face of my friend now fully re
flected her soul. Tears of sympathy
ran down her cheeks as she linish.-d
her eloquent recital. Hut there came
a smile almost of triumph as she af
firmed: "llelipve me, sir, there are
noble hearts throbbing Wldud the
privH bars.'' 1 confess that uiv
own
as 1
eyes were dimmed. Thus ended,
suppose, the story that had so d.
impressed me.
Three weeks later I stood in my own
pulpit in Chicago on a Sabbath even
ing. The incident seemed so well
fitted to illustrate self-denial that 1 re
lated ii. but with less of feeling than
when 1 heard it in privut- conversa
tion. At the close of service a --trangi-r
came forward, and, extending Ms hand,
sai.l: Sir, I was deeply interested with
your discourse to-night, and, 1 may say,
thrilled with the incident of prison life
that you related "
""Yes," sniii 1, ""it was a sad story, but
teaches lis that all ustiites are not ig-
I )) h Wcuuse they Wear the cou id
garb.''
"1 have a personal iuteiesl iu this
ease," he replied. "We have adopted
the youngest child into our family. It
seemed hard that we who hut Well
left to m. u rti an only child should have
another come into the home; the child
of a stranger, an.l that stranger a con
vict. We t'jok her only for a day, but
she w.-n her way to our hearts. My
wife's mother, a la.ly of eighty years,
was with us, and she decided the ixsi
for us this way: She t.xk the darling
on her knee and asked her if she could
sing The child answered that she
could aud would sing f..r her. Iti as
sweet a Voice as you ever heard she
sang the old Twenty-third I'salm, "The
linl s my Shepherd. I'll not want.'
The lady of eighty pressed the little
one t-i her heart and said: 'Darling
child, your faith must W rewarded.
'''hi is your I10111 . My sou. take her
rs your child; take her for what God
has taken, and while she lives let her
never feel a wunt which you can re
lieve." "
An.l if our story can W retold to an
other generation, it may Ix- that some
soft hand will lay a rose ou the grave
where rst the ashes of the convict fa
ther w ho died to his children. W. T.
Meloy, l. D., in Fniled l'resby terian.
Tlie lalou tit I'.lr.U.
Hirds, us a rule, cannot f.x'us their
eyes 011 uil object save at a considerable
distance, and then only with difliculty.
The reason for this sintrular fact is
found In the position of the eyes n the
heu.lvone Wing placed on each side
and 1. Hiking directly outward, so that
they cannot W brought to War on one
object save, jx'rhaps, at a Very long
distance ami directly in front. The
truth of this statement may readily
W demonstrated by anyone who has ob
served ordinary fowls turning their
heads on one side when desirous of
more clsely examininsr some object
which has attracted their attention.
When t'xeited by the presence of a
Strang object, chickens will often W
noticed examining it, tirst with one
eye, and then with the other, turning
their heads for that purpose, thus
show ing that they cannot bring lxith
eyes to War upon it at once. The only
exception to the general rule is found
in the case of the owl, whose eyes are
placed in front of the head, and are
capable of Wing brought lo a focus on
au object at a very short distance in
front. Yankee It lade.
Thr Fctrt-o of llat.it.
In the county court ut Toronto may
bo seen a venerable tar who has found
a haven in these legal precincts as a sr. In
ordinate oflicer after having Wen tossed
on the ocean for many a year in "her
majesty's" service. Not long ago, when
the hour for adjourning a sitting of the
court hud urrived the crier was absent
aud the judge, turning to the quondam
mariner, said: "Captain, adjourn the
court." Trained to prompt olMs.'u-n-'e.
"the captain" shouted in stentorian
tones: "Oh yes! h yes! i.h yes'."" Hut
of the my? .tic formula 110 more can to
his command. Not to W foiled in the
discharge of duty, he proceeded in his
own fashion: "Ladies aud geiitlcm.-u.
you may consider this court adjourned.
Clew up your sails and heave the an
chor. You must W here at ten o'clock
in the morning. We will then weigh
anchor and make sail. God save the
queen" Astonished silence held all
present for a moment, xtid then jrave
way to h peal of laughter, in which
even "the court" was compelled to join.
IrluroiMsau Custom.
Women are not permitted to sit in th
Imx1-of the Temple church of Ind.n,
lxcause many hundreds of years ago Un
seats were reserved for the uionki-h
knights, for whom the church was
erected. Another story, illustrating the
tenacity of custom in European com
munities, is that of the sentinel at a
certain point in a publie garden in
London. Nobody knew why he was
stationisl at that particular point until
some one, delving iu old records, dis
covered that generations Wfore a sen
tinel had Wen placed there to warn
people oil a newly -painted Wnch. Even
European birds weni tenacious of prece
dent. Migratory birds do not cross the
Mediterranean at its narrowest point,
but au examination has proved that the
point ut which many do cross was at
one. time the narrowest pat of the .sea.
MY CHUM JACK.
! have a clu ui thai a'i. U- by m-.
In fair or ilou.ty weath-r,
Aud wh"n from books an.: ta-ks I'm free
W e'-e always sr,-n fvidher.
U!u": mj I'lavcia!. s giie me the tthase
I d n't ail .loan an.l rrumM.:
( cal for Jack, and we two make.
A ...meat rougb-and-taiMble.
Jii'; 's not now. an.! never was.
for tx-auiy cciebra"'-.!.
lint -ll jn.i-.iiK- i- :s hand-owe dor."
My e.py-lsMk n-e -tat-.!:
And IhoM'h som- folk- may criticise
My chum in iorm and f. ture.
One loil. int'i h's h.:i-t ev.-p.
l'r.nlmlca a faithful crtatt:re.
No alave Cf :l.l my command aii'-ud.
W ore 1 u sover.-u'ii lo.tai.
As t.es t! N staui.cn and honest friend
Thi sutoect tru' and loyai;
Ami when we're r.niM'tiif ,.! an.) fluid
1 fear no hostile viran--'. r.
Jr'.ir Jack would die tx-f.ir.. h--d yiel.t
liefeudinir nif fr.wn dancer.
In pond and stri-am we swim and wade,
I'ntil my anxious mother
Frowns ami C.-cl.:r.-s that she' afraid
Some -'ay w'il drown each other
Aula heu mv t r. i: r' !-gs are w-t.
And Jack's coat saturated.
Mv fath.T ly-1, wh'-'n hotii" wr gM:
"Two v.'iUi.1. wU m-iii-ff"
Now. do you want to --r mv otiutn?
Ju-t wait a h '.If a .-. .ai:
1 11 wh!iic for him. aud h-'M e. me
Almost ief.r you've r.-c'i.et.sj
Set-: her.- lie witii mr tail
Ami hark ,f salutation.
Of u'.l tvie chum" that u T fa l
A do.' beali all -r.-it.oir
1 I. ' l-e-s-tt iiii;o: lrn bay
ONE JaiXV XWJIT.
The Moou Made a. Prophecy That
Came True.
It was a rough night. The wind
blew furiously and cold: the rain eaiue
down in torrents: thunder roared a :i. I
light nitiir dashed. Without ttie ground
was one v-(l sheet of water. riihing
and iMiri-'.iiiir in its hast.- to erk t's
level.'
I ii.-le Jtt.: thrust aside'tlie biu double
blanket w hich he had tacked up f..r
safely at '.he window and peered out.
aud at t he same moment there iva a
loud
clap 'J
vivid il
thunder, followed quickly
by a vivid ilash of li
'miiiii;: the old
back iiui. Llv in
fellow will the i-urtaiti
its place t and Willi
tinkers in ids ears,
whistle and s. oil' tit
ucxt room.
He threw himself
lllali.l eyes. Ins
he t'am a long
security iu the
down across the
W.I, clapped a pillow over his head,
and was W:riuiiing to doze, when the
front door was ogn-ned and closed sud
denly. . I limping up. the o!J man hnkel iu
great astonishment at a young woman
who was standing near the door, she
w as entirely eiirelop.d in a gay patch
work quilt, from which thee trickled
down to the floor littie streams of water.
"If it ain't lles-ie Edwards you may
hang iia. ll.cas her soul," exclaimed
l. n. le
"I haven't a moment to stay, Fncle
Joe." said the young girl, hurriedly.
"I only van in to borrow your oilcloth
coat till moruing. This quilt is so
soaked with rain that its weight inter
feres with my walking, and 1 have a
good distanee to
"I am on my way for the doctor, and
w hen l"ve s. en hi 111 1 must go back
again to Mrs. Hell's, she is very low.
and I fear to find her dead hen 1 re
turn." I'ncle ,lo trotted into the next room
and retnrtu-d immediately with the
coat, lie helped her to put it on. after
which he pres.-ed down on her head
an old hat of his that came well down
over her ears and partly over her face.
I'ncle .!x''s companion, who hail Wen
siiting so quietly up in the corner, now
came forward, and. extending his hand
to the young woman, said with a smile:
"It isn't necessary for you to go any
further looking for a doctor. I am he.
Miss Edwards, at your service."
"Well, well," said I'ncle Jx?. "I was
so broken up with this dear child I
forgot Dr. Harris was within forty mile.
Keg your pardon, doctor."
Hut the doctor was looking dow n at
the plucky girl Wsi.le him and waiting
for her to speak.
"Dr. Harris. Mrs. Bell needs your
services sorely. Please lose no time.
1 w ill follow you."
"Miss Edwards. he asked, "how do
you exp'ct to get back to Mrs. Hell's
to-night?"
"Just as I came, sir. I walked, ran,
jumped. cllmWd, waded and crawled.
I guess I tried every style aud manner
of step and gait except that of swim
ming." "Well. It has rained considerably
since you passed the gully, a mile) from
here, ami I know jiositivcly it is so
swollen now that it will take stronger
arms than yours to swim over. If you
undertake it you will W drowned.
Ikm't think of so dangerous an under
taking, but jump up Whind me and
we'll both get there safely."
Hessie, feeling there was nothing else
to do. from the top step jumped up W
hind, as requested.
The storm was nearly over wheu the
I'.x-tor and Heas.e nxle off, and as the
horse stumbled and splashed along the
clouds Wcame higher and lighter,
broke aud revealed the iu-hui, which
turned her full face to one side, looked
at the pair, the maid with her hands
laid lightly u her escort's shouH.-r to
prevent her falling. The m.xin nudged
a star wiuked her wise eye and
made a prophecy, while the stars
blinked and made a note of it.
The next morning I'ncle J. made
au early visit to the il.x-tor's. He asked
about their little journey together, the
health of the patient and young lady,
and Anally asked him how- he liked the
little girl, and the dx-tor fraukly de
clared his admiration and deep friend
ship for her. w hich so delighted the old
man that he arose, gave him a tirm
pressure of the hand, and promised to
treat to cigars the next time they met
in t'Jwii.
"She"s no kin of mine, do rtor, though
I w ish she w as. I've Wer here so long
that every InkIv calls me u acle. and she
does like the rest.
'I've known her sine., she was a
yoinnr baby. Poor child: Her life ain't
Wen all sunflowers an' h ossoms. Her
pa and ma both died b-fore she was
fourteen, and all they left her was
their house and the scrap of ground it's
sett in' oil.
"The first thing she did was to rent
out her house, except the two back
r.Kdus, which she used herself, to a
family she knew well; then she put up
a seamstress' sign, and in 110 time she
was overrun with work.
"An.l when anylxMiy was sick she al
ways did her share of nursing, an' she
does yet. She is yoiiug for such work,
but she's Wtter "an lnanv who's older.
"When my jioor wife was ou her
dcathWd Hessie never left her for a
ui i ti it. No, there she stayed, night aud
.lay. doing everything she could till
till there wasn't not It in more to W
done."
I'ncle .Toe pulled his hat over his
eyes, nodded without speaking, and
went out of the door.
The young physician met his young
friend many times among the sick or
poorer class of jx'ople. anu always
found her doing good in some way,
just as I'ncle Joe predicted.
And many a tunc did he take her
home 111 ids buggy, and almost as fre
quently he drove up to her gate and
took her for a drive, just for the ple.as
11 re it gave him to W with her.
It was winter again, ami the sitting
room and tire were in demand.
It had Wen an unhappy week for
loth of them. Dr. Harris had left
town suddenly without a word to any
one, rmr .lid he write during his ab
sence. Gossjps of the little village wagged
their tongues as over a toothsome bit
of scandal. Hessie worked busily with
her head high, her eyes bright, her red
lips smiling, and 110 one kirew the sbn
deep .low 11 ill her heart under her
1 indict.
W hen night cHiue she still tried to
work, but didn't accomplish umcu. Tbe
sewing hx.l Weu put together wrong,
the "tension" was too tight, then too
loose, the thread tangled and broke,
the needle snap'tcd oil a seam, the ma
chine screeched and worked hard, the
bund Wcame unfastened. aud the
w heel needed tilling.
There as somet hi tig 1 he matter with
everything. Her piece of sewing wan
to be delivered the next day, a lid now
it wouldn't be finished.
Everything hail gone wrong tba
world and every Ixxiv in it. so it see me J
to her as she sat dowu near the hearth
with her face in her hands. Thinking uf
the unpleasant little happenings of the
week.
And in tlii- attitude the doctor found
her a short while later. He saw the
trace t.f tears oil her cheeks, and with
out asking her jietiuislon he drew Ler
within his hi'iii. held her there a
in. one nt in silence, then, looking fomlly
in her face, said softly:
"Hessie, a telegram announcing my
father's sudden death called nie hoou
for a few days. 1 Couldn't leave any
-iier on account of my xr g-rief-strieken
mother, and only then by
promising to return.
"I am going to fiive up mv prautiee
here, and ft hack home to live among
the people who have known me sinca
ImvIko-1 and desire that I tt'd my
father's place as well as I cat).
'Hessie. I.tok up. tlear, and listen. I
hxve something to ask. I want you to
Clime home with me. I've thought of
this for a long time, but dared not
speak until 1 could offer you a Wtter
home than you had. 1 can do that cu.
Will you?''
The m.w.n looked in the window.
siTiiie.l and nodded her head proudly.
Wcause iier prophecy had is-irne true,
and the stars pei-jx-d over hnr shoulder,
tittered ami erased the dot from their
note iss.ks. ltoston Globe.
ABSURD APPEARANCES.
A point Utter Many show a I tax-Id a 4
l ack t.f Taste.
Seldom have men or women tbe
faculty of grasping all the details of
their own apjxarance. Were the
ability to do this less rare we ahould
not W amused and pained, as the case
may W. by absurd vagaries ia the way
of dress.
A small, thin man will put on a high
hat under the impression that it makes
him look taller, while in reality It
only makes him ptesent th appearance
of a pair of scissors under a thimble.
A tall, thin woman will wear a. hat
in itself Wyoming, but which, taking
her height and slenderuess into the
question, gives her all the appear-anc
of a church spire.
Her stout sister, who has a round,
broad face, affects headgear resem
bling a turban as closely as the fashion
will permit, au h in consequence, see lux
to lose several Inches of her height.
This principle runs through the ques
tion of manner quite as much as that of
dress.
The elephantine woman adopts the
kittenish ways which are laughable In
one of her appearance.
The diminutrve man drops hi voice
with great exertion into a heavy baaa
and assumes a majestic carriage that ia
suitable for nothiug short of six feet.
Hut in nothing is this lack of taste
to call it by no harsher name more
noticeable than in the selection of
song made by the average amateur
singer.
Imagine a young woman whose gen
eral appearance indicates tbe most
robust health Waeechiug her hearers
to lay her "among the daisies:" ur a
fragile youth announcing iu a weak,
piping tenor: Thy sentinel I am!"
such things are never forgotten, and at
the end of a decade every one of that
audience, should they meet these per
formers, will rememWr the uu fortu
nate evening . 1. .-n they sang these in
congruous songs and the aliaurd figure
they cut iu iloing it. Yankee H'.ade.
A Near I'M fr S aaf araaa.
A new branch of the monx'co busi
ness iu this country has Weu the tan
ning aud preparing of kangaroo akiuv.
Some ten years ago kangaroos were
one of the jest of Australia. The Aus
tralians were at their wits' end to de
vise ways of getting l id of them. They
hunted and shot kanganxMi, but two
seemed to spring up where oue waat
killed. Some bright genius, as an ex
periment, sent a small consignment of
skins lo this country. They were
tanned, aud found a ready market.
More were called for. Kangaroo-skin
Wcame fashionable, and it is aaid that
the factories of America now use one
million kangarx-skina yearly. The
price of the skins in Australia has gone
tip from twenty-five ceuts to a dollar ay
pound. Harper's Y'oung People.
Nova Scotia was discovered by
Calst. U'.)7. The country ww visited
by Yerrazv.ani, 1.V24. and wai laamrd
Acadia. It was settled in lrt?2 by the
Scotch under Sir William Alexander, in
the reign of James I. of England, from
whom it received The name of Noli
Scotia. Sine its first settlement Nova
Scotia has more than once changed
proprietors, aud was not confirmed to
England till the peace of Utrecht, ia
irix
s