TRADITION OF CONQUEST.
His Grace of Marlborough, legend# say.
Though battle-lightning* proved his worth.
Was scathed like others, in his day.
By fiercer Are* at his own hearth.
The patient ohiof. thus sadly tried
Madam the Duchess was so fair—
lu lUeuheim's honor* felt loss pride
Than in the lady's lovely hair.
One* shorn. she had ooiled it thers to wouud
Her lorvl when he should |>s**. 'Us said)
Sliming across hi. path he found
The glory of the woman * head.
No sudden wont no eullen look.
In all his sfter days eoufeeaed
He nusm d the charm hoe alwence took
A scar's pale sha|i within his breast.
I think she longed to have turn blame.
\nd soothe him with uupenooa tears
As it tier ix avitv were the waiue.
lie prais, d her through her courteous year*.
But when the soldier's srtu was dust
Amoug the dead man's treasures, where
He lata it s* from moth and rust
'I tin found las way ward wife's sweet hair.
TV ti'siw|.
The Major's Decision.
"Well, as he has niarried to <uit him
self without titv approval, he can no
longer e\|wct anything from me. Hav
ing made a bed to suit hint, let him lie
on it."
Major M irtimlale folded tin a ivrtain
ohuoviotts letter, as hmade this mental
remark, and laying if in a little gilded
lr;ter-rack la-side hint. In company with
a tailor's hill, a ticket to some fortliixvm
ing amateur concert, and a printed
circular concerning "insurance |lt
cie-,'* went dclils'iatcly on with his
breakfast.
Ho was a luuul-oine, elderly g>nUe
niaii, slightly bald, with bright brow n
eye, straight Roman teat tires and oiir
ot thoae square, til inly-molded mouth,
vv liicii Iw-token a tendency to have one'-
way. And a> he drank his cotli-e, and
daintily manipulated hi- French rolls,
broiled birds, and fresh strawberries,
served In a garniture of their own
leave-, he lAuscd over tlie contents of
this same letter.
"It's a great mistake to allow servants
to hrlug in one's oorres{oudeiioe at
meal-limes," refiected Major Martin
dale. "It's almost -tireto interfere with
one'- digestion. I'll never read another
letter at breakfast time! What oould
| M -es> my -on to jo and gel married in
this a brunt, nonsensical sort of way?
Sat s he 'feared it OUhi tie impossible
to gain my eon sent.' Well, he hati a
good reason for hi- fear-. He'll tind it
still more iuija-- ible, after marriage,
than before. He know - uiy ideas and
if lie don't choose to conform to 'cm it's
his business not mine."
And so atter finishing the straw lier
-1 ies, ami daintily cleansing hi- filbert
nailed finger- in a ruby colored finger
bowl, Maj. Martiudale wrote three
words on a thick, grey sheet of note
pa|*-r, enclosed it in an envelope, af
fixed a stamp, and gave it to the servant
hi poet. And the three wi rds were
thv-e:
••iVupuJeT Tvur**lf di*ir.heru <1"
That was the war in which Maj. Mar
tiudale disposed of it is only son.
Not that he did not love Harry—the
bright frank boy, who was all that was
left of his voting wife, the oue romantic
dream ami tender memory of his life
time—but he liked his own way better.
And it is surprising how obMinate a
man can he, when tie once turns his
lull attention to (he business.
• • • • •
'• Disinherited? Oh, Harry! And
for me."
Mrs. Harry Martiudale, a pretty blue
eyed wotnan, with light hair tiiat
showered itself around her face like
sunshine, little dots of dimples in cheek
and chin, and a round, fresh mouth,
like a baby's looked piteously up into
her husband's face as she spoke.
Harry Martiudale shrugged his shoul
ders; tiie momentary cloud fiassed away
from his face, as he answered, bravely:
• Never mind, Ariel. We can afford
yon and I, to be independent of a crusty
old gi-tiflrnian's money. I'll see about
that clerkship in St. lands.
"Half the world away from me
Harry!"
"It won't l>e for long, pet. Cheer up!
I'll send for you when I've got well es
tablished, and we'll have a little bird's
nest of a home, without asking any
favors ol my father."
Arie! -miled through the dew drops
that s|iarkled in her eyes. She was
easily consoled. A girl's heart at eigh
teen is bie-sedly elastic.
Major M irtindale elected to go to At
lantic ity for the hot weeks Uiat sea
son. Why. he did not especially jwrtic
nlarize to himself.—Saratoga was dull;
at Xew |M>rt one was half a mile away
from the heacli; I-ong Branch had
{tailed u|ion his fastidious taste. So, to
Atlantic City he went rather enjoying
the very {icrceptihle nets and snares
spread fur him by the various widows,
old maids and gushing damsels who
were there engaged in the great hus
band hunting caui{>aign.
"1 wonder if they think I am a bail,"
said the Major, as he Strolled on the
I teach with a cigar in hi- mouth.
But one day the Major found himself
forced to give up a pic-nJc oil amount
of a st range ami unusual feeling of
las-itud)' and languor, and the next he
was lit hcd.
"This looks serious," said the Major
Twwself. I've heard of a low fever
hanging altoul hut i never thought of
its attacking in*.'"
The doctor came, twirled liis watch
chain, w rote a prodigious l.atin pre
scription, and shook his head.
People made ha--te to vacate the rooms
in the immediate vicinage of No. 99,
and the Major* began dimly to'compre
hend, through a mist, that it was likely
to go pretty hard with him.
"I will stay and nurse him, doctor. 1
have had the fever, a year or two since,
and do not fear it, and 1 am hand}- with
such people."
But, my child you have no idea what
you are undertaking!"
"Yes, 1 have, answered the soft, low
tones; "and we must not let him die
for want of proper care."
"Is your aunt willing?"
"tjulie so."
"Then you may try; but take my
word for it, you'll hacli down at the end
of the first week."
Major Martindale heard these words
spoken as it were out of the clouds, as
he might have heard the thunder of the
waves on the beach outside, or the
ringing of the church bells, without at
all connecting tliein with himself.
Strange what a world dreams and shall
ows his soul and brain had entered into!
But one day he came back out of the
darkness, and the immensity, and the
restless whirling to and froof the waves
of life, weak ami white, and helpless as
a baby.
Ami there, sewing by the window, sat
a soft-eyed young girl, all In white,
with glimmering hair, long lashes, and
delicately-rounded features.
"Pardon roe," hoarsely uttered the
Major, with a little of his old-fashioned
courtesy and politeness; "but I don't
know who you are."
"Hush !" said the young lady gently.
—"You must not talk. I am here to
nurse you."
And"then he found himself taking a
draught from her practiced fingers, and
then drifting off asleep.
"I have been very ill, haven't I?"
said he, when the doctor came at noon,
as usual.
"You have been as close to the Valley
of the Shadow more than once, as a man
can tie in his life," Doctor Delagood an
swered gravely.
The Major shuddered a little—
heathenish old Sybarite as he was. The
idea of death appalled him, and he
scarcely cared to hear how near he had
stood to the solution of the great prob
lem.
"But you pulled me through," said
he, with a long breath.
•'Y'es. I and your patient little nurse,
who has just gone for half an hour's
sleep."
"Who is she doctor ?" asked the Major
anxiously.
'She is the niece of one of the lady
boarders. Martin, 1 think they call
her. Her aunt went away as soon as
the fever declared Itself—in fact it rid
dled the hotel pretty nearly—but this
girl would not allow any one to suffer
lor want of care and nursing so she
FRED. KURTZ, Editor and Proprietor
VOL. IX.
courageously remained to take care of
you."
"Why did she do that?" asked the
Major, a little lump rising in his throat.
"Whvdld Florence Nightingale go
out to the Crimea? Why are all wo
men Iwvrn heroines at heart?" retorted
the doctor.
"God bless her?" muttered the Mjfjor.
And then he turned his head to one
side, and a big drop or two splashed
dow u on the pillow.
lay by day he lay then- In slow con
valescence, while the pretty young
nurse ministered to him.
"My dear," said the Major, one day.
"I think I am beginning te realize now
w hat the blessing* of a daughter would
have been, had thai given me one. I
have grown vcrv fond of you."
The soft blue eyes IteamcO smilingly
down upon him as lie spoke.
"Ami 1 of you," answered the girl,
in low , tender accent*.
"Are von much attached to your
aunt?— Mis. F'easenden, I believe her
name Is."
"Yes." said the girl, half doubtedly
"1 supjHvse so; I never saw her before
-in- asked tlie to *|ieiul the season with
Iter at Atlantic City last month."
"Is that all you have been with her?"
"That's all."
"Then," said the Major, "I shall a-k
her to let me adopt you. *\ ill you la
me daughter henceforth?"
She threw her arms around his neck,
and sobbed tt I*oll his breast.
** Ito you really love me? IH> you re
ally want uie?" asked she.
"I am all alone my child," said the
Major. "And you will In- the sunshine
of uiy house.
"But voit have a son?"
"Yes, 1 * answered the Major, slightly
frowning. "Poor Harry ! But he has
estranged himself from tue."
"Forever!"
"Yea, torever!" (Sickness you see
htd taken none of the inherit obstinacy
out of our old hero's character.
"Papa!"—she knelt tieside the satin
p!llowd invalid chair, which had been
w heeled out into the sunshine on the
broad veranda—*l am to call you papa,
am I not?"
"Of course you are, dearest?"
The Major's hand stroked down her
bright hair with a tender touch as he
spoke.
"Then, papa, tell me why you are es
tranged from him."
"He married iu disregard to my
wishes," the Major sternly answered.
"Is that such an unpardonable
crime ?"
"Unpardonable? See here, Mary, if
he hail not made such a fool, such an
Idiot of himself he might have been
your husband. You might have been |
then my daughter in very truth!
Stranger things have happened."
"But that couldn't be."
"Why not?" demanded the Major.
"Because he is my husband already!
—Oh, papa—dear father!—forgive me!
I am not Mary Martin and yet I am!
My real name is Mary Ariel Martin
dale; and Harry, away at St Louis, is
uiy husband! 1 came only here to stay
with my Aunt Feeenden until he could
make the little home for us, which we
had hoped and dreamed of. Will you
forgive us both, papa, for my sake?
"I suppose I shall have to," said the
Major in extreme bewilderment." Kiss
me, Tear! Upon the whole, Harry isn't
quite such a fool as 1 believed him to
be! And you knew who I was all the
time !"
"Of course 1 did."
"And you kept dark? Sly little puss!
Well Mary—l me.au Ariel."
" Yes papa."
''We'll telegraph to 11.-irry to come
right back. There's only three of us.
Let's try ami be happy together."
So, through Ariel's blue eves ami
heavenset faee, Harry Martimlale was
disinherited, ami through her he was
again received Into his own Inheritance.
"Own up, sir, that I knew what 1
was about," said llarrv, as he stood
there Ariel leaning on his arm.
"You dog!" said the obi gentleman
facetiously |*king him In the ribs,
you have got the prettiest wife going."
Milk Larn.
Silk lai-es were first made about 1745.
At first this new fabric was manufac
tured from silk of the natural color
brought from Nanking, and it was
hence called Monde. After a time,
however, it was prepared from the
purest ami most brilliant white silk.
"Not every woman can work at the
white lace. Those who have what is
locally termed the haUine yrtttst (greasy
breath) are obliged to confine them
selve- to black." To preserve purity of
color it is made in the open air in sum
mer, and in winter in the lofts over
cow-houses, as the warmth of the ani
mals enables the workers to dls|>eiise
with rfire, which makes more or less
sinoke. The most beautiful blondes
were once made at Caen, but competi
tion with the machine-made blondes of
Calais and Nottingham has caused the
manufacture of white blonde to be
abandoned at this place, ami Its lace
makers now confine themselves to mak
ing black lace.
The manufacture of black-silk lace
was first established in the town ot
Chantilly, near Paris, and hence, wher
ever tiiis fabric is now made, it is culled
"Chantilly lace." It is always made of
a lustreless silk, called "grenadine,"
which Is commonly mistaken for thread.
As it was only consumed by the no
bility, its unfortunate producer*became
the victims of the Revolution of 1793,
and |>erished with their patrons ou the
scaffold, 'lids put an end to the manu
facture for many years; hut in 1835
black lace again became fashionable,
ami Chantilly was once more prosper
ous. But the nearness of Chantilly to
Paris has, of late, increased the price of
labor so much that the lace-ma nufac
turers have been driven away. The
so-called Chantilly shawls are now made
at Bayeux. The shawls, dresses, and
scarfs, that are still made at Chantilly
are mere objects of luxury.—l'lyulur
Science Monthly for March.
Am Anceltlc or Ike Ulr Dr. Howe.
The Boston correspondent of the
Hartford Courant writes: "I last week
heard an anecdote of the late Ir. 8. O.
Howe's church-going exjierience, which
I think it is hardly improper to put in
print. It may be relied upon as authen
tic. He was one of the eailelst friends
of Theodore Parker, ami for a long time
with his family attended his preaching.
One day he announced to Mr. Parker
his intentions to leave his meeting to
attend service at the Rev. James Free
man Clarke's Chapel. 'Why is this?'
said Mr. Parker. 'Well, the fact,' re
plied Dr. Howe, 'my dear friend 1 don't
think I am good enough to go to your
church. It may answer for saints, but
it isn't enough for me. I can't stand
it to go into a ball, and sit to hear
laughing and chatting going on on one
side of tne, and men ami women resil
ing newpapers on another. I shall
have to quit. And, to tell you the truth,
Theodore, I don't think you are a very
pious mau yourself."
A Chinese Paper.
The Pekin Gazette has been established
over one thousand years, ami probably
its present numliers are exact counter
parts of the first it issued. It covers
ten pages, 4xß inches, and has a yellow
cover, on which its name is printed. It
is the only native paper in a kingdom
of four hundred and fourteen mmiou
souls, among a people who have a liter
ature which is vaster in Its influence
than that of any other nation. It is ex
clusively confined to official notes. The
Chinese, slow, proud and conservative,
have made no progress Iti a thousand
years.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
Urrnaan Koktn
A German baby I* a piteous object;
tt U pinioned ami bound up like a mum
m\ . In yards of bandages, W hlcli arc un
folilvd once ;at the outside twice) a day ,
It i never "liaUied," hut I suppose it is
sometime* washed niter some H cull
manner. It* head I* never touched
wit It soap and water until it I* eight
or ten month* old, w lien the thick skull
cap of tncrusted dirt that It has by that
flute obtained U removed by the applica
tion of various unguent*. Many tier
uian lailie* have assured me t)iat the
tine head* of hair one eea in tiermany
arc tuliivit owing to this unsavory
skull-cap. FY heu, having aome Juvenile
relatives stay in* with tue, I insisted on
their tieing "tubbed," all my female
friends were dunked at iu\ ignorance
and wilfulness, and assures! me that it
was entirely owing to our barlatrlc bath
system that the King ol Hanover had
lost his sight. "Mv friends, we are
not alt blind," I said; and then they
were silenced, if not convinced. I'>
this terrible system ot bandaging and
carrying Ihc child in a peculiar fashion
w rap|>cd in a mantle, thai is partly
slung over the hilts of the bearer, some
thing alter the fashion prevailing among
Indian squaw s, may lo attributed in a
great degree the number of curved
spine*,crooked shoulders,ami abnormal
development we meet with In Germany .
Vet strange to say, "tickets,** a disease
only know u to us among the ismr, w ho
cannot afford the time themselves, ot
pay others to nurse their children prop
erly , giH-s by the name of the
kmnkheit. The baby Ix-ing I torn and
j swathed up, now gel- a huge |>easaiit
girl in lucn jsirrnhji. A mummy is not a
thing to fondle, nor is a Utile still bun
dle of humanity which you might
stand up on end in the corner of the
room without detriment to its sumptua
ry arrangement- an object on w htcli
to lavish caresses. Thus the voting
mother is scarcely a mother at ail, the
maternal functions la-llig delegated to
another. The baby doe* not lie uu the
dour or crawl to the hearth-rug, crow
ing and kicking and curling lis pink
toes, tramping with it* chubby legs,
ami fighting with It* mottled arm*, "as
one that bcateth the air." It does not
swarm up and aix>ut its mother's neck
ami bosom, dml iug its little life and tiny
pleasures in her arms; it does not at j
length fall into a (dumber of rosy reple
tion , and with it* mouth o|ten, snoosily
satis fled, rejoice its mother's eyes for the
beautiful little attintul that it i. No it
is out walking, lied to a feather bed,
accompanied by a tall soldier, the fattier
of its |Hor little foster brother or si-ter,
w htcli is to grow up a* it can. It couies
in presently and i- taken to its mamma
to kiss : but its real mother, the mother
that fosters and feed* it. Soon carries it
away again, ami resumes all the mater
nity for the rest of the day. The lady
might as well be Its aunt. "Only that,
and nothing more."—>'ru"-r' M
The Worst kind of* Inllum.
Kit win Wyndham l_aury write, to
Colonel 11. S. Oleott a* follows of what
he saw some year* ago in the Khajateof
I'uttiala: fin a certain the lid. Hl hav
ing called his friends together in durban
or court, they came from all |utrt*
on elephant*, camels, and horse, to 1
witness the .how. The divan of the j
Baboo was ill the center of a circle,
while all the greater and lesser mag
nates sat around enjoy lug their hookah*,
and elated with the noise of the turn
turn wallahs and the excitement of the
nautch dancer* w hlclt were prelimina
rv to the main object of the exhibition.
N'ear the center of the circle a grave.
Zealously guarded, some live or six fe-t
deep, had been prepared, and by it a
coffin was placed. In due time the
blowing of trumpets and the sounding
of gong* announced the advent of Mee
chum lkiss. He was dressed, as magi
dans usually are, in the Ka-t, veij
plainly, but very well; a middle-aged
man in tine linen, who looked as if he
fared sumptuously every day, though
Clgrifd rice eaten with the linger* wa
doubtie*. his only food, lie descended
from the rayly-caparisoned elephant,
on which he had traveled, and made
many gracious salaams to the assembled
crowd. Having invited a full ins|.-c
--tion of himself, the coffin, and grave, lie
proceeded to |ierforni various Incanta
tions by the aid of a lire w liich he kin
dled, and into which he threw what a| -
peared to be aromatic spiees. He then i
spread over himself a garment on which
he pronounced magical words.
All this time a committee of which I
was a memlier, appointed for the pur
jK>se by the Italsao, was watching hi*
every move closely. At length, after
various turns ami twists of his body,
which were sometimes very violent, he
ap|>eared to lapse into a rigid state, with
his eyes and mouth closed, after which
lie fell hack into the arms of an atten
dant Mephlstoplieles who accompanied
him. He was now plan-d In the collin,
which was securely closed slid scaled.
Then commenced the process of lower
ing the casket some live feet, which
was done In a manner that would have
excited the envy of New York under
takers. The hole was tilled up and well
battered down, guards provided by Ba
boo Ijill Chunder being placed over It.
After the interment notice was given
that exhumation would take place four
week* thereafter, at which all w ere in
vited to be present. The tum-tum wal
lahs and nauti li girls resumed tlielr <qs
eration* and noise, ami the Immense
crowd disjiersed in a very orderly man
ner on the camels, elephants, and hor
ses.
At the time nppoiuted I was again
present, when the same initiatory cere
monies were enacted as at the burying,
and everything was as before, except
that the people looked solemn and talked
In whis|wr, wondering among them
selves whether necromancy could make
the grave give hack her dead.
The sentries who had kept guard end
watch were paraded,'ami testified that
they had done so faithfully for four
weeks. The grave was then dug into
until the cotliii was reached.
Everything vu found in order out
side, and ujxiii the eoftlti Ix-ing raised
tiie seals, which were of metal, were
found untouched. The txn was o|*'iied,
and there reclined Meecbutn Iron*, look
ing tranquil. He was taken out. Ills
body and face presented the chilliness
and rigidity of death, but there were
no signs of decomposition, According
to orders given by film to his family be
fore burial, he was well shampooed
from head to foot, and given sonic de
coction to swallow upon returning ani
mation, which occurred in a very short
space of time. External heat appearing,
the limbs bocams gradually relaxed,
and the o|ieuiiig of the eyes, which had
a sort of somnolent appearance.
Shortly after the elixir had been given
him he stood up in his right mind and
salaamed the committee and those
around hlin. When asked how he felt,
and where he had been to, he said that
Bramah was good, and that he had
enjoyed close fellowship with their (iod
ships Bramah and Vishnu in the bosom
of the sacred rivers and 011 the tops of
the mountains.
This was highly satisfactory to the
spectators, who began to congratulate
themselves that 110 coroner's inquest
was necessary, while others of a more
devotional turn would no doubt have
consented to be burled alive forthwith
if they could but have been sure of en
joying the same distinguished prlvile
ges.
The crowd were now loud in their vo
ciferations, some calling 011 Mohammed
Allah, others on Bramah, Vishnu, and
Calle, and all the calendar of Hindoo
deities, which, by the way, is by no
means so large as another calendar of
canonized saints that we know of.
Meccbum Doss was now escorted in
triumph before the assembled crowd,
ami the noise on all hands was some
tiling terrific. The magician made
many salaams and frequently embraced
the attendant.
Baboo Lull (.'bunder then caused
CENTRE IIA I.E. CENTRE CO.. PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23, IS7(.
sw rctmrat* and pl|>e* to lie sent around,
while the magician was sea lei I II|KIII a
■qtecial divan prepared for hlui. Hl*
handsome buckhi-h or present was
presented to him with much ceremony,
alter w liicii a herald declared the games
closed. I I.c multitude which had in-eit
seated on tlie ground, tailor fashion,
now rose as one mail and salaamed to
the wonderful necromancer, and then
to their host. Baboo lotll Chunder, who
liH.k delight in providing entertain
tits*iits of no ordinary character for the
people. Thus ended a most astonishing
exhibition. I believe that everything
was conducted in a lair and squaie man
lier, but, of cour.e, a I was not present
tlie w hide time of the entertainment, I
cannot la-ar absolute testimony that
Meet-hum Ik.ss was not taken up dur
ing the lime and resuscitated.
I give you the mailer a- 1 aw it in
cur, and it may, at alt events, 1H- pleas
ing to some to hear ol till- wav ill w htcli
the Easterns amuse their friends, and
what the Magi, even ill these latter
days, eau accomplish.
V Hab) Inn Hwa
That is a droll place for a baby to live
—in a fur bag. Itaby Ix.i* and girl
wouldn't like it very well, hut for baby
kungartH.s i; isju-t tin- thing.
Most four-footed mot Iters, you know,
make a sung nursery for the little ones;
some of them under the ground, and
other quiet places, hut nature has pro
vided Mamma Kangaroo with the snug
ged place of all. It Is a Sort of bag oil
Uie under side of tlie Issly.
When the baby Is iH.rn It Is not so
large as a mouse, and of course it can't
do auv tiling but drink milk and grow .
So it stays in the bag till It D eight or
nine month- obi, ami tH-giu* to w ant to
see the world. After that the little fel
low put* tils heail out now and then,
and sometime* Lake* a nibble at the
grit** white its mother i* eating. At
lad it comes out and ho|>* about a little ;
but for a long time, till it is aide to take
care of itself, it gm-s back lulu its Cosy
warm nursery very often. And if the
mother suspects any danger, and she's
very shy, 1 can tell vou—she just lakes
tin- little one in the i>ag, and away tliey
g°-
You have probably seen s picture of
a kaiigariNi, and you know w hat long
hind-legs this careful mamma ha, and
w hat comical little fore-leg-. T hat is
because she i* Uiade for hopping. Such
hops—or rattier, leap*—you never saw ;
sometimes thirty feet at a jump. Be
side. the immense hind-legs, she has a
very large and strong tall, that i a*
good a another leg to help jump. She
ran get over the ground faster than a
hor*e.
Her fore legs are not of much use to
her when she is iu a hurry; but she
call walk if she likes, and a droll walk
It Is. Jbe puts her fore-feel ou the
ground, ami rests on them and the stifl
tail, while she jerk, forward her long
hind-legs. I'M. .he get* on after a fash
ion.
Th|. curious animal ha. four tc. on
her hllid-feet, and ou one of them she
ha* a fearful nail, which sbe knows
iiow to use w lien hunters' dogs come
100 near. She ha- al-o another weajMin
for these iiii|>ertiiieiit dogs, and that is
Iter tail. Tills useful meuitier not only
serves a* a fifth leg. hut a* a club.
Wlien dogs get near enough, -he give,
them dreadful blow* with it.
The one I'm telling about I* the Giant
kangaroo and is shout four leel high
w hen sitting up. There are atx>ut fifty
.|Mi-ie. known, of all sires down to one
not so bigas a rat. In the Malay island,
the smaller kinds ate often caught and
tamed They are extremely graceful
and pretty |s-t*.
kangaroo* are —H-iable fellows; some
times a hunter will come II|M>II a doten
ol them silling up on their hind-legs,
and apparently holding council to
gether. probably discussing the weather
and the stale of the gra->*.
Unfortunately for their own comfort
they are very good In eat, and their
while teeth are in greot demand among
the dark-skinned natives for la-ad*; so
they are frequently hunted, and have
need to put tlie l>al>y ill tlie hag, and
jump iln-lr ln-<i. Sometimes they are
caught—ln Australia - iu net*. They are
driven ou lo them and while entangled
are killed vv ith cluiis.
They have another way of dealing
with hoiiling-dog* besides striking
wiili their uih. If then* i* water near
they go in n|> to the shoulders, sad
then, woe to the dog that (lr to go
near! The kangaroo will seize liiin,
ami holil him under water till he
drown*.
Kangaroo- live in the woxl* t and one
kind, the Tree hangaroo, even live in
tree-, and eat leaves ami fruit.
One little fellow IM-loiiging to the
family, is railed the Jerlain Kangaroo.
He is alxuit as large us a rabbit, and
very prettv. lie leap* over the ground
like hix bigger relations, and makes it
funny house for him-clr. Hunting up
a little hollow among the grass, lie
builds a roof of grass and leaves, which
lookx much like ttie gra around it.
Mn-t people would pass the little house
twenty times a day ami never sec it.
When the cunning little fellow can't
And grass near hy that is long enough,
he goes off (ill lie flmls some, ami pro
ceed* to cut down as much as lie w ants,
then roils liis tail around it so as to
make it into a bundle—or hale, |erliap*
I ought to say—and hops away to hi*
nest with the load.
When tin' house is done and the ba
bies in it, the mother is very careful to
close the door, when she goes out, by
drawing a wisp of gra-s before it.
These little babies, you see, have no
nice fur hag to ride in.— Chrittvin I'nion.
Tr*(lr < lose of W olttngten'* Career.
It having come to the ears of Mrs.
Wdflihgton that Tate Wilkinson was In
the habit of mimicking her, that lady
took a great dislike to him. One night
he was seated with his friend, Captain
Forbes, in front of the theatre hi the
royal !>ox. NOW AS Wilkinson was only
a shabby, out-al-cllmws hanger-on be
hind the scenes, his lieing in such a
seat of honor was regarded hy the com
pany ax MII impertiuent presumption,
and during the perlormanra W oiling
ton east many disdainful glances ii|sin
him. Monday, May 17, 17.">7, "As you
like It," was acted at f'ovetit Harden.
I was standing near the wing as Mrs.
Wofllngtoii, in llnMiltmi and Mrs. Vin
cent in t'clia, were going on the stage
in the flrst act. Mrs. Woiflington said,
ironically, she was glad of having that
opportunity of congratulating uic II|MUI
my stage success; and did not doubt
such merit would insure me an engage
ment the following wintert 1 bowed,
hut made Iter no answer. She went
through /fosri/i'ud for four acts without
my perceiving she was in the least dls
orded, hut in the fifth she complained
of great Indisposition. I offerd Iter my
arm, which she graciously accepted;
I thought she looked softened in her IH*-
havlor, and had less of the hauteur.
When she came off at the quick change
of dress she again complained of liclng
ill; hut got accoutred and returned to
finish the part. When iti the epilogue
she arrived at—"lf I were among you
I would kiss as mnny as hail heard*
that pleased me"—her voice broke, she
faltered, and endeavored to groan, but
could not, then in a voice of tremor
screamed, "O Hod, O God I" tottered to
the stage door speechless, where she
was caught. The audience of course
applauded till she was out of sight, and
theu sunk into awful look* of astonish
ment, both young and old, before and
behind the curtain, to see one of tln
most handsome w omen of the age, a
favorite principal actress, and who had
for several season giveu high entertain
ment, struck so suddenly hy the hand
of death hi such a situation of time
and place, and in the prime of life, be
ing then about forty-four. She was
given over that night, and for several
davs: but so far recovered as to linger
near the yeer 170, hut existed as a
mere skeleton sans twill, salts •) t*#, sans
taste, nail* everything. Ispltc <•! all her
foibloa, WoltlngUm hail many admirable
qualities beyond her talents a- an acirr*#
Although, say one author, liih- in the
teuilh nl her glory, courted ami caressed
l>v all ranks and degrees, *l*e made no
aih-raliiin In he behavior ; she remained
dm gay, giaoduatured, affable, obliging
IVoittugiou in every urn- arouml as ever,
ller company sought alter by men
of the Ural rank ami diatiitclloti, |>erou
of the gravest character ami most emi
nent for learning were promt of lier ac
quaintance, ami cliarmeil with her con
versation. ller charities were very
large, among other Instances she huill
ami endow ed a number of alius house at
Icildluglou. I'rinj'l* /Arr.
• bruuoiuelry si M toil.
Sir Henry Holland, In Ills recently
puhll.-hed "fragmentary I'ajiers,"
touches ii|mm some minor Iflil very In
teresting i|ueslions of psychology. In
one ol these di-*qiiislliou* he treats of
mental o|*crution* in relation to lime,
lie says: Within a minute 1 have Ix-en
ahla to eiM-ree the nilml, so to #|>eak,
Into more than a ituisii acts or states of
thought so incongruous that no natural
association could uussihly bring them
into succession. In illustration I note
here certain object# which, with a watch
lie fore me, I have just "iiiviwliil in com
pressing, distinctly and successively,
within Ju second* oi time—-the pyramids
of lihhteh, thetlruilhorliynchus, Julius
t'icsar, the Ottawa Fails, tin- rings of
Saturn, the Aiatllo llehedcre. This Is
an experiment I have often marie on
mvself, and wilii tiie same general re
sult. It would t*e hard to name or de
-crits* the o|ieraliou of mind by which
these since-ive object* liave lieen thus
-mhleiilv evoked and ditnhMd. Tnere
is the volition lociiauge; hut how must
we define tliut effort by w tiieh the
mind, w ithoiit any principle of selection
or association, can grasp so rapidly a
succession of images tints incongruous,
draw n seemingly at random from |m.s|
thoughts and memories I 1 call it an
effort because it is felt as such, ami can
not be long continued without fatigue.
In commenting upon this the writer
in .Y'tfure says : ••This is a curious sub
ject which easily admits of ex|>erimeiit,
hut it will be found that the velocity
w Ith which thoughts can lie made to
succeed each other de|*end entirely
u|aui the degree of similarity or con
nection tietwi-en them. Judging from
iny own eX[a-rienee ami tliat of three
students, well qualified to test the
mailer, 1 tiud that w here the object*
thought of are as incongruous as ix>*i
hie, the number which the niiuu can
suggest to 11-elf in a minute varies from
11, the result of Sir Henry Holland, up
to about 10. Any one who tries tire ex
{•eriurenl, however, will find thai there
is an almost insuperable temptation to
go off on line# ot association. '1 • avoid
these, and yet to think rapidly, require*
a very disagreeable effort, becoming
more and more painful by repetition.
When Uie thoughts are restricted within
certain groove*, a# it were, the result Is
more rapid succession. Thus one stu
dent wa# able to think in a minute of 3l'
different kinds of actions, hi animals, 'M
plai-es, or SO |*ermn. 1 can myself
lit ink w iliiout much effort of 33 anlinais
or h persona or places in a minute.
Kven iu theM- cases, however, it will be
found that the rapidity greatly depend*
II|KII the degree In which the objects |
have been associate*!. When thoughts
have been very closely and frequently
linked together, the number which may
be compressed w itliiu a minute is much
greater. 1 tind that 1 can count about
'.*o In half a minute, which, without ai- j
lowing for the two places of tlgurea, i
give- l!l thought* jwr minute. 1 can
think of every letter in the alpliata-t in
five seconds at imvst, which Is at the rate 1
of more than 3ui per minute. Finally, !
by counting the lirst 10 number* over
and over again, I have compressed
nearly change* of idea w iihlu the j
minute.
A apliter's llrl<lge
A writer in UMrth ami //<< say#; \
"One chilly day I wa* left at home!
alone, and alter I was tired of reading '
itohinsoii I rtisoe, 1 caught a spider and {
brought him liit* the house to plav
with. Funny kind of playmate, wasn't
it f Well, I took a wash-basin ami fas
tened up n stick In it like a liberty |>oie
or a vessel's mast, ami then |M>ured iu
water euougli to turn the most Into an
island for my spider, whom I named
i t ii*o<-and put on tiie masL. A* MSHI
as he was fairly cat away he anxiously
commenced running rotiml to find the
road to tiie mainland. Ile'il scamper
* low II tin* mast to the water, stick out a
f*s*t, get it rt, shake it, run round the
stick, and try the other able, and then
run hack up to the top again Pretty
soon it Inline a -erlous matter witii
Mr. Itohinsoii, ami lie *at down to think !
it over. As in a moment he a* !*-! a* it j
lie wanted to shout lor a Isiat, ami wa- |
afraid tie was going to is* hungry. I
put a little molasses on a slick. A fly
came, hut Cru*oe wa-n't hungrv i**r
flics just then, lie > lioinesick tor
lii* we!* in tiie corner of the wood-*lied.
He went slowly down the |>ole to the
water ami toueheu it all round, shaking
his feet like pussy when she wets her
stocking# in the gra*#, ami suddenly a
thought ap|M>ared to strike him. I phe
went like a rocket to the top ami com
menced playing circus, lie held one
f*s>t iu (lie air, then another, and turned
round two or three times. He got ex
cited ami nearly sUssi on hi# head be
fore I found out what iu* knew, and
tiial was tills, that tin-draft air made by
the lire would carry a line ashore on
which he could esca|>e from his desert
island. He pushed out a web that went
floating in the air until it caught on the
tuhle. Then he hauled on the rope
until it was tight, struck it several
times to see If it was strong enough to
hold him, and walked ashore. I thought
lie ha*l earned Ii in liberty, so 1 put him
hack in his wood shed again.
The Happiest I'rrloU.
It I# not necessary to plunge Into met
aphysics to ascertain why different opin
ions have been expressed on the above
subject, for the logic of the diversity of
opinions must lie obvious to an ordina
ry mind. The happiest period of man's
life de|iends U|HH how he lives. Dif
ferent men live differently, hence the
diversity of opinions. A great many
men |*oint to their childhood's days as
the happiest time of their lives. Hut
litis is an acknowledgement that they
arc not living a* they should, and a
confession of their stupidity as to the
true way (<#l designed thai mail should
live.
The heautv, as revealed to u* in the
innocence of childhood, subsist* more
ill the fact that the child is untainted
by not having come in contact with the
wicked people of the world, than hy
any actual inherent lieauty in Itself. To
know the oliilil, you must wait until he
develops into a man. The innocence of
a child Is not based upon any fixed prin
ciple In the child, hut is in esssence a
state of mere uudevelopnieiit, or igno
rance.
A child two or three years of age, for
instance, that is old enough to run
about anil pick up everything It can
And, may. sometime, in the absence ol
its mother, get hold ot'a pair of scissors,
and with them put out the eyes o| a still
younger bnla* in a cradle. This would
ie an act of Innocence in which it
would lie ditticult to And any beauty.
No, don't (Miiiit back to your childhood
days, w hen your mother carried you in
her arms, and waited on your lite; hut
rather let your lives be so lived that you
will lie constrained to say, "Truly then
is hut one time in man's life thai is the
happiest; that is the autumn of life,
when the sun of this life is sinking low
beneath the western horizon."
If you would know, and not be known,
live in a city.
fsrli vol Urnrrsll) Ha ms
N|< loit* were found originally in Ala.
'I lie cantaloupe i* a native of America,
and so called from the name of a place
near Home, w here It was first cultivated
in Europe.
Nectarine is said to have received Its
name from net-far, the priiu-i|tl drink
! of llie gists.
i'ear* were originally brought from
i the east by the Koiunua.
' Greengage 1* tailed after the Gage
i family, who first took It tulo England
i from a monastery lu I'aris.
Kilt>ert* originally came from Greece.
The walnut Is a native of JVria, the
l aiiensus and t hiiia
I lie Greek, called butter bolltliro*—
"cow choose."
Before Uie middle of the seventeenth
century tea was not used In England,
. and w as ruliirly link now n to Uie Greek,
j and Roman*.
The la-att I* .aid to la- a native of
Ugypt.
I'lie cuctimlwr w a* originally a tmpi
; cat vegetable.
The |H-a is a native of tlie south of
Europe.
Spinach is a Persian plant.
The tomato is a native of Houili
America, and it lakes its name troiu a
Portuguese word.
The turnip came oilglnally from
It *iue.
Sweet marjoram is a native of Portn
-1 gl-
Coriander m-e-d came originally from
| tin- east.
The clove is a native of the Malacca
I-land, as also is the uuluieg.
< 'ai>er origiiiallv grew w lid iu Greece
and Northern Africa.
Garlic came to us first from blcily and
the shores of ihe Mediterranean.
(linger Is a native of Uie East and
West Indies.
huge is a native of the south of Ku
rope.
The gikiseberry is indlgeiious to
Great Britain.
Clove# come to us from the Indies,
and lake their name from the Latin
clavu* or French ekirn. liuth meaning
a nail to which they have a resemblance.
Horseradish is a native of Euglaud.
Vinegar is derived from two French
word# vin aigre, "sour wine."
The itasiurUuui came originally from
Peru.
Parsley is said to have come from
Egypt, and mythology tells u* it was
used to adorn the head of Hercules.
It is a curious fact Una while Ihe
name* ol all our animals are of {saxon
origin. Normau tiaiuew are given to the
flesh lltey yield.
When Jaiue* Buchanan was minister
to England, he had ear* of corn, ker
ineUeally scaled, sent to him from this
country.
The word biscuit is F'reneh for "twlce
baked," !ecau#c. originally, that wa*
the mode of entirely depriving It of
moisture to insure its keeping.
Apples were originally f>TiHight from
the net by tlie Romans. The crab
apple is indigenous to Great Britain.
The onion was almost an object of
worship with Eyptians two Uiousaud
years Ix-lore the Christian era. It first
came from India.
<juiiice* originally came from Corinth, j
Apricot* are indigeuous UJ the plains ;
of Armenia.
Cherries were known In Asia as far
back as Uie seventeenth century.
Hamsoris originally came from la
--mascus.
I-emon* were used by the Romans to
keep moth* from their garments, and in
the time of Pliny they were considered j
an excellent poison. They are natives '
of Asia.
The peach originally came from Per- 5
sia.
Art liar's first Hwlfala.
Next to "wild" Indians, the boy*
longed for a sight of the buffalo on hi*
native plain. This came In due time. |
They had (Missed up the the long tongue !
of laud whieh lies between lamp j
Fork and the Platte, and had reached a
stream making in from the north and ;
known as MHHI River. Crtissing this, j
they bore off to the north-west, with j
the little river on their right.
One hot afternoon, while ihe party
wen* wearily dragging themselves !
along, Barnard went ahead with the j
horse to spy out a gotxl camping-place. !
Arthur walked on in ad\aiuv of the
team In the dusty road, half asleep, and
feeling a* If he would te happy if he
eonld fall down in the du*l ami take a
long nap. It wax very tiresome, thix
continual tramp, tramp, tramp, with
each day's journey making almoxt no
difference in their advanee. Arthur
grumhled to hiuixelf, and scarcely
heard Uic linyinh talk of Johnny, who
trudged along with him. Once in a
while he fell himself dropping to sleep
as he walked. Ilix heavy eye* closed;
he lot sight of the yellow wagon-track,
the dusty gr:i, ami the earth which
-ecined to r-e): the hlimliiig glare of
the sun wax gone for an instant, and he
xtomhled on ax in a dream. Then he
nearly fell over forward, and he knew
that lie had xlepl hy the |utiiifnl start of
awaking. He looked dreamily at the
rough soil hy the side of the trail, dim-
Iv longing to lie down and xh*ep. sleep,
xleep. Johnny said: "Oh my! Arty!
what Mack cattle!"
Arty haikeil languidly across the river,
which wa now only a narrow, woody
creek. In an iiixtant his sleepiness wax
gone.
■•Buffalo! buffaloes!" hcxhoiitcd and,
very wide wake indeed, ran hack to the
wagon. He was in a fever of excite
ment, and the new* he brought set his
comrades Into commotion. Everybody
rushed for his favorite firearm, Tom ex
tracting his long-unused revolver from
the wagon, where it lay unloaded.
Mont thought it unsafe logo to the
ttpjer part of the meadow, liecause the
wltwl came from that direction, "And
they art* very sensitive to any unusual
odor In the air," added Arthur. "They
can smell a man two miles off. when
they are to the leeward." The boy was
trembling with excitement at the sight
of this large game, hut In* remembered
his natural history for all that. Even
as lit* s|M>ke one of the f<*cding buffaloes
lifted his large shaggy head and sniffed
suspiciously to the windward.
Tin* three young fellows separated,
Arthur going down the ercok, HI up to
ward the often, anil Mont crossing in
the middle of the V, directly op|Mi*itc
where the animals were feeding. They
were huge fellows, ponderously mov
ing about and nibbling the short, ten
der grass. Their humped shoulders
were covered with tlark, shaggy hair,
and their long, beard-like new laps
nearly swept the ground as they bent
their heads to graze. They w ere not in
very good condition, apparently, and
the hide of otic of the m was clouded w itli
a dingy, yellowish tinge. "Just like
our old sleigh-robe." secretly commen
ted Arthur to himself, as he lay, breath
less, on the further side of the creek,
waiting for a signal from Hi.
Suddenly, to Ills amazement, a shot
burst out from the brush on the farther
side of the meadow,and, as the alarmed
animals dashed away like cat*, another
re|ort bunged out from the same spot.
The buffaloes, scattering In different di
rections, were almost immediately out
of reach. Two pitched down into the
creek near where they were feeding,
but oil the other side, ami so dlsap|iear
ed in the woods beyond. One broke
through the timber just below where
Arthur was twisted, scrambled across
the gully, and, with Incredible agility,
crashed through into the road near the
wagon, where Tom gallantly, hut inef
fectually, assaulted him with his "|w*p
iwr-lwix" revolver as he galloped away.
The fourth raced up the V-shaped luea
dow, receiving a shot from Mont's mus
ket and from Hi's rifle In his rapid flight.
The tift.li made as if he would plunge
down into the creek at the foot of the
meadow, but, baulked hy something,
turned and raced up the side of the tri
angle next the road, heading directly
Terms: $2 a Year, in Advance.
for Arthur, who was concealed bahlnd
a hush. "Now or never," aaid the levy,
with his heart standing still and his eye
glancing along the sights of his rifle.
The buffalo was coming directly to
ward him, his head down and Ids enor
mous leet potiiidiug the eMiih. Arthur
fired, and the Initial., swerved sharply
to the right; at the tune instant another
shot cauie Irniu tlie <>p|ositr side of the
meadow. The buffalo ambled on for a
few paces, fell on his kuees, dug Ills
horn* madly lulu the ground, rolled
over on his side and was still.
As Arthur, scarcely believing hi*
eye*, ran oui Into the open, a tail young
fellow, carrying a doubie-Uarreletl shot
gun, rushed up from (he other side, and,
iiraw lug Ills hunting-knife, cut the ani
mai's throat. There was Ho need. The
great creature w as dead.
"My fust buffalo," aaid Uu* stranger,
draw ing himself up proudly.
Arthur looked ou with heart heating
ami said: "I tiled at liiui, U->."
All this took in a very few minute*.
The firing in all directions was almost
•ituulianeou*. Mont and 111 came run
ning up, chagrined at their ill luck, but
excited by the sight of this lira! buffalo.
"Who shot him?" eagerly cried Hi,
who had not seen what happened be
low him.
"tVell,t allow that I'm the fort nit ill
dividooai," said the stranger. "Is-ast
ways, that 's uiy mark," ami he put his
finger into a smooth round hole iu the
i-entcr ol the animal's forehead, direct
ly between anil a little alxve the eyes.
"That's just where I aimed," aaid Ar
thur, with some, excitement.
"No, Utile chap," said the stranger.
*U|*-n-ihoul v. "1 seen you shoot, and
your hail must 'a gone clean over htm.
Mine's a slug. No orttery rifle ball's
goin' to kill a critter like this," and he
gave the dead uiolister a touch w Ith hia
boot.
"Let's look at that ball," said Mont,
curiously, aw the emigrant handled ouc
of the elmnsy slugs which ba<l beu fit
ted for the itig bore of his gun. Taking
it in his hand and glancing at Uie
wouud in Uie head of the buffalo, he
stopped u put it iutu Ute wound. The
skull was pierced with a sharply de
fined hole. Tlie stranger's slug rested
iu the edge of It like a ball tu a cup.
"That UU don't go into that hole,
stranger," said Motif. "The mate of it
never went in there. Give me a ball,
Arty." And Mont, taking utie of Arty's
rifle-hall*, *hpi**d in at the wound; it
droppod inside with difficulty and was
gone.
"It's a clear case. Cap," said HI. "Y'ou
may a* well give it up. Thai buffalo be
longs to our camp, and Arty's the boy
that fetched him—you bet y."
"Well," said the other, discontented
ly, "thar's no need o* jaw in' about it. 1
allow thar's meat enough for all hands.
I'll pitch to and help dress the critter,
any how," and he sirip|ed for work.
There was certainly no need of dispu
ting over the dead buffalo. It was Ar
thur's game, however, clearly enough.
He meivcsl Uie oongratulaikunt otitis
friend* with natural elaliun, but with
due modesty.—>(. \tcJu4as.
IOPI as Help Owe tsslkrr.
Tiiis little sentence should lie written
on every heart and stamped on every
memory. It should be the golden rule
C radioed not only in every household,
ut throughout the world. By helping
one another we not only remove thorns
from the pathway and anxiety from the
mind, but we feel a sense of pleaure iu
our own hearts, know tug we are doing
a duly to a fellow creature. A helping
hand, or an encouraging word is no ios*
to ui<, yet it is a benefit to others. Who
has not felt the power of this little sen
tence ? Who has uot needed the en
couragement sod aid of a kind friend ?
How soothing, when perplexed with
some task that is mysterious and burth
-nine, to feel a get: tie hand on the shoul
der, and to hear s kind voice whisper
ing, "Ik not feel di *<-on raged. 1 See
your trouble—let me help you." What
strength is inspired, w hat h<|te created,
what sweet gratitude la felt, and the
great dilliculty Is dissolved as dew be
neath the sunshine. Yea, let us help
one another by endeavoring to strength
en and encourage the weak and lifting
the burden off from the weary and op
pressed, that life may glide smoothly
on and the fount of bitterness yield
sweet waters; and He, whose willing
hand is ever ready to aid us, will re
ward our humble endeavors, slid every
gisxl deed will tie as "bread cast upon
llie waters to return after many days,"
if not (o us. to those we love.
The Usurer of Nxmin'i P*er
Insufficient discrimination is made
when we imagine that the source of
womauV |Miwer arises chiefly frotu a
woman's beautiful face.—Though that
may first attract and arrest attention,
the charming fascination will lie found
to ootid*! chiefly In those gentle wom
anly Influence*, that distinguish her
front the rougher sex, such a* the soft
and graceful movements of her person,
the sweet, gentle, genial tone* of her
v ice, the loving moderation evinced
in action and expression, Iter yielding
courtesy, her serene re pi we, the stipprea
siiHt and concealment of her own inde
|M>tident desires and will, when they
would clash or come in coullict with
those of others. These and such-like
qualities inspire love and admiration,
w Itich are not tilirre<|ieiilly sup|Nmod
to 1h- excited alone, or chiefly bv more
tangible charm* of a lieantifui face,
ltcauty of form, however perfect in
symmetry, is feebleness; when found
apart from the womanly graces. It is
these latter, therefore, that should be
cultivated il woman would exercise her
legitimate power iu society. These,
and these alone can give iter a queenly
power iu social life.
Hints and I felons I nntlllar
Why Is a ray of light composed of
various colors?—lf solar light were of
one color only, all the objects would
appear of that one color, or else black.
Why are some things of onecolorand
some of another?—As every ray of
light is composed of all the colors of a
rainbow; some things refl(it one Of
these colors, and some another.
Why do some thing* rolled one color
and some another?— Because the sur
face of thing* is differently constructed
both physically and chemically.
Why is a rose rod?— Because the sur
face of a rose absorbs the blue ami yel
low rays of light, ami reflects only tlie
blue ones.
Why is a violet blue?— Because the
violet absorbs the red and yellow rays
of the sun, and reflect* the blue only.
Why Is a primrose yellow ?—Because
the surface of the primrose absorb* the
blue and the rays of solar light, ami re
flects the yellow ones.
Why are some things black?— B
ecause they absorb all the rays of light,
and reflect nons.—[ Jmarimn Builder.
The Troop Hora*.
A ludicrous incident occurred in the
castle yard, Dublin, in 1794. A farmer
had, some tltuc In-fore, purchased an old
troop horse which was unfit for service.
The animal being naturally quiet, lie
mounted his daughter upon bitn, and
sent her with milk to town, where she
unluckily arrived Just at the time of re
lieving guard.
The horse, hearing the inuslc to
which he had been accustomed, became
ungovernable by his fair rider, and
trotting, snulllng and snorting, bolted
into the castle yard with his rider and
her milk-|>ails, and took his plaee iu the
midst or the ranks, to the no small
amusement of all present. BVawt's
Anectbdes.
Bad E flee I a or Xsrroltf*.
The Loudon Lancet says that sleep
produced by narcotics or so-called sed
atives is poisoned, that their use gives
the jiersons employing them an attack
of cerebral congestion, only differing
in amount, not in kind, from the con
dition which naturally issues ia death.
NO. I' 2.
lormr cot-ras.
A Short 7Mb—Won dey last weak,
<-y- >ft lour ill u* linuir q*r the plane*
and threw the veil*. Tk Hkye WM
fare and blew. and the la son through
liia pail rata* or* Un- *een. I 'ear. yew*,
and baira were gambling on won sighed,
while on uiy write rnwa long atrait rose
of mace, ale feat hie or sew. and aa
fresh aa reiua and dura could make
theta.
"Owe," aaid eye, racing one of the
aoit colonel* to my know*, "surely thia
plan l haa know pier aniouirtbe serials!
Sea the rich hew of ita waiving bel
li* Hour like a lock of .ilkeu hare—ita
golden rede, in iwwa of roiunela, which,
maid into flower and lheo into doe or
bred, charm hour pallets. It feeda
knot man alone, bat the foul of the
iieir and fiait of the aeice."
I might hate continued in thia atile
an our, but 1 aaw the aon hart net and
the knight wa* coming faat, and it be
frau to reign. My weigh lay threw a
oau would of fura. ewes. and Itrachea. I
The cloud* row* hire, the lightening
*hown, and the thunder peeled allowed,
rill my hole aoie waa feint with fear.
Kyr tlue on my coarac, though my feat
liardlv could bare my wait, till my tow
waa caught by a decade limn, and I
waa throne down, atnktng my beat on
a roc, which waa the caw aof a graU
paue. I htid no centa lett. 1 herd
something in my head like the wring
ing of a Nell, or like the thrill of the
heir after a belle t* told. It took aum
thyme two clime Iwrk too the rude,
butt then the reigu wa* dun. and the
atara ahown fourth. I guu the weigh,
and aoon reached home. M y ant waa
at the gait, weighting, and aire hide too
meal me. Site led me inn, look oft my
wet rape, gave me hot teaar, and eh
*upp r of fried aoula, with knew wry
bred, au auite that it kneaded no preya.
I soon retired to my palate, glad two
lye down in piece and wrosL— St Ai
aim.
Tom.— I want to tell yon about a cat
we bad. He was perfectly while, and
weighed thirteen pounds. Uia uam
was Tom; though Annt Julia, who
was very precise, always called him
Thomaa. I suppose, it she had written
htm a letter, site would have directed
it to "Thomas Cat, lej."
Tom was kind enough to each one of
the family, but he did not like stran
gers. When they came to the house,
he would get on the best chair in the
room and lie there, growling and sulk
ing till they went away. So he did
not make many new friend*.
He was a great niouaer Ifhecaogbt
a rat in the barn, 1m- would bring it to
the bouse to show it; and, when we
praised (urn. he seemed much picas**!,
lie did not eat the rata, but caught
them for fun. 1 suppose, or perhaps
from a sense of duty.
Sometime*, on cold days, when no
one let him in at the door, he would
get on the sill outside the sitting-room
window, and w ant to rotne in that way;
but a How cr-itand was in front of that
window, and it was too much trouble
to move It even to please Tom.
< hie day be jumped on the sill with a
large rat iu lus mouth ; and, to reward
lum, we opened the window, and let
him come in and lie by the fire. The
neat day, he jumped < u thw aitl again ;
but lie had no rat in Upisodtii. and we
took no notice of him.^
He waited a while, and then went to
the wood shed, got an old. dried
mouse-akin, that had beta there for
weeks, and. with thai in his mouth,
took his seat again on the sill, as much
ss to say, "Hen- is my ticket: now let
me in."
Hut Tom came to grief at last. He
was very food of youug turkeys. He
did not care to have them stuffed with
oysters, or dished with cranberry
sauce, but ale them lust as they were.
He was caught in the act of eating
one by a woman, who luul meant to
have thai very turkey for her Thanks
giving dinner; and his life paid the
forfeit.
Char tie's fronts.—Charlie is a little
boy who lire* in Masa. He
cannot read and write )et; but his
mother reads for hint; arid, ever aince
lie heard about the boy who asked
Santa Ciaus to bring him a pair of
goats, he has talked a great deal about
having a pair himself.
So Ins father, who is very kind to
his only boy. bought him a pair of
black goats, with a wagon, whip, har
ueaa, arid every tiling complete. The
goals are nauied Nanny and Lucy,
l'he.v arc jet black. They belonged to
a boy who trained them well; no that
they trot along aide by aide just like
two ponies.
Now, when t'harlie got them, he
thought it would la-a very easy matter
to drive thi-ni. So he gut into the wa
gon. and started duwu the driveway.
I'hey went very well uulil they came
to a little hill, which they did uot like
to go down, when they made a very
nlnut turn ; and over went wagou, boy,
and all.
Before Charlie could get up, they
trotted back toward* home aa fast as
they could trot. Charlie ia a plucky
little fellow, and did not like to be beat
in that w ay: for theTe were many
otiier little buys looking oa. t'harlie
noon caught up with the goats, got hold
of tlie n tits, turned them arouud, and
took hi* neat in the wagon again.
This time he did better; tor, when
the goats tried to serve htm the aaiuc
thiu again, lie gave them a sharp cut
with the whip, and Itiey soon knew
.hat they had tound their ma*ter. At -
that, they were as steady and quiet as
could be wished.
The /Voces'* Ad rice. —The lee-pond
by the School-house is HI splendid
skating otdcr, and it'*all a-bloom with
hoy* and gtris. Such fun as they have!
Such shouting, laugliiug and darting
tins way and that, like birds or tulips,
or what you w ill, blown about by the
breeee. This is all very well. The
deacon says it makes him young again
to see it. For that matter, he is often
in among them, skates and all—the
swiftest among the swift.
"It's glorious sport," says the deacon
sometimes when he's on the way home
with the youngsters, skates in Uaud,—
"glorious sport! But there's one tluug
i never do. and I advise you against it
too—that is, to kneel upon the ice. It
seems a natural tluug to do. just for a
minute, when you wish to tighteu your
straps; but don't you try it. It's dan
gerous. It uiay lame you tor life, and
it is pretty sure to give you cold or in
jure you in one way or auolber."
He says more, but they walk by so
last that Jack cannot catch the rest.
Eddie's first H'uH with <t I mbrelia.
—The little ioy under his umbrella,
the bright flowers stuck in his hat,
amused the |>eople in the street. A
lady sutiled. Due man stopped, and
spoke to hitn. Two girls turned arouud,
aud laughed. "Look at his hat, too,
said oue to the other.
Lillie Hastings caiue along. "Halloo,
Eddie," said she. "What arc you doing
with such a big umbrella V
"Keeping off the awta.'"
The ratu stopped, and Eddie's papa
*but his umbrella; but Eddie still
trudged along under his. "Open yonr
umbrella, papa. Mine is open," said
the little boy.
How do you suppose it all ended f
"Papa. you carry me," said a tired
voice under the hat bright with flowers
Ah, that is the way all through life.
When tlie storms come, we thiuk we
cau g. alone. But out in the weary
way. God hears a tired voice saying,
"Father, carry me!"— E<l<lie's Papa.
"Children," asked a Fayette county
minister, addressing a Sunday-school,
"why are we like flowers? What do we
have that flowers have?"
A small hoy iu the infant class,
whose breath sutellcd of vermifuge,
rose up and made reply, "Woruis."
The minister crept under the pulpit
chair to hide his emotious.
Energy will do anything that can be
done iu this world; and no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities, will
make a two-legged animal a urau with
out it.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT,
Pleasure and tor row are twin*.
I'oetry la tratb dwelling in beauty.
If religion were hurtful tliere are fbw
men who would get enough of it to In
jure health.
There are some kind* of men who can
not paae their iitne alone. They are the
flail* of occupied people.
He who reform* himself haa done
more towards reforming the public than
a crowd of notsy, Impotent patriots.
Nothing exposes religion more to the
reproach of It* anemic* than the world
linen and hard heartedneaa of the pro
fessors of it.
Praise never glvas us much pleasure
uules* It concur with our own opinion,
and extol ua for those qualities iu which
we chiefly exoel.
Among all races, the Engliah has ever
•hown itself most keenly alive to the
icar of making itself ridiculous; and
among all, none has produced so many
humorists.
"The excuse of the third man," said
Mr, Moody, illustrating Uie parable of
the guests who ware backward In com
ing forward, "was more absurd than
any—'! have married a wife and there
fore I cannot come.' Now, why didn't
he take bis wife along with bin f M
Man himself Is the author of moat of
his iuflraniUe*, and of them the greater
number originate purely In mental or
moral cause*. It would be absurd to
suppose that many disease*, and deaths,
too, should not arise from cause* beyond
the control of man; but bis own pur
suits and habits In life lay the founda
tion of bv far the greater portion.
At Chatham. Eng., recently, some
workmen In making excavations on an
island, for dock purposes, found a large
vessel several feet U ucaih the surface.
Hbc was probably one of the several
sunk #*! years ago to impede the Dutch
fleet on its passage up the Mmi way to
destroy Uie dockyard. Heven gnus, a
quantity of *bot, some tobacco pipes,
and a ctdn dated l&M, were among Uie
arUHas found on board.
I r.-m-tnhf ■ |**ag# of on# of 1/uiVn
Elisabeth's great tn#n u advice to his
irifikU. 'it# wlvmiU|c," *ay* be, "1
had over other* at court u that I
aiway* spoke u I thought; which be
lli# not l**Beved by them, f lxth pre
served a food conscience, and suffered
no dama## from tb# freedom ;♦ which,
aa it shows the rkc to be older than our
lime*, m> doe* it that gallani man'* in
tegrity to be the best way of avoiding iu
'Hi# Milan#*# ladles do not promenade
the streets ainglr, save in rare eases;
tbejr are getieriuly accompanied bjr a
companion of their own sex—mother or
sister, or if with a gentleman, he Is
generally a husband, father or brother.
It is not considered the proper thing for
a Milanese lady to promenade the street
with a gentleman not a relation. Cer
tain It u that when one is Keen alone,
she is apt to be accosted by every Italian
she meets.
There Is a rage in Paris just now for
old tapestry, carpets, church vestments
ancient coals, vests, sod ladies dresses,
Ac. At a recent sale at the Hotel
Drouot, a very small embroidered car
pec of ue seventeenth century sold for
500 francs; a yellow silk bedcover, em
broidered. for 410 francs; a white satin
chasuble for 300 franca; a boop dress,
time of Ixuis XVI., for 430 francs; a
velvet ©oat, same period, for 363 francs;
a dram, time of Louis X V., for 133
6mm.
A regular poser—a clincher—ls the
casern an Irishman named Dennis, If
true; if not true, the Annus] Register
must be heJ<i responsible. He died at
Atlicnry la IsKW, at the age of one hun
dred and seventeen; he Had been mar
ried seven times, the last time at the
age of ninety-three. He survived the
birth of forty-eight children, two hun
dred and thirty-six grandchildren, four
hundred and forty-four great-grand
children, and twenty-live great-great
grandchildren.
A recent visitor to the Dions! Swamp
describes it sa baring lost none of its
< haractcristim which gave it iu name.
Rears are not so plenty there as when
the region was but rarely penetrated by
man. yet they still afford sport for the
hunter*. Lake Drum mot id, oocw be
lieved by the ignorant U> be bottomless,
is really uot in any place more thau 15
feet deep. Its water, impregnated with
the juices of juniper and gum leaves, is
of the color of wine, and Is drunk aa a
remedy by consumptives.
The late Gulkwar of Baroda was sup
posed to have bad the most magnificent
coat ever made In India, valued at six
laiik* of rupees, which he sent as an
offering to the shritie of the prophet at
Mecca But this coal Is about to be
eclipsed by one lately made for the
i Maharajah of I'uttiala. which a corree
(tondent of the Ifc-ihi MiajteUe' tells us
is "valued at fifteen lakhs, set with
precious stones, and fringed about the
"•ollar, cuffs, and front with large pearls.
The oust will be worn at the durbar of
the Prince of Wale*."
A venerable talker of twaddle, a so
ciety man who ba outlived his useful
ness, but who still hover* arouud at
receptions and uartiea. and indulges in
small talk at which no one laugh* but
himself, sailed up to a couple engaged
in conversation in a cosy corner the
otter evening, and in hi* most winning
tones said—"Judging from the color of
her cheeks, 1 should sa> you bad been
saying some very complimentary things
to Ml** , my boy!" "1 never deal
in said the 'boy,' rather
gruffly. "Don't you believe it," broke
in the fair .Miss . "He has paid me
a better compliment titan you ever paid
a lady in all your life. He has been
talking to me as though I knew some
thing."
A French connoisseur lately entered
a Paris "curiosity shop," and saw a
beautiful Dresden rase. Asking the
(trice, he was told £4O, "and," said the
dealer, "If 1 had the pair they would he
worth £300." M. A. offered £3O, and
came several days running to renew his
proposal, but in vain. Dtte day a man
came to M. A.'* apartments to show him
some old china plates, and induced him
to visit his shop in the Batignolles. To
his surprise and delight M. A. saw in
an obscure corner of the shop a vase
exactly similar to the coveted Dresden,
and eagerly secured It for £+S, with the
assurance that the pair, it forthcoming,
would lie worth £4OO. M. A. rushed off
to the first dealer, and offered him his
own price for the vase. "Ah, sir,"
said he, "you come too late; 1 sold it
yesterday to a dealer at the Batignolles!'
Rome Indian tribes hare a custom
which some of the grown-up whites, as
well as the little ones, could follow.
Whenever a member of one of these
tribes finds a soft or dangerous spot in
a marsh, or discover* some precipice
hhl by trees or bushes, he puts up in
the most conspicuous plaee a certain
sign which ia understood to mean 'dan
ger near," and so, no matter how many
of his tribe may travel that way. none
of them ever come to grief. What a
blessed thing It would be if we would
follow such a custom throughout our
lives, and whenever we make a costly
mistake, or fall Into an error, put tip a
sign which would warn our friends of
the danger and enable them to steer
clear of a similar fate. If you think
well of this, remember that it is never
too early to begin doing good, and that
habits for good or svll grow with us, as
we wax older and stronger.
Fidelity.
Never forsake a friend. When enemy's
gather around, when sickness falls upon
the heart, when all the world is dark
and cheerless, is the time to try true
friendship. The heart that has been
touched with true gold will redouble
its efforts when the friend is sad and
in trouble. Adversity tries true
friendship, They who run from the
scene of distress betray their hypochrisy
and prove that interest only moves theni.
If you have a friend that loves you, who
has studied your interest and happiness,
be sure to sustain him in adversity.
I,et him feel that his former kindness
is appreciated, and that his love was
not thrown away.
ItottnM*h 1 lit t alack? Hen.
Never have anything to do w it t an
unlucky man. 1 have seen many c.ever
men, very clever men, who had no
shoes to their feet. I never act with
them. Their advice sounds very well,
but they cannot get on themselves;
and if they cannot do good to them
selves, how can they do good to me?