STORMS AND FLOODS.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY FLOODED FROM
MOUNTAIN TO MOUNTAIN,
RAILROAD DRIDGES CARRIED AWAY
AND TRAFFIC SUSPENDED,
BELLEFONTE, PA,, Nov. 19.—Over
two and one-half inches of rain have
fallen here since Saturday evening,
which Is within one inch of the record
of last June, Bald Eagle Valley is
flooded completely from mountain to
mountain especially in the upper half,
Penn's Valley 18 also under water in
some places, Several bridges on the
line ofthe Lewisburg and Tyrone Rall-
road between Coburn and Laurelton
have been washed away. The water is
still rising rapidly and all streams and
creeks are raging torrents,
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Nov, 19.—For
the past forty-eight hours rain has fal-
len here almost incessantly, and the
waters are very high. Reports from
the surrounding country give the flood
almost as great as last June, At Will-
ham the wuter is if anything higher
than it was at that time,
There is no railroad communication
over the Philadelphia and Eile Rall-
road, ail bridges being washed away.
No train has arrived in Bellefonte over
the Lewisburg road since 9 o’clock this
morning, and reports stale that the
road 18 being badly used up.
Lock Haven aud Clearfield are re-
ported to be badly flooded.
At this writing the rain has ceased,
but the clouds are yet very threaten-
ing.
READING, Pa., Nov. 19.—The heavy
rain which has been falling for the past
two days has caused a Lig rise in all
the small streams flowing into the
Schuylkill, and the to-night is nearly
seven feet above low water mark-—as
high as it has been at auy time this
year at this point. The river and canal
are all one, and north of Reading whole
fields are inundated for long distances,
In this bity the Oley street sewer,
which was only built a year ago, caved
tn. A portion of the forge of the
Reading Iron Company was flooded,
and the employes were obliged to quit
work, The Swatara, Tulpehocken,
Maiden creek and all other small
streams tributary to the Schuylkilly
burst their banks and are carrying off
the fence posts, rails, ete. In Schuyl-
kill county a number of collieries were
flooded, and obliged to stop work.
A despatch from Sunbury says:
“There is a seven-foot flood in the Sus-
quebanns here, and the river Is rising
rapidiy. The Philadeiphia & Reading
Company Is making preparations to
weight the trestling with loaded cars,”
Severn industrial establishments were
obliged to close down because they
were flooded,
In Lebanon Isaiah Aniba, a one-
armed man, is missing, and itis De-
lieved he fell into the Quittapahbiila
creck, which bas overtlowed its banks
and was drowned. His hat and over-
coat were fisbed out of the water this
afternoon.
West CHESTER, Nov. 10.—The
rainfall bere this morning was a terrific
ove, and the Brandywine jumped its
banks mm afew minutes, and in several
places the approaches to bridges were
80 flooded as to Interfere with travel,
and communications between this bor-
ough and the Wilmington and North-
ern Railroad were entirely cut off.
Several venturesome farmers, In mak-
ing an effort to cross in wagons the
Brandywine and Chester Valley creeks,
narrowly escaped with their lives,
In Birmingham township, at the
residence of Mrs, Biddle, a 50 feet high
serpentine stone tower, 12 by 14 feet at
the base, was undermined at its foun-
dations by the water and nearly one-
half of it toppled over, the stone strik-
ing the roof of the mansion and doing
much damage to the structure.
Newrort, Perry County, Pa., Nov
19.—The Juniata river has been rising
since saturday worning at an hourly
rate of nine, six and three inches suc-
cessiveiy. Ita tributaries, two creeks,
have overflowed, doing some damage
to property.
WirLLiaMmsrorT, Pa., Nov. 10,.—AL
10 o'clock to-night the river had reach-
ed over 15 feet, At Clearfield it was
four and a half feet, and was at a
standstill at last accounts, Lycoming
creek was, this evening, within two
feet of the June mark at Cogan Sta.
tion. Bridges, 1, 2, 8, 18 and 19 on
the Northern Central Railway, have
been carried away, and all trains have
been abandoned,
The Philadelphia and Reading are
running trains to Mootgomery, using
the track of the Philadelpqia and Erie,
The bridges at West Milton and
Muncy, on the Reading Road, have
broken, as well as the bridge at Mont-
gomery, on the Philadeiphia and Erie
road, It is feared that the Market
street toll bridge here will go before
morning. The water is still rising,
and will probably reach 18 feet by to-
morrow morning. The logs in the
boom have been made secure.
BRADFORD, Pa.. Nov, 19.—An Era
special from Sunbury says that the
Susquehanna river has been swollen to
enormous proportions by the recent
rain, and great damage is reported
from the flood, At Milton the Penn-
sylvania Rallrosd biidge was in or,
and it was ordered to hold it in ©
with a beavy coal train. The traln had
been standing on the bridge & short
time, when the structure gave way
and the bridge and train fell with »
crash Iuto the river. Great losses to
Jumbermen are revorted.
READING, Nov. 20.-The flood
py. the rains is subsid in
—
settled that Isaiah Aniba, of Lebanor,
who disappeared on Monday night, fel
into the swollen Quitlapahilla creek
and was drowned. John W. Detwiler,
aged 18, of this ci'y, has disappeared,
He lived near the Oley street sewer,
which caved in, and it is believed he
was passing at the time and was en-
gulfed and his body carried into the
Schavlkill,
The Reading Railroal Company to-
day fitted up a number of freight cars
with bunks, and will send them to Mil-
ton to be occupled by the carpenters
who will prepare the timbers for the
new temporary bridges on the Susque-
banna, in place of the three structures
washed away, As soon as the water
subsides, a large force of carpenters
will also be put to work in rebullding
the bridges on the Catawissa branch,
Philadelphia and Reading Engine 529,
one of tho large freight locomo-
tives, which struck a rock near
Winfleld, is buried out of sight in the
Susquehanna. The freight cars which
followed the locomotive were swepl
down the stream. The crew had a
narrow escape, It 18 sald that ten
seconds after the engine struck the ob
struction it disappeared, together with
the derailed cars. Willlam Buckalew
was the engineer.
**When my engine struck the rock,”
he says, “she reeled over and made a
bse line for the river, I went down
with her, and crawled out of the cab
window as she slid into the water, |
managed to crawl up the embankinent,
although one of my legs was pretty
badly bruised.”
WirkespaAree, Is. 20.—The floods
are putting the inhabitants of the
Wyoming Valley to great inconveni-
ence, The Susquehanna river this
even'ng covers the flats between here
and Kingston, cutting off communica-
tion with the west side and the Dela-
ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road, The great quanity of floating
drift coming down indicates that the
flood must be doing considerable
damage in the country above. The
water here is at the 16-foot mark and
still raising.
WitLiaMsrort, Pa.,, Nov. 20,~
The river here is a8 little over eighteen
feet and about at a stand-still, Travel
on the Philadelphia and Erie and the
Reading railroads has been resumed.
The trains run on the Liaden line, on
the south side of the river and pas.
seugers are transferred by an engine
and car over the raliroad bridge al the
lower end of the city, the Linden
bridge uot being safe for trains, The
trains are getting through, but are
more Jess delayed, The Philadelphia
and Erie and the Reading trains use
the road of the former as iar as Mont.
gomery and the latter to Sunbury,
where they cross the river, each taking
its own line there. ‘I'hiree spans of the
Market street bridge here went out
during the night. One of the bridge
crew went down with the first span,
but was rescued. The small streams
have fallen and all danger Is Delieved
to be over. A large number of county
brilges have been swept away.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 20.—This
evening at 0 o'clock the Susquehanna
river was nearly 13 fest above the low.
water mark and slowly rising. It 1s
believed, however, that the flood will
subside without further damage, Two
bridge being built across the river here
were swept away with a heavy body of
iron, Cellars in the southern part of
the city were inundated.
Laxcasten, Pa, Nov. 20,—The
Susquebanna river at Columbia is ris-
ing rapidly, and very high walter is
anticipated to-night. The lumber men
are apprehensive of great damage.
William Dill was drowned at Mariella
while catching driftwood this morning.
His boat capsized.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF BRAZIL.
A REVOLUTION ACCOMPLISHED wWiTH-
OUT BLOODSHED,
Rio JaxeEiro, Nov. 19.—The city
awoke on Friday to hear the Republic
proclaimed, General Da Fonseca,
Senor Constant and others proceeded
to Petropolis in the morning and in-
fermed the Emperor that he had been
dethroned.
Dom Pedro, supported by his family,
eceived the deputation with absolute
composure, General Da Fonseca was
the spokesman. He said that Brazil
bad advanced far eaough in the path of
civilization to dispense with the mon.
archy,
Toe country, while grateful to the
Emperor for his patriotic services, was
firmly resolved to recognize only the
republic,
Dom Pedro made a dignified reply.
He declined to abdicate, but sald he
would yield to force.
The Imperial family were allowed
one hour to prepare for their depart.
ure, Carriages, escorted by soldiers,
were waiting to take them to the outer
harbor, where a man-of-war was lying
under steam,
Tue captain had been instructed to
#all as soon as the Imperial family had
embarked, He had received sealed
orders instructing him what route to
take. It is supposed that Lisbon is the
destination of the vessel,
Rio JAxeiro, Nov. 19.—The Re-
public has been proclaimed in all the
provinces,
The manifesto of the Republican
Government is as follows:
“Fellow Citizens: The people, the
army and navy and the provinces have
fou Secreed the al the Im am
nasty a suppression
monarchial system. This patriotic
revolution bas been followed by the
til a definite government has
named, has been made with full regard
to the most competent material.
The Government is simply composed of
who will govern and
! the preservation of public order. The
P ov sional Government promises Lo
use ull means in its power to guarantee
security, of life and property to ali the
inhabitants of Brazil, native and for.
eign, and respect for individual politi
cal opinions, excepting the exigent
modifications necessary for the good of
country. The army and navy, the or-
dinary functions of the Department of
Justice, the Civil and military admin-
istratious, will continue under their
existing organizations, and respect
for those holding position will bs
maintained, The Senate and State
Council are abolished aud the Chamber
of Deputies are dissolved. The Provi-
sional Government recognizes and ac-
knowledges all national compromises
under the late Government, and all
agreements with foreign powers, The
public debt, internal and external, will
be respected; also all existing contracts
and obligations legally made,
DEODORO FONSECA,
“Chief of the Provisional Govern-
ment,”
Empero Dom Pedro made the fol-
lowing reply to the communication of
the new Government, informing him
of his deposition:
“In view of the address handed me
on the 17th inst,, at 3 o'clock pr. M., I
resolve to submit to the command of
circumstances, to leave, with all my
family, for Europe to-morrow, leaving
this beloved country which I have
tried to give firm testimony of my af-
fectionate love and my dedication dur-
ing nearly half a century as Chlef of
the State. I will always have kindly
remembrances of Brazil and hopes for
its prosperty.
D. PEDRO DE ALCANTARA."
——————
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
~A freight train on the Philadelphis
and Reading railroad ran into a land-
slide at Wingeld, near Shamokin, Pa,,
on the morning of the 19th. The
engine and twenty cars were thrown
from the track intw the Susquebanna
river. Several of the train men are
injured,
buried in the river,
of the past several day caused the accl-
dent,
He
feiters in the West,
bad repute.
wife were found dead in
house at Prescott, Ontario,
morning of the 20th. There were
marks of violence on the woman's
head, but nune upon the man, It is
supposed he killed her and then com
mitted suicide,
John
habits, Highland,
souri, was shot and mortally wounded
before going to bed, One of two men
on the opposite side of the street was
heard to say:
have it," and the shot followed, Its
the boarding bouse proprietor by nen
who had a gruaoge against the iatler,
Amboy traiv,
Rallroad were over turned at
bethport station on the 20th, Ly spread-
dard, was badly injured.
~Six men were injured in Williams~
port, Pa , on the afternoon of the 20th,
while working on the Pennsylvania
Hailroad bridge, at the eastern end of
the city, by a beavy timber falling on
then. Anthony Catrap was so badly
injured that he died in a short time,
- Eugene Stroy has Deen arrested
and placed In jail in Lexington, Miss.
sippi, for the murder of P. B. Kiein-
felder. Kleinfelder was traveling alone
and unarmed through a plantation
when shot,
~A terrific wind storm from the
Southwest struck Newbern North
Carolina, at one o'clock on the after.
noon of the 21st, levelling the plate and
pulp factory of 8. H. Gray. Tbere
were sixty persons in the building
One of them was killed and pine in-
jured, ome mortally. Houses were
unroofed, and trees, fenees and chim.
neys blown down.
~ Henry Perkins, wife and children
were found in their beds in Frederick,
Maryland, on the morning of the 21st
in an unconscious condition from In-
haling coal gas, At last accounts they
had not recoverd.’ Frank Foster at-
tempied to shut off an electric hight in
Gloucester, Massachusetts, with an
iron gaff, on the evening of the 20th,
and was instantly killed.
~Mrs. Nathan Strang filled two
tumblers with asolution of Paris green
at her home in Moserville, Michigan,
on the evening of the 20th, during the
absence of ber husband, and, handing
one to her daughter, a handsome girl
of 18, and taking the other herself, she
drank her own dose and forced the
girl at the muzzle of a revolver to
swallow the fatal draught. On her
husband’s return she told him what she
had done. A doctor was summoned,
but his efforts were of no avall, Mes,
Strang died at midnight In horrible
agony, and Maud an hour later. The
insanity which led to the act has been
clearly marked for about two weeks,
William and Frank Burger
were killed near as, Pa. on the
morning of the 21st by the premature
explosion of a blast in a quarry. An
explosion of mine gas on the
21st at Beechwood Colliery, near Potte-
ville, fatally injuring James Kelly and
Patrick Haughney, and severely burn.
five or six others,
thres others were burned, Brennan
in pik gh Ed revi,
amp a wa
near Wilkesbarre, on the evening of
the 21st.
A A] SSI
Among the latest novelties in silver
chimney. The worn bricks sic repre.
ented by oxidizing.
The Great Procession.
—
pa Tou ever happen to think, when dark
fights wp the lamp outside the pane,
And you look through the glass on that worder:
and
Where the witches are making their te. tu the
rain,
Of the reat processish that says its prayer
All the world over and climbs the stairs,
And goes to a wonderland of dreams,
Where nothing at all is just what it seemy’
All the world over at eight o'clock,
Bad and sorrowful, glad and gay,
These with their eves as bright as dawn,
Those almost asleep on the way,
This one eapering, that one cross,
Plaited tresses, or curling floss,
Slowly the long procession streams
Up to the wonderland in dreams,
Far in the islands of the sea
The great procession takes up its way,
Where, throwing their faded flower-wreaths
own,
Little savages tire of play:
Though ihe} have no stairs to elimbd at all,
And go to sleep wherever they fall
By the sea's soft song and the stars’ soft
gleams
They are off to the wonderland of dreams,
‘Then the almond lids of the Tartar boy
Droop like a leaf at the close of day:
And her mat Is pleasant as clouds of down
To the tawny child of the Himalay :
nd the lad on the housetop at fspahan
os Hight, while the rose-breaths around him
an,
Lead up from the desert his starry teams
And mount to the wonderland of dreams,
Bil] westward the gentle shadow steals,
And touches the head of the Russian maid,
And the Vikings’ sons leave wrestle and leap,
And Gretchen [oosens her yellow braid.
And Bess and Arthur follow along,
And sweet Mavourneen at even-song,
All mingling the morrow’'s hopes and schemes
With those of the wonderland of dreams,
The round world over, with dark and dew,
see how the great posess on swells;
fear the musie to which It moves,
The children's prayers and the evening bells,
Jt climbs the slopes of the far Azores,
At last it reaches our western shores,
And where can it go at these extremes
But into the wonderland of dreams.
Hurrying, scampering, lingering, slow,
Ah. what a patter of fiicre feet!
Eyelids heavy as flowers with bees,
Was ever anything half so gweetl?
Out of the tender evening blue
1 do not believe it has come for you
To be off to the wonderland of dreams,
Where nothing at all is just what it seems,
Harriett Prescott Bpoford, in 8. Nicholas.
SIMON DARSE’ CRUTCH.
“To my beloved niece, Irene Dare
Benson, for her long faithful nursing
ing, in my bedroom at the time of my
including the eruteh I have so
often thrown at her head when she was
inclined to be lazy.
keep till death, never allowing it to go
out of her possession, for my sake.”
salary for the services mentioned in her
unele’s will. The room, familiar to her
as her own, after six months of duty
there, as her uncle's nurse, was hand-
ting-room as well as bedroom for the
invalid for many years, contained books
value,
sronnd him.
such as a man of wealth collects
over many small rooms, instead of
And the Wil-
declared, furni-
crowding one large one,
ton carpet was, Irene
“After all,” Harry Benson said, ocon-
tentedly, when Irene sat beside him on
contemplated the improvements around
i
again. It has been desolate here since
you left, and if your uncle kad not been
so very old and helpless, I should never
have let you go to him."
“He had such a nervous horror of a
merely hired nurse,” said Irene, “that
I believe it would have shortened his
life to have one.”
“And he gave you a good salary?”
“Yea,” Irene maid, slowly, “but—"
“Well?” Harry said, after a long
pause,
“I can tell you dear, what I would
not mention to any one else living.
Uncle Simon told me two weeks ago,
when ke was so very low, that I would
oase; and if the taste of the young eou-
ple had not been cultivated by travel or
study, they could appreciate the beauty
of the exquisite paintings and ornaments
around them.
But troubls ecmes into lovely homes
and stately ones; into happy hearts and
sad ones; and when Simon Dare had
been three years dead, deep sorrow had
fallen upon Harry Benson and his wife,
Two children, one a toddling boy, and
one an infant were Irene's joy and care,
and only happiness had come into her
home, when her husband was brought
home severely injured, erushed under
a heavily laden dray.
He had slipped upon the ice, striking
his head, and his right leg had gone
directly under the wheels, The driver
was nearly frantic,
“Indade, ma'am,” ke said to the
white, trembling wife, “he slid right
under the wheels, like hghtning, If it
had been me own mother, I couldn't a’
stopped the horses!”
His heartfelt regret, however, promp-
ted him to great usefulness, He went
for the physician, and it was his rough
but kindly hand that undressed the
wounded man—tenderly as a woman
and aided the doctor in the operation
of amputating the crushed leg.
The blow upon the head proved a
still more serious injury than the other,
and Irene had to abandon all other duty
and devote herself entirely to the care
of her husband. A nurse ha
gaged for the care of
all household matters left to the servant
to be en-
weeks passed, during which Harry pass-
ed trom the violent delirium of brain
fever to utter prostration and stupor
asppallingly like death.
Little by little the nest egg at the
| bank melted WAY, and there was no
weekly salary coming in to replace it,
while the breadwinner lay helpless ans
But lrene had no thougl
UBCOUBCIOUS, ich
when at
but one of deep gratitude las
her husband looked into her face with
reason-lighted eyes, and smiled when
he pressed his lips to hers.
“Out of danger,” the doctor said, and
had no wonder in his face, when Irene
broke in hysterical, thankful
| weeping.
Jerome Dare, who had inherited
artist, had long
down
his
uncle's hoase, was an
lecoveted a “Reynolds” in his cousin
| Irene’s share of the property, and she
{ gladly parted with it for abouta quart-r
{of ita value, to keep the wolf still from
her cottage door until Harry could sit
up and they could make plans for the
| future.
{ Ah, that future! All Irene's bravery
| and christian faith could not throw light
across its darkness. The house was
Harry's, so they were sure of a home.
“And I'll soon learn some trade for
| my hands alone,” the crippled man
said, cheerfully, as he caressed the lit
tle hand nestling in “We won't
starve, dear love.”
“I do not fear that,’
reply.
“If only I had a erutch,” Harry said,
“I would try how nearly it would take
the place cf the poor leg I Jost.”
| “You forget that I have one,” said
| Irene, opening a closet and rummaging
| till she found her long hidden legacy.
“Here it is. Only"—and she held it
out of the reach of Harry's outstretched
| hand—**Yon must promise not to throw
| it at my head.”
| “I promise. I never thought we
| should want that portion of your un-
| cles legacy.”
| It was not easy for Harry, weakened
{ by hus long illness, to use the crutch,
| but by practicing a little every day, he
| gradually became more accustomed to
{the novel style of locomotion. From
| bedroom to sittingroom, parlor, dining
| room and Kitchen, his travels extended,
until by the time warm westher came,
his,
was the quick-
erutch, and drew it back hastily as
something in the kid handle pricked
him,
“Eddie has put a pin there,” he
thought, looking at the kid.
But there was no pin. Instead he
saw a sharp corner of a stiff folded pa-
per sticking through a break in the cov-
er of the crutch handle,
His hanfl trembled violently as a wild
hope sprang into bis heart. Simon
Dare's promise to Irene, the solemn
charge in the will never tolet the cruteh
pass from her keeping, both rushed to
his mind with significance.
“Eddie! Eddie!” he called, “run
round to the kitchen door and tell mam-
ma I want her,”
*Bhe comin’ erectly,” was the answer,
“‘soon’s ever sho pulse puddin’ in e
fire.”
“Irene, my penknife!” was the order,
as 8 hasty step was followed by Mrs
Benson's appearance.
The penknife was quickly found, the
know soon that I was his favorite of all | he could hobble out to the porch and
the nieces and nephews. And yet Je- | sit in the great easy chair rolled out
rome will have the house, and each of | for him, to receive the congratulations
not think my share is worth so much | outer world.
as that.” But after Harry could so far help
“1 think not,” was the reply.
you would be precious to youon ac nursery and household duties. Her
constantly used them.”
“Especially the crutch,” said Irene,
with a rippling little laugh. “He did
throw it at my head lots of times.”
“The old heathen!"
“Hush, dear! ho is dead! And he
was very kind and considerate when he
was not hall insane with agony. The
books and paintings are valuable, and
the parlor is magnificent, with the
lounge and table, the book case and
pictures, not to mention all the orna-
ments on the mantlepiece and etagere. ”
“Very magnificent; and no one can
deny the improvement in the other
rooms. And, after all, Irene, we never
monsured our feet for ‘dead men’s
shoes.'"™
They were a cheery young couple,
not very long married, when Simon
Dare ealled for his favorite niece's ser-
vices to nurse him in his last illness,
and thoy were heartily glad to be to-
Books were expensive, and difioult to
in the small town where the
Benson had theis Lome there
a mine of pleasure the
filled shelves of Uncle Simon's
| missed her constant presence in the
| room, finding even his favorite volumes
| wearisome when there was no one to
listen to the passages, or read aloud
when his eyes ached.
i
| prompted bright words of hope for his
| dearly loved wife, often dropped and
his erippled condition, and the long in-
terval of time that mast elapse before
he could train his fingers in any useful
employment,
The good salary he had commanded
as a popular salesman in a wholesale
house must be exchangel for meager
earnings in unaccustomed handicraft,
to which his experienced fingers must
serve » long apprenticeship.
“How soon shall we all
slmshouse? I wonder if 1
to the gate. I shall go mad if I sit
brooding mach longer.”
He reached out his hand
| slit in the kid carefully onlarged till the
| whole top of the handle was uncovered,
and the paper carefully folded to fit
| there, disclosed,
{ It was still a moment or two before
| four trembling hands conld unfold the
treasure; but when st last it
before their eves, it proved to be a Un-
| ited States bond, for twenty thousand
| dollars, made out to “Irene Dare Ben-
| son,” with the coupons for four years
attached,
A slip ot paper folded
contained these words:
lay open
inside the bond
“You do not need this now.
| write, you are prosperous and 3
| but in ten years, if you have not leanne
upon my crutch, my lawyer will
you a letter bid
x If
support of the lame, v«
the money it }
that, although I oft:
ling vou seck in
my legacy. bave nceded
1 aay also nes
ides. Bemember,
thirew uy
al Your head, i Was
to hit you.’
“He never
lifting her moist
“and the
cross, he
3
igh
Was %
arling, yon will
We can afford a carriage for «
ing, and you need no longer
the mental anxiety the
was keeping you il. You x
LO longer, dear.”
“Not one bit, my eu
great want still presents itself to me.”
“What is that?’
“A piece of new kid, tacks, and a
hammer to repair the damage to Uncle
Simon's crutch.”
—— —
Ears.
Heathen Cods In Her
A physician of my soquaintance was
called in recently to see an old lady
who resides in her own house in the
Third ward. If was his first call and
be had never seen the lady before. She
lay on a couch, neatly attired, with her
gray hair in a cluster of small curls at
cach side of her head.
“Doctor,” she said, “1 have
consult you on a very serious matter
sent to
i
have for a long time suffered from pains
in the head, and have consulted many
physicians without receiving any bene
fit. Yesterday I accidentally swallowed
a fish-bone and while coughing it up
felt a singular sensation 10 my left ear.
I put up my band and drew this from
my ear.”
She extended towards the doctor »
small leaden statue of Napoleon, such
as used to be sold on the streets years
ago 1a a little glass bottle.
“You drew this from your
asked the doctor.
“Yes, doctor, I did,” was the reply,
‘wand 1 bave been much easier ever
since.”
The doctor examined her ear and
found it perfectly natural He didn't
know what to say, but be thought »
good deal.
“I want you to do something fo.
me,” she continued, “for 1 am satisfied
there 1s another heathen god like this
{ in the other ear; for it is a heathen god,
I have no doubt.”
| **Hoyg do you suppose it got there?
{ the ote asked,
: “I think Ezekiel or one of the minor
{ prophets must have put two of these
i heathen gods in my ears when | wus a
i child. Now, doctor, I want you to pre-
| soribe something to bring oot the
| heathen god from the right ear.”
| “Swallow another fishbone,” said the
| doctor, as he left the room in high
duadgeon.
ear?”
“
AAAI NS 50
Japanese Politeness,
It is reported from Japan that it is in
contemplation to erect a bronze statue
on an open space immediately outside
the imperial palace in Tokio, and ar-
tists were invited to send in designs
One of the latter represented the empo-
ror seated on his favorite chargey, the
horse being so placed that its feet should
rest on either side of the entrance
bridge. This is sald to have been much
admired by the officials of the imperial
household; but when 11 was submitied
to the emperor it was immediately ve-
toed, on the ground that it was not 1a
accordance with the principles of hos
pitality and politeness that foreign
princes aud personages of distinction
who came to visit him should have to
pass under the feet of a Jorse bestrid-
den by him,
All men are but thou shouldst
reckon none so us thyseM.
Our sorrow Is the inverted image of
our hobleness