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BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Slowly the mist o'er the meadow was creeping,
Bright on the dewy buds glistened the sun,
When from his couch, while his children were eleepinv,
Ruse the bold rebel, and shouldered bis gun.
Waving her golden veil
Over the silent dale,
Blithe looked themorning on cottage and spire ;
Hushed was his parting sigh,:
While from his noble eye
Flashed the last sparkle of liberty's Bre.
On the smooth green where the fresh leaf is springing,
Calmly the first-born of glory have met :
Hark! the death-volley around them is ringing!
Look! with their life—blood the young grass is wet !
Faint is the feeble breath, - -
Murmuring low in death,
"Tell to our sons bow their fathers have died ;'
Nerveless the iron hand,
Raised for its native land,
Lies by the weapon that gleams at his side,
Over the hill-sides the wild knell is tolling,
From their far hamlets the yeomanry come ;
As through the storm-cloud the thunder-burst
Circles the beat of the mustering drum.
Fast on the soldier's path
Darken the waves of wrath,
Long have they gathered and loud shall they I'M];
Red glares the musket's flash,
Sharp rings the rifle's crash,
Blazing and clanging from thicket and wall,
Gayly the plume of the horseman was dancing,
Never to shadow hie cold brow again;
Proudly at morning the war—steed was prancing,
Reeking and panting he droops on the rein.
Pale is the lip of scorn,
Voiceless the trumpet horn.
Torn is the silken-fringed red cross on high;
Many a belted breast
Low in the turf shall rest,
Ere the dark hunters the herd have passed by.
Snow-girdled crags when) the hoarse wind Is raving,
Rocks where the weary floods murmur and wail,
Wilds where the fern by the furrow is waving,
Reeled with the echoes that rode on the gale;
Far as the tempest thrills
Over the darkened hills,
Far as the sunshine streams over the plain,
Roused by the tyrant band,
Woke all the mighty land,
Girded for battle, from mountain to main.
Green be the graves where her martyrs are lying!
Shroudless and tombless they sunk to their rest,—
While o'er their ashes the starry fold flying
Wraps the proud eagle they roused from his nest.
Borne on her Northern pine,
Long o'er the foaming brine
Spread her broad banner to storm and to sun ;
Heaven keep her ever free,
Wide as o'er land and sea
Floats the fair emblem her heroes have won
Zlit
G , N .- A p 9 9
"Lie down, lie down, sir !"
"Oh, never mind him, Frank; he won't
hurt you ; go right in."
"Oh, yes," said I. "It's all well enough
for you to say 'never mind him,' but by
George, he 'cob as if he would bear a good
deal of watching."
"Nonsense," said Alick, laughingly ;
"I tell you the dog will not touch you;
but if you will not believe me. wait a mo
ment and I will go with you."
I certainly was afraid to go into the
room alone, and I think you, my reader,
would have thought discretion the better
part of valor had you been in my place.
Alick was talking with his agents as I
came to tliJ hall door, and I bad walked
toward his library to await his leisure ;.
but when I opened the door a large black
dog that had evidently been lying on the
floor started to his feet with a growl and
exhibited a row of teeth that would have
made a good stock-in trade for a first-class
dentist. He was a villainous-looking brute,
and I declined trusting myself to his mer
cy, as I told above.
Alick finished his business; then took
me by the arm and led me into the room ;
the dog slowly dropped on his haunches
when he saw his master, and paid no more
attention to him until he had finished the
business I had in hand.
"What in the world do you want with
such a vicious dog ?" I inquired, as I lit
my cigar my friend gave me.
"I don't think much of your judgment
if you call him a vicious looking dog," was
the answer.
"What breed is he ?"
"He is a cross of several breeds."
"Yes I should think from the way he
showed his teeth that he was all cross."
"Come, come, you must not run dawn
my 'Nap.' He has been too good a friend
for me to listen to anything but praise for
him."
"What did he ever do that was particu
larly friendly ?" I inquired.
"Nap? I'll tell you what lie did ; he
saved me $50,000 during the war times."
I was about to ive an unbelieving
chuckle, but a glance at Alick's face told
me he was in earnest, so I begged for the
story. . .
"It was about the middle of the war,"
said Alick, "when I . was treasurer of the
Grafton Drilling Company. Our office
was as unsafe as a pine box would have
been, and I disliked to leave a dollar in it.
There were several burglaries about the
place, and all of which were skillfully plan
ned and executed.
"One night our office was visited, the
safe pried open with wedges and the con
tents carried off. The burglars found a
few hundred dollars, but the worst feature
of it was that they hit upon a night when
there ought to be a large amount of mon
ey there. We had received a large cash
payment the day before, but instead of
trusting it to our old safe I had taken it
home with me.
"We wondered if the burglars bad any
knowledge of this payment. If they had,
thee they must have extraordinary means
of gaining intelligence, and would know
whenever we received any large amounts
again, and would they not come at once to
my house now that they had seer, I. did
not trust the safe ? The question was a
perplexing one, and I had an angry debate
over it with some of the directors. I was
in favor of getting a reliable safe and
employing a night watchman, but I was
out-voted.
"Old Evens, indeed went so far as to
say that, as lightning never struck twice in
the same place, neither did burglars visit
old safes a second time. And he was in
clined to think our money would be safer
if left in the office than if carried to my
residence. And he talked so many of the
others into his way of thinking that a reso
lution was passed declaring it against their
wishes to have any of the company's funds
kept anywhere except in the office safe !
I , of Course the effect of this was that if
I carried the money home and lost it, the
loss would fall heavily on me individually,
and not on the company.
"I was angry enough to have resigned
my place, but my interest in the concern
was too large to be trifled with, though I
determined there would be a change in the
board of directors another year.
"About a week after this our secretary
returned from Boston on the evening train,
and brought with him $50,000, all in
greenbacks, the proceeds of our monthly
bills receivable. He brought the money
in bills, because the following day was our
payday.
•`I was in the most perplexed state of
mind when he handed me the money. I
knew the office safe was no protection
whatever; and yet if I carried the money
home I was assuming a great responsibili
ty. Without saying a word to any one,
I determined not to keep the money in
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1875.
the office, and carried it home in that ot•
toman.
"You may be assured that I did not
feel very comfortable that evening ; I
thought of every nook i.nd corner in the
house, and wondered where would he the
safest. At last I determined upon divi
ding it, leaving half here and the rest in
my room. I did not mention the matter
at home, not even to my wife, but pleaded
a headache when reminded of my preoccu
pied air.
"I came in here and placed $25,000 in
that ottoman at your feet. See ! the top
is on hinges, and is fastened by this book
on the side. This ottoman I pushed near
'Nap.' The balance I carried to my own
room, and put it in the stove, thinking it
to be the last place where any one would
look for it. I went to bed, but it was
neatly midnight before I fell asleep.
"I was awakened by a man's hand on
my mouth, and too informed that he did
not intend to harm me if I kept quiet.—
My hands were then tied behind me, a
towel 'listened in my month, and the muz
zle of a pistol placeu against my heart.—
Another man was treating my wife in a
similar manner. They had a dark-lantern
and wore masks.
"After securing us they began to search
the room. First my clothes, then the bu
reau-drawers, under the bed—everywhere
but where the money was. I began to
think I outwitted them, when one said
to the other, 'How's that stove ?" An
other minute and they were pulling out
the money.
"Imagine my feelings it' you can. Even
if they left with this amount, it was no
small sum to lose. I could•almost have
cried then and there. One ran over the
amount and said to the other, .Only half
here.' My heart grew colder than before.
They went to the easy-chair and cut open
the stuffed seat; they picked up the otto
roan, examined it and went out of the room.
"I was trying to get up when one came
back—the other had the money ; he push
ed me back into the bed, saying I had
better be quiet. I heard the other man
walk down stairs, and I knew my money
was gone. They evidently knew how
much money I had, and from the way they
had ripped open chairs and cushions in
my room they would not be longsearching
fur that which was down stairs.
.'The fellow must have come straight to
this door. I heard him turn the latch,
and then a most unearthly scream ! I
knew that 'Nap' was doing his duty. In a
flash I jumped to the floor, and in so do
ing gave a wrench to the band about the
wrists that broke it, and then, before the
man on guard could fire, I caught his re
volver. He made a stroke at me; I dodged
it, caught him by the legs and threw him.
As he fell he gave up his hold on the re
volver.
"I cared nothing for him. I wanted the
man who had the money ; so I rushed
down stairs only to see him going out the
hall door ; I fired but missed him ; I fired
again and heard a sharp cry of pain ; I
fired once more, and broke his ankle, and
down he dropped. The other man jumped
out of the window and escaped.
“Of course I secured my man, recover
ed my money, and old Evens had to ad
mit that he had been wrong, for the rob
bers had first gone to the office, and came
to my house when they found the safe
empty. Another revelation that the morn
ing brought was a confession from my
prisoner that our book-keeper was one of
their gang, and posted them about our af
fairs. The book-keeper did not come to
work that morning, nor have we ever seen
him since."
"And the dog?" I asked.
"Yes the dog bad all the credit. You
see, the chief supposed by the silence that
there was no dog about the premises,
and he thought he was done for when
he opened tho door and 'Nap' sprang at.
him."
"But," said I, "he was frightened rath
er easily ; these fellows do not usually care
nivel for a dog."
- guess he never saw quite such a dog
as was that night," said Aliek,
laughing "I had rubbed his eyes and
mouth with phosphorus and put on the
strong spring, I don't blame the fellow
for imagining the devil was before him."
"Phosphorus and strong spring ! What
are you talking about ?"
"His eyes are glass, you know."
"Glass ! Have you been drinking, or
have I ?"
"Why, old fellow, don't you see that
'Nap' is a fraud ?"
I jumped to the dog, and sure enough,
I bad been badly sold—the dog was India
rubber ! Alick laughed long and loud at my
sheepish face.
"Oh, the story is as true as preaching.
I bought 'Nap' when I was in Paris ; I
have springs fixed on the floor and on the
door, so when the door is open the dog
stands up, and when lie stands up there is
an arrangement in his throat that makes
the growl you heard. By putting on that
upper Jever he is made to jump as high as
-a man's head, and that jump was what
frightened the burglar."
I sympathized with that burglar, and I
hope he did not lose caste among his pro
fessional brethren, for certainly the dog
was a most unmitigated swindle.
gAnuling fin •th A;1
1775.
To Concord and Back to Lexington.
Gen. Gage had dispatched his troops to
destroy the military stores at Concord,
April 18, 1775. On the morning of the
19th these stirring scenes opened the great
Revolution which achieved American In
dependence:
LEXINGTON
On the green in front of the mectit,g
house the minute men of Lexington and
its neighborhood, about 100 in number,
had assembled ; and the town is estimated,
at that time, to have bad 700 inhabitants.
Its minister, the Rev. John Clark, a man
of great learning and piety, had been "a
bold inditer" of patriotic State papers.—
When the roll was called 130 in all an
swered to their names. Their Captain,
John Parker, though he had determined
that his men should not be the first to fire,
ordered his soldiers to load with powder
and ball. The enemy not arriving the pa
triots dispersed, with orders to reassemble
at the beat of the drum. The signal was
given just at daybreak, when the advance
of the British, under Major Pitcairn, was
discovered by the sentries. Less than
seventy, some authorities say less than
sixty, obeyed the summons. Half an hour
after sunrise the British infantry came up
at double-quick and closely followed by the
grenadiers. Pitcairn was in front, and
addressed the inhabitants in the well
known words, "Disperse, ye villains, ye
rebels, disperse ; lay down your arms ; why
don't you lay down your arms and dis
perse ?" The order might at once have
been obeyed without any imputation of
cowardice, considering the disparity of
numbers; but the men of Lexington held
their ground. Pitcairn then drew his pis
tol and gave the order to fire, and a heavy
discharge of musketry followed. Parker,
seeing that resistance was impossible, gave
the order to disperse. It was then that a
few of the patriots, upon their own im
pulse, fired upon the foe, but no harm was
done by their random shots. The patriots
killed were Jonas Parker, Isaac Muzzey,
Robert Monroe, Jonathan Harrington. jr.,
Caleb llarrington, Samuel Iladley, .John
Brown, and Ashael Porter—all of Lexing
ton save the last named.
CONCORD.
The British troops having achieved this
extraordinary triumph, fired a volley, gave
three huzzas in its honor, and delaying
only for thirty minutes, marched for Con•
cord. The Alarm Company of the village
assembled as usual "near the meeting
house," but also "near the liberty pole."
Soon the minute men of Lincoln with a
few from Acton came up, but with these
slender reinforcements the invaders were
four times as numerous as the Americans.
As the British advanced, the Concord men
retreated to an eminence eighty rods fur
ther north, then across the river by the
North bridge, till they gained high ground
about a mile front the centre of the town.
When the British actually arrived there
were none to dispute their possession of
the village. Nothing was found to destroy
except some carriages for cannon. By 10
o'clock on the rising ground above the
bridge the number of Americans had in
creased to more than 400—the minute men
of Lexington, Acton, Bedford, Westford,
Littleton, Carlisle, and Chelmsford. A
portion of the British troops occupied the
bridge—another were engaged in search
ing and plundering the village. Pitcairn
bad found two 24. pounders ia the tavern
yard, 'and had spiked them ; GO barrels of
flour had been destroyed, and 500 pounds
of ball were thrown into a mill-pond. The
liberty pole was burned, and the Court
House took fire, though it was put out.—
There was some robbery of private'houses.
Though the first impulse of the Amer
icans upon seeing the smoke rising from
the captured village had been to march to
its rescue, they had restrained themselves;
but now the militia with Isaac Davis,
John Buttrick and .John Robison leading,
marched towards the bridge, the planks of
which the British had begun to take up.
Hastening to prevent this, the Americans
received the fire of the eacmy. and Isaac
Davis, of Acton, with Abner Hosmer, of
the same town, were killed. Three hours
before Davis had bid his wife and children
farewell. It is mentioned in history that
his widow "lived to see her country touch
the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific," while
"the United States in Congress paid honors
to her husband's martyrdom, and comforted
her under her double burden of sorrow
and of more than ninety years."
This attack at once dissipated the scru
ples of the Americans. Major Buttrick,
it is related, actually leaping into the air,
cried, "Fire, fellow-soldiers, fire." The
command, or rather exhortation, was
passed from mouth to mouth ; and it was
obeyed. Two British soldiers fell, and a
few were wounded. The British then re
treated toward their main body ; the
Americans were left in the possession of
the bridge ; and this was the haute of
Concord !
After exhibiting some uncertainty of
purpose, Smith determined at last upon a
retreat to Boston. Ile had nothing to gain
by remaining, and the whole country was
rising. About 12 M. he left the town. lie
had before hint a crooked and hilly road,
through woods and swamps ; and he had
before him something more formidable
than these. For the minute men hail
determined to to attend him with all the
honors of war upon his return home. Ile
made a little stand here and there, but
soon was glad to resume his flight At
a defile in Lincoln the men of Lexington,
under command of John Parker, renewed
their acquaintance with the enemy. The
Americans were everywhere—at the rear,
upon the flanks, and in front of the re
treating column. Every piece of wood
concealed s fernier soldier. Scarcely ten
provincials were seen together, but the
shots came steadily and effectively. Major
Pitcairn's grenadiers and infantry in the
beginning moved with some order, but the
flanking parties were soon tired out, and
the wounded were an ineumbrance. After
leaving Lexington, the troops, in spite of
the remonstrances of their officers, began
to run. When they had arrived about
half through Lexington they encountered
Lord Percy with the reinforcerneats—
about 1,200 men, with two field piecei.—
If Gage had but 2,850 men in all the
garrison in Boston, as is usually stated,
and if Smith took out with him 800 men,
it will be seen that a very considerable
portion of his Majesty's forces must have
been engaged in these brilliant transac
tions.
Percy's field pieces kept the infuriated
Americans at bay, and his detachment,
formed into a square, received the exhaus
ted fugitives, who stretched themselves
upon the ground, "their tongues hanging
out of their mouths like dogs after a
chase." But there was danger in any long
indulgence in repose. Still the minute
men were gathering. Percy with his
troops, the infantry in front, the grena•
Biers next, and the First Brigade, with
strong flanking parties in the rear, resum
ed the retreat. The whole body was ex
posed to fire on each flank, in front, and
in rear. At West Cambridge were IVar
ren and Heath, both of the Committee of
Safety. It was here that there was 59111 e•
thing like organized resistance. A com
pany from Danvers made a breastwork
with a pile of shingles, but lost eight men
caught between the enemy's flank guard
and the main body. It was here that
Warren narrowly escaped the fate which
afterward befel him at Bunker Hill, a
musket ball grazing his hair. Infuriated
by their reverses, the rual forces. when
ever an opportunity presented, indulged
themselves in acts of wanton and savage
cruelty, several instances of which arc re
corded. In one house two old and help
less and unarmed men were killed, their
skulls being broken and their brains
dashed out. The wife of Deacon .Joseph
Adams, at Cambridge, was in child-bed,
her baby only a week old ; the soldiers set
fire to her house and compelled her ti take
refuge in a barn.
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The Baptist Sunday School Convention
and Institute for Pennsyvania was held in
the Baptist church of Norristown, on Wed
nesday and Thursday, the sth and 6th
inst.
Buy the splendid Stationery for sale at
the JOURNAL Store.
Giant Trees in California.
It has been supposed, says a California
paper, that the Sierra sesluoia.•, or big
trees of California. were confined to a fen
small and isolated groves like those known
to tourists by the 113 M.! of Calaveras.
Tuolumne. Merced, and Mariposa. scatter
ed at considerable intervals along the
western slope of the mountains for a dis
tance of sixty miles. It was known that
a collection of big trees larger than any of
those in the Mariposa and Calaveras re
gions exists in Fr, , sno county, where
Thomas' mill has for several years been
sawing this red wood of the Sierra to sup
ply the market of Visalia, but it was dis
covered last summer that this body of big
tree timber is not properly a grove. but a
forest extending for not lea than seventy
miles in a north-west and south-eastward
direction,ewith a width, in sou►e places of
ten miles. and interrupted only by the
deep canyons which cut across the, general
course of the f6rest. and reducer the level
to an elevation below that at which the
tree is found in a wild condition. although
when cultivated it thrives in all our valleys.
Different persons have traced the forest
from the basin of the Tule river. in lati
tude thirty-six deg. and tweoty min.,
across those of the Kaweah and Kings to
that of San the Joaquin. The elevation
has not been carefully measured. but is
supposed to vary from 4,000 to 6.000 feet.
At one point, and one only. this forest is
accessible by a wagon road. and this is at
Thomas' mill, forty-eight miles from
Visalia. Unlike the groves further north
this forest consists mainly, and in same
places almost exclusively, of the big trees.
and there are also a multitude of small
ones in all the ages of growth. some just
sprouting, and other; saplings only two or
three feet through. The largest standing
tree as yet measured is forty feet in diam
eter ; a charred stump—the tree itself
having disappeared—measures forty-one
feet across. A tree twenty-four feet in di
ameter, four feet above the ground. is pre
cisely the same thickness sixty feet higher.
A fallen trunk is hollow throughout, and
the hole is large enough ti drive a boric
and buggy seventy-two feet in it as in a
tunnel.
The r west is so extensive, the timber la
so abundant and excellent in quality, and
the demand for it is so great in the bare
valley at the foot of the mountain, that it
cannot be withheld from the axe and the
saw-mill. The wood is similar in general
character to the Coast sequoia, or common
red wood, straight in grain, splitting free
ly, even enough in grain for furniture. and
far superior to oak in its keeping quali
ties in positions exposed to alterations of
moisture. The Sierra seqnoia does not
throw up sprouts from its stump as done
the red wood, and can therefore be felled
out more readily.
Razor Blades.
The celebrated razor blades. pro4:nced
by Itogers, rheffiebl. which go to all
parts of the civilized world. are forged out
of bars or the best highly carbonated cast
steel, titled to about half an inch in
breadth, and ,f a thickness s-tficient for
the back of a razor. The blade is first
moulded at the end of the porterod. and
then forged, and the edge being brought
out, the concave surface is formed by
working the side on the rounded edge of
the anvil ; it is then cut off and the tang
either drawn out from the same material as
the blade, or. it' this be of a superior qual
ity, a piece of iron is welded to it. The
steel used is of excellent quality, so as to
undergo the beating process neces4ary to
produce the thinner part, while the back
is left thick. some of the workmen are
so expert in forging the blade that they
wiil produce, on the anvil, an edge so
sharp and even that it can be used for
shaving after being whetted. Alter rirg•-
ing. the blade is smithed or kater, on an
anvil, to render the metal as compact as
possible. The blade is also slightly ground.
or scorched, after the forging. on a coarse.
dry grindstone. to bring it to the shape
required. and remove the black scale or
eaating,. The blade is next drilled for
the joint and stamped with the name :
then hardened and tempered, and ground
on a whetstor.e from four to eight inches
in diameter.
Pennsylvania Copper.
This State is so rich in her deposits
of iron and coal and petroleum that even
her own citizens sometimes forget the di
versified character of her products and the
great value of her other mineral depos•ts,
of her lumber supply, her quarries, and
her agricultural products. At Pheoniz
vine. besides iron works, there is a large
mill for the redaction of copper ores,
known as the Schuylkill coplo r works.
The establishment was (:estroyel by sre
last July, but has been r. built a nti :low
has a capacity of 15.005 pounds of ingot
copper per week. During the viz months
preceding the burning of the works the
products was 109.075 pounds of ingots.
almost entirely from Pennsylvania ores.
Fifteen thousand pounds of this went to
the government mint for coinag.:. Other
buildings for the reduction of copper, own
ed by the chemical copper company are be
ing erected near the Schuylkill w olcs.
They will be a•=ed fir the reduction or in
ferior ores, by the Hunt and Delights,
process," which has been used with sne
cess at Ore Knob, North Carolina. .1 new
copper mine has been discovered in York
county, which will be opened in the spring
by Mr. Wheatley, the proprietor of the
Schuylkill works and President of the
chemical copper company.
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"Cutting a Dido.-
This is a phrase older than nt..st
imagine. Do you call to mind the Atary of
Dido. Princess of Tyre. !ler husband.
Acerbas. priest of fterenle4. was murdered
for hie wealth by the King Pygmalion.
brother to Dido. The widowed princess
succeeded so well in hiding her sorrow that
she was enabled to escape from Tyre. hear
ing with her the wealth of her husband.
and accompanied by a number of disaffected
nobles.
After a variety of adventures they landed
upon the coast, of Africa, where Did° bar
gained with natives for as mneh land as
she could enclose in a bull's hide Select
ing a large. tough hide. she caused it to be
cut into the smallest possible threads. with
which she enclosed a large tract of coun
try. on which the city of Carthage soon
began to rise. The natives were bound
by the letter of their bargain. and allowed
the cunning queen to have her way, and
after that, when any one bad played of a
sharp trick, they said he had '•cut a Dido."
That was almost 3,00 years ago, and the
saying has come down to our day.
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PAY the printer that little bill.
he :4okrr's3lurivt.
Graishoppen in His Stimsesch.
A ‘ERit.4 4 KA RKI.II[I , Ai:INT WAIT+ wiTlf
•&I'MPATTIII72
w.,, cr.,m the iower trait, Vatley
ile 1,, , ! eaters ni.thiwz but ;ratiehopprin
since the Ii: la of July. 1 4 1-I.mull bisatemenll
W 34 in an awful rondition—it Irmo fell et
.•rass•hopper. He meld feel them ;nal
imt about 4wl tryinz, to end :heir way out.
the:r toe nails !reratehdhi bit alimentary
.:anal. Irwimodie movement of the
,if 4 . 14 thorsi foreed them bark into
the eart.- berore they relehe , l the east
t , tz , te He ht.! ler; a w;fc are' nine
farni.he home. anal had rum
to Omaha to en;:e-:t fnu,be to gave bin
neizhh.r. f-ont .tarvatio-:. He bin not
been rrhap. b•ean.e hi, -,-re
d:!ntial4- were not .tr0n....7 moor+ And
now. it the barkeerr wol;.llare , ,noweiate
him with a .pwatti whisky—it ways the
only Olin : : that wombl keep the grnowaiwp
per.. plies in his womoeh ; it kinder see
petied theta nail eawowl them to fie j etr
want venl hours, but 39 is the,
A.,h..!re-1 up they became av lively ae crept
ets. ile lila no money. but if the barbell*
er W. , 41 1 .• t rn-t him for 3 few 4rop. of crew
foot. he wou'ol remunerate bits nut of its
the 401Fererv. Re avati
lir: a ;lier peppermin: and a relli
if gtrzar the ! - minor the tne,heige
be 1T13 , 1.... Pt. 4 1'.! pgent ; or if there W3IP lIMI
peppermint eonven.ent. a .irnp .if ?jag!'"
would .1 , a. well.
Tre barkeeper .le•ply .y no p o rhi ze ci w i t h
the bras-!tapper stricken peophe of Nehrai►
ka. Flr pitied any aria Whin hail ;mew
hoppers in his stemaeh_ it whisky. amyl
peppermint. and ?inter. or anythiez elm
his h..ir ati.,rded. would relieve hies. he wee
we!c ,, nie to partake lie ennigi not weer
th an ks t',. r small a ra,nr war wally sorry
he didn't have whisky and prpperiaiet
eno2gh t.) .lestr..y aif the rrarshoppers in
Nebraska.
The barkeeper rotre.l tw., tabiespreen
fold if the envene. of Jaumtea valor I.f.
a tumbler. 3 , l4eri an e.pal qualatity pep
per saner. *hook in a thin: Aerial carom
pepper. emptied a gllll3ll Tt3l of .vl'iwit
acid on top. and then*prinkle4 a few
of tanttlafoot over the mistore. and bawl
ing; the tumbler to the Nebsomeinw. told
him to -swallow it quirk." The gwashisp
per plawoed *transfer waited fee lie 1111111114
invitation. but poured tint *Pencil= ears
hi. throat at , ine fell owallow .
-How 3>a like it asked the/ bur
keep,r
The ;..rrasshopper male no re
sponse. hits eyes railed in their
and the tears ran oat of thews in stream&
His in..uth opened wile enesvh to mai/ow
the harkeepe7 and all his Jeesetere
plare.l b.th hands, over his Ataleselis and
east an onp!oring 71anee toward the water
pitcher.
)irt feel 'eat crawl said she bore
ke,Ter. in the antiosest..ne or a eiet averse.
The strsrizer teethe no reply. bat enema..
tie" to press his stonsaeh and water the
tem with his tears
- Take souse of this horse radieh. mid
-
the barkeeper ; -it will do yea Seed."
The stran;er still made se reply, bee
:rada;sily his mouth %Tee meaeller. awl its
lips cowl-acted. and the air regaled inen hie
throat with a Whit4litnr, wised. lilt* the
whistlin ; : wind through a broken window
pine At len:th the barkeeper Conk
pa..‘..ion upon his enchain; en...toaser awl
pre hire 3 ;J.'s+ or ieu w3trr at enni his
ter. est. When the straneser sae ahle td+
speak he 'looked reprcr.schfaily :s the - -istert
lane us in - and viol :
.-See here. Itranzer. if that's the itra.l 4
stuff .n gives wan for irraintteppery. 1 . 1
like t' know what in 11-1 yne . 4 Inv., 2
feller it . hz ha 4 a tape wnris !"
How to Conduct a Courtship.
Dua't he lon Aniiiien a 6.lst !t. Many a
girl hay aid •-ne•' when .he aseaut
simply bemuse her 'lover ida•t Anew the
right time and pnp the laestion :reedy
Take a dark night fnr it. fixes the
blinds elesed. the curtain. driwn anal the
lamp turned almost out. : 4 4 Dear troursgh
to her so that pet elm honk your tittle
i n hers. Wait NSW cutaversurinsa
begins to flax. and then quietly resort :
••gnAie. I want to ask yvis softethinv
the will tblgt•t arnend a iittle. reply
••yes. - and after a palVit , `2lll stiff
- -7 4 wie. my aeiiiins maws have
that is toast have-1 Nutan pee mew
be aware that—that.--
Panse here for 3 white. hen Iteer your
lave firm:7 In ked. Site serf ensieb
try to !urn it off by sokiw.: yew lowir yew
liked the rircis. bat •he osiy Slne in to
eneyiurage yin .‘t - ter 3hntlit tell =init.e
you rill multiuse :
• 1 thinivnt la 1 exult op the resth
to night. the herwre I wee' stray I end
:kilt you—that is,. I woltiti knorib t est,
ject nearegt mein I 'mild keno
my-- . . .
Stop amain and xive her hsvpi s rent:*
Ptinetz... : 4 lte may give it 3 yawls in get it
away and .he nny sof. Wiit shone Sv.v
minntev aryl then .7,0 :
• pant year has been a very ham
one to me, brit I hope that noon rare
will he happier. However. that *pen&
entirely on you I sop here to nimbi to
know—that is to ask you—l mean I In
here for night to hear from your Ott lipo
the one meet
Wait again. It :94ft be le to be sou ripli
about Auch thitrzt.. Give her ?Inter , 4
time r.-cover her coutposion. ase Awe
pat your ham' on your heart and watimpir WOOL
Tel. I thoncht. an 1 wan tonoung
the : Tate to-night. how happy I bed bore_ L.. 'ne ineeedissf Tea, sal 4011111 -
awl I 4ait! fn smolt Iris if I oftly knew thin worthy 4 Rip se 1111011111.61,
yon wont.' e.n.t4ent to be say—flat is I esil nprifffSfiffiES 1611 sellb esip std
if I only knew—if 1 Iran oily eufesew aeltiewmaffwfw kritry Ins sae way ag►
that my heart hail sit *mired we sod ow bes lir et ler smiessess is Ow es.
you were ready to share- - time yowl orterarilfillifisu alley
nn ; there'. en burry arose it. - We Sr/ is the owed Mr ore, fir weed
Give the wind a chaste to a. and some Tester : to SA it ap w ligkr boob if ea
3r,,,ind t he ri b No. This will sol. iya and posumni le Ili re Isuppr
Innel.ouin maul All op all the love ifs her 164 beast brioeser rod Upper SIP 4p.
heart. When .he Sewell to enagb. awl votior fr 44, eilkore bow
gr.,w 79111 e3III n• 1 . snivels* sea iseemoses kti er
Ti..!fore I met you thin/Redd was a fir- ,l'erwey unite fib. doll - um me IWO
!Pert to the I 114. t take say pessrere iti Isimor"—Csies dairly ihr Ike eels
rninz bbeibierryiret sail ofesiimg rem ripe grwilit it w lee 4 saw
peachy.. on.i tf the win awl mewl laws fibs es psissie one
44.ne or not. Wit what s dampita awe fins bilipoll.. IS it mare ppersoire
Aort year : It in Cis , you to nay whether or sousedfultir Mu she aisisi see 111%
sty fitture 'hall be a prairie 4f lesprimenf sues 4 410 r. Neolliatf marloy 4
nc a Annitner falhor 4 ruiidies iliseles. mane 4 Itswisess is issieles is die OW
Speak. rieire,4 sty —awl opsy prisms offinsw isSe Epee wall 4r taro.
that that tow at eavis• fif Ate 11111161111 eibir
Wimpy
Give her fire ssinnte-.. h.? h 4 4.4, sea
then add:
-That you will he—that iw that yew irin
—1 loran that yoga will—bw miss'"
Shit will heave a sigh. Inch op at tie
clock sod aver the stove. sod ties se she
slides her heed vier jour peebeedie
will whisper :
- You are jest right--I sit"
ltssai ft Sift.
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zrvat .raima 4 oar issosoold,
.Ito probo.o. 4At et tu. iv dbe wry ea
:irsorreseo. 4W. bsesty. W. prim Ws
iitd. vim 'iv oiely is ammo sibb
the root. or oritb tit. gremisilley 4 ear
epieiirg Mors sr bear 4 lidsmisp,
th..i fiwthwilb 4 weseemes, 4 pompossos
renews. 4 bosom riebse. pefieuesse,
4 these aksairsipe soli stapilieseSie
.f others lots& we beings re►
es or *on ie pormlig of to now. Tea
aim! are tbo drat throw Thor ovemei.
tote *feat isms repirrir be as
eeesepl Mosinee ; vise
sits& if we nig& se 'peek are . 4
its mom Ireobely tars sod ilk hop&
tbs. lireastry are s 1 ear Ili ma ems
voolorossorms; aro OAR silisib abbe
, f , -ossysrims with soy saw To ie.
,seme, auto..* ...rimy sae my saws riamm,
:0-trir -boom out 4 oar osmots
time Tb.y raw so stosismom ; obey
an?* Trieltsriv. Aar. bowie Sews
jadoweet peresrewil by amillhism A
blies* eel* is trimb se b. die ambees
Wooer, the bessey s bens et the 411mor
issisoi move rosopiososo by rip very
ififeeme Asarsart; by
its feast: se sas he sof ferwing INNS.
sem 4 tbe pest beillt end booby 4 ear
speies so sell sr 4 vessofsee Vsy. 111 1 11111
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doe isem-r theelifebeeme its ialbentis
leg Iry bar* s dillbraea 4 die.
W. MOW, faisieseiee. Thoe is see die
enrol ; ere esibisly bee Ass its 44 ,
tincture :o roostimotoil 41•111111
verily aseitrwes aier ties, 4 dbr essonee
bleillsesre imbue s totems sempost sad
state vraisody
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reseuilierier is. brew/ W. *NM am
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might fie Wee sight_ 'nos ear eeelill
sever wen ef. relliebe twine diveislisiity
monsfsee Wee ef ereppere tie eeeilly
reed port le the Illour if sitillimesile is
Went awry dap tilw bmindre estaire
bee& tineill be eikeehie re it
bream. Tbere eseid le es impileetow
over the seise 4ilkimi• fags Abe
Intim if the titeilumelhor Imo vies lemur
Ewe VW* tine them kis i.e esehli it
forever with :be or& Awe
t heir
Tb. tris.• ed.diey .in be die mime/
to inerrow. Tbe ilea, erre Inife Asir.
fair Aim& •• 40. doom te.6l-4•16.4 s
snisere it sill be Tlte divvy pm
held" the Wier sod as bin dolt de sew
Fr..cies. Miele h. fir. hill is dims iliesprer
Ann The tisy ebb its
swig hollos and OS siNiiely
wbirio rthsling
fartiikens liseas4 wadi • Nos Ow se 4111.
girraitive es nenewer is dims sour bay
the bee ems is hi ipso. a• se plum is
t. hip driveling lir awl idemsolbses tr
thip l.si tits owe it. is will sow Ow
mpie. P.v4.p re mom se if in ewe
venetbing biglier and wow Am use
thee ismitin pert le her sigh meth
ether's Wier sr sir dierryisely tow.
midi in live their 664 bias de on& s soy
this dem Asa rionsis se bow inissetim
it die.
%wet Provo,.
NA. Awn r s
• mare 4 arras pryer. /bow a •
penis, wi prawns pi faanilialrw
with lbw diprre phisperar as el*
paves : nil 4 pinwale. Abe pima s
dm, nem sittio ;••I
isw—ce .fiser •• sow Wm ay ft llaipstir
eon as ts to• bye 4 lie
—es 4 ail plorspes dm, di
loiesmeohmmr tbr puma we sns pnliama
%,,4 ern bigi minessugme sib
o:o4—ern co tile jig 4 ponies Mot
• •iss thee simil nip f.ripswe is *lbw
•ne feliwohip sits eke Paili.4ll.llllo--
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zri•f• ills, she Siosally • Inws.
nr Ain fowl qua bow bempollwa bap
mesiass ..wiraisegg sap awl Maw se Aar
ifearmsk rallin'• had Ts Mew -
6
6.41 Immo ems bp • want
besival. bond--0, Sid ibis pea se sib
urrartil bin rwerestal sal alliraisa
x- elwhi . nil is 1•• i• wan is sowell
re s s gansat sod amptakeriwillihr
—arm St is i. iesir so Airline emir
Nemo s prows Yana
advt Two.
• tom err_ nor bond iv Aber
Nairrogr. Oar We& so dogicoubm,
4th Err to W. Ahoy ar by ilho ow Or
kr lbw gob.? Wiliebor iv par soy? Oh,
two ...rut 4 polio limy Iwo s ow' •
nioioo—amory aoriodoo. obsont. ..m ,r
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rigibileaum mod Op orioloodi lbw
owl tbo eta. lir ifiviag sal dor and
ire ' Orly age imeir:
4~h 4 dor legbeno. and Or ANA of
th. Ilibiodb do pm ilia pm
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toto Odor a dbo Awl 4 *Os.
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imp 116 :afE 1,4 bur tb• awe.
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orbipb »Jo 4 qv., after will pow osmil
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fiterebyaed sir alt. esalbiliwjp,
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al by biome v:slibries
eke se bin ing sr it Pao Jeloodiee
Imossillai it aro eft MOW
Ow *city glimrWidlimg Asa maw fit Asill
NO. 20.