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SICK HEADACHES AND WANT OF
APPETITE.
These feelings which so sadden ns, most frequently
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Ely Itlustst Notur.
Somebody's Boy.
Is somebody's mother thinking
That somebody's boy gets "tight,
While somebody's boy is drinking
Somewhere or other to-night?
Who was that somebody lugging
Too heavy a load to-day,
Of brandy and rum, and hugging
The posts and corners, eh ?
Who is that handsome fellow,
The handsome face we meet,
Who comes borne so late and mellow
He can scarcely keep his feet ?
Who is that somebody reeling
First from the left to the right ;
With empty pockets, yet feeling
As rich as Crcesus to-night?
Ah I pavements have grown unsteady
They wave like a wind-blown sheet,
And have interfered already
With somebody's drunken feet.
And still to the world his drinking
Is neither here nor there ;
But somebody's pa, I'm thinking,
Or sister or mother would care.
Hell wake to morrow, its patent,
And he'll come down stairs all right,
And look almost like he hadn't
Been out on a "tear'' last night.
And somebody's mother and sister,
When told that brother gets "tight,"
Are almost inclined to blister
Your cheeks with their hand 3 outright.
But somebody's sins are wearing
The jewel of life away;
And somebody's boy, wayfaring,
May die in the streets some day!
Pt *toni-Etiltr.
THE LAST CUSTOMER.
There is, perhaps, not in all England, a
prettier little town than Wilton. Since
the days of railway traveling commenced
it has almost been forgotten, lying as it
does far out of the route of any of the lines
which now, like a network, cross and re
cross England.
But in the days of stage coaches, when
the "llighflyer" or the "Rapid" rattled
along its streets, the passengers beheld with
delight the neat villas, the clean, com
fortable looking houses, the rosy-eheeked
children that shouted merrily as the coach
went by. There was a dark side to this
brightness. The great northern road led
through the town, and it was consequently
the halting place of beggars and tramps of
all kinds. The lodging houses that gave
accommodation to these wayfarers were
situated in dark, dirty alleys, unseen by
the passing traveler, who could have little
suspected, as he gazed on the vine and
jasamine-trellised porches, and the trim
front gardens of the main street—the High
street—that behind a scene so fair lurked
so much foulness and misery.
On Christmas Eve, 1825, John Thur.
good stood at the door of his shop, which
was rarely seen open at so late au hour ;
but a number ofcoun try people, many from
a distance, had been making their pur
chases for the holiday "season; and John
had been unusually busy. He had put up
the shutters, and was taking a last look at
the snow, which was whirling in big flakes
down the High street.
"Well, I'm thankful that this day's work
is done," he said to himself, and going in,
closed the door.
He had just turned the key and shot
the bolts, when he heard a low, timid tap
at the door.
Now there was not a shop-keeper in
Wilton who, had he heard that tap at that
time, but would have growled sulkily,
"Go along with you, whoever you area A
pretty time o' night to be coming, annoy
ing people."
But John Thurgood had a kindly heart.
Some folks who could not understand or
appreciate him said he was led more by
his heart than his head. And perhaps he
was, and better it was for the poor and
distressed of Wilton that such was the case.
The rector excepted, no man was looked
up to with more respect by the townspeo
ple. Often would many of his poorer
customers get into his debt ; but if he
found that their inability to pay arose
neither from idleness nor dissipation, he
never pressed them for his money. Like
his Divine Master, whose example he tried
to follow as closely as frail humanity can,
he went about doing good, and his deeds
of charity were done in secret. To feed
the hungry, to comfort the afflicted, to
smooth the bed of death, his purse was as
ready as his prayers. Many of his brother
shopkeepers envied his prosperity in busi
ness, but they had not a word to say to
his discredit. The highest accusation
they could have brought against him was
his overflowing goodness.
That low, timid rap did not fall a second
time on the door, for it was instantly
opened by John. Before him, with up
turned eyes, in which there was a strange
look of appeal mingled with terror, stood
a decently dressed -boy of about eleven
years of age.
"Well, my little lad, what brings you
here at so late an hour ?" said John.
"Please, sir," whispered the boy, is it
too late to have a penny loaf?"
"Why have you not come sooner, my
boy ?" he asked, for he saw something was
amiss, and he put the question in a some
what legal form.
"Mother and I, sir, have just come to
the town ; we have been walking in the
snow all day, and she is very unwell; and
she thinks, sir, if she had something to
eat, she would get better." .
"And where is your mother just now ?"
"She is in a house in Poplar Lane. I
think the woman told me Poplar Lane."
John's eyes were growing watery; he
knew the house well. It was one of the
lowest haunts in Wilton.
"There's the loaf, my dear. Hurry
home. I'll not be long in following you."
The form of the boy disappeared iu the
darkness. John went to the back shop,
where hung his great coat, which he flung
over his shoulders ; then calling up stairs,
"Margery, come down and bolt the shop
door, lass ; I won't be away long," he
snatched a parcel of tea, and another of
sugar from the shelves, and away he ran.
Yes, the staid, sober John Thurgood,
aged sixty-seven, ran- down the street,
bounding over the snow-heaps and half
frozen puddles like a school boy !
Why did not Margery ask her husband
whither he was going at so late an hour ?
Ah ! but these sudden departures of his
were not uncommon. She knew well that
mercy called him away, and she loved him
the more, if such a thing were possible,
the oftener he obeyed her summons.
John was soon at the house of the doc
tor, his fellow•worker in many a good
deed, and in a few minutes afterward both
stood at the bedside—if a bundle of straw
may be called a bed—of the dying woman.
She was unconscious of their presence.—
HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1877.
In her hand was a piece of bread, which
her son had broken off the loaf and placed
there; but the arm was too feeble to raise
it to the quivering lips. The doctor
stooped to feel her pulse. As he gently
touched the unresisting arm, he looked
sadly fur au instant at the boy, who stood
bewildered in a corner of the room, which
was dimly lighted by the sputtering oil
lamp, and whispered to himself, "Poor
boy."
John knew the meaning of the look and
the words. The end was come! Stepping
over to the boy, be took him gently by
the hand and knelt down. The boy in
stantly did the same.
A happy feeling shot through John's
heart, fur the quick movement of the boy
told him that some one, perhaps his
mother, whose tide of life was almost at
its ebb, had taught him to pray.
Yes—kind, good John, although un
known to you at that time, the dying
woman had been a .true mother to the
trembling boy that knelt beside him, and,
in the midst of her many troubles and
afflictions, had ever turned his youthful
thoughts to that all-loving Saviour, who
blessed the little children, and promised
that they should be partakers of His
heavenly glory. Short and fervent was
the prayer of the good man, and when he
arose he 'saw the doctor lying across the
throbless bosom of the woman the arm
which he had been holding. Then he
knew that the boy was motherless, and he
led him away, unresisting, from the pres
ence of death, and giving the keeper of
the lodging house some money in order
that the body might not be disturbed, the
three, the motherless boy, the doctor, and
John, passed out into the lane.
When they reached the High street the
bells in :he church tower announced with
a joyous peal, that Christmas had come.
The snow storm had passed, and the
stars were twinkling brightly in the un
clouded sky—the same stars that shone on
the shepherds of Bethlehem when the an
gels proclaimed the birth of Him who
came to call earth's weary wanderers to His
Father's eternal peace and rest; who is a
Father to the fatherless; who has said that
those who seek Him early shall find Him,
and that none who come to Him shall be
cast out ; who has promised blessing and
comfort to those that mourn. and whose
promises abide forever.
"I have brought a little stranger to
night, Margery," said John, cheerily, as
his wife opened the door ; "he's not very
big, so I dare say you will be able to find
room fur him."
The boy looked timidly in Margery's
face, as if fearful of her answer. Margery
give au unkind reply? She couldn't if
she tried.
"Room, John ! ay, plenty of. room and
welcome !" and Margery kissed the boy,
who burst into tears ; whereupon John
blew his nose most violently, and hurried
his wife and the buy (whose name was
Harry Fielding) upstairs to supper.
Harry ate little, and when he spoke it
was only to say, "Yes" and "No." The
kind couple saw that his heart was full,
and did not trouble him with questions
After supN.r, he was shown into a snug
little bedroom, which looked as if it had
been specially designed for a little fellow
like him. And so it had been.
John and Margery sat long over the
parlor fire, talking about Harry, and pro
pounding many schemes concerning what
should be done regarding him. John
listened without objecting to any of the
proposals Margery made, although he had
settled it in his mind that, if the thing
was possible, the boy should remain in the
house. •
"Margery," said John, after a long
pause of silence, "don't you think the boy
is very much like our Willie, whom it
pleased God to take from us so long ago ?"
"Why, John, that very thought passed
through my mind when I kissed him, as
he stood, timid and trembling, at your
side."
After another long pause, he said :
"Margery, lass, a strange idea has taken
possession of me to-night. I somehow think
that heaven has sent this boy to me as a
Christmas gift."
"A very strange thought, John," said
Margery.
"And yet not so strange, lass, after all.
Where do all our gifts come from but
Heaven ? and all are intended for our good.
But then rises the solemn thought, dear
wife, that we must all give an account of
how we have used these gifts. Let us con
sider this boy God's Christmas gift to us,
and let us bring him up in such a manner
that, when the time comes, we shall not be
ashamed to render an account of our stew
ardship."
"It shall be as you say, dear John. Yet
if a day should come on which his friends
or relations claim him ! Oh, I know you
too well not to guess what a heartbreak his
departure would be !"
"It would be a bitter parting for me ;
still, for all that, let us do all the good for
him we can, until that day - comes, if it
must come, Margery, dear."
Harry Fleming followed the remains of
his mother to the grave. She was decent
ly interred in the churchyard of Wilton,
the expense being shared by the rector, the
doctor and John, who often banded togeth
er to do good.
According to the story which Harry told
to his kind protectors, while sitting on his
stool between them at the fireside, one eve
ning, it appeared that his father had be
come, shortly after marriage, a drunkard
and a gambler. He used to absent him•
self from home, frequently for many days,
and would, when he returned, beat his wife
and otherwise treat her cruelly. At last
his property was seized by his creditors,
and he fled, no one knew whither, lelvinc ,
his wife and child to the mercy of the
world.
The poor deserted wife had neither
friends or relations. She thought if she
could but make her way to London she
might find some employment. She started
on foot, along with her son, to the great
city, selling her watch and chain in a town
on the road to get money with which to
pay fur food and lodgings; "and," said
Harry, as he concluded the melancholy
tale, "I brought the last penny of the mon
ey to your shop, good, kind Mr. Thurgood,
and good, kind Mrs. Thurgood," and say
ing this he laid his head in Margery's lap
and wept.
In the lapse of years Harry rose from
errand-boy to chief assistant in the shop
of the kindly old grocer. His highest
pleasure was, when the hours of business
were at an end for the day, to sit beside
his kind protectors, by the fireside in the
winter, or in summer in the little arbor,
and read the Bible to them or talk about
the events of the days gone by. While old
John listened to the voice he loved so well,
a pang of fear would sometimes for an in
stant touch his heart. It was the dread
that "his boy"—though Harry was enter
ing upon manhood, be was still "his boy"
—would be torn from his side. Oh. that
he could only have looked into the future
and seen that his fears were groundless!
* * * * *
Ten years have passed away, and again
it is Christmas Eve. In order to wish his
customers the compliments of the season,
John has—a rare thing now—taken his
place behind the counter. lie has enough
to do. Everybody will shake hands with
the silver-haired old man, and everybody
will wish him many happy returns of the
season. A man enters the shop who holds
not forth his hand, and speaks no words
of joyous greeting. He is about middle
age, and has the appearance of a shabby
genteel beggar; Harry asks him how he
can be served.
"I am a clerk out of employment."
whines the man, "and I have not tasted
f;iod since morning. Look, sir, at these
documents, and they will tell you that I
speak the truth."
Had it been any other time, Harry
would have given the beggar a copper or
two, and troubled himself no more about
him, but being the eve of Christmas, he,
busy as be was, took the packet. He ran
his eye over one of the papers. It was suf
ficien t.
The man who stood before him was his
father. Harry wrote on a piece of paper
which lie gave to him, saying :
'Take that to the coffee room as address
ed, where you will be provided with food,
and remain there till I come."
The man with a stare of astonishment,
took the note and left the shop.
As soon as the shop was closed, Harry
told John of his discovery.
"Do not bring him here." said John,
"lest I might say unkind things to him ;
do not upbraid him, for it is a dreadful
thing fur a son to speak like a condemning
judge to a father. Speak to him gently.
Tell bim that God is long suffering; that
Jesus died for sinners, no matter how deep
sunk in iniquity; tell him that while there
is life there is hope. If he shows any
signs of true repentance, tell him from me,
that fT will introduce him to a friend of
mine in London, into whose office he will
be rOceived as a clerk, and in which he
will 1)e retained as long as he conducts
hinaFtelf well.
Who shall attempt to des,,ribe the meet
ing between father and son ! While the
joyous bells were ringing forth a welcome
to the Christmas morn, Robert and Harry
Fleming stood by the mother's grave, and
when the tears of the prodigal husband
fell on the snow-covered mound, there was
jc,y in the presence of the angels of Gud
over one sinner that had repented.
Robert Fleming may be seen any day
behind his desk is Leadenhall street. He
has been in the situation twelve years, and
enjoys the esteem and confidence of his
employers.
*flat '4lliscellany.
The Charms of Jaffa.
What a stroll it was throuri the narrow
strums of J:i ffa the streets that shoot un
der the houses like tunnels and run up and
down hill like stairs. flow the bazaars
glowed with colored stuffs, and made the
air sweet with perfumes that no seal can
imprison. how the water gurgled in the
great Saracenic fountain, with its marble
troughs and its golden verses of the Koran.
What a chosen spot it is, cooled by this
bubbling water, where half a dozen streets
run together and the fantastic bazaars
group themselves in a circle about it un
der the shelter of vines and fig trees.
There the twang of traffic is softened in
the smoke-clouds of the nargilehs and sooth
ed with numberless small cups of coffee as
black as ink and as thick as mud. All the
sunshine of the East pours upon that de
voted nook, and who visits Jaffa knows
what it is to linger an hour within the
charmed circle of its antique fountain over
against the Jerusalem Gate—a gate that
has been torn down, by the by—listening
to the drone of the buyers and sellers,
feeding upon figs, dates, oranges and sugar
cane, sipping coffee or smoking jehile,
while he dreams of the Holy City beyond
the plain of Sharon. Prom the roof of
Simon, the tanner's house, the charms of'
Jaffa appeal to the eye. The town is thor
oughly oriental ; it could not be transplant
ed into any other land without at once be
ing marked as an alien. Old as it is in
one sense it is very fresh and young in
another. The Jaffa of' to-day is very strong
and lusty with the stirring life of travel.
Through its narrow, crooked streets pass
the huge caravans of the world. The eyes
of all the nations of the earth have turned
to it with joy. Tho feet of myriads of pil
grims have waded in its summer dust, its .
winter mire. The sea freighted with
ships sings under its weather-beaten walls
on the one hand, and the famed gardens,
sweet with the odors of' unplucked grapes,
oranges, pomegranates, peaches, figs, hem
it about with bowers of perpetual shade
upon the other. There stands Lydda,
where St. Peter healed Eneas ; where St.
George was born ; where the lion hearted
Richard pitched his camp. Beautiful
Ramleh, with its splendid tower, is further
on by the green plains of Sharon. Ilerod
and Sampson and David knew all this
beauty.—U. W. Stoddard, in San Fran
cisco Chron
Fatality of Kissing.
The Rochester Union condemns the pro
miscuous kissing of little children, and
styles it pestilent, if not murderous. Ad
dressing an imaginary person, the Union
goes on to say : Po you remember calling
on your dear friend, Mr. Brown, the oth
er day with a strip of flannel around your
neck. Then when little Flora came dan
cing into the room didn't you pounce upon
her demonstratively, call her a precious
little pet, and kiss her' Then you serenely
proceeded to describe the dreadful sore
throat that kept you away from prayer
meeting the night before. You had no de
signs on the dear child's life, we know ;
nevertheless you killed her, killed her as
surely as it' you had fed her strychnine or
arsenic. Your carelessness was fatal. Two
or three days after the little pet began to
complain of sore throat, too. The symp.
toms 'grew rapialy alarming • and when
doctor came the single word diptheria ex
plained it all. To day a little mound is
the sole memento of your visit. The Uni
on concludes with the following : "A sin
gle kiss has been known to effect a whole
family; and the most careful may be in a
condition co communicate the disease with
out knowing it. Beware then of playing
Judas, and let the babies alone."
Alen preserve the fire by blowing it; so
by diligence, we must kindle the gifts God
bestowed upon us.
A grave whenever found, preaches a
short pithy sermon to the soul.
The Wild Dogs of Africa.
Almost every quarter of the globe, where
the large varieties of fern' no tor , : , are
not thoroughly kept in subjection. hIA its
variety of wild dogs. These animals al
most invariably combine in large numbers
fur the purpose or circumventing their
prey. whic:i. as a rule. ronsists ~1 the
noblest variety of game.
In India the dholcs even attack and
overcome the royal tiger. while the North
American prairies and plains resound with
the long•drawn and wild howl of the coyote
while on the track of deer nr other large
game of the forestr,r plain. En Afriea. and
especially in the Somali conntry, and even
nearer the regions in the direction of the
Cape, a variety of old dog exists, which
commits terrible ravages amongst the
flocks and herds. When these are too
well protected, and hunger drives them to
seek a meal elsewhere, they, like their
congeners, turn their attention to prey of
which it would be thought they would
have an instinctive dread. With them,
however. they appear to he aware of the
grand principle that union is strength.
and. accordingly, they unite in a vast pack,
and, with the aid of their wonderful in
stinct and exquisite noses. hunt the largest.
fleetest and most wary of the large African
game to a standstill. and then tear ir t a
piecemeal.
The lion. W. 11. Drummond. in his
notes on "The Large Game of Africa."
says it is a marvelous sight to see a pack
of them hunting, and drawing cover after
cover, their sharp. bell like notes ringing
through the air, while a rev- of the fastest
of their number take up their station along
the expected line of run—the wind, the
nature of the ground, and the habits of
the game, all taken into consideration.
with the most wonderful skill; and then
to see them after they have found going
at their long, unswerving gallop, so close
together that a sheet might cover them.
while those who have been stationed. or
had stationed themselves—it ie hard to
say which—drop in one by one. as they
find themselves unable to make the running
any longer : and the chase generally a gnu
or a water antelope. pressed first by ene
and then by another, though it may dis
tance the pack for a while. soon e.,rnea
back to it, and is almost invariably rim
into. "The only thing to which I can
compare these animals," says Mr. Dripn
mond, "and their instinct. a.s people Pall
it, is a pack of hounds, hunted and whipped
iii by members of their own body. and
combining in one human reason and brute
cunning and power."
lie states that they do net show die
slightest fear of man, and although he hj.s
shot one or two at various times. ian other
occasions he has not dared to meddle with
them for fear of their combining in an
attack on him. Mr. Drummond says that
he once retie:wirers coming upon a pack of
them scattered asleep in the long grass on
the side of a hill, before he ktie..v they
were there. One jumped up at his feet.
and running a few yards. faeeil around
and began to give tongue. This sienai
roused up more. until the grass serene i to
become alive with then', some jemping
around him and joining in the chorus.
but none attempting to run away. Being
rather alarmed, Mr. Drummond picked
out the two most clamorous, and shot
them, whereupon the others retired, but
only very slowly.
They are curious looking animals. and
have, as is common with all wild dogs, the
erect car. Their skins are variegated. and
they can, according to Schweinturth, be
trained to hur.t, when they become almost
invaluable to the natives. Indeed, Living
stone mentions that the natives of the
Kalihari Desert break and train them fur
hunting. There are two varieties men
tioned by some authors, but Mr. Drum
mond says he only met with, one, of which
Burton gives the following account : -The
Waraba or Durwa is according to Mr.
13iyth, the distinguished naturalist, of the
Asiatic Society's Museum, at Calcutta.
Canis pictus sea Venaticus (Lyraon pict”s
or wild honde of the Cape Boers). It
seems to be the chien saraje, or Ago. of
the French traveler. Delagorgue, who in
his 'Voyage dans L'Afrique Au-q.raie:
minutely and diffusely describes it."
An Idle Word.
How inadvertently spoken, and yet how
frequently with serious and paieful results?
How many hearts has an idle word severed
—how many broken ? For true it is that
a thoughtless expression will make a breach
between those, that fate, in its visitations,
could not divide; hearts that would have
struggled together through the storms of
life, that would have clung to each other
for strength when its buffetings had almeet
overwhelmed them—that would hove
braved all the changes of fluctuating te.-
tunes, and still see in their own unchang
ing love a gleam of brightness through
the blackest cloud. And yet an idle ward
—one--has separated hearts like these.—
The breach once made, others step in to
make it wider and wider ; false pride, mis
taken feelings, the sudden bitterness the
heart can feel even toward these it loves,
all aid the work of cruelty ; the distance
increases day by day, until, finding it im
possible to return, like the wrecked mar
iner, they give up in despair, and sit down
to mourn over their fate, careless, it seem',
whether they live or die. And this is not
the romance of youthful affection. thoueh
there is perhaps more suffering front tee
early disappointments of the heart than
the more serious ones in after life produce.
No, it is witnessed in the experienee of
every one ; in the friendships of life, in
the family circles, in bueiness ; what mis
understandings, what ruptures, what *nick
erings, strife and irreconcilable differences.
have arisen from one idle wor,l ; it may
have been spoken in jest, in a spirit of
levity, in an attempt to he witty. er it may
have been said innocently and inadrertantly,-
with no motive and no intent, and :still.
for some can-c of which you were totally
ignorant a certain party applied the re
mark, and in a moment a tiro bretel was
kindled. Jokes are dangerous articles to
play with ; they are a sort of mouth gren
ades that are apt to explode bet'ore you are
aware of it. A joker should understand
their nature, and the nature of his corn
pang well, before be introduces them.—
He may suppose they will recommend him
to favor, but be is frequently mistaken.—
The man who labors to be witty, loses his
breath and is considered to have rather a
weak mind. Never was there a truer sen
tence written, and one which, view it in
every way, must result in the same conclu
sion, that "A silent tongue showetlia wise
head."
IT 16 no disgrace not to be able to do
everything, but to undertake and pretend
to do what you are not made for is not
only shameful, but extremely troublesome
and vexatious.—Plutarch.
Ce ru lea n Greenness.
CBE CIA/411D tiLAii WANT.%
~ F A CENTT;RT AND A RALF A.:n.
Now that pahile mind to , aftritipaeal
with this 4i Ily blae-xlaeomanio,the
4.1 g. by .1,1,1t40n, fri,rn the fflp.Trgirtnr
:gay. 21. 1712. may he intereminir. The
ph; i""z7 ie • to 4-ay the lea... as rwl 10
;PIETA Pleloonton•4. ar m Th. Fr ot emiten
that nature ii hest i•laptei an t to to the
g-tre.rat health of lisinz ea-Putney i. , we
think, at ovine gensible and «newt&
There are writers of treat diatinetiews
who hare mode it an argument for Provi
dence that the whole earth in mewed wish
green. rather than with any ',ober "Ancor,
being such a richt mixture of light sad
shade the, it comforts and streeetbeem the
eye, instead of wakening ITV griirrinc is.
For this rcasrin .everal renters have s
green hansr.nc near then to the
eye upon after too great ?4-11 application to
their coi.,ring. A fessnee maim pitOw&
opher accounts for it in cis, CArrwiec same
ner : All e:,l,re that are more limmieisse
overp.)w-r an l lissipate the animal
spirits which are employed in eight ;
the contrary. theme that are nitre
do not ' tire the animal spirit's s salliciewt
exercise ; whereas the rays that prsine• is
ii. the *plea of green fall ere the ye in
ueh a 'lnc preportioa chtt they givo! thy
animal 4pirics their proper play. sed by
keeping up the strroc,cle. in a ;ere irslanerr
excite a very pleasinc and screeehle se a
cation. Let the elm.. he what it will, the
effect is certain, for which r,manco the rote
ascribe t.r this particular en'or the epithet
of cheerful
We sr" not 2W ire 7/htst the nriOrs Ar the
expreeAioni the bine, - sod -hies *vile
rn.sy be. bait they eertlinly are 1114 4111141.1-
live of che•-_•rral atooneiatinft• We wean.»
ally hive to inform e , rreeposellewee thee ie
our editorial eip.city we elver prwurribe.
but we are to speed Ao once on fir
part ft , ,ni , )nr rule an t.) , WlftgeSiv L• by
poebourinaka., Wll4, are alwlyi , n the siert
ror new rennerliel. to try the .bee of b 4
pill &fore invewintz in blue ilawt.—Bet
ton .114;ril Jgarmal
A Renrartable Case.
.% LADY 41.14DENLT Alti4E4 PION 4 gut
ioCII 4nic ir ri.vrillito tT art—
NAL L 147. 4 41, SZARLT rifitlrt
TZAR..
Jennie' Grissinger mimes of s
3 inn , flarrishvivg tally who has reemstly
etteriene-d a remarkable elsange in her
physi:!ai eondition. About three yew.
3' . .! , D she was selietel with all affeetkes sisr
the spine, which gradually be-orwe worm.
nnrii she W:l4 obliged to take her bed. from
which she del not arise until a few &rye
ago and then Tinder peculiar eirenmeragmsen
She had been attended by skiff's! physi
cians. who resorted to e7sry known medi
cal expe4ient to relieve except the apph
ca•i.•n to the spine ' 0 a red b 4 iron Two
o r a wn , h e ld a,- , m4;,;tacien r•- , ently at
which it w .ietermined to apply this ter
reine•iy ii.hy cs.rl-4.nsed to tnr ,ugh
They e annennieut•-i she re
col: or th-ir deliberations to her. but she
pret , s , ...d against any further nsedieal -a
periments. and said she beg made up her
mind to trust her case to a supernatural
agency fir cure, and that something had
toll her to rise from her long ensistemest
nest day. She ac,:ordicigly elevated bee
person and sat on a chair. The follows(
day 4he walked across the rm.'s,. and sins
she has attended church, welkin( with
perfect ease. i)wing to the protracted ssis
finement. she is weak. but her spine. which
was broken in three plar». has bees re
stored t o its original firmness_ The phy
sicians who treated the lady were called is
to see her after she had left her bed sad
exprr-sed their surprise at the marvelous
chan4e that had oreurrs4 Even bet
lungs, which had been seriously airspeed,
were perfectly sound. Most tirisintbEer.
who resides on Allison's ilill. attributes
her cure to divine interposition i n so rter
to prayer. She had particularly Sired Isar
mind on certain passaga in the Dade re
lating to pr , mises. The young lady is
daily growing stronger. and she espeets
soon to he restored to p,,rfees Owsith
Patri.4
Weather Prophecies.
nimple method of aseertaing the pro
bability of rain is by It piece of ors weed
hanging up in the hottse; if it bee
damp, wet weather is coming. Another
sign of rain is the untwisting of cattiest or
whipcord, which becomes longer when the
air is damp. It is on this prioeiphe that
toy, which iris formerly a familiar Gijon
in our huh-e. is made—the weather home
from :.hick a woman emerges in Sae
weather. and a man with a great wet oe
in wet Lastly. many poopie at not
aware that a !cerh rontined in a boctla or
water acts as a good barometer. If it in
tine weather, the leech Eies moti.esitsr at
the boa...e of the glass, it it s wet. he
will he foundat the tip of the water. when
he will remain until the weather is settled.
Bel,re high winds he races through the
water in all dirc::tions. seldom rooting till
it blows hard. If a remarkable atom in
coaling, he shows signs of uneaniaate. ap
pears at the top of the glass, sod his body
is full of c.orttinive wigwag. The Mach
should be kept in a fair-sized glass, st 4
less than tw nuncus, shout three-Tauter.
tiiied with water. and covered with a bit
of bin: -11; the water shonl.l be changed
once a week. th .ugh in winter 6nee a fort
night is enough.
The Ringing Rocks of Pottstown.
Pa., can te,ast of as Arrat a
curiosity. miys the Philadelphia r•ess. as
nearly any town in the I•niun We speak
or the rin4int: r..eks that sr, situated three
and on hal!' miles northeast Pottstown
rst use... We ~, t irtel early in the aborn
lag, and after walking thrm,:h and gazing
on a.s fir e ' and pieturtwine seviirery as can
be f,und in this State. we came in sick
of the rocks. .k lookin4 phaie it is
hard t., imazilie t)o the rocks are vises
tistalenti and autographs of people from
all parts of the innate;. There is an eat
in7 and refreshment stand dose by for
parties, etc. On striking the melts with s
hammer they send forth RP rich and deli
cate sounds as the finest music boa. By
striking different rocks we zet yonmis of
every note of an octavo. sad it is, earning
ly the oddest freak of nature we have war
seen. The rocks cover &boot one am et
ground, and are s perfect mws of ander
ion, being piled together as if they haul
been ucheaved by an eruption. They sint
visited every summer by hundreds ~f peo
ple. -
A C tttrowe f • temperance sgsneintine
limits the beverages alto umbers to Wine,
beer and eider. Man Inherits( so
der a sense of dineournionnest, soli oboe
whiskey will be alkwed.-
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