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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
RT IIV. i. r. kiKiuß, n. n
FKRRUART (J.
I.eston ft ;
Tho Boyhood of JCBUB.
I.t II 3 : 40—63.
GolM* TtXT : " And thi rliiltl grow nml waxed
Ptrt'ng in •|||it, filled with uiadutn; titid tin* grave ol
UVMI W** U|K>II biui Luke 2 ; 40.
Central Truth : —Jesus Christ was truly
human.
Twelve years have past since the
scene recorded in the la-t lesson, .lectin
is a boy in Nazareth in the home of Jo
sejih and Mary. We are indebted to
St. I.ukn for this glance at this sweet
and lovely boyhood, lie is the only
one of the evangelists who mentions
anything of the childhood and youth ol
Christ, and he gives us only the scene
in the temple among the learned doc
tors. He lived in the quiet country
among the hills of Nazareth, communi
eating much with nature, and in train
ing for the area! work of ins brief but
eventful public life.
it was ihe time of the great feast of
the Passover. This was one of tin
three leading festivals of the Jews, the
others being the festival of Pentecost
and the feast of Tabernacles. The
Passover was instituted, as we know,
(see Exodus 12.) to commemorate the
departure of the Hebrews from Egypt,
and the sparing of the first-born on the
night when there was such bittpr wail
ing m the houses of the Egyptians. It
war a festival of special importance,
lasting a week, and though the attend
ance of adult males only was obligatory
on the people, it was not uncommon
for females also to attend.
We might expect from Mary's w.-lb
known devout character that she would
accompany her husband to Jerusalem
to attend the festival, and we learn
(v. 41) that this was their regular cus
tom.
On this occasion they took their child
Jesus with them. After engaging in
the duties and festivities of the Passion
week they set out to return to their
home at Nazareth, about thirty-six
miles north. They traveled in caravans
embracing a large number of people,
and made up mostly of pilgrims from
the same neighborhood, and generally
acquainted with each other. The
younger portion of the company would
naturally group together as they went
aling, leaving their seniors to do the
same. Ho it might eailv happen th it
children of ihe age of Jesus might be
with their young companions, and be
separated from his parents for a time
without exciting any special uneasiness, j
It seems, however, that Jesus did not j
leave the city with the caravan, but
had become deeply interested and en
grossed with the temple services, and
with communion with the distinguish
ed Hebrew teachers with whom he was
brought into contact. His parents,
meanwhile, proceeded on their journey
homeward, but missing their child after
the first day. tarried to seek for him,
an<l returned to Jerusalem, where, to
their astonishment, they found him
still in the temple, sitting as a scholar
among those who attended the open
free schools, of which there were many
in Jerusalem, where the rabbis used to
lecture to their pupils and answer their
questions.
Here Joseph and Mary found their
child deeply interested in what was go
ing on, and exciting the astonishment
of all at the precocity both of his ques
tions and his information. To their
address, remonstrating wuh him affec
tionately for his absence, which had
obliged them to search for him with
some anxiety, Jesus gave tin in that re
markable reply, the first recorded words
of our Lord, and which seem to imply
thnt now, first, the great fact of his
special relationship to God the Father,
and of a great work which that Father
had committed to htm was beginning
to dawn upon bis mind.
" How is it that ye sought me? Wist
ye not that I must be about my Father's
business ?" Little did bis parents com
preher.d the immense significance ol
this reply. Tliey indeed must have
known that theirs was no ordinary
child. But the full meaning of his
words they could not understand. (Inly ;
the tnighty luture could reveal that.
But he went home with them again as a
loving and dulitul child, ami was a
good and obedient son in the family,
but what had occurcd gave bis mother
especially much food for solemn
thought, and grand expectations. But
she said nothing, like a discreet woman ;
she gave no encouragement to idle
grwaip among the neighbors, but kept
all these sayings in her heart.
Meantime, the simple but significant
record with which the les-on closes is,
"Jesus increased in wiadnn and slat
ure, and in favor with (Jod and man."
This is true of bis human natttie, which
was aut ject to the law of development
and progress. As a youth he grew in j
stature and in wisdom, and by the sin
gular tieauty of his character and the
purity of his life, in fuvor with'bid and
man. Ho hi* youth was ps-.i-d wuh
little that was eventlul or striking, as
men would say, yet under the Iresh and
beautiful scenes of nature, and in quiet
but profound communion with God.
ritCTICZL SIOOESTtONS.
1. It is a beautiful sight to see chil
dren with their parents in the House ol
(iod.
Such a sight was more common forty
vears ago in our land than it is now.
Barents were more faithful to their du
ty in bringing their children to church
then than now. The attendance of
children was more regular and con
slant. But the yoke ot parental disci
pline is now a vrry yoke, and
the burdens which it imposes are very
"light." It is not an uncommon thing
for young people ndw to forsake the
Church of their fathers, and to grow up
k without any settled place of worship,
wandering about in the gospel pastures,
K like Pharaoh's lean lone, "altcay* ftediop
■ and alwagt lean." In "aoßie respects
'2. The .Sunday school was never in
tended to supersede either the family
or the House ol God.
Nothing is ever gained by exalting
the one at the expense of the oilier.
Nothing is more nolicable in the life of
our Lord than that lie was trained to
obey hia parents, and to prize and at
tend regularly upon the services of God's
house.
These two influences— the home and
the sanctuary —made him a holy child.
Bodily strength is good, but spiritual
strength is better.
Jesus not only grew in stature and
size, but in intellectual and moral pow
er. Probably there was a nstural and
wholesome development in bis whole
being physical, intellectual, social and
moral. Many of the obi traditions and
legends describe*him in fanciful and
extravagant colors, but tliey do hun no
honor. He was a wonderful child, but
he was no less a human child. He was
I a type anil representative of all true
humanity. He had a vigorous anil
healthy body, but bis highest beauty
and noblest strength were spiritual.
4. Youth should appreciate the coun
sels of age.
So did the youthful Jesus. He sat at
the feet of the venerable 'rabbi* eager
to hear their lessons, and to ak tlieni
lor further instructions. He was
thoughtful, but not pert, anxious to
learn snd respectful to his teachers. It
was not wonderful that " lie waxed
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom"
5. Learning is one thing; wisdom is
another.
Jesus was not learned, but lie was
wise. '• The fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom, and to depart from evil is un
derstanding." (Job 28 : 25.)
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HEATII OF JEFFERSON.
Gloom it t asl Over the Fiftieth Cele
bration of the Fourth of July.
] IV INTERE*TIN(I INCIDENT RELATED DV llov.
i ALEXANDER 11. 11. STf \RT —CIIAI-VAN
JOHNSON'STV raoMiTr AND MEVORIHLK
A'.NTI M F.NT AT STAINTON. VA„ I'KO- ,
NOI'XCED ON TIIE AI'TIIOR or Til K
DECLARATION or INDEI'ENDEN. K.
The Hon. Alexander 11. 11. Stuart, ot
Virginia, ha- written an interesting let
ter giving an account of the celebration
in Staunton, V., of the fiftieth anni
versary of the Heclaralion of Indej end
ence. He say s ;
"Among the guests who assembled j
at the celebration held in the Eigle
tavern on the Fourth of July, lS'2ft,
were most of the prominent men ol the
town and county. 1 well remember
that Hiniel SheH'ey,''hapman Johnson, I
Briscoe G Baldwin, Thomas J. Mitchie.
William Kinney and other citizens ol
the town were of the number, and, 1
tlnnk. Gen. Robert Potterfield, .lame* !
Bell, Charles A. Stuart and others ot I
the same class fiom the country were :
present. The occasion was marked bv
hilarity. The speeches were brief and
spirited and appropriate. Anecdote- j
were told. There were brilliant flashes 1
of wit and fancy, and all were in good
humor and seemed to enjoy themselves. 1
In this way the day was paused until
nearly sun down, and the company I
were preparing to separate, with mutual
felicitations on the pleasure which they
had enjoyed ar.d the expression ol hope
that tliey might ineel to commemorate
many returns ol the auspicious day. At
this stage of the proceeding some one
came into the |>orch, and in a low tone
said to Mr. Chapman Johnson some
thing which seemed to make a deep
impression on him I, who was then a
youth ureparing myself to enter the
University, sat with a few other com
(•anions near the foot of the table, and
being on the opposite side from Mr. j
Johnson had a full view of his lace, and
although I did not know the communi
eaiion, could r.ol fail to observe the j
grave expression ot bis countenance.
The mystery was soon solved. Mr. j
Johnson rose, und in fitting terms an
noonced to the company that news had i
just reached him of the death, near
noon that day. of Thomas Jefferson.
After a lew remarks on the life, cbsrae
ter and public services of Mr. Jffer*on,
Mr. Johnson requested all present to
fill their gia-e* as fie desired to offer a
sentiment. This was done. He then
desired that the company would rise
and remain standing. While we thus
stood, deeply impressed with thesoleni
tiny of the event which had been thus
unexpectedly announced, Mr. Johnson
offered the following sentiment: "The
memory ol Thomas Jefferson, author ol
the Heclaralion o( Independence |
Though the mortal man may never wit
ness another celebration of the day
which his pen has so much illustrated, j
his mortal spun will tie present and
inspire the last anthem which hallowed
Its memory." The sentiment was pure- ;
ly impromptu. He did not take tune :
to commit it to paper. He gave it to !
u* as it came gushing up, like living
waters fmm the lountain of his greet i
heart and it found a response in the j
heart of every one who was present. As '
for myself, every word that he uttered
tiecame, a* it were, ingrossed on the
tablets of my memory, and, after the j
lapse of more than forty Tour years, I j
leel that I am able to rejKirt Mr. John
son's toast not only wuh substantial,
but with literal accuracy."
Avalanche* of the Canyons.
Vll TtVS HI RIED IN TIIE RAVINES I NtIER A
IIL'NDKED rr.r.T or SNOW AND ROCKS.
JUlt to Ih# C hicago Tim##.
Word reached here to-day of another
snow slide in American Fork canyon,
south ol Little Cottonwood, on Halur
day night or Hunday morning. Two
men l)r. Nperr and John Poole, were
carried away and the body ol Poole baa
not been found. There are but lew in
the canyon and they are not aiixioua to
run the risk of being caught in the
slide while hunting lor the body. A
Chinaman who cooked for the men e*
caped unhurt, and when the avalanche
pasted dug in the snow seven hours bo
fore be found Hperr'* body. The Chin
aman then went five miles down the
canyon, at imminent peril, to report
the catastrophe. A small party of min
era is now searching ami as a frost
occurred on .Sunday night it ia probable
no more slides trill come until the next
snow falls. The bodies of John lla
WHNII and Evan Morris, two miners
killed by a slide at the Origgly mine,
Little Cottonwood, above Alu, the
night of the 12lb, were found Kuixlay
night shockingly hruiNeil mxl mrnglcil
hy stone* hikl tllllher. Search is being
mixle lor other person* thai have been
buried. Some cannot lie found until
Spring, an they are buried beneath H
hundred feet of inow and debria, and
it ik impossible to tell at what point to
dig, hh mime of the slide* Mettled in the
bottom ot the canyon, covering half a
mile in length. People are mil I fleeing
from Alia, on the Little Cottonwood,
the scene of the terrific slide* on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
night*. The town ix practically desert
ed. Not more than thirty persons re
main hi the village, where three or four
hundred held their home liihi week.
The railroad is shedded for nix miles
and people walk down the Hack under
the hhetfs to the point reached by tlx*
trains. This walk is described lis ledi
ous, painful and fiighlful in the ex
treme. The sheds are crushed ut nu
merous places, where the frightened
pedestrians are obliged to dig their way
up through mountains of snow to the
surface ot the slide and wade twenty or
thirty rods to the next point where they
I can enter the tunnel shed. The long
I journey is beset by the perils of the
I avalanche at almost every point and
j many slides actors the tiurk have oc
-1 curred. "Ntice the hegira began on
Siturday fathers and mothers have had
I to carry babies .and little children over
the perilous road and some invalid
men have been brought down by brave
j miners, t hie miner reached the city
I tins morning at day light, having walked
] the entire distance, thirty miles, since
dark on Sunday. He had spent two
days in digging for ilie bodies of two
\ comrades, and alter finding them and
making arrangements for their trans
portation c one ahead to arrange for the
funeral. While searching he ki
caught by a small slide and carried lit
teen rod* and two or three times buried
in the snow, but escaped with only
slight bruises. With the exception of
two or three mines, which have long
tunnel boarding houses roofed so the
I slides will psss over theui and a full
, -upply of provisions the mine* of Little
j Oil ton wood will be closed until spring.
| It is impossible to get provisions lip the
: canyon ami the miners will not work in
such peril ns they have been in for two
weeks punt.
TAII.OIt-MAIIL MK.V
now satire's cnooxr.n w*rs sax soar
TIMtS MAIH -THMOIIT BV KARToBIAL ART.
From ih* N Yotk fttto.
"The fact i there are very few men j
who are formed regularly. What a
professional cutter would call n 'regu- j
lar proportion' is a measurement of
thirty-six inches to the hreat ami (
thirty-three inches to the waist. Hut
those measurements are seldom met I
with." This wns said to a Aim report- 1
er in reply to inquiries as to the shapes j
that are encountered by tailors who
make custom clothing. Kx perienced
cutters say that they are obliged to j
make allowance for ]>eeulinr forms in i
almost every cao. Many men have
one shoulder higher than the other. j
This is particularly the case with tlx>.e j
who do much writing. The right arm
is kept continually on the desk, while
the left arm is reM<*i and lowered, i
Naturally, in such cases, a man's right
shoulder is rui-ed and his left shoulder
depressed. To remedy this slight de
formity the exjserl cutter must resort
to padding.
"Talk alwuit padding," said an old
cutter, "the men are really pad.led a
much as tlx women. Put your hand '
on the shoulder of the first nnn you
meet; you will find probahlv that, iu
stead of n Irony shoulder-blade yu
will feel a soft cushion. Watch the
men walking on Broadway. You will
notice that many of them swing their
arms under eaves of padding. I-ook j
at the padding in the breasts of coats
and vest-. A tailor finds a man 'caved
in' and has to build him out. Thut is i
the reason so many high vests are J
worn. A low vest would expose the
flat, pinched chest."
"Ilow alwuit the legs?"
"The cutter who cannot conceal the
imperfection* of a man'* leg* i* on
worthy of hi* profession. If a ninii
i* bandy-legged the cutter will make
him wide nml roomy pantaloon*, in
which his crooked limit* may wander
without detection. If he i* short-leg
ged the cutter will fit him snugly, so
that hi* nether extremities shall not
offend the eye. If he is long-legged
the cutter mid* a little to the length ot
hi* hotlv and bring* him apparently
into pro[mrtion. It is a very common
occurrence for man'* right leg to he a
little longer than the other. Very
often a man's occupation gives him a
stooping position, so that he seem* al
most htlmphaeked. The ex|>ert cutter
attend* to all these peculiarities, ami
sees to it that they are, a* tar as pos
sible, concealed."
"Do you think that men are as par
ticular about their dres* a* women?"
"When they care at all they are
more fastidious. The trouble with
men is that they do not always know
what they want. Women are more
npt to know exactly what Ihey want,
liecause they make a study of dress.
They think of it from childhood.
They see something thev lik< and say,
'Make it like that.' 'fhey know how
goods will look when made up. But
many men are unreasonably fastidious.
One thinks he has a full breast. When
you measure him he puff* and swells
out to undue proportion*. When the
coat is finished and he tries it on he
says it dou't fit, when the real trouble
is that he does not swell himself out as
he did when he was measured. If a
man is punctilious about a very neat,
close fit, the chances arc that he will
complain that his ciothcs arc too tight
when he tries lhm on. Then the man
who says he 'wants them easy and is
not particular nlaiut the fit' is to lie
feared. When he gets his clothes his
wife or his sisters, or his fellow-board
ers, will scrutinize his garments and
setxl him hack to the unfotuiiate
tailor."
"I>o you find that men are much
influenced by their wives as to the cut
and material of their clothes ?"
"Influenced ? Why, sir, it amounts
to slavery in many cusps. I have had
men make rite contract to please their
wives in the cut of u coat. They conic
here filled with instructions. Thev
have orders for the style of cloth,
the style of cut, the style of buttons,
the lining, trimming and price. When
I cut a coat for a married man I know
that, in most cases, J have got to
please the wife. Frequently a man
goes away perfectly satisfied with a
garment and cornea hack the next day
' running over with complaints. Then
I know who lias been criticizing the
work. Sometimes when I know there
is nothing wrong, I put the garment
I away in a closet, never touch it, and
j when I send it hack in a few days it
is pronounced very much better and
all right."
The military tailors are the greatest
adepts in building up unpromising
forms to become models of soldierly
up|>earauce. They will take a lean,
scrawny, consumptive clerk and turn
j him out in a uniform that make* him
j quite a formidable as well ns a pre
possessing |M-rson. With skillful ap
propriation of haircloth, hugging and
flatting, they manage to manufacture
well-rounded forms in almost every
case. As for the theatrical tailors,
i their work is often a marvel of art.
I Actors with natural gracefulness of
form have sometimes served as walk
ing advertisements of fashionable tail
ors. Actors whose line of characters
require many changes of fashionable
dress are frequently asked to introduce
1 some new style.
"\N hat doe* it cost to dress a man
in the height of fashion ?" was asked
. of a Filth-avenue tailor.
"About S7OO a year," was the reply.
"But it u man is to indulge in 8-11)0
fur coats ami a variety of fine silk
neckties and an assortment of fauev
pantaloons his hills will run up much
higher. Notwithstanding all that i
said of the extravagance of a woman's
, dress, it costs twice as much to furnish
-U li*h clothes to men a* to women.
I lie reason is that a man cannot have
I• is clothes made over a- 1 a woman can
It his clothes get out of fashion they
' are useless to him. But the clothing
<d women ran lie made over to suit i
new fashions year after year. Their
i lai es atxl ribbon*, feathers and trim
niiiigs, of all kind* reap|H-ar constant- i
|ly in new forms. If a woman ha* a
• -plctxlid wedding dress, for instance, j
-lie keep* it for year* and wear* it on ;
"•tale occasion*. But u man's w<*l
ding suit most lie worn out before it l
g's-s out of fashion. Among the fssir- i
•■r classes the women always dress In-t
ier than the men in the same station of
life. Tlicy will seize u|>ii a fashion
able style ami make up old materials
ut the new sha|x-s with marvelous
aptitude. Men do nothing of this
kind, and '.hat i* the reason why, as a |
rule, they do not follow the fashions a
-crtiptilously as woiuco."
MtklNli AAIMTLIt PLEASANT.
Il" Tilt Ri-MAK* I'HOTfCT TiII!MSB!.VKt
AG At SAT Tltr COLD.
From tl* r.U Mall ■tii'iu.
The Bits an* have a great knack
for making their winters pleasant.
A ou feel nothing of the cold in those j
tightly -built houses where all the door*
and windows are double ami where
the rooms are kept warm hv big stove*
hidden in the wall*. There is no
damp in n Russian house and the in
mates may dr-s* indoor* in the light
est of garbs, which contrast oddly
with the nut— of furs and wraps which
they don when going out. A Russian
can afford to run no risks of exposure
when he leaves his house for a walk or
drive, lie covers hi* head and ear*
with a for bonnet, his feet and leg*
with fell boots lined with wool or fur,
which are drawn on over the ordinary
iKKit* and trousers ami reach up to the
kiict-s; he next cloaks himself in an
ample top-coat with fur collar, lining
and cuff*; ami lie buries his hand* iu
a pair of lingerie** gloves of seal or
ttcar-skiii. Thus cqmp|ied, and with
the collar of hi* coat mined all round
*<> that it muffle* hint up to the eyes,
the Russian only cxpo*es hi* nose to
the cold air; ami he takes care fre
quently to give that organ a little ruh
to keep the circulation going. A
stranger, who is apt to forget that pre
caution, would often get his nose
frozen if it were not for the courtesy
of the Russians, who will always warn
liiin if they see his nose "whitening,"
and will, unbidden, help him to eliaie
it vigorously with snow, lu Russian
cities walking i* just |xi*sible for men
during winter, hut hardly so for ladies.
The women of the lower orders, wear
knee hoots ; those of tin? shop keeping
classes scltlofn venture out at all ;
those of the aristocracy go out iu
sleighs. These sleighs arc hy no means
pleasaut vehicles lor nervous people,
for the Kalmuc coachmen drive them
at such a terrific pace that they fre
quently ca|>size ; but persons not des
titute of pluck find tlirtr motion most
enjoyable. It must be added that to
be spilled out of a Russian sleigh is
tantamount only to getting a rough
tumble ou a soft mattress, for the very
thick furs iu which the victim is sine
to Imj wrap|>ed will be enough to
bieak the tall. The houses and hovels
ot tlio Russian working classes are as
well warmed as those of the ariatocra- ,
• ey. A stove i* always the principal
item of furniture iu them, and these
! contrivances are used to sleep en a*
well as to cook in. The mitjick, hav
ing no bed, curls himself t p on hi*
stove ut hi* time for going to rest.
Sometimes he may Ik- found creeping
' into the stove and enjoying the
delight* of a good vajwir bath. The
amount of heat which n Russian Mill
■ stand is amazing, and hi* carelessness
in luring the cold afterward* not less
, so. On a Saturday, which is wushing
, day all over Russia, you tnav see in
any village a mujick", who lias been
cooking himself in hi* Move till he is
1 of a color like boiled lobster, rush
i nuked into the snow ami roll himself
iu it like a dog till he glows ull over
to hi*satisfaction. It with* monstrous
that one of the Russian's principal
1 protection* against the cold hislieurd
—was laid under penalty hy I'eter the
'•nut and subsequently by Kl'izulh th
and Catharine 11., when they were
I ' r .V'"K to civilize their subject* accord
ing to the custom of the \v -t. These
three sovereigns all laid a tax ou
, beard* : and |ieasants entering cities
I on market day* were required to ex
hibit, ill proof that they had paid
j their tax, a lira-* coin stamped with n
i bearded face and the words "horoda
iignaia tiagota" (the heard tax lui
| been settled j. I hi- uh-urd impo-t was
abolished hy Paul, hut tlx* effect* of it
1 still survive iu a manner, for the beard
is still considered "had form" in aris
tocratic circles. Military officers wear
only moustache and whisker* ; diplo
matists and other civil servant* eschew*
the whisker* and generally reap their
faces altogether. A Ru—iun with a
heard i pretty sure to he either a
"pope" or u member of one of the
clave* below the upper middle.
TIIH LAST ELK.
I Ilow Jiu JACOB*, TIIE SRKK' V lit STEK,
j Kill.ED TIIB I. AST ELK IV I*EN\V IVIv I A.
j Krutn ll- ItrttJford Era.
It is now many years since that
largest |H*cic* of the deer futility, the
jdk, roamed about among tlx* moun
tains and wild* of M< K<wi county.
Settler who are familiar with tlx*
events and traditions of tlx* Tuna
\ alley a* far hack iu the pa-t as a
half century ago have still some rec
ollection of the elk in this section.
Within tlx* pa-t twenty years farmer*
along the ca-t ami west branches of
| the I una while plowing or grubbing
, have turned up tlx* large antler* of
j the elk. I.ike deer tlx* elk had path
{and runs which they followed ami
! which were well known U> tlx* hunter*
j Ihe sections of Northwestern I'enti
i -ylvauia most celebrated for mimlw-r
-->1 elk were along the Siimeniahoning
| aud the vicinity of where Rutgeway
now stands. It *a< in that neighlmr
hood, while the great forests were vet
in their prestine glorv. that the S neca
and ('ornplanter Indians cham-d the
monster animals and slew them prin
cipally for tlx-ir hides atxl horns
There was an elk path from near
i Kidgeway through the Kinzua coun
! try, which emerged iu the eat branch
[•if the Tuna Valley, near Iywi* Run
| It then continued ixuthward to this
city and up the West Branch to the
po.nt where the Washington Stri* t
Park i* located, where there wa* an ,
"elk lick" renowned among the Seneca
hunters. Many of the luckless ani
mal* have met their death at tlint
|>oiut from the Indians, who concealed
j themselves ntxl lay iu wait nt certain
i <*a*on* of the year for the game.
I*7l k were usually alwuit the size of a
horse and their antlers frequently
measured six feet from tip to tip.
The rtesli of the animal was coarse
and not very compact. Indian* cared
little for the meat, a* there was hut i
very small part* of the carcass which
they regarded a* worth preserving, j
Ihe more tender and palatable flesh i
of the deer and fiear. which was easily
found, suited the rcdman's taste much
better. The horn* of the elk. how
ever, were regarded a* a desirable
trophy and piece of furniture in the
rude blhmlc of the son* of the forest.
A peculiarity of the elk skin, which
wa* the leading incentive to the eager
hunter, was that after lieing cured it
remained soft aud the red-hrowu hair
quite firm. The elk did not |>o**c**
the intelligence or flectm-** of the
• leer. It WHS said to le quite stupid,
and although moving very rapidly
along the familiar path when closelv
p reward, does not attempt, as the deer
frequently does, to elude its pursuer*
by suddenly turning from its course
and seeking a stream to destroy the
trail or the heavy underbrush for con- i
cealment. The elk's medium of de
fense was not its large horns, but fore
feet. It was uot aggressive, hut fought
dcsperaU-ly when cornered. Indians
usually chased the aiiimals with (logs,
and when fatigued or tightly driven
the elk would station itself upon a
nick or elevated point, and keep off
the dogs with its weapons of warfare.
It elevated itself with wonderful agili
ty and threw a force into a blow from
its forefeet that wa* dangerous to the
health atxl life of a venturesome dog.
In this manner the dogs and elk stood,
neither yielding a point to the other,
until the hunter reached the scene
when the elk's life was soon cut short.
About fifteen year* ago, Jim Jacobs,
the old Seneca bear hunter, struck the
trail of an elk along the Sinnemahuti
iug. He called several other Indians
to hia assistance and with dogs the
Seneca* followed the trail for several
days an l chased the elk, probably the
last of hit rare, through a blinding
•now storm, down into the northern i
section of Clarion county. The nni
• nuil MUM hungry and d,-xjH-rute, and
i when surrounded by the dog* fought
fiercely for hour*. On the arrival of
tli<! Indian* they attempted to capture
the ll uirmil alive grid pa-*<d marly an
entire day in putting various trick*
and device* into execution only to be
thwarted. Finally the elk wa* shot
, and carried with great pride by the
i | Henoea* to the reservation. In Penn
sylvania the oik i* a thing of the past
: and the animal entirely extinct.
The I'a x tor's Salary.
i |
now A Mii.Lr.H < oi.i.E' rrn IT.
A Worthy miller—as the story is
' told in lU'V. Duncan Dunbar's me
' , tnoir was once pained by hearing
that the minister was (join# awav for
I want of MjpjHirt, the church having
1 1 (ided that they couhl no longer
i raise hi* salary, if,, called a meeting
and addressed his brethren very mod
estly, for he was one of the poorest
among the comfortable farmer*, He
ttked if the want of mom v wa* the
i only reason for his change, and if all
were united in desiring the service* of
| the pastor conid they keep him. There
. was but one voice in reply. The pas
j tor was useful and beloved—but the
flock wa* so p'sir! "Well," replied
j lite miller, "I have a plan by which I
] can rai; the salary without asking
j one of you for one dollar, if you ul
-1 low ine to take my own wav to do it.
1 will assume the rcs|onsiliility lor
one year. Have I your consent ?"
Ol eoufM they oould not refttee thi*,
although they expressed surprise,
knowing tic mijjcr to IK? a |ss,r man.
! The year drew to a close. The
minister wa> ble-od in his labors, and
|no one call,d on for money. When
I they came together the roiiler asked
the pastor it hi- wants had IK-CIJ sup
plicl and hi- salary met. He replied
iin the affirmative." When the brctb
| ren were a-k< d if they were anv |KK>r
er than at the beginning of the year,
each one replied "No," and asked"how
! they could IK- when they had paid
nothing. If" ti-kod again, "I- anv
man here any jsMircr for k<-cping the
minister? and the reply wa- the same
as U-fore. "Then," he said, "brethren
I have only to tell you that you have
paid the salary the same a* you al-
I way* did, otilv more of it and with
greater promptm-**. on remember
• you told me to take my own way in
j this matter, and I have'done so." As
each of you brought your gri-t to the
mill, I took n- much grain a- I thought
j your jsiriion and laid it away for the
-alary. Wh< n the harvest was over
I sold it and paid the minister regu
larly from the proceed*. You conic**
I thni you are no poorer so you never
missed it. and therefore 1 now propose
we stop talking almut poverty, and
UIMIUI letting our minister go, and add
enough to 1 i salary to make u* feel
that wc are doing something?" Mr.
Dunbar used t<> say, "<) for a miller in
every chttrrb!"
A II nnmnui* Judge.
Iwo State official* destroyed the
fyke net* of \\ iiham Faucher, which
1 thev found set in the Seneca river
contrary to law, and he sought to
, recover damages. Hi* claim was that
he caught only such fish a* hull-heads,
sucker*, catfi-h, and that he threw
hack into the water, without injury,
all the pickerel, has* and other game
ti-li. Judge Kiegel, in deciding against
this claim, said :
"It is pos-ible that Mr. Fanchcr did
threw those fish back into the river
j the law forbade hint to catch. Hut
this law was framed with reference to
the known moral character of ordi
, nary mortals who would not do any
such thing. Angels' visit* on this
i planet are ton few and far between to
: influence the ordinary course of legis
' Intiou.
A fisherman all alone iti the dark
ness of the night or at the earlv dawn,
'in the act of sorting out the nice,
! plump pike, pickerel and ba*s, and
throwing them back into the river, for
no other puriwtse than to afford some
enthusiastic disciple of Sir I-aHe Wal
ton the rare *p<>rt of catching those
same fish with honk and line would lie
a spectacle worthy the admiration of
g<*l* and men ; but whether any such
transaction* ever occurred on this sub
lunary sphere, aside frem the one tc*-
tifieo to by the plaintiff, may well lie
considered a matter of grave doubt.
If the Ix-gi-lalure bad known Mr.
Faucher, it is barely |xmsihle it would
have trusted him to do what he swear*
he did do; but such case* arc too ex
ceptional to form the basis of legisla
tion. I never knew hut one man
whom I would have trusted under such
circumstance*. Ho died thirty year*
ngo, quite young. All the old women
in the neighborhood declared they
knew he wn-n't long for thi* world ; he
wa* too good. It is against all proba
bility that our legislator* intended to
expose the fish they assumed to pro
tect to such dire peril, or the fishermen
,lo *uch grievous temptation. Certain
it is, that if the construction contend
ed for were to prevail, the object of
the act would bo wholly frustrated."*
IF an untruth is only a day old it i
called a lie; if it i* a year old it ia
called a falsehood : hut if it in a cen
tury old it is called a legend.
"WHA* are the wild wave* saying,
John f' sang out a Young American to
a Chinaman on the beach. "Washee,
wa*ltce," calmly replied the Celestial,
with a grin.
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