Illver and Sea.
Wo stood by the river that swept
In its glory en.l grandeur away,
lint never a pnlae o' mo I Apt,
And you wondered at tno that day,
Wr stood by the lake as it lay
With its dimpled face turned to the light'
Was it strange I had nothing to say
To so fair and enchanting a sight ?
I look on your tresses of gold
You are fair and a thing to bo loved
Do you think I am heartloss and cold
That I look and am wholly unmoved
i 'ne answer, dear friend, I will make
To the question your eyes ask of me:
" Talk not of the river or lake
To those who have looked on theses.'
_ Kiln Whrrlrr.
IVY GLEN.
"To let ?" said tho agent. "Ready
funnelled ? For a month ? Really,
ladies, I'm very much afraid I haven't
any property in my hands- not at
present, at least— that will meet your
expectations. I've plenty of unfur
nished houses, and plenty to rent for
a year. But for a month ? There isn't
any such real estate in the market—
there isn't, indeed."
"We don't want an unfurnished
house," said Angela Frost.
"And we have no occasion to use a
honso for a year," added Josephine, her
tall, blooming yonng sister.
The agent bit the end of his quill
pen, and looked at them dubiously,
from lieliind the ink-splashed rails of
his desk.
" We arc schoolteachers," Miss An
gela explained, "and we have jnst n
month's vacation; and we want to spend
it in a healthful country resort, where I
can botanize, ami where my sister can
sketch in water-colors from nature."
" Ah 1" said the agent - ah !" Indeed,
Tm very sorry, ladies, but I don't think
there's any property in the market
hereabouts that will meet vour ideas."
" What time does the evening stage
leave the hotel?" Josephine asked,
rather despondently.
"At five, I believe," the agent re
plied.
And the two ladies went slowly ont ot
the stuffy little room with its high desk,
its floor covered with rheap oil-cloth, and
its general atmosphere of stale tobacco
smoke.
" I'm so sorry, Angel," said the
younger. " The air of these pine
wooded glens is the very thing for yonr
asthma."
" And the little river in tho deep
gorgo is such an exquisite study for your
paintings, Jo," said Miss Frost, fondly.
" Couldn't wo live in a Imrn 7" sug
gested Jo, with a comical arch of her
eyebrows.
" I'm afraid not," sighed Angela.
The real estate agent, in the mean
while, had hardly smoked a and
read the local paper before
burst open and a short, stout lady in a
pink hat and feathers came in.
" Mr. Mnggeridge," said she, handing
him a key, " you may let Ivy (Hen or
yon may sell it- ready-furnished, with
a cow, a poultry-house and thn l*ny
chaise thrown in."
"Madam," said Mnggeridge, bewil
dered.
" I'm tired of it," said the lady. "Su
sie and Jennie are homesick to get lck
to the city, ami so am I. I've leen
without a servant since Monday, and
now I'm going to take the evening stage
to town and meet my hnalmnd lcforo lie
•tarts for Ivy Glen. I darn say he'll lie
vexed, hut I can't help it. And I've left
won! at the dairy farmhouse for my
tirother Duke to follow us."
"You eonhln't let it for a month 7'
experimentally hazarded Mr. Mugge.
ridge.
" I'd let it for three days," said the
lady.
" I could find you tenants for a
month," said the agent. " And porha|<s
at the end of that time something else
might offer."
"Very well," said the lady. " There
is the key."
And away she went; and Mr. Mngge
ridge clapped his hat on the Iwck of his
head and set off, in hot haste, to the
hotel, for an interview with the two
young ladies who had so recently left
his office.
And so it hapjiened that Jo and Angel
Frost took triumphant possession of Ivy
Glen, a romantic cottage, half covered
with tho dark green, glossy leaves of the
vino from which it derived its name,
with a bnodoir, piano, all the pictures
garlanded with pressed ferns and dried
antumn leaves, and a library of novela
" Mrs. Fitch must hare been a very
literary person," said Jo.
" And musical," added Angel.
"As for a servant, one wonhl only lie
a nuisance," said Jo.
" I'll groom the pony myself," said
Angel. " He's no higger tlian a New
foundland dog —the darling."
"And I'll milk tho cow and feed the
dear little chickens," declared pretty
Jo.
It's really an earthly paradise," said
the elder sister.
" go it is," assented Jo.
Thn two sisters Hawed tluHMdMfi. of
unmitigated happiness in tho tlwp
ravines ami pool, flower-enameled woods
that surroundod Ivy (Hon.
Angela made various valunhle ml
ditions to her herbarium, and Jo
sketched leafy nooks, liitH of falling
water and annset effects to her heart's
content, until finally a good, old-fash
ioned rain-storm set in, of a July after
noon, and "prisoned tliem in the cottage
I sir lor.
" How stupid this is!" Haiti Jo, start
ing up from her book, as the twilight
shadows brooded darker and darker in
the room. " liot's go down to the barn,
and talk to Dick* and Frizzle. Poor
dears! they must be as lonesome as we
are."
(Now Dick was the pony, and Frizzle
was the cow; and Jo and Angel were
already upon the most affectionate terms
of intimacy with them.)
It was quite dusk, when Mnrtnaduke.
Framingham opened the hall door anil
strode in, shaking the rain drops from
his shoulders, as if ho had boon a ling >
Newfoundland dog, and flinging his
fishing-creel and tackle on tho table.
" Lou!" he called, all over the house,
in a cheery, stentorian voice "Louisa!"
Hut, as might be expected, no answer
was returned; and lie went up to a cer
tain pretty little circuhu-walled room,
where he hail been wont to keep his
slipjmrs, gun-case, and sundry other
masculine appurtenances, when sojourn
ing with his sister, Mrs. Fitch, at Ivy
Cilen.
"It's as quiet here," he muttered,
under his breath, "as an nnchanted
castle. Where is Lou? where are the
children?"
But he pansed on the threshold.
Even by the waning twilight he could
jsTceive that a general transformation
had tukeii place.
V pretty easel sto'si near the window,
the tall standards of the rhl-fashionetl
dressing-bureau were knotted with blue
ribbons, the chairs were freshly dru|>ed
with chintz, and a fairy work-basket
stood beside the sofa, while upon the
table lay a (lower-twined gipsy -hat, a
bunch of wild flowers, and a pair of the
tini< ' gaunth ' glovesthat Mr. Framing
ham had ever set eyes tt|ion.
"Hidlo!" said Marmadtike; "Ism's
got girl company. And she's put 'em in
here, by Jove!"
Ho stniek a match, lighted the
prettily-painted candles in the bra**
sconce*, and stared blankly around liirn.
At the same moment, a clear, tlnte-like
voice sounded lwdow stairs.
" Come in, Angel, quick ' Good newt
how the rain drive* in at the door!
What's this in the hall? A man's
coat r
"Burglars!'* shrieked Miss Angela,
who was not strong-minded in practice
as she was in theory.
"And there's a light up stairs!'•
cried Jo.
"Preserve us !" said Angelia,
beginning to tremble; " the hotise is on
fire ! Jo, Jo! don't stir a step ! I insist
that you shall not go up stairs f"
But Miss Josephine deftly evaded her
sister's grasp, and rushed directly up to
the little npartmerit which she had con
fiscated ti her own use.
"Who art yoti, air?" she sternly
demanded, as, standing in thr> doorway,
her gaze f-lI n|s>n Mr. Manuadnkr
Fniiningham.
"I I ls-g your j>ardon." heuan that
gentleman.
" Leave the house!" said Jo, in the
imi>orial accents of Queen Fdizals-th
condemning one of her courtiers to
d<-ath.
" Jo, Jo, don't," pleaded Angela, who
had crept up in her sister's shadow and
was now weakly tugging at her dress.
" Perhaps he's got a hand of accom
plices outside—perhaps he's a crazy
man !"
" lavdies," said Mr. Framingham, " if
yon will only |>erniit me to explain -"
" Nothing can explain an intrusion
like this !" declared Josephine.
" My sister, Mrs. Fitch, the occupant
of this house—"
" Wo nro tho occupants of tliis house,"
inexorably interposed Miss Frost.
" Mn._Fite.li has left the premises these
three days ago."
"I n*-lire you," said ieftrmadukc,
"tint? t was quite iipypm 6f any snch
change of arrangement*. I have Iceen
on a tlshing excursion up the hill, and
supjtosecl, of course, that my sister was
here— "
(" I'm quite sure he is a crazy man !"
interposj-cl Angel, sotto voce.)
" And as it is snch a stormy night, I
l>eg only to lo allowed to pass the night
in the learn," concluded the suppliant.
" Your sister left word for yon at the
Dairy farm," said Jo, severely.
" But I came around l>y the other
road," said Mr. Frainingham, abjectly.
The humor of the thing was too much
for Jo—she hurst ont laughing
" Angel, do stop twitching, my dear,"
said she. " Yes, yon may sleep in the
barn, Mr.—Mr.—"
• Frainingham, ladies, at your ser
vice," said the disciple of Izaak Walton.
" Mr. Frainingham, then," said Jo.
" Bnt yon must hare some tea with us
tlrst. I am going to cut some cold
tongue, and Angel will make fritters,
and we have M. Blot's recipe for choco
late. I'm really sorry that I mistook you
for a burglar."
"Or a rrasy man," said Angel, apolo
getically.
" And we will entertain you a* hos
pitably A* in u* lies," added JO, witli a
mischievous sparkle in lur eyon,
Mr. Mnrniadnko Framinghain was
uft <• ward heard to nay that ho never
spent so delightful an evening in his
life. He engaged heard at the Dairy
Farm the next day, and instead of fol
lowing his sister to the eity stayed
down among the glens and broes.
And when Josephine Frost's month of
vacation had expired she went hack to
the eity to resign her position in the
grammar school.
" 1 am going to lie married," she con
fessed, blushing very prettily, when the
mistress asked the reason why.
So Miss Angelu Frost went on alone
with her career in life, and Mrs. Manna
duke Framiugham settlis! down for life
at Ivv Mien.
" For," said she, " I think it is the
sweetest spot ill all the World."
" So do I !" said her young husband
What Is Water For.
Water is so common we hardly think
of it. To begin with, water was (lod's
builder of the world, as we see it. The
rocks were mud and sand made by
water and laid down by it, one kind on
the top of another. Coal, made of
plants, was covered np by water, so Ilia
the rotting plants were kept there and
changed into coal Veins of lead, cop
per, gold, silver, crystals, were cracks in
the ris-ks, filled with water that had
these previous things dissolved in it.
And water, as ice (glaciers), ground np
rocks into earth, in which plants can
grow, the sea and streams help
ing to do the work. Water builds
plants and animals, too. Three
(jtlarters of what they are made of is
water. When you jsiy twenty cents for
a |>ech of jiotutoe.K you are really paying
fifteen of the cents fur the water in the
|sitatocs. A I toy who weighs i if'hty
IHltinds, if Jierfeetly dried up. Would
weigh only twenty pounds. And there
could be no |sitato nor boy- without
water. It must dissolve things to make
them over into new things; audit carries
them where they are wanted to build
the new things. It softens food,ami then
a.s watery bits *1 curries the food to wi rv
port of the body to make new flesh and
bones, that we may grow ami have
strength. It carries the plant's food,
also, up into the plant. And water
carries man and goods in boats, and, as
steam, drives his ears. It mokes the
wheels go in his factories. It is a great
worker, and we could not get along
without it. And it makes much of the
Ix-anty in the world. Ask your friends
how it does that? Cflii'/rs/ii/ioiwi/ut
The •• Bramble."
The mustang of the American cm.
tincnt hat it* coimtcrjsirt in thn
"brumbie" of Australia, large herdsof
which exist in the interior |*irt* of
Queensland and New South Wales.
These animal* arc mi numerous that they
have often la-en destroyed anil boiled
•loan for the sake of (heir tallow an<l
hides; anil in aome of the newly settled
districts they swarm in *uoh nutulsr*
that tlie *<|untter* have to protect them
selves and the |*.turage against their
inmtik Brumbie stalking is a recog
nized pastime, the destruction of the
wihl hnr*<-s l-ing as necessary as the
dcatniction of kangaroo* or rabbit*. The
sjKirt of cajituring anil taming these ani
mal*, however, has at trie till agins] many
ailventurou* spirit*, who adojit laities
somewhat similar to those nilopUsl hy
the inhahitant* of Mexico anil South
America. The hardiness anil strength
ami size of these hrumhie* are remark
ahlo, anil when traineil they are of eon
siilerahle value. Their progeny, when
i-rosso,l with European horses, JH>**CMS
excellent ipialitie*. It is rcconhsi that
in one year no less than 7,000 wild horse*
have la-en shot at n single station in New-
South Wales
The Hour of the Poor.
One of the snidest scene* of New York
life is that which comes to the man who
takes an early morning walk before the
bright sun touches the spires. Then it
is that the hungry, (sire-handed, thin
elad, worthy poor, who ft>> out to work
or to seek work, may be wen hurrying
forth from cheerless homes and frugal
breakfaata; the treveling tinker with cold
and red hands, carrying his irons and
shuffling along the slipjs-iw street in old
shoes without stoekings; the |mnr lann
dri-ss, jwh- from the night's ironing, and
showing by her pinched face that if she
doe* not get immediate jay for the great
basketful of clothes she may go without
breakfast, and the jssir newslmy, with
shortened sleeve* and jwntaloona, railing
his jajs-rs and occasionally breathing on
his lient Angers as he jum|m uj> and
down to indnee a little warmth. No
lieggar* ajqiear at this time. It is thn
hour of the worthy JHSIT. — \mr> York
HerniiL
The medical department of Queen
Victoria's household com |irises three
physicians ordinary, three physicians
extraordinary, one sergcant-snrgeon ex
traordinary, two sergeant-surgeons, ■ hree
nurgeans extraordinary, one jihysie m of
the household, one surgeon of the
household, one surgeon apotln-enry, two
ehemista of the establishment in ordi
nary, one surgeon oeculixt, one surgeon
dentist in ordinary, and one other
physician.
THE HKKOIM: OF LEAOVIELF.
Tlir firs) (llll/.-.l lion.ii ii MIH, Mm lie,l a
(IN tin HI l.rndxllle Nww (In HIM I 'US I'rrm h
fin I In Nrw Viirk—llir Kvrniful lllmurr.
Mrs. Karnh Flay, the best -known woman
beyond the Ilts-ky liiolintains, the liero
itie of the Knake river massacre, ami the
first white woman who ever ventured
into I,ciidvillc, Col., which eity she
helped to found, is now a resident of
New York. loist Deeeinher Mrs Ray
iptitted her home in Leodville to take
up a residence Faist, in order to locate
her daughter in a school and to arrange
for the future cure of the little Mexienn
waif whom she has in charge. Hhe is
residing in a brown stone tint on Fifty
seventh street
"Twenty-five years ago, when I was
scarcely twenty-two years old," she said,
" I married Mr. Onlwuy in St. Ann's
church, this city. He was not over strong,
mid it was thought that a trip to the
West would do him good, and after a ix
months' ri sidpiirr on Stati n I laud we
started for Kansas, lie died in law
renee. After his death I went with the
Ford family to Denver and front thence
to Central City, were I remained as a
doinestie in liroadwcll's hotel. While
there 1 met Frank ltav, a 'i'exau. He
was a miner. We got married. The
ceremony was ]icrfurnied in the big |ntr
lor of the hotel and it was ipiite a big
alluir. Frank and I then started out
for the mines. There was a train going
out and we joined it. Aft rwe hud I teen
out a few days, on the morning of July In,
1 think, tin' jwrty was in the best of
spirits, 1 rerm mlier how w< II and happy
we all were. There wi re five voting
moil, uml they #nv :ill gi*a| inusi. iftus
They played all aorta of n-ela anil jipr*
trying to get mi* out of our wagon.
When t hoy at ruck 'St i'glrii'k'ii I >iy'
I could not remain away ami wont over
with Frank to tin ir ramp. Them we
all ilaiu'i >1 ami mg ami phiyi d tricki on
each oth< r. Wr wi rr a mod happy lot
of emigrant*, all • *r< pt jaair M-Malum.
He, poor f. How, *i i* 1111*11 ojipri , ,|, and
I hliull ever ri iir iulx r the h*>k In' gave
me when 1 joked about hi* hoi*.. Will,
before i 1 vl'll o'clock that day, poor Mr-
Mulion was hhot, killed and • :il] I hy
the Indiana ten feet away from me. i
ran Me the night now Covering her
fare with her hainlh, tin* hut a moment
1M fore laughing, happy Woman idind
•lend. "Oh, Mr," hhe eontinm d, "had
I not have bn IJ of the ilr-poi-ition I am,
I einillil have nevi i -tml that day • work,
lawyer Yah-a'* wife never
from it. W11. a* we jur-i-ed along on
that day, the first intimation we hud of
the Indian* M the nropping of one of
the horse* of the train. Frank got my
hore into a little gully and plared no
on it. when he mud: 'lf anything goe*
wrong with me, go to my- folk* in Ti-vaa.'
'1 he allot* w ere flying all alMint ti*. l\*ir
MeMalion fell, and I saw the heatheriN
rush npon and acalp him. Frank, then,
having got the wagona and liorw* in
order, la-gan hi* work, ami la-fore I
knew it, I wa* in the wagon doing all 1
could, too. When we aneeeoded in
driving the Indiana off nearly all my
clothing WM gone. I had torn it from
me to lmmlagc tip the wound* of our
men. I mtiat have done noine firing,
too, for when we got out of the wagon
the doctor said: 'Sally, you're one of
the la-at fellow a in a fight.' A party from
Salt Lake came to our aid. They- buried
the dead ami removed tile Wounded. In
one grave were plaeed the five young
men who played 'St. Patriek'a Hay.'
We continued on onr trip, nothing
eventful hap|M-ning, and in good time
arrived at our destination, (iallatin val
ley, on the (iallatin river. Them Frank
met with Hummer !>*, and they at ruck
that famnua mine, ' Hummer l>an.' It
jsuincd out hi-avy. Once forty men
were emplovisl "by Bummer Dan ami
ray husband. Biches were ours, anil we
took a place in the valley ami built a
home. 1 went to fanning, ami Frank
startoil off for n little fun. That trip
made him known in every city from the
mine to Buffalo, where he died. Thing*
then went wrong. I battled with the
grn*shopjK-rs for three years, and then
ha<l to give up. I returned to Denver,
and then went to Central City, where I
left my child Cora with the sister* in
their sehooi.
" It was then time for me to do some
thing, and I started out. I put up at
Alma, and on the land given me there
hy Dr. Dexter and Mr. Wok-ntt, I erected
a nice cottage. Then I got a ehanee to
scire a* cook for Meyer* at hi* place
sixteen mile* away. There were hut
few jHsiple in that place at that time.
Tat sir, who i* now governor, had a little
cahin near Meyers' place. A few peo
ple began to flock into the place and I
thought I might as well locate. So I
started out—it was winter—and I
marked off some land. I got logo, pnt
them together, and with boiling water
thawed ont the earth to make a plaster
of it for the chink* lietwcen the log*. A
sheet served a roof. Then I took iu
lioarderß. Cora at this time came to
me. 1 bad to keep her well wrapped in
blankets all the time to nave her from
; freezing.
" When spring entnc, do yon know
that I found myself located in the cen
ter of Ijondville ? The place hail lie
comc a city, and to-day that square cor
ner of Harrison and Slate streets is my
I property, covered with fine large houses
j which are known as Ray's block."
The rents she inherited from this prep
erty amount to over £2,000 a month.
Referring to this jirojierty, she said; " If
I had not the greatest confidence in
Mi-ssrs. Hettinger A Kisemlotrer, who
have care of it for me, I would never !
have come on East." After a recital |
of many other interesting incidents,
not the least of which was her battle
maintaining her claim, she said; "All
this, however, I was nerved to do for
my daughter. Hhe is now at school j
here, jircjmrntorv to her entrance into
War college, Hhe'll soon Is- home. ,
Hem comes my little ward."
In rushed the little Mexieuu Waif
whom he |>ii ked up at Robinson's Run
"This is in y little Lizzie," she said, j
" She is eight yeai* old now, and is going
to the school around the corner. I hive j
the little thing ami will do all I can for i
her.'
the pride which shone in her eyes as
the little girl replied to the re|Kirter's
ipiesliims, showi that her heart was in- i
deed warm to the little one.
A few moments afterward her <laugh
tor entered u handsome miss of six
teen. Noticing the rejsirti r glaree at
the silver medal she wore on her breast,
she said: "<th, that's a reward of
merit. I won it today. I was first in
all my studies." At the rcijuest of lor
mother she then played on the piano,
fironjud about her stood her mother
ami the little waif. It was a picture.
'I hey, whose name and fame are known
in every i-amp, mine and city of the
rugged Rocky monntaiiis, were practi
cally lost in this great eity.
Mrs. Ray thinks she will make her
residence. here permanent. In appt or
ance she is of medium bight, stout and
rugged. 11' r laughing blue eye and
brown hair M • otF to advantage the fact
which is vet without a wriukh .Y-.r
I'.rA .V.'.r*.
Dreams That ( ante True.
A Is-lief in tin-truth of do .un warning
has linger, .1 i .en in our own day. It was
yet more prciahnt in past centuries.
Ma- an lay has ridienled Archbishop land
for the care with which he reconhsl his
dreatus in his diary; but the pn late w*s
no more SUJM rstitious in this resjs-et
than were many of his conteiii|Mirari'
lln IIK din val lii tonaiis generally note
••linn- dri am pro]this-y ls-fi-n ai.; grt at
i vent t'-ok pht'-e. Ajij.iu- monk dreamt
of thi fatal a-i id> lit that should Is-fall
the lied King. Henry IV., of France,
was ojipressrsl by evil dreams the night
prts-isling his a-sav- mation. It is an un
di-put' d fact that, in the present cen
tury, n murder was disrovt red from the
circumstance of one of the parents of
the victim dreaming where the lsslv
was eonrinlisl.
llishop Hall relates u curious story of
a cure effected by ne-aiis of a dream; a
cripple dreamt that he batiitsl in a
certain well in ('ornwall and was restortsl
to health. Acting on this visionary pre
scription lie recovered the use of his
limits. The bishop attributes this dream
to "a good angel." I'robablv, as Ixtnl
Ilyron says of prophecies, |M<op|e note
the fiiltilliiients of dreams and forget the
failures jsiss over the ninety-nine )>a*c
less visions, but record the hundredth
that lia]<]M-ns to Is- verified.
Authors, artists ami musicians have
• -arried on their work in their dreams,
sometimes with more success than in
their waking hours. 'l'artini, an Italian
coni|xMer, dreamt that he heard a
fiend play an elaborate solo on the
violin. He attempted to reproduce it
when awake; nut, though the "Devil's
Sonata" is ranked among his finest pro
ductions, the coni|Mtser declared that it
was so inferior to the music of his dream
thai he couhl have broken his instru
ment with vexation at hi* failure to re-
produce that beautiful melody. Con
doreet and Franklin worked out elalsirate
calculations in their sleep, and remem
ls-rcd them on waking. Ix>rd Thurlow
is said to have composed part of a latin
poem in a dream; and Sir J. Her*ehe||
ha* left a verse which occurred to him
in similar cireunistanci-s. Ooeth* record*
that his dream* often assisted him in hi*
compositions.— London (ilnhe.
llnw Haisin* are Made in California.
In Mr. Blowers' vineyard, Yolocounty,
the grajM-* an* allowed to remain on the
vine until of a golden color and Iran*- '
lucent. Then they are picked and put
on wooden traya two by three feet in
size, placed between the rowa, doping
to the aun. When half-dried they are i
turned by putting a tray on top, and by
inverting them lmth, an* transferred to
the new tray. When the gra]iea low
their anliy np|>cantncc. and after removing
the green ones, the reat are put into
large aweat lmxea, placing aheota
of ]>a|>er lietween every twenty
five |M)unda of raiaina. Tliey are left
there for two when the atom* are
tough ami the nuainanoft. The |iackiug
follows in which iron or at eel jwcking
frame* are uwd, the rwiaina Wing as
sorted, weighed, inajiectod, and made
pnwntable. Mr. Blower* prefer* a
rich, mniat, aamly loam, in a warm cli
mate, for raiaina, and believe* that win
ter irrigation will destroy inaeeta and
keep the vine* in a thrifty condition.
He prefer* to plant vine* eight by ten
feet njatrt, or oven ten by ten feet, and
i line* fertilizer*.
The English language i* ranch more
I'Stenairely apokon than any other; the
nnmlier of people speaking it have more
than quadrupled during the present cen
i tury.
The mill ( <unl rj.
r.. tl.- Mill
Wlio xliiill Ii jul tin f
our us doll. t|,, , |^,. r
Ami i-vr nnor. m w mr „ v „ ,j rif| U) „,*ml.
W lio )< vl. tli UK, wjtli KMitU baud.
| Kafi- over, all! safe over,
To tin- mil I l*ii<l>
To flu- klill I mull
Tu you, yi' larger place*
Ikiuiiillismi growth! congenial upwrm
For youth* high .| r fujflj|mt.t grand!
IVlai faithful in hf. k lattifl HtMi'i
lliijk '► blooming laurel graces
In tin- MtiU laii'll
Ah, land! ah, land'
: Tu all i arth' tempest-driven
Pati kiiiilinl DKuMOKi r i* gum.
j With tur. li inverted, Uu'lmtiuiK blind,
ll< hnl. th ua with gentle hand,
j To tin- groat -h ail in leaven)
Tu the Ktill lan.l!
AVI/IM Ilu 6'l/IMII,
ill MOKOUH.
The innti who " keep* his word
j never spi-aks.
A down Fast girl who it ongagi-d to a
lumberman sax she Jim, caught a feller,
Jt'mt'm Jitill/im.
Tin business of a telegraph company
is " spread from pole to |>o|e." Ho is that
of the washerwoman.
'I he ri-asuti hurricane* are not ri
sjK'rti .I is Im-cuumo thej put on too maiiv
airs. /'/,ii././y ('/tron wfe.
A la.lv frii'inl says that bachelors are
like a liuti'h of biscuits, enough
after they nfi' IliixmL J rtituttrijtt.
A i v. ly y.mrig yirl at Furt l'ickeri,
()ij day tne.l to capturi- sim< birliii.
(** ked her blue eye,
Ami she aai.J Willi a sigh,
"(inat ar iwl graciuua, the dickens
todrrvt' QJUWM.
It would l ijuite iw-jr to jaty the
national l<*tit by imposing a tax on
Im auty. Ilu re isn't a wonutri living in
the country who would not demand to
l. as. . I. S'imrrrtllt Juurtuil.
"Who ati- the fir-wt oyster?" is the
conundrum projioundod by a New York
journal. Why, we thought that iv ry-
IKKIV knew that the first oyster waa
eaten by a swallow. Sm Jfiren lic/-
I */T.
(Lite man said in the car: "You're
going down early to-day, Charley."
"Ai-: to tell you the truth I've lie.-n
married only two months and yet mv
wife has just taught me what a bli/./ard
is.' \',,r y,irt I/fT'iJtl.
Iluw tlftleials Vlere Ihnv Paid.
It is not a general known hiatorical fact
that from 177" to 17M the territory
now known as Tennessee foransl a part
of North Carolina, and that in 17K.1 the
I'.nnessiHwnH, becoming dissatisfied
with their government, organized a
State government under the name
of " Franklyn," winch was main
lamed for Home years. The organiza
tion afterward disbanded, and Territor
ial Tennessee was again annexed to
North Carolina. The following is among
the laws pansis] by the legislature of
the State of Fnuiklyo. We copy as
foun 1 iti a sj-<-ch by Dann 1 Websti r on
the cuirenev in I k:w :
" Be it enacted IIT tho General As
sembly >f tho State of Franklrn, and
it i* hereby PiiiM'tcii !>▼ tho authority of
the KAIID' : That from tho first ilay of
•January, ITT'.t, tho salaries of tho offi
cers of this Commonwealth bo as fol
lows, to-wit:
" His Excellency the Governor, jar
annum, 1,000 deer skins;
"His Honor the Chief Justice, 500
deer skins; or, 500 raccoon skins;
" The Treasurer of the State, 450 rac
coon skins;
•' Each County Clerk, .100 1 leaver
skins;
"Clerk of the House of Commons,
200 raccoon skins;
" Memlier of Assembly, per diem,
three raccoon skins;
"Justice' fee for signing a warrant,
one imiskrat skin;
"To the Constable for serving a war
rant, one mink skin;
" Entered into a law the IHth day of
October, 1779, under tlie great seal of
the State."
While Ant* in Court.
An intimation of the mischief done in
region* infested with white wit*. hy the
wood -dretroving habits of three insects,
i* furnished liy a reeent law unit in New
South AVale*. Tlie plaintiff, a contractor,
bad received from the defendant in
struction* to repair a house winch had
ltcen iluntgel br the white ante, and
that a considerably increased expen
diture would ho required to put the
house into thorough repair, and he in
formed defendant of the fact. The hill
for the work done waa di*)Mit*l a*
excessive.
A considcrahlc amount of evidence
wa* taken on I With aide* an to the work
performed, and it was stated that an es
timate could not bo given of the con
tract price of work, aa the white ants
o|K>ratc during darkness, and the ex
tent of their ravages could only he seen
as the work progressed. One witness
dearrilted the house as being ao serious
ly injured that new material would 1h
required throughout, and the best way
to have dealt with it would have lawn
"to put a fire stick under it." The es
timated costs of the re]air* Itefore tlio
work ww* begun was about 91,150.
The defendant had jaid S'i.OOtt, and the
; court adjudged that he should pay #230
! more.