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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
Fourth Quarter,
■ V SIT. lIIXRY N. USOI'T, . D.
OCTOBER 2.
Lesson I. Froe Giving.
gi_ 34 : 38—14.
OoLMR TUT;-"Owl lorolh a cbwrful Khrii."—
11. Of. ;7.
Central Truth.— The secret of abound
ing gifts and work for God is a willing
heart.
The dealings of God with his people
on account ot their idolatry were very
stern, since only thus could they be
brought to repentance. Rut the divine
favor has been restored, and Moses is
now again summoned into the Mount.
Meanwhile, however, a glorious vision
bos been granted to him. Hidden in a
cleft of the rock, all the divine goodness
is made to pass before biro, and he i*
cheered by the pledge that God i* still
a God of unspeakable love. As before,
his stay in the Mount is for iorty daj*
and forty nights. Here God proclaims
his long suffering and mercy and readi
ness to forgive, enters again into cove
nant with his people, add* fresh pre
cepts and admonitions, and renews the
tables of the law. As Moses descends
he hears still another confirmation of
the divine favor. His face i* radiant
with the divine glory reflected from it,
a brightness so dazzling that, save it
is covered with a veil, the people are
'■afraid to come nigh him.''
The way is now prepared for the
building of the Tabernacle, concerning
which instructions have before been
given. The people are accordingly
called together, told what the message
of the is, and invited to prepare
their offerings. A part of this chapter
is an account of their response. Verse
twenty-second give* a general account
of the offerings of all classes, and the
next two of those of the men. Our
lesson describes those of the women
and the rulers, and says something of
the chief workmen, to whom the over
sight of the undertaking was commit
ted.
It will be noticed that all gave some
thing. First of all, as we learn from a
preceding chapter (30:11-16), each one,
rich and poor alike, was required to
give a small definite sum. This was to
be a memorial of a past mercy, and
would alto remind them of their equal
obligation to God. Reyond this the
gifts were voluntary. "Kvery one whose
heart stirred him up" was to give as he
was moved. Thus God would teach hi*
people to give. It is not that he need*
our gifts, for he does not. Rut we need
to make them. A sanctuary that costs
nothing is commonly worth little. Then
there is the moral discipline of giving,
the help it is to us in casting out self
and bringing in Christ. So God opens
many doors for our gifts, and permits
cries to reach our ears.
We cannot help noticing the part
women took in these ottering*. " I hey
did spin with their hands and did bring
what they had spun," In verse twenty- j
two it is said they "brought bracelets
and earring* and rings and tablets,"
the spoil no doubt of the Kgyptian*.
Rible religion has always been woman's
friend. She owes to it more than to
all other influences put together. In
stinctively she feels this, and *o has
always done her full share in the sup
port of religion. Those who most lov
ingly ministered to the .Saviour were
women. The Apostle names many who
wrought in the gospel and succored the
saints. Bui for the gifts and labors
and prayers of women many a Sunday
school and church would hare no ex
istence.
The willingness of the givers is per
haps the most striking thing in the nar
rative. The sum required from each
was small, about thirty cents of our
money. But the aggregate of volunla
ry gifts was very great. More than a
million dollars of our money was used ;
(and this was not all that was ottered,
for, as the next chapter tells us, the
liberality of tbe people exceeded the
need, and had to be restrained. It is
thia willing mind which makes any giv
ing real and acceptable to God, and the
widow's mite as precious to him a* the
rich man's million. "If there be first
a willing mind it is accepted according
to that a man hath," for thia will not
fail to insure gifts according to mean*.
We are not told the cause of all this
remarkable liberality. We may sup
pose tbe impulse was kindled by grati
tude: for tbe grace of God, which had
so recently forgiven their great sin and
renewed great promises, could not have
passed out of mind. Then, no doubt, j
the impulse was greatly quickened by
interest in the object. Israel was glad
of a Tabernacle, a visible sign of God's
presence witb tbem. And being inter
ested they could not help giving and
working. What a hint this is of the
way to make giving more easy and
abundant! Begin with the mind and
heart. More love to Christ and more
thought about the kingdom he has set
ua to build up, more study of tbe wortd's
needs, would greatly swell the gifte
which pour into the Lord's treasury.
Tbe last verses of tbe lesson are by no
means the least instructive. It is note
worthy that good men, those best suited
to tbe work, were chosen to oversee it,
and to make sure that tbe money and
labora of the people were not squander
ed. It is also notewoitby that the wis
dom and skill of these men are ascribed
to God. It waa he who filled tbem with
understanding and knowledge io all
manner of workmanship. And so we
are reminded that the "wisdom of heart
to work all manner of work, of the en
graver, and of the embroiderer, eren of
them that do any work," is not from
the man himself, but from God i a
thought well suited to keep us from
pride, and make us sensible of the tin
of using any talent without regard to
tbe will of tbe Infinite Giver of all.
BPUCTICEL SIOOESTIONB,
1. The ohild cannot be too early
taught to give. And th Sunday school
is a good place in which to learn the
lemon.
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2. Plainly, the piety which hoard* and
keeps is not after the divine pattern. 11
is not Christ like. What shall le said
of its prospect of heaven ? Should it
roach that place, would it not hide
away in shame ?
3. There is work in the church for all.
God expects nil to do something. lie
does call us to a life of joy, hut-of joy
in gilts and labor—the sweetest of all.
4. Rulers are not excluded front the
privilege, nor excused from the duty,
of sharing in the work which builds
churches and maintains religion in the
world.
5. If religion ever loses its hold upon
society ami the world, it will he because
women have ceased to see its worth and
feel it* power.
6. Willing heart* make contribution
boxes welcome.
7. Fasy and large giving come* of in
terest in the objects to be promoted ;
but interest comes of knowledge and
thought, hence the importance of every
means by which missionary information
is ditl'used.
8. The Israelites took the ornament*
from their person* to adorn their snnc
tuary. They would make I hut more
beautiful than their homes. 1* not that
the right order? Fine dwellings and
cheerless churches are no credit to a
people's piety.
9. Givers should try to know that
their ottering* lind wi*e and safe chan
nels. Indiscriminate giving into strungc
hands is not the Lord's way.
10. God knows hi* workers by name,
and will not forget them when he makes
up the company of his own.
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AT YORkTOWN.
C"Uri*r-Jourbil.
All patriots should go to Yorktown ;
hut all patriots cannot afford the trip
and they must be content with reading
the telegraphic reports of the celebra
tion of Cornwaliis' surrender next
month.
The difficulty of getting to the old
village is great, for the nearest railroad
station is forty miles off and the his
toric ground can only be reached at
present with any degree of facility by
the steamers of which it is hoped
there will he a sutficicnt number for
the august occasion. As there are
only about forty houses in Yorktown,
and the newly built hotels will aecoiu
mod" 1 " 1 ,f>(8) persons, a large
numt>er oi ~.c visitors will have to
sleep on the steamers during the cele
bration or take their chances in the
1,500 tents the government is provid
ing for the soldiers of the regular
ariny and the militia on the plains.
There may not be any trouble on that
score unless it rains, and we have been
led to believe, during the past four
months, that such an event is not very
probable. The government has made
arrangements for a good supply of
fresh water to he distributed by pipes
through the camp, and the Moore
house, where Charles, lir-t Marquis
Cornwaliis, acceded to the articles of
capitulation, has Ix-en repaired and
handsomely fitted up. The Yorktown
people are said to have exhibited no
great excitement over the prepara
tions. There will probably lie iiO.iMM)
soldiers of the militia organizations of
the States on the ground. We observe
that an invitation ha* been extended
to the descendants of Cornwaliis, in
order to show that the last vestige of
bitterness ha- departed the
exploitation of the di-iinguished Brit
ish general in the Carolina* and in
Georgia is forgotten.
The Yorktown celebration i* in j
every sense of the won! a national oc- j
casion. Its memories are widely sep
arated from those of the late civil
war. They must serve as a bond to
unite the Northern and Southern peo- j
pie more closely, for they point to j
bloody tights and charge* against a j
proud foe, in which Northern and j
Southern men participated with mu
tual enthusiasm and marched shoulder
to shoulder against the black-moiUhcd
batteries and walls of shimmering
bayonets.
it was in the middle of August,
1781, when the American and the
French liegnn their romhined move
ment which terminated in the capture
of Cornwaliis'army. This movement
had het-ii substituted for an attack on
New York, which might not have;
been successful. Washington ascer
tained that the great French fleet un
der the Comte Dc Grasse was on the
.South Atlantic coast, and having the
Comic De Is>ehnml>eau and hi* army
with him. he saw a tremendous blow
could he struck Cornwaliis by a com
bined nnval mid laud attack. Noth
ing could have l>een done without our
French allies.
People may say what they please
about the French motive for helping
us against England. Franco helped
us out of a had scrape. That is enough.
If she had not helped us we would
have been subjects of (jucen Victoria
to-day very likely. For, even after
the magnificent fighting of Greene
and Morgau in the South, which
weakened Cornwaliis terribly he might
have accomplished his purpose of sub
duing Virginia, had he not hail the
French as well as the Americans to
fight on the peninsula. As it happen
ed, Cornwaliis got into a pocket. Sir
Henry Clinton had not the least idea
where Washington had gone when ha
left the vicinity of New York until
that chieftain reached the Delaware
and it was 100 late. Washington
Knox, the artillerist; Lafayette, Ko
chambeau and De Grasse did the bus
iness for Cornwaliis. The battles of
the revolution ended on October 18,
1781, although a year previous there
did not appear a very brilliant pros
pect of a triumph for the colonistera
Cornwaliis had been generally success
ful in the South ; was, in tact, very
successful, until Greene struck him,
and ho had no idea that ho would be
driven to the wall.
Braddock, thirty years before, had
been similarly confident of whipping
tho French. British officers "just
over" ut that time, even when tho col
onists were aiding (ireat Britain in
her wars with France, continually ex
pressed their contempt, for the colonial
militia, who did the hardest lighting.
Kntick says of Braddock: "He show
ed contempt towards the Provincial
forces because they could not go
through their exercise with the dex
terity uinl regularity as a regiment of
guards iu Hyde Park," and Dr. Frank
lin says in bis memoirs: "lu a con
versation with (icncral Itraddock one
day he was giving me uu account of
bis intended progress. 'After taking
Fort Duuuesne,' said he, '1 am to pro
ceed to Niagara, and having taken
that, to Frontenac, if tho season will
allow time, and I suppose it will ; for
Duquesoo can hardly detain me above
three or four days, and then I see
nothing that can obstruct my march
to Niagara.' Having revolved iu my
mind the long time his army must
make in their march by a very narrow
road, to he cut for them through the
woods and hushes ; and also wlmt 1
had heard of a former defeat of 1,500
French who invaded the Illinois coun
try, I had conceived some doubts and
some fears for the event of the cam
paign. He smiled ut my igoornuce,
and replied : 'These savages may in
deed he a formidable enemy to you
raw American militia, hut upon the
King's regular disciplined troops, sir,
it is impossible they should make any
impression.'" Such was the pride of
British officers. Itraddock found out
his mistake in the catastrophe which
followed. The militia were placed by
Itraddock in the rear, and saved the
remnant of Braddock's "disciplined
troops" from extermination. Corn
wallis, although more prudent than
itraddock, had a profound contempt
for the American militia until (Jreone
and .Morgan showed him what they
could do.
Among the American generals who
aided immensely in ranking the sur
render of Ird Cornwallis possible,
was General Greene, to whom is justly
ascribed military ability second only
to that of Washington. Greene won
the affection of Washington shortly
after hi* arrival at headquarters in
Cambridge, Ma-*., in July. 1775. At
Hratidvwine, Greene, with Wccdou's
Virginia brigade, saved General Sul
livan's detachment from annihilation
by a masterly march, lie figured
conspicuously in all the northern cam
paigns and it wa* by his counsel that
Major Andre was hung in*tend of
shot. "Hang him or set him free,"
were the concluding word* of hi*
opinion. When the Carolina* and
Georgia fell into British hands, and
the battle of Camden left the colonist*
in despair, Gen. Greene wa* chosen to
repair the damage done by Cornwallis,
and he showed himself the superior of
Cornwallis, Tarleton and Lord Bau
dot!. Said the Chevalier i/uzerne
once: "Other general* subdue their
enemy by the means with which their
country or their sovereign furnishes
them. But Gen. Green ap|>car* to
subdue his enemy by his own mean*.
He commenced hi* campaign without
either an army, provisions, or military
stores. He has aked for nothing
since, and yet scarcely a port arrive
from the South that does not bring in
telligence of some new advantage he
ha* gainer! over the foe. He conquers
by magic. History furnishes no par
allel to this."
Greene's victories made the skies
bright for the colonists ; lie blazed the
way to Yorklown, Cornwallis would
Hot have gone there had it not been
for Greene's success in the South. A
Uliode Islander, he led Southern men
to battle, nnd it was in Charleston
that he received the greatest ovation
of his life. The Georgians presented
him with a fine plantation on the
Kdisto and a residence near Savnunah
in recognition of his services, and in
17*5 he moved there with his family.
The State of North Carolina presented
him with 25.000 acres of land. There
was no silly sectional blather then.
They were nil rebels, and gloried in
having rebelled together against taxa
tion and navigation laws, revenue
art*, stamp acts, restraining and starv
ing acts, nnd disfranchising acts;
against the effort, as Burke one aid,
to plunge them into a "perfect uncom
pensated slavery by joining together
the restraint* of an universal internal
and external monopoly with au uni
versal internal aud external taxa
tion."
Northern aud Southern men met 1
once agnin about Yorktown, with
arms in their hands and blood in their
eves, seeking each his brother's life. 1
The meeting next month of Northern 1
and Southern soldiers at the historic '
old spot will mean that, fsatcrnally
mingling together, they will forget the
bloody horrors of internecine strife
and remember that, as their forefalh- i
era fought together against the com
mon foe, so their descendants shall be
brethren in fact, co-workers in the up
building of the dearest interests of [
the country, and incapable ef separa
tion through the wicked scheming of
desperate men.
"WHAT are your politics?" asked i
the chaplain of the lowa penitentiary i
of an intelligent looking convict. "I i
have not come out for anybody yet," i
replied the convict, gazing placidly i
through the bars. J <
l* 4 *
AN ENTFItTAININft COMPANION.
A KIIlflT KATB HTOIIY TOLD IIY PLOK
EKCE THE COMEDIAN.
Once, during a tour in the Western
(States, writes Mr. Florence, the actor,
an incident occurred iu which I rather
think 1 played the victim. We were
en route from Cleveland to Cincinnati,
an eight or ten hours journey. After
seeing tny wife comfortably seated, I
walked forward to the smoking car,
ami, taking the only unoccupied place,
pulled out my cigar case and offered n
cigar to my next neighbor. He was
about sixty years of age, gentlemanly
in uppenruuee, and of somewhat re
served and bashful mien. He grace
fully accepted the cigar, and in u few
minutes we were engaged iu conversa
tion.
"Are you going far West?" I in
quired.
"Merely as far as Columbus," (Co
lumbus, 1 may explain, is the capita)
of Ohio.) "And you, sir?" he added
interrogatively.
"I am journeying toward Cincinnati.
1 am a theatrical man, and play there
to-morrow night." I was a young
man then uud fond of avowing my
profession.
"Oh, indeed! Your face seemed
familiar to me as you entered the car.
1 uui confident we have met before."
"I have acted in almost every State
in the I'nion," said I, half patroniz
ingly. "Mrs. Florence and I arc pret
ty generally known throughout the
Northwest."
"Bless me!" said the stranger, in
surprise. "I have seen you act many
tinn-s, sir, and the recollection of Mrs.
Florence's 'Yankee Girl,' with her
quaint songs, is still fresh in ray mem
ory."
"Do you propose remaining long in
Columbus ?' I inquired.
"Yes, for seven years," lie replied.
Thus we chatted forao hour or two.
At length tny attention was attracted
to a little red-faced man, with small,
sharp eyes, who sat immediately or
nosite tis. and amused himself by su< k
tng the knob of a large walking stick
which he carried caressingly in his
hand. He had more than once glanced
at me in a knowing manner, and now
and then given & sly wink and shake
of the head at me, a* much as to say.
"Ah, old fellow. I know you, too."
These attentions were so marked that
I finally asked my companion if be
had noticed them.
"That man acts like a lunatic," -aid
I, in a low voice.
"A poor halfwitted fellow, posse
hly," remarked my fellow-traveler
"In your travels through the country
however, Mr. Florence,you must have
often met with just such strange char
acters."
We h..d now reached Crestline, the
dinner station, and, after thanking the
stranger for the agreeable way in
which he enabled me to pass the jour
nep up to this point. I asked him if
he would join Mr*. Florence ami my
self at dinner. This produced an ex
traordinary series of grimaces aud
winks frotn the red-fared party afore
said. The invitation to dinner, how
ever, was politely deeliued.
The repast over, our traiu sped on
toward Cincinnati. I told my wile
that in the smoking car I had met a
most entertaining gentleman, who was
well |>slrd in theatricals, and was on
hi* way to Columbus. She suggested
that I should bring him into our ear,
nnd present him to her. I returned to
the smoking ear and proposed that
the gentleman should accompany me
to see Mrs. Florence. The proposal
made the red-faced man undergo a
species of spasmodic convulsions which
set the occupants of the car into roars
of laughter.
"No, I thank you," said my friend,
"I feel obliged to you for the courtesy,
hut I prefer the smoking ear. Have
you another cigar ?"
"Yes," said I, producing another
Partflgn.
I again sat by his sole, and once
more our conversation legan, and we
became quite fraternal. We talked
about theatres aud theatricals, and
then adverted to political economy,
the state of the country, finance uud
commerce in turn, our intimacy evi
dently affording intense amusement to
the foxy eyed party near us. Finally
the shrill sound of the whistle nnd the
entrance of the conductor indicated
that we had arrived at Columbus, aud
the train soon arrived at the station.
"Come," said the red-faccd in vidua),
now rising from his seat and tapping
my conipaniou on the shoulder, "this
is your station, old man."
My friend rose with some difficulty,
dragging his hitherto concealed feet
from under the seat, when for the first
time I discovered that he was shackled,
and wa* prisoner in charge of the
sheriff, going for seven years to the
State prison at Columbus.
AM interesting social event in Char
lotte, North Carolina, this fall, will be
the marriage of a blind girl to a deaf
mute. The bride's infirmity does not
impair the beauty of her eyes, and
has not been suffered to biuder the
development of her mind, while tho
groom is a handsome and intelligent
man. After the first difficulties of an
introduction had been surmounted,
the nourlship is said to have advanced
smoothly, and their mutual sympathy
and understanding are now so deep
that, when they are together, each
readily supplies the other's lack, and
their combined senses arc equal to auy
emergency.
A HIOItY OF THK UAH.
A MTKANOK AND DEADLY IM'KI. BE
TWEEN A "KKD" AND A "itKIJ."
Vfui lb- Chicago Dil<-rOcan
There occurred at Martiusburg, Va.,
in the summer of 1864, ono of those
strange duels thnt sometimes take
place iu battle, and which make a
lasting impression on the mind of the
looker-on. It was the 18th „f
temlier, the day before Karly and
Utile Phil fought tln ir fir-t pitched
battle. A force ot cavalry and in
fantry had that morning been sent to
capture the First brigade of A verdl's
division at Murtinshurg and turn Hlier
idun's right. Had the movement been
successful, the I'nion position ut Ber
ryville would have been rendered
somewhat precarious. But tlie troops
which had been intrusted with the
safety of the point were no home
guards ; they knew the value of the
prize contended for, and More prepared
to make the rehs pay dearly for every
inch of ground they gained. The
charging and counter-charging were
disgustingly frequent, and many were
the deeds of personal daring that
transpired ns the tide of battle surged
from street to street and out upon the
open licld.
About the middle of the afternoon
tliere came a lull in the struggle, an if
each side hail stopped "to pant a lit
tle" before making come tinul and
decperate effort to cruch it* adversary.
It was during this interval of compar
ative quiet and inactivity that the
duel relerreil to took place. In front,
and a little to the left of the Union
line there was an elevation where once,
at the beginning of the war perhapc,
there had ctood a goodly growth of
forect trecc, which had been cut down
and hauled awav. The clump* were
-till standing and afforded good shelter
for ckirmichcrs. A squad of cavalry
belonging to a Pennsylvania regiment
were cent to occupy this eminence a- a
cort of flank guard to the I uion line.
The rebel sharpshooter* at once open
ed fire UJKIII them and coon made the
position untenable for the Union
squad, which then moved further off
to get out of range, leaving behind one
of their comrades, whose horse had
IKHII wounded by the sharpshooter*.
The Yank seemed to be in no hurry
to leave his unfortunate horceand was
leisurely removing the caddie, bridle,
etc., when be noticed a rebel cavalry
man approaching with the evident
intention of making him prisoner. It
wn- al> ■ut \tsi stage of the game thai
the attention of those of us upon the
left w&* called to witness what was
transpiring.
The auk took shelter behind a
stump nnd at once opened fire. His
first shot killed the reh's horse, and
then he too got behind n stump. The
two men were not more than 200
yard* apart, und each of them seemed
to realize the fact that he must either
conquer or die. The Yank placed his
hat on top of the stump, and immedi
ately the reh shot it off. Neither of
them could expect to get away until
the other was either killed or badly
wounded. Neither could expect t
kill or cripple his adversary without
making what was called a close shot,
for both men were careful not to
expose any more of their persons than
wa* absolutely nece*ay while taking
aim. Thev fired perhaps a half dozen
shots apiece, when the reb resorted to
a ruse. He remained quiet and in
active for some moments, carefully
concealing every part of hi* body
from his opponent. The Union soldier
began to sustiect that bis )n*t shot bad
done its work, and growing inquisitive
he gradually rai*cd his head above his
little fortification to so- what had be
cotne of the reb. The latter had plan
ned well. Hi* Sharp's carbine was
already in position, and when the
Yank had exposed his head nnd part
of his chest the Johnnie fired. The
shot took effect in the Union soldier's
cheek, and he fell backward with a
shriek. We saw the reb go to him,
lift him up iu a sitting posture, and
help to bathe the ugly wound; then,
when he had rendered hi* fallen foe
all possible assistance, we saw him
take up his own gnu and trudge off to
hi* companions. He could have been
killed or captured, hut we had seen
hi* noble conduct toward hi* unfortu
nate adversary, and we greeted his
departure with a rousing cheer. The
Union soldier had a frightful wound,
hut I believe eventually recovered.
The Men Whs Sneered.
from lb. }t Verb ttnrMT.
The great difference among men, of
all callings, is energy of character or
the want of it. Given the tame amount
of learning nnd integrity, and the same
opportunities, and energy will make
one roan a conqueror. The want of it
will see the other a failure. Dead
beats arc all men without force. They
had as good a chance as any of their
companions. Others went ahead and
carried off the prizes, while they were
iviug by the wayside dispirit**! and
despondent. It takes nerve, vim, per
severance, patient continuance in well
doing, to win a great prize. And the
youug man who goes into a profession
without this pluck and force will not
earn salt to his {porridge. He will
drag along through life with the help
of bis friends, getting some credit witn
them for being a well-meaning man,
in delicate health and unlucky. The
real trouble is he lacks energy. This
is just as true Of the minister as of the
lawyer or physician. Piety ML it#
enough. Ail the Greek ud WW
. i 1
jin the world will not (justify a man
for usefulness in the ministry. It
want* push, stamina, vigor, courage,
j resolution, will, determination —in one
| word, energy. If the youth know* a
| little Greek, he know* what tn e.rtj<,
mean*, and without it Dr. Parr's
knowledge of Greek will not help him
| to usefulness or success in the jiulpit.
THE NI'IDKK AM* THE MOIHE.
A curious spectacle was to le seen
on Monday in the office of ('lever's
livery stable in D lmnon, Ky. Against
'he wall of the room stands a tolera-fa
lly large desk, and under thi* a small
spider, not larger than a common jH-a,
had constructed a web reaching to the
floor.
On monday afternoon it was ob
served that the sjiiiler had ensnared a
young mouse by jasring filaments of
it* well around it* tail. When first
seen tbe mouse bad it* hind feet off
the floor, and could barely touch the
floor with its fore feet The spider
was full of business, running up and
down the line, occasionally biting tbe
! mouse's tail, making it struggle des
perately. Its effort* to ewaj*- were
unavailing, as the slender filament*
about its tail were too strong for it to
j break. In a short time it was seen
that the spider was slowly hoisting
the victim into the air.
By 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
mouse could hardly touch the floor
with it* fore feet; by dark tbe point
of its nose was an inch from the floor.
At 9 o'clock at night the mouse was
; still alive, but made no signs except
when tbe spider descended and hit it*
tail. At this time it was an inch and
a half from the floor.
On 1 u day morning tbe mouse was
dead, and bung three lochia from the
floor.
Ihe n'-ws of the novel sight soon
became circulated, and hundreds of
people Vfailed the Stalde to witness it.
The mouse i n small one probably
less than half grown, measuring
a limit one and a half inches from the
joint of it* nose to the root of it* tail.
How the spidi r succeeded in ensnar
ing it is not known. The mechanical
ingenuity of the spider, which enables
' her to rai-c a liodv which must weigh
i forty or fifty times a* much as-herself,
has been the subject of a great deal
iof comment and speculation, and no
satisfactory solution of the difficulty
| has been found.
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I.rapine For Life.
j EXCITING SCENES AT A TIKE—WOtKNCX EN
VELOPED IN ri.AMts.
A thrilling scene occurred at the
fire at Azaire A* Lavigue's furniture
factory in Montreal. Thursday after
noon. J. Dion and Mat bias Cauthier,
(carvers, were at>f rk in the third
story. Juh-* Leblqnc was in the same
part of the building as the fire, which
was the result of an explosion of a
lamp. The flamos spread with great
rapidity ; those in the first and second
i stories escaped unhurt, but. to the
horror of the spectators, the three
men named were seen at the upper
windows calling for a ladder. Dion
jat length disappeared and tried to
fight through the flames to the stair
: way and was dreadfully burned.
! Meanwhile Lehlanc fell or jumped
from the window and dislocated his
thigh. Gauthicr stood for some mo
. ments, the flames singing hi* hair and
clothes, and then leaped desjierately
for the telegraph pole, which he mi-s
--ed, coming down with a dreadful thud
, ujkid the pavement. He had hardly
been picked up when Dion, totally
enveloped in flame.*, npjienred for an
instant at the third story window and
in the next was cleaving the air like a
huge rocket, the flame* shooting up
ward from his clothing. He was im
mediately seized and carried to safety.
Lebianc is severely shocked by the
] tall, and his companions, it is believed,
are fatally injured. After a sharp
tight the firemen confined the flames
to the building. The loss is 110,000.
Another l.ltfle Romance.
An Ohio man got a divorce and
subsequently murried a widow with
one child. After living with her some
time, some remarks which he made
about his youthful adventure* led to J
the discovery that his new wife was a
young lady to whom he was once I
engaged in Maryland and was on the I
eve of marrying, when he became i
engaged, instead, in a fight with one I
of her admirers. He threw his antag- f
onist to the ground, and, as he sup- m
nosed, killed him; so he fled to theJ
\\ est. The other fellow survived J
however, married tbe girl, died u>uw f*
left her a widow with one child. U
The Highest Lake In the World. 1
rms ttM Ormrrt Trfbaso.
The take with the highest elevation 1
of any in the world ia Green Lake in 1
Colorado. Iu surface is 10,252 feet \
above the level of the sea. Pine for- 1
eets surround it, and eternal snows "
deck the neighboring mountain top*. 4
One of these, Gray's Peak, has an
altitude of 14,351 feet. The water of
Green Lake is at clear as crystal, and
large rock masses and a jwlrifled for
est are distinctly visible at the bottom. *
The branches of the trees are of dex
iling whiteness, aa though cut in mar
hie. Salmon trout swim among them, 9
The lake ia 200 feet deep,
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