Fenian HereaaOn.
Tk 1 u the twilight pain
Tenderly glows.
Hark ! how thenighti
akes from repine
Only when, sparkli.,g Bta
otars All the darkling sky,
Cntothc nightingnlo
Listens Uie rose.
Here where the fountain!*)*
Murmuring flow*.
Airs from the mountain wide
Fan thy repose.
Eyes of thine glistening; g
Look on me. listening;
I sin thy nightingale;
Thou art my rose.
Hwpoter the strain ho wen res,
Fainter it flow*
Now, ns her balmy leaves
Itlnshi "ty close.
Hotter I U , minstrelsy,
Lips that meet kissingly
Hilenre thy nightingale
Kiss me. uiy rose !
— Bt Knynrti Tcm lot,
GLEN ALLEN.
A heavy mist hung ghximily above
the peaks of the Wicklow mountains, a
damp chillncss pervaded the atmon
phcro; piles of sullen rlomls lowered
from the frowning skies and narrowed
the already narrow horizon; a veil of
moisture robed the meadows and dulled
the clatter, up the uncaven country
road, of the approach of a small band
of mounted dragoons.
"Halt!"
"'Twjis astern, sonorous voice—a
voice that would make you lift your
eyes quickly and instinctively to scan
the owner. It proceeded from stern,
firm but handsome lips. It was en
force! by keen glitter of a pair of dark
gray piercing eyes; by the majesty of a
free commanding form and by an air
of native power entirely unaasumed.
The party drew up before one of
thoee pretty cottages that have so nat
urally sprung up in the lieautiful wilds
of Wicklow. A rustic gate stood half
open and revealed a small and taste
fully laid out garden with neatly kept
walks, inviting the pressure of the in
truders foot. A porch, half-buried in
woodbine, low windows draped in soft
folds of white lace, through which the
uye might trace a faint impression of a
pleasant interior these met the gaze
of Captain Howard as he pushed wide
the garden gate and strode within.
The slow, irregular notes of a harp, as
though the player, following a vague
fancy, wandered aimlessly over the
chords, arrested for a moment the ad
vanee of the dragoon. With asuddrn
impulse he turned backward to his
men,and merely saying, "Wait till my
return," he moved with measured steps
to the porch and knocked.
Twas strange that in the few mo
ments Ist ween his summons and theap
pcarance of a whitehead ed domestic the
image of a sweet face he had seen and
loved in another land should present
itself so forcibly to his imagination;
and stranger still that, as he lifted his
eyes from that glance into his own
hidden heart, he could almost swear
the face looked at him for an instant
from the diamond windows near.
Slightly moved, he saluted the porter
by reqm-sting to speak with the master
of the house, at the same time gently
insinuating he would bear him com
jiany,as his business was too urgent to
admit of even the delay of waiting the
gentleman's permission.
"Deed. then. I'm afeard he'll tic mod
enough with me for letting you come
in uninvited. I may say," said the old
•nan, "bnt come along and nivcr wel
come you," he continued under his
teeth, "you Saxon hound. Son, sir,
here's a gentleman soldier was in sulh
a hurry to see yon he wouldn't wait
for me to bring in his name."
BeatM in an arm-chair, reading or
pretending to read, by a checrrul fire,
the person addressed looked np, laid
down his ' liook, delilwrately wiped his
glasses, and resuming them, surveyed
his visitor.
Mine Is an errand much to my dis
taste, or," the dragoon lagan." My in
trwskm would lie unpardonable, but
that a stem duty brings me here, and i
have no choice but to obey."
The occupant of the arm-chair made
an effort to speak, but, though his lips
moved, no sound escaped them. He
was a very elderly man, and very del
icate looking, with a nervous twitch
ing. closing and unclosing of the hand
holding the spectacles. Ho motioned
the dragoon to a Heat, and again looked
ta his face interrogatively.
Captain Howard was leas and
has pleased with his mission. He
was a haughty man, hut with a good
and noble heart, straight-faced in out
ward coldness and formality. He was
an Englishman hy birth, and did not
eansider himself bound in any ungrn
nrotts crusade when he offerrd his ser
ricea to the Government for the pur
pose of qnellingthe Irish insurrection.
But taking thn field and playing po-
Bcmian are two different things. At
Mast, so f'aptain Howard considered,
and 'twas with mortification he found
that the role of dragoon captain in Ire
land was at the time more than half
jtolice exercise. Registering an inward
vow to resign his cointiiissien at the
opportunity, the captain returned
" the olijeet of his mission.
"His place, is it not called (Hen Al-
V-L
The old gentleman motioned ussent.
I'molding a document, the Captain
continued; "The Government having
had information that in this house is
concealed a notorious rebel, for whose
capture a large reward is offered, I am
deputed to search the premises and as
certain the correctness of the informa
tion. Asa loyal man you are required
to render all due assistance in the in
vestigation."
The old gentleman, rising in a stately
manner, signified his willingness, and
with a strange repugnance to the per
formance of the duty, Captain Howard
ordered from the doorway half his men
to surround the house and arrest any
ono attempting to escape, the remain
der to enter the house and aw ait his
orders.
While the search progressed he stood
with arms folded and gloomy brows,
following mechanically from room to
, room. Suddcnh his gaze fastened on
a picture an oil painting of a brown
i ringleted girl, with soft, hazel eyes,
( childlike in their candor and innocence,
| and sweet red lips, occupying the place
jof honor over tin- mantel shelf. It was
the face that had haunted him for a
twelve month, the face of a girl that
he had met in London society, had fol
j lowed ineffectually and had lo\ ed un
! reasonably. It was a face he had sud
denly lost sight of, and sought hi vain
until now. He learned from the old
, man that it was the picture "of a re
, lative" at present staying with him.
| With unconceabsl anxiety tin- captain,
j requested to be allowed to sec the origi
\ nal ot the picture, and the old gcntle
i man, humoring his visitor's strange
i fancy, left the room and returned pres
ently with a young lady w hose extreme
pallor was highteued by her dress of
deep mourning and the melancholy of
her soft hazel ••yes. At sight of the
stranger a faint blush dyed her check,
—Captain Howard, much agitated, ad
vanced. and. taking her hand eagerly,
convinced itself by her recognition
that his fair London acquaintance
stood before him.
"How came it I lost sight of you so
entirdy after that brief London carni
val," he said, "and how is it I 11 ml you
here in this con vulsed country in this
solitude?"
"For the first question 1 can answer, j
there is nothing more common than !
for casual acquaintances, in a strange
country, to meet, part, lose -igbt of
each other, unless some powerful
incentive remained urging a pursuance
of the acquaintance. To the second I
would answer, this is my native land
these are my native hills; what place
more meet for my residence?" she s|>okc
half eointi niptuoiisly, half detiantly.
"And your brother, the dark-eyed,
Qu.vti' I my. Great Hod!" he mutter
ed, "it cannot be."
A deadly pallor spread over the girl's
face; she raised herself proudly to her
full higbt and demand, "Well, sir,
what cannot be ?"
He silently handed her the warrant
for the arrest of a dark, slender youth,
name as-uuo d, win s, capture was im
portant tothe gov. mm lit, and against
whom there was strong information.
The paper went on to-tateheh.oilmen
known to lie connected, on ini|mrtunt
occasions, with sonic of the most prom
inent rebel leaders, and a large reward
was offered for bis arrest, aliveor dead.
The lady flushs! and paled as her eye
ran over this document, and her agita
, tion was not hist on the dragoon.
With sudden resolve he said, turning
to his men:
"There is no necessity to sear, h fur.
Twer, 1 lielievc."
And despite of the evident sulkiness
ami disaffection of the disappointed
dragoons, he gave the orders to remount
and return to Wick low'. N'or could he
fail to mark the sigh of relief that es
caped the lijis of the fair girl he had
.sought unavnwedly to serve. He, in
j courtly manner, renewed his apologies
to the host; trusted for the happiness
'of meeting the lady, and, if possible,
serving her; and, with a new lightness
in his step and the cloud off his brow
sprang into the saddle. As he did so a
oud shout broke from the watch set at,
the rear of the house, and the dragoons
, quickly appeared, dragging with them
a slight, dark-complexioned youth,
whc appearance indicated the sharje
ness of the struggle he had made to
! *-apo.
A week afterward the jiolire annals
were full of the <ca|>e of the rebel
eaptunsl at Glen Allen, and the sus
picion attached to Howard, the dragoon
captain, who was snp|ios<sl to have
given him facilities to elude his rap
to: Though t hat could not be proved.
11 ovarii was ofheially reprimanded for
I want of vigilance, mid taking the
( hint, he retired at once from his jmsi
-1 tion In ,he army. The day Captain I
r i Howard'* resignation wan uccepte<l,
i the master <>f Glen Allen cottage uml
• his fair relative prepared to join the
I young outlaw of the family in his
refuge at Havre. The cottage bore a
. dreary aspect, all except, the garden, in
which stood the fair lady to whose in
lliicuce the exile owed his safety, and !
i by her side stood Captain Howard.
[ "You will forget that you have ever \
- seen me. You will forget you should i
' reward me," lie was saying earnestly
> and yet smilingly.
"1," she murmured, brokenly, "shall
- never, while life lasts, forget or cease
I to be grateful for your generosity; but
- I am poor and obscure, why have been
wealthy ami influential. What could I
do to compensate your generous art—
I your loss?"
"Much, lady," lie said, gently. "This
1 little hand, nay, do not remove it—is
worth a thousand such acts, a thou
sand such losses. Let it repay me."
Sayings from the Chinese.
Human nature cametous perfect,
but in process of time our passions
i have corrupted it.
Desire not the death of thine enemy,
thou would'st desire it in vain ; his
lib- is in the hands of heaven.
Obey heaven, and follow the orders
j of II mi w ho gov ems it.
Love your neighbor as yourself; let
, your reason and not your senses be the
■ rule of your conduct.
Do to another what you would lie
should do unto you. Thou only noisi
est this law alone, it i, the foundation
and principle of all the rest.
The tongue, which is yielding, en
dures; the teeth, which are stubborn,
I perish.
Letter lie a dog in peace than a man
i in an anarchy.
To violate the law is the saniecrinic
in the Lmperor as in the subject.
The hearts of the people are the
only legitimate foundations of the em
pire or of legitimate rule.
Those who labor with their minds 1
rule; those who lalsir with their lushes
are ruled. I'ope says: "And those
who think still govern those who
toil.")
A vacant mind is open to all sug
gestions as a hollow mountain returns
all sounds.
When the tree Is felled its shadow
disappears. (Desertion of the great
when unfortunate by parasites.)
You cannot strip two skins off on<
cow. (A limit to extortion.)
A man's words are like an arrow
l •lone to the mark, aw oman's Jlke a
• bri •ken fan.
The Chinese I all a blustering fellow
a paper tiger.
Overdoing a thing -a hunchback
making a Imw.
Who sjiend their charity on remote
objects, but negb-t their family, are
said to "hang a lantern on a |ile,whu h
is si en from afar, but gives no light
l>elow."
The greater fish eat the smaller, the
smaller eat the shrimps,and the shr.mps
arc obliged to eat inud; said with ref
erence to rulejs of differi nt classes.
I'atien< c. and the mulls rry leaf be
conic*a silk gown.
Trust not the flatterer; in thy days
of sunshine he will give three |otinds
■•f butter, and in thy boor of i>s-i deny
thee a crumb of bread.
A woman'- ' -ngue i- lor sword, ;ui'*
she does not let it rust.
Sharp I'rsi tire.
A certain Michigan.ler who had long
succcedisl indodging a certain creditor,
was a few weeks ago cornered in the
office of a mutual friend, and the credi
tor la-gan:
"Sir! you have owd me $J.' for u
year past, and now I want to know
Iwhat you are going to do alaiut it?"
"Well, I'll think it over."
"There will la- no thinking it over
my friend. If you don't pay me I'll sue
you."
"You will?"
"I will, sir!"
"Then you'll be certain to get ajudgi*-
ment. The party which brings the
suit always gets the verdict la-fon- a
justice. Knowing this, you will take
advantage of me?"
"I will."
"Very well. Xow,th~o. I deny that
1 owe von a dollar."
"You do?"
"1 do, sir. but in case yon want to
borrow SJ-"> of me for a week here it is." j
"I don't care whether you call it -
paying or lending, so long as I get my
money," replied the creditor, and he
made out a receipt in full and tiaik the !
money
At the end of the week he was asked
to return the loan, but laughed at the,
alisnrdity of the request. Suit was tie j
gun to recover it, the mutual friend '
used asa witness, and the plaintiff re- '
ceivari judgment In his favor and hail a ,
dean receipt to sh-w for the debt.
fbtroit I'm I'rrna.
It Is a cold day when the mercury
gets left in the burb to the termo
i meter.
Tit A 1)1.s THAT ARE FATAL.
How InaurMticr >frn Ifrunrd I rrfitln A?o.
ration*.
In convocation with a fw rnmetjp
insurance journalist, the subject ot
unhealthy occupations was broached,
and a New York Star reporter wan in
formed that thoiiHends of workmen
were duily engaged in certain almost
fatal trades.
"There are many occupations," said
the insurance man, "that are specially
dangerous (I use the word in contrad
istinction to the term unheulthfill) to
human life. I mean such occupations
in which accidents are likely to happen,
If extraordinary care is not used.
Those workmen who in painting the
houses have to stand on a suspended
stage, hanging often by a single rope,
literally carry their lives in their hands.
Masons and bricklayers engaged in the
erection of high buildings stand In im
minent danger of their lives. Sailors,
Fishermen, pilots, engineers, drivers of
locomotives ami car drivers all pursue
dangerous occupations ami live even
moment, as it were, with the risk of
ls-lllg kilbsl; but it is riot to these dan
gerous einpl iymerits 1 refer when I
speak of those that come under the
head of unhealthy ones. There are
trades in which thousands are getting
their livings that ar>- absolutely fatal
ill themselves."
"And are these fatal Dados, as you
call them, essential to the demands ol
modern < iv ili. at ion ?."
"Tie-re's the rub. Let rue tell you
that these ham-fill, p< riii< ions trades
which undermine the health of the
workers to such an alarming degree,
swelling the death rat/ ami tilling our
cemeteries, are almost all not merely
essential, but really indispensable to
the welfare of the public."
"In a word, you mean that there are
useful vocations, in which mem
women and children are employed, that
an- detrimental to health, and shorten
life?"
"That is so. 1 would call them
deadly industries. Factory life at the
l-et is but a jMH>r affair, but when the
work is health-destroying, what a fear
ful thing to consider."
"Will you refer specially to some
of the trades which you deem un
healthy ?"
"Well, there arc the workers in brass
and <opper. The arti-ans employed in
thi- trade actually suffer from slow
poisoning, living a life of hardship,
sickness and disease uritill nature ref
uses any longer to put up with the ter
rible injustice and demand* a reckon
ing. Brass .md copperworker* snfli-r
in h< alth, and die vir-t jmsto th ir tr.idc.
Th fie tones in which brass and eoje
|sr-r are filed, turned and worked, are
dirty pl.e •-as a rub- In .eldition the
atn "sphere H heavily charged with
particles of met tl lu-t. which flout in
the air, jx-netrate tn<- lungs, md de
stroy in an insidious manner the l.<li<s
of tie unfortunate workmen wh-> must
constantly inhab- it. Tins metal-p..,
- -resl air enters and p< iim .it- - the
human system so thoroughly asto color
its secretions and j.'-r-piration. The
proof that the hh- 1 of the workmen
H vitiab-d may Is- found in the l e t
that the operatives til'! CX|os<d get
tle-ir linen worn next the person
stainisl with agri • nish color, and when
1- atsl. •n Is a/Is<•( p. -j.-rat ion issue
from the {sires of their -kin. That
their thr at and saliva are jx-rniciously
affectis! g s-s witlc-ut saying. The
blood of such persons is poisoned t<>
that degree that Dour bruis/-s, / uts ami
wounds ulcerate and are healed with
i'2i< nlty.
"You liraw an awful picture," said
the reporter.
"Here is a case; A young man with
ruddy checks, bright eyes and buoyant
movements, full of health ami manly
vigor, held for sonic years the pi nit ion
of foreman in a bras* cannon-lock fac
tory. His health faihsl hiln; he was
a victim of bbxsl jHusonlng, the result
of bis deleterious emyloyment. He
never recovered his health, for the.
fatal dust ha/1 jx-netrated his system,
and corrupted his bbsxl. He left the
factory, travel.si. tried change of air
and a new life. 1 even the lx-st me
dical skill was powerless to restore his
health, There was no remedy which
could dislodge the fatal deposit nor
purify the vital current of his Issly.
He lingerisl for years, his existence a
living death, and finally went down to
the grave in the prime of his manhood,
a martyr to his deadly craft, leaving
a wife and five children destitute."
"There are, of course, other trades
which I suppose you would rank as
unhealthy liesidea brass and copper
working?"
"Yes. Victims of deadly Industries
may lie found among lapidaries, steel
grinders, manufacturers of paints and
white lead, iron-moulders, makers of
grindstones, sawyers, lead-pencil mak
ers and a score of others, without 1
speaking of surh employments as cooks,
printers and bakers, who, while not j
inhaling met alio particles, breathe a 1
noisome, fetil atmosphere, and work
under circumstances alike inimical to
health and happiness."
It becotncM a question in this day of
enterprise arid competition in industrial
progress," said the reporter, "whether
those who follow, at a lamentable cost,
necessary but fatal trades, should not
lie regarded as having some claim on
legal protection."
"Most decidedly," answerer! the insur
ance man, "These operatives who
toil only to die victims to their work,
1 are sclfsaerilieing benefactors to man
kind, and society has a duty toward
them which should be performed in a
philanthropic spirit."
"What is your idan of compensa
tion?"
"The fated toilers, whose labors lw
netit mankind at the risk of their own
health, and whose lives are daily im
periled and wasted, should receive
some legislative protection w hb-h would
compel the owners of factories and
workshops in which deadly industries
.ire carried on to make some provision
■it least for the lamilies ot their work
tlieli."
A lliiriuese Itoinanee.
In the l ite king's time bis favorite
daughter was the Tsalin princess, a
girl of gr< at )■■ .uity, and of a tiost ami
able disposition. All foreign ladies
u-u-d to go to her, .md to her only; for,
t besides being the highest princess jn
the land, her kindness and affability
made her the most universally loved
member of the royal family. When
tin- late king dii-d, her charming
mother's rival, Queen Allarnandeau,
having practically scj/ed ail jxiwer and
authority, the Tsalin princess was im
pris- iie.l. and -MI cruelly ti .it.-d by or
der of the present queen, '.hat she fell
dangerously sick. Left ithout any
i - -ire, arid hardly any food, • -ath seemed
to be the only deliverer at hand. 1 tilt
Providence wat.h.-d over the princess
A high ofljeial, remotely relat<sl to her,
and one of the foreign he lies who had
In-cn most kindly treated bv her form
erly. were most active in trying to find
for her the means of escape. Hut the
guards were too strict and too many-
While her friends wcr> scheming and
considering, one of her own female o-r
--v.mts living in h-r town, fell sick near
her and suddenly du-d. Another fe
male servant of tiers, taking advantage
of the iv-lation in which she and her
mistress had Ix-en left within their
w rcti hod phi- e of > <>rilinem. nt. put the
corpse into the prim ess' lsi. and the
latter, drcwH as a common jialaee
slave, and in the hubbub can- I by the
news of her own death, quickly found
her way out, and ultimately rca.hisi
thch'-useof h>r foreign friend, who,
D ing rightly afraid to keep 10-r in her
own I. use, had 10-r removed to a safe
place utside of Mandalay.
The j-rincess, meanwhile, t M inpro*
n -um-isl dead, the Duly was removed
and disjmsed of. but not Iwfore the toe*
on "jo f,H.( ba-i 1en ehopjw-d off. to
mak' it look bk' the princess, shehav
ing ha/1 the in b-rtune to Is l.rn with
a dub f/v-t. After nearly two years,
tie prima us. who )>.l<l entirely recov
• r/ d her form- r g. 1 health, was tak< ti
away from h< r hiding-pl.ee in a large
covered cart. With the help of her
foreign friend she put on a Furojiean
dress, and having arrived at the river
side, went straight on Ixiard of a
steamer that was b-aving from Ban
g -n. Hut when the steamer reached
K'Winy w a. some two days' journey from
Mandalay, the down steamer had just
arriv'-d at thi- same place, and the news
soon spread that some js-tty nflirial
having lately absconded from Manda
lay, orders had Iss-n received at the
frontier to search closely eveiy up
steamer, on hearing which the prin- ;
cess, r/ Miming 10-r Burmese dress, and !
making her face up as Is-st she could,
landed and crossed the river in a small
boat, she having made up her mind to !
try and reach the >h,m country. Af
ter the weariest and most perilous ;
journey, on f"t all the time, she at last j
succ/ssbsl In reaching the State of a i
' friendly Tsawbwa, (chief.) under j
whose hospitable roof she now lives, |
anxiously hxdiing for I'rinee Nyoung
Yan, who has lieen rejieatedlv invited
over by a large number of Tsaw bw as,
anxious to light under his lianner and
carry him triumphantly back to the
golden city.
The Order of Nat are.
If you shake up a basket of fruit or
gravel the small jiortions w ill go to
ward the top. This is the order of
nature. There is no way of evading
it. And the same order prevails in the
liasket of human life. The world's
shaking will send the small characters
downward and bring the larger onea
toward the top. The large one* are not
to blame for this. The smaller ones
have no right to complain of it. It is
She shaking that does the business.
The Bombay Gairtlr states that toffee
unhappily stands a chance of sharing
; with th^ potato and the grape the pro
' spect of gradual extinction. (
Hf'IEKTIFH' WRAP*.
fast ft transmit* sound tlif
b i n time* more quickly than air.
< ojijx r wires transmitting elect rieity
tit high < l'-i-tro-iii'itivc force Itccoma
brittle after a while.
The light which falls upon the earth
from the satellite* of Mars is alxuit
equivalent to what a man's haml, on
which the sun alone at Washing on,
WOlllil reflect to Boston.
Nickel Is proposed to 1*• a substltuL
I for bronze In coinage In France. It is
also suggested that the new coins shall
I be octagonal instead of round, so that
the jteople may not mistake them for
I silver In the hurry of business.
, fsome English chemists and sanitary
reformers have started a movement to
| make bread from the entire grain of
i wheat, and not from the inner portion
1 only. The movement has the support
: of the first physiologist* of the day.
Experiments have lately leen made
on the common mushroom, from which
it appears that all eointuon mushrooms
are jioisonotiH, but that cooking de
prives them m a greater or lc-, degree
> f th> ir poisonous qualities. 'I f,< re.
peated willing with cold water Whi'h
they usually undergo to clean then
take-away a portion of th p"i-"U
and Ixdlitig does the re-t; hut tie- water
in whi'h they have ix-en b- .led i
highly poisonous, and should alwav be
carefully dhqxised of.
An invention which is )>elic\cd will
effect imjx.rt.uit changes in the metal
trade has recently ls-cn ]>cnct rated iri
(treat Britain and m >st foreign coun
tries, and i- lew is ing s..ld as an art;, h
of commerce. The invention consist*
of a new method ol manufacturing
alumina, by which nine-tenths of the
present cost is saved, while it can !*•
i marie in immense quantities in the
course of a few days, instead of rc
quiringninc months to pr<xlucc it. as
was formerly the rase. Th- iriv<nt>r
i Mr. Webster, of Hollywood, mar
Birmingham. F.ngland, who has I
engaged in tie- exjx-riments since
ami only .succe*U"d in perfecting hi*
prm ess aitout twelve months ago, after
having expended nearly f 1 '.'> in
exj* rimcnt*.
< I IITIX.s FOR Till l I KIOI s.
In Massachusetts smoking at the
p"lls is prohibited by law.
lr. bhalssl f*t<idord. "f IVrrv. Me.,
has a< 1 opt <sl in all thirteen < hildrwi.
An old rule whi< h prc\< nt<*ll- tndou
jMiheemcti from w rating moustaches
has been alsilishwl.
A well at Snap)is, a small villag- in
W(lrufl county. Ark., flows water
that is as sour as vinegar.
It is claimed that every gallon of
milk ha* food value equal i< two and
a half jxtunds of lsom-les* lx-ef.
A SJH-I i*s of <ae| us is made useful
in Florida The strong tiler <>f the
haves is turii'sl into r jx-. its juice
into a pleasant 1 verage. ami it* trunk,
after the removal of the pith, into
pails.
A short tinn-ago. while gittingout
stone in his quarry, a mile south <d
Kok onto, Ind.. (.'s.rgi W. in-fcnlx. irgh
.■lHit a massiv. t. ami found eml*d
del in the solid rock a lizard "fa i.ght
cojor alive and at ive.
Many of the j isant .igitat ions of
the fourteenth and lilt's nth centuries
w<re founded on interpret at ion* of the
S< ripture. in 1436 the Emperor Sigiv
tnund proclaimed. "It is an tinhtard of
thing that in the holy Christianity one
should le so proud as to say to a man
•Thou art mine."*
A very large coach w hip snake meas
uring eight feet in length, and as large
as an ordinary man's leg Indow the
knee, visited the burrow of a rabbit at
Madison. Fhk, and t*ik therefrom a
young one nearly half grown. The old
rabbit jumped on the snake, seized the
young rabliit. and tried to rescue it.
The snake held its head above the
reach of the old rabliit, and •■scaped'*'
with it* prey.
The first work of statuary exhibited
in Home was the work of an Etruscan
named Yolcanius. It was a baked
clay figure of Jupiter, and was ordered
by Tarquiniua Priseua, the fifth king
of Home, for the Cajiitoline Temple.
The face was colored ml and a rhaplet
of bronze oak leave* was set on the
head.
History does not antedate the exis
tence of wheat. It was not found,
however, in America at the period of
her discovery, but soon was brought
over from Europe. A slave of Corter.
it i* said, found a few grains in aome
rice sent from Spain, preserved and
planted them, and thus originated the
wheat of Mexico and the Northern
Pacific. It was brought to Massachu
setts In 1602. and to Virginia In 1611.
The valley of the Mississippi received
it in 171R, and the first flour was
•hipped fn 1746, from the Walwsh
lliver to Xot* Orleans. Such was the
beginning of a trade whose greatness
and importance a is now difficult to
estimate.