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Searching for strawberries ready to eat,
• Finding them fragrant and large and sweet,
What do you think I found at my feet,
Deep in - the green hill-side? •
Four brown Fp:srrowsi the cunning things,
Feattwt ed on bark and . breast and wing=,
' Proud with the , 4llgr.ity pluning4:, brings,
Openingthelr four mouths wide.
S!ooplug lower to etch toy prize,
Watching their motions It'll!' eager ere•,
Dropping my berries with glad surprise,
A plaintive soutol I beard :
Aral hJoking up at thernottinrut rail,
1 spied on a hranrh. near the ohl-stone wall,
The poor, lltt4e mother bird,
Willa grief and terror her healt was vvrtirg,
Anil While to the hough she clung,
She felt that ilia lives of her bitillingo hung
On a still more• slender thread.
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That my heart was tender and warm and true r ,
But the thought:that. I loved her blrdllngs too
_Never catered her small bruin' head.
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.11.1.arIng our burdens of needless woe,
Many a Imam beating l:ary and slow,
Under It's mood of care :
Rut uh I If we only,;only'.knew
1 That God was tender warm and trot.,
And that he loved on through and through,
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MISS ELEANOR 131:61-INS
•
A YOUNG LAW) ER.'s STORI
" Door..Jenks."
Yes, sir."
My servant bowod profoundly as
he hastened to answer the office bell.
I was impressed with the belief
that Jenks, .as a waiting man, .was
altogether too genteel for me; his de
meanor was perfectly respectful; he
obeyed all my orders with prompti
tude awl dispatch,vet . I never en
countered his cold' analytical eye
without heeling decidedly uneornfor
table. I remembered how compas
sionately he smiled the first Morning
of his attendance wlien I insisted up
on dressing'myself,,and his grtiet air
of contempt as he took the blacking
brush from me as I made the feeble
elfOrt topolish my boots. I tancicd,
rap , elf a convict, in the hands of a
jailor while he dirsted my coat and
smoothed Illy stovepipe. ; Ile ascen
dency that Jenks had over me IvaS
truly alarming! I dared scarcely
open my mouth in his presence for
.fear his critical ear would detect
, onus blunder. I was even forced to
the humiliating necessity of keepiwg
my luncheon of dowdmuts and cheese
for consecutive lioni.s in my breeches
pockets, lest the inevitable wretch
would, discover that I lunched out
side of coffee house. But here he
return; `with a-polite bow rind lays a
card on my desk.
to see von."
" Yes. .1 said. fixin, my
eye-glasst.s on my nose and ex:l-Min
ing the card.
;• Jlis, Eh:'nor of Clifton,
prett . s; 11:1,11e CO begin with,,' thought
1. tier in. Jenks." '
replit.4l
' , aro, awl r,, i tiag his
han,l on tht• (loorkn; : b. In (43N(.. any
(.311s,
,listm.l) Inc."
N.P,
h m k,d s,•rittini.!,:in , dv. Find
iii his ni)isciess way as tlio'
he phatit.,,m (if a 'Jodi., lia.l come
and _()tit‘.
" A client; I supptsc," I mentally
as 1 threw my ,, •ell in a
profesilonal attitude anti seized a
61rme of .Story's Die - est -
I was_a young lawyer of moderate
,expectations.' and encouraged by a
little stipend left me by a bachelor
uncle, I had tlw hardihood to hang
out my sign from a small office that
opened on Beekman street. 1 do not
know that any one noticed the slam
save myself, which I was acciustomed
to contemplate with much inward
satisfaction at least a th times
during the day, in all the glory of
gilt letterine-:
}: 131:L6RA
A ttornel.--at-Law
Howevi r, it' I hal . no clients, I re
taineti at least the semblance of bus
iness, an , i • always took care to walk
hurric4l into the office with my
l:a:el> full Of doe,uments, IcaJn, ev
eryb,;(ly.to imagine that I was weigh
ed down with as many cases of mag
nittyle and importance as the Hon.
Pktrict Attorney himself.
1 Was appar;mtly :11r:orlwd in pro
found study as the door opened and
the graceful 11•4-ure of a young lady,
clad in deep mourning, softly;glided
toward my desk.
I started . with an exclamation of
admiration as she threw aside her
veil; and rei-ealed a countenance of
exceeding loveliness. It was the fine
ly chisled and expressive features lof
a young girl that had barely reaelnid
her eighteenth year; dark blue eyes
of heavenly depth gazed upon me
with a 'sad, inquiring air, as she said:.
"Is this Mi. Belgraver
"That is my name," I replied, ris
ing, with a had attempt to he very ;
calm and self-possessed. "Be seated,
Miss."
She- timidly accepted the chair
which I wheeled near my and
observed liesit4infzlv :
" You have heard of the Butlins,
of Clifton ?"
• sever before." said I, diafren
tially. " I presume you refer to your
family. Now, I call to mind, I did
ineet with an'article in the Ifrrald
referring to some trouble about the
Bullins estate."
" It concerns mean mother
and myself," replied . Miss Matins
with a vivid blush. " this paragraph
I happen to have with me, and as it
particularly indicates the object of
my visit,
_I will ask you,to read it .
As she spoke, the young lady drew'
a newspaper from pocket and
pointed out the i i iragrapli alluded
to, which she had underlined with a
pencil. I read it with renewed inter
est:
"TILE EITFINS ESTATE-MAY.OED IN-
SANITY OF MRS. BUFFINS.
"Several years :Igo a wealthy mer
chant doing business in Lispenard
street, died, and bequeathed a hand
some property, worth about half a
to his widow,.Mrs. Jane Bur'
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.; THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1876.
fins. A clause provided that, in case
of her marrying or premature de-
CeAse, the guardianship or control of
the property should revert to: Mr.
Ralph Dorle until Eleanor, his ;only
daughter, should become of age. In
the meantime, Mrs. Buflins, who has
manifested for several months past
strong symptoms of insanity; has
been deemed incapable of managing
her affairs; she was yesterday, thro'
the advice of• her attending physi
cian, removed to the Insane Retreat,
at BloOming,dale. In consequence of
this sad event, Mr. Ralph Bode will
assume the guardianship and control
of the young lady untiLshe reaches
her majority."
" Well," I ejacidateil, drawing a
deep breath as I finished the perusal
of the paragraph and
_handed the
newspaper hack to the young lady
again. " Well, what then ?"
"Mr. Belgrave," said Miss Eleanor.
vehemently, while heislight graceful
form trembled with exeitement, "you
arc yet unacquainted with the truth.
My mother is not mad, neither has
she ever manifested the slightest ten-.
tendency to insanity. She has been
so represented by Ralph Dorle, and
he even bribed the physicians and
suhprenaed witnesses to prove it.
She is the victim of a base, unprin
cipled man—" . .
pee," I interrupted, with a wise
shake of head. 44 A conspiracy
to get the property into his hands.
Go on." •
"This scheming villain, Doric, has
me almost entirely ip his power,"
she con{inued. " Ile has lately gone
so far as to forcibly detain me a pris
oner in my own house, and treats me
with cruel rigor. Yesterday I acci
dentally found a draft signed by him
for a small amount of money, and
with this I resolved to escape., This
I nevumplishel by bribing the jailor
ess to alloWine a brief have of ab
sence. and now lam free. I came to
you, sir, hearing that you are a young
lawyer of integrity, who will not eas
ily be corrupted by the artful repre
sentations of Ralph Dorle..'
"We will soon put an end to • his
tyrannical course," I observed, im
portantly making an entry in my
memorandum book. wasJ at that
moment, let me confiiss it, considera
bly ifAtered by the circumstance
of the young lady confiding the ease
to me, a briefless•young, lawyer. I
thought, besides, that Miss Eleanor
Banns Oas altogether the• prettiest
and most engkring girl I had ever
had the ,good fortune to meet; all my
sympathies• were aroused in her be
half. •It was one of those romantic
episodes in the life ,of a professional
man that might lead to fortune •and
tome. Paireadly fancied myself in a
brown-stone front, and in gloWing
enthusiasm of youthful imagination,
pictured myself standing at the head
of my profession.
The first step necessary to he
taken," said I. "is to obtain the re
lease.of your good mother; the next,
to gave you from the persecutions of
your ungrateful guardian. I'll tell
yon Ni11:11., I will do—l will go round
to see Doric myself. It might fright
en him a little; and rather than,risk
a public, exposure he will be willing
to effect a compromise."
" If you arc resolved Upon seeing
hinr," remarked I.iss Eleanor, hesi
tatingly, nay I lie'g the favor of ae-
=2I=MI
'• Certainly," I replied, with a
!fiance of warm admiration at the
plump little beauty. "I have not the
objection. shall R•c !To
how •."' •
As you please, sir."
' I took down my hat from its'pef*,
without another word, put on my best
kids, which I alWaysivid ready in a
side pocket for extra occasions,. and
with a low how to 31 i,4s Eleanor, gal
lantly offered her my arrri. She ac
cepted it unhesitatingly, and: we
steppqd out into the passage. I was
'in: hopes of running the blockadc
without encountering the criticaleye
of. my - man-servant. Delusive hope!
Just as ire fairly reached the. door
Jenks made his appearance, and very
civilly' opened it.
Jenks," said I,;quite vexed at the
0016)115 politenessrof the scoundrel,
"if any one calls, tell them' they
need not wit. Important Lusiness,
will detain me out this afternoon."
- " all right. sir," . replied Jenks,
scrutinizing Miss Bnilins with n vul-
gar 1 , er.
" Hang the fellow," I inentally .
ejaciilate7l "Ile . is positively laugh
ingilaids sleeve at me. I wcai:ifer if
he has the impudence to suppose this
girl is—bah !" I ejaculated aloud,
whereupon my fair companioirstatt
ed and said, " Sir ?" in an interro,za
tive tone,: and I heartily apoldgized.
I could have killed Jenks on the spot.
I *as in the mood to do it. I could
.have shot him, or bayoneted him ;
but it required some self-possession
to 'conceal my wrath, and I softly re
plied : Oh, nothing, Miss," and still
muttering :twilit threats of vengeance
against my inau-scrVant, I
conveyed
the holy into the street.
After we had walked a few blocks
in silence, Miss Bidlinsi carelessly
observed :
_
"Mr. Belgrave, my watch has
stopped.. Can you tell me what time
it is?"
"Let me. see," I replied, ostenta
tiously displaying:my own handsome
"hunting :case." "It is just four
o'clock."
" What a pity!" exclaimed the
young lady in a tone of 'disappoint
ment. ." I intended to get the check
of I►orle's cashed. but of course I'►n
too late. The banks are closed.
Mother's sad fate has so engrossed
my thoughts that I quite forgot
about it until this Moment."
" Don't disturb yourself on that
neeount," said I, politely. "If the
amount is not too large, perhaps I
may bc.ablc to cash it for you my
self."
" You are very. kind," rejoined
Miss Iluflins. with 8. sweet smile.
" The amount is over four hundred
dollars." •
I bit my lip. The sum was larger
than 1 had anticipated. However, as
P had made the, prOpusition,' I was
too proud to reeefle. •
" I am sorry that I have not so
much at my command," I remarked,`.
apologetically, "hilt I think I can
.find a substitute at the nest store,
Grindivell Co. The firm arc friends
=I
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
of mine, and will'doubtless cash the
check as a personal favor."
Leaving: Miss Eleanor Buffins out
side, I walked into the °Mee of
Grindwell & Co.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Grindwell,"
shaking hands with 'the principal
partner, who wore spectacles and a
high shirt collar. " How's cotton to
day ?"
" Caton is up, and up is down,"
replied the merchant, facetiously.
"fake a seat, Belgrave."
"Can't stay—fact is, Grindwell, I
Balled to sec if you would cash a
check for me."
'" Certainly, with pleasure," replied
Grindwell, looking at the document.
" Second National Bank, New York,
pay the bearer or order four hundred
and fifty dollarsßalph, Boric."
". What's this = he, he .!"
I was willing . to have him think so
—so I only laughed and y shook my
head mysteriously.
." Good for a start, upon my word,
Belgrave," said _the merchant. ".By
the-by," he added pleasantly, "who.
is that pretty girl yciu are escorting ?"
" That's a secret ; tell you- some
other time."
" dm! ha!" laughed Grind
well. " You are an uncommon dry
fellow—shrewd, devilish shrewd."
I could not help thinking so 'my
self as I departed with the green
backs in my hand.
Miss Incanor Bullius was kicking
her Pretty-shaped gaiter bock again.
the stoop with some impatience as , I
presently joined her.
" I.eall , Mr. Beigrave, lam sorry
to put you• to all this trouble," she
said, with one of her winning
smiles, as She received the money
and deposited it safely in her wallet..
"-It is certainly kind, but we have no
time to lose. - If edo not hurry we
may miss seeing Dorle. I wish' him
to understand that I cannot and will
not, submit to Ins tyrannical, usurpa
tion of authority."
1.--secretly applauded the spirit of
my lovely client, and, talking pleas
antly to be g uile the time, we hasten
ed up, liroaiway, threaded the intri—
cacies of # l;leeker street, and iniess
than half an hour halted in front of
a plain looking mansion, ornamented
with an old fashioned brass knoCker.
We have reached Mr. Dogleg,"
whispered my fair companion, draw
ing nearer to me,, trembling like a
leaf. "I feel my courage deserting
me now lam here. Ile is cruel
man. I fear that he may ❑se tiolenee
when lie understands that—that you
have consented to be My friend."
"Re calm, Miss • Eleanor. Nay, I
perceive you arc greatly agitated.
You can remain outside until I re
turn. I really see no necessity ,of
your entering the house at all."
Of course, um ler the circumstances,
it could but increase her excitement
to see her guardian just thin ; so I
requested her to step into the drug
store, near by, and wait for me. She.
obeyed without hesitation ; 'while
`somewhat flurried .with the prospect .
of a stormy interNiew with her guar
dian, hastened to announce lily, pres
ence.
A iliity-faced servant girl present
ed herself in answer to, my summons,
Mr. Ralph Dorle was in. Handing .
the maid my card, I crept into a lark
parlor, where I sat ih solitude and,
gloom, amusing myself by 'drawing
fancy picture' of:the• artful Mr. Dorle,;
whom . 1 imagined to be an old
gentleman on the shady side of fifty{
with a cunning, evil expression on:
his wrinkled features; but was some,
what confused when the door opencl;
to confront a pleasant, benevolent'
gentleman, faced old who; bowed in
the most genial manner possible.
"Mr. Ralph 1)orle," 1 stammered
hesitatingly. . •.!•
" TfUtt's my name, Mr. Belgrave,ll
said Rleanor's guardian, smiling, as;
he threw open the Winds and wavect
me to a seat. " You must exeusd,
this hermit-looking apartment ; my
house looks like a tomb since Elea:
nor left us: Poor girl—she is yet td
learn of her mother's death." . •
•' Mans is[ dead •then?"
said With a start.
" Yes,, sir, she died yesterday morti 7
inn at four o'cloek,iquite peacefull2;=i l
so I learned from the attendit.g
4icians. The distressing malady
which had etKected her for several
years, Look a fatal turn, as we all
feared. Poor Eleanor is now - an ori,
.! j
plm."
I was quite chop-fallen by this un«
expected 'and startling news. 1t hail
upset all my, calculations attonefeD
blow. I was unable to realize IL.. !-F
To ease myself of an unpleasaii
suspieimi. 1 engaire,(l:
4• When (Ha Eleanor leave home :11,
" About six months ago," repliekl
Mr. Doric., staring at me with an otla
expression of surptiise.
His reply mystified me more than
ever.
" Why," rejoined I "she assured
me, that she escaped-from your hour
this S very morning."
".You speak in enigmas, tr. 111_4-
grave. Are you awlirethat my Miss Eleanor, is no .in l'aris,
wheix
she is completing her rudimental*
education."
I was aghast. • '
"hood heavens!" I exclaimed, It
last ; " here is some mystery th;it
needs clearing up," and without hesi
taticin 1 rapidly - recapitulated 'mil
and where 1 had become. acquaintel
with Mies MMus:
" I regret to say you have becil
duped and deceived by. a wily and art-,
ful impostor," said Mr. Doric, grav6-
ly. •"l'he genuine Miss Iluttini is a
little girl but nine years old."
If a thunderbolt had fallen at my
feet I could not have been more
amazed.
I - fraud like one in a dream'at
r Mt
Dori;, and slowly reason began
dawn on my mind. Mechanically
placed my hand tin my fob, and fotnid
my N'itteli gone. Then I dived dec : 4-•
perately into my breeches pocket aird
Aiseacred that my wallet, containing
tifty dollars, WaS also missing ;
that my whole loss by this misadve4-
ture,might be summed up as followil,;
=
Vainc of watch and chain
Cash
Total
As soon as my legs, would take trio
to the
.polide station, "1 made knoilt
my loss- to the authorities, and ;ft
force of detectives, was instantly pi 4
upon the track of the false Mils
ME
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:AI 3 AI
13 10 DO
13,ufiins • but she bs i; ,d 'availed herself
of my brief intervie*witli Mi. Doric,
and in the inferrable had made good
:her escape, with her ill-gotten, booty:
I' never heard from her or my miss
ingproperty again. But I consoled :
myself for this treble disaster by
summarily discharging the genteel
man-servant, " Jenks," who I suspect
ed, laughed in his sleeve at my sim
plicity and credulity.
I don't know whether I ; could
:piove it, but it was enough to see
that ..1" was the laughing stock of
'every middling, lawyer and petti;
fogger from Chambers street to the
phrlius of the Tombs; and though I
strove manfully against thetorrentiof
'ridicule that gulped me, it proved too
'much for a man of my slender legal
attainments, and in a few weeks I
Oietly hauled down my 'sign and be
came a broker's clerk. with no linger
;pig ambition to 'figure as a notary
pliblie or even enroll thy naive among
:the dusty idea of the police court.
CURIOUS PACTS. i
Naturalists say that a single swal
lu'w will 6,000 flies a day.
A single codfish produZei- more
than a million eggs in one season.
Fishes have no eyelids, and, neces
sarily sleep with their eyeS open.
.Alligators fall into a lethargiU sleep
'during winter, lilac toads.
Serpents of all . species shed their
'skins annually, like sea crabs and
!lobsters.
If a bee, wasp, or hornet stings, it
snearlyalways at the expense of its
ife.
. .Fishes sWallow their food whole
have; no dental in?.ehiner3
fOrnished for them.
Seals are as intelligent as dogs,
!and may be made to perform as many
tricks as them.
: If the eye of a newt is put out,
another perfect eye is sop supplied
by rapid growth.
In the darkest nights fishes pursue
their usual movements, - the same as
by - day-light.
Serpents are so tenacious of their
life that they will live sit mouths
without food.
in South America there is a pi•o
lific honey bee. that, has not bden
furnished with a stin4.
Frogs, toads,_and serpents never
take any food but that they are satis
fied is alive.
Turtles and tortoises have their
FiliAiletons partly outside of, instead
of within the body.
Toads become 1 -torpid m n inter
and idde themselves, faking l no food
for four or live months.
A whale Rttekles its young, anti
'therefore is not a fish. The mother's
ainieijon is remaricable. , -
I.4c:tors are very pu!=naelons, and
fight severe battles. i f thpy lose a
claw, another grows-out.
-Turtles dig boles' in the sand. by
~ k ia:shore, and bury their eggs, leav
ing, them to be hatched by the sdp.
It is believed that crocodiles live
to he hundreds of years old.. The
ancient E g y p tians embalmed them.
The heatl of the rattlesnake has
been known to inflict a fatal wound
after being separated rroi 4 the
PEACE IN THE FAMILY.
me following excellent rules of
prcrViding peace in the family have
been given ; ;
1. Rementher that Mir will is like
ly to be crossed every day, so prepare
for it.
2. Everybody in: the house has an
evil nature as well' as ourselves, and
therefore we are not to expect too
To learn the different temper
and position of each individual.
• 4. TO look on each member,. of the
- family as one for whom "wetshould
have a care.
5. When any good happens to any
one to rejoice at it.
6. When inclined to give an angry
answer to " overcome evil with good."
•
v.: Ifby sickness, pain, or infirmi
ty we feel irritable, to keep a very
strict watch over ourselves.
To observe when others are so
suffering, to drop a word of kindness
and sympathy to them.
9. To watch for little:opportunities
:of pleasing. and to put, little annoy
ances out of way. •
• 10. To take a cheerful view of. the
weather and of everything, and to
encourage hope.
11. To speak."kindly to the ser
vants; to praise them for little things
when you can.
12. In all little pleasures which
intify occur, to put self last.
1:. To try for " the soft answer
which turneth away wrath."
14. When we have been pained by
an unkind word, or deed, to ask our
selves: " Ilave I not. often done the
sameand been forgiven ?"
15. In conversation not• to exal
ourselves, but to bring others foi
ward.
16. To be very g',entle with the
young ones, awl treat them with re
spect.
17. Never to judge one another
harshly, but - to attribute a good mo
tive when we can.
.LIMIT loutz WANTS.—From the
nature of things, the income of most
of the inhabitants of the earth must
he limited. and, indeed, within very
narrow bounds. The product of
labor throughout the world, if equally
divided, would not make the share
of each individual large. Itq is im
possible that everyone should be .
what is called rich. But it is by no
means impossible to be'independent.
And what is the Way to compass this
" glorious privilege ?" The method
is, very simple. It consists in one
rule. 'Limit your wants ; mkke them
few.' and inexpensive. To do this
would interfere but little with your
real enjoyment. It is 'mostly a nea
ter of habit: You require more. or
yorrare 'Satisfied with less -:,..just
you have accustomed yourself to one:
or the other. Limit your wants,•
estimate-their cost awl never exceed
it, taking pains to keep it always
inside of your income. Thus you
will secure your lasting independence.
Young men, think of this. A great
deal ; of the happiness of your lives
depends• upon it. A fter having made
your money, spend it as you choose,
honestly; but...he sure you mac it
first.
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A SUUNGELY APPEARING ANlgn.
The inhabitants' of IsAle!son town-.
ship, otthat 'portion who li've within
a radii* of about three miles, Cdstant
one and a-half miles northwest. of
ti'elsonVillage,*hai . e;'during'the past
five years, lived in constant dread of
animal which has .been - seen upon
many eecasions, and-which at:differ:
ent 'tithes has given evidence of a
disposition to satisfy its thirst for.
blood or feast upon the flesh
of innocent children of the neighbor
hood. Dar. Milton Langworth,
wealthy; farmer and influential citi
zen, - in it description of the animal,
seems tO agree in his statements with
others Who have seen it and' at differ-1
ent times have heard its screams near
by or at a distince
MR. DANOWORTII'S DESCRIPTION.
-The 'animal is, I should judge,
about stx feet in length from tip of
nose to? point of hips, with i tail (
probablY two feet or two and one
half feet in length, slightly hookedat;
or nearthc tip, ant'l as void :of lair
as. the
. tail of a crocodile; in fact,
the entire body appears-hairless, and
is of a dun or:light- brown' color, re
sembling, as near as may be describi.
the ! color of 'an elephant. The
hind legs arc long . :and give the ani
mal a deformed appearance ; as the
body Pitches, forward, so much that
the fore parts' seem 'very near the
groundwhilc the i hind parts are ele
vated to nearly tle.height of a Com
mon sized calf at !birth. Upon the
fore feet are long, csharp claws,: and
the balis,of the feet are each broad
andllat i with the appearance Of five
fingers )rojeeting, the print of which
has hech'examined: in massy- place's
or overiPlowed fields,. resembling, as
near as anything,•the r :print of a man's
hand. Time bind feet have no claws,
and thOprint is round and resembles
the track of a cat, only larger. *The'
neck i 4 long and out of proportion
with the fore partsi. which are rather
broad, :-:especially over and. through ,
the shoulders; and another peculiar
feature For this singularly appearing,
animal is that the neck is arched and
tapers from the point of the shoulders
to the tip of the nose. The ear upen
the out Side resembles the ear of a
horse hi shape, *and whenever seen,
has been in an.npright position, and
has the „ - appearance of being constant
ly on the alert 10 detect the location
of even the,.slightest sound. The
left e 4 is a little cropped and
loppy. The mouth is long and nar
row incproportibn with the nose; and.
only two teeth are shown—two long,
sharp tusks, which project slightly
on citfMr side of the upper jaw. - The
ts - es are not extremely large, but Of
a jet black, with 'a circle or band - of
pure white enclosing the sight. This,
is as they appear during the clay.
t*pon taco occasions they have- been
seen after dark. Then they have the
appearance of a red ball of fire. per
haps the size' of a candy ball knoWn
as the ;‘ bull's eye." anti with a con
stant action, makine.,. an object as
much to be dreaded and the causeibr
as great fear as the shrouded ghost
of a dreaded enemy.
We ';'have now given Mr. -Lang
wort h'S description 'of 'the
whieVai Nelson and in that vieinity ;
is the inliject of much talkland con
jecture; A few are disposed to look
upon the story as without fact; or
foundation, and yet; -the statement of
Mr. Langwortly, a 'gentleman of intel
ligence and unquestionable' Oracity.
has established the belief it a *major,
ity of :instances that such an animal
does really exist. - Others who have
seen it; are equally sanguine, and- in
all the essential points of . identity
have, S'd far, corroborrated the state
ments:of 11r. Larmortli..
• Great efforts liave.l been made- to
trap th'e, animal and secure it alive,
but every attempt hag sofar proved
unsuccessful. • It is not known that
more than one animal of the kind in
habitss7 the woods and marshes fre
quented by thiS one, but is surmised
that there are others, and their home
or headquarters is in the ledge of
rocks >or at the small cave, which
some our • readers may remember
:is the " Orphan's-'Cave," which a
number of years since was partially
explored and found, to contain the
bonesand skulls of what was then sup
!posekto be the remains of a number
of yery small . 1 11ildren. This is•now
the gtMeral supposition, though the
captnr.e and destruCtion of these in
fants Was not, until -within a short
time Sine; supposed to be the work
this (or these) • strangely formed
.and cruel aimals..which have been
the tenor of the inhabitants for :the
past live years, .particularly. The
cave :has b_et s , one point of ingress,
and. hi barely lailre enough -at its
mouth to admit the form of a nein,
and that ire a prostrate position.
-The ease is calling out the just indig- .
nation of the inleibitants,and schemes
are being devised
,whereby it is ex
peeted that another l or more ways
may lie opened for the examination of
" Orphan's Cave.," by' tunneling thin
at (litferent points. As the subject is
agitated, the supposition
quite general that the singular disap
pearance or -so many young lambs
from the flocks iii the vicinity is the
workof the animal or. aninials, n:
name'-, for which is not known or re
corded, bUtior convenience are ape
propriately chilled the " Cave Rob.
bers.l, It is of the. greatest import
ance that proinpt measures he taken
to break up and tlestroy the cave,
and it would be a source of relief if
the-WOrk could hes° successfully ay
coMplished as to insure the total ex
tinetien or annihilation al: a race
with ! a - history that causes the blood
to cantle in, ,every human breast
while recuunting Westfield (Pa.)
Ft 16r/ FOR C»1 any
one Wishes .to grow fleshy, a pint - of'
milk taken before retiring at night
will (ibt'er thc scrawniest bones.
_ll
- now-a-days we seer iv great
many,ifleshy females, yet. there are
manyilean and lank. oneswho Sigh
for the fashionable measure of plump:
nessoind who would be .vastly in
proved in health and 'appearance
,eould their figure be rounded with
gook solid Alesh. Nothing is more
coveted by, thin women than,a full
figure,, and nothing else will so arouse
the ire, and
. .provoke the ,scandal of
one the " clipper build " as the
yonselonsne of pimples: 4 s in.a rival.
I 1
$2 per Annum In Advance.
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UMB EA 48.
•
CEARAGTERE THE ; , -OF *WI
AGE.AIERIOAN'BOY:
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If there are any loose straw,.F.hips,
sticks, old barrels or boxes anywhere
Within his reach, and he j can ;get a
match, . he will make what he calls a
"burntire," and stand around itiand
hold his hands before it uUtill he wets
Smoked all over.
_ _
If there is a pond or Ign dle of
Muddy water anywhere about liewill
take off his shoes and stoCkings,iroll
'up, his clean white pants, and 'either
wade in or get a dirty board or ,Plank
and push himself aboutlUnti face,
hands and clothes are one uniform
dirt color from top to toe.
lie will go over any feneelor
or through any.' tangled thicket of
briars, 'thorns-or brushwoOil;iregard
less of the : strength of his trousers,,
even when it would be qniteaS han
dy to go around by the peeper path.
He will plunge into anyrauddy
ditch Or swamp after a mud-turtle or
a minnow, and then, after' d'arrYine
it about awhile, will throw; his; prize
away.
ie will climb any ladder,' pole,
scaffold or tree, with no underStand
able 'reason except, to get where he
knows he ought not to be,!-and with
the sure result of getting into dan-1
„ r !
ger. ' 1
When his kite lodges in a tree or
on atelegraph wire he - will - trY to get
it .down by throwing stoma !and
sticks at it untiLthe kite jai: bieken
- - - pieces,tll to and will spend as;Much
time and energy in this vainlpufsUit
as would serve to make a Zioeu Oth
er kites: , 1-
Ile 'will trudge through the, snow
and slosh in preferenCe to Walking on
a perfectly clear path or payerftent.
He will spend hours in throwing
clubs and atones to knock" Candles"
from the • Catalpa tree, ;to kuock
" , beans" from the locust to
knock "switches" from the all:141111s
tree, and 'to knock "-button-balls_"
from the button-wood tree; and then
when he has got them and: got his
clothes in disorder, he will gather up
his "candles," "switches" or 'buttoti.-
halls," and immediately find:that Tie
don't want them, and give `them away
to some other bob; 'who don't Want
them. either.
lle will make a racket - and noise
wittiont any possible reason fOr it
except, the " fun" 01 makingia
Finally, he will get his clothess
.or his fingers cut, or.hisShii,s Or
bead bruised, if there is any 'slio7 or
chance for either within a ;
Wherein the average Aimerican
boy differs from the American gtirl
This- " differentiation " is a prublem
for the "'evolutionists" to solve.'
DR. MITHILIMr.ra'S DREAM.
.• • In 18i;4 the Rev. Dr. William A.
uhlenherg wrotea little traet,,Which
he dedicated to his friend and pari-
Shioner, the late Robert li. Minturn.
t' the poor man's friend and mine. '•
with the title, "St. Johnland Re
tro-Prospectus. In two letters,isup
posed to be Writi.M in the y6l . iIS7 7 .
• Your old men '4i:111 1 (1re:1m flpeanis,
Acts ii., 17." The-Ilirst ICtier dc-c
scribes an' imaginary visit en - a pCcul
liar 'community, and bc,•gihs! thnsc
"You recollect that beanqul !plain
which we used to-• admire in pin
driVes through the upper •part ot*
..'ounty, gently sloping toward. thel
south, nit) i wooded' hills On the.
north, divethilied elmupS , or
and•a brools winding through!it "t I
laive 'lately I lbeen there. The
cluster of cottages Upon it IMs,grown
into quite a,. N .- -;illage, with a pretty
irural church in the mid St. I The
houses, much like the orignallones,
are scattered 'along broad; and cir
cuitons• streets; shaded .by !sonic of
those fine. oak and elm tree S yeti
standing in their ancient grandeur.
Seteral large buildings Fare On • the
outskirts of the town." Then the
writer proceeds to tell off the charac
ter of •this place and its people, this l i
St. Johnland, in its main featbre
Church industrial comMunity.i The
Second letter describes ai Sunday
spent at this yht.ce T and the Method of
the worship, the bearingatid conver
sation of the population, , : and the
kind of theology that is encouraged
there, etc. This letter is followed by
a postcript beginning thUs ;1" 1 have
told my dream.' And shat tliitt be
,the end
.of it ? Shall it be nci, more
than a dream ?" and etoSing with
presenting an urgent demand On the
part of the nerieeted and, sittrering
portion of the people old . .New fork,
especially children, for stall a health
ful, industrial, irtnd Christian retreat.
There - was a - speedy answer to this
appeal, and in October the neat year,
18f15, a large farm was purehased 'ou
the north shore of Longdsland;about
forty miles cast ofNew, Yk>rk The
buildings at the present date are, the
church, the Old Man's Mine, Or =St.
John's Inn, the Boys'. Muse and
School, the -Children's limbo. tilte
Li
brary and Village I tali, the Bruiting
°thee and Stet ciptype Fotihdry, the
Children''s Simmer Home Bible
•\Voman's Rest Awhile, and:, several
cottaos, besides • farth
These Surely are positive fact+ and
this farm of some six Inindrediaeres,
,with its fields and forests,itS meadows
and hills and fine water-front and
inu
merous buildings, shows Abe
. stuff
that the • gd'od doctor's drearp was
made Samud
.11 - afia::ine for April. .
NOTE 3 ON THE INTERNATIONAL'LEESON3•
MAY 29 1 1'1376.
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Acts V:1-11.:--Goun.y TEST: Acts :(
-SECOND QCARTEIL LESSON
•
. . .
In our last lesson the soeial•statc of the
primitive church was Ilustritteil by the
self-sacrificing benevolence 44 Ba'ynabas,
,We haV6 now another ; ill•ustration, givetl
by way of-contrast, shoWing the alulses to
Which this peculiar stake of things might
afford Occasion, by converting . intO a mere
form or fashion, shat. was at liS•tlt, and
Continued to be in most eases,:the spun-,
tancons impulse of a genuine affection.
It shows how mighty was the r tidel Of love
in the brothel-h.:x.4a believet'S, il4t even
the desperately • and ineanly^ avaricious
felt compelled to yield to at ileast in
some degree, to preserve a deOent appear
ance and profession.
In Andying this lesson wo inay;look,.l.
• r
tlan Parties, v.', 1. Tliq ;!wi_srp a him
mmo IiMINIMM•II
band: and Wite—one intridrit as in Out.,
4if r t 14 .
conforming 'pawn , ot the - 3=o 01:
tion. It is IniOsslblel•Oi4 lebetbaioi
not they wein".vnudtlii; 114 had a pow
session, but inn!' greowe am "notrt4l4-
From the way in which Ananias is spo*en
of (Ha certain man" I or sonie miuW is
cornparisonWith Banntbas Om), we zaay
justly infer t4tat he Was not perso4 of
great influence or high standing - in letn
salen3. Anaifias is. the Greek form cor
responding to Ifanani4 (Dan.-I:6),,tneitn
ing "tehovah" bath bestowed"; ke.,
Grace of GOd.; fiepithira is commonly
identified with the Hebrew and Grtiek
words for a sapphire, but by soma with
an Aramaic adjectiie denoting fair f or
beautiful: It is plain that the narlites
were too'good for their owners. . •
Their Sin, vs. 1-2. Whateter
the sin was, it is evident that it was c4n-
.4 .1 4..
M
IMM
MI
BIBBEI
joint and concerted. This is twice . Ox:-
Tressed in these? two verses.' Ananias akul
and Sapphira ',bad no' dotibt talked the
matter over for some time. ,. The of F
charity was 44): great lin the church that
they felt they:Mtist give something to tv
tain th'b respe4tof theii• brethren; but the ,
problem was,':bow to do this, and yet in
tain ail much!a l possible for themsel4..
s.
A great many professed [ Christians are
sorely puzzled over this .. same problem to-,
day. At lase they bit upon' a brillilast
idea. , They had a possessiom (a farm,
landed property,. v. a ) ; somewhere in t',he
country, proliabli at a; distance from 40
rasalem. Thby would, really seU this;
but as it waif -away in the country, and
the sale would be private, so one of thtir
brethren would ever know what price it
comm wadi 4.1; and they could bring to the
Apostles any part of it Hiey !leased, 41d•
no one would be able to detect the fraud.,
This plan therearned opt.
[ "Theybromiht
a certain part; and laid it A the Apostles'
feet." , "The Greek 'phrase might ',"'he
more exactly rendered "some part," sug
gesting, although not directly expressing,
the idea, of a ;mall part, which is implied 4
in Huy whole 'context, as the reservation
of the , larger share seems to assign a mho;
adequate motive fOr reserving
exontler. It 'is plain' that their sin cr-,
sisted' in a pOrpose and effort to impise
upon the Apostles, who ,were the organ
and servants': Of the Holy Ghost, and '
therefore to beto and.deceive the Hly
Ghostillrusell It waw . a direct challenge
of his omniNcience and powJr, (vs. 4,p?.
We may notice here that "to lje to t'be
Holy Ghost''; (v. 3), is tis, lie "unto God"
(v; This . phrase also implies the Tin
sonality of the Spirit, as it .
: is impossihle
to lie to an iziXiienee. I F . , •
iir.• The. exposure, vs. 3,4,7,8,9. 1 -
ter acts again as the rePresentative. 41
. 4.
spokesman of the twerie, whose presenee,....
how \ eVer, is implied in the plural fort& in
v.'2. :;"Ananias, why lath Satan filled
thine heart ?'P Satan means an adverLa
,
ry; of
,{mud and m4n. He is also'
dnlled; the Devil (Diaholos), meaning
slanderer, informer, fal.ti3 accuser. "Thine
heart" has tile generic sepse.of mind or
soul. "Fine - 4 thine heart" means to On
•gioss anl-contrbl the whole nature. What
the particular
,desire or. Purpose kith
which ho dcchpied their:mind was, sta
ted immediately after: "tO lie to the Ifply
Ghost;;" and the way in which that was
to be OOTIC indicated: "arid keep back
part of the price of the 1 4 0." ; Thelotitth
verse shows -9onclusiyely.that no ciarnUni
sory abandontuent of property, or abso
lute Ointnurlity of :goodii, existed in
elUirch; Peter,l, thus, by an in-
ward revelation the Holy Spirit, !de-
tocied the sin inuriediatly in, Ananias'
EIBMI
About three hours' after; Sapphira came
into the n'sSeMbly of I,elievers.. SAnalias
had prohablY! laid his .ImOney before the
ApOstleS' feet' in tlit public assembly, at
the time of,publie wo'rship,.in full vieW of
tl.c 'congregiition: She came to eilsol
part in the ,F.ocial worship, wholly' ifito-J
• iwf-the tixposure: and punislimetit: of
the sin in her husband's case. The mdney
Was St ill:lying
.where.! Ananias had delosi
!
ted Perbitps she ezpeeted to '')43 wayTni
ly greeted and commended ft theirilib
i
• dity. Peter immediately a -werect: •
• to her - salittation,lor to her loofisncl
thoughts: "Tell nie whether ye soldltbe
land for so Much ! " He pointed, .pri)ba.
bly, to the Money Wino' 'a his feett, !She
replied, boldlf and immediately, "yes,
for so -mtieV'Hpointing; in the sapie'di-
....c same
-cetion. Here she Went ; beyond her hus
band; adding a spUlten to the 'acted', lie.
Peter's reply; is a public exposure oi . .her
sin, linking, her ,with her husband in ant
endeavor to tenipt, (or try) the Spirit off
tile Lord; t*..',., to pUt him. to 'the test a
tp his power to detect and punish 'their
crime. ThiS done liO prophecies by tieve-1
lation of the - Spirit ;
.) Of her 'immediate
death: "Behold, the 1 feet of 'them which_
have buried thy husband are at the iioor,'
(i.'-e;, they had returned and were. ether
Without at the door or about entering thq
house) and:Shall (or iwill)earry thee i)ut'l
(i: eL, outside the. city). ; Thus theif sii
fqiuid theM out. ' Theyl 1 puOthe Iloly
Ghost to the test; through the me i n in
yclitim he idWelt iii an extraordinary inr ,
tier,. anit , hrqsliowed conclusively Ins
er to detect;. :and expose : their adrel
concealed
.4in. That which . was do
secret was shouted iromthe house-t p.
Iy. We tome tO• the Punislim nt cl
their Sin, - s. it, 6, 10. This was. no d iibtl,
supernatural. Both.: died • under, tl+
punitive hand of I God. ; The nat . listir
school of Oerruan interpreters . a tribe
their stuldenAeath to - fright br ape c".* . yl
overlookiiii :the • ohvions consider tion
that such a sudden taking: off, oceting
as it did, rtiiil itUtbe vaieof man and. ifel,'
is enough to-milder even such a. death m . -
1 • ;
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raculons. . 4 ,,1t s, commonly assumed, a
a natter of
_course,
.that Ananias wal de
troycd by' a... judicial Word or act of the
Apostle, as:the representative of c l id or
Christ. :Ira there is no such intiinativa
in the naraiiye Asa', the terms of Whie" r i '
tire s perfeetry consistent with the sill n
pos/-
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tio or conchisiim, that . the sudden, loath:
of AnaniaS was as' much a matter of snr
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'prise to Peter as to theipthcrs,•am that:
his'first ktioWledge Of the qiviiio will up 4, I
this i ocasiett w . is , derived from the appal-, i
:ling; sight .Pf the dissembler lying_lifeless
it his feet:“÷-Ale.rcroder... In the' case Of
Sapphira, a revelation Was evidently gi?'
6it to Petei, y.. 9. ;Dr.! Alexander* .tu ,
S . :iYs: "Illit;Whether, used directly a'
Peter, or indirectly against, God hil]
the charge of rashness and undue sol
ay be repelled, wi!thout resorting
ultimate inianswetible plea of th
vine infallihilitY and . .sovereignty, 1.1
complex:aggravations of the sin coil,
ted. as endwacing an ambitious and Ivaii
'glorious desire• to obtilin the prai • .di
ie
. !men by faISC pretences;; a selfish ati aval.
;vicious wish.to.do this at:is. small ex . ~ .0
las possible; a direct falsehood, wh
',told by word Or'deed, as to The complet
.)f the sum presented; lAA above all at
pi.Ms defiance of, God the Spirit, as!
ble to deter the imposture or to p
it ; a . complication: and - accumulatil
gratuitouS and aggravated crimes, v
;certainly- tii nst constitute a heinolik!
if net the' , unpardonable sin—again
h Inly GhtiSt.”
V. Ourflesson slows the effect of,
l
.punitiVelniraele butt Upon the conn
ty and Hifi ehureb;i r . 5, 11.. It proi ,
::r intim** sons.o
,of awe and drea
wa s designed, no doubt, as a solar
ample, at ;the beginning, of,tbe hel
,tress of hypocrisy,. !ma. i - it .answere d !purpose 1111 y. F- •
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