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0 street and strange, w fiat ti . me gay morning steals
:Over (110 misty tlaV, ant gently stirs
limes and . ' iiimiltilmrs'abeles,
hi Ii the ileyt - -I , iist2.ingleil gossathers
From nie.atbiw gr.a...sets and ti Beath tilaek firs,
In limpid striiilinlets, 'or translucent lakes,
Tu bathe ainiil antdint beret-ltaunteil brakes
anirsompliimis of noon.
F.2u did to 1k uu scented t ucnner lawns
ranted by faint tireez,is of 'Om breathless June ;
tho Cilium us and cronplug fawns,
; pappleil libe mlcrrst elriMlsth early dawns
Fe from their fcruc covert giidu to tlrtuk •
ill:. rivers brink
TowANDA, rA.
I.i.'.stl'atize and sail ei e gaslight disappears. -
To hear Ihr ere.il.ing ud ilfe lion ! ewaril Wahl,
by it, yoke of tardy : l,l;l, - 111g steers,
'Neath In:4,i and lanifkil line,
To iiiiettlie !Mut seeht of roses On the win,'
1;y , ot;;;:e and 'Aratrit the ntilloiN log Ay
i'ade into i‘iitlion hues lusefistlily.. -
-jolo Addin:/1."1
When 'filmCce -Menseau opened
the stolen package lie.found nothing
but a • tiny key and .a little scrap of
paper folded round . it. But the-paper
bore an inscription : .•
. " 311 - DE•at NELL If Waltei has
been true to you, you will know what
to do whcWyou receive - thk-paeltage.
The key tits the box. The box_Avill
be found in the stairle wall, five bricks
from the fire-place in the left side,
and six •bricks from the floor. I
mean, of course, the -stable at Ash
ford Warren:' If Walter 'has been
true, ybu tan haye my blessing from
the grave And . marry I am dead
more than a fortnight when you get
this. Poverty i a.s great and trite
touch-stone..
- You will know your
friends, by this time..! I gave a bill et
2.lzale to test Walter.
.ito.ur dent uncle,
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" 3011 N L A SCEST6S BARCLAY."
IV In t romance beyond his key lay
here troubled TiburceNensetru little.
Ile could weave hiS own roman( e-out
of the letter, and it even mire -than.
the key itself, was the., kej• to wealth.
The possession of-this scrap of paper
and the key put heart into his' scoun:
drel_ body, and he walked like a new
man. He began to make inquiries as
to the whereabouts of:Asliford War
ren, but, for a week-Or two` he wan-
Aerial off On false scents, and - being
at last set on -the right track by a
passing drover, he struggled on with
his thievish tino:ers itching all the
way to be at the box of which he
held the key. John Jones's. cry of
rage at loSing the key had such a
tone of misery and trouble in it that
some: men, remembering it, might
have found its echoes vexing. 'fi•
burce went untroub'ed on that score:
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• inquiries, carefully directed;
_led',
him to Ashford Warren.. Renewed
inquiries, carefully directed; led hitn
to thefact that a Mr. Barclay had.,
died there about a month ago—at
lonely house a long way from the
village. Other inquiries led him to.
the house itself. Ile went by night,
with a tallow. candle and a box of
matches in his pocket. lie had
walked about the lonely place by day
and had ascertained that it was un
tenanted, but to his disumy !fad seen
no'sign of anything that looked like
a stable. Now be prowled round. the
place in the dark, and- having tried
two doors'and found them locked, he
pulled out
.from his pocket his little
bunch of skeleton keys,and stealthily
went through the bare and empty
rooms. Coining on. a third door,
hitherto untried, he set his skeleton
key to the lock
. ainl entered. The air
of the room was ,damp and dusty, and
there -was a scent of old straw in it.
Fel. 27, '79
op v I I'-75
llc elosed the door,"lit a match, and•
looked round. lie saw a brick floor:
and bare walls, and a ceiling with
rough whitewaShed cross-beams. On
one wall the remnants of a' rack an 4.
manger, a rusted- chain still trailinO,
in broken bits of rotten straw, and
facing these fragments a* wide fire - - ,
place without a grate - . High above
the" door was an unglazed barred
window, covered by a shutter which
closed from the outside. • The thief
lit Ids candle, locked the door, and,
made-.- a Survey. It was easy to see
that the wide fireplace had never
held a fire, for the whitewash on the
bricks within its shaft bore no stains
of smoke, but was green and yellow
with old rains. Looking up he could
see the sky, almost light in contrast
with . the darkness : of the chimney.
The shaft had been left uncompleted,
and rt. se to a height not more than
ten feet from the ground. .A—bar
crossed it near the top,looking thin
and spidery:against the dull night ,
sky. One glance showed this *ay of
escape in case of any,chanee of. dis
covery. Tiburce was a coivard, , ,but
he kept his wits about him in spite
of the awful beating of his heart.
1 ° Five ,hricks frOM the fireplace 'on
the left side, and six bricks fi'oth the
_floor." There Was .no mark of re
moval The whitewash wit's
old and soiled, and seemed to have
been "undisturbed for at least a year
or,two. To the wooden trough,which
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had once served as a manger, hung
scraps of broken hooviron, — which'
had bound the rough boaids together.
With one of these scraps Tiburce
went to work, 'andAit.. by bit lie
scratched away the sandy, yielding
mortal until the brick was loosened
and could be drawn away. To share
wits like those of - Tiburce Menseau
there were signs enough of a.fortner
removal when once- the scratiing
had carried him an inch deeper.. It
was evident thit'the brick had not
been built into the wall as it then
stood, and his heart beat with a pul
sation more and more terrible as - the
obstacle yielded,,and he, peered into
tile . Ile pushed in-his hand
almost as learsOmely as -if he had,.
known of the ,wesence,of- a rattle
snake there, and his fingers,encouri 7
tered a cold, smooth Surface. The
Box ! • \
llisbeartlave one aWftilleapiind
almost stopped.; The.sweat stood on
his fOrehead in great beads.. He l was
faint and giddy with-excitement; but
recovering himself he began totea - r
away the bricks surrounding the: hol
low already made. - They came !down
easily, the 'sandy mortar bath* no
adhesion to it, and now he gripped
the box and held it with. trembling
hands upon the lloor,and vtitht'
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eyes knelt over it, panting and sweat
ing and quaking, like the triumphant;
cowardly, way worn thief he was. His
hand' shook so that he couldhardly
hold the key, and, he was a full min
ute, which seemed' eternal, in fittina
it to the keyhole. 11, turned i • the lid
opened beneath' his shaky fingers,
and he saw a Bank - of England note
for o.l'e pounds spread out straight,
and clean and new. The,
,Bank of
England five pound mote t -just fitted
the box, and befo - r — v it lay another,
and ani4lier, and another, for at least,
a loindied crisp and wealthy pages.
'then .6,anke clean; crisp and new Bank
o f 4nglanq notes for ten, for ten, for'
ten.mntlf-this greedy fingers turned
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upliiirtylor forty in a fold, and he
was :among notes for twenty, for
twerity, fur twenty, until the. greedy,
timers clutched another fold, and he
waSlTloipr.noWs for fifty, fifty, fifty,
clean to the bottom of . the cash-box.
l le laid his throbbing fOr v ehead against
t•hc 'cold wall, and drew the box to
him, and feebly restored the notes
at ,J 1 smoothed them down. ,Nlechani,
cally he took up from the • floor the-
scrap of written paper which had en-
Tolded - -.the key, and laying' that on.
t.heVp of the -- n , ACs he cicFsed and
foeli,tid the (!a41.1}0x . .- - - .
Ashford Warren enjoyed the
:UlNi'inntage of, belonging to a . Parish
the'eentre of which was four
miles: away. The official_ centie of
140 Parish 'Union was the union
workhouse. Two Irish tram's, woe
fully broken - and amazingly lungry,
had missed their way, and s had got
in the darkness of:-.tire• early Winter
rig - ht, into the road which led' to' the
deserted house, under - the impression
.that it was, the .road which led to
Ashford Warren. " .
Tiburee Menscan - heard footsteps,
and. listened with his hand on the
cash-box, and his heart in his mouth .
The stePWeame . nearer, and he blew
out his
.light and listened 'again;
quaking. Think how the thief and
coward . shook as the steps drew near!
•Then came a knock at the door of
the house,-and- feltlike - the knock of,
doom on the shaking coward's heart.
_Could this be John Jones returned ?
Think how he shook ,at that fancy
Messieurs the Irish reapers rapped
again, and. finding no response, grew
bolder and began to try he floors.
Their footsteps Caine - round - the house
nearer and nearer Ao the plate where
Tiburce crouched. Then desperation
lent him sudden energy: Ile buttoned
leis ragged . coat over the cash•boa,
'and pushed one end of it between his
hungry ribs and .the waistband of his
tattered trowsers, and with stealthy
step made for the chimney. Up went
his 'head as a hand was laid upon
door and shook its fastening. He
felt about wildly with his hands and
feet. The chimney was built With
projecting bricks, and he began,*
ascend. lie\had only two or three
feet to climb before his hand could
grasp the bar at the top. Messieurs
the tramps were setting their ghoul
-7(1-6--;• at the dOor, and he was half de
lirious with terror. The space was
growing narrower. Could he force
himSelfl -beyond the bar? ; - At : any
cooler time he might have hesitated;
but now lie . stru c o'gled like a madman
to get pfst it..r The door gave way
with a crash ; be missed his footing,
hii hands failed, he. aroPpeil with his
chin Upon the bar, duil. the back of .
his head upon a .prOje6ting brick ;
1 three inches to this side or. to that he
would have fallen clear. In the dead
silence. that followed . the crashing
fall of \ \ the door the tramps.heard a:
horrible-gurglin e Tvoice and a hollow
sOund of \ struggling, and with a sti
perstitiotH terror pinching at their
\ -
souls, they turned with one 'accord I ,
and flew with the widespread fear of
the dumb; dar night about them.
-CIIA 'TEM IV.
John Jones, after his second night
in a workhouse, Walked back along,
t4e glooMy road on which he - had
lost his pdeket. Pay after day, with
the stout heart'nehing, he trapped
along, wearily, wearily; and .at last
reached the little village Where he
gad. left his love. She was penniless
by this time, beyond a. doubt.- lie
had been eight days away .Bight
days ?
.It looked like eight years.
Ile had a week's beard upon his faee,
and' he was caked with mud. Ile was
as forlorn-loeking a tramp as one
iniabt find in',England, It was gro7-
inplark as he sat upon a fenee - an
looked 'at the little village. In the\ growing darknegs - a rustic boy of
•tibont ten years of age came up hill,
making his way to the village.
. "Are you going to Ashford ?"
asked the tramp.
"Ees," said the boy ; '.q be." And
he edged away with one:. defensive
elbow raised. -.-- • .
"Don't be afraid of me. ,I -7, won't
hurt you. - Do :yoxt know Xrs. Nor
ton's tottaize ?" .
" Eci, I do," said the l),py across.
his elbow, respectfully.
- 0 Miss ilatclay lives there,",. said
the tramp. - " Will - you g 6 .to the
house'. and say that Mr. Mackenzie
wants to 'see. Miss Barclay at thdrail
-way station ? Can you remember
that?" - \ '
.- - - . , .
" lies,l' said the boy again. - . ' '
" Mr. Mackenzie.--Don't forget at
the raikwiay station."
".All . iroight," said- the youthftil
rustle, ind clattered -away in hob-
... - . .
nailed sres. . I
Some hat•doubtful of the delivery
of ,his • message, the forlorn young
man made his way towards the rail
way station, and' waited in the un •
lighted lane which led to it. ,_lle had
rot. to wait very long. - A light and
eager . l'a
dark
came down. the lane,
arid dark al •it, was he fancied lie
knew tli, figtye. • - •
"Trs'that. you, Nell ?" he, asked. . •
."( Wit err she answered in a star
tled voi e., " Where are you ?", •
• . " e ller ," li - 6 j - a - id; " don't. be fright
ened.ln such a. spectaCie, I don't
y
want .0 to see me' in the daylight.
. i
I've wal ed from Liverpool;"
" Wti 'ked from Liverpocil I " ,she
4..
dd his story and told it to his
advantagawith ,many terms
( sparagement. She beard it.
then to ‘ his . amazement she
L .i
I a little'laugliof honest hn
f she_ could have seen - him
Id not have ; laughed, init-stm.
cried.
• lie toi
own . ti
of self(
all, and
laughed !
inor.
she viol
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY,. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1881.
knew nothing of his hunger or his
privations. ' Them he had excluded
from his narrative. •
Poor Walter 1" she said, " I
wondered - why you did not write or ,
come to rife. I suppoSe the packet
was
,about the money. 'lt . doesn't
matter, for the money is found.-
"Found ?" • . _
"Yes. Fouild. Mr..Netherley,_the
laWyer at: _Wharton, had a.cash-box
to` - 'be ,given to . mc three weeks after
uncle's death. It was sealed - three
years ago,-and there seas a thousand
pounds in it, all in new Bank'of Eng
land notes. gyerybody says it was
like - poor uncle- to_ leave his money in
that way. Ite made no will,.it seems,
but..he had nobody belonging to hiM
iir,ithe world but me. We have
thOusand-pounds, Walter." '
4 ' Was there a key to the easb 7
boo--x ?" he asked.
"No," she Said. ." We broke.the .
wax away, and the blacksmith came
and picked the lock." •
" What an extraordinary jackadaW
the old bird was," said he. to himself.
" Everybody knOWs about it," said,:
the girl, " and everyone says thiere
must, be more money . hidden away
somewhere in the strange way. - For
at one time he was known to.be4 - fulte
rich."
" Ah ! said he, "very
" 'low strangely°you speak," she
Said. "You have. caught a dreadful.
cold. Come to the cottage."
".&o," he said, "I can't come in
to-night." Deadlock again in: .John`
Jone's'aflairs. • Was there no way ,of
banishing John Jones altogether?
" Why not?" she asked dim._
" I'Ve walked from Liverpool," he
said. " Pin a shocking spectacle."
"Nonsqlse," urged * Nell. " Mrs.
Norton will let yoft_wash and brush
your and . you will be present
enongh.• She will be glad to
see_ you. Oh ! she is such a dear old
woman,"
"Yes, I daresay:"‘ • . , •
"How oddly you' talk, to-night."
She seized ibis arm in a girlish,
perious, loving way. "Come with
Why, Walter, what is this?"
He felt like a roughcast wall. She
ran her hands about his sleeves and
shoulders, and felt his fluttering rags.
"Walter, what is it?"
"Mud," 'he said stolidly. "
and rags."' Then,he added, as though
that explained it all,. "I've walked
froni:liverpool." •
She began to realize the situation.
'tou had no money ?"-.
"Haven't seen a cent this five
days," said he doggedly. I
"Then - you have been hungry ?
Yob have -walked to find . me, stare=
ving all the way, to • brink *Oat
wretched ,Irlducky parcel.- Oh I you,
pOor, brave, sufferino . dear." 1 ,
" Don't cry my darling," he said
"It's all over, and it wasn't,
mach far a man. It sounds : had for'
a girrtb think .of,.but bless you, lots,
of men do it every year."
46 You are hUngrynow..?" she said
seproachfullyi ttl know: you are
And you cruel boy, you never said
. a
word to' me about IL"
Had other things to talk about,"
said John jones.defensively.
_ " T:ik - e — rify - purse," she Said
misty, thrusting' it into his hand,
" and - go away and make yourself de
cent,
and eat something."
" Very well," said John Jones,
a'ccepting. the situation. He had'
given her all he had, and
.he loved
her tot) well to have any; qualms
about taking bell) from her; • "My
uncle has all my things." ' ,
" Where is he ?" asked . inno-
eently. . . .
. '' He resides in London, my dear,'
said John Jones gravely. ~,;" In Ho)
born." : . , .
"Then you had better go to. Lol
ton," she 'answered similly,. "am
get your things from hith.• You can
ge to-night. Get something to eat
before you start." ' -
" No," he said, "I_ can't show.up
anywhere. I iihotdd, disgrace you.
It's only an hour by train.rlt's about
time the train went, I think isn't it ?"
1 , " That's the' signal ," '
she cried.
' kGo at once. Good-by."
. The red lamp gleamed high in the
air two hundred yards away. John
"CLones kissed- Walter Mackenzie's
Sweetheart, and ran to station. .He
'slouched the shocking bad hat, and
'demanded a. third-class ticket for
London. Then he saw that the purse
held several sovereigns and a bank - -
note or two neatly folded. He reach
\ed Euston, and made for the Totten
barn CoutAlt - cwl l. where many of'the
shops were' still ablaze with .-gas.
Sti ight into the shop of
. .a tailor
who old ready-made clothing plung
ed . hn :Jones, • demanding to be
clothe( . The shop-then were at first
for ejec *rig Min, but became civil at
the sight f 'his purse. ' A neighbor
ing_boot aker being '
summoned,
brought m. ny,. pairs of boots in a
blue bag. New underclothing, a new'
suit of clothe new boots; and a new
hat, being
. set ' ith John Jones in a
private :oom, t . ere ensued . ti rapid
1 transformation neene. • Walter Mae
kenzie,-barrister-atAaw,erperged froth
the'apartment John ones had enter
ed, and John Jone .of the Seven
Dials, went out ofbei ,g forever..
From that time forth Walter. Mac
kenzie's luck 'Underwent a favorable
change. An uncle of ,h not the
one in - Holborn—died anleft him
d\‘,.
money. He prospered iat he bar',
and.he;married and had Child en, and
lived reputably and . honorably. The-
hand enriched his wife with two ore
oddly-rendered bequest* Nell sed
sometimes to exetkie a little extra 3r 7
penditure on- the pretended sup
tion that John . Launceston Barelay'k
funds-were not yet all: paid in„but,
years went by, and thelast of the Old
man seemed long Since to hive been
heard.— •
, • •
I
The old house at Ashford Warren
had been ' put into_tnarket, but no
body would buy it, so it dropped out
of the market again and was forgot
ten:. But as time wont on a new rail
way bapgened to. be started .in that
district, and the how 4 had to come
doWn Walter Mackenzie on a spare
day- went - to meet the Company's-law
yer—an old acquaintance—and die.-
cuss-compensation.' He would have.
left the mere . :business to an agent,
but be had a whim about the matter.
0 You wop't want !pleb for tills
, 1 ,
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REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION FROM ANY 'QUARTER.
- ' 'i!;,'
tumble-down old shed,". saki thelaw-.
. -
[ "I don't know, Wrestall, ' saidibe
barrister. 0 I don't - know. I valued
the old place highly once." - •
"Oh ! Ah, yes!" said Wrestall.
"Love's young dream. Mrs. Mae
kenzie lived here. I. remember.".
"'they used that place for a stable,"
said Walter laUghing: ' " -in
tended for a wash-housej believe,but
the -old-Iman -bought •a donkey - fel'
Nell when she was _quite, a' baby.. :I
broke the brute in, I remember.".
tle laughed'and sighed at the ro.
mantic reminiscence, and setting a
toot on the - prostrate door, he enter
ed the stable. ^ The wood kw into
_tinder at his steps and let him through
to the brick floor—it- eras so, old . and
rotten-.
"Milo!" cried Wrestall, "'What's
at ?" • . • -
'.'What's what?"•asked the Uarris•
His Companion' had stooped- to
pick something -from the ground:
The something brought a little old
fashioned square lock with it.
• " Skeleton keys," he • said. " In
side the door, too, and the bolt shpt.
I'm a native detective," lhe lawyer
added laughingly. "Noworbit know "
he 'went od with a. half*iling, mock
gra v ity, ,"that a man' can't lock a
door on the inside after leaving a
room. The only place of exit_is the
chimney." •
- ." You establish your mystery."
said Mackenzie • lightly. <" Where's
the motive for, locking one's self - in
and going up the 'chimney'?"
" Never mind the motive," said the
lawyer, laughing openly. " Let's in-)
vestigate the mystery." ,
So saying he stooped and erred
up the chimney, and !ir•itlidrew his
head so• hastily that he knocked his
hat oft Then < it 'was Mackenzie's
turn to laugh, but there • was such a.
look. on . the lawyer's face that the
laugh found an abrupt termination.
" What's the matter I" he asked..-
. "Look and see," said the lawyer,
gasping—scared and pale.- •
He looked, and rose after the look
almost 'as pale as his companion.
"There's a skeleton hanging there,"
he said.
"Ay," said ',the lawyer, "and- a
skeleton key to -the skeleton keys, I
fancy. That seems likely to be a
true word; spoken in random jest,
when I picked up these . keys.'r
They stood looking at each otiMr
lonir e time, pale and silent. " f
"The few rags -there look ready
to fall to Ong," said Walter,break
ing,
.the silence. He put his stick
into - the chimney and moved it' . slight c
ly, when, as if there needed- only a
sign to bring it- down, the: whole
ghastly thing came tumbling loose
into the grateless hearth, and with
the falling bones fell something with
ai Metallic crash.• The two recoiled'
and:when the dust kad cleared-itself
away, the lawyer, .advancing, cried;
" the motive," and with the crook of
his walking 'stick dragged ti,t a small
eash-box :by the handle. The key
was in. the keyhole; and - jwiih -wrinkl
.ed features . of disgUst, fintt'a finger
and thumb which only just touched
it, he unlocked the box, and there bet
fore them lay eight thousand pounds,
in Bank of England notes, and on
top of them the paper which Tiburce
Menseau, habitual criminal, had
.stolen from one John Jones, a tramp
from Liverpool There was nothing,
by which to identify Tiburce, but
Walter Mackenzie had no doubt of
him, - nor had the lawyer, when he
heard the story.. • •
41pp
The Genus Homo.
‘ The . average 'weight of an
.adult
rutin is 140 lbs. G o.
The average weight of a skeleton
is 11 lbs.
The number, of bones, .9no
The
. skeleton measures one inc
k
less than the height •of the living
man.
The average weight of the brain of
a ,man 34.- lbs., of a woman, 2' lbs:
IL_ oz.'
The brain of a man exceeds twice
that of any other animal.
The average height of an. Eng
man is 5 ft. in.; of, a Frenchu7ani-5
ft. 4 in., and of a Belgian, 5 ft. 61Tn.
The average weight of nu English
man is 150 lbs.; - of a Frenchman; 136
lbs., and of a Belgian, 140 lbs.
Si'./
The average number of teeth is
A man breathes about 20 timesrin
a minute, or 1,200 times in an - bur.
A man breathes about 18 pints of
ai; in a• minute, or upwards of seven
hogsheads in a day. /
!A man gives off 4.08 per/cent: ear
bOuic gas of the air he r 'spires; re
spires 10;66,6 cubic feet. of 'carbonic
acid gas.in 24 hours; onsumes 10;-
667 cubic feet of oxy eu in 24 hours,
equal to 125 cubic ches of common
air.
A man annual
getation 124 lb
The averag
cy is 120 pc
80; at sixt
females is
of males/
, contributes to ye
fa of carbon'.
of the pulse in infan
minute ; in manhood,
years, GO.. The 'pulse of
more frequent than that.
•
The /weight. 'Of the circulating
blood/is about 2:B'lbs. . • .
Tlie heart beats'7s times in a min
ute; sends pearly. 10 lbs. -of blood
,through the,veins-and- arteries each
beat; makes. four beats while ,we
breathe once.
540 lbs., or I hogshead 1 pints of
blood pass through the heart in one
hour.
12,000 lbs., or 24 hogsheads 4 gal
lons, or 10,7821- pints pass through,
the heart in 24 hours.
IMO oz. of blood pass through the
kidneys in one hour.
174,000,000 holes or cells are in
lungs which would Cover . a sur
face thirty times greater than the hu
mail, body.—Old Volume.
\zie
AtrarithmetiCal snake—The adder.—
Cambrigge Tribune. A. tedious snake—
The boa:—,Dostem Times. - An Irish snake
—Erin com--
.Yatreob Strauss.: A Hint.,
,er snake The garter. Philadelphia
News. A mocratie snake=The coer
bead.—Pills - rgh Commercial. The dish
washer's soa k Loy
Wiper, and the Lo
\ l/ tt
er's Snake— a Conda.-4;ane , tster Ex
aminer. Sink for' the baby—Rattle
and Milk. -
:\
Ills was from ti.
waribnying Ida firk
wish you l d skim off ,
ain't paying for no fro
Decoration Day Address.
11s follows is the,..full text of the.
Address deliyerq, by the Rev. C. T.
Hallowell, in this place -cni Monday
last,—DecotationLPaY
When the:war closed most-of the,
soldiers and; , ,fitizens of the :fort)
desired to - forgive: the South and
wished to do nothing that would keep
alive the passions by which the Nation
had been s'svO • ed. for over four years.
Accerdinglr:,,We find a slow growth
Of such arijiistitution as the G. A.
R., and for Aylong while an indiffer
ent recognition of Decoration . Day.
As for MYs'ell it was a long time
ere l'eettild Oeb the value of such An
expresSion or...had anything to do with
it. To-daf 'these matters are better
understood ;! they no longer appear
as a menace from one section to
another but as being necessary to the
accomplishment of a grand purpose.
Posts of the G. A. R. are springing
up . in all parts of the Jand'find the
oth, of May is. observed by -all that
part of the - Nation - that was true in
the time of trial., -
This month wa chosen, no doubt,
because in ancient times it opened
with the festiial in' honor, of • Flora
the Goddess onlowers. Which the
English speaking world recognize in
its May Day: •
Let us consider some of tbe rea
sons for decorating the graves of
loyal soldiers whether (lying in'
the battle or since the war was.ended..
We scatter flowers on the - •;graves
of these dead men beeause llOwers
represent a completed work and fore
tell their own decay but in that:de
cay they, leave °ballad' the fruit which
is better.
So these men went fortll 4 - inqhe
bud; to battle, the bud 'opened, the,
flower . shed its Sragrance fora season
and now lies in decay, but as the.
precibus fruit we have an undivided
country. .
If it be said that this does nOt in
clude the living - soldier Whose toils
and perhaps sufferings were as great
as thei'r's who did, we answer" that as
Isaac died under the hand of Abra
ham, though not a hair of. his bead
was injured, so these who went forth
.to. battle have as truly laid down
their lives, though they came
-back,
as-those whose bodies lay upon the
• . ,
When the dead. soldier is honored
the living one is also, dead and,the
same honor comes to him.
Therefore those comrades who
spend a day. scattering :
_flowers
upon the graves scatter them also to
their own memory and those who are
indifferent cast not only reproach
upon: the dead but. pour contempt
.upon scenes of their °wk live's of
which they, should be proud..
of jus_ mile:here attSoldier's,
4 - e are all Citizens of a great country.
•Ss such wel come ; to pay a debt:—
What- debt The Nation was Wiper;
ined, money and. statesmanship were
alike impotent to save ker, ;between
her and death must be built -an impen
etrable wall and nothing would make
it save steel and heart and muscle.
Never before had she needed such sin
offering. It was a tremendous thing'
for men to give. Wbuld theydp-it?
I imagine
.that there were manyimis
givings in the heart of our martyr&l
president as liercallid — for the
and second-quota of men. But when /
he heard the steady tramp of the
thousands, and saw. the peaceful gni
zen changed - in a moment to a
,war
rior,methinks'a tear must have stood
upon his cheek ; : and; if never before,
in that hour he said "Oh God, I
thank Thee for the heart of these
men." . -
Peradventure, as the wall was
broken and new men were needed to'
repair the breach, hi 's heart again '
misgave hitn, but on / Came the sweep
ing,legions- until it / Seemed as - though'
they grew in a night and the day of
need did but reveal then]. The dead
lay along the/ path; the'. peaceful
cities received back the .shattered
bodies of the wounded ortthose_with
broken ,licalth to nurse •them into
vigor ag in. - , •
. The t Ousands who came not back
at all ere almost equal to the thou
sand' returned. 00, those who
iyes e'once again but few'broughtun
br ken. health.
You ask; " what- do we owe :these
en ?" I answer, that whether in
the right or wrong, you owe them the .
acknowledgement that they lay down
their lives for what they conceived to
be right... Nor was it• alone their
-lives that they gave up, death was
little to many of them compared
with the farewell to friends. The
sickness .of heart_ as the last appear
mice and the last words kept eoming
back again. • Then in .the' home was
poverty while other men were grow
ing' rich. It cannot all be told,'but
certainly it was net light thing to
stand . between the' government and
death. • ' -.- ,i - .
To-day the old flag floats over. the
old States Viand the new; not one star
js lost . and, with a navy of- rotten
vessels ; with an army insufficient to
quell a riot in one State, With a coast
comparatively unprotected. with
Congress in deadly hatred 'within
itselli_with a -pebnle split into bitter,
factions,-we map bid
_defiance to the.
world. The stars and stripes Protect
,us in any land. Why ?. Because we
.arc one _and not many, United we
• stand, divided we. fall.
! Separate this cenntry, into States,.
or groups of States; and what are we T
A prey to one another -and" to the
world.,. Prosperity ,- could not rest
.with us; -we would - be weak at home
and powerless abroad ; worse -than
Mexico with 'its anarchy-and confu
sion Would be our fate. .
And why are We now 4tnited ?
Simply 'because these. moi stood
against separation:: Are you protect
ed by the pincer of the flag? You
'owe your- protection . to ;these men.
Are. you kept safe by the -law, as
far as law and ordek 4 ' can make you
safe? _
But for •thein there Would be-no
power'behind the law. .
For all this, then, your are in debt.
- Did, they do right in preserving
this government? Of Course they
did. •
Examine theciaMpact Petween the
Statcs,and" then examine the 'plan, of
this government::: ' •
mountain side, and
glass of soda. g‘ I.
bat skum, boss; I
yon bet.",
W=INZI
IN
ttt+
In the first place"we will find that
the right — of separation was never in
that COmpact and could notjustly tic
drawn from , it. 'A union once for all:
They laid down their lives to pre-
Serve the 'act Of; their fathers.
• - In 'the second place we observe
that this government is founded, on .
the basis of right, not dri might
makes right, the whole people.have
voice, it , is-. by the people, "for the
people in -
,the interest of all, every
real right of maCis recognized, avd
-man's accountability to Godis ac
knowledged, and yet no restiaints
are put upon men, save that they are
forbidden to . .interfere with the rights
of others. ,
.This. ay not all .be
,earried out,
but the provisions for it are allthere,
and the people say whether' they shall
be met. • It is not our Congress 'and
;Senate that makes our condition, but
ourselves.;
Thelaw-makers are such only as
w will', and; if our choice evil, evil
will follow. We believe, then, that
these. men died to de fend their ri:rht
and the right; that they died to-pre
serve a plan of government than
which no better has ever been Ile
visst
'We owe them, then, a . debt, because
they stood between rigl4 and wrong,
on the side of right,
«'e -owe them another,, because
they stood between.good and evil, on
the side of good.
' You perceive
,
, frk-nds - ,'• that 'it is
not difficult to delineate your indebt
edness. ' , , - • -
. . We might carry
~it much further,
but we - forbear. • - • •
Suffice it then to-,say that we are
all deeply in their debt. How
. can
we pay it? . Money is no treasure to
them,;-and in -many, instances. is inno
measure needed liy theirs, - and _in
those where - it`:would'be received
would not suffice, besides a - gekerous
overnment' does . not forget the,
widow, the orphan or the dependent
mother.l If what we hate. said is'
true we lole them honor,. and the
good Book - says- " pay honor to him
to whom it is due."' How shall we
pay it? First--:=By maintaining what
they . died to retain. Second—By
keeping Lheir . acts ever fresh in our
minds. . . .
. Our government has set a good ex
ample in the latter. One day-of the
year - is set apart in their behalf, n
uoverntrient- Work possible' to e
government-
avoided is done ;on 'that '-day, e ere
National flag is app`ropriately a -ang
el/ expressive •of
.the oecasio . ' All
the aid, possible for -the -gOv rnment
to gife, to-lend influence tx the ser- -
vices of the day, are rend red.
We' as citizens should give, our
time and lend our presence, that it'
nilY:lie evident to all 'that - we look
with no 1 ungrateful. *thoughts• upon
the benefits we liay.t received. •
We come not of
ly to pay - a
. debt,
but also to teaelra lesson. .. .
All of the actors in our great civil
war will soon/be - ' gone. ; : Those who
looked on Will likewise pass away,
and it will/become to - those who fot
ldw as the revolUtion is to: us held 'in
memory' siMply by the observance of
.a day/ We should then . teach our
you,4 that these men are dead by
the hand of treason-and our best en=
deavois should be put forth to
-make
,treason odious. - It was a long:while
before we awoke sufficiently - to per
ceive that treason was possible .in
this great land, and while we slum
bored it had nearly destroyed, us:
See to it that our children are not so .
pasily deceived. Rut' says-one, "If
-we do this do we not keep alive the
passion that we desire 'to die ?" By
no means, we simply guard against
a deception that destroys. .
And if we should keep some of
those old fires burning there certain
ly is need. Read once more the ut
terances of the chief 'traitor in Lis
new book, they arc the same' as_of
yore. He is not alone, Many are too
cautious 'to express themselves, but
the same spirit lives. . Head their
'school histories,: - written especially
for the &nth. Look into their spell
ing books f and_.among
,other things
see the pietureof a lame soldier with
this inscription :." This is.a lathe sol
dier • he was wounded in battle for
the lost Cause; the cause is not lost,
it only waits." Look once again
upon the'stars and bars flung 'out in
the heat of the late eleCtion; and lis
ten to the - old rebel yell that chilled
the very , marrow in days of yore.
Listen to Wade 'Hampton talking
1
about' Lee and Jackson. Read the
speeches 'of Southern representatives
in Congress and Senate, and in the
face of it tell me there is no reason
to keep awake ourselves as.. well as
teach our
,chilifren about treason. I
speak not ffA a pblitician, nor as dis
tinguishing between political parties.
treason is the same, be it found in
the heart of a Republican, or in that
of a Democrat. I know no polities
in this-matter., Tcach not then that
eitherparty i 4 the party - Of treason,
but teach the character of it and pro
claim that the penalty of treason is
death.
This act to-day should teach men
to honor the Alag. , When the- war
wages it was not because the South
was too .valuable to be lost. The
fact is; -that -ithe South has always
been a bill of expense to the country.
Before the war, as now, she-was nu.
merically the smaller section,' ani
yet her word' wall law And The Nort
was a trimisill'for the South to we.'
over. The troubles among us as a.,
people have always been from the;
South, and it seems as though she
intended to remain our thorn in the
decal. Not then that we felt the'need
.of the South. Not that we particu
larly loved her—nor that we hat:ed
her and desired to - -, pay old sscoOs.
We fought the South lOr the, honor
of the. Nation. ;.;
The existence of this Nation did
not. lie, as some aver, in the mere
union of North and South, but in the
fact that not only self-respect would'
be gone, which would include inter
state respect, but the respect of the
world would pass away, and we
would sink into insignificance. • .
Bad the Soutkbeen permitted to
depart, and the ;North . Continued - on
its way, its population Increasing
even more rapidly than it has until
its strength .would • be' greater- than
all combined at present, it would yet
$l.OO per Annuin In Adviance
,
have been=weak, 11,17,dys - Ipeing con
sidered as having death in its. very
life. . . ~ .
The war was hard to -bear ; it was
no easy thing for ;brother to- fight
with brother.
.
The dead left vacancies never` to
be filled. The returned ones Irought
baelc habits hard to swerconie,
.arid
many came but to -'be a lioen to
mmselves and friends the regiaindes
of .life. The whole countrw has
gtbaned these 'twenty year 4 under
the takesit imposed, and no One can
estiinate the individual losse4 direct
and indirect. But Utz. war brought
benefit. It, settled' the.___:questin
whether we'are a Nation or a Co l ti-,
federaey. It incidentally and unin:
tentionally - destroyed slavery, whia
had been the bad humor in the body
politic, breaking out- not in-boils but
broils continnhily. At led us to ap
preciate ourselves, and above all,; it
-made the world to not only under
stand, but to rightly estimate us. In
other words it showed us worthy r of
honor and brought honor to us. This
honOr was obtained Huller the
and stripes by the men
lighting against those clad in! gray
aathered-un , !er the stars :and bars:
It wa., 16yalty.figliting against trea
son:.
We must teach. Our tliddren this.
our. decorative .ceremonles do not
thqs• instruct them then' is-this whole
thing a farce and unnecessary. They
should not be taught, to bate the
traitor,• only as he inseparably
connected with his - treason. But,
they should be taughtt.o_ despise the
badge of VS di:311611011 That badge
is the so-called flag
,of the Sontli—
•the. gray uniform of rebellion' and
death -in the ranks Of ,treason. It
leas teen the. fashion 01 some to read
or :;peak.--tlflhe blue and the gray on
thrse occasions, and . they ask, was
not the gray a good soldier:; Yes,
because he was.-an American, and
could not be otherwise ; but lac was
-a traitor, and if you do like honors to
him as to the loyal on of the Na.
Lion, you do say to the youth 'Of this
age that the Nation ; honors
alike the citizen who sought :its life'
and the one who saved, it. As for
me I cannot say it; there- :are no
il - Wers in my hand for the gray,,and
ay it wither when it lays them as
honors to treason. There are flowers
in my hand, love„in my heart, and
honor in:my life :for the
It shall be milie—to teach the same
to my children; so that: if—the need
comes they like their fatheriwill'offer
their:lives for their country!, -/ ;
"Our country writes upon paper
the recoral of each individual: soldier,
and preserves it for all itithe,—but
the people do not see - ,it.
, 3, :tVe then
must impress those things.,npon our
children by every means, and should
maks-this serviceof du:Oration like
the Israelitish Passover, reminder
-of what has been 'done 0 take it
then that these.ceremonies are not to
keep alive hatred and far be
it:from me to seek or desire .such an
evil, but to pay a-debt vud to lead
the minds - Of al.l so to honor loyalty,
that it 'will be impossible for treason
ever again to bring the Nation to
sorrow;
DeaCont Who Run the Church
An ex-deaeon.of a'. certain West
Side church, a learned man, and - an
able man too, •is possessed With what
maybe called the deaconal ambition,
an ambition usually confined to the
owners of country groceries, whose
trade is increased, by. the -lionor.
After hiving been deacon for a series.
Of years, during.which time he "ran"
the church, he was suddenly ousted
at a late election and, is now reported.
to be
. plotting to drive. the' minister
out of the church. '• Either he or I,
will leave within six months," he has
said in effect to his followers. The
pastor,' though able and •-popular, is
not a':discreFt. man. He 'is . ! '"apt to
talk. This astute, deacon, knowing
this,. is laying all sorts of traps for
his minister with the intention of
mortifying hini by exhibiting his
catch . at some future meeting of the'
church,' thereby compelling him to .
resign. .If this ex-deacon cannot rple
the church he intends to break it up ;
and will -very likely succeed. There
was a certain personage, who, accord=
ihg to John Milton, had such a de-
Sign regarding heayen. There are a,
great- many men with this small'am
biiion in the c eburches. One' gentler
man With this tendency, .h Ito had
broken up every church that he had
ever belonged to, joined a hitherto
harmonious church and commenced
his machinations. This church was
blessed With a genial and witty dea
con, who rose one night at a prayer
meeting at which his plOtting - brother'
11— was present. and commenced
to lead i.mprayer. .
" OW, -- 4 . ibrd, we pray that brother
D---may_die l '4.he_._.said, - and the
gOOd brOthers ii4eis6• - b - pcnvd
their eyes wide with*hrprise. 4 4 Oh,
Lord, we pray that brother D—
may die and go to hell," he'continued-
Shocked -beyond measure the.pastor
'raised his head and was about to re
buke the deacon, when he finished his
petition with the words : " For we
know that if he goes, to hell he• will'
break up the whole institution in less
- than a year." •
This church was not broken
ii . Chicago Alliarwj.
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Wzia-T-7-r§:„ - , - ,A:,:p.„Api#lA „ Kr-- - - - 4f . yeui
eoiiie„*rislind say yoirAte h liiiying
man, we answeros glad ; but we
i te
would like to ask . r Wife. and chil
dren what your, praying is doing for
von ? „If you say you daily read the
bibleiiliat„ is right, but let us; ask
your partner in business how much
ofitileachingS you practice. :If you
say you tre a member Of the Churph,.
we are glad oftha't, if yogi. are a wor 7 ,
thy member, i( not-we , are sorry for
the church,: But let us go on to the
street to see whether the people you
daily meet-think.you ought to be a
church member._,So it comes to pass
that a bundle Of Christian duties may
become dry and,Useless, or: hey luny
be the evidence of a sincere Christian
life. Whether wean is ,a 'Christian ,
or not. depends entirely •upon.. the
' principlei which govern hiadailylife;
and the harvest the world is gather
ing from that life.
A .most extraordinary natural ac
cident, and one for the, diseuspion'of
physicians, came Lp light a few days
ago, in which a needle taken into a
lady's foot nine !years ago wit:irked
out of the thigh or the third child, a
ba.by of one year. The lady in que.i.
tion is the wife of Mr. lienry
the 'cigar-mkt; who - lives on Mar
ket street, near Wenzel. At the time
of the' accident. Mrs. Isaacs Was un
married and Was then Mrs. Pauline
COblins. The needle was encounter
ed in a carpet and penetilted her
foot the full length. A physician
was called in immediately, but the
needle could not be found, although
it was known to be in the foot. She
suffered great'' pain, and for .cotir
months waL , unable to leave her bed.
During
that period three physicians
made frequent attempts to extract
the - needle, and the. knife was used ex-
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tensiNely, but without success. - Miss -
Coblens was guile fleshy' before.the.
accident, but fell-off greatly from her
long confinement. At length .she
was able to get:About with the aid of .
ertffehes, but.she continded to *suffer
from the needle:: - The pain decreased
gradually from the time she was able
to get about and she retrained her
former, fleshiness. Finally shc.felt
the needle only at periods when there
was a change in the weather.. The'
moVernent of the needle seemed to be
upward, and the point was not sta
tionary, but moved with the- needle.
About five years ifia.o_ she was married -
to Mr. Harry Isa*s. Three children
iire the fruit ort4nnion,the young
eat which is a . boy -named Arthur-,
who is abobt a''year old. - The pain
which trembled the'. mother left her •
even, before the birth of her . childi
and the total: disappearance of the
pain she was wont to feel was a,suh
.iect of remark and plesure to*x i %
•On Monday a v.eek ago her -- baby,
• who had since its 'birth 'manifested it •
kindly disposition, was very restleSs
and unceasingly all night". The .
cause elf the child's ailment was not
discovered unCil the following morn
ing, when in giving it a bath the
mother discovered r.nnetlting,black -
protrddingthrough the skin of the
child's thigh. She (3 - aught hold.of it, .
and was frightened when she - found
the thing of a, resisting - substanCe..
She however, 113 W -a little force, and'
Soon extracted the darkobject. Im
agine her surprise when 'she found - it
was a needle. black • and corroded.
The eye broke off in her. hand while
examininr . r, it. The recollection_ of
the needle ; - i tvhieh' had caused her .
Much pain, came- vividly before the
Mother ; and 'she felt keenly for_the
- child.. The iemembrance of her re
;lief -from the • pain also forced itself
on the mother, and the connection of
the two served as a clue as to how
the needle came to be in the child's
thigh, The mother_sayS it would be
almost impossible for the child -to
have taken up the needle without her
finding it out;1• as the child ' Would
haVe'made it known in piteous.mries,
as she did .when the needle worked
etntrier-Jimfnal.
A Strange Case.
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TItOOP6 STRUCK . BY 1,1611TN1N0.- - •.
A terrible experience, almost unique
in miritaly annals, is, says the Colo . .
lies and India, recorded .by a corre- ,
spohdent . at the Cape of Good Hope
in connection with the *larch of the
Diamond-Field Horse - to the scene of •
operation s in BasutOlami toward the
end:'nf-, last year. The men had out
spatinell for breakfast when a heavy
thunderstorm suddenly burst.: over
their), so severe in its etrects,t:hat they
were forced to abandon their attempts
to procure a meal, and .reinOunted in .
the . hope of riding out the storm.
Toward three in the afternoon; how- ,
ever, it broke upon them with in- "_
creased violence, the rain' falling-ap
parently in s , heets, and 'flashes 'of
lightning appearing continuous. At
last a flash struck the troop, Clinging •
seventeen horses with their riders Co
the ground ; killing ten then and five
horses on the spot. Those who were
not killed were all seriously injured,
and it - was long beforeanithation
could he.restorethin the caseof seven
'Of the men. - The bits and stirrup;
irons of the whele number were,
blackened, and many of the men,
though personally uninjured, had
their clothing rent by the force of
the ; clectric discharge.
.The greatest
difficulty was natUrallY- experienced
in preventing a general stampede
among the frightened horses.
OUT AND OUT RELIGIOI4.-Mr. Cur
lyle's advice. is .thoroughly sound, .
and. his adjuration is none too strong.
" Be virtuous and have done with it ;"
speak the truth and stand to it, pro
fess , the truth which is revealed in •
the Scripture, and neither - by_ word
of mouth, nor by act, nor by associa
tion, nor even in thought, contradict
the eternal verities of God. We have
had too much of concession in order
to win a :hollow peace from Ono-,
sophic Ra.tionahSts on the one hand,
and superstitious Romanizers on the
other. The thing will not •work,. and
if it would, :it is wrong, and ought,
no to be attempted. Who gave us
the right to yield an Atom-of. truth ?
Arc
. the doctrines of Go..l's Word
yours or mine to do as we like with,
to give up this and modify that;?
.Nny, verily; we are put in trust with
the go - spelt and it is at•our peril. that
we dream of comPromisivg the least
of its teachings. A straightforwaild,
decided line of testimony is the belat,
is most consistent with true charity,
and: in the end will
_most proniote
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.peace.
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oRTY FEET OF . SNOW TWQ_YEARS
' OLP. — The Mg!otain Messenger, pub
lished at POwnieville, Cal.; well up
in •the . 3 ieirdNevadas, tells the.fol
lowing c Deeming an immense - snow
areh.no spanning one of the forks
of. the Feather river : On the east
'fork, about five miles above Downie !
vine, is an immense snow4lide which.
completely covers the river for a dis
tance of several hundred feet. The
slide.„forined a year ago this winter,
'and Was thenabout seventy-feet deep.
The summer sinn of last year failed
to melt it, and it is now, with same
of last,winter's sno*,. at .least -forty
feet: in' depth, the old - snow being
almost as hard as ice. The river his
worn its way through, and. the arch
is as :regular as though forined' by
himaiihands, - There will doubtless
be plenty of snow there all the com
ing summer, as it lies in a gorge
where the - Sun strikei it only a few
- o
hours - in the day. .
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A COLORED preacher, in translating to
his henrens the sentence, "Tho harvest is
over, the seasoq is ended. fled thy soul is
not saved," put it, "Do corn has been
cribbed, dero ain't any inure work, and
do idebbil is Still foolin' wid die column
nity."
:-WIIEN tho young ladle - is hand' you a
card nowadays. with the cabalisticlaters,
Y. M. C. it mcau', "you may call
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• .111.:Ar lady,— "What's Lis IMMO?"
l'uaug lady Aiiguatns Tyler." Deaf
lady," leas me what a Immo !,13asthis
liner I Eliza, you Mpst be oakitig fan or
me." •