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u, sorrow, thou has seized upon the night
That holds the dawn of that Immortal day;
Has risen radiant. •round the upward way
Of Liberty, till now we ren Its light—
Its
rosy rays we tear. lest they - may tall
Upon our prostrate Garfield, pale In death;
In dread suspeLise we wait its wakening breath,
Lest It may bear him from us after all.
. .
I.ust-? after all the flickering gleams of light
Our loving eyes beheld alto' clouds of grief,
And hope restored to.us oiler more our dile!?
toy rays how hateful:to Our Apt • •
If he ahoulil die: how dal - Lamewere the day, •
, With all Its glories gloyito; like . thexast
O. Freedom how Call we partake thy feast, -
If our Mimed tlartiele Pass away
TOWANDA,PA
Nl' Shot to death there, in the very eve
of Aut great day would make a traitor true ;
And Freedom's very eapltoliu clew
tlar loving boarts the news would not believe,
if so our Itubdiet Wilfght rescue lilla ;
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Our au NtOllS hearts with beating hopes tided,
Meal.,
It so he live again for Freedom's sake.
,scod thy" tight, the liglir of hope Is din'.
Kind tio.l: thr ncws that cometh now Is good
Pour Thou Thy ntreugth around Ids ralising
Tny 1:1Int upon Otr wounded part ;
I Iny the 13 , iirkening sprit O'ci him brood,
Anil bring again Or rosy hue to Mtn,
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Dhlu c l the darkness from the mittulghtekles,
The dark that makes the IIaNSII or hope so dim I
And give us Garfield, true to Thee and self,.
. To the Republic true, and brave as truth -
Restore us him, who gave his life, from youth,
To Gal antifraud ry, nut top - Aver and pelf.
I I on' lice a : , pleuillti - morn his brief career
Oh 1 would the no mills were yearn—they were In
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If ue hut count what he has done for froth—
Brief * months, that filled the nation's foes with
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Unnumbered souls art.7lifth g ttp.to Thee;
.That he a MU, unbroken term may be
Our PresMebt, and none beside him there
--D..11 Jones in Ser, n ion Repulifiean
A NOBLE BOY'S REWARD
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" I winder if (My one in the world
ever had as much trouble as we have,
mother:.' It. seemed as though wc,
couldn't bear another drop of trouble
when: father lost; tl.e beautiful home
where Judgii Walton liven.
.But that
was just nothing to what,eame after
ward. father fixed uji this
cottage and_ brought us here, it seem
ed so bright and eozy—such a dear,
little late in a nest Of lowers—that
we didn't miss the grand home so
very much. -But, then, father was
sick so li , 11!r. we had to mortgage it
to live, and now he is dead, and we
must lose even this hoin&, and there's
no place for us to go in all the world,"
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VOLUME nu.
A PRAYER FOR GARFIELD.
And to the Incrn that to about to rise.;
BY ItOsE BARTWICK THOIn'E.
'Chic lnaveboy, who had been such
a tower
.or strelffith to his feeble.
motlir, - who lad comforted,
,and
pb:nned. and Worked mith such im
tirin;* cheerfulness, broke down, and
, :reat sobs shook his slender form, as
he hid his brown head in his moth,
er's lap.
.lust to think," he sobbed,....' that
the judge, who- has so much; , must
take this pretty 11010. too I don't
believe God cares for us any more,
or He would help us now." .
" Frank !"
There.was_a_ reproachful tone in
his,'mother's voice, seldom nscd whee .
speaking to her boy. • .
mottle; I suppose God
really - does care, only we can't un
derstand why lie should make us
stiller so much. think, when 1
went to Jude Walton's to-day, and
begged so earnestly that he would
let us stay here ;- whi:n I told Shim
that father had died ;ere,' awl that
the little home was very dear to . my
, sick mother, and that I would pay
I him every cent of . rent, if he would
only give me time,* actually laugh
ed in my face." ,- •
A crimson' flush sprcad ov,er
boy's white Brow, and-4 flail of -an
ger deetieiled_ in his.brown eyes.
" Yes. mother he laughed—Such a
scornful, contemptuous
,laugh—and
leaned back in his chair, eyeing me
cooly from head to foot, as thongLi
measuring my height; then he said
arcasticaally-:r.
Want to speculate with any of
your spare money, after supporting.
the family and paying rent
" I didn't dare answer him, motiler .
I should have l said something dread
fully disrespeetful'il 1 had ; so I just
snatched up my -hat and ran out of
the room. As I reached the hall, :1
saw his little Elsie standincr there,
with twu big ttarsin_ her—round, baby
eyes. lie slipped a soft, little hand
in mine, and whispered :
Essie loves u-o. Essie . so sorry
H-naughty Papa! Essie div .00 her
I it nil.%
- Oh. mother l_ how can such a.
man as . Judge Walton have such a
sweet little girl as Elie ?" ' -
•' It may be," repliefk hiS mailer,
thowdittullr,.." that pod will reach
his heart through her"
• " I believe it is the only way pos
sible, cxcla lme I Frank, vehemently.
" Nothinf* short of an angel could .
ever reach his_ stony heart. At any
rate, he might have let us stay ; • it
wouldn't have . hurt him any. Now,
'l've f , ot a place hOlrißarlow's sibre,
with pretty f . .1 . 60i1 •wages, and the
promise or better,,if I prove- faiCliful.
Why, mother. 1 would work my fin
ii;ers to the b',ne, if need''be, just to
keep you in the dear home where
father died."
• .". No, my dear boy ; it would be
selfish and wrong for me to stay here
if it made it harder for you. But •I
had thought. perhaps, the judge—
well, never mind ;, we will not talk
about it. The darkest page in the
future is not leaving the old home,
Frank." - , .
" What is it, mother ?"
." It is that all thoughts of your
education must .pow be; given up."
Frank did not answer; but a wist
ful, far-away look crept into his eyes,
as the dusky- shadow of twilights set
tled over mother and son, sitting to
gether on the little porch. The sweet
.lime air was fragrant with the breath
of blossoms thlt.filled the yard.
Long they sat there in silence, each
thLtiki ng of the dreaded morrow,w hen
they must forever leave the - home
dear to them in so many ways. .
Mrs. 'Rea was itist recovering from
a long illness, broUght on by fatigue
and mental suffering, at the time of
her hinbaadia death ) and she Wall in
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iio condition to meet bravely the-new
trouble that awaited her.
At last, pressing a loving kiiiS on
Frank's brow, - she said, in a low tone:
".Let us leave the future in God's
hands, my son, feeling sure that He
knows best. And it is now getting'
late, 'and as there, will be much to do
to•morrow, we had better go to bed
and get what rest we can."
After kissing his mother: good
night,•Frank went up. to his room.
As he stood in the door, a faint
gleam of moonlight shone in through
the bright, south window. The mus
lin.curtains were drawn back 'to let
in. the summer air, and as Frank's
eyes rested iirsX on one : object, them
on another, in.;. the •little . rootti,"lis
heart gave a great throb of pain, for
'to morrow he must leave it silt
.
Instead of going directly
,to bed,
he. threw himself" on a couch; that.
Stood -across one corner of the room;
and *ached the 'moonlight wall
tearful eyes., ' • . .- ' - ,-.. j
llii never knew how long he lay
there, but he was aroused by the cry
of " flre !" and, springing to his feet,
he rushed down the stairs, .and •out,
into'the sultry, summer night.
. A lurid glearn shot into the sky in
the direction of Judge Waltonis
home. - A few moments later, and
the boy was standing in the midst Of
an excited crowd. The fire bad made
such ropi L d progreSs - that . tbere was
no hope o' saving the-house.
The servants were huddled togeth
er in a .frightened' group, aml.some
-one had just dragged the judge out
of a side 'door, nearly suffocated., and
so tetribly•bruised that he was una
ble to stand.
At that moment, from an tipper
windt,w, which was open o little,
golden head was, thrust ; two dim
pled, baby hands were reached p:ead- .
ingly toward tkecrowd;and an eager
little voice called: = .
"`Papa, tate Essie !" - tr
I . c.
.The judge sprang to his feet, un- '
mindful of the 'bruises, tottered a
step or two toward the. house, and
fell with a moan of - despoil.
w that window was a sheet of
1----lurid !bine, over which no ladder
could• be placed, anti • to reach the
place in time to save the child by
Bele
. any one unactjuainted with the . inte
rior of .the buildinc , was impo'ssible.
The servants would not return.and
the master could not. .What was to
be dyfiel? ! . .
Suddenly, from out the ~crowd,
sprung a slender; boyish form.
Jude 'Walton beheld the move
ment, and knew - 'oe - boy. Alas! he
could save her if he . Would,lMt would
he ? - A i great fear smote hiSlieart.as
he remembered the cruel words he
-had thiln.slay spoken -to. this same
boy..
Every. nook and .corner 'in the
houSe was familiar to Frank. 'One
glance up at Elsie, and his resolution
was . formed. Si - winging . quickly
around the corner of the house he
entered a Side (look.
One deTiti - ig shout went up .„„
the lips of the people,then a solemn
silence fell' on the waiting, breathless
crowd.
'At last, the judge beheld the boy's .
form darkly outlined beside his dar
lng's at the window. Ile saw him
catch_ her up in his arms, and saw
Elsie clasp, her chubby hands around
his' neck, and then the proud, stern . .
j large was praying—praying to , . the
God he_ shad spurnetrall his life—
casting away the mantle of self-esteem .
And bowing in deep repentance and
supplication in that moment of awful
suspense.,
A Peer reachino-Elst, Frank started
to return the way he came, but the
flames had cut- otr retreat in that di
rection, amid turning, he sped up an
other flight of stairs, opened a little
flight of stairs, amid sprang out on
:the - roof of the west wing.
, Many a time
,in the old days he
had reached the ground in . this way,
but now he was tired out, iris hands
Were blistered and his eyes !blinded
With •smolie - f, while a heavy' weight
Was clinging to his neck'. -
I Slowly Or . pd :'carefully he climbed
over the fOof Until he reached the
covering uf a porch.
A hundred hands were lifted thro'
smoke and:flame to him; 11u handed
clown the sobbing child, and then the
weak hands relaxed their the
dizzy brain, reeled, the feet grew un
certain, a misstep, a sudden' crash,
and they di'esy, the brave, uncOnscious
hoy away from the burning
and ,not a moment too. soon, for
Judge Walton's beautiful hoMe lay.
thOe a lurid wreck before tliCm.
The next mOrning, as .Fiank lay
In bed, weak and pale, all his bright
'.brown hair gone; . and his. mother
bathing his poor, burned haMIS with
her:tears, there . came a sap at the
door.
- When-- she had opened it, 4 gentle-
man entered, saying that Judge:Wal
ton had requested him to calf and
Make inquiries. respecting yrank's
injuries..
A fter he had done his errand, he
rose to go, handing Mrs. Rea • a, let-
ter, at the satne,tiMe laying pack
age on Frank's pillow.
After he had gone, she opened the
letter _and read iii the judge's trent
blino•
" DEAn - NIAPAm : The noble eon
duct of your son last night qt4isking
his life to,save that which was dearer
than anything on earth.tO me, was
such that I - can find no wOtds with
which to express my feelings: — The
debt of gratittplekOwe him can nev
er be
,canceled, but, Ihuitibly.beg the
privilege of bearing the expense of
his education, which favor,
,I hope
and trust you will grant.
" Respectfully yours,i
' "JUDGE WALTON."
On opening the package, she found
the mortgage which had cost 04
so many heartaches. •
Turnina away his head to hide . th:c
falling tears, crank Murmured :
Clod does care, mother, and IBS
way:, are the best, after all."
THERE i 3 ajoy in good fortune. There
is a far higher in, the mind's -gain of
knowledge or,truth. But there is no joy
like the joy of resolved virtue. -
WHY should we celebrate Washington's .
birthday mdre than mine?" asked a
icacher. " freeause he never• told a lie
theutad a little boy,
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD OOVNIT, PL, THURSDAY. MORNING, JULY 28, 1881.
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A Little Story Well Told.
It - was not long ago that a gentle-
man said to me--he was in wine--
"Johnnie, I will take your best bou
quet—that big one on a tray, fir, to
be the bridal bed of Eve—if you will
carry it to this address :
° All right, boss," was my re
sponse, as I took his ten dollar bill.
and observed a rather devilish light
in his eye, while ho wrote a name on
a card. It was a beam of the light
that shone in the eye'of Cain as the
discriminating flame of heaven shot
past his offering and blazed on Abel's
altar. However, I wasi't very par-
ticuhm_about what was going on , in
his mind, and he slipped-the card in
the bougbet; and Fstarteci off to de
liver it. 'Stopping close'by to change
my note? arid , cat. a—bit of lunch, a
good many people gathered near the
great prize bouquet and began to
talk about it and to smelt or it, and.
so ; whether N some, jealous rival stole
that card - , or whether I had dropped
it on the street, the card was missing
when I. tool , . up the great salver ót
I owers again •
1 hastened back to. We. place where
' , had met the gentleman. He had .
gone away in a carriage.—+told my
trouble to the hotel clerk, the -genial
Gillis, and he said :. " Pshaw Flake
it to his wife„ He is no twnyting.
man."
Novi' that gentleman I
_knew, by
an accident of passing his house, and
I had often admired the inflexible,
the solitary, the lofty - and self-reliant
quality in him. Ire was kind to his
infiriarsrinanly to his equals, haugh.
ty to his superiors. About once of !
twice a year he showed liquor in hisi
eyesots if Cain had bred-ou Abel's.
stock, and a little liquorbraught.out
the cOnsanguinity. I said.to myself,
"These flowers will wither for.whiefi
I have been paid. I. believe he meant
to send them to his Wife, and I will
take them there." .
I rang the doorbell of his house
and asked for.-the lady. Shown into
the parlor : I Saw my - btiyer's pictiire
over-the.mantel. The house was not
expetistvely — furnished, a but looked
like the node of perseverance in
some mode?atEly compensaXin,g . pro=
fession and slow but gaining concitiest
on half - fortune. A lady entered ihe
parlor and beheld - the flowers. - She
turned to me and siiid.:• 4 WO are
these for .
• .
",For you Madame."
" For me ? " Her face flushed.
"•Wfio has dared to send flowers to
me ?"' • ' ,
•
• I saw I was in for it, sqmewhere,
and there was no safety lint incon
sistent lying. " Your sent
them, Mrs. I had heard his
nameoind felt , that this, was his wife.
•" My husband ?" ner voice fal
tered. 4 IloW.carrie 'he to send me
mis
take?"flowers ?
you not made a
No, madam. He has never bohght
flowers from me . before. He is not a
customer of gallantry. There is no
mistake about it."
She seemed all fluttered, like
,a
widoW told that her 'dead husband
has returned' to life. Looking now
at the flowers, again at his portrait,
her eyes dilated, her temples flushed.
She talked to me
,like a woman of
authority and under some high men
tal excitement. Looking into my
eves she said -
" Whlt, did my husband , Say'?"
" Ile maid, madam, I 'have net
made a present to my wife for years.
Business and care have. arisen be
tween us. ' Take her
_these flowers
that their blossoms may dispel the
winter from our hearts, and make us
young. :{gain.' " •
She — turned to, the bouquet and,
rainekhet j tears:upon it. An orange
bud. she took, all blinded so, and hid
it in her bosom, .She sank upon-her
knees and laid her head among the
'flowers, to let-their coolness' refresh
her. 'parehed, neglected heart,vnud
sobbed the joy of lotre_and confidence
again. I stole, awar like 'a - eitiien of
the world. - -
• As I went up the street and stopped
at -the same hotel, the hnsbadd was
there. "Johnny," said he, "•did_you
deliver the bow et ?" " Yes, I took
it to your wife." "iTo_ my wife ?"
" Yes, boss, you are-too good a mil
k,' wander a's you wished to. Go
home - . The ice is'broken. Your wife
is full-of ,gratitiule. Saved a inia
, take, embrabe the blessed opening
madelor both of your estrangement,
and in the words of the great and
good book, ' cling to the wife of - thy
youth.' "
. .
Ile_staggered- a - moment, looked as
ho ought to knock me down, and
rushed fr,om the place.
Next day I.met her:upon his arm.
"Johnny," he said, bring her as
big a bouquet every_week, and save
one scarlet rose for 'me Y.
Tribtme. .
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Bits of Information
Hibernia is• - the Latid. name. for
_reload. •
Cotton Mather'wrote 382'works of
All kinds-
crack
slang - word 0 . crack 'r (as, a
"crack," regiment).isa corruption of
crepo," to boast of. It is English
university slang. and Was in' common
use inSliakspeare's time.
ALUMINUM when fused and cast in
molds is soft as pure silver, but when
hammered or rolled it becomes as
hard as iron.
Nitro-glycerine was invented by
Soblero in .1847: In 1863 Alfred
Nobel, a German, first mixed it with
gunpowder, and used it for blasting,
and, after -further:experiments, in
vented dynamite, by mixing it with
infusorial earth.
. Glass was first introduced into En
gland in 674. Its use L. .was at first
entirely confined to religions edifices,
and did not becoMe. general until the
fourteenth century. The first glakst
rnanufaCtory in America was estab
lished by John limes, in New
Ilampghire, in 1790. •
.The Riot Act - " is an English ;
law, providing "that it .any persons
to the number of twelve or more,
being unlitivlully, riotously and . tn.
multuously assembled together to
the disturbance of the public peace,
shall continue so assembled for the
sp.ito of an hour Rata' th magistrate
•
,
_
REGA.RDLEB3 . OF DENUNCIATION PROM ANY QUARTER.
has commanded` them by-proclama
tion to disperse, tkv shalt be consid
ered felons." It is the custom in
England always to read the '" Riot
Act" before proceeding , to extremi
ties:' .
'ln the ancient; Egypttan astrono
my, the' order of the. planets, in re
spect of distance froth the earth, be
ginning .with the most remote ; is
Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the sun, 'Ve
nus, Mercury, the moon. The day
was divided into twenty-four hours,
and each successive hour was conse
crated to a particular 'planet in - the
'order stated—so that, one hour heknq
consecrated to Saturn, the nest fell
to Jupiter, the third.tO Mars, and so
on, and 'each. - da'y was n-imed, after
the planet to which its firi ,; t Lour was
consecrated. The Egyptian week
-began with Saturday; or the day of
Saturn ; and the Jews, because of
their flight on. that day, Made it the
last day Of-tVeir week-7 . the last day
of their ",bondige—hence their Sub
bath' or rest from labor..
The term " Porte,", which is used
to denote the administrative govern=
went of the Ottoman empire, and in
cludes the Sultan, the Grand :Vizier,
and the',,g . reat Council of State .
its origin in3hia way : In the fiiinoit
institutes established by .the famous
warrior, Sultan Moliammcd 11., the
Turkish, body politic was described
by- the metaphor of 1 - a stately tent,
whose domes rested upon four
.pillars.
"The-Viziers . formed the first pillitr,
the Judges the second, the Treasur
ers he third, and the Secretaries the
fonfth." The
. chief seat of. the goV
ernment was:fignratively naaned the:
':Lofty Gate of the - Royal Tent," in
allusion to the, practice of earlier
times, When the Ottoman rulers sat
at the tent door to administer jus
tice. The Italian, translation of 'this_
name 'was;.".Le Porte Sublibia." This
'phrase was modified in- English to
the "Sublithe Port,". and finally the
adjective has been dropped, leaving
it simply ".The Porte."
The Lake of the Dismal Swamp.
A ,writerin 'the Ledger
gives an' interesting description of a
trip to. the • tismal Swampl of Vir- .
girds.- There were no ' conveyances
to Lake Drurinond to be had, but
the journey - of twenty miles in one
of the less desolate parts of the great
waste was amply weird to stislythe
-tourists : ' The section of the_swamp .
seen by us was unrelieved by des - ola!-
tion'. Lofty trees of 'cypress, with
great swollen. trunks . rising from a
spongy soil, with great arching limbs,
draperied with tangled vines; narrow ;
channels running into dense thickets,
walled with matted reeds,. with dry
bushes of and juni pier; with tat
- ters-Of old' moss pendant from the
tree, with great black pools-of slimy
water, with fallen trees rattin with
decay, and - the sombreness of. a dull,
colorless %fell, sky broedink - over
all the limitless waste. :Excursions
are frequent in the summer season
_froth Norfolk. Several' years ago , the'
Grivernor of the. state, whilt on One
of these extra-convivial parties, being
somewhat 'thee, worse for extra liba
tions, threw Over' the stove of the
yacht; and now whenever whenever the 'careless
pilot runs his boat upon a.snag4:it is
said he enters in the log bOolts, •
" grounded on the Governor's stove."
The water of Lake Drunimond is
-beautiful as - wine, the color being,
given to it, by the roots of the cyltress
trees. It is of singular purity.ql hen.
first taken from the lake it ;undergoes
a fermentation, but then clarifies, and
after 'twenty years voyaging-on ship
board has been known to be' sWeet.
The smartest Texan, and, iii•fact,
the smartest farmer, I have ever met,
is old Sim Graves, who lives on a
1;000 - acre farm west of WaNahatehie,
in Central Texas.i After Mr. Graves
had shown me his' cattle and.,cotton„
he took me Over to see Iris woods..
." Well, what of-it ?" I asked, as he
pointed out :I:ten-acre forest,. -
?' them's black
walnuts ; sir. Ten acres of !cm.
: Plant:-
ed-'etri_myself ten years ago. See,
they're nine inches through. Good
trees, eh?" And sure . enough- there
were ten acrei.*of hand-planted black
walnut trees.. They stood • about
twelve feet apart, 200 to r the acre—
in all 2,000 trees. -
" Well, how'do you get your inon
by baCk ?" I asked: .
" Black walnuts are worth S 2.50 a
bushel, ain't they? I'll get 4,00 bush
els this year. That's $l,OOO. A hun:
drqd dollars an aei is good rent-for
land worth $l5 an acre, ain't it?"
"'Well, what else ?" I inquired,
growing.inereatedi
" The trees," continued Mr: Graves,
"are growing an inch iLyear, When
they are t*enty yearsold': they will
be nineteen inches through, A black
walhut . tree.nineteen inches throthrh
is -worth! $25.. My 2,01'.)0 trees ten
years 'froth- now are worth $50,6P.
If I don't.want to cut them all I can
cut half of 'them, and then raise 'a
bushel of walnuts to the tree—that
is, get $2,500 a year foi the crop.
Two. hundred and fifty dollars an
acre is a .fair rent for sl:i land, ain't
it ?"—Chicago Tribune.. .
A SERPENT THAT BREAKS INTO PIECES
AND COMES TOGETHER AGAIN.
Along '(the Upper Prazos and in
Western Texas, whey flourish the
horneil frog, is the strangest snake
known to naturalists. He is some:
'times Called the glass•spake. He is
from two to four feet long, - 'itti a
`striped bael. He is not poihnitous
His 'Way of defending himself when
attacked by a powerful foe is 'Similar
Ito that of the 'possum or skunk, In
steadof fighting back he breaks into
kdozen , pieces, and every pieee; dis
tinct in itself, lies apparently dead
on the ground. Sometin2s the
pieces are a - root apart. `Mien the
foe disappears the - pieces dradUally
come together, unite into one snake
and crawl. nr: The naturalist will r
naturally ask - if the pieces an entire
ly separated.' I answer they
No, ,film or tendon holds thm) to
I wither., You OM ohop tin gtottud.
El
CZ=
A Walnut Story
Glass Snake.
ME
With an ax IM T :weeii the pieces. 'Mr.
H. Ed wards, whOSe post - office address
is 31ontgcinie4, Alabanja,- showed
me one of thus snakes at Iyacd.--I.e-
Still has it aliVe, aud will o.ove with
tha I'vin 7 g, snake or by answering a
letter from any naturalist the accur
acy of -this story. The "class-snake
which Mr- Edwards showed me had
lost,the tip of fits tail. V 4 l!en I ask
ed•the owner low that• happened, he
said: " The. snake went to pieces
one Play andbefoniit got together a
hungry kingsnake, which I still have,
swallOwed the tail." Mr. Edwards,
=E==Z=
glass;fnake, they are. not poisonous ;
still On kill the largest snake: in the
. hottorni.4.-- They make a spring at a
large, snake or . rabbit, instantly
around its neck and strangle it—
choke it, to death. A kingsnake five
feet, long will strangle a: dog or , a
rattlesnake. The Only snake able to
ti.eknd 'itself ngainA• the kingsnake
is ttte glass l snake. -- When the king-
snake:o - prings:at'the . glass•snake the
Mass-snake breaks into pieces- and
its foe might as. well try to strangle
a basket of clotheS-piris or
. a pailful
of • sardines —Eli Perkins.
Sorrie of the;tir . eatßridgts.
-;
Rohert Stephenson, great engineer
as he was,' reported that suspension
bridges would never - do for steam
John' A. Roebling answered with the
Niagara suspension badge, the-eheap
est structuri• and one'.6l the best ever
hilt for such a necessity.
In 'Menai strait, which divides an
island froni the .northwestern cOrner
of Wales, the tide , rises to a heiffht
of thirty feet sometimes, and general
ly 12 feet. The British Government
erected - a bridge, on the great PO
road froniTngland to Ireland over
this strait -in 1825. It is . a suspen
sion bridge - built lry , Telford on
chains, and :cost $600,000 (gold) at
the
. time. It liloo - feet above water.
Twenty years after George Stephen
son - began to:build the tubular bridge !
three miles above, spanning the same
strait. It took live years, and trains
crossed in . 1859 . It was four spahs,
the two in the puddle being 3tlo feet
wide each, and the whole bridge is
about 1,540 feet long. It is 123 feet
above. bighWater mark, - and .cO,
,$3,000;000.
Niaga.ra sospension .
Ludt . by Roebling in 1x52, cost only
$500,000, is 4 - Q0 feet long, 230 feet
above the river,.snd its towers are
'about s 4 feet hidh. The Niagara
foot bridge built in IS6 cost $175,-
000, and was said. to lid when opened,
the longest suspension -bridge in the
world, or I,::eiS feet bdtWeen towers.
The Cincinnati suspension bridge,
by Roeblin (r, stands - m2,st to - the -East
river bridge, - antis 1,057 feet bet Ween
towers and 2,252 'between the ends;
thn bridge 103 feet above low
water,,the ti',wers are 230 fCet high,
and:each is - U.114 and larger than the
-Bunker • Hill Monument,. and the
structure 'cost $1,S01),000 ; it was.
built 'by 'a company, and , .Charges
-three cents 16.11 per man. This
.hridge has begn . in most useful oper
ation since abbut 15.67 ; it was eleven
_years beta Lc s commencement and
•
•
opening. •
Iloebling,• the projector of the .
Breoklyn Image, Was the greatest
bridge bnilder in the world. • lie
'started the makino , ° of wire cordage
in America, And built suspension
bridges to carry the - . acquednets of
canals across • rivet* and engineered
the Pennsylvania railroad'across the
mountains. The Brooklyn bridge,.
between towers, is I,:i9:r feet long.
Behind the towers there arc 9,10 feet
each side,lbai!k' to the auchoragiss.
Theiwhole lcbgth of the bridge and
approaches It i!s one
of the widek! bridges - is the world,
eighty'-fir's - ffet, with promenade
thirteen feet wide, two railroad tracks
and four carriage and two horse-car
track-a: It ital43s feet din the-center,
above the water. The ruck on which
the ToiverS rest is aboutjlinety feet
below the surface of the - water on the
New York sirle,•And half that depth
oh the Brooklyn side fhP i most stu
pelidous thing about tie structure.
Each tower i.s'l3l feet brig by fifty
six wide, and at the top' these dimen
sions are redbeedto 120 feet by forty,
or the size cot' a very large house.
Each tower i 4 21;z4 feet above high
Water. It iq1,336 feet from the be
ginning' of the causeway 4n Chatham
street ant to -the anchorage on ttie
New /fork shore. .The . rehitect - of
the bridge received his death wound
at its inception.—puldwiti's Monthly.
li==E
How tO,!Catch a Polar Bear.
NIPROV-ED APPIIANCES' FOR PRUCURIYI
STEAKS IN TIIE,ARCTIC.IIEGIONS
I do so, . pity those men. oche
Rodgers,"
remarked Mrs:
ing the Islajor the honey, which tie
nlWays insisted upon hawing with his
rice cakes. •
" Yes,indeed,'i replied the' 31;jor,
who was a trifle cynical,, that morn
ing, having binned mouth with
coilee. " Ye l; indeed,; my dear, the
life of Arctic : explorers must be 11310
They are so isolated from the ivory
.Just imagine ; if .you eau; the horrot
of living for three . years out of tju
dust and wind and fog oti our glori
Otis climate ; of not ineetfiig all tliat
time the man at youiclUb'wbo thinks
the oftener a story is told the betli!r
it,is ;- of being without withotiti the consola
tion afforded you by the busted stoCk
operator.who knows you are glad ;of
an opportunity to lend him a twenty ;
of being where millinery and Japan
ese. ,decoraticin stores do net daily
entrap one's wife ; of being --=,-----"
" Why, Major, how you do talk !
I ivas only thinking of tiii. horrid .
things the Rodgers' crew 01 haevo
to do to get their bear !Steaks:"
.
• " How is that ?" asked the Ma:'or,
instantly interested other the suhj et
of steaks, which •he • holds of im ch
greater iniportanee t an the Ir sh.
land troubles. .
" What I know about it," resu ed
Mrs. Max, " I read , i a fashion a
per:and it ought to be true." .
"It certainly ough to be, 3 rs.
:31ax, if only on acco nt of its Id
----
'71.--
•
siTe."
" the nitiele
lira. VAX, pretending.
ro, ~„.....)..,..., .
iA,
. .
Major's slur on herfavorite reading,
" - that Arctic 'explorers, when :they
want to kill a polar bear, plant a big
knife in the ice with . the . blade . siick e '-
ing up.. They daub the blade with .
blood, and the bear comes along and.
licks it and cuta his tongue. It is so
cold that. he dOWt the cut, but,
tasting his own blootl;• continues to
lick the knife until . his tongue is all
frayed, and he - bleeds to death. IsT . ,)'t
it dreadful ?". •
"Quiet:your fears, .my dear," said
the Major, When his wife had finish
ed. " That is the way they killed
the when- that story Was first
publiShed, but in • the last twenty
years an improvementhas been made,
'which I will tell you about, if you
will kindly give me just- a drop more
of coffee, with cold milk, this time.
The way the thing is done•now is.as
follows: When Capt Berry, of the
Rodgers, wants a polar bear for din
ner, he gives'a midshipman alcopper
bed spring•and a chunk of salt pork.
The midshipman compreSses the
spring perfectly flat, wraps. the pork .
'around it tight, and holds it so until
•it freezes- solid. Then- the frozen
pork, stuffed-with the bed spring, is
throWn out to the nearest ice-berg,
where it is promptly s'walloweri by a
)olar bear. When the heat of the
bear's stoma' thaws out the pork it
releaseS the spring, Which flies out;
and •the bear soon dies from- a pain
iu hisiside." •
•
"111ajor," said' Mrs.___Max,z l-- with
much warmth, don't believe that
story is true."
" N . ° my dear, and 'you. Won't un
til; in-a few years, you see it- in some
fashion paper, and .then you will
swear by it."—San Fri izrisco Chrod
bile: .
On the way to.T9pre Haute, a' tray
eler,Ti'hiY4.4ir anal appearance of
a man whelineW it all, rpproached
the 44 passenger and
. said, in the
shocked tones of a man of line feel-
EZI
" NAT:isn't it dread ltd ?"
" I shtiuld say it Was," the fat pas
senger replied.
" Did you • hear about — it the
traveler continued, more impressive
than ever. - -
" I saw. it," the fat passenger re
plied, even more impressive. - • .
There was an awkward silence of
several minutes bet ween thetn;and
the-•traveler went ,back to his seat
with a - dicourage:lexpression. Pres
ently he came forward and approach
ed the tall, thin passenger.
" Sir," he . - said, did you :know
hey wire taking up a collection fur
pis family
" I should pause to hesitate," said
he tall, Ohl - passenger. •" I headed
e list with a ten dollar note my
,'
se,
The smart "traveler's countenance
dropped—but he spoke still hoPe
fully :
" Ah, you heard of the sail circum
stance, then:"
• "'Heard of it," exclaimed the tall,
thin passenger. "1 WaS'irxed„up in
it all the Way through."
The smart passcUliger sighed and
once more reSumed his scat.' His
face brightened up after awhile, ainl
he calp -to the front once' -more, lay
incrins hand softly on the aril) of the
sad passenger.
" Sir," he said. r .t 4 .. did you know-the
train , run. over a man at the last
station'!" •
•
a lie is_ my only brother," said the
sad passenger, in a hushed murmur.
And 'then. he btrlit - ifis head forward
and covered his face with his hands.
The smart traveler, looked really
distressed_ But he rallied bye and
bye, and, in a last determined effort,
he approached the man oil the wood,
box. _Assuming, in expression of the
most intense horror be said :
" Pitiful heaven's,'.: I am - faint with
fear - and horror yeti' Did you know
the train struck a man on that bridge
and tore him to pieces -
The man on the wooden box leaned
forward, shaded his .mouth - with his
hand, and said, in a thrilling whisper
that went hissing down the car '
"Sh I Don't give it away, but
the man !" .
It seemed to be about time to close
the lodge-.—Ha icteyc.
TlErrEn face a danger &ince than be al
ways in fear. . '
LET not the stream of your life alwayi;
be a:murmuring stream.
AN honest man is,able to speak for
hilly3if, when a knave is not. .
1 011.1:0 \c ,\x: money is a bad habit ; an l
burrowing trouble is no better. •
• SIN Ims a great many tools ; but 0. - lie
is the Inimile which li,s them all..
Tin; heart that is soonest awake to the
thiwerirtS always first to be touched by
thorns..
IV continued
to igovro tit°
Don't Give It Away.
Thoughtful Thoughts.
ENVY shooteth at others and woundeth
erseif.
41‘o foresees: calamities • suffers
fern t•wiee over. •
_ Pr is one thing to bLI tempted, another
lung to fall.
A FOOL always find:4;On° still more fool
-4,11 to aihuiie him. •
POLITENESS 18 the just !indium be
wean form'and rudeness.
A sTnAtOtrr line is shortest irrmor
lsas.wpll as geometry. I
WuosoEvEn is out of patience is out of
se&sion of his soul.
,
Tyr. more lionesty a man has, the less
he affects 111 • air of a saint.
SuccE t , is full of promise till mew get
it ; and thEM it is alast year's• bust from
sNhieli the birqrlai down;
EDUCATE the whole man—the head:
the heart, the body the • head to thinlic
the freart to feel,-the body to act.
IF we did but know-how Mae so:ne en
joy the great things they posses:4, there
would not be so mueb envy hi the world.
A SIN without its punishment i as im
possible, as complete a contradiction in
terms, as a cause withoutan elect.
7
IV the oke and the bUrdeu ale easy
anitlight,.how :strong and beautiful Lutist,
be the sceptre and the crown and the
throne. _ ,
Tiff; greateSt evils in life have had their
rise from something which was • tho'nght
of too little importance to be attenddd to.
IT iS easy enough to make sacritiCes for
tliok iwe love, but fiair our enemy we have
to stritggle and overcome self. Such a
victory is noble.
THOSE who; without.knOwiug its, think
Or speak-evil oflus, dohs no harm ; it is
not . ns they ~ . tttick, but the phantom or
tlAvir 910 itorkeginat top,
1 81.00 per Annum, In Advance.
A FREE SEAT
Ile was old and poor, and a stranger .
• In the great metropolis,
As he bent hit; step thitherward
To a stately edifice.
Otitsider.he inquires. "What church is this?"
"Church of Christ," ho hears them say;
" Ah : Just the place I am looking tor.; •
I trust he is here tcHlay.". •
Ile passed through the hpaclouscolumned, floor
And up the carpeted aisle„
And 33 he passed, on many a lace •
Ile saw surprise and smite.
Fr•mi- pew to Ite VI, up_one entire Atli:, •
'Chen across the liroad front-spac•e": '
From pew to pew down tpc ottier side
Ile Walked with the gape
Not a frendly voice had,bbt Min sit
Ikt..tr to giyl,l truth:
Not aalgu of gofer rat had been pail
^'l'o the aged one by ynuth. .
No door wa f , optle:d hp g.•uerou; hand,
Tin' pewa were paid for—rented,
And as he wai a clra•!ger. and 'poor
No: a heart to hita
Asia , pawr•-:: ww•owla outslie to think,
Intothe str,,tt,
Up to hl:4 shoiikler lifted a t•t-ctlt
That lay In drat at his f••et.
Aild lioro LI up the broad, g an 4 liAt;
front of the ranks 41f i•cw,
(.housing a php7e to see awl hear.
e wade a seat for hls we.
Calta;;;ltting nipon tho hu;:e=tolLo,
Folding bLs bawds on his knoos,
:Slowly reviewing tl.•e vtorshlppen , ,
A ere conTublon . he -
Many a cheek In crttnrnt-ct ulth - thanw,
home whlss,2r tt.get her
And wish tlfi.y had been more t nurtcou,
To the stranger, old and pr r olir,
As If I,y magic scat.) fifty ,Mors
Open Justantano,tvily,
A rida:s .tittny seat,, and book t :, and hand,
Arc prolftred .
Changing hi , forfora 6 . 111,!,r1,4
a fear away, -
I!" thinks, It was a ini , Take,
And :hit Chrbt camu
The pn-aehers discourhe ira3..eloquent
The mgau to tines - e V -me, •
Ilut the turWt inipresstre sermon heard' .
Wa; preached by au huml,le. -
'Twas a le~>r n of lov.liness and NC or 11)
That lodged lu many a heart,
Aft.l the I . linrail prvl-erves that sacred -torte
Thut the truth may Lot cli•art.
MARTHA, PHILLIPS.
was dead. An old - woman
with silvery hair, brushed smoothly
away 'from her wrinkled forehead',
and snowy eap tied. under her chin ;
ai sad, quiet -.face : a pAtient ruouth;
with lines that told of sorrow borne
with f:!ent1«: - firinnes:-.awl two with-
ered.:tired hands crossed. T hal was
IaII
ICho,loukirg at tLc sleeping form,
would *think or love—and romance, of
a heart Only jil'g't,.healed of a wound
received long year s ago.
Fifty years. she had lived under
that roof. a f'arnie:•'s wife. P: you
look on ti.!LL Hatt: on her cotiin-lid
3'ou d lt,iiere. and.
. . .
s h e 1.1 i: - o ffiy .211 v.hen.John Phillips
brought. her 11 ,- :inc b.rkie.
half ccnlury she had • kept .her
careful. watch
. ovcr her .dairy and
lai - fh:r. Lai Infu . ie :utter and cheese
and • II IClkel I :After the - innumerable
duties that fail to the shart, of a
fariner'z; wife. Anil John had never
:;one with buttonkss . shirts and tin
:
darned socks, had nut come home'to
an untidy house and scolding -
- Rut underneath ikr quiet exterior
then: was a story that John-- never
aroamed-of. ' She dill not marry for
love: When she rtes 19, a rosy, hap
py girl, a stranger came on . ii visit to
. _
their village, land ,that, .summer was
the brightest she ever. knew. Paul
Gardner was the stranger's name ; he
was an artist and fell in love with
the'simple - yillage girl, and- wen her
heart; and when he 'went . away in
the autumn they were lietr6thed.
I came again in the spring,' he
aid. •' Trust me and wait for me,
Mattie . dear.' - • f _
She prOMii•ed to love and wait for
hini till the - end or "time, it need be,
:aid with a kiss on her nntvering lips
lie went away. .
Spring time came, and true to his
word Paul returned; he stayed only
a dad• or two this tine..
I am going away in a few weeks
to Italy to study,' he said.
They renewed their voivs'and part
ed with tears and tender, loving
words ; he put 'a tiny ring upon her
tin7er, 'and (.tit, a little curly tress
from her brown hair ; - and telling h'er . ,
always ti, be true, he went away.
The months went by. and 'Hattie
vas trying to make the time seem.
short:by studying to imProve herself
go that she might be worthy of her
lover when he should , cot 'hack to
make her his wife
- One day she ffh.nced metal news
paper, her eyes we-e attracted by his
name, and with white lips anti tlilat
ed eyes: she read of his marriage to
another.
• - Mnrried ! Taken another bride
instead of, cOtiaing back to. marry me!
Oh, Paul! Paul ! I loved and trust
ed you for this
- She covered. • her face with her
hands - and Nvept bitterly. 'Ali hour
afterward, as she -. sat there in the
twilight, tiiie hear& a -step on
gravel walk, and looking up saW
-lohn-PhilliPs' coming up the steps',
lie had been to sec her often before,-
but had
.never yet ' spoken or love,
and had received, no encouragement
to do so. 'He Was a 'hard workinr ,
:fartner. with no roinanco al,)out him,
but . matter-of-fact to the e§r'e.°. His
wife would get iew caresses br tender
words'.. lie would be kind enough
give her.plenty to cat and wear.
• NoW be scented to have 'come' for
the express purpose of asking her to
be*his wife 4.lnr he took a ehair.k 7
side her. and after the ustuil'grecting
reserving scarcely a inoment to take
a breath in, be fan in his business-tike
was-. There was no confession of
line, no pleading, no Land-elaspi i ng,.
no tender glances he simply wanted
her ;
would she be his wife ?
ller lips Moved to-tell hhu she'did
not love him ; - but, as she let fall. her
eyes from the ;ct imson-hearted rose
that sw - tmg frotn. the-. Vine over the
window, she caught sight of anise
lines again
-' Married,' she said to herself
''What can I.do ? He doesq't ask,
me to love him. If I marry him
can be a true wife to him, and :no
body will know that Paul has jilted
The decision was made. Her
cheeks WtTCllo3hy ;Ado alw Waked
up into his'eyes and answered-quiet
-I:Y9 Yes, will be your wife.' . -
Her parents were well pleaSed that,
she was _chosen by. so well-to:dO a
young man ; so it was settled ' and
they were married tire same summer.
Peciple thought that she sobered -
down wonderfully more than that
nothing .was said that, would lead
anyone to suppose that any change •
had taken place.
Yes, she had sobered down.- 'Stie
dared not think of Paul. There was
no hope ahead:: . Life was a time to
be filled with •something so that aline
might not think -- 4if'herself., John
was always kind, but she got so •
weary i:Of his talk of stocks and crops,
And said to herself, ' I n3ust work
harder; plan -and fuss and bustle
about as women do,'so that I may
forget vral---gekrilike John.' • -
Two years went by. baby in
the Cradle, and Martha —.nolxxl,v
called her Mattie but Paul,—sat.
rocking with her foot :is she knitted
a blue wooleniStocking for her baby's
father. There was a kno - ek fat the
half-o en door.
NUMBER 9
. ' Will -you he kind 'enough. to di
rect me the ioea,rest'way to .the vil
lage?' said a voice, and a .btraiwer
0
. _
stepped in. - _
4 Patti !'
Mattie s !'
Ilis face lighted up, and he rt:ached
- out his arras'.: With a surprised,
painful look she drew back. •
Mr. Gardner, this is most: un-, -
expected - meeting,:
Gardne
r . . he repeated ;
Mattie, - what do you Incan ?'
Don't call me Muffle. if .you
please,', she leptied With dignity.
My name is . .
• Phillip.:' he echoed. Are • you
nut rricA ?"
:- .1 Ti ,y
"nese ale strange words from
you. Paul Gardner ; did you think I
was waiting all. this time for another.
woman's 'husband ?—that I i wa s keep
' my . faitlt. with. one w 11( ' • 1 hty - ed
false . so sdou:'
Played you:false! • I am once as
I promised you. The two years are
but, just passed, and lam 'here to'
claim you... Why do you greet we
thus r Are: you, indeed, married,
Mattie - Gray ?'
She was trembiincr like _an aspen .
leaf. For an an , ,wer she pointed to
the cradle. lie came and stood be
fore her with white fa:.:e and folded
arm:. -
'l' e 1 I me why you did this ! Didn't
you love mile 'Well enough to rfait fot:
me ?' •
She went-and unlocked a drawer
and took -out a newspaper: Unfold
inf.; -it and finding . the place she
pointed to it with her finger, and he
read-the marria<'e notice:
' Whatrof this ?• he asked, as he
net her' r( prchful look: _ ' Oh,
Mattic ! you then ht it meant me.
It i= my cousin. i 'am not married.
nor in love wits-an} one'but you,7
.i 1 re you tellin , the' truth?' he:
asked, in an eat.m . and husky wl:is
And then: a - f he replied,
trite.' ',he hmgrban and ?:.,aritt'
(12wn -into :I phair.
Oh. Paul, cgrui‘•L-'-n - ,e I_ I 111411i't
know y4,it h f el a (pt:- -, in tile same.
name. I ought 11;0, _to La:, (loubtud
tla•re in - black
white—anti—thisman, my 11n -bawl,
ca l n;e. anti I tnarritil
ith liittvr tears silk• tol‘t hi al how
liallpun , 4t.l. Wit': elenelieti hand.
lie to ninl fro, then steliped
tla. I •ni( - 41(.: am ' : bent over the'.
Thcn he turficil and. I:m:cling . be-
Corr :;..11 in a lo;. - voice
I forgive you. \I attic ; lie a - , hap
py a:, Vu:-can.' Ile •tot-r: both itvl
hamls in his :;nil loc,1:1
lovin , ly- into I,:er. IF- lips
I haYe :no
herel—..iitt are folothe'r
wife., iniorl bye. lii t si; you
An:l v..e:it down on. her knee.:
bes . ale her sl . cepin7 baliy and prnyol
for ,trenoth. I Ilev never OEC
,
ttliotuk-v Gall
OW. Her stalwart,
sons aril .I.ri , lit-evid thuurbters re
membered her as . a loyit., 51evtited
m othor, her grav-haired husband as
a Idot faithful wite.
Never Was :c woman more.patient,
and kind, and as tl a housewife
as C-ver was,' he a , ' In brushed.
tie Bark of his tlld brown hand aeres , 4
his eyes while looking down on the
peaceful face.
anti rot on.: 4)f tht in ever knew of
the Weary heart
s and broken hope
that had died in her breast, nor even
dreamed of the sad 16 ail she had
bQrne throw
,4111 e.
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Fun, Fact ancLFar.etiat.
WONE AN vc-ntes-I'ostscripts.
Peruvian -bark is not any svor:o
tlkaait•4_bite
ALw.v.vs willing to give his note—the
11112si:-. teaclir
So2“ - ; of the pitstk..7t•tam.PL
gum with nte.•'
1111•0, - 101ef...i0 , s IwilloweV inouitt for
Ilk Wirt!? I'or a ,econil.
luti4o nuin's chap.:loor by the
tonbreli3 II& oari-;es. It may not be his.
A YorN.:_la,ly at-a hall called her berm
an Indi Pl. beral&.. he was on hCr-trail all
(11.1$ lrotber If tilatard mast have bect
frole :-o room iu
‘me sip)
IV 01)1,1 ti I.txtt:rtes httOltlrcss;
t Itrt. t0.1:3‘ t.
the • -
GATE p,,,ts 4100.1 "out tit nay. A
great deal ma's' Viii j upon tLetthas your
girls grow ltp. • • z
. c - ftn!, - ou never expect a tisherniai ,
to, be'.f , encrous Because , his business
Make:. him -
fi‘ nr, boy ii , ketl; the iither
if I eat date; enough will
.1 gr 2 , 4,foiritil•Li au alnianac?" - .
. .
. .......
• 71.• this 111.` IlInn:e?' asked a
I.f-:ueitet: of a lloslen:an: —Yes, till you
get t." the 1.1,4 : then its eaves. — •
• tOW ; • 1- "IfN \ it
you tiiul your •14} the
apple pe.. ••ilow's that:
Phila , bllll:;a Pot. do :
tilantl for two inchesthick is ,now
vcr : r Li•y - are , be steal into
button is for st bot y
•:• - T W11:111.0eVerttIonlellt yen catch ymir
,elf tr j !ii:t . to petsliade
are paitieulatly !bumble, be iessui etl ! that
then von are farthest fr(ini humility.
I: !'so: draws ei , .exihi than
itny other - leeturer;, and the Louisville
i.6-31 , - ! he will bob up Fe
renely with the largest, crowd hereitftel..
theatrical eti - mpany 'cra , t
at the d;nnerlable. A .waiter uiproaeh=
eti one of the incrut , ens and said; •• ti 1111 r
•• \o. sir,'' replica the guest, -•• I ani cue .
of theatn,icians."
— ,Vor are weak," said a woreita
son, r.hi) ‘`V:IS I 011. , 11 , 1 1:;::thl , t, 'her .
inarrin ; 4 a . tgain. "Yes. mother, am.",
he retilierl Farn_sp tir.o 1 can't
steii-fartlier;%,
•
WiIAT lady
iLls:l 4 .ltalf-antt.ble
tone. it
hn't bers.." ""Cis false errtit the
simicletly lacing the rude fellows.
lrcctr is boar wire, Mr. ! . ..ty-4
Sniith,•l)o4ltillg tit where lit wife
the . next room at work, on .his t at
—She's . .10ne , .. 'Chi, I
ket i rite I. , 3rnencltrgi oars ittrosl:"
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