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RIDGWAYv ELK COUNTY PA., THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1882
"K0.14.
Distance Lends rnoliantniont.
The Mils' we ecc on tlio ocean,
Areas white aa white can be,
But uevor one In the liurbor
As white as the tails at sea.
And the olonda that crown the mountain
With purple and gold dolight,
Turn to coiu gray mist and vapor
Ere we roach its height.
Stately and fair the vessel
That copies not near onr beach ;
Stately and grand the mountain
Whose height we may never reach.
Oh, Distance, thou.dear enchantress,
Still hold in thy magio veil
The glory of far-off mountains,
The gleam of the far-off sail.
THE "YELLOW ROSE.
Adele Haskell formed ona of a group
of girls who were spending their sum
mer at the seaside, in- a romantic little
port, made thoroughly delightful by
the coDibinafion of woodland and wild
coas. Inland -driven and shaded ram
bles were iw accessible at choice as surf
bathing or-the long strolls on the fine
white beach, forever washed by the ex
hilarating waves.
Adele was at this plaee under the care
of her aunt,' and with her, under her
own care, a younger sister just nearing
the fourteenth birthday, and ceasing to
be the torment and delight of imme
diate relatives as l'enfante terrible, only
to occupy the Fame distinctions of con
cern as "a bright little piece." Giorgio
Haskell was an Irrepressible, iuih
chiovous, wonderfully observant and
wide-awake creature ; and li'T calm and
beautiful .elder, . Adele, whom shf
devoutly admired and loved, had never
theless no light task in taking care of
her.
vitHHgio TOs-uiwu iu aingrace, and
sometimes in punishment, and her
only roiief at such moments was to
write long li tters of complaint to he
absent mothpr. In one of these letters,
Whoso exaggerated tales of woo ennlrl
only interest the maternal heart, there
nappenect to be, one day m lute July, a
-lit oi description incidentally giver
r mas tnrows upon the seaside life at
the romantio port a significant clnno!
of comprehension, and shows how thf
perfect happiness of the place was
utterly marred by one slight want, not
taken into consideration by the mamma-
ana aunts in their choice of a summei
seaside.
"And reallv," wrote Georgie, "1
never knew that mn and boys could bt
of fo mnch'importance. Even bad b'ovf-
woiiM lie wel!ome here; and as for San
an l Hfiiry they would be petted tr
oatu by tie nils. The night of thh
ball thv hud to send twelve miles foi
int a fHwr'iind such a set. 1 But M
m lev sa"i un, an-unniv ftn ij,i
Olivia H has pprff-ctly beautiful
dresses all fmm Paris and not a soul
to dress for;for she says she won t dress-
for ciris.
"List night there was a great excite
merit. Miss Itilpy Said 6he heard that
fivo young men had engaged rooms for
August in tins hotel, and tliat rooms
(on the second floor) were being fixed
for them. Yon ougut to have seen
them. You ouht to have seen Olivia
They won't come tnight, will they ?'
Bhesnid; for she had nothing on but
tier plain black silk and a turned down
collar. lint to-day alio s dressed splen
didly plnm-color and salmon. I wish
you could See her gown; it's lovely.
Thoy are coming in the stage to-night,
and l do hope we will have some fun.
and I want you, dear mamma, to write
especially to Adeie because she is aw
fully stupid about some things that if
there are picnic? I am to go, and to tea
parties, for I'm fourteen," eto.
The fivo vnnnct men came, others
were soon added to the number, ana
mere war. no more dullness that season,
Drives, picnics', sails, rambles, everv
thing that could bo devised for lending
wi'igs to the summer hours, found plen-
mui energy to prevent dreams from
losing the V name of action." All
went merrily to mid-August,
In mid-Angii'it a keen observer might
nave noticed m tne little community
outwaruiy an gayety ana suave amity
certain ominous signs threatening tho
general peace in tne lormation of
cliques. In; these cliques there were
whisperings and mystery, as if in dis-
Buecuon or oisapprovai oi eacn other,
Aueie riasKtu wim ner natural reserve
iiuiumg uurt-eu auri irom personal con- I
naences, ana saving in the seaside
uuujo nu muuiuMj menu, was not quiCK
to perceive tins cnange in tne daily life
of her companions. All the more when
the . hange suddenly became palpable
did she feel hdrself alone and harshly
uuuu uut jiuiu mo Bviupuiruies oi iiiOBe
who at first had seemed anxious to
establish with her the most confiding
irienasnip. a ortunately the rapid sno-
oession of diversions gave her little
time to brood over the cause of this
coldness, which was confined to the
gals, tne yonng men bavmsr with ad.
xnirable tact equalized their attentions.
so that no one could feel the weight of
masculine neglect, least of all the beau
tifnl Adele,
One of these considerate youths was,
however, unconsciously the source of
disanection,-''and tha, no other than
Harvey Ellsworth, the favorite of the
whole house, the manly beau-ideal of
the younger girls, end the distinguished
master of ceremonies in everv plan da,
vised by the aiders, both of whom sub
mitted to his judgment and direction.
" Is it not . really ridiculous," said
Olivia H -Jto her half-dozen bosom
friends, in that confidential hour when
the gentlemen were not present, "the
manner of. Adele to Mr. Ellsworth?
She is so conscious, so affectedly shy
for there is not any real shyness
about her. 1 believe she is actually in
love with him. And it is so absurd,
for any one can see that he never gives
her thought, I have watched him
quite closely.; and although he is polite,
as he has to be, of course, he never
cares to talk to her or to dance with
her. He never gives her an admiring
glance. And the other night about the
muwo, ue was inmost niae r.o her; that
is, rude for--him. Well, I never liked
Adele particular!;! never oould see
the bsauty people talk about. And now
I like her less than ever, and I shonld
think that Harvey Ellsworth would be
positively disgusted."
"I have no donbt that he is dis
ciutod," said Matilda Ownes. "O
oourse he wouldn t like to show It,
And Adele acts as mnoh as to say, in her
quiet way, 'He is secretly In love with
me.' Oh. I shonld lust like to see her
vanity dampened a little. Girls, let us
nave some mn; let us bring Adele Has
Ken out."
" How do you mean 'bring her ont?'"
" Why. let us make some plan to set
her face to face with her folly, and give
per remarkable serene dignity a good
lesson.
" What plan can wo make ?"
They were not lonsr in finding one:
for, given the mischievous intent, and
there is always a scheme ready at hand
iu Rive tne miscniei expression.
The plan was a bold one. and snvnml
days elapsed before it was thoroughly
compietea ana reaay lor execution. It
might have perished carelessly as it be
gan but for one or two aggravating cir
cumstances which in the mean time
made Adele appear to be more than
ever appropriating the desirable Mr.
fcalsworth.
Dunug these days the susceptible
little Georgia found herse f very kindly
noticed by Oliviaand Olivia's particular
friends. At last one morning Matilda
Ownes said to her :
"Georgie, do you want to have some
fun, and help us with a plan of onrs
that will bean excellent joke ?"
Georgie declared that she was ready
fur anything; she loved fun and she
lovrd jokes.
Having been bound to secrecy, she
was directed to write at dictation a let
ter Mafilda would compose, and to use
m writing ner extraordinary skill in im
itation. They produced the hand-
wri.ing she was to copy, in slips from a
cume of "Consequences," containing
" h.ilu uuo evening oy ivir.
ij us worm.
"Whom is the letter to?" asked
ueorgie.
"That," said Matilda, "you are not
to know. Then if auy questions are
i-tKeu wnen me joke comes off you can
rtr. 1..1. U. 1 : . .?
ii uij wttb yvu are ignorant.
Lroorie looked thoughtful at this,
iua nesitated. "1 think ; ought to
kiiow wnom 1 am writing to," she said.
I'h a girls overruled her objection.
' You will know as soon as it is best."
f.. ey said. "And you can trust us that
ic is written to the right person."
H- ' Matilda dictated:
"l orgive me if I address you too
man it ana too ooiaiy. ion are in all
my tnoiiRhts everv moment, and T fool
hat I cannot resist the opportunity that
uiiv never occur aaam. May I see von
iow momenrs aione t If you will
rant me this request and l beet von
is you value the true devotion of mv
u4f,nv in juui- uuir a yeiiow rose.
xms letter naa ceen caretuiiy com
posed, and it was dictated by Matilda
from a manuscript approved by all the
girls concerned in this practical joke.
" Now sign it," said Olivia.
now shall I sign it ?" asked the
child, who had succeeded bv shnrn
cnuiny oi me model m mak nsr the
i ... ,.. v sr
rjinug nuiiu uuuructerisiio.
"Why, 'Haivey Ellsworth,' of
course, lis a pity we could not erot his
signature lor vou to copy exactly, but
you mut make it from the letters you
uave. xnere is a capital 11 to begin
wim.
" Oh, Matilda," said Georgie. "I conld
not sign a man's name. That would be
wrong, I am sure. No one has a riirht
to sign another man's name. Why, that
wonia beiorgery." Hue was auite de.
cided.
" Well, it must be signed," said Oliv
ia, "or it will not bo of any use. Of
course no ono would vcu a roue for nu
anonymous lover, uome; don't bo ob
Btinnto, Ureorgie; wo shall lose
whole joke."
"I Will tell VOU What sho can An "
emu iuaiuua, wno nan some faint mis
:.l if. i'i i , . - .
giving oi conscience herself on this
point; sne can sign it in initials H E.'
That might be anybody; at least it
mignt ue any ue. Uome, child, don't
hagule; tho whole affair is nothi
uiii oi iuu. ue i nei mw.ivs i.nm
after a good joke, you know, Georgie."
bo ueorgie, Having found in the
scraps of "Consequences" tho proper
capitals, signed 'H. E." with a modest
nourisu, and tne note, after due inspec
uon and admiration, was signed and
oeaiea.
"Now please let me direct it," said
ueorgie. "i 11 promise not to tell."
" Uh, we have a plan about the di-
rection," Oiivia said. " Now you have
done your part nobly, and if there is
ever anything we can do for your pleas-
uio, ue sore to let us Know."
" I should like to see theinn." sail
Georgie. " And you need not tell me to Georgia's will. And Georgie having
who His, for I know it is Miss Kiley. seen her sister quite in a restful atti
And it's almost too bad. only I suppose tude. and havinir made her snlnmniv
. ...I Au : i in- . I
b icui um inuiu a rcamirungoiamaia,
I mean doesn't mind whom she wears
yellow roses for. Sho will just be won
dering why he doesn't come up and ask
utr to take a drive or walk around the
piazza by moonlight."
success smiled noon the eomni nt.inn
me practical joke. When the 11 a. I
m. man nad arrived, and the cnstrimnrir
application for letters was made at the
hotel flftino. Mr. T.11
there, looking over his own budget, as
fortune would have it, quite alone.
xueu uima came sauntering gracefully
.-B .uu nuu uumiug near
uiui pauneu.
"Oh, Mr. Ellsworth," said she. "can
yon reach that pen on the desk, and
will you just direct this little note 1 It
is only a line to Adele; I must send it
to her room. Just Miss Adele Has
kell,' please." And she turned to order
a bell-boy lor the errand.
The ink of its address was hardlv drv
when Adele reoeived the note. There
was a wtiuu tuuii UBY at seven-miles
Falls, a drive home by early moonlight
wiu uigu ie ut a. iiumeuiateiy oeiore I
tea the toilet were made for the even
ing, and a by-plot was contrived by
which Georgie Haskell was detained
from being present at the critical mo-
ment of the joke's denoument. When
tea was nearly over she took her place
at table, and glanced at Miss Riley;
there was the yellow rose in her hair I
Mr. luisworth, perfectly unoon
scions, was seated nearly opposite her,
xnen ueorgie looked oautiouslv
Olivia; there was a yellow rose in her
fair. All the girls, even Adie, mid
yellow roses in their hair. Mr. Ells
worth had a yellow rose in his button
hole. Other gentlemen had similar
bontonnieres.
Georgia was slightly bewildered: but
her keen appetite for supper after all
her open-air exercise assuaged her curi
osity, and she contented herself
to
await the explanation of this complica
tion of yellow roses until after she
shonld have devoured her oysters and
salad.
mm w
The affair had taken place simply,
bus satisfactorily. The girls specially
interested had hastened to their tea,
Adele came rather late. She wore an
ivory-colored gown, with gold c
ments; she looked very beautiful. In
her dark hair, half bidden by tba honvj
oraid, was a yellow rose-bud. She
took her place not far from Olivia. On
the table opposite Olivia was a basin
of yellow roses. The young lady drew
it toward her, after Adele entered, and
said, in a nonchalant but distinctly au
dible voioe, "Yellow roses seem to be
the fashion to-night." With these
word8 Bhetook one from the vase, and
stuck it jauntily in the braid of her
nair. lue girls near her did the same,
Then Olivia ordered the basin to be
passed around the table, so that all
present might seleot a flower.
At the instant that the sentence had
passed Olivia's lips Adele flushed
quickly. She did not raise her eyes
immediately; but when she did she
looked fully into Olivia s faca. then at
iiatiida, whose half-suppressed lausrl:
had reached her. Then she dropped
her eyes again without allowing them
to transmit any expression of surprise.
or anger, or suspicion. But the quick
flush faded into a nainfnl nallnr Mla
looked lor a few moments as if she were
tainting; but no, her spirit rallied. She
went on wnn ner tea. sue even, as the
waiter, not noticing the bud in her hair.
held the basin to her, took from it a
roao, and placed it in her bodice. 81m
lett the table when several others left
it, so as not to attract observation, and
went to ner own room.
The plot had succeeded. She lmd
been set face to face with her own follv
When Goorgie rushed to Matilda to
near " how the loke went off." all Ma
tilda said was, "Hush, don't you see
her?" and glanced toward Misa Kiley.
uui wnen ueorgie a few minutes later
went to find her sister, whom she
missed from the parlor, she had difil
cuity in bringing any answer to the
locked door of the room which the
sisters shared together. When Adele.
after delay, opened it, there was no con
cealing the fact that her eyes wero red
with weeping. She had evidently
been shaken with some tempest of omn-
"Oh, Addie I" cried the child, what
is the matter? What has happened?
sae caugnt signt of two yellow roses
a bud and a flower tossed on the floor.
"Oh. mv dtirlincr Aririinl mv VioanHfnl
splendid, noble sister I what have thoy
done to you? Oh, I'll kill them every
one; indeed I will," cried Georgie, for
. ' y o J
the whole truth flashed on her instantlv.
Adele was the victim of the plot. " And
l ii Kin myself too," cried Ueoraio.
It was now Adele's turn for exclama.
tion. " Be still, be still my child; don't
iaiK so wildly, morning has happened:
no one has done anything to mo. I was
tired, and I cried. I felt tired, thata
all. un, l feel so tired of all tho wovbl
to-night !" And here Adele. soeinar that
Goorgie was quite hushed, flung herself
info an arm-chair, and buryinir her face
in ner nands, went on weeping.
Georgie stood pefoctly still, as if pet
rified petrified as to motion, but not
petrified as to expressioi. Across her
mobile child face passed a conflict of
feeling sorrow, indignation, nitv. and
at last resolve. From this last senti
ment, resolve, her manner changed en
tirely; (something of a womanly air
took possession of her childishness. She
came to Adele like a little mother.
L-ome, my dearest, vou are tired
out, and I must see you lying down to
rest before I go downstairs. We
children" here the small head gave its
habitual scornful toss "are to dance
first; but you must be doTnstairs at
10. I know you will be rested bv that
time, and I want you particularly, for
my sake, to come down."
All the while she talked she was ca
ressing Adele, and between the caresses
she unfastened her ornaments and nn
laced her gown. She brought the robe
de chambre. :For you are to be down
at 10, so you cannot undress entirely,
darling. But just lie down on the silk
coverlet," which coverlet she proceeded
to Unfold and to snrfiml nn tlio lid
Adele ceased crvinc sh
promise not to Bnea anotner tear, and
: , . i i . i
not to think of anything that troubled
her, turned the lamp-light low, and
went downstairs. She danced "the Lan
ders for which she was engaged, and
then went out alone into the cool, sweet
merbt air of the moon- lit tu"b7 Thin
piazza was one of the pleasure haunts
of the midsummer nichtn it, marta
W"h some detours under pavilions of
circuit of the hotel,
Georgie walked slowlv alon the
piazza past two or three groups of girls,
unm one came to tne angle mac turned
upon that portion of the portico which
the gentlemen used after dinner and
after tea for smoking. There were a
few young men there with their cirrs.
Among them was Mr. Ellsworth. To
him the child went boldly.
"Mr. Ellsworth, please could you
come with me a minute to the Blue Pa-
vilion ?'
He nonld not refuse; indeed, he flung
away nis Clear witn an nniitAnnaa nn,i
put the little hand gallantly upon his
arm.
She said not a word till thev raanfcAd
the pavilion. Then she withdrew hr
arm from his suddenly, and turning to-
waru mm wita a laoe glowing intensely
with the absorbing thoncht her heart
held, took both of his hands in hers.
M Dear Mr. Ellsworth, a terrible
trouble baa happened."
"Not to Adele?"
" Yes, to Adog. ' And 1 have been in
it. Oh, I'm a dreadful, dreadful, dread
ful girl I Will you help me, dear Mr.
Ellsworth ?"
" To mv utmost," said Harvey Ells
worth, with every appearanoe of sin
cerity, and even anxiety.
"I must tell you everything first,"
said the child; "and I don't know how
to, bnt I must. Well, the girls wanted
to play a joke on Adele on Adele, just
think of it I And so they wrote her a
note, and pretended that you wrote it,
bnt in reality I did it, for I copy hand
writing. But oh, I never, never will
copy anything again, for I believe it is
breaking the Second Commandment it
is making a graven likeness. Ob, isn't
it, Mr. Ellsworth?"
"Go on, my child," said that gentle
man, with impatience undisguised.
" And we sent the note, saving that
you adored her, and wanted to see her
all alone; and if she would let you,
she must come down to tea to-night
wearing a yeiiow rose.
" And did she wear it V
And here Georgie, petrified again
petnned mis time in motion, speech,
expression, xnere was something so
intense in the way in which Harvey
iiiiisworcn askea mis question, some
thing so like an electrical shock thrill
ing Georgie in every nerve upon which
pis vojee ten. aoit as mat voice was,
it rang like a vionn string mat gives
me note and breaks giving it; and
his eyes shone lite points of fire at
least she thought they did.
" Did she wear li ? "
un. ueorgie, ytu win never be a
child again after to-night. The terror.
the responsibility, the mingled insight
ana apprenension of mis concentration
of experience, fortid you ever to re
turn to the reckless innocence of fate.
She paused one moment longer. She
dropped his hands, and covering her
eyes stood helplessly before him.
Was it, then, to be either betrayal or
desertion of Adele ? One of these two
miseries.
It is a secret." half sobbed the
child. "A good man like you would
never toll it. Yes, Mr. Ellsworth, she
wore it. And now" she changed the
aititnde to one confiding and imploring
"and now you mnt help me. She
mnst not be disgraced, my darling,
noble sister, and laughed at by all the
house ; and I my own hand did it."
s no loit again something like an
electrical shock, for she had looked up
to his face; and the face of Harvey .Ells
worth at that moment was in a rapture
a rapture of nappmess.
ner heart lightened as she went on.
' You must pretend to Adele that von
did write it ; she must never know that
the girls mado such a plan : she' must
think that she was mistaken ; for, oh I
she iia3 been crying dreadfully. You
must send her .another nntn. and nn
you Hre nu Ov.o r.-- .n
" And I am so glad." said Mr. Ells.
worth.
And then for she did consent."
this Georgie said regretfully "since
she did consent, you must walk around
tho piazza with her, and make up some
thing to comfort ber."
I shall not hve to make it up."
said Mr. Ellsworth.
' Then come, quick, and write the
message," cried the impetuous Georgie.
By 10 o clock Adele. re-arraved in
her lovely costume, with tho rose-bud
in her hair, and the message, "Meet
mo in the Blue pavilion," written by
his own hand, brought to her by her
own ueorgie hs message, with one
trembling kiss upon if, safely stowed
in the pocket of her ivory -colored gown
went downstairs just as the waltz
musio in tho pallor struck ud iubi-
lantlv.
And m the Blue pavilion, safe with
Mr. Ellsworth, Goorgie, blessed Georgie
for so she felt herself that moment-
left her.
"Adele," said the manly voice, with
that manliest tone in it that springs
from true devotion, "I shall thank von
all my life for granting me this haooi
ness. May I spend my life are you
going to let me, dear Adele. spend mv
ijie m tnanking you isr it r
Ihese questions followed each other
closely; so cloely because the proud.
senbitive girl, to whom all expression
of that which was really sacred to her
was by her very constitution most dif
hcnlt, had been this night so tossed
and wearied by pain and pain s misgiv
ings that she melted, at love's first
touch. There was no need to ask. " Dn
you love me ?'' between the dedicatory
questions, xne . Bweet lace, agitated
and tender, the hands that he clasped
in his, trembling, told without the
asking that she loved him.
He drew her near to him there in
the solitude, in the shaded moonlight,
in the midsummer air, and went on
with all a lover's resistless fervor: "My
darling, I hardly dared hardly dared
to hope for this after our cruel separ
ation. When we parted last year in
Florence, Adele, and you said for
ever,' I knew as deeply as you could
care to have me know that I never
oould love another not really love an
other. Do you know, my darling, did
you hear, that I was very ill at Paris ?
They called it Roman fever, but it was
the fever of fate, Adele. Many weeks
it consumed me. Then I was aroused
myself, or when something beyond
myst-lf aroused ma to the fact of living
again, I took up life simply as a burden.
' If I can give a ray of happiness to
those unhappy as myself, let me live,' I
thought; 'but for me there is no joy in
living.' And now we have met again.
It was a strange accident that brought
me to this place. I must tell you of it
some time, darling. But we have met
again, and this time it is forever. Adele
my love."
As little Georgie in her motherly
treatment of her sister had mingled
with her word? Bnd service her tender
caresses, so Adele's lover now between
his words lavished his mute endear
ment. " We have met again, and. this time
forever."
"Well, I declare," said'OIivia, when
on the morrow of the unkind plot's de
nouement the engagement was an
nounced of Harvey Ellsworth and Adole
Haskell" I do declare that men are
the uost deceitful creatures. Who
could ever have dreamed that those
two people had ever been anything to
each other, bad actually been engaged,
they say, and the engagement broken
off by Adolo'a gnar lian ? Why, no one
could havo seemed more indifferent
than that Harvey Ellsworth Las seemed;
how she caU trust him or have any faith
in him I cannot imagine. .He certainly
acted coldly enough, and as if he did
not care for her."
"Perhaps he does not care for her
now," said Matilda Owens.
And at the very moment that she said
K ilarvey Ellsworth on the ooean
shore, far up at the White Cove, where
tne breakers came in magnificently, and
where the blue sea, far as. eye could
look, was spangled as if strewn with
golden roses Harvev Ellsworth was
lying in the white sand at Adele's feet,
with his lips seeking her hand again
and again, and his eyes looking long
and deep into hers, and his heart say
ing to his heart of hearts 'At last
Heaven has1 given me the woman of my
life, the woman of my soul. Harper s
Wer.kly.
The Mormon Temple at Sauvoo.
There are scarcely two accounts
which exactly agree in every particu
lar an to the dimensions and cost of the
old Mormon temple at Nauvoo, Han
cock county, 111. We have carefully
examined several of these, and give
the results herewith. An English
gentleman named Henry Caswell
(quoted by Davidson and Stuva in
their "History of Illinois' ) writes as
follows in regard to the temple
" It is 120 feet by 100, and when com
pleted will be fifty feet no to the eaves,
Its expense is estimated at $300,000.
The baptismal font is finished. It is a
capaoious layer, about twenty feet
square, rests on the backs of twelve
oxen, well-sculptured, and as large as
me. -j.no layer and oxen are wood,
painted, but are to be gilded." Car
penter's " History of Illinois "
speaks as - follows of tho tem
ple: " The plan for this immense
structure allowed no particular order of
architecture, although it more promi
nently resembled the Egyptian. In the
basement was an immense laver, in im
itation cf the brazen sea of Solomon
It wa8 supported by twelve gilded oxen,
hewn from tho trunks of large trees,
with their faoes projecting outward. The
temple was never finished. After the
expulsion of the Mormon3 from Nauvoo.
commissioners were permitted to remain
to aispose oi mis and other propeity
Several attempts were made to sell it
for educational, manufacturing and
other purposes, but they all failed, and
me temple stood fas waste property
until tho torch of the incendiary re-
auoea it to ashes." Another account
describes the temple as 130 feet long,
by ninety feet wide, and of pol
mueu limestone: ana another gives
'no nimnne,nnfl aa I III fnat long,
seventy-eight feet wide, sixty
five feet to tho cornice, and lfi3
feet to the top of the cupola. In the
year 1818 the building was set on fire,
and all destroyed except the walls, which
on May 27, 1850, were overthrown by a
tornado. Carpenter decsribes t he place
thus: "Nature has not formod ulnno- th
Great river a more picturesque or el igible
site for a large city. The succession of
terraces ascending from the river until
the high land is reached, furnish a
gradual slope of remarkabla beauty; no
ble groves of tall oaks, interspersed by
winding vistas, clothe the ffroiind t.n
the summit of the ridge, from whence
an immense undulating prairie is visi
ble." The town of Nauvoo. aennrdiner
to the census of 1880, has a population
of 1,402. When the Mormons were
there, in the height of tlioir nr im
city hada population estimated at from
15,000 to 18,000. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1)0 lour Best.
A gentleman once said to a physician,
"I should think, doctor, that at night
you would feel so worried over the
work of tho day that you would not be
able to sleep."
" My head hardly touches the pillow
till I fall asleep," replied the physician.
"I made up my mind," he continued,
"at the commencement of my profes
sional career, to do my best under all
circumstances, and, so doing, I am not
troubled by any misgivings."
A good rule for us all to follow. Too
many are disposed to say, "No matter
how I do this work now; next time I'll
do better." This practioe is as bad as
the reasoning, "No matter how I
learn this lesson in the primary class ;
when I get into a higher department,
then I'll study." As well might the
mother, in knitting socks, say: "No
matter how the tip is done; if I do drop
a stitch now and then I'll do better
when I get further along." What kind
of a stocking would that be ?
As well might the builder say: "I
don't care how I make the foundation
of this house; anything will do here;
wait till I get to the top, then I'll do
good work."
Said Sir Joshua Beynolds once to Dr.
Samuel Johnson: "Pray tell me, sir, by
what means have you attained such ex
traordinary accuracy and flow of lan
guage in the expression of your ideas?"
" I laid it down as a fixed rule," re
plied the doctor, " to do my best on
every occasion, and in every company
to impart what I know in the most for
cible language I can put it "
Georgia's Curloug Shaking Rock.
One of the main points of interest
here is an eocentrio freak of nainm
known as Shaking Book, and never a
stranger comes to Lexington without
some of the people proud always of
their village and all about it showing
him this place. I cannot better da-
scribe it than by saying it is the oddest
tning any one ever saw. In the rear of
the home of the late Governor Gilmer
is a huge boulder standing by itself on
the edge of a stream. Upon this boul
der is placed another rock, weighing
about twenty tons. It rests on a pin
nacle not two feet sqnare. So evenly is
it balanced that the slightest touch will
cause it to rook, and yet a hundred
horses oould not pull it from its socket.
There it has stood for ages subjected to
wind and storm unmoved, a silent mon
ument of the power of the Creator,
Orawordvilit JJemoerat. w '
' TnMlncts of Elephants.
If nature has Jifrt given intellect to
these animals, it has gived thorn an in
s irct very much aUn to it. A man has
only to hunt tbsra in their wilds to
learn how wonderfully Providence has
taught them to choose the most favor
able ground, whether for feeding or
encamping, and to resort to jungles,
Where their ponderous bodies so re
semble rocks or the dark foliage that
it is very difficult for the sportsman to
distinguish them from surrounding ob
jects ; while their -feet are so con
structed that no only can they tramp
over any kind of groufid, whether hard
or soft, thorny or smooth, but without
emitting a sound. Some of their
encamping grounds are models of
ingenuity soma of them perfeot fort
resses. I once followed up a herd and
found them in a small forest surrounded
on three sides by a tortuous river.
impassable for ordinary mortals by
.reason either ot the . depth of water, its
precipitous ' banks, qmcksancs or en
entangling weeds in its bed, while the
fourth side was protected by a tangled
thicket, further protected by a quag
mire in front. To get at them without
disturbing them waB impossible ; a'
last, when I did get within . shot of tho
forest, the elephants retreated by the
opposite side to that which X had ap
preached, and after following them for
several hours I did not get a shot. - No
ono supposes elephants have the rea
soning powers possessed, by man ; !if
they had, we should be their slaves,
and not they ours ; but their instinct is
wonderful. I will give a oouple of
instances : When war broke out with
Burmah, a lot of elephants were sent
across from Bengal to "Prome by land,
under the charge of Captain Baugh.of
the Bengal Twenty-sixth. Among
them was a magnificent tusker. He
took a dislike to this officer, why was
not exactly known. Some said it was
because he had knocked off the ele
phant's neck his mahout ; but be the
reason what it may, this brute tried to
kill Baugh, and him only, several times.
I have seen him thrashed for this sev
eral times by other elephants armed
with chains, who wielded them much
as a drummer does the lash at the hal
berds; bnt it was of no use, his dislike
was inveterate, he got murt, would take
no food except from a pet female (he
had two lashed alongside of him), and
eventually died at Shoaydoung. As a
rule, elephants are timid, quiet and in
offensive; but when wounded and
closely followed up, or when must
(periodical fits to which male adult ele
phants are subject!, or females with
young, their fury knows no bounds.
They dread fire more than anything
else ; but one elephant belonging to the
battery in Assam was an exception, and
would assist in putting out a fire. This
same elephant would do what I never
knew any other to do, viz., when p
boast's uopV wnfl cut throUKU, all but
the vertebras (it did not matter whether
the beast was a buffalo, a deer, tiger or
anything else), it would, when ordered,
put a foot on the neck, twine
tho trunk round the head, and
with a wrench separate it from
the body and hand it up to the mahont.
I have seen one or two elephants
that would hand a dead bird up: but
most of them will not touch anything
of the sort. Nor would thev intention
ally tread upon a fallen man or beast
those used for executions in tho Guioor's
territories Barod a have been taught
to do so. Some foolish men teach their
elephants to trample upon a dead bodv.
and by so doing ruin them for sport.
an eiepuant, unless vicious by nature,
will only do so at first with the great
est reluctance, but after a time, if any
thing falls before it, it is apt to charge,
and if it dees not kneel down suddenly
and throw the oooupunt ont of tho how.
dah, it gets the animal between its legs,
and plays a sort Of football with it,
throwing it backward and forward be
tween the front and hind legs until it is
of tho consistency of a jelly. Men are
occasionally thrown off the back of an
elephant; what would their fate be
mounted on a beast who had been
taught such trioks? An elephant I
bought from Mr. Tye had once been cut
by a rhinoceros. Nothing would
induce her to enter a jungle
where one of these animals was ; the
very slightest scent or ono would send
her flying. A splendid female muckna
belonging to my department cared
nothing for a tiger, would kick one out
of her path without showing the slight
est signs of uneasiness, but if she met a
pony nothing could hold her. London
tula.
The Khedive of Egypt.
Thekhedive of Egypt has restored
to the. state the lands and palaces on
which his father squandered many mil
lions of the publio money. In private ,
nuu in pnDiio ne is simple ana economi
cal. Married to a single wife, he sets
an example of home life much needed
among Mohammedans, and his short
reign has been marked by great re
forms, both political and religious. The
taxes are now reduced to a reasonable
amount, and collected at fixed seasons
after service of due notice on printed
forms. The regulation of tho finan
ces was, until the recent revolution
which brought in Arabi Bey, wisely
left in the hands of skilled European
comptrollers, publio salaries were paid
regularly, education was everywhere
encouraged, and the khedive built and
endowed at his own cost a high sohool
at Cairo for the sons of the nobles.
Moreover, the slave trade was fast dis
appeal ing. Ismail, the' former khedive,
while dispatching Colonel Gordon to
suppress the trade in Upper Egypt, was
the greatest buyer of slaves in the East.
As many as 100 slaves arrived for him
at one time in Cairo, and for a single
Circassian he once gave $125,000. On
the other hand,Tewfik has none but paid
servants in his household, he has never
bought a single slave, and from his
heart he abhors the whole system.
"It rains, ma," said Estelle. "I
don't think I will attend church to-day."
"It rains," said Estelle's ma a few nights
subsequently; you had better not at
tend the theatre to niaht." ,4Oh. ma"
said Estelle, "I can wear y rubbers and
waterprooi." . . .
HEALTH HINTS. ! . r.
Children who drink tea and coffee are
nervous and fretful and lose their ap
petite for substantial food. They have
less ability to resist disease and become
stunted in growth. Dr. Poote's Health
Monthly. ' . - -
The light of the sua Is the great puri-
fler, scattering filth as oil tha wings of
the wind. It is the invigorator of ani
mal and vegetable life indispensable.
It is cheap, the cheapest medicine
known, and among the most reliable.
Put cold feet in it, a "creeping back,"
a sallow skin the whole body, that it
mav Imbibe electricity.
A suggestion for hoarseness worthy
Cf trial is the use of common horse
radish prepared in sugar ono part to
nine parts of sugar. A little of this
mixture in the mouth, swallowed slow
ly, gives relief. Tho remedy (horse
radish) is not a new one, bnt, to us, the
sugar way of using it scorns to be a new
and good one.
The Germantown Telegraph says that"
experience proves that lime-water and
milk are not only food and medicine at
an early period of life, but also at a
later, when the functions of digestion,
and assimilation are feeble and easily
perverted. A stomach taxed by glut- .
tony, irritated' by improper food, in--flamed
by alcohol, enfeebled by disease,
or otherwise unfitted for its duties ae
is shown by the various symptoms at -tendant
upon indigestion, dyspepsia,
diarrhea, dysentery and fever will re
sume its work, and do it energetically,
on an exclusive diet of bread and milk
and lime-water. A bowl of cow's milk
may have four tablepoonsf uls of lime
water added to it with good effect.
The Squirrel Problem.
" A squirrel is up a tree and a man
on the ground with a gun is trying t o
shoot it; but the squirrel persists in
keeping on the opposite side of the
tree from the man. The man walks
clear around the tree to the place of
starting, the squirrel going about in
the same direction and keeping the tree
all the time between itself bnd the man.
Now the problem is, ' Has the man been
around the squirrel?' He has been
around the tree with the squirrel on if,
but has he been around the squirrol?"
1 ho Lxpress invited answers to this
problem, and received twenty-seven,
of which fifteen say yes, the man does
go around the squirrel, and twelve say
no, he does not. A few have sent us
their reasons, and two send figures de
monstrating the problem. The follow
ing answers are printed:
1. Of oourse the man goes around the
squirrel. He goes uround the tree and
everything on it.
2. bhould the squirrel have tha start
I am of the opinion that tho man goes
around it.
3. Not by a blame sisht does tho
banter walk around the squirrel.
4. a. ue man does not go around the
squirrel. Might as well olaim that by
having a horse attached at A and an
other at B each describing the same
circle, keeping at opposite sides of
circle tho horse at A would at every
time going around the ring go around
the inside half of B and that B returnod
he comphment
A( X IB
to A in the same manner simply be
cause the outsido of one described a
larger circle than the inside of the
other. In other words a man or horse
in describing any cirole goes around
one-half of himself.
5. The man goes around the sauir-
rel. It is just like a wheel within a
wheel.
6. The man don't go around the
squirrel. I have tried it and had l
got around the squirrel I would have
shot it.
7. If there was no tree there and the
squirrel was running around in a circle
on the ground and the man was going
in a larger oirole I shonld say the man
went around the squirrel. But when
you put a tree there it is different. The
man does not go around the Equirrel on
the troo.
8. The man doesn't go around the
squirrel any more than the squirrel
goes around the man.
9. Of oourse the man doesn t go
around the equirrel. If I am standing
on the nigh side of a horse and start to
walk round him, and the horse keeps
turning as I go, I am on the nigh side
of him all the time, am I not ? And 1
don't go around him if I am on the
nigh side all the time, do I ? The case
is precisely similar to this of tha squir
rel on a tree. Buffalo Express.
Why the Bear lias a MumnyTail.
The Obiibaway Indians have the fol
lowing legend, told by a correspondent
in the Ceutury: A fox was fishing one
day in the depth of winter through a
hole in the ice, usng his tail for Lait,
by which means he caught a great num
ber at first, but as the day went by ho
was not so successful. His tail becom
ing numbed, he did not perceive it get
ting frozen in. By-and-bye,thinking he
had got a bite, he gave a smart pnll
and broke his tail off short, at which
he began to weep. The Manitou coming
along asked him why he wept. The fox
told him, and begged to have his
tail restored. The Manitou told him
he could have it back if he oould dis
cover an animal as stupid as himself.
The fox started for home, with the re-'
suit of his sport in his mouth. On the
road he met a bear, who asked him
how he had managed to catch so many
fish. The fox told him it was the
easiest thing in the world ; all he .Lai
to do was to use the same means ha
had done, which the bear begged to bo
taught. The fox, nothing loath, took
Bruin on theioe, cut a hole for him, and
told him to put his tail through and
not to pull it out until he called to him,
and then to take it out as quickly as
possible. The fox waited until he saw
it well frozen in, and shouted " Pull I"
and snap went the tail. Tha fox's tail
was restored to him, but the bear lost
his forever, and this is the reason the
bear has a stumpy tail to this day,
A Blip of the tongue. She (encour
agingly) : " Your step suits mine ex
actly." He (nervously) j "So glad to
hear you aay so ; I know I'm such a.
bad waltzer." Judy. ' ,