mm HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL. DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum. VOL. XII. ELDGfWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUHSDAY, JUNE 15. 1882 NO. 17. ) Don't Slop Over. "Don't slop over," the old man said, As ha placed bii hand on the young man', head, " Go it by all means. Oo It fast; Go it while leather and horseshoes last; Go it while hide and hair on liorso Will hold together. Oh, go it, of course Go it as fast as ever you o m But don't slop over, my dear young man. Don't slop over. You'll find, somo day, That keeping an eyo to wiu'ard wjil pj. A horse may mn a little too long; A preacher may preach a fraction too strong; A poet who pleaeej thu world with rhymes May writ?, and rogrot It in aftor-times; Eeep the end ol the effort ever in view, And don't slop over, whatever you do. Don't slop over. The widest of men Are bouiid to slop over now and then; And the wisest, at work or at feast, , Are the very ones that blunder the least. Those that for spilt milk never wail Are tho ones that carry the steadied pail. Wherever you go, go in for the fat, But don't slop over and freeze to that. "Don't slop over. Distrust yourself, Nor always reach to the highest shelf; Tho next to tho highest will generally do, And answer the needs of such as you. Climb, of course; but always stop And take your breath this tide of tho top; And you will roich it in wind aud strong, Without slopping over. This ends my song." Ilingham Journal. The Burning Transport AN ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICER S STOUT, The fleet lay off ''North Fleet Hope," awaiting the flag of Hear-Admiral Cof fin, who had been appointed to succeed the gallant Collingwood, and, a heavy gale prevailing at the time, the ships were riding to the tiud, regardless of tide, when night closed around us. Some thirty eail of merchantmen, tinder convoy of one of our fastest frigates, weio anchored in the en trance of the Djwns, and between us and them lay two convict ships, while a fleet of trausport3, With troops for the East Indit s, were anchored just astern of ns, the largest the Wellesley being anchored on our starboard quarter, and scaiea three cables' length distant. Being senior passed midshipman of the old Sovereign at the time, I was honored with supreme command of a whole anchor-watch, and having the first watch that night enjoyed the hap piness (?) of strutting the quarter-deck exposed to the wind and rain, while my more humble and consequently more fortunate watchmates sought shelter in the lee of the bulwarks, or, stowod . snugly away beneath the guns, whiled away tho dreary watch with yarns of dangers and battles past. It Lad just strucs. three bells, and save the measured tr?ad of the sentinels on duty, the pattering of the driving rain and the deep breathings of full six bnndred sleepers, scarce a sonnd broko the silence reigning throughout the vast hull of the old Sovereign. Even I had baited, half-Jeeming cur dreary watch at an end; and, half-supported by the cabin f-kylight, was indulging in Visions of calm repose. While standing thus,' with face averted from the driving storm, a deep red -gleam illumintd the dwknees on onr starboard quarter, increasing so rapidly that ere a minute elapsed the upper works, lower niabt and jaids of tho Wellesley were plainly defined in the red glare", in an instant the truth flashed upon me, the was on fire ; and bounding to the skylight I shouted: "Porwavd gun of the starboard for Vwaid division on the spar-deck I Fire I It was our uiguul gun, and kept con tinually loaded, bo that my order was obej ed iu an inbtant, while I followed up the report with the order, "Bo'sen's mate, pipe all hands to quarters." The first lieutenant was at my sid ere thesouudof tho mate's bbr 11 whistle bad ceased reverberating on our maiD, gnu, and beitli decks, when he instantly diuaed tho cause of tho a lam, and as suming command, shouted, "FirelPjpe down all boats 1 Waist and afterguard, pass the engines up from below! Top men, hook yard and stay tackles. Fore castle men and sail trimmers, pass the messenger and take to." In an instant all was bustle and preparation, and ere a lapio of two minutes the report of " messenger passed" was followed by that of " boats allreadv;' when Captain Wilraer, who bad gamed the deck, shouted, " Offi cers in charge of boats, to yot-r stations! Bo'sen, pipe all boats away ! ' I sprang from the rail, grasped the yard tackle, and in an instant la tar landed in the launch, of which I had command. We then fell off, and in a few moments were scudding swiftly toward the burn ing ship. It is alinott needless to add that our example was followed by the various commanders in the fleet, and on dropping alongside the Wellesley we mustered a fleet of some sixty boats capable of accommodating at least nine bnndred hands, a larger number, fortu nately, than were placed in peri). The moment tho first boat reached the transport the work of debarkation commenced, but owing to the tremen dous gale and heavy s?a progressed bnt slowly, while the rapid advance of the fire drove numbers from the deck to seek safety in the sea, from which they were rescued as promptly as pos sible. It was truly a thrilling eo?ne. The bull of the transport was evidently con verted into aperieot volcano, while from each of her batches leaped a tongue of flame, which, seizing on her fresh tarred rigging, transfem d the whole mass iato a delicate tracery of fire, and speedily oonxuming it left her taut fpirs to tumble one after another over the stern, killing and wounding numbers in their descent. This catastrophe, although resulting in death to many, proved a means of safety to many others who m ght other wise have perished, as it established a direct means of communication with many of the boats which could not gain position alongside. And thus the work went on, boat after boat departing with its load of icorched, half naked and shivering troops, with a light sprinkling of women and children, until nearly all were saved, when the task commenced of Jowerinsj the insensible foims of those who bad been hurt by the falling spars, in the rush which had taken place on tho diaoovery of the fire, or had fainted from exocssive fright. Oar boat bsing scarce one third full, we hauled alongside to receive our quota of the unfortunate creatures, whom we handled as tenderly as possi ble, laying them in a tier in the stern sheets, to the number of ten, when hav ing as many as we oonld accommodate, we dropped astern, and shipping our oars we runde a futile attempt to re gain the Royal Sovereign. Finding that we could not gain an iuoh, I seized npon the Mist lull in the gale to put the tiller hard up, when the launch swung off, and catching the next sea broad on her bow, careened so heavily that she lalf-filled, when the second caught her fairly astern, and fortunately righted her, bearing off Fomo eight or ten fathoms on its boiling, bubbling crest, and leaving ps in a proper position to scud with safety. The briny. bath exercised a reanimat ing effeot upon several of our insensible cargo, ono of wh-jm a female be trayed the fact of her restoration by I . t. . . .. louaiy demanding tier child. "My child 1 my child I Where mj little Edward? ' she demanded, in tones ot thrilling anguish. "Tell me tor tne lova of heaven, it any of you novo reen mvcuiiar "Merciful Heaven 1 what do I hear? the voice cf mv bentfactress ?" ex claimed a young man. who sat on the .front part, supporting the form of a young woman, who had evidently re ceived fearful irjnrius prior to her rescue from the burning wreok. "Is this Mm. Clifford?' he naked, gently linquishing his insensible burden. " It is," responded the lady, instantly adding, "Whoever you are you evi dently know me, and must know some thing of my darling. Oh, have yon seen mm i is ne sale t Tell me, conjure yon." mi m 1 -a . a ... wouia 10 ueaven 1 coniai" ex claimed the man, passionately. "Bill Hunter would be only too happy to prove nis gratitude to tho benefactress of his wife. " Oh, Hunter, my child, my Edward, ana my nusoana ' "Nay, madanie, Captain Clifford must be safe," rejoined the man, hastily. I' I saw Lim myself actively employed in removing tne insensible from below, ana ne may have saved the child." ".may navo, she repeated; but yon not certain, Hunter? Oh, you are net certain, and this suspense is worse than death!" And the poor bereaved mother groaned in her anauiBh. and claBDinsr nor nanas over Her eves sat rookinor her body to and fro, and nttering that deep, convulsive sob, which betrays so fully a breaking heart. " And she interceded so eloquently in our Denau mat my snsan might ao company me I ' murmured the soldier, m cn audible tone, as he resumed his seat and his former burden, on tho pallid brow of whioh ho pressed a fond kiss, adding, "My poor wife 1 Would to Heaven yon had remained with my parents ; you would have escaped this suffering, and perhaps death I" And the gallant fellow bowed his head, con cealing his face in his hands, probably to hide the tears which were an honor to his manhood, since called forth by tne suuering and probable late of ono who had forsaken friends and home to follow his uncertain fortunes. A minute later we rounded to under th counter of and received a line from tho Delmar transport, alongside of and into which one boat was already dis- charaing her freight of rescned. "Ship ahoy I Cn you accommodate twenty more r i demanded, as my bow line made fast to Lim. "Av, my lad, a hundred I" was the trumpeted reply. "Haul up, haul up at once, and olear the track for others 1" We obeyed, gaining, with difficulty, a position beneaih tho gangwpy, when the debarkation of our freight com menced, the insensible wife of the young soldier being the first attached to tho whip by which the helpless were taken on board. Mrs. Clifford was the second, the soldier having devoted him self to her as soon as he beheld his wife in safety, while I, seizing npon the first opportunity, bounded into the Del mar's main chains, and gained her deck at the moment that the bereaved mother was relieved from the whip, when, reoognizingme, she rushed to my tide, and grasping my arm, exclaimed: ' What shall I do ? now shall I dis cover the fate of my husband and child ?" " You must bo quiet, madame," re sponded I, urgently. "It is impossible to learn anything regarding them just now, or indeed before this gale sub sides, when I have no doubt you will find them snfe and sound. They may huve reached some other vessel ere this. Indeed, 'tis more than probable they have done so, sinoa to my certain knowledgo but few of the Wellesley's company ore lost." " Bless you I" said she. "May heaven bless you for your consoling words I Yet I apprehend the worst. Do you think that they have reached this ves sel ?" "Probably, madame, but I will ascer tain," I replied ; and, advancing a few paces with the trembling mother still clinging to my arm, I was about to ask if any ono of the rescued answered to the name of Captain Clifford, when the young soldier elbowed his way through the crowd, exclaiming: "Mrs. Clifford I Mrs. Clifford I 1 have found him 1" "Found whom ?" she demanded, wild ly. "Whom have you found ?" "Captain Clifford, your husband, ma'am" "And my child my Edward? Speak 1 What of him? But lead me to my husband, he will tell me all." The young soldier guided her through the crowd in silenoe; while deeply in terested in the meeting about to take place, I followed to where a gentleman in the undress of an infantry offioer lay partially supported by a half-naked soldier, his countenance expressing at onoe the keenest physical anguish and a supreme decree oi mental happiness. "Thank Heaven; you are safe, my be loved Lucy; but where is" "Edward I On, Father of Mercies I came to yon, my husband, for tidings of our uoy. uan it be that you are as ig norant as myself ?" "I never saw him but onco after the alarm, Lucy, and then he was in the nurse's arms. She was seeking you ; and I, deeming him safe with Ler Oh I my child, my child t and I disabled and cannot searoti for him I' " In the nurse's arms I" repeated the joung soldier. " Wny, that wa Susan. vu yon nit an, said ne, "you saw Master Ed w.ird with my wifo, captain ?" "Ay, Hanter," was the reply. ' Where is your wife ? The child must be with her." " Alas, no, sir. My wife is here. See she is insensible," paid the young soldier ; and as he spoke he bent over the form I had failed to observe, ad. ding, " I found her beneath a prostrate spar, ry wnion sue had neon struck down, and, wrenching it aside, grasped the precious burden and escaped with it, as you see.'' "Then, Lucy, darlin?, our child is lost I" murmured tho stricken offioer, gently drawing the crouching form of his wife to his breast, where she faint ed, while the yonng soldier, bounding to his feet, exclaimed: "Not yet I no, no not vet ; not yet ! I know lb spot where Susan lay. The fire has not reaohed it yet, and Master Edward must be there if not among the resoued. Who'll go with me to the burning wreck ?'' " I will, my man 1'' I shouted, seized with a wild ambition to aid him in re storing the child to its parents, and graiping his arm I fairly dragged him to the rail, on which I leaned, shouting: "Volunteers for the wreck I Sover eigns, ahoy I A chill is left in yonder burning ship I Who will follow me to the rescue 1" The demand was instantly responded to by the unanimous shout of the launch's crew, "Sovereigns to the res cue I'' when I turned inboard, shouting, "a lighter boat I In heaven's name let us have a lighter boat 1" " Lower away tho gig I" shouted some one on deck, when, paining no longer, I leaped from the rail iuto the launob, followed by the intrepid soldier. Scarce a minute elapsed ere the Del mar's gig was down, and five of my men, the soldier aud myself, safel? seated on her thwarts, when an unre strained use of our knives severed the davit-tackles, and we were free. "Bear her off with yonr oars, and ship all, my lads I" I exclaimed, vainly endeavoring to find the rudder, when, abandoning the search, I grasped the loom of tho alter oar, which the sol dier had secured, and lent my strength toward the impulsion of the buoyant craft through or over the maddened billows, while from the Dolmar's deck came a cheering shout: "Give way, my lads, my noble hearts. and may Heaven speed you I1' we did give way, each stroke of the oars making the little boat fairly leap irom tne brine, wmie tne lito-boat model on which she was constructed rendered us secure from all danger of being swamped. And it was fortunate for us that her thwarts, stern-sheets and dais were air-tight lockers. Hud they been otherwise nothing could have prevented ns from going down. inasmuch as we were half-full of water ere we had accomplished half the dis tance to the wreck. We had made the passage to the Del- mar in the short space of four minutes, but our passage from her to the wreok consumed four times that period anl tenfold the exertion, while in a few words tho young soldier informed me of the cause of bis daring. llo nad married without the consont of his colonel, and the regiment being sooa after ordered on foreign service. he in vain besought permission for his wife to accompany him. Colonel R iss WdB inexorable, nutil his daughter, the youu wife of Captain Clifford espoused the cause of the anguioh stricken Susan, aud ventured to inter. ced in her behalf. He could denv hU daughter nothing, so ho consented, promising that she should take Susan into her service, bv which means h would be spared the charge of suspend ing an established rule in her case. In this manner had the youthful soldinr and his young wife been spared the pain of separation, and in return for that kind intercession he was now nrovin his gratitude. At length we reached the burning wreok, when a new difficulty presented itself. How were we to board it ? To attempt such a feat to leeward was worse than folly, for the wreck, relieved of its top hamper, rode partly to the ebb, which was now setting strong, heaving the dismantled hull into the trough of the sea, which made frequent breaches over hor, retarding the pro gress of the flames, and preserving al most entire her starboard side. An attempt to board to windward would have been equal madness, and we were debating upon the feasibility of an attempt to board by the wreck of the rnizzen topmast, which hung droop ing to tho surface, from the stern, when Hunter demanded: How near can you go with safety, Birr " Within two boats' length." I re plied. "Then sheer in," said he, "and I will swim the rest." "Nonsense I You couldn't I" re sponded I, startled by the proposition. "I have accomplished feats as danger ous for a less momentous object," said he. "I'll tiy it. I cn but fail 1" Give way gently, men!" said I. avoiding a reply for a moment, in order to consider the proposal in all its bear ings, when the boat, losing headway and being to windward, began to close with the wreck. We were three boats' length, when he dropped his oar and wai about to spring, but I restrained him, saying, Hold on I You will have a bettor chance by that spar over the stern, but how can you reach the boat if you are fortunate enough to find the child?" Xiet me but find it." be exclaimed. " and Ion afford to trust for safetv in Him who rules the wind and waves." We were strn to. and within a boat's length of the wreck at the moment. when signing to the crew to give way, I exclaimed. 'Oo, then, in His name, and ha' to go with you I" And the next instant we were both struggling in the hissing brine. A minute later and we wore clamber ing np the top-mast, from which we passed on deok, where we were obliged to pause, our passage being cut off by tne destruction ol tna mam deok from the main hatoh aft, a portion of the weather-side forward remaining un scathed. " If the child lives, nnresoned. it is there, sir, ' said Hunter, indicating a portion of the foremast, with a heap of smoking canvas which lay along the Weather-side, just forward the chesatree. " Follow me, then," said I, briefly; and clambering over the quarter-rail I crawled along outside the bulwark, clinging to th chained hammock rail, until I reaohed tha forwarl -channels, when I bounded inboard, followed by my gallant companion. " It was here I found my wife; and, thank heaven, the child is here, alive I" he exclaimed, as the faint wail of an infant saluted our ears. It was but the work of a minute to olear away the mass Vhich oonoealed the infant, whom we fennd lying beside the wreck ot the spar, while the charred weather rigging had fallen in such a manner as afforded it proteotion against injury from the feet of those who must have passtd and repassed the spot in the hurry and excitement of abandonment. Hunter clasped the ehild in his arms, and spurning all my plotters of aid.pro oeded ma to the taffnil by the same dangerous path we had previously trod den, when the boat, being near at hand he fearlessly committed him self and charge to th mercy of the waves. My gallant crew being pre pared for the event were ready, and for tunately able to render him prompt and efficient aid, scarce a minute elapsing ere they had him safe on board. My rescue followed, of cotrse, and was ef fected with greater difficulty, a moun tain billow breaking while I was im mersed and heading me and the boat asunder, when nearly two minutes passed ere the came within my reach. At length I was in her stern sheets again, and a few minntes later we dropped alongside of the Dolmar, where our success was already known, and where our presence wan hailed with a genorrl manifestation ot joy. Need I tell you how the Mght of that reunion of parents and child rewarded me tenfold for my share in the rescue of the latterl Bat I must add that 1 was delighted when Colonel Boss ap proached the young soldier as he stood supporting his now conscious wife, and receiving the congratulations of his friends and extending his hand, whioh the young man humbly clasped, said: 'Hunter, brave men carry their own reward with them; but, both as your commanding officer and friend, your action of this night claims at my hands a grateful and public- aobnowledrrment. I will see to your future and to that of your wile." Although I didn't sleep soundly the remainder of that night in the ham mock swung for me in the ward-room of the Dolmar, yet I never retired to reBt so perfectly contented with myself and all mankind as on tiat night, ren dered memorablo by theburning of the Wellesly transpoit. Cnst r's Last battle. The case of Ssbastiaa Beck, whose career among the Siotx Indians has been noted in this journal, has been fully investigated at the couny poor office by Oerseir MtConegal. Daring the recounting of his wander ings tue old man gave t reporter from this journal a cleaver hsigut into the battle of the "Little Bi Horn" than he had before. Beck, wko had been a captive among the Sioui for eight, years, partiub ated in that tattle. Ila re counted the details of the mur.terous charge upon Caster, in his broken English, in a manner that was interest ing, even to those who were familiar with the slaughter of tho gallaut gen eral and his bind. He said that upon tho night of the charge Sitting Bull ex pected Custer, and bad massed all his forces and had a band of 8 000 war riors, ot which he was one. The plan of their battle was as follows: The In dians fenced in a large corral with sap lings, and within built fires. Upon the saplings they hung their blankets, and within they fixed billets of wood, to represent themselves as seated about the fires. They went iuto the moun tains surrounding the spot and waited nn'il Caster and his oompanj should be attracted to the trap they had devised. They were successful, for the general saw the light, recon noitered, and thought his chance had come. He opened fire npon the In dians. This was the signal. With one fell swoop 3,000 painted fiends rushed down upon him from the mountain sides. In a moment the little band of 300 men were surrounded, and the un equal ed battle was oommenced. Beck said that Custer showed no fear, but rode into the fight with eyes and saber flashing, and never raised it but that be left upon tome redskin's face his bloody and ragged-edged trade-mark, "X whioh so many of his victims in tho late war knw so well. One by one his men fell around him, and at lust he stood alone among them battling with his trusty saber in his remaining right hand. But at last be too fell, pierced by seven shots. Book said that his fight was terrible in its destruotiveness. Fourteen of those Indiins who entered the fray paid for it with their lives, and their cold, copper-hued faces lay turned to the morn ing sun next day, with those of the 300 brave soldiers who followed the brave Caster into his last fiht. This is the story of the old captive of the Sioux, who claims he was there and saw that intrepid offioer die. His last words were: " I am alone; I have done my best; the boys are all gone and I will go with them," lloclmter (IT, Y.) Democrat. . . Ttr an otnnn'mint mada wifti a l,aof. nut tree thirty-ve years old to calou-t late the amount if moisture evaporated from the leaves, it was found to lose sixteen gallons ox water in twenty-four hours The quail is a doiid bird, bat it gen erally oies game. BUM DAT K1UDLNG. I'reelons Semmee. A native of Japan, who took his life in his hands that, he might come to country where God's love was recog nized as true, was asked to read in t school in Boston a sentence in his na tive language. He consented, and prom ising that he would ntter what was to him the most interesting sentence thai could be spoken to man, repeated tht familiar verse, "God so loved the world that he gave Lis only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shnld not pcrMi, but have everlasting life." I need not say that in the New Testament there are to bn found scores of sum marie I of the Gospel like this, which do most positively declare that this is the import and intent of the life and death ot Christ; not a part ot it, but the whole of it; not a fragment, to be supplemented by other fragments, but the rounded and completed whole, embracing in a sentence all that Chris tianity emphasizes and declares. Prov ident Pwler, Rellelnus en aud Kotes. The British people gave $5,310,950 for foreign missions last year. Presbyterian pastors are scarce in Texas, there being but seventy for 160 churches. The Baptists in the South number altogether 1,715,794, of whom 974,100 are white and 741,694 negroes. The Methodist hospital, ou Frospoct Heights, Brooklyn, will cost, ground and nine buildings, about 500,000. The first Welsh church in Ohio wa founded in 1S03. At present there are in the State forty churches with 3,000 members. The Bev. James Smith, an English Baptist missionary at Delhi, in speaking of the progress of the Gospel in India, says: Thirty years ago we used to have a convert every two or three years, now we count them by scores annually. Among the anniversaries recently held in London was that of the South American Missionary society. The mag nitude (f the woik undertaken by this society may be inferred from the state ment in the report tint there are 21, OuO.OOO South Americans within reach of the efforts of the missionaries, Srn Francisco has fifteen Citbolio churches and ten chapels, fifteen Pres byterian churches, fourteen MethodiBt, eleven Episcopal, nine Baptist, six Congregational aud two Swedenbor gian. There are also many churches of a mi'cellaueons character. It is esti mitcd that there is one church for every 2,000 of the population. Of 185 Methodist churches in Ver mont nine have a membership of over 2f)0 each. Total mombcrs in full, 15, 998. The number of additions by con fession during tho lust year was 000. The Sabbath-schools number 17,751 scholars, 2 531 officers and teachers in 228 schools. Few of these churehes dato b.iok more. than fifty years. The building committee of the Christian church in Washington, of which President Garfield was an clli ial member, has given out tho contract for the new building. The church will be pushed to a speedy and satisfactory completion. It is to be trectcdonthe site of the present frame chapel, which is to be moved. It will be beaudful addition to the already improved sec tion of the city where it is to be located. The Rev. Griffith John, who has foi many years been engaged iu mission work in China, was recently in London, where he adlressed many of the ehivches. He frays hi? chief lament is thai the missionary prayer moeting, which was formerly ai interesting fea ture in most churches, has either beeD given np or has fallen into a condition of coldness and dullness. Hfl earnestly asks for a renewal of the old-timefeivoi' which animated these meetings. Ho has returned to Gains. HEALTH lilXTS. Bathing.. Bathing is indisponsablt to health. It is a preventive of s:ck ness and a remedy for disease. Tho water cure people, who believe that water is ihe enra all, the universal rem edy for every ill that flesh is heir to, mo not so far wring; they are on the right track, if they do run it into the ground a little at the far end. For, at the old proverb tays, cleanliness is next to godliness, and ai wo know that the latter virtue is a sure preventive and cure for ai disorders of the mind and thought, and keeps the eouI pure and clem, so cleanliness ii to the body what godliness is to tho thought and eouI. Food fob Infants. The French Commissioners on the Hygiene of In fancy, in awarding the prize in a com petition of efsiyiHtp, report that the conclusions generally arrived at lead to the following reoommendations : No child should be reared cn artificial fcod when tho mothor can suckle it, but such food is preferable to placing the chill with a wet-nnrse, poorly remunerated, and living at her own home. For successfully bringing np an infant by hand the best milk is that oi a cow that has recently calved, or simi larly of a goat, to which should be aided during the first week a half part of water, and subsequently a fourth oi less, accor.li' g to the digestive powers' ot the child. Glass .or earthenware alono shou'dbe used. No vulcanized india rut. bar mou'h pieces or vessels containing lead ought to be employed. A Caution. Boys who are about to run in races or to leap, pat on a belt and a' rap it tightly in order, ss they say, to hold in their wind or breath. Workmen who are about to lift weights or carry heavy burdens, put on a belt for the same purpose, their declaration being that it give support. Aotually there in not a figment of truth in this belief. The belt impedes respiration, compieses the abdominal muscles, compiesies the mmcles of the back, subjecting them to unnecessary friction, and aotually impedes motion, beside the other injuries, the use of the bel' frequently causes hernia or rupture. Vr. Foote'$ Health Monthly. Aotivity is not proof of industry no more than a handsome faoe is prool of ft warm heart. WISE WORDS. Some men and women talk bj ths yard and think by the inoh. When a man's upper story is empty his mouth will advertise the fact. Don't be hasty in your speeoh, for "a word and a stone once let go cannot be recalled." The power of pleasing is founded on the wish to please. The strength of the wish is the measure of the power. No man was born wise, for wisdom' and virtue require a tutor, though we can easily learn to be vicious without a tutor. Though avarice will preserve a man Imm being nucessilously poor it gener ally makes him too poor to be wealthy. There are as good horses drawing in carts as in coaches, and as good men are engaged in humble employments as in the highest. The influence of many good people ii undoubtedly much diminished by their want of that courtesy which has been well called benevolence in small things. Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship, and when they hear us praised by others will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they ran. If there be one thing upon earth that mankind love aud admire better than another, it is a brave man; it is a man who dares to look tho devil in the face and tell him he is a devil. A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused and laugh at the time, but they will be remembered and brought out against him on some sub sequent occasion. A Long-tost Son Found, A romantio episode in every-day life has come to light in Dedham, Mass. John Finn resides with his wife and a portion of his family in a neat cottage, of which he is the owner, located on or near the boundary line of Dadham and Boston. Here he has resided for at least twenty-five years. He has had three sons, one of whom, John, en listed in the army during the "late un pleasantness" knd was killed. The other two sons were named Cor nelius and William. Cornelius was a lad about seventeen at the outbreak of tlm wr. He suddenly left town, and his parents heaiiag nothing of his whereabouts concladed that he, too, had enlisted, especially as during the war they read of one Cornelius Finn, attached to a New York regiment, being killed. The family mourned for him as sinoerely as they did the death of John. Last September William went to Col orado to settle, hoping to better him-' self. While seated in a room in the western portion of the State one after noon soon after his arrival there a miner entered and announced to the company present that Cornelius Finn bad opened a new mine. William, taken aback somewhat by the name, said that he had had a brother once whose name was Cornelius Finn. To which the minor responded by looking at the stranger and declaring that he resem .bled Cornelius Finn, the miner, and might be his brother. Cornelius be came greatly agitated upon learning the name of the stranger and that he came from Dedhaoo, and immediately started for the town. The meeting was decidedly affecting. Cornelius at once recognized William as his brother, although William, bei-ig younger, had not so strong a recollec tion of Cornelius. Mutual explanations followed and Cirnetius related bis wanderings since leaving home. He had gone S rath iu 1861 and entered tho army. At the conclusion of the war he drited to C ilorado, where he had inteiested himself in mining and hud become wealthy. Itegardiug his neglect to send a letter home, he ex plained that he had read in the papers of the death of his parents, oud had nlso the report substantiated by Juhn Finn, a foimer res dent of Dedham, whom he met.. He had abandoned all hope of ever seeing or hearing from hii folks. He at onoe took William With him to his mining camp and gave him an important position. His father has received a check for 81,000. Boston Globe. Tho Russian Sunday. In Russia Sunday is the favorite fchop ping day of all classes. Althongh the evil of this has been pointed out by most foreign writers in Bussia, and by many native ones, it is only of late years that public feeling has been awakened in the mutter. This haa been partly due to the discontent evinced by the classes exposed to Sunday work, but more par- ticularly to the urlaence nf that evan-1 gelioil movement within and without the Russian church which is one of the most interesting features of modern Bus. siai progress. Archdeacon Bogoyav lensky recently preached n sermon in one of the cathedrals of Mosoow, the theme of tho venerable ecclesiastic being the Snnday closing movement, in favor of which an immense petition, signed by most of tha clerks of St. Pe tersburg, has just been presented to the emperor. Referring to this and to a disousaon by the Mosoow mnnioipal council in behalf of tho movement, the archdeacon demanded of the orthodox "whether they were not ashamed to open their shops on a Sunday when the (hops of the foreigner, of the English and German merchants at Mosoow, are closed on that dr." Can't a Wagon Have Two Horses t II 4 is a very small boy. just bwyond the limits of bubyhood. His precocious ness is well reoognized by those who know him, and sometimes people try to corner him in a logioal way. The other dy some one took him np and asked him if he was not papa's boy. Ho answered, "Yes." " And are you mamma's boy, too ?" "Yes," replied Charlie. Well, how can you be papa's boy and mamma's boy both at the same tiino ? ' was asked him. "Oh," replied Charlie, indifferently,. " can't it wagon have two horses V A teave-Tftklng. She will not smile; 6he will not itlr; I marvel while I look on her. The lips are ohilly And will not tpeaV; The ghost of lily In either cheek. Eer hair ah met Her hair her hitrl Bow helplessly My hands go there! But my cat etwee Meet not licrs, Oh golden tre-ees That thread my tears! I kits the eyes On either lid, Where Uer love lies Foi ever hid. I cease my weeping - And (mile and Bay, I will be sleeping Thus, some day. Jamet Whiioomb BUfg- HUJttOB OF THE DAY. Paris green is the fashionable color for buckets. . The reason they say "the gay widow", is because she mourns her husband only for a second. ' The man who said, " I always take things as they come," was probably bred a photographer. Mike Hogg is the editor of an agri cultural paper in Kentucky. He nose a good deal about corn. "An Austrian proposes to deliver let ters by electricity." It is likely some of the recipients will be shocked. It is well to patronize home industry, but teeth-picking at American restaur ant tables is already sufficiently thriv ing. " It is," says the Court Journal, " as tonishing what advanced steps the Americans are taking in muyo." Here i j direct encouragement for the organ grinders to keep moving on. " Have you," asked the judge of a re cently convicted man, "anything to offer the court before sentence is passed?'' "No, your honor," replied the prisoner; "my lawyer took my last cent I" " Intelligent 1" said the man, of his setter dog. "He knows a heap, sir. Why, once he took a dislike to a man, and went out and induced the man to kick him, so I wonld whip the man I Fact, sir 1" "Well, you are the biggest goose I ever saw," exclaimed Jones to the part ner of his joys and sorrows. And Mrs. Jones smiled upon him with a seraphio smile as she-remarked, "Oh, Jones, you are such a self -forgetful darling V MIKPiKlNO TO LEAVB TOWK. Be rtratifhtcnert his hackund wiped the sweat From Ilia brow bo fiery rud, " I would rather travtl with Jumbo, dear, Than travel with you," he aaid. She darted an angry t-dnnce and cried : " Why, Walter, you must bo drunk." 4Vm eober enough," he uutd, to know That J umbo cun pack hi owu trunk." llrooklyn BaU. The Cold Summer. The weather in Now York in the year 181C was as follows: January was mild so that fire was not needed n.uch of the timo in rooms. February was mild, with but a few cold days. March was cold and boisterous the first half, then mild to the middle of April, when win ter sot in with ice and snow, which continued through May. Ice formed and the fruit Luis weie killed, and every tender plant doHtrovecl. Corn uid potatoes were replanted and killed until too late. June, the coldest ever known ; frost, ice or snow almost every night, de stroying every growing thing that cold woald kill. Sjow fell ten inches deep in Vermont and Maiue, three inches in the interior of New York State and a part of Pennsylvania and Mas sachusetts. July was cold and frosty. Ico formed as thick as window glass in Now England. Indian corn was killed everywhere except some favored spots in Massachusetts. August was worse still, for where corn escaped it was frozen, cat up, and dried for fod der. Ice formed half an inch thick, and almost every growing green thing was destroyed in this country and in Europe. Very little ocrn ripened in the Middle States; corn for seed in 1817, raisod in 1815, cost from SI to 85 per bushel. The first half cf September was the mildest of the seson; then it became cold and frosty and continued through October. November was the coldest ever known, cold and blustering; snow fell so as to make good sleighing. December was mild aud comfortable. Great fears were felt for the future season, but 1817 was a fine, fruitful season. The New Siamese Twins. The brothers Tocci, born iu Turin in 1877, are considered to be even more curious than the famou i Siamese twins. They have two well formed beads, two pairs of arms, and two thoraoes, with all internal organs; but at the level of the sixth rib they coalesce into one body. ' They have only one abdomen, one right and one left leg. It is a ourious fact that the right leg moves only under the control ot the right twin (named Baptiste), while the other is movable only by the left twin (named Jaoob). As a result, they are nnable to walk. This left foot is deformed, and ia an ex ample of talipes equinus. Each infant has a distinct moral personality; one cries while the other is laughing; one is awake while the other sleeps. When one is sitting up. the other is in a rosi- lion almost horizontal. Fresse MedicaU uelge. See that you are proud, but let jour pride be of the right kind. Be too proud to be lazy, too proud to give up without conquering every diffloulty, too proud to be in company that you cannot keep np with in expenses, too proud to be stingy. Twelve thousand shovels and two thousand spades are turned out everv woekia the Voit4 States,
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