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VOL. XI. NO. 3.
TIONESTA, PA., AP1UL 10, 1878.
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The Masque of Months.
BT riXUB FAWCETT.
With bright or sombre Roar,
With smile or frown or song,
la a manque the months go gliding
Perpetually along-,
First Jannary U here, '
With eyes that keenly glow,
A frost-mailed warrior striding
A shadowy stood of snow.
Then February, a form
rale-ventured, wildly fair
One of the North Wind's daugbUrj
With Icicles in her hair.
Then March, black-robed in ttorni,
Thodreal of bomtbonnd ships,
Who flii s over Innds and waters
With a trumpet at her lips.
Then April, gloom and shine,
Sad, mciry, wilful, mi-ck,
With a crocus in her trtssea
And with tears upon her chook.
Then May, the nymph divine,
With shoulders white as curds,
O'orosnopiod by caresKes
Of butterflies and of b'rds.
Then Juno, whose leautics vie
With the rotes' richest shado,
Bo sweot a to got uj dreaming
That a rose has grown a maid.
Then paxfionate young July,
' That proud, hot-tempered lord,
, Who bears, though of gonial seeming,
A lijjhtnlng-flaHh for a sword.
Then August, grave, sere ne,
A dame of itately grace,
With the touch of time laid suruly
Ou her lovely dimpled face.
Then sof t Bepti mbe r, fecn
In a nunlike veil of mint,
Wirh lashes that hide domurely
Two glimmers of amethyst.
Then flushed October, che
Wnose Joys with pain are blent,
I.iko a qneun whose soul is achlug
Amid pomps magnificent.
Then dull November, free
From hope, doslre or care,
.. Having done with all heart-breaking,
living simply cold despair.
And last December drear,
With piteoup, low-JroojeJ heal,
m a voice of desolation
Crying out, " The year is dead !"
And bis 'tu changeful gear,
With i aile or frown or song,
The month's, in strange variation,
Are ever gliding along...
LippituxW Nagatine.
AUNT HEPSY'S HAIR TRUNK.
It was au old-f.tsLioaod trunk, iron
bound ami antiquated, with the name t f
its former owner JUFCiibed on the lid n.
brass nails. Much longer than it wu
broad or high, it bore a funereal sug
gestiveness, uud bespoka nothing of the
wardrobe it might contain. Aunt Hep
ey called it a Lair trunk, why wo do not
know, for there was very little vestage
of the capillary Bubbtauco visible on any
nartofit. It was a historic trunk; she
said it descended to lnrfrora the revo
lution and it certainly looked at
though it had. ,
Aunt Ilepsy had never been much of
a traveler, and her experience, even
after fifty years, in that particular di
rection was limited ; however, on the
day of which we speak, she started on a
" journey," the and the hair trunk, and
a bandbox, and a calico bag, and a rose-,
bush. A niece who lived with and bid
fair to follow the maidenly precepts of
her aunt, assisted her in packing, and
saw her safely seated in the autidiluvian
vehicle which was to convey her to the
railway, and it rolled away with this
solitary passenger. TLe vehicle had
only proceeded a few rods from the
house when " Driver, driver, hold ou,
stop," was heard from the inside of the
coach "What's the mattermarm ?" asked
John. "I forgot my umberel ; won't
you run back and tell Jane to give it to
you? It's in the right hand corner of
the keepiu' room pantry. Tell her to
be kerful and not knock down the penny
royal." " Blame the uniborelar," quoth
the knight o' the whip, as he dismount
ed, and hurried toward the house.
Hardly had he proceeded a dozen steps
when the horses started ; moved by
some unprecedented impulse they broke
into a run, and shouts of " whoa, whoa,
driver, driver," issued from behind the
flapping curtails of the couch. SudUen
ly there was a cessation and a moment
later could you have looked into the
coach you would have seen the driver
fanning Aunt Ilepsy with the lid of that
favorite band-box.
As she opened her eyes and looked
half consciously into the driver's face,
her first words were " Is the trunk safe?'
' not for a moment realizing the romance
of her position. " I guess so, mrm,"
replied the protector, "but if we keep
on this way, I can't ketch that there
train no how." Everything being re
stored to order again, the driver mount
ed his seat and they rolled away once
more. Every thing went smoothly ex
cept when the wheels struck an occa
sional stone in the road, which did not
improve Aunt Ilepsy's opinion of travel
ing, nor the condition of the rose-bush.
They arrived at the station just in
time to joiu the confused crowd who
were rushing hither and thither. Aunt
Ilepsy became mixed up in the multi
tude, was whirled and jostled along,
all the time calling at the top of her
voice where's my trunk, where's my
trunk? Have you seen anything of
my trunk ?" she "asked of the engineer
as she fetched up against the side of the
cab ; a tt rrible shriek of the whistle,
and the hiss of demons startled the old
lady off of her feet, and the next mo
ment, jostled along, she tumbled in at
the baggage car door much discon
certed. " O my trunk " she murmured.
" What's the matter with yer trunk ?"
inquired an able bodied baggage
smasher. "Does this part go to
Newark ?" she inquired ; then with
satisfaction beaming in her eyes and a
smile gradually spreading itself over
her bewildered features, she exclaim
ed : " Laws ! there's my trunk now,"
and quietly seated herself on her prec
ious old revolutionary friend. Be it
said to the everlasting credit of that
baggage sm.isher, he escorted her to a
comfortable seat in another car, and the
train started. ".Elizabeth, shouted a
man at the door, as the train soon
halted before another station, "Eliza
beth " shouted another one at another
door. Aunt Hepsy looked inquiringly
round for a moment or to, no one got
np ; then she remarked to a gentleman
in the next seat, "I guess Elizabeth ain't
here.
" lore, madam, fare, asked a very
pprnce looking young man of Aunt
Ilepsy, as the train once more moved
along. " Well, I am very sorry," sid
the old lady, " but I didn't bring any
ticket witu me ; u i had thought there
was a chance to sell any I would have,
certain." "Fare, madam," repeated
the conductor. "I was just savin',"
continued Aunt Ilepsy, that I hadn't
none with me, would like to 'commo
date you but perhaps if you're anxious
you might drop a line to Jane. The fair
don t come off in three weeks yet.
" I don't care about the fair, what I "
" Well then, interrupted Aunt Ilepsy,
" what did you speak about it for then ?"
" What I want, continued the conduc
tor, " is your railroad ticket ; where are
you going ?" " Oh, laws, why didn't
you say so ; howsomeever I'm going to
Newark, and I wish you'd be good
enough to stop at my nephew b house
it's one with brown blinds and a silver
door-bell instead of a knocker. X haven't
got any ticket." "Then I must ." Just
at that juncture there was a sudden con
fusion ; the car reared, plunged and
stopped short. Aunt Hepsy turned a
double summersault over the scats in
front of her, and landed against the wood-
box ; the rose-bush demolished, that
beautiful band-box twisted into unrec
ognizable shape, the conductor in the
course of his pirouetting had sat down
on it. The old lady ras unhurt, ond
with unusual composure, she turned to
the conductor, who sat beside her, and
asked " What place is this?" "Don't
know," groaned the conductor. " Do
they always stop that way ?" asked the
old lady.
Jnst then a man came in at the door
and asked " anybody dead here?" and
proceeded to pick np the damaged con
ductor " Dead," remarked Aunt Hepsy,
" well I never, what's the matter now ?"
' Had a collision, said the man,
" That's a complaint we don't know any
thing about down to the Corner s ; do
folks die of it ?" asked our undisturbed
herione as the man helpe 1 her to her
feet.
After some delay the passengers were
transferred to another train and in time
arrived at Newark. Here the news of
the accident, having preceded them the
crowd and confusion was worse than
.ver.
n.
" Hack ma'am." " Hack ma'am,
"Hack ma'am." "Yes," remarked
Aunt Ilepsy as sue was assailed by a
half dozen of the sharks. " hacked all to
pieces." Rose bush gone and just look
at this band-box, with mj brand new hat
in it." "Hack ma'am," shouted one
imporunate individual as he grabbed at
the band-box which now looked like a
used up accorieon. In spite of protests
he seized tbe box, and was leading the
old lady along the platform. " Well I
never. I told Jane it would be just so,
everything mixed; Mr. yonngman where
be vou coin V "uot a nioe back.
ma'am: take you anywhere, hotel, pri
vate house; take you anywhere you want
to go."
" Well, vou are acoommodatin'. I'm
glad I met you: if it hadn't been for yon
I don't know what I would have done."
" Here's the hack ma'am; git right in;
have you got any oaggage
"Yes, yes, I've got a trunk; a hair
trunk.
"Then give me your check ma'am
"Oh, that's it, now be careful, don't
drop that trunk for there s a jar of pre
serves in it and it might break.
Away went the driver on his search,
leaving the old lady to her cogitations;
every sign within readable distance was
duly perused and her musings were only
interrupted by a boy who put his head
into the window and snouted, " black
yer boots." "The insolent critter,"
thought Aunt Hepsy, "as though my
boots needed blacking.
" They must have given your trunk a
pretty good shaking down out here,
ma'am: ain't much left of it but the
straps," remarked the driver as he re
turned with the precious piece of bag
"They did use it a little careless," re
plied Aunt Hepsy, " the man that was
takin care of it they say got killed, stove
upsot on him and roasted him; but the
trunk I guess wasn't scorched. Driver
just run over to that insurance office and
ask the man what they will charge to in
sure mv life. I can't take the responsi
bilitv of takinsr care of myself much
longer."
"Cant do it marm; no time now.
Where would you like to go ?"
" Up to my nephews "
" Where does he live ?"
" Why. in Newark of course he s a
grocer, sells snuff and "
" I don't care about that; what's his
name ?"
" Oh ! his name's Prosper."
" Prosper what ?"
" Prosper Jndcro. named after our late
respected pastor; his father lives down
to the Corners, and his sister mode so
much talk by her coming to church
with a strange young man with a blue
neck-tie and "
" But I don't see as how that's to the
pint. I want to know the number and
the street where your nephew lives."
Here it is, right here, on a card that
Jane writ and gave to me when I was
startin'," " All right ma'am," and be
fore the old lady knew it, there was a
sudden start that nearly threw her out
of her seat
In due time the carriage halted in
front of a comely brick dwelling, the
door opened and there stood the nephew
"ljaw sakes. Prosper, how do you
do? Oh dear me, what a nice house
you've got, but I'm tired out;
whv
didn't you paint your blinds green,
Look
out for that hair trunk.
All this was spoken whire she was
going up the steps, and at the top she
met. Prosper'a wife and here again she
stopped,
" Why, Susan I how do youido; if you
knew how glad I was to get here: inst
look at that cobweb on your hall lamp
Jane said but, me, I'm so fluttered, I
don t know what all she did say. I
thought I never would get here; my best
bonnet is all smashed, and I hod to give
the rose-bush to a boy to carry and
never saw it after that; law ! what
pretty collar you've got on, and wheie
did you get that pin with the rubies in
it T
" Why, Aunty," inquired Susan.
Ain't you most tired out ?"
" Tired, child; that s no word for it,
thought I never would get here. The
engineer broke loose and run smash into
another, and a man with a big sign on
his hat came to me and says he, ' old
woman, be you much hurt ?' and says I,
' T ai n H. linrfr. and T Biin'f on rtil njnman
either,' and says he, 'its a wonder; for
1 guess there b three or four hundred on
'em killed.' 'Just to think of three or
four hundred old women being killed,'
says I; is my trunk safe ? Says he, I
guess bo, ma'am ' Oh, law, I'm so
tired.
"Here's your trunk, Aunty," said
Prosper, as he brought a bundle of lath
into the hall.
"Is that my trunk," gasped the old
Udy. " Sakes, Prosper, how under the
canopy can I ever get away from New
ark. All ruined!- And I sot bo much
store by it. To think that old grandma
Charity s trunk should come to such an
end ! If that man that was takin' care
of it was only ulive, I'd like to see him
just to tell him what I think of him,
Hut we must unpack it, Prosper. And
they did unpack it; but a Bad sight in
deed was it. There was the jar of quince
preserves smashed all over Aunt Hepsy 's
best cap, which lay deeply imbedded in
a pumpkin pie; over it was generously
spread all her snuff, by way of spice; a
bottle of hair dve had soaked its wav
through the purple and fine linen into a
loaf of cake, on the bottom of which was
pasted a box of corn salve, busan com
forted the old lady, while Prosper extri
cated the cap from its bed of pumpkin
pie, and Betty, the maid, ran for i glass
of water; it was evident that accumulated
misfortunes had overcome Aunt Hepsy,
for Prosper was only through with his
work in time to save her from sitting
down in the coal hod. She had fainted,
in.
At the conclusion of Aunt Hepsy's visit
to the Judge mansion, she had so far re
covered from her fatigue and trepidation
that it was decided she should visit
another nephew in Boston, the Rev.
Parsiinmon .Pucker: furthermore, to
make the trip as agreeable as possible,
Prosper was to go with her as far as
New York, and then see her safely on
board the Fall Biver boat. The hair
trunk meanwhile hod been neatly re
paired and was in as good condition as
ever, barring its faded and ancient look,
and Susan had put a few extra touches on
Aunt Hepsy s bonnet, which gave it
more recent air. Her old shawl gave
way to a brand new cloak, and there was
a general transformation in her appear
ance. She looked ten years younger
than when she arrived in Newark. Still
all these elegancies of attire could not
extinguish those characteristics of person
which distinguished her from other in
dividuals. How many times she inquired
of Prosper concerning the safety of that
trunk as they hurried along on the cars,
it would be difficult to enumerate. At
last they stood together on the wharf
close by the steamer ; Prosper saw her
safely on board and then hurried on
toward home. As she sat looking out of
the window of the ladies cabin she dis
covered her trunk on the wharf
and alarmed lest it should be left
behind she hurried out and along
the gang plank just in time to meet
a truck load of baggage. The porter did
not see her but kept on, the truck struck
the old lady : there was a squeak and
splash ; a few minutes after a very wet
old lady was carried into the cabin ; she
didn t look so pretty as ene did
few minutes before. She was put in
charge of the stewardess, and the hair
trunk was resorted to. An hour later
she occupied one of the Bofas in the cab
in arrayed in other attire and seemingly
as composed as ever. J uat then an elder
ly, benevolent-looking gentleman ap
proached her. and in a quiet way in
auired :
" Air you sufferin' from the effects of
vour fall, ma'am ?"
Aunt Hepsy stammered and hesitated
a little, and then pulling out one of her
new hem-stitched, replied, "not partic
ularly; a little sore in spots howsomev
er : I supiose it always happeus to peo
ple who travel. It's toniptiu' Provi
dence, as I heard my nephew say once
in a sermon, to try to carry sweet-meats
and rose-bushes on a railroad train."
" May I ask," inquired the gentleman,
who your nephew, the pastor, is ?"
' He's my brother's oldest son, and lives
up to Boston. They say he's one of the
best preachers thereabouts. He's
preached there ten years."
" les, yes," mused the old gent,
and his name is Rev. P. Pucker."
" How did you know it?" asked Aunt
Hepsy, with a start.
" Because he was installed ten years
age, and I am a deacon in his church.
Deacon Squeakleather, if yon please."
" You don't say it. I've heard Persy
speak of you agin and agin. Why.deacon,
I feel as though I had known you for
years."
" I-a-I-a helped you oat of the wat-er,
continued the deacon, as he tried to pull
the cloth over a worn button on his
coat.
"Now, deacon, how can I thank you ;
did you see anything of my calico bag ?
Now come to think, 1 haven t seen any
thing of that bog since, and the trunk
my hair trunk I do wish I knew what
had become of that. What does make
this boat shake so ?"
" It's the engines," replied the deacon.
" Tbotr atra iimf. uturcwl "
" Yon don't mean to sav thev have
Injins aboard, do you ?" inquired Aunt
Hepsy nervously. " Steam engines,
suggested the deacon, " the motive
power of civilization."
" Surely deacon ; yes I see ; but I
don t think they are much safer than a
real Ingin." and Aunt Hepsy went on
with a long account of her experience to
which the deacon listened with evident
pleasure.
" There ma'am," said he, rising from
bis seat and pointing out of the window,
" there is Castle Garden, a famous old
building where Jenny Lind once sung.
" Yes, and would you believe it,"
observed Aunt Hepsy, "there was
Prosper, put on his best clothes, came
all the wav down from the Corners to
hear her sing, , staid a week, and would
vou believe it, when he came home he
was so particular, he said there wasn't a
cirl in the wholo town could sing like her,
and he had the impudence to tell the
leader of our choir that she could not
hold a candle to her. and he actually
laughed at her when she said she'd jest
like to try her on old Windham once.
Jenny Lind may have been powerful
good, but I don't believe she was ahead
of our leader, no how."
The trip to Boston was entirely without
incident. Our heroine was safely landed
at the parsonage, the deacon was seeing
her to the door, in spite of the fact Hiat
his pastor had met her at the station.
Originally she hod meditated only
short visit, but week after week passed
away ; still sho remained, and nearly
every day might have been seen in front
of the mansion, the deacon's horse and
new chaise. Where was the deacon ?
Why he was inside of course, seeiDg
nfter r-lmrcli -matterR. Noibinff of the
?ort. He was sitting on the sofa by the
side of Aunt Hepsy as chirp as a chirp
ing bird.
Aunt Hepsy grew younger every day,
nnd one morning came down stairs sing
ing, " This id the way I long have sought
And mourned because I found it not."
" Aunt Hepsy," remarked the Rev. P.
Pucker, "I have an intimation that
Deaeon Squeakleather has taken a great
interest in you." " Now Persy J" re
marked Aunt Hepsy, "why Persy, now
what makes you think so ?"
" Appearauces, only appearances ; now
Aunt Ilepsy, isn't it a fact ?"
" Well Persy, you are bo pressin',
I think I must tell. There it is, just
look there," she Baid holding out her
hand, upon one finger of which was
a bright ring.
"When," inquired the" pastor.
"Next week," replied the old lady,
"and I've sent for Jane and Prosper,
and all the folks to, come up, and "
just then there was a ring at the door
bell, the door opened, and a stout fellow
brought in a stylish new trunk marked
ii. big letters on "the end, " nepsy Tub
lius Blimkin Squeakleather." Water
town X. Y.) Jieunion.
Depopulation of St. Helena.
A curious description has been given
of the deorease of the population of the
island of St. Helena, memorable in all
history as the soene of the last years of
Napoleon. Its industries have been al
most ruined by the opening of the Suez
canal, which has diverted most India
going vessels from its shores, and the
employment of steam condensers for
water on sailing vessels, saving them
from the necessity of calling at the
island for fresh supplies of water. One
fourth of the populatiou has immigrated,
and now there are only 2,684 males, of
whom 1,151 are children, left on the
island. The revenue, chiefly derived
from customs duties, is but very little
more than $80,000, aud but little more
than $'25,000 is spent on all the publio
establishments of the island. The peo
ple are asking for a grant of money
from England, but they are urged to
have recourse to improved agriculture
and attem pt the growth of fine species of
tobacco, of the cinchona plant or the
oil yielding rose, all of which are, it is
said, adapted to the climate and soil.
A sympathetic but inquisitive young
man, who was visiting a county prison,
gently asked a girl prisoner the cause of
her being in such a place. " Oh," said
she, with a contemptuous toes of her
head, " I stole a water-mill, and got off
safe, but, like a fool, I went back after
the stream that turned it, and was arrest
ed." The sympathetic young mau left
immediately.
THE PHONOGRAPH.
A Cat el the Wonderful Tnlkln Machine
nnd n Hmrrlptlon of How It Works.
We present to our readers a sketch
of this wonderful machine which is now
causing so much sensation.
A machine that can talk, laugh or
sing, that can record the human voice
in silent typo and reproduce it in vocal
sound a minute or a thousand years after
its record, is, indoed, such a wonder
that one can hardly realize its possibili
ty. The inventor, Mr. Thomas A. Edi
son, who has already made so many Bur
prising inventions, has in the produc
tion of the monograph capped tne
climax of human ingenuity thus far.
The Phonograph is as remarkable for
its simplicitv as for its wonderful cf
fects.
On one side of the instrument, as seen
in the sketch is a sensitive diaphragm,
which vibrates in accordance with the
sounds made in front of it. This dia
rjhracrm carries a point as represented,
which closely approaches the surface of
a cylinder, around which tin foil or other
easily indented material is wound. The
cylinder is revolved by clockwork at a
regular speed before the point, and as
the diaphracrm is vibrated by the sound,
the point vibrates corresponaingiy
against the cylinder, and thus indents
the tin foil in a manner exactly corres
ponding to the length and frequency of
the vibrations of which the Bounds are
composed, thus making an exact record
of the sounds upon the surface of the
cylinder. Having thus recorded the
sounds in the form of indentations, it now
onlv remains to reproduce it or make
the instrument "talk back," or repeat
vocallv what was previously recorded.
This open Btem is simply the reverse
of the other. On the opposite Bide of
the instrument mav be seen a second
diaphragm, also provided with a point,
which, as the indented surface revolves,
rides in and out of the indentations
made by the recording point, and thus
causes the reproducing diaphragm to be
thrown into vibrations corresponding
exactly to the original vibrations,
and thus reproducing the original
sounds in all their integrity. This
reproduction can be effected any
time after the recording, so that
the tin foil can be removed from
the cylinder, be preserved for centuries,
aud ngiu wrapped upon the cylinder
ami made to speak. Bing or laugh, ac
cording to the nature of the recorded
sounds, years alter tne speaker or sing
er had turned to dust.
If such a thing is possible, as is now,
in fact, accomplished by the Phono-
the nuestion mav. indeed, be
nubnd. what is impossible to human gc
uius ? and we are forced to exclaim with
a recent writer on the telephone :
'Oh ! Science give us one more liiik.
That we may hear our neighbors think.''
New York &'cicntiJjo. News.
Act from Principle.
How few persons there are whose lives
are governed entirely from principle
rather than inclination. Even those of
na who IllflV be endeavoring to live for
far short of our
aaiiirntiniiH ; alas ! how very far short,
How. often -we find our convictions of
right and duty questioning if it might
not be as well for us to yield to inclina
tion, just for t'ae time, promising our
disturbed consciences that we will make
up for the present indulgence by more
vio-nrmis self-denial and strict attention
to duty. Vain, fallacious reasoning of a
weak nature I we can never make up for
oue neglected opportunity, one mis-spent
hour, one wroDg, selfish act. Once past,
the opportunity unimproved, the hour
wrnatad the act committed, it u beyond
our reach to recall, except in thoughts of
regret. Wo may atone for it, but we
can never chancre the past. Alas 1 how
nfiinfnllv we are aware of thisfuci. Then
should we all endeavor the more earn
estly to maks our lives embodiments of
principle : for we all kuow that, after
all, the path of duty, though sometimes
rugged, is not without sweei pieiujuren ;
and let us never follow our inclinations,
if thev would lead us away from right,
Then shall we be permitted at the last
to look back noon our lives with satis
faction, feeling that we have " done what
we could," and that our Father regards
us with approval.
A Medical View of Cats.
The well known English medical paper,
the Laurel, speaks thus unkindly of the
domestic cat: Apart from the mischief
these creatures mav do by lying upon
your young children for warmth, and
suffocating them, they are by no means
to be despised as enemies. When ex
cited or stirred to auger it is more
easy to defend the body from the direct
attack of a dog than to repel the sly and
sudden onslaught of a cat. It is, more
over, a mistake to suppose that there is
no danger in the bite or the scratch of
one of these animals. There have been
abundant and melancholy proofs of the
peril of contracting hydrophobia from
cats. The danger is scarcely less than
that which attends an injury inflicted
by a dog. This should be boruo in mind,
and if the consideration t hould have the
effect of diminishing the namber of cats
maintained, or rather kept without any
adequate provision for their support, the
populatiou will be the gainers.
The Earl of Beaconsfield is one of the
best dressers iu Eugland, aud one of
his dressing-gowns coat $3,000.
Items of Interest.
Koeps lent The umbrella.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
rown.
Catch a barber with a dull razor and
he is bound to hone up.
They propose to proscribe bachelors
from school boards of Iowa.
A Cleveland county (N.C.T'man has
had three just and lawful wives in the
last year.
The shoemakers don't mind dull times.
Their shoes are sold before they go into
the market.
Many a tear of wounded pride.
Many a fault of human blindnens,
Has been soothed, or turned aside,
Jjy a quiet voice of kindness.
The Cincinnati Enquirer observes that
marriage is often a mirage. And still
young people will make haze to the
wedding.
Professor Gunning makes the shiver
ing announcement that the glaciers will
plough over New England again in about
a million years.
General Mite, the dwarf, is said to
have earned $20,000 for his mother in"'
the last two years. This is a fine illus
tration of the value of the "widow's
mite."
According to recent returns France
has 1,982 important bridges, erected at
a cost of nearly $60,000,000. Of this
number 8G1 were in existence at the
beginning of the century.
"Can that horse run fast?" asked a
boy of a milkman the other morning.
"No, sonny, replied the purveyor ot
aqueous lacteal fluid, "he cant run
very fast, but he can stand the fastest of
amy horse you ever saw."
A young man, just engaged on a
ranche in Truckee, Cal., was set to driv
ing a yoke of cattle, and at noou, when
ha wanted to feed them, was observed
trying to unscrew their horns, in order
to get the yoke off the animals.
It is feared that the atmosphere of
London will soon damage the surface of
Cleopatra's needle. The Luxor obelisk
erected in the Place de la Concorde in
Parii in 183G, is some three thousand
four hundred years old,, having stood
with another still larger one before the
great temple of Thebes. The stone is
syenite granite, of a brownish red color.
Thirty-six years of exposure to the at
mosphere of Paris has affected the stono
more than the same number of centuries'
exposure to the purer air of Egypt.
The trunk of a tree three hundred feet
high or a section of it from Missis
sippi, is to be among the wonders of the
Paris Exhibition. Last year's geologi
cal survey in Southern Utah revealed
the fact that the areas occupied by
standing timber are much smaller than
those which are capable of supporting
such growth. The destruction by fire
greatly exceeds that of the woodman's
axe, and it seems desirable that some
methods for preventing forest fires
should be devised, and as a measure of
public economy, adopted in Utah, and
perhaps in other Territories.
Right is right. No one seems to ques
tion this somewhat startling argument.
Still there is little doubt that it may be
better, in some cases to submit to a
slight wrong, than battle for justice to
the bitter end. Take, for instance, that
Quebec apple case, which the two farm
ers began three years ago. There is no
disputing the fact that both farmers
cannot own the brrrel. The first co6t
was only three dollars, or, to avoid ar
gument, let it be three dollars and
twenty-five cents if you wish. Now the
case has been decided by a Quebec
judge and the total cost thus far amounts
to over $1,700. Besides, the end is noty
yet, as the defeated farmer says he will
appeal the case. It would have been
better if they had a-peeled the apples .
together in the first plaoe and given the
dried fruit to George Francis Train.
Detroit Free Press,
Words of Wisdom.
To beliove a business impossible is the
way to make it so.
Under our greatest troubles often lie
our greatest treasures.
The enjoyment of being able'to insko
a very little go a great way has a real
zest.
There are many shining qualities iu
the mind of man, but none bo useful as
discretion.
Some speakers and writers have a
river ef words, but only a spoonful of
thoughts.
No woman can be beautiful by tho
force of features alone, any more than
she can be witty by the help of speech.
We should do by our cunning as we
do by our courage always have it ready
to defend ourselves, never to offend
others.
The wise man makes equity and jus
tice the basis of all his conduct, tho
right forms the rule of his behavior,
deference and modesty mark his exte
rior, sincerity and fidelity serve him for
accomplishments.
If you kuow a man who is willing t
kiss your boots because you are rich
you may be sure that there is some one
whom he fcompels to kins liia boois iu
retiun. He who will cringe before one
wh is bigger than himself will play tbu
tyrant over one smaller than himself.
You are a coward, if afraid to tell the
truth when you should do so. You are
coward when you insult the weak. Yu
are a ceward if afraid to do right, if Y
shrink from defending your opu
from maintaining that wh eh you I
to be just and good; and you i
pecially a coward if you know
things of yourself, and care n- ' '
them to yourself.