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TIONESTA, PA., APHIL 17, 1878.
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IV
My Hoy.
A little roll of flannel flue;
A thrill iii mother' heart" 'tin mine;"
A litttu head of golden hair;
A lifted eye. to heaven in prayer)
A i nilc tint ripple to a laugh;
A tear with griif in Its behalf;
A putthing of a flendor chair,
A climbing of tho oaken stair;
A strido o'or everything at hand;
A horso at Santa Clan command;
A little rart all painted rod ;
A train of cara at full steam aped;
A pair of " pants " that reach the knee;
A trot like midHhipnian from sea;
A pair of boots with tops of red;
A knife, a hall, a gallant slod;
A pockot full of ovory thing;
A " shooter, " skates, and yardi of at ing;
A voting fraclion'i " such a bore;"
A holiday rejoioing o'er;
A Htrotching down the panleloon;
A swim a wroitling match at noon;
A little Latin now, and Oreek;
A letter homo just onoe a week;
A roaming through colleghte halls;
A grimmer even u ( spent in calls;
A rapure o'or a'snnny face;
A bow, a ring, somo bridal lace;
A kneollng at the chancel rail;
A trembling bride, a bridogroom pale;
A It ap into the world's wide sea;
My boy was gone ah me I ah met
A WORD IN SEASON..
The Day Accommodation on the Shore
Line was making its deliberate war
eastward, curving with every curve of
tho Connecticut shore, and clinging to
the wuter side its though actuated ly a
Rontimmt for coast scenerv. On one
side of the track lay the blue, white
oapped sea ; on the other, low rolling
bill witli foregrounds of brown meadow
and golJen sedge ; over all, a superb
arch of sun-lit sky. It was a deliciuW
late autumn day, and Miss Mallowc
fouud "Tnat Husband of Mine" a.
little engro.sing perhaps because ol
. hr maidenly unacquaintance with the
possessive cuse of that article that sh
flung it down and betook herself tc
gazing from' the window. She was
growing dreamy, as gaaers at a rapidly
changing scene are apt to do, when
word reached her ear, and aroused curi
osity, enough to make her turn her head,
It was a woman's name, and an unconi
inon "Arethusa."
The person who uttered it was a man,
His sent wits on the opposite side of the
car, and a little in advance of that which
Miss Mallows herself occupied, and she
now observed that there was lomethiug
odd about his appearance. His hefd
and shoulders were massive a-id finely
formed : his face seen in profile was
good one. with kindly eyes aud a striking
forehead, broad and benevolent. But
there was something dwarfish in his
atttitude. and when presently he half
. rose to shut the window, it become op
. parent that lie wasL ad rf. 1 here w.n-
no deformity, but the largo head and
broad shoulders were balanced by
miserable pair of little legs not longer
than those of a child of ten. lie wa
not young, for there were grizzled hairs
about his temples and in bis full beard,
and altogether his appearance was hidf
repulsive and half attractive, and awoke
a feeling compounded of good will and
pity so strangely mingled that it was
hard to tell which predominated.
His companion evidently the " Aie
thusa " addressed, was a girl not over
t wenty, of that delicate type of prettiness
known as American," which fades so
early, but is charimyg in its brief
flower-time. Her new gray suit, with
crepe lisse mflles at throat and wrist,
the crisp feather in her hat, even the
shining red leather of her traveling bug,
and the perfectly fresh, carefully put on
gloves, bespoke the bride, but there was
something very nnbridal in the face
which these fineries sutrounded. Tho
eyes, blue in tint and beautifully shaped
and set, were swollen with crying, the
lips quivered nervously, every vestige
of color had fled from the round childish
cheeks, and the hands in the new gloves
were pinohf d together with a tightness
like terror. ' Ouce or twice as Miss Mai
lows watched, she foutrht with emotion
and called m a wan little smile in an
swer to something said to her, but she
never spoke. Her companion, on the
contrary, talked incessantly in a low-
voiced steady strain. Miss Mallows
could catch only a word now and then,
and her curiosity about the couple grew
so strong that she felt she would pay
any price to know their story. There
could be no doubt as to their relation,
she thought ; they were husband and
wife, and iuat married. The little man
evidently had no thought except for his
bride. Mile after mile he talked and
talked, devouring her with his eyes the
while, and she Bat with half-averted
head, never meeting his gaze or replying
bv a word to anything he said. Once
6he turned and looked full at Miss Mai
lows with a wild appeal in her face
which was startling, but she instantly
looked awav. and presently laid her arm
on the winaow sill aud her head on her
arm, and began to cry in a still, dreadful
manner, not sobbing aloud, but trem
bling all over with a pent-up feeling
which was worse than outbreak. The
man tried in vain to soothe her ; she
renelled him centlv but decidedly, and
at hint ha cave no the attempt, and
silently Bat beside her with a grave,
troubled face.
" I shall die if I can't find out about
those peoole." thought the excited ob
sei ver on the other side of the car. But
she didn't die. neither could she find
out. One can not walk up to a perfect
stranger and demand, "Tour story or
your life 1" it is impossible. So Miss
Mallows sat still, her conjectures aflame
and her fingers fairly twitching with im
patience, till at last the train stopped at
a small way-station, and the little man,
rising from his seat and, alas 1 looking
even shorter than when lie sat, said, in
a gentle, deprecatory tone, " Now,
Arethusa."
With that they vanished. Misa Mal-
owa had one more glance of them.- get
ting into a brand-new carry- all, which
looked as though it might be a part of
the wedding outfit, and then the train
bore her away, ner thoughts remained
behind, with the people in whom she
had taffon so sudden and violent on in
terest.
" I wonder, wonder, who they are,
and why on earth she married him ?
ran her reflections, "oo young ana
retty, and so evidently unhappy I And
or all her prettiness, it wasn't an edu
cated face, or a lady's he looked far
nicer than she. 1 feel exactly as though
I bad dipped into the middle chapter of
an exoiting novel, and then somebody
had taken away the book. What
wouldn't I give to read the beginning
and end of it I 'That Husband of
Mine,' indeed I Stupid wretch !" And
she gave the volume a vicious little
knock. " How is one to endure such
twaddle, when really interesting things
like this are happening in real life all
the time ? . Let me see where was it
that those people got out?" consulting
her ticket. " Unham Corners that is
only ten. eleven, thirteen miles from
ratunxet. remaps Mrrgaret ijenox
may know something of them, I'll ask
her."
Felicia I am tired of calling her Miss
Mallows, which name, besides, seems to
belie her frank, impulsive nature had
her desire gratified sooner, than she had
dared to hope.
Mr. Lenox was late to tea that mgnt,
and explained the fact by saying, ' I
went four miles out of my road to see
David Dalrymple's new steam thresher,
and. behold, when I got there, it was
locked up, and ho away with the key m
his pocket. And what do yon think,
Margaret? he had gone to be mar
riod P
" Not really P
"Really. I tried to pump old Pally
as to the age and antecedents of the
bride, but she was taken deaf at once,
and not a word could. I extract. Master
David had told her to have a good fire
and boil a ham. and she'd got a good fire
and she'd boiled the ham that was all;
and she wasn't one to ask questions
about things that didn t consarn her
Then she pinched her lips tight and be
gan to poke the fire; and as it struck me
that the remark about things which
didn't conHaru ' people was meant to be
personal, I gave it up and came away.
"Oh dear I What dreadful woman
do von suppose has pounoed on that
poor little David? An old maid, of
course, or some harpy of a widow."
" I can't say as to that, but I imagine
she s good-looking, and that uavid is in
love with her."
V Dear, what makes yon think thit ?"
" Oh. because of the pains he has
taken about the house. Lots of new
furniture, and every thing redded np,
He's bought a carry-all, Sally said.'
" Who is this person that you are
tnlkincrnViont I" asked Felicia.
" A neighbor of oure seven miles off,
to be snre. but that counts as neighbor
hood in the country. Such a nice, clever
man. Felicia, a good farmer too, anil
thoroughly respectable in every way;
but. poor fellow ! bo unfortunate in bis
appearance a dwarf almost, with the
: , . .
head and shoulders oi a grown person
aud stunted legs . no bigger than a
child's."
Oh 1" almost shrieked Miss Mal
lows. " that must be my little man in
the car. 1 came an tne way irom jew
Haven with him and bis bride," and she
plnnged into a description which left
Mrs. Lenox as much excited as'lier
friend.
I must see her ! she cried, "Well
drive over in a day or two."
Weather was unpropitious, however,
and the day or two proved nearly a fort
night. Mrs. Lenox had a double errand,
oeing proviueu wuu a uuatcuui m
nale geraniums to be exchanged for cut
tings from old Sally's famous chrysan
themums; but when, alter Knocning a
long time at the seldom-used front-door
of tho farm-house, they made their way
round to the kitchen, and from thence
to the family sitting-room, no one was
visible, and the flrelesa hearth and neat
ly piled books and papers on the taDie
made it evident that the apartment had
not been UBed of late. While they ling
ered and wondered, a creaking step came
down the stairs, and old Bally, with a
tea-cup in her hand, entered the room.
She saluted the ladies grimly.
"Thank ye. Miss Lenox. I d like the
geraniums well enough if I'd time to tew
round with 'em. but lest now my nanus
is full, without taking care of plants,
a-nussing Miss Dalrvmple.
" . . - , ... A.
" Mr. Dalrymple's wile i is ene ui r
" Yes. she is and she ain't. 'Tain't
no pertikilar kind of sickness as I can
see: but she s weaK as waier, ana ioohb
bad. I give ber pennyroyal when she
fust come, thinkin' it might be she a
ketched an inside cold on the journey
but it didn't do no good, and she kep
on not eatin' nothin' and gettin' more
and more peakin', till finally she took to
her bed, and to-day Mr. David s gone
over for the doctor. He set up with her
last night. She didn't want him to, but
he said he shouldn't sltep anyhow, and
he'd ruther. It don't seem as if it need
take up any time a-waitin on her, for
she don't ask for any thing from day i
end to day's end; but sickness takes
steps any way you fix it, and 1 hain't done
much except go up stairs and down agin
for these four days."
" Dear me l ' began JUrs. ijenox. nut
Felicia, moved by an impulse, broke,
in,
I think I must have come in the
same tram with Mrs. Ualrympie. l
wonder if I might go up and see her ?"
Rather to her surprise, Sally made no
objection.
"She hain t said she wouldn t seo no
body, and mebbe it'll rouse her up a
bit, was her ultimatum, ana miss Mai
lows ran lightly np. A door stood half
open ; she tapped, anil in answer to a faint
" Cornnn," entered the bedroom, where,
covered with a resplendent star-pattern
ed patch-work quilt, lay her late fellow-traveler.
The pale cheeks, from which much of
the childish roundness had wasted, flush
ed at sight of her.
" I hope yon will forgive me for com
ing up so unceremoniously," began Feli
cia, speaking rapidly to hide her own
nervousness.. "Your old housekeeper
gave me leave, and well, I felt bo sorry
for yon, sick and alone in a strange
place, that I wanted to come. If it tires
yon, you must send me away."
The girl looked at her a moment in
silence. Then she said : " Won't you sit
down ? There's a chair. "
Miss Mallows sat down. She was a
pleasant object to look at in her olive
greens and pheasant browns, with cheeks
and eyes ..brightened by frosty air, and
the invalid felt it.
" You was in the car the day I came,
wasn't you?" she said. "I recollect
your hat. 1 ve been sick most ever
since. It seems a long time.
" The first few weeks in a new place
are apt to seem long," replied Felicia,
kindly ; " and I dare say you miss your
home."
I haven't any home to miss "sadly.
Indeed I"
' No. I don't remember my folks at
all, or scarcely. My father he died
when I was born, and mother when J.
I badn t any body else,
"Why, you were a lonely girl, you
know, with no real home of yonr own,
and here a good man has come along
and taken you into bis. He loves you
dearly now, and you have a great deal
of influence over him, and can do pretty
much as you like now; but how long
will that last if you go on crying and
being unhappy and showing how little
you care for him f"
" I don't know," whispered the bride,
faintly.
"Then you are married, you know.
You have given a promise, and must
keep it. feven if it makes you sorry.
Fromises are solemn things. But I
think you can keep it and be happy too.
And it strikes me you have a chance to
do a most beautiful thing."
" What is that ?" wonderingly.
"To make up to a good man who
loves you for a hard, hard thing in his
life. Think how dreadful it must al
ways have been for yonr husband, witti
his clever mind and fine face, to feel
himself in one respect inferior to the
stupidest laborer who works in his fields.
It must have hurt him cruelly always,
and if he were not a sweet-hearted per
son by nature, it must have made him
hard and sour. Now, for the first time,
something delightful has come into his
life. He has married you, and it seems
to me such a chance as few women have
to be able to be so much to any one as
you can be to him. And don t think I
want to preach ; but God always blesses
those who try to do right, and if you
make your husband happy. I think He
will bless you and make you happy too."
Her eyes ran over as she ended her
little speech.
" Felicia 1" sounded from below
" Felicia, we ought to be going."
" Must you go?" cried Mrs. Dalrym
pie, sitting np in bed. " Thank you ever
so. Yoa've done me a heap of good,
I'll never forget you never. Oh
what's yonr name ?"
"Felicia Felicia Mallows. Good-by,
dear; and don't forget that the wind in
the chimney never says 'Alone' when
so they sent me to the orphan asylum. two VVf for each other are
and I lived there fifteen years." together." Then they said good-by. i
"Poor child 1 Did you? And what au come again u x cau rau x
n.9" leave. ueciareu .oxihs jiiiuiuwb, uiu
n n ' 1- 1 1 1
OailV. coming up w uhbiou uer uiuyo
"Then I was took by Mr. Parker
over to Cheshire. I was their help, but
they was very good to me, and it was
most of a home l a ever had. miss
Parker she liked to have me call her
ma,' and I did."
" And then you married Mr. Dal-
rymple."
"lea. me oiue eyes cionaea over,
and the lips closed tightly over the one
word.
" And now I hope you'll have a real
home of your own at last. What a
pleasant old place this is I Even at
this season one can see that. And my
friends tell me that Mr. Dalrymple is so
kind and good and clever, and so much
respected in the neighborhood. I am
sure you can not fail to be happy with
him, though just at first the farm may
seam a little lonely and strange."
The reply to these well meant remarKs
was unexpected, for the bride burst
into a violent fit of crying, which no
Boothing on the part of her dismayed
gnest availed to check.
" I'll tell you about it," ehe sobbed at
last, quieting a little, and won to confi
dence, as it were, by the tears in
Felicia's own eyes. " I haven't had any
one to tell before, and I'm bo unhappy.
I didn't ever think I should feel so
when I got married. They all said I
should be a fool if I didn't take Mr.
Dalrymple, because he was to well off,
and he wanted me bo much ; even Miss
Parker she said she couldn't counte
nance no such a thing as my sayin' no,
and I'd never.have such another chance
the longest day I Lived. Then I'd
never had. no one to do for me before, and
he gave me such a lot of things, and I
did so like to look nice and pretty like
ladiea do, and bo I did. And then,
somehow, when it was all over, and I
had to go off with him, it come to me
all of a sudden what I'd done, and how
my whole Life was a-goingjto be just the
same thing always, and ne was always
going to be there, and I know the
girla laughed at us behind our backs,
and Louisa Brooks called him Spindle-
k -a i-w-ai ii i 1 1 1
toes, ana yet i u got to Biay oy mm ana
never go any where else, or be any
thing else. And it all come over me,
and it was awful I 1 haan t ever
realized it before." And she looked
with piteous eyes into Miss Mallow's
face, who stroked her hand gently, but
wisely made no answer as yet.
1 'spose folks do call this a pleas
ant place," she went on, after a little
pause, "but it don't look pleasant to
me. 1 am t nsea to country, or to peing
alone all day. There was two hundred
of us at the asylum, and at Miss Park
er a we was close to the town, ana could
Bee folks a-passing and hear wagons.
It's bo still here I can hear myself
think almost, and the wind makes noises
in the chimney, and I lie awake at night
and listen. It s like a voice, and it says,
Alone I alone I alone 1' and groans.and
frightens me awfully."
I don t think it says that, exclaim
ed Miss Mallows, with a sudden inspira
tion. " It says, ' A home 1 a home I a
home !' That's what wind always seems
to me to say in homely old chimneys
like these." Then she thought to her
self, Shall I? or sha'n't If I hate
preaching, and I hate meddling ; but
there a a chance to do a pit oi good,
maybe, and yes, I'll risk it.
" Now listen to me, dear," she went
on, aloud, softening her voice as if to a
child. "This is .what I think about
your position. It seems to me that you
are juvt at the point when you mnst
decide for yourself whether you'll bo a
happy woman or on unhappy one for
the rest of your life."
How ? What do you mean ?"
mente, was astonished to see tho two ex
change a kiss.
"Why. what ever has she done for
the-cretur ?" she muttered, as the pony
wagon rolled away. " She looks twice
as alive as she did afore they came."
We drop a tiny seed into the ground,
or we watch a winged messenger detach
itself from the parent plant and float
away on jta separate errand, and we are
scarcely consciouB that with the act a
new sequence of energies and possibili
ties began, and the world is the richer
for a fresh point of growth. Felicia
Mallows had no chance for another visit
to the Dalrymple farm that autumn,
and it was two years before she saw it
again, during which time the image of
the oddly circumstanced little bride
faded into dim distance, as images will
in this overcrowded world. Another
visit to Patunxet revived it into sudden
life.
"Whatever became of that little
neighbor of yours who married a young
girl?" She asked Mrs. Lenox. "It
waa when I was last here. She was
sick. Dont you recollect our going
there?"
"Yes, now that you recall it, I do;
and the unconscionable time you staid
up stairs iu her bedroom. I believe she
is well. Her baby was baptized a few
Sundays ago.
" Have they a baby ?"
"Yes: a little girl. By'-the-woy
Mrs. Lenox was called off. and did not
finish her sentence. Next day Miss
Mallows borrowed the pony wagon for a
Rolitarv drive.
"I want to see my little friend, Mrs,
Dalrvmple." she explained; "and sup
posing her to" be up-stairs, you might
vet tired of old Sally.
" Thank vou. my dear. I should
You are welcome to the pony."
It was a September as mild as June
and when Miaa Mallows drove through
the farm gate, she saw its mistress sit
ting in the porch, her sleeping baby in
its wagon beside her, and her sewing in
her hands. She dropped it with a start
of joy when she caught sight of her
guest.
Visit you!" she cried "Oh, I am
so glad 1"
Is there any flattery equal to that;
"you?"
"You haven't forgotten me, then?'
said Felicia.
" Oh. no ; how could I forget? You
came when I was all Bick and miserable,
and lifted me right out of it. There's
never been a day since when I haven't
thought of you.
"Then you are Bick and miserable no
longer ?" said Miss Mallows, with a sec
ond kiss. " That iB happy news."
" Oh, no ; I am quite contented now.
David is ever so good to me, and I think
more of him every day. And then
there's my baby."
" Let me see her. What a sweet little
face I"
" Isn't it ?" with an exultant . smile.
" And she's much prettier with her eyes
open. They ra not blue ; they're dark
crav. like her father s. and iust lovely,
And I named her after you. Felicia
Davida 1 that's her name. How I wish
he was here ! I've told him heaps about
vou. He's over in the field yonder with
the hav-cntters. They do twioo as well
if he sits by and looks after them."
" Dear Mrs. Dalrymple, how glad I
am to see you again t And to think of
naminsr vour baby after me I"
" Oh, t wanted to. You were so gocd
to me that day. All you said to me came
true. I couldn't think more of David
than I do now if he was as tall as Goliath,
JIo'b little, but he's got the biggest
heart. That's right, baby ; wake up,
and tell the lady that papa is the best
man in the world. He is, isn't he ? Did
you hear her ? She said yes. Harper a
Bazar.
Fashion Notes.
Pocket handkerchiefs are very small.
Block satin is becoming fashionable
again.
Gold trimmings never look well by
daylight.
Black draperies grow beautifully less
and less.
No overskirts are seen on fashionable
costumes.
Belts are worn with pleated or Gre
cian corsages.
Cut-away jackets are in fashion for
young ladies.
Pleated waists with or without yokes
are coming in vogue.
Ther will to much costlier toilets
worn at the balls and receptions given
after Lent than were at those before the
penitential season.
Pin-hea l checks in various shades o
the same color, on a darker or lighter
ground, are seen in the prints and per
cales of the season,
Willow pompons, the ends terminating
in seed pearls and tipped with an aigrette,
are shown in all the light and beautiful
new shades of color.
Long, narrow trains, either perfectly
square at the end ot rounded to describe
a lozenge pattern on the noor, are ae
riguer at the moment.
Ball dresses are either long trained,
fourreaux. or princess or empress dress
es ; or if made basque they simulate the
dress in one piece.
Gauntlet gloves, with the monogram
on the back of the hand embroidered in
silk and picked out gold threads, are
among the novelties in gloves.
Crepe batiste is one of the novelties
for summer dresses. It is a thin linen
fabric woven in crape effects. It comes
in all delicate shades of pure bright
color for evening wear.
Opera mantlea of raw silk bourette, in
delicate shades of color, are tnreaaea
with lines of gold and silver, and trim
med with chenille and gold and silver
fringes to match.
Wide galloons of silk and velvet, and
plush mixtures are seen on ball toilets
in delicate colors. Bhot with threads of
gold and silver, or seeded with Roman
i " i i i
pean or nne glass oeaus.
Words of Wisdom.
When you dispute with a fool, he is
very certain to be similarly employed.
Silence is the best course for any man
to adopt who distrusts himself.
Make yourself all honey, and you'll
soon find flies to devour you.
Every other sin hath some pleasure
annexed to it, or will admit of some ex
cuse, but envy wants both.
Show me a land that has mountains
without valleys, and I will show you a
man who has joys without sorrows.
The current Coin of life is plain, sound
sense. We drive a more substantial and
thriving trade with that than aught
else.
He that waits for repentance waits for
that which cannot be had as long as it
is waited for. It is absurd for a man to
wait for that which he himself has to do.
There cannot live a more unhappy
creature than an ill-natnred old man,
who is neither .capable of "receiving
pleasnres nor sensible of doing them to
others.
In youth grief comes with a rush and
overflow, but it dries up. too. like the
torrent. In the winter of life it remains
in misarable pool, resisting all evapora
tion.
Items of Interest
A sweet rascal The sugar beet.
A Celebrated Case The printer's.
" Two for assent "A bridal couple.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
frown. -
Even a borrel-boop will tnrn when
trod upon.
A set of teeth things Dentist s in
struments.
The head-waiter The last man ma
crowded barber's shop. '
Catch a barber with Anil razor and
he is bound to hone np.
A household in Boston advertises .
rooma to let to gentlemen f uruished with
gas.
A Cleveland county (N. C.) man has
had three just and lawful wives iu the
last year.
The shoemakers don't mind dull times.
Their shoes are sold before they go into
the market.
Little girls believe in a man in the
moon young ladies believe in a man in
the honeymoon. ' -
The Earl of Beaconsfield is one of the
best dressers iu England, and one of
his dressing-gowns cost $3,000.
Many a tear of wounded pude,
Many a fault of human blindness,
Has been soothed, or turned aside,
By a quiet voice of kindness.
During the last decade $106,000,000,
derived from confiscated church prop
erty sold at auction, have been paid into
the treasury of Italy.
King Humbert has instituted yearly
prizes of $1,000 each for those most dis
tinguishing themselves in literature, art,
and science in his kingdom.
A girl in Zaneaville. Ohio, was simul
taneously converted and cured of stam
mering by Revivalist Hammond. She
thinks a miracle was wrought
William Pavitt, of St. Paul, on being
arrested for branding his unruly sonB
tongue with a hot iron, said that things
had come to a pretty pass -when a parent
could not discipline his own children.
Chinese are starving 70,000,000 of
them the cable Bays. How many is
that, do you know ? Why, is is so many
thaPif you were to count at the rate of
ten a minute, night and day, without
eating or sleeping, it would take you
fourteen years to count them.
THE BOKO OF THS MILKMAID.
TurM tnrn! for my cheeks they burn f - -Turn
by the vale, mv Harry I
Fill, pail! fill, pail!
He's turned by the vale,
And there by the stile waits Harry,
Fill, fill! filL pail 1 All!
For there by tho stile waits Harry.
The world may go rouna ine woria may
stand still,
But I can milk and marry.
Scribner.
A Witness Who Went Prepared.
An Englishman, who recently brought
suit against a railway corporation for
damages caused by an accident on the
hue, not only went into the witness dox
well crammed, but even took his note'
book with him. He referred to it so
often that Sergeant Ballanune took it
out of his hands, and himself introduced
it in evidence while cross-examining the
witness. The book contained a written
account of the accident in the form of
an address 4o the jury, interspersed with
remarks, such as " lake it easy,
"Dont get flurried. "lake care.
These, the plaintiff candidly admitted,
were to act as warnings u uiui.m giviug.
his evidence. Sergeant Ballantine then
Questioned him as to the meaning of the
figures 1, 2, 3, which occurred from time
to time in the note-book, and it appear
ed that these were intended as reminders
to the witness to count three before an
swering any question put to him. The
entry "Never mind him," referred to
the learned sergeant himself, lhe suc
cess of this thoughtful gentleman he
won the suit and obtained $1,250 dam
ages may encourage other witnesses to
adopt a similar system oi noies ana
checks for nse in the box.
So ! so ! brnte ! huddnp your foot !
Look at ye now, where you've stuck it !
Hold still your tail
Stiff as a flail.
And both hind feet in the bucket !
There stands a tramp by the barnyard gate,
And so there ! you Lrute, or I'll lam ye !
Bo, now; so ! Ah, beast ! There you go !
And tero goes the pail, too; dog
gone a cow, anyhow. ,
Burlington IIa wkeye.
Anson Rye, of Vermont, is out with a
challenge to wrestle any man in the
State. We have been on tno most; inn
mate terms with old Rye for the past
thirty years, and therefore know him
well, tie is an oily, pleasant sort of
cuss, but will surely get the inside track '
on you if yon don t iook out. xveep away
from him. You may manage to put him
down at first, but after ten or twelve
rounds, he will throw you snre, nnless
yon have a constitution like a mowing
machine. Danbury News.
.. A new electric light intended for the
illumination of dwelling houses was ex
hibited in New York recently.
The lamp is constructed of two
metal or carbon rods, between
which, near their end, is held a
small bit of some compound, the prep
aration of which is the inventor's secret.
This compound is hard as a diamond,
but when subjected to the electric cur
rent becomes incandescent almost in
stantly, aud if burned in the open air is
rapidly consumed. For this reason the
lamp is inclosed iu an air-tight glass
case, in which there is a prepared atmos
phere. It is stated that the bit of com
pound and the prepared atmosphere will
last an indefinite period ; and the cost
of the light in dwellings is estimated at
one fif teanth that of ordinary gas.
Flying Foxes.
Th flvino' for is a very curious inhab
itant of the forests near Moreton bay, in
East Australia. It lives iu flocks, and
moves generally towards the dusk of the
evening ; and the noise prouucea oy iuo
heavy flapping of tbe so-called wings is
very singular. The flocks like quiet
places, where there are large urnuuuriuu
treefc, with an nnderwood of scrub and
creepers. The foxes hang in vast num-
bers from the norizonai nranoues oi vu
pine trees. When there is a clear space
amongst the trees, an enormous number
of the animals may be Been, and their
noise can be heard ; for directly they
see anything unusual, they utter a snori,
bark, Bomething like the souna y
vniiuor rooks. Often every wul-u
j -
In aa ntnnA.l hr Mr. WPlffht. Of
Bland county, Md., recently gave birth crowded, and the flying foxes res
lO a most singular muunnunitj. " - rr;-o -
heads downwards or snarlir
ing for places. Suddenly tlf
is
undoubtedly a lamb, but it had three
distinct heads and mouths, wuu iuu seu
. n.l a f-.n(Tiia in aa.rh Torn nf the
Ul lina nuu m n i i - , .
mouths were wnere me ears suouui Have w uigui, mm u-y
. i n 1 : i ... .,.!,.! nroim.I
been, and in us neaus were mau nyer-1 biuco, uu -nu. . . v, . v v
tures which seemed to answer for ears, birds. Many fly with theiio. A
To partially make np for this superfluity
of heads, etc. it was without a tail. A
remarkable fact about the beast was.
that when it bleated the sounds came
out of its ears. It lived about eight
hours.
thtun. iThe creature w i
true fox, and there is a fold of
which reaches from the fore to tl
lega. This is called the win '.
enables the Pteropus, as the
called, to float and turn in1