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VOL. XI. NO. 15.
TIOKESTA, PA., JULY 3, 1878.
$2 PER ANNUM.
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t A.,
A Birthday rment
OW A HUSBAND DUTIFULLT TOOK BIB WIFS'l
ADVICK rrOK ITS HBBITS.
I.
" Hither, roy ownest," the hnBband
Unto hiii wife did but ;
' Thou knowent to-morrow is Ihy
Dear Consln Flo's birthday.
Ye twain have e'en aa si-tors been,
And 'twere botb Jniit and pleasant,
That we on hir sbonM now oonfer
A handsome birthday present.
Twax at iter limine I first mot thee,
And when thy baud I sought
She lent inch aid ai usually
Olrlfl in her plaoe do not.
Bo forth to the More of Tiffany,
From ooniiU r or from shelf
A fitting prcoiit to Relent,
Jewel, or bronze or deif ;
And let it he suoh gift aa then
Would'Ht oho.)ne fur thine own self j
On auob occasion ono should not
lie covetous of pelf,
IL
Forth fared the hnxbatid and the wife
To the atore of Tiffany ;
When she had heard ber husband' word
An angry wife waa she I
"He hath thought eno'," ahe aald, "of Flo,
but never thought of me.
lie knowetb, or be ouht b know, ,
If he knowetb anything,
That the dress I wear wan worn threadbare
When I had it turned thia spring.
Whnn at the Ester-tide the theme
Of hats I dared ' o broach,
He Maid, 1 You may,' but in a way
Or inriuite reproach,
My referencea to expenditure
Of d liars e'en of dimes
Are 'met with gloomy leoturee on
The hard' em of the times.
And vet. In spite of his complaints,
Whoa it is Consm Flo,
To whom a birth ay gift he'd give
tie o.u find cah eno."
ni.
" He should bave known," the wife went on,
With a sardouio grin,
" Nut only 1 Flo's cousin am
but in a eiine her twin.
Her lurth and mine are on one leaf
Of be family Bible rit
Mv birthday's n the same day as here,
But be doea i ot think of It.
SatHuma are. or bronzes fair,
Or dead gold lewelry
To his Flos be ding, but anything
I good enongh for me I"
In uch ungentle mood rbe came
To the atore of Tiffany. .
IT.
V We grosser mortals oannot Judge
Tween diamonds and tween paste,"
The husband said unto hi wife ;
" And henoe on woman's taste
Implicit reliance in snob things
As these mnst aye be placed.
Sit down, my dear, selection make
As if 'twere for yourself
Of any pretty article
In show caae or on shelf.
I care not what the price may be
Or what the article ;
An it please thine eve, have it put by
And I will foot the bill."
A fiendish thought was in that wife's heart,
. And she smiled as if in glee,
A they bronght ber there all that was fair
In the store of Tiffany.
"These diamond earrings," eaid ber lord,
Seem handsome unto me. "
" Diamonds," said she. "are worn no more
In the best society."
" Fair is this string of Orient pears,"
"Tia pretty, without donbt,
But I read in the last Sunday World
That pearls were going out."
"Goodly to see these opals be."
"John, opals do not wash ;
And they only wear ooral jewelry
Iu the wilds of far Oehkosh.
Do woman that respects herself
Wears costly Jewels now ;
She leaves their use to thejparvenues
And the Bowery maids, I trow.
An I had my choice of all the atore
For my own self, I wis
No article in it would more
Suit with my taste than this."
.VI.
"What V" said the lord, reluotantly, .
" Perobance you're satisfied,
But as a gift would not this look,
- In the poei's language snide? '
She beat the pavement of the Btore
With an impatient toe ;
" What's good enough for me." she said,
Isn't good enough for Flo?
Her bun baud marked an angry flush
On her round cheek come and go ;
" I did not meau that, Louisa, dear ;
You should not answer so.
Ho, salesman I in a package do
lie up this article ;
Bend it to-day to this address."
The salbsman said, " I will,"
And the husband be got back some change
Out of a five dollar bUl.
- The wife has hardly reached ber bouse
When at the door she sees
A wagon, the superscription
Whereof is Tiffany's.
They give to her a parcel small,
Khe tears the paper away,
Within's a card, ' To my dear wife,
' On her twenty-third birthday."
She opens the oaket with trembling hand,
Aud it to ber evrt doth show,
The twopenny halfpenny article
bhe bad picked out for Flo
Which she had sworn beyond return
In the monde was all the go I
Her Park eyes tilled with tears, for breath
A moment she did oatoh,
And gazing on her husband's gift,
Bhe softly said, "Toe wrrrrrrrrrrrretob!!!!!"
New York World,
NANNIE.
I cannot Bet down in so many words
just when or Low it came to be under
stood between my partner, John Still
luan, and myself that I was to marry bia
daughter, Nannie, when she was old
enough. I have a vague impression
that she was iu long clothes at the time
we first talked of it.
ller mother died when she was a little
girl, and old Mrs. Stillman took her
home to the family house at Owl's Cor
ner, one of the prettiest little villages
I ever had the good fortune to see. But
Nannie was eighteen when I first met
her as a woman, aud this was the scene
of our meeting.
John had sent for me to come to Owl's
Corner on a certain July day, promising
to drive over to the station ana meet me,
as my elderly legs covered the ground
but slowly. Ve had retired from busi
ness, rich men both, some five years be
fore and corresponded regularly. But I
had been abroad, and this was my first
visit to Owl's Corner in ten years. I
remembered Nannie as a rommnir child.
fond of swinging on the gates, climbing
up grape-arbors, and imperiling her
neck fifty limes a day, John always say
ing on each occasion :
"She's a little wild, but she'll get over
mar.
I waited at the station for half an
hour; then, seeing no sign of John, I
started to walk home. It was midday
ana iearimiy not, ana when x bad ac
complished naif the distance I turned
off the road and started through a grove
.hat gave me a longer walk, but thick
shade. I was resting there on a broad
stone, completely hidden by the bushes
ou every Bide, when I heard John's
voice:
"Where have you been f"
There was such dismav and astonish
ment in the voice that I looked up in
surprise, to find that he was not greeting
me, du a tail, slender gtrl coming to
ward him. Such a sight I She was dark
nuJ beautiful, dressed in a thin dress of
rose pink, faultless about the face and
throat, but from the waist down, cling
ing to her, one mass of the greenest,
blackest, thickest mud and water.
In the duck pond," she answered
with a voice as clear and musical as a
chime of bells. "Don't come near me."
"You are enough to wear a man into
his grave I"
" There, don't scold." was the coaxing
reply ; " little Bob Eyan fell in face
town. It did not make any material
difference in his costume, but I was
afraid he would smother, so I waded in
after him. The water is not over two
feet deep, but the mud goes clear
through to China, I imagine. It is
rather a pity about my new dress, isn t
if -
"A pity I" roared John: "youH
come to an untimely end some day with
your freaks. As if there was nobody to
nick a little brat out of the duck rxnd
but you P
" J. here wat actually nobody else
bout. There, now, don't be angry.
i ii go up to me nouse and put on tbat
Switching white affair that came from
New York last week, and be all ready to
Irive over to the station with yon. at
what time ?"
"About three. Lawrence is coming
on the 2:10 train."
And I had come on the 12:10. This
accounted for the failure to meet me. 1
kept snug in my retreat until John and
Dannie were well on tbeir way home
ward, wondering a little how many
young ladies in my circle of friends
would have bo recklessly sacrificed a new
dress to pick up a beggar's brat out of
the mud.
When I. in my turn reached the
house, John was on the porch, waiting
for Nannie's reappearance. He gave
luncheon, called Nannie, his mother,
and a man to go for my trunk, all in one
breatb, and seemed really rejoiced to
see me.
Presently a slender girl, with a truly
"bewitching" white dress, trimmed
with dashes of scarlet ribbon, and
smoothly braided black hair, tied with
scarlet bows, came demurely into the
room and was introduced. Never, how
ever, in that first hour could the wildest
imagination have pictured Nannie Still-
man wading into a duck-pond, but the
half-shy, half -dignified company manner
Boon wore away, and Nannie and I were
fast friends before dinner. She sang
for me in a voice as deliciously fresh as
a bird's carrol : she took me to Bee her
Eeta, the new horse that was her last
irthday gift from "papa," the ugly
little Scotch terrier with the beautiful
brown eyes, the rabbits, Guinea hens.
and the superannuated old pony, who
preceded the new horse.
In a week I was as much in love as
ever John could have desired. Nannie
was the most bewitching maiden I had
ever met, childlike and yet womanly,
frank, bright and full of girlish freaks
and boyish mischief, and yet well edu
cated, with really wonderful musical
gifts, and full of noble thoughts. She
was a perfeot idol in the village, her
friends and neighbors thinking no party
complete without her, while the poor
fairly worshipped her.
John allowed ber an almost unlimited
supply of pocket-money, and she was
lavish in all charity, from blankets for
old women, tobacco for old men, to can
dies for the children, and rides on horse
back for the urchins. And she had a
way of conferring favors that never
wounded the pride of the most sensi
tive. We rode together every morning; we
walked in the cool evening hours; we
spent much time at the piano, and dis
cussed our favorite authors, and one
day when I asked Nannie to be my wife,
she said, cooly:
" Why, of course; I thought that was
all understood long ago."
I was rather amazed at suoh matter-of-fact
wooing, but delighted at the re
sult. IIow could I expect any soft,
blushing speeches ? I suppose I ranked
just where John and Nannie's grand
mother did iu her affections.
But one morning, when Mrs. Stillman
was suipping her geraniums in the sitting-room,
aud John was reading the
morning's newspapers, Nannie burst in,
her beautiful face aglow, her eyes
bright with delight, crying:
"Oh, grandma I Walt has come homel
I saw him from my window riding up
the road."
She was going then, just as John ex
claimed :
"Confound Walt I"
" Who is Walt ?" I naturally inquired.
"Walter Bruce, the son of one of our
neighbors. He has been like a brother
to Nannie all her life, but went off to
Europe two years ago, when he came ef
age. They wanted to correspond bat I,
forbade that. So he has turned tip
again."
It was evident that John was terribly
vexed, and l very soon snared bis an
noyance. Walt, a tall, handsome, young
leliow, improved, not spoiled by travel,
just haunted the house.
He was generally off with Nannie as
soon as be arrived, and blind to Mrs.
Stillman's ill concealed coldness and
John's saroastio speeches about boys
and pupies.
As for me, by the time my sleepy eyes
were opened in the morning. Nanni
had taken a long ride with Walt, wan at
the pis no when I came into the room.
and Walt was walking beside Nannie
when tbe bour for our usual stroll ar
rived.
Aud the very demon of mischief pos
sessed the girl. There was no freak she
was not inventing to imperil her life,
riding, driving, boating, and I fairly
shivered sometimes at the prospect of
my nervous terrors wben it would be my
task to try to control this quicksilver
temperament.
But one day, when I was in the sum
mer house, a very rueful little maiden,
with a tear-stained face, came to my
side.
"Walt id going away," said she.
"Indeed."
"Yes, and he says I'm a wicked flirt,
with a chocking sob; "I thought I
would ask you about it'"
"About what?"
"Our getting married. You know papa
told me I was to marry you ages and
ages ago.
"Xes."
"And I knew it was all right if he said
so. But Wait says you must be a muQ
if you want a wife who is all the time
thinking of somebody else. And you
know I can t help it. Walt bas been
my friend ever since we were always to
gether. And wben be was in Europe
papa would n t let us write to each other,
but I kissed his picture every night and
morning and wore his hair in a locket.
and thought of him all the time. And
he says you won t like it after we are
married."
"Well, not exactly," I said dryly.
You'll have to stop thinking of him
then."
" I don't believe I ever can. And so
I thought I'd tell you, and perhaps
perhaps you will tell papa we don t care
about being married after all. I don't
think I could ever be sedate and grave
like an old lady, and of course I ought
to be if 1 am to be an old man's wife."
"Of course."
" Aud I am so rude and horrid, I
know I am not like nice city girls, and
I am altogether hateful, but Walt don't
care."
I rather agreed with Walt as she stood
in shy confusion before me, her eyes
still misty, her sweet lips quivering. It
was a sore wrench to give her up, but I
was not quite an idiot, and I said grave
ly :
But your latner r
" Yes, I know ; he'll make a real
storm. But then his storms don't last
long, and maybe you would tell him
that you have changed your mind. You
bave, baven t you.
" Yes; the last half hour has quite
changed my matrimonial views."
I could not help smiling, and the next
moment two arms encircled my neck, a
warm kiss fell nopn my cheek, and Nan
nie cried:
" You are a perfect darling, a perfect
darling, and I shall love you dearly all
my life."
So when I lost her love I gained it.
She flitted away presently, and I gave
myself a good mental shaking up, and
concluded my fool's paradise would soon
have vanished if I had undertaken to
make an " old lady" out of Nannie.
John s wrath was loud aud violent.
He exhausted all the vituperative lan
guage iu the dictionary, and then, sat
down panting and furious.
" Come, now," I said, what is tbe ob
jection to young Bruce ? Is he poor?"
"No. confound biml lie inherits bis
grandfather's property, besides what his
father will probably leave him."
"Is he immoral?
"I never heard so."
"What does ail him, then!"
"Nothing, but I have set my heart on
Nannie's marrying you."
"Well you see she bas set ber heart
in another direction, and I strongly ob-
C' toa wife who is iu love with some
y else."
"What on earth sent the puppy
home?"
"Love for Nannie, I imagine. Come,
John, you won't be my father-in-law,
lot x win noi marry ivannie n you are
ever so tyrannical, but we can jog along
as usual, the best of friends look!"
I pointed out the window as I spoke.
On the garden walk, shaded by a great
oak tree, Walter Bruce stood looking
down at Nannie with love-lighted eyes.
Iler beautiful face, all dimpled witn
smiles and blushes, was lifted up to
meet his gaze, and both her little hands
were fast prisoned in his strong ones.
John looked. His lace softened, his
eyes grew misty, and presently he said:
"How happy she is, Lawrence."
"And we will not cloud her happiness,
John," I answered. "This is right and
fitting. Nannie is too bright a May
flower t3 be wilted by being tied up to
an old December log like me."
So when, half fearful, the lovers came
in, they met only words of affection,
and Nannie's face lost nothing of its
sunuhine.
She was the lovliest of brides a few
months later, and wore the diamond
Earure I had ordered for my bride at
er wedding. And she is the most
charming little matron imaginable, with
all her old freaks merged into sunshiny
cheerfulness, and her husband is a
proud, happy man, while I'm Uncle
Lawrence to the children and the warm
friend of the whole family.
New York Fashions.
The short skirt dress for street attd
out of doors wear becomes more and
more popular from day to day, tiioh
and elegant fabrics are being made up
in short skirt styles, and are seen along
Broadway and Fifth avenue daily, worn
by the most fashionable women. Trim
mings of lace, fringe, embroidery aud
pleatings are seen on such suits. The
toilet fmatches In all its details. The
hat is trimmed with ribbons and feathers
to harmonize in color with the materials
of .the costume. The gloves, of un
dressed kid, are of fine Lisle thread, with
clockings around the wrists, are selected
likewise with an eye to the colors of the
suit, and the short skirt shows the
stockings or the cloth top of the boots.
also to match. In fact, cloth tops to
boots have become universally popular
since me snort dresses nave come in
vogue. Black cloth tops are most sought
for, but those with gray or brown tops,
or checked black and white, are chosen
for special dresses. Black velvet tops
are also worn, but the shoe of the season
is the sandal top Newport tie. with a
Louis XV. heel. The straps across the
toe and instep show the colored stock
ing, which, in that case, must match the
costume, of course. Such shoes, how
ever, are not intended for street wear.
The side-buttoned boot is still the shoe
for that use.
lieauuiui xtaiDnggan hosiery is
shown this season in improved shapes
and finish, and knitted to produce bour-
ette effects in color on dark sufaces, or
in mixtures of white and black, or two
shades of grey. For house wear with
low slippers, which must be ornamented
with bows and buckles, are shown ex
quisite silk and Lisle thread hosiery,
with the foot in solid black and the leg
pale rose, blue,scarlet,green,or any fancy
color, and sandal straps simulated in
black bands thrown across the instep.
and continued in horizontal lines around
the ankle to the point where the swell
of the calf begins. Such stockings come
of extra lengths, end are gartered above
tbe knee with ornamental elastic-drawn
ribbons, bedecked with bows and jewel
led buckles.
Madame Raymond, writing from Paris
to Harper' t Bazar, says: "In general,
short costumes are flat only in front. In
the back the tunic or polonaise is draped
in a very marked fashion. This is the
transitu n which will lead ns back to the
bouffant dresses, the reappearance of
which was announced for this summer,
and the final adoption for next winter.
With bouffant dresses will be worn, it is
said, small paniers, which will form a
sort of miniature crinoline on each side
of the wearer. Some fashionable ex
quisites have already adopted short cos
tumes bouffant on the hips, and sup
ported by paniers.
Words of Wisdom.
Believe not ill of a brother till it is
proved beyond doubt.
Following many vocations has ruined
the life of many a man.
Make yourself necessary, young man
and your success is certain.
There is but one thing that is sure
here on earth, and that is death.
Everybody seems to think himself a
moral half bushel to measure the
world's frailties.
It is heaven upon earth to have a
man's mind move in charity, rest in
Providence and turn upon the poles of
truth.
In the cities of the dead the houses
are small and close together : and a
thistle is as liable to grow from a rich
man's grave as a daisy is from the mound
that covers tbe dust of a beggar.
Those who expect the most ere liable
to the greatest disappointments. A
man of numerous desires is of all beings
the most dependent. He who contracts
and simplifies his wants will secure the
greatest amount of happiness.
It is not worth while to think too
much about doing good. Doing the
best that we know, minute by minute
and hour by hour, we insensibly grow to
goodness aa fruit grows to ripeness.
How to Admonish. We must consult
the gentlest manner and softest seasons
of address ; our advice must not fall
like a violent storm, bearing dowu and
making those to droop whom it is
meant to cherish and refresh. It must
descend as the dew upon the tender
herb, or like melting flakes of snow
the softer it falls the longer it dwells
upon and the deeper it sinks into the
mind.
Two Hundred Thousand Bags.
The San Francisco Bulletin says.
Prof. Davidson, President of the Acade
my of Sciences, recently called the at
tention of a number of citizens to the large
collection of specimens iu entomology
made by Henry Edwards during a period
of twenty-five years. This collection is
said to be one of the largest ever made
in the United States, and by far the
most complete ever made on the Pacific
coast About 60,000 species have been
collected, representing more than 200,
000 specimens. These represent not
only all the orders on this coast, but
nearly or quite all in the United Stater,
with a large representation of ordeis
from all parts of tbe world. The collec
tion is really one of the most complete
known in this oountry or any other.
The collection is valued at 812,000, or
rather that is about the sum expended
in freights, cabinets, and the purchase
of rare specimens. The labor of tMrenty
five years is not estimated,
The Taking of the Baslile.
Henri Taine eives the folio wins vivid
description of the capture of the famous
i'aris prison by the French revolution
ists on July 14th, 1798. After the gar
rison and its governor had capitulated
they were killed by the infuriated popu
lace lor unng upon them :
At tbe bastile from ten o'clock in the
morning to five in the evening, men fire
at walls forty feet in height, thirty feet
iuiuh, tuiu it is oniy vj cnance tnac uiey
hit one of the inmates. At the first
demand the governor has his guns drawn
back from their embrasures, be makes
the garrison swear that they will not
fire if not attacked, invites the first
deputation to breakfast, permits the
messenger from the Hotel de Villa to go
over the whole fortress, bears several
discharges without replying, lets the
first bridge be carried without firing a
shot. If he do finally fire it is at the
last extremity, in defense of tbe second
bridge, and after having warned his
assailants that he was about to do so.
As for the assailants, they are maddened
by the novel sensation of attack and
resistance, by the smell of powder aud
the excitement of fight ; all they can do
is to dash themselves against the solid
mass of stone, and their expedients are
on a level with their tactics. A brewer
takes it into his head to set fire to this
block of masonry by pumping on it a
mixture ol phosphorus and oil of tur
pentine. A young carpenter, who has
archaeological notions, proposes to con
struct a catapult. Some believe them
selves to have got possession of the
governor's daughter and are about to
burn her by way of obliging her father
to yield. Others Bet nre to an outstand
ing building full of straw, and thus ob
struct their own way. " The bastile
was not taken by nain force," said the
brave Elie, one of the assailants ; "it
rendered itself up even before it was at
tacked," it capitulated on the promise
that no one should be injured. The
garrison, only too well secured, had no
longer the heart to fire in safety on
living bodies, and on the other hand it
was disconcerted by the sight of tbe im
mense crowd. Only eight or nine
hundred men were attacking.it. But
the Place de la Bastile and all the sur
rounding streets were thronged with the
curious who came to look on at the
spectacle ; among them, says an eye
witness, "a number of well-dressed and
fashionable women who had left their
caariages at a little distance. " From the
top of their parapets, it seemed to the
120 composing the garrison as though
the whole of Paris was marching against
them. Thus it is they themselves who
let down the drawbridge and introduce
the enemy. All alike have lost their
head, besieged as well as besiegers, but
the last most completely because they
are intoxicated by victory. As soon
as they enter they begin by breaking
everything, and the latest comers fire at
random on the first ; ' every one fire
without taking notice where or on whom
the fire tells." The becoming suddenly
omnipotent and having license to kill is
too strong a potion for human nature
vertigo follows, men see red, and their
delirium ends in ferocity.
The Goorkhas,
The worthy inhabitants of Malta. says
the London Globe, will scarcely -derive
much aasthetio delight from the personal
appearance of the Goorkha regiments
that have arrived among them. Ugly
beyond comparison, with flat features,
and mere slits for eyes, these soldiers
are of stunted stature, frequently very
low-legged, and much too broad for
their height. But they are splendid
little fellows for fighting purposes, be
ing very hardy, capable of enduring al
most any amount of fatigue, devoted to
their officers, and completely devoid of
even the instinct of fear. Armed only
with their "kookerieB" broad -bladed
heavy knives of fine temper and fcharp
as razors they often go on foot into the
jungle in quest of some man-eating ti
ger, and if the brute is brought to bay
it rarely escapes with life. Buddhists
by faith, they hold in scorn the caste
proscriptions of Hindooism, and when
in our service they adopt many of the
customs of the English soldiery. It is
an amusing sight to see a Goorkha set
ting forth from a station for a day's
sport in the neighborhood. Dressed in
some cast-off European mufti, which he
has purchased in the bazar, he carries
either an ancient fQwling-piece or a
razed Brown Bess, while at his heels
follow two or three curs of very low de
gree, whose ears and tails have been ar
tistically docked. Yet, bizzare as looks
his get up, the little fellow generally
manages to bring home a decent bag
unless, indeed, his weapon bursts at the
first dit charge. His method is either to
stulk the game, be it a dove or a deer,
or to lie in wait for hours at some likely
spot. Between whiles he puffs his short
clay pipe and murmers the songs of his
native land, which sound rather hardily
to sophisticated ears. Altogether a right
merry lad is the Goorkha in quarters,
and held in high esteem by tbe Euro
pean Boldiers. But his greatest talent
lies in fighting to the death for the
side whose salt he eats. Some years
ago, during one of our expeditions into
the Peshawur hills, a Goorkha detach
ment was skirmishing with the Afredees,
On the re-call being sounded, three or
four men who had taken up favorable
positions declined to come back. There
they remained, leisurely firing at the
enemy until the Afredees swarmed down
in overwhelming force, and then out
flashed the wicked-lookiug kookeries,
and there was some pretty fair fighting.
Of course the plucky little fellows were
all killed, but not before the ground
was considerably littered wUl) tfefuuet
Afredees, '
Items of Interest.
A green age Foliage.
The best thing out Out of debt.
The man who made a point The
proof-reader.
When a man loses his balance, where
does it go ?
The motto of lovers is, ' E plural buss
yum yum 1"
A grocer both sells his goods and
gives them a weigh.
Manslayer " is one of the cheerful
titles of the Sultan.
An Illinois man's name is James James,
He hasn't had 'em yet, either.
Acorn in the woods is worth ten on
your feet. Exchange. Not to a chirop
odist. Two things go off in a hurry An ar
row dismissed from a bow, and a beau
dismissed by a belle.
A long man trying to whisper to a
short girl resembles the letter 8 walking
with a period.
Don't put off until to-morrow that
which you can do to-day, unless you are
going into the poetry line.
The activity of some people is like
that of a boy on a rocking-horse plenty
of motion, but no progress.
" Love is an eternal transport I" ex
claimed an enthnsiastio poet. " So is a
canal boat," said a practical old forward
ing merchant.
A correspondent wants to know
whether, considering the great utility of
the ocean, poets are not wrong in calling
it a " waste of water."
Whatever may be the actual status
of an individual, he is sure to be cred
ited with a certain amount of respecta
bility if his boots squeak.
David Stevens and wife, of Deerfield,
N. H., have just celebrated their golden
wedding, and have lived in the same
house through the fifty years.
The dried kernel of the oocoanut, call
ed in the South Sea Islands " copra," is
being turned to new account. Hither
to it has only been used for making oil,
but it has been discovered that after
having served that purpose it is valuable
cattle food. v
There are in Russia 1,623,591 factor
ies and industrial establishments work
ing with five and less men, and 43,513
employing from five to fifty hands. In
these 1,667,104 establishments together
there are employed 3,625,918 men, and '
378,959 women.
The lightest solid body known is a
metal lithium which is only half the
weight of an equal bulk of water. The
heaviest body known is also a metal
Elatinum which is twenty-one times as
eavy as water, forty-two times as heavy
as lithium, and nearly twice as heavy as
lead.
There is a church built of paper near
Berlin, Prussia, which can contain near
ly one thousand persons. It is circular
within, octagonal without. Tbe reliefs
outside and statues within, the roof,
ceiling, the Corinthian capitals, are all
papier mache, rendered waterproof by
saturating in vitriol, lime-water, whey,
and white of eggs.
Two Little Girls Smothered In a Trunk.
One of the most awful calamities ever
recorded is that of the death of the two
daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moench, first
assistant teacher of German in a St.
Louis school, by being suffocated in a
trnnlr. Thn litiln irirla have for a -veiir
past been with their father on a fait.,
four miles from Dixon, Mo., one hundred
and thirty-eight miles from St.'Loui;,
Mrs. Moench spends ber vacations on
the farm, and was prepared to go to he
husband and children immediately upc
the close of school. Mr. Moench L
gone to Dixon, and his little girls call
cheerfully after him to hurry back, a?
if he wrote to their mamma to send th
love. On his return he was surpiin. r
not to see them awaiting him. He ct
ed but received no answer. He'wf
into the house and saw the tray of t
trunk setting on the floor. A born!
fear flashed on his mind. He open
the trunk and found the two little gi.
the younger, who was underneath, v
evidently past all hope, but the tl
was still warm aud limp. Not a nei
bor was within half a mile, lhe fai
dashed cold water on the children, t.
rubbed them with vinegar, aud m
every effort to restore animation, 11.
ing until alter twelve o'clock, but :
vain. . He then gave up in despair, ft
went to seek help from a neighbor. ri
little girls were aged eight and five y t;i
respectively.
A Terrier Terrified by a Monkey.
Mr. 0. F. Crehore sends this to J-
tare A brave, active, intelligent r
er, belonging to a lady friend, one i
discovered a monkey belonging t,
itinerant organ-grinder, seated up i
bank within tbe grounds, and at
made a dash for him. The monk'
who was attired in jacket and hat,
ed the onset with such uuditm!
tranquility that the dog halted wit).;
few feet of him to reconnoitre. 1
animals took a long, steady btare at t
other, but the dog evidently was m
ering from his surprise and about
make a spring for the intruder. At !
critical juncture the monkey, who )
remained perfectly quiet hitherto, r
his paw and gracefully saluted by v.
his hat. The effect was magicul;
dog'B hsad and tail dropped
sneaked off and entered the hoii
fusing to leave it till Le
that his polite but mysterious
departed. His whole demean
plaiuly that he felt the i.
something "uncanny" n:
meddle with.