33 'gvt&t gtjmMtau. 18 VlTBUSrfED EVERY WKDNKHDAY, BT jr. u. xvuxvtie, OrriOE IN ROBINSON & BOUNCE'S BULLDIEG ELM BTRITET, TI0NE8TA, PA. TERMS, tL60 A IEAB. No Subscriptions received for a shorter period than throe months. Correspondence noliollod from All part of tho country. No notice will be taken ot anonymous communications. Rates of Advertising. Ono Square (I Inch,) one Insertion - 1 One Square " ono month - -3 0ft One Square " three months - 6 00 One Square " one year - 10 00 Two Squares, one year - - 15 Po Quarter Col. - - - - 30 00 Half " - 60 00 One " " - - - - 100 00 Lejral notices At established rates. Marriage and denth notices, gratis. All bills for vcnrlv advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise ments must be paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. 4 si VOL. XII.. NO. 33. TIONESTA, PA., NOV. 5, 1879. $1,50 Per Annum. (0 . MM The Watermlll. Listen to the wutermill through the livelong day Mow tbo clinking of its wheel wears the hours away. Languidly the Autumn wind stirs tho green wood leaves, From the field tho reapers sing, binding tip the sheaves; And a proverb haunts my julnd, as a spell -id cast. The mill will nevor grind with the water that is past. Autumn winds revive no more leaves that oncn ore shed, And the sickle cannot reap corn once gath ered ; , And the rippling stream flows .tranquil, deep and still, Never gliding hack again to the watermill. Tiuly speaks the proverb old, with a meaning vast, ' - - The mill will never grind with the water that is past. . Take tho lesson to thyself, loving heart and true, Golden years are fleeting by, youth is passing too; ' " 'Learn to make the most oi life; lose no happy day; .Time will never bring thee back chances swept away. Leuvo no tender word unsaid, love while love ' shall laHt; Tho mill will never grind with the water that i 'is post. ' , Work while yet the daylight ahines'man ol strength and will, Nevor does tho streamlet jlide useless by the mill; Wait not 'till to-morrow's snn shines npou thy way, ' ' All that thou riumt enll thine own lies in thy 'o-ltn;. . IViwer, fntelfwl and lieulth may not always lust : . ; , . , Tjsc ii III Cinnot grind with the water that In past. ' .-'- oli, tho wanted hoars ol lilu (Tint have drifted t ;v yl r .' . ; O the good we mijhl liave dbne, gone with out a Vigli ; . . '. I.ove, thut we mh;ut once have saved by a '! J yinglo word, TljOujjhts ponoeived, but never penned, per ishing unheard. - - ; Tukc this lytwoii to thine heart, bike and hold it last c , . r . The mill will novel grind with tho water that is poxt. " - - - Utn. D. Q. McCallum. JOE'S WIFE. I write, my dear old chum, for the pur pose of invitins; vou to visit us. Don't reiufie. iuy wire nearuiy seconoa me invitation. Ah, Tom, Bhe s h jewel my wife. 1 know if you could meet such a one you would succumb bachelorhood .She is tho dearest, sweetest, best tern i l!.... .1.- 1.1 l hula me here, but, os you were always better than 1 ut the " unabridged, I be- - seec h vou to look therein for some en dearing adjectives and complete the sen tence. You, who sing about the felicity if ii " Bachelor -Hall," when you have seen my happy home, wiil' change your tune. You must come, Tom. I won't t:fke a refusal. Yours, etc. - . - Joe Hai l. I answered his letter thus : JI v Deah Joe I thought when I last saw you 1 never could be tempted-to jeopardize niy peaeeof mind or my bones by again placing myself at the mercy of your practical jokes. lJut l nave no other recourse now than to accept your invitation, xou must promise me, my dear lellow. you will not play any ot your jokes.- A married man ought to be more dignified, and if you do play any of your tric ks on mo I warn you I shall . board' toe nrst train for Home. lours, etO. lOM lllVJltSTOK. I went. I was met at the train by Joes servant, a man who had a long body,, dressed in a long coat, a long - waistcoat, a long necktie, a long hat, long boots and whoso name was Lon g, I instinctively hated this man, He scrutinized me closely; I returned the scrutiny, lie watched my every move ment like a detective would a. supposed criminal's. I watched his movement as a timid man would a vicious canine s. We.at length reached Joe's house- I anticipated Joe's welcome, but in his place came the loveliest woman I ever saw. It is true, as Joe said, I was always fluent in language, but to this j lay l cannot hnd words to satisfy, me in describing her surpassing beauty. "Joe, Joe," thought I, "it is well for you that you met her first." '"You are Mr. Thurston," she asked, timidly approaching me, and shyly glancing at mo from under her drooping ey Jiils. I informed her that I was the a personage, and inquired for Joe. For answer that gentleman himself, vho was on horseback, sprang from the tsaiif: grasped my hand, and, like the irrepressible Joe ot old, cried : "Glad to see you, old boy! ' We'll have glorious old times, as of old. W11 hunt, lish, smoke, etc., till you grow so fat, hale and hearty that your most intimate city lriends won't know you. Come, let's go in, tea is waiting, l'aidon me for not introducing you, but I suppose you introduced yourself in my absence. Apropos, it was hospitable in like to absent myself on your arrival, but business called mo away." So nulling on Joe ushered us Into the coziest little parlor that ever a poor bac helor 'was called upon to envy. Hut the cozy liltle wife? What was the envy of the room, with its adornments, to t lie uivy of buch a wife? Must I iidiiiit it? 1 illicit as we l own right Lie as at any further period of my re cital I folt a thrill at my heart. It was a thrill of exquisite pain a tnrni ot jealousy of Joe s happiness. . "Joe," i mentally erica, " better, far ietter for me if I had declined your in vitation." Presently we had a most refreshing supper, after which Joe and I strolled out for a walk and a smoke. . " Joe," I exclaimed, enthusiastically, "your encomiums of your wife were merited. She is indeed a treasure. By Jove if I could find such a jewel I would never rest till I won and married her." Joe wa9 on the point of lighting a ci gar when I begun, but paused with up raised match till I had finished and the match burned his fingers. I thought for a time lie was angry at my impetu osity, but his face cleared away, and the old wicked twinkle that I feared so much came to his eyes. He grasped my hand, saying: "You're right, my boy; she's the dearest little wife in the universe. I'jn glad you like her." After we had finished our cigars and talked for some time of our old college days, we re-entered the house. " Nellie," cried Joe, opening the riano, " favor Tom and me with a tune, le lias a passion for music." " Terhaps, Mr. Thurston " ' began she, but was interrupted by Joe. "No, Nellie, I protest! tJo mistering around here! It s plain Tom. Do you hear, TomP She's to cail you Tom nnd you're to call ihcr Nellie. Violation of this Hue will incur my internal dis pleasure. Govern yourselves accord ingly." " Perhaps he will object," pleaded Nellie. "No, no," I exclaimed, "it will please me very much and I will feel highly honored to be allowed to address you by your Christian name." "Pshaw, Tom! It'll please her. Won't it, Nell?" She laughed, and gave mo a bewitch ing look accompanied by a nod. "I was going to. say," .said Nellie, "that perhaps you could sing with hie." . : r , r: . - "No. no; excuse me, I can't sing Nellie," - , , ; The word was uttered with a gasp, nnd I certainly turned violently ied m the face. Jot; was looking at me, unci I saw he had a desperate 'straggle t? control the muscles of his mouth. I was indecVI fond of music, but I was entranced with her magnificent voice. The evening passt on golden wings. Joe ran on in Jiis wild old ways; told hisjoks and laughed just ns boister ously as he did when we roomed to gether at college. He did not give us much chance to join in tue conversation ; for one comie anecdote reminded him of another which lie must tell.: We both laughed heartily at Ins stories, 'and talked volumes to each other with our eyes. That night I dreamed I loved Nellie. (Oh, truthful dream!) 1 dreamed she reciprocated that lovo. (Oh, vain dream !) Then 1 dreamed intrigue be gan. We determined to elope, Jdy heart bled for poor Joe, but I felt it was death to live without her. Now she has met me under the old elm south of Joe's house. I see her pale, excited face ! J feel her nervous hand clasping mine! Now we are fleeing! On, on, and now we are pursued ! J oe is on our track ! The scene changes, and we are on the river. Wc glide along smoothly in a light boat. Now wc are safe, and she is mine mine forever! But no, Joe still pursues us. Now lie is close to us. Why cannot we glide fasterP Joe approaches swiftly. Now he closes in on us! He has caught her in his cruel grasp! Her beautiful pleading eyes are vaised to mine! He raises a knife aloft! Thei I catch his arm, we struggle silently to gether. 1 wrest the knife from his grasp and plunge it into bis breast, and he drops from the misty boat and sinks beneath the dark waves! How dark the river has grown by the pale light of the moon ! The gaunt and ghastly figure of Mr. Long suddenly emerges from the waves! Isawhimeatch my darling in his long arms, and, before I could inter fere, they had bot v disappeared beneath the turbid waves of the river! - This .awoke me! I arose and resumed my wearing apparel, bathed my feverish lace and went forth into the air to try and exercise the evil spirits with a cigar. -By the ensuing morning' my dream had ceased to trouble me, but the real ity of things did not cease There', was Nellie before me in all her beauty, all her sweetness, to tempt me on to love her. . mere was Joe, with all his exu berance of spirit, and as unsuspicious as a child. He seemed to do- all in his power to bring us together. lie often lured us into interesting conversation. or managed to get us engaged in singing and playing, and then leave us alone for hours. Days passed away and lapsed into weeks; in these weeks I was almost the constant companion of Nellie Hall. We were'out riding, boating, and to in liumerable concerts and entertainments, all through the suggestion and. planning of Joe...... I felt and knew well the dan ger; I was fascinated at first now I was irretrievably in love. The thought of breaking away from this harming crea ture caused me pain like unto death. I resolved to leave. No matter what it cost me. the only honorable course for me to pursue was to return to the city and for get no, not forget, for never could I forgot the only woman I ever loved or could love. Joe was absent on the day 1 arrived at this determination. All the better 1 thought it; it would be easier to get away. I proceeded to pack up and get ready to go on the evening train. I no ticed during the progress of packing, that the long body of Long was over shadowing me lie seemed determined no to let anything escape his observa tion. At length, when I had finished my work, he approached me. His long arm whs raised to his breast pocket, and from thence he extracted a letter which lie handed me. I tore it open; it was from Joe, ami read : ' Thomas Thurston, you nre a traitor! 1 no longer doubt your pcrtidity. Long has watched you and Nellie closely. It is useless to deny intention of eloping with her. I demand satisfaction, and it can only be had from your heart's blood. Meet me on the river bank, and by tho light of the moon, and in the presenco of Long, We will settle our differences." I looked up. Long had disappeared, and in his place stood Nellie. "Why, Tom, you're not goin? to leave us, are you? she asked. I thought she addressed me in a tone of regret. I looked in hcr bright eyes such beautiful loving eyes! How could J pain her? How could I drive the blood from her cheeks and the light from her eyes by showing her Joe's letter and telling lier all? She came very near to me and said coaxingly : "Don't go, Tom; I will be so lonely hero now." I cannot stay, Nell, I regret having to icave you " My words came fast and almost inarticulate. " I thought to be on my way now. and can only stay long enough to bid you adieu." "But, Tom, what will Joe sayP Surely you will stay till he comes! " sbe cried. "No, no. I cannot, Nellie; indeed I can not. I can never forget the happir ness I have had here this summer; but I must leave you now, and fear- -it is forever!" . My voice was unsteady, and I clasped both her hands very tiglitly in mine. " Forever! " she repeated. " Oh, Tom, Forever ! " What a world of tenderness, of rezret. In her intonations, It died away as a wail of woe. '. "No. Nellie: never shall I see you again: never shall I clasp these little hands in mine, never bear the music of your sweet voice. I shall never see you Hgain never!" "Never!" the moan, died away and the beautiful eyes were raised to mine in speechless agony that wrung my heart witli pain. .... "Oli, Nellie, do not break my heart! My grief, my wretchedness is "beyond bearing now. Your beloved eyes look- into mine will haunt me in coming years. Ycu know my secret. Kecnmi- nate me if you will, Nellie, my darling. A light PDrunz into her eves strange. dazzling light that spread over her beau tiful face tho light of .a measureless love, of a transport of joy. " Fare well. I cried, in a husky voice, not dat ing to stay longer; "farewell," and I turned to go, when her fingers closed over mine; I turned to her again and she threw her arms about mv neck. "You must not go! You shall not go, for I love you!"-and tho beaming face was hidden on my breast. , A chuckling noise from behind startled us. It broke into a laugh, then into T-jud shouts and frightful roars, inter mingled with hideous gufmws and a woman's musical laugh, till the hills echoed and re-echoed the sound. Nel 1 e's face was suffused with blushes and she drew away fromine; but I clasped her more closely, a light bi caking in on my bewildered brain, "Ha! ha! ha!" roared Joe, while Ivong emitted a series of strange sounds very like a laugh. " Ho! ho! ho! Long haf ha! ha! wife Tom thought sister Nell was-ha! ha! ha! was my wife!!'. V ?. ; Words of Courage. V . A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of courage. Every day sends to the grave a number of ob scure men, who have Only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented their first effort, and who, if they could have been induced to begin, would, in all probability, have gone great lengths in the career of fame. The faotis, in order to do anything in this world that is worth doing we must not 6land shivering on tho brink, and think of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble as we can.. It will not do to bo perpetually calculating risks and ad justing nice chances. It did very well before the flood, when a man coutd con sult his., friends upon a publication for one hundred and fifty years and then live to see its success for six or seven centu ries afterwards, but at present a man waits, and doubts, and hesitates, and consults his brother and his uncle, and particular friends, till one day he finds tltat he is sixty years of age; that he has lost so much time in consulting first cousins and particular friends that he lijis no time left to follow their advice. There is no such thing for xver-squeam-ishnessat present,, the opportunity so easily slips away, the very period of hfs life at which man chooses to venture, if ever, is so confined, that it is no bad ryla to preach up the necessity, in such instances, of a little violence to feelings. and to efforts made in defiance to strict and sober calculation Sydney Smith. Backet Shop Gamblers. 'According to the Chicago Tribune the introduction of " bucket shops," (low agencies where any sum from $1 upward can be invested on the rise or fall of wheat) has led to wholesale gamb ling. The 'lYibnne : declares that woman "not of desperate or question able condition " 'come to these shops to gamble under assumed names, as well as lads from twelve to sixteen years old "by tho hundred," and men, "clerks, salesmen, bookkeepers, men in bus iness, hackmen, teamsters, men on sa lerics and men employed at day's work, stonecutters, blacksmiths and workmen of all wages and occupation ; students i 1 1 il vms ftta us wi i f nnllunA. iairAian .1 fit ..1114 VJl I O.H'l O J . 1 W III- i, I I I I II ill., ui vines, cicaiuiB ii wieoiogy, iiicmocisoi Christian associations, members of so cieties for the prevention of cruelty to animals and for the suppression of vice, gentlemen who war on saloons which permit minors to play pool, and teach ers of Sunday-schoois, hard drinkers and temperate men," who stake thou sands of dollars in small sums. Accept ing the statements of the Tribune as true, tho recent fluctuations in the price of wheat have brought the community to a worse pass in Chicago than ever mining speculation did in the worst days of San Francisco. The midnight ln.imudcr fchould not be han-it-hed lrom our dwelling any more quirk y than Mioulil council or cold ol any kind ha di ivi n trom the. hybteiu. Dr. Hull's Couh Syrup quietly yet pomtively pluces all colds under its control. xho 'ii vent. TIMELY TOPICS. The commonness" of inebriety among French children is asserted by a writer in the London Gentleman's Magazine. " Again and again at hotel tables," he says, "I have seen children scarcely more than babies suffering distinctly from alcohol. It is, as travelers in France know, tho custom in all districts south of. the Loire to supply wine gratis at two meals, breakfast and dinner, at which the residents in a hotel eat in company. Repeatedly, then, in the hotels in French watering places, I have watched children of five years old and upward supplied by their mothers with wine enough visibly to flush and excite them. At Sables d'Olonne one little fellow, whose age could not be more than six, drank at each of two consecutive meals three tumblers of wine slightly diluted with water. The result was on each occasion that he sprawled over the table, and ended by putting his head in his mother's lap and falling asleep." It appears from the official reports, that the experience of what are called model lodging houses, such as the Pea body buildings in London and other large towns, combined with that of bar racks, workhouses and schools, furnish ed abundant evidence that what Is termed density of population is not so detrimental physically as has usually beenassumed: because in such buildings as are referred to the rate of mortality is much less, with a density of one thou sand five hundred persons to the acre, than it is in ordinary houses, with a density ot only two hundred and fifty to the acre. Again, the health of a com munity is found to be much more de pendent upon food, clothing and personal habits, than upon the arrangement and construction of dwellings or workshops for, however perfect the arrangement and construction, these may be entirely neutralized if the food is bad, the cloth ing deficient and the personal habits filthy. We get a great deal of wind about compressed air street car motors every now and then. These aerial propellers are in use on one street car line in the United States and seen: to give good sat isfaction. It costs six and one-fourth cents n mile to draw a car by horse power, lhe compressed air system is said to cost but one and one-fourtli cents a mile. The speed can be regulated up to twenty miles an hour. The car can be stopped at its highest rate of speed within its own lengtn; at least so it is reported, although this would be rather rough on the passensers if the car was going at its twenty-mile rate. The ad vantage of this over any other motor is that all the heavy machinery is left be hind at the depot, where the compress ing is done, and the cars start out with concealed cylinders containing the air compressed to twenty-five atmospheres. Thus we may have windmills to drive the street cars. Persons presenting claims to the United States Treasury on account of bonds which have been destroyed wholly or in part, or on account of registered bonds which have been lost, will be re quired to present evidence showing First, the number, denomination, date of authorizing act and series of each bond, whether coupon or registered, and if registered, the name of the payee. In the case of rei istered bonds, it should also be stated whether they had been assigned or not, and if so, the name ol the assignee should be given. Second The time and place of purchase, of whom purchased, and the consideration paid. Third The material facts and circum stances connected with the loss. The evidence should be as full and clear as possible. Proofs may be made by affi davit, and by such other competent evi dence as may be in the possession of the claimant. Duplicates will not be issued within six months from the loss. The interest on uncalled registered bonds will be paid notwithstanding the loss. These regulations do not apply in any way to coupons lost or destroyed which have been detached from the bonds, as no relief in such cases can be granted. The Mangosteen. I must not omit the tree which bears the famous fruit of the East known as the mangosteen. It is not tall nor is it particularly handsome. It isonly6ome twenty feet in height and lias spreading branches instead of the single tufts that adorn -the trees that I have just de scribed. But the fruit is the prince of the tree fruits of the world the apple, the peach, the orange, the pomegranate, none cf them ci n compare with it, and even if you combine all these fruits vou are only beginning to approach it. Ex ternally it has rhe appearand of a small apple that has been partially baked or lias become very brown in the sun. On cutting it you lind au external husk harder than the rind of an orange and three times as thick. When you have penetrated thU husk you find a mass of snow-white pulp, and you need no in structor to tell you that this is the ed ible portion of the mangosteen. It melts in your mouth like an over-ripe peach or like snow on the surface of a river. Its flavor is a combination of sweetness and slight acidity, which you can no more describe than you can tell how a violet smells or a canary sings. I think I have tasted nearly every fruit that grows on the globe, and unhesitatingly I award the prizo of excellence to the mangosteen. At this distance of time and place my lips moisten when I think of the mangosteens that solaced the heat ot Java and made the life of tin island more agreeable than it would otherwise have been. If this fruit grew in the (iarden of Eden, lean well understand why Adam and Eve wept at their ex pulsion; perhaps it was the mangosteen which the serpent offered for the tempt ation of our first mother, if so, it is easy to understand why she fell from grace. Corre(mdence rUiladtlphia Timet. The Government Library. Readers who are eager for statistics may seek to know something of the pe cuniary value of the collection of books which the people own at Washington, The expenditures upon the library of tbe government, il compared witn its extent and value, has not been great. The sum total of the appropriations of Congress for books from 1800 to leva nas not exceeded $640,000, and this is in elusive of the cost of two conflagrations. The British Museum Library, which numbers 1,100,000 volumes, is supposed to iiave cost about $3,000,000 (600,000) ; but as not not only this collection, but all the great government libraries of Europe, are rich in rare and early printed books, as well as in manu scripts, and many of them in costly en gravings, there can be no just basis for a comparison between them and a col lection so modern in its origin, as well as its principal contents, as our own. The library of the British museum, moreover, has enjoyed for more than a century the benefit of the copyright, bringing in free of cost all the publica tions of the British and colonial press. The library at Washington, though founded in the beginning of the century, really dates from 1852, when only 20, 000 volumes were saved from the flames. It would be unreasonable to expect that an American national library should rival those of the old world in those col lections of incunabula and precious manu scripts which centuries of opportunity have enabled them to assemble. There are now twelve libraries in Europe out numbering the library of Congress in the books upon their shelves; yet the growth of our national library has been so rapid as to have twice doubled the numeral extent of tne collection in nt teen vears. In 1863 the library of Wash insrton contained 72,000 volumes; in 1867. 165.000: and in 1878 the collection had risen to 340.000 volumes, besides pamphlets. The Boston pub lis library alone among American collections, ap proximate it in size, and even a little exceeds it if we count the books con tained in its seven branches in the Buburbs of Boston, which, however, are duplicates of the parent collection. But the numerical standard is far from fur nishing an adequate test of the true value of any collection of books, save in the presumptive it furnishes that the largest collections will contain the best works printed in every field. It may be said for the library oi Congress that, in the main, it3 stores have been selected with a view to the highest utility, and with some general plan of itnity ; it has not, like the British museum library, the Boston public library, and Eome other large institutions, been the recip ient of extensive donations or bequests, wnicli) while greatly enriching the col lections, tends also to the niultinliea tion of duplicates. It were to be wished that all authors of books, and especially of pamphlets, should bear in mind that this great collection at Washington is the representative library of the coun try, and by placing in it copies of their productions, whether protected by copy right or not, secure to their thought a place where it will be sure ot transmis sion to that posterity which may care to examine it. All pamphlets coming to this library are treated with the same honor as books, acknowledged, sepa rately bound (instead of having their identity merged with others in incon gruous volumes), and classified in their proper relation upon the shelves. Educating Horses. Horses can be educated to the extent of their understanding, as well as chil dren can be easily damaged or ruined by bay management. It is believed that the great liability comes more from the different management of men than from variance of natural disposition in the animals. Horses with mettle are more easily educated than those of less or dull spirits, and are more susceptible of ill training, and consequently may be as good or bad, according to the education they receive. Horses with dull spirits are not by any means proof against bad management, for in any of them may often be found the most provoking ob stinacy, vicious habits of different char acters that render them almost worth less. Could the coming generation of horses in this coumry be kept from the days of colt hood to the age of five years in the hands of good, careful managers, there would be seen a vast difference in the general character of the noble ani mals. If a colt is never allowed to get an advantage it will never know that it possesses a power that man cannot con trol, and if it be made familiar with strange objects it will not be skittish and nervous. If a horse is made accus tomed from his early days to have ob jects hit on his heels, back and hips, lie will pay no attention to the giving out ol harness or of a wagon running against him at an unexpected moment. A gun can be fired from the back of a horse, an umbrella held over his head, a buffalo robe thrown over his neck, a railroad engine pass close by, his heels bumped with sticks, and the animal take it all as the natural condition of things, if only taught by careful management that he will not be injured thereby. There is a great need ot improvement in the man agement of this noble animal, less beat ing and more educating. Rales for Acquiring Wealth, Be honest. If Satan tempts vou to de fraud your neighbor, it is only that he may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in the end. Bo temperate. Liquor has made more paupers than all other vices combined. Be industrious. Indolence, debt and disease are brothers. Let your word be your bond. Good credit is a fortune to begin with. Limit your expenses by necessity and comfort, leaving a good balance for mar gin saved. Invest your funds carefully and intelli- .1.- i . . i . i -ur .i .it genciy. icware oi uie Drimani nuoiHt'S j that are blown up to tempt ingenious speculators. . (jive your personal attention to your business. To do this, keep brain and body healthlul. Autnmn Leaves. Autumn leaves are fulling, falling, falling Slowly to the ground; Angels sad are calling, calling, calling To the weary hearts with mournful found; Solemn sound. Autnmn leaves are sailing, sailing, sailing Soltly through tho air; Loving hearts are failing, failing, failing; Azrael hovers, beck'ning everywhere Everywhere. Autumn leaves are dying, dying, dying Sadly, one by one; Broken hearts are lying, lying, lying In their resTwhere dark despair is done; ' Grief is done. Autumn loaves are speaking, epeaking, speak ing - .'tM0 To the thoughtless souls Who, but pleasure seeking, seeking, seeking, Heed not as lite ever onward rolls; Swiftly rolls. Autumn leaves are pleading, pleading; plead ing In prophetic tone, With the thousands speeding, speeding, speeding To appear before their f aker's throne ; A wlnl throne! Emile Pickhardt. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A handsome thing in dress goods : A pretty girl. Ottawa Republican. Scotland has produced another pea sant barcl named Anderson, a railroad laborer. When the night is pitch dark, it does by no means follow that it's s-tarry. Whim WImms. Some one who believes that " brevity is the soul of wit" writes. "Don't eat stale (i-cumbcrs. They'll W up." No matter how a young lady's hat is lost it is almost certain to turn up either behind or at the side. Sandy Stone. We presume the axletrees of railroad car wheels are called journals because of their rapid circulation. Boston Tran script. There are thirty thousand deaf mutes in the United States, and fifty places of worship where services arc conducted in the sign language. "It is more disgraceful, my son," said a fond parent, " to wear a black ova than it is to wear shabby clothes. " Ya-as," replied the boy, "but the clothes are hardest to get rid of." And the old man sat silent for a long time, thinking what to say, and by the time he thought of it his boy had been over in the neighbor's yard fifteen minutes, and had " licked " the neighbor's son and won a white alley, two crystals and a holy. hawk eye. A terror remembered is sometimes more dangerous than the same terror actually experienced. One Sunday, not long ago. as a young woman was cross ing the Rue St. Ilonore, Paris, she was suddenly knocked down by a high wheeled cart, known as a spicier. Her peril was imminent, but she retained her self-possession and relieved the anxiety of the spectators by regaining her feet and reaching the sidewalk very little the worse lor her mishap. As soon as she reached home she began to relate the in cident to her friends, and while doing so was seized with a violent attack of nerv ous agitation, and sank fainting on the floor. Sae never spoke again. A LAY. Oh, those memories all flow inward, On my tired heart Ho-day, Aud 1 utmost smell the clover, While I list, the robins lay. Lillu V. Cu$hman. I.ATKH. Sweet the summer breezes gently Sweep ulon the cottage thatch, And I kIiik st smell the clover, While I list, the robins hutch. Stcttbenville Herat i. LATEST And while iiuluum winds are sighing, Kuhoing my heurt'it tw throhbin's, ViMterduy we shot aud mude a Bully pot-pie ol' the robins. Burlimjlon tlawkeyt. How the Sparrow was Introduced. One of the most interesting papers in Harper's relates to a little bird that has been the subjection of praise and o( de nunciation also. There is much dispute as to the merits or the shortcomings of the sparrow, and we are not certain the American people will gratefully remem ber the person who first introduced the foreigner to our country. This attempt was made we nre told by a gentleman named Desblois, in Portland, Maine, during the autumn of 1858; he brought over a few birds from the continent, and liberated them in a large garden w hich was situated within the central part of the city. They remained there shelter ed and secure under the caves of a neigh boring church throughout the winter, and in the following spring settled down happily enough to the labor of nest-building and rearing their young. Two years luter the first pair of these finches were set at liberty near Madison Square, New York city; the importa tion was steadily repeated, the birds being released in the Central Park anil at Jersey City. They were first intro duced to Boston in 1868 by the city gov ernment, and to Philadelphia by the municipal authorities in 18(ii, and from small beginnings the house-sparrow lias been spread all over this northern coun try wherever we have a city east of the Rocky mountains, and the fluttering Hoc s of the robust, noisy little forci '.'ti er enliven the streets tin reed in every direction. Their numbers nre near' countless. Buffalo Commercial.
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