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VOL. XII.. NO. 33.
TIONESTA, PA., NOV. 5, 1879.
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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.