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In 1780.
In Noventen-Hunilred-Kigbty
Tlioy sat liy household fires,
And talked ol mutter weighty,
Our grandnms and our sires;
Tlioy talked of matters weighty,
While broad the blaze uprolled,
itosido their hearthi in 'Eighty,
That time of awlid oold.
The hard frost figured grimly
Along the window glass
How largo the old-time chimney!
How wide the fireplace wan!
. Tho solid coals dropped under,
The hni.on andirons glowed,
Th lore-stick lell asunder,
I) jt p i itts t lie b ick-log showed.
I'lmy Utlknd of wives and widows,
l woes that war revealed,
While round the walls tho shadows
Ol British armies wheeled;
They talked of Eurl Cornwallis,
Ol Di-it-iiii and her might;
Tli-ir ca-iso their only solace,
Their oidy strength the right.
lin y told ot insults wanton,
And gueiHO 1 with forward viow,
At what Sir Henry Clinton,
With opening spring, would do.
They named each Iriendly nation
Fiance, Holland, even Spain,
And gathered consolation
From Stony Ioint and Wayne.
With ro'. roapcc'iive lorvor,
'1 licy talked ol Chnrlcstown Neck, .
Ol (iatcs by Hudson river,
And Arnold at Quebec.
K- c tiling men and phice,
And hat lies lost or won,
They brouthed with ardent leers
The name ol Washington.
1'ik'V talked ol gloom impending,
Tlioy spoke ol doubtful still
Of shoeless limn contending
Tv'ith red-ooat regulars.
And thus with matters weighty,
Things past or things to come,
Each household hearth in 'Eighty
tVas stirred as by the drum.
The warrior cold stood sentry,
At windows and at doors;
The silting snow lound entry,
And streaked the sanded floors.
But ever with the knitting,
X)r with the opon book,
.Went thought to Clinton flitting,
Or Howe off Sandy Hook.
' v . Youth i Companion.
AND
S 100,000,
THE TIIKF.E MARRIAGES
THEREBY.
CAUSED
"My mind is made up, mother," said
young Dr. Delancey, "bo let us enj
our breakfast and not spoil our dices
tions ly thinking of the old curmudgeon
who could not even let hU eccentricity
die. with liim, but must dispose 6f hU
fortune in tins idiotic manner.
lint, my dear Arthur," remonstrated
Mrs. Delancey, "one hundred thousand
dollars is too largo a sum to refuse with
out much v iisidcration.
"I know t hat.' mother mine. bu. still
I reliise it, or rather refuse to accept it
with the condition attached to it. 1 pre
ler to choose my own wiie.
" Is there no alternative?"
"None."
"What aro the exact words of the
letter?"
"These," answered Arthur, taking
up a ponderous letter which had been
lying on tho table, and rending from it:
"My dear sir Now that the estate ot
the late Tobias Qucerby is settled, it be
Willi's my duty to inform you that lie
had imposed a condition upon his be
quest to you. He bequeaths to you
property to Hie value of one hundred
thousand dollars, on condition that you
. marry Miss Fidelia Fairfax within two
years ? after his death. The same
amount has been bequeathed to Miss
Fairfax, and I have this day notified
her that the same condition is attached
to iter Lharo of tho estate. This condi
tion was not mentioned in -the will, as
it would not have been recognized as
valid by the courts. You need not obey
his refVt unless you wish, and your
legacy "will remairt unaffected, but lie
charges you and her, as you are upright
and honorable, not Lo enjoy his hard
earned wealth unless you do as he de
sired. I enclose a copy of the letter to
me asking me to acquaint you with his
desires, by which you will see to what
charitable societies he wished you to
givo the money he lelt you in case you
do not yield to the conditions imposed,
and in case you decide to act as a man of
honor. I am, sir, yours, etc., Greenfield
Kent, attorney for the estate of Tobias
Qucerby."
"There!" cried Arthur, "is not that
a. terrible condition to impose? Of
course I am a man of honor and I must
. yes, must give up this fortune."
"But one hundred thousand dollars,
Arthur, is"
" Is one hundred thousand dollars, I
kuow. But marriage to one I do not
care for would bo misery for a life time.
Therefore, as I 6aid before, my mind is
made up. What! Did he think simply
because lie was the friend in youth ol
father and this Mr. Fairfax, he can force
their children, who have never seen
each other, to marry whether they love
or hate? No. Father has left you well
provided for, mother, and I will soon
get a practice, and so I snap my fingers
at the old fellow's matrimonial schemes
and will make happy a half dozen orphan
asylums, to say nothing of Miss Fairfax,
who, though she has never seen me,
must detest me as she reads her letter
this morning."
" She may be a very nice young lady,
. Arthur,'' mildly suggested Mrs. Delan
cey. " When your father was alive he
oin n spoke of the pretty girl Mr. Fair
fax married, and daughters generally
resemble their mothers, you know."
"Undoubtedly she is a nice yomng
lady, mother, as society ladies are. I
dare say sho can rattle off the first con
jugation in French, recite Tennyson by
the hour, lead a german, tell lust wnien
corner of her card to turn down for a
call of condolence or a party call, rave
about majolica and the art decorative,
give tho points OS a pug, yawn interest
ingly behind a fan, extol the opera,
write mawkish poems, each one with an
Envoi and, in short, be a credit to her
tamily and the seminary where she was
graduated. 1 can see ner now," con
tinued Arthur, shaking his yellow curls
and laughing. "She considers me as
her property, but hates me because she
feels sure of me. Yes.' she says, to her
confidante (chums no longer exist, they
have been massacred by confidantes and
bad French). I suppose I'll have to
marry him. the practical wretch.' "
"Now, Arthur, you are not just:
neither are you kind to speak so of a girl
you do not know, and have never seen,"
said Mrs. Delancey.
"liyjove, mother r cnea Aruiur,
bringing his open hand dpwn on tho
table with force sufficient to make tho
ehina and his mother jump simultan
eously, "I have an idea."
What is it, my son.-"7 asked the
lady.
I see hy this letter," explained me
young physician, "that miss fainax
lives in M etroville. Now. a train leaves
here at eleven and reaches there at two.
Jack Morton, my college chum, lives in
Mctrovillo, and 1 11 go there, see him,
and try to see Miss Fidelia Fairfax with
out being seen by her. If I iike her
looks I'll introduce myself, if not I M
come home, bid farewell to the fortune
and settle down to baehcloraom ana
physic."
" You forget that your cousin Uriah
comes to-day and may b offended if you
arc not here.' urged the widow.
"Mother," returned Arthur, mock-
earnestly, "if anything could drive me
away from this comtortaoie home with
more sneed than mv curiosity to see
Miss Fairfax it would be the knowledge
that that dry old book-worn, Cousin
Uriah, was coming here to bore me with
l I i i "J ? I . 1. . V.I..
nie learning arm ins praises oi uim. uiuc
stocking, his idol Araminta, for whose
hand he is too bashful to propose. He's
a nice voung fellow, but. oh. such a
bore. That decides me. I go at eleven
And in the smoking train that lelt
Opoliston at eleven o clonk bound for
RKtroviuesat ur. Artnur ueiancey pun
iog a cigar gravely.
"Father." said Miss Fairfax, while
presiding over a cunning little breuk
fast table in a cosy little dinning-room
in the mo'at comfortable, little house in
the little city of Metroville, "my mind
is made ud. i cannot taxe the money
I cannot marrv a man at the order of
another even if that other does offer me
one hundred thousand dollars to do so.'
" Well, my dear Fidelia." returned Mr
Fairfax. " 1 do not feei competent to ad
vise you further than bid you follow the
dictates of vour own heart. Still, my
love, I would counsel you not to be
hasty, if your dear mother were alive
she could tell vou in a moment what to
do I must say, though, Fidelia, that
one hundred thousand dollars is
" Yes. pa. I know, one hundred thou
sand dollars is a great deal of money,
but even that sum cannot tempt mo 10
marry a man I do not love, have never
seen in fact. Was a girl ever placed in
such a humiliating position? I wish
the eccentric old Mr. Tobias yueeroy
had been content to keep his eccentricity
tohimself. Theidea! Asif the friend
ship that existed between you and Mr.
Delancey and him gave him the right to
dispose of the hands and hearts of his
friends' children."
"But you needn't marry him, you
know, my dear," said Mr. Fairfax. "If
I iiad not been so unfortunate the past
lew years I would say at once give up
this lortune; but I cannot leave you
mu?li, my love, and I know what a com
forting thing money is."
" But I can't mairy him, pa."
"Well. Mr Greenland Kent, the at
torney, says the condition is not legal."
"But oh, pa, Mr. Queerby relied on
my honor not to take the money with
out accepting the condition, and my
honor makes the condition binding if
the law does not," said Miss Fairfax
decidedly.
"Time, my dear," replied the gentle
man : vet this I must say, Fidelia, I
have often heard your poor dear mother
speak of Mr. Delancey, and always in
terms of the highest praise, and, you
know that as a general rule sons are
like their fathers. I have no doubt he
is a most estimable vounz man."
" I have no doubt he is, pa'. I dare
sav that he can interlard his conversa
tion with yards of Latin that he don't
half understand, can write sonnets and
triolets in a lady's album, can tell the
best time of all the oarsmen and race
horses, can play polo, can tell what
kind of a coat ought to be worn on each
day of the week, can say 'Veryclevah,
bai iove.' as if he were a thorough man
of the world, can tell what new play is
troine to be a success, can flirt with
everybody and vow all the girls are
breaking their poor hearts lor him, can
tell college yarns all night and laugh
loudest at his own wit and. in short.
rrove himself an honor to society and
Iarvard college. I can see him now
talking to his pal (there are no more
classmates ; pals and college slang mur
dered them lose aero) and saving: Oh
bai Jupitah, old fellah, it's a dooced
bore, ye know, but the poor little gir
will break her heart u I don t marry
her. and I suppose I will have to, bai
Jove, yaas,' while all the time he hates
me like poison."
"Now, now, now, Dealie, my love !"
cried Mr. Fairfax, " this is not right,"
vet he could not refrain from laughing
" You are unjust, unkind you should
not speak so of one you have never
seen." "Oh, papa!" exclaimed Fidelia,
suddenly clasping her hands and shak
ing her black curls, merrily.
"What, my dear!" asked the father
"1 have an idea. The lawyer's letter
says Mr. Fairfax lives In Upoliston
Now, Kena Jester lives there, and she
my schoolmate and she's been begeing
me to call on her. There's a train leaves
at eleven and I'll go to-day. I'll con
trive to see Mr. Arthur Delancey with
out being seen, and I'll judge by his
looks whether I'll ask to be introduced.
If I don't like him I'll throw the for
tune to the hospitals and become an old
maid, and make tea forever for my dear,
stupid, ioving darling pa. So make
haste, pa, l must prepare lor my
journey."
"Hut you are not going to-day, my
dear," complained Mr. Fairfax, "you
forget that your cousin Araminta
is coming to-day to stop with us, and
she might be offended if you were not
here to receive her."
" Pa, if anything could drive me from
the house it would be the thought that
I would have to listen to the disserta
tions of the learned Araminta and hear
her praises of that modest, unassuming
Uriah, whoever he is. Araminta is a
good enough body, pa, but she does
weary me so. That decides me. I go
to-day."
In the di awlng-room car ot the train
that left Metroville at eleven o'clock.
bound for Opoliston. sat Miss Fidelia
Fairfax reading the latest novel.
" Jock." said Arthur Delancey. toss
ing his hat on the table in J ack Merton s
room and throwing himself on the
lounre. " are you quite sure you were
right about Mr. Fairfax's house being
the seventh lrom this r"
"Ol course I am. I've often been
there to see him and his daughter," an
swered Jack.
"Ah. his daughter! I think I saw
her at the window as I passed."
"Undoubtedly voudid: shesits there
all dav."
"Lively girl she must be. lias she
black hair and eyes ?"
" Xes r"
" And she is well, not pretty."
"There you are wrong. She is
pretty."
"Jack, old fellow, you always had
queer ideas of female beauty. Why she
looks like a school marm. Is she one
of the cultured, clever sort P"
" She is a very clever girl."
" She is, eh. Then I've seen ker, no
doubt." , . .
"That must have been her in ihe
window, there is no other lady in the
house."
"Oh," muttered Arthur. "I'll run to
the telegraph office. Jack, if you'll ex
cuse me, and then I'll beat your service
and we'll have ajolly night of it."
That afternoon Mrs. Delancey received
a telegraphic dispatch in the following
words:
Have seeu the " condition." Good-bye,
fortune. I wouldn't have her lor a million.
1 leave at eleven to-morrow morning.
Akthvh.
" Rena, my love," said Fidelia Fair
fax, as she came into Miss Rena Lester's
boudoir after a long walk; "I am not
sorrv vou could not come out with me.
lor I kept walking up and down one
. t. .1 ' l. it 1 1 L
street wlucii, mougu it pienseu uie iiy
its pretty houses, would have wearied
you who know it so well."
"What street was it?" asked Miss
Lester.
"The street on which vou said Mrs.
Delancey lived. By the way, who was
the gentleman I saw sitting on the
norch?"
"Oh. that must have been Arthur.
All the girls are in love with him."
" i don't admire their taste.
"Oh, Fidelia: why he's so hand
some."
"Then I did not see him."
"Oh. it must have been he; he is the
only man in the house,"
"Has he light hairr"
" Yes, very light."
"And a book-wormy look?"
"For shame. Fidelia, lie's very,
verv clever ; but he s handsome, too."
"I don't doubt he was the one I saw
Well the Opoliston girls are welcome to
him. Suppose we stroll to the telegraph
office, Rena; I want to send a message
to pa."
That afternoon Mr. Fairfax received
a telegraphic message as follows :
I have seen the hundred thousand dollar
prize. A million would be too little. 1 take
the eleven o clock train to morrow morning
Fidklia.
If Miss Fairfax was only like her!"
was Arthur's first thought.
Her iniurv proved to be but a sprained
ankle, and laughing merrily at her for
mer fears she accepted the arm or the
physician and permitted him to almost
carry her to the hotel.
He supported her to the hotel parlor
and insisted on giving the black-eyed
patient his personal attention, a com
pliment she aid not Seem loth to accept.
Some time was lost in sending for medi
eino, and over an hour had passed before
the surgeon had bandaged the patient's
foot. He- was standing leaning on the
mantel-piece under the influence of the
black eyes, and she seemed content to
say nothing but quietly admire the doc
tor's golden curls and. frank blue eyes,
when the hall-boy, who bad received
several large gratuities from the doctor
for having run for medicines, nnd who
was, therefore, his friend for life, rushed
into the parlor, saying:
"Some one sent telegrams to Opolis
ton and Metroville, saying there'd been
a fearful accident, and saying nothing
about no lives being lost. So two
trains have come in, one from each
place, full of people looking after rela
tives, and there are visitors for both ot
you."
Scarcely had he finished when
through the broad doorway of the par
lor ran four people. They were Mrs.
Delancey, on the arm of a fair-haired
lit'le man, and Mr. Fairfax dragging in
a very tall and very black haired and
angular young lady.
"Fidelia Fairfax, by Jove!" cried
Arthur, as he saw the angular ladv.
"Oh. mv. Mr. Delancey!" screamed
the blackeved patient, as she saw the
fair haired little man.
"My son!" cried Mrs. Delancey, em
hrae.inir the doctor.
"Fidelia, Fidelia, my daughter!"
roared Mr. Fairfax, embracing the
I black-eyed patient.
"Af ITi-ioVi 1" anftlw murmured the
V vm. j
angular ladv. crossing to the little man.
"Oh. Miss Araminta'." squeaneii me
little man and he shook hands feebly
with the angular lady.
And you are reaiiyjmss tainax: -
said Arthur to his Diacis-eyeci paiieni
I'm so irlad."
. . . . II !J
And vou're Mr. uciancey, saiu
Fidelia: "I'm so clad." and then she
blushed.
My dear Miss Fairfax," said Arthur,
then, bluntly, "may I hope that we
may both retain our hundred thousand
dolTRraP"
Do you mean retain it with honor r
fib a asked, hlnshinsr again-
- . . . , , , ,
"Yen. llon't vou IhinK II WOUld DC
a shame to destroy me caicumuuua ui
that good old soul, Queerby, wno is
now no more? Don't you think we
ought to do as he wished us tor'
" Ask- Da. doctor." said DiacK-eyes
" Araminta." said Uriah. " this meet
ing is auspicious. I I will you will
vou"
rf . w ... T 1 FTII
i understand you. unau. j.ukc
me." returned the angular one, anu
t.bev acain shook hands feebly.
Two months later, at Mr. Fairfax's
cosy little house, tho guests were assem
bleu to witness me weuumg wiv-
monies of two couples. They were
Arthur and Fidelia and Uriah and Ara
minta. . .
After thev had been happily united
and eoncratulated. Mr. tairfax, who
was consoline Mrs. Delancey for the loss
of her son. said : " Mv dear Mrs. De
lancey, you are a comtortaoie son oi
woman and I am a comfortable sort ol
man. I have been made to-night a
fatbpr to vour son and vou a mother to
mv daughter. Do vou know of any just
cause and impediment in the way of our
becoming, ahem
It appearing that she aid not, me
services of the minister was again put
in reauisition. and the old folks were
not the least happy of the party.
TIMELY TOI'ICS.
Preliminary arrangements have been
made for a new American Arctic expe
dition, under the direction of Dr. Erail
Bcssel. late chief of the scientific staff of
the Polaris. The expedition will be
fitted out by private enterprise. It will
sail for the North next year, via Jones'
sound, where the vessel intends to es
tablish a meteorological station to co
operate with those of the international
congress. At this station a yacni win
be left to maintain communication,
while a powerful steamer will push as
far north as possible.
Midway between Opoliston and Ma
trovillo was a junction of three rail
roads. Tracks crossed and curved
around each other till the ground ap
peared to be covered with an iron net
work.
How it happened no one ever learned,
but two switches had been left mie
D laced, and as the tram bound from
Oooliston to Matroville came thunder
ing on it shot on in the wrong direction,
then seemed to stand still for a second,
then seemed to shiver all over, and the
next second the engine lay on its side,
under two coaches, its driving-wheel
revolving so that no spokes could be
seen, flinging earth and stones and ashe9
liae a voicanu.
Then, ere any warning could be given,
on rushed the train irom upoiision
bound lor Metroville. A shriek from
the whistle, and engines, cars, baggage,
railroad ties and tracks became one
unsightly mass, half hiden by escaping
steam.
In five minutes the discovery was
made that no one had been killed and
very few injured, and those but slightly
" There's a young lady lying on the
depot platform who says 6he thinks her
leg is broken," said an old gehtleman to
a group who were assisting the ladies.
"Is there?" said a young gentleman
who was wrapping a bandage around
an old lady's wrist. " Ah, now, that's
done nicely," he continued, addressing
the lady. "Now," he added, turning
to the old gentleman, "if you will con
duct me to the young lady I will go
with you. I am a surgeon."
The surgeon was Arthur Delancey,
and his conductor presented him to a
verv prettv voung ladv who was reclin
ing on a rough couch extemporized of
mail bags, bhe had verv pretty black
eyes and black curls. She did not ap
pear to be in much pain, and smiled
j archly at Arthur.
The Hartford Uourant, referring to the
annual statement of the JStna Life In
surance Company, says : " It shows the
continued prospetity of that exception
ally well managed and strong institu
tion. No life company in the country,
as to'the solid character of its assets and
investments, can make a more convinc
ing statement. It is to be particularly
observed in this fresh announcement of
the condition of the company that
during the past year the assets have
been increased $513,301.17, while the
Burplus above all liabilities has added
the sum of $230,838.09. The receipts
for interest alone have been $1,856,-
710.46, and this amount has paid all
death losses and the running expenses,
and left a balance over of $64,129.07.
A few words in this general way cover
the cose for the iEtna as well as columns
ot commendations. It is a model com
pony in its financial standing."
Tn deepening a river in the neighbor
hood of Norrkoping, says the Timber
Tradta Journal, in order to mate it ac
cessible for ships of heavier draught,
among several oDiects oi interest
hrought ud from the bottom, eight oax
trees were found at a depth of seven feet
under the old bottom, lixe barn was
almost decaved. and when it was taken
off the wood was lound to be hard and
black, resembling ebony. I he trees are
supposed to have been lying in the
earth 900 vears. The trees have been
sold to a farm or joiners, who intend
using them for cabinet work.
Old Nickelpinch's grandson called his
attention to a bird the other day. "That's
no bird." began the old man. " W hy ,
yes, it is, grandpa," interrupted the boy,
don t you see it pick up me crumDs at
the door." 'f That's no bird," repeated
Nickelpinch , when tho youngest again
yelled, " I say it hm bird, an' I'll leave
it to gran'ma if it ain't." " lhat snow
bird.1' calmly remarked grandpa, '
the first one I have seen this season."
A short time Bince an item went the
rounds of the press to the effect that W.
J. Chappelle, a show agent, who,
eighteen years ago, befriended a young
Irish girl, had received &ou irm the
girl, who it seems had married a
wealthy Californian. The item went on
to say that the money was sent to pay
Chappelle's expenses to California only,
and the inference was that he would be
made a rich man by the grateful Irish
girl of years past. People who read the
item with a tinge of envy toward Chap
pelle and regret that they had allowed
a number of golden opportunities to cant
bread upon the waters to pass Dy un
heeded, thinking perhaps if they had
been a little more liberal they might
now be reaping their reward people of
this sort wul .no doubt be pleased to
learn that the whole affair was a grand
hoax r laved unon the showman. He
thinks Wambofd, the New York min
strel, is at the bottom of it.
The Kentuckv house of representa
tives has passed a bill t punish theft by
a male with corporal punishment by
stripes, not exceeding thirty-nine, or by
impriooiimeub, in vno uim;ici.iuii w 1.11c
mrv. mo Amencnn jsraeiue, in none-
il a. A. 1 . n IT ...n1-.. jwiwna
ing tins act oi inc ncutuunj uuusc, i
the origin of the thirty-nine, or forty
less one, lashes. It says : " The thirty
nine lashes are taken from the Raboni-
calcode, which modified the forty lashes
in the law of Moses to thirty-nine, be
cause he who received that punishment
is called in Scripture Kasha, a wicked
man.' and the rabbis legislated that
none in Israel should be branded as a
Kasha for the commission of one crime
of that catagorv : therefore, they would
not infliet the lull punishment oi mc
law on any culprit, and changed the
forty lashes to thirly-nine." Theft un
der the Mosaic law was not punished
hy stripes; a fine, or loss of liberty until
the fine was paid by the culprit's labor,
was the punishment lor theit according
to Moses.'
The evidence taken before the court of
inauirv Into the lay bridge disaster
hrnuirlit. nut nothing of anv importance,
except t he fact that one of the officials
"t the south side ot tne bridge noticed
sparks issuing from the train through
out nearly the whole distance Detween
tho south side of the bridge and the high
trirders. These snarks appear to have
been. due to the great pressure oi me
wind grinding the train against the
rails on the eastern side of the bridge,
One of the guards gave evidence to hav
ing witnessed the same thing on a previ
ous occasion, when a verjr strong west,
wind was blowing, itnd to its having so
alarmed him that, thinking an axle whs
broken, he put oa the brake. At the
point, too. where the catastrophy oc
curred, the rails were broken out on the
eastern side, as though torn up by the
excessive pressure of the train from
their place. For the rest, nothing lias
been discovered, nor is now likely to be
discovered, as to the character ot the
disastcr,except that one witness living to
the west of the bridge, but above it, de
clared that he saw a girder give way
and fall into the river before the train
came up.
The Engine.
Into the gloom ot the deep, dark night,
With panting breath and a startled scream,
Swilt as a bird in sudden flight
Darts this creature ot steel an l steam.
Awlul dangers are lurking nigh,
Hocks and chasms are near the track,
But straight by the light oi its great white eye
It speeds thro' the shadows, dense and black .
Terrible thoughts and florce desires
Trouble its mad heart many an hour,
Where burn and smolder the hidden fires,
Coupled over with might and power.
It hates as a wild horse hats the rein,
The narrow track by vale and hill j
And Bhiieks with a cry ot startled pain,
And longs to lollow its own wild will.
Oh, what am I but an engine shod
With mnscle and flesh by the hand ol God,
Speeding on thro the dense, dark night,
Guided alon ) by the soul's white light.
Often and olten my mad heart tires,
And hates its way with bitter hate,
And longs to lollow its own desires,
And leave the end in tho hands of late.
Oh, ponderous engine of steel and steam;
Oh, human engine of flesh and bone
Follow the white light's certain beam-
There lies saloty, and there alone.
The narrow track of learless truth,
Lit by the soul's great eye of light,
Oh, passionate heart ot restless youth,
Alone will carry you thro' the night.
Ella Wheder, in Inlcr-Octan.
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The publio are cautioned to ask lor Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup, and take no other. Price
25 cunts.
In Belgium the flying of pigeons has
become a national pastime. In no coun
try on the globe is the raising oi carrier
pigeons carried on to the aegree oi per
fection that it is there . And in no coun
try docs the raising of pigeons and the
transporting of them for racing purposes
form such an item of importace to the
government as it does there. Here are
some figure3 which seem incredible, but
i - i. ,i.j r ii.ffi:.l
wuicu are vuucucu iji no vummi.
The pigeon fanciers of Belgium paid
$30,000 to the ueiffium government as
freight for transporting pigeons last
year alone. It is claimed that 1,500,000
pigeons were taken from Belgium into
France the former country being too
small for the starting of any impoitant
races within its own bounds during
lb79. The greatest race of recent years
was that of last year, from Rome to
Brussels, a distance of 900 miles. Eleven
hundred birds were entered and less
than two hundred ever returned. The
rest were lost one way or another. Four
of these birds, singularly enough, got to
Philadelphia. They were picked up at
sea by an Italian vessel, the Clara Pick
ens, bound for that port, a short dis
tance off the island ot Maiores, in tne
Mediterranean, 400 miles frem the land,
so tired that they ahghted on the ves
sel and were caught while asleep
These birds had their owner's marks
stamped on their feathers.
The comparative force of gunpowder
and dynamite was discussed by two
miners at Tunka. Cal. They agreed, as
a test, to explode certain quantities of
the substances under two pianns, me
friend of gunpowder to stand on the
dvnamite plank and the friend of dyna
mite on the other. The trial was made
in the presence of an interested crowd
nriiM.itiii'9. It. resulted in a broken
leg for the man who was lifted t feet
into tho air by the dynamite, anu uu
cMnnted bruises for the one wiiom the
gunpowder threw against the trunk of a
tree.
It is better to be unknown than to
hav a pedigree that iz too rai'h for us
ust so it is bettor for a pekok to r bob
ailed than to hav one too big io nrrrr.
osh, Hilling.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The next February with five Sundays
In it will be in 1920.
Did you ever see a dog bark his shins?
Philadelphia Item.
Ixmdoners are to have sea-water pipes
connected with their houses.
Beaconsfield says: "When I want
to read a novel I write one."
A poor relation The crude effort of a
story-writer. American ruiicli.
The Indians in the school at Carlisle,
Pa., nre taught military tactics.
The English laws compel the veloci-
Eede riders to carry a headlight and a
ell. - ,
Words are cheap, except when they
are sent over the Atlantic cable. Cin
cinnati Saturday Night.
The aggregate salaries of the New
York city school teachers for 1879
amounted to $1,009,207.
Tti9 better to give than to receive.
but the plan will never be very popular
in this country. New York Express.
The Sultan of Turkey spends $12,-
000,000 a year on himself, the eunuichs.
sultana and courtiers that reside in his
palace.
An exchange wishes to know if sugar
is extracted from dead beats. No. sir;
dead beats have no "sugar." Waterloo
Observer.
A man can buy a hat for one dollar.
It takes from ten to fifteen for a woman
lo go comparatively bareheaded. Yal
lejo Chronicle.
Henrv Smith, the famous razor strop
man, ot New York, was a heavy specu
lator, and lost in one day, a few year
ago, $60,000 by the fall in stocks.
An Albany merchant recently shipped
some goods by way oi xew iorK to
Ixmdon. The freight to New York was
$20.90, and from New York to Ixmdon
$24. The distances nre 150 miles and
about 3,000 milts.
If the theorist who avers that animals
can resist temptation will experiment
by poking his neighbor s big Duu-aog
in the ribs, he'll find that his theory,
together with his trowsers, will be torn
in shreds. Ilackensack llepublican.
A French lad. aged ten vears. recently
ran away from his school in tho village
of Savelot, and went to a neighbor's
house where a wedding was being cele
brated. The nuptial party made him
drunk on wine, and told him to beware
of his master s rod next day. mis so
frightened the youngster that he got a
rope and hanged himself in the garden,
where his body was lound irozen me
next morning.
Yale has graduated 4 signers of the
Declaration of Independence : 110 mem
bers of the Uuited States House of Rep
resentatives : 44 United States Senators ;
15 ambassadors to foreign courts; io
cabinet officers, including Mr. Evarts;
16 lieutenant governors and 29 governors
of States; Uie lexicographers Webster
and Worcester; 4 presidents oi inn -
logical seminaries; b5 presidents oi col
leges, and 250 professors in colleges and
professional schools.
A $1,000 Price.
The treasurer of the Franklin Institute
has in his charge the sum of $ 1.0(H),
which has been deposited by Uriah A.
Boyden, Esq., of Boston, to be awarded
as a premium to any resident of North
America or the West Indies islands who
shall determine by experiment whether
all rays ot light ana omer pnysicai rays
are or are not transmitted with the
same velocity. Each competitor will
be requirod to transmit to tne secretary
of the institute before the hrst day of
January next a memoir describing in
detail the apparatus, moae oi experi
menting and the results. These memoirs
will be submitted to three judges, to be
appointed by the board of managers of
the institute, ana wno are w De citizens
of the United Statesof competent scien
tific ability. Should the judges think
proper they may require me experi
ments described in any of the memoirs
to be repeated in their presence. Every
memoir must be anonymous, but must
contain some motto or sign by which it
can be recognimed or designated, and
must also be accompanied Dy a sealed
envelope, indorsed on the outside with
the same motto or sign, and to contain
the name and address of the author of
the memoir. 1'hikuklphia Jiecord.