Hates of Advertising. One Square (1 inch,) one Inwertion - fl OneHquare. . one month ' SM OneHquare " three, months - fl on OneHquare " nno year - 10 (X) Two Sqnare, one year - - 15 On Quarter Col. - . - - . - 0 00 Half ' " - - .V) 0 One i ; " " - - - - 100 oo Iigl notion at established rate. Marriage and death notion, jrratis. All bill for yearly advertim-mont '"! looted quarterly. Temporary- nrtverttso. Btnntn mnnt be paid for in advance. Job wort, Cash on Delivery. TEI1M8, !.BO A YEAR. Si) Subscription rr-eolved for a shorter i 'i Ud Hum ilircu mouths, rcn i OKiHui.lewp solicited irom all parts ni tlic fount ry. -No notine will be taken ol I'.innyuioiis communications. : VOL. XII. NO. 50. TIONESTAV PA.,' MAECH. 3, 1880. $1.50 Per Annum. iFJ wt gcpubtian. iviTnum:i kvkky Wednesday, by . sr. n xvjaivric. omen m robinson k bonkeb-s Bmrufa n.M 8TRr,CT, TI0NE3TA, PA. f1 H Off) ' (1 ft In 1780. ' . In .Seventeen-Hundred-Kighty They sat by household Orel, "And talked ol matters weighty, Our grandnm and our aires ; Thoy talked of mat ten weighty, While broad the blur.e uprolled, Ilosido their hearths in 'Eighty, . That time of awlid oold. The hard front figured grhnly Along the window glass Hor Inrga the old-time ohimneyt How wide the flreplaoe was! The solid eoals dropped under, The bntzon andirons gj wed, The lore-stick fell asunder, Ojcp tilts the b tck-log showed. l'lioy talked of wives and widows, Ol woes that war reveals d, Wiiile round thn wnlls tho shadows cJ Ol British Kriuios wheeled; Tliey talked Ol Enrl Cornwallis, ' Ol Briluiii and her might; Their fiiimo their only solace, Thoir oidy strength the right. I'hry told ol instills wanton, And gtiesiel with forward viow, At what Sir Henry Clinton, With opening spring, would do. They named each friendly nation Pi anna, Holland, even Spain, And gathered consolation . From Stony Foint and Wayne. With retrospective lorvor, itiey Uiked oi Chnrlostown Neck, . Ol Catoa by Hudson river. And Arnold at Quobeo. H o tiling men and phiooH, And battles lost or won, Thoy brunt hud with ardent laws The uamo ol Washington. I'noy talked ol gloom impending, ,. Tlmy spoke ol doubtful stui, Of bIiocIcm men contending Tv'Uh red-ooat regulars. And thus with matters weighty, Things post or things to come, Eucb household hearth in 'Eighty (Was stirred as by the drum. The warrior cold stood sentry, At windows and at doors; " The silting snow found entry, And slrenkod the sanded floors. But ever with the knitting, - .jOr with the open book, .Went thought to Clinton flitting,1 Or Howe off Sandy Hook. . -'. ' Ye Uu Companion. s 100,000, THE T1I11EE MARRIAGES THEREBY. CAVSED "My mind ia made up, mother," said . young Dr. Delancey, "bo let us enj our breakfast and not spoil our diges tions by thinking of the old curmudgeon who could not even let hi.n eccentricity die with him, but must dispose of li fortune in tins idiotiu manner." 'Mrs. Delancey, "one hundred thousand dollars is too largo a sum to refuse with out much consideration." "I know that; mother mine, but still I refuse it. of rather refuse to aocept it witu tiie condition attached to it. 1 pre ier to choose my own wile." " Is there no alternative P" " None." "What are the exact words of the letter P" "These," answered Arthur, taking up a ponderous letter which had been lying on the table, ana readme from it "My dear sir Now that the estate of the late Tobias Queer by is settled, it be comes my duty to inform you that he had imposed a condition upon his be quest to you. He bequeaths to you property to the 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 Lhare 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 request unless you wish, and your legacy will remain unaffected, but lie charges y ou nnd her, as you are upright , and honorable, not to 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 giyo the money lie 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 Queerby." "There!" cried Arthur, "is not that a, terrible condition to impose P - 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 know. But marriage to one I do not care for would bo misery for a life time. Therefore, as I said before, my mind is made up. What! Did he think simply because he was the friend in youth ol father and this Mr. Fairfax, he can force their children, who have never seen each other, to marrv whether thev love or hate P No. Fattier has left you well provided for. mother, and 1 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 ol Miss i air tax, 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 lather was alive he oiicn spoke ol the pretty girl Mr. Fair fax married, and daughters generally resemble their mothers, you know." "Undoubtedly she is a nice young 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 just which corner of her card to turn down for a call of condolence or a party call, rave about majolica and the art decorative. give the points of a pug, yawn interest ingly behind a fan, extol the-opera, write mawkish poems, each one with an Envoi and, in short, be credit to her family and the seminary where she was graduated. 1 can see her now," con tinued Arthur, shaking bis yellow curls and laughing. "She considers me as her property, but bates me because she feels sure of me. Yes.' she says, to her confidante (chums no longer exist, they have been massacred by confidantes ana 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 nave never seen," said Mrs. Delancey. By jove. mother I" cried Arthur, bringing his open hand down on the table with force sufficient to make the ehina nnd his mother jump simultan eously, " I have an idea." What is it. my eon?" asked the lady. I see by tins letter," explained the young physician, "that Miss Fairfax lives in Metroville. Now, a train leavea here at eleven and reaches there at two Jack Merton, my college chum, lives in Metroville, ana 1 11 go there, see him, nnd try to see Miss Fidelia Fairfax with out being seen by her. If I iike tier looks I'll introduce trivself. if not I'll come home, bid farewell to the fortune and settle down to bachclordom and 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 comfortable home with more speed than my curiosity to see Miss Fairlax it would be the knowledge that that dry old book-worn. Cousin Uriah, was coming here to bore me with hU learning and his praises of that blue stocking, his idol Araminta, for whose hand he is too bashful to propose. He's a nice young fellow, but, oh, such a bore. That decides me, I go at eleven." And in the smoking train that left 0 polls ton at eleven o clock bound for Metroville sat Dr. Arthur Delancey puff ing a cigar gravely. "Father," said Miss Fairfax, while presiding over a cunning little break fast table Jn a cosy little dinning-room in the moist comfortable, little house in the little city of Metroville, " my mind is made up. I cannot take the money 1 cannot marry 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. " I do not feei competent to ad vise you further than bid you follow the dictates of your own heart. Still, my love, I would counsel you not to be hasty, if your dear mother were alive she could tell you in a moment what to do I must say, though, Fidelia, that one liundred thousand dollars is " " Yes, pa, I know, one hundred thou sand dollars is a great deal of money, but even that sum cannot tempt me to 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 Queerby had been content to keep his eccentricity to himself. The idea! As if the friend ship that existed between you and Mr. Delancey and him gave himtheright 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 had not been so unfortunate the past few yean I would say at once give up this fortune; but I cannot leave you mu?h, 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; yet 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, ana, you know that as a general rule sons are like their fathers. I have no doubt he is a most estimable young man." " I have no doubt lie is, pa'. I dare say 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 jove,' as if be were a thorough man of the world, can tell what new play is going to be a success, can flirt with every boay ana vow all the girls are breaking their poor hearts tor him, can tell college yarns all night and laugh loudest at his own wit and, in short, prove himself an honor to society and Harvard college. 1 can see him now talking to his pal (there are' no more classmates ; pals and college slang mur dered them long ago) and saving: 'Oh, bai Jupitah, old fellah, it's a dooced bore, ye know, but the poor little girl will break her heart if 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 J" cried Mr. Fairfax, " this is not right," yet he could not refrain from laughing. " You are unjust, unkind you should not speak so of one you have never seen." "Oh, papal" 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 Opoliston. Now, Kena Lester lives there, and she's my schoolmate and she's been begping me to call on her. There's a train leaves at eleven and I'll go to-day. I'll con trive to aee Mr. Arthur Delancey with out being Been, 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, I must prepare for 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 drawing-room car of the train that left Metroville at eleven o'clock, bound for OpoliEton. sat Miss Fidelia Fairfax reading the latest novel. " Jack," said Arthur Delancey, toss ing his hat on the table in J ack Merton 's room and throwing himself on the lounge, " are you quite sure you were right about Mr. Fairfax's house being the seventh from this P" "Of 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 you did; she sits there all day." - "Lively girl she must be. Has she black hair and eyes P" " Yes P" " And she is well, not pretty." "There you are wrong. She is pretty." " J ack, old fellow, you always had queer ideas of female beauty. W hy 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 Jier, no doubt." "That must have been" her in the 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 a jolly night of it." That afternoon Mrs. Delancey received a telegraphic dispatch in the following words : Have seeu the " condition." Good-by.o, fortune. ' I wouldn't have her tor a million. I leave at eleven to-morrow morning. ARTIIl'K. , . . - . " Kena, my love," Baid Fidelia Fair fax, as she came into Miss Ren a Lester's boudoir after a long walk; "I am not sorry you could not come out with me, tor I kept walking up and down one street which, though it pleased me by its pretty houses, would nave wearied you who know it so well." - "What street was itP" asked Miss Lester. ... "The street on which jousaid Mrs. Delancey lived. By the way, who was the gentleman I saw sitting on the porch?'', . , "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 hairF" "Yes, very light.".. "And a book-wormy look?" "For shame, Fidelia. He's very. verv clever ; but he's handsome, too." " I don t doubt be was the one I saw. Well the Opoliston girls are welcome to him. Suppose we stroll to the telegraph office, Rena ; I want to Bend 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. I take the eleven o clock tram to morrow morning FlOKLIA. Midway between Opoliston and Ma- troville was a junction of three rail roads. Tracks crossed and curved around each other till the ground ao- pearea to be covered with an iron net work. How it happened no one ever learned. but two switches iiaa oeen lelt mie placed, and as the tram bound from Oooliston to Matroville came thunder ing on it shot oil 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 ashes like a volcano. Then, ere any warning could be given, on rushed the tram from Opoliston bound for Metroville. A shriek from the whistle, and engines, cars, baggage. railroad ties and tracks became one unsightly mass, half hiaden by escaping 8 team. in nve minutes the discovery was made that no one had been killed and very few iniured. and those but slightly "There's a young lady lying on the depot platform who says she thinks her leg is broken," said an old gentleman to a group who were assisting the ladies. " Is thereP" said a young gentleman who was wrapping a bandage around an old lady's wrist. " Ah. now. that's done nicely," he continued, addressing tne iaay. "jnow," ne aaaea, turning to the old gentleman, "if you will con duct me to tne young lady x will go witn you. i am a surgeon." The surgeon was Arthur Delancey. and his conductor presented him to a very pretty young lady who was rechn lng on a rough couch extemporized of mail bags. She had very pretty black eyes and black curls. She did not ap pear to be in much pain, and smiled archly at Arthur. "If Miss Fairfax was only like her!" was Arthur's first thought. Her injury proved to be but a sprained ankle, and laughing merrily at her for mcr fears she accepted the arm of 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- Eliment she did not itecm loth to accept, ome time was lost in sending for medi cine, and over an hour had passed before the Burgeon had bandaged the patient's foot. He- was standing leaning on the mantel-pienc underY.be influence of the black eyes, and she seemed content to say nothing but quietly admire the doc tor's golden curls ana frank blue eyes, when the hall-boy, who had received several large gratuities from the doctor for having run for medicines, and who was, therefore, his friend for life, rushed into the parlor, Baying: " 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 of you." Scarcely had he finished when through the broad doorway of the par lor ran four people. They were Mrs. Delancey, on tho 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 lady. "Oh, my, Mr. Delancey!" screamed the black-eyed patient, as she saw the fair haired little man. " My son !" cried Mrs. Delancey, em bracing the doctor. "Fidelia, Fidelia, my daughter!" roared Mr. Fairfax, embracing the ! black-eyed patient. angular lady, crossing to the little man. Oh. Miss Araminta!" squeaKeu tne little man and he shook hands feebly with the angular lady. "And you are really auss tainaxi ' said Arthur to his black-eyed patient. I'm so glad." "And you're Mr. Delancey," said Fidelia: "I'm so glad," and then she blushed. " My dtar Miss Fairfax," said Arthur, then, bluntly, " may I hope that we may both retain our hundred thousand dollars?" " Do you mean retain it with honor P" she asked, blushing again. . "Yes. Don't vou think it wouia oe a shame to destroy the calculations of that eood old bouL Queerby, who is now no more? Don't you think we ought to do as he wished us toP" " Ask pa, doctor," saia macs-eyes. " Araminta" said Uriah, " this meet ing is auspicious. I I will you will you" 1 understand you, uriaa. .laite me," returned the angular one, ana thev acain shook hands feebly. Two months later, at Mr. vairiax's cosy little house, tho guests were assem bled to witness the wedding cere monies of two couples. I hey were Arthur and Fidelia and Uriah and Ara minta. ' ' After thev had been happily united and congratulated. Mr. lairfax, who was consoling Mrs. Delancey for the loss of her son. said: " Mv dear Mrs. De lancey, you are a comfortable sort of woman and I am a comfortable sort oi man. i have oeen made lo-nigm a father to your son and you a mother to mv daughter. Do sou know of any just cause and impediment in the way of our becominz. ahem- ' It aDDeannsr that she aia not. uie services of the minister was again put in requisition, and the old folks were not the least happy of the party. The Hartford Vourcmt, referring to the annual statement of the JEtna 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 $513,391.17, while the surplus above all liabilities has added the sum of f230.838.09. The receipts for interest alone have been 11,856,- 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 case for the iEtna as well as columns of commendations. It is a model com pany in its financial standing." In deeneninfl- a river In the neighbor hood of Norrkoping, says the Timber lradt Journal, in order to make it ac cessible for ships of heavier draught. among several objects of interest brought ud from the bottom, eight oak trees were found at a depth of seven feet under the old bottom. Ihe bark was almost decayed, and when it was taken off the wood was found to be hard and black, resembling ebony. The trees are supnosed to have been lying in the earth 900 years. The trees have been sold to a firm of 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. "Why, yes, it is, grandpa ."interrupted the boy, " don't you see it pick up the crumbs at the door." f That's no bird," repeated Nickelpinch , when the youngest again yelled, " I say it hm bird, an' I'll leave it to gran'ma if it ain't." "That sno w bird." calmly remarked grandpa, " is the first one I have seen this season." The publio are cautioned to ak for Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and take no other. Price 25 cent. riHELY TOI'ICS. Preliminary arrangements have been made for a new American Arctic expe dition, under the direction of Dr. Emll Bessel. late chief of the scientific staff of the Polnris. The expedition will be fitted out by private enterprise. It will sail for the North next year, via Jones' sound, where the vessel intends toes tablish a meteorological station to co operate with those of the international congress. At this station a yacht will be left to maintain communication. while a powerful steamer will push as far north as possible. A short time since an item went the rounds of the press to the effect that W. J. ChanDelle. a show aarent. who. eighteen years ago, befriended a young ) Irish girl, had received $500 rrem 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 Chao- pelle and regret that they had allowed a number of golden opportunities to cant bread upon the waters to pass by un heeded, thinking perhaps if they had been a little more liberal they might now be reaping their reward people of this sort will.no doubt be pleased to learn that the whole affair was a grand hoax played upon the showman. He thinks Wambold, the New York min strel, is at the bottom of it. The Kentucky house of reoresenta- tives has passed a bill tm punish theft by male with corporal punishment by stripes, not exceeding thirty-nine, or by imprisonment, in the discretion of the jury. lho American Israelite, in notic ing nils act oi uie itenuicaj iiouse, givea the origin or the thirty-nine, or forty less one, lashes. It says': " The thirty nine lashes are taken from the Itaboni cal code, which modified the forty lashes in the law of Moses to thirty-nine, be cause be 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 oatagory ; therefore, they would not intliet .the full punishment of the law on any culprit, and changed the forty lashes to thirty-nine." Theft un der the Mosaic law was not punished by stripes; a fine, or lossof liberty until the fine was paid by the culprit's labor, was the punishment for theft according la Moses." ' ' r . The evidence taken before the court of inquiry into the Tay bridge disaster brought out nothing of any importance. except the fact that one of the officials n the south side ot the bridge noticea sparks issuing from the train through out nearly the whole distance between the south side of the bridge and the high girders. These sparks appear to have been. due to the great pressure of the wind grinding the .train against the rails on the eastern Bide of the bridge. One of the guards gave evidence to hav ing witnessed the same thing on a previ ous occasion, when a very strong west wind waa blowing, a"nd to its having so alarmed him that, thinking an axle was 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 has been discovered, nor is now likely to be discovered, as to the character of the disaster.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. : .4 In Belgium the flying of pigeons has become a national pastime. In no coun try on the globe is the raising of carrier pigeons carried on to the degree of 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 importaace to the government as it does there. Here are some figures which seem incredible, but which are vouched for as "official." The pigeon fanciers of Belgium paid $30,000 to the Belgium governmemt as freight for transporting pigeons last year alone. It is claimed that 1.500,000 pigeons were taken from Belgium into Franoo the former country being too small for the starting of any important races within its own bounds during 1879. 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 of Majorca, in the Mediterranean, 400 miles frem the land, so tired that they alighted 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 pianks, tne friend of trunoowder to stand on the dynamite plank and the friend of dyna mite on the other. The trial was made in the presence of an interested crowd of spectators. It resulted in a broken leg for the man who was lifted ten feet into tho air by the dynamite, and un counted bruises for the one whom tho gunpowder threw against the trunk of a tree. It is better to be unknown than to hav a pedigree that ia too mth for us ust so it is bettor for a pekok to be bob ailed than to hav one too big to r"d osh Billiny i. The Engine. Into the gloom ot the deep, dark night, With panting breath and a startled scream, Swiit as a bird In sudden flight Darts this creature ot steel ani steam. Awlul dangers are lurking nigh, I took s and ohasms are near the track, But straight by the light of its great white eye It speeds thro' the shadows, dense and black . Terrible thoughts and fierce desires Trouble its mad heart many an hour, Where bnrn and smolder the hidden fires, Coupled over with might and power. It hates as a wild horse hates the rein, The narrow track by vale and hill; And shrieks with a cry ot startled pain, And longs to follow its own wild will. Oh, what am I but an engine shod With muscle and flesh by the hand ot God, Speeding on thro' the dense, dark night, Guided aloni by the soul's white light. Often and olten my mad heart tires, And hates ita way with bitter bate, And longs to lollow its own desires, And leave the end in tho hands of fate. Oh, ponderous engine of steel and steam ; Oh, human engine of flesh and bone Follow the white light's certain beam - There lies safety, and there alone. The narrow track of fearless truth," ' 1 Lit by the sonl's great eye of light, Oh, passionate heart of restless youth, Alone will oarry you thro' the night. Ella Whtler, in Inler-Ocean. " 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. Londoners 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 Punch. The Indians in the school at Carlisle, Pa., are taught military tactics. . The English laws compel the veloci pede riders to carry a headlight and a bell. . - . 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. It is 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 extractod 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 to go comparatively bareheaded. Val- lejo tnrontue. ' Henry Smith, the famous razor strop man, of New York, was a heavy specu lator, and lost in one day. a tew year ago, $60,000 by the fall in stocks. An Albany merchant recently shipped some goods by way of New York to ixmdon. me freight to pjew xork was $20.90, and from New York to London $24. The distances are 150 miles and about 3,000 miles. If the theorist who avers that animals can resist temptation will experiment by poking his neighbor's big bull-dog in the ribs, he'll find that his theory, together with his trowsers, will bo torn in Blireaa.uacicensacK uepuoitcan. A French lad. acred ten years, recently ran away from his school in the village of Savelot, and went to a neighbor's house where a wedding was being cele brated. The nuDtial party made him drunk on wine, and told him to beware of his master's rod next day. This so frightened the youngster that he got a rope and hanged himself in the garden, where his body was found frozen the 1 next morning. Yale has graduated 4 signers of the Declaration of Independence : 140 mem bers of the Uuited States House of Rep resentatives ; 44 United States Senators ; 15 ambassadors to foreign courts; 1 cabinet officers, including Mr. Evarts; 16 lieutenant governors and aa governors of States; the lexicographers Webster and Worcester; 4 presidents of theo- locical seminaries: 65 presidents of col leges, and 250 professors in colleges and professional schools. A $1,000 Price. . The treasurer of the Franklin Instil ute has in his charge tht sum of $1,000, ; which has been deposited by Uriah A. Boyden, Esq., of Boston, to be awarded as a premium to any resident of North America or tho West Indies islands who shall determine by experiment whether all rays ot light and other physical rays are or are not transmitted with the same velocity. Each competitor will be required to transmit to the secretary of the institute before the first day of January next a memoir describing in detail the apparatus, mode of experi menting and the results. These memoirs will be submitted to three judges, to be appointed by the board of managers of the institute, and who are to be citizens of the United States,!of competent scien tific ability. Should the judges think proper they may require the experi ments described in any of the memoirs to be repeated in their presence. Every memoir must be anonymous, but must contain bo cue motto or sign by which it can be recognized or designated, and must also be accompanied oy a sealed envelope, indorsed on the outside with the same motto or sign, and to contain the memoir. Philadelphia Record.
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