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Vol. XIV. No. 43. TIONESTA, PA,, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1882.
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" V I i I fill II II 11 II II PI El I I l J MM
Mr Heart's Voice,
T6 my heart's voioo I llstenod, listened,
When lifo was bngbt and hope was strong,
Whon grief was short and joy was long,
To my heart's voice I listened, llstonod,
And lo 1 it was a song,
A niorry sour.
-
To my heart's voice 1 lintoncd, listened,
When gathoring clouds o'ereast the sky,
When Joy was far and grief was nigh,
To my heart's voice I listened, listened,
And lo I it was sigh,
A heavy sigh.
To my heart's voice I listened, listened,
Whon earthly pain knew heavenly balm.
When trouble lop knew deeper calm,
To my heart's voice I llstonod, listened,
And lo 1 it was a psalm,
A holy ptitthii.
A NEW YEAR CHOICE.
One might think, who saw her life,
that few people led a lonelier life than
Nina Trent ice did. An orphan with
narrow means, koeping up her dead
father's house, there was little visible
excitement in such an existence. Yet
hers was a temperament that did sot
require excitement, and that found hap
piness where others would not dream
of looking for it. liar garden and her
flowers were like a household to her:
the poor oil over the little hill-town af
forded her 'occupation; ttho visited
somewhat among wa few wealthy ac
quaintances; and, for the rest, if she
had Buoh day dreams as other young
gills are wont to indulge, no one was
any wiser for them.
Nobody knew that her friend's father,
th wealthy Mr. Barnes, had made her
a standing OiTr cf marriage any time
within the lust three jears; nobody
knew from her that Bryce Hanscom
wtnt out to a Mexican ranch beoanse
she had no smiles to give him; nobody
knew whether Harold Hartley's face
ver glanced out of tb windows of her
cantles in thtfuir; i ob;dy knew whether
one New YevrV doy she looked forward
t, the next with any wonder as to what
it. might brtK); her of Borrow or joy.
She wa" no Hwc-er, so ilnt,' bo gentle,
that people in guTnl knew no more
of her emotions than of those of the
statue of soma saint' in its churchly
niohe.
Yet it was only on the lost New Year's
evening that, if any one had been able
to look behind her curtains, they would
have seen her on her knees before the
low blaze of her Am, crying as if her
hoart would break, burying her faoe in
her hands and longing for the night
when 4 this fever called living " should
be over at last.
"New Years and New Tears!" she
sobbed. 44 h ! hoy can I bear an
other bo alone 1"
Perhaps Mrs. Ilartley, her mother's
old intimate, had bo rue faint idea of the
fire that burned under this crust of
snow. But Mrs. Hartley was not en
. tirely impartial in her judgment of the
girl, and it was her morning and even
it g prayer that Nina should at some day
stand iu a closer relation to her than
she did at present hut, as that would
be impossible without her son Harold's
intervention, she left no stone unturned
to that end. Mrs. Hartley thought she
knew a great deal better what was good
for her son then he did; and when she
had made up her mind tnat he had
bettor marry Nina Prentice, it was be
cause she consulted his best welfare
possibly without complete regard to
Nina's. She knew that Harold, although
so affectionate, was of a high temper;
and that Nina had inexhaustible stores
of still patience, and that that still pa
tience would await the time when he
should conie back to her, no longer the
knight errant, spurred by a restless
nature, but a quiet and dignified gentle-
nan, ready to take has fathers honored
place in the community. Her ap
proaches in the question were exceed
ingly gentle; yet not so gentle that
they du not put Harold on his guard,
so that he was like the hunted deer,
entitling the gale afar off.
44 Well, mother, I thank goodneBS,"
he said, with a light laugh, on detect
ing her meaning, "that we do not live
in France, and that you can't go and in-
autre lNina s dot and settle the '
44 It's a very good dot, Hatold. Just
a snug little inoomeV to keep the wolf
from the door and satisfy reasonable
wants; and it would be vastly better for
any husband than launching out on the
tremendous fortune of Miss ttarnes,
with palaces, so to say, and yachts and
racing corses. ,
44 Just give me the chanta to see it if
it is. (Jo to Miss Barnes, mother,
cried Harold, gayly. 44Ask the amount
of her dot, and if your scapegrace of a
son is worth it Yachts and raoing
Horses l X like the idea."
44 Oh, Harold I"
44 But Miss Barnes is a beauty, too,
mother, and very sweet and gay. The
man that marries her needn't marry for
her money at alL She would have lov
; era if she hadn't a penny in her own
right. Don't ee marry fur money, but
go wheer money be,' " quoted narold.
44 Excellent advice, that old northern
farmer s. And I'll go 'where money be'
to-night," as he drew on his gloves.
44 Don't talk so, Harold. Don't talk
so, even in jest. Miss Barnes may be
well enough, for all I know, but her
money would destroy you, who were
not born to money. You would do
nothing and come to nothing. But as
for Nina Prentice, as I said, she's a
saint."
44 Wouldn't do at all for a wife then.
Wives mustn't be too good 'for human
nature's daily food.' Think of reprov
ing a saint because tho buckwheats
were flat, or tho buttons off. Adios, you
managing mamma," and he was gone.
It was a misty summer night, so
thiok one oould hardly see a star. But
thoBO ringing steps needed no guiding
star to direct them; for, to toll the
truth, Harold Hartley suspected himself
of being already more than half in love
with Miss Barnes. Undoubtedly, there
was something in her superb surround
ings that added to her own charms;
and she seemed, too, as entirely at
homo in them as the flower that blos
soms in the rich, moist air of the hot
house. tJ.Tbat velvet lawn, set with its
flaming exotics and beds of flowers,
witi the lofty porches and wide halls
behind it, the dimly-lit drawing rooms,
and the dining-room, with its generous
sideboard all the consciousness of
ease and comfort and delight of the
sensos about the place made visiting
Miss Barnes a very pleasant way of
Eassing time ; and then, moreover, us
er father was a prominent man of
affairs among the politicians of the
country, one met there people who en
larged the mental horizon and mode a
man think for himself and think more
of himself.
To-night, however, as he went along,
his mother's words gave him a little
thought, and it did occur to him that it
was unwise to let himself become bo
used to a'.l this splendor and luxury on
a venture ; for, after all, a girl of such
wealth and fascination as Miss Barnes
had her choice from a crowd of lovers,
of whom he was but one and the least
conspicuous.
Just as those salutary reflections stole
through his mind his ear was caught by
the crying of a child, and he paused to
look into the window of the cottage
that he was passing, and to see a woman
hushing a little child, whose face was
now hidden in her neck a slender,
darkly-clad woman, who moved here
and there, with the baby on her arm,
and attended to the wants of a number
of other children, while a man sat at
tho table, with his arms thrust out
straight before him and his hoad fallen
between them, in an attitude of abjact
despair. The woman's back was to
ward him all the time ; but something
about her reminded him of Nina Pren
tice. 44 Trotty much what I migb expect,
I suppose," groaned narold, 44 if I
obeyed my mother. By George 1" as
the woman half turned, a sweet, fair,
sad face, and delicate profile of figure,
44 1 believe it is Nina I
But its absurdity destroy the fancy,
and he went on his way, whistling a bar
or two of tho 41 Wanderer," and would
have been very shortly with Miss
Barnes, had he not been detained by a
discussion with a chance friend at a
corner ; and had not then stepped into
a pool of water, and been obliged to
hunt up a bootblack, the little wretch
afterward keeping khim waiting for his
change.
44 1 declare," said he to Nina, when
at last he reached Miss Barnes pur
lors, 44 1 thought I saw you married to
a drunken laborer, as I oame along to
night, with a gang ot babies clamber
ing round"
What made you think him drunk
en?" asked Nina, with her sweet serious
ness.
4 Oh! the looks of him th3 arms on
tha table, the fallen head, unkempt,
unshorn, you know, and all the rest
44 1 suppose," said Nina, 44 that a poor
man, whose wife lay dead in the other
room, might look much that way."
44 1 believe it was you!" cried Harold
44 Do 1 look like it!" she asked, light
ly. "And have I a dual existence, to
be here and there too ? And then,
as Harold glanced her over, in her airy
muslins and forget-me-nots, he smiled
at the idea; and she seemed all at once
as different from that woman, and from
all other women, as if she had stepped
out of another star. Yet, lor all that, a
man does not care to marry a woman
who is different from all other women
simply to oblige his mother.
44 What are you two talking about t"
asked Miss Barnes, standing before
them just then, the picture of a Bac
chante, with her head bound with cur
rant leaves and her clustering curls like
grape bunches about her dark and
laughing face. 44 Are you promising
Nina that you will come to Washing
ton this winter ? Nina is to be with me
there for the holidays, you know. If
you should, swell my list on New
Year's." And then she went dancing
down the room, for the misty iiighi
had driven everybody within doors; and
a waiter was just bringing in a tray of
juleps.
14 When I was a little confirmed
drunkard of the age of ten I signed the
pledge," said Miss Barnes.conveyingthe
waiter to Harold. 44 But I didn't k ow
how nice juleps wore. Now I am totally
depraved, nere, Mr. Hartley. Nina I
It's quite as immoral to drink lemonade
with straws as mint juleps. The sin
lies altogether in the 6traws !"
44 It depends on the individual
whether there is any sin about it, 1
think," said Nina. 44 But I .love lem
onade. A lemon seems to carry cool
ness into the tropics."
44 And you don't know why you
should burn your throat that long,
white throat out with the other? Get
thee to a nunnery !" As the gay girl
lifted her glowing glass to the wax
lights, Harold whispered to Nina, 44 I
don't believe the Bacchantes used
straws," and was astonished that Nina
did not langh. B ut that night the faces
of the two girls kept shining upon him
out of the darknees, as ho walked
home. The one the self-indulgent,
laughing beauty; the other, if not
beautiful, yet certainly a lovely face in
its fairness and perfect calm. And the
girl lifting Her glass to ttie glow ol the
wax lights did not seem to him so
charming as before.
44 Do yon know," said Mr. Hartley's
mother, one twilight, some time after
ward, 44 I'm afraid I have been doing an
injustice to Miss Barnes? She really
has a heart. Those poor McNultys!
When Mrs. McNulty died Bhe used to
go down there every evening, and carry
supper, and hear the children s
prayers, and put them to bed, and
leave a breakfast set out for the father
in the morning. Just think of that
girl doing such things 1
4 'Did she tell you that she did,
mother?" asked Harold.
" Well, no. That is. not exactly. I
hoard thut one of the Hill ladies was
down at the McNnlty's doing these
t ings, and tpoke of it incidentally to
Miss Barnes; and she asked me to say
nothing about it, and said she only did
what she couldn thelp doing; and when
I said I thought it a great deal for her
to leave all her gay life every sunset,
and go down there, night after night,
and wait on that family, -nd then hurry
home to her household of company, she
colored up so prettily, and said we were
all stewards, und it was duty and pleas
ure., too, to do what "she could."
44 Humph I" said Harold Hartlev. He
know very well now who it was that he
saw through the window of the Mo
Nalty cottage. But, after all, a pretty
face covers a multitude of sins. He
set about forgettine the deceit: he
Reasoned that it was a girlish jest, sig
nifying nothing; and he went to Wash
ington all the same, shortly after the
holiday season arrived, and presented
himself among the 111 at New Year's
callers at the great doors of Mr. Barnes'
residence there.
' Ah ! have you come ?" cried Miss
Barnes, hurrying to meet him. 44 We
were so afraid you wouldn't. And now
you know so few people in town that
you have-no Calls to make, and I want
yon to Btay the whole day here with us.
I've a perfect crowd of pretty girls to
help me receiv. , and a dear deaf-and-dumb
old duenna for a chaperon, and it
will be one iong feetival I Will you have
some refreshment now? Champagne
punch? There's some Madeira, fifty
years old. Ah ! there's the bell. Every
man to his post ! There are no privates
here; but I'm captain-general !" and she
danced back to her place, well content
that Mr. Hartley should see the tnum
phal procession that the day wa4 likely
to be.
And a triumphal procession it was
the jeunnesse doree. Loungers, clerks,
attaches, members, senators, score
taries, officers in their splendid nni
forms, all swelled the ranks, swept
through the great house, and kept it
thronged with groups m the rose draw'
ing room, groups in. the gray parlor, in
the musio hall, the dining-room and
the conservatory.
As the day wore on Miss Barnes,
with a portion of her attendants, was
as much in the dining-room as the
drawing-room, sauntering in with one
and out with another, or standing under
the heavy cuTtflins between the rooms,
What a picture she made, Harold
thought, in her scarlet satins, with vel
low poppies in her hair, against the
background of the citrine-colored cur
tains. There she was now, taking that
Venetian gem of a decanter from a ser
vant, and herself pouring wine for an
old senator, who had perhaps already
too mucn. Here came a parcel of gold
laced oilicers, flushed and gay and hand
some. What did she mean by urging
that old port on the half-tipsy boy
among them, while tho others laughed
and jested r
Harold was not ordinarily troubled
with scruples ; but this beemed to him
to pass the limits of a jest, and he ex-
ferienced a sense of relief as he saw a
ady approach iu the shadow of the cur
tain, and placing her hand on his arm
lead the boy away. Gowned in gleaming
white satin, her shining shape crossed
that scarlet blaze like the pausing of a
moonbean, and knowing who it was
and thinking she might have trouble.
Harold followed; bnt.it was only to
find Nina alone in the gray parlor, the
boy having laughed her cup of bouillon
to scorn and left her out of hand.
44 Isn't it too bad ?" she said, with a
laugh that was half a sigh, after all.
44 He asked me if I was a temperance
lecturer, and called this delicious bona
Ion 4 slops.' Will you have it?"
" Where have you been all day T' he
said, setting down the cup.
44 Oh! I am on duty on this side. We
are all stationed by plan of battle ; but
most of my battalion have deserted to
the other rooms. Isn't this a lovely
one? It almost unfits a person for
quiet life at home, these gay nights and
days. It would, at least, if one were
quite at rest in it."
It was a lovely room. It tempted all
Harold's old love of ease and luxury.
The gray velvet on the floor, draping
the walls, covering the cushioned
divans, weuring a frosty bloom under
the silver chandeliers, the delicate
carved jades, and ivories, and spars, the
one white-winged marble, it seemed
somehow as if Nina herself had taken
shape from all these pure, pearly
shadows. He looked through the
gleaming arches that led from room to
room and saw the scarlet-clad and
golden-crowned beauty standing there,
with the ruby glass suspended in her
hand as bhe oll'ered it to some new
guest, and a strange ehudder stole oyer
him.
Unjust as it might be, for that single
moment the one of ths two girls was
like a picture of the incarnation of sin
and the other of innocence. He re
membered the icy morning, a f w weeks
ago, when he hod seen Nina in her
Bwansdown mantle holding up a Rhcaf
of wheat against the blue skv. and a
hund red little btla'od birds hovering
round it, with whirring wiDgs and chir
ruping cries, and he turned and looked
at Nina with a piercing gaze again, be
fore wnicn ber soft eyes fell, till the
blushes streamed up to meet the lashes;
and as he gazed knowledge came nloly
swelling up in Harold's heart and soul
that, whatever attraction dark and
glowing beauty and luxurious surround
ings had had for his senses, it had been
for his senses alone, and that the love
of his life had suddenly sprung, full
grown and winged for an eternal flight
so eternal that now, in the first mo
ment of its recognition, he could no
more tell if it had ever had beginning
and if it would ever havo an end. So
white, bo fair, bo sweet, so pure was it
possible he had been blind to it all lor
years ? So white, so fair, so sweet, so
pure, was it possible that he could
win her ? Would " she take the poor
remnant he had to give his jeunctse
epuisee.
For one brief moment Harold Hart
ley felt pongs of punishment that seemed
to have lasted for years, and he felt like
a sad old man as he still gazed at her.
iut he was one not to be long daunted,
either by his own unworthiness or by
the cruelty of fate. In a heart beat or
two he was himself again, and he
plunged in, aware that, even if she
would have none of him now, it rave
him the vantage-ground of her compas
sion for the future.
44 1 am glad," he said, "that you are
not at rest in this life. It is a different
life that I wish you to share. Nina, is
it possible " And then a little hand
stole into his, and he led her away into
the palm shadows of the conservatory.
4 -Ah ! what a fool I have been," ho was
saying, exultantly, as he bent over her.
44 Why did I never know that I loved
you before V"
44 1 always felt you did," she was mur
muring to reply. "I always knew you
would if. not here, then hereafter.
For I never remember the time when I
did not love you 1"
"And this New Year's day," he said,
" is the gateway of a new life for both
of us. Ah! with God's help, what a
life lies befora us I"
Las "Vegas.
A letter from Las Vegas, New Mexico,
Bays : At no point visited have we been
more surprised at the extent and activity
than of Los Vegas. It has a popula
tion of about 7,000 one half white and
the other half native Mexicans, Span
iards, Indians and negroes all badly
mixed. It has two live, seven-column
daily papers, gas, Btreet railway, and
water works well under way. Tho
Galinas river runs through the center
of the town, or between old and new
Las Vegas. Six miles above the city,
in the mountains, on the banks of the
Galinas are tho hot springs which ore
emptied into the river, rendering the
water unfit for city use. So the enter
terprising inhabitants of this plucky
city have built a rock dam across the
Galinas river three mile above the springs
and are laying large iron pipes from there
to Las Vegas to supply the city with
water from a pure mountain stream.
And it must be recollected that all this
is being done by one-hall of the citi
zens, as the other half are poor, worth
less and devoid of all enterprise. Half
at least of this city is built cf adobe or
sun-dried brick. It is said that our
Yankee population from the States can
not successfully make these brick. They
are eighteen inches long, nine wide and
four thick. They are furnished and
laid in the wall at 820 per 1,000. When
it is recollected that one of these brick
is as large as eight kiln-burned brick,
it will be seen that 1,000 brick will
build an average house for a Mexican.
But there are large warehouses and
hotels, three stories high, built of this
adobe. The roofs of these houses are
also made of dirt or some kind of brick,
nearly flat. As it seldom rains here,
little effort is made to make roofs to
shed water. Many of these low, dirty
and unsightly habitations are occupied
by wealthy families, with rich lace cur
tains to the little windows. The na
tives never build their houses more
than one story high and a 1 w Btory
at that.
The Queen aud tho Doctors.
By the unwritten rat immutable laws
of the Spanish cccrt no one but a Span
ish phynieian can attend the queen of
Spain. When the illness of Queen Mer
cedes became desperate her doctors
called in their German colleague in
consultation, but told him that ho must
prescribe for Donna Mercedes without
seeing her on their report of the symp
toms and conditions only. Dr. Kisbert
declared that it was essential for hira
to examine the patient btforj he could
indicate what remedies would be effica
cious. This, however, could on no ao
count be permitted. He then sug
gested that he might be allowed to see
her through some open door or window
without approaching her or even enter
ing the sick room. That concession,
too, was refused. "Then, gentlemen,
I can do notlting," was the reply. 44 1
am willing to prescribe, but I can hardly
do so with good eflect without person
ally inspecting tho patient." ne wrote
a prescription and then left the palace.
Three days later the fair young queen
was doad, but the laws of Spanish court
etiquette remained intact.
Worse and mora of it: 4,You think
voureelf awfully smart," said Brown to
i'ogg, who had just uttered a th&rp
thing. "Oh, no," replied Fogg, "I
think you smart, " oe'pn Jrunncript.
Fed Through a Hole in His Stomach.
One of the most remarkable surgical
operations ever performed in America is
described in a paper written by Dr.
Frank J. Lutz, surgeon of the Alexian
Brothers' hospital. The subject, E.
Hunocke, a German tailor, fifty-eight
years old, who resided on South Tenth
street, commenced in July, 1880, to ex
perience considerable difficulty in
swallowing his f Dod, which grew so
serious finally that he had fainted
several times from the pain. On Oc
tober 28 he consulted Dr. Lutz, who,
after examinination, found an incipient
stricture of the lower part of the eso
phagus, probably malignant. He ad
vised the patient, who was very intelli
gent and of a philosophic turn cf mind,
of the nature of the disease and its in
evitable issue death by starvation. It
was explained to him that his life could
be prolonged and made comfortable,
but that his disease was not curable;
and after the different methods by
which he could be fed were explained,
he pronounced in favor of a "gastric fis
tula," which, being interpreted, means
nothing more nor less than a hole cut
into his stomach, through which tho
food ho could not swallow could be
introduced. The operation was per
formed by Dr. Lutz, assisted by Drs.
Wesseler, Hickman and Fahrmann. A
two-inch incison was made parallel
with the cartilage of the eighth rib,
through which the incision was made
into the stomach, and stopped with a
plug of carbolized gauze. After eight
days the wound had healed by granu
lation, and food was introduced through
the opening three times a day. After
food, whether solid or liquid, had been
thoroughly masticated or insalivated by
the patient, ho spat it into a rubber
tube, through which it was convoyed
into the opening. Dr. Lutz observed
that as soon as the patient began to
masticate his food, the gastric Juice
flowed freely through the fistulous
opening. By this means he was kept
alive seven months, lone after the nicer
t of the esophagus had made it impossi
ble for him to swallow anything, fluid
or solid. He died finally of exhaustion
complaining of a violent thirst, which
nothing could quench
With a single exception life was sus
tained longer in this instance than of
any other ltind on record. St. Louis
Republican,
The Reason Snakes Are Long.
41 Do you see that fellow up there?"
said Mr. Rivers, pointing to a huge red
snake, some ten feet long and two
inches thick, of the kind known as the
gopher snake.
44 I d rather have that fellow on my
farm if I had a farm than $10. You
would bo astonished at the amount of
vermin, of all kinds, they can get away
with gophers, rabbits, squirrels, birds
anything, in fact, that ho i3 big enough
to get himself outside of, and that
means a good deal, although you might
not think it to look at mm.
41 You are aware, I suppose, of the
peculiar construction of the lower jaw.
It can be unhinged, 60 to speak, and
tnen ttie snake is, notmng more tnan a
long sack with the mouth open. I
have watched ono of them stow away a
squirrel long tail and all without
making any bones about it. ne com
menced at the head and slowly drew
the squirrel in bit by bit, his teeth and
jaws working on the animal somewhat
as a man draws in a rope hand over
hand. Finally the body was safly
housed and then only tho tail remained,
that slipped down in tho twinkling of
an eye.
"I never realized until then why
snakes were made bo long it is to
make room for the inconvenient tails of
the other animals predestined to be
snake meat. In an improved state of
existence, when the tails have been
evolutionized off the backs of the other
animals, probably snakes will be cut
shorter. &ai rancisco (Jail.
John Bright aud Queen Victoria.
Long before he enjoyed the remotest
prospect of office at a time when Lord
Palmerston, who not only disliked but
despised him, seemed to have been
chosen dictator for life, Mr. Bright
came forward in a very handsome man
ner to defend the queen. Her majesty
seemed to London tradesmen to be un
duly prolonging tho period of her
mourning for Prince Albert; and the
Tribune, as he was beginning to be
called, pleaded her cause with simple
and pathetio eloquence. The queen
was deeply touched, and let Mr. Bright
know it. Some years after there was a
happy exchange of courtesies between
them. The member from Birmingham
was at length a runister and had to re
pair to Windsor, where he was to kneel
before tho sovereign, kiss her hand and
receive his portfolio. Her majesty, with
her usual thoughtfulness, informed the
premier that his Quaker colleague need
not trouble himself to kneel or perforin
any other ceremony abhorrent to his
conscience. Further, he might present
himself in whatsoever costume pleasod
him best. Mr. Bright consideredhim
self bound to meet the queen half way.
He did net kneel, but he bowed very
low; he touched the royal hand with
veneration, while his dress presented a
remarkable combination of essentially
conflicting designs. It was well de
scribed as that which in truth it was
a Quaker's court suit. The sword, as
may bo imagined, Mr. Bright has
steadily declined to ye&i.Xwis Conti
nental Times.
Begonias grow better if shaded from
noonday sunbut they like Bunshine in
the winter.
CALENDAR FOR 1882.
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CO
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CO
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ijsn.
7 July
I3'M
1819 20
27
28
Feb.
7
11 Aug.
M5
18
5
51 23
'3! Ml
7
23
24151
Mar
27
3i
Sept
1
5
12
8
28
29
17 181IQ!
22123
Apr
124 25 261
2Qi30
e
3
Oct
3 31
7
8 O IO
13 M
181 19120
18, 19
25 26:27
27 28
May
Nov,
91 10
16:17
1920
2223 24
2627
29l30l3l..
June
......
3
9 10
16 17
Dee
5 6 7 8
1211314115
19 20 21 122
25I26127128I2P130 .
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A dlreat Man.
That man la great, and he alone,
Who serves a greatness not his own,
For neither praise nor pelf ;
Content to know and bo unknown,
Whola in himself.
Strong is that man, ho only strong, '
To whose well-ordered will belong,
For service and delight,
All powers that in face of Wrong
Establish Right.
And free is he, and only free,
Who, from the tyrant passions free,
By fortune undismayed,
Hath power upon himself to be
He himself obeyed.
If such a man there be, where'er
Beneath tho sun and moon he fare,
He cannot fare amiss ;
Oreat Katuro hath him in her care,
Hor cause is his.
Owen Meredith.
HUMOR OF THE DAY
A circular "saw" one whioh buzzes j
all around.
A good husband, like a good base j
burner, never goes out nights. Toledo
American, 1
Tall men live long, but their height
does not prevent them from being short 1
sometimes. Somerville Journal.
There are some days when .yon can't
lay up a cent, (Qnd other days when
you enn't get hold of a cent to lay up.-
New E avert Register. 5
There is never any need of complaint
that a lamp is heavy, for it is an easy ;
matter to twirl up a piece of paper and
make a lamp lighter. Wit and Wis
dom. '
About the most profitable fowls to '
raise are partridges. Amateur sports- '
men will pay almost any prioe for them '
rather than take home an empty game-,
bag. Boston Post.
Some men are inconsistent creatures.
They will get up in the middle of the
night and throw their boots at a dog
because he is howling at the moon, and
the next night pay five dollars a seat to
hear Italian opera. Middletown Tran
script. '
Always on the warpath: 41 There, you
little guns, go to school," said a mother
to her children as she finished combing
their hair. 41 Why do you call them
guns ?" said a visiting aunt to the
mother. 41 Why, because they are al
ways off with a bang."
People used to live from 300 to
800 years. But then in those
days it took 500 years to learn as much
as a man now learnsin seventy. Some
men, that is. Because there are men,
dear George, who might live 1,000
years, even in these rushing days, and
then lie down and die, burdened 'with
less knowledge than they had originally
started out with. Burlington flawPtye.
Broke Up In a Row.
Mr. Simonin, a warm advocate of
American institutions, reoently gave a
lecture before the Geographical society
of Paris, in which-he dwelt on the
startling growth of the population of
the United States. In three centuries,
he said, if the present rate of progress
was maintained, thu United States
would have 1,600,000,000 of " people.
At this statement some one in the au
dience. protested, and sneered at the
American nation as a mushroom, which
was soon likely to decay. Others dis
puted the accuracy, of his assertion"
about the actual growth of the popu.
lation. 4,Wait," said a third, 4-until we
get Africa opened and Africa will b
opened then the emigration of Eu
rope will be all directed tliither, and
America will see htr number!
diminish!" "The colonization of th
African continent is a dream; it cannot
be realized !" cried a fourth. 4-It is, on
the contrary, infinitely healthier than
America !" asserted a filth and so th
meeting broke up in a tumult.
Between the Clipper Mills and
Stuart's Point, in Sonoma county, Call
foinia, is an actual road bed in the tre
tops. At this point the road crosses 1
deep ravine, and trees are sawed off oi
a level and the timber and ties laid o
the stumps. In the center of the ravim
meutioued two huge redwood tree
staudincr side bv side, form a fiubstaa
tiul support.and they are cut off seveutj
five feet above ground, aud cars loudi)
with heavy saw-logs pass over them w : J
as much security as 11 it were iram-
the most scientific manner.
22 23I24 25
29 30 31 ...
'5 "6 "7 8
12 13 14 15
19 20 2t 22
26 27 28 29
3 4 5 6
IO II 12 13
17 18 I9I20
25 26;27
31 1-