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VOL. IY1. , NO. 17.
TIONESTA. PA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1883.
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BONO OF THE COUNTRY.
Away from the ronr and the rattle,
The dust and din of the town,
Where to livo Is to brawl and tobattlo,
Till the strong treads the weak man down.
Away to the bonnio grnon hills,
V here the sunshine Bleeps on the brae,
And the heart of the proenuood thrills
To the hymn of tho bird on the spray.
Away from the smoke and the smother,
The rale of the dun and the brown,
The push and the plash and tho pother
The wear and waste of the town 1
Away whore the sky shines clear,
Anl the light breeze wanders at will,
And the dark pino wood nods near
To the light plume! birch on the hill.
Away from the whirling and whoolinp.
And steaming above and below, 'i.
Where tho heart has no leisure for feehu
And the thonght has no qniot to grow.
"v.
Away where the cloarArook purls,
And the hyacinth a i oops in the shade.
And the plume of the fern nnourls
Its grace in the depth of the glade.
Away to the cottage, so sweetly
Embowered 'neath the fringe of the wood,
Where tli wife of my bosom shnll meet me
With thoughts ever kindly and good.
More dear than the worth of the world
Fond mother with bairnies three.
And the plump-armed babe that has curled
. Its lips sweetly pouting for me.
J. Stuart Blackie.
DONALD'S WIFE.
When Donald McKeon married his
ward, Jessie Sumner, mnny of bis
friends said he had made a mistake.
She was a merry, laughing girl of
eighteen, fresh from school; and he,
her father's old friend, a quiet, uelf
contalned man of thirty-five, and It
can scarcely be wondered at that many
wise heads were shaken over the Ill
assorted match.
Jessie had always stood a little In
awe of the quiet, stem man, who had
been a frequent visitor at her father's
house during his lifetime.
Hut she was quite unprovided for,
and Donald McKeon vai wealthy; and
when he asked her to be his wife In a
matter-of-fact way, very much rs lie
might have asked her to be his house
keeper, it seemed the easiest way to
solve tho troublesome problem of her
life; and besldo this, she knew her
father to have been under obligations
to him, and more than suspected that
the three years she had spent at a fash
ionable school since iter father's death
had been at his expense.
And so they were married, and ho
took her to the old home that his family
had owned and occupied for genera
ions. It was quite a stately houso, sur
rounded by handsome, old-fashioned
grounds. But a little time ngo it had
been quite on tho suburbs, but the city
had reached out ever-encroaching arms
until now It was surrounded by stately
rows cf brown stone and glaring new
bricks.
But in spite of its great, handsomely
furnished rooms, its stores of plate and
fine linen, and the bright, old-fashioned
garden at the back, it seemed a dreary
prison to the laughter-loving girl
wife. Mr. McKeon had done what ho
could to brighten (he old rooms, and
had built a largo conservatory, know
ing that Jessie was fond of flowers,
and she might have been quite happy
had he known more of the ways and
needs of women
But he had always bem devoted to
business, caring little for the "society
of women, and know ing little of them,
except the grim, old spinster aunt who
had presided over his house since his
, mother's death,'-until he brought his
young wife home.
It never occurred to him that it was
a dreary sort of life for a girl like Jes
sie, alune in the gloomy old houso all
day, with only the servants and the
ghosts of bygone generations for com
pany. And when she grew rale and listless,
and lost her old elasticity of spirits, a
fear that had haunted him since his
wedding day took possession of him
and poisoned his life a fear that sho
had married hiin for home and position
and already regretted her choice.
Gladly would lie have given her
back her liberty had that been possible.
But being a sensitive, undemonstra
tive man, he Jet her see nothing of
this, but rather shrank fro n her be
cause of the wrong ha felt he had done
her, and came and went and made no
sign.
And then people 1 egan to discover
that Mrs. McKeon was a very charm
ing woman, and her husband a wealthy
and influential man, and invitations
. began to pour in upon her.
And Jessie plunged into this new
life of fashionable dissipation with a
sest that was the natural reaction from
the gloom and loneliness of the past
. year.
At first her husband accompanied
her wherever she went, for he had
somewhat old-fashioned notions as to
what was right and fitting for women
to do.
But it was a life he utterly detested.
It interfered with his business, and
he looked below the surfaco and saw
the hollow falsehood it was after all,
and it grated on his tine ideas of truth
and sincerity,
l'erliaps lie was tomewhat dicta-
torial in 1 is manner of telling her
his; ferhaps she imagine so, But
when he urged the point sne rebelled
against his assumption of authority. ,
It was their first quarrel and their
last, but it was a very bitter one.
Sho spoke cruel, stinging words, that
rankled and hurt him the more that he
had learned to love her so dearly, as
only reserved, self-contained men such
as he can love, and then only when
they hoard all tho treasures of their
nature to lavisli it in middle life on
the one woman who Is their fate.
After that he opposed her in nothing,
but it whs as though a great wall of
ice had risen between them.
He devoted himself to business, and
she became tho acknowledged leader of
the most exclusive circle In the city.
She was madly extravagant. She
madi the old houso a marvel of
esthetic beauty, and entertained like a
Hnccss.
t rs. McKeon's toilets, jewels and
tinners became the models for her
set.
Men worshiped her beauty ; but for
all their flatteries she had the same
smilo of cold contempt, and no man
was bold enough to venture beyond
tho merest commonplace.
And so the years passed, and each
one drifted them farther apart, until
they seldom met, except at their own
grand entertainments. Each year she
becomo more the slave of fashion, and
he of his ofllce. But through it all
he loved her with an undying love,
and his one thought was to gratify
her every whim.
And when tho dark days came
when ships that were sent out
freighted with' costly wares went
down and were heard no more when
houses that seemed stable as granite
failed, and his wealth seemed melting
away like a snow-wreath, his only
thought was for her ; and though each
day his hair grew whiter, and his form
grew stooped with bending over the
long columns of figures in which the
balance was always on the wrong side,
he whispered, "For her sake," and
struggled on and denied her nothing.
And eVen on the day when he came
heme, knowing that all his efforts had
availed him nothing and he was a poor
man, his only regret was for her, that
he would never more be able to give
her the things for which she had bar
tered so much.
He went into the grand, old library,
which was almost the only room in
tho -houso that remained unchanged,
and tried to collect his thoughts. How
would ho tell her? was the question
that reiterated itself through his brain,
and for the first time in hi3 life Don
ald McKeon was a coward.
The thought came to him of how
she who had chafed at her bonds when
they were gilded would bear the closer
relations a straitened income would
entail.
And he rssolved that this at least
ho would spare her. After all his ob
ligations were met there would be
something left, not more than she had
often lavished on one dinner, perhaps,
but still enough to keep her from ab
solute want. Jessie should have this,
and he would go away and work for
her and dream of her, but never again
trouble her with his presence.
lie sat down and wrote a letter, tell
ing her this simply, directly, and with
the great love he bore lur breathing
through every word.
The servant had told him she would
not be in for some time, and he took
tho note himself up to her room.
It was a dainty place, bright as un
bounded wealth and an exquisite
taste could make it.
lie left the note on her toilet-table,
lingering for a moment to touch ca
ressingly the costly articles that were
scattered about, all breathing of her
presence.
When he returned to the library the
early dusk was falling. A servant
came, bringing lights but he dis
missed him impatiently, and a few
moments hater heard the sound of
wheels and the sweet voice of his wife
in the hall giving some directions.
At length the silence became un
bearable, and he seated himself at the
piano. In his old bachelor days music
had been his passion, but in ttiese lat
ter years of feverish struggle he had
found no time for it. But when his
lingers touched the keys all the de
spair, the pain and longing in his heart
found voice in tiie rich chords that
idled the room.
He played on, and gradually the
burden was lifted. Music gave him
the comlort she ever gives to those
who truly love her. it was no longer
a wail of despair, but a psean of
thanksgiving for victory gained.
So absorbed was he that he did not
luara soft footstep enter the room.
A hand was laid on his shoulder, and
a tremulous voice said:
" Donald."
His hand came down with a sudden
discord on the keys. It was the first
time Jessie had ever called mm by
that name.
He turned and saw her standing
there in her dressing-gown of soft
cashinere. The firelight was sending
long rays down the stately gloom of
the library, and she looked very beauti
ful against the rosy background.
" You read my letter, Jessie t"
" Yes; and I am sorry tor your sake,
Donald; you have worked so hard for
your wealth.
"Do not think of me, Jessie. It is
not for myself I care. I am nut afraid
of poe:ty. But, oh, my child, if 1
could save you from its sting! If it
were at the sacrifice, of my own life,
as heaven is my witness, I would not
spare it I"
She came close to him ana laiu uer
hands in his.
"Donald there is a better thing you
can give me than wealth can buy.
tiive mo back the love I so madly
threw away. Let me work with you
nml help you, and I will bless the day
that made us poor 1"
"Jessie," he said, "are you sure of
this ? Do not try to deceive me. Do
not say it if it is not true. I could go
away now and learn to bsar it, but to
open my heart to this new hope and
then find I was mistaken would kill
me I"
" Donald, do you think I am made of
stone that I could know all your
kindness anl patience all these years,
and not learn to love yon? Oh, so
often I have longed to kneel at your
feet and ask your forgiveness, but I
believed I hail forfeited your love by
my folly."
" And you will not regret the loss of
wealth and luxury?" he said, incredu
lously, and can be happy with only
my love?"
" You forget papa and I were poor
before I married you, Donald, and I
wai happier in those old days than I
have ever been since I learned to hate
the things that cost me so much, and
to envy the poorest woman happy la
her husband's love."
He turned trie sweet, tear-wet face
to the firelight, and bent down and
looked into her eyes. And then he took
her close in his arms.
"My darling oh, my darling!" he
said, softly.
And In their hearts there was a glad
ness that all the treasures of the world
colud not buy.
WISE WOKDS.
There is always hope In a man that
actually and earnestly works.
As the light goes out with the ex
haustion of the oil, so fortune fails
with the cessation of human en
deavor. Truth takes the stamp of the soul it
enters. It is vigorous and rough in
arid souls, but tempers and softens it
sel f in loving natures.
There is always room for a man of
force, and he makes room for many.
Society is a troop of thinkers, and the
best heads among them take the best
places.
Every one in this world has his or
her share of troubles and trials. Let
us, then, try as much as we are able
not to increase the burden of any by as
much as the weight of a straw.
Every ship that comes to America
got its chart from Columbus. Every
novel is a debtor to Homer. Every
carpenter who shaves with a foreplane
borrows the genius from a forgotten
Inventor.
There are certain manners which,
learnt in good society, are of that force
that, if a person have them, he or she
must be considered everywhere wel
come, though without beauty, wealth
or genius.
What Tully says of war may be ap
plied to disputing; it should be always
so managed as to remember that the
only true end of it is peace ; but gen
erally true disputants are like true
sportsmen, their whole delight is in
the pursuit ; and a disputant cares no
more for the truth than the sportsman
for the hare.
Challenging Consul.
The following case is of peculiar in.
terest t the consuls of the United
States in Europe, and tho action of the
Wurtemberg government has furnished
a valuable precedent. A furniture
dealer of Stuttgart, feeling himself
aggrieved by a remark said to have
been made by Mr.J. Catlin, the wife of
the United States consul at that capi
tal (but which sho denied,) demanded
a written apology from Consul Catlin,
and failing that, challenged him to
light a duel, naming pistols as his fa
vorite weapon. Mr. Catlin declined to
accept the invitation, declaring that
he had been sent abroad by his gov
ernment to respect and uphold the
laws of the country to which he had
been accredited, and not to violate
them by dueling. Thereupon the fur
niture dealer sent him a grossly in
sulting communication, which the
consul forwarded to the foreign office
of the AVurtemberg government. The
authorities at once caused the offender
to be prosecuted, aid he was brought
up for trial, found guilty and sentenced
to a fine of eighty marks and to pay
the full costs of the proceedings.
Paris Continental Gazette.
Winged Three of Them.
A Dakota schoolmistress sued three
young men for breach of promise.
Counsel for one of the defendants
moved for a nonsuit on the ground
that sba was too promiscuous. The
court seemed disposed to grant the
motion, whereupon the plaintil!
asked :
"Judge, did you ever go duck shoot
ing?" His honor's eye lighted up with the
pride of a sportsman as he answered :
" Well, I should say so ; and many'.s
the time that I've brought down a doz
en at a shot."
"I kaew it," eagerly added the fail
plaintiff; "that's juwt the case with
me, judge. These fellows besieged me
and 1 wi'.'gcd three of them." Th
motion for u Jesuit waa ilerdwl.
THE BAD BOY DISCOURSES.
KB TJKBOSOMS HIMSELF TO THE
GaOCEttT HUT.
And Aftrr Vrnlllnlinc III .Mind on Vnrlnn
Mrrlnnn .tlnttrra l,rave a. Hl(jn for 111
l.lntrnrr le Ponder Over.
"What you sitting there for half an
hour for, staring at vacancy?" said
the grocery man to the bad boy, as he
fat on a stool by the stove one of these
foggy mornings, when everybody feels
like quarreling, with his fingers clasped
around his knee, looking as though he
did not know enough to last him to
bed. " What you thinking about any
way?"
"I was wondering where you would
have been to-day if Noah hail run his
ark into such a fog as this, and there
had been no fog-horn on Mount Ara
rat, and he had passed by with his
excursion and not made a landing, and
had floated around on tho freshet until
all the animals starved, and the ark
had struck a snag and burst a hole in
her bottom. I tell you, we can all
congratulate ourselves that Noah hap
pened to blunder on to that high ground.
When I think of the narrow escapes
we have had, It Is a wonder to me that
we have got along as well as we have."
" Well, when did you get out of the
asylum' said the grocery man, who had
been standing back with open mouth
looking at the boy as though he was
crazy. "What you want is to have
your head soaked. l'ou are getting so
you reach out too far with that small
mind of yours. In about an other
year you will want to run thi3 world
yourself. I don't think you are reform
ing very much. It is wicked for a boy
of your size to argue about such
things. Your folks better send you to
college."
" What do I want to go to college
for, and be a heartless hazer and poor
baseball player. I can be bad enough
at home. The more I read the more I
think. I don't believe I can ever be
good enough to go to heaven, anyway,
and I guess I will go into the newspa
per business, where they don't have to
be good, and where they have pass?s
everywhere. Some boys can take
things as they read them, and not think
any for themselves, but I am a thinker
from Thinkerville, and my imagina
tion plays the dickens with me. There
is nothing I read about in old times but
what I compare it with the same lice of
business at the present day. JS ow,
when I think of the fishermen of Gali
lee drawing their seines, 1 wonder
what they would nave done if there
had been a law against hauling seines,
as there is in Wisconsin to-day, and I
can see a constable with a warrant for
the arrest of the Galilee fishermen,
taking them to the police station in a
patrol wagon. I know it is wrong to
think like that, but how can I help it.
Say, suppose those fishermen had been
out hauling their seines, ana our min
ister should come along with his good
clothes on, his jointed rod, his nickel
plated reel, and his silk fish line, and
his patent fish hook, and put a frog on
the hook and cast his line near the
Galilee fisherman and go to trolling
for bass? What do you suppose the
lone fishermen of the Bible times
would have thought about the gall of
the jointed rod fisherman? Do you
suppose they would have thrown stones
in the water where he was trolling, or
would they have told him there was
good trolling around a point about a
half a mile up the shore, ' where they
knew he wouldn't get a bite in a week,
the way a fellow at Muskego lake lied
to our minister a spell ago? I tell
you, boss, it is a sad thing for a boy
to have an imagination," and the boy
put his other knee in the sling made
by the clenched fingers of both hands,
and waited for the grocery man to
argue with him.
" I wish you would go away from
here. I am afraid of you," said the
grocery man. "I would give any
thing if your pa or the minister would
come in and have a talk with you.
Your mind is wandering," and the
grocery man went to the door and
looked up and down to see if somebody
wouldn't come in and watch the crazy
boy while he went to breakfast.
"Oh, pa and the minister can't
make a first payment on me. Pa gets
mad when I ask questions, and the
minister thinks I am past redemption.
Pa said yesterday that baldness was
caused in every case ny men's wearing
plug hats, and when I asked him
where the good Elijah (whom the
boys called ' go up old bald head,' and
the bears had a free lunch on them)
got his plug hat, pa said school was
dismissed and I could go. When the
minister was telling me about the good
Elijah going up through the clouds in
a chariot of fire, and I asked the min
ister what he thought Elijah would
have thought if he had met our Sunday-school
superintendent coming
down through the clouds on a bicycle,
he put his hand on my head and said
my liver was all wrong. Now, 1 will
leave it to you if there was anything
wrong about that. Say, do you know
what I think is the most beautiful
thing in the Bible?"
" No, I don't," naidthe grocery man,
" and if you want to tell it I will listen
just five minutes, and then 1 am going
to shut up the store and go to break
fast. You make me tired."
" Well, I think the finest thing is
that story about the prodigal son,
where the boy took' ull tho money he
could scrap. up and wait out Wet to
pft.Rt the owns rai. Ug ppeat his
money in riotous living, and saw every
thing that was going on, and got full
of benzine, and struck all the gangs of
toughs, and his stomach went back on
him, and he had maiaria, and finally he
got to bo a cowboy, herding hogs, and
had to eat husks that the hogs didn't
want, and got pretty low down. Then
he thought it was a pretty good scheme
to be getting around home, where they
had three meals a day and spring mat
tresses, and he started home, beating
his way on the trains, and he didn't
know whether the old man would
receive him with open arms
or pointed boots, but the
old man came down to the depot to
meet him, and right there before the
passengers and the conductor and
brakeman, he wasn't ashamed of his
boy, though he was ragged, and looked
as though he had been on the war
path, ana the old man fell on his neck
and wept, and took him home in a
hack and had a veal pot-pie for dinner.
That's what I call sense. A good
many men now days would have put
the police on the tramp and had him
ordered out of town. What, you going
to close up the store? Well, I will see
you later. I want to talk with you
about something that is weighing on
my mind," and the boy got oat just in
time to save his ccat-tail from being
caught in the door, and when the gro
cery man came back from breakfast he
found a sign in front, " This store is
closed till further notice. Sheriff."
Peck's Sun.
leather Signs.
" When round the moon there is a brough
(halo),
The weather will be cold and rough."
This simply records the fact that
the first indication of a change in the
weather is the appearance of a halo
round the sun or moon, and that a
storm of wind and rain, or snow and
wind, is at no great distance. The
open side of the halo indicating the
quarter from which it may be expected.
Never trust a pale or watery" sun or
moon, for
" When the sun goes pale to bed.
Twill rain to-morrow, it is said."
or,
" When clouds are upon the hill,
They'll come down by the mills."
The same causes explain the old
sayings, that "when walls are un
usually damp, asses bray, peacocks cry,
toads come out, glow-worms shine,
spider's webs float in the air, bees enter
their hives in great numbers, but do
not come out again, gnats bite, and
flies keep near the ground," are one
and all prognostics of rain. Also
rheumatism, neuralgia, old wounds
and corns become troublesome. And
many plants, like the pimpernel which
is called the poor man's weather-glass
close their flowers at the approach of
a storm. A piece of Beaweed Is also
used as a weather sign, for it becomes
damp before a storm. There is an old
saying that
"When the wind veers against the sun,
Trust it not, for baok it will run.
When the wind is in the south,
It is in the rain's mouth."
The wind from the northwest is
always best, hence the wise man will
do business with men when the wind
is in the northwest.
In the summer when brilliant sun
shine prevails during the day and there
Is heavy dew at nignt, ana mist in iow
lylng places, one will hear it said,
"Heavy dews in hot weather, continued
fair weather." "No dew after a hot
day foretells rain." "If m sts rise in
low grounds and soon vanish, expect
fair weather."
"When tne mists creep up the hill,
Fisher out and try your skill."
Fine, bright weather exert an influ
ence, not only on human beings, but
also on birds, animals and insects, for
we know that if larks Hy high and sing
loud we may expect fine weather.
When seabirds fly out early and far to
seaward, moderate winds and fair
weather will follow. When owls
whoop much at night, or bats come
out of their holes quickly after sunset,
or the little plant, called chick weed,
expands its leaves boldly and fully the
weather will Le clear, calm and fine.
In winter, white mist indicates
frost. In autumn and spring even
ings, vapor arising from a river is
regarded as a sure indication of coming
frost.
When fires burn faster than usual,
and with a blue flame, frosty weather
may be expected.
When the moon's horns are sharp
and well defined frosts will follow :
Clear moon
Front soon."
When the wind turns from north
east ts east, and continues two days
without rain, and does not turn to the
south on the third day nor rain, it is
likely to continue northeast for eight
or nine days all line, and the.i come
back to south again. It is a sign of
continued good weather when tho
wind so changes during the day as to
follow the sun. Mary A. ISarr, in
Cottage Hearth.
Lockjaw.
A gentleman whose wife was taken
suddenly ill, hastenel to a physician,
who immediately responded.
"What is the matter with her, doc
tor?" " I fear sho has the lockjaw.
"Lockjaw! Well, say, dctor, let
her run along that way lor a few
hours." Armnia 'e Trm hr.
Congr-Bsmun Blackburn's law part
ner in Kentucky, Dr. Graham, will bj
IW years ti l p,e.t Ml,
FARTHER ON.
I hear t singing, sweetly Ringing,
Singing in an undertone,
Binging, as if God had taught
It is better farther on.
Night and day it sings the sonnet,
Sings it while it sit alone ;
Sings so that the heart may hear it
It is better f artlier on.
Sits upon the grave and sings it ;
Sings it while the heart would groan ;
Sings it when the shadows darken
It is better farther on.
Farther on ah' how much farther ?
Count the mile stones one by one. .
No ; no counting, only trusting
It is better farther on.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
At last a woman has been sunstruek
while shopping. ( Cut this out and :
paste it in your wife's hat). Puck.
The effects of love: A. " My cousin
lost his reason through love." B.
" That isn't saying much. A friend ol
mine became a postman only in orici
to get his letters from his sweetheart
sooner,"
Among the new colors are "strained
gooseberry " and " mashed dude," Th
latter, ic is presumed, is a sort of sick
ly green. Or it may be a soft verj
soft shade of cigarette smoke Nor- 1
ristoum Herald.
First student: "How stupid I ner
my uncle sends me twenty marks as a ;
present." Second student: "I should
think you would be delighted." " Nol ,
at all; I was just going to ask him to
lend me fiity."Fligende Blatter. '
A Vermont man bet a neighbor tli.tf
he couldn't walk half a mile without
looking to the right or left, and just
as the man started on his walk set tw
dogs to fighting about half way dowD
the track, and won his money as eadly
as could be Boston Post.
An exchange tells of a man who, bj
saving a young lady from beneath th
tramping hoofs of a drove of mules,
won her for a wife. As the event oc
curred years ago we would like to bav
that man's present opinion of thai
drove of mules not necessarily foi
publication, but as a guarantee of good
faith. Oil City Blizzard. . , ' (
The people of Northwestern Tex',
are very much puzzled what to do wi'ir
the prairie dogs that are eatin-"; all
the grass. We have not given th
subject very thorough consideration;
but it seems probable that if such ce
reals as cabbage, lettuse, green peas, ' "
etc., were planted in sufficient quant i-
ties in the vicinity of the dog towns,
the prairie dogs would cease to fill up, .
like Nebuchadnezzar, on grass, and
would devote all their tirno to stowing
away the more succulent garden truck. ,
Texas Sif tings. ,
THK SMAOK OUT 07 SCHOOt-
The sun shone in through waving bough
Of elm-Uees by the door. '
Across the row of feet that toed ,
The chalk mark on the floor
Down at the foot of that long line
Of spellers, standing there,
Was Allan Dean, with quiet face
Framed round with stiff tow hair.
The fair young teacher called this boy
"The dunce of Wheaton school;"
But Allan's wits, though slow, were keen,
And since to Lawyer Poole
This same fair teacher gave a kiss,
Bo slyly, as she thought, . ,
The boy. with mischievous delight,
A ennning plan had wrought.
Next morning Allan charged his class
To learn their lessons well,
For young 'Squire Poole that afternoon
Would come to hear them spell,
And this was all; they never knew
What else was on his mind,
Until the teacher gave ont " smack,"
To be spelled and denned. ,
'Twaa Allan's turn: he raised his eyes
To watch the lawyer's face.
And spelled the short word slowly through
With culm and steady grace.
" Deline it, sir," the miutress said,
For, courage to acquire.
The boy had paused" Why, ma'am," said
he,
"It's what you gave the 'squire."
Gallantry.
Mr. S. C. Hall's father was once in
a boat, on an arm of the Atlantic that
made up into the Irish coast. Several
young ladies were with him, and ths
six rowers did their best.
According to the local custom, each
rower was rewarded with a glass of
whisky. But a merry lass, intending
to play a little joke, dipped the glass
into the salt water, while one of the
boatmen was looking away, and pre
sented it to him.
He drank it off and returned her the
glass, saying, "Thank ye, me lady!"
instead of sputtering as she expected.
"What, Pat! Do you like salt
water?" she asked, astonished at his
quiet way.
" No, me lady, I don't like salt-water;
biit if yer ladyship had given me a
glass of poison, I'd have drank it."
Youih's Companion.
The German army is at the present
time distributed over oOl garrisons,,
thirty-nine of which have au effective
of over 2,000 men. Berlin, with 17.813,
and Metz, with 14,411, are the only
two towns which have garrisons of
over 10,000. The garrison of strasburg
numbers 8.W8, tha. of Mayencu 7,712,
that of Cologne 7.C55, that of Cole
lentz 0,5:1, that of Konigsberg Cv'!83
aud that of Magdeburg ti,0(8. The
garrisous of l'utsdaui (b',5S'JJ and
Spamlau (4,:i;(lJ) are to close to Ber- s ""
linthat '28,7 J2 troops could b con-
ecu i ted upon the capital at a few
ccii'jteii upi
hot1 I notice.
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