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VOL. XVIII. NO. 34.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1885.
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'II EH FA GE IS LIKE SHE 6WWISK,"
Her fare ia like the anurias,
Her eyo .re like tlio sea,
And morning comes Into my btart
If ah but look on mo.
Her lips are like wild rrmos;
And when she iiltoroth
Her tender words of love, they brlnj
To me the wild flower's breath.
And ao a holy daybreak
Ia mine with every hour;
Each moment feels tlio bine sea's might,
The rose's magic power.
-George P. Lnthrop, in Jtjrper'.t Weekly.
THE DENHAM FEUD.
. BY ELEANOIl C. LEWIS.
How long ngo, or just why, Francis
folio, and John Francis Denhatn, half
brothers, begun to quarrel with each
ither, would bo hard to say. There was
inly two years' difference in their ages,
wd, when they were children, they w ere
(ond of being together.
As br.ys, at school, they remained
food friends, though not so intimate as
tefore; but when they entered college a
:oolness rose between them. Frank, as
Francis John was culled, was open
learted, impulsive, quick to speak, and
lulck to repent; generous and kind.
Francis, as the other was culled, was
iqually honorable ond upright, but not
it all impulsive.
He made up his mind before speaking
It, and consequently had not nearly bo
much to repent of as his brother. Vet,
for all his goodness, ho was not so lova
ble a boy, at tirst sight, as Frank poor,
heedless Frank, who went stumbling
through life, stepping on other people's
feet iu ptiro carelessness, but apologiz
ing so instantly, and with such charm of
ropentenco, that he was always forgiven. 1
When Francis blundered to speak
more accurately, made a mistake it was
a serious matter with him. First of all,
he had to decido that he was wrong. J
This being settled, he at once, and con
scientiously, made what ' reparation he j
could; but his very effort to be just had
in it something so rigid and uncom
promising, that people felt none the
more kindly for it. "Ho would not ex-;
plain at all," said they, "only that he
was obligod to."
Francis realized this feeling on the
part of others, without understanding
"Why is it," ho sometimes mused,
"that I do my duty, and am disliked for
it, whilo Frank, who never thinks of his
duty, is loved?" But it took him a life-'
time to find tho answer to his ques
tion. Meanwhile, the "little rift in the lute"
grew larger. Frank got into debt; Fran
cis, with strict justice but littlo mercy,
fcaid ho could not spare the money to
holp his brother out! Then, both boys
contended for a prize. Francis toiled
hard, but Frank, by a lucky stroke,
won. Next, they fell in love with,, the
same girl; and though the attachment
was not deep, and tho young lady mar
ried a third Jovcr, yet, for the time, it
was Frank who was favored.
So gradually their enmity grew, until
when commencement day came, they had
nothing in common but a speaking ac
quaintance. Two years later, even this
ceased, for tho boys' grandfather died
(their parents were already dead)aud left a
will that was the cause of complete cs
traayement between them.
His property was shared equally by
them, but certain heirlooms especially
a valuable ring which had been in the
family for several generations, was left
in tho words of the will "to my dear
est Francis."
It was known that he had intended to
make another will the same in principle,-
but reducing the property by one or
two public. bequests; but, if niude, it
was not to be found, and every one
thought that death had surprised him
boforo he could carry out his intentions.
Had such a document Been the light, the
ambiguity of "mv dearest Francis" might
huve been cleared up.
As matters stood, each claimed the
heirloom. Frank had been tho old man's
favorite all knew that. Still, ho had
tiled his grandfather sorely of late, by
his heedless ways and extravagance; and
beside, no one ever called him Francis.
As for the other, ho was always called
Francis, and had been more of a favorite
lately than at first; then, too, he wns
the older.
So each young man urged his claim,
and defended it, although, in his secret
heart, Francis did admit that he was not
"the dearest," iu6t as Frank felt assured
he was. And Frank, with his usual im
pulsiveness, spoke out, and strongly, and
after this, it was hard for cither of tho
two to give up the case.
.Still,- it might have been settled, if the
matter had not been discussed one day
in' public' In the excitement of the
t alky Frank" at letrgfu called Francis a
designing scoundrel, ' To bo sure, ho
-retracted this harsh speech. but the apol
ogy was not accepted, when an otlicious
friend reported the matter to Francis.
"Designing, am I ?" said he, grimly.
"Very well. You may say to Frank Den
ham when you meet him again, that I
' am 'designing enough to get and hold
lay own. The ring is mine, is in my
f6ssession, and no court of law in the
and will adiudre it awav from ma to
- ,i - -o
him."
No court did take it away, though
Frank went to law to establish his claim.
Francis said the rinsr had always gone
to the eldest son; in tine, it was in his
fiossession, and no one could prove that
t ought not to be there.
This settled tho matter, though not
the feelings that had been roused. Tho
brothers had now nothing whatever to
do with each other. They lived in the
same town, belonged to the same church,
hud married neighbors' daughters even
tual! i jet they mat as strangers, After
a while, each went into business in Bos
ton and moved there. They still attended
tho same church, but met less frequently
than before.
In business, the difference of character
showed itself at once, in their methods,
and consequently in their success.
Frauds became quile wealthy; Frank,
though not poor, wns never prosperous.
His children became something of a trial
to him as years went ou. Tho heredi
tary impulsiveness led them into all
manner of difficulties, some of them ex
pensive; and in parked contrast were
the sensible, sedato boys of Francis.
Tho latter had two sons and one
daughter, named Alda; whilo Frank had
seven boisterous boys.
In little Alda Denhara, lay all tho hid
den graco and unexpressed tenderness of
her father's nature. She was tho poem
of his life, tho fair-haired Aldahe called
her, dimly remembering some old Saxon
heroine.
She was, indeed a wonderfully lovely
child, rather silent, passionately fond of
her father, devoted to muthcr and broth
ers; yet with room in her gentle heart
for a nameless host of pets. She knew
about the family trouble had heard it
talked of all the more since her broth
ers met their cousins at the public
school.
The latter, o do them justice, would
have fraternized iu rough-and-ready
school-boy fashion, but Francis Don
ham's two sons drew back. They had
their father's disposition in some degree,
and reserve was moro natural to them
than hasty friendship. Beside, they
knew about the trouble, and thought
their Unlce Frutik had behaved in a very
unjust fashion. So when Frank's chil
dren reported at home how "stuck-up"
and insolent Herbert and Morris Den
ham were, their heedless father burst out
before them with violent expressions of
hatred.
"Don't, father," said his wife; "don't
talk so before the boys. It docs them
harm, and does you no good."
"Bother the boys!" said Frank; "they
are always around when I'm at my
worst." Then, relenting, "See here,
lads, your mother is right; I ought not
to spcak'against your uncle to you in
this way but theu ho would make a
saint mad!"
Naturally enough, an amend of this
mixed nature did not change the boys'
feelings. They did not actually hate
their prim, scholarly cousins, but did
enjoy irritating them. Space is lacking
to tell their ingenious proficiency in this
art. They soaped the floor, to see Her
bert measure hit length on it. They
tripped up Morris, and chalked big letters
on his back. Finally, Willy Den ham put
chalk into Herbert's inkstand. Of course
the ink effervesced, and ruu all over tho
desk, spoiling among things of less value
tho (J reek theme which Herbert had just
with some pains, completed. This piece
of mischief was traced home to its per
petrator, and ho was soundly whipped.
Small good came from the punish
ment, however, for the offender was over
petted at home to make up the indignity ;
and Herbert's father was not satisfied,
and thought Willy should have been ex
pelled. If anything could have widened
the breach, it would have been this; for
paternal feelings as well as brotherly
were in conflict. But after a while,
things settled down into the old groove.
There was less active annoyance in
school, though a strong undercurrent of
dislike was always present.
Thus matters were, when the littlo
fair haired Alda -was ' eight years old.
Two things happened this year. Frank
Denham's two youngest sons wcro
drowned when out skating, and Francis
Denham had a dangerous illness. Ho
was terribly grieved by his brother's rois
fortuno and would have made up the
quarrel if he could; but b.y this time it
was beyond his power. He did try to
say a few words of sympathy when they
first met, after the accident, but tho
mourning father repulsed him.
"No, sir." said he, sternly, and not
without dignity; "when things went
well with mo, you passed nio by; now
that my boys have left me, ami my heart
is broken, you need not intrude. The
grief js mine, not yours, nud God will
give me all the comfort I deserve."
"The grief is mine, too," began
Francis, and this was much for him to
say; but his brother had passed out of
hearing, Hnd he muds no further attempt.
Still, in seoiet, his thoughts wcro upon
him, and when ho had n fever, they wcro
the burden of his ddirium, and retarded
his recovery.
Alda was with him a gro it deal during
his convalescence. Her quietness and
gentleness made her peculiarly in place
iu the sick room, and half-unconsciously
to himself, she became her father's con
fidante. They had always been intimate
from tho time she could talk, and very
naturally, in his weakness, he talked to
her of tho paot.
There was a magnetic something in
the child that inspired trust in all. It
was not that she was older theu her
years, for sho delighted in dolls and
childish sports. It was more as though
she wej-c a c hild of some high order, free
from the usual pettiness and narrowness
of youth. She was full of life, while at
the same time sensitive and thoughtful
simpatica. as the Italians say.
Now in the sick room her father found
strange comfort iu the unburdening to
her the thoughts and feelings that
hitherto he hud kept locked in his own
heart. He felt that she understood him,
yet did not sit in judgment.. Ho was
her father her dear father; mother did
not think of it, or the boys; but she
knew well that he was not happy.
It did not enter into the case that ho
had been to bl.ime; the question, how
to make him happy again. These
thoughts, however, she kept to herself
the family hail no idea of thf m.
"And so you see, Alda," he said one
day, "you must be careful how you Le
giu anything, for the cudiugit often out
of jour power,"
"It might be in somebody else's pow
er, perhaps," said Aldo, half to herself.
"Ab, yes," sighed her father, "just
there is where the trouble lies. You can
argue with and persuade yourself, but it
is so hard to influence another. Frauk
your uncle, dear was a good boy, but
I Biippose I was too still; and so wo
drifted apart. I could never laugh, un
less i saw something to laugh at, but
Frank would laugh just for tho pleasure
of it." b J 1
"Perhaps," said Alda, cheerfully,
"you'll be laughing that way yourself
some time."
"If I only could!" ho moaned. "But
it is no use, dear, whilo I have that
ring," turning it restlessly on his finger.
"I don't see Hpw I can."
"But tho ring is your own, papa."
"Do you know, dear," ho began,
then checked himself. "I must be out
of my mind." thought he, "to talk like
tnis tothe child."
But Alda, in her own sweet way, un
derstood and went on. "I know the
ring is yours, yapa, but perhaps you
think, after all, Uncle Frank ought to
have it."
"Exactly," said he, with eagerness, led
on by this sweet sympathy. "I do think
so, but Frank wouldn't take it now. If
he only would !"
Here Mrs. Denham came in, and the
conversation was broken oil for the
time.
Alda had heard enough, however, to
make up her mind. If Uncle Frank had
the ring, her papa would be glad, and
Uncle Frank would like it. Still, her
papa could not give it himself, so somo
one else must give it for him, and that
some one should be herself, just as soon
as she could bring it about. Sho would
not 83k for tho ring yet; she felt that for
one reason or another, she might
be refused. And beside, she had a
feeling that if sho watched for it, a
chance might appear, and all would bo
well.
Some time slipped by, however, and
the coveted opportunity did not present
itself.
Her father grow better, and resumed
business once more, but he was less ab
sorbed in it than formerly. He found a
good deal of time for Alda, and took
her to ride, and especially to concerts,
the little lady being fond of music. They
were a noticeable pair the tall, bearded,
stately father, and the delicate child,
with her transparent, vivid beauty.
Many a person would turn to look at
them as they passed, and in Mr. Den
ham's place of business a visit from, the
child was the event of the day. She
took all this attention with a kind of
serene unconsciousness; it neither ex
cited nor troubled her.
One still, cold afternoon in January
Francis Denham made hasto home.
"Why, papa!" cried Alda, running to
meet him. "What brings you home so
early?"
"You, my pet," ho answered, gaily.
"Be quick, there's a good girl, and have
.Tanie wrap you up warm. Mamma lying
down, is "she? Well, you tell her that I
am going to take you to hear Wilhelmj,
and will bring you back safe and
sound."
No second bidding was needed. Alda
flew like a fairy, and in a few minutes
the carriage hud left them at the Music
Hall. Their seats were on tho front row
of the first gallery, about midway. They
were hardly in their places and Alda's
wraps unloosed, when Wilhelmj en
tered, and all her attention was centered
on him.
It was wonderful playing; clear, firm,
masterly, yet with an undercurrent of
passionate life. The spirit of music was
there, as well as its body.
Her father felt tho beauty of the per
formance, but his strongest emotion,
after all, was pleasure in 'Alda's pleas
ure. Now and then sho looked up, long
enough to appropriate his sympathetic
smile, but was silent until tho intermis
sion. Then she chattered joyously, for
the ruitsio had set free her happy littlo
tongue, and he answered, more gravely;
still, it satisfied her.
Now and then she made an absurd
protence of looking through his opera
glass, and bowing to some imaginary
acquaintance thus recognized. Next, she
leaned her fairy arm on the balustrade,
to peep down at the people below. Her
glauco roamed idly at first, then all at
once grew earnest, for directly beneath
sat her Undo Frank.
Tho thought rushed ovr her: My
chance at last! nnd at this moment her
uncle looked up. His worn, tired, hag
gard face met full tho young and lovely
one of his little neice. Something in her
gaze arrested him; an indescribable ex
pression of love and joy and longing.
Ho felt no anger toward her who
could? and t ho smiled faintly in re
sponse to the pleading of her eyes.
Alda diew back. The orchestral ac
companiment of the next concerto began
with a crash, as she pulled her father's
head neater to listen, and whispered,
breathlessly, "Now, papa, now is tho
time, and Uncle Frank will take it!"
No explanation was necessary. Her
father understood, for he too has seen his
brother's upturned face.
He held out his hand, an l with eager
fingers she pulled oil the ring. Once
more she bent over the railing, and once
more, drawn by some secret impulse to
ward good, her uncle looked up.
lie saw two faces above him tho
man's grave, yet entreating, the child's
radiant with beautiful intention. And
she held out the ring! The next mo
ment it was ut his feet. No one heard
her. say it, yet he felt 6urc that her lips
formed these words: "It ia voty own,
dear uncle. I give it 4o you from my
dear papa."
The old, hard nuger melted from his
heart like ice in the sun; he felt no im
pulse to refuse; on the contrary, he
gently lifted the ring and put it on, then
looked up at Francis and his daughter.
No mean triumph touched his smile; the
brotherly kindness of old day lighted
uo hit face.
Then Alda, her work accomplished,
leaned back and said :
"It is nil done, papa. Now we'll lis
ten to Wilhelmj."
Verv few persons noticed this littl
episode, nnd those who did see, though
nothing of it; a child's freak, that wni
all. But when the concert was over, ant"
Alda, muffled to tho chin in white fur,
like a snow-sprite, came down the stair
with her father, there was Uncle Franl
waiting for them.
She threw her arms around his nec
and kissed him, but though the brothon
exchanged a hand-clasp that spoke vol
umes, no words were possible till the'
were out of the crowd.
At tho carriage-door Frank said,
rather huskily, "Did you mean it, Fran
cis?"
"Frank," replied his brother, "I d
mean it with my whole heart, and mai
God forrrive mo for not havinc done ii
"before !"
So the great Denham feud came to at
end. The boys found each other de
lightful comrades, and wondered thai
they had never fraternized before. Tht
wives exchanged receipts and confi
denccs; the brothers renewed the amit?
of early days.
As for Alda, if she was not completely
spoiled, it was due tothe inherent sweet
ness of her nature, and not to her rcla
tives, who thought nothing that could
be done was enough for her.
"She hasn't a fault!" said her Unclt
Frank; Youtli1 Companion.
How Good Writing is Acquired.
"Writing to be good must bo legibli
and rapid; to be legible it must have
good form, and to be rapid it must bi
simple in its construction as regards formi
and their combination, and it should bt
small, since it is obvious that tho pen
can be carried over short spaces easier
and more rapidly than long ones; and it
should havo little shade, and be written
with a pen above medium for coarsenesi
that the unshaded lines may have the
requisite strength. I shall speak more
specifically respecting form, leaving
movement and other essentials to speak
ers who may follow mo. As a rule, there
should bo but one form used for each
letter of the alphabet, and especiallj
should this be true of a copy for learn
ers, having a single standard form, the
teacher will not only repeat it- with
greater accuracy, but tho pupil will more
readily comprehend and master it. Let
ters and words should bo critically an
alyzed at tho blackboard. This wil!
greatly aid the pupil to acquire a cleai
and complete mental conception of good
letters and their proper combination
Many pupils learn to write through the
shore power of imitating the copy before
them, but not having a high mental con
ception of their copies, when they an
removed, their writing at once degen
crates; the hand is without a definitt
model and strikes at random, and pro
duces doubtful results. While the pupil
who through analytic study and practice,
comes soon to have a clear conception ol
what 'ie would do, thus is presented tc
the haud an ever present model for whicl
it will strike and ultimately attain.
Penman' Art Journal.
Hon tho Emperor or Russia Travels
Tho train, which is always used by
the emperor and empress of Russia foi
long journeys consists of. sixteen car
riages, of which the first is a kitchen
and then comes one for police agents,
one for the military suite, three for mem
bers of the household and two for the
imperial family, each grand duke having
an entirely separate compartment, which
can bo fitted for either day or night use
The carriage of the empress has a spa
cious sleeping compartment, with a hum
mock bed, furniture of ebony and uten
sils of silver and an immense looking
glass. There is a bath room completelj
fitted and a compartment for the lady is
waitiug. The empress' sitting room
contains a writing tuble, a sofa and easj
chairs.
The emperor's sleeping carriage is fit
ted with olive green leather and onli
contains a bed and a dressing table anc
buth. Then comes a sitting room, fitted
very simply, and lastly tho dining room
which is furnished with carved oak aud
merely contains tables, chairs and a side
board. There is communication through
out the train from one cud to the other
There are many Americans who trave
quite as luxuriously as the above poten
tates, although they may not have sue!
an .extensive train. A certain ven
wealthy lady of this city, who is some'
thing ot an invalid, not being able t
bear the jolting of cars,chartered a steam
boat to take her to the Jersey coast lasl
summer. There are a number of th
railroad kings of the United Statei
whose traveling cars are works of art am
contain all modern conveniences. AVu
York Telegram. (
Rather Ancient.
. The members of tho Chinese legatioi
at Washington take great pride in tht
antiquity of their country and its insti
tutions. When they received news ol
tho death of the empress, Mr. Blaine
then secretary of state, went to pay then
an otlicial visit of eoiuiolouce. He wa.'
received in the largo room built by Bos;
Shepherd for a picture gallery, whic'
was hung iu white. At one end then
wus an ultar, ou whi.h "joss sticks" o
incense were being burned. The lega
tion wore white robes, and each oik
bowed solemnly as the secretary of stuti
caruo opposite to him. After the cere
mony was over, Mr. Blaine told the in
terpreter to say to the minister that tht
scene reminded him of some of the cere
monies of tho church of Koine, whidi ht
used to witness in the duys of his child
hood, and lroin which these were probu
bly derived. When this was interpreted
to the mandarin, he smiled and quietl)
remarked: "Say to his excellency thai
we have had these ceremonies iu ('hint
for about 3,000 yeuis." Hen: ttrlrl
l'oor.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
From nearly 400 singers, including no
Germans or Italians, Dr. Lennox Browne
has secured testimony that the use of
alcohol and tobacco injures the singing
voice.
Two tnicroscopists, Dr. Nussbaum
and Dr. Gruber, have artificially multi-
Iilied infusoria by cutting them in
lalves, each hulf becoming a perfectly
developed animal.
If a four-inch and a two-inch shaft are
both solid, and each makes 100 or any
other given number cf turns in ono min
ute or other specified time, six times as
much power will be consumed in
turning tho larger as in tho smaller
shaft.
A new alloy called platinoid, expected
to prove very useful iu the arts, is said
to be practically untarnishablo and
hardly distinguishable from silver. Its
composition is essentially that of German
silver which is an alloy of 100 parts of
copper, sixty of tin and forty of nickle
with tho addition of one or two per
cent, of tungsten.
Cast iron, if heated for several days to
a temperature of from 1)00 degrees to
1,000 degrees Centigrade neither melts
nor softens, but is converted into malle
able iron, and its surface is covered with
a grayish efflorescence. Its fracture
sometimes presents a uniform black.liko
that of a lead pencil, and is sometimes
riddled with large black points which
are regularly distributed in tho metallic
paste.
At a recent meeting of the French
Academy of Sciences, Colladon cor
rected a popular belief by remarking
that the presence of musses of metal in a
building does not add to the risk of be
ing struck by lightning, provided tho
metal is not connected with the ground
by a good electric conductor. In case
the building is Btruck, however.combus
tibles near the metal arc liable to be set
on fire.
The signal service ofliccrs at Washing
ton conclude from careful observation :
1. That hail falls ordinarily with a pres
sure much below the normal, and in a
position 200 or 300 miles southeast of
the centre of barometric depression (cy
clone centre.) 2. That thunder storms
advance from west to cast nnd southeast,
generally accompanying a cyclone de
pression in its southeast quadrant, 400
or 500 miles from the centre. 3. That
their action seems to die down at night
and begin again in the morning, and
often spreads in a fan shape to southeast
and east. 4. That the velocity of the
thunder storm's advance is greater than
that of tho accompanying cyclone de
pression. The Big Flowers of California.
One of the most surprising things that
ono sees in California, writes a corre
spondent of the Detrott Free Presti, is
the extraordinary height to which many
of the roses grow, climbing, into the
highest trees, covering the wholo side of
a house, and exposing to view one vast
mass of rose buds und roses in full
bloom. The Marshal Niel rose is one of
the most beautiful flowers to be seen in
California, surpassing other kinds in
the luxuriance of its growth. It is
claimed that the California roses do not
possess so line a perfume as those in the
Bast. This may be so, but for size and
beauty of color, and luxuriance of
growth, they probably compensate for
any lack of fragrance.
Ilelitropes and geraniums can be found
in bushes almost as large as lilac trcos,
and calla lilies can in some dooryards
be counted by the hundreds; but from
their very numbers they seem to give us
an impression of coarseness. The vari
ous cactus plants of California are worthy
of closest attention and examination.
In many localities hundreds of acres are
covered with them. Their peculiar shapes
and sizes, some tall und slender, others
short and thick, with bright flowers nes
tled among the jagged spines, give a
striking appearance to the landscape. In
somo places in Southern California, Ari
zona and Now Mexico the cacti form an
almost impassible barrier.
The Oldest Known Work of Man.
The tenth king of the line of Mencs.
first king of Egypt, is supposed to havo
left what is considered the oldest known
work of man the great pyramid with
steps, at Sukkurah. A group of statues
of a few reigns afterward are among the
best specimens of Egyptiun art, and re
present a race of men of the. highest type
higher than those who succeed them.
And it was the kings of tho fourth dy
nasty relatively very early, und still of
tho tirst of tho three great periods of
national prosperity that left the most
stupendous und enduring monuments,
the crowning wonder ot the ages, the
great pyramids. The oldest character
known to profane history was Menes,
the Egyptian king referred to. His an
tiquity passes all our standards of chro
nology, and can hurdly be comprehended
by those whose studies have been
bounded by what passes for ancient his
tory. Some calculations of his epoch
place it at several hundred years before
what is assumed is "Usshers's Chronol
ogy." as the date of the creation of man;
and relatively modest estimates fix it be
fore the time assumed in the same chro
nology us thut of the flood. His nume,
which means "the stable" occurs in all
the sources of history, Greek and Egyp
tian, ou the monuments aud in the papy
nises, as thut of the founder of the
empire. Treasure Trore.
The latest argument for the military
drills in schools is that it teaches the
boys to tread evenly instead of ou the
sides of their foot soles, and so saves the
weur and tear of shoe leather to the ex
tent, ou an average, of one pair of boots
u year.
A philanthropic l'ittsburger bus open.-)
a type-setting school for newabojt,
little rmyas.
A simple rhyme, a childish grief,
A blossom on a lover's tomb,
I A bud expanding into leaf,
A dewdrop in a clover bloom;
I How sweet, how sad, how wondrous fair,
How soon forgot, how quick to fadel
! The song, the bloom, the Infant care,
Pass like the play of sun and shade.
But in thoir passage quicken thought
As sunbeams molt on field and plain
And leave their aliphtest impress wrought
In blooming grass and ripening grain
And though each individual form
Grows indistinct, its glow remains,
A halo round us in the storm,
A genial warmth that fills our veins.
..he critic comes with awful frown
To crush the poet , like a gnat;
Frost nips the tender blossoms down,
And childish griefs, for this and that, "
Are merged in Sorrow's largo estate,
That widens round our frosted heads;
And yet th. varied web of fate
Is woven of such slender threads.
The little things of time are most
Secure of influence, promise, power;
Tht flying seed, the insect host,
Dissolving dew and transient shower;
They multiply, build up, tear down,
And write their excellence and grace
On arid waste and mountain brown,
Till nought is bare nor common-place.
So little murmurs, joined in song,
Light bubbles that In music break
When youth is glad and days are long
In low, soft ecstacies, may wake
The living chords of that sweot lyre
Which trembles in tht human heart
And prompts the genius to aspire,
The man to act a noble part.
Then, Scorner, spare the little things!
From atoms all the worlds are wrought.
Peasants may dwindlo into kings,
Or wits give birth to humorous thought;
The great be small, the small be great;
And yet through all life's varied throng
This truth holds fast as death or fate,
The humble ever are the strong.
Benj. S. Parker, in the Current.
HUMOU OF THE DAT.
High-toned a fife.
Jokes on the sealskin sacque are said
to bo fur-fetched.
Love's warning cry: "Don't, Jack;
you hurt my vaccination.
"Camels sometimes live to the age of
100 years." It makes 'em hump to da
it, though. Seaman Independent.
THK UNSUCCESSFUL MERCHA.ST.
He failed, and no one was surprised,
iie.-nuso u j never advertised.
Boston Courier.
. A minister, having some of his old'
sermons, was asked what he had in his
package. "Dried tongue," was tb
reply.
A mag.izino writer affirms that there
is no such thing as absolute silenco. If
tho man is married ho is right about it.
Chicajo Leditr.
A celebrated manufacturer of mustard
said thut ho made his money, not out
of tho mustard eaten, but out of tht
mustard left on tho plate.
No robins In the cetlur pipe,
But every turkey's getting ripe,
And while the lnutleutdauee a jig.
We dream about the crackling tig.
The opinions now held by physicians
that "raw cow's milk is better for chil
dren than boiled" is very gratifying, as
a raw cow gives much more milk thun a
boiled one.
It is said that if insanity is latent in a
persons, it will almost always develop
itself at seu. Nearly everything in t
person usually develops Itself at sea.
A'orrittoirn Herald.
"You must Uke this vessel for a love
affair," said the captain to a spoonj
couplo who were monopolizing the only
chair on the quarter deck. "This is n
court-ship." Carl Pretzel.
A queen bee lays from 2,000 to 3,000
eggs in ninety-four hours. It is not
necessary to ask "How doth the little
busy bee?" Sho doeth well, and should
be a shining example to the la.y hen thai
can only be induced to lay one egg in
twenty-four hours, und then only wheo
eggs are cheap. Picayune.
A Dakota farmer says thut he hat
raised seventeen bushels of wheat in
three years from one grain of feed. Tbii
information will bo very valuable to
those anticipating moving into Dakota.
Instead of investing $:100 or $-"i00 iu seed
wheat, all :i man needs is to buy, say, s
dozen grains and then wait three or foul
years for them to multiply. This maket
farming comparatively easy work. Seut
York Orapfi'-c.
They stood amid the fulling leave.
in silence, hand in hau l;
The settiii sun its golden beams
(Shed over the aeu and laud
Upon his brow ha I sorrow set
Its peace-corroding seal;
His bet.rt was with an aii'uisu tilled
His lips would not levuul.
Reluctp itly a kiss he gave.
And then, he yearued for death;
For oh! there was a cruel taint
Uf onions ou her breath.
Huston Gazette.
c of us know the power of temp-
t' s which may assail us or the.de)
gfce. A strength we shall have to resist
llieiu; wo c-uu neither fathom the influ
ences of inherited teudeneies nor foresee
how future events are to shape our course.
But we can all form u fair general idea
of what is right to bo done; wo can all
cherish the conception of a pure, viitu
ous und beautiful chaiacter, of just, cen
crows uud noble conduct, uud strive to
conform our dally life to our highest
ideal.
California is bragging of raising Bart
lett pears which weigh one and one half
pounds each, at an altitude of 4,000 feet
no ove tin: sea level, but these mousdouft
ucurs have no more flavor thou u turulu