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VOL. III. NO. 24.
TIONESTA, PA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6 1886.
$1,50 PER ANNUM.
Upon aa indictment for selling or of
fering for salo of oleomargarine un
marked, the Supremo Court of Oregon
lately hold that it was not necessary to
prove any overt act of offering it for sale
In an unidentified condition, but that
tho mere possession of it and placing it
in a storo with other articles held for
tale was sufficient to warrant a iury in
finding that the tamo was offered for
salo.
Tho following table, which tho Roch
ester (N. Y.) Post-Rj-prent has prepared
with great care from many sources, shows
tho number of times tho veto power has
been ueod by the twenty-two men who
have filled tho Presidential chair:
'WthUinRton 2 Taylor 0
Ailnms 0 Fillmore 0
jHlloraon 0 Tierce 10
Madison II Buchanan 4
Monroe 1 Lincoln 1
Adams 0 Johnson 21
Jackson 11 Grant 25
Van Jiuren 0 Hnves 12
Harrison 0 Uarrleld 0
Tvlor 9 Arthur 4
Folk 3 Cleveland (so far). Ill
Tho English organization known as
"Undo Toby's Dicky-bird Society" boasts
of members in France, Germany, Italy,
' Sweden, Gibraltar, Constantinople, Hong
Kong," South Americn, many parts of
Cuuada and the United States. Within
less thnu a decado since its initiation the
organization has just ri ached in its ranks
tho grand total of 100,000 members. Each
niembor has signed this pledge: "I
hereby promiso to bo kind to all living
things; to protect them to the utmost of
my power; to food tho birds in winter
time, and never tako or destroy their
nesls. '
A writer for the Boston Herald says
that tho construction of tho American
railways has practically quadrupled the
cflicicncy of tho nrmy on the Mexican
frontier, and tho ability to put the troops
into the frontier States whore trouble
generally begins gives the Federal Gov
ernment a scn80 of security which wns
never felt before, Tho Mexican soldier,
though largely recruited from the crim
inal class by that system of compulsory
service based on army enlistment being
made tho alternative of vegetating in
prison, is a good fighter, lie has recently
done some eflcctivo work in the Yaqui
war in Sonora, and, as a trailer of savage
Indiuns, may be relied on to fight hard
and march far, and all this on very light
rations.
All sorts of quver trades flourish in
New York, and ono of the queerest is
the purchase and sale of current coins.
A printed list of quotations, tent out
daily by a reputable lirm, gives the mar
ket value of all sorts of specie. A Vic
toria sovcrign is quoted at $4.80, but an
old sovereign may bo had for $4.7.).
United States halves, quarters and dimes
are from to per cent, under par, and
tralo dollars are worth only 71 cents.
Mexican dollars aro divided into firsts
and seconds, and are rated at 73 and 72
cents. Thero is a shave of 19 cents upon
Central American and South American
dollars. A New York club man to whom
one of tho circulars was sent, and who
proposed to save money by buying some
depreciated currency in which to pay hit
debts, was rebuked by his associates.
"I would savo $20 on every $100," hi!
protested. "You will savq the whole
109 by not paying," was the prompt re
joinder. Some correspondents have made in
quiries about tho water towers used by
the New York Fire Department, and the
b.tter show that there is much curiositj
in distant places concerning those con
trivanccs which enable the firemen to
extinguish flames in lofty buildings in
this city without danger. A water towei
is a huge iron tube, supported on a truck
by a turn-table. Tlio big end of the tubt
is fastened to the tablo by moans of n
hinge and cog wheels, which are moved
by a crank. By turning the crank two
men can elevate tho tube from a hori
zontal to a vertical position. Tho tube
is in sections, and these sections aro un
screwed and packed on the truck except
when the tower is brought iuto play at
a fire. When the tower is raised in front
of a burning building the hose from two
or three fire engines can bo connected
with the lower end of the tube and the
water pumped by all the engines goes
up through the tube and out of a big
noz.el at the top. A wire cable enables
the firemen to raise or depress the end of
tho no.zel, while the motion of the turn
table works the noz.el iu another direc
tion. The tower is used to throw large
streams of water directly into the upper
stories of high buildings when flames in
tho lower stories prevent the firemen
fiom entering, or when the front walls
me too unsafe to permit the firemen to
reach the upper windows by means of
ladders. The New York Fire Depart
.nient has three water towers at present,
!but only two of them are kept in active
COMPENSATION,
The sun when setting In the west,
Its daily course lias run;
The rising moon has only then
Its journey vast begun.
And thus, vthen one bowpd down with
years,
Pinks gladly tt his rest,
Another soul appears on earth
A heaven sent bequest
-Mri. Mumma, in Good Housekeeping.
GAY FEATHER.
It was nightfall of a November day.
The dull red disk of the setting sun was
lowly sinking behind the peak of a dis
tant "divide." It dropped from the
sharp point, und instantly a flood of mel
low light poured along the sky, bringing
out in bold relief the long, jugged out
lino of the rungo, tinting the white
uapped peiks with soft rose color, and,
by vivid contrast, making still blacker
the vide expanse of -the plains with their
herbage burnt by recent fires. To the
left was a small cretk whoso winding
course was marked by a fringe of scrubby
willows, and whose waters flowing down
from the rocky heart of the mountain,
were chilled by the eternal snows.
Suddculy, far to the eastward, there
appeared amid the purple and brown
shadows, a strange, lurid glow, and be
hind it, a writhing, serpentine length
like tho trailing body til a huge dragon
with a single gleaming eye. It swept
along, tho light grew larger, there was a
prolonged whistle whose shrill echoes
were repeated from the distant rocky re
cesses, and then the express with its long
line of cars steamed into the little station
at Amcrilla and stopped short with many
a snort and sizzle.
As usual, a crowd had assembled to
greet -its arrival. A score of miners
"from up tho gulch," several officers
from the garrison, two or three Mexicans
wiih clanking spurs and gay-striped
blankets, togethor with sundry women
and children a:l laughing and chatting.
To the left of tho station, "a party of In
dians formed a picturesque group. All
w re mounted on shaggy ponies. Among
them was n young girl with a smooth,
well shaped face, bright tyei and lithe
form, tho was dress' d more gayly than
tho two elderly squaws who were her
companions. A Wight blanket was
thrown over hor slender shoulders, and
beneath it wns a dress of red and blue
striped calico. Her feet were incased in
neat moccasins, trimmed with colored
porcupine quills; a Btring of beads was
around her neck, and in her long black
hair were braided vari-hued feathers.
Her face woro neither the heavy stolidity
nor tho half-repressed ferocity of her race
its expression was gentle, almost mel
ancholy. There was a pathetic droop to
the sensitive lips, and a mild, pleading
look in her stt, dark eyes.
As the train e topped, she leaned for
ward oi her poify, an eager, expectant
look overspreading her face. Among
tho first to alight from the cars was a tall,
handsome man, wearing an officer's uni
form: and clofely following him came
the tiim. dainty figure of a pretty young
lady, who, amid tho motley crowd,
seemed like some delicate blossom
dropped down in a tangle of weeds.
The women at the station stared at
her with unaffected admiration, not un
minglcd with a little envy.
"Heigh! But she's a rare one!" ex
claimed Jenny, tho Scotch sergeant's
wife. "She's as dainty as a bit of
heather!"'
"Humph! A ftuck-up baggage, I'll
warrant ; though, for the matter o' that,
her gownd isn't silk even!" said Mrs.
Grosse, the wife of tho "agent," who,
rich in her husband's spoils, gloried in
the possession of the ooly satin dress at
Amcrilla.
"Weel, fdie's a bonny brido, anyhow,"
persisted Jenny, "an I don't wonder
that tho Lieutenant feels proud of her."
"And I wonder what Gay Feather '11
say," said Mrs. Grosse, with a disagree
able liitih and a knowincrlook at the Tn-
! dian iil we have mentioned.
1 ho latter caught both glance and re
mark. A faint, red glow overspread her
dusky checks. She drew herself up
proudly, uttered a brief word of com
mand to her nanv and dashed awav
through ihe crowd, the mud from her j
Dorse s heels plentifully bespattering n.
Grosse's gowu.
"Drat these redskins!" muttered tho
agent's wife.
But Gay Feather heeded not this be
nign remark She kept steadily on her
way toward where the rose-tinged sky
bent down and touched the gloom of the
earth. Iler lithe form, gracefully erect,
stood out in fine relief against the fast
fading light. .
The young bride turned to look at her.
"Isn't that one of your Indian belles i"
the asked, ".su't she pretty, Kllisf I
wonder if I could ever learn to ride like
that! Do look at heri"
"Hush!' said Lieutenant Armand.
"Don't stop here."
His voice sounded strangely harsh,
and, half frightened at its tone, the
pretty bride looked uo intD his face. It
was white and stern, but relaxed a little
at her appealing glance.
"I didn't mean to be severe, Amy,"
he said, pressing thi small hand resting
on his arm. "But I want to get into our
cabin as oukkly as possible. There's a
rough set here, and I can't bear to have
you stared at."
Young Mrs. Armand soon realized that
she was indeed among a "rough set."
True, she found novelties, but there was
little poetry. Instead, the plain prose of
human nature, degraded beyond anything
she had ever seen. Amerilla was not a
pleasant place for a refined woman. But
Lieutenant Aruiaud had not thought
much about that when he took his bride
from her Kastern home. It was not in
his selfish nature to be very cous'derate
of others. Though not bad at heart, his
early training had been void of those in
fluences which tend to mold character
aright, and his flfter-life had been wild
and irregular. But he had determined
to reform now, for he loved this fair
maiden with no fleeting passion, but a
strong abiding affection.-
There wore times, though, when he
was sent on duty to tho fort or to various
trading-stations that she could not help
feeling lonely and homeless. Upon a
certain day.during oneof these instances,
as she sat in her cabin, striving to
interest herself in a book, sho heard the
voice of Mrs, Grosse, who lived next to
her, raised in shrill anger.
"You go 'long, you impudent bag
gage? We don't want none o' your kind
here! What if your young ono is sick
an' like to die it'll be good riddance to
bad rubbish! (Jo home to some of your
Big Medicine Men an' let them chatter
their gibberish over him! You shan't
get noth:n' here, so go 'long! Leave, I
say, or I'll set the dog on ye !"
Amy Armand opened the door and
looked out. A few rods away, crouching
amid the knotted buffalo-grass, was the
Indian girl she had noticed on the night
of her arrival Gay Feather. She had a
little papoose with her not strapyed on"
her back as was the custom but carried
tenderly in her arnvs. Its small face was
wasted and pain-drawn. Poor Gay
Feather's own fae was haggard with
anxiety.
She sprang to her feet as Amy ap
proached her, and, uttering a brief ex
clamation in her native tongue, was
about to move swiftly away. But the
young wife laid her white, restraining
hand on the dusky shoulder.
"Don't be afraid of me," she said,
gently. "Tell me what you want, and,
perhaps, I can help you."
Mrs. Gros'o regarded the two from her
doorstep. She gave a shrill, unpleasant
laugh. "To think o' you a-talkin' to
her 1" she muttered, with a significance
that was quite lost on Amy. And with
that she went in, banging the door after
her.
"Is the baby sick?" continued Amy.
Gay Feather seemed to hesitate before
answering. Yet somehow, Amy's sym
pathetic face and voice exerted a magic
influence.
"Yes, papoose very sick him die!"
she said, at last, with a pathetic brev
ity. "Oh, maybe not! lie has a fever, I
see. You want medicine for hitni"
Gay Feather's face brigtened. "Yes,"
sho said. "But agent's squaw say No!
She drove poor Indian away ! be
lieve Great Father at Washington not
know what devil agent's wife is!" and
there was an angry flash from the dark
eyes.
Amy Armand was the eldest of a largo
family. She was used to children and
children's diseases. He practiced eyes
saw at once what the baby needed, and,
after asking a few questions, she ran into
thu cabin, and going to her medicine
chest, drew from it the required drugs.
These, together with a few Mm, le direc
tions, she gave to Gay Feather, and with
a softened, grateful look, the Indian girl
departed.
Winter with its drifting snows and icy
blizzards swept over the plains, burying
the little station at Amerilla in tempor
ary oblivion. But even tho dreariest
season comes to an end, and presently
Amy Armand awoke to a consciousness
that, after all, nature had garments of
beauty with which to clothe this barren
desolation. With the coming of the
spring sunshine, the scrubby grass
melted into a thick carpet, dotted here
and there with the gorgeous blue, scar
let and yellow of Western blossoms.
The pale green of tho willows stood out
against the darker color of the hills, and
the creek, warm now and limpid, swept
on amid flowery banks.
But in the midst of this freshness and
beauty was a horror greater thau thaof
storms and isolation a horror that daily
increased. Humors came that the In
dians on tin neighboring reservation,
rebellious after the long winter of de
privation, and conscious that they had
been shamefully cheated by the dishonest
ngent, were now, like hungry wolves,
getting ready to spring forth upon their
oppressors. As yet they were sil -nt
but it was that sullen, ominous silence
which precedes a storm. Bnt here and
there council-fires lighted up the evening
shadows, aud now and then an Indian
dashed by, and a glimpse at his face re
revealed it dabbled in ochre and ver
milion. But this did not seem to trouble the
agent. Job Grosse was a fit companion
for his coarse spouse. lie was an igno
rant, rough fellow, wholly unprincipled
in his deulings with the Indians. To
him they were as so many dogs, to be
kicked and cursed, lie laughed con
temptuously when some of his more
timid companions hinted of war-paint
and "pow-wows," and begged that he
would have the feeble garrison rein
forced. The fact was, the station at Amerilla
had never been so poorly guarded as
now. Lieutenant Armand, together with
a dozen men, had gone ten miles west
ward to a trading-station, it was not
without misgivings that he left Amy
behind. Well-trained soldier that he
was, he sniffed dunger from afar.
"Good-by. sweetheart," he said, at
Jarting. "Take good care of yourself.
'. fcwear somehow I dread to leave you !
But cheer up! When I come back, I
will see if I can't get stationed at some
larger post; it will be far safer and more
pleasant for you."
A night or two after his departure.
Amy was awakened from a sound sleep.
She sat up in bed ga.ing about her with
a bewildered air. For a minute every
thing wai quiet. The soft moonlight of
a May evening streamed in at the one
small window, and away in the distance
sounded the rippling waters of the reek,
lint suddenly demon aeal yells broke the
serene sileuce. Then came pistol bhots
and wild commotion. Trembling in
every limb, Amy sprang from her bed
and hurriedly dressed herself. Flinin;
a shawl around her, sec opened the door
ane cautiously peered out."
It was as iihc had feared. The Indians
were attacking the station. Already the
air rang wilh tho shrieks of the dying.
Hick with horrcr. Amy turned to flee,
she scarcely knew whither, when sud
denly from out the shadow of a tall Cot
tonwood tree near by, thero sprang a
lithe figure it was Gay Feather.
"Come, paleface lady, come with me
quick 1" sho panted, seizing Amy by
the arm.
For an instant the young wife hesita
ted. Was this treachery? she asked her
self. One glance at the Iedian girl's sin
cere though anxious face reassured her.
"Where are we going?" she asked, as
they sped ulong in the darkness.
"Mc not tell now no time talk!
Hurry !"
Down among the willows by the creek
was found the shaggy pony, tied, as Gay
Fcathor had evidently left him.
"Him little, but sttong," she said. He
carry us both."
They mounted tho animal, and guided
by the Indian gir's careful hand, she
stepped on briskly. Behind them the
sky was all ablaze with tho burning sta
tion. Before them the dark expanse of
the plains stretched away till it met the
silver-tipped gray of the horizon.
"You are very kind, (Jay Feather,"
said Amy, patting the dusky arm thrown
around her. "How came you to think
of saving me?"
"Me know Indians kill um at station.
Me no care for agent nor agents's squaw;
and all the rest bad, too. But you you
give medicine for little papoose. He get
well laugh, crow, kick he's little foots.
Me not want you killed, so rae come
Hist! what is thatl"
Suddenly, like a dark wind-cloud, a
band of warriors dashed by them, in mad
pursuit of a fugitive soldier. The sav
ages were too intent on overtaking their
victim tto perceive tho horso Bnd its
riders, all of which were in the shadows
of the willow.. Instinctively, Gay
Feather leaned forward to screen Amy
from random shots, and as she did so a
stray bullet pierced her own side.
Without a groan, she slipped from the
saddle and sank upon tho grass. The
pony, as if conscious that some accident
had taken place, stood still. Amy
alighted and knelt beside the Indian
girl.
"Gay Feather, my poor friend! Are
you much hurt!" she whispered.
Gay Feather looked up and smiled.
"Me hurt bad think. But never
mind, pretty paleface! You "take pony
and go on. Follow creek. Keep . in
shadow be careful let no Indians get
you. Hurry 1"
"No! no I I can't leave you so! Do
you hear, good girl?"
But the faithful Indian woman made
no response ; she had sunk into a state
of unconsciousness. .'
Amy sat beside her and drearily waited.
As long as she lives she will never forget
that night ! The distant yells died away;
the lurid gleams from the burning station
faded out of the sky; all was silent, save
the moan of the night-wind and the
murmur of the waters, sharply broken
now and then by tho yelp of a prowling
coyote. After hours of agonizing sus
pense, a faint light began to tinge the
eastern sky. Fleecy clouds of rose and
eold floated towards the zenith; the
dingy brown of the plaius took on a soft
amethyst, deepened here and there by
purple shadows; the white cones of far
away peaks seemed bathed in floating,
misty glory Thank God! The morn
ing had come ! With the rising of the
sun was seen in the distance a party of
horsemen, and it was with feelings of in
tense relief that Amy recognized the
familiar dark-blu t uniforms of army
officers; and that relief was changed into
great joy when she beheld, riding at the
head of the band, lur own husband,
Lieutenant Armand. Mounting the pony
nnd waving her shawl to attract atten
tion, she dashed forward to meet tiim.
"Amy! you here? Thank God! We
heard that an attack was to be made,
and I havo been riding hard ever since
midnight. But how come you here, and
saved.
"It was dear, kind Gay Feather, who
saved me," said Amy.
"Gay Feather!" stammered her hus
band, his face turning red and then
deathly pale.
In as few words as pos ible, Amy re
lated the circumstances, at the same time
leading him to the place where lay the
Indian girl. She was till breathing, but
it was with much difficulty. As they
drew near, she opened her eyes and
smiled.
"Me save your palcfacod squaw, Lieu
tenant Armand," she taid, in her low,
musical voice. "She good squaw; you
must be kind to her all your life !" Here
she paused, and beckoned him to draw
nearer. Beaching up two slender,
brown arms, she drew his head down to
her face, aud whispered: "Don't cry
brave never cry only squaw do thatl
Me forgive "
The sentence was never finished, for
the dark eyes closed, and poor Gay
Feather was gone i Mury K Brush.
Well Fii net n red.
For the last twelve years Otto II. Bow
man, who died at the Bridgeport Hospi
tal Sunday has bi-n kept alive by hypo
dermic inject oi ' .,' morphia. For the
nineteen month - . c had been at the hos
pital it is estimated that his skin had
been punctured ',Ul)i) times in order to
perform the op -ration, and five ounces
of sulphate of morphia was the quan
tity used. in addition to this he was
given daily two ounces of whisky until
recently, when he was allowed a bottle
of bier daily. Before t-nterincr the
I Bridgeport Hospital ho was in Bellevue,
I wheru he was under the same treatment.
I It is estimated that in the last twelve
' years his skin has b en punctured 7,000
: t rues, and thero win scarcely a spot on
his whole body where the marks of tht
hypodermic needle could not bo seen.
ILirtrlrJ l ''"
RUNNING A BANANA FARM.
HOW THE FRUIT 13 RAISED OW
COSTA RICA PLANTATIONS.
Preparing the Land for the Sped
No Plow or Harrow Needed
Harvesting Ihe Crop.
Fifteen years ago tho State of Costa
Tiica was covered, save some shallow
belts along the coast, by dense prim
eval forests. Very littlo was known of
the intorior except what was told now
and then by some hardy adventuier. The
natives on the eastern coast cultivated
little else than plantains and cocoa, and
exported dyewoods. The government
saw the uecessity of opening up the in
terior, and connecting by rail the eastern
and western sides of the btate. A con
tract was made with Mr. Minor C. Keith,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., to build a railroad
from Port Limon, on the east, to San
Jose, th capital of tho State. It was a
giant undertaking. The immense for
est had to be cut down, ond great diffi
culty was experienced in procuring
laborers who could withstand the trying
climate of tho lowlands.
Fifteen years ago the road was com
menced and seventy miles are now in
operation. The trains run from Port
Limon to Cartago, over a splendid road
bed, crossing thirty iron bridges, all
made in the L'nittd States. Fifty miles
yet remain to complete the line to San
Jose, and there will then bo an outlet for
the products of the highlands to the
eastern coast. It is estimated that
300,000 sacks of coffee are annually
raised on tho western side, and that
traffic will be diverted to the Atlantic
from the Pacific Ocean.
Tho cultivation of bananas began about
six years ago on the lowlands, and now
all the land along the line of railroad,
one mile wide, is taken up by banana
farms, a majority of which are owned by
citizens of the United States. Each farm
is one mile square, the land having been
purchased for $10 a manzano about one
acie and a half of our land measurement.
There are now about 150 square miles
under profitable cultivation.
It is only necessary, to cultivate the
banana in Costa Rica, to cut down the
forest, and then tho land Is ready to re
ceive the seed. Tho" plow and tho har
row aro unknown. The trees are allowed
to lie where they fall. What is called
the banana sucker, a bulb resembling an
oniqn, is planted about eighteen inches
deep and from fifteen to eighteen feet
apart in among the fallen trees.
At the expiration of nine months the
banana plant has reached a height of fif
teen feet, and bears one bunch of fruit.
Ffteen or twenty of these plants or trees
in various stages of development are seen,
at onco sprouting from the came "stickl
er, " bearing fruit successively the year
round for from seven to ten years from
the first planting. Along the river
banks, where the soil is renewed, they
bear twenty years from tho first plant
ing. When the bananas are ready to cut a
farmtr who cultivates a mile square of
land will take about forty men, five of
whom are regular cutters, and the others
convey the bunches out to tho cars in
mule and ox carts as fast as they are cut.
In a day and a half the crop is harvested.
The laborers are all Jamaica negroes and
natives, who receive $1.25 per day for
their work.
After the bananas are loaded on the
train, they are taken to Port Limon,
placed on a vessel and brought to New
Vork. From this city they are shipped
to Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago ana as
far south as Jacksonville, Fla. New
York SUir.
A Nose-Pulling Affair.
Mr. Adams's private secretary was his
son, John Adams, who soon made him
self very obnoxious to the friends of
General Jackson. One evening Mr. Bus
sell . I arvis, who thon edited the Wash
ington Ttleymjih, a newspaper which
a tvocated Jackson's election, atteuded
a "drawing-room"' at the AVhite House,
escorting his wife and a party of visiting
relatives from Boston. Mr. Jarvis in
troduced those who were with him to
Mrs. Adams, who received them court
eously, nnd they then passed on into tho
Bast iloom. Soon afterwards they found
themselves standing opposite to Mr. John
Adams, who was conversing with the
Bev. Mr. Stetson. "Who is that lady?"
asked Mr. Stetson. "That," replied Mr.
John Adams, in a tone so loud that tho
party heard it, "is the wife of one Bus
sell Jarvis, and if he knew how con
temptibly he is viewed in this house
they would not be here." The Boston
ians at once paid their respects to Mrs.
Adams and withdrew, Mr. Jarvis having
first ascertained from .Mr. Stetson that it
was Mr. John Adams who had insulted
them. A few days afterward Mr. Jarvis
sent h note to Mr. John Adams demand
ing an explanation, by a friend of his,
Mr. McLean. Mr. Adams told Mr. Mc
Lean that he had no apology to make to
Mr. Jarvis, and that he wished no cor
respondence with him.
A week latter Mr. John Adams went
to the Capitol to deliver messages from
tho Presidont to each House of Congress.
Having delivered that addressed to the
Speaker of the House of Beprcsentutives
ho w as going through tho rotunda toward
the Senate Chamber when he was over
taken by Mr. Jarvis, who pulled his nose
and slapped his face. . A entile ensued,
but they were quickly parted by Mr.
Dorsey, a Bepre-entative fro.n Maryland.
President Adams uotified Congress in
a special message of tlie occurrence and
the House uppointed a select committee
of investigation. Witnesses were exuin- ',
ined und elaborate reports were drawn
up. but neither tho majority nor the
luiuoiity recommended that any punish
ment be inflicted upon Mr. Jarvis. Hen.
1'irli ij yWv .
It costs $14,000 a year to light the
White Housv.
THEY NEVE R COME BACK AGAIN.
Oh. the days, the days In the dear old past,
With their kisses, their blisses and pain!
My heart droops sad neath the overcast,
For they never come back again.
Oh, my cup was brimmed with plen.sure's
delight,
And my sky was sunny and clear,
But the morrow's blank as I look tonight
Through the glim'ring veil of a tear.
Come back, come back, doar days aonf ,
With your kisses, your blisses and pain :
For my heart droops sad as I wait o'ei-Ionj;
For the days that no'er come again.
Swept off on the ebbing tide afar,
My barque that was light and gay;
And I waited long at the harbor bar
For its sails to return this way.
Ah, nevermore'll come back to me
The kisses and blinspg of yore;
For I see 'yond the ixwts of eternity
The rain and the shadows pour.
The sweet, sweet pout, with its fond delight,
Is lost in the darkness drear,
And the morrow's blank as I gaze to-night
Through the glim'ring veil of a tear.
The world's as bright as of yester-e'nn,
And hearts are light and gay, ','
But my semi's a drear as I gaze on the scens,
And dream of a long-gone day '
The pressure of lips and clasp of hands,
Like phantoms adrift in the rain,
Like spirits afar in the shadow lands
But the days they ne'er-?ome again. ' -
H. S. Keller, in ATeio York Clipper.
IIUMOK OF THE DAY.
There is nothing that makes a man so
warm as talking continually about tho
heat.
An enthusiastic meeting two girls
who haven't seen each othor for an hour.
Burlington. Free Frew.
Fourhunters!(who have just fired simul
taneously at a rabbit and failed to hit
it) "Well, . I wonder who missed that
time." Flirgende Blnetter.
Keely, the motor man, used to be head
waiter in a hotel. That is where he got
the wonderful patience with which he
waits for his motor to mote. New Haven
News.
The claims of the Anarchists that their
aim was to elevate their fellow-men is all
right. What we object to is tho stuff
they wanted to elevate them with.
Lowell Citizen.
"What is wanted in this country,"
said the bride, as she examined the wed
ding presents, "is not civil service ro
form, but silver service reform. This
set is plated." Button Courier.
Tidbit tells the story of a conductor
on a slow railroad who told one passen
ger that he hud been on the road for nine
years. "Then," said the passenger,
"this must be your second trip,"
"A barrel wouldn't be sufficient to
carry you over Niagary," said the con
ductor to a man who was trying to sprawl
himself over four seats in a crowded pas
senger car. "You would nee a hogs
head." Texas Siflinys.
It you have an enemy do not buy his
boy a drum. Your enemy would proba
bly kick through tho sheepskin within
twenty-four hours Buy his next doot
neighbor's boy a drum. It will work
just as well and ho can't get at it.
JSomerrilla Journal.
AN ENGAGEMENT BROKEN.
The maiden took her chewing gum
And placed it on a chair.
For she hot! heard her lover con.e
With swift foet up the stair.
Upon the chewing gum he sat
The joyous hours Hew past
But when he rose to take his hat
He found himsslf stuck fait.
"Oh! worse disaster never was,"
She cried as out she ran:
"I ne'er can marry yon bocausa
You ore a feist young man. "
Boston Courier.
A Comical Duel.
The Boulanger fight in Paris rocently
is not, after all, more comical than the
duel between the Duke of Wellington
aud Lord Winchclsea in 1820. In the
course of a debate on Catholic emancipa
tion Lord Winchclsea described the
Duke, then Prime Mi ister, as having
come forward in n novel character us the
defender of morality and religiou. A
challenge followed, which the Duke, of
all men, might have ab-tainod from giv
ing, and the Duke, as he afterward told
the story, determined not to kill his an
tagonist, lest he should bo detained in
prison pending his trial, but to hit him
in the h'Ks. Lord Winchelsea's seconds
plarod hint so near a ditch that tho Duke
with difficulty restrained himself from
calling out: "if you put him there he'll
fall in." The Duke, failed to hit Lord
Winchelsea's legs, and missed him alto
gether. Thereupon Lord Winchclsea
fired into tho air and read a written apol
ogy. The Duke went down to Windsor,
and the following remarks were inter
changed between the King of Kugiaiul
and the First M blister of the Crown ;
Tho Duke "I havo to inform your
Modesty that I fought a du"l this morn
ing." The King "I um devilish glad
to hear it, Artl ur." Such was the dig
nified and appropriate lur.guago of the
"first gentlemen in Jiuiope." (.'hiavjo
ILiahl.
A Club ou Wheel..
The newest club I've heard of is on
wheels the "Parlor Car Club," running
between Irvintoc and New Vork. Ini
tiation f, $200; club house, the urlor
car Duchess; great mogul, house com
mittee, committee on admission, etc.,
Mr. Jay Could. It's not such a had
idea, though, for men like Gould, Cyrus
Field. Tiffany and other paupers, who
have to coniu to town every d.iy to hire
this t ar, mid exclude the herd. (inch
member ma . introduce one friend for
one trip. The saddest part of tlie organ
ization is that one railroad accident
miilit wipe out the entire membership,
club houtiu aud till. Alio l'oi k iUr,