THE FOREST REFDBLICA la published every Wednesday, by J. Z. WENK. Ollioe la Smearbaugh & Co.'n Buildil ELM STREET, TI ON EST A, fa. Terms, I.OO per Ye No pnbflcrlpt!oTi received for a shorter pc thin three montna. OnrrpsDomlence pollcltod from all Darts of country. No no; ice Kill be taken of anonyni tnianjumcatlons. 1 ft WAV WWW 1 can (VOL. III. NO. 35. TIONESTA. PA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1886. $1 50 PER ANNUM The recent cnrllitjuakes hnvo benefit the petroleum business in Ohio and I ana, ns a number ot wens uorea 1011 and gas. which yielded nothing be e that, aro now giving them out in pa;g quantities. The United State spent more my during the last yenr for salaries of ft office employees than any othor couijr. A careful estimate of the mail mattpf nil kinds exchanged throughout lie world in one day places the totjat 11,640,000,000, or about five picctlor every human being. (--- Job work uh on dallrerf. t CHniSTMASTIDB. The Worcester (Mas'.) Spy pleadfor a change of Thanksgiving Pay fronho cold and discomfort of the last Thuilny in November to an earlier date. 'lt ought to be," says the Spy, "iitho splendid days of October, when the vld is brilliant, when out-door games 8 a luxury, and there is a moon to makhe night almost as light ns day." j A strange variety ot tattle, says aion don maga. inc, has prevailed in vjous countries in regard to mushroom! In Russia the peasants are never wlout them. They are hung up to dry j tho roofs of the cottages, like oat cais in Lancashire, and form a greatly estmed relish to all sorts of dishes. Iifomo parts of Germany, also, they are Igcly preserved in biine for cooking pusses, but in Fnglnnd it is only lately thlthey havo come at all into general use.. I'M hills are bleak and bare ' J Jordan's streafh runs low, Sches, all mankind may shorn, 'have their endless flow. Mithat shone in lonely ray fop remotest agos, when I We lcsji all may sny, -acotoir earth, good will to men." M f. glories-still abide I" Jl each Christmastide. JuUUs are bleak and bare 4-dan's stream runs low, BuI1(iiresjii every air frensj breezes blow, 0u, fof all with bounteous hand Raven's full storehouse then, A ISyxt for every land U,B on earth, good will to men," A" ""Mhope, th -ir joy, thidr pride, This bib each Christmastide. JUM are bleak and bare -um's strea'n runs low, But li-e yeilt nfi skio, ,ore jair WaV tts gWoetly flow, Are nliaTe not e'er been known, T faithful pen Since Ij ligutipon them shone Of earth, good will to men?" Life's 'kte to override In love ak eaoh Christmastide. Henry Armstrong. Thcro is one point in regard tolhich marriages in Germany are not fjh an cray matte.' as iu other countries, ndies may marry any one they like if tjy aro of age, Not so men. They fcinirc their parents' permission until tf are twenty-five. However, in case of ;fusnl on their part, tho sons may demantheir reason, and place this before tho aoori tics, who, if they do not see suient cause for the refusal, will declare! in- Jf valid, and tho marriage will proc-i CHRISTMAS. It was LI DAT STORY. bias Kvo nrf Haam'fA a bitter, pfvrind. the Bowerv was fi T 01 numanity. laden with, basl packages containing all ouiisui Hngs, or bent upon pur .cnasing, jg one of the many en- ""'""-ieQ on tins thoroughfare v an ua. WHICH UBS terpart u mny Whitccha no coun- be found in the , It has been said that '. rabies is most unknown in Constantinople, ndith st Hiding the great number of dogjhich infest that city. This is on ac:nt of thoir curious and well-known cjoms. The dogs seem to be divided into aups, each group occupying a certain artcr of tho city. If any strange dog ;ars, or if any dog strays into tho wr sec tion of the city, he is immcdiay set upen and devoured by the inhabjits of that section. So that, as dogs boging to strangers havo to be jealously drded, there is not mu- h danger of tl duel ion of rabies. utro- ished Tho number of newspapers p in the world at any one tinio pt be more or less a matter of estirJo, as o licial or reliable statistics frofcvery country cannot be obtained. Adding to the authority of the German Sfetary of Stato and Postmastcr-GeneraUr. V. Sloph in, thero existed, in Marc;1880, throughout the world, "aboutkuOO ne a spapi rs with an aggregate dilation of 5'.)-','100,000 copies within atr, of which papers IP, 000 were publid in i'urope, 12,000 in North Amer.COO in South America. 77.") in Asia, 1 the rest in Australia nnd Africa. Mingling and pleat could bufk whose on I gayly dec troodies i from some tie, eager a window satisfactio Christmas ot London, Encland. his crowd of buyers ers, wero many who nd Ions. thildren of Christmas was the or a whiff of the the frosty night air K .Many a dirty, Im pressed tiglitagninst ing in wiih evident Ineagre scrapings of d thnm Ontsilo nt one of thev conr Rhm. ivhmn cakes piesVCr0 being rapidly passed oyerLter t0 tllc.ir rC8pect. ive purchaj ... boy of probably twelTe or tl(tar8j whose dark eyes appeared tij jarge by rcason of his thin, Veks, and unkempt locks. How lif,a jje wore beld tQ. gtther was jJl!v t0 themselves, for the wincias- if determined to rend them a ,ery t me it took it into its head m their direction. Hungrily the .)letl tho toothsome dainties, as L(1 eagerly of the kitchen's od.J,lrose frm bciow starving ami. The thron-'S jostled each ftiey pftgsed to 8mi fro, but the bfl.pt hig 8tand tts if fascinated lht of so much brightness ancer Cjose besi(lo inm shivered B1ii bnnM f iest cur, who was 0f thoscrao-" ot coats, wniui,i8 earg was cn ureiy Kuc, un.1,1 ever possessed a waggable apJ,e smallest ogy of a stub a tot remained to tell the tale have expressed of this dumb 1 at his young n with his warm hands. And 1 for with a ca coat, the boy s; "It's Christ and there'll pe fur ye in the member the I i an- eyes could ition than those prized wistfully ltre to heat b 'ys' chilled aiot misplaced. tH-dog's homely Im&ow. Sandv. Piofeud of bones els Do vou re- ere had last Sere len ise Siere now I Near Tahlequah, Indian Tcrrfy, is nu immense wild pigeon roijst. aro millions of birds and at nig they come in to roost they mal like mighty thunder. IJirdmcn s are only two droves of wild pige. ia North Amenci. Irus is merger ' ono. A great many people are enjped around the roost engaged in triing, netting and killing them for sheiit, which they are doing by tho thohds. New York, I hiladelphia, Chicij St. Louis and other jila es in the Sis of less note, are represented at thiost. For dead ones the slayers get an I'age of i?i per 100; for live ones tho terg ;et H to !?0 per 100, as a great n of thrso aro used in the East and ca-ed for shooting matches ly nporting as a. bs. week?" Tlio st,,,,ij responsive yes and the boy lcdJalf to him- stm nnu inm iu .iQ.ea friend "I've often lio.yhy there's so many fcjks t i,, a heap of things, and ot!, 1,, nnd J0U) Sandy, as has nou in't come at the bottom c re a xt he a prig and ad fcto have a regular blow oi ' ,wn Ht oia jiotner iiovV(e . w. Eng. but ye si:c-j ow it is, but 1 1. stealing, lhey the cops.. It ain'd as I know wli do't "Hore, Bonny, cents;" The bo was cut short by he turned, a coiihe woman confronts (j was a bijj basket- n iwith good thingsfat truded its long 11 a and reiused to aUM to I J k,10 oLfknow It is next to impossible to site a good second growth of pino trees ho Sierra Nevadas-iis long ai sheep a lt mitted to rangj unrestricted o he mountains. They trample the ng sjirouts of two or three years' grov n to the ground and kill them. Thded on the tiny shoots the first year tliip- pear. Even if they survive the fir;w years the theep men frequently s re to tho underbrush in order to cleho ground for feed. Fires are also sjed carelessly from the camp fires of thejd crs. All in all, the trees have abb 'time to attain maturity. Those wire interested in tlie subject of fuly would find it to their advantagetopy this means of destruction of trees, h we fn nily believe to lie gi eater thtll others, and feo a remedy by whiclth .destructiou ran be prevented. ly aod at red of carn't o rn ten . oitdence t'f As U'ng hi arm all ovei kd pro- tlaL,air, n cfcaed. . ..... . . "V ' . A little boy ana ;J rcie tcvou uuu uvu, veitur s the thick, warm vorjl b tliis parcels with their fej HnT s "If you'd liketiicent jfotiyy, by helping me carLkoljr 4ov enteenth street aiV; j; J hvrl'll be l i.Liht glad to n i fttle more than I can lonl find, since I had the rhgin irl.nrn.1'' A look of geniffchoilin the woman's eyes as h til boy's pinched cheeks td iiiarel. Then as she glu 6 biirlo her own warrnlyclad l lier (pas sion grew mpace,' aitpedtm as he eagerly held iids y the basket, saying: --1 of tl ob, ma'am." A look Ldisariut uient cros-ed the e, teints meiint so much to 1) a indent it changed to oneise, a,the wouian.turuing into. 8hop,i,i : "1 guess we'll all ter a j bite, aud sun of r, this d pitrht. CoiiJt soun, k in it I ofstrength so you'll bo better able to Dear a hand with the basket." "Me, ma'am!" ejaculated tho bo v, at this unexpected kindness. "Why, of course; come right along. Lor', child, it's Christmas Eve, and it comes but oncca year." Into the warmth and br ightness and good cheer the lad stepped," closely fol lowed by Sandy, whose bright eyes and stubby nose wore an air of puzzled in quiry. Feeling ns if it were all a dream, and that ho would awake in a moment to find himself outside in tho cold again, this poor waif sippe 1 his hot coffee and ate of tho bread and butter and meat that was plentifully supplied him, slyly now and again chucking bits to his dumb friend, who kept closo beneath his mas ter's chair, until his kind benefactress, catching him in tho act, ejaculated: "For mercy fake, child! what are you doing if" It Hashed across her that perhaps the boy was an imposter, and not being hun gry, was disposing of the meat in that way in order to deceive her. But in hig pale cheeks there crept tho quick color as he answered : ' "If you please, ma'am, it's Sandy. I couldn't eat and he go without." At the mention of his name Sandy crawled with a half apologetic air from beneath the chair. "Is that how it is? Here, . waiter, bring a plate full of meat and bones for this dog," and this whole-souled woman gazed compassionately upon the half starved beast. Such a thumping as Sandy thereupon set up with his stub of a tail, any one to have seen it woidd have doubted its ability to create such a commotion. "Lor' bless me? the critter acts as if ho understood," nnd kindly .Mrs. Chris tian patted t-'andy's rough cont, where upon he, being a very intelligent dog who knew as well ns his betters how to appreciate a kindness, immediately of fered his paw, causing tho two childien Eddie and Kosie to laugh merrily, in which their mother cood-uaturedlv joined, and even Jim that was the poor boy's name warmed by the good fare, found himself actually laucrhing heartily too. Before Avenue B was reached that night kind Mrs. Christian had learned the little there was t.. ten 0f jim'g jg. tory. A New Ytfrjf ,wa" homeless and friendless, living as xrC, -""ould. As far as he remembered, ii? "ad ever given him a kind word unia. ' -M. ana a feeling of wondering at grew in his heart, for this m. woman who had so kindly befricnu. . hi in. ' - Up two flights of one of the better class of tenement-houses Jim helped with me DasKet, aud was rewarded with the nicest smile he thouaht ho had ever seen. followed by tho words : "There, sonnv, there's vour ten eents and a bit over, seeing its Chiistmas eve;" and while Jim stood gazing 'ht tho silver quarter placed in '.his hand, too much surprised to speak his thanks, she added: "Come round to-morrow about one o'clock, and I guess there'll be a bit of tho turkey left, and Snpdy, poor doggie, he shall havo his Christmas, too." "l'lease, ma'am," Jim managed at last to blurt out, "perhaps if I come round a bit early I might be able to give you a hand ut sumat. I can do lots of things, and and I d like to fur ye." Something in tho boy's wistful face went, straight to Mrs. Christian's warm heart, and smiling through the tears that clouded her eyes, she answered: "That's right; always try to work your way and be independent. So come early, and I'll warrant you'll earn your dinner." Then with a nod and a smile she bade him good-night. it was late that Christmas eve before Mrs. Christian's numerous duties were accomplished. So many little things there were to do that only a mother's loving hands could rightly fashion. Then there was Tom, her husband, who had been working late at an extra job, he had to have his bit of supper and smoke, and of course hear all his wife had to tell of poor Jim and how her heart had gone out to him in his poverty and lonel ncss. "Wee!, Mary," said her "gudeman," his genial face expauding in a smile, "you're always right, and I guess you're so now. Howsomever, we'll give him one good feed, and as ye say, it looks veel for the lad a offering to earn his dinner." Only to God alone was ever known of Low that Chiistmas eve a sorrowing mother lovingly pressed a little worn frock to her quivering lips as she mur mured : ".My baby Jim! and he would have been just about his age, if lie had 've lived." Then, as she tenderly ret irned her treasure to its hiding place, she con tinued: ' I'll do it, if Tom will let mo. No home, no mother, no ona lo care for him. It might have been my Jim, or Ed die or Hose. Perhaps it's the name that draws me so toard him. Anyway, I can't help it and we'll never miss the hit and sup." Such warmth and kindne-is and savory odors as Jim found himself amid that Christmas day! He did his best, poor lad, in honor of tho occasion ly present ing himself with face aud hands as clean as soap and water could make them, and hair in such a state of slicking i that poor Sandy was forced to indulge in an extra snilf of his young master to convince him self that he hal not mado, a mistake, llow Mrs. Christian contrived on such (short notice to procure u suit of clothes that, if they were a trifle lart'ennd some what worn, transformed Jin into quite a handsome little fellow, was known only to her kindly heart. A, I the warm flannels there was no one lo tell of the pitying fingers that hud fashioned them so early that bright Christmas mom. Aud Jim did he ever -forget that Christmas day, tlio tlr-t reul'ouo ha hid ever known Aud when h.e was told that he need never co back, to tho cold and the hunger again; that it he wished he could become one of this happy houe lujjI; he was speechless from sheer be w'liermcnt at the dazzling prospect, un tif .Sandy, perhaps, fearing it ail boded no good to him, gave vent to a prolonged howl; whereupon, with a big gulp, as if to choke back tho tears that filled his eyes, Jim answered: "Please, ma'am, don't think hard of me, but I couldn't do't. Yer see, he was sich a little 'un, when I saved him from being throttled by Mike 1 lint, and his leg was broke; but he was that smart, r t he's stuck to me iver since. Sich ii lends as we've been, ma'am, I couldn't go back on him now. He's all the friend 1 iver knew till 1 see you, ma'am. 1 hope ye won't think me ungrateful, and if ye'll give mo a job now a:id agin I'll only ho too thankful, and fur all ye'vo done, I cannot say it rightly, but I feel it, ma'am, I do." Here, with a slight catching of his breath, Jim paused, and hugging Sandv. who had crept into his arms, close to his breast, he awaited his dismissal. Two motherly hands were laid loving ly upon the boy's shrmlders, as in tones that Slightly trembled Mrs. Christian said : "Did you think, sonny, ve would be grudge the bit and sup to the poor beast? Of course he's to stay, too, and it will be his own, fault If he goes without, when there's pjenty for him. Isn't it so, Tom?" And Mrs. Christian turned smilingly to her husband, who, holding out an en couraging hand to Jim, answered.: "Vou do as the wife says, lad, and ye can't go far wrong." And thus it was Jim and Sandy became members of the family.- . Ten yean had come and gone since the Christmas day that Mrs. Christian took Jim to her heart and hme. Vp in Harlem there is a cosy little house. This night the snow decks like a bridal veil each tree and shrub of the pretty garden attached, which, were it summer, would be gay with many a delicate blossom. Shall we peep in? The blind at the lit tle window is drawn up. Such a pretty, home-like picture does it reveal this New Year's Eve. A sweet, kindly faced woman, whose silvery hair is par tially hidden by a soft mull cap, sits in e low rocker, busily knitting a y.cphyr-likc article with bright colored yarns. The soft light of the student lamr. falls upon tho bright, expressive face ol a youth of about seventeeu years, who is playing checkers with a very pretty girl me two years his junior. A cottage "tands invitingly opens, while be 'rate, where glows a glorious lir., -etched a dog. Surely we havesov -n before, although his red dish brow ;oat was not then thickly streaked with gray. Suddenly the dog'g one ear is cocked, and he rises and hob bles as fast as his still joints will allow to the door,- uttering a feeble bark. A ringing step sounds outside, then a latch key turns in the lock, and a second after ward a young man enters the room with : "Well, Sandy, old fellow," and as lie stoops to pat tho dog, the young girl, with an impulsive cry, springs up, ex claiming: "Oh, Jim, tell us all about it! I'm dying to know." Smiling, ho gives her delicate little ear a pinch, as he an swers: "The mother first, T?osie;" then, kneel ing beside the elderly lady, whose eyes are bent fondly upon him, he continues, with : 'Mother, congratulate your son ; he is now junior member of tho firm, and on the high road to fortune." "Kosie, do you think we'll be allowed to call him Jim any longer.' I'm sadly afraid we shall have to take a back seat," aud with a lugubrious 6igh, the boy sank as if overcome into his chair. "How ridiculous you are, Eddie, iust as if Jim, dear old Jim, would be any different if lie were the firm itself," re plied the young girl, half laughing. The mother's trembling hands are laid caressingly upon the broad shoulders of thj young mun, as in a voice full of emo tion she murmurs: "Cod bless and prosper and reward you, my son, for nil the loving care you Lave given the children and mo tho e years since their father died, for 1 never can." "Mother! look back and think of the little wail you took to your heart and home. Can he ever repay all the moth erly love you lavished upon him. Do you think it is nothing to him to have a COxNFLICTS ON THE COXGO. THE DANGERS OF EXPLORATION IN AFRICAN WILDS. home, brother, sister and you, my mother A peal of bells is borne lightly toward them on the night air, and as they die softly away, Jim cries cheerily: "A Haopy New Y'ear to our home." Alter the Honeymoon had Waned. Mr-. Winkle "Oh, my dear, that lovely play you und 1 saw together be loie we were married is to be produced agaiu. l et's go." .Tl:-. Winkle "Tho one with the lov ers in it who die for each other?" 'Yes." "What's the uc? It did us no good. We went ou living. (Mnnhn Wortu. At counted For. Before W.llie K 's cousin Bertha arrived at hi home with her parents on a summer visit his mother had told him lo observe how graceful aud polite her manners were, especially at table. When she came Willie observed he:-, therefore, with admirii.g intere-t. Ono day hi'i mother nuid : "uo you see how nicely Bertha con ducts herself, U lilies'' " Ves, inuiiima " won t you tiuult her Lianners rather better than vours:" "Ves, mamma; and 1 guess I know why." b ' Why is it, my dear?" "Probably Bertha has brought up than I have!"- pttttioil. are been better Youth' Corn- One Traveler Has Fifteen Buttles With Native Tribes Scared by Steam Whistles I-'orle in Trees. Not a few ronllicts with tho natives have occurred during recent explorations in Africa. In tho Congo valley especially, among tribes that have never seen white men until within the last year and a half, the intruding Fnropenns havo been gaeetcd with showers of arrows. Many of the hostilcs when they have come to know something nbout their unwelcomo visitors have be ome their friends, and many a skirmish with tho blacks might havo been avoided altogether had the ex plorers the tact and patience of Living stone. Tho deck of tho little missionary steamer eace, which has made its way up JSforo of the largo tributaries of the gieat river than all tho rest of the Congo tlectjis protected by an arrow-proof wire netting, within which Mr. Grenfell hag on more than one occasion sat serenely, scarcely noticing the poisoned arrows that natives, hidden in the grass on shore have harmlessly launched against the netting. When ono tribe far up the Mobangi river saw tho little craft puffing her way up stream all the men, women, and children deserted their huts and took refuge in fortlets which thoy had built in the branches of tall, straight trees. There were no branches within about thirty feet of the ground, and the natives reached their fortlets by means of rope ladders, securing their retreat by pulling the ladders up after t'hem. From these perches in tho air they sent their showers of arrows auainst the sides of the steamer, which went on its way after Mr. Grenfell had vainly tried to enter into a parley with tho excited aborigines. Mr. Grenfell has generally mado friends of the new tribes he has met, and he ,s one of the few Congo travelers who have not been tempted by any provocation to resort to firearm. Several tribes that attacked him on his way up rivers, hear ing of his friendliness from other natives, have heartily welcomed him when ho came back. Lieutenant Kund, of tjy last German expedition, had fifteen fifchts last year with the natives in tho" Vicinity of the Sankuru Kiver, south of the Congo. His tveirk in an entirely new region added a good fjeal to geographical knowledge, but the fact that ho fought his wnv through tho country detracts from tho lustre of his achievements. He asserts, however, that he did nil he could to conciliate his enemies, and that he never resorted to firearms except in self-defence. The weapons of the natives were Hint guns, bows and arrows, and a num ber of his followers were killed. Some days, Lieutenant Kund says, ho rarely saw a native, but he could hear inces santly the beating of their drums and the war rattles of their priests. In one fight Kund was struck by three arrows, which were cut out with a razor by his white companion. He reached Stanley Pool suffering from wounds. Some lucky incident has now and then saved recent explorers from serious trouble. When Dr. Buchner reached the Kuango Kiver early last year, a large force of natives advanced to at tack his little party. Just as they were poising their spears Buchnei shouted that ho was a friend ol Bulu Matari. Instantly everv arm dropped, and the party was allowed to go on its way unmolested. Bula Matari is the name by which Stanley is known in tho Congo Valley. Though ho had never been within a hundred miles ol these natives, they feared his vengeance if they injured any of his friends. The fame of a few white men has spread from tribe to tribe throughout the greater part of savage Africa. Dr. lloltib says, for instance, that in a part of the Zam besi Valley never before visited by a white man he was asked if he knew Dr. Livingstone. Sir Francis do Winton says the natives stand in great awe of steamboats when they first see them, and that to whistle or blow off steam stampedes an entire village. Sometimes ir. Grenfell has been mistaken for a ghost, and nearly all the natives have taken tothe woods until he has convinced tho few who dared to face him that he ate and slept as they did and was a man like them selves. For several days on tho .Mo bangi he and his party nearly starved, the natives refusing to sell him food, as they thought him a supernatural being, ami wero afraid to commuuicato with him. The Congo Stato Government decided last year to punish all natives who at tacked its agents. Farly this year ac cordingly half a dozen largo villages on the upper Congo were b irned, and their inhabitants driven into tho woods in re taliation for injuries inflicted upon the whites. Ncid York Sun. A House of Straw. A house of straw is being constructed in this city to be erected in the grounds of the American exhibition in London, where a favorable site has been secured for it. It is an American suburban villa of the most approval a chitectual design, two and a half stories high aud cohering a space of forty two bv hftv feet. It is built entirely of material manufactured from straw, tho inside finish bein' a handsome imitation of rosewood ami other hardwoods. The building will be devoted to the illustration of Philadel phia's commercial, financial and indus trial interests by means of photographic views reproduced by the phot )-prict pro cess. 1 lie views will include tho leading banks, newspaper olliees. exchange.. schools, hotels, etc. 1 he second lioor of the building will be divided into olliees, a general ex change for tlio transaction of businesi connected with the exhibits, and a lead RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Sijnurc, one Inch, one Insertion I l ii One Square, one Inch, one month.,... I 00 tine Square, ono Inch, tlireo months......... ou One .Square, one Inch, one jrrsr . 10 nc Two .squares, ono year IS 00 tjunrior Column, ono rear. , , in on Half Column, ono year n) no One Column, one yenr .......100 Sn beidl ailrortlaemmtt toncnui ,.er inu en.i in crtion. .Marriage and death notlcea tratla. All bill for yearly advertisement! collected quar terly. Temporary adYcrunementa mnat be paiu n ndvunce. lob work uh on dellTerf. BENEATH THE LINDEN-TRKK. Beneath t he tree, The yellowing tree, the loafy linden-tree, I lie alone in idlest revory . The branebos tremble in tho passing gust, The brittle turf semis up its fragrant dust, And through the drowsy meadow drones the bee. Molder of life in high or low degree, Exhau.itless Nature breeds on every band ; Before me lies tho land, tbe pregnant land, The swarmingair, tho big, prolific sea; Tho cricket chirping singly in the sand Is vocal with the unfathomed mystery. Among this myriad brood, A motley train, pursuer and pursued, I also move to some divinest good That here, embracing all, ombraeos me. Beneath the tree, The yellowing tree, the aneient lindon-tree, They lie and dream together, ho aud she. For these alouo tho heart was born of clay. Tho ages blossom in a perfect day, And countless life obeys the great decree; The moon reflects her spangles on tho sea, The planet kindles in the northern sky, And all the mighty pageant passes by To bear them on to happy destiny. For thorn the darkness veils the curious eye, And God looks down, that every grace may be, In youth's enchanted prime, n Encircled by a shining pantomime, They deeply drain the goldon cup of time, And love creates a new eternity. Dora Head Goodale. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The wind is always blowing about something; but there is nothing in it. Picayune "Some men aro born great." Yes, but gracious! how some of tncuido shrink. Nexo lLiten Uncs. They are going down to dinner. lie "May I sit on your right handt" She "better take a chair." lie took one. Til-Bitt. "There is fomething I havo just dashed off," said the poet as ho knocked hiswould-b3 son in-law oi the doorstep. Bo Jon. Courier. Earthipuakc? will be reached and mas tered in time. The future American mother will utilie them in rocking her babies. Courier Jmirnal. Whenever you hear a follow begin a conversation by saving: "There's no use talking," prepare yourself for a flood. Philadelphia Call. A teacher in a high school asked a littlo wad of an Irish boy to de-scribe a lake. "Sure and it is a hole in the ket tle. Pro tide nee 'J 'elcgra in . The fact that a man has not cut hi hair for ten or twelve years need not nec essarily imply that ho is eccentric, lie may be bald. Peoria Call. Misery loves company and company causes the good housekeeper a good deal of misery too, when she hasn't anything cooked in tho house. SomcreilU Jour nal. Robinson is sometimes absent-minded. Tho other day ho had his hair cut, and when the operation was completed he regarded himself in the mirror. "Vou have got it too short," he said to the barber, and seated himself again in the chair. "Violet," said the young man with hair evenly balanced and created breeches. "I havo come to-night to ask you a question that has been on my mind for weeks." "Well, Victor," sa'id tho shy goddess. "I am anxious to know if you would tako me, 'for better or for worse?' " "Well, Victor, to look at you, I should say worse!" Victor is singlo yet. St.tte.iinan. "I don't see," observed Hoggs ns ho leaned back in his chair, "how any man of sense can bo led to embjzlo $."i0,000 or if lOO.OOo and skip tho country! lie is disgraced, his future ruined, and what good can the money do him?" "You don't tako the right view of it," replied Stebbius. "Why:" "Tne idea, my dear s r, is to settle for half tho sum stolen and return homo to be looked upon as a smart man and re-elected Pres ident of a rival institution." Wall Street Ac r.i. Was Willhi,' to )iiit. A good story is told of an interview of the Don. W. II. II. Uingham with one of the State boarders nt Windsor. Some of the prisoners were nt work lathing tho guard room during a re.":cn. ollicial visit of the "Governor," and the latter was in specting the progress of tlie work. Af ter contemplating the process for a few minutes, llov. B ughnm n marked: "Seo here, my man, you are laying those laths too near together; that hort of thing will never do." The prisoner calmly laid down liis implements and taid : "ijov ernor, I am willing to bo turned off and discharged if my work don't suit; I never applied for this ob or the situa- i tion, and if my work in't satisfactory I am willing to juit." The oiler was not accepted. Muntpd'wr ( 1 1.) Jtairnul. "A Nine Days' Wonder." The origin of the phrase, "a nine days wonder," is not clearly traceable, but it is supposed by some to refer to the nine days during which Lady Jane Grey was styled i,ueen of Fngland. Other authorities attribute it to tho nino days after birth during which a puppy remains blind. 'There is an old proverb: " V wonder lasts but nine days, aud then the puppy's eyts aro open." Tho Cost of Pleasure. Upon the valloy's lii, The dewy luoi niii ihrowg A IhoiiMiud pearl y drops, To wake a singio r..sA Tims, often in the course Of liio'K lew tWoting ears, A singlo i leiiMiro eesi.s The soul a thousand team. "from lite Spanish, ing room. V'iilaihlphiu Ttn. r I
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