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    B, F. SOHWEIER.
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XLIV
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 9. 1890.
NO. 16.
'1 Taf"i
It zvr. Christopher-Columbus-Dls-I
covery-of-America World's Fair Is ni t :
hlit In 1 '-d hat Is the occasion for any '
X.r Ut LUC
past dawdling of Nw York and Congo-"
and the present dawdling- of
Coniress and Chicago, there Is not
t;ai enough ltft 10 make ready by 1502
it not that situation a sufficient rea-
ou for dropping the thing altogether?
Pi-maiu K on retiring from the office
which he tilled with such, distinguished
ability fr so many Team, accept a
dukrdotn, which he many times refused
! ru uflered by tlie young Kaiser's
giandfa'hcr. William may think he
can get along If tier without than with
ti e a'pd l'riuce in office, but he takes
grf.it pains to convince the (ieruan
I; that he loves the old Chancellor
verT much indeed.
A I'Kn 1 ion from Florida asks that
a duty of 01. e dol'ar a box be put upon
foreign oranges. This is hardly neces
sar for the letiefit of American grow
eit. A long as Florida oranges can be
tied tliey are preferred in Ameri
ca! cities and need no protective
ili.tv 10 give tl.euj command of the
Ul.U kl t.
1 !: se lio have spent a I alf hour or
. 1 trying t r n; up a ruan at the other
end f a telephone line, and have
found out after much ettort that there
was uo one tle-re, would feel better if
t'i. ir was on the market something
whl.'h would at once, when a box was
p. n.; up, give a signal stating that
thrie w.ts no oi.e to receive a message,
ttul how convenient if )Dia attach
ment could be devised for comruuuicat
l: g tlie time the er sou would return
to reeelve the messige.
Tuk nutulr of residences that are
to I e built in Philadelphia and its su
bui' 9 this year shows that the city is in
in . danger of losing its distinction a
tie greatest community of homes iu
the world. Too fejr i.Uat the supply of j
ue a houses will tend to decrease the
value of the residences lu the older
paitsof the city Is not, probably, well
founded. Theie is always a large ele
ment :u a great city that desires to be
la-ar to the business and amusements
iie'.hboihood, wlil!e the encroachment
of business oil the lesidence quarter Js
ruiistatiily making t lie older kind tf
residences les Litmerous. And even
if tie greater attractiveness of the j
Lew ! o'ies di iu.d vacate Some of th '
ol.h r on s and result iu compellinx a
re.-,.- Taction of the latter It would be
m.j i.uH9 for regret. It is lime that the
luouotonous st) le of dwelling In Phila
delphia disappeared and was super
seded ly a niod-T'1 and varied class of
bu Ming.
i)k f the I'M le'.l.'S of the old
uavy, the United States steamship Iro
iu.'N, has arrived at Port Townsend.
Wx!d!:gton Territory, after a rough
ex ,er eure. Mie has been drifting about
ui ti.e I'ac.tic iVean for nearly three
months, going J.V.iO miles out other
course, ami her officers and crew are
fortunate iu getting b.uk to dry land.
The lnquois was built nearly 30 years
sgo, and did good service ou the M s
Usslppi duiin ttio war. Since that
time a great deal of money has beu
exi'eiuled ou her to keep her atloat. Her
hull outiht to be In good condition now.
f"r it Is less than a year aiuce she was
m ei hauled at a cost of about So).'v0,
but he wan miserably slow, and proba
bly would Lot have breu put on active
srivuv but for the loss of other vessels
at Afiu. I Ier recent troubles were due
to the broakiug of a piston rod
aud her inability to sail agaiist head
winds.
'ncal vlablk n.Ulions of money
have been expended on the levees of
the Mississippi river the bank of the
Fa: her nf Waters have co.st more to
rensthun than it has lxen necessary
to i eu.I nn nny other liver on the con
tinent, and still the mighty stream
bunts through all the biipposed strong
guards erected by the genius and lalor
of men to keep its waters within tl.eir
channel. At the occurrence cf every
ffil iu that river these fearful over
flows occur, carry in desolation and de
uuction to life atul property. IVo le
who have never seen an oveiilow of the
banks of the Mississippi river can foirn
no coucep Ion of its effects. In a nigh',
temporary lakes are formed miles lit
breadths and lengths, and often deep
enough to submerge dwelling houses
and destroy the land On which they
t.mil. These horrors are now b-'mj
reported ;t different points along this
river and will continue to occur while
its turbid waters Mow to the gulf rie
pite the efforts of men to prevent
them.
Wherever there is a dlsporltiou to
do useful work it can always bo found
tole doue. One of the great causes
of Idleness and tluiftlessnesa in a'l
lands is indifference among working
nen and extravagance in domestic
management. Willing hands are uever
wholly idle. Duties press so closely
en men and women with proper con
ceptions of the woith of living, as to
eep theiu employe 1 all the while, an 1
uttlie same time never overworking
them. There Is much in the maimer
of doing work to escape being wearii d
h? Its' innformance, precisely as there
is a method of doing things, by which
people uever appear to be idle, ilen
who inquire foituue andrlsetJ emi
nence are never idle and never really
exhausted. Such people have their time
for thought as well as that for exertion,
and it is to the efforts of such people
that the world owes the grandest
achievements that glitter 0:1 its records.
When boys and ineu in any place of
mploynient nii.-t be kept at work,
1 he v are of no actual profit to their
employer. There is no inspiration or
impulse in them, and as a consequence
they are not of the doers of work who
put biain as well as brawn in wh
Uikjt do.
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS-
Tna Good It Doai Him. In Every
Way. to Shak His Sides.
"Mistrust that man that hath no mood
foi laughter."
"A merry heart doeth good like med
icine. Tlie lau.-hing man is a healthy man.
"Tners is not the remotest corner or
little inlet of the minute blood vessels
of the human body that does not feel
some wavelet from the convulsions oc
casioned by good hearty laughter, said
a well-known physician. Tlie life
principle, or the central man, is shaken
to Its innermost depths sending lewtides
of life and streusrth to the surface, thus
materially tending to Insure go-d
health to the pe sons who indulge
therein. The bl od u.ovei more rapid
ly, and couveys a different impression
to all ths organs of tlie bo ly, a It vis
its them on that particular mystic jour
ney, wht n the man is laughing from
w hat it does at other times. For this
reison every god, hearty laii?h in
w liich a person indulges tends to length
en his life, conveying, as It does, new
aud distinct stimulus to the vital
forces."
The world's greatest criminals have
always been men who did not laugh.
Enjoyment in life really depen Is upon
one's capacity for laughter that is. on
one's readiness to dete.-t the incongru
ous, the uiirxprcteJ, the humorous side
of things.
"There is always something to laugh
at iu this w orld, anl if every tliintj else
tails, vo l can lauili at yourself."
A man mar sneer or snigger, aud a
woman may simper, but lliat is not
laughter. It is not enough to 'snitf
and titter and giggle from your throat
outward" there must be a general re
laxation of the muscles, a broad lam
bent light must spread over the
WTinktm countenance, a gleam of con
scious mirth must come from the .-hilling
eye', a score of p e.isaut curves
must elongate about the parte 1 dps;
there must be a backward pose of tlie
head aud a couvulsive ru .veiuent of tli
ribs, and then a musical x.d of ha. ha,
h i's. a rei'eratiou of melodious gutfaws.
That is tlie km I of laughter which
makes a man healthy and wise, Iec.ius
U calls into play all the best qualities of
h is nat ure.
Ir. I leiison. of Chicago, is a llapti.st
minister who advocates iiutiiui anl
puts his beliet into practice. Not Ion
aio he prea:hed a sermon on the sub
ject. In whicn he ad.'is-d people to
laug'i whenever thi'y could, lie toll
a story about a srv aut girl he had who
w is very much shocked one day to me
h m turu a somers-'t out on th gras
s . 111 after the family prayers. She said
s 10 did not unli t U:i'l how a man
c uld pray au I turn a somerset the s .ui.
day. "I i d not bl ime the g'.rl," Ir. I leu
sou sti I, "for she ha I been iu tlie fam
ily of a pious, g xl man so good t.i it
hi never sm led. lie was so g d that
l ey put him in the peultentiary to
keep the outside world from contamin
ating him."
lr. Ilenson tells how Ids cougreita
tion once had a laugh at h.s excuse.
Or. Viuceut was to deliver hLs lecture
ou "Fools." In Introducing him lr.
Ilenson si d:
"Dr. Vincent will now give you his
lecture 011 'Fools.' Ir. Viuceut, 1 may
say, is him-eif one of the best orators of
our church."
"1 may tie a fool." said Ir. Viacen',
in beginning, "but I am not h vf ;:s big
a one as Dr. Ilenson would make you
liebev.
Kev. Charles II. Hiton, or New
Vork, says: 1'aus.inias gives a i!escr lo
tion of Troph -nius cave w hich he to Is
us was mad-; in the form of a hu -e
oven and had many peculiar circum
stan -m!, w hich dispjsel the parson who
entered it to be more eusive and
tlioiightful than ordinary. A man who
had once male his entry into this cave
was never observed to laugh again. It
was usual In those days when any one
was more than usually gloomy to say
that he looked like one who hid just
come out of Trophoalus cave. Tuerj
are some wh look upon Christianity
and the church as a kind of Trophon
lus' cave. There can be no doubt that
certain pessimistic views which hive
lieen associated with the Christian doc
triue aud some of the teachings of tV
pulpit afford justification for the opiuiou
that ChrL-tianity favors a gloomy dis
jHisdion. A conventual sermon was
oace preached in Rome, in which it
was asserted that laughter was tlie re
sult of original sin. anl that Ad 1111
could not lauirh before the fall. It is
also true that" hristian experience tends
t a serious ami compose 1 frame of
mind. Hat the Ol 1 Testament writei
A lio said "laughter Is mad," said al o
"There is time to laugh." I think it
was a Christian philosopher wn. said,
Laughter is the property of rea
son, though its excess is folly."
It must be almitted that Simeon
S yiites did not Indulge very mu-h iu
laughter, but it may be said also that
he equally dispensed with the true
Christian spirit and maimer of life.
The old masters have painted the in
nocent and wonder eyed babe in
tlie manger and the thorn crowned ami
bleeding victim. The woild waits the
master who s'lall paint Const watching
the children at their games in the
street and drawing th-m to him by his
go k1 cheer and quiet laugh. All are
agreed that laughter is gool for the
body and tlie soul. Titus "thought he
h 1 1 l.jst a u iy when he bad pass'.-d it
without laughing." Sterne says,
"Iiujhter lengthens the term of life."
We are rain'iiar with "Iiugh and grow
fat," while Goethe declares, "lie who
laughs ran commit no sin."
Dr. Deems, of the Church of the
Stranger, says:
I-iughter is good. It may really be
doubtid whether any but a good man
an really lauglu Children can. The
b-st and purest laughter in the world
0 ues from children, from bright aud
ool voung peop'e. and from men who
are most thorough'y sanctified. This
observation is the res ill of wht I have
seen of laughter for sixty years in many
limea. So far from supposing that
1 1. re is anything profane in laughter, it
is quite the reverse. Who should laugh
like those who have the peace of Jio l
w hich passeth all under-tan Hug? I r -memberonce
sittinz in the gallery of
a church in lindou near a gentlem in
who had a very pure aud raJiant face.
I have seldom known a man to laugh
more at a dinner party thau that man
did during the sermon. He seemed to
bo always laughlux when he was not
praying. The sermon was a solemn,
logical, pungent presentation doctrine.
Every new turn aud shape whl?h the
argtime.it took surprised him Into a
"holy laugh " H seems to me there
can be no doubt thatther. is laughter in
heaven and that the tous of God hare
not yet forgotten how to shout. If any
new combination of ideas hould strike'
a cherub or a seraph, v.l be should
roar or roll with laughter, it does not
seem to me that it would be uncheru
blc or unseraphlc It would be a trib
ute cf praise to the author of intellect
and to the God who keeps up the varie
ties and the gayeties of the universe.
MIGRATION OF ANIMALS.
BY PEOF. 8. M. WATLA5D.
The migration of certain animals, at
particular seasons, from one country to
another, in search of a climate or dis
trict congenl u to their habits, f irms
one of the most remarkable phenomena
in natural history. j
Migration takes place with quadru
ivds, fishes, birds and insects. As to
the lirst, it does not appear that any of
them migrate erioilicallyand regularly,
likemany species of fish and birds, for
w hich a sutli tient reason may be found
iu the aim ;st interrupted passage which
air aud water rmit, whilst tlie land
offers many impediments to change of
place. Yet some q-iadrupeds a-e s id -deuly
seized by the desire of migration.
The lemming rat, which is found in the
northern part of K'irope, migrates at
irregular periods when a severe winter
is approaching, in incr dible numbers,
and always in a straight line, stopping
not for rivers or lakes. Some other
quadrupeds, also, occasionally move in
large numbers, aud for considerable
distances; but the e expeditious do not
take place at regular periods, aud seem
to be owing to accidental causes.
Some fishes remove into warmer situ
ations during winter; thus the salmon
leaves the rivers and shores, ou the
approach of w inter, to seek ths warmer
waters of the deep sea. Other Csli do
the same Th co l-flsh inova In great
numbers, atout the month of May,
from 1 he northern seas towards New
foundland. The shoals of herrings,
which Tio licaliy traverse the ocean,
are innumerable. The same is the case
wi.h the ma-kiTel. pilchard, anchovy,
etc. Tnat ins. ctf migrate is well-known
for instiii'.-e locusts, ants, etc aud
move with surprising obstinacy, in a
given direction.
Tlu aniui iK however, with whose
migrations man is most familiar, an 1
which aptear to migrate most regularly,
ar-s mie sp cies of birds. The fads
which are known reUtive to this point
are very curious, and afford a vast tieid
f. r intere ting oloervatlon. Some birds
legularly return, after a certain absence,
not only to the same country,
but tj the same spot where
they built their nests be'ore, or
w here they were bred. Mny storks,
waich becjme half tame in Germany,
have lieen marked, and found to return
regularly to their old nests, built on a
wheel, which the peasauts of that coun
try, particularly iu the north, place, for
that putros", 0:1 the corner of the rojfs
of their houes. The same Is related of
swalIow-3. and other birds of pa-sag".
Otli.-r birds do not return to a particu
lar count'y, but travel, according to
Circumstances, from one to another.
Among the former are soma which re
main in the country of their nativity
ou'y as long as is necessary to b:ee I
and bring up the r young; others aie
ab-cnt but for a very short time.
Hunters a-id other people living much
in the open air, know that certain birds
d not migrate, except on the approach
of a severe w inter, llow are these birds
led tit migrate at su -h seasons? The
general aud easy answer is, by instinct.
Ilut what Is Instinct? Ceitaiuly we
cannot mean, by this term, a constant
direct interpisiuon of 1'iovideiice,
which drives the birds away because a
severe winter is cominjr on. Instinct,
whatever it may lie, must be guided by
general laws. Iu what way, however,
the birds are led to guard against the
severity of the approaching reason,
whether by peculiar sensibility to the
causes from which its severity will pro
ceed, or In other ways, we know not.
It has been maiutamed that much of
the conduct of animals necessarily im
plies reflection. Tlie vicissitudes of the
atmosphere, on the arrival of the mi
grating time, have also a great indu
euc up m them.
Most birds perform their m'gration
during the night; some species, how
ever, by day. Others stop n t, c ither
by day or night. To tlie cla which
fly by day belong the birds of prey
which obtain their food by day ihe
crow, pie, titmouse, wren, woo lpecker.
chailiiich, goldtriich, lark, swallow, and
some others. Those which travel by
night are the owl. blackbird1, etc.. ami
a great number of aquatic birds. Those
which stop not, day or night, are the
heron, wtetail. yellow hammer, plover,
st rk. crane, wild poise, swan. It Is
very remarkable, that individuals of
those species which travel day ail
11 glit, and w.iioii, by some cause, sue
pi. vented f.otu migrating, remain dur
1 all the tune of the migration of
tl.eir species, awake, anl only occupy
themselves with taking fool. These
birds like particularly to travel in
bright moonlight.
Many birds obtain their food on thi
whig. ' The s wall o .s. traversing the
sea, catch insects. :.nd u-hing birds
citchlish, whilst they continue their
jo-uney. If the titmouse, wren, woo 1
pecker aud p:e rest for some lime on
the branches of tre-s, they mi resume
their llight, alter having fed. Those
birds which habitually alight ou spots
where they hud nourishment in abun
dance, never remain longer than two
d iys in sue ession, if nothing opposes
the continuance of their il'ght. It is a
curious fact that at these times many
birds utter cries such that they are never
heard to make at any other time. Un
ies. obliged by fog to keep near the
ground birds generally fly very high
during their migration.
Of all migrati.ig birds the cranes are
perhaps the most remarkable. They
se-m to be most endowed with fore
sight. They call each other by certa n
ci les several days before they depart,
assemble and m ike a creat noise, as if
consulting; aflT which they range
themselves In two lines forming an
angle, at the vertex of which is the
leader, w ho appears to exercise author
ity and give orders, for instance, to
form a circle in a tempest, or to be
w tichful if eaglei approach, et; he
always gives the sigu to descend and
take foo 1. If he is tire I. he places him
self at the end of the Hue, and the next
bird behind him takes his pla-e. They
utter, dur.iig the night, more piercing
cries thau during tin day, and it seems
as if orders an I au -wers were given.
Wild geese aud ducks travel In a simi
lar way. To enable birds to fly with
ease, and to continue long on the wing,
they must OV against the wind, in
which respect flying ;s directly opposite
to Ki'lintj.
Garrick collar now carries the day,
and Is woru both by grown people and
children.
ijBiSijjii S2IsIJ3 a tiiitiii tnwwu
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.
Preserving Garments from Moths
To any one who has gone through
the anuual struggle with moths of va
rious kinds, the prospect of a dwelling
place where they are not certainly
presents many attractions. Eternal
vigilance is necessary to prevent the de
posit of the eggs from which the grub
or worm is hatched which does the mis
chief, and only prevention is of use,
unle-ss the most extreme measures
are resorted to. Most of the moth pre
ventives, moth destroyers, and even
codar closets are worse than worthless
after the eggs are deposited, lulling the
sji 1 of the housewife into fancied se
curity, reserving for some future day
the shock of finding all of her best furs
and flannels destroyed. For the little
grub is an epicure, and seeks the ma t
toothsome morsels wherewith to sat
isfy his appetite, t' e best grades of fur
will be attacked, when common or low
grades will be passed by aud left un
harmed. In an emergency, however,
everything in the fur Hue, aud all wool
ens, however, undesirable, are lueat for
this insatiate pest.
There are several varieties of moths
which are destroyers of wearing ap
parel. Those best known in this coun
try are the ordinary small sllvei-winged
insect, the parent of the tiny, sm mii h
brown grub which is the depreJat i;
aud the buffalo moth, a larger, more
hardy and most voracious creature,
wedge shaped, black and woolly.
which not only devours furJ, flannels
and carpets, but feathers, and some
times silk and-wool goods as well. It
has lieen taid that they eat the latter
for the sake of the wool; but, however
that may be, the a lk is eaten through
and the garaieuts are rendered worth
less. But it is all-woo. goods aud la
furs that this creature revels; and some
Idea of iu destroying capacity may be
gathered from the fact that withm four
weeks time a cream-w hiledoulde sh-iwd
of tine Chuddah was eaten into abso
lute woi thlessness. pjrtious as large as
the palm of the hand being taken out
as cleanly as though cut with scissors.
Moths prefer poods without dye, aud
consequently attack white articles tirst;
but dyes do not. as a rule, interfere
seriously with their appetites.
It is generally supposed that moths
iiegiii their work at the coming of
warm weather; and through comideiice
iu this theoiv many a garment is ne-
c looted unill the eggs are UeMsiied mit-s
told, when it is carefully packed away,
mil the moths are left undisturbed to
devour it. 1 11 large houses and steam
heated buildings, the moth, after years
of what may answer to the acclimat
ing process, seems to loose its count of
the seasons, and Hies at all times of the
year. A numkr ol moth-flies were
seen in Decemlier, January and Feb
ruary just pa-t. aud more or less injury
was doi e to garmeuls during the mild
Jays of those mouths. Mollis will
wuik in caipeLs the year round if the
tl -rs are warm, aud the utmost Cire
should be taheu that valuable articles
are not left in clothes-pr- sses or cup
boards which are adjacent to heated
chimneys. Ths warmth hatches out
the worm, which nlmost lmmedia'dy
begin to feed and soon spin for them
selves a sort of cocoon of silvery
threads, in which they pass a short
chrysats stage, emerging as flies, or
luill-rs to lay a quantity of egirs which
iu turn pro luce more worms to begin
their work ot destruction.
While it is s difficult to dislodge the
moth once the ejgs has been laid, it is
much less so to Keep it away. There
are many o lors tltat aie offensive to it.
md which will, under ordinary cir
cumstances, keep it at a distance. It
is not, however, safe to trust to these ,
.iltogelher; altii mgli. used In conuec-
tiou with other preventives, they aie
no doubt of some value. IT before the
moth eggs are laid f uis aud woolens be
thoroughly beaten w ith a light rattan or
cane, and put away in any close recep
tacle, there is every reason to lelhve
that they wili ciih out unharmed
when cold weather sets in. That cam
phor, tar-paier, cedar, or any other
strongly scented article will, if used
alone, keep moths away from woolen
garments, there is good reason to
doubt. One practical housckeeier de
clares that s e has had garments ut
teily destroyed iu a chest where she
h id placed a ourplus stock of several
u iu:ids of camphor gum. The cover
did not tit the chest closely: but, fol
lowing tradition, she took it for
gi .mie l that csmphor would keep them
out, and so gave the matter no further
thought. Owners of ce lar chests aud
closets have l-een equally unfortunate;
aud too trusting householde s have
purchased their experience iu a some
what expensive way.
To put up furs in the simplest anl
m 1st practical way it Is only ii-re.saty
to beat them thoioughly to dislodge
any concealed moth worms, aud ex
amine th-ui carefully for deposits of
eggs. Then wiap them up 111 tissue pajier
alter ward in newspaper, and then t e
the various parcels up iu a I ag ma le of
thick muslin or linen. A lady w ho
uses in her family only the finest and
most expensive of tuts anl flannels
says that after trying all sorts of ex
periments, having her garments almost
ruined lu sU ra e and paying half their
valne each year for repairs, sometimes
lielug obliged to reolace them outright,
she was given a few simple directions,
which she has ever since followed to
the jierfect preservation of her valua
bles and her own peace of mind. She
has bags made tor her finest furs, and
in these they are always placed when
not In use. The bags are consideiably
longer than the article they iuclo-e,
and are pointed at the top. When
Glleil the top or the baz is tied In a
simple knot, and by this kn.t is hung
to a hook in the ciothes-pres?. If the
garment Is a cape or cloak there is a
pi ce of very strong tape stretched
from the point of the bag downward,
and a loop at its lower en J, just in posi
tion to hold the hook of the hanger
which supports the shoulders and keeps
the garments Iu fchape. This tape
strengthens the point, as it ties in with
the kn t and prevents tearing. T. e
bags are made of heavy cotton and
starched. It is impossible for the moth
fly to lay eggs through such a covering,
and no doubt the garments would be
pc-ifectly safe if left in this way the
year round. Not risking this, bow
ever, they are wrapped in tissue paper,
then in newspaper, aud each garment
put into a paper bag tightly tied up at
the top. Several bags are then put into
one of the large cloth bags, wh.ch are
hung in a light room with plenty of
air.
Tf.e ralnrall for Washington, D. C,
during December was only thlrty-nme
1 nunareouis 01 au iucu. r or me enuie
eastern section of tlie United States the
fall was from 30 to 90 per cent, below
the normal.
My Fiddle.
JAMES WUITCOXB RILET.
My flildle? Well, I klDd o' keep bcr bandy,
don't you know;
Though I arn't wo much Inclined to tromp the
strlnpt and twitch the bow
As I waa before tbe limbers ol my elbows got
so dry.
And my fingers was more limber like and cap-
rtflh and wprv.
Tet 1 can plunk and plank and Jillnk
And tune her up and ptay.
And )ust lean baek and laui:h and wink
At every rainy day.
My p'ayln's only mlddlln' tunes I picked up
hen a bov
The kind o' soit o' GU!Iin' the folks call cor-
Uiiniv:
''I'lieotd iat cat" an t "Kyestr.-.w" anj "My
ullor'a on fit:- -.l
Is the cotttillions Ilia! I san when the ch'ice is
left to me.
And so 1 plunk and plonk and pliuk.
And roHiun up mv Uov,
And plav the tunes that made you think
Tbe devil's iu jour loe.
That's bow tlm d'-ar old Dddle's won my heart's
enilurin' lovel
From the stiings acioss the mlldte to the
TtsTh:n" up almve
From her aiern. over bridge aud to the ribbon
round' the throat,
she's a wuom'.cooiu' pigeon, sinyin' Love me"
evei y md-!
And so I pat her neck and pllnk
Her 'trtnits 10i hiviu' hands.
And lU'nin close I soun-times thin?
blie kind o' uuderslands
D01.0UKS.
it was late in the month of May; the
evsuing sou hud gone down bthind a
pile of cr 1 111 -0.1 and purple aud gold;
the air was balmy and clear, and it
seemed as though nature had done her
best to sh iw approval of Judge Hart
well's baV.
Aud to this ball Maudy True was
going! It would be a great event iu
Mandy s life, a id she had purchased a
white dress for the occasion. Tiuey
Miller, who lived on the next farm,
and who, according to the young peo
ple, 'had been around,' and according
lo the goic' dd church goers, was a
'terrible gad-about,' had told Maudy
td:e uu.sl l.ot think of appearing before
Maytic'd society iu any but a white
dress, which was then 'all the fashion.
It was such an event to be asked at
all to Jude Hartwell's. that the occa
sion w;ti ranted an extra f truggle ou the
part of Maudy, and w hile she wondered
liow the dies; would be forthcoming,
never once d;d il euler her mind to dis-olx-y
TliieyV advice, for Tiuey 'knew
the styles,' and was authority. Accord
ingly, by much coaxing and many
promises, Farmer True had yielded,
an i the dress was bought and made.
No one had ever called Maudy True
a pretty girl, though her large, dreauiy
lookoig brown eyes might have war
ranted as much. However, all agreed
that t-he had the kindest heart and
most gentle disposition of any girl
around Maylieid. And it was not woti
Ceied at that Nat Barker, on his return
from college, had foun 1 that hhe pos
ts) s el part cul.ir attractions for him. It
was two years since his return, au
iandy had reached the age of eighteen.
V. .1 1... I. 1....... 1....
J'urillg Llli-se eU3 11c 0 i urea iit:i j
devottu ndiniier. It seemed understood I
by all that they would some d.iy I
Uiarr'ed.
la Mandy's mind the thought was
fiiaily settle I, while Nat llieved it as
in-vh as lie lielieved anything that he
was party t, feeling always tint it was
his particular privllegj to withdraw
from any contract, ir said contract I c
cauie liksome to him. Hut as to s
opinion of Ids was never expressed, he
was held in much esteem in Matield,
there being but 01.0 rson in town
who cou'.d not be brought to look favor
ably urou Nat Ilarkei, aud that was
young Dr. Midler, v . 1 had recent y
come from Lakevillr, aud who h id
bti-u beaid more than ouce deuouuj
Nat as 1 mo-t conceited popinjay.
The liiirht of the ball Mandy's he; it
1 eat. rapidly as he stood waiting for
her brother, who was the last to le
ready. She was a'l unconscious that
her dark skin w nied never so d srk,
aud her hands re.l and rough from lai m
work, looked all the more so iu conira-t
to the deal white ot the dress. &i:e
was thinking how the strangers from
Iikeville, who were Mrs. Hartwe.l's
guest, would admire her liaudsom
lover, aud magnanimously decided I e
should dance most of the evening wit',
them. Itwoull be sutlic:eu: iiie.i-.ii
for her to see tlie pleased look iu i.;
ejts as he jtreetd h-;r. Perhaps, she
thought, he might even whisi er a coui
pl nieut to her new dress, that clouo .1
r"fil-s and pniTs, and her mind
fi'led with such thoughts until lir y
leaclied the gate leading into the ave
nue. What af iiryphre it seemedl The
bright, highly -col ltd J.lpaues,' lan
terns that lined li e avenue liiadj au
arch over tin nate, and swung Irom all
the trees nu the lawn; the word 'we -come'
in colored lights seemed a beauli
fnl mystery to i'audy.
When she entered the drawing-r io 11
blazing with ughls ami heavy with the
perfume of flowers, she heard as iu a
Cream the pleasant greeiings of Mrs.
Il.utwell. The ba'l was just being
opened by the old-lash one 1 Virginia
reel. Never before had Maudy seen
men in eveirng slri-ss; as lor the young
girls, such visions of beauty, giace, and
stilendor of costume, sent a chid lo her
heiiit. The dre.-s which half an hour
before had been Ier pride, seeui' d
woisethan plain. The st ff fnl.s, the
uncompromising bulgy pulls, were en
tirely unlike tlie llie.y looking robes of
the dancers. Maudy was longing to
be at home when her heart wios
nd thoughts of Nat. Glauciim
along tlie line of dancers, her face
beamed wiih pleasureas her eyes lighted
I'piu him. Handsomest of all he
see ned to her, even amotig so many
good-looking strangers.
Nat, observing her intent Iook, 1-e-came
first annoyed, then let his irriga
tion turn into i-uger, w hile she thoug .1
only that the dame would lead him on
directly in front of her, and she wait d
for his welcoming smile.
The lady near her had gone forward.
Nat came up, let his glance rest on
Mandy a second, then looked away
without ai indication of having se:-::
her. The warm blood rushed over h 1
face just as the ph-asant voice of I c
tor Muller asked for the waltz, w hi. h
was to termina'e the reek Grateful
for the opportunity of covering her con
fusion, she pla ed her hand upon his
arm. As they whirled past a group s'.e
heard a light laugh, and a merry voice
exclaim:
What! not waltz, Mr. Barker? Then
come we shall teach you.'
The evening was half spent, and Na'
Barker bad not once approached Maud v
to ask for a dance. Meeting iu a
quadrille, he had spoken a few com
monplace words to her. but that w as
nil. She had left the heated room, a. a I
finding an obscure corner on the ve
anda, sat down, leaning her throbbing
jral upon her hands. She heard some
,-rson come out quite mar her, but
iould not escape from her corner wi.h
ut showing her tear-stained face.
'Barker, haven't you a sweetheart
oowtwjuei"
among these pretty girls? some one
asked.
'No, indeed,' Nat rejoined, 'I'm not
lucky that way.
'Pshaw, Barker, don't go back on'
your Firl, cried another. 'Miss Miller
told me all about it. Quite a bad case,
but she rays you must be at outs this
evening. That's nothing, old fellow;love
never runs smooth, you know. It will
be all right to-mor.ow, so I'll just give
you my congratulations now.
Sorry I can't accept and thank you,'
replied Xat, coldly, 'but you are a lit
tle premature, you see.
'Then this rumor about you and Miss
True is nothing more than this?' asked
a tall, fair man, blowing the smoke of
his cigar away in thin clouds.
'That's it,' answered Nat, "a mere
breath, and nothing more. People
have to talk, you know. Miss True is
quite a friend of mine, but that is all.
She's a good natared little thing, but a
simple country girl, not one that I
should select for a wife.'
'The words wh ch I have overheard,'
said Doctor Muller, stepping out ou
the veranda, 'warrant niy Interruption.
I am rejoiced to learn that Mr. Barker
aud Miss Tiue are not engaged. 1 hail
thought they were up to this moment.
And now, as you are all gentlemen, I
believe, may 1 ask you to drop the
lady's name from your conversation'
Any lady of my acquaintance, aud par
ticularly the one named, shall not be
mentioned before me 111 a light maimer.
Her defence 19 just as strong as my
right arm. I hot I am sufficiently
clear.'
'Bravol' said the tall man. taking
the doctor's hand. 'Why, Muller, 1
believe you changed yourprofessio.i and
have tutued par.-on since you lift us;
better come back.' And the speaker
tossed his cigar away just as a voice
called to them from the window, and
Mandy heard them re-enter the room.
Poor Mandy I Hie wondered if slit- was
the same gill who had I ecu so happy
hearted jut a few hours before. There
had never beeu any one to her like Nat
Barker. She had loved him completely,
immolating self on the altar of her
worship. Had a star fallen at her feet,
and been shatte.ed iuto brilliant sparks,
she would have beeu surprised; but the
fall of a star was as nothing to the fall
of her idol from its sublime height of
worshipful love.
It might have beeu an hour that she
sat there, striken dumb witli humiliat
ing pain, when a voice close by said
'Mandy, and recognizing Nat's voice,
she sprang to her feet, confronting him,
while the moonlight fell aero s her
white face.
'Why, Maudy, what in the world is
the matter?' exclaimed Nat. 'At' you
ill? You surely are not angry with me
for not asking you to dance earlier 111
the evening? ou know I had to show
attention to the sti augers tirst; but I
would rather be talking to you than to
any one else in the world, and 1 have
lieen thinking of you-you alone, all
the time.'
Mandy essayed to speak, but no sound
came from her 1 ale lips till Nat said
cheerfully, 'Come in, and we will have
this dauce,' when, pointing to the open
window, she Miid in a tone lie had never
heard the gemle Mandy use, "Go in,
Mr. Barker, and da .ce; but never
come near me again,' and she passe 1
by him aud disappe ired iu the hall.
Alter tlie ball, as Nat Barker walked
homeward, he thouuht rather with re
lief of the imputative dismissal of
Mandy, for somehow, when he saw her
white, tear-et lace, he had felt a great
longing to take that sad face between
his hands and comfort her. She was
good and true, but then soliliquized he:
There are plenty of g od girls iu the
world, and every good one can't expect
a fellow to marry her just because sue
is good. Now a brilliant girl like Miss
Fairly pshaw! there aie not many bki?
Iter in the world, and Man ly ought not
to want to ptan 1 in my way. Ol course
-he loves me, but she will get over that
soon and marry some farmer aud be
happy.'
The mouth of roses had passed, and
July was uearing its close. Never in
the annals of Maylieid had that staid
little towu been kept at suchafevei
heal of gayety, and Nat Barker was . t
ihe head of ail the social gatherings,
lie had always been a favorite 111 town,
011 account of h's manner ot tiynig lo
pie ise all; few ever foun I out his litile
com cits nil I h s h i 'it or us.ng every
one fur his own p.eisaie. To think
well ot himself was eh .ractertstic. J I is
'ather befo-e him had t lought well of
himself, and as far hack as could he
reineiulieied, the llarkeis had all held
the highest kin 1 of an opinion ot' the
Barkers. Kveu good old church-goers,
w ho had gro.mel for jens over the sin
of dancing, began toluiuk more len
iently of it under Nat's genial persua
sions. Moonlight fet-s, iaAii parties and
picnic's, all followed each other 111
quick succession; b it at none of these
w.is Maudy True to be seen. Nat w.is
glad of her abs.-nce, for he did some
t uies recall her lace, with the while,
p lined lojk, anl it made him uucjui
fort ible.
Maudy had fought the battle of grief
a'oue, and as she supposed uiiobsei Veil,
tut thy keen e es of JJoctor Muli.-r had
noted every change in her face an 1
tone. Fanner True being coi.tlued to
b-d with rheumatism, the young phy
sician visited him quite often aud had
much occasion to observe, and o'.t-u
ioii4 d to say a couif-utiug wotd to the
qu.et, womanly aiil, who was feeling
tiie bitterness of being 'not to the man
lier born.'
One evening, as the young man
walked over to the farm, he fo in I
Mandy on the porch, her dark lace
leaning against the trumpet-vine that
crept over the trell s. In her hand was
a ureat bunch of the rich re.t b ossjius,
which she held up as she spoke:
'Doctor Muller, could this vine lie
cultivated until the flower could look
more delicate, more oh, you know
what I mean! These are pretty, but
they are bold and glaring, not like the
iiii i-vsuckle and such vine-.'
'Would yoa like to change these
flowers, Miss Mandy?' he asked, taking
up a bunch. 'I think them btauliful
as nature male them.'
I would like them to smell swee','
she said, 'but I suppose flowers ate like
leople, and you can't make the common
ones look fine, no matter how hard you
try.'
People, Miss Mandy, are generally
as thay m-ake themselves. The mater a I
is g.vi-n into their hands, and they can
grow in more ways than one to resem
ble the flowers they love as well as the
'eople they admire.'
'Can they, really, Doctor Muller?
he asked, eagerly. 'Could I ever !.
iike like the ladies 1 saw at Julge
Ilaitwell's?'
He saw the trembling brown fingers
crush the scarlet blossoms, saw the
pupils of her eyes dilate, and knew that
she was terribly iu earnest.
'.I'llfi!",!!'1 umin
'You are every Inch as womanly as j
any of them. Miss Mandy,' he replied. I
She looked up at him in a troubled, j
disappointed way, xs she said: I
'I thought perhaps you would help j
me. Y"ou know how I mean. I am I
not like them.' i
'What can I do for yoi:? he quickly
asked. 'Just command me; it will I e
a great pleasure to me ti be of any ser
vice to you.'
'I want you to peasuade father to
send me away to school. He can well
afford it, and I am not so oil that 1
canrot learn, and I want very much to
go.'
'Would your father listen to me if he
refuses you?"
'Yes, yes!' she nns Aetvd in her nerv
ous eagerness. 'Ha w ill bu sure to let
me have my way if you tell him I had
better go for the change and my health.'
She laughed a liltlo scornfully over
tho words, but her face was iletermiir d.
'Befoie I speak to vour father. Miss
Mandy, let mo plead for myself. I love
you yes, better than I cn ever tell
you in words and my sweetest hopes
have lieen to win you for my wile.
Shall I now ask to Iiavo you sent f.-om
me?'
She sprang to her feet, the scarlet
blossoms tumbling in a he.ip to tha
ground.
You love me! Doctor Muller? You
would marry me? No, you are not in
earnest.'
He took her brown hands In his as he
whispers: 1 softly:
'Mandy, look at me and t?ll m j if
you doubt inc.'
She ra sed her great fearless eyes to
his; the li d crept over her face, her
eyelids quiwred anl the'i droojied, a.
si.e said f..ntly:
I do believe you but I it's very
strange.'
'Yes, Mainly, ln.-w and strange to
you, but not to me. You do not caie
lor me now. let lei me have the oppor
tunity of proving how sincerely I love
yo.i, and if possible, of winning your
lov 111 re' 11 ni."
It v.(.-i d Hi mil to m.ike Parmer
True see tir. 1.1 it'er in tue light M m ly
di I, but at li.st his Ciui-cnt was same I
thai she, might Ijj sent away to scnool.
It was the evening previous to her
g (ing olT, and Mandy had walked out
to the big gate to take her good-by look
at the lamiliar scene. The stubble
lh Ids had lost theli- harsh 1 iok in the
mellow twilight; the tall corn-stalks
iciitly nodded their tasselle.l heads,
while fiom afar could be. heard the
mourulul call of the whippoor will, and
on tiie summer air tloaltd the fragrance
of newly-cut hay. Some sheep close by
were startled by the sound of galloping
horses, aud ran hither and thither,
their bells making dlscoidaiit music, as
Nat liaiker aud Mss Fa rly d.ishe 1 by.
Man ly saw his face hush as he lifted
his li it to her, and a i:.aip pain shot
thrnigh her heart, but not for love
No, love was dead; but she could not
forget that she had loved. A Soft
smilo of Welcome wreathed her lips as
sue saw a horseman rapidly approach
ing, and she half ur.irmured:
"I'll do my best lor his sake.'
It caused the usual nine days won
der when it was known that M.iudy
Truo had gone away. Some Hai I it
must le to her Aunt B-tsey's in Kan
sas, others felt sure it must be to her
Uncle Jonathan's la California; but
after a whi'c they ce.i-c 1 to speculate
on her possible w h -ieabouts.
Four times had Farmer True sown
and leaped his gram; lour times had
autumn brought its losses and gains to
the tillers of tlie soil; and at last Miy
iieid go-s ps hid something to talk
about again. Judge Hartwell had is
sue 1 Invitations lo a 1 haiiksglvlng
ball, and it was riiinotcl that M1S1
Palily was coming from Iikevilie, yet
that luct concerned tli- eojile but little
'11 c -niij.arison to th - news that Mandy
True was coining home. After four
years, she v as coming again to May
Held, f-ome suggested that It was loo
' a l she was c immg just when her rival
would b't there, au I many hinted that
the wed iing of Nat Barker and Mi -Fairly
inu-t c rtauily be soon.
When the in uning of thanksgiving
d.iwii'.l. an expect antcrowd stood u.i iii
the little pl.itfoim awaiting the coming
nam. F-rui-r Tr.io. was lucre, liikiug
to Judge U ulWeil, w ho stoo l In-tr h.s
restless ln;.s. The engine's wmsil
'".as he 11. 1, the tram IU lied round III
cu:vo lo tlie station, piidiit t :.n . blow
ing lilio a great m ijst -r. Tw t c.osely
V":le I la 11 s ice npauie 1 by two gen
tle. ie n, one i f w.ioni they recognized as
ll :c or Muller, s ipp ' l oil. j. 1st os l ie
;ug re-'.-i.i.-ler. 11:1m '1 11 ui 01 gie-i-ing.s
and p.iit.ngs, h .-s.iel t'-o Ctowd
back. When t ie train pull- d aAay
Judge ll.ulweli's c.i 1 i ige was rapidly
disappearing, an 1 Farmer True and
the judge were seen 111 tho loiinai's
buggy togelher.
"1 didn't lie.i. v Manly Truo wis
coining when tuej sai l she was,' re
turn ked one disapp liuted woman iu the
crowd.
'How did the old mill take the dis
appoi duietit?' a-ke-l atio'.hti', as ihr;
ciow l slowly llioe 1 o!T.
Thai nigiit Judge II ir. .veil's pi tee
was bri liantly liiite I, ai d gu-s s
poured 111. To many i'. recil-d the had
of Tour yea s ago. T..- long .irawmg
roouis 'A ere cow led, and Mis. liar:-
w 11 stoo 1 alotie,
and smiling as ew
Nat Barker.
The lioiary door
Ilaitweil slej ped
leading ou o;.e arm
lec.-.vln
Mo 1 .
; Allan, o
1. ill lso:. li
opened, an 1 J 11 lg
sin iin f 11 w iid.
M'-s Fair! ., wh !:
on the oilier arm leaned a g.il ar.;v,
radiantly beautilul, eclipsing the lair
loveliness of her companion as a sun's
ray would dim the light of a star. Il-r
ruby velvet gown fell round her iiko the.
draping of a pictur-.
Nat Barker s-pp-d for war 1, pile to
his lips. Miss Paiiiy motioned him to
silence, while Judge Ila. t.ve 1 b-'g.iu:
My friends, 1 have a mo-t pleasant
surprise for you to-night, anl on:
whuh I think weil lilting a Thanksgiv
ing celebration. Most of you hav
heard o.' tiie young writ -r who has won
such fame abroad, aud who was known
by the nom tie ilum of Dolores. My
young friend. Miss Fair'y, met her
over there, and they h ive s; en' two
years together. Four weeks ago, iu a
little Swiss inn high up ou the A1h,
occurred a double wedding, and it is
my pleasure to tell y u that you may
wish long life and li ippiness to Mrs.
fcdith Fairly Adam;, while our old
friend. Dr. Muller, 13 to be congratu
lated '
There was a sudden m ivvment among
the guests, a wiudow slid up, aud a
man's fortu disappeared ..s tho Judge
continued:
Doctor Muller is to be congratulated
on having won the beautiful geniu3,
Dolores; but we all love her better '
he reached out. an I grasjied the htnl of
Farmer Tiue as be went on, we live
her better by her od name Amanda
True.'
Wine makes many a white.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A new contrivance has been ap
pl:ed to watches, called an "appoint
ment rem uder." A small dial is set
into the watch's face upon which one
can set ttie bauds at any hour required.
An At.soi.i:!. Conn., druggist has
an electric bell in a cabinet containing
poisons. When the door is opened the,
bell rings, r. minding the compounder
that he is handling poisons.
It is es 1 mated that it will require
the labor of 2,0 m men fifty-four years
to extract all coal from the territory
b.tween Reynold -ville and Sykesville,
in the Punxsutawaey region, Peunsyl
vnn'a. .Near sigh e Iness is overrunning
the French pe iIe as much as tiie Ger
mans Among the senior b ys in the
oiiTeient Fi.-ni' i oi eges more than
foity per cent, a e tiea -sighted.
Statist is s au 1 can fnl tst.uutes of
the in"i a-e of i o;i.il itiou iu the Uni
ttd Mates sii.ee ls-u indicate that there
w ill be a total ol ti7,u0 i.u 0 people at
the time of the 11 xt cen.s.is, July 1.
lS'Jo.
The earliest known will has lieen
discovered by Fl inlets l'.-trie at Ka
hun, or, as the town was k own 4.6U0
years ago, lllahun. The d n'uun nt Is
so curiously modern In form that It
might almost le granted piohate to
day. It is s t 'ted that a singular fact
connected with the cultivation of the
banana is that it ms-iI. mill in one
sm di spot on the earth the Andaman
Islands, '".veiywlu re els it must be
rai-c 1 from su- kcrs.
Au etitiiely n w rose, called tin
"rainbow ros ." was exhibited at a re
Cent tiowersl.o.v m S.i u Fraii 'isco and
reee.ve.l :':r-t pr.e. It .s small, of a
delicate shade ot io.s--pii,k. v. ith darker
bars rum. In-: lengthwise id' tno p.-tals.
The i'.il.ee rue s of L nlon forbl I
a i( l!i:ei to . rn-st a lrui.k. n person
unle s the latter Is trying to do some
one an mjuiy, and it is not nn uncom
mon thing lor : n olii.-er to have six or
eigh: "'. h unks'' n-le p at intervals
along his ln-.it. Tt.e may all sing,
whistle or shout, but he cannot arrest
them.
Kansas claims to have the finest
colh cioii 0" 'n iu A merican birds ou
exhibition In this country. In a room
at the M ite ip:t 1 I n.iuiug ..re 1,523
birds l.ati'lsemc'v mounted and placed
in glas siiow -ca-es. The collection is
due lo the labors of Co onel N. S.
'ioss.
- What Is
life" is gi i.u i
Chinch nt l".i
Pa. The pi,
i. now n as the "tree of
g in the United Brethren
in out li. I aueas er county,
t i- O Ihe sp ce wood va-
; llety. It has 1... v ntt.ii! ed the height
1 of three feet, ..: d s i"t fiom the earth
; through a kiic-t hole in tin- pulpit
'looi.
; The man w ho wa. Ion ibly ejected
j from a car m San Fr.im is.-o after ten
I deling in pay nn nt of his fare a five dol
lar gold piece, w Inch the conductor re
fill ed to a. ci pt, has jut recoM-ud a
big verdict against the cotupauy. The
J Supreme Court hel l that hve dollars
; was not an unreasonable amount for
the agents of a corporation to change.
j Henry Ward lleechi i 's statue,
' which is to lie piac.-d in Piospect Park,
BiooUyn, is now b ing ast in bronze.
'. It is to he oi colossal pioporiio is, nine
fe -thigh, and repi e-eni mg the gteat
pro. ici er in the soft fel' hat and Cajsi.
The cost w.h be about c.;."i tyi and the
whole w.iik will l c completed In about
eighteen months.
Huston l as a Wlapuk clasi of
alniut 100 nn mi l-is, who In seven les
sons and in sec!i u ' ka have obtained
a very la r i.iiowlcl,.; ol ihe new lan
guage, as a le t-lit exam 1 i at loll ptoved.
Hi:.-of the in -1'..b 1 1.1s iece.ve.1 a
ilipi-'ina ol piot ion fioiu M. K"ick-
hoils ot P.iiis. J) it'.-ti r ol the III lllt
tional Vol ;p k A'nh'iii...
A le.il e-lav i gen! 111 N"
Conn. , met with r 1 her an
1 1. 1 veil,
d iieci-
dent. lie w.is lean iig over
11 l.:s
ddell-
d an
the
spring-back h.iii
y .-oine one e .ier
npr glit s t i "g
ci-..l 1 s ;tt do 'V .1
in I-
ee. "
!.--.
h'
l.f.
mg nii'
1 1
.1.
en; i v
li a
ing h.s nit! ti
and the iron, 1
: 1
M
a K' r.t
in 1-
MM
finished
1 I ev t ;.ih.
O.d Te-'am.
Imp: e nabie
w men is 1. 1 ,.
will b.- f..,l..
"Toe Cieall
L- g.shiiii in, '
M :; 1 oi t:
.': '. rale the
:.t. on "Ihe
v S r 1 1 . ' 1 1 re. "
1 Ihe
f II.
pi-.ir in tl A; i.l mini! r,
o-d i v .1 hei s iab-i , on
:i St.. v,' "i he M isa.o
' 1 P alms," "Ti.u
.1
sla . :.l. . tc.
-Mil -a was aston
1. a w 0.1 i iu hear
s m. l.'imi'U habi-
i.-S ot M.- pl.ife.
A in s,...o jury !..
ished w hi e w iluin
a clock s . il.e. t bong
t it mil w.is w , t : in n
lie d.seoveie lil t 'h - 1.01-e
tioiu a bud know n a ti.e
I"
cl.
-.,-.l.-d
K-bird
and c.il,.-.l 1 y th m.i inl,li
paneio. Tue b rd gives a
hi cam
ote every
few uiniiiles v li lot 1 is nleiitic.il
with
th- sound of a sti iking c..:k.
Ausli all .11 p pers 1 port that the
long tabb.t pro .1 leie e now V.-.ng coii
stiucled betw-en II e New 1- nni. '.Vult-s
and .--011111 A 11 it 1 ah in 1 .01 1-t-; is raie
Inly pioj.,,,
Ing
mg
low
lid
ed 1
1
'".iplei loll.
1 :ia",.oit
.! il:.e of
ir.ies
d icoveiy
dlstli.'t. it
Iv luii'ilng
CallC-ls ..I e be
t he fell' n .
lel.ee wuu ci
lo; g. w !
of rah'.i.ls in i
is believed t hi
heir way n i
In n ! tig
Pre.it-! i-.k 11
li ti.e ;c,
1- . 11.. i
. .111: gi a
n
11 '
hw.ud.
I 1 1 it III 1 ee
hh.ns, a 1
cii.ldieli of
"V ..uUo'iary
soldier, nirt living in Coniieel.cut, a
New Haven conten.pora. y savs Unit
"it may b- re sonahly doubted if In
the w hole country 1 h-ie is :ui.i'b"r In
stance of three .;n v.ving ch Mien of a
soldier of the vv.ii ot iii'iepeudeiice. at d
(M-e"ia'ly of' ic! who vv.s ' 1 the s-r-vi.
e Indole the ! .'cola: at ion of July,
1770.-'
A baker at W-st Bi.mea, Michi
gan, leeeive 1 a surprise recen' iy when
be moved a large cake which he had
baked some t:m" before and left in the
show window. He foun ! tiie cake very
light, and upon exaiirnin'r it. discov
ered that a pair of eutt r. 1 : ing mice
I bad eateu ail but the "rust, and had
made their ho ne within i', a family of
j little ones squeaking a questionable
, welcome lo the baker as he rent their
bouse in twain.
The world is unjust in Us judgments,
soit is In its requitals. It sieedily.
effaces the memory of the greatest
I eerviee", nnd, when wa can n-jieat them
, uo ni ne, we :.re neglected and thrown
' aside.
j In Lawrence, Kan., a comparison 1 y
means of a photometer b-tweeti th.j
brightness of tiie f ml mooo and th it r.f
Ihe arc light' in use in that city,
. showe 1 that at au average distance of
I I feet trom tue I ght o. the lamp the
bri '. - t e ty-flve times that
0 IUj t '-.i Ui vila,
MVt-if'iiiWamiw
Xilntfcriri.
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