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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XIJ V
MIl'FUNTOWK. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE IS, IS90.
NO. 2G.
flrRMANT and England are begin
ning to snarl at ..ch other over the
bones to be picked in Africa, but the
general opinion is that Africa is not
worth a European war. In the mean
time the Dark. Continent Is being ben
efited by the desiieor Eurrpean na'.Ions
to strengthen their posticus there
without fightin. Tlie next decade
will probably find Africa as well opened
to colonies as America was in the days
of Braddotk, for civiliz:ng agencies
w ork uim b wore 'rapidly now than they
did in the early Jays of Ihis couutry.
A Vii,mii ro.N w.m. whose name
has been used in connection with the
Mutual Endowment Association of
Altoona and Philadelphia, writes to say
that he only pet united his name to be
used as President at one time "merely
in a nominal reuse." If he had a It sed
the public at the same time that Ins
name was u.-e l as President "merely
iu a uomiu.il sttise." it would have
leeii ouly fair to the community, but as
it would in that case have been of no
use to the Endowment Association, the
latter would not have envd to use tiis
name uu such terms. Th re is rather
t s much of this lending of iianw-s in
a liuuilual sense.'
(!i:fat musical festivu's are capable
of being m ule financially sti-'eessful in
this country. The recent Handel an I
llaydu festival iu Boston, with four
conceits by local performers, about p.iid
excuses. Cincinnati's fes.ival, widcli
include! seven coticert-s, was made ex
pensive by the taking to that ci'y of a
hundred itistiuuieiitahsts from New
York. I. ut the expenses only footed up
''., o while the receipts were $17.0 n,
leaving a good ruaig 11 of pi out. enough
at least to encourage Similar uudertak
l.igs. The chief essential to success Is a
very large hall in w':ieh concerts of the
highest class I'iiu l given with moder
ate charges for admission.
An" .M i lUi'NT lit Milwaukee illus
tiated the dangers attendant upon the
use of overhead wires in running elec
ti ic railways. High tens on currents
re used, and the w ires are necessarily
left b.re or uninsii!ate ', because con
iiw tiou has to be made Is-tweeii it and
the cars its they are run ul--i.g. A tt le
piioue wire falling upon the iro iery
wire in Milwaukee carri-d thw current
to tl.e telephone station, where it t!e
strovtsl iii.-s.vitt hb iard and prostrated
.several glls, but fortunately nooue was
klllel. Such an accident, alwavs to b
dreadeil where bare wiles are u-l with
IngU tens'ou currents, might be fatal iu
many cases, liesides starting tiles iu a
great many parts of the city at one
time. The system is to dangerous for
use, and ought to lie a! undone i for the
storage bit. tery system, even though
the latter should be a l.ttle more
costly.
Citain iJKiin ii. of the steamer
Norin.ihnla. is justly praised for his
presence of mind w hen cotifrouteil by
it huge iceberg. 'Iy his prouiptuess In
Issuing ordeis to l.ave the vessel swunf
round he es. as a direct collisi n, and
only hail a few plates iu the aftcrpart
of his ship stove In. It was a good
piece of se.iinat.-hi , Weil executed;
but, after ail. al.s-m-e of Uxly, as the
Irishman said, is U tter than prepuce
T mind. Captain Hebich would h iVe
beeu eut it led to more pial.se if he ha 1
not been driving his vessel at fourteen
knots au hour thn u;h a dense fog in a
part of the sea wheie icetiergs most do
congregate, 'there have Is-en tive or
ix narrow escapes of this kind w.thiu
it wuut'i. The next iceberg news may
be a tragedy.
S:,i.kiN does not injure some men.
Thos who are employed at Menlo
Park say that they haven-? ver seen Edi
son without a cigar iu Ins mouth. lie
vs one of the most inveterate of smok
er., and puds away uu oncernedly iu
bis Uloratorv. While engaged in ab
sorbing study over sonie invention, he
will sit for hours with a cigar as his
ouly companion. Tne weed often goes
out, and is as often relighted, and the
floor of his private workroom, or "den,"
as he calls it, reseniblis a kindlinx
wood factory after one of the long
sieges he periodically undergoes to work
out some new idea.
The fact that Edison can smoke a
great deal and still do business i3 not
a proo' that smoking does him no harm.
General Grant smoked a great deal for
years, but smoking shortened his life,
as it may shorten Edison's. St 11, after
all, nios' men would prefer to accomplish
something worth while while they are
alive, even though they re J on tobacco
to help them, than to live longer and
accomplish less.
Xr.w York Is to have a new hotel
and is wonderfully exercised at the
prospect. Mr. William Astor ij lo
build it. and it is to be as big and
handsome as Mr. Astor thinks it ought
to be at this stage of the nineteenth
century. What the Astor Idea of a
1 otel was lirty years ago was expressed
and still rema ns In evidence, aud it
will be possible to get a good notion of
the progress of bedding in America by
coutraatin thi old Astor House with
this pro-) live new one. The site of
the nt w building Is to be the corner ol
Fifth Avenue au 1 Thirty-third street.
The build ng is to be ten stories high,
fire-proof, and built around a couit
yard. It will have no bar, bu'. you wid
be able to get a drink iu the care. It is
intended for the very rich (SOO at a
time ) and one of the odd adjuncts it
will have will be a man to pre
sent e food for people who dou't want
l be tiouhle of ordering their dinners.
A great deal Is done these days to wake
life easy for the rich, with the result
oftentimes that they are bored for lack
of the simple occupations that lake up
o-id moments aud act as a tonic for
liver and mind.
iic Biuur i k tt.
Soma Facts About the Monster
Ca'led Old Seauola.
The tree referred t is one of a small
oeqi oi.t srjup known as the Tuolumne
grove, situated seven miles beyond
'Crocker's' aud seveuteen miles from
Yo ennte Yallev, says the ian Fran
rlsvo VUmnictt. This groip of trees is
about .1.300 feet above the sea level,
and contains between 5J and 75 Indi
viduals or the "big tree" type, some of
w hich are most noble -ieciweus of the
go .us. It u very strangely diversiUed
between sound aul jierfect specimens
aud otheis almost completely destroyed
by sorce long-paat aud tremendous for
est conflagration. Fortunately some of
the largest and oldest members of this
ramtly group were entirely overlooked
by the flames, and they remain, as far
as the is concernisl. jierfect trees. One,
the "Living (;tai.t," is especially
worthy of mention.
The tree is alut CIO feet high, of
, which at least 'Sl't feet of its massive
trunk is without a branch ami scarcely
with an excrescetce to mar Its sym
metrical beauty. It is at out 31 feet in
diameter, and is toe most completely
faultless specimen of the old and giant
s. qu .ia t!i t 1 have ever seem "Old
Seiu.:.i,' the biggest tree in the State,
lies about -J Ki yards d iwu a sloping hill
to tl.e southwest of this tree, the "Liv
ing ant. The Yosemile stage road
, here pisse diiectiy under the high up
' and ovei han'iig branches of the -'Liv-!
lug tiiaut. The local and distinguish
ing name of this stage turnpike, from
the others ending into the Yosemile, is
'he "Uig Oak Flat Koad," so named
from h iving its e..r y initial point at
Uig Chik Fiat, famous at Urst as a very
rich pla' er mining catup and forever
now as llret Ilarte's "Koaring Camp."
I The tre "DiJ Sequoia" is but a
blackened and chaired stump on two of
. its sides, and when within liMJ fct t of
iis roots one feels vexed withiti himself
for having bceu foolish etu uli to
tramp out of his way for such a uisap-
, i oiijtu.g result. Mill curiostity w ill
iuipel him to keep on unt.l he is wittun
a lew feet ot the remains of this once
greatest of all stspioia nioii.-ters. At the
distance of some 3 Het from its nsits
tne reuianiiug immensity f this tree
begins to Joree ii-eif upon the iierccp
tion or the U lioater, aud when one has
reached its very Kie aud partly circled
it, curios ty is changed to wonder, and
upon beholding tii burnt cavity w ithin
Us ro.it", wou'ler tJ awe.
The tiee is best approacliel from the
a-U Oi.e crosses a little brouk aud
iuiuied.a'.eiy st 'inls upon a that e red
and I artially burueil in.uss from the
gieat tree Itself. 'Hi s p e- e is s me 12
feet wide, 3 ' feet long and 7 feet th ck,
and is distant fr in tne remaining main
Ixxiy of the tree lully 3JJ feet, tire.it
fragments of charred wood still extend
into the uu 1 rgivwih bcli.nd us, uiou
the east shle of the brook, to the west
bank ot which we tmve lustcro-sid.
! Fragments which fell from ti e tree
uuriug me coiinat'raiion, oi imiut iiH!
sue, he p le 1 upoii each other in a so ld
n ass. exteiiltng fr.au the place up u
whi h we mjQ'I to almost the v ry Li e
of the remaining portion. Ot t iis re
maning part, direct'y iu front of u-, is
a living mass, aiieariiig f ro u our
standpoint Ike a lub broken !T at
about luKtway its height. This piece
is, uiea-Mirtiig from its rltiruM eages at
aUi'it inches ats.ve the gloun l, Ioit
feet iu diame'ei. The whole rein-in-ing
c rcuit of the tree is 121 feet. This
lartst re-nain n: p.ulion at which we
are fc.izmg is then 42 feet i'l diameter
and ah ut li- fe-t hulu lis bark is
as fresh and glistening in the sun as
tint of any of its uuinjuied aud living
Uc:ghbors.
Tit vitality of this reniami' g or
tlori of this tree Is attested by the pres
ence within some M feet of it shut
tered top of oi.e living branch of four
feet or more In diameter, b-aring a
thick mass of brilliantly vivid green
f jii.ige. No ot'.er branches living are
lelt upon it, and only two or three
charred remnants of branches have been
spared by the tire.
The tree stands upon the gently ris
ing slope of a hill, and wheu we ciiwb
up to get around its western face it is
to see but two blackened m isses of its
wood neatest to us. aud of some 7 feet
high. We look thr ugli them and tii
ward at this blackened wall of forty
one feet wide and 1 feet high, and
can scarcely credit our senses that the
other side of this wall is as freshly
alive as before this tree was touched by
tire.
Standing upon the west side of the
stump one looks down luto it deep, I -artially
blackened cavity, where the lire
burned down into the roots for proba
bly some twenty feet originally, but the
action of time and its successive win
ters has partly tiled the hole with nn
illuvial deposit, so that the depression
is at present about ten feet deep. L'pou
descending into this vault one seems to
be entombed in a vast and blackened
wooilen crater. It Is here that the Im
mensity of this vegetable runwmotu Is
the most fully appreciated, and it is
scarcely possible to believe that there
was ever one single tree of the enor
mous dimensions of this shattered atid
charred giant.
The history of the rise and fa'l of this
veri'able monarch of the sequoladoui
is us plainly written upon its rema in
aud iu surrouudincs as though it had
been commemorated upon au evtrla-t-ingtab.eU
Ot couise its age Is alto
gether conjectural. If reliance Can be
placed upon the consecutive yearly ring
theory, there must have been enough of
them about tl.e greatest girth of this
vegetable behemoth to have made :t
some 5,i 00 years old. To Judge by the
exc eeding symmetry of t: e best pre
served members remaining of this Tou
lumne grove. Old Sequoia mast havn
lecn a wonderfully beautiful tree, con
sidering its immense size. It also may
have been c!oe on to tive hun Ired feel
high.
I say may have been, because the
sequoia is very disappointing regarding
altitude, it b nig the rulefor the species
to grow to au average altitude of 2 U
feet, or some over in the larger speci
mens, without putting forth any Urge
branches, thus preserving a compara
tive eveuness of d.ameter and bulk for
that distance, then to suddenly put out
a multitude of large boughs, wtiicii
rapidly diminish the balance of the
shaft, which then t.iiers suddenly to a
' point reseiubhug nothing so much as a
freshly slutrpeued lead ei cil, exceptlug
for its branching.
r These causes might have made OU
. Sequoia but lit'le taller than bis ueigh
' bor, say 330 reel. The violence ot the
winter storms is al greatly liable to
' break uft the brittle aad attenuated
top", with their great weight of foliage,
i if they retch up much above the gene
, ral level of the surrounding forest.
Still the wood here is altogether so
dense, aud the entire grove occupies so
sheltered a position, that It is possible
luis tree uu. 1-ave enjoyed an alti
t ude cjmmensurale with its enormous
wulk.
It is evident. In fact positive, that
the fire which destroyed this aud seve
ral others of the largest, and conse
quently the oldest, members or th s
grove, must have been ot fearful lntei -si'.y,
as all of the remainder of the tree,
with the exception of the standing por
tion of 175 feet high, and two burnt
stubs of some 53 and 75 feet resect
ivelv iu height, was entirely consumed.
St 11 the entire circuit of the tree for
several feet above its roots is complete,
though badly charred on three sides,
and repeated measurements made it 121
reet in circuit.and consequently 1 think
the Old Sequoia in the Toulumne grove
stands to day the largest authenticated
tree in California, and if so it is un
doubtedly the largest tree on the .North
American continent.
Maggie's Fairy.
"Oh my! It's so hot I can't wash
these hateful dishes. 1 wish I had a
fairy to help me "
ltut growl as Maggie might the dishes
hal to be washed. though after a fashion
of her own, for the kettles were left to
soak and the dish cloth tucked out of
bight without washing.
"Thank you. daughter," Mrs. Hol
land said, as Mag 4 in came iu the sit
ting room. "I'm sure Ilrldget w ill be
thankful you let her go to bed with
that dreadful headache,"
'She might have taken a cooler day
to get out of her work. It's too hot to
breathe in that kitchen, or work any
place," was Maggie's answer.
Mrs. Hjll.ind was too busy working
on the white dress Ma gie wautid for a
party the next day to reply.
M.iggm threw her-e.f iuto the easiest
t chair in the cool parlor with the
thought, "I suppose baby will wake
soon and I will have to h t her with him
or ma i inn. i will leave my new dress. 1
wish there were fairies now."
"1 here are, and I'm with y.u most,
of tl e time," said a small, fretful Voice,
and Maggie was startled by seeing au
Uktly little sprite by her elbow.
"You don't lock Lke one," said Mag
gie in disgust.
" I "heie are two kiuds, and I'm the
only one you've called for yet. Watch
and fee how faithful I am."
"Wt.at are you dolng'r" asked Mag
gie in alarm, for she saw the fairy was
diaw iug tiny lines iu her forehead.
"Every time anyone calls me I leave
a tiny mark ou the face as a token I
have serve I tliem. Yours begins to
show nicely."
"You aie making me ugly," said
Maggie in alarm. The faiiy gave a
mocking laugh and ws gone.
I must have been dreaming," said
the little girl, glad to go where her
mother was sewing.
"Oh, mamma, what cheap-looking
embroidery," she begau iu disgust, but
s opied as she felt the touch of the ugly
fairy on the forehead.
.1 ust then i he door 111 rang.
"I don't look tit to no; li hi get ought
to be here," she couiplaiued. but seeing
the fairy she hurrieU to the door.
it was May Perkins just home from
the lakes, dressed in her new silk with
parasol to match.
Maggie's heart was full of envy while
' she talked, and she was thinking, "It's
a s h.iuie pipa's too poor to take us
aw a, and u.aium.i might get me a
lovely parasol." Just theu she realized
i tl.e fairy was at wo- k upoii her lace,
1 May came iu their new cartiage.
"i;ir me. maiiima, can't we ever gel
one.' was Alagie s leuiaik as me
il. lit dool closed.
'ji day, I hope. You look tire 1,
d.uulrei; take your bath and lie
dow n."
Maggie weii't off dcclaiing she was
routing alive. Something was the
ma-ter with the fai.cet and the witter
tun too slowly to suit Maggie, w hiie
later a il -jublesouie lly kept l.ei fiom
slee Ihg.
Wheu baby awoke she managed t
In... I. mi :fir 1.15.111 ' iiatteliee so uialiv
j tiuies the ugiy laiiy kept iu sight all
I the tune.
"I don't want any more fa'uies," she
sa il, as she sal ou the frou'- veranda
in lie eveuiug, tiled aud unhappy
enough.
'Vim might call my twin sister, t'on
t. nt," said the ugly fairy. "Your
words keep nie b::sy making your face
olil and ugly?"
"1 won't have you," cried Maggie.
"Where Is the g od fairy V
"Iet me stay with you and you will
always be happy," said a ch-etlul
voice, and there stood the happiest,
sweelcs' looking little fairy y.u ever
saw. Her face was a po lec. suu-
' beam.
"1 too, have a peucil. ith it I cau
rub out ugly marks and l.ave soft
touches that will make the plainest
face lovely,' sai I Content,
Oh, tell me how 1 can keep you,"
begued Magg e.
"By always making the best of every
thing." was the answer.
Bridget was still sick the ui-xt morn
ing, but with the help ot the gooJ fairy
Maggie soon had the dishes washed and
everything iu order.
Content whisiK-red to her. that !t did
j not make tieople any Cooler to be al-
was couiplaiuinu ot heat una uusi. ana
she a.u.-t reuieiuber how many oor
sick people iu the crowded city would
coiisi ler this sweet, Uowei-laden air
heaven itself. Also bow relty her
dress was if it was Inexpensive. Even
at the pai ty the fairy kept her fro n
envy over the line home of the hostess.
Of course it was some time b fore she
cuied herself of t' e habit of callii g up
the ugly fairy I .-ontei.t. yet every
day thg od fairy loved her. more aud
ii. ore. aud rubbed away the frowu lines
from her face.
Maggie heard her auut say to her
mother out day, "I thought Magg e
was making a homely girl, but Uu
I veiy her face Is growing."
" It is because she has learued to be
happy and contented." was the rep'y.
Which fairy do you want to stay with
you?
Sot Good Points for Womoit.
Tiie Hebrew Standard says:
'1 hat married women should not try
to I ok as youthful as their daughters.
That wise women should never retail
the gossip they bear ou their neigh
bor's door step.
That thrifty women should not con
tine their economy simply to marketing,
but slop the waste in the kitchen.
That sensible women should n-i
order uew finery without ascertaining
their husband's ability to pay for it.
That ch uitable women should some
times visit the homes pf the recipients
ot their bounty.
That prudent women should not lav
is'i their mouey on useless portieres and
bric-a-brac
That educated women should not lose
golden time reading trashy novels.
Sattcoy
BT li. CI. A UK.
( Ttfollotrin0 tieaittifulponn is accredit A to
the f.oit jn?trlon Erpres. It is to be conprjtu
fulrcf on haciita tn the tlrrt to pullish o per
fect a arm.-Kd. If. . tf'.J
What was th" sops bhd telllnr the world
w hen d iy Hitb is souuds of Joy.
Had -stM.rl mairlKd, with baunen furled.
From Ibe liills of Matlcoy?
!! sat hi t lie dark ina-noh tree
v Mle the mist came up from the twilight tea
A t :tt t iiiK Hi., evening tout: to nie.
And these ere the void. I heard
I ioiii tl.e tin. Kit ol the iiuH-kms bird:
l miii siiikuih the sou; my fathers sung
Wheu the ka was lieie aud the till la were
yuuait.
A nd ihe suit le:iied up toy reet the sun
W ht rf f he com now waves nud llie etiuiriels
lun.
And the wild sea mew and the grey gulls flew
'lose up lu tlie teel of the mountains brown,
vh-ii theea was here mud the hills were new,
hr- the fonetil bore their treasure down
lo hi m k the bay with the ferti a laul.
Mieie tie oraim Kioes m isold and wh te
Nuw lift their brads :n the soft, waiiu hi; lit.
And the fields are decked wllh the frulllul
ine.
And I lie lofty euralvptus Maiids
forever green ill the traveler's sight
Where the lose tree b.ossouis the whole year
round.
And the hues of heaven new birth have found
in Ihe lowers luut shine from the lowly
ground."
What was the soniM-!rd telling his mate.
In a niiule of 'inlet jov.
When the miduiiilit moon like the eye of
Fal.
laiokeil dow n on SathoT
tie sat by their nest iu Ihe eynress tree.
1 wo leairilt-s aay from the silver sea
And whittled low to his mate and me.
And these were tie words I heard
I- rom the he. ti t ol the mi-kiiij-binl :
"1 atu siui; ni; the souk our falheis aaug
In the Aztec c-mlials aio.
W l.en the air is rent with the battle's clang
Ai d the Northern arrows raaied a d rani;
t 'ti the shields ol ihe souihwar.i t1yut: foe
That loui-hl in vain, ihen sank and died
(rii ihe crimson plain aud the mountain s de.
And left no si-Mi but the tell-tale grounds
Where a race lies dead In a million mounds
"1 li.it dot th - lands of the cold Noi lb Lake
luthe clime wlieie the wind of tbe'liopic
shakes
i'er th. (crave of many a buried town
'1 h Il uit ol the palm aud 11; tree do ll."
Hut wl.at w as the sou1: bird sailing about.
In a ehoi us iu .tl with Joy,
W hen the "lay came m and the stais went out
'r the slopes of xatu oy?
He sat in the giceu acacia tree,
W here the '.and looked out on the gulden sea.
And sanv his sunrise song to me.
And th-se were the words 1 heard
t-'lom thesiiul of the tu-H-ktlig tdid:
-W'e are trilhu'r the notes ihe birds shall trill,
Wiieu men no loimer scfuie and kill.
W hen the N. rtu and skjutb aud the l ast and
West
Sh ill dtaw their life from aeoimron breast.
When the Nollheui brain aud the Northern
will.
And the southern heart and the Southern soul
Shalt together blend III a lierfeet whole
11 the Nobler Uace, whose blood shall roll
Koiever free from llie taint of ci ime.
In that shiuint; age, whose morn sublime
A-eais on tbedistant verge of 'I line,
W uose uiusle tloals on the early an
lake an answer to a world long prayer
That man shall bis "brol tier's L.e. .ei l-e.
1 hat the mark of am shall be eilaeed.
And Ihe lahd. like the open air be lief.
And llie white lose bloom Iu the desert
waste."
LI DA KOXXKK.
I.ida llotmer disliked him Ironi the
in inient wlu u lirst she heard of bun.
Il was in late September, iu that
1'lea-antcst. most peaceful hour alter
sunset,
-"When tbequiet-eoloredendof eVeuillif Slliilerl,
Mile on miles.
On the solitary pastures."
Miss liouner softly repeated the lines
to herset:, looking oil from thecramied
up little pi-rch ou whose unpaiuted st s
she sat. over the bioad sweep of the
rolling praii ie, to where the last wide
hand of liquid gohleu lllihl lay OU the
w western horizon, di-tiuct between
the darkening eaith aud sky.
The prairie was, in point of fact, not
altogether solitary. It was sparsely eo
pled with a farming community, that
duly suptxjrted one of those small,
white, rectangular school-houses which
so abounded in Kansas, and lit which
Kii! a had taught the winter belt ie.
In spite of the disapproval roused in
some tpaarters by what the best society
of the Walnut Grove District was
pleased to term her 'fine Kasleru alls,'
she had been engaged lo teach thele a
reeond year.
Mie's the suiaitest teacher we've
ever had. man or woman.' Mr. IJuin
aby had said. Aud, besides, we call
gel her five dollars a mouth less thau a
man, l-eiu' as she's a woman, and it's a
good rule to save wherever you cau,
aud one I've always dealt by.'
And :ts Mr. lSurnaby was the most
influential meiiil er of the school bar.l,
as well as the most well-to-do tanner
in the district, his fellow-trustees had
hastened to agree with him.
Mrs. Hiirnaby came out on the porch
this evening, while l.ida still sat watch
ing the lingering light, with a thought
ful little contraction of her s'raight,
blonde brows, and both hands idly
clasped on her kuee.
That they had not Is en Hie while
the light lasted, a pile of iieatly-niemletl
clothes, lying iu the wirk-baskel besi.Ie
her, mutely attested.
Oh, now, you shouldn't have done
that, honey 1' exjiostiilated Mrs. lSurn
aby, as her eyes fell on them. I meant
to finish 'em as soon as it was time to
Imhl the lamp. It's one of Mr. lturu
aby's ways not to have oil wasted while
davlight lasts, you know.'
I. id i knew that, and many other
'ways' of h'.s. Her Iresh, mutinous
red mouth took a contemptuous curve;
concealed by the friendly Oust, but she
said nothing, while Mis. ISuruaby weut
gratefully on:
'It was real good of you, LlJa, aud
I'm much obliged; but I'd have got
done by sitting up late to-ulght, and
you've enough else of y ur own work
to do.'
'And haven't you more than enough
else to do, I'd like to know.?' laughed
l.ida, looking up ever her shoulder at
Ihe other, as she sank wearily into the
nearest chair. 'Are you very tiled?'
Well, maybe a little,' Mrs. Uuruaby
was obliged to admit.
She had risen at four o'clock that
morning, to gel ready the butter aud
eggs that were sent to town twice a
week, aud had scarcely stopped working
since.
It does seem good to be qaiet a bit.
she weut ou, 'now the after- upper
work Is all done, and the cows milked,
and the milk strained and set away. I
wouldn't have minded anything much
tc-day, only I tired my back so with
yesterday's churning. That old churn
is powerful hard to work with.
'Why don't you have one of those
new patent ones?' suggested L.ida
"Your butter always brlngssuch a good
price that 1 should think you might
afford it,
Well, you see, I taa make it Just as
uic with the old churn, ouly mo:e
work, and Mr. Uuruaby says, s'e, that
a womau's time don't count fT much,
anyhow; and, then, he's bceu saving all
he can bo's to buy cioie laud this falL
He means tJ have the finest farm iu
the county 'fore he dies, he says, s'e.
And be always has taken the butter
money himself.'
'Yes,' chimed in her husband's
voice, 'and it's come right haudy. too,
for it counts up in a year. 'Frald there
won't be quite so much butter to sell
for awhile, though, for I'm going to
take au other boarder. You uiuai tiy
1 r-.-j fcioci
to manace closer, Mary; you've always
been inclined lo be wastef uL
Newspaper and pipe iu band, Mr.
Burnaby had come up unob-ei ved from
the gate, where he haJ been lounging
under the catalpas, and talking crops
and politics with a passing neighbor
since it grew too dark to read.
He was a gojd-looklng, burly man,
intelligent of lace aud pleasant of man
ner, and apparently very well satialled
with life and with himself. Like so
many of Ids type." he was quite a con
trast to his pale, plain, faded wife, who
looked years older than he, though she
was iu reality vounger, aud had l een
comely enough wl en he vowed at their
marriage to protect and diet ish her,
and with all his worldly go ds her to
endow.
Ou this occasions, as ou many o il
ers, he was in blissful iguorauce of Miss
Hounuer's thoughts. Indeed, she was
a prime favorite with him.
I like a girl that there's more to
than just looks!' lie was wout to re
mark; an' this one is as pretty as a
pink, besides.'
'The new boarder '11 be around to
morrow,' li3 went ou now, amiably. 'I
met him iu towu this morning, and wu
settled it alL He's a young fellow
liotu back in Pennsylvania Willard,
his name is. lie's a minin' engineer,
and they say he's invented something
that'll bung iu a heap of money. Anj
how, he's been overworking aud come
out here to rest and look up son e in
vestments he's got In coal lands. I
never took much stock in edicated men,
but this one seeuis right smart. He'll
pay well, and if he stays a month, as
he said he might, his toard'.l be quite
a lite, an I I must get me a uew sower
before I put in the winter wheat, lie's
stj lish-'ooking, too, and 1 leckon you'll
like him. Miss Lida.'
Xot II' emphatically, but silently,
declared that indignant young woman.
"1 detect the man already, comiug just
lo add to poor, dear Mrs. ISurnaby's
work aud wony. wii.luut eveu cousult
iug her, and to put more money iu your
pocket, you inconsiderate, selUsh,
greedy old brute!'
Uut Mrs. Burnaby herself seemed
ery far from indignant.
'It'll be pleasant to have a youi g
man about the house for a while,' she
ob-erved when her husband had gone
into the hou-e to finish reading the
nK(j PalUntium by the laiunlit'lit.
Seems like It'll be something as if Tom
was back here again, after alL'
l.ida looked wouderiugly up at her
hostess.
There was a tremor of subdued but
pleas jrable excitement in her meek
voice, actually a tint of co'.or in her
sallow clueks.
Mie weut on speaking, w hile she kept
unconsciously laying plaits and folds iu
her faded calico skirt with l.er nervtiun
bauds lliiti, hard-working hands, that
seemed unable ever to resign theui-
se ves to absolute rest.
My Tom he always wanted an edica
tion, but his pa says, s'e, that it wasn't
any use, an 1 he'd never pay out his
money fur sir h nonsense. Tom might
have made his mark, loo, if he could
have had a chance.
ut there tow,' with a sharp-drawn
breath as of repressed pain, 'I told you
the whole story long ago, and it's no
use olu over il aain. I couldn't ha'
told it even uce, if you didn't, some
how, stem more like a gill of my own
thau jusl a boarder.'
L.ida nestled her hand caressingly
i:.to llie older woman's without a woid.
Mie k ew how much her companion
ship aud her silent sympathy were to
her in her hard, lonely Ire, aud that
know ledge, arming her heart in her
own loneliness, had kept her under
M s. Ilui naby's roor.
She knew also, as had been sa:d, the
story of Tom, Mr. Uuinaby's only
child, a high-sp;i lied, ambitious boy, at
oi.ee too like and too unlike his father
to agree with huu. who had left home
Mime thiiteen years lefoie, a final act
of rebel. ion at which l.ida did not iu
the lea t wouder.
'They'd bad au awful quarrel that
day, Mrs. liuiiiaby had told her. 'aud
at last Tom sa:d, s'e, that he'd woiked
for everything he had since he was a
child, au' yet his pa was always taunt
ing him with tiein' dependent ou huu,
au' he'd see if he couldu't take care of
himself. An', whatever hapjierie.l, he
tleclared he'd never be beholdtu' to him
for another bite or sup. An' when his
pa salJ he'd lick such ideas ou of him,
he ji-st up an' told him he'd struck
him for the last time, an' he bent nud
kis-el -tie he was a full head taller'n
1 am, though be was only seventeen
au' said he'd see me again if he lived,
au' then he walhed riuht out of the
house iu Ins shut slee-e , tist as he'd
come from the hay-lield, while his pa
stood staring, fairly took aback by his
coolness. I've never seen hi in s uce.'
Aud she had dried some furtive tears
as the ended, and put away with a last
fond glance the old t.n-tyi she had
been showing l.ida, which represented
a red-haired, freckled, intelligent toy,
who was certain I v not haudsouie lo any
but a mother's partial ees, that could
also oveilook his extreme gauk.uess.
When Miss Bonner came in from
school the following afternoon, the
pleasant, cullivat-d tones of a strange
uiau's voice weie uiidible irom the sit-liug-room,
mingling aud coutra-liug
with Mr. Buiiiaby's.
'He's come.' aunounced Mrs. Buin
aby, pleasurably, lookiutr up from the
chicken she was trying lor tea. 'Jlr.
Uuiuaby said 1 might set the table iu
the ditiins-room wh.le he stays.
'More woik aud more steps for lie .
o ir thing!' thought Id la. wruthfully;
and her m.tnuei to the lun cent cause
of this extra work and her own wrath
was to the last degeu forbidding, wheu
introductions having beeu duly ir
formetl, she fouud hcr-eif seat.d beside
him at the table.
Mr. Willard, however, did not seem
to be crushed. He made several k nd'y
attempts to talk to the pretty young
rounlry school-teacher, w ho met all his
lemarks with curt monosyllables; aud
-alter his utter failure he calmly con
tinued his general conversation with
Mr. Burnaby aud the hlied uian. in
which he courteously managed to In
clude Mrs. Buruby als , who received
Ihe small at ten I ion with gratitude.
'It does seem so like having Tom
here again, only growu up.' she told
l-il a, wheu the meal was over and her
lord and master had taken his new
boarder out to st -e he I'rrcheron colts.
Iu spile of her deep d slike of Mr.
Willard, Lida could not wonder at the
blinduessof a mother's love. This man.
with his wavy chestnut ha r aud mus
tache, his handsome face, every line of
which seemed to express the intelli
gence and reliuemeut of the spirit t aat
dwelt within, his uuconscl ius grace of
bearing and movement, his air cf na
tive power underlying the polished
uiauuer gained ouly by wide kuow ledge
of the world this mau to reaciud any
one of poor, ied-hair-d, gawky lorn,
above all, of a son of Mr. Burnaby's.
But there was more to come later on.
As the two women parted for the
night, Mrs. Burnaby fixed her wistful
eyes on Lida, and mildly murmured:
'Say, honey, what makes you act so
with Mr. Wlilardlf It ain't your wav
at all, aud I told him as much when 1 e
said he thought you were pretty, but lie
leally felt sorry for you, you seem so
dreadfully bashful.'
Thus had the coldness of her virtuous
indication been misunderstood!
Lid.i's soft cheeks burned aud her
w rath lose higher sti I.
On her way to school next morning.
she chanced to encounter Mr. Willard,
leaning heavily ou the bass that broke
the monotony of a tall orange hedge,
ami regarding the prairie beyond, a
golden sea of suullowers rolling away
to meet the samphire sky, with artistic
ad n iration.
Xaturally he let down the bars for
her to pass, while she waited, appar
ently unaware of what a charming
picture she made, her sleuder figure in
ts light-blue gingham gown outlined
against the hedge, and her white rose
face and lair hi iinie lovelocks framed
In a red tiietcheii sun -bonnet, as she
stood with her gav eyes uplifted to
thank her tall assi ta it.
He began a conversation, aud, to his
surprise, was eiicouia,cd with well
bred ease.
l'reeutly he was carrying her books
aud lunch-basket, and they were stroll
ing together alang the foot-path, where
the 'Bob-Whites' whirred up bef re
them now and then, while their chat
ripple'J ou as brightly and carelessly as
the motes that dauced in th-i sunny air.
It was his turn to surprise her the
day i.fter that. This was Saturday, and
sh- had risen very early with the inten
tion of helping Mrs. Burnaby with the
work on her own holiday; had met her
on the stairs and sent her back t try
to sleep oil one ot her chronic head
aches, and had entered the kitchen to
get breakfast, only to find the outer
door already oicn aud to behold ap
proaching from the distant well, a
brimming pail of water in each hand,
the athletic form of Mr. Willard.
He said 'Good-inoruiugl' as gravely
as if this was his usual method of tak
ing gymuuSlic exercise, and came lu
aud set ihe pails iu their proper place.
'What are you doing here at this time
of day?' she abruptly demanded, her
astonished eyes siguiticautly fixed ou
the water-pails.
'And you? counter questioned he.
looking as significantly at the huge
calico apron and the sleeves rolled hili
up iii her round white urn s.
I cauie t help Mrs. Burnaby a lit
tle,' she replied.
'Aud so did I. It's a shame the way
she has to wo:k. The Idea of a mau's
leaving his w ife to cirry all the water
such a distance! 1 was down in time
to do it for her yesterday, and bring in
coal and milk, and so forth; but 1
didu't suppose you wvre goi..g to catch
lue at it.'
'And I didn't suppose yon would ever
have eveu thought that all that had lo
be doue.' f iankly confessed I.i.la.
I was brought upon a farm, and saw
enough of the way farmers' wives gen
erally have to work. 1 used to think
then that I'd never let my wife do such
things, however poor 1 might be. Au-i
1 won't let any woman do them, either,
when 1 can lend a hauJ. Shall 1 make
the lire now. Miss Bonner?'
'If you please,' she replied, accepting
the service as frankly as it was oiTeied,
aud beginning to knead the bread :tti
r se the night before.
(Jreut was Mr. Burnaby's amazement
when he came down somewhat later to
perform his own morning tasks, with
the help of the hire I man, aud discov
ered the stale of affairs.
That Lida. lioarder though she was
equally with Willard, should be work
ing when his wife could not was ouly
natural and pro-r she was a woman,
and it was her lace; but that auy man
should not regard himself as degraded
by using a 1 1 it lo of his strength and
time to 8Hie an overtasked woman,
was something new to him.
'X reckon It's all right if he wants to,
though, he philoscpliica'.ly remarked to
Lida, who w.'.s burning her cheeks
srariet over the r love as she bro l. d
some I am .'or breakfast. 'lie cau'i be
very much oil his base when he's made
so much mou- y as they say he has,
down at Kay nor.'
For Mr. Burnaby could pai Jou any
ecce tricity it: a mau wh ha 1 show n
he could make money.
Mrs. Burnaby crept do-vu to break
fast, but could not eat. As she rose a
length, and tried to leave the roon.
suddenly she lottcied and tell iu a dea I
swoon.
Her husband stared, astounded.
Lida rdarteJ up; but swifter than she,
Willard hal sprung and cauifht the
falling woman in his arms, gathering
her close to his broad breast, as if she
weighed no more than a child, kissing
her worn face as It lay on his shoulder,
murmuring frantic, half-heard words
of pity and foulness iu her deaf ears.
'(ireat Scotll' gased Mr. Burnaby.
'Young man, are you crazy?'
Willard lifted his bead and looked at
hltu across the uncous- ious woman
Willi eyes that grew starliiigly like his
own in their passion.
Not so crazy as you must be,' he
coolly reiurneJ, 'to work your wife to
death, aud not know your owu son
when you see him!
'Mother!' aud now his head wen
d iwn on her bosom, like a child's la
grief, and his voice w-s a cry of des
pair, mother mine! why didn't 1
know he would k:ll you? Why didu't
1 come back In time to save you?'
'You have come iu time, Mr. Tom,'
put in L'da. 'She has ouly fainte-i,
but I am afraid sue is going to lie very
sick. You had better cany her to her
room now. And you,' to the hired
man, who had .-at dumbfounded, with
open mouth and eyes, through all this,
go for a doctor as quick as you can.'
Both ujn promptly obeyed, recogn z
ing her geueialship lu the emergency.
And lor some days following, while
the sick womau's life wavered in the
balance, aud a traiued nurse from Kan
sas City, s-nt for aud paid by Tom,
ruled at her liedside, aud a stout and
independent damsel he'd sway In the
kitchen, anj uew elements aud old
alike turned for orders to Lida, Mr.
Burnaby felt himself made of small ac
count in his ow n house, and had leisure
to reflect upou how much, after all, his
wife had beeu to him.
After Mrs. Burnaby was pronounced
out of danger, her son made fuller ex
planations than had seemed possible in
the first all-absorbing fear aud anxiety.
'You see,' he told Lida (he seemed to
find It both necessary aud easy to ex
plain everything very fully to Lida)
'you see 1 knew thirteeu years had
changed me so that I was not likely to
be known li I came back to visit mother
under another uame, especially since
my red hair and freckles had van
ished in a fever long ago. I took the
character of a boarder, because, after
all the tauuts that made me miserable
as a boy, I felt I must pay my father
for anything I had again under his roof;
and 1 shall find a way to do it still.
A o tiling succeeds life success, and so
he Is very willing lo be friends with mc
now I have no need of him, and 1 sup
pose we shall go on smoothly enough
henceforth.
'My mother, of course, knew that it
was I who was coming. We corre
sponded regularly all these years,
though we had to take as many precau
tious against being discovered by I iua
as if we were a couple of clandestine
lovers; but she would never let me send
her money, when at last I could. She
said she could nut have used it without
being found out. but I think she
thought 1 uteded It myself. I did have
son e pretty haid times, indeed, though
I manage! to educate myself aud fight
my way up; but uow my future is se
cure. 'Aud the dear, tired little mother's,
too,' he went on, with the touch of ten
derness lu his voice that always cam?
there when he soke of her.
My father will let me pay for ihd
help she needs, and seud her presents,
and visit her when I can; and I think
he will be better to her himself, since
he has had such a good fright. There
really are some decent traits about him,
after all, he ended, musingly.
But indeed he did not feel all his own
fulu e so sure as he had said, until,
weeks later, he bad yet another expla
nation with Miss Bonner.
'And so you are not afraid to marry
Mr. Burnaby's sou,' he Slid, teasingly,
one drear November day, that was
very bright to them.
Lida, standing close beside him,
nestled her head caressingly against his
arm.
'I am not afraid to trust myself '.
the man I love,' she said, softly.
And the Walnut. Grove district had
to find another teacher to finish that
school year.
May Baskets.
Would that the quaint fancy of hang
ing May baskets at tie doors of our
friends on Mav morning were more
general. Then the residents of dusty
cities might find on "the maddest, mer
riest day of all the glad new year" that
spriug fairies had been tripping up to
their doors, leaving behind them dainty
reminders of the arrival of May. May
ix the month of growth, as the name
signifies from Sanskrit, "uiuh," to
grow-. And how everything grows!
Thoreatt used to lament that, watch
with w hat argtiscyes he would.he could
never detect the first signs of spring's
arrival. In May, plant growth defies
the keenest vision, leaping forward,
uniHZing by its niiraeles. llifferent
nations, iu their joy at May's arrival,
sK)Utuiieouw!y usher her in with dif
ferent customs.
I'ntil the time of the Puritans all
Kuglaud on the first day of the mouth
turned out a-Maying. Chaucer aud
Shakespeare tell of the custom, llenrv
VIII. aud Catherine of Arragou fol
lowed it. The oiy Maypole was adorn
ed and a fair voting queeuchosen.whilo
all
"lianeed about the Mavimle and ill the h.iel
iol.se.
1.11 I'h.o tVs wain came out above the tall
white chimney tojis."
Still in I Vinimrk the tieasahts turn
out early in the morning to see "the
suu diiin-e. iis they say. We have not
liu'land's geuial climate. Neuralgia
urn! rhe uiuutisin would Ik too apt to
follow a day wholly spent from morn
to dewy eve in Maying and dancing
aiu.iud poles. We are not up with the
mm like the Danish village folk. Hut
giving is always bit used. And ouething
we cau do to celebrate May's coming.
By a little exertion we can till baskets
with spring blossoms to hung at the
doors of at least a few of our friends,
nud by this thoughtful celebration of
the day establish a custom mure joy
iv iin; thun polc-dauciug or watching
the suu iu his ymuastics.
May busliets filled with fragraut flow
ers, blue uud red and gold, would make
a guy si'ht, giving pleasure to the re
ceiver. But to us who gathered the
blossoms, brighter pictures would uris.
Blue and red Bil l gold of flower would
reeall like tints in bird and i-ky.
Kach tlower would recall a bright
country scene. Oreen fields, a fresh
air blowing, birds singing, flowers
.flowing and trees budding would all be
rt ineiiilicred. iud rlowttrs waving to
iiiul iro iii the centre of the basket
would le ;an growing iu their shady
nooks, blown upon by their own loved
wiud, blushing at his wooing; shy hepa
ticas near by would seem to be longing
for their uccustoiued shield of dry
leaves from w hich to peer iu their mod
esty, p ire bloo iroot, now with wide
oeu eyes, would be recalled an buds
she ithed in their owu hoodlike leaves
like holy nuns; and the beautiful yel
low violets would seem to reflect their
ioveil sun's bright hue, while their sis
ters in blue reflect the radiance of the
sky, "their little hearts with love grown
colored like the sky above;" cowslips
would bring back the picture of the
sWMiup aud the red-winged blackbird's
gay "o ka-b e" as he hovered round us,
a brisk cavulier with xcurlut epaulets;
sai.fruge, the "rock-breaker, " would
brinof back the ledgy country guard
ed by a till wild-cherry tree and
the Kolden-winge 1 woodpecker's infor
med introduction as he called "I'ick it!
pick it! I'm Harry Wickit! I dire
you pick it!" and then flew away a if
he were a coward, for all his brave talk.
Adder's tongue dandelions aud butter
cups would all be there in their harm
lcss gold glitter, and puffy little knobs
of ferns writ;. ed and coiled in their
fuzzy covering. All the spring flowers
would lie there to "hidden the shut-in
city people with a glimpse of country
(.lories. "All would le there but the
best part all but the glory of the
skies, the fre lines of the air, the cool
(rreeu coverts, the shadowy wood paths,
the ripple of waters all but our owu
experience of those perfect days aud
the seeing aud the hearing and kuow
iuz for ourselves." All but the blue
birds aud robin3 and silent ce
dar birds gay pictures aud happy
recollections euough to fill countless
Miiy baskvts aud last until another May
day comes to brighten us with its bless
ed teachlugs of faith and hope in steady
growth of bird and flower. linntnit
J'raii m n jtt.
A .tic electric device has male Its
apjiearance in Loudon. This Is au ap
pai t us for iiieas it iug the amount of
liquor sold at the bar and for cluck ti
aud re -ordmg the sales and receip .
For each pennyworth of liquor seiv-d
a distinct contact, is made, aud the cur
rent which then passes is made to excite
an electro-magnet and thus turu a
ratchet wheel turougn one noich. in
this wav the total amount of liuuor
served is checked.
NL'vVS IN BB1EF.
Wistlom teeih. the most v. rlibls
of all in size, shape and general char
acter, are said to show hereditary char
acteristics more strongly than any of
the other teetlu
A school teacher at Lebanon. Pa..
has such an inordinate desire for sleep
that he frequently slumbers during
school. A few days ago the pupils, be
ing unable to wakeu him, gathered Up
their books and left for home.
A 5-year-old child iu Lafayette. X.
J., was so deeply aflei ta I by the death
of his grandmother recently, that be
cried almost continually thereafter un
til he burst a blo.nl vessel a'id died be
fore medical assistance arrived.
llavid Macbeth, the inventor of
the string alaphabel for the blind, was
born blind. Ho was uu accomplished
musician, a perfect prodigv iu mathe
matics, and an inventor of no meau
order of merit.
The world's supply of human hair
comes chiefly from t-eituany, -itzer-land
and the F.cnch provinces. It Is
bought up by drummer from the
European capitals who atleud the
couutry lairs for that purp.ise.
Comp'aint is made that the craze
for natural flowers, ferns a-vl rare
plants generally is leading to the de
struction of the BritisU heJe rows,
and a law is propose ! t in iku it a mis
demeanor to steal ti iwers or Uvis.
The supply or tire-crackers in the
United States is Slid to In- more thau
half a million boxes short of the aver
age, ow ing to a strike in the factories
in China. IT there is any way of com
muuicatiug with th- strikers let them
be eucouraged to hold oat for about six
weeks.
The Empress of Ati.dria has caused
her wedilin-dress t lu cut up and
made into a set of ve-tiuents for the
Church of St. Mil: hew in IVsth. Ths
dress was of white broca I w.tii silver
threads embroidcre-l all over with
lieautiiul garlands ol rosei in silver.
tSeorge W. t 'hihls. : he rich Phila
delphia editor and philanthropist, begau
his business career bv sw cepii g out
stores in Baltimore, lie went to Phila
delphia unknown and pe niitss, aud
finally worked his way into a book
store.
In some regh.ns of Pr ince, an old
eastern custom was t' at of scattering a
hundred ejrgs ou a level place covered
by sand. Then a !a 1 and a lass, baud
in hand, would execute the dance o
the count y. If they succeeded with
out breaking au ejj they weie consid
ered atliauced.
During a recent thunder-storm in
Paris three flashes or li. htulng are said
Ij have reached the top of the conduc
tor of the Eiffel Tower simultaneously,
lesulting in a remarkable display aud
considerable vibration ou tha part of
the big iron frame, but no apparent
damage was done.
The craze foi postage stamps is ouo
of the strangest. It seems queer that
an old stamp will bring hundreds of
dollars if li he of sullicicnl rarity. Au
iuteriiatioii.il postage stamp exhibition
is now being held iu Vienna, stamp
collectors from a doon countiies are
advertised as being pre cut and show
ing their curiosities.
A peculiar accident recently oc
curred ou the Southern I'ajiilc road.
An earthquake moved the Iron truss
railroad bridge over the I'ajaro lliver,
ou the coast division, about one foot
and ptevented the pa-sage of trains.
The bridge, Imwev-T, remained on its
stone pieri and was safe al ter the rails
were moved in line.
The shifting sand-hills which for
years have buthcrtd the city and citi
zens of ti rand Haven, Mich., by stead
ily encroaching on streets, lots, houses,
lawns, aud even th haibor, aie just
now attracting more attention than
usual, and the city council piopoj to
try the expel iinent of planting ii.uoo
trees t keep tlc-m stationary.
Mrs. Wan.imaki-r, the wife of the
Postmaster-! letieral, keeps one or two
iersoiis busy during the fiuit seasou
canning and preserving. The good
things thus stored away arc all given to
fioor ieip!e. Mrs. Wanainakei 's char
ities are so extensive that she employs
a woman whom she can trust to inves
tigate all cases and sifl the deserving
from the impusters.
Grandmothers are pretty much
alike the world over. Ex-ljucen Isa
bella, of Spain, talks of hoi grandson
just like a common giaudmother, re
marking to an intei viewer: " If course,
I know that all grandmothers think
that their gia .ilchililreii are the finest
in'auts in the world, but 1 think I am
right in belieiig the little King, my
grandson, to b" an exceptionally bright
aud intelligent little boy.
King Ienpold of IJ -lluui sjieaks
and writes English with e.isi and ac
curacy. He never lets a Sun lav pass
without writing an autograph letter to
his fr.end aud ally, o n t u Victoria.
Whenever he travels he takes With h ui
Ins confidential English attendant, Mr.
Charles Murray, who has been iu his
service nearly a quarter of a centuty.
A Georgia editor h is an old Con
federate shoe, niannta luted for the
government in 1-Vil. jest before the war
ended. The sole is fully three-quai ters
of ail inch thick, and is made, of poplar
wood, evidently shapi 1 with a hatchet
or draw ing-knife. Tim upper is at
tached to ihe sole with a stnp of raw
hide, running enliiely mound the shoe,
the leather being held to the sole with
large carpet ta' ks. The upper Is of
rough cowhide, dressed ouly on the in
side. An elm tree, about ll't ears old.
iu West Med Tord, M i-s., has'jtist b-en
cut down, and the peoph; there aie
highly indignant In consequence. It
! was a leaut fnl tree, over l'-Wfert high,
i with graceful limbs extending across
Hit street. It was ordered felled by the
Koad Commissioners, liecause its trunk
encroached upon the strc-t a trifle. Ac-
cording to the Boston I'ot "several
: limes before the elm was th eatened
but the almost unanimous protest of
citizens saved ls But this time no
notice was given, and U'j hearing was
aliowed."
I Of a maniac, who has just died
near GreetiBboro, N. C, a de.-patcli
fmui there says: He was 7'J years old,
anil for o'J years he !nd lJe;i chained
to i-1 e floor of the houise in Which lie
died. He was a monstrosity, his head
resembling a lion's more th m that of a
humanizing. Up to his I'Oth ear ho
, wa-s regarded s harmi- ss, but he sin'
' deul) developed a vicious di-positiou
an 1 would attack any one who vn
tuiel near him. He broke bis chain
'JO year? ago and was at huge for a dav
oi two. He was recaptured with dif
ficulty and only after lie bad ben so.
verely wounded, . .
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