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A Little Girl's Influence.
IT WAS commencement at Q
College. The people , were pouring
Into the church as I entered It, rather
tardy. Finding the choice seats In the
centre of the audience-room already
taken, I pressed forward, looking to the
left for a vacancy. On the very front
row of seats I found one.
Here a little girl moved along to
make room for me, looking into my
face with large gray eyes, whose bright
ness was softened by very long lashes.
Her face was open and fresh as a newly
blown rose before sunrise. Again and
again I found my eyes turning to the
rose-like face, and each time the gray
eyes moved, half-smiling, to meet mine.
Evidently the child was ready to "make
up" with me. And when, with a bright
smile she returned ray dropped handker
chief, and I said "Thank you!" we
seemed fairly Introduced. Other per
sons, now coming Into the Beat,crowded
me quite close up against the little girl,
bo that we soon felt very well acquaint
ed. " There's going to be a great crowd,"
she said to me.
" Yes," I replied ; " people always
like to see how sohoolboys are madeinto
men."
Her face beamed with pleasure and
pride as she said :
" My brother's going to graduate ; he's
going to speak; I've brought these
flowers to throw to him."
They were not greenhouse favorites ;
Just old-fashioned domestic flowers,
such as we associate with the dear grand
mothers ; " but," I thought, " they will
seem sweet and beautiful to him for
little sister's sake."
" That is my brother," she went on,
pointing with her nosegay.
"The one with light hairr1" I ask
ed. " Oh, no, she said, smiling and shak
ing her head in innocent reproof; not
that homely one, with red hair ; that
handsome one with brown wavy hair.
His eyes look brown, too ; but they are
not they are dark-blue. There! he's
got his hand up to his head now. You
see him, don't you ?"
In an eager way she looked from me
to him, and from him to me, as if some
important fate depended upon my iden
tifying her brother.
"I Bee him," I said. "He's a very
good-looking brother."
" Yes, he is beautiful," she said, with
artless delight ; " and he's bo good, and
he studies so hard. He has taken care
of me ever since mamma died.' Here is
his name on the programme. He is not
valedictorian, but he has an honor, for
all that."
It was in the little creature's familiari
ty with these technical college terms
that she had closely indentified herself
with her brother's studies, hopes and
successes.
" He thought, at first," she continued,
" that he would write on the " Romance
of Monastic Life."
What a strange sound these long
words had, whispered from her childish
lips! Her Interest in her brother's
work had stamped them on the child's
memory, and to her they were ordinary
things.
" But then," she went on, he decided
that he would rather write on " Histori
cal Parallels, ",and he's got a real good
oration, and' he says it beautiful. He
has said it to me a great many times.
I 'most know it by heart. Oh ! it begins
so pretty and so grand. This is the way
it begins' she added, encouraged by the
interest she must have seen in my face :
" Amid the permutations and combina
tions of the actor and the forces which
make up the great kaleidoscope of his
tory, we often find that a turn of Des
tiny's hand "
"Why, bless the baby!" I thought,
looking down Into her bright, proud
face, I can't describe how very odd
and selfish it did seem to have those
sonorous words rolling out of the smil
ing infantile mouih.
The band, striking up, put an end to
the quotation and the confidences.
As the exercise progressed, and ap
proached nearer and nearer the effort
on which all her interest was concen
trated, my little friend became excited
and restless. Her eyes grew larger and
brighter, two deep red spots glowed on
her cheeks. She touched up the flowers,
manifestly making the offering ready
lor the shrine.
" Now, it's his turn," 6he said, turn
ing to me a face in which pride and de
light and anxiety seemed about equally
mingled. But when the overture was
played through, and his name called,
the child seemed, in her eagerness, to
forget me and all the earth beside him.
She rose to her feet and leaned forward
for a better view of her beloved, as he
mounted to the speaker's stand. I knew
by her deep breathing that heart was
throbbing in her throat. I knew, too,
by the way her brother Came up the
steps and to the front, that be was
trembling. The hands hung limp; his
face was pallid, and the lips blue as with
cold. I felt anxious. The child, too;
seemed to discern that things were not
well with him. Something like fear
showed in her face.
He made an automatic bow. Then a
bewildered, struggling look, and then he
stood staring vacantly, like a somnam
bulist, nt the waiting audience. The
moments of painful suspense went by,
and still he stood as If struck dumb. I
saw how it was ; he had been seized with
stage fright.
Alas! little sister! She turned her
large,dlsmayed eyes upon me. "He's for
gotten it," she said. Then a swift
change came into her face; a strong, de
termined look ; and on the funeral-like
silence of the room, broke the sweet
brave child-voice :
"Amid the permutations and com
binations of the acters and the forces
which make up the great kaleidoscope
of history, we often find that a turn of
Destiny's hand "
Everybody about us turned and look
ed. The breathless silence; the sweet,
childish voice; the childish face; the
long, unchlldllke words produced weird
effect.
But the help had come too late ; the
unhappy brother was already stagger
ing in humiliation from the stage. The
band quickly struck up, and waves of
lively music were rolled out to cover the
defeat.
I gave the sister a glance In which I
meant to show the intense sympathy I
felt ; but she did not see me. Her eyes
swimming with tears, were on her
brother's face.- I put my arm around
her. She was too absorbed to heed the
caress, and before I could appreciate her
purpose, she was on her way to the
shame-stricken young man sitting with
a face like a statue's.
When he saw her by his side, the
face relaxed, and a quick mist came in
to his eyes. The young men got closer
together, to make room for her. She
sat down beside him, laid her flowers
on hiB knee, and slipped her hand in
his.
I could not keep my eyes from her
sweet, pitying face. I saw her whisper
to him, he bending a little to catch her
words. Later, I found out that she was
asking him if he knew his " piece"
now, and that he answered yes.
When the young man next on the
list had spoken, and while the band was
playing, the child, to the brother's great
surprise, made her way up the stage
steps, and pressed through the throng
of professors and trustees and dis
tinguished visitors, up to the college
President.
" If you please, sir," she said with a
little courtesy, will you and the trustees
let my brother try again 1 He knows
his piece now.
For a moment, the President stared
at her through his gold-bowed spectacles,
and then, appreciating the.child's peti
tion, he smiled on her, and went down
and spoke to the young man who had
failed.
So it happened that when the band
had again ceased playing, it was briefly
announced that Mr. would now
deliver his oration " Historical Paral
lels." " Amid the permutations and com
binations of the actors and the forces
which make up the great kaleidoscope
of history ." This the little sister
whispered to bim as be rose to answer
the summons'.
A ripple of heightened and expectant
interest passed over the audience, and
then all sat stone still, as though fearing
to breathe lest the speaker might again
take fright. No danger ! The hero in
the youth was aroused. He went at
his " piece" with a set purpose to con
quer, to redeem himself, and to bring
the smile back into the child's tear
stained face. I watched the face dur
ing the speaking. The wide eyes, the
parted lips, the whole rapt being said
that the breathless audience was for
gotten, that her spirit was moving with
his.
And when the address was ended with
the ardent abandon of one who catches
enthusiasm in the realization that he is
fighting down a wrong judgment and
conquering a sympathy, the effect was
really thrilling. That dignified audience
broke into rapturous applause ; boquets
intended for the valedictarian rained
like a tempest. And the child who had
helped to save the day that one beam
ing little face, in its pride and gladness,
is something to be forever remembered.
A Fool Once More.
0.
" For ten years my wife was confined
to her bed with such a complication of
ailments that no doctor could tell what
was the matter or cure for her, and I
used up a small fortune in humbug stuff.
Six months ago I saw a United States
flag with " Hop Bitters" on it, and
I thought I would be a fool once
more. I tried it, but my folly proved
to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her,
she is now as well and strong as any.
man's wife, and it cost me only two
dollars. Such folly payB. H. W., De
troit, Mich."
LOST IN THE WILDERNESS.
SIXTY years ago a large tract of land
in Pennsylvania lying along the
upper tributaries of the Susquehanna
and eastern branches of the Allegheny
rivers, was an unbroken forest. The
sputhern and western parts of Indiana
county were pretty well settled; the
northern and eastern parts very sparsely.
Jefferson had a few settlements In the
south western corner, and was attached
to Indiana for judicial purposes. Cam
bria had at that day but a few settlers
north of the turnpike, while Clearfield
bad but a scant population in the south
ern and eastern portions of the county.
Potter and McKean were almost an un
broken wilderness, while Clarion, Cam
eron and Forest had at that day no exis
tence as separate counties.
" The " cherry tree" which stood at
the point where the line dividing Cam
bria and Clearfield reached the eastern
line of Indiana county, on the banks of
the west branch of the Susquehanna,
was at that day a well-known landmark
in the heart of "the wilderness." A
flourishing little town has since grown
up near where the famous tree stood,
and which bears its name Cherry
Tree.
In the latter part of the summer of
1818, three citizens of the town of In
diana set out on a hunting excursion to
the region near the "cherry tree."
They took horses and camp equipage,
intending to spend a week or more.
They selected a camp, and two of the
men , whose names I do not remember,
began to hunt for deer or other game,
leaving Mr. Henry Shryock, the oldest
man of the party, to stay in camp, take
care of it, and prepare supper. On the
second day they found what they
thought a more eligible place for their
camp, nearly a mile from the first.
Early in the morning they removed the
heaviest of their things before setting
out on their hunt, leaving Mr. Shryock
to remove some more things and fix up
the camp. He made one trip back and
forth all right ; but on the second he be
came bewildered and was unable to find
the new camp. He wandered all day,
of course getting farther and farther
away every hour.
When his companions returned in the
evening they found their old friend
missing. They at ance went to their
old camp, but he was cot there. He
turning they found a pan which he had
thrown away ; but that was all the trace
they could find.
All night they traveled to and fro,
shouting and firing shots, but in vain.
They kept up the search during half
the following day, and then took their
horses and rode to the town of Indiana,
about twenty miles, to give the alarm
and get more assistance.
The writer, then a boy, lived there at
the time. The news that Mr. Shryock,
a man so well known and highly es
tee med as he waB, should be lost in the
wilderness, produced a profounder sen
sation than I ever knew in any com
munity. All the men who could possi
bly go started at once for the place,
armed with guns and horns. The ob
ject of these was to make as much noise
as possible, so that the unfortunate man
might hear them. Every night messen
gers arrived in town with,4he sad news
that so far the search was unsuccess
ful. This was kept up for a week, the
popular anxiety becoming more and
more intense, until not less than a
hundred men were scouring the wilder
ness for miles in all directions around
the Cherry Tree. Hope that he would
be found alive began to die out, but the
search was maintained with unabated
diligence.
At length, on the ninth day after Mr.
Shryock was lost, two gentlemen of In
diana were walking quietly through the
forest, making no noise, but keeping a
sharp lookout. Some distance in ad
vance of them they espied the object of
their search, now almost naked, crawl
ing on his hands and knees out of a
leafy covert. Quickly they ran to Jilm
and found that his reason was utterly
dethroned, and that he had barely
strength to crawl. Instantly the signal
that he was found sounded from party
to party. Physicians were there. The
first thing they did was to give him a
very small piece of bread dipped in di
luted wine. Nourishment was given as
fast as be was able to bear it, which,
with the warm clothing which his
friends supplied, soon restored him.
With his physical strength his reason
and confused memory of his wanderings
quickly returned.
He related his first bewilderment, his
alarm and anxiety, and his desperate
efforts to find the camp. He remember
ed the visits of what he supposed to
have been dogs in the night, which
were probably wolves. He often heard
the noise of the guns and horns of those
who were searching for him ; but sup
posing it to have been made by Indians,
he always hid himself when it came
near, and hence the difficulty of finding
bim.
When the company of eeauhers reach
ed the town the second evening after he
was found, the scene was very Impressive-
one of genulnejoy. Mr. hryook
had been carried on a bed in a wagon to
within a short distance of the town.
There he was mounted upon a hoise
for he was able to ride, and was already
nicely shaved and dressed and thus
headed the triumphal - cavalcade of
not less than a hundred men, who
made everything resound with their
horns, and were answered with shouts
from the crowds, who sent their cheers
from full and grateful hearts. Mr. Shry
ock was soon himself again, and noth
ing the worse for the terrible ordeal
through which he had passed.
How a Mouse Becape a Pet.
Miss Llllie Smith, residing on Never
sink street, vouches for the following i
About 17 months ago, one day while she
was busy with her needle work, she was
startled by a little scream that appeared
to come from beneath her chair. Upon
making an examinations he discovered a
little mouse that had been squeezed by
the treadle of her sewing machine, and
was making vain endeavors to extricate
itself. Being a lady of compassion she
tenderly released the poor animal from
Its captivity, when it scampered away.
The mouse after this occurrence be
came greatly attached to Miss Smith,
and whenever she had occasion to use
the machlne,the little mouse was punctu
ally at hand and would sit and gaze at
the young lady with the utmost interest,
seemingly studying the operation of ,
the machine. One day this week the
family were deeply grieved when they
found poor mousy stiff and cold. Read
ing Eagle.
Edison Gives It Up.
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia "Ledger" says: "lam
informed, on authority almost as relia
ble as that of Mr. Edison himself, that
the inventor, after spending so much
valuable time and means on the elabora
tion of his theory of electric light, has
dropped it, or has determined to do so,
and has decided to adopt that of Mr.
Wallace, of Ansonia, Conn., Who has
already constructed a machine for pro
ducing the light and advanced some
what in the line of solving the great
problem of the division of the same. It
is called the ' carbon' theory while Mr.
EdiBon has held to the platinum theory,
whatever these terms may Imply. At
any rate, the announcement, some time
ago hy the New York papers, that Mr.
Edison had solved his great problem was
a trifle premature."
Heaviest People In the United States.
John Powers and Bister probably the
two heaviest people in the United States
who have been on exhibition in Har
risburg on several occasions within the
last few years are still about and well,
reports of their death to the contrary
notwithstanding. The Reading Eagle,
of Thursday a week says : " John Pow
ers, aged about twenty years, and whose
weight is over seven hundred pounds,
drove up to the Eagle office at noon
to-day and desired this paper to state
that the report now in circulation
throughout the country that his sister,
weighing eight hundred and eight
pounds, is dead, is erroneous. Mr.
Powers' Bister is just as well as she ever
was and Is gaining steadily In flesh, and
he is confident that both, himself and
sister will tip the beam at 2,000 pounds
in the course of a couple years.
He May Marry Again.
January and May are registered at the
Clarendon, Saratoga. The bridegroom
is four-score and has been married seven
times ; the bride is not yet twenty. The
old gentleman is put to bed at eight
o'clock every night,and as he can't sleep
after five o'clock, he is set on his legs
and enabled to take a short walk before
breakfast. The bride is devoted to her
aged spouse, studies digestion and com
fort, and displays knowledge of hygiene
in the selection of articles of food that
will be congenial to the stomach of one
advanced in years. All the marriages,
of the old gentleman have been happy
save one. The exception was a blonde..
He says If he ever marries again he will
not have a blonde.
CSTA remarkable cave has beoa discov
ered on the farm of David Samuels, about
10 miles from La Crosse. The cave is 30ft.
long, thirteen wide, and eight feet above
the sand which has drifted iu .and covers
the floor to the depth of about six feet.
On the walls of the cave are rude carvings,
representing men, animals, arms, and vari
ous Indian implements, also what appears
to be hieroglyphics. One picture repre
sents a man with n bow nud arrow shoot
ing at an animal. Tlioie are three buffa
loes and ono rabbit represented, three ani
mals which must have beoa hippopotami,
and one that appears to represent a masto
don. There are also three representations
of canoes, . also one of a man wearing a
kind of ohnplel or crown, probably the
chief of his tribe or cfan. There are also
many fragment of pictures where the
rock has decomposed.