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WHOLE NUMBER 1777.
Under the Cloud.
SUSAN COOLIDGE.
The valley is smiling in sweetest fun,
But the mountain wears a veil of mist.
A hovering veil, all shadowy dun
With touches of white and of. amethyst
Where the breeze has rufilcd the morn has
kissed.
Down in the valley are hearts that are glad,
Are glad and rejoice in the cheer of the
light,
They see the mountain all grave, not sad,~
‘ And soberly, steadfastly, each man's sight
Looks up and looks down from the cloud-
hung height.
Looks up to the heavens near, unset-n,
Looks down to the happy. life below,
And poised and held in the space between,
Watches the dim day ebb and flow,
And not unhappily marks it go.
Up in the hightest is perfect bliss,
Down on the level is common glee,
Here between is nor that, nor this,
But noble hope, and the gravity
Which clings to the faith that longs to see.
Ab, soul, safe set on the upper height
Where clouds’ mists hover, and now and
then
The days are darksome and wild the night,
Though sunshine fail thee again and again,
Thou needest not envy other men.
From Harper's Young People.
How Tom ran the Engine With-
out Wood or Water.
BY CHARLES BARNABD.
Once upon a time a rich man built a school
for boys, in which they might study survey-
ing, engineering and mechanics, and the
sciences one needs to know to be a railroad
man. This man began life as a train boy,
and steadily pushed his way up to be fireman,
engineer master-mechanic, and finally Presi-
dent of a railroad. He often said his own
chance in life would have been better if he
could have gone to school when a boy, and
, learned from books about steam and engines,
Ox
levels, inclines; and curves, before he under-
took to fire a boiler or take a locomotive over
the road. As it was, he got his education
by hard knocks, heavy work on the engine's
foot-plate, and weary toll in the machine-
shop. So it happened he built the school
close to the repair shops of thb road of which
he was president. He put good teachers and
good books in the school, and then opened
it, free, to the sons of the brakemen, conduc.
tors, engineers, and other men employed on
the line. In the school the boys were to
study the science of the railroad and loco-
motive, and then, if they afterward went to
work on the road, they would not have such
a hard time as the train boy who became
president. a .
Twice every year the president offered a
Waltham watch as a prize to the boy in the
school who should write the best composi-
tion on any subject connected with the
things they had been studying, or anything in
relation to engines or railroads. Tom Stay-
bolt, whose— father was conductor on the
night express, had been in the school three
years, and had tltd five times for the prize,
and lost it every time. Tom was regarded
by all the scholars as the brightestboy in the
school, He stuttered in his speech, and his
handwriting was as stiff as a switch-rod, yet
he was always at the head of his class. You
could never trip him on any knotty questions
as to whether the cylinders were on top of
the boilers or under the tender. He knew
the name and use of every bit of metal in an-
engine, and it was believed by all the boys
that he was a good engineer, and could take
his father's train right through to the J unc-
tion, without running past a red light, or
wasting steam on the down grades.
The semi-anndal prize had been announced
and nearly every boy in the school was busy
over his composition. .
" Li—it’s no use, b-b-boys. I shall not try
for the p-p-prize. I can’t write, and I never
can t-t-tell—tell what I know. If they
would give a prize for doing something, I
think I might g-get—get it,"
Tom was a great favorite in the school,and
not one of the boys laughed at this speech.
They were taught manners,as wellasmechan-
ice, in that school, and the boys well knew
that what Tom said was true. They might
write compositions and get prizes,but when it
'came to doing the things, why, Tom Stay-
bolt would beat them all.
The day of the prize-giving drew near,and
every boy save Tom was hard at work over
his composition. He had tried five times,
and each time the teacher had said his com-
position was very bad indeed, with the
wrong words, awkward sentences, and punc-
tuation that was truly awful. Now it hap-
pened that the day before the prize was to
be given, a new locomotive arrived on the
railroad, and stood without wood or water,
on the track of the repair-shop yard. It had
been hauled up on the freight train, and had
never been used on the road. After school
a number of boys went over to the yard to
see the new engine, and among them was
Tom Staybolt, '
It was a first-class passenger engine, built
for high speed, and looking very handsome
in its new paint and shining brass work.
There were several men lookinggt the engine
as the boys came up, and they gathered
round to hear what was said.
_ " An empty engine,” remarked one of the
men, “ always seems to me a very helplezs
thing. It is so big and heavy, it is impossi-
ble to move it without steam power, and yet
it will not only move itself but will drag
many times its weight at forty miles an hour
over the line.”
“ It is not the engine that moves," said
another man. “ It’s the wood or coal and
water—the fuel and steam. If it were not
for the fire and water inside it could never
move at all.”
“ I can make her go without w-w—w—wood
—wood or water.” -
This remark caused a laugh from the boys,
and even the men smiled at the absurd state-
ment. One man came over to where Tom
was and said, “ How would you do that, my
boy i”
“ I’d rather n—n-not—not tell."
“ Why not?” .
“Because I n—n-n-nevcr t—t—tried—tried
it."
“ Oh, you mean you think you could, but
you have never proved your theory by exper
iment."
“ Y—y—yesv—yes, sir.”
The men and boys became wonderfully
interested in this conversation, for it was
clear that Tom Staybolt knew what he was
talking about. -
“ And do you belong to the Railroad
School? ”
"Y—y—yes—yes, sir.” ~
‘5 You mean to try for the prize, I sup-
pose ? ”
“ No, sir. My hand-writing is as crooked
as a r-r—ram’s b-h-horn—ram's horn."
After that, nothing more of importance
was said, and the boys, having looked all
over the engine to their heart’s content, went
home.
The next day at 10 o‘clock the entire
school was marched into the lecture room of
the school building to see the prize watch
given by the president to the boy who had
written the best composition. All the teach-
ers were there, together with the fathers and
mothers of the boys, visitors, and people
connected with the railroad. This prize-
giving was regarded as a great event along
the line, and every man, from engine-wipers
to directors, wanted to be on hand to see
whose son carried off the prize. At 10:15,
railroad time, the President and the Honor-
able Directors, with their wives and daugh-
ters, marched in and took seats on the plat-
form, while all the boys stood up as a matter
of respect to the founder of the school. It
was altogether quite a grand and ceremoni-
ous affair, and was for the boys an impressive
occasion. When the directors and the ladies
were seated, the boys sat down. Then there
was a speech from the head master, followed
by one from a director, and one from the
president's wife. Then it came the presi-
dent’s turn to give 'out the prizes. All the
compositions, neatly tied up do red tape,
were laid on the desk, and when he stood up
he brushed them all one side, as if he did not
care much for compositions. His speech was
short and very peculiar:
“ Ladies and gentlemen, and boys of the
school. I have carefully read all the compo-
sitions, and, while I think they are all excel-
lent l have decided that this time the chance
to win the prize shall be open to those who
did not write a composition."
This was a great surprise, and the boys
wondered how this was to be done. They
knew that the president was a just and hon-
orable man, and would do ‘noging unfair;
so they accepted what he sai in silence,
though those who had written the c'ompo-'
sitions were,as a matter of course, somewhat
disappointed.
“ Yesterday," continued the president, “ I
heard one of the boys say he could run a
locomotive engine without wood or water.
If he can do it, he shall have 'the prize. Is
the boy present?"
There was a solemn bush in the room.
Every one looked about, and wondered if
the audacious and foolish boy.was there.
Of course it could not be done,and the presi-
dent had taken this means to punish him for
his vain and idle boasting. As for Tom
Staybolt, he felt ready to sink through the.
floor, Something must be done aboutit, and
in a moment he stood up, and said.in aclaer,
manly voice.
“I said so, sir; and if you will give me
the engine, and Jerry Smith’s Mogul, I’ll do
it.”
The sudden appearance of little Tom Stay-
bolt, pale and yet calm, and the clear voice
without a defect, caused a great sensation,
and every one turned in wonder to look at
him. Some of the ladies wanted to know
what the boy meant by “Jerry Smith’s
Mogul,” and the gentlemen with them
explained that it was a heavy freight engine
of the “ Mogul ” pattern run by Mr. J.
Smith.
The president called Tom up to the plat-
form, and for a moment or two there was a
whispered conversation between Tom, the
head master of the school, and the president.
Every one looked on with great interest, and
wondered what would happen next. Tom
seemed to have convinced the two gentlemen
that he knew exactly what he was talking
about, for the president smiled and shook
Tom by the hand, and then stood up and
said to all the people. ‘
When I heard Master Staybolt say yester-
day afternoon he could run the engine, I re-
solved to give him a chance. I therefore or-
dered a train to be got ready, and I now in-
vite the school and all their friends to go to
the station. We will take the engine out on
the line,and Master Staybolt shall trysfor the
prize by running the engine a mile without
wood or water. The engine has never been
used,‘except on its trial trip, and there is not
a quart of water in the boiler or tank, nor a
pound of coal, or so much as a match, on the
tender.”
This proposal was received with the great-
est enthusiasm, and the entire company, In-
dies and gentlemen, teachers, boys, and all,
marched down to the station, and took the
train of cars they found all ready for them.
A heavy “Mogul " engine backed up and
took the train over to the repair-shop yard,
where the new engine stood. Several of the
directors got out and examined the engine,
and declared there was no fuel in‘the tender
nor a drop of water in the boiler. The train
was backed up to the front of the engine,
and it was coupled on. Every one got on
board, the train hauled out of the yard, and
took the main line, with the engine trailing
behind. ‘ As for Master Staybolt, they put
him on the engine. and made him ride there
all alone. .
Tom didn‘t care; in fact, this was just
what he wanted. The train ran at a good
speed for about ten miles into the country.
Then it stopped, and everybody hurried out
to see the performance-or the failure. The
road just here was perfectly level, and there
was a switch and siding. The train was un-
coupled from the engine, and run into the
siding, out of the way, and flagmen were
sent up and down the line to stop all trains
that might interfere with the show. The
people gathered round the cold and silent
engine, standing in a crowd on the grass by
the line. Tom still sat in the engine, and
when everything was ready. the president
said that Master Slaybolt might now try for
the prize.
The idea of that boy making an engine "go
a mile! It was very silly in him, and no
doubt he would now be properly punished
for his vain boasting.
“ Are you ready, sir? ”
“Y y—yes-ryes, sir.”
“ Then go ahead.”
The people stood looking on and quite
ready to laugh at the poor boy’s failure. Ah 1
she 'moves. The big wheels turn slowly, and
the cold and silent engine rolled slowly back-
ward. For an instant there was a laugh.
She was going the wrong way. She moved
faster and faster, and the laugh died away.
,Ahl she is slowing up. She has stopped. It
is a failure. No. Tom could be seen turn-
ing the reversing bar. The engine gave one
loud whistle, and started ahead. Faster and
faster! On it came, and rushed past all the
people, at twenty miles an hour. Homthe
people cheered and cheered! It was wonder-
ful. The ladies waved their hnndkercllisfet.
andtbe bays shouted till they were hoarse.
Tom Staybolt had won the prize.
The engine ran on about half a mile, stop-
ped, and then came slowly back, and stopped
just before the president’s pretty daughters.
Tom came to the window, took off his hat
and bowed politely to the ladies.
“How much pressure have you, Master
Engineer P ” said the president.
“ T-t—twenty—twenty pounds, sir."
Then the school gave three cheers for Tom
and three more for the president, for every
one said it was far better to do something
than to write the best composition ever seen.
Of course every one wished to know just
how it was done, and to make it all clear, the
president mounted a pileof sleepers and told
them the whole story. .
“ You all know that in a steam engine is a
boiler and a furnace, or fire-box. Water is
put in a boiler, and a fire is made in the fur-
nace precisely as in a tea-kettle on a stove.
The water boils in the tea-kettle, and we see
the steam escape. In the engide the steam
is locked in, and cannot escape, and very
soon it becomes crowded, and if still locked
in. it will burst the boiler. Before this can
happen, the engineer opens a valve, and per-
rnits the steam to enter‘ two oblong boxes,
called the cylinders. Here it meetsa piece
of metal called, the piston, that fits the in-
side of the cylinder pretty closely. It can
not get past, and so it pushes the piston
away to the other end of the cylinder. As
soon as this happens.the valves close of their
own accord, and the steam escapes into the
open air with a loud puff. Then the steam
enters the other end 'of the cylinder and
drives the piston back again; In this man-
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ncr the steam pushes the piston to and fro as
it tries to escape from the boiler.
“Now there is a rod fastened to the piston
and passing through the end of the cylinder.
Each cylinder has one, and these are con-
nected by means of other rods with the great
wheels of the locomotive. You now see that
the piston, driven forward and backward,
moves the wheels, and thus it is the escaping
steam that moves the engine. These rods
you can see on the outside of the engine;
the piston and valves are inside and out of
sight. .
“Now the air is elastic, and it may be used
in any engine in the place of steam. If air
is pumped into a tight box like a boiler,_it
may be locked up, or compressed, and if we
were to go on pumping, we might burst the
boiler with compressed air. Master Staybolt
knew all this, and he also knew that when
an empty engine is dragged along the rails
by another engine, as happened on our ride
out here, the wheels will turn round, and
each cylinder works like a pump. Instead
of letting steam out, it pushes air back into
the boiler, and very soon the boiler is full of
elastic compressed air struggling to get out.
Master Staybolt, as soon as the train stopped,
opened the valves, and the air rushed out the
way it went in, making the pistons move and
soon ran out and the engine stopped. This
made no difference to us, for Master Stay-
bolt clearly showed that he had learned his
lessons well, and knew how to apply them.”
Then the president’s youngest daughter
climbed up into the engine and gave Tom
the prize watch. The boys took him on
their shoulders in triumpl' to the president's
car, every one got on board, the flag-men
were called in, and the entire party went
gaily home with the empty engine trailing
behind.
me
The Industrial Situation of
Mexico.
It is perhaps thought that the work of
improvement in Mexico is to be effected by
foreigners entirely, the Mexican remaining
passive, and allowing everything to be done
for him. The view is supported by the ex-
tent to which the business of the country
already is seen to be in the hands of the for—
eigners. The bankcra'andmanufacturers are
English. Germans control hardware and
“fancy goods.” French and Italians keep
the hotels and restaurants. The Spaniards
have groceries and pawn-shops, and deal in
the products of the country. They have a
somewhat Jewish reputation for thrift' They
are enterprising, too, as administrators of ha-
ciendas,often marrying the proprietor’ daugh-
ters, and possessing themselves in their own
right of the properties to which they were
accredited as agents. Whether it be due to
this rivalry in shrewdness or not, it- is worth
noting that there are very few Jews in Mex
ico. Finally, .the‘ American build their rail-
roads for them. The Mexican proper is a
retailer in a small way, an employs, or, if
rich, draws his revenues from his haciendas
—which in many cases he never sees— where
his money is made for him. These are on an
anormous scale. The chief part of the land
of the country is comprised in great estates,
on which the peasants live in semi-serfdom.
Small farms are scarcely known. For his
fine hacienda in the State of Oaxaca cx—
President Diaz has paid over a million of
dollars; and this is not the most valuable.
since there is another on which the appli-
ances alone costa million. But the revenues
of Mexican properietors have been heretofore
devoted to the purchase of more real estate,
loaned out at interest, or at any rate
“salted down" in such a way as to be of no
avail injsetting the wheels of industry in mo-
tion.
Before adopting the conventional conclu-
sion, however, that this state of things is due
to inferiority of race or to enervating cit-
mate, considerations of importance on the
other side present themselves. Notably the
revolutionary condition of the country,which
until a very recent date has subjected the
citizen who had ventured to pilot his prop-
erty beyond his immediate recall to the risk
of a thousand embarrassments from one or
another of the contending parties. Some
immunities and advantages as were enjoyed
were for foreigners alone, under the protec-
tion of their diplomatic representatives. The
traditional inequalities of fortune, by which
classes have been created either too abject at
one extreme or too leisurely circumstanced
at the other to greatly aspire, and the diffi—
culties of travel and communication with
foreign parts experienced by the small mid-
dle class, from the bosom of which financial
ambition so often springs, are other influenc-
es of a repressive sort. The clmate of the
central table-land of Mexico at least is not
enervating. One must put his ideas of cli-
mate as depending upon degrees of latitude
aside, and comprehend that there it is a mat-
ter of more or less elevation above the sea.
Individual Mexicans are to be met with who
under the new stimulus of the new feelings
of security, have embarked their capital
boldly, have. plenty of irons in the fire, and
appear to handle them with skill. The street
railways of the capital—a very extensive and
excellent system—are under Mexican man-
agement. They are successful in mining.
It was only when 'the interests of the great
Real del MonteCompany at Hachuca, which
had formerly been English, passed into
Mexican hands, under the presidency 'of
Senor Landero y Cos, a brother of the present
Secretary of State, that they became profita-
ble. ,
I should be strongly of the opinion that the
backwardncss of the Mexican of European
extraction was not the result of native inca-
pacity of lack of keen appetite for gain, but
of his physical circumstances. In the male-
path, traced likea yast hieroglyphic over the
face of the land. may be found the ire y to the
Mexican problem as it is—the lack to trans-
portation.
But, the zealous advocate of race and north-
ern emergy may object : “How long is it
since we and... “urbane ourselves? ‘And yet
"we had arrived at a very pretty pass of civi-
lization without them.”
Mexico not only had not railways, but‘no
rivers, and scarcely even ports. It would be
recalled that it was waterways that made the
prosperity of nations before the age of steam.
It is hardly credible the completeness of. the
deprivations to which this so interesting
country has been hitherto subjected. The
wonder is, to one observing the horrors-mo
milder word fitly expresses it—of the dili-
gence traveling, and the dreary- slowness of
the journeys, chiefly at afoot-pace, by beasts
of burden, not that so little has been done,
but so very much. I’opulous cities of a
beautiful construction dot the land. 0n the
trail to Acapulco—a mule-path, which in the
expression is only a cams’ no dc pajama (a
road for birds)-without cvcn wagon-roads
of any kind, have grown up some charming
towns, like Iguala, the scene of the Emperor
Iturbides famous proclamation, and Chilpan-
zingo, which, it seems to me,the Anglo-Saxon
race under the circumstances would never
have originated—W. H. BISHOP in Harper's
Magazine.
m
Father Donohue of Stafford Springs, is
dangerously and, it is feared, fatally poi-
soned from the efiects of drinking. water
which passed through a recently laid lead
pipe.
A while ago a party of lynchershdown
South, postponed the hanging five minutes
to allow the victim time to finish smoking a
clear. This proves that the use of tobacco
prolongs life. - .
The New York authorities are very careful
of their police force. They never put two
officers on the same heat, because it is said
the wheels turn round. “or course the air-r
From the Hartford Post.
Legislative Sketches.
Bethel.—-HARRY Sansonn GLovnIt learned
the trade of a batter, in Bethe], to which
place he was taken when a child and where
he has since resided and followed the business
to which he was brought up. He was born
at Newtown, June 30, 1827, and two years
later was removed to Bethe], where he at-
tended the common schools previous tolhe
time of his appenticeship. He has served
one year on the Board of Relief but has not
held other public ofiice previous to his elec-
tion to the present legislature. Mr. Glover
is a Republican. ' ‘
Faiofield.—1. HENRY F. Susawoon spent
most of the edrly part of his life in Fairfield,
then removed to Mississippi and remained
there till about 'the beginning of the war, at
which time he was in New Jersey. He
served in the quartermaster’s department,
and after the retreat of Pope’s army in 1862,
returned to New Jersey where he enlisted in
the 33d regiment then being organized, and
remained in it through the war, being pres-
ent at Sherman’s famous “march to the sea."
He was honorably discharged with the rank
of first lieutenant at the close of the war and
hasninccboofl engaged in business as com-
mercial agent. He was born at Weston,.
December 25, 1829, and received a common
school education. He is a Democrat but not
a strong partisan.
O. FRANCIS M. Pix: was born at South-
port. in the town of Fairfield, February 10,
1855. and received a common school and
academic education. - He is engaged in the
grocery and provision business and has been
twrce elected Registrar of voters. He is a
Democrat in politics.
Greenwich—1. Consumes Miran is one
of the veteran members of the House, hav-
ing occupied a seat in 1873, 1874, 1879, 1880
and 1881, making this his sixth term. In
his town he has served as Assessor, member
of the Board of Education, and has a large
experience in local and State affairs. He
was born in Greenwich and is now 52 years
of age. His business is farming and in poll-
tics he is a Democrat.
2. Causes EDGAR WILSON was a member
of the last House and was re-electcd with
his colleague, Mr. Cornelius Mead. He was
born at Greenwich, February 7, 1848, and re-
ceived an academic education. He is a com-
mercial agent by occupation and in politics
is a Deemocrat.
Easton.—Srarnxn D. Wunnmn was born
at Weston and is now forty years of age.
He received his early education at Easton
Academy, and has been chiefly engaged in
farming. He has not held ofiice or been
specially active in politics. and is one,of the
ccnsiderablc'number of men in this legisla-
ture who are elected without such previous
training but in the belief that they will make
straightforward members and be careful of
the interests of their respective towns. Mr.
Wheeler is a Republican.
New 0anaan.—Snr.r.acx Y. ST. JOHN was
a member of the House in 1879 and 1881,
serving in the former on the committee on
Finance, and in the latter. on that on Banks.
He was treasurer of the New Canaan savings
bank for seventeen years from its organization
in 1859, and has been cashier of the National
bank of that place since its organization in
1865. He was a director of the New Canaan
railroad for ten years, and president of the
company since 1876. He is also president of
the New Canaan cemetery associatioa, and
has held a number of local offices at New
Canaan, including that of Town Clerk for
nine years, and Justice of the Peace for fif-
teen. Besides his banking pursuits he has
been engaged in mercantile business for many
years, and is a prominent citizen of the town
which he has been chosen to represent. Mr.
St. John was born at South Salem, N. Y.,
February 10, 1819, and received a common
school and academic education. In politics
he is a Republican.
Redding.——1. Tnomas Samoan has oc-
cupied a seat in the House during two pre-
vious sessions, those of 1856 and 1877.
During the latter year he was House chair-
man of the committeo on the school fund,and
was appointed by Governor Hubbard a mem-
ber of the commission to revise the pauper
laws of the state. Mr. Sanford took an ac-
tivs part in the work of his commission, and
the statutes which are now in force are largely
the result of the labors of that commission.
During the same year he was appointed on
the committee to inquire into the need if in-
creased facilities for the care of the insane
poor of the State. His present business lies
chiefly in the settlement of estates and the
management of a farm. He is thoroughly
familiar with practical values, and is fre-
quently appointed a committeeof the Super-
ier court to assess damages in flowage cases,
or when land has been condemned. He
has filled most of the local offices, serving as
Selectman 10 years, and then declining a re-
nomination, as Deputy Sheriff ,6 years, and
as Sheriff 3 years. He was born at Bedding
and is now 59 years old. His early education
was obtained in the schools of the town. He
is a democrat in politics.
2. Ennrlnznn FRANCIS FOSTER was a
member of the House in 1871, and has filled
'a number of local offices, including that of
County Commissioner for three years. He
is a millwright, and is now marshal of the
County Agricultural society. In politics he
is a Democrat. He was born at Ridgefleld
and received a common school educafion.
He is now 55 years of age.
[Stamford—1. EDWIN anrs ScormLD is
a young lawyer very favorably known in
Stamford where he is Borough attorney and
town counsel. He is a graduate, in the class
of 1873, of Columbia college law school
where he entered the senior class at the age
of twenty years, graduating the following
summer and being—”admitted ..rrne bar of
named! county immediately after complet-
ing his twenty-first year. He is a strong
Republican and at the last election was
chosen first representative in a Democratic
town by the largest majority, with a single
exception, ever given to any representative
from the place.
2. WILLIAM WRIGHT Gramsrln has not
previously hold any political office but is
likely to make a uieful member of the pres-
ent House. He belongs to the sturdy Scotch
Irish stock,a race which has made its impress
on the world’s progress and especially upon
the commercial and politicalhistory of this
country. He was born in Ireland, October
16, 1839, and on the death of his father, a
distinguished teacher and writer and a poet
of some celebrity in his native heath, emi-
grated to Canada. While still a mere youth
he removed to New York city and here he
remained till the fall of 1860 working at his
chosen profession—that of a printer—in some
of the largest offices of the city. In De-
cember of that year he was called to Stam-
ford to become foreman in the Advocate
office. In 1867 he entered into partnership
with thclatc Wm. S. Campbell, then pro-
prietor of the paper, and after that gentle-
man’s death, which occurred the same year,
became editor and chief proprietor of the
paper, which position he has since retained.
His education was liberal, both his father
and mother being teachers, Mr. Gillespie
has given much attention to scientific and
mechanical subjects, and a few years since
entered the lecture field with great success.
He has been an active member of the Re-
publican party since its organization.
“ You seemto walk more-erect than usual
my friend.” “Yes, I have been straightened
to be, unhealthy for two persons to sleep to-
gethcre-P News. ,
p by circumstances.”——N. Y. Post.
Distinctive Features of Philadel-
phia.
Guoacn Pansoxs Inflation in Harper's for
February.
Despite the want of universal homogeneity
there are great numbers of persons here who
show an exceptional uniformity of tastes and
dispositions—In part the outcome possibly of
Quaker discipline. The past with its memo-
ries seems to serve as a medium for holding
together the diverse elements of the present.
The long rows of red houses,with marble trim-
mings and white panelled shutters neatly pro-
vided with bolts (the upper-story shutters be-
ing carefully painted green or slate), typify
outwardly and materially the Quaker influ-
ence, though there are many innovations of
brown stone, green stone, colored marble,and
variegated tiles in the later dwellings. And
here it may be said that in the new public
building for the city government, and in the
placing of sundry other edifices,Philadelphia
is fortunate in securing architectural effects
of mass and group not common in our cities.
Speaking of the past, we must give due
weight to the presence of Independence Hall
and Carpenters’ Hall in connection with the
important national history of the town. It
is significant, further, that Philadelphia
should have been first in so many things.
The former mint was the first building put
up by Federal authority in any part of the
United States. The oldest type-foundry in
the country is still carried on here, and the
oldest daily paper appears every morning
with renewed youth. Of thousands of na-
tional banks organized since the beginning
of the civil war, the earliest to be incorpo-
rated was in Philadelphia; and so too the
Union League of this city Was the primary
organization of its kind. Henry C. Carey
was the originator of the black trade sales.
The first house built in the colony was the
Penn house, in Letitia Court, which remains
standing to this day; and human beings also
seem to have an unrivalled faculty for survi-
ving in this fortunate territory. A case in.
point is General Robert Patterson, who, emi-
grating from Ireland in 1792.served on the
American side of the war of 1812, organized
the Pennsylvania militia, distinguished him-
self in the Mexican war, led a division‘in the,
war for the Union, was an extensive manu-
facturer, constantly active in society, and
shortly before this article ms written attend-
ed a dinner in honor of‘his own'ninetieth
birthday. The establishment of turnpikes
and the development 0! public hospitals are
other matters in which Philadelphia was in
advance. It can boast likewise in the Bald-
win Locomotive Works,, an establishment
which began, in the earliest days of Ameri-
can railroad building, with the ”painful manu-
facture of a single locomotive, and has kept
pace with the march of that industry until
now it turns out five hundred locomotives a
year, and employs over three thousand work-
men. «
On every side we are led back to' the day
of beginnings. The largest industrial estab-
lishments, like the works just named, the
Diston Saw Company, or the huge Dobson
carpet mill, of wide celebrity, have grown
up within a generation's time from small
beginnings. Old houses are carefully pre-
served, sometimes with the interior furnish-
ings of their Revolutionary prime; and even
when historic buildings are disturbed, the
old associations cling to their successors.
The Friends’ Hospital, where Longfellow
caused Gabriel to find Evangeline, has van-
ished (to the dissatisfaction of antiquarian
authorities), but the legendary value he gave
to it remains ; and it is mentioned as a point
of interest connected with ex-Minister
Walsh's house that it covers part of the hos-
pital site. This constant recurrence of the
past in the Philadelphia of to-day is in keep-
ing with a conservatism chararacteristic of
the place, manifested in various ways, and
commonly explained by the Quaker origin of
the city. But that quality is really due to
other causes. _ .
The main fact about Philadelphia, differ-
encing it from our other large centres,is that
it rests its importance on the power to pro-
duce tangible things of solidjusefulness. It
adds value. Some commerce there is, and
there are banks and bankers wielding exten-
sive monetary influence ; but the greater
number of inhabitants, both humble and
conspicuous, are interested in manufactures.
.The mass of the people work hard for a liv-
ing at the business of making something
which their labor renders valuable. Gaining
money in this way they more than appre-
ciate its worth, become saving. and invest.
their savings in useful property. Where
space is plenty, where rents are low, and
building associations are ready to lend
money, it becomes the habit among salaried
men, mechanics and all persons of small
means to acquire or hire a separate house;
and this multiplication of homes increases
citizens with a high average of intelligence.
I may instance a carrier on one of the morn-
ing papers, who still continues his rounds,
though he is also a botanist of good repute,
and a member of the Academy of Natural
Sciences.
m
Inside the Pyramids.
An interesting piece of news for Egyptol-
ogists and the public generally has just been
contributed to the “Journal des Debats” from
Dcdrechyn by M. Gabriel Charmes. That
gentleman is now traveling in Egypt with
M. Maspero, the director of the Egptian
museums, who has determined on opening
all the pyramids that have not yet been ex-
plored and on further searching those that
are not thoroughly known.
pyramids situated on the borders of the Ly-
bian desert is that of Mcydom, said to be
the most mysterious of all. It appears that
its entrance has never yet been disavow-ml.
Ibrahim Pasha eyen oudelVOI'et'l to effect a
breach on we walls with artillery,in the hope
"of finding a treasure concealed therein. It
is to this pyramid that M. Mospero is now
devoting his attention. By removing some
of the groundpn the north side of the arti-
ficial mound which surrounds the pyramid,
he has succeeded in uncovering all the points
where an opening might be revealed, and
the result has shown that his calculations
were well founded. Thirtegn days of ac-
tive labor, with skilled workmen, have suf-
ficed for the discovery ofa secret which was
believed to be undiscoverablc. The spades
of the fellahs h‘ave exposed to view the
opening, which is situated nearly at the top
of the artificial mound. On entering the
pyramid the visitor passes through a corri-
dor, admirably constructed, which takes him
about forty yards in a gentle decline, as is
the ease in the great Gizeh pyramid. Here,
for the moment, he is stopped by" the debris,
which is being rapidly cleared awry. M.
Maspero has already found two sacred in-
scriptions, in the style of the 20th dynasty,
giving the names of two scribes who had
visited the pyramid. Hopes are entertained
that no one may have set foot in it since. and
that it may be found to be intact. “But,”
concludes M. Gabriel Charmes, “ whatever
happens, the opening of the Meydoum pyra-
mid will still unravel one of those mysteries
which have for so many centuries hung over
ancient Europe, and which one by one are
yielding to the efforts of modern science.”
The late Maritte Bey, in one of his works,
said that the pramid was called by the
Arabs, Haram el Katdab—the false pyramid
—as they believed it to be nothing buta huge
rock shaped like a pyramid. This tradition
may have helped to preserve it from moles-
tation. 4
———-——-O-‘Ov-.——'—
Rev. Dr. Richardson of New Britain, has
had his salary increased from $2,500 to
83,000.
the proportion of responsible and cautions
Among the .
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‘ a. H. BALDWIN, M. D.,
Huuluuualluu Pluuclau ll Suuueuu
Office corner of Main and Wall Streets, over H.
S. Betts’ Drug Store.
Office Hours from 8 to 9:30 a. m..l to 3 and
7 to 8 p. m. ,
Slates at Haniord & Osborn’s, East Norwalk,
and at D. Beers, Jr , South N orwalk. Calls by
Telephone at Betts’ Drug Store promptly attend-
ed to. 1y‘23
L. N. PHINNEY, M. D.,
Residence and 0 nice, No. 62 Wall Street.
Office Hours—6 to 9 a. m., 12 to 8 and 7 to 8 mm.
Slates at I. A, Meeker & Co’s,.\'orwaik, and Still-
son’s and Plaisted’s Drug Stores, So. Nor-walk.
CHARLES W. RIANY,
.' I
_ Surgeon Dentcst.
NORWALK. CONN.
ounce corner ofMaivLsund monasteries. Nitr0us-
«5me Gas administered.
ALEX. S. GIB,SON,
Organist of the First Oongregationalist Church
Teacher of
Plano-Forte. Organ and Musical
Composition,‘
Lock Box 39, P. 0., NORWALK.CONN.
The N orwalk Dye Works
RE now in successful operation. Ladies’ and
_ Gents’ Garments Dyed, Cleaned or Sconred
ll'l best possible manner, \vithout‘lnjury t6 cloth.
Any shade of color produced wirlch may be de-
slred. Work well done and prices reasonable.
Goods can be left at the Milliner and Fancy
Store of the MISSES ST. JOHN. 33 am St., Nor-
walk, or at MR3. H. KREIGER’S Mllllncry. 39ft
. BERNARD COHN,
MERCHANT ,TAILOR,
WEEK’S m; (LDING, WALL sun,
A FULL LINE or
Imported and Domestic Cloths
of the latest styles, constantly on hand. N oval-
ties ln Scotch Suitings. Satisfaction guaranteed
in every particular. _ 46
w. s. onlllr'llanf-
General Furullluuu Uulurlalul,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R. DEPOT.
fl'Ordcrs attended to day or night. Residence
Main Street, 3 doors from Union Avenue,
People’s Market,
NO. 19 MAIN STREET,
THE very best of BEEF, delivered daily to
our customers. Also, in their season, Veal.
lamb Mutton, Pork. are" at the lowest
Market Rates. Vegetables and Fruit. a full
fresh and varied supply daily received. Market
wagon sent about town every morning.
JAMES E. WIXSON.
. J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and Councils at Law,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs,
J. G. GREGORY&CO.
DRUGq-Is-rs,
Successors to EDWARD P. WEED,
No. 38 Wall Street. NorWalk, Cit,
invite the attention of the public to their complete
stock of
Pure Medicines and Drugs,
and a run line of '
TOILET & FANCY ARTICLE.
Also dealers in
Pure Wines& Liquors for
Medicinal Purposes.
Careful attention paid to thgdispcnsing of phy.
slclans’ prescriptions. 2s
' ‘ lflWW/{iflyfl‘w
at.
REAL ESTATE.
. , “.."\/ \AN'x/V\WJ\/\/‘\./\f\/\/\Ml‘
Apartments to Let.
Nthe Brick Houses on Leonard street. In-
quire at LEON ARD’S COAL OFFICE.
To Let.
OUR rooms suitable for offices on the 2nd floor
of Gazette Building at a. very low figure.
For full particulars enquire of
BENJ. J. STURGES, Agt.
- No. 4 Gazette Building.
Norwalk, Ct., Sept. 5, 1881. '
For Sale.
T South Norwalk, ha].r a mile from tile-depot,
the late residence of A. ll.Snowdcn, known
as "CllfIwood.” Large Villa liousc, substantial—
15 built, In good order, eleven rooms, cellar and
attic, largeiparior with bay windows beautiful
tower, carriage house, barn and stable, attractive
grounds, finely shaded Wlth fruit and forest trees.
Terms to. suit. Apply to A. (LSNOWDEN, on
the premises, or to REV. it. B. SNOWDEN, St
St. Mark’s Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3411;
ENTISTRY.—Dr. C. H. Kendall can and
will Extract Teeth better and fifakc Teeth
cheaper than any Dentist in Norwalk. lyl
no“
N0 TRIPLE (20MB ATION!
ALL branchcsof Dentistry performed at rea-
sonablc prlccs, and the best of materials
used. Aiiworkwnrrantcd, Extracting 25c.
Office and Residence. West Avenue, adjoining
Methodist Parsonage, Norwallr. ' ,
Open Evenings.
‘ - GOODELL &PAIGE,
couuszLons AT LAW, .
Sword's Building, SOUTH NORWALK, CONN,
EDWIN B. GOODELL, (31m ALLAN W. PAIGE.
Notice.
on. III'I'BIIGOGK HA8 REMOVED
O the corner of West Avenue and , rkcley
Place, third house below the Me hodlst
Church. '
Office Hours from 7 to 9 a, m., 2 to 3, and 7 to 8
p. m.
Purchasing Agent and Messenger,
THE subscribers will act as Purchasing A gents
and Messengers between Norwaik and N ':W
York, dailyi Orders and packages received at
Theodore ‘ napp’s, South Norwulk, and Bene-
dict’s News Room, Post Office, Norwalk.
EDWIN K. SELLECK, with James McCreery a;
00., takes 6 o’clock train.
D. R. SELLECK, takes 7:45 a.m. train.
The "small Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
,18th Successful Business Year. '
Andhaa not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or ofcllums for losses.
It! Still" EIMPAIY IISIIIEIAT lnIEB RATES.
Wu.0.S'rnEET, Pres.. S. E. OLMSTEAD, Tress.
Git-0.3. CowmlsSec’y.
TN A 1 NSURANCE Co.of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
C spiral and A Insets, $6,716,893.77
Insurcs against 10: and damage byFirc, op terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent With the
laws of compensation. COWL‘hS .lt MERRILL,
‘ Sole Agents for Norwalk and vanity.
HARLES S. LOCKWOOD ,
Fashionable trailer and Tailor
AND
GENTS" FURNISHING LMPORIUJ!
MalnStreet ,Norwalk. Conn.
PURE MILK.
Delivered in N orwalh and South Norwalk, at
your door, every morning
AT 7 CENTS PER QUART,
By REM’SON BROS.
Geo. Ward Ielleclr,
Has in his New Store,!
HABDEIBIIIIIIK’S HEW IlIIBK, "All STREET,
A complete assortmentol the best clastoi
GRUGEIIIES, PROVISIIIIIS, FIIIIIIS:
denier family use, at Popular Prices. His stock
is at all times fresh and good.and will stand co
parlson with those of any Grocer in town. Ca
in and leave your orders. 28tf
THE MODEL
Hair Dressin g&Bath Rooms
Wall Street, Up Stairs.
cleanliness, Comfort, Artistic Workmanship and
entlemanly Attendance are leading features of
t is establishment.
E. APELL, Proprietor.
. Notice.
HE subscriber would announce that he has
disposed of his well-known Livery Stable
and equipments to his son Horace L. Donn. who
wul hereafter run the establishment himself.
Grateful and thankful for the long continued
patronage bestowcc upon him by the public, the
subscriber would request a continuance of the
same to hissuccessor, feeling confident that he
will merit anddes erve the confidence ofthc pub-
lic generally.
WILLIAM E .- DAN N
Norwallr, Oct. 4th, 1881. .
PENSIONS.
Pensions and Bounties got for
all Soldiers of my own and other
Regiments, &c. '
W. H. NOBLE,
' BRIDGEPOBT, CONN.
Slaufuuit New, Tuluuluue Cu
liS‘l’ IIF SUBSGIIIBEIIS OE IIIIWALI, ll SPEAK-
IIB IIIIMMIIIIEATIIII 'I’II DATE.
Adams Bros. - - - Market
Adams Express,so. Norwalk - Office
Adams, Leroy - - . Market
llank, Fairlielli Co. Nut — Ofiice
Beard, la‘ - - - Residence
Beatty.J.P. S: Bros. ._ - llice
lletts, ll. 8. - - - Druggist
llurkc,‘W. C., M. D. - - Office
Bymgton. A. ll. & Co. - Gazette Office
Clarke, E. C , M. l) . - Residence
- Comstock Bros. - —- Norwaik
Comstock Bros. - South Norwzllk
Crol'ut it Knapp, - - Upper Ollicc
Crofut tit Knapp, - . Lower Office
D. .17 N. it. it. - - Freight Ofiice
D. a N .lt. R. - - Coal Dock
Dann, IloraceE. - - - Stable
Donovan Jerry - - - Store
Earle,W.l{. - - ‘ . Residence
Residence
_ Coal, Upper Oflicc
Ferris, J. 11, - - Coal, Lower Office
Ferry, Mrs. O. S. - ~ Residence
Fitch, llenry It Lumber Yard
Glbson. A. S. - - . Residence
Ferris, J. H.
Ferris, J. 11.
Gregory Bros. - - - Stable
Gregory, J.G., M. D. - . Residence
Gregory. J. G. & 00. ~ - Drugglsts
Hatch. Bailey 8'. Co. - ‘I’lanlng Mill
Hat Forming Co. - - ‘Ofllcc
Higgins, if. L., M. D. -. Residence
llill, E. J. - - Lumber Yard
Hitchcock. D., M. D. - llcsldcncc
lfolmcs tit lieeicr, - - Grocers
iloyt, i. M. I'A‘l’ Oi‘nlcu - Drug ist.
llyatt.d. W. — - . . — _0 cc
llyatt,J. W. - - Resldenco
chier, E. O. - ~ - ltcsldencc
Kendali,J. ‘., l ,D. - - Residence
- Coal,East side
- Coal, West side
Residence
Leonard, C. T. it on.
Leonard, C.T. A; Son.
Lockwood. W. A., ALI) -
Loekwood. F. St. John - Residence
Louusbury .‘t Bissell Co. - Office
Mahackemo llorel . - - _Ollicc
Many, C. W. - - Residence
Meeker, LA. it Go. - Drugglsta
Miller, Georgi: lt‘. - - Resmence
Mitchell, W. .S: l). - Meat Market
Nolan, R. G., M. D. - - Residence
North. G. S. - - Gallery
N orwulk Gazette ’ - - Office
Norwalk Hour - - Office
Norwalk Iron Works - - Office
Norwalk Lock Co. - - Office .
Norwalk Mills - - - Ofilce
Norwalk Savings Society - - Bank
Palmer, E. M. 8; Co. - - Ofiico
Pumice. E. V.. M' D. - Residence
Phinncy,L.N., M. D. - Residence
l’laistcd, G. B. - - Drug ist
PostOlllce.rar our-non, - Note on
Propeller Dock - - Norwalk
Prowitt, J. . . - Hardware
Randic, J. 0., PA 1’ OFFICE, - Store
Raymond‘s: Nickerson - - Store
ltaymond, G. W. - - Residence
Raymond Brothers - Upper Office
Raymond Brothers - Lower-Office
Sandiforth. L. W. ~ - Residence
Sherman, S. J. - - Residence
Sherman, S. J , - - - Stable
Smith. W. El. & Co. - Hardwflgrc
Solmans, A. - . - - .0 cc
Starr, 0. S. - - - Residence
Starr, Brothers — - : Store
Steamboat Dock - SouthNorwalk
Stlllson. G. C. - - Drugglst
' St.Johu, C. E. - - Residence
. Trowbridgc, Chas. S. - - Office
Western Union Telegraph - Norwulk
Western Union Telegraph,South Norwalk
Wilson, S. B. - . Residence
Wood, Chas. N. - - Market
WESTPORT. ,
Jones, Oscar I.,r.\r orrrcn - TlniShop
Set of instruments, per year,
Tw00r more sets, per year, each,
Payable quarterly m Anvaxcn.
Messages to and from Pay Offices. Will be
char ed 10 cents each. no matter; by whom the
ma 3 sent or received. Exception, store of _ .
0. audio. and i. M. Hoyt, where no charge will
33-36
830
Farm for Sale.
1113 subscriber will sell the we] known David
St. John Farm with all the Stock, Tools and
Growmg Crops. Most of the price can remain on
mortgage. For full particulars address
22“ GEO. F. BELDEN, Winnipauk, Conn.
FOR. SALE.
SEVERAL very desirable Building Sites for
Business purposes, situated on Water Street.
Enquire of F'. W. MlTCHELL,Real Estate Agent
FOR SALE.
TWO yery desirable Building Lots on West
Main street. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE.
For Sale.
THE well known pro erty . of WILLIAM C .
STREET. situated on . igh Street. in the Bor-
ough of Norwalk.containing one acre of ground
frontmgon High and Main Streets, with commo-
dlous Dwelling House, with all thc modern im-
provements, large Barn, and out buildings, and
one-ballot smal house on Main Street. For fur
ther particulars enquire of BURR SMITH, Agent.
fiorwalk. April 11th, 1881. ~ 15tf
For Sale.
A House and about one acre
of Land on Prospect Hill,
May be had on reasonable terms. Apply to
E. W. ‘I‘UART.
N orwalk, March 16th, 188]. 12tf
A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS willbu
. . a small place on the hill east of winnipau
born the ounsbury lb Bissell Factory. A
chan c for a poor 'man .tosccure ahome of his
own. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 611‘
Farm for Said.
HE subscriber offers his Farm for sale, situa-
ted ln the Town of Greenfield, in Saratoga.
Co., in the state of New York, nipe miles from
Saratoga Springs. It is pleasontly situated on
a rise of ground, 95 acres of land, which is favor-
ably dlvuied into pasture, plow, meadow and
wood land; With a large house; the size of the
barn 30 by 40, wagon house and stabllng, hay loft
over the same, 23 by 43, and grainery 16 by 18.
Will be sold cheap; part of the purchase money
can rem-anon mortgage if desired, or will ex-
change Ior Village property. For further particu-
lars inqulrcof S LAS P. TUTTLE,
- Norwafk. Conn,
. I
Desn'able Property for sale.
A Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap.
Also. a. nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
wm Street near West Avenue, for sale at a. bar-
gain, Enquire of
S. E. OSBORNJE'ast Avenue,
tfll or to D. W, Fitch, W est Avenue.
Small Place for Sale.
A SMALL, two-story House, with one acre of
Land, near BroadRiver Bridge,ls offered
for sale at a low price, to close an estate. En.
quire at the GAZETTE OFFICE. (it;
For Sale.
Acosy, comfortable Cottage on one of the pleas-
antcst streets in town, within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches, will be sold at
low price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $7,000. En-
quire at this Office.
For Sale Cheap.
Better than low interest Bonds.
§A House on_ Fair Street.
Apply to B. J. Sturges.
D W ELLINGE
AND
Building Lots.
SEVERAL dwellings, various, prices in differ—
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sale at reasonable prices. Also several places.
outside of Borough limits—one ill Winnipauk,
Also several Building lots in and out of Borough
tl~19 Enquire at this Office.
J. M. PDTTER
HAS REMOVED HIS
MIISI6 SWSE
To Opera House Block, in
Store with A. W. Austin,
Jeweler.
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THE BEST OF
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VOL. LEV...NUMB‘EB 4
By the River.
O ever-changing river
That seekest the changeless sea, .
Where are the forms and the faces .
The years have shown to thee ?
Giittcr of golden hauberk, -
And sliver of swinging sword,
Down by the shallow scurry,
And over the darkling ford,
And here ill this fcrny corner,
Where the shadows fall on the spray,
A vision of weeping woman's eyes.
As her true love gallops away.
Sly didst thou note them, 0 iriver,
And gather them up and flee
To wait them away and. hide them
In the soundless depths of the sea P
Sheen of a prince’s armor,
And glint of a trusty Sword,
And blood-stained faces of fearless men
Dying to save their lord;
Soldiers and statesmen and courtiers'
And cold-eyed priests, and a group
0f dainty delicate maidens
In powder and patch and hoop.
Say, didst thou note them, 0 river,
.Aud garner their smiles and tears ?
Did their hearts beat high and falter
With old-world hopes and fears ?
Did they look on the deep dark water
Where it mirrors the diamond spray,
And love and struggle and suffer ‘
- As we of this latter day?
III II t t
Across the gulf of the ages
Where the secrets of silence sleep,
Comes a voice—'Ye are sisters and brothers,
Who love and suffer and weep.’
For the day goes by, and the morrow
Comes back as it did of yore,
And love is the same, and the sorrow
Is 'the sorrcw our fathers bore. 4
As the burden ha. been, .3 it shall be
Till the kind god bearsus free ;
Down the stormy waves of the river
To the calm of the infinite sea.
==
Mother’s Boys.
Yes, I know there are stains on my carpet,
The trace of small muddy boots;
And I see your fair tapestry glowing,
All spotless with blossoms and fruits!
And I know that my walls are disfigured
With prints of small fingers and hands;
And that your own household most truly
In immaculate purity stands. ,
And I know that my parlor is littered
With many old treasures and toys;
While your own is in daintiest order,
Unharmed by the presence of boys!
And I know that my room is invaded
Quite boldly at all hours of the day;
While you sit in your’s unmolested
And dream the soft quiet away !
Yes, I know there are four little bedsidcs
Where I must stand watchful each night,
While you go out in your carriage'
And flash in your dresses so bright.
Now, I think I’m a neat little woman;
I like my house orderly, too;
And I'm fond of all dainty belongings;
Yet would not change places with you.
No! keep your fair home with its order,
Its freedom from bother and noise ;
And keep your own fanciful leisure,
But give me my four splendid boys!
Wild Weather Outside.
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Wild weather outside where the brave ships
so,
And fierce from all quarters the four winds
blow— -
Wild weather and cold, and the great waves
swell,
With chasms beneath them black as hell.
The waters frolic in Titan plav,
They dash the decks with an icy spray,
The spent sails shiver, the lithe masts reel,
And the sheeted ropes are smooth as steel.
And oh that the sailor were safe once more
Where the sweet wife smiles in the cottage
door!
The little cottage, it shines afar
O’er the lurid seas, like the polar star.
The mariner tossed in the jaws of death
Hurls at the storm a defiant breath;
Shouts to his mates through the writhing
foam,
“ Courage! please God, we shall yet win
home! ”
Frozen and haggard and wan and gray,
But resolute still; ’tis the sailor's way.
And perhaps—at the fancy the stern eyes.
dim— -
Somebody’s praying to-night for him.
Ab me,tbrough the drench of the bitter rain,
How bright the picture that rises plain!
Sure he can see with her merry look,
His little maid crooning .her spelling-book;
The baby crows from the cradle fair;
The grandam nods in her easy chair ;
While hither and yon, with a quiet grace,
A woman fiits, with an earnest face.
The kitten purrs,ond the kettle sings,
And a nameless comfort the picture brings.
Rough weather outside, but the winds of
balm -
Forever float o'er that isle of calm.
0 friends who read over tea and least
01' the wild night’s work on the storm-swept
coast,
Think, when the vessels are overdue,
0f the perilous voyage, the bafiled crew,
Of stout hearts battling for love and home
’Mid the cruel blasts and the curdling foam,
And breathe a prayer from your happy lips
For those who must go “to the sea in ships."
Ask that the sailor may stand once more
Where the sweet wife smiles in the cottage
door.
—Hau-pu-‘s Magazine for February.
“You picked the pecans on. Onion creek,
you say P” said the Austin reporter yesterday
to a young man on a wngon filled with pecans.
“ch,sir,”hc replied,t hal’s where’s they came
from.” “Many up there i" “Plenty of
them.” Believe I‘ll try a few,” quizzed the
reporter, taking a big handful of pecans.
“I‘ll sellyou a whole peck for fifty cents,”
said the man, with swelling eyes. “Only
want a few. Say. do you know any news i”
“Not a'bit, sir; everything is very dull up
our way.” “Don’t you know anything i”
“Wt-ll, I believe I did hear some news yes-
terday." "What was it P” asked the report:
er, cracking a pecan, “Timre was a man got
eighteen buckshot in him near Where I live.”
“Who shot him?” “I did.” “What did ,1...
shoot him for?" asked the reporter, aghast
“For stealing some. of my pecans out of my
wagon,” said the countryman. reaching un-
der the seat for his shot-gun. The reporter
hastily replaced the'p'ecans in the wagon,
and after calling the countryman"‘Colonel"
disappeared around the corner.-—Te:cas Sift
ings.
....
Taosons of Erin shoreling sand on a hot
day, stopped to rest and exchange views on
the labor question. “Pat, this is mighty
hard work \\ e’l'c at.” "It isindade, Jimmy;
but what kind of work is it yo’u like if ye
could get it ‘r” "Well,” said the other, lean-
ing reflectively on his shovel and wiping the
pesipiration with the back of his hand,
“101‘ a nice, aisy, clane business, I‘ thinkI
Would like to be a bishop.”
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