THE SENTINEL.
SOI‘TH NUIHYALK, CON 3.
I
wonns or tunnel.
VFor age and want save while you may.
no morning sun lasts a whole day.
He who wants to do a great deal of
good at once will never do anythinW.
Pleasant roads make pleasant drives.
Pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.
Humor is the smiling pathos of the
:1th as Wit is the laughing deviltry of
t. _
Life becomes useless and insipid
when we have no longer friends or ene-
mies.
Put down as soon as possible every
sum which you receive or pay; and trust
not to your memory.
. The knowledge drawn from experience
is ofquite another kind from that which
flows from speculation or discourse.
‘ Chivalry is not confined to the rcla‘
tion of the sexes. It is a sentiment
which should rightly inspire all who are
highly favored in any respect toward
those who are less fortunate.
< What‘s a ‘ ‘liorlP‘
(‘oloncl Jack W . of the Confed-
eraey,relates the New tlrlcaus H!p!£.’:ff¢an,
tells a good story of a scr cant in his
own regiment, tlrc —~~th Texas t‘avalry,
which occurred during the late war.
Sergeant \Yilley was a lank, gawky, but
impulsive son of the Lone Star State:
worthless as a soldier, and still worse as
a non-commissioned otlicer, he nevertlie~
less was enabled ro maintain his grade,
Owing to a ptcul ar tact which he pos~
sessed .of procuring forage when all
others \vould fail. tlrie \\ ct inornih}: he
appeared with a long face before his
colonel‘s tent and grumbled soltictliiiig
against the Si'rgr':|til~lli:ljdl' of his regi-
ment, which tlic‘xailoncl finally tinder-
stood to be a complaint that Willey had
been put on picket duty out of his turn.
The story seemed so plausible when it
was clearly pliecd before the coicn-rl
that the sergcaritaiiajor was siiiriruo'tied
to the tent, and in a few minutes it was
agreed that an niiiiitt-ntiarial injustice ‘
had been done to Willey, and the party .
separated. _
“Never: mind, “'illey,“ said the ser-
geant-major, as they walked oil to»
gether, “when your trrrn comes
again you shall be excused from _
duty.“ E
“That‘s Well enough,“ grumbled.
“'iliey, “but. it iiiayn‘t. be a wet
night.
"That does not matter, Willey,“ again
said the sergeantqiiajor. “When the war
is over this little trial will le counted :
another laurel for you." l
“'illey left his superior, muttering
something unintelligible. and made
straight. for the coloncl‘s tent, where,
without preliminary, he apostrophizcd
him in a twangy voice:
“Kernel,“ he said, “what‘s a Iorlt‘"
“Ar‘what .9“ asked (‘oloiir-l \V. _
“A a lorlf‘ again asked WiEley in a .
louder tone,
“A what 9‘“
. “What‘s lorlé“ tliistiine fairly shricked I
“'ilh-y. f
t‘oloncl \Y. “as now nearly out of
patience, being as litt'c informed as be‘
for: on the lorl sub'ect.
“Willey,“snld l e colonel, “if you
will onlytcll me who uttered that word
in your presence, and under what cir-
cumstances it was uttered—if you tcll me
something that occurred, I iiiry be able l
to enlighten you.“
Willey then explained how it was that i
the sergeant-major had spoken of the
laurels. 3
"Oh,“ said (‘olonel \\'., “I understand; 2
well, you sec, Willey, when Illl‘ ancient
Romans returned triumphant from the
wars, their brows \i't-r'c crowned with
leaves of laureis, which are synonyms of l
glorv.” . l
i
a
\l'illcy slowly crept away, apparently .
understanding the situation less than
ever. In due course oftiuic, one dark.
cold, rain)" night, while Willey was
snoring vigorously, he was awakened
fro his sleep turd urdcrcd to g.) on
pic 'et duty with a squad of men. In a
few minutes he had hitched up his
,Clothos, and rushing out of his tent,
yelled out frantically to his men:
“l‘ome on, we are going after some of
' the blame lorlsi“ *
Origin of the Poll Tax.
The troubles which followed in ling-
land after the death of the lllack Prince
caused a speedy “unlouf raising a rev-
enue to be desired, and the poll tax of
137 T—“a tax hitherto unheard of"—-—was
agreed to. This tirst poll tax was levied
and paid apparently without inurrnuring.
Perhaps the pressiu danger of invasion
threatened by the ‘reucli rendered the
,pcople more pliable. llut as troubles
continued, anozher tax of the same de~
scription was agreed to—equally a poll
tax-«but graduated so as to be less open
to objection on the ground of inequality.
Bank was the basis when. The two
dukes of Lancaster and llretagnc were
charged each l0 marks, or £6 11‘s. 4d.
Earls and coutitcsses, being widows, 6
marks, or £4; barons and bannerets, :3
marks; knights bachelors and substatr
tinl csquires, ll marks; esquires of less
estate and substantial merchants, half
a mark. The kni 'hts hospitallers were
charged separately. The chief prior,
the same its a baron. Every commander
of the order, the same as a knight bache~
lor. livery other brother, bein r a knight
of the order, 13:: 4d. The ju ges and
the chief baron of the excheiuor were
charged £5. Sergeants and grand “ap‘
prentices of the law,“ £2; every ot er
‘apprenzice to the profession of e
law," £1; all other apprentices and at—
torneys, (ls. Sd. The mayor of London
was 0 on the rooting of an earl?
the alderman of London and the mayors
of the great town on the scale of barons;
franklins, farmers, and cattle dealers,
half a mark or a quarter of a mark. For
the ele a special scale was fixed.
The are ishon of Canterbury. £7 13s.
dd.:bishopa mined abbots, and other
aplritual persons, being peers, 1.1.; other
beneflced clergy from £3 down to 5;,
according torthe value of their office:
monks and nuns, according to the value
of the house to which they ”belonged,
from 3s. 4d. down to 4d. This last was
also the charge on the poorest class
which ‘d the tax at all.—London
Qatar Janine.
' —-.——-——-
Glass Nearly 4,000 Years our.
The oldest specimen of pure glass
hearing anything like a date is a little
moldedlion‘s head, bearing the name of ,
an Egyptian king of the eleventh dy-
nasty. in the Slade collection at the
British Museum. That is to say, at the
iod which may be moderately placed
at. more that 2,000 B. 0., glass was
not only made, but made with a skill
which shows that theutwal nothing
new even at that time—Dry Ear.
. loti ' crioriirii to l"
L o
! tpiarrclcd ., wc
' flood—did
conic AWAY. Joivar‘nnx.
1.
Oh, the ruby drops are sparkling onthe fault
in: goblet‘s rim
And the song is so enchanting where the
mazy dancers swim
To the music‘s! the frolic as it tinkles wild
and glad
Till the cyprian seems an angel to the wild‘
eytui country lad, .
And the melody and motion flowing round
him like it sees
Numb his sense and woo his fancy to that
evil company;
But there‘s peril in the daticehouse and those
feet are downward hound.
And there‘s death within the goblet when the
merry cup gum round:
. Then ho' my Jonathan. ho!
Come away, come away,
M y Jonathan:
ll.
\\'hen the wine Is going inward and the
blood is getting hot,
First it simmers. their it bubbleslikc the water
in the pot;
brings a him“,
Then \‘0!li(~ out the knives and pistols, and
the blood begins to flow:
There‘s a murder in the brothel, there‘s a
wail upon the air
And a haggard young man flying in a frenzy
of «impair;
to caroussls end in fully and the folly ends in
sin: L
The way to cease from doing wrong is never
to begin.
Then but my Jonathan, ho!
Come away, come away,
My Jonathan!
lll.
There‘s a irrightv fortune waiting, there‘s lrr
fluorr c. there is fume,
”ii the lucky speculation, on tlii doftlyiniaii'
ago! gnii‘o:
Hope outrun: the in c of rests ii and her pi.“
turns till the sky.
'i‘cl rhw young tr .11 hid. his candor and in-
tcgi ity “gti i l-by ,
Then the sharpens blow their bribl
lur‘ts with friglrterrc l sariird,
I Ari l tho bio. .I of olo p mr sui ado iscurtllin;
oii tin-ground.
Love of gain insanely worship»! leads to ruin.
leads to crime:
The man who owns tic game, my buy. wlll
\v.ti it every tiriao
vie, till it
The" lio‘ my .I rrratliati. Ii”!
Come away, m-ni-i away,
My .‘..-na:l;ari2
IV
Yes come awav. my Jonathan? there‘s tictli»
iiig lraif s 1 fair
As the sword tluwcr of rurioAurcothat bin-iris
. in country ar:
There is danger in Zli . i .ty for a simple lad
like you
“‘ha kill-“‘vlll rn-t the t1; :tteririess that art.
v-rii-‘cals flu in \ luv.
There where color, light and music glorify
the house of sm.
‘ And drinking dens are palaces to lure the
passer in;
“here Marriinon starr‘ls with rcaly smile
and 1 r aft-rs sudden gain.
“‘1; . saws his youth in such a s »il may reap
the frail in pain.
Tiieri lio' rrry Jonathan. IiOl
('oiiie away. rorirc away,
My Ji‘llul'l‘ill'
— Ii‘c I5. ‘. I'tll‘r’fl’l‘. t i the C rn‘rtf.
ARGUMENT.
. rzv i‘v \ r:i:xr.
Jar k and I had br cn inarricd al out
it to argue: \\ 1' never
\\ ere too patrit'iriti for
that. though he was only a promising
g archrtcvt and I an cvs-liiiol mi‘arn—l-ut
how we did argue! It 21‘! began bv our
ditlcrcut “brirrgin-gs up“ in the' first
pl;.ce. You scc, \vc wercn‘t really well
nopraiiilcd rare rot yctl when we mar-
ried. It all grew out of that dreadful
our romantic and sudden
iriarriagc ~aiid I had actually seen iriv
good .lack twice only before i promised
all sorts of sentitrrcriuil things! And
the glamour lzislcd, his face was still
the harrdsomcst, his voice the sweetest,
his nature the mist cliivalrous in the
world until, as I have said, we began to
argue. It was a thoroughly good
natured :rr‘gurucnt at tirst. flow was it
that wc forgo: in tirrrc to send a laugh
along with a ll(‘\li‘fullh‘ little dig into the
weak points in tlrcargiimcrrt of the op-
position to sort o‘ soften its edge? I
don‘t know, For sure, but I grew to de-
spisc argument lit-tween Jack and ine,arid
I meant when a good chance offered to
put the whole ugly spirit of discord to
tight. :
1t came—the chance. Jack camc‘
home from the oilice to supper with a
paper in his hand. which, I fancied, had
given him something to ponder over. I
rang the little ten bell out of the low
window'a< I used to ring the big bell
out of the dearlittleschoolhouse window
in years gone by, and in toddled our wee
daughter, I-‘atirzia, with a glad, hungry
light in her baby cyes. '
Baby in the high chair: iiinmrna be-
hind thc tea things, papa brandishing
the knife and steel and then—it came.
“llcsdre, I think \zoirieri nowadays try
to do too mucliv—tliat they strive for too
wide a sphere of action, don‘t you?"
“Women in general, or particular,
Jacki“ I asked, dropping the three
lumps of sugar he atlects into his steam-
~.lng cup.
“Well, general, I believe in this case
—thongh we could, I suppose, make a
particular instance of it. For instance
you—“
| I] l"
“You received an education that in
the contracted sphere of w0man‘s
life-“ ‘
lla! There it was—there was my
weapon of annihilation! I listened as
he went on, ,
“That in the contracted sphere of a
ma—nr‘sdi—frw‘i—l—kiiut mo
thrown away. What good can come of
it all? You who sit here at home making
a paradise for me, need know nothing of
even simple intercst—" : ,
“But I do know of it, my liege lord!
lean compute it. to the penny on the
small rm accruing from my professors
ship of the ‘river school‘ since you kind.
ly invested it for me in the Building as-
toeiatlon—"
“Well, let that pass: perhaps it is just
as well to know a little of simple arith-
metic; but for algebra~—“
“As my friend llelen aye, it is my
knowledge of al bra and the ‘unknawn
quantities‘ that rave made a ‘baker‘ of
me I" l interrupted eagerly.
“A ‘baker‘l” , ,
“Oul, Monsieur! Now do you listen
awhile to rue—give Fatimi that ripest
peach, Jack, please. I insist u n it
that no woman who lives the ii 0 of a
‘house-mother' can have too fine and too
widely-spread an education. In the
first place she is ‘mother‘—she has a
million questions to answer before her
little broad have spread their wings—
qnutions upon all sort of subjects—on
science, on art. history.musie, literature,
chemistry. astronomy, languages—on
\
One word brings on another and another;
every kind of subject. But that is not
all; she must put these sciences into
daily use “
" ‘Daily use,‘ Desdiel“ very ironically,
this. ulr‘orinritatieet"
“Jack, if you put a lot of stearine and
potash into a kettle with some boiling
water, what w ill be result!"
“How do] know?"
“1 have to—it results in soap; that‘s
chemistry."
“If you know all
“If it’s l2 o‘clock at this place what
the time twenty degrees east of us?"
stl__1__“
“Why an hour and twenty minutes
past 12 and I can set‘the clock by local
or standard time with my eyes shut—
that‘s astronomy."
“\Yell, Desdie—“ -
“Why is our little Fatima so sturdy—
the darling! llecause I know how to
give her a sun-bath as well as a water-
bath, and play ‘catcher‘ with her every
day in the yard until her lungs are filled
" with pure oxygcn~—blood~making
' material—rind her eyes shine with health
‘ and happiness—that’s physiology."
“Granting all that,- Desdic—”
“Wait, .lack I‘ll soon be through.
. “'ho asked me to write up our romantic
{little story, and what: was the doing so
,but an eilort at literature! What do you
Tcall the composing of that liymn for
ll‘aster l‘ettigrcw‘s infant class! llow
: should I kn-rw that l-‘atima‘s pale blue.
jsilken hood looks better than any other
;color against the golden glint of her
.curls if l had no artistic sense? How
could I have said yesterday to the honest
:old washwouiair, imported from father
‘ lind only last sprine: ‘l‘rari Mueller, ich
‘liabe tilt-sen Morgen iiieine llrief~
; ticlic verloren—was sill ge<chchcri?‘ and
l thanked her when sliesliowcd me how she
ll‘lll found it in my cal co dross packet,
‘ if I hadn‘t dug Herman roots as \ic.l as
Latin? How could i have inform-ad the
little Frf‘lu'lltllhn in your behalf that
‘cr‘lle inaisen est a vr-udu- an plus otlr'ant
' ct dcrnfcy cuclreriscur" if I hadn‘t had a
hundred headaches overall the rrregn»
lar' verbs that grow in France: If l
\vnsn't apt at the needle, \Vltr‘i’c would
tlime awful rents at heel and toe land
you? If I knew not the use of the sad
iron —- oh, well named tool' - \\ here
would be your linen iinrnacnlatc.i If i
igurircd natural history I shouldn't hare
known \\ here to look for the bird's nests
I have added to your collection. It l
‘knew nothing of urctlrcine I‘d not know
that. just so many pellets of acourtc -~no
in -:e, no less -»-could allay baby‘s fever.
' If I wasn‘t a bit of rnachiricst my sewing
*nraclrirro would cost it's quite a little suru
with its frc-picrit getting cut of gear;
and as our Culilllliig" l.i==k zit tlia: patch
on Fatirira‘s shoe. As a filler cf the soil
I run the successful grower-if ciioiig‘h
turriatom, at least. to can for \\ ruler, and,
nsntinncnl can su‘dcrthc can: as well as
any one in the professsori. .\s hustler Icari
harness the pun v to the phat-ton as well
as you yti‘it'sclf can, and give myself and
baby many a gilvisflllli airing. [in car-
'pcnter i-riorrgh ‘o p'arnv down that stub-
lznrrr door in the noodshsl tlll it shuts
olic.lit'rr?ly—”
“Ik‘fllit‘, I {org it 7-
“.\r;d l‘aiuter c:ror:;li to match the
Color and parnt the visual, raw edge. I
“as taxidermist enough to saie the
{with lt‘«l Ill-l” of that l:-vclv white
crane you shot, and Sin ll! I'lrfldgh to
tlzrow the paper that. lll‘lrl the arsenic
: into the tire, and and
g ‘ I‘t‘Stlt‘lllt‘ll‘l, my love, forlvcnr" I I
l l mu overcome \vitli._‘u-tit :u‘q‘llli‘lllt'llls
‘—~l am your srr‘vi'e s‘nrc and that‘s the
way a lll’lllgf‘l“ Ir-olt-d‘ - I igirr‘intitly
(‘lti‘tlull supposed I was asking in mar
‘ringc a snisll, nveragu biained lnssic,
who. like inysclf, was all alone in the
\vcrlil, and who would look up to iric as
to a protector—no vk up,‘ forsoothi lies~
rlcrrion‘i—“
“.Iar-k, forgive meul had to show
that dcriirin of discord that l was a ‘sur
rperioi" being and could not be ‘dnwrird‘
in nrgumcrrtl And you, that woman.
instead of having a ‘eontr'actcd splicrc,‘
has one wider than you lords of creation
worrld cvcr drcarii of filling! .\nd, Jack,
dcar, don‘t let‘s argue any more I
would not give you a chance today, and
I beg of you never to try it again. I
shall live my life rind you shall live yours,
and though in many respects so unlike
they w ill be so close together iii synipa~
thy that the boundaries will not be dis
certiibic. Take me for what Iain, .lack,
a busy, well meaning little ‘haus mut-
tcr'Vr your wife and your ctpial ~ do you
hear, Jack? .\nd I‘ll call you the d \ar-
cst Iioy- in the worldl, set you on the
altar of my heart andl lic the happiest
girl that or er made a loaf of broad!“
“Mrs. Ray, 1 find it difficult to recover
from this corn ilcto prostratioril l»~»l
am overwhelmet ! May l venture for
the sake of an argutnr-nt—"
"'l‘aboocd, sir; no argument between
us licnceforth allowcdl I will not bear
it. Your voice was growing harsh to
rnc~your eyes frowned your convictions
into lliillC‘)‘0lll‘ laugh ceased to warm
my heart, arrd—-—oli, Jack!“
“Yes, tit-riff"
“Fatima has fallen asleep with her
head in the butter dish I"
“.\rrd will rest in happy ignorance of
the awful things her little wuniansliip
will be expected to know when comes
the glad years of maturity l"
lltit it worked its charm. There is no
liercutiirgument about our pleasant con~
verse now. We talk about everything
like two chatty robbins, and no spirit. of
discord iiiars our happy home. “Detroit
Fred has.
it
An insect User! for Illumination.
.-'\t a recent meeting of the Academy
:0! Sciences, at Paris, a plate half tilled
, with water, in which were half a dozen
insects about an inch in length. which
shone like diamonds, although the room
was tilled with sunshine, was passed
_ around among the members. These in~
sects had been brought from Mexico,
' where they are to be found in the forests.
i'l‘heir scientific name is the pyrophore;
.andpasnone had ever been seen before
i in Europe, they created quite a sensation.
The Ii ht rescmbleisgoiflglfl worm
or a re fly, although as much more bril~
aliant and intense as anelectric lamp sur~
: passes a wax ta ten in its power
'of illumination. \‘liten the light he-
gins to fade, it can be made as bril-
liant as before by shaking the insect, or
dipping it in water. It is said the ln-
dians of Mexico use them for a light at
night, as a few will suffice to illuminate
.: an entire room. “'hen they are walking
‘at night, they put one on each foot, so
that they can be sure of their way, and
_ also that they do not step upon any ven-
’omous snake or reptile with which the
' tropical forests abound. The Mexican
ladies buy them of the Indians. and in-
close them in atranspatent bag, which
they wear in their hain or at the neck.
; The effect is very Mautifnl, especially
iwhen' several are worn; and, as the In-
, dians sell them for a kw cents a dozen,
,they are within the. reach of every fair
one. Thevare fed on sugar cane, and,
it well taken care of, will live a long
gtinia One placed upon a page will en-
;able it to he read withseue in the dark-
lest night—Scientific Americas.
It is estimated that (he'railways of the
world codd
. ‘d‘,a
k
mama» W,
T H! STLE DO “'3’.
Fairy frigate on airy seas,
Sportoftheeunahina toyofthebneas,
(lured by a myriad feathered sprays,
Moor-ed by a myriad silver rays,
What is thy freight, oh, Thistledo'nl
Walled, winged. on a viewing tide,
Launched on a breezy ocean wide.
Hither and thither thy pinnace glides,
Thither. and hither thy fair bark rides,
“‘hat is thy freight, oh, Thistledown!
Loose the moorings and drop the seed!
Delicate cable and gossamer thread.
Silvery sail and feathery oar
Noedoth the Thistledown now no more.
“hat is thy fmiglit, oh. Thistleiown.
A tiny seed in cradle fair.
llorue on the waves of the summer air,
The g.~rni of a life. though veiled. “'0 5'39.
A beautiful possibility-
This is thy are l, oli, Thistloiown.
“'ondrous care for a Thistle seodl
Parables writ. on wings of a weed
licvcreut eyes may wondering see,
And precious truth in this :irgosy.
This is thy freight, oh, ’l‘histledown.
0f the cords of love and restraining bands!
The waiting wings and the silken strands!
Craziling the life of the hidden semi.
Germ of the life that is life inbred.
Safe as thy wed, oh. This tlcdownl
—— The (Jrurer.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPJS.
Afla.
Always a flute—Opening a bottle of
soda.
.-\ populnrair with the ladies——“Sweet
buy and buy. “—l '."u'mgo Leafy: 1-.
It was ~nid of’ the eloquent. prosecut-
ing attorney that people hang upon his
words. Tthudgsc‘.
“What I told my Wife,“ is the title of
a new book. It almost needless to
say that it is liction.~l‘ur.i‘.
An old rounder savspamlysis is caused
2 by canned goods. It is also certain that
‘ Sonic of it comes through bottled goods.
I‘v‘uyum'.
Sweden is a good cattle country, be-
cause there the anini il never strays, the
: Cattlcrncir always tiuding sheir Stock~
holtri. , —1‘o'w.
Bishop Taylor writes that missionaries
with fatniics are wanted in Africa.
Tire natives will pay the expenses of
is
Inllc‘liitig. [iu1*£'.lr;.!'wa 13,“, 15am,
\Vhen l‘ogg Slur-d watching the
weighing of his Sunday roast he rc~
marked that he felt like Ajay defying
the lightning. Ag]; -s‘--:s Transcript.
An exchange asks: “What is the
hottest place in Ill" l‘iiitcd States?“ “‘0
reply, without the slightest hesitation, a
horrrct‘s nest.-ll'II‘Finytt-n Frre Press.
, The ltussirn government has iccalled
; minister 'l‘cliicliugwtl from l‘hilippopolis.
: The appearance of the name suggest;
; that it was a sot-cry thing to dc. ”Bing-
; In: n'wl. I: I'lh‘til-‘vlit,
Queer, isn‘t it .\ inati \\ ho will
. s“ allonv any kind of dish with an irnpor
' irig l‘i’cnch train - \ii i be- scared to death,
if be c itclics n cold with a Greek or
Latin title 1.‘ ('..’
Xorhirig iiia‘ncs a nllst‘l‘ fcc‘.
povcrishod corniztrori so much
travel a little arzd thus discover
there is lunch of Zlic‘
hope to possess, , (1": my: .’.e.l;.'.~‘-'.
llr. Ilio Lewis declares tliit hot water
will cure mery \'»‘lli}'lzllfll that human
“(Hb‘ ah".
his in-
ns to
that
deal of coiriplaint co: us from ~ople who
get into hot water.- ' re l'ar ‘ llon’tl.
l‘olicc sergeant rsurprising his subor-
dinate, who should lie on drrtyl—-“llerc,
bcrcl “ill have nonc o‘ that.“ Subor-
diriatc \devoiiring the last iiiorscll —“Bo
5, i-crs, t‘i don‘t think yes. willi“——
1i'il)li'i‘t‘7‘.
, Miss (‘lara——“.\rc youari angloriianiac,
Mr. lr‘cathr‘rlyl“ Mr. l‘catlicrly “Well,
hardly a; stroagzasthat, Miss t‘larn. I
tisli occn~ioiially; bit I am fond c.
>l'orl' .\ r ..
Mrs. licacon -new to livinwkceplng -
"tin. d morning, Mr. t‘irtts, can you
give the a gout picte of roast beefi”
Supercilious butcher—“Mn lain. l can
give you a good pit-.e of bccf to roast.“
“llatrvutril [vino-rm.
Stanley says that sunshine in Africa
looks like inuorrlight. That‘s about tlu
way it looks right here at home to, the
lloard of Trade mat: who gets on tlit
wrong sidc of the fence in a big grain
CIVIL—(Vlftfltyd ‘I.".‘“Ittl!.
bootblack, my dear?“ asked Mrs. Cair~
lion while her husband was studying the
score of an Allegheny game. “Uh, It
varies,“ rc \licd t‘aurion; “sometimes
they are Polish rind sometimes Shinese.“
w—l Wis} urg ( ‘1‘: roll ir'r'c.
'rnn .urtnciuxr‘s t‘llURt‘S.
Ilene you‘ll find the merchant‘s chorus,
You will hear it cvery day,
“It is not. the gmuls we carry,
but the ads. that lk‘t)‘.
‘ 'If it won.‘ not forthose papers.
And the ads“ so often Md.
We might order up our cottlini ,
For we might as man be dead."
——(-‘o.~.l.rll‘s Sun.
.\ (‘alifornia blacksmith is dangerous‘
13; ill wirh glauders, contracted while
shoeing a horse. And a Pennsylvania
woman is suffering from a sprained ankle
contracted while “shoeing" a hen.
There seems to be a fatality about this
shoeing biisiiiess.—-.\'orrt's.'o:cn Hatfield.
"Stone walls do not a prison make,”
. says, or, rather, sings Sir Richard Love-
lace. You are «piite right, Sir Dick,
you are quite right; they don‘t. If the!
did, how would the small boy ever go
out of the apple orchard uncaughkwhen
chased by the shouting furnish—Puck.
Do not be too emphatic in the exprea~
sion of your opinions, my son. I once
heard your mother speak of the 111i
as the scum of the earth. Since then
the “scum“ has risen, as it always does,
with your mother or me.—-Boston TN»—
Icrtpl. , _
‘ “rut soar-n \vnvo born show."
Now the mercury doth fall
'l‘en dogma.
And the binllsts one and all
‘Gin to m i
As they tlitabout and flutter
To the South (mm summer shutter
0r their galvanixal gutter
Lest they freon.
Now the very latest styles
All an: set.
In our collars, cuffs and tilee.
And we get
Growing daft with social pleasure
To the bottom of our treasure
And we can‘t begin to measure
Up our debt.
Now we don our whiter cosh
‘ Growing numb.
To a tickling in our throat
We succumb:
And we all, howe‘u' so humble,
Into bed do quickly taxable
As we shiver and we (nimble
Wan-nab Gain.
a
A
aeterahas ‘nst heapintedatmrx
Itisapraeileal adaptation of what is
kaowa ”pipes Englishtomisdoaar:
purposes. .
earth he can uevtr
angling to a limited extent only." «New: ‘
muummixvilhalennothhigtosdo,
ye know “
HUMOROUS SKETCHIS.
for 6003.
“Yes, Bobby,“ said young Feathcrly.
“I am going West for a little trip.”
“Are you going for your health!“-
quired Bobby, with solicitude.
doubt."
“Sister Clara bones you will."
“I say, Bobby,“ whispered Featherly,
“did your sister say that she hoped my
trip would do me good i”
”Yes. She told ma last night that if
Mr. h‘eatlierly went \\'t‘stfitliat he would
go for g~.iod.—~.\’citr York Sun.
Kline!- hy Mail.
A young postmaster of a village post.
oliice was hard at work when a gentle
tap was heard upon the ~door and in
stepped a bashful maiden of sixteen
with a money order, which she desired
cashed. She handed it to the orlicial
with ti bishfril smile, who after cluscly
examining it. handed her the money it
called for. .\t the sarnc time he asked.
her if she had read what was written
on the. margin of the order.
"No, l have not,“ she replied, “for I
cannot make it out. Will you please
read it for me?"
The filing postmaster read as follows:
“I send you $3 and a dozen kisses.“
(iiancrng at the bashful girl, he said:
“Now, I have paid you the money and I
suppose you want. the kisys?"
“Yes,“ she said, uifhe has sent me
any kisses I want them, too,"
It is hardly necessary to say that the
rest of the order was promptly paid and
more and more every year, and each new
I‘llllift.‘ added .‘I‘Cnls to be the best.
.lirirruy sent me a dozen kis~cs along with
the innney order, and the postrnastrr
gnu: tut: twenty. It. beats the special
delncry systcrii all hollow."
I-Ou‘ Water In Ilse “‘ishanh.
A rural St‘liutiliiiastcr iii Indiana asked
a pupil named William Scott the. nilicr
day, which was the longest river in the
world, and \Yillatm pebbled iii crediting
that honor to the Wabash. .\s a result,
he “cut in inc with c. tanned jacket. As
another rr-srilt, £1 stranger :ippc..rcd and
knocked on the door.
"ls this the skule
'plcssantly in'piired.
“lie or "‘
”Are you the critter as licked Bill
Scott fur sticking' up far the Wabash.”
” The same, sir."
“Wal , lilll luppcns to be my son, and
I've cmric fur to girt you the arrfrillr-st
wh-itirr‘ cvcr writ down in geography.“
“Van you wait. until l am through
with the class in spelling!“ asked the
traclicr.
“Uh' I s‘pose so, but under the tif-
C‘rrristaracs i hope yc‘lr cut it as short as
possiblc. llavcn‘t got my Corn hushed,
teachc r l" he
"I ‘crtairrly. I never kccpa gcnll man
Waning “ll! n i ran help it. Mt down
on the wood piic, lit. Mn-tt. l‘.l conic
or: mini paiverire you in just nine tinn-
tiles."
.\t the end of the zip; ointw-l time the
,tcaihci reappear-d and at once rushed
i upon the waiting Mr, Scott and bl rckcd
': Ins ores, broke his 3:.w and flattened his
flesh is heir to, re: all the 33ml: a good i ' ‘
now. My aril by “L Scott said he had
all he wanted, and added:
“\Yhith is the longest river in the
world? ’
"The ;\'.il.l"0u, si
".\iii~s ion. l’icrue write it down for
":0. You‘ve lckcd it into me in fust~
Class s'yle, and when l git home and git
my paws onto niv sr‘ll llill, lit-ill come to
believe there liariit iriitl “atcr in the
Wabash to \\:iin his lct‘t with: A!“ a-
Ztilii Good by, \ llilt‘; :" ~— New )W‘rl
{ 5:.rr.
. . . . i and eggs, tifty ct-iits,‘
u\\ hat. is usually the nationality» of a *
"0 [Didn‘t l‘ar.
loin: \‘cars ago, when the la'e l liarlcs
Theme, in. was a young actor strug-
glmg with the dr'mintie chills and fever
common to actors in the early stage of
tin-2r career, it came on suddenly very
cold for him onto, and he had nothing
to memorize ever-pt the bills of fareliun:~
outside the rcstaurants of the period.
Ambition left hrs mind and settled in
the gastric jri cos of his stomach. He
had no money to satisfy it. He neglected
the theatrical posters, and studied “Ilaiii
i ’ and legends of
that kin I. It was early days in San
Francisco, and they had a practice of
sounding a gong at meal limes to inform
the neighborhood that the nicals were
on. (‘liarley was passing disconsolately
along, \\ hen a man rushed out. of a res.
taurant and banged a gor'g in his ear.
lle Stopped, \vulkctl in, sat down with
the air of a lord in a society drama, arid
ordered and ate a royal meal. lie was
through, and sticking his hand in the
breast of his coat, he put on a dign'tit-d
and aristocratic stride and was walking
out.
“Look here.“ said the proprietor.
gently intercepting .hlll), “don‘t you
propos: to pay for this!“
“Pay! \Vhat do you meanl pay I"
“Yes, pay 2“
“You must be under some mistaken
impression. Pay! No. certainly not!"
“What the deuce did you mean to
come in here for and cat a meal like
that?"
“1 came,“ said Charlie, drawing hiin‘
self to his full height: “I came on your
invitation. I came because you banged
that gong."
And with a stride that paralyzed the
proprietor he passed out into the bright
world—San IV'I‘allHS-‘O Chronicle.
_ A $03!. “at.
There was no doubt but that Johnny
Fizzletop was the laziest and the most
mischievious boy in the whole school.
in~ §
“Well, not altogether for my health, _
although I shall derive some benefit, no ‘
“What! The spectacles?“ exclaimed
the sehool~teacher, very much aston' .
. Yes, there were his spectacles beyond
‘ a doubt. Just. at this moment Johnny
? broke out. into a dismal wail. and saying
between sobs:
, “Oh, dear! oh, dear! and I have been
‘ licked for those very-spectacles?"
“But, Johnny,“ said the astonished
schoolteacher, "how did you come to
say you took the specs?
trait in your character, my boy, to see-
rifice yourseif for the good of the whole
class. particularly when you are inn0«
Cunt."
“'l‘hai‘s not why I said I took the
specs," exclaimed Johnny.
”\Yhat is the reason?“
teacher."
“If I hadn‘t. said I did it," explained
Johnny, “I Would have been kept in
w.th the whole class, and when I‘m kcpt
in I don‘t get any dinner, and we‘ve got ,
padding for dinner tu-dny." — Tutu
Sjlia'js.
sultan “an. .
Some time ago a confidential c‘erk in
the employ ofa iirrii in Indiana skipped
the gutter with several thousand dollars
in :ea ly Cash. While it was determined
to hunt. him down at all ILL-ants, the'
firm did not feel like wasting: a great
deal of money in so doing: A one-
horse country detective was therefore
employed, and ai‘tera while be traced
his man to Detroit The detective didn‘t
propose to share any of the glory with
the llctrcit otiiccr‘s, and he slid around
fora week before he learned that his
man was iti Winds -r. Then he went
ovrr there, still working on the quiet,
in a scientific nirrurrer at that, and erni- and a "UV young man at one of the
nently satbfactoi‘y to the country hotels informed him that the defaulter
maiden. had just gone to Toronto, but would be
After she arrived home, she saidqback in a few divs. The pair became
to her mother: "lib, mother, but but friends, and the nice your 3: man had
this postutlice system of ours his daily drinks and cigars at the detec—
is a great thing, ,dc‘i'eloping tive‘scxpcirsc. 'l‘lretwo came over to
Detroit and attended tire theatre and had
good times, and it was thr- opinion of
the olliccr that he never iirct such a nice
young "lull. l’rrrally. in night or two
ago. as they landed from thr- lout on the
other side, the detective in prize-l:
“Yo'i must be an :igcnt of some sort?“
“Uh, no,“ was lltc reply, "I am simply
traveling for picasrirc."
“\\ here do you live when at home i“
“In Indiana.“
“Why, I‘m fr iii Iiidiarini“
“ch. you told me so the first day."
"\“Ilt‘ll‘lll'tlfli‘ in Indiana?"
"\‘irrceiint-s."
“Good g.:i ions? hit: my home is only
three miles from Vinceunes.“
“Yes, I know.“
“What did you do in \‘inccnncsf’
“t‘lcrked for Lutn \" Sh-rtgles."
"What? Why. that is the very firm
that was r-ilibcd i“
“Yes. I know,“ was the placid reply.
"And your name isuwliat?“ queried
‘llit‘. detective.
“\Yiiliarr: tir'cctii‘
":ircnt Scots: but you are the chap
\i he stt-Lc the money I" howled the oili-
(er.
“Yes. certainlri ' What are you gain:
to do about its" (sluilv repiied the nice
young man as he lighted another fifteen
marten—Ho's 1: I3”?! I'rrvs.
a
Sand Pillars.
The inn'im-xral-le sandy mounds found
on the plums of i chiral Asia were not
easily amounted for; but a recent trav-
eler uitiie~5cd a phenomenon that he
thinks fully explain: their origin, Once
in cursing one of these desert regions,
he siw about twenty pillars of sand and
denly rise, and whirl along in the dis '
lance. As they [asel :ilctig, a cloud of
dust was raised on the ground, sppar ‘
tnzly eight or ten )ul’tls in diameter.
This g:.-.drrally :hflllnt'll the form of a
column, that continued to irmrease in
height and dEamctcr as it lil‘i\t:tl over
the plain, appearing like a inzglrty scr-
pent rcariiig his ire-ad aloft, ant l\\‘l$l‘
ing Ills huge body into c.~n'.o:‘.i:=ii$ in his
cilorts to ascend.
The pillars were of various si.‘c~', some
twuity and thirty fer-t high. t-lliers lifty,
sixty and a hundred tect, and some as-
cended to near two hirii lrcd fcct. As
the wliir‘lwiuds ticgin gathering up tli
dust one might have fancied that ante-
drluiiari monsters w:rc rising into life
and :iztiii: The smaller ones seemed
to trip lightly over the plain, bending
their bodies in graceful cur ,_ s as they
passed each orhcr; while those of larger
diriietisioris revolved with gravity, swell~
log out their trunks as they moved on-
ward, till the sandy fabric suddenly dis-
solved, foruiiiig a great mound, and
creating a cloud of dust that was swept
over the desert.
[be same writrr, in referring: ia phe-
nomenon of a totally dillererit character,
says: Many of my readers know nothing
practically of the mirage, and thus they
can neither appreciate the beauty of this
deception, our estimate the disappomt‘
man it creates. I fear my pen cannot
give an adequate idea of its tantalising
power on the thirsty traveler. It has,
however, often fallen to itiy lot to wit-
ticss it, when an apparent lake stretched
out before me, tempting both man and
beast to rush on. and sinks their burniunr
thirst. liven after years of experience
have been deceived by this phenomenon,
so real has it appeared, and so many of
_ its peculiar and magical ell-Jets have
been preserved.
Sometimes vast cities seemed rising on
the plains, in which a multitude of
towers, spires, domes and Columns were
grouped together with a picturesque ef~
feet that neither poet nor painter could
depict. And these were reflected in the
deceptive finid with all the distinct-
ness of a mirror; at times a slight breeze
seemed to rattle the placid surface, do.
straying the forms for a few minutes,and
. then they reappeared.
Sometimes I have been almost in-
duced to believe the vast tropical forests
were before me. where palms of gigantic
g topped every other tree, and that Beyond
. were mountain crests, giving a reality to
Menus-WW Inlmny
was sure to be blamed for it. One
day the school -teacher missed his spec~
lacles. He remembered having put them
on the desk a few minutes before. lie
threatened to punish the whole school in
case the spectacles were not forthcom-
ln .
g‘Xow, boys. for the last time I tell
whoever took these spectacles to come
forward and own up that he did it. If
he doesn‘t the whole class will be kept
in for an hour after school,” he said ex-
citedly.
asked, in an uncertain sort of a voice,
would, get.
to good
the teacher.
"Please, sir, I took the spectacles,”
said John .
A paluf scene ensued. At last the
teacher get through, and, out of breath,
was aboatto take his seat, when the
door opened and his servant entered,
the spectacles.
“ on left the at homes”
mid “servant, “adj I would
hrlagthemover,aa-yoneaa slaw-ll
without them."
There was silence for a few minutes. ,
and then Johnny held up 'his hand and ;
what. the boy who took the spectacles:
sound licking,” thundered l d
- to doubt its being a phantom. At last
‘ [have passed over the spot where the
Jake, the mighty city. and the vast
. forest had appeared, and found nothing
but small bushes and tufts of grass
growing on the steppe.
? The Wolverine.
l The wolverine, or glntton, is a curi-
i one beast, like a tiny bear, but the most
idiot: and untiring enemy to the marten
g trapper. following his steps and eat-
ing the marten: after they are caught.
It is almost impossible to hide anything
that these robbers do not find and de~
stroy. Their strength is prodigious and
they do not hesitate to attack a wounded
eer. 1n color the wolverine is dark
brown. The hair is quite as long.” 1
of the black bear, but of coarser staple.
Unwlse Scene-y.
Ml
It is a noble ‘
asked the
size, with their gracet‘iil foliage, over- '
the seenethiit caused inc for a moment "mniculfi’mfi mentioned in
rsc‘rs run rm: (:URIOI'S.
The latest list of American beetles de-
scribes 9,-f‘.|0 species on this continent
alone.
Grindstoncs are made from natural
sandstone, the stone being cut into shape
and afterward turned.
A milk white alligator was discovered
in a pond at Escsinhin, Ala" lately, and
also one that is parti colored.
In Linco‘n county. N. .\l., near the
Patios mountain, can be traced what
were once the walls of a large citv. In-
side the walls are growing monswr cedar
, trees, said to be thousands of years old.
The gold dug from the mines in “fiber,
writes a missionary. is s t plcntifnl that
it is used to cover the pinnacles of the
pagouas, and is made into i lob, chairs,
couches and ornaments for the people.
A watchmaker in Newcastle. England,
has made a set of three gold shirt studs,
. in one of which is a watch that keeps
: correct time. The three studs are com
, nccted by a strip of srlver inside the shirt
fl bosom, and the watch in the mid rile one
is wo ind up by turning the stud ll\.rt‘(',
. and the hands are set by turning the one
_ below. -
Near Marysvillc. (';rl., there is a Ear-to
gran-i pit in which thczc are many '3: .
and into which flows the retina matter
of a winery. liver since grape crushing
began this year the fish have been af-
fected with drunkenness and Come to the
surface of the water, where the (bins-
men take them in with rakes in great
quantities.
The heavy copperconszimittivrn of India
is due largely to a religious ii;c of the
natives. A: certain seasons of the year
small cups of sheet copper about in inch.
in diameter and an inch and a but deep
are tilled with rite and are thrown into
the rivers as an eiie: rig. with religious
ceremonies. The quantity of c ig-per
thus annually consximv'd is very heavy,
ltidia sheets being an important article
of commerce.
“Indian summer“ is
an indefinite autumnal season of tine,
fair weather with haze. Some d..te its
beginning about November 13, but that
is arbitrary and not warranted by the
season itself. Such a bri if >1 ason is apt
:0 come in November. as every American
knows. In that “surnms‘r” the Indians
‘ used to gather their corn and sour the
‘= woods for nuts. They thought the mild-
ne~s due to the ,l‘t‘vod of the sonirwcst"
wind, which g’od they looked ELEM-ll as
their bencf for. As he smoked his pipe
the blue haze curled upward fr am the
: bowl thereof and was blown benigzmntly
i over the land.
l liridgebuiidin; brotherhoods were re-
‘1igious societies that originated in the
south of France in the latter half of the
twelfth century. Thvir purpose was to
establish places of refuge and entertain-
ment for travelers at the must frequented
fords of large rivers. to k a up ferries,
and to buihl bridges. Damn: tii-s mid-
dle ages the church regarded the mak-
ing of streets and bridges as 3 mos: meri-
torious religious service. The fo :nder
of this brotherhood is said to, have been
llrneget. a licrd~man. sabre pics iy can.
: onizcd. nlth irigh this fact is not atztlioriv
I tatively vouched for by historians. The
fraternity \\ as stifl\_'.l.\ll0l by l'o; c Elem-
ent “L, in tho. ts internal organiza-
titrn‘wns similar to that of the glitly
ordersatnd the members were as a badge
a pick hammer or; the breast. They
‘atmrel very actively in Fran *‘. but
were gradually merged into the order of
St. John. Similar organizations. under
ditfcrent names, ended in other L..nds.
Family Silver leltezl II the Mint.
“in the spring of ‘73,“ said "0.0an
A. London Snowden, ensurmrintem
dcnt of the mint, "I rem-ived a collec-
tion of the most exquisite silverware
,with instructionstrmelt it down. It
had been the property of Jugs-pix Bona-
ternr applied to
hi.
partc and was presented to him by his
brother, the cm icror. .lose'rh left it to
. . l .1
his'irivate secritzirv, and a: was the
t .
latter who, previous to his going away.
llt‘\if1‘\] it to be nit'iit‘i down. Much of
the plate was mounted thh g--I~i and so
skillfully that you might have s..pg. it‘d
that the precious moral would w lgh
porinds.tli- ugh, when it was nil reduced,
lllt‘l’t‘ wms liar ily ariv gold to speak of.
The regret of lll_\' lifcis that I was not
rich enough to bay the plate, though
not iinLikely the secrets-y would have
been too proud to sell it."
“In the old days.“ continued colonel
Snow-den, “heaps of family silver used
to come to the mint to be melted down
from people who had in:t with financial
reverses. During the last days of my
incumbeiicy of thc odice of superintend-
ent much less used to conic than former-
ly. because plated ware had come into
gene-a! use. I remember once that a
gentleman very well known in Philadel-
‘ phia society brought me a spies-lid de-
sign in silver that he desired to have re-
driced. It was a gift to his wife on
their wedding and the thought of part-
ire.r with it was very painful to him. It
had cost probably $2,000, but there was
not more than $300 worth of bullion.
- Instead of melting it at once l advanced
him the money for six months. and al'
lowed the design to remain i'l the vaults
-:\t the cod of that timel signed to
keep it instact for six months more. At
the consummation of the second period
the saw me and said he Foul-l not see
idsylight yet. and the bridal gift went
into the melting pot. Three weeks after
that he dropped in on me to say that
fortune had smiled on him again and
that he had made “0.000. He said he
' would have given ‘ ‘III of it to set 11‘:
silver back in the o d form. \‘sin re-
Agrets. of course. The man is now
, wealthy. “—I’Ailatldphé: Prints.
s
;
Turkeys Outwittlng Owls.
3 According to Audubon, who is an un-
, doubted authority, the turkey, in its
endeavor to escape from inc owl, has.
. recourse to an expedient which, by way
,of contrast to its usual dollar-m, is ex-
?needingl bright», ‘
, Audubon‘a
; scco tint, but it is saidthat the same de-
;vice is resorted to by the turkey to
i thwart the great horned owl, which Is
lthe greatest poultry thief in this court
wiry.
The snowy owl is one of the largest as
are“ as one of the most beautiful of
owls. It is not as swift in flight as the
great horned oil, but it is a good hut:-
lter, and seldom falls of a meal whu».
§ there are hares or grouse. Its success i.
, due largely to a quality yiossessed in
I common with all owls—noiseless fli L
t The sight of one of these white prow 2.
l ~—-it hunts by daylight—do always an
Esignal for a violent commotion hung
llhe turkeys. A continuous tolls-g
l ble breaks' out, and each indiv' nal
,j shifts his position, and follows with an-
;easy eyes the silent, sailing motion“
l the enemy. .
Suddenly the owl has singled out a
victim, and with a swoop is
swiftly down toward the quarry
eager claws outstretched. At one.
:23— “?s: all“ '°' '1...
In: 0|! teatime, '
a head, _ ,ndabhdhfl,
which the owl “as
WM~W¢~
misglup, s. is",
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