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Tb iyal splendor fruitful Autumn rowi, '
All earth s a era ol purple mixed with gold,
Uinfflrd with white and change snt.nilold;
All day the wild be round the an lor bums;
The Irost prapes darken, and tb India
plume
tilow with a richer hue in breeies chill:
A sinoky haze obscsres the distant hill;
l ast fall the dews at ere, the nights grow
cold:
Sweet towers that decorate the waning: year,
White daises, purple asters. golden-rod.
Like all things bright and fair we cherish
here,
"Soon must yon rest beneath the froien sod:
To you death brings no pang, no mortal
fear:
Sweetly yon sleep, safe in the care of God.
A WONDERFUL WATCH.
Translated from the French.
It was -the shop of the leading
watchmaker of Geneva. I will not
mention his name out of regard to
his fellow-craftsmen, every one of
whom is a leading watch-maker of
Geneva. For clearness of recital,
without treading on any one's toes,
he may be called M. Unzahl, which
signifies Legion.
One cold morning in February,
1885, M. Unzahl sat in his office, dis
posing of his mail, when a man, ex
act in deportment and attire, opened
thedoor of the store and accosted a
!erk:
"M. Unzahl, if you please?"
"Do you wish to speak to him per
sonally?" inquired the clerk.
"Precisely so."
"M. Unzahl is occupied just at this
moment. If it is for a purchase,
there is the chief assistant who will
give you all desired information."
"It is indeed for a purchase, but
-on special conditions, and I wish to
treat only with Mt. Unzahl."
"Shall I take j-our card, sir?"
The stranger handed to the clerk a
small Bristol card of the dimensions
of a railway ticket, liearing the in
scription: W J. Barker, Ehq..
21 Granville place,
1'ortman square, TV.
M. Unzahl soon appeared and ad
dressed Mr. Barker: "What can I
do for you, sir?"
"Excuse me for having disturbed
you," said the stranger, a perfect
gentleman, clad in one of those long
cape ulsters having squares of differ
ent colors, which the French have
adopted after having long made fun
of them. "I wish to buy a good
watch; the price is not the para
mount consideration; what I insist
on is perfect regularity."
"Then," suggested , the watch
maker, "you need a chronometer;
here is one in silver at only 1500
francs."
"No," rejoined the Englishman,
'although I am something of a
traveler, I nrn not a marine officer; a
good watch will answer."
"Try this one," said the watch
maker, offering a stem-winding
double-case watch; "For a year it
lias not varied a second."
Indeed," remarked W. J. Barker,
"this watch has a good look."
"It has more than a good look,"
responded M. Unzahl, with profes
sional dignity; "it is almost a per
fect piece of mechanism, approaching
the chronometer, though without
equalling it."
"The price?"
"A thousand francs be it, but on
on one condition, and it is because of
this condition that I took t he liberty
to disturb you."
"What is the condition?"
"That, against this check on the
Bnnk of Geneva, you deliver to me a
receipt by the terms of which you en
gnge to take back the watch at the
same price of a thousand francs if
when I present it to you again in
eighteen months you find that it has
varied. On my parti engage to take
due care ot it, without touching the
works, without even opening the
cases, I will merely wind it up every
day at the same hour."
"Your proposition is acceptable.
I am sure of my work and have noth
ing to fear. It is a bargain. H?re is
the watch."
"Here's the check for 1000 francs."
"And here is the receipt," added
the maker, after he had prepared a
receipted bill, coupled with the con
dition executed by the purchaser,
n.
Eighteen months later, in August
1887, M. Unzuhl was superintend
ing an important, shipment to
South America, when who
should enter but Mr. Barker, whom
he recognized immediately, for the
Englishman had not grown old or
changed in any way save that, in
place ot the long-cape ulster of the
winter of 1885, whose great orange
and maroon squares called to mind
the horse-coverings nsed in well-kept
tables, Mr. Barker wore a rail check
ered rait under a short brown over
coat, which, by the skill of his Lon
don tailor, or perhaps by the use ot
stiffening material, , kept itself in
position, twining around the waist
and dinging to the chest, although
It vat not buttoned.
"Good day, U . Barker," said the
watchmaker in a familiar tone, tem'
pored by the respect doe to a sedate
caetomer, '-you come to compliment
nteaooet mywatcnr
"No," answered the Ensbabman
laMfefeaSjr, MI Mc It back'
Mfto&asfaer' turfed ttatrades-
nian witha conciliating air. "That
dom not surprise me. alter a year,
certainly utter e'ghtcek months, the
oil needs renewing."
"No!" retorted the Englishman
brusquely, "'I bring it back to leave it.
This watch is worth nothing."
"You astonish me very much," de
clared the watch-maker, who from
smiling had grown serious. "You
astonish me very much, but as it
was a conditional sale 1 will repay
the thousand francs."
Mr. Barker had prepared himself
for a contest, giving to his features
and his voice the maximum British
rigidity, but seeing that the honest
dealer offered no objection, he soften
ed and gradually relaxed his stiff
ness. "When I said your watch is worth
nothing, I spoke too strongly. The
truth is that it has not fulfilled the
condition. It has varied ten minutes,
as you can see for yourself by com
paring with the regulator by which
you set it eighteen months ago."
"You arc right, ir," said the mak
er; "there is a variation of ten min
utes, verily," lie proceeded, as if
speaking to himself. "It does aston
ish me; however, let us look at it."
He opened the watch, whose cases
had not lieen touched. The resist
ance which they opposed his practic
ed nail left no doubt on this score.
M. Unzahl examined the works in de
tail. Seeing nothing out of the way
he inspected the watch with a mag
nifier. Everything was in order. Then
he submitted it to the eye of his prin
cipal assistant.
This was an old craftsman whose
hair had grown white in the trade.
He not only knew all the piirts of a
watch by the card, butcould indicate
its peculiar temperament. "This
one," said he sometimes to his em
ployer, "is a little nervous nnd will
have a tendency to gain time; that
one, on the contrary, is lymphatic,
and we must not be surprised if it
should run slow; the other yonder
has a capricious disposition; it will
gain or lose time, or stop, without
apparent cause."
The temperament of this watch
seemed to belong to the last category,
for the old workman did not succeed,
either with the naked eye or with his
glass, in detecting the slightest dam
age. Theemployer, equally dumfouuded,
forbore further scrunity and took a
package of bank notes from his cash
box to reimburse Mr- Barker when
an idea flushed on his mind.
"Excuse me, sir; I do not know
whether my question will appear ad
missible, but I would like to ask is it
at London or on the Continent that
you have carried this watch?"
"there is no impropriety m your
inquiry, and though it may not in
terest you much, 1 can give exactly
the employment of my time since we
separated."
"Oh! I do not ask that much; only
the locality in general."
"But I can give the whole story.
There is no secret about it. In Feb
ruary, 188G, after purchasing this
watch, I embarked for the Indies."
"Ah!" breathed the watch-maker.
"That is not wonderful for an En
glishman. With me it is an old cus
tom. Every year I visit Lahore in
the Punjab to inspect silk manufac
tories which I own in the neighbor
hood of the city."
"A h ! ah!" repeated the dealer. "You
could not have remained there long.
I presume. The heat is so fatal to
Europeans."
"No, I remained there only five
months, and when the heat became
intolerable I retired to a little cot
tage which I have in the Himalayas."
"In the Himalayas,'' exclaimed the
astonished watch-maker. "Why,
sir, our Mount Blanc is only 4810
meters high, and yet no one has ever
ventured to install himself there for
a summer residence."
"I do not say that I dwelt on the
Gaurisanker, which is 8800 meters
high, and which no human foot has
trod, or ever will tread, not even the
foot of the highest climber among
the descendants ot your Joseph Bal
mat," the first victor of Mount Blanc.
No! my house is situated merely on
one of the branches of the great
chain, not far from Lahore, where
the English colony have erected com
fortable villages, well sheltered
against the sun and refreshed by con
tinual mountain breeze. There, com
parative coolness is enjoyed, which
is delightful after the furnace of the
plain."
"Ah! ah! ah!" ejaculated the
watchmaker, who multiplied his ex
clamations in proportion as the
words of the Englishman seemed to
correspond with a preconceived idea.
"Ah! ah! ah! how much time did you
pass in that charming climate?"
"Oh! scarcely a month. A letter
from my Moscow correspondent
called me from my desired repose. I
could not hesitate. It announced
the auction sale of an important
stock of sables, which I had the sure
opportunity of placing in England
and France. I left the Punjab for
Russia."
"Ah! fine, charming," said the
watch maker, with an exuberance of
satisfaction which Mr. Barker did
not comprehend. He merely sup
posed that M. Unzahl, like all seden
tary persons, took pleasure in hear
ing of travels, and that he admired
the extent and variety of his own.
He continued with his habitual cool-
"1 paseed only two weeks at Mos
cow. Thirty degrees below freezing
point, yon understand, for one re
turning from India." ,
"Yes, yes," said the tradesman,
"I understand." Then, whispering
to himself, "I quite understand, too,
why the Englishman'! watch hat
varied ten minutes."
Mr. Marker, not having acquired
the power to detect thin internal
col verse, resumed:
"As soon as ru v business was ended
1 left the Muscovite snows nnd pro
ceeded to Egypt.
"You say to Egypt," interrupted
M. Unzhal with vivacity.
"Exactly: 1 say to Egypt. I had
a crop of ramie to visit. I even re
mained until the harvest, which was
excellent. Then, instead of taking a
steamer, I returned to Manchester
by the Buicimen, one of my sailing
vesels, for I am a ship-owner. My
vessel was laden with a valuable
cargo of ramie, that interesting tex
tile plant which 1 was the first to in
troduce for furniture materials.
Then, as I had need of recreation, I
returned to Switzerland, where, for a
month, I have been making various
ascensions with some companions of
the Alpine (lul. Anil here I am.
The honest wath-maker was withal
a shrewd dealer, and had calculated
his profit on the information of the
Englishman. His conscience did not
require him to impart his design.
He acted within his right. His reply
was simple:
"All you have told me, sir, of your
late travels has an intense interest;
intense is not too strong a word. I
must now repurchase the watch at
the thousand francs. Only I ask one
condition."
"A condition?" broke in the English-man,
darkening like a London
sky in November. "What condi
tion?" "That you will give, in the receipt
for the thousand Francs, the reason
for returning the watch. State that
after having carrried it to Lahore,
into the Himalayas, to Moscow,
to Egypt.to Manchester and back to
Switzerland, it has varied, in eight
een months, ten minutes. This
writing is indispensable lor my pro
tection in dealing, with my silent
partners."
"Willingly, since that is the case."
"After you have signed the pnjier
you will have the signature verified
by your Consul at Geneva."
"No objection to that. I havebusi
nessat the Consulate, where I am
well known, and you shall have the
document in half an hour."
Thirty minutes later the English
man appeared with the legal nf testa
tions bearing the Consular seal. The
watch-maker handed him in exchange
a thousand francs in bank notes, and
having bidden him farewell wasabout
to retire to his office when Mr. Bark
er stopped him.
"I do not wish that our business
relations should end with this cheer
less transaction, which may le called
a laisser pour compte.tt Sell me
another watch."
"Never in my life," said the trades
man, decidedly. "I have given you
the pearl of my manufacture. Any
that I could now offer would not
satisfy, so "
"Then adieu," said the English
man, "and without ill will."
"Oh, without ill will," repeated the
watch-maker, smiling, fnrfrom it."
lhe Englishman did not under
stand this "far from it," and took
his leave.
m.
The third day after, about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. Mr. Barker, on re
turning from a short mountain ex
cursion with two of his confreres of
the Alpine Club, saw before the shop '
of the watch-maker Unzahl on un
usual Catherine of tourists whn in
August, as is well known, nre nu
merous in the goon city ol lieneva. He
halted with his friends, nnd when tho
first rank of the curious hnddispers- j
ed he was able to discover what had
attracted their attention. It was a
large panel similar to those whfeb
exhibitors use for framing their med
als, and in the panel was" a placard
in distinct characters written in En
glish, J- rench and German, as fol
lows: "Extraordinary bargain. For
sale The best watch ever made
in Geneva. In eighteen months,
after having leea exposed
to the torrid heat of India, to the
temperate climate of the middle re
gions of the Himalayas, to tho rig
ors of the Russian winter to the burn
ing sun of Egypt, to the atmosphere
of Manchester, charged with fog and
coal-dust, and lastly to the sudden
changes of temperature in our own
mountains, this watch, trnly a won
der, has varied but ten minutes in
eighteen months. See below the cer
tificate of our customer, whose sig
nature is verified by the English Con
sul." At the foot of this announcement,
quite American in form, but strictly
exact, the watch was exposed in an
elegant casket, with the alluring in
scription, "Exceptional price 1500
francs."
"Eh!" exclaimed the amazed En
glishman, "my watch has risen 500
francs in price. This watch-maker
understands what he is about. 1
now fully comprehend the scope of
his sly questioning. Why did I not
divine it sooner? Well, no matter
for at 1500 francs he will certainly
not find a buyer, and whenever I wish
I can take the watch ogaii at his
original price."
The next day Mr. Barker returned
alone to the displnv window. The
crowd was crrentpr t.hnn tho ilnr- t.
fore and he was obliged to wait ten
minutes before being able to ap
nroneh the nln.riir.t Tha roatinr
had not changed, but the price of
the watch had been ruised to 2,000
iranrs.
"Onion!" snid be, "at the rate at
which the watch-maker bids on him
self I had better hasten to the auc
tion."
On entering the shop Mr. Barker
has not a little surprised to And one
or nts companions or tbe Alpine Club
waafining for the watch. ''Now."
thought he, "it will escc tf me and I
' shall rm-t it, M. Unzahl was right
when he said he could not find n bet
ter watch. The truth had penetrat
ed mv skull u little too late. Asnsunl
I sluiil have to pa v for my exjtern'nce
after all."
"Then," he overheard from the
member of the A'nine Club, "you will
not let me have it for 1,5M) francs.
"No." sir, it is impossible. That
was the price vesterday. To-day it
is worth 2.000 fra ncs. To-morrow it
will lie worth " .,..,. ,
"Well," pressed the Alpinist, I of
fer you 1,800 francs. It is a bar
gain?" .
' Two thousand or nothing, bead
the certificate."
The fellow-countryman went out in
a miff, without looking at Mr. Bark
er, or oflering his courtesies to the
dealer . . w r
"Well, M. Unzahl," said Mr. Bar
lvPr "Well, M. Barker!" returned tho
watchmaker.
"It seems to me that my watch be
haves very well in your shop a
rise in value of 1,001) francs rather
quickly." , ,
"It is worth that," iiiMisted the
tradesman.
"1 liclieve it now, and to prove it 1
am going to take itngain."
"At 2,000 francs?"
"Yes, at 2,000 francs."
'You Bhall not have it at that
price," said Mr. Unzahl, whom the
adventure had put in good humor.
"With your permission," responded
the Englishman, w ho began to be
impatient, "I will remark that there
are bounds to the best peasantry."
"I urn not in sport, sir, and I have
no intention to offend you. If I do
not accept your 2000 francs, it is be
cause having refused 1X00 francs
from one ot your countrymen, I am
happy to give you the preference at
that price for a. watch which was
once yours."
"Oh! you nre acting honorably,"
said Mr! Barker, completely pacified.
And with a courteous movement
liegrapsed the hand of the shop
maker. Passing to him a check for
1M00 francs, he quickly replaced the
watd; in his waistcoat.
''No matter," ho communed with
himself on the street. "Here is an
experience that has cost me 80(1
francs. It will teach me to be more
just to all my servitors, whether
watches or employes. One does not
takesuflicient account of the services,
because of a few imperfections. They
are ten minutes slow, or perhaps they
come to u stop. But some work
under thesun of India and others
amid the frosts of Russia. That dis
turbs the wheel work. Here is 800
francs lost usefully. The lesson 1ms
not cost me too much."
Thin is an error for James Balmnt. it guide,
who discovered the route, nnd made the tlrst
ascent of Mont Ulanc with Dr. J'ecrard ol
Geneva in Aucusf. 17S1. The family ot Ital
mntH have been noted ever since ns guides of
skill and rourajre. A meter is 8.21 leet and
the lieicht of (iaur'wanknr 20, IM ln-t.
tltumii', which is allied to the China or sea
(rraHH. is, on account of the toiifrhnees nnd
di'lif-n'-y of it fller, now uwd with yr.-nt ail
vantage by Knrlih and French mmiuructur
ers in combination with other textile mnteri
a!. Attempt were ni tide to introduce its
cultivation into the SoutiiertiHtatin. but dis
continued for lack f a home market.
ttt ommercial terra; literally, a leaving on
account.
Reg-nlaritr Of Habit.
One of the most difficult of nil mi
nor habits to neqiure, says an able
writer, is that of regularity. It
ranks with that ol order. Tho nat
ural inclination of most persons is
to defer until the last possible mo
ment, or put off to another time
here this can possibly be done,
et habits of regularity contribute
largely to tho ease and comfort of
life. A person can multiply his ef
ficiency by it. We know persons who
have a multitude of duties, and who
preform a vst deal of work dnily,
who set apart certain hours for (riv
en duties, and are there at the
moment, and attend rigidly to what
is in hand. This done, and nthnren.
gagements nre met. ea :h !n order.
i . . i i i ...
anu a vast ueui accomplished,
not by strained exertion, but. l,v
regularity. The mind can be so
traineu to tins mat at cert inn hours
in the dav it will turn tonnnrtienbu-
line of duty, nnd at other hours to
oiner ami uinerent labors. The
very diversity is restful, when at
tended to in reirnlar order ltnt W
these run together, and the duties
iiuxeu, ana wimt was tKjtore easy is
now unnovimr and nrnrrfuiiv nr..i
the exuet difference between many is
at, mis point, there nre those who
confuse and rush, nnd ntfomnt.
several thinirs at once and accom-
pnsn little, while another will quietly
proceed from one duty to another,
and easily accomplish ii vast amount
oi worn, ine tlinerence is not
in the cunncitv of the two hut. ... h
regular methods oj the one, as com-
uureii w iin tneirreguinrnnd confused
habits of the other. Scientific
American.
Turtle and Bear.
A man at Covinrrton. Pa.. Who urns
fattening a twenty pound snapping
turtle, was aroused eurly one morn
ing Dy me noise of a scuffle in his yard.
Rennimr thera he
. . .- - i.ui tie
hanging to the nose ofn 800 pound
";... .mi won near the fence, en-
deavorinir to mt rvar Kiiv 1. :.. r
forts were interfered with by the tur-
.Biivuaiiy me near reached the
next vard. but. tho ..n j
and shot him dead. The turtle all
the time retained his hold, and re
fused to let ira until tk. i
nose was cnt off. Then it crawled
1"' rr' w P or neth in U
south-Boston Budget.
TREWILI.ua COiT.
Mary had a William tioat
And he w:. biuck as jet:
He followed Mury round all day.
And liked her! you just bet!
He w.-ot with her to school one day
The teacher k Ved him out:
It mudethwhild-en prin. you know,
To have tbe oat about.
But thonifh old Whacketn kicked him out,
Vet Mill be lincered near.
He waited just outsnletiie door
Till Whackem did appear.
Thro William ran to meet the man;
He ran his letel let;
And met him just behind too know,
llown just below the Test:
Old Wbm-kem turned a somersault;
The coat stood on bis bead;
And Mary laughed herself so sick .
She had to no to bed.
Two .rers.
Gladys Ah ott was too much ex
cited to sleep that night, so she had
wandered down to the moonlit sands
to ponder over a very impotant
question. She had to proposals
that day, and her heart wavered in
doubt as to whom she should choose
Bertram Wyland was her aunt's
choice. He was rick, handsome and
somewhat frivolous. John March
was not handsome, nor yet stylish
nnd still there was a character in
which any woman might put her
trust nnd faith.
As she was dreaming over the all
absorbing question that w as to make
or mar her life, these words, spoken
in a voiceshe recognized, were wafted
to her ears:
"Conurntulate me, Rollins, old fel
low; I've played my game almost to
the winning point. To-morrow I have
good reason to think the heiress will
be mine and it's lucky! for I' ve near
ly como to the bottom of my pile.
Though, to tell the trnth I'm fortun
ate in more ways than one,for,ls-sides
the additional attraction, the girl's
a dear, tender-hearted little thing."
As (ihulys lT,.is forward she sees,
walking slowly along, their backs to
the balcony, Bertram Wyland and
an intimate frieun. Her eyes have
not deceived her it is unmistakably
he who has just spoken.
The hot tears rushed to her eyes
as she goes slowly back to her room
again and throws herself upon the
tied, where she soon cries herself to
sleep.
She is awakened by tho cry of
"fire." nnd starts up only to lo
driven back by the over-whelming
smoke.
"Gladys! whereare you?" someone
calls, nndjnst us she is falling, ter
rified into unconsciousness bv the
dire peril which menaces her, a strong
arm catches her. But the fire has
gained such rapid headwny that tho
halls are impnssnble, find darting to
the window John March raises it nnd
calls for aid to rhe crowd below. A
ladder is quickly brought and ho dm
wends in safety nnd lays his precious
burden in her aunt's arms.
The inmates of the burning building
nre speedily made comfortable in a
neighboring hotel, and there tho fol
lowing morning Gladys has two call
ers. She is a trifle pale, but never has
looked so beautiful in Bertram
Wyhmd's eyes as, in a few cold
words, she refuses his suit, and he re
alizes that sho is lost to him forever.
A few hours later Mr. March enters
the room his rival but so lately left.
He conies to bid Gladys good-by,
ns he intends to leave "for the city
this afternoon,
He talks awhile then rises to go.
"Good-by, Miss Alcott, "ho says,
taking her hand and looking down
upon her with a j-enrning expression
oh his strong, noble face. "I would
like to fthink that though we may
never meet again, yon will sometimes
give afriendiy thought to me."
A soft color flits over Gladys's face
as she answers:
"I shall never forget, Mr. Mnrch,
that it is to you I owe my life."
The touch ot her wnrm. nft. lmml
sent a thrill through all tho young
man's frame, and his resolution to go
without bringing upon himself the
pmu oi a reiusai melted owny.
"GlndVK '' hft KTclnimo.l "I l.n.l
j '-' ......iv A I IA 1
meant to be silent but I can hide
from you no longer thnt I love you!
Sometimes I have dared to hope you
wiennneu a leeung ior me which time
mightdeepen into something warmer,
but of late you have leen so cold my
heart has failed me, Gladys." coming
closer to her side, and striving to
read the expression of the sweet,
uverwu nice, -you soy mot you owe
to me VOUr life Mnv f Tint 1
, : j ' iiij
your life s love for my reward?"
dub uraws nerself a little away as
she says:
"Before I give you your answer I
want to tell you something. It is
this; that I am not rich, u every
one seems to suppose, for my aunt
could not will her property to me if
she wished to doso. It is to iro ud
on her death to" v
"A nephew of her husband's,
Whom she has never seen, and who
he thinks is even now in his English
home pt in John. "Am fnot
right? be says, answering Gladys's
look of surprise. ' .
''Yes. But how do you know?"
'As lam John March Klmer, that
rentable nephew himself, I llordlv
ee how I can help knowing:. 1 cam's
irom hngland, three months ago. di
ct to your aunt's home, but found
ing to amu aJS,
I T nintanee incofmlto.
WBn Mrs. Elmer learned the tme
state of effniisher feelings of relief
at the disappointment ol her own
plan is utmost too great to put" into
words. ,
Gladys has never regretted her
choice, for in her husband's protect
ing lovo her days glide by in one
sweet idyl of delight and content.
Early Hlstery ef tha Saw.
According to a recent writer (saj
Iondon Iron), saws have leen dis.
covered in Germany and Denmark
which belonged to the bronze aire. Th
metal of w hich they were composed
was cast into thin shaft, and serrat
ed by breaking the edge. Equully
nnd interesting discoveries have lieeo
made in America. It has been found
thnt saws made of obsidian, which is
a kind of gloss produced by volca
noes, were used duriug the stone age
in Mexico, and snws and knives of
the same material have leen found
in the alluvial depositsof New Jersey,
probably carried thither from Mexico
by the action of the water. The
I'htenicians are among the earliest
nations which nre supposed to have
used tho saw. The scholar is not
surprised to find a very pretty story
accounting for the discovery of the
suw in Grecianmythology. Here t lie
inventor is said to have found the
jaw bone of a snake, which he imi
tated by jagging an iron plate. The
lacustrine and other early inhabi
tants of Europe uro credited with
having made saws ot flint, and the
natives of the West Indian Islands
had saws made of notched shells.
Kloped In a Storm.
Forsomo time post William I)
Hayes, of Prairie View, a young sou
of a prominent citizen of that place,
and Miss Elonia Seltzer, a 10-year
old daughter of George Seltzer, a
wealthy banker of I'airland, have
cherished a fond i fiction for each
other, but the stern parents of the
girl have long wnrnedthc young man
to cease playing his addresses to her.
Not to delay mat tera longer, young
liayes stole his intended bride out
during tho absence of her parents,
nnd, placing her in a buggy, drove
through the storm n distance of over
fifteen miles to this city, where thov
were married by Elder Thomas
Edwards. The girl wns almost
frozen after her long ride, but bravely
faced the wind nnd weather and re
turned in the samemnnner she came,
but a happy bride.-Tuscola (Ills.)
Cor. St. Louis Ilepublic.
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Kooil Habits Of AnimulK.
"Bats," states Dr, Andrew Wilson,
"Are usually known to be either in
sect enters, or fruit eaters, like the
fox bats of India and elsewhere. The
vnmpiresof South America exhibit
nn unusual appetite for blood, ns wc
know: but hitherto no one has huh-
pected bats of f!sh-lovingproclivitit.
A South American spiecies, however,
has lieen found to be a fish eater.
Tho fact only serves as an ndditona!
lesson in the modification of nniimil
habits. hen one remembers that
nt least one species of parrot 1ms
developed a flesh-eating habit, the
fact of n bat taking kindly to a fisii
dinner is by no means to lie regard
ed as of extraordinary kind. Some
experiments of John Hunter may
ulso lie appealed to by way of show
ing thnt changes in food habits may
readily enough be produced artificial
ly by man."
I'nnilstakulilc Qualities.
"I confess I am sometimes sorely
perplexed," said the father, with a
heavy sigh, "when I think of the
future of my boys. It is a great re
sponsibility to have the choosing ol
a calling in life for them." Throng!
the open window came the voices ot
two bids at piny. "Look here!"
loudly exclaimed Johnny, "that isn't
fair! You've divided these marbles
so as to get nil the best ones in your
own bag." Didn't I have all the
trouble of dividing 'em?" reiterated
M illie hotly, "Think I'm going to
spend nil my time at such jobs for
nothing?" "So fnr as Willie is con
cerned," resumed the fnther, after a
pause, "the task ot choosing a
vocation is not difficult. I bhall
make a lawyer of him."
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The Czar's Cork-Used Train
From London Trnth.
A new imperial train hns just leen
built for the emperor of Russia. The
saloons are covered with iron out
side, and then come eight inches of
cork, instead of the steel plates with
which the carriages or the old tram
were protected. All the saloons
(which communicate by a covered
pnssngo) nre exactly the same in out
wnrd appearance, so that no outsider
mav be able to discover in which
carriage the czar is traveling. Dm'
inv the emperors journey last
autumn he passed most of his time
in a enrnnge which, from ine out
side, looks like a luggage van.
a a 1 .
CollertlRf Tax.
A man named Frye, who lived on
Tinker's Island, used to lie the town
collector of Mt. Desert. If he didn't
get his money the first time he culled,
he had an original way of helping
tbe delinquent to rememisr inns n
would come again. Taking a piece
of chalk from his pocket, he would
write the word "Tax" on the wood
work of the room in large letters;
and the autoritv of the official W
said to have been ocknowleged so
well that the chulk waa allowed to
remain there till time or tbe payment
of tbe tax had nibbed it off-Lew la
ton Journal
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