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P eScbnixhn Advertiser. 0. W. FAIRBnOTHER k CO., Proprietor. AUBUBN, "1 5 NEBRASKA. COINCIDENCE. Exrr.iitRNCK or two or the gilded. I really felt worried, I own, About my nlfalr with KIIho. Bo when Hred and I were nlono I told him thi) facts, which wcro thcaot I'd carted her round mom or less To theaters and sensboro and such, lint never had reason to guess That sho over eared for mo much, 'Till onu dav It happened sho soko Of my being sweet on Knte Drew, Bald I, Just by way of a Joku: " Von know I enro only for you." I said It In Jest, rec. Meet. ShotiK)k It In earnest; ntonco Oonfcmcd what I didn't suspect. Hho loved tnol Well T, llko ft duueo, Had not the nulolc wit to protond I thought sho wan Joking and turn Tho talk. Did not wish to orrcnu Uy seeming her true lovo to spurn, tried to appear overjoyed And klMed her. Now, fool that l am. I'vo Im'cii very sadly annoyed Ily having to keep up th" sham. Bbo's pleas nt. but being her slave And buying her diamonds and such, And going to sco her to mvo Of love well, It's rather ton much. I'd llko to yet out of tho scrape, Hut feel that tho blame's on my part; I wish to effect my oscnpo. Hut don't want to wound tho girl's heart. Now Kn d," mild I, "toll me tho incuns Ily which lean end tho nffalr Without any tciir-sheddlng (oenes, Or filling her soul with despair." Bald ho: " 'TIs amazing, but truo; A similar story I chant. I'm Just In llio samo tlx as voip And want to cscnpe, lint I can't Tho girl Is ii frightful expense. Hut loves with tho urdor of youth. I really can't give the ortonso Of telling her, rrankly, tho truth. Thu raeket we'll have to maintain, Till time shows n way to pot out. It goes very much 'galuH thu grain, Ilutstlll wodoiervo It, no doubt. Together wo'll uhiitn. If you please. Wholtyonr liuMimhnineeV" " llcr namo," I answered, "Is Konyon Ellse." 'By Jingo," nuldl'rcd, "mine's thosamol" lloKlim 2W. THU LITTLE FOXES. A I. uy Sermon. "Tako us tho foxes, tho llt'lo foxi-fl, that spoil tho vl nun : for our vines bavo tundur grapes." Solonwn'i Song, J.'H. Dkakly 1$bi.ot.i: It Is tho liltlo tilings in this life that nmko tip our hap piness or misery. If wo hud to tie til only with tho grout things wo could got along. Jf thorowcro only lions in tho way, lifo would bo pleasantor than it is. Jf wo woro Only expected to bo heroes, we could accomplish our wurfuro and work out our mission with loss trouble than now encompasses us. Hut alas, it is not against lions and groat dangers mat tho volco.ot inspiration warns us. It is only tholittlo foxes" we are to tako. And thermal) who dospisoth tho day of small things is oven as ho who liftoth up his head in tho air and vaunteth himself, even while he sltteth Ids foot upon the humble banana peel. Fulleth lie over a man by treading upon n dry goodsjbox, or ilotn ho stumble, over a two story house? "Take us tho foxes, tho liltleioxoa, that spoil the vine." " Brethren, it is easier to kill u lion than to catch a fox. It is easier to build a wanon than it is to make a watch. Groat is tho warrior who taketh a city, but ho is bettor than the mighty, that is ulow to anger, and bettorvis ho that ruloth his spirit" than ho that taketh a city. ; Why see, how much of human misery is based upon the nioroBt trilles. The man who makes himself supremely wretched because he wants something his neighbor hasi' and can't get it; tho man who swears when ho loses his col lar button; tho man who breaks tho furniture because ho can't liml his hat on tho rackAvhon ho loft It out in the back yard; tho man who wants to die when ho wakes at night to hear it rain ing in perfect torrents and remembers that he left all tho kindling wood out doors on the cistern box; tho man who is unhappy because his boots are tight; tho voting man, or old man either, who tries to make a forty-dollar salary sup- 1)ort a lifty-dollar coat, and is miserable )eeauso thoro is a mislit somewhoro; tho man who is cross and savage all through house-cleaning weok; tho man who is always sick and misorahlo after tho pic nic; tho man who is cross because It is hot, and grulV beeauso it's cold, and ir ritable because it's wot what are those mon uut tho tormented victims of "tho littlo foxes that spoil tho vinos." Thoso men have no heavy burdens, no gravo trials, Thoy aro miserable because thoy make themselves so, and they romaiu miserable beeauso thoy aro too lazy to set a fox trap. If the old world had n heavier sorrows than thoso, wo would bo so happy down horo somo of us wouldn't caro to go to Ileavon. Lay this paper downright horo, dearly be loved, and count up all your own trials and sorrows and tribulations; strike out all tho littlo, potty overy-day annoy ances you aro ashamed to call tribula tions, and see how littlo you have to make lifo unhappy. Honestly, now, what trouble have you? You need not tell mo; just givo yourself an honest answer. If wo allowed tho great wrongs of lifo to move us as deeply as do tho potty trials; if wo endured our light atlliotious moro patiently, and moro valiantly com batted tho great evils, how soon would we reform this old world. If ono-hulf tho indignation that is poured out upon tho iusensato collar buttons that roll away under the shadowy concealment ot impassive lounges and bureaus woro as faithless politicians who betray their trusts and barter their principles for place una prollt, thoro would Do no mourn'mx vor an iy laclc ot honest men If society broko the in public places furniture and foamed at tho mouth and tore things when it can lind neither its b'ank account or tho Cashior as It does kwnon n simply cannot lind its iiat, no man could steal trust funds and build a new house therewith. If tho man who tries to revorso the appearance of a number nlno foot, to make it lit a num ber six boot, would only try as hard to make his sinful nature compass tho vir tues of a saint, tho world would bo fra grant with patience, and his home and neighbors would rise up and call him blessed. Wo fret and chafo under tho littlo trials, and aro too complacent with tho great evils. And tho man who can ignore tho petty vexations and save nil Ins strength of mind and body for tho great tilings, ho is tho man who leads us idl. It is truo, dearly bo oved, these potty annoyances make constant demands upon your strength and patience and grace. I know there aro a thousand loxcs to one lion, and that it is hard work to wntoh them all tho time, but denial vigilance is the price of a good character, and " Hvil Is caused by want of thought As well as by want of heart." It would be cosier to bo a martyr, and go down to the block or to tho stake, and have one's head cut olYor bo burned to a crisp at onco and bo dono with it, than It Is to unduro eight or ten years of rheumatism. So much tho more honor to tho patient victims of rheuma tism than to tho martyrs. I know it is easier to President of tho United States, and bo a good President, too, than it is to go to sloop with the earache, or with three small mosquitoes in tho room, that have -made un their minds to a horrible repast of human blood. I know -out of tho breadth and depth of my own experience l know whereof latlirm I know it is an easier matter to edit a newspaper, than it is to put tho baby to sloop wlien tho baby isn't feeling par ticularly sleepy just then. I know the little trials are tho hardest; the little temptations aro tho strongest. Tho man who would scorn to steal a horse will swear a little sometimes. Tho man who could not bo hired to foro a note will sometimes help to circulate a campaign lie; the man who will not commit murder will occasionally scold his wife; and the man who would scorn a lie under any other circumstances can' t be trusted in a horse trade. It is ousv for any honest man to refuse a bribe; it is hard for the same man to tell the truth about the size and number of tho trout ho caught. It is comparatively easy to obey the big commandments: it's the finer meshes of tho little not that will entinglo so many of us. Dearly beloved, don't try to bo ho roes, then. Don't aim to bo wingless saints. Don't aspire to tho distinction of martyrdom. Try to bo good, every day, honest, Christian men and wom en, and see if you have not your hands lull, wont waste your time lion hunt ing; tho lions never hurt jinybody, but "Tako us tho foxes, the littlo foxes, that spoil tho vines; for our vines have tender grapes." Durlimjton Ilawkeye. Something About (ho Rising Blossom of the Period. No lloworfor along timo has become so popular and so personal tin Hie sun llower. It has climbed into our favor aii'l taken possession of our homes, our garden and our dress, and is every where tho sentinel of art and fashion and of right, for it is not only a decora tive and useful llower, but bears a good religious character, being as a Christian llower dedicated to St. Bartholomew, St. Louis (King) and St. Antradis, and, as a pagan emblem, tho sacred llower of tho ancient Peruvians, who woro wor shipors of tho sun. Its resemblance to the god of day and Its supposed homage to tho rising sun made it their emblem of faith, and on this account it was gieatly u.sod in thoir religious ceremonies, and tho virgins who olliciated in the temple of the sun were crowned with sunllowers made of pure gold, and carried them in their hand, and fastened their robes with them. In Persia and other lauds of tho East tho suutlower is the emblem of constan cy In lovo, and there aro many pootical allusions in Eastern literature to the llower that always turns iLs face toward tho sun. Tho lirst mention wo have of it in En gland is from Gerard, in l.VJO, when ho tells us that in his garden he had one that has grown to tho height of II feet, which produces llowers measuring 1 inches over. In Spain and Mexico thoy grow to tho height of '20 feet, some of the llowers measuring four feet in diam eter, ami a single llower producing 2,!J62 seeds. Botanical authorities say that tharo aro nearly lifty species. Among those which aro best known aro tho tall sun llowor of Peru and Mexico, tho peren nial, a native of Virginia, and tho dwarf sunllowor, brought as lato as 1878 from Egypt. Tho Reeds, when peeled, taste llko sweet almond. They make an excellent broad of them in Portugal, and during tho lato war, in tho Southern States, thoy woro substituted for cotl'eoin many a frontier cabin. Thoy are good loo'd for poultry, and tho oil pressed from them is frequently used in placo of olive oil for salads; it can also be burned in tho lamp, and is splendid for soap making. Tho stems and llowers when burned produce a good potash, and many a housewife in Tonus has superintended tho burning of sunllowers to obtain tho potash for her week's baking with as much caro as she did tho baking itself. In Texas tho sunllowor pulled at sun down with a wish is sure to bring the wish truo before tho next suusot (so the Indian says), and no truo Toxan will have a garden without at least one of thoso "iniinie suns" in it. To dream of them signifies that you will have your prido wounded; and a negro, If ho has this dream, will never rest until ho has pulled a sunllowor to counteract tho omen. And In somo parts of tho South a negro will not let you bring into tho bouse a sunllowor that has boon milled before It is perfect or ono that is m any way broken. Harper's Weekly. Tho-Suez Canal. When Napoleon sent his engineers to tako tho levels across the Isthmus of Suez in order to determine tho practica bility of digging a canal through tho sand for commercial purposes, thoy made out that tho surface of the Gulf of Suez was thirty feet higher than tho Mediterranean, and so the pro'ect was for tho time given up. Tho blunder in tho survey was not discovered until 1810, when new schemes began to bo agitated for cutting a ship channel that would shorten the voyage from Europe to India and the East by almost tho en tire distance around the continent of Africa. In 1854 M. dc Lessens formed a canal company and obtained a grant from tho Vicorov of Egypt for ninety-nine years. Tho sejionio was looked upon with sus picion by BritMi engineers and British capitalists and tho inception and proso culion of the enterprise were largely due to the French. In 185'J tho work was begun, and ten years later tho Hod Sea and tho Mediterranean met in tho Hitter Lakes. Tho total length of tho canal Is not far from 100 miles, about seventy-live miles of the eourso being formed by excavation and twenty five miles hing through tho shallow lakes of tho isthmus, which, in many places, required deepening. Tho ordi nary width of tho canal is ;J2."5 feet at tho surface and -eventy-two feet at the bot tom, tho depth of the water being twontj'-six feet. Thoro aro no locks throughout its course, and lis termini are Suez, at tho entrance to the Gulf of Suez on the south, from which point thoro aro railroads to Cairo and Alex andria and a "fresh-water canal" to tho Nile, and Port Said at the margin of tho Mediterranean on tho north. Tho building of an artificial harbor at each terminus, with tho necessary protec tions, was reckoned a greater under taking than the excavation of tho canal itself. Tho work was formally opened on the 17th of November, 1809, and on tho 2.'th it was publicly announced that Lord Hcnconsliold bad purchased from Ismail Pasha, who had become viceroy ot Egypt under the title of Khedive, 170,002 out of the 400,000 shares of 20 each. The sum naitl was 4.080.000. and tho commissions to the Rothschilds and other expen-.es of the transaction amounted to about 100.01)0 more. By the terms of transfer tho Government receives interest at live per cent, on the shares till the year 18J1, after which it is to receive the full dividends. There are three members of the Board of Di rectors representing the inter Jst of tho British Government, one of whom is a resident director in Paris, where lie has hitherto acted in porfoct accord with tho French majority in the directory. 'Vu following table, compiled by the New York 'url;l, shows the enormous trallie that bus jUased through the canal ami paid tolls since u was opened: 1V(K. lWrf. TiiHiumiW iarff)f. if" i 4S1 4;n,'.tn $i,mi,Hn U71 7T. 7H1. HIT l.Ttn.7111 is::. i.ik i.mitn ';i.si,.-,ih IH7.1 1 ITU S.OS'i.OTS -i.KIUISI ls7l l.!MI iMWlT-J :i.7l.s77 IST.'t I.llll LV.IM.7tlS r.,7T7,,-V10 17H 1,157 :i,l)T'.M(l7 O.'iWi.KiO IS77 l.tW ;i.MH,!l!l l,Ctl,8U!i im7h i,.vu :i,a)i,riTi iwiivwr. ih;u i,K7 JV-iKi.'-u- n.tciTA'iL' 1 0 ..ic'l 4,:ill,.rl(i l.'.Mis.oo) H-81 U.7U'7 .",7!l."0) lo.Wil.Pl) In 1870 England furnished 01 per cent, of tho tonnage which sought that channel; in 1871, 0a; in 1872, 70; in 187:1, O'J; in 1874 and in 187:). 71; i: 1870, 7.'J; in 1S77, 78; in 1878, 79: in 1879, 77; in 18si), 79; and last year 82 per cent, or more than four-liflhs of tho whole amount. It will readily bo seen that although England does not own a controlling in terest in the corporation, she is neor tholcss under superior obi g.ition to keep tho canal open to commerce. When the Kitsso-Turkish war broke out in 1877 there woro fears lest Kussia, taking ad vantage of tho fact that the canal was in the territory of a Turkish dependen cy, might seize or blockade it, but En gland lost no timo in deelip-ing that tho canal should be neutral, and in pointing out tho fuel that its unobstructed navi gation was essential to every State in Europe. That necessity still exists, and upon Great Britain, as" the power that can least allord to have the highway to India closed, falls the burden of re straining Arabi Pasha and his army to such an etout that thoy .shall not have tho ability to interfere with tho canal. IMroit 1'iu.t ami Tribune. Tho JUiisjier." " Is he a rare birdr1" "He is that. Tho speelos used to b so plenty that every city had them by tho score; but of fate years the Fool Killer has got in hu work so well that only about a doen Mashers can now bo found in tho whole United States." " He 1ms n sweet look." "Certanly; he has stood before tho glass for hours to practice on that look. When he parts his hair in tho center, waxes his little mustache and takes his dear little cane in hand for a walk on tho street, he calculates that sweet look will knock down overy second lady ho meets." " His plumago is very lino." "Oh, ves. I'ho Mas'hor always gets the best, beeauso ho boats his tailor and loaves his washwoman to sing for her money." " Is ho a valuable bird?" " His carcass is valued at from two to livo cents per pound, according to tho price ot soap "Then tho extinct?" species will soon become " Yes: in a few short years tho Mash er will bo known on earth no more. Tho Smithsonian Instituto and two or three medical colleges will have specimens preserved in alcohol and skeletons on exhibition, and old gray-headed men have a dim recollection of having onco seen tho animal promenading the earth." Detroit Free Press. Youths' Department. THE 8P1DER WEB. Who but a fairy Ever lived In a honso so nlry? A bit of cloud tied fast, as It woro, And framed of tho II nest ifoiiiimcr. A wondorful, shlnlnt'. silky house, 8wayinir horo In tho sweet-brier boughs. Hnrlte of somo kind, (juoen of tho air, Must needs bo tho ono for a homo so fair. Docs sho. I wonder, fitand thoso pale-pink blossoms under, IJrossed In ft skirt or vnpory bluo. All spangled over with drops of dow? Does sho woar a crown, and In her hand Carry nl"ft n long gold wand? And where aro tho folk sho rules as uucon? jjos sno winjrs to uy witn, gauzy, frrccnr . gauzy, ho rule I look and linger. And touch tho wob with careful finger; When In an eager, crafty way Out b'nns a littlo gnome In gray! Tho tlnfest ogro that over snto And watched for proy at his cnstlo gato, Hi eight long arms so strong atul lxld With which to buIzc, and stranglo, and holdl Should ho discover Somo truant creature passing over A beo or Ily on tired wing, Careless and fond of loitering, I wonder If a mimlo roar Would reach Its ears from out his door: ' Pc, II, fo, fum I io, 11, fo. film I 1 will huvo somol I will havo somo I" Vbulr Companion. 1)0 THE DUTY AT HOME FIRST. " I despise this horrid lifo. If I only had a chance of making something of myself but It is work, work, work, no timo for anything but work. Some peoplo got on as ifby magic. I boliovo lifo is a lottery, after all, and 1 am go ing to try my luck in the casting of stones. I havo all faith in tho number nine. If I can hit that maple more times out of nine than I miss it, I'll bo somebody. If I fall, I'll go on liko tho nobodies around mo." The sleepy liguro in tho grass sat up right, and commenced pelting the in nocent tree with pebbles. " Hit, miss, miss, miss, bit, hit, miss, miss no uso! I'll try no more. Five unlucky throws out ot seven." 44 For shame, boy, to call this noblo, intense lifo u lottery, and try your des tiny for time and eternity with bits of stones thrown from a lazy, indolent hand. Get up, and tako hold of life in earnest. Turn something up, instead of lying there waiting lor something to turn up." Tho big straw hat in the grass turned s'owly toward tho gentleman in tho sulky, who had stopped beneath tho spreading boughs of tho groat oak to allow his thirsty steed the bonelit of tho cooling draught that trickled through tho fissures of the rock into tho rough trough. 44 lam tho now doctor, who has put out a sign in tho neighboring town of Elton," said tho voice which had aroused the boy. "Now, tell me who you aro, and what you aro doing here." " My namo is Joe Harkness." 44 Joseph, you moan," said the doctor. 44 Yes, but 1 am too lazy to say it, and I camo,o;Jt of that old farm-house you sco on tiio'iuii mere, to tho dinner." . .a . . dij; tutors for 44 First potatoes I ever saw grow at tho roots of timothy," laughed the doc tor. 44 Patch is across the run. I stopped here to rest." 44 And carve out a grand fortune by dreaming. How long have you been here? Lone enough, I dare say, to havo dug and cooked them, too." Joe's only answer was a grin. 44 Lot me tell you, boy, tho very foundation of Hruo greatness consists in doing your overy-day work in the very best manner possible. Let it be digging potatoes, hoeing corn, blacking WjIs, studying a lesson, or even playing a game ot ball, go to work detcrmiiicilto succeed. Got nil the pleasure and good out of your overy-day work. 'What is worth Uoing at all is worth doing well,' ought to be printed in letters of gold and nailed over every door in tho laud. Make this your own motto, and you will never need to spell i-a-i 1. 44 1 do not want to spend my whole lifo digging and delving. 1 want to go to college and know something. I am tired of work." "Then, my boy, you will havo to bo transplanted to a more heavenly soil, for I tell you there is no success any where on earth without incessant toil. You will have to dig. dig, dig for knowl edge, if you aro over its possessor. Lot mo see. How old aro you?" 44 Fourteen, sir." 44 And what do you know of books?" "I'vo been twieo through arithmetic, know something of geography, and de spise grammar and spelliuV " And they are at war with you, T ob serve You will never bo a scholar until you have a fair light with these two chief corner-stones, and come oil' victor. You must bo master at overy stop of tho way. Nor must you cut aeross-lots in order to shorten your journey. Men often try this way, but they lind so many tips and downs, so many streams and swamps, that if they do not lose themselves altogether, the will find their road, though shortor, by an air line, in reality much longer than the lawful routo. There is a irrcat deal of going aeross-lots to make a beggar of a man m tiimt i. ti.; . .....i,i i.. . x tins worm, jjo von to school?" "Only in winter 1 havo no timo in summer. ' " What do you do with your odd mo ments and rainy days?" "Host." "Hum! I seo you aro not worth sav iiig. Never will amount to anything. hy, boy, don't you know somo of tho greatest men who aro alive to-day, or I who have over lived, received no educa-1 tion, except what thoy gainod in their odd moments? Wako un and catch tlincn liitmiiiin n ilinir llv Dnnt- ..nr. ..1 ' HIMU 11II1UIIU3 in HIU HJ . HUSLIISMlll'Ull thoy will not wait for you. Study all spare timo and go to school wot days." 44 But our teacher is a woman," re plied Joe. "Well, ttm't your mother i woman?" -,. . "Nono of thofollow3 go to a vrfcm nn." "Why?" "Who wants to bo managed by a woman? You must take mo lor a cow ard." "A most despicable coward, to speak of a woman in Buch a way. If you can not help this teacher manage thoso young savages, and ono in particular, tho soonor you aro transferred to tho caro of tho angels the bettor. Has your teacher n certificate?" "Of course, or sho would not have been employed." "Then sho is capable of tea hlng you a few things?" "Tho boys would laugh at mo." "Bo a bravo boy! But there is your mother calling for tho potatoes. Go along. Begin by digging your potatoes, in earnest. Joe sprang up, and, as tho doctor drove away, wont to work with a will. Ho followed tho doctor's advice to the letter, and a year later when the doc tor, as ono of tho Examining Commit tee, admitted him into tho academy, Joe told him: " You wcro right; I am glad you waked mo up and set mo to work that day you found me asleep in tho grass." The incident camo back to tho doctor's memory, and ho patted tWte boy's head, saying: Bravely dono." Chicago Interior. Somo Queer Uses of Birds. Did you over see a candle made out of a bird? I suppose not, unless you have been in tho Faroe Islands, and very few ' peoplo visit their lo'ely shores. The inhabitants of thoso islands livo in a very simple and old-fashioned way, and I nearly evervthinjr they uso is a home made article. Thousands of sea-birds build thoir nests on the rocks there, and tho young birds are "as fat as butter." The islanders take these young birds, run wicks throtitrh their bodies until they are soaked with grease, light ono I end of tho wick, and there's your homo I made candle. Another kind of bird is used in Aus , India as a substitute for confectionery. It is a species of parrot, called loray, which feeds on fruit and grain, and has a place in its throat whero all the sweet parts of the things it eats collect and j lonn a kind of honey. As soon as an , Australian savage shoots one of these birds, he puts its )n into his mouth, 1 squeezes its throat, and sucks away just I tis boys do with oranges. Then ho pulls the feathers out and sticks them in his hair, and after that he takes the bird home to Mrs. Savage to bo cooked. Perhaps, when Mr. S.' is in a particular ly good humor, he brings a loray or two home to his woolly-headed family witli i out lirst extracting all the " nice part." In a great many cities of tropical America black vultures (or turkey buz zards, as thoy aro commonly called uj this country) do tho most "important part of the street cleaning. They de vour everything they find which wjjuld be liable to decay, and so they keep oil" pestilences, or at least prevent their coming from that cause. It is against tho buy to molest the buzzards in any wa, and, as they Inarch around the streets or sit at their ease in the sun shine, they seem to be well aware that they are city oilicials and of quite as much importance as the Mayor himself. In China, tame cormorants are used to supply tho markets and the tables of their owners with lish. Kings aro placed on their necks, loose enough to allow them to breathe, but too tight to admit of their swallowing. Then they are taken to a fish-pond or stream, strings are fastened on their legs, and thoy aro allowed to 44go a-fishing." Thoy dive and brim: up tho lish, and, while they are struggling violently to swallow what the' huvo captured, they are drawn to the shore by tho string, their prey is taken away from them, and thoy aro sent in to try again. When tho baskets are full, the rings are taken oil', and tho cormorants aro al lowed to do a little extra work on their own account. If human laborers were treated in this way, there would cer tainly be trouble, but, as far as known, these feathered employes havo never organized a strike. It is no longer tho fashion to use hawks and falcons as bird-killers, but pigeons aro made to do duty as letter carriers, and at the siege of Paris thoy formed tho best moans of communica tion with the outside world. Thirty miles an hour is the usual rate of their speed, and they sometimes travel even faster. The bird's object in making the journey is to got buck to its joung squab, from which it is taken away bo fore being employed in this way; and, as it is kept in a dark place and without food for eight or ten hours before being let loose, it no doubt considers tho point from which it is sent a good place toget away as soon as possible. The use of birds are "too numerous to mention." Tho most important of tho many good things that thoy do for us is to keep the worms and insects, that destroy vegetation, from becoming too numerous. If all tho birds should suddenly die, , meal and tlour would soon boeomo orv i 11 . .. " scarco ami nigii, and thousands ot poo- ! plo would .starve. Boys would lind that thoir fathers couldn't all'ord to givo them much money to spend, and every thing would bo dearer then it is now. I Leaving out such robbers as the crows, birds aro among our best friends; end ! children who kill them and rob their nests, "just for fun," do a groat deal of harm to thonisolvos and everybody else. ooine nine ago, an association ot " turd Jefendora" was formed among American lmv mi. I ,vi,oa .....i ti.ti honorable sonhit.v la .mnf iLen ,..i,ti. t . J "" ' " W"l3Vi' wt certainly ought to livo long and prospor. Cold en Duis. Confederate SI, 000 bills havo latoly )Ymp ln Atlanta, Ga., for $2, nnd $100 bills for 25 cents.