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OF A1 THE AIRT8 THE WIN1 CAN
BLAW.
tXni: following p-tcm was dedicated to Mrs.
X "" Burns, during tbo honeymoon.
rtfcwMwHuBtirllWli jives, tho lass that
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mtitta. HUVM
There's notnbonnlo bl
moo my Jean i
0, blaw ye wcntlln winds. Maw oft amiuirake
leafy trees! ..,,, ..
Wr gentle nlc, f ra niuir an dale, bring name
toe laden bees!
And bring tho lassie back to mo that s aye sae
sweet an cleun.
Ao blink o her wad banish caro, aao lovely Is
my J can I
Wkat sighs and vows amang tho knowes hare
past between us twa! v...
Hew loin to meet! bow wao to part! that day
ehogaodawal . . '. ..-
Tfce powers above can only ken, to wsom tnc
heart la seen, .
That nane en be boo dear to mo as my swcci,
" 7W?rt Warn.
CUBIOUS PETITIONS.
TttrrtgkLof expressing their opin--ions
and making knowatheirdesircs by
MtMoB,kB always beea dearly cher
ished and abundantly exercised by En
E lishmea, who had a satisfaction in
aviag mM their say, even if nothing
COBMS f "it
UadarAe.DedaratioBof Rights the
like privilege uadoubtedly appertains
to.the waaker.scx;: but whether it was
alwltf sjbel to do Bok aH so certain.
Heniaa642,Amne,Stftfgr and her
swter TjoMUciwu," necessitated, as they
averred, by their terror of papists and
prelates, to imitate the example of the
V.oineaof Tekoah, claimed equal right
' with the men to declare their senti-
meati by petition, the Commons thank
fully aooepted the petition of the women
, Joojlo; but twelve months later,
.apon the ladies coming to the front
demand the cessation of civil
warfareMhe eU-aaae Hohsc told them
bade them Snind their household affairs;
enforcing this now view ot the matter
by dispersing th e Petitioners by a cavalry
charge, in which wo women were
IdUea aad eight wounded.
Hardly amenable to the charge of
meddUag-rith matters taut did not
concern them were tho ladies of St.
Albans, .who, upen George III. taking
a wife unto himself, embraced the op
portunity of calling royal attention to
the grievous distastefor matrimony dis-
-T)layed by the young-'iucn of the period,
by presenting a petition to thb new
Queen, expressing the hope that, as
subjects were always influenced by the
example of their sovereign, the matri
monial state would be honored by their
Majesties' dutiful subjects cheerfully
following tho royal example an exam
ple too much needed in that degener
ate age, wherein the happy state was
XBM
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mM-K , L -v niauo me ooicct 01 nuicuie, msieau or
respect, by too many vain, giddy and
dissipated minds. "If tho riches of a
Nation consist in its populousness,"
argued tho fair enthusiasts, "this happy
country will too soon become poor,
whilst the lawful means to continue
posterity arc cither shackled by the re
straint of mistaken laws, or despised by
those who respect none. But as every
virtuous and commendable action is en
couraged by your royal consort, and
3'our own noble sentiments and conduct,
wo hope this example will be duly fol
lowed by your Majesty's loyal sub
jects." If a time comes when sex will be no
longer a bar to possessing the franchise,
baclielors will have to bewaro; for un
less the ladies lose their hymeneal in
stincts, we may look for the enactment
of laws for tho encouragement of Tuat
rimony, and the infliction of pains and
penalties upon obdurate men; as was
within an ace of coming about not many
years ago in Indiana. Mr. Cutter, a
young m6mber of tho Legislature, had
rashly promised to introduce a bill for
the taxation of old bachelors; and a
number of young Ladies went down to
the House to see that he kept his word.
He would fain have cried off or delayed
the matter; but Mr. Robert Dale Owen,
seeing some fun in prospect, urged him
to draw up a bill then and there, im
posing an anuual tax of ten dollars upon
every bachelor above thirty years of
age who could not prove that ho had
popped the question twice ineffectually.
Then a very rapid act of Jegislation was
performed. The rules of the House
were suspended, and the bill read three
times, passed and ordered to bo 're
ported to the Senate without a mo
' ment's delay; tho House adjourning in
order to accompany the joung ladies,
and see what the Senators would jdo.
They, catching the infection of the"hour,
read the bill twice;, and it seemed as if
its passage was secured; but two or
three of the older and graver members,
awaking to a sense of their responsibil
ity, then made a stand against its fur
ther progress, and procured the ad
journment of the debate. This proved
fatal to the measure. Next day, it was
defeated by a small majority; at which
the bachelors of Indiana had good rea
son to rejoice, since the Governor was
resolved to sign the bill, as he saw no
impropriety in its provisions; and as
for its expediency, tho legislators would
have to settle that matter with their
consciences; it was none of his busi
ness. The subjects of Frederick the Great,
who had any grievance to air or favor
to ask, were wont to hang their peti
tions on a linden-tree at Totsdam, to
have their prayers granted or refused
as the King inclined, without waiting
the pleasure of Minister or Sec
retary. The Petition-tree doubtless
bore strange fruits sometimes; but nov
er did Old Fritz have a stranger docu-
ment submitted for his consideration
than one that found its way into the
hands of Charles L in 1640. This
unique petition ran as follows: Whero-
as your Majesty's petitioner hath un
derstood of a great discontent in many
of your Majesty's subjects at the gra
cious mercy your Majesty was freely
pleased to show upon" your "petitioaer,
by suspending the sentence of death
pronounced against your petitioner;
these are humbly to beseech your
Majesty rather to remit your petitioner
to their mercies that are discontented,
than to let him live the subject of so
great a discontent in your people
against your Majesty; forit hath pleased
God to give me grace to desire with
the prophet, Tht if this storm be
. raisedlfor me, I may be cast into the
tea, that others may avoid the tem-pest-'
This is, most sacred Sovereign,
the petition of him that should esteem
his blood .were shed to cement the
breach lietween your Majesty aad your
subjects." Whether John Goodman's
crime deserved death or not, after such j
m -appealr it .was impossible for the1
Crowato revoke its revocation, of the;
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An tyray, torture and wrong the
itl righto of the people thou rulest?
1 have kept all thy laws diligently. O
Qveea, listen. It is thy prerogative to
eoMUUKl. 'Lei right be done!' Tho
erawM have fallen lately from the regal
heeii of Feveral Priaces in Europe;
aad the greatest monarch that ever held
the "English iwsjjjter looked back aBd
moralized, andlier'Majesty exclaimed:
Millions of money for moments of
ttme! "
Ladies can wax wondrously grandilo
quent when in tho mind. A Kcntuckian
victim of mans inconstancy thin set
forth her plaint in a petition for divorce:
"Dark clouds of discord began to loxver
over tho sky of wedded felicity, and the
aftiaacious lightning of , disunion bsat.
to dart its lurid flames across gloomy
cloads of atramental blackness obscur
ing every star of hope and happined
whose resplendent glory illuminated
I the dawn of the tint few brief yca ol
her wedded life, when she gave hex
hand and an undivided heart to the de
fendant, who in the sultry month of
July, 1876. after having been warmly
and snugly wintered within tho fond
embraces of her loving arms, and close
ly nestled to a heart that beat alone for
the defendant, showed his base, black
ingratitude by abandoning her without
cause whatever, except the insatiable
thirst for novelty, which Ls the predom
inant character of defendant's nature."
If the deserted one was in tho habit of
holding forth in this style, the wonder
is that the union endured even a few
brief years.
A very extraordinary petition for di
vorce once came before -thb Courts in
Tennessee. The petitioner set fortL
that his wife died in February, 1871.
leaving eight children; that his mother-in-law
took great interest in her grand
children; aad 'feeling that she was
nearer and learer,to h children than
any other liinnan'bein, andlwas bound
to'them by the ties of common affec
tion, he, in September of the same
year, married his mother-in-law; it
never occurring to him or her that
there was any technical objection to
their taking such a step. Two months
afterward, he was horrified by acci
dentally discovering, not only that he
had committed an illegal act, but one
unsanctioned by the church of which
he was a member. He therefore peti
tioned the Court to pronounce the mar
riage null and void, and declare com
plainant and defendant free from the
supposed obligation and its conse
quences. No opposition being raised
on the lady's part, the Court decreed
accordingly, and the too-hastily con
tracted union was formally dissolved.
Another attempt to escape the con
sequences of a niatriihonial misadven
ture did not end feo happily. In this
case, the widow of an officer who fell
lighting for the North, tired of her
mateless condition, had, by marrying
again, relieved Uncle Sam of a pen
sioner. Unfortunately, her new part
ner treated her so badly that she
was compelled to go to the Di
vorce Court 'for relief; and that ob
tained, petitioned Congress'lo reinstate
her name on the military pension roll;
on the plea that she had reverted to her
former status as an officer's widow.
The committee- to which the novel
claim was referred, reported that they
could find no instance of such a thing
being allowed, and declined to advise
Congress "to create a dangerous and
inconvenient precedent.
Here we stay our pen, not for lack of
material, but because we have no dis
position to try the patience of our read
ers as hardly as petitioners are apt to
try that of the authorities to whom they
pray. Uhambcra Journal:
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The Euglisli Gamekeeper.
The tall and stout yet slightly stoop
ing form; the velveteen coat, glazed at
the shoulder and sleeve
where thejrun
rubs: the dog-whistle at
his button-
hole; his pocket knife, which is a
basket of tools in itself; his gun, which
he loves as an old companion, and the
balance and "haug" of which he is so
accustomed to that he never thinks of
aiming " lie simply looks at the ob
ject, still or moving, throws the gun up
from the hollow of his arm, and instant
ly pulls the trigger, sta3'ing not a second
to glance along the barrel." He is per
fectly civil to every one; and with a
willing manner toward his master and
his master's guests, ho yet has a won
derful knack of getting his own way.
Great on dogs, his opinion is listened to
and taken by everybody, ana by tins
knowledge many "tip's" are gained.
At tho farmhouse he, is invited to sit
down and take a glass, for bis gossip is
welcome, and hjsJavprisnlwaysiwprth
cultivating. He is proud of his occirpa
tionTandaelIghT3inthc woods and the
fresh air.He thiukstho smell of the
earth a fine thiag, and the hedges and
grass "raSu8Weot las augar," after a
shower. If a rdariasks him to take a gl.iss
of ale he never says " No;" and when
gentlemen give him "tips." he is "much
obliged," and takes them home to his
"missus." He is not afraid of wet
weather, for ho does not regard it; and
a great-coat he scouts as a thing of
naught. He has likewise his faults.
Toward his undermen, and the laborers
and woodmen who transgress his rules,
he shows a hasty temper, and is apt to
use lus .ground-ash stick rather freely,
without? "thought- of consequences.
When he takes a dislike to a man, noth
ing will remove it; his hatred is cordial,
and he is full of prejudices. Conserva
tive in his way of thinking, the im
Eressions.of his youth are strong within
im, and he looks with contempt on
everything whuih diverges from his
early-formed haVits and methods. Yet
he never gets sour of life. The "tips"
that are forthcoming from picnic par
ties who frequent his grounds in sum
mer, and from -the young gentlemen
who have a turn at ferreting rabbits with
him in winter, add a certain softening
element to his surroundings, and as he
is proud of his cottage, of his wife, of
his family, of his gun,andof his dogs,
he is on the whole as comfortable and
happy as may be. Exchange
J)Ied.as
a Aia; saeald.
t i
J. E. MuitDOCtfhas written a book
on the stagey in which-occurs the -following
story:
Mr. Macready was fond of telling the
following story as his experience of
American independence, exemplifiedin
a western actor of the self-satisfied
kind: "In the. last? act of Hamlet,"
said he, "I was very anxious to have
the King, who was rather of a demo
cratic turn of mind, to fall, when I
stabbed iim, over the steps of the
throne, and on the right hand side, with
his, feet to the left, in order that when
I 'was ,to fall I should have the center
of '.the wage. $9 myself, as befitting the-
prlnciaabpersonaee of the tragedy. TJo
objecttoa was made to this request on
the part ef the actor; but at night, to
my greait'iwrprise, he, wheeled directly
round after receiving the sword-thrust,
andf deliberately fell in the middle of
the sceae. just-oa the spot where I was
in the Jiabit otdyiag. .Well; as a dead
sum caaaotoriove himself, and as there
was -o-timefor .others to 'do iVthe
Kmgsbodyreaiainelin possession of
my,plaeeaadlwa'foroedto findan
other sitaationf which'; i; did,.. and;a
ished the scene in the bestway I could!
When I expostalated with-his Majesty
for the libertyhe had taken,.he coeUy
replieMr.Maereadrwc Western
peeote tawwraeihiae abimt -Knars' ex-
an oaatncK orao
theref ore, X thoakht
hadxaTghtrto'do,
wa-;w,jirrit jmu
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The Seas ef Directive la laiaiak.
A OEXTLEMAJf writes to the Popular
flciaiv MonUi'y:
I was vcrv much interested in the
account, pu6lished in your July num
ber, of the experiments with the intet
ligcnt Cincinnati dog, and I think the
fact there developed tend strongly tm
the pioof of a theory that I have long
believed to be correct, viz: that some
of the lower animilt arc endowed with
M-n of location and direction which at
most is onlv rudimentarily possessed
by man. I do not think that the feats of
the carrier-pigeon can be accounted for
on the theory of any llnite development
of the sense of sight, smell or heariag.,
and the action of honey-bees presents
the ame difficulties to persons familiar"
with the habits of these interesting in
sects. In searching for wild honey, the
bee-hunter provides himself with a
small box with a sliding door; insido
of this box he nuts some sweet sub
stance as a bait for the bees. When
several bees have collected in the box,
he closes the lid. As soon as they have
finished eating, he releases a bee,
which, after ascending high enough to
clear the surrounding trees, makes a
"bee-line" for its hive. Tho hunter
marks this direction and carries his box
off at right angles to the line made by
the first bee, and releases another bee;
he carefully marks tho direction taken
by this second bee. and if they are both
the same swarm, the hive will be found
at the point where these two lines
meet.
I might cite well-authenticated cases
of cats, pigs and dogs finding their way
home, where such a teat wouiu seem
impossible to man under like circum
stances; my object, however, was not
to theorize but simply to record what
I consider some interesting observa
tions bearing upon this subject.
Last spring, I built a trout-pond in
my garden, ort the west side of a run
ning brook discharging about six hun
dred cubic feet of water per minute.
The brook is quite rapid where it passes
the pond, and the surface of tho pond
is some five feet higher than the sur
face of tho brook. Tho pond is supplied
with water brought two thousand feet
in underground pipes and discharged
in a fountain in tho center of the pond.
Common bull-frogs (Rana pipiens) oc
casionally find their way into this
pond. On the 18th of last 'July I found
three frogs in the pond, and shot all of
them with a'pistol. I dipped them up
with a scoop-net, and found two of
them shot through the body, and the
other, a little fellow, weighing about
two ounces, was shot across tho back,
the bullet just raising tho skin and
leaving a white streak across its dark
green surface. I emptied the three
frogs out of the net into the swift
running water of the brook, and they
floated down stream out of sight. On
the 19th of July, tho day following, I
found the wounded frog in the pond
again, ami readily recognized it by the
scar from the bullet. I found no diffi
culty in catching it in the scoop-net,
and, fearing that tho scar might disap
pear from its back, I cut off the center
too ot its right foot, put the frog into a
paper bag, carried it down the brook
across a bridge, and finally threw it
into tho stream some onehundredyards
below the pond".
On the 24 th of July I found the frog
back again, caught it," and. so as to leave
no doubt about its identification, I cut
off the middle too of tho left foot. I
then put the frog in the paper bag,
started from tho pond in a northeast
course, stopped and whirled the Fag
around so as to confuse any ideas that
it might have had of direction, and then
changed my course, and finally released
the frog on tho opposite sido of the
brook in an oat-field about an eighth of
a milo in an easterly direction from the
pond. To prevent the frog from get
ting any idea from watching mo, I
passed'on after releasing it, and did not
go back again to tho pond for several
hours. Three days afterward I saw the
frog in tho pond again, but it was so
wild that I could not catch it with my
scoop-net, and I afterward tried various
devices to capture it alive, but the mo
ment it saw me approach the pond it
would jump in and remain hidden in the
stones at the bottom until I left. Finally,
despairing of catching it alive, and hav
ing some doubts about its identity, on
tho 9th of August 1 shot it, and recog
nized it by the absence of the cut-off
toes.
Tho general direction is up-hill from
the poiut where the frog was last re
leased to the pond, and about tho same
distanco in a down-hill course would
have taken tha frog to the Ausable
lliver. It still remains possible that
the frog waited until nigut, and then
followed my tracks back to the pond,
but that seems improbable, I think;
even more so than to believe that the
frog knew all the time the direction of
tho pond, and slowly worked its way
back again as inclination prompted.
Anecdotes of Artemus Ward.
Mr. Toole, who was one of Artemus
Ward's most intimate friends in Lon
don, says that he told him the follow
ing story: He went to a lecture at a re
mote place, where his face was not
known. He was a littlo late; tho audi
ence became impatient, and began to
stamp with their feet and to whistle.
By and by Ward came out and began to
move about the platform, dusting the
chairs and desk. The people took him
for a "supe," and became still more
impatient. Presently ho turned around,
dropped the dust-cloth, and said:
" Now, having dusted the chairs, 1 will
begin my lecture." Many of the jokes
he made were not so good as this, but,
no doubt, served to amuse himself and
others. An acquaintance told me that
he was once riding in a Broadway omni
bus when Browne got in, and, on be
ing asked for his fare, inquired of the
driver if he could change five dollars.
The driver said he could not, stopped
the coach, and requested Ward to get
out. Upon this Y ard became very in
dignant Why should he get out? Be
cause he had not the proper fare. " But
I have," he said: "I never said I
hadn't ten cents. I only asked if you
could change five dollars?' . S. ATo-
dal, " Scribner. -
Ancient Bei
The Romans were keen, business
like men, who never preteaded to'be
above trade, even though they were of
superior rank or 'wealth. It- djd" not
cost much to keep a man in the early
centuries, the yearly allowance for a
slave being thirty-seven dollars aad a
half, while a free laborer lived forjorty
four dollars a year. Corn wae the'aaain
stay, fifteen million bushels-being con
sumed annually, and oil d honey
were iised in lar qnantities. Amoag
theTich, epicures were morecommen
andmore extraTagantthanintaemodeta
world. Fortuneswere petj'Se
banquets. Men were absurdly lavah.
And yet everything' was. very cheap
even-in, .this extravagant .city, rae
market reports shdw that Iamb and fith
were only W ceate P'P0,4tbefS
cents, fish two cemts, PJJ ? ?
thirty cents, eggs six JgHr
wheat JjSJ?j!&
& u 2 T - -SE thirty centtf Jre to
chickens tier aa'r, al"J ""tl im..
ten lieadsof lettace two y?TLr""
Komans-wete &7liTav2a
.-T.3j.a -fc tkav eeaaamed
I!:!S?rB,0fc , fcei
'iaiocGM-a!
w. imtm articles, and many
impced'to-brodt largepriceC
fioHtmeeobia conia not wru
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were ...tow-
a jk mki
coaat of Forbiger it aecms that goods
were very low. A pair of shoes cost
thirty cents; oae pair of woman gait
ers, thirty cents; one felt bat, one dol
lar; one tunic, sixteen dollars U thirty
six dollars; one tog tweaty dollars to
tweatv-eight 4llaf. A nan could get
a ffca've for two cent. The Romans
speat large araeunts on other luxaries
beside those of the table. The imports
of flowers, perfumes, ointments and
dresses from India in one year amount
ed to two million two hundred thou
sand dollars. In furniture they had
their decorative art craaei, tho ciiros
wood tables being favorite articles for
squandering money upon. In Cicero's
time it, was not aaususl to spend fifty
ihouaandiloJlarspVpngof these tables,
and Seneca, the stoic, who grated of
the virtues of abstinence and the vice of
luxury, owned five hundred of them.
Hew a Jaaa Stitches ea a Bittes.
He had never tried it before, but he
was naturally a .self-reliant man, and
felt confident of his ability to do it.
Moreover, his wife had gone to the
country. Therefore, carefully selecting
from that lady's work-basket the
thickest needle and stoutest thread, he
resolutely set himself to the task.
Spitting upon his fingers, he carefully
rolled the end of the thread into a point,
and then, closing one of his own
optics, be attempted to fill up the
needle's solitary eye; but the thread
either passed by one side or the other
of the needle, or worked itself against
the glittering steel, and refused' to be
persuaded. However, tho thread sud
denly bolted through the eye to tho ex
tent of an inch, and, fearing to lose this
advantage, he quickly drew the ends
together and united them with a knot
about the size of a buckshot. The but
ton was atrouser one, but he liked tho
dimensions of its holes, and it was only
going on the back of his shirt, anyhow.
As he passed the needle gently upward
through the linen, he felt a mingled
pity and disdain for men bungling
over such easy jobs; and as he let the
button gracefully glide down the thread
to its appointed place, ho said to him
self that if ever he married a second
time it should be for some nobler reason
than a dread of sewing on his own
buttons. The first downward thrust
had the same happy result, and holding
the button down firmly with his thumb,
he came up again with all that con
fidence which uniform success inspires.
Perhaps the point of the needle did not
enter to the bone, but it seemed to him
that it did, and his comment upon the
circumstance was emphatic. But he
was very ingenious, aud the next time
he would hold the button by one edge,
and come up through the hole nearest
the other. Of course he would. But
the needle had an independent way of
suiting itsolf as to holes, and it chose
the one where the thumb was. Then
tho needle got sulky. It didn't care
aboutjholes, anyhow, H it was going to
be abused for finding tlfera, and the
button might have been an imperforated
disc for all the apertures which that
needle could thenceforward be made to
discover, without infinite poking and
prodding. It always came through when
it was least expected, and never whon
it was wanted. ' Still he persevered, and
it was not until he finally discovered
that he had stitched over tho edge of
tho button and had sewed it on tho
wrong side of tho shirt that he utterly
broke down.
Tillage Improvement Societies.
Almost every New Eugland village
of much prosperity now has its Society
for Promoting Rural Improvement, the
work of which is to induco and direct
tasteful architecture and gardening.
Bishop Clark, of Rhode Island, in a
Ledger article, emphasizes the value of
these societies by describing Fortbridge
in 1870 and in 1880. This is Fortbridgo
as it was: "The houses bordering tho
main street are all enclosed by rail
fenoes, picket fences, and dilapidated
stono walls, with creaky turn-stiles and
gates half unhinged, aud drunken posts
leaning against an old stump for sup
port; patches of luishorn grass and
weedy gravel, faggots of bark and
wood and brush, fragments of ancient
carts, and broken plows and disabled
narrows, heaps of mortar and stones,
piles of bottles, and all other conceiv
able forms of rubbi3h dumped into the
gutter. The barns and sheds and dwell
ing houses are all much of the same
pattern and the same color, if they can
be said to have any color at all; cold,
bare, dreary, with no piazzas, or porches
or window hoods, or any other attempt
at ornamentation." Tiiis is Fortbridge
as it is now: "Most of tho old houses
reappear, but with broad piazzas, taste
ful porches, and bay windows peeping
out from the vines and flowers; with
altered roofs and fancy chimneys and
rich coloring. The ugly fences are
gone, flowers bloom in front of all the
houses, the streets are all reformed, the
woods and rubbish are seen there no
more. Good, clean sidewalks have been
laid from one end of the village to the
other, and the roadway is so fine and
smooth that even Mr. Bonner would
not hesitate to drive the marvelous
Rarus or any other of his swift-footed
stecd3 through tho town at any pace of
which they might be capable. The
barren common has been converted
into a park, the duck ponds into roman
tic lakes, with a swan or two sailing
about."
Seme Curioas Ancient Beliefs.
Most of the writers of the Middle
Ages believed that cinnamon, ginger,
cloves and nutmegs are the produce of
the same tree; that the bay, the fig tree,
eagles and sealskins afford protection
from lightning; and that the use of
bitter almonds is n effectual guard
against intoxication. Two fallacies are
attached to the herb basil. Hollerius
declared that it propagated scorpions,
while Oribasius, on the other nand,
asserted that it was an antidote to the
sting of these insects. One great au
thority, quoted by Browne, states that
an ivy cup has the property of separat
ing wine from water, the former soak
ing through,-but the latter remaining.
SirThomas seriously tried the experi
ment, but in vain, whereupon a hostile
critic ascribed the failure to the "weak
ness of our racked-wines." Another
sage wrote that cucumbers had the
power of killing by their natural cold;
and yet another stated that no snake
can endure the shade of an ash-tree.
" m
The agricultural ant is a pattern of
neatness. Ths most minnte particles
of dirt are carefully removed, and the
whole body frequently and thoroughly
cleaned, especially after eating and
sleeping. They assist each other in
the general cleaaaiBg, aad the attitude
of the ant nnder operation is one of in
teaee aatiefaetioa. a perfect pictare of
MKular wrreader and ease, n ant
Easleen seen" to" kneel down before
another, and thrust forward the head
under thefaceof the other, and lie
motiealeas, expressing the desire to be
cleaned; the other ant understood this
and went to work. Sometimes this is
coabised with acrobatic feats? in which
these aats excel." jumping about and
in a remarkable fashion' to
of grass. Sometimes the cleaas-
ant haags downward1' from the
grass, aaa to ner the ant operated
unoa cliars, reachinsr over and no with
great agility to submit to her friend's
OiBces. Xivweauy motetare mm tne
BMth is used for washing.
"-?
oood aaiest kmrhi at a good,
joke oeott af aarcasaa.Bba ant;
Grewta ef the Beard la HUUrj.
A Fkexcii paper gives orae haphaz
ard sclectioas from a hbtory of tho
beard. In the carliVt Pagan times tho
primitive deities were rcprecnti with
majestic beards. In France thev plaje i
a grcatrofe from the reign ef rhara
mond downward. Under dovis, in
deed, the beard of the King was an ob
ject of peculiar veneration, and indeed,
every individual was more or less sen
sitive regarding his beard. It b re
lated that after the great battle of Tol
biac Clovis sent a deputation to the de
feated AHarc requesting him to come
and touch the victor's beard &a a to
ken of alliance. Far from accepting the
invitation in the spirit in which it was
offeredrthe ewraged King of the Uum
seized the Frankish emissaries by their
beards, and hanled them out of the
room by their reverwd locks. The un
fortunate envoys returned rather crest
fallen to Clovis, narrated what had hap
pened, and swore " on their beards"
to avengo the affront. Id subsequent
reigns the beard was the object of
numerous enactments, and the fashion
of wearing it was changed as frequent
ly. Sometimes it was worn long, some
times close-clipped, now peaked, now
plaited, or even decorated with pearls or
gold trinkets. Even in the sacred atmos
phere of Rome itself bcanls wen the
objects of considerable discussion. Dif
ferent Popes laid down different rules
on the subject. One Pontiff enacted
that no beards were to be worn; anoth
er as stringently directed that the razor
was never to be applied to the chin.
Saints Clement, of Alexandria. Cyprian,
Jerome and Chrysoitum engaged in
vehement controversies about the mode
of wearing tho hair about the face in
the fourteenth century. In France I ho
final triumph of bcarJs dates from tho
Renaissance, when the exnmplo ?et by
the great artists, who indulged largely
in these appendage, was closely fol
lowed by the sovereign and other mag
nates of the land. Under Henry III.
shaven chins were the mode, the'mus
tacho being worn long and drooping.
During Henry IV.'s reign beards, cut
square, came again into fashion, and
mustachos were curled; while under
Louis XVI. beards were again tabooed,
and tho mustache alone worn, and in
tho two following reigns the razor was
in full use. Under the Republican
regime, as also under those of the Km
pire and Restoration, no boards were
grown. They came in agaiu, however,
with the revolution of 1SJ0, in company
with many other changes of costume,
etc., and at the present day no uni
versal rulo exists on tho matter.
Aa Unceremonious Irritation.
It is natural for a hospitable man. en
countering a friend unexpectedly, to
ask him unceremoniously homo to
dinnor. The man invited, having a
share of common sense, does not ox
pect an elaborate repast under the cir
cumstances, but is willing to accept the
ordinary faro provided for the family.
This is a man's view of the matter but
it is a view that six thousand years of
masculine expostulation has not suc
ceeded in getting inside tho heid of tho
female woman. Tho woman is a good
sool, we all know that, and we are all
ready to bow down end worship her
and admit that we could not. under any
circumstauces, get along without her;
but when it comes to this matter of
dinner-giving we are forced to own up
that the dear thing has a great deal to
learn. When a man comes home, say
twenty minutes before dinner time,
and tells tho best wife that ever
vet was put into this sinful world
that he has brought another man un
expectedly home to dino with him, an
expression will come over tho faco of
that excellent woman that will make
the man even though ho be tough and
seasoned tremble. She becomes rigid
directly. When tho dinner comes on it
is a good enough dinner for nnybody,
and tho other man enjoys it. and says
so; but a train of cars could not con
vince that woman that he is telling tho
truth. "Merc politeness," she nays,
coldly, when the fact that he ate three
slices of beef, was helped twice to pud
ding, and made a clean sweep of things
generally, is timidly presented to her
consideration; and sho adds that "he,
at loast, had some consideration for my
feelings." And when a woman, even
the best of women, refuses to believo
in three slices of bcof, what is a man to
do? Submit to the inevitable, and re
frain from inviting a man to take pot
luck with him unless assured that tho
pot overflows with milk and honey.
Servant in Germany.
One reason why German servants do
their work so systematically and
thoroughly is that washing day comes
but once a month, and then is done by
extra help hired for the occasion. On
Monday of the week devoted to this
work, the women come and make
preparations. The clothes arc care
fully assorted; the wood laid ready for
lighting under the great boiler in 'tho
wash-house, and every tun, hogshead,
etc., filled with water. Tho water is
pumped laboriously, and brought from
some distance in cumbrous Duckets.
The carriers wear upon their shoulders
for this purpose heavy wooden yokes,
like ox-yokes, with a chain and hook at
each end, to which the full buckets are
attached. The next morning at three
o'clock they are at work, as busy as
bees, and out-chattering the swallows
in the ivy which grows about the wash
house eaves. Wash-boards, those in
struments of destruction, are unknown,
all rubbing being done between their
horny knuckles. The ironing is done
in Germany by means of a mangle,
where -possible, and the clothes are
beautifully smooth and clean. By this
admirable system of "doing the wash
ing," the family peace remains un
disturbed. ANew Jbrset fox that had been
tamed secured the friendship of dogs,
but. from his peculiar odor, cats kept
aloof from him. xney wouia not waiic
upon any spot where the fox had been
standing. He used his knowledge of
this to cheat pussy out of his breakfast.
As soon as the servant poured out the
cat's allowance of milk the fox would
run up to the spot and walk around the
saucer, well knowing that the rightful
owner would not touch it. Day after
day the cat lost his milk, until the trick,
was found out, and the milk placed in a
spot where the fox could not reach it.
After he had been stopped from rob
bing the cat he tried his cunning on the
dairymaid as she was bringing the pails
from milking. As she was passing along
the fox went up to her and brushed him
self against one of the milkpails. The
milk became so tainted with the smell of
the fox that the maid dare not take it to
the house, and thonghtlesely poured it
into a pan and gave it to him. Thecrafty
animal repeated this trick several times,
but when he found that the spoiled milk
was given to the pigs instead of to him
self, he gave up his attempts.
"S COJfFULWT.
It toareled fast: R'a here at last.
The dmded eptzootr:
Sir nose, of caane. is cettinc worse,
And yoac I all rar beauty;
Mr style Is Sed, my cweutacaead
Each day Is rettiac larger:
Herodhie. qwe, coaM sot endare
Am& Bees upee a caaei
-S.J Chreafcta.
m m
Doh't covet the possessioas of aav
aatu you are willing' to nar for
them the price which he paid; thea
yoa will not need to covet theat, for
yoa can go aad get them for
who spends ak
FEfcMJ.f IL ASU I.ITEI4ART.
Miu.au. the Knrlih pjilntwr, chargr
I2&.9Q0 for paint js a portrait.
AaoCT a M:oatf cp of Web-T,SprlJa-l?j"A
continue to b M
j Tory year.
THE Fjiglwsh Unilariao hato Ut4
in ciUoo of Cbaaainj: work. cwpv
of which are sold at a shilling.
Da- CtUKt-ts 51 CKr will won pob
lUh a trcatie on "Olrure Word aa4
Pbraes la Shakmpcare and the Kiux
bcthaa Dramatist-"
Mu. Rohext IIrowmxg, the pocU
living at present la France, !U phy
iclans navo adricd pe4ctrtaaLtu as a
relief for bis reccal iu-bealth.
Mia. 4, Yias Ciuxrjfcr wdl fur
nish the text ard her husband the Hlu.
tratiou of some forthcoming magatlno
articles on Spain an.l Portugal, when
the artists arc now traveling.
TUE Directors of the Edinburgh Ph
losophlaal lattituiioa have ordered ht
removal-af "OuMaV aoveUfrem tht
shelves of their library. Considerable
excitement ha fallowed tho order.
Scuoi'enuaueu was thirty year
without a disciple, almost without a
reader. At present the mere llt of the
books and articles in which reference l
made to him
m tMH'tit!t nlnetv mlm
-. i .'iLn.ir- T.U..
' V-'.-l'.'- -" - ..-A- T
in. fed a-r m t- irvi. Bp ''..
mi t . a am -viTaiTiirvBri-miiiia
j-pcnai uiuw-rT.puj.
AiicmJtsHOi- PuKCEtu ot CindnaaU.
is very leeoie physically, wane un
a. k ."
mind appears to be as active as ever. to brirnten as the teacher marked U a
It.. ,11 v!r, ,I..J.l,t ,; rtnrTrthw'.. .1. 1 ...n. In Uo OH
logical labors half a ccntur' ?'. when
ho rode hundreds of miles thruuen lor-
ests to establish ohurches.
M,.. K..i,. fniin,) ImnAiiIMn In fill
the orders for Miss NeiUon's photo
&l iW. trt- W. iinr"iwn- - ....
m ,? , X- T. I - ..!..
graphs since her death. Next to hers
tho largest number sjld are of Mary
Anderson and the noxt in popularity is
are of Maud llratucombe. manv of
whoso pictures aro lKught by artists as
studies, und are used by young lallo
in their first attempts at cmron jor
traiture. Wilkie Collins !egan life a a tea
merchant, but after anhort time .-ludiod
law at Lincoln's Inn. and presently
abandoned that for literature. He Ls a
rapid inventor and slow producer,
writes at a massive desk, on ono Mil
of which hangs a picture of his father,
and on the other is a tin box containing
ploLs and schemes and ideas jotted
down. In composing ho first finds a
central ida, then fits the characlem.
lets the characters evolve their own
incidents, aud begins his story at tho be
ginning. IIL'XOKOUK.
Seckets may bo trusted to a miser.
He never gives anything away. .V. 0.
ricuyune.
A Chinese adage Lovo '00 littlo.
love Oolong. Boston Commercial Vut
letin. "Do Kisil sing?" asks an exchange.
Certainly, nnd many of them havo been
known to reach the high sea. hula
dclphia Sun-lay Transcript.
Br holding a very littlo misery uilto
close to our vycs, wo entirely hue sight
of a great deal of comfort beyond which
might bo taken. Buffalo Express.
IJjounson, tho Norwegian novelist
anil poet, iijas ajrrived iju tjhis ejoun
trv, cjreatiugfrjuitu ajn ejxeitement ijn
Ijftcrarv citrclcs. ajnd ijs ajnxious tjo
mjcet Wilhelmji. bjingo. Oil City Der
rick. "Thkue aro only one hundred and
tiftv different ways'of putting up peach
es' said a youn-r laay to our funny
contributor; which way do you prefer?"
"I prefer putting them down," was the
reply. Toronto Grip.
An American lawyer is now Attorney-General
of tho Sandwich Isl
ands. If in two years he doesn't own
tho entire country and hold the King's
note for a largo sum ho is no credit to
the American oar. VhilatUlphia Chron
icle. "Br George!" observed a Danbury
young man who was married last
month, "if I'd thought about kindling
coal fires I'd novcr got married in the
fall. I'd waited till nisxt spring and
had a six months' honeymoon." Dan
bury News.
No AH'LArsR will bo allowed In the
theater in New York during the por
formanco of the " Passion Play."
They're rather afraid that some of the
Wall-street men might evince a dispo
sition to start a cheer for Judas Iscariot.
Boston 1'osL
A Galveston woman, just married,
wishing to impress her husband with
her ability as a housekeeper, bawled
out to the servant as she entered tho
door: "Matildy, bring me tho wash
board; I want to wash the potatoes for
dinner." Ualvcston News.
A White Mountain Guide.
Our guide walked on before us, erect
and manly, wearing one of those broad
canvas hats which arc characteristic of
this region, and furnish one of our few
glimpses of picturesque costume. He
bad led for years the genuinely out
door life which belongs to our mount
aineers. As a rule, farmers are far less
rich in conversation than sea-side peo-
fle sailors, pilots, fishermen; the rural
ives are rather monotonous and un
eventful; but when you come where the
farms actually abut upon untamed for
est, the art of conversation revives, and
James Merrill was as good as Tboreau,
so far as the habit of observation could
carry him.
He showed us, in the occasional de
posits of soft mud by the water bars on
the mountain road, how to distinguish
squirrel-tracks, sable-tracks, bear
tracks. A bear bad passed, as he proved
to us, within a few days, which had
weighed about one hundred and seventy-five
pounds, and was probably two
years old. He pointed out to us where,
in sandy places, the young partridges
nau nesuea ana nuiiercu nxe nens in
the path, and where tho hedgehogs had
Biawed and torn the roots in the wood,
e told us how these little "quill-pigs."
as they are pooularly called, defend
themselves with their tails, thrashing
them about till the aose of a dog or
other animal is full of bristles; the dogs
instinctively fear this, and seize the
creature by the bead, where the bristles
turn the other way- and cannot hurt.
The hedgehog is in winter the chief
food of the "fisher-cat," and this in
turn is trapped for its fur. his small
quadruped is jet-black, with a few
white hairs; is as large as a large cat.
but is shaped like a mink, aaving
short legs. The fisher-cat and sable
pronouced uniformly "saple" climb
trees like cats ia pursuit of squirrels,
and will run from tree to tree as easilv
as the game they hunt, though suable
to spring like them through the air.
Both of these species are active and
daring, venturing sometimes into the
hunters' camps at night in search of
food. The ordinary wild-cat, or bob
cat," or "lucivee" (loup-arvicr) Im also
found on Mooailanke, but not the larger
"catamount," or that half-mythical
beast known amotur Maine lamhermea
as the " Iadiaa deviL" This bobcat is
often as larze to the eve as aXewfooad-
iand dog. but its fur is o deceptively
thick that it really does not weigh more
than thirty aoaadv Merrill was elo
quent about its shriek at aight. -Waea
yoa hear it aear yoa," he aafci. "
makes every hair staadap straight, aad
youfeelaboatasbiyowraar- 1
hare heard it wfcea it made me feel aa
if my hat was two feet from my head.
It is as mach bigger thaa the hoase-cat-'crmflb
as that is aigger thaa a
X W. Higjintm, aa Ai-
Our Yomg BcaMkrf.
TltS rXOCP MOTMS&M
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rZ wtr. nkJ,
tf fiiMtat fere mmm ?
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AT
fca wWh W""
Tx kUU hlh maffSSlmmi
AM ltM. M rrh Hw
tatsk?
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Ar.,.tUit!HtiU.
HW CEL1A
WKOTE
TIOX.
X 0ttl'
Czi.il wa. iwelvo year ohlr a bright
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llTIIrtf-iri SI HBr ICTAJMJffeW. v- - -
al her leajwft. anHtt
r " . ". . . ....i
. m ra ., a n i ww :iri a.
. s. . .Aaa.aa.r r m r w t . vm v. ni d . mn a -
,. tt. heju r hcr cUw. ana a rrn"
faT0rite in urbooi. No matter haw Ion;?
-'. .m .. r. . v. .-
or hard the Iem. Ibe m uiuoi
- . -. . tr... r ....
Hrov n'. hers the rt tolco tofxcJ.tlm
I ( 11, 1 nvV.in ei irei it It we irr
rfht hard, and I certainly will dti
I tk,.t
I ltl. III. a Z,ir M- tint.
.o...
wrtnl to recVive a bricht look of aul-
Aivniniin"!!. jiun ..w. ... " ' --
escence from Cella. at least, when hc
one morning aanouncml to the little
class jhat acotnltloa would ha,.
im-iMl fmm .vh une oil the hndaV of
the following week, bu
.--.- -'V .- r
iKitnted. To her sun
..1.1 ... .tt.tntt wurtlt iVMiltl hare
spoken. -. I cin't poaslblj do It, MUs
Nul-on. and it's of no ort of um to
try." , .
What are wo to HTite a romjHwU
tion about,
girl, whoo
Miss Nelwa?" aked oso
face matched Cella'a In ox-
. 1 .!..... 1 - . frt
L;..f -.... .!! iMn. In thutrholu
rtion
l IIUU lu vt"", --
worldl"" "
MIni Nelon sinllctL
"Oh. yes. vow do. my dear." hn n-
plied. pleaantlv. " I think you will
tmd you know Something worth telling
abotil t,iU when you put on jour think-
ing-cap and make up your mind to try.
At any rate, that U what 1 expect you
todo-rru Audi will lot you know
afterward how nearly you have suc
uceiled to my satisfaction."
Cella Hrowu never said a word. Sho
just closed hor Hi tightly and shook
her head in titter despair. It was of nO
use to talk to her; a composition sho
could not write. Pages of sjelltng.
half tlio graniaiar or geography, miles
of arithmetic, would not have daunted
her anything like the mere word com
jKwition. Sho could not think of any-.
thing else Uiat afternoon, nnd at thn
tea table she looked so abstracted and
was so unusually silent, that her big
brother Tom. just home fnm college.
uesirvu to 00 lom 11 ner lomzuo nau
gone out to spend the evening.
O sister, how yu thJ practlcn vcur
iiiusiu Ictnoti this afternoon." added
littlo Willie: "you just banged imdj
tore ! J reckon she didn't count her I
one, two, three's much, mamma!" I
"Mamma. Miss NcUon has told nil
tho girls in rav class to write a couirKV
Mtion for nCxt'Frlday," sahl (.Vila, dis
regarding her brothers personal re
marks, nnd lookimr anxiously
at her
mother; "and'I know I
cant lo It.
. . ..1
I iust couldn't do it if it would save my
life; I would rather undertake to recite
seventeen chspters of history!" r
"Nonsense, said hor fatlior, laugh-
ing; "it is quite time you learned to
use you mind in composition. Seven-'
teen or twenty-seven chapter of history
will not do you half the good that six
linos of carefully-written composition
will do. And vou will not find It difll-
cult. Celia, if you do not make up your
mind against it. Did Miss Nelson give
you a subject?" )
"Yes. papa salt," was tho reply, in
a disgusted tone. "The idea of such a
subject! I cau't think how nnjthing.
interesting could bo wriltou ujon saltP
"Oh, writo about tho 'cat,' exclaimed
Willie. "I wouldn't writo about salt,
either; nasty stuff! Jina write on the
cat.' I'll tell you exactly what to say: J
can writo a composition. Pooh! Its
easy. Walt till mamma sends me to
school. Now you just write thi. The
oatls a real nice animal, it's got three j
white feet and one black one. It's got 4
a spot on its breast, too. It ha four
dear little kittns; and it washes hoc.11
face everv morning with her paws. She
licks her face this ain't nice; but what
can you expect from a poor silly cat?
It don't know any better. And ours is
named Thomas Matilda, after nurse's
brother and sister!"
"Bravo, Willie!" exclaimed his fa
ther, joining in the hearty laughter of
the others at the little boy. "So you
can write a composition. I'd advise
sister to call on you for help, by all
means."
"That composition might do for you,
Willie, dear,'' said Celia. stiH laughing;
"but I think it would sound rather queer
to Miss Nelson."
"Why, vou aeedn't care how it
sounds. Need she, papa? She Just
tells every single bit she knows. That
is the way Tm going to do when I write
comaositioBS."
"That is tolerably sound aI vice."
said her mother, looking at hcr. with a
smile. "Just nut the thouzbt of ' how
it will sound' quite out of your mind.
and write down all you know about
salt."
The acxt day was Saturday. About
ten o'clock Celia sat down at the little !
tabic in her bedroom, and made up hcr
mind to try. t
"Salt!" she wrote at the top of her
paper, and then there came an awful
pause. "Ob. dear, tchat shall I say about
it? f Salt! . Salt Well. JL'm ure U
doatkaowsrArf it Is exactly, unices
it ssaUf and here Ccha s thoughts were
T.V . .. '. 6 . " Cfc ",u
n cosier,' sne contu:
continned. thinking
aiona. "ievs see now," and
a a .a. u . -
flhft ,
whiried the leaves rapidly to the Ss.
urn: nere it is: 'alt-chloride of Siaai to the worship of the roldea caM
sodnsmssjiataaceased for seasoaiag! the image of the Apt? jpd of Mstr
certara kiads of food, aad fer the Egyptians they probahly beisg a7
preseryation of meat, etc It is foand more aware that aader this eir&vn was
native 10 the earth, or it is produced by represented the saa-god ia the xodiacal
evaporation and crystallization from ' sign Taaras thaa were the am of the
water impregnated with saline particles. Egyptians themselves. Still another
Well, I do declare! If that's all. Mr. reason why these mtths aad Jegeads
fcuBicreas w ay awci aau, now
should I be expected to know any more? t
Xhe idea! Why. Idoa t knowany more, 1
aoa a ooa 1 no inat: rV ell. 1 do say j
Miss Nelson Ls unreasonable," Celia ,
wriggled herself nearly off her chair,
sighed, zroaaed. fanned herself, hit
her pen-handle, and finally, at Waae'slBriatoa says the Algaaala M
call, jumped ap and ran from the room. 1 traaetated "Miohab" iato "The Grtjlhjg
leaving the compositioa still to fee Hare," km hy a false etymologyTr -""
writtea. grt P1 of ir retfgioa. the traa
She aad her little brother moeated , meaa-ajc of the rr eadeaHedfy
the see-saw ia the gardea, aad darfag , bBjr "The Spfrk ef the Uht." ar
this pleaaaat pastime CeKs iaterro-a . "Tea Dawn." Dr. Wl IL Ur4sr. aa jj
edliBfeawhathe knew aboltlpular ScUnc SfyniMjf. .-"
wni
at keow aaaca. m
what km
did kaow he reaeroaslr told.
"SaHv h hsfirmn I aec was rtrj
rood to make- ice-cream with. That
cows MkedsaJL he also told her, "aJ
thoaghsdida't." Celia laaghed so at this that she
coaM not seesaw aay loager, aad she
west back to the hoose to take.fcer mkb.
sic lessoa ami afterward she drove out i
withher mether; aad the day; went.
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not wr. a coimhIUob l i th .
fact that she c,nclm.ly Mw,l
l Httle WHIIe's adv eo ntul wruoisl.u
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O.xe dav. as I sat at
toy ofll-Intk
writing busily, I heanl a
door. "Come In." saltl I
knmiW nl the
The door Oenotl, and there lHd
smill Uv. vcrv ragged and rathordlrty
"What do you want?' lakel. lnrjdjr,
for 1 wax annoved at the Interniptkm
"Please, sir' said tho boy, will you
net mo up?"
It wa such a queer request that I
laughed outright. "Sot ym up" l
I. "lou are not a bowling-pin. at
you? .What hi the world do ou mean '
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I here was something a!out the boy
that pleated mo. I handed him two
dltpvs. and ho went w,w, A friend
who hapiHjsed In. Just as I wa cIoMiir
the transaction, etpnyi4d the oplnhm
that I had been imposed upon. " Vou
will never see that little rogue again.' f
said he.
ly niter day passed, and I began to
think that my friend w right. The
boy lnwl not como bark. But, jest a I v,
had about given him un, ho appeared,
and repaid the money "honotly. I was
so pleavl that 1 madi him a present
of tho amount, nnd added a trille U U
Two year or more afterward", 1
stopjod ono day at a stn;et-eorner to
have my shoes cleaned. As I placed my
foot on the block, the bootblack looked
up in my face, and said, " I should like
to shine your shoes for nothing. lr."
"Why no? said I.
" Don't you rcmerafeer, lr. howyou
ct mo up?"
Thea I recognized my old nqHarrtt-w
anco, though he hwt grown so that I
should hardly havo known hiss. He
was thriving, ha told mo. In hU new
line of businc, and harl no occaln
now to iKirrow any more money.
He lisd imprornd greatly In bin looks,
and. what was better, he had been im
provltig hinwtlf in many othr way
He had leanicd to read and write, sadr
being reaily to turn his band to any
honest work, he was trying bravely to
maku his way ia the worhl.
All this luppentsl a good whde agj.
I kept watch of that boy, aad Vrtk great
pleamre in finding that my fimt inaprc
sion of him was correct. Whatever ho
undertook to do he did with a will, and
he itoou found a better employment
than blackintr shoe.
lie w bow a prosperous mercaant.
and. if I were to tell you hi nime. you
would hardly bclic7o that be ever could
have been Tom. the hoolbAck. Aljrtd
I Sclvsyn in Nvrwry,
The ITershle ef Animal. 4
Ix the Infancy of mankind almost
every system of mythology included the
worship or veoeratioc of aaintaU. Ia
one Iaad the deity was a bell, ia aaother
it was a Mrprat, in yet another it was a
bird; and in lands like India and Kinrpt
almost every kaowa aaisaal was either
an incarnated deity or famtm. The
same reasons that caused the animal to
be deified aad worshiped would, ia :
short time, sarrouad it worship wkhV
numberless myths aad legeadi, that r
woo Id be remembered long after the
occasion caueo iaen tato exut-
occasion
ence h.vl
beca forgotta.
As aa
la
artHash. if fWS ara Batwl naW
cite
th
return of the Israelites is the desert ef
wonW remaia loasr after tbeir real
meaaiaz had beca tetzAzn. is dtw
the metopherie aatare of all rxzf laa-
guages; aad thb eae woW act sttfl
more stroagly if the varioas hsule &
meaaiag of eaeh aastaphorkal term
were net limited hr aeourate wriemz.
m
Ixaa actio thit was reeeatlr riMk
m aa Eagiish eoart. whea the
as dse4e waa m to the aaafety aa4
coaditioa of a as-slee that kvl heem,
kid down asaay rex bcJeee. a wltaaaa
stated that it wasaa eWjwpe. aad theirs
fere out of eoaditioa. The Jadjc
marktagtkt "peedasataseaalp
lygel oat ef coaditioa hy oTtt
the wttaess promptly aaswerea. " sw
do. my Lord, if booed ia the grettad.'
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