THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 1SS3.
Esterti a:
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wife.
Up Jn the morninir at hraW of d
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Tiie nlc your nnuTu. is U
For every season some duty
Anil with care xud toil cic
Through the irlgjfcome. budd
prior.
cfThr wrb theTSJ'W
nttis when
DIOS-
soms irloiv.
TnrouEh the sututuo, rick with
fruit of
gold.
No rest con this busy housewife know.
Up In the morning, yet naught to her
Is the iHowiiisr. rosy-tinted east:
And naught are the r. .bin's rinsrln? notes.
As he calls h!s mite to the cnerry-feast.
The bnjok iroes siintfnjr on its way.
Ttre bree'.e is balmv. the wod are irreen.
But morn comes early, aud eve coaiea late,
And Care und Duty lie between.
Up liithemorning no farmer waits
For a lureard wife when the fields are re4;
And after "the haying" the rra!n U npc.
And the corn Is soon to be harvested.
And the out-door work and the healthful
Give such ret to the farmer's appetite
There is need to boil, and bake and roast.
From dawu till the stars am out at nOjht.
Then the lads and Ias3es must never think
Her heart Is merely on wm1 Intent:
She must lilt their hopes above the thought
That life i only for labor meant.
She must take them up to tha top of the hills
Wtieie a broader aud grander horizon waits.
Aud (five them a Klinuiaeor the lire that thrills
BeyouJ ttie narrow farm-housu Kate.
The busy world is a sealed book.
Within whose overs hr. may not glance;
Vet here isji generous sacrifice.
Who lives another's good to enhance.
And when the struggle and strife are o'er.
And, done with earth, she lies at rest, j
Noaweeter words can be said than these,
"Her sous und daughters call her blest."
-A'. Y. Ledatr.
TOM'S MONIMEXT.
"I dreamt last night o' settin' at a lonjr
table, 'u I'm jest as aartaln tha- Tern is
drowuded as ef 1 see him to the bottom o' the
oceau this minute," said Mrs. Job Feruald,
w:tin; the tears from her tan-colored cheeks
With her calico apron. "Ef it didn't stand to
reason thet lie wuz dead, thet sisu uever falls,
'u' 1 dew think vre'dorter hev respec' ernough
for he poor boy's inem'n to git him a e an,
u' put it up in the lot without waitlu' no
longer "
'Yes, It's more'n a year now, 'n' the Sarcy
Saily hain't been heard from. I s'pose likely
she must ha' been lost," agreed Cynthy Ann,
i he daughter of the house, not without a
certain grim e ijojmcut of the situation.
"Stun is drtfu! expensive, anyhow, butseeln'
ez we hain't ben able to give him any funeral,
nor hcv the minister, nor cook up for the
mourneis, It seems ez ef we'd orter buy a
mo .imeiit forhim. I can't reely see bow we
kin do less, ez the Peter Fcrnalds got one fur
their Charles, 'n' I say to marm, it won't
do to let them ffit ahead of us, poor ez they
be. I'Vaps, Khody, ez you 'u' Tom wuz ez
good ez promised to one t'other, you'd be
willln' to give a Uttleoutovycrschool-keepin'
money towards cittiu' i he mouimen', 'u I'm
goin' to put o3 gittin married for a while
though ijeih is drettul put out about It 'n'
save all my rug money, till, with what marm
takes fur butter, we shall git enough."
Ttie person addressed, ayoung woman with
a preltv, sensible face, shivered a little, and
shook her head decisively- "I don't believe
tha Tom is dead," said she. "O. don't talk
about buyinga monument yet. Wait another
year, a d if you do not hear from him by that
time, ibcre will be reason to "
"That's jest what pa savs." In'errunted
Cynthy Ann, "jest because lie don't want t
hev It that Tom is diownded. lie seems ter
think, somehow, that by hatiein' off 'u' net
even wuin' ol it to himself, he ken keep it
frutn bein' 60. Tha 's a way some folks hez."
"He wuz alwuz jest so headstrong an' un
reasonable," sighed Mrs. Fernald. with pro
longs! use of the calico apron, "lie had the
impfr once to sav this ver. morula' thet it
eared ez ef we watite t him dead, for the sake
ov hev:u' a iiioiiimcut fur him like Peter's
Charles'. But to look a things fair 'n' square,
what chance is iheie that he kin be in the land
o' the livln'f lii-m't Seth Stnilliilge himself
goto se the owners of the farcy dallv over
ter the Port mor'n a month ago, 'u they said
tSiey hadn't no more idee of ever hearin'frum
either vessel or crew than nothiu' at all!"
"At that consumed monimeutagiii, be they,
Rhodyl" grouleda weather-beaten old man,
whose face bore a curious resemblance to a
wood carving, appearing suddeulv In thedoor
wa "But don't you lis en to 'em, dary, fur
you 'u' I knows that our boy ain't no more
dead than t hey be. Eveu ef he wuz, we cou dn't
afford Ut git a tnonluient fur him. Dead folks
sleejts jet as well without anv stun whatso
ever, 'u' ef tln-lr bones is a-restiu' in the sea,
of what use Is a stun on the laud! It car n't
tell nobody je-t where thev le. Somehow the
folk.- in 'his jiUce, 'sjieoialiy in this family, has
got a luariL'Io'Jserazeforu'ionfmeuts. Bro her
I.jsarnder In- made mention of it wheu he was
to home Ave years a-o, 'n' seuce that he craze
has ben gowlu' 'u growin'. Even the sum
mer boarders orer to the Ha bor poke fun at
us abou- it Sam Smith showed me a newspaper
where one on V tu had been a-wrltin' up the
place, an' it did sound m ef we wuz cur'us
I Iks. 'Twhh everj word of it true, too, n'
went onto 6ay th it the Herriu' Point folks fur
the rnoit part lived in lit le weather-beaten
huts the ere dretful jKor per ection frum
wind 'n' rain, 'n' wuz a picurer leanness 'u'
poverty, coz thev-'re a-saviu' up munrv to buv
themehes mouiments to look splendid over
their graves w.ien hey wuz dead and gone.
But f r m pan I don't Waif t to go about so
hollrr while I'm a-livin', for thestke o' cuttiu'
a dash hu I dot a chor. Anyhow I w -uldti'L
agn-e to a jrreat inoniment a-loomlu' up out
o' Uie family buryin' ground 'n' overtoppln'
i he old ho mf, hk- a steeple over a mushroom,
the ay Peter's C hailes' does."
' O, pal 1 never tlioiigntyoii wuz so awful
worldly minded liefote," uroaned Mtsa Cyuthr
Ann, with a look of horror.
"Well, I be jst worldlt-mluded enough t
sthk to ii thet 1 won't live on them 't rnil
bony hen in' till the bones prlek through my
llrsh, no drink currant leaf tea, nor go w h
my anus a stick-In' through Tom's old clo'es.
while you wiuuneu-folks Is a-sivln' upfur the
theie imaginary sort o' inoufmcnt as it were
i-ouie of us il die in eaniest roon enough, 'n'
then you'll have a chance to sliow all the re
spec you want to, n' hev a stu i in al nesU"
" O, pa, bo km y.m talk 8' bigotedf Ain't
It awful to hear him, Khody I"
Rhody hiii led, but remained silent, and evi
dently wishiiur to hear no mote concerning
the alTaii, si-M nl reuiembered that it was
school time, u.i looka hurrieddeparture. The
old mau returned to his net iiienditigou the
uiiim side of th? wood-pile at the h ick-door,
and he two wo.uen. altera prolonged cousul
ta Ion, II ally decided that 'hey would wait
:.u-ither jear before buying the monument, as
Khody had suggested. In fact, it woild be
uecessarv to do so. as the girl would contrib
ute nothing toward the fund, and pa was dret
ful troublesome when he waru't humored. But
as tor there beii a chance that T in ua;..'t
dead, it was all nonsense, and 'twas treating
him shame.'ul not to take a mite o' notice of
hit deal h, too.
Daxs and weeks went on In the old monot-
0 .oas ma inerat Herring Point, The gorge .us
raukb of the golden rol and asters were cut
down by the Host, and the winds swept away
the few rod leaves which colored the sides of
the t-ea looking hills, to make a clear path for
the fiosiy inarch of whiter. The sea. so long
asleep under the summer sunshine, began to
show once more the wild hereon ess of it-
nature, ami drove home the boats of the
IMicrmen, and lashed the rocks angrllv
through wiid niehts when only the lamp of
the lijrht house over on -he Ledire shed a ray
of liirht through the stonuy darkness. Mrs.
1 eri.ald, when not attending to her two cows
and her butter-making, su iu the chimney
corner and knitted blue yarn stockings for the
market, and Cynthy ,V n, with a zeal that
never tired while the lislonof thesuleiidid tall
monument Hashed befoie her mental j;aze
book.d rugs from earlv In the mo. niujr until
late into the night. Hrr hooked rugs were in
demand now, for several summer boardere had
admired and purchased them, and since that
time'ieaily every lady at the Port had been
seized witfi a desire to posse? nc as an oma
men to her l-st parlor. Pa divided the time
lietwi-cn eossipinjr with his old sailor cronies
at the store aud sltttn: meditatively by the
fire with his pine and. almanac. No mention
wa made of the mo muient, and the old miu
drank his btore tea in triumph, ffering
no objections to the currant leaf beverage
with which his wife aud daughter saw fit to
resale themelre3. save bv an occasional giunt
efdisafiproval.
Nu Mews'awie of the Sarcy Sallv or the fate
of her crew, and as the d tys crept slowly and
dreariljr toward spnu -, though pa stili jer-
sted in his belief that Tom was living, all
hope died in' Kho-U's lieirt. But as lu?ller
ring Point parlance she and Tom had not be?n
really promised to one t'other, she fe t
thai" she could uot srra iiy Cynthy Auu'
w sh and express hergrief by ueiring mourn
ing garments, though it would haw given ner
a sort of dreary satisfaction to Ik: able odo
so.
"'.She couldn't ha' cared nothin' about him,
or she wouldn't eara blue b nuitto meet in,
'n' him dead 'n' son?," said the neighbors
with one act-ord, for the real state of the case
was unknown to them. ". 'r'aps she's afeard
o' searioj1 away Joe Co lins efhe should put
ou black; he's alwuz ben a-tryln' to sit her
awar from Tom pence they wuy bovs 'n' girls
together: u' now Tom's lost, they say he's j
attentive to her ez a bumble-bee is to a mart
tool." Hut Khoda was lit le disturbed by these
remarks. Her heart was very sore because ot
Tom's loss, but her.: were circumstances ccn-'
liected with his going away which caused it to
be i-orer s 111. Why had he not spoken before
hl departure, if, as she had every reason to
think, be really cared for her, and Wiahedto
saakeher bis wife I More than oaos duriag
fbMC lst stys te kai mmmA tte psH
ac fgnuccjSTe;
ur. m
Huur iSK.
iLilaV
SBBpner
Its
Marco, vd then hesitated, with a painful
doubt clouding his brow. In tn '.h he had not
been qui e himself duriaz his suy on shore;
omctblnz seemed to trouble and vex him, and
he would remain silent a rt lost in thought for
almost hours while they were tSKfither. But
on the dar or his departure his fa :c hHgrhtenM,
his manner changel, and whin ;hi?y pjrtsJ he
siid, wl h a great deal of m .suing in Ills
glance and tone: "I shall r' t you as soon
a I reach Boston, Rhody, r.l mind vou
auswer.fny le tersoos." But the letter never
canif. Now the buds were aweiliuz Jn th
April sunshine; flshl-ig boats were rockins o.i
the water; the women gossiped with each
other in tb?ooen d.orwayi:tli happy yottni
people looked forward "to days that were4
coming; the sad young- and old people rcmem-
painted pictures of them. The birds and wl-idl
oerea aava mat. were past, i ue auusumc
and sea sang ana taiKeaaoom mem.
To Rhoda evervthiua- wa alive with Tom's
memoir, and o:i soft, lovely morning after J
i-atn, wsen anguimisiiurae-iiu mu
violet sky, as if Nature were drying her eyes
on the airest of handkerchiefs, she walked up
to he Fernald cottage and' presented Cynthv
Ann with a folded enveloi which &nt.lni4
all the little board of money which lie In I
saved from childhood, saying'ln a oioked Tolce
that she tiionght it was time to think about
the monument now.
Cynthy Ann's face become fairly radiant.
" I'm glad y u've come to be so right-mind
ed," said she. Pa hs's bigoted 'n' sot ag'lust
Itylt But there's no need o' sayln' anvmln;
about It to hi.n tell the Stan's all bought ;u'
paid fur, 'n ready to be sot up. He won't hev
ter do without no worldly comforts by n
means, ez Uncle Lysarnder hea jest sent us a
little present o' mouev. It come jest like
Prorerdence by mall when we wuz a-taiKtn
about the inoniment t'other day, inarm 'n' I.
u' no name to it at II. What do ye think
about the vers?, Rhody? It h d orter be somej
thlni solemn 'ti' warnln', I s'ose."
But Rhoda had al e dy slipped out of the
door. She was in no mood for talkiu? 'o
Cvnthv Ann. She had felt assure I of Tom's
dea h for some Mine, but conseu in? to the.
monument seemed like fonnally giving him
up, like preparlig for his funeral. But it was
all she could do forhim now, and it was uttin
that the stone should ba raised in his memory,
though she dreaded the talk it would occasion
and the mournfully festive scenes which would
be enacted In thel'buryIng-lot."
The next day Mrs. Fernald and Cynthv Ann,
accompanied by Seth Smallidge, a'brlsk little
fisherman who resembled a sand-peep In bltck
..tn.Ko .Ik...a M.VA.. k IA f..,t .tl4 dffflll. -
treat deal of bickering aud consultation, ofJl
waiting and doubting, and delight and depres
sinn, made the purchase of the moiiumen .
Cynthy Ann carried the money In the toe of a
Sunday stocking, an ordinary pocket book not
being considered sulliciently safe, ad both
Mrs. Fernald andeth nsslsted her In eount'nj
out the sum required to complete the pur
chase.
"Well, I guess Peter's Chvlei' won't look
much compared to this, but I'm d xaiip'inted
that It carn't be sent home before to-morrow,"
xalil Mrs. Fernald. as thev drove home.vard to
ward evening. .J
"There ain't nothin' like It In the place, but
pa'll grumbleabout the cot. We sha'n't hear
the last of it for nobody knows when, pa's jes'
soblgotel," gonidl 'ynthv Ann, a shadow
clouding her shining counte ance.
Early the next morning the monument, tall,,
shlninz and splendid, was brought over to theJ
Poln, Tom's name and ago, and the suitable
and solem i verse from a hymn which the
minister himself had "picked out," engraved
on Its surface, and was deposited on the
ground in the little family lot. In the after
noon is was to be set up with appropriate ce re
ts nice.
Mrs. Fernald and Cynthy Ann were out
falling into raptures over It, as fashionable city
w. men would have fallen int raptures over a
newly-Imported Paris gown, when pa, who
had been "se tin' in the store," catne strolling
homeward along the path which led through
the orchard. As the stupendous column of
white marble met his eye, he stopped short
with wrath aud ast. mishtnent. "Well, ef this
ain't the set-liredest piece'' work I ever heerd"
tell about 1 Heave in-overboard ef I'll slau'
slch nonsense! Here you've bin a buyin' a
stun ez big 'n' grand ez Bunker Hill Moui
ment for a livln' boy, to say nothiu' o' the
rldlckilousness of slch co'icarned poor folks
a-sportln' s cha thing. Et's wth more'n the
old house 'n' the lot o' land'n' the nets 'n'
fishln'-boats a'l hove t gethr. 'u' you've bin
'n' spent all l.ysatnler's money, 'n' RhoJy's
too, I'll be bound, ef she wuz fool enough fur
ter give It teryer, poor gal; 'u' drank cirrant-
leaf tea wi.
sweet'niir, 'n'
pinched ye
d w.thout no
butter, till
giy ez two
bv, too, ef
witches.
'tis springww, 'n' my
ter much. li is year. I'
won't amount
tin' too old'a
sttiT terfiafo out now; foUs hez too much
human natur' ter le able ter work after
"
u.,.a!t
git ter he seventy, 'n' Seth Smallidge
got no more backbone then ajellyiish. Et's
good luck ef we don't all starve ter p?.y fur
this. I tell yer Tom ain't dead, nuth'er; I
know him a jro d deal be tcr'n vou wiinmen-
folksdld, hat never cared nothiu' about him.
but ter s uff him with verses to sh w offiavoF
the parson with, 'n' ter st irve hi:n inter savin'
the herriu' wuz ez good ez roost beef ; 'u' I
know he ain't the kind ov a feller to git
drownded frum a wrack ser dretful easy; nor
ter give In 'n' cast auchor ashore, 'less suthln'
more'n common tackled him."
"O. pa, how you do diseounternance Pror
erdence !" sobbed .Mrs. Fernald.
"Dlsio-internance Proverdeice fr not, 1
won't hev that there monitnent put up in my
lot. I reckon I'm master here while I live,
whuther or no. Wheu I heave to, though I'm
hoplu' that won't be till my hoy comes home"
with a little softened quiver in his wrathful
voice "you'll cut up ef yer think flt, ov
cour-e, but while I hev my senses that there
thing will be out of sight. I may swoond or
lose consctentt usnes, but er yer set It up
then, I'll hev It haaisd dow agin ez soon as I
come to myself, '' so there's no use ttlkin'."
And so it proved. The tears ami remon
strances of his wife and daughter only caused
the old matt to !-; more set in his dete initia
tion. The s lr-mn advice of the minister, who
was called to thr rescue, was without avail.
"Ef thev had bougma sin 1 1, reas jn ible stun.
I wouldn't ha' tnadenoohjecti'in ter their put
tin' on it up, pardon, ef it would ha' glvei 'em
io sa Isfactlon, though Tom ain't dead," he
sa'd; "but that moniin it I.ordyl l would
ha' shamejijthe asm piaeei".
So the.mohiimcnt waAuJed Into the
shed, plxwd wone agntscY
lng proudlv iHar.r flia sic
tue numiratioiroi ail' o-noiueSB as .tsr rer
uald and Cynthy Aun had fooiK unSa ed,
and was me i langj'no more lulHaeliold
for a long tlme75ar!y Iii the HUtffwwCvnthv
Aimi and Seth Smallidge were married, and
Seth came, bringing his worldly effects with
him, to dwell In the Fernald cot age. As she
old man predicted, the winter proved to be a
hard one, and at times food was scarce In the
household. Seth, who never was known to
have good l'tuk, went off to the Banks on a
fishing voyage after the houevmoon was over,
but soon returned with a frozen foot, and
spent the remainder of the winter by the Are
side, dozing over a pile of ancient newspapers!
But toward spring, when pa was attacked with
his annua' spell o( rhumatics, and fortune
seemed darker thau ever, another gilt of
mouey came from Lysander.
"S'prtsin that I.ysarnder should be so llb'ral,
fur ef he is rollln' in riches, he's got a family
ov his own er look after, 'u' he's only half
brother to me, nuttier, 'n' ued ter be tnod'-
ratcly tight till a siell ago. Strauare he don't
write nothin' whe-i he sends the money, too.
The fust time ha sent an V he kinder hinted t het
we'd oner le obleeged ter him in two hull
pages. It seems now ez l' it come frum the
Lord, ef I am a miserable sinner, 'n' don't
m ik no gret effort to keep clear o' Sa an.
But the Lord knows I'm thankful, anyhow,"
said the old in in from his slck-beL
Time rolled on iu much the same fashion at
Herring Point. Three more tempestuous win
ters beat about the little hamlet, froze the sea
spray on to the window-panes, drove wrecks
against the shore, aud plnc'ied and desolated
the homes of the poor. Four still, fair sum
mers stirred the sleepy scents of the pine
woods, ripened the berri.-s o i the hills, opened
the brilliant flowers in the salt marshes, and
bronzed the cheeks of the tlsher-rolk with Ia
hot glad sunshine. Life seemed prosperous
aud peaceful at this gracious season.
Seth Smallidge was still unlucky, but pa, in
spite of his "human natur'," his seveutv-four
year, and his "sell o' rheumatics." continued
to be hileand hearty -enough uo only toenjov
his fishing trips, bu to make them successful,
and Lysander still sent his yearly contribution
of mo iey, so, though there were two other
mouths to feed under the Fernald roof, there
was nothing like want iu the family again.
Store tea bubbled fragrantly over the fire, and
"them pesky bonvherrin'" were not always
the chief of the family diet, greatly to the old
man's satisfaction.
During all this time nothing had been heard
from Tom. The men who sat In the store low
ered the r voices when they spoke of the Sarcy
Sally, and were never tire I or c nj-cturihg
how she came to her fate. But the monume itJ
still reitosed In the seclusion of .he wood-shed
u derits cover of rag carpet. F.ve.i Cyithv
Ann had so far forgotten Its glorv as to make
It a retius-pl-ice lor her wash-tubs, and
Cynthy A ill's diughter, a chubbv little maid
of three, found no such r(sei atl g seat for
herself or her famdv of rag babies. Pa was as
obti ate as ever in his determination -.ot to
have it set up in the hnrytng-lot, and h d even
forbidden the mention" of the " cousarned
thing" in his he ring.
But lite i-i this fourth summer the old mau
wa seized with a severe illness, from which he
was not expec ed to reoover. Cv thv Ann put
aside "her rug rags, arid uursed "him" pa iently
by day and lght. Mrs. Fernald sat with her
head imitc onvelopedd i hsr aprou, and when
ever a neighbor entered the house would re
move It for a i I stat and burst ito tears,
exclaiming:
" Pa wnz dretful bigoted abo-tt there monl
me t he ro-Iy mii; 'u now I'm afeared he
won't uever git weli, fur he twites water-gruel
jest ex lu-jci; ez a lamb, 'u' he wouldn't never
lookatitbo.'ore if he otarved te.-jdeath. Thet's
aa awful bad sigu It really l."
But, cuutrurv to allexpscta Ions be suddenly
"began to me.'d, and before the Indian summer
sad smoked itself awaxJie .sat up fit his e
chalrAsvt
xne wi.iaoBHBBBjftxtue old man
Ilk
isaniei lasses mr
vcn iniuu av
ne're Bk lean IK u
Vwlitcr's aaunlii'Bni!
nnflp
the wall, anfliV;
L. f .. iff nf a.&
3WIU UiMHCI
Aand attesting
t j
ofteneaTrrmsmness. and wu i
geatie in his demeanor that the family gazed
upon blm in astonishment.
" "Mirm," Cya by Auu," he said, one bright
morning when he was able to walk as far as
the shore, "I'm afeard I hcv bseu a set-flred
bigoted old man, cz voa've alius be i a-jajlu',
bntccin' ez he Lord hez spared my life fur
which I'm truly :ha:ikful, tbo'ish not beln
afeard o death, fur I hiln't got tired o lirin
jit, ef I be oM, 'n' hain't quite outlived in
usefulness maybe I'm a coin' "er take a new
tack, 'n' sail ez fur ez I know how ter steer,
'n lie helpin' m, in the ritrut way. Now
about the there monitnent, I -houyht whan I
wuza-layin' here sick that praps I hadn I
1 -ne quite the sqnare thing along- ov it, 'n' 1
gaess you'd better git li 6otup now, 'n' InviU
the neighbors 'n' the parsou, 'u' heez goof
a tlms cz ye ken. I hain't come ter say el
how I 'prove ov them nlmenttio more'n ever
nor like the notion ov it a-t.werin' over this
little cabin or ourn, llke.a light-house over a
clsm-shell, but ef you'll find satisfaction in It
I'm more'n willln' 't yer should be g.-atitieJ
It don't seem likely 't the boy'll ever com
back" with a hoarse, choked voice "but some
h w I ke.i't seem ter feel thet he wui
drownded. Now alter brother Sarmwel wu
lost, though we didn't know nothiu fur cer
tain, every time the wiud rose at night she kep
a-s.iylu', ez plain ez ken be. 'He's gone 1 he'
g.-neP The -waves kep' repeatiu' the sants
words too, 'a' ef that cousarned bell-buov
.didn't keep me awake n gbts with Its ever
'lastin' tollin' 'n' kuelliu'. fur it seemed
edzactly ez ef 'twas a-sayln': Mle's hen
under the water! he's here!"
-Marm aui Cvnthv Aun were both moved U
'ears when the monument was mentioned
though to tell the truth, the proapetO:
"hevm' it so' up" was not as delightful as d
would h ive bee i once. They h 1 1 b vom? used
to being otitdout by Petvr's Charles; and then
inonume.its had become less faihioaabld al
Herriug Point, a "aste for drss and hotis
decoration havingbeeii excited by the suminei
boarders. Si ill, it was a great satisfaction
Land iu 'he co ir.s- of pre para iou for the iia
fpor.aut event Cymhy Aun recovered some
thing of her old enthusiasm. Mrs. Fernald
dreamed ugaiu of tiie long table that ulght,
aud d.'elarel In the morning that she believed
"i' me-iut sitt'iln' mtre'o common this time,
fur the dream didn't run the way It commonly
did bv a gre deal."
To days later, one golden bright afternoon,
quite a crowd was assembled arouud the littl'
b .ryiug-lot iu the orchard Mrs. Keruald au'
Ctuthy Aun had donned their mourning ap
parel for the occasion, but presented a uot al
together mournful appearance. Pa wore a
look of humble expostulation on his venerable
couutena-ice. Khoda, simply dressed in white.
stood somewhat apart from the group and
answered as briefly as possible the neighborly
greetings which were showered upo l her. But
all he other women were iu gay holiday attire,
and chatted with unrestrained cheerfulnej'
uutilthe services hegau. Itosy apples droppeo
from the boughs overhead; asters and golde
red nodded merrily against the rocks below
Some gulls flew overhead and broke into a sop
of hoarse laughter, as if amused by the ap
pearance of the monument which towered so
high and giit'ereu so granaiy tu the sunshine.
But when the minister commenced to pray
in his chill formal tone, a change was felt in
the atmosphere. Even the sunshine seemetf
to lose Its warmth. Many of the womei
sobbed, remembering their own old sorrow,
it may be, aud two great tears stole Into
Khoda' s eyes, aud remained undried upou her
cheek. Then they commenced to wail a dis
mal funeral hymn, but faltered in dismay as a
broad-shouldered, bronzed youn man leaped
over the orchard wail, gave a quick, amazed
look at the monument, and then darted for
ward into their midst, seizing Rh -da in his
arms, and kissing her repeatedly. "Couldn't
help It, Rhody, seein' those tears on your
checks, and conslderiu' the oucashun," he ex
claimed, aa she stared at him rather wildly.
"It isn't o ten that a man comes ter life at hk
own funeral."
"Tom Fernald!" "Why, Tom Fernald 1"
"How on aTth!" "What blowed you heie!"
"Where'd you comefrum!" '"T can't be your
ghost, ken it!" were exclamations heard from
every quarter. "I deel ire ! got here jest in sea
son to see his m mlmeut sot up I" said one jolly
sailor.
Aud then It was noticed that pa had grown
very white, and was holding on to the wall for
support, and Cynthy Ann, aft-r making a
greafeffor to greet her brother in a suitable
mat: ier, fell back, and, a the family were
wont to express it "lostco-iscletitl msuess."
"I alters ku wd ez how y.mlmln't cast
anchor, Tom," said the old man, noy.-ring
himself almost immediately, " 'n" now here yc
be, 'n' here I be, seein' the Lord presarved me
to see ye."
Marm, for the lack of au apron, removed hr
shawl from her shoulders and completely cov
ered her head therewith.
"Kf -nil liulit'F hill ilm1 TTim whfr tirtW var
"y-pieen!" she inquired, faintly, from its depths,
af er a little interval.
Tom, who was sta'ioiied between pa and
Rho.Ia, holding aha id of either, turned to her
with a disturbed countenance. " Where I
hadu't orter have been in Australia, with
U icle Lysander. It wuz all owlu' to that
pesky J -e Colli is. You see, before I went
away, folks were a-sayin' that he had stolen
Kho la away from me he as good as told me
himself that it was so 'u' I thought she
seemed kin le- strange 'n' distaut. But I was
too big a coward to -ay auy thing to her about
it; I thought I couldn't be ir It if she should
tell me she liked him. But I wrote to her from
Boston, where we were loading the vessel, and
t dd her If she didn't care enough for me to
marry me wheu I got home from the voyage
she needn't auswer the letter, but if she did
to a-iswer rl ht away. We staid at the wharf
two weeks after that, bit I didn't hear a word
from her, aud whe the Sarcy Sally sailed I
felt as If I'd ruther be drowned than not. Life
didn't seem wuth living."
" O, Tom, I uever got your letter," sobbeA
Rb da.
"Most likely that scoundrel .Toe Collins
got holt ov it. I'm a-goin' t hey a little In
terview with him when I ken ketch him well
he ain't here ter-day ! But when the vessel did
git wracked, 'n' everylwdy n' everything was
a-goin' to the bottom, I thought 'twould be
worth the while to save myself, after all; 'u
Joe (irlflln -one of the crew 'n' I clu-ig holt
ov some spars till we was picked up bv a brig
boitu I fur I'aiiforny. Frtm there I thought
I'dgoto ustralia 'n' hunt up Uncle Lysau
der. I couldn't come home as things stood,
for I couldn't ha' borne to see Joe 'n' Rhody
together, so I eeeko ed you might as well all
think I was dead fur a spell at least: I
wam't inuch bctter'n that at the time. Uncle
Lysander agreed to keep dark, though he said
Le dldn' believe in such nonseuse, and I tell
you i he old mm gave me a gool chance. I've
picked up quite a little pile of cash tn these
few years. You've got the money I sent yon
every winter all right, hevu'tyouf"
"Sho! o Lvsaruder waru't so set-fired
llb'ral, alter. all!" said pa, wipluflBSUaeyes
with his coatrsieeve.
"But I was beultiu u' to
courage, 'u' to tun k I might K able to go
home 'n' see the foLcB before loK wnen Sam
Muiley he feller tia' used o Kirk over tu
Squire White's mile his aptxS&'ice at the
diggln's one day, 'I' said he'dBeeii over to
Herriu' Point only the week heK-e he sailed
last spring. And wl fcn I heard Am him that
Khody wara't marrlA ut all, nV goiu' with
auy one, 'n never haShad auytlflag particular
to say to Joe Collliiwence l'Qeen gone, I
didn't wait overnight be fore lacked up my
dubs 'u' got ready to sart for amerlky."
" I said ez how inyrcjinJBout the loug
table wuz d tf' eut froiiiVMUlFi. You see it
meant a weddiu' this tiinfswjuaverrd marm,
speedily unveiling herseif.
"Yes," ag esd pa, brightly, "so It did:
an', Cynthy Ann, even you can't keer nothin'
fur that consarneu old mo ilmeut n vr. Let's
haul it down 'n' Xtver It up agin, 'u' ef the
parson d n't object, turn the solemn delights
of thlsocfcash'tn intoa bit ov a frolic" .S'imuii
Hartley Hai-elt, in Harftft'x .VontUi.
Waltzing Iu England.
Since the peace of 1815, from which
period or, indeed, from a few years
earlier Miss Mitford's correspondence
dates, remarkable changes have, indeed,
taken place in English society. One of
her most intimate friends. Sir W. El-
.ford, had undertaken a crusade against
waltzing, which he was sure "would
never be tolerated in this country unless
the moral feeling of the country had un
dergone a change." While Byron at
tacked it in a famous poem, Sir V. Kl
ford wrote iu prose a satirical history of
its origin. Everybody condemned it,
aud Miss Mitford. of course, among the
rest. It danced itself into fashion all the
same, and that very rapidly. It was the
first innovation introduced into England
from the Continent after the great peace;
and there was significance, no doubt, in
the welcome it niuL with. :is foreshadow
ing the acceptance of others from ,the
8amejpnrter:V "'' "
It seemed as improbable in those days
that the wait, would ever become a
favorite a id even a popular dance in En
gland as that the system of franking let
ters would go out, or that America would
come to be looked upon as a couutry
which well-bred English people could
visit without fear of being shocked. 67.
Jam&s1 Gazelle.
The humorous editorial writer in the
New York Times says that women do J
not grow old as rapidly as men, they
somehow do not celebrate as many birth
days. The average-woman, if unmar
ried, rarely becomes more than twenty
four years old, although au occasional
woman of exceptional truthfulness and
boldness sometimes reaches the age of j
iweniy-nve
Recent statistics prove that only one-
tenth part of the sailors aboard Amerioaa,
OMrshint ship tin iaicui.
What to Drink:
There fs no questiajLthrtt in all coun
tries water is the uaiitnfi drink for both
mau and animals but tkeru is a great
difference Jki watoK- an I J&mc kinds an
so adulterated aso b eutuvly unlit f'r
drink. To'go ndjfurtlior, we lrivo t!n
two kinds of'watflr de.'natod as hard
and soft. Rain watei' is never hard,
though .spring -wter is o teno. If
wtiter with good jpap will not make a
lather it is called Etrl. an 1 will . t'.iund
to contain lime or magtirs'a, or both.
Wheu such water isM'tibb.sl in contact
with soap some of the constitu-'iits of
the latter unite with the minerals con
tained iu the water, and form au indis
soluble compound. On tin other hand,
soft or pure water Jiolds the soap in solu
tion, and makes suds readily." Of "hard
water there are two kin Is, ono is perma
nently ha'il and the other eati ba made
soft. When lime ami magnesia are in
water in form of sulnhat s it cannot
changed, but when in the form of car
bonates it is only temporarily hard, and
the hardness can be removed by any
process that will eliminate the carbonic
acid gas. WU3 'an sometimes be done
bv boiling, Wam the gas is expelled and
the mineral
comes attracted to the
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kettle iu the l'drm ot incrustation. Or,
if anything be ail led to the water that
will combine withstlb earlonates. they
will sink to the bottom aud leave the
water soft. This is the ease when slaked
lime or soda is used.
Some have the idea that hard water,
because of the mineral it coitlams, is bet
ter thau soft, for ciiillren from the fact
that just such ingredients are neeesarj'
for the growth of their bones. A sulli
eientatiiwer to tijis is that, if itffre given
to a chihl4niF uot iu the kiit of
using it, the ill eltoels can at ofrce be
seen, while there is plenty of natural
and proper food that will furnish the
same minerals iu abundance. If it be
said that in regions where hard water
abounds it is used bv old ami young
alike without apparent harm, we merely
call attention to the word 'apparent,''
aud add that the human system is of
such a nature that it can become habit
uated to the use of almost auy poison,
as arsenic, alcohol, or tobacco.
But soft water is not always, or usu
ally, pure water. It. as a rule, holds
in solution more or less organic matter,
mostly vegetable, that coutftius the seeds
of disease and death, and should be
cleansed from these by tillering, boiling,
or other means. No house iu city or
country should be without its cistern or
tank for the reception of rain or soft
springy water with an attached lilturof
gravel ami eli ireoal, through which all
that is u.ed for drinking or cooking
should be drawn. It is true that so far
as cookinr is concerned, lueuoilinn; in
a measure remedies the ov
but it is
best to have no evil to remci
Sullicient care is not ta!
to have
wells situated away from
possible
contamination b' drainage in
hem of
cesspools, barnyard, or other
lgs ob-
lectiouable. It has become common to
sa' that earth is-a perfect filter, disin
fectant, and deodorizer: but it must be
remembered thatjthc best li Iters become
stopped and impaired by long usufe-so
ruuch so that even pure water pasWng
through them becomes polluted. A
little care and forethought will prevent
trouble from this .sotiree. In some
things we liud more attention given to
the sanitary condition of hordes aud cat
tle thau to'that of thair owners; but so
far as their drink iawoncerued. this is
not the ease, the welSfrom which the'
are supplied being molMrgmtently sunk
in barnyards or their clop-oximity. It
is true that our domestic animals are not
so eaily atVecled by what they take in
ternally as is mau, but it is nevertheless
desirable that all causes of disee should
be avoided. iV. Y. Sun. V
tyiecr Doings in Oil
The summer of 1882 must pass into
history as having witrfflSsed tlie most
memorable doings iu4Rie annals of the
petroleum trade t Pennsylvania. In
the Scientific Aih
Hcan for July 22, 1882,
reference was
tie to the results which
ning, in May, of the
iolloweu tne ot
new oil deposl
in Warren County,
most ruinous policy
Pennsylvania.
was followed bv
reproducers, who suc
ceeded iu obtaining a lease upon the
prolific sand rock-JLFive wells to the
acre were pierced u the heart of the
rock, and when sigtvjfof weakness were
noted in the flowing cJLthese wells, nitro
glycerine torpedoes, oRorty quarts each,
were exploded in the Qgitom of the well.
The latter, in a numbenpf cases, yielded
when first struck 2,50Ejbarrels every
twenty-four hours; atsKast one pro
duced o.OlK) barrels, an
a ouu-baiTel
well w:ts regarded as
mall affair.
Other and older oil regioi
rere com-
paratively deserted, and
ugust last
the new field, from less tha
wells.
was yielding 2o,000 barrels pil daily.
bringing up the production ok entire
oil regions to the unparalleled Bft'e of
10."),U00 barrels daily, and soniimg the
f i rice below lift' cents per barrel. But
t was the fable of the killing of the
goose that laid the golden v.r modern
ized and enacted on a stupendous scale.
Early iu September, after the best
Wells hail been 'shot" by torpedoes re
peatedly, they suddenly ceased pro
dueitig iu a way that caused a re ulsiou
of fceliug and intense excitement among
all interested in producing petroleum.
By October 1 the daily production had,
in all the regions, fallen oft nearly 25,
000 barrels, and for the lirst time in live
years, production and consumption
nearly approached each other, namely
70,000 barrels per day. Prices advanced
and the excitement at the Oil Exchanges
of Pittsburgh, Oil City, Titusville. Brad
ford and New York Bity was so great,
and tho activity so intense, as to be phe
nomenal. The sales at Oil City during
September reached lW.OilO.OGO" barrels.
On one day alone, September 18, the
sales were over 11,000,000 barrels.
Meanwhile seventy wells iu the choicest
territory ceased producing, and earl' in
October the new territory was not yield
ing over 5.000 barrels daily, and the price
hud mounted to one dollar. The records
of the oil trade show but feeble parallels
to last summer's development, and the
rie and decline of the Cherry Grove,
Warren County, Pa., regions is a unique
bit of oil history. Scientific American.
The City or Cuihuahno.
This city is said to contain about fifteen
thousand inhabitants, the majority sus
tained by the mining interests. The city
is laid out ucatly at right angles on the
banks of tin: Chihuahua River, a small
stream having its rise iu the mountains
to the southwest, giving to the city a
large supply of pure water, carried to
the high grount' above the cit' by aque
ducts of solid masonry, built by the
Spaniards when the town contained 80,
000 i habitants. From appearances, this
must have been at the time a wealthy
community, all the large and small mines
being in full blast and the ore brought to
the city to be? smelted. Of the fact there
is suulcieut evidence lying here in the
shape of hundreds of thousands of tons
of slag, and even to this da' some of the
peons make from lifty cents to seventy
live cents a dav Dickinsr it over and smpfr-
ing what they iind. The streets here are
remarkably clean, kept so bv the nrison-
; ers in jail who are imprisoned for drunk
enness anil petty crimes. When they
cannot pay their lines they work it out
sweeping the streets and plazas and
watering" them. In the center ot the
city is a line plaza Said out in flowerbeds,
kept very neat and clean, the walks hav
ing pretty iron park seats just put in.
They are of New York manufacture; also
a beautiful fountain from the same
manufactory; said fountain being very
near the center of the city and yield
ing the main supply of water. At
aKl
IjgtV
lliSkl
imaw
all hours of the day the dnrk-oy
scuontas can bo seen' sromjr lor w;
with their jars on their heads or s
th-r. The uoorer women oom to i
the heavy domestic work, such as
1112 wat-r aud grinding corn for tl:
tillas I do not mean by thiuW
mot. are nue; qtutc me coturary-tuoy
are willing to work, and I liml thorn
willing to learn. I cm say thisjr-thev
will iU a great amount of wojk witli
very few tools. The city can up t boast
of Very much agricultural beajity, but
there are some very nice stqne frout
buildings on the plaza, also aKne cathe
dral of the Spanish-Moorish-cStyle. of a
verv elaborate front, said to have cost
nearly Sl.tKHMXIQ. which was raised by
a taof tvelve amhrhalf? t'ents on every
mark of silver taken oat of the mine.
Around the city are nie drives called
alamedas. They are wide streets, with
shade trees on each side, and on fine
. - . a a I. ...
davs mav be
e seen the ladies of tho city
se daily drives. Near here
pleasant villages, located on
be taking these
are a few
the bottom lands of the Chihuahua and
Sacramento Rivers; nice drives with
good shade and good bathing places;
great resorts in summer time for picnics
and familv parties. I have seen in one
party twenty prettv girls on donkeys,
f -.i .i ... ...i; . " ..T .1...:.. ..s.i.. tf.....
Wllll llicir r.'ivaiii'ra ai uiru sine, uiiioi
animals carrying provisions for the day,
the senoritas bringing their guitars aud
singing all day long. They sing iu a
quiet, soft way. but breakout sometimes
with a tune familiar to American ears.
There is no riot or
urutiKenness on inoso
.i
days. They are a quiet and ino!l'enivo
people, buftlien, like everywhere else,
they are botli turbulent "aud vicious
people among them. Any oue who
cannot, get along with them does uot go
the right way to work. They love to
honor their patron saints, and they have
a great many of them. I think the
calendar must be full. The richer people
are very intelligent and verv polite and
attentive to strangers. They live in
good style and are kind to their. servants.
Uhihuahuii Cor. Ar. 1'. Herald.
Myths About Plants.
With cotton a strange legend is linked
in Brazil. The lirst of men was a demi
god, lit; had a sou of whom he wanted
to get rid; so he formed an armadillo
and buried it in the ground all but its
tail. Then he sent his son to fetch it.
No sooner had the youth seized the ar
madillo by the tail than it plunged into
the bowels of the earth, dragging him
after it. On emerging from tne lower
world the young man told his father that
there existed down below men and
women who might cultivate the soil if
they were brought to the surface. The
demigod created the cotton tree, and
formed out of it a cord with which he
hauled up some of the inhabitants of the
subterranean region. The first spec
imens of the race were small and ugly,
but they improved as the extracting pro
cess went ou. Unfortunately, the cotton
rope broke before the best" types were
brought up a fact which accounts, say
the Brazilians, for the rarity of human
beauty upon earth. To find it in its per
fection one must go down below. A
more poetic belief is that of some be
reaved German mothers who, up to St.
John's day, abstain from eating straw
berries, for they think that at that time
little children who have died recently go
up to heaven concealed in those fruits.
It seems strange that the rush, which
ought to be considered the friend of
man, should have acquired in some lands
a diabolical character. According to a
Little Russian legend, the devil has taken
up his abode in it. Having met the
Iord one dav, the devil .asked for oats
and buckwheat as his reward for having
taken part in the creation of the world.
The request was granted, whereupon
the devil began to dance for joy. The
wolf came up and suddenly asked the
meaning of this frivolity. In his con
fusion the devil forgot what had been
given to him. and replied that he was
dancing for joy at having received the
rush aud the thistle; to which plants he
still adheres.
The creation of the tea plant is due,
says a Japanese legend, of which the
Chinese appear to be unaware, to the
piety of a Buddhist priest who visited
China about A. D. 519. In order to dedi
cate his soul entirely to God he mado a
vow never to go to sleep, but to medi
tate uninterruptedly day and night.
After some years of watching he yielded
to a severe attack of somnolence and
went fast sleep. On awakening, he
became so remorseful that, in order to
render any similar weakness impossible
in future, he cut oil' both his eyelids aud
threw them on tho ground. Koturning
to the spot next day, he discovered that
each eyelid had become a shrub. From
these two shrubs is descended the great
family of tea plants. The story throws
some light on the fact that tea-drinking
often preveuts the fall of "tired eyelids
upon tired eyes."
By way of conclusion we may mention
oue of the stories connected with to
bacco. In some parts of Russia it is
looked upon as a deadly foe. The Kas
kolniks call it the devil's herb, and in
Little Kussia the following legend is cur
rent as to its origin. Certain virtuous
Little Russian carriers were in danger
of being led astray by a heathen woman.
A voice from heaven ordered that she
should be put to death. The carriers
obeyed, and buried her alive. Her hus
baud planted a twig above her remains;
it grew and grew and became a large
leaved plant. As the Christian carriers
and the heathen widower passed that
way, they saw that he broke oft" some of
the leaves, filled a pipe with them and
smoked it. They followed his example,
aud smoked what has since been known
as tobacco. So delighted were they that
they went on smoking without ceasing;
until at length the smoke gave way one
dav to lire, which burned hem all
up.
London AnUiemeuvi.
ScobelcfTs Test of the Sentry.
As a disciplinarian he was firm and
strict. No point was too minute to be
overlooked. Scobelelf's videttes were
never caught napping. His knowledge
of the detail of military duty was uni
versal even to sounding all the bugle
calls. An illustration of the discipline
of his corps occurs to me. I had been
talking with him of military breech
loaders and discussing the merits of
various systems. Taking a "Berdan,"
with which the troops were latterly
armed, from a soldier, he undid tho
breach and lock and explained the mech
anism with the precision of a gunsmith.
Returning the rifle to the soldier, he
turned, walking up to a sentry a few
paces distant, he said: "Let me see your
rifle" extending his hand as he spoke.
The man saluted and replied: 4,I can
not, vour excellency." "Hut I want to
see if it is clean," persisted the General.
"I cannot, your excellency," again saia
the sentry, as lirin as a rock. Seobeleff
smiled, pulled his ears aud walked on.
I asked an explanation, whereupon he
said that a rule of war with him was that
no sentry on duty was on any account to
give up possession of his arms not even
to the Czar himself. "But," said I,
suppose the sentry had given up his
rifle when vou were seemingly so serious
in asking it What then?" "He would
have been shot," quietly replied the
General, "for disobedience to orders in
times of war." Fortnightly Review.
The New England Farmer says that
the forest hinds of Maine, formerly con
trolled by the State, have now nearly all
come into the possession of individual
.......a.... a.l.n linmltntknn, or AS . srkfri,n '
UnilUJ, YVI1U liailUlU IIIUIU au w vruituu
the largest returns and yet keep them in
a thrifty and improving condition. The
lumberis rarely cut clean, but the best
is culled out, leaving the smaller growth
to be cut at a future time. In Una way
a crop can be taken once in every twenty
or twenty-five yean.
u.m
flbr-
sfthe
SCHOOL A5D CHURCH.
Bishop Borjress, of Michigan, has
' Issued a pastoral forbidding the marry
ing of Catholics and Protestants under
pain of excommunication. Detroit bf.
Livingstone Hall, of Fnfc University. I
Nashville. Tenu.. was do heated recent- I
ly. Tho etxit of the structure, $60.1)00. i
was provided for bv a be juest of Mrs. j
M. E. Stone, of Maiden. Mass. j
The (iovernment of Japan have je
solvod on the establishment of n:,7(K) ,
primary schools. The whole empire is
divided into eight collegiate depart
ments, with one college to each depart
ment. Even children under six years of
age will be compelled to attend the
primary school.
Hie Palestine Colonization and
I Christian Missionary Association has
. been inorporated at Boston. It is
formed for the imroose of colonizing
I Palestine with industrious and energetic
j christians, and bv their prudence, labor
and perseverance restoring it to it
former grandeur. BoJon l'ot.
A fashionable church in New York
has an "invalid room." a luxurious
apartment near the pulpit, but out of
sight of the congregation, where invalids
can sit, lie down, walk around, leave or
enter at auy time without disturbing"any
one else, yet at the same time be able to
hear the entire service. X. i'. Tnde
jtentliiit. A day or two ago. during a grammar
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ii'()i in uiii ui din uitLiiii; airiiuiyi. iu.
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leaeuer asKeu tin: mmus i turui a s-
tence u-inga relative pronoun. Am
the answers the subjoined came fro:
sharp little urchin: '' I met my cous.
On being asked where was the rei
nroiioiui. the lad .looked up and
" Me i!inisin iaf relative."
Trait U-r. 7 .7
-The gift of John F. Slater, of Nor
wich. Conn., of $1,000,000 for the edu
cational benefit of the freedmen of the
South, is now in charge of the trustees of
the fund, which is uw incorporated
under the laws of Newfeork State. Ex
President Haves is the Iresident-of the
board and its other members are Chief
Justice Waite. William
L Dodge, the
Rev. Phillips Brooks,
C. GHraan.
John A. Stewart, Alfre
Colquitt,
Morris K. Jesup, James
William A. Slater. ,.
ce and
The wealthy Methodists of Phila
delphia who are building the new Trin
ity Chur.-h have planned an extraordi
nary edifice which is not a copy of any
other ou earth. The new building will
have under one roof the church audito
rium, the Sunday-school, the dining
room, and all the conveniences that
advanced architectural ingenuity sug
gest or liberal expenditure procure.
The style is Gothic, with a profusion of
stained-glass windows. One majestic
polychromatic window is to be twenty
feet wide and forty feet high, admitting
a Hood of many-colorea light. The
church will. seat about 1,500 persons, but
is so connected with the Sunday-school
room that me two can oe thrown into
one, thus aecoimn.Jating more than
:5.0iM) persons. Bishop Simpson laid the
corner-stone for the new building.
Chicago Tribune.
PU.MJENT PAKAURAPHS.
-An exchange prints a long article
about "Courting in the last Century."
it has no interest for the man whose
courting days are over. He'd rather
know something about courting in the
next century. Norristown Herald.
Up to a dozen years ago it was gen
erally believed all over the world that
a cat could kill a sleeping child by suck
ing its breath. Twenty years hence no
one will believe that dropping the dish
cloth brings bad luck. Detroit Free
Press.
Heard at the Conundrum Club:
"What is the difference between a frigid
undulation and a den in the forest?"
The prize answer was, "One is a cold
ware, and the other is a wold cave."
Music by the band. N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
Among the presents received by the
bride at a recent New York wedding
was an order for twenty tons of coal.
Probably it was from the unsuccessful
suitor who felt that he owed the girl's
family about that amount of fuel.
Chicago Tribune.
A .New York stone cutter received
the following epitaph from a German to
be cut upon the tombstone of his wife:
" Mine vife Susan is dead. If sho had
lived till nex' Friday she'd been dead
shust two weeks. As a tree falls so k
must stan'." N. Y. Graphic.
A female, young or old. who does a
man's work ought to get a man's pay.
Boston Globe. " True; and if you will
look at the new fall styles you will per
ceive that many women who don't do a
man's work are getting a pretty good
share of a man's pay. Louisville Cour-ier-rfournal.
A resident of Yorkville recently
found a basket on the sidewalk at his
house. It was covered with linen. He
grasped it quickly, and rushed to the
station-house, crying, " A doctor! It
still lives! For I saw it kicking through
the linen?" At that moment a woman
rushed into the station-house, shrieking,
"Mein Gott in himmel! Vy for you run
away mit my Limberger cheese?"
Farm and Fireside.
Husbaud and wife have been hav
ing a little tiff. Finally the good man
engulfs his head in his hat and makes
for the door, deadly determination visi
ble in every outliving tail of his coat
"When'll you be" back, my dear?" haz
ards the meek partner of his wedded life.
"Whenever I please, madam!" "Do
try and not be any later than that if you
can help it!" is her 'meek reply. Ex
change.
"Have you any black ladies' cloth?"
she asked, ambling up to the counter and
focusing her glasses on the mild-mannered
clerk. "No, ma'am," he answered,
civilly," "but we have a choice article
in camel's hair." "Do I look as if I'm
in need of camel's hair?" she asked,
leaning over a- counter. "See here,
young man, when I want hair I know
enough to go to a hair store and buy it!
You can't get off anj of your dead cir
cus stock on me! Camel hair, indeed!"
and she flounced oft' before, the dazed
clerk could recover bis wits and explain.
Danbury News.
Fires ia the Woods -Dent Start Oae.
A friend of ours once had a startling
experience in a clearing on the southern
shore of Lake Superior. Sitting on a
large log, twenty feet long, he thought
lessly held the lighted end of a cigar
upon the half rotten surface, and went
away without noticing the effect. The
next day al the same hour, passing by
the spot, he was astounded to nnd the
huge trunk nearly consumed, and all
glowing with an intense heat. The tire
had silently eaten its war through and
through the log. and nothing but its
chance isolation prevented a disastrous
forest fire, which might have laid waste
half a dozen counties and destroyed a
thousand homes.
Everyone who goes into the woods
every hunter, chopper, logger, picnin
party, rambler, botanist, should bear in
mind that a spark may cause a confla
gration, as ruinous as that which occur
red in Michigan last year.
The forests of the United States still
yield annually four hundred and fifty
million dollars1 worth of merchandise,
nd furnish employment to one million
persons. This is the least of their use
fulness to us. They prevent the too
rapid evaporation of the rain; they retard
the melting of the snow, thus preventing
destructive floods, garnering up the
water for safe and gradual use, and
keeping the mountain springs ever fall
and fresh. Let us unite in guarding tkiii
precious inheritance. N. J. Ltdatm-
afHmm
DaVel
3STOTIOE!
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