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Obscurity.
.11 tliou canst wake within one human breast
A thouKht of Insting joy; if thou bant
stirred
Hn'y desire by some inspiring word,
pr lulll the so-row fnl to soothing rest;
ft with some glorious vision th"U has blest,
Thn tired, lie wayworn las when some rapt
I ill. I
I'lisi"1!! 1 ours forth it soul, the kids is
Iv-aid
Oy the tm I leaves ami flowers, a tremble
0it
ft cense t" sum, to .soon.- if this thy lot.
Cine n-.it how lonely thou itinyst seem
tod-,
J'o.v east nwny as use lessor forgot;
A1 to tin mightiest ejtu-'s bis work, to
I lie
The hii'iit'Ii'st tn-k to light some littlespot,
3hcu".h star-like, yet with rays the heavens
may .
- 1 1-istiro Hours,
HOW HILDA MANAGED,
HV I S HillllMT I.KAVKs.
' ll-oi Mm. Mm r.-iy live herr?"
Mr. Well!) knorle 1 apologetically on
theg n-s counter of tlie bakery with the
1..-UI ot liis whip. It seem :d almost a
lili'-ily !lni. iineeremonioudy to address
tin- gaily iitlir -il young woiiniii who win
11 Ming up h - t' L-.mu'.s behind the lull
d-k.
Hi.' stoo l 11 .'ar tli" iloor, keeping 11
sirup lookout on the ban-footed boy
-who was hoi ling his sleepy old lioro
foi li el lie imt heard, ninny ntim: fin I
oft, of the wicked way of juvenile Now
Y- rid
In reply toh s tespM-t fill question, the
joirig woman nodded her lieail iiu-1 curtly
mi-. w.-j :
' l j. Shllls."
' It's 11 pretty big house, said Mr.
Weill', glam .li;; nli e.lt Iti ill. "The. 5Iur
r iy s wasn't itch when tie y live 1 down
nil' v.-.y; 1'iit liaehel neve) hail good
judgment. 1 -h-nild s.-iy, now, tin- lent
of a li 'ii i ko this -''
'1: ain't n lime," said the young
worn it:, spo iking with a lead penc.l be.
tween l.er lejili.
' A n't a liDiisr, cli ; ' .Martin Webb's
lioue-i, onion-colon 1 eyes fjrmi n il ly e.v
p i- ile I, u itil y. u woii'd haw thought
the li Is mil l seiic-iy contan them.
N..t -a house? '
"No; il'i a II it. Fourth story, bark
room. N ini" of .Murray. Staircase just
on! in tie: ball there.''
Aiel mi f. r the fust lime in his life,
5lr. Webb fi nil. I himself in th" p.et incts
of ii "flat."
H lost his way half a iW n of times,
this gaunt, good humored giant, with a
ham in his mm , I wo or three strings of
lO'intiy sailing" v r his shoulder, and a
bisket of i o.l iijiples clasped t'ghtiy
against his bienst. Tuat was a matter
of Until SC.
II" walked into the kitchen of one
tl -.t, brought up in tin: parlor of .-mother,
ami presented himself, smiling, at the
late bieakfast table of a th r I, whore a
luckless print"'-, who worked all night
on the rally edition of a inurning paper,
WiH bleepily eliippiiig tin; shell of an
"('ill them eggsf" sa'nl 51 irtin, cuii
teuiptuously. If our WoII'sC 'ini.is hens
ran't beat that 'ere sort o' tiling- Hut
I'm suro I ask pir lon; I guess I've got
ii to the wring ll it. i'Vain you ean
toll mu where a lady milled .Murray
lives?'
And by dint of many stu h ipinstioii
n's :nid iinpiiiies, Mr. Wt bbnt last got
h nisi lr, his i" 1 apples, ham and saus-I'g'-s
into a sraiitity furnished room look
ing out on a bar" In irk wall a room
where rventhin'; hid a starved look,
even down t the rat. which sat intently
watc-liiuj; a moiise-hole in the wainscot
in.'. 51 r . M nr.-1", a ta'l, pinrhed, elderly
wnin.iii, was eii!;iiged, tli.ough a double
piir of speetaeles, in nictidiii'' line lares;
but the slow motion of her needle, the
uncertain i xpression of her face, denoted
no very brilliant sueces'.
And seated on the window -ledge op
posite her, a riding habit of dark gioen
chilli, a beaver hat, Willi a Mark gi"en
Al twisted aroiin 1 it, and n jaunty
liitle ivory handled whip, was a pretty
girl of IX or 20.
IS ith started at the entrance of Mr.
Wrbb, both smiled g'ad recognition.
"Why," c ied Mrs. Murray, "it's
ii mill Martin! Hilda, give your cousin
iii-'iair. I declare, 5I utin, I mil siir
p; isi d (o see you here ! '
' No iiiore'n I be to get he re, I guess,"
rctun.ed tlie farmer, with a peculiar
(liiiekiing noise down in his throat.
' These Vic city folk?, they do take the
stoic Ii outen a fellow. Ain't iniieh like
nir medder flats down at Wolf's Co nor,
ohi b re, cousin I! ichel, I've brung
ye one of Kliz i's best sugar-cured hams
nil' soma sasng(S, and a l udic-1 of the,
apples that grywed uii the tree beyond
the well the real, red -cheeked Josey
Mi Oiii't, you know."
"It's very kind of you, I am sure, gaid
Mrs. 5Iurry.- Hilda, can you not
oiler our cousin some refreshments after
his journey i"
Hilda colored painfully. How ould
sliu explain to her mother that the
cupboard was utterly empty, even of n
-i list of broad!
"I'll briii'f up something direc'.ly,"
sho murmured.
And then l:e vanished.
Kriim one good-henrted neighbor the
ypry jirinterV wife, iadced she bor
rowed n potful of freshly-mad-.; coffee;
from another, a few slices of cold boiled
beef; from a third, a pan of lie-w baked
biscuits, with a little bu'.ter and a comb
of honey, nnd then she flew back to
unread the frugal meal.
"Are thev all well, cousin Webb?" I
she nsked, timidly, ns, holding up h i
riding habit with one hand, she ar-
ranged the table, mi l ministered to lh"
appetite of h-r guest w itii tlie othi r.
Mr. Webb no bb-d his ltend, keenly
surveying h'-r t'.ie while.
"All well,'' he responded b"t ween the
swallows of entree. "K iz i, she sent
her love. And If 'el no, lt-ed didn't
scud no love. Hut h - n anted to b-.-
'specially remcinbi'ied, It.-ed did. II
had dreadful ijood link with the sweet -
potato patches mid
tob
uco r op, this
year.
"lias he?" and Hilda blushed rosily.
She might have added som"tliing
more, but .Mr
Murray I'lli loii-ly inter
fend.
"Vou musn't be late for your appoint
incut with 51 r. Ituianey, diiughtei," said
she witli a gl ine; at the elm I;,
And she ad le I, in explanatory f.i-h-ion
.
"Hilda rides nut every day. Two
hour', w iih, ahem I . i gentleman
friend."
"Kides out, does sin ?" said 5Ir. Webii.
'I guess l.k -ly il costs rond'lerable to
keep In r.,es in New York. Tin glad
you and Hilda's got so much money t"
spine."
"I'm told," said Mrs. Murray, fin-plue-'iitly,
"that Hilda's hors" is on i of
the hand -omi s! in the pu le. And of
(ourse, n young girl lik" Ii-r ouglit to
g I plenty of exi-leise an I fl"ll air."'
( ice more M illlll Webb's keen gl Hire
circle I nin in I tic room an 1 settled on
J leda's deeply MllTu.' .l fee -.
lie went out, with a w-rl of hurried
apology.
"Hu nph," was liiscomm n(.
"Yes," nodded 5Ir-. .Murrav, with the
fluttered, ll.ttt.-ied cxpies-io'i of a moth-
trly old hen who h is jmt ton id an ex
tra tine kernel of corn for her bin ' I. 'J'y
Hilda has got into some r. in irkab'y
goud soi ii.-ty. And 1 entertain Impos
that she m ay in any w-II b foro a yreut
while."
Mr. Wi bit look his leave - i ather ab
ruptly, as 51 rs. .Muiray thought and the
old lady, after rarelu'ily putting away
the generous gifts from the old faun,
sat down to mend hue and to dream
again.
Il"el WM.b listened silently to his
father's account of their relatives.
"doing out ri ling every day w ith a
grand New Ymk genilcni-.m I ' sdl h '.
'Dressed like a pi incest father, that
does not sound like, our little Hilda."
"Can't h"lp how it sounds," said 51 ir
tin. "it's so. That's n'l I know."
"Then," said H ed, sadly, "it's no
use my building (hat wing on lh" south
hide of the old house? It won't bo need
ed now.
"Not if you expect Hilda 5Iurr-iy to
live in it."
Ilu-h!" said Mrs. W. bb, who was
washing up the supper d shes with true
liuu-ewifeiy deftness ami s.'ed, making
eai li teaspoon shine like silver, each
pi, id- gli-leu like ivory, in the Irirtion ol
her homespun linen towel. "There's
some one at the door, (in ipi'ck, hus
band !'
"Why," ciie l Martin, standing star
ing on the thieshcdd, "it's Hilda it's
lldd i Murray ! '
"Hut I can't slay a minute," said
Hilda, breathlessly. ' I've got to return
by the seven-thirty train!"
'"Hilda," said Heed, gravely, "you
must conic in. It is not right nor seemly
that you should be out a'one at this
time of night."
"I want"d Cousin Webb to know,"
faltere I Hilda. "I couldn't bear that
he should think so ill of in ns to fancy
that 1 was indulging in expensive pleas ¬
ures, w hile while my mother was so I Spurious A'irieiil Armor,
poor. Her sig'it is failing, you know; While speaking i f ancient swords we
she is almost blind. She fancies, that i were informed that a large trade is done
she is earning something by mending i in spurious minor an 1 weapons. (ier
laee, but she only spoils il. Wo should j many is the centre of in inuf.u-ture, nnd
sl.uve if if it wasn't for the money 1 ' tho existent'! of genuine med uval
earn by giving riding-lessons in 51 r. castles furnishes the menus in many
Dti inn's t.pii-striau school. .Mother c ises of cir-c'.ing th'! fraud. The deal
doesn't know. She would break her ' ors secure an old I uilding.tit up a t ham
henrt if any one told her that I went j her with spurious antiipie armor and
daily to the ring, and trained littlo girls ' weapons, and have the whole photo
tin I ytu ig ladies in hor'-cwomnnship. i graphed. The pictures me forw.uded
She never can foigct, you know, that : to wealthy collectors, who are often de
my p or father was a college graduate, i ceived by the genuineness of the sui
and once went to tho legislature. So j roundings and luroina puichasers of
we let her believc-5Ir. Dulany and I absolute rubbish. The prolits aro large,
that I am taking less, us, instead of giv- nnd the trade is a profitable one, and so
ing lh--iii. Sho saw us once in the park j it thrive l'.ill 51 ill (iazetto.
with the class t-f young ladies, and she
xv as so prou l, poor little mother! And
5Ir. Du'any says I am the best teacher
he ever had ; and oh" with a piteous
clasping of tho hands "is it very
wrong? Is it? I almost fancied so, when
I saw Cousin Wobh look ing at me this
morning acting a lie!"
"I elunno about that," said Mr.
Webb, fumbling around for liis pocket j
Iinndkercliirl ; "out I Know you ro tlie j
n'c st anil Itest little gal I ever saw! ' ! An Automatic liute.
"Hilda," sui 1 5Irs. Webb, pleadingly, ! An "automatic gate"' is th- latest i i
"rannot you cjiiio bark here to Wolf's ; vention. I'aless it will roar up at pre.
(.'..lie - ' I kn w your nia was beset to 1 cisely midnight, and kirk a lover out in
.ct !- X v Y'ork. She thought, poor to tho gutter, and kick the girl into the
il-eir, ha' fortunes was to be made there j house, it tloes not fully meet the de
lian.i ov. r hand. Hut surely, now" maud, and the inventor may as w-ll try
lidilu sUook. her ucu 1 sorrowfully, irain. fjmisvillc iJrccic
"We are too poor," sho said; "wr
cannot afford the expense, of movinj
nain. And there is no hoiiiy to be had
hero n iw."
5Irs. Webb put her hand on her lnr
band's shoulder.
"51 irtin," sai l she hurrii-lly, "if lid-
ila renly wants to g- t l ie k by (he se'.vn-
thirty train, you mu-t hiieli up tlie hois
to take h-r t tha st ili ni. An I I'll g.
, out tn tie- b n il with you an I hold tin
lantern."
turn out into th ' bar. i, M ntin Webl.
looked at his wife,
"F.l'. i," s aid he, ".In v m think oui
I! ed has anv chance?''
; "If he hasn't got a
chance now, ):i
never will have on"," sai I 51 1 . Webb.
"I t"U you what 5Iarlin, that "ill
( pi.-n of grMit pric", and 1 nlwayi Mii-i
so. '
I No sooner was If 'ed - lib left nlo.ic
1 with lid la h ei he snoke out w hit wn
in his heart.
"Hilda,'1 he said, res'iluii-lv, "you
mu-t coin i b ir ;. Y"U ciVt li v.- there
in the ureal wilderm ss of bic'is mil
mortar, and I can't live here without
yon. The farm is piv n ; for itself now.
I can give my wife a -"luf"rtable lioni";
.Hid my wife's inolh ! also II ,u- li t e
lid I a, say lli.tt yo i w 1 be mine."
Hilda burst out into a su ldi-n gust ol
(cars and sobs.
'Oh, li -ed," she c ried, 1 'if y mi knew
how often I hav" dii mi" 1 of coming
bark here if you know how hoini -iek I
have bi'i n "
"Say heartsick. II. id i,'' he prompt-I,
if you want to make ine happy! '
And, smiling through h'rt"ar, she
repeated the word.
"Yes, heait-ick, 1! 'el I"
"Y u will come l ack h'jni", thru,
Hild if
"I will!"
And by the tiin that the old Imrse
was at the door for the s 'ven-thirty-dain,
the question was settle 1.
H-ed himself took Hilda bai k to ihn
( US C n"'1 there plea led his cause
with 5Irs. 5Iiiit.iv.
"It must boas llildl deciles," de
dared the old In ly, with dignity sulli
cient for n crown print a'. "T.io igli
(here is no doubt but that -ll'! could
make a brilliant m ile'i in New York"
"51'ithirl' urged Hilda, pit;ouly.
"S:ill," went on .Mr-. 5Iurray, "I
'.vie.lld not oppose h' r affect i oiis ; nud if
you think, li"ed, that youcai make her
happy at Widf's drueis "
"1 will do my best !" assented K -ed,
fervently.
"In that case," said Mrs. Muiray, ".-h(
is yii's!"
And she never knew, the poor old
lady, the whole story of 51 r. D ilany's
riding-si hool, and Hilda's innocent net
work of harmless deceit.
"It was a frau I !'' Hilda always de
clared. "Yes," h'-r liusb in I aim-tied, 'out
it was a pious one !" S ilur I ay Night,
.in Alilskiu's Valuable Testimonial,
' apt. Hak r, who at lonim indcr of
one of the 1'nited Stabs cruisers took
(lie suiveyers (o Ala-ka abr its pnr
diase by this gove. nm-'nt from I!us-.ja,
tells some si. rics of ad vi nl ure in the
land of seals and polar bears. Wnen he
at rived lh"r.; they f- u i I n
tribe of native ipiite destitute. (I ie i f
the number, a chief, handed ('apt.
linker a letter of recoinuieii'l itio . solic
ite 1 by the chief from a foiin r ollieia!
placed at that point to re present the
government. It informed "whomsoever
it nny concern" that the bearer was tlie
thief of a certain tribe, and that it
would pay those who followed thi!
writer to look out for the fellow, as lie
would steal anything he could get his
hand on even a hot stove. Tlie chief
was very proud of his letter, being of
course entirely ignorant of its contents,
and dpt. Kiker heeded the warning.
.Milwaukee Sentinel.
At (he Tnrly.
lie My tlcnr lady, you urn the ipieen
of the occasion to-night. I ran think nl
no other lady who ran compare with
you."
She--), you flatterer, you would say
this even though ye u thought the op
posite.
He And you would think it, even
ti1U;, j Paj, the opposite.
t llll.DIiEX'S ( OI.l'MN,
Th Hoiig m thr .Mali'.
A liltln bird sanj in the clen'l of the nifrlit,
When the moon pet-iel out through n elie.i'l;
lit san?. for his hnrt. was so full of il-llii
It seemed almost throbbing nloil I.
"Hush! hush:' cried the old binls, you
foi'li-h v. un thing,
To wnk" up ami .sing for (lie moon:
C"iii", tnek your silly bead under yo ir n ins '
You'll rous" our Koitd nc chine s loo soon."
Hut the liit'e bird fl"W to th' top tif tlie Ire".
And lo keil up into the si. v.
" hir tuii' for sine; 'ns is sho t." ipioih he,
"And sin in lh' night will I
- Jniiie i'.tli klinm. in SI. Nieholas.
Moldlcr mill Tlil.il'-.
I. ttie .Minui", in her i ag. rness after
flowers, hael wuuiidi'd lo r hand on the
sharp, prickly thistle. Tnis mid" h-r
cry with pain at first i nd pout with vex
ation afterward.
"1 do wish th.'rc was no such a thing
ns a thistle in tho world," she said pet
tishly.
"And y.-t the Scottish nation think so
much of it they engr ive it on -tlie na
tional anus," said lea mother.
"It is the la-t ll"Wer llmt I should
pick out," s-iid .M iiuin. "I am Hire
they might have found a great inline
nicer ones, even ani eig th" w-els."
"Hut the thistle did them sue'i good
st rvice once," said their mother, "they
learned t esteem it very highly. .e
time the l mes inv i'l-' 1 S -ot'.and, and
they prepared to m; k n night attack on
a sleeping garrison. So they crept along
barefooted as still as possible, until they
were almost on the sp (. Just id thai
moment a liarefoote 1 foldier stepped
on a great thitle, nnd the hii't in -de
him utter a sharp, slu-.li cry of pain. T i
sound awoke the s'ep-rs, and each ma i
sprang to his in m . T.i -y fought with
great bravery, an! the invadr were
driven back with much loss. S , you
s"", the thistle saved !c tl.ind, nnd
ever since it has been placed in their
seal as their national flower."
"Well, I never ni-pected that s i small
a thing could save a nation," said .Min
nie, thoughtfully. -.Free Pre?'.
A Urnmllitl t'nther.
"Toll your mother you've ben very
good boys to-day," said a 6choo! teacher
to two little new scholars.
"Uii! replied Tommy, "wc haven't
ny mother."
"Wlio tr.kes cure of you?'' she asked.
"Father does. We've got a b -aul ifu!
f.ilh'r. You Might to fe him '. '
"Who takes care of you when he is nt
work ?"
"lie takes a I the enre before he goes
iT in t he lnoining and after lie comes
buck nt night. IP's a house painbr;
but there isn't V'-ry much w.rk this win
ter, so he is doing labor ng till spring
I'oines. lie leaves us a waini bn-alefast
when ho goes t lT ; and we have
bread and milk lor dinner, and a
good supper when he com s home.
Then he tells us stories and pi i.vs on the
life, i.nd cuts nut beautiful things with
his j ickknife. You ought to see fill
father and our lioni", they are both go
beautiful."
II 'fore long, the teacher d d see lln.t
home and that father. The rutin was
l pool attic, gr.icd with i ll -ap pie! ui -s.
autumn 1-av's, and otln r li't Irilh s
that cost nothing. The fa in r, who wa
preparing the evening ineil for his
motlierlc'S boys, was at lir.t glam-' only n
rough, begrimed l.i'iorcr; but b fore the
sirang 'i- h id been in the place ten minute-,
the room bi-cani! a pd 'Cemid the
man a m igician.
His chidren had no i.b a they w. re
poor, nor were they so with such a heio
ns this to light their battles for them.
This man, whose grateful sp'r.t lighted
up the otherwsn dark life of hi' chil
dren, was preaching lo all about him
more effectually than was any man in
priestly robe! in costly temple.
He win a man of patience and sub
mission to -.Sod's will showing how to
make home happy uu b r l he most u i .
favorable circumstances. He was rear
ing his boys to be high-minded citi
zens, to put their shoulders to burdens
rather than become burdens to society in
the "lays that are coining.
He was, us his children had said, "a
beautiful father" in tho highest sense
of the word.
Hallucinations of Lunatic.
Some lunatics seem lo live in a world
of their own. An old lady once ,v
lonished and amused us by exclaiming
without nny warning or provocation:
"Two cits and the bird of paradise are
waiting to convey you to your heuvenlv
home, and you are to sit for nine days
between the cats and the bird of par..
disc.'' Then she stopped and forgot thai
sho had said anything. It was like an
alarm clock suddenly going off, startling
everyone by its unexptctel in tilling
xvith what ii going on, and ceasing jus;
ns .piietly and surprisingly. A patient
lived ii; the bath-room and mado friends
with the rats, fr which she hnd n great
nll.'ction. 'I hey would actually do what
th"' were told. Some one else thought
she was the w ife of President Ibiclinnan,
and had the hallucination that her lui
band frequently ran a locomotive through
Washington avenue, Philadelphia, with
a big bonnet in front of it, to remind her
of the nun' ying fact that in her young
tinvs she had bien a milliner. (North
Amciitttii Joview, i
.HSTS OF niKDS.
Great Meelmn ical Skill Exhih.
lted in Buildinrj Them,
! A Clmpter On One of th" Most Attivtive
Branched of Natural Siienee,
The study of birds' nests forms one of
the most attractive b.iinclics of natural
science. Not only doe, il show the
manner in which our binls live, lull to a
great extent the linr.ttt.-r of th.. birds
t!r.'ii;s"!ves. It w. uld liar lly bu sup
posed (hat by examining a bird's iic( in
the hand much could b- told cm r.iing
the builder; yet let any one ie ipiainte 1
with bird life b" giv n a nest, mid al
though he may never h iye seen it le f oe,
ho can tell with considerable nrcuracy
the general habits inm-rs and u-lonis
of the owner and many other liitle points
that one wou'-l not supp ; possible
from so ordinary an obj t .'.
Take for example th'i humming 'bird's
nest. One would know at a "Imiee thai
its owii'T was shy and ie(,iing, piefni
ring conce.'duii nt i athei than publicity.
N'i other bird builds so dainty a'. I dell
cute a stnieturj ns thk It is composed
of the softest of vegi'tah!" dowi, he i
together by countless wra) p rs of cob
web and saddled on th" brunch near
the extremity. This much having Icen
accomplished, th" ingenuity of the
architect is nt-xt taxed to gu ild iiiains!
discovery, which is don" bvcov ri th"
entire outsi 'e witli a coaling of :c a
gathered from s uu" dead bi nit Ii . . i -in
the ne.ait-t fence, mil aKo h-ld in place
by cohweiis. The wlio'e so ne u ly re
st inUes a knot that unless b travel by
theblidi, one ni iy si-mi. h a troo tai'-fu. y
for hours without finding it. As wil,
be seen by a gland' at the i tioii i! view
i f one of the nest--, or al pie -air.i i.i Is
taken to prevent tie: eggs from bung
shaken nut by the wind. I th" inside
projects n rim for a q-iai t' r of an inch,
thus avoiding all ordinary dan gi.-v. The
nie.isiir. nient? of the net de-line i'ed are:
Total diameter, one an I a tpi.rler
inches; inside iliameter, three ijuiirlers
cf an inch; total height, one inch;
depth of nest, one-ha;f inch.
In marked contrast to the n-s's of tie
hummers is that of the woo I thrush;
what a careless, happy-go-lucky sot "fa
fellow he mu-t bo to throw togetl. r uch
n combination of roots and dea 1 leaves,
nnd' how cnrelc-ft as to its position foi
the safety of the young! ( 'u- lind, them
in the foik formed by two tender sap
ings riossing each oth-r, wh'.-r.: a mod
erate gale won I 1 separate theiunnd bring
disaster and sorrow to n happy h-iu
and then ngaiu on the top of a fallen ti"e
trunk, where nothing cti'd hann th'in
One of th.? hiilson st n.'tsiibii.t
by the yello-.v thnat -d v. re i. whit h in
one respect resembles those of the hum
mers, lining cover --! on th" outsi le with
lichens and dark c l T' d v 'get i!lo 1 iwii
to conceal it. It is p-nd nit fiomth
crotch of some braneli t.. which it is at
tache I by cuntless turns of thiei l, cob
webs nnd lo-'g gr.is e i, .ml so n-.it Iv
tloes it icscml'lo the geiiei-il to'or o the
branch that it is next to imp '-si ile to
fin I it.
An cntireiy ddl rent class of birds are
the ground builders, which include tie
game birds, larks, buntings nnd many
of the 'pairows. One would be surprised
to see the many v. ir. at ions resorted to
ill their nest onsti uelion. Many species
very rb s ly related build their nets so
unlike that one w mid suppose tlcir
owners to be of 1 1 i IT- rent families, wide
others build so In-ar alike and di p -i!
eggs so similar that unless the birds are
seen and rvcignind the eggs will in al
most every case be doubtful in lenlity
as for instance the song spur w and
swinip song spninnv, whose nests and
eggs plnced side by side would be in
distinguishable to an expert, while those
of lh-bay winged and Savannah bunt
ings an; widely different. The former is
composed of line grass neatly woven
together and lined with hair, aid the
latter of short pines of giass, p. ihap.
an inch nnd a half l-n-, laid on top
of each other in a hollow in the gioirul.
The nests of tho woolcock nnd riilll -1
grouse furnish examples of two wide v
different birds building similarly; both
are composed entirely t f matted, dead
leaves, nnd differ only in size. The
former bird places its nest almost any
where in the bushes, while the grouse
invaii ibly builds im er some log. slump
or similar places. lioth are so fiall t li.it
in many rases removal is attende 1 w i(u
more or less loss to its bulk, while in
others it cannot be : ee .-nplishe 1.
Tne woodptt ki r tlo ; to a class of
birds building cut. el d.lT"rent from
nny preceding, which aie known as (he
woodchoppi'rs. Dtnd or paitly decayed
trees are geneinily selecic I, in which the
birds can easily dig, the depth of the
excavation varying with the species and
son, climes with the inclination of the
build, r, although those of each speci as
a rule are Uniterm. AH, howev. r, folk w
a general tix- d law- namely, nil exca
vate obliquely for a short distance, then
turn directly downward, or dually w id
ening toward the bottom, lire enthe
fine chips of wood, with no attempt at a
nest, the eggs are deposited. With
many the entrances are as eiicubir as
though dest rlbed with n pan- of 01111
pusso.s, while in othen -.t ry little ; inns
are taken, this latter probably owing to
the appreit h "f the, tiin fin tie' th-po
i iting ol il.- lir-t e.g. Ano'lo i- p'n a for
the slu ly of nets 1-. tint in many t as-s
it shews hue thought a-i m i-e I l y the
bird m ov reoinnig d lli :i I ! it s. yre-cu-c
H -i'.il'l.
Passports.
The State Ib'pU'tlll' III d- riv's a reve-mi-of
about 1'i.iem aiinii-i.ly fioni the
sn!" of piiS'pol Is to A ii 1 1 -1 It nns th seitg
to go abroad. The g'-ntleinnii ill i bulge
if lh ': w-'ik is Known as the p-:s,..,r:
cli'ik. lie fi.tiires yu to slab y-.iir age,
i-si-b tie", In i lit. e 'l"i- ! our h nl mil
eyes and olher personal r .nr.-.i 'el ist irs
Until, llll'-ll l!i'.' l'-t is c. Ill p'e'ed, yo'l
liud he ba-- ill rvn nn t xti !h nt pen p'-r-
trait of y. ui , i :. Y"U I le n swar to t'ue '
i-"i-icl ..f lh" slat, nn .it, p-.v lii m s"i
lo bud ti," l.aig,,,,. and a i- g;vn, a f". ,
, , , . , I
m:'!;ll'!o 1 n', ie- ;
ill i ins ill fo'.cetW'i t-ar-, :- d w.lho'.itl
. . i !
which it is nn ..ii-, -nt to tr.'V. 1 in any ,
. I
" voouo. ion, .- ' '..'... ..'-
'It'iiiaud for p.s.porl' i;-u i iy begins
about this tint" id the y- ar .ml c iitiniK-s
uninterrupb -lly uat;l th-ml idle t f lie
summer. Then the '. rk's labors ligl.'.i n
materially until tl," n- ( spri'ig rolN
nr. nud. I-hve-eighths ad the pn-s
ports is-u-- l in" -raiite t ip.e ib s.i-
ing to visit (5-nii.i iy. About one-
eighth of th.- i.-ntir- i.uu.h' i nr.- u- d in
( -I'-a, mi 1 th- ro'iiaiud'-l in K l in, Italy
aid A'i-!ria.
New York Loads the ii-t of cine
making the largest npplic it! n f'-r pas
ports. ( til. ago foli"W.- in '. with IS i.
ton third an 1 '.n.-.nn.iti b-u th. In
proportion to her populat ion, however.
Key West, F.n. , n--il.es j at. r d-maud
for t tl'S-.- p-l- p.. I ' - '. -I .ill the-e citl.S
c .-.nl. I i.-i. Tin- s a eg '" her prox
imity to ( u'.ii an : i . f.n t many na
tives ol thil isi.iu I ere re-i lents of
I'.orida's pi-.ue'pa! s. i: ,,rt.-. N w ie-rk
Heiald.
Weiitlier Hi rt'i's
Few- err.ui"- u- not.' ..s ni spreid so j
r.-alilv aid cling so teac;ou-!y as those M l"l" rm"ii say that caribm
re...'tin.' th" w.-.tth-r. In' ,i( ing i r"n-i'1' v"r- ''"' Imgyenr,
common error, of this kin I. Prof. C v. - ' ' d-er di v,n ; them toward th" li-ad
land Abbe, the dist.,1 o.i-h-d ii.-teoi-.'Io- i "'i'"' "' l1"' ' p!l'" rivt'ri-
gist, urges nt t , -,t .it to (lies. : fact; ' Titiis fur no' hing his been produce!
Timt while th- mo ,n might well b- . - that will make ;i woiivni quite m m id,
pec-ted to iiiflu. ,,,-e our w-either, .dent .tic : '" h,r :"''" '-iK br.-.k and let
evidence shows that it d . in.l ; that ! h-r whole week's wa-bing dnwu in til
th' re is no smin 1 r -i-:i f-.i b -lievnig nud.
U.at sunspots buvi; i.i.y -ippn . ialiie elteel i No' hing suggests tlie arrival of th?
j in pi... In ing vl.,1 m., or i ilt-T i' c iP
i.iang---; tu-il au.ui;. ri-uinl lanks
greatly below human intelligent-.! as a
guide to l'i'u-e ', -i-lo : , lii.;' the nidi-
cations fui-i-le d by pi o.ts due to
llic hydn .pic c.li.l:t:..:i of tl- ;,-r, a.,
are also otle r V-1 -i - ni 1 ire less dd:.
cite and n lia
than tl." u t urate in-
nune-ii' .l t' .ts of n-n te , .lo.-ists; that
ecJric.l v an I t zone ,e not tno lu
the i ll ets often a'i . ibed to ;
them; that thtiu-lt i-storins do not t ool j
the ail, but tl-e e i 1 inru.h results, iike
the sinrm, fioni the ii-.- of hot a r--at S"!i the puM.c iai. Is on credit to actual
least in in m;. ,. tint it h is tu ! yt t settlei.. w ho agr.-" 1 to pay a stipulated
been proven Ii it ti e y ! .. t. n sts sum at d -.'gnate 1 '.lines. If the pur-
an I the ext. n-i"ii .-f :. i-d- :n:d tele. t :::i - i faded to in ik.- p lym.-nt at the
giaph- linvn :i li i- in ! . nr tl mit-; J appointed tine-, tin- land was foileit"d
that the w-.ith'-i i- isntt n illy t'n - mi" ; to the g"? rnui. nt, eve . if paitly paid
as in Id-f.-i-l.i-.il' -1 tiin. , -lii-utiile' It. 'Ihe Mif-rcenient tif the contra' t
! cor Is disj.rovin ; the f.iu'ty -.co!i...' by the g.vtnniont ..nnel uu -s tau.ed
tioii; of the old. -t in: ab:tant ; midth.it great distrc-s to the setthrs, when,
s-v ie tt. i ni-are in. ne ie 1ml. i- to ti-- ; tl r -iuh the failure of their tro.s, they
cur at I he date cf tie- t q iimoX' s, or on had b". om un ible to tiK'"t th-ir obii-c-'ilain
ilny; of the wiek or net ith, than j g.iti-n.
at other ti s. :.ik.ri'.iw 'liavelhr. ( bn . .lain . Fin-liny, atone time tin
j i' ceivei of the disti ll : land i-lVi. e in
H'tn ll Parliament , lisneil. 1 1 .j eu.b are 1 h.inse'if t the farmers
II -n.iei i, t -ll a- that h.ils had some- 1 by the way in which he i ond lifted the
thing 'o d i with the . ' i --..I u: ioa of the ,,f f: li.it... I lands. 5!r. Poor.', w ho
l. 'i.g I'.irii.sm-nt of l.-igLiin!. --"in j . p., in Ins "K niini-cences" nn am c dote
asComw. 1, bid .1-elm - 1 th it the as- j illu-trativ" "f the general's geni il policy,
-eiubiy no l-nig r i-xi-le I h" put on his i represents him as a gent b-nian of the old
hat mil pic-i up aiel d..:i t ii-Par lia- 'srho.!, w ;th a bluff manner an I a cor
men: ihuu'. r. The neinh i. wer-t ' pulent p-r.on. whicli he dressed in the
piqii-I by his civi'n r .wig .r and : ari'toi rat :e bin and biulT.
would not budge an inch. Cromwell j 1 luring one - ason of har-1 times, nviny
! called in M ii.'i- Hun- ..land th - gunrl.
The M j ir .aw whit th- h.-uble w i-, ' forfeile-1 to the gov. rniucnt and adver
an 1 I It th it Ie .-. il l g t 111 cv-ib'j.u- tised for sale, (i -ii.-ral Fiiidlay, in iho
ti'sto retire mu h s on- r ! . ro-.i t"-y I discharg-' of his ofli.-i il duty, i.ttendel
than raibine.. He :ippr..-t.-h"d the ' the place of sale and learned that sprrii-Spe-iker,
to k IT hi, own let w til luuch lalnrs were present prepared to purch'lSQ
el. inonv, l.owtd low, and k ..ed lh - these lands.
fallen t lli-. il' haul. II- r :i:ue 1 th" Mount ing n -tump, the gentral opened
I itt. ', Ini.v. y-r, with -ii' li g.u'leeio. ibesale by designating the forfeited
leuc t hal tie- iii.p..-ei d i.:u :! uy was lm Is and anuoiicing that they would
constraint' I to foil 'W wlii:!.-r the eiy b s,.d to the highest bidder,
polite but uii'v. I,-one II -p.. I. I. in ili .,. The original purchaser., lie said, were
to conduct him. Tin- M.i.r Id bini honest ne-n, who had failed to m"0t
out of the hall, w-.- a-n l..'d, a -"nt'e - tin ir eiigag. 'iieiit- by reason of the hnrd
man does a hid v, th whole p i ' i .mi 'it ' t uiies. It was hard for them to be thus
following." Tuns a li- t in i... . I help.- 1 t,.,ce. from homes they hal partly paid
to do what a la! en le.-i d.ed to m f,,, but the law was imp" rat ive, and
t-oinplish. , I'.nla b Iphi i ( , th-lauds must beotTered.
A Hangei .ni. IS 111 ri..
"1 didn't lik-your en- veiy well to.
night," .i-in okel D.n oey to hi. laud-
'"''v'
No. 'qu- ri.d she. "what was 'he
m:,lt,T " ' '"
"It so -m 1 ti me it was a !i;he
short."
I have noticed th- .am - failing in
yen Mr. H ngb y," w as the 1, r-e r .-,.!,.
And I) ngby borrowe.l enough Iron, hi.
tii.-nl., to piy som.thiig en at count,
- j Til Hits.
Sure to rise
. , . ,
"1 ve got a little ni'iut'v lo invest, and
I want your adv..-." "
"In "leganl to what ?"
"I want to invest in siin.-tliing that is
sure (oris""
"Duv thermometers."-; Sii, j,r,s.
For larg r adycrtisi'iiii nts liberal cor
Is w ill In- 111. ide.
Only a Sung.
I' on I ,- n inp! Iidl't 1.
.'mi..u. t-i n e.-in-l--.'. ihc'ii;.
i l.e,-e w lw n-,!.' ti.ar kn- w- the sin
And f-'.v that l:e".-l tie- s m:,
V t th" s.ir." a-'s voi'- v.i- t-iel-T
An 1 s'.V-et r s with l'.ve l I 'I 1
Sin.-iy ti I t- il ls h ir I. n I
'ili.'.i it i-ft , . pi-on I an I .- I I.
i-ho -llllg of i li- v. i.n.h ,el . ej.ii y
That i-aeiies 1 1 . - v.n , . in ; r.ng;
t if 1 1. si ! ;i s, u :- .ti: rin V"'e
Wi'-n tl'-lul liieak forlii nud Mil.;."
'i lh ' ;lll''- bud- ."V tt nl . I'lig
T 1- -'iiiieiii of ;h da .
And tliequ t luish of vail"-.-s
I -l ' h ' -lllsli .. tie- o -. ng g ne.
Aiel oil" in a di-t.-i
v 'iiein woi n w li -t r.C"
, II aid in th it s .ng a in s-u,
l-'c -oi ile--pringtini-' of lier iif-,
I'o'-f'ii-. re" upl.-f,.!-,. l,..r
1 "' '-i'i;-li I ye .
- oi lei' v bhieln s.
,,,., ..,,..,,., ,,.,,,.,,...
'Ih.-n when tl.e ...a.- .ii-.M... I,
"
And hu-i- tlie a-! s.c t t-u ',
. , ..,.,.r ,.
up s. i.U-
And neat o i her "n; ne'ie .
In.'" in..-.- toll, i- i f ,.,,:.
Sll I ans.- . I, I, h a-; n sti.i-i-.
l.-l -I - ,. a-.e,), (,. , ! v.s lh- , Mger-
And oh. lh ink li i l- r lie- song:
lil IWKOI S.
Ch ';. i-,s an i fn' m. rs agree in wishing
f-r full ci.-j s.
'i'lie b'iciiwi.e.it. r ik" when eru liel
J and liniteiel is sure to r'-.. again.
Il .ct'iis who tin sp..-ii only one lan-iiiigi-s-ein
t" uiid'T-t ind a great many
.1 ll l. llt tongue..
T.e -.' ny Pat neciuiul s for his sh-epiiig
v ' i y so'indiy wit-: "Whin I go- s b
slap--, I p..y attention t o it."
tin of th- in"-t fori ib'.e .s(iiiu)i or .
t is lint i v i t i .k th- ti I 1 is the farmer
v. Los- plough sti ik.-s a .-tump.
Tin- man win. can rlc juperior to a l-
vi. r-e t iie iiiistane -s is a ber- U -m m
b'.i' this win a vour trou-'-rs big at thr
inilleiiiii.i.ui m. re foi.-ildy than the sight
if an old loin c it si'-cping peaceably by
, t. t;, - ! w it h its h.-a I resting on a
l ,...:.ick.
' s .,.th-Wh . is that gentleman vou
w..r.. f.lkiti- svith pi-t lew: ISiown--
claims t . li.. a titled foreigner of il is-
, ,,...1 , -.,. ,,. .,, ,i. :, ,:.!,
..y,,, , ,,; ,,,, ,li,hl.,
k in.- to I'-iid him a iv ni-.nrv.
"Mho Hidsl"
S xty years ago it was th- cu-tom to
farms in t ihio but iiirl.v pud f..r w.-ro
"And now," he continued, "I trust
iluil th.-re is no g. ntleniau u i. I null
,..,t SIV tlm ; I Imp., there is no rased
. ,..r,. M) ., to buy his neighbor's
l.ouio over his head. (i"ntlemin, I
' ( iTor this lot for sale. 5Yho bids?"
! Ti.ere was no forfeited land sold that
'' lay. Youth's Companion.
A ,.. Un, of i.H(,U.s.
j Tl0 Hm. , , (f i(1 ,,. a,, ,
,,,.,,,, ,.,.., f) ,, .,,,.,. sr.,,p in
d 1 , idental, this county, says theSuibi
,11'si (Cul.) D-mot-rat. Supervisor J.
'' ' """""' ''as a large red cow whi-li
answers to the name of Pet. She inny
J
1 '' "''''" ""' ''"y wantlenng about foi-
I I'I'I':'. ll"-y WI""1(T
,,"r Rih s,"; cM! f0r tb"m
until they return to tho shelter of thtiif
mother's w .-.
qyfflwyi) l mi ne