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ODROOVGHIViUENT.
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TIIE EXECUTIVE.
Rutherford B. Hayes, ot Ohio, President of
the United States.
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TUB SUPKEME COURT OF THE UNITED
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JNO. W. GRAHAM. JAS. A. GRAHAM,
Hillsoaro, N. (J. Graham, N. C.
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C3BAHA.7I, N.C.
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OK A HAITI, IV. C.
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GRAHAM, N. C.
in the State and Federal Courts.
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at Graham, Monday, Tuesday and
ftnH y Greensboro, Thursday, Friday
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Dr. J. W. Griffith
DENTIST,
GRAHAM, N. C.,
P re Par«d to do any and all kinds of
8* Peking to tbe profWiou.
jbSSofffiSofir llo Ui ° treatment ol
CAJXS ATTENDED IN TOWN OE COUNTS r
D - H* Albright, Pr. J. A Albright,
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DltS - ALBRIGHT & ALBRIGHT,
ftURKBONS.
Uohn»n'° r 2f» a ' h ' B h"«ne and the latter at
•Sfci? ChaUlttm county, N. O. j
Sr tt 6 ti
A UKRA.II.
Er It. E.
'Twas but a Dream ; and yet to me
i was fact as real as could be.
As vividly I Ba w the sky
As ever aid the upturned eye,
When from its screen of tender bice,
(Which hides the angels from our view )
Descending came a snow white dove
That nestled like a thing of love
Close tjo my heart and hashed its moan
And tljeu I felt not half E0 lone
As one for whom no love-lights beam-
As shown me in this mystic dream.
The folding of the bird's soft wings*
Was speech to me of nameless things,
As penrehed upon my weary breast
Its filmed eyes betokened rest.—
I, too, wished rest, and it wrb given
By this sweet bird sent down f.orn heaven.
And yet there still remained for me
In this strange drt am of phantasy,
Till Lula came: iu her blue eyes
[ caught the tint»of softtr'skies, "
Wheuce much that" comes ou viewless wings
Is prophecy of heavenly tilings.
Sometives, in tearful revery lost,
(When death's dark river seemeth crossed)
I see sweet Lula come to me
In birdslike baste all swift and free,
Witt never more a wish to roam,
THE BOARD FENCE.
'Sboo, shoo, get home you plaguey crit
ters! cried Mr. Babcock, waving his
arms, as he chased the dozen sheep and
lambs through a gap in the feme.
It was a wooden fence, and when he
had succeeded >n driving the animals to
the other side ot it, he lilted it from its
reclining position and propped it up with
slakes. This was an operation bo had
tound himself obliged to repeat many
times in the course of the season-, * and
not only for that season, but ot several
pre\ ious seat-ons.
Yet Babcock was neither slack or
thriftless; in lact he rather prided him
self ou the ordinary appearance of his
farm, and not without reason. How then
shall we account tor his negligence in
this particular instance?
j._ The truth was that this fence formed
the boundary infeTtet tveen his estate and
that of Mr. Small; and three generations
of men who owned these estates had
been unable to decide to whom it be
longed to rebuild and keep it In repair.
the owners had chanced to be men of
peacelul dispositions they would have
compromised the matter, and avoided a
quarrel; but it, 011 the contrary (hey be*>
longed to that much larger class who
would sooner saciitice their own c m«
fort and convenience than their so-called
rights, this fence would have been a
source of unending bickering and strife.
And of this class were the present
owners. Again aud again had they con
sulted their respective lawyers 011 the
subject, and dtagged from their hiding
places ninety old deeds hud records, but
always with the same reSult.
'I say it belongs lo you to keep il in re
pair, that i 6 a« plain as a piko-slafl,' Mr.
Babcock would say.
'And I say it belongs to you—any fool
might see that,' Mr. Small would reply ;
and then high worde woulil lollow, and
they would part in anger, more detei
mined and obstinate than and laws
ycr«, fees and loss by damage from each
others cattle had already amounted to a
sum sufficient to hove f built a fance
around their entire .estates, but what
was that compared to the salistaction of
having their own way.
At last, one day Miss Loiitia Gill a
woman much respected in the village,
and of some weight us a landownei and
tax payer, sent tor Mr, Babcock to come
to see her on business; a summons which
he made haste to obey, as how could it
be otherwise where a lady was concern
ed?
Miss Letitia sat at her window sewing
a seam, but she dropped her work and
took ofi her spectacles when Mr. Bab
cock made his appearance.
'So yon got my message, (hank yon
for coining, I'm sure. Sit down, do,
I suppose my man Isaac (old you that 1
wanted to consult you on business-a
mailer of equity, I may say. It can't be
expected that we women folks should b*
ihe best judges about such things, you
know; there's Isaac to be sure, but then
he lives on the place, maybe he would
not be exactly impartial in his judge
ment about our affairs.' * « >
'Jes' so,' said Mr. Babcock.
'Well the state of the case is this:
When Isaac came from the lon> meadow
to dinner—they're mowing the meadow
to day and an uncommonly good yield
there is—when he came up to dinner he
found that stray cows had broken imo,
Ihe vegetable garden.'
•You can fan«jy the riot made. I de>»
clare Isaac was almost ready to n»e pro
lane language. lam not snre that fie
didn't, Jiud, after all, I could'ut feci to
GRAHAM, N". p., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11, 1880.
reproach liirn severely, for the pains he
has taken with llmt garden is something
amazing, working in it, Mr. Babcock,
early and late, weeding and digging and
watering, and new (o 6ee it all torn and
trampled so that you wouldn't know
which was beets and which was cucum
bers. It's euought to raiso anybody's
temper.'
'lt is so,' said Mr. Babcock.
|Aud that isn't all, for by the looks of
things they must have been rampaging
in the orchard and clover field bjlore
they got into the garden. Jii'-t you come
and see,' and puitingou her sun-bonnet,
Miss Letitia showed Mr. 3abcock over
the damaged precincts.
'You don t happen to know whoso
animals did the mischief?' said Mr.
Babcock.
' H ell he didn't observe them in par
ticular but Isaac said there was
one with a T?cculiar white, something
like a crosc on its haunt?!#*"
'Why | hat's Small's old brindle,' cried
Mr. Babcock. I know Iho mark as well
as I know the nose on my face. She hail
balls ou her horns didn't she?'
'Yes, so Isaac said.'
'And a kind of hump on her back?'
'A perfect dromedary,' said Miss Leti
lia; 'I noticed that myself.
'They weie Email's cows, 110 dou.bt of
il al all,' said jMr. Babcock rubbing his
hands. 'No sheep with them, hey?
' Well now I think of it, there were
sheep—lhey'-an away as soon as they
saw Isaac. Yes. certainly there were
sheep,' said Miss Letilia-
'I knew it. They always go with the
cows; and what of Me?'
•Ifs to fix damages.' said Miss Letitia.
'As I said before, women folks a«o no
judges about such matters.' \
Mr. Babcock meditated a moment,4ml
then said:
Weil, I wouldn't take a cent less thin
seventy five doKai 9, it I were you—not
a cent.'
'Seventy-five dollars I Isn't that a good
deal, Mr. Babcock? You know I don't
wish to be hard 011 the poor man; all I
vant is a fair compensation for the mis
chief done-'
'Seventy-five dollars is fair ma'am—in
fait, I might say it's low. 1 wouldn't
have had a herd of cattle and sheep
trampling through my premises in that
wav for a hundred.'
' 1 here's one thing I forgot to•> stale;
the orchard yaie was o|»eu or tliey
couldn't have got iu; that may make ft
difference.
'Not a bit—not a bit. You'd a right
to have your gate open, but Small's cows
had no liulit to run loose. I hope Isaac
drove them lo Ine pound, didn't lie?'
'I hoard liicn say he'd shut 'em up
somewhere and didn't mean to let 'em
out (ill I lie f.wner calls for 'em. But,
Mr. Cabcook, what if he should refuse to
pay lor the damages I I should have to
go t.» law about it.'
'lie won't retnse; if he does, keep the
criUers till ha will pay. AH to law, 1
gnees he's luid enough of that.'
'l'm sure 1 ihank you for your advice,'
said Miss Le'.itia, 'and I mean to act
upon it lo the very letter.'
Scarcely was ho out of her sight wlicii
Miss Letilia sent a summons for Mr.
Small, which he obeyed as promptly as
his neighbor had done.
She made lo him precisely the same
statement sho had made/to Babcock,
showed him the injured property, and
asked him to fix tlio damages. It waa
remarkable before he did this that he
nhoold ask the same question Mr. Bab
oo jk had asked, namely, whether she
had any suspicion to whom the animals
belonged.
'Well, one of thein I observed bad a
terribly crooked horn.'
'Precisely—it's Babcock's heifer; I
should know her among a thousand.
She was black and white, wasn't she?'
'Well, now 1 think ot it. si e was; one
seldom sees so clear a black and white
on a cow.'
'To be sure, they're Babcock'» animals
fast enough. Well, let me see; what
yon want is just a lair estioale, I sups
pose?'
'Certainly.'
'Well, I should say ninety dollars was
n low as he ought to get of! with.'
•I'll, but I fear that will seem as if I
meant *o lake advantage. Suppose we
call It—say seventy-five.'
•Just as yon please, of conrse; but
hariged if I'd let him off for a cent less
thin a hundred, if it,were my case.'
•And if he refuses to pay?'
'Why, keep the animals until ho comes
around, that's all.'
•But there is one thing I neglected to
mention—our gale was standing open;
that may alter the case.'
Not at all, there's 110 Jaw against
keeping your gain open; there is against
stray animals.'
'Very well; 4hauk you lor your ad
vice,'said Miss Letitia; and Mr. Small
departed with as smiling a countenance
as Mr. Batcock hud worn..
But at milking lime that night he made
a s!raiigo discovery—old Lrindle wa*
missing! At about the same hour Mr.
Babcock made a similar discovery; tin
black and white heifer was no where to
he found. A horrible su-picion seized
them both- a suspicion they would not
have made known to eacii other for the
wot Id,
They waited till it was dark, and then
Mr. Babcock stole round to Miss Let>
tia's and ineokly asked leave to look at
the animals which had committed the
trespass, lie would have done it with
out asking leave oidy that thrifty Misd
Leiitia always shuts her barn doors at
nixht.
While bo stood bokiug over inlo (ho
pen where (lie cows wer« confined, and
Irving (o negotiate with Miss Loti
tia lor the release of his heifer ulong
came Mr. fcmall in quest of his briudie.
Tb? two men stared at each other in
blank dWmay) then their heads in
confusion.
it was useless to assert that tlie dam
ages were too high, for hail they nol
fixed them themselves? It was useless to
plead that Miss Letitia was in a manner
responsible for what had happened, fn
account ot the open gate, for had they
not assured her that that circumstance
did nol alter ihe case?' it was useless to
say she had 110 right to keep the cows in
custody, lor hid they ihey nol counseled
her to do so? As lo going to law about
it, would they not become the sport of the
whole town?
'lie tbatdiggeth a pit, he himself shall
fall into it,' sa'.d Miss Let ilia who read
what was parsing in their minds as well
as if they had spoken, for Ihe light of
Isaac's lantern fell tull on their faces.
'However, 011 one condition 1 4 wiil tree
the cows, and forgive the debt.'
'What is that?' But thought tho ques
tion, but did nor ask It.
'The condiiiou is that you promise to
put a good new fence in place of the old
one that seperales your estates, dividing
the cost between you, and that henceforth
you will livo together peacefully, so fur
as in you lies. Do you piouiisc?*
'Yes,' muttered both iu a voice scarce
ly audible.
'Shake hands upon it, then?' said Miss
Letitia.
Tbcy did so.
'Now let the COWB out, Isaac; its time
they were milked,' said she. And the
two men went away,diiving ihcir cows
betore them, and with a shame-faced air,
greatly in contrast to tho look ot tri
nmph with which (bey had before quitted
her presence.
The fence was built and the strife
when (he .aut>e was removed; but
it was long before Miss Lei ilia's part in
(he affair came to the public ear; for she
herself maintained a strict silence con
cerning it, and she enjoined the same
upon her man-servant Isaac.
Tke Sllag »f The Banble Bee,
Did yo* ever stop (o consider (be im
mense power posf>esed by a bumble
bee? An insect weighing no more than
the tenth of an ounce is capable of "rais
ing" a man weighing 220 pounds from a
bench in (he public park, and then have
lots of lifting material left. Just stop
and think of it I The stinger of the bee
is not near as large as the finest needle,
but such is the force behind \t that it
cau be driven through heavy pants cloth
backed by merino drawers, and into the
flesh about sixteen feet. If a man could
wield ft Crowbar iu comparison, he could
drive it through seven sawmills and a
distillery at one blow. Nature could not
give the bee teeth and claws without
spoiling its beauty, and in compensation
she gave him this sting as a weapon of
attack and defence. I the beef had no
weapon of attack, ants, beetles and bugs
would ciifl him around as they pleased;
but, as it is, he is the boss of tho walk
and wou't take a word from any of
them.
Tha bumble bee ii not naturally of a
quarrelsome disposition, bat he can't sit
down over half an hoar without fee ing
as if some one was doing him a great
wrong. If left to himtelf he will crawl
np yonr coat sleeve, look aroaud and
go about his business; but if welcomed
with a blow between the eyes he is going
to be revenged if he breaks a leg. He
invariably closes bis eyes wben be stings
and yon have only to look a bee «qure 5n
the face to see when be is fooling aroond
and wheu he means lourtecn per cent,
per annum.
The hay field is a favorite resort of the
bumble bee. but yon can fi nd bim almost
everywhere el«m it yoa try very hard.
Having no psir of long hind legs he
cannot build hit nest la a marsh like a
t log; and having no bonk in which to
cmry straw he cniiuot nest in a tree like
a bird. lie therefore takes lo tlie grass,
and under the roots of an old stump, or
among n pile ot old raite, he rears hisgen
tle young, and gives them printed in*
si ructions as to the difference between
s tinging six inch slove pipes and runa
wnj boys. The knowledge of old bees
is powerful. They know where the school
house is. They know when the school is
out. They y»n sail miles away Irom
home, get in their work on a farmers
son weeding out corn, and return home
without mUsjug a fence corner, or in
need of an afternoon nap. As a nil j they
are early risers. Barefooted boys drivi
in,' up their cows at day light will find
the bumble beeont of bed, and ready to
begin the arduous labors of the day.
Along about sundown ho quits work,
counts no?es to see if the family nre all
in, and then stows himself away for a
night of calm and peaceful repose.
The legs ot the bumble bee are very
crooked. This seems too bad at first
sight, but you will soon discover that na
lure was level headed. His legs were
thus shaped to enable him to hang to the
biiin ot a boys straw hat. Were his legs
Btraight he could not walk a fence rail iu
a high wind, nor could be tnrft round afs
ter reaching the top of a mullein stock.
'i he stripes on a bee look like a waste
of material, but such is not the case.
They furnish an exta covering over
his libs to keep the frosty air off, and
t) ey stiffen his spinal column in his flight
through the air.
A bumble bee can fly at the rate of
twenty miles an hour if he wauls to, but
there is no cause for him 10 fly taster
thrift a boy can rati- Ho sometimes lives
to be three years old, and is sometimes
stricken down before te has traveled at
all. liis life is a precarious one. lie
may run a fanner out of a bay-field to
day, and be the big bee in the ucst, aud
to«-morrow a country school ma'am may
knock his head off with her umbrella.
Nothing in natural history weighs more
for his sizo than the bee, and nothing in
science works easier without cog-wheels
or rubber rolleis than his stinger. It is
always ready, never out ot repair, and
sa>isfaclion (lo the bee) guaranteed in
every case.
WAN II RON AN INFIDEL f
Br Jin, SI. l.«uiMtr*ulcr>
Not long since some friends in a social
chat.were contesting the above question.
While it is trua that sometimes in bis
writings Byron reflected some phases of
the infidel's theories and inserted words
of ominous meaning to complete a line or
indulge a whim of fancy, yet deep down
in his so often tempest-tossed soul, be
confessed to the truth of divine revela
tion and utters these eloqueHt lines:
Voices sweeping through all time, peal
Like the eternal thunders of the deep
lota ray ears this truth, Thou liveth for
ever.
At another time be writes: "Of the
immortality of the soul there cau be but
little doubt,if we attend for a moment to
the action of the mind; it is in perpetual
activity. I used to doubt it but reflec
tion has taught me belter. The mind
acts also so very independent of the
body—in dreama for instance—this is
proof thai mind and body are distinct
though insuperable in human life. I
have often been inclined to materialism
in philosophy, I could never bear its in
troduction into Christianity, which ap
pears to be essentially founded in the
soul. For this teaaon Priest ly'a mate
rialisin always struck me as deadly. Be
lieve the reanrrectian of the body if you
will, but not without the soul."
"No one could draw more terrible pic
tores of remorse and retribution than
Byron, with bis wonderful genius,
though he himself might sometimes af
fect to scorn aspirations after celestial
purity and glory. That "the divinity
alirred within hiui'' often, and even hab
itually, is evident from it being so natur
ally implied in the ardor of composition
among many of his productions, for in
stance in those beautiful lines:
Remember met Oli, p»M not thou my grave
Without one thought whoee relics there re
cline! i)
The only pang my bosom dere not brave
Wonld be to find forgetfnloMs in thine.
We know—for how often tt has been
said—that it Byron, poor, grand mis
guided soul! had been reared and educa>
f d under happy atd - healthful influen
ces like Soott Souihey, and had
grown np to manhood With a halitual
regard for the sacrednefs of bis physical
and mental being, how different might
have betn the life work o( his brain and
his hands.
As one of his biographers says, 'Men
of genius by a law of genius itaolf, are
susceptible of strong and ineradical iot
presfionft, and hAve the habit of repro
ducing them in their work*. Where
impressions have not been fixed in right
principles during childhood the IUUII of
genius, aa a man, does not achieve the
NO. 24.
noble victory ever his mental and moral
inclin»tionj» to evil, he mmt in the end
ultei the pathetic miserere of Byron.
'The thorns which I have rca| Cil are of the tree
I planted—ihey have torn me and I bleed.
I should have known what friril would spring
from guch a seed.
Gleanings.
The skilfnl watchmaker is tbe in«n
for the hour.
Uonld not the doctor's fee be justly
called ill gotten gains?
A man born to command is different
from one made to order.
Q. Cumber is in town on his painful
mission. lie will cholera a person on
the slightest provocation.
The love ot praise influences all raan
kiud and th« greatest mindfc are most
susceptible of it. , 'W 1 *
An up town jeweller bung a watch In
tbe window and labeled it, 'Look at tbit
watch for slo.' and tbe unsophiscated
gentleman from Africa who stared at
tho article then went in and wanted tbe
$lO.
Her mother said the little creature
lived on lovo, but one month after mar
riage, when the grocery bill came In r . he
saw that he had made the greatest ever
sight of his lito by not ascertaiidag what
that particular love was for.
A bachelor upon reading that 'two
lovers wiU set up all night with bat one
chair in the room,' said it could not be
done unless 0110 of them sat on the floor,
tiuch ignorance is paiulul.
An old Yorkshire woman described
her httppy circumstances thus: 'l've a
nice little oitage, a chest ot drawers
nnd a pianny, a loveiy garden and so.se
flowers in my window, and (waxiujr
warm) my husband is dead aud ll e
very sunshine of 'Eav'u seeics to fall ou
me.
The church was warm, tho minister
was dull, ami everbody Jell asleep ex
cept halt wilted Jamie. 'My brethren,*
shouted the indignant pastor, *yon should
take the example of that tool there, lie
keeps awake.' 'Ay, ay, minister," said
Jamie; 'but if I hadn't been a tool, I
Would have been asleep like the libera.'
A gentleman was promenading the
street with a bright little boy at bis
side when the little fellow cried out:
Oh, pa, there goes an editor!' Hush,
hush!* said the talher; 'don't make sport
otitic poor m%n —God onlv knows what
ybu may come to yet,'— Hubbard's Ad*
vertiier.
A Dutchman was relating his marvels
008 escape front drowning when thirteen
of his companions were lost by the up
siting of a bual and lie alone was raved.
'And how did you escape tdeir fate?*
asked one of hi* hearers. *1 tid not c»
in te bole!' was tbe Dutchman's placid
answer.
'There is a sunshine of the mind, a
happy temper of the disposition, which
far outweighs all external advantages;
but the sunshine of the mind the man of
honcr and probity alone experiences.
No bribe can purchase it for tho unjust;
no black devices, no mean acts, can
pluck it from (he npright.'
An exchange tells of a man who bad
sixtvjfivo dollars stolen from him, and
who soon after received twenty fiiye
dollars, with the iollowing note: *1
stoled your money. llemorse naws at
consheus, and I send yon some of it back. J
When remorse uaws agaiu I'll send you
some more.'
'Yes,' he said, as he mixed gin and
sugar, 'life is a conundrum. In youth
we believe in much that is false, and in
)ld ntie we doubt much that is true. As
a golden medium, young man, you may
charge that drink to me. My name is *
August .' He didn't finish ii. The
clerk pensively pitched ah ice>pick at tlie
spot where he had stood, but he had fold*
ed himself like au umbrella aud scooted.
Beneath a shady tree they sat,
Ha held her haod, she bald bis hat,
I held my breath aud lay i i-jht flat;
Tbey kissed, I saw them doit
He beld, thai kissing was no crime,
She held ber head up every time,
I beld my peace and wrote this rhyme.
While they thought no one knew it.
Hope writes tbe poetry oi the boy bu
memory that of the man. Man looks
forward with smiles, bat backward with
sighs. Such is tbe wise providence of
God. The cap of life is sweetest at the
brim, the flavor is impaired as we drink
deeper, and the dregs are made bitter
that we m«y not straggle when it is
! taken from onr lips.
A Western paper tells of a saloon
keeper at Bodie wbo made a kite oat o t
9500 plate uiirrow, using a string o
demijohns and jugs for 'hubs.' The kite
went up with a rush, reflecting the rava
of the son and dazzling the e\es of all
beholder*. 'lts focus extended as far aa
Mammoth, where a hay stack was &et on
fire by concentration of tlie sun's rays.*
It at iho beginning of the year, a belt
was ofle r e>t for the biggest he told dur»
ing 1880, it should he immediately hand
ed over to tbb author of the foregoing
story, and no questioua asked. It is it
Mammoth lie tnat can't Iwexcellud dar>
jug (be next seven mouths.