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C l .. .nmwmiof ! Mw.it-, .ih'iW',Mit'','l'''V'' wnimiiiviww i 1 'vrtn'm.i "jJinii'Hifl enw Pyrr JAS. O. NUTTY tQiXlfcklUJTWW OF CALDWELL, WATAUOA, A8IIE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. TERMS: $1.50 per Annum. 'OK I. VOL. X QfOIB,..i -THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 187(5. iW . h mill f . " NO. 16. . . ..." ' '. . . . v7 a4MAjr r nr ii-in m i m iwl 'hi 'nn r iTlT'C ' -V"lg , KV - J I ...,...-.. M. ... I t I h-i-,.. L 1..-. .Ik. i i ... W t i ' VI - 1 I , ... ' All ' " ' 1 1 . I 1 ' W II V I J I II JtaVJL '"I ,tii'il iiw wndHHnHH - wtiiRitArpn. mftvrno' nnv ' ham yih mvt Wlthia th window Vtotnl wmna a pmt genuuam nomr, Bb ilta ftnd Mwt, $ai Nil ud (Ita, Irtrmifc tMlapt konf I pittit hoar. 1 As woin-lIk u mwble k, As wonukDUke u death might be A marblo doatb aondeatMd to make . A feint at life perpetually. Wondering, jwatoh to pity her ; Wandering, I go my reagaaa waja, Jill .Ml. '"nli.v Until the mourn ful duak begins Todros opon tbe quiet street. Until upon the payement far flUVa fella ieowttd 6t coming feet)- Xh eeaad of bppy haateuing feot, .Bander aa. klasea on the air Qolok aa if tooohed by nnaeen lips, BliUe the Uttlf sutne there ) And woman-like aii young life le, v Atd woman-like ae Joy may be. Tender with color, lithe with lore, Bhe starte, transflgured gloriously. Superb in one transcendent glance . He ayea, I see, are burning black i My little neighbor, smiling, turns 'A&ftrow my unasked pity back. I wonder at it worth the; while . Toaitaod sew from hour to now, To alt and ae'w with eyea of black Behind a pink geranium flower ? Harper' Magatinz. JI m "Well, darling," I said, catching her two hard 4n mfiie, a we met under the trees In ' the loveliest corner of the square, . ( I had rto other words, and she did not need any. "j.ne 01U srory, liiuKiug up ni hip, Just, a glance that showed her pretty eyea naa Deen crvm ryltig. "I I'm here, Shirley Do vou srue&s what those three words meanjt, ,f hat Edna Vederv, before the first afar looked out of the opal 8ky above us wqujd.be my wife. It wasJtCpwldtory, you see a pen niless loTer.'ftWJe-hearted little woman clinging to her faith, and a parental curse Impending over both our heads. I drew her hand tight through my arm,-and I WCwalked away very quietly, for she was tired, and the little hand treltrblM) against my side. She only tohf tad 'that she was not afraid, that ah toyed me, and, she would be glad to resfHHtetf If -wa all over, and we two safe and fariay together. And so we wentrori. anil 'were married. Thmi I took hqnia ray wife. It was a pooVMmeV iihe was not afraid to sweeter At with' herself, and she had said 'that she was glad to come. - She never spoke of her father and mother, and-MVefaeemed to miss them or re gret that' she hod lost them. I never should have known it was a grief to her, bubfarxAie day. She met me when I came hpme at night, with her face all sparkling and her voice unsteady from exoltefnoirt, aud even before she kissed me, .cried tout: ., 'U'we Mao my mother 1" "Your mother t Has she been here?" I asked., : "Yes! Only thlitk how glad I was how surprised' She came and put her arm artnrnd liy neck and kissed me, and-' forgave me," putting her arms arouHnmynreek and beginning to cry In rghKlnei "and forgave you too; and skesattfuh'e eouldn't live and lose her Otrty dmngfcrtw. Oh, 8hirley, it was the oteryllgrtrrore I wanted on earth l I'm so harmr .'c "TTfcMftinrM'rM aa kind & she w as." Mu jv.T . - aaldTtfiy'Vttt wife;"wlth mllf.;'TitMer,,neve i her cheek on are: but she thouirnlr:-:he,WM. sure, she said that he'aTofmfJtMV and 'that she loved me Jttst the AheV)l'(he time, and that It would WW right at last, Shirley. Oh r Vr ,li!yoi,hapJ)y too ? Lofck glad ! teU'.ibA y,Op'fa gMd, dear;, you don't knoWtwitl" I Kajidoirqr sake, God knows: for 9JYqwn I. would never have cared to lopftinlrfiiceji again. BkilA?Mt.W.nged now. Mrs. Vedery's carriage rattled day after day dowjUhejJuiUtricet and stood at Jtfrs. Leoomte'.ioor, and Edna IiCcomnte was, pardoned and. petted as if Edna Vedary ,badnavej. disobeyed. And theMMiw wre,-4ifced to dine "at home," sheand4 anil the old man greeted us both kiitlry'Mid. kissed his daughter with tw Ktafi ta his cold . eyes, and seenseet-tO'ibwry' onr old enmity, as he shodV my handi and after that night it - was aU sunshine between us. But I never ceased to feel an odd chill In myhedrl? like a prophecy or some thlngbltteT?comlng oetween us.. Perhaps-It Was because Instead of growing rlchrt sine I married a wife, I only grew poorer, and the world outside our little rx&m grew1 dark and threatening overheapud,aeraed onlya.cold place for my unbOrjii flhlld to Inherit. , , lie. ,($ame . V .test its tender mercies Just with theeafly winter, and, as he cameUna wa ,verv nigh going out forevvvlrf was a delicate little thing and needed so much petting and nurs ing, and teftdcr, tare ray heart ached as many a poor man's has done before me, when I looked in the white little face which had been so rosy when I first twk'ffrjttt' hflf, home. Aud Instead of fTowlnr'stfoh'gcf,', the only drooped more, like a flowef-ln the first frost; and the child was as pate as she. Theti'Watf Kkeasoil of Jieavy failures and business losses 5 firm after firm sa e wayhd men' went home Idle, anumy turn came with the rest,. And I knelt dowitty toy1 ifop bed, an looked Into her MCimd told hefi and askeq hef to fori lov rite ind.W rniTlhf", wrong 1 had done In ii POrt'f fel"sy'bldly, Shirley" she wanaenng, i go my hmhh 'Nit ' IMtterly, "and' '1 flrtiM sjt nere-wnn my Content, I think the ontaWeHbdagliU'' 'fhandl tied, and you Edna, they were Of free, ana aolltary da?a. - rkht ! I wMt A, rMUkh, ..brute.ip, draw i . 1 DvMuvl ft mUU Vff ,M . Ok KUM711 W k rvOMi. . . I vnil n Uoncv we are, q ti anpy. itUli life yet fof, aft theft Mttle JfrotaMef .Hi pa8 awa In I 'And It can't last Ioq; you'll get sometMnjrtetter ttnm-what besf should to make a chantre.'' "Perhaps lfa alba-chance," I aald lUltterly, ''and'iM Mfc'heVe'.wlth my She clasped her arms around my neck and kissed me-;ifdltbj)oe4 jy mouth, aird we were silent lor a while, ahdTthe room grew ia "ShTrlfeli'l twiiieht, d fcoftir.fal "would ypu t en hail "Whatn Mamma aske ' a w ii me a motun ago you would cave New Orleans and take a position In my uncfe's house th New York. I never told yeu. because she I never; told yeu. because she I me to" fco home theh.'Shirley, wanted me to" go home tmm.'Shirley, and let v pu go, aloe, . m 1(V' ' l' " hdmel" I gathered her closer, ly litierlarine, tW! CnlM, has "Go the baby it conrntoiuapr'' .., , ,j i 'No, she whispered softly. "It never will; I'll go with you there, or anywhere else on earth, Shirley." "Is it too lafe to, bike; the plfer now ?" I united. ntartln(lii. "Whv uo vou ask imiMJMf&WB) Edun?-rlJytte that thmt'AtakliitMdl Ahnsfjod diurwAH and I've done that so lonir. What is ve uone una so '""K- " "ai i aee? ChttdiTU almost lg ffrth' I this place Chad strBuc cried, lighting up all over her wasted little race- 1 , uii!i--' .. I "I don't know about it, only that mamma said there Blight he an opening for you, and it would be much ' better than your old place, and papa would use his Influence lor you. Will-you go, Shirley ?" "Yes, I will," I said, stooping down to kiss her. Something was. dragging me hack all the while holding' ine fast to the bed side, wi' hin touch of her little hot hand, and hearing of'iriy baby's sleepy-seCK; breath hut I diun't peeu it. I was desperate, and her eyes drove me out1 Into the world, to struggle with it, and will for her sake and 1 went. ' So the end of It was that letters went back and forth, and In two weeks from the day that I was discharged from ray clerkship, I was engaged ly the New York house, of ,wlch Mr. Vedery's broti keep It was you know she, lnirst be lh JJe j, Of- le&us, wnue f was in aew iora. A winter at the north, thej. Said, would kill iier, and l must not dream of taking heir .away until she was thor oughly well again. This was the way tt happened. They were so glad to take her back they had "forgiven" her so entirely and wanted her so, and they Were so fdnd of little Shirley, I ought to have been willing and glad to leave then! both tn snch tender care. I was nelthert but Iltnew It was my duty to glve'her"up, arid I did it. I kissed her good-he' at the last, and dragged myself away from her arms tliHt trleu to hold me back even then, and the last glimpse I had of wife or child was a little, slender figure at an open window, half burled In white, soft wrappings, holding up a baby, who laughed and sprang hi her arms, and whose little baud she tried to wave to me Then came the lonely winter at the north the silent starvation of my heart through nights and days, the longing impatience, nope, it omy laateu a uiue while. I knew I should have her In the spring, In a home of our own I had planned already, , It was in March when her letters, a hlch bad oome faithfully all winter on their stated days, failed suddenly. ''A week went by without' a message from New Orleans; and-Whert,1meraMast It was written in another hand It was a long letter, hut I' never read it through. I eray fead tnree lines that told me she was dead, that ray baby was burled In her arms. The yellow fever had broken but In the city, and ray two were atnbng the first to go. Her parents naa len Aew urienns, ana De fore their letter reached me would have sailed for England. So I never Aaw the liUlo, white wrap ped ngure and the laughing baby any more. I never saw either of their parents attain. It iwSihelteri fjoT4) all;Mr. Veltry had' said (hat- tll ' lnterttse 'should cease with Edna's Anil the child's death; and, God knows, I felt so, too. So I lived on In New Yorfc' alone, and rose In the Arm, traveled, and made money.; and wandered from city taojty at last,, successful In everything, that I touched, without a trouble or auxicty lu life only the burden ol my empty heart. I was thirty years old; when my darlings died; I hud plenty more years to live, and death was still a long way off. People called me , a young njau still, after'-mr hair Mas wry gruy. itnU I seemed to have grown oM and tired down to,, my heart's core.. And the years went by wearily ; and I was forty eight, and my hair white. It was at k tailing's housa that I mot Harriet Stahhdpe.'- Mho was a cousin of his wife's and an attractive woman not a girl the sort of womaR whom every one calls Interesting; clever and culti vated to the utmost, sweet natured, and adapted and good, with even more than a woman's share of tact. ' I had not known her very long before I could talk to her of the story that she knew already, and tell her about the- day when I looked Met ana saw the little; figure In the window holding up my child for me to see. '"Well,' yod .have guessed already, I suppose, at the and of this beginning. I never loved Harriet Stanhope never. Mil rkJrtfUe life 14 11 WTi 8ft a w 1 w .. if ter was, head, at salary that would Edna safe ail the winter; Only a desnerale man's' undertaklric. Very reluctantly, and then With A great abtek AttatJhia. WOBjj ieate-ot.mei Ml Mod 4htnH 4f 4M' 'poamBHlty her taklng-.Ho'awr mt id to outward aeefllng Edna's empty laoe. She wa lonelyfOMATwia, with no ' relatyMhahotiivMaaor0wi(i toman, and this liy aMMmttLthA. . Jpigava tftt -Hbai nd my friendship most freely and tin- sUio nyaslf that I wuW unarrt her; l aid nMairgaalvoj ituutTryv I bad known her for. two. rears hnfnre I had before theidea toolr a definite shape. I Was trvflHn'lllihikJWAti 'Hurl aim nl te letfcrwhlii teaolid-meat a large town ,ln Ohio, .decided th . last ,doubt aiid 'theh' walked thenoor all night, and lived my life over In memory, and reaohed'W lttf) the future1 to plan out what It WAul lwuJJwlihtlti' iit h If God- preserved It and then I sat lown dream that night of Edna. She. came t me at dawn and stood by the bedside With-thrciHloV-triygoH; Vho bbre my nhm'arid&8lftOllIEe'ift. And she fold rne that she had never died at all, but hadbceu.waltUig for me ail these years, ahd,(3wdhad., kepi hiir.young, aud the baby was a baby yet only he would .('ill me "father," and the word was ir(nglrrg W'my fcajHfSvhferf I'WOke. jl tflorfght' OT ITerVhile dressing, aud I iwent down stairs at last, the letter in irly hMasttpoeket, sealad aud direoted to Hacrieti, and was dreaming of woman older and fairer than she, when in to -my df'ea.mstole aoice, apt tliesouud of My mi Uiiiiic, , ' "Is- everythiffgieK.'SbrVl,ey dear ?!' ii looked up. There were two people al the. little xaundAable neareec mine- a lady, Quietly dreaeed,a If for travel ing, in black, wltheut a tonch of color, and a tall. strtrht. liiniul-HJinnMprcil strili.ngjjflth a, yoiyig wie, and, eyes iac nqrs., fa knew ,uit;y were mourn r ad son' before he answered he'r. "All rly. Theotrain starte In an hbur. : VouVe gotinotihlug at all to do, Madame Mere, but' to sit and read a iifevel, Or hfflk ffVt. nf thn window till J call you." row f ulone too 4 Her et es raJbro w n . I looked into them, and all my youth time looked hack aga)if( 'and I saw the old bouse, In ttj Old street In New , Or leahkind the" face In the wjndow, and heard the baby-hands ' pitting pn the wlndtf'partes, Oiify. two brown eyes, and a4weet Voice, and a man's .name spoKeii softly to call up all that wltch- eryf , ' ( She arose from the table almost that minute "I.dpn't want the stra wherries, Shir- leyrI'm going up to my room, aud, if you want to read a novel, you must run out and get me one. . 1 ve paoked every thing, and I want some light reading for tneicars." Her dress was sweeping by my chair asi she spoke, and stirred my senses fast ' asleep for so long came a soft violet scent. I was golngmad, T believe. At if no woman but Edna Leoompte had ever uttered that faint, subtle perfume! ' I Started up and strode out of the dining-room, following those two, and Saw the mother go up the stair case a slight, daintily moving little figure, with a towch of, girlish grace in It still walte the sob fussed ontofore me to the otjjce of th hoVa. iiaweat swid leaned over the desk slM swoke to tbe-dlelk.'in his cheery, fresh voice ) hndl stood near him, turning .tMidewme of the' hotel rerl.steriiM - t j'Mrs. Shirley Lecompte." . ''.hiring T ....tn v. v...i I turrredand put my two hands on his Shoulders. 1 could have taken him to mt heArfatd lMdthetlH likeness la his face,' Uit I dW -not say one word Tor a mu)ut4( while he fiaahed his brown ayes., round -on me with a. half angry, little, frpnp.,', ) .. . i Are you Shirley Leoompte's soik? Whexe-r-where Is yoqr father V" 1 "My father, h dead. That was hln name," looklng'Stmlght Into. my face. And theivl dropped my hands. "I was yeund'ather's riend, my hoy. I-I caff see buvtoeritt In you; and your mother. Will you take me to your mother, ShlrlejV' e Well, I hate forgleu him the man who stole the s.wetuess out of life for mei; he Is dead and burled, aiIEdna js alive. Tyenty XWS ?g forged letter told her that she Was a widow, and the old uta ajhl&jvif&l)adxle4r daughter baok.aajn; tWjtuy qars she. kept her lift! aaxreu to' ttiy meiupry, kh'd loved me ib , nor., ouuty.aiHi wateu.o auocner WorWtOsglve. heij. into my artns again. She told it all to .IU91 thai daya long, long story r' but this was tlie sum of ii. I was dead and was alive again was lost and was found. . And my life bad Irs aim' and crown, even so laWf my lovtl blossomed new, and my heart wa,nn.od,iahod with the old, dAd 'Jlr98-o' weM1hawy, Edna and l Out of the baby's grave rose up my strong, manly son tOearry my name In honof 'und-'prUleVt wlll: hav a nobler' meinlng When ' I am gene than It eVer had In ylfytot) ' 1 . Ute whole number of locomotives in (lie world la estimated at fifty thousand of which nearly flftioen thousand are In the-Unlted States, bnoinearly albveci ll VJ, IV. 44 ) I I 1 1 A IIV 5alQ gba bom power Is estimated at ten millions, andean the engines in the United States locomotor e, marine and Utlwary--re topposwl to foot up fourteer) thlllloni hersepiwvjr. , - - 1 in ' Coolnosl and thaehoeof heat and hwsto indicate' fine ttalltles, Kmr$m. womari 'touched at! to Ight be sweetened a little, and so I toaae aeUlsh Proverbs. For the illustration of my sublect I hae gone to that grand old storehouse of'eententlous truisms and common- sensey the Book of Scotch Proverbs. Aud first, let us take those which re fer to that worst of all good things, motley. "Baitli weal ah u woe,'v says the proverb, coiue 'aye wr world's gkV." "Ali'd agalrr, There's a slippery statte afore; the ha' door." And, again, "JljLvjckle corn, muckle care." And, again, "Content Is nae bairn o'wealth ; ue mat Has muoue wouui ave nae male." And, again, "Money mak's ana Woney mars' And, again, "Pov erty Is the mother o' health." "Mony ane s gear Is mony ane's death." And yet again. "A penny In my purse wiu gae me dnnlc when my rrlen's jnenwe nave inose wnicn n ier u fair arid fine things, such as : "Beauty la but skin deep." "Bonnie birds are aye the wurMt Singers." "A fat housekeeper niak s lean execu tors." ' : "Fair folk are aye fusionless." "Fire, and water are gnde servants but bod masters." "Fat hens are ill-layers." "Bees that hae honey 1' their mouths hae stangs I' their tails." "Glib r the tongues aye glalket at thehalrt." "A green, yule mat's a fatkirkyard." "Ripe' frnft Is soonest rotten." "Nearest the king, nearest the waddy." "Muckle pleasure, muckle pain." "A' are good laseea, but whar do the Hi wives couiofrae?" "A dink maiden aft mak's a dirty wife." "Ae braw thing needs twa to et it aff." 'lA new pair o' breeks. will cast down an auld coat." "An llka-day braw mak's a Sabbath day's daw." "Fair words winna mak' the pot boil." "IOve ower het soon cools." "A kiss aud a tlnuiefu' o' cauhl water mak's a gey wcrsh breakfast." "Tlie higher Sic hill.the laignger the gres." Another lot of wise saws deal with thecardlnal virtues: "Penny-wise, pouud-foolish," for ex ample. "Spare at the spigot, and let out at the bung-hole." "He that coouts a' costs will ne'er pit pleugh i' the grun." "He that lives on hope has a slim diet." "He that's first up is nae aye first served." "A Men' to a' is a frien' to nane." "Quick believers need broad sliouth ers." "A haddou tongue mak's a slubbered mou." , "An inch o' gude-luck is worth a fathom o' forecast." "At open doors, dogs gae lien." . "A man o, many trades may beg bread on Sundays." "Them that gae Jumpiu' awa', come linipin' hame." "The willing horse is wrocht death." "Help is gnde at a' tiling except bros cog.-' h aft to the f'l.k as feed. As a source of nutriment, ius a field of profitable industry, extending enor mously the area of food production, ad mitting of vast expansion, which can le worked at every season 0 the year, re quiring no outlay in seed or tillage, and Tto artificial stimulants to reuew their harvest, (for the fisherman reaps where he has not sown and gathers where he has not scattered), the British sea fisheries deserve the consideration of all Who feel hovv largely the comfort and ell-being of a people rest upon that humble but solid basis abundant and Ipw-prlced food. It may be roughly Iqstimateil that London actually consumes 800,000 Tat cattle, wiueh at an average of six hundred weight each would amount to 90,000 tons of liecf. At the present time there are certainly not leso than !HK) trawling vessels eugagod in supplying the London market with fish ; and assuming the annual take of each vessel to Ixi only ninety ton) this would give a total of 80,000 tons of trawled nsh; but tills computation is Irrespective Of the vast quantities of herrings, mack erel, sprats, and fish caught by lines, drift-nets, and seines. An acre of land proerly tilled will produce every vear a ton of corn or three hundred weight of mutton or beef ; but an area of good fishing ground of the same extent at the bottom of Xhe sea will yield to a wr severlng fisherman a considerably greater quantity of nutritious food every day in tiie year. It was computed by the late Mr. Mayhew in his work on the "Iondon poor" that during the months of October. and November, or what is termed the costerinongers' fish season. HK),O0O,0OO of herrings are disposed of in the streets or Iondon alone, provid ing a cheap and wholesome meal for thousands and ten of thousands of the humble class of the metropolis. The prejudice against a fish diet which was long current was based upon tlie as sumption that It yielded but little nutri menb The result, however, of an analysis of various kinds has proved that they contain nearly as much albu minous matter as the flesh of quadru led hence, as flesh-producing food, llsh Is nearly eaual to oeer. The herring contains, moreover a large quantity of oleaginous . matter tn addition to its albuminous principle, by which Its nu trltous properties are considerably In creased. It If evident, therefore, that fish were designed to occupy an Im portant place lb the sustenance of man kind, aud it certainly contributes agree ably ;tq that variety of diet by which the human frame Is maintained in Its degree of vigor and health. Nitrogen Is a Well known and Important vital stimulant, and the proportion ofnitro gen relatively to carbon, estimated in grains, lain flesh meat as IfiO to 2,580, and lu herrings 517 to 1, 435. Fish is a flesh and muscle, not a fat producing aliment, as in obvious from the appear ance of our seafaring population, who re spare, sinewy, and strong, and free irom tnose mountains or ncsh and masses of blubber which characterize the prosperous beef-eating Englishman, and have from time immemorial typified the traditional John BulI.-iwJtiwf. Christmas Festivities. From an article in Apple tons' Ameri can Cyclopedia," revised edition, entitled 'Christmas," we select as follows: The common custom of decking the housee and churches at Christmas With evergreens Is derived from ancient Druid practices. It was an old belief that sylvan spirits might flock to the ever greens, and remain unnipped by frost till a milder season. The holly, Ivy, rosemary, bay, laurel, and mistletoe, furnished the favorite trimmings, which were not removed till Candlemas. In old church calendars Christinas eve Is marked, Templa cmrmntnr (the temples are wlomcd). Holly and ivy still remain in England the most esteemed Christ mas evergreeiiH, though at the two uni versities the windows of the college chapels nrc 'decked with laurel. It was en old English superstition, that oil Christmas eve the oxen were always found on their knees, as in an attitude of devotion, and that after the change from old to new style, they continued to do this only 011 the eve of old Christ mas day. Ibis was derived from prevalent medi.cval notion that an ox j and an ass, which were present at the nativity, fell on their knees in a snp pliant posture, as appears from numer-1 ou8 prints, and from the Latin poem of j Sannazaro. in the sixteenth centurv. It was an ancient tradition, alluded to by Shakespeare, that midnight spirits for sake the earth and go to their oWn con fines at the crowing of the cock. The Christinas celebrations In England have lost their primitive boisterous character, the gambols ami carols are nearly gone by, and family reunions and evergreen trimmings are nearly all that remain of the various rough, merriments which used to mark the festival. The last memorable appointment of a lord of mis rule was in 1027, wIhjii he had come to be denominated "a grand captaiue of inischiefe." A Lesson rr Brakemen. A railroad brakeman, who had been celebrating his grandfather's birthday, was arraigned before a Detroit police court. "You run on the cars, eh?" askod the court. "Yes, sir." "And you belong to that class of men who open the door as the train stops at Pontiac, and yell out Tpontyack !' at the passengers." The man was silent. "It makes my bones boil to think how I've been used on these railroads," con tinued His Honor. "The seats are locked, tlie water cooler empty, the windows won't stay up, and every few minutes you open the door and cry ont 'Jawkuu' for Jackson, or 'Kl-a-zoo' for Kalamazoo. I believe I'll mark you for six months.,' "Please, sir " pro tfsted the prisoner. "I must strike a blow at this great evil somewhere, and I might as well commence on you,." "Please, sir, I was never here before, mid it's my first drunk in tour years." His Honor leaned back and chewed tlie corner of a blotting pad while he re flected. Finally he said; "Well, I'll let you go, though I'll be blamed for it. Now, sir, after tills you want to adopt a different style. When the train ap proaches ! station, you want to go through the car like a cat, smile gently, and say in quiet tones : 'Ladies and gentlemen, this train is now In tlie out skirt of the beautiful city of Ypsilanti, and such of you as desire to ftep off will please make ready; and may health and prosperity ever attend yuu.' What an innovation that would t', sir! How the traveling public would rush for vour road! Will you do this, Mr. Welling ton?" The prisoner promised, anil was allowed to go. The "M haul In l lsh. Those who study tin aquariums, says the perfectibility of Mall thizrtte, should scud tn .lava lor specimens' of the "shooting fish" ( dhflmnn n.ii iatu.i), which a correspondent of the Madras .Sf.imnml describes as now frequently made a sort ot pet of, and found in proper receptacles in rvsectable native houses. A small stick is fastened In the reservoir, projecting some two leot j above the level of the water, and when j the fish is to exhibit a large liy or other insect is lightly fastened on this. The llsh swims round the stick once or twice to examine the object; then, rising to I the surface, remains for a few .seconds ! motionless, and suddenly ejects .1 few j drops of water at its intended prey with I a noise not unlike that of a squirt, j generally bringing the mark down with : the first shot. If this fails, however, he rceats his circuit of observation, puustM again apparently to ineamre his distance, and then discharges at the fly once more. This curious jict is de scrilH'd as seldom reaching ten Inches in length, and hing ot a plain yellow ish color, marked with dark mripes. The DitlrjriaaM'a 'nand . We commend to the particular atten tion of all whom it may concern, the following, from "The Dairyman's Ten Commandment.." The Tenth com mandment is : "Thou shnlt not commit adultery by adulterating thy milk w ith burnt sugar, chalk, soda, or any Ingre dient or compound, whatsoever; nor by giving stuff to thy oow ; nor by means, trick, device or process known or un known to the naturally depraved. The laws of the state, the health of the com munity, and the lives of the people, es iHclaUy of the hosts of little ones, who are likened unto the kingdom of heaven cry out against his unpardonable sin." FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Sentiments of friendship which flow from the heart cannot be frozen in . ad- versify. If your wife is good, kiss her for reward. If she lsnt kiss her for pun- Ishmeiit. 1 A vain man can, never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his- manners after those of others. Gioetht. . t Cowardice-a3ks, Is It safe! Expedi ency aslu, is It politic? yanlty Awa, Is -it popular f but Conscience asks, ls.lt right? PUiuhon. V'.i'l The . study ofy literature nourishes youth, ''entertains old age, adorns pros- pwit, soUcef adwifritjrrt J ta delight- : ful at home and unobtrusive abroad. Lying is trying Vd hVie 'Va a1 fog1;' if you; move aboot., youafe ip -tbinger of bumping your head against the truth ; as soon as the fog' blows , up yaw are gone anyhow. , ( florrte persons are'capaWe Of making ! great sacrifices, but few are capable Of concealing how much the effort has cost them, and it -is 4trts concealment that constitutes their value. ; , . ' : A good test for gold or sliver is a piece of lunnf caustic, fixed; With. pointed stick of wood. Slightly wet the metal' to 1e tested; and rub It gently with tjie caustic. If gold orgllver. tlie mark will he faint; but If ah Inferior metal, it will be quite black. Miracles cannot ,be. got out of the Bible, either by natural explanation or bv fiiriirativa intarnretaiion.. . Siw la ii of any use to abate something here or there, to set aside! this or that ' miracle ' entirely, or to conceive Its miraculous quality to be less mfracuJouBi for khts least miracle is as incomprehensible as the irretet.. A lady In rarls Is introducing a new : fashion In regand to furniture. She is having all her chairs, sofas, and even her carriage. Stuffed with aromatic herbs, whioh fill the air with an agree able, but not too powerful perfume. The fashion is derived from the East ern nations, and prevails' extensively over a considerable part of Asia. A very ingenious method of making inlaid or mosaic work lit the wood has lately been introduced. . Two contrast ing kinds of veneer say bfrd'8-eye maple aud black walnut-are laid One on the other and confined between the covers of whltewood or something sim ilar. The desired design is then cut through the whole by a fine jig saw, hardly larger thaii a horse-hair. The part, that is cut out of the light-colored veneer is that set Into the place of the corre pondog part in the lark veneer, and vice versa, atid glued firmly upon tlie article to Be ornameuteety in the usual manner of veneering. , Traveling in the Interior ef Brazil a gentleman put up for a night at a farm house furnished in the primitive style of the country ; but on the table in com pany with a long-tallow candle, were placed a handsome pair of plated sn of fers and its stand, which the owners had received as a present from Rio Janeiro. "What conveniences you In vent in Europe 1" said the Brasillan to his guest. "Before I received this present, I used, on taking off the candle sn uff, to throw It about the floor per chance on the bench where I; wis alt ting, or over my clothes ; but now mark the difference." So saying, he pinched off the long suuff between, his thumb and finger, put It carefully into the snuffers, aud held them up with a look of triumph at ids highly amused spec tator. - The banishment of lepers is rigor rously carried out in the Sandwich Islands. There was af . recent official search for .persons affected with the in curable malady, many having been se creted by their relatives. Hundreds . were found and put into a vessel for transportation to the leper village, to be kept there until .they die. Their families gathered on the peach and ex pressed their grief in loud fomentations. A talented half-breed, called Bill Rags dale, has long held a high place tn the regard of Sandwhicb Islanders. He is an orator of great natural power, a leader In the district of Hillo and aman of notoriously bad morals. He discov ered that he was leprous, although the indications were so slight thyt.he had escaped official notice1, and at once gave himself up to the authorities. A pro cession of natives, singing and carry ing flowers, escorted hint to the vessel which was to take him and the others to their living graves. He' made a scech to the assembly, urging sub mission to the measures for eradicating leprosy by banishment, and expressing his hatred of mtssidnarles. "One who gathers samphire dread ful trade." Few know to what Shakv, pear refers. We find that this peril ous trade is still "extensively practiced in the Isle of Wight; tt Is a small suc culent plant, found in abundance in the hollow of the cliffs, and is much used throughout England at. a pickle. The chief Inducement Its collectors have to follow the risky calling Is. we are told, the hope of at the same time securing the eggs and feathers of the various lea birds which build their nests eq the' ledges and in the crevices of the cliffs, from the sale of which a good profit is derived, 14 order to get at either sam phire or eggs, the men fasten a rope to an iron bar, which they have driven firmly into the ground, and then plac ing themselves on a rude seat formed of two pieces of wood placed one . across the other, they lower themselves ty means of a second rope down the 'face of the cliff. The practice seems to," be extremely dangerous, and many . per sons have lost their lives while engaged In It. Myriads of elder ducks, gulls cormorants, daws. rasoT-bllls, puuins, guillemots, etc., haUuT-the cllis, and when a gun or pistol Is .fired they,u suddenly from a thousand cavities,' un til the very air is darkened, with. Uiehl.
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