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. - "" "" .' v ' "" '- r"" v ' f , v!1 " 1 .- 1 1 ' i-c - ' . - - .- - . i . . - :,--mi:h:: . ''. .. " . - -"-i. . ! ! . v- . . '.;'"ti:v;-'. IV.-NO. 13. WHOLE NXJMBI369; . . . i . - : : . ' 1 . ' . i . "I WILL BE TRUE." The fresh green foliage trembled o'er A picture purely sweet, . A blue-eyed maiden in the fore. Her lover at her feet. The brooklet glimmered jus below, And lintened to their love ; And summer spread o'er all a glow ' Reflect in g heaven above. The maiden whispered 1 will be true, Her eyes veiled by her hair, He answered,, the heaven to blue The lover eailed across the sea, Hew sad it waato part, ' " Bhe whispered "He'll betrne to me," But only to her heart. ' For boon ebe'd gaae out o'er the main, And through her veins there thrilled A wealth of love akin to pain. Her heart with hope waa filled. The maiden whispered, Til be true,'' And smoothed her golden hair, ' 'By endless sea, the heavens so blue, - I will be true I sifear." The red sun setting o'er the enow, A ead life picture sees. The maiden weary is to go, And tears are in the breeze. "Oh 1 mother, when he comes, please say 1 hat I forgive him all, And once more, darling, listen, prey, I hear our father's call, ' 8h flying murmured, 'I've been true- And will be happy there ; Oh! mother, all is heavenly blae, . 'And I am free from care." Li-1 ' -i- J THE TWO MOTTOES. BT MARY ChCIL. Then out spake brave Horatius, the captain i t the cute, ' To every man upon this earth death cometh soonorlat; And how can mat) die better than facing fear ful odds. For the ashes of bis fathers and the temples or ms gous .So spake the chosen orator at this first commencement of the new High School. But the young orator was over powered by his desire to win laurels as a member of the first graduating class. , Parents and grandparents who were Interested, in the exercises, grew rest- less and excited, and one old ladv seated on the bench which skirted the gallery walls, rapped her fan vigorously on the he added,." for in my opinion air rell shoulders of "a yo ng man standing be- 8lons are about tne same. 1 simply be fore her in the aisle, commandinir him to stand back, he .was so tall she could not seel Franklin Stark, for that was the young man's name, complied po litely, uufTTis hardened face wore an expression of more concern than amuse . , ment,as Jipolog'd to Matilda War J n'er immediately behind him. for shut- " tin off her view of the staire Tr. natned " hinitobe guiltv of the smallest rude- ness to a lady such as Matilda seemed to be. It is Impossible," he said, " for me to see much and conform to the old la- dyf8 direction, but I have no right to make my neighbors suffer for that, Matilda could see better from where he stood than from her present place. Woulan't she change places?" But Matilda Is even more a stranger to us than to Franklin Stark; and while the orator is glancing at his notes of Lord Macauley, rather to recover from his embarrassment than to refresh his memory, we note her appearance. Notwithstanding the thougntfulness of her face and the quietness of her man ner, it was that of a delicate girl of eighteen. She wore a neat calico' suit, a collar .tied with drab ribbon and al traw hat trimmed with drab; the cos tume relieved by a cluster ot pink gera niums, worn at her belt. But it has ta ken longer to write this than for the orator to resume, his .really eloquent rendition of th: lay, than for Matilda -1 .2riy id.-: ut MaMUftt. in ran jtn an trip wmsrr iit". . .. . j(rftHMtt.'ry iiaraioi UM?m w iduqco the children to remember their instruo- "How do you know?" he queried, have you ever taught?" , " Nof - returned Matilda, " I haven't been to the public schools in five years, ' and I haven't been anywhere since !" " Well,1' responded her companion with conscious importance, "I haven't been to the public schools for a longer period. I attend the Seminary. Why don't y oil go somewhere?" he added, noting that Matilda sighed. " My father keeps a root, herb and flower store,' answered Matilda. "I attend th flower .and care for father." TTrdryitt noW about the trouble of teachers?"! . rf'i 1 tftiftSmft M themUclMl f iH Mard or 0 to become one with what you are doing how," in-I -texpqsed anjyuij son lse worx. t - , My father "tells me to go to coilege; but : as I thinft the -course difScult, I have given the idea up. The same for study- - lng medicine. I'll consult ease in re gard to what I become. If I do ndt of lend my father, he will make me a rich merchant like himself. It is as well to . take the goods the gods provide aud be thankful." To me," Matilda replied, " nothing is sweeter than that which I earn by hard labor. I do not think ycu will alwav be satisfied.with doing and be- jfnVthaf vrhlcW isisimnlT the easiest. ifaW$!3wfitdbi8 oWeet and r4CattWtiRftiesvWorUei a aLw1thwini QgtittterBi w hth h eerantums wei&tAb&id tnatMt fitii&i$ktwatfmtiiigtW ier yaf,; . --4 thei'arJ0l3ftJr41iaB8wexdin.:the - ' 8fflrmativer asked where they lived, as he wished to purchase rootlets for him- r self. -After the first interview, and not- ' ' withatanrlln? Matilda was some year ounger than hlmselfy Franklin often found his way to the little shop, and upon Saturdays and Sundays cdnttnued to spend a portion of the time which ' . - would otherwise have lain heavy on his handg, for Franklin's nationality was Jewish; yet beyond the observa tion of a few binding customs, his reli gious views were unfixed. Years passed thus; Franklin never entered college, but instead was taken into business with his father. Meanwhile Matilda WM plodding diligently'' for higher im- her reach, she attended and passed tH preliminary examinations for appli cants and ' entereS tfpoa the tedious round whiclt-we believe usually prftp cedes admissions to the teacher's "rank In New York and other large cities. A full year passec" without the least prospect of success, but Matilda was courageous and decided to wait. At the end of that time Mr. Nathan Stark, Franklin's father, was appointed to the office of school commissioner, and the soft had little difficulty in per3uading his father to give the quiet, pleasing Matilda the first position at his disposal. Now Franklin's visits at the herb deal er's became longer, and often on Sun days he accompanied Matilda and he father to their retired place of worship. The truths, too, which fell from the minister's lips made an Impression. Franklin eventually asked his father's consent to a union with the young tea cher; and to this his falher, as much t torn' partiality WIitlldk, aS.f Ma iis- like to a family disruption, reluctantly consented. But now that Franklin de sired to kneel beside the same altar, at which he was to be united to his bride, to accept a newer creed, Mr. Staftk re gretted his pliancy. If 3fou had left the ancient faith after your marriage, the discredit would rest on yonrself. 1 can allow no one living under my roof," said this intel ligent Hebrew, " to be guilty of such opposition to my wishes." At the same time he threatened to disinherit his son, unless the union was solemn- ized according to the forms accepted by adherents to Judaism. "It is noto mucb that you seek for a new creed," Heve in each adhering to his own. Ours 18 nt really a religion, 'tis a denomi nation. Like all citizens, I am proud being an American, and I, for one, am proud of belonging to the Jewish de nomination. It Is just this that I object to in my son. Yo attempt by this pro- Ped change to lose your nationality. Yet in the outside woild you will Still be looked upon as a Jew. After you have proselyted to Christianity, you will be looked upon with suspicion; it you do not adhere to our rights you will be discarded by your brethren. Think twice before you make yourself, by your precipitation, a social unit a no- body." But Franklin had thought, and with Matilda's concurrence decided what courge to pursue. At the little church tney so often attended, the young Jew j hknelt once to receive baptism, and onc more with the hand of Matilda Warner elasped in his own. " It isliard," he said, as they passed away as man and wife, as the displeas ure of his family and the prcbable rum of his financial hopes rose before him. "it is hard Matilda for me to bear I But I take pleasure in reviewing never theless! Do you not remember that commencement afternoon when you told me we should only be satisfied with doing what is best not what isasiest.?" " 1 remember," smiled .Matilda, as th riftiir of her odd little self rose be- fore her "but hW on suppose,': irtfioeip much to prove yoarlbenef 1b the rjrinblDle. Buf tTmeNrillI show .l.th. M thA Inner run von are 1 . . . , loser ': loser,- f -3Tl ' And time, did show. Contrary toH their anticipations, Mr. Stark relented, and Franklin through a happy and prosperous llfe had every reason to thank " the Drude." as he often called Matilda, for that quiet talk at the com mencement, and for his happy aspira tion for all that was virtuous and noble. Second Century. An Intelligent Hone. One dav mv brother was out driving in the country, when a stranger stop- . v 1 o-t "iiaiioi lac useji aoiiu.0o., - rOueia not i4TidHOrt'wotJ)er bought her at4ivry ktabl? add they oV ' YmnJ I iviw iiiv.Biic vaiuu x vua vwiiyi Rimi -what do yon call her?" the man asked. My brother answered that she was sold to him under the name of "Pink." Said the Stranger : "Hoi That isn't her name." Then suddenly he cried out sharply, "Xelly !'' Quick as a flash the mare pricked up her ears and looked around. Stepping in front of her, the man said : "Nelly, shake hands." Up came the mare's right Tioof for him to take. "Now give us the other hand, Xelly," and she raised the left forefoot. Then said the smiling man: "There! d'ye suppose that wan't my '4' Tftiuatit rtPi&Mfars of be I total, $1,200 all ot this expense was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters token by my wife. " She has done her own housework for a year since, with- out the loss of a day, and I want every 1 body tp know it, for their benefit." A Coater City Cocktail. A returned miner from the Black Sills arrived in Chicago, recently and went to a saloon and asked for some of the best whisky in the house, and when it was served to him spat it out with uuutterable loathing' and said, "I cait ed for whisky young man, mebbe you didn't hear raef" The bark?eoer said that he had heard him and he had given him whiskv. The gentleman from fX-1 th-best whiskv Infftikfcouse, younkTthnriaijfelnfy man ; mebbe you didn't catch the fuUr"" 'hi" significance 4t'ihf Hn3K&' many another barkeeper under circumstances would have resented thie insinuation as to his liquor by pouring it into the sink, and saying, "You don't know good whisky when you see t," or words to that effect, or have offered the man $500 if he could find as good whisky as that anywhere on the footstool, or in any manner not herein specified have had the man from the Biack Hills to draw his revQlve- or hurl a chair through the mirror. fBut this barkeeper was a man of quite an other 9ort, so he said, kindly : "I beg your pardon, Captain ; so many people come around that don'fc know what whisky is,.Mf&tlW witji half ap eye that you knew the differ ence." So he urbanely but hurriedly mixed in a, bottle some alcohol, kept for cleaning the mirror and-spirits of turpentine and Jamaica ginger, ajid Perry Davis' painkiller, and when the stranger said ''Yes" in ieply to his question whether he liked some bitters In it, shook half a gill of pepper sauce into a tumbler and pushed the bottle toward him. The stranger filled a heaping tumbler and passed it off, and when he had recovered his breath said to the barkeeper, "Young man, that's the whisky. I haven't tasted nothing like that since I left Custer City two weeks ago. That's real genuine liquor kinder a cros3 between a 'Circular saw and a wildcat. That takes hold quick and holds on long. Just you go to DeadVood and open a saloon with that whisky, and you . iuigl charge an ounce a glass for !t- and people wouldn't kick. Soloug itake this In remembrance of me," aud pressing an $800 nugget upon the barkeeper, he was gone. The Thin Man from Dayton. One morning recently, soon after the Eating stand on the" Central Market, Chica go, had been thrown open to the maw of the hungry public, and while Mrs. Ma gruder was telling a small boy that she ould hod up her ftnd gwar that ghe never used beans in her coffee, a stranger came along and asked if he could get a bite to eat. Mrs. Magruder has been on the market for many years, and she thinks she knows a thing or two. She has flattered herself that she could tell to a bite just how much a customer could eat, and she has iot years had an undisguised, contempt ior rmn Doqiet spare Jiauea'"ncii, wuo iry to chew their cofxeeand mince their toast. -ifffaia. atrangecwa UUls-,ietU- than six -foot iiajiowt tlfil fdregrtuhdfcons'isted r ? . i-?7iii' stJr.Kte oi a smn, conar anu a mourn aa uig aa a mince pie, and-lfce perspective revealed nothing except two hollow eyes set below a thin line of sandy eyebrows, lie re marked that he had just arrived from Day ton, and was somewhat hungry, but want ed first to inquire how much his breakfast would cost him, as he was rather short of funds. "Oh ! I suppose you may be able to wor ry down six or seven cents' worth of provi sions and a cup of coffee, she replied. "Suppose yon say twenty -five cents for all I want to eatr he said, asthe corners of his eves began to twitch. Mrs. Magruder looked him over and mentally calculated that she would make Ink thtrlwn rpnts h the 'birffain. and she ' ifnuswnave ay whw au rwf. iyoaiqcw' v"Mta ' HOhrPtirinlw hfre.it k - .WceBB - re.iiH.ffliw,ii", I ima W;, jquarterL I 1 She said that was the understanding, ar w'mked at" the woman in ;the" nelt stall. j The thin tnajf from Dayton doubled np on a stool, opened his mouth, and a frjed sau- sage went out of sight so qmcxiy tiiai uie last enu soemeu tu Hiuj.e. . mcu um. followed, than a second sausage, and after a gulp or two the man handed out his cup with the words: "That tastes like real coffee gimme some more." While she was rilling the cup he got away with two hot biscuits and a slice of beefj and the coffee came jusf in time to wash down a hunt of mince pie. He could use both arms and his mouth $t once, and he attended strictly to buMrjess. When Smile UBU uirnc Tnuioimtjv M!M olraQSryfarld HHWeaf Jftfo tinna iJHA mBAjariBWoTSaKejBer'KS'eiiciu exceot bv. a mournful shake, of the head. rrash! rrash! went "his iaws, and the reached orit from the shoulder likeiJflock- work. Mrs. Magmder called hi attention to a dog fight across the way, but h ate faster than ever. The bell struck 9 and she remarked that a big conflagration was rag ing at the Union depot, but the man did not raise his eyes. When Mr. Margurder discovered that she was at last six shillings behind she said that she was a "poor widow with five children to support." "How I do pit v you!" replied the man as he passed his cup with one hand and raked in a biscuit with the other. Then Mr. Magruder told a story about a man dropping dead on the market the day before on account of overeating, but tne .ff got Sway with wo fried cakes and. re- r . ... ...... At f leactti -Mr4 Jfircurd4wMlBd ' ! llllIlM T T l n I I f i know How molf 1nea- he vmJd viand it, and the thin tria flrjfca DaytoSgavefcer a aprWachful glance and ! . "Have 1 ttrus eariy raHen ra MWBia- j len and falaifiersr" - 1 She let him go on for three or four min 1 utes more, and then she hinted that a de- tective was prowling around there evi- dently "spotting" some one. ' "If he'll only give me twenty-five min utes to finish my breakfast, he can take me and be hanged!" answered the man, and his arms worked faster than ever. . Mrs. Magruder was cornered. 8he laid bis money and asked him for the sake Of .i ner poor orphans to move on and leave her at least one fried cake as a business foun dation. He paused with his cup held out for the seventh time, and perhaps some thing in her tearful look reminded him of his poor dead mother, for he said: v "Well. T am nnlv tinman wnA Tn!i That. , J - -j 7 - ".,,,,! that my heart is tender. I don't like to WMake Xb mf ilBveJa fa wfe out of sieht Mrs. Mesrader turri6dv tft the desolaTeinslin6Tgfoane3 out : t 1 11 take my solemn oath if $4 would make me good for this, and I must tell my husband that I fitted out "a schooner on trust!" Atmospheric Pressure. One of the most remarkable Inven tions of the times is now beinj per- tected and experimented upon ty Al fred Wilkin. For several months Mr. Wilkin has been trying to study out some more speedy and economical method of elevating grain in bujkthan any now in use. The results as already shown by his yet Imperfect model, are 8stonishingtri mmi-P miXr most evoturtaa in thfr: -praia -tarnv ftrti4hrtiia principal triade' us!" is ttiis ctrnouSj little machine Is; simply that of atiHOsptierlo preslure .or' the exhaust process which has lately been applied with such wonderful success in the great Westinghouse atmospher ic brakes. . The model which Mr. Wil kin h.s used so far is a small air pump rather rudely constructed, yet answer ing for all practical purposes at pres ent. Connected with the numn is a one inch tin pipe, syphon shaped and at the elbow or top (some three feet above the pump) is a cylinder some what larger than the pipe and connect ing both parts of it. I nsiJe ol this is a smaller perforated cylinder, while at the lower end of it is a valve through whicTrthe girr drops ouf. Thj-tttrW arm of ;ttte syj&pa "eja'jaofvp into the graiuf pUeWJieii i thzaaehirije was first ready to be started some wheat was pniis a common erfveloue box to represent 'the caf-'br vefselj "and the grain was sucked up at' a rate that was perfectly astonishing. As some one remarked, "At this rate the com plete machine wouldfcdrw the insides out of a vessel in less than no time." This was making an elevation of about tiye feet, and some who viewed the re markable eflccts of the crude air pump reasoned that it would be possible to raise grain only about thirty-two feet or as high as tlie air would sustain a column of water. But without argu ing the case, Mr. Wilkin quietly had a lot . of sectional pipe made and planting his machine in the third story of the custom house, forty feet from -the ground had the satisfaction of seeing it take up the wheat and corn ut of th,e box placed On the 'ground as eaBlly as the whirlwind would tako up the; dust r ,ull Up ant ,,V,rTTnkin ,,at . mnk similar Hath CTSTI 'A,P7j'KS X from the dust from the road. ThenextT0 map Cat we'P- T(ra w,he step was to pUee the air pump in the fourth story, over fifty feet from the ground, where the result was similar. The only drawbacks were the mechan ical defects in his appliances. This settles the question about raising grain' to great heights by atmospheric pres sure. The reciprocating pump will be supplanted in practice by powerful blowers, which, with their continuous action, will exhaust the air so rapidly the manufacturers think, that an eight inch pipe will give all the pressure ask ed toystDe inventor. Poor Ctuuiotta's New Homo. f rS-frv j . ii'-mm .H lift oonie inaii.iwwqoiwyuui are aixFihehftteauBoft oute, newGruabeigheM hjtelf;.puihasP Some intfcregtj a Aistpacal Haptiops from Count de jjeaufort by tieiiingof Jhatfor wings, tood oil" his" veneration Belgians as a residence of the unhappy Empress Charlotte. Boukoute, as it should lie pronounced, dates from the twelfth cen tury. At that time it was a castle, strong ly fortified by the Dukes de Brabant to de fend themselves against the Counts of Grimberghe. About 1336, Count Louis de Male, who had difficulties, not only with the English, but with the French, took re fuge there. Kecently the remnants ol ar rows and lances have been found on the estate, and they probably date from that period. Later, the castle was occupied by Everard de la Mark, brother of the WTild Boar of Ardennes, irom wnose " fled with (hai.u HTsal passed to-tae fipuly of Aremberg.- In lo90 mnWOvei&u was the HautevataJ)ugbXit,an44hftBeati-r .V? iurts. who . hirve just sold it to King LecCl8811- ABd wnen I y Boar of Ardennes, from whose hands it Dold, have jpniy ownea n sinee leiiu. trt - - ' . : ' I was fnrmeriv k verv strong rorrress. sortmust ue sweuao nn somenow. nvsaiu rounded "tTV BVW W0aTiSwhich protected kch Other, andj?$re. joigwea by a-urulgept extraordinary, length, InJ66i the -.castle was still a Urge square Oanlted by live towers ; but the latter, with . the moats, have now disappeared. The most ancient part of the structure is the donjon, which dates from the twelfth century. It is three stories in height, each being occupied by only one apartment. The adjacent wing was constructed to harmonize with the rest of the building. The interior is a veritable museum, which will remain in its present state. In -the dining-room the chimney- piece, which ia very large, is surmounted by statues of Godfrey of Bouillon, Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, and Godfrey the Bearded, who is supposed to ha founded the manor. Near, the prin- dpA drwpg loom is a smau cnapei oetu- - . ii , , . .. .j to St. ueorge,in.: wgiffY:tCyir IVtlUW windows represent epresent me vu. oi ouruufxowr tTjl. Vk tftit - MOiM: tte mper'a Philip ILAAert fctainsoTCr30 bueforwaraspi, ndfhfl1 Vi .i rT wro-Twv.tiwiriUii'v from England. iHaarartag Daylight. It is greatly to be desired that a good and simple method may be found of recording and measuring with some accuracy the var iations of daylight throughout the day! 1 This would render the weather record more complete and it has an important special bearing on plant physiology.- An attempt of the kind has lately been made by a Ger man, Herr Ereusler, who has had made for him, by Liebertz, in Bonn, an apparatus with the following arrangement: It con sists of a drum fixed witfi jts axis in the plane of the meridiaiian adjuatabiaio aafmjr face. I stood it patiently untlf&ei ,w oe a ngoi ugies vo jne sun s r&ya. injj 111 Uill . II11N il 1JI illinu'r III VIllHl I TllJajv IW0T1J a tvtZttZPlZJizZLZ iZIZiAi I which correspond to those ou the ; kun""14 1 placed round this.. A, seoopd.drum cloeely surrounds the first, and is turnei'by clock- wum lnjui w men u can oe ueiacnea; once in twenty-four hours, in the direction of the sun's apparent course. The second drum has a slit for admitting light to the paper : its width is such that any point on the pa per is exposed twenty seconds as the slit passes over. The whole apparatus is placed in the open air under an open glass bell jar. Its arrangement gives little trouble; the paper strip has merely to be placed in its nght position at Bight or under artificial shade (to avoid coloration), and the outer drum slid over and so attached to the rota- tine mis that thA ."mBiiltatinnt filit'' is on. posite the hour then resa4The .sty begins to juave. round thaini driim corre - lodiqgly jo. tija' WwtfbM pressed slip, when removed in the evemngj my rJe'fi$ed'by shortly dipping iowate ajiddrying.f between, blowing paper, or it may nptbeingg qmckly.read it ShOWS a mostly contouous succession of panda of vanous shades of black, or rather brown. For compansor Herr Kreusler made a scale x g'" "j8 o.y. , of the paper a given time under different angles of incidence of light. Bands of the experimental strip that appear homogeneous are now measured with reference to breadth (minutes and seconds) and. intensity, (by comparison with the scale), and the sum of the products of these quantities is taken as a measure of the action of light rays falling on the instrument in a given time. The ivsult8 are considered highly satisfactory. ' Simpson's Unfortmnate Experience. When I met Simpson one day after I askfed him the reason for assuming' a wig, tfutfrhe said, "Kever you raindl" and fiBueaj-erf to want to avoid the sub ject, i When I reached my office I asked him in, and I pressed him to tell me what was the matter. Finally he con sented, aud locking the door and pull ing down jiie window blind, he said ''You know old Partridge, the Phre nologist?" '"-L "Yes." "You know he has an awful pretty daughter, Sally." "Yes." "Well, sir, I was in iove with that girl, and I thought she loved me. And so, one day, I calledt at .Partridge's" I place to kind of sound ijim, to ee if 1 L8t?0 "y'fS?-. Jj j.t Ana the old .man Httlf reserved, but ly man wlio wanted to you know, lie was he told me that 'any get a favor from him could do pef mitflnghim to sbavd'offhis' nair wanted a living subject to lecture from instead of a plaster bust." "Well, you see I was wild about his daughter, so like an immortal idiot I let him practice on me. He took off every hair clean, and then got a stick of caustic and laid out my scalp in town lota, with a picture in each reserva tion. Just look at that! Isn't it infa mous Simpson removed hi wig. His head looked like a gobular checker bpard with frescos of the most amazing and hide-l . , ' Z-'-.t " i lor which reason Urandpa iJrown,4ul not had been- absent from the city several seeit'to dispose of her,.and so she rma- nJctbs l Hoticed tfjtft lie "had a depress- ed in hisjwssession for many years. , etf4eo'aad that'lte orea wtg.' I ' One Sabbath, afternoon Uncle Jarnes iwent ous character aauted rnfo each' aVe.'i' .iLhotfieL whack from the stumpy, tail o( lucic vv as a uiixic ugut 111 uiukicw) ufiorfhllbWmf conbMBnesil fwT3? W yJJmt -tra . jars. ri wac.j fM. u-u.j- - . k . , -i . weYbrrittg npbuhisbump 6ftmaHT- 'ftwft rlihjP ng el,-w!fh AHW bump; and on his bump of philo progenitiveness there was what ap peared to be a comic picture of "ten little Indians standing in a line." It was the most startling spectacle I ever beheld, and 1 said to Simpson "Old fellow, I pity you !" ' "Pity me 1 Humph! Why, blame it, man, dp you know that those fres coes will never come off? Carry 'em to my grave, just as they are. And the n, you know,Partridge, wasn't satis - fled with that; He said tflat my I with that: H6 saTd that mf DfiMpl a gf ear 3ekT4oo aslre Him ' wnt f " K""'B t" ov. - i w a . . - w-w -- r m Uf Me ever aJ a eonn-law It must be a man wliiM! afouirtitiveness was strong. So that, fetched me, ,an I told Jum to go ahead. He first nrODOSed sawing out a square inch of my skull and set ting in a bump that would about meet his views; but I was a little shy, you know, and so he said he could either enp me like the man in Marryatt's nov el, or else work me up some sort of a bump by hydraulic pressureor suction, or something." "D.d he do it?" "Well, all I know is that I was kept in that office for four nights and three days with aucMLjon myheacL iPt there to.Uold.tiejweryownj. t jinwti Lucie i - v . ijr'1 - a .a ri MijBoafptikt le-criaTming, opicuuiu . with ckrfcatare in cut I ttc of a miser jrrasping a bag of gold IT! kill that old Idiot yettf I get a chance !" "Yn recovered, though?" "Yes; aud the, next day Partridge said he must have a cast of that noble bump at all hazxards. Said he wanted it to Illustrate hia annual address be fore the Philosophical Society. So, like the incredible ass that I am, I yielded. He put me down on the sofa. plugged my nose with quills, and then L daubed some kind of white mud oven khitr hnfnMiB'iAt-fl. ,- matSw wok we moia trr. " .oom art Tiouriat- -k - -.v A , . s l nIonf Se4s Wou'ti IXbli 'oin" with busts of varderera, pirates, pick-j 4ockeU and paupers.'! , , . , t ? "You got his daughter, though?" "That's what I was coming to. .Af ter he had finished the bust, 1 thought I'd done about enough, and so I asked him plumply if I could1 have her. And do you know what that beastly buca neer said ? Actually rose up and said that Sally was engaged to Jim Dun can, and that the announcement would be made on Tuesday ! Laid me right out! That girl had gone back oamei fsrlr and square! ArrrTso here Itrl. I tbbftglfa.wfg and Vent ff to 'hUeSSj 1 fritrT" i- ' St d -K r m-H 1 .1 Tnen'i SinDSM al. eood nratnti ajid left. Jt struck me that his case, was rther hard, takiog,it altogether. : m ' ' fSr ' Grandpa Brown's Brown Cow. To begin with,' or, more literally, to ead shehadashort, stumpytail, with which ghe had a habit of making herself very dis- agreeable in fly time. Her age was con- siderably past that which is allotted to ani mals of her kind, one of her horns was straight, and the other crumpled, like that of the animal described in "The house that Jack built. w J She was an exceedingly nervous creature. She would not submit to provocation with out proper resentment. In other words, whoever attempted to milk her had to be very gentle about it or he would find her heels flying in a very uncomfortably man ner auoui .nis neao. , , , ; , .She gave an abundance of very nchuulk, out to do the milking. , The flies were , very thick in the barnyard, and, upon attempt ing to milk the brown cow, he found her very nervous and uneasy. He had just succeeded in getting comfortably seated upon the milking stool, when "Old Brownie," as we were accustomed to call her, struck him k sharp blow in, the. . .eye with her stumpy tail. After rubbing his eyes a moment, Uncle James commenced milking, but soon re ceived another rap that fairly made his head ring. "So!" he yelled impatiently. The old cow bounded away to the other side of the yard. Uncle John stood by, ah interested jjpec- laiur ui me scene. t ,k -Don't be rough with her, "Jim," hisaii T "Rough ! ; exclaimed Uncle James, wjtji an exhibition of much feeling, "let her lilt ytru the head with that bid iatt'.of heA ana gee howyou'd feel. " j ' 'GiVe me the pail," aii Uncle" John, i go by I with an au of one who knows what he is air'aaa1krat;"ni milk hef." I never have any trouble." He took the pail frm Uncle James' hand and approached "Old Brownie," who pricked up her ears and regarded him ap provingly. Uncle John seated himself upon the stool, pushed up his coat sleeves, and commenced milking. "There, he said, "1 have no trouble. It's the easiest thing in the wor Confound your old brown hide !" The latter portion of his speech was di rected to the old cow, who struck him sav- JgV lu luc muui" 1 "'J MrVncle Jftme8 Whed. w I J 1 fncla John tiroceeded with, life Jnflkfiix. i vim urfiuv., ., . ; m -ui i The next moment Uio muxpaii waj oyer- turned, and Jncie jonu iouna niauwi gprjw upon the rgrpund, while ''Old Erowne'Istood regarding him from an op- posite cornel' of the yard wijlh an expression of pleased wonder. '- "Boys," shouted Grandpa Brown, who had been looking from the other ride of the barnyard gate, "why can't you never larn to be gentle. " He opened the gate and came into the yard. "Fetch the stool iand pail here," he said patiently; "I never have any trouble with her. So I Grandpa Brown put himself resolutely to work ; "the milk began to flow and stream into the huge tin paii , l. 'Whisk, "went thfi.f umjy.4suM Grandpa Brown's Sunday at went j Lcros8 the yard. .'&jboBr-o-aO)-o, "hesakLaticntlyi , He, received, another severe t Mqw upto , "Sm, so, he Baidsoothrngiy.' '"Boyaf you see it's just a I told you. There'f ao 1 trouble at ail about milking this cow. yori only So, so, so," he received another e top oi in. oaiu neao, irom her remarkable taiL Yea," continued he, "after this, do just as I do so!" he suddenly shouted as that abbreviated tail knocked his false teeth half way across the barnyard. A pair of heels were unexpectedly pre sented against him ; and he found himself sprawling upon the ground with the milk from the pail streaming over his person. When he arose he was a pitiful object to be hold, his Sunday clothes were ruined, his face was purple with passion., Seizing the three-legged jtool, he.JhurMJtipid Brownie" with all hia otjegltu , fejcairayll mm j 1 her ouarelv-uDon.lh, ahouklgfa and wer ' - - - . . m , i"lJWPi.rO. Sv.t I U "joUll beeokll -Am ah was.-! ti old married ceuple live at Wes- I Sturges, who U Wi years ol age, anu - Annfnis wife, who IsX now in her th 1 1 year. BBUFS. 5-?- , Great Britain usea 600 tons of muff per annum. The Maine beet sugar company at Portland has just finished refiaiaf th 180,900 pounds of sugar which It uad lat autumn. July 9 will henceforth be the Ser bian Fourth of July, as Prince Milan then issued a proclamation declaring the Independence of Serbia. Mary Louisa Andre Grelller, a ktnfc- prMoAJaadrttaeaUy diad - rw cm,-- w T- mmmm m a- return lsauea ijiows "War Hfle train' of ten tar loads rjf wood to Qtree ro the -poor ftkat tJt13MarailMid oariedUree,?;,,. .A On New Year's Day. I,49,00QwcH were mailed at Paris, as compared with 5,680,000 in 1878. The fcarti ir enclosed in an envelop, to which is -ffi4a five-centime stamp. . k . rjcW The amount of last year's taxei still remaining uncollected at Fail'KlTBT, Mass., is about $119,000. Many- of these taxes are in quite large Trfffw1 it Is estimated that of the waolaaruouat about $100,000 will be collected ; 7 l recently by WieTJrltlsh field Artlllerv 1r)AlaMMatafeDUaAllled fviut Drtc&,aust4iso ,dtist. 1 stia4 o( jv-upfwd v. justwjaeretm ed Is'tiTiknowr has handed te Mr. iotrn. DIxImk; B , a cheque for $50,000, Jn Tedamjatiaiof hia munificent pledge to pav hJUn tb,at sum on the erection of CTeopatrt'i Needle on the banks of the Tmme4n London. , j . . Nathaniel Whltehouse, of Tufton borough, N. H., who is almost 98 years old, last winter chopped and hauled with his team his summer supply of wood. He also takes the entire care of ten bead of cattle. A cock-pit was raided at Pittsburg one night last week, and two hundred men and boys were arrested at partici pants. Six councllmen and one alder man, who were present, escaped. A nlnquisitive! tramp picked up a signaling torrjedo'oifthe rerinlylfanla Kaltmatr near CoefvHlfe,jeu4 be tween ki- luces aiidiihtBaewyi aM7 severely wounding Mm. v - tlTnl totSl f eceiprt -in!o'tlie"Brrtish Exonequer from 1st Aprlr; TSTSto-tst Febrnary, 187g,amounto tXSJXlM In the corresponding period of last year. Customs were 16,794,000; Ex- ise, 22,039,000. against 22.217.000: Post-ofllce, 4,168,000, against 3.202.- 000. The National Llbrarv of France contains 2,000,000 printed books, and is the largest library in the world. Beth the liriUsh Museum, London, and the Imperial Library at St Petersburg have over one million of volumes. The Roy al Library, Munich, comes next, with wuu.uuu volumes. The five leading English railways paid the n-great aggregate teiuatf of iriyli tf ixl virtue UiVilf year, for personal injuries nd Jos and , uatrAiti't)f good by accidents onlheir litres; " Large as this sum fs. It U fMal- Imt .than the amount tor the oorresfoad- lhe battle Sags of tha Connecticut reglmfeflts will "oe removed from the State Arsenal, at Hartford? to the new Capitol building as soon at practicable, a resolution having been passed by the f. . . . 1 . I I . ' x.X ' ' . . suite legislature autnorizing uiem w be kept at the Capitol hereafter; A picture of Don ny brook Fair, valued at $2000, waa stolen about a month ago from the saloon of Thomas Jones, on Market street, Newark, N. J., and no clew to the thieves could be dis covered. Last Sunday a police officer found the missing picture wrapped up n oilcloth and carpet and hidden la an 4. old sewer pipe. "' ' " -The Holly svsterrJ oT heatirfr henaes 4itheaai sent through street Jiaini JUia WgaafMMMafOttriMflald. A miner wag T-kUfir XA8ile- vator . n. of bis hands cauirht in the framework oa the from the bottom.-His plight was not dUvoTf reditu he,le vator upched (he surface without him. He waa so weftk after- beid g ;recned,' fliaVhe could not Stand. - U vtnlf Michigan Univertity reportaj a faculty of 64 members, and...J37 Jttu denu. Of the latter, 441 are.lnlhe literary or academic department, 32f in the medical, and 406 in the law ach0U. The attendance now is largecttuut at Mr. William' E: Dodge,' of New BiMaL AUshM08lgatoXb8Ory . Jn, ordinary .wintea weather la Paris the sVvIees of 250tJpubliCly pVid ftreer iwpwMeapToywI,wlth 2000 MXiliary handr at WiCwage. In vry bad weahgr 70OQ sweepers, be sides inspectors and chiefs, are ready at a moments notice to plytnelrbTOdtas in all the strett of the eity. Thy ! gin at tbree in the morning and end at four in the afternoon. Sometimes, however, they work for twenty hours. The annual report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Stata Board of Edu cation has just been published. From It it appears that the amount expended for the public schools last year waa ti .imM.V)R.v helnpa decrease of leas tMM8 MWaVwkJle the amoant received Al.509J4S41.or TnereAre rne5Utei"lThe M1 OonneetttMisnwiaewvra raised by taxation for acbooJj ten-yaara airo was $628,151.12, while the amount rfied bast year was fUor about donble the amoant rabwd la 1888. Carried h i - . ... . m HHi dtnm ...
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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May 17, 1879, edition 1
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