TEX OLD BiM.
JueketT, old end eraay, -
Shmglelees, laekiiif eotae doors,
1 Bad In the upper itory ' .
i Wanting boards in the Soon, . -r
Beam strung thiok with eobwtbe,
... .BioepoUieeiidf,'',
'"Banging In halpUaa lnnouoo -'
Over the snows of hay.
How tba winds turned around it t -"
Winds o( .a tormy day J
Scattering tha fragrant hay aaad, ' V
- . mbw nta mm aiif at a
Streaming ia at tba eraaniaa, w
Spreading tha dorar smell, . ' -
Changing tha dark old granary v
Into a flowery dalL i
v Oa, bow I lorad tha shadowa,
That ollng to tha silent roof, "
Day dreams wore with tha quft,
Many a glittering woof
I limbed to tha tha higheat rafter, ,
And watc&ad Uii.iir-pAy,
Admired the knota in tha boarding,
And rolled in the billows of hay.
Palace of King couldn't match it,
The Vatican loses ita charm,
When placed in my memory' balance.
Beatda the old gray barn.
And I'd rather aoent tha clover,
. Piled in the barn's roomy mowa.
Than ait in the breath of the highland,
Poured from Appenine brow.
Barb'ry Tom.
He stood and looked at her.
-1 -IT" mm . a
juaoei r reeman was evidently a new
creation to Tom. In a morning wrapper of
oiue, tnat set oil her fair complexion some'
what as the azure of the sky contrasts with
the white of the snow, with aoft brown hair
and tender brown eyes, with her rather talL
slender figure, she affected "Barb'ry Tom"
even as a flower that suddenly springing out
of the ground and blooming at once into an
unusual Deauiy wouia cnallentre all our
admiration.
And she stood and looked at him. He
was known as "Barberry Tom,' or, more
correctly, "Barb'ry Tom." He daily
hawked about the red clusters of wild fruit
now piled up in his basket. This stout,
sturdy boy was about fifteen. His clothes
were rough, his feet were bare. And yet,
from the very moment the young lady at
the door saw Tom s eyes, darker than her s,
dui nxe tnem in tneir tenderness, with a
complexion as fine naturally, only turned
up to the sun too long, she was magnetical
ly attracted toward him.
"Don't you want to buy any barb'ries ?"
he said, hesitatingly, and dropping his eyes
as the blue morning-glory hung its petals
over mm.
"Tell him we don't want to buy any
DarDncs to-day,' screamed a voice within,
sharp as if there had been a life-time of
filing to make its edge as disagreeably fine
aSDOBSlOlfl. ' .
' 'Sorry. " said the ioung lady ; "but but,
perhaps, if you will come another day, we
may want 'some then." Her voice wag so
kind and musical that Tom wished he had
something else to be refused, so he could
hear her again.
"Thank you."
Mabel laughed. "What do you thank
me for?"
"Why, loins ain't always so Kind in
their way. I'd rather have some folks step
on me than have others pick me up. They
would step on me. so kind, you know. But
I don't believe you'd step on anybody."
Mabel laughed again at these complimen
tary remarks. Tom, this gatherer of
Flora's red coral, slung his basket upon bis
arm and slowly went down the lawn path.
"There I" said Mabel, in a minute,
"What did I let that boy go away for ?
like him. I might have him in my Sunday
school class."
Down the path she flew, gracefully as a
blue bird. "Look here, please r one mo
ment."
Tom looked around, and then stepped
back.
" "I have come here to spend the autumn,
and have started a Sunday school class in
"our house. Wouldn't you like to join it f"
Tom a eyes flashed like diamonds with
light behind them.
"When will it be, miss!"
"Next Sunday afternoon, at two. "
"I will come. I ain't been since father
and mother died. Granny and the children
needed me so much I couldn't spare the
time to take the long walk to church; but
I can come here.
"Do come, then!" and Mabel aaidthe
"do" like a bobolink; making his sweetest
whistle.
So ' "Barb'ry Tom" came to Mabel's
school. It was noticeable what a -change
took place in him. Tom s soul was like
. musical instrument where some of the keys
are broken, and yet a skillful hand can find
and bring out notes of sweetness and ten
dprnna Tntn'n QnnT roornnrH in t.hflf vav
to, Mabel's touch. Her dropped a certain
roughness of manner. He showed in a still
more marked degree at home the kindness
and self-sacrifice native to him. He became
prayerful, studious of God's Word, and
used reverently tne day once given to nail
ing in his odd momenta. Tom was a faith
ful attendant at Mabel's school. And Ma
bel was a faithful Visitor at Tom's home.
She cheered up the blind old granny, giving
her a look out upon the world through her
own bright eyes. Mabel had traveled a
good deal, and her memory was a gallery
of scenes worth looking at. She gave the
children better clothes, mended the torn
curtains, and hung pictures on the dull
walls.
- An interesting conversation happened one
day in Mr. Freeman's house.
"I think I ought to tell Mabel," observed
Mr. Freeman.
"Tell her about her family!" asked the
same voice we have already noticed, and
that the years had filed down to a knife-like
sharpness.
"Yea. I ouirht to tell her. Mabel is not
reallT our child, although legally adopted.
True, she knows no other parents ; but then
here we are. after our lonn stay in Europe,
near the home we took her from Her
brothers and sisters have grown up sinfe
her adoption, or have come into the world
after that date. She don't know about
i.A thov ahnut hpr. Her old crrannv
is blind and can't indentify her features.-
Still, I think I had better tell her how it is,
' or ahe mav find it out in an unpleasant way.
T think nhp sometimes suspects she la not
our child. I ought to hare told her long
tim ami."
"I should hate to nave me ww uuup
from that home running over me, "squeaieu
i a
lira, rreenuin.' "fwould be like an in-'
vasion of spider," , " , ..-
there was another interesting conversa
tion the next Sunday in Mabel's class. The
subject was the making of sacrifice for
others, s "Boys,? said Mabel, "I want you
to tell me tome way la which we can rive
others proof of our love for them i , , . c;
- iain.T run, tu avenue to whose finest
fuaceptibilitiee seemed, to run through his
ippetite, thought it might be to let tome.
wxiy cue nave 'the last piece of pie.".
BiUy Boyd, who had great passion for
rod and line, thought if might be to give
"another feller the best chances for bites."
They kept on making: their jueases, tow or
high, according to the standard of their
aauy culture. - ' ;;,'
"Now tell me" aald'MaheL "whai tsu-A.
lice yoft think would be the greatest " r
Tom's wad felt the pressure of Mabel's
influence. .She was touching the deepest
finest keys of his being. i :
" spose, teacher; i. Ja what you read
about last finniair w-r f TTfin
who laid down His ike far Bis enemies."
"It would be hard to do that for friends
eyen, sometimes, Tom."
lorn said nothing. He looked up with
an honest admiration in his eyes, and
thought it might easily be done for some. !
A third interesting conversation tonb
place a few days after. Mr, Freeman and
Mabel were walking down a road leading to
Long Bridge. It crossed a wide pond. The
pona naa once Deen used lor picnic' purpo
ses extensively. Pleasure parties had de
serted it for more fashionable resorts, and
the bridge had been left to the gentle decay
of old age. The floor timbers were weak. 1
The railing was still weaker. Mr. Freeman
and Mabel were so absorbed in somethim?
he was saying that they did not observe the
warning with which the entrance to the
bridge was placarded.
"Mabel, I want to have a talk with you.
suppose you do- not remember further
back than the age of four.
Jflabel did not recollect :
"I have a confession to make..j Dear to
me as if you were my own daughter, it may
startle you to know that you are not. Per
haps you have suspected that. Have you?"
Just a flush of Mabel's agitated features
told Mr. Freeman that she had had her
suspicions. Then the color went like the
glow of a fire vanishing from a window-
pane, leaving as little trace on her white
face.
'After our long residence in Europe, we
chance to have come back into the neigh
borhood that was your early home, and we
are near the family from whom I received
and adopted you."
Mabel was now looking up to Mr. Free
man with a most anxious gaze of inquiry.
The glow of the fire within came again to
her face. She stood leaning against the
railing of the bridge.
"Don't lean on that railing-!"
It was a cry of warning from some one
hurrying along the bridge. The cry came
too late. The railing had already began to
crack, and it abruptly broke, letting Mabel
down into the deep, dark waters.. To
Mr. fraoman, wbaM arrack With funsDe
ment and astonished into helplessness, it
seemed only the lapse of a moment when
some one rushed swiftly to the gap and
plunged down into the water. When he
came to the surface, bringing Mabel with
him, Mr. Freeman saw that it was "Barb'ry
Tom." .
' 'Quick, sir 1" gasped Tom. ' 'Lean over
and pick her up when I get to that
pile of the bridge I"
The pile nearest Tom was soon reached.
Tom clung to. it with one arm, and sup
ported Mabel with the other. Mr. Free
man acted Uke one stricken with a night
mare. He recovered, however, his self
possession sufficient to reach one arm down
toward Mabel, almost touching her !
"Try hard, sir. Do! do" was Tom's
appeal. 1
Mr. Freeman tried and failed again.
What could he do? He looked about him,
and saw where a timber ran under the
bridge; and if he could reach it, he could
reach Mabel. He frantically worked at a
plank in the flooring of the bridge, dis
placed it, and, lowering himself, reached
the timber. He heard an ugly splash !
Tom and Mabel both had disappeared.
Tom, in trying to make his hold on the
bridge more secure, had lost that hold and
lost Mabel. In a moment up came Tom
again, still clinging to Mabel Mr.'Tree
man could see that-Torn was much exhaust
ed; but he struggled for the bridge and
reached a pile once more. Mr. Freeman
now grasped Mabel and drew her up' to his
own position. He saw the light of a great,
triumphant joy in Tom's face ; and then,
like the light of a torch, it was quenched as
the face sank under the ! water. - Mr.
Freeman hardly realized all this at the time ;
but afterward he remembered each' detail.
He lifted Mabel to the bridge and carried
her to a grove near by.v , t v l
'Oh! help! help I "he shouted to some
men that passed. "I can't swim and there's
a boy drowning ! " The men searched and
found Tom. They carried his body to Mr.
Freeman's house ; but all attempts at resus
citation were fruitless, apd everything was
then made ready for the grave.
"I. want to see him," said Mabel, who
had come out of the chamber whither she
had been led, her face white, sweet and
pure as a lily rescued from the drowning
waters of the pond. Mr. Freeman led1 her
into the room where Tom lay in the hush
of death. He raised the lowered gas-light,
turned back the sheet and took off the white
face cloth. The triumph that Mr. Freeman
saw in Tom's face just before sinking still
lingered in his features, though softened
now, like the pale lustre shed from a golden
crown held above his head.
Mabel thought of the conversation upon
saerifice in the Sunday school class, and
burst into a fit of violent weeping.
"Mabel " said Mr. Freeman. "I did not
finish our conversation this afternoon about
your relatives. Barb'ry Tom was four
brother I
Glvmt Up by Doctors.
"Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey Is up
nod at work, and cured by ad simple a
remedy?" -
"I assure you that It ia true that he is
entirely cured, and with nothing but
Hop Bitters J and Only tea days ago his
doctors gave him up aud said he must
die!"
Wellalay I
That la remarkable t
I will go thla day and get some for my
poor George. I know hope are good."
Zalmon Sturgls, of Weston, Ct., is
ninety-eight and his wife ia ninety-four.
Tbev are the oldeat married counle In
. k. a S
js e w aniacu.
Crime e rads.
A great number of capital - crimes
hart tecently been committed in and
wound Pari without the police bang
aDie to lay nanda on the authors, and it
appears that the old dictum of "Murder
will out'J no longer holds good. A few
years ago five or sir murders .were
committed in rapid fuccesaionj and evi
dently by the same person or ' persons,
at Limoges, but the assassins still enjoy
immunity, la spite of all the effort of
the Paris detectives.. Only to deal with
the crimes committed this year, we find
the police are unable to unravel the aff
air of the Ogress des Lilas.a womat who
managed under various pretenses to sret
hold of new-born children, who" werej
never more neara or !' ogress is It
prison, hut the police, have been unable
w u?cos wBtv-rbtftrwixu naa be
come of the stolen children. The affair
is enveloped in mystery .impeneti able to
the eyes of the Rue Jerusalem, which
is our. Scotland Yard, At the St.
Maude, one of the most ill-lamed quar
ters of Paris, a grocer boy was recently
found in his cart with his throat cut,
but the murderer is still at large ; nor
have the police been able to obtain any
clew to the would-be assassin of M.
Simmonet, at Montreuil, and Mme.
Ratillon, at Aubervillerg. . The perpe
trator of the crime at the Courcelles
Station has also to be discovered. This
station, be it remarked, is almost in the
centre of Paris. Between the St. Laz
are terminus and that station a young
man got into the same carriage with
Henriettie Plcot, and because she resen
ted his familiarities he stabbed her, and
quietly got out of the train at Courcel
les, leaving his victim weltering in her
blood on the floor of the carriage.
where she was disco ved on the train
reaching the Porte Maillot. The poor
girl is not dead, but the information
she has been able to give as to the ap
pearance of the man has not led to
his arrest. A few days ago two young
men were found poisoned in the Rue
de la Petite Truanderie. How they
came be poisoned no one can say. A
learned professor declares they must
have inhaled mephitic , gag, but how
and where is more than they can tell
Nearly a month ago Maria Fellerath, a
woman of bad character, was assasina
ted, and a Pole was ; arrested on suspi
cion of being the author of the crime ;
but, although Jules B. is still in prison
the police have been unable to sub
stantiate the charge against him. The
Pole had been in Maria's company ear
ly in the evening, and bad been playing
atcartls with'fier 'mTDTIeTTwnjj;- In addi
tion to being a concierge, acted as
char-woman to her daughter. Jules
B., who had long been an ardent ad
mirer of Maria Fellerath, declares that
after leaving the concierege he went to
the Passage Saulnier and knocked at
Maria's door. As there was no an
swer, he went away. He ' returned a
couple of hours afterward and got into
the apartment by a skylight, and found
his mistress lying dead on the floor.
He immediately gave the alarm. Ma
ria appears to have been murdered with
a Japanese dagger ; on the floor was a
sleeve-button with the initial C. ; a
robbery had been committed. Neither
the dagger nor the button appears to
have belonged to the Pole, and, if he
plundered the victim, it was probably
only with the view, of misleading the
police. Here the police are once more
at fault, and it must be said that the
evidence at present elicited is very
nicely balanced. One-half is sufficient
to condemn, and the other half to ez
culpate the prisoner.
. A Question of Bone.
'What are the facts in this case, doc
tor?" asked the magistrate, as Dr.
Busby took the stand.
"Why, you see," said the doctor,
Jones, the coroner, here, yesterday
discovered a lot of old bones in the cel
lar of a stable which was torn down.
Bein? a little hunery for fees he de
termined to hold an inquest, and he
sent for me to get a professional opin
ion. They were boues of a horse ; you
know; bat whenI got there, Jones
had them laid out on the ground in
something like the lorm of a man ; and
when I remonstrated with him, he said
they certainly were the bones of a man,
and he was under a solemn obligation
to hold an inquest."
"You say," asked the justice, "that
they did not resemble the bones of a
human being? '
"Well yon know, he had one leg
made out all rteht. but when I called
his attention to the fact that the
bone of the other leg ran clear up into
the body and stuck out eight inches be
yond the top of the skull, he said the
man may have been peculiar, he may
have been deformed. He said be had
an aunt whose leg bone projected so
far from her head that she had to put a
hole in the top of her bonnet."
"Did he produce the said aunt?"
"No. And when I showed him that
the right arm had three elbows, while
the left contained no joint of any Kind,
and looked like the breast-bone of
chicken, he said there was a man in
Peru who had tight elbows, and that
his oath as coroner did not obligate him
to account for all the phenomenal freaka
ot nature."
"Had the remains any other elbows
about it anywhere?" asked the justice
"Not unless you count the joint in
the middle of the back. The coroner
had the horse's hind leg inserted jnat
below his man'a shoulders. A real
man, you know, built in that way.
could knock the back of his head
ff his coat-tails.
and I doubt If he
aid keep from turn-
ing back somerssi
most of his time."
5?Tod saf the,
loner was not im-
pressed with th
flews?' :..
sir ie
4wed that the man
snayjUTcDeen 4trcus actor, sad have
had a hingt put&tiis back on purpose.
But wheirJ polm but. that the nnn
had a tow of teefflihisshlnbone, and
that some of tbei vye as big as a wal-natj-and
sbwediii that for a mar to
itUmpt jte eai hy m ala with Rajhina,
or for amantohf vc ue toothache near
to his toe was in leutntagonism
to all precedent; afl Jell as to the as
certained facts abou tinman physiolo
Zji h said the. man teth mar have
Wted V dfcW or somethingi
adltjbsj&jr 4edJia
ue aaia niagranaiufcuAat. knew a. man
in Illinois whose! teeth slipped down
and began to grow upon his ribs, with
fatal results.'? '
"Had he his grafimother'safiidavit
to that effect?"
He neglected to'produce it if he
had. The skeletons left foot was com
posed of the horsi' breastbone. It
looked as much likek foot as a clothes
pin looks like the Goddess of Liberty,
and as the other foot iwa made up of
about three teet of the animals pinal
column, while the neck jras formed o'
the horse's upper jaw. Jremonstrated
strenuously with the cotmer." -"What
did he say f" 1
He said that kind of a man was the
kind, speaking generally! that was put
together in the Gardea u Eden, and
while I might think I cpukl get up a
better one, he wouldn't trust me to
tack together an idol foi a Digger In
dian, or words to that effect. So I re
plied, and he hit me with the horse's
fibula. I retaliated - with the tibula,
and in about two secoEds he had heav
ed all the skeleton at oae that I hadn't
heaved at him. Thethe winked at
the iury, and it suddenly brought in a
verdict of death from cause or causes
unknown,' and then I had him arrested
for assault and battery."
The magistrate held the coroner in
bonds to appear at cqurt, and when
that functionary had given the bond,
he moved off to collect his fees for the
inquest.
Remarkable Clook Mechanism.
In the late French horological sec
tion at the Exhiblrtt, were two
clocks remarkable fori Ur mechanism.
On trie top"bTotie of ttfefiils" seaieJ, a
handsomely attired Greek lady, a figure
hardly a span high, with a small barrel
organ, held by a boy, resting on her
knees. With the clock's last stroke
the miniature organ b set in motion
and plays a tune, the toy keeping time
with his head. On tbj left arm of the
figure is a bright starling, which as
soon as the piece is played out repeats
the melody, accompanied by the move
ments of the lady's head. The mech
anisnt of the second dock is more won
derful. The clock is surmounted with
a figure representing a juggler in Ori
ental costume, seated behind a golden
table. To his right stands three large
silver bells on a plate, The juggler
raises himself as the clock strikes, and
gesticulates with his hands as if in pre
paration for his feat, tikes up one of
the bells, shows it to the spectators to
convince them that it as empty, then
seizes another bell, ana puts both on
the table. He lifts tfrtn up again and
under each lies now-a golden egg,
which appears and disappears repeat
edly. Sometimes both eggs disappear
sometimes they increase in number.
and instead of two, three or four eggs
are seen. The little magician's perfor
mance reaches its climax when he
turns up the third bell and displays a
bronze ball to the astonished auJiencc.
This bronzy ball bursts immediately af
tec, and a Lilliputian bird, about the
length of a finger nail,makes its exit and
pipes, a tune. The next moment all
vanishes again, and the clever perfor
mer, alter a graceful bow. resumes his
seat.
Trad in Children.
Ernest .Morris, the jqunr American
naturalist travelling in Brazil, tells
about a practice prevailing along the
ur-Der Amazon, as follows : At ope of
the houses we met a trader who bad
come from the river Japura. He had
on board a boy and girl of the Miranha
tribe for sale. Senor Batalbia bought
the boy, a bright-looking little fellow,
forflftymilrays,or$25. The little girl
cried pitifully when separated from
her brother. The trade in children is
spoken of by Bates, who was at Teffe
twenty-flve years ago; it is prohibited
by the government, but openly carried
on. The mirannas ar-n ine muni power
ful tribe on the Japura; they are a
warlike nation, who for a knife or gal
lon of rum, sell captured children.
Numerous raids are made by them upon
their weaker neighbors ; and men and
women are killed and the children sold
into slavery. At Teffe there is not a
house in which you will not find child
ren of all ages, as you also will at Man-
aos. On my return on the steamer Bu
Branco the captain was Uklns; to Para
a boy be had bought for $35. "The
reason for this," said Senor Batalbia,
'is very simple we must have servants
and they make good ones; besides they
are not Brazilians they are Indiana of
New Grenada." This trade in children
is carried on mora extensively every
year, and is a disgrace to the govern
meat.
gainst the
CMUfca.T
It Is man's destiny still to be longing
sfter something, and thus therratlfica.
tionofone set or wishes but prepares
the unsatisfied soul tor the 'conception
ot aaother. ..." -- ' '
The child of a year old wants little
food and sleep;: and no sooner to he
supplied with a sufficient supply of
either of these , things, than he begins
whimpering or yelliag, It may be for
the other. '
.At three, the' young urchin becomes
enamored of sugar plums, apple pies
and confectionerr. - '
At six, his Imagination runs on kites
auu tuua. uv wimiant oi
playtime.
At ten, the boy wants to leave school,
and hay nothing do bjuVs- flrd-
At n i teen, be wants a beard and
watch and a pair of boots.
At twenty he wishes to cut a figure
and ride horses; sometimes his thirst
for display breaks outln dandyism, and
sometimes in poetry ; he wants sadly to
be In love, and takes It tor granted
that all the ladies are dying for him.
The young man of twenty-five wants
a wife ; and at thirty he longs to be sin
gle again.
From thirty to forty he wants to be
rich, and thinks more of maklngjnoney
than spending it. About this time he
dabbles in politics, and wants an office.
t fifty he wants excellent dinners
and considers a nap in the afternoon
indispensible.
The respectable old gentleman of
sixty wants to retire from business
with a snug independence of three or
four thousand, to marry his daughters,
set up his sons, and live in the country ;
and then, for the rest of his life, he
wants to be young again.
HarneMtagr an Elephant.
An elephant keeper in Philadelphia,
Pa., tried the other day to get a vener
able animal named Old Chief to draw
a wagon. OldChief didn't object much
while the harness was being placed on
him. He merely blinked steadily and
now and then cast a glance- at his per
secutors, as though he would' say that
his time had come. His actions nuz
zled his keepers not a little, and they
began to suspect that he was brewing
some mischief. At leneth thev eot
him hitched to the wagon. The gap
ing spectators looked on with deep inter
est. Chief manifested no sisrn that he
was going to move. The trainers put
their hooks into his trunk and began to
pull on him. Chief snorted a.littia and
shook his head disapprovingly. They
pulled harder. ' Chief snorted and
flapped his ears like the roofs of two
houses coming together. They gave
his trunk a jerk. Chief lifted his ears
up with a yell and made a dash for
ward, jerking the trunk free of the
hook and projecting it out before him
like a bayonet, tearing through the
yard with the wagon at his heels,
scattering the affrighted spectators in
every direction. , He went tearing di
agonally across the long yard, taking
in a pile of tent-poles in his course and
making straight for the gap in the low
er corner of the enclosure. As he
dragged the wagon over the pile of
timber a party of half a dozen, who
had retreated there for safety, ran for
their lives. One man tried to jump a
six foot wall and fell back to the ground
white as a sheet. When he looked up
he saw the wagon, a complete wreck.
not ten feet from him, and Old Chief,
with the broken harness clinging to
his body, standing wedged ia between
the corner of the wall and the corner
of the stable. He had knocked out the
whole corner of the stable, scattering
rortv or mtv brick over tne srrounaat
his feet. After a irood deal of trouble
his keepers succeeded in backing him
out of his tight position and he was
sent back to the stable, still snorting
and defiant. No moderate estimate
cover the amount of punishment Chief
will have to receive before he is reduced
to subjection."
Bpeaklna; Hardly Ever.
In 1865, an old gentleman living
about three miles east of Nelson Fur
nace, Kentucky, named Lloyd. Wimsatt,
was taken violently ill with a disease
that kept him in confinement for many
weeks, and at one time his family and
friends as well as his attending physi
cians gave him up. Being under the
impression that the next hour would
be his last, yet at the same time pos
sessing his faculties and with full power
of speech, Mr. Wimsatt requested that
the priest then officiating at the church
at New Haven, Ky., be Sent for, and
the minister was early at the bedside.
The room was at once vacated by the
family, and for some time the patient
and the representative of the church
w:;iJV".J
were alone
rtr
there remains a mystery, as the patient
and in a hort time was no
up I
and about; but ever since then.
, r
" "uco ' .
save
upon two occasions, ne nas not ucri
a word. Yesterday an Enquirer report-
er heard that Mr. Wimsatt had spoken
to his son, and in order to be satisfied
that he had, interrogated Stephen
Wimsatt, aged about 19. upon the sub
ject, the result of which was as fol
lows: '
"They tell me that your father spoke
to vou last night. Is it so?"
.v.. .ir: he raised nn In his bed and
M 'Oh stenhen Mv mother heard
ir.d all iot no and tried to ret
bjm to talk more ; bat he seemed to be
entirelr speechless, as heretofore.
"Do you know what caused him to
- lose hl speech?'
'Sickness, I think. He can hear and
answer by signs. He will not notice
a stranger however?"
"When did he speak last before
this?" " !
"About three years ago. 1 cut down
a tree and tt commenced falling before
I noticed it, add be halloed to me aay-
Ing, 'Look out, Stephen, so I did look
out, otherwise,! would have been
killed." "
"What did he do after that exclama-
Itlonr'
-He then began making slgns-agaln,
bM heard since."
WHMIj V "O MUliy V 1
TkAwntafnUV rltaMla a Svnrk Iva I
the neighborhood renort that the eler-
w j vw wuiua sivi w w an-uv w
gym an commanded hltat M
tog-IB case $S hXr& frch
Jip. apeak
cm bis Sick-
ness InXt'lMjr:,
. "No, sir; I am satisfied thai. part of
hia history Js without foundation, tor
nobody knows what passed between
the priest and my father at that time."
"Then you think he lost his speech
in consequence of that sickness ?"
"Yes. 1 1 think it was the work of
vrou; dui mat is about as far as l can
go."
'Then your father has only made
the two exclamations you speak of
within the past fourteen years, so far
as yourself or any of your family
know?"
"Yes, sir."
The subject of this sketch is a far
mer In moderate circumstances, and is
one of those quiet, easy-going stay-at-home
kind of men, who seem to aspire
to nothing of a higher sphere in life.
He has n interesting family, and at
tends to his daily labors with a sound
body, mind and hearing, but either
cannot or will not talk. There are
people hying in the neighborhood who
believe that he could if he would; and
there are others who say positively
that he cannot talk now, or he would
do so, because previous to his sickness
in 1865 he was an incessant talker. The
fact, however of his making two dis
tinct utterances, uuderstood fully by
those who heard them, renders the case
a very remarkable one, at any rate.
The Sonoaa Explosion.
They were in the back yard. One
was a boy of twelve, and the other had
seen only half as many years. The
younger one sat on a barrel, and the
older one had two ounces of powder in
one hand and a turning stick in the
other
- "I doa'4 went to.be Bio wed," whined
the boy on j the barrel trying to get
down.
"Keep right still, bub, commanded
the other. This thing has been figured
right to a science. If forty-five thou
sand pound ol explosives raised Hell
Gate twelve feet, two ounces of powder
will raise you just exactly the fiftieth
part ot an inch. Don't make an alarm
ist of yourself.".
"But it'll hurt," persisted the small
boy.
"It can't, I say I Haven't I figured on
it? You may unbutton your coat, and
keep your mouth shut, but that's safe
guard enough. Now, thee, keep quiet
and listen for rumbling noises.
The powder was well confined under
the barrel. Figures were at fault. The
head Of the barrel went up, the small
boy went up. the ble boy went end-1
ways, and when the smoke cleared
away things were badly mixed up.
n.. ... . . m. ..... I
ine nig noy naa sore legs, ine iitue
wj wo a uiM.-. u a coi wu t-uvaiug
witb the odor, and a woman ran out
. A rll Klsi am ww4.rn..
uv ouvuiU m. ts.v n , vm ... i
nothings ! There's a shilling barrel all I
pUt to pieces, two pair of pants to be
1 iw;"-u. vui iu-u u iuc i w., uu
"e other just hanging, ana tne poor
18 weogea unaer tne nouse so
I uk-" " wm uto w ms uuu vui
"7 macninist."
Spanish Merino.
It is said that the origin of Span
ish Merinos dated back to the Soman
civilization, and thence to Greece. The
Romans had a herd which they called
Tarrentlne, from Tarrentine, a Greek
colony. Hence, they were called also
Greek sheep. Their wool Is of exceed
ing fineness, and it is related of tbem
that they were protected by covering.!
of skin, carefully housed, combed and
bathed with oil and wine. From thla
we may infer that at that time they
were highly bred. Columella, who
lived before the Christian era, relates
that hia uncle, M. Columella, transport-
ed from Cadiz to his farm land., which
were ;
in BoeUca. some wild ram. of ad-
mirable whiteness brought from Africa
and crossed them witn tne coveted or
T.,MnHn The offrinr nro -
dncedrams with a line fleece. Strabo
says ia hi. account of the geography of
I ct. 1m thai Hma At Ch KmMrrtr
- J
i,ue"u" "w " " .
, ... .rnirfnlMii Hnrfllanla
I Af Retina and that the rama were
- province for improving the
?X,t or about SIOOO"
bred. for lent eCh f bont 1000'
When tne noman empire wa. over-
run by the barbarians, the Tarrentine
stock of Italy being very tender became
extinct: bat the improved stock of
n!Aa llvlnrln the mountfins. sur-
...
who, sklUed In the sextile arts, could
apprecute lis vaiae, suuexuu a tne
Merinos of Spain. If this view is eor-
rect, tne Merino is the most important
Ct, tne merino u uxio ohih uppvruiuk
surviving renc oi ue materia civuua
bon of the Greeks and Bomans.
Silk was soun In China 2000 years
and more before Christ was born.
NSWS IN BIUEr.
Gardner Colbv. of Boarim. ha nr.'
Qted a case of valuable books to Colby
UMverslty, Waternlle, Me. -. ' W
aslVk W. .
SeptenTTiaST rtuLSrSr?
toJwhoTe'J Itdtrod"wly
1 TbV MAaion HouseLondoh) Hun-
P nooa Uef fund amounts to
r'' .. . . i1
it - v. Northrop, oft-Bur-
o,. wm - ? i , y
1UVUVO. , - . 5fi..( . tl
'The Stfe ftuarrle of N6rth,KKl
MUintV ftiM AMkU u T-'
operation. f - tW.
-j o. w- mwhj ail wmav
it k .owr . '
Culver-' -vv .;
sarf oi tne aestructiea: or that citrtiy
an eruption or y esuvws.
Only three murderer have Jeei
pees
8 last
hanged in Connecticut during the J&sd'
twenty yeari, but there are how.
lheo '
uuuvi nurauvg v. WV.IU. -sr
Bobie is a town in California. Six,
months ago it had 600 or 600. buildings
and a population of 1400. Now it has
some 4000 buildings and a population.
of 7000
The American Consul at Florence
informs Mr. Evarts that American
manufacturers could successfully .fur
nish steel wheels for the Italian rail
ways. . . .
During February. 14 vessels, of a
total of 18,200 tons were launched on
the Clyde, Scotland. Of these six were
ocean steamers, ranging from 2000 to
3000 tons.
A large number of heavy, broad-
tired wheels were made in West Ches
ter and shipped to Enrlaud, whence
they will be sent to Southean Africa",
where they will be used for heavy haul
ing. .
Ex-Sheriff Hogencamp.of Fateraon,
New Jersey, who dleoV recently
left exactly one hundred descendants. .
niidren.grandchlldren.ereat-erana-
children and great-great-grandchildren
nearly all of whom were at (he funeral..
The ravs of the sun, shining
through a stereoscope, set fire to -a
table in the house of George W. West
in Chichester, H. 11., a lew days ago.
and the building narrowly escaped
burning. '
The amount of logs cut on the west
branch of the Penobscot river, In Maine,
during the winter, i estimated at 25,-.
000,000 feet, jon the East branch, 12,000,
000, and on the Mattawamkeag, 20,000,-
000 feet.
"A swarm ot bees took possession of
the chimney of a Middle field '(Conn.)4
Methodist Church during the summer,
and when a fire was kindled In the"
stove on a recent Sunday the floor' ot
thechurcn basement literally -flowed
with honey. W
The foundation-for a. Jesuit Cel- .
lege to cost $500,000 has been begon In
San Francisco, it will comprise a col
lege, with all the requirements of mod
ern education, such as laboratories.
libraries, studies and rooms for the stu
dents and professors, a church and a
theatre capable of seating 5000 persons.
Cyrus Degler, of Marlon township.
Berks eounty. Pa., awoke on the morn
ing of his wedding to find the snow
drifted so high a distance of several
hundred yards that hi sleigh could uot
be driven through it. He shovelled
out a roadway in two hours, and was at
the bride's house at the appointed hour..
The Annual report of the Mas-.
chusetu Bank Commissioners has Just,'
been published. From It it appears
that the total deposits In the aavinga,
banks doing Dusiness in mat state on
Oetober 31, 1378, were $209,800,634.18,,
being a decrease for the year of $34,-
, aui uecreae iuciuub
-00.62 in the banks in the hands of re-.
celvers.
TliAm.. XTHIavAhtvi lu.ff.An f
Coventry EngfanJ, his been sentenced ,
iUVUM WUI l. m aM.&WM ...
by Lord Coleridge to four months lm-'
prisonment, with hard labor, lor railing
ta artpnil a lrk rhllcl in the mitrlct Of
- , 'mi I
w"1Ctt ne was meaicai orar, .-im
gUn nt DT cuipabie netrlieetitse. afidir
- rnnnrt him miitv. ana Btrons--
ly recommended him to mercy. ' "i
The flrit Marquis of France has
juk aiea, tne iouni oi 'jctauiy, x nnce ,
of Lisle and Marquis of Nesle. He
was the son of Marshal de Mallly, who t
so heroically defended Louis XVI, On
the 10th of August, and great-grandson 5
of Louis de Mallly, Prince of "Orsnge
smuu wiuuiBUuau vi -ub vrcuuaiiuciu
of France. The title is as tld as the
eleventh eentnrv ' y V
When Queen Victoria salted on the
. ......
royal yacht for France it wss on one of.
toe stormiest ana most uisagreeaoie ,
Saturdays of the whole year. , A writer
in a London paper , commenting on this
shows that 8atnjrdv Is an unlucky day!
w un iff r ii utile
royaj liUUlJ. IIHMMiii I L
Queen Anne., the four Georges, the'
Ducbess of Kent, the Prince Cirnrrr
and the Princess Alice all died n
Saturday.
The California Woodr-w-W. h.h-'
it of dropping acorns and other nuts
n-1, t"?' l
SSg TSSfVM
turned it into good account by knock-
ing out a knot in the aide of his barn '
ing out a a not in tne aide of his barn
1 and placing a trousrh underneath. '
!Wln bis hogs
n7e to hlmif. " BO
.-
-There aw twenty-flve Mennoqito
1 Tillage in aianitooa, witn w dwel-"
dweL.-
! -A Ou 1 1
The imml-,
I A e A 1
I rranta from Russia have 18.740 area
under cultivation, 363 horses and some
2500 cows and oxen, and have already;
Urge stores of grain and other produee.
Xhe . rr0win rich raoldlv and
prove the very best of citizens, settling 1
all their disputes among themselves
aad having In their colony neither -a !
comtabie nor a locit-up -
I TKa wve-aaLean w 1st fnsimAva ItTa
n Cne nnnded urpedoboau and
numerous cruisers bavebeen construct
ed- Three clipper steamers have been";
bMJfebod.
uuucuni, Bsu. -v.. .
mwmammw fi. llAn
- i --r - -- c" ,
.. i,nnni.r.iK... hin iat,lri.nnrh-
Ud. but have not received thcirarma- 4
menu. To these four cruiser nave
1 been added by private subscription.