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VOL. VI.
iTnrsrono Chatham co.. n. c.. September 27, m.
NO. 3.
Vnr Urgor advertUoiaatus Bbentl oostracts wrt
mt Ctattam
The New-Old Story.
Ac-roes the valley , from liill to hill,
A bird is flying to men! his male:
Acma the 'immfrt, fmm will to will
Young 0 in shouting the thread of Fate.
The miller's girl and the (armor's boy
In the village church give glances shj;
And t-nrh to each id n glowing joy,
As the ruddy ycais sneep wall zing by.
To the homo line l-iini; etch hippy I'ird
A lock t, hot or a hii 0i ulay ,
So builil the lover, liy look nml wntd,
A cosy f 1 :i tmng day.
In branching willow.) bc-idn iho rill.
The young birds mimic the oi l birds' note.;
And children are shouting above the mill,
As I hey rim to Unnch their liny hauls.
Ph. ever Hie stream inns meet ami dear,
( iiilj'Otiiv -I mit-tv lu. 10 the -pi ittg above;
And vei tin tv.tld keeps .y.iiio unit I'nir,
Pince love if i's lilctm.l il lilu is love.
- I'ht t'fnlinii.
A Plot that Succeeded.
"AVilI, Vim cut. nml what does she
ay?
Mrs. Morrison asked the question
with i i-nsoifii i pride, r.he was quite
rertain t Ii.it tin; impelling verdict
would lie in Iter lavt-r. How. indeed,
could it be otherwise ;
She sat there in the tool shadow of
ht r jessamine-covered jirt.-Ii, in a dress
"f pale-green muslin, strewn all over
with coquettish 1 i t o liars i!' rib
bon, a book in her lap, a lily fastened
into her belt. Her housekeeping tab
lets were on the bamboo stand beside
her, and a recipe for ".-now pudding"
was half copied on it;-list leaf.
The f,nt was thai Mrs. Morrison
h. I jn.-d taken tit- b"!ni ni hei hou; p
hold, and that she t I a true woinnn
ly (h''".rht in lis niau-igoment. And
this "t -h i, mer d.iy had been ospec
iall; :iii tided and . "t apart by the
fact tli.it r l.u-l ,ii.'. mn!l..-r had
made In r . rt v isi! -in it.
It ha I biv.i a I. ' I -embarrassing,
to-. Yoi-n- Mr.;. M -.' -li had scarce
ly known wiiat t-i sa-. she had only
asked the elderly lady's advice about
this, that, an 1 the other thing. She
ha 1 .I-- i r-1 t-i her opinions, and writ
ten d uvn one it two infallible recipe
in the tablet as to inoth-eaten furni
ture, fermenting pre-eros, and cheese
elnth bed comforters.
The dinner ha I been very niee.
Bridget had net eoimniltod a single ,
solecism in waiting, and Mrs. Morrison j
could not think of a single flaw in the
day's entertainment. .So that now,
when Vincent had returned from driv
ing his mother in a little basket phae
ton to the depot, she claimed her mep.l
of praise with eager smiles.
"What does she say, Vincent ?"
Mr. Morrison laughed, and kissed
the fresh, upturned lace.
"She says, Polly, that you are a nice
little woman." he responded.
"Nonsense !" said Mrs. Morrison.
"You know very well that that isn't
what I mean at all, Vincent. About
the house, you know. nd the dinner,
and all that."
".She thinks, nr. dc;r," said the
young husband, a little awkwardly,
"that you do very well, considering
your inexperience."
'Oh. considering my inexperience !"
said Mrs. Morrison, with somewhat of
a pout ! "Well, what else?"
"Put she suggests that yon ought
not to keep but onp girl," added Mr.
Morrison, bluntly.
"Why not?"
"Oh - hum ha !" hesitated Morrison.
"The family is small, you know, and
my mother thinks that is, it has
a' ways been her experience"
"Well, go on," cried Polly impaticnt-
"That every housewife ought to un.
rlerstand practically the workings of Vincent stared.
her own household machinery." "But who is to grooin the horses?''
"Bnt I don't comprehend," said said he.
Polly, arching her brows. "Does she ' p1 it yourself!" said the corumo
mean that I ought to black my own 1 dore. briskly. "Why. wli-n I was
stoves, and scrub my own kitchen I ycur age, I cmld have groomed a
floor, and wash my own dresses?" ! whole stableful of hor-.es before break-
"I suppose so," said Vincent. "And fa,st. every morning, and not even feel
really it's a capital idea, when one i it. An able-bodied man like you has
comes to think of it. So I told her, I no business with such an army of re
Polly," rubbing his hands a little I tainers ! A man is best served when
guiltily, "that w e would send Bridget he serves himself. That is my max.
away and get along with little Betsey. 1 im."
Betsey is very quick ana handy, you Mr. Morrison w inked, involuntarily,
know; and, as my mother says, there's j as if an unexpected verbal shower-bath
no reason why a strong, healthy young ; had deeended on his head.
woman like you should sit with folded
hands doing nothing."
"Oh !" said Tolly.
"Xow don't go to getting vexed,"
said Mr. Morrison, with a blundering
sort of a perception that all was not
right. "Because, of course, you must
aeo that there is a good deal of sense in
this view of affairs."
"Does your mother think that I do j
nothing at all?" cried Polly, with a
rising lump in her throat.
"Well, she thinks, don't you see ? that
every woman ought to have a practi
cal knowledge of -"
"Pshaw !" cried Mrs. Morrison; and
she jumped up and went into the
house.
Vincent looked after her, with a low
wbisUe, i
"Xow she is angry," said he to him
self. "And the right of the matter is
so evident, too Women are queer !"
I!ut presently Polly eamebaek, th"
smiles returned to her fa.-e oneo more.
"Forgive hip, dear." she said. "I
lost my temper for juM one half- pmr
ter of a second. It's all riirht now.
Did you say you had given Pridget
warning V"
"Well. voS That i "
Very well." sa;d folly
and gel ..cuiie iee.i milk and
for you. You must be
I'll p,
oni! l-al-e
flroiiiiruiiv
tirovl and thirsty after your long drive.
And." she added, demurely. "I dare
say that there's a great deal of good
sense in your mother"-, adiee."
"Vou'll take it. then?" said Mr. Mor
rison, ninth relieved.
"if j on say so, dear," said the obedi
ent wife.
Put when Mr. Morrison was smok
ing in the little porch after ten. Polly
i sat down and wrote an affectionate,
confidential little note to her husband's
j uncle, CoinuKidnre Chesson, who had
! taken a father's place to him since be
was ten vears old. She wn te.
"Uru'l'Mir! Pn .r.mc In me nt mi. p. The
ro-c :hc in ...,in, the . I.ei vi--s I .eimi: on lb-Ire.-,
an. I i mi .,, t,.r ' I ml . ..'in
pel. licl, a Ivi- ' Poi-el-:.-. He. ' ni.llelv.
to mm M.-rt i v.
Commodore t'heson smiled on the
hurried note as he read it.
"What is the matter with the prec
ious little humming-bird now'-" he
said to himself. "Is there a little
cloud no bigger than a man's hand
across the horizon of lor domestic
MiS3? Well, well, 1 will go t- her! I
never had a daughter, but when 1 am
with Paulina, I can imagine how a
father's heart is stirred with the deeps
of tenderness."
lb- went to Priar Lodge, and he had
n leiig i hat with Polly, hoi. re her hus
band came home.
Vim-en! wj), jra. to see h's uncle
lie was alwav-. 'dad to see the bland.
nun toons old veteran; but he was a I
little mortified when Pollv joined!
them, after tea. with an inliiiitessirn.il
smuil-je a1 ress her pose.
"My darling." said he, "what is that,
on your lace ."
Polly gian. cd at th.- ;la -..
"t Mi y" said she. rubbing it off w ith
herpoiket liandkeri hit I ; "black .' I've
been i
job!"
the kitchen ran;.c. .'-uoi ;i
Yincant cleared his throat with
some embarrassment.
"Can't you give us a hltl - iiiusje.
Polly y" he said.
Put Mrs. Morrison shook her head.
"Couldn't, possibly," said she. "I
ran a little ;-plinter into my linger this
morning, scrubbing the kitchen closet
floor, and it has been poulticed ever
since. Pcsides, since 1 have been
doing Pridgct's share the cooking, I
never get any time to practice. One
can't do two things at once, you
know."
Mr. Morrison rose quickly.
"Shall wo go down to the tahli s'-'"
he said to his uncle. " The roan horso
has something the inai.ti r with his
foot. Perhaps you could a lie me
about it."
But, once arrive 1 at the stables, only
one stunted little lad could be found
in charge of the premises.
"Owen!" Mr. Vincent called, some
what impatiently; 'Owen! What can
have become of that, l.iy fellow'.
Where are you, Owen ':"
"Oh," said Commodore Chesson, care
lessly, "it is Owen Linu you are call
ing. I sent him ahout his business
this alternoon! A grtat, lay, hulking
fellow that don't earn his bread! I
What do you need of anybody nmrP ;
than Billy here?"
"And aliout that hor-e's foot," said
Commodore Chesson. "It's the shoe
ing, I dare say. Nobody seems, nowa
days, to understand how to shoe a
horse."
"AVixon, down by the wind-mill has
a pretty fair idea of his business," b
gan Mr. Morrison.
"Nonsense !" said he. "Doit vour
,."
"What". Shoo my horse?" exclaimed
Morrison.
"Why not'. A man ought to know
everything about his own stables."
said the commodore. "(let the iron.
Set up it little forge. Make your shoe,
and you'll bo sure it is properly made.
Mce your horse, ant' you'll he certain
he's not crippled by clumsy hands."
"I'm a little afraid that it iniht be
the other way." said Vincent, rather
ruefully. I don't know anyth.ng about
such things."
"Then you ought to learn," said
Commodore Chesson, with a cheerfnj
air.
"I shall miss Owen, dreadfully !"
grumbled Mr. Morisou.
"Don't nec.i-to'n your-iclf to be de
pendent upon any one." said the coin,
modore. "It is never a good plan.
Hen-'.-this fence t.i'.l n?; down. An
y-ii going t;i allow your property ( go
to ruin in this sort of way V"
"I'll speak to the carpenter to-mor
row," said Vince nt, faintly.
"Do nothing of the sort," said thf
commodore, "liny a piano, a hummer
and a pound of nails, and do it y.mr
ejf." 'My dear uncle. Tin pot a carpen
ter." "1! ut you should be," shouted the
old gentleman. -Every i lan ought to
understand praiticaUy the details of
his own establishment."
"Mr, Morrison glanced up l.ly,
but Commodore Chesson preserved im
perturbable gravity of manner.
"Put, don't you mih le Clie-r,on,'
said Mr. Morris m, impatiently, "that
that sort of thing would make a per
fect slave of me lit re I shall be ell
this glorious summer evening, rubbing
down the horses and patching up (lie
garden fence."
"There's nothing like being practi
cal," remarked the conn lore. "A
stout young man like you should not
be afraid of work."
Put tbi.' time a truant fwbil-lo in
his eye betrayed him.
"i.'nele,'' cried Vincent, "this is a
plot ! You and Polly are io league to
i-'i tin .- agaii.st tue."
"Not hi the least," said Commodore
Ches-on. --Hii. simply t.,)d me what
your mother said. Now, I think it's
hard if vuur uncle ean't also have a lin-
g'T m t'ie lamily pie. II site uas got
to be pr-i-teal in her kitihin. why
shouldn't voii be
practical in your
table- and garden.' I d -n't -oppose
she likes t
Iriidge an better than von
do."
Vincent Morrison pulled his
liiou.-ita.he thought I idly.
".No," Miid he. "to be Mire not '
isn't it strange, uncle, tbi! I
thought of the matter in this
Put
never
liubt
before y"
"Yes," .-aid the t unimodore. half
sni'liug. "it is strange what a selli.-di
world this is! Put now lbton to mt
my lad. Take mv advice nor to take
other people's advice, "wen ha; only
gone to Peimeassctt, to bring Pridget
back again. Your wife is your com
panion, not your drudge. Don't try to
mould her f re.-ih young bloom after the
dricd-iip pattern of hundred years
ago. She'.-, simply perfect, as she is
now!"
J think so, too. ..ir." said "inct-iit
with enthusiasm.
Bridget came back before it was dark,
(iweu resumed his old place in the
stable;;, and l.ot a word was said about
the mysterious changes in the house
hold machinery. Except that Vincent ;
Morri -on stopped just long enough tc
kiss his v.if'n ' he went up stairs that j
evening
'Torgi- e me, dearest!" he whisper-;
ed. "I see that 1 have been wrong.
Hereafter, my wife is too precious to -he
made a slave of." J
Polly kissed him back again, with j
true, wifely tenderness. I
"Jt's all right, I see," said I'ncle j
Chesson, when his nephew was gone ;
"Ye.-," -aid Pollv, bright!", "it is all !
right!"
Bights of the Bull in England.
A recent decision by Lord Coleridge,
C. J., in the queen's bench division, as
quoted by the New Jersey l.iir Jour
nal, sounds singular here, where Stat
utes ami municipal regulations so gen
erally prohibit est rays, and hold their
owners liable. I'lift-iiccd highvvavs
are increasing under the protection of
these laws, and in some New England
cities and villages there nr.- long
stretches of front yards and lawns
without any defensive protection from '
the traveled st reel or roadway. The
judge in this rase ruled that the owner
of an ox, which had entered the plain-
tiff's open shop door while being driv-
en through the street, could not be
held liable, for damage done. He said:
"We find it established as an exception '
upon the general law of trespass, that j
where cattle trespass upon unfenced ;
land immediately adjoining a highway, ;
the owner of the laud must bear the '
loss (quoting authorities). I could not, !
therefore, if I would, question the law
laid down mi such eminent authorities, '
but 1 quite concur in their views, and !
1 see no distinction for this purpnso
between a i'tld in the country anil a '
PLlttlj II" ....ir,c .-,,,. . ii.- .11 --
dent to the plaint ill' was one of the I extent, although many of the low er j
natural and inevitable risks which j classes manage to keep perpetually in ! "There's no place like home," repeat
arlso Irmn driving cattle through the j debt, and. consequently, practically j ed Mr. Ilenpcck. looking at a motto,
street", in m- out of town. jla vis. The law. whether it be good i and In-heartily added: "Pin glad there
Amtrimn. 0r bad. is executed in Mexico. t isn't."
THE YELLOWSTONE PABK.
A Tract lrr than Hbode laland end
nelaware Combined Haaer-red for a
i National l'arfc-lnter.tli Ieat-rli-
lion.
i Tt will surprise most readers not fa
miliar with western distances that the
; Yellowstone park is larger than the
states of Delaware and Phode Island
together. It is situated on the borders
' of Wyoming and Idaho Territories,
and was set apart for a national park
j in 172, though its striking character
j i -ti' .; o, re discovered len years before.
1 It i- sixty miles long, from north to
south, and ffty-livo wide from east to
j we.-t. It bus a niiniiii r of lakes, but
j its largest stream is 'he Yellowstone,
1 and its largest lake has the same nam".
1 It has a number c Mountains, rang
j iug in height from seven to ten thou -;
and feet, capped with snow all the
! year, and full of geological curio.-iiirs.
i Volcanoes and fjlaeicrs were evidently
in operation thereat a late period.
I 'J ho roads run through chasms and
gorges an-1 ocr the Wds of stream.
now dry. The tvre ile.-t variety of wild
, animals is there. There en- buffaloes
1 in the basins, and elk trra.e i n the
mount, tin side. Moose haunt, the
, marsh ami heavy woodlands. Six spe
1 cies ol bears ii.h.i!'it the forests, and
; small game ali-mnds, though reptih S are
I few and far between. Two-thirds of
the area of the park are clothed with
i dense forests of lir, spruce and pliu ;
! ilmko-clicrrie.--. go. cd erries, and cur
j rant both black and red grow along the
i streams. The meadow.-, are bright
j with familiar Mowers. Pasturage is
excellent. The night-, are frosty, ev- n
j in summer; cry hot days are seldom
1 known; and the winters, th.-ueh
i
' snowy, are ii"t severely cold The
, moot remarkable features of the p.ok
j are its calcareous springs, whose dopes- ;
its harden ino terraces ai they dry j
and glisten in the sunlight. The
: waters are ht and seeth up from :
below with angry aspect. There are i
many iuiinen geyser?, the earth,
around which rumbles and shakes, and
the air is hot with fetid odors. There i
are springs of boiling mini, white, i
orange, green, violei. pui ple, brown and '
blue. There are huge eon. s w ith open
! illgs at the os, w hem e i-.lie clouds
of noisy ,team. There arc j ( r i li-. 1 '
forests, win re the ground is strewn ;
with trunks and limb.- of trees which '
have solidified into clear, white agate
There are mountain sid-s worn by gla- :
eial action into spectral shapes that
look almo.-t human. I lu re are rata- '
rads of the most ftupcnd-nis majesty :
and power. There are . ratered hills.
with rocks all around Moi' are warm I
to the touch and hollow t-- the tread. I
There is a natural bridge, a rival to
that of Virginia. In des- ribing the
Hot Springs of the Yi-lb-w.-tone Lake. !
Mr. Wisner says: ' ' ! l-.m are the ;
water and deposits of any two springs ,
alike. There are coral, honeycomb,
basinstone, po'ible, scale and crystal j
formations', the whole making kaleido- ;
seopic groopings of n-lor and design.:
Down in the limpid depth.- of many of
the springs are grot tots and arth-like
structures, t ine dazzling white pool. :
the very type of purity, entrances the
visiter, who stands with wondering,
eyes, to look far down below upon
what may only be likened to a resplen- j
dent fairy grotto of fio-ted silver en-
crusted with pearls. Another crystal, !
clear, and colorless ba.-in has a rim i
blaing with hues ol sapphire, opal, !
ruby, and emerald. Still another pool (
full to the brim, has the corrugated I
sides of its profound deeps adorned 1
with tints of reddish gold. Several ba- ;
sins of unknown depth are mantled j
with a saffron skurn id the consistency
of calf's leather, l'liii, leathery suli- !
stance is not of a vegetable nature, but i
H deposited by the mineral constitu- ,'
ents of the springs. It forms in layers ;
which are I rightly pit it led with red.;
yellow, green and bke k on the under -surlaee,
and the lowenno.-t strata are '
solidified into pure, finely grained :
sheets resembling alabaster." It was i
certainly n very hapj v forethought and !
wise act on the part ol tim I ederal
government to set this wonderliilly
picturesque region apart for i nation
al paik, to be kept lor the enjoyment
of visitrf. ,,.pv,
"
Peonage in Mexico.
The system of peonage still exists in
Mexico. In case of debt the debtor's
personal services, or wages earned
from another employer, belonging to
his creditors until tliedebtis paid ; but !
it has been modilit d of late years, so j
that it doet. not now apply to debts'
ovir h If a man trusts another j
over that sum, he does so at his own j
peril, if he has no property. lie can
co.fimand his services up to $10 wt rth, :
but n. farther.
fl Id life-servitude !
l.OIS , It'll'- iltWt Oil, Ut If CTR.at.
AN HERB FARlf.
A 1'nlqne Farm In F.ngland Where
Planta and Flow-era Taeil for Medical
and Other Purpoaea are (.town.
Near the small village of Mitcham
In the English county of Kent, is n
farm which is peculiar, and Is the only
one of its peculiar kind In the world.
It Is used for the production of plants
and flowers for ihe manufacture of
essential oils, scents, and medical prep-
arations. as well as for their use din a
ly in medicine. Tie re are acres of
ro-. 5 for making rose-water; 'ioleK
lavender, peppermint, and other herl"
for oils and scents, licorice, grown
for its roots, which tolitain a peculiar
kind of sugar that is found in no othT
plant, and known as "glyiyrihi'ine."
and appears as the ceitiliiou black
sw-et gummy sub-lance used as a
medicine for coughs and colds; chani' -mile,
grown for its pleasantly bitter
and tonic ",wer.-; the white-flowered
p"ppy. v. h.-se round seed capsules an.
'.!..o. 1 for ma!- in-.t extra. Is and for fer-mr.-iita'i.
lis: loag", who-e root is used
as an aromatic stimulant; a species i f
in umber from which a purgative
drug, caihd el it. tiiim" is maile: the
red i id. ir, grow n for i's leaves, from
w hit h a p e.'.c! I ul iiitie. innl i'il is dis
tilled; a white l!.o iicl plant, "Solan
urn nigrum." so t ailed because it be
longs to t.o faii ilv '.".kinaee.t," I"
w hi' li the potato an. I tomato belong,
and which has black! crt its that are
virulently pois.-t.or.-. .dso the related
plants biloiigut to tie same f.'iinilyt
and equally poi'-onoii:., ' Atropa bella
donna. ' the f .it.il thrdlv n'ght. !t;i 1".
which has bo.intjful purple i'-o'crs
formed very much 1 I-: the blo.-soin-.
of the pi it a. .0 tie c m ,i -n henbane.
hi n n henbane,
an l our vi tv common unison weed
eliluon iim.-on weed.'
l oth well known a, poisonous drugs
used in medicine. Here are grown
sweet and bitter, fragrant and fetid,
whoh some and deadly, beautiful and
repulsive, and all derive their opposito
qualities iropi the seine kindly soil,
the same w ani) sii!i. the same gentle,
sweet dew-drops, the sjiine bent volent
r le wer-. an 1 the ame life-giving air.
I'l'.-ut (hi- garden anl laboratory,
with it-., till, and ah lnbii s. II. e whole
world i- soppbed in par', ,,,ul the
businc-sof Ibi- Mitchiilit In rb farm is
world i en. .u to-d. I Is harvest time i
a scent- of pi tun s.pie activity. Many
woitien ami idiildreii are busy here
in the in Ids "f roes; there among the
while-lloweri d t hamolilile, which is
grown mui h ns tur common sweet
herbs, tin- plants three or four feet
apait each way. and is planted annnal
h. I.avtnder aipl pejq.ernient !a.-t
three years, new bids being made by
transplanting from the old beds suc
cessively. Licorice is newly planted
every spring I'.nn cuttings of the root
which are long, and go down several
feet into the soil. The bu.-illt sS of the
farm is a rich one because it is a high
ly skilled one, and is a branch of agri
culture in which then, is very little
competition
II ah yon Bays.
According to the ancients, the king
fisher, called in ('.'reek, Halcyon ( from
-the m;i" and broooing upon" i, xvas so
named from Ilahyene, a daughter of :
.Loins, and th" wife of Ceyx. The
story goes that eyv was drowned!
while (.n his way to consult the oracle, j
and that, in a dream that night, Hal- j
cyone was informed of the late of her !
husband. Next morning, as she wan-ili-red
disconsolately on the shore, she '
found his body washed up by the '
waves, and, overcome with grief, threw j
hciselt into the sea. The gods, in ad- .
miration of their mutual affection, j
changed them into kingfishers. j
Ihe kingiishers were supposed, at j
that time to make thrir nests during j
the seven days proceeding the winter'
Solstice fab-mt December JI.-t and to
lav their eggs during the seven days i
ilire. tlv t.illnwirin it aiel it was a nun. .
, " , . '., ... , I
uhir superst itioii that the sea remained
calm and tranquil while they reared
! their young. And, therefore, these
fourteen dayi were called 'halcyon
: days." or days of t aim, pleasant weath-
: er. t'n this account the ancients re-
i giirded the halcyon as the symbol of
j tranquility, and because it lived near
i the water it was consecrated to Thetis
i
: a sea-nymph. The bird about which
such wonderful stories were told was
j probably nothing more than the coin-
! niori kingfisher of Europe, the habits
i of vvhith are very much like those of
1 the belted kingfisher. S'. Xii-holo.
"
" -'air of Shews,
"Marriage resembles a pair of
shears," says the Mmierville Journal
"o joined that they rannot be separat.
often moving in opposite directions,
yet always punishing anyone who
comes between tin in.' Put very often 1
t - t - . iiit-. --III.- l", .-CI"!.--, I'lHA.IHIf,
CinUH.'KVS I MU'MN.
"I Know a Thii-i- or T '
"My dear boy," said a father to his
only son, "you are in l a 1 company.
The lads with whom you a.-sociato in
dulge in bad habits. They drink,
'moke, swear, play cards and visit
theaters. Thpy are not safe company
j fr you.
society.
I beg you to quit their
"You ncdn't be afraid of me.
father," replied the boy, laughing. "I
guess I know a thing or two. I know
how far to go, and when to stop."
The lad left his father's house,
twirling his cane in his lingers and
laughing at the "old man's notions."'
A few years later, and that bid,
grown to manhood, stood at the ,,.i ,.t
ii court before a jury which had jo -t
brought in a verdict of "guilty" against
him for some .rime in which he had
been concerned. Before he vv ,e sen
tenced he addns.od the court, and
said, among i.hir things: "My down
ward cour-e bet-au in di , obedience, to
my parents. I thought 1 l.n'w as
much of the world as my fa'her did, ,
and I spurned his adcr; but as so,.n
as I turned no back upon home, temp
tations came upon me like a drove of
hvenas, and huiried me to ruin."
Jiosl the Tluir lo be J'1- r.f.niM.
'Mother's rr.w!" -nid Maggie, t oin
inp into th" i'e.hui with a pout on
he r lips.
Her aunt was b".s ironiug, litit she
looked i.p and answered Maggie:
"T!ir-n it is tl,- 'y time for you to
bo pleasant and !( i;.i;l. M-'ti.er was
awakeagre.it d'-tl mi the nigl.'. wi'h
the i o ,r b.tbv ''
M,,...rie ni.tile no i i-u'.v. .-he out. on
nei hat and walked o't into the car-
dell
But a i'f i i
b-a went wit h her.
to be helpful and
..t'-ri people ;ir.
Igh." thought She,
t iioo -.v ben it w on b!
" I lie ; erv t :!!"
piensiint is wlitr
ores-. Sine .ii...
"Hiat would both-
-1- tl.o t-josf good
"1 r- nieiii! -er w h
vc! I was so n. r .
-poke to l in-. I . '-;!
.n- -; ae.d nt.-'h.
ie. . : ,l,. it. c, bl
tl. v-.ilh me. I .-o
n I w,i- sick l.l-t
us 'h;i' if any one
1 hardly help 1,,,-ing
t cot ,in..rv nor
! v.-. i.; it:..t as gen
o.t to j-'iy it b;i k
i-.-w, ,t!-l I t :b."
.!i-' he sprang c,p !rom the gr;i-.-w
h-s i i had (brown herself, and
I nn:-. a face full o) cheerful resolu-t:-
:i ( ward the room w lure her ntt.'.h.
i t .-at soothing and tending a fret fid,
! tilling 1 a! y.
Miiggic brought out the pretty ivory
halls, and heg-m to :igi- the-ni f-.r the
little nt.
lie stopped i retting, and a smile
lip.ipled the .-ol oersof his lips.
"i oii!d;;'t 1 t h to on' 'li n , ar.
nage. ut.'ih-1";
ing" she asked.
: I should be
-aid her mother'
!e r ': 1 1 - s :c! a n;ce mol 'l
Viet would."
The
j and th-
ri-le.
; "I'll
j gocl."
iiod
'cque
e brought
Iv ft In-
ibv vi e- s
ion
re;
.eep him out
aid Maggie.
as long is he is
anil yen must he
a naj v hi! 1 am
..king drendfullv
I on the sofa and ir-t
' gone. Yon wc h
tire ' "
j I lie k:n l v - ids and the ki that
' a- companicd them were almost too
j iiuc'i .-i- the mother.
The tears rose to her eyes, and her
j oite tii inhled. as she answer. tl:
"Thank inn. dearie, it will do me a
I world of got d if you t an keep him out
j an h"ur; and the air will do him good.
' to... Mv head nohes badlv this morn
ing."
W hat a happy heart beat in Maggi-'.-bosom
as she trundled the lit i It car
riage np and down i n the walk'
hf had done rial good She had
given back a little of the help ar.d
forbearance that ha I so often been
bestowed upon her. he had mad.
her mother harpjer. and given Ik i
1 1 H
time to rest.
She resolved to remember and act
upon her aunt's goo-l word: "The very
time to be helpful and pleasan' " when
evervho.lv is tired and cro..s."
Antiniils lief-ie Encincs.
Cenerally a cow will stand facing the
engine with horns uplifted until the
cowcatcher reai hes her nd rolls her
from the track. Trains arc occasion
ally wrtiked by an animal rolling in
under the locomotive's drivers. Trains
kill great numbers (if sheep every
jear. A few years ago a flo. k of 2f'f
fheep were being driven along the
dusty road near Yarmouth, Me. The
stcck stampeded from the road to the
track, huddled into the narrow notch,
and the locomotive mowed a clean-cut
. , .. . . p, , e
2t.Kl only '.) were unhurt. A hog is
the worse to run ir-to, and a flock of
turkeys, onee on a track, are there
only to be killed, no amount of whist
ling being powerful enough to frighten
thbm awav.
On the Ilearli.
I eht-p. .1 in mine her tender hitnn,
And ,-i.le I., side, ilh loading pace
A 'id ii i-in -oiiieliinep lace to face,
We ,ii.d. ied slotvly on the strand.
We l II hi hind a hiiiliing crowd;
We I. li no need lor company;
Ciui. elves, our thoughts, t ho beach, the (ell,
I h- eli a I liio heavens Unit o'er us bowed,
M l ie in a pcilet.-l solitude.
Where ;dl with ptiaco and joy was filled;
W liei.- inning lears and cares were sLillod,.
And .-p.-e.-h ucte interruption rude.
ISo, on wt: wnn len d, bund in hand,
O'erlad lo be lo each to near,
So lii arl i-ohi. nl, so tond and dear, '
Alone upon that tilcasanl stmnd.
And when our tool steps wo retraced,
'i he comrades wo hud It-It lieliind
t;.x. humeri: "Well, what's upon your mind
fid hoy ' VVIihI fancies have yon chased.
"While wandering slowly and alone?
Von ant not wont to stroll away;
What do the wild waves fay lo-dnv,
fiy its ueli.iii ied and unknown?"
smiled. They could nut see the hand
I clu-ped in mine, the upturned face;
Their duller eyes beheld no trace
Of little loulpn'u'.s in the sand.
IVe that sweet hour along Ihe sea
Will never vanish Irum my heart,
When, silent, liom all else apart,
I walked with unseen company.
i'. S. Vonant.
PrMJENT PKAKAPHS.
"Time levels all things." exclaimed
the man, w hen a huge dork fell on bin-,
and knocked hint down.
It is when a woman tries to whistle
that tin great glory of her mouth is
s. en without being very much heard.
" Mv wile's sister, out. in Injanna, is
dead, aiel she's wearing itiournin', and
she thought it VI be more appropriate
like to use black tea for a while now."
Before the Police Commissioner.
"Isidore I'erbl.tntine, this is thf
thirteenth time that you have been
.irre.-ted for theft." "Ah, it Is sc
humiliating to beg ! "
"I meant to have told yon of that
hoi.-;" saiil;i gentleman to his friend,
w ho. walking i;i his garden, stumbled
into ;i pit of water. "No matter," said
the triend, "I have found it."
"Miovv me the way up to a higher
plane." says Ella Win t ier, the western
poetess. Certainly. Ella; just step up
into the elevator and tell the con
dtictor to lei you out at the top flour
Plenty of room up there.
"Mamma, what's a book -worm?"
"One win. loves to read and study and
collect books, my dear." The next
night company called. Miss Edith,
who wears rings innumerable, was
present. " h. mamma, look at Miss
Edith's rings. I guess she's a ring
worm, ain't she?"
Some young belies have invented t.
new plan lor securing husbands.
"They g. out boating w ith a man of
their choice, contrive to upset the boat,
then grab him and save his life, the
victim generally showinghis gratitude
bv marrying his preserver." It is a
novel scheme for young ladies win
can swim; but the probabilities are
that a few years after marriage the
man will regret, t.'.at his life was
s-tv ed
"Tell me something I don't know,"
squeaked a silly youth who had been
( battering like an ape to his compan
ion for several minutes, greatly to the
annoyance of the other pa-scngors in
the ear. "Well, sir," said a dignilied
old gentleman, "1 will tell you some
thing you don't know. You are a
jackass, sir!" When the admiring
audience had ceased applauding, the
youth who hail thus suddenly acquired
some valuable information was not in
sight.
lierms of Biseate.
It is fortunate that only an intinit
esHii.illy small proportion of the germs
ofdisea-ethat are always abroad in
the atmosphere can ever meet with
tin1 combination ol' conditions that is
essential for their development. Ac
cording to Professor mui Pcttenk.ifer,
of Munich, a germ, ere it becomes ca
pable of producing actual disease, must
not only find a susceptible subject, but
must also find that subject in a favora
ble locality and at a favorable time;
and, as disease germs are not, as a
rule, very long lived, the vast majori
ty of them die without encountering
the necessary conditions. If such
were not the rase, it is certain that the
human race would ceaso to exist; for
the thief of the niierographiral depart
ment of the Paris observatory has re
cently discovered that the number of
disease germs of one kind or another
contained in a cubic metre of the air
of the French capital is in winter 7,
WH; in May. 12,0tMi; in June, 35,000;
in August, 2 1.0'tO; in October, 1-1,000;
and in November S.tKMi; and it cannot
be supposed that the atmosphere in
London and other largo cities is much
less tainte.1 than it is in Paris, or that
the air, even of the country districts,
is wholly uncontairiinated. S'f. Jamet
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