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1'i.r l.-iiyiT iidvej'lisciticiils 111" -I'll '"
ll'.'icls will III' 1 1 1 : 1 1
I . .
l)c tfljiUljam Hccocb.
While Wing.
T font an eagle from my ark,
WIipii all around whs 'lull and dsrk,
And watched it us it link iu flight
I Inward and upward to a hoiglit
.Supremely grand; ita winjjs outspread
Mm lr a lilnck canopy o'orlicnd,
'lliioneli which no ny of comfort stole
Nur pruini-e of a peaceful Kml.
1 tout n ili hi' from out llio ark.
When hII uroiiml wait dull and dark,
And natrliud it a il oircd un lii'li,
Ita white wins luiliii-ninit ilii' ky
And il heaven's piles stood w ide apart
Cnlil Ilii' ludiunre leached hit liuait,
And un tin" pinion of il duvo
I found tin; niii'liiiniKS of I,iivi.
Too ofl Hinliili'Hi cloud tho g.izn,
Ki'inovaa tho Miiiiliine from life', whva.
And, likr nn enle in iu fl 1t
N IhI iipmi some Kiddy lirilil ;
While on white wine tlio carrier dovo
llrms the hii hardened mini nhure,
Into an nMunspliere nl pence,
Wlrnn all t!nM nirjjins hillnws reiwo.
Jottphint I'allurit, in the Inl'jirniltut.
PH(EBE'3 SPECULATION.
Unas my first case of importance,
ami I hail taken it un speculation. If
1 iiaii succeeded, it would not only be
it feather in my rap. luit u neat sum
in my pocket; if 1 iliiln't, it wotiM lie
at the cost of a deal of lalior wasted
and n sound legal .'rubbing at the
hand of Xaboth Twysrott, who ap
peared on tlio other side.
Tho light was long and hitter, hut
ended in a verdict for my client.
It was too late to put the money iu
the bank the day the defendant paid
it over. However, it was not a very
bulky roll, being all in thousand-dollar
notes; so I just slipped it into a secret
pocket of inv coat where it would be
safe till morning.
We lived, my wife and F, in a snug
little cottage near tho city. We had
been married not quite a year. In I act,
it was mainly on the strength of my
expectation from "tlio case." which
had then reached a point at which
Twyscott was only lighting for delay,
that I had ventured to ask I "holm
llai land to complete our somewhat
long standing engagement.
I had promise! Phobe so many
things out of the case that I had for
gotten half of them: but there was
little doubt that a strict account of
them was laid away in her own mem
ory, and I feared that tho sum total
wmild make a largo huh) in my share
of the spoils.
I know il was a mean thing, and I
can hardly think what put it into my
heal, for I fully intended to deal
K'pi irely by Phodic; but on tho train
homeward it somehow oecured to me
that there was no need of hurry in
telling lei- I had got tin.' money. It
would do at well in a day or two as it
would now.
Phiche met me so lovingly, and had
such a nice little supper waiting - just
the dishes she knew I liked best and
was so chatty and pleasant all the eve
ning, that I wonder how I kept the
guilty secret, but somehow 1 dil keep
it.
1 was awakened next morning by a
messenger with a telegram summoning
me at once to town to draw Mr. lian
ton's will. I hastened to catch the
early (rain, which I was just in time
to do. Mr. Ilanton was a rich retired
merchant, whoso patronage was not
to he neglected.
Instead of finding him dying, I w as
not a little surprised at seeing Mr.
Itanton in dressing gown and slippers,
enjoying a hearty breakfast. His ill
ness was imaginary, and, as I after
wards discovered, ho was in tho habit
of occasionally fancying himself in a
ilying state, when in reality nothing
was the matter. I dispatched the
business with Mr. Hantoii as rapidly
as possible, and do not think my hur
ried manner impressed him favorably.
It was not till I had reached my of
fice that I noticed I had on a different
?oat from that worn the day before,
w hich, being a little the worse for use,
Pho'bo ha I strongly objected to my
wearing of late. More than once
she had threatened to sell it or give
it to the ragman. She must have
-lipped another in its place the night
b-.'fore, and in tho hurry of my
morning toilet I had failed to note
he change.
I was a littlo annoyed when, at a
late hour my client, Jonas Swirl,
called to settle and get his share of
the money. He was a very suspi
ious person, and when t explained
the change of coats and the al
HMice of the cash, I fancied he
looked just a tritle distrustful. Still
he said nothing, and went away prom
ising to come b ck to morrow.
1 hardly stopped to return Pinches
kiss that evening lie fore running up to
the closet to look for my old coat. It
was not there. I tossed everything
ilisideil'iwn, I u inn iged all the drav
r. near-lied every hoo'- ami peg. hut
tin- mi sing giim will nowhere is
ible.
"Phn-be!" I criid. running down to
the diningro Jin where sho was busy
preparing tea "P.ucbo! where' the
coat I woro yesterday?"
"That old ono?"
"Old or new, where is It?" 1 do
manded.
Pm afraid I seemed to speak harshly,
but 1 was only excited.
Piio'lc; looked scared. I had never
addressed her so before.
"Forgive me, Ceorge," she faltered.
"Forgive you for what?"
"I I there was a pedlar came along
to-day, ami and I exchanged your old
coat you know it wasn't fit to wear
any longer, dear for a pair of the
loveliest littlo Mower vases. I've been
waiting for you to notice them, but
but "
My looks must have terrified her, for
she burst in o tears, sobbing out:
"1 didn't think you would mind ft,
ieorgn."
Poor Ph'i'be, it was tho lirst time 1
had made her cry; and after all I had
only my own selfish folly to blame.
Why hadn't I told her about the
money?
Taking her to my arms and kissing
away Iot tears:
"Xever mind, darling," I said
''Don't cry about the coat; but do you
know which way the pedlar went ?"
My kind words reassured her. The
smile came back to her face, but die
question about the pedlar puzzled her.
"I didn't not ice which way he went,"
she answered; "but since you don't
mind about the coat, what difference
(loos it make, dear?"
I didn't care to explain tho mighty
difference it mad"; for I saw it would
break Phodie's heart to know the truth,
and could do no good.
After tea I went out on some pre
text and uiado such inquiries as I could
with prudence; but though I found
some who had seen the pedlar, none
could give in" any clue to him or
whither he had gone.
Pho'be was delighted with her vases:
and of course I had to admire them
ton, though I confess il would have
affoided tne greater satisfaction to have
smashed them over the pedlar's head.
1 spent a sleepless lii'ht, though I
managed to keep I'ho'iie from oluerv
ing my distress It would be time
enough to vex her with thetruth when
there would be no other cour.su left.
Making an excuse for alio' her ctrly
start, I got to town by the lirst morn
ing train,
I notified the police, and spoke of ad
vcrtising; hut that would never do.
the superintendent siid. As tim
money was in a hidden ket, the
only hope lay iu finding thecoat before
the presence of the notes was discov
ered. hatever search was made
must ho prosecuted secretly, Civ ing
tho best deserption of the pedlar 1 bad
been ablo to old tin. I went to my
ollieo Willi a heavy heart. What
should 1 do when Jonas Swirl came
for his money? He would never believe
my story, and Heaven only knew what
harsh measures he might choose to
take.
As I sat with my head buried in my
hands, and elbows restin;on my desk
brooding over my troubles, ! did nut
notice a man enter the door, to which
my back was turned, and was not
aware of his presence until awakened
from my reverie by a grtill' - "Want
any pens, sir?"
"Xo!" 1 answered, without looking
up.
"Some ink? some blotting-paper?
some soap? some mutchc;?
Rome "
Not raring to hear tho inventory
tlnishcd, I turned to request the man
to leave. Hut -I didn't. He had on
my own old coat, more attractive to
my eyes just then than the richest
royal robe!
"How would you like to sell that
coat you have on ?" I asked as uncon
cernedly as possible.
The man smiled as one might at
what he thought a very poor joke.
'Or, maybo you'd exchange it for
the one I wear?" I added.
"You're hardly in earnest, sir?"
"Indeed I am," I said; "I fancy the
cut of yours, and here's mine -come
even up and no higgling."
The coat which I drew off and
thrust into his hands was quite new,
and worth many times that for which
1 offered to exchange it. I was evi
dently taken for a lunatic, but that did
not baulk the pedlar's greed for a good
bargain. The barter was completed
and the man hurried olf, probably
fearing the return of a lucid interval
in which I might seek to cancel the
trade.
Hut I followed at his heels, keeping
him in sight till I had searched the
secret pocket, where I found the money
all safe
And I found it just in time, too, for
before many minutes Jon is Swirl
came in he had promised. Our set
tlement was soon completed, and
ah ha I h4 own share to do what
he wont I with.
l'ho lie was surprised to se mo in
my old coat; but when I told her
all, and saw how white and scared
she looked, I was glad that I had
waited till there was only good news
to tell her.
How Carrara .Marble Is (Jiiarried.
There are t,(MMi men at work in tho
quarries at Carrara, sixty-five saw mills
and twenty-live polishing wnVcls,
which brighten dull marble and smooth
the slight fortunes of some of the work
ers. Tho hewing of rough rocks, hugo
in their proportion, is something ap
proaching the marvelous here. The
men are hoisted to tho height of some
"ill) feet abovo tho level of tho quarry,
and up aloft excavate perfectly colos
sal lumps of Carrara marble. P.ach
gang, or the foreman of the gang, goes
''ow n with and on the lump as It is
swung bj derrick ropes out into the
air and swiftly brought to mother
earth. One of these Italians will sing
iu lusty tones, "Viva, Viva tiaribaldi,"
from his di.zy eminence and suddenly
appear I clow where you are standing,
bis bright, big black eyes full of un
eqnaled expressiveness and his white
teeth glittering liel ween unapproacha
ble smiles -the inalienable gills of
these people and say, "Ah, signore,
will ymi go up with me again?" just
as if it were a perfectly ordinary feat.
The free, easy and primitive style of
this Carrara llying-trape.e work makes
it appear doubly dangerous. Hundreds
of accidents occur every year. 'hildien
scarcely out of their swaddling clothes
work amid the glare and dust of this
lovely white marbl" and die with sore
eyes and stilled lungs. The food is dry
bread, a raw onion and dirty water. II
is the only place in Italy where wine is
not ili link. Worn out by incessant su
vero toil, these people, insufficiently
fed, fall into dissipation, violence, and
crime, dying like dogs and leaving on
the white marble theswett of their
wretched lives.
Hew Attar of Hoses is Made.
The attar of roses of commerce is
produced on a large scale in the Turk
ish province of liumclia, ami principal
ly on the warm southern slopes of the
ISalkaii.i. The same iiit'cle is also
made in Tunis, India, Persia, ami the
south of Fiance, but tho quantity pro
duced is small and the price so high
that very little is exported. The l!u
nielian attar is made frmn the i'"'
ln inn i mi by distillation. The color
of this rose is generally red, though
sometimes white, and Idooms in May
and June. The (lowers are on trees
thai average about six feet high, which
are not only plaultd in rows, but are
tended zealously I mm autumn till
midsummer. The (lowers when in full
bloom are plucked before sunrise.soine
t lines with, sometimes without the
calyx, but only in such quantities a
can be distilled on the day thai thev
are plucked.
The still is a plain tinned apparatus,
from which a long curved tube is di
rected through a tub of water and into
a large bottle. The still stands on a
stone hearth, and usually in the shade
of trees near a running stream. The
firing is done by wood. Tho stills hold
from twenty-live to fifty pounds of
roses, which are covered with twice
that quantity of water and boiled half
an hour. The distilled liquid that
passes over into tlie boltlo is allowed
to stand, when the attar rises on the
surface and is skimmed off, the water
ultimately being sold as roso water at
Constantinople. Tho attar is kept in
copper cans and the rose water in bot
tles. A rose tree is at its best at its fourth
year, an acre of four-year old trees
producing from one totwoton.sof Mow
ers, and 7, Hin pounds of ilowcrs pro
ducing one pound of attar. Much de
pends on the spring weather, as rains
and frosts ill affect tho bloom.
In very sunny seasons 2,'iOO pounds
have given a pound of attar. Kvcry
peasant distils his own roses, and the
average Kumanian crop is about Ijnio
pounds of the pure yellow attar, noth
ing being said of the article adultera
ted by oil of geranium, which contains
but ! per cent, of stttar.--f7i
foiinm.
M lie Invented Chess.
The Hindoos nay that chess was the
invention of an astronomer who Nour
ished several thousand years ago, and
who was possessed of supernatural
knowledge and ncuteness. The
(i recks claim that it was the invention
of Palamedes to beguile tho tedium of
the siege of Troy. Tho Arab legend is
that it was devised for the instruction
of a young despot by his tutor, a
learned llrahmin, to teach the youth
how a king w as dependent upon his
subjects for his safety. iriental chess
is of two kinds, Chinese and Indian
clies. Tho Chinese game is played
generally in Pastern Asia, but in India
and the adjacent Islands, and with some
slight modifications all over the civil
ized world Indian chess is played.
TIIKfllllHtKVS C-l-l-MX. j
Ilnr anil ihr Onlay.
Ui;lil tip into llnsnv's eyes
l....kcl III.- ilai- Icl lly,
!tit, nlast to hi Hii'iip,
Jlus-y iilu liiin fiddly.
J.isti'ii, daiii4 in Hi'' I'n lds:
Hideaway from ll iy.
Jl.iisii't in ike the miik -lie yiel N,
And her nkin pnw tlos-y.
So eieli day flic li.e- to llinl
lai.sl"4 liod'lill sweetly.
And, iilllioii it' iimi-i unkind,
lilies their heads i.il' neatly.
.Viiiy.ii- hl-ir. l I't I'lioy '(ii
Jolt Wlitle.
' That wathcnaiue we gave the mare,
j tml sho had a little hnnvn colt who
j vas called llobby llrown. When Jane
! White went oil' to work in tho fields
J .he used to leave Hobby I'.rown iu the
arii, and he would cry just lik any
I )aby that wmts his mother. So we
thildren used to carry him lumps of
i uigar to comfort him. We often stayed
J villi him till Jane canio home.
After Jane's work was done, she
; ioiiftinies took Hobby out for a walk
n the pasture. They getieally came
:ack all right, lint one night Jane
Mini' to the gate without I lobby. When
:he g'slu wa opened, she did not come
n as usual, but ran back toward the
;iasture and whinnied, she ran to and !
fro, whinnying, till father went to see
hat was tho matter, and found I! l-
:y sticking fast in the muddy ditch. :
He was almost ilrowm'd, and when I
father pulled him mil on tho turf he
was too weak to stand.
He was so weak he could not. even
saj "Thank you." Hut Jane did. she
trotted and pranced and whinnied and
rubbed her nose on father's shoulder
which is a horse's way of saying
"Thank you."
"Hood Jane !" said father, patting
her. "If it h id not b.'eii for yon Hob.
by would have been drowned." Lit.
t- Mi it mill II'iiwi i,
A llniki ii-llrni Iril llli-il.
A correspondent thus writes: "Near,
ly twenty years ago owucil a pairof
beaut if til canaries; the male being a very
line fellow, with a rich musical note
Having furnished them with the out
side rough form of a nest iu straw,
leaving them to complete its comfort
with hits of soil wool, down and small
feathers, they were shortly in the hap
py possession of four eggs. In due
course four young ones presented them
selves, to the evident delight of the pa
rents, who fed them from daylight to
dark, their favorite food being the yolk
of hard-boiled eggs. Time brought
round the period when, instead of raw,
naked, helpless creatures always "ask
ing for more," four I'ull-lledgeil young
birds frisked nliout the cage like so
many pretty yellow balls of fine soft
wool. They grew to be very line birds,
and first one friend and then another
coveted them, until all had gone but
one little youngling, which remained
as the only solace of the parents. This
last of the family was the delight of
their hearts; they fondled it and play
ed with it as wo have seen an affec
tionate mother do with her child, and
seemed to exert themselves to amuse
it in every w ay their fancy prompted.
Probably a happier little family,
never existed. Hut, alas! the spoilcr
caiue. Another friend coveted the last
of the little (lock and it was taken
away. And from that moment the
joyous song of the male bird gave place
to a painfully feeble little chirp. He
sat on the perch with a drooping
heart -broken, spiritless aspect ; his
wings hung down as if all power and
vitality had left him; and within twen- i
ty-four hours from the time of his be
reavement he fell dead from the perch.
The affectionate creature had evident
ly died of grief for the loss of bis "one
cve Iamb." The cage was given away,
with the remaining bird; and no in
ducement could tempt me again to run
the risk of perhaps unconsciously being
the cause of so much unhappiness and
misery.
A Subordinate Position.
"Now," said the bridegroom to the
bride, when they returned from the j
honeymoon trip, "lei us have a clear
understanding before wo settle down
to married life; are you to be president
or vice-president of this concern V"
"I want to be neither president nor
vice-president," she answered; "I will
be content with a subordinate posi
tion." "What is that?"
"Controller of tho currency."
Circumstance is t.io occasion of vice,
but no more. The seed is in the heart,
and the soil has not been found where
It will ref us r to grow. There are peo
ple who will "breakout," as the ex
pressive saying is, any where, and iu
nny circumstances. If the tree bo good
the fruit will be good; but, if the treo
be bad, no amount of cultivation will
produce good fruit.
yj; f)X T; fOMIX
Wlint n Comet's
ist.n; F-V'iJtiil'
( 'Imrrv-tci''
An-.
A Humorist Discourses Jieirnrdly Upon
nn Astronomical Fuzzle,
Tho comet is a kind of astronomical
parody on tho planet. Comets look
some like planets but they are thinner
and do not hurt so hard when they hit
anybody as a planet does. Tho comet
was so called because it had hair on it,
1 believe, but lato years the bald
headed comet is giving just as good
satisfaction everywhere.
The characteristic features of the
comet are: A nucleus, a nebulous light
or coma, and usually a luminous train
or tail worn high. Sometimes several
tails are observed on one comet, but
this occurs only in flush times.
When I was vounsr I used to think
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up above the world so high, with
nothing todobut loaf around and play
wit h the little new laid planets and
have a good time, but now 1 can see
where I w:s wrong. Comets also have
their troubles, their perihelions, their
hyperbolas and their parabolas. A
little over o'ln years ago Tycho Hrahe
discovered that comets were extrane
ous to oiirat'iiosphere, an.l since then
times have improved. I can see that
'radc is steadier and potatoes run less
to tops than they did before.
Soon after that they discovered that
comets all had more or less periodicity.
Noliody knows how they got it. All
jhe astronomers had been watching
them day and night and didn't know
when th"y were exposed but there was
no time to talk and argue over the
question. There were two or three
hundred comets all down with it at
once. It was an exciting time.
Comets sometimes live to a ureal
ti.Ij i...,. u ii, ..i ii... ..
not so injurious (.. the healtlMM many
peoplc would have us believe.
n(,
great comet of iWl is supposed to j
have been the one that was noticed
about the time of Ca'sar's death, II I!.
('.. and ft ill when it appeared in New-, w"'n V """"" -'"",'1
ton's time, seventeen hundred vears ''"'-I'lnent 'f the secretary and tl
after its lirst grand farewell lour. Ike ' wU" "i't'1"1'1 experiment, it gra I
said that it was very well preserved in-! "1,llv ,r''1 ''"'' '" "lll'''
deed and seemed to have retained ii j w ilh considerable clloi t made u of
its facult os in good shape. " 1Vl,1,1.v r-l. but afterw ards
Astronomers sav that the tails ..fall ' energetically. I loth the resuscitated
comets aro turned from the sun. I do ' lisl,(!'- wl,i,'h sl'"w '-'ns "r ,,l,'lr
not. know why they do this, whether ! hiU' prostration now swim about with
it is etiquette among them or just a , their ..,,.,, in the tanks as usual,
mere habit. The instantaneous reaiiiniat ion pro-
A late writer on astronomy said that j ,ll"r,, lhu lMri' 1,1 tho first instance
tim siibst:.,.,...filin.di..lositv ami n. i :ts indeed remarkable; but what tin
tail is of almost inconceivable tenuilv.
lie said this and then death came to
his relief.
Another writer savs of the comet an.l
its tail that "Ihecurvature of the latter
ami the acceleration of the periodic
time in the case of F.ncke's comet ip
tlieute their being affected by a resist
ing medium which has never been
observed to have the slightest iuiluence
on the planetary periods."
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nent authority, though he mav be
right. Much fear has been the result
of the cornel's appearance ever since
the world hctran. and it is as .mod
thing to worry about as anything I
know of. If we could get close to a
comet without frightening it away, we
would find that we could walk through
it any where us we could through the
glare of a torchlight procession. We
should so live that we will not be
ashamed to look a comet in the eye,
however. Let us pay up our newspa
per subscription and lead such lives
that when the comet strikes we will
be ready.
Smne worry a good deal about the
chances for a big comet to plow hit
the sun some dark rainy night, ami
thus bust up the whole universe.
wish that was all I had to worn a! t.
If anv responsible man will agree to
pav mv taxes and funeral cxp nscs. I
will agree to do his worrying about
the con.efs crashing int.. the boson, of
the sun and knocking its davlights
out.--Kill Xw in n,h;it Fne W
A Fatal Kri.liil Trip.
A clerk in a large licrm in count
ing house was spending his honey
moon in Italy, and while there a firm
paid him iJS'MKt, owed to his em
ployers. Having the fs.thin. (ho
clerk thought he would go to Monte
Carlo. Ho knew it was the worst
possible place for him, because he
would he tempted to gamble, but
nevertheless being a foolish and wcak
ini uled clerk he set olT for the spot.
Lest he should be impelled to go to
the rooms and speculate with his em
ployer's money, he handed the sum
over to his wife to keep. I'evotedlo
each other as bride and bridegroom
were they rambled about this very
small place independently of each
other. The wife. s.Otio in pocket,
went to the tables, 1.-st all. and
jumped into the sea.
A Fish Story.
One of thelateollicial bulletin of the '
I'nited Status Fish commission 'on
tains the following li.sh story, mainly j
derived, it is staled, from ollicial cor-
respondencc: An experiment by Mr. ,
C. W. Sciidder, of the I'nited Stales j
Fish Commission, in using brandy to !
recover carp nearly on the point of ex- ,
piration, which was descr.be I in Hul
letinl'ish Commission, ls . h iving
come to the imtic of Mr. W. (Hdliaui i
Chambers, secretary of tin1 NaMonal 1
Fish Culture association, of I, union, !
the latter conducted a similar experi
inent iu the presence of several gentle-'
men at South Kensington, in Septeiu- '
ber, 11. and has recorded tin- vcrili
ration of Mr. Scuddcr's work as follow s: ;
Taking two Prussian carp fioui the
t'tnks of the aquarium, he dep sited j
them in separate can--, adorning one,
with blue ribbon to denote its enforced j
temperance principles and to distitt-
uuish it from th
ther, which was
selected for the adiionist ra'.ion of,
spirituous liquors. Altera lapse of
four bonis the li.sh v ere placed iu ,
water, evident signs of xpira' imi j
In ing apparent in both cases. A small j
quantity of brandy and water was then !
given to thecarp selected lor the i in ,
bihalion of intoxicating liquors through
i the medium of a leather, and n i s i.mi r .
was the fish replaced in water than il 1
assumed its normal condition and!
seemed to be restored to vigor and j
'strength. 'I'ho carp enli -ted under the
banner of the 'blue -ribbon league' to j
; all appearances died hall an hour alter
its more fortunate as-ociate, and was
taken out of the water and throw u on
the ground. About four hours 1 . i 1 r,
' however, the fish was picked up by
Mr. Chambers, who observed il by ap
pearance to be ' ( 'O- ( ' ,''s. III!
then at once operated on the iu'emint'ly
i inanimate fish by cpeniug its mouth
',,m l",,lr'"K
dose
of brandy and
I water down its throat,
and again in-
j s'r,in ' in Wl,u'r- '"" '" l,is
' inter asionisuiiieiH, ne iioiu cu sugnt
;ns id animation, l or lac minutes
I I I.., mil'. ,rl null.. ,,l,
el id the cxpefi-c--.lv
on its side.
liienl lloaled help!
be said of the latter, w hich nv
afl''r
remaining out of water eight
i hours? Surely this discovery will
prove 01 me grcaie.st i:iiim v an., vane
iu restoring lish that would otherwise
perish, and be ihe means of securing
greater longevity amongst them. -Vusliin-itiit
'tir.
Xoo-tibiiik-Tiink.
game, called .ihi.m;-..
A
is
Piaveunytue i'-khuu iu -ii
Hid boVs,
A piece of walrus ivmy. about as long
as the forefinger and proi-ably a little
larg-r in diaun ter. is pieivcl m ar the
mi.Mli- with holes running entirely
through, and as thickly pla.-ed
cm
be without cutting il in two. Through
each extremity is passed a si. ait sinew
string, one end of whi.-h holds it f ist
to the roof ol t iie 'i i or tent, w hile
the other is tied to some heavy object.
as a walrus's skull or a stone, which
acts as a weight and keeps both strings
taut.
Some member of the playing party
then puts up something as a prize a
pair of walrus's tusks or. perhaps, a
reindeer coat. The players, who stand
in a cit.le around the pcrloratcd hm-v
cylinder, arm themselves with long.
I sharpened sticks, with points small
enough to cut cr the holes t sti, h as - e.tl
'. M"'"-i " m,,v'"1- "r """
ramrods i. and arc then ready t -
;ls PnI' K'V,T ives a
is,,,,,,"M s,"",t "Vi! i:" ""'J'
j"''1'"' " '"''- ''l,;,11.v-
oine lucky l. llow sti, reels in thrust-
ing the point of bis stick, spear, or
ramrod through one of (he boles, when
he loudly shouts "VP Yi!" and push
es the cylinder aside to show that he is
w inner, and t be jabbing .oases. The
victor now puts up some new prize a
musk-ox rob.', or a sledge dog, or a
sealskin line and the game goes mi as
usual until all are ready to stop.
i.i' lit. S' lunitlin, hi St, A'' Ifil-it.
A F.xccptiiiti to the Kulc.
'The 111. ne you fill a barrel, the more
it will weigh." said tho teacher.
"I'll ase, iii.i'ain is they any excep
tion tcr the rule?" asked an urchin.
"None whatever, everything you
put in the barrel a ids weight to it."
"I know an exception," broke in
Hobby sharp.
"I guess not. What is it ?"
"Well, ma'am, the more holes you
put iu a barrel, Hie lighter it gets."
An Obi I'i-omi'Ii.
.ulii-tr. ne. ilailaiL'. 1'i'oaii-e it ruins,
il i1..wii ill- up aiel tin- lain is I'llli".
A n l . 1 1 - -I - an- litm tinu I lie H ill lmv panes
Aiel a in uiiii w iii l tliniii ;li llie laau is
.I'hnjS
I i mii,- ni l w j -1 1 i i tlie -k v n;s clear.
An I ruses con mi Hie la'lice twining'
All. I. r. aieiiilier. my Imilisli ileir.
'Is, .,, o Iniill wla'lt till- Mill Is shinill-'"
When III" umiI'I i !iri,'lii an I fiiv mid L-ay.
n ! '0-id I, i. N s.n ia t In- lair .lime weather,
And -in el i- u:it; it in. ni ;!it ami day,
III I -'.ill a ilia ire nl sneet. I . -1 1 1 -I :
in n l-l.i .e.is ;.ii.wei ihe s!.v h e.
An I l.l.::hl l.l! - I Ilmv lie- d iy 's ,1,-eliiiili '.
Why . :li. ii. 'ti- 11 i nn ill In siiiih-. my love;
" ' I is ea-y !. l in.;!i hl'il the -nil is -leu-I'u
' '
Kill Ilii- j. the ti til' hi 'III to le.'.
hen uiitlrr :- ne ii and -i.i in, un- how !-
n I 'le'iallil l ira nli lrl le i lin en 1 -I
I Ks ,i thest s, teiili aii-l M-oiilin.
llie I ue l llle -.il't sh.Mii I n-e I" Inert
I Ii i.lii.."i and 1 he day ' lepinin ;:
A III till - i- I he 1 1 nil- tl he u' I I. I'M . sweet.
'I .v I - 1 M i I when the .all is shin
i1':;' "
II I.
il I MOKOPS.
A generous fatle r too eminent
pap.
t.iil balue, don't have to buy their
bow ing guiii.
M .nu iiis ..light t i b" go id sailois
they h.iii' .u iiut'-h lo.ii r.'-t itti" exp u i-
lice.
hi" sw allow m il es mi - spring, if
the ib ink i iloctoi'i'd with cayenne
pepper.
It i s ...ti I that there is a ..oft sid" to
every in in. 'I hat's t h" rea -on a dude
is afraid to stand oil bis hea l.
"Yi s," ho said, "belore marriage I
tlimi"lii I id live on love. I am
now living mi my tat hcr-in law."
Crabb b'obin. "Ii says that tloethe
never had an atlliclimi which he did
not tuiniiii'i a poem, "some writers
liei r have a pot. m which they do not
t urn into an a'Hicl ion.
The !! "I- says "the ear. should be
ai placed a- not to I e higher than the
eyebrows or lower t ban the tip of the
lion." People w ho aie ill c-sing for a
party .-Icnl I not lot get t hh.
I li.tuie-ev 1 1. pew in Ireland met a
boy whipping a d"iil.ev. t 'ne nl Ihe
! raveling party said, "liny, stop beat
ing your brother." i,iiiicai a thi-h
cainethe reply, "I won't father."
Wee Fanny hit her long in- day
and ciiue in crying bitterly. "What
is il?" asUel her m itlu-r. "ih. mam
ma!" sh" -aid, "my teet h stepped on
ii v tongue!"
How ('mill Filtered Hie Federal trim,
A (iah iia I 111. letter In the .Nilem
t Mas:;. ) i.'o:. " says; hav thought
t ti it a few-ane -doles of t lener.tl lirant
which have from time to time le en re
lated to me during a long rc-idence in
ialctia might not he uninteresting to
our r.'a.lers. A friend of mine once
told me that he walked home with (ieu.
Crant at the .-lose of the fust war
Meeting which was held ill lialeiia,
and at which thetleneral presided. and
tb it he -aid to him, "I am going into
this thing. I am going to begin a1 the
font ol the ladder. 1 am acquainted
w ith the (o'vcriinr if Ohio, and I am
going to w rite in him to-night and ask
him (ogive mo a commission." My
friend asked him why ho did not ap
ply to (i iv. Yates. lie replied that be
knew Ohio's tiovernor, and should
w rile to him. Uefore bis application
was answered F.. I'.. Washburne was
down at Springfield, and (Inv. Yates
said to hin.: "We have got. men
enough and niniicy enough, but wo
have no one here to organize; we need
a military man here" Mr. Wash
burn.' said: "We have got jtisl the
very man up at 1 i.tlena t bal you want."
" ho i, he? ' -Capt. Crant." "Who
isC;ipt. Crant ?" Mr. Washburne ex
plained that le' was a graduate nf
W est I'nint and had sc. n service in tho
Mexican war. ".'send Capt. Crant
down here." was the reply. While
Crant was at work at the duly assigned
him the t 'olonel of a rejiinctit came iu
lie day and said that he cnuld do
nothing with bis men and offered to
reign in Crant's favor if he would
take ei uimand of it. Crant went out.
to see the regiment, and. being satis
fied thai the men were full of fight
and would make good soldiers, accept
ed tin' command. Instead of taking
his soldiers from Springlleld to ttiiiney
by rail, be marched them on foot, and
by the tiui they reached their destina
tion they knew they bad no militia
Colonel to .leal with.
His due ltiilliniit etlon.
They Iril had a little party of
guests at. the bouse, and he remarked
to bis wife, as he was getting ready
fnr bed, that he fluttered himself that
ho had act ed the part of host in
rather a brilliant manner.
"lean only recall one brilliant ae
tinn of ymirs," she said.
"What was that?'
"Lighting the gas."