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VOL. XXXIX.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1882.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31. 1882.
I)oeortnion Da;.
Tho latest in institution of nil our nation
al holidays is of the most unique nd pe
culiar character. No other nation but a
Christian nation ever observed such an
annual memorial day as our Decoration
day. The custom is peculiar to onr own
nation and to this generation, and if traced
to its inception, becomes another witness
of tho refining influence of the rtdigion of
Christ.
Christianity only, has made its institu
tion possible and ils pcrpotuation probable
If there'ore the nation desires to perpetu
ate the observance and elevating influence
of our memorial Decoration day, it cannot
nfl'ord to approvo such arrangements as
have been made in the city of New York
by which Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is to
pronounce th oration of tho day, as ihe
euiployod spokesman to voice the senti
ments of the citizens on such an occasion
Infidelity nnvor did anything for the nali' n
in the time of its peril, and tho great
champion of infidelity, whose name we
quote as above, was himself a convicted
coward, who run away at the first sound
of warfare and hid in a hog pen where he
was taken prisoner of war by a boy of
seventeen years of age. This is the war
record of tho chief apostle of infidelity
whom tho committee of arrangements in
the city of New York have engaged to
pionouneo the oration on Tuesday next,
when that great city shall observo tho
sacred momorial occasion.
Christianity has done too much for the
nation and for the world to be thu9 mal
treated on this or nny other national anni
versary, and it will be well for onr our
people to guard tho influences which seek
to control the management of our public
demonstrations in the namo of the com
munities. Wo do not hold that the conduct of such
celebrations should necessarily bo within
tho exclusive control of tho churches, or
tho professedly Christian portion of the
community, for it is of small consequonoo
as to tho " honors" of tho management,
but it is legitimate to expect that no such
advocate of infidelity and blasphemous
champion of Us denials shall bo permitted
to occupy the position of holy trust and
confidence ns that of an orator who is to
address the living frionds of tho patriot
dead on tho day appointed to memorize
their staunch fidolity to holy principles.
Let the day be hallowed by the solemn
service of decoration and oration; let the
graves of the soldiers bo covered with
flowers, emblematic of the blooming glory
of tho resurrection morning; lot tho dirges
bo sounded and tho nsuul ceremonies be
enacted in token of our remembrance of
their worth ami our sorrow for their loss,
but lot it always ba remembered that it
was Christianity and not infidelity tha
gave us our strength to buttle and to win,
and that Christianity has given to us all of
our virtuo and all of our future prospects
of redemption.
'iiuidiiy School Lesson Notes
DV ItEV. .1. O. SBHRUURK.
lituM. TlioTrausilfnraltou. Murk 9: 21:1.
The lesson of to-day brings up for ou
study one of tho most interesting and
solemn events of our Lord's ministry.
One concerning which tlio most perfee
silence was unjoined and maintained
until after tho resurrection. As to tht
time of its occurrence Matthew and Mark
sajWabout six days after the events last
narrated, namely, Christ's rebuke to Poter
because of his slowness to understand the
real meaning of tho Master's mission, am1
the teaching Jesus gavo the whole people
concerning saving and losing life. Luk'
wrilting uioro strictly after tho clasaioa!
method of expressing duration of time,
says: " About an eight days after." It
might scorn that tho two accounts wero at
variauce, but any such fooling will be re
moved by simply marking the indefinite-
ncss of Luke's expression, "about." But
really there is no approach to a disagrees
mcnt. The two methods of expressing
ttmo liotweon two events wore both used
and well understood at tho time.
Luke simply includes the day of which
a part was spent in teaching his disciples
concerning his coming, rejection and death
and a part, perhaps, in the journey toward
this mount of transfiguration; also he in
clnded a part of the day on which the
event look place, whilo tho other evangel
ists simply note tho intervening days.
Tho two days on which these events took
place being added to the six between give
the eight days of Luke.
How these days wero spent we can ouly
conjecturo, but doubtless in them somo of
those many works were wrought of which
John says: "Many other things did he.
the which, if they should bo written every
one, I supposo that oven tho world itself
could not contain tho books that should be
written."
The exact locality of tho grand cvonts
(it this lesson is unknown. For a long
lime Mount Tabor was held to be the place,
Imt more recently tho opinion has prevail
id that some peak of Mount Ilcrmon or
il rango was tho scene of theso events.
Kn m tho region of C.e-area I'hilippi
Jesus and his followers might very easily
reach cither of these points in six days.
After all, tho fact and its teachings aro so
much more important than the looalily
where they transpired that we can well
afford to leave nil thought of the lntlor
that we may study moro deeply into tho
loriin r.
J'.'sus t:il,eth wiih liiuj tho three most
favored disciples, us he had before done at
ihe railing of Ujij ruler's daughter, and
"apart. '' upon the mountain top (hoy wit
tiivs tin! .Mihlimn spectacle,.
A common iinderslnndingof theso ovents
h is been that upon this summit Jesus as
sumed another form, somowhat as bo did
when ho walked with the two disciplos on
the way to Euimaus. or that here they saw
him iu his glorified form, as ho will appear
when ho comes to judge tho world and
gather hisjpcoplo to himself. Neither of
these supposition! are necessary though
cither may be correct. If Jesus had takon
on a form essentially different from that
in which they had known him tho; might
easily have doubted hit idontity and have
thought it a spirit or an angel.
Taking Luke's account of theso events,
the matter would appear to the writer in
this light. Theso disciples waited with
their Lord in prayer. Tho habit of Jesus
to spend the night-timo in prayer, and the
fact that Luke mentions that the disciples
wero oppressed with sleepiness, go to
show that it was during the night-time
that the transfiguration occurred.
While thus in rotirod communion with
God, the heavenly glory, which is never
far from the place of true devotion, burst
forth upon the Son ef God, His raiment
unohanged, the contour of bis features
unchanged, yet all lighted with celestial
splendors.
The evangelists find it difficult to ex
press the appearace of his form, clothing
and features, soono says the fashion of his
countenanee was altered, or "madeothor''
than it had been, while here we have the
statement that he was transfigured, or
metamorphosed, before them. The fash
ion of bis countenance means, howevor,
only tho appearance or look of his person
so that it is not necessary to suppose any
real change in the material man whom the
lisciples all the timo called Lord.
While the wondering three gazod upon
the glorified Son of Man, behold two othor
forms appear. Tho unseen world, peopled
with unseen forms, which is overall about
Clod's saints was, for the time, revealed.
Moses and Elijah from among the host of
heavenly beings, doubtless near at tho
time, came into view. They hold converse
with Jesus. The theme of their converse
is given us. They spoke of his decease
or exit lrom earth which ho should ac
complish at Jerusalem.
Soon theso guests of our Lord wero
abont to depart and Poter, who must al
ways interpose some suggestion of his own,
says : " Lord, it is good for us to bo here.
Let us make three tabernacles; ono for
theo, ono for Moses, and one for Elias."
Well do tho evangolistssay, "Ho wist not
what to say," and " Not knowing what ho
said."
rotor still thought of tho things that bo
of men, and ho would provido for beings
from Heaven ns ho would havo done for
those of earth. 15ut whilo ho thus talked
liko a man having no appreciation of tho
glory with which ho was surrounded, an
other nppoarauco drew near more grand
and awo-inspiriug. A bright cloud, Je
hovah's chariot, ovorshadowod them, and
in alarm tho disciples all fall to tho ground
upon their faces. While lying thus pros
trate in the awful presence of God, a voice
out of the cloud declares : " This is my
beloved Son: hear him." In a moment
Jesus touched them, almost senseless with
fear, and when they look np the cloud, the
glory and tho heavenly visitants nro gone
and they onco more alone with Josus.
Into the glorious chariot wherein Moses
and Elijah had, centuries before, been
taken from tho earth, God has again re
ceived thorn, whilo ho leaves His Son still
upon the earth to fulfill his mission of suf-
oring.
In accordance with his custom, Jesus
strictly forbids his disciples to toll of the
occurrences in the mountain until after his
rising from tho dead. This command they
ibey, all tho time questioning among
horaselves what could ho mean by his
rising from tho dead.
On their way down from the mountain,
s it would appear, Peter, revolving in his
mind tho appearance of Moses and Elijah,
a-ked tho Master what tho real meaning
of that scripture was which the scribes
made rofcr to the coming of Elijah. Jesus
virtually said that it had no reference to
what they had soen, hut rathor to tho
ministry of John the baptist, who had
e jmo already and had suffered death at
the hands of those he sought to teach and
help.
Somo suggestions of this lesson aro
worthy of notice. All the formor ageucies
mploycd to lead men to God found their
work complctod in the ministry of Jesus.
The Law and tho Prophots are one witli
'ho Christian dispensation : Moses, Elijah
and Jesus stand unitod under tho glory
cloud upon tho mount.
Everything pertaining to humam re
demption contcrs in tho death of Christ.
As Moses and Elijah could talk with Jesus
but a few moments, they use all that time
in speaking of this central fact in redemp
tion. rite Tenth Xnlion.il Census and Temper
mice iu tho Schools.
Dr. Henry Randall Waitc, special agent
for statistics of education, national census
officer, Washington, 1). C, writes to Mrs.
M. II. Hunt, general superintendent of
this work for tho country, asking for
facts of the progress of the introduction
of temperance text-books into the schools,"
noting "locations and kinds of schools,"
"the encourngemont met with In differ
ent soctions of tho country," and " any
facts of intorest to tho public, coneerniug
this work, to bo incorporated in tho tenth
census of the United States." " Tho idea
of influencing tbe personal habits of the
millions of people who are to bo tboir
own law makers in this land, by creating
through tlic schools an intelligent, universal
and controlling conviction against alco
holic driuks is no mere tentative, visionary
scheme, but a method becoming so uni
versal in its aduption throughout tho
country that its progress is to bo recorded
in tho history of that educational economy
to which tho nation looks for a sober and
virtuous citizenship."
Tho abovo circular oomcs from the
department of scientific temperance In
struction of the Woman's National Chris
tian tompcranco union, with the urgont
. rcrpiost that returns be made at once. To
secure this, will nil schools in our state
that had introduced temperance text-books
or special lessons ou tomporanco previous
to January 1, 1882, please send mo imme
diate word in regard to it? If introduced
sineo that date plcaso state tho fact. Don't
mako it "everybody's business," and so
' nobody's," but lot toachors, committoos
and temperance workers evorywhoro at
tend to it immediately, "becauso tho
King's busineas requires haste."
In bohalf of tho W. C'.T. U. of Vermont.
Alice M. Guehnset, (Underbill, Vt.l,
State Superintendent of Scientific Tom-
peranco Instruction.
TMItK OP imiCIRTAI.ITY.
Ill HARRIET A. SUIIH.
There la a mice, that to the aecret eoul
Hpeake of Umea. in ita hour of calm and dream ,
When the hushed passions, awed by ita eoiilri 1
Listen to its revealiiura. Then it teemi
To apeak in audible aocauta. and ita tonea
Uinir in the ear of reason, o'er and o'er,
In cadence s-rand and solemn, as the moans
Of sea winds comioir from the midnUfht shore.
And the heart checks its beating; when it bears -
Ilreathleas to catch its import hlirh and straiiKe,
When, from the rmrion of the eternal fears
From the mysterious realma of time and change
Covce the clear echos of that voice of power
Which rouses with tae srandeur of Ita tbemea
Tbe immortal so id, to the great thouR-hta which tower
niKb o'er the range of earth's Illusive dreams.
It speaks, and tells ns that the human soul.
All fallen though it he, Isstlll divine;
Born to endure while circling ages roll.
And in Its Uaker'a Image soar and slttno;
'That In Its Inmost nature planted deep
Are energies, whose strength when full revealed
Might vie with the archangel's, and might reap
Such laurels aa no tolls of earth can yield. ' '
Glorious, though fallen: glittering in tbe dust.
It pluea to eoar up to its native hills,
And feels that the cold grave's consuming rust
Can never make its beatlug pulses still;
Immortal by a high and holy birth,
It stoops an Instant in its great career
To grovel here in this low spot of earth ;
Eager with hope, it longs In nobler night,
Burstlug its narrow bounds, away, away -
To soar, exulting, to perfection's height.
Through the grand mysteries of intiulty.
The Youns Artist.
A TKL'E INCIDENT.
"Nettie, Nettie!" cried a loud, eager
voice, "como on now, I want your eyes."
And in obedience to this strange call, a
little girl about ten years old, answering
to the name of Nettie, ran hastily up stairs
to a small room, in which her brother
Walter, a young boy several years older
than herself, stood before a roughly made
easel, on which was strotched a canvas,
bearing the outside lines of a face.
"Now sit right there," he said impetu
ously pointing to a chair, and seizing an
old veil arranged it artistically around
her head. "And please don't talk, but
just sit still, and try to look like the
Roman lady wo saw in the book."
And obedient little Nettie closed her
lips at once, and opened her dark eyes
very wide, trying her best to look as she
fancied the Roman lady did when having
her picture taken, and thinking what a
great boy ber brother Walter was to bo able
to paint such pictures.
Walter had a talent for painting and
drawing, but with such small means (or
cultivating it thai neither his father nor
mother encouraged bis efforts, and his
only help and sympathy came from the
little sister who loved him better than
anything in the world, and thought hi;
paintings perfectly beautiful.
And now In a few weeks thoro was to
be an art exhibition in tho city, where
anyono might place his work ou display
or for salo; and, inspired by Nettie's
urgent encouragement, Walter had really
determined to try his best on a picture,
with the fond but almost despairing hope
of soiling it for enough to help him
bsgin the study of painting.
"You know, Walter," Nettie had said,
"God always helps those who keep trying,
and I do believe you will succeed."
So, they had eagerly searched overy
picture book for a good subject, and after
much discussion selected a pretty engrav
ing of a beautiful Roman lady with largo,
soft eyes, long dark lashes, and rippling
hair, half concealed by a graceful veil.
"That's the very thing 1" Walter had
cried enthusiastically ; "and, Nettie, your
eyes aro for nil the world liko hers, and
you can sit for mo; she is just lovely."
A blush of ploased delight swept over
Nottie's face, and a bright light came into
her eyes, that wero indeed soft and dark,
not very unlike the Roman lady's, though
tho resemblance did not extend further.
And thus it was that, having lost no time
in beginning the picture Nettie was now
sitting before him while I have been tell
ing you all this. She was so pleased to
think she could do anything to help him,
and, do you know, so earnestly were her
hopes bent on his success, in her love and
ambition for him, tbatovery day she added
to her prayers the petition that God would
help him and bless his work?
As the exhibition was only three weeks
distant, and ho had not many leisure
hours for such work, Walter wasted not
a moment, and labored with such industry
that by tho time the third week had begun
he and Nettie stood before the finisbod
picture she perfectly satisfied that no
one could have done it better, he nervous
and anxious, seeing faults which she de
nicd : the lady's face was too fat and
round, her eyes had a stern, staring ex
presston, and ber hair Hist had rulees all
over it instead of soft waves.
"But just see bow the eyes follow me
about, Walter," cried Nettie, proudly.
"and you said that was something so hard
to get right; don't you see, if I stand on
this sido sue seems to bo looking right at
me, and now when I go on this sido, it
looks almost ns if her oyes moved too."
"Yes, that is true," said Walter more
hopeiully. "I havo certainly succeeded
well in that eflcct; and I believe," he
continued with a sigh of rolief, "taking it
altogether, it is tho best picture I have
ever made.
"I should say it is!" cuied Nettio, de
cisively, "and you will see," she added
with a beautiful trusting faith in her dark
oyes. "if it doesn't prove a grand suc
cess." Everything in connection with tho pic
ture and exhibition had been kept a pro
found secret between Walter and Nettie,
to be a proud surprise for their father and
mother, if a success, and In case of a
failure why, tho least said tho bettor.
And now that it was finished, they hung
it in Walter's room, having united all
their little savings to buy as nice a frame
as they cound for it. Almost a week -yet
must elapse before the opening of the
oxbibilion, and both Walter and Nettie
wished it had been but a day, so full were
their hearts of hopeful expectancy. Every
night Walter foil asleep gazing at the
Roman lady, And his eyes turned with
unfailing devotion on her first, when
awakening.
New, tho only assistance employed by
their mother in her household work was
a poor colored girl, who was what is
called "half-witted;" her vaoant, ex
pressionless face told how little of the
mind had been given hor that teaches one
to act and think sensiMy; but sho was
very obedient and harmless, notwithstand
ing tho queer, foolish fancies that had
given her the name of "Crazy Peggy."
Once or twice only, in her lifo, sho had
been known to do strange things, and
sometimes seemed possessed by foolish
fears, making her timid and trightened
of things in which no one clso could
Imagine any cause for alarm.
It was one of Peggy's duties each
morning to clean and dust Walter's room
after he bad gone to school for tbe day,
and the very first morning after the pic.
ture nad neon nung, sue stopped right
belore it and gazod at It as if spell bound ;
again she turned away to go about berwork
but glanced back nervously all the time
at the face on the wall with its great dark
eyes, which aeomod to the foolish girl to
he staring fixedly at her, and following
ber wherever she went. From one side
of the room to tho other she moved, the
oves roallv ainicaiiDEf to move as she
did, till, with her usnal duties only half
performed, poor Peggy hastily left the
room, glad to escape trio eyos teat seemed
to disturb her so.
Tbe following morniig it was inst'tho
jsarae, only tho strango impression of foar
j had taken a stronger hold on the foolish
girl, and she hurried abont, giv
tng only a frightened glance now
and then at the stern eyes that never
seemed to cease their close watch of her.
land away she sped, leaving a very iru
j perfectly cleaned room.
The third naming came, and poor
r2Sy acted as though she had really
grown desperate under tho strange spell
of the picture. Once she clinched hor lis'
and shook it menacingly at the Innocent
Roman lady, but dropped it again, quell
ed by the staring eyes. Slowly she walked
up to the bod, hall crying now, and mut
tering to herself,
I "I want that ar oomnn to stop starin' at
me;". and glancing back nervously to
meet the same relentless gaze, the poor,
t silly girl seemed actually to lose tho little
I mind sho bad, and, rushing to the hearth,
seized a poker sharpened at one end, and
witbont a moment's delay was again be
fore the picture exclaiming, "I'll fix yer,"
and ihe next instant punch I went the cruel
pocker through one eye, punch! through
tbe other, and there hung the poor Roman
, lady with only two round holes in her
' fair face where the dark eyes had been.
iV ltti a grunt ol deep salistaction. but a
frightened glance at tho havoc she bail
made, Peggy finished her cleaning, and
left the room.
"Run up stairs, Nettle, and put lliese
clothes in Waller's room." said her moth
er, as Nettie came in from scnool a half
hour earlier than her brother.
With never a thought of dismay await
ing her. the little girl ran lightly up the
steps, laid tho articles in their proper
places, and then turned for an admiring
glance at tho Roman lady.
With a half uttered cry, and a sudden
terror-stricken clasping of her hands,
Nettie stood like one petrified before the
disfigured picture. Sho could not possibly
believe her own eyes for a moment; nor
till sho drew nearer, and reaching up,
actually placed hor ringor in the poor
piorced eyes.could she realize the terrible,
mysterious catastrophe.
Lost in grief and bewilderment she
stqpd uncertain what to do till snddenlt
Waller's voice from below broke tho spell
that seemed holding her. Instantly all her
thought was turned to him; she must
try to tell him gently what had happened
that bo might bo spared the sudden shock
experienced by her.
Hastening out of the room, she stood at
tho landing of the stairs as be came
bounding up, her little face looking pale
with grief, and her bands still clasped
tightly together. Scarcely noticing her,
Walter was passing hastily on, when she
laid her hand dotainingly on his arm, and
said in a low, trembling voice,
"O Walter, don't, don't go in there
yot!" ,
Her brother stopped and looked at hor
as if he thought she was suddenly losing
her mind. "What in tho world is the
matter, Nettie? you look as though you
had soen something terrible."
"O Walter," she rcpoated in roluctant,
broken sentences, "tho lady tho lady"
In a moment the words had filed him
with vague ularm.
"Tell me, Nettie I" he cried almost an
grily, "what is it what do you mean?"
"O Walter, tho Roman lady has has
had her eyes put out! '
Walter paused only an instant, staring
at Net'ie in speechless amazement, and
then, dashing past ber into his room, his
own face the next moment was rellocting
the expression of hers.
"Who could havo done it!" he cried, at
last finding voice. "Who has ruined my
picture? O Nettie, who could havo done
such a thing?"
"I have thought and thought," said
Nettie, dejectodly, "and I know it could
be no ono but Crazy Peggy ; I will go and
speak to mothor about it at once."
She was turning to loavo the room, when
Walter caught her almost, rudely, by tho
arm. "Stop!" ho cried, "I will" not havo
you say anything about it; father and
mother never cared anything about my
paintings; everything and everybody is
against mo; I will nevor, never try again,
and I don't ever again want to hear of my
picture! '
Poor boy, grief and anger had taken
lull possession of him. and seizing the
unfortunato Roman lady ho hurled her
under the bed out of his sight, then threw
himself face downward on his pillow.
Nettie did not know what to do; the
calamity seemed so great, destroying so
suddenly their long cherished hopes, there
appeared no room for comfort or ehoer.
But sho could not see Walter in such grief
without trying to do something lor mm,
and kneeling down beside hi in she said
gently :
"Do try and think it all best, Waltor;
I have prayed so much to God to let you
succeed that I do not believe ho means it.
all to bo a failure; perhaps some good may
come of it that we can't see!"
"O Nottic, please bush!'' cried Walter,
almost crying in his comfortless grief;
you talk so foolishly, and I don't want to
hear any of your own fancies; you see the
harm is done and can't bo undone, then
what's tho use of talking of somo good
that wo can't see!"
Poor little Nettie felt indeed that it wub
nseloss to try to comfort Walter just now,
and whilo trying still to cling to her trust
in Uotl s promised help, ner own little
heart could not feel how forlorn a hope it
seemed to look for good from such appar
ent failure. Sho wished sho could talk
with her mother about it, but Walter was
a peculiar boy, and when ho said a thing
was to be kept quiet, ho always meant it,
and Nettie knew it would not do to tell of
the trouble that had como to them.
Walter was not ready for breukfast the
next morning, strango to say, and Nettie,
with a face still sad and troubled, went to
his room to see what could detain him.
The poor Boy looked pale and sick.
"I don't want any breakfast, Nettie,"
said he, "just tell mother that I havo a
bad headache and want to lie still a little
longer.
Ab, Nettie knew well enough what it
,,a that mna timl-lnr, Waln.. ill . ;r
was that was making Walter ill ; what if
ho should break his heart, and never he
well again! She had read of such things,
and the thought was more than she could
bear, scarcely tasting her own breakfast.
Sho went absently through her Saturday
morning duties, followed closely by the
longing thought that she must do some
thing to help Walter. Had not the busy
mother been so engrossed with her many
cares, she would havo seen something was
wrong irom tuo utile girls lace.
But suddenly, in the vory act of washing
the dishes, a now, hopeful idea rushed
into Nottio's troubled brain, and tho very
moment her task was dono, away she
(low up stairs again to Walter's room, and
cropt in softly. Worn out with griof and
a restless night, ho was now sleeping
heavily, and stooping quietly, Nettie
drew the pieture from under the bod, nnd
softly left tho room.
Only a few squares distant she had often
noticed the sign of an artist's studio, and
had sometimes seen beautiful pictures in
the window below. Waiting for nothing
more than her bounet, nway sho hurried,
carrying the precious picture in hor arms,
till arriving at tho steps which led to the
artist's room, she hastened up and almost
breathless, knocked at tho door.
Nettie was naturally a vory timid little
girl, and whon tho strango gentleman
answered immediately hor knock, it
seemed for a moment as though all hor
senses flow from bor, nnd she stammered
out:
"Please, sir, can you, do vou think
Son can do any thing for a lady that has
ad her eyes punched out?"
It was very evident, notwithstanding
the gontlcman's kind and gentle faco,
that it was didicult for him to keep from
smiung ai mis lunny question, nut lie said
"""""'W'B'.Y,
Come in, my little girl, nml lei us i ce
what is tho matter."
Nettio fult a little better at this kindly
invitation, and entering the room turned
toward him the unfortunate Roman Udv.
"Ab, I see," said tile nttist, another
smile playing around his lips, but which
he kindly tried to hide. " I sen your pic-
ture has met with an accident ?"
"0, yes. sir," sried Nettio, eagerly,
"Walter my brother painted it for tho
exhibition, and now that this has Imp-
pened, he is in such trouble that be says
he will never, never try again." "
The good man looked at the troubl.nl.
eager little face before him, and asked
sympathizinglv :
"What were the eyes like?"
"Like mine," answered Nettie eagii-it ;
"just like mine; I sat for Waller while ii.
..tutci, ILtui. V, Sll, HO JUU IIIII1K VI U
can do anything for us?"
We'll try," whs tho kind answer, unit
taking a piece of canvas hn . killfully en
two pu ces the right size, and as skiilfti
with strong ruuoilaop, fastened them i i
tho right plan.) on the back of tba carva-
"Now meu," hn said turning io Ntti', ,
"just sit still whilo I seo what I can do."
Never bad Nettie's dark eyes looked so
beautiful as tiow, with tlni glad, eae'
hope beaming in them, making them soit
and bright. And after a short time, ilur
ing which tho artist had silently worked, n
thoughtful look in his gentle fnce,!ii; called
ner to come forward and see the piclu
U, what a wonderttil ehango had conn
over the Roman lady! There wero the
eyes now In which only a close observo
could detect tiuything peculiar, and no
longer with the wide staring expression
that had befoio spoiled them, out soft am
beautiful; a few skillful touches of Ue
artist-brush had entirely altered the ful:,
round look of tho pretty fneo, and changed
the ridges in her hair to soft waves.
Nettie clasped her hands in itn eestsc
of delight. "O, sir," she cried, I don
know how to thank you, and I haven't,
any money now; but if Walter sells th'
picture, I know ho will pay you nil yoi
ask."
"Never mind about that, my little girl,'
replied tho artist, kindly; "but tell me
has-Walter ever had any one to teach hiu
painting?"
-No, sir; no one at all," answered Ne
tie. "He just loves it so, ho tries it all the
time by himself."
"Well, suppose you ask him to come
and see me, sometime," said the artist,
and scarcely waiting longer than to say
another earnest "thank you," away Nettio
hurried.
She bad been absent about two hours
when again sho crept softly into Walter's
room, and to her surprise and delight,
fonnd him still sleeping. Climbing
noiselessly upon a chair, sho hung the
lady in her former place, and then sat
down beside Walter's bed. Already he
was stirring nnd with a grown opened
his eyes; mechanically thoy turned, ;u if
from habit, to tho wall whore they had
rested so often during tlioso hopeful days;
and then with a great start, he sprang up
in bed, exclaiming, "Why, Nettie, what
does this mean, havo 1 boon dreaming ? "
And then with sparkling eyo3 nnd glow
ing checks, Nettie told him the story, end
ing with the artists kind message.
And tho Roman lady took ber place as
proudly as any one on the following Mon
day morning in the great hall, nnd will
you believe it, was actually bought, not
for a very great sum, but by a lady who
said : "I want that picture just for the
earnest, beautiful eyes."
P,ut better than all this, Waller went to
study with the kind artist, and when, in
time, ho too became a fine painter, ho and
Nettie used often to speak of the good
that had como from what seemed so great
an evil to the dear Roman lady. I.. L.
11., in jVcw York Obsercer.
Conscioi s Automatons. In an insect's
body, says Mr. Grant Allen, there i3 no
regular subordination of all tho parts
composing the nervous system to a single
central organ, liko tho brain in man. Tho
largest lot of nerve matter, it is true, is
generally to be found in the neighborhood
of tho sense-organs, and it receives direct
nerve-bundles from the eyes, antennte,
mouth and other adjaueut parts; bui
tho winas and legs are moved by separate
knots of nerve-cells, connected by a sort of
spinal cord with tho head, but capable of
acting quite independently on their own
account. Thus, if we cut off a wasp's
head and stick it on a needle in front of
some sugar and water, tho mouth will
greedily begin to cat the sweet syrup, ap
parently unconscious of tho fact that it has
lost its stomach and that the food is quiet
ly dropping out of the gullet at tho other
end as hist as it is swallowed. So, too, if
we decapitate that queer insect, the pray
ing mantis, tho headless body will still
.., i ,ui ,i .... ...1.1. ...i..i !
.V r i i- f r ".
lias caught one, evidently much surprised
to find that ils head is unaccountably
mlssins.
In fact, whatever may be the caso with
man, the insect, at least, is really u con
scious automaton. It sees or smells food
and is at once impelled by its nervous
constitution to eat it. it receives a senso
impicssiou from the bright hue of a How
er.und it is irresistibly attracted towards it
as the moth is to tlio candle. It has no
power of deliberation, no ability even to
move its own limbs in unaccustomed
manners, lis whole lifo is governed for it
by its fixed norvous constitution, and by
the stimulations it receives from outside.
And so, though tho world probably ap
pears much tho same to a beetle as to us,
tho nature of its lifo is very different. It
acts like a piece of clock-work mechanism,
wound up to perform a certain number of
fixed movements, and incapable of ever
going beyond tho narrow oirclo for which
it is designed.
Ren Zaiil, an Arabian shoik, captured in
battle one hundred prisoners, whom ho
condemned to death. A bravo young fel
low among those captured begged, as a
last favor, that priceless boon to Arabians
a drink of wator for each of tho parly.
It was given to all. " liy this act," ex
claimed tho yonth, "we havo becomo your
guests. Vou dare not break tho laws of
hospitality." Zald was so struck by his
presence of mind that ho freed them all.
On St. Valentino's day, a city doctor
committed a folly of sending tho tradi
tional inissivo to three charming hut petite
young girls. Having a facile pon, ho de
signed a big bruin standing erect aud
regarding with curious wonder threo
little ducks. Proud of his effort, ho after
wards asked the brightest of tho
tin co demoiselles what she thought tho
littlo ducks were saying to tho bear.
"Undoubtedly quack! quack! quack!"
came the instant response.
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, said to a
friend regarding bis rooent visit to Kuropo -.
"I enjoyed mysolf very much, sir, very
much, indeed; but I havo ono sorious
regret. I am very sorry that I did not
have an opportunity of seeing Prince Bis
marck and the Quoen of England." "And
why did you wish so particularly to sco
them?" asked the friend in surprise. Tho
senator, with a sly twinkle in his eye, but
with his utmost sovority of manner, an
swered : "Rooauso, sir, after sooing them,
I might bo able to say that I had met two
people in I'.urono who did not want a six
pence from me. "
The1 New Tiieoiit ok Consumption. j
rroiessor ikocn s erru tneory ol disease
pruuiisBs iu create almost n ruvuiuuon in
medical science. His latest investigation
doals with the dreadful disease oiconsump
lion which ho proves beyond a doubtto be
communicable. It is caused by little rod-
shaped microscopic bacillus embedded in
ihe diseased tubercle; and this germ is
transplated from ono human bod) to an-
other, just as tho germs of any contagious
disease are transplanted. Tuberculosis
ihe professor says, is not caused by cold
and exposure, ns is usually supposed The
disease may indeed, be aggravated thereby,
but tbe original germs must be in the sys-
tern, or tuberculosis will not be developed.
Ho subjected the diseased organs of a
great number of men and animals to the
microscopic examination, and found, in
all cases, tbe tubercles infected with i
minute parasite. Transferred directly lv
inoculation to the organs of healthy aci
Ml,tl, lUl 8D UU II II 111 DVCI V lllLHUUn ICI'
duced tbe earuo disease. To meet tl e
objection that it was not ihe parasite itsel
bui some virus iu which it was embeddi I
iu the diseased organ, that was the re:
contagiom, he cultivated his bacilli ait
fioially, for long periods of lime an i
through many successive generation.
Willi a speck of matiur for example, IVoli
it tuberculous human lung, he infected v.
mihatanco prepared, after much trial, b--himself,
with ihe view of affording nutri
ment to tho parasite. Here ho
permittee
it to grow aud multiply. From this nev.
generation he took a minute sample, mi
infected therewith fresh nutritive mattei
thus producing another brood. Generatio
after generation of bacilli wero develops.
In this way, without the intervention c
disease At tho end of the process, whic
sometimes embraced successive culliv
tions extending over half a year, the puri
fled bacilli were intrndnced into the circu
ration of healthy animals of various kind;
In every case inoculation was followed b
the reproduction and spread ot tho para
sun and tl.e generation of tho origin
disease.
Professor Koch determined Ihe liliiii
of temperature betwoon which tho mhorcl
Imeillus can develop and multiply II
found it to be 80"" F. minimum and 10-t
maximum. The professor is of the opinioi
that animal warmth is necessary for th
propagation of these parasites. In a greu
number of cases he has examined th.
matter expectorated lrom the 1110" c
persons afflicted with tuberculosis, an
found it infested with bacilli, whereas ex
pectorated matter from the lungs ol heal
thy persons was free from them Ho foun
the expectorated matter in the formei
case highly infective, and not less virulent
when dry. The professor points to tbe
grave danger of inhaling air in which
particlos of the dry sputa of consumptive
patients mingled with dust of other kinds.
Professor Tyndal, in a letter to the
London Times, maintains the genuincnes
of these observations of Professoi Koch,
and says :
"In tho facts laid before our readers
may bo the solution of the problem so
long regarded as insoluble tho cure ol
tuborculosis. If Pasteur's oulture experi
mente have led to the discovery of a meth
od by which the poison of splonic fover is
rendered harmloss, and the disease pro
vented by the timely inoculation of the
modified virus, may we not hope that the
time is not distant when the ravages ol
consumption will be prevented by the
inoculation of a bacillus? The medical
profession of tho whole civilized world
will now await with the keenest interests
the developments which may be expected
from further study of the bacillus tuber
culosis." When You Sec
A man enter a house or office and sit
down slouehingly with his hat on
A man standing to talk politics and
tell stories to tako up the timo of those
hired to work
A man moving around so slow that an
ox team funeral procession would easily go
by him
A man always lato up, late to his
meals, and lato to his work
A man who thinks about everything
eysa than his work
A man who waits for some one elso to
take hold of a stick of timber to be rats
od
A man who is afraid that he will do a
little more work than ho is paid to do
A man who is never satisfied with what
he has, even when ho cannot just then gel
better
A man who is always trying to get into
an argument with his fellew workmen, to
create ill-feeling and to consume time Hint
does not belong to Ihe workmen, after
they have sold it to an employer
It is safe to say that he will never
amount to much in this world. Tcrre
Haute Mail.
The Fatal TiliRTBKN.-Conceruin"
' the superstition about
thirteen at tabic, I
would suggest what seems to me a very
plausiblo reason of it being, namely, the
fact that all table articles, knives, forks,
spoons, etc, are purchased in dozens,
which is enough to establish tho number
twelve as a suitablo and agreeable limit
to the number of persons to sit down at
dinner ordinarily. The presence of an
other might be a source of inconvenience
to the hostess, or annoyance to a guest, as
the former might bo obliged to supply
for her table an odd and preb ps inferior
knife, fork or spoon, or spoil tho unity of
effect by adding a common piece of each
sort to hor beautiful, imported set of china.
What bettor way to prevent sneh a mis
hap than to put tho objection into tho form
of a superition? And once started, gen
erations have helped to perpetuate it by
carefully storing in tho memory all instan
ces in confirmation thorcof, but taking
no note of instances of tho opposito nature.
Other instances might be adduced to il
lustrate this calling in of a "sien" to pro-
servo the genoral fitness of things, whon
front motives ot delicacy or policy it is
dosirahle to conceal ilm true reason.
' orrcspomlcnl Tfamcrijit.
Tho inability of it lawyor to answer a
question directly is illustrated by a recent
exchango of letter between tho Chicago
lawyor, Emery A. Stor.rs, aud a friond.
Tho lattor asked Mr. Storrs whether Ills
first name was "Emery" or "Emory," and
Mr. Storrs began his reply by saying:
".My signature hereunto appended will
settle the o and o question," and then ho
wrote threo pages about social and politi
cal matters, at tho end of which were
theso words : "Yours truly, Storrs."
A ClIH.K Klt.l.Wl l'.V AN EAOI.C'
About
ten days ago, while Mr. Frank Kcclor. of
the firm ol .1. heeler iVs Son, was visiting
at North Platto, Neb., ho was a witness to
an attempt made by an eagle to carry off
a baby, which although unsuccessful, ro
suited in tho death of tho child. The baby
was tho youngest of Mr. R. A. Douglass'
family. Douglass is tho famons "Hnckgkin
Rob," tho scout of tlie Lupo. While tho
littlo ono was playing in tho yard tho ea
gle swooped down, nnd, fastening' its
talons in the baby's bauk, tried to soar
aloft. The burden was too heavy, how
over, and when about four feet from tho
ground tho eagle let go of its hold, tho
child sustaining injuries in tho fall that
proved fatal. Tlio father happoned to be
present, and graping his riflo, shot tho
eagle. Mr. Keeler asked for the bird, and
yesterday ho received it by express. The
measurement from tip to tip of tho cattle's
wings is nine feet. Denver Tribune, April
is.
TntCrnsi: ov Chloral The Medina
vttoj of Philadelphia reiterates tho earn
es! warning recent Iv CIVen in the .0ilo
jM1Kci irinst tho curse of chloral. Th-
text of the warnin" Is the case of the Un
artljt poet, Danto ilossetti, who. sufferiti
from insomania, sought ct'ilorul for leiieL
ony to experience greater evils in
horrible nervousness, irritabjiitv and !
nrcasion of the vegetative ttinctious " Th
pacnliar sensitiveness which he exhibit!.!
in his later years, his "radual withdraw:.,
from a0cial circle's and" his entire sut ii i.-
,ier to melancholy, worn the results e
chloral sleep. The Newt remarks ttn.1
physicians should tbe careful about pre-
BCribin" chloral for nervous and liternrv
persons suffering from wakefulness. Tht-
fg a symptom of somo vio'ated hv-U-i t
principle, some bodily derangement; whirl
if once corrected, natural Bleep would to
low. But if the brain is once drnwne.i ;
chloral sleep tho remedv seems so "rate
ful that the organ tefuses to he eomt.tr
in nny other way when w-ikefulni-'
returns. Besidt s ihe objection that it is
bad habit to force sleep bv a n.it-ol e
chloral injures tho eeds of the gray ma';.
of the cerebrum, wraketii tin; heart, ea ;r ,
strtte ural oh:tn'"'S in il;e !: r n I i!i ; :r
the nutrition. The i'e:.y ol tiu u.i.i
powers in these cases is sail, but more n
are the psychical deniigeiuciits v.htoi
make the incarceration of many of ile -,
subjects in asylums finally necessary. '!'!'..
Medical Nvv.i remarks in tins connectio'i
"Especially cautious in prc-cribing ehlora
should ho American physicians, who
clients, immersed in tho ceaseless act!vi' -of
life hero, aro peculiarly apt to .-uile
from insomania. io them, an agen
which forces sleep, uespilo lliu condition
inducing wakefulness, is peculiarly grate
ful. In making haste to ho rich, ai
other considerations must yield. The 'in .
l for tho necessary ropo-e cannot bu given
, die modifications required in tho riaiiy lif.
for the healthy performance of the cere
toral functions are too iiksoiuc; Ihe relie
must be given without interference will
the daily methods, nnd therefor", how o
pirtline iho acti.ei of chloral. It r a
scarcely surprise in 'hat, iin.lt i 3'i -h i-ii
eumst-tncits, the p- steian, desivur.njt o
oeiter method, tails in with tho me of a
: tgent which postpones -roiihli some qm-a
! ions to a future time. Our asylum sialic
I lies, showing IUo baleful effects of clilora.
' indicalo at the sarno time the need of ic
! questionable ways of attacking that re;
tessness ol llie mind, inaomanta and until
oility, which aro preludes to psychics
derangements."
Childkkx axd Theiii Ini i.uk.nci;. -Nearer
to glory they stand than we, ii
this world and tho next! It was a genii,
and not unholy fancy that made the I'or
tugese artist, Siquiera, in ono of his sweet
pictures, form of millions of infant faces
ihe floor ot heaven ; dividing it thus froru
the fiery vault beneath, with its group oi
the damned and lost. I'or how many
women has this imaare been realized ! How
many have been saved from despair or sir
by the voice pud smilo of these unconscious
little ones? Tho woman who is a mothoi
dwells in iho immedinto presence of guar
dian angels. She will hear on for hci
children's sake. She will toil for them
die for them live for them- which L
sometimes harder still. Tho neglected,
miserable, maltreated wife, has still one
bright spot in hor home: in (hat darkness
a watohlight burns ; she has her children's
love she will strive for hor children. The
woman tompted by passion has still one
safeguard stronger than nil with which
you would surronnd hoc sho would noi
leave hor children. Tho angry outraged
woman sees in thoso tiny features a plead
ing moro eloquent than words ; her wrath
against her husband molts in the sunshine
of their oyes. Idiots aro thoy who, in
family quarrels, sock to punish tho molher
by parting her from her offspring ; for in
that blasphemy against nature tbey do
violence to God's own decrees and lift
away from her heart the consecrated in
struments of his power.
Ono often hears In tho street remarks
about this person or that being badly
"left," hut it has been reserved for a school
boy in this city to demonstrate to what an
extent one may suffer such fortune. He
went out of town ono Monday morning
to visit n youthful friend, and was strictly
enjoined to return on the following Satur
day evening. Ho had to quote from one
of his lottors to his family " a rod hot
time," and whon Saturday came round he
packed up his trunk with great reluctance
and amid loud expressions of regret from
his friend that he must return so soon
He had to drive about three miles to catch
the train, and although conscientiously
using all the speed ho could, he arrived at
the station about five minutes after the
cars had departed, no nccordenlv wont to
t the nearest telegraph office, and to allay
the anxiety which his non appearance
migni occasion al nome. compueu an. ..is
oatchod the following message: ".Missed
ihotfsin; will be back next Thursday."
This is considered by his family tho worst
case of boing " left " ou record.
Havb as Oi'isiox oi' You is Own.
Some things becomo difficult to poiform
,he instant it is known we are making the
attempt. For instance, the moment, pco
pic discover that wo me trying to please
every one tho chances nro that wo shall
please no one. Who cares for the support
of one who will shift his views to agree
wilh the next persou ho meets, and never
has any opinion of his own until he lias
sounded publio opinion? Alter all. we
like people who havo positive convie ions
and adhere to them until there is good
reason for a change. Milk and water men
are soon found out. and then more than a
seeming popularity i3 impossible. The
world is divided on most questions and the
man who tries to bo on both sides at the
same time, prosents n, sorry plight. As
long as the world is divided into parties,
tho only way for a man to be really popu
lar is to have a good roason for believing
and acting as ho does, to bo always consist-
Icnt, and to never go nut of his way socking
I iwpularity.
Poole, the tailor, was making holiday
at Ihightou, and one iuoruingon the pior
he met one of his uoblo customers. "Good
morning, my lord," said tho tailor, who
then passed ou. "Stay Mr. I'oolo; I
wanted to show you this coat," replied the
aristocrat. " II doesn't tit mo at nil."
I'oolo was a man of ready wit. lie stop
ped, looked carefully at the coat, and then
darwiog a piece of chalk from his pocket,
said: "Your lordship is right; tho coat
wauts to be taken in horo.and lotout hero,
and shortened here, and just a hit length.
loned here;" aud at each "here" ho
madoaheavycualK maiK. .ow my
lord," ho continued, us ho saw a curious
crowd bad gathered " if you will just, lake
that coat opto London, marked ns it is,
my manager will sco that it is allored to
your satisfaction." Hi lordship did not
again commit the impertinence cf "talking
shop" to Poole.
i ld Maggie Deo had fully her own sharo
of Scottish prudence and economy. One
bonnet had sorved her turn for upward of
a dozen years, and somo ladies who lived
in her neighborhood, in offering to make
and present her with a now ono, asked
whether sho would prefer silk or straw as
a matorial. " Wool, tuy leddios," said
Maggie, after careful deliberation, "since
vou insist on gi'cn mo a bonnet, I think
I'll take a strau ane ; it will -maybe bo a
mouthfu .to the coo wucn I'm mvongn
Wi't."
The carriel's kick." writes n u:ttui"jlit.
a siii.lv." It may lie added that a
n uie's kick is a lesson.
A Ml'.lvilio (N. J.) g'a b!uwer ha sue
eemled in blowing what is believed t be
ib.t 'a-Tit. battle ever mad., in Ibis e nn-t-
v. It is :t . arbey, and will hold fifty
eallons. It is !o bo sent to the Smithion-
i 'II Institute.
An eminent scientist says that whon a
l.!y cannot sit down without her nose bo
coming red, it shows that there is imper-t'-i-t
eiietilation of the blood, caused by
ti'lit lacing. Same with gentlemen. A
io--! nose is a sure sign of tightness some-
wlc I'e.
However practical a woman may have
t'.vome with the flight of years, I do not
ix-Heve that s'm ever arrives at the state
v!n.'ii she would rather receive from br
inland a set of forks, or some new din-
.;! loom ehairs, than a ten cent bouquet
b. tiu'ht. in 'he market for the love cf her.
Li Pars the chocolate manufacturers
,)-.,.. ,,,p:it variety of figures io th.dr
.!!.... mixture. S-iht 3 moth r t.i her
linv " If you are very good. Pun re,
Mi ' Year's day I shall go to, Menier's
' ! you Faith, Hot, and Charit' "
i' .. .Ur h.tv.t the twelve apostles,"
'- ' . greedy littie boy.
.- v. r places much dependence on
-i- i'ner I'.jr swuriii;: clean milk will
.'uttke gilt-edged butter. Allowiug
into the milk nnd thou depend
vi tt the strainer io g-t it out i3 a poor
tlH.Yuy lor cleanliness. More or le-s of
i,e .htt, especially everything of soluble
' i'ii - e.and some that is not, is sure to find
i- w.-i.y through the meshes of the strainer
ith the crowding current of milk.
'litho.uWerg, upon returning to his store
I ('..'.Ivest'tu aventti) from dinner, lound
s . !erk vory much excited The clerk
id a stranger came in and alter asking
i : price of a cravat, which was 81, picked
. ii- eutire box. containing a dozen,
ad wen off with them. "lid he pay
ei tl.e dollar?'' asked Moses. "Yes,"
plied the olerk. "v eil, then, ve makes,
t.vliow, fifty per cent profit on de in-
-lineut."
It) a pleasant company eaoh one asked
question. If it was answered, the ques
i oner paid a forfeit, or if he could not
reaver ii himself ho paid n forfeit. An
isliman's quastion was: "How does the
'ittle ground squirrel dig his hole without
i roWHig any dirt about the entrance?"
V 1 1. n they all gave it up, Pat said : "Sure,
do you s"e, lie begins at the other end of
e hole." One of the rest exclaimed:
Uut how docs ho got there?" "Ah?"
aid Pat, "that's your question. Can you
anr-wer it yourself?"
"I don't see any uso ol these Arctic ox.
peditions," remarked Mrs. Miggs, pee
V'3lily. "They only get lost and keep
folks looking fur them who might be bet
ter employed." "Perhaps you dun't seo
tho u.se of tbuai now," rejoined Mr. Miggs,
tit a tone expressive of contompt for hfs
wife's ignorance. "But if we havo to pay
two cents per pound for ice next summer,
vou'll wish that Bennett's attempt to or
ganize an independent consumers' anti
:notiOJoly ice company at the north pole
iad succeeded." Brooklyn Eagle.
A Good Max's Wish. When lam laid
lown in the grave, I freely confess to you
'hat I would rather have some ono in hi
manhood stand over me and say, " '1 here
lies one who was a real friond to me, ami
privately warned mo of the dmigers of the
young no one knew it, hut he aided me
in the time of need I owe what I am to
Mm ;" or would rather have somo widow,
ith choking utterance, telling her chil
dren, "There is your friend and mino he
visited me in my affliction, and fonnd you
my son, an employer, and you, my datrgh
ier, a happy homo in a virtuous family;''
I say I wonld rather that such persons
would stand at my grave than to have
. rected over it the most beautiful marble.
Dr. Sharp.
A Bo.an.a oi' Relics. One of the
greatest "finds!' of stone relics ever made
n tho Champlain Valley, was first struc'i
by Dr. D. S. Kellogg, at the mouth of the
Rig Chazy river, on the 11th of last Octe
liei, and has been pretty thoroughly
worked up bv the doctor, John Martin,
the Hudson Brothers and others. Upwards
of seven hundred different pieces have al
ready been found. Including axes, arrow
leads, spuar points, flashers, knives, etc.,
c., and there nro doubtless many others
it. Such deposits as these have a sig
i fieant bearing upon arcbajologioal sci-
'tco, and throw the only available light
Hon the mysterious races which, ages
go, inlmb'ted these shores. Plaltsbftrqh
iLpublkan.
The wife- of Sinator Bingham used to
loll a pleasaut story of tho time whon hor
ti isb ind was trying to get votes in the
Prfiiniyivania legislature, ne gave a din
ner parly tc :t number o. the members,
oie ol whom managed to break n plate
i te of an exquisite set of Sevres of great
vduo. Tho unhappy guest fell into an
aoiiy whioh Mrs. Bingham at once sooth--I
by saj ing. with a careless air, "It is of
no sort or conscquenco, for this ware is
"sicccdingly brittle and breaks very easily;
just look" and to illustrate her statement
ho took up another of the priceless plates
and placidly broke it into bits with a Knife,
i'rusu plates were brought, and tho clumsy
ncmber was so pleased and relieved that.
I,- soon Hi might bo, he voted for the hs
iiiud of the woman of tact.
GoiNi; Him Ovi: Ueti Kit. The Tene
Haulo Ga:ettc says: Au ingenious tramp,
thinking to wring tears and money assist
ance from the stoniest hearts with :i ne.v
schcmc.'gavo it an experimental ti;:. iti
tho north end. Ho Las decided not to : -cnt
the invention Ho told a north end
lady of his nnfortRuato condition, and ask
ed if he might eat some of the grass in the
yard. The lady less amused than surpris
ed, said :
"Certainly."
Uo went out, and getting down on all
fours commenced ou the grass after the
neglected and nover popular fashion of
Nebuchadnezzar, and apparently not en
joying the diet any more than that ancient
sinner ololdon time, rresontiy the tramp s
anxious oyo caught sight of the servanl
girl beckoning to him from the back yard,
lie thought a rich reward for his humility
was in store, and instantly responded :
"Did von motion for me?" said he.
"Yes."
"What did you waut"' Ho now wore
i look of inoit hopeful oxpoolaucy.
"You mnv go in tbo back.yard if you
want to. The grass is taller there."
The St. Albino Messenger says: The
roccption at tho Motbodlst church latt
night iu honor of tho coming pastor, Rev.
Mr. Perry, and tbe retiring pastor. Rev.
Mr. McAnn, was a very pleasant afliiir,
and a large number of people of the dif
ferent societies bade the now pastor a cor
dial welcome and wished Mr. McAnn
abundant success in his new field. Mr.
Perry and his family arrived on tbe ti
o'clock train last evening, and were taken
at onco to tho vestry to partake of a lwun
tiful supper and meet thoir friends. Among
tho nuiubor proscnt at the reception were
Rev. Mr. Ford of tho Bay with several
membors of his church, and Rot. Mr.
Clark, who has located here. Mr. Ford
added much to the enjoyment of the occa
sion by some excellent singing; and tho
rest of the time was passed in social inter
course. Mr. McAnn loft for .Springfield
to-dav.