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UK TRUK.
orillat nonar.
Thoa mast bo tra tbyself,
If thou tho truth wouldst teach;
Taj soul mutt overflair, If thou
Ano'.her's tout would reach ;
It needs tho orerflow of heart
To give the Hps full speech.
Think truly, anil thy thoughts
Bhall the world's famine feed;
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful seed ;
truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
NIGIIT.
lght djw-tlpped comes, and every gleaming
star
Its silent place assigns In yonder sky;
The moon walks forth, and fields and groves
- afar,
Touched by her light, tn silver beauty lie
In solemn peace, that no sound comes to mar;
Hamlets and peopled clttai slumber nigh;
While on this rock, tn meditation's mien,
Lord of the unconscious world, I sit un
seen.
SENTENCED TO HE SHOT.
Fanner Owen's son had been found
nsloep when doing sentinel duty, and
ho was sentenced to bo shot. A telo
gram had boon rccolvod 07 his father,
saving tbat tho scntenco would bo
carried out In twenty-four hours. Mr.
Allan, tho minister, called to do what
ho could do to comfort tho sorrowing
family. During his visit a letter arrived,
Blossom, tho farmer's llttlo daughter,
opened tho door and received It. "It is
from him," was all sho said.
It was a mcssago from tho dead. Mr.
.Owon took tho lettor from hci , but could
not break tho envelope on account of
his trembling flngors, and hold It to
wards Mr. Allan with tho helplessness
of a child.
Tho minister opened it and read as
follows:
"Dear Father When this reaches
you I shall bo in eternity. At
first it seemed awful to mo; but I havo
thought about it so much now, that it
has' no terror. They say thoy will not
bind mo nor blind me, but that I may
meet my death liko a man. I thought,
father, it might havo been on tho battle
field for my country, and that when I
fell, k would bo fighting gloriously;
but to be shot down like a dog for nearly
betraying it to dio for neglect of duty
O father, I wonder tho very thought
does not kill met But 1 shall not
disgraco you. I am going to wrlto
you all about it, and when I am
gono, you may toll my comrades. You
know I promised Jlmmio Carr's mothor
.1 would look after her boy; and when
ho fell sick,! did all I could for him.
Ho waa not strong when ordered baok
into tho ranks, and tho day be for 0 that
night 1 carried all his luggago, besides
my own, on our march. Toward night
wo went in on double quick, and though
tho luggago began to feel very heavy,
ovorji. v); i)oo was urea too. And as
for, Jimmie, if I had not lent him an
arm now and then, ho would havo drop
ped by tho way. I was all tired out
when wo. went into camp, and then it
was Jimmlo'B turn to bo sentry, and I
would tako his place; but I was too tir
ed, fathor. I could not have" kept awako
had n gun boon pointed at my head;
but I did not know it until well un
til it waa too late."
"God bo thankodt" said Mr. Owen.
"1 know uennio waa not tho boy to
sleep carelessly at his post."
They tell mo, to-day, that I havo a
short reprievo 'timo to wrlto to you,'
our good colonol says. Forglvo him,
fathor, he only does his duty; he would
gladly aavo mo if ho could. And do not
lay my donth against Jlmmio. Tho
poor boy is broken-hearted and does
nothing but bog and entreat them to let
him die In my stead.
' "I can't beor to think of mothor and
Blossom. Comfort thorn, father. Tel)
them I dlo as a bravo boy should, and
that, when tho war is over, they will
not bo ashamed of me, as they must bo
now. God help mo; It is very hard to
boar. Good-byo, father. God scorns
soar and dear to uio, as if ho felt sorry
for his poor, brokdn-hoartod child, and
would tako mo to bo with Him, in a
better, bettor life.
"To-day I shall seo tho cows coming
home from pasture, and precious little
Blossom standing on tho stoop, waiting
lor me; but I shall nover nevor
come. God bloss you all. Forglvo your
poor Uennio."
Late that night a llttlo figure glided
Jown tho foot-path toward tho railway
station. Tho guard, as ho reached
lown to lift hop Into tho carriage, won
lcred at tho tear-stained face that was
upturned toward tho dim lautcrn he
hold in hit) hand.
a iow questions anu ready answers
told him all, and no fathor could havo
oared moro tendorly for his only child
t,hau ho tor.our httlo Blossom. Sho was
on her . way to Washington to ask
President Lincoln for her brothor's
life. Sho had brought Bennio's letter
with hor; no good,. kind heart, liko the
Prosidont'n 'could rcfuso to bo melted
by it.
The iicxf. morning they reached New
York, and tho guard hurried hor 'on to
Washington. Evory minute now might
be tho tmans of saving her brother1
llfo. Tho President had lust seated him
solf to hia evening's task, whon the door
softly openod, and Blossom, with down
oast oyoa and folded hands, stood bo
faro him.
"Woll, my child," ho said, in his
pleasant, cheerful tonos, "what do you
want?"
"Bennio's Ufo, please, sir," faltered
Blossom.
"Bcnniol who ii BonnleP"
jay oromor, sir. xney aro go-
'ne to shoot him for elooplng at his
"Oh, yes; I remember. It was a fa
tal sleep. You seo, child, Ity waa a
timo of special danger. Thousands of
lives might havo been lost by his negli
gence." "So my fathor said," ropliod Blossom
gravoly. "But poor Benmo was so
tirod sir, and Jlmmio so weak. Ho did
tho work of two, sir, and it was Jim
mio's night, not his; butJimmiowas
too tirod, and Bennto novor thought
about himself, that ho was tired,
too."
"What is this you Pay, child? Come
herp; I do not understand." And the
kind man, as ever, caught eagerly nt
what seemed to be a Justification of an
offense.
Blossom went to him. Ho put his
hand tondcrly on her shouldor, and
turned up tho pale, anxious faco toward
his. How tall ho sccmiud! And ho was
President of tho United States, too.
A dim thought of this kind passed for
a moment through llttlo Blossom';
mind; but sho told her slmplo, straight
forword story, and handed Bonnlo's
letter to Mr. Lincoln to read.
Ho read it carefully; then, taking up
a pon, wrote a fow hasty lines and rang
his bell. Blossom heard this order
givon, "Send this dispatch at onco."
Tho President then turned to tho girl,
and said, "Go home, my child, and toll
that father of jours, who could approvo
his country's scntenco, oven whon it
took tho life of a child liko that, Abra
ham Lincoln thinks the lilo far too
precious to bo lost. Go back, or watt
until to-morrow; Bonnio will need n
chango after ho has so bravely faced
donth; ho shall go with you."
God bloss you, sir!" said Blossom.
Two days after this intorviow, tho
young soldlor came to tho White House
with his 1 ttlo sister. Ho was called in
to tho President's prlvato room, and a
strap was fastened on his soldier. Mr.
Lincoln then said:
"Tho soldier that could carry a sick
comrade's baggage, and dio for tho act
so uncomplaining, deserves woll of his
country."
Then Bennlo and Blossom took their
way to thoir green mountain, homo. A
crowd gathered at tho railway station to
welcome them back; and, as Farmer
Owen's hand grasped that of his boy,
tears flowod down his cheeks, and ho
was hoard to say, fervently, "Tho Lord
bo praised."
Archaisms lu Tho Revised New
Testa-
mcnt.
Professor Flshor, of Yalo contributes
a scholarly and thorough rovlow of
"Tho Roviscd Now Testament" to tho
Juno Scrlbner, onumorating all tho im
portant changes and on the wholo com
mending tho conscientious and careful
work of tho rovisers, although ho takes
exception in somo fow minor Instances.
After giving several examples of tho
nbaDgeo inndo by tho committee, he
writes as follows:
"Tho authors of tho Now Rovision,
had they undertaken to exclude all
archaisms, would havo boon obliged to
go farther in modifying tho tono of tho
received vorsion than was necessary or
desirable Thoy havo wisoly decided to
rotain such as aro perfectly Intolligiblo
una cannot be Cropped without dispell
ing In somo degree tho atmosphoro'that
invests tho ancient translation. Thoro
Is no objection to saying that Joseph
nilndod to put hor away privily' (Matt.
1. 10). Every one soos tho moaning of
mlndort' at a glance, without reflection.
In somo instances, however, archaic
forms havo boon retained, which aro
less agrceablo, and which might havo
been aparcd without tho least harm.
Why was itnecossary to rotain tho word
'bowrayoth' 'Thy speech bewrayoth
thco' (Matt. xxvl. 73)? Tho difference
botween this word and 'betrayeth,' if
thoro bo any difference, readers will
not discern. In tho Lord's Prayer, why
do we still road, 'which art in boavm,
for who art in heaven ?' It appears that
tho lotcntlon of. 'which' is duo to tho
Euglish branch of tho board of revisers
It is a romarkablo fact that tho English
company, with tho uprightness which
belongs to tho charaotor of Iruo scholars.
and with agonuluo English boldnoss in
a matter whoro truth is at stake, do not
hositato to alter tho form of tho Lord's
I'rayer, by substituting 'as wo have
forglvon' for as wo forgive,' and 'do
liver us from tho evil ono,' in tho room
of 'deliver us from ovll,' it is romark
ablo, wo say, tbat tho same scholavt
should cling to tho old 'which' for the
modorn and moro grammatical 'who.'
tearless in rovlslng tho Greek text to
make It accord with tho demands ol
truth, thoy aro cxcusslvoly cautious
about modifying tho EoglUh phrasosi
whloh represent It. O wing to tho saint
mood of feeling, thoy hold on to 'wlillso
'whiles thou art in tho way with him'
(Matt. v. 25) as if 'whllo' in the
room ofit wero not harmloas. and a
better word for tho modorn oar. If it
bo uskod why 'which' Is
Kopi in tne
Lord' a l'rayor and 'whiles' in tho Ser
mon on tho Mount, tho solution must
be found in that tenacious conservatism
in minor things which belongs, in un
son with a courageous spirit of progress,
to tboEnglUh mind, and is discerned
In many phonomona of Eogllsh life.
Why do tho boys in tho groat school at
Winchester still eat their suppor ofl
woodon plates? Why do tho lawyers
and judges still load their heads with
pondorous wigs? When such question
aro answorod, tho reason will perhaps
ne iouna wny tho giving up of dear old
'which, and 'whiles' is a thing not to be
tnougnt of."
Profossor
(.angry at Inattention ol
scholar)! "Another minute, meos, and
I Shall m sneak to vnur mnmm'
muu taau care i: a uon I
catch you at it, that's all! He's awfully
jealous!"
d..ii. unroll ..1 n. 1 .
FUNNY PHRASES.
That AreUivdb th Hoard of Trade
Sharp and flats.
Boar market Whon tho market
is
heavy nnd falling, and lower prioos a'rp
expected in oonsoquenco of tho efforts
of tho "boars."
Boar tho markot 1. a., operate for a
dcclino. A boar is naturally "short"
of stocks, and expecting to profit by a
decline.
Borrowing and tannine atooks When
a party has sold stock short and hasnotJ
bought it in by tho timo dolivery must
bo mado ho "borrows" tho stock for
tho purposo of making a dellvory, pay
ing tho ownor tho market prlco at tho
ttmo, and agrcolng to return it at tho
samo prico on doruand or nt a fixed timo,
tho lender of tho stock paying tho bor
rower an ngreod rate ol interest on tho
monoy, or tho borrower1 paying tho Ion
dor an agreed premium for the uso of
tho stock, as tho caso may bo.
Cover, to "cover ono'a shorta"
Where stock has been sold short, nnd
tho seller buys it in to reallzo his pro
fit, or to protect himself from loss, or
10 umko jus delivery, jlmsis "cover
ing short sales."
A call Tho privllogo obtained for a
consideration of calling for a certain
number of shares of stock, at a given
price, within a timo named.
Carrying stock Holding stock by a
broker lor his oustomors on a margin.
Cliquo A combination of operators
formed for tho purposo of artificially
intiuoncingtho markot by thoir com
blned operations.
...
corner wncn uio markot is ovor
sow tho shorts, ifcompollod to dollvor,
sometimes find thomsolves in a "cor
nor."
Curostono brokors men who aro not
inombcrs of any regular organization
nnd do buslnoss on tho sldownlk.
riyor is a small sldo oporntion not
employing one's wholo capital or not
In tho lino of his ordinary operations
Lamb A vory groon "outsidor" who
essays stock speculation.
Limited order An order to buy and
sell within a certain fixed prico, abovo
or bolow which tho party giving tho
order does not wish to go.
Margins Where one buyer sells for
speculation, and deposits with his, bank
er a percentage of valuo to onablo tho
latter to "carry" tho stouk and protect
him ajalnst loss from fluctuations in
valuo.
Milking the stroot Tho act ofcllquos
or great operators who hold certain
stocks so woll in hand that thoy caus
any fluctuations they ploaso. By alter
nately lifting and depressing prices thoy
"milk" tho small operators and tho
outside public.
Put To buy a' "put" is to obtain tho
right for a consideration to dollvor a
stock at a cortain agroed prico within a
givon numbor of days.
Stop order An order to sell out a
slook in caso it should deolino to a cer
tain prico. A moans adopted by a party
"long" or "short" ofa stock to limit
his loss to a certain figure
Turning stocks consists in buying for
cash or regular way. sollim? a Hkn
" ' 0
amount of the same stock at tho samo
timo "on option," thereby making six
per ccut intorcat and any difference
that may exist at tho timo botween tho
market prico of tho stock for cash and
on option, or selling for cash and buj
ing on option, when tho stock is hard
to carry and tho holdor, hoping for a
riso, docs not want to "got out" of it.
Twist on tho shorts -A ollquo phraso
usedwhero the shorts have oversold
heavily, and tho markot has bcon sud
denly advanced, compelling them to
settle at ruinous rates, or when stocks
are withdrawn from tho loan market.
una mauo mmcuit to borrow except at
a largo premium lor their U60.
Washing is whoro ono broker arrang
cs with another to buv a certain stnolr
whon ho offers it for salo. The bargain
Is fictitious and tho effect, whon not de
tected, la to keep It quoted and afford
a basis for bona- fido sales. It is not
countenanced by tho rules of tho ox-
change, and ifdlscovered rondors mem
bers ongngad in it liablo to the ponalty
01 expulsion.
A Happy Meeting.
There aro surprises ot Joy as well as
of sorrow, tooarthly affection, says an
exchange. An instanoe of tho missing
and mooting of kindrod by tho turns of
fortune was presented rocontly in the
Chloago Homo for tho Friendless. Says
tho Home Vmtor:
A short timo ago tho parlor of tho
homo wltnessod a pathotlo scono. A
pleasant-spoken lady, who had just nr.
rlvcd on the evening express from dis
tant parts, was making eager Inquiries
concerning ono of tho inmates -an old
lady who had been in the Homo for fivo
years. After a fow words had been ox-
Chanced With the SUnnrlntnnilnnt Ihn
lady sobbed out:
"I am her daughtoi."
"Her daughtor?" ejaculated overy-
uoay present, and Mrs. G ex
olaimod that her children woro all sup
poseu to bo dead.
Along explanation followod. Tho
lady had livod in California, had not
been in communication with hor rola
tivos, uud had received intelligence of
her mothers doatb. For fllteen long
years tho mother and daughtor havo
been lost to oaoh other.
Mrs. Grant at onoe summonod Grand
ma H to tho parlor, and tho poor
old lady, who is noarly blind, was
brought into tho presence of tho strang
er,
Somo questions wero asked about hor
ohildron.and espoolally concerning tho
daughtor Louise.
'She is dead," replied Grandma
H i "thoy are all dead."
At this point tho strange lady could
no longer repress her omotions, and
throwing her arms about tho old lady's
neck, sho criod:
"Don't you know mo, mothor? Lou
iso is not dead! I am Louisol"
Tho old lady seemed dazed. "Why,
this is not Loulso's volco," sho said.
"I oan't seo you, but tho voioo does not
sound liko my Loulso's."
"But, mothor," tho daughter said,
ootwoen her sobs, "1 havo grown
much larger sinco you saw mo, and my
voice has changed."
Grandma H at longth booamo
convinced that tho spoakor was really
her own child, and thoy rotircd from
tho llttlo group of lntorostod spectators
whioh had gathered around, toronow
old-timo tics.
Next day, a oarrlago callod for Grand
ma II , and she wa whirlod away
to now scenes, undor a loving daughters
protection.
The Past Ago.
Otrmtntown Teurph.
"Better fifty years of E a rope
Than a cycle of Cathay."
So wroto a popular English poot.
His linos aro frequently quoted in tho
United States with tho substitution of
tho word "our land" for Europe, whioh
scorns to mo to bo much moro striking,
as woll as truo.and applicable than tho
original. This quotation came vividly
to my mind rcoently in looking ovor a
book of travels in America, published
in England in tho yoar 1837. A perusal
of that account as tho tourist found
things in tho United States during tho
latter part of Jackson's administration,
seemed to us liko glancing back to a
pcrishod civilization, or rather to tho
beginning of a now ago. That tourist
speaks of finding Milwaukee a village
of 400 souls. It has now nearly 100,-
000. Chicago was of courso much
larger, but was still then regarded as the
centro of unhealthy speculation which
would soon oxplodo and ruin all con
cerned. Chicago is now a mishty me
tropolis of moro than half a million of
souls, and is tho contcr of a Western
civilization that is justly regardod as
ono of tho wonders of tho modern world.
In fact tho wholo Ropublio seems to
havo boon recreated marvolously sinoo
Jackson's administration, nnd its pro
gress in onlightonment and advanced
civilization has boon so muoh moro
rapid than that of Europo, a's tho poet
regarded Europe in comparison with
China. In fact tho amazing strides of
improvement in America cannot bo de
scribed at all without oausing a Euro.
poan to roproaoh us with boasting.
I'urions Sea Inhabltanst.
Thoro is a continual warfare going on
in tho deep a constant struggle for the
means of sustaining life. The carnivorous
devour tho vegetarians, and tho mud
eaters swallow noth animal and vegeta
ble forms; and this runs alltno wav
down tho scalo, from tho shark and tho
equally ravenous bluefish to tho least of
tho nnnoilds. These lost tho sea-worms-aro
wary, but they cannot escapo
thoir enemies. If thoy woro to confino
thomsolves to tho bottom where
thoy feed, and whoro many of thorn
grow to the length of a foot or two-thoy
might in a measuro escape, though they
would stil. bo a prey to tho scup and
other fishos that know how to dig for
thorn; but thoy lovo to swim, particular
ly at night and in tho bleeding seasons
anu then tnej aro snapped up in count
less numbers. Thoy have almost every
variety of forms, and thoir structuro is
marvelous monsters with hooked jaws
at the end of a proboscis, and with sides
of bluelsh green, that throw off au in
flnlto varioty of iridoscenthucs. Somo
of tho seaworms havo scales, others
have soft bodies; somo aro sluggish, and
curl themselves up into balls when dis
turbed, others aro rostless. particularly
nt night; somo aro round others flat; somo
build tubes of sand and cement, woven
togothor till thoy make a colony of ma -
ny nunurcu memoers; mo tubes of oth
ers aro solt and flexible, and some, whon
dlsturbod withdraw within their crook
ed, calcareous vubes, and close tho orl-
tluo with a plug. Ono variot.v ot tho
serpulae has three dark-rtd evesjanoth
er variety has clusters ot ovos on each
pomacio. j.no amphipods wom account
eu 01 no great valuo tin it was shown by
tho Fish Commission tbat tneso small Cru
stacea furnish a vast amount of food for
both salt and fresh water fishes. Indeed,
thoro is not a crcaturo that swims or
crawls that docs not becomo tho food
of somo other animal. A ooach-flca
is caught up by a scud or a flounder.
squill!) mane terribio havno among young
mackorol, and shaiks nnd sting
gers find somothlng appetizing in tho
gasierpoa.
The 1'ofar Problem.
an Franctico nuliclln.
With tho departure of expeditions in
soaroh of tho absent explorers of tho
stoam yacht Joannette, tho quostion of
an opon polar sea or a polar continent
is revived. In either caso, its diameter
north oi Greenland, Wrangel Land and
Spitzbergon cannot much exceed a thou
sanu muos. u aa open sea, its area
would bo less than that of tho Modlter
ranonn, which would bo too small for
auy appreciable effoct of the moon upon
tho rising and falling of its waters.
Its tides, thoreforo, whloh aro montlon
ed by Kane and Hayes, roust recoivo
thoir impulso from tho Atlantio and Pa
ciflo ocoans, with whioh Arotio waters
are oonnootcd,
Spitsbergen touches tho eightieth do-
greo of latitude, In 1827, Parry, hav
ing established on that Island a depot
ot provisions, sot out with boats and
slodgos to reaoh tho North Polo, or at
least t attain tho oighty-flfth dogreo of
1 ititudo. He found, by bis calculation?.
that ho was dally moved southward a
portion of his advanco northward, los
ing ono hundrod miles in his ont'ro
northward jdurney ol threo hundred
Then ho was stopped with tbo ioar tbat
the ico would break up about him, and
that ho would soon, in an exhausted
condition, roaoh tho edgo of an open
Boa. It was ovidout to Parry that tho
sea was onen since, ho nt cued, it waa
capable ol floating the immense field of
ice on which ho was traveling, which
could hardly have had an area of loss
than 80,000 or 40,000 square miles
But tho ice studies of Agassiz and Mulr
havo, sinco Parry's timo, demonstrated
that solid ice moves in currents as cer
tain, although slower than tho waters of
a river. It Is truo tho opon soa soon by
Kano was exactly in tho direction whoro
Parry had been. Along tho Siberian
coast, according to tho accounts of Ad
mlral Wrangol, tho fields of ice closo up
ovory winter sovoral hundred miles
from land, and open again in April.
Somo American explorers havo noticed
that tho temporaturo beoamo milder
tho further they proceeded northward.
Wrangel and othor Russian explorors
mention similar phonomona. Thoy ob
sorvod that tho north winds wero al
ways damp. Ono of Captain Do Long's
thoorlos seoms to havo boon foundod on
tho cxperlonco of Parry. Ho had
thought, if ho over onterod an opon Po
lar Sea, that ho would cross it toward
Spilzbergon, nnd bo carried out into tho
North Atlantio by tho north winds and
curront which Parry encountered.
Thoro is, however, a theory concern
ing tho condition of tho Earth's surfaco
at tho North Polo which does not in
volvo tho prcsonco of an open sea, but
that of a continent. By thoso who en
tertain tills thoory, Greenland 13 bo
lloved to bo tho southern oxtromlty of
tho Polar continent. One fact is cer
tain; tho northern shores of Greenland
It It has any havo novorbcon discov
ered. Thoso who havo oxplored it
farthest north found nothing within tho
rango of vision except high glnslor
bonrlng mountains. It has also bocn
surmised by beliovors in a Pelar contin
ent that Wrangol Land is also another
of its southern extromltlos.
By thoso who entertain tho Polar con
tinent thoory a different sourco and-
causo for tho peculiar currents of tho
Arctlo Ocean aro suggested. NordonsJ
kold discovered that tho rlvora flowing
into tho Arctlo Ocean on tho northorn
coast of Asia had a peculiar influonco
upon tho waters of tho ocean. It was
particularly so in tho caso of tho Lena.
He nttilbutcd tho currents of that part
of the Arctic Ocoan to tho natural dis
charge of thoso northern rivers, and
chiofiy to tho largo volumo of water do
llvored by tho Lena River. Dr. Dall
has demonstrated by a hydrographlo
survoy of Behrlng Strait that no cur
ront, oxcopting a strictly tidal ono,
flows either way through that passage.
The waters of tho northorn rivers of
Asia and Europo must consequently
omorgo from tho Arctic' Ocean via Spitz-
bergen and tho coast of Norway, and a
strong curront flowing southward is
known to exist. It was by this ourront
that Parry's northern journey was baf
fled. Then, again, tho courso of tho
current created by tho rivers of tho
northern coast of this continent finds
its way into tho Atlantio through Davis
Straits. There is nothing unwarranta
ble in tho thoory that thoso Arctic Ocoan
currents aro croatod by tho groat rivors.
Tho influonco of tho Amazon and La
Plata Rivers is folt at sea 600 miles from
tho South American coast. Tho Polar
continent theorists also arguo that tho
courso of tho two groat Arotio currents
which dischargo into tho North Atlantic
Ocoan is shaped by tho shores of an un
discovered land, or by a mass of ground
ed ico of no smaller dimensions than
that of a posslblo continent. Whon
ovor tho bravo adventurers in tho Jean
notte return, or otherwiso communicate
tho story of their explorations, tho
problem of on opon polar sea will pos
sibly have been determined, and almost
cortainly new ovidence boaring on this
subject will havo been furnishod.
Uoing to Meeting-.
Kew XantflTid Bf ponti,
I boo them walking, ns thoy usod,
across tho green fields to tho mooting.
bouso which stood on a bill a milo away
from my grundfathor's, clad in thoir
long-kept, variously-made holiday
garmonts a quaint procession. Thoro
aro samples ot shawls and drossos pro
sorved by mo in memory from my
grandfather's fellow-worshipers, ovory
thread ot real texturo has boon eaten
away. I know just how thoy woro
worn. O.d Darnell, had a soft, silky,
crimson shawl whloh sho drow closoly
over htr shoulders and pinned threo
times down in front. Tho pins soemfeM
nover to vary n throad; and yoar after
year hor sharp shoulders rubbed at Its
warp and woof until it grow s'tringy
and streaked, uhoro wero coats and
cloaks and dresses, so far removed
from any suggestion of modo that tho
strangenoss of mako, joined with t;
richness' of fabric, gave dignit
. 1 1 11.. . .
muiu, usu uio men and woman wio
woro mom woro autnors ot a Muo
.. ,
stylo. Old Squlro S, novor put asldo "is
plaid cloak lined with groon baize.
ills sons and daughters went uway from
tho
uiu uuuiuaiunu, udu camo sack
aok
richly clad in tho world's fashiW
Tbntmadnno difference to hlin.IHn
walked up tho ohuroh nislo, year Liter
SS'lM. '!SylBL2L 2S!V.b0?ld boar 80 W nan. as Beek
with his old plaid, which wrappeflhlm
about liko a tartan: and through thni
singing otpsaims and prayors and the
' . O T
oeneaiouon ne stood, with the green
balzu flung ovor his shoulders, uncon
scious that thoro was anything queer
or old-lashioned about him. Thoro was
nothing old-fashioned. Ho was a
splendedold man, erect, proud, with
a broad, white brow, and a grand
record lor brain work in all the courts.
Tho old oloak had becomo a kind of
toga, invested by him with tho worth
of long associations, and so had grown
to bo invaluably a part of himself.
A Wlsoopsln girl's innate modesty
oaucd her to ask a olork in a storo tor
a pair ot llmblngs when sho wanted leg
gings. Tho struggle for tho eako now
lies botwoon her and tbo Missouri girl,
who tolls strangors that during tho war
the enemy throw up bust works on hor
father's farm.
TWO JOUBNKTS.
The Artoiy,
"1 go on a J inrney far away,'
He said and he stopped and kissed me
then.
"Over the ocean for many a day
"Qood-bye," and ho ktued me once again
Bat only a few short months had lied,
When again I an vered my husband's kiss ;
"I could not tarry away," h said!
"There Is never a land as air as this."
Again I stood by my hnabaud's side,
"I go on a journey, sweet; to-day;
Over the river tho boatmen glide
Good-bye; I shall linger loot; away."
"Ah, he will come back soon, I know,"
I said, as I stooped for tho parting kiss;
"He cannot tarry, he told me so,
There is never a land so fair as this."
Out many a month and many a year
Have flown since my darling went away.
Will he never come bick tomcet me here!
Un he found tho region of perfect day!
Over the ocean he went and camo;
Over tto river and lingers there I
Oh, pallid boatman; call my name
Show mo the region so wondrous fair.
iUxr A Miller Collected a Pastor's
Salary.
A worthy miller, as tho story is told,
in Rov. Duncan Dunbar's Memoirs,
was onco painod by hoarlng that tho
mlnistor was going away, forwantof
support, tho church having doclded that
thoy could no lonior ratio his
salaiy. Ho called a mcoting and ad
drossod his brothrcn vory modostly, for
ho was ono of tho poorest among tho
oomfortablo iarmors. Ho asked if tho
want of monoy was tho only reason for
this chango, nnd if all woro united in do-
siring thosorvlces of tho pastor, could
they still keep him? Thoro was but ono
voioo in roply. Tho pastor was usoful
and bolovod, but tho.flock was poor.
"Woll," ropliod tho miller, I havo a
plan by which I can raiso his salary,
without asking ono of you for ono dol
lar, if you will allow mo to tako my own
wny to it. dol will assumo tho respon
sibility for ono year. Havo I your con
sent? Of courso, thoy could not rofuso this,
although they oxpro sscd snrpiiso, know
ing thomillorbo but a poor man.
Tho year drew to a closo. Tho mln
istor had boon blessedjin his labors, nnd
no ono had been called on for monoy.
When thoy camo togethor, the millor
askod tho pastor if his wants hud boon
supplied, and his salary promptly met.
Ho roplied in the affirmative., Whon
tho brethren wero askod ifthev woro
any poorer than at tho beginning of the
year, oaoh ono roplied. "No," and
nsked how thoy could bo, when thoy had
paid nothing. Ho askod again, "Is any
man horo pooror for keeping tho minis-
tor?" and the rorlr was tha mn m
before. 'Thon," ho said, "brethren,
I havo only to toll you that you have
paid the salary tbo samo ns you always
did only moro of it nnd with greater
promptness. You remomber you told
mo to tako my own way in tho matter.
and I havo dono so. As oaoh of you
brought his grist to tho mill, 1 took out
as muoh grain as I thought your pro
portion, and laid it away for tho salary.
Whon tho harvest was ovor, I sold it
and paid tho mlnistor rogularly from
tho proceeds. You confess you nro no
poorer, so you havo novor mlssod it,
and, thoroforo, mado no sacrifice Now,
proposo wo stop talking about pover
ty and letting our mlnistor go nnd
add enough to his salary to mako us
feel wo aro doing somothlng." Mr.
Dunbar used to say. "Oh. foramll-
ler in ovory chnrohl"
A Curious Anuio and Its Origin.
On a roaoh of tho Eogllsh rlvor Churn
stands a vlllago callod Beckford-in-Eng-land,
and tho strangeness ot tho nnmo
has given riso to a foolish pioco of folk-
loro among tho gossips of tho placo.
A tramp, it is said, onco .'ell asleep in
tho sprlng-tlmo on the top of a hay
stack. During tho night tho floods rose,,
and tho hay-stnok, with the sleeper un-
on it, was carried away by tho rlvor to
this spot. When the tramp awoko, ho
lanciou no must do sailing ovor to
trance,. after tho tho stack grounded
on tho shallows of tho ford, ho called
out to somo bystandors to know tho
namo ol tho placo. Being told that it
was Bockford, ho oxclaimod, In surprise:
"wnao 1 uecktora in JSngland ?"
And Bockford -in-England has been tho
uiamo of tho vlllago ovor sinco. As a
pvltne8S to tho truth of this story, the
muo ma boars lor its sign a man floating
on a hay-staok in a river. This is tho
sort of nonsense which is offered to tho
Inquiring strangor as tho result of local
antiquarian resoarch. But tho inquiring
strangor easily reflects for himsolf that
bcok" Is a Scandinavian word, and
that when tho Danes owned
domain or thoir own at Gamolby tho
far side of tho ford ovor tho book was
naturally spoken ot by thorn as being
England, whoreas tho near sldo was in
Ipanoland. Long after tho very exis
p'onco of tho Danes had been uttorly for-
goticn, ints silly myth was no doubt in
vented to explain tho curious foot that a
vlllago In tho heart of an Eogllsh shiro
ford-in-England.
Long; Journey of a Cat.
a correspondent of Forest and
Stream, residing in Bangor, Mo., thus
writes about tho instlot and ondsnanoe
o cat: "A gentleman In this citv
had presented to him a Maltese oat wlra
four young nursing kittens dy a former
iriena living fourteen miles out in tho
country. This cat and hor kittens were
wero placed in a close covorod basket
inside of whioh was a blanket in whioh
they woro wrapped, and tho wholo then
oovored with a thick rug. Tho baskot
and its contonU woro thon brought in a
wagon 10 mis city tho dfstanoo stated.
Tho oat and hor kittons woro kept in a
room iu their now homo, and carefully
watchod, fed and petted for seven days
sho appearing to bo wonted and content.
On tho morning of the sevonth day she
and her kittens wero at thoir new home
for the last time and were mlssod very
soon after. Tho following day at noon
sho appoared at hor old homo with all
her kittens. She did not return by the
road, tho way sho camo, ns she was
seen by sovoral persons going through
tho fiolds with a kitten in hor mouth.
Allowing thirty hours to havo clapsod
botween tho timo sho was last scon at
hor her now homo and tho timo sho was
first seen at hor old homo sho must have
traveled a dlstanco of 112 miles, carry
ing a kitten ono-halt tho samo dlstanco."
Woman Suffrage in France.
A.exandcr Dnmi. j
"Then it is roally serious, your do
mand that womon voto."
"Nolthor moro nor loss."
"But would you tako from thorn all
thoir grace, all thoir charm? Woman "
"Oh, horo you come with your plati
tudes; but don't worry about it; sho
shall voto gracofully. At first it will
creato somo nmusomentjfor, you know,
wo trench must always bcglnwlth a
laugh. But lot thorn laugh; woman
will wear bonnots a la ballot-box. uni-
vorsal-Bufl'rngo waists nnd political-
oquallty tklrts At fi st it will make a
sensation, then will becomo fashionable:
after that a habit, thon nn cxperlonco,
thon a duty nnd at last a blosslug."
Bo it as it may, it is already u-right,
low prominent ladies of tho citv.
somo rich dowagors in tho Provinces
anu somo ot our robust farmers' wives
will sot tho example, and tho rost will
soon follow.
Tkoy will havo mootlngs. assomblls.
clubs, as wo havo; thoy will say nnd do
great many absurd things, as wo do:
thoy will regret them, as wo do. and
llttlo by Httlo thoy will learn to correct
tncm.
By mixing moio in tho politics of tho
country thoy will do loss to encourage
mat 01 tno church, which will not bo a
bad thing.
Finally, womon, that is to sav-tho
mother, wifo, and daughtor. this half of
ourselves in alt ngos of life, having, as
woll as wo, responsibilities and duties,
this living being, thinking, loving, suf-
icnng, naving a brain, a heart, a soul
Just. as wo have (if surely we havo ono),
has also necessities and aspirations.
special interests to be promoted, im
provements to accomplish, and there
fore certain rights to maintain and on-
mrco that renuiro and ought to bo di
rectly ropresonted in the disousslon of
public atfalrs by dologates chosen by
nersoif.
Establish this new law of woman
suffrage as you may think wisest, with
an necessary precaution suits bio to this
country so weddod to routine, mako
cortain qualifications if you think best,
out pass tho laws. Thoro must bo in
tho Chamber of Doputios, somo of tho
womon of France.
A Troubles jm) Invention.
Boatoa roet.TJ
Wo havo no words ofblarnofor Mr.
Bottlowashor. Homoant woll. Hocrot
sick wading through tho mud on cros
sings, nnd so ho' invontod his streot
crosser. It was a tromondous SDrlnc lo.
catod in tho too of each of a pair of over
shoes. When tho warror stonnnrl Ma
J-
foot down flat it didn't work, but whpn
ho arose on tip-too tho spring jumped
mm ciear across tho street. Mr.Bottln.
washer started out to try tho Invention.
Tho first attempt ho mado was nt .Park
bquare, and tho spring wasn't strong
enough to cloar it but sot him down
with great violence sguaro in a puddle
and ho got badly splattored.
But he wasn' t discouraged. Ho tried
it on Bromfleld stntnt.. ulunli
rr, ' . ., ., w" J imuuw.
That tlmn Mm nnrincy onnmnil - i
moro forco, for it shot him cloar across
mo Hireei anu inrougn tho open door
of an oatinc-housit. nnH ... i
such violent contoat with a man whn
sat with his back to the door, that both
ho and tha table wnnt. nvn
gentlemen wero mixod up with tho din-
to bo hold whllo thlngb wet 0 explained
and oven thon mild Mint If it 1
again somobody would get burl. Thon
uumowusnorweni out and tried tho
thing on lremont street, and that timo
he just cleared tho street and upsota
fat man on tho side whoro ho nlljehtod
Tho fat man proposed to stab him'
and could with difficulty bo paoifled
This broke BottlewashiVheart,P and ho
took off tho ovei shoos and givo them
to Count Fondowhiski, an Italian noble-
iuuu. who couecis Domes, rags, etc..
lhi" M 'M.r' Boufowasher
. , -"?VUMUU HJ
oount, who put on tho overshoes.
uiuu t exmmn tun nvnnt
tho
He
ucu uu, uuu coming to a crossing-
OrODOSOdtO tin.ton nnrma A. u.
' t .7.i . . uu waa
omwnui; uvur, wiiii nis pack on
his
luranod
not
---- uuv uonL
across by soven somersaults and ton
sent
ii 1 f.r'T'ui uu 100 ar was just
tilled With hotting. nrro r
pack. " ' nu
L1 ; adog whon
.uuuuuu uiuuwuiK, . A nolionmnn
grab-bod him and HftnH ifcT m,aa
tbd Thofcnrlnn. Z'.BT "fT
both
rruro uunua into tno muojknd
mouth full oo jcim nIK.
, . - ,0 ..""vt "UU
got thoir
COt him
to thoatation3t last, but Hat
timo Of it: and Inn 4atln. i
id a hard
get him down stabs, got htm thSro and
themse Vfls. tnn lnXl 1
trying to
0 and
Then
thev discovert whnt i. r
fho count was roleasod, and has sworn
J V l "b",u" Mr- uottlowasher.
una whan h l. .n m ""v.
geiitlema. b Wm 800
that
Irritable sohoolraaster "Now, then
stupid, what's that noxt word? What
comes after oheosnP" rn w ...
mouse, sir."
Father-"Charloy, I seo no improve
ment in your Sunday School marks
Charloy-"Yos,papaitiB high time'
you had a serious talk with tho toaoh
r, or olae he'll keep on that way for
JeotidTovo. MU 'owe of w.