The County paper., October 28, 1881, Image 3

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AUTB BOKO.
Onc In the world! flrrt prime,
When nothing llred or t ttrred,
Nothing, unteM It wm Time
No, not even a bint
Tho Silence tpoke nnto Ur;
But I do not dtrc repeat
What It sold to It Iotb afar;
It wis too sweet too sweet.
But then, In the fair world's youth,
Ere sorrow had drawn breath,
When nothing waa born but Truth,
No, not even death,
The atar to tllcnco was wed,
And the sun was priest that day,
And they made their bridal bed
High In the milky way.
For the sweet whlto star had heard
Her silent lover's speech
It needed no passionate word
To pledge, them each to each.
Oh, lady, fair and far,
Hear, oh, hear, and apply;
Thou, the beautiful star
Tlio voiceless silence, I.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSE
HOLD.
llreaklrtK Colts.
C'oreipondent of National Live Stock Journal, Chicago
Colts should bo brok n to hnrnoss at
thro years old, and used In light work
for two years, whon thoy will become
matured and fit for full work. If thoy
aroused for hard sorvlco before tholr
joints become sottlcd, or surrounded by
a full grown texture of muclos and
slnows to support them, thoy aro llablo
to becomo strained, causing spavins or
bony enlargements, that will dostroy
tholr futuro usefulness. Any Imbccllo
can break down tho colt; but It requires
good senso to build them up after thoy
liavo been crippled by ignorant task
masters. It is not worth whilo to risk
tho oxporlmcnt of converting sound
colts Into invalids, when thoy will livo
longer and perform moro sorvlco if suf
forcd to ripon into tho full matured
horses beforoboing put to hard work.
l'rnetleat KntmlotlRO In Farming;.
National Lire Stock Journal, Chicago.
It is a mlsfortuno that tho valuo to a
farmer or what may bo classod as theo
retical knowledgo such us is gained by
reading or hearing lectures, or tho con
Torstttion of othors, or by a process of
reasoning is often ignorod or under
estimated. This want of appreciation
of such knowledgo often arises from
a lack of any cloar idea of tho rola
tlvo places of "practical ' and "theo
retical" knowledge As indicat
ed above, practical knowlodgo
that gained by porsonal experlonco and
observation will often enable a farmer
to moot a difficulty in a simplo mannor,
but tho farmer who rolics wholly on his
own oxperionco must nocossarlly bo a
narrow man, and a radical chango In
his circumstances will leavo him help
loss. A man who undertakes farming
with only theoretical knowlodgo, will
almost certainly ma&o many mistakes,
and bo jnstly liable to the chargo of be
ing "visionary." Such a man, how
ever, will often bocomo a moro success
ful farmer than his purely practical
neighbor, when practico has loci him to
modify and adjust his theories to his
circumstances. What is neoded, of
course, is a duo amount of each of tho
two kinds of knowledge.
It is often sncerlngly said that agri
cultural colleges "cannot niako success
iul farmers." This is true in tho same
sonso that it is true that no professional
school can "mako" a successful minis
tor, lawyer or physician. Each can do
much to help a young man in acquiring
practical knowledgo, and in better fit
ting him to apply such knowlodgo when
gained.
fltrlne RatalncA Different System Desira
ble. Furo air helps to mako puro blood,
which, in tho courso o nature, bullets up
healthful bodies. Out-of-door pigs would
not show so well at tho fairs, and would
probably bo passed.ovor by Judges and
pooplo who havo been taught to ad
mlro only tbofat and helpless things that
get tho prizes. Such pigs tiro woll
adapted to filling lard kegs, wheroas the
standard of perfection should be tho pig
which will mako tho most ham with the
least waste of fat, thq longest and deop.
est sides, with tho most loan moat; it
should havo bono enough to allow it to
stand up and liolp itsolf to food and
carry with It tho ovlilcnco of health,
and natural developments in all its
pails. Pigs which run in a rango or
pasturo havo good appotites tho fresli
air and exercise gives thorn this honco
thoy will eat a great variety of food
and much coarser than when confined
n pens. Nothing need go to wasto on
tho farm for lack of a market. Thoy
-will consume nil tho rcfuso fruit, roots,
pumpkins and all kinds of vegetables,
which will make thorn grow. By ox
tending tho root patch and planting tho
odder corn thinnor, so that nubbins
will form on it, and by "putting in a
swoot variety, tho numbor of pigs may
bo incrcsod in proportion. A few oush
ols of corn at tho ond of tho season will
finish off tho plg. Tho pig pasturo will
bo ready tho next year for any crop, and
ton tljcs tho advantago aceruo to tho
iarmjban if tho pigs aro confined In
cloJpoBSjJpj-js pigs aro usually
xmag7I(wXnn, but ll ttlo manure
Isover mado fjthom.
Kitchen and Market Garden.
There is but llttlo regular garden
-work after this month, exoept caring
for tho crops and proparing for thos - of
early spring. Tho rubbish, tha'aay
uavo accumulated should be Uearod
away; manuro and plow or . spado as
much of tho gardon as possible.
Old framos should bo roadyfor tho
early lettuco, cabbage, etc. It Is a aim
plo matter to oonstruet ono of rough
boards, tho roar par' to bo ono foot high,
front eight Inches, nallod to posts set to
give a width equal to tho sash used. It
1s best to put the frames in a sheltered
place facing tho south. Tho object of
the cold framo is to keep the plants from
sudden changes of weather not for
groih. The sashes should not be put
on until the cold weather demands it.
Beets and carrots are injured by freez
ing and should therefore ba.dug so soon
as growth is completed. Farsnlps and
salsify are improved by frost, and only
enough of theso for present uso need bo
dug; thoy may bo paokod in dry earth
in ooxos, anu storoa tn tuo collar, ns
foul gases aro constantly arising
throughout tho house, making tho air
unhcalthful to tho inmatos. Cabhagos
Hiould bo taken up boforo tho ground
froezos and stored in trendies. Theso
may bo mado by plowing n dcop furrow,
Tho cabbages aro hcapod, hoad down'
ward in tho trenoh, and covorod with
straw anil earth. A simplor way is to
set tho cabbages on tholr heads In
slnglo rows nnd cover thorn with a few
inohos of oarlli. Colory not yet earthed
up, should bo attended to. First bring
tho leaves togothor and thon draw tho
earth up.
Iforntma Cnttte.
Horned cattlo aio moro generally In
clined to bo vbious, learning tho uso of
tholr horns as woapons for defonsivo
nnd offonsivo warfare on all inferiors.
Every farmer knows how spitofully tho
animal usos them on others for claiming
its rights whoro food is concerned, and
oftentimes without provocation, increas
ing in malignity with ago. Tho most
striking contrast drawn botweon tho two
kinds is moro fully realized by tho dairy'
man whon driving cows to and from tho
pasturo twlco a dny. Thoy causo
much troublo and porplcxity to tho cow
boy in getting them through thogntoor
barway; the leading onos nnd most vl
clous moro likely than not preventing
others from passing through. Then In
tho lano comes tho most danger, roquir
ing a constant watching to prevent tho
vicious from goring and maiming tho
others. In stanchioning them there is
constant fear and dread of bodily harm
or torn clothes.
With polled cattlo wo aro exempt
from all this foar and anxiety, nnd if
ono gots looso in tho stablo at night,
thcro is no danger of othors boing gored
to death. Such an animal is by natuio
deprived of this bolllgoront temper;
lias llttlo or no disposition to quarrel
with his fellows; is lt'ss solisli, moro do-
cllo nnd nmiablo In disposition, nnd
when turned into pasturo immediately
goes to iccuing wsicnu 01 tramping
over tho field to tlnd something bottor,
spending timo and wearing oft' flush to
too purpose Thoy aro hardy and good
feeders, eating much coarso food which
common stock rcfuso, and kcop in good
thriving condition. For tho butter dairy
thoy aro considered to bo as good, and,
by those who havo tried both, to bo su
perior to tho averago broods of horned
stock, and nearly equal to tho Jersey in
quality and quantity of milk. This
valuo is nearly or quito caused by tholr
taking on flesh kindly, from tho fact
of tholr quiet disposition. When ngo
renders them unprofitable for tho dairy
tholr round, plump carcassos aro sought
after by tho butchers, having more
substantial llcsh to tho surfaco than
tho common stock, not oxcoptlpg per
haps tho graded shorthorn. In lino a
short acquaintance with them will ro
movo former object ions, nnd our sur
prise will bo that wo havo bred horns so
long.
There nro sorcral breeds of hornless
cattlo as Norfolk and Suflolk rod
polled, Aberdecns or Angus, and black
Galloways. Tho latter aro not con
sidered so valuable for tho dairy, ox
cept, perh. ps, in somo localities in Scot
land whero thoy nro bred, but with us
tho milk is sa'd to bo very rich. I also
havo statistical authority for saying
that in competition with short horns
and othors, thoy havo boen awarded tho
first prizo at the London fairs for yra
otrlcal forms and weight aud quality of
boot, which fetehos a trlflo higher price
in tho British market than either Dur
hams, Herefords, Sussex, or Devons.
These facts aro pregnant with interest
to our sto.'k breeders and suippors, ma
terially lessoning the expense in trans
portation, besides tho advantago in
handling witli moro safety to man and
beast.
Tho Siege of Yorktown.
Tho ono hundredth anniversary of
tho siogo of Yorktown, in Virginia, was
celebrated with imposing nnd appropri
ate coremonles, on tho historiospot of
its occurrence; the 19th of tho Jiresont
month. This was tho dcolslvo action of
tho War of tho Revolution, and w"Jioh
virtually settled tho question at issue be
twi on Great Britain and hor American
Colonics. Wo therefore give ouflrenil
ors a brief account of what may 111 lltly
tormod tho tlnnllact in that Arcat
dramas
In ordor to carry on a dopredrfing
warfare in Virginia and Maryland,
Cornwallis, with a strong forco, bmrta
kon position at Yorktown and Glouces
ter, opDoslto, in Septombor, 1781, nnd
strongly fortlOod them. La "Fuywtto,
Steuben and Wayno were In Vlrgnia.
and ha' already glvon tho earl uiaoh
troublo; but their forces wore not s III
ciont to attack his lordship In jliix (jiw
position with any prospeotof success.
In tho moanuhllo, Fronoh troops
undor Count do Roohatnbean, who had
wintered in New England, had joined
Washington ou tho Hudson; the allied
armies, eluding tho vigilance of Clinton
at New York, marohod to Virginia. Thoy
rendezvoused at Williamsburg, twelve
miles above Yorktown, and on tho
morning of the 28th of Soptembor,
marohod in two divisions, bj'j separate
roads, to Invest tho British. J
They wore ooeuplod in pttparatlons
for the slego nntil tho afternoon of tho
Otb of October, when a gonoral dis
charge f twenty-four and eighteen
pound caunon enmraenood upon tho
British works. Day after day tho ene
mies' strongholds crumblod. Tho
Amr-tlcan and Fronoh troops vied with
each other in skill and valor.
Corn'slllp, confident that ho could
not maintain hts position, determined
to mako a dosporalo effort at flight Ills
plan was to loavo tho siok and baggage
bohind; cross over to Gloucester, and
with his dotaohmont thoro, cut up or
dlaporso tho American troops; mount
Ills infantry on horsos taken from them
and othors that might bo seized In tiio
neighborhood; by rapid marches gain
tho forks of tho Rappahannock nnd
Potomao, and, forcing his way through
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Now Jor
soy, form a junction with tho nrmy in
Now York. ,
This was a most hazardous undorlak
ing, but his only nltornntlvo was flight
or capture. Boats woro accordingly
prepared, and at ton o'clock on tho
ovoring of tho lCth a portion of his
troops woro convoyed across to Glou
cester. So secretly was tho wholo
movomont pcrformod that tbo pa
triots did not percolvo it; nnd had
not a power mightier than mnn's Inter
posed an obstacle, Cornwallis1 ties per-
ato plan might have been successfully
accomplished.
Tho first body of troops had scarcoly
reached Gloucester Point, whon a etorm
of wind nnd rain, almost as sudden nnd
llorco as a summer tornndo, made tho
passage of tho river too hazardous to bo
attomptod Tho storm continued with
unabated violence until morning, nnd
Cornwallis was obliged to abandon his
design. Tho troops woro brought back
without much loss, and now tho last ray
of hopo began to fado from tho vision
of tho carl
At daybreak, on tho morning of tho
18th, soveral now batteries woro open
od, and n moro torrlblo storm of sholls
and round shot was poured upon tho
town than had yot boon experioncod by
tho enomy. Tho desired effect was no
complishi d. Upon tho heights of Sam-
toga, Burgoyno found no placo socuro
from tho cannon balls of tho besiogers;
in Yorktown there was llko Insecurity;
and before 10 o'clock in tho morning
Cornwallis, despairing of victory or es
cape sont a flag to Washington with a
request that hostilities should bo sus
pended for twenty-four hours, nnd that
commissioners bo appointed to moot to
arrangs terms for tho surrondor of his
army.
Washington was unwilling to wnslo
precious tlmo in negotiations, for, In
tho meanwhile, tho British licet might
arrivo nnd glvo tho carl an opportunity
to escape. In his reply to Cornwallts's
letter, Washlngtonde.siredhim to trans
mit his proposals In writing previous to
tho mooting of tho commissioners, for
which purposo ho would ordor a cessa
tion of hostilities for two hours. To
this tho earl consonted, and sont a rough
draft of tho gonoial basis of his propo
sals. Washington, percoiving that thoro
would probably be no soriotis disagree
ment finally, also sentCornwnllls a gen
eral basis of tormsupon wnlohho should
expect him to surrender. Commission
ers woro appointed and I'ostilitios were
susponded for tho night.
Tho commissioners met early on tho
mornin of tho 18th; but b"ixg unnblo
to adjust tho terms of capitulation de
finitively, only a rough draft on them
could bo prepared, which was submit
ted to tho consideration of Cornwallis!
Washington would not permit tho delay
that might cmuo by leaving Ihoso open
to lUrthcr negotiation; ho thoreforo had
tho rough artioies fairly transcribed,
nnd sont thorn to tho British general
early on tho morning of tho 10th, with
a lotter oxprossing his expectation that
thoy would bo signed by eloven o'clock
and that tho garrison would match out
by two in tho aftornoon. Cornwallis
was obliged to Mtbmit, and nt tho ap
pointed hour tho garrisons at York aud
Gloucostor, tho shipping in tho harbor,
ami all flo ammunition, stores, etc.,
were surrendered, after a eiogo of thir
teen days, to tho land and naval forces
of America and Franco.
Tho ceremony, on tlw oocas on of tho
surrender, was exceedingly imposing.
Tho American arniy was drawn up on
tho right side of tho road leadl. g from
Yorktown to Hampton, atsd tho Fronoa
army on the loft. Their lines extended
moro than a mllo in length. Washing
ton, upon ills white charger, was nt tho
head of tho American column, and
Rochambeau, upon a powerful bav
horso, was ni tho head of the French
column. A vsiist concourse of people
was also ns-ombled fiom the surround
ing country to participate in lh joy of
tho event.
Universal slleno" prevailed as tho vim
qulshod troops slowly mnrohed oil of
their liitrenohmonts, with their colors
cased and thulr drums heath g a British
tuuo, and passed between tho columns
of tho combined armies. All woio
eager to look upon Cornwall, the ter
ror of the Sout In tho hour of his ad
versity. Thoy were disappointed ho
1) ltd glvon himself uti to vexation nnd
dlspnlr, and full1 ulna; illness, ho sent
General O'Hara with his sword, to lead
ho vanquished army to tho field of hu
miliation. Having urrlvoi at tho hoad
of tho lino, Gonoral O' tfura advanced
t iward Washington, and taking off bis
hat, apologized for tho abxoiico nf Earl
Cirnwallis. Tho oommandor-ln-ehlef
pointed him to Gonoral Lincoln for di
rections It must havo been a proud moment
for Ltnooln, for only tho year before ho
was obliged to make a humiliating sur
rondor of bis army to British conquer
ors at Charleston. Lincoln oonductod
tho royal troops to tho Held selected for
luying down tholr arms, and thoro Gen.
O'Hara delivered to him tho tiword of
Cornwallis; Ltnooln received it, find
then politely handed It back to O'Hara,
to bo returned to tho rail
The loss of the British on this occa-
sion was 150 killed, 326 wounded, nnd
70 missing. The wholo number snrren
dorod by capitulation was a llttlo mora
than sovon thousand, nccording to tho
'raojt rollablo authorities, making tho
total loss botweon 7,600 nnd 7,800. Tho
combined artm in tho siogo consisted
of about 7,000 regular Amorloan troops
more than ,000 French, nnd 4,000 ml
lltla; a total of over 16,000 men. Thei
loss was only about .'100. Tito artillery,
and military stores and provisions sur
rendered, was very considerable.
Night-Life of Young Men.
Ono night o ten destroys n wholo life
NIs lit is sin's harvesting tlmo. Moro
sin and crlmo nro committed in ono
night than In all tho days of tho wcok.
This is moro emphatically truo of tho
city than in tho country. Tho street
lnmp3, llko a filoof soldiers, with torch
in hand, stretched away in long lines on
cither sldowalk; tho gay colored trans
parciicics are ablazo with attractions
tho saloon nnd blllinrd-halls nro brll
linntly lllumlnnted; muslo (-ends forth
its enchantment; thogay company begin
to gather to tho haunts and houses of
pleasure; tho gambling dons nro nllamo
with palatial splendor; the theaters aro
wldo open; tho mills of destruction nro
grinding health, honor, happiness, hopo
out of thousands of lives. Tho city
undor tho gaslight is not tho samo as
undor God's sunlight. Tho allurements
and perils nnd pitfalls of night nro a
lutndied-fold deopor and darker and
moro destructive Night llfo in our
cities is a dnrk problem, whoso dopths
and abysses and whirlpools mako us
start back with horror. All nicht loin?
tears nro falling, blood is streaming.
louiig men, toll mo how and where
you spend your oventngs, nnd I will
write out a chart of your character and
llnnl destiny, with blanks to insert your
names. It scorns to mo an appropriate
toxt would bo, "Watchman, what of tho
night?" Policeman, pacing thy beat,
wlmt of tho night P What nro tho young
mon of tho cltv doing at night ? Where
do thoy spend their cvoningsP Who
nro their nssoclatosP What nro tholr
habits P Whore do thoy go In, and what
timo do you sco them como out? Po
licemen, would tho nigiit-llfo of young
mon commend thom to tho confidence
of tholr employers? Woul I it bo to
tholr crcditP
Mako n record of nights of ono week.
Put in tho morning paper tho names of
all tho young mon, their habits and
haunts, thnt aro on tho street for sinful
loaauro. Would thoro not bo shamo
nnd confusion? Somo would not. dnro
to go to their places of business; somo
would not return homo at night; somo
would leavo tho city; somo would com
mit suieido. Remember, young men.
thnt in the retina of tho all-seolng Eyo
thoro is nothing hid but shall bo re voalcd
on fio last day.
An Italian Lover.
Somo years ago she was traveling in
Itnlv with a largo family party. In ono
of thu chief cities thoy were sight-sen-ing
in tho usual fashion, when thoy no
ticed in tho gallery with them a young
man of distinguished nopenranco, who
seemed to regard their cirolo moro than
tho pictures. Returning to tlioir hotel
they thought no moro of such a com
mon Incident a a youth gazing at a
party of protty girls. Thry hail, how
ovor, mado tho chanco acquaintance of
a priest of their own nation, who had
become a regular visitor. Ono day ho
took tho father aMdo and said ho had a
communication of much hiportanco to
make to him. A young Italian noble
man of distinguished , family, largo
wealth, sound health, nnd an oxcollent
person every wny, had soon his daugh
ters, fallen, at sight, deeply In iovo with
one of them, whoso namo ho did not
know, had followed tho party to their
lodgings, ascertained who thoy were,
and now begged permission to bo al
lowod to visit them, with tho viow of
payi g liii address in porson to tho lady
of his choice. Tho natural Anglo-ax-on
instinct was to declino tho honor
promptly and docldodly. Hut tho priest
represented that tho young man wits
Berlous and honorable, a woll n titled
and rich, and it would bo bu: fair to
tho young ladle, as tho particu
lar ono was unknown to tbnm, to givo
both parties an opportunity of acquain
tance, to soo what might conio of it,
especially as, besides his four daughters,
thoro wore four othor young and attrac
tive ladios iu his pnrtv, ono of whom
mlglit bo tho lady ho was smitten w tli.
At all events toy ought to havo tho
ohauco to answer for themselves. Con
vinced of tho honorabio Intentions of
tl0 camlldato for ono of tho young la-
dios' hand, and tho girl tnomsolvcs
th nking it a good joko rather than ink
ing tie mattor seriously, the father con
sented that tho priest should bring l is
friend to mako their acquaintance But
on the evening designated, in order to
myst fly him somewhat, they dccldtd
among themselves each' to wear tho
same costume, a black silk, with only
the difference of coloied bows and neck
ribbons, and to coiuoin'.o tho room sep
arately after ho arrlvod.
Thoy carrlid out tholr jirogrnmmo
perfectly. Tho uloghnt lover came
puotually. was presented to the parents,
aud immediately after, giving timo for
tho separate presentations, aud words of
ceremony, each yount, lady, not know
ing but bI owasthnobjoctof his love, en
ontored tho room at regular Intervals,
underwont tho formal introduction, and
took her seat. It was a procossion that
must havo seemed endlcm to him, and
and almost a rqiroduuilon each timo of
tho proceeding lady. To uu Anglo
Saxon's nerves and ho tit It would havo
been a very, trying ordeal, well calcu
lated to bewilder a youthful lover, and
make him doubt tho ttvidonoo of his
eyes. But not so our Italian Willi
the easy grace and manner of his race
and brooding, bo preserved his sulf pos
session. Faultlessly polite and closely
scrutinizing nil, notwithstanding tho
wcarisomo ordoal of genuflections and
polito speoohes ho hod to undergo, ho
rcmainod master of tho position. Whon
tho last and youngest Entered, his ores
brightened. Ho plnood his chair bo
side hers and Immediately began con
vorslng, thus qulotly intimating ho had
nt last discovered tho being tho distant
vlow of whom a fow days boforo had
captured his afloctions. It was smooth
sailing for him now, nnd in a short tlmo
ho mado hlmsolf by his manly ologanco
nnd intolligonco a wolcomo visitor nnd
nttondnnt of tho family, doing tho hon
ors of his city, nnd, in fact, becoming
ono ol them with perfect tnot, such as
nccompllshcd Italian gcntloinnn thor
oughly possess. In n brief tlmo, with
tho consont of tho parents, ho offered
hlmsolf to tlo youngoot, ploadlng his
Intonso lovo from first sight, and declar
ing that ho asked for no dowry; his own
property was sufficient nnd thnt if sho
was reluctant to loavo hor mothor whllo
so young, ho would agree to glvo her a
house, to sottlo a largo incomo on her.
nnd livo hnlf tho year in hor own conn
try and half in his own. Furthermore
as ho was somowhat of a radical In pol
Hies nnd republican in principle, and
had dropped his logltimato tltlo, ho
would rosumo it, and as his wifo sho
would bo Duchess , with tho arms
on hor cards and carriages, and all tho
othor paraphcrnnlla and social consld
oration which' belongs to nrlstocratio
rank of long descent in Italy. Tills
certainly wis a tempting proposition,
besides tho youth, sincerity an unex-
ccptionnbloncss of tho supplicant to a
young lady; but hor heart was untouch
ed and sho rospcctfullv declined him nf'
tor a long nnd passionnto pleading of
Ids case, not unfavored by her own fam
ily. I hoy parted excellent friends, nnd
years afterward ho married a princess
of his own raco.
Tho Hidden Husband.
It was during tho troublous times in
Polnnd, whon many of tho chlof nobles
of that unhappy lnnd wero looking to
seo their beloved country onco moro
frco nnd independent. Tho Russian
omporor called It an insurrection, and
proposed to punish tho lenders thorcof
with death. Upon tho bend of a cer
tain Polish nobleman a prlco was sot.
The omporor was very nnxious to gain
him into his power, nnd having been in
formed that tho noblomnn's wifo lud
been hoard to dojlaro that sho had hid
den her husband, ho ordered her to bo
brought before him. Accordingly sho
was apprehended and ushered into tho
imperial prcsonco.
Tho omporor was forcibly struck by
tho lady's surpassing beauty, and hor
quconly bearing. Having been nskod
hor namo and station, sho was asked if
sho lind said that sho had hidden her
husband. Sho nnsworod in tho nlllrma-
tive. Siio was then nskod whoro sho
had hidden him.
But sho shook her head; sho would
net tell, whereupon tho emperor in
formed her thnt if sho would not oou
foss othcrwiso, ho should put her to tho
torture. Upon thai, sho looked up into
th? monarch's faco. and said to him
with outstrotchod hands:
'Sire, I havo hidden away my hus
band. If I tell you where ho is hidden.
will you spare mo?''
"I will."
"You will loop your word, even
though )ou do not find him?'-
'If you toll mo truly whoro you
havo hidden him yes I swear it."
"Then," sho said, laying both hor
hands ovor her throbbing: bosom
know yo I hnvo hidden him in my
heart! '
Wo may supposo that tho omporor
kept his word; for ho was not without a
heart of his own, which could respond,
on occasion, to a noblo and generous
sentiment.
The Rustle Tastes of America,
'all Mill Gazette.
In one of his essays on "Poets and
Hamorists" in tho parlcmcnt M. Andre
Thourlet turns his attention to Mark
Twain. M. Thnurlot stru?Klos hnrd to
be just to tho American humorist, but
he cannot quito suppress a groan ovor
this coarse-grained comedy," which
has "nothing in common with Attic
salt." If, notwithstanding his want of
delicato fanoy, Mark Twain is so much
moro road than writers of a far higher
stamp, such as Wendoll Holmes, this is
duo, according to M. Thourlet, to the
rustic tastos" of tho American public.
Despito all its primary education,
Amorloa is still, from an intollectual
point of view, a very rudo and primi
tive soil, only to bo cultivated by tho
application of violent mothods. "Theso
childish and half-sayago minds aro not
moved oxcept by very elementary nar
ratives, composed without art, in which
burlesque and molo-drama, vulgarity
aud eccentricity, are combined in strong
loses." And tlieriwltb M. Thourlet
passes on per saltum to bownll tho ovil
fleets of democracy upon litoraturo
, well-worn theme, indeod, but ono
which scorns to possess for certain high
ly refined critics a perennial charm,
hardly conM tent with their constantly
professed disdain for all that Is hack-
noyod and cn mmnnplaoo.
A poser A Sunday echool teacher,
root ntly expounded to his class tho third
chapter of Genesis, oame to the ourso
on tho serpent, "upon thy belly eh alt
thou go all tho days of thy llfo," whon
a sharp-eyed youngster, qulotly looking
up, asked, "Wnnr. did tho serpent walk
upon aforo sir""' Tho reply of the
teacher will not bn rooordod.
Tho liardost
Und of chasm to et
ovor sarcasm.
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
TUB CHILD AND TIM flK!OXKHAf.
Wide Awake.
Gentian, Ijhave found you out!
Now you muit tell me true
Bcf, 1 put my car down float
Where did you get your blucl
"I found It, little one, here nnd tlirro;
It was ready made for mo ;
Borne In your cje, some In the aky,
Borne In the shlnlngToea."
How did you make tliejlpTely frlngf,"-
flcntlan, that you wear I
"I cmifilit a hint from yourdark eyelash,
And a hint from your curly hair."
How do you Und no almlght nnd atlll,
When tlicy any that you nrc wild I
"All, that I learned In a different way,
And not from any child I"
Aunt I.oulan'a PuildliiK.
Our I.lttlc Ones.
Ono two thrco four fit ot O
wnai oeautiesi wnicii outuy tlo you
think lnld 'em? I'm nlmost certain
sure it was dear old Fluffy. Bless hor
hoartl isn't sho just thodnrllngost "
"Whowl Mill. You quife tako my
breath away. But havo a care! Thoso
eggs aro not cobble-stones."
Tho warning camo too lato. Crash!
wont tho eggs gathered in Nellie's whlto
apron. Sho had, without thinking,
loaned against tho barrel that held tho
nest, in her effort to discovor additions
to hor store.
"O Lenny! Do you think Aunt Sico
will scold awful?" oxclaimod Milly,
looking ruefully down nt her apron
Tho yellow fluid was already oozing
through tho protty barred muslin.
"I dare say you'll catch it," Lenny
replied. Thoro was not a spark of
sympathy in his tones, yet Lonny was
not a bad boy.
Milly did not quito understand what
her cousin meant when ho said she
would catch it, but she felt that it was
something to b. dreaded. Two great
round tears gathored in hor eyes.
I wish papa would como and fetch
mo home," sho cried. "Who would
over think tho nasty ojrgs could smash
so casyP O dear! what shall I do?"
Just then tho pleasant volco of Aunt
Louisa was heard at tho kitchen door,
calling, "Como, donr, bo quick! I'm wait
ing for tho eggs. Tho pudding will bo
spoilt if you don't mako liastc."
"And I do so lovo Aunt Sico's pud
ding!" cried llttlo Milly. Choking back
sob, sho answered, "I can't como,
Aunt Sice! I'm awful!"
Sho hnd dropped bur apron, and its
sticky contents were streaming down to
hor very toes. Tho soft laugh that
greeted her as Aunt Louisa discovered
tho woful plight sho was In nt onco re
assured her and put her nt her case.
Xm I not a funny pudding, Aunt
Sico? I hopo you won't got frightened
nnd glvo mo to tho beggar man, llko
Mrs. Tom Thumb did. you knowl"
Run Lenny, ' hor aunt cried play-
ully, "and see it there happens to boa
beggar passing!"
Thon sho caught Milly up in hor big
calico apron nnd ran ivlth her to tho
houso. Thoro sho was soon mado as
clean and sweet ns ovor. Lonny found
now nest of eggs, nnd Aunt Louisa's
pudding turned out a famous ono.
Auntie' Ituliliera.
Chrlatlnn Sland.ml.
Black eyes, bluo eyes, gray eyes
threo pairs all as bright as diamonds,
and all begging as earnestly ns did
tliroo llttlo tongues below thom for
auntie to toll them a story.
"Another story?" exclaimed auntie,
why, Pvo told you two already to-
lay."
"l Know it, auntio," saia oiacK-oycu
Will, always roady with an answer; but
you soo now it rains, so wo can t play
out, and 'sidos, I guoss I don't fool vory
woll my head klndor aches."
'And wo'ro dreadful tlrod playing in
tho nnttlo," put in bluc-oyod baby Boss,
and I do want to jus' cuddlo in somo
body's arms, and I'll koop just as still
as any llttlo mico '
"Sho'd think you're big onough to
say aitic, 'stead oi nattic, muttered
Robbio, tho ownor of tho big oyos;
but say, auntio, won't you toll us n
robber story?"
"Xes, yos, Auntio, a rouuor story,"
echoed Will, whilo Bossto "cuddled" in
nuntio's arms, and prepared to bo
frightened by the horrors to como.
Can't you think of a truo robber story,
with lots of fighting in it?" ho add
ed. Auntio, llko tho llttlo old man, had
to scratch her head and think," for
sho could not say "No" to tho llttlo
ploadors.
- ... . .i . i .i
a truo roooor story,' suo said,
smiling; "woll, I'll do tho best I cam
11 teh you about a band of robbers
that onco lived in a country a long way
fromhoro," (Btssio gavo a groat sigh
of rollof at tho words "a long way from
horo.") "Thoy woro big, ugly-looking
follows, regular savages, llko all tho
pooplo of thoso countrios. Thoy did
not havo nico houses llko ours, but just
lug holes In tho ground, piled iu a lot
of cocoanut husks, torn into strips, to
answer for beds and that was all tho
furniture thoy cat ed for. They drank
salt water instead of fresh water llko
ours, and usod to carry about with
thom wherever thoy went two bags of
skin, which thoy fillod ovory morn
ing in tho ocoan, which was noar tholr
homo."
"Why did thoy carry water mound
with thorn all tho timo?" quoriod Will.
"Woll, I think thoy wanted wr.tor vory
o'tcn, and boing away from homo much
of tbo time' thoy wanted to have It
handy," repllod auntio. "It is in that
country the cocoanuts grow, whloh you
children nro so fond of aud theso quoor
old robbers llko thom ovon bottor than
you do, for they would not eat anything
olse."
"No boofsteak, auntioP" asked Rob
bie. Breakfast was the chief of bis
diet.
"No, they wens vegetarians," repllod
auntl9; "that's what pooplo who eat no
moat aro called. But did you over see
any cocoanuts as they grow on tho tree,
ohlldron?"
"X have!" shouted Bob, eagerly;
"mlsh'nary that preaohod in our Sun
day school showed us ono. You couldn't
soe tho nico white part that wo oat at all,
only a big brown thing, with 'nawful
hard sholl covorod with a funny kind of
stuff I do' know what you call it hair,
I guoss."
"Yos," said auntio, "and thnt hair,
as you call It, is what tho robbors usod
for bods,, and tho whlto part insido is
what they ato; and as thoy had no tools,
no hnmmors, knives or nxos, with
which to break tho hard sholls, thoy
used to climb up tho cocoanut trco, nnd
fling tho big nuts tlown as hard as thoy
could throw thorn. This gonornliy
broko tho sholl, and they could dig out
tho fruit."
"But, auntio, toll us about tho fight
ing part," said Will.
"Oh! tho fighting part 1" said auutlo.
"Woll, thoso follows wero always callod
tho robbors, yet most of their fighting
was dono by another trlbo,nnd thoy hnd
a funny way of fighting, too. Thoy did
not know how to mnko nnv kind of
woapons, but really thoy nccdod none,
for thoy hnd immensoly large, strong1
hands, nnd when thoy fought thoy would
solzo tholr enemy with n terriblo grip,
nnd t hon run off lenvlng tho hnnd nnd
arm still clutched iu tho flesh of tlioir
foes."
"Why, auntio, you don't mean that
thoy could tako their arms off
really you aren't tolling truo nuntto?"
"But I do moan just that only you
soo, tho loss of nn arm was not much
to ono of theso follows, becauso a now
ono would grow In n llttlo whilo."
"PIio! you're just making that up.
auntio," said Incredulous Will, shrug
ging liis shoulders.
"Not n bit of it Willlo; it's nil real.
honest truth," replied auntio, laugh
ingly. "But real men don't havo now arms
grow when theirs nro cut off, 'causo
don't you know thnt ono nrmod beggar
that came hero yesterday? Ho said that
liis arm was shot off in tho wnr; and
thnt was ever so long ago."
Ah Willio, boy, I did not say my
robbers woro men. Thoy nro robbor
crabs, and ovory word I told ou nbout
thom is truo," laughed auntio; "but I
haven't tlmo to toll you nny moro for
tho supper boll will ring in livo minutes
and six llttlo hands must bo washed and
thrco llttlo heads must bo brushed, so as
to bo ready in soason."
"But did thoy carry tho bigf of salt
wnter, nuntlo?" questioned Will.
"Yes, thoy havo two largo bogs or
sacks attached to their b?dics, which
they keep constantly filled with salt
water," replied auntio, ns sho trotted up
stairs witli baby Bess pick-a-back.
A Beautiful Incident.
In tho Cathedral at Limerick there
hnngs a obimo of bells, which woro cast
in Italy by an enthusiast in liis trado,
who fixed his home near tho monastery
where thoy first hung, thnt ho might
daily enjoy their sweet nnd solemn
music. In somo political revolution tho
bells wore taken away to Bomo distant
lnnd, nnd tho maker himself beenmo a
rofugco nnd cxllo. His wandering
brought him, after many years, to Ire
land. On a calm and boatitlful ovon
ing, ns tho vessel which boro him float
ed on tho placid bosom of the Shannon,
suddonlyjitho evening chimes pealed
from tbo Cathodral towers.
His practical car caught tho swoot
sound, nnd ho know that his lost treas
ures wero found. His early homo, his
old friends, his beloved land, all tho
best associates of bis life, wero in those
sounds. Ho laid himself back in the
boat, crosseil his arms upon his broast,
and listened to tho musio. Tho boat
reached tho wharf, butstill ho lay thcro
silent nnd motionless. Thoy spoke to
him, but ho did not answer. Thoy wont
to him, but liis spirit had fled. Tho
tide of memories thnt camo vibrating
through his heart at that woll-known
chimo hnd snapped its strings!
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