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J, W. ANDERSON, Editor and Propretor.
When Age Has Come.
Life hath its quiet joys whou age hath come
Though voices nia'ty have grown still and
dumb
Along the way;
Shadows oft fail upon the drying grass,
[lead leaves are rustling as we onward pass
At close of day.
Vft flowers bloom; the latest of tlie year
jlill beam upon us with a smile of cheer
That warms us much;
And hands extended meet us on the way,
Consoling ns as hands of old friends may,
With living touch.
Though much 1ms gone, much has been left
behind;
In little pleasures we our comfort find
From day to day;
Though many voices have grown still and
du mb,
Life hath its quiet joys when age has come
To cross our way.
—[L. F. S. Barnard.
WHI0H IS IT?
was down on my knees scrubbing.
1 don’t like to scrub. It’s dirty,
grinding, disagreeable work. Dorothea
Casaubon never scrubbed in “Miiklie
nnirch,” and I’m quite sure neither
Rebecca nor Jtowona, in “Ivatihoe,”
ever took a turn at it.
lint somebody lias got to scrub, and
Aunt Pamela lias got rheumatism in
both knees, and of course there’s no
one to do it but Darling and me. So
we alternate it between us, for noth¬
ing would induce Aunt Pamela to hire
tlie work done —“With two able-bodied
women in the house,’.’ says she, con
itemptuously.
As I said before, 1 was scrubbing
the east room floor, when all of a sud¬
den Darling fluttered into the room,
and danced around inv prostrate form
liko the wild sprite she is.
“Don’t, Darling!” sail I; “you'll
upset the pail.”
“I don't cure if 1 do,” said Darling.
J’iiiso Broken!’’ up, LailyAiiel; the spell is
I “IVlint on earth do you mean?”
laid 1, struggling into a sitting posi
ion with the scrubbing brush uplifted
In one hand like a sort of homely
loeptre, while Darling pirouetted
[round me.
| I “She lias gone gone’fk sue.
I “Who has questioned I.
“Aunt Pamela I”
I “Lone where?”
“To be a guardian angel at some
M woman’s bedside up at Bethel Four
turners, and you and 1 are to finish
ii" house-cleaning.”
• Oh, arc we?”
II dung Die scrubbing brush through
p open window, where it lodged in
lie leafy gold of a monster maple tree
lose bv.
“Tlierc’s Die kitchen to whitewash,
pe best room to clean, Die rag carpets
p shake, and tlie buttery shelves to
par. ami the corner bedroom to be
crabbed and papered anew; and
here’s the pigs and the turkeys a ml
pc Muscovy ducks anil Dio young
calves and the cows and—”
“Darling,” I cried, seizing her
pound pad dance, the waist and joining in her
you’re a jewel! Let’s
pave some fun. Let's invite the Iiev
plv girls and Sam Tooker and Ilarry
Wadsworth, and Iiavc an autumn-leaf
puce! We never go anywhere, and
sere never allowed to see any com
I 1 " 1 !', and it's work,work , grub,grub,
P#"’hole time!”
“I’m with you, Ariel! rtt said mv
r'dv little sister executing a final
peon-wing, ami narrowly escaping
( puil of soapsuds ns she came down
1,1 tlie tips of her toes. “Run, quick,
rgive the invitations, and I’ll stir
p tho jolliest molasses gingerbread
pt ever saw for refreshments. Till
Null to come without fail.”
I filing and I were Die twin daugl:
® ts of a New York artist, whose suil
fl > dentil had left us to the care of his
"ilkins. half-sister, Aunt I’aincln
No two polos could* be
filler apart than our upbringing and
ll,nt ^mola’s home atmosphere.
“Such a pair!” groaned the good
“ housekeeper. ii Ariel and Darling!
»«the sort of names one might have
“I from Felix Iirainard and his
Ami brought up to do nothing
* *°lutely nothing! Darling can’t
a * topjacks, and Ariel throws
ter , away
s “‘'kings because no one lias ever
her to mend them. And as for
ft ' 5 “' l P and sweet pickles and raised
nad, why, good gracious, they’ve
! ' l r “ v <-'ii heard
- of ’em!”
’’ ' Verc terrible Aunt
•nicla. a trial to
Df that there was no
C ' nn? ref doubt.
But then, on tlie
Wls band, wlnt a terrible trial Aunt
"as to us!
< mt when tlie historic occasion
"ad °» which “tlie old cat was
*? # le V ’ u ' Ta 9smnll wonder that “tlie
niicp-* straightway proceeded to
m Y all came—Xdl and Fanny
i’ai- ^ le ' r brother Duke. Mr.
' T, nth, Sam Tooker amt Joe Sat
Uf . ■’ j with some sort of jmpro*
i f. I Niineiit,
The Covington Star.
Kam had his violin, so that we
dance in the big room that I had
half-scrubbed, and for once the walls
of the old farmhoo sc rang with light
laughter and marry voices.
. “Oh, cried I, at last, flinging my.
self down in a splint-bottomed
chair, and resling my dishe vclcd head
against the wall “L can’t dance an
other step! I’m clear out of breath.
Do let’s rest!
Red. As if a lot of gay young
frolickers could even known what the
word meant.*
Sam played a variation on his vio¬
lin, and Duke Beverly accompanied
him on the jewsharp. I drew, in red
chalk on the wall,a silhouette of Aunt
Pamela, in a fine frenzy of house
leaning (“We’re going to whitewash
it tomorrow,’ 3aid
while Darling treated us to an excel¬
lent imitation of the same old lady in
a hurry to go to church, looking for
the spectacles that were astride of her
nose.
And then we began to set the table
for supper, just as the old clock in
the kitchen chimed midnight, while
the four young men went down cel¬
lar to draw some eider out of a barrel
in (lie southeast corner, which Aunt
Pamela had pronounced superior to
any cider in the neighborhood.
All of a sudden we heard a shrill
voice at tlie foot of the stairs:
4< Darling! Ariel! Where be ye,
grids':
Neil Beverly dropped the loaf of
gingerbread on the floor. I stood,
paralyzed with a delicious cream-ous- -
tard in mv hand. Darling’s dimpled
face grew pale.
44 It's Aunt Pamela, she whispered.
. . Hush! Hide away the things. What
in all creation can have brought her
back at tnis time of night?’
“Girls! girls!” screeched the old
lady, “come down stairs anu get mo a
cup o’ tea. Pm most beat out. Old
Mrs. Hurley is better, and she’s more
pccooliar than ever, and enyssho won’t
have a soul come near her lmt her own
darter, Mary Ann. So I’m back. But
I i »*»**«*•- laCHIlt girl*, you should set
»n ii V l-r--
good, smart workers, but there ain’t
no seeh hurry as all that. And you’ve
been sort o’ keerless, leavin’ the cellar
door unfastened on the outside. I’ve
just padlocked it and made all safe.”
“And bolted all four of the boys
down cellar, M whispered Darling.
“What next?”
We beckoned to the Beverly girls to
keep quiet, and crept rather sheepishly
down stairs.
There stood Aunt Pamela, bundled
in shawls, anil ruddy with the touch
of the night frosts.
“Workin’ in the upstairs rooms, be
ye: said Aunt Pamela, “Well, 1
calculate it’s time to leave oft uow,
and go to bed. And I can take hold
and help }-c tomorrow mornin’. It’s a
real comfort to hev two stirriu’ girls
about Die place like you.”
Darling and I looked guiltily at
eaeh other, If ever Aunt Pamela had
been capable of sarcasm we might
have suspected it now; but she was
the most matter-of-fact of old dames,
and up to this time her yea had meant
yea, and hev nay nay.
She sat composedly down to her tea
and toast, while the Beverly girls
trembled in the room above (tlie
winding wooden staircase came di
rectly down into the r'om where we
sat), and while mysterious sounds
ever and anon came up from below.
Would she never bo through?
4< I do b’lieve,’ she said, at last,
<Diat I’ve padlocked the dog dow n
cellar. I sort o’ hear a strange rust
lin’ down there. F’rhaps I’d better
go and sec.’’
“N-iio, Aunt Pamela, historically
interjected Darling, “I’ll g° ! You
know how steep those stone steps are.
and—• Give me tlie key; I’m not
afraid to go! to
Presently she came back, bright
faced aud breathless.
44 It’s all right,” said she. “The dog
wasn't there. y>
44 Oh, well,” said Aunt Pamela, “my
hearin ain't as good as it was. I may
have been mistook, And now with
prodigious yawn—“I guess I’ll go
n
to bed.”
Never did the old lady's prepara¬
tions for a night’s slumber spin theur
selves out into such insuft’erabie
tedium! her
But at last she disappeared into
little room, which opened out of the
kitchen, with a farewell exhortation
to Darling and me to be up betimes in
Die morning to further the great work
of fali house-cleaning which we had
begun so bravely.
No sooner had tlie door closed on
tier stout figure than we made haste
liberate, the captives above stairs.
“Make lia-to, gills—make
whispered Darling. “Sam and
*„,1 Harrv are waiting for you at
e ,,j of Die hue. Merciful fate*,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, MARCH til 1891.
! an escape we have had! Good-night
girls—good-night!” ’
And as they scudded breathlessly
out, a faint voice, like an echo, came
from Aunt Pamela’s bedroom :
“Good-night, girls- good-night!”
Silently we closed the front door;
noiselessly we turned the lock and
shot the big, rusted bolts, and then
stood eyeing each other.
“Does she know,” said 1 “or docs
she not?”
The upstairs blinds were tight
shut,” pleaded Darling, "How could
she ?”
44 We were making such a noise.”
H But she is quite deaf you know.”
“8he never could have thought that
we were and
up there, at that time of night?”
“Perhaps she did,” cheerfully
argued Darling, “She’s so fond of
work herself that she thinks it’s a lux¬
ury' fCr other people. it
“Does she know,” repeated I, “or
does she not ?”
And that was something which we
never found out. Aunt Pameia said
things at times, Olher
whiles, there were unaccountable
in her muddy blue eyes. But
she had penetrated the mystery of
escapade, she never told of it.
thinks she doesn’t know, I
pretty sure she does.
We had a dreadful time erasing the
caricature from the wall,
I had to drop Sammy’s violin into
big lilac bush, and broke the
nd ing- board.
But lie says it doesn't signify, siuce
promised to be his wife. And
Harry Wadsworth is coming Sunday
nights to sec Darlin O <r ’ so there’s som°
prospect of our drudgery drawing to
end. And every night Aunt Pam
herself goes out to see that the
cellar door is locked.
“1 ain’t goin’ to run no more risks,”
she.
But the queslicn still remains un¬
Aunt Pamela know,
does she not?—[Saturday Night.
Cold-blooded of (digmanlier*,
who ever YiYtrt was
French general, Sainl-Cyr.
was a great tactician, but
neglected (he morale of his
lie was never seen on horse
and never showed himself before
lines. On one occasion when He
was simply a general of division, tlie
impetuous Marshal Oudinot,puzzled to
what to do in an emergency,
Saint-Cyr’s advice, flankly tell¬
ing him that lie nonpiusssd. 11
was . .
“You, monseigneur, said Saint
Cvr, “are a marshal of Die empire,
ami I am a general of division. 1 shall
faithfully carry out your orders, but
it would not be becoming for inc to
advise you.”
Later on Saiut-Cyr succeeded to Die
command of (lie army, and then
adopted a peculiar method ot general¬
ship. lie formed his plan of battle
clearly, precisely and with admirable
foresight. Then he sent his orders to
liis subordinates, and shut himself up
ia his quarters: absolutely forbidding
entrance to a single soul. Then he
took out his violin and went to study
ing a hard piece of music as tranquil*
ly as if he had been in the midst of a
profound, peace. Saint-Cyr his
The battle which won
baton as a marshal of tlie empire was
fought while lie was fiddling in hia
tent. He had apparently foreseen
everything, and tlie carrying out oi
his plans completely crushed the ene¬
my.—[-Atlanta Constitution.
1‘limping Water From a Distance.
Water cannot be lifted miHi over
thirty feet by a suction pump, but it
may be drawn considerably further.
If well or spring is 100 or 125
a be
feet from the pump, water may
drawn with ease if the total lift is not
over thirty feet. But by using a force
set over a dry well 8 or 8 feet
pump the up a regu¬
deep and carrying pipe
lar slope to the bottom of i*, water
be drawn 100 feet or more with
mav feet. Th«
a total lift of nearly forty
t , Of the nine in the well or
pring should be furnished with a
c r e ck valve to retain the water in the
pipe.
Bringing Her to lime.
One little Indian boy who attends
school at Indian Island,Old Town,Me.,
takes intelligent interest m ins lc«
an
and does not simply learn them
sons giving
by rote The teacher had been
instructions in punctuation, and closed
bv saying emphatically: “Now. when
von come ta a pc riod you must stop,
A little black-eyed girl then com
meiiced to read, and went on in a
reckless manner, regardless of the pe
iod in question, whereupon the fa
1 poked hev
ml bright little Indian boy
aud electrified ‘ ’' the u —— school 1 K ”
j„ tlie ribs
veiling lust..), .■Whoa!” r He
. | the situation • [Detroit Freo Dress,
PUNTA ARENAS.
The Most Southern Town of
American Continent.
A Great Centre for the Sheep
and Fur Industries.
Wo reached Ptiuta Arenas iu the
night, anchored and slept happily until
daybreak, when we blew the steam
w liistle to warn the inhabitants of out
presence, writes Theodore Child in
Harper’s. At length the captain of
the port came on board, and we were
at liberty to go ashore; but the land
ing was difficult and dangerous: owing
to the roughness of the water
primitiveness of the moles, we had
be hoisted out of the ship’s boat with
ropes, The town docs not offer much
to interest the visitor. lu the bay are
two coal hulks, an American schooner
at anchor, several small
used for seal-fishing and
local service, and a Chilian survey
steamer, To tlie north of the town is
a government depot, with half a
dozen buoys lying on the sandy' shore,
and looking from a distance like gigan¬
tic spinning tops, Still further to the
north is an old lighthouse tower,
painted red and white, which was
used by the German astronomical mis¬
sion at the time of (lie last passage of
Venus. Beyond the lighthouse the
land becomes flat, and stretches out
into the water forming a long sandy
spit, with a conical beacon on the ex
treme point. Hence the name of the
settlement—Sand Point. Tl;r town is
of very recent origin, but it A
rapidly, and now lias a population
of 922 souls, the whole Terri torio de
Mngellanes having a population of
2085, of whom about 800 arc foreign¬
ers of various nationalities, the chief
capitalists and business people
being German or English. The houses
are solidly built of wood, Die best of
them having corrugated iron roofs.
Most of Die l)uHdbwa._,#vi *
white; some ]iav>loi*; ti,„ are, of
course, sharply pointed to throw of the
rain. The general aspect Of things
there is new and prosperous. The
principal business houses are German.
Punla Arenas is a free port, and (he
great centre for supplying Die sheep
farms and various settlements on the
opposite islands of theTierra del l’ue
go group, southern Patagonia, and
the Falkland Islands. In these rainy
and apparently inhospitable regions
the great industry is sheep fanning.
There is also much goktdust in the riv¬
ers and torrents, aud silver aiul coal
mines in the neighborhood, but hither¬
to they have not been worked
with success.
It is r’rions to note that tlie shep¬
herds wiio come to Punla Arenas to
buy goods and provisions often pay in
gold-dust, which they gather iu Hie
stream* near where their flocks are
feeding. Skins and furs form a sec¬
ond important industry; seal and sea
otters abound in tlie various channels
between Die various islands of Tierra
del Fuego and of the Strait of Magel¬
lan, and three times a year the Pata
goman ludians ride into I’uiita Are
nns to sell the produce of their hunt¬
ing excursions, namely, puma, os¬
trich, guanaco and silver-fox skins.
The exportation of furs is an im¬
portant business here, and the port,
standing as it does in the regular
steamer track, is destined to greater
and greater prosperity. When we
returned on board we found two
Danish fur dealers displaying their
stock of merchandise, and endeavor¬
ing to do business with (lie passengers.
The skins were spread out over tlie
hatches on Die aft deck—ostrich*
guanaco, seal, otter, puma, fox—look
ing soft and warm, and interspersed
with a few Indian curiostides, such as
bows. arrows, spears, lassos, shell
work, spurs, models of bark canoes,
and the terrible bolas, which the Pata
gomans and their pupils, the Argcn
tine gauchos, use to hunt the ostrich.
The Osiris landed our inad-bag ami a
dozen sacks of potatoes, and took on
board a quantity of ostrich feathers to
be delivered in Havre, and (hen pro
I eeeded on her way.
Thp p r j nre c f Wales’ Dogs.
Among the Prince of Wale*’ virtues
^ he ig R „ lover 0 £ a dog.’ Jn
{he kelinc i 8 are one of the prin
^ ^ ^ s at Sandringham,
llis favorite sporting dogs, it seems,
arc two wavy retrievers, Bruce I\ .
i
and Bell ' But the Prince fancies
•
j 1 every r kind of breed, and is the reci
j pient. of course, of a great tnauy ♦ e
,
: ^ among which are Bosco, a
Sam0yede pledge dog, presented
! Cap(a j n Wiggins: and Bizofl’, a
‘ j,|igray markings.
' . ^ ^ j'oeuliar , ( , ue , v
j a " most and
creatur? - [Chicago News
Pitiable Condition or Alaska Esqui¬
maux.
4i The Esquimaux of Alaska are in a
very pitiable condition, and the prop
osition of the government to buy rein¬
deer in Siberia to stock tlie northern
territory should not be used ns a butt
for jokes. 11 It was Henry Jacobs, a
resident of Sifka, who, wliilo dining
at tlie Grand Pacific, gave vent to this
observation. ir Tlie Esquimaux aro
Just as deserving of governmental aid
as are the Indians, and they are not
one-quarter so troublesome, Until re
cently they required no aid. Their
needs arc simple and with a plentiful
supply of whale, seals and reindeer,
iii - c easily satisfied. Hut such a supply,
to the devastation of the whito
hunters and fishers, does not now ex
ist, and actually (here is not enough
food to keep the Esquimaux alive.
“A great many have starved to
death, and it is sta'cd on good author¬
ity that the old, the very young niul
sick were exposed to the cold to be
frozen to death in order
maud for food might be diminished.
I know that such a thing seems hor¬
rible; still freezing is not the worst
kind of a death. So cold is it among
the Esquimaux that if you expose your
ear it will freeze in a moment, Go
out thinly clad and you will freeze.
For a moment it is painful, but when
tlie cold has taken Arm hold of you a
delicious languor comes ovey you and
you give up life with as little relue
lance as were you falling into a peace¬
ful sleep. Now the best food for
Esquimaux is reindeer, From them
milk, meat and clothing are obtain¬
able and their bones aro #wuu.i-*■**-*rrOT.
mr xney are pro!i tie and (he
proposition to stock Alaska with them
is the most sensible idea that lias come
to light in Washington for a long
time.”—[Chicago Post.
Queer Things In Queer Places.
C. R. Robertson, a reader of the
Republic, once found a cavity in a
large burr oak tree in which about a
nint: Whqftfc acorns h»A k »«ii stored,
were ronnu„A >n which the acorns
peckers and was in the most soim
part of the tree. Mr. Robertson says
that, according to Chambers, there
wai 398 year*’ growth of wood over
the end of the cavity, yet all of the
acorns were as fresh as if only put
away by the birds or squirrels the fall
before.
Robert Buchanan of Monroe county,
Iowa, while digging a coal shaft on
his farm, east of Albia, found a new
species of mouse imbedded in the
clay 30 feet below the surface. It
was found in a little cavity just largo
enough to fit the body, but witnout
any clay adhering to its fur. The
sides of the cavity seemed worn and
polished, ns if Die little creature had
t qied around and around thousand*
of times in its narrow sepulchre be¬
fore it finally died. When found it
was in a perfect state of preservation
nm 1 as soft and pliable as if had only
died the day before.
An artesian well near Albert Lea,
Minn. which spouts both “oil and
water, often changes the programme
and sends out a stream of 6inall min
nows whie.h are wholly unlike any
known species of fish found iu that
vicinity.—[St. Louis Republic.
Potato Substitutes.
The common potato lias had many
would-be rivals and substitutes during
tlie past three ceuturio’, but it still re¬
mains the most valuable tuber known
for cultivation in cool climate*.
About 40 years ago the Chinose yam
was extendvclv advertised as tlie most
valuable of all tubers, and tlie corning
substitute for Die potato, but upon
trial it failed to meet expectations.
Quite recently a Japanese plant with
small, tuberous roots lias atlracted
some attention botli in Europe ami
tHis country because its introducer*
claim that it may, or will, take the
place of Die common potato; but, un¬
fortunately, Die tubers are so unlike
tlie potato that they can scarcely claim
to be placed in the same class with it
The potato lias not yet even a fair
companion, much less a competitor.—
[American Agriculturist.
A Wonderful Transformation.
It is on record in medical literature
that in tlie year 1531 a poor old man,
residing iu Tareutum, near Naples,
Italy, was the subject of a marvellous
change when at the age of nearly ninety
years. His skin peeled oft and a new
and soft skin supplied its place; his
muscies again became strong and
plump; the wrinkles disappeared from
liis face, and the white hairs from his
head; black, curly hair grew on liis
head again, and his complexion be¬
came fresh am! youthful. Sixty
. ■ yea ri later lie again became decrepit
; w ith a second old age, and died aftei
j p9 »,ing his oue hundred and sixtieth
j - -[St, Louis ftejmblic.
VOL. XVII n
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Crushed steel is said to bo coming
iuto use for cutting stone.
A Chicago (111.) carpet house has
applied electricity to its sowing ma
chines.
Springfield, South Dakota, has an
artesian well of eight-inch bore, which
yields 2500 gallons of water a minute.
Electric turn-tables are being adopt¬
ed by many of the railroad companies
because of their great economy in
labor.
Tlie Wetteran powder, which is n
modification of the Du Pont, gives a
pressure of from 50,000 to 55,000
pounds and a velocity of 1800 feet.
It has recently been shown that the
bad effects of fog were felt most by
tropical plants which in a state of
nature were exposed to tlie sunlight.
A telegraph operator in Cheyenne,
H \\, lias invented an electric machine
to be applied to street cars for indicat¬
the number
and the names of streets while the car
is in motion.
The surface of tlie sea is alive with
vast swarms of minute organisms,
both plants and animals andinvesti
,
gations have shown conclusively that
showers of these keep dropping, day
and night, like a constant rain, toward
the ooze of Die bottom.
Ouo of Die essentials to a good
photograph is a de»>- —not a r “'a
»:-rciv out an absolutely clean one—
and it is said that photognuibers talc
much h-nui’/n oeeauso they do not like
io make a suggestion which might be
resented by tlicir sitters.
The attempt to insulate lightning
rods by the use of glass rings is con¬
demned as worse than useless, In the
first place it cannot be done success
lullv; iu the second place the fasten¬
ing is weakened by the glass and the
rod is more likely to be torn away.
A new method of testing tlie hard¬
ness of metals consists in conducting
ail electric current through the test
the current necessary for the fusion of
a standard piece of inetal of known
hardness.
When electricity is employed tc
charge a storage battery only that part
which is transformed into chemical
energy is used. The rest is dissipated.
Tlie battery then, instead of being o
place where electricity is laid away, is
a place wliero chemicals aro left by the
current with the expectation that they
will in turn produce a current when
called upon.
It was recently maintained before
the Paris (French) Academy that
shortness of sight was a defect inci¬
dent to civilization or to an artificial
condition of life. An examination
of the eyes of wild animals shows
that those captured after the age of
six or eight months remain long-sight¬
ed, .while those captured earlier or
born iu captivity are near-sighted.
Catching at Straws.
“Yes,” said an old lake captain in
an interview, “a drowning man will
catcli at a straw. I iiavc seen many
illustrations thereof. Most people
think Die old proverb is a mere figure
of speech, but it is a living truth.’ :
“Is it true, captain was asked.
“that tlie first tiling a rescued man
thinks of is his hat?”
“Yes, sir,” replied tlie captain, his
face lighting up, “that is a fact, too.
I have seen it emphasized many timet
in Die course of my experience. Over
and over again I have been called to
the assistance of a drowning man; I
would plunge in and rescue him just,
let us say, at the last instant. Dragged
on the dock, gasping for breath, ins
voice choked with water, the man, it
lie follows his instincts, will, as soon
as he gains tlie least degree of strength,
suddenly rise from his prostrate pos¬
ture and stretch his arms toward hit
head, then missing his hat—usually
lost in the struggle—lie will cry out
desperately, pointing to his floating
hat down the river, ‘Oh, 6»ve my hat I
save my hat!’ ”
44 And he will never think of him¬
self, captain?”
“But seldom, sir,” was Die reply.
44 A rescued man is tlie most obstinate
and headlong being imaginable, lle
wants to do all sorts of foolish things.
He generally wants to rush up and be
away before he lias had time to re
cover his strength; or some bystandei
will insist on giving the man severa.
large gulps of whiskey, This geuer
a’lv has the effect of turning the pa
tient’s stomach, But as 1 said before,
a man under these circumstances sel*
doni thinks of himself, much less ths
one who rescued his life, lie ineaus
well enough, no doubt, but ho nearly
always forgets to present his obliga
(ions in tangible form.’’—[Detroit
Free Dress
Way of 1he Worll.
Aloft on the bough the fair fruit hung.
Caressed by the wind and missed by the
sun;
And standing tclow ns it swung out of
reach
One longed for a la te of so luscious a
peach.
One just as perfect was lying below
V here the fickle wind tossed it hours r A°’
Its tints as dainty, its forms as round.
But nobody cared—for it lav on the ground.
It is ever the fruit that is just beyond reach
Be it fame or honor, or love or a peach.
That man lonirs for the most - why we never
will know.
Yet he scorns to pick where the fruit grow?
low. —[Ada E. Field.
HUMOROUS.
A man who is up to snufF isn’t to
be sneezed at.
Given a few chemicals, a counter
feifor can always raise a dollar.
A man never gets so poor that lie
can t borrow trouble without security'.
(i Papa, what is a fad?” “A fad,
my dear, is somebody else’s peeuliar
itv. 11
Much as a man admires the truth he
prefers to have it told about some
other fellow.
W hen there is no hawk flying around
the biggest thing in the barnyard is the
strut of tlie smallest rooster.
The man who insists that doctor
bills aro robberv l might modify hi*
'—*.“•*«« and refer to them as pillage.
If you want advice, j£ct D
luoi) ,»uman who is nearest your
own age. That is, if you want ad*
vice that you can accept.
“Do you take sugar in your cofleo?”
asked Mrs. Small of the star boarder.
“No, ma’am rcplied the latter;
“but I would like some coffee in it.
Accepting the philosopher's theory
that money represents trouble it is
surprising to see how many people art
willing and anxious to borrow trou¬
ble.
A facetious man who has occasion
to send postal cards to a certain small
IU !v,i.„wJ' UtcA 11 pee.. is... 1 nn*t mi^trpiiu
Old Man (reprovingly)—Wife, why
do you scowl so when you are sing¬
ing? This is a now habit you are
forming. Old Lady(good-naturodly) —
You must know, John, old people are
constantly getting new wrinkles.
I had rather ride a tempest,
Or defy the wrath of Jove,
Than to meddle with a woman
When she’s putting up a stove.
Harvard College and the Indians.
One of the early gifts from England
to Harvard College was a printing
press for the purpose of supplying the
Indians with Bibles and other books
that would aid in their conversion.
Various religious treatises were pub¬
lished for Die use of the colonists, but
almost immediately tlie general court
commenced to interfere with the liber
ty of the press, No facilities were
allowed for printing outside of Cam¬
bridge, and even here tlio restrictions
were so great that tho court forbade
the publication of Thomas-a-Ivempis’
“Imitation of Christ,” although the
printing was well under way.
The efforts to convert and educate
tho Indians were honest and praise¬
worthy, but as is well known, tlie In¬
dian did not take kindly to civilization,
nor did civilization take kindly to him.
Of the few who were willing to sub¬
mit to English masters and to learn
Latin and Greek, some sickened and
died after they Iiad made good profic¬
iency, others were disheartened and
left when they were almost ready for
college, while tlie ono solitary Indian
—Caleb Clieeshahteaumuck — who his
tlie honor of being enrolled among tlie
alumni of Harvard College died soou
after taking his degree. —[Chicago
Herald.
The Bouquet Game.
The bouquet game was recently de¬
scribed in the Detroit (Mich.) Tribune.
One of tlie players i6 asked to name
her or his favorite flowers; this i»
done, mentioning three or four as tho
lily, the rose, tlie violet, etc. This
person is then Invited to leave Dio
room. Then other players designate
by the names of tho chosen flowers
several friends or playmates, absent or
present, of the one who has with¬
drawn. The absent one is uow called
back and asked “what will you do
with the lily?” To which is perhaps
answered, “I will wear it next my
heart. ft “The rose?” “I will cast it
aside,” etc. When the player has dis
posed of each of the flowers according
to her fancy, she is told whom they
represent: then it may be she finds
she has cast away her dearest friend,
lias given the place of honor to ono
whom she regards witli indifference,
and so on. If she gives droll or in
cougruous answers Die game is rend
ere’d more lively and amusing.
