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THE HAMILTON JWAL
HAMILTON, : : GEORGIA.
IMI'HOVISATIOMA.
HT IU OKU.
I.
Although toy ewly life on me oontoirwl
Rloli iwm ot sweet exletenoe In e land
Where rdttlmee bloomod bright Bowen, where
eeery bird _ .
■eng some blithe eonga, when wared the potent
wand
Ot youth's aspiring dream, yet now I stand
With thankful eyes upraised to heaven, for I
■are left the rale. Round me repose the grand
Bnow crowned Slerree, while I scarce oould sigh.
Beoause I seek to pleroe the stormy, pathless
sky.
It.
Then is a certain narrow path which leads
Down to a lane unfrequented by teams.
Yon bopping robin's chirp, chirp, quickly speeds
My memory to that dear plans which seems.
In moonlit summer nights, Bt home of dsesma.
Oh I when In seasons of the long ego,
Reviving In the sun's returning beams,
Earth ransomed beauty from her tomb of npw—
Beside that orchard path bird-songs ne'er son)nred
wos.
THE WAY TO WIN.
Edward Stone stood impatiently upon
the top step of Uncle Dan's stately resi
dence. There was not the faintest aign
of life anywhere around—the whole
front part of the house was closed and
darkened; and having rang several
times without eliciting any response, he
was about to conclude that there was no
one within hearing, when a head was
thrust out of the upper window.
*• Young man, go ound to the side
door.”
Considerably startled by this unex
pected address, the young man obeyed.
Upon the porch brushing away the
leaves that covered it, was a young girl
of fifteen. Hhe looked very pretty at
she stood there, the bright autumnal
sunshine falling on her round white
arms and uncovered head.
Setting down her broom, she ushered
him into a medium-sized, plainly-fur
nished room which gave no indication
the reputed wealth of its owner.
The young man took a seat, brushed
a few flecks of dust from the lapel of
his coat, ran his fingers through his
carefully arranged locks, and thus de
livered himself:
"Tell ycur master that his nephew,
Edward Stone, is here.”
A faint smile touched the rosv lips,
and with a demure “ yes, sir,” the girl
vanished.
A few minutes later an elderly gentle
man entered, with intelligent, strong!v
marked features, and a shrewd look in
the eyes, which seemed to take the men
tal measure of his visitor at a single
glance.
“ Well, sir, what is your business
with me?"
“ I am your nephew.”
“So my daughter told me. What do
you want?”
“I was thinking of going into busi
ness, and thought I would come and
talk it over with you, and ask you to give
me a lift.”
‘‘What 1 spital do you want
than you r -ive? A strong ahh
bodied yen wan i lift! You
one lit to l lot orsetfl What
have you 1
Edward' with a !?or
at this U •(■ if ■ la.;
feeling tlu he < >t afford to quar
rel with hi < x -hy lative he -ivnno
other indii ..1,100 of It.
‘‘Saved nothing from’your salary, I
suppose?”
‘‘No; its only five hundred ; Dot more
than enough for my expenses.”
“ Humph 1 You are able to dress your
self out of it, I perceive. I have known
men to rear and educate a large family
on five hundred a year; and if you
have been unable to save anything, you
certainly are uot able to go into business
on your own account. When I was at
Tour age iny income was less than three
Lu ltd red dollars, and Isaved half of it.
What is the business you wish to engage
in?”
“ Stationary and books. Six hundred
aotiars will buy it, m f* t owner is obliged
to sell; a rare chans*. I don’t a?k you
to give me the amount, only lend it; I
will give you my note with interest."
" Young man, I have several such pa
pers already. You can have all of them
lor five dollars; aud 1 warn you that it
will prove a poor investment at that, I
can give you some advice, through,
which if you follow will be worth a good
many times over the amount you asked.
But you won’t do it”
" How do you know that?" said Ed
ward, with a smile, who began to feel
more at home with his eccentric rela
tive. " I’d like to hear it, anyway."
" Well, hear it is. Go back to your
place iu the store, save three dollars a
week from your salary, which you can
easily do; learning in the meantime all
you possibly can in regard to the busi
you wish to pursue. At the end of four
years you will have the capital you seek,
together with sufficient experience and
judgmeut to know how to use it. And,
better still, it will be yours earned by
your owu industry and self-denial, and
worth more to vou than ten times that
amount got in any other way. Then
oome ami see me again.”
“ You’d rather have my money than
advice. I dare say,” added Mr. Stone, as
Edward arose to go; “ but we’ll lie bet
ter friends four years hence than if I
let you have It. Sit down, nephew,
the train you have to take won’t leave
until six in the evening. You must
stay to tea; I want you to see what a
complete little housekeeper I have, ami
make yaw typdnted with her.”
“ Polly I" he called out, opening the
door into the hall.
in ’trompt obedience to this summons
a ros) cheeked, Right-eyed girl tripped
in. ibe neat print dress had been
chanted for a nrettv merino, but our
hero iUd not tall ho recognize her, and
his fa V flushed npinfully as he did so.
. “Wj 1” continued hor father, *• this
is yotf oousin, Hdward. He leaves on
the s*g o'clock train, and I want his
short stay with Vas pleasant as possi
ble.”
“ Tolly is my little housekeeper,” he
turning to his nephew: ”1 hire
a woman for the work, aud she does all
the rest. When she’s eighteen she shall
have all the servants she wants, but she
must serve her apprenticeship first. It
may stand her iu a good stead; she may
take it into her head to marry a poor
man, as her mother did belore her. Eh!
my girl?”
Mary’s only reply to this was a smile
and blush. Our hero was considerably
embarrassed hy the recollection of the
mistake he had made, but the quietly
cordial greeting of his young hostess soon
put him comparatively at rest.
At her father’s request—who was very
proud of his daughter’s varied accom
plishments—Mary sang and p'ayed for
her cousin; and hit visit ended in singu
lar contrast to the stormy way it com
menced. Edward refused the five-dol
lar note tendered to him at parting for
his traveling’expenses.
The old man smiled as be returned
the note to his pocketbook.
“ He’s a sensible young chap, after
all,” he remarked to his daughter, u
the door doted after his guest. “ It’s
iu him, if it only can be brought out.
We shall see, we shall see.”
“ A good deal for father to say,” was
Mary’s inward comment, who thought
her cousin the most agreeable young
man she had ever met.
Three years later Mr. Btone and his
daughter paused in front of a small
but neat pleasant looking shop, on the
plate glass door of which were the
words: “Edward Stone, Stationary and
Bookstore.”
It heing too early in the day for
customers, they touna tne proprietor
alone, whose face flushed with pride and
pleasure as he greeteu them.
“ I got your card nephew, said the
old man, with a cordial grasp of the
hand, “and to see how
you wer/gettiuMPP." I thought it was
about time I gHPlr ou th* l little lift
you asked of me Three years ago. You
don’t look much as if you needed it
though.” , „
susses; eft,
enough it is the same business that 1
wanted to buy then. The man who
took it had to borrow money to pur
chase it with, getting so much involved
that he had to sell at a sacrifice
"Justwhat vou wanted to do.”
Edward smiled at the point made by
his uncle.
“ It isn’t what I’ve done though. I’ve
saved four dollars a week from my sal
ary for the last three years; and so was
not only able to pay the money down
but had fifty dollars besides.”
“ Bravo! my boy," cried the delighted
old man, with another grasp of the
hand that made our hero wince. “ I’m
froud of youl You’re bound to succeed.
see, and without anybody’s help. I
told your cousin Polly that when sho was
eighteen I'd buy her a house in the city;
that she should furnish it to suit her
self, and have all the servants she want
ed, and I’ve kept my word. Gome
around and see us whenever you can.
You’ll always find the latch string out.”
Edward did not fail to accent the in
vitation so frankly extended—a very
pleasant intimacy growing up between
the three during the twelve months that
followed. Our hero’s business grew and
prospered until he began to think of re
moving to a larger place. His uncle
had given him several liberal orders, as
well as sent him a number of customers,
but said nothing more about assisting
him iu any other way u' '’ (",• mas
eve. Entering the rwhere lidward
and his daughter were • :• ■ lie said:
’* I mustu t delay an * i r.gor the little
♦i t 1 promised you ict-h' > 1 "D
you have well e . m-.L
Edward glauiwl from 'lv !;vo tin* .
. . .. cl,cjk to the lovely face at
hi - - ie, and then to that of the speaker.
You .ue very kind, uncle —far kinder
than 1 deserve —but—”
“ But what, lad ? Speak out I would
you prefer it in some other form 1"
Edward’s fingers closed tenderly and
strongly over the hand he had taken in
his.
“ Yes, uncle—in this.”
The old man looked keenly from one
to the other.
“ You are asking agooddeAl, nephew,
l'oiiy, have you been encouraging this
young man in his presumption?”
“ I’m afraid I have, father,” was the
smiling response.
“ Then go, my daughter. I give you
into worthy keeping; and if you make
your husband’s heart as happy as your
mother did mine during the few short
years that she tarried by my side, he
will be blest indeed.”
An Ornament to the Profession.
A student applied the other day to one
r* the district courts for admission to
and an examination committee
of one was appointed by the judge to
ascertain hiß qualifications. The ex
amination began with:
" Do you smoke, sir?”
“ I do, sir!”
M Have you a spare cigar?”
•• Yes.”
“ Now, sir, what is the first duty of a
lawyer?”
“To collect fees."
"Right. W hat is the second?”
“To increase the number of his cli
anta-”
“ When does your position toward
qour client change ?"
“ When making a bill of costs.”
“ Explain.”
“We are then antagonistic. I assume
the character of plaintifT and he be
comes the defendant.”
*' A suit decided, how do you stand
with the lawyer conducting the other
side?”
“ Cheek, by jowl.”
“ Enough, sir; you promise to become
an ornament to your profession, and I
wish you success. Now, are you aware
of the duty you owe me?”
“ Perfectly.”
“ Describe it.”
“ It is to invite you to drink.”
“ But suppose 1 decline?”
Candidate scratches his head. “There
is no instance of the kind on record in
the hooks.”
“You are right; and the confidence
with which you made the assertion
shows you have read the law attentively.
Let’* take the drink and I’ll sign your
certificate.”
A YOUNG lady was anting with a gal
lant captain in a charmingly decorated
recess. On her knee was a diminutive
niece, lu the adjoining room, with door
open, were the rest of the company.
Said the little niece, in a jealous and
very au lible voice, “Auntie, kiss me,
too.” Evidently something had just
happened. “You should say twice,
Ethel, dear; two is not grammar," was
the immediate rejoinder.
CAPTAIN BRAIR.
rhf Ofllrra* Who € aplurptl and II *•*• dhf
lUmnolto-Aii Amunliig
[Houston (T*• x.; Letter tn tho Glob-I)ui.. rrxt.'
Among the arrivals here is f. apt .in
John C. Brain, the last prisone f • tr,
with whom the Olobe-Democri I corra?
pendent had the pleasure of a -ief
talk. This is not his first visit to T< sas,
having been here several years ago.
Remarking upon his former v:-:t.
Captain Brain told the following -
dote: Having business in the s. , l|
lageof Harrisburg, six miles from M us
ton, on Buffalo bayou, Captain Brain
visited the place. In the course of his
stay he observed a middle-aged gentle
man, and as it afterward turned out,
the proprietor of a saw-mill in the vil
lage, intently and curiously staring .
him. Finally, coming up to the ex-
Confederate commander, the man re
marked :
“I think I’ve seen you somewhere
before.”
“ Wry likely,” answered Brair
been in a good many parts of the > .
try.”
“Didn’t you capture the U
States mail steamship Roanokt of' tl >
Island of Cuba, in 1864?”
“ Yes.”
“ That’s where I saw you. Iva
of your prisoners, but I gues -/- <
forgotten me.”
“Ob, I don’t know,” replie. fir '
looking at his former prisoner cB - v
“Do you remember when Lie i
was taken and you came into th ? cab:
and one of the passengers remark?
seeing the Confederate flag, *T > ■
looks kinder like a rebel flag?”
Captain Brain recalled tne inciden’
with a smile.
“ 1 am the man ar.d prisoner.”
It was, Indeed, a strange mooting—
away off here in the backwoods <•! T -a
—of the rebel naval commander uni hit
quondam prisoner.
Captain Brain delights to talk vr
his exploits, and laughs at some of t>
incidents. According to an ace u
from his own lips, it was in ti e
fall of 1864, when the great war v
drawing to a close, that Brain m\ ■ ■><
orders from the Confederate N. "y D
partment at Richmond to go to i'-v
Under his command were five ffiee.- 1
and four seamen, disguised as ci vilim:
of course, and showing none of the in
signia of the rebel service. Rei airiug
to Havana, Captain Brains and ' if >.
guised myrmidons took passage on the
Roanoke. This was on the 29th of P* "
tember, 1863. Totally unaware of the
class or intention of the passengers he
had on board, the Captain o! the Ronn
oke steamed out of the harbor into the
gulf, doubtless calculating on a p r-avn ot
voyage. Onward the steamship plowed
the waves of the gulf, and toe rebel
commander and his under flicsrs
quietly awaited the moment of action
and of putting their plans into 11 •
tion. At midnight, by a suddt cot p
<f etaf, the rebel crew found thei seiv.•.
in possession of the ship, and its ere .',
consisting of fifty-three men and forty
six passengers, prisoners of C.tp'.iin
Brain. No resistance was offered t
hy the ship’s carpenter, who was killed.
It was just after the capture tb< ''
taiu Brain entered the cabin w
Confederate color., m his hand, i
was me* hy the Harrisburg s ;
“J kinder guc-s that’s a rebe
ain’t it, Captain?” said he.
“You never were more mista
your life, sir: that’s a Confe
flag,” replied the captor of the ve
The passenger was at the same
notified that such remarks were 1
particular demand, and so he “shu
The rebel commander soon disp
of the passengers, and then he t ned
his attention to the crew. He lai lie
case before them, and, after info ng
them he was now commander c ie
ship, and they his prisoners, Brair ve
them the choice either to wear irons in
the black hole of the ship—its pri on—
or to keep their places undisturbed. aid
get one month’s pay a* soon as they ni do
port. To this they assented to a 11 m,
saying: “Bejabers we’d joost as oon
wurrack for yez as any man else, a ong
as we get the pay.” The bargai as
struck, and they resumed their vs us
duties. Captain Brain relates with i ■.
satisfaction how he ran down to m
Island of Bermuda, his intention be <;
to coal the Roanoke; but iu this hi *
mistaken, and found that it could 1
be done. It was, therefore, resolvi 1
burn her. Brain gave ant ti
Roanoke steamed around the b!
several times, in full view of the U ><l
Btates Consul. He then landed his men
and prisoners, and took out of the > t
sel all that was valuable. He got $1
600 in greenbacks, 811,000 in Bpai • ••
gold, and over SI,OOO in lottery tickets
At 4 o’clock on the morning of the 'Uh
of October, 18(54, the rebels set fire to
the Roanoke and watched the ve? and
burn to the water’s edge. The mou y
and tickets were divided out among tl
men, Dut none of those tickets ever
drew a cent.
Captain Brain is a middle-aged gentli
roan, still with an air of command, a
Roman head, a hooked nose—just the
sort of a man for such darine adventure*
as the capture of the Roanoke.
How Air is Woven.
The Decca muslins of India is am v
the most wonderful evidences of 1
hand-skill of the strange people of m
mysterious East. These fabrics, which
are spuu and woven by hand, and art
the products of obscure and curioui
proceases, unknown and un&ttainublt
by the Western nations, like the fabri
cation of Damascus steel aud the camel’t
hair shawls, are marvels of ingenuity
and skill, and they illustrate the poetry
of cotton. The most delicate of these
fabrics are known as “woven air.” Il
can only he made early in the morning,
and in the evenings, when the air is full
of mo sure and tuc dew is on the grata
The processes by which it is woven are
kept secret, and the people who do the
work are compelled first Pi g-> through a
long course of ttaining and initiation.
Their delicate wares are of such ethe
real texture' as to be almost invisible,
and yet they are so enduring that they
will hear washing and wear in a most
wonderful nauuer. This precious smfl
is monopolized for the use of the ladies
of the Oriental harems, and it is said t<
be worth hundreds of dollars per yard.
NnGj-Mnrrlcd Conple*.
It is the happiest and most virtuous
r tie ol society in which the husband
Iv, ife out together, make their
, • ..rtv t -'ether, and, with perfect
.rmpitfiy if soul, graduate all their
I*! ex, j aus, calculations and de
sires, with reference to their present
i ( ana ami o their future and common
interest.
Nothing lelights man more than to
inter the 1 eat little tenement of two
y 1 mg people who, within perhaps two
tlio e years, without any resources
be their knowledge of industry, have
joined heart and .hand, and engaged to.
shari togeti er the responsibilities, du
ties, i-.tere-ts, trials and pleasures of
life. The industrious wile is cheerfully
•my ying her own hands in domestic
Jut pi.'ting her house in order,
me .ng lier husband’s clothea, or pre
jot the dinner, while perhaps the
til * darling sits prattling on the
!r or lies sleeping in the cradle, and
i /t' ing reems preparing to welcome
) hi tipi-t of husbands and the best
t: iers when he shall come home
1 is tcil to enjoy the sweets of [his
id e.
b is tne true domestic pleasure,
a!th, contentment, love, abundance,
v bright prospects are all here. But
1 as become a prevalent sentiment
a mar must acquire his fortune
afore lie marries, that the wife must
ave no sympathy nor share with him
u the pursuit of it—in which most of
he plcasuie truly consists—and the
| youDg iu ied people must set out
with ala ye and expensive an estab
li'hmenta- s becoming those who have
been wedd for twenty years.
This is ve unhappy, it fills the com
munity wi’.i lachelors, who are waiting
o make t) r fortunes, endangering
virtue, pro ting vice; it destroys the
true ecom 7 and design of the do
-1 esti' iu.it, .tion, and it promotes idle
lessand iu uciencv among females, who
.re expec gto he taken up by For
une and p snivel j?"? sustained without
ny care or concern on their part; and
I us many a wife becomes, as a gentle
nan once 10 narked, not a “help-meet,”
but a “help at.”
The richest Man in Italy.
fParis Olaba.]
lUntTe vner is reputed to be tho
■ man 1 Italy. He purchased one
of King Victor Emanuel’s estates in
t'n country, and he also bought the late
Khug's palsc 1 at Macoao, ana the royal
vi a outside Porta Salara. The pur
chase of the Ylaccao Palace was effected
' . lat of the Royal Villa on
; th. Vi;< .'ah. a after, the death of Vic
, 1 L:r,s::uel. On occasion of the pur
•e of the Maccao Palace, Signor
T >ner wav created a count.
Ist j Count Telfener married for
1: -econd wife, Ada. the sister-in-law
o' 1 r ..(ackoy, the millionaire, who now
> lis in P ris. Part of the wedding
( h .v 1! • < emulated in the exhibition of
J ■ tween Count Telfener’s horses,
! <■• : e id out in tho Royal Villa,
■ -v s thrown open for the day to
:.i ii id was h> lored by visits
Ki •' : i imbert aud the notables of
' ’ of •’ Roys’ V:l?
■■■<:, iu com ihment to the
; . to ■ \ ,:li Ada. ’ '
C' l i. riches seemed to pour in
'•* O'.ic! 1 e!foner. and he was elected
;co in the fhaoatylw of
t' tho never took lr at, w
.1.-10 h.i i-iaru were
■e ground that, as an
ect by birth, he was inell
. > esent an Ilaliun conaui
•e objections might, of
been overcome by letters
. . vtion. The newspapers,
n >unce that Count Telfenor
"•ied his seat for Foligno, and
• is his residence in Paris,
ill open a bauk.
B.' r.i< transfer of domicils Rome
• >?-■? lli.ma.ire, and it may be ex-
II etc; al theeatates and palaces pur
j chased from the royal family will be
I ■ sale. The Telfener palace at
' M ■ 1u 1 nished with regal sump
to ns m The Villa Ada possesses very
exteor grounds, commanding most
1.0 r 1 n -lews. The palace erected
t r Kir.anuel isnot finished in the
iii ii r, but requires some thousands to
re '. habitable. Rumor said that
1' ex ;s j rties, on which the late
b .in; nded millions, were sold far a
i. p. : ivetrifline su"
Jfonso’s Bridal Bed.
Uvlrld Special.J
"r x. the Council Chamber we pass
ro e King s bed-chamber, which is
ntup hut richly furnished. The walls
; art h ng with beautiful specimens of
~ in vestry, but the carpets are
■ : p sh manufacture. An exquisitely
carve! walair, bedstead occupies the
r oie f this room, which, like the
-"! 1 is- lio and, is principally remark
abie ft i seiogant simplicity. Adjoin
i'j; amti'e de toilette with marble
it 1, if m i, etc.
A ■ 1 r dor separates the apart
n out' ueen from those of her
I 1 . yr Passing through we enter
the i h.t'.n' a coucher, where is the
; nuptial ecu a gem of the Parisian
-ipncl 'i ■ t, richly carved and de
! 1 ivlif i ; l.olstered in silk. It cost
ti . ■ th francs. The interior of
thcioin. mnopy is richly uphol
! stein -colored silk, on which
,)i r 1 is have wrought flowers
• iih golden threads. The
< . i surmounted by an em
•r .aid, on which the initials
of the royal spouse are wrought in gold.
The shield is supported by two reclin
isg nymphs, nude as Mother Eve in
Paradise. As the workmen had just un
picked this jewel of a bed. it is impos
sible at this present writing to give any
firther description of its beauties. In
addition, there is a chambre de toilette,
a delightful salle de lecture, with win
d>ws opening on the Piaza de Oriente
aid en the splendid terrace, which
afords a fine promenade, with a mag
n fieent view of this city and the moun
tains. At present it is merely a stone
roof, but, under the care of the Queen,
w.ll no doubt soon be turned into a
lovely hanging garden, a l’Arabe. A
private reception-room for ladies only,
canpletes the royal apartment.
I The remark of Mrs. Malaprop at the
table when she gave a tea-party, that
j the butter offered her guests was fresh
j from the crematory, was not very rel
| isiing.
The PopnlalTbn of Africa.
I l.oudon Times.]
We can not hope for many years yet
to have anything like accurate statis
tics on the population of Africa. Several
regions, the population of which is cer
tainly great, will probably long escape
anything like a thorough examination.
There are, for example, in the regions of
the Great Lazes, countries quite as
thickly peopled as many of the States
of Europe. Stanley tells us of countries
of relatively small extent, and 4*hich
yet possesses millions of inhabitants.
When we shall have succeeded in mak
ing an approximate census of all the
populations, we shall probably reach a
figure considerably higher than the
present estimate. Some authorities ac
cord to Airica not more than 100,000,000
inhabitants; others less still. German
geographers suppose that Africa con
tains somewhat over 200,000,000 in
habitants; the latest English publica
tions estimate the population at 186,-
000,000, which for an area of 11.500,000
square miles, givesau aversge of sixteen
inhabitants per square mile, or a specific
population eleven and a half times that
of France. Africa, which has fifty
seven times the area of France, has
firobably scarcely eight times the popu
ation. The suppression of the slave
trade and the influence of European
civilization may lead to an increase of
population very rapid and very great.
It should be observed that the approxi
mative figure of the specific population,
applied to the whole of the African con
tinent, will not give a just idea of the
compact character of the population of
the interior. According to Belina, the
negro regions are by far the most pop
ulous parts of the continent. If the
populations are sparse in the desert
parts, they are very dense in other re
gions. Thus, in Soudan the population
is estimated at 80,000,000, or a bout fifty
three per square mile; thetownof Bida,
on the Nieer, has a population of 80,-
000 inhabitants. Tne population of
East Africa is estimated at about 30,-
000,000, and that of Equatorial Africa
at 40,000,000. One of the latest au
thoritiearfjivides the populaticflT of Af
rica as follows among the great families
into which ethnologists nave divided
the peoples: Negroes, 130,000 000;
Hamites, 20,000 000; Bantus, 13,000,-
000; Bulaks, 8,000 000; Nubians, 1,500,-
000; Hottentots, 50,000. This would
give a total population of 172,550,000.
These figures are, of course, only ap
nroximate, and may be much modified
hy new and more precise information.
The Bantus, f*r example, who, accord
ing to F. M. Muller, form at least one
quarter of the population of Africa,
might he found to number 50,000,000.
These data we take from a paper by M.
A. Rabaud, in the Bulletin of the Mar
seilles Geographical Society.
Reason In a Wasp.
[Land and Water.]
The late Dr. Erarnus Darwin, in his
“Zoonomir,” gives from his own per
sonal observation the following illustra
tion of the reasoning powers of a wasp:
One circumstance I shall relate which
fell under my own eye, and showed the
power of reason in a wasp as it is exercised
among men. A wasp on a gravel walk
had caught a fly nearly as large as hiin
elf. Kneeling <>n '.''o ground, 1 ob
served him sei• t.’ e uil <pcl head
from the part to which the wings were
attached. He then took the ikely iwrt
n iiia pans, ami roe 'ihont two ■ ■
> • tl a ii; ■ with it;* jut a gentle
oic.zo waiting tut 1 ’.gs of the fly,
turned him around in tie air, and he
settled again with his prey upon the
gravel. I then distinctly observed him
cut off with his mouth ilisi one u, the
wings and then the other, after which
be flew away with it unmolested by the
wind. _
A Goose Withji History.
[West Chester (Pa.) Republican.]
A reporter of the Republican had the
following related to him a day or two
ago by a party who knew it to be true.
Something over a year ago a young girl
of West Bradford Township, about
twelve years of age, had presented to
her a goose egg by a neighbor where
she was visiting. She carried it home
and set it under a hen and hatched out
a young gosling of the masculine gender.
She married a Mr. Scott, and they
resided on the farm now occupied by
Caleb Pennock, West Bradford. The
old gander lived, flourished and furnished
feathers for a number of beds. Mrs.
Scott died at au advanced age, and re
auested in her will that the gander
lould not be killed or go off the place,
and it is now living, being something
over eighty years of age. It is very
cross and will attack persons, tear their
clothing, and is as spry as some -other
feese on the farm which are twenty
ve years old.
Teaching Anti-Cruelty.
At the convention of Associations for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
held in Gotha, Germany, the character
istically German suggestion was made,
and was adopted by the convention as
one of the resolutions, that it is better
to make men humane, and thus desirous
of their own accord of treating the brute
creation kindly, than, having been per
mitted to become cruel, to endeavor to
deter them from the infliction of cruel
ties by penal laws; and, therefore, going
to the root of things, that a general
plan should be devised for instilling
into children in all the schools of the
country at an early age, feelings of gen
tleness and humanity toward the lower
animals, to which end the co-operation
of teachers should be sought. Associ
ations in eighty-four different] cities
were represented in the convention.
An Onion-Biting Party.
At an onion party in Rockland the
other evening, a wicked brunette played
a high game for kisses. At a party of
this description it is the custom for the
girls to go into a darkened room, when
one of the party bites a mouthful from
an onion. A young man is then ad
mitted, and it is his proud privilege to
kis' the batch of girls until he is en
abled by the taste to determine which
one of them bit the fragrant fruit. The
brunette aforementioned in this case
slipped the onion into her pocket in
stead of biting it. and the spruce Boston
drummer who was summoned to test
and find, had kissed five times around
the circle and was beginning again,
when a girl, whose jealous lover was
outside, discovered the the trick, and
the game was up.
A SECOND WKDDIXtt Hl>.
[Samuel Bishop (died 1795), Master of Merchant
Taylor's School, wrote some pi>enu, the best ol which '
la In praise of his wife, on tho anniversary of her i
weddlng-duy, which was also her birthday, with '
ring:]
" j’hee, Majy, with I his ring I wed,"
So fourteen years ng* 1 said.
Behold another ring I For what? •
To wed this.- o’er again? .Why not?
With that first ring 1 uiunied youth,
Grace, beauty, innocence and truth;
Toste long admired, souse long revered, /
And all luy Molly then appeared.
If she, bv merit since disclosed,
Prove twice the woman 1 supposed,
1 plead ihut double merit now, ,
To justify a double row;
Here, then, to-day i( with faith as sure, J
With ardor s intense, as pure, J
As wheu amid the rites divine,
I took thy troth, aud plighted mine) 1
To thee, sweet girl, my second ring w
A token and a pledge 1 bring;
With this ring 1 wed, till death us part.
Thy riper virtues to my heart;
Theee virtues which, lieforc untried,
The wife has added to the bride;
Those virtues whose progressive claim,
Endearing wedlock's very name,
My soul enjoys, my aong approves,
For conscience's sake, as well as love’s.
And why? They show me every hour ‘
Honor's high thought, affection's power,
Discretion's deed, sound judgment’s sentenci
Aud teach me all thing*—but repentance. j
——- u
EYERY-DAI SPICERIES.
way° MINa 10 gr ief— meeUng trouble half
Half fare—a muiauo.
The amount of money a man leave*
is the kind of a funeral pile his relatives
take the most interest iu.
An Irish farrier once sent a bill to a
gentleman with the following item.
“To curing your honor’s horse that
died, 65.”
“ Aut must anchor in nature,”said a
fashionable belle when she slipped and
sat down in a mud hole and stuck there.
*—Steubenville Herald.
The New York Exprcts throws up its
hat and shouts “Ouray for the Indians.”
Come, young man, you ought to be a lit
rle Meeker.— Rockland Courier.
“Going!” “This,” said an auctioneer,
nolding up a well known volume, “ is a
book by a poor and pious girl of poor
and pious poems.”
Digby, will you take some of that
butter?” “Thank you, ma’am; I be
long to the temperance society—can’t
take anything strong,” replied Digby.
Grant made the greatest effort of his
life at Pittsburg. He said: “I am
pretty good on the smoke myself, but
Pittsburg heats me.”— Wheeling Leader,
A country pappr makes the follow
ing correction: “ For ‘lt’s a poor mule
that won’t work both ways,’ in yester
day’s issue, please read, ‘ It’s a pool
rule,’ etc.”
It is very difficult to find fault with
a dear little three-vear-old who buries
his head under the clothes and sings:
“ Now I lay me down to sleep Pop
goes the weasel.”
The light of experience bas shown,
’Tis no more fatal, alas!
For a man to carelessly blow in the gun,
Than ’tis to blow out the gas.
The betrayed dollar is one that finds
itself not able to pass for more than
ninety cents after it has been stamped
“In God we Trust.” — New Orleans
Picayune.
Another American girl is to marry
.. nobleman. Why is it that our girls
"fuse to support their own countrymen ?
Aiiore is a last wmc
where.-s-A/fanfa donate ‘tion.
This sab 1 . ne!iy hard world,”
write a cynic Yes. . -s, it s; and of
an icy mo. : eg one never knows how
soon he’ll lo > his footing snd come
down on it.
“ Press me close,” said Kate last ere.
“ ’Tis bliss to suffocate”—
Quoth George: “My pet, if you’d iua’ sleeve,
With thee I’U suffer, Kate.”
“ Get out of this,” shouted an irri
tated merchant to a mendacious clerk,
“ this is the third lie I have caught you
in since ten o’clock this morning.” “Oh,
well,” said the new man, “ don’t be hard
on me. Give a fellow time to learn the
rules of the house.”
A great many boys and girls fall
desperately in love with each other,
and rave over disappointed hopes, be
fore they are old enough to tell the
difference between the heartache and
the colic. Very few such cases prove
fatal. — Steubenville Herald.
A Danbury man sent a boy with a
bill for seven dollars, to be collected.
The boy got the money and came hack.
The man gave him ten cents saying,
“Here’s for your trouble.” The boy
took the coin and asked, “Ain’t you
going to give me something for my
honesty.”— Danbury Newt.
Here is a little domestic-economy
comedy from England: Clergyman—
“So I hear vou’vo got married again,
Jacob’s.” Jacobs —“Yes, sur; I thought
as how winter was coming on, and
Betty, she and got one blanket, and I got
t’other, we might as well make it a pair
and be more comfortable like.”
Prosperity, as the world goes, is like
a har of hot iron. A great many grab
the thing, and some people finds it too
heavy to hold without spitting on their
hands. — Oswego Record. We prefer to
souse the iron as a sure means to secure
the prosperity—of our fingers— Erratic
Enrique. Be sure to select pig iron if
you wish to make the souse a success.
The tear of a loving girl is like a
dewdrop on the rose; but that on the
cheek of a wife is a drop of poison to her
husband.
Says Progress: “ Nothing so quickly
dries a woman’s tears as a kiss.” But
how is a fellow to guard against giving
an over-dose?
Burdette’s Wishes.
Burdette was evidently home-sick at
Johnstown when he wrote to the Hawkeye:
“All day long it rains in Johnstown. It
is depressing, very. I have a cold in my
head. I don’t feel very cheerful. It
is too dark, and too damp, and too cold
to be very funny. I will stop writing
and smoke a cuheb for a change. lam
cross and home-sick. I wish 1 knew
where there was some man in this
town small enough for me to quarrel
with. I with I was in Sagetown; how
?uickly I would get me into Burlington.
wish I was rich as I am good, so that
I wouldn’t have to go wandering over
the country with a funny lecture. I
wish I was as good as I am beautiful, so
people would love me. 1 wish I was
just seven years old, and Christmas
lasted three months, and I had a stock
• ing as long as a telegraph pole.”