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Good hides taken in exchange for
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L District, G. M., (Thomson; will be
jld on the second Monday in each
rtwutli, at the Court House. All per-
T.MIB interested will govern themselves
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Jimtioe )i the Peace.
[■ ffinml Morrbin- hahlf mrrd.
KjSJS ijS ■■WlOpl'in* r n • / M vr B ST-“ft,
ws w ‘jrt-H'j c., itfdu
There are words that speak of a quench-,
leas love.
Whieh burns in the hearts we cherikh,
And accents that tell of a friendship
proved,
That will never blight or peris!}.
There are soft words murmuired by
dear, dear lips,
Far richer than any other;
But the sweetest name that the ear
hath heard
•& the blessed name of mothe-r.
Capt. Exum Saint, is tt member of
tluß Legislature of ludiana.
Ex-Sonator G'ddfcbwaite, of Ala
bama, died suddenly lust Monday.
Some wasps sting tweutyfour
hours after they have i two.
'Scienoe enumerates 558 species cf
organic forma in the air we breath*
Laborers’ wages during the thir
teenth century were fifty cents per
week.
There is over $2,000,000 worth of
bogus coin iu circulation in the Uni
ted States.
It is well to remember that repeated
shocks of electricity will revive a per
son dying from an overdose of chlo
roform.
Rev. J. H. Stafford, formerly of
Upson but for sovnial years a citizen
of Newton county died near Coving
tonon the 18th?
The log of a "Grantlier Oraybeard"
(which is a species of spider) retains
its vitality one or two days after be
ing sßteftkl from the body.
Alaska eon tin us 560,000 square
miles < about one-tenth tlie size of
the United States. It baa 2,000
miles of sea coast, or more than sll
tlie sea Coast of the United States to
gether.
Ruling the’JSsuf 1678 the business
transacted at the Oil City (Pa.) oil
exchange aggregated 76,450,000 bar
rels. The average price
per barrel, which would moke tlie
value of the total transaction
450,000.
A Philadelphia boyj loaded a toy
pistol, and accompanied Iris father in
a search through the house fof imag
inary burglars. Ou the following
day, forgetting that a bullet was iu
the weapon, be shot ami killed a com
rade while “playing robber.”
After thiMl years* otrrrirr in OaF -
foruiu, Asa Howard returned to
TtfonVrn, Mass., ami d:ig up two
quart bottles of rum I roar a cellar
where ho hwd buried them forty-six
years before. The bottles and t 1 eir
contents were in a perfect state of
preservation.
In ItSSL’ in the township' of East
ham, Mass., a regulation was r. ode
that every unmarried mini should kill
six blackbirds and tbiee crows a year
as long as be remained single. If be
neglected this order, and ivi'.hed to
marry, be was not allowed to do so
till he hud shot his full number of
birds,
The chief wituess against William
Young, now on trial in Keokuk on a
charge of murder, is a woman, who
swears that she engaged herself to
marry him in order to get him to
confess his crime, but never intended
to keep her promise She boro him
an old grudge, and wanted to' bring
him to the gallows.-
Corbin, the woiild-be Senator from
South Carolina in place of General
Butler, has Jllttlo' necessity a virtue
and withdrawn from the contest. In
doing so, however, he reproaches the
Radical members of that body for
not seating him, for had they done
so, he says, h might have rendered
service to the oolored people of South
Carolina now in need of assistance.
Son!*' practicle jokers encased the
carcass of a horse in red flannel, set
it afloat in the Ohio, just above Math
ison. Ind., and passed the word by
wire down both ! batiks of the river
that Boytou wiuTcbming. Skiffs shot
ont for relics along the river as the
dead steed-drifted down, aud at Mad
ison tliC entire populace crowded to
the wharves. The “sell” was a suo
ccs-..
One day, toward the close of last
month, a remarkable wave of dark
ness obscured a part of London, and
for twenty minutes it was as dark as
on a moonless night. The darkness
differed from that of an ordinary fog,
as distent lights could clearly be seen,
hut all above was veiled in impene
trable gloom. As the darkness abat
ed a lurid glare caused alarm, the
idea prevailing that it arose from a
tremendous conflagration.
The conduetert'of a'traiu east from
Portland, Me., had a curious expe
rience several nights ago. • PaseiSg
through a oaf;-1C noticed a passen
ger asleep, and poked Imreiu the leg
to awake hire and get Iris ticket. The
passenger did- not respond. Then
theoondnetorpinched his leg.- Still
no signs. TIM conductor pinched
harder. Still tire shitnheret dreamed
ou. Tiie conductor then concluded
to go thro lgb the' car* collect the rest
of the tickets, and make a job of this
man alter ho had finished the collec
tion. Having returned, <be seized the
fellow by the leg and gave it a tre
mendous pull, when, • to • hiss horror
aud surprise,, the leg—a wooden*' one
—came off in hh bonds. '
THOMSON, OA, WEDSBiDAT; APRIL 3, 1879.
THEY that go are HAPP\,
There's something in the i *pariiirg hour”
Will still the warmest fctefert—
Yet kindred, cb&rads, loverfi, friends,
A re fated all to part.
But this I’ve seen—and niany a £ang
Has pressed it op my miria,
The one who go 6 is happier
Than those \rtio stay behind.
No matter wlmt the jourtfeV bo—
Adventurous, dangerous, far
To the wild deep, or bleak frontier,
To solitude or war.
Still something cheers the heart that
dares
In all of human kind;
And they that go arc happier
Than those they leave behind.
The bride goes to the bridegroom’s iiome
With doubting and with fears;
But does not hope her rainbow spread
Across her cloudy tears? *
Alas! the p&otbcr who remains,
What comfort cau she find
Than this—the gone is happier
Than the oue she leaves bohind.
nave you a truaty com ode de^r-~
An odd and vjhied friend?
Be sure your term of sweet concourse
At length will have an end.
And when you part—as part you will—
O take it not unkind,
If life who goes is happier
Thun the one he leaves behind l
God wills it, and so it is!
Tho pilgrims on the way,
Though weak and work, more chflerftil
are
Than all the rest who stay;
And when at last, psor man, slibdtitkl,
Lies down to death designed,
May be not still be happier far
Than those he loaves behind.
THE DARK HOUR.
“I can’t stand it any longer,
Jane; I’ll go out, and perhaps
something will tul'ii up for Ut.”
“It's a cool night, Robert.”
“Cold, yen! But it*s not much
qpldcr outside than ih.- It would
have been much better for you
if you had married John Tro
main,” lie said bitterly.
“Rjn’t say that, Kobeit; I've
never regretted my choice."
“Not even tiow,- wbetf tilOlu is
not a loaf of bread in tfje house
for you and tho children ?”
“Not even now; Robert. I ou t
be discouraged. Odd brtH tint
forsaken us. Perhaps this (Jhrist
mas eve tire tide will tfirfi; bel
ter days may dawu upon us to
morrow."
Robert Bride shook
ilcspondingly.
-•Von wr-i more linpefiriM
.lane. Day al'u-r 40
I Imv called at fifty pl.i tH
to receive .-the ammo
everywhere:
fust thou little Jimmy, who
had been asleep, woko up.
“Mother,” he pleaded, “won't
you give me a piece of bread ?
1' uni so hungry.'
"lbere is no broad, Jimmy
darling/’ said the mother, with
air nehiiYg hshiit.
‘‘'When will there he some?’
asked the child piltVrtAdy,
Tears came to the mother's
eye A. She kin hot! what to
say.
“Jimmy, I'll bring yott sonic
bread,” said the father hoarsely,
and seized his hat and went to
the door.
His wife, alurrivdd 1 , laid her
hand njj'on his sleeve. She saw
the look in his eyes, and feared
to what steps desperation might
h ad him.
“Remember, Robert,” she said
solemnly, “it is hard to starve,
hut there are things worse."
ile shook off her hand, but rot
roughly, arid without a word
passed out.
Out iii the cold street. There
would be t heir only home next.
For fi brief t : ms longer he had
the shelter of a cheerless room
in a tenement house, but the
rent would come due at the end
ol the month, and he had noth
ing to meet it.
Robert Brice Was a mechanic,
competant and skillful. Three
years sineo be lived ih a country
villago where his expenses wert t
moderate, and he found no dif
ficulty in meeting them. But iu
an evil hour he grew tired ( f his
village home and removed to the
city. Here he vainly hoped to
do tetter. For awhile he met
with very good success, hut he
found Ins tenement house in
which he was obliged to live, a
poor substitute for the neart. eot
tage which be had octal pied in
the country. He saw his mis
take,-but wits too proud to go
back.
“Of course 1 can't have as good
accommodations bere as in the
country,” he said, “but it is some
thing to live in, and be in the
midst of things.”
“I’d ruther be back again,”
said his wife; “somehow the city
deesn’t scetn like home; there I
used to run in and luke tea with
a neighbor, and‘have a pleasant
social timer; held know scarcely
anybody.”
“You'tl‘ get used to it after ar
while, said her husband.
She did not complain:-
Bat a tirne of-great depression
came, ami With St a suspension of
> busincssenterprfocs. Workcetistd
for Robert Bneo ftnU Sa'afty others.
If he had boon in hSS old home
he could hare turned his hands
to somethin!- else, "and at the
woi at could lm'o borrowed of
his neighbors t : R bettbr times.
Rut tho friendly relations arising
from neighborhood do. not exist
in the city to the same extent f.x
in the country. So day by drg
bo went out to seek work, onX
ho find himself one of a larts
number, all ol whom were doom
ed to disappointment. If ho had
j been ah hfe, ho could have got
al'Ultt- aodto how, but it wj|ft.ri
j s fo tiiu! t'o homo to a che'eHes..
rootn with no relief to offer lli'fim.
When on the Chri t mds bve
Robot ! Brice went into tbe stroet
he hardly know how ho wits go
ing to redeem tiro promise ho hild
tbrtd'e little iihlttty. He was itb
solulely peniitlesa, and hud been j
so for three titty s. Tltoro was
nothing that lto tins likely to
find to do that night;
“I will pawn Ihy tout," he said
itt lust, “I cannot see my wife
and children starve.”
It was a well worn overcoat,
and that cold winter night he
needed something more to lteejt
him warm. Weakened by en
forced fasting, ho tv its more sen
aativo to the cold, rittd shivered
as he walked along tllb paves
flihfft.
“Ye°,” ho said, “Iffy coat Hiust,
go. I know not how f shall get
along without it, but I cannot
sen the children starve b fore my
eyes."
11 o was i ot in general an enci
ctis mttn, but when lto sifvv sleek, i
well-fed citizens buttoned up to I
the throat in warm overcoat?, j
eeroo out of' tho brilliantly lighted
shops, provided with presents for i
happy children at homo, while I
his were starving, liO suffered ■
some bitter thoughts upon tlioj
f H
jt o lit jyj
gift n>4 VlVirtiy a licrvtgnes. flow*
Aide he dreafned then that they
wouft'l ever want bread.
Them was one rtVuiY shtVftcr
llinn hi'mseH* wnrrtYly efml, who'
pass and him v> rth his hands thrust
deeply into the pockets of h!s
oveieoat. There wus n pleasant
smile, upon his face. Ho was
doubtless ihinking of the happy
< irele at homo.
Robert knhw him ns a rich
merchant, Whoso artipld wand
house he often passed.' He hud
applied to ihik man only twd
days before for employ meat and
been refused. It was, per hip s>
tho thought of the Wide, differ;
cnee between theni, so fttr as out
ward rtiVdnrtiHtnrirrts werit, that
led Robert IJribe t?o follow him.
After a while tho merchant—
Mr Grimes—drew his handker
chief s'wdtly fr m Iris pocket.
As ho ilii! so he did not perceive
that his portket-book came with
it and fell on the sidewalk.
Ho did not perdeive r% Inlt
Robert did'. His firtart leaped
into his riioulb, and a sudden
thought entered his mind, lie
bent quickly dbWn and picked up
the pocket I .book. He raised bis
eyifs Hastily to seo if tho move
iffbrit was noticed. It was rot.
The merchant went cn, unheed
ing his loss.
“This will buy bread for my
wile and children,” thought
Robert instantly.
A vision of the comforts which
tho money would bring tHiit'
cheerless room, lighted up his
heal't for an instant,- but then,
for lie was not dishonest, thord
catfle another thought. The
money w'as not hifi,- as much as
he wanted it.
“Btrt I cannot scd'rny wiffe and
clflldHjn starve," ho thought
o j
again. “If it is wrong to keop
the money, : God will pardon the
offense. He will understated my
motive.”
All this was sophistry, and he
knew it. In a moment lie felt it
to bo so. Thcrrb were sbrne' tilings
worse than starvation. It was
his wife who had said this just
before ho cwrec Out. Could lie
meet her gaze when be returned
with food so ohtainlcd?
“I’ve lived fit dust sfl far,” lie
thought; “I won’t turn thief
now.”
It was with an effort he eanut
to this decision, for all the while
there was before his eyes that
virion of a cheerless homo, and
he could bear Jimmy vainly ask-
>qg. for bread. It was with itn
effort that lie stepped forward
and placed his hand dn, tho mor
-1 chart's shoulder, and extended
the .Ifand that hold the pocket
book :
“Thank you sir,” said tho mer-
turning round, “I hadn't
perceived my loss,”
“You 'dropped it when yen
took out your handkerchief.”
;“And yon saw and picked it
Up? lam much obliged to yon.”
“You .hftVo reason to be,” said
Robert in a low voice, “I tamo
near
I. That AVpuhJ have been dis
-?o-,said Mr. lirimes, his
i one alterjiig ulighrlyi -
I “Yos, it woqld: hut it's hard
on a matt to be honest when lie
lis penniless, and IdS wjfa and
! children without a crust."
“Surely your famtljr
; ai'o not in that condition?” said
the inert-iinnt enriiestfy’.
“Yes, "‘suit! Robert, “it is Hlilj’
too true.”
“And ymi hrb out of work?”
| ‘ For two Hiohjjtis I have vain
ly souglit for Work. 1 applied
, to ybu tivo days since."
“I ruineitibor yog now. I
t’ ought I bad seen your face be
fore. You still want work?"
“1 should feel grutclul for it.”
“A jibrtci- I lift mo yesterday.
Will you tako bis place for
twplve dollars a wopk ?”
. “TbnnkfuUy, sir. I would for
half that."
*Tben oome to-morrow mbrlt-
Jug, Or rather next day, as to
morrow will bo it holldny—the
day succeeding. Mcbntimo take
this fbr your ffresont nccossltles.”
qlle drew from his ]>ock<A-bdoft
u bank note, and put' ft hitb’
Rot art's hafftl.
t “ItV titly dollars t" sifitl Robert
<u uritazeniefft.
“I know it; Tho pocket book
plains thousand dollais. But
.1 >ve lost the
l\pr!ie (old
|Hlf6h for a’ lc l iA^\-s l 'i'!jiigih ’Sire
njight tall h’er homer
‘TTo you think father will
bring somo bread?” said' little
.Jimmy, as he nestled' in her lap.
; “1 hope so, iTaVling," ho said j
but hot 1 heart misgave her. She
leared it was a’delusive hope.
An hour passed—'there was a
step oh the stair—her husband's.
It could not he, for this was a
Cheerful, clastic step,' Coming up
two steps at a time. She looted
rtagrtrly at the door:
Yes, it was he The door
openod. Robert, radient with
joy, entered with a basket full of
substantial provisions.
“Have you got some bread,
father?” asked Jirtiriiy, hopefully.
“Yes, Jiriimy, sortie bread and
meut, from a restaur a fit, and
hero's a littlo tea add sugar.
There is a little wood left, June.
Let's have a bright fire and a
eogifbr'ttitild ideal,fpr, please God,
this shall be a merry Christmas.”
“flow did this happen ? Tell
me, Robot t.”
So Robert told bis wifo, and
soon a bright fire lit up the be
fore cheerless roohi ; and tl ere
were four happy, hearts that
waited in joyful hope for tbrt
dawn of a “Merry Christmas
day.”
The next week they moved to
a'better honlo. ThCy have nev'dr
since known what it is to Want.
Robert found a firm friend in the
merchant, and has an account in
the savings bank, and has reason
to romeiriber, with a grateful
lifcart, God’s goddtldss on tint*.
Christmas ovd.''
Literal AmtWfers.
“Will yon kindly put my fork
into u potato?" asked a young
lady of her table neighbor.
“With pleai.tre,” he responded,
and, piercing the potato,' coolly
left the fork extended from it.
Again, wd heat of a very po
lite and inipreskiVo 1 gentleman,
who said to a youth in the
streets:
-“Boy, may l ifiquifo where
Robinson's drug-sib re is?"
“Certainly, sil*,” replied the
boy, very re*p<fctftil!y.
“Well,” said the geitflc'm'Un,
after waiting awhile,' “whorb is
it ?”
“I have not the least idea,”
I said the urchin.
There was another' bv'iy who
was accosted by an aseetiiV mid
dle aged lady with: “Boy, f ivniit
to go to J> stree'.’
“Well, ma’am," said' the' by,
“why don’t yon go tlicVe, tlie’ii?”
t.lklNd TOU.
A country rotvi o’er hiil and plaiif
| A rustio bridge! in distsnee seen,
Hpnmiiiig a Htrem_u hnse KilriVt lluw
llivides broad lialds and lmu.tocf
green. -i
A still and con] September night
bit by a Rill otbSd harvest moon.
Whose silver rac\iencS, soft end White,
O’er sMoam and bridge and hill la
thrown. '*
Our cgj-riage, drawn fey deepy. Atoeds,
Slow,down the hill the green.
Its course pursues, lilt near the bridgo
AVe pause t* viow Ilie iW:-etui scene.
To the. swcef iflaiden fey Jy side, •
A lpver and true I’ve proved,
this lionr v the prudent fair
Has gisert no sign that I am loved.
■All, softSjr BjgHipSt, id mb mg warm,
.She rests, a dear,load, oy my breast
My anus snfold her .alJndcr form,,
Ih close embface, lohg, sweet and ’
lilest.
We near the bridge—feat hearts heat
high
With love's fh-sk fondest, deeped
bliss; ,
Just as we ci-oss tho somidiua planks
Our Ups irfflte iu oue folia kiss.
Our horses yuicjkly turn the rjdgft.
, Beyond our wheels.utore swifl]y roll,
And as she glAucos toward ilie bridge,
My maiden whispors “taking toll?"
"Darling,” I cry, '‘a Joy like this
Itepayr whole months of toil and pain,
And hope and fear."Aiik, (uniting, says:
“Then, love, lut’a irosA the bridge
again 1"
Tile Power of Chagjistryi
Chemistry whatever Mr.
I.owo may have to flii_v )H p’Hitso
of civil crtglnefel-lng—is the
scieVico of tlie woi'li! itilil of the
future, Tlib bridge which takes
tho eiiglneof year upon year lo
cotiKtrnot, tllfe b'btmidt can m so
Hltiiiy sixtecntliH of * shoo mi ro
dtibu {(’* atoms.
Cffcmlrti'y lias given us the
bulloort, it hys put in our liunifs
gUn.powder, uitro-glycoiine, dyn
amite and, above alt fulminate ot
gohl, un explosive so terrible
that if an ounce be Ictd in a stop,
potred bottle its grains lulling
among themselves by their own
weight wilt create a convulsion
sufficient to lay all Lon’iJon ifi
ruins. It hits ip jboisons
so subtle that were wo cm
jMgMM|ich roetSqirbi wariare, we
Smil in if rbhtepn over tin-
H®m,cm-rny ;(|.<l drop uo
®^t^: ; bnrit:hg . I
b limit n
of i'ts ril. ;ge I
HKaiits; To tlm i-h'uiiiistj
a) id, chloride ofl
iituv and or potash'.
Olicmints lia'vb taught tis to dis
i'nfeht 6uV sowArs And drains, to
ventilifto our houses, to burn
gas, i’lYste.'id of oil, and to light
our streets with what is more j
powerful than gas itself—tie j
electric light. It is to chemistry,-;
indeed, that wo owe aluio t all
the comfort* of every day life.
But. on the other hand t Ini
possibilities of chemistry are al
most too turri'lile to coiVu-nlplatv. j
As the science at present elands, ;
any student can, if lie have ac
cess to a well' stored htbratory,
carry away in a pill-box suflic
ient to lay London in ruins, or
to poison tho whole community
of it* inhabitants. Thu chemist
orn, as every school boy knows,
convert water into ice in l ho cen
tre of a Veil hot crucible. He
cati construct a shell tho size of
a cricket-ball which will explode
the moment it touches tho water
ami overwhelm a hostile B'eot in
flumes. I rid' cl the chemist re
duces ho worl I to its original
primal elements, for him, ovdn
more than for Itto engineer, libtb
bg is impossible.' Atid yet hi
.power, vast as it is, is Ittnitifd.
He CUtt'irioro easily ddtiVroy than
construct. He can take life, but
ho cunuot give it. lie eitti level
The city witli the plitin, but be
cannot Utiild' it up again. He
can create pFussio avid/ but
fcb is ijfiforuMt' of its itlftiUbt'u.
He is like tho tishbrimth vtb'tt
rashly opened' tho Vessel' scaled
with the ring' of ti.dibnutli lie it
Hroud. The forces ;(t Lift con
trol are beyond' his coinlffaud;
the powers lie Call eiiVoku ho
cuiiio't lay. - It is life did story
of Cornelius Agrippa—those who
trifle with nature's secrets do so
at itfeii- peril.
Found at Last,
Some yoaTs'ago, as a Missis
sippi fit or steamboat came to a j
river lahdihgp if tall, ungainly, j
gawkish looking fellow, leaning I
against a wood-pile, at ti acted I
the attention'of' tho passengers, *
■one of whom 1 , a talkative and
{Conspicuous pci hoii, remarked to
Pis friends that ho was going to
leave sortie ftin out of that fellow,
rio ho jumped ashore when the
bml landed, and with a great
show of* fierceness approached
the follow. Drawing a savage
looking bo win knife, he siid: “So
old fellow, I’ve found j ou at last.
You’re llni man that stole a dog
of mini', and I’ve aWorli to got
srpiai-o with yon. I’ve been look
ing for yoil for a year."
Tho gawky laijly opened lith
eyes in wondo:ing amazement
at first, as though ho didn't un
derstand it. Then catching
sight of tho laughing passengers
looking on from the deck, lie
took in tho situation. fly the
time “Sinarty” had finished tell
ing him how long ho had been
looking for him, ho had taken
out of his pocket n fist liko a
(dodge-hammer on the end of the
arm of a wind mill. Ho swung
it once and knocked the man
who had been looking for him
))inmp into tho river. Then re
siiihing his place against tho
wood pile, ho raised his eyes to
the deck, and with a very laay
draw) inquired : “Is here uny
body ellb on that boat looking
fur mo ?"
Did Nol Understand.
Old Mr. Cnllamore is very (leaf.
The oilier Sunday, in tho midst
of ihe services, Mr, Hoff, who
sits immediately behind Mr,
bnllttinore, saw a spider crawling
over tho lutlor's bald head. Ilis
first, impulse was to nudge him,
and tell him nbout it, but ho ro
moniberpd that Mr. Culiamore
deaf, so be lifted up his hand
and brgshed tbe spider off. Huff
didn't aim quite high enough,
and, consequently, it his net
vousness, lto hit old Callfttnore
quite u severe blow. .’Tho old
’gentleman turn id around in a
rage, lo ape wlionlarud to take
such a With him, a fid
Hoff began to explajn, \yft!i ges
tures, the usu's'o of the occur
rence. But Cullum'ofe, in a loud
voice, denYandod wliat it meant.
It was very pfiinfut to itoffi The
eyes of thb congregation were
open, ainl be tni-iifcd red in the
fabo.
I. “Thoro was u Bpider on your
l.eatg’
“ A (lace off rfty head, i
hey? S'posb hie re is;, what’s
that, to ..you ? '‘"T;fcah .Calfaitforg;
’' *y ou'!yi l Vr; 'is’ to fw
baUl beudrtd ymrVSuf sSmo tlrty. ' j
“fiftßas 4r spider!" ah rick oil
lfofl', while the congregation
smiled anil the pi-rMjh'iration be
gan to 101 l off Hi’s face.
‘•Certuinly it’s wider," said
Calluinore, “and got more in it
than yours. Hut lot it ulone—
do you nYirViT? You must let my
head alone in ciiiireh.”
‘•Mr. Cuilamnro,” shrieked
Hoff, “Ilict'e was a hug on yotir
h'ert'd, and I brushed it off—tills
way,’’ and Hoff inad'o itrlothcr
gesture t Calla'nia'ti’s IVead. The
old man thought lie '■ ds goin ■
to fight T'lm' then m there, and
hurling U IJ’yrtrtii hook at H"2T, lie
seized tile krteolingstOol' on the
floort of tile pew, and was about
to biirt'g Mr. Jlott', when the
sextoii’ i'rrtcri’orred. An explana
lioii 1 w'as written on the fly leaf
of the hymn book, whereupon
MivCaflil'nioro apologised in a
boisterous voice and resumed his
seat. Tlieif t.li'e service” proceed
ed. They tldVlk of asking Mr.
Callamore to worship elsewhere.
Facts About-the flanjan Body.
Thu skin contains more than
two rtv.iTiort of openings, which
aro ' H'e oiitlbts of an eqiial nmn-
her of hw< tit glands
The human skeleton consists of
morii Lli’un two hundred distinct
boties.
AVi aflfouht of blood, equal to
the whole quantity in the body,
passes through the heart every
mitmto.
Tho full’capacity of tlio lungs’
is about thl-eo hundred and twen
ty cubic inches.
About, tw'o-t birds of a pint of
air is inhaled and exhaled at e; ch
breath in ordinary respiration.
Tho stomach daily produces
nine pounds of gaelrio juiOo for
digestion of food pits capa’hily ik
about five p nts.
There are more than five’ hun
dred separate muscles in the
body, with an equal number of
nerves mid blood vessels.
The weight of the heart is
from eight to twelve ounces. It
neats ono hundred thousand
times in twenty four hours.
Kaeli perspiratory duct is ono
fourth ol an inch in length,
which will make tho aggregate
length of the wl otu about iiinb
miles.
The average man takes tivb
and one half pound* of food uml
drink a- li day, which” anfloutits
|lO oiie ton ot solid and liquid
nourishment annually. A man’
I breathes eighteen times a miti
] ate, umt three thousand cubic
; feet, or nbout tlireo hundred ami
seventy live hogsheads of air per
hour.
Tim's Kit.
It surprised tbe shiners ami
newsboys around tho Post OfDco
of Detroit, the Freo Pro?s ip.
ecntly says, to see “Limpy Tim''
cornu among them in a quiet Way;
and to hear him say:
‘ Boys, I want to sell my felt;
Hero s two brushes, a hull box'oV
blackin', a good stout box, nipj
tho outfit goes for two shillm's!"
“(join'away, Tim?” quomod
one.
‘‘Not 'xactly, boy h, but I want
u quiirior tlie uwfuiluel kiud, junl
now.
“(doin' on a 'scuraion?" atkmi
anot her. .
“Not to-day, but I roust have a
quarter," lie answered.
tjiio ot the lads bunded over
the change and took the kit, and
1 im walked straight to thu count,
ing room of a daily puper, put'
down the money ami suiii *
‘T guess I can writo it if you'll’
give me a pencil.”
With simv-inoving ll!!g rs ho
wro?o a <l, nth notice. It wont
into the, Jiup or almost as he wrote
it, but you might not have seen
it. Ho wrote:
Died—Litul Ted—of soaffet fever }
aiged three rer.-s. Funerel tu*mo ror,‘
gou up Hoveu ; left wuu brotbof.
“Was it your brother?" askod
tho cashier. pirO
Tim tried to braeo up, but he
couldn't. The big tears came tip;
his chin quivered,and he pointed
to the nvtico oi; thb ounicr and
gasp fir
”I—l had to sell ml) hit to do
it. b—but, lie lift'd Ills arms nroah'’
my lie li when ho d—died 1”
H liurriod away homo, bul
tho news got to iho boys, miff
they gathered in a group and
talked. Tim had not been li ime
an hour before a barefuoted boy
left the hit on the door step, ami
in tho box was a bouquet of
flowers, which bad beert pttr
chased in tho mar et by pennies
(,'Oi-vf fitmted by the crowd of rag
ged but fug hrsYi- ed urcfiiui qy,
Hod ewr tii'ako a heart which
would Dot respoyd if tho righf
;clioi,d was touched. s ' .
- ) -—; ill ... . „ > , ,' *
1 The Innooent Fathsr/
ITunVlrcds of people the other
flay, says M. Quad, remarked
that it scorned just liko spring
woathor. The rain and mist,
and fog, and tho public expres
sions probably put the idea into
tho St&rllflig boy’s head'. Ho'
cipiuc down town dnd bought a
si lifted' robin at a bird store, vent
IVoirio ail'd placed it ou a limb ot
if simile tree, and when tho fa
tli'cr (it'mo H'oni’o t - drimer, his"
utteiiii'on was called to tho f#ct
that spring birds had returned,'
“(to A gracious me.'" bo oxV
cluiir cd, us lio put on lii's spec,
taclcs and saw iho robin.
‘•Winter is over, isn’t it?" ip A
qtiired Mrs. Startling.
“Of comse it is. Well, that
beats me. You might ai< well*
lake that money I 1 |!ui| by f o f
riiore coal arid fix the children'
up w ith no v sliojs.”
While i ho old mall was combing
his hair for diimbr, Tom put t|ie'
bird on' t lio gate post and hit/
lather saw the second roliiH' fhsd 1
exclaimed :
“Eliza; if ahy poor folk’s c'orri'o'
aroui.il lier’o giVo’Cm Half those
’late s in llih cellar, for the
weath’ll bo hotter :t blitkcs in los/
than a month.”
Before the innocent man shov.
cd back fVoiriThe tiftlle tho bird
ivas roosting on if slihib, but
careless handliiijg ihnl pulled all 1
the tail feathers blit.
“That can’t lib aVobiii,”
t)!o old iriftp, ahd he put oh bia‘
h'lit ail'd’wen'l out and lifted tho
Idl'd fro iff the limb. While ho
wus liftin'jyj'Tom was flying down'
tlife a'llc'y. II w lie fume ouf
t!ff> public may never krlow,'
Texas lias 1,700 convicts.'
11l Texas, when a until sells*
mortgaged property they send*
him to the penitentiary.
It is safe enough to 1 tickle a
whip iftider lib wilig,' if you do’
it with a very long straw.
In Texas there are only four
inlmb'ta'rits to every six hundred 1
and forty auies of territory.
Yellow' uml red coons, wiik
heads reeenVblifig wild cats, are
found in Ac'ceoniutk county, Va.
The Dispatch nays since the
poisoned fish appeared along the '
i gulf coast of Florida all the bar,-'
! zards have left.
! - :
Miss lieddenger was elected as eu- ‘
grossiug clerk of the Arkansas Abscu).
i bly f*y a vote of forty srteu to liftoeu. '