The Cherokee advance. (Canton, Ga.) 1880-19??, October 25, 1881, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textvmmrn CHEROKEE ADVANCE «' '■■■—*! . ■ ■ ■ : GEORGIA) CUNTON, t'LAYIAU IX THK COHN. itttJng liy th® wlA-1 *w, *• u *• ra® *« •? 'Jrnt fled* tud jikaI'wi Rftpfli «lth tirw-rnowTi hay, And o>r '.Im »-tr» ..i!.W‘t tyarkjlnf In tit® •uftiiiy morn, Pn* 1 7UU| Afttr«a .Playing In u.e com I And flaxen 1re««H Floating fmljr l ack; Litl> ).«<• dlcranlftl T^ftur the we.’» *oi*u trftHr, Trhil* flic fthapHy foi*fe®«<U CloTftr wreath* adorn— Chubby, rMhil-h Afitiro® ) flu) lug In the corn I An Aurlianted for**! *Tla to th? in, I ween, With it® g. M*n frft*®nr®a Hnl in ah‘ tiing fftwett; " th it* tiny i>c- pin On tta leaflet lmrn * Bright-eyed, bonny flguraa 1 iaying In the corn. •ftdly had I rlaen. By c.>)d care oj^reared*, * 1 with we.\ry wntclimf, niledwlth vague unifwt, But o< in|drtc'y vaniahftd Rwwy thought for’orn, Watch ”e thoM* «M flguris PlaylAff In t he com! What haa rarth hereafter In the way of hllaa, That In hearty |>lMt*ur® Han i inj nra with ttita? Wfth noftad f.m hotllnga To raatrain or warn— Flttttng, fairy flgitrca ' KajUig In the «»m! wr nr:/tKSAT>EB. * “ My d ar child,” said u maiden Indy of an uncertain age, “yon necdftnt 1 lii'-h po. T dure any the young gentle man who hits jmt jumped tlio window lum no id<*n of your existence." ‘But he jisascs every day, aunt.” “ W*U, what of that?" reti med the lady, “ But ho looks in at tho window,” i-niil ‘ the young lady. All, indeed I" said her aunt. Aud ho wear* u sprig of jnyYtl* in hi* emit, aunt, and you know that mean* ’ true.’ ” “ Heal ly you iiiuUHd me, child I Any thing more?” "No, aunt,” was the reply, “Then, my deilr child, you aro a hit of a goo.-u, and ought to know better," *aid 1W aunt, “T inn afPaid Von are too fond pf loading Idle talps when you fuight fill better employed. Well, Well, ; 1 hiipjMise wo cannot put on ohl head on young alioulder*, and youra are very young yet;” and she might have elided jirotty onea, covered a* flioy wore with iowke ol the boltekt and richest brown hair in tho world. Pn*tty girls are ho com in on that I need not de-erilif pretty R Arnold, u* she nud her aunt were sitting before fie fire in that mtgio hour wle u the glare of day has juiti.ed, and twilight in only justooming; when tenderness touches the hardest heart; when life srem* more ideal, lea* dark, and eold, and dull. “ 8hi.lt I tell yon wlmt hajipoUed to ttyaelf, Rose?" " "Yen, do, aunt,” - , “ Well, 1 will, i’on will see that there i 4?im once a time when your old aunt was .tjt* silly ae you uio now.” j * Hose laid her 1 K'aullful fneti oil her auut'* lap, nuil looked uji, aud her mint psgnn: “ Mini Bilkhtoije kejit a m-li-eteitnb. , nshnsant .U ikigklon (or a limited mini hcl of Voting ladie*, from whom the most Unexceptionable references were re quired. Hho frequently 'advertised in the 7 mu v, mid always had n vnenuny for one or two. But you Ituirw os well ns I tiinl there never win aWohool for a liiu- .iled number thst had not a vacancy for ft gelded and wellsconrHN'ted pupil. 1 h'or' 1 . Why, then, was 1 il’ rd. to Mlb Hilkhtoiio's salubrious ^>bode» W. U/th, trill'i is, lJr. Bolus, • ■hr fs ily pi an, hinted that a lit*..' Joining Bf/ir .,h 1 an OCtiisional 'oath bi ‘■tljo sea vrmid not be amiss. • 'IV sys tem hi)me Inracing, rn vAun,’ said ho to anuzun.is. 'Wo r« g. tUlig,' added the rtffcin, tot old man, as ho odiit-mpluted W,' growing figure, 'a little jade aud our io aiy no., quiuj so ted us tii»*y inij^ht be.' Oirl as I was, 1 had i>hd Lord Eyroi/s ‘Corsair,’ and his Hio-s in *Cl‘.il.i.'F rohl,’ bidding the <fe< Jjuuid ilarlfUiht tKwan roll on, untij had by heart Bauy Cornwall’s songs; ano l loved, us gills of 17 do love, pns- Ploculjlv, Those*! thsrrsl Uio oisai nt a I “ ' 1 : * c\tr fr. mIi, the siei frost And made no objection to tlui arrange- 'hi nt which for awhilo trausiilantcd me ft^iiii tho jiat u-nal roof. It was m>t ri>- TUctaidly, tlii'ij, that I journeyed to the Ms'i. of m v future rciidenee. I was not luuMooldtig, and I knew that I had n Jure of a bonnet which would set all tin gilds wild, I had not. lived at Chtjdiuuj for nothing, yon may be sure. “ Arrived id r'ehool, I did as tho rest. On jinud.'iv. u .. w.-i.i .-i.iiQ.l. Mow tho new girl, whom he declared to lie* * regu lar stunner.* “ Motrfl was eliNur jo mu and all the rest of fft tint till inquiry oould haw come from nA other than from the gemla- msn whose option had lx sin so regularly, and, tut tt aeonioil, irresistibly exercised on myself. Presently another symptom of his admiration was manifestewl. Ercry evening at a certain hour, under the walls of our garden, were heard the dulcet sounds of an accordion ; all said it waa my climrh admirer thus renewing on w eekdays the homage that lie had offered bis at elinreh on Sundays. I thought wlmt t very one mud must lie true, and listened with jieeulisr pit asuruto 'Annie Laurie,' and 1 .My Itosiififul Star,' aud Jeannette and Jeannot,’ and * I' Dreamt tint I Dwelt in Marble TTails,’ and other pojmlr.r airs, nil of which I had heard, it Is true, j.laynd before, tint never, so it so<-nic<l to me, with such pathos nnd jxiwer us under the jiresent eircunistau> eea. Wlmt a debooto way of being coin ted i Of course I w aa not in h. ve, but, girl-like, I was glad to think that someone was in love with ma “Just at this time I had to leave school far a few days ; nf the salmi time, by a strange coincidence, tho serenad ing ivased, and my udmirur was absent from his jh'w in ehnreh. Hitrely, then, I was right iu thinking that I was the object of all these dofleale attentions. The more I thought af*iut it, the niori pertain I felt. Suspicion wns banished ; distlit now gave place torertaiuty. The myslery waa cleared Up—tli* sitiwnude ".is for me, aud tho serenadi-r was lie whom I lmd seen at oliureb. I mint say, when 1 hint come to this conclusion, I became impatient of this serenading, unil wished either to change it into something of n more sntlsfaelory oliar- aeter, or for it to cease altogether. Mad- enioisello ntul myself, without haying n word to tho other girls, resolved to bring matters to a crisis. For this jmrjHiHo We i (.''Solved to been re the first opportu nity ; nor was it long Is tore one pre sented itself. “One dark night, when the usual serenading was going on, ami Mji-s Bilk- stone hiqijN-iied to lie |iarticttlni ly en gaged Wlfli the friends of n new J>ft|ill who had come to tea, we hastily tint oti nil old shawl and lioiuietnjiieee ; sliji|hd out of tho house forthwith, quite uu|n r ceived ; i usher! dowu to the end of the garden, nud somehow ot other found our way to tin; tup of the wall. The night, As I hnve said, Wim dark ; we could sec' no one, and the nukuown wm vigorously going through his accus tomed mnsienl performance, 1 fancied I could sea tho gimvinl outline ot my adinirair as he Hwejit his lingers over hi* hclovtil taitrnnieiit, mid told to the cold, ‘fork -night mid the .nud silent star* all the love slid hojinaud |un |io*e ot Id* heart. I list) ned with an intercut Hint thrilled my whole frame. There lie wii*, languishing (or me ; dreaming that I was hunting on his love. Tiiese could scarcely he any d »nnt that I whs the Annin Laurie for whom he would lay him down and die I I wa* Ids • Beautiful Slur, uji in heaven so high,” no less cer tainly. Mind was I to do? Did not •tii'h touching love deserve some grneo- fnl recognition ? M'n* lie to renlizo the mournful fate of which lie sung? Was I, bo young, to he u erttol murderer, and nil through life to have my heart bowed down with n seuso of tiro fearful shock of mil'll a crime V Yet would it not 1*' imprudent to mldre*s a gontlo- uiati to whom t Inal never been intro- hired ? I wa* in a frightful *lato of igifution ; f eollld feel my clteekH gnt- thiff red, and my heart jumped right np to the -top of my throat, What alimild I do ? “ * M’liy, s|s>ak to linn, of course,’ .•.ml Mademoiselle, who was gutting very eold, 1 or no will lie laid tip with iiitbiausii for a month.* “ • Oli, de0r,’ said T, ‘I wish he would not come plsying hero.’ “ * Oh, nonseusu I ’ said she. • Bpoak to him ; it will be capital fun.’ “‘No, uo; anything but that,’ ex claimed I, in an agony of fear. " * W*dl, if you won’t speak,’ said she, ‘ send him a token.’ * “ ‘A tokenT Ah, that was a capital idea 1 There could lie no harm in that. He was just beneath me. I gathered |« •few ‘eaves aud 1st them fall.’’ “Hush 1" said Mademoindle. “Tlio accordion went on an usual. The leaves evidently had jirodttcod no effect, “ ‘ Try again,’ said she. “ I did so. We listened—uo acknowl edgment The accordion went on vig- oronsly as ever. “‘Lot us go.’ aaid I, not a little frightened. ‘No, no,’ said he, ‘ try again.’ “I did so. Tho music stojiped, tha serenmler changed his position, but in a moment recommenced his amorous struin. I grew quite frightened. “ ’ Oh ! do let ns go,’ I whispered. “*No, no,’ said Mademoiselle; ’try once more.’ the leasee, again we list- on oeased. There gh, then another I ftr was impatient, I addressed. M’e saw the dim ! ’ere I’ was his ears. My >uofi vulgar j I weareo j How- caluily mo j "Tliere was some terrible mi-lnke. My Mend"S»me”€5Tuy nJHIb. Hum- moilingjij* her dignity and peering over the wall, she said, seven ly : “ ’ Voting man, w ho are yi)u ?’ " ‘Me, trariu? ’"MTiv, Ji"ie, (Acbutch er’s Isiy, to be sure P “‘Oh, indeedP said Mademoiselle. ’And what do yon here?’ l,v Youi<ee,’ lioYefiflW, ‘I Intin’t get- no plsoo at home to proetioe in ; so I come every night here, ’cause the walls keep tho wind ofT; nnd uow it * time for me to lie off.’ “And.away. lw .Went, oil wl»‘»Uui;/. leaving me disctjcliiuil l f>f my Jove. 1 tnay only add that. T emlnr*' 1 nil Midi* tional |iniig when, a short time nft«T' ward, f found that tin' eV* s that always glared st mo st eliuroh squinted. H.neif .thou ILAvtf hot been qrtiHe *n hasty in jmnjring st eonchtsioirs, ' • “Aud t:ow, UoCki, d-ur, we luid Utter get i/i work ; wig for Kllou to btiug in light*, aud uow draw tho eljriailw,” lhi. o got np. to do *o. A* she uji. run TAIILK trttOTK A Hi:HAD. T»e«\fsst'Wiiio tPvflvrwitii awtm meal* only braad and coffee. To the la! oring jiodplo it mcaua (klxvwl of broth and a bit of broad, or of bread alonow Pfic Amcrinan, bowever, will find btm- sulf served with butter and sggs, or moat, unless he has previously ordsri ,i *'s plain breakfast,” when ho will receive Uio usual bread slid coffee. Thd noted" tnblo d’liotn is perhaps the least susoept- ibie of oliango. It is usually served nt 0 in lock—mu hour wheu the day’* work i« over, and when the meal con bo taken M leisure, H is Un> soetel ineid of Umi , iluy, aud all tho guoste of tho hotel aro I expeotod to moot at the tablo. It re. I quirea never less than ah hour—oftener ( ’ w< * • and unloss your eompmay is outer- | Uihfng it is a long and(lr* ary proems. Perhr.ps yon have born told that there will ho t«n or fifteen com hos ; nnd, if uninitiated, yon hove yonr iuuidm.de up that for one* yon will have yonr | usual “ H'trmro meal." Ilut when tho waiter, aitii nerklio and *liirt-front of pronehed the window, the individual i .. , . with the myrtle jiasswt Bose thought 1 whitens^, brings yon a •nothteffUf it, and it was wcM she del I P lec « hrOM*, and a dish of not, as Ink r in lifo she knew him well ns a liiiuriud until and u friend of her hua- Uind and her own. . AM VmiOKQVKHAHt.K W11.U There are many illustrations of tho foot that the will can foreo even a weak, sick body to obey it* command. Ouo of the I* st is associated with Gen. Jiu'kson at tho tinio he wiui in command of tho militia of Tennessee. M’lrtle he was ly. tug belj'li'ss in bed, slowly recovering ffibrn sutural wounds received iu a hnnd- to-liand light, nows waa received of the tenrfblo massacre at Fort Niin« by tho Indians. Tho licflislature of Tennesson itnmo- diid.dy assembled and called out f),f>4M> in#n to innreh to the Ludinn nation. There wits great oval lenient, for it was feared that there would lie a general uj>- nsing of all Uio ludtun tnbos ip tlio HoutiiwosU Gunerid regret w.ia exjirosscd that Gen. Jacktum could not tuke tho Held iu purso’i, Iu mi interview u prominent metulior of tho Legislature ox;>ressed this regret to tho Guncrul, ns he lay groaning njion his bi>d. The sick man could not Hjioak with out J>aiii, but hfl intimated that wheu. over Hie tioojis mnrciied it would Ini un der hi* eonimaiMl. Two hours after tlio interview t. n, Jaokson issued u ju-iut- rd order iqijKiinfing the jilaeu of run* dczvotiH, aud nuuouueing that I he healfh of the commanding General was re stored. Hi* physieinu, on being questioned as to the General s ability to march at Uio heial of tho troopB, rejilied : “ No other man sould, and it is uu- oerlsin whether Gen. Jackson, with idl Kis sfkinV, imu. linMt wns nlwngs nn- ecrtaitl what Gen. Jackson could could not do," Hu did march with the troo|m. lint the phyaieinu had often to stop tlio plucky commander, make him dismount, aud wash him from head to foot in a solution of sugar of lead to keeji down inllamumtiou. With those troops Jnek- non fought threo Indiau batitei.— ToutKi Companion. thk rtiKSMenr. or rr/ivn. In n jmjier beforo tho American Ho. eiety of Civil Engineers, Mr. 0. Hhaler Hniith gives tho result* of many yearn’ observations of wind pressure nml its efl’oet*. lie lind jiersonally visited the truck* of destructive storms, as soon as jxissiblo after their occurrence, for tho purpose of determining the maximum foreo and tho Wtdth of Uio path of tlio storm in every instance. Tho most vio lent storm in Mr. Bmith’s records vja* at l'*ast Ht» Louis, iu 1871, when tho wind overturned a locomotive, tho maximum foreo developed iu so doing being no lews than ninety-three pounds per square foot. At Ht. Charles, iu 1877, a jail waa destroyed, tho wind force required being mghty-four aud threo-b-nths pounds jut square foot. At Marshfield, Mo., in 1880,' a brink mausiou was leveled, Uie force required living fifty-eight pounds J>er square foot. Below those extraur- dinory pressures there were sundry eiutos of trains blown off rails, and bridges, etc., blown down by galea of wind of from twenty-lour pounds to thirty-one jmunds j>or square toot. Mr. Hmitb observe* that iu ail his examples he has taken the minimum force re quired to do the observed damage, and has considered this as the maximum foroe of the wind, although, of oourse, it may httvo been much higher. Home of the hurricanes were very destructive, the one at Morslifield having out down everything along a path forty-six miles long aud 1,800 feet wide, killing 250 peo ple. Mr. Bmitli has lurnud tho con clusion that, notwithstanding these ex amples, thirty pound* per square foot is sufficient wind pressure to allow for in u working specification.. As reasons for thia conclusion, Mr. Smith expresses doubts as io whether n direct wind or gale ever exceeds this pressure. Whirl winds may exceed it, but the width of the pathway of maximum effort in these is usually very narrow. Mr. Smith ho* only found on# example, already quoted wherein the jiath of pressures over tlurty jieunds jier square foot exceeded sixty loot ; wide. This pressure is in itself very unusual, and, referring morep rticularly to railway bridges, it is stated that a loaded pasAonger train will leave the rails at this pressure of wind, and conse quently not muoli oould be gained by milking tho bridge strung enough to re sist a storm which would blow a train off it.—SoierUi/io American. Asikuha lms fur years I men sending Wjro minstrels to ^nglatj.l A ret dia- tion is about o> In- miufidiy Sum TTagiui's slightly-oolored water called soup, you 1 JirtKioed with quiet resignation, in tho I ludit f that you will havo tlio dinner pres I cntly. Your curiosity is only tlio mote arousol when Uio plates are changed ; and after a long, dreary waiting you re- eeivo a very small hit offish. Then the table is Geared again, and yon are served with s bit of cliickcu. Liko n truo Atncr- ] icon you havo disjintclmd your bl end long | enough since, and you take chicken nnd " jdny it Gone ; ” but you conclude Unit j it is “passing straugo" when you leani that lmttcreil chestnut* and nothing else, otn junzMLES. " Tt*v% Qumi'Mt: — w Bobtn, In Um rhorrj trea ■lE( t Utr» »M'« to ai«-. ma Bfidbr^ut, wh«ra jov e# When tba frotind la nit le »ltb mow? ffifty Whea • r ■ lit btirtad daapi Ifbftfl tha brook* art all aalftapT Mob\n lUfdbrffaat, toll r e true, Wh«B *tia winter, whar# ara you 1 To aomiklA^ land-Uo jop fj,. Wbara the f.owrr* n»»var die T Whar« tha brooki^ta gtntly flow, WbFrw tha i»ofU*wt ).rras«a Mow? In a dliUnt •finny dim*, Whftrw always ftymn er-tlrnft, . , Do you alng jour aweeU*t hodr— blog «iifl ftioff lit* whoia d#> long T THJ ma, RoHn Rftdbraaat, datr, How you know wbftu •pring 1» beTO? How you know thft Um* lia* ooma your airy ?o>ago huiua To Uio dear old cherry tf«s To theIwbytad b» me ? Htng and tall toe, llobtp, atug, Kt w you know wMft It la aprtltg. fk> th® {alrW of tb® flowers Wbirh h*t• bloomed In auinmar bourc In thrlr acug bomaa undftrgmiuid IIon®yauckla>tninip®Ui rouiaIT Do thnf nog th® Uly-bella, kin v l UK mn«!o which to da All \M pretty bird® that aing Spring ia coming—merry fpnngf ^•FftW/A'a Cvmpainufi. ••That wca where I raw it,”Mid Mrs. Vnrr.ljDii T _ r u Then it wah lueky for yonr purw*, ►Aunt, Mftit, M -nul Wi!!, with n lfingli, “ that I l>on ow*5l i q». irter of yon, or yon nould be 50 cento poorer Instead of 25.” •• What Jo yon mean ? I lent yon no quarter! ” was tho mirprised reply. “ No ; but I borrowed it" "Did you lay but one quarter on the bureau ?” asked his mother. “Yes, ma'am. I borrowed the other.” " Oh I” exclaimed Mr*. FarGiam, with i, sigh of relief. "Then the cook is not PLEAS A \ Tit IE 3. A fi’fltl* known by tbs- company be ket ps OUt of. When lie came home tipsy ho told hi» wife he had been out slierrynsding. I To mark a successful run for office a , man must imilHte snow. He must corns do wn occasionally. t "I wish I was a pndding, roftmma.” j •’Why?" “’Cause I would have a lot < f sugar put into me." “ It is only after long reflection that T go to an ent'rtaniraeDt trittruny young dishonest, and I have iuijustly susj)octeJ | man,’' ,.aid the rniinlen io her mirror. l' er ' j Wheu a woman leaves « man who has , aot earned his salt for yenrs, he imraedi- florroiHfiy n Qunrtpr t Three city iMiys were <m their way hoimf^ftAn school, anil, ns there were nt least two hours before dark (and before siijijHir-time), they were quite ready to stoji and look nt anything, from a circus to a ilog-tlght. " Oh, lioys, just look I" cried Chnrlie Thorn. “ Wlmt? Wliero?" exclaimed ' hi* companions. They were now in front of aHoeond-hnmllMHik-storc; and, point- or a bit of ohecw aloni', will lie served iug to a tliiok gn on-covered volumo in for n eonrso. And so you continue tor ( the window, Charlie exHiiiined : ari hour or two—in patient exju-ctetion of the meal that never romes. My Yan kee friend put ft rigli. when he said, “ There is a mouthful to cat, und then a square acre of silence I” 11 hall always rcs|>oot tho American who, tho other day when he had borne jiati< idly until the meal was half over, thundered out to the waiter, " Good gracious ! Life is too short to bo wasted iu tliyi manner, sir*! For heavon’* sake, bring me some thing to cat I ” a ruoanioHi'MCnsT cat. They bad a bilin’ old time at the West F.nd recently. Mr. Monkey's boy took I ho family eat and rubbed phosphorus all over him. It wns about nightfall when lio eouijileted his job and let the cat go. The hoodoo began right away. Mio eat got into n barrel and began to yowl, nnd that uttrunted ,lie attention of a bull-dog, ami ho came Gong and danced about and barked and got terri bly excited. It was a ease of “dog in the light, eat in the shnddor, dog full of fight, eat growjng miuhler." Pretty noon tlio dog ifl'sAt tjku barrel and wont or | in after tho cat. Bum it wns a surpriso jinrty for him. Tho phosphorus glowed \ in the darkness, and he lichGd u cat of fire, lie came out of that barrel nnd went off howling ns though n policeman Why, there's tho ‘Arabian Night*’ —reG good, not tom a bit, murl>< d ‘ only 25 cents I* Full of jiietures, too 1” “Oh I” said, or rather sighed, Edgar Denny sml Will Farnham. Three faces were jiresaed dost to the iKKiksc llor's window, three jmirsof eng-f eyes gloated over the treasure ; for to wlmt 10 or 12 yenr olil boy is not the “Arabian Nights” a treasure? Neither Edgar, Clmrlie nor Will lirnl over reMtjho wonderful hook; but one of the latter's cousins lm<l done so, and hid retailed one or two of the stories to Will, and he in turn had repeated them to his two friends. And to think that nil this—roc's eggs, vie-oyod cnlijihs, Kjiarkling jewels, genii, palaces—might be olit lined for 25 cent*. “I *ay," remark'd Edgar, doubtfully, “ liu* any follow got a quarter?” No fellow lirnl; what wns wort*', tho united wealth of the throe “fellows’’ amounts'd to just 7 cent*. “ Perhnjis, if 1 tell pajia idiontit, he'll buy it for ns," suggested Clmrlie. “ Pshaiv! S un •liody'll snap it up bo- Tore you can get to your fnilier’* store. A bargain like Mint isn't Io be had every if Tom Baker hoc* it he’ll liny it, mire jxiji. He’* always got money," sighed Edgar. “If lie hadn’t been kejit lmd stejijNsl on him. Then the cut went up on the roof*, where other eats do congregate, aud tried to chum round with 'em. But it wus no go. They fled from him u* if lie were u bootjack. Hu didn't understand it. nml gave chase, rfnd, as there was about forty oat* on those roofs, and ns they were G1 scaled and (led from him, imwliug dismally, lie' noise wus something fearful, *o that folks in the vicinity who hoard it wero seared and hail cold sweats. Tho eats ei m tin nod to tear around nml yell so that it onuldu’t be endured. Mr. Mon- I ",v nml others got up and went upon tho root* with clubs. And at first the sight of the fiery cat frightened them, and one ludy who snwr it screamed and fell through a skylight and nearly killed a mini sleeping lament it, und made him think Mother Bhipton wa* right, I'innlly, Mr. Monloy nud hi* friends made a desperate oluirge on the lierv eat, nud tho jioor cat took a flying leap to the street. He Hit on n jailicemnn, saving hi* life, but nearly Hearing the officer out of his, a* lie thought he was * truck by lightning. Tho cut jumjicd to the ground, nnd sn nstrouomer came “long and took him for an aerolite nml tried to jack him up. To hi* amazement the aerolite ran. Then ho was scared, too. Finally, tho cat got into n hnyrnow and somebody thought tho born was afire, and thoy culled out the engines and got seven streams turned on him. Ho fought well, bnt they tixod him. And thou investigations showed no fire, but only a dead eat And they told tho stableman he wae a cross-eyed fool to mistake a oat’s eyes for h fire, and eo they left him. And all the West End is talking of the mysterious fiery cat, iiud o-dy young Monkey understands tb« mystery. —liosion Post. max noon AM tt El. tit ION. The disparity of the sexes in churches i* placed by /ion’s Herald at two t-6 ono in favor of the women, and the same j>aj>er also m.iki'i I fie following rather *t art ling statement: “If wo wero to take the churches right through the Country we t-lnmld probably find that not imro than 014)-tenth of their num bers are men in th.' prime of lifo. The other niiio-Untii* aro men who have passed their meridian, and youths who have not reached tin ir maturity. It is also to he ob*en ed that iu Gmoat overy community the majority of the ener getic, enterjirising ti tsiness men ore not avowed aud active Christians, and if they are identified with tno church at Gl, it is Usually only in the most superficial way." -■ — „ >;.* I ur. St. Louis Post- Dispatch play fully suggests that “os tlie owner ot “lam very sorry that I did note • plain sooner," *aid Will, earnestly. " 80 you ought to bo! But siij)pn><e you explGu uow,” interjioaeil bis fuller, a little sternly. And Will told the wnolo stor; / add ing, "You aee, Aunt Mary, 7 didn’t know that grandma was goiig, av.iv, 1 and I tl-'inght I could gettbemon y at once.” “Obi it is Gl right. Yot are wel come to the money," answered his aunt. “I disagree with yon, Mary,'’ ex- I claimed Mr. Fnrnliam, quiekly. “I think there is 11 great jirineijitc at stake, I and that Will did not do rigl/t. There I is but one step, one very lit tin atep, lio- ! two<'K horrowing without itu owner’s 1 jiermission nml stealing." * “ Oh, papa 1” cried Jennie, horrified | at the word, " onr Will wouldn’t steal I” | “ I sincerely hojie and firmly believe that lio would not; but no one can tell wlmt lie may do under strong temjita- tioii. Tho clerk wlm borrows his em- jiloycr’a funds fully intends to restore them. Yet how often we read of a clerk or cashier invob rfiff himsolf beyond re call, just by ’ Ijorrowiug’ a few tlion- situds to Bjiceuliite with. I once knew 11 genffiman, highly educated and very iuteUif^nit, whom I would haw trusted with nr whole fortune, such iuqilieit confidence did 1 and all who knew him huso in his thorough integrity. Ho had a. few hundred dollars invested in real estnt.? and felt himself honest (u* our Will did) when lie ‘ borrowed’a loss sum from his omp^Tcr’a fumlH lo '"vest in some stock that \vi'“ sure' t° "ell *t u high jirii'e. Even if he lo't nil <l’ e know he could Vejiuy it in a day or two, h.? n f? I’ 1 '" aforo'his i mployer needed it. Unluca. '.' ' he did not lose. So he ’ borrowed’ ugnin, and won; nnd yet again. And *0 on, until, «io tine morning, the tables turned, und lie lost—lost $7,(HR) I” “ Poor man ! What did he'do?” “ Wlmt could ho do? He confessed 1 his dishonesty, hut I10 could not iiniko | restitution. Ho ho was sent to State j jirison, and died there, overcome with I humiliation aud contrition. You see. Will, wlmt an honest man may he led into by borrowing another man s goods I without jiermission.’’ “ Father, 1 am very sorry I did it. I 1 felt so sure of being ulilo to pay ii at ! once! But I can understand now why j you say tliere is such a little stoji lic- twoen borrowing without leave und striding. O I mamma, did yon accuse the cook ? ’’ “ No, I only suspected her. I waited to he very euro.” “There it is, Will! You came very near being tho innocent enuso of great injustice to cook, and of great trouble to your mother. It is easy to commit an .apparently trifling fuult, but difficult, nay, imjiossible, to foresee what calami ties may result from it. 'Abstain from nil aji|ieariiiico of evil,’ is a good motto t'-ir hoys us well as men. ”—Frances /v'. Wadlcioh, i». Christian Register. 1 jn, likes* not he’d have boughtit before this.” Suddenly Will’s face brightened. Put ting liis hand in his jmcket lie drew out 11 SI bill, and announced his intention of Inlying the book. “ A dollar I Wliero did yon get it?” asked Charlie, in amazement. “ Tisn't mino jit’s Aunt Mary’s. She gave n>e a dollar tlrm noon, anil apked mo to puy CO cent* that *liu owed to .Mr. Jeunisou, tho apothecary, you know. She will not tie homo until lute 'this evening ; and in the meantime I can run uji to grandma’s nnd get n qnnrter slio owes me for some eggs i sold her—my little bantam's eggs 1 Aunt Mary will not mind, if I do borrow a quarter from her for 11 iittlo while,” ko the treasury of marvels jmssed l'ltti. Will Farnham's possession, and the thro.' happy boys rondo immediate ar rangements for reading it aloud, turn uud turn uliout. At every street cornor they paused to look at “ just on.'more picture,” uud it wns with a violent effort that Will tore himself away to “run uj> to grandma’s.” “ But you boys may look at it while I uni gone, if you'll bring it to nio before supper,” ho remarked graciously ns he loft thorn. Unfortunately ho got to his grand mother’s just n little while nfter she hud left home for a two days.' visit to ono of her sous; so tlio Iittlo bantam’s egJS;* could not bo paid for tlion. “Oh, well, it can’t be heljiod now,” Will sold to himself. “Granctynn is certain to give me the quarter in n day or two, and I’ll tell Aunt Mary about it us soon as she comes in.” When iio got home his mother told him to put ins aunt’s change on her bureau, and then run to thegrooer’s and got some sugar for ten. After snpper ho betook himself to his imw book, nnd soon was a thousand years and a thous and miles away. He dimly hoard somo one ask him about Aunt Mary’s money, mid be gave a drcimy answer ; and his j "'Ppi will be only a mile and a quarter father had to speak to him three times hmg, unil Cairo and New Orlesnu will before lie realized it was bed time. 1 have joined their street* together ; nnd Of course he for a moment forgot all l’° plodding comfortably Gong under a about tlio borrowed quarter. Conscious single Mayor and a mutual Board <.f of “ good intentions,” he felt no auxiety Aldermen. There is something fascinat- about the matter. ing about scicnoe. One get* such wteilc- salo returns of oonjecture out of such u trillinir investment of faet. LKXOTU or THK MIASltlMrrt. Murk Twain mourns over the dimin- 1 bed length of tha Mississippi in this strain : Thoreforo, tho Mississij.jii, be- • Ovecn Cairo and New Orleans, wns 1,215 ' mil”* long 176 years ago. It was 1,180 "ftcr thC cut-off of 1722. It whs 1,040 after tho' Ah*” r * l ' an Bend cut-off, some years ago. It has J 0 * 1 sixty-seven miles since. Consequently, length is oidv 070 miles at jircsent. Now, if I wanted to be ono of those ponderous sw' c "l'fi c jieople, nnd to provo wlmt hail occurred I in tho long jiast by what had occurred ■ 1° given time in the recent joist, or ! what will occur in tho far future by wliat j ' liUi occurred in late years, wliat an op portunity is hore. Geology never had such a olinuee, nor such exact data to argue from I Nor development of spe- | ' ies, either. GlneiG epochs ore great tilings, but they are vaguo—vugue. Please observe. In the space of 176 I yours the Lower Mississipjii bus short ened itself_ 212 miles. That is an aver- sgo of a trifle over one mile and a third per year. Therefore, any calm jierson, I who is not blind or idiotic, con see in the ! old Oolitio Silurian jieriod, just 1,000,- 000 yenrs ago, next November, the | Lower Mississippi river was upward of 1,300,000 miles long, nml stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico liko a fishing rod. And by tho sume token, any person can me that 742 years from now the Missis- ntely advertises that he will jiny no debts <it her contracting. A i’ehtaix geutlemau must lift* Insert very jirond of his wife when ho des- cribed her ns “ beautiful, dutiful, youth ■ fill, and an armful” E1.1 Pf.iikins mys Texas is the largest i'tiite iu the Union. Now the State will liaVe to lie surveyed all over ngGn to ascertain if that is so.— Texas Siftings. “This is a and commentary on our Imnsti d civilization,” n tramp doiqiond- iiigly observed, when lie discovered that tin' hum lie lmd taken from tlio front of a shop waa a wooden one. A I'ERFi'OT jam is made of jjfum, ni'ld ti I a perfect jamb is never isit nf plumb. v “Thin« of it,” says the Emigvnnt Gaul,, “I'.nd yet Frenchmen are expested to. write good English just tho same.” “ A opoti husband makes u good wife,’"’ s. a n jmilosojilier, but he stojis there,, and don’t say what he makes her do. Probably build the fire for him in the > morning And sit up lute for him nt night. “ What kind of a mark is Hint?” said MugtHily to 1iis friend Talthorpe, jiointe ing to a sour on his face. “ It’s a ques- tioit murk, ” replied tno other; “got it f. >r asking a man ‘ if it wns hot enough for him.”'—Puck. Sa r.nk ; bridal reejrtion. Several of the guests, after shaking hands with the bride, uud ull speaking at the uunie time : “Where is the bridegroom?” Bride naively: “Oh, he's up stuirs wntcliing the wedding present#,” “I sax, when does this train leave? ” “ Wluit are you nskiug me for? Go to' the conductor ; I'm tho engineer.’’ “ I know you're tlie engineer; but you miglii TOa nranacivil answer.” “Yes, but I’m re<> c>vd engineer.” RRr,ATioN‘v' lps ftr ” xather far-fctched sometimes, l»oti-’ * u Ireland and Hcol- luud. “Do yon know Tom Duffy, lVd?” “Know him,'1 » s it?” nays Pat, “sure he's a near relation of .mine ; lio once wanted to maxry m) nistiv, Kate.’’ The following Income cortespond- •euco is reported in it Maine yiqier: M. Y.—“ Do me tho favor to lent? me n dollar to get my cow out of tlio pound." (I A. D.—“I would, but l ynid my l*-t dollar to tho boys to tuko the cow to the pound.” A yoc.no couple have just bcgcre. liOUHi-keejiing and wish to enynge u maid-of-aiUwolk. Josephine jiiqsents herself. After detailing tho duties re quired, the Indy of tho house remurks : • •Well, my good girl, 1 think you will ’fie suited; tin* wurlt is light, and wo have no children.” Josephine (with a gracious smirk)—“ Oh, madam, dt» not jmt yourself ont on my account, I bfljr. 1 adore them." Thk 1'«comotive commenced running in 1H25, and at tho beginning of 1880 the railways of tho world lind reached tho enormous aggregate of 219,804 miles, rojiresenting 11 capital investment esti mated at about $19,01)0,000,000 1 Tho estimate for ■ acli gmml division of tlio globe nt that date f» ns follows : F.urnpr W 405,»,*;* «) 2ifi»,000,lf.i0 C4 J OiiU.DOU ToUl ?<«' sure 1 or fellsw. company, of Liv rpool, who will make* 1 8 r °*t nuUorni high ways, ineltel tour of this connify- next winter. 11 ’ ^*9 Mississippi river, we presume Trkbf. is red nnd green ns well rs | ,s 1,0 I'urui in speaking of Jav black ebony. Gould e“ >t grout nstnual nighwaymuu.’ “Isn’t it too bud. Will, that onr new 000k, who mokes such nice cake and pie, is not honest, and mamma has got to dis charge her ? ” said his sister Jennie, the next morning. 1 t's, it is a l'l^JJu. *Whal has she taken?” • “Notvery much; but, as momma says, it Glows that her priuo4lej»i r e not good! She or some fairy (for there woitedta jier son but her in the room from tho time you went there until mamma went in and dis- A risii-rnorAiJAiTNa eompnnv of OGi- lui'iuii is exjierimenting witlia frog farm. Now Bruuswiek furnished tlie material to -lutfi with, 130 frogs being sent from there packed in fresh muss iu a box idcn- tifully supplied with perforations lor the inliiiisbioii of air. Tlu moss was fre quently moistened on the way. On tlie iimvid of tjiy box nt its destination only J10 fixigs wwPo found, mul o! these ten HgN v . covered it) took a qiiarter ont of Aunt were AeSfl/ It is snpjiosed that tho Mary s room. You put-the change on her eighteen that were missing had beenent- biireau ? S eu during tlie journey ly their compan ies, on a little blue mat.” | i ms iu uunUnument, via,Bui $111,003,010,1101 i'ho estiiniib', if brought cluVyn to iho jireseut time, would undoubteeXly give tlio full round number of 240,000 miles, or ten times the circumferenco p’ tlio globe. Con. Hiisny T. Tires, who died nt PitVisvillo, FIs., u few days ago, lmd a r imiukalily-iGveiiturouH earei i-. He was born in Now Jersey, and in 11 its youth went to Florida, where lio joined tlio luBxz rxpqdition. In a haiiil-to-huml (iviAinter at Cardenas lie cleft the skull of it Colonel of lancers at a singloblow. lie essayed another lauding in Cuba, but was ousuccessful. Ho was ill the tiiiek of the quarrel in Kansas ip 1859 audoueohada froufflo with Ossawatomio Brown. Ho sorvou 1 '** tho Coufodoruto army, joined tho Walker expedition to Nicaragua, led a wild lifo in Mexico, Arizona uud Colorado, and 'n his old ugo founded tho nourishing Florida town that bears his name. I mi seine unknown re uson tho Chi- mso Qov. l ament recently issued a dc- '”ee conn, tiding iu subjects to abstain "•n. shaving head lor a period of " 1! ’ 1 «.vo. D. t:the act of d,s- " "A‘“3 arbitrary injum tiou, nearly " tty ,,, ' r80,,B 1,1 oity of Fooohow all" i! wen seuten.ed tor ivo ft COsti- gaf.on with bamboo iods, and t„ pay tt !‘ 1U ' ' lU ,° Untiu « ‘ 1 S‘i-2.5 apiece. Heiuro liberation the hernls of tlio of- fend#n W4 oAwfully pafritefl mid var- njshed, as .1 warning to other rebGHour- j !y-uiclin«d cirir-ens. T"RRKaro~ 111,887 illiterate Ki-sons in Maryland. Ot this nunrhor 90 170 are Colored. The State has 2,020 ’„i e ” r.eufary schools, and 390 schools for colored ehiWren; these schools nre con dnefed by 2,092 white teachers and 389 colored ones. The average salary is J.')].89, and tho averngo number of months during which the teachers ore employed is 8.12.