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FRANKLIN county.
VOL, III. NO. 10.
An artist is authority for the state
t that the outline of the left side
f ,| 1() fnee is the most perfect in nine-
ly.niiie case* out of a hundred.
Tho grand total of charitable be-
r
quests in England during 1891, ex-
eluding Baron Hirecli’s benefactions,
wn» 818,000,000, as against $ll,5u0,.
000 during the preceding year.
A police justice in New York city
receives tho same salary as a member
ot the federal cabinet and only $2000
less than a justice of the United States
Supreme Court There are fifteen of
these police justices. Six of them sit
daily in tlio six district courts and
lliroe others presido over the Court of
Special Sessions in the Tombs. Tims
employment is found for nine of tho
golons, while six are away.
Sumo statistics with regard to the
Injuries inflicted in Russia by wild
beasts, particularly wolves, have re¬
cently been published. In 1890 there
were 7097 useful animals torn to
pieces, among them 705 horses, 1058
1 jc.h 1 of cattle aud 1068 smaller ani-
mnls. The local officials have now
fixed $250 as the premium to bo paid
for each slain wolf, but even this is
considered too small to be very effect¬
ual, as one very great barrier to the
extermination of these animals is
found in the singular superstition still
existing among the Russian peasants
that the killing of a wolf brings mis¬
fortune.
The postal telegraph system of
Great Britain and Ireland is now, ac¬
cording to Electricity, the most gigan¬
tic and complete organizations for the
transmission of messages in (lie world.
It lias absorbed, developed and utilized
all that the highest inventive genius
and the most profound scientific
ability could produce. The present
Central Post-office in St. Martin’s le
Grand was established in 1873. and
uow constitutes tho largest telegraph
station in the world. Tho staff num¬
bers 3453; the annual amount ex¬
pended in salaries and wages is $322,-
960; and the total number of tele¬
grams passing through the office per
annum, 32,537,779.
The latest statistics tell us that out
of London’s 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of
people, more than 300,000 earn less
than seventy-five cents a day per fam¬
ily. Between 40,000 aud 45,000 chil¬
dren in the Board Schools alone go to
school hungry every morning, and
rarely know at any time what it is to
have sufficient food. They tell us also
that one week’s income of the owners
of London’s ground, the value of
which increases at the rate of over
four millions annually, would provide
a dinner every day in the year for
each one of the 40,000 ill-fed chil¬
dren, and that London’s million poor
could be decently housed on tho un¬
earned increment of a year.
The simian tongue is no longer Hie
only language of “dumb animals”
which is being studied by inquiring
mankind announces the Boston Trim-
script. M. Prevot du flaudray lias
gone a step farther than Professor,
Gamier, and has carried science into
Hie hencoop. His manner of ascer¬
taining whether the barndoor fowl
clucks in a tongue understood by all
its kind consists in placing a telephone
first iu one henhouse where the
“family,” are at home. When the
long suffering receiver lias been
cackled into for half an hour it is
taken away, and caused to repeat all
Hie gossip in a neighboring hencoop.
Die results of the experiments are
*aid to be marvellous, and the
Aeadernie dcs Sciences is awaiting a
lecture on the subject with the greatest
interest.
Tlie Governor of New South Wales
(Lord Jersey), Admiral Lord Charles
Scott and Henry Copeland, Minister
for Lauds, have returned to Sydney
from a visit of inspection to the rab¬
bit-infested country between and
around Cobar and Boiirke, in the
'U’eslern division of the colony. They
report a terrible condition of things-
Hie estimated increase of Ilio pest in
this comparatively small area during
Hie last three years is 13,000,000. The
departmental experts estimate that
89,000,000 acres, nearly half Hie total
area of the colony, are now infested,
lo the dry country the rabbits have
taken in the absence of softer food to
easing wood, particularly the tender
bnik of the scrub vegetation. By eat
big this as far as they can reach it
they effectually “ring-bark” and kill
'he scrubs, and Urns, in the case of
'be edible varieties, destroy a great
oieaus of keeping ihc sheep alive in
'be long periods of divu'b. The party
8 »tes tiiat traps at the great tanks aud
'valerbolcs in a dry season, when
'ruler is unobtainable elsewhere, is
the most successful method of destroy¬
ing 'he rabbits,
THE ENTERPRISE.
Unity.
A sombre pine is stirred
By the recreant wind on tiiyh.
Amt out ot its gloom, like a word.
Breaketh a bird to the sky.
The sky speaks truth through a star;
The star seeks the heart of the sea;
To the sea strives a river afar;
In the river a brook laughs free,
A, d down to the brook doth gleam
fhe thread of a mountain spring,
Born in the shade of that pine tree’s dream
And brushed by the bird’s soft wing.
-[Virginia \V r .Cloud, in Youth’s Companion.
CHASED BY WOLVES.
BY II. C. DODGE.
During one of tho coldest winters
ever known, I was in Russia, my
business obliging mo to spend several
nionilis in an outskirt village situated
Oil the bank of a goodly sized but uu-
navigablc river which, of course, was
frozen solid.
Having plenty of spare time and
such a splendid placo to indulge in my
favorite sport of sailing on the ice, I
had made me a fine ice boat, on which,
warmly clad in fur garments, t took
frequent and long trips, sometimes
extending them far into (he night
when the moon was bright enough.
Although I was efton warned by
the peasants to avoid venturing too far
up tee river—especially at night—on
account of tho wolves who inhabited
that wild region, I paid little attention
to tlioir words, for, never having been
attacked by those savage creatures, 1
couldn’t realize how dangerous thoy
were.
Neither did I know that the Russian
wolves were at least twice as big and
much more terrible in strength and
ferocity than those in this country,
which had always skulked away the few
times I had met them iu our Western
States.
Late one clear and cold afternoon I
started out on my iceboat prepared
for a longer trip than usual, for it was
full moon time I wanted to sec the
grand mountain scenery some thirty
miles up the river and also the falls
l here which I bad been told were so
wonderfully beautiful in their winter
dress aud in the moonlight.
The river’s solid surface was in
most places smooth and tho wind was
just right for fine sailing.
For fear I might meet some wolves
which, I knew, or thought I did, that
my swift iceboat could easily distance
in case thoy followed, I wore a brace
of big revolvers and a small hatchet,
which last, however, I always took
with me.
Quickly l left the settlement far
behind and where the liver was
straight and wind favorable I flew
with lightning’s speed.
But whore tlio river twisted so I
had to tack, or where the ico was
bumpy, or where the tall fir tree on
tlio silent, snow-covered banks kept
off the wind, I made slower progress.
The further I got up the river the
more bewildering iu grandeur and
beauty the uninhabitable and rugged
country became, and when the setting
sun lighted the clouds and mountain
tops with tiro Hie eftbc’. on the weird
Russian landscape exceeded my wild-
est dreams of nature’s glory.
When the full moon arose from be¬
hind the dark forest of firs, which
fringed the river's edge and the colors
changed from fiery gold to silvery
white, I was completely entranced.
The contrast between the glitters of
the moonbeams on Hie sparkling snow
and ico and Hie intense blackness aud
shadows of the gloomy woods charmed
me, and yet, in spile of my enthusi¬
asm, it awed me witli its fearful sub¬
limity. iceboat flew till I
Onward my came
in sight of the falls ahead, then,
slacking my speed, I slowly and carc-
fully approached them.
In their center the dark waters
leaped and tumbled, on either side
trees and rocks coated with glistening
ico and dazzling icicles seemed like
a sugar Fairyland, while above bung
a m isty cloud of spray in which floated
a lunar rainbow.
I know not how Icng I would have
gently glided to and fro lost in ad¬
miration of tlio majestic scene of
splendor lmd I not been startled by a
distant howl apparently coming from
the depths of the dismal woods on my
right quickly followed by answering
howls from the oilier bank.
I knew from iny little experience
while limiting in the far West that the
sounds were from wolves and that I
was discovered and, perhaps, soon to
be chased by them.
I also knew that after a period of
intense cold weather they became so
ravenous from hunger that nothi >g
except superior speed could overcome
their aliacks.
Though I felt safe enough in my
iceboat which, try'heir ha dest they
couldn’t catch, I t bought it high time
to be off. so pointing he bowsprit for
homo i started,
Equal Rights to all, Special Privileges to None.
FRANKLIN CO., GA., FRIDAY, MAY 13,1892.
lint tho wind was against me and,
though 1 skimmed swiftly over the
ice, my speed wasn’t nearly so great
as when going with the breeze, while
the tucks i had to make brought me
too eloso to the gloomy banks for
comfort in caso tho wolves became
numerous and vouturseomo.
All tho time and from evory direc¬
tion, somo from afar and many close
by, ciinio those blood-curdling howls
increasing in number and tilling me
with an indescribable terror, which
chilled iuc even more (hail tho cutting
blasts blowing right in my teeth.
Soon 1 saw dusky forms outlined
against the shadowed snow under the
trees on either bank, running along
with me and easily keeping up with
my flight.
At every tack I made, going no
nearer the shore than i could help,
my horrible pursuers would slacken
their speed and watch me till I’urned,
while, from the darkness of the woods
where they stood ready to spring
upon me at tho first chance, their hot
eyes gleaming like blazing coals.
Then, as the wind filled my littlo
sail and I shot off to the opposite bank,
they, giving a chorus of maddened
howls, started again to head rn) olf,
while those on the side [ was ap¬
proaching stopped to wait for me.
£>o far, none had ventured on the
frozen river and I began to hope they
wouldn’t, for, thought 1 might avoid
an attack from the banks, I trembled
at the thought of what might result
if they took to the ice.
All the while they were gathering
iu greater numbers and displaying
more boldness and canning in calcu¬
lating and waiting for my movements
iu tacking.
If the wind died out., if my sail
gave way, if I upset, as I came near
to doing mare than once in bouncing
over a rough piece of ice, I should bo
“v ;->i”~ and devoured instantly.
Even without those things happening
I realized my chance of reaching
home in safety was frightfully s’.im.
Now the bowlings for some reason
stopped in silent, unrelenting and
tireless pursuit the ever increasing
bloodthirsty wolves loped along the
shadowy banks easily keeping up
with my boat which almost seemed to
stand still while the pack on tho ice
behind wore surely getting closer and
preventing me from flying backwards
up the river in case I had to use that
forlorn and, likely, hopeless way of
distancing those near me if thoy, too,
left the land.
Before me and twenty miles yet
from safety the river beg an to twist
between projecting bluffs, may be ten
feet or so in height. I knew the con¬
trary winds thero would necessitate
slower progress and longer tacks, and
so give tlje wolves the opportunities
they wanted of heading me off and
perhaps springing from the bluffs upon
me while 1 turned.
Evidently they knew it, too, for
without pausing to wait now when 1
approached the shores they darted on,
and I could see them forming in hor¬
rid groups in front ot me on several
exposed points, while those in the
rear oil the ice were rapidly catching
«;••
One hand held the tiller, the other
revolver, as under the first dreaded
point I was obliged to sail, but al¬
though tho immense creatures there
crowded and showed signs of leaping
off, they didn’t, and away I skimmed
to the opposite bank.
I reached it and, too paralyzed with
fear to look up, slowly went about.
Suddenly, before I coukl set well un¬
der- way, with a howl of the fiercest
rage an enormous gray wolf shot
from the bank and landed with his
fore feet on the stern of the boat,
well nigh upsetting it and nearly
stopping its motion as lie dragged be¬
hind striving to bite mo with his hor-
rid fangs.
I fired, almost poking tho pistol into
his great open mouth, and he, loosing
his hold on Hie boat, rolled over, dy¬
ing on the ice.
At once a dozen of bis fellows
sprang from the bank upon him, and,
while lie still struggled in bis death
throes, tore him limb from limb aud
devoured Inin instantly.
That taste of blood maddened the
others, aud, faster than I can tell it,
they leaped from everywhere on the
river till before and boliind and each
side they rushed afier my boat, which
just then was spurting across for one
more tack ere I should have some
miles of straight sailing where the
wind would ho favorable.
But right in my path, and where I
hud to go about, a pack of wolves,
forty at least, were coining or waiting,
for they seemed to have learned the
trick of the ice-boat’s tacking.
Aiming quickly at llioso in front 1
emptied my revolver into them; then
as I drew nearer I gave them the Con¬
ti n’s of my other pistol. A* peforc each
wounded wolf was pounced upon and
torn and eaten by his comrades, but so
many of tlio boasts woro at me that
all oouid not join iu the bloody feast.
Still it broke their ranks aud gavo me
a few seconds longer to work my boat
around for its last short tack.
llatchot iu hand, on aud into tiic
confused pack 1 dashed, hilling some
and sending thorn sprawling, but in
spite of everything three mighty fel.
lows leaped on my boat, one of them
knocking tho tiller from my grasp as
ho struggled for a footing—tho other
two hanging from tho stern and drag¬
ging Iiko the rest did. In a moment
more th e whole gang—then chasing
me not forty feet behind—would have
boon fighting over my bones. Never
minding tho snapping, entangled wolf
aboard, I reached back and fetched my
sharp hatchet on the paws of tho two
who wore hanging oil tho stern, chop¬
ping them off and dropping tho beasts
for tlioir companions to finish.
Thou regaining tho holm and refill¬
ing the sail, I shot away on a straight
course down tho river faster than my
fleetest pursuers could follow.
Now I had time to attend to the wolf
aboard, who had fortunately jammed
his feet in the gear of the boat and
was held there, while lie made furious
efforts to got at me.
Expecting bo would break loose and
attack mo before I could wholly re¬
load, 1 hastily slipped a cartridge in
my pistol and fired, hitting him in the
shoulder only.
The howl lie gavo was answered by
the hundreds in chase who, thank
heaven, were dropping further and
further behind my flying boat.
I dared not wait to load anew, fot
my horrible passenger, made desperate
by his wound, was surely forcing
himself loose. Fastening the tiller 1
jumped with my hatchet to strike him
ere ho did so. A1 the same instant lie
leaped at me, catching a good cut
across his eves as I dodged him. Then,
before be coukl turn, I sunk the
hatchet blade in the back of bis head
with such force that it stuck there
while he fell limp and lifeless into the
seat I had vacated.
Loading the pistol again I put half
a dozen bullets into bis head and body
to make certain be was dead—then,
sitting on bis carcass, i took the tiller
once more aud steered for home and
safety.
The danger was over. Though I
saw a few more wolves I passed them
so swiftly that chase was vain.
It was dawn when 1 reached (ho
village bank with my awful trophy
and the tale I told astonished and
startled ihe anxious peasants who in
all their days bad known no such an
escapo as mine.
The wolf I killed was a monster
even for the Russian country and it
took two strong men to carry it to my
liouso. Its skin, made into a rug, now
decorates ray American homo and fur*
uisiies a never-ending start for all
sorts of adventures, tiono of which
can approach tlio one I told. —[Chicago
Sun.
Washing Little Indians.
We were camped at the Hot Springs
on the Lo Lo trail, made famous in
Indian annals by the escape of Chief
Joseph aud Ins baud of Nez Perces.
Just above us was a large cainp of
Fhuheads who were making tlioir fall
bunt. One morning wo were awak¬
ened by ilieir shouts and cries. Evi¬
dently there was great excitement
somewhere, and we promptly jumped
up. It was just after daylight, and
cold clouds of steam were rising from
the big basin-shaped pool at tlie foot
of (be granite wall from which poured
a thick stream of boiling water. The
pool was so large that at the lower
edge tho water was almost cold; the
nearer you approached to tho place
where the hot water burst from the
rock tlio better chance you stood of
getting boiled,
At the edge, at a place where Hie
water was of a comfortable tempera¬
ture, stood two Indians, one on Hie
bank and the oilier on a stone in Hie
water. Near by were a dozen other
Indians guarding a number of little
Indian boys and girl*, who had noth¬
ing on and were howling and crying.
When we looked out of the lent tho
two Indians at Hie pool had an Indian
boy—one bolding him by the feet and
the other by the hands—and were
gravely swinging him backward and
forward through the warm water,
while lie yelled at every dip. As soon
as they lmd finished with him he was
set upon the bank and ran to the wil¬
low brush near by.
Then the noise redoubled, for each
child in the group guarded by the In¬
dians feared that it was his lurn. They
all tried to escape to (lie brush, but
iheir elders pursued and caught them,
until the very last one hud bec-n put
through (he cleansing process.-—[New
York Sun,
SAVAGE GRIEF.
Paying the Last Honors to a
West African Potentate.
Five Weeks of Native “Play¬
ing,” Feasting and Dancing.
At a timo when wo road of tlio
funeral ritos of sovoral groat men
who have been prominently before
the English people, it may bo of in¬
terest to know something of tho last
honors paid by his people !o ouo who
in his timo received no small slmro of
attention both in his own country and
here—tho black King .Ja-Ja of Opobo,
West Africa. It will he, remcuihoi’od
that be died at Toneriffo when return¬
ing to bis own country, whither lie
had been permitted to go by the Gov-
ernmeat. llis people urgently asked
for his body, which there was much
difficulty in obtaining, as ho was
buried in a place under Spanish juris¬
diction, which does not permit the ro-
moval of the dead under a consider¬
able interval. By the efforts and in¬
fluence of the Consul-General of the
Oil Rivers Protectorate, Major Mac¬
donald, this rule was set aside, aud
the steamer Benin brought tlio King’s
remains to Opobo.
The body was in four cases, two of
wood, one of tin and one of lead. As
soon as it was known the steamer bad
arrived all tho chiefs of the town and
district came with their followers in
their big canoes, attired in their best,
and with streamers and flags flying
from their boats. The outer case was
removed from tlio coffin, which was
then wrapped in many folds of costly
silk brocado aud placed in a largo
canoe, with Ja-Ja’s brilliant state um¬
brella erected over it, and guarded by
two chiefs of his house. The big
canoe then headed tho crowd of others
and proceeded up' the river. All native
trade was stopped, and the last live
weeks have beon devoted to native
<• plays,” feasting and dancing, and
numbersof fowls mid goats were killed
for food. In tho town and its neigh¬
borhood conlinuee cannon firing has
gone on day and night, about 500 kegs
of gunpowder being consumed in this
way. To the final “great piny”
all the white residents on
tho river were invited. The
town was decorated with numerous
flags. The cannon and gun firing
kept up, aud native music from tom¬
toms (drums hollowed out of tree
trunks) and various strange instru¬
ments was rendered with vigor. Ja-Ja
is buried within tho courtyard of his
palace, which stands in the eontro of
a square of small houses, having gal¬
leries fronted with glass. Tho room
containing the vault in which lies the
coffin was draped round with silk
brocade niul hung with photographs
and pictures of the late King, one
large painting iu oil being weli exe¬
cuted. At one end of the room was
a large mirror; at the other end a
broad couch, on which reclined hi i
wives, who have watched the body
night and day since its arrival.
The vault is cemented over, and at
its head a plate of food and a large
jar of rum stood, the latter of which
every day had boen poured over tiie
grave. Much treasure is buried with
the body. Time w»9 when the lives
of even 100 slaves, openly sacrificed,
would not have sufficed on such nil
occasion that tho spirit of the king
might proceed on its journey with due
state; but under tin wise and firm
government now existing this terrible
custom lias been abandoned. The
funeral feast was laid in a largo room
adjoining the one containing the
vault; and a long table, laid with
white cloth, knives, forks, glasses, and
dinner napkins, supported a profusion
of food. A splendid roast turkey
was carved by the head chief, who,
wise man, removed his most super¬
fluous garment for the good work.
There we e roust and boiled meats,
yams, palm-oil “chops” and “fu-fn,”
which latter is a dough-like substance
made from pounded vain. The proper
method of consuming this delicacy is
to roll a piece into a ball Hie size of a
hen’s egg, dip it into palm-oil “chop,”
open the mouth wide, shut .the eyes—
and there your are. it is wholesome,
and, ns Sam Weller remarked, “wery
filling.” “tombo,” native
Large jars of a
drink made from a species of palm
tree, were handed round. A hospitable
invitation to these good things was
given by the chiefs, whose black fol¬
lowers crowded the sides of (lie room,
and eagerly watched for portions of
the feast banded them by their mas-
ters. When eating was done, then
came the last ceremony—that of
smashing upon the (able all (he plates
and dishes used. Adioitrning to seats
under a large tree in the courtyard,
the chief* and their guests watched
Ihc “plays” commence, to the aecojj).
I>animcnt of vigorous and startling
nativo music. Mou dressed ill gro-
teique costumes decorated with belli
mid rattling nutshells, wearing head¬
pieces of bullock*’ horns and goat*’
hair, dancod about, some on foot and
others on stilts; processions of young
men carrying swords and knives
marched two abreast, contorting their
bodies as they wont, while troops of
women and girls walked about singing
funeral chants to Jn-Jn.
Another procession was formed by
the daughters of .Jn Ja, and some of
the prominent cliiofs, attire I in Eng¬
lish military and naval full dress,
Wearing gold epaulets and cocked
hats, and having quantities of valuable
pink coral strung around their per¬
sons. The music, drumming, danc¬
ing and gun tiring were kept up all
the day and the following night. In
a short timo will commence the cere¬
mony of installing the new head chief
of Ju-Ju’s house.—[Liverpool Post.
The Natural Resources of the South.
By tho coiimh statistics the mortal¬
ity among whites for tlio census year
1880 was I t 71 per 1000 for tho whole
United Slates, including the South;
and for the southern slates alone from
Maryland to Louisiana inclusive it
was but 14.04 per 1000. By tho best
of all demonstrations, therefore, tho
South is proving the salubrity of her
climate, tho fertility of her soil, tho
extent of iior natural resources, and
her fitness for the support of a largo
population. An empire in extent, lior
lands are still not one-half occupied.
Her population per square milo aver¬
ages about one-third that of the aver¬
age northern stato, and but one-fifth
(hat of tho more populous ones. The
sole condition which now prevents a
large immigration, both from abroad
and from tlio north-western states,
from taking advantage of the oppor¬
tunities open iu tho South,is ignorance
of the situation. Such ignorance can¬
not be of long duration.
Briefly, there is not elsewhere upon
the globe a territory open to the
Anglo- Saxon race, with such varied
and great resources and such propi¬
tious and easy conditions of lifo and
labor, so abundantly supplied with
rivers, harbors, and with lines of
railroad transportation, or so well lo¬
cated to command tho commerce of
botli hemispheres. The prophecy of
what our people will make of these
advantages in the struggle for com¬
mercial supremacy among the nations
of tho earth is but faintly written in
what lias already been done, under
adverse conditions, by each section
working alono. Now tlioir united
strength will bo brought to bear on
the easiest part of the problem. The
most progressive race on earth—tho
leaders of the world iu science, in in¬
vention,iu wealth, in energy, and in
enterprise—will hero develop the
greatest natural resources under the
most favorable conditions possible.
— [The Forum.
Ingenious Indian Basket Makers.
Tlio Tarratiucs, or Penobscot in.
dians, who live on an island in Hit
river a dozen miles above Bangor,
Mo., are the most ingenious of all
baskot makers, and no chemist bus
produced brighter colors than those
with which the children of tlio forest
adorn tlioir wares. The baskets are
made of thin strips of ash and maple,
tlio latter for rims and handies, and
much of tho work is interwoven with
fragrant sweet grass from tho salt
marshes along the coast. Aider is
steeped for pale red dye, white birch
bark for bright red, cedar boughs for
green, sumac for yellow, white maple
bark for black. A light solution of
maple yields purple instead of black.
Some of the Indian basket makers are
very prosperous. One family of four
cleared $1000, in addition to their liv¬
ing expenses, last year, and in the
parlor of their hou-c is a Brussels
carpet, upholstered furniture, a $400
piano, various expensive ornaments,
lace curtains, Catholic books and pic¬
tures, and u set of Cooper’s novels.
There are many lazy and drunken In¬
dians, but Hie goo l Indians control
the affairs of the tribe, and arc re¬
spected by tho white people.
A Millionaire’s Hon.
It is somewhat rare, declares the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, to find
a millionaire’s son devoted to his
hooks rather than bis pleasures. There
is one such in the house of Vander¬
bilt, and the son of C. I’. Huntington,
described as a “superb specimen of
physical manhood, with a towering
height of six feet four,” devotes eight
hours a day to study. He is especially
interested in Arabic, and is said to
have the finest existing library of
books in that language, a statement
that is of very doubtful accuracy. Mr.
Iluiuington is credited with an ambi¬
tion to write a history of tho AJpors i«
Spain,
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—oar* the —
FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE
$1.00 PER YEAR.
The Last isiuiiilicr.
Jle steeps.
Who sleeps?
You do not know,
Ami I must tell yon soft and low,
My little baby sleeepeth so.
He sleeps.
My oaby sleep* so late!
The little birds awake and sing,
And flit about i/n happy wing.
Ho waketh not for anything.
He sleeps so late,
My baby sloeps.
The noon upon the morn doth wait;
The sun shines full upon the gate;
The bees and birds are in full tune,
And summer life is at its noon—
My heart doth break !
My baby never will awake!
He sleeps.
The lender eve draws near;
Tho lights of home arc shining clear,
But in the churchyard, durk and drear,
My little baby sleeps.
— [Myrta L. Avary, In Atlanta Constitution
HUMOROUS.
Knot iu it—The string.
A work of art—Selling a picture.
Tlio clergyman who lies the nuptial
knot is usually summoned by tho
ringing of a bollo.
‘•I’ll join you in a minule” is win I
the minister said to tho couple who
woro waiting to bo married.
A tenor, who has just arrived from
Europe after a rough voyage, says he
never struck so many high BCas in his
wliolo career as ho did on this ocean
trip.
Btiliinch—How is that littlo mining
scheme of yours getting along? Any
money in it? Wooden—Any money
in it I Well, 1 should say so. All of
mine, all of iny wife’s mid about fifty
thousand that 1 got from my friends.”
Mrs. O'dboy— Oh, you needn’t talk,
John. You was bound to have me.
You can’t say that 1 over rail after
you. Oldboy—Very tr;io, Maria;
and the trap never rims after tho
mouse, but it gathors him ill ail the
same.
Ethel (who is not famous for her
good looks)—I don’t see why you
should call Miss Whitmore plain. I’m
sure 1 only wish 1 were half us good
looking as she is. Fred—You are,
Ethel—you know you are. And Ethel
is wondering whether lie ;r»»'it tc
compliment her.
“What shall you give me, pa,” she said,
“Upon ray wedding day ?"
And pa, with gravity, replied:
“I’ll give you, denr—away.’’
Our National Bird.
It has been proposed lately to orna¬
ment ilie tip of the flagstaff used in the
regular army of tho United States
with the representation in metal of the
bald eagle, which Is tlio emblem of
our republic. The staffs of regimental
standards now tenninato with pikes.
The eagle lias already done duty in
this way upon tho standards of other
nations, a d particularly upon those
of Rome and Franco. The American
eagle, however, is of a different va¬
riety from the eagle of Franco and the
Roman republic. It is of an Ameri¬
can variety—the “bald,” or white-
headed, eagle. The ordinary name of
the bird is a misnomer. It is not bald,
but simply white-houdod, the feathers
on the head and neck of adult speci¬
mens being snowy white.
Tlio honor of first naming this bird
as the emblem of the United States be¬
longs to John J. Audubon, the natur¬
alist, whoso name v/ill he forever
associated with our bird lifo. IIo
called the bald eagle tho “Washington
eagle,” because, lie said, “Washington
was brave, a* I lie eagle is. Like it,
too, lie was tho terror of bis enemies,
and his fame, extending from pole to
pole, resembles the soarings of the
mightiest of ilio feathered tribe. If
America lias reason to be proud of her
Washington, so has she to bo proud of
her great cagio.” Tlio bald eagle,
with wings extended, or “displayed
proper,” a9 it is called in heraldry,
was made (he emblem of the United
States in the year 1785.
Benjamin Franklin did not approve
the ctioice. The bald eagle, lie dc-
clared, was a very ovil-disposed bird,
who would not earn an honest living,
but got bis livelihood by violence, de¬
ceit, and rapine, lie did not consider
such a creature the worthy emblem of
a people who had gallantly driven out
of their country all kindly birds of
prey. Franklin’s cviliciil judgment
did not prevail. It is true, as he de¬
clared, that the bald eagle lives chiefly
by violence and thief, swooping down
upon tlie osprey, and snatching from
Ibis industrious bird the fish that it
bus just caught. But the eagle, on
occasion, can take lish out of the
water with great skill. The eagle is,
moreover, a bird of dignity, as well
os of bravery and bounty, and its
strong attachment-lo its young and to
its home certainly recommends it as
an American emblem. —[Baltimore
Bun, '