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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1891)
aC The Democrat PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY -BT moohe bho»„ CRAWFOKDVILLE, GEORGIA. cr Entered at the jmatoflice i-t Crawford ville. Ga.. ns second-class mail matter. The Statistical Institute of Rome aauouucee that sixty-three per cent, of all Italian* are uuabie to read or write. __ From a comparison of the registe-s of measurements made for army pur¬ poses it appears that American soldiers are, on the whole, as well developed as those who fi.l the ranks of European armies. The tax commission proves Hint the City of Berlin has now 200 million¬ aires in its population, being 21 more than at the beginning of Ihe present year and 50 more than in 1880. The German army is so badly pro¬ vided with officers that the Emperor has issued an ordinance by which the numb »r will be increased during the next f ;w years and the term of in¬ struction in ti»e military academies will be ehor'ened. There is no truth in the alleged de¬ struction of (tiePyramids for building material. The real facts are that the loose sloues accumulated at the base are being rein >ved to lay b ise the low¬ est courses and display the Pyramids iogveatet advaiiage. It is said that Australia is now lead¬ ing (lie civilized world. They have adopted the eight-hour law, settled the railroad problem, and have secure l &t> ho iesfc ballot, and the world is looking to Audrulia for now ideas in reforms. Who, asks the Western 11 - corder, would havq thought of it. Japan excels iu acrobats and fiin dostau in beast tamers, but China stands unrivalled for sleight-of-hand tricksters of the mysterious and in comprehensible kind. The magicians of the Fiowery Kingdom seem to form a special guild and transmit their trade secrets from generation to feneration. The feat of c.irrying tho mails from 1 Yew York to -L ovdo-U- .iu. <!sr& - >»as just been I'erformcd, and already there is talk of reducing the time to six days. People will not be satisfied, however, believes the Chicago Herald, uutil a pneumatic tube is laid across the Atlantic which will carry the mail bags from one continent to toe other la un hour or two. CLiof Forest Mas^r Kessler lately dccla ed iu Berlin th n the present rate of forest destruotiopi lould exhaust the good sized timber .ck*’ the Untied States in 40 years. A* tlie present time forest covers only 1! per cent, of (he United States, while 20 per cent, of the German E npire is so covered. The great waste means not only loss of wealth, but deterioration of climatic couditious and fertility of the soil. Some stir has recently been caused in Scotcli educational circles by a pro" posal to try to enliven the deadly duil ness of the ancient languages by in troducing a system of conversational instruction. Brofe-sor Blackie has plunged into the subject with his tisii «tl nerve, and characteristically oilers to write a suitable handbook of dia¬ logues if 100 teachers will promise !o use it. The professor lias for some time indulged in oral instruction of bis j.upilsiu Greek. Thirty years ago Denver, Col., con¬ sisted of a miners' camp and one ealoou; now it is talking about the time in the near fit ure when it wMlbe a bigger city than Chicago, it covers an area of fifteen miles square, oi 225 •equate miles, aud has a population ol nearly 150,000. It has rn unusually -large number of splendid bui dings, and it* prosperity is of the most solid character. Its citizens point to the fact that many Eastern capitalists are making permanent investments iu itas evidence that its growth is not of a mushroom character. The population of England is very largely in-cities, as may he expected from its enormous tnanufactir ing in dustrics. But it sound- rather stramre ly to be told, acknowledges the Bos* Ion Cultivator, that the rural or agri cultural E.igland is very sparsely populated. Yet this appears to be Ihe fact. Enormous tract* of fertile land are held for game preserves and in fore-t, and support comparatively few people. When these acres are made available for cultivation the farm pro¬ duets aud farm population of England Will largely increase. THE DEMOCRAT, CRAW FORD VTLLE. GEORGIA. ■ ■ ■ 1 — ■— - _______ ___- — Growing Reconciled. When her husband first departed Widow Blaeke was very sad; You'd have thought her broken hearted Such a mournful way she had. Oh, the sorrow other sighing! Oh, how wearily she smiled! People thought: "Witu grief she’s dying, She will ne'er grow reconciled.” Now, if you will closely scan her, You, perhaps, may note a change; Something,iu her dress or manner Out of sorrow’s widest range, Widow Blaeke's hut three and twenty— Why, she's nothing hut a child; One year’s mourning is a pieuty, Is she growing reconciled? Seems to me the ashy whiteness On her cheek is givi"g way To a hue of healthy brightness, Waxing deeper, day by day. Gossips say, and it’s a pity. That her cheeks with paint are pilefi Widow Blaeke is vi rv pretty— Is she growing reconciled? Near the grave where B ! acke repose* l was strolling yesternight, Ancj I spied a hunch of roses Near the headstone—withered quite. Roses are so very fleeting! So are griefs, if deep or jn>U, And I couldn't help repeating, ‘•Is she growing reconciled?” Then her mourning. I’m not sure Whether pride or grief it shows, Mourning’s so becoming to her, Such a foil for pink and ro e! Who’s that promenading yonder? Widow Blaeke and M jor Wilde? No! It is though, for a wonder, She is growing reconciled. — [George Horton in Chicago Herald. Tip Padgetts' Mistake. BT WILLIAM PEUET BWOWN. There were leagues upon leagues ol brown am! blue mountains rolling, as it were, into infinity on every hand. All were wooded, imijosdc, solitary: not a sign of? man or his works, ap¬ parently, mors than if man Imd ncvci been. Tho savage grandeur of th* 8ce;:n was equalled only by its lsmel - nesfj Yet in a wooded cleft just under the crest of die “Black. Dome,” nestled! i s i all cabin, with a “shed-room” art Inched. I i the doorway stood an el¬ derly, cure,worn-!.'sol; iirg woman, v lib g fize d down upon a- reckling trail, thin lo.-t ilself beneath file biwh and niaplei trees studding Ihe hollow Mopes, whic'v trended rapidly do van wavdi towards th* narrow valley far below Tie afternoon sun half blinded eyes, though beyond (Its* immediate tree-lops four score uiie- of bii owy jyjldejrtiessjay •nrivekbctie-ii.!-. l.iVe <>:< •pew n»a;>. She sighi. at) e.igih, and turns to a lieavily-l:««rde»l. man who sat near the door, i Idle peddler’s pack rested upon t oe Hoorn “I'm always uneasy about the old man when he’s otTin ihe woods,” she paid. “Spesh'ly siaeo the revnoo’s ean ied his only son elf to*prison years hid years ago. Poor MMa^I He’s dead now.” Slw) siglicd again,sad' the-naan asko I quick y— “You're sure lie’s dead-,. 1 reckon?” “That’s what ever’one :d3.ows. Tip ' Padgett—that’s (he old hus¬ um, my band—he w s a widower then. Him ’nd me—we’uns got. married ufle. j wards. You see I m his :*econd wife Bui they fetched Tip wot4 Shut Milus got killed a tryi"’ to run away outer. the chain-g ng at Maslivilile. He wti* | Rut ,l0 ° that- 111 a for shoo lo! out-of the reve ' “1 s'poso yn don't want tor buy nothin',” he n-kenl, after a j>aiise while iie busied ItMiiudf with* bia pack “You belter hold on ’tel Sereny gits back. Ste likes fancy fixin’s—! 1 don't.” “Sereny—who's she?” inquired peddler, still keeping his face over his |•nek. “Sereny Barker. Site’s the gal Mi¬ las was to marry. She stops iong of us now, ’nd you’re ihe fust peddieif as evi r come out in these wild mountains, I know. Presently a lank, white-haired old manentoredthecc.bin. Hi-* face was deejilv wrinkled, and his sombre, un¬ restful eyes were deep set beneath shaggy br >ws. lie glanced at the peddler suspiciously aud, after an in¬ different greeting, seated himself in one corner. Then a pensive-featured girl of two or three and twenty years eame in, and began to busy herself about preparing supper, without a word. The family seemed taciturn and di pressed, yet this did not affect the x’ranger’s loquacity. He talked glibly in au off-hand way of various hap¬ penings of his own in the mountains. The old man returned no answer, but deliberately occupied himseif with cleaning his long, old-fashioned rifle. “Pap nre a gettiu’ queer ajn,” whispered the elder woman to the peddier. “Y'e inus’n't notice him. Ever seuce his s<»n Milus was tooken off. he’* after lookin’ on all stringers as if they we.e spies and revenoos.” After the sup; ** wa* finished aud tlie diohea put aw ay die old woman weut to bed. Tlie peddler rega ,iei “Sereny” with a number ot ,[ t . :ibout the great outsido wot hi, who e in she had never mingled, while ok Mr. Padgett sal absorbed, appareu. I.v. iin gloomy meditations. At timeslhi testified, with n gesture of impir. • his disapproval of the talk that » going on, whereat the girl woi!! whisper: | “Don’t ye mind the old man. fit can't help bein’ nosheny, but 1, 1. ;' mean no harm.” After a while Padgett arose, piel iu up his ride and went to the door. “Whar be ye goin’ now?’’ as., ;< Sereny anxiously. “Hit’s a qu. • light. Ilatln’t ye orter be in bed?’l Padgett fidgeted restlessly and s i. he “’lowed to go ’nd set for a 1^ t hat was a talcin' the hogs down in] cove.” Then he withdrew, after ; .hull vindictive glance at the stranq r. “Old man don't seem to like nil,' enmrlced the lat er. V “Hit’s kase lie’s teciied in the hilr ■vorsin -o Mi. ns were killed. 1 reckV io think i you're a spy, or sit • p'n el just as mean. But, seems like it's g i tut’ long towards bedtime now.” She lighted a pine-knot torch, » • i-hered ihe peddler into .lie she ■ootn, wherein was a narrow bed tin was placed beside a small open wi ‘L low. Thrusting the torch betwiT he logs, she started to leave, \v hr* fV8 peddler laid his hand upon If 1 /’ inn. “Think you’ve ever seed mo b, fore?” lie asked. Tfte girl regarded him in some a n tonishnient. Tiw heavy beard, th weatherbeaten features were unfa niliar but ometitiug abou Ids v*iol iad vaguely troubled her with Snduf* ait© sugges ions, t;*o remote, ho-wove. to be otherwise than fleetisig and ilM usury. “Not ryn I knows on,” silo roUwused. ••Good n'ght t> ye.” -i '* She left the room while (“He ped i •milling to» himself, .closed the c ■ * placed his p-ek undewtlie bed* aud pu | , : ml the tor fir. Tak.ugmtT Iu coat? and shoes, he I w down upon the covrmh -for the *1.1 was „ arm—*mil looked! at the f vd moon, hen aadl^g tin-. ! psdly over the summit of the gif>:v ;nwwitifaiu behind th»- lion e. nin whitc-barkedl hircii trees glrtrtfiCd bk ! silver; the sofdy rustling leaves shin. -.«» **d benea iii the pa!e< lustvvv *f ’I ini *. The •,« Idler w ae- w oavy, p\ ■jjf m.irasie’s beauty jirtcie*l.. :un» wot. He smn fe ! tvsleopii.y f his 1 .I>inabors worn*resile .» it !»* laM>/ j luiied witii utflttvo v d sHurrs* Sfeanvvhiie Ms last .words trouhhsi f-8e*e»y,” thwugli shun hardy know ,vhy. She .lin’d notu slcof.* She ■nought of t;.« old loan si i d abroad) imt of his I6alf-iusane vngaries, and otivatie wandc 'ings. 'i he so-uad of i’ik peddler's snorjng soon came* tlirough iihe chinks of das logs, III* Joor nmf window wet 'i> unf,is.on«d, and she' igrew uneasy, 8iippos!)>tl.:.t some ftiwE den, irrespo issihlc s sspieion shovfid Ser».]*t old man Pa.lget ?’ Might he no; » some viol sane lo t.He slo.sping | fd filer? The fsap’eme isolation of titan lives had quickened ids- mt.ihid iim tes more than once- inis*' irrational I. x ,of* dislike to filing si ixu> j: ! He e.itleu lJr il6euueJ the nan | gers. .vs one connseted with, the hated gov j era uent Mirvioe,. whose nflieinls* bad t , lllHrwB(l> . t)l0t uauM uf his awn's , . t “S 1 re11' ti11fd>1»• to (^*»11 her .vars, at lii't rose from her hud and s!ip]>ed out at thi fr nt door. She intended ro close idle peddler’* window and perhaps waken him with a request ihat lie should' fasten kia door. Steal ! iug along the side (of the cab wall I she pk.ued lien-ham) upon the i-lcUer when an> ij«»]*UiW. at vvImcSi sir blushed, proio-pted ht*r to glai-'c* jih in. Hhe etippreared a cry with great dif Acuity. The ; edd.er’s beard had Edit off, cx|S)sirig smoolh-shav»n, an for* gotten features, though the remem¬ brance was accompanied Gy a super-i stilions thrill and an after pang, leak the vision should be only a vision. Before , she , cou’d , move, „ or cicarlv, a steahhv, cre.king footstep sounded in the little back porch. She hcard the latch of the shed room door lifted. Again her f oughts of the Iialf insane old man were punetured with immediate suspicion. Uttering a. low cry of fear, she has¬ tened ro..!id (fie corner of the liou*( i into the porch. The door was open and she saw Tip Padgett bending ove the sleeping peddler, with one arm up-aised, while unintelligible muiter ings fell from bis lips. She sprang HI the uplifted arm, flinging open as wel ihe shutters siie had just closed “It’s Milu—Milus! it’s your own son Milu-.! Can't ye zee?* The old man’s snarl of anger at this interruption subsided into a jtitcoi moan, ns the moonlight fell on the US concealed lace of his boy—his onh did. A knife which he had poised, [popped to the floor with a crash. Plie wakening peddler stared upward u amazement, “Sereny,” mean virile, clung to the old ma t like a eerh. There was an Instant pregnant , q, suspense, anticipation, and a , rible comprehension, Then the father fell prone upon the, >eil like one dead, while ove* his form he peddler clasped Serena in his arms; vho, half fainting, yet iclieved, could >nly mui nier: “Oh, Milus, Milus! To think of i’s bein’ you, after all! And your ■ap, as fairly worshipped ye—he night have killed ve.” But by breakfast time all had been u.isfae only explained. Milas had iceu wounded, not killed, and liad nade his escape, lie had gone (o Yrizoiia and remained theic under an ssumed name, until finally pardoned hroiigh the efforts if friend*, whom list father did not know, lie then nine back; but to test the real feelings f the homo folks regarding him, he .ssumed the guise of a peddler, “Thar's only one way, Milus,” said iis father, who, though weak and un inrved, was more him-elf than he had >een for years, “tliar’a only one way or me ter git over this affair. That's ;r you and Sereny ter git married fight strait. Sereny have waited for o a long lime, ’nd me ’nd the old wo min* won’t rest satisfied ’tail you’re man mi! wife.” So on the following Sunday, Milus nd ‘‘Sereny” dressed up, and walked iglit miles to the Maced my Meet in’ muse. When they relumed, “Sereny ’arker” Imd vanished forever, but in lei place a tin iful wife followed her iiisbaml' into the lirilo c ibhr under the Hack Dome, and Ihe old man yested a'.LfietL— [Yankee Blade. Bal.ttoral Cast lev Balmoral castle issiina:e>l in a beau I 1 drfL in Praemar, thu southwest rie.t of Aberdeenslwra, on a > ...and platfotuw that slopes gaudy Sown from the base of Ouigcngowuii m the margin of tho River Deo in T, ‘ c cftstle command* a mug. •«•**“ P»™l»o*o« «" *idoi. In 1843 l’rinea Albert parchaseiTtho reversion of a thirty-year leas© from he representatives of Sir Robert Gor Ion, ivho ha., held it under tho Earl Fife red ?•• i8*>2 he acquired the co si up;*• ii'tho Idle ' o;n> th*. W.f8» ?XT‘tr* frima. ohVrast ■ wot being wuII.■ i ' ■ dr rcyal faforty. [j m :Ai.ert< :tcd new-oneatiliis o : a f> i. expanse :n what is called tho icottisli Uaronisd Jyle of aychitectuve. The castlja- oonsssta of two . w-paa**** pi. cks of build'ng», united by vzings, a..d a massive Sower thirty-five feet , !sjjuaro rising to ounted. tho by height tiurret ot i eighty feel, big-lit wtrr) a ■ ‘1 twenty fact At a distunes (he castle, which is ! jouilt of grnnit-sy has a et/rong and iin- j posing : ppeuranee, looking almost as ; if it had been hewn out of one. I.uge ] rock of i that, malefic 1 l 'Tho- estate ! now include* Birkhalh, Knock Cast e , rniiiR, I touch du’.ck anl “Davk, Loci.- | iiBgnr,”"eelehr,»t d I.v Byron, and eon- i about MOD aero*, in addition r 30,0y0iimi'on of h >d ground which i nave been uwwvertet'J into a deer for- ; esl.— ■< liieago I’ost. f r l!hft Best Carriage Horse., ‘•The beat carriage horse” iw de scribodi by H. C. Mt.vwin ir. “Carriage I lorsas lusit Colt?iu t j# Atiautin Mouthy, ns follow •: W.lmtevt-r tho »ize of iho horse, uidi whatever tke use for which In; iisiutondud: whether lie is to ho a l»i;.fi. showy c >acT;r, or a. fnat-stejs barouche lijrae, or a,usoful. me¬ mu-sized, or a stout o«« for a ittgitnin, or a showy otus for ft pl«'" l >». «•' a'l-day nag for a com . tfivelv light carrliige ami king drives; whetl cr he is tu imr n horse, a cob, or a pomr, let hii.i hjvo I\m in -md energy, the outaard grace and ” f bone and muscle that ^ “ ‘l*** 1 * ( ’ f or Arab blood can supply. lanlf-bied horses—• avoiding ... the auguMuy , of the racer the cart hor.e are not only the moot us. ful, but the ".on Wut.ful, the wor.d over. Insect 1 lestricUjf. Renewed attention has. been directed to Minie curious experiments mud s twenty-five years ago by M. Nicolas Wagner. It was then demon-traied that fixed electric currents exist iu Ihe wings of butterflies, and that (he color *• currents. Ihe reds into orange, and blacks into reds, and a constant battery produced -pots varying in shape with he - length of the current. By means of electric i‘v, it was aHo possible lo produce a kind of atrophy, and to change the shape of the wings.—[Trenton (YJ.) American. DUCK-SIiOOTLRS. Professional Hunters and Bush¬ whackers at Work. Tho Came Lured to the “sink Box” by Iron Decoy Ducks. Duck-shooters are of two classes— professionals and bushwhackers. The “proiessional” lias a much more expen¬ sive and elaborate paraphernalia than the other. He has what is called » “sink-box.” Thi* is a large scow, with outriggers all around it, sup¬ porting a platform of planks. The scow is so ballasted that its gunwales are only a couple of inches above water. In .lie bottom of this scow the gunners lie, only their heads visible. St ill further to conceal them they have screens of grass or wicker-work, or canvas painted green an i brown, sur¬ rounding them oil the raft. This siraugo craft is anchored, and in ii the gunners wait, in perfect am¬ bush, tuuil a flock of ducks is w.thin good range. Then they both—there are usually two gunners iu each “sink box''—blaze away with both barrels of their guns. The most scientific me hod is to fire o ie barrel at them on the water and the oilier as they rise iu the air above the smok •. It is not un¬ common for as many us fifty birds to be brought down by a single volley of four barrels. To lure the fowl within ran.'O the “sink-box” gunners use decoy ducks. Formerly iheso were al* wade of wood, and the gunners used to carve them out by hand during the summer, but now hollow iron ones are mo-tly used. They do not float ns naturally as the wooden ones, but they do not gel full of shot-hole' 1 , and therefore last longer and need less repairing tlien tlie other-'. Sometimes as many as two hundred of these decoys are with using!.) “sin ,-box” and are scattered over tho water for half a mile. Tho decoys arc usually linked to¬ gether by means of cords or nedin.', and are gently drawn in toward the ambush, (lie wild-fowl following them until within easy range. Some gun¬ ners use a sort of small cannon, with a long barrel, mounted oil a swivel. This throws a charge of shot five or ■I*, perhaps ten. ti mes as in eat aa an I rdtuary iFiiii, imd fcHlfjJTTters theiTYwl .'liolesale. But it cannot he regarded i a sportsinaaliko device, anil should be discountenanced by ult who love for sport’s sake. The bushwhackers also work in «* '..oil. is W-* TtafiP-gs-v *< : .7!7?ik-hox,” a small, low-lying, .smoothly-gliding craft. Il also is 'masked with screen* or hushes Cost ,,d around tho gunwale. One mm. in the bow does the shooting while the other at the stern steers and propels ib** craft. They use wooden d-coys, n , >t more tliiiu forty or fifty in a flock, Hll( ] || l( . s o m e anchored in a group, q ]„. u « t in the boat t ,ko tl.eir place a (, 8( mte distance ami wait for birds j,> approacli the decoy*. When a largo flock lias gathered they urge the “suc:tk-box" down to H ’iihin range, and the gunner fires one barrel at them on llm wider and the other as they rise to !ly. Soli. iin>e h «... d.eoys are used at nil, but the “siieuk-l.ox” is simply paddled nr mid or allowed to drift to wherever a flock of birds is seen. ()f course there nr,, many gunners who u.-e no boats.— [New York Tribune. Persia’s Handsome Slm’i. The Shat, lives iu Teheran in great style, lie has a targe palace ami as many a* seventy-live wives. He is a very good-looking nun—part Tartar, 'Turk and Koord— w .icl. is iho finest specimen of physical manhood found in Asia. He is not very tall, has very l.l .ck eves and a flue black mustache, His dress is ho!l. «f European and Asiatic style, lie wo ,r* tho-hirt and pantaloons of the European, it coat with a waist like a J Vince Albert coat, but t has a very fullsKirt gadiced on. He wears European s nos and a Per¬ sian cup of usirakaii. H.s outer robe is of Persian silk aud lined with sable fur. He is a very liberal man in re¬ gard to opinion*, for a Mahometan, He is very progressive, but can do nothing without the consent «>r . ihe . mullahs, he >s bound , entirely . , " ’ as lie . ... , . .. ^ them. is vi.iv 1,, “ l > " s p,e. and be gave the Lhn-nans money to establish a church. He is obliged t., show the Chri-tnins , some favor*.— . ................ Poor Throwers. j a ,k_Why are you looking so sad? „„ w Maud throwing sly glances at Harry to-night. ' .lack—Clieer up. Jl was doubtless f r you H ,, e Ilic;ult t j, elnf though |j v . rr v got tlwm. Wotneii never can , straight, you ku >\f. Sheep-Eating Parrots. * ur ously enough there seems never ro have been any animals in New Zea and in early days, save a sort of bat that presumably flew across Australia. 'There was a parrot which could never in those limes have had any opportuni¬ ties for flesh feeding on this account, and I is diet was composed of fruits and seeds. When the country became settled by ihe whites and sheep herd¬ ing was made a big industry there, something happened that puzzled and worried the shepherds greatly. They found many of their slice]) wounded or dying from unaccountable soves iu iheir hacks, and it was not for a long time that they discovered the cause. It stems that during one winter, which was very unusually severe, most of the fruits and seeds upon which the parrots had been accustomed to de¬ pend were destroyed, : ml the birds were driven to seek other means of sustenance. This was discovered by those of them which survived in the carcasses of slaughtered sheep. They found certain par.'s of (lie meat to the r tasie and acquired a liking for it so thoroughly that they never cared to go buck to the vogot tile diet. Consequently, they made a business in su sequent seasons of attacking tho living flocks and Idling out tho flesh of the beasts with their s rong beaks, choosing the portions in the neighbor¬ hood of ihe small of tho hack, where the fat about the kidneys was espec¬ ially succulent. When tnis was found out a bounty was set on these parrots, and it still remain* at a liberal figure in die colony today. In New Guinea and certain outlying islands ihere are small ‘but purrokeets/ which sleep hanging by die feel, bead downward. Our Cn.olinn parokeets do just the opposite, hanging at night by the hooks on the ends of their bills, which they stick imo crevices or wherever may be convenient.—[Wash¬ ington Star. Hrav ly Ilolted the Caterpillar. A veteran who hml been through Imlf a dozen campaigns, and was very particulrr about what lie a c, was in¬ vited r ut to a grand dinnerparty. 11a sat almost directly opposite the host¬ ess, and was painfully conscious that every move lie made could be ' b-erved by her. Suddenly, at Ihe height of the festivities, the veteran came iierosa * 0A'/”'"i ti — •• ! 1 1 s salad. A ford’ _ glance ut ih IioSTcs tlmt she, too, Jmd discovered tho em¬ barrassing circniiisiunco. It was a critical moment, but tho old soldier was equal to Ihe occasion, Without i hanging a muscle he gathered up tho 'invipillni will, a forkful of salad and BWatnl <r*-. v tl| The, look of g atl iiule which he reoeiWm I *, . dun a lew minutes Inter W lined 1.1* iieart. Jt. duo time the story leaked out, and when Homebody a-ked the old campaignuf how he liked eaterpillar salad the reply came like a rod-hot shot: “l)o you take me for a mau who would spoil a dinner party for a little thing like a caterpillar?’'—[Chi cago Herald. What I", nstltulc* a Nation. Fifty millions ot people on three millions of square territory do not con¬ stitute the United Stales of America. A million or so of people occupying twenty-one t'.ousaud square miles did not constitute Greece. It was Iho Greeks who eoliKlitul. d Gre.e©; it is Americans who constitute America. So many peoj.le thrown together on one territory no iii >re make a nation Ilian so many blocks of stone thrown together in a j.ile make a temple, or so inauv type* in pi a book, or so many threads in a tangle a fabric. Every nation hat* iis own distinguish¬ ing features, its own type of character, it* own com-ciousiio s, its own life, To constitute a nation there must be »"t »>»>>' people and land and laws, hut law* that *'« self-evolved, liien.tur* that i* Ihe expression of national life, language fitted to express <hat life, aud therefore a life to bo expressed, The Bright Mde. Look on the bright side. It is the right side. The times may he hard, hut it wilt make them no easier to wear a gloomy and sad countenance. It is the sunshine and not the cloud that mikes the flower. The sky in blue ten times when it is black once, ,, You lutve troubles; ... *o . have other*, ,, Noncare free . from , them. ... I rouble .. gives J sinew and tone to life—fortune (o Tliat wouU1 ba a dil l sea, and ... the railor would ,, nevor get skill, where there nothing , . to was ills;urh the surface of the ocean. What though things look it little dark the '*»« will turn, and night will end in a broad day. There D more virtue in one sunbeam than iu a whole licini^ phere of clouds aud gloom. See how the r i-t flee* be ore the brightness ot one little darting ray. So w 11 trouble disappear before tho evtr-chctrful.—
