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THE MILLER’S SON.
"Wh
l hv is is the birds sing sweeter
Why is the sky so bright?
to-day V
Why is it that time flies fleeter to-day,
And tho moments are winged with de
light?
All the day long
She is thinking of one,
None so handsome and strong—
The miller’s son.
Jfor he loves her, he loves her; and, whis
per it low,
'Twos only last nignt that he told her so!
To what is her heart set dancing to-day,
Hark to that glad refrain !
How oft in the glass she’s glancing to-dny,
And eagerly watching the lane.
Home, home agsin,
All his duties well done,
Comes the noblest of men—
The miller’s son ! .
Oh I he’s coming, he's coming, he's well on
the way ;
And to-morrow, to-morrow's the wedding
day.
Why is it she lies there so cold, still and
white?
What is it has turned her glad noon into
night ?
Off' into space
k The swift engine rushed
* With a mighty leap!
Then down, down, down 1
t To kill and drown :
No moment of grace;
But mangled and crushed,
Heap upon heap!
And* tho foremost one
Was the miller's son !
More bright grow her eyes and more faint
grows her breath ;
she marries, she marries the bride-
And
e marries,
groom—Death
Stress of Weather.
Of course it was .very cold, but fine,
seasonable weather. - So said each of
the three middle-aged gentlemen as
.they drew themselves up for a final
warm at their dining-room fires, waited
on by sncli feminine slaves as happened
to exist for them in the shape of wives,
daughters or housekeepers. What a
hero a man must feel who sees his mit
tens laid in the fender, his great coat
heated, and regretful admiration in tin*
surrounding countenances !
Arrived at the railway station, and
deprived of their natural worship, these
three men wer$ just as ordinary, com
fortable-looking citizens as you could
• well meet with. They were all
strangers to each other, and chanced at
the same hour to book themselves for
Paddington ; all doing it cheerily, for
how could they tell what was going to
happen ! There was- a look of having
outwitted somebody—a complacent
look"—on Mr. Dolman’s countenance as
he pocketed his ticket and purchased
his newspaper. “I’ll drop in upon
them before breakfast,” he muttered to
himself, with a self-satisfied nod. Mr.
Weaver secured neither a Times nor a
Telegraph, but the latest edition of a
scientific journal. Mr. Podbury sup
plied himself with Punch, Fun and
Truth; laughter and polite lies being
his usual requirements for a happy
journey.
Then the"? three middle-aged gentle
men got flito the same first-class com
partment, obtained steaming hot tins
for their feet, and occupied the minutes
before starting their sixty-miles journey
in rolling themselves in stout railway
rugs. The whistle sounded, the train
moved with a prophetic groan, and
each man, like a true Briton, opened
wide his newspaper and shut out any
possible sight of his fellow-travelers.
An hour later the newspapers are
dropped, and the gentlemen are all en
gaged in forming, their own private
opinions as to thJ^HR^ing of a very
fierce wind that has risen, and is now
engaged in blowing snow as fine as
sifted sugar through the cracks in the
carriage windows. Mr. Podbury, in
deed, changed his seat, having a clear
objection to being ornamented like a
Christmas cake. At last he—the most
genial of the three men—spoke.
“Never saw such a sky! Full of
snow I”
“Humph! think it’s getting
thicker?” inquired Mr. Dolman.
“Thicker, sir ?” broke in Mr. Weaver,
solemnly. “There are evidences about
us that the elements are preparing for a
struggle—a great struggle, sir.”
At this pronounced opinion from so
evidently scientific a man, Mr. Dolman
looked in aitiazement at his opposite
neighbor. Mr. Podbury laughed cheer-
ily.
“Good gracious! Cats and dogs, I
dare say, in snow form !” A great swirl
of wind drove the snow hard against
the glass as lie s}>oke, and, tor a min
ute or so the windows were blinded.
Slower and slower moved the train, and
finally stopped.
“What now?” cried Mr. Dolman, as
he and Mr. Podbury thrust their heads
, out of opposite windows and as suddenly
J drew them in again. A guard plodding
his way along and bending to the temp
est, showed the most remarkable in
stance of railway-otticial-forbearancaon
record, for he waited to hear and an
swer the two heads out of one and the
same window.
“Why have you stopped, guard ?”
asked the one.
“Why don’t you go on, guard ?”
asked the other.
“We’re fast in a drift, sirs, and can't
get no further.”
At this astounding news the ques
tioners became momentarily dumb;
even from Mr. Podbury’s cheerful face
the light died out.
“It’s disgraceful!—to-day of all days,
guard—I shall he too late, after all!”
hurst forth Mr. Dolman in angry re
proach. But the guard passed quietly
onward, and the gentlemen shut up the
window.
The only one of the three who wore
an air of comfort and composure was
Mr. Weaver. He read a short para
graph in his scientific journal, and mur
mured to himself:
“Most interesting ! Wonderful!”
“What is, sir?” testily inquired Mr.
Dolman. “Our being - stuck in the
snow ?”
Mr. Weaver glanced up from his rev
erie with a mild remark ; “I have been
engaged for some years in the study of
the Glacial period, sir. As it was in the
past it will undoubtedly be again. I see
a beautiful corroboration in the scene
around me of the evident near approach
of the extraordinary cold phenomena we
are led by the most learned of our men
to expect.”
“Every one to his taste,” cried Mr.
Podbury, shivering. “I bate ice my
self,” and lie drew out a well-filled
pocket-liask. Mr. Dolman, evidently
put out by some private, serious com
plication, frowned and glowered silent
ly. The snow was getting uncom
monly deep, and presently the guard
appeared again.
“No chance of moving, gentlemen,
till we can get some men to dig us out.
Nearest station just one mile off.”
And away he went.
“Does the fellow think we can
walk ?” demanded Mr. Dolman of Mr.
Podbury.
“No, no. We must grin and bear
it.”
“I can't bear it, sir!” said Mr. Dol
man, unreasonably. “If I don’t get to
Paddington in an hour, my niece and
my neice’s fortune will be lost to me
forever.’
“Good gracious!” exclaimed Mr.
Podbury, with keen pleasure at this
chance of a little amusing scandal,
“how’s that, sir?” Even the Glacial
Period man looked across with mild
interest.
“My piece, a charming young lady,
is also my ward,” said Mr. Dolman
L have always intended that she
should marry my son. Unfortunately
was persuaded to allow the girl to
into a permanent glacial monument he
would have done it. That he should ip
his storm-bound desperation have con
fided his hopes and their disappoint
ment to the father of that young rascal,
Weaver!
But the snow got worse and worse.
They reached Reading toward nightfall,
and there Mr. Dolman stopped, wildly
desirous to send off telegrams; one of
reproach to his wicked niece, one to his
home to say he was not lost. As the
wires were damaged by the storm he
| could not send either. He made his
; way to a hotel in the town, and went to
bed, roughly desiring the. chambermaid
not to call him until the line was clear
for him to get home. As the young
woman did not know where he lived
she wisely remarked that it might he a
week or more : to which he sulkily re
plied he didn’t cafe if it were ten. The
girl looked a moment at the door as it
closed, and then nodded her head know
ingly.
“ ’E looks old, but there’s no mistake
in the symptoms. ‘E’s bin and pro
posed to some one, and she won’t have
him ?”—Tinsley's Magazine.
visit her aunt—one of those dreadful
women who act for themselves and
think they are cleverer than.men ; and,
under this misguided person’s roof she
lias been permitted to renew a girlisl^
love affair of which I had entirely dis
approved and put a stop to. The re
sult is that they are to be married this
morning at Paddington Church at half
past 11. A clerk of mine found that
out and telegraphed for me, so that I
might be in time to stop the mischief.
And I slioi^d have been in time but for
this—this ” and finding no adequate
word ready to express his wrath, Mr.
Dolman glared fiercely out at the fair
but impeding snow wreaths.
“ It’s an ill wind that blows nobody
any good,” smiled Mr. Podbury, with
an attempt at pleasantry, which the
aggrieved uncle bitterly resented.
“How jolly glad the young couple will
be, sir, when they hear that you stuck
fast on the right side of Reading - !”
“Ugh!” growled the miserable Mr.
Dolman. “Her money’s all tied up!
that’s one comfort. Young Weaver
can’t make ducks and drakes of it!”
“Weaver, sir?” said the scientific
gentleman, with difficulty recalling
himself from antediluvian dreams;
“That’s my name—and my son, Tom
Weaver, of the Engineers, is going to
be married to-day. L was on my way
to be present at the wedding, lie is a
downright good fellow, sir, and the
pretty young girl is Mary Dolman.”
“Good gracious?” cried Mr. Pod
bury, laughing heartily, “one on hisl 1
way to assist, the other to prevent, and
both stopped by the snow ! Ha! ha! ha
1 must say it’s good !”
If Mr. Dolman could have roasted
Mr. Podbury and converted Mr. Weaver
Children's Droll Sayings.
Children’s remarks are at times even
more entertaining than their comical
queries and replies.
A Blue Cow.—One of the two
children who were amusing themselves
by coloring pictures, suddenly exclaim
ed :—
“ How stupid of you to paint that
cow blue!”
“ Oh, it’s blue with the cold !” quick
ly observed the other. “ Don’t you see
it is winter, and the poor thing is most
frozen !”
A Good Time To Writs It Down.
—A little girl on being told something
which greatly amused her, said that
“ She would remember it the whole of
her life, and when she forgot it she
would write it down.”
Very Considerate.—A gentleman
had a cat which had five kittens. On
ordering three of them to be drowned,
his little boy said : “Pa, do not throw
them into cold water. Warm it first;
they may catch cold.”
Opinions of Old Folks.—The fol
lowing remark Of a little girl shows an
opinion of her elders the reverse of flat
tering :—
“Oh dear,” she exclaimed to her
doll, “ I never saw such an uneasy
thing in all my life. Why don’t you
act like grown folks, and be still and
stupid for awhile ?”
In contrast with this was the delicate
compliment which a little boy paid to
his*mother. The family were discuss
ing at the supper table the qualities
which go to make up a good wife. No
body thought that the little fellow had
been listening, or could understand the
talk, until he leaned over the table and
kissed his mother and said :—
“ Mamma, when I get big enough
I’m going to marry a lady just exactly
like you.”—Christian at Work.
A Gentle Hint.—A small boy of
four summers was riding on a hobby
horse with a companion. He was seat
ed rather uncomfortably on the horse's
neck. After a reflective pause he said :
“ I ft link if one of us gets off, I could
ride much better.”
Death and Life.—A little foiu-
years-old boy was greatly troubled
with the idea of dying, having been
told that everyone must die sometimq.
“ Will papa die sometime ?” “ Yes.”
“Will grandma die too?’’ “Yes,
dear, sometime.” “Will Auntie die?”
“Yes.” So he went through with the
family, mournfully asking about each
one, then suddenly brightening up, he
said, “Then God will hah to make
some more folks! He will hah to!”—
Pittsburg Catholic.
His Lordship Declined.
Like many other professional “wits,”
Sergeant Ballantine never takes a joke
against himself kindly. On one occa
sion he had a lady client with the pecu
liar name of Tickle, for whom he ap
peared before the late Baron Martin in
a breach of promise case. A point of
law arose, and Mr. Ballantine began an
address to the Judge iu these words:
“Tickle, my client, my lord—” Here
he was interrupted by his lordship’s
saying: “Tickle her yourself, my
learned brother.” Everybody in the
Court roared with laughter except Mr.
Ballantine, who looked glum and was
very grumpy throughout the day.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Sa le—W a rranty — Representa
tions.—The purchaser of a reaping
machine sued the vender for damages
upon the warranty he had given. The
defense wits that there was no warranty
given. On the trial of the case—Neave
vs. Arntz—the plaintiff proved that the
defendant in the negotiations for the
sale represented that the reaper was
one of the best machines made and of
great efficiency, and he got a judgment.
The defendant appealed to the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin, which affirmed the
judgment. Judge Oassaday, in the
opinion, said : “Undoubtedly any as
sertion or affirmation made by the
seller to the purchaser during the nego
tiations to effect the sale respecting the
quality of the article or the efficiency of
the machine sold will he regarded as a
warranty if relied upon by the pur
chaser in buying. Here the negotiations
were conducted by the seller in person :
the words employed were his own.
While he denies giving a warranty lie
admits using the words proven, and as
these words were representations con
stituting a warranty this denial is
simply that the law is what it is.”
Conditional Sale—Goods to re
Sold by Dealer—Title to Goods
Unsold.—Merchants sold liquors to a
retailer tqion the condition that the
title to the goods should remain in
them until paid for, with the under
standing that sales might be made in
the course of business, the condition to
be enforced against the unsold liquors.
No payment whatever was made, and
the vender, learning that the creditors
of the vendee had attached the liquors
which remained in the store, brought
suit to recover them. In this case—
Lewis vs. McCabe—the defendants had
judgment, and the plaintiffs carried the
case to the Supreme Court of Errors of
Connecticut. Judge Loomis, in the
opinion in favor of merchants, said :
“The title of the venders to the unsold
stock is good against the attaching
creditors. The Courts of this State are
in harmony with those of Maine, Ver
mont and Massachusetts on this ques
tion, who hold that the condition that
the right of property shall remain in
the vender until payment is good, not
only as between the original parties but
also against purchasers from and credi
tors of the vendee, even when possess
ion goes with the sale and there is
nothing to indicate that it is not abso
lute. There is much contradiction of
reasoning and decision relative to the
validity of conditional sales in the dif
ferent States, and often to some extent
in the same State. In Pennsylvania
the Courts have firmly established the
rule that a sale and delivery of personal
property, with an agreement that the
ownership shall remain in the vender
until the purchase money is paid, is
fraudulent and void as to creditors of
the vendee and innocent purchasers ;
and the Courts of New York concur in
holding conditional sales void as to
purchasers, but give them effect against
execution creditors assignments for the
benefit of creditors or as security for the
payment of antecedent debts.”
Shares of Stock— Certificate
with Power of Attorney—At
taching Creditors.—A creditor of a
shareholder in a national bank sued him
in Connecticut, where the hank was lo
cated, on July 20, 1809, and attached
the stock, lie recovered judgment and
sold liia shares in e^cution, and on the
Sheriff’s certificate of sale, the bank
transferred the stock to the purchaser,
issued to him a new certificate and paid
him the subsequent dividends: On May
20, 1808, the owner of the shares as
signed them to D, giving him a power
of attorney to make the transfer, and he
(1* in the following January, assigned
the stock to S, and delivered to him the
power of attorney. In August, 1869,
S, went to the i tank to make the * ransfer,
but met with a refusal, on the ground
that by the Sheriff’s sale the interest of
the owner had passed to the purchaser,
to whom a certificate had been issued,
lie then brought suit against the bank
for the value of the stock—Scott vs. the
Pequonnock National Bank of Bridge
port,—intheUnited States Circuit Co art,
Southern District of New York, and
recovered a judgment. J udge Shipman,
in the opinion, said : “In the absence
of positive provisions of law or rules of
evidence whereby transfers of property
made without notice to the public or
without registry are declared fraudulent
and void as against attaching creditors
without notice, or whereby certain
specified acts are made prerequisite
vesting of a new title, "'creditors take
their debtors’ property subject to all
honest and bona fide liens and equitable
transfers. There is uo statutory pro-*
vision or by-law here, and no fraud can
be made out from the failure to transfer
under the power of attorney. -The
delivery of thecertifitate, and the assign
ment, and the power to transfer is a suffi
cient delivery at common law. The
tendency of modern decisions is to re
gard certificates of stock attached to an
executed blank assignment and power
to transfer as approximating to negotia
ble securities, though neither in form
nor character negotiable.”
Chattel Mortgages—Ownership
—Knowledge of Mortgagee.—A
mortgage certain goods to B to secure
a note, and there was included in the
property some goods of A’s wife, which
fact was known to B. The mortgage
contained the usual covenants of
ownership and warranty. In an action
to recover the value of these goods,
which the mortgagor refused to deliver
up, he set up as a defense that they
could not be mortgaged by him, as he
was not the owner, and on the trial be
offered to prove that the title to them
was in his wife. This evidence was
rejected as conflicting with the con-
venants of the mortgage, and the
plaintiff had judgment. Defendant
appealed the case—Harvey vs. Harvey
—to the Supreme Court of Rhode
Island, which affirmed the judgment.
The Chief Justice, Durfee, in the
opinion, said : “For the sake of the
wife we should be glad to hold that the
plaintiff was himself estopped by his
misconduct from claiming that her
husband could not contradict the mort
gage, but we do not see our way clear
to do it, for the deed, though ineffectual
to convey the wife’s property, was valid
between the parties, and the wrong
committed or contemplated against her
was committed partly with the plaintiff,
and, therefore, in a case which affects
only the defendant we do not see how
he can be permitted to take any ad
vantage of the estoppel.
Sanitary.
Dr. Playter, of Torontc\ has gathered
facts in regard to consumptives from
250 doctors. Their replies showed that
the average age of patients was twenty-
seven ; 46 per cent, were males, 54 per
cent, females, and 28 per cent, were mar
ried. The average size of the chest was
31 i inches ; the chest of persons of the
same average height, 5 feet 5j inchest
would usually average 37 inches.
About 56 per cent, had light hair and
eyes, two-thirds did indoor work, had
slept in small rooms and wore no flan
nels. Only 46 per cent had consumptive
ancestors, and the majority were of the
nervous temperament.
M. Pasteur for the past ten years has
been spending much of his time in the
company of mad dogs, in order to test
the value of his inoculation theory. He
has just communicated the most recent
results of his investigations to the
French academy of sciences. He states
that all the dogs that he had inoculated
with the varus, and had been cured
of the disease thus communicated, en
joyed perfect immunity from a second
attack. Hence he argues that dogs,
being the originators of hydro phobia
should be compelled to pass through the
ordeal of inoculation, in order that they
might thenceforth be powerless to drive
man mad.
Alcohol for Catarrh.—The Rev.
WilliamH. Bergfels thinks he has dis
covered a simple and certain remedy for
catarrh, which bass® long battled medi
cal science. Mr. Bergfels was pastor
of the Baptist church at Lyon’s Farms,,
New Jersey, but in 1872 lie was com
pelled to give up preaching on account
of a severe catarrhal affection. He is-.a
member of a nickel-plating company^
and one evening, after using m his
business a lacquer composed of alcohol,
lie found that his disease was not so bad.
lie then put alcohol into an inhaler and
tried breathing the vapor arising from
it. He did this for a mouth, night and
morning, and was greatly relieved of
the catarrhal trouble. A few mouths
later lie was cured, and he is now again
pastor of the Lyons Farm church. Ilia
family finds that the vapor from alcoh*
also prevents colds.
The New Jersey State Board of Agri
culture closed a two-days’ session
Trenton.' The following officers we
elected for the ensuing
Thomas H.