Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1896 — Page 5

A " * GREAT ® BONANZA! Offered to the buying public. A CHALLENGE CLEAHENCE SALE Dress Goods.for less than cost. You must see the goods to know how cheap they are.

DRESS GOODS. To be sold regardless of cost. Fancy Novelty Dress Goods for 18 cents per yard. Fancy Plaid Flannels, worth 40c per yard, go for 20c per yard. All wool dress flannels worth 35 c and 40c, go for 27|c per yard. Fancy Cheesed and Striped Serges, all wool, worth 60c and 65c go for 87Rs.

Now is your chance—The price wfll sell them. Don’t Fail to take advantage of this Great Sale JOHN & W. 11. NIBLICK, Executors.

Linn Grove Items. A. I*. Mosser, of Dalton, ().. is visititing M. Stair and other friends. Lew Harding, the decorator aiE. photographer, moved back to Auburn yesterday, owing to our town not affording a vacant house. Noah Blberstine and wife are elated over their first born, a son, whose advent dates from the first hour of the new year. Frederick Neaderhouser was at Fort Wayne last Monday. L. L. Dunbar has now completed a delivery wagon for Joe E Rose, of Bluffton, which for convenience, durability and artistic finish, all other wagons for like purpose in the city must bow obeisance to when passing on the street. Last Friday evening occurred the double wedding of Aaron and Jacob Augsberger to Cecil and Cora Schindler. The brides are daughters of P. M. Schindler and* wife. Also Saturday evening at the residence of J. W. Cowan’s, the marriage of John Kimba& and Viola Runyon, a daughter of Jo seph Kunyon was consummated, the host officiating. We notice in last week’s issue that various factories and corporations are intending to employ only such men as will pay their debts. This step will be in harmony with every honest man's views and should our legislature .enact laws that would tend to make honest men instead of rascals. They would have filled a mission approved by every good citizen. Old clothes are just as good as new ones when they look that way. Garments colored with Putnam Fadeless Dyes look like new. It makes Do difference what, your goods are made of. boil them with Putnam Fadeless Dyes and they will be dyed g fadeless, crockless color. Each package colors silk,, wool or cotton. The brightest and best dye for earpet rags. They color from one-third to one-half more goods than any other dye. Sold by Wi 11. Nachtrieb, druggists. Cbaple IteniK. Frank Nungester, of Van Wert, was the guest of Miss Alice Clem Sunday. Miss Cora Crozier who had been at Maples, returned home last week. The Sabbath school of this place reorganized last Sunday. The officers elected were William Erwin, Supt., Mary Miller, Sec., Alice Freeh, organist Emanuel Hart, treasurer. E. E. Miller was seen in our midst last Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Chapman spent last Sunday with her mother Mrs. Ahr. Inez Clem who is attending school at Convoy was at home last Sunday. Big meeting will begin at Dixon soon. The literary at Goodscrabble was well attended last Friday night. Mr, Swartz, of Pierceton, is the guest *of Mr. Stahar this week For more than a hundred years the Shakers have, been studying.the remedial properties of plants. They have made many discoveries, but their greatest achievement was made last. year. It is a cordial that contains already digested food and is a digester of food. It is effective in removing distress after eating, and creates an appetite for more food so that eating becomes a pleasure. Pale, thin people beconie plump and. health--under- its- use. It arrests the wasting ’of consumption. There never has ’ been such a step forward in the cure of in-’ digestion as this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist will be "glad to give you a little book descijptive of the product. Give the babies Lyxol, which Is castor oil macle arf palatable as honey.

Jackets and Capes. Regardless of cost. Fine Bouele Jackets, half silk lined, ripple back, worth sls, for $lO. bine Beaver Cloth Jackets, worth sl2, for $7.5i). French Seal Fur Capes, 30 in long, full sweep, worth sl2 50, for $8 All Cloaks for less than manufactured cost. Now is the time to buy.

Notice of Election of Director* of The Decatur National Bank. Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Decatur National Bank, of Decatur, Indiana, that there will be held an election at the banking rooms of said bank in Decatur, Indiana, on Tuesday, January 14, 1896, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., for the purposes of electing a Board of Directors for said hank for the year 1896. C. A. Dugan, Cashier Decatur National Bank. t - A E Kilpatrick, of Fillmore, Cal., had the misfortune to have his leg caught between a cart and a stone and badly bruised. Ordinarily lie would have been laid up for two or three weeks, but says: “After using one bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm 1 began to feel better, and in three days was entirely well. The peculiar soothing qualities which Chamberlain’s Pain Balm posses 1 have never noticed in any other liniment. I take pleasure in recommending it.” This liniment is also of great value for rheumatism and lame back. For sale by Blackburn & Miller, druggists. J Steele Item*. Last Sunday evening Rev. Cocking commenced a series of protracted meetings at this place. w Homer Priest, of Hanover. O', returned home last week from a visit with friends at this place. The teachers of Blue Creek township, will hold their third institute on January 11, at district No. 6. James Riley, formerly of this vicinity but who has recently been engaged in the oil fields near St- Marys, CL, is. now’ spending a few days among friends and relatives at this place. F. B. Porter, of Decatur, made our little berg a pleasant call last Sabbath. The arithmetic school at the Kimsey school house on last Friday evening proved to be a perfect success. Doubtless arithmetic schools will soon take place of the old fashioned spelling school. Frank Myers is busily engaged manufacturing rustic furniture. Out of generosity to the brotherhood of which he is an efficient and active member, he agrees to furnish the Leisure club hal with easy furniture at reduced rates. Charles Bailey, the barber, is doing a thriving business. The popularity of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the high esteem in which it is held leads us to believe it to be an article of great worth and merit. We have the pleasure of giving the experience of three prominent citizens of RedOndo Beach, Cal., in the use of the remedy. A V Trudell says: “I have always received prompt relief when I used Chaml>erlatn’s Cough Remedy.” James Orchard says: “I am satisfied that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cured my cold.” J M Hatcher says: “For three years I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in my family and its results have always been satisfactory.” For sale by Blackburn & Miller, druggists. J New Cave* In Court. George W Butcher, Sen., vs John Homer. Appeal from J. P. The Adams County Bank vs Leander Reffy et al. on note. Henry E Keller vs John Koose, on account. Jacob Kaser has been appointed guardian nt Rupert and Rosa Kaser, minor heirs and legatees of Fred Delsperger. . - - Birdsell M’fg Co vs Perry Robison, note; demand, $200.. Nancy M Cottrel vs Alice Farlow, for alienating husband’s affections; demand $2500. u-v■■ . . ■ ‘

NOT TO BE AMENDED Tariff Bill Will Be Reported as It Came From the House. REPUBLICANS HOLO A CAUCUS. Silver Senator* Will Not it Free CohiHgr Amendment It the Su but Half | For the Bond Hill Im Adopted -May Jh ii Change In Menitte <>hh*er*—Condition of the Gold Remerve. Washington, Jan. 9.—The feature of the Republican senatorial ciincus yesterday was u discussion of the advisability of amending the house tariff bill by adding a free coinage amendment to it in the senate. This discussion was confined largely to the free coinage wing of the party. The result of the meeting was the adoption of Senator Quay’speso- I lution expressing the sense of the can- I cus to be that tlic finance committee ! should rejwrt the bill as it came from I the, house with verbal changes which will not alter the meaning of the measure in any essential feature. There was no rolicall upon this, but there were a few’ dissenting voices. There was no formal effort to bind the senators to support the bill when it should come before the senate, and it was left open to amendments at that stage of the pn> ceedings. It was while the advisability of attempting to secure a pledge of support was under consideration that the silver question came up. It was sprung by a question as to what the silver Republicans would do in case a free silver amendment should be offered to the tariff bill in the senate. Senator Mitchell of Oregon was the first to respond. He stated that he would join the silver forces in the effort to secure the adoption of the free coinage substitute for tire house Ixmd bill, but thnt wifhtlTe sd vi -r’question disposed of in that Connection, he would advise that the silver Republicans refrain from participating in any effort to amend the tariff bill by adding a free coinage provision. Senator Carter followed in much the same line of argument. Senator Toller announced his intention to vote fora silver amendment if offered from any source, without announcing any purpose of presenting such an amendment hiinsclf. Brief speeches were also miule on this feature of tlie question by Senators Dubois, Mantle, Shoupe and others. There Was a sufficiently general expression of opinion among the silver senators to show that there were not to exceed a half dozen who would hold out against unanimous agreement to refrain from voting for a silver amendment ami this showing was such as to lead the antisilver men in the caucus to conclude that if those who had expressed themselves against the policy of amendment' .could be induce., to vote against these amendments regardless of the action of their colleagues, they could defeat a silver amendment when offered. There was a general expression of opinion that the bill, whether amended or unamended in the senate, never would become a law. as it would not re ceiVe executive sanction. After the conclusion of the tariff bill an effort was ma'de to proceed to the consideration of the reorganization of the senate, by tlie election of general officers, but the meeting adjourned without taking up this proposition. Immediately after adjournment a call was circulated for a caucus to consider this question, ami it was understood that n stifli■ •ient number of signatures- was received. C'ONDITON OF THE RESERVE. Only * 130,000 Withdrawn Yesterday—Arrangements For tlie New Bonds. Washing ion, Jan. 9.—-The treasury yesterday lost $430,000 in gold bars, which leaves the tree amount of the reserve y 57,.816,0 » Nothing is known at the treasury department, so far as can be learned, of any concerted movement by the bankers to protect the reserve bv making gold deposits, and up to the hour of closing the statement published yesterday that Zimmerman & Forshay, bullion dealers of New York, had .deposited $500,000, had not been 'verified by Assistant Treasurer Jordan. In fact the only considerable deposit* during the last several weeks was made Tuesday by the Merchantile National bank, which exchanged $560,000 in gold for currency. So far as can be learned the situation shows no signs of improvemeat ami no surprise would be felt here if heavy shipments of gold should lie made on' each of the fast going European steamers for some time to come. Arrangements are being perfected at the treasury for the printing of the new bonds, and a number of applications for blanks to l>e used in making bids are being received by each mail No formal bids, however, have yet been received. , ** The treasury "deficit for the present fiscal year yesterday reached $20,039,439 EOUII’FING THE MONITORS. Three Powerful Coast Defenders Can Be j Made Ready In Sixty Days. [ Washington, Jan. 9.—Tlie navy department took steps yesterday to learn how speedily all tlie monitors now under construction could lie equipped for service in case of emergency. The various bureau chiefs were consulted and reports made as to the length of time each branch of work required. From this it appears that the low freeboard monitor Mouadnock, now at Mare island, will be •ready by Feb. 1. The Mttintonomah, a doubleturreted monitor, now out ot co’n'imission at League island, can be ..madi'-4'e,ely-f+»F serA4veHA 44- da-yS; -The. testing of her new pneumatic steering apparatus is about the only feature requiring time. Tlie low. freeboard.monitor Terror, now at "New York, will re- . quire 60 days to bffnmdo ready for service-. These three craft will make a powerful acquisition to the available baval vessels. They are fully equipped With armor, and the few days required

for making tliem ready for sea will be spent on minor finishing touches X It is also expected that the rani Katalidin will be ready for service at an early day, Th<- department is in com. inunication with the Rath iron works as to certain minor changes in the vessel, mid General Hyde of that (oiiipany will be here today to make the necessary arrangements. OUTLINED in GRESHAM. Late fewi*4*twry of feTnle KiMtponidble For •he Venezuelan Polley. Washington, Jan. 9..—Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago, private secretary of the late Secretary Gresham, yesterday said to a correspondent: • “Secretary Gresham prepared the Venezuela case, and it was a feature of his foreign |K)licy. His final illness interfered to prevent the consummation of his plans. He made a thorough study of the case and brought it up to the very fxiint of sending the dispatcher, to Salisbury. Mr. Olney took up t he case where Sucre tary Gresham dropped it." Mr. Landis is here, to protest against the proposed appointment of William Ellery Curtis, the correspondent, who was one <if Secretary Gresham's bitter est enemies, as secretary of the Veinzuelan eommissiiaj, He thinks it unfair to the memory bf Ihe late secretary of state that Mr should step in now to help carry out a policy of Secretary Gresham’s. Proceeding* In tlie Semite. Washington, *.lan. 9. -Mr. Wolcott of Colorado, who has been absent in Europe for some months, was present in tin* senate yesterday, and took the prescribed oath. Mr. Hale, from the com mittee on naval affairs, re[x>rted back favorably a bill authorizing the secretary of the navy to increase the number of enlisted men in the navy. ■ Mr But lor (Pop.. N. C.) offered two amendments to the free coinage substitute for the house bond bill. The first prohibited the sale of interest bearing bonds without the express cimsent of congress, and the second made it mandatory on the seere.tarv of the treasury to redeem and treasury notes m silver as long as the market price of 412'., grains of silver was lower than ah 4 , grains of gold

«il40,00(1,000 For I’rnxionx. Washington, Jan. 'J.—The sulx*oinmittec of the house appropriations committee having charge of the pension bill has decided to increase the amount for the next fiscal year from $138,000,606 to $140,600,000. The last amount was that asked for by Com mission er Lxx'hren in his estimates. Some of the most infill ential Republican's thought that congress should not put itself on record as allowing less money for pensions than the commissioners tbought was needed. McKee Appointe<l Journal Clerk. Washington, Jan. 9.—Thomas H McKee of Logansjxirt, was yesterday appointed journal clerk of the house of representatives. The salary is $3,660, with $1,660 extra allowances, which brings the income up to within $-100 of a congressman's salary. Po.’.totiice Robbers Indicted. Springfield, Ills., Jan. 9. — Tlie United States grand jury yesterday returned indictments against George Carson. John Slauson and Sidnev Yennie, for robbing Hw jxistoilieb here of SB,OOO in sianqis on Ajn il 8. These men were arrested in New York yesterday and analleged to be accomplices of Killoran. Russell and Allen, who committed the robbery. Prairie Fire Did l.ittle Damage. Wichita. Kan.. Jan. !».—A courier arrived at Turon. Kan., yesterday' from luka and the burned district, who says nothing was burned but weeds and son- - personal property. The town of luka was-savi'd by tiring against it. So far no fatalities liave ‘been reported. The fire is out and no further apprehensions are felt. , ' _ -... — Hallen Is Making a Record. Nii-es. Mich., Jan. 9, —William Hallen, a resident of Vicksburg, has broken the record in the matrimonial He has been married four times and divorced three times. In less than 12 hours after his last separation he had taken another wife, Airs Julian A Hunt. __ ' ' Old Hickory's Memory Honored. Na'shvkj.::. Jan 9.— Yesterday the national salute of 45 guns was fired here in honor of Jackson's day. Last night a grand ball was given tinder the au spices of the Ladies’ Hermitage association in commemoration of the day. Respited a Mtirderer. Jefferson City, Mo.. Jan. 9.—Governor Stone last evening granted a respite to Emil David of Osage county, who was sentenced;to be hanged Jan. 16 for poisoning Frank Henderson. Ihe exe cution is postjxmed until Feb. 15. Killed by a Freight Train. Danville, Ills., Jan. 9. —Mrs. J. H. Bergstresser. while walking in Chandler'strect, was struck and almost instantly killed by a freight train on the Big 1' our railroad. . Old German Lady Dead. Pana, Ills., Jan. 9.—Mrs. Lucke M. Kistenmaeher, the oldest German resident of Pana, died at the residence of her son, Alderman Louis Jehle, aged 72. BRIEF MENTION. •me new battleship oregoh will soon lie ready for sea. Burglars robbed tlie Fayette (O.) bank of s3.io<l in money and about $4,000 in bonds No clew. An inqirobable story is in circulation that the Pullman company will make a reduetion of 25 per cent in upper berths. The American line steamer St. Paul Bai’uxl for Southampton yesterday. This is the fiv't voyage the St. Paul has made since her main ste.impipe burst in l,)eeen> ber, killing nine men. - Mayor Pingree of Hetroit has announced himself as ip favor of i'lioni.-is B. Reed for -prcsTi-h-nT —Mr—PtngreF' siy-“A t s ■ brai u.s' mill; back bore’’ vm- want in a |>i'>-i-ioiit. botli vs which he claims Mr. Keed possesses • O ’ .. ’ ■ As a result of the crusade against the sweat-hops in Cleveland, the state assembly Knights (4 Lalw.-in session at Columbus, 0,, yesterday declared a boycott upon all clothing manufacturers using their output.

SHOT WHILE HUNTING J ~ - ( » , * Young Man Receives a Death Wound 1 From His Brother-ln-L.w, DECLINES A PROFFERED HONOR. • ■" 1 It* Attorney Frank Sheet* l>o< * Not Want to lie m CongreMMimiij — •Im i Ret tuns a Verdict For the Nrw*»pa|>< r In a Lthvl Suit Two-Year-Old Child Burned to Drath*—Minor New* Items. E< KERTY, Ind., Jan 9. — Benjamin Meeks, son of Dr. Lewis Meek' of Branchville, was accidently shot by John Miller, his lirother-in-law, while hunting. Both charges of a doublebarreled shotgun lodged in the young man’s left groin and upper thigh. He cannot jxissibly recover. The wounded man has a family. Mob After a Murderer. Mapison, Ind., Jan. 9, — Edward Taylor, who killed < tfticer Knox at Vevay two weeks ago, bus linen brought here for safe keeping. Late Tuesday night a mob started for tlie Vevay jail to string him up. Sheriff Banta received a tip, and liefore tlie mob arrived the officer with Taylor were on tlie way here. The Madison jail is being prepared against an attdek, for it is <aid another • effort will be made to get Taylor. Murder Triat Keginx. Brazil. Ind., Jan. 9. — The case against George Cory for the murder of Eugene Fry, brought here from Sullivan county, came up for trial in the circuit court yi'sterday aftermxm. Cory is a youmr man of a prominent family. He killed Fry in June, 1894, at Alum Cave, in a conflict which Fry had provoked Wanted to Revenge Their Sister’s Death. Jei-'eersonvtlle, Ind., Jan 9.—Walter Combs of Little York, who attempted suicide after killing his wife, may yet recover frum his wounds; —Ueerge-tmri Ira Bowman of this city, brothers of the murdered woman, who attended her funeral, were with the difficulty restrained from killing him. Rnrglars Visit Biekuell. Vincennes, Ind.. Jan. 9.—Burglars raided Bicknell, this county, carrying away everything of value from Self & Wells’ jewelry store. J. G. Donaldson’s general store, Robinson’s saloon amt Simonson's restaurant were also visited Bloodhounds have been sent for. — Fined For Gigging Fish. Franklin, Ind.. Jan. 9.—Nine leading farmers living Hear Furnas mills were arrested for gigging fish in the millpond at that place. They entered pleas of guilty liefore Squire Russell and were fined The authorities are determined to stop the illegal taking of fish. Would Not Bv a Cougressiiian. Avrora, Ind., Jan. 9.—Hon. Frank B. Sheets, a prominent attorney of this city. who. has been mentioneil for the Republican congressional nomination, has declined the honor. He will give his support to Hon. Wiley Wilson of Ripley county. Do Not Want a New Courthouse. Rushville. Ind., Jan. 9.—The citizens of Ripley township held a massmeeting at Carthage and by a unanimous vote appointed a committee to circulate a remonstrance against the building of a new courthouse in this city. Prominent riiysh ian Dead. Rrsiivii.LE, Ind’. Jail. 9. — Dr. Edward H. Crippen, a proininen.t physician of Milroy, died yesterday of a complication of diseases. He was r>3 years old and a leading member of the Rush County Medical society. Verdict For the Newspaper. South Bend. Ind.. Jan. 9. - Collins Blake's suit against the Goshen Times for $10,606 for libel, brought here ou change of venue from Elkhart, terminated yesterday in the jury finding for defendant. Dividend In the Dunkirk Bank Failure. Portland, Ind., Jam 9.--Trustee St John has declared a 4 pci’ cent dividend in the old Dunkirk bank failure. A total of 54cents on thg dollar has been paid, ami, there is more to come. Injured In a Fall on the lee. Franklin, Ind., Jan. 9.—Albert W. Brown had his left leg broken in two places just below the knee by falling on the ice. Mr. Brown is a prominent farmer living east of this city. Child's Clothing < aught Fire. Brownstown. Ind.. Jan. !». —The 2-year-old child of Meedy Lutes oLHouston. this county, was accidentally burned to death by its clothing catching tire. The schools at Greensburg report the largest elirolhnent in their history Joint Costenborder has been appointed posUnaster at Pipeereek, Cass comity. O. H. Aborn, ex-clerk- of Kosciusko count y and a pioneer, is dead of neuralgia of the heart. Mrs. Snsar.a Lohrer of Greensburg. Sfi years old, fell and struck the back of her head On a stone. She is badly hurt. The ministers of Crawfordsville began revival services on Jan. 1, and their efforts have been very successful. Many conversions liave lieen made and much interest is being shown by the people. Rev. Jesse Sparks, a pioneer minister of the MethodiSt church, is dead at his home in Kewanna. Reentered the ministry in 1841, and during his active career was stationed at Marion, Wabash and other points in the Northwest Indiana conterence. »-vErnst Borilette, August Callet and Gustave Quartertnont were arrested at Anderson yesterday on warrants from Hartford City. They are charged with getting up a I dog fight in Hartford City last, October in .L-which... tne c.uiiue -oha-mpion -es- the- hwfnaiheti city was kilted. The Frankfort typographical union will give an entertainment for the benefit of Its sick fund on the 2«th inst The jfirst part will he thq usual minstrel scene, to be followed by a burlesque of ottiiM. Typesetting and presses Will be in operation, and the luxurious ease enjoyed by editors will lie depicted.

A SUNBEAM'S W, A sunbeam, sunk in the black pond, ™ Os the sky so blue with its heart of gold Till out,, of lh.it hl.iek ixnid's ooze and Sprang Hie lily white with its heart of gold.’■Mß —T. H. Hixxl in Ladies' Home Journal. n| ROBBED IN A PYRAMID. Experience of a Baltimore Man With the Arabs of Egypt. Dr. James J. Mills of Baltimore made a visit to Europe and Egypt. He passed through an experience that was aa unpleasant as it was novei—that, of being held up and robbed within the gloomy and musty walls of the great pyramid of Cheops, by the Nile. Discussing the trip. Dr. Mills said : “If I had to live in a foreign city, it would either lie Baris or Cairo. Cairo is unlike imy other city in the world. There is a strange mingling of the white faces of the (ireeks.with the inky black faces of the Nubians ami Sudanese and the yellow skinned Arabs, who constitute the hulk of the population, Os course I wanted to visit the pyramids, and I undertook to.do it without being accompanied by a dragoman. Against the advice of friends, I set ont on the back of a donkey, with no attendant save the donkey boy. As the boy could speak no English and I could speak no Arabian, we did not talk much. “We were followed out of Cairo by a swarm of beggars, whose only cry was ‘Backsheesh, backsheesh.’ When we reached the vicinity of the pyramids, we were met by a horde of Arabs, who could,speak but a few words of broken English. They volnuterexl to take me inside the pyramid. With two of the wild looking sons of the desert we entered the great pyramid of Cheops, descending long, gloomy passages, passing the brink of an enormous well, traversing a footway which let! along liy the tombs of numerous dead and up a narrow passageway with a floor as smooth as glass. ‘ ‘ Here the ascent was so steep that it was necessary for one Arab to go in front and pull me along, while the other came behind and.pushed. When we—reached the end of this passageway, we sat down to rest. The atmosphere was stifling, while myriads of black bats flew clumsily about and gave an uncanny appearance to the place. It was then that my two Arab guides began to think of ‘backsheesh’ and ask in English, which I could understand painfully well, how much money I had. It was no place to argue with them, for if they had left me there I might have been there yet. “I tried to make them think that I did not understand, but the result of it all was that they turned my pockets inside out and took all the money I had. Then they piloted me out in great glee and told me that I was a ‘valy glud man. ’ I got back to Cairo as soon as I could, and there my friends told me I might have well expected to have been robbed. ” —Baltimore American. Hall Caine’s Idea. At a dinner given by the Aldine club of New York to Hall Caine that gentleman. said regarding the relations be- ■ tween Canada and the United States: “The relations between Canada and the United States may sometimes be a little strained, but there seems, to an Englishman, to lie no sufficient reason why two great- nations should not live in friendly rivalry on this great continent. I came here, sir. byway of Niagnra, where the river that divides your country from Cauada looks angry and impassable enough. But I dare say yon have noticed that in that watery horseshoe angle, where the breach between the two ejjpntries is widest, the sun can never shine on the clouds of vapor which rise out of those troubled waterswithout making a lieautiful rainbow, which bridges land to land. “Gentlemen and brother authors, in the most troubled moment between Canada and the United States, it only needs tlie sunshine of good faith and good fellowship to bridge over the differences between you. ” The Frog—A Natural History. Born of a stone, he lives Under a stone and will dig in it. his grave. I visit him frequently, and, whenever I lift the stone, I fear to find him and fear that he may not be there. He its there. Hidden in that dry refuge, clean, narrow, quite his own, he fills it, swollen like a miser’s purse. If the rain makes him come ent, ho Comes toward me. A few heavy jumps, and he stops on his thighs and looks at me with his reddened eyes. Though the unjust world treats him as a leper, I do not fear to sit by him and to place near his face luy human face. Then I will overcome a remnant of disgust and caress you with my hand, frog! One swallows in life things that make one's..heart sicker. Still, yesterday, I lacked tact. “My poor friend,’’ I said,“l do not wish to grieve you, but how ugly you are!” He opened his mouth, puerile and toothless, and replied, with a slight English accent: “Aid you?”—Paris Echo. ‘•The BrMje" Born of Sorrow. lu writing of an evening with Longfellow and’“How He Came to Write His Best Known Poems” Hezekiah Butterworth in Ladies’ Home Journal says: “My poem entitled ‘The Bridge,’ ’* said Longfellow in effect “was written in sorrow, which made me feel for the loneliness of others. I was a widower at the time, and •! used sometimes to go over the bridge to Boston evenings to meet friends and to return near midnight_by the same way. The way was silent, save here and there a belated footstep. The sea rose or fell among the wooden piers, and there was a great furnace on the Brighton hills whose red light was reflected by the waves. It was on such a late solitary walk that the spirit of the poem came upon me. The | l>ridge has been greatly altered, but I 4%1««a of it is the same.” ' ~.v . “ j