Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 44, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 July 1889 — Page 7

"WEEKLY C0U1UEE. C. 1X)AK10, 3ulUwhr. JASPKK, - INDIANA.

MY LADDIE IN THE WEST. It MMi IfIC SH long Yet only Hve short year, glnee fran. OJWR d&Of I ff4. My lMhi wet with tr, I taw him a he waved tuju Then tamed Hint oNward prtie&, 'T 11 shadows hid my lave (rem view My laddie Ih the Wet. He ftfssed NIBBr' muMed rear, Vhre reeks In grandeur stood, Beyond the Miss sslnpl's shore And dark Mlnwuri'ii Hl ' Oh, on, to where thro" W enters wlids The red mnn' foot had pressed, But faith und hope like armor clethea My Uddle Ih the Vt. He. whe oncn led the Hebrew's feet, Kerhnde his step to trv. By night the name Illumed Ills path, The fleeey cloud by day. . And love or Ood and love of heme UeiKtted steadfast In his breat, No harm rould angel bring te thee, My laddie In the West. :Sometlms In dream I hear his voice," 111- step Is at the door, Again hi dear eye gaze In mine. He khses me one morn. His tender arms around in 9 twine, My. bra:! I' en hU brtut, Sweet as a harp, that Value of thine. My laddie 1b the Wed, , Good-night! mv little sons Is suns; llehlud the WesM-m mil The red sun droj a flowing orb; Hu.hed is the whlp-iiooi-w.ll, Geed'iilKlit! xood-nluht! the lights burn low I ere p Into my ret, God bless you, keep you, hold you close. My laddie in the West. Harriet M. Spuld nsr, In Albany Argus. THE MAGIC ItlNG. How tha Wizard Aided in Guatavus' Choice of a Wifo. In a pretty chalet thnt nostlod high against the shaggy breast of Mount Obgadin. lived the Widow Nour and her daughter Murlo. A lonely home you would have thought it, but the fir trees that walled so in your oars whis pared good cheat to Mario. Whoit fierce winds camo rushing down the mountain tide she know tho trees would band their tall heads togothor and twine their strong arms around her homo, until robbed of his victim, the battled storm rushed by. hen morning broko the same friend stood erect and stately, drawin? aside their loaves and branched that tho sunbeams might not linger in their soft embraces, but hasten down to waken their favorite, Marie. Verv lovely was our little Swiss maid, with violet eyes that now danced and sparkled and then grow soft and tender as a little child's. Two rose-red lips shut in her pearly teeth, and when the smiled a tiny dimple danced for a moment on her poachy cheek, Her hair chins in caressing curls around her low, white forehead and fell in ripples of golden sunshine fur bfclow hr slender waist. And her voice! Ah! that was Marie's greatest charm. Soft and clear, not a discord ant note marred its sweet, pure liar mofiy. Sometimes as she sang at her evening devotions tho herdsmen far below in the valley, catching faint notes of her song, looked up and crossed themselves, half believing they heard the echo of an tmgel choir. But very few knew of Marie's beauty, for when she wont with her mother on ono of her rare visits to the hamlet below she brushed her wavy hair straight and smooth back from her forehead, and braided it in long, stiff plaits which fell down her back. Her eyelids, with their curtains of long, silky laslios drooped over hor dancing eves until ono looked In vain for a glimpse of their beauty. Hor red lips shut firmly over tho pearly teeth, while the dimple hid Itself resolutely away from sight, and hor sweet voice, frightened at its own sound so far from homo, grew faint and husky, until In this shrinking, sober damsel walking so timidly besido tho Widow Neur you would have found it hard to recognize the beautiful Marie of the mountains. So It happened that only hor mother and ono other person know how good and sweet ana how fair Mario was. This other was a stranger who camo from a far-away country and spent his summers in a little house on tho mountain's very top. The simple villagers called him "the wizard," and told strange tales of ltow he spout whole nights gazing at the heavens through a long tube; that he could foretell to an hour when the sun would cover itself with darkness; but. Strangest of all, he had a little wire stretched for milos over hills and valleys to the great city. This wire talked to him in a queer language which no ono else could understand. "Tick, tick, tickety tick," It said, and told him things that happened miles and miles away. Marie did not know how who the wizard was whon he camo to her home ono morning and asked for a drink of water. Ho followeti hor to the spring whon sho went for it, and stopped by the way to break open a curious stone. He showed Marie howquoorly markod it was inside, and then told her a story about it. Tho usually timid maiden was so interested that sho forgot to bo frightened, and thus a strong friondship between the two was begun. After this the wizard often came to the widow's chalet for rest and refreshment on his long ramfelos, and Marie unconsciously revealed her charms to him, one by one, until, long before the first summer was ended, the strangor knew that no girl In all the canton could bo compared with Marie. On the other side of the mountain ;from the Widow Nour's homo lived another widow. She, too, had but one

alia, a turn, who waft the pride ana

delight of her life, the young hunter and guide, (JtuUvtis ! riel. Everyone knew and liked Gustavus. Tall, straight and handsome, with flashing brown eyes, and a laugh as frank as a child's, he was the favorite of the canton, and there was not a girl within Us bounds who would not have been proud to plight her troth with him. Gustavus, however, cared little for the Obgadln maidens. He would far rather chase the chamois up the mountain bide, or guide travelers through its dangerous pns-.es, than spend his time with the finest of the maids of the hamlet, ills mothor often said: . "My son, when wilt thou bring me home a daughter and thyself a wife?" And Gustavus, smiling and pressing a' kiss on hor forehead, would answer: "When 1 find a maid as good as thee, mother; but I want no idle, shrlll-volccd wife to disturb our quiot home." Hut one day his mother said, more sadly and seriously than ever before; "GiMtuvus, 1 am growing old and feeble. 1 can no longer make and mem! thy clothes and keep our home. Thou must have a wife. Promise mo that at tho fete next week thou wilt choose one Irom among the maidens there." Gustavus reluctantly gavo her tho desired promise, but it weighed lieav ily upon him. He could think ol nothing clso afterward, and, the more ho pondered, the heavier his heart grow. At last ho seized his gun and went out on tho mountain, but the perplexing question followed him, until, in despair, he threw himsplf on tho ground groaning: "Oh, that some wlao man would make this choico for me!" A momont aftor he looked up and saw, as if in answer to his wish, the wizard approaching him. "Why." he exclaimed to himself, "did I uot think of him before? Surely ho, If any one, can help me." Then, with a throbbing heart, (iustavus sprang up and ad vanced to meet him. Tho wizard greeted Gustavus warmly, for ho felt a strong friendship for the young guide who had taken him safely through many a dangerous mountain excur sion. And now his sympathetic question: "Why, what's troubling you, my boy?" opened tho way for Gustavus to pour out all his perplexity, ending his recital with tho question: "Canst thou not help me to choose a good wife, who will make my life happy, from the maidens at the fete next woek?" Tho wizard smiled sympathetically, and then thought In silenco a little while before ho answered: "if a pure, true heart is united to a true, pure heart, both lives must be happy. There will be one such heart at tho fete, but you may fall to recog' nize it. However, if you will coma to mo to-morrow I will give a charm that will show you this heart." Here was a comfort, indeed, and with a light heart Gustavus thanked his friend and bounded forward. Left alone, the wizard continued down the mountain side until ho camo in sight of the Widow Neur's chalet, where he found Marie sitting by tho spring. Instead of her usual sunshiny smile, tiny tear-drops stood in her eyes, and there was a grieved look about her rosy lips that mado him wish to comfort Iter. "What is tho matter, little one?" ho asked, gently. Oh, sir." she said, "I want to see the great fete next week, but I have no pretty ornaments to wear, and then " The long curtains drooped low over her shining eyes, ar.d the sweet voice sank almost to a whisper "the good mother says none of the young men will care to dance with me. for I can not talk and laugh with them as other maidens. My heart beats fast if they do but glance toward me, and I know not what to say, and so" horo a tear slipped from under the long eyelashes "my mother says I had bettor not go." "Courage, little one," tho wizard answered. "Tell your mother I am going to lend you a silver bolt to wear, and that my knowledge tolis me that the bravost, handsomest youth In all the land will dance with you quite joyfully." The happy Marie, as Gustavus had done, thanked tho wizard and ran off to tell the wonderful news to her mother. Early next morning Gustavus went for his charm. He found the wizard waiting for him, and, taking him into his strange room, the wiso man said. Stalling, as he had the day before, half quizzically, half sympathetically: "Here's tho charm, my good fellow. You see It is a magic ring. Put it on beforo you go to tho fct; and be sure you dance with every maiden there. When you place your arm about tho waist of the one whose heart is truo and good a strange feeling will run through you aad your hand will cling to her." Gustavus, greatly wondering, thanked tho wizard and slipped on tho ring. It was a curious circlet of Iron, with a flat extension, which the wizard bado him wear pointing toward his palm. When the felc day came Gustavus was there among the other young mon, eager to try his unarm. All the maidens of Obgadln canton were there also, and on tho outskirts of one of the gay crowds llttlo Marie hovered timidly bosido her mothor. "Why didst thou come, Marie?" asked ono of tho girls; "didst thou think any youth would want to dance with a mouse to-tiny?" Then, seeing the quick tears trem

bling en Matte' a lathee, she addedL more kindly:

"Ah! well, thou canst r.t least see our sroou times; ana what a lovely belt thou hast, Marie! Where dldt thou get H?"' The wizard gave It her," the Widow Nonr answered. hortly, for nhe did not relish the girl's tone. "Come, Marie, let us sit here under the trees and watch the dance." Marie nestled clow to her mother's side, and, as the hours fled and no youth asked her to dance, her head dropped lower and lower, and she wondered if the wise man had made a mistake. In the moan ti tin Gustavus danced with one after another of the maids; but though he watched with intense eagerness, not once did he feel the strange thrill for which he waited. "I have danced with them all," he said at last to himself, "except that shy one over there; surely she is not the girl. Hut. a I promised to dance with every ono, I will try her, too." He asked her name of one of the girls, aud then, going to hor, said simply: "Marie, wilt thou dance with me?" Astonishment and delight mad Marie for a moment forgot her shyness. The wizard' word.s had come true! Kts'lng quickly, she said, e railing upon him, and showing her lwautiful eyes, already dancing with delight: "Art thou come?" Sho is not so plain, , after nil," thought Gustavus. as he answered: "Wast thou looking for me, Marie?" Marie hung hor head without answering, aud Gustavus. wondering a little at her words, led her to the dance. As ho placed his arm around her, his hand touched her shining belt Instantly a strange thrill rati through them both, and Gustavus' arm seemed to cling to Mario's waist. "Marie, dost thou feel that?" he cried, earnestlyAnd Mario smilingly answered: "Yes." So they began dancing, and as they danced it seemed to those watching them that a wonderful transformation came over Marie. Her hair, shaken loose from its long, stiff braids, hung like a glittering golden vail all around her, her beautiful cyos shono like stars, and the dimpled cheeks and pearly teeth formed a lit hiding-place for the laughing voico that now and then rang sweet and clear from her rosy lips. Surely," said the amazed villagers, "there was never such a handsome couple; but is not Marie under a charm, she has suddenly grown so lovely?" But the Widow Nour smiled to herself and said: "Love's witchery, if it is true and pure, will transform all of us, and brln? out all that is loveliest and best within us." As for Gustavus, ho thought rightly that he had never seen so good and beautiful a creature, and he blessed the wizard for the charm which had led his heart to her. Long before the summer ended, Gustavus took home little Marie to be his own and his mother's greatest joy and happiness. ' When Mons. le Wizard returned to Paris that winter ho read a scientific paper before the savants of the academy. In it he detailed many of his wonderful discoveries and his work during the summer; but ho did not spaak of the most Interesting of all how, by the aid of n little magnet, concealed in a steel belt, and a rude ring, he had Brought together two loving human hearts, and by $o doing had caught some of tho happiness of Paradiso and imprisoned! it in a chalet en old Obgadln Mountains. The Table. MRS. CONKLING'S LOCKET. ltd History ns Total by tin Old Frleail the L'tlc statesman. "Mrs. Conkllng, widow of the late Hoscoc Conktinjr. has one of the most unique ornaments In the country. It is a locket of exquisite design and rare workmanship, tho delicate enameling being nearly as lustrous as the brilliant that is set in its surface. Aside from its intrinsic value, it has authentic historical worth, and is inrented with a sacred sentiment to its owner, being tho last souvenir bestowed upon her by her gifted husband. "The ornament was executed from an original design upon the imperial suggestion and under the immediate supervision of Napoleon I. The Emperor, it is said, took a lively interest in its manufacture, and on its completion was greatly gratified with the result After his death it was found among his effects, and in their sale by; some chance fell into the hands of a Now York gentleman of fortune, whe exhibited it to Mr. Conkling. The latter was an extravagant admirer of rare jewels, and asked many quostlons about it, and though he had not much money ho was filled with an ardent dosire and determination to possess the locket. 'I must have It for Mrs. Conkling.' ho said, Impetuously, 'she has such a delicate fancy in such trifles. Her judgment is wonderfully discriminating; aho will be delighted with It; you must let mo have it for her!' "His friond generously presented the locket to him, but ho declined to receive so valuable a gift For Mr. "Conkling to desire a thing, however. was to Boonor or later acquire it, and after much persuasion he succeeded in purchasing the jewel!" .Jewelers' Weekly. .. m Volts "At last they have dls cevered an unflinching truthtcller." Jars "That so? We'd better Inform the Ananias club." Volts "Yea, It's a fact. The phonograph can not tall a lie." Cincinnati Commercial.

THE SAND-HILL CRANE, Aa OW HfwrtMHUH TrU What H Know .tMt tha KrUeMMH H44. Oao ot the wot delightful hunting sports that was indulged In to a large extent twenty-nre and thirty year ago on the wide, level prlHe of Illinois has been forever Mipr by the encroachments of civilization; I allude to sand-hill crane hunting. There was more delicate skill required in this sport than in any other kind of hunting, porhaiw, for the w.iid-hill orane is one of those birds that la noted for Its extreme shyness, and for acutene of sight and hearing; and, therefore, the hunter had to cinploy the most skillful artifice to attain any success whatever in the sport. The crane is a wading bird, conspicuous in lU make-up for legs and neck as exceedingly slim and long as those of the obnoxious animal, genus dude. It has a long, fahnrp. pointed bill, long wings, short tail and short, stronjc claws, They are very largo birds, some measuring from tip of bill to the end of the claws sixty-five inches; extent of wings ninety-two. and bill six. They are generally of a pure white color, but some have a bluish gray tint. The sand-hill crane frequent marshes, muddy fiats and open plain, migrating to warm climates in winter and returning to the North in the summer to breed. They lly usually at night in large flocks, following a leader In two diverging lines, nt a great elevation, and at times uttering loud cries. Their food consists principally of small snakes, fish, mice, insects, .eeds. roots and grain. The old sand-hill cranes used to come in immense flocks in the middle of October and remain until the middle of April in Illinois, and their familiar cries were heard along the largo sloughs and low. swampy depressions in the vast prairie regions of the State. Th ey fed upon the worms and fish and ground mice in these marshes. Some very peculiar habits were exhibited by these sand-hill, and it seemed that they were divided into colonies, each Of which had a leader, whose cry was the supreme law. In the airy mornings of the early autumn days large numbers of the cranes would congregate around a slough and all join in a regular quadrille, forming in couples in due form, and going through all the intricate muxes of this particular style of Terpcichorcnn pleasure as faultlessly as the beaux and belles in a West End dance. True, some of the young cranes were awkward, but the old ones presented all the lonjr1 imbed grace of x Mary Anderson in her dance of Perdita. Hut while the flock indulged in dancing, the leader stood alone and still, some distance away, with head erect, as If a sentinel to give the cry of alarm on any ajproach of danger. And it was only the most expert hunters that ever sur

prised the cranes, for their leader whs never unwary, but as watchful with sensitive car and keen eye as any sol dier on picket duty. Hut the ingenious mind of the hunter finally hit upon a plan that, coupled with his own patience and practice, was moderately successful. Horses were trained to steal softly with light steps over the long waving prairie grass, tip to the spot where the cranes were either holding a dancing carnival or were assiduously engaged in searching for food. I'y this means the horses carried their riders within shooting distance of the cranes, and before the birds could poise themselves in preparation for flight the horesi would suddenly spring in their midst, and the hunters were thus given excellent opportunity for fine shots. Hunters had learned that It took a moment for the birds to poise before flying. Hut It was an impossibility for a hunter to walk within shooting distance of a flock without tho leader giving a cry of alarm. Hunters have crawled for a quarter of a mile through the long prairie grass, over the wet marsh, mud and black loam of Illinois, and when almost within shooting distance and on the very tiptoe of expectancy, the leader of tho cranes would give the alarm and away the flock would fly to some adjoining slough. The poor hunter was left to dry his clothes, scrape the mud off and use language not at all conducive to a devotional frame of mind. Finally horses were trained to walk quietly up to where the cranes were congregated and rush suddenly upon them. It was a well-known fact that a hunter could ride horseback almost up to the slough where the cranes were and they would noldctect him, or at Veatttako hint and the animal to be ono and the same being. It reqttired long patience in tram the horses, but tlte animals finally came to enjoy tho sport with as much zet, apparently, as tho hunters thcmsclvee. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. GAME OF OBSERVATION. Am AiHHSMnrnt That Will Find Vmvmr with l'artlr at CnMMtry Huv. When a large party of ladles and gentlemen are assembled together In a country house for shooting, races or other amusements in the daytime, a new game in which all can join in the evening will be heartilj' welcomed. The following description of one may be acceptable. The lady of the house and one gentleman fhould be in the secret of the game, which is to be played after dinner. As, however, the guests meet in the drawing-room for what is aptly called the fMKiru' qnnrl "AMr before that meal Is announced, the gentleman who undertakes the management of the game goes around to each gentleman, basket or hat In hand, and aaks from each the sum nt one shilling, to

he subsequently dirlded late the aret and seeoad prtxM for the winner, and thlx glrea rise to much curiosity and

conversatloa during the frogre of dinner as to what the game eaa he. Dinner over, the ladies leave the dining-room and retire to the drawingroom, when the hote8 explains to them what to expect In the meanwhile, Use gentleman who acts aa Manager aaks each other Ken tie man In turu to accompany him to another room, where will be found already prepared large sheets of foolscap paper, on each of which is legibly written the name of a fair lad, aad each gentleman la required to write, one at a time, so that there may be no collusion, a description opposite to every lady's name of what its owner is wearing that evening color, ma terial, shape, jewels, headdress, the more details the better and to do this rapidly in the space of five minutes. As one gentleman after another com pletes his aper he is sent to join the ladies in the drawing-room, who, now being lathe secret, watch gleefully his entrance and the furtive glances he cants at the dresss of the wearers in stead of at their fair faees. When all have dene and are reas sembled in the drawing-room, the nanager" arranges the ladies at one end of the room in a semicircle, first selecting live of the youngest ladies and empaneling them to act as n jury, and to sit together on one side of the circle. At the other end of the room a sort of improvised platform is erected, on which are placed the gentlemen, and on a high istool in the center each gentleman is in turn made to stand, while the "manager" stands below him, and in a loud voice reads out his paper and the description he gives ot the ladies and their costumes. Great merriment is caused by the reading of these papers, the cata logues of the colors ornaments, etc.. being as often absurdly wrong and totally different to what is really worn as wonderfully near the mark. The five ladies of the jury note these differences, and afterward consult and decide upon whom the prize for the most accurate description is to be given, and in many cases It will be found that the person least suspected of observing a ladv's toilet will be the one who proves the most correct in his remarks, and the beaten candidates will often plead that they were too absorbed in the contemplation of the ladies themselves or in the interest of their conversation to notice what they had on. Anyway this game will produce much fun and merrlmenL and. if a good many young people are present, an impromptu dance will aptly close so pleasant an evening. London Queen. VENETIAN GONDOLIERS. Net Hlto j l'lrtHrf"H l'ulHted by SrntlmcHtal THrlU. It is with grief that I rcrtind my tint raveled reader that in Venice the gond'da is tlte cab. Is the cabman a poetic object a person to whom you would indite lyrics or elegies? I trow net. Hut. on the other hand, the gondolier, unlike the London cabman, has his redeeming qualities. He is picturesque.' He used to be more so in the days when he wore red silk stockings and a blue silk jacket, and when the boat he propelled was as gay a thing as himself. He is also very amenable to civility. He will quarrel with the portly Briton who speaks no language but Kngllsh, and after a row tenders in payment a sum of money he deems unworthy of him. though it be in excess of the tariff. Hut the quarrel will be all on his side, and it will soon dissolve away into resonant laughter as he invites his copper-colored comrades to share the spectacle of the HritOH walking off aa if he heard not a word of his plea. The cabman, in such a case, would of course proceed to maledictions, and perhaps go further still. Indeed, when all is said, the gondolier is not a bad fellow, though, like the pigeons, somewhat spoiled by being photographed In his boat by enterprising amateurs a hundred times In the year. Hut in spring, notwithstanding the romance of them, one is uot strongly attracted toward gondola or gondolier. When a "boa" Is blowing upon the city from the Mountains behind Trieste, and all the lagoon Is under a blue-gray haze, chilly and thick, one is prone to think of fires, not aquatic expedition. And many a martyred paterfamflias and his wife, who, at their eldest daughter s bidding, have inelegantly wriggled Into the boat, and, aided by the smil ing, compassionate oarsman, judicious ly dispersed their offspring about the remaining space thereof, are as eager to leave as they were unwilling to enter it. If they can be induced to make another such excursion, they take wool for their ears and enough wraps for a regiment reckless Of the daughter' indignant demur about "how it will look." A playful form of compliment which tha gondolleni bandy about wheh they are displeased with each ether brings me to another character istic of Venice. If, in conveying hi-s party through the "cannletti." the oarsman clashes with a boatcomlnglr. the contrary direction, he will probably call hie enemy "the son of a dog." as well as much else. Cornhtll Maga zlne. m Mr. Gladstone's weakness is said to be his desire to have his face pen petuated on canraa. In the last thirtytve years he has found time te sit tc thirty-live portrait winters and U have his photograph taken two hundred times. Whenever the touri goes to England he finds some likeness ot tlte grand old statesmaa looking him benijgaly la the faoa.

SCHOOL. AND CHURCH.

At the reeeat nineteenth annual eemmeaeement of the lttlladelphla Girls' Normal School SS8 diploma were given. There are three Protectant churches in Llshea, Portugal, and tha pastors of all the were formerly Ke man Catholic priests. Ohio ha Sabbath -schools, but there are still la that State a half million of youth outside of aach schools with which to form another .000. Two the most successful college presidents ia Kentucky are women Miss Lotta A. Campbell, president of Caldwell College, at Danville, and Miss A. M. Hicks, president of Cllntoa College. More than a third of the Hoard school-mistresses in London get salaries of over $1,000 a year, and there are altogether about one thousand ia the metropolis and the province together who receive f550 or upward. The male members of the Heformed Church, In Easton. Pa., having been dilatory about digging the cellar for the new church, the ladle turned out with shovel and pick and did so much work that the shamefaced men finished the job. The trustees of Hartford Theological Seminary have decided to open all courses of the Institution to women on tho same terms as to men. This action is taken to meet the special needs of women who are desirous of preparing themselves for Christian teaching, for the missionary field, and for any religious work other than the pastorate. A wealthy gentleman, who had given 120.000 to build a church for a poor congregation, lost his fortune ia after years. An acquaintance said to him one day: "If you had the money you gavo to Church, it would set you up in business. " "Sir." wan tha reply, "that is the only money I have saved, and it yields me a rich and unfailing interest" The four largest alumni bodies ia New York City and immediate vicinity are those of Harvard, Princeton and Yale. The Harvard Club number! 00 1 members, of whom -112 are resident and 192 non-resident. Tlte Union, College Alumni Association. of New York, Ittfl members, of whom forty are non-resident. The Princeton Club, of New York, has 80.1 members, while the Yale Alumni Association, of 3S'ew York, has irt-S. The Calling and Flower Committees of the Cranston Street Baptist Church, of Providence. 1L I., have a systematic way of finding out the sick and needy. A rack in the rear of the church contains cards on which persons knowing of those who are sick are requested to write their names and. xddresses, while Over this rack hanga a "reported list" of the sick. The committees collect the cards after service, call upon the sick, or send them fruit or flowers, and keep other members thoroughly posted concerning; them. She Was Tired of It "Mr. Smithers." said his wife, "if I remember rightly you have often said that you disliked to ace a woman constantly getting herself inte print." "I do," said Smithers, positively. "You considered it unwomanly and. indelicate. I believe." "Very." "And" you don't see how any man could allow his wife to do any thing of the kind." "Yos. I think so now." "Well, Mr. Smithers. in view of all the facts in the case I feel justified in asking you for a new silk dress." ( "A new silk dress?" "Yes; for the last eight years I have had nothing better than eightcent calico, and I want something else. I'm tired of getting Into print." Merchant Traveler. A Touching Obituary. Tlte following linos are copied from the obituary column of a rural New York journal: "It is with deep regret that we chronicle tha death of G H. M , of , New York. Ha passed away on Monday morning. March 2,)th, after an Illness of little more than three days.... We had beoa acquainted for five years. Wo begaa in the poultry business at the same time, both buying Wyandotte eggs of the same man. The writer soon gava up the breed and kept only Langshans. But George kept his WyahJottw, bought only the best, bred ea'refully; and though we have seen'many fins birds we know of fwwhtch lay more) and larger eggs or breed finer chicks than his do. We have had many fowls nnd eggs ot him, aad would aa quick trust him as ourself to ship egg or to select stock." Harper's Magazine. i London's Ancient WaN Another portion of the aid city wall ey which London was surrounded has just been brought to light la tha neighborhood of Ludgate 11111. It stands at the juncture of Little Bridge street, Pilgrim street and the Broadway, very near another portion which waa laid bare and taken down about five or six years since at the corner of Little Bridge street It not actually ot Koman construction, It Is largely constructed of Roman materials, and It probably formed part of a baatloa or tower at an angle of the elty wall. It Is about ten feet high and twelve feet In length. Its depth and thickness will w sien when the adjoining wall la removed, aa w 111 shortly he th

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