Ligonier Banner., Volume 14, Number 13, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 July 1879 — Page 7

Thie Ligonier Banner, 3 B SROUE, Fattor nd Proprictor, LIGONINB I /= . INDIANA.

-A WEE-coT house abune the knowe, . - ..A snod flower-yaird wi' mony a posie, T Where lilacs bloom and myrtles grow ‘ ~__RBeside a bower fn’ snug and cosie. "T'wds there I woo'd m&kwmsomg May; - +"Pwas there ~va§§es“he " her to my bosom, - When Spring keeked oot frae bank and brae In mony a bud and mony a blossom. —_An‘auld Kirk stands beside the stream sl _ .. That wimples throughithe daisied meadow, “Where cowships glint and lilies gleam - - Betieath the spreading bourtree’s shadow; ’Twas there I wed my bonnie bride, i ~——WWhen Summer light was fain to linger; : i~ Twasthere, while nestling at my side, -~ - i X placedighe goud ring on her finger. . . A!i; s R e -A Tonely kirkyaird i’ the glen, o . _Where mony a pearlie tear has fallen, = . "Where silence seals thestrifes o' men, = - _~__Whate'er their rank *yhate’er their callin’— “When Winter’s blast piped i’ the grove, ; '~ ‘When lingering bloorts had fa’'n and perished. "Twas there 1 laid my early love. Beside a babe we baith had chierished. - .But there's a lan’ ayont the blue- = = . That kens nought o’ our kittle weather, : . Where a’ the leal and guid and true, : [ Though pairted lang, may yet forgather. _' There sits she by the gouden gatas— - ) For there | hae a tryst to meet her; . " But love that strengthens while it waits ! Makes a’ the aftertime the sweeter. o | - L —(rood Words.

—~OUR-PASSENGER., = It was a lovely autumn afternoon toward the close -of September, when we weighed anchor.and.-sailed out of the River MerSey, bouwad- for Melbourne. We had a'good-ship—Janet’s Pride—loaded with mhiscellancous, articles. lOn board were fGurteen passengers, and, take them all in all, a pleasanter lot I never steered .across the stormy sea. L =4 There were three old gentlemen, who were going out to share their for--tunes, come what might, and which, poor old souls, they seemed to thitrk fashioned in the brightest colors, long before the English Channel was out of sight. i - : Then there-was a solitary old gentleman, who, judging from the tone of his conversation, was seexing the new world for the ostensible purpose of finding fault with it. = There were two ' young married couples, all full of hope and activity, bent upon making a new home far away from their native land. : There were also a very jolly elderly brother and sister, neither of whom had ever entered into the bonds of matrimony, but instead had stuck to each other through life. ; -

There ~were three old Australian Settlers, who had been over to have a peep at the old country, and who were now I.'elburnin%fl to the land which to them, through long communion, had become the dearest of all - others, “ home, sweéet home!"’ : Lastly, though not least, there was a solitary passenger, who soon became the pet‘of all on board. He was a man of about twenty-eight years of age, possessing a very clear complexion, a very handsome, long,,flowin%lbeard and a very silky mustache. " His name was Reginald Moore. His given reason for taking this sea voyage was the delicate state of his health. There was not the least doubt that the poor fellow’s chest was affeoted, for his voice, though charmingly sweet, was one of the weakest I cver remember hearing; and it had a certain hollowneéss in’ its sound that in my mind is invariably associated with that terrible disease commonly-termed consumption. He always wore a thick mufller round his neck to protect his throat and chest. - ' ' o

" In all my ex(})eriel_lce—-and it hag been a pretty wide one—l never knew any one to win so many friends, and such undivided esteem, in so short a time, as Reginald Moore. There was not, I believe, a sailor on board who did not entertain the warmest possible likmgor imo L

As for the passengers, they never seemed so happy as - when listening to his - amusing anecdotes, of which he seemed to possess an ‘inexhaustible store. Andthis delicate young English paragon of passengers had made this conquest over all our hearts before we had heen three weeks at sea. - L He was, too, such a clever fellow with his hands. Hecould cut and shape you anything out of a piece of wood, from an oyster to an elephant, and, at making models of ships, he never met his equal. He was, besides, such a kind and considerate fellow toward fellowpassengers. - | i i When the three elderly ‘gentlemen, who imagined = their fortunes made, were afllicted with sea-sickness, he was the first to come forward and help them about while they slowly recovered. He would insist upon their taking his arm, weak as he was himself, and he would lead them about on deck with a firmness that spoke volumes in favor of his ‘‘gea legs.”” s i -1 do not remember any voyage ever passing so quickly as the one -when the pleasant passenger was on board. I could, with “infinite pleasure, make a Jong pauge at this juneture in the thread of my story, to dwell upon the pleasant memories I still retain of Reginald Moore. o ¢

We were within a week’s sail of Melbourne. ' Reginald Moore had ail but completed a modelof the Janet’s Pride, which he proposed presenting to me the ni%ht beforéiwe landed. : ow, he worked at this model pringipaily on deck; and, strangely enough, he had chosen for a work-table the top of one of -the empty water-cagks that stood on deck, abaft and under the shelter of the bulwarks. " While he worked through the day you were sure to see him surroundzd 'l}y some of the Pa.ssengers ‘or -gailors.: he amount of industry displayed was truly wonderful, for hé was invariably at work in the early morning, long before any of the other passengers dreamt of turning out of their snug berths. As I have already said, we were hut six day’s sail from Melbourne. For the first time in our experience of him the pleasant passenger appeared at, the dinner-table with a solemn, downcast expression of the face, and a silent tongue. Before dinner was over I asked him what troubled his mind and caused this unhappy change in his wonted cheerful manner. =~ = ...

At first he tried to evade my queries by replying it ¢ was nothing incparticular;’’ but I pressed him persistents ly until.l won from him an explanation. ¢ Perhaps, ' after all,”” he said, ¢‘it is only fair that I should explain matters. The fact of the matter is, my wateh has been stolen.’ = < Stolen!”’ we exclaimed in a breath.

_“Undoubtedly,” he answered, *‘but I pray you, Captain’—here he turned to me—*‘ I pray you say not one word about it. The only thing that renders the loss of consequence to me is the fact that it once belonged to my poor mother. On that account alone I woald not have lost it for any amount of money. However, it cannot be helped, and, therefore, it is useless to cry over spilt milk, as the old adagehasit. My only request in the matter is, my dear Captain, that you will leave the matter entirely in:my hands, and 1 think it is very probable that I may recoyer it. This request I am sure you will oblige me by granting.” L i ¢Certainly, my dear sir,”” I replied; el but—-—-” :

¢« Exaetly,”’ he interrupted, with one of his pleasant smiles, ‘“you would like to take the. matter in hand, and investigate it to the utmost of your power; I know that, my dear Captain, full well; but I can trust you to keep your promise, and leave ‘the case entirely in my hands.” ; ; How could I deny him his request? ~ You will ‘readily imagine what consternation this event gave ‘rise. to among the other passengers. The threcold gentlemen instantly proceeded to explain that. they possessed jewelry to the value of at least three hundred pounds, which they usually kept locked up in abrown leather writing-case; but unfortunately at the present time the lock*#Wasout of order. - _

‘Regindald Moore suggested a safer deposit for their valuable. : ~ The young married couples annced the fact of their owning at least two hundred and fifty pounds ~worth ‘of jewelry; and they, too, con:sulted Mr. Moore' as to the safest plan for secreting it. [ e . The kind-hearted brother and sister had, it appeared, more valuables in the way of jewelry than anyone on_board, ‘since fifteen hundred pounds had never purchased what they possessed. The whole of that evening was occupied in speculating as to the probable perpetrator of the theft, and in eondoling with Reginald Moore on his great Joss. -

Every one turned in that night in an uneasy state of mind, and it was with astonishment that they found .themselves, in the morning, still in full possession of all their worldly goods. This improved condition of affairs seemed to reassure our passengers, who at oncebegan to look cheerful and at ease. . . < Reginald Moore’s pleasant face wore its wonted smile, and, as heretofore, he ‘enlivened and charmed wus with his vivacity and anecdote. All day through he worked on the model of the Janet’s Pride, stil' using the top of the empty water-cask for a work-table. _ That night we retired to rest with minds far more at ease than the previous one. Alas! what a sense of anger and distress came with the morning! Every passenger on board possessing jewelry had been robbed. during the ni%‘hb. » ; he three old gentlemen, the young married couple, and the kind-hearted brother and sister, found themselves niinus every article of jewelry that they had possessed, Even the grumbling old gentleman had lost his gold snufibox. v v -

There was no keeping matters quiet this time, The thief must be traced and brought to justice. What was the wisest, method of procedure? - What would Mr. Moore suggest? ‘I would suggest, though most reluctantly,” said~ Mr. Moore, ‘‘that every sailor and every sailor’s luggage be carefully searched.” . = To this proposition we unanimously: agreed. : : “ This,”” he continued, ‘*must be most humiliating to the fezlings of your crew, Captain, and, therefore, in common fairness tc them as our fellowmen, let me also suggest that every passenger and every passenger’s luggage be also thoroughly searched.” ~ A little hesitation on the part of one or two of the passengers was demonstrated before acceding to this last proposal, but our pieasant passenger soon contrived to bring those who at first demurred to his side of thinking. “Ofcourse,” he said, ‘“there is not a passenger on board who is not above suspicion, yet in justice to the feelings of the crew, it is, in my humble opinion, the least we'can do.” =~ 7 ¢

This delicacy of feeling and this thoughtfulness on the part of Reginald Moore rendered him, if possible, more admirable and praiseworthy in our eyes than ever. oo L ‘Many of the crew objected strongly to this mode of procedure, but all were' compelled to submit. The old boatswain was furious with indignation, and vowed that if it cost him his life he would trace the. thief who had caused him to be ‘searched like a common pickpocket. Even the pleasant passenger failed to soothe his'sénse of injury. : ’ e - Well, a thorough search was made by myself, in company with the kindhearted old gentleman and his sister. Eveéry one’s traps were rahsacked from' to% to bottom without success. urther search was useless. What - was 40 he done? " ; ~ 'That 'n-t%ht,' all ‘having been made snug and the passengers having turned in, none of them, as you may Ima§ine, in very brilliant spirits, I went ondeck, it being what we call at sea ¢* the Captain’s watch.’ { : 1

1 turned in about four o’clock a. m., the second officer then comingyoned_ut{. , My cabin was amidship and on deck, and from a window ~_ther?in'j I: could command a view of the after-deck of the Ship. ; 2 . Somehow or other, I could not rest ‘one atom; so, dressing myself, I deter‘mined upon sitting up and smoking. I ‘drew aside the blind of the window I have mentioned and looked out. It wa.s?ust- ‘the gray light of early morning, and there was a stiffish breeze blbwm;{. To my suririse, I beheld _Rdlgina d Moore on deck. : . was about to open my cabin-door -and invite'him to ’foin ‘me'in my rest-

Jessness, when the peculiar nature of ‘his f)roceedings riveted my attention. -He looked around on all sides, as if -afraid of attracting observation. . ~ Then, suddenly, as if assured fhe -cnast was clear, he made rapidly to‘ward the empty water-cask, on which “he was accustomed to manufacture his -model of “the- Janet’s Pride. Once ~more glancing cautiously about him, ‘he then applied his hands to the top of ‘the cask, and with a rapid movement lifted half of the top bodily off. . ~ My astonishment and my excitement were intense., Another hasty glance round, and he plunged his hand down into the cask, then quickly withdrew it, holding in hisgrasp a small bag, which he rapidly eoncealed in the breast of his coat. , ' -Again he took a hasty survey, and wasg about making- another dive into this ° strange receptacle for hidden goods, when. he suddenly withdrew, haying, with #&stonisking rapidity, replaced the tap of the cask. In another ‘moment the-cause of his alarm was made apparent, as a couple of sailors passed him on their way to relieve the man at the wheel. - A When all:was again quiet for an instant he gSeemed determined to at once return to the cask, and no doubt withdraw s@toething more that the interruption had prevented him withdrawing in the first instance. -But suddenly changing hismind, he went down the stairs that led from the deck to the saloon and sleeping cabins. Scarcelj had he disappeared when another figure, stealthily crossing the deck, met my-anxious observation. It was the boatswain. .

. I saw hi?pJ ‘glance -toward the stairs down which Reginald Moore had taken his departure. He then made direct for the water cask. It was now obvious to me that the old boatswain had been watching the pleasant passenger. % : Just as he reached the water cask a heavy green seastruck the ship to windward, necessitating the boatswain to hold on by the ropes so as to keep his footing, and precisely at the same moment Reginald Moore appeared at the top of the eabin stairs. 1 shall never forget the scene. b : : The instant the ship had steadied herself the boatswain commenced his examination of the water-cask. TFor a moment only Moore stood looking at him with as evil an expression on hisface as I ever beheld. ; : ‘With one bound he was upon the boatswain before he could turn to protect himself. I waited no longer, but flung open the door of my cabin in an instant,"and in another 1 was to the rescue, and in a few moments we had our pleasant passenger in irons. ~ So, you see, he was the thief, after ‘all, hiding his knavery under ‘the pleasantest exterior I ever knew a man to possess. The manner in which he had manufactured the top of that water-cask was the most finished and ingenious piece of carpentery I have ever beheld. - In the interior of the side of the cask he had driven several nails,"about two feet from the top, on which he had suspended, in wash-leather bags, the jewelry he had stolen. ° You may easily imagine the surprise evinced by our passengers on discovering that the thief was the man for whom each and every one entertained such regard and even affection. : At the expiration of three days from the date of the pleasant passenger’s detection .we ' landed in Melbourne, where duty compelled me to hand him over to the police; but as no one cared to remain in that town for the purpose of prosecuting him he was ‘summarily dealt with. - The presiding magistrate sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor.

Circumstantial Evidence in the Hull & ~ - Case, ,‘ " It isoften said among lawyers that circumstantial evidence is the most complete and convincing of any merely human proof; that while one or two or three witnesses may speak falsely or be mistaken as to what they have seen or heard, a series of distinet facts and events, - which, taken separately, show nothing; but which, placed alongside, arrange themselves aslinksin a chain of evidence all leading in one direction, furnish the one kind of proof that admits of no mistake. Let us apply this doctrine to the case of the murder of Mrs. Hull, in New York, as it stood for a ‘week after the crime was committed. ' Here was a feeble old man with a handsome and brilliant wife, in the prime of life. She had some property, and managed the household - affairs to suit herself, attracted and entertained company, advised with- other gentlemen and not with her husband about her investments, and had her sleeping apartment on the parlor floor, while her husband occupied -a room by himself in the attic. He was poor, might naturally be jealous of men superior to himself who were brought to his house by his wife’s social qualities; might easily consider himself snubbed by her and her friends, and might desire to get control of the property of which he was permitted to see and know so little. 'What more natural than that 8 man 8o situated should wish to revenge himself for the slights " put upon him? Who - would marvel that he would wish to handle the money himself, instead of being an unwelcome pensioner upon his wife’s bounty? Surely the motive for murder was not only syfficient, but powerful. s i ; - Then, in the next place, the very first thing that became obvious-in.the examination of the premises after the murder was that the deed was committed by some one living in the house. ‘No entrance was made through any of the doors—the sashes were all shut and

fastened—no dust on ‘any window-sill had been disturbed, and there were no tracks or marks in the back yard or elsawhere to_indicate that any person from the outside had approsched the house or gone away from it. The readiness with which the murderer found the pitcher of ice-water, and various other circumstances, showed conclusively that he was familiar with the rooms, and knew where everything ‘was ke%t.z _ & s | Another point upon which there seemed no room for mistake was that

the murder was committed for the sake of putting the woman out of the way, and mot for any purpose of robbery. The insignificance of the amount taken, and the fact that there was no attempt to steal from any of the other rooms in the house, showed this. 'l'he pulling off of Mrs. Hull's finger-rings, and the disappearance of a few arti-. cles of jewelry were evidently intended as a blind to divert suspicion from the real criminal and suggest a theory of burglary. : b : As if these terrible indications were not enough, it seemed as though the husband was bound by some dreadful necessity to -indicate his crime by the very ear-marks of his profession. Who but a physician would know and remember at such a time that if a person was counterfeiting death the pupil of the eye would infallibly expose the pretense by contracting when a light was held near it? The singed eyebrows and three. drops of spermaceti on, the night-dress told the story, and a couple of candle-ends—the only ones in the house of the same.material as’ the tell-tale drops—were found in Dr. Hull’s attic chamber, - L ; In another matter the proféssional touch was shown. The woman was tied hand and foot, not by cords such as a burglar -would be, sure to have about him, but by strips of the sheets, of the vrecise kind used by surgeons in binding up wounds. As if this were not enough, the knots were said to be of a peculiar kind, known as ‘‘surgeon’s knots,”” and the ‘tying was so elaborately done that, in the opinion of the police, it must have occupied an hour’s time. ; Woxéd -any man not familiar with the sights of the dissectingroom stand so long over a dead body? It was found, in searching Dr. Hull's room while he was away at the funeral, that he had tied one corner of his sheet by a st;'i\l}ovg to the sideboard ot his bedstead. Was it not from some mysterious inclination to follow that method in fastening anything that might be upon a bed that led him, instead of tying his wife’s feet together, to tie them one to each side rail of the bedstead? . e

To add to all this, a sperm candle, burned down unevenly on one side,was found in his bed-room, and there was, so the Coroner states, a witness ready to testify that Dr. Hull had frequently talked to him about the mysterious Nathan murder, and the surest way to commit such erimes without exposure. It seemed as though there was a web of circumstances woven about the Lusband that would not only convict him of the crime, but satisfy every intelligent mind that there could be no possible doubt of his guilt. g 0 But here turns up a bright and apparently harmless mualatto named Cox, who was formerly employed as-a servant by Mrs. Hull, and so knew all about the house and the habits of the inmates, who says that as he stood in front of the house on the night of the murder, he noticed by the street lamp . that the sash lock on one of the parlor windows. was not turned, and so ‘he went up the steps, and from the upper one stepped over into the little balcony that was under the window, raised the lower sash and went lin; shut the window and locked it; opened the: front door slightly for convenience of exit; went to the room in which Mrs. Hull. was sleeping, and lighted a piece of sperm candle which he had in his pocket; put his hand over her mouth when she awoke, and then gagged her with bed clothing; tore the sheets into strips with one hand and his teeth while-he was holding her head down with the other hand; tied her feet to the sides of the bed when she: became quiet, so that she should not by any sudden motion roll off the bed, and by '_fallin% upon the floor awaken the cook, who slept directly underneath; dashed cologne in her face to bring her back from what he thought might be a fainting fit, after he had ru‘mmafied her trunk and bureau, and threw cold water over her for the same purpose; held the candle to her face to see why she was not ‘‘ coming to,”” whereupon the cologne flashed up, and he put it out with his other hand; and then marched off with his scanty plunder, 'Surely Dr. Hull, who is now happily removed from all possibility of suspicion, ought to be thankful that anotger man’s incautiousness in displaying that plunder has saved'him from arrest, and possibly from- an ignominious death.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. o

‘¢ Another Mercantile Failure.” OuTt on Michigan avenue a man near seventy years of age started a small confectionery store some months since, and the other day sent word to his three creditors up town that he had failed and desired to compromise. The trio went down to the store, which they found in full blast, and the four sat. down for a talk. ““You ' see, shentlemens, I do no peesness, und my family eats up all der brofits,” explained the tradesman, by way of excuse. . ““You owe me twelve dollars,”’ replied one of the creditors, ‘‘and each of these others fifteen a piece. That ‘makes forty-two dollars.” - : ‘¢ Shust forty-two,” sighed the old man. e ¢¢ Now, then, hw much money have you on hand?? : ¢« Shust zixty tollar, und no.more.” “Very well, as you have had bad luck we will settle with you for one hundred and twenty cents on the dollar, and you can go on as before.” “Yaw, L will do dot, shentlemens, und I am much obliged for such kind ‘He got out his money, the twenty per cent, was added to the claims and. aid, and before the creditors retired ,Ee' insisted on tresting them to ice cream. They had been fone anhous before the old man rushed out and halted & pvliceman and said; = It Ilails in peesness und bays one hundred and twenty cents on der dollar yhat does it mean?”’ =~ = «It means that you don’t understand how to fail,” was the reply. ' ~ ¢lsh dot bossible?” whispered the plaman. -, e ~ «] ghould say so.” S ~ “Vhell, I g 9 pack o der shoe peesness again. Vhen'l fails in dot pees‘nees 1 makes everytings. Vhen 1 fails [fin" dis peesness I pays moreas I owes.”. —Detroit Free Press. == .

9 . . Youths’ Department. CHQOSING A KITTEN. TH’ERIE were five, and theyv found them in the ay— S . Five little kittens, stowed away ' Do snug and waarmy _ ‘And far from barm ¥ Lty That, had it not been for the children's play, They’d have lived in secret to this day. : Jack put the yellow one in bis hat: The black one nimble, the white one fat, ° ! He claimed beside. - 5 : Then Teddy cried: - . ** I speak for this!”’ and **l speak for that!” - (None lett, youn seé, for the poor old cat!) e Old Pussy had thought herself so wise, But what can you hide from the children’s eyes? 3 n_so be%umful'” m The breathless Ted, : " Theg’re all gsleep{and all of a size!” : And they bore to tgss;;:honse the wondrous prize. Did mamma smile? Ah, no! she frowned: And the rest of the children gathered round: ; . And Teddv heard o - The dreadful word ;- : ** "Tis very fortunate they were found— . ) Keep one; but the others must be drowned!” ’ Then each would choose!' Bo down they sat. "T'was this one first, and then *twas that . - Hach making choice e e - ~ With an eager voice, Of the white or the gray, tb&éig} or the fat— Just which he chanced to be looking at. Ted said. at last: ** We can’t:spare fione!” (His grammar was poor, but his tactics won.) : ** We'll hide them away ©~ - . =~ == Again Inthehay! = - : Put two in your hat and run, Jack, ran! We'll save them all!” And it was dong. - =Mrs. Clarq Doty Baies, in Wide-Awake,

-, CHARLEY’S CHANCE, = ‘For gt least ten minutes Chatley had not spoken a word, in the mgantime eating his dinner with a very, absent air, seemingly engaged in deep meditation. i Mamma was just beginning to wonder a little at this unusual silence, when he said: & ‘““Seems to me a fellow don't have much chance.”” “‘Chance for what?’ asked papa. “Why, to be a sample,” was the puzzling reply. _ : “A—what!” : ‘“ Why, a sample—like Job. Our teacher said to-day in Sunday-School that's ‘what Job was, and we must all try to'be one, too.” ' - : y « ¢“Example, you mean, my dear,” said mamma, laughing 4 little at the funny mistake. L ! : ‘“Yeg, that's it. Miss Hudson said he was ever so rich, and that he had lots and lots of cattle, and sheep, and children, and then after a while lost every -single thing that he had, and was sick besides. Mrs. Job was dreadful wicked, and tried to get him to swear, but he -wouldn’t. Then some men came up and scolded him for doing things when he hadn’t. But he was good and patient, and that's what made him a’ex-ex-sample. I'd like to be one, but there don't ever anything happen so’s I can.” *“Well, ] maost say that's the first time I ever heard of anybody’s wanting his friends to die for the sake of showing off his religion,”” remarked Katy. . / . “)1_ didn’t say that I wanted ’em to die,”’! indignantly protested: Charley, not exactly relishing this view of the subject. = ! ‘“ Well, my dear, if you really wish to be an example of patience you may be sure there will be no lack of chances,’’ said mamma, encouragingly. “Only be sure you don’t miss them when they come,’ added Katy. . By this time Charley began to have a suspicion that being an ¢ example”’ might not prove entirely the fine thing it had seemed when he sat aosorbed in listening to Miss Hudson’s glowing account of the patient patriarch and his tribulations. But his ambition to become distinguisned in like manner was not a bit cooled, and with a firm resolve to keep a bright lookout for ‘‘chances,”” he curled himself up on ‘the lounge with his Sunday-School ' book for companion, which przved so [interesting that very soon everything ‘else was, lor the time, entirely forgotten.. : .

Two or three days after this Charley came running into the house at noon with a letter which papa had just brought from the office. . ‘O mamma! here’s a letter from Auntie Sue. Do please read it right away. I want to hear what she says,”’ he exclaimed. : And mamma, scarcely less eager than Charley, quickly cut the envelope and began to read aloud the letter, which: was long and very interesting, for it contained the news that Auntie was to sail for Europe the Ist of May with the expectation of remaining abroad a year. Almost at the end of the eight closely written pages was the following paragraph: .= < f fear Charley will be irea,;ly disappointed, for 1 know he has beeu reckoning so much upon spendipi the snmmer here, and now 1 think the visit will have to be put off until next year. 1t does not seem best that dear mother shoula have the éare of a restless, ‘wide-awake child for so long a 4ime, especially as love of children is not one of Jerusha’s virtues, and I am exceedingly anxious that things shall go smoothly in the kitchen deparvment during my absence, Tell the dear boy that he will, afterall, be the gainer by waiting, for there wul be lots of new stories agouh what Auntie saw in countries across the big ocean.’’ : e The look of utter wretchedness on Charley’s face almost made mamma’s heart stand still as she looked up after finishing the letter. For a few moments he was silent, the very image of deslPair, and then his grief exploded in words not at all pretty to hear. .

. **lt's just as impolite as 1t can be, and mean besides, for Aunt Sue to go off to Europe when she’d invited me to spend the summer at grandpa’s, I'll never love her again ‘a bit as long’s I live,”” and having thus relieved his mind, he buried his face in the lounge pillow and set up a most dismal wail. This sudden overturning of his fond-ly-cherished plans for the summer was, in truth, a bitter dis’apgointment to the little boy. All through ‘the winter he had listened with envy to Burt's stories of his own ' wonderful * experience 'at grandpa’s during a'three ‘months’ visit there, ard Charley had secretly rbsolved that when %is tinie came he, too, ‘would achieve distinetion by aseries of exploitsj which should throw his brother's adventures entirely in' the shade. So it'is npt strange that the small stock of 'self-éontrol acquired in nine short iea.rs of life: was ‘hardly sufficient to : eefg him perféectly serene while all his air-castles were tumbling down. Mamma very well ' understood how great ‘wag the trial, but thought it best to wait until the first putburst of feeling ‘had subsided before undertaking to ‘reason with, or comfort him.. .. -

- “There-was-a-man-in-the-land-of-Uz,-whose:name-was-Job;’? slowgvand? sols - emnly repeated Katy, who, during the reading of the letter, had been aenting_ the dinner table, keeping, as usual, eyes and ears wide open to everything that was geing on. Charley heard the words, and for a mbment or two there was a lull in the tempest of sound that - issued from his small mouth, for he: suddenly realized that as an ‘ example” he was proving a miserable failyre, .0 .0t meled iy “‘Job didn’'t—boo-0-o—have any—-boo-0-o—grandpa’s—bo-0-0-o—to, "go visiting to--boo-0-oo—or any hateful Auntie—boo-0-o—Sue either,” he mans=aged to sputter out by way of excuse. ‘“That’s so. His tronbles weren’t of any account beside yours, to be sure. It must have been rather hard on him,: though, when his seven boys and three girls were all killed at once while they were enjoying themselves at a party; but then he'd kind of got used to afflictions by that time.”” - . © ° At this point.a reproving shake of the head from mamma put a sudden stop to. Katy’s remarks, and Charley was left to enjoy the luxury of grief unmolested. He had, however, sufficiently recovered to take his place at the-table when dinner was ready, although unable to repress an occasional - sob or long-drawn sigh, and, as Katy said, ‘‘not having much appetite to eat.”’ : & LR

That afternoon, as mamma. was sitting in her own room where she had been rocking baby to sleep, Charley presented himself with a woe-begone - face and climbed into her lap.. Knowing that he was'now ‘ready for a talk, she began by speaking of her own childhood, and the large family of boys - and girls that. made merry in the old homestead. _She told how; as ‘they grew up, one after another :had sickened and died until only two were:left, and now the dreadful cough, which had always given warning of each sad loss, had-all through the winter been. sounding in the ears of the father and mother who had known so much sorrow, and the doctor said that Auntie Sue must have a change of climate and sea-voyage -to -make her well. As Charley listened to all this the téars began to “roll down his cheeks, and whén mamma stopped talking he sobbed emt. - Sae s ol ‘O mamma, I'm'so ’scouraged. I'm such a naughty, bad boy. I'll never get to be like the good Bible folks's long ’s I live.” : i Then mamma told him that even most of ¢‘the good Bible folks’ had many a hard battle with wicked passions, ahd that our Savior - Himself suffered the agony of temptation, and 80, know‘ing just how to pity and help us, we need never be discouraged, but lcoking to Him, who is the only perfect examp%e_; ‘we may hope to make a good fight and gain the victory over all our naughty and sinful inclinations.— Fazth Harper, in Advance. - - @ :

, The Brave Cockatoo.” WHo would think of finding a friend in need in a cockatoo? But it is a fact that both birds and beasts can- be so trained as to show great love for those who take care of them. S v ' The cockatoo has white feathers, and is formed like a parrot. There was a man by the name of Charles Durand, of whose. travels and adventures a book was written.. He owned a cockatoo, and carried it' about with him on his journeys. The bird’s name was Billy, and he seems to have been as wise and brave as he was loving. e 0 - He came with a- good character to Mr. Durand, for he had belonged to a sick man for whom he showed a tender régard. The good bird would bring him bunches of grapes to quench his thirst, and would refuse to eat one till the sick man had set him the example.. ~ But it is of something that he didfor his new master, Charles Durand, that I.am now to write. -Charles’ was in. India, where it is very hot; and where snakes and wild beasts are found. He was asleep in his tent. : All at once he was roused by a sharp, shrill ery from the bird. The cocka~ too, like the parrot, can be taught to speak words. The cry he now uttered was, ¢ Time to rise! time to rise!”’” And then he flapped his = wings, and screamed. MSuch a noise! =~ Charles awoke, and looked round, wondering what ‘was ' the matter.. ““What can ail Billy?’ he thought. The cause was soon' plain: & deadly’ snake, one whose venomeus bite is fatal, lay coiled close up to his. bed. The reptile reared its neck, and prepared to. spring on the defenseless-man. - Just when Charles Durand thought that all hope was at an end, and that his death was - near, Billy, the cockatoo, sprang from his perch, Seizing the reptile by the neck with his strong beak, the brave bird held him tight until his master could summon help. The snake was killed, and Billy was praised and petted to his heart’'s content. Who would not lovesuch a bird? How wonderful the instinet that made him see his master’s.danger, and ward it off in such a way!—Nursery. ..

—Mr. W. D. Eaton, formerly of Dexter, Me., but now a wool merchant of Boston, was ‘conneqted with the savings bauk .in Dexter when it was founded, and was intimately acquainted with its officers both before and since Cashier Barron’s death. He says that no man’s habits could be more simplé than Mr. Barron’s, and that without doubt the Cashier always lived far within his-in-come. Mr. Eaton scouts the notion that the books of the bank have shown . cledr evidence of the Cashier’s wicked- ' ness, as he also does the allegation that - the present officers of the bank have . made alterations or false entries, . —Thel ‘youth whose sin%9rbread~fB" ‘annually stolen by the elephant was at the circus last week, ‘and this time when- the gggeuzing. comfit was ‘saddenly snatched from his hand he shook - his figt at the huge thief and yelled while the tears .coursed ‘down ‘his cheeks, ‘‘Darn .yer, ye double-tailed fooll, give that ‘back here orl'll knock yer two front teeth down yer old thr?at!”-—-(}‘lweland Vowe, .a 0 . —Simon Cameron is' personally so--‘perintending a tobacco farm near Lanoaster, Pa.: 0 Gaies L ] e S iLR TR e