The Corner Stone, Volume 5, Number 5, College Corner, Union County, 2 February 1876 — Page 1

THE CORNER STONE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY W ILL HAMILTON.

THE CORNER STONE. j NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS, ! All coitJUBsicaliJst. to jsrrU?, tsut te ec?rurfcm-l I r tte ftt3 cf tie ts&or, isd bt Lau.lti in ty lucsdij cortL-sg. SUBSCRIPTION. Quo copy one year. .............. 1JL . . -$1.B0 "W .A. IN" T 33 x . -Sjicr Jal Contracts Made with Advertisers On liberal terms. Rates made known on application. ts;al advertising SO cents per equaro eacti in sertioa s tnsx '.'. rris ef t"e rsrr ensiles VOL. V. COLLEGE CORNER, IND., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1S76..

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TOPICS OF THE TIME.

The first locomotive engine introduced aad worked in America was run upon the Delaware and Hudson Railroad inl 1828. The first American steam locomo- I live was built by Messrs. Kremble, in j West street, Xew York. The first steam- j propelled cars in America, running j steadily with passengers and freight, I were on the Charlestown and Hamburg! road, now the South Carolina Railroad, j -Rofs Winans, of Baltimore, planned the fir.st eightwheeled car ever built for passenger purposes, and called it by the appropriate name of the " Columbus." There were fifty-three suicides in Maine during 1S75. Of these, eighteen deaths were by hanging, twelve each by shooting and drowning, six by cutting of the throat, four by poisoning and one by choking with a garter. There were also nine futile attempts at suicide, of which three were by taking poison, two each by drowning and throat-cutting, and one each by hanging and shooting. March was the only month exempt from suicide, while in May there were twelve, in September nine, in April, June and August seven each, in July and October five each, in January four, in February, November and December two each. The cooking school recently started in Boston has been successful. It is under the management of a company of ladies, who hire the rooms and see that the cook teacher is competent. The lessons of two hours eac'j are given to classes of two, three arlC four, or to a single pupil, at the preference of the learner. The PPis do the cooking themselves under tl'.e direction of the teachers, and may, "if they wish, eat what they cook. Many of the classes are composed of middleaged ladies, who are excellent housekeepers, but go to cooking schools to learn to make delicacies or ornamental dishes, in which the teacher excells. It seems that the practice of scalping j is not peculiar to the North American j Indian. A query put forth in Xatitre draws out the following information on j the subject: Herodotus mentions that it I was one of the most characteristic practices of the ancient Scythians. It is said that the custom still prevails among the wild tribes of the frontier in the northeastern district of Bengal. The Friend of Indian remarks: The Naga tribes use the scalping-knife with a ferocity that is only equaled by the American Indians; and the scalps are carefully preserved as evidences of their prowess and vengeance over their enemies. On the deatn. of a thief all the scalps taken by him him during his warlike career are burned with his remains. The story comes from Madrid that t wo Spanish deputies were recently conducted to the frontier because they put their hats on in a theatre at which the, king was present. It is a Spanish and French custom to wear the hat during the pause between the acts, and to rise and stand in the places, or to converse in a loud tone of voice. It was once considered obligatory, however, in Spain, when the sovereign was in the house, to remain uncovered, but this formula was neglected when Amadeo was the ruler, and I suppose the deputies thought that Alfonso was not worth any more consideration than the young Italian prince king. The Alfonsists have resented this in a hasty manner, just as they resent the evident signsof disapproval shown them by the populace in the streets. But their time is short. The young king is doing every thing he can to make himself odious, and it does not require the gift of prophesy to foretell his ignominious expulsion. The rittsburg Gazette says that one of the inmates of the Allegheny Poor Farm has developed a mania for dog-flesh, and at every opportunity he kills and cats the unfortunate dogs that come in his way. He seems to delight in this kind of food, though his idiosyncrasy was not discovered until he had gratified his remarkable taste, on the sly, on several occasions. Quite recently, when it was supposed he had outgrown this liking, and was contented with such food as satisfies ordinary mortals, it was discovered by Superintendent Grubbs that he had been at his old tricks. A farmer in the neighborhood missed a large and valued Newfoundland dog. No trace of the missing animal counld be found until a few weeks after, in an out of the way place, the hide and some other part of the missing animal were discovered. Thi3 man who has such a love for dogs and whose name by the way is Exler was suspected, and a little probing induced him to confess that he had caught the dog and killed him and used some parts of the Mesh fur food. A Yankee editor observing that " the census embraces 17,000,000 women," asks, " Who wouldn't be a census ?"

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It cannot he ! Hold up the light Closer the other way : Yes, child, your laughing guess was right My hair is turning gray. Among those tresses, lng my pride, A thread of silvery sheen Has dared audaciously to hide Their rippling waves between. Ah, me 1 when youth and childhood seem Scarce to have passed away, 'Tis hard to startle from one's dream. And find one's hair gray. I know the fire burns in my heart. Or dashes from my eye As fiercely as it used to start In days so long gone hy. I know, I feel, I love, I hate, As keenly as of yore : I had not seemed it was so late Chill age stood at the door. Life's hours seem more than ever full, And joy crowns every day ; Yet o'er their current comes a hill My hair is turning gray. You ofler comfort, darling say The silver lies alone ; Companionlcss it will not stay Ere many months have flown. Gray hairs you think a circlet bright To crown a regal head ; One used to praise their raven light In halcyon evenings fled. But, ah 1 that voice is silent now, That form is laid away, The lips are closed that used to vow Long ere my hair was gray. Well, let it come the silver sign I live again in thee ; Thy tresses are as surely mine, And still more fair to see ; For morning's gold is glinting back, And morning's purples lie Along my darling's sunny track, Reflecting in her eye. What matter, since her young life grows More brilliant every day ? Her mother grieves not, though she knows Her hair is turning gray. Air, well ! the clouds have opeu rifts Their masses dark between ; As suddenly the topmost lifts A silvery ray is seen. It may be God draws back the clouds And lets heaven's glories through In silver lines across the shrouds That bar it from my view. And I can hail his path of light Which marks my upward way, And so give thanks because this night My hair is tnrning gray. TllK 2 IX ItOX. The twilight of a March day was closing in, with the indescribable melancholy which hangs round those lengthening evenings of early spring. A. cynical east wind was sweeping the dust, straws, and shavings into little eddies, as Ronald Bayard road along the dreary road. He paid little attention to the weather, however, as it seemed not more melancholy than his musings. Eonald Bayard looked to be forty, with keen, bright eyes, a broad brow, straight nose, thin lips and heavy jaw, indicative of firmness, if not obstinacy ; a tall man, with stooping shoulders, and a look of quiet attention in his face ; a man likely to invite notice from first sight, from his unmistakable earnestness and intellect ; otherwise a quiet gentlemanly man. Left at twenty-five with a comfortable fortune, he had traveled, speculated, gambled, and frittered it away, not boisterously or loaferishly, but in a gentlemanly way, seeking after pleasure. At this time he had less than a dollar in his pocket, and no way of replenishing his depleted store. He rode on for several miles without noticing anything on the road, and only now and then testifying to the nature of his thoughts and the consciousness of a solitude by brief and abrupt exclamations and sentences, which proclaimed the melancholy yet exciting subject of his meditation. During the heat of the noon he had rested at a public house ; and resolving to take his horse at least ten miles further before his day's journey ceased, he remounted toward evening and slowly resumed his way. Coining at length to a country tavern, he stopped, gave his horse in charge of a hostler, and entered. A group of idlers were congregated in the bar-rcom, and, after the manner of farmers, eyed Bayard's horse with a critical eye. " A pretty good horse," said one. " Indeed he is," replied another. "Without the means of feeding the horse or himself another day, Bayard naturally bethought himself of selling the animal, which was really a fine one. With that object in view he cautiously sounded the party, and in less than an hour had sold the horse to a farmer for two hundred dollars. The purchaser went home to obtain the money, promising to return after supper and conclude the bargain. " Well," mused Bayard, as he sat down to the best 'meal the host could provide, " two hundred dollars are between me and poverty." The farmer returned with the money as he had promised to do, and Bayard went to bed with it under his pillow. In the morning, having resolved to start for New York, he arose early and breakfasted. Finding that two hours remained before the arrival of the train, he strolled off for a walk down the shaded road. He had not proceeded far before the sight of a girl lying senseless by the roadside arrested his steps. She was of medium size, and so graceful and girlish

in form that she did not look the twenty years which was her age. The delicate mouth, the clear, colorless skin, the slender neck, which scorned to bend under the weight of the brown hair all formed a picture that any artist might have been proud to paint. Nothing could be more simple than the light calico dress she wore, yet she was more lovely thus than if adorned with all the elaborations of a drawing room toilet. "Speak are you hurt? "What has happened?" he said, as he tried to raise her up. " Can you not rouse yourself till I can get help ?" The unconscious pressure of the arm that encircledher, was perhaps as efficient as the words in bringing her to a more distinct consciousness of her situation, and she roused herself with a strong effort from the languor which the swoon had left her. "I am quite well, now," she said, faintly. " I can not tell what made me faint." But as she tried to raise herself from his support, she became conscious of a strange pain in her head, and a giddiness which made her fall back in spite of herself on his shoulders. " It is nothing," she said, with another effort at rallying her strength. " I suppose I shook my "head in the fall." Bayard lifted up the splendid hair which had become picturesquely disordered, and examined the small head it covered with the tenderness and care of an experienced nurse. " There is little wonder that you are suffering. There is a sharp cut at the side of the temple, and a deep bru'se. You have had some blow in falling. I hoped you had not sustained any injury. If you will remain quiet here for a minute or two, 1 will get some water and bathe it for you." Without waiting for a reply. he placed the girl against the trunk of a tree, and taking off his coat by way of a pillow for her head, he sprang off ere she had time to remonstrate at the vigorous proceedings. Here is nature's best medicine," he said, dipping his handkerchief in the water and bathing the 'wound wii.li it touch soft as a woman's. " You look better already. Where do you live?" " It is only a few steps," she replied. " just beyond the turn in the road yonder." Supported by Bayard's arm, the girl was able to walk to her home, which proved to be a very humble habitation, with but one scantily furnished room. The little bed in the corner of the room, though not particularly wide, was clean and soft, and the fire-place held a bright, cheerful, blazing fire, that sputtered and puffed away to the singing of the little copper kettle as if it really enjoyed being of so much comfort. A few other ordinary articles completed the humble furniture of the apartment. A woman came forward as the girl and Bayard entered, and she proved to be the mother. " I had a bad fall, mother," said the girl, " and this gentleman helped me home." The hurt proved to be inconsiderable, and Bayard, after seeking in vain for an excuse to remain longer, went away. He had learned, however, that the woman was a widow named Lawton, and that the daughter was named Ida. They were poor and uneducated the latter fact being apparent in the girl, in spite of her natural brightness, beauty, and good-natured vivacity. Bayard reached the train in time, and was whirled on to the metropolis from which he had been for three years absent. His first move was characteristic of the previous habits of the man. With the money gained with the sale of his horse, he visited a gambling hell. The saloon which he went to was frequented by the heaviest class of gamblers, men who risked thousands on a single wager. The game played was faro, and Bayard sat down with his small fortune at his corner. The game went on with varying success until after two hours' play there was a run on Bayard's card. This was one of the sensational nights of the season, and it was long after known as the battle of the giants. Ten times in succession Bayard won. When he withdrew he was worth twenty thousand dollars. With his comfortable fortune, and too old to be lured on until he had lost it, Bayard vowed never to gamble again. First he visited his few relatives. They were an unprincipled set. Supposing him bankrupt, they treated him coldly; learning that he was rich, they sickened him with adulation. He was disgusted with them ; and his thoughts went back to Iila Lawton in her humble home. He was a man of strong will and great pride ; he was a fastidious man, one who, under ordinary circumstances, would as soon have thought of marrying an uncultured girl as of putting on a straight waistcoat and voluntarily giving himself up to a

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keeper of a lunatic asylum. But all the j serious influences of nature, culture, and i position were swept away, lie had been j caught, as greater men than he have i been, by the beauty of a young girl, j What should lie do? So di.-troed wa ite with his own infatuated behavior, so J infuriated at the " folly " he was medita- j ting, that appetite and sleep forsook him. ! love triumphed, and he found his ' way back to the Lawton cottage. And now the worldly man of fortv was transformed into the impetuous lover of j h ilf that age. One night his arm encircled i hi'r slender waist, and the velvety mouth w-is, for one ecstatic instant, pressed by j h'alips; the next, and lie was passion- 1 atcly imploring pardon, and pouring I Mth the utterances of all the love and ,, dt-otedness that filled his soul for the j loveliness before which he pleaded. Ids was at first astonished. Perhaps she would have fled, but Bavanl retained j

his hold of one of her hands, while he be- j sought her but a moment to hear what $ he wished to say; and then, if she bade j hiiit, he would be forever silent. He loved hfj; he worshiped her; without her, ex- j istvnee would be for him a blank. She t was too beautiful, he knew, for him to deserve the happiness of calling her his j own. But no man in the world, not i even a king, deserved so priceless a po. j session. j The unsophisticated girl was carried ; away by the novelty and fervor of his j love-making. Scarcely comprehending i the love that he professed, or knowing' whether she returned it, she became his j betrothed. A month later they were j married, and went to New York. j During a year they were happy. City I life was new to Ida, and she lived upon! the excitement. She grew, too, to love j herhusband. Loving her devotedly, he j was constantly laboring to make her j happy. Even the cold shoulders of his j relatives did not annoy him much, for j he construed their snubbing of his i I liter- I ate wife to an envy of her, knowing that j she stood between them and his property. But at the end of this happy year, came : soripw. Ida suddenly sickened and died. .t Th husband would listen to no con sola- j tt-.s. Utterly pr-trr.ted by grie f, h I even refused to see his relatives. ! They would not see her when she was alive, and they shan't see her now. They are secretly elated at her death, and expect to get my money when I die." Mado a monomaniac by his bereavement, lion aid Bayard's mind ran upon that one subject his relatives' hatred of his dead wife, and their deire to get his property when he died. He shut himself up in his now dreary house, and brooded over his sorrow. A few months after the death of his wife, he also died. He left no will ; but in the hands of a lawyer, he left, in his own handwriting, a nete that read as follows: "If my two cousins, Alfred Grace ami Herman Lagrave, desire to receive what I have left for them, they must follow my directions explicitly. They must repair alone to the chamber in which I usually slept. Upon the bureau the- will iind a tin box, the key of which is enclosed in this uote. In that box they will find the fortune I have left them. IIoxali) P.ayakd." On a certain day the cousins met in Bayard's house. They were an avaricious, ill favored pair. Herman Lagravc's face was very brown. He had a thin, high nose, rather prominent eyes, and carried his head high. Altogether, he was an ill-tempered looking man. Alfred Grace was of gigantic stature, with an enormous body, upon which was set a monstrous head, surmounted by a tangled mass of yellow hair, almost joining his shaggy eyebrows. On his sunburnt face was a broad, flat nose, little blue eyes, and a small mouth. The expression of his face was disagreeable. Together they repaired to the chamuer, and carefully locked the door behind them. The box stood on the bureau in appearance an ordinary affair, such as bankers use in storing valuable papers in their safes. Lagrave at once proceeded to use the key. It was some time, however, before he found the proper manner of applying it, for the lock was of a peculiar construction. After several attempts he succeedetl in opening it, when a slight detonating sound was heard, similar to the explosion of a percussion cap. As no immediate consequence happened, he stooped over the box and began eagerly to examine the contents, unconscious while doing so that a thin, grayish vapor was gradually issuing from it, enveloping his head. He had not breathed it long before its deadly effects became apparent. Asphyxia, rapid as the lightning's flash, struck both heart and lungs, and, with a deep groan, he sank a corpse beside the bureau. Grace saw the deadly effect with alarm, and tried to retreat. The insidious and stifling vapor pursued him, and he droj d lifeless at the door. ;Their lifeless bodies were found a few hours afterward, and in the box was l"ayard's will, leaving his property to a charitable institution. GTaTE LlLiRAB Y

O III o. TJie I,raimTatitrr. Iu the Senate on the Ith of Jantiarv a! message was received fn": i tior. Hare, 1 nominating JoaiaU Scott, cf Craw for.! ; Lien- j nrd A. Harrison, of Franklin; Wm. V". Johnson, of I-awrenee ; Henrv C. Whitman I anl I. Thew Wru-ht. of Hamilton two Ke pubSicaiis, one Liberal r.epuilicnn and two I I)fiuocr.ttji t be member of the Supreme i Court CoinmisMou. , bill s introihieeii 1 to transfer the duties of Mate lifts Inspector ! to the I 'epartittcnt of I hei:nlry in tl;eS:ate AcricuUunU and Mecharsicnl Collece When the House met tki afternoon it !,al to face a calendar of sixty I il".s for secn.l readincr, About half the number was cone through with before adjournment. On January 1H, in the Senate, hnU were introduced repealing the act redact ;:;r the comienatiou of count otHeia's : to aikw writs of error to the Common Flea Court i irom me t oiice i ouri, ana to jerun me laws for the erection of lItrict Children's homes. An election of two Assistant Clerk occurred, in u hieh. afit-r m:p part v quarrels, Mr. W. S. Thomas (colored . i f her!iu, and Mr. I.nnt, of Summit, were elected. la the House, some petitions were rereceived and referred, arid the day -pent in the discussion of rules. In the Senate, on the '.' :!). a bill was ased allowing the Commissioner of Utt.iwa County to borrow money. The FU-form Farm appropriations were astree I t. The Centennial Appropriation 1UU d.scu-st i at lencih, hut no action taken thcrcu In the House, an etVort to introduce a hiU, out of th regular order, for the :ijNiutnieut of a City Solicitor, ia Cincinnati, hy the Mayor, was defeated. Several elections of ekrical assistants tovk place, and a hill 1 jcivins Probate Courts concurrent jurisdiction wiih Courts of l oiuuion Fieas n the partition of real estate. In the Senate, January 21, A joint resolution was adopted asking for the establish-j meat of a Signal Service Fost at Columbus. The Senate, on motion of .Mr. Knox, pre-j eeeded to the consideration of th.- F.!UaIs Appronr'f tiou Hill. The Senate moved to auieua by inserting $22.lM to pay t'e pi inters for -uh!ishinc auiedment to the I ".institution Considerable eh;Ue ensued, Senator lteese and others favoring the amendment, when it was defeated. The bill was then passed. Several bills were introduced, and the Senate adjourned In the House the whole day was occupied in electing an F.rsrro-sio!i Clerk. Mr. MeLain's biH to repeal the Geghan law was reported back, and, after considerable iisejion, paed. Adjourned. In the Senate, January 22, a petition was presented from seven hundred citizens of Franklin county, a-diins: that iu ease a State Hoard of Health is established, the law shall be so framed that tiie difiereut schools of medicine may have reoresentat ion on the Hoard In the House, a new bill was prtseiitKii by iir. Carutners to authorize the Commissioners of Delaware county to levy a tax to pay bounty scrip. A resolution was ottered by Mr. Monahan, instructing the Committee on Public Huildinsrs to nopi'ire into the expediency of selling a part of the State im of eleven acres, on Hroad street, Columbus, so as to have a Governor's mansion erected on the remainder from the proceeds of the sale. Adopted. On January 24, iu the Senate, the chiens of l.oijan county presented a petition for the abolition of capital punishment. New bills were presented : To inalce th- otiiee of Koad Supervisor appoints e instead of elective, the appointment to be made by Township Trustees; to repeal that part of the road law relating to turnpikes levying a penalty of two hundred per cent, for noncompliance with its provisions, and to strike out the word "weeds" from the law; to provide that in the city of Cincinnati deeds shall be made in accordance with plats of the platting Commission, approved by the City Engineer, and that siKii deeds shall be deemed sufficient conveyance of the projerty; to provide for the appointment of commissioners by the courts to examine the proceedings of County Commissioners, thai publication of their report be made but once a year, and be limited to the tiuaucial portions of the report; to make the legal rate of interest ten per cent.; to amend county officers' fee bill of last winter so as to pre vent County Treasurers from taking live per cent, of the amount returned for tasatiou by corporation and stock companies after the expiration of the time specified by law ; to provide for the appointment of three inspectors of steam boilers by the Governor; to re-enact the Geghan law in a mild form; to regulate mines and mining, and provide lor the settlement of strikes, to establish a bureau of statistics of mines and mineral resources, and abolish the ofticw of State Mine Inspector. The Partial Appropriation Hill was returned from the House, taken up, and passed twenty-five to four. Six members declined to vote, and two were absent In the House a petition was presented from Uelmont county for the abolition of the death penalty. A great number of new bills were presented and the Partial Appropriation Hill was passed. Tt-otn VolttmOun. The news is neither manifold nor exciting here at the capital. The Legislature goes on its easy way, passing small bills and debating at length those regarded by them of essential importance. But I have nothing of interest yet in a legislative point of view that you can not find in your report of the general proceedings. A few days ago Fred. J. Kelly, a twentyyear convict, sent from Cuyahoga county for attempting to destroy by fire At water's Block, in Cleveland, in order to secure the insurance on property, which was found to have been removed before the building was set on fire, escaped from the penitentiary by concealing himself in a box. The prisoner was assisted by a son of one of the attaches of tne prison who has since confessed his complicity, aud will be sent to the reform school. Fulton Machine Works, of Sandusky, capital stock $150,000, filed an incorporation by .August Klotz and others. Mayor Heittuan has received notice that the city lias been sued by the Citizens' Savings Ilatik for $1-1,-I."0, and by Heniy Miller for $.S,t0. These suit are brought to recover money paid out in the purchase of claims against the city for the cost of intersections of the High street pavement. "When the work was done the city had no money to pay the contractors, and to they sold to the parties named. B. II.

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rr s ."i y :.r.. -r'N. W!:it ili-ai we wrsp ti tt-y is ar t cairs r.i l":s too rtv.cj, WVU of Uibt iwws. ".r tsiry ear, .3S. Wtst tbtll rjth- in ? S-,.i:es of poWi way wB hi heJ, IVlieate b-.it? vi she ky a 1 the Tints tif alt tudthit in May-suorr.- um Swe, Wben th Ka tt ep 4tnp h hevl ; He u;-.s; tavevniHtiSEg u-.vrhur;lj iustv-3. Whui h:i T3 :ht r in? Ntttra tte s:;e.,sw h&Tf wi-rtn will dj lxxai; oi S.e heart re ).- mf sl , I.ie, lor. iMii ri;nt ijv4 lc ;s : e wast rsp lie Hiiy ia ? M'i:XTL, AX I SCMSSOKS. A ;xD soldier would as s-'-en cats s; fight. Ay atilhcr says thai one -f t'.e u-es -d adversity is to bring its out. 1 in i particularly at the knee and tibcw-. He who provides respectable an4 lucrative etul.Ioynteot to one or more- f his fellow beings is a true piiilaiuhrlu A symi-oi. alway .e in tellect; then: fore is p-?'.ry ever bc reading-. The vt-ry -l'ini of iraapnatvui i to ilome-:ica;e u in another, iu ;t ct-le-lial nature. A root, art I knave w:'. 4.2crrt , y. r JuU-i's hsci SMu'yj 11. e k:.ae to n-.tcl his nr:s s-.-.-s. The U, t- Lis r. A-k yo:i l.r J .;I:a wi!l in).2Te? I ivitd i-n't l--r a r, II s:,s a ! i.e12 ! the knave ; li she's a knave, i-.ni. Hf. smart not tinder poverty ha inler learned to be content, he frets not ailliction who is suMinssive to the Father" will, aibl lav asi!e li i own. Keep your de-ire wi;:n bound. A white boy, u:i mee-tin.: a odorel Im.v, asked him what he had so idi..rt a me-o for, upon which the darkey replied : I Vpect it's .-v I won't t-e pkin- my nose iato other people's bshies-v The humor of Fals'.aJ, the terror of Macbeth, have each their swarm of fit thouirhts and image, a if Uakpe Te had "known and reported the men, in-ster-.d of inventing them at his desk. The late Ilev. Daniel Isaac was both a gnat wag and a gitat suiulcr." ""Ha! there you are' cried a lady, who surprised him one day wiih a pipe in hi mouth, "at your idol again T' "Yes, ma'am," replied he, coolly,"1 b'.:rnlrg il-K ft4 their pwM sr-1 their pewer, Ix-t fortune's babbies rise and tll ; Who su a !:-.!, -r trass a 6: ' r, lr flani a tree, is unre t :. a is all. I'cr he who biest-i-s nivV. is I Jest ; And o..kS ami roaa baJi have hi wertSi Who tui's t leave aa a t-cj'sesi In addeJ beauty to the tart a. And soon or late, to a'J who s"w. The time of harvest sjaai t-e given ; " The Sowers rhaII VJ..xui, the fruit thai! gri'iir " H i!.t on e.if.h si least ia heaven. J. O. 'i ' r.',"i-"r. Tin-: life will not admit of tonality; but surely that man who thinks he derive consequence and re-pect from keeping other at a distance, i as base minded a the coward who shun the enemy from fear of an attack. AN old preacher, who had several calls to take a parish, a-ked his .servant where he shoul J go, and the servant said, "' where there is most sin, sir." The preacher concluded that was good advice, and went where there was the most money. "Why should the bee-hive 1 taken as the symbol of industry asks the Detroit Free Fre.. " Not a bee is to be seen all the winter long, while the cockroach is up at five o'clock in the morning, and never goes to bed till midnight. Iet'a change this thing." IU'-kix says: There Is that in every animal's eye, a dim image and gleam of hi nia-nty, a flash of strange light through which their life looks out and up to our great mystery of control over them, and claims the fellowship of the creature, if not of the soul. Then rente ml-? r that, boys and girls, and treat the dumb creatures around you as friends, Xot it nil Angelic. The Free Fn tells this about a Detroit lady: As a Fort street car was pa-sing up Crogan street yesterday, a woman about twenty-five years old stood on a crossing. The driver prepared to stop the car, but she motioned him to keep on, saying: "Don't trouble yourself about me." As the hind end of the car came up she jumped for it, and her head struck the conductor under the chin and nearly lifted him otl his feet. " What are you loafing around here for?" she asked as she bumped around and crabbed at the railing. " I'm out here looking for passengers,' ' he growled as he la-ted of his bitten tongue. " You'd letter run into the enr and keep warm," she continued as she pulled the door open and jerked it around. " If people have got to be so angelic that they can't jump on a hoss-car, it's time they were preserved La sugar I"