St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 October 1892 — Page 2

WORK OF COLUMBUS. THE G^EAT NAVIGATOR’S INTERESTING CAREER. The Explorer's Early Life-Years of Patient Waiting for Assistance to Carry Out His Plans - His Voyages, Achievements and Pathetic Meath. The Idol of the World. In the world’s history there is no more striking figure than that of Christopher Columbus; no individual career so lull of romance, tragedy and pathos; no achievements so momentous as his. He gave to civilization a new world and died in poverty; he gave to freedom a home and was himself enchained. In his seventy years of life he scaled the heights of human grandeur aud sounded the depths of human misery. Yesterday a visionary dreamer, to-day the idol of the world, tomorrow a forgotten, neglected, brokenhearted, penniless old man. History waited long to do him justice, and it was not until the present century that the mists which had gathered around him were cleared away and the true story of his life and work given to his beneficiaries. As the results of bis achievements have grown in importance the greatness of his deeds has been magnified, and now, at the end of four centuries, comes the crowning monument to his memory, the World’s Columbian Exposition. Christopher Columbus, son of Dominic

i> ■ — '— ’ ~ ^z^ * ARRIVAL OF COLUMBUS’ FLEET AT SAN SALVADORE.

Columbus, weaver of woolen cloth, and Suzanna Fontanarossa, his wife, was born in 1435, on Si Andrew’s street, in Genoa, in one of the two houses owned by his father. The house is still pointed out, a narrow four-story dwelling. The family, which lived for a time at Savona, was composed of the parents and four sons, Christopher, James, John, and Bartholomew, and one daughter, Bianchineta, who married James Bavercllo, a cheese dealer. The family were comfortably well off. Columbus’ parents sent him to school, and later to the University of Pavia, seventy miles north, over the Appennines. Here he studied cosmography, astronomy, grammar ano g \ christo fv*/ ® JI COLVMBifd iJZft nr SZ 5 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Latin, in which he became proficient. When young, only 14 years old. he went to sea. About 1470, he followed his younger brother, Bartholomew, to Lisoon. where ..all the ablest navigators of Europe gathered, attracted by Prince Henry’s projects of discovery, and his school of navigation. Columbus alternated his voyaging with map and chart-making. Now he went on a voyage down the Guinea coast and again, as in 1477, beyond Iceland. At Lisbon, in 1473, he married Philippa Perestyello, the chauning daughter of the Italian navigator, Bartholomew Perestrello, Governor of the Canary Island of Porto Santo; and to that island they . went to make their home. Here he conceived the idea of searching the mysterious West. TLie charts of his father-in-law, now dead, the innumerable legends of the Is.es of St. Beardan and the Seven Cities, of Antiilia and Bresil, the strange remains cast on the shore, drifted by Atlantic currents, all strengthened the idea of reaching Catbay and India by sailing westward. In a few years he returned to Lisbon, but was off on long voyages very often. He also received in 1474, a letter from Paul Toscanelli, the great Florentine geographer, which did more than anything else to fix him firmly in his belief, and with it a map that confirmed all he had dreamed. The letter said: “From the City of Lisbon due west, there are twenty-six spaces on the map, each of which contains 250 miles, as far as the very great and splendid City of Quinsay.” It was coming to be well understood among scientific, men that the world was a globe, and Ptolemy’s mistake was pushing the eastern portion of Asia too far east. Columbus got the idea firmly fixed that by sailing 2,500 miles westward he would find Marco Polo s Cipango, or Japan. King John of Portugal, after getting Columbus’ plans, tried secretly to send an expedition to - discover the lands the existence of which Columbus so firmly believed in; but the seamen 'became terrified, and theleaders were compelled to return to Portugal. Columbus was deeply wounded by this dishonorable trick, and, his wife having died, he in 1484 secretly left Portugal, taking his son, Diego, with him. Leaving the boy with an aunt at Huelva, he went to Cordova to lay his project before Ferdinand and Isabella. His scheme was referred to a council of learned men, including the professors of the University of Salamanca. The council decided that the project was visionary and irre-

ligious, and the navigator came very near to arraignment before the tribunal of the Inquisition. Aided by Isabella. Several years longer Columbus waited. At last, worn out and disappointed, he determined to leave Spain, and in 1491, accompanied by his son Diego, he set out to lay his plans before Charles VII. of Franqe. A mile and a half from Palos he stopped at the Franciscan monastery of La Rabida, on a headland overlooking the sea, to ask food for his son. The prior, Juan Perez de Marchena, who had been Isabella’s former confessor, became interested in his story, and sent for several learned men near by, and Pinzon, a ship owner and mariner of Palos. Perez detained Columbus, and went himself to Queen Isabella, and returned with money for Columbus to fit him for appearance at court. Again the navigator explained his project to the Spanish sovereigns, but the terms upon which he insisted were considered exorbitant and his proposition was rejected . Columbus left the court and once more set his face toward France. But he still had friends in the persons of Perez, Alonso de Quintanilla and Luis de San Angel, who remonstrated with Ferdinand and Isabella. The king said that the money could not to spared, but Isabella exclaimed, “I undertake the enterprise for my own crown of Castile!” and offered to pledge her jewels to raise the necessary funds. A lleet courier was sent off on horseback, who overtook Columbus jogging across the bridge of Pinos, near the foot of Mount Elvira, six

miles from Granada, and brought him back. An agreement was speedily arrived at, and all he asked was conceded. April 17, 1492, the agreement with Columbus was signed, and May 12, behold Columbus, elate with joy, leaving Granada and byway of Cordova, Seville, Huelva and Magner hastening on to the little port of Palos to superintend the fitting out of the expedition. Three ships were secured—the Santa Maria,a decked vessel, and the Pinta and Nina, caravels OT undecked vessels. Trouble was found in procuring a crew, and it was only by impressment that a sufficient number of seamen could be obtained to man the vessels. Columbus «,ook command of the Santa Maria, Martin Alonza Pinzon the Piuta and Vicenti Yanez Pinzon the Nina. The Pinzon brothers had helped Columbus to contribute one-eighth of the expense which the navigator had assumed. Toe Fleet Sets Sail. On tpe jjrd pf 4ugust, 1492, the fleet left the port of Palds headed for the Can- •* ” f ls Jan d s. wjt ic h wpx ~ ? - BBB^XndTT t. ’ West from Gomera on the Cth of September. On the 9th they lost, sight of Ferro. The next day they ran ISO miles, but Columbus, who distrusted his crew with good reason, onlv recorded 144 in his log book, and thus kept a double entry all the voyage. On the 13th there was a great consternation at the discovery that the needle no longer pointed to the pole star, and it took all Columbus’ ingenuity to explain the marvel and prevent alarm, and even he was not satisfied. On the 16th the ships entered the Sargasso Sea, the vast floating prairie of seaweed. All thought they were in shoal water, but soundings showed a great depth, now known to be over two miles. The sea seemed to be thick, but the fresh breeze drove them steadily on, ! and they plowed with even keels through I this ocean meadow. On, on they went. | Never was voyage so beautiful. Balmy I nature calmed her fears, and all the grisly terrors of the unknown sea were dissipated in thin air by this voyage, the most important since the ark. M• * 1-^ a • pp wl M f * 1 1 JhL X—COLUMBUS EOG AT GENOA EXHIBITION. On the 22d they were clear of the Sargasso Sea and 1,400 miles from the Canaries, and’thrco days later the impatience of the crew became very marked. Suddenly the wind which had blown steadily westward changed its course to the east, and quieted the fears of the men lest they should never be able to get back to Spain. A great tidal | wave swirled round the ships on the I same day, and on the 26th land was descried from the Pinta. Cannon were fired, hymns of praise sung, and prepara- ’ tions made to land the next day, when the dawn revealed that the supposed land was only a cloud. Oct. 4, the impatience of the crew broke into open revolt. While Pinzon demanded that the Admiral should hang the loaders, the always forgiving Columbus soothed them and pointed to the signs of land, green branches, and reeds floating by. Land Is; Sighted. On the njght of the 11th, Columbus, whose excitement was great, and who gave but few hours to sleep, while stand-

[ Ing on tho bow of the Santa Marl! saw a light which appeared and disapibred. He called to a triend who also sw the light, and the cry “a light! a ligh'tl was echoed from ship to ship. The m^n in third quarter shone brightly, aiMat 2 o’clock a sailor first saw the ianj* it was now October 12, and thirtythree days from Ferro and ton wceksfrum Palos, they had found the islar& of Cathay. The tide had drifted tiJn to the westward, and they dropped afchor in a beautiful spot with a sloping bach, protected on the north by a rec’ and A in $ * S $ THE SANTA MARIA. sprinkled over with green trees and ■ glassy slopes. Naked natives issued 1 from all parts of the woods and with | astonishment looked at the ships as^re'at I white birds that had suddenly swooped down on their shores. At daw the boats were manned and made fef the shore. Columbus, richly dressed inscarlet, and bearing the royal standard was followed by the Pinzons, each with a banner bearing a green cross havhgon either side the letters F. and Y surmounted by crowns, for Fcrinanl and Ysabel. To their sea-wearied and longingeyes, the land, beautiful with palms, green grass, and tushes, with streams of water, and surrounded by a crystal sea,and bashed in the ambient air and sunshine of perpetual summer, seemed a very paradise. On landing Columbus fell on his knees, gave thanks to God, and kissed the earth; then rising ho drew hissword, and assembling the officers and those who landed, in the presence of the Notary, Rodrigo Sanchez, took solemn possession of the island in the names of tho Castilian sovereigns, and gave it the name of San Salvador. After years of dispute, it is now settled by the researches of Rudolph Cronan in 1890 that the place of Columbus’ land fall was near Riding Rocks, on the west side of Watlings Island, the easternmost of the Leucayan Rroup. It is a low, fiat island, thirteen miles long, by from four to six miles wide, with a large | lagoon called Great Lake in tho western ■ portion. On the southeast is a series of ) reefs and rorks, known as Hinchinbroke I Rocks. Its whole southern, eastern and ! I northern sides are lined with cliffs and ; । reefs, and at its northern end is a capa-! I clous harbor now known as Graham’s Harbor, large enough, as Columbus c ।if Wit * iiwF^ m sMR® 5 -• xHJiWw ft i ” v»w j ( v«u I \ i W L J STATUE 01' COLUMBUS. says, “for an ample harbor for all the I ships of Christendom, but the entrance , is very narrow.” Tho highest hill qn , the island is only 140 teet high, and I streams of water abound. On Sunday, the 14th, Columbus ordered j out the boats, and coasted northeast : along the island to Graham’s Harbor, I which, he says, “contains some rocks, I but the sea is there as still as the water i in a well.’' He saw a sort of peninsula, > “a piece of laud like an island, although it is not one, with six houses upon it, j which in two days could be cut on and | converted into an island. ’ To-day there j is there a fine lighthouse, and in place I of the trees and tho great verdure, there j are only a few palms and a small num- • ber of agaves. The island is named ' Watlings Island, from an Englishman | who bought the island for the purpose • of raising sheep. [ On January 4, 1493, Columbus set sail i for Spain, and on February 12 began al four days’ storm, during which Colum- j bus, fearful of being sunk, prepare/! a | history of this most memorable of voy- J ages, hid it in a cake of wax, enclosed in j a cask, and set it adrift. On the 15th of I March he sailed into the harbor of Palos, amid the rejoicings of the people Fast as the news could spread over Europe, ran the intelligence that beyond the Sea of Darkness Columbus had found the i islands surrounding Cipango, and the i way to Cathay was opened. Nearly a I month later he made a triumphant pro-1 cession to the court at Barcelona, He | was received by the sovereigns with the highest honors, and placed beside them, he told the story of his voyage. Columbus made four great voyages in all and on May 19, 1502 his last began. He touched at Martinique,reached Santo ' Loiningo, touched at islands near Jam- j aica, again coasted Cuba, landed at Hon- | duras, and rounding Capo Gracios a Dios | explored the coast of Veragua. His fleet I was only able to reach Jamaica, where he ran it ashore. Here, stranded, he re- , ' mained for nearly a year, while mutiny, I murder and severe illness prostrated mind and body. At last, reaching Hispaniola, lie sailed for Spain, reaching there November 7, 1504. Thus ended the last and most painful of his voyages, Old and infirm, his patroness dead his claims rejected by the ungrateful Ferdinand, he lived in poverty and obscurity in Valladolid until May 20, 1503, when he died. His “remains lay unnoticed in the Convent of St. Francis until 1513, when Ferdinand had them removed to Seville and erected a

monument, with the ascription “ToCasi tile and Leon Columous gave a Hew World.” Twenty-three years later the remains were again removed, this titre te San Domingo, where they were entombed in the great Cathedral. In 1796 they were supposed to have been removed by thu Spanish Government a.id re-entombed in the Cathedral at Havana, a bust an I tablet commemorating the event. A discovery of a small vault in the Cathedral at San Domingo September 10, 1877, revealed the fact that it was not Columbus’ remains that were renroved, ' but that they still repose in a leaden bol . in that place. On this island, where Im spent the most anxious years of his life, i his remains still rest, and there rises one of the many beautiful monuments to his memory. Nettle-Kusli. Urticaria or nettle-rash is a somewhat common ailment. It is characterized by the sudden appearance ol rounded or linear elevations of tn* skin, which are termed wheals. Thcj are of varying length and figure. Their color is generally whfite, con* trusting with a crimson ground. A singular fact about them is that, ordinarily, they disappear as suddenly ias they come, and leave no trace beI hind. However, they are apt to re--1 appear in other parts of the body, esj pecially at night, and greatly to I interfere with sleep, as they are attended with burning and itching. This tendency to reappear may continue for several days. Some cases assume a chronic form, and may last for months and even years. The disease seems to be due to a peculiar disturbance of the nervous system. .The irritant may be some troublesome article of diet, such as shell fish; or certain drugs; or a general dyspeptic condition; or some ailment like eczema or scabies that gives rise to scratching.the stings and bites of infects, or the stinging hairs of plants. Sir Erasmus Wilson says of some cases: ‘•The nervous sensibility of the skin is so acute that wheals may be produced by the slightest touch, and written characters may be developed at will by the mere act of tracing their outline on the okin with the point of a pencil.” The symptoms may vary in intensity, but though in all forms the disease is troublesome, ft is rarely dangerous. It is readily distinguished from other diseases, somewhat rei sembling it, by the sudden disappearance of the wheals, and by the fact I that similar wheals may he caused by I rubbing tiie finger briskly over the ' skin. Urticaria, whether chronic or acute, i requires a careful search for the source of the irritation, for the treatment must depend largely upon this. In severe cases help may be obtained from the hot bath or flannels wrung out in hot water, but there are other remedies which the doctor can best prescribe.—Youth’s Companion. Good Dogs. Dr. Gardner of S. ron Springs, N. ¥., is the owner of several dogs— Gordon and Irish setters. A little while ago four them disappeared, and i were absent for six days. On Sunday .pUey returned, ppt together but in Inll I 1 - « The dogs looked arm« evidently expected to be punisned for their truancy. In the evening their absence was satisfactorily explained. One of Dr. Gardner's hired men, John Hiller, started for a pond about two miles distant, for the purpose of gathering pond lilies. As he neared the pond lie came across three of the dogs, Nellie, Beauty, and Brownie, in the woods. Rix was not in sight. John presently discovered that the dogs had chased two young coons into the hollow of an old tree. Rix had forced himself so tightly into the tree that he could not release himself. The three other dogs would not desert him in his trouble, but had remained by him for six days. They had made efforts to release Rix by breaking the tree, but to no purpose. They had barked to call for help, but the neighbors who heard them paid no attention. With the aid of a fence rail John Hiller soon released Rix from his perilous condition. The- coons were dead. Rix would certainly have died had the other dogs deserted him. Bitten by a Batt»esnako Rodney Percival; “a live California I boy,” 14 years old, had a strange adi venture a few months ago. The oc- ' currencc is recorded in the Petaluma I Courier, and its authenticity is ' vouched for by a Youth's Companion | correspondent: He was searching a blackberry ; hedge behind his father’s barn for a I ball, when he was bitten between the i first and second jo’nts of the middle finger of his left hand by a rattlesnake that boasted eight rattles and a button. While its fangs were still in his finger, Rodney caught it about the throat with his other hand, and I trampled it to death. I This was the work of a moment. ' What to do next? In the barn was ; a calf which the boy had been in the habit of feeding, lie ran into the barn and thrust the bitten finger into the calf’s mouth. The calf proceeded at once to suck it vigorously, and as , the event proved, extracted all the I poison. I Rodney was urged to supplement I tho calf’s work by copious draughts ' of whiskey, but declined the advice, ■ and the next, day went to school as usual, bearing the rattles as a trophy. The calf died. Poon men; The women are dis- • covering that a strictly vegetable diet : is the best course of treatment in the I world for the complexion, and the I meh arc getting no meat. I You can never get women to vote , intelligently. They are too much afraid of doing something that soma I other woman is going to do.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of the LessonThoughts Worthy of Calm Reflection — Half an Hour’s Study of tho Scriptures —Timo Well Spent. Peter at Caesarea. The lesson for Sunday, Oct. 23, may be found in Acts 10: 34-48. INTRODUCTORY. Here is an excellent missionary lesson. Very timely it is, just at this time when the churches, young people’s societies and Sunday-schools are gilding themselves for the mighty lift that shall give us the million dollars for foreign missions wanted in Ihe North. Peter goes out on the first- great missionary itineracy. Outstationed work is begun with the household of Cornelius, and well begun. It is a blessed work, owned and sealed of the Spirit. Let us go on with it. WHAT THE LESSON SAYS. And Cornelius said. What lies between this and the last lesson has to do with the preliminaries of the great proclamation. Until this hour. We read in verse three that it was the ninth hour, i. e., 3p. m. Here it is restated. 1 prayed. Better, I was praying, or engaged in prayer, copula and participle. Bright. Or, shining, from the verb to give light. Thy prayer is heard. Not simply heard, but hearkened to. The full form of the verb. Had in remembrance. A merely general statement of the communication of verse four. Send, therefore. A little more close than the preceding, tut still sufficiently variant from the original, verses five and six, to indicate that he is quoting from memory. It is an interesting study in Biblical restatement, showing how inconsiderable, in most cases, the variations are. Who when he cometh shall speak unto thee. Omitted by Tischendorf. Immediately. A strong word, like on the spot in its make-up. All here. He had gathered in his kinsmen and near friends, v. 21. Before God. Tho attitude God always blesses. The model for congregational service. Commanded thee of God. Or, of the Lord. Cornelius recognized the divine origin of the message. Opened his mouth. Introducing formal discourse or deliberate speech. 1 perceive. Or, I grasp, apprehend. Os something unexpected or surprising. Respecter of persons. One word in the Greek, face-receiver, i. e., partial. Accepted. Not in the sense of saved, for Cornelius is not yet a Christian. The word rel'ers to favorable reception; he is in a condition to appear oefore the king ami receive his gracious gifts. The word is also used at Luke 4: 19-24. “Acceptable (propitious) year of the Lord.” . . “No prophet is accepted in his own country.” The seed which God sent? What is this word? A reference to the Greek will, it would seem, indicate that it is tho word Jesus in verse thirty-eight, with which, indeed, this is grammatically in apposition. I nto the children of Israel. The gospel in the Old Testament. Preaching. The Greek word is the one for evangel, gospel (euaggelizo). That word. A different term from that used in the verse } receding of somewhat narrower significance here, like report, tidings, with allusion to John’s special proc-1 uuatiom— — Yo know. The tircudiMUML ^ aa j-u^i’ess been* WFTa/k throughout aU* 1 b. ’ name of the Lord. Or, of Jesus Christ. Emphatic position in the original. The essence of their conversion was their acceptance of the Christ as preached by him. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. Thou hast well done that thou art come. Has it not been so with you, Christian brother? You have gone, under a spiritual impulse, to speak to a friend about his soul, possibly expecting indifference or rebuff. But 10, you have found him not only ready, but, as it were, expecting you. By his manner, if not in word, he has said: “Thou hast done well that thou art come.” O, let us believe it. God prepared the way. His Spirit prepares our hearts with the message; His Spirit prepares another heart to receive it. May God make us sensitive and alert to the leadings of the Spirit! How shall it be? Here is an intimat on. They were both praying, botli Peterand Cornelius, and above was God listening. That seemed to complete the circuit "and establish communication. The well-come and the “welldone” hinge on prayer. All things that are commanded thee of God. It was all of God. When Cornelius spoke to Peter he asked what it was God desired; and when Peter answered he said, “I perceive that Ged is no respecter of persons.” What God said, what God thought. As for Cornelius, he was ignorant; he was but a man. As for Peter he was partial and person-respecting; he was a man. But God, he knows and he performs. The Almighty stooped down from the heavens and opened that gate to the Gentiles. Trust God. Tire Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. See what God does for faith, the faith of Peter, the faith of Cornelius. He will do as graciously by faith to-day. There are some features of the manifestation which will be different to-day; the times are different, the needs are different. But as respects all the essentials of that amazing transaction, we stand on the same footing today. We require the Holy Spirit for attestation and for enduement as much to-day, though in different demonstrations, as ever. He is given here to faith just as there. What was it called down God’s Spirit from the skies? There was a man standing and preaching the word of God and believing it. There was a man standing and hearing the word of God and belie ing it. You have the word; what doth hinder? Faith, that is all. “Lord, increase, our faith!” Next Lesson —“The Gospel Preached at Antioch.”—Acts 11: 19-30. <Jrowth of St* am. Steam whistles introduced into manufactories about 1830. Locomotive olaced on Liverpool and Manchester road 1829. Quincy road, first in United States, opened for traffic in 1823. The Rocket locomotive, 1829, made thirty-five miles an hour. John Braithwaite built the first steam fire engine in 1830. Braithwaite’s engine, 1830, threw 150 gallons of water a minute ninety feet high.

Cheated. He was a suspicious man, and his ;rocer knew it. He always glanced iharply at the scales when his groteries were being weighed, and alwaj* carried home his own purchases and weighed them there again. One Saturday evening he brought home an irmful of bundles, and pruceeded as usual to put them in turn upon his kitchen scales. Pretty soon he said to his wife: “There! 1 told you that we -were being cheated! Systematically cheated! a ordered one pound of tea, and here is only three-quarters; and I bought five pounds of brows sugar, as you told me. and here are only four pounds.” “Are you sure? Maybe the scales are wrong, or something.” “Yes, that’s what you always say. Don’t 1 know a pound when I see it? And the scales are all right. They’re the same kind as they use at the store. We’re being cheated, that’s all.” “Maybe there was some unintentional mistake on the part of somebody,” gently suggested the man’s wife. “Mistake nothing! The store was full of people, and in the hurry the grocer thought he could cheat a little and ho one would notice it. But I’ll show him he can’t cheat me!” “But how will you prove to him that he (heated?” “Prove! Why, I’ll show him the bundles and compare them with the order in our book. See? ‘One lb. tea. Five lbs. brown sugar.’” “But what if he says he put up those amounts, and there must be a mistake somewhere else?” ^“Mistake! Can’t be any. If he says^o, I’ll tell him he lies, and have the law on him.” Just then there was a knock at the floor, and the man’s wife opened it ta a near neighbor who had two packages in his hand. “Beg pardon.” he said, “but I think you got some of my bundles tonight, and I got some of yours. There was such a crowd there that while you were looking at some goods at the end of the counter, after purchasing your supplies, I gathered up what I supposed were my purchases, and by mistake got two of yours. A pound of tea and more sugar than I bought. Ah, yes! You have ’them there, haven t t you? Thanks. Oh, no trouble. All right. Good night.” The man with the scales whistled thoughtfully to himself as the door closed, and his wife smiled and, lika a wise woman, held her peace. Fear the Savage Most. Savage man, who has generally been first in contact with animals, if usually a hunter and therefore an object of dislike to the other hunting animals and of dread to the hunted. But civilized man, with his supply of ; bread and beef, is not necessarily a hunter, and it is just conceivabi® i that he might be content Xu if^when • animals in a newly' dis^- their try unmolesto^. t 0 ^vs tha not bjUM^rard himseli, - . i- ’ gfe „ ai the’two hemispheres were collected, would be an ideal place for such an experiment. But, unfortunately, un. inhabited islands seldom contain more than a few species, and those generally birds or sea beasts, and in newly discovered game regions savage man has generally been before us with liis ai;row, spear and pitfall. Some instances of the first contact of animals with man have, however, been preserved in the accounts of the early voyages collected by Hakluyt* and others/ though the hungry navigators were generally more intent on victualing their ships with the unsuspecting beasts and birds or on noting those which would be useful commodities for “traffleke” than in cultivating friendly relations with the animal inhabitants of the newly discovered islands. Jeclgc Waxein' I’roverbs. When a na hunal legislator won’t read a newspaper er two, he ain’t worth shucks. Polliticks is like the penitenshary, a heap site easier gettm’ iu than get. tin’ out uv. Laberin’ men has rights that other laberin’ men air bound to respeck. A man that sells his vote newer enjoys the proseeds. Practickel pollitishums don’t work for love. The prosperous farmer ain’t tindi n‘ much fault with the old parties. The summer gal may ware galluses, but she don't want to vote. Party wimmen ami’t goin’ round beggin’ men for suffridge. Diplomats keep their mouth shetj that’s why more Congressmen ain’t diplomats. The Lord and money makes United States Senators. —Free Press. Heasonable. It is a tiresome thing to the young 1 , their elder’s must confess, to be told often that’the last generation read better books and knew much more, at the same age, than the present generation. A boy of 13, in a public grammar school, was reproached by his mastei for his slowness. “When I was 13,” said the master, “I was at least two years further ad« vanced than you are. How do you account for that?” “I’ve heard my father say,” replied the boy, a littie diffidently, “that they used to have a great deal better teachars than they have nowadays!” Wiie7 a girl appears wearing something her future husband gave her* all the other girls try to kiss it. I| is a superstition that if they kise such a present, they will have som> thing equally pretty given them.