Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 28, Bloomington, Monroe County, 7 May 1881 — Page 3
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mmEM FISHERS.
Tluea fishers went strolling away to tifc stream, .' . TothbabUng-th-oofc waero the fishes
f Of spec Sled beantlos thoy all did dream m And each felt certain they'd bit e&mhlin. v ; m men will tramp from morn till night' . And suffer thefferoe mosqnltos bite Aiiddrtniji sfcopfiheir groaning.. - . Tbree fishers stroHed into tree mails et-
k - piace, 4 3J was some iwc:aoursaiter the snn ronfe
. UUWXl. ... . .. . - .And a loofcjof gloom was on each man's r . -l?or at emptj baskets they each did i-rown. Formen;may fisb, anci.may get no bite, -. . A"?d tircd and hungry go Lome at nil lit, (Au vent-tbeir wrath m grcaning; - Three Ushers strolled into the beer saloon V here the crowd sat round and- the .gas vas bright, . 5 -And each gaily whistled a merry tune, And showed their fish with amused delight, i ".- ; For men will fish, yea "men will lie, . And boast of catching the fish they buy, J While inwiwdtethey're groaning. 5 . . ' " '. 1 ' -Boston Post.
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KIT:
"No earthly friend, dear boy, but a heavenly one; the priest; has told you of Him and the home He gives His children. He ic is-vho has sent; for Kit" . .... The sick bov made rip his parched lips to whistle. . uWh-e-v !" ho said,
hrokeniv, Kit's deadkilled after, all.
wuea triea so naru to save nimrf .... "He was dead when 'they toe k him TxpS said the doctor, "and not a bruise nor a broken limbtne shock killed him, and he is safe now4 with his Masterdon't you believe that?7? i But the boy did not heed hiin his lips moved faintly; and the doctor, bending down, heard him say again : "Kit's dead!77 Then there was a long silence, and before he left the doctor turned the white .sheet over the tranquil face, and Kit and his brother were together again. '. T ' '
a Kew-orte Graphic; . ' Jy It was a gala dayjon the avenue, AU the ftet horses' in the town were out showing their paces, and the merry sleigh-riders shouted' with mit th and enjoymeut as they raced neck-and-neck, five'teams deep, and when they came to a -dead-lock it wa3 still more fun. At oloe Juncture, however; there were shouts that did not sound mirth ful,a wild'itilunge among the thoroughbreds, and' some policemen ran out ffrom the side walk and talked- in auhoritatiYe tones, but the crowd was Mensesjao-one , could see what was ng on among the noisy drivers and neir plunging bosses. .'"' "It's only a couple of hoys," said the beautiful Felicia Hautton, settling baek amor g theltrxurious whitexobes; "two of those horrid newsboy s. They - ought not to be allowed? oh tri avenue J at alL They're' aiwaysgetting under tdot and frightening the horsessuch - good time as we were making,'tchbow g usagreeabre.,,r . - J- : .- T -? , "Any bcKiykilied?" asked one fine
I gentleman of another as they passed- ;
one started to cross the street and fell, and t,other got run over trying tg'save him, stweet Awabs you kho.w,r can spware a f aw ta ta. :T ' ; y ''Got under th e feet of a highflyer nd spoUed his4we5" said anathervtin ta disgusteitone : ' . .Then the avenue was cleared, and The tide of enjoyment went on, and no more Aral js were so. foolish as to sacri:fice themselves by obstructing the triumphs of the fashionable throng. ? Af: anml nxtm'r 'fi-f i-ht- coma twii
poorly-dKssed riovs applied for admiss
ion at the doors of the Harper's: Hosf
... pzcai ana mquirea ior one or tuen ; number, who had. been bmaght thither II that same aiternoon They were pert mit ted to see, himor a fe wifipmehts; i and on tiptoo they eutereoMhe -long dean ward, and sought out the harrow : bed on wliich he lay. When thet had awkwardly greeted him,they sat Sown upon the edge, of the coC and were
Mexico's Climate. Cor. rerYorfe WorW; V " It may seem incredible, but 'it is an actual fact that notwithstand: ng : the
the numerous oooks wJiich have been
written on Mexico, a larce number o
the Americans who have come here
have the wildest ideas with regard to
the mods of life, the climate, etc
xvememoeriut; omy mac cms is an in
tertropical region, they forget the alti
tude of Mexico City and bringing clothingonly suitable for Cuba, Vera
Cruz, or the '-tierra caliente,7' Within
a iurtiiignc mree lacnes nave imormea
II.. the act goes on to relate the cir
cumstances in which it took place, as
verified bv offieial inouirv. As this is
the first exact account of an eveut
which excited such deep and universal feeling, it will be as well to summarize
it, at the risk of repeating wnat nas been said already. ''
Shortly after -tvo o'clock on Marco
your correspondent that no twithstan d
it their "Saratoga- trunks" full
much emliarrassed with estrangeness' ths scene, and painfully conscious of
wieir own nanus anaeet cney were ; alsi-k rathe shocked at their' ?comrade'3 clean face," it? looked ; so unnaturally A white, wiBfifa'of red on either fecheel:. " Their- yes rbved stealthily m,. about oV;r tlgiher-sjckioeds and
?hefr occt-pant&n ......
snyi e m leueR' oej?an tne Dieses t
of the two1 boys; addressing ih& sicfe
omrade llaihji youpuftin'ona heao
r ,;Wiiei;e's Belt??, asked the sick boy, itfullyw&r aint hea-iong of you?"
he" two visitors loosed at each
-, ottier, andtheii' faees grew downcast . and trouhledj they'dugnhe toes of their . boti int o the c lean 3obr at the bedside ti atd? shufrlsdi uneasily," while both cswghed violSi ely: in .cpncert ; then the big boy iilurtiBC! out : fe . w V. txKit weh1?0r?an errant, and he told e to tell you; "ae wouldi be up to-mor-'r sare. Hesszsez he,, 4eUK Jim it's nUm ain't gissiir.,he vcu?- Kit didn, t it hurt nor thin , :"' ' ?, ' ; "fie couldnfcgo errants ef he waz $ hurt, could lie?'1 asked the other . dog
gedly; "an1; cere," improvising a lie for theoccasidh; x4he 3eot yer this " . Tfce siek and in jured boy smiled as he took the bir orange in hia - fe verish
- hands and turned it aver. ; ' f :. , ? I knew Kat wasnt the hoy to forgit . ine-here?, you fcls- take ra" bite; it's 1 - many an orange ad stick of candy and bit offefe've divided between ;sos afore this PcH5rIittle Eitr tnowed na Iiqw T likirl "m. fre
ou take a squeeze.'as he handed it tv: tack." " v: :-.VP:i 1 ? r t
t But the boys wouldmt touch it and
V f
I the-sick patientput it under his pillow.; I JTheahe saidin ,a.straD? ' qui vering r oicer ' ' - : " '
f.
'I wan c y on fels to
and. don't rou forget it: when I eits
Till w..u -U:t . A . i Ti.Mf
wcii.AMi yiy-Mwi every -ceai: aiuE it'll
ug-uuit-.ier ;'m ati masnea -in. e,s iittlfe fel and iieeds lookrri ' arter. fKowvibpySi donfegolback ton me; will MjfOlff : . :;.,-.. . - "You neeai't wotry about Kit;" said
! awayi: and digging violently': a! the g iioor. ' He's all rite." r T ' s 1 4,Iioni,Iam tireV said the sick boy.
lxr it wasn'S tor Hat I'd as ieve die
get well ; but; I promised mother as
bow I'd alms take care of the little
chap, and I've doner if; and lie wasn't
cut up nor Druisea or nuthin' whfD
they pulled him-outn from under the luiBs'a lacofs. . - - - . "Wasn't cut -ud -nor brniserf nar
5 notbin'," echoed tJie visitor with his g hack to the bed. f J 'Good! Jesj' you look after him4 till I J get outer this, and I'll work my ringers f off for ye. iiprdi how dead tired ami" :H -I He ilrifted ,awfiyte-leep and the w4vi)oys4ett wi&iout waking him, but Je they went one .of them slipp ed i le leather bag cf marbles in ins l and the other put a few pennies pped in a dirty piece of uewsrojper je by, where he would see i hem? on jrab .. 1 .v.-. j. . ,' JS'He'H thinkKit sent 'em?" said one, as they softly retreated, fthey were in Kit's packet "When the policeman VSgd him to think he doesn't know." gat night when the hospital doctor -Pfnx1!aj3 rounds he found that tfi new I boytwas wide awake but very stih. To
1 xnv mmumr eye or tue. Dnysisian his
symptoms were clearly definetif 'Well, my boy," he .said kiadly, what can I do for you?"? ' : The boy's face lighted mx I want to see Kit-send for Kit." '
4Yes, yeif," answered the doctor, tyy; bu$ you must wait until modi-
! I don't thhifc I can sir. I guessl'm hooked foi-t'other -place It would be all rigrat-t it v asn't for Ktu But I promised mother I'd take j SsLrp of him, and what'U he dowithout iTmet I can't leave Kit " H The death-dw was on his forehead.
b beat hif hands he'nlesslv on the
white:spreal while his . pale lips continued -to'muraiur.. Ml can't v leave
The phys;inan sac do vvn bj? him. It is against the"?ui6's of iv hospital to
hold much I vn vei?;e with thpj dying, or
even to noury cnoss wao are in extremis of the approatb of death: but
I this was a childth doctor assumed i
4? the respousibilityl fi f "M-y boy, if you: knew that you Should no? get tvell. voulct -yo.u : feel
sorry?" ' ; . . 1 Not for myself; oily for Kit."
4j5afc if i tow you cnai Kit was well tak:n eire ofr ttiat a rich and kind
I father hail sent for,him, and given him
J?Nim yr tt're g:m';'7saidTf e dying
fbov.'.w it-h his ojc! fervor. MuL aatrt
i;sort: fjesides. fie? oroko motliH
hfeirt, arid ltiwoulfh'tiSieafc 4a him
of
clothes they haditeraliy 4 npching to
wear," uecause their dresses were
principally grenadinesorghdie lawns
and linens..:- -t.v. . - -k
As a warning toihose who m ay come to spend the spring or summer months
herer allow- me to say there is not "' one
evening in tho year in which a lady can dispense with a shawl or man tle,hor a gentleman feel comfortable without a
every morning is: sunny' fresh - and delightful; The showers commencej generally speaking about'S o'clock p.
m. Kain oiten falls during the entire
evening and night;but very frequentlv
ceases at sunset, Jand then people can go to the Alemeda Zocolo or- other promenades as early as 9 o'cloclp. m .The only precaution., necessary is, if one sits dovn ; to listen to the music (hands always phvy in the plaza everjr fair night) to take a chair placed on matting these are alwaysjio; be hired and wear a, light wiap. . Americans whohave inst' arrived
usually laugh at" the precautious adopts ed here to avoid enrrents of air or sudden changes of temprature, but many find to their own sorrow that it is well to conform to the customs of the country; For;esanaple,: ijf reading near a. lamp, one should not suddenly go out in tlie corridors or on to the oaleonies. Instancesjinnumerable of suddenjblind ness have resulted from such imprudences. If one loa ves a crowded church
pr theater atruigb t, he- must be well
wrapped, oreatne tnrougn tue nose and not talk fora few minutes. All the old"Spaniards cover their mouths
with their cloaks. A disregard of these j
ruies causes not omy catarrnoiu oicen inflamation of the lungs. ' . . Mexicans boasti that there is no consumption herei True,there are but rare " Cases, because pulmonhv carries oS people within twenty; days, and the pulmonia fulminnante" often, terminates fatally mthe- course of .a few hours. ... f . ... .. ' v' All Americans: persist in. sleeping with their windows wide open here as at horned After ah experience of three
yeais; and plenty of famous cougbs and
1-13 the Emoeror left the Michaol
Palace in his carriage, accompanied by
tiieiisnai eseorc. ana. nassmsr uuayu
Kngineer street, turned to the right alone the bank. of the Catherine canal.
Behind, in a. sledge, came Colonel
Dvoriitskv. Police Master, and be
hind mm a nam ua))iain ii.ocn a na Major Koolibiakin. The carriage had
gone only fifty fathoms from the cor
ner of Engineer street wnen, at a quarter past two. o'clock precisely, a
terrible explosion took place beneath the carriage, Jumping from his sledge, and seeing that the canal railinfra some soldiers were holdims a
man, Dvorjitsky rushed to the Imperial
carriage, onened tue door, ana in
formed His Majesty, who stepped out
unhurt, that the assassin was caught.
By order of the Emperor the witness accompanied him to the soot where
the man Reesakoff was held amidst
a gathering crowd ol people. Lieuten
ant Rudikoft, not recognizing the Emperor at once, exclaimed, "How is His
Maiestv?" to Which the Emperor,
standi off ten paces from Beesakomand
glancing around, said; "Thank God, I
am unhurt but see!" noiminsr to a
wounded jOossack lying near the car
riasre. ahd then to a boy crying with
pain. Reesakoff, heariasrthe words of
the Emneror. said. "Is it thanks to
Go d vet;"?J J Meantime D vorj i fesky look
from the soldiers a revolver and kuile found in the prisoner's pockets. The
Emperor, stepping up to Roosakoff,
asked if he indeed had ..fired, and, re
ceiving a reel v in the affirmative, de
manded, his: name and occupation. The -prisoner answered, "Giazoff,
.workman."
example, multiplviuf? 56 bvT the nro-
cess is 7 times 6' are 42. 7 times 5 are 85 nnd 4 are SOproduct, 329, "With die
jimouiuc cue work is instantaneous. When the wheel is turned the record is first made of 42 and then of 35, The ngure in the last place of So, that if?, 5 is at one added toth finrn m rim
place of tens of the otiier number, and
uie euure product "bohs nn. swpiip v"
its uue uraiiK completes the revolution.
ii Due uiuiuptier were aaouule numoer
say .5b by 27, another turn of the crank
WOUld make the mnltmlirmfinn nl
addition complete. To prove the opera-
wun pi-ssuiff a out ton throws into iroar
a new set of wheels, and a turn o; the crank reduces all the numbers in the product box to zero. Should zfro riof
at once appear if would nvnvn h
original operation was wiouar.
It.,-- T ' . . .. . .
mr. veroaexn ams that ho d d not
maKethe machine either to sell its
patent or to put it into use, but simply ip show that it was possible and .that a Spaniard can invent as well a an American. A number of tests that
were made in the prsence of a H(irald
reporter and other visitors were con
ducted with facility and accuracy.
DOUBT AND DOUBTERS.
What They B.'avo Achieired in Kolijjious Worldl.
the
A Sensible Girl. "I'll tell you what." said a New
York girl the other day. while exam
ining a printed curriculum, and trying to make up her mind what studv she
would take up next; I'll tell you what I would like to studv 1 would
like to study medicine. I don't mean that I want to be a physician, and practice, but only to know what to ?o
at home if anybody is sick or any thing happens, 1 am sure it would bo" more useful to me than" and she turned to the prescribed course of study "thau spherical trigonometry and navisra-
tion. What . is the use of my studying !'
ruavigation?
But wo can not run for the doctoi
every time anybody sneezes or eousrhs,
and I would like to know 41 what to do
vmwwuj., IFnv oiitt riTiA irhnio ft 15
As the emperor turned ana stepped ,P Cv'' ri
colds mv advice is, be prudentdon't
in row your winaows wide open, Tne. Mexicans err even mere on "the other side, and hermetically seal up their chambers. iNc? amount of reasoning will convince them that this is a pernicious eustom.
:- s ThQ West and the Moon. Mr. Riohard A. Procter, the astronomer, writes: "During niy recent journeys across the Western States (irom Kansas City through Denver, Cheyenne, Ogdeh and San Francisco, and back to Cheyenne and Omaha through St- Joseph to Kansas City ) ;I was much struck by the singular resemblance between tbe configuratiori of i;he North American Continent and the moon's surtace as seen with good telescopes. The journey from' Missouri to the
Bocky Mountains, is usually considered
monoton ouaso much so, m deed, tha c
one staon near the western border of
Kansas has received ?the suggestive name Monotony. "; Biiti Ifourirf these wide-spread plains4 (not strictly level, but: siigh tly undatin g, j covered wi th prairie grass, as impressive in their way as the Rocky Mountains themrselves. The undulations, iefc me note, resemble those of d. sea crossed by two or more series of wide and gentle" undulations.)7 The rise from Kansas City to Sherman, 8 234 feet a 6Vre the sea lovely is so gradual as to bftalmost impeiceptible, except near: Sherman and the aspeet o: thetibun try dhan gesmuch less than one Wouldexrjectf . The c hief chance in the character " of the more level partsarises from the difference in the- character' of the vegetation, the prahde grass being replaced at a.higher level by boftaio grass, and that in ita
tuiru at a higher level by sage brush, j
These broad, undulatiue regions, gradually slanting upward to the foot ofthe Kocky Mountains, strikingly iesemble the great so-called ''seas' on
the moon, bordered bv ransres of
mountains, beyond which lie the regions of great volcanic craters. These
lunar seas, with their prevalent dark
tints, are among the most striking features of the moon's surface, and, righty apprehended, indicate a former condition of things on the moon resembling that now prevailing on the earth. They show that the moon , though not arid, had once-seas such as our earth ba at: present. The slolV processes of change by which the lunar seas were turned to dry land are taking place now, though on a larger scale (but even more slowly), on the earth. The lunar surface - much more uearly resembles that of the New World than that of JEurope, Asia. Africa : or Australasia." .
; On the Saxly -British Djog. ' The Antiijuaiyi -J t .. ... . .... . , . ' . .... . .4 Dogs are frequently found representr ed on the Roman o-Kl tic pottery of England, especiady on: Durobri van ware. These dogs commonly fall under one of two types they are large and fierce, like our present "bull dogs and mastiffs or they resemble a fleet, slender hunting dog, such as our greyhound. By comparison of the former still remaining at the different museum on pieces of pottery, some particulars might be obtained respecting the various breeda of the early British dogs, if we conld be sure that the artists did not use conventional or imaginary types of dog lifel At this point tbTe well-known passages in tne classics which refer to the 'excellence of the English dogs come in. The larger and fiercer kinds were" much employed both by the Roman sojourners in Britain and countrymen at tome in chasein g the wild boar. Shepherd doffs, too, moy nave been needed to tend the magnus numerus pecorum, of which Ctesar speaks, in our island. The luxury of the Roman Capital at York would be almost certain tp demand the smaller breeds of pete."' -
The Cnar'a Assassination. London Standard. ! ; The act of accusaiion drawn up by theProcureur Mcuravieff is directed against Nicholas. Ivanot! Reesakotf.
nineteen, workman ; Nicholas Andrew
Ivanon buehapoif, thiirtv. neasant:
Sophie Looffa Peroffakaya, twenty-
Micliaelorr, twenty-one, peasant, and Hesse MXt&ff. Helfman ti , r wen ty-six,
ouvnere. Alter briefly stating the nature of the crime ' of which the
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prisoners are accused, namely, the m-fini.Qoo:ftie--Alexander
a- few naces toward the soot where the
explosion took place, keeping to the railing of the canal, a second explos
ion oceiUTed behind him close to his feet. For a few secon da a clou d of
smoke, powdered show, fragments of
cloth, .etc , hid every thing from sigut.
but when it cleared off a fearful picture presented itself: The Emperor leaned with his back against the .buttress of
the canal, holding on to the railings
with both hands, without cloak or cap
covereu witn moon ana oreatnmg -vim
difficulpy. His barred legs were sliattered, blood noured from them, the
flesh hung in pieces, and there was blood on .... his face. On the grou na
wore the bloody fragments cf his mihtrydoakr" DvorUtsky, also wounded.
raised hixnsel from tbe ground as the Emperor soid, scarce audibly, lHclp!,, and ran up, together with several
others. Borne, one gave a handker
chief. The Emperor put iz to his face,
saying, witn ajamo voice, .ir is coia
cold.7 Then those around mm tooa
up the suffbrer, who was already losing consciousness, and, assisted by the Grand Buke Michael, who came dash
ing up, laid Jiim on the sledge of Colonel Dvorjitsky, Lieutenant.. Count HendrikofT placing his own forage-cap on the-Empeior's head. The Grand Duke Michael, leaning over his brother, asked him if he could hear. The Emneror replied, quietly, "I hear." To further questions as to how he felt he only answered, "Quicker to the Palace," and then, as if in answer to the proposal of Staff Captain Franks td canw him into the nearest house to procure help, the Emperor said, uTake me to the Palace-there to die.,J These were the last words of the dving Monarch heard by the witnesses. The sledge was chosen because the carriage was. seriously, damaged. Major Koolibiakin sat with the Emperor in it, and, with the help of two Cossacks of the escort, conveyed him to the Winter Palac ' The Emperor died at 3:35. Of his person al folio wing nine were wounded, more or less seriously, of. whom one has since died; and of the police and others, eleven were wounded, two, including the boy before men 4ioned, succumbing within a few hours.
" The Howling of a Bog. To hear a dog howl in the night has been regard ed of old wi th the same dislike 'as in modern times, and arises from the belief that tbe dog can see things which are not visible to other eyes. In tbe "Odyssey," when the dogs knew Athene, they "fled to the stalls' far side," and the dog? of the North-were coneious 4wenn He! umgeht." 1 Rabbi Beebai, in his Exposition of the Five Books of Moses," savs: Our Rabbins of blessed memo
ry have said when the dogs howl then . . j. ii j . j.i
cometn tne angle or aeatn, lino xne city ; but wheii dogs are at play then cometh Eli as into, the city:" audio exposition of another Rabbi: "Our Rabbins of blessed memory have said, when the angle of death enters a city the dogs do howl. And I have seen it written by one of the, disciples of Rabbi Jehudo the Just, that "upon a time a dog did howl, and clapt hta tail between his legs, and. went aside for fear of the angel of death, and somebody. coming and kicking the dog to the place from which he had tied , the dog presently' die:d': German peasants believe that if a dog barks lo oking upwards a recovery may he expected, but if he looks towards the earth death is certain. In Cornwall the howling of a dog is alwavs a sad sign, but, "if repeated for .three nights, the house against which it howled will soon be in mourning!" In Lancashire, where the death-tick is still feared, it is
reported aa "Ula curious, circumstajhee"
mat tne real aeaxn-ucK musFoniy jick three times on each occasion. KWhen we remember that Mr. Darwin says that deatfi-ticks- (Anobium tcasella-
tum) are known to answer to each other's ticking,' or, as he has pei tonal
ly observed.,, a tapp;og noise artificialiy
made, it is evident thatif a ljancasmre maid is disturbed by the three" dread
ticks, she should wait tor answering
ticks,, or stimulate tbenr by an arti-
ficiartick, before allowing her super
stitious fears to-get the bettor of her
reason. - - -fi- - Iffultiplication by Machinery .
New York Herald."
Mr. RamenVerea, a Bpanish resident
of New York, has been devoting his
leisure hours for several years irr de
veloping a machine that will multiply and divide, and has finally succeeded.
It will produce a .product having fifteen' figures and the factors may be of nine or less than nine Or six or less than six figures. A turn of a small crank 9 nee for each figure in the multiplier displays the product on a disk. The work is almost instantaneous and the accuracy of it unimpeachable; The machine consists of ten circular plates placed vertically, and on the edge of each are figures from one to nine inclusive and zero. On the sides of these plates are points which form in sub stance a multiplication table. Suppose nine is to be multiplied by six. . The lirst plate is turned so that nine shows on top: the other factor1 is then shown on a wheel belonging to a si miliar set as those on which r ine is shown. When the crank is turned the muKi plicand is turned six-ninths of a revolu tion , and a poi o ton the fourth con -centrlet Oircle of points on the side of the plate is presented on one side, and a point on the fifth concentric' circle on the other; These two points each meet a tongue .wiiieh operates upon the product box, where, "the result is directly shown. The mechanism by which the product is recorded is too complicated to admit of a desceription except " at great length. ; There are a series of wheels worked uponeaeh of them, graduated as to the size ariJ s hape with the concentric circles fh the plates. It might be said that iff the multiplication; the additions necessary are made simulI taueously with the multiplication, For - ;'-,v ' :. h .
xu& ew x one cut is
has made a wise choice.
sensible and
Porhniis she
never will be. "smart" enough to work
out an intricate problem in algebra, and may be she w.'ll never know the
technical names of all the bones iu her
body, but if her baby brother, while
left in her charge, should burn his
hand or suddenly be'scized with'croup.
she will know what is the best thing
to do for him while waiting for the
docror to come. And when she is a wife and mother she will meet calmlv
and intelligently the accidents and illnesses which are inevitable in every
Pooling a Magician.
Ijewbern News and Observer.
A few days since in one of the eastern towns of this State a traveling sleight-of-hand performer made his appearance. Mounting a box he proceeded to show his various magical performances. Finally he told his large audience that he would do a difficult thing, in making a silver dollar, which lay in the palm of his open hand, instantly pass into the pocket of a spectator. The mouths of his audi
tors gaped wider than before, and with
eyes fixed on tnero they heard Ire magic "presto, change!" Then the performer called out to a darky standing on the outskirts of the crowd, bidding him "produce that dollar!" In a second the darky walked up and holding out a quantity of small change in his hand, said: "Heah, bogs, is eighty cents; I spent twenty cents of dat dollar you gin me for a cigar and two shorts." Never was there a "deader give away,"aud amid the yells of the crowd the sleight-of-hand man stepped from his box and walked away. He had arranged the matter of the dollar iu the pocket with the darky during rhe day, but the latter couldn't resist the temptation to take a passing pull at the currency ere it left his possession.
, Her Illustrious Grandfather. New Orleans has some very wealthy familien who refer with pdde to their ancestors. A few evenings ago Miss De Smith-Byanwas entertaining some visitors at her house, and pointing to a picture on the wall, she said : "That is .my illustrious grandfather. He was a man 'who seemed fitted by nature to occupy the . higher walks of life, and was never satisfied unless he stood at very top of the ladder." Her aged grandmother entered the parlor, and, hearing the latter part of her remarks', exclaimed: "Sure, that's the truth you spake, my child. Oe-h! F1J niver. forget the day bad e?ss to it when poor Dennis fell from the top of the ladder with all the. bricks upon him. and was afther breakia' his ribs aginsl; the ground poor dear man Ifcfthc powers, in those times the divil a bit more could-he make than phorty chits a day, and" But the honest old lady's voice was drowned by the banging of the piano as Miss Be Bmith-Ryan struck up: "1 Wandered by the Seabeat Shore."
Forepaugh's Advertising Dodge. Of course the announcement by Adam Forepaugh, the circus man, of a prize of $10,000 for the handsomest woman in America, was a huge advertisement. Every one knew that, and that it would have the usual uihot of such tilings was to be expected. There is a very vivid and. warm description of the young woman said to 1: avo gained the prize traveling about the newspapers, that is probably the fiction of some imaginative reporter. It reads like the description of a heroine in a third-rate novel. At any rate it is now admitted that the successful young woman is and has been a member of the - Forepaugh company, who will merely receive a fair salary for appearing in the procession as usual. The large number of photographs that have been forwarded to the agent, will in themselves form a mosl curious feature of the show, and are to be put under the big canvas or in a side show. The Dog and the Fara ot; Port Jar vis, N. Y. Union. z The owner of the valuable pointer called one day upon a friend who re joices in the possession of a keel; witted' parrot: The two were seated in tfaejporch smoking-, the parrot being perched on the trellis .The deg was lying at his master's :?eet, and finally his attention was t calk d to the bird, which -was. looking steadily at him.' The dog sprang up, drew on the parrot and fastened. There he stoodj still as a statue, for full three minutes,
when the parrot, with a contemptuous flirt of the feathers, screamed at him: "Go home,- you cussed fool SI1. The dog dropped tail and ears, wheeled round and struck a bee-line over the fields for home. Since that time be has refused to point a bird.
I). P. Baldwin in Uio Alliance.
Doubt is to the soul what salt and waves are to the sea. In doubt we
have "the notency and promise" of
.jnverv Ki:m or progress, wnnoui
douot there coma no no civiilzaaon oi advance of a?iy kind.
A century and a -oalf ago the right of
taxation without representation began "o be doubted . Under the leadership of .J ohn and Samuel Adams and other orave doifttera that, doubt began to spread and to grow, and the outcome was the revolution and the Republic. Three centuries ago some one began to doubt the divine, right of Kings to rule, and out " of that doubt has grown the modern doctrine of the divine rights of the people. Fifty years ago a few brave men doubted the lawfulness of slavery :, Chnrch and State frowned and scowled, but the doubters doubted and bred doubts in the minds of others, and the result has been not merely the abolition of slavery, but the renatioualization of this Republic by new ideas and new forces. Three centuries ago Rome had
apparently reduced Europe to the level of terrain tv and uniformitv. when u
started the fearless doubter Lutheiand
from the crop of doubts he sowed out
came th3 great rrotestant unurcn.
Juuther, however, only Halt accom
plished his work. He throw ofi tha
yoke of an infallible church, but left
upon his new cniiacn the yoke or an
iu fallible Book. No matter, what was
written hi it. it was the Bible, and that . -f - 1 -.'-Ml-- TH 11. .
was tne ena or uie raacier. ii cue
claim had been that the. Book was iafaliWeonlv in its general scone and
purpose, or infallible only in spiritual matters, there would have been but little Question But it was made irt-
fatlible upon all subjects, and even down to verso and word, a remnant of tha old Romish principle of shutting out inquiry by absolute authority. But soon new doubters came along and blasphemous! y doubted whether, after all, l her 3 was any great difference between a ch'nreh and a book. They began to assert, tiiese doubters did, the broad ininoiple that man was no more made fo: an infallable church, but that both inok and church were made for ma-i. Taking the lofty teachings of our Savior c mcerning the Sabbath as as tU v precedent, thty began to say that he autboriry of the human reason within the limit of reason was sup re inland that whatever was wrong io mm could not possibly be right in Gml. Tney began to teach that any ere d that violates man's instincts of justice nnd his sense of right v?as wrong, no matter from what source it cat.ie. Ii thoy found any such teaching attributed to Christ, they boldly asserted that it was an interpolation and a mistake. ThU is now the tendency of modern religious thought, and the outcome of it will surely he not to destroy God or Ohri 't, or glv us a new God or Christ, but to deepen, broaden, and purify oiii conception of both God and Christ, TUuh the religious doubters are slowly but tnwly eliminating from Christianity i:s. pagan and scholastic adultera iioiiM. They have long ago left behind bell ana candle, dramatic and spectac ular Chi istianity, borrowed from heathenism, and ere now busy reconstructinir bv the a 0 of reason and common
every numan soul mud dwells m every human bosom. The human race loves
music, and no amount of speculation
upon the musicial scale or the philoso
phy and metaphvsies of rouble can
ever supercede tho;?e popular and great outbreaks of this musical instinct that
conic as unbidden as the sweet south win is in springtime. How puny and idle all that has been written about nr.isio before such spontaneous and untraceable bursts of harmony as" the Mar seilles hymn, or "Old John Brown," or, "Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marchin.?," or, "Nearer, 1117 God, to thee." So with worship. Upon 110 occasion whatever should it be checked or suppressed by doubt. It is as natural for the human heart to go out to God and Christ in love, worship, and gratitude
as; it is to breathe. If our spir itual icy is low aud subtle doubt lllls "the heart
with bitterness: ; If Faith is dry 1 And men tlifj flies of latter spiinjc
! And weave their potty cells and die;
then comes as its cure the grand vet
simple words of Christ, "Obey and ve
shall know, of the doetrins whether
thev be of man or of. God." '.
Doubt has its limitations.
limitations are the limitations
mind. There are thousands
ieets that the human mind
These
of the
of sublias no
adequate organs to grapple. Many
subjects defy proof. I doubt if God's
existence is capable of logical or abstract proof. Philosopbv aud science deal with created things, God, being the Uncreated, is beyond their grasp. God's existence is a first, truth, the same as the existence of matter and our5ielves. To doubt those three great truths matter, man and God is . a mistake, perhaps intellectual suicide.
Whatever, is fairly in the jurkdiction l
of the intellect; whatever the human mind has the requisite apparatus' td investigate, is a legitimate subject both for the forerunner, doubt, and the messenger investigation. There are some questions, however, that the human mind has no adequate powers to solve. For example, immortalityHere the true rule, as it seems to me, is to dismiss our doubts and trust. Doubt is the path aTay that leads into the gate of faith. Doubt ought not to be made a weapon to batter down that beautiful gate. Because a bug can't comprehend a man's thoughts and ways, shall, therefore, that bug deny the existence of that juicy fact that
has afforded him so many a s.ivory
meali? Is there a cure for doubt? For solvable doubts the cure is discussion, ob
servation, reason, just as the cure for
Democracy is more Democracy. Douot
is lv'ature?s antidote lor credulity, and
as an antidote it is in valuable. But
an antidote is a poor diet. Men can no more live .upon antidotes than upon negations. As to our un solvable
doubts, the cure is Duty, Patience, and Trust.
If thou couldst trust, poor soui, In Him who rules tho whoio, Then won ldst have rest . Wisdom and truth aioTi-eli, . But trust is best.
Doubt, then, is both
legitimate
and
lumau qH
Another Toad Story. Boston Journal, A correspondent in Maine, having read the story of the toad iu a recent number, sends the folio win j? to ms.teh it:. In a certain town in Maine some farmers went out haying, and carrlc.'d wi th them a iug of cider, which they put in the shade of a tree. While thoy were at work a snake swallowed a toad, which swelled him greatly. He then
crawled near to tho jug, which was tipped over on the ground, and espied another toad on the other side. Seeing the quickest way, the snake stucUJiis head through the handle o?f the jug and quietly swallowed the poor toad. ISTc w, to the snake's amazement, he couldn't move either way, as he had swallowed a toad on either side of the handle. In that peculiar position he was captured by the farmers. ..One of tne financial p gents of the Panama ' Canal has" deiiamped with about S80.00G of ih& nomnanv's monev.
Ex'Seeretarv Thomnaon has $mii to
S ew "?or;- to fee about it,
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sense, tne metapnysics 01 nacomc ana meciitval Christianity. They doubt
the g?nuinepess of that love of God thav creates humanitv and permits
uine-.enths of it to perish m an endless hell, and question the old pagan
idea of appeasing an m finitely Kind God by the sacrifice of innocent blood ; in a word they doubt whether, after all, that ponderous theological ma chillers pompously called "the plan of salvation," beginning with the fall of the fir?t and cu lminating in the sacrifice of
the second Adam, is nota t veution.
Who fathoms the eternal thought? Who talks ot scheme or plan? Tho Lord is God Hivneedoth not The poor device ol man. A.s the cumbrous and costly aquodt cts of antiquity have all been super ceded by the simple principle that war ter will always rise as high as its source, so in the place of those old and bloody theories, tinctured with Plat on ism and heathenism the doubters are instituting the far more Christlike and understandable thoory that a man is respon
sible only lor his own actual sins; that
the weight of that responsibility is modified by hereditary traits and assocations over which he has no control; diat beyond establishing the universal law that sin is its own exceeding great punishment and its results death, the derith of the soul by eating out its tis eues of honor and virtue as with a deadly cancer, and the death oi happiness, God has nothing tot her of wrath or of vengeance for the sinner. Th ey a ffirm , these doubters do, th at man is a partner in his own salvation, and must be saved, not through some incomprehensible satisfaction of Divine wrath by the brutal murder of cur Sa,viour by a lawless mob of eighteen centuries ago, but by assimilating and making part of both life aud conduct, even as the sick man assimilates and makes part of his life and blood the atoms of the physicians medicine, the life, conduct, and. teachings of the great Teacher; and that no man can so manipulate the ever-lasting laws of the universe as to justify a bad life by a few moments of highly emotional deathbed repentance, or any other repentance not accompanied by restortion and reconstruction. The doubters insist upon the simple words of Christ as their religion, and. not upon t he construction of these words by interested persons or sects. They put fidelity to duty infinitely above accuracy in belief, in fact, they treat belief as an intellectual matter, and of secondary importance in scul-saving. And in making this substitution they are willing to leave it to the world to say whether they are not giving humanity a better conception of Cfod and Chriat than those, wrought ! out centuries ago, before the present splendid advances and discoveries in; all departments of human thought were made. . ' Everything progresses. A. new spirit has come over human thought. Physicians aro constantly inventing hew methods of treating disease, lawyers are constantly constructing new codes. Why should there not be progress in religious methods? The doctors have cured tbe barbarism of the knife by amestheties; the lawyers have rid the world of torture and reduced hanging: to but one offense: Why should- not
the preachers vie with them?. When a small boy I never passed a Sunday without a coffin or some of the wrath
of God an it. T like the present style of
making Christianity., a life rather than a creed or a death far better. Iam even willing to say, "One word at a time1 If Clod can be trusted in this
world, why not trust Him for the
next? Let us begin with finding out
and obeying His laws 111 this present-
life. ...
All this great change has come from
doubt: and from doubt within as well
as without the Ohursh. T repeat,
doubt is tho salt and the waves that
keep the oceans of the soul sweet.
Certamtv is stagnation, auu when to
certainty you couple enforced uniform
ity tho result is defth.
Doubt is an intellectual act. It is the
intellect sitting in judgment upon the
oast and the present,. The mischief of
doubt is that it is apt to run into deni
al, and thus destroy both belief and
spirituality, This, however,, is an abuse of the true function of doubt.
While doubt should at all time be used
as a cbeck upon credulity, the same as
we use common sense us a check upon
excessive speculation or the over-re
finements of logic, it should never be
allowed to interfere with that iustine
of worship that is in separable irom
useful. Blessed be the church that has
hoi est doubters in its midst! Blessed be the man that is never without a
doubt on his soul ! It is a painful pro
cess, this doubting. It is God's plow
share driving through the worthless roats aud weeds to the end that a crop
of golden grain may be made te grow.
111 :bo neglected held, The hrst re
corded scene that is given us in our
Saviour's life after Hi3 baby-hood is that of au eager boy of 12 in tho temple among the doctors, .cbofh. hearing and answering questions." The last scene thaiTSt. Matthew gives us in
these inexpressibly beautiful words;
Then the eleven disciples went away into
tiallilee, .into a mountain w here Jesus ap
pointed them, j
Alia wnen tney saw mm tney worannpea Him, but some doubted. And Jeus catna and spoke unto them, sayintr, All power is given to me both in Heav
en aud in -Earth. Go ye, therefore, and - teach all nations, baptising them in the name of tho Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching thus to observe all things I have commanded you; and, lo! Iam with you alway, even uufco the end of the world. Thus we have Christ beginning as an inquirer and ending with blessing inquiry, Let us linger upon this scene. It; is" good to be here. Christ had been brutally murdered, "crucified, dead ami buried;'1 he had been resurrected; he was about to leave His beloved eleven forever. Even "the number is significant. The twelfth had been a denier and had betray edSHim . That i3 the outcome of all denial. Denial gives ei 3 atheism and death; doubt a constantly better conception of God and immortality. Denial produces Judas; doubt produced Thomas. That this parting might not be interrupted he appojned a meeting in the solitudes of a mountain. The eyes of the eleven rested upon His glorified and. resurrected body. Their ears for the frst time in history heard the voice and their hands felt the pressure of a hand that had passed through tlie dusky .'gates of death and .returned. .' And they that saw worshipped Him, but some doubted-" Who were those doubters? Was it Peter, Jo!an, or James! The lips of the evangelist are sealed ; their names are not written. But we do know that all of that elevendoubters as well as worshipers from that ?ay forth lived noble Christian lives and Erever swerved in their obedience to their command then given them by the beloved Master; died the heroic deaths of martyrs, and now belong to "the goodly fellowship of the apostles." Did the Master reproach the doubters? Did He discriminate between them and the worshipers? Did he even repeat to the some that doubted these inexpressibly
sad words. "Lovest thou me more than
hee?" No! the command is to both
doubter and worshiper, uyi) yeK therefore, and teach all nations.' What,
doubters teac.'a! "Baptizing them;" what, doubters baptize! Yet our
Savior's love and charity was broad
enough to commission both. He says:
Lo! I am with you always, even to
the end of the world." How. could that Christ, that a score of years before
started His great career as an inquirer, close that career as a pitileHS enemy of
bewildered and dazed searchers alter
ruth? In who promise we rest.
There are no sins of doubt deep enough,
or broad enough, or wide enough to shut out an honest soul from Christ's goodness and love. The mantle of
Bis charity is large enough to ineiuue
in its folds heterodoxy as well as orthodoxy, Samai itau as well as Jew, dogmatist as well as doubter. -
Pm blamed if I don't fchinjkyom believe
it yourself.77 ,4yhat stay's u cast-iron fact," -said the Sheriff "and too good to be lost, Fll te'l i fc again. '
"If there wasn't snap In the boys of
tweniy-iive years ago, this i)ourt doesn't know itself,'' the. Sheriff weut on . " We nsyer cal cuiated to get left whew there was any fun going on, and if wo did you can make up your mind that on that day the thermometer was very low. We were always ready for a fight, or a dance, or a singing-school, and came out particularly strong on
inuuacieu oaeeiiugs. xuere, was a dance about every night from the time cold weather struck in until the canal opened in the. sprin g, and we used to make tbe Pike county woods just howl. There" was a tamily named Lay ton lived up in the hills back o Lackawack. The old man had pried a
piece of ground out from under the
stones that protected the soil in. that garden spot of tbe township, and stuck
a snanty in '.ne corner of it. The house was founded on a rock. That rock, I belie ve as much as can be, had an outcropping in China, Owing to
this rock Lay ton had built his cellar
about forty rods away, by scooping a hole in a side-hill and putting a door of hemlock Blabs to it. .. . "Sat iLaykm was a u ice girl. She was the old man's onlv daughter, and could cook fi slapjack or butcher a pig with skill and grace. Sal had a big gawk of a fellow by tbe name of Rube Calkiias. He was terribly mussy-oue of those lick-my-veighrin-wiideats sort of fellows who always want to clean out bar-rooms vrheiiever they get outside of three drinks of Courtweek whisky. I had a side partner named BeeA'es Sid. Beeves He was a
team. He never walked hiS shoes off to get when i there was a tight, but if ho thought 0110 would be likely to come his wc y he'd wait all day for; i& 1 'There w is a ball at the N arrows one night. Sal was there with Rube, and Sid and I had our girls. Rube primed himself with the best the bar ailorded and, as usual, swore he would never be happy until he had 'cleaned out every man in the bar-room. Well, the upshot of it was that Bid had to drop him oat of the window. This made a Iiltle hard feeling between Rube and Sid, and when Sal made up her mind tc give an apple-cut, a few weeks afterward, Sid didn't get any invite, and neither did X "Sat had been dying 1:0 give an apple-cut for f & long time but the trouble was the only orchard on the old man's place was a wild gooseberry bush, . and there were ao apples in the old inan'a cellar. He raised some potatoes and a little buckwheat, and managed to fatten a pig very fall, but" how they
could give an apple-cut on such ducts of tho soil was something neither Sal nor the old folks wrestle with and get the upper But one lucky day Sal's dau was to the fallfu and who sihouM be
but some Jarseynian who had a bag of apples that he was willing to trade off for buckwheat. If Bobby Lay ton didn't freej.se to that bag, then a snapping turtle won't snap. He took it home and tiut it in his. side-hill cellar, and the invitations were given for the aople-cut. As I remarked, Sid and myself got the grand go-by. But we
kept mum
if
prothat. could hold over there
tion that the ulah was to secure extra
distance in ord er to overcome the steep v grade. This was accomplished by a -.mast singular method of detdai', and? by the loop which forces the r a dread to describe a circle, return to the place' v ;. where it started, and pass directly over J tr the tunnel wldcH ifcentered w.iienit v began the detour. The elevation w be : overcome waa 265 feet. By eirclihg ; " f . among the buttes a distance of 13,000 .9 ; : feet was consumed , which repriented ? 1
an advance 111 a uirecc line ,-, 01 ooiy .
4,000 feet. The actual loop17 contains : r ' only 3,705 feet. One is twisted about ,t : 's Y to a circle, win dine around the base of N- ;.'
one of the buttes, and when he returns - c : . to the starting point he may look :: I down a distance of 77 J feet upon... tbe -track below, which enters the tunnel. " -The curvature and grades hero are equal to 116 feet per mile. ; ( - The passage to' the summit' of the pass, a whole d istance of twenty mile,; 4? is made through a serie3 of tliirteen . tunnels carved in the solid gRuiitje. r ' -i" : The first tunnel, as has been men- : tioned, is the pathway to the loop
They range in lengdi from a few yaris , to 1,000 feet, and represent aii i enormous amount of work. Looking down ,, the valley from the second tunnel the line of, vision is crossed five times by the track, which seems in some places T to m ove backward, and if trains a re j moving on the track the illusion ia 4r
perfect. Once the track crossed the valley, and this in volved the building i of a long and very, high bridged The -loop is justly regarded as one ; of the greatest curiosities Kin the road, second to none of the natuial wonders'. It is believed to be unique in the history of t railroad building throughout te world . at least such is the testimony of many famous foreign engineens wao f have inspected the work. Some idea of the time and labor and expense anvolved in the work ma r be gatteieci???' from the fact that not less than 5,000 Chinese were employed at one time in 1? 1 the pass, and the force was frequently increased beyond th is number f.
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APPLE-CUTS BACK O5 LACKA
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A Story of J.ievenge involving sal,
Rube, Sid, Stub and the Narrator,
Milford Poun.I Cor, New Yoj:1e Sua. , 'Thev don't have apple-cuts nowadays like they did twenty years., or so ago," said tbe Sheriff, as he peeled a
hig greening witn nis jacE-KUire ana threw the peeling on the stove. Applecuts," said Uncle Ira. "They don't have apple-cuts nor any thing else sensible these days. If the young fellows that run things now can only 3ock a for cap on their heads and got a
mit. of olaid clothes thev're hanny. aud
'don't care. for such things as applecuts. Unless its the juice of the apple," continued Uncle Ira, after a pause 14 And that cuts some of 'em up pretty bad, oftener than'S good for 'em." "We usty hev bulJy i;ood times to them apple-jacks, did I?" said the old 'Squire. "Dance all night, sure, and half :the next day if the fiddler held out." "I guess I never told you about Sal Lay ton 's apple-cuts, did I?" asked the Hberill, dropping the core of his app'o in the? sleepy dog Oesar s ear. -Humpb!" grunted Uncle Ira. "Heard, von ..tell it morn a hundred
I times, and you vo told it so nuicb that
lived a couple of girls that Sid and I used to go Mid sc-e or.ce in a while About a week beforeiSal's dad got the apples these girls had a quiltlug-bee, and didn't invite Sal. So Sal got back at them by slighting uhem in the ap-nle-cut. Sid and I went up to see the
girls one night aud we made it
have a little an Die-cut ot
Their old-man didn't have any apples either. A pples were scarcer that winter than scales on a cat-fish, anyhow. So we fellows agreed to skirmish around and get the fruit for our rival festivity. W e concluded to b ave our party on tlie same night that Sal had hers, and ;he night before the " applecut Sid and I hitched up to the sled and took a ride. We didn't"; have much trouble in getting all the apples we wanted, and we bad a roaring old time of our apple-cus. ''The next day I met one of the' 'fellows who. had been co Sal's parley. " VWeli,' says I, 'how'd you enjoy yourselveo last nigbt?' . " 'We busted up in a fight,1 he tajs, " 'Fight !M says. 'How's that?'. " 'Weil ' says he, 'afcer we all got to Sal's, aud: -had sot there spell talkin' an' laugh In', Sal says to e.he old man. " 'Pap? says she, 'I guess you better go an' fetah in the apples, en-we'll git to business. Oh ! wait till we see them pipjuns,' says she. 'They'm good Hms, an' chey's plenty on 'em,' says she. v- . - " 'So Bobby goes out an' fetches in the bag. Sal had got a big tub an' sot it in the middle o? the llcor to put the apples in, Bobby ccme a lugging the bag in on his shoulder, an' ve altpiled around tlie tub to see the pippins. The old man untied the bag .aii' dumped her. May I hope to die ef Bobby didn't dump that tub Alii o'; turnips! Two bushel o' thuuderift' big fiat turnips, an' not the smell of a pippin !' "I had to lay down in the road and laugh," said the Sheriff. " 'Turnips!' I Siy. after a spell. VNot turnips?' . 'Y-a a-s, turnijfe!' snorted the fellow. 'An' that wa'n't the fun 0' the thing. You know Stub Wagner was there, ar.' it's only a month ago that he was ketcbed comin' out o' Deckers paster with one of Decker's sheep. Well, when the turnips was tumbled in the tub, Sal looked at her eld man, an' the old man looked at Sal. IS , an earthquake had a fell itn that place they couldn't a looked seareter. Nobody said a word for about, a minu te. Then Bobby woke up. "'Ikin kick ' the hide out'n any sheep -thief as has gone an' busted this apple-cut!' he holiered. 4 'The old man didn't have no more rAfis rinen to Stub Watruer than he did
to the man In the moon, but Stub peeled himself an' howled : " 4I wouldn't lot my own father call me a sieep-1hief V he yelled, 'an' no bushwhacker as tries to put turnips off on me for pippins kin do it an not fight!' av 4 " 'He iwep' the. old man around that
kitchen like a house-hie .oerore we could gib him loose. Bute Calkins chucke 1 Stub out through a winder, and I got out o' the back door an' clum on the" fence. In less'n two minutes the party was fll In' out o' that shanty an' makin' fur hum. Sal's apple cut were basted, an' if I ever find out who done it PH make 'em sweat! "Wei", sir," said the Sheriff, "do .you know that Sal always kind o' thought that Sid and I played that on her? But nobody ever found out who did take ;ke apples, and I believe my mother is wondering to ihis day who in the world ever carried off that bag of v too. whi te turn ips she had out i n the woodshed.' 1
, . A. Dealer in Bibles.
?'pme in, aid the Kev7 Mr. Bol t stock, as a rap athe door causeii him 4 to drop a blot on a half, finished aer; v mon. The door openeLand a man -an- " tered. The corners of hismouth were turned down as though to femphar sis to his face. His clothes suggested f: ; . that he worked at a livery stable na a'Jt ' i .
subordinate csvpacity, and his Kat wak'l as Ill-shaped as though it had.- been:s tramped upon by a cow. ; ' " , "WeU," said the Itev. Mr. Borate ck,Ji "what can I io for you?" : -, 5-f The man drew a sigh from thedjottorn of his being, and replied: ! want a Bible. A few weeks ago I" war a ; ; prosperous saloon-keeper, but, sfa , . T j ; prefer no verty and sobriety to affi.uc nee f and whiskey. I gave my saloon to the j widows and orphauSj and, sir, a heavy &i widow planted herself behind the bar,r: and began to deal out, the scorpion just as natural as I had ever vdoaft6;-.oIJf expected her to close out the biasi'ie J and divide the cash, but when 1 8joke to her about it, she caught me I by the looseness of my raiment and tttrewt me out. I never knew befoie; whaf was meant by widow's might? ! K ow.'J sir, I want the book of consolation You needn't mind tne revised S5ataes, s bat give me old Peter and j oM Paul; : ,: Give me a Bible.?? . : -T - The good minister was much 'movedj C by the poor man's strong appeelanI,f taking down a Bible, he presenhid it to?
tne meaaer. j-jaie in tne eyeuiuK M minister was standing iia a; &2Condlhand book-store, when a man entered! and said to the. proprietor." ,: . 1
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SliKixL IU.11 U WJLl vww; uvw. . dollars for the lot; cost me $' 50." ' 1 "Mv friend,'! said the minister "are you not themau who came to my house this morning and beged me for a Bible?" v " . i. "Oh ! no, sir. I have beea m wmail day with rheumatism.'! - ; ; "How did you collect these jtiojpks3 s '-Family relics, sir.1' . . , "Didn't you get this book f rplnnie?", taking up a book. j 5 "Oh ! no, sir. That book was riven, to my .Uttle son by i a Sujid?y-s3hpol teacher."- - " Just then a policeman, atcompanied' by three ministers, entered the 5itfre. FfAPtfihe is." said one, and the police
man led the book dealer away. He ImH An Averv minister in the
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Garden presented an interesting spec? tac'e yesterday afternoon when ya , Tribuue reporter entered to inspect the preparation 3 for the opening of Barf num's circus. Around ie open space on the Fourth-avenue side ot the builo ; iug were ranged the cages containing: the an imaLn belougig to the menagerie department There wero , five lions lounging in one cage; next to them ' li ve leopards kept up a ceaseless promenade behind their bars; occfisionaUy ; varied by a lively fight: next to these was a cage full of tigers; which played with each other in a manner that made the spectator shudder. Another nocrA nnntnined four sno'cted byenas
eontaiiiimr half a dozens
panthers stood at the end of the pine. 'Pwft b-AAnprs were standi n in trout
rtf f.hA nnitta euttiner nn raw meat.
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In a front room Mrs. White, who has been with Bintum nine years,.
was hard at work on toe oostumes. . There wei twelve suits of purple vetwtWf nf red ad blue satin
trimmed with gold fringe, ma twelve A hn.i? and' wiirtw satia. hand eni-
wii f(VPt.hArin.in the vcrana,
eutrv." There were also twelve uhu-t some suits of black and pnrje velvet f v for t!ae woman riders in the eiitry A f r, , . rt t , hnn ats made otr y&
satitt,prc1usely decorated with spangles p -and worked in ourious patterns, was ? 5.
also displayed, some iuea w scene in the garden maj' be formed when it is stated that 5K1 persons are , employed in this circus, aud nearly all
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Unique Engineering. Chicago Times. .. The euKiueeriug difficulties Southern "Pacific railroad were conntsred in California, but
made up iu ..difficulty and in costliness what they lacked iu number.. The two great exploits of engineering are furnished by the 'Uoop'V in the Tehaohepl pass, in Kem county, and the ; Ban Fernando tunnel, in Los Angeles county. The former is re garde d by experts as au engine eri ng feat second to none accomplished by the Central Pacific in the Bierras.
Cahonte, m Hern county, is cue. nearest station to the pass. The first mile
and a half out of Caliente is accom plishecl by laying down eight miles of tract:. The road runs; for twenty miles
throneh one of the wildest bits, of
mountain country iti the. west. The face of the country is broken up by buttes, or mountain knolls, thiough which flows the sinuous Tehachepi
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Now liu'f land Farmer.
Parsn i-os make a very fi ae growth?
h nations of the Northern
tAta.. iL4 their leaves alfofcl consider-
aMa Rhftde. while their rotds extend
long diiii ance into the grounl. In fact tho rod hi are so long that they will reiiCh moisture if it is with in a reasonable reach of the eurfaeo of tlie ground. The vield of the (iron is verv large, and
ii.hftr rpouired to onltivate is not
very great The roots airord desirable ; food to most kinds? of animals, es pecially tlie milch oowa. They ar64 fivrMhVnd on this account they are
relished by youug cattle. They aii however, difticult to keep. Theycons in RC.i much water that they freeze
easily. Exposed to tfxo sun and wind1 they become almost as dry as hay. Freezing does not injure them; Jn v fact, if tmporves the5r taste by con verting part of the starch Into sugar. e But parsnips that hat?o been toaeiix decay very readily, or send-out sprouts that absord the substaatje of the roots. V? Unf.Avlth all these ob lections narsnlpa
afibrd excellent stock, food atin thft1'
fall or early in the sprang.
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