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f 51 ! RAM S HORN BLASTS. to ^ hat became of him history does not say, bnt no doubt it would have been better for him if the tsar had thrown him and had carried out the grim conditions of the obtest.—At lanta Journal. A Little Bird Tells. Now isn’t it strange that our mothers Cau find out all that we do? If a body does anything naughty. Or says anything that’s not true. They’ll look at you just a moment Till your heart in your bosom swells, And then they know all about it, Fora little bird tells. Now where that little bird comes from. Or where that little bird goes. If he’s covered with beautiful plumage, Or black as tlje king of the crows; If his voice is as hoarse as a raven's, Or clear us the ringing of bells. I know not—but this 1 am sure of— A little bird tells. You may be in the depths of a closet, Where nobody sees but a mouse; You may be a l alone in the cellar, You may be on the top of the house; Yoif may be in the dark and the silence, Or out in the woods or the dells— No matter—wherever it happens, The little bird tells. And the only way that you may stop him Is just to be sure wbat to say— Bure of your words aud your actions, Sure of your work and your play; Be honest, be brave, and be kindly, Be gentle and loving as well, And then you can laugh at the stories Ail the birds In the country may tell. j *' New StamjM for Collectors. Boys aad girls will soon have two new United States stamps to put in their collections. Owing to an agreement made by the United States at the re cent International Postal Congress the- five-cent stamp used for foreign post age, which is now a light brown, will be changed to a dark blue. It will make a very handsome stamp. The one-cent stamp, now blue, will be changed to green. There was some talk of changing the color of the com mon two-ceut stamp, but this plan has been abandoned. The new stamps will not be issued until the first of the year 1899. Calendar*. The earliest calendars,as the Jewish, the Egyptian and the Greek, did not begin the year where we do now, and the Jewish year, which opened on the 25th of March, continued to have a legal position in many Christian coun tries until a comparatively recent period. In England, it was not until 1752 that the first of January became the initial day of the legal, as it had long been of the popular,year, general other countries made this change earlier than England—France in 1564, Scotland in 1690, Holland and Bussia in 1700. The Boman calendar, which made January the first month of the year, is credited to thesecondkingof Borne, Numa Pompilius, more than six hun dred years B. C. He added two months to the ten into which the year had been previously divided, aud called the first one Jauuarius,in honor of Janus, the diety supposed to preside over doors. Our Saxon ancestors originally called this the Wolf-month (Wolf- monat), because wolves were more than usually ravenous and daring in that season of the year.—Detroit Free Press. Wrestling With the Tsar. One of the stories of Peter the Great which the French president heard in St. Petersburg was of the great tsar’s wrestling match with a young dragoon. Once in the imperial palace—so the story goes—Peter was at table with a great many princes and noblemen, and soldiers were posted within the hall. The tsar was in a joyous mood, and rising, called out to the company: “Listen, princes and boyars, is there among you one who will wrestle with me, to pass the time and amuse the tsar?” There was no reply, and the tsar repeated the challenge. No prince or nobleman dared wrestle wi.h his sovereign. But all at once a young dragoon stepped out from the ranks of the soldiers on guard. “Listen, orthodox tsar,” hesaid, “I will wrestle with thee.” “Well, young dragoon,” said Peter, “I will wrestle with thee on these conditions: If thou throwest me, I will pardon thee; bnt, if then art thrown, thou shaltbe beheaded. Wilt thou wrestle with me on these condi tions?” “I will, great tsar,” said the sol dier. They closed, and presently the soldier, with his left arm, threw the tsar, and with his right he prevented him from falling to the ground. The sovereign was clearly beaten. Somewhat in the spirit of Herod, the tsar offered the soldier whatever reward he should claim, and the sol dier ignobly claimed the privilege of drinking free, as long as he lived, in •11 the inns belonging to the crown. SllthUv Mixed. “Mamma,” said little Maud as she came home from Sunday school one day, “we are going to have a concert, j and I am going to speak, twice too,” she added excitedly; “they want me | to speak an openin’ a’dress and a good | night piece too when the rest all get 1 through, and oh mamma will you make my new dress, and will you help me learu the piecea, aud will you and i apn go, and oh mamma after the concert they are going to have ice cream and I want two dishes, I can have two can’t 1 mamma? and—” “And for goodness sake stop and take breath,” said mamma, “or I shall certainly think my little girl is wound up like some machine and be expect ing the time to run out any moment. I will certainly help you learu your pieces, and will make your new dress, if there is time, but i think one dish of cream will be aufficient for a little girl of seven years, but we will see when the time comes. When is the conceit to be?” “A week from Tuesday, or two weeks, I don’t remember which,” answered Maud; “they talked about both and I’ve forgot which they ’greed about, bnt anyway they want me to speak.” To speak was something quite new for Maud. Mamma had always re fused to let her take part in the enter tainments given, as she was not a strong child and she did not like to tax her with learning a piece, and also thought the excitement of speak ing before so many people would ba too much for one of her nervous tem perament, if she did not altogether break down and forget her piece when the time came to speak, as it took only a trifle to confuse her. But for some time now Maud’s health had been exceptionally good, and as she seemed so eager to take part in the coming fete, mamma thought it would do no harm to let her try, and see if she found reciting as enjoyable- a pro ceeding as she anticipated. night of the concert came, but not before Mand was entirely ready for it. She had fairly counted the days and hours, till the eventful even ing arrived, and at half past six had her hat on and inquired of papa if he did not think it nearly time to start, as it was quite a distance to the chnrch. Papa smiled, for it was just two blocks, and he did not think it would require quite-an hour and a half to walk that distance, so told Maud she had better take off her hat aud wait awhile, and in the meantime she might recite her pieces over, once more for him if she wished, so as to be very sure she had not forgotten them. So she recited them over Jor him without a break, and a very sweet, dainty little girl she looked, in her new dress of white dotted mull and pink ribbons. Perhaps Maud thought most too much of her dress. Perhaps the mauy faces confused her, perhaps a good mauy things—but one thing is certain, when the concert at last begun, and the organ voluntary had been played and Maud’s name was called for the address of welcome, she marched proudly forth on the platform and began to speak—her welcome address? oh, no, but the “Good Night” with which the concert was to close. ••Dear friends, we bid you all a fond good night And hope that we may sometime meet again— when something in the smiles on the faces before her recalled her to her self, and she realized in an instant what she had done. She gave one frightened look around, then burst into tears aud rushed from the plat form, down the aisle, and straight into papa’s arms. “Oh, papa, do take me home quick,” she gasped as she hid her head on his shoulder. “Don’t cry little one, it’s all right,” said papa, “don’t you want to wait and have some cream?” “Oh, no, papa, please,” she an swered, “my throat chokes so I don’t believe I can ever swallow again. Only let’s go home.” So papa took the trembling little girl home, and it was some time be fore the sensitive child could even be induced to go out of the house, so sure was she that everyone would laugh at her failure, and even if they were not present at the concert she was quite sure they heard about it that same night, but she has some-' what gotten over it now, and her Sun day school teacher hopes by next Christmas to be able to induce her to take another piece to learn, though she says she will only give her one next time so there will be no danger of getting mixed.—Northern Christian Advocate. ^ . — j Tennessee boasts of a peach thir teen and three-quarter inches in cir cumference. ffarnlns Note* Calling the Wicked Kepeatanc«> ENTTRE is a slippery road. Bad habits nev er backslide. Mortal iK-auty is but mud iu blossom. It takes more than beauty to run a kitchen. The devil is most like a roar ing lion when he looks most like a iheep. The wounded need the helping hand. No expert* can pick the locks of Diety. The true hero bears insuit and keeps the peace. It takes wit and grit to paddle your own canoe. Better a hero with bare body, than a craven in armor. He is often sold, who buys much at the bargain counter. If you would teach your children pa tience, show them what it is. Without a competency for old age, none are happy and few honest. It Is because men can talk together, that they do not travel on all fours. The man who knows how to live well, will not have to learn how to die well. He who shoots In the right direc tion, will sooner or later Lit something. Many a man has to go away from home to become acquainted with him self. It Is a long step in the right direction to ho willing to take things as they come. The devil will keep on coming to us, ns long as we let him In when he knocks. Every man who walks, will make some tracks that others will be sure to follow. This life is the dressing room; death lifts the curtain and we step out on the eternal stage. The young man who is afraid to lose his hours, his dimes and his honor, is a fish worth catching. Future generations will be forced to learn that centralized wealth in a re public is the nest-egg of revolution. The poor man braving cbperfully the waves of'adverslty, displays more hero- 'sni than Bonaparte on the field of Austerlitz. The boy at ten, wants to rnle th® house; at twenty, he wants to rule the state; at thirty, he tries to rnle his off spring, and at forty, be has some seri ous thoughts of trying to rule himself. Strange Death of Threp Brothers. At Clopierac, in France* three broth ers named Mose, all overSO years old, have just died on alternate days In a very strange manner. The first wan found Monday In a cellar half eaten by rats. 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