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BARNWELL. S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28.1886. fottfolAnd olid Lawludtfartnre Me yraator luck tMt bmtf cattle In boonte Strath ip Um mom and awa’ to the kill, sfmm>r dayt ara aae warm and o' Ben VolrUok la airdled wV lire, boi ▲ml^Serrenln’ fa’s gentry on~bonnle Strath- a!a£^Mki.9Lfiida my breaat, cane dounand the kye an ai kr a prtnee Wad be proud to re » e-*,. ' Jka# aspire To mr winsome wee Maggie, the pride o* Btratheyre! r* "t . * Her Ups are like rowans In ripe simmer seen. And mild as the starlight the glint o' her een; ' c pr Jjatfv ftamMw scent o'the Hm^egrrl * - .. *..1 And her voice Is sweet mualolnkonale Strath- ~ern. ‘ k>a9f and free, . - «U the moon in the heavens oitaiMag higher and higher BfcU us sleep on fresh brackens in bonnle Strarheyre. Though some to gay tonns In the Lawlands win roam. And some will gang sodgerln' far from their 4 home Tet 15 dy* hord m >' cattle, and Mgf mjr aln my aln Maggie In bonnle Stratheyi ild BotiiwS fn'Speetator —Harol re. ‘FJtp>I THEHOSPITAIa.’* .fco'w't'I, said the Key. Hf- DibWe, “I rhoul.l depend u|xt9 thn hoapital- /»y of HA flock to entcrt«!titMacToelle||g Tptu^ <^Tihej*y»ng that tnj own hontfe hold is m«ao aUnagnstiaati n oomditioa. * owtng #n the edgwnciea of eleanin^ w ... tuwe- JrVUtlCAnVitf » Bight or 1 tmeiinma esc ali IsaewasshaS «a Momiaed Jiss*? 1* w* * n * 'w •r»WwfcK .. . AhW Ada HHrttlw ywhhe>H>s hwtwis And (sw the mem- LgMlies Aid Aaadcfa- jj»tibl(> marunn' this agpptigate »l hair. with VIrginia-creepers, with plaster east of Cnpid in the gnr a great many bluebells ana c and the camphor-bottle, and went into hysterics. Mrs. Printomps lived in the next house—a picturesque cottage, overhung with a little rden, and great many blaebells and carnations —a young widow who read all the new eat books and sometimes wrote poems for the second-rate monthlies. Mrs. Printempe imagined herself like the jilted and jinihrliinslii Mary Queen of Scuts, An<hdreaped op to the part, as far as nineteenth-century prejudices would allow her—and she was seated by the casement, trying to find a rhyme to suit a most unaccommodating line of postry, when the tall pale stranger ap peared under her window, "for all the world,” as Mrs. Printemps subsequently nwnrnmnd it “like atroubador, or David ■Rftalohhnself.” “Excuse me, madame,” he began, “but I am from the hospital,and ” “My gaodness me!” ejaculated Mrs. *rin temps, jumping to her feet; “how daWl yoti tomo here and tell mo that to my face? Why don’t they isolate you?” “Madame •” said the surprised stranger. “Co away!” said Mrs. Printemps, banging down her window and bolting it noisilv. "Betsy”—to her girl—“run across the meadow to Mi's. Underlay’# and tell her that the small-pox case is rampaging all over the country, trying to get people to let him in, and she isn’t to open the door on any account. And Stop at Dr. Duer’s and ask him what Vwt of sanitary regulation he calls this kind of thing?” afraid i’ll meet him, mem!” WEATHER SIGNS. Wat ore's Means of Inillcatlus the Oonlag of o Storm. ‘ ' ItvAkfafrWlv — ben o^he Veswtg iJadies f t e to the. Bev, was to oiVaHi It Mr ■*- « *• it would "grAcious koe- Amory, who pi-wn a kitrindn in atdof‘'Home Helps anti Missions" at the village •htirrh u]>oii the coming Hun day eve ning. “I’m sure,” said Miss Lidia Larkspur, proriiptly anticipating the crisis, “papa would t>e most happy to receive the gen tleman!” While ajl the other ladies looked in- dijrtirfntlrYirst at Miss Lidia then at NErh * (JtfiCr, and wMspered, “Bold Jhi^r ‘“foSl tind nd of you to promise it, I ~ * , am s^re,’ said Mr. Uib^lc, and so the m , 4, jna&qr jf as settled, not at all to the geu- . , uralshtu^a . And Liui . Ismied orde -• 1 tion lia Larkspur went home, and orders that the parlor curtains should be washed and ironed, and a pound-cake of the richest nature oon- ooeted- While Kate Duer, the doctor's sister, %he wa# as fond of young clergymen as lidht'herself,and would in no wiee have bb^efefl to v arying the monotony of her }>ottA Hfe with a spice of ecclesiastical pofblty t> feturned to her crochct-work with 4 yawn and a gdnefal impression that fife was a boro. ‘Wo are to have a young lecturer from the city in phurch on Sunday she said to her brother when into dinner. f”Vtid Dr. Duer, swallowing his scalding soup; "are we? By the way, new case of small-pox _ among those hands on the raii- wafenljankment.” "De|^ me!” said Kate, who was 00m- podhAlgg a refreshing salad in a oanred Woodenbowl; “I hope you keep well vaedinated, Hugh.” *Oh, there’s no trouble about that!” mM the doctor; “only the other pa tients In file iw pifnl object to such a irvui uui u 1 ’ JT^S'ed scalding soup; * Kate, theft's a repotted amon; tsy, gflting behind the sidc- ard; “and'Tain’t boon \aci inntisi for seven years, and- —” ‘•Nonacnser said Mrs IV :r, n : - “If you go across tlic pa - - r ul \ .u ,1 it there full five minutes before he does, ake haste now.” Kate Duer was standing in her door way watching the storm roll grandly ovsr the mountain-tops, when the weary and bewildered traveller opened the gate and came hesitatingly in. "I beg your pardon," said ho meek ly, .“but 1 think there must be some thing singular in my nppear&nee. Peo ple seem to shut their doors against mo, and shun me as if I had the pestilence. And 1 cannot find the residence of Mr Dibble, the clergy man. Would it lie asking too much if I were to request permission to rest in your porch until the storm is over? I came from the hos pital, and ” "Oh, I understand,” said Kate quick ly. "You are the smnll-pox patient. But I have been vaccinated, ami am not afraid of the disease. There is a very comfortable chamber in the second sto ry of the barn, and von shall he care fully nursed and taken care of there, of ” "But yon are mistaken,” cried Die young man: “I am not ” “Hash!” said Kate gently. “Do not be afraid to confide in me. I am Dr. Duer’s sister, and know the whole story. Sit hare and rest a little, and I will bring you some broad and milk until my brother cornea." "I am a thousand times obliged to you,’’ said the stranger, "and the bread and milk will taste delicious after my long walk. But I do not know what leads you to think that I am a victim to varioloid. I have lost my hat in the wind, to be sure, and am compelled to wear this Syrian-loo king drapery on my bead, but 1 never had small-pox, and *4 should think it-very likely,” K«te| with a little mvut. must try to. isolate him some- wtMe,”. said Dr. - Doer thoughtfully. “M bne of those ‘stone hoases by ^ river, perhape. Old Mrs. Viggers hat bad the disease, I know.” • . jknd then Dr. Duer tested the salad • - • e»d erenotmeed it first-rate. ? « Piteherville was all wu the > o«* that day when the double abetted piece ' sfrtldtege thiwf ehWhe teagee of popular •• wteeM, through the towta. - Aa actual ■mall-pox ease In tbehuwidet, and' ^ young thinister coming all the way from •mtfirtork %> appeal their sympathies Wbehalf of home missions.” *T wonder If it Is contagious!” said * oftfmf#. me Ad atfi, looking; Tory rourid- jratL through, her. spectacles. JvqatjLnoqsr said Mrs, Emmons; “it db&htfo find its way into every heme in cried &rs. tfcXd . 1 lam; ‘the ‘No; certainly pot,” said Mrs, Em- ^ ,w "‘ i daughed. Mrs. led, and Mr*. Em- M drdw Aikrteli ’up -db#' sen: i nttskiit Wirp iftev—it to ' uai.H' Ve ‘* >1 1 mt jj. 1. mklM. . * »■ imrwa tr^VSIva a warfare, was much troo- small-pox, nope never to encounter its horror#.” Kate Duer turned red first, then pale. ‘Thau,” said she, “if you are uot the small-pox oase, who are you?” “I am Felix Amory,” said the young stranger, “the chaplain of St. Lucetta’s Hospital in New York. 1 am to preach in aid of the home mission on Sunday next.” Kate Duer burst out laughing. “And everyone has been * mistaking you for the small-pox case!” said she "Oh, Mr. Amory, do oome in. How oould we all have been so stupid? But you see, the minute you began to speak of the hospital " "I dare say H was very awkward of mo,” said Mr. Amory. “But it’s the way I bavolwhys mentioned myself to l^alMiA ll iiooetta's, you know ” Jj'TEt, l knew,” laid kata. "But to fm jfbod folks' here, there is only one hgspltal in the world, and that is the Insttihte.” y enjoyed his tea, sliced peaches, and delicate "angel cake'^very mnch, as he sat tde-a-tcU with Kate Dopr, by jtbe soft light of the shaded ram pattered without, came in it was outer yet “The small-pox case?” said ha “Oh, that is sale* isolated at Hope’s Quarry Since this morning. And doing 1 very well, too, I am happy to say. Upon my word, Mr. Amory, I have had such rienoe.” “All's well that end’s well,” said U10 yotmg clergyman, leaning back in nis snug comer with an expression of inef fable content on his face. Miss Lidia Larkspur was quite indig nant when she heard that Mr. Amory whs staying at Dr .Duer’s residence. Vunlidhe. "To TtZW maQ . Bat if a man BaMdUngevery- that he comes from a hospital, what iC?fe*peet?” ‘The most awkward lamp, white the And when the doctor am sorry that you a disastrous expo- thing I ever beard of in my life,” said Mrs. Prin- btecU^cr mind; _ , temps viadkHively. But this was not Mr. Felix Amory’a r 1 U UR FsKaHT W ! Miitfct to PlOherriile. He came in KBfBiavaiMMLMhP# “I onljT wtete mmmi wMv tho Imrea were red—and u. —1.. Isks* ten— beauty of winter. e ashed. Kate Duer to encounter the wife?” And Kate, salt that she declared that ihu teat dam. he was wtlnn. i bold about it M Kate Duer.” >, Thomas A BaD, the sculptor, who tedfoflw fiulshetf a large statue of tel Wooster for Coaouro, N. H., is Bar- hhs Duntel -at work on a portrait of P. T. nxQa, The igure ie ia a sittiag position. R wifi uot bo put up dariag bte lifetime, but bis family prater to bars the por- hb life instead of waking to ban photographs. BiXh them to bo tote in boros iu The wind rises, foretelling a storm. It cries and oioans at the window as If it lamented the evil it was [X)wcrb«S to prevent. It is a sound which trie# the nerves already sinking as the eledtric stimulus is withdrawn fniin I he air. The low spirits we are unable to account for are often caused by the suspension of the bracing, positive electric current during a change of weather, too slight, per haps, for us to notice. This sinking of spirits unconsciously leads sensitive peo ple to regard the cry of the wind as a sort of banshee warning of disaster and wreck. This is one of the oldest super stitions in the world, for before the time of Virgil and Theocritus, when to Greek and Etrurian an edipsa was U«C/town of an ofi'ended deity and a eorn«was a fiery messenger of wrath, the sigh of the wind was full of unutterable portents. In olden davs, when window frames were not as close as ours and chimney crannies often d pipe for any tunc the wind chose to play upon it, imaginative cott'-rs wove many a legend of demons of the air and witches shrieking discord and horror, as if Thu cloudy air was tilled round about With howliiiKcrit • and woiul, * ailing pin! nU Oid-countn tradition is full of such tales, and we are all primitive enough to fi 11 a touch of creeping dread at the chlrieh voices of the wind, forgetful that the clamor and wailing is only the wind forcing itself through a crevice too small for it. The world is full of superstitions which I have arisen as naturally as the childish i dread of the wailing of the wind. But I you must be sure that these well-worn , ideas have neither meaning nor worth before you throw the m away. A sujier- 1 stition is not always a thing to be 1 laughed at, a truth which the latest re search of science strikingly illustrates. In places on the west coast of Eng- j land, on the calmest, quietest of days, a strange, hollow moan is heard from a distance at >ca. although the waves lie | sleeping at one's feet. Fifty years ago 1 the coast folk believed It the voice of a spirit, by the old heathen Saxon name 1 of Bueea, which foretold tempest and woe. You hear the voice now, ominous as of yore, but you know that it is the noi-e of a storm so far off on the Atlantic I that its swell has not even reached shore. Sound travels so much faster than currents of air that the tein|>ust reaches the car 1 ng before the tirat ripple of wind touches the cheek, bound i in air travels about thirteen mile* a minute; in water four times as fast, out- I stripping the mmss! of any tornado j known. The snore at these places gathers the sound as in the drum of the | ear, and currents striking eastward carry the roar of storms which are swts'ping midoccan hundreds of leagues - away, not a blast of which may ever vex the shore. It is wonderful jvhat carrier-of sound and motion the great empty spaces of tin ocean are. Before a gale is felt in tin British isles a heavv , swell sets the lightship swinging at the station of the Kish and l ocklo Hat, while at Valentin the#urf rises twenty- four hours before the storm reaches that I projecting point. In the bay of Uon- | terey, California, the billows come tear ing in from the Pacific w hile the day is perfectly calm. A cyclone oil' days at sea has sent these surges to tell the shore of its work. When distant hills look clear, sailors forbode storm. When Instead of its usual haze. Blue hill, os seen from Ded ham, invites the eye to pierce its delis and woody paths in singular eleameas, we know it is the last of our good weather for awhile. How is this? A great (iermnn olMcrver says the moisture in the air washes it- dust and impurities away, leaving this beautiful clearness. But this reason fails to bo satisfactory. Why isn't it ivs clear after a rain as well as before it. when we know the woods fold their bluest mist about them, as if to keep their recesses fresh? I prefer the theory that the air before a storm has a retracting quality which brings distances near, like the glasses of a telo- soopo. How does it gain this quality at one time and not at another? Perhaps by the different arrangement of its mole cules by the alteration of the electric current so that various layers of the air act like lenses in a degree. Ons finds the same iense-like quality in the air of Arizona plains when mirage is visibla, and on the northwest prairies, when at times it is like looking throurti a great prism, aud the slopes are outlined with purnle and laid with roseate tinges of enenanting harmony. You have heard of the old and sayings about the rigkUiinoolwe moo for sowing seeds and exi>ecting rain such a quarter, and you have laughe at the idea that the moon had anythin to do with the affairs of the earth beyon giving light like a big lantern. “In fach’^writes one English scientist, "the infiueiHM vf thuiuoou on thn waathcr is m mythical as its influence 6v«t human life. ProBerrtJy fhe teuAei #rRsf' speaks of "the powwfni agency of ttaAioon in causing tides of ocean and diTur, sub ject to the same tidal influences.” Fartflter he declares that “changes of U»o weather are associated with various aspects of the moon.” Mr. Park Harri son, one of the closest observers of modern times, after studying amass of observations, concludes that there is a tendency In tfta muon to earth at her first quarter and the third, slightly bnt pal -Glaisher, the celebrated- Jlie finds that there aro moto in ono-half of the moon’s more south winds in the auite sufficient to affect such things as the germs of seed. Bat leaving the slight additional heat given by the moon out of the question, research brings a pew and serions phase of the moon’s induence.before us. The moon is a radiator ana reflector of the whieh pours apon her for a times the length of oar which flows into space and tomes to earth. In this period of lation the moon receives not only heat, bat a portion of that intonee vital and electric force of which Urn son is the center and source. At her third the moon hee been qxpeood to uninterrupted heat of the teteflor 960 hoars, sbeorbmg quontitiee af vitel heat and electricity as well. Why may not it bo alao reflector jmd radiator of ehetife —iy t which we And toMAehoof natoan aaften^nw tha amd in the ground, ■within 01 the kich rm the 1 it at y. Mr. legist, winds od and owe ptible moon is a rautat sun’s fleat, whiel period fourteen t day, part of whi< parti teolal this the teef in its sheaf, blood within oar toihK the ttastmwh ovcrlter oar frstoft- Science detects a tide of nervous rieptrte force at its fullest about 10 o’clock te the focaneoa, and from 3 to 4 in the afternoon, when human strength and life are at their best, in the Koun opposite whieh th arc at their lowest, when the siok feeblest, end when the dyteg And re lease. The hours of its ebb and flow are as well known as the tkte of ocean, and beyotef a doobt each ' a current exists in lower forms of organic life. All things point to the sun as the royal source, the moon as the dispenser and regulator, of thh magnetic life. Ad miral Fitzroy, founder of the weather service of Great Rtftain, fairest and most exact of observers, writes in his weather book that all the phenomena tepee with the idea of such an electrie huntence on the part of the moon, and farther that it explains all onreooncited facte in meteorology. This being true, It re deems from absurdity the dependence of mankind for centuries on the aspects of the moon for signs of weather, for times of sowing and reaping, for weaning of children and young animals, in short; the most delicate operations of nature, sensitive to influences we daly feel end distantly perceive. When aQ scientific men agree that, whatever the reason, certain changes of the wither and cer tain changes of the moon happen to gether, we have net far to look for a code of weather signals available by land or sea. The old superstition was that the moon caused the change of weather, ia which lies the mistake, just as if we believed that the cautionary signals of the Waafeec bureau caused storms. That the moon's changes agree with the changes of weather as with the tides is a belief on which we want the i'\]i«rienee of twenty teousand slrtet observers.—if. Y. Mail and Exprtu. _.»tei Nat aval teas ta Itwhtttnge. The neoesaary danger the use of natural gae may not be greater than that encountered in places where the manufactured article is cemmenly employed for porpoee# of light and foel. but it is certain that since it was utilized in western Pennsylvania and southwest ern New York more accidents here re sulted than can be charged np to artifi cial gas the world over. Two of the most sorions of thene casual ities have taken place in Pittstmrg, where not long ago a main exploded, wrecking several .building* and Killing four or five people, and where, within a week, the explosion of another pipe has resulted in tne (in struction uf a steamboat and the loes-uf one life. If natural gas may be ntilized in the homes and the boamese uf the people with safety a very important problem will have been solved. Where so em ployed for domestic pa eposes the econ omy of the houeritoM has been revolu tionised. The ptees aee nm into ordi nary cooking oad heating stovos, as well as crates, and, besides saving the labor of carryteg In een) end ashes, as weft as the otoealng ing made imperative under the eld sys tem, the new daviee obviates the aec'ca- slty of klndNng flees and of watching them, end at the snese time ratinecg the erpenpe on account of the fee) and Bght by more than ette-helf. When n fife is wanted In every room In the houae a match for each room wffl supply the fle- ntsnd. rf the fire becomes too strong it may be checked by tarninjr a fever, sad on the other hand by a AmiTarly eagy movement every store in the house may be made rat hot at a moment’s notice. - The only drawback to aQ this Is the reflection that ooe's house is connected by direct pipes with the infernal regfoos, with the devil knows who in charge of the goeorating process. If nil goes well below the little flames so suer ruefully in troduced in the hoeees above will be e» roedingly enjoyable, bat in the event of distarbencee ia the dnp^i, sir ai eome slight defect in tho means employed to control the supply, these ie ae teBlnr what might become of the dwellings and their Inmate* If the natural gas polls can be controlled and regulated as suc cessfully as the rneeryoirt of the artificial artflme ere, there sMfein to be no ex cuse for the dreadful explosions which have taken place from time to time. On the other hand, if tbece exnlostens afe to bo set down as unsvoidable, the natural gas enterprise becomes a iltBgm nis one, not only to the people who avail them selves at ite seeming conveniences, but to the public at large, whieh may be blown to kingdom oome at aav time wh t|d- ort- beflipn are yarj yoa and 6 dollar. This is much cheaper than doing the writing yourself, as the greatest expen diture of ehergy in wrionf js fp the pushing of the pen. Sene oorregponA- ents dictate tfemr letters to the typewrit er and sevsKpi 1 know have wives who can ran the typewriter a* wall m the most experteneea pmtollonna A lead-, ing oerrespondnaf at a New York paper hoe a wife who can tpka down n-tolumn of corraepaadmee fc—ahk dlptathm he half an hear. Thfe eohmsa oea tains a boat IJKMhwopds, and eh* mm* write at the voteeTfllhf'words* eelnate. This Is very fee* typewriter work, and ite speed wffl henptoaaintedwhm It fe s* mentbered that tne mrijaery letighand w^brtn^^PtoMia mlnm!* A few ncwspapetil kteep nw st the Cenl tal wb« afe BtpetM to^dterotetbem- •elvee te Irttw-wrflfng endQfltely. Thene ore few. however |M ^ am devoted' te edterulk ££zr*tr%»irw'£j£ oorraeMndeateflMitoteatabevflri* removing ‘ dnst- rewrite a ing every year, bright man in the M SZiW* —■ A traveler In Mmdee woe recently to a eity of ItJOQ tion where not a ‘ ONOM Al'OEEI A. How Birds and Antiualt Uot Thrlr Sirs its* and Curious Names, Arrordlng to Tlu-lr CharH'-trr! «(!«•». all • of the an 1 in- We arc inclined to look upc of the firstqjiun :u- oao jMculinrly pleas ant and devoid <f (-'.rr, -nys tho Iltts- burg Di*]>alcA. 1!. fore Eve was made, ana the conseqti> nt trxible came iijmih Adam, he scctninriy hnd very little to do beyond ent, sleep, and enjoy the scenery. But a little investigation shows that he hnd a job laid out for him which must have tax«sl his ingenuity to its utmost. Genesis ii.. 19-tt), says that the animals were all piiK-ed in review before him to set! what he would call them. Eve was at this time yet attach* d to hi# spinal column and could not as sist at the wofk. .She would have lightened lus labor very much, as wo men are very expert at calling names usually. Being not much acquainted with the habits-of ids animal compatriots, lie must have bad ditiicultv in giving them suitable names indeed, in giving them any names whatever. The liiftieidty war be appreciatr'd bv nrv one even with our pres^Hit knowledge of the ani mal kingdom who will endeavor t , re cite the well-known names of our most common animals. If one will try to re- t the nonies of forty animals he will d it takes him four or five minutes. Think what a task it was to not only re peat but invent names for all the animals, the birds, Ashes, and reptiles. What he called them will never 1*’ known, because we do not know what language he spoke. We have our Bn- giisS names for all animals that is, of the more common ones. Noun them have no names with us except Latin scientific one by which they Inown by naturalists. Just how objects got names is an teresting thing to trace. Among ani mals and plant* the scientific name is esey enough to account for, because men wha study the classification an<l ar-1 rangement into genera Hint sjKH'ies. do-1 liborately set about naming the new ole jeot from some |>oeuiiarity, but if it! should happen that some entirely newt artinial appeared, wito would go about E ving it a name by which those not miliar with science might call it? Who was it who first called our beast oft harden a horse, and why was it called i horse? Why not just as well have said nig or cow? Nearly every word has n nistorv which explains the reasons of its existence? There are many names which U ar their reason upon their faces, as Mack-j bird, woodpecker, fly-catcher, oyster- catcher, pinch-bug, tomato-worm, and a host of others. Then there arc a large number whose names aro easily under stood, because the words used in describ ing them arc onomatopctic, that is, the j word in its sound in a measure npre sente some action of the animal. Ex-1 ample# of such arc humming-bird, bum-1 ble-bee, a name corrupted from humble-1 bee. probably so called front its habit of storingits honey in the ground. Hoot- owl is another, and screech-owl. A great many animals have English names which are captured from some other language. 'Ine word bear i* Dutch. Tne early English ti#>k this word, but pronounced it bern, and as It came down It became weather-beaten and changed by u# into bear. Alligator Is another word which could not stand the twist of the English tongue. When the Spaniards lauded there and saw this greatret of hoards they at once recog nised its place in nature and called it el lagarto, or the lizard. It can be eas ily eeen how English sailors, hearing this term constantly, brought the words hones, but not being familiar with Spanish, the two words were blended and ellagnrto, wn# the result, which has since “weathered” into alligator, it# present form. Hawk, in old English, was spelled hofoc, meaning havoc. A good idea is thus given of tne bird’s habits, just us the raven expresses greed. \Vo say ravenous to this day. The names sometimes mislead, as in the case of our turkey. The inference bare is that Turk ey is the native homo of tiie bird, when in truth it is a bird peculiarly our own. The French fell Ihto a like error. Thw mippoecd it came from India, and called it “dTnde.” There is a great deal of lore stored up in a single word at times. The name for the Kingfisher in ancient times was the Greek halcyon, and it ia still so called, although wo have long ago learned the fallacy of its nam ■. They thought the sea became calm and con tinue so while this bird brooded over Its nest, which was sfipposiHl to float n the water. We call calm, happy ,ys halcyon days, and It is poetic, even the colu, prosv facts do uot bear out the Hca. The way a word changes its ap|)ear- onco is shown in our word rediugote. This word was first au English word, and was nothing more titan a gentle man's riding coat. This garment be came the fashion in Paris, where they tried to prer.. .mcc it, and, alter being •OMider tit y altered, came back to Lon don a* a garment for ladies, with the diflerooce in spoiling. The history of words is not always to be relied upon, as shown bv our words Key business,” or “don’t monkey” with this or that. A vision of the very triokt, unreliable, and amusing little beast la at once called up. What can excite the ire of a man, especially one of the species dmle, more quickly thin to '’peak of him ns a puppy? It is contempt. While there is nothing more boantifnl and more pleasant to the cultivated ear than good, pure language, yet there fe certainly a strong temptation to ure slang phrases. . Thqgexpress so much in such a strong maimer. Slang is the language of the common people who are only accustomed to words full of meaning, and there are comparatively few who do not fall into the way of using some words not found in the dic tionaries, ami more of snch expressions are drawn from thn animal Kingdom than is generally supposed. The dictionary is said to bo dry read ing, changes the subject too often, but In reality there are very few books in which more information and diversion can be drawn. Wo can there find, wt Hp)M‘.d in the body of word, whole poems, bits of history, the love of the ancients, the depravity of some nations, the elevation of others, how new worlds arise and old ones die, and, beat td all, we are stimulated to a study of other languages ami other jieople by the thous and fragments of their languages found there, as the geologist rises through the pieces of mineral in his cabinet to the everlasting work# which compose thfl universe and through this to tho matter of all thing*. An Idea Otr Farmers'Boys and Girls Mention lias been made of the young people of the farm. There art a score of ways in which country boys and girl# may become interested in out-door recreation, and through which they WlU lead more eontented lives. Tiw long ings for the pleasure* and enjoyment* of the great city world, of wkica they know so little and desire to know sa much, may be satisfied, in a measure, at home. A great deal can be aceom-. plished by association; to them than to their parent# the isolation of eomitry life i# a source uf dieaatisfac- tion. Why not find a partial remedy ia the clubl There is scarcely a rural neigfcbar- hood in the eastern |>ortions of tha Unit ed States where a club of fifteen of twenty young jieonlc, with a definite ob ject in view, could not be forfflod in a very short time, ft might be a lawn- tennis club or a driving dub; aahooW ing. fishing, or athletic alub—for th« boys or, jierhaps, bettor than thesd, an outing club, that would tffehvfe walking, driving, teania, boatinm shooting, fishing, and the many oot-of door pastimes that young people of Jttotir sexes indulge in. 'During the winter months there would be skatingMtieete and sleigbing-toura, to extowd arer sfV- • Baa wrtj __ to too*ooantjM"#. fe k*J yean pld. . tefrjtor dr«adi*I> uthkA’ ties* alHiHi turkey a pittaitant and pheasant. The original ertta frtrtn the river I’hasis, our and the fancied resemblance of grease fastened this name.to it. Those who first saw the leopard with ite spotted coat attempted to account for ft by supposing that It had a lion— too—and the giraffe or camelcojmrd for ite, calling the result of this most babte onion the too-pard. on# who has watehed the festive rked how sadden and un accountable are his movements. He teante to have no settled idea as to just what be w*n|s to da Capra ia the Lotol word for goat, and from this' we hareeoptt and capricious—gout like. TMa jflves vigor and vivid nee# to the world. In view of the goat's penchant tor eimis bills, dd rags, and labels of frvfe eons as articles of diet, tho expreo- “a oapridoas appetite” is full of How well the tfords, “he is acting the POtotim.” aignifiee that one is pretend- utg tomrthing he does not feel! Nearly erery OB* has seen the ’possum simulate death ob rooeiving a slight blow, and hoe alao noticed that he keeps an eye to th* Main chance, and ia ready to jatepap and ran away. How tall o< nteot ia the slang. “Mon- erai days, and iou yaobting, would give amusement to bom safes, nnd be indulged in wherever there are streams or inland lakes. ‘Even the bicycle and tricycle should hare aplaoa in the barn with the family oantyall, both for the relaxation of muyclcs strained and sore from long hours of' bending over uncongenial toiT, and os * saving of horse-flesh on raaay ob even ing errand to town. Let thwa be aseo*' eJations and dubs, aod_ perhaps club championshipe with inexpensive prisaa for excellence in special noMaof apart, and tho most benenetal kind of iqsntal and phvtical relaxation and racapvfl* tion will result And par haps if th* old folks were very, very good th become associate members of and renew their youth.—Ootinf. •' Stories About Uncle Joe. A few week ago the Journal a sketch of a certain “UnotoJoe,” once lived in the vicinflfr of Lm0 burn. Ham Jenkins, tno noted vn*ra itributoa tsfe old follow. nclc Joe never was stuck by a locur word. He was an uneducated man, but no matter how thickly anybody find ah* struse logic or technical 'terms he always pretended to everything that was said. 8am says that one day, while he wtte MAtiff ling a barn with a man named PteDCfo Uncle Joe was seen coming ,‘Jenkins,” said French, “I’ll can’t give Uncle Joe a word won’t pretend to understand.” thought he'd try it Unele J up an old shingle toek—oai. knife, and begun to whittle, said he, “if I were in yodf wouldn't put so many nails shingles. One naU to a shingfo to enough. It s the way 1 always • my barn.” Here was Jenkins' chance. “But, Uncle Joe,” said he, “fifftmld think the shingles would elncidatowtiere you o«ly use one nail to • shingle.” "Bless you^liey do oiueidate; yef, tohl deed, the/* elucidate like thunder, bq6| that don’t hurt ’em any—th right back into place,” replied Ui Joe, whittling tho shingle all the time. Uncle Joe was planting oorp in hli field one day, when ono of his hertU loti lowed him and ate up the eoi*n» tota} as he went along. Uaefo Joe one row and down another, the fom ti ing up the corn from each hill as tost he dropped it He did not notice ben till ne reached the last hjfl-la last row when he saw the sly oM hil#f in the hill just back 0# hint. “HnlloP' said he. “You came blanked near'ootn- in’ out ahead of me, didn’t ttotF** Lewiston {Me.) Journal Some little time since then tain man upon the Harvard scholarly attainments and long tion witn the college, bob who, to-EUet 1 opinion, had outlived fade usefal the president called arooiid o back one momingas he was oat customary ride. The professor his yard.’ Their greetings wereootdiaf, and they chatted pleasantly .pa ape a another until Ehot tarttei EUot tnrited Just as he took up liis relha ject and another until g° ~ . said: “By the way, professor, bo glad to have yon send I* year nation some day morning.” And he old gentleman was may be imagined, but how slot such a eourteoaaappeatf what he had to ’ Oor. Lewiston {Me.yJoamoi. ?