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V F ~/ '~j~ be __ __ I m b' ~*Mf' m~~avNm~. _____ ---..-....- -. TRPWEEKLY EDITION. WLNNS HO 110, ~ IX )BER 4, 1879. VOL. JIKL-~-NO.) 1O" IF W4, KNEW. IT we illnoW wh'oul'aIlkin thoughtless Tor,>ug, the crowded, dusty way, Tihat somo pearl of wondrous whitenoie Close bQ , our piethw~alyI Wel woi 0ef ioadt atn 1 We w Liz I look Irountd, ILpst ourq Orlp 0fooould trsmplo Somno raro jewelI In the ground. If we -kiionv What fordis are fainting For, ti sha1d '1ich, yo 4hld ping -If iio kne6* whA da-olioig For the water we should bring W'would hadto' With 6i ger fo~lstops, Wo would work with willing hands, Bearhig cooling oups of weto, Planting rows of shading palms.' - If wokngw what foot wbro weary, limbidg4 up tliq hilqf jin By the world cast out gs evil, Poor, repeotd "vagdalonQ W no more would dare to scorn them WAth our Pharisalo pridq. Wrapping close our robes around us Pasing on the other sido, If wo know when friends around us Olosely press tojsay "Good-byo," Which-among the lips that kiss us First beneath the flowere should lie, While like ralinupon their facos Fell our bittbr, blinding tears, Tndog words of lovo otornal We would whisper in their ears. Story of a Herring. A herring? Uh I' My dear sir, will you please to take a reef in your sail and give the herring a chance.. To be sure the roor little smoked and withered object is at -best but a hunger-and Ihirst-inspiring iness ; but if yotk follow its career from the hnio it got lost from sone body's basket until-it ceased to be used as a pronulgator of liuman'lillhappiness, you will in ",justice to this odoriferous and much scorned 1)s', confess that it really had a inissioni.* For a practiCal yet modest wielder of fate, give me the herring 'that "Ted" .larper found one night ashb was going after his pretty sister at the 1an11k theatre. - A deceptive parcel it replescited, as-it, lay 11n the pavement, wrapped in a white paper, neatly tied around with a string, "Ted" nadi a grab for it, with a thrill of joyous expectation. "Golly I maybe it's a bonanza" lie cx clalimed, h'shing toward a restaurant wir (low near and eagerly *scanning his "Intfirid his dirty little digitA trembling with exeit" ijg hiopcs slpposed to be hiddon in a - o nanZa." .. "Hang It I a lkcrring I" Oh,. tpe .isgust, the coueentiated dissappo at inmlt,contalliqd in the kick that helpless little f1sh received 18 "Ted" tliik it'from him into the guttdr. "Ted" ran his hands down deep into his pockets, and meditated upoij the shalldw ness of lyd hild tlyilfollnhNsMrtf life'gen erally. lie had not helped Longfellow write his "Psaln of Life," but lie was -the personifleation of the.Qline, "A d hl g in 'a ir'Wl, they seem." j"Ila It di 0Muttred, "if that ha1nd beenan zie and Well would, a W i nnd got our fiagrtc namL's 'Mithe llet's g i lners-r-by .Jawg." This 1U4t' I 1)i3 * dhtly iul nt some thing quit9 forpi1 t "i tt - IngA for he made d s veudt ed - r t e abused herring, and, wnipping it inp neat par cel again, li asstunelid 1 business like dr,ajthough hiscv ' Cv ded with some hiddii'-ided r the restau "A Whtmga"- <a Walter. "A .blind'--a sojlet4,ngj tis got vahic'and yen d/.'t 1 V10o '.at's gtl youis p~aid for it." *"Get out, you little vagali'dd| None of your smart tricks here, " the bar-tender criedl with an angry move, towvard "T'ed ;" but one of the igentleme'n grisent' interfei'ed, saying, with a jocular glance at "Tfed:" "'Let bhin Alo10. ( Come here, ,my boy, anid give us a j9ep at 'yomi 'blil'id.' " But "Ted" made fd tie door i'udl wouldl hiavo escaped If hec had not l.cen: caught by the speaker, who lauighingly wanited 'o know what was. in the parcel. "'How shiud t knowv ?f '1Ted" retortedl, with the wit of an elubryp politician. "Taint no pu't-up) jgh, honoirigt-. "hiedid 'io 'ge'tlt9-" rihu "Fliound itright 'outsidle of tis heo door." The gentleman took the pafckage fronm '"Ted's'' reluctant girasp, flugered .it, smelt of it andi with a knowing smile at "'Ted," remarked : 'Foundl it, ild yeou, and, suppoh)slng some1( of us lost it,- thought you \vould' sell it for the reward ?" - "Yc-as,"'-the young speculator drawlpd, looking down at the end of his n'ode that ho was dillgently SOitdng' to, ivoid mneeting the hium'6ons s" 14~jy of his lierlocutor : then ad~ded con~eppy, "I must go. Mysor sho'a a .wdtiti' for me to takeoJpr ihuone, and I? guess the theater is out itow." "Oh, no, its thne enough yet for another act," the gentlemen replied, detainig - 'Ted" by 'ge'dhal' forcd.9frIsgour sister young and pretty?" "You bet it' '"Ted" cried with -enthusi asm, %n~ud:sLQ :tsgig t. boX seconddgtta after awhile. You see, shte ain't beoih at it - long yet, bit !sht. get0 plottgh money ali' readly to support mo'n her I" .m "So you are a pair of orphans, are you??' - "I should think so. We ain't plhi~a s been poor, neither ; but after mothieredied father took opium11 worse than oe', he~. - .body Sin~'t.buy his, pinttlo udfihe lha'd 4k * yi know, hia lgdh~raa sorro.W u ~ol uh}g~Ip nof hsfml rn tiouhk~ tsptriJg $yusti anderi the f t r rygj net of "Tgd" jGj)fw ence, ,wo wis6i inge ifteI v lI~lh T rldea fl 6A2hatibn. a litle te re l a -4nouthed silence; but when they proposed again disposing of it by auction, and played auctioneer with such advantageous skill tht, lie realized over two dollars by the satile, "Ted" began to think he had, indeed, found a bonanza. At this moment the door opened timidly, and an anxious pair of bright eyes lighted from out a closely-imluf fled face upon "Ted," "Teddy, Teddy, what in the world are you doing herel? Com home this ininutel" "Ted" rushed toward the door, shouting: "Don't scold, Nell ; found a herring, and it's turned out. to be 4 reg'ier boaianza." Poor 'Ted I" his !e6xited "give iway" of .lho "blind" created Ia roar of laughter, and lie was sharp (enough tosee his blunder aini joined in the fun at his own expense, while his sister peered into d half open door in perplexed anxiety. The geitleman, a handsome fellow, who first interested himself in the brother, ad vanced now to the sister, and, while plac Ing the results of the herring auction in "Ted's" hand, explained briefly how "'Ted" came to be detalned. Thte girl blushingly seolded.tho boy for his "wicked trick" and added: "I have had such a fright I I walted for him until they closed the theatre and theni hurriel home, fearing something ha( hap pened to hin. Of course, when I (dd not find hint there, I started out to look for him, for lie had never failed to meet me at the theatre before. I called and made in qiirles everywhere. At last a policeman told uo a little boy was in here. Dear me; how scared I was - Come, Teddy," she said, taking him by the hand in motherly fashion; "and don't you ever be sicli a bad -boy agahi or141 do something awful to youl" "Iay'I walk home with you ?" The girl drew back and her fae flushed, but she met the gentleman's admiring glances with sly reproach in her own large dark eyes, as she replied: "Tiianik you; I need no company but Ted's." A short walk brought the two orphans to their neat little apartments, and then "Nell" sat demurely and listened to the story of "Ted's" herring. A silence of deep thought followvd, "Nell," the sevei teen year-old judge, sitting with her hands crossed over her face the picture of bad I)crplexity, while "T'1ed" sonIew hat shame faced, gazed upon her with a dawning con sciousness of having done something wrong. 'Teddy," at last his sister said with a sigh, "I don't know what mother would have saild to such conduct on your, part, 'but I know it is only another way of play ing the beggar, and Ibn right down ashamed of you. That imionev lhas got to go back I Come on ; I'll wait outside the door, and you go in and put it on the counter. Come, we are not beggars yet." "Ted" began to cry quietly. but lie knew there wasi no use protesting; they started on their erraid. The girl waited in time shadow of the adjoining ball door as "Ted," deeply iumiliated, oponed the restaurant Oor -and found the same crowd gathered there. 'My sister is much obliged, but she" "Tcd's" throat Iiled and obstructed fur thor .utterances. Laying the money down, lie rushed out and joined his sister again, They gained their home without discovery that .they had been followed. The following day a large package was left for "Ted" and his sister. A letter ac conipained it, which read: Il trust this suit of clothes will fit you nicely, and that you will wear It with credit to your sister, who takes such admirable pains to make a fi'te man of you. The in closure she must accept from a sincere friend to all of her sex who strive honestly to surmount the diflicultles besetting their Ithway while unaided and alone they bat tle for place and bread. 'Tis not the offer ing of charity. It is rendered in the spirit of a brother to a sister. Be a brave, studi ous boy, T1eddy, and hurry up into the growth of a protector." T)en ten-dollar bills constituted tho "ina closure." The letter was signed "True Friendi." "Poor little Nell! iIf the government had opened0( its treasury to her, she could niot have.'felt ricelir. She knew wvhat it wvas toilmake the most of a dollar. The burdeii of living had fallen uiponi her early, and the hundi~rec dlollara in her lap seenmed to lift a world okcare from her mindl-coal, rent, victuals and those not considered trifles iq~ a household whiich conlsume -so muany sh ilhlngs'; and Nell only earned eight . dollars15'ivdwek, and here were one0 hun dlrdd dollars to amuooth the rough corners of all their needs. Nell bowed her head in her little, wonianly hianids, and criea as if heor relieved heart couldi not give vent to its gratitud~e in~ any other wvay. ','Ted" . had1 got into lis new clothes. They fitted hhn11 splendidly. But wvhen he saw his sister weep 1he wvent aund laid his head on her shoulder aind began to force a tear or twvo fromi his -beaming 'eye, just for symp~athiy, and said: "What's the use of crying, 'Sis?9" When all thiead "spats" is gone I'1li e big enough to earni money." Nell only hugged hji head and cried tihe "An V, aw'full nuce, Tedd 'I do woh (d0r where it ctame. from 9" "'I'll bet you I can guess," "Tecd" re itg gteef lswhether to express "WV1h, who ?" "I th nk it's that .nice bg gentlemani who Onted to idb us hiome.i' "Teddyr I life dare yott think so ?" "Ted" theti htlhe hiad bettor retract for fta ~hos e hiIngswoudd go the Way of t I. dnr~ig mohey; fpr lie quickly ox 9"PshawiIt'couldn'tV be him, you kilow, for heidon't know' where we live, ior our natmes, or oui' nothing i'5 "Happily' bme months ptased, Nelle wals i #l her business. She ~6 ~~ meli and received the ~etg Intanager And, ~Q~W ~J1~ ~~49the future she fltte' e.1 tg entraigos toQn to fueet "'i4a ~s'~te) 4npijuhr suiccess. "Ted"'a ;thire, het 1o .was, so sicks that .ho could eaolyde totter along by his.-siator's wider IIe had comnplained 6f a'seiero hesI and throat ache all and now the little el4 was k~~lo at~ u~h~o~ ~W and paled on his lounge, the geitleman sayhig to "Nell: "Undress him and get. him to bed while I am gone; I will fetch a physicial." '"Ted" was utterly unconcious of the kisses and tearm that rained upon himi by his sister, and when the doctor came lie looked very solemn, anidsai1 pneuionia. " The unusual noise in the room arrested the attention of the people in the house, and friendly hands ministered to the moaning lad and gave encouragement to the almost, frantic aisler. 'Teds" niceI big gentle man attended to all the doctor s orders, and "Nell" could only look her fervent grati tude as he went In and out like some angel of mercy. Once lie stooped over and whis pered to her: l 'Trust me as you would a brother 6r father." "What shall 1 call you ?" "James Overton.'' The next night and the following "Nell" did not go to the I heatre, for she sat by the side of poor little Teddy, who would never again lnd a "bonanza" or witness an auc tion of herring, for lie was dead., As if frozen with her loneliness and gr, ''Nell" bent her tearless eye upQl tle si lent forin her fligers interlaced In the agony of her unutterable-sorrow. "All are gone, all-all-and I am left alone. Oh Teddy I Teddy I why could it not have been me1 ?" she nurnured. "Not alone, Nellie, ily brave little wo man. Let me be your more than brother or friend, if in time of sorrow you can lean upon me confldentially. Nellie, here at poor Teddy's side I tell you that I have known and admired you for months, have watched your heroic conduct, have learned to love you. Do not be aloi"e in your sor rov, dear girl, for your grief is mine-only tell Ie that my sympathy Is not instrusive, and that miy presence is a comfort." She gave him her hand, saying iourn fully: "It seens as if God had sent you. Tell me here, are you the writer of a lette signed "Friend ?" "I ai. You will not be angry?" "Oh, no. It made poor Teddy so proud and happy. le guessed it came from you. A few months after poor Teddy was buried, Nellie left her little room for a com fortable home as the wife of James Over tol. Among the curiosities in their handsome cabinet is a sealed little glass cabmnet con taining a smoked herring. It is the Identi cal one "red'" wanted to sell James Over toil as a "blind.'' Thoias' "Fo' Yeah Ole." "Driving recklessly through the streets, T1o1011111, what do you say to that ?" Thomas Fletcher scratched his head and grinned is the question was asked him in the Jefferson Market Police Court. "Do you know what reckless driving is?" "I doan' know, boss; dat depen's on the speed I s'pose do animile Is a makin'." "Exactly, and your animal was making the dust fly this morning, the policeman says," said the Court. "Well, as 'gards dat I neber see him wait long 'nough for to count d cobble stones on d street, but I doan' tink I was agoin' so bery fast." "Why the policeman says your speed was terrific." "I guess lie nebtr seed dat fo'-yeah ole befor', or lie ain't 'quainted with the pecoo Riarities of full blooded stock." "'Is your animal a trotter ?" "I'll match hin fo' anyfingagin any oder nag in dis yere town fo' kiverin do groun' in less'n free minutes." "Go as you please ?" "Doan make a dif of bitterence to me If I hab do ribbons ober dat nag's tail I tole you dar's gein' to he 5som1 tall Steplin' done." "I'll have to punish you for driving so reckless tIls morning." "'I couldn't help It, boss. Do nag hleard a fellow a scootin up) behin' hdm, an' as lie dean' lIke nuttin' foolin' 'roun' his hee0ls he jos' gil) a snort, 's niuchi as to say; 'I'se off, Thomas,' an' dusted. Rcfo' I knowed where I was de ossifer cotchied me1." "'Oin dollar thIs time." "D~at's too bad, boss. Now, if (d1s ting goes on an' dat hoss keeps up ils duistin', I'll hab to eider sell out o' git busted." Hie paid the dollar 31nd( passed1 out, look-' ing sad1 and disgusted. Slipipr Thirowng. The11 anen~t cuistoml of thirowinlg all old slipper after the bride as she leaves h~er home Is still In many places believed to brin~g luck to the happy couple. But It may be quecstioned whether the 0old shoe was thrown for luck only. It Is stated In tile H~oly Writ that "the recelting of a shoe was all evidence anid symlbol of rejecting or resigninig It.' The latter Is evinced in-Deus teronomy, 25th chapter, wher'e the ceremony of a widow rejectinlg hcr hiusband's brother In mlarriage is by loosing Is shoe from off his foot.e .-MAd In Ruth we are told that "it was the: customl In Israel concerning chiangip1g, that-a-man plucked off his shoe and delivered It to his neighbor.'' Hence the throwing of a shoe~ after a bride:. was a symbol of renunciation of. dominion and auithority over her by father or guardian, and1( the receipt of the shoe by thie.bride groonm, even if accidental, was an 03men, that the authority was transaferred to him. Loht Children. - A mother one day lost dne' of her child ren, a child of two years, and after a long trnd anxious search. fatnd himn in' thle kiteh en1 closet, in a huige -ir'on pot, fait sleeb He hlad been left in charge of a' servent,' who had fulfilled her duties by taking' the child to the kitohett ard'then goingoft~ to gossip. A Mrs. D-e of BIrritigton, af ter a similar experienice, -founds'heir ssI dg tchild in a bread-trougli, seetly sleeping oh thle' doughiV Thd -trough Ma* ar tery'il&0 bnetzded for ixiing hbread for ithe sh a yard men, and when sull of~ dough udtfaly stood on a low settee near tfhe fire hlat the' b qd 'might .rise thme. uicker...T 'dhtld;' ~enceo in ,01rsifronlitiu aft rOlsurbitig ti.w ~eooi nit,pan'd efflag rofnear3l ' ofaibaby safe ini the e ihe in so is rderly .fraze tQ'aVo 3fled pre-I o hr, "Did you 'vet-he'i'" of the. Phaitaomt Train ?" -an old, gray-liifed mnan1 asked. The old man might hI& vu ien sixty or- sixty live, or for all that a =1191 observer copild toll, ho might have becW' Venty. Ile \aYs thin and emculated, a1 I few rag hairs in his head Were Ae ats snow. 1 beard WiVA lorg ahd fltI I vici -in w'e noss with Ils hair. "Did you oVer see titliitom Train ?" he asked again, having kl'ived no aniswer. There was a silenco ini th6 rooan mid Ilo one ikwered. The gontlena9 seatd next to the writer whisperd "p t mind him.; that's his hobby." "I have secu the Phaut I Ti-ahn" said the old man13, in a tono 'su i as- he ii(Af lhve useadhad some oet diMed tile fact - "I have seeni the Phaiitom'rai'th iWore titjt1 Imprbased by the learit mamier of 0 f Did man, and influenced no$ doubt- pya ural curiosity to hear a ghoh story in wiz Ich i train played the leading phri, the Writer 'equested the old man to rdbite his ghost like experienes. He coiiilied without dO Ay, and began:t "1'n, ont of Pservice how but te) yotrAk igo, and for many years.be rjo that, 1i 4'. switchman.on the iludsodi iver Rtlltodi Pill retired now, but thrOug Ino fault of my niy. These people here will tell you tlat [ ami1 crazy oil on subject. :Don't you be believe them, I'm ts- -- , "'But about the train?" ilerrupted onc f the party. - "Yes, yes ; about thetran," replied the >k( man,1 switching hiselfi back on the 1ntain track agail as easily as thouugh lie lad never abtndoned it and .1m1 upon the lidiing of iero personal .rotuinieences. - '"It was in April, 1805, that:-Presi lent inlicoln's Jody wits brought over our ro d. I did not iee the train, and as I was n great reader f newsptapers, I saw n.OiiOsiption of it. [ want you to remember tlis. Just ojie year after the funeral train paused over the oad I 11w its ghost. "What? The ghost of t4 traln, ?" "Yes. It must have been1 a ghost. ' I was at my Post,, waiting, for. le midnight 3xpress, which was due at alut- 12.30 in lie morning. I want. you: remchiblr aint I had read no description .of the funei i trai. I had read of the jissassination I md knew that President Iiicoln's ho(y t was sent West, but I was sick a-bed whtu Ale train passed Ity station aid didn't see I it."1 "But the ghost?" . ' "Well, it needed some little explanatloti for what I'm about to, tell you is so extrta >rdinary that you might feel disposed to met it down as a hallucination. What I %n going to tell you I actually qid See." "When did you see it, and what was "It was the night of April 24, 1866, as ar as I can io.neubor, that I first saw it. It vas ia phanto.m train. 1 was at Ilyswitch station, and had a good while to vait be- t 'ore the next train was due. I )waq about o retire into my little house whop I heard it0lonn, AUnilijilig sou% 'I n 6trgavd-nid varning of the approach of a t in. We 3xpectedi a freight train that ni it, which vas to leave half a dozen cars oi the side ,rack, and the noise I hetard seem to ie o come from that, train. Know Ig that here were no regular trains on theroad at 1 hat hour, except freights' (the ikidnight , rain had passed before I heard tl' Phan- I .om Train), I fixed the tragk acceidingly. f 'he switch was so Bet that the trai, could I un upon it and detach such cars a it wts lesigned to leave.' That .boing :lone it would havo been. my duty to at nd the witcli on the other end of the a ling, so 1 ,hat the chgine and the remnam ang cars night strike the main track, again. While , [ was arranging the firsts witch t10 rum ling in the distiuce 'becaaze lou or and louder, and I knew -that thI hmin vas not Far away. I had posted miyctef as the up per end of the siding in order 1o hinke no inore delay tha~n wvas aibsoluitely ntecessary. Tust as I had completed my arrangemeonts I tieard a dull, sulleni roar mace up of a. shousand different noises blenmdul torethier,. G.obking down tihe r'oad~ 1 sa* 4. headlight. wvhose' power and intensity I hitd never 10een equaledl in my experienci of thirty rer~rs. 'ThierO was a chill ablxut the air that I couldn1't und~erstandl~.. As I said be fore, I huad things so fixed that the train. iad to run ubotl the siding. Mhat ms ilave beeiV my astohish'mient, the.1, whlen I taw rushing along the male Imek withC reckless speed a locomnotive. dre.'ed from Jfnc end to the other in crape, and carrying ~ it least'tl dozeni little flatgs, also biroutleg in crsape, bi 'het', aide rii s. I co Id1 readl 1Cer hame ' 911e pasacd by ne--it was the DIontittitulin-a'ndi ' 0uld( see- th fee menii :llearly. One man had his-hlans oin the lever, and wtu8 peering out into th~ nighit,as I f iai search of somethitng on the tr ek ; an >lthets wais shoveling coal into thie furnace, I Ihte makhti n deal of hoise hbout it, and1( i tird, di'e~d d bIAtbk, with drao e dang:. gi from his~ ar'ai atyd ceirdling is MIff 1 in . a/a io a stool doitig ndt~hiing. bit ask tunh bbwI saw so niuuhl h si ch a bhow is, that I dw wh at l'mn tel nig yoti. ;here w'as sonmething~ glmastly aboutt lie faces >f the 'lheu, but'thmdt might hlyve b 'a eaus id by the terific'rate att Which t ,y . Wtge4 ibeedinmg a1o0ig. -As soon as tile onstitu ion Jiad passed I rtln to the lowe end. of t hei hiding to'fix the switch, Wlaich fdtr iluebody had tamipetOd with. It vas jit is lihad leftit."' "You titiht it was ko'skiI as 'Nnd a 'in upbni Bide track ?"' -"Just sd.- '-If thaat locomotive h1( d ben f hmonesti ron an~d stpel it ne'rr co 1(d have umped that swi'tcht aw-it dill" "Did you set tlpe switch naalht"' "N6b, i1 ia lit tmie fdr jdet its I cachA ,t ltI hafd 'W cl'afi ig. iiic ' e~u~ I imrpiercd bthii shrIll eet wiiu that I' hind, that~ switcha s set .t9 i~d a tr'it iiib thie' side (fhek. 'Don't! ror t t t W tile' I 's'Iu n ,iy, Idl~ikh~t . lctih n idm1m. ( %syhat: thMgiit'el' Wak i 6 A26 d'saw ami16 her lild draped ~i 'l '6t' ti libn' I k"? t 'hesa w hiddema rakcw 6f Wt i1e 'Wgo 9 lie ffli"~f4 f it'boIlet i ~ ib ydteka 4 black littig ti iI ' evti arid ("I dddii At On p ee u'tra. ''l. hig of the efridi with' tho il lint 'Uion 1 letters of gold, irruied'crape streamers, set' off here and there with .dlcttes Of .white. 1iICnded these rosettes IJpearedI ahI1ost everywhere to relieve the soanhbr blackness of thle crape1 and cloth. litht beh)w the window' of the'cab I saw a paribit. fritivf' il a wood as black as ehi niy. "it wis that- of the niartyred Presi 16ent I Tlieti I know'. thit the train 'was a p)hiantomli. iuchind the engine .Were eight "ars-and- all were heavily draped in motriiniig. The second of ' chocolate olor, with streaks of silver .to' mark the manellijg, wis aliost hidden from sight by lid profusion of criipe anid lilack cloth it arried. TAttle .sliver stars and white Xpsyttes Ahone here and there imong the adk. : ts l d'trall paksd by I courld see hIdfaTh~es Off 'the 'engineer, two or three H4INC#fil ,ndii several pascngers who vere seated near the wiidows, whose iatlnithfiA wero raIsed1. Tliey all iok dlpile andglyistly, but those who moved til llev naturally, and trinsaeted their >Asiniess inl j1tst thle ille -way that galy her. train hidi obuld have done. A8 I ito 1i *atclhing thekee.cits-tne enghie rbich kd the Awlt'h, and I - expected t6 see her m-n :olf on -tu0e iing. - But she didn't urit off., Instead 'f that, she kept right tiong ii the-inal' track asl though there vete no' citch thlinta as ahwitclie in the vorld. Theiu cars folloved le- a casily as houAh the goi was luecar, -and in a few iecondd all that I ctld see of the train was he hmilalof the flagman on the rear car. I otutid the switch set as I had left it I" "What was' the object of th' first On "She was probably a: 'pilot.' Very of en when an Inmportant 'epeolal' is on the rack a 'pilot' is sent onilen l- iintes ahead of her to prepare the way for her. "I lave you ever seen the Phantom Train ince ?" 'Yes, tWice, find both tunes on the anni 'ersary of that, night. - Nothing was chang d, not even the wreath- of flowers,' which vore still fresh." As theold man concluded he walked to vai-d the door with a dazed, far-away look in hiseyea that betokened mential trouble. ''Ah I"- said one of 'the party as the door losed behind him, "poor old Mailtwood ha ,one hire (tapping his - forehead). lIe hinks- Ie never- read about that funeral rain ; . but .I know lie .has read everything te could -get hol of concerning It. Ho >cgan to tell this story in 1867, and has iever left off. . And what.is singular about t iS, thathe has persuaded a good many ople -to believe him. I give my. birds mainly boiled egg aud iaked Irish potato. 'Tihe egg is cooked iard, flifteen or twenty minutes, so the yolk, vill be dry and icaly, then mix half and malf with a fresh-baked or dry-boilod po ato, with a fork so it will not be pasty but ight and delicate. Te white of the egg I lo not put in as the birds will seldon, gat' t -The , food Is prepared yey day. tfi and n hot weather-klept in an Ice chest or cool cllar so as not to sour. I put food In the age and as the bird .needs it, put in more rom that set away. Ths Is the Mocking ird's standard dish when old enough to eced hhaself but I do not feed much potato o an unfledged bird. With egg alone and plnty of.grasshoppers, I. have always had -ood success in rearing the young. They iced as- nuc)h care as an Infant. The mock ng bird must have -k variety of food,crqck rS dipped In w. wt milk, oatmeal bofldd oft but not muwhy -instead of Insects, 'raw ieqf steak shredded fine, and fed to them once or twice a week, all the grasshoppers hey .will eat, apples and -tomatoes, berries lot too acid, -a wtinut or hickory nut rtolkeii and thurown into, the- cage--these rc good for npoking birds, A red pepper plit open and given occaaionally Is good. n the Ktill I bpil several dozen eggs, crumi he the yolks, thorpughly dry themi and put heam in ~wide-mnotthied well-corked bottles. L very littie of this p~owdered- egg 'mixed v'ith, potato Anskes tif chief .Winter food. K, beef'slertlomgg boiled and hunig -where L will freezci thqn gratvil, :Is good t~o mix vilth their food in Winter. ;My Frenchmman ised to Itcop a tin ifualt can with some bran liit iug )yat pl place andi if .his birds .ap >eared oit of sorts lie gave thiem sonme mil.. er's. wgrnia (rgm.,thq brat)a A .couisin of sine in ,tezas, givesher- i$rds sour milk urd og Dutch chgese and also fresh butter, utt I dIoubt. about the butter.. On no ac ount let the bi rds have any salt or fat recdf. Giye'ng cake,'but'a sidall lumip pf Agar n'n 'be' given' occasionally.' No lmd or lslkled eggs n'iuei be gived. The age ghould Jhe lgif clean and airy, t, least illk2Eiclis ad 2I1 Ilchies: In the ighest p~art.- 'T'h& bird inhaat have access to lean sagd and pure wAitei at all times anud e allowi'd tollathe oftn' 'for the drly air of ur sittikrooina 'hii Winter is Very, itrying hg of ii coiiervalbj . A ti1,b)ehng lird welli ~it bi fol iltvd' fdjj:desg cb'rmstatitly hn &rdyihg ajtd Iik~ liatiful etadng"" ; winning vays repay all ca~ estbge d on him. I inv6 kilown bir'ds t66b bred' In "a room of, vhuich they had the'enlrd, fkepdom,. but It vas undur fgvorablg circtfis'tapccs, If the blmdsfoptdw~ifs anti l1 e ibkla It uip; It Is Youablybec umse of dt '-ie'is being (edl It ups, beeni frequqnthy iesqrted- that a qandy bu~pher-' Is ppsssedl of .moro thn h, proygrat ;nIpeyes, of ,aecst, that, h~ act, It is impppihlo-19~ kill him, sng1, While >ersecutedi travelors 9fteni yish to see one, defunct train boy is-qjei1a rqripy that yen Barrny .Il4me,peItidone ofexI4biL' roun a .a l~tyi t epdd 1the y 1 , at e!r rom a -atslight inth nfd m'Iroly I4t hs 6t~ ohl~n hti 19fM)A f89 'erh i hil 'd ar ',Ve ''ti 'f u i~u f - - Gaubling on the Green. A reporter fell among av group of persoln who were comparing experiences on that fruitftl field of the cloth of green. Quo of them sa(d : . "An Evansvilic gambler told mile he went to Vicksburg last winter anid dropped into ii faro-rooni. Around the table were seated-A number of bald-leaded fellows, wearinu jeans sitis, and looking like solid but. mil guided farmers. The Evansvillian witclie(l them play, and each had a big pile of 41pe and red chips before him1. At, last otir gai bler concludbd to go inl, mand, thinking to ma111ke a 'ibloody big blufl,' pulled out his roll and said to tile dealer, in a loud and polipous tonloof voice: "G(inune at hun(Ired dollars' worth of "To his istonismiiient the i1yers paid no Attention, ahd the deailer, without putting down tile: hox, lippled his hind in - the drawer aind pulled out a little white chip. .1 '1 ,never even stopped,' said the Evains Ville man, 'to inquire what the blue and reds were Worth., Another of the 'group told a story of a friend 'of la. who was in the railroad business, and was in the habit of playing a siall game of poker at live cents anto with the men it iead-quarters. Thochips wLre, in technical parlance, called ''lve and fif teen"-worth five and fifteen cents respec tively. - lie went to Indaainpolis to m'ect some big guns of other roads, and after dii tier it wa proposed to play poker. He WBa it wait of moderate circunistaices, aid i not a gaibler by any meanus, playing only for the smallest stakes. lie agreed, and tie chips were called out 'flve and firteei," and lie smid lie would tako about ten reds and twenty whites. They were eoimted out, and, 1as usual among frienda, were not to be cashed until the gane was ended. The deal was iide and lie drew a pair'of qucons. lie thought. he would sliov them that he plaiyed a liberal gam11ie although he got nothing Il the draw, and when his turn camue to bet ho shoved up lils ten reds, and inally put in the twenty whites. 'The oth era all drew out, one throwing up two pairs and another a flush. lIe throw down isla jwo. queens and rakel in the pot. The oth cra 100o(d at, his h inl astolinient, and one exclaiined: ."Whati do you bet $250 on a pair of quieens " "Dollars 1" said the other ; ''no I but egnits, yea." ''Cents I" echoed the rst; "wily these chips are $5 and $15. - ''Them take your imoney," cried our friend, jumping up in holy horror. "I was betting flc and fifteen cents. Why $250 keeps my family three months." And he (idt theogmiIe in a hurry, and re fused to' take his winniiings, bUecanaU -he, thought they were not honestly his own. "I t!1lik It was John Miller," said ai other gentlemian; "who ran a 'doctored deck' in a little game one evening. - We had playeq for oie thne, iid Miller dealt. We eqild see as soon tis the carls were dealt that e'very 'n'hadi 'a good hand. They drew their chairs uip, fingered their chips ieivously, and the betting began. "It started cautiously, and No. 1 put up as J'i he was afraid of his judgmeint. No. 2 doublbd it, No. 3 cine in and douiiled, and so it went until at last every one'14 watch aind clitin, atudi and pills were uti anl ticketed for value. Not a man - went out, and the excitement, was intenso when the last bet was up and i call nade. "'lien," said the story teller, "every - man showed'up, Mnd every one of us had four kings and an nec,- aid Miller - sat and liallooed. .He had run a doctored deck in. "I don't think I ever saw so much ex citeient I a game in iuy life. Of course, all bets went off." A Iliawk That Uculi ltensionu. ''1 had1 just left thie diner table, to walk across thie lawvn wvhen miy attention, wvas at tracted b~y furIous screams inl ihup upper alsr. A dlark shiadow flitted' across the grounds. Looking up I suaW a fisli-hawk flying low in a *straight line, amnd pur~sued at a hundred yardls d istancee by a bald-hdaded eagle. The hawk was moving .leisurely, so nmch, so that that I was struck b~y the little dread of capture which his flight exhibited, and- the fear thi t his startling cries betokened. The intentiong of the eagle uhere soop seen. .A few strokes of his~ bowerful Wings brought him close to the brivk. 'I'The secam~img fisherman reil.nqhuilshed his prey, which qluivceil and gleamed in thme sunlight. like a dlisc of silver as it clove through the air i11 its deCsdent ~toward [lhe ear-15. "it was i small fish, alyparchtly ai pr~h.' WeWere a little -surprised -that, the rMbaetous bandit should have devoted his powers to the cap ture of -such smnallignines ''Ihe fish ilad not, fallen' flfty feet- bdforo th'e hagle.'y "a pecu liar dip rathe~r thuaft by tile iusd 6tt Isdi b sanmid b~eiow -it; and tuinig abnh6bt tl$Q h i s backbelatehed audo'o it 'anay. 1 4,q~ in'an o'pposite 'direct6W to that' tli 1wk' was going. '-'IThe' hatwk uteomed Aat shd toi have escaped with th'e loss of prop i' "d kept th' oeven tenor' of 'is' way.! l2 ' atteuftion 'wan' agalu . nrrested' by roi deW screams. Eooking at; thkwhawk, we noticed that lie was' a ehiaufged bird -ag to condubft' Visibly agitated, lhe Was utging hisdihlt, with surprIsing'genergy A' glahce Mt tni robbier revealedl the: cabuse-of the bhaun ". Th'le eagle had1(' tur-nedI'iad was 'aln ~n p)ursbuit,- ; TheV hawk semedialrnost fr it' in lIis -struggles~ to-escapo.''Atofdim of ories,scieinms,maledlicions andliinpfed lo i Ipoured 'from- his throat. ''U4 :ialbily'IJ6M the air,i filing, now.hlighlelv noW lower,' iSbW straight' forward.: Trhe oagledetimb''dbWh' upon hhin '.~strfter filight; causingvuls tb ;wondeor as;to-the .bause of theophrqits,,, a few moments, lhe caume almdst bi- t~o 's If to' totf h'dr llpleads,'liO uitiero1a'loudi shrill Isbreuamdi tmitently n'' imyi the'eolaws of th$ llawkt;adeotifd fls ~ pngi 'idoeet i untiiV . t'uhad afallon' 'a 'hitndrb febtr- "leslthtng'at dicde' froini hits threaT6ip' ed attack, and half eldsing" his wlnb lie ~plonged 'swiltly IowltWard"6&ow . ), turned oid hits boek, anti tltit litig it oiff initriumi'ph.i A'fho lita# 'eWtt tinddd'lte fight, f1heffabtl ~6 t# a curI duespe liokiEt' tid'bk part-da. libited an intolli hbewhilohvvlMyl i z acoustonditbblv/ tlh tiihige'f) m1uc frIl')'igh(rd ~ i. h tlve - t A f t AL A n a 1ewyf9AArts has a$ rnyrus, be llVedObb' 't'fat 49 ears old, but int exIe'luat prederv&tide' -II Bostonh e .4,V& I wOmen who pay taxes dn70Y,O00000oT proper Ly, a~ul 3A,000 Ivomeu iI 1asiveuIlsett. whose propp by is,taigd at ,000,000. -Mrs. AnifI' E. Alsop, o Middle town, .94Mi, hla$ given. t. John's1 010itolI atish of tl ' 5000, the Iricomo to be used if64 tho'Apgd poor of thesoo0jety. , .t --Th brayerg o tio rU 9d States l yct ye r ma pa factur ,fat4 q ld 9,473, 3i-ibii res,1 -4,200',83b" is; equal to a little over' six galldi1 5'r capita for the popiltlatio . ,. .y-Upto, Nqvynber 1, 1178, ere wero 3,000 000 fee1 uorj %. IuW,.surveyed lit Bdugor, Me" "t ill [Ih to that date, and 5,00b feet nibde' than in 1876.,, ,) .,m :i ii )Owri W -Tie R40sian ;. Qficmi Oaxfte states thw. number .f 1, Y.edt for the 09p1seription or 1871 tor h Russian armny, navy and "t6 ?ftiitle guard at 218,000. .. I I I'..1 ;.t -Two houses werherecently pull.1 down in Aldersgate..,street,l London, wh1h were the. resideods of John Miltoi'taid of the 'raI6 'Countess of 1'embroke. - ! . J.u.t/ s - o -The oldcat S'bhool teaelle in Greene county, Pa , is'Wi . TeaglrdeA, of Rich bill township. I1Iei 80 yq, old, and Is now teachilig l Iis sa"pei y-fourth terrni. I -The- D~fin16'a Whe4 fa~m, in the valley of ilhe Red Elver ot:the North ;Quptagns 87,000 4pres,.o*,3h 13,006 are this year in i wheat Inna le block, making hl6id f tweht*W slire miles. -Iho ldit sdIvior'of 'he' leces of Sir Walter Seott, of-IK13b1ttord, has Jist Passed- away at the ago of sixty Lhreq-Ovs. Ilizabeth Ch~lotte Peat, wdow * U '1ea~ "-P. of the The *a1ts N t6Ized ver sion of th'e'NeW Testthenv ig oe recent ly holt their nlety4leat sossion. It is expecte s tnar - thp e9tI$ revislon will be completed withii a ye r,.and that publieion ill' ow. -IFblid ii ' , head of cattle rAohthly ' 1 bui"'with the prospect foiani oresseIn 66 demand. T.e shipinents, ps 9A 1p to Cuba 'i1'e also flre, I' oceupa tidh to eer dl Mor amskips. -Tile lt4ittW Yo_ i6 n s having two boailtifkl'aba'r' Wnit 161- him in Troy N N .,:ati cost.of'$'16000. One is to 6 used -ay a -ooAg the other for smokIng. i.e s, re luxu rions, and they'aroj ,tl' mno n any road. . - on -Fort Wayne, Jnd., has-a profession al frp oatp er, Nypo, IOT, he cana s'ometimes' entohi'e as"hi as 5,000 frogs In a single' tri#, whie .rbtail from twenty-five tQ. seventy-five cents per dozen., t Won -it has been eit t the loan. lug asdoblations'o'Ti ht hib'Aft"old mort gages on \vestern">fams- the amount of. $300,00,0pP.. 91 n h1senorsnous sum 9f b)ir1.yy 91gy, OW; ktorest so oUnt vii tod iatc 1ta tb I50,000,000 per'anit . uni.. di: --ir. Courad, -sbuiptor ngthe New Enlnd Drate Wgrq, t[Westorly, R,~ ~~t po.,l 1amaig9h_ r a medal lion head of Nah "Webste 'as a com panioi to the oite di Dr, H race Bush nell, to be placed just'overtthe east en Lremnce to the Stqtq patpii9,agIartford, Conn. A ing from taxall.bullilbga uotng $10, 000 and, upward fo tjre, ynrs, 40,000 an fparqo i f r y.rs a 0,000 and does not aplj to t~reldeute or fur n Iture nor to'StatM 'and 'don tax. ,-TVhe .quartorWv examination of the .clerks in: te~ Box, Pepainmpnt of the P'ost-oflice In New York, hasi utst end.. c 1. Engli'elerk was gi,ven 2,000 cards lnl>rinehleh to i~rlifl memory the names Qf the box-holders' nd of those whe~' r~einb thal 'the ji es of others. Robe't kiiller took ltdsIfap,, missing on y hgeq' i Im 7 4yrexp~ge being 90 . J a rogmistakes, .-Ile patibaetshhld" urdidtds of chil dhren within the (,onlindfiwealth of AInssauhusetts are reqwo8tml by the i yoe Provehva iekst'oiehd'Iio~'~fffll pon their children plainlymarked wih he child's fjmil Sp s as to assist trielocl. ., o ~ ers of the oolsy in retr u*9 5d9p1 to their th e .goupt $1 of Mi enloan la r eing t 6'u,~r' inquests fr~h~t~o ~4(d~ir 'jutsettled 'thu bil A~igly. The 'Mh ~ W .-urors are ,-W'1m'Adl ,6'U' portion" 01Of W'"C ossesslona todk ~hc'' T6IiY/ ust. A j~a3 t'A~rfb gent as ithr teothet essifirting h e l't~io oW otheon sm'o '+r14sva *retilluryt 4 le ath rbhw49 2pl p#~' f old disfi Iaught