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- "All th.bells t heaved ay ring, -
U44eli4brs ot heav6n mhy sing,
All the winds on earth 14sY bring
All#et.sondstogether ia
W fir'thau mli thinks eard,
Hand of harper,'tone of Ibird,
80nd of wodde at sundown stirred
c I WiqgJter's Winsoie word,
i warikwa"w6'her.l
One thing y6t thire -W that nole
Hea'ing PrO its chime be done,
Knowonot well the sweetest one,
Heard of man beneath the sun,
lloped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong, and loud and light,
Very round and very light,
Heard from morning's rosjest heitht,
When the soul of all delight,
Fils a child's clear laughtei.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth suo'notes, nor told
Hours so blithe in tones so bolhl,
Aid the radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth heaten.
if the golden-crested wren
Werg an ni yip',h then,
Son)ethlu any i o
ins ele - ard o n
ihtbe' f 0 as wh
Laughs a child of seven.
THE LOVERb' QUVAME.
"Never, while I live," said Miss
Rashleiga, "never while I live, will -I
see your face again!"
She' ieA* I yrhen s)e said.it, and
as she spoke, ane threw her betrothal
ring towards her lover, who had offended
her.
It missed him, and rolled down upon
the floor, and over the sill of an open
ohina-closet-one of those old fashioned
closets that used,to stand on either side
of the mantlepiede.
She did not notice wh6relt iolled; he
did though; and after she had left the
room, he turned to pick it up. The ring
she had.wokn would always be precious
tohim.
Miss Rashleigh went straight to her
own room, as miserable a girl as ever
lived; and a moment later Grandmother
Rashleigh bustled into the drawing
room, pushed the open closet door to,
picked up the fallen magamzie, set the
annuals and books of poetry straight en
the table, pulled down the shades, ar
ranged the oltairs mathematically
against the wall, and bustled out again.
"I've had these things fity years,"
she said to herself; "and there's Corne
lia and her beau with no more respect
for them than if they were that much
lumber." .P
Thei she"losed the door behind her,
and went away to her own room up
Pitairs, where a fine silk patchwork quilt
vas in the frame, a surprise for said
borneha.
Grandma Rashleigh gave every young
persoh of the family something of .her
own manufacture on his or her wedding
day.
"Now," the old lady had said, a dozen
times, to Tripheny King, who was help
ing her; "I really think Cornelia will
have the best thiog I've done; and
there's a bit in it of every handsome
silk there's ever been in the family, and
of her father's and grandfather's wed
ding Vests.
"Yes'm; It's a real memorial quilt,"
maid Tripheny. "It takes you, nium
to plan such things."
The quilt was nished and. bound
th afternoonsane TiHeloes the o
gh .round alkontsi thelge old lady,
"You'lle "evsrsuet sulhwanother,beowe
MI shle ane Mrpar.al bhae
hoard toonhotatsahold hen,eandng eowenr
ovrndote oth r's, ter osld layrs
he sh faell for wit, gruanmad
ma,hreas es,n at that of-h
thy calld he,oughnse he was hey
grty or grad walon"sai old .lash
I shal .peve r marIye uast all;n I te
yoenth Oonewsa aneard. sid
"ou'sen too ruoehld hi tnd-hewn
ofvsinte he mowas, yor huse. Hiuse
~Thr says pahed te the exn ofnth
hird, eya tepeve can back-ho.
hey calher though ays"he' wstearly
he, hforgraknm wa's dwold hMrselash
[I edont ynou'l why s trhe n l twn
shoul ,te vers myorneaa, she eaid
Yo'edn o gige athi tmehe.
-r iet helOrvlle Sper hasnt beled hr
m' aresol, and tbled never~d taebc-door
bei RSe though liabe h don-'e.
etptouhs bothery' but he hadb't
dont ma nr wthyrfl the.whole town
sOl tere' ote mylk aield ever
meddold'adss me,ad ie fabotty eii'
parl'a~no uridto atash th dor
totatufouced Mffiss Prabt
iiy; umners. 1othellegh.*1t' arie
Onl thr'-ohrflsa:ie 9b
bid:maid,a in,an #97 r
peat alV oir f tafhaghaIk
te nIs ~t?"r4ill fl drad
u his 00)ay, the itl
Rewvap4 girt prom Mrnin ahleigh's,
mote wiarningthan i she 'habeen shot
frpm a gun.
kThe old missus sayb you are to eoie
over at once, aboth, pq 10iesi" she
cd, tandinig. Vifore Mrs. 'Reshleighl,
and)fepeatling her lesson like a parr!4.
"There's somethin'g-of importance,' and
you're needed at wm.'st."
"Get your bonnet, Cornelia," said'hei'
mothet "W" '1 t p 0 this 01-ha0
-Whas t, .ll, do ogow?'
"I knows W1 g noe ing dreadful,
Allna isalmoawld. an&-there', lftrff
of folks there. Something about ,t.
Spear.". ....
The two ladies said no-more. T
ihurped a Ay together,. and, enriQ
gr fm's )arlor, f&und there ase bled
more of he bnembers of the Spear fam
ily, and a friend or two besides.
Orville had indeed. disappeared.' He
had never been seen home since 'l
visit to Cornelia; and nb6i the alaried
relatives were anxious to get all the
informtiqn they, o.uld avIag the
intervipw between Orville Khd'bornella.
"I had reasoU - to' be" ingry, Mrs.t
Spear," said Cornefia, proudly; "good
reason; and I took off my ring, and gave
it back, and went. out of the rooI-t,
That is all I know. I don't know when
he went or where. I-I thought he
woulAn't, mind so muo. I believed he
,had stopped caring about me."
"He. 6ught to know, *t all evenio,
said grandma.
"My boy is dead, I'm sure! I jshall
have the- pond , dragxed!",. saij 'Mrs.
Spear, amidst her tears. "e-left all
his money at home. He wouldn't have
gone traveling without a change of
clothes. Oh, you wicked girl!"
"I hope," orled the eldest Miss Speai
"that he'll iaunt .il
"I could lill you, you hateful thing!"
cried the youngest Miss Spear.
Cornelia had kept up bravely until
now; but when her two friends turned
upon her thus, she gave a little scream,
and fell over on the sofa. She was in a'
dead swoon, and the watdr they sprink
led in her face did not bring her to.
Grandma grew frightened.
"I hope it -isn't an attack of heart
disease," she said. "Poor child! she
looks as if rhe were dead."
"Oh, don't say that!" oried the
mother.
They gathered around Cornelia; and
did all they could for her; and soon she
recovered, and sat up, but all her pride
was gone. -
"Oh, dearl-0h, dear!" ohe -sobbed.
"I wish I had died! I wish thad neydr
come to! Oh, Orville! Orville! what has
become of you?"
"Oh! Oh!" moaned the mother.
"On! Oh!" moaned the sisters.
And Cornelial' head fell back again. 1
.-Emma,-get theJlaiender-ou of the
chlna-loseft," said grandma to
daughter. Quick! It's on the 0 t
shelf! 's
Mrs, Rashleigh rushed fecloset. I
"It won't open!" she , wildlY. .
"Itsa patent loo 'aid gran ma;
"looks as it shuts 'dere's the key." ,
-And' Mrs. B ' eigh flew back to the
door, onen , and1 uterpd a shriek..
Th the i,- died up under
the -,lay poor O*le Spear.
o was wite and im. -
COornelia sat and stared at him, in the
moat awful way. Nhe thought him dead,
but the more experienced matron saw
thiat he0 waat yet'liv.lns.
Sally was sent post.naste to the d,oe
tor; and, there, in Mrs. idashleIgh's
drawinig-room, he found Cornella and
Orville 'lying quite 'tioonsolois, like
Romeo and Juliet in the soene at the
tomb, and' the rest of the party in a
state of bewilderment' and terror,a past
description.
At last, however, both were conbeili
and, seated in arm chairs, regarded each
other, WM)e thie oJ$0vers 1 fil'ence,
and Mrs Orvilhe bpear utt ae Jhellrat
words.
-Of all coo iinded fools--"
"Who, deard asked his mother.
"Me, saicl brville, regardless of
grammar. "Who shut me in?"
'What were. you in the dloset for?"
asked grandii-wti ~g oerIce.
"To pieqktsometh9 hat rolled
therg,' aid C)rille. "
"The ring?" asked ra, fra'ttia
'YeS, the rin a r.' Spear,
"More -fool IIl 6~n abged the.
door to. Iao nd'owled, and
kicked, and-no i
d'Oh! ohi l ie Corifed.
Ila. "i b 1~ i&i just to
of refnf,
"You- bange vh'd on m e', said
&!r, Bpeai'. "A zealous woman will do
aaiything'
.I "I.Iun&ed t!ip doo , Orville!" said old
edl;Id1ou ought to bless your state
into the drawin'g,ao , pmeumes for a
fddhaeiLft661911ihridghr" orleed Or
MUe. LI usew 4t olost d#4:.pring
look. 'N4d6n't blaine 0ornqiaP.
"I shall'aiwa blaii1 Mysol" he
d41at "Oh, h6W pale you uft'
"And hoi jie you are, Corneiap
kishe| Oille "p14 Tou e'ly can
whe.nr Min toughit I was deg4l' .
OLadies" said Grandma Rashleigh
"noit tAt Orville hibhad his wIne awi
biscuit, and is getting on, let us go int<
the other! room, and leave these tw<
otp ";to talk things 1Qyer to
gather.
- 18he led the way; the others followed
Whelk the tei-bell rang.soon after, Or
villeahd.Olnelia'oane out of the draw
WhAZ, arU iM aro lind the:o oddinm
day was ed.
A 8 %e4 ussia sends a strang
story of aiabeibg uidd alive, for tai
wqcracy of whh.the Writer sayis that h4
nan personally vouch. ThA story, besidei
the horror of It, shows how. helplesi th<
Russian system of goverment renders tho
people for w4ose-benefit It is designed anm
Qw uttprly bureaporacy has crushed it
them all. spirit of initiative and indepe n.
e. T11 other so ru the aepouni
st jwsurled e di asbara., Hi
S .... clion. dj,ihe ha been em,
oy as awriter n a machinery depot.
Dn the fete day Tichonoff drank heavily
md had an epilepic fit. For a long tim(
ereaf h0jg#ute 011 aid shpwed ne
ilxn 'f Ife, I leid 6B wife' 'and kins
folk to conclude that he was dead. Thu
liappened-on BL. Silvester's Day, and, to
vold keeping the supposed corpse in the
iouse three days (for on a Saturday pro.
3ddink fi Tfilivhl n9 -b6dy cini be buried),
it was decided to lay him in the ground
hat 1 n gi terryespers, and aranze.
mnents r6' alwaccordinly. The bodj
was .empved to the Cgnuetfry. church,
where the 0opA (priest) read the 'service
tor the dead.* .Wile this was Roiig oi
(the coffin beike i6'ucovered) some of the
bystanders noticed what seemed to bc
'rops of swet on, the dead an's face; bul
us'ajpar&nc lleig attribted to a fe W
snowflakes which had fallen during th(
passage from Tichonohoff's house to tht
cemetery, he was laid In the grave with
out more ado; and the hour being late,
very little earth was thrown over him.
When the grave-digger went early nexi
morning to the cemetery -to complete hi
work, lie heard a sound.as of groaning anc
struggling in Tichonoff's grave. Instead
of forthwith releasing the poor wretch, the
man ran to the priest to ask leave to'dism
Ler him. This request the priest' refused
Dn the ground that he dared not, touch v
body onee buried'without the p6rmlsioi
f the police. On shis the sexton thfornind
riohonoff's wife.of what ha6 come to pa
Wnd they weaitgetherAqthe 144-of,t
loct pc'd. This genUftan sid it'16
juikbut of'his power ''give the requi
%uthorization, and refered them to t
otuandrite, and the archiman ro
r-qss*d to be, equally powpr 0 had 4he
them to the prodarator. ithorization
igonized wife procure ould.act, an r
vvithout.w hic nob ou at an re
'urned to-the ry. But It was to
late; five* had elapsed since ther
-t V t heard the groans,'and
asnow dead,biyond the P68
dohbt. The podr fellow succum
l& r I mor*l ptruggle. He had
d in his nh, and in his
espair bitten his fingers. torn his flesh and
ent his clothing. *This fatality,' says
he Viedomosts, Ois due to no other
ause then the seuseless formalities which
revati In every branch of Russian admin
stration. I , Mme. Tiohonoff is' suing ! the
nrest who refused to let 'the grave-digger
Llinter, her husbqnq for damages. on. the
tound that he caused-the latter's death by
o a slavishly obeying the letter of his
astructions.
Btaitway Accommodations. -
In these days when it is fashionable to
omplain of corporations as purely selfish,
t is greatly to the credit ot the Pennsylva
ala Reilroad Company, that it is coostant
y f'urriishing 'mncreisbd .fMbilities for the
LccommnQdation of the traveling public.
ieceu&tly they have commenced running a
hrough Pullman Bleeping Coach from
Washington and Baltimore to Chicago on
heir Pacific Ex press, which leaves Wash.
ng every day in the year at 9.50 p. mn,,
mud Baltimore 11.15 p. m. The arriving
ine at Chicago is 8.00 o'clock the second
nornang. T1he portion of the irrei which
starts from Washington, joins at Harris
burg with the section from New York and
Philadelphia on which there is a hotel car.
Fhls arrangement gives. passengers from
B3snore and Washmngion jtist the sanme
3atlng fachlities as enijoyed by those from
RIqw Yvrk, as.thp first mneal en rotute i
breakleist on die iret. mnotmnng, after the
wo sections have become one train.
On their West Jersey connection, also,
hey artdagd'for plaih1,Lslnce February
l9th, a through passenger car between
Roew York and Jersey' - lty .as follows:
beave Brooklyn 12:80 noon; New York,
1:00 p. mn., and arrive at Atlantic City
~yJa Treptonsand Osamden) 5:47, p. mn.
Leave 'Atlantic City at 7:251 a. mn., arrive
it bleW York, 11:40 peoon; BrooKlyn 12:80
noon. The car will not be ruu an either
~lrePao ~i n ash nool desirable
rai p4ey the citizens, of New York anc
ao N. rL4%{Jersv but will etiable sum
pej .ylitf t9 NewkoK city on businesa
to take a run dlown to the "9aty by the
SeaD Oonveniently and ia a'toe hours.
-Among .the superstitions agout pi
Is tha4t tife Inremeving liet bridal
E eoer the lotion o'
b '4v retabny mnust tpe espe;
~Ja. prq, tlo~ wa y ~7 tPn worr
~n,~ ~ f4dy~" fprtune, 11
Is araced, 'i osoonen or later in4g
tatbly kertpthe'bvide *liO keeps.ever
~d1~ W~ hyre
usrl'ingew. thereby be aaiiI
abWg6tf,d ati o,th
tall 'hpof
Wi thethe~ ~
Probably somei at the idea
neatness in farming may conclude
I once that it is all a and might
fot the fanf pursue. V
St dsoiling w4rk
th~ f e' apd dirty cloth
ca not,d F pLerformii
so 0prBut this*
no te to explain,
Is n so mtch t4b siled hands a
clot4 es, h4 carelss d 'elp shod mai
t f lthaing 4 e1ting the ope
it is said, ad wp thi In truth, th
eahlinessis n6xt-to glineg" And
surely iniates the m worth, and til
good, qki%htPQ,4 a-,na a:Dat '.0ri
- it shows that he'b4d ce 'bq*n .ed
- cated either by fttho '
~eutti.ss in j ry. Th
oe10 Uo m t e irt that' vi
faildr has to deal withT thd indifdere
:'way that he.regards art, and its pr(
!r pliaqe. ., ,phfosop4 once desoribi
S0tt" tho,, dlatr ou of piece;" and
h aving iar ot of' place th
makes the slack farmner.
f .f, we. step upon thl premises of tl
slovouly fapner, how quok we are to noi
tile aPPearpnce of .the 1 roundings ; ti
'eye1ispied to me i atter out 4
place, in an hundred ays, such as h
farming tools scattered bwadcast over tb
farm, where the same 4ve been left .1
'rust out in. the sbrmst, the dilapitate
-wcondgion, df his .i and lhe bush(
growing"np around stump and ston
heap that may be uP41 his fields. Th
04 :rough. mander iawhjh all his farnuo
A)perations are condut0, Wilk be plaii
seen, the rough. ow Ailds, and a
kinds of rubbil %tRt to the fow
4winds. Everywhere o qur farms almbi
we see thie lack of care Irlt,eution whic]
is necessary to the edn t and respect
hbiity of the farmer.
Why is it' that the b dings. the farm
the fences, and ,the asrioundings of th,
neat,farner looks so iUng to the refined
oi.tho lazi 'who deh!6t-rder or neatnes
in all things relatipg tq e farm ? ..It i
beciuse the farAei h this neatness o
habit and puts it .Into Ptactice. He hal
studied his work, Ais4plined his ments
forces and brough thgm' to bear on tho
subject as one of portance. He is on<
Ahat sticks to the tto, that anything tha
is Worth doing, is r1h doing well. Bul
he has not learned t is, lessou all in a day
he has probably be n Oducated up to thil
practice by degree However, there ar
many who can lea the habits of ndatneei
more easily than era, yet it is necessarj
to the tarmer to direct his labor that h4
may.become mas of his trade.
We hope that o farmer will labor t
correct this habit f the lax operations o
our farmers. W ate, aware that it wil
need much labor t'i way of talkng an
-writing upongho ubjeot for generation
*4 sidy -will be . ard to uproot
let.us strive to change this. Let al
air of neatness, order and comfort give ton
to the purposes.and alms of the farmer
his yards and fields surely give an indioa
kitv of the pleasures of his employmet, i
kept in a neat and orderly manner. HI
tools will be kept in order, and housed
his buildings and fences will look trim
The weeds will be kept down, the bushe
*ill cease to grow up in the fence corners
the unsightly rubbish will be disposed of
and order will soon take the place of chaos
in all of the farmer's surroundings.
Plumburs.
When Potts began tiis married life, th
watchword enitravAd on hid memory wai
"Beware of the plumber." The awft
destinies of numbers of friends, who ha
foolishly been inveigled into poverty an
distress by this fiend; loomed up before hi
eyes, continually reminding him of hi
motto, until he grew to consider himself
public benefactor in endeavoring to sup
press this inhuman monster.
But in an evil hour, durmng the family'
absence in the country, the wash bolle
began to leak and the plumber glided 1I
through 'the basement door. From the
timeo the house seemed bewitchedt.
Two days afterward the hot water pIp
blew his range to atoms,and the servant t
glory, the boiler began to leak at evei
conceivable point; anid, after the scon
story basin had been overflowed two day
in succession, the parlor ceiling reminde
one of a colander, with ancient freseoln
belween the holes. These repans ha
Scarcely been completed when the tan
on the roof began to fill and resisted a
Potts' eftorts to turn off the wat ir, and si
hours' steady running very materially in
creased the damage. The plumber we
then engaged regularly f or thres days
the week, and the adjoining house hare
to be used for the storage of lead papi
tools, e,, which were bought by tI
cargo. During the first week of the piuii
ber's engagement, every faucet in boi
houses began leaking badly, sand all ti
basins were stopped up twice a day, ar
the third week Potts was compelled to pi
ward screens ini all the Windows of his bc
rooms to prevent the occupants flaating o'
during the naiht.
In themidst of these entertainments ti
plumber reminded him that lead was risir
owing to So much beIng used for counte
felt money purposes. And three monti
aft,er the plumber's first appearanace
owned and resided in the house, whi
Potts lhved in the garret and worked
helper to him, half his wages each wet
being forfoated to pay off ,tho balance
the bill. ________
The C1othng of Meta and Women.
The funny people of the newepape
are inaking merry over some 'returns
tle.cenetns which show. that there are.
the United S3tates 6,000.establishments f
Ithe; manufacture. of 'men's clothing,' ti
annual product being Valued at S200,000
000, and there are only 600 manufacture
of Women's-clothing, the products of thc
works being valued at onlyr 680,000,01
5 aniually, This is but gnother examaplo
- thaedelusive.hManner in which the, consi
statistics are being put before the publi
Istis:aidt'durprisin that powspaper W'rI
arA. pg1un of th(mn, TJ.he egp)a
I ~o'~tr'iiowd go with the elensna ii
s is~ tan large Porton pf: tl
i 6e fo the United 8tt%make tlu
on naai nta, and, thEt6e, pave
I 0d for "establishmeht ~ 'to mal
0011oes
at JRW090tly, hile grading the side of1.tb9
io hlil Wi 414ot of the Presbyterian 0i,rc41,
torpus Uhrlsti Texas, there was brogght
Of to the1drfae what appears to be 4e!pAmt
as of an olephant's tusk, about six finches
.g length, anthe horn of;a rhinoceros,p pu
19 the 0ae lepgth. On the latter,iOXe 0to.gpd
it several' etchn, Iprereseht-1a nsA
ad lady dancing tie fandangO..to othoe n0p o
- of a tamborine performed by. wFortug s
- female, a ship at anchor, a, p Wip.
anchor,and a female waving @g.n whih
at are 7 stars. Further exeavationjwneq.. thp
lt 4ame.spot brought up the sauUgvy" fjis
16 and a portion of ti'e spino.of; 4P%-an. i-.
0,: dently of gigantc Mold. I .I i)
u. The disovery of these 9%lV4b gone
to ag set'speculion.9afot as to,pw ey
ry -nearted, After di4go4upupingf o
alt settlers, and minute rWA0A iltth11e bM.
. tory of the dark ages of southwestern .
id as, we have built up the fplloWng as pro.
it bably the most luci. explanstion of the
mt strange And.
In January, 1685, La Salle, the Frenoh
Le discoverer, with a feet4 of, three vesels,e.
te having on board a colny intended for the
tO mouth of the Mississippi river,driven from
>f ia course, landed at Padre Island. Be
la comng satisfld that they had been driven
o far west of their destination, they re-em
:o barked and turned the prows of their ves
d sets eastward. Several families destined
a for the new colony, heartily sick of their
e sea experience, asked to be left here, were
e granted permission, and put ashore with
g provisions and farming inplements.
F~ ~~~~~~u ]Fr'eri ,YAl ,, e colony
1 r tgg o ia ta its oothold at the
upper end of 'Padre Island. Inelans,
, Mexicans, and watit kept their number at a
Lk low figure. Ih Decekii4er, 1820, a terrible
- gale visited th'e reiant of 'the little colo
ny, during wht a 'Vesel was washed
, ashore on theisland. It proved to be a
1 felucca belonging to the squadron of Jean
, Lafitte. The colonists secured three men
a from the wi-eck, who proved to be, in
a character, well fitted for the services of
f the renownea pirate. Their names were
5 Plerre-Largos6, Paul-Baptiste And Joseph
1 Arnoux; hlccnamed Hecules cn account
3 of his Immeiise stature and' prodigious
a strength. From the timbers of the wreck
k ed telucea they constructed a small vessel
and were for years after the disappoarauce
of Lafitte engaged In depredating on the
B commerce of the gulf, leading many to be
3 lieve that Laitte was attli alive and at his
3 old trade. So theroughly,acquaintod were
r they with the shoals, channels and ilauds
3 of this part of the gulf that it was impos
sible to capture them. As a further pre
) cautionary measure, 'they-in 1840-re
f moved their headquarters to a point now
I designated as McGloin's bluff, and in those
I turbulent days their retreat was as safe as
a human foresight could have seleoted. Dar.
S_&& jure they amused
and silver platei, iv W14
i their many depredations on the
3 of the gulf,
Early in 1846 this portion of the gult
was visited by a cyclone and tidal wave
f such as no man had ever before witnessed
or will witness unless our IMarch tornado
should prove true. When the water had
risen so high as to menace their safety the
party tore down their house, constructed
; from it a raft, a.ad placing women and
children in a boat the men tooli to the raft.
on which was loaded their valuablej, and
were rapidly driveh to the Corpus Christi
bluff. The boat upset before reaching the
land, and all on board were drowned. The
e raft struck the hill near the present .10si
, dence of Mr. Uussett, and so fierce were
i the waves that in a few moments it was
d dasheil in pieces. Two men reached the
d banks in safety. The balance, with the
** aceumnuirted spoils of 20 years, went to
Li the bottoim. No sign of the treasure ur of
a the unfortunate men was ever,. found. It
- was supposed that a portion of the hill had
caved in and buried themn,a theory that the
B late excavations may partially prove.
r -_ _ _ _ _
la
t Is Fnid.y ian Uniucky Day.
e Perhaps the world will never get over
0 the idea that Friday is an unlucky day.
Y That the crucifixion oocured on a Fiay
d is more 'than can be jovedi, for even
's the year of that event is by no means
d determined, to say nothing of - the
E widespread opinion that there never was
k such an event. But admitting all that
is claimed, there have been many events
occurring oni this unlucky day that were
Kdecidedly the reverse of unlucky. Of
Scourso, a long list might be given, but
a few connected chiefly with American
d history will do. .On Jiriday, August 8,
1492, Columbus sailed from~ Pales of
hai memorable voyage .of discovery,
adon Friday, October 12, he discov
h ered the first land, the island which he
Le cailed8an Salvador. 'On Friay March
d 5, 1496, Henry ViiL commissioned
SJohn Cabot, and this commission is
d the first English S3tate paper on record
it concerning Amorica. On Friday, Sep
tember 7, 1505, St. Augustine, Fla.,
a was found- the oldest town in the
ig United States. On Friday, November
r. 10, 1620, the Mayfower made land at
a Princetown, and on the same day the
ie Pilims signed the compact which was
le the forerunner of our Constitution. On
as Friday, December22. 1620, the Pilgrims
ik landed at Plymouth Bock. On Fridays
of Fobrary 22, 1782 Washington was
born. On Friday, Juno 10 17,Bun
ker Hill was seized and forti~d On
mFriday, Ootober 8, 1777~, o4oourred the
s uriender at Saratoga. On Friday,
iSeptember 2,1789, Ar,nold's treason
rwas discovered. On Friday, October
a .19, 1781, Cornwalha surrendered at
.Yorktown, and the war for independence
re ended in complete ,ictory.' Other
se eyent# might -be gamned. In the war
)0 s#th Mexico the battle of Palo Alto
of iSa'on Friday. The northwestern
as lonary questio)s, Whieh. threatened
o, war with En6land wAs' settld on Fri.
6. day ei ths same siM, A OFrriday, the
n. Confede'at oapted. Fort Sumter,
g. d'p I tt4 4 ar for the Union.
wa oI y 0~ ae by the
o~ ~ ~I4ayt~iebattlAof
ao was abds -IitePIW*b
to bia on Trid s k * akn
Pieo6o~t~
. hinebe Trats.
Thee 1s V- Mistaren notion i the Xas
that-the Chineaefarb ilays hoinible an
'sbmisdve,-6ndnueh put-*ponl and abuse
b.fthe wiitie-ofthtie PabiAo'oast. Ther
1wak a tuW'ewhed(ithe Aoodlumra of Sai
Fraddlsoo' Maltreated, te -Asiatic immi
grants shaefully,but .that time has gone
ibyi Now the Chiinman appears to be ai
secure in his rign14 of person and property
-as anybody. Instead of, being deferentia
and timid h6 is-dften pushing and insolent,
ie does not give way ini the street. .1H
hustles you as rudely as an-English navvy
A' body of Chinese lab.r6re marching dowr
a narrow atrCAt will oroiu ladies into the
gutter.- The Chinese merchants, doctors,
and others belonging to the better clasimmh
are as polite as Frenchmen, but the masse
of the Chinese pulation on the Paci<ll
ru and brutal. h9 bhi
-tgii AC i the abitt'tro,
nal cleabliness, The railroad labqrprs
who are the poorest and - most ignorant
class, wash themselVes from head t' odot
at the end of each day's work. All classes
are frequent customers of the barber, who
glyes minute attention to their heads, faces,
eard and necks.
Among the common laborers there is
little sympathy for slok and injured com
rades. 11 a man is likely to -become a
burden, the other members of his gang
want to get rid of him as soon as possible.
It is commonly believed by the white
bosses on the railways that the Chinese
doctors put sick men out of the way by
poison when they think they cannot be
speedily cured. A case was told me in
Oregon of a Coohe railway laborer who
had an arm broken,- It was sot by the
company's doctor, and was doing well, but
the man's comrades insisted on bringing a
Chinese doctor to attend him. The doctor
came fram a distant camp and gave the
patient a dose, In an hour the poor fel
low was dead. In such cases there is no
Investigation; nobody cares that there Ma
one Chinaman less. The death of a cart.
horse is of much more cansequenco.
Hunting in Onmnpanieg.
Squirrel hunts continue to be one of
the annual customs of Vermont accord
ing to the good old practice of dividing
the local Mimrods into two parties, each
side electing a captain and each endeav
oring to outstrip the othcr in the "count"
of game killed, the defeated side furn
ishing a supper to the visitore. There
were several of these hunts during the
past season, one of them being conduct
ed by the students of Middlebury Co11ego;
but the scores in these days are very
small compared with what they used to
be in the good old times. A curious
memorandum, or game record, belong
lug to one James Warden, of Peacham,
a mighty hunter, has just been discov
ered, and extracts from it have been
printed in sone of the State papers. In
the days of Janies Warden-1882 and
thereabouts-the annual squirrel hunt
Nimrods of all ages, fromt syl
haired grandsiro, with his long-barreled,
lint-look Queen Anne arm, to the youth
)f ten or twelve, with a musket sawed
3ff at breeeh and mlizzle to accommodate
&h% arm to his sleader strength. It
was no small matter to count the head4
md tails of the slain in those Gays, 0
aumerous were they, and the judges,
boo, had to be men of a good deal of
keenness, for the rival hunters would do
their best to cheat, often presenting
Dhickens' heads for partridges' and
squirrels' tails that were by no means
fresh for the occasion. According to
in old memorandum, James Warden,
in the year 1882, killed 4,649 animals
and 8,176 birds. Of the former,, 2,850
were squirrels, and of the birds, 1,000
were owls.
An oild Uhurch in Arisona.
The most interesting of all sights is the
grand old mission church of San Xavier,
nine ilies from Tucsonz, on tiole PapaLgO
reservation. This mission was founded in
1054, when the Papago (or Pima) ITidians
were supposed to have acc.epted the Uhiat
ian religion. The'ehuirch ot San Xavier
was begun about the year 1700 and fin
ished in l1798, excepting one of the towers,
which is yet unf'nished. The style of ar
chitecture is Moorish.- The lines are won
derfully perfect. it is in the term of a
cross, 70O by 116 feet, and has a well
formed dome. A balustrade surmounts all
the wall. The front is covered with
scroll-work, intricate, lnteresting and
partly decayed. Over the front is a lire
size bust of St. Xavier. Thu interior is
literally covered with frescoes. 'rho altar
is adorned with glded scroll work, The
statues are as numerous as the paintings.
T1he tiling on the floor is much defaced,
very little being left. That of the root is
nearly allps perfect as when laid. Its
manufacture is one of the lost arts. There
is a ci'me of four good-sized bells in the
tower, that have a soft, sweet sound. As
condling to the roof, you walk up long
narrow stairs in solid walls. But one can
go at a time. The same is true in going
to the gallery of the church. It is marvel
ens that so long ago, and in such'a place,
such architecture, ornaments, paintings
and sculpture were so well executed.
Petes'orughE:athedrai.
The recent failure of the central tower
of the Peterborough Oathedral, .lngland,
has brought out a serIes of reminiscences.
it is said that in 1107 Bishop Walkelyn's
huge tower at Winchester fell, in horror
at having the foul*8orpse of the detested
Rufus burled beneath it; and how, two
centuries later, that of El1y came crashing
down as the startled monks were going
up to their dormitory on the ove of St.
ECrmin,lda; how ma 1285 the preaee's
denunciation of the cruel persecutions of
hiniself anid his brother canons by ilishop
(Grosteste was credited with tne ruin of
the predecessor of the ezcquisite "B5road
Tgiwer" -which,.crowns thstt "sovereign
hill" of Lincoln, how the "ti6W Tower"
fell at W9rcester in 11'l5, and the centtral
tower at MI.eshafth about -1218, iid tlie
two upp t'stories of thd .tbdor of 5t.
Xtbadogad,how JesUs! Cliapel, Cam
1 d rse the cofr ill
idiecOntrol to Or f
sie dowrn In 690,rd a 7Sti
t t tltotA
- , 01jNO
Bautiful are the Adojilbt63Wf him
Ihose hfe cords *ith his *Mohings,
Girls we' 16* fo What thAy are;
young me for what they romis kto be.
Truth lsis impodile' b~ soiled
by any outwa*d touch as the subbeaM.
All the good maim which aj in the
world f1il when applied to one' self.
.Hard- workers are usually -110466t.
"nustry-lifte theM,aboV .temptaton.
To bp reay and truly indep ndent
is to support ourselves by our wn ex.
ertions,
Borrowed . thonghts, like borrowed
I money, only Sh9w the poverty of the
borrower,
gth.
We walk upon the votge .of t*o
words at oUr feet lies the very grave
In character, in manners i styl
in ill things, the supreme extellence is
simplicity.
Zeal without humility is likQ a ship
without a rudder, liable to be stranded
at any moment.
Though we travel the world over to
find beautiful, we must carry it irith us,
or we find it not.
1 have sought repose everywhere,
and have only found It in a little corner
with a little book.
We ought not to judge of man's
meriLs by his qualifications but by the
use he makes of them.
There is no area In which vanity dis
plays itself under such a variety, of
forms as in conversation.
That man comes off with honor who
governs his resentments instead of
being governed by them.
We are so used to disguise ourselves
to others, that at last we become dis
guised even to ourselves.
Cares are often more doilcult to throw
off than sorrows; the latter die with
time, the former grow upon it.
Bashfulness may sometimes exclude
pleasure, but seldom or ever opens any
avenue for sorrow or remorse.
Attrition is to the stone what good
influences are to the man; both polish
while they reveal hidden beauties.
The parent who SoUI d trini up a
child in the way he ould go, must go
the way he would train up his child in.
Relations are people who imagine
they have a right to rob you if you are
rich, and to inoult you it you are poor.
Of all amusemnents that can possible
be imagined for a working man, after
dail3 toil, there is nothing likq reading.
own,
We often excuse our ofntwant of phi
lanthrophy by giving the name of fa
naticism to the mor.3 ardent zeal of
others. I .
Ask often, in your hours of bustle,
where is the heart now? They only
are too busy who forget God in their
business.
The more we have to read the more
we have learned, the more we have
meditated the b0tter conditioned we
are to affirm that we know nothing.
It is every man's duty to labor in his
calling, and not to des ad- for any
miscarriage or disappon tmets that
were not in his own power to prevent.
Our lives are like some complicated
machine, working on one side of a wall
and delivering -the finished fabric on
tihe other.' The work is in our hands
the completion is not.
Man is, beyond dispute, the most
vilest animal is a dog; but the sages
agree that a gateful dog is better than
an ungratefu man,
False happiness renders men stern
and proud, and that happiness is never
cominunicated. Tirue happiness ren
ders them kind and sensible, and that
happiness is always shared.*
Our life experiences, whether sad or
joyful, should be fertilizers to a larger
atna stronger growth of charaoser, as
the dead leaves of trees stinmulates them
from year to year to higher and nobler
proportions.
.He who is great when he falls is great -
in his prostration, and Is no mnore an
object of contempt than when men
tread on the ruins of sacred, buildings,
which men of piety venerate no less
than If they stood,
I6 is foolish to strive with what we
cannot avoid; we are born eubjects,
and to obey (God is perfect liberty; he
that does tis shalL be freo, safe and
quiet; all his actions shall succeed to
his wishes,
God planted fear in the souias truly
as he planted hope and courage. Fear
is a kind of bell or gong watch rings
the mind into quick life and' avoidance
upon the approach of danger, 1t 1s the
soul's signal for rallying,
$he scorn which is really kindly and
appreciative, tells much more effretively
than the acorn which is ptndety con.
temptuous. Who you can afford franky
to praIseas you praise pt child-there
Is no danger of returning to adore..'
The wise man has his tol#iee, no ls
than the fool; but it has been aldtii
ei lies the gierei 44~eoU~o
are hiden frmh4s1'tqo, .