HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-3-21, Page 6TSB GREAT GREY WOLF. faehioe, he it down and whirie about him
a circle. of keen and,gbacemag *bete knives,
tette Gaunt Goober or the Mins end Its Wee to the luckiest hound those .long Jews
helots, :strike. He might as well be smitten with a
There is an animal npOn. thie centinent eater°. le the pack of big greyhounds be
which. quite eorrtsPonde to that grim figure righr, however, end well osed to fighting
m_adel retilt*squely fate -Otis tn, the tams of tegether, ene Wey robber ben mew robbed
tairopean felkslore. We have nil Welt here hie lase, and he will never leave the epoi
large and eavege ineceigh to deetrey eldhirme. where be brings op uetil he is dragged away
carry oft women and attach men, in broad by his wounded and utterly furious enemlea.
daylight We have no howliog naeks which hi 4 case like this, the punishment* to the
will people 4 traveler end eat Ifilm npewe non se severe, and the gray Woif
horses, sled-rennera: and all. Yet in our Ileing ao rare an =hut and lei exuedilig17
great grey welt, native to our middle plain defficult of eepture, it is held advisable to
ape mouutairx end formerly to meet of or
twahered hilly thautres an animal as large
aa three coyotes, as tall as the tallest honed.
and so long thet he could witty put his
forepaws arm the sholders of the tallest ,
men—elleggy grey and .fierce, of air:evade r °nee knew two sareerbounde to AMP a
I wolf wlaose akin, 6 feet 2 mime in length,
end coueage out:ante kill a 2 year old horse
or on, or to enap up a shop Withene a see it now in lag Imeoomion- These dogs were
oncl thought..—we have a *brute An at least 00 PrePerkY at a cattleman below iKiower
for 4 foundation for 447 40wing flAmers of and Were very large. Tim wolf was eiehted
dark, Teutenic le tend. on a level Aet where the doge had 4 E004
Certainly the epaelsinau who le fortunate iebenees and Frineee* great red -fawn fellow,
4ww41$11 to Meet 4l'a 44/2ima1 will i "Iwittint4thre egerltanoat a* hballittle:ilge.He 'ertmaut:truhiemk
diffieult to eecure thee he Meat aelee leighlni
and trophy which peovea ita actual WI,prep- tb‘e "if on tile rthb elleelaer, and. knocked.
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er him down. Almost at the !same .4nstant the
century:.
seas woiae,$ MT, /other dog; Blue, etrock him pretty far back
ettli the leelt upon the other Aide. Such was
Thehoffelowolts loefer wolf and grey welitithe eteeegth of the wee eeet be ewe up
are different °Ply in a trillion varietal reger& ender the two great heetiden and acteally
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and May be epeen ot as the :came annul, startld
ed to dreg them oft, they hanging tom
although the timber or mountain enema' end doing their best to St) him. Fastened
ean be elistinguiebett from the Venal: wolfs as he was, the wolf could not get either of
The letter creature once swarmed all owe hieenenwee, aud being afraid of the hors:3-
th° Western plaint!. It eubitsted 0p30thell men behinds he did his best to bre,* Away
beffele and wene out with the heffeles The1and tneke A eeceed run for it. The deo
prefeselonel "welftr," with hie little leittle never elieoged their held, aud, a lucky hut
of till7Olullle, faewei hard uPort he bee 0, lets meta through the liodY 9E the wolf, bet*
of the nrefesaieelal *kW -heater. Teller of the iihmildem, ended the *draggle. Vale
luellt or our wCit ROW Aro oh1PPed from wolf and his mete had killed ben 4 deEen
Meillten4 Ana Wye:wig—the animal is mere calves and yearfiege,
plentiful In Britith Coluiethim in Colorado Tile roaming 1110)10 of the grey wolf, it
it la oho fenhil, er heard IMP, MA Teem: hew% net etteehen to any one teeebty, but
and the Indten Natlelle 0411 elt09/ a good Wandering at will overe eeetion of country
many antntallY. In sheet, the big robber which may be fifty or a !Mildred. Miles in OX
Weli wheel*, preyed. open yawl or erippled tent, it* greet oiee and the fiereimeita of de
huffele er Ate the abentimied earemeen etteek, lee rarity and the infreneeney with
fell itli'ek netorelly upon the herds of do-lethieti it is Reeit in them leter deya, mike it
meatio Cattle, Which teOl; up, the rouge mice lotto of tte meet umeterioue and lectureaq
held by the buffalo.. And te.dey the habitat ,fieoree of the beetles zauge.-4E. Hough.
of the range ateer its praeticelly the leabitat
oi the ;urge wolf. The lefiSea Manual in- A G3MT EXHIBITION.
Meted upon cattlemen by tlige big gray
Welvee is time' eoneidetablek and the ranch- ro NVIliela Canada is Ieviiell by One l'r
era dread them, all the Mere becanaill unlike- of lifeive,
the melt% whielt kilt only veTy; young or A upplement et the " Canada Gszet "
40/411 animals* the grey welven teautnig in centeme 4 notiee teethe Royal Agricultural
peke er smell !mike, will kill a yearling, a iteelety of Eogland, mened by tile Prince of
2 yeareeld or * weak 3 yearefid wheueverl Wale, ail acting preitideote of the feet alit
they pleaae and even will not !militate tole great agriculture' exhibition is to he held
deetrey a vkaidile colt if they feel go Luellen] next Juno in Medlar greet parlr, under the
ed, Ono Teem reed* lost over 100 heed of presidency of Her Majesty the Queen, to
young etoele in one town from this cause celebrate the fiftierh unit:emery of tbe
*boo two years ago, and fleet mime year foundation of the sodety. It is intended to
oue outfie in the Cherokee Strip lint fifty ii meek* this exhibition as completely rope -
odd head of valeithie *Mak. Including throe r want:lye ae pesoible of every branch of ogre,
int
yearling wit* The stock, exposed Amen culture 841 prectieed In England; and accord,
the =age dialog the goer, whiter weather, leglee prizee will be given ;lot ouly for every
becomes weak aineeteo to make peoloegellebIlihed British breed of line stook, but
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nd defenee. The wolves gether in little' also ioe '1E404101m1 traPlemeniso eerie, wool,
bunclees—oncetheyneetubled in large packs poultry. 'butter, C.4..'440$ 114; CM",
but they era not go numerous 40W—end' ores, dry and preeerved fruits, atel Other
having *elected the animal they with, crowd descriptions of agricultural peoduce • the
it out and away from ite C011)1)412E90% They tend amount offered in nrizis being 412:000.
de not atteek it directly in front, but spring It is hoped, stale the totter of ille ileyal
about it aud atteeet int Attention, while one Higiumen on thio occasion to bring together
er Vire
of the eirorigeet wolve* leap upon the
tbe unfortunate creature from behind and
cut the tendons of the bind lege with re-
peated seep with their kuife.like teeth.
VETISING TIMMER%
The hooter who white:a a gray wolf skin
for a rug—and e beentiful rue It waken—
not like the yellowish a o•ealled "wolf robe,"
ms4e of coyote *Mess but a full pure white,
with a heavy black stripe down, the beck,
rising into & deep mane upon the neck and
shoulders—Will have a dielcult task before
him if he be determined not to pelson his
wolf or to buy the pelt of Smile hunter who
has used poison. It h almost impossible to
still -hunt the gray wolf, 40 rare and wary
is it. However, it is a creature of tremen-
done range. A par of wolves may kill a
heifer in the night and then start directly
off from the range and travel forty Wien In
their aliambliug trot bfeore the 'irate Yanole
man or the ugh hunter disooverttheir work.
Strike the trail of almost any other animal
and there Is seine good chance of coming up
with it, but the man who starta in 0115 gray
wan trail never knows how far it will take
him.
It is with this same irate cattleman that
the sportsman is most apt to see one of the
very rare ociessione where the gray wolf af-
fords Sport, and sport of a very grim and
saloon nature it is apt to be, too. Nearly
every ranchman nowadays has a more or leas
good lot of trreyhoursis kept for killing
coyotes, and these innueds may, upon acme -
axon, be devoted to a chase after this larger
and fiercer game. For work of thia kind only
thelargeat and fiercest hounds are of any
eervies, for a full.grown wolf will fairly out
a small hound in two at one bite. The grey-
hound that runs into a gray wolf meat be
swift, and when he has seized he must un-
derstand his business and be possessed of
the most absolute strength and courage to
handle the work which will at once be laid
out for him.
=ROE FIGHTERS, Too.
pue a bullet through the wolf, wheeever that
can he done without injuring One of the
degee
Mae V4E.E (3534N.
TSB TIOIET LITTLS ISLE.
Orituilitostio nuliiroe Her NaNY—IlieWelY
Wait Outlined.
It was announced In the Queen's epeeolt
thae Perlhmetee woel4. be called ripen for
40 extraordinary appropriation oalicable to
defensive purpese4. T...hel statement is on
deretood eo point primmily to an increase
of the navy. The soope and Character>
however, of the prime:eel expansion of
Oreab Britain etrength upon the mann will
net be szettletzeitatively divolged until a
definite programme IA put foeth by the
Governmentt Meanwbie two forecaets of
the tdinieterial intentions have been publish,
ed by the " himatheater Courier" and the
"Ste JaMes'e Quetta,"
Aecordieg to the find -named newspaper,
the programme et naticeml defence eurpass.
es in magnitude and completeness any that
bas ever been adepted by ay other counery.
itt involvea, the " Courier " asserts an
expenditure of $.569,909,009, to he raised by
a special loan., and contemplathe the eon -
traction before 189.5 of twenty er twentY-
two eea-going ironclads and nearly fifty feet
cruisers. The" Si. Jkallea'S aan.ettee" dehlee
that Parliament will be asked to ehoetkin
such a colossal outlay, but Mote that the
pima, outlined in the r Courier" is really
the draft propeeat prethoted by the for -
weed pazty at the Admiralty, that is to
say, by
TGE WIXOM; SUMS ElellUGETI0,
aqa more callable meMbers of the naval pro.
eieejoaelbegweet, The oom.,eeteiprooe,444
te expeunct a programme of he owe, which,
11 eave. rep rseeete more accurately the rue
pose of theSellebery Cebleet, We obeli find
diet thie etheme, also, a:though it le drawn
up me a much Mere Modeat Seale than the
" Courierts," would require an iminenso ex-
penditere,
If we liaton te the 4 1, JAMBS 4 szetto,"
the right eine of Greet Briteiote nevel foroo
Is determinable by twe eouditioine lilree, itt
must beer a duo proportioe to the cotton -re
navel neponsibilitive, by whet aro Meant
the eeteut of territory itu4 the velem* of
forage trade and mercantile mean, which
would need prottetiou iri time of War. See.
dly, it mese be tally equal la strength to
Ino combined navies of any two ether oatione.
Ileving laid down these poeteletee, withal% it
pia te think indlepetablie the " Gazette*"
aye to eetimete the compeeative reepousi•
blittlee of the seven greet powere, keepleg
iu view their meua ittrnare mile**, the annual
value of their foreign undo, and the tanner
of Getty mercentile marine, The imuolutiou
rivedati IS that* it the aggregate naval re.
epeneibilities of the ;seven great powers were
represented by 100, Great Briteine percent.
age would be 40.5. The didactic:az is thet
her navy ahould bear the *auto proportion to
the oembleed 1183I11 force of tho **even pow.
ors,
Snell, however, is not tile came. Aseuming
the aggregate number of Seat going war *hips
belonging te Great Britian, Enna**, Resale,
Germany, Austria 7ifougary, Italy, and
Spain to be 100, the percentige of Great
lirltien Weuld be bat 32 8, that IS to arty, ize
Avenida by about 8 per cent, te her
NAVAL, RESPONSIGIIATIES.
On the other hand, Franco, Benda,
and Spain have too mach navel etrength In
propertion to their ramie:liabilities. Posies
to detail', the Gazette paints out four
coneetveble cornIdnatione of two powers,
whieh would be (quail, if nob imp,
crier, to Great Britfeti on the comm.
France, with either Russia, Germany, Indy,
or Spain, would thrteten England% marl.
time *inventing. Of these tombinations,
that of Prancie with Husain is, tinder certain
cfrotenstences_, higbly probable. That of
France with Spain is to eay the least*, quite
possible. In the former case the combine.
don could by 1692 send to 168 sixteen:wen
ironclad:I against England's Aftplour ; in
the letter ease the number of vessels of
this class arrayed on either aide would be
equal. Of large outhers Giese Britath
possesea more thau any other, two powers
united, but as regard(' small °redeem It
ib would be signelly outnumbered "by France
and Benda.
In view of these facts the Gareth submits
what it cella a "minimum programme."
Thirteen new irocelads are it says, indispen
able to put England on an equality with
o Franoo-Ittisaian coalition. But this h not
the only necessary addition to the fleet. It
Is true tbat Great Britain now has
aterre THREE LARGE ORMSEES.
as against the Iiity-two that could be must-
tered by any combination of two other pow-
ers. Bute considering the importance of
protecting food Emptily routes and communi-
°Atone with distant colonies, thetGazette in.
sista that not lees than twenty six new,
large, and faanseiling cruisers are required.
Prom thirty to forty :wader cruieera are
also needed if Great Bntain is to cope in this
respect with a combination of France and
Russia or of France and Spain.
As the "St. James's Gazett" is a Tory
paper, and has opportunities of learning the
Cabinet's intentions, we may, perhaps, take
for granted that in this "minimum pro-
gramme" we have, not necessarily what the
Government will venture to impose in the
first instance, but what it hopes to acemm-
plish should it retain power during the statu-
tory term of the present Parliament. We
need not say, however, that such protracted
tenture of office is now much more improb.
able than it seemed a month ago.
Suppose the wolves are known to be on
the range. A carcass or two may have been
seen or some rider has noticed a wolf trail
in the sand or anovr. Examination of the
trail is made, and it is seen that each foot-
print is very nearly as large as that of horse; and, strange as that may seem, if i
were not for the arrangement of the hackie
it would be easy to mistake the trail of a
gray wolf for that of a horse, if the trail b
in loose sand. From this a notion of th
she of the animal may be had. Very wellJay Gould said to a St. Louis interviewer
a sharp lookout 18 then kept for some daysthat the railroad situation at present is
and it may happen than at any time an ex- worse than he has Been it for over 30 years.
cited cowboy may dash into camp with the
cry, "Gib out the doge; the wolvea has got a
critter down over in the creek I"
Then there is saddling and riding and
streaming out of the pack. No waiting for David and John Finlayeoet sons of the
anybody now, and every man must ride at late David Pinlayson, of Pans, have been
his top epeed and get to the scene of action frozen to death near Prince Albert, N.W.T.
before thegame starts off. Perhaps when all
is done, there may be found only the mangl-
ed body of the yearling, while upon adistent
ridge appear two or three great forms look.
ing back to see what is doing. Make toward
these, and they start off at a long awinging
hot. Gallop, and they trot away from your
gallop, unless your home be extraordinary.
Eight mirth, ten miles—your horse could not
de that at full speed; but if he could hay so
long, there would be the gaunt rangers,
trotting their slinging shambling, wonderful
gate; and presently you would be alone. It
is useless to follow the gray wolf, MANS
upon a very close stmt.
A RATTIANG ENCOUNTER,
NE= AIM LARGEST COLLECTION
o f pedigree live *tack that hu ever been ex-
hibited in any part of the world; and In
view of the Increasing of extent to which
pure bred aninasee are beingannually expert -
ed Irene the UnitedKingdom to the coloalee,
the council thinke thetthe representatives of
agriculture abroad may desire to be .inade
acquainted with particulars of the exhibition
winch the eoceety are itingeine wilI attract
largo um:Ilion of colonial visitors, Accord-
ingly he forwards to the Governer•General
eopites of the propelled prize nut and regu•
latione, and etatee that the council will feel
greatly obliged if he will be so good as to
request that they may be cominouleated to
the proper department of tbe Colonial Gov-
ernment, and made known In other ways.
The regulatione for the exhibition ot imple•
manta can be had on application to the Beare.
tiny. The last 'clay of entry is lat le ay next,
though both entries will be reeeived up to
Monday, eihtlay, on payment of double
fees.
FLASHES PROM THE TELEGRAPH.
The Government has abandoned the idea
of pramouting Wm. O'Brien for conspiracy.
The strike of weavers at Fall River,
Maas., ahowe no new developments.
The exeitement in Southern California has
taken on another form, and threats of venge.
ance on the alleged boomatera are plentiful.
Peter13. Smith and jefferaon Adair quar-
relled over a game of cards at Wilmington,
Dal., the other night, and Adair shot Smith
ea •
Mrs. Crawford, of Windsor, has receiviei
from the Government the $100 deposited
when her rig was seized by the apecial cus-
toms °Meer last Christmas.
The Minneapolis mills ground last week
9'7,620 barrels of flour, against 86,700 barrels
the previous week. The tone of the market
is stronger.
The moulding shop of Stuart and Menro,
at Thorold, was damaged $700 worth by
fire.
Two more deaths from smallpox are re-
portad from Southwold township, making
thirteen in all.
Prof. Francois Terby, the Belgian astrono-
mer, has discovered a white .region on the
rings of Saturn.
The Czar is expected to arrive at ()openhagen at the end of June and will shortly
afterward visit Emperor William.
With such a start, however, it in very pos-
sible for good hounds to run into the gray
wolf. You may come over the sand ridge
unsuspected and the dogs may run well upon
the gorged and awkward robbers before they
get fairly extended. Then there will be fun.
The leading dogs do not stop when they
reach thew foe, but go right on in and seize
him, frying to get as far forward as they can.
The wolf even if thrown over by the shook,
is very apt to rise again, and them coyote
A Widow'e Strategy.
Here is how the widow of Major Peter
Lovejoy married Asa Averill, so that she
would not incur the imagined penalties at-
tending the bringing to her new husband of
goods purchased by a former sponse. The
circumstances are related In "Hall's His-
tory of Eastern Vermont" :—"By the side
of the chimney, in the widow's house, was
a recess of considerable size. Across this a
blanket was :Wretched in such a manner as to
form a small Mclosure. Into this Afro.
Lovejoy passed with her attendants, who
completely disrobed her, and threw her
clothes into the room. She then thrust her
hand through a small aperture purposely
made in the blanket. The proferred mem-
ber was clasped by Mr. Averill, and in this
position lre.was married to the itude widow
on the other aide of the woolen curtain. Ile
then produced a complete assortment of
wedding attire, which was slipped into the
recess. The new Mrs. Averill soon appear.
ed in full dress, ready to receive the con-
gratulatione of the company, and to join in
their hearty meth festivities."
A CRUX SIEIEDEA.
Hew Travelers were wilted ler Their Coln
Weer Foochow.
A memorial from the high authorities at
Foothow, says the Peking "Gazette," ghee
an account of the murder of a party ot ehree
Persons by the crew of the beet in wkiett
rhey wore teaveling. In the middle of last
spring a lady named Wu, accompanied by a
cephow and niece, arrived in Vebthew from
Ternsui. She was the wife of 44,aSsistant
tittli.prefeet, and waa on her way to the peov-
itice of Aulani to pay a visit; te her relations.
A boat lying outside the weet gate cif the
city was hired for a mem ot Se to tease her
ae far ee Celan ning Vu, where she wan VA
leave Wang
m
eitande.etzgaaeg,noticed
thatocheethe
ee lady'slo.m
luggage seemed, very 11%07, Ana suggested
te his wife that they should rob and murder
her. The wife herring coneent4 Wang
Al -tee indueelel half & &men mea
TOJOININIItEPWT
4:00144Troa:hSeodv4that they should meet him at
4 place near seMe,rapidP,, 4 few days' journey
The next day he hired another man to
help he working the beet, and they started
on their voyage up river. When they
reached the appointed *pot Waxer Aieee
told the lady ehae there wood eeroo ewe_
colt rapids t aseend next day, uta he mut
engage a stroug crew to help Km. 114
dis-
mis,d the man he hicc d at Foochow and
wont en shore to look for biaconfeclerates.
Ozie of the AIX had fallen ill and had net
Otani,* het he found the other Ave aud.
brought them on the boat leader the nee.
teen that he had engaged them as ble crew.
When midnight came tire. Wang lie A OM.
die by her ituelaand'e orders, and the ginig
attimked their peeeengere cutting the
amide el first the nephew Ad theondly the
ledy,
eenverano =ETA MUMS
et the Sarni) 'Viola itt etille their oriole The
niece had net yet been witched, And one of
the party propothri to keep her end eell her
instead of takieg'hor life. Bat tiro: Wittig
proteeted againee this on the ground Viet le
Weald 100, to their ben% felled out.
Tee inau, therefore, limed t/ao gird by tiae
threat with nne hand, tock a knife from
some one with the other, stabbed he in the
body and killed her. Tney then teed Stenea
to the three corpeee and threw them ado
tile middle of the elver. This being done,
they opened the bone, which were foUnd to
eontaie e413 And ninety artielee of,famele
0104413g, beeidee other things. Wang Ai.
teu end hilt wile received $SO and hall the
clothe* aud the rest was divided =meg the
other five. EinAlly they nettled the boat
and *auk her, and went; °gin differentedi.
Indians. About o InOlath afterward 0130 01
the gang was at guithen, outside the south
gate of rcoehoo, when he cheeped to meet
rite mao wbo had been prevented by ilineta
Stt ART Di TIAS MEDIUM
The latter demanded a portion et the booty
and the other refused to give him auything.
This led to a quarrel and a fight, in the
ceuree at which, whtle grappling each other,
they fell lute the neater and were both
drowned. Their death' were reported to
the mithoritme, and ao the whole affair was
brought to light. 17-"sg, 4i-44 Anil hie
wife, ea well ati two of their eneerianfeine
wall wetted and teleci.
The *march made for the 'bodies of the
vietime prevacl entirely frnitleu, but among
the plunder discovered wee a banging for a
bed marked with the nein(' of tho lady's
!milliard. Wang Mize, the originator of
the orime, has been condemned to death by
tow twee fet inurderIng three persons of
ono family, end the sentence bite already
been carriedinto effect. The two other reale
prisoners have both been summarily decap-
itated. lire. Wang, on whose cruelty irpe.
dal stress Is laid, was sentenced in like
manner to immediate death, but as she hi
found to be four menthe advanced in preg•
nancy she hal been reapited until her dolly-
ery. Of the remaining criminals two are
already drowned and two more are at large,
for whom active search will be made, More
than half the offenders have been arrested,
the authorities of the locality are not liable
to punishment, and the Maghtratea by
whom the prieonera were captured, teeing
those of di:Arleta in which the crime was
not committed, bave the right to be recom-
mended for rewards.
Couldn't Eat the Soup.
An elderly gentleman in a restaurant, hav-
ing ben served with a plate of soup he had
ordered said to the waiter:
"Look here, I can't eat this soup." •
"All right; I'll get you another plate."
On receiving the pecond plate, the guest
once more remarked:
"It's no use, I can't eat this soup."
Then the waiter went to the proprietor and
said: .
"That old gentleman over there iscomplain-
ing about the soup. Be says be can't eat it."
"You don't know how to wait on people.
I'll attend to him."
The proprietor, went to the kicking guest
and said blandly:
"I understand you say that there is some-
thing the mathr with the soup ?"
"I didn't say anything of the kind."
"You said you couldn't eat it."
"Yes, I said I couldn't eat it."
" Will you tell why you can't eat that
soup 1"
"Certainly. I haven't got any spoon." --
(Texas Siftinge.
,4•4 Domestic Astronomy.
Grandmamma had been explaining to the
little girl how our earth is kep-, from flYieg
off into infinite space by the attraction of
the sun, which is oonetantly trying to draw
the earth towards itself, while the latter
always keeps its distance. "Grandma,"
maid the lithe girl, "1 should think the sun
would get discouraged after e while and let
it go."
Tke Garden as a Reath, Resort.
I have at least three personal acquaint-
ancee, says a writer in "Vick's Magazine,"
who owe much to old Dante Nature for re-
newed youth and new beauty of face and
form gained by work in the garden. One
ifs a woman of ample fortune, who loves her
lawn, with its trees and •vinestand ilowere,
as things of beauty. I doubt if the thought
of health occurs toher, but the diem is pat-
ent to all her friends. Another is a lovely
little woman who has been in ill.health for
years. Thk season, moving to a new home
where riends and acquaintances were eearce,
sheer Loneliness drove her to her garden.
There the needs of the growing things ap.
pealed to her, and day by day her visits were
repeated, until at last all her morning hours
were spent among them, planting. training,
weeding, thinning and digging. The result
is a renewal of healfirand strength unknown
before for years, and new bappiness and
greater contentment. The third is a good
woman whose morrows seemed piled moun-
tains high through the loss by death, within
a few -months, of her husband and child,
and of poverty as well. Trained to no work
as a child. she seemed helpless. But her
little garden demanded attention, and her
very losses compelled her to work with her
hands. Here, too, the soothing balm of
pure air, exercise and occupation worked he
marvels in recovering health, contentment
ane a spirit of self.helpfulnese.
An Interested. Party.
I say, Ma," said a precocious little
fellow, who was kept rocking the cradle on
the etti 11 July, while fire-orackers blazed
and rattled In the street, "11 the Lord has
any more babies to give away, don'b you
take 'em."
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Didn't Like Their Oompanf.
Little Johnny was paying his first visit to
a Friends' church. Ha soon beosene dis-
gusted with the quaint old hats and bonnets,
and the " thees" and " thya" of the preacher,
and was just &boat° leave when the preach-
er exclaimed:
"1 want all those who wish to enjoy the
eternal life of the beautiful home above to
rise to their feet."
The oongregetion rose in a body. but
Johnny remained seated. The preacher
noticed the little sinner and exclaimed
"What, my ion, doesn't thee wish to go' to
Heaven ?" '
" No, eine said Johnny with emphasis:
"001. if this cievniegoes."
One hundred and thirty Arab immigrants
have arrived in New York.
The Sabbath Chime.
Fall of trembling expeetetion.
Beefing much, and fearing more,
Mighty God of my ealvation
I Thy timely aid implore;
Suffering Son of Men, be near me,
All my offerings to sustain;
By thy sorer griefs to cheer 113e,
339 WY more then mortal, pain.
041, to mind that unknown. angaieh,
In Thy days of flesh below ;
When Thy troubled soul did languish
Metier 4 whole world of woo;
When Thou dicist our curse inherit,
Groan beneath our guilty load,
Bulletined with a wounded spirit,
Bruiehl by all the wrath of God.
By Thy most severe temPtatien.
In that dark, santauh hour;
By Thy last, myeterioN Regions
Screen me from the adverse pewer,
By thy feinting in thegerden.
By thy bloody eliveat, I Reeee
Write open my. heart the pardon,
Take my Sens and feats AWAY.
BY the travail of Thy spirit,
By Thine outcry on the tree,
By Thine agonizing merit,
In my pangs remember MO I
By Thy death 1 Thee cOhjure!
A Weak dyiog404 befriend;
Make me patient to emigre.
Make me faithfol to the end.
—0. Wesley
Her )E,E Watt imglexpeeienee,
ttfa," mid A little ten-yearold gir
comb* home fiCOM achool on Seturdity end
veneering how oho eould atom% it till eup.
per with her sixteenth emitury appetite
craving the nineteenth century repeat of
perk aed beans, "tie, I don't think 1 ought
to go to mob o teacher ea MiesCeiMMela,
wealth Avenue."
" Why not, my deer 'I"
4' 'Well. I don't think ahe has the interests
of our sex at honk"
"Why Matilda, What. Pail rig r_Lleallr
Wo1.1:rvo heard yen mad eater rrithilla
talk over the wrongs of our eon so much
Ow I know them ati thoroughly. MI 4 Rhea.
master knows Greek, and she 44 W4 say
at seined Teem, right in the swim with
these who aid in the contamination of yoeng
thine like nete"
" lifietiltle, will you atop generalizing and
tell tee preeleely whet you mean—whet
vent** chargee you bring nailed her!'
"Certainly, me, Well. you Um that
permit of the oppoelto *ex Are Wexler to
mire Mretillerilent and morals, If uot in in -
tolled."
"In everythiug, my dear. Do not yaJd
anything to the aggressive SPX that has gain.
ed the supremacy through mere hxuto
forme"
"Alt right, me. remember."
"Bet what did Miee Commonwealth
Avenue do?"
"TIM ITIOS1 brutal, the most terrible thing
that could be don* She phiceil me in inmen
dist° mid direet contact With is boy,iind
had boy at that"
They are ell bedony deer. But whae
0140 did the do ?"
411 Well, you know that Belton *Wet boy,
young Ilumzewell 1"
1:11Ili Mile out tiatit took the prize for
imeinng
"Yee. Well, heti always full of mbioldef,
end the teacher *Aye he will come to some
bad end. To•day she said he wee not quite
Ltd enough to whip, so she would mike
him
alt with the girlie It was eimply
Wing to A girl who le alwaya as nice and
ladylike be I am to have It tunteldered a pun -
hutment to be reed° to eib betide him. It
waa terrible ! But the worat part of it WM
to ;expose me to °entracte:3g some of hia
wickednese ! I never even touched a boy
before, and to have him silt down zeal hard
by me was awful. Ilia hand touched mine
somehow, and it bas itched over eine*
think I will go and find the dog and let him
lick it. .But I am so grieved that a young
lady who belongs to the advanced order of
female intelhgenee should beedlesely expose
a member of her sex to such contamination.
Are the beans meet ready ?"
The ravour Ho Wanted.
Jenkinson Wipedunka would not have ex-
changed situations with the President of the
'United States, the Prince of Wales or the
drum -major of a brass band.
Felisty McGinnis had answered t• yes" in
a Voice as sofb and gentle as the sigh of
mush in a dreamless sleep or the murmur-
ing wail of a caressing breeze from lethean
waters soothingly fanning the whiskers of
Father Time.
" Felisty," he exclaimed rapturously, as
hie left hand and arm disappeared from
sight with a rapid yet sneaking motion to-
ward the back of the sofa, on which they sat,
and the fingers of his right hand appeared
to be feeling for something in his vest pocket,
"you have made me the happiest man in
the world."
The timid upturned glance of her liquid
dark eyes and the warm blush that over-
spread the happy face of the lovely girl re-
plied more eloquently than words could
have done.
And you will forgive my presumption,
darling," he continued, "11 in antimpetion
of your answere I have ventured to provide
myself with—with a—with a—"
Jenkinson paused in some apparent excite-
ment, and his finger and thumb nervously
explored hie vest: pocket without seemin' g to
find anything.
" must have lost it 1" he gasped.
"Felisty, it was a ring 1 Ha 1 Perham: it is
in some other pocket.
Rising to his feet he thrust a trembling
hand into his trousers pocket.
There was a hole in that pocket.
"Jenkinson," Feliety, a3 she noted with
concern hie gutty face, on which the light
of a desperate resolve was breaking, "dont
grieve over it. It willl turn up. Yon are
excited. la there anything I can do to.—"
".Yes, exclaimed Jenkinson in a hollow
voice " Felisty, I think I know where
that ring is. If you would do me a favor
I shall never forget until the last hour of
my life, get me a bootlaole and leave me to
myaelf for a few moments."--
Lessons of the Snow.
Thie is an age of doubt, almost of deg -
pair. And yet, while many of ne are troakil-
ing ourselves ieboot 'question, tot great to be'
answered here and now, the assarance come.*
strong epon us thee. at ter alt this is G eita world
and we are God's children, and all thing*
at re rewf o°rTfnoffr tt eg 6gt terry foofr tolluev dgivo lout' tilt
midden. bueat suusbeee is often all tint
idqouTteecleanddt°811stQhtornal wihighurest7tdaohdr9pleieneg.
Ozie of those beaetifut enew-etorms,ji
which .01d ,end yoong delight can help-
rortiti)41dleirol'settlijeforthneo omtirerlilwngorcl9twou°1de
more than half de:scribe the beauty of
that Beene that meets our walking vision
none rilerningp when all our little world
at leaet is wrapped in a robe of ellenk
whiteness. Wean the leo &tiniest sold
ththr gettrande nnewrarfalliani4'il*"ebeengfrahe on
Olivet or en the loftier !Weeps of Lebanem
comes uoliticlen to the lips: Fiveth
snow like wool; eeattereth the boar -
frosts like ashes," Tile tratla is, that these
Hebeeve Trete bad a very happy way of see-
ing God in all ttinge, .and *hat we often.
very tnee6nitely deem le as nature they
regarded as bee the chosen methocle of the
divtue procedure. They fel5 What a :meet
singer et our erne ago luta grandly said
/1244 6.13dreeatbtgrfeer ed-eseelig'bt:
Ita slow by ctsy, itasoikle be tight.
ere
but niteetiees caught fr6m Thee;
Wh4,gaeur no4entegarotoTbryan400bIziiegSbshin4a.g.lunc;
The megeideezie enowItoree thee came to
no Cel the wings et March impreeeed upon ue
the truth Viet all suason, have their OWR
apeolal beenty. There ie one glory of, the
eau awl another glory of tho upon end an-
other of the ;Aare, and ono star differetle
from another mar hi glory. Se it te ever
eud alwaye—in the reeurreetion of the deed*
and In the life thee IMW is • in the world
Above no, pd iet the world 'Abeoll our feet.
All Seastinii haVe their hoeuty—the fair, feint;
Relate of *pries, the blaze of euromer, the
eplendoeit el the golden autumn, and the
frosty light eald ertowy fieltie of winter. As
Solomea eeld 20 long 00,. "-He hath made.
evezytbleg beeetiful le Ina time;', loud he
mlin 11*
owgnespecial.ht'bvla"bea4editty7UEvAuee
eqttumlalcyll
thoueend times to BOO the Voile of leiagara,
and every tittle be dumb In the preemie e
e lite mimed spieudore -.but whetner Mk,
gun la more inagnificenet the winter or that
eneareer he will tind it very difficult to eel/.
But comieg back to our allOW.iitorrila* What;
o rilealiage Of leopards/1 gentle grace thee
greed veil= had te tell, it fell everywhere*
and like the God who sent It, knew no differ -
=Ca and made no fliatinatiOn. itt covered
the deb mares house with eon Jelling beauty,
And did not forget the pooe menet cottage*
for hie very heen looked like o been belle of
oryatele, and the rude wood•pile !Koine A
mountain of trausperent whiteneen Every
tree weved whip of *moth** purity, aud the
evergreen pleas bent their green boughs be -
neigh a burden of crystal treaeuree. The
lovay oe well oo thy atittely wore robe* of
idol aloes purl ty.
The now began in the gleaiele,
elni betel all the eight,
Heaped the highway and the furrow
With a silence der.p and white.
Breve pine and fir and !unlink
Wore ermine too dear far an esti;
And iha poereat twig on the ena Wee
Wai rigid ineheleep with peen.
1 Bat these norm -donne ere full of mercy
I and full of promise'. They coin* to serve a
ministry of tender care. They will drop
their gentle dews to the very hearts of the
Rowena that haVe tkenn sieepleg all the
winter long, Beneath this white robe the
genial brsoin of the earth will aeon expand
and the hills and valleys and fields will, soon
be rich with flowers. And those storms aro,
full of promise, They aro the heralds of
the nearing spring. Some night soon eso•
shall feel the mouth -wind blowing gently on
our lathe, and with the morning the birds
we have mined so long will break fete
chorus, and lo ! the epring will be about
onr feet. And in all ;hie we may read a.
parable, The winter of the ages is coining
to an end. The everlasting epilog draws on.
apse°, Nob far away the river of the
water of life h flowing, and all along its
banks the trees of life are waving the fruits
of everlasting peace.—(Henry WerdBeecher.
• Not So Ignorant. •
"Hi there 1 Can't 300 see that sign,
"No fishing on these ground:: ?" Colored
Fishermen—" Co'se I kin see de mtge. I's
oullud, boo, but I ain't so ignorant as to i
fish on no groun'S ; I'm fishing n de oriole 1"
*Changed Times.
Old Mistress—" Kate, what was that
noise last night at the front door ?"
Young Maid—"The cats, mum."
Mistress—"Cats 1 Now when I was
young, oats did not wear stove-pipehats and
smoke oigaris."
Maid" (unabashed)-- "No, mum, times
have changed."
The detective who tried to arrest a phone.
graph for uttering counterfeit notes rather
exceeded his authority.
He Led up to It,
It woo seven long years since Jonas Ranh
had begun to "keep company "with Mime
Hannah Bell, and yet, in all that time, he
had nob mustere& courage to propose a cer-
tain important question. His house wag.
lonely and waiting ; hers was lonely enough
th be vacated, and still Jonas could not
bring himself to speak the decisive words.
Many a time he had walked up to her door
with the courage of a lion, only to find him-
self a very mouse when eke appeared.
He had never failed in dzopping in ta
cheer her loneliness on Christmas evening.
and this year he premented himself as natal.
The hearth wasewept, the fire burned bright-
ly, and Miss Hannah was adorned with
smiles and a red bow.
Conversation went serenely on for an hour -
or so, and then, when they both sat paring
red.oheeked apples' with great contentment,.
Jonas began th callupon his recollections.
"Ibis a good many years, ain't it, Hannah,
since you and I first sob here together ?"
"Yee, a good many."
"1 wonder if I shall he setthe here this
time another year?'
"Maybe Faha'n't be at home. Perhaps I
e hail go out to spend the evening myself,"
said Miss Hannah, briskly.
This was a blow, indeed, and Jonas felt it.
"Where ?" he gasped.
"Oh, I don't know," she returned, begin-
ning to quarter her apple. " I might be
out to tea—over to your house, for izt-
stance."
"But there wouldn't be anybody over
there to get supper for you."
"Maybe I could get it myself." .
"So you could 1 so you could 1" cried Jon-
as, his eyes beginning to sparkle. "But
there wouldn't oe anybody to cook the pies
and cakes beforehand.'
"Maybe I could cook 'em."
At that moment Jonas' plate fell between
his knees to the hearth and broke in two,
but neither of them noticed it.
"Hannah," cried he, with the pent-up
emphaBis of seven long years, "could vow
bring yourself to think of gettin' married ?"
A slow smile carved her lips surely she
had been given abundant time for consider-
ation.
"Maybe I could," she returned, demurely,
and Jonas has admired himself to this day
for leading up to the subject so cleverly.
After Mr. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, had
spoken the other day for a long time, he
made the remark: "Mr. Speaker, my time
has almost expired." "So have we," came
down in solemn and sincere voice from the
press gallery, which caused the Congressmen
In the front row, including Mr. Thompson,
General Spinola and so on, to double up
with merriment:
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