HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-8-4, Page 3A Gentleman.
I knew bim for a gentleman
BY allIns that never fail ;
His coat was rough and rather worn,
His cheeks were thin and pale—
.lad who had his way to make,
With little time for play—
know him for a gentleman
By certain signs to day.
He met his mother on the street;
°flown° WS little cap.
Iffy_door was shut; he waited there
Until I beard his rap.
He took the bundle from my hand.
And when I dropped my pen
Ho sprang to pick it up for me,
This gentleman of ten.
He does not push and crowd along;
His voice is gently piteitedi
He does not ding his books about
As if he were bewitolied.
He stands aside to let you pass;
IL, always shuts the door;
He runs on errands willingly
To forge and mill and store.
He thinks of you before himself
He serves you if he can;
For in whatever company
The manners make the man.
At ten or forty the same,
The manner tells the tele;
And I discern the gentleman
By signs that never fail,
" A King's Daughter."
She is a prettypieture,
She is gracetulas a fawn,
She is radiant as the sunbeams.
That kiss the lips or dawn,tal
She is fairer than the flowers
That dream by tropic seas,
She is purer than the zephyrs
That woo the orange trees.
She is winsome as a fairy,
She has gentle, kindly ways,
And pure lips ever ready
To speak another's praise.
She "has higher aims than fashion.?
She is noble, kind and true,
She believes in helping others
And the good that she can do.
.She is thoughtful to her mother,
She's a blessing from above,
Oh. her life's a gentle sermon, 0
Full of hope and joy and love.
She is cheerful as the sunshine,
She is kind to everything •,
She's a lovely earthly angel
She's "A Daughter of the Ring."
The Spellbigeillateh.
Ten little children standing in a line,
"Ir -u -l -y, fully'," then there were nine.
Nine puzzle,d faces fearful of their fate,
"C -i±1 -y, silly," then there were eight.
Eigh pairs of blue eyes bright es stars of heaven
"B -u -s -s -y, busy," then there were seven.
Seven grave heads shaking in an awful ilx,
"14 -a -e -d -y, lady," then there were six.
Six eager darlings determined each to strive,
•‘•D-u-te-e, duty," then there were five.
Hive hearts, so anxious, beating more audition;
" $-celro-1-1-a-r, scholar," then there were four.
'Four mouths like rosebuds on a red rose tree.
" M -e -e -r -y, merry," then there were three.
Three pairs of pink oars listening keen and true,
" On -l -e -y, only," then there were two.
Two sturdy ladies ready both to run,
T -u -r -k -y, turkey,' then there was one.
12ne head of yellow hair bright in the sun,
'11 -e -re, hero, ' the spelling -match was won.
On the Reverse Dieter.
I know a young pair who are wedded and
poor—
Tor it sometimes happens that way—
Who wrestle each day with the wolf at the
door—
Forit sometimes happens that way.
Now, if this were a novel, we'd find them all
right,
And living on love and a sup and a bite,
But I'm sure that they quarrel, and. I've heard
that they fight—
Well, it sometimes happens that way.
There once was a man 'with a mother-in-law—
For it sometimes happens that way-
-Whom he daily subdued with a vigorous jaw—
For it sometimes happens that way.
Though we all know she should have been sav-
age and grim,
,Anda gigantic terror, who tyrannized hine.
Yet she really was docile and lacking in vim—
For it sometimes happens that way.
There once was a man who went to a "show,"
For it sometimes happens that way—
Timugh he was beld-headod, he took she back
TOW—
For it sometimes happens that way.
And he didn't sneak home in the fear of his
life—
Nor, when asked where he'd been, tell lies to
his wife ;
In'his actions she saw no occasion for strife—
For it sometimes happens that way.
Told ity the Dude.
She's the sweetest summali girl, I
Should fawncy, as they go ;
But she's woolly dwedful, Cholly,
Weeny dwedfur don't you know.
She said the lake was glowious ; I
Said Was dwedful wet;
And she asked me if my MOMISM,
Could spare her precious pet.
And, aw, fatbaeve she awsked inc
In awccents sweet and low,
If a poodle evah chased me, aw,
Cholly don't you know.
Befoah I could we ply, you know,
She sweetly said, " is that
About the pwecise measali of youah,
Lawgest size of hat?'
She wally meant my cane bead;
She does SUpWiFie Me SO ;
She is weeny dwedful, Cholly„
Weally dwedful, don't you know.
" When I ann
When 1 tun big I mean to buy
A dozen platters of pumpkin pie,
A barrel of nuts to have em handy
And fifty pounds of sugar candy.
When I ara big I mean to wear
A long -tail coat, and crop my hair,
I'll buy a paper and read the news,
And sit up late whenever I choose.
'Innadies in the southern fleas.
An experimental voyage, which, though
its main object is commercial, is not with-
out interest of a more general kind, says
41 Science," is about to be undertaken by
Captain *ray, of Peterhead, the well-known
Arabia whaler. Captain Gray is of opinion
that the value of the Antarctic Seas as a
whaling -ground has never been properly
tested, and he has, according to the Pro-
ceedings of the Royal Geographical Society,
emended in raising the capital necessary
for prosecuting an experirnetatal voyage with
&couple of ousels) of some 400 or 500 tons
register, propelled by auxiliary engines of
seventy or eighty horse -power nominal. A
otatement issued by Captain Gray and his
brother contains numeroug extracts from
the literature on the Antarctic regions, as
evidence that there is a reasonable prospect
of developing a Dew and important fishing
industry m the Southern Sees.
Felitcrit tonal Notes.
Travers—How long ss came does your
eon take at college ?
Dobson—That's just the epiestion lashed.
'He wrote back that it wonld be " tWo miles
with a turn."
Wageodavery doesn t Mein to he such an
anniisted well on the afternoon of pay-day
Lady Colin Campbell is not wily at expert
fencer, but knows how to kill a 'salmon or
land a trout as Well an city fisherman on a
Scotch river.
The New York Tribune insiate apma the
'pronunciatiort of "gerrymander" with a
hard "'g.?' Historically, the Tiditune is
eertaiely correct, for, as it , tete forth, the
tt,srm is derived from the nein° of Govereor
Ethridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, Who' is
supposed to have had sotriething to do with
the first of the long melee ot. %tablet appor-
nimunents..
THE WIDOW PUJOL.
A Story "Wherein Love, like and Matrimony
Are OOMMingled.
ALBERT PU.701, had no fortune,
only expectations, personi0ed in
a very rich and very stingy uncle,
an old Admiral, who had never
done anything for his nephew ex-
cept to procure for him a third -
chase diplomatic post in Cochin
China. Efe there lived with his
mother and his wife, for the unfortunate
man was married. For two years the three
exiles led a hard life. From January 1st
to December 31st they were unable to :deep
on account of the heat and the mosquitoes ;
they lost their appetites and they ruined
their purses by the purchase of artificial ice.
One day they learned that the Admiral
had cliecl, leaving Pujol all his fortune and
his chateau of Saint Landry, one of the
most elegant in Touraine. It is needless
to say that the three /sailed from France by
the first steamship that called at Saigon.
The vessel was crowded. A cabin was
found, however, for the two ladies; as for
the new millionaire, he was gh.,d to share
a stateroom with a young gentlemen who
came from the neighborhood of Saint
Landry. The traveller was named George
Seineport, and he had just made a pleasure
trip around the world.
The voyage began badly. Pujol's wife,
Antoinette,was taken ill, and the ship's
doctor advised her not to quit her berth
during the passage. The almost constant
attendance of her hueband, the devoted
care of her mother-nalaw and occasional
visits from Seineport, who was an agree-
able companion, rendered her sequestered
existence bearable.
During the short stay of the steamer at
Aden Pujol and his new friend George
went on shore and dined with the French
Consul. They returned about 11 o'clock
and the vessel, having finished coaling, con-
tinued on her voyage. ,
The next morning Seineport, who occu-
pied the lower berth, prepared to get up,
and in the movement he made his cheek
grazed Pujol's hand, whit% hung clown from
the upper berth. The hand was icy cold.
Seineport was startled and called out to the
sleeper. He got no reply, for poor Pujol
had died during the night from heart
disease.
The captain and the doctor were at once
notified.
" What are we going to do ?" asked
George, anxiously,
" We ba.ve no choice," replied the
captain. "Everything must be over by
the time the passengers begin to come on
deck."
"How so?" said the young traveller,
who did not quite catch the captain'a
meaning.
" We have a terrible responsibility,"
explained the doctor. "We are now enter-
ing the Red Sea, which is pre-eminently
the country of cholera; we shall soon have
to endure 112 degrees of heat; there are
sick persons on board. Under these condi-
tions to keep a corpse an instant longer
than is absolutely necessary would be
criminally imprudent. Besides, it's the
rule."
" Ah ! T understand. Poor Pujol? But
how shall we notify the unfortunate wife
and mother ? "
"We must keep the news secret until all
is finished. It would kill the young widow
in her present feeble state to be present at
the preparations for the burial. Ab, if she
could learn of her misfortune only on land-
ing in France I"
Seineport protested against this plan,
but the captain and doctor convinced him.
An hour later Pujol reposed at the bottom
of the sea with 200 pounds of lead about his
feet. The sad ceremoey had been accom-
plished with such secrecy that scarcely any
passenger on board suspected the drama
that had just taken place.
Pale, but affecting a smiling air, Seine -
port went to see Antoinette and related
that his companion had missed the
steamer. The captain declared that, see-
ing one of the two friends on board, he
thought the other had also returned. He
made all sorts of excuses for his thought
lessness. Besides, he added, Pujol would
simply have to pass a week with the Consul
at Aden and would return to France by the
following mail steamer. The two women
were in great distress, but were obliged to
make the best of it.
" We shall have a telegram at Suez, or
Port Said or at Naples," said Antoinette to
console herself.
But in neither of these ports, nor at Mar-
seilles, did they find the expected despatch.
From hour to hour Seineport became more
anxious. When he found himself upon the
quay at Marseilles with two sick ladies on
his hands and the mortuary certificate of
his friend in his pocket he cudgelled his
brains to think how be should make known
the frightful truth to them.
He decided that he must, first of all,
send the two yeomen to Saint Landry, He
made all the arrangements for their jour-
ney with touching solicitude and quitted
them only at the departure ofthe train.
"1 shall remain at :Versailles," he said,
" and look out for Pujol. Have no anxiety
about him. Leave everything to me. To-
morrow, or the day after, at the latest, I
shall certainly be able to telegraph you
something." And, in fact, the second day
afterwards Seineport telegraphed to the two
ladies at Saint Landry;
"Pujol leaves Aden on the Oxus."
Later he sent a second despatch:
"Pujol landed at Naples on account of
illness.',
The following day the unhappy Seineport
started for Saint Landry. When the mother
and the widow saw hira arrive thus unex-
pectedly, with a serious face, they guessed
the sad news he brought.
Tears, sobs, nervous cries and fainting
fits followed in rapid succession. Seineport
wished to leave the ladies alone in their
sorrow, but, at the first word he said Pujol's
mother clung to him.
"Do not abandon us," she said ; " you
were his friend and are now ours. Alas !
a cruel duty romaine to be fulfilled. The
body of my unfortunate son must be re-
stored to us..)
Poor George has not thought of this.
Bring back Pujol's body to Saint Landry 1
It would have been easier to revive him.
He made objections, showed the difficulty
of the enterprite and pretended that the
Campo Santo at Naples was the finest ceme-
tery in the world. None of his arguments
prevailed. Partly through kindness of
heart and partly to obey the fatal chain
of circumstances 'Arch henceforward
weighed upon him. Seineport was
obliged himself to go to Naples and look up
a body that he had seen with his own eyes
thrown into the Red Sea. At the end of a
week, however, he returned to Saint
Landry, escorting a coffin that no one,
happily, thought of opening. They would
have found in it the body of a bandit who
died at the hospital a few days before.
Joacehino mese Lev° 'been slightly as-
sonished at travelling for three days under
black Velvet., embroidered with silver, being
watered With tears by two excellent ladled,
hearing his virtues preised by a high
ecclesiastical dignitary, seeing defile before
his remains the clergy, the inhabitants of
theneighboring chateau x and the peasants of
the surrounding commune,
An for Streepoets after having been
troubled by many scruples, he eitimed his
conscience by the thought that all this die,
play, resulting from a first deception that
was almost unavoidable, did net,. in fact,
harm anybody.Was it not e pretnous coin
solation for his widow and mother to have a
coffin to cover with flowers and bathe in
tears? In foot, the will and testament of
the real Pujol, found in his trunk, left all
the property td the beautiful Antoinette.
So George concluded that he had acted
for the best ; besidemore tender
thoughts took a larger place in his heart
each day. Mme. Pujol was one of those
blondes whom pink renders delicious
but black makes irresistible, and tears
embellished instead of disfiguring her.
To be brief, Seineport fell madly in love
with her. He was the friend of the
family, and the mother and daughter-
in-law owed him gratitude and ehowecl their
sense of obligation, He breakfasted and
dined with them often. But these meals
were mournful repasts, taken upon a table
with four places, one of which remained
vacant opposite the window. The "dear
absent" was represented by his hoto-
graph. •
Pujol-Joacchino reposed in the middle of
Saint Landry Park, in a picturesque site.
Seineport had been charged to superintend
the building of the mausoleum. He
acquitted himself of this new task as in-
telligently as he did of the others, con-
sulting the architect, selecting the plans,
composiug the inscriptions and looking
after the masons and sculptors. All this
labor secured for him a good many break-
fasts opposite the photograph of the de-
parted Pujol.
The monument was inaugurated with
great ceremony. It contained a place for
the inconsolable widow of the first occu-
pant. Seineport completed his work by
surrounding the mausoleum with a lot of
chestnut trees, which are known to grow
quiohly. He had no longer anything to do
at Saint Landry,and yet he continued to
make frequent visits there. At the end of
the delay, wisely fixed by public opinion,
the entire neighborhood was stupefied to
hear the great news :
"Seineport is going to marry Pujol's
widow 1"
By a delicate observance of the proprie-
ties, the two were married at Paris. Then
they travelled in Switzerland. Pujol's
mother remained at Saint Landry, 'where
each day, from the depths of the tomb, the
Neapolitan bandit had his ears filled with
bitter complaints upon the inconstancy of
widows.
After a delightful honeymoon the bridal
couple remembered one day that they were
the owners of a very comfortable habitation
in Touraine.
Had they been more timid or loss in love
the mother-in-law in partibus on one side
and the mortuary chapel on the other might
have spoiled thew St. Landry. But young
Mme. Seineport had akeady had time to
acquire new habits, and particularly that
of thinking much less of the dead than of
the living. So they returned home, well
satisfied to continue their courtship else-
where than in hotels, and if anything less-
ened their satisfaction it was not the disap-
pearance of the elder Mme. Pujol, who had
started the daybefore to pass a month with
i
some relatives n Brittany.
So everything seemed to be for the best.
But suddenly Seineport noticed that his
wife seemed ready to faint with terror.
She kept her eyes turned towards the
window looking out on the park, and, in
spite of all her husband was able to say or
do the beautiful Antoinette looked straight
ahead, as if she knew there was some male-
factor behind the silk curtains.
" Oh I George," she said, "he is there.
I assure you I have seen him ! We have
made a mistake to return to this house, at
only a few steps from his tomb! We seem
to be defying his phantom!'
"We don't defy him," protested George,
gently. "On the contrary, we respect and
bless his memory."
The ex -Mme. Pujol grew so excited that
Seineport saw that he must either leave
Saint Landry at once or tell the story about
Joacehino. Of the two solutions the latter
was the one that cost him the least. He at
once related the whole history, and pro-
duced, as proof of his statement, the report
made by the captain of the steamer an hour
after the burial of the unfortunate Pujol.
This dismal recital made the young wife
tremble at first, but she amen showed her-
self very much relieved atlearning that her
first husband, who she thought was a
hundred yards from her, slept his last sleep
more than a thousand leagues away.
After this explanation their days were
no longer troubled, except by Mme. Pujol
when she returned to Saint Landry, but
calm was soon established, for the good lady
died the following year. The last words
which she uttered upon this earth were
evidently intended to be disagreeable.
"1 wish," she said, to repose by.the side
of my son. Mrne. Seineport, I imagine,
does not care for the place reserved for
her."
Her last wish was respected, and of all
Joaechino's astonishment, that of having his
new neighbor was not the least.
The chestnut trees have grown, and you
could make the tour of the park twenty
times without suspecting the existence of
the tomb where a Neapolitan bandit and a
French lady await the last judgment
together.—Translated from the French of
Jules Lermina for the Argonaut.
WORICE OE mow.
Care ComesIn With Good Fortune—A. Case
lis litustratieu.
He was worried. She was worried. Their
eons and daughters all worried every day
of their liveo, although they were rich and
pesaeseed good health, which they did not
know hew to enjoy. They lived in a hand-
some home, on handsome grounds, upon the
farthest corner of which was a neat cottage.
In the cottage a servant of the house lived
with his family.
The °weer of this whole place often
strolled past the cottage and, sometimes
stopped to note the leak of peace and con-
tentment the place wore.
Sometime he heard a woman's voice Hing-
ing about the house, often a man whistled a
merry tune within. One day he inquired :
"John, how ie it that you and your wife
are always so happy? I hear you singing,
or talking, or laughing as if you enjoyed
life."
"That we doe:sir " answered John. "My
wife is strong anti:hearty and so am 1, and
we make enough to live on comfortably, as
you know sir, and we're at peace with our-
selves and all the world. Time enough to
fret, gay I, when trouble comes."
The owner of the place thought about
John's contentment, and one day he mid to
his wife;
"John has been a faithful man, and I
have decided to make him a present. I will
give him $500."
The wife took no interest in the matter
one way or the other, so the master had his
way and gave John the money, to the great
surprise of the man, who seemed hardly able
to comprehend his good fortune.
Soon the generous donor noticed that
there was no more singing or whistling in
John's cottage. The couple went about
with a distracted air, and it was as if some
great trouble had faUen upon them. This
time John was asked why he never sang or
whistled any more.
"It's the money, air," said John in a
whisper, looking behind him in a fearsothe
manner; "we have it in the house, for we
have no faith in any bank, and whiles I sit
up with it, and whiles my wife do,and we
daren't leave the house alone a minute, an'
oh, air, we're varry meeserable, and would
ye be mindin' if we gave the money back to
yourself, sir, Beebe' we've no use for it, and
it is such a care."
The znaster took it back, and John
whistled and Mary sung, as they had done
before, and the application of the story, so
wise and yet so simple, did not fail to work
for good.—Detroit Free Press.
An Infallible Cure for Lowness of Spirits
Take one ounce of spirits of resolution, an
equal proportion of the oil of good
conscience, infuse into these a tablespoonful
of the salts of patience, and add thereto a
few sprigs of other's woes, which grow ex-
tensively in the garden of life. Gather also
a handful of the blossoms of hope ; sweeten
these with the balm of providence, and, if
possible procure a few drops of genuine
friendship, but be careful of counterfeits in
the ingredients of self-interest, which grow
spontaneously; the least admixture of it
with the above would spoil the composition.
Reduce the whole to an electuary by a
proper proportion of content, flavor with
the essence of good judgment and regulate
the quantity accordingto the virulence of
the disease. Having tried the above recipe,
yeekhow it to be an infallible cure.
A Fifty Tears' Engagement.
Cards are out for the marriage of our
townswoman, Mehitabel Holmes, to Israel
Goodman, hays the Winded, Conn, Herald.
Mehitabel is 69 and Israel 75, and they will
'untie been engaged just fifty years on June
tOth, their wedding day. Mehitabers
mother had always objected to Israel as a
d' shiftless lad," and Mehitabel, being a
dutiful daughter, has gone on being a sister
to lune all this half -century. Last month
Old Mrs. Holmes died, and as Mehitehel's
other relatives had no deep -Seated objection
to Israel who had amassed quite a fortune
in the lumber business the while he loved
and waited, his sweetheart said the Word
that is to Make him a happy matt. They
have the best wishes of the entire commun-
ity for a long and happy married life.
People Who think that the young doctor
eliergerf enormous fee e forget the andel
weight of responsibility that every young
debtor palpably earriee around with him for
couple of years after he mate oet of the
medical school,
An Ideal Kitchen.
Some day it will be regarded as cruelty
to women to build kitchens out of wood. A
large part of the drudgery of domestic
work comes from wood and its care, says
the New York Evening Sun. The scrubbing
of floors and the cleaning of paint have
come somehow to be regarded as belonging
to the practice of the virtues such as lo, g
suffering and forgiveness. ;deny a devoted
woman has got up from her knees and re-
garded her shining floor with the same in -
word peace and comfort with which she
arises from her devotions. But her back
grows bowed and her hands get rough. In
city kitchens the wooden stationary tubs
and sinks soon decay and are constant
sources of unsightliness. But the most
grievous complaint against the city kitchen
is its wooden wainscotting, in whose ribs
the familiar and populous croton bug makes
its home. From the croton bug the price of
liberty is eternal vigilance. In new houses
of the better sort the floora are of mosaic or
tiles, the 'walk are of enamelled brick or
tiles, the tubs and sinks are of porcelain or
enamelled iron. The rats cannot gnaw
through and the croton bug finds his feet
uncomfortable on the cold stones. When
the day's work is over the hose is turned
on, and the next morning the cook
comes down to a kitchen spotless
and shining as no weekly house-
cleaning rite could ever accomplish.
Aside from their cleanliness, the use of
faience and glass tiles makes the kitchen
one of the prettiest rooms in the house. A
tiny kitchen in an apartment house fitted
up by a resident was pretty enough for an
enchanted princess. To give it light it was
lined and ceiled with lustrous white enamel
tiles. It cost nothing more to add the pretty
colored frieze. The floor was of brown tiles.
The sinks of white porcelain and the dresser
of iron and glass, the cooking utensils of
copper. A cook installed in such a kitchen
has plenty of time to read novels, sew and
visit her cousin. Accordingly she finds her
situation worth keeping.
Restoring the Drowned.
Prof. Laborde's simple method of restoring
life in persons apparently drowned has been
recently tried in France with signal moms&
The other day at a watering place in Nor-
mandy two bathers a young man and a
boy, who were unable to swim, went out of
their depth and disappeared. They were
brought on shore inanimate, and were taken
to the village. Two doctor s were sent for,
but the young man gave no sign of life, and
they declared he was dead. M. Laborde,
who was fishing at half -an -hour's distance,
came up as soon as he heard of the accident
He exammed the body, and found that the
extremities were cold and the heart had
stopped. Then -taking hold of the root of
the tongue he drew it violently forward,
giving it a succession of jerks in order to
excite the reflex adtion of the breathing
apparatus, which is always extremely sen-
sitive. At the end of a few minutes a slight
hiccough showed that the paaient was saved.
In addition to the usual restorative means,
Prof. Laborde, in extreme cases, rubs the
chest with towels soaked in hot and nearly
boiling water, although the skin is blistered
by this.
she Handles Lots of Coin.
Miss Calhoun,one of the most expert
i
money handlers inthe Treasury Department
at Washington, has the remarkable record
of counting 85,4100 coins in a single day,
each coin passing through her hands, and so
delicate has her sense of touch become that
should there be a counterfeit coin in the lot
she would detect it even when counting at
this tremendous rate. She spreadsthe coins
upon a large glass -top desk and draws them
off with the tips of her fingers, one, two,
three or four at a time, as she pleases, for
her four fingers are equally educated in the
work. Her eyes have nothing to do in the
detection of false coins. Her fingers do it
all. They have become so very familiar
with the exact weight of a true coin'the
feeling of it and the amount of resistance
upon the glass desk that a piece of spurious
gold, silver, nickel or copper money at-
tracts her attention instantly.
APIVCATIONS)THOROUGHLY, REMOVES
DANDRUFF.
Tupper --While I was fishing the other
day I saw two fish come up and bite ab iffy
hook at the same time. ilegway—That's
nothing. I came home from the club the
ether night in two cabs.
There are 19,550 men and more than 4,500
wotnen engaged in the retail liquor business'
in Chicago.
At tev
y pl eemwteist lilt, Machine which will print
onh
blank book of any thick,
nese is one of the latest inventions.
Photographers any that the facial Wrenn
Urbino Of huehand end Wife ia dieser than
that et brother and isietari.
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A PAPOOSE OCRIAL.
The Wild Lullaby of a Mother over Fier
Little Dead Roby.
One who roamed the Nortwestern terri-
tory years ago relates the following pathetic
etory, bays the Helena Journal, of theburial
of a papoose near Seattle, which he hap-
pened upon by hearing the mother's lament;
" Creeping nearer," he said, "1 saw two
squaws in the door of the tepee, cowering
over the embers of a dying fire. .Both were
waiting, keeping the wake for the dead,
and one held clasped to her breast a little
etiffly-bound bundle. Starting in a low,
gurgling sound, their wail rose louder and
louder on the still night air, until at last it
culminated in a prolonged shriek. It came
and went and came and went again, that
lament for the dead over the little body
incased in its stiff wrappings that had been
all the world to her.
"To -morrow would see it pass from her
eight forever—to-night it was cradled in her
arms. After a little the passionate lamen-
tations subsided, and by and by the mother
began to croon to herself a lullaby, used
by the women of the Flatheads for hun-
dreds of years. Roughly translated, it runs
thus :
Swing, swing, little one, lullaby,
Thou rt notalone to weep, •
Mother cares for you—she is nigh,
Sleep, my little one, sleep.
Gently, gently, wee one swing;
Gently, gently, while I sing,
E -we wa, wa, lullaby.
"In all my life I have never heard any-
thing so heartrending. Silently I stole
away and left the mother rockiug her dead
baby 111 her arms.
"Next morning when I resumed my jour-
ney I came across the two squaws who
were arranging the grave for the deadbody.
Bending over the tightly swathed bundle,
they kissed it again and again, then, sob-
bing, threw in clods of earth, until the
grave was filled ; then leaving meat and
berries for the child's nourishment, they
kissed the ground and slowly turned their
steps toward the darkened tepee, never
again to hear the patter of the little restless
feet, the baby voice, or feel the clasp of the
tiny hand. The baby tongue was stilled
forever, and in that Indian mother's heart
was an unutterable longing, a grief that
could rower be healed.
"The Indiaini always bury witb their
children the little playthings they have
loved in life. Among the Flatheads espe-
cially, the toys and small belongings of the
children are sure to be placed under the
little tent which is placed over each dead
body."
A Visit to the Pioneer Fish Ponds.
As there has of late been considerable
talk, eencerning artificial fish ponds, Mr.
E. F. Snyder, of Caistor, determined to
visit Mr. Joseph Gamer's ponds in Fenwiok,
Pelham and verify the truthfulness of the
general talk. He accordingly made his visit
on July 19th. Passing through Dilator,
Gainsbore and Pelham, the fields showed
fair signs of an over -average crop, aud the
farmers of that district seem to bear their
burdens with a lighter heart than has been
their custom for a few years back. The
crops of the sandy land of Pelham ,are
rather superior to those of the other two
townships. Mr. Snyder was sorry to find
his old friend, Mr. Garner, ex -Warden of
Pelham, and a good old Reformer, suffering
from an illnese, but his sickness did not
check the hospitality of his genial spirit.
Mr. Garner sent for his son, who after show-
ing to his visitor their fine dwelling and
roomy barn, which ie furnished with
sufficient water from a long distance
by a rain pump, he proceeded to give
information concerning the fisheries.
This farm contains three artificial ponds
filled alone by surface water during rains.
Two of these ponds are smaller, but the
larger one contains about half an acre, being
in the deepest places about six or eight feet
deep. Mr. Garner imported his fish, which
are three kinds of German carp, from Ger-
many four years ago, and now, Mr. Snyder
says, mazy of the millions 'which abound in
his ponds weigh from 15 to 17 pounds each.
It seerns odd, yet he says it is true, that
you may easily see these fish by taking a
little soaked wheat to the side of the pond
and giving three loud whistles. The fish
will rush to the shore in waves and so threw
the water with their tails that to keep dry
you must keep a, distance from the side of
the pond. The warm water does not hurt
these fish in the least. Mr. Garner has, in
the last two weeks supplied three other
hareem with fish for their own ponds. He
ptPesented Mr. Snyder with a few for trial,
and he finds them equal in flavor to any of
our best Canadian firth. Mr. Snyder now
intends putting up a pond of his own, and
many other farmers might add to the value
of their farms by doing likewise.
Tobacco and the Teeth.
It causes the teeth to turn yellow and
decay, and the gums to grow soft and
spongy until even the sound teeth often
drop out.
Dr. John Allen, the father of dentistry
in New York, sap it is almost impossible
to fit false teeth closely in the month of a
tobacco vser, because of the flabbiness of
the gums.
Eminent surgeons testify that the most
terrible cases of cancer of the lips, tongue
and stomach, are often occasioned by
smoking.
Senator Hill, one of the most eminent
men of the South, United States Senator
from Georgia, died in 1883, of cancer of the
tongue caused by smoking, and ma/layer
Samuel Powell, of Brooklyn, died of cancer
General Great, the world renowned corisu
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of the mouth from the same cause.
CIIIISKED Tug SALESLADY.
A Customer 'Who Proved That Ken:Know a
liking or Two.
" Is there such a thing as long cloth 1"
" Oh, yes !" answered the pretty; "Leales.
lady."
Well," he said, as he mopped his brow
—it was one of the recent warm days—
"then that's what I want. My, wife wrote
it to me in a letter, and I thought ;she must
have made a mistake. The word looked like
long,' but I thought it muett; have been
meant for something else."
"Oh, men don't know everything,"
replied the cool -looking girl behind the
counter, who was pert as well ase'pretty,
"though they think they &IV'
" Don't they ?" he responded, rather
enjoying the repartee, and thinking that
shopping for a family in the country wasn't
such a bad thing, after all. "Do they
think so ?'' he added, lifting his brows into
a conspicuous interrogation mark.
The saleslady" made no response, save
with a. quick flash of her eyes as she snip -
snapped off the quantity of long cloth he had
ordered.
"Now let me tell you a thing or two,"
he went on, feeling unexpectedly cool and
contented by this time, "Do you know
that in my perplexity over what my wife
wished me to buy, I consulted two ladies
who are usually well informed, and that
neither of them had ever heard of long cloth
before They both agreed with me
thinking that my wife had made a mistake,
and that she meant to write some other
word. Now, that's straight. But I am not
through yet. I was at my brother's house
this morning amid intended to ask my:sister-
in-law about it. But it slipped my mind
until after I had gone away, and then,
cursing my forgetfulness, I told my brother
what I had intended to do. As soon as he
heard the words long cloth" he said
that it was all right; he had heard of
the stuff before and was sure I would have
no difficulty in finding it hereor inanyother
store. Now what have you to say to that 7
Two women had never heard of it. A man
who is not conneated with the dry goods
business in the remotest way, except to!sign
checks for his wife's monthly bills, knew all
—at any rate something—about it."
The "saleslady" listened in silence, but
without giving any sign that she had been
"crushed."
By this time the package had been
wrapped and the change returned, and the
shopper-foret-wife in the country walked
out with somewhat of an air of triumph.
Meeting a friend on tbe sidewalk, he re-
marked that 'on the whole he had see,nmany
much hotter days, and he wondered what
people were making so much fuss over, any-
way.—New York Tribune.
Every man should know something of
mw; if he knows enough to keep out of it,
he is a pretty good lawyer.
inches—by a scientific system of breathing,
bending and dieting without losing his gen-
eral health and strength.
When you come right down to the facts
in the case, it's the loose -fitting straw hat
that shows which way the wind blows.
Give the devil his choice and he would
rather start one church fuss than two
saloons in any conimunity.—Ram's Horn.
The road to success is blocked by peOple
going the other way.
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wife suffer from this distressing corleiretS
but fortunately their goodnese does t end
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soldier, who was President of the United
States for two terms, fell a victim to can-
cer of the throat, caused by =eking.
The use Of tobacco almost always stunts a
boy's growth and makes him puny, weak
and. cowardly. No boy who smokes or
chews can expect to grow to be a strong up.
right inan.—Ex.
Private Dancing.
In tbe matter of private dancing parties
London society memo to be progressing to,
ward the adoption of the °merits' custom
that was tecontnaanded some pare ago by a
Turkish Bashaw on a Arab to England. The
Bashaw was entertained one evening at the
house of a gentleman Of high official and
social standing, who had invited a large
company to meet him. After teeing the
host take part in a dance and come back
tired end Overheated, the placid Turk in.
guircd why such fatiguing labor should be
performed by gentlemen and ladies. "In
My country," he said, "we hive° Raves to
do it for us."
This GREAT COUGH CUT:E this sec-
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