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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1894-12-6, Page 7S S. P. SMITH, of. Towanda, Pa„ w.,nse constitution was completely brokeif down, is cured by Ayer's .Sarsaparilla. He writes; "For "eight years, I was, most of the time, a great sufferer from constipa. Von, kidney trouble, and indigos. tion, so that my constitution seemed to be completely broken down. I was induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and took nearly seven bottles, with such excellent results that my stomach, bowels, and kidneys are in perfect con- dition, and, in all their functions, an Tegrllar as clock -work. At the time I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, my weight was only 129 pounds; I now can brag of 159 pounds, and was never in so good health. If you could see me be- fore and after using, you would want me for a traveling advertisement. t believe this preparation of Sarsaparilla to be the best in the market to -day." Ayr's Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Ayer IrCo., Lowell, Mass. Cures ofhers,wlll cure you A. 41114: THE OF ANVEXETER . 4' TIIVItS CENTRAL rug Stor FANSON'S BLOCK. A. in -11 stock of all kinds of Dye -stuffs and package Dyes, constantly ox hand. Winan's Condition Powd- er, the best in the mark"- et ark-et and always resh. Family reoip. ees carefully prepared at Central Drug Store Exete C. L T Z. i RISE ON TIIE NOON A BEAUTIFUL IMAGINARY DESCRIP- TION OF A LUNAR SUNRISE. A Wild Chaos of *Darkness Through TVItlelt lofty Precipices ll.00a ned, Then ptril- liant Colored I4gists And Wonderful 'Views. The following description of Sunrise on the moon, although in part imaginary,, and given as a dream or nightmare, may be accepted us speculation based on scientific knowledge. We begin with his description of what may be called " Earth -Rise" on the Moon: By and by, agoldeu light appeared n the east, behind the distant line of cliff's, and a vast orb, resembling the Moon, but many times larger, rose with serene majesty into the heavens, Unlike the Moen, how- ever, it seemed to shed no radiance around it, for the sky remained as black as ever. The light from its poles was of adazzling lustre—owing perhaps to the polar icefielde —but that from the middle zones was dim- mer and more shadowy, and varied in tin t from a pale green to a ruddy brown and a clouded blue. The blue patches were probably seas the brown and green ones continents, with their deserts and vegetation; and I fancied I could trace a configuration like that por- tion of the Earth comprised between America, Africa, and Europe, even to such details as the British Isles. The light around me had grown so much brighter that I turned to see where. it came from, and behold ! a still more THE SURFAOE OF THE MOON AS SUOwN RV THE REFLECTED LIGHT OF EARTH. marvelous sight. Away to the westward rolled A WILD CHAOS OF DARKNESS, commingled with bluish light,whieh I can only compare to the waves of a stormy sea when tipped with lilac phosphorescence, and above the distant horizon in the funere- al sky, a strange and glorious meteor was blazing like a comet. Its disk was equal in size to that of the Sun, and of blinding intensity, but its color was a kind of lav- ender -blue inclining to purple, and a silvery -white radiance, like that of the Milky Way, extended from it far into the night. What was that brilliant luminary which reminded me so forcibly of an elec- tric arc -lamp when its carbons are burning blue ? I turned once more to the prospect which had that engaged my attention ; but I need not linger on the succeeding phases of the dawn. It is enough to say that as the splendid star mounted up the sky, the illumination became stronger, until a gray - blue daylight showed all thefeatures of the landscape. I then saw that what I have called a sea of darkness was, in reality, a vast gray plain, and that its purple islands were the peaks and craters of volcanoes. The high cliffs beyond were not the shores of a continent, but part of ' a stupendous wall of rock which encircled the plain like a rampart. I discovered that my own sta- tion was near the verge of this stupendous precipice, and my brain sickened when I found that its crags dropped sheerly down to the plain, many thousands of feet below. TilE SUMMIT WAS JAGGED with lofty pinnacles of rock, standing as towers along the wall, and enormous gates like the embrasures of a battlements. It cast a long, sharp -pointed shadow, as black as jet, athwart the plain below, on which the craters of the extinct volcanoes, were unpenetrated by the light, resembled walls of ink ; but as the meteor- ascended higher and higher, the shadows by degrees drew back, or became lighter. Not a vestige of humanhabitation,or animallife,orvegenation couldbe seen any v. here. Apparently there was ^ ' of water,stagnane or ruuning,and e • round, snapped at a dragon'ily ; bub still the legion marched on like a great army. I wanted to run away, but I was rooted to the spot, ; and• -•horrors of horrors l --an enormous snake glided over my prostrate body, In an agony of fear I struggled to escape from He bloated and slimy folds,bet all in vain, I yelled aloud, and --I awoke, Poets' Corner. NAPOLEON'S TIONER, SHE WAS. A THOROUGHLY WOMAN- LY WOMAN TO THE END. She Positively Refused To Hold Ceurt and Would Not Address Her Son by SIN Imperial Title—She Was Proud of Her 'Son.. Napoleon said of his mother that she was. made to govern a kingdom. It is quite likely that she would have been a very good and judicious queen, on condition that her kingdom was very small, for she had neither the taste nor the genius for great politics. Her true vocation was to govern a home, to manage a household, to keep order and peace in a family, to conciliate opposing interests, to stop quarrels, to soften wounds to self-love,, to make everybody listen to reason. If Napoleon did not get from her his imagination, to her he owes hie spirit of order, of discipline, and of government, which enabled him to put to rights a country disorganized by civil discord and anarchy, a"nd to give it • INSTITUTIONS WHICH STILL EXIST. In a moment of impatience and ill -humor, the Emperor said : "Madame Letizia is only a bourgeoise," and he understood her well. He would have liked her to change her manners, her language, and her sentiments in accordance with the change in her position. She, however, remained what she had always been; her fortunes had changed but she changed not a whit. She preserved always her natural manner of speaking, she never modified her accent in the least. "A propos of Mamma," said the First Consul to his brothers, "Joseph ought to coax her not to call me Napolione any more. Let her call me Bonaparte, not Buonaparte,that would be worse than Napo- lione, Let her say the First Consul or the Consul. I should prefer the latter. But Napolione, always Napolione THAT VEXES ME." All the same, Omar was for her always Napolione. She admired him, but he did not impose on her. He had become the master of Europe, but in her eyeshe was always such as tie came into the world, with a big head, crying, restless, and suck- ing his thumb, while waiting for the time to come when he should suck the universe. Bourgeoise she was born, and bourgeoise she use all her life. Neither glory nor great prosperity was able to turn her head, to dazzle her good sense. She detested flatterers, and pomp, and ostentation. She always REFUSED TO HOLD A. COURT. During the six weeks which followed the birth of the King of Rome, Madame Mere and the queens of Spain and Holland were the only persons admitted to the room of Marie Louise, and for these visitors arm- chairs were provided around the bed of the Empress. When the day arrived for a grand reception by her, the Emperor order ed the arm -chairs to be replaced by tabour. eta. When they came to sit down, Mad. ame Mere was about to withdraw. When the Empress wished to detain her she said: " Madame, if the Emperor had wished me to be present, he would have provided an armchair for me." On another day in the same year, at a family gathering, Napoleon offered her his hand to kiss'. She pushed it back, and it was he who kissed the hand of his mother, She said to him: " You know, Sir, in public I treat you with respect, because I am your sub- ject; but, in private, I am your mother, and when you say: '1 will,'—I answer: I will not." Sue WAS VERT PARSIMONIOUS, almost avaricious. From her youth up, she had known the value of money. When a woman who is not rich, has eight children to bring up, she learns not to loosen the strings of her purse too easily. Her piety was marked. She accepted without a murmur, whatever came to her from the Supreme Will which rules every- thing. Once she asked a Roman -prelate if he thought Napoleon was in •paradise. Madame," he answered," I think -t absolutely sure of it." her. She had a fall ' after that was 1VMY .Boys. The eldest has not finished yet The third of life's young years; Hid eyes are blue as violets, And, bright as evening's tears; Ills hair is golden as the beams That usher in the dawn And softer than the tassels are' That plume the growing corn ; vcice is sweeter to my ear Than lutes or woodland streams It rings arnidmy cares by nay, And,00boes in my dreams. He has a hundred pretty ways, Which I delight to seal I love, him next to Heaven and her Who gave the child to me. And when he nestles to my heart, And calls me by my name— The only name he knows fel' me I sigh no more for fame, But think that having such a gem To wear upon my breast, Contented should .1 be to leave The chaplets for the rest. My other darling's little life In months is counted yet ; His eye is lustrous as a star. And black as burnishedjet' His hair is, brown like forest leaves, When autumn's frosts begin. Four teeth have blossomed in his mouth A dimple dents his chin ; His smile is liko the smile that plays Upon a cherub's face-- Ho ace_Ho is a cherub, though ho makes My home his dwelling place. No fear that we shall entertain An angel unaware "— That heavenly look upon his face, That glory on his hair, Reminds us whence the darling came, And bids us not forget, That He who lent the child to us Will come to claimhirnyot, ,d. PF'\V 1! 'ACTS• The First Snow. Last night the trees denuded stood forlorn, Although the sumach held its torch aflame And through the ash -copse gleams of scarlet came ; But what enchantment dawned with early morn 1 On every shrub were belts of brilliants born While e'en the tendrils flash with jeweled thorn ; Each roof has ornaments that artists shame; The trackless fields, new restful beauty claim Like virgin leaves from hod's own volume torn. Earth is not drearbecause the skies are dull, The year has yet Arcadian gra ce to show; The zealous seeker finds delights to cull Among the treasures which tie winters know.; The world in Jane is not more beautiful Than'neath the silent silken fingers of the snow I —Dexter Smith, in Boston Journal The Graves of a Household. They grew in beauty, side by side, They filled one home with glee; Their graves are severed, far and wide, By mount, and stream and sea. The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One, 'midst the forest of the West, By a dark stream is laid— The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade. The sea, the blue lone sea, bath one— He lies where pearls lie deep ; Ho was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep. One sleeps where southern vines are dresb Above the noble slain; He wrapped his colors round his breast On a blood -red field of Spain. And one—o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves, by soft winds fanned; She faded. Italian flowers— The last of that bright hand. And parted thus they rest, who played Beneath the same green tree ; Whose voices mingled as they prayed Around one parent knee. They that with smiles lit up the hall, And cheered with song the hearth— Alas for love, if thou wart all, And naught beyond, 0 earth! What's the Use? What's the use a-frettin' 'Cause the summer's gone ? All the time furget;,in' Winter's corrin' on. Sleighbells with their jingle Sets the air a-buzzin'— Ole folks wish they's single - Young folks wish they wusn'• Talk of birds a-singin' I' Ain't so fine by half As the room a-ringin' With the children's laugh, Hickory nuts a-crackin', Fire a-burnin'bright— Ain't no pleasure lackin' On a winter night. What's the use a-whinin' All the winter through 'Cause the sun ain't shinin Like it us":d to do? . Ain't we got the fiddle, Full of old delights, Sashayin' down the middle Of the winter nights? SOME FANCY HOTEL BILLS. ^.c of Gothani's 1f@Ullonalros Pay -Rvg A bushel of corn is worth fifty eenter but when sold over the bar es whisky it brings $24, Only one out of every one thousand mar• tied couples live to celebrate their golden wedding. Rho capital letter sQ" will be feund but twice in the Old. Testameut,and three times in the New, The oldest coin known is in the mint col- lection at Philadelphia. It was coined in Aegina in the year 700 13.0, The deepest running stream in the world is said to be the. Niagara river, just under the famous suspension bridge. The region below Fourteenth street and east of Broadway New York, is the most densely populated in the world. A philologist"o£ high repute is authority for the statement that there are seventy- two languages spoken in Russia. The great pelican ften has a wingspread of fifteen feet. The bird itself . sometimes exceeds twenty-five pounds in weight, The skin of a rattlesnake exhibited at Jefferson, Ga., is seventy-nine inches in length and has twenty-one rattles attached. Aluminum drums are now used by Aus- trian regimental bands, They are much lighter than the brass drums and have a more melodious tone. Farmer Gibson, near Avona,. Penn. has raised a family of thirteen squashes on one vine, the smallest of which weighed 117 and the largest 141 1-2 pounds, Mrs. Morley, an ' eccentric Montreal widow, has 100 cats in her house at Longue Pointe. She recently had eighteen boys arrested for stoning her cats. A live oat was found the other day in a packing -box that was billed from Paris, and which had not been opened in transit, by an employe of a Philadelphia firm. A horse thief in Bay Co., Mo., stole a horse one night, and, instead of riding straight away, gob lost and rode all night in a circle, and in the morning was captured near where he started. 4ialoonggoong, a volcano in the Preanger district on the south coast of Java, is again in eruption and is causing great alarm, as in the eruption of 1822 114 villages were destroyed and 4,000 lives were lost. They are mighty particular in German law courts. A man was too late in taking off his hat at a trial the other day, and the judge sentenced him to six hours' im- prisonment. The sentence was carried, out, and now the man walks around with his hat in his hand. The Sequel. r I'vemarriedthe"IYlan in the Moon," 1 I married him some- time last June; There are family - jars When he winks at the stars, And he never comes home until noon. DOES YOU IFE 1:)0 3eit ... 3' who INC? 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Ail Druggists. 50c. and Sf. :X ON EM BER PARLIAMENT EUVii'E t ',ET IA He won't smoke the "bony" cigars, But only the vilest of "quids;" He wears the same collar Ho bought for a dole When Adam and Eve were mere "kids." He loves to be out is the dark, He calls it "A bit of a lark;" He sports the same hat Which must have been "pat" When Noah came out of the ark. M tiushand'sthe "Man in the Moon," I follow him 'round with the broom, "Way up in the cloud, Where none is allow- ed," Lop to be rid of him soon. J more R He won't foot my bills at the shop, No music but just °f "Tra la la" sus He has lots of mirth Fooling 'roundwith the earth ; home Hon. Reuben E. 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