Clinton New Era, 1893-03-31, Page 6no 1898.
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Now 4" •PBQt4QUNCE kcH.AWlill,tl
roolopoitiso or the 8andwlaii • Ieistueit
XemenWfO lioleede+.
"How de you prouounee the mama of the
Wend kingdom w,ritioii Weete .to bo altnexod
tq'the United ,5tate!k't to question. #re'
Onently ppzzaappimdeei elect variously epewer
e4 nowadays. Th0.:moat col:sum T '
b . Li ilppat4'I Werebeater's, Web►xeby
l eppInpcott'il,.'.• Wiercester'e, Wetletetee, and
the Centiliter) dictionaries, aa, for Iiia watt.
of the prigcfpbl island cf the group, "Hah'
mem,' the second syllable eccelited, end
flits : "y" proucunced as in "pine. The
g!!44unction was on *eked of a WW1
eat 34awaitan lady, well educated in her
own and the .English Ianguage, She an.
emoted ;
"The proper pronunciation is Hah.'* h -
este There is no Ste' in ouralphabet, m;it&no
fetter nor combination of letters which take
he eitsund of 'w,' as ie English. The mia•
sienariee who first traualated our language
found it difdeult to'proneunce or express.
Oa sound which ta, tp my ear, cor-
rectly conveyed by the letter v,' softened
aril tirade full. Our 'a' is pronounced
broad, as you pronounce it in 'fall,' and our
'Pis like tae English "e.' The rule is to
pronounce every vowel, and as the excep-
tion: to the rule does not affect the double
'P in Hawaii, n ;you see that the word is
,
Hah
,r+ e• ,
Pbe
; These ere eke twelve lettere in the Hee
waiian language, with their pronunciation
A tele, )1 (a), i (e), o (oh), o (oo), h (hay), k,
(iiay),1(bath m (moo), n (n00),,P (pay), v
('tray), There is no sound of "4" as in the
'English language, except where "ai" fol.
)Rows "iv, or as the Hawaiian lady would
;insist, "r1'." There is a great difference in
this languege as spoken by the high and
bry ,petite Hawaiiens. The low caste speak
with a encoession of explosive, staccato gut -
Wren) ; . the high caste with a liquid flow
thee makes it 'a • beautiful language. The
insistence upon the "v" instead of the "w"
sound is considered, even by some of the
Wel` edticaited and all of the uneducated, as
Iionaethiitg of an affectation, and one hears
'!$ah,vah e•e" on the islands, instead of
"Hah web's -e," about as often as "vahee"
mmead of "vase" in American society.—
ow York Sen.
YOU DO IT ?
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oee,Six can make
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01or.pen five straight marks so that it
,:read NINE, enclose same with io
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The itet.1e church at Crethie, neer nett
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njterel rfe►ett , Queen Victoria'. a. ILjgliland
home, iM to be taken down early 4n 180stud a new and 'tore eommod#outa building
atiettlatee place. °
Itsteltdi ene the • north *de of the Pep,
net fir igen; the bridge which crones the
>
near the caatlo, and high up upon the
h , A short way to reaeh it is by a
grtylbd p tli through a grove of °Oootcit Sri
a z gXaclY1ul drooping brauelte though a
memomemo road stops at the gate by
ei north door.
Since 1848 the Queen has worshipped in
thie Iittle kirk during her spring and
autumn sojourns in the Higblenes, until
about five years ago, when a chapel, or as
it is called by the Queen's householdt,
'"service -room;" was unfilled off in the
cootie itself. And now the Queen Is rarely
seen in the Crathio Church except on Sac-
rament Sunday in the autumn, which al-
Ways
y• tober lana he 1 at of ovember. ere between the feet of
It has been intimated that the chief cau
e
of the Queeu giving up attendance at the
kirk was the annoyance she experienced
from the crowds of touriata and summer
visitors who packed the little kirk with the
chylous purpose of 'staring at her, paying
littile heed to the service.
It is not at all probable, however, that
Her Majesty would have been driven away
by anything of that kind, however tin -
sent' it might be. Her chief reason
undoubtedly was ber increasing lameeesse,
which renders it difficult for her to get in
and out of her carriage.
OB COURSE SHE STARED AT THE QUEEN.
That the many tourists conducted them-
selves after their irresponsible kind therein
no doubt. I once heard a Scotch lady (2)
say that of course she stared at the Queen.
That was just what she drove over from
Bremer to do, and she did it. The Queen,
who observes keenly, and whose eyes at
once detect the presence of a stranger, saw
and was evidently annoyed at her staring.
Bat what did she care for that, she said.
That there was any reverence due to the
time and place did not seem to occur to
her. People have carried opera glasses, I
am told, and levelled them at the Queen
through so mon, prayer and praise. And
ode enterprising Englishwoman even
eclipsed the performance with the opera
glasses. Site went to the church on Sacra-
ment Sunday, and in order to get as near al
poesible to royalty—it is difficult to be
charitable in view of what follows—in
order to get near as possible and force the
attention of the Queen, she joined in the
solemn service, and as the Queen left the
table she.aroae and swept her a low and
elaborate courtesy.
The mention of the "table" indicate»
that what is known es the "table cam•
munion" is still the custom in this little
Highland kirk. It is a thing of the pastin
large towns and in the Lowland ' a1
parishes, and I _had, aretly hoped.," titer to
see it. But I r*_onced tb..hprrj the neigh•
borhood of C'thie on the recent Sacrament
Sunder.- ectoher 23, 1892—and had the
pri :lege of witnessing this interesting mere-
nial.
A short table stood in trout of the pulpit
just below the choir on which the elements
were placed by the elders, At right
...b!_ ..:IX Zee, ✓....birreenconR8cted`witi3`
it, were two narrow tables, running down
the length of what may be called the nave,
for the little kirk is shaped something like
a cross inside, with very short arms. So
many of the communicants as there was
room for were seated on either side of
these tables. Others took their places in a
few of the pews provided with a shelf in 1
front that lift up. These tables and shelve;
—also called tables—were covered with
white linen.
A SACRAMENT IN THE HIGHLANDS.
It is the custom of all Scotch . Presbyter-
ian churches to dress the pews in white
linen for the sacrament. The effect, es-
pecially in looking down from the galleries
is most striking, and one is reminded to
what a great extent linen has been used in
sacred serviced, both Jewish and Chrietain,
and in many so-called Pagan ceremonials,
and always as a type of purity.
While the communicants were seating
themtielvea at the tables a paraphrase of oho
of the Psalms was sung. No hymns were
sung at the sacrament or the service which
preceded it, but paraphrases only of the
Psalms and portions of the New Testament,
so quaint to unaccustomed ears. Many
Scotch Presbyterian churches are very
stringent in regard to the singing of hymns,
as well as in the use of instrumental music,
and do not tolerate organe.
The address preceding the distribution of
the elements is called technically "the
fencing of the tables," of the origin of which
phrase I confess myself ignorant.
After those at the first table had com-
municated they withdrew, and during the
singing of a second paraphrase the tables
were again filled. Then followed another
address, or "fencing of the tables.
Since 1873 the Queen has regularly par-
taken of the communion at this season.
But this year she was unable to bo present.
Early in the season though it was, the day
was a winter's day ; snow lay not only upon
the hills, but in the valleys, and fell un-
ceasingly through the day. At the very
last moment she was obliged to give up
coming. And it must have been with deep
regret ; for added to her disappointment at
the loss of this privelege, ,which she values
so highly, was the knowledge that this was
for her the last sacrament season in the lit-
tle kirk.
The Queen's commissioner at Balmoral,
Dr. Profeit, is ono of the elders of this
church e and looking down upon the con-
gregation from my seat in the gallery, my
eye was attracted by the drese of one of
the Queen's keepers who wore the Royal
Stuart tartan. This is ono of the gayest of
clan tartans, having a good deal of scarlet,
and it gave a brilliant touch of color to the
otherwise soberly clad assembly. His plaid
was fastened upon his shoulder with a big
silver brooch, as big as the palm of your
hand, in the good old Highland fashion of
Prince Charlie's day. '
ing almost *i many as the door, en are en
three Bides,On,each side of the high nars
row pulpit with lei Mounding board, filling
the apace between it and the galterier, ere
two l eantiful tvineews ol" stained 'lisp by •
the gilt of the Queen to the memory of her
chaplain and. 4'dear and valued friend," Dr,
Norman Macleod, a name well .known i)4
the united States in literor) ere WO est
eecleeisettioel circle&. "
He ie first Mentioned in the Qneen'i jour,
net in 1$61, and front that time until his
death iu 1872 he preached yearly in Bale
moral., He Ipiiniatered to the Queen in her
great sorrow in 1861, Her loyal attach.
went to her friends is well known. It is
one of the • many beautiful and sterling
traits Of her character, and her grief at his
death was profound.
"How I loved to talk to him, to ask his
advice, to 'peak to him of my sorrows, my
anxieties," she writes,
A PLACE 1'OR ROYALTY TO WORSHIP.
' Aside from the windows there is nothing
oleo about the little church that can be
called beautiful. The walls and ceilings
are of white plaster ; the pews and pulpit
Of simple paneled wood. It is uncarpeted
and uncushioned, with the exception of a
few pews. Outside it is "earled," 01 rough
finite of mingled plaster and whitewash.
It has a small bell cote and a not over
sweet toned boll. lu itself it is of little
valva, but in associations how rich s .
For some years the building of a new
church has been in contemplation. The
Church of Scotland has telt that there
ought to be a more commodious, a more
architecturally beautiful place of worship
in the parish with which the Queen is so
intimately associated. But I understand
that the Qneen herself has not looked upon
the project with favor. She is fond of the
"dear little church." Many sweet and
sacred memories bind her to it. When she
first worshipped here, far batt; in the past,
the beloved and honored Prince Ctmsort
was by her side.
But she has now given her consent to the
change, and has approved the plans for the
new church submitted by the arochiteet.
She has ;also intimated her intention to
give £500 ($2,500) toward the building
fund.
The other heritors of the parish, the
Duke of Fife, Colonel Farquaharson of In-
vercatild and Mr. Gordon of Abergeldie
Captle, may be confidently expected to con-
tzibilte a handsome sum. Se the fate of
the little kirk on the hillside is sealed; and
like everything else in this world of ours,
having fulfilled its mission, it is destined to
vanish into nothingness.
Foreign Rote. or Interest.
Jules Simon thinks that France would
accept the proposal to disarm with• Onthu-
siasm if it were made by another power.
"The Queen has 4' graciously pleased,
on the recommen' cion of the Segretary for
Scotland, top_ pprrove the appp�rooiinntment of
Mr. Robes. White, late Band- Sergeant the
Queen' OwnCemerenHighlanders(Seventy-
ninth,root), to be Her Majesty'slTruumpeter
in.,
Being High Sheriff of an English county,
as many lords and rich men are, is no joke.
The Judge of the Winchester Assizes dis-
covered when opening ,curt that the High
Sheriff, Sir Henry Tichborne, had absented
himself "without permission asked, and
gone, without excuse, explanation, or justi-
fication," for a six months' trip to Africa.
Whereupon the Judge fined him five hun-
dred guineas.
Alboni has celebrated the fiftieth anni-
versary of her appearance on the stage.
•-•The•-card--of;M le/refutethoett "A`Prett
casion des Noces d'Or artistiques de Mari-
etta Alboni, Monsieur et Madame Zieger
prient Monsieur et Madame — de ieur
faire to plaisir de venir passer chez eux la
soiree du Jeudi Premier Decembre. Musique
et Comedie." Alboni was 15 when she ap-
peared on the stage as Clymene in Pecini'e
"Sapp," " at 80 francs a month. She left
in the plentitude of her powers, at the age
of 36.
A young notary et Bakhmont, fell in love
with a ladyei maid and arranged to marry
her. His parents opposed the marriage,
and the young couple determined to die to-
gether. The young man fired a bullet from
a revolver into hie sweetheart's body and
then turned the weapon on himself. Both
were badly wounded, but neither fatally,
and after spending three months in the
same hospital they came out recently and
were promptly married. The story had be-
come known and an enormous crowd attend-
ed the wedding.
THE QUEEN'S RETAINERS.
On ordinary occasions, that is, daily, the
Queen's keeper and tenantry wear the Bal-
moral tartan, which is a more subdued
plaid with a good deal of gray in it. The
Royal Stuart is reserved for the dress tar-
tan. The year of her jubilee the Queen
presented many of her tenantry with a
Royal Stuart tartan.
In the gallery aro the Balmoral and the
A.bergeldie pewit, the latter pertaining to
Abergeldie castle and estates now leaved b
the Queen. Both together with the pal
are new upholstered in black in moarl$lsg
for the late Bake of. Clarence. Of UM
years the Queen has found ascent el the
Steep stair difficult, and the *once pew by
the pulpit has been fitted up for her
upholstered in crimson and enlarged, 11t
a table in the center bin'wblob ll bibletanl
Bull -Fighting in Spain.
Buil-fighting is not decreasing in Spain.
A Spanish merchant could bear the loss of
his King with more resignation than the
abolition of his favorite sport, and an
Iberian Republican would prefer his "cor-
ride de tauros" (bull -fight) to any republic.
A Spanish cabeliero, with more pride than
hard cash, will cheerfully,forego his Sunday
dinner if, by so doing, he may 'secure his
seat in the bull -ring. Maria and Jaunita
will readily deny themselves for a time a
new dress rather than miss the excitement
of the "Plaza de Tauros." Besides, are
not their raven blank hair, blue -black eyes,
rosy lips (whence proceed sparkling wit
and lively repartee), theii small hands,
(which manipulatethe fan with such grace),
and their tiny feet on which they glide, all
sufficient to attract glances of admiration t
During the present year the number of
first-class bull fights in important cities
has been 289, the bulls killed being 1,594.
Therm have also been 307 fights of young
bulls (novilloa), in which 1,407 were slaugh-
tered. Of the chief fights 26 took place in
Madrid, 13 in Seville, 12 in Barcelona and
11 in Valencia. Two men—picadors—were
killed ; of the espadas and bandorillos 15
were more or less seriously wounded. In
each course from six to eight bulls are done
to death ; but recently in Madrid, in a fight
which extended two days,'18 were finished
off. Many of the enthusiasts judge tho
merit of the fight by the number of the
horses slain. On some days 24, or oven
more, are gored to death by the long horne
of the Spanish bulls. The bull -ring in Ma-
drid holds 15,000 spectators, who are still
apparently delighted with the barbarous
and horrible spectacle, in which blood flows
plentifully, and aged or unsound horses are
disembowelled on the sandy arena."—Lon•
don Daily Nowe.
A diirtoua trims.
A glass of whisky and a glass of water
are placed side by side, both glasses brim-
ming full, and a wager made that the
liquids can bo made to change gleams with-
out pouring either of them out. If the
wager Id accepted a thin card is placed over
the glees of water, and held tightly on it
while it is turned upside down and placed
on the top of the pony of whisky. The
card is then carefully shoved aside until
ono side of it is to, hair's breadth beyond the
rims of the glaaaes,and the whisky will then
work itself into slowly the upper glass, the
water descending to the lower. Care should
he taken that both gleans are full to run.
H ing over and the pard should be thin and
moved aside very alightly, or the opportun-
ity for capillary attraction, on which the
perfect completion of thetriok depends, will
be lost. ---London Million.
GOUI.D CHANga,D• iii,S MHO.
Qn Second''henehtr 0e Alteret Ware tui.
ethic Fait on a Texan .I%oad,,
d&y Gould pace nada a tart�i, So Mexica+to.
inspect the: Internatinual and (Treat it otth-
elrn Railway, It was la the "autumu of
187$, and, as usual, ;she millionttairo was in
.a.' hurry. Meeting the gentlergan who hid
the sale of the road in hand, he said
"I'm a hupy tnan, and I want to be, been
• iit New. Yolk pext week. Rusit !me
through."
A apeciei train. waa. made UP and put W
charge et !eke l.aupr, one of the pioneer.
in. Meacicen engineering.
"Rush him," was the order, and Mr.
Lauer did some hard thinking. He knew
that the roadbed weetina terrible condition,
and to run over twenty mile* was taking
desperate ohatioes, Lauer had tote of
nerve, but he felt the responsibility Me-'
posed on him by the officials in placing
Gould in his hands. He concluded finally
to use hileown judgment, take no chances,
and stick cloaaly to the schedule time.
Between Marshall and Galveston the
schedule called for 325 miles to be made be-
tween dark and daylight. Jay, Gould did
not retire early, and on that night seemed
particularly wide awake. He eat reading
a newspaper by a dim light, and every once
in a while glanced out of the window km,
patiently. It was evidontethat the great
man was becoming angry. Finally the
storm burst. Turning to one of the ofyi-
atale accompanying him, he remarked testi-
ly "If this were a funeral train it couldn't
possible travel in a more decorous manner.
Steam up and Mb us go along."
The gentleman spoken to was aware that
the night ride had been specially arranged
in order that the condition of the roadbed
could be concealed from Gould, but thus
forced he had' nothing to do but to order an
increase of speed. The order was given,
but the train moved along at the same
speed.
"Send the engineer to me," said Gould.
"I'll talk to him."
At the next stopping place Lauer was
summoned and given to understand that he
was not capable of driving a ear horse,
much less running an engine.
"Get along ! Push her ! Let's see what
the machine can do," urged Gould.
Lauer demurred and the railroad mag-
nate concluded that he was afraid. "los
a coward," ho finally said ; "put another
matt in charge."
Lauer overheard the remark and flushed
up. "All right," he said, "we'll open her
u In a few moments the little special wee
speeding through the night at the rate of
forty-five miles an hour. It was a ride to
be' remembered. The cars rocked from
side to side, creaking in every joint, and
now and then lifting as ii about to leave
the track. Everybody clung to some supp.•
port those who knew the condition of t
roadil.
bed expecting to be hurled into eter-
nity every minute.
Laser stood at the throttle, watching
the rails as they gleamed like eilvet
ftatlei. He was as pale as those in the
train behind, bat, as he remarked in telling
the story the other day ; "I'd havo gone up
with pleasure before I would have given
that little cuss the chance to say I was a
squealer."
Once he looked back at the swaying train
and said, "He won't stand it long."
ort The engineer was right. At aartistt
larly bad place the bell -cord was jerked and
the train brought to e. standstill. J'ay
Gould was picked from under a seat, where
he had been thrown, and angrily faced the
.angineer,_whoba oome=baoketo the......
"What in the name of all that i8 good
end holy, do you mean ?" he demanded.
Do you want to kill us all !"
"Ton said you wanted me to pull her
open," replied Lauer, quietly.
Gould glared at the man for a moment
and his manner changed.
"My man," he said, " you go back there
and use your own judgment the rest of the
trip. I know how to manipulate a railroad
but I guess you know more than I do
about running an engine.". Then he was
eeefeted to his berth.
Not So Bad as It Seemed.
The young man was talking to a very
picas acquaintance of his.
"Mise Follins told me to -day you were ak
her.honse Last night," she said.
"Yes," he replied.
"I preaume, of course, you had a very
plesaant time ; she's such a charming girl
"Lovely. I never had a better time.
You see there was some one playing the
piano in the back parlor, and Miss Fannie
end I quietly stole out into that big dining
room they have, and in about a minute I
slipped my arm about her waist—"
"Sir !" and Miss'Prim almost bad a fit.
He was cool as a cucumber.
"I said," he went on, "that I slipped my
arm about her waist and she put her soft
white hand on my shoulder—"
"I beg your pardon," interrupted Miss
Prim, "but I cannot permit this conversa-
tion to continue. If Miss Follins thinks no
more of herself than to permit such liber-
ties from a gentleman, surety he should
thing enough of himself not to tell of
them."
The young man snickered.
"Of course, of course," he said,"but wait
till you hear it all."
"No, sir; no sir," she protested. "I have
beard too much already.
"Why, there isn't anything told yet," he
persisted ; "as I said—"
"I shall not hear it, sir," and in high
dudgeon she arose to depart.
"My dear miss," he said very contritely,
we wore only beginning to waltz, andevery-
body was lookingat us.
"Oh," she exclimed with a sudden col-
lapse, and the young man laughed.—Detroit
Free Pried.
Some Mon are Hard to Please.
"Well, Dawkins, what do you think +ql
the new parson t Be don't give no long
sermons, and spoil onr dinners."
' "Bat they are, so confounded short, it
don't give us time for a nap..
Tier Voir,
Stisband--Dida'Y yon promise to sloy
>N at the altar t Wife—Yes but rW11
set there no* P Tit. lbs.
ol.so i:4 41„,Et31a OF Af3)ZONA,
*elle*!dart7l`*PIPQonitrett4¢ with' Alter,
;le fteeete Cetthl no 444 t4hirshede
In bis report est the se retary 0f irk i4e.'
eerier tits Governor of Arlk a i'ugge$i Edit
witlriu the litneei of Visit ter•ritvey may ret
Ise disegvered a S'elut}op .to, tits Most, uiper,.
ening ambient oonneeted with this cons..
neat. 1:he governor boieirs t)utb an in-
vestigation among the cliff' aael mire dwell-
er') in Ari one would est shish their eonneo-
tion week the early Adatyo xaoee, and here-
oommende that a eorsertwtion •shall be ap•
pointed by Congress to titske the proposed
ethuologtcairob. Wititost reisepg the
qu -et�ion of theteasiblli of ao4tng on the
recommendation, the New York Press
thinks it stay be said that tine settlement
of the identity of the "Mound Builders"
would prove of great interest to American
achofare and the Americas% public general..
ly. Traces of the exietence of these people
and even of their groat' power and numbers
abound in nearly all parte of the e,ountry.
From the Alleghenies west to the Rookies,
and from tate Gulf tar into British America,
Litt renutina of anoienb fortitioabiens, sepul•
chore and altars - are found in numbers.
Beneath these havo been discovered human
skeletons, pipes, pottery and various im-
plements of war and husbandry, relies of a
race Long extinct before the first white man
set foot on the shores of the new world,
The d'u'o t acive whom t first
T tiles ii nsofttOn t s o he est
settlers found in poseessinn of the country
tutd practically nothing of their predeces-
sors. The remains rho mound builders have
left behind theta go to allow that they prac-
ticed the arts of agriculture as well as of the
chase, that they made a coarse kind of cloth,
were quite skilful in the fabrication of or-
naments and utensils and were superior in
all respects to the fierce and nomadic tribes
which succeeded them.
It is believed that they were a peaceful
people, but were compelled to build the
fortifications whose remains exist as a de-
fence against a less elvilized bub more war-
like race, wbiek probably occupied the
mountains and roamed as hunters over the
unocanpied plains. Tito mound builders
were at islet apparently overcome, and
pressed southward ,toward the borders of
the gulf, wbiu+ sows to have been their
original home. In this region the first ex-
plorers found the natives moat resembling
in religion, customs toed government, what
the engine! mound builders are eapposed
to have been. They were superior in every
respect, eeeept pbyeieal prowess, to the
northern and eastern tribes, and if some
ethnologist, with knowledge of rhe mound
builder& oxtenelve works scattered over
the Mississippi valley, had aceoatpanied
the earliest Spanish expeditions, he might,
by a study of aboriginal traditione, have
solved one of the most perplexing mysteries
connected with the human race. The
Spaniards, who did not come as ethnolo-
gists, scattered the natives, broke up their
villages and form of government and effaced
the olewe that might have led to the die -
'weary of the origin.of the vanished people.
—Chicago Herald.
INTELLECT AT A DISCOUNT.
44iiii,tarila avowciaO t-
The Queers Atory e'R a Iteeleentnte Pas
>! whet% Rp) s Oriente Nnere .4i<o,
Ate interesting relic preeereed in re
'tale mase it the Pekin/ream (uardi' orderly;
room at Whiteliall, Landed. I -t epeeists of 1
the bead add omit Of' .}i goo*A, argNpd which
is a Lowen collar with the inscription.
"Jacob, Nnd Bettalien .Cbldatreain Quartile";
beneath t are the words, "Died on Duty,"
In 1838, as related by the Minton, when two.
of the battalions were in Capacia helping to
quell tate rebellion, some of the soldiere
wereRotted_ at sentries round a farm yard
Peer elueleem Ono day the sentry whose
duty ° is was to watch the entrance
to the farm beheld a fine goose
fleeing toward hist, closely pursued by e
fox. Elio first impulse wap to have a ebot at
the latter, but this would Mare Alarmed the
guard. He waw compelled, therefore, to re-
main eilent, while every step brought Rey -
nerd near to his prey. In the height of its,
deepair the poor bird ren ite bead and neck
between the lags of the soldier, end at the
mane moment the wily fox made a desperate
grab at the goose ; but too late, for ere he
could get a Leather between his teeth the
ready bayonet of the sentinel had passed
through his body. The poor goose, by way
of showing its gratitude to its preserver,
rubbed its head against his lege and made
other equally curious demonstrations of joy.
Nor could it over be prevailed upon to quit
the post, but walked up and down, day after
h
day, with each suooasaive sentry that was
placed therm.'
The most remarkable thing in connection
with the story is that the goose in turn
actually saved his preservers life. It
so happened that the same sentry was
on that particular post about two months
afterward when a desperate attempt
was madeto eurpriee and kill him.
It was winter time, and several men
thole up in the darkness to the sentry's
poet, their footsteps inaudible ou the soft
snow. The soldier, meanwhile, marched
ap and down his lonely beat, fellawed by
the devoted gpose, until he aha "stood at
male" before *le reentry box. This was the
eneany's o Bat jest es two of
their num were pte_pPar4eg with uplifted
knives to spring upon bks uaauepecting
man, the bird rose tnddeoly oa its wings
right in the time of eke world-ite aesassins.
They were astonished and recited blindly
forward ; bet the every, aroused to
lilt danger, bayoneted etre aed shot at the
other as he was running away. Meanwhile
the other oonupiratora approached, but the
Gard repeated its omelets and eriebled the
sentry to keep them ab bay tined the gamut
maize upon the scene and nada them fly for
Amer lives.
On *newel of the regiment in London the
bird resumed its old &Aim with the senti-
nel paned at the barred' gaited. Jacob will
eventually ran over tp a van and died at,
, the post of duty ager a "sentry go' of
twelve years.
Germany Overcrowded by Idle hien Who
Have Been Educated at Universities.
Germany suffers from an intellectual
over -production, according to the Forum.
All professions are overcrowded. It was
fondly believed up to our days that the
state had no more important task than to
render the acquiring of knowledge as easy
as possible, and for that purpose to estate
lish many higher schools. But it was not
o /red whether t3 Wo ivais commeeµnongli Tor
employing men and women when their
education was finished. Taking for instance
the oareer of law in Prussia, we find that
there are 1,851 men, who have not only
psaoed through the gymnasium and the
university, but have already served the
state gratis for about five years, while the
annual average demand is 100. Thera are
more than 7,000 examined architects with-
out a fixed employment ; it is the same
with engineers, teachers in claeeies, mathe-
matics, etc. These unemployed forces
are particularly attracted to the great cap-
itals because everyone hopes that with
the many chances they offer he will 5nd a
gapinto which he may jump. Men of
nniversity training are almost without ex-
ception capable only of intellectual work.
If they do not succeed in their branch they
cannot become tailors or carpenters ; they
must take to pettifogging, giving lessons,
copying. writing for infreior papers, etc.
There are lawyers, physicians, doctors of
philosophy among those who are regularly
relieved by the Berlin poor board, All
these men are, of course, discontented
with the present state of things and ready
to join with those forces which hold out
hope 'of overthrowing it. Nor are female
candidates wanting in this proletariat ;
all those who give cheap lessons, write
mediocre novels for low -class journals,
or work for shops at starvation wages aro
rowelling the army of social revolution.
Trees /n Nature
Observe a maple or elm or birch as it
shoots up from the ground. Its sides are
clothed all the way with small twigs, unless
. removed byknife or browsing.
Any tree starting in an open
lot is thus
protected from the sun. Otherwise the ex-
treme heat will rupture cells, and the bark
will dry or split. As far as possible there
must be equal development of cells on all
sides of the tree. But care of the roots is
even more important.
The feeding of a tree is at unequal depths,
but most of it is near the surface. If the
sun be allowed to strike directly on the soil
the finer rootlets that do the foraging are
destroyed and extreme droughts will affect
the roots for a foot in depth.
What is worse, the extreme changes of
temperature also affect the trey and suck
its life away. In some cases such condi-
tions are produced as encourage the de-
velopment of fungi or other enemies to
plant life.
Nature guards against this by laying
down each autumn a , layer of leaves to
emulch her forests or solitary pets. --St.
Louis Globe•Democret.
Appearances Against Her.
The woman who bleaches her hair, wears
many diamonds at breakfast or in the
street, considers a loose wrapper of gay
tones and high -heeled slippers the correct
thing to wear in the -mornings et a hotel—
any such woman may have a soul grand
and pure and an intellect far superior to
that owned by her judges, yet her attire
is against her, her appearance savors too
much of vulgar ostentation and a desire to
attract, and elle will at once be thought
lacking in womanly qualities. On the other
hand, an illiterate, ill-bred creature, who
dresses quietly, unless she opens her month,
will be taken by nine people out of ten for
a person of refinetnent and breeding, simply
because the true lady never seeks tto sin
notice for herself hy �eccentricities either of
speech or dress. Therefore, tt 'Mu desire
to win golden opinions from 'tee world of
people whom you can never convince of
your Merit in other ways, eschew the gaudy
and stick religioius'ly to the plainest at4
sierttplent effects in the attire you dun in
pzblid jslaeas. Philadelphia Times,
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