Wingham Times, 1890-01-03, Page 7Cliteken'a Devotion,
correspondent of La Nature, a
ort scientific journal. relates that his
oung. brothel had trade a , pet r,f a
chicken of.the£'!codon variety. • la:cry
morning in coining out of the house the
young tun brought with him a. handful
• of,prutube or of grain or of something
*Jae tltat'chiekeue tike, and little by lit*,
tie his Houdan pet acquired the habit of
folio*tTlg him about the place.
In a grove near the house there was a
bench. When the young man reached
this bench he invariably seated himself,.
and the fowl, jumping up by his side,
ploked the food from his hand and, was
petted by being stroked on the head and
back.
This had gone on for quite a long time
when the Amur—men left tome• to go to
college. For the first day or ;two the
chicken seemed no to be inconsolable
ober the loss of its friend, but took its
food with the rest,
• -After a few days, however, the fowl
seemed to become aware that its friend
was riot conning back, and it was seized
all at,once with an unconquerable , me!-
ancholy. It lingered morning after
mornings under the windows of.the house
as if waiting for hs master to come out.
Finally it betook itself to the bench
where its master had been accustomed
to feed it, and there it remained, its head
under its wing, aalmoiat motionless, day
.sand night. It was useless to try to tempt
it with food: the uhleken refused to look,
up when the most tempting handfuls.. o
grant or dough were thrown down be-
fore it, its eyelids,. were closed. and its
intention to die of hunger was so evident
that It was deemed merciful to hail it,
why'tho Cat hiss {Makers. •
Every one must have observed what
are Usually called the whiskers on a
C. *Upper lip. The use of these, in a
state of nature, is.very important. They
etre organs of touch. They are attached
tto:a.bed sof chi.* glands ander the skin,
and each of these long hairs is connected
with the nerves of the lip. The slightest
Contact of these whiskers with any sur-
rounding object is. thus felt Most dis-
tinctly by the animal, although the hairs
•?; thetniteIves are insensible. They stand
out on each side of the lion as well as in
the common cat; so that, from point to
point, they are equal to the width of the
animal's body. If we imagine.' there-
fore, a. lion stealing through a covert of
Iaood • iii an imperfect liglit we shall at
Owe sea the use of these' long, hairs.
They indicate to him. through the nicest
feeling. any obstacle which may present
itself to the passage of his body; they
prevent the rustling of , boughs and
leaves, which would give warning to his
:prey its he witsatternptto pass through
too close a bush; and thus. in.conjunction
• with the soft cushions of his feet and the
lurupon which he treads (the claws never
coming -in contact with the ground), they
' enable him to move toward his 'victim
with a stillness even greater than that
of the' snake, which creeps along the
grass and 'is not perceived. until it is
coile'dround his prey: --Exchange.
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Two of the moat magnificent vellum,
folio. manuscripts ever brought across
the Atlantic are now in the private stock
of. Mr. James W. Bouton, of New York.
They date from the Fourteenth and Fif-
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services and was papal property. It is
. painted byhand in black and red text,
4. with superb miniature initials in colors,
' on heavy sheets of vellum. The binding
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It is written in double columns, with the
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W11+iG]3AM ONT
Two ffrritists roots.
Jana—ay. the English poet, born in
1688, wrote the ballad, „Sweet William's
Farwell to Black Eyed Susan," begin-
ning: 'till in the Downs the fleet was
'moored." It perhaps suggested to Doug.
lass Jerrold his play :"Black Eyed Su-
san," written in 18211, In which Gay's bal-
lad is usually sung. Gay, imitating La-
fontaine, was very successful iu putting
fables into verse. Iiia poem entitled
"Tho Fan" gives fa delicate burlesque u
very ingenious:as well as classical theory
as to the origin of that article of female
use and adorhtnent. Or. Johnson spoke
contemptuously of the poem, but he Lad
no appreciation whatever of burlesque,
and probably took it in dead earnest.
Could the learned doctor have witnessed
ono of the burlesque plays so popular a
,few years .ago, in which mythological
deities are burlesqued, he would h; via
said that gods and goddesses never use
slang, •
James Thompson, author of "The Saa<
sons," was so poor in London at one
that lie went from publisher to publisher
trying to sell the manuscript of ""Wint'r"
in order to . buy a pair of winter shoes.
But he didn't get any shoes for winter—
not that winter. It subsequently tu;;de
Mtn. famous„ however, and he followed it
with "Suwtuer," quite naturally (1727).
He said be was bound to buy himself a
duster with the proceeds, if it took all
Summer.—Texas Siftings.
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Saccharine.
This substance, which, as known; is
800 times sweeter than sugar, is begin-
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facturers as a very dangerous enemy. It
is stated that in Germany already so
much saccharine has been made as to
render 5,000 tons of beet sugar super-
fluous. It is prinoipa]ly employed,in the
preparation of fluids and 'the production
of sweet liquors. It is not a food• stuff.
Indeed, it has been condemned by emi-
nent medical authorities as directly pre.
judicial to health, The sugar fnanufac-
turers are of the opinion that saccharine '
should only be solei by chemists. France,
Italy and Portugal are already contem-
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Letter.
• A Pitiful Story.
A little Lexington girl has found re-
cently that charity has sweet rewards in
gratitude. • At the time of the Johns-
town floods she decided to contribute a
dress to the supply of clothing, which
some of the town's people were collect-
ing for the sufferersf and in its pocket
placed a note requesting that the little
girl who received the dress would, send
a reply. The answer carne, and it told
a pitiful story. The Johnstown girl said
that she has lost thirty-two relatives in
the flood. Of seven children in her im-
mediate family four were saved. The
little girl, whose house had been swept
away, expressed sincere gratitude for
the dress,—Boston Journal.
An Absent Minded Man.
There is a nian living in Hartford,
.Conn., who deserves the prize for absent
Mindedness. A few days ago lie was
having his shoes shined,by a street boot-
black. Just as the job was finished
and the man had picked out a nickel
from his purse, an acquaintance stepped
up 'and began talking. The first man
absent mindedly put the nickel in his.
,pocket and gavo the purse to the boot-
black, who seized it and disappeared.
The purse contained $2.1ii.—Chicago
Times.
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+ Shaped Like a Dumb Bell.
Elias Shiftlet, colored, brings us a
curious hen's egg—well, not exactly that
—a lien's curious egg. It is shaped like
a dumb bell, such as is used for the de-
velopment of the muscles. One end
contained all the yelk and: the other all
the white. That hen bids fair to be the
featherweight champion of the barn
yard;—Hartwell (Ga.) Sun.
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