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/ instantly killing the driver, and throwing
EAB BUT LIVING
Parkes breaking his left. arm in two
" Il." oid,
places and crushing it,
A Man Who Ras Always Had the Tough- Ile was earr.ied home unconseions, and
when he was himself again the doetors had
est Kind of Luck. itnipatated the arm °lose to the Hboulder, It
- was hurled with the other portiere( of Mr,
Besides Losing His W110;12 Enmity, larlitill., p„.1.",,,,,
lag Eour Tril'eS, NIP Hai Lmst 21 For many years he remained in his motil-
e:00d i241 CI 11 t ssiiii.ei I', er's house, passitig the time the best he
A TYN4$1ALR ABROAD,
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nts Experiences in and pa rump lo Tacoma,
Wash.
A Tynesiwler writing home to England saYll
" our journey across the ernintrysselotwe 011
3,000 milce from Quebec,. -to 120 1111(10 was
full uf interests The ()median lakes II re maw.
ni110111 ill 11m -ober and extent, and their 00011.
.1 ust ited y WOO dawitiust pie other morn. vi""11.1. Two years ago his mother died, and vey (1014(If‘fill, and (4112)
) 141414 11 1.11000gh 1101
ing, William F. Parke% wee10 1,02,1y so shortly afterward he sold the foreland mime Reeky Mountains was something to 0100000.
yu.crs old, er that portion of him which still lo Sts 142110, He houghs sie, owe bee for 0, lifetime. I think 18 1/npons11110
lives, was funiel by Henry :Sleepily, e, he 11040 OW110 11101 8101011111/1011 to pass trio that allYtlanfl can equal 1110 '4,2112221221"8
granduer of the aspect of these terrible
k[11we'lli11$1", lying unoottecioue upon remainder a his life there,
setrkes' own geave, 18 0 reunite part el a St. W hen he rills settled ho 314020101( 0. mountains ; looking upon them made mu
Lou is cemetery. 601110 rosewood twain, phieed it in 111031112201 feel very contut»ptible and mean. Our pus.
Tito 81100118010118 1111111 11181 1/111. (ma 12101 sent, for the ?omelettes of his body, 021130 through thorn wits not umdtended I.y
arm, no lege whatever, 0114 11 port tou When til°3' "'I" ho inireh4sed 4 dr"S clanger either, as 18 801110 110. ('1 it'll passed
of his left shoulder had been cut away by suit dressed. the lege in the trousers, tho direetly under overhanging portions of 0(1 1'
knives. He end tailor, from 1)1(2 j2,(0 111.111 111 0110 0001 sleeve, and placed Own seemed an 141(1410 1" 1" 11111131412.
00
the collie in thelr natural positions. Tee the point of hurling theniselvee 1131011
1011001 chair into hie pave, tool laid evident.
ly lain there all night. The dead portion rest of the suit he 01101 010 rest of us-mileud, WO BOW 80171C parts where a held.
of Me. Parkes lay buried in 11 ('1(0001111113col% lain is dead, slip had oecurred, genie( af men beinmethieonh.
01100 114414012 Parkes determined he would flailed 11"" 1)18008"f
fie in the grave upon which he was found.
visit his own grave, deemate it, and keep it bail precipitated themselves on and 12(1001He had come, OA W118 1118 011010111, 10 1100012-
in good order. 1k had u, little 010811, made, the 111(8, '(('hill) in other parts it 11(11(10 (1(10
ate and care foe hie own gettve, mid had
so he could peeled himself by smsdng a shudder when lye looked 11(2112 0(108 the Way
fainted while trying to pull up a very wflub- We 1/04 eome, and saw the line in eotne places
born weed. °rank.
Parkes %US earried to the gatehouse, On las second trip to his gsave Mr. Parkee abnest vertionl, ethers wheling in and
1( 140 run over by it runaway horse and his out around the mountain sides en embank -
and afterward to neighboriug '1' 11134(00,
with 11,0 help perdeeu, 10 „ea left shonlaer was severely injured. The "loots "" 11411023' 111" there n" 080"1
doctors were compelled to take out a bone room for 41 rat to run alengeme 1(11 line, and
revived after on 11,01114 hard tvork. After a
few hours' rest ME% P0121:04 WW2 taken to his mid Lint away, 11 largo port ion of the flesh, where, had the thain gone ad the rails, WO
home, in a 11U1111.110 little 10 hardly half a 1110 araVO 112110 Op011011 (11411111 0181 /110 110110 811010.l. have gene headlong down into
(4)220 land 110011 000.0110 11w 0„001 at, Mr, parka& the lever which rolls 11101213 hundreds
11(1111 the wienieteey gate. of feet beneath ((1312 been 11,8)1(18 1 to
The story of Alp. Parki,' life monis tomer (illrect""'•
mania 1,4 11111)12 0. miner/seise tee; ;messes. 'leis a familiar figure 1.0 1112 010 WOriC111011 pieces on its rocky bed 'Die road in other
ug ono. 11 di of hi, 20 ("HA 180,1 i„,t, In the cemetery and they called him " the On", would be so winding that sometimes
1111111 W110 ii, Stead, but living. we travelled lamest in a w.i vele, anti we not
in the rosewood vollin, width lei purchased
himself, there is :dill men 014(11(1312 for the When he WU found unconseious this nuirequently 01120 the fore part swf the 1111111
morning the physiciati declared that he had almost 01100(181 ((f us as the engine travers1(20 ed
rest of him when life passrs awey. He W,121
01111 1111210118k2 l'; and one slimed will 1(111 41 talon time to live, ana he 11010, 14,1. the opposite part of the eirele. Altogether it
though apparently in gond healsli, seems to W1LS theo xpesieneeof a lifetime, Yee will
suffice for him, yet is, will have t WO 1(1' 1.12'.
Sir. Parkes was best, in a sul tub et De. 11111118 thst t lie 1111111 is net favor!' welte(1 what pleased to knewv I hove mond emp,oymen,
rentnitts of hini will he reaily for the gni," with one of he wealthieet men in the 4').).
nitwit, Mich., 11 ht de hiss 1110.11 221•"0111 0 ears
ago. 1 [is ftther was well.tn do, Wiiyen he and Ida Numskull's.: be cnilsd• I am so glad to have got empires teem, f et• a
grfoluated from sheet -the story is tell by•-• 08(180(1 of 11111211)002 has hales upon the el, y
himself he relesed attend ,•ollogo, (11111 Washington's Etiquette Rules. within 1110 1,1111 fuw menthe, and WOOS 18 very
difficult to get, so I iniLy think myself lucky
2(10111012 1101 time breaking colts and train. At Mt. Vernon, -where George \ Vashing.
mg trotters. ton's estist childhood AIMS passed in a humble in getting a start so MOM. ThiS is a very
When but 1.2i) years old he (8 (('1(1)81 Bessie home and Ms latee 3141(8(0 111 14 beautiful man. Mee place to live in, but a lot of things are
Woodruff', whom he lied known sietwe in- 'don, there lay for nediy years a, pile of his very dear, especially the odas and ends that
fancy, This seas 11111 1110 commencement of schoolbooks, writes Aloncure D. Conway. one is often wanting. The post eilim is the
his inntrimonta career, Among 1111080 0103 a large copy -book full of only place ‚(('110130 128)' min is recognised be.
low the value of a nickel (5 coins or
Alr. Parkes lost his first wife a year after arithmetical exercises, forms for advertising
English money) in fact, this amount seems
he married lice, and shortly rater her (loath sales of land and cattle, accounts, and most
he met with his first necelleit. While iid- things 111111 would 110 11001111 in business. the to be equivalenthere to our English Iscl, or Id,
1013 11. half -broken mit one day 1110 110100 mid. forms requiring (111.100 are elated 1745, and
(101117 012I011 and threw hint to the gretnel, there are other signs that the book was kept
breaking his left leg. The sm•geon who was that year, when WEL011111111011 W11.8 about 13
called to attend hint set the leg wre»g, and years of age, probably 0 111110 11101,3 than 13.
it 01110 nooeSsary to break it again. The op- The book is scrupulously neat, has no blots,1
studio!) was not 0. 0410)3000. 01111 bleed.poison. and it hi written ie such clear and handsome
ing sot in, His foot swelled and inertified, penmanship that the lad must have won the
and in order to 0(4(0 1101 life the doctors am. prize if there wore any given in the schoo
putated it, for handwriting. Sometimes there are
They thought; they had stopped 1110 133013. flourishes around his capital letters, but the
ress ot the poison, but in a few days it be. F. all letters am almost as i engraved.
came apparent, that it was extending [nether what 'Washington 011010 10(80 ; "Amon ought
up the leg. A week afterward they awe- net to V01013 himself of his ttehievetnents or
t &tad the leg at the knee. After a month tare qualities, his riches, titles, virtue or
of suffering the wouna heale11 rip, and EL kindred but he need not speak meanly, of
short time after that the deadly poison himself."
again commenced to work. .AI ter 141(1(1131(1)' Now in this book there aro several pages
consultation the physioians decided to cut on which George Washington has weitten
the leg entirely ollt This they did, and bs, down more thou a hundred " Rules of civil -
doing so saved Mr. Parkeslife. ity and decent behavior in company tuul
The doctors syanted to take the pieces of conversation." During the yeare in which
the leg to dissem, but young Parkes insisted the country WILS neglecting these rules,
that they ehould be buried. After me eli ar. aclopted from the wisdom of the past, the
gning his wish was gratified -his leg, in Mt. Vernon 'Moe seem to have had a taste
three pieces, being belied 131 ;t ueighborieg for them. Nine of the rules were partly
cemetery, devoured, and several nearly destroyed. One
When Parkes finally recovered he married of them was left with only. these words :
his dead wife's sister, who had nursed him "Too much at any public:Is," I had yearly
during his loug illness. Sir. Parkes decided given tm (411 1103108 of finding out what that
to go to Saratoga Springs for his health and lost rule was, when 13 found it ill a book
take his young bride with him. He was compile(' by On English elwild 8 years old, 100
never to veach the plac0. years before our little Washington got hold
When half way to his destination the
sleeping.ear that carried him and his wife
jumped the track and a disastrous wreck
occurred. Mr. Parkes' remaining leg WILS
crushed and initegled and he was taken 11018
the wreck 11110011801011S. Clasped tightly in
his ar1110 112110 his young bride, but she 1V00
demi, A horrible gash In her white forehead
told the rest of the story.
Young Parkes' father was hastily notifi-
ed, nnd he insisted that his son should be
sent home. Notwithstanding 1110 precarieue
condition, his wounded limb WOO baudaged
and he was conveyed 10 1)1(2 father's house,
twice a widowed man.
For many long hours the best surgeons
that (would be procured labored to save his
remaining log. At the end they were corn.
palled to amputate the leg close to the
body, "Ilhe grave was opened and the leg
burled with the other, leaving Alr. Parkes
a num without legs.
He WOO 1101V almost entirely helpless,
and. for EL )03211. he remained in Me father's
house, almost vtithout a hope, and longing
for death. Summer came, and a muque
wheel -chair 01I15 made for Mr. Parkes, and
ho propelled himself for short dietances
about. the neighborhood.
Among the boarders at an adjoining farm
nets Miss Bessie White, She 112/10 a con.
sumptivo, and had but one arm that
member having been crushed by a fel. Iler
father was wealthy, and she had consider.
able money in her own right. Young
Parkes met her. They both were unfortun-
ate, rind their 'feelings were akin. Three
weeks afterward they wore married by the
village parson.
3118112e4 life seemed bo brighten, and for
two yearss-the brightest of his life -he lived
with his young wife in Dobeeit. Then her
fat& disease asserted itself, and after 18
lingering illness of three months she died.
She left 112111 $20,000 and a, little baby girl,
Parkes went back te his fancy's hanse,
sad a101 entirely dejecbed. He hired a nurse
for his baby and tleteetrithed to devote the re-
mainder of his life ta hoe welfare.
The 1181280, it widow nestled Mrs. littria
Lawler, wns still young and handsome,
Parkes fell in love wit 11 her and soon askea
her to become his wife. She refused, but foe
six months he fought his end with such
persistence that ho conquered, and they
wore matried by Catholic priest, Mrs
Lawler having been. brought up in that
denomination.
Mr. Parkes bought a neat, little eettage
near his father's farm, and in it ho installed
1(20 01(30 and child, A fow months afierward
his Wiese beeame very ill, and young
• Parkes remained constantly beside his bed.
One ni. lit, when be W1114 watching Ins
dying fat ter, a servant whom 11)111(831 hired have just remelted the Zoological Om ens,
came 110100 to his cottage intoxicated, tinsel), 86•Ys the London Nines, They are the first
0, 1201'000110 lamp in his room, and Hy see that have over been exhibited there alive.
house afire. Iles. Parkes and tho baby wore 1T110 alligatov (14 80 distinctly an American
sleeping soundly, and before assistance ar- 'nebula that the proof so reoently 110 18712, of
in England. you " drop a penny in the slot,
here you drop a nickel in tho slot. At home
tramcar fares are ld, and 2.11 ; in Tacoma
5 cents., and in some very rare eases where
the distance is more than four miles, 1000(11.0.
Sp •aking of trams, they have a splendid see-
vme here. Electric COWS 1'1111 through all the
principal streets, and you 0011 get to any
suberb with about seven miles by steam
10018, and a Dory line is new being
laid for a service of cable ears whin])
will belt the city. Fortunately, I brought
my razors. 31 did not frilly realise the
meaning of high wages tin I found
that oho charge here for shaving is 1 5 cents.
or "Ad. ;hair cutting 35 cents., or Is. 151al. ;
shoelflacking, and these establishments are
also in connection with the barbers' shops,
100032.0., or rid. We are not taking any of
these luxuries. We 810 0(11' shaving and shoes
at our lodgings, and intend else to out each
other's hair if possible. Beer 5 cents (8131(108,
said glass being about two-thirds of an Eng-
lish half pintglass, and then the glass is only
about. two-thirds full, Uwe remainder being
froth. The beer itself is very nice and palat-
able; it is not lager, being brewedinAmerlea,
but. it lets not so much body as ours, still
it will make you 't tight '13 3100 only drink
sufficient Whisky 113 cents a glass 1 they
give you the bottle and a glass se that you
can help yourself ; this sounds good 1111 31011
old. Tia rule was Do 1101 laugh too have seen the glass. When you see the glass
loud or toe mueli at ony public speetacle you realise the splemlid generosity of the
lest you 00.11/20 yourself to be laughed at," saloon keepet ; about twelve of them go 1.0 1218
Another rule that puzzled me a good deal gill, and when I say a gill I do 1101 1(10(211 half
bad been left by the mice in this condition a 3113111 13 mean just half that measure. They
" A 010.11 ought nob to value himself 03 111(4 are the very smallest glasses I eye'. saw out.
achievements or Imre qua, . los, virtues, or side 03 44 child's toy box. 1 don't drink
kindred . . . •" At lest I found that whisky, and not a very great q1l01ltit7 of
,Soine of these rubs; relate to politeness- beer, Prices incline to the prohibitive ;
in the school, in the home, in public, in the there 10 000(31 inducement to teetotalism,
playground, in company ; others relate to believe the cheapest thing here is food.
morality and the formation of character. Restaurant, two slices hot buttered toast
. with coffee or tea (splendid coffee, poor tea),
There is no part of life but is taught its les
son ; the boys learns to keep his nails clean, 10 cents. Chop (splendid) 01)steak (poor)
aud also to keep hiseonscience clean. 120111 with potatoes, tea or coffee and bread and
first give eetne ef the rules of good maeners butter ark lib. , 15 oonts. Nothing so cheap
in things sometimes thought trifles, though In Englana for the quality, quantity, and
1210:0 4810 really of large importance : "If you enpointments. 121 (0 a treat to see American
cough, sneeme, 0(1311, 01) yawn, au it not loud, people take their fool. They order it, drop
but privately 3(20(1 speak 1101 111 yottr yawn. into a chair, and., so soon as it is served,
ing, but put your hand kerchief or hand before commence to devour it with a speed that
yout face, and turn aside." amazes one. The average American will
"Being set at meal scratch not, neither conceal his dinner in the innermost recesses
epit, oeugh or blow your nese, 8(10831(1 2111000 of hie person in 121006 100 minntesforty.five
is a necessity for it. ' "Make no show of seconds. We attended church on the first
talciug great delight in you victuals, feed Sunday after our arrival here, but wore not
not with [1100(110000, 41111 your bread with a much impressed by the scones (Episcopas
knife, lean not on the table, neither find hat), which to my thinking was hurried
fault with what yen eat." 022012 with indecent haste. The lessons were
But 0(10 113)1012 not cut bread With It greasy reed so quickly that WO could not follow the
knife, nor take salt with it, nor carry food reader ; 001111011 lasted about ten minutes 1
to the month with a knife, ime pick one's the whole time occupied, from processimml
teeth with a fork. '13low not your broth at to recessional hymn inclesive, being exaotly
table brit stay till it co ds of itself." one hour, The American takes hie religion
One (01(81 (101 spit the stones of feud upon as he takes his food and drink-gnick, and
the plate. " Put not amother bit in your purely as a matter of business, As an O'S -
mouth until the former be swallowed ; let ample of the latter a hymn teas com.
(101 31001' morsels be too big for the jowls." meneed when the 0011081.100 113(10 1.0 (10 taken ;
The Alt Vernon mice had played sad so soon as the collection was got throegh
haven: with another rule, leaving it thus in they stopped the hymn, not half through,
company of your betters 1)0 1(011 . than Again, the recessional hymn was docked of
they are, lay not your arm but ex those verses through the ehair getting down
." I found it to be us follows 2 "In emu the 1(1810 11)111 to the ehrireh door in double
patty elyour bettors, be not loliger bleating quick time, We aro a very morel city, and
than they are ; lIly not your arm, but arise 11011311 011 all kinds of drank wiliness and vice,
‚(0, 111 only 141.00024 on the eclgo of the table." ()i'ennes° it exists, ludas long as it confines
I ‚(13(11 (3(1010 two other rules 000004011113 itself to ont.of.the-wity streets you are 01412
behaviov at the tablo ; "13! othees talk at posed to ignore it, and the real memo lies,
table 140 attentive ; but, talk not with Meat as of eld, 111 being found out 1 Wonla 8312)01.
111 your mouth," (In the rules " meat" in ally like you to sec nur military. Ile 'Pa-
lmed in the same sense 110 " food:" as it umnavoluntmes (Immo as as, foot, mark
8011(01114(108 (8 in the Bible.) In table.tells an- you) ((('0 (40 soldier -like a Isely of Mon yoti
othet rule. warns 110 agahlIft Speaking of conla wish to meets anti whoa in rainy
" (101(41 things," 811011 as death mini weathee they bike their embrel (118 (111 paraae
wounds." Ana here is a noble rule 1 " Be tho effect is unique. Vet( should 008 (1001 'te-
net angry at table, whatever 1111313101102 )8(1(1 bane, polite, and gorgeomi the saloon -keepers
if you have reason to bo so, show it not are here, There (1.1)0 80 pawnehops here, hut
put on &cheerful (mentalism:of especially if some places known its Collateral Banks"
1.1101.0 Iwo strangers, For good humor makes have tlwo three brass bolls exhibited. Pitney
one dish of 1310)111 (1 feasts" name, isn't it ?"
A Chinese Alligator. The (301•111a11 Vintage is a complete failure
Two examples of the Chinese tali goy this 3/0411.'
The deceased wifo's sistee has fallen on
hard times in England. For years het,
friends -for she is not absolutely friendless
-Wive been seeking 1.0 have the tereible
(Usability removed under whioh she exists,
and to make it legal for her to assume the
namo ana p0100 ot her sister 11001 110 more,
1)01 4111 without avail. Nor was the effort, in
her behalf any mere snocessful last week,
notwithstanding the filet that: it was made
at a time W11011 the ranka of hor opponente
‚(110(0 131)011.1)7 thinned owing to members of
parliament being absent at the races. One
consolation to the poor eistere remains
however, while they (trona free to marry
their brothers-indaw they are not solely
dependent upon these to put an 0114 10 thoir
spinsterhood, They aro at liberty to capture
sotnebody else% tosterisbratheratt.leve. All
tho same the law which is based upon a false
terprotation of Scripture, lean anachronism
and ought to be amoullod, It has no sup-
port either in nature or in reason,
rived they both were smothered to death.
Just as the sad 110211EI was 01)01113116 10 Mr,
Parkee, who sat at his father's bedside)
his aged parted raised himself, uttered Ib 101V
incohereet words, and fell back dead.
Parkes' father and his wile and child were
buried on the same day. It was it sad day
for Parkes. After the graeos had been e01.1.
Vf1aS placeel in a, cavil a.go to taken tO
DOW 111,6011.7 Cheerless home. As the ear.
100121 0(022011114 some railroad tracks 011
engine came sereoehing along, tho horses be.
came mad with fright, and, despite the
efforts of the driver, they dashocl down the
the species in China MVO extremely inter.
eating. Nevertheless, the Chinese elaesies
contain nemerons referent:es to the ereature
and 01208 pictares, which could be easily
recognised as being a or000dilo of 00010 8081,.
" It is to be hoped that the epooimens at the
Zoo will bear out the notion of the extreme
longevity. of the reptile. Its name is ap-
i rake, parently used in certain parts 01 (11)11)41 In
erod and the last, sad words s oken,
the same senseas othusalch in thisoeuntry.
Marco 1 olo wrote sloth 21)18 amma ant
rocomintonded its gall 140 (411 excellent remedy
for the bile of a, mad dog and for various
°thee oomplainte, so that it 0001110 tO 110.00
1)0011 21110 medieval equivcdent of some of our
road at headlong speed. I arkee WM within, much advertised remedies of tho present
utterly helpless. Suddenly tho carriage , cloY, CurionslY 0I1011011, Ole boost le ovon
collided with 0.21000, smashing the vehicle, now made use of in Chinese =Moine."
Rest, Dogs in War.
erbe following poem by the ltev. Father' The idea lately taken up 111 earnest in the
Ryan, t 110 1111110M1 pom-prlest, ('('1181)141 favorite Herman and Russian armiee of toting dogs
poem of the late Sir John M0.edonald.1
MY feet are wearied and nty hands aro tired,
My 1441u1 oportuemd-
Anil I desire what 1 have long derired
Hest only rest.
Tie hard to toll- when toll le almost vain
In barren 11'n3'141
"1124 1111111 10 12011' and 110 Vor garner grain,
In harvest wInys.
'rho burden of my days is hard 10 00,11),
But oil knows hest;
And have prayed -but 4)0111 111124 1/0011
111.11)2012
leer reet-Hweet rest,
"1'18 hard to (1(14(11 2(1 Spring 111111 1100111' :map
The Autumn yield ;
'Tim hard to till, and when tilled to weep
O',' fruitless flohl.
And so 1 CIT, IL weak aml human ery,
So heart oppressed
And 1 sigh it weak and human sigh
For rest -fur rest.
.:1Iy way Ints wound mires.; the desert years;
And amok Infest
Aly petit, and through the flowing of hot tears
131(4(0 for rest,
Twas always 00 ; WII on hut child 1 laid
On mother' N breast,
My wearied 111 tie Maul t ii'en then 1 prayed
A41011113100 rosi.
Anil 1 ain restless still ;111.111 soon he o'er ;
loor, down the west
Lifo's sun le 0011 14113. anti 1 ewe, 1114) 1411010
NN here 1 shall root.
A Child's Laughter,
821 the 110(11 01 heaven ring,
All the birds of heaven may sing.
All the wells on oarth may spring,
1421(1 1.110 '(('1,1(10 0(1 earth may bring
All sweet imittuls together ;
Sweeter far than all things heard,
(1141111 of harper, tone of bird.
smolt) of wood., at sundown 1 rrod,
Welling WO tor.. W111120111e word,
Wind in warni Wan weather.
one ((((((13 302 there Is that none
1 leering ore its chime be done
linows not 11'011 the sweetest 0110
110411,2 01num beneath the sun,
Hoped in 'moron hereafter :
Soft. and strung and loud 1110112(2(11,
Very sound of very lieht
I Merit from morning's rosiest height,
When the soul 01 ,111 delight
Fills a child's 0201(1) 1(1013(4(02).
Golden bells of wolcomo rolled
Never forth such nut es, nor told
Hours so 2112 1(18 in tones so bold,
4.0 (4,4' radiant, mouth of gold
Hero that rings fortl; heaven.
1 f tho golden -crested ‘vren
Wore it nightIngale-why then,
Something soon and heard of mon
Might be (((011 (10 sweet as 0111011
Laughs a child of seven.
-Algernon Charles Siol nburne.
Two limns.
Two lovers by a mess grown spring
They leaned soft cheeks together there.
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
And heard tho wooing thrushes sing.
000.1481(013 thno 1
0 love's blest prime 1
Two wedded from the portal stept ;
'rho bell nutde happy car:dings,
The air was soft as fanning Wings,
While petals on the pathway swept.
0 (('830 11(014 bride
0 tender bride!
TWO hums 001 11 cradle bent ;
Two 1100,10 rthove the head wore locked :
These pressed melt other while they rooked ;
Those watched 141110 which love had sent.
0 solcinn botir
0 hidden power!
Two parents by the evening fire ;
The rod light fell abont their knees,
On heads that rose by slow degrees
Like buds upon the Illy ^pin.
0 patient We!
0 tender strife(
The two sat s1111 together thero ;
The rod light shone about their knees.
1301 all the heads by si dOgrpOs
Had gone and left the 1(1(101( 310. r.
0 ('0(0(30 (0.02
0 vanished pad I
for military purpemes has beett generally
talked of es an iiili0VatiOn. This, however,
as Al. Meunier th(lws in a learned article in
the seienl(flgee , a mistake. Hogs of
war, it appears,were woll
snewn to the great
Datiens of ancien1 tirnee, and Greeks, Ito.
mans, Jews and Hentilee made use of the
leaf less, intelligent animal, whose value is
1100' onee ogain to be plit in the test, The
Greeks bed dogs 10 every one of their fort.
masses : and E. Blaze, ewe, of Al, Mounieeo
authorities, telle 41 good story of an outpost.
that WM occupied ity strong Wittell 11(1130 0(1131,
Oppesittl Corinth, facing the Nee, eurh
041 olltp0St WaS situated, guarded hy fifty
demi, One eight the enemy begun to
disembark. The garrison was arunk, and
the dogs had to keep hack the aggressors.
They fought like lions, and for ty.ii ine of them
wero 101101,1, 'nu only survivor, tinter, rush.
ecl /140113 in hot haste, gave tho, alarm in the
camp, and theme:111y 11110 driven leteic. '1'lle
Romans, as every one !mews, WON; 1060 fort.
unate on 11 eeettsion, 11410120 the geese
performed the task ef the 4103(4( 1(1 ('0.11103( 1111.
attention of the soldiers to the Hauls sealing
the walls of the (Saints], while the degs
were fast. asleep. As 3 punishment for the
no fait I) ltd 001.121111 02, a religious ecrem on y, at
whirM even 1101:we1) occasion to laugh
on beholding it, was afterward aenually
performed at Rome. Its (thief feature was
that some dogs were taken through the
streets wyith great pomp, whipped at, every
cross -reed and in every public place, 111111
finally Integewl en a eresa of the weed iwf the
elder tree, near the Temple of Voeth. Even
in the sixteenth 110(12 1(3', two Turks pm,
formed 1 similes( ceremony in memory ot the
dogs w111011 had whammed the corp, of
AloSaintned. In Delinatian and Croatian
garrisons, dogs of war were kept in the
seventeenth century, whose duty 11 was to
reveal by their harking the preeence
of the Turkish sehileetw 1 to run to their 111002
Messed realms them twequitinwed not only Willl
1110 (1101 of the approseh of the enemy, but
also to poitit oot in tlie forest the place
where the aggressors were hiadeu. But, asks
11. Aieunier, is it possible for a dog te dis.
tinguish different nationalities? it is im.
possible to give a certain 111181801) to this
question, bat so much is certain, that the
1111010080 had very well noted that the dog
had this peculiar facility. Minerva's temple
at Datilia was guarded by dogs which were
trained with such care that they eould dis-
tinguish Greeks mid barbarians, lavishing
caresses on the former and barking eontin.
rally if any 01 8110 latter arrived. And not
only were dogs made use of in ordinary war-
fare, but from the time 03 1118 Roman Empire
downward, 0111,001 80 our 020(1(1183', the slave
hunters lista had invaluable assistants in
their bloodhounds. M. Moonier describes
Horece'Vernet's toweling picture of the ehrin
du regime nt, which creeps up with bleeding
head and shattered feet to his two friends
the drummers ; but does not mention the
most famous of all reeent dogs of war, the
faithful liSsoinienechtted, who went through
the whole of the last Frames -German war.
arid nits noW well earned his place on one of
the magnificent bas.reliefs round the Sieges
Saule, at Berlin.
The recl light shone about lho finer
And made the spamobetween them wido •
They drew their chairs tip sido 22( 82(11),
Their pale clinks Joined, and said .• Once
more 1"
0 memories 1
0(11101 that is!
-George Eliot.
The Auld Itirkyaird.
Yestroen in the gloamin' oor 1 strayed
In the timid kirkyaird sou dear,
And I thocht on the (111001010 lowly laid,
The frecns 80 111)' heart 0(1000110,
Tho west wind soughed through tho leafy
boughs
0 the trees 0' living green,
But 1113 hert wis WI.' its eaves and woos
lo tho auld kIrkyard. postmen.
1 1)0111 1(13' stops sot 1,1.112)02) 00
When before my weary gate
1 saW a woe green grave sae Ione
Muter the bonny ilooers (1111 wave,
And the soft wind kissed the 0100 1)18 bed
Wham! 11(0cherub heid did lean,
4.11(1 1(13' gloomy thoehts tthune were lod
Free 1110180d kirkyttird yestreen,
1 felt as I looked on the grassy mounds
Bedecked wt' ole bonny timers
That 110(1(3) 0(141111(1 come hie wonted rounds
Richt into oor choicest b000rs
To pluck 48.000000 tender 040001
Oor hearts frao this warl to W00%
Syne Mars o' pain ran (10011 (113' °hook
111 the muld kIrkyairn yestreon.
Sae 1 123(0(11110 (loon and 13 raised My hort
In the Auld kirkyaird 1.8 11110
And I asked frac his guidance neSir (0 1)011)1.
To ralSe 100 01 11408 (Mune.
To mak' me 11 liko 1170 11200 bit Weral
'ro dwell wi'lihnser at. ceen,
And my lout wis cheered as 1 wanaered home
Frac the mild kirkyttlrtt yostroon.
jewels in the Grave.
The largest amount of jewelry known' to
be in a single grave is said to have been
buried several years ago iu Brooklyn Ceme-
tery, in Brooklyn, N. )7, The undertaker
who had cherge of the funeral protested
against it, hut wits severely smashed for .110
interfeeeti cc. 'rile family had its way, and
1(1 2(131 grave are fully $5000 worth 1)3 (110,'
mende, 011(11 which the body was (leaked
when prembeed foe
Sometimes families who desire to hoes(
their dead in the clothing worn in life- in
evening or wedding drosses, foe instance-
stthstitute less costly imitatious for the
jewelry' Worn in life, partly from motives of
thrift and partly from it superstitious fear
that anything taken off a body when it is
rettily for the tomb will bring ill•inek to
stature wearers. .-stenn114 es' Weekly,
Out of Sorts
Describes 11 10011111; 'meaty 10 (('(410)01 (40 dys-
peptic tendon, or eateted by eliange Of
el enate, season or life, The stomach is out of
order, the 210011 1403100 or does not feel tight,
The Nerves
seen) Strained to their IltitiOSt, the mind Is
comuseit and inflame This einnution finds
(111 exeellent enrreetive In Moire Sarsapits
rina, moth, by its regulating etal toeing
powers, soon
Restores Harmony
to the system, and gives that strength of lnInd,
nerves, and body, which make!, MAC feet well.
Hood's
Sarsaparillia
Soul by an druggists. 1,11010(00 s. Prepared only
by 1%1. (141014,4. vo.„ipotheratles, Xass.
100 Doses One Dollar
How To Prue Flowers,
ast girls like to 314'4'8011001e1e but they
are often dissati41041 lrj Um 1720111111 710 the
color (114110and the torn is changed by dry-
ing 00 0101 tho 'lower has 1,0 Ilion; y ELS Ell
decoration and lint 1 it tic VII, 11 0 120 iL 110tonica
specimen. Maple Vow% awl 1r00 are the
exeeption and are much used tor winter-
hoimets, for pinning upon latio curtains or
arranging on a leo e 3 Nees:. But (((0.0 31
flowers may be preset ved both, in form and
color by packing 000111 ill 0,11121 0781 1 was
teeuutly 811,,0111 a oi yellow daisies
‚(('hill it,1 ern:11)11.1)11,i 01,ter and
04111 101:L111011 the leeiliaiwt Ned:. o: netusets
paint hie. 111 0,1211'0 Id ,w, 11, 04,1141 pro.
04100 12 pasteboard box 11)11 or four inches.
deep awl pnt aliout an inch <A dry yew1 im
the bAtten, then pot In a mingle 1,losson at
a time, luilding it stein upwards in the left
hand, and carefully 0,01 104' dry 01(11.1 01(1) 11.
with the right. After the blossom is well1
covet -ell another may lie added and 11(8 088(00
(wavered when 11,11 (440 18. T1112 lit 0010 Ell li-
able tO 1,0e4)1t1e brittle and the flowers when
taken from the sand may be tied to nieces
1.1 bronin eon) for
A Spider Whirling, a Fly.
On a bright summer afternoon of lost sew •
son, while lazily resting on the porch in t'we
warm atmosphere, I observed& fly stuldeuly
atop, flutter and struggle, apparently in mid
air. This WOO 00011 explained by a, little
black 110(1 01)00111 spider, ((0110118 larger than
the By, darting clown from a. beam over-
head, perpendicularly above the tly. Reach -
Mg 1(10 1,1.1101' he was but a moment in doing
whatever be did to secure his prey, and he
then ran nimbly up his single cord, which I
found, ulthough it 14110 scareely perceptible,
stretched taut from the beam above to a
crossratl of fancy work 11e10113.
The spider ascended about eighteen inches
above the fly, then quickly turned head
downward, taking hold ot the line with its
forelegs, as a ohild would a jumping rope.
and with a swaying motion the then stress.
gling fiy began to be swung around some,
thing like a button would be in 8118 001111)0 of
a string held by both hands aud rapidly
dirtied by a circular motion. The speed was
so rapid that by the time it had reached a
circuit of about four 11)01(00 (8 diameter the
fly could scarcely be discerned. In about a
1111110110 110 operation ceased and the fly wits
quiet
I then found on examination that the fl,y
10110 01(111101130, and I felt moved to try if I
could secure its freedom. Taking it care-
fully from the web liue-no dodo, to the
disgust of the spider -I found under the
magnifying glass that every leg was closely
tied together in the same 141111) 1101) as farmers
formerly tied the feet of calves together
when taking them to market in the bottom
of their wagons. Taking 41. needle I tried to
release the logs, but the work of the spider
WILE2 too well clone, and the fly soon expired.
Bid anyone ever witness such a mode of a
spicier securing its game?
Frightful Aooident to a 0001)21e084
The Baroness von Papponheim, daughter
of the Commander of the 101 Lancers, who
attended the parade at Potsdam in the Em-
peror'e suite was knocked off her horse, end
00 fearfelly bruised about the arms, logs, and
body, that it is considered vory doubtful
whether she eon IntrviVe her injuries, Whets
the lot Lancers were coming into line, says
Masters Berlin correspondent, they were;
suddenly ordered to gallop. The movement'
seems to have startled the young lady's,
horse, and she was thrown, and before any.
one could intervene to save hot, twelve or
thirteen troopers had ridden over her, as it
was impossible for thom to stop their horses,
The horror of the incident was increased by
the (001. 1.110,21 the young Baroness's father led
the advance of the Lancers, and W118 & Wh-
iten 01 1(10 accident Without being able to
render any aid.
A Generous Reward.
There are few persons so absolutely and
wholly bad that there is not a single spark
or trace of good remaining. Latterly so much
has been said concerning the CZarS 01a11(011
cruelty to the poor JOWS that one 10 111 dang-
er of concluding that this moclern autocrat
and despot is utterly incapable of 01131 100114113
of pity or of gratitude. This weuld be a
mistaken inference, however, as his action
in rewarding the two Japanese who risked
their lives for the sake of his son sufficiently
thews. It will be remembered that a few
weeks ago the Czarewiteli when on 41 visit
to Issote WaS attacked by a Jepetuse pollee •
11111114(130 13(441 113)01 been for the two linri-
kisha men in question rushing (0 1(10 prince's
assistmme, would nn doubt have extended
his murderous purpose. For their daring
and presence of 1111(11138(1180111 hasm tm tly
rewarded them by presenting each with tt
gold 1110110.1 and a. gift of 52,500 in cash,
besides settling on oath of them a 31011601
of $1,050 a year. Referring to bee geherous
net the New YOrk 'Nihon, remarks 1 " The
impression which this liberality is (metal)
to make on the minds of the Japanese in
general and of the 41111110011,0. guild in par-
ticular will be realized when 11 (8 stated that
the ammity which the Al i kado had previous
ly granted to them for the stuno cense did
not exeeed $30 a year,"
Fresh and Vigorous.
On a fine morning and a (Inc road, what
is more invigorating 8(1148 8, spin On a cycle,
When it comes to tt me, the suggestion of
Mr. George Phillips, Suciy. Lonetter Cycling
(lb, Dublin, Ireland, has force " I have
foand Ht. Jacobs Oil 1111 myttlitablo remedy
for strnAns and bruises, and so hare several
members of our club." This ought to bo
borne in mind.
Some time ago the Postmaster of Paris
mounted several letter.earriers on voloci•
pecks, mid now the prefect of pollee hits
folloWed his 011013110 111111 supplied the silent
horse to a certain rinniber of gendarmes,
"German
Syrup
9 9
Martinsville, N.J., Methodist Par-
sonage. "My acquaintance with
your remedy, Boscbee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted a Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
a Cough which disabled me from
filling my pulpit3for a number of
§$1:11saths. After trying a Physician,
without obtaining relief -I cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
-I saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained a bottle.
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have.
had Throat or Bronchial troubles.
since in our family, Boschee's Ger-
man Syrup has been our favorite'
remedy and always with favorable
results. I have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
•troubled in like manner." RIM
W. H. HAGGARTY, A
of the Newark, New A Safo
Jersey, M. Confer-
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rants About Yourself,
The veight of the circulating blood is 29
pounds.
The average weight of an adult is 150
pounds 0 ounces.
Tho bridn of a 411(00 031000(10 twice that of
any other animal.
A 111017 breathes about 20 times a minute
or 1,200 an hour
The average weight of a man's lamin is
11,1, pounds ; 0(21 sytenan 2 pounds 11 minces.
b we hundred and forty pounds or 1 hogs-
head and II; pints of blood pass 11111(11131) the
heart in one 110111.,
The heats; sende nearly 10 ;towels of blood
through the veins and eateries elicit beat
and makes four beats while We bre:dile
owlets
One hundred atul seventy.five million
cells are in the lungs, which would mver a.
urface thirtS, Limes greater than the human
body.
The average of the pulse in infancy is 120
per minute, in nutulema 80, nt 00 years 60.
'Pile pulse of females 10 1110(0 rapid than that,
rf males.
Fltl'IT CAtt.g. -00o cup of inetesses, one'
eup of brown sugar, one eup of shortening,
two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of soila, three'
cups of flour, two utips 01 111(011 apples (be.
fore soiticiega Beat and stir in ono egg,
and add raisins and spieos to suit. Sonic
the apples 04)1)1 14332241. In the Morning put.
111 11101118.020 0101 sugar, boiling deem until
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