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'fo pretty SMm iM&cMrtdyi.
—''"TSflare^iHrif' fits WiiiMijr a'aSy
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With jo much *&,( that I've oomo lo {ed
That ytoum aro tha sweetest ot faces.
•     " PnlW BlraWii flnjtcrnl greatly a«d
Ita Keep my Imttoiw inoWcr,
With a little li»3 iattcwd border,
" &"i0J!rrt you'*' ww>o wi livo wilh »»,
Aiiildoironmy htutonanc^tly,
*V?" .,w!,Bet i? ■ 'PS" I'" iIicm jou out
wost elegantly aufl completely i>'
&v„'nJsSB,,loa^ " '*,s Inis to how
A judgo of beauty you are indeed
» do cm't toll rags Jww teoesl
And t don't wi»li to renew thom,   ^
w ,/li' Vsh Wl 1",u<",» *«i »»■
Why, fluit somo other to do literal"
Yn3i5?T2 vam? ,,aa>thl» off« w ""do
m..Y.   ,r 'heappl&trce atiady;
■ }},° *? » Bachelor's Button etlii,
4nii sho is a Bogaeil-fjdy |
•..Youth's Campanim,
VMB WCEAn' FEMjSIk,
G eenldo pebble, what thy talc,
Whero dumb nro human lips,
Of fatal meek, or pirate Ball,
Or Uio old Noreemon'n ehips?
In. comurso with ibo vraodrpua fide,
.„." "os6 "»>wmrB nover sleep,
What whispers hsniit Iby i««t beside
lhc threshold of tbo deep ?
But as a sluglo star wight bo
where space he^lus her rolmi,
Or tJine besldo eternity,
Art thou beside tho main,
Man's record shrinks beforo thy past,
O world within a world (
Atom by llory waves upcast,
Or ley torrents hiirfod.
More eloquent thau tongue or pen
Bo»id3 Jliy istorj-'B worth.
What ure lho feeble words of men.
The written books cf earth ?
Ami yet I h )M thoo in my bawl,
riioa toy that nionld unto*
UliMivf ill iioor of soewts grand,
Wbo.-sat I vainly Imoct.-.
CHJPsTliE^ABPENTER.
Bt JOHN SOIXB o'SEIIXY.
"Chips," whom I J"""" KT months by
sio ptiiw *""ri" was ship's carpenter of
-»tao whaler Gazelle, of New Bedford. He
b»s tweuty.six .wars old, sis foet high,
swd strong ns a troo. Ho was tho favor-
ate of the ship—aiid no wonder. Ho wis
^tender ami gentle, perhaps becauso ho
"was strong; ho wns peneefut, because ho
-ffns powerful. And tho soft word which
turneth awav wrath, with thc(?ciith< hand
•to sootln- a Kiilhwr, nro often needed in
tlio whale iisherii's.
Most of tlio for»mtist hands of tho Gn-
xollo wt'wrtnwfhPiirtnRosi'lntls, from tho
Weston Mauds, ott thoir firstvo,va#e.
Thoy M'eiv (n>n(od with courso eonteuiiit
Iiy tlio fow Amorioan seamen nml In- tho
officers.
The only "whito man"—aa tho Yankee
sailor loves to eall himself—who was kind
«nd patient with tho riido hoys waa
'Chipa; and lm was never tired of sliow-
Wfi: thom or teaching them something of
what ho knew. Ke was ono of thaw
unselfish fellows who did not heh'ovo in
keeping knowledge to themselves. He
hod never heen to sea before, but during
the first two years of this, vovnge he had
attended to so many thinpra'bewdes his
own easy work, that lie was considered
ng one of tho best and coolest whales-
men aboard.
tww fjfc'j.1, he, would sit on tim main
hatch, m tho center of a ring ot tho Portugese Jads, and with wonderful patience
teach tliem to mako splices and kuot«
nyd to speak English. Ho never tired
«t doing this or any other kindly thing
JwJhew, fe-theMim^Uihweivrcr^.
mirk for hint ut his trade, he still hnd
ihem aronnd him, explaining everything
aa ho sawed or planed, ns if he wished
to make them aa gootl carpenters aa he
mw himsi'lf.
On Sunday, when evory ono brought
liis letters nnd pictures on d.-ek, Chilis
showed the only signs of sadness we
■over sn-iv. He was tlie only one on board
—except myself—who had neither pictures nor letters—neitln-r faco nor word
io remind him of home.
When tbe ship touched nt somo port
with a postofliee, and every ono ran for
letters, Chips remained aboard—he knew
thero wns none for him. In one of the
boys' albums he fomula picture of an old,
white-haired woman —the lad's mother—
nnd eveiy Sunday afternoon he asked for
that albino, aud tdtvays give it back
■when lie had turned nud lo iked nt tbat
picture.
Tho ship hnd been two years ont when
I first saw«Chips. Through sfrango and
unlroppy circumsfauees I was afloat on
tho Indian Ocean, in a small boat, when
thia Now Bedford whaler hove in sight,
nnd ran toward me. The first man to
spring out in tho inizzen chains, to help
me aboard, waa strong-handed Chips,
with terns of sympathy in liis eyes. On
deck the captain met nio with open hand
and heart, and for eight months I sailed
with the whalemen, and took part in tlie
good and ill that befell them.
Chips and I wero friends from the instant our hands struck. Shaking hands
is ono of tho best tests of character.
Some peoplo shake 3'our hand so politely
tliat yoa feel they woidd care mighty
little abont shaking your acquaintance;
somo men slip their hands iuto yours
nnd make yon feel nsif you were squeezing a fish; samo people's bands aro so
thick, and fat, and cold, that you might
as well grasp tha fingers of a leather
dnnuny. Most people, and nice people,
tdmkc hands na a preliminary toconversa-
*/qii;   tiiifc   joow   otitl   tben   ono'ii   hand
strikes into a. sympathetic palm, tho
fingers tako fnll hold, tho thumbs interlock nnd close—and when that friendly
grasp is over, there is not a word to be
said—it spoko all friendly greeting in its
own good language. Just such n kindly
nnd grim grip did Chips givo me the
first time wo met.
When I boarded the whaler I was in a
bad way for clothes; tdl that belonged to
mo in the world wero the few branded
rags that I had worn in the boat. Sailors
are used to such tilings; and they know
tho remedy. Everf ono came foi ward
with his little offering. Ono bron^ht n
hat, another a jacket, another a pair of
sea boots, a jack-knife, a cako of tobacco, and so on, until I had a bunk full
of marine necessities.
Chips had least to givo of all, for he
had shipped'without a regular outfit. But
when ho saw all thftt had been given,
smiling at tho rough boys as each one
handed his offering, he drow i»o off to
his own cubby-hole, and hauled round
his own chest. Out on his bod camo the
contents; and in a minute there wa« a
fair division of all it contained—flannels,
shirts, stockings and ererj'thuig to a
handkerchief.
"Theso are yours, and these nre mine,"
said Chips; "and I'll make you a chest
to-morrow,"
That's the sort of a man he wns in
evetything. No wonder the boys loved
him,' and that tho one. word spoken in
the best fonOs of the ship was tho name
of tho kind-hearted, many Chips.
fla was ns brrtve as he, was kind. When
whales were chased, Chips wont down in
a boat, and there was no cooler head
among them whon tho fragile shell Wa9
i<f bo kid broadsido to a monster nearly
as long as tho ship. Onco when tho
boat was stove in by » sweep of the awful
flukes in tho death-finny, orie of the
lioys was crushed by tho blow and driven
senseless under tho water. When Chips
came to tho surface he counted the heads
and niisa?d ono, and do-frn in tho bloody
brine he, wont among tho sharks and
fished «p the sinising body. Ho was a
mighty awimmer, and, with only an oar
to cling to, he heid tho senseless man <?nt
of wnter from noon till sunset.
But, io the story.   Tho Gazelle had
hundred miles off the, const of Western
Australia—tho ^ronfc penal colony of Eng-
land—and/hivinp that time had not
fallen in with a single sperm whalo.
One raw afternoon, with a harsh
breeze nnd a rising sea, nt last we heard
the long sing-song cry, from tlie masthead, "Ho blows! ther—xo—blo-o-ws!"
Four times, at regular intervals of about
forty seconds, tha cry was repeated; and
then ho knew it waa a sperm whalo.
■ It was about 5 o'clock in tho evening
whon tho first cry was hoard, and the
sun went down nt 6:30, with scarcolyfivo
minutes of twilight As a rule, on board
of Amorican whalers, when whales aro
seen lato in tho evening, the boats aro
nftt sont down, unless circumstances,
such ns weather, moonlight, and so on,
are very favorable. In most cases tho
course of tho whales and the speed of
their travel aro carefully noted. When
"on a course " a school of sperm whales
will movo at tho rate of about six miles
an honr; when "feeding" thoy keep on
tho samo "fjround" not moving more
than a fow miles a day. When seen lato
m the evening, tho ship is steered (luring the night according to the obse|-v»^
tions, nnd often finds tho polioot in sight
ill fho morning, whoa tlio boats are at
ouco «(N«t down,
Tliis conrso was not followed on tho
evening in question. It was not a school
we saw, but a "lono whnle," nnd ono of
extraordinary mzo. Tlio night promised
to be a rough one, and tho whale's motions wero strangely irregular, as if ho
had lost himself in an unknown sea,
.literals something solemn and mysterious in tho sight of "lono whales,"
and marvelous superstitions aro current
among whalemen respecting them.
Though spending year nfter year on tho
great waters, whalers become more impressionable lo supernatural tilings than
other seamen, aud long observation of
tho shoals or schools of the vast creatures
they pursue, tends to fill them with
amazement and awe wheu they moot
with a solitary leviathan who has abandoned nil fellowship with his kind, who
lives by his o\rn law—lonely, mighty and
terrible.
Soon after the ery from aloft, we saw tho
whalo from the deck, oidy » short distanco from the ship, nnd we might havo
seen him long before had not his white,
btisb-ltko spout beon lost in the nngry
whiteness that was fast spreading over
the sea.
Por a moment all eyes wore fastened
ou the long body, liko a greatj black
tub', over which tho waves washed.
Ever)* faco was wonder-stricken at lho
immense size of tho whale.
Captain Clifford had been examining
him through a glass, which he handed
in turn to each of his officers,
"Whnt do you say, Mr. Hussey?" ho
inquired of tho first mate, who'glanccd
at the sun nnd answered:
"Go down, sir; wo eta doit.''
"Mr. Joseph?" nud tho captain turm
to flioaec^stlmttte^{1$. ^^^mgmu^. ^**^*'-~^^«#^*wa^*i«i
axtwioi-cEnitty wus, nnct^>ei-hap»the molt
famous whaleman alive.
"Go down, sir, if wo want to get tho
fellow; we'll never seo him again,"
The two othor officers were younger
men, and  of tha same wind.   There
was no time lost in further consultation.
"Swing the boats!" shouted tho "old
mau."
The linos and irons hnd already been
thrown in by the crews. A "heave, oh!"
aud a straining sound, nnd in one minute tlio four boats struck the water, and
the men were settled on the thwarts with
the long oars out. *
The sun was low and largo and red,
and the whole western sea and sky wero
magnificent in crimson and goid and
black. Tlie picture was ono of the finest
I ever saw. The rising sea was jet blnck,
except where it was Woody; a broad
road of crimson shimmered from tho
ship to the sun; tlie long body tif the
whale, even blacker thau tho sea, wns
plainly seen iir the ruddy glare; nnd lifo
was added to the immense scene by tho
four white specks—tho whaleboats—
closing to a point as they drew near tho
motionless monster.
It was not nntil tho boats had left the
ship that wo realized how threntening
was the weather. Every moment the
sens came wilder and heavier against tlie
vessel. Only now and again, as they
were lifted on a soa, could we catch sigltt
of the brave little boats. The bruezo
grew stronger evory nihntte, aud bofore
tho first boat neared the whale, was
whistling through tho rigging in tlie wild
way that tells of a coming gale. Tho
captain regretted the lowering of tho
boats, and soon signaled tliem to return.
But tho men were excited, and refused to
seo the signal. Pilled tothe gunwale,
the seas lasliing over them every moment, on they went where only a tiling
bo nearly perfect as a whnloboat conld
keep afloat, As the firsfc boat swung
round to run down to leeward of tho
whale, tha tan sun stoocf fairly on *l»o
blank field of ocean.
Talk about tba bravery Of soldietti in
battle, or of men ashore in any enterprise you pleaso; whatis it tothe bravery
of such a deed as this? A thousand miles
from land, six men iu a little twenfy-
cight-foot .shell, coolly going down in »
stormy soa to do battle with the mightiest
created animal! It is tho extreme of
human coolness and courago, becauso it
is fhe extreme of danger. Tho soldier
faces ono peril—the bullet. _ The whnlo-
man, in sueh a case as this, has threo
mighty enemies to fight—tho sea, tho
gale and the whale.
Wo saw the harpooncr of eaoh boat
stand up aa they camo within heaving
distance, and send in his two irons. All
the boats were, fast beforo tho monster
seemed to feel tho firsfc biow. Then
oame tho light," the cruel and unnatural
fight botween vast powor nnd keen skill.
Tho black water was churned white as
the flukes stf uck out in rage and agony.
Tho sun disappeared and tho gale
screamed wilder in tho rigging. Wo
cotdd no longer see the boats from tho
ship. The fow men on board clewed up
the light sail and took a reef in fho topsails, and by this time tho night was
dark as pitch, and tho gale had whipped
and howled itself into a hurricane.
It was fearful to think of   tho four
small boats out in such a sea as wns thon
running.    We on tlie ship had to cling
to tho rail of  tile rigging; tlio territie
strength of tho waves swept the hentf'
vessel about like a cork.   I saw the««P-
tain's face a moment as he passi*'the
binnacle lamps, and ifc was nbsoh/^y do-
formed with grief and  terror-not for
himself, brave oldsailor, bal ilf hia boys
in fhe boats. ,  ,
"Who's at the wheel?" Jw shouted;
"send a steady toan to tlfi Wheel.
"Ay, ay, air!" mww«d ifl the dark a
deepqniot voice; "/« #ot tho wheel."
That was Ohip4 >">& 1 walked nf t to
he near him. Ziehen n long had camo
through tho tixtomsi, and wo saw tho
flash of nbai/Hftntom on tholeo quarter. In iMzaOta moro a lino wtm flung
aboard n^'wesoou had ono crow safo
on deeit. it \«>s tlie mate's I«>at,
"•tiTanHs are tho others," was ths first
qaesfttt,
"and thero nre no lanterns on tha boat."
Ono of the men front tho boat relieved
Chips at tlio wheel, and ho woftfc forward
to ng lanterns at tho foro and main tops.
Whou this was dono wa stood together
on tho forecastle, looking and listening
foi tho boats. Suddenly ho turned to
mo and said:
"Wp'ro jfojng to lose soma ono tonight. While I was at the wheel, it
seemed to me ns if somothing whispered
in my oar that we're going to lose one
mnn to-night,"
I snid ho was growing as superstitious
as old Kanaka Joe, and ho answered:
"I can't help it. Itdidseem that I
hoard tliat whisper, and so plain was it
that I nearly dropped tho wheel in
terror."
Another shout from tlio sea cttt off
further talk, and wo soon bad two moro
boats ttt the davits. Tho absent! one
was Mr, Joseph's, and we Jwpw that
tlirough thick nnd thin ho would hold
on to the whalo. Ifc was hours before
wo found him;, nud whon wo did ho ro-
fitsed to cut his lino /rom tho carcass,
Tho captftin «rfetf to hilii Hint wo could
uotriiold tlio wb/doin pu<in a sea, bnt
tho whaleman cried back;
, 'Ho's a hundred-ah'-fifty barroler;
and if you don't tako the lino aboard,
we'll stick to him in tho liont!"
Soon after, tin tho gido wns moderating,
tho lino was tnkou in, passing tlirough a
strong iron braco screwed on to t!jo *t"i^
board rail just forward of the gangway
Amidships, from which it was taken back
nnd mado fast to tlio windlass bits at tho
foot of tho mainmast
It wns n new lino of stout Mauila
hemp, nnd ite Strength was put to a fearful test, , A hundred fathoms astern of
the slap it held tlie Tnonnter'a carruss;
and, as tho vessel rolled heavily to tlio
sea tho strain on tho lino was terrific.
Standing forward of it I laid my hand on
tho lino as tho strain camo, and Holt it
stretch and contract liko a ropo of India
rubber.
Mr. Josoph's boat had como alongside,
and the captain, standing on Uio starboard rail, was shouting to him through
n trumpet Tlio line from tho whalo
passing from nstem to tho brnceforward,
and back to the bits amidslups, made nn
acute anglo, insido of which tho captain
was standing. I saw nnd noticed tliis ns
pawed forward, and Inoticed, also, in tbo
dark, a fall man who seemed to bo leaning against tho lino. "I hope ha is for-
inrd of it," I snid to myself as I went on
with what I was about.
I had not taken sixBteps from tho spot
when something strango occurred. The
ship steadied, ns if tlie wind had ceased.
Thero was no sound greater than tho
storm; but, instead, thero seemed to fall
suddenly a stillness. I ran araitlships
and grasped for tho line in tho dark. It
was gone! A rush to tho rail, and all
was dear. Tho strain had torn out tho
braco. The mighty ptdl of tho whato
astern had jerked tlw lino straiglit liko.
SEPTEMBER M, J8S0.
NUMBER 21,
*III£ HOUSE THAT J.
A Ciu-ituiK Account <>( ib« Orttfji
tJio H'«ll-Kno*vil Niiriicrjr titpet't
As the occupations and plejisnrps^ot'
childhood produce n powerful imj'Ms-'
sion on tho memory, it is proba]d*r rt
most every reader wlio haa passod Tn/
ilifantiio day hi au English tmrscry «»•
oliccfa tho delight with whioh ho" —
pentad   that puerile, jingling lege
"TheHousa that Jack Built." Very J*
howevor, says' a writer in  tho Low*
Congrepationnl Manitzino,  aro nt
aware ot the original form of its coi
position, or tho particidar.subject jl
was designed to illustrate.   Power still
would suspect tliat ifc is only nn a«i
modated Mid altered translation of
ancient parabolical hymn sung by J
Jews at the feast of tho Passover, ai
commemorative of tho principal ovej
in tho history of that pooplo,   Yet site!
m actually the faot,     The original;
fho Ohnldeo language, ia now lying
fore mo nnd I will hero furnish tt..
with a literal translation of ifc, anclt"<*lj;
add tho inforpratation ns givon by ™
N. Iiobrecbfc, Xieipsic, 1731,   Tic hymn
itsolf is found in Sephcr Hagg.tdah, volj
nmo23: '        *
1. A Hti,»tl<J, my father lio"*"'
For tiro jilecai of py-*f: ,
.  AJtlll,jl!rilL
itiguifcy andoorijunotibility; andoorn-
lising units of frino, extension, aur-
Bea, lines and points, ouch of which is
iflnifcjly. divisible ; trine extension into
rfneen, surfaco into lines, lines into
-'nt®, And points iuto infinitesimal frac
is of position, which compose tho in-
' nslo of space in n number which is
edby tho involution of-yelativdly
ite hnmber to tho seventh power,1'
TVOBTU KNOWING..
MM> Mon^c riy,iUv WicUatl flvn
HHsjfMmniuH.t, May All ba I'M to
'*-       '   •    .-
, fFroro KitiMrttlMv.)
*«4hrtu& tampan, or "Pewian
_J»* tb»-'lyirdered fcftf ot-p:
MICHIGAN JSF/iYS.
TIoo cholera rages to a, great extent in
Kalamazoo county.
A fi/iist, epidemic- is raging among
tlio horses nt Jacksoii.
JvAiiAiuzpo has employed a competent engineer to mako survey foi' au ofll-
cient system-of scwCrago,
T17E deer nro so plenty in lho Upper
Peninsula tliat tho train hands shoot at
them from the trains nearly overy trip.
Two nr./Aoit; bears wero brought to
Marquette by 11 farmer, who killed fhem
in-tho woods about ten miles cas'tof iho
olty.-? .    ' .   \.
•TiiMeiiUivislion of tobaccu in GIod,vjii
SfdrUwitlk "MM»igi*n, -bas   this
, Bancroft t EauoxviHo and Baj'porf, B.1L.
ii tJnionviUe, ,T, If. ITeCuuo; Cubu Oily,
mo IWmor j OifO, J, F. Bd-ty; \Y11tnon-
B, B, Bancroft
GopoiT "
Horace
ville, ,T. D, Houvbf -, K<*ko, P. J, Wright} Stay-
villa im<i Nowberrj', Ii, XI; Robinson; Wrflins-
ton, IJ. Glbtiotson i VaHSBr, Wesley Hugnilorj]
Tuscola j J. If. Builoyj Mclgepoit nnd Tiiy-
ilioulli Indfqn Mission, AYm. Ohoypco; JJiist
Hiigtiitur, Joffornon utrect/Joliii JilolHClownCiy;
limt Sugflinw, A1110.1 Clmivli, J, ^Y. Crippun ;
Snglntiiv ^itjyWittliiiiijUm uliupt,• 1, It. lled-
tlicU.; ttocuuuv flily, flew street, E W, Vrtusea;
St CFiarlcn, J. W. Ilolt; CJiuHftninir. 36a. Vrj.-
y.or; IIoiiiidrHon, A. II. Cloiigli; eofiuuin and
O«0,-«o, Retli Rot-il; Dt-nnuigteii, If. W.'HlclM j
r.ainj;sl>iirgli, J, H. Mplnfosli; JJitrtou, 'C. L.
Glnircli -, Ilmornoll. JJ. II. .iHiullii j JSVetalntul'tf,
Edwin Porter; JirHiwU, -1. 0. B-mCroft; Hojie,
JJjIIh.
; J'oi-i Huron
JPorl Huron, If.
.Juy.t AI1B61K
DieMcty-T. fi, EllvGod,- V. 33.
8. Vftritt!: Algtmnc, Joliii .Ifel~
tjvid 3(«eAwi^; Ariii*gii,'.X'K
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'/ha); lo the wfcalo," -wns ihe answer, hjs head,
tafivwhd hW been standing on tlio rSif
was struck by the flying ropo and thrown
senseless far into the sea.
All this had been seen by tho men in
the boat before any ono on board had
realized tho aiTair, In less than a minute the cry of "Saved!" reached us from
Mr. Joseph, and, in a shorter timo than
can be imagined by a landsman, tho
boat wns hanging at tho davits, and the
iujurcd commander was boing cared for
in his cabin.
Bnrn and hard rubbing aro tho potent
remedies on a whaler, and by dint of
these tho captain opened his eyes iu a
qnnrtei of an hour. He had been
stunned, but not seriously injured.
Ho was amazed nt first at seeing tho
mate and myself standing over hint with
the rum bottle. But without a word he
realized the situation.
"How is thc weather?" ho asked.
"The wind has gone down," snid Mr.
Joseph. "Wa'ro under foresail j'ib and
reefed topsails, and running right away
from the whale,"
"Gone?" said the old man.
"Gone, "answered Mr. Josejih ruefully,
"Stanchion drngged, nnd tlio line parted,
and eight thousand dollars went wifhont
nn owner."
"Tell Chips to seo to that broken
rail," said tho captain, closing his eyes
drowsily,
"Ay, ay, sir," snid tho old second
mate, as ho stamped on deck.
I heard him stop »t tho after-hatch,
wliere tho bOat-steerers and the carpenter
lived, nnd call "Ohips" two or throo
times. At last thero was an answer in
another voice—nofc Chips'; then a round
of hurried feet oa dock, it shout down
the foreftstle; and a shout back in answer.
Thero was no Chips there.
Two minutes after, a heavy foot camo
aft to tho cabin stairs, and liir. Joseph,
with a white face, entered.
I knew what ho had to tell. I know
now—just as if Iliad seen it nil—who the
tel^innn was whom I had seen leaning
against the lino.
The captain lodked at tee socondwiato.
"Chips is gone, sir," said tbe old
.sailor, with a tremor in his rough voice;
"Chips was knocked over bythe lino,
and we've gono four knots sinco it parted.
Tvo pnt her aboat, and we're running
down again."
Tliero was dead silonco. We all know
the search wns hopeless. No man conld
swim iu suchasca; and wo had a thought,
though no ono spoko ifc, that brave Clih*
had been killed by the line before, **>
touched tho water.
AU night wo beat about tWP'aco
whero we thought it had occilrp*d The
wind and sea fell, and thomoi«';»I'a'>ont
in great beauty to help ot* ^dsearch.
Eveiy man on board staid on deck Ull
the smi roso, and then tfO Jbokcd far and
vainly over tho heedless *well of tho sen.
Chips was .dead, lhe rough Portugese iads found i*- 'b*r& to believe that
the kind heart and strong hand of their
friond hod gono Arevot. Wo all know
that the best nwo in tho ship was taken
awny.
Two yea^ afterward, whon I found
myself in Boston, I took from my sacred
things ' lotter, which I had found in
0hipV^1C8t   It was addressed to a wo-
ma» irith tho bamo and number of n
O-abridgo street   I found tbe place—
j amiill frame house, withlofcs of Chip's
jjaudiword aronnd it   His mother mot
mo at, the door,  white-haired woman.
Seo seemed fo have been waiting and
watching for somebody.   A few words
told iho hopeless story.   Tho letter was
for her, and she read it over—the letter
of her only boy, nsking forgiyenessforhis
ono great and only disobedience—and as
sho rend, tho white head bent lowor and
Jower, till it met the thin hands; and
I turned and loft tho littlo room I had
dar3teu&d„'with all its poor ornatnonts,
nssless now, and, ns I walked toward
Boston, I could nofc help thinking that
God's ways are often wofully far from
being onr -ways,-—Apple-ton's Journal.
Two Iowa boys 'Were amnsing iheai-
boIvcs throwing n Iteavy ramrod as high
as they cotdd. pne of thepi^mot Ids
death by the missile descending with
the velocity of a ballot »ftd penetrating
5. ThrfiipHmUiotMtiiniliitotbuMd
That my father bought
For two iiImim of money:
A kid, a kid.
J. Tlwn entiia the dog, tiut bit the cut,
That ate tho kit),
That iny fathor oaufflit
For two nieces of money-
A kid, a kill
L Then name the nlaff, and heal Uie doe,
Tliat bit Uie cat,
That ate tlio kill,
That my futhrr bought
Tor two lilocca of money:
A ktd, a klo.
8, Then came Uio flro, aad burnod lhe elaff,
Thai beat tho dog,
That lilt tlio i-nl,
That ato Uio Md,
That my fathor bought
Tor two places of monoy;
A kid, a kid.
*. Then camo tho water ami quenched Uio Are
That burned tho alaff,
That beat tho dog.
That bit tho tat,
Thai ato tbe *fd,
Tbat roy .father bought
Tor two pli&cn of monoy .•
AWd.akld.
1. Then camo tho oi, and drunk lho water,
That qiicnelied tho ftm,
Tiiatbiirpei! tho atatf,
That boat tho dog,
That bit tho cat,
That ato tho kid,
That my father Ixinuht
Tor two piece* of moitcr:
A kid, a kid.
8. Then came Uio butcher and uletr tho ot
Tliat drank tho wnler,
Thai quenched tho lire,
That burned Uio utair,
Thai tieat the doff.
That bit tbo oat
That ale tlie kid,
Tliat my lather lxm$ht
J-or two piece* Ol tnmjtiyt
^~"-~tl—-***,*$.<*"****!??*.
.Jiej;'ir)t&rjeetS6^4to&!faibestr.efa
butcher,
That Blow ihe ox,
That drank the water,
That quenched the lite,
TIlalTmnied thd bUIT,
That beat the doff,
That bit tho cat, *
Thai ate tho kid.
That my father bought
JYir two ldcoca of money:
A kid, a kid.
10. Then camo ilo Jloly Ono, bJwued bt He,
And kll'ed the nnRel of death,
Thai kIL'cd tho butcher,
Thai sieve tha ox,
That drank Uio water,
That auenclied the tiro,
'J hat burned the utaiT,
That brat tlstt dug,
Thaililt iho eat,
That ato Uio kilt
'} hit ray father iwiiRhi
Tor two pieces of money;
A kid, a kid.
     *f *bo«t. 70 ocrita ii pound,
hotuw fly; the bricked, ilea nud ihp
:tiifolj?t»y bo pjit to flight or' ti
VXn,ordfir to enioy this dclfcfoutf'
\ttu^fm,iti only.necessary to heap tip
Si it lit Uo couq one tcasp{Miiifjil of lho
'" .PTSafctouii; tench it wilh a lighted
l».HWd watoh lho thin bftio lino of
•>kn «i»,ifc riecp io tlio polling anil is
'j[«jd -iiifcongh. tho air, changing tha
y fcotio of insect lifo into a' wculc
of insect woo. Pretty soon down
iy oomo plump on to tho (able and
ryour papfcr spin on their tiny backs
.tlwsiisbeatho thoir lonwts, curl np
»ir hair-liko legs, nnd interest ono no
Up. Up staii-s tho littlo ones sleep
oldsted, thongh thoro aro thousands
mosquitoes in tho room; tho pests
pick unto death, and cling sadly io
, ^ , jrcdii, too feeble to think pf tap-
-.-jfljifrtho. rifth, warm Wood .that glows
Vtkwldy littla limbs just below; tho
Mpe of tlio pyrethmm has setUod their
in^uiossj nnd whilq it lingers in tba
'tSsjiti puteidci-sitro lUiwilling to mako an
entry, though tho windows htq rnisiid
•nd Uio Jaltiees only hnlf closed,
Glteso'bars aro hot, shifl'y things at
Ihat, jiad ono must bo sadly driven to
#ftfempfc to sleep under such n cover;
fteti, as- we all luiow, tlio mosquito id-
MfcjH'fiiids his way tlirough, no mutter
J)**r cal-efully ono may tuck up its folds
aWutr tlio couch.
BuiAke from tlio rersian camomile Or
itadusty powder wo h-ive found most
d&Sftijions, and yonr readers will bless
i*b *hen onco they try it. Tlio purity
jklhc drug must bo assured. This cau
KWily bo tested. It must havo a bright
1-itfVcolor; bo light,Tcadily burned, and
inert tj plciwimt^ tea-HKo fragr.mco ; one-
should kill n doxen flies, confined
Xteen,
rC^^fpisms, Atid paialysis.
'go.
It acta
vmm them through tho minute sxnraclcs,
tiktf breathing tubes, that stud tho sur
face of their little bodies, and from fho
delicato network of veins in tlieir tiny
wings. Tc human beings it is, so far an
I can ascextain, entirely innoxious, and
not disagreeable. That we—a family of
eight persons, infante and ndnlts—havo
lived for several weeks in au atmosphere
of pyrcthrum dust   and   sinoko com-
pificli
u*!.aWiUe, ntonco.    When it fails of
fM"» prtifxiriks it has been oduTteniteiL
M«o»m»,V*tt»e,iin large or brt*rv rooms,   .......
*»'iV'srn»* 'dUBtiwt. tfUfa.tmiMW'iteot^'™ «*>"'£."» th^Iwuiber.,
I*«fc<w4p-ira-. Mrt4goud«iiiurflintt
„     Ceiitritl
Cach'being cightoen feet longer than "tho
old'sltS'iSartrin use on tl«s-»oad.      * ■ _.
4^r»HKwJtAiM broko Jiis legatlspg-'
miug running nwayj.froni' tho police,.
HojiouroSks the city to p;iy him §2,000'
for injury fronv a defective sidoividk.
Tire pooplo o'f'j^orthern Michigan jiror
no;W(iy backward in nnnpuuciug that all
tho dogs .tilden into their woods, for tlio*
inn-pose of deer bunting fl lis fall are."
likely to be attacked by " lead colic."
FiiAN'KWM W. May, a prominent,
citizen of Kalamazoo, died last -weok.
The deceased was a brother of tlie late
Gen, May and of the Hon, Chas. S. May,
Ho was for many years a minister of tho
Methodist church, and was stationed nt
various places in this Stato at .different
fimes, and served aa Ohnplnhi iu tho
»nny.
A DisTnorr syndicate has contracted
for largo bodies ot timber land along the
Jino of (lm Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette railroad, and work, will bo immediately commended on tliree sets or batteries of kilns, all to bo completed aud
put in operation tlio coming fall, These
batteries will consist of ten kilns each,
and three other batteries will hereafter
bo located.
Hbkoni Pxxr.Br, an old sottler of Jaokson county, died at lus homo in Hfinri-
Olfn, recently, nged 72 yeura, Uccoasetl,
settled iu Henrietta forty-two years ago,
and up to tho timo of his death lived on
tho namo farm,
A Fr.iNT doctor has jnst removed
about half of a percussion cap from the
left eye of Thoniap Ciaj'don, who has
carried it f here ever since, ono July dny
in 1861, when ho wits thus singularly
wounded at Peteisburg, Viu, while on
picket.
TiiAiks goinfr norlh from ISay City nro'
now loaded with Rial wart 3nftorew,"the-
twkerriiliy'/>O, lXifftfflif'Mrpfcnj- f:
.. isp s Vtfttmtsr, O. IT.'i'.JmumijJ/'iucBl
villo And Slhitfeii, Daffus,' Dawn: Fort. Gratiot,
Vrnwn Berry-;' Sft'fl Liken, V. f. Oallmiith;
Imlsy Cily, Philip Prfct, {.Lakcport, J; II. Morton ; itijifiigton, Jolm Arawtrtni(f: Sf.-trvHvilla,
Jlobcrt Ifitd ; Jfaritio Oifv-, J. II. •WMcihj
SfeaSplifH,- J. Jt. ICuy { Siqi-ltitto, ■ JFyMenVk
CoaicK, Geo. Ficrson; JltiUiinoia, H(iinuel.'J3Irdi
,3tt. Clemens. ,T. JL'Oortloii j:Mi. Vuriion, 0. If,
Anderson; JTew Ilavon, A. T)- JlnsSfci!; Sorlli
Uriiilcli, H. T. U;o; Port Anetin,' Joltn" Jfny-
«ood j Tort GriiHoentmid Jteade, A.JLjkfitfhcr;
Fort ItOpo, Ilcnjy Xn^kervis ; I^ort h'atiitac, L.
N. Moon ; Feck, ,T. II. Ciim.'iliiL; Jifchoiond, 1),
A. Pcrriii; Jiliby, O, W. Wiiiten; Uomco, Tiion.
StalkiTf Spud ^'.-ucii, Geo. A'Wilkfiri Sf.
Clair, J. M. Piilltr; Hundiuikr, W lt. UiillMiolil-
cr; Si-ire, Jolm Andrcwn; lYmliiiigtou, H.- L.
•aUirid. •
hike fiitperiorDistrict.—.lodrt Iiusaell, F. li.
Jliiftjnettc. O". II. Stonjan; Negnuiioi', 1'. 11.
F.-intili; Iidipeniiiij,', W. E. UiRClow ; Ktoncvilln,,
13. JXnriiing; Itopulilio end Cbanipiou, 'Ihos.
NidiOtri ; f/Atuc, .f. W. Cbnpinnu; Ken ulenoii
Iiidiuu JliBsion, A. Whitcomb; Iloiifililon, 13. S.
Taylor; Atlantic Mino, T. li. McClru: IIjdkwIi,
J. Jl'. Van Every; Calumet. Jolm Iljiiiillon ;
Luke Lin Ion, liinac Wilcox; Plmmlx and Oon-
iral, iToliu Hwti't; Hoelilruid, Oreenlnnd «n<l
QnttnmKliil, J. a, l'litill: Jlwiahtrijne, lo Ic
Hnppllcu; Srcnoin'mec, T. tl. Viiinm; Himlt Ste.
JIaris nud IropioiH Indian .MisMon, IJ. B.
Millar', ]Iaiiiiiii]\illt>nn(l Oi'uikI Iifluncl .Indian
Miinion, Felt-r iInrK«m.iit; Escanaba, C. Ii.
Itellcmmn; Koniny and fJitiimcKtc, TIhuiiiih
ITilkliiBon.
Alalia District.- ■ A. J'. Hicliardx, P. JZ. Alpona, ,J. W. Cmiljiboll; Loiih Kapidn, to bo
supplied; Alcona, Miuiton Lvou ; Iliirnsvill",
Cniiin fliblw; Oscoda, Roland Woodhami •,
Odcoil.-i Indian .Minsion, io bo mip)ilicd : Bant
TaivnK, J. 1}, Atcliinson; Tawas City, it, I'
Hairku; Presque Xiilc, Win. D. HJpB«; Cheboy-
finn, Win. JL Campbell-, Indiiiu ltiver nnd Hurt
I/ike, U. O.T'ctMOtiH; ltuncominon.lienj.jii'ovu;
Ogemaw, ,T, r.Mfnride; Ilnllowell. ,T-IIo!)oht1) ;
Wiwt Iiraneli, lo lw mtpplied; JlndJiiaWaiid
Point HI. Ipnacc, to bu mipplifd; West 'liny
(fily, fu l\ Davis; Tjuconning and Saganine
Iiuiiaii ^linMOu, to lioHiipplicu; llillaliiicr, to
bo mppknl j I)u\vit(. C. (.'Iiallw, Missiomuy to
Ilulgnria; Lcanier W, 1'jlrhcr, Jrisnionfrry to
China j Georgo It, JJSviii, illpmonary lo CJiitnt;
n -ll' WiIlitK,3ri«sionarytoCliUi.i,
nnttSN'tJ
Jo'W
Dorado is& tho norTliern wools;
Otustisa Ii. Coi,i5, a Justice of tho
Pence and a wealthy former of Genesee'
county, hns been arrested and lodged in
jail (it Detroit, on a charge of passing
counterfeit money. A bwjfe quantity of
bogus S5 bills was found iu his possession. Prank Goodrich was arrested as
an accomplice,
 „        Siieiiiw Evan, of Midland, was en-
binecf, during this present "sumuier.ls j gnKodinloekingnprisolicrnamedSpencer
sufficient proof of my statement. To tlie JInt<> hi» cell in the jail at Midland when
skeptic I recommend nn interesting ux-; Spencer resisted, knocked B.yan down,
penment: Puff tho pyrethmm iuto n '"'d kicked him severely, Byan's wife
closfe, warm room, where fh'cs most lovo I attemjited fo help her husband, when
ta swarm, just after dark, shut the door i Spencer knocked her down stairs. Her
and make another visit in thirty minutes. ; cries brought ex-Sheriff Ayoiy, who at-
sectiro tho jirisoner, who wns
O. W.
The following is tho iuteipretnfion :      Tho sight of seeing millions of dead and * tempted to i
3, Tho kid, which is one of the pure   sonirming vermin on tlio lloor will do •' lighting desperately.   Ityan succeeded
liirinls.    di»fiiii^*i   thn   TTebrmvii.     Tim    h,u 1,^,.^+ «„«,!_..il„.t I.,   tt 1... :n i..,n.».. fin   #1i«iwiiif.
animals, denotes tho Hebrews. Tho
father by whom it was ptirchiised is
Jehovah, who represents himself as
sustaining this relation to tho Hebrew
nation, i'he pieces of monoy signify
Moses and Aaron, through whoso mediation th,e Hebrews were brought out of
Egypt.
2. The cat denotes tho Assyrians, by
whom the ten tribes wero carried into
captivity,
3. Tho dog is symbolical of the Babylonians.
4. Tho staff signified tbe Persians.
5. The lire indicates tho Grecian empire under Alexander the.Great.
6. Tho wnter betokens tho Boman, <>r
the fourth of tho great _ monarchies to
whom the Jews were subjected.
7. Tlie ox is a symbol of tho Si^acens,
who subdued Fjile&luu;, and bought it
under the chaliphate. /
8. Tho butcher that killetj'iho ox denotes tho crusaders by w>om the Holy
Land was wrested out tf the hands ol
Uio Saracens. J
!?. Tho nngol of ^'h signifies tha
Turkish power, Wwhich the land of
Paleetinowas taJ«i'fro» tho Franks,
and tO-whomitA^UU subject.
10. Tho eojffiieaiSenient <jf tho tontji
stanza is d**Sn<i<1 *° show that God
will toko/**'!?181 vengeance on the
Turks, iiamedintely after whoso ovor-
Ihrowjnb Jews ara to bo restored to
their-*™ 'BMd, and live tmder tho government of tlieir long-oxpccted Mes-
if ho is humnn | iu  drawing  a revolver and fired two
; shots, womiding Spencer, and nlso ue-
bnttlo I cideutnlly    shooting     Avery,    fatally
his heart good—that is,
mid not nil angel,
Having drafted onr plan  of imui!p*> j,  •«-«-v,«tJ     ~.*.»,,,    ^.......j
cgainst theso littlo foes, ifc becomes pro- wounding him. Tho prisoner waa finnl-
per to sjieak of tho care of ihe wounded, h' secured. Tho bullet which caused
[|o core mosquito stings, I know noth- j Avery's death entered tlio body in the
ingbettorthann20-por-cent. solution in j back above tiie hips, taking an upward
either oil or water of pure carbolic acid, i course; it conld not be reached with a
Tliis is to bo rubbed well on tlie painfid i probe. Tho sufferer was rational np to
spot. To batho One's tingling hands and {tho time of his death, conversing with
smarting limbs with this solution gives his wife and daughter and making his
a cooling, gratefid sensation that is hard 'vill. Mr. Avery wns 46 years old, had
te describe.    Carbolic soap will do al- , lived in Midland county for aboufc fif-
*   ! teen years, and was a 'leading citizen.
I He was Sheriff of tho county for two
j terms.
most na well, or an ointment comixraiid-
k1 of carbol, camphor and caSmoline.
■William Pitt.
Tho brilliant lifo and sad denth of
"William Bitfc, England's great Primo
Minister, seem a satire npon personal
ambition and popular gratitude. Ho
was Chancellor of the Exchequer when
but 23 years of ago, and for eighteen
years ruled Great Britain. Tho con-
trasfr of the brilliant beginning of his
publio lifo wifch its somber ending is
painful to read.
Pitt died at his house, Putasy Heath,
and in a vory neglected state, nono of Itis
family or fnends being- with him at the
time, Ono who was sincerely attached
to him, hearing of his illness, rodo from.
London to seo him.
Arriving at his house, ho rang tho bell
afctha ontranco-gato, but.no ono came.
Dismounting, he fonnd his way to lho
hall-door, and repeatedly rang tlio bdll,
whioh no one answered.
Ho then entered tho houso, Wandered
from room to room, till at last ho discovered Pitt on a bed, dead, entirely neglected. It is supposed that such was his
poverty he hnd not beefl ablo to pay the
Wages of his servants, and that they had
absconded, taking with them what they
could.—Once a Week.
A Mednitiiih Of Space,
Tbo Bov. H. It. Gear gives, in an article entitled "Tho Concept ot Space,"
published in fcho Cincinnati Baptist Bo-
Mica), tho following definition of space:
"Spaceis area), objective, immaterial,
extended, continuous, infinite, immutable, external and absolute vjlxotoot capacity to receive extended substance,
existing in trine extension oi
infinite length, infinite breadth find
infinite depth, whicli is ideally divisible
in each dimension into finite,wholes of
locality, of all possible forms and steed,
possessing tho relations of similarity,
Werenpey  ratio^   direcllonj distance,
Dr. Holmes' Advice fo a Young Writer.
In "ALiterary-Confession," Mr. Eit-
gono L. Didier says:   "Men rush into
rolnlHCOrinl ApiKlilltniCnfN.
The appointments for tho Dotroit Con-
print without training, study or prepn- [ferenceof theM. E. Church, for tho cn-
pttou.   They uso too many "wol-ds to j suing year, aro as follows:
impress tooi fow ideas."   Discottrngodby      n-u-oil J)i>lrie/.-W. W. Wsstibnrn, V. E.
Jus failure ten years ago to dispose of ! Detroit, Central Church, J. ILltoyliw; Taber-
his iirst magrtziuo article, whicli wns entitled "Tlio Grandeur of Hamott Destiny," ho wroto to Dr, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, nsking for a situation as an
ftHnMojisiS. Dr, Holmes mndo thia
fcharacteristio teply^ . ''lam not (ns I
te ortt&"stippoBca to l&Wfff®r»;v*tta-
Jfota no writing to do which I nm nofc
'competent to do myself, with a littlo occasional aid from members of my own
family. * * * Most of our writers
aro ns pool ns rats themselves, and no
more able to keep an amanuensis than
thoy nre to set up n coach and six. I
do_ not know how to advise yon beyond
this simple counsel, which I havo occasionally givea to young aspirants. H
you think you havo literaiy talent, write
something for the best paper or magazine yon can got into; keop to one signature, dnd you will be found out by a
publio which is ready to pay tho highest price for almost atay land of literary
ability, If you do not thiuk you can
make n repntation, why not become a
reporter to » newspaper 1 I do not turn
from your petition with cold indifference, but it is utterly ont of my power
to do more than to givo you thoso Jew
words of friendly advico,"
Whipped and BridcIesS. ,
Thoy don't permit a drunken man to
marry in Odessa. On tlie contrary, thoy
whi}> him and give his bride to another.
An illustration of this occurred, when a
couple appeared in church and requested the priest to marry them.
5?ho liriesfc, detecting an unsteadiness
of gait in tho bridegroom, refused, and
cnlled the young man iv "boozing
swine," Indignant at the untimely inebriate, the father of tlio drunkard
seized him by the collar, drngged hini
out of the church, and belabored bim
with a. stout cudgel, in tho hope of making him sober enough to marry.
The bride's father, however, took a
more practical viow of tho situation,
and, declaring tho engagement ofl', said
thai any eligible candidate' for liis
daughter's hand might Wed hor on tho
spot without incurring any expense,
Two aspirants ennieforwnrd, and after
inspection by the bride, and interrogation ns to thoir worldly condition, one
was politely dismissed, and the other
took the "boozingswine's" place, and
was mode a happy husband,
Sn. GnKNtr, tho great fund-owner of
California, owus 60,000 acres ol giow-
m^ije&fr
n.Vlo, Wm. Bttwe; Himpsoil, Vf. IT. Poolp
Jefferson Arc'iitie, O.'i'. Allen; Sixteenth Street,
I* E. Lenox 5 Fort Street, O. W. Lowo; Wvnto-
doltc,B..F. Fritcliard: Trenton, J. IU Noiilo;
Flat Mock, N. W. Fierce; Denton, Sanniri
Clements; Wayne, T. H. BaRkeroHoj Dear-
tiorti. 0. J. Odd!; Fb-inoptb, J. 0. Morgan ;
Sowtiifield niiaF«nrinvillO, O. V> Aiwtitij Bir-
B^iT^^^^Srr^^%%^^
8. L. liitmsdoli', Lecaville, iBaac Johnson ; Yp-
rilatiti, A. F. Bourns i Snlont and Northlield,
------ -    -   - p, —   —
ville, Jj. t_ Houghton j Stockta'dse, George
fitowoj Williamston, J_ C- 1'ork; Danville, L.
w
supplied j Greenfield, to ho' supplied ; Arthur
Edwnrdii, editor of tho Jtbrtlucestern Christian
Aihoeate,- L. B. Kuke, President of Albion College and member of quarterly conferenco; W.
X. Nilidty President of Garrett Biblical Jnsti-
tnlo and Central Quarterly Conferences.
Adrian. District—W. H. Shier, P. E. Adrian,
W. H. Fearco j Tcciimsoh, it. ST. Pnrdington ;
CJinton and 3Iacan, Jefiso Kilpatrick; Manchester. J. A. Jtelllain j Napoleon nnd Brooklyn,
Franklin Bradtey; Sharon, Duko Whitoleyf
Deerilcld and Potorabtirg, Edwin Dawes and
Samuel Gilchrcse, assistant; Lambcrtmlle, JL
,T, Seott i Bliaslield, J. KL Korridgo; Palmyra,
A. 3. Van Lamp; Morenei, Jacob Horton: Hudson, ,T. C. Worttcv i Franklin, K, P. Fierce:
Hidgewsy, «. H. Field; Clayton, A. W. Wilson;
Fairfield, E. E. liearmnn j Ann Axhor, John
Alabaster; Augnsta, W. B. Dunning; Chelsea,
J. L. Hudson; CnrUon and Sehooleraft, J. B.
IliiSBcli; Dextor, Vt. J- Campbell; Dixboroitgli,
THoiiias Heeloy, Lima, J. W, Shank j Gran*
Lilto, A. B, Wood; Hcnriftta, AlfonXoCouio;
Milan and OnlraUp, A. II. Lm'ng; Addison, A. 0.
Bray; Salina, J), li, Sliier; Monroe, J. J3. Jack-
lin; Medina, E, H. Brocltsvay; Waterloo,
Georgo Nixon; Dundee, William Georgo; B. iK
Crocker, Professor in Michigan Univen-ity and
momlier of Ann Arbor Quarterly Conference.
Flint 2Hs/ric/,—T. J, Joslyn, F, E. Flint,;
Court Street. Jamos TonniUK; Garland Street.
W. q. Burnett; Oiiavilfc, Wm, BirdBall • Jit
Morris, T. F. Barnum ; Flnrfiing, J. G. Whitcomb % Hniileton, to bOBUpplied; HwnrtzCreek,
J. S. Go*)! GrandBt;tnc,F. E. ICork; Davids-
burgh. Edward Steer; Holly, N, G, Lyons;
Fenton, E. E. Caster; Linden, Charles Simpson; Hartlaud, H. W. Wrights FarsbHllville,
Q, SL Lyon ; Byron, It. C. Lonnilig; B.inetoft,
Wm. Fox; Oak Grove, J, E, WHho.v; Ferrv,
Frederick Htrontt; Milford, Orrin Wltitmoro;
Pontine, O. J. Perrln; Gai«e«, Edwin Craven;
Vcinon, Wm, Taylor ,• Woodhull, John Wealoy;
Highland, J. J. Hodgo; Davidson, IS. D. Daniels ; Clalltston, C. S. Eastfflah; 8eymonr Lake,
Bodnoy- Gaga; Goodrich, A. B'oOd; Ortonvillo,
W, H. Benton; Hadloy, L. S. Todmon; Liw
peer, T, G. Potter; fine Biin, J. D. Holliday;
Wallod Lake, N, «, Cl«rk; Commerce, J, G,
Spftrling; FarwiligWn, D. A. Curtiss; Kortli-
rille, H, 0. Noriliniis.
Sagittal/) District,—J. 8, Bnwirt, P. J3, BaJ
City, Washington street. John Atkinson; Fremont avenue, J. S. Joshn j WoodsMc avonne,
Id
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kiug'if
Hlmftnir Heroes.
j!*lmow,yipioro.^(cUir(ji(iac oro- \
Jn » dotaiwurd atcli of the eloiule,
'that wm rooked ou tlio lilllowy air,
A »lit-^r.ii-Uile ptsr lay alene
Mto an liiiiecont Utile one ttiorw.
\h.I«ik04 glorfoui) ibohI that Is (r(x>,
'"^aCpny-wtts-bEmij-sfiviiitp,-  —
Anli*l))> in lis oradle of ejoiidn
Tint wan weki'A on the bowin et night,
I4i»i a mcwy-irobM iitfunt asleeji,
Or a "outof tfie Rlertqua dead,
Jn st«(D lay Uie Klimmering fter,
AH aleiio on itn cruetfe-itfeo bed.
Thin cnrlnlnv ot miniy-'ike blue,
Trlniuiei! Jn sb^e, illniy okiuu Jace,
Worn drawn from ilia cradle »«l<Ic,
Whero n -rtpliyr ^nst held them In; plape.
Then olow, an Uie picture fll*«o'.vcd,
A wliitc orm reached out In tlie bine,
And it beautiful runny was mine,
Aa my gym grow nil dun with Uie do*,
1 ihpuglii, wlicn our Father »I>a'I Iind
M« silent liid«ilh'« chilly *Iecp,      ■'.
With utrniige, wnillng eyes iiKMUR Tip
To whoro lie white clouds nwny and wcey,
'lie n-in loolt on onr/oliy und *)n—
Tired eliHdr«vwJi,oJvUl not »*/&!?—
And pardon.mill pltlins (e^rc,
For oiirlniioceiitbubyhood'u i-afce.
And wlthlwiifs grewii Spfit'cmi a» liien,
With ffiu laden of niintfl for wr nUroinlii,
Ke will la&o up Ills potir, weary^beii,
And rook us to sleep Jn (I»q clouiK
Schsdi, OiJ-v, Mo,"
PITH ANto MltiT.
SoirETjilNb to lio about—A bed.
Hkajd clorks-^Barbersf assistants.
Ai'ABTiAMixxieof jnnnhas the "Hoj"
fever.
A good whisky sling^-SHng tbo bottlo out, the window—after it in empty.
"VVfrAT didMnry say to- hoe litV-o lamb
whon sbo ,sont ij. .out to /zmss iu tho
eyem^?; Jiho'.s«df*"i''Ejvo*go to .sjix* ,
*M^!;'^i*HC'»•>'""'<v.* ■*_-• •- £ Az.j'A+it"
,  Aj*n*emw3tJM4fai*Mfmutkf---- '*rr^
stnlcq ii bco'ihifc and at. tho (tamo
avoid' being stiing  by its "demiscmi-
qiuivcr. , •
ZoiiNO man, don't" try to forget yonr
identity and become somebody olso ; for
(ho other chap is almost sflra tdbeuii
inferior person.
"Is tfflAT a deoir park- over there?"
asked a gentleman of a laborer, '' Yes,"
ho replied,." a very dear park, Ifc almost ruined tho owner to fix itiip!"
- A IiAdt being asked how old she wrts
replied: "I waa married »fc &SL; my
husb/wd ivas tljen 30. Now ho is twico
ns old- that makes mo txvice 18; I'm
36\"
'I'no young, physician returns from his'
vacation to find his patients lively as-
crickets. He inwardly vows that he will
slay nt homo and attend to business
hereafter.
As old angler says thafc a fish does not
sillier much from being hooked. Of
course not. It is tho Uiought of hoff hi*
weight will he lied about that onuses
suiguisb,
IiOnp BnotioiiAM once, when he was in
a faco ions mood, being asked to deMo
a lawyer, said : "A lawyer is ft learned
gentleman, who rescues your estate
from your enemies and keeps "it himself."
Hu went ipto a drug store nnd said to
fho dentist; "Yon pulls oufc, mitoufc
pain?" "Certainly." " What does dat
wst?" "Onodollar," "Py shiminj'l
You dinks dat dohTt hurt none, py gracious 1"
A Noattt OAifotiNA mau 'will work
four hours to chop down » tree that a
coon is iu, bnt nothipg woidd induce
him to split lip tflongli wood to cook.tho
supper with. The latter ^proceeding
isn't sport. .
Tils Prince ot Wales' U\'o sops 'we
somewhat lively. Widte-ou a g««. voy-
aga^ecetitly, thoydiingei wai. _$,
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iJiietitfM
•Sr %>»™pi xert&mjfi
i-^Ifeiia
death wns Yntt)iiVwhicli,**?6» tod"-"Box, yotr know, paj
tho declining,'  ihoreferenco;!*?-   Cr's daugbter, whon ho swko  to her
Btrti-&*W_&
ing probably to tho sun £oing down inhi
darkness. But tho Persian dream dwelt
on the radiant glories of the sunset, which
pointed the way westward to golden islets
and Hesperian gardens. By such dreams,
perhaps, man uns drawn to some of his
earliest migrations. But the sunset lustres correspond with thosplendorsof sunrise. When, therefore, tlio Hindoo lord
of deatli, Yntan, reappeared ns the Persian Jami, ho was associated with the
dawn as well as tho sunset. Ho was fabled as the iirst monarch of Persia. It
was the golden age when ho began his
reign; for a long timo there wns no oppression, injustice, sickness or war. But
ultimately tliis happy age was broken by
an evil-doer, and then Jami bade ndiou to
liis country, aud went to dwell inn beautiful island in tho west, whero ho still
lives, but will some day return to restoro
thc blissful era.
Jami ia probably Uio patriarch of all
sleeping heroes: of Epimenides, who
slept fifty years, then waked up to savo
his country; of St, John, who stdl sleeps
at Ephcsus, while his counterpart, Ahas-
uorus, finds no repose; of Boahdil and
Sebastian, who still await tho bugles
which shall recall Moor and Portuguese
to struggle Again for n dominion awarded
by destiny to neither; of Sarbarossa,
whoso red beard rooted in his cavern
fioor, has sent tlireads far and wide
through tlie folk-lot'e of Germany; of the
Priest of Hngia Sophia, who bides tho day
whou tlio Turks shall bo expelled from
Constantinople; of Tell, who was so wide-
awako nfter his mythical slumber in
Switzerland that ho emboldened some
scholar to resolve liim into sunshine; nnd
of Charlemagne, supposed to be still
alive, but who must be very- restless, considering the varioty of localities in whioh
ho is said to be sleeping, "A littla whilo
after," saysBabelais, "Pantagruel hoard
nows that his father Qargantuahad been,
translated into tho Irnnd of tlio Fairies
-tiy-MiS^&fw-TO
Arthur/' Tho fairy Morgue entertained
the Dane Ogierso pleasantly that tho pagans seized Jerusalem iu his absence;
and in connecting a similar catastrophe
to his "Utopia with tho translation of Onr-
gantuo, Rabelais woidd seem to havo recognized the necessity of reminding tho
pious of this region that there wero advantages hi being occasionally wideawake, Bnt Mythology had already
mnde thc discovery before him, and reported that now and then, in emergencies, tho Soven Sleepers sallied forth fo
bo tlie Seven Champions of Christendom,
and that all of these euchnnted heroes
will wake up at last. In ono sense tho
prophecy has been largely fulfilled: Tennyson has summoned Arthur from Ava-
lon, and Irving has sutnmoned-TJeffer-
sou keeps awalco—Barbarossn under tho
droll disguise of Bip Van Winkle. 'Tho
fairy Poesy is able to break, tho spelt of
tho enchantress Morgue.—M. D, Oon-
■way, in Harper's Magazine,
Kjiowledffe ih Old Times.
Some of the cariv nations attained a
knowledge of science aud skill in art
wiiich were lost in dio subsequent ages.
W--wJell Phillips' famous leetnro on
"Tlio Lost Arts" ought to mako us
modc-t, and less inclined to boast of our
own superiority.
In a recent lecture beforo iho Geographical Society, Judge Daly paid a
tribute to the Knowledge of the old
Babylonians. Thoy were Weil acquainted Mith tho heavens, catalogued the
state, and named tho Constellations.
They traced tho snn's course through
tho twelvo signs of tho zodiac, and divided timo into weeks, monthsnnd years.
Thoy speculated on ihe connection of
the weather with tho changes of tho
heavenly bodies, and thought the phases
of tho moon had a subtle influence.
They noted tho spots on tho sun, and
seemed to have possessed telescopes, as
Layard found A crystal lens among tlie
ruins of Nineveh. It is interesting to
know thafc they hod a seventh, day of
rest, corresponding to ow Sabbath, and
ejincted rigorous Piles /or keeping ifc.—.
ftcclianqe.
about tho address of hia neighb&c's son,
"yon know, pa, that ma wants me to
marry a mau of culture," "So do I,
my dear—so do I; and thero's no better
ciuture in the country thau agriculture."
"Dimjiies, you know, soon turn to
wrinkles," snid Swilton io a dir^pled
darling. " That can't possibly concern
you, sir," she replied. "How to turn
wrinkles into dimples would be more interesting to you, I should think. And,
by tho way, what a crop some persons
could raise, couldn't they V"
" Is xocit programme full, Miss Beetle-
crusher ?" asked a young man of a Western damsel who had just struggled out
of a refreshment room irith disappointment in her eye mid an "order of dances"
in her hand. '* Programme full ?" said
the daughter of the setting sun. " Waal,
I guess not! I hain't had nothin' bufc a
piece of cake and an ice-cream, au' they
don't go far toward filling my programme, I can toll you."—Boston Coin*
ineri-lnl.
"Doctor," said a lisping, fashionable
belle, who had graduated afc half a dozen
boarding schools, to a friend of ours,
who had just been introduced to ber nt
an evening party—"doctor, which do
you prefer, thofidity of intellect or
brillianthy? Thnm admire tholidity;
bufc nth for mo, as Shakthpearo thnyth
in Mth 'Bride of Abydoth,' 'Ijirefer
tholidity and brillianthy combined.'"
The doctor sank into tho nearest chair,
exhausted,
CotniT scono: " Whafc*s gono of your
husband, woman?" "What's gono of
liim, yer Honor ? Paith, and he's gone
dead." " All! pray, what did ho die of ?"
"Die of, your Honor? He died of a
Priday." " I don't mean tho day of the
week, but what complaint?" "Paith,
an'it's himsolf that did nofc get timo to
complain." "Oh, ay—ho died suddenly?" "Bather that way, yet Honor."
fell downr*to-%--''flt5'jKrnH^,TiKi.:^?|fff^tt
no; not exactly in a lit, yonr Honor. Ho
fell out of a window, or through a cellar
door—I don't know what they call it."
"Oh, ay—aud broko his neck?" "No,
nofc quite that, yer Worship." "What
then ?" "Tliero was a bit of sthring,
or cord, or thnt like, and ifc throttled
poor Mike," "Quite likely. Cidl the
next case^ ^__
Jloir to Say It.
Say "Iwould rather walk," nnd nofc
"I had rather walk,"
Say "I doubt nofc bufc I shall," andnot
"I don't doubt but I shall."
Say "for you and me," and not "for
you and I."
Say "whether I be present or not,"
and nofc "present or no."
Say "not that Iknow,"andnofc " thafc
I know of."
Say "return it to me," and not "return ifc back to me."
Say "I seldom seo him," and not
" that I seldom or ever see him."
Say "fewer friends," and not '?Iess
friends."
Say "if I mistake not," and nofc "if
I am not mistaken."
Say "gamo is plentiful," and nofc
"game is plenty."
Say "I am weak in comparison with
yon," and nofc " to you,"
Say "it rains very fast," and nofc
"very hard,"
Say "in its primitive sense," and not
" primaiy sense."
Say " he was noted for his violence,"
nnd not that " ho wns a man notorious
for violence,"
Say' "thus much is trno," and nofc
" this much is true."
Say "I lifted it," and nofc "I lifted it .
up."
And last, but nofc least, say " I take
my paper and pay for it in advance."
Prop. Kfiewcosin, of the Washington observatory, has run his celestial
tape-lino out and finds that light travels
1M,320 miles a second—a little slower
than has been generally Btispected by
(igtrouomors heretofore;
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