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Changeless^
So far away, so far away, I cried,
In the still night and in the busy day;
Hopeless and sad my longing spirit sighed,
So f ar away !
So far away!, How can that be, w' en love ,
Annihilates all distance? Strong and clear
Tuo glad thought came, lifting my heart
abovo
s*~.
All doubt and fear.
- Now, often seated at myTwork or book,
Your strong, sweet presence seemB to fill the
place ;
I raise my .eyes as if onco more to look
]
Into your face.
And I am gladdened as though you bad oonra
With tender greeting over land and sea;
Now know I sui^ly .that your spirit's home
Is still with me. _ :
And thought* long to see your faceoncS more,
liong for the hand clasp, the smile, the kiss,
And know that all of these, till life be o'er,
We still nxusfr.misB.
Over the fate that bids us walk"aparfr.
Love still can trhimptNfctill its watch can keep;.
For through all tuae-and space, heart calls to
,
heart,
As deep to deep.
OUR
DAVIE.
clear voice said: " Me I TXnole David ?" Then
suddenly a pair of great win eyes were lifted
in piteous entreaty, * little, nervous hand
touched the strong brown one that wis hanging
at his' side, and he hesitated.
The whole truth flashed across him in an instant, as he shook off the slight touch and
moved over to the window; and these, as if
concluding an unfinished sentence, he said:
."Why, y e s i l d i d . "
'*
," Oh, Hew!" said,Uncle David, startled. And"
then he added, quickly: "But, thank God,
you coukLnot tell a lie !"
_
The quick red flush crept up again over the
happy boyish face, but not such a guilty red as
that which dyed the white forehead hidden on
Uncle David's knee. Little Davie rose unsteadily, and put his hand out to the hand that
had sheltered him in every trouble of his life—
the strong hand that could dare to bridge the
gulf between them, and touch him now. Be
shivered a little, and Hew said : "What, cold,
Davie, with such a fire! Good-night, Uncle
David; we are going to bed."
Again, the fact that the enteric fever is
The B e n n i o n
very contagious: ;in villages, and only
is
coming!
I hear her footstep
She
of Four Per Cent. Bande^Offlcilal
slightly so in tqwns, though perfectly The SalePreepectu
Ai
The Record of a L o n g and Busy ..Career,
of the Syndicate..,
H it echoes along the hall,
consistent' with what is kjdown of the
And! my heart beats time, regp meivej
The following,iB the officiali?rbsp^cSev. Johp. S. C. Abbptt, the histo: ian,
manner in which the specific poison is
To
a its measure^ rise and.-fal]
tus
of
t
h
e
syndicate
i
n
accordance
with
mtly
at
Faji;
H
a
v
e
n
/
Gdrnx,
who died ri
In' t h e daya w h e n tgrphua fever a n d conveyed, i s n o t a t a l l s o w i t h t h e notion
Do
know the step? .Obi lieaTeiMfi
p l a g u e a n d small-pox r e i g n e d u n c h e c k e d that it has its origin in unhealthy condi- their contract 6f t h e ninth of J u n e w i t h after a Br> l o n g e d i l l n e s s , w a s b o r n i n
H)3W of^ in the flajs gone b; r<»
the'treasury
department
for
the
sale
of
Me.,
in
1805,
and
had,
oonin England^ and no one dreamed that tions, which are equally present in town
Farringi
HaVe I watched with joy for it jt coming,
the United Stales bonds:
their ravages could be either foreseen or and country.
sequentl a i the tim|e of his dsath
Aid smiled as the sound dre
I
advanced
jage
of
s
>
Uncjer authority of a contract wiWJi'the
prevented, jit would not have been
"There is reason enough, therefoife. secretary of the' Treasury the undersign- reached.
His was a long and busy
She is ne&ring the door^-Oh, Eeart- .•stffl!
thought credible that a timewonld come to justify ns in taking the more hopeful
two year;
Oh, brain stand [by me now,!
ith was filled up chiefi}; by'
when these .terrible diseases <woul& be view of zymotic diseases, tmk in holding ed hereby give notice that from this date career,
And] the parapiratipn dampi am I den^o
the
arduoui
duties
of
the
ministry
(June
14th)
and
until
July'l6th,
at
thief
and
completely jwithin human control,'and. that if the communication of' the specific
iLiaps out on my throbbing trow,
yet scarcely any ooCtrol be exercised poison can be stopped the diseases them- p. it., they will receive subscriptions for by active ljiterary labor. He was |6duShe
has reached the door offmy ch&inVw 1
Bowdoin
College
and
the
four
per
cent,
funded
loan
of
ijhe
over them,; With the means of insuring
must in tune die outi If the au- United States in denominations as staijed Audover Ti eologioal Seminary, and the
H
sr hand isripon the latch!
almost complete safety there has come selves
was
thorities had the power to insure the inAnd< in dumb despair I rendIra;:
an equally1 complete indifference to stant isolation of every case of zymotic below, at par and accrued interest in gold graduated I rom the former in 1825, ^ hen
only twee ty years of age. H® had for .: Ajjid endeavor my breath to tatih.
'-, '
[
J
safety. I t J|B> not among the poor only disease and the thorough disinfection of coin.
young
Bat list! She is toMe epeakini
The bonds are redeemable after thirty classmate 3 and associates
that this temper prevails; it is just as ttwTbody, clothing and lodging of the
:
And her voice my tenses i
umversal among the educated and well- patient* which they are never likely to years from July 1st, 1877, and carry in- whose names have since come withiii the
to-do. Doctors preaohj, but even doctors obtain, however, the comnmunication bf terest from that date, payable quarterly, special c it todianship of fame. The As she shrieks hi a voice of agbnized woe,
" Will yon pay that-waghingJo 11
do not always practice. The importance the specific poison might be stopped. and are exeihpt frpm the payment [of illustrious author, Hawjfchorne, wail of
of healthy houses 'is universally/admit- As regards small-pox there is Ithe addi- taxes*or duties t o t h e U n i t e d States, as his class^ and Longfellow and the'-deHi
ted, but nbi one. man in • thousand tional safeguard of a practically infalli- w e l l a s from taxation i n a n y form b y i o r ceased en byed the kindreil college
Items of Interest.
jest.
seems to care whether his own house is ble prevention in vaccination. People under State, municipal or local authority. honors of being its poet and its hishealthy. The dread of infectionrisesin die of small-pox or contagious fevers not T h e interest- on' t h e registered stock torian. B^el was ordained "to the ministry John Chinaman's eyes "are cut . b a s s , but
4
many, cases to on unworthy panic, but it because they must, but because the com- will be paid! by clieok issued by tjho of the Congregational church in 1830, they'll do for Pekin, sy »^J
seldom takes any more soientiflo form munity does not, and, as a little consid- treasurer of ihe Unijted States to the Or- and in the opening of .his career was Oysters, fallbonnets^ ulsterg and ea pty ©Sithan'the desire to keep the mischief at a eration will show, cannot, take the pre- der of the holder and mailed to his ad- settled at Worcester, Mass., He sub- tes are out of season. [: /
distance. That in some cases it can be cautions that would be effectual to keep dress. The check is payable on presen- sequently filled the pastorate office at 'A little girl's idea ol? a plane : a th ng;th»t
i U'.T-,
tation properly indorsed a^the offices! of Boxbury and Nantucket. Mr- Abbott soruhs snakes out of boards. „ treated so as to male it cease to be a them alive. "^Pall Mall Gcfeette,
The man who gathers the names for the
the treasurer and assktanHireasurers of early devoted himself to literary labor^
mischief, and that even where this is imEussian directorv is the hardest worked' man
the United States.
possible it caoi be stamped out of existbut his earliest publiphe^. Work was in the empire.
'
.
• '
Carrier
Pigeons
as
War
Messengers.
encer^e fa4ts which, though they may
The subscriptions will be for coupon "The Mother at Home,'* whicp appeared
be kpown asi matters of theory, arte sel- A curious i t e m i n t h e m i l i t a r y esti- bonds 'of $ 5 0 and $100..and registered in 1833. while he was yet hi ithe first 'Walla Walla people read: the WalK,' "Walla
Watlcliman, Walla Walla> Walla WaUi, conitj,
dom jallowed to govern the conduct of m a t e s of t h e greater military p«tvers of stock i n t h e denominations" o | $60, $1(30, active years of his-ministry. This work, WaBhiDgton
Territory.
'
those who inow them. We have not Europe is the sum nowsetdpwn annual- $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000.'
hadaverV large sale in this country,
A gentleman had occasion to make.uBe of the
jnuch expectation that even the plainest ly for the providing and maintenance bf
The bonds, both coupon and'register- and was subsequently printed in several oxpresaion " J u d g e " i n a crowded-Losl Angeles
ed,
will be ready for delivery July 2d, languages. It was followed shortly thoroughfare. Instantly eight person turned
a
certain
number
of
pigeon-preeding
estatements, put in the most popular in1877.
tablishments
and
houses;
The
large
afterwardl by " T h e Child at Homei" round to retiirn'the salutation..
eligible way, will have much ^effect in
Forms
of
application
willie
furnished
German
fortresses
of
Cologne,
Meljz,
Jocal
which, like all his books, was ~'sbld; Tennessee people depend npbn.thjiir' bringing it> about; but in so far as such
i _ i ,_
to take
" "
statements can do any good Sir Thomas Mayence, Strasburg and others are all by the treasurer at Baltimore, Boston, largely, ! In 1844 his literary labor papers to tell them, when it is saf< press
is
off their flannels. The power of the
Chicago,
Cincinnati,
New
Orleans,
New
supplied
with
a.complement
of
pigeons,
engaged
his
attention
so
much
that
he
Wpson's paper ought to make some imr
getting
to
be
mightier
every
day.
"
York,
Philadelphia,
St.
Louis
and
S;an
and in France great efforts have been
^ determined to devote himself tor it expression on ttose who read.it.
An English collector of autographs^ said to
Francisco, and by the national banks and clusively, .and accordingly, in, that year,
h. JJnder the^ h e a d of z y m o t i c (or con- and still are b e i n g made tcf insure that
have offered Prince Bismarck'75,:000 TrkncB for
bankers
generally.
there
s
h
a
l
l
b
e
a
g
o
o
d
stock
of
t
h
e
s
e
birds
he
retire^,
from
pastorate
duties^
He
tagious) disease are i n c l u d e d n i n e dishis written resignation which iihei emperor reThe! application must specify the resumed |them, however, again for brief turned with the wo^rdj *' nitnials '' (never.J .
e a s e s , of w h i c h a l l b u t one, or p e r h a p s in jevery garrison town. T h ^ idea w h i c h
tjwo, are of exceedingly common occur- hap b e e n frequently mooted ;of u t i l i z i n g amount and denomination required, and periodSj dotably in 1866-68, when lie so A Shakespearean student affin is that' - *
Double,, double, ' ,• . Ii , '
rence. They are small-pox, ohicken-pox, carrier pigeons as the bearerkof military for registetedi stock the full name and labored iflt behalf pf the Second Con>
Toil and trouble,
,|
typhus feter,! enterio (or typhoid) fever, despatches was first worked put in prac- post-office adilress of the person.to whom gregational church, Fair Haven, Conn.,
scarlet fever, the plague, measles, whoop- tice during the investments of Paris and liie bonds shall be made payable. Two that he, prevented its eollapsp. He had has no reference id matrimon^. ^Persons about
to embark will feel easier;
ing cough and mumps. All these have Metz' in the late KancO-Gorman war. per cent. 6f 'the purchase money must intendedjpo settle down in quiet retireacopmpany
the
subscription.
The
re•"If yon wish to 'have a shee of' dnrable
So
vigilant
was
thewalch
lUpt
by
the
ment
ajt
Fair
Haven,
but
was.induced
to
the ollowjing characteristics in commaterial,"
exclaims a facetio- is t< fefcotaler,
mainder
may|
be
paid
at
the
pleasure
of
GermanB
over
all
the
approaches
leading
take cllarge of the church, t which was
mon ; They ; are febrile, they run a'
"you should make the upper liather ! of th*
the!
purchased,
either
at
the
time
of
subinto
the
fortresses,
that
in
fjact
np
other
then
so
bjtdly
in
debt
that
its
continuadefin te course, they present during
mouth, of a hard; drinker, for that never lets ia
some portion of that course cer- "messengers could enter the beleaguered scription or alt any time prior to October tion was a matter of doubt. By his as- water; „
|
'•'-.,'.:
10,1877,
With!
interest
added
at
four
per
towns.
Balloons
could
leave
ijhe
cities,
siduous z p l the burdens on the church *f)nly three poems | have been irritteij: about
tain diBtinotiye markings in the body,
cent,
to
date
of
payment.
The
payments
were removed. In less, than a yearjand the rresentjwar. T|he Eussian !and'|Tnrkigh
thpy xjotu? once only in the same person, and passing high in the air jover the inbe made in gold coin to the treasurer [a half after he took charge -pf it tiefe language may be musical, but rhat poet can
arid t iey are communicable from person vesting lines, deposit their burdens in
<he United States at Washington or was an accession of nearjiy 200 meml era, make such names as Sukuni Kali h rhyme with
to p irson by contagion. Sir Thomas the open country; but aeronautics are
assistant treasurers at Baltimore, Bos- almost all of them, young people (he was •anything?
'
i
Watson maintains that they are cOm- not yet sufficiently developed to allow
Chicago^
Cincinnati,
New
Orleans
the
reverse
operation
to
be
carried
out.
"I
make
it
my
point,
madam
to
study
mj
always
credited
with
great
ihflumce
muniiablB in; no other way, but he is
St. Louis, and also the assistant over the young), and the church was in own mind," said a gentleman to i liady who had
here jonfront^d by the high authority of Pigeons, however, could be trusted, un-exhibited some surprise at a g i a A i o n he exDr. yfurchison, who thinks that the der certain easily fulfilled conditions 1o __ _ asurer at San Francisco with exchange a flourishing condition^. While lies of pressed; "Indeed!" she replied, 'ti didn't
on
New
York
and
to
either
of
the
underreturn
with
all
speed
to
tlkeir
homei
;
the"
duties
and
obligations
which
the
speoiio poi8o|i of zymotic disease may
suppose you understood the use of the micro"be generated j spontaneously from filth; and,' consequently, numbelrs of the;n sighed. ;. To promote the convenience" of ministry .imposed, he worked unn mit-. scope." .
, .
. L.'| «_•:,.. .
or overcrowding. This is- a point of were taken out of Paris inbajUooks, tole subscribers ^he undersigned will also tingly at'. lis writings, and the resuli was
Coloifel Enoi and Mr. Baird,] two .Englishparamount importance, because if the subsequently laden with dispatches, with receive in lieu of coin United States notes that he (jave tP the/wOrid about fifty men, have recently returned from asjiost sucspecific poison: is never generated spon- which theyjthen returned to 'the 'Capital. or djrafts on T^evr York at their coin value volumes. With few exceptions -these cessful limit in India, in which they killed
on tb.e day of receipt in the city of N]ew were of ai L historical complexion, an 1 al- eieven elephants, ten rhinoceros BS, nipe lions,
taneously, these diseases, if once got rid A't first the messages were tied'around
l
Yorjs.
„
';
;
the
necks
of
the.
pigeons;
buf
it
wis
though s jme pf them , did inot es jape sixteen buffaloes, two giraffes, three leopards,
of, would neveir reappear in England uuostrich, two immense croi :odileSj. jand a w
found
thaw
when
this
was
done,
many
of
adverse criticism, it is undeniable that* one
AUGUST
BELMONT
&
Co.,
New
York
lesB they wer^ imported from abroad;,
r
large number of antelopes and si laller game.
the
birds'returned
withou;
their
dintheir pop- ilarity, measured by the e? tent
DpEXEi,, M^pBGAH & C o . , N e w York,,
whereas if they can be produced by a
of their sale, must haye been on n far
Jf & W . SEfpiGMAN & C o . , N e w York.
combination of certain unhealthy condi- patches, haying probably goijrid of thein
V
The E y e s pf K n o w l e d g e .
larger scale than that wjhich usuall;' rer
MOBXOH, B p s s & C o . , N e w -York. ,
tions of, life we shall never be completely themselves^during thear flight. The plan
The
Those w h o k n o w little see, little. T o
• F I B S T NATBONAII B A N K OF T H E C I T Y O F wards ths efforts of authorship.
free"Sf ^hem. until we are free of dirt and was, therefore, adopted of reducing tlje
principal of Mr. Abbott's works are the man who cannot read, tl is ptiper is a
ppvertyf' The! chances that the warfare dispatches, by the aid of photography, to NKWYOBK.
" The Hiitoiy of Napoleon Bonapai te " blank. In exact proportion as our„stpck
akainst zymotic diseases will ultimately the smallest possible dimensions, aud DEEXEL & Co. ^Philadelphia.
(tyo volu nes), which drew a! great deal of information increases, tl e fepherb of
be successful will consequently be few inclosing them in a quill,'which wis
of ,attenti< ar t o i t at t h e time of i t s pi ibli- our mental Vision i s eBlarged. iBjiowlior manj' according to S i r T h o m a s W a t - t h e n fastened under one ofj t h e larger
Sunday in the Black Hills.
B y this
eation; *•:S'apoleonin St. H e l e n a , " ' T h e edge furnishes e y e s to our aaderstandsqnrpr jDr. M u r c h i s o n t u r n s o u t t o b e feathers of t h e p i g e o n ' s w i n g i
p
n
Sunday
the
people
pour
into
Deadright. At present the balance of argu- means not only was the loss of the dis- wood from tihe adjoining camps, and History a: N a p o l e o n I U . , " «'A H i s t o r y ihg, and endows thein wit i cl^arhess,
ment seems to poinfj to contagion as the patch avoided, but they we}.'e also pro- during the day the streets have the ap- of [the Civil War in America," "The p^cision and magnetic ;>ower. To
French E evolution of 1789,",. "Bom mce l;he ignorant man the star s are mere
real cause of these diseases in every in- tected from partial destractibn or oblit'< •'
' pearance of a national celebration. On of' Spanif h H i s t i r y , " '' The| H i s t p i y of specks Of light, rather mpre ornamental,
stance. Dr. Murchison chiefly relies on eration by the weather.
closer inspection y o u discover t h a t t h e
the frequent^ occurrence of zymotic disFrederick! I I . , called Frederick t h e he thinks, perhaps, t h a n his, tin lantern,
The Gulf StreamJ
i crowd i s attracted b y a n auctioneer, w h o Great;" 1 lings a n d Queens'; or, L i 'e i n but not'half s o Useful as a' ruide t o h i s
ease wHfen no exposure to contagion con
has m o u n t e d a barrel, and i s c r y i n g M s
be traced or easily imagined,
The groat ,f river iitheooean/'knowii wares, the accumulation pf every kindiOf the Palaco;" Practical ChriBiianity," and fpotsteps through the nig it. , To the
Bvit this negative reasoning IB of little as, the gulf stream, from the.gulf of pawned properly. On the other side "Pioneer» and Patriots of America" astronomer 'they are world* aqd convalue in presence of the innumerable Mexico*to the Azores, is thre|e thousand the prize-packjage man holds out valuable, (twelve volumes), the last of his wcrks, geries of worlds, .moving thi ough space
ways in which contagion may be convey- miles in length^ and i^s greatest breadth inducements to a gaping crowd, who, which Was; p u b l i s h e d about a year igo; i n obedience to i m m u t a b l e laWs^ fulfilled .? Weeds appear in places where there is one hundred and twenty. At first its after listening to a harangue of fifteen N e a r l y all of t h e s e works h a v e b e e n i n g i n their shilling march purposes a t
whiph even his educated- intellect .eta
is no apparent, means of accounting for Speed is four miles an hour, "but thiB imurutes, stand'in awe, with disappoint- translated, into different languages.
After h< i- relinquished the pastoral p of onlyguess, and seeing them withtheeyes
their growth; yet the smallest and least gradually declines'as it becomes more ment stamped, upon their countenances,
visible seed is a conspicuous object com- diffused. Off the State of Florida ifjs to see the fortune they might have pos- t h e S e c o n l Congregational <5iufch,.'.?air of science, he ponders .and' adores.
pared' with t i e microscopio particles temperature is eighty-three degrees, or sessed had they only drawn the lucky H a v e n , M v A b b o t t did n o t again res i m e Botany, chemistry, every branchv of
which convey the infection of small-pox n i n e d e g r e e s a b o v e t h e surrounding packet h e displays before t h e m . , Th,en the duties of t h e ministry. H e live i in natural, ^hilpsophy, gives us,a .deeper,
oi ehterio fevek Against the theory of waters; and off Newfoundland, in win- the bands sends out lively music from well-earned quiet and r e t i r e m e n t - t h e truer insight into t|he mysteries of,wliich
spontaneous generation must be set the ter, it is twenty-five degrees i o thirty de- the "free-and-easys," while the (mer- fair completion of a b u s y a n d well-spent we are surrounded. "We qannpt eyen
proved absence of zymotic diseases un- grees warmer than the neighboring seas, chants are busy bartering their wares life. S i s domestic relations w e r e of t h e understand pur own mechanism without
der circumstances most favorable to their thus causing the dense fog of that region,. for gold-dust to the dusky miner. Every- h a p p i e s t kind. I n t h e "home- circle t h e the aid of physipal science, .jti has been
production, tho numerous instances I t is a great dispenser of heat and mois- body is on ijhe alert, tramping to and g e n t l e n e s s of h i s character a n d h i s tei d e r said that the laorej men knowi; the more
which have been ultimately traced to ture in its course. To its influence is fro, in and, out and up and down the solicitude l o r others endeared 'him to all, profound and generaj, .their knowledge,
contagion wheij at first the possibilitiof owing the verdure of the "Emerald Isle,*' mo.untains. Then, just around the and the silme qualities won him host! of the more t}ipy are disposed to skepticism
such an explanation seemed excluded, and the mildness of the climajte of Wesf|- corner from ithia busy throng, the un- friends in la wider sphere. * His last c ays in religious matters. Tlie assertipn is
and the length of time which elapses! in ern Europe compared wittj countries pretentious building occupied fcS ., a were chastened by great physical suffer- false. Men of the deepest, research jars
certain places without their occurrence elsewhere of corresponding latitudes. Ijt church sends forth its echoesfrpm the, ing, which, however, no bore with re- generally ^ie firmest believers in revelaat all. Sir Thomas'Watson gives' several arrests the chilling Arctic! icebergs, three or four score of worshiperif there; signed contentment. Death came to him tion. There are ahdJiaV.e. been -unaeyout
examples of all 'these facts, Typhusf fe- whiohmelt away in its tepid waters. It assembled, and many are they! hardy as a boon, and found him not uhprepa|ed. philosophers, but jthe excepMdnpsd^not
ver is unknown': in the foul^nderlcoj|nd is of a .deep indigo blue as long as it^ miners who here take the oppojrtunity to The deceased leaves a wife and family, militate against thjBr,ulie,l>.The gjeatesf
dwellings of thb Esquimaux, fi^Fwas it current is deep and narrow; 8>d the lin^ thank God for health aud success; and and an elder brother, Jacob Abbott, ivho lights of modern learning ta$,Science
sincere phristiansr ;S|BeB.ow
observed in the crowded Afxu&n slave of demarkatian between it and the adja- all these, together with the confusion is also in the ministry, tend who, like Ithe have been"
1
ships, nor in Howard's time hf foreign cent waters is so marked that a vessel upon the streets and "yelps from dpgr deceased, has given a great de£l of atten- research, confirms Scriptura. ,h|stpryi
jails. Yet in both these latter cases there may be seen floating qne-half in the gulf fights, reverberate over the hills. When tion to literature, chiefly'in th|e pro'dubr Layar.d, the great' archsso! pgist^ has
was an abundance of filth and-of over- stream and tne other inthje coimnoiji the weather is pleasant, groupsof two tion of books for the young. They have: found recorded upon dism|eired jindnucrowding. In one well-known case a waters of the sea; and two jiuokets let and upward are seen winding' upon the bpen joint contributors to a series' pf meiite of ancient Egypt t h e \ pry facts in
prisoner who hnjd been some time under down, one at the bow, the other at the towering bed-rocks or climbing through illustrated histories, and Jacob's "B&lo relation to the wars pf Jiidea,' clirp^oled
solitary confinement in Millbank was stern, will draw up water differing iip. the mountain pines. To one not accus/-/ Books" were among the mjist popular iiithe Bible." On the c r u m b ^ g 'fragseized with smallpox. Thjsjapparently temperature by no less than thirty dep toined to this romantic region, such pro publications of "their day.—pew Jbrft n^enlts of the walls of Ninei eh 'fie discovered the name Pf thepr^j»hetjro|iah,
I
I ceedingi?—religion, traffic, toil "and plea-r Times,
conclusive instance of zymdtio disease grees.
and he has rehdereji into lit ^lishL'fi'om
making its appearance without contagion
"'
|>
i sure going to miake up Sunday— appear
the characters o'n[ the toiifos 'jandlmonuT
Slow but Sure.
was explained nearly forty years later,
BijJh Outdone. ,
, absurd in the extreme. „But such is
memoranda of
The " sl«w fighter " was la-; tall, raw- mentsof Oriental kmgs.
when it appeared that the resident'medi"When I was in Mexico,"'paid Bijah, mountain lifej, and in a brief time the
ea
cal officer of the prison had been taken looking out of the window,; " I saw ijt most fastidious pilgrim from the mare boned specimen of the Pike county their victories and dW ts and pf igre^Ses,
to see a case of confluent small-poxin the i-ain just about this hard fbr fourteen Athenian regions will become accustomed breed, and when he arrived in the min- which tally precisely with th B statement
of Holy Writ. Btj,t for the "•ko^Hal
neighborhood, and had brought baok the consecutive days." ;
to and fascinated by them.—Jkldck Hills ing camp the boyf began to have fun eyes suppUedby scientificrei earcji these
with
him—to
"
mill
him,"
as
they
Pall
it
contagion to the prisoner. In another
There was anawful silence fir" a minute,, Times.
'
physical confirmations 'of? t! te mi$ of
case a child who had not left the house and thenavagrautish-lodkink old manj,
in the parlance of the minesi'
1
A Woman's Pluck Eew: rded.
for weeks took small-pox without its hav- who had stepped in |to sell ip>me toothHe stood it for a long time with per- divine history vgnjdd heVer Ahave''
!<:
disclosed.
'
„
'
'
"
"
!'
ing been notioed. anywhere in the neigh- ache drops, toed the ihark*an|d said; !
The'Portland (Me.) Pre, says that fect equanimity, uutil finally one of the
'• i'Ul!
n
borhood. When she was getting well
l4lsoused.toHve| inMeWoo, and J the wife of Captain W. P. dc, of that paifor dared him out of doors to fighfc .
'The
Bewaird
of
iVtli
iy*
-r-^ r >
she looked at herself in the glass aid remember that showe|r. Thajt was noth- city, has. lately received f:
three in- He went. When they got all ready There was ratHei? a; pretty Jiici&4ai at
and squared off, P i k e c o u n t y stretched
immediitely said.: ' " My face is like the ing, however, to one jyou have probably surance -companies, w h i c h
1
risks o n
child's from whonfl boughtjthe beads." forgotten. I t began raining one Mon- the b r i g Shannon, a letter ol h a n k s and out h i s l o n g neck and presented t h e tip of th© railway station1 Of tPlbi^ \i £>pjt3ii%he
arrival
of
the
trPop
train'fhlnt tbrlfila,
Some peddlers had passed through the day morning, and continued,right along fifty dollars for her bravery
a voyage his big nose temptingly blose to his tor- writes a war correspondent. 1 'he^Rilt'tfsian
from
Bermuda
to
New
York
mentor;
"
I
'
m
a
little
slow,"
he
said,
village when one of. them wai > recovering for twenty-eight days. I waj^then living
;
:
.thatveBfrom small-pox, an(| this child had talked on a prairie, and the water rose and rose sel last winter. Mrs. York, io is but "and can't fight unless I'm^eU riled; Grand Duke was thSgre in peiSony :ljiyd as
the artillery formed!' Upon th) :p^itform,
tothematthedgerj The Fi roe islands until it finally stoodforty-eigljit feet deep twenty-one years of age, sai as a pas- just paste me one—a good 'unl—right on the
chief of staff called but the name of
senger
on
the
Shannon,
oni
the
end
of
that
smeller
1"
all
over
my
land."
,
were exempt from measles fr >m the year
en a few
a
sergeant,
and abekrdless yo lthstejSpijjid
days
out
violent
storms
wen
His request Was complied with,'
1781 .to the. year 1846. The disease was
Bijah looked at him with' scorn and
icounterout from the rariks,' appa: ently •'BUTed,
and
the
crew
became
alarmed
and
"
That
was
a
good
'un,"
he
said,
calmthen Introduced .ftcjih Copeidiagen, and contempt, and sarcastically inquired:
importuned the captain to turn back. ly ; " bnt I d W t feel quite rilled yit " - r prised, and perhaps a -little scared,' kt
in six months threes-fourths ol the inhabi'«' How did you escape ?"
the summons. "Your imp« rial inaster
He listened to all they had to,sty and
tants had t^ken itii
" I climbed ft pole forirvrnine feet then called upon Mrs. York, whore plied: (turning the side of hitohead to iha ad- and mine,"said! the general, .^haS'pelt
versary)—"please chug me another,
Scarlet, fever seems to Jure been un- high," was the quiet OMwer. " I got
ypu tHs as a'marfeofiin^ioy^iteigiiicivor,
".Captain, sooner than turn bark 2. will lively one under the ear'}"
known in India till 1871, and the whoop- my feet wet of course, burwje must put
tor your^^ skuiiaik^telji|^e.f>vr|i'a[liek
take my trick at the wheeland'hel^iiiiviThe astonished adversary; again coming cough at the Cape of Good Hope till up with some discomforts in this sinful
gato the vessel, TPg6back,jneans4o plied, whereupon Pike county, remark? he pinnedv-jiiponias .iift^itosotoSB'of
1863., Yet M soon as they were jtotro- world."
I ,
St. Gfoorge, only conferred fx^ vMorjaad
give up, and I don't believe in gi|ing up
duced*,from without they spr »d rapidly.
The old janitor was so -mad that he until we are much worse off than we are ing thai; he was /'not quite as well riled the army learned that iiiaiw is! tbj&.hand
as he would like to be, but would do the
os, on the theory of apont ineous gen- wouldn't eveh take a bottle of the drops
The brave answer o f the lady best he could," sailed into the crowd, which directed the.,fatal shot^byi^ddoh
tion, we have to explain the incon on triai—no sure, no pay. He said he'd now.
the great Turkish monjtOTi at ^hijoet,
•iatoncy that circumstances w hioh proved rather die of toothache than to patronize sliamed the crew. They took hold afresh, and for the next ten days the;.'* boys'" with her; crew of twOnhund red pickjftd
exoeedingly favorable to th > spread of a man Who wouldn't tell the truth when 'aud, inspired by her energy and he* ex- were engaged in mending brokea jaws, sailors and m»rine«,,li»d been senf d«wk
thft^&isMM when imported h sd not be«n ik honkMtdito W told.—Jhtffott
Frt* ample, brought, th« vassal aaialy into repairing damaged eye* tuad tenderly to th^bttttom of tiw DMnbfi
J rororkoting snyihtd
H«wTork,
•qua! toprodtuiBffit for th> i r t t t i a w , JPttM.,
" I can answer yon best here, and thank yon
better for Davie and myself, than I could 8 « « l l W , Tv»»«« Fever1, 91 eaatea audi Tkelr
among yon all. You, who hare known ui all
t'eaaeaer*. •aeVHawVaey H a y B e Me«iour lives—you, Unole David, who have loved
eailr-TireateiL.
j
us; -know what we are to each other. £* yon
have joined ns ia the toast, so let me speak for
both in my answer, when I say that, next to my
brother's love, I value nothing so much asyour
good opinion;"
"We have never h a d * word between u» all
ourlivea," said Davie, raising a flushed, glad
face, "so yoiu make me very proud by giving
me Just a little place in Hew'g triumph. Even
this"—and he touched the Victoria Cross—"X
do not grudge him in the least. Do you remember," he went on, suddenly, with bis finger
atil! on the cross, "once, long ago, laving
mo from puaishment In connection with a boat?
I had forgotten all about it till this moment."
• "Quito right," said Hew, putting his hand
up over the lljand that tonohed the cross. " I
don't think I came, very creditably out of the
affair, for, if I remember right, I told alie,"-*" I must punish him/ Unole David thought, Itarper't Weekly;
when he was left alone, " because I said so.
My dear boys,, how can I have the heart to do * A ILetter 331 Years Old.. '
it?" So the good man, with a faltering hand,
Frederick
Laner, has at present in bis
dealt out-Justice toth two boys he loved almost
equally -the one for his weakness, the other, possession an. original manuscript letter
for his strength.
of the great reformer, Martin Luther,
Out in the passago Hew waited for an in- dated in Ithe year 1512. The. letter is
stant, expecting what ? Whatever it was, it did •written, oni a half sheet of. paperyTiote
not come, however; for Davie, waiting too,
size, and ia in a well-preserved condisaid nothing, aud Hew presently put his hand
This manuscript is legible, and
on the child's trembling form, and understood tion.
and forgave the cowardly heart that conjd the Bignatae, " Mart. Luther, D.," is
shrink fronu any physioal pain, but could dare written in a good, bold hand., There is
to toll a liS " I'm in for it now," thought the no doubt, ma to the authenticity of this
boy, with a sort of dogged pride—"tho first I
letter, written in the dialect of the Gerever told, and to Uncle David, too! but—it's
man language current during the sixfor him."
Outside there was a heavy, threatening November sky, from which the lurid sunset had
died Utterly," leaving no light save the faint,
glimmer that came from the glittering covering
of snow that lay an inch deep everywhere-. , Later on, when a clear moon shone out over
To be sent to school at once ! That was the
tho desolate landscapo, it made almost a pretty
picture of Braer Castlo, with its background of verdict Unole David pronounced in his study
leafless trees and cloucly sky; but not such a next morning, and that Hew listened to with
pretty picture as the onp you could have seen •assumed indifference.
"And when?" he-asked, directly.
through the unsheltereu windows of tho quaint
" Well, to-day," said Uncle David; "it is so
ol/luaU,if the wipdowshad not been too high to
much better to get it over at once."
be reachod from, the outside.
"Uncle Dayid," said the boy, coming a stop
Sir David Dcwar, the bachelor owner of this
fine old place, ^iked light and comfort and nearer, and softe ing his voice, " I may siy
plenty of room to move about in ; and as it was good-bye to— him?"
" Wellj I'mi afraid not," said Uncle David,
nobody's place {to interfere with his lit f !e
whims, he generally got what he wanted; clearing his voice,- and looking worried and perso, sitting now well back in his great arm- plexed* " He is so ijl, you see; Morris was up
chair, with his kindly faco a little sovore, and with him all ».igbi" *?
his gray hoad bent in earnest thought, he looked
"Iknow,"said Hew.' Then allhispetulant
as though no wavefof trouble had ever touched anger seemed^) die utterly'out, and he came
hi* life.
*.
and stood 4fffe in fro.it of Uncle David's
There was another figure in the great room, chair, and spoke earnestly. "Uncle David,
to->, on which the brilliant pght seemed to have promise me—promise me on your sacred word
concentrated itself—the tigjuro of a child—a boy of honor, that if--anything happens to Davie,
who stood on the white fur hearth-rug, with ft you will send for me directly. It ia unj ust an d
quaint, old-fashioned face raised somewhat terrible to send n&e away now," the lad went
stubbornly, and thin, restless hands fidgeting on, almost beside himself with excitement;
with the buttons of h'is coat. Little Davie De- "but I will bear itas well as I oan^if yquswear
'*-•
^
•
war, one of Sic David's orphan nephows, do- that to me.''
serves a paragraph of description entirely to
"Of course," said Uncle David, promptly,
himself, if only for the sake of his face—a though his voice was very husky ; "but don't
beautiful face, that artists raved abcut for its say anything more now, because you forget
perfection of form and coloring, but that uioth- yourself. You may look at the child, too, if
fers looked at with an aching heart, reading you like, but dbn't speSc to him »r rouse' him in
pnly too clearly the' signs of delicacy in tho anyway, because he is in such. pain. I trust
brilliant dark-fringed eyes and flushing cheeks. pyou."
"
To-nighl, however, there was something LeTrust him! Iwho, indeed, could Uncle David
yond excitement in the shriuking form ; and he trusl; if not th< boy he had loved so long—the
looked so white and (van and miserable that boy who was r inning up stairs now, and in anwhen Sir David, who had been hardening Lis other moment Would bo standing at the door of
heart and contemplating punishment, raised a hushed and • darkened room*, watching a
his head suddenly, the sternness melted out tangled head |upon the pillow ? The quick,
of his face, and ho stretched out his hand, deep sobs tremjbled away into silence, the angry
saying: " Come here,my dear—a little nearer." hoart was suddenly stilled, as Hew stood jn
The boy started when he spoke^and shrank the doorway for a moment, and heard th>
back, just raising his piteous, unchildlike eyes, rapid, uneven breathing of the restless little
I
and then dropping them to the rug at his feet; sleeper.
"Gome here/' repeated* Sir David, a little
impatieatly, for he hated to think that he was
hard upon the boys, and that they were afraid
of him.
i
_The lad shuffled off the rug,, half sulky, half
frightened, aud came close to tho bid man's
chair; blinking hia great eyes in the light like a
young half-tamed otfl ; and when Sir David
said, vory kindly : " I don't wish to be hard
on you, my lad, but I will have the truth,"
ringed corto of the fair head, and then ha aaid;
teenth century. Tho signature and chirography have been compared with other
manuscripts of Dr. Martin Luther still
in existence, a n d found to b e a n exact
resemblance. T h e letter i s t h e property
of John G. Lange, of Richmond, Va;,
and was Bent to Mr. Lauer byjihat g W
tlemoi in theliope that a purohafier for
it m i g h t b e found a t t h e Ce4tennial. Mr.
L a n g e came i n possession of t h e letter
b y accident. A. n u m b e r of years a g o h e
had sent t o h i m a n o l d German book,
which, it was represented, Had at one
time been the property of Dr. Mariin
Luther. The book was printed some
time during the sixteenth century, ind
it bore the, appearance of .not having
been opened for a cpuple of hundred
years. Concealed am(ong the leaves of
the book was found this letter, whioh^is
now so highly-jprizeq. The letter is a
brief dissertation on the eighteenth
Psalm, and contains thoughts similar to
those found in the "Hymn bf the Reformation," and it is believed that the inditing of tin's letter first led to t1-e composition of that famous hymn. -Theletter contains expressions which nbw sound
exceedingly curious in the present refined condition of the German language.
The writing; is neat and concise, although
difficult to read, except to a thorough
student of German, in consequence of
abbreviations and singular terms used.
The age of the letter, 834 year^, and its
excellent state of preservation^ gives it
great value, and it will no douBt" ultimately find an eager purchaser in some
collector of curiosities of this kind.
That was tho| end of it all, as far as most people were concerned. Davie got a little better
as time went on.; and when Hew came back
Canaries in Church.
from school -happy, cheerful, and the winner
The
Chicago
Times has these observa
of two prizes -| every one was ready to reoeivo
him joyfully. |Uncle David held him at anna; tions, in connection with a report of the
length, and had tears in hit* eyas, as. he said!; observances a t Trinity ( M e t h o d i s t E p i s "•My detjr lad this is like old times—I have copal) church i n that city, of t h e second
forgotten* ever; thing." '"
<
At that Hew turned his head for an instant Sunday in June, which is set apart as'
he said, in a lo v, sweet vuice that trembled * to a certain otyir in a certain sunny window, "Ohildrens' Day," the Sunday school
little with sheer fright and weariness:: ,"Ye$, from which a pair of great eyes watched his exercises and the regular preaohing beUncle David.''
every movement; bnt he was only met by a ing suspended for' special exercises cal"I only want to know about this boating,." gentle laugh, atod a flushthat crept up over the culated to impress the little folks, and
said Uncle David, encouragingly.
white, delicate'face, as he went across and sat
" Yes," IJ a lower, sulkier voice.
down upon the arm of the chair, taking the thin interest admits in theim " T h e church
"Well, my dear, after all I have told yon, hand in his, rjeaaw then that the truth of that was decorated in a striking manner."
"were you out on the river last night?" There old story would^ never be rightly known by any Tiers of seats were placed in front of the
was a pause. Uncle David, with, his quiet, one, for much suffering and miieh sorrow had pulpit, looking toward,, the audience,
kindly eyes on the boy's face, waited with real blotted ont all remembrance of that one day and these were covered with the infant
anxiety for the reply; but David the younger from poor Davie's, l i f e
class. The font was filled with out flowmade no answer at all; he stood first on one
He was silent for a minute, perhaps, and
In front of it stood a table bearing
foot, then on the other, with such a guilty, then £e said, startling them all by his vehe- ers.
frightened look on his face that the old inan's mence: "Then we start fair, Unole David ! a globe of gold-fish. The pulpit, pulpit
heart ached. "Well," he said at last, sadly, I feet such a | great rough fellow beside you stairs and organ-loft were almost con"tell me the truth, Davie, my man, and I'll Le- two."
cealed by flowering plants, cactuses, pal,r
peve you."
And Davie saiid, with the quick tears in hia mettos, and other botanic beauties. A
" No," said Davie, very low; and then he oyes :' "Not rough, dear Hew—just strong."
dozen canaries in gilded cages hung unthrew himself, a sort of tangled heap, down on
der the gwlleries. The children may
the floor at his uncle's, feet, and sobbed out:
Fourteen years afterward, camo a time that I"
"No,no, no!"
snppose^nbver will be forgotten—a time of hero- have growni weary during the exercises,
Uncle Oavid was puzzHd and distressed." ' I Um and bloodshed, of wars and minora of wars ^but the canaries never weakened. Every
promised to believe yon, Davie," he said, "so I ii the Crimea—a time of terrbr and susponse one of themi whistled as if he wanted a
must, I suppose ; but I shsftldn't like your. and heart-aickuess at home. How many house- horse-car to stop for him, and if one of
mother to think I'd brought you up to lie. 11 holds in England gave up one life to that terri- them let go of his time for an instant it
don't quite understand it, all tho same. Hew ble game ol war—gave it freely and willingly, was only to get a new and better hold of
would have told, I think,"
never counting jthe cost!
"Oh, not Hew," said: Davie, liftinga flushed,
Yon may count those dead heroes by the it. The birds frequently remarked that
tear-stained face, and speaking eagerly ; " I'm miniatures and leeks of hair hidden away from since they left the store there had never
sure, oh, I'm quite sure. Uncle David." But sight to this day, among the moat precious been .so many of them together, and
Uncle David silenced him with; a quick, warn- treasures; by tne medals that oamo too late to theyVere ajhnost wild with delight over
ing touch, and they both eat; listenmy to the honor those Bhort young lives, but are the
their reunion. They we're not muoh insound of rapid, firm steps aloug tb,o Btone pas- crowning glory of many homes; by the silver
sage—to a merry whistle which, camo nearer BKrs that shono in bright brown tresses, terested m Ithe addresses, but when the
ami nearer until it paused abruptly 'on the and the wrinkles that furrowed smooth congregation sung every single bird
threshold, in the1 middle of a bar—to an im- white browse YQU may count them easiest lifted up hist little voice and shrieked till
petuous, hand upon the lock. Uncle David of all by the n Junes that wore added to every he drownedl out human voices and the
turned his eyes quickly to the fire; little Davie ohm-chyard, in that year of grace '55, to the
notes of the organ. As it was, they
hid his face iu his white, trembling hands ; but memory of the 4 glorious doad who died in tho
managed to sing until some of their
after that momentary pause, although they Crimea.
auditors
were impressed with the fact
neither of them looked up, they luoth knoT inOut o t the home with which we have to do
stinctively that Hew was in the room.
they chose their best and bravest, and sent him that the best place for canaries was in a
"Holloa!" he said, shading hii oyes, and forth, with the safeguard of many prayers, pie."
•
sending his clear, ringing laugh into the hall into the far East. And he said good-bye to
before^ him;- " I've had such a jolly time ont | them all in his pride, and kept up their hearts
An Invasion of Rats.
in the stables What ore you up to hero, you by his bright tlnd fearless spirits, and went
The
solitary
spot in -the Pacific ocean
two?'
away eastward with tho rest: and Uncle David
aa Pitcairn's island.—long
He looked so bright and handsome standing looked a little older, perhaps, and Davie fan- known
in the doorway,"with the snow glittering on his cied the house was not as pleasant as it used to famous as the home of the surviving
uncovered curls and rough tweed coat, th t be, and grew toed of his sofa in the sunny win- mutineers of the Bounty—has, it is reUncle David sat for a moment looking at him dow, until such time as the months had rolled ported, recently suffered from an inbefore he spoke. Then he said: " liuah,, on their slow course, and the troops were cornvasion of a remarkable character. It
Davie ! Hew,, come here and let mo look |jM""fJing back.
Then they brightened upi-the old house for seems that im army of rats, landed from
They were as different in appearance as light the heir's return, and the- bells, rang out, and some, wrack or other, have behaved very
frojn darkness, night from day, these two they gave a great feast in honor of their boy ; much as Mr. Browning's rata did in
bfothers, .theae two rophews of Sir Dlvid's; for How was one of those who did r e t u r n - Hamalin town, swarmed over everything,
hWe Dftvie, wan and "lelicate and beautiful— proud and bright and glad, andjrith a Victoria
eaten up everything, coiitamedalfthe
Hew, as f/trong and rcoiid as a young eagle, Cross upon his breast.
"*T
flour, and devoured t h e entire gr^in crop
horesjt,
eager
oyes,
and
a
boyish
laugh
|
with
There was nothing to remember, nothing to
.
that it did. one good to hear; but they were j forget,
at this home-coming 5 and Hew thought of a season. T h e l e n g t h of t h e island i6'
very fond of each ot! r for all of that—loved , that nobody bnt himself recollected that little but two and a half miles; from end to end
each other, with that utrango, unaHerable love story of bis boyish life, as he stooped for Unci* the rats marched in a compact, army,
whinh lies between brothers oftener than we1 David's trembling kiss, and' for the touch of some of them as Jarge ns rabbits^-an asthink, and that never died out betweon those.! Davie's clinging, welcome hands.
sertion which' might seem exagt
two until the very end.
That was a grand evening; but in the midst gerated, did we not remenfber that the
-. " What is it?" the boy asked, pushing back | of all the fun and merriment and speeches,
his heavy hair with one hand ; " what is Davie 1 Hew's eyes were always *tnrning to a certain French naturalist, M. Gentil, declares
crying for?' and what is the question 7"
corner by the fitful fire, from which a pair of that he s»w in the sewers df Paris speci"I warasking-Davie," saidthctold man,lean- great dark eyes watched his every movement; mens of these vermin " a s large as fnlk
ing forward so that he Could lay his wrinkled an* at last, when there was a pause, he roso grown tom-cats" — creatures, indeed^
hand on the soft, silky curls at his feet, I with a flush on his face, and said: " Uncle that full-grown tom-cats refused to fight.
" about the boat. After I have, forbidden it so ! David! all of you, gontlemen, charge your
As the Pitcairn's island rats made a clean
many times, some one had it out last evening \ , glasses—To the heroes of the Crimea who
and disobedience, as you. know, Hew, must.be have not come back." And they all drank in "sweep of the islanders' harvests and
stores, it iis not surprising that the
silence.
punished."
"Oh, yea, of course/'.saidHew.
"One more toast," cried Uncle David, who humanity oif a Pacific trader shonldjiftve
"Did you take it?" Uncle David asked.bring- was proud and excited. " Gentlemen, I pro- been appealed to for a supply of flour.
ing the question home with an emphasis that pose our own private hero~our own boy, Hew It would be well,perhape, if the islanders
startled the boy, and made ar red flush, that —a"ndDavie!"
could be looked in upon more frequently,
might have been guilt, rise to His forehe id.."
Hew bowed in his hearty, boyish way; but and better still if this recital of their
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