July, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE.
18;
THE BEWITCHED CLOCK.
About half past 11 o'clock on Hunday night,
hnitan leg, enveloped in bin broadcloth, might
Lave lu eeeu wwiim Cephas berberry
kitchtn window. Th leg tu followed finally
by the entire pereon of a lively Yankee, attired
in hi Huoday go-to-meeting clothes. It wae,
in abort, Joe Mayweed who thn burglariously,
in the dead of night, won hie way into the dan
aon'e kitchen.
"Wonder how mnoh the old deaooa made by
ordering me not to darken hi door again!" so
liloquised the young man) " promised him 1
wouldn't, bnt didn t ay nothing abont win
der. Winder i Jmt at good a doon, if
there ain't no nail to tear yonr troweer onto.
Wonder if Hal '11 00m down I The eritterprom
ued me. I'm afraid to more here, 'cause I
might break my ihin orer something or nother,
sud wake the old folk. Cold enough to frotse
a Polar bear her. Oh, her oome Rally I"
The beautiful maiden deeoended with a plea,
ant (mile, a tallow candle and a boi of match.
After receiving a raptnrou greeting, h mad
up a roaring nrein theoooking stove, and the
happy ooDple aat down to enjoy the iweet in
terchange of view and hope. Nut the oourae
of trut love ran no (moother in old lUr berry
kitchtn than It did eUe where, and Joe, who
wa making op hi mind to treat himself to a
kiss, wa itartled by th voio of the Deacon,
her father, shouting from her ohamlier door:
"Sally, what are yoo getting np in the mid
dle of the night for!1'
"Tell him it' meet morning," whispered Joe.
"I can't toll a ttb," (aid Sally.
, "I'll make it a truth, then," aaid Joe, and
running to the huge old-fsbinnsd olook that
tood in the oorner, he t it at Hv.
"Look at the olock and tell me what time it ia,"
cried the old gentleman upstairs.
"It' Are by th clock.'1 aiuwered 8ally, and
eoroborating her word, th olook (truck lire.
The lover tat down again and returned the
oonveraation. Suddenly th tairoae began to
oreak. "Uood gracious! it' father."
"Ths Isaooo, by thunder!" oried Joe. "Hid
me, Hal!"
"Where oan I hide your cried the distracted
girL
"Oh, I know," aaid he. "I'll suees into
the elock-caw."
And without another word he oonoealed him
self in th oae and draw tb door behind him.
The Deeoon wa dreeeed. and setting bimeelt
down by the oooking atova, pulled out hi pip
lighted it, and oommenoed smoking my liber
ately and calmly.
"Fiv o'clock, ehT 8eid be. "Well, I
hall bar timo to amok thro or four pipe
then I'll go and feed th critter." "Hadn't
yon better go aod feed tb oritter tint, ir, aod
imnk afterwards," suggested tb dutiful Malty.
"No, imoking cJeart my bead and wake m
up," aoiwered tb Deacon, who Memed not
whit ditpoaed to hurry hi sojovmeat
Bar-r r w his a diag dingt went th
clock-
"Tormented lightning !" oricd th Deaoon,
starling up, and dropping hi pip on tb (love.
"What la creation' that V
It' only th olook (Inking tvt," aaid Bally
tremulouely.
Whia I ding I dingt ding t went th old clock
furiously.
"Power of mercy I" erted the Deaoon.
"Striking Ave I" tl i struck a hundred already."
Deacon Berberry!" el claimed th Deaaoa'o
Utter naif, wb bad hastily robed beraelf, aad
aow oune pluagiag down tb etairoas ta tb
wilder atete of ika, "What t the matter
of Ue slock T
"Uoodaea only know," replied tb old man.
"Il l been ia lb family tbea year aad
Ber did I know it to carry a before." I
Whiil bang) baagl baag! want tb cteok,
"IfU bum iteaUr oncd tbo U lady, abed
ding a tood of tear, "aad than won't be
nothing left of Ik"
"It bewitched." said tb Dossoa. who re
talaad eUevaa ef hew feglaad saps ret mi en in
hi nature. "Anyhow," h laid, after a pause,
advancing resolutely toward th clock, "I'll
as what a got into ill"
"Oh, don't," cried th daughter, affection
aiely eeuung one ot hi coal telle, while bit
faithful wif hung to th other.
"Don't!" chorused both th women together,
"Let go my raiment!" shouted th Deaoon,
"I ain't afraid ot th power ot darkness."
Rat th women would not let go, to th Dea
oon slipped off his oral and while, from the sud
den oesaation ot reeiataooe. they tell heavily on
th floor, be darted forward and laid hi hand on
th door ot th olook-oaes. But no human pow.
r ooold open it. Joe was holding it inside
with a death grasp. The Deaoon began to be
dreadfully frightened. He gav one more tag.
An unearthly yell, as of n tiend in distress,
oame from th iuiide, and then th olook -case
pitched head foremnat on th floor, smaahsd its
face aod wracked its proportions.
Ths currant of air extinguished th light
the Deaoon, ths old lady and Hslly fled up
stairs, aod Jo Mayweed, extricating himself
from the olock, effected his retreat in th tarn
way b had entered. Th neit day all Apple
town wa nliv with th (lory of how lHaoon
liar berry' olock bad been bewitehedi aod
though many believed this version, aome, and
especially Jo Mayweed, effected to discredit
the whole affair, hinting that th Deaoon had
been trying th eiperimeot of tasting froaen,
older, aad that th vagaries ot th clock -oat
existed only in a distempered imagination.
How to Maui Younxi. Umuri r. In th
Hrat plaoa, if you want to mak yourself miser
able, be selfish. Think all th time of yourself
and your thing. Don't oar about anything
els, llav no (eeling for any but yourself.
Never think of enjoying th satisfaction of as,
ing other happy 1 but rathsr, il you see a smil
ing faoe, be joalout lost another should enjoy
wnsi you neve no, r.nry every on wno is
better off than yourself; think unkludly towsrd
them, and speak lightly ot them, lie ooostantly
afraid lest noma 00 should soorosuh on your
rights) b watchful against it, and ll any should
eoot near your thing snap at them like a mad
dog. t'ootend aarneetly tor every thing that is
rour own. that may not b worth a tun. Never
yield a point, lie very sensitive, and take
everything that is aaid to you in playfulnee la
tli most serious manner, He jealous of your
frienila leet they should not thluk enough, of
you 1 and if at any timo they should seem to
neglect yoo, put th worst oonstruotion upon
their sooduot
Dlwol'RAiilBo Ikir Smokixu. Hino th or.
dlnsao prohibiting smoking by boy on th
streets, and aelling of tobauoo to those under 10
years of ag hss been onforosd In Hsatel'roa,
cigarrette amoking ha almost entirely disap
peared from view, it I fact that ansny
youngster snoks just tor tb "menliosea" of
the act, and do so publicly, with a pride, so
long as th obi man ain't In tight ' The ordl
aaao nip this yoathfal pride aad Incentive,
aad when banished to th rear to smoke, the
boy oaa't tb "maolinea" of tb aat so
clearly, aod a oaree Biach Us about it. This
town abeuid hare Jaat anew an ordinance, nod
parent suoatd ask to it Th boy tbasnsslvas
will be vary tbaakful lor tb tateWoreao in s
lew year, if not now, aad will then rvoognis
too wisdom of th sot Ao Mat Jewmd.
Rcssr roa Vteutu. Tb nee of India
rubber aeeea to be slmoet indefinite. It I new
aid that perfect Imitations of rosewood aad
ether flno veneer are made from th bard com
pounds of rubber with vartette f color, so eh
as are not to be found in any of th oraaaseotel
woods. Thar are without seas to any pattern.
Hornet! hms they ear sloth on tb back, being
lass rendered Strang enough far many artoU
wilaeat Say frame-work of weed, Tney will
not warp or crack In tb botlee raoaji and th
facility wtU which they aaa b applied, with
hut or tabor in nawhiag, give thoan aa
imairas advantage over rival prod seta.
DUTIES OF LIFE.
" I.if I real Lift I earnest, and th grave
is not it's gnal. " Hrt save Ibe M y.
Lifs la whst w mak it Than w should b
up and doing, making th best of everything
thst w can, tilling our various station In lifs,
a nohl men and women, putting on th armor
of itrsngth to fight th Utile of life biavety.
Who bu vr accomplished anything by Idly
repining, bemoaning their silustioo a wore
than others t Who cannot look around and
see onnditioo worse then thlertt W should
realii thst lifs Is a duty shloh w cannot
(hlrk, if w would Isav behind a nam worthy
to be loved. It ia true that lit is short, but la
th given (pso w may do much that Is good
or bad. Many, to-day, In many way, ar seek
ing th favor of tli world 1 many gathering
princely fortunes. ' I often wonder if they ever
pans snd think how many of dud's children
will suffer by their gsiu, Mid ths J wonder
again if the thluk who will ho th gainer on
the Una) reckoning day. Lit dutie ar around
us 00 every side. Ut us taks thsnt up as beet
w oan. To day, whsn keptioistn anil so much
immorality, ar poisoning th hsarte of our
youths, w should feel that lit Is nut a dream,
but a living reality. Home author ha aaid 1
Life I not a brief sojourn, but a continued i.
Islam. Every act w do oast II ahsdow upon
ths futurei every thought Is a link In binding
us to eternity 1 svsry moment is a seed, whoso
garnering shall be our Immortal destlay.
Oh, mother ot this great land, let ui Wak
nil and feel that much is depending upon us I
Th babe at our breast, who look W a now
with inch trusting lore, will in a abort tin
stand before th world a man aad women. 1
think if mothers would study to gain theii child
ren's Ion and put before them good bonks, and
striv to mak bom pleasant instead of tilling
their mind with so much silly show ami dross,
w would bav Utter men asd woman. It i
th children who will oa tak our place,
Then th grandest duly f"t a I to patiently and
lovingly guard them. Let us tbea look at It's
ss w should, striving to U aaupy, and making
others an 1 feeling thst it ll l duty w ow te
(iod, to oar fellow-creature anil to oureelr to
U ever actlvs worker la all thst tend te sta
rs te and Utter tb cause of humanity. And at
last, when our luminous shall oolite, w oaa feel
that In aome hearts, at least w will U kindly
remembered. U, J. V , M Kantl 7re.
Woauwmiii a aa Is'iinrius. M. I'oyrot
having observed that th Immense tract of
wormwood (sagebrush), upoa the AsMrteosi
plain ar free Imea iaasete of every deaaripitea,
la iperlmentwg with th plant a a preventive
at phyliaier. It Had no dif&jnlly la alti
vatiag th wonaweal, aad no propose to mil
th stalks with amours, or simply bory theea
la the ground ia th neighborhood of tbo vine.
Ill saigeeUua bav Uoa neat to th Phjlloi
era Committee of tb Freneb Academy,
ViMlse) Mil Mu-A brilliaat black I
produced oa iron aad steel by applying, with a
Da hair brash, a miliar of turpcatlno and
sulphur boiled together. WUu tho tarpealin
eveporates there remain on the metal a lata
layer of clear sulphur, which unite slueely
with th iron whea Uaud tor a timo over a
spirit or an It save. This veratsn Mutest tbo
metal perfectly, sad I iiotte dersbU.
Thi Loaobrr Mrauov Wis a TV Ungeot
spaa of letegrapk wir la th world U streteksd
araea lb Kielnsk river frees hill to hUl, ansa)
kill being I.3U0 ft high, between ah aad
Secteaairniai, ia India, l b Ipsa at a tiltlo
over 8,UO ft ia Wagia. Tbo only merksaleaJ
eoatrivaaco aaed la stretehlaa thi oabte acres
lb rivor wa a eommoo wladlae.