THA1YKSCHV1NG DAY.
BY XfcKV. W. fi. BLANC HAKJt.
Tho FilRTitn-Fathers sainted pleep ;
Th'-rr Mm b old ThanksffivinR keep
With ratitmie, devotiou' zf-ml,
TTi'ir vows at Heaven's high altar sea1. ;
H( sb in days lonj? (tone, of yore,
Beidt' the f?rat AU&ntir'H roar.
But through this boundless, vat domain.
This tftttd of Freedom's happy r igu :
With Huguenot, proud cavalier,
Ike breve descendants settlt-d hero
ATI who have Mood in phalanx strung,
li oiled hack the surging tides of wrung,
Plautc-d rare germs of Liberty,
Now risen, grand, stately, giant tree,
"Vv.itn whose great shade, in deepening light,
The nations learn truth, justice, right
They strike the palm ; j in friendly band ;
North, South, East, West, own kindred land
One heritage tbe model Htate
Bound by connatural bonds of fate.
Where oft Thanksgiving's prayer should rise
To Him whose will all good supplies !
While swift goes on the course of time,
And century-wonders wax sublime.
This day imperial offerings bring;
Make Heaven's high-storied arches ring :
With glowing heart, with clarion tougu-,
Let freedom s airs be loudly sung ;
Karfh, earth, far-listening, silent hear
1th jnbUee fast drawing near.
In deepening harmony accord,
Al! ranks adore the sovereign Lord,
Who led the 44 Fathers ' o'er the deep
The great Thanksgiving here to keep !
Tis now fond children, glad, return
To. where parental altars burn ;
That friends renew, reweave the tie
That time survives and cannot die !
Fnil many a group, aU radiant, bright,
Hbatl grace the hours of festive light ;
Kare-beaming nectar sparkling flow ;
Sweet merriments no boundaries know ;
Hugs groaning tables vie around.
Plied in iuxuriousnese profound,
Wkile dainties all shall overflow.
Go seek the joor ; relieve of woe;
Bd charity abundance find ;
With deepening love embrace mankind ;
And, while Thanksgiving's joys shall greet.
Let want, despair, find biles complete
Tje patriot heart shall swell with pride ;
Tmi Christian joy that Christ hath died
To Mceo the iiet-ay, lost, undone.
The nations gather, make them one!
" ri well ' All local bouudw retire
Before congenial, spreading fire;
Tno Stars und Stripes loag may thev shine ;
Be Old Thanksgiving yours and mine l
WITH A SONG.
A Thanksgivinj; Story.
" Bat I can't even turn a tune, Bet
ty !" and the voioe of the speaker, a
young man, apparently about 25
years of age, was very sad as he ut
tered the above simple sentence.
" Well, what if you can't turn a tune,
as you call it," replied his companion.
" That don't make no difference. It's
my opinion, and its always been my
opinion, that everybody in this world
ought to sing. I ain't much on music
myself. Come to think of it, I don't
believe that I ever hum anything ex
cept ' Coronation ' and ' Yankee Doo
dle,' and one or two more such old fash
ioned hymns, but one of these is just as
good as another for an emergency, and
I make a p'int of having one or t'other
of 'em close by to call upon whenever
I take a notion that the Old Adversary
is sneaking round, looking for a chance
to t-tke me unawares. Most of the
trouble that we have in this world,
Mister William, comes upon us in this
sort of style ; and I never found any
thing that would give old Satan his
walking-ticket half so quick as a good
strong dose of singing. I haven't the
least idea what it does, but it seems to
me just as if it put some kind of a
something into the air that the old fel
ler couldn't see through. I tell you,
William, I've sent him about his busi
ness in this way a great many times,
very much disappointed. "
" Blessed be a cheerful disposition !"
respc nded the young man, fervently.
"Jus' so," said Betty, looking him
squarely in the eye. " Blessed is the
man or woman who is given a cheerful
disjx aition to start with, but thrice
blessed the one who, not having it
naturally, keeps watch over his temper
and his spirits, and comes off conqueror
at last."
This closing shot of Betty's went
honu-, jnst as she intended it should ;
for William Harcourt responded with
his whole soul aglow in his face,
' ' Amen, Betty 1 " and, without another
word, walked out of the pleasant dining-
om, where this kind-hearted
friend and capable servant was arrang
ing the table for tea, and a moment
after she saw him turning the curve of
the road leading to Squire Seymour's
palatial residence, where a gay party
was already gathering to spend Thanks
giving. " That's the last we shall see of him
till bedtime," she continued, softly, to
herself. " Something out of the com
mon run is the matter with that boy !
That's as plain as the nose on your face,
Btt Halstead, and 'tain't no new thing
neither. He's been sort o' running
down for a good while. It's the old
trouble, I suppose."
And Betty put the finishing touches
to the tastefully set table, lingering a
moment, as was her custom, to see teat
every detail had been attended to before
she rang the bell for the family to
assemble.
Let us look at the members of this
household, as they file in to the pleas
ant ting-a-ling of Betty's bell.
First entered Mrs. Harcourt, a hand
some, dignified, middle-aged woman,
witn very dark eyes and very white
hair, bat with a complexion as fair and
a face as free from wrinkles as either of
her daughters.
It was plain to be seen that Mrs. Har
court, although a born New Englander,
had never served the usual apprentice
ship to the science of domestic econ
omy, and had known very little of phys
ical suffering.
There was a look of power about this
woman's face that affected almost every
one in the same manner. That she
could be a good friend, all instinctively
felt ; that she could become a bitter
enemy, did the object prove unworthy,
was quite as apparent.
She could thaw those whom she
wished to cultivate, and freeze those
unlucky enough to come under the ban
of h- r Iispleasure, in the very same
breath. A flash of those wondrously
large and beautiful eyes, and a simple
curl of the still full and rosy hps, were
quite sufficient to tell the whole story.
In sickness, no hand was so tender
-and willing as Mrs. Harcourt 's ; in mis
fortune, in poverty, her house was al
ways opea, her purse ever ready ; but
for the troubles that spring from wrong
doing, she had neither sympathy nor
patience ; and her neighbors knew her
too well to endeavor to interest her in
any case where had been the slightest
deviation from the straight and narrow
path of rectitude.
The ladv seated herself at the head
1 of the table, giving Betty an apprecia
tive smile as she took in, with one
sweeping glance, the exquisite neatness
! and order which prevailed on every
; 3ide.
' Why, Betty," said she, with a
i smile, "what in the world is this?
1 Pumpkin-pie for tea ! That is an in
novation." " Well,Jnow, Mrs. Harcourt, that pie
would come on the table anyhow. I
- tried two or three times to make it un
i de.rstand that 'tain't the proper thing
to do : but, you see, I hain't baked but
two fact was, to-morrow being Thanks
giving, I ielt unusual partienlar, and
thought I'd just like to have you all ex
press an opinion about 'em, and then,
you see, .1 can bake the rest of the stuff
to-morrow morning in a jiffy ! "
Bettv desires an opinion expressed
about her pumpkin-piee, Belle," laughed
Mrs. Harcourt, as her daughters en
tered.
' Oh, Betty, I can eat a whole one
myself," replied Belle, stooping over
the artistically browned affair, as if
about to prove her words by immedi
ately disposing of it.
"Vhy, Belle ! " exclaimed her sister
Grace, "how can you behave in such a
hoydenish manner ? "
" Hoydenish, is it, to admire this rich
golden " brown ? Hoydenish to have an
appetite ? Mother, I never thought of
it before, but there is a certaiu poetic
charm about pumpkin pies. The shade
and the shape in short, the whole
artistic make-up, from the fence of
flaky crust to the yellow pulp which
Betty understands so well to bring to
gether, is an exquisite piece of poetry.
Help me, mother, quickly ! Von t you
see I am starving ?
Mrs. Harcourt smiled at her daugh
ter's enthusiasm.
Orace silently sipped her tea, evi
dentlv a cood deal bored, and just then
paterfamilias entered, and the bright
tea-room grew several shades brighter
as he drew up to the table.
Everybody loved Judge Harcourt,
just as everybody respected his wife.
No two individuals could be more un
like in character than this pair, who
had walked harmoniously side by si ie
for twenty-five long years. Outside o-f
their domestic life there was hardly a
subject concerning which they cher
ished similar ideas.
Mrs. Harcourt was a rigid Prcsby
terian the Judge's religion the broad
est eclecticism ; and the strangest part
of all was that in this matter of creeds
they both agreed to disagree so per
fectly that there never was the slight
est uercentiblo ripple on these two
totally dissimilar theological surfaces.
"Where is William?" asked the
Judge, noticing the vacant place at his
wile s right hand,
"I'm sure I don't know," replied
Mrs. Harcourt. " Duln t I hear him
talking with you. Betty, a short time
ago ? "
"Yes'm," answered Bettv :" and 1
guess he's over to the Squire's. At any
rate, 1 saw mm go down the road.
"I bebeve our Will is bewitched,'
broke in Belle poising a piece of pump
kin pie on her fork, and holding it -if a
way to admire.
" Why, Belle !" said Grace, with a
little shudder.
This time Mrs. Harcourt echoed the
" Why Belle," which seemed to afford
the young lady considerable amusement,
for, with a merry laugh she turned to
her father .and said :
" Why don't you say, Why, Belle !'
father ? It only needed an exclamation
point trom your hps,, to make my hap
piness complete."
" Why do you think vonr brother
Will is bewitched ?" asked her father,
without appearing to notice her last re
mark. " You know as well as T do, pa.
Hasn't he spent half his vacation over
t" the Seymours', and isn't the attrac
tion there that vain, deceitful, hard
hearted, brazen, idiotic "
"Belle, stop right where you are !"
broke in her mother, the very picture
of consternation.
" Maude Flanders," finished Belle.
This time the Judge was almost as
much disconcerted as his wife.
Belle had always been a plain-spoken
young lady, but for such a string of op
probious adjectives from his daugh
ter's lips he was entirely unprepared.
" This is the second siege of Miss
Flanders for my brother WU1. I'm in
cbned to think she'll fetch him this
time," continued the vixen, entirely
regardless of the black looks cast upon
her. " There is more real genuine
womanhood in one drop of Elsie Gor
ham's blood than there is in an ocean
full of such stuff as runs through the
veins of that creature."
"Have you lost your senses, Belle
Harcourt ? Are you really insane ?"
said Mrs. Harcourt, in unfeigned dis
tress. " That name, you know, is never
to be mentioned in my presence, or by
one of my family. Your dreadful words
about Miss Flanders are bad enough
and unlady-like enough, but your tem
erity in speaking of that abandoned girl
is unbearable."
The Judge was mute with surprise.
Never in her life had Belle so asserted
herself, and there wasn't the least sign
of flinching as she answered :
" No, my dear mother, I am not in
sane ; but I am very much disgusted
with certain shams which I am com
pelled to meet every day of my life. I
have winked at them about long enough;
now I intend to defy them by speak
ing my honest thought on every oc
casion! "
" Such a course will make you a very
popular young lady, Belle !" broke in
her sister, disdainfully.
To this harmless remark Belle vouch
safed no answer.
The J udge asked in a kindly manner,
with just the least shade of protest in
his voice :
" You haven't heard anything recent
ly from from ? "
"No, father," said Belle, quickly,
" not a word ; " and the young lady rose
from the table. " For once mother has
used the right word in connection with
my friend abandoned ' is good. If
ever a human being was heartlessly,
shamelessly abandoned by those who
should have been her friends, that one
has it's no consequence about the
name, since the mention of it is prohib
ited "
With this last parting shot, Miss
Belle walked quietly from the room.
"This beats all!" exclaimed the
Judge.
" What will be done with her," in
quired Grace, with great solicitude.
" Do you know, mother, that the other
day, when we all went on that horseback
party, Belle actually insulted Miss
Flanders ? William noticed how
strangely she acted, and was very much
annoyed about it. Every once in a while
she would say something about " here
Grace hesitated "about the person
she spoke of just now, and actually
threw a gloom ever everything."
Betty waited upon the table carefully,
and heard all that was said.
At last the family left the dining
room, and she had it all her own way.
It was plain to be seen that the " old
adversary " was sneaking round some
where, for Betty's "Coronation,"
"Lennox" and "Amsterdam" were
produced with an unusual amount of
vim.
"There !" said she, to herself, after a
while; "I guess I can look into the
thing a little now. That Belle Har
court is a wonderful gal, and she has
got her suspicion 'roused by something
she's seen or heard. I'd give a cooky
to know what it is. If that stuck-up
Flanders thing should be found at the
bottom of thatElsieGorham scrape
Ye tribes of 4 darn join
With heaven and earth and seas, " "
sang Betty. "It is astonishing how
quick mean thoughts sneak in just as
soon as you epen the door a crack !
'Tain't best, I suppose, to judge any
body till you have pretty, good evidence
that you ain't going to wu's-judge 'em.
- na oner notes amne
To yonr Creator's praise. "
continued the woman, determined to
cenquer her uncharitable feeUngs.
Une Hour alter, a verv pale tace pre
sented itself at Betty's kitchen-door,
and asked for a cuo of tea.
" La, Master William ! ain't you had
no supper ?" inquired Betty, giving the
young man a searching glance.
Kin, yes, he answered, wearily ;
"but I have a headache and a heart
ache, Betty, and thought perhaps a
strong cup of your tea would make me
forget them, for a while, at least."
"Humph!" grunted Betty; "tea
won't do it. What you want just about
this time is a good strong dose of prin
ciple, sweetened and flavored with the
essence of common sense ;" and the old
servant's face was really beautiful as
she calmly met the gaze of her compan
ion. " What do you know about it.Betty ?"
inquired the young man, under his
breath, and then, without waiting for a
reply, went on : " Betty, I have made
up my miud to ask Miss Flanders to be
my wife to-morrow. I came very hear
doing it this evening, but. some way,
I couldn't concluded that Thanksgiv
ing would be the most ap ropriate time,
and "
"And thought you'd run home to
stiffen up your "backbone a little," in
terrupted Betty. " That's where you
did right. Postponed proposals, like
postponed pudding, don't usually
amount to much. I've been thinking a
good deal about Elsie Gorham to-day,
William, and so has Belle. "
" Don't Betty, I implore yon don't!"
and William Harcourt covered his face
with his hands. " I can endure any
thing under heaven but the mention of
that name ! Why do you torture me
so ?" And then, seizing both her hands,
continued, almost fiercely : " You have
h?ard something,' .Betty. Tell me this
instant what it is."
Just then the figure of a woman ap
peared outside the kitchen-window, a
pale face was pressed tor a brief second
against the window-pane, and then both
vanished noiselesslv.
"Oh, Betty! did you see that?"
gasped William.
" Yes, I saw it," said Betty, hurrying
to the back door, and looking out ;
"and it was Elsie, too. What has
brought her back here ? She's gone,
though, whoever she was ; there's no
sign of her anywhere."
" That face looked like the face of a
corpse, Betty. It couldn't be Elsie.
She never would come around here in
such a way never."
" Well, whether 'twas or whether
'twasn't, Mister William, one thing is
sure about it. The vision was sent to
you as a warning and you had better
look twice before you leap. "
" Oh, Betty! I came to you for com
fort, and what have you given me ? It
is time quite time that I forgot the
girl who came so near making ship
wreck of my life, and I will entirely for
get her by linking my fate to that of a
pure, good woman. There lies my only
salvation."
" What if Elsie Gorham has been lied
about what then? What if you should
hold on a little longer, and be sensible,
and patient, befo.e you commit sui
cide?" and Betty laughed a grim, hys
terical laugh, that made her harder to
understand than ever.
William Harcourt passed up to his
room, and in a few moments after, Belle
appeared in the kitchen, her face light
ed up with excitement, and so full of
her subject that she was hardly coher
ent. " Get your shawl, Betty, and come
with me. See Tilly Hunt has brought
me a note from Elsie Gorham and she
wants you and me to meet her at the
old well. Oh, dear ! I'm so glad ! This
is what she says, Betty :
" 'I have returned fully prepared to
disprove all the slanders circulated
against me, and point to the author of
my trouble. '
" Think of it, Betty ! the darling has
been away a whole year."
And chatting softly together, these
too great hearted women stepped lightly
out into the darkness.
Two minutes of swift walking sufficed
cied to bring them to the spot designat
ed ; and Belle was sobbing in her friend's
arms.
William Harcourt and Elsie Gorham
had been betrothed for several months.
Else was an orphan, living with her
sister and her husband. The sister died
and Elsie immediately assumed the po
sition of housekeeper in her brother-in-law's
establishment.
Slanderous reports commenced to be
circulated. William, practicing law in
Boston, was duly informed of them.
Anonymous letters were sent him, and
one, more damaging than all, William
gave into Elsie's hands.
He requested her to leave her posi
tion, and bitter words followed. She
stood firm at her post, defending her
self only by the sacred statement that
her sister had asked her to care for her
husband's child's comfort until she her
self was married.
Nothing could move her. The letter
spoken of gave a detailed account of
some visit to Boston which Elsie was
accused of making with this gentle
man. Elsie's eyes flashed and her lip curled
as she read the miserable sentences.
She would not deny them.
In a few well chosen and just words,
she released her lover ; and the next
day the neighborhood was electrified
with the information that Elsie Gorham
" had run away with her brother-in-law."
"This is my brother and his wife,"
said Elsie to Belle, as two figures came
forward from the darkness ; " and we
have come home now to stay. I have
found out the person who wrote those
anonymous letters, Belle ! have the
clear proof in my pocket this minute."
"Who was it?" gasped Belle.
"Maude Flanders, was the quiet re
ply. ' Oh, Belle, ' ' continued the young
lady. "I came up to your house a lit
tle while ago hoping to meet you as you
came out, and there was William in the
kitchen. Did he know me, Betty?"
"Yes," chuckled Betty, "and I knew
you, too, and begun to see daylight."
"I shall lead the choir to-morrow, as
I used to do, Belle. The minister and
organist have requested it." And the
tone of womanly exultation, showing so
plainly what the poor girl must have
suffered in her self-imposed exile,
brought the tears again to Belle's eyes.
"Don't tell a soul," she continued.
" Of course you will all come to church."
Belle understood what " all " meant
and promised that all Bhould be there.
" My singing doctrine is the correct
one, after all," muttered Betty, on her
way back. "Now, just see if that gal
don't sing Mister William right into the
kingdom of love again to-morrow morn
ing before he's had a chance to hear
anything about the circumstances of
her coming back. Music'll always do
it. If she'd a sung in the beginning,
instead of being so sulky, they d never
a been parted. I'd pipe up to-night
myself only the old folks would know
there was something in the wind."
The next morning the Seymours and
their guest, Miss Flanders, took their
accustomed seats in church.
On the other side of the aisle, directly
opposite, was the Harcourts' pew, and
all present.
William sat between his father and
Belle, and it was with the greatest sat
isfaction that the last-mentioned ob
served the maneuvers of their neigh
bors to attract her brother's attention.
" Idiot !" whispered Belle.
" What did you say ?" asked Will in
nocently leaning toward her.
" Nothing only I'll be even with her
Tet !" this was a significant nod.
" Who is her, Belle ?"
"Maude Flanders who else?" was
the reply.
The voluntary commenced, William
bowed his head, and Belle knew that
memory was busy with her past.
Just then ' ' I know that my Redeemer
liveth" turned every head in the house
toward the choir. The tones were
pure, sweet, firm and powerful.
Will Harcourt'B face was ashen pale,
but he controlled himself by a mighty
effort, and grew calm as the familiar
voice opened again the doors of his
heart.
Betty was a true prophetess the
song had done the work, and new ex
planations were of no account.
The minister and his wife walked with
Elsie to the door of her house, and just
as they turned away William Harcourt
asked for admittance.
" Can you ever forgive me, Elsie," he
asked.
" With my whole soul !" was the fer
vent response ; an?l then and there they
were betrothed anew.
" If you want to succeed in this
world," said Betty, " and get into the
next right side up, be sure to travel on
With a Song."
Old Dutch Proverbs.
We must row with the oars we have ;
and as we cannot order the wind we are
obliged to sail with the wind that God
gives.
Patience and attention will bring
us far. If a cat watches long enough
at the mouse nest, the mouse shall not
escape.
Perseverance will obtain good cabbage
and lettuce where otherwise nothing but
thistles will grow.
The plowman must go up and down,
and whatever else may be done, there is
no other but this long way to do the
work well.
Learn to sleep with one eye open.
As soon as the chicken goes to roost, it
is a good time for the fox.
If weary with waking, your portion
will soon be meagre.
Fools always will ask what time it i s,
but the wise know their time.
Grind while the wind is fair, and if
you neglect, do not complain of God's
providence.
God gives feed to every bird, but he
does not bring it to the nest ;
in like manner he gives us our
daily bread, but by means of our daily
work.
Rise early ; then the fisherman finds
his worms.
The dawn of day has gold in its
mouth.
He that lags behind in a road where
many are driving always will be in a
cloud of dust.
The Domestic Growler.
Look at him! he is a curiosity. He
was pleasant enough an hour ago, as he
sat in his office talking to Jenks. With
his chair tilted back, the toes of his
boots resting against the mantel-piece,
his mouth extended in to a loud guffaw
in reply to one of Jenks' yarns, you
would have said he was one of the jol
liest fellows in the world.
But he does not look so now. He
considers it bad domestic policy to come
home smiling and cheerful ; it would
not only lower his dignity as master of
the house, but it would encourage his
wife and children to the asking of all
soits of favors, and the running into
goodness knows, what extravagances.
The only way, he believes, to keep up
proper system of household authority,
and reduce household expenditure to its
certain limits, is to always find fault,
and never relax for a moment the sys
tem of domestic snubbing.
Of course, the coming home of the
growler is not looked for with joy. All
pleasant influences take wing. The
very atmosphere becomes charged with
depressing or explosive material. The
cook spills the gravy, and blackens the
toast for the pigeons ; the wife is afraid
the soud will not be all right, or the
pudding done to. the precise turn ; the
children huddle in a corner, and no one
feels that he can breathe until " pa"
has gone. Who would be a growler ?
The Largest Vaulted Roof in the
World.
The largest vaulted roof in the world
is claimed by Vienna that belonging
to the great Exposition building. It is
said to cover nine times the space of
the dome of St. Paul's, in London,
eight times the area of the dome of St.
Peter s, and seven times that of St. So
phia, at Constantinople. This miracle
of architectural skill is 360 feet in diam
eter, 1,089 feet round, and stands on a
ring of thirty columns thirty-six feet
apart all around the circumference.
Within the long columns there is no
support. The upper dome, one hun
dred feet in diameter, admits light by a
series of windows forty feet high and
ten feet wide, between thirty columns
which carry the upper dome. The slope
of the cone is thirty degrees, and the
length of the slope on all sides is 200
feet. The roof is formed of 860 iron
plates, tapering uniformly upward from
the circumference to the apex of the
cone. They are riveted like the plates
of a ship ; each row of plates covers one
degree of the circle, and each bottom
plate is one yard wide between the lines
of rivets, and one meter wide over the
lap.
The Thanksgiving Turkey How to
Dress it.
Take a board four feet long, one and
a half feet wiae, bore an inch hole in
the center, about eight inches from on
end, saw out a strip from this end to
the hole, about one inch wide, or wide
enough to admit the neck of the turkey.
Place this board on a barrel, with one
end against your hips. Lay the turkey
on this board on its back, with its neck
in th slit and head underneath ; then,
with a suarp knife, cut its throat under
the board (that the blood may be out of
the way) ; take the turkey by the legs,
draw steadily, to keep its neck in place,
raise it from the board, that it need not
be bruised, and commence at once to
pull out the tail and wing feathers, and
by the time it is done kicking you will
have nearly all the feathers on. You
will find that they will come off nearly
as easy as if scalded. The pin feath
ers, if any, should be taken out at once.
When dressed, carry to the house, lay
the carcas upon the table, on the back,
with its wings in position wipe dry,
and when you get through, call in your
wife, and you may be sure of her ap
proving smile.
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go the farthest, one firm of wire mann-
feet.
The Vermont State prison is not only
self-supporting, but yielded a revenue
last year of 86,000 to the State. Of
the 85 convicts, 40 were born in Ver
mont.
Mb. Beeoheb prays, and, speaking of
it, says : " We want liberty, personali
tv. breadth, variety in nraver a litl
when you need a little ; none when you
4- "
W (111 L UUJiO.
An experienced railroadman estimates
that it should take a loaded freight
train forty-two minutes to pass through
the Hoosac tunnel, when in complete
running order.
There are 787 islands off the coast cf
Scotland, of which about 180 are inhab
ited. Many of them are very small,
mere rocks rising out of the sea, with
out vegetation ot any kind.
WOMAN.
I am ashamed that women are so simple ;
To offer war when they should kneel lor peace ;
Or eeek for rule, supremacy, and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
SkakHpcare.
The highest spire in Europe is said
to be that of St. Nicholas, in Hamburg
a church recently completed. Total
height 472 feet six feet higher than
the cathedral at Strasburg.
The Shah of Persia contemplates
sending an ambassador to this country,
but for what purpose is not known. It
is conjectured, however, he requires
an agent in America for the sale of his
book.
An old gentleman in Stowe, Vt. , tells
how he broke off drinking. Every time
he took a drink he would drop a shot
in the glass, and as the glass filled up
his drinks were smaller, and he dropped
the use of drink entirely.
There is a man in East Lyme, Ct.,
who has kept his bed for six years, be
cause he was once disappointed in love.
He isn't sick, but simply chronically
sorry that he didn't get the girl. His
indulgent mother waits on him con
stantly. The largest room in the world under 1
ft SinoMfi rnnt Tlnhrnbon lir nilTai'd
other obstructions, is at St. Petersburg,
in Russia, and is 650 feet wide. It is
used for military displays in rough
weather, and can be converted into a
ball-room at night.
A California farmer received by
mail, three years ago, about a spoonful
of oats, which he planted ; and the next
year he planted the produce of it. This
year he repeated the process, and has
just harvested, from an acre and a half
of land, 200 bushels of oats.
A Railway Under the Sea.
For many years European people
have talked freely of some way of get
ting themselves and their freights from
the continent to England and back
again without the delay and discomfort
of that horrible two hours' passage
from Calais to Dover. Swinging cabi i s
have been proposed tried, if we are not
mistaken to relieve passengers of the
prostrating nausea that they feel there,
if nowhere else. Immense steamers
were planned we believe their build ing
commenced which should ferry
over railway trains without change of
load. One intellectual idiot spent much
money in perfecting plans for a bridge
to be erected on immense piers resting
on the ocean bed-rock, and, finally, the
wild chimera (as we then called it) of a
submarine tunnel was projected.
But the world has advanced since
then, and the chimera has assumed a
realistic appearance. We have forced a
hole through the Hoosac range, we
have tunneled Mont Cenis ; we have
run the sea through the Isthmus of
Suez ; we have stretched a telegraph
round the world ; and, finally, we begin
to imagine, why shouldn't we tunnel the
British channel ? It is only twenty-five
miles of boring.
And so work in the first stages has
commenced quietly, but understanding
ly. Eminent geologists are making ex
plorations to discover whether the rock
strata are of a character to sustain the
weight of the water above, without too
much masonry. Upon that rests the
whole question. If, as believed, it
proves that the gray chalk which
forms the channel cliffs stretches across
the channel bed in sufficient thickness
to encase the tunnel in its waterproof
armor, the scheme has no insuperable
mechanical obstacle. The expense is
then the only question ; and it is be
lieved that that can be readily pro
vided for.
Lunch Stands.
We favor the establishment of lunch
stands at the eating stations on rail
roads. Hundreds who must travel
economically feel the want of these
places, where for fifteen or twenty cents
they can obtain what will answer them
for a meal. The railway companies
should add this feature, which could be
done without much expense, and it
would add largely to their popularity.
At Topeka station on the Atchison
and Santa Fe road, there is a lunch
counter, which is more largely patron
ized than the dining table. A enp of
coffee costs ten cents, and a sandwich
five cents. For about twenty-live cents
one can get a more substantial meal
than at most tables where he pays
seventy-five cents.
The best argument in favor of these
counters, where a passenger can obtain
a cup of coffee and a sandwich for a
moderate price, rather than being forced
to pay seventy-five cents in the regular
dirnng-room, or go hungry, is what pas
sengers themselves say. Arguments
of this kind are not wanting, hundreds
of passengers answering the "Twenty
minutes for dinner" of the brakeman,
with the inquiry, "Is there a lunch
counter here ? " Another argument in
favor of the lunch counter is the patron
age of the only one on the Missouri Pa
cific, at Sedalia, and that extended to
" apple and pie" boys, along the main
lines. Atchison Patriot.
The New York Times remarks that
the numerous accidents occurring show
an increased necessity for the protection
of people against themselves. " On
some of the North River ferry-boats,"
it says, " passengers often climb delib
erately over the gates with which the
boat is provided, jump across the chasm
to the dock, rush up the bridge like
stars shot madly from their spheres,
and when the street is gained, walk
leisurely homeward."
Railroad Tariff.
From the fact that a sharp competi
tion has existed of late years between
the east and west lines which cross the
State of Illinois and the Chicago rail
ways, for the through reight business
from competing points, the rates from
the intersected cities have been unusu
ally low, which fact has militated
strongly against the smaller local sta
tions, where high rates have been uni
formly maintained. This competition
for the through traffic has been carried
so far that transportation has become
in some instances a loss to the railway
companies. In consequence of this, a
meeting of the general freight agents of
the various competing lines was held at
Chicago, recently, to endeavor to equal
ize the charges from competing points
with those imposed from local stations.
As an understanding concerning tariff
charges was arrived at, the cause for
complaint of unjust discrimination in
favor of large competing, places is in
part done away with.
Mr. James Smith, of the Chicago and
Alton road, was elected chairman. The
following representatives were present :
James A. Hill, Atlantic and Pacific ; H.
W. Hubbard, Vandalia line; H. W.
Diehl, Indianapolis, Bloomington and
Western ; J. F. Tucker, Illinois Cen
tral ; A. C. Bird, Kansas City and
Northern ; M. B. Spaulding, Toledo,
Wabash and Western; J. Q. A. Bean,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ; L.
Viele, Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific ; and P. S. Shumway, of the Chi
cago and Iowa railroad.
When the meeting had been called to
order, a member of dispatches were read
from agents who were unable to attend,
but who signified their willingness to
abide by the joint action of those pres
ent. The following rates on fourth
class freight were agreed upon, from
tne points given :
Per 100 lb 1 Per 1Q !.
cent. ) jrcent4.
Areola 50 Litchfield 58
Ashland 5:1; Livingston . 54
Altamont 5;i Mansfield 52
Bl'.jomiijgton 52!Mt. Pleasant 54
Dement 52; Monticello 53
Champaign 51'Mason City 53
Chenoa. .
. 50! .Miner. .
53
Clinton
Danville
Dtcatur
El Paso
Eureka
Effinnham . . .
Fairbury ....
Farmer City.
52: Mattoon . .
51
52
50
. . .53
48
53
.. . 53
44
51
4H' Minouk
53Paxton
52;Pana
52j Paris
... . .43 Spriugfieltl
50jSullivau
52iTerre Haute
Gibson
52 1 folono. . . .
Uilman 52;Taylorsvil!e 58
Hoopertown 4fci Tuscola . .51
Hammond 53;Vandalia 53
Jacksonville 5ft Windsor 53
Lincoln S3 Watfeka 46
KaiiFa City 70l tVasbington 50
The above rates are based on the
present rate from Chicago to New York,
of 40 cents per 100 pounds on fourth
class freight. In case of an advance on
the Chicago rate, a like increase will be
made in the charges given above. The
new rates took eflect Nov. 18.
' If I Had Leisure."
" If I had leisure 1 would repair that
weak place in my fence," said a farmer.
Jtle had none, however, and wniie
drinking cider with a neighbor the cows
broke in and injured a prime piece of
corn. He had leisure then to repair
his fence, but it did not bring back his
corn.
"If I had leisure," said a wheel
wright last winter, " I would alter my
stovepipe, for I know it is not safe."
But he did not find time, and when the
shop caught fire and burned down he
found leisure to build another.
" If I had leisure," said a mechanic,
" I should have my work done in sea
son." The man thinks his time has
has been all occupied, but he was not
at work till after sunrise ; he quit work
at five o'clock, smoked a cigar after
dinner, and spent two hours on the
street talking nonse se with an idler.
" If I had leisure ' said a merchant,
" I would pay more attention to my ac
counts and try to collect my bills more
promptly. " The chance is, my friend,
if you had leisure you would probably
pay less attention "to the matter than
you do now. The thing lacking with
hundreds of farmers who till the soil is
not more leisure but more resolution
the spirit to do it now. If the farmer
who sees his fence in poor condition
would only act at once, how much
might be saved ! It would prevent
breechy cattle from creating quarrels
among neighbors that in many cases
terminate in lawsuits, which take
nearly all they are both worth to pay
the lawyers.
The fact is, farmers and mechanics
have more leisure than they are aware
of for study and improvement of their
minds. They have the long evenings
of winter in which they can post them
selves upon all improvements of the day,
if they will only" take ably conducted
journals and read them wit u care. Tiie
farmer who fails to study his business,
and then gets shaved, has nobody but
himself to blame.
A. n Ingenious Appeal.
The captain of a certain British fri
gate, a man of undaunted bravery, had
a natural antipathy to a cat. A sailor
who, for some misconduct bad been or
dered a flogging, saved his back by pre
senting to his captain the following pe
tition :
" By your honor's command
A culprit I stand
An example to all the ship's crew ;
I am pinioned and stript,
And condemned to be whipt ;
And if I am flogged 'tis my due.
" A cat, I am told.
In abhorrence you hold ;
Your honor's aversion Is mine ;
If a cat with one tail
Makes your stout heart to fail,
O, save me from one that has nine,"
Home Carpentry.
Very often a screw hole gets so worn
that a screw will not stav in. When
glue is handy, the regular carpenter
mates tne noie larger and glues in a
large plug, making a nest for an entire
ly new hole. Bat this is not always the
case, and people without tools, and in
an emergency, often have to fix the
thing at once. Generally leather is
used but this is so hard that it does not
hold well. The best of all things is to
cut narrow strips of cork, and fill the
hole completely. Then force the screw
in. This will make as tight a job as if
driven into an entirely new hole.
Heart and Blood. The amount of
blood in an adult is nearly thirty
pounds, or full one-fifth of the entire
weight. The heart is six inches in
length and four inches in diameter, and
beats seventy times per minute, 4,200
times per hour, 100,800 times per day,
37,772,000 per year, and 2,565,440,000
in three score and ten. At each beat
two and a half ounces of blood are
thrown out of it, one hundred and seventy-five
ounces per hour, and seven
and three-fourths tons per day. All
the blood in the body passes through
the heart every three minutes, or should
do so. Phren. Annual.
Railway Travel in Britain. - Pas
senger traffic on the English railways
has recently undergone a vast develop
ment. In 1870 the number of P'n
gers on the hnes m England and Wales
was 289,000,000. Last year it was 401,
000 000, and the increase is chiefly due
to the improved condition of the work
ing classes. 'T '- '.szusi
In France there are 308 children
born to every 100 marriages ; in En
gland, 392 ; in Russia, 472. In Prussia
507 children arc born annually to every
10,000 persons ; in England, 354 ; in
France, only 206.
Couans, colds, sore throat and
Himilar troubles, if allowed to progrean, will
result in serious pulmonary affections fro
queutly incurable. Wishart'e Pine Tree Tar
Cordial reaches at once the seat of the disease
and gives immediate relief.
Thbocoh the length and breadth of the
land the celebrated SILVER-TIPPED Boots
and Shoes are told by the million, for par
onts know they last twice as long as those
without Tips. Try them. For eale by all
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It li now fifteen years since the attention of the
public was first called by Dr. L 0, C. Wishart to
this wonderiul remedy, and so well has it stood
the test of time that to-day It not only has the con
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than any other proprietary preparation in the
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Inliaramation of the Lungs, Coughs, Sore Throat
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Consumption for Ten Year Cared.
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is able to do the work for her family ; and may Oud
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EKV. B. H. HOPKINS,
Jackson Centre, Shelby Co., Ohio.
From St. Louis, Mo.
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the publication of this will be of any service, you
ate at liberty to use it. Yours respectfully,
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