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LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1887.
NO. 30.
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LEBANON. OREGON.
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LEBAKOK, OREGON.
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"" CHEAPENING A POEM.
Dow They Mi-It lrIn. in ih iw.p-
prr OIBcss of Uetrolt.
Tho editor knew that he was a poet
the moment he opened tho door. Ho
was pale and tall and thin, with tan
gled hair and wild eyes. Proof posi
tive of hia afllictiou was given when he
drew a roll of manuscript from hia
pocket and said:
I have, ahem, a little poem here
dashed off in an idle hour. Iain
contributor to tbo Bingliuld B ttt!e-Axet
tre "
"What is 3'our poem about?" asked
the editor. There was a vacant quar
ter column in his "make-up" that day
and he was strangely short of "slush. "
"O, it a on 'The Seasons,' " said the
poet, amazed at the editor's unheard
of civility.
"How much you want for ttr
"Well, I I about forty dollars."
"Forty fiddlesticks! Go to "
"O, well; I beg your pardon, I
didn't just know what you cenerallr
paid. How would twenty-live suit
you?"
"lweiity-nve! Uahl 1 "
"Well, say twenty, then?"
"Why. man aiive, I cau get poems
by the bushel, the cord, the car-load
for "
"Well, well, it's surely worth ton.
The Bingfield UMltAx editor says
"I don't care what he says. He's an
editor and an irresponsible person."
"flat, my dear sir, surely you
wouldn't think of offering me a paltry
five dollars for the poem?"
"I guess not, I d like to see niysalf
offering you two and a half for it."
"Why, sir, I I But then in coiT
erationof yonr immense circulation and
the advantage likely to ensue from my
name appearing in your paper, I might
consider vmir otlVr of "
"I haven't made any offi-r yet, my
friend, this paper ain't got any dollar
and a qnarter to throw away ou poetry
at this time of the year."
"A dollar and a quarter? Why, you
said just now that you "
"So, I did a t. But we don t ask our
contributors to work for nothing. Now,
here's a ticket good for a regular.
straight twenty-five cent dinner at
Slop, restaurant. If you want to take
th.st in exchange for yonr forty dollar
piece of rot you can have it."
" hy. man, I I
"Take it, or leave it. Quick!'
Well, owing to the hig i standing of
your paper I u. t k.qjw ojt l il
in "
"O, you'll take the meal ticket? I
thought you would."
lie took it and left in its stead
twenty-nine pages of foolscap on "The
Seasons," the voidest and saddest day
of them all having dawned for hitu at
that fu mteut- Detroit Free Press.
THE AZTEC SEPULCHER.
Soma l.t.mtinf li.eo.rl ItcntlT
Made ta Artsona Territory.
Recently there were some strange
discoveries In. the land of the cave
dwellers, not far from the Gila liver, in
the Sierra Mad re range in Arizona.
The place of sepulture was securely
sealed with cement and was dilllcult to
penetrate. Great excitement was caused
by the discovery among the Indians of
the neighborhood, who btlieviug that
the mummies were the mortal remains
of some of the ancient deities, would
fain have prevented their removal. The
strange treasure trove was taken away
only after several skirmishes.
Who were they? That is a question
that will probably never be answered.
What were V'ley? This question !s
answered in the care taken f r tin? pres
ervation of their bodies and the skill
with which form and feature were pre
served to last forages. They were evi
dently people of rank among a people
of wonderful character.
One of them must have been almost
a giant in life. The hair still adheres
to his sealp, while the cartilages of the
nose and ear are so nearly perfect that
only a close inspection reveals their im
perfections. The eyebrows are still
distinct, and well deCned, while be
tween the compressed lips the cork-like
tongue and glistening teeth are plainly
visible. The flesh on the bones is. of
course, considerably shrunken, but the
muscles stand out in bold relief, and
the features still preserve the unmis
takable characteristics of ancient Aztec
physiognomy, which is, indeed, strongly
marked in all the bodies iu the collec
tion. In size and stature, anil in general
appearance they strictly correspond
with the descriptions given by auti-
quarians of the prehistoric Aztec race.
Then there is a remarkably interest
ing group a mother and female child.
the latter apparently about lour years
old. They were wrapped in one shroud.
The delicate lineaments of the mother's
face are clearly distinguishable, while
the perfect preservation of the child
can not but be a mystery to scientists.
Still another of the bodies is that of
a woman who may have been an Aztec
belle, hhe was young, and her silky.
flowing hair is in a perfect state of pres
ervation. Her small delicate hands and
feet, with their long, fine nails, lead one
to believe that she muit have been one of
the aristocracy of that ancient common
wealth. The beautiful coloring of her
shroud, remnants of which are still vis
ible, show that her contemporaries were
by no means ignorant of the arts of
dyeing and weaving. Close beside her,
and wrapped iu a shroud of similar
texture and color, were found there-
mains of a stalwart man, who migh
have been, for aught we know, her hus
band, father or lover. Chicago ' Int
Ocean.
"Magnolia metal" is an invention
which promises to secure that much
desired result, immunity from heated
journals in running gear of all kinds
"hot boxes." as they are called. It is
a secret composition of lead, aiwiniony.
etc., somewhat in the nature of the
well-known "Babbitt metal," but has
stood tests, both in testing machines,
and in practice In engines working at a
high velocity, much more severe than
any other metal thus far made has been
able to endure. N. T. Examiner.
While dusting the furniture, a Ban
gor serving maid fell out of a second-
story window, fche then placidly arose
and dusted herself. N. T. Commercial
Advertiser. . ,
TRAVELING SALESMEN. j
Tho Ability to Rell Goods on tho Road
Apparently a Natural CUR.
"Is the ability to sell goods , on the
road an acquired art or is it a natural
gift?" is a question which is often
asked, and the answer which it has
received are numerous and varied. One
man says: "I believe traveling sales- j
men are born, not made. If a man be
a thoroughbred salesman he can sell
any thing, no matter whether he be
familiar with the goods or not. Here
is a case in point: I haye in mind a trav
eling man who ranks among the most
successful in this city. I have personal
knowledge of three different lines of
goods ho has handled with equal suc
cess. When I first knew him he was
on the road for a boot and shoe firm. !
He had no particular trinlng for the
position, but stepped right out on the
road with his prices and samples. Not
withstanding bis ignorance of the goods
he sold and his lack of acquaintance
with the details of the business, his suc
cess was remarkable and the orders he
sent home were astonishing. After a
few years in this line of business at the
handsome salary his ability readily
commanded, he made a sudden break
and started on the road representing a
large furniture manufacturer. Be
fore the end of his first trip his
success became evident, and more
than one car-load bill was sold.
Remarkable as were these two
ventures, they were not more so
than his latest more. After a few years
in the furniture business he made
another sudden change and invested
his capital in an importing drug-house
of this city, in which he still retains his
interest. From its complicated nature
this branch of business presented even
more uimcuiiies man eitner 01 tne
other lines which he bad represented.
but away he went on the road and in
came his orders. To-day there is not,
1 believe, a more successful salesman
on the road in that line, and he has a
trade which he holds firmly. How he
sells goods and secures such a trade I
am utterly at a loss to explain, nor will
he offer an explanation himself. Never
theless he sells the goods. I have seen
him in his own office try to sell goods
to some small chance customer and
make a complete failure with both
goods and prices by his side. Then
again I have known him to run over to
New York without a sample or price of
any kind and come back with a pocket
ful of orders at more than ruling prices.
That a man has a secret that is worth
thousands of dollars to him, although
to another man it might perhaps be
worthless."
A dry goods merchant said: "Yon
can not tell from a man's appearance
whether or not he will make a good
salesman. Some of the most nn prom
ising men we have employed have
turned out to be the best of traveling
men. For instance, some years ago
we engaged a man who had previously
fouud employment as a hog-butcher.
He was a most uncouth and unattrac
tive character, with little education
and apparently small business capacity.
We put him on the road very doubt
fully, and to our great astonishment he
made an excellent salesman. He
worked up cross-roads trade princi
pally, and sent in some rousing big or
ders. He was in our employ for many
years, and did a splendid business. It
so happened that he was just suited for
the trade he took, and he handled it
well, where another man might have
tnade a dismal failure. I find that fre
quently some of the best salesmen are
men of small ability in other directions.
Of course that is not general, as the
great majority of traveling men can
turn their bands to almost any kind
of work, but it does show that the abil
ity to sell goods on the road is a natur
al gift rather than an acquirement '
Philadelphia Record.
She Knew He Was Failing.
"You are not as strong as yon need
to be, Johu," said a fond wife to her
husband ; "I think it is about time you
were getting some insurance on your
life." "Insurance on my lifel What
are yea talking about? I am as healthy
as I ever was; insuraaoe, indeed!"
Well, my dear, I only mentioned it.
you know, out of respect for yourself;
thought you were failing." "And
what in the world put it into your head
that I am failing! Me failing? Why, I
am as strong as a horse, and can run
np three flights of stairs without taking
a breath." "Well, it may be so; but 1
am afraid you are deceiving yourself."
"Deceiving myself I Goodness gracious.
woman, what do you maan?" "Don't
be so impatient; what makes me thihk
you are failing is this: When you were
courting me you could hold me on your
lap three hours; now you can not hold
the baby on your lap three minutes."
Boston Courier.
it is a very genuine admiration
that with which persons too shy or too
awkward regard the real actors in life's
stirring scenes. Hawthorne.
Husband Kcarty lor the opera,J
are you? Well, that hat would scare
the devil! Wife (sweetly) That's the
reason why I ear it, my dear.
The dangers of ignorance are
many ana nameless, iney move in
the night. An ignorant man Is not
safe man even when be means wtll.
Myron W. Reed.
A man has been sentenced to ten
days' imprisonment for kissing the fat
girl at a circus. That la a travesty of
justice. He ought to have been pen
sioned for bravery. Boston Post.
The cares, which are the keys of
riches, hang often so heavily at the rich
man's girdle, that they clog him with
weary days and restless nights, when
others sleep quietly. Isaak Walton.
It seems to be the business of life
to lay by fresh cause for anxiety and
discontent by increasing our estate;
whereas we should rather know how
to lose it all and be contented N. T.
Herald. .
Sympathetic Friend Look here,
Ned, you want to get something to
help that cold of yours. Ned Not
much! I want to get something to
help me. The cold is too well helped
already. Boston Budget.
Stepping-stones.
I hold it truth with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones,
That men may rise on stepping-stones
Of their dead selves to higher things.
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted to
the
and
Interest ef
Stockmea.
Farmers
Itange For Poultry.
It is desirable, where it is possible,
to give fowls ample range. The care
is reduced to the minimum in such
cases, and the expense of kteping is
much lea. But range is not abso
lutely itiiiiciKmsabla The number of
fowls which can be kept in health and
made to pay in very limited quarters
is much larger than many, perhaps
the most, gupose. But to do this it
is neceagary to supply what fowls upon
a good range obtain for themselves.
Fowls upon an extensive range obtain
plenty of exercise, by which their
health ia promoted. Fowls in narrow
quarters must be induced to take a
corresponding amount of exercise if
they are to be kept equally healthy.
To do this various expedients, like
burying grain, hanging up articles of
food just within their reacb, and a
constant turning up of the soil must
be resorted to. Fowls upon an ex
tended range obtain, a variety of food,
especially of green food and insects.
Fowls in narrow quarters must be fur
nished with a variety of food especially
of green and animal food. This is not
difficult, but it is very often neglected.
Fowls upon an extended range obtain
clean ground, good dusting places and
the like. The first is obtainable by
cousLantly stirring the soil, using dis
infectants and" the like, and the second
by furnishing a box provided with
road-dust, sulphur, and so forth. In
brief, if quarters are kept clean, variety
of food furnished and exercise pro
moted, fowls may be kept in cloee con
finement and their health will remain
vigorous. Some of the finest speci
mens liave been raued in narrow quar
ters. But much greater care is neces
sary to produce the same results. It
remains exceedingly desirable, where
practicable, to furuisu a good range.
but there are many men who are de
terred from keeping fowls simply from
the mistaken notion that what is de
sirable is also indispensable. This no
tion ought to be removed, because it
is wholly false. It in difficult to im
agine any man, living outside of the
compact paits of a city, who cannot
keep a few fowls if he is willing to take
the uecesttary .care. But if a man who
las but limited space desires to keep
fowls, he thould understand that he
must supply the things necessary to
health which fowls having a free range
re able to obtain for themselves.
Cbtneh Bos..
A writer in an exchange makes the
following points on the chinch-bug
question :
I. Tbat it is useless to attempt to
raise spring wheat or barley where
chinch bugs hate been present in any
considerable numbers the preceding
year, unless we have reason to believe
that they have been killed off by heavy
rains.
2. That in case the season should be
favorable to the propagation of the
chinch bug, we always have it in our
power to get rid of these pests by the
abandonment of these two kinds of
grains for one or two years. But to
make this course effective there must
be a concert of action by farmers over
considerable section ot country.
3. That the presence of chinch bags
the preceding year will not prevent the
raising of corn or any of the winter
grains.
4. ith regard to oats the testimony
thus far is that if this grain be eown
where the chinch bugs abound, and
especially if it is sown exclusively, it
will be damaged to a greater or less ex
tent the fin-t year, but that the bugs
probably will not continue to breed in
it to any great extent iu the succeeding
years.
t lx l altar.
A fruit-raiser has the following to
say about bg culture :
I have been for the past fifteen years
in the experimenting and the testing
of different varieties of figs and the
soil best suited to their growth. My
observations have been that they do
well on most any kind of soil. I have
some growing on high, dry, sandy soil
where it is twenty leet down to water,
also some growing on stiff adobe not
more than five or six feet to water, and
they will grow vigorously and well. In
starting a iig to make a tree, its head
should be as high as that of an apple
or peach tree, say three feet from the
ground. He careful to keep off all
sprouts that may start from the root,
and especially as much so in clipping
off all limbs that may put out on the
under side of the first limbs that you
let start for the head of your tree.
Should they be allowed to grow, they
will soon, after commencing to fruit,
have the moxt of the tree spread out
on tho ground. Young trees, well
cared for, will commence to ripen fruit
the second year, and will begin to pay
the third year, i bey will increase in
value yearly, without failure, for a pe
riod I am not able to say.
Dragging a harrow over the plowed
ground is one of the hardest tasks that
Horses have to do in farm work, and
teams are often imposed upon while
doing it The walking is hard for both
driver and horses, and the former is
often tempted to ride either on the
harrow or on one of the horses, not
thinking or caring what the conse
quences really are.
Spinach is lelieved to act as a stim
ulant on the kidneys. Dandelion as a
tonic and laxative. Asparagus as
blood cleaner. To tomatoes is attrib
uted a special action on the liver,
Beets and turnips are said to be tonics.
The red onion a nervine of some value
in sleeplessness and neuralgia.
Some of the peach growers about Ne
vada City.Cal., get $400 per acre for their
fruit, sold on the trees, this year.
A circus ticket-seller earned his
"salt" in Philadelphia, Pa., the other
day, by selling scats to 10,000 person
in 50 minutes, a feat which involved
the handling of 200 tickets, or $100,
minute.
Miss Sophie Marks, who was re
ported engaged to Secretary Bayard
has recently made a valuable find at
her old family homestead. It consists
of autograph letters, embracing at least
one from each President from Wash
ington to Arthur. When arranged the
collection will be worth a good, round
sum. Lhicago Herald.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in
Condense" d Form.
Diphtheria has disappeared at Sum
mery ille.
A Chinaman fishing on Galice creek
was drowned.
Frosts are beginning to nip garden
crops in and around Linkville.
The poetoffice at Glad Tidings, Clack
amas county, has been discontinued.
Douglas county expects a boo yield
of 12,000 bales. That was last year's
yield.
Two-thirds of the $150,000 subsidy
for the Astoria railroad has been sub
scribed.
J. J. Brown, of Prineville. Or., was
sand-bagged and robbed of 750 in
Bear valley.
Harry Downing, son of Dr. Down-
ng, was drowned while playing in the
log boom at Coquille city.
Savage Bro.'a saw mill on the Tua
latin, about 11 miles from Portland,
was burned. Loss $5,000.
John Peters, a sailor on the schooner
Claus . Spreckels, was accidently
drowned at Shoal water Bay.
The Piute Indians of Harney valley
are serious considering the advisability
of going on some reservation.
The Sell wood ferry steamer caught
fire and burned to the water's edge,
and eunk in fifty feet of water.
Centerville will donate $10,000 to
the O. A W. T. R. R. Co. for the build
ing of its branch road to that place.
E. Chichester's barn, filled with
baled hay, near the Eugene University
grounds, was totally destroyed by fire.
Mr. Henry, a farmer in Cole's vallev,
Douglas county, had 1100 bushels of
wheat burned from a burning straw
pile. -
Mrs. Stanford, the millionaire s wife,
generously donated $500 each to the
Children's Home and the Boys and
Girls Aid Society of Portland.
The baby daughter of W. S. Bovn-
ton, living on Owen's creek, near Ca
mas prane, Umatilla county, was
drowned by falling into that creek.
The recent rains have started the
grass on tne mils, and by the time
sheepmen move their flocks from the
mountains feed will be excellent,' says
an Ococho paper.
A new steamboat for the Oregon Pa
cific Railroad, to be Ufed in the Willa
mette river trade, is tinder construc
tion at Portland. It will be an exact
counterpart of the 2?. 8. Bentley.
Uraes hoppers in tne loot ml Is near
Kerby are doing considerable damage,
aad are said to tie more numerous
than at any time since 1SG2, when
they devoured everything before them.
A large number of Umatilla Indians
are roaming in the Pocahontas moun
tains. Their visit will be the means of
driving all the game out of the country
Hunters and mountaineers are wratliy
David Irvin. of CorvaHis. was robbed
of ,$300 while attending the circus at
that place. A number of young men
were also fleeced of various sums rang
ing from $10 to $40 by confidence
games.
The Presbyterian Church. iut
finished at Lafayette, is a very neat
edifice. The building is forty-two feet
long and twenty-six feet wide, and will
seat 225 persons. The epire is forty-
six feet bign.
A printer named Terry M. Walker,
while attempting to steal a ride on the
cars at Glendale, fell off the brake beam
and was cut to pieces. Multnomah
Typographical Union of Portland gave
him decent bunaL
Hop picking throughout Linn
county developes the fact that the
yield this year will be unusually light,
in many yards being not over half
crop. Hopgrowers ascribe the shortage
to the unusually dry season.
The Sunday schools of Southern
Oregon will be represented in conven
tion at Grant's Pass on the 6th and 7th
of October. Jackson, Klamath, Curry,
Coos and Josophine counties will all
send a number of representatives.
Three new hotels are to be put np
at Grant's station, on the Columbia,
work to be commenced at once. The
travel through the place from Golden-
dale, W. T., has increased so much as
to justify the putting np of the build
ings.
While several cowboys were on i
roundup of cattle near Lookout, and
busuy engaged at their work-, some
fearless law-breaker drove off their pack
animal to a convenient spot and made
away with the pack, containing grub
blankets, etc
In the mountains near Lebanon
Frank Shafer, aged 60, was mistaken
for a bear in the bushes and shot at
by a party of hunters. The old man's
head was almost blown to atoms. The
coroner's jury found tbat his death
was accidental.
A young woman named Haas, living
near Amity, snot herseu in the lace
with a pistoL She had been firing the
pistol and looked in to see if there was
any more loads and there was. The
ball glanced off the side of the nose
and lodged in the cheek.
S. H. Hite, aged about. 4 5: a milk
man of Albany, took an ounce of laud
anum. Physicians say he cannot re
cover. He has a wife and five chil
dren. The cause of the rash act is
ascribed to temporary insanity, result
ing from financial troubles.
A meeting of the directors of the
State Firemen's Association was held
in Portland, and it was decided to
hold the next annual convention and
tournament in Portland, September
13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, 1S88. The first
two days will be devoted to the con
vention, the third to the parade, and
the last two to the rac.
Three thousand men are working
on the Canadian Pacific snowsheds.
They have been working ever since
spring and are now -nearly through
The biggest and strongest sheds are
across the Selkirk and Kocky Moun
tains.
The San Francisco Coast Seamen's
Union has posted a new schedule of
wages on coasting, lumber and coal
vessels. The rates are $50 a month to
open ports, $45 to bar harbors, and $40
to islands, or an increase of fa all
around over rates throughout the sum
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COAST CULLINGS.
Devoted Principally ta Vtlsldzztcn
Territory and California.
Arir-ona has 12,000,000 acres of
cn-
claimed land.
San Diego, Cal., senda a 600-cound
turtle to St. Louis' for exhibition.
Tramps burned sixty feet of the
trestle-work on the railroad at Arno,
Cal.
The product of Boise basin. Idaho.
for this year, is placed af 1 000,000 ia
gold.
The contract for a $110,000 court"
house at Los Angeles, Cal., has been
awarded.
The product of gold from the Snake
river placers in Idaho this year will
reach $70,000.
Tom A. Metcalf, a brakeman, fell off
train acid was instantly killed near
Williams, A, T.
Harry Jackson, a well known pros
pector, committed suicide in the San
Carlos Mountains.
The cable cars from Grass Valley to
Nevada city, Cal., four miles, are to be
run by water power.
N. B. Mollby committed suicide by
shooting himself with a gun at Repine
Rock, El Dorado county, CaL
George Baccizalupi. of Santa Clara.
Cal., aged 3 years, died from injuries
received by a fall from a fence.
The Canadian Pacific is having three
steamers built in Esg land to ply be
tween Victoria and San Francisco.
There are now 219 patients in the
Washington Territorial insane asvlum.
of whom 66 are females and 163 males.
Diamonds are found at pffesent in
five counties of California, as follows :
Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada
and Trinity.
Jake Burgen accidently shot and
killed himself by drawing a shotgun
through a fence while out hunting,
near Glendale, W. T.
Harry Tickle, a son of Alexander
Tickle, who lives near Tulare, CaL, was
kicked in the stomach by a horse. He
died from the effects of the kick.
The militia of Nevada have refused
to take an oath prescribed by the last
legislature, and the courts have ruled
that they cannot draw their pay.
An old man, commonly known as
Dutch Jake, was killed at Lovaiton.
CaL, by being struck over the head
with a cribbage-board by Ned Kelly, a
blacksmith of that place.
Clara Stark, a girl of 11 years, was
playing around a fire in a yard at
iSorVh Seattle, when her drees ignited
snd eho was so badly burned before
help arrived that death resulted.
"While John Flynn, a fisherman, was
walking along the railroad track at
Los Angeles he was knocked down by
yard switch engine and instantly
killed, his body being badly mangled.
While assisting in snaking logs with
a donkey engine at the Strong creek
claim, at Rohnerville, CaL, Andrew
Maxwell was struck in the hed by a
flying block, which crushed in Ms
skulL
Charles Kline, a young man cm-
ployed in the railroad shops at Sacra
mento, was run over by the cars in the
railroad yard. He attempted to jump
aboard a moving train, and fell off a
car and was horribly mangled.
At Los Olivas, CaL, the terminus of
the Facific Coast Railway, a gang of
fifty Chinamen attacked Yard master
Holt, who escaped. The infuriated-
Chinese then turned on Holt's as
sistant and hacked him so fearfully
with picks and shovels that bis life is
despaired of.
General Webber, a pioneer, was found
dead in his bed at Marysviile, CaL He
had committed suicide by morphine.
He talked of ending his life lately in
consequence ot the pain caused by a
cancer which has for two years been
eating out his tnngue. The cancer
was produced by the excessive use of
tobacco.
John Hines, a native of Ireland.
owing to despondency because he was
out of woik, committed suicide at San
Francisco. The deed was performed
after the sterotyped style. He stood
on a box, made a noose in a rope,
threw it across a stout piece of wood,
and then adjusted it around his neck,
kicked the box from under bis feet,
and swung himself into eternity. "
Andrew Ervast went out to fight fire
which was raging near San Mateo,
Cal. Not returning search was made
and his body was found burned. His
horse, near by, was also burned. It is
supposed that he waa surrounded by
fire and could not escape. He had
charge over the flame of the Spring
v alley water works, and in endeavor
ing to save the company's property
lost his life.
Vhen yon asfe S Georgia man how
far it is to the next plantation and he
answers that it is "a peek and a right
smart screech," he is supposed to mean
that it is as far as you can see from
where yoa stand and then as rcnch far
ther as a strong voice can be heard.
In India the number of Protestant
chnrch members increased from 52,000,
in 1871. to 113,000. in 1881. During
this decade the number of boys in mis
sion schools increased from 66,000 to
117,000; while the number of women
and girls rose, from 31,000 to 65,000.
CungregalionaliiL ,
A little boy who was told at Sunday
school that when he died he would leave
his body here. After his return home
he was much troubled in regard to it.
His mother explained by saying, "You
will take all the good with you, bnt
leave all that is naughty here below."
He thought a moment, and looking up
said: "WelL I fancy Til be awful thin
when I get there." Harper's Bazar.
Little Snsie, four years old, was
being reproved by her mamma, who
said she must be a better girl or si e
would have to punish h that ete
was very, very naughty fte- Susie
began to hum a little tu ie; soon she
sang aloud. Her mammr.'c id: "Stop
singing; don't you kno :itat it is
saucy for you to sing whei I r m talking
to you?" Susie could ire it no
longer. She burst out rcWAntg and
said: "Didn't Mr. Beec'jer say that
when you felt bad you e s sing."
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