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The Portland daily press., 1878-11-08

CONGRESS-" the Oldest and largest selling baking
powder in New England, its success to its puri
ty, and the good luck that every cook has when
using Congress in baking.
Dyspeptics can eat warm biscuits made from Con-
gress Yeast Powder without distressing them.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


Clearing House Tran sactiOns.
PORTLAND, November Z.
The Clearing House of the Portland Banks report
the transaction OF business as follows to-day:
Gross Exchanges. ............... $106,456 II
Net Balances. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20,205 "a
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TEXAS.

GALVESTON, Nov. 7.-Returns from remote
counties in the 9Th and 9th districts reduces
Jones' (Greep back) majority in the 9Th district
and increases Scleicher's msjority in the 9th.
The latter s returned by about 3OO
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Sch Henry Lippett, Howes at Matanzas from Port
land, reports, Oct IL South Shoal Lghtship bearing
NV 20 mites, was struck by hurricane which car
ried away fore and mainsails Jb squaresa and lore
gaff 20tn off Crooked Island Passage took another
hurricane and lost spauker and shifted cargo.
Sch John Snow, OF Machias. Capt Bradford, sailed
from Sbulee Ms, Oct for United States with piI1np
aud is supposed to be lost. The crew belong in Nova
Scotia.
Sch VIM Douglass, McIndoe at New York from
Baracoa reports heavy NV and W gales latter part
of the passage; lost and split sails, sprung main.
mast, &c.
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FLORIDA

NEW York, Nov. IA despatch from Jack
sonville claims that the Republicans have car.
ried the "a Congressional district which would
make the delegation tie.
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CUBA.


tion of Captain General Campos.
HAVANA, Nov. THE coming sugar crop
promises to be excellent. 1t is estimated the
yield will reach 100000 tons. Several planta.
tions commence grinding this month. The
prospects of tobacco crop of Vuetra Abjo have
improved since the rain, which has recently
fallen. The reception of Captain General
Campos at MatanzAs was attended with great
festivities. Campos formally opened the new
ly built bridge for public traffic.
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DAKOTA TERRITORY.

CHEYENNE, NovT.-Douney. Rep, is elect
ed delegate to Congress by 900 majority.
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| NEW ORLEANS, Nov. I'm the 81 district
Ack. EN-. DEM, is re-slected by over 5000
majority, against registered Republican
! majority in his district of over 1000.
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Receipts of Maine Central r. r.
Daily Domestic Receiut,

PORTLAND, Nov. Z.
For Portland, % cars miscellaneous merchandise
for connecting loads 80 miscellaneous merchant
disc,
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ALAB JANA.
LOUISIANA.

MOBILE, Nov. 7.-Herndon, the Democratic
this district of 1000.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Ex-Gov. ChamberIaiu and His Assoeia,es
Indicted.
NEW YORK, Nov. IA Columbia, S. O..
despatch says that the grand jury have indict.
ed ex-Gov. Chamberlain, Financial Aeent
Kimpton, ex-Comptroller Neagle and ex-Lan !
Commissioners Leslie, for alleged swindling by
ing it in their capacity as land commits soners
to the state for $150,000. Neagle has turned
states evidence. A requisition for Chamber.
lain to the governor of New York will be is
sued.
The New York World states that Chamber
lain left New York for Washington rather sud
denly last evening.
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NEVADA.
YOMIHG.

VIRGINIA CITY, Nov. 7.-Daggett, Red, ia
elected to Congress by 500 to 600 majority.
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HAVANA. Schr G McFarland-401O shocks
and heads, $50 hoops, 500 pairs heading 60 truss
hoops.
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Boston Stock Market.
[Sales Of the Brokers Board, Nov.7]

Boston & Maine Railroad, t7s,............ "a liz
Eastern Railroad. ................,.,..13 a 13l
Portland. Saco q Portsmouth R. R......... - a 80
Eastern Railroad new bonds, SIS. ..."..."71A q p
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Issom mnRoHANTs, ExoHANsn.1

Ar at New York It'll. barque E L Genera Matanzas
Ar at San Francisco 9th inst ship Oracle Hum
pbreys. Philadelphia (June 1S; Loretto fish, Hodg-
man. New York (May7).
Cid 9th. ship Saml Watts, Jermond. LIVERPOOL
AR at Tybee 7tb, ship Ella Thayer, Fulton, from
London.
ar at SW Pass 6th, ship Lizzie Moses, Cox, from
Bremen.
At Rio Grande Oct list, brig Ernest, for Boston.
Ar at Rio Janeiro Oct q, ship hercules, Snow from
Cardiff
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MARINE N II w
PORT 0R PORTLAND.
Thursday, Nov. z


ARRIVED
Steamer City of Portland, Pike, Boston for East
port and st John. NIB.
Sch Elva e Pettengill. York, Philadelpha-coa to
Portland Steam Packet Co.
Sch q Willard, Simonton, Philadelphia coal to
Randall & McAllister.
Sch Stella Lee, Brewer, Boston.
Sch Lewis French, Andrews, Boston, (and left tor
Damayisc0tta.)
Sch Gray Eagle Simpson, Portsmouth.
Sch Mary Pickard, (Br), -, St John for Boston.
CLEARED.
Steamship Franconia, Bragg, New York,-Henry
Fox.
Sch B Mcfarland, Harrington, Havana-Nutter
Kimball 81 Co.
Sch Busiris. B) Dean. New Haven Ryan
Kelsey.
Sch Jas Bliss, Hatch, Bangor, to load for NYork-
d Gallagher & Co.
Sch Boston, Foss Bangor-J Dodge.
Sch Alice Dean, Hatch, Pembroke and Lubec-
N9th'l Blake.
Sch Jerusha Baker. Chase. Machias-NathI Blake
Sch Caroline Kriescher, Devereux, Bucksport-S w
Thaxter & Co.
Sch Lewis French. Andrews, Damariscotta-
Wadron q True.
Sch Louisa Frances, Thorndike, Rockland-C A B
Morse & Co.
Sch Black Swan. -. Rockport-N A Sanborn
Sch Congress. Willard, Bristol to load oil for New
York; Nickerson 81 Son.
Tbe new ship State of Maine, Capt Small. is ex-
pecied to arrive at this port to-day from Newcastle
go into the dry docS to be coppered She will 90
from here 10 st John, NIB. 10 loau for Australia.
The new ship John Briggs. owned by Messrs
Briggs q Cushing of Freeport. cleared at Philadel-
pbia Oct 31st for Bremen with 642 ,078 bbls petro-
leum, the largest cargo with one exception ever
taken out, - The Donald Mckay being the excep-
ton, which cleared same day with 670,93z hbls.
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MARRIED.

In this city. Nov. 4, by Rev. DR.. Cariuthers, Chas
E. Merrill and Miss Emma Griffin, both of Portland
In this city, Nov. 6, by Rev. 5. + Wetherbee, John
W. Rackley and Miss Maria D. Carrie, both OF Port
land.
In Brunswick, Freeland Jones of Topsham and
Annie @. Jack OF Brunswick.
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DIED.

months IS days.
Funeral services Saturday forenoon at $50 o'clock
from his late residence, rear Of 50 Pleasant street,
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There are Meteor inventions
10 LET.

I'm Custom House Wharf, Wharf room and build
~ lngs suitable for Coal and Wood business; also
Two buildings TOR fish packing, storage or any ordl
nary business purposes. Apply TO
PELEG BARKER,
no2eodlmo On Wharf or Ill State street,
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FIS he x MEN.

Ar at Port Mulgrave Ms Sd inst schs Frank Skill.
lngs from Portland Greyhound, Newburyport;
4th. May Fernald, Pc Island for Rockport; Nellie
May, Pictou for Boston.
Passed by, sch Fleetwing, for Eastport.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Small Beginnings.

Men are simply planted here: plant
ed not to mature, and reach their ful-
ness of growth, but planted to- be trans
planted. Here we begin to live moral
Iy: that is all. A few, by reason OF
their advantageous position, spring up
quickly, grow fast, and exhibit to a
goodly degree spiritual fulness. But
where there is one full-grown tree in
the forest, there are beneath its branch
es a thousand reeds; and if we could
only gather up the mold, and sort the
life-germs out, and give each good 10
cation, proper attention, ana ume
enough to develop in, the whole earth
would not be vast enough to hold the re-
sultant growth.
God can do just this. There is not
single germ of possible spiritual life,
buried we care not where, that Is not
noted of God. He sees not alone the
great moral Examinations in our world,
but the smallest point of emittent radl-
ance is perceived of him. 1t there Is q
spark of heavenly flame in us, he knows
it. Our desires are known to him; our
repentances all are seen. Not the least
movement of moral growth in our hearts
escapes his attention.
Nor does he look at the measure OF
our lives as we look at it. What, Tor
instance, as regards length, is our life
to himp To US it seems long. Seems
it so to himP To us it seems adequate.
Does it seem adequate to him? Is good
ness to man in his eye as fruit rounded,
full and fair? Or is it as a seed, as a
germ, out of which in the eternities ful-
ness of proportion and vast fruitage
shall come?
Here is the hope, then-the hope OF
small beginnings, the hope which IS ever
connected with actual life, however un-
developed. The mother looks at her
babe, and beholds the man yet to be.
The florist takes the bulb in his palm'
and in it sees the flower that will come
cut of it. And so God takes the soul,
fragile. immature, with only the breath
of spiritual life in it, and sees as he looks
at it in eternal perspective-a saint. an
angel, king among kings, a raaian' IAN
| den Rule
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Longevity that Doesn't Pay.

The question as to the length of hui
man life is recalled anew by a statement
of the Superintendent of the Montgomery
County Infirmary. Within term of
management extending over ten years
there have been five well authenticated
cases of the inmates in that institution
passing their one hundredth birthday.
1t is accounted for by the Superintend-
ent in the fact that these aged people
have no care of themselves, nothing on
their minds to worry or annoy them;
their meals and habits are regular, and
with not cause to induce surplus ener-
gy, the light of life flickers gradually
down till almost imperceptible, and then
dies out. Whether such a life as these
last days afford is desirable, is also
questionable. 1t is " sans teeth, sans
taste, sans every thing" 1t is mere
glimmer, a spark of life generally with
out intelligence, wrapped up in cage
of bones.
Two of the cases above referred to
are still to be seen at the infirmary.
One, Henry Croley, man whose hum
dredth anniversary occurred the 9Th of
last month, is native of Maryland, and
his father and two elder brothers were in
Washington's army. He has OCCASION
al flashes of remembrance and reason,
but is pitiful, blear-eyed reechy old
man, who will not keep his clothes upon
him. The other is still more remark
able picture of wretchedness. 1t is a
figure like mummy, that was once a
woman. The skin is brown and dirty,
and bruised blue in places, stretched so
tight the bones seem bursting through !;
mattery, sightless caverns for eyes, a
driveling mouth that will scarcely open
wide enough for food, or to emit an in
human grunt, and long, coarse and un-
slightly hairs, growing like rank weeds
from the unhealthy looking skin. This
is the remains of one Mary Wambler.
For ten years "Old Mary" rambled
about the town subsisting on charity,
till the Infirmary was established and
she was the first to avail of its privileges.
| That was in 1887, and she was then sew
enty-six years old. She is blind, deal
and dumb, idiotic with age. When she
attempts to walk she falls down, but life
still clings to her rickety frame. Once
or twice within the past few years she
has been sick, and it was thought would
die, but has recovered, and since the
| last illness seems to have renewed some
of her former vivacity. 1t may be, L
she can pass particular period of sec
ond childhood, she will begin life anew
with a fresh lease. 1t will be an uncer
tain advantage if the progress of civill
cation increases the number of Sucf
wretched beings for their posterity tt
support.-Dayton CO., Letter TO Gsacin
matt Commercial.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Well Known Americans in London.

"Grace Greenwood" " in recent let
ter from London describes pleasant
party given few weeks ago il Euston
Square by two accomplished and beau
tiful American women-fast friends
Mrs. Laura Curtis Bullard and Mrs.
Louise Chandler Moulton, at which
many literary folk were present, among
them "Miss Kate Field, looking strong
er and younger than she did two years
ago. Mrs Moulton herself shone re-
splendent, smiling fright childly,' or
blushing celestial rosy red at comrli-
ments on her divine toll as poet, and
diviner toilette as woman of fashion,
on her gift from Paradise and gown from
Paris. Mrs Francillon, the wife OF the
novelist, was there. She is singu1arly
fascinating woman, with fine dramat-
ic face, and is delightful singer. Her
clever husband was also present, as was
Mr.. Hepworth Dixon, Philip Marston,
the young blind poet, our 7. w. Hig-
ginson, and the wild and wayward
poet Of the Sierras, joaquin Miller, who
is as popular in English literary society
as ever, and who has very properly
grateful love of England, which has been
to him more golden land than Califor-
mia. There, too, was the handsome
and manly Julian Hawthorne, lowered
with double inheritance of genius-ar-
tistic perception and poetic sensibility
But if certain American authors
are reasonably popular in London, eer-
tain American singers are taking its
world of fashion and art by storm. To
say nothing of the rival queens of song,
Patti and Albani, there is charming lit
tie Minnie Hauck, who is mounting up
into the heaven of fame like lark. She
is not only delightful singer, but re-
markably good actress. Vallcria, who
also sings at her Majesty's, is also, am
told, an American. Miss Thursby, who
only lit here on her fight Parisward,
and sang two or three times, delighted
all who heard her by her 'profuse strains
of unprecedented art and by her
sweet, fresh, womaly manner and pres
ence. The popularity of the great bal
lad-singer Antoinette Sterling is new
every morning and renewed every even
ing with the power of her grand, tri-
umphant voice, which is the natural,
unfailing outcome of profound, emo
tional nature"
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Edison and the Unseen Universe.

Hitherto mans knowledge of the ex-
tent of the universe has Been bounded
by the limits of vision. During the days
when the range of sight is narrowed by
the suns excessive brightness, we see
but minute fraction even of the little
world we inhabit. At night a wider
reach of vision Is possible, and some
thousands of stellar and planetary
bodies are added to the domain OF
positive knowledge, thus enlarging
enormously mans idea of the magni-
tude Of the universe. But the increase
Of knowledge which darkness reveals is
almost infinitesirfial eompared with the
wider view of the universe opened up by
the telescope; and every addition to the
telescopes penetrative power brings a
larger and larger universe within our
ken.
That the most powerful of telescopes
enables us to reach the limit of the uni
verse no one imagines. See as much as
we may, more-perhaps infinitely more
Lies Beyond. So, at least, all experi-
ence leads US to infer; but our positive
knowledge ends with the limit of vision.
Must this always be SOP Hitherto
science has given no hint of the possi-
bility of exploring the vast and mysteri-
Gus beyond, from which no visible ray
of light has ever been detected, or is efEt
likely to be detected, by the most far
reaching and sensitive of optic aids.
But now there comes promise of an
extension of positive knowledge to fields
of space so remote that light is tired out
and lost before it can traverse the inter-
vening distance. 4 new agent or organ
IS 60 f4,- hxn
has been given to the world in the tasi-
meter, by which it is possible not only
to measure the heat of the remotest WIS.,
ible stars, but, Mr.. Edison believes, to
detect by their invisible radiatiOns stars
that are unseen and unseeablei Mr..
Edison's plan Is to adjust the tasimeter
TO its utmost degfee of sensitivehess,
then attach it to large telescope, and
so explore those parts of the heavens
which appear blank when examined by
telescopes of the highest penetrative
power. If at any point in such blank
space the tasimeter indicates an acces-
sion of temperature, and does this in
variably, the legitimate inference will
be that the instrument is In range with
stellar body, either nof-luminous or
so distant as to be beyond the reach of
vision assisted by the telescope; and the
position of such body can be fixed and
mapped the same as if it were visible.
Seeing that the tasimeter is affected by
wider range of etheric undulations
than the eye can take cognizance of, and
is withal far more acutely sensitive, the
probabilities are that 1t will open up
hitherto inaccessible regions of space,
and possibly extend the range of OUT
real knowledge as far beyond the limit
attained by the telescope as that is be.
yond the narrow reach of unaided
vision. Possibly too it may bring with
in human ken vast multitude of nearer
bodies-burnt out suns or feebly reflect
ing planets-now unknown to us be-
cause not luminous Scientific Aneri.
| can
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Russian Cheese.

An article of diet of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes
in Russia is the variety of homemade
cheese known as "Tworog," of which
more than 7,s0O, 900 pounds are sold an
nually in St. Petersburg alone. Its
mode of preparation is very simple.
Sour skim milk is placed over night in
a warm oven, and poured the next day
upon sieve, where it is allowed TO re-
main until all the whey is run off. The
curd is then packed tightly in wooden
vessel, and covered with a lid made to
fit exactly within it. On this heavy
weights are placed so as TO keep up
constant pressure on the mass of curd;
and the top of the vessel is filed with
cold water, which is frequently renew
ed. Tworog cheese is, in fact, nothing
more than hard pressed curd. In the
northwestern and southern governments
of the empire it is often made from
sleeps milk, and in Bessarbia q supe-
rior quality, made from the whole milk,
is prepared, which possesses far better
keeping properties than the ordinary
sort, and which is exported in consider
able quantities to Wallachia, Moldavia
and even to Austria. Dairy
men.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
Haps and Niishaps.


"A 2-year-old daughter of Florian
Schmitt, of Evansville, Ind, was fatal
ly scalded by a boiler of hot water fall
ing upon her while her mother was
washing:
"A young man, named j. E. Ellison,
shot off Jesse Steads's leg near Win
chester, Ind, with a revolver. He did
not know it was loaded.
Bert Z. Mcintyre, of Neilsville,
Wis, was seriously injured by the ex-
plosion of can of dynamite which he
was carrying to the river for the pur-
pose of killing fish.
"A young child of Mr.. John McCabe,
of Shelbyville, Ind, was accidentally
dropped from the wagon in which the
family were riding; the wheels passed
over it, causing fatal injuries.
"A young son of Hendrick Haol,
near Pella, Iowa, fell into an unused
well. His father went to his rescue and
was bringing him up, aided by wind
lass turned by his wife, when the rope
broke and both went to the bottom. The
mother gave the alarm and the boy was
drawn up insensible, but finally resusci-
tated The father was dead.
WO SOllS Ol MI II. ID. bdIucItt vi
Madisonville, Ky, one Sunday recently,
after hearty dinner, ran about a nile
to a pond in an open field, went in bath
ing, and remained in the water all the
afternoon, their heads being exposed to
the intense heat of the sun. Both died
a few days afterward from the effect of
their imprudent exposure.
Daniel c. Lord, of Moodus, Conn,
was fatally poisoned while applying a
well known fertilizer to a field, and died
after few days. Two of his sons who
were working with him were seriously
affected by the poison, the symptoms
exhibited in each case being swelling
of face and limbs and general numbness
of the body. A third son, who was
working in the same field, but did not
come in contact with the fertilizer, was
not affected.
John Cook, of Allegan, O., had q
tame fox which developed passion fol-
chickens, and he therefore determined
to kill it if he caught it in its thieving
operations. So one morning before
daylight Cook went out with his gun
and secreted himself in the bushes
waiting for the predatory animal to
make his appearance. Unfortunatel,
Cooks son had also got up for the same
purpose, and seeing a movement in the
bushes which he naturally supposed tc
be caused by the fox, he fired at the un'
seen object. The whole charge of hi:
gun took effect IN the side of his father
who died in about two hours.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


Mr.. J. w. Mcdonald has nearly
completed the statue of Gen. Custer for
West Point. The attitude chosen is that
of the soldier at bay, surrounded by In
dians.
MIR. Ruskin never advertises any of
his works and never sends any copies
out for review. The result is that many
who want his works have difficulty in
finding them.
Among the other journals of that
poiyglot city, New York, is one in the
Catalan dialect, called La Llumanera.
Ith as reached its third volume, though
it seems odd that so limited tongue
should furnish patrons for it.
Among the attractions of the Paris
Exposition is noted microscopic edi-
ton of Dante, bound in red velvet with
silver clasp, and small enough to be
worn as 'charm on the watchguard, :"
sent by an Italian publisher.
The artistic sensation of Paris is an
artist named Andre Gauthier, who draws
a landscape in five minutes, portrait
in six, and two different pictures stimuli
taneously, one with each hand.
Mr.. Bryant's first collection of
poems did not fill his youthful pocket
A. gentleman who not long ago pur-
chased for S5 a copy of this first edi-
ton, now very rare, took the book to
the venerable poet, asking that he should
write his autograph therein. Mr.. Bry-
ant complied, saying 'Five dollars is
more than received on that whole edi-
tion."
Mr.. James Whistler, the American
painter, so long resident in London, is
Marylander, and still in his English
life preserves some of his American
tastes. 1t is said of him, in regard to
his pleasant Sunday breakfasts, that
" the most courteous and vivacious of
men, he is only a dogmatist on one sub
ject-he insists on his guests eating
buckwheat cakes"
Although Victor Hugo is now 76,
he is as hale as ever, in the full vigor of
his mental and bodily energies. As it
is well known, the poet is an early riser,
and his habits are of the most sober and
well regulated description. He has just
been revisiting as a tourist, in the full
enjoyment of his glory, as the patriarch
and father of the French Republic, the
little channel island Guernsey, where
he spent the long, busy years of his ex-
lie.
Rev. George Gilfillan, Scottish
clergyman, whose biographical sketches
of English and Scotch poets and other
literary works have obtained large
circulation in this country, died recent
ly. He was born in 1913, in Perth
shire, Scotland, and was a most inde-
fatigable and agreeable writer. He con-
tributed very largely to the periodical
press, and devoted the latter years of
his life to the preparation of series OF
biographical sketches of the English
poets.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-24
A Tree-TOad Mt Home.

Mrs. Mckay, on Centre Street, has
beautiful fuchsia, which has on it at this
time over 200 blossoms and buds.
Among the foliage of her plants on the
veranda, snugly ensconced in gerani-
um leaf, is diminutive specimen of the
little batrachian commonly called the
tree-toad. The leaf unaccustomed to its
strange burden has changed its hue from
green to pale yellow, and the little ami
NAL has changed its col or to correspond
with that of the leaf. We never knew
one to leave the trees or bushes before.
This one sings his monotonous song
every evening.-Neto York Suspension
Brtdqe.