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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-11
PRAISE MEETING.
The Exercises Held Last Night
at the Fourth Street VI. +.
Church.

All available space was occupied last
night in this beautiful place OF worship,
the announcement Of the musical cXcr-
cises Ia take place being sufficient AT any
time to draw large audience. The
pro gramme was an unusually attractive
one and participated in by much OF our
best local talent. The vOCalists seemed
all in excellent Voice and rendered the
selections in most Crriitablc manner.
The exercises were conducted by Rev. \.
c. George, the pastor of that church, as
sisted bv Rev. J. X. Thompson. of the
State University, the regular sermon be-
ing omitted.
The following Is the
PROGRAMME.
The Gloria" from Mozart by the Choir.
Hymnal No. ll-Oh Hundred
PRAYER
Hymn0l No. 6N-Quartette.
Lesson.
Hylnnal No Ji2-Onwarf. Christian Soldiers.
SOlO-C. y, LuCa>-Jeruselem, Thou that hul">t
the Prophets Sc.
Hvmual No. 6I1-Prct'iOus Name.
QuArtette-Rock oi Age>-th"ir.
Hymnal No. 67l-How Firm Foundation.
Solo-Mi>. VI. Morri>on-Hr Sas Despi>cd and
Rejected.
Hymnal No. lU70-Angels Song
QuartStte-JtSuS. Lover OF Ny Soul-thOlT,
Hymnal No 3Sl-LenoX.
SOlo-Mis> Tracy-Come unto Him.
Hymnsl No. 6S0-Come, We Disconsolate.
Anthem-The Lord /, Ny Light-Ch0if.
Hymnal No is-CorOnation.
DONOlOgy.
BenedCtiOn.
DR.. George announced that on next
Thursday evening Mrs. Francis F.. vii
lard would deliver, in the lecture-room o
the church, lecture entitled Every
body's War;" the proceeds to be devoted
to the Women's Foreign Mission So
cisty.
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A Famous Racer Gone Abroad.

New YORK, November 9.-The famous
colt. the Duke of Magenta, left for Eng
land in the steamship Egypt this alter
noon. in charge of W. Brown, Pierre
I orillard's trainer. With Mr.. Brown and
the Duke oi Magenta were the we'll
known Jockeys, Hughes, Evans, Fisher
and Barrett, and also Midgeley, trainer
for Governor O len Bowie, of Maryladd.
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StcuLetyils accommodation leave belleire a.
i:fP. n, bridgeport at j,0D. AMI arrives ht stru
belyille at G.l5 y.
Leaves -, ubenyillc at $40 >. ~. bridgeport
at go 4 NJ: arrive Ut B..llaise ai ssiJ AN.
Trkets and bagJCAge cheeks tO all pnDripol
Tplnts iu the Esst and West esn br prDcurrd ~
The Union Ticket Ofic., MeLnfe HOIi-e, Nhr-5-
ing. and At ticket Office in Bddgegyn.
y. r. MYERS.
mao General Passenger q Ticket Agent.
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BUYING AND SELLING.
ENGERAL MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Gold Closed at 100 I-8-- Governments
StrOng---Flour Steady and in Fair
Demand Wheat Quet--HOgs in
Good Demand and Higher
FINANCE.

New YORK, November 9;-MoNEY-
Easy at 3dj per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 4!G6 per cent. The As
sistant Treasurer disburSed Sl,S9S,OOO.
Custom receipts $4,000. Clearings SILL,
100000. Sterling exchange, bankers
bills 4SOl ;.sight exchange on New York
1851.
GOLD weak at lO0I. Carrying rates
lG3 per cent. Borrowing rates tin;.
SILVER here silver bars hot green
backs, and 10 gold; SUBSIDIARY silver
coin 3CGyl per cent. discount.
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Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, November 9.-FlOur
steady; supertine 50(dS 90; extras 800
G35O; Minnesota family 2Sd4 10;
high grades 6 50G7 IS. Rye Flour At
3 i2IG3 p. Wheat firm; No. > red 5 80;
amber ! o.; white 06Gl o.; No. ,
Chicago ole. Corn dull; yellow scarce
at Sic; mixed 49!c. Rye tirmer; west
ern SIC. Oats scarce; white western p
(d29c: western mixed 25Cd 36C. PrOvl-
sions firmer. Pork at 00taS 20. Beef.
India mess l9c. Hams, smoked ga lNC;
picked 7(G7ic; green 5lc. l-ari easy;
prime GG6lC. Butter demand active;
New York and Bradfori county, Pa,
extra 26(G,2Sc; Western Reserve lSa2lr.
Eggs demand active; western 2bc asked :;
Cheese nominally unchanged. Petrolr-
um heavy; refined &c; crude g.
Whisky firm; WESTERN l 10.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, November 9.-Whcat firm;
amber Michigan 93!c; No. > red
winter spot 94ic; seller November Ac;
seller December 93ic: seller 94Ic. Corn
quiet; No. > white 57ic.
Pittsburgh.
IlfTSBC RGi, -r'' cIllDtI' tloIchIl'
rude firm and moderately al 81 II at
Parker's for immediate sHipmcnt; r.
fined dull at ~ Tor PhiladelpmiH deliv-
cry.
Oil City.
OIL CRY, November 9.-Masket open
ed steady, with sales at S9:c; advanced
To Size and closing At 90sc bid. Ship
nantS ~ OpD barrels averaging .btkn
barrels; transfers 10000 barrels.
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Court and Criminal N ews.

CHARLESTON, W. VA. November O.
J. Williams and one Adams were sent
enced to the penitentiary Tor two years;
bv Judge Smith, to-day. The nlteed
States Grand Jury have found already
$50 indictments against the moonshlnerS
for the illicit distilation OF whiskey III
McDnwrll, Raleigh and Mercer counties.
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Bolstering upsResumption.

WA>HINDroN, November ct is
stated. unotiicially, that after the first
I" January next, a. an aid To the re-
sumption OF specie payments, 1t is very
AAeiy the Treasury Department will
send 10 parties desiring ii the standard
SILVER dollars in quantities OF II 900 and
upward, Tree Of transportation, in cN-
change ior like sums OF greenbackS de-
posted with the depository banks.
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Weather Indications.

WASHINGTON, November II, 4. "
For the Tennessee and Ohio Valley,
and Lower Lakes cloudy weather, fire.
quent rain, warm and sOutherly winds,
falling barometer. followed in the west
portion by rising barometer and colder
northwest winds
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Tweed Suits Compromised.

!, NE% 'E% York, November 9.-The suit ol
l. = Rogers Il Co., and r. Jones Il Co.,
@sa'iSt the city lur =, 900, 900 for station
81! and printing furnished the Common
,DHhrlI during the Tweed Ring days,
%'lu % the suit Ol the city against these
"i'hS 10 recover 5000, 900, alleged exces-
ane payments, have been discontinued,
,Ho Inu q q settlement affected by payment 10
tie hrms oi $4,000.
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pr,,th in n Nutshell,

The most valued medical preparations
ALWAYS meet with the most unwarranta-
bile iinitatorS, who endeavor to trade on
ia merits. Therefore, whenever You
ask vour druggist for DIR. {. MclAne's
Vermiiuge, always see that the signature
of Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Is on
the Mrapper.
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GOVERNMENTS hrm
RAILROAD BONDS active and buOyant.
STATE BONDS quiet and steady.


The stock market was alternately
weak and strong to-day, but the tluctua-
tons were confined within (Gll per
cent. In early. dealings decline OF la |
per cent. took place, but subsequent,
" the market became strong and
prices advanced Malt per cent.
Lake Shore, Northwestern, 81. Paul
Western Union, Iron Mountain, Hanni-
bal and It. Joe were the most conspicuous
in the improvement. Themarket closed
strong. The transactions aggregated
900 shares, of which 3,4OO were
Erie, 27,0O0 Lake Shore, 5000 Wabash,
10000 Northwestern common aud L.
600 preferred, 5000 st. Paul common,
5000 Delaware, Iackawanna, 1000
Union Pacific, 5,4OO Hannibal and st.
Joe, $4,000 Western Union, 1000 Iron
Mountain, and 100 Cleveland, Colum-
bus, Cincinnati and indianapolis.
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DRY GOODS.
New York.

New YoRK. November DRY Goods
business still sluggish in all depart
ments. Cotton quiet and fairly steady
in agents hands. Low grade cotton
flannels we'll sold up and firm. Prints
moving slowly. ,iinghams dull and
heavy. WOolen's for mems wear quiet,
but clothiers arc:plrcing some orders for
spring cassimercs and worstcd coatlngs.
Foreign goods quiet.
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30 10. on Satur lay night has no connection
fuT Chicago OT ~nndusky.
Pullman Palace Du,N ing Room and Sleeping
Cars On rll night tnins.
clos" connection. Ht" made iur MI points
South and southwest. Nnuh and Northwest,
making this u drsirublc rout" for colInists AMI
pcr-uu. moving a. tie great West, aud ~ whom
particular attention l. given.
WHEELING, PIITSBURGH And BALTIMORE
DIVISION.
IrHyc Wheeling 4. ". - "
Tiadelphia Accommodation.
Leave Wheeling. g..................G'p VI A. n. JDPN.
Tickets tn all principal points on sale AT depot
Office open Rt all h1u during the day.
Information tO thr travelling public rhceduhy
given. ". VI. CLEMENT, VI. Oi
H. r DEvERIES General Agent, wheeling
mali
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CLEVELAND & PlTTsBURG R. r.
Condensed Time Table.

GOING EAST AND WEST.
On and after May ~, Is5s, all train, daily t"N-
cept sunday.
3 Thruti1lI trEns Ia Pt,sbuR.
gThntigiI trnus ~ Cleveland.
Thruuyh traius Ia tbiCngu.
Pullman. FarlDr ,ars between Ncllsyi!le aud
Cleveland
Hotel and sleeping CaH on all trains between
AlliAncr aud Chicago
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LIVE STOCK.
New York.


New YORK, November 9.-Beevcs
Receipts $500 head. supply too heavy
for demand AT former prices. Market
closed heavy at a reduction from We'd
nesday's prices of about t.. \ lew
choice cattle rctailcd at 9i@l0 l0c, but 94c
To dress ~ was the outside price for
steers in lots, and poor Ia good ranged
from 1iM9c 10 dress %. Exporters
took 80 head at S4(a9iC.
Shecp-Receipt 500 head. Market
steady but slow; fair business at 3!C' L.
for sheep and +!d5c Tor lambs. Scarc'-
ly one car load Of sheep.
Hogs Receipts 5000 head. Market
Il shade tirmer at - 05Cd3 - per 100
lbs. for live and g 6OtG+ - for dressed.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, November 9.-Thc DrOrciH
Journal reports hog receipts 5000 head :;
shipments 300 head. Market dull and
lower: choice heavy ~ O0Ia3 II; light
. SOtd2 ~, mixed packing . 1Wo.2 50.
Cattle Receipts 900 head; ship
mcnts 100 head Market steady and
unchanged: natives > GWGG %; butch
crS' steers ; OOd3 30: cows WMd3 OO;
bulls 90Gr2 20; Texas - 25td30O.
Sheep Receipts 500 head; ship
mcnts $40 head Market inactive at
- 40ta ) %.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, November 9.-Cattlc-
Receipts for to-day ,lUghcad Of through
and IS head Of local; total ior the -four
DAYS 2.I79 head of through and lao
head oi local. Only three loads sold To-
dry and there is one load still .uns"ld.
Not enough to make quotation.
Hogs Receipts to-day 2,695 head;
total ior four DAYS IA, 80 heads. York
crs' - 7Om2 50; PhiladclPhiaS ~ O0"
3 -.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, November 9-lioSs de-
mand fair and prices higher: common
. 3OG2 10; light , 7OG2 81; packing
= 65(d12 80; butchers = S0Cd2 ~. Re
CeiptS 1900 head shipments 200 head.
st. Louis.
ST. LoUIs, November 9.-Tiogs tirmcr
for heavy; light shipping and Workers
, 4Otd2 -: packing . 65ta2 -; Bostons
> 7OCG,2 30; butchers and Philadclphias
SOtG3 O0. Receipts 400 head; ship
ments 100
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Louisiana Maioritiee.

New ORLEANS, November 9.-General
Gibson's official majority in the First
district is 5,437, and Mr.. Ellis 4,1S4 in
the Second district.
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Y Inc Woman's National Christian
b,;Ih 9ioh has elected Mrs. Mary A. Wood.
oaIiss, oi Ohio, Recording SecIetary,
~uu ~lo Mrs. Esther Pugir, OF Ohio, Treas
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WOOL.
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, November 9.-Wool
quiet and unchanged. Medium wool-
i'm good demand
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SALOONS AND RESTAURANTS.
NEW REsTAURANT,

THAvE OPENED \ RTSrlUElNT IN CONNECTION
i with my saloon and Hall and AM prpsred to
serve up everything the market atords in all
STYLES.
Oysters a specially: alsO sold by bulk 10 suit
families open AZ all hours.
LIQUORS OF all kinds on hand constantly.
CHAS KOCH. Proprietor,
Nos G5l9 and Gi1l Jacob ST, Steuhenrach'S Old
stand. ocs
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A TROUBLED TRAVELLER.
GONE TO HUNT ANGEL, THE 0EfAUl-
TER.

Secretary and Superintendent H. D.. Meek,
of the BelIaire Gas Company Wanted
His Bondsmen Left in the lurch
-MutuIated Books that Sayor
Of Something Rotten
More than One Man
Suspected.
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AN UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION
MADE.

Troubles come upon us all IN 4
heap" remarked prominent business
gentleman at Bellaire to REGISTER re-
porter, last Saturday. First came the
assignment OF the Bellaire Agricultural
Works, which was speedily followed by
the failure OF Cowan, Sheets & Co, bank
ers. No sooner had the bank gossip be-
gan to lag than Meeks turns up, under
very suspicious circumstances, in con-
nection with the Bellaire Gas Company.
| don't know what is to become OF us;
probably it is the dark hour before dawn,
at least / hope so, said the gentleman.
The reporter informed the gentleman
that rumOrs OF
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
A Deaf Mute's Horrible Death.

Martin Brown, Frank Halsey, and
some other inmates of the New York
Institution of the Deaf and Dumb, at
1920 street, were on the grounds be-
longing to the establishment, throwing
the hammer, which has handle four
feet long and an iron ball weighing
twenty pounds.
During the throwing Brown was
standing near the goal to mark how far
each man threw the hammer. It was
Frank Halsey's turn, and the field was
cleared. Martin Brown was seen to
step backward and look up. AT that
instant the hammer few toward it's des-
tination. The mutes watched its course,
saw the danger Brown was in, but were
powerless. The hammer went swiftly
downward, and the mutes dashed for
ward. 1t fell with force, striking Martin
Brown on the head, hurting him uncon-
scious some feet away. His skull was
fractured and he fingered for fifteen
days, when he died. Brown regained
his speech before death. This is attrib'
utable mainly to the shock to the brain.
Brown became deaf and dumb in conse
auence of scarlet fever, at the age o.
six. Instances of recovery of speech
following accidents to the brain are OF
record.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
Animals In Water.

There seems to be widespread inn
preston that all water, if viewed throuh
a microscope, will be found to be TEEN.
ing with animal life. This popular mis-
take may be due to those wonderful pic
lures of "drop of water, to be found
in almost any small book on the micro
scope. Pure water contains nothing
that can been seen with any microscope
ever made; no solid particles, no animal
cules, no minute vegetables, no spores
or germs. Good water, such as is ordin-
arily procured from wells, and such as
has been obtained by carefully filtering
rain or rain water, contains nothing that
is visible by any of the microscopes
commonly used by scientific men. The
creatures ordinarily pictured as the ''in-
habitants of drop of water ARE in al
most all cases confined soley to stagnant
pools, and to see many of them requires
no microscope at all. We might search
the water from dozen average wells be
fore finding any of them. Many per-
sons depreciate the magnifying power of
the microscope because with them they
can see nothing in their drinking water.
The lenses are all right, but the owner
does not know what to expect. Again
favorite objects with street exhibitors
are the cells in paste or vinegar, when
the fact is that these objects may, if
properly illuminated, be seen with the
naked eye.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
QueSr Customs In Bomhai.

A traveller thus describes that portion
of Bombay inhabited exclusively by ma
tives You come iuto the native town,
not by any approach of struggling huts
and low houses 10 prepare your mind
for the change, but plumply and sud-
denly, as you step from water to land
or from land ID watsfi A glance tells
you where you are European faces are
few and far between the shops are ma
tive, and the crowd pressing through
the streets are DIS un-English as possi-
BILE. Here are Parsees with their flow
ing frocks and hats which only an Illus
tration can clearly describe Hindoos
with turbans of varied shapes and coiors,
some fitting closely to the skull and
some spreading almost like umbrellas ;
Moslems with close caps or with tur-
bans differing from all others, and cool
les of the lower castles or no caste at all,
quite uncovered as to head, or sporting
only a thinly-wound and dirty rag.
Women pass us, some with heads par
TALLY or wholly covered, while others
expose their faces completely to our
gaze. They have ringe on their toes as
well as on their fingers, and some of
them have ankles and wrists thickly
hooped with bands of silver. Ears and
noses have a profusion of ornaments,
and if Kissing be known in India some
of the nose decorations must be seri-
GUS inconvenience. Not content with
piercing the ear, after our Occidental
fashion, they perforate its entire cir
cumference for iewelry, and this fashion
is not confined to the gentler and pref
tier sex. Many of the men do likewise !;
a wealthy and intelligent native of high
caste and prominent social position, who
sat opposite me at a private dinner,
sported row of pearls on the upper
part of his right ear, where they formed
an ornament unknown to Europe or
America. The women have sometimes
enormous ear drops, with triple hold
ing they are fastened to the hair above
the ear, and are then attached to both
the upper and lower extremities of that
auricular organ. A wise division of
labor, as the weight of the ornament is
so great that the lower part of the ear
alone would be in danger of parting
company with the upper if left to bear
the whole burden.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08

Never sacrifice safety to large expect
ed returns.
Never make loan on importantly.
than Mryes you GsH afs HwASg ASrayi8s @ fFeR5 II I'd
pay.
Never speculate deeper than you are
able to lose if you lose it all.
Never borrow money to speculate
with.
Owe no man any thing.
Be satisfied with modeSate rent to
good tenant.
II you are insured, watch your
policy.
Never consult man on business who
does not manage well his own.
Avoid q second mortgage for fresh
loan.
He that maketh haste to be rich is not
wise.
Poverty is no bar to marriage if both
parties will work and save.
The gods help those who help them
selves-men or women.
God promises nothing to idleness.
A man must ask his wife if he may be
rich.
Little coins, like little drops Of water,
will fill o bucket.
As we SOW in temporal affairs we shall
reap.
Short settlements make long friend
ships.
Fortunes are made by earnings and
savings.
Money easily gotten is soon spent.
Money earned is money valued.
It is easier to loosen up good property
than to re- establish it.
In discussing business disagreements
keep cool.
Less wisdom is required to make
money than to keep it securely when
made.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
Moscow.

The Russians love Moscow. It is the
idol of every Russian heart. Her shrirrc
o...-L- s~zA 49, tt H--i 4l,- ~ IVY.
hallowed by seven centuries of historical
associations. Moscow has suffered from
the sword, the torch, and the plague.
Three hundred years ago it was nearly
consumed by fire, in which two thousand
of its citizens persisted. Fifty years
later, the Tartars fired the suburbs, and
one hundred thousand of its inhabitants
perished by the flames and by the sword.
A hundred years ago, the fatal plague
so reduced its population that it never
regained its former proportions. With
in our own century, and to save it from
plumber by the French, the people gave
up the beautiful city to the flames, the
grandest sacrifice ever made to national
pride. But when the French retreated,
the city was rebuilt, and is to-day "a
thing of beauty" It's too frequent re-
construction is the cause of the irregu-.
larity everywhere apparent. Only a
few of the streets are straight; palace
and hovel, state building and store,
splendid church and small hotel,
adjoin each other, and the rich and the
poor are nearest neighbors. Nothing is
more noticeable and attractive than the
display of colors, red, white, green,
gold and silver; with which the public
and private buildings are ornamented.
Rome has long been celebrated as the
"city Of churches" having one for each
day in the year, and an additional one
for leap-year; but Moscow can boast of
nearly four hundred temples dedicated
to religion. Although the circumvalla-
ton of the city is more than twenty
English miles, yet the objects of interest
TO traveller are confined within narrow
limits. The Moskva flows through the
city, spanned by noble bridges, and
along its banks are beautiful lawns,
shaded by noble trees.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08
A Spring Morning.


When sparrows in the Frightening sun
Chirped blithe Of summer half begun,
And sure TO proeper-over-bold
With rified stores Of crocus gold
When hlAcs, fresh with morning rain,
Tapped, laughing, at my window pane,
And, soft with coming warmth and good,
Mild breezes shook the leafy wood;
Then, ere the first delight was spent,
Adown the sunny slope went,
Until the narrowing path across,
Soft shadows Aickered on the moss
OF beechen buds that burst their sheath,
And twining tendrils, while beneath,
Where twisted roots made hollows meet,
Grew budding primrose at my feet.
There all the riddles o. life
Which vexes me with aimless strife;
The broken thoughts, that not with pain
Nor patience ere will meet again,
We're laid aside, nay, seemed to drop
As, when loud-jarring voices stop,
The waves Of silence rise and spread,
And meet in circles overhead.
How life might grow I seemed to guess;
Life knowing no uneasy stress
OF partial increase; strong in growth,
Yet ever perfect, dawning truth,
Which swayed each hour that took its fight
An added empiry of light.
That neither cloud nor mist might stay,
Slow Frightening to the perfect day.
Though autumn hours will come again,
And leafess branches drip with rain
On sodden moss, yet having seen,
keep my faith each spring-tide green
When dropping life puts of its gloom,
And burned roots bear scented bloom
With tender prophecy makes sure
My heart to labor and endure.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-08

A notable little bird often met with in
Europe is called the turnstone. 1t has
earned this singular name by the man
ner in which it procures its food, which
is by turning over, with its strong,
curved beak, the stones on the seashore,
in order to obtain the insects under them.
Walking along the seashore on the
Scotch coast, one day, an eminent natur-
alist once saw two Of these little birds
trying hard to turn over Goldfish, but
as it was six times as large as themselves
they found their task rather difficult.
Still they set bravely to work, pushing
away first with their bills and then with
their breasts /; but in spite of their push
ing the fish would not turn over, so
they ran round to the other side of it,
and began to scrape away the sand to
undermine him, so that he might turn
over more easily and then with fresh
energy they set to work, but still the
heavy fish would not move. They tried
again and again without success. Pres
emily another turnstone came to their
assistance. There were three Of them
now, and after repeated trials and fail
ures they at last succeeded in rolling the
fish over. You may imagine how much
they enjoyed the rich feed of insects
which they found where the fish had
lain. Their energy and perseverance
might be copied by many idlers Of the
human race.