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tian lovers exhibited striking illustra.
ton of the triumph of faith.
LOngfelIOw and the Sea.

1t seems to us, however, that of all
those who have written Of the sea none
has seized and reproduced SO much OF
the elements in it most akin to human
ity rs Longfellow.
Long ago the American master read
the sweet old Spanish ballad of the
Count Amaldos, and read it Alright
The stately galley, with sails of san
dial and masts of gold. steered by the
mariner who sang that wild and won
drous song, bore him seward, and lie
returned with something Of the sea Is
secret-the secret told to none who
would not sail the water for themselves.
And this note of fascination, of IRE
sistlble attraction, he strikes in all his
later work with strange and unva,y ing
precision. In 1.-The Building of the
Ship" in the story of "Othere, the Old
Sea Captain" in the "Saga of King
Olaf" i'll tue beautiful! verses addressed
to his old home, III many another, there
are passages as full of the crush aud
roar of ocean as have ever been writ
ten. The sea in its relation to ships
and sailofs is beautiful aud cOmprehen
slve to him he loves it, he speak S of it
aud in his verses the cordage creaks,
the sea swells, there is smell of pine
wood, and smell of tar, You catch the
wind in your face, and old snlpmel,,
with white eyeballs and bronzed faces,
with silver rings, gaudy haudkerchiefs,
tell you strange legends of the Spanish
Main. Whether the story be that of
Sir Humphrey Gilbert. or that of simon
Danz, the impression is always the
same vivid ana real, full of sea foam
and sea savors. He is the poet of ships.
the singer par erceliencs OF the deep and
It's dangerous charm. He does not
abide in the waste places of the world
of waters, like Victor Hugo he does
not wander. and gaze, and think, like
Alfred Tennyson he does not reel and
shrek, like Algernon Swinburne. He
lives i'll seaport he goes down to the
docks and dreams over the ships !; he
hears the sailors talking he sees the
chips flying under the shipwright's
auze, the pitch bubbling aud smoking
in the shipwright's cauldron. Anu he
falls to singing his variations on the
ballad Of Count Amaldos, and the
world listens, for the heart Of the world
goes With nlm.
Between the Longfellow of the ateliers
and the Longfellow of the tea-tables
there is a great space Of very habitable
land for the lover of poetry. The other
day we were strolling vaguely about in
this space when We encountered Simon
DAnz the Buccaneer, Who was wearying
Of his long shore life, aud anxious to be
off again
"To capture another Dean of Jaen,
AID reil him in Algiers,'
And. having listened with delight to
the old pirates yarn, we came to the
conclusion that in many things, and in
this of sailors and the sea above all,
Longfellow stands on his own ground,
owes nothing to Goethe or Heine, and
is not equaled 10y any living singer
London.
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Two Kisses.
When / made q visit home,

When made visit home,
And stole up stairs, good fortune leading.
l saw, or rather thought l saw,
Ny sister in the study reading.
With noiseless tread forward cfept,
With schemes Of mischief most impruflent
And leaning DER the arm chairs back,
/ softly kissed the gentle student.
She turned to fly with burning face,
As if a brothers kiss polluted
Rapture. Twas not my sister Lu,
But Cousin Amy | salut,d.
OF course then began to beg
She would excuse my having kissed her;
Protesting that, upon my woId.
really thought it was my sister.
A conversation followed next,
Whose tn, me, be sure, was not the weather
And th,n very blissful pair
Seated-wtll, rather close together.
And Amy, will her roguish way,
When for the second time kissed her,
Said. archly locking up to me,
Are you qnite sure its not your sister,"
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New YOrk's " West End"

The ends of New York are northward
and southwark, and We speak Of its East
aud West Sides, but the splendid i'm
provements which are in progress on
the bank of the Hudson, beginning at
Fifty-ninth streeta and extending far be-
yond the upper extremity of the Cen
trail Park, will soon make the West Side
of this city synonymous in its intima-
ton of wealth and elegance with the
West End of London. In fact, it seems
that" westward, no !" is the watch word
of nature and of art, Of civilization as we'll
as Of the grand movements Of the uni
verse in relation to the earth. The ten
dency of the ice fields and the giant
torrents o! the prehistoric ages towards
the southeast, Lus taken in that dlrec-
ton the unwholesome alluvial deposits
which form a great part of the habita-
bic earth, and has lett high, hard, dry
hills TO the westward, SO that the com
merce OF great cities plants itself on
the east side, while the residences ac-
cumulate towards the West. This is
demonstrated III the great capitals of
Europe. and the law is being carried
out in New Yolk.
We already have one of the most
beautiful parks in the world, with its
walks and drives aud lakes and public
buildings III al area uf nearly 500 acres,
aud the parks to the west Of this will
add greatly to the beauty of our city.
The largest. Riverside Park, offers a
drive far excelling any OF those in Cen
trail Park, and as beautiful as al. in
Europe. Two miles and half along
the fairest rivers, with view of the
Jersey hills, with the wide water flow
ing between their feet and the slope of
the New York shore, and the grant old
. forest trees to the east, as fine West
ern boundary for this section. Between
the two large parks are several smaller
! ones, and extending between them,
Eighth avenue, winch the elevated
roads make tie legitimate Northern
prolongation of Fifth avenue, the
Boulevard, with its middle line of trees,
Ninth avenue, the extension of Sixth,
with the nj. j. r., running through it,
and with circles Ut space at every half
mile aud above the Park, New avenue,
st. Nicholas avenue, Manhattan street,
etc.
SO much money has already been ex-
ments made will bear comparison with
the lavish expenditures for the same
purpose by the aesthetic French. There
have been mistakes enough made in
New York. Let us not make another
greater than all. We have filled the
City Hall Park with municipal build
ings. We have sold st. johns Park
tor railroad depot. We have almost
given over Washington Square to bar
racks. We have tossed TomAins Square
from hand to hand as il the city Needed
no lungs anu the people had none. We
have permitted jones Wood to dwindle
to u beer garuen, when it might have
been preserved as breathing place III
the midst OF the busy, crowded, ship
ping district Of the Eastern shore OF the
island. Let us not allow the superb
opportunity of confirming the section
we have described AS u grand West
End or West Side, slip through our
fingers. Let us not permit unsiyhtly
rows Of narrow, unwhoiesome, Inunut-
onous houses to be built along its
handsome thorouyhfares.--N. 7. 4Nati.
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Mr.. Bates, the giant. with his giant
wife, lives in Seville, Ohio, in house
much like other peoples houses, only
much larger. The doors, windows, and
shutters are of unusual size. The
house is thirty feet wide by ninety six
feet, and nicely finished. Mr. Bates is
regarded as very superior farmer. A
few weeks ago his wife gave birth to q
child, the second since her marriage
with her present husband, and in both
Instances the child died. If the last
child had grown to maturity, it would
haye been the tallest kind of person.
Cd the day of its birth it measured
thirty inches in length and weighed
twenty-five pounds. Its chest measure
was sixteen inches, and its feet six
inches. . an, .... az.
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NATURAL CANNON. BALLS DeWJack-
in-the- Pulpit My friend, the late Cap
tain Hawley, brought to me from that
wonderland, the far West, very
curious stone. 1t is black and perfect
ly round, as heavy as iron. and looks
exactly like cannon-ball. 1t WAS
taken from Cannon Ball River, q branch
of the Upper Mississippi. This afore-
said stream contains great quantities Of
these balls, enough to fight our battles
with for centuries. The geologists
ought to be ashamed of their ignorance.
but they haven't been able to tell
whether these cannou-balls were forged
by the water-god or the fire god. A
neighbor of mine informs me that he
has seen some of these balls in the high
clay banks of Red River, La. and that
they were from six to eight feet in di-
ameter Some of them are formed of
iron pyrites, though generally the balls
are Of clay -iron stoues.-Yours, X.
ST. Nicholas.
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Scientific men, after spending years
Of study on the subject, are now pre-.
pared to declare that the 'possum does
MOI feign death. but that he simply,
really and truly faints. Well, we'll, and
is that all science can do with this ques-
ton after al its study, just to come out
Of the same hole it went in at? That is
all that any body, even the ignorant dar-
kies Of the South. ever claimed for the
pOssum, that it tented. ..,,. ...t s.. e.
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Tnlucky Admiration.

The father Of Miss (Maria) Edge
worth, the once celebrated English
novelist, hal grim ideas of moral
training, aud singular ways, to say the
least, of carry ing out his lessons at
Stmdrd relates the following among
other instances of his harsh discipline !:
Charlotte Edgeworth, half-slster of
Maria 1.-THE daughter of the famed
beauty. Honora Sneyd, the second of
Mr. Edgeworth's four wives), was a
most beautiful person, with luxuriant
golden hair. The rector of the parish
and an officer of the British army we're
dining at Edgeworthstown house. At
ter dinner, the ladies' repaired to the
library, and after wine, the gentlemen
followed.
AS they entered the door of the Ii.
brary, the officer exclaimed, GLOW
beautifulw
Mr.. Ejgeworth said, haughtily and
quickly, what do you admire, sir q
He. replied. Your daughters mag
nifcent hair"
Charlotte was standing in becoming
attitude before the bright CRATE, with
her arm resting upon the mantelpiece.
Mr.. Edgeworth walked across the room
to the book-shelves, opened drawer,
held her head back, and cut her hair
close to her head. As the golden ring
let's fell into the drawer, this extraor-
binary father said, w
Charlotte, what do you say?"
She answered, Thank you, father"
Turning to his guests, he remarked,
"I aciN not allow daughter of mine to
be vain."-Nouth'S Compunion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-30

The TOAD MARKET. the Gu
rious sights to be seen i'll Paris must
be reckOned the toad market. loads
are there sold by the barrel. Think Of
it.! loads selling like potatoes. Who
buys them? Vegetable gardeners.
Why? For the reason that toads de-
vour the insects that would otherwise
devour the vegetables. Who devours
the toads? Contrary to some ideas
not the French people. But toads are
being sold now, not devoured, and it is
with tbs selling We are interested. How
do they vend them? The man in
blouse bares his arm and thrusts his
open baud into the Shiny swarm and
brings up two, three or four gymnastic
toads, wriggling and writhing. He
points out the merits and delivers them
in box by the dozen to the eager
market gardener, who takes his choice
and peys his price. The buying and
selling are done expeditiously and
quietly, aud the profit to the vender is
great.
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Sings poetess in the Pittsburg TEL
egraph: What shall We get for the
baby g neck ?" Get 9 strip Of red fan
mel, about an inch wide, Geraldine.
We believe that is about the correct
thing. But if you had asked what you
should get for the baby's fathers neck,
we could tell you in second. But We
would want to know which side of the
neck you wanted it for. IT it was for
the inside--oh, the same old thing would
do.
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SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE.-A
young man with the blush of country
life on his cheeks sold out his produce
on the market yesterday and entered q
shoe store and said he wanted pair Of
shoes for his wife.
"Wh hat number ?" asked the clerk.
r Tue young husband scratched his
head, and looked very much embar-
russed, and finally said:
"Well, I've been married eight
months, but this shoe business stumps
me. l don't hardly believe she wears
'levens, and I don't think she kin git
into fves. I guess if We split the diff
ference we'll hit her pretty close.
He was given a pair of eights. and
after squirting along the soles lie Oh
eerved:
IL guess themll do. She's awful
proud, and I know she'll squeeze into
EN- for all she's worth. "--DeiroH Free
Press.
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The latter part Of wise mans life is
taken up in curing the foilies, preju-
dices aud false opinions he had con.
tracted in the former. ........ ..
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A Venerable Goat.

In the great grazing State of Colora-
do, where often flock numbering from
two tu three thousand is managed by
one man, the shepherd Is assisted by
the g flock leader" This leader is gen.
orally no other than u large Mex .can
goat. One Ut these curious Sheep
captains, u useful old fellow twenty
tour Years Of age, is thus specially
mentioned III st. Louis paper:
The famous stag" Cur,sto has u
history III the Far West TITS veneer
able goat Was brought from New Next
CO nlany years ago, has been leader
for several different fOcks, and now Ill
his old age, though 80 decrepit US to
trave. ut times with difficulty, has no
idea of surrenueriug his leadership, but
Is invariably founu ut the front when
necessary. The whole expression of
his countenauce, his uignIiied bearing,
even his walk, and the iirm manner III
which he plants his front feet, indicate
that lie realizes his responsibility and
feels his importance.
Old Chrlsto shows an intelligence at
times which ia little less than human.
For example, he snuffs the approach of
wolves from afar, and often, when the
unsuspectiug sheep and lambs about
INN are sleeping in fancied security, he
wakes the ranchman to make known
the approach Of the enemy. When no
herders were sleeping with the sheep,
he has recently, upon two occasions,
taken the entire flock around the ranch
mans house in the middle of the night,
to arouse HIM and secure protection
from the advancing wolves.
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We appreciate ho pleasures unless We
are occasionally deprived of them. Ne
struint is the golden rule OF enjoy meDt.
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The estimated number of horses in
the United States is 5000, 0C0, Illinois
ranking first in number.
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A New Orleans tailor, who could not
sleepbecause of the constant coughing
of female invalid, cured the cough by
shooting the poor sufferer.
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DRESSING FOR TURKEY.-Take dry
pieces of bread or crackers, chop the m
fiue, put in small piece of butter or .
little cream, with sage, pepper and salt,
one egg and a small quantity of -four
moistened with milk.
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WHEN SMALL BIRDS WAKEN Up T
SING.-The Pail Mill Gazette relates
how French ornithologist has taken
the trouble to find out at what hour dur
ing summer the commonest small birds
wake up amt begin to sing. The result
of the inquiry shows that the earliest
riser of all is the greentinch. who prob
ably imagines that he may make up for
the thInness of his voice and the mOlot-
ony Of his strains by being first in the
field. At any rate, he tunes up and
gets to work ut his feeble piping at
about ! 80 II. M, hours before the more
robust and melOdious species of ii ches
are ready for work. The. blackcap is to
be heard at 2:3O or thereubOuts !; aud
half an hour later the quail makes his
first attempt at Il musical performance.
1t is nearly 4 o'clock before the first
real songster appears. in the person OF
the blackbird. The vigorous notes of
this performer are to DO heard about
half an hour before those OF the thrush
and the chirp of the robin Is about the
same length Of time before that Of the
wren. Finally. the house sparrow and
tomtit occupy the last place on the list.
Hitherto early risers have always been
exhorted to take the lark as their exam
pie but the lark is shown to be com.
paratively a sluggard. He can never
be heard, like the greentinch, actually
before the break of day and except ON
a very sunny morning, it does not APP
pear that he rises, in any sense of the
word, until long after chafiinches, lin
nets and a numbpr of the hel va. RI ~
birds have been up and about.
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SCHOOLGIRLS.

There is nothing which enjoy more
heartily than stepping into street. car,
on certain corner that L know of, and
finding it full of school. girls just re-
turning from their days work to the
freedom and pleasure of home. How
bright and merry they are The fun,
the laughter. the swift, flashing repair
tees, and the genuine jollity SO overflow,
that all the passengers feel its pleasant
influence. The grave, taciturn looking
man in the corner, who came in with
coat buttoneh up to his chin, and face
set in grim defiance of the cold. relaxes
into a smile before he is aware of it ;
the weary woman with the threadbare
gown and thin shawl. and the big bum
die of work in her lap is cheered by
the chatter and the nonsense of these
gay, well.dressed, happy girls /; the ele-
its snow fall against the rich velvet Of
her mantle, and the costly furs wrap
ping her from the frost, feels respop
5 We thrill in her heart, too. and wishes,
with an ache that has never lost its
poignancy, that she cou!. have kept
the baby who sleeps in little mound
in Greenwood. Ethel would have
been fourteen now if she had lived"
she thinks, land, perhaps, she would
have been as tall and ~ beautiful ~
yonder pretty girl. with those blue
eyes and dancing dimples.
All, dear girls at school, you little
dream what sweet bells of memory you
set ringing in cur hearts as you trip
lightly down our streets, and crowd in
to cars and stages. A graceful, gracious,
tender, considerable girl will inevitably
make II glorious woman by-and by.
From the sweet, half-opehed bud there
will he evolved the rich perfection of
the lovely flower. You may think it
troublesome sometimes to be SO partic-
ular as to the way you speak to the peo-
pie in your own house. 1t is only
brother Dan or Cousin Matilda, you
say "why should l modulate my voice
and soften my tones, and he 50 gentle
in my bearing just to Them Because
it is the being lovely. courteous and
winsome every day and all day. to the
brother and cousin. to the companion
and the friend, to the child and the ser
want, which will mould you inseusibly
into Il gentlewoman, whose manners
will he as much a part of herself as the
inner fibre of her character. TO such &
one it will be as impossible to commit
an act of rudeness AS to tell u lie, and
AS natural to say and do agreeable
things as to put on her gloves before
going to church. .Nngara Sa"ysfer.
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Opemed this Week
did while with us is asfresh to nightas if i

did while with us is asfresh to nightas if it
were but yesterday, so will it be with
all our young readers as time sets its seal
on passing years, the merry times they
have had upon the blessed anniversary
will flash 10 their mind as an oasis upon
the desert of life Winter is here, chill
aud severe, singing ears and aching
toes makes the boys and girls bound
along the streets, but as we write, the
laugh and shout as they are returning
from the Christmas tree at the church
reaches US. and looking out into the cold
night we heartily return their salutation
of a Merry Christmas. Yes, Yes, that not
only tomorrow may bc a merry one for
you, but that many, many merry one
may roll over your heads. casting a Saw
iours blessing, drawing you nearer to the
fellowship of him whose birth you are
rejoicing over, is our heartfelt wish.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
= NJ. CuppETr. Clerk Of District Court.
THonr J. THoNsTAD, Register Of Deeds and IA.
oscloC County Clerk.
Gro. w. NAYLoR, Treasurer.
p DIXON, Sheriff.
3. q. jAooBs superintendent Of Schools.
III WIaoIN, Judge Of Probate.
NJ T. HOGoBooN
v. W. PALNER. Ohm.
CANTON p. o. DIRECTORY.
Southern dsi,y mail arrives every day except Sum
hyst jan. Departs every day except Sunday
Northern daily mail arrives every day xcept Sun
stTat7:eOP. N. Departs every day except Sun
Canton and Milltown mail arrivesevery Tuesday
nd Friday et l2M. Departs same days at P. n.
Canton RlichAnd mail arrives every Friday, It
-. n. Departs every Saturday, at 9 \. \.
once o1en from 7 A. n. to F:M. Or Sundays
from to 2 p. x.snd one hour after the mail az
siyes from the North.
MAGGIE BAILEY. Post Mistress.
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