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The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-06-27
Ola Fellowship.

Strangers Refuge Lodge No. i of New
York have transmitted To Beacon Lodge No. ~ OF
this city handsomely engrnssed and framed resolutions
Of thanks Tor attentions paid To their late member,
Brother II. H. kilinsky, 4. Il. his brother was
suffering with incurahle disease for three years
and under the of this Lodge until his death which
occurred May 40 last.
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Entertaining Friends.

I once overheard little bit of talk
between two school girls, one of whom
said. 'Well, the Ames family are COM
inc to our house next week, and for my
part l dread it. l don't expect to
have mite of enjoyment while they
are with us. | cannot entertain peo-
ple" / have forgotten her compan-
IONS reply; but l know that the feeling
is common among young people, and
when guests arrive they often slip off
the responsibility of making them hap
py upon papa and mamma. This is
hardly fair. The art of hospitality is
really as easily acquired as a knowledge
of geography or grammar.
In the first place, the young girls in
a family when expecting friends of their
own AGE should see that their rooms
are pleasantly arranged, the beds
freshly made, toilet soap provided, and
plenty of towels and water at hand.
Not neW towels, dear girls; they are
hard and slippery, and nobody likes
them. There should be a comb and
brush, button-hook, pins in plenty,
and space in the closet to hang dress
es and coats, as well as an empty draw
er in the bureau at the guests service.
By attending to these little things
themselves, girls can take quite bur-
den from their busy mothers. Then
both boys and girls should have in
mind some sort of plan by which to
carry on operations during the days of
their friends stay. So far as possible
it is well to lay aside unnecessary work
for the time. As for the morning and
evening duties which belong to every
davis course, attend to them faithfully,
but do not let them drag. Nevermake
apologies if you happen to have some
occupation which you fear may seem
very humble in the eyes of your
guest. All home service is honorable.
If you live in the country there will
be fishing, nutting, climbing, riding,
driving and exploring; all of which
you can offer to your friends. Be sure
that you have fishing tackle, poles and
baskets, harness in order, and, in short,
everythingin readiness fOryo various
expeditions. To most Out-of-dOOr eX-
cursions nice luncheon is an agreeable
addition, and you need not upset the
house nor disturb the cook IN order TO
arrange this, for sandwiches, ginger
bread, cookies, crackers and similar
simple refreshments, can be obtained
in most homes without much difficulty.
Every boy, as well as every girl, should
know how to make a good cup of coffee
by a woodland fire.
In town there are museums, picture
galleries and concerts, as well as various
shows, to delight guests from a distance.
In the season you can take them to the
beach or the parks. But whether in
town or country, do not wear your
friends out by too much going about,
nor ever let them feel that you are
taking trouble for them, nor yet that
they are neglected. Forget your own
convenience, but remember their COM
fort Study their tastes and consult
their wishes in a quiet way. Harper S
Young People.
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An Eccentric Monarch.

The most eccentric European sover-
eign is King Ludwig Ii. of Bavaria. Re-
Gently he celebrated, or rather there
were celebrated for him, his birthday
and the seven hundredth anniversary
of his dynasty, the Wittelsbachian. The
King did not show himself in his capital
on that occasion. He caused letter to
be written thanking the people for their
congratulations and asking them not to
90 to any great expense on his account.
When he was young he would dress in
the general hunting costume of the
country. APP ear among the dancers on
the village green, make love to the viii
lage beauties and, after a day or two,
disappear. He has several small cha
teaus among the mountains, from which
such excursions were made. He was
eager to join the Imperial Confedera-
ton, knowing that it would relieve him
of most of his royal responsibility. AL
ways friend of artists and actors and
actresses he began very early in his
reign to add to the galaxy of Munich
beauties whose portraits adorn his pal
aces. No longer bored with military
matters, the reception of Ambassadors
and the signing of dispatches on foreign
relations, he devoted himself entirely
to art and erected the Winter Gar
den," which is the great mystery and
wonder of Munich. His Opera House
is the most perfectly arranged in Ger
many, and when he visits it he visits it
alone; none of the public are admitted.
One day he ordered King Lear" to be
played. The acting pleased him and
he bestowed numerous orders upon the
actors, but the stage machinery, he
said, was defective. There was thunder
and lightning but no rain. He called
the manager to the royal box and or
dered that the water in the huge cistern
on the roof should at the next repre-
sentation of 8 Lear" be allowed to fall
through large sieve on to the stage.
The next occasion was again private
and strictly royal, and when it thun-
dered and the lightning flashed the King
shouted for the rain and it was accord
ingly turned on.-LOndoa Truth.
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flor ponng Readers.
GOOP-BY.

Good-by, vacation. you jolly old time
GoOd-by to your idle hours;
GoOd-by to dear fields and mountains and
glens,
Andthe beautiful sweet wild flowers;
GOOd-by TO the hours of frOlic and fun,
And to freedoms all glorious reign;
For vacation is ended. its season l. er,
And now for our school life again.
No longer the fences Wen merrily scale,
Nor climb TO the tree-tOps each day;
But the ladder of learning before US Is raised,
And upward wen wend our way.
All. deep in our hearts will the memory lie
OF the happy old days so dear,
And over our books we will YEARLY sigh,
"Oh, would our vacation were here!'
The bright days yet Iinger, the grass still is
green,
Not vet have the mountains turned gray;
But what are the charms of sweet nature,
alas!
Since vacation has vanished away?
But there is one comfOrt-the seasons roll
round
And all in good time we shall hear
Dame Natures glad joy-bells ring gayly once
more,
"SchOol is out, and vacation is here"
Nary d. Brine, in HdTpGT's Young People.
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Singular Habits Of the Bower Bird.

Have the young people of the o.
SerUer ever heard of the little bower
builders of Australia? Perhaps of all
the feathered tribe they are the most
remarkable for their architecture, as
well as for many marked peculiarities
which no other bird has.
Wonderful as these bowers are which
they build, they are not for the rearing
Of their young nor as place OF deposit
for their eggs, as one would naturally
think, but rather as a sort of hOspitable
retreat, where they entertain their
numerous friends as well as the men,
bers of their own family!-a trysting-
place, as it were, for social converse
ton (for you know that birds can talk
as well as web But a more curious
fact still is that they use these bowers
as gymnasiums, where they perform d
great many wonderful feats. Hosts of
birds, of both sexes, resort to these
bowers, playfully running in and around
them, and so constant are their visits
that they are seldom if ever entirely
deserted.
When about to build their nests, these
little birds hunt for a place which shall
be retired-in fact, entirely concealed
from vIew-often on the tops of high
trees, and they are built very much as
other birds nests are, while these
pleasure houses" as one writer has
called them, seem to be eXclu-
sively for the entertainment of
friends, and are always placed
in exposed positions. When once
a bower is completed Cor there is
an immense amount of labor bestowed
upon it) it Will serve for several sea-
sons, with a little reconstruction and
some additions.
The first bOwer-builder that we knew
anything about was the satin-bird of
New South Wales, and so beautiful were
these constructions that for a long time
it was supposed that they were built by
the natives, to be used as cradles for
their children.
Perhaps it would interest the young
people to know how these little bowers
are constructed. First, then, the birds
make a platform of twigs interviewer,
in the very middle of which the bower
is built This, too, is made of twigs,
but far more slender ones, and so ar
ranged as to curve inward and almost
meet at the top. These bowers are al
ways found beautifully decorated, show
ing a vast amount of taste as well as
skill, and not only that, but a great mark
of refinement withal. just think of it!
Even the grounds around the bowerare
ornamented with all sorts of objects of
beauty and curiosity! They gather
flowers and precious stones, all sorts of
minerals, bright feathers of other birds.
and even the bones of animals. One
thing is singular. however, they never
collect any bones that have not been
thoroughly bleached in the sun, and as
they feed upon fruits and seeds almost
entirely themselves, these bones cannot
be regarded as the remains of any of
their victims.
The spotted bower-bird is even more
wonderful, if possible. This birds
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home is in Australia. The bowers built
by this species are longer and more
like an avenue, being sometimes three
feet in length and beautifully lined with
all sorts of tall grasses arranged so that
their heads meet. Many kind of shells
and small stones are so placed as appar-
emily for the purpose of keeping the
grasses in their places. showing conclu-
sively design in the arrangement
which is truly wonderful Not only this,
but they are so laid out as to form little
paths, while at the entrance and on
either side of these paths there is an
immense collection of material for
decoration; and when we think that
these bowers are often built far away
from any river, we can imagine the
amount of labor that must have been
employed in bringing stones and shells
from such a great distance. Is it not
hard to draw the line between instinct
and reason when they are so closely
allied? After all, what we call instinct
seems to be only one kind of reason,
and were it not that these accounts are
confirmed by many an observer, we
might almost look upon them as tales
from fairy-land. Surely, it is a singular
provision of nature which seems to be
especially given to this bird.
There is one other bird which we
must not forget in this account, for il
has been said to excel all others in in
telligence, and this is the garden
Bird" or gardener, as some writer's call
it. These birds are very fond of flowers
and make real gardens in front of their
dwellings! They like to get snowy in
sects, too, and scatter them about the
galleries and over the garden; bits of
silk, the tip of a tail, feathers of every
domestic bird-in fact, whatever they
can find to brighten and ornament their
grounds and dwellings. This little bird
has great gift in being able to change
its notes like a mocking-bird of rare
powers, which sounds, for all the world,
it is said, like tune with wondrous
variations; and we all know what har-
monious sounds there are in the differ
ent songs of the birds.
How unwearied must be the diligence
of these birds, for they seem to have a
double duty to perform; but they are
very happy with it all. All birds are
certainly privileged creatures in
nature, working and sporting as it
takes their fancy, and yet doing each,
whether work or play, in its proper
time and place.
Can we not see that even for such
small birds there is task assigned them
by their Creator, an important mission
to fulfill, as we'll as for us? Here we
find not only workmen, but, in many
instances, decorators, as well as manu-
facturers. And if we are sometimes
aStonished at such great deeds from
such little creatures as the bower-birds,
let us not forget that the least of the
living things in nature are under uni
versal laws which govern alike the great
andthe small, and that the same God is
over all.
What man e'er watched the curious art
Of little birds in building-time,
That did not say within his heart,
Gods ways are perfect as sublime?
Mrs g. Hall, i1S ". Y. Observer
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Be TrEth2ul.

There are persons whom YOU can al
ways believe, because you know they
have the habit of telling the truth.
They do not color q story, or en-
large a bit of news, in order to make it
sound fine or remarkable.
There are others whom you hardly
know whether to believe or not. because
they " stretch things so. A trifling
incident grows in size, but not in quail
ty, by passing through their mouths.
They take small fact, or slender bit
of news, and pad it with added words,
and paint it with high-colored adject-
ives. until it is largely unreal, and gives
false impression. And one does not
like to listen to folks when so much
must be 'allowed for shrinkage."
Cultivate this habit of telling the
truth in little things as well as in great
ones. Never stretch a story or a
fact to make it seem bigger or funnier.
Do this, and people will learn to trust
YOU and respect you. This will be bet
ter than having a name for telling won
derful stories, or making foOlishly or
falsely :" funny remarks. There are
enough true funny things happening in
the world. and they are most enter
tanning when told just exactly as they
came to pass. s. ADVOCATE.
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The Importance Of Cleanliness.

Cleanliness is next to goodness,
said John Wesley, in one of his ia
nous sermons, preached long before
either you or |, reader, was born, and
on reflection, the most thOughtless boy
or girl must admit that he could scarcely
have uttered greater truth.
You may be careless in your own at
tire, uncOnsciously so, perhaps; but did
you ever come in contact with an out
and-out sloven in the person of another
without being unpleaSantly impressed
thereby? Were you ever compelled to
sit beside boy at school whose collar
was always crumpled, ears suggestive of
a miniature plot of untitled soil. and
garments odOrous through want of clean
illness, and notexperience a sensation the
reverse of agreeable?
If you are tidy lad yourself, you
certainly did; if the opposite, then
you were doubtless aware that there
was something amiss with your COM
panion, although you could not deter
mine exactly in which direction the
trouble lay.
Now, as it is rather to the untidy lad
than to him who is tidy that these re-
marks are addressed, we would suggest
to such, and to all who are not sure of
themselves in this respect, that before
going to school, or elsewhere, they
Just take q peep at themselves in the
mirror.
1t will rot foster vanity-at least we
trust not-but on the contrary, beget an
honest, healthful pride that will stand
you well in after days, when you have
attained the glory of the manhood to-
ward which even now you are looking
with longing eyes.
Remember, also, that a careless, I'M
tidy lad generally develops into a SLOW
emily man, and as such, is likely to miss
many valuable friendships and pleasant
attentions.
SAYS one gentleman to another:
II like Jones exceedingly, but he is
such horribly untidy creature that l
cannot think of asking him to visit at
our home"
And his friend, who readily recalls
the absence of neatness which usually
pervades Jones, answers, emphatically:
"Of course not"
Fancy your future self as being the
person thus commented upon. Your
garments may be well worn, and your
hat far from new, but if they are care
fully brashed, your face and hands
clean, and hair nicely kept, be sure that
your presence will be as welcome as if
YOU were attired in the finest broad
cloth, fashioned in the latest style.
In short, if you would win the respect
of your parents, the regard of your
teachers and young companions, nay
more, even the goodwill of mere pass
ers-by. next to your observance of
truth, obedience and attention to your
studies, bear in mind the significant
maxim, that Cleanliness is next to
goodness. "-Goideg Days.
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MRS. MeWILLIAMS AND THE LIGHT
MING.

Well. sir-continued Mr.. McWill-
Jams, for this was not the beginning of
his talk-the fear of lightning is one of
the most distressing infirmities human
being can be afflicted with. Ii is mostly
confined to women; but now and then
YOU find it in a little dog and sometimes
in q man. 1t is a particularly distress
ing infirmity, for the reason that it takes
the sand out of a person to an extent
which no other fear can and it can't be
reasoned with and neither can it be
shamed out of person. A woman who
could face the evil one himself-or a
mouSe-losses her grip and goes all to
pieces in front of a flash of lightning.
Her fright is something pitiful to see.
Well, as was telling you, woke up,
with that smothered and unbeatable
cry of =" Mortimer Mortimer wailing
in my ears, and as soon as l could
scrape my faculties together l reached
over in the dark and then said:
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Yes, Mr.. Twain, as l was saying in
the beginning (said Mr.. McWilliams,)
the rules for preserving people against
lightning are so excellent and so innu-
merable that the nIostincO nprehensible
thing in the world to me is how any
body ever manages to get struck.
So saying, be gathered up his satchel
and umbrella and departed; for the
train had reached his town.-Mark
Tram, IN atlantic Monthly.
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Mr.. Holyoake, the Englishman. in
q recent account of his American expe-
riences, lays stress on the fact that
while he could in Chicago get u good
cup of coffee, comfortably served, for
five cents, he had to pay ten to have
his boots brushed. The bootblack
charge is almost the last survivor OF
war prices.
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"A Peruvian woman at Lima pub
fishes an appeal to her sisters to pour
boiling oil from the tops of their houses
on the heads of invading Chilians.
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The Jersey, after a severe struggle
to gain public favor, now bids fair to
become as popular here as it has been
with the court ladies in England.
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London has lately instituted Sunday
music in her public parks.
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nearest some three or four hundred
yards away.
When /, mounted on tho chair, had
been changing that dreadful bell mat
ter of seven or eight minutes, our shut
tiers were suddenly torn open from
without and brilliant bulls eye lantern
was thrust in at the window, followed
by hOarse inquiry:
What in the nation is the matter
here?n
The window was full of mems heads,
and the heads were full of eyes that
stared wildly at my night-dress and my
warlike accoutrements.
dropped the bell, skipped down from
the chair in confusion and said:
There is nothing the matter, friends
only little discomfort on account of
the thunderstorm. l was trying to keep
off the lightning"
thunderstorm? Lightning? Why,
Mr.. McWilliams, have you lost your
mind? 1t is beautiful starlight night;
there has been no storm
Hooked out, and l was so astonished
l could hardly speak for a while. Then
l said:
81 do not understand this. We dis
tinctly saw the glow of the flashes
through the curtains and shutters and
heard the thunder"
One after another those people lay
down on the ground to laugh-and two
of them died. One of the survivors re-
marked:
PITY you didn't think to open your
blinds and look over to the top of the
high hill yonder. What you heard was
cannon; what you saw was the flash.
You see, the telegraph brought some
news, just at midnight: Garield's NOM
inated-ard that's what's the matter"
Sharp County record., 1880-03-25

unfailing and distinctive traits which
should be weighed to their credit. They
were uniformly faithful where du y was
deciding cause; their obligations of
friendship were never broken or evaded;
their promises were as plghted oaths,
which they redeemed at any cost; they
hated shams and every form of hypoc-
risy; they scorned to take mean, un-
derhand advantage, even of a mortal
enemy; and the sight of misfortune or
suffering made children of them in pity
and gentleness and practical charity.
For himself, personally, he had never
been insulted or interfered with, nor
heard of his work being openly scoffed
at, and we would be astonished, he al.
firmed, to know how much genuine re-
spect the worst of these people, includ-
ing such of them as never thought OF
attending church services, had for re-
ligion as fact and force in their
midst. l wondered if those few endur-
ing peculiarities of fidelity, yeracity and
compassion, and this lurking reverence
for things clean and spiritual, were not
tokens of the unfallen angel in man that
wrestles with him to the end of his days.
The minister gave us to infer that he
shared the conceit. "Bad as they
are," he said, "they don't want to go
to hell But they like the road that
leads there" Would it be too much to
assert that this terse analysis went to the
very core of the riddle of sin, not in
New Sharon merely, but the whole
world overP
He was quite sorry, the minister in
formed us, that we could not meet MIR.
Bartholomew, the baritone of his choir,
a remarkable man in his way, and an
old plainsman of Fremont's time, who
so liked to sing sacred music that he has
abandoned the business of liquOr-selling
and left off hard drinking and other in
commoding vices that he might have a
place in the choir; "but unfortunate
ly," he explained, bartholomew has
the only pack of hounds in town, and
he had to 90 out hunting to-day with a
party of officers from the fort" We
could not altogether repress smile at
this, in which the minister cOurteously
Joined. There was something ineXpress-
IDLY sad, though, in what he told us
later about the little violet-eyed soprano,
whose singing we had assured him would
bring us to evening service whether the
baritone with the unmelodious dogs
should return or not 81 regret it very
much," was his slow reply, "but she
sings for us in the morning only; she is
a performer at the Melodeon concert
hall, and can't be spared in the even
ing, even a Sabbath evening"