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PITH AND POINT.

-" Never" says an Irish orator,
"write an anonymous letter without
signing your name to it."-LoUeH Citi-
kcTt.
Scientists assert that an angleworm
on fishhook suffers no pain. We now
understand why they squirm so-they
merely want to take little exercise.
Philadelphia NeWS.
An exchange speaks of new fashion
in gait for girls, but stroll along some
of our streets in the soft summer twilight
will convince any one that the old gate
yet has tenacious grip on public favor.
Detroit Free Press.
An Austin doctor met old Uncle
Nose and said pleasantly: "How do you
feel to-day. Uncle MoseP" 81 ain'tgwine
ter tell yer until l knows how much you
am gwine ter charge me. ."-IeraS Sift-
tngS.
-"Had drank" is not good English
grammar, says a high authority. 1t
certainly is not. "Was drunk" is better
grammar and more in accordance with
the facts, nine times out of ten.-NeW
Haven Register.
What a tyranny fashion has be-
come, to be sure? Here comes an item
to the effect that "Japanese shoes have
been adopted for casino wear" If a
man can't play casino without a certain
brand of shoes on, it were best relegated
to obscurity; and we accordingly rele-
gate YonberS Gazette.
He was veteran topper with fiery
red proboscis, but most kind-hearted
and amiable man, and when the flies
gathered on his nose he used to say SON
don't drive 'em away; they're having a
good time, and if they can get the liquor
without paying for it l don't mind. y
Brooklyn Eagle.
Two Masked Robbers stopped an
Honest Editor one night and placing
Revolvers at his head, Demanded his
Money. 81 have no Money" he said,
"but l will give you Puff" Upon
which the Masked Robbers smote him
thrice with Dray Pin and passed on
Hec fabula docets that there is such 6
thing as having too much cheek.-Bur
hngton Ha,Okeye.
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Musical Ants.

A correspondent of Nature, writing on
musical ants in Sumatra, says that near
ly two years ago he found a musical
species of Polyrachis, which makes its
papery nests on the under side OF bap-.,
boo leaves. The noise, which resembles
very heavily-falling rain, is caused by
the insect striking the leaf by series of
spasmodic taps, both with its head and
with the extremity of its abdomen, which
it bends inward while so doing. He
came upon a second species of large
brown ant in Sumatra, the noise of which,
as in the case of the other ant, resembled
heavy rain and could be heard long
distance off. What struck Mr.. Forbes,
the observer, most about this species
was the singular synchronism of the
movements. A'These ants we're spread
over a space perhaps a couple of yards
in diameter on the stem, leaves, and
branches of great tree which had fall
len, and not within sight of each other;
yet the tapping was set up at the same
moment, continued exactly the same
space of time, and stopped at the same
instant. After the lapse of a few sec
lpnds, all recommended at the same in
slant. The intervalwas always of about
the same duration, though | did not
time it. Each ant did not, however,
beat spontaneously with every other in
the congeries nearest to me. There
we're independent tappings, so that a
sort 0ftune was played, each congeries
dotting out its own music, yet the be-
ginnings and endings of these musical
parties were strictly synchronous
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TAKING HIS PLACE.

"Oh, Charlie! Why did you do it?
On my birthday too! | am so sorry,
for now you will miss all the fun of the
Fourth" And as she spoke, Mary sat
down dangling her broad hat by one
string, and looked disconsolately at her
brother, who had been sent to bed as q
punishment.
How was l to know that just a little
bunch of fire-crackers like that was 60
ing to smash the goblet? | did not
think it would do anything but just lift
it up some"
"Who told you to do such thing,
CharieP''
Nobody; thought of it myself. Oh
dearl wish | had grandma, or an
aunt, or somebody like thatl"
"What for, CharlieP | am sure no.
body could be half as goodas mamma. "
81 like grandmas and aunts. Eddie
Bates has grandmamma, and she al
ways gets him out of scrapes; and Tom
TAYLOR has an aunt that does lots of
things for him. People ought not to
get married if they don't have mothers
and sisters to make grandmas and
aunts for fellows who are always get
ting blamed for nothing at all.
"But, Charlie, you did break the
glass"
mo, l didn't either; the fire. crack
ers broke it. Oh, dear! dear! | wish
there wasn't any Fourth of July, nor
fire-crackers, nor nothing! What's the
use of 6re-crackers, if fellow can
fipe.them Off 1t was real mean to lei
me spend all my money on fire-crack.
ers, and then not let me have any fun
with them. There S my pin wheel, too.
| promised Bates to fasten it to the tor
of the highest clothes-pole in his back
yard tonight"
II am so sorry, Charlie dearT
:"And, Mary, | am so dreadfully hot
Ishave got raging fever; | know
have"
"Why do younotsay youare sorry"
suggested Mary. :"
Didn't say sop-over, and over
and over. And father just said hi
thought bed was the best place TO
boys who exploded iire-erackers unde
goblets. If | was a father, and wanted
4.te kAla boy, I'd do it out and out, ant
not roast him to death in bed on
Fourth of July. wouldn't for 1iillion
of dollars send poor boy to bed on hi
sisters eighth birthday" But wha
\ particular attention was due to his sis
teEs eighth birthday Charlie didnot ex
plain.
"You knew the crackers would breal
the goblet"
"No, l didn't;aI never saw then
smash one. Didn't they bang, thought
And at the recollecti~f Charles eye
grew bright, and adelighted expression
illumined his sombG little face. Th
next moment, however, he was cryin,
bitterly; and Mary, having watches
him a moment, ran down stairs, just i
time to stop her father as he was goini
out.
Papa. please forgive Charlie. H
is so sorry, and he wants to 90 out s
muchr'
HE must have a lesson, Mary, tina
will teach him not to be SO destructive.
But he added, smiling, IF you choos
to take his place, Charlie may go out.
Mary bounded away to her brother
room. Papa says you may go out
Charlie. Get up, degS"
Charlie needed no second bidding
and he asked no questions. Five mir
utes later he was explaining to Eddi
Bates the principles upon which he ha
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blown goblet all to smithereens in his
back yard.
What glorious Fourth it was!
Charlie did not go home until tea-tlme.
He would not have gone then, but that
his pin-wheel and the rockets were
under his clean shirts in the bottom
drawer of his bureau, and must be gone
for.
Up stairs he ran, as gay as a cricket,
and burst into his room. "Let me see;
they are in this one. Bother! Where
did | put themP'
"What are you looking for, Charlieg"
"What are you doing in bedP"
Taking your place"
"What!"
"Papa said if would take your
place, you might 90 out; and girls do
not care much abont the Fourth of
july" said Mary, cheerily.
"And you have been in bed all dayP"
"Of course; papa said you were to
stay in bed all day, and i am taking
your place."
But you are not me-"
"But am your substitute.
"Oh, Mary, you dear, dear, darling
sister! you are better than all the
grandmothers and aunts in the world:
catch them going to bed whole day
for a fellowr' cried Charlie, kissing her
proudly.
81 am very, very glad I took your
place, Charlie"
"You get up now, Mary, and I'll
give you my pin-wheel and my rockets,
and you and Ella Bates can fire them
all off. | wouldn't be so mean as to
let you lie there any longer" said
Charlie, beginning to remove his coat,
"That will do, Charlie" said papa.
coming into the room. "Get up, my
little daughter; Charlie has learned his
lesson, | am sure"
Indeed l have, papa, and l am real
sorry"
That same evening Eddie Bates was
boasting to crowd of boys about his
grandmother having saved him from an
evening of sorrow in his own room,
when Charlie spoke up:
"Grandmas and aunts are all well
enough, boys, but sisters are a heap
better. You just listen" And in a
voice of pride and love he related his
sisters generous act.
And the gay little crowd gave Mary
three cheers and tiger, besides firing
of nine starry rockets simultaneously
in her honor. Lille E. Barr, tn Hdr-
pe1'S Houng People.
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A Wise Coon.

Did you ever see racc0on9 | am
going to tell you about one that was
sent from the South as a present to u
lady whose name was Isabella. He was
called Zip Coon, and very wise coon
he was.
Zip had long, low body, covered
with stiff yellowish hair. His nose was
pointed, and his eyes were bright as
buttons. His paws were regular little
lhands--aad- -he-u5od them Just like
hands.
He was very tame. He would climb
up on Isabella's chair and scramble to
her shoulder. Then he would comb her
hair with his fingers, pick at her ear
rings and feel OF her collar and pin and
buttons.
Isabella's mother was quite i'll, but
sometimes was able to sit in her chair
and eat her dinner from tray On her
lap. She liked to have Zip in her room;
but, if left alone with her Zip would
jump up in the chair behind her and
try to crowd her off. He would reach
around, too, under her arm and steal
things from her tray.
Once the cook in the kitchen heard %
brisk rafting OF tin-pans in the pantry.
She opened the door, and there, on a
shelf, was Zip. There were two pans
standing side by side. One had Indian
meal in it, and the other nice sweet
milk. In front of the pans stood Zippy.
He had scooped the meal from one
pan into the milk in the other pan, and
was stirring up a pudding with all his
might. He looked over his shoulder
when he heard the cook coming up be-
hind him, and worked away all the
faster. as if to get the pudding done be-
fore he was snatched up and put out OF
the pantry.
Zip was very neat and clean. He
loved to have bowl of water and
piece of soap. set down for his own. use.
He would take the soap in his hands,
dip'it into the water and rub it between
his palms; then he would reach all
around his body and wash himself. 1t
was very funny. to see him reach way
around and wash his back.
One day Isabella, not feeling well,
was lying on her bed. Zippy was play
ing around her in his usual way. Pretty
soon he ran under the bed, and was
busy long while reaching up and pull
ing and picking at the Stats over his
head. BY and by he crawled out; and
what do you think he had between his
teethp A pretty little red coral ear
ring that Isabella had lost several weeks
before. Zip's bright eyes had spied IT
as he was playing around under the
bed. So you see Zip Coon did some
good that time.
When Zip grew older he became Sc
cross and snappish, that he had 70 7be
{. chained up in the wood-shed in front OF
his little house. On the door OF his
house was printed in red letters, Zip
Coon: ne bites. "-NurSery.
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Pierced Through the Body by Drill.

Patrick Mulligan, who has been in the
hospital for about three weeks, was yes
terday sufficiently recovered from his
injuries to appear on the street, and is
confident that within few days he will
be able to resume work in the mine. No
other man in Montana can say that an
eight-pound two-foot inch drill ever
passed through his body. Not one man
in a million could experience the sensa-
ton and live to tell about it. Mr.. Null
ligan sets great value upon the drill,
and proposes to keep it as memento.
Soon after the accident occurred, and
when he first knew there was possibil-
ity of saving his life, he expressed the
somewhat superstitious belief that if the
drill were polished and preserved he
would ultimately recover. To CRAFTY
the humor, the boys of the mine have
every day devoted little time to the
polishing of the drill, and it is now as
bright and glistening as new silver
dollar, and NIulligan is well.-Butte
Mont. Inter- -M0untdin.
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Our Young Folks.
a SONG FOR A BIRTHDAY BOY.

n JUAN Il OAt n DLh MA OOL =
Qhte, upon winter night,
When the snow lay cold and white,
Dropped buby from the skies,
With d pair Of big brown eyes;
Without clothes or food, or name,
Right into our hedrts It came,
Andwe loved II from that minute
As IL there were "millions in it,"
Soon happy year had flown:
lie could creep, and stand alone,
Know mamTfid and Rob and tritz,
Do hundred pretty tricks;
He was sweet, but still tartar,
So we called him little Arthur,
Pet" and "Darling," "Love," and "Pride,"
And a hundred names beside.
When another year went by,
Could tell IL should try
Halt how lovely he had grown?--
Walking, like Il man, alone,
Talking with such babbing words
Like the cooing of the b rds,
with tangled crop of curls
Hdnging round him-like girls.
Three years old: now look for squalls
Trials, troubles, cries and fallsl
UP and down like any rocket
IN his dress little pocket,
Filled with tops, aud n ills, and strings,
ANA some fifty other things;
Ihree teet tall, or taller maybe
Can this be my little baby?
Still another birthday: dear,
What fouryear colt is herel
Leaping, running skipping, prancing,
In aud out on swift feet dancing,
landing marbles, spinning tops,
Spending cents In candy-shOps;
In Killed Skirt and buttoled lacket
Always ripe for fun and racket
Now, as sure as I'm alive,
That outrageous boy is FIVE!
Send him off TO school at once
We dom want 20 own duucel
Fun OF tricks as any marten-
Get him to kindergarten;
There he'll learn TO use his wits,
without any ugly fits.
Six-and what do behold
NO more waving curls of gold,
But little wig of brown,
Closely cropped about the crown;
No more skirts, but little breeches
Full OF many seams and stitches;
Growing, every single day,
In the most surprising way.
Seven to-day: Boy at lastl
Time and tide have Travelled fast,
There he sits, so fine and tall
jacket, trousers, boots aud all;
He can spell, and read, and write,
lie is good, and gay, and bright,
And his life goes braVely on,
-But, where is my Baby gone?
SO now ! hope-wbat do | hope? Oh, score:
and scores of thingsl
hope he II learn to comb his hair, and tie hi:
own shoe-stfings;
1 hope he IL never catch a cold in hail, or snow
or rain,
And grow to be full six feet high without one
growing pain
hope he'll Keep his clear bright eyes, and his
quick sparkling wits,
And never, NEVER, tell tale on Jack, or Rob
or Fritz;
And never lose his merry laugh, or smile Sc
gay and pleasant,
And lay up money in his box to buy each one
present;
In short, hope-to end my rhyme, and not Il
make it longer
Not only may my darling grow both better
wise and stronger,
But be, in heart, and mind and SOUL In all hii
walks and ways,
A "Couid not be a better"* boy, through al
his happy days.
t"Could not be better is the highest mari
given to the best boy caCu tiuy m Ine Intuuc.
Hall School, where the birthday Boy belongs
-IHide AiOdhe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

Among the graduates at the Yale
Law School, the other day, was Peter
Doyle, ex-Secret@y of State .of Wis
consin, who is now forty-tve years old.
Being conscious of some defects III his
legal education, he determined to rem
edy them at an age when most men
would not feel like 'going to school.
He worked hard' while at the Law
School, was popular with students and
professors, and one at least of Che latter
expects to see him a member of Con
prpss
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE Socialistic Congress, which was
prohibited at Zurich, assembled at London
on the 10Th. Louise Michel, the amnestied
French Communist, Prince Kropetkine, the
Russian Nihilist, and other prominent lead /.
ers were in attendance. The sessions of the
Congress were strictly secret, but public
meetings were also held, at which red flags
were freely displayed and the most incendi-
ary speeches made. Mrs. L. Lecompte, said
TO be delegate from America, was one Of
the principal speakers.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

GLADSTONE has announced the names
Of the Commissioners under the Land bill.
They are Sergeant O'Hogan, Edward Fal-
coner Litton, Liberal member of ofParliament,
and John Il. Vernon. The Home Rulers re-
ceived the last name with prolonged groans.
O'Donnell will divide the House on each
name. Vernon is Lord Pembroke's agent
and well known In Ireland.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

"A wealthy lady who occupies acct
tage at Mount Desert had jewel case
made in imitation of Bible. A bur-
glar visited her premises, of course, and
avoiding the Bible as the devil would
holy water, he carried off the silver
ware. but left the diamonds and their
fellow jewels Safely in their meek re-
treat.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

A TELEGRAM from Fort Smith says
that Governor Overton, of the Chickasaw
Nation, has issued proclamation disbanding
his militia, with the understanding, howev-
er, that their services may be required
shortly. The men are leaving for their
homes
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

GORDON, one of the Land-League ira
versers, convicted OF having melted a crowd
TO murder, has been sentenced to years
imprisonment. Gordon Is the first Land
Lacquer of any prominence against whom
the Crown lawyers have been able TO obtain
a verdict
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

"A child without nose is a late
Chicago H@uction. Nature never
makes a mistake. Ii the Chicago River
smells as copiously during the summer
as ZSported by the papers there, that
child will be envied by the eutire pop
ulation of the city.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

LATER details of the capture of Sfax
say 100 French were killed or wounded. A
portion of the town is held by the Arabs, who
fire from the houses and prefer death to
yielding.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE Ohio Temperance Reformers, in
convention at Loveland on the Goth, nom-
mated the following ticket: Governor, Abram
II. Ludlow; Lieutenant Governor, Jason
McVeigh; Judge Ofthe Supreme Court, Gid
con T.. Stewart; Attorney General, Levi
Mills; Treasurer, Ferdinand Shumaker;
Public Works, Abner Davis.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg,
dated the 18th, says the Nihilist Executive
Committee held great and solemn meet
ing. Several exiles came from Geneva to
attend. 1t was resolved to give the Gar
one more warning, and il he does not heed
1t he and all his advisers will perish.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE Navajos are so greatly dissatis-
fed with their Agent, Galen Eastman, that
they have risen in open mutiny, and all the
Agency employees have fled from Fort De-
fance to Fort Wingate for protection. The
Indians want Col. Edward Hatch reinstated
MS Agent
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE army-worm, or something very
similar in appearance, is causing great de-
struction to the oat fields in Northern Iowa
and Illinois,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE equestrian statue of Gen. j. B.
Mcpherson was unveiled at Clyde, o., on
the 22d, in the presence of twenty one Posts
OF the Grand Army of the Republic and a
large number Of soldiers and citizens. The
statue is the gift of the Society Of the Army
Of the Tennessee. Speeches were made by
ex-President Hayes and others.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

The Mississippi State Prohibition
Convention met at Jacksonville on the Goth,
with 200 delegates, from thirty-seven coun-
ties, present. The action of the Convention
looks to getting the next Legislature to sub
NIT to the people an amendment to the Con-
stitution prohibiting the liquor traffic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

LIEUTENANT RAY, of the United States
Signal Corps, sailed on the 18th from San
Francisco, with nine companions, on the
schooner Golden Fleece, for Point Barrow,
on the Arctic Ocean, where he will establish
station for meteorological observations
for observations and provisions for three
years, are comprised in the outfit of the ex-
pedition,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

A LONDON dispatch says it has been
agreed to give the whole Of the Transvaal to
the Beers.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

YELLow-FEvER and smallpox are
epidemic at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

THE National Educational Association
met at Atlanta, Ga, on the 10Th. The ad-
dress Of welcome was delivered by Governor
Colquitt and the inaugural address by the
President Of the Association, j. H. Smart, of
Indiana. Two hundred delegates were
present, representing thirty States.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

So rapidly has the work of building
a successor to the famous Eddystone
Lighthouse gone forward, that it is now
believed that the completed structure
will be n use full year earlier than at
first expected The building of it was
not made necessary by any failure of
Smeaton's structure, for that itself 4
pronounced as safe as it was century
ago; but the rock that supports it has
yielded so much to the actiorpof constant
waves and many storms as to endanger
the foundation strength. The new light
is 120 feet away from the old one, and
very much larger. Its focal plane is
$50 feet above the sea, while th0Old one
3 but seventy-two. In clear weather its
range is nineteen geographical miles.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

-GaA6aldi has raised this seasoriA
large crop Of potatoes and cabbage on
his little ilEhd of Caprers, which he
distributes to hepoor of Leghorn.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

The deadlock in the New York Leg
islature was finally broken on the 22d by the
election of Elbridge G. Lapham as United
States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Roscoe 'Conkling. The
Stalwarts stood firm till the last in their de-
termination to force the calling Of a party
caucus, to which the Half-breeds at last ac-
ceeded, with the understanding that the
Stalwarts should abide its decision and vote
for the candidate receiving the highest num-
Der OF votes, which OF course would be lap
ham. Such was the result. Mr.. COnkling
upon being informed OF the termination Of
the struggle, telegraphed one of his ad-
herents as follows;
The heroic constancy of the Spartan band
which so Sng has stood for principle and
truth has my deepest gratitude and dmira.
tion. Borne down by forbidden and abhor-
rent forces and agencies which never before
had sway in the Republican party, the mem.
orv of their courage and manhood will long
live in the highest honor. The near future will
vindicate their wisdom and crown them with
approval Please ask them all TO receive my
most grateful Acknowledgements.
lsignedl ROSCOE CoNKLINcs,
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SHERIFF TIMBERLAKE, who started
with posse in pursuit of the train robbers,
reports that he was at the house in Ray
County, near Crooked River, where three of
the robbers took supper Saturday evening
after the robbery. They were seen by sew
eral citizens, and were well mounted on bay
horses considerably jaded. They started in
southerly direction, and were next heard
from at Lawson, where their number was
augmented by four coming in the direction
of Excelsior Springs, and were riding at In
tervals OF ten to twenty PAGES. Here all
trace seems lost showing that they scattered
and either went into hiding or crossed the
Missouri River singly. The train mems de-
scription Of the robbers corresponds exactly
with that of the citizens who have seen them.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-07-30

The Birmingham police force have
kgicycleS provided for them at the public
| expense.