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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

The Leading scientists OF to-day agree thAt mos
diseases Art caused by dIsOrlcrrl kilueys OF Liver
H. thGrel0r, the Kidneys and Liver are kent In
perfect order, perfect health will b. the rSuii
TINS trlllh has only been known short time md
Tor years people suffered great agony without beInu
able 10 una relief, The discovery Of Warmers snie
Kidney and Liver Cure marks Il new ern in IN
tropical leaf OF RrC value II contains lust I'M aiS
menh necessary Ia nOurlsh and InvlgontG 6Oth N
these grtat organs and safely restore and keen them
in order, Il Is POSITIVE Remedy i0r nj IN
Diseases that cause palms In the lower mari az ihS
b0ly-l1F Torpid Observation-Disclosures
HneS5drlycl-feveT, Ague-AlallFial Fever and
~ difficulties Of the Kidney, Liver and Urinary
Il Is an excellent and slid remedy for females
during Pregnancy. II will control MenstFuaiISn
ntu Invaluable for LencOrrhWa or Falling Oi The
Asa Blood Purifier 1t Is pncTualCd for II cures
the organs that make the blood.
READ THE RECORD.
IT saved my lile."-E, H. IAkcly Selma. ALA.
II y the remedy that will Curu the many diseases
peculln TO women, "-MOther'H Magazine
II hls passed severn tests and won endorsements
from some Of the highest medical talent IN lie
country New York World.
NO remedy heretofore discovered can he held for
one moment In comparison with lt.m-Rey. c, a,
hnmINSyb u. ", Washington, DC
This Remedy, which has done such wonders. IA
mcdlCine upon the market and is sold by nrlgviSts
ana all dealers Ut 81 - per bottle. For Dlieirs
enquire for WARMERS SAFE DIAHETEs CURE
II Is Il Positive Remedy.
IL. H. WARNER & CO.,
Nn2eTTllAW Rochester n V
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

CHICAGO, September Iron ore freights
remain firm and steady, and the inquiry
for carriers continues. The following are
the rites now paid for the points named:
FROM lssMnaha to Chicago. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 100
From Escanaba 70 Lake Eric pOrts,...... I,40al.GO
From Marquette to Lake Erie pOrtS........ 2O0a2 Is
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

WV McCAnrSEv, 81 tloydstteet, Buffalo, N,
Y, fell and sprained his ankle lIisGuployer,
II. Anderson, ~ Main street, procured some
Of THOMAS EctECTRiC On and he says that d
few applications enabled him TO go to work
as ustidl.
sold by tAughliu bros. l. Co., Wholesale
Druggists, Wheeling, W. Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

|
NEW YoRK, September lection steady at 1874
l21kc, Flour quiet receipts 1900 barrels EXPORT
IO barrels Supefhne State aud western 81 l6iiS 49,
common to good = eOa6 l0 good 10 GhOl0o o 6Od
AZ 6O st. Louis % Oas %; Minnesota patent Sd ia
. %. Wheat advanced la9c, closing h'rmi recent,
29M bushels exports 96I 90 bushels ilngnldetl
red 81 iiai u; No 8, 81 IO 10 ado ii I2S;al 9s%;
! %: No9 Do q 80 No!h 96Ial az; No. i do,
sGles 5000 bushels, a. g 9aIal 90 No !? red Sep
Ing at 81 I3Hi October, Nles go OOj bushels, at
7 +al 4Gls closing a. q 4G3i November sales
900 bushels az q t6}sal "a closing q y 4g{
closing At q SlSs Co1 opened laly q hgheE closing
with the advance partly lost receipts 90 QUO bushels;
exports n mn bushels nngTadeh 67a7li1G; No .
&c; No, 2 No Z? white 7Sa7Vc No septem.
mixed aSIilC; white western lia5OC Hay 1IIet
aud demand firm at SSaGOc. Hops stCRiy and dc.
ma1a m 1H ySarlingG l2a?O; New York State
sass sS SG's 'S%E s SF aS3gf No sSd
refining 7lt'lGa7 l2-l6c MOlaSes quiet and 6rIn,
REG demand iRir and market, firm; Carolina and
Taiiow linn al fjEa5jSc iosin strong at y i!ySs
? ~ Tnpentlne 9ulGE and, firm At SO, EcgI irin
a a. sSG1S PCr d held HIGHER pll mes, quoted al
m ~ SsyS e S'S a aUsd q M " snt e.
all Kinds Lard slr3ng prime steam siS o. b. BT ".
ter firm and In ialr demand Of i5a$3c, Cheese
quiet aud firm at ll1Ial2c,
CHICAGO. September 7.-Flour quiet, but firm
Ss sIN " Ss sP5ng %hSSts common y choice
tCa! % patents 81 0OS III low grades 81 S0iII 3d.
Wheat strung an, higher; 80 red winter 81 %;
S SS Gbsc y a SPns @ q cash 9 BID
Der q TX December; 81 ~ year; No . 81 i6
rejected suisse. Corn strong and higher Al ASA
SlMG cash alld september EbIG QeIohar 6lssc No
S VENEER {Sa rsSessa bsAS Oats moderately
JsISc October Sj11 x November; lOc December al
year Rye easier Ut 81 20. Barley quiet at 81 Of,
FlaxEeed easier at 81 81. Pork strong and higher
O tS IS S Sy ami seP'S1PG October aSSsg
higher and very Stl0Hg ii 81 % cash and septen
Dsr 81 9ili y October; slg i7[Sai2 % November;
81 % Sear: DuIk meats strong and higher shoulders
steady and unchanged at 81 i6.
pniLADELPiIIA. September G,-Flour quiet; Min.
nesota extra q OOA7 80: 81. Louis and illinois
81 70as oG Ohio family s72ia7 70; Ohio new pro-
eeSs - ~ Indiana family q l2IS Minnesota nNtcnt
hrmeE a. g 12Igtg ~ Wheat iISS2c higher; No.
S @EAS$S W Y. ai M 0 Corn ssaSg S
western mixed OO4Iooi steamer and track GSISa69c;
aGtc; October 7la7iIffC; N0yembSF Ilj1afSC. Oats
weak No. mixel kIgl No. \ white wi No 2
White oYIsOpTs TIni I mes peeI s4 M mes g
Lard, Kettle, sl2 q; steamer sl2 OOal2 III Butter
Scarce and wanted; creamery 2SaAlCi New York
and Bnldiord county Pa, extra 9Ia2sci do f1tS
.,%S% aaty G 6.6: s ~ wi w loai CheeSe
VI 14c. whisky trtn and unchanged.
~ E AZ ~, ht MN seE!ein9ef ItSSa w
III t % ne h'u ~ ~ " lhI4 htOeki
vorv uh cnt"Ierad WIZ nv th ~ WIZ
yioiiG lhe demand barely uibnledi SrlCeS Tot sS
up trIlle, hut mpsIly 1n WlSI "a 'g2lm grades;
The g6o9 70 q !ts 81 2S0 q 1900 pounds average,
~ ito ro " SSS SG Y gS on S ~ GSE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

1rH simply marvellous how quickly consti.
patton, billiousness, sick headache, fever and
aguC, and malaria, are cured by SELLERS
Liver Pills. raw
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

CARnuSKtEs, Felnns, lloilS, sotes OF long
standing, suCli as Ulcers, Assesses, etc, posi-.
lively cured without the aid Of a knife or
poultce, by using Mrs Iulye Myers Drawing
and Healing Salve. Piles, Salt Rheuni, Fry!
sipelas, Soft and liberated Corns, ChilhlaiIs,
etc, II has RSypr failed 10 cure, For sale by
Logan 4 Co. nav
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

A WHEELING noY,N LETTER,
Written From Ills Camp In the Rocky
Mountains,

The son Of Dr. Ulrich, Of this city, young
gentleman who graduated at Bethany Col
lege lust session,and who is now with u rail,
roadsurveying party in the Rocky Mount.
aims, as topognpher, writes to his father as
follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
BY mai. a Gdrnol, po.lane bn.pa

BY nal, IN GCiunor, pOstaOs bnPGid,
One ycaF.,,,,r,,,,,,sl 20 SIX uths,,,,,,,.sl o.
Great reduction to clubs, Send for sample copy
and Circular, ~
Address all Communications 10
PREW & CAMPBELL
PUBLISHERS lSTRLLIGENCER.
Wheeling W. Va
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

With large Increase IN the number Of the 70.
GelplS over last week-nOt fur from dOuble-wS can
report an Improvement IN the quality In nearly ali
the yards. The supply, though showing such NJ, in.
crease does not much exceed the demand, which
Is reported inir and moderate for corn hogs al ihe
prices that ruled last Monday, viz: GraSerS ia
SS13C WIN y TO BIC pcr 100 off, aud corn hogs SIa
and terms quoted " 'N f'''Na
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

The market to-day hns been quite slow and prices
~ ~, nc and 5Sc lower than last week; but the
average may be put Ut fully &C lower rs COmparpd
WIN last week. The qualify was not ~ good Is laS
numerous, and the line OF mlhdles larger than they
We're then, Prices !SSa6c, most ales from 4a5c,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
RMANCLAL AZ C0alIERcIAl.
NeW York lIoney md 1tooIIg,

!
NEW YoRE, September J.-IoSEY-Easy Al N
per can't closing AZ iIISSa5p per cent Prime merean
tlle paper SO percent Sterling ExchArTe banker
blllS dull atdSo; demand q s.
GovERNAESTs-Quieta and Eencrllly weak.
rs 3 extended 10 I Ls4ish 4 TLlEs.
6 Ssaa.dSl Ps as stss is IL
q coupons .....,....,. 49, Q, P, Land dnntI-.li7
Pacific g Of 49,. -l9 P.s. ,. Roads. max
Central Pacific, lat--lli Texas Pacific ID g'tA 10Y
Erie secOnds,,,r,,r,,lOl4 fEx'Int, 9Ohered.
RAILROAD BoHDs-Quiet and firm,
STATE sEcURITIEs-pull.
Louisiana cOn'OlN-- G yiEgiatIa ss:;,,,,,, IS
g, 0seph,..,.,.,..,.,-lgI tn mat coupons = u
Tennessee 6s,,.,,,..,,, 6s Virginia deipFred.,-i6
Tennessee q, neW.,.- " eOnsTed.
sTOcEs-The market opened hIrly steady, hut In
the early dealings prices declined q ~ per cent
tho latter Texas Pacific, Atihe Hnt hoard SpeGull.
ton became strong and under good buying an I'D.
vance Of 4 % 5 per cent took place the latter In
Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy; Denver d Rio
New Jeney Central, Illinois Central and 81,
vance. Till This was sSIloseI BY 'HI part a.
covered Hut Ihe market continued unsettled Al the
close the hnAl Aalea being quite weak and showing
decline q I'VE per cent In Chicago, Burlington 4
quincy and Aaly PET cent on the remainder Of the
the last ale being At the highest point, The laes
were at 1885, l 100 los, 10, l75, 10 and no. Pre-
teTed stock fell OLA per cent, hut rallied x per
cent Tho decided time Of rio r. ". ptpSed with.
out the announcement Of any failures on account
Of loses In Hannibal 4 81. Joseph stock. 4 small
lot was bought under the rule but this was mere
ly 10 TX prices for settlement
Reports say one laRe speculatOr settled privately
to-day by paying the clique S71O,OO0. II could not
be verified but Il Is not unlikely, That other large
private settlements remain 70 b. made 4 evident
rom the fact that the price Is kept up The fact |
that there were no failures to-day shows that the
Losses fall WHERE they Gnu be afforded short In. |
tertst IN other stocks has been much reduced To-
day and speCulltOna are tImld about walking into |
lnolher tEAp Of the Hannibal & ST. Joe kinh
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

YELLOW, DYsrgrTIc, NERVOUS ISvAtrDs grow
strong, rQady, and healthy by the use OF the
l.iebig Co.'S Coca beef Tonic. Beware OF imi.
tatiOns. rrllAs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.


Bynaa, n udpaHet ppria0E prPaid,
One year r..,,......ss % Thne months e %
sl& ontha-....'..-. % One Inonth,-.'.,....,. Is
Ddip7vd BY paHieTJ N Cliv and Suburbs al IS egas
par rtfk
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
RR1fI.VRFRIY
WEEKLY.

BY mol, IN Gdruaor, poRaOe prepaid,
One year...,,,,-,.S % SIX months,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

The arrivals Of cattle during the week amounted
70 30d head, against 9bds last week and S7i head
the corresponding week Of lust year and the sales
l,bSi last week, aud l,i2j head the cOrraspOnding
week Of last year, and were Us follows:
To baltimore 900
40 country DEALER CD
10 Eastern $40
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
TO CHICAGO.
Only eighteen llnlIn.

at ii0 p NJ bridgeport 500 r. ~ Arrives al gieil.
DelEille III 6:0o r Nj leaves StcubenVViG nj 100 A.
M w bridgeport at S62 a. Nj arrives at Bealre az
Tickets aud baggage checks to oil PRINCIPAL points
~ inc East and West can BE- procured al the tirkct
Othce In Bridgeport II, r. MYERS
Genenl Passenger and Ticket Agent,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

lOSD1s, ssptsabef 5, issi,
RHcElPTs or THE WEEK..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08
TRANSPORTATION.

pITTSBURGH, CINCINNATI & ST.
L LOUIS RAILWAY-PANHASDLE ROUTE
ltt4 s
q, Thus table tor East and Nysl eCFetCd to July
Trains leave Panhandle Depot, foot Of Elexenlh
Is follows; '''' W.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-08

GOING EAST AND WEST.
daily, except Sunday, ~ follows: u.s.
Through Trains 10 Pittsburgh,
9Thr0ngh Trains 10 Cleveland,
although Trains TO ChlCago
land. V'''''''e "''u'leNe'
ISte S9d Seeplng Cans on all Trims between AL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Artemus Wards Franks.

Among his youthful diversions was the
writing Of letters to prominent persons
in all parts of the country whose names
he happened to see in print entire
strangers to him. These usually referred
to some prospective business arrange
ment. Thus he would write to some
gentleman in New York: sDear Sir
I'm sorry to say I sha'n't be able to get
that harness done on the day prom
ised;" or, will not be able to call at
your house, as you requested" etc. In
this mystifcation of unsuspecting people
he was not unlike the German Owlglass.
who, while always playing the fool, never
lacked fools upon whom he might try
experiments. Nothing seemed to please
him more than to get the better Of his
brother Cyrus. One very cold night in
the winter, when he had come home at a
late hour from an entertainment, instead
OF going quietly to his room, for which
his mother had provided by leaving the
doors unfastened, he stationed himself
in the street and called to his brother as
if in deep distress about something.
Cyrus was slow to wake and appear
Charles continued calling, and with more
agony, "Cy! Cy! Hol Cy!' When
Cyrus at last came to the window, he
solemnly asked, "Do you really think,
Cyrus, that it is wrong to keep slaves ?"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Official Etiquette.

Almost as quaint as the well-known
story-of the Spanish monarch who
was roasted to death because the
official justified by the prescriptions
Of court etiquette in removing him
from inconyenient proximity to a
roaring fire did not happen to be with
in the palace precincts at the time Of
his majesty extreme need is an ac-
count of recent suicide in st. Peters
burg. A certain Prince, a handsome
spendthrift, had married wealthy
bourgeoise for her money, and this
union had turned out so unhappily
that, a few days ago, he hanged him.
self to window-frame in his study.
One Of the servants happened toenter
the room almost immed iately after he
had completed this arrangement be-
held him suspended, and summoned
her mistress, who was dressing for a
ball, to the spot. When the Princess
caught sight of her husband he was
struggling with consid erable energy;
but not venturing or to authorize any
attempt to cut him down or otherwise
relieve him from his precarious situa-
ton she simply ordered her servants
to aquaint the police with the exact
state Of affairs. The footman told the
porter; the porter cOmmunica ted with
the gardevoi on duty in the street.
By the time the Official had made the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Gest.,.s Over Difficulties.

Eldred is very small boy of five.
He goes to school with an elder sister.
One week his sister was i'll, and could
not go as usual; and no little Eldred
appeared bearing his wild rose or bit
Of white pea to give to his teacher.
Finding that he must stay at home
unless he went alone, he started and
got safely through the park and some
fields, and then there was a large gate,
to the latch of which he could not
reach. After waiting patiently some
time, two men at work in field came
towards him.
.sWill you open the gate, please :"
said Eldred.
"What for %
"That may go through, please"
But the men only laughed and then
turned, and went off to their break
fast.
So Eldred. a little daunted, went
back home. Next morning, with a
little present of ferns, he appeared
smiling.
s'But I thought you could not open
the great gate!' said the teacher.
With his eyes sparkling, and color
bright, and his voice raised, he an
sweared:
81 got over it!''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Changing His Religion.

"I'l be dinged eff doan bleve in de
predespernation doctrine" remarked
Woody Calvin, the preacher, to party
of brethren.
On what fabricationment oh theoet-
icalism do yer place de sinews OBJ yer
demonstration ?" asked Toney, the phi
losopher.
Gin me dem words SO I can commit
tai dem to understandin', Toney," re-
quested Calvin, turning with beseech-
ing expression.
: No, sir, said the philosopher, with
emphasis. $ / got my larnin' by de
sweat of my brow at night school ober
ibery stable. an I doesn't perpose to
gin it away fur nuthin'. When 1 Aings
out anythin, an yer can ketch hit, all
right, but doan' ak me ter make yer a
present OBJ my encyclopedia. .
. Scuze me, Toney, didn't tend ter
rob yer. But ez ter dat predesternar
ton business. In my church, fur Use
pizen Methodist, I hez alters fout
dat doctrine. Now, I hez been WINGED
oh hit an will hab ter change my
ligion. I'll tell yer how I wuz 'Yinced.
Yesterday mornin' when ] came along
down de street, thought dis way ter
myself: Now, seq ], tef hit is tended
fur me ter git drunk ter day, Use ur
gwine ter do hit. : .
9 Wall, how did dat prube de doc
hine OBJ predespernation p
got drunk.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
Boston "Culchaw.'

.'It is great thing to see the spirit
ual truth that all nature symbollizes, ;"
said she.
So it is, said he.
''And yet enjoyment is darkened by a
terrible shadow" said she.
Hay he inquired.
$ A terrible shadow, !" she repeated,
!" that casts depressing reflection upon
the most exuberant soul. !"
:. Yes. " replied he, "I've felt it when
I've been short on spare ribs. .
!" On what ?" she an1iously inquired.
On spare-ribs. .
6 But you should be philosophical;
you should initiate Pythagoras.
6 Who was he %
!" He was philosopher, an anti-epi-
curean, but he did not 60 SO far as the.
stoics."
Where did they go?' asked the Board
of Trade man, and, gazing at him in
-amazement, his wild Western way began
to dawn upon the culchawed mind Of the
Boston girl, and she said:
Take me to mama.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
The Origin of Restaurants

The use of restaurants has become so
general all over the world that it will be
interesting to many to hear how thew
originated, and to what they owe their
now familiar name. It appears that the
first OF these establishments was started
IN 1865, by man rejoicing in the not
inappropriate name Of Boulange. This
date has, however, nothing to do with
the choice Of the title by which the new
houses of entertainment were known.
In order to explain this we must 20 back
to the seventeenth century, at the end
OF which one of the soups, or liquid ali
ments. most used by the people was a
60atalt0'a known as the $ divine restorer.' y
1t was made up of the remains of fowls
and viands boiled down in an alembic.
with crushed barley, dried roses and
Damascus currants. As it was only the
class of comparatively well-to-do per-
sons who could afford such luxury. a
genius was required to bring the 8 di-
vine restorer" within the reach of all the
multitude. He was found in q certain
doctor named Guilliard, who proposed
to provide can excellent substitute" for
the real nectar by cooking fat fowl in
q little aromatized water. and selling the
bouilton as divine" At that time the
privilege of cooking and serving s.a0outs
was reserved for the traite;rs, or licensed
victualers, and that of providing set
dinners was secured by charter to the
corpo, alton of the rotisseurs. But the
new sellers of the restaurant divin''
were free lances, bound by no particu-
lar rule, and they moreover claimed to
have more select set of clients than the
common eating houses. Consequently
the restaurants, as they came to be
called, soon achieved an extraordinary
reputation, and at length their proprie-
tors found it necessary to combine with
their old profession that of traiteurs,
which word was in the process eclipsed
by the more new-fangled term restaura-
foplr ~. 5stt
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02
The Birds Burial.
BY HELEN 7. NoRTHAM.

{. Helen said Me, one day, 81
wish you would feed the birds this
morning, and all the rest of the morn
sings! You can have the birds for
yours if you want them, for / am
tired of them. I hope if I ever have
little girl of my own, no one will
give her bird for fear she will get
tired of it, and I'll have to take care
of it for her.
We laughed at Mic for borrowing
trouble, and took the cage down to.
feed the birds. The little mother
bird was called Jennie, and her mate
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-06-02

was called Uncle Doctor, on account
of peculiar way he had of looking at
us as if he were looking at us over his
spectacles as old gentle men sometimes
do. ,.ysssstA
Jennie had a nice little nest of eggs
and was patiently sitting on them
waiting for the little birds to peep
out. but she hoped down eagerly for
her breakfast, when I put the seed in
the cage.
She was a dear little yellow ball of
a bird, and a great chatterer, and as
usual began to chirp and talk as soon
as she began to eat /; and the next
thing she knew, or / either, a half
shell of hemp seed stuck in her throat
and before could get her out of the
cage to relieve her she had choked to
death!
We took her out, but she was past
help; and after many expressions Of
sorrow for her untimely death, we
laid her back in her little nest.
We thought j ennie' s husband would
mourn sadly for her, but with the ex-
ception of an occasional hop up to the
nest, and a quizzical look at her over
his spectacles, as mach as to say : Are
you really dead 60 he scarcely noticed
her, and before the day was over was
singing as gayly as ever. Grandma
said he was the jolliest widower she
ever saw.
The next to be thought of was the
birds funeral. I did not know
whether Me was sorry for what she
had said about being tired of the birds
or not, but [ remember she made
active preparations for the burial.
First the blue ribbon bow on the
top OF the cage, and the one at the
door were replaced with black; next
match box was brought into use,
lined with white tissue paper and a
tissue paper pillow was prepared, on
which the little birds head was laid
for it's last rest. Some wee little gera-
MUM leaves were found to lay around
it's head and it was pronounced fit for
burial.
Kit, Mic and Will were soon dressed
in deep mourning from the tip of their
long trailing waterproof cloaks TO the
newspaper they carried for mourning
badges, and slowly we wendell our
way to the evergreen tree under
whose friendly shade our pet has been
buried.
When our pretty kitty died grandpa
had sung at it's funeral:
He has fought his last fight,
He has won his last battle,
No sound can awake him to glory again.
but we could think of nothing so fit
ting on this occasion, and were afraid
our bird would have to be buried with
no sslast words.''
We had neglected to dig the grave
before, and were busy with little sticks
trying to remove the sod, when grand
pa passed with hoe, onhis way to the
garden. We told him our troubles.
He stopped and dug the grave; then
stopped to sprinkle a little dust on the
coffin, repeating slowly, ssDust to
dust, and ashes to ashes.'' Then we
planted wild rose-bush to mark the
place, and left the little bird to it's
last sleep!
Jennie's grave is still left undis-
turbed, although this little funeral
took place some fifteen years ago!