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school AND CHURCH.

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o"n,ns @o,''o,o'o worm % leai es'a.e'
f.-Hawaii, with about 67 900 popula-
ton, reports 2Ol schools, with about
/ o,oVo pupils: lnree:iourths OF these at.
tepdeq pubic schools. More than half
tne chlldren OF the nation were recelv-
ing instruction IN the English language.
Said Mr.. Moody at fremont
Temple: I'm tired of hearing people
say that they haven't the ability to en-
gasei in Christian seNices-orE-tie iimc,
or the tact, or some other excuse.
Why don't they be honest, aud say they
haven't the heart. "-Bost0n Journal.
..-s.One of the surest proofs of a gem
uine Christian church, = saws the Rich
mond Adrocdte. sis devotion to its min
lister, and if he be worthy of love and
sympathy, it is scarcely possible for this
devotion to be excessive either in view
Vi Ine preacher llmSeu or OF MS people.
DIR. Gelle, of Paris has found that
twenty to TWENTY-FIVE per cent. of chill
dren hear only within a limited range.
A. practical result of this discovery is
that children are now placed AT such a
distance from the teachers desk as will
correspond with their strength of hear
inc. :.
IA rosewood tree near Santa Rosa.
CAL. furnished all the lumber for the
BAPTIST Church, at that place. The in
terror of the building is finished in wood.
there being no plastered walls. After
the lumber for the church was taken
10000 shingles were made from what
remained of the tree Chicago Inter
Ocean. -
"A window in st. Mary's Church at
Lambeth, Eng, has picture of ped
der with his dog, and tradition says that
a peddler left the church an acre of
ground, conditioned only THAT this pic
ture should be thus preserved. The
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-14

The Progress Medical describes two
new Oriental poisons, both of which
cause death by arresting the hearts
action. One ofthem comes from
Borneo, and is an arrow poison, Almost
all that scientists yet know of it lies in
the number of unfortunate dogs they
have destroyed suddenly with it. OF the
other poison it is stated that an animal
OF Medium size, wounded with an arrow
whose point has been imbued with it,
would make one bound and then fall
back dead. Even an elephant will sue
cumb TO its effects after running half a
mile or SO. The composition of the
poison is not yet known, as it. is kept
secret by the Mois, from whom a
specimen was obtained by subterfuge.
The substance is said to be innocuous
when taken into the stomach.
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THE POETS DIFFICULTY.

"A poor Poet, on one occasion having prom.
Ised Pretty Girl to write an Ode to her
found that he already Owed so much that the
subject was beyond his Reach, and he Craw.
hshed after the following manner:l
You ask me to write you poem.
Don't you know you re n poem yourself
Which, being compared with my effort
Would appear us does china to def?
The Creator, who writes in the heavens -
His verses with stars on the blue
Has given his rhythm and music
-. To world full of beauty, in you.
Why then should write you a poem?
Why need TO gid refined gold?
might, II is true, paint the rainbow,
But the colors, fear would be cold.
You may think am not acting fairly
AS thus build line upon line
cant write an ode to poem, =
You'll permit me therefore to decline
y tsst . 5tHfg1.., Merchant Trareler.
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MIMETIc powER OF INSECTS

They Often Initiate the Color of Their
Food and Hiding Places = Why This
Faculty is Given Them.
why, Cousin Helen! What do YOU
mean by saying that locust is mimicp"
asked my little cousins, John and Lin
coin.
''Yes, he is very good mimic, and
so are all the insects in this case Look
at them, and I will tell you in what way
have seen them mimic.
'.lnsects have power called .mimetic, ,
which enables them to mimic, or imi-
tate, the substances which afford them
food and shelter. They are mimics all
the way from the larva state to the inn
ago, whether they are moths, butterflies,
beetles, bugs, OF locusts. In the larva
state some insects are easily distin-
guished from their food and shelter. but
oftentimes they are not. Don't Won re-
member how, when we went bug-hunt-
ing up in grandpa's orchard, we chased
some white cabbage butterflies over the
tomato bed, and you, John, found a
brownish caterpillar on one of the
plants? Then we hunted for more. and
found one so much like the leaf in color
that almost took it in my hand before
l saw what it really was.
''When the insect is in its pupa state.
it is as great mimic as before. For
then the cocoons and chrysalides, or
aurelid@, are Of the same color as their
hiding-place. The cocoons and chrys-
alides we find hidden under posts.
fences, stone, hanging from trees, etc..
are of the same color as the stones
bushes. etc. This light-brownish
cecropia cocoon is the color of the bush
or tree on which it hung. Perhaps it
was barberry bush'
This one isn't brown; it's white, y
said Lincoln.
$50 it is. It came off the top of a
white birch tree, and SO it initiated the
bark of that wood in color. l think
that only in the image state is the in
sect mimic in shape Examples OF.
this kind are walking sticks and walk
ing leaves.
Zone day / was cut on . specimen
hunt with a naturalist on the banks of
Duck Pond, in Birmingham, Massachu-
sets. was short distance behind
when / heard her call me; ON nv
Fastening to her she showed me what I
thought was little branch in 4 tin cup.
just as was going to ask what there
was curious or interesting about it,
some little twigs on the side of the
branch began to move, and l imrhe-
diately thought it must be walking
stick, OF which had read, but never
until then seem ! believe my friend
said there were but three varieties of
this insect in North America.
ANY warm day. in. summer, when
so1 rboys-- are playing in be..xard OF. ]
srchard you can ses some very striking
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A LOVERS SUICIDE.

A. Disconsolate Cat Who Went to Join
His Dead Mistress in the Cats Para
oise' f,lE 1s-i saf q s.s
Some time agowe were without cat,
and the mice Were evidently getting
1.-THE upper hand,''' and required the
upper paw of puss to keep them with
in bounds. At'this important domestic
junctrlre afriend offered us fine French
kitten, which We accepted. Her coat
was very delicate and nicely marked
tabby and she was lively and promis.
ing animal. go 's'' =.
BUTT soon became evident that she
differed very considerably in char
acter and disposition from the English
cat Her predatory powers were ex-
IRENE, her agility amazing, and nothing
edible could be kept out of her reach.
Like Cowper's Frenchman, she was
both debonnaire and brisk" and was
in the habit of helping herself to for
hidden food, or, in other words. of
taking French leave. Oar cooked
meat was kept on a shelf suspended
from. the cellar ceiling, and no cat had
ever before been known to set foot on
that shelf. But "Fuzz'' was more clever
than her predecessors, and was caught
thereon in the act of RECALLING herself on
cold leg of mutton. Various con-
trivances were resorted to in order to
Illustrate her future designs, but she was
equal to every occasion, and surrounded
all obstacles with ease. What, then.
was to be done? The matter was taken
into consideration, and sentence of
aqueous immersion was passed upon
her. The sentence was carried into
execution, and the remains were taken
into the garden for interment: but as
the ground was frozen, they were put
INTO the harbor, there to await the break
ing up OF the FROST A day or two after
this, walking down the garden oward
the spot, Ioperceived strange cat.
darker. in coat but tabby also, sitting
In an apparently comfortable position.
close to the remains of poor Fuzz. On
approaching nearer / was surprised to
lind that it did not attempt to move.
and. on still closer inspection, / per-
celyed that the cat was dead. This ami
NAL had been an admirer of Fuzz. and.
having found her lifeless body. had
placed himself by its side, and remained
there until he was frozen to death.
at once dug hole in the ground. placed
them both therein, and erected a tomb
stone OF slate at the head of it, bearing
the following inscriptions: ..Requies.
cat(s) In pace. Leisure Hours.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Uncle Sans farm at Mare Island.
CAL, produced 1000 bushels of wheat
last summer
~ The most juvenile divorce case vet
reported occurs in Philadelphia between
a fourtecn-year-old girl and TWENTY
'one-year-old man. She claims that he
deceived her by saying that he lived in
brick house, whereas he was brick
layers apprentice. - Philadelphia Times.
Eyes" said the gilded youth, 81
want wife. to make home pleasant. !"
But, objected his friend, you'd be
bowling around nights all the same"
l"Yes; but now nobody cares, and it
would be such comfort. to. know that
somebody was at home mad about it.
Chicago Tribune. a.
Mrs. De Sparks-"O, have you
heard the newsp" Mr.. De Sparks
"What news?" s.Mrs. Poultice's daugh-
ter has clipped with the coachman.' -
Nothing unusual about that. She did
just as all other women do..'' ssWhat
all other women do! What do YOU
meang"i ''She took husband for
wheel and whoa.-R Philadelphia Call.
"A young man once went to Vicks-
burg, Miss, and announced that he was
going to publish actively, spicy paper,
devoted to local affairs" Next dav
several one-armed, one legged, and
one-eyed gentlemen called on him and
advised him not to do it. because they
had tried it and it didn't seem to suit
the people of those parts. Some people
have no idea of true humor. Baltimore
II m.
81 see you advertise goods to be sold
for mere song" said he, as he stepped
into furniture. store on Washington
Street. Yes, sir" answered the gen.
tlemanly proprietor. swell, now, let
me see; l like that red plush sofa there,
and will sing you when the Robins
Nest Again for it, At last accounts
he was able to sit up in bed, and if he
continues to improve he will probably
be out in week.--Boston Post
"A Little Rock man sold his cooking
steve to get money enough to take his
family to the circus. When one of his
friends demonstrated with him he said
1--WE had no use fer the stove. Had
nothing to cook" '.But why didn't
you buy something to eat with the
money you got for the stove?'' ssThen
we would have nothing to cook it on.
Don't talk to me. I'm a Philosopher
,ArkansaU Iraveter.
Atraveling man who was not keep.
ing up very well in, his business came 4
home one day with his yalise in his
hand, and his bright little daughter met
him at the gate. 20, papa" she cried,
''where did you find itp"- Find what,
Bessie?'' s'Your gripsack, of course"
1T wasn't lost, dear "Yes it was,
for heard Mrs. Jones tell Mrs. Brown
you had lost your grip, and she was real
sorry. ''-Mcrchqnt 1rarelcr.
My dear, said Mr.. Snig9inbot-
tom to his wife one day at the table, as /
ne valiantly struggled to carve a piece
Of meat, ''why do the butchers put
these miserable wooden pins into the |
roasts? Every time try to carve off |
slice I strike on one of them. - II do |
lot know, dear, unless the meat is more
'kewer that way, responded Mrs. Snig-
yinbottom. maria, I think you had |
better see physician at once. l am
'fraid 9yerwosk is sfactiasyQpT mimi,
-Isrds SifHnys.
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aims would, look lie bring meme
eh-ildr i guess you' better sti& to
fthe original amosAt- You'll beemord
nj t to collect"
Perhaps yeu-t think o-bptteriu
comedy faltered Mrs. Spoopendyke,
her spirits dashed hy adverse criticism.
Now, wesEill suhfose that L anSthe
cook who boiled the watermelon, and
You. as the master of the house, are en-
ragged with me. How viii this do for
the cooks attitude of bewilderment and
penitence2'' She struck D cofnicar at.
titude and gazed At him aghaSt. "a =
"Don'tl don't!'' exclaimed Nh.
Spoopendyke, burning his face In his
hands and pretending to be overcome
with emotion. 1T is beautiful, but il
reminds me so much of mothers death!
Please let upi i can't bear it!'' and Mr..
Spoopendyke sobbed aloud.
Il didn't intend it that way, DEAR"
sighed Mrs. sSpoopendyke embracing
him tenderly. /. Forgive me, but /
thought was acting funny.n
That's alright, ssnorted Mr. Spoop-
endyke, recovering himself with jerk.
you talk about acting! Look here,
now; I'll just give you one passage,
| and let that be the end of this whole
business"
Mr.. Spoopendyke arose, thrust one
hand into the breast of his coat, set his
teeth tight and growled Then he rolled
his eyes around and roared: "Ahal'' Adj
vancing one foot with the stamp of an
elephant, he swung his arm around, and
crash! The mantle ornaments Law in
a confused heap on the floor.
""Oh, dear!m murnnned Mrs. Spoop-
endyke. trembling from head to foot.
Got enoughP" demanded Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, surveying the wreck with dis
tended eyes, "Want the rest of this
scene, or will you. have the play with
drawn on account of sickness. in the
family? Want to act some more, DON
ye?' he howled, his gorge rising. '.Got
some kind of a. notion fastened to your
head with hair pins that the whole
dramatic business depends on you,
and that you only want wig
and curtain to be a whole thea
ter with spectators ont in front
and a. bar next. door! Oh, go right
on. and act!' he yelled, and then
StlnihS HiSH ldlSciltO, ne SVueakcQ:
Henrico, me own Henrico- ah!-par-
don these tears! oh, Godt How can
tell him? Concealment is useless!
Henrico!-ah!-me own Henrico! The
carriage waitsr" and Mr. Spoopendyke
fell over backwards on the bed and:
fired his feet up in the air. "On with
the dance!" he roared, springing to
perpendicular again. Bring on the
balletr' and spinning around like a
top m the excitement of his wrath, he
lost his, balance, came down hard on
the smashed china, and then went
speechless to his couch.
81 don't care" murmured Mrs.
Spoopendyke,.. brushing away the de-
bris so she could safely sit on the floor
to take off her shoes. 80 / think l could
act as well as most of them,~ though, of
course, l couldn't play villain parts as
well as he can, and.I don't think /
could smash as many things. When
he gives me another lesson, / think I'll
take HIM out in The field where he can't
break anything but his back."r
And with this thrifty resolution, Mrs..
Spoopendyke fell upon microscopic
hole in the heel of her, sock, and lost
sight of the stage in the interest The
abrasion excited.-Drake's 1rareler's
MAGAZINE. rt4s
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when both parents have ewes Of =

When both parents have eyes of tho
same color thirty-eight per cent. of the
children follow their parents in this
feature, and of the twelve per cent. born
with eyes other than the parental color
part must be attributed to intermit-
tent heredity. More females than males
have black or brown eyes in the proper
ton of forty to forty-tve. With diff
ferent colored eyes in the two parents
thlrty-three per cent. of the children
follow the fathers in being dark-eyed,
and sisty.-per ccHt follow tileirsmothag
in being dark-syed. Chicago Times,
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rT4E -EsQuIMAux.


| - - sA.-<<7~ kSORASr NV nom
- dtte AZ Known.
DR.. Franz Boas, who has travelled
along the shores Of Baffin Raw and J.ab.
rador. re.d. n.,e, 81 ~ Ts.,,;.~s''.-
- thas. -, - ~ .. 1,sq unnauA
- '"e iosons iase evening before tho
GERMAN SOCIAL Science Association.
The hall was somewhat too large for
the lecturers voice. and as he spoke
rather repidly some doubtless interest,"
| ing reuafks escaped the ears of rnanv
IN the audiencof He said that the Is
| quimaux were scattered over a verv
large extent of territory in small settle
mentss and as they did not have fire.
quent intercourse there necessarily ex-
lsted differences IN their habits and
dialects, although the inhabitants Of the
various districts were able to make their
wants understood by each other. In
winter they live in snow-houses that are
thickly lined with seal skins or reindeer
skins, and are SO low that person can
barely sit, upright As there are very
few plants that can be utilized by men.
the seal and reindeer supply the'inhab-
itants with food, clothing and habita-
tons The lives of the men are spent
IN eating and hunting, while the women
attend to domestic duties. In hunting
the seal the hunter creeps up to his VIC
tim on knees and elbows, and should
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FOB DUB YOUNG FOLKS,
PAPA IN HEAVEN.

My papa went to Heaven to live
About a month ago.
wish God hadn't taken him,
Because we miss him SO.
thought perhaps we shouldn't keep
thanksgiving when it came;
Because, with papa gone away,
1t wouldn't seem the same.
60 asked mamma what she thought,
When was going to bed,
Last night. The tears came to her eyes.
: But then she smiled, and said;
"was papa all we thanked God for,
My darling child, last year?
Have we not many blessings still
We had when he was here?'
And then she said: sYou shall decide
What we had better do.
Tomorrow morning, try to think
OF all things, old and new,
"That we have now or we have had
Within this present year, ,r
To bless us and to make us glad;
And then decide, my dear,
''If there's enough to make it seem
Befitting every way
That we with very grateful hearts
Should keep Thanksgiving Day."
And so this morning began
To do as she had said:
And oh! how fast Thanksgiving things
Did come into my head.
wondered / had never thought
OF all of them before;
/ don't believe ever could
Forget them any more.
There's mamma-papa's gone away.
But mammals with us still;
And there is darling sister May
And little brother Phil.
And little baby brother. too
He's worth his weight in gold;
And there Is grandma don't think
She ever viii grow old.
And there is aunty, and, besides,
The other folks love:
I'm thankful that no more of them
Have gone to Heaven above.
Then I am glad that we can see;
I've heard my mamma say
That there are children who are blind.
I'm glad we're not that way.
And am very thankful, too,
That we are well and strong;
Ny mamma knew lady once
Was sick the whole year long.
And have heard of children, foo,
Who could not run or walk;
And mamma says that there are some
Who can not hear or talk.
And then thought, through all the year.
What pleasant times we've had,
And how so many things have come
To make us very glad.
And all the summer, everywhere
Such lovely things to see;
And trees and birds and flowers, that look
So beautiful to me.
Dear papa always loved the flowers
so much when he here.
I'm sure I'll always think of him
Whenever they are near.
But mamma says that up in Heaven
They have more lovely flowers,
And that they bloom there all the time,
And do not die, like ours.
am SO glad. for papa1l be
So happy then, / know;
I'd like to thank God Just for that,
And told mamma 90.
[ told her, too, of all the thinQs
I'd thought about so long.
AND that 1t seemed, because of them,
1t would be almost wrong
If we didn't keep Thanksgiving Day.
And that, If papa knew,
He'd like 1t better If we did.
She said she thought so, too.
And then she cried little bit,
Then wiped her eyes and smiled;
(She looks so lovely when she smiles,
And then she said: Dear child,
you've helped me more than you can know
1t shall be as you say; 3 =
though papa is away from us,
Wen keep Thanksgiving Day."
And then she took me in herarms
And held me very tight,
And kissed me very fondly twice,
Just as she does at night
-Fdnng Psrctudl. IN N. Y Independent.
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s-.sGood night hesaidssaShc at last
tore himself away aud pteRel out upon
the porch: WYATT mindten she said,
.''untiliI chain Up The dog Its about
time fertile milkman, and they are not
very good friends" ~
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The art craze which formerly af-
$780, Giaoiaaati hes jssaNprsesit
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-08
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.

QY VIRTUE AND IN PURSUANCE
Id Of the Internal Revenue laws of the
United States, /, Gwin Hi-ks Deputy Col
lector Of Internal Revenue for the a ut
district OF o egon, did en- the 18Th day of
July, IS. upon the premis o. one John
block numbered "a. of John j. Mosss plat
o. South 8 attic, in the city OF Seat l.,
King county, Washington Territory. jze
and take into my possessit n. and / now
have possession Of. the ollowing a escribed
personal prep .rty. goods and chaftels. 10
wit: l wheelbarrow. 36 cases tallow,
cases soft soap 1000 pounds soap. ii boxes
soap. pair scales. 6 iroa watts with fur
n ices. boxes axle grease, sosp presses
horse, wagon and harne 9. hogs. lot of
tools of various kinds. l CO e We an !
lot of household fixturs 8, and 10 chickens
The cau-e of said SO zure being that .
certain building upon said premises. on
there o, was used 81 q distiIlery, and q
certain sti and distDling apparatus wa.
there set up; and one Richard b own did
then and thsre carry on the bus ness OF q
distiller without having given q bond 70
he United stafes as quired by law, all
of WI ich is in violation OF sections 1880
and 1921 Of the Revised Statutes Of the
Unit d States And all Of said personal
PROT erty, goods and chattels. were then
and there IN said dIstillery and in Co.
tain room yard ana enclosure connst ted
herewith. and were used with md oon-
s. ituted part of said premises; and the
same thereby berame subject to forfeiture
TO the Uaited StAHa.
Amy person claiming said personal prop
erty, goods and chattels, must appear be-
fore me st my ONCE In the city OF Tacoma,
Washington Terri DRY. and make such
claim W thin thirty deg 10 from the 18th day
of July. 1885 that being the dat. of the
first publication Of this notice.
GWIN HICKS,
Deputy Collector Of Internal Revenue. as
Aforesaid SYl9dlW8
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SHERlFF'S SALE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT HOLDING
i terms at Seattle.
No. s219-Thomss L. Fiannigsn, plain
tiff, vs.. Louisa Kenn. dy Taylor and Mary
L. Rey noids, defendants
Under and by vi tue Of an order Of sale
issu out OF the above entitled Cont In
the above entitled action, ted the 22d
day of July, 1855. and 70 me directed and
delivered. have duly levied upon the
property described In said order OF sale,
and as follows. towit:
The east one half iE NJ of lot three CD.
In block five t5l Of Ma narti's plat OF the
town (now city, Of seattle, same TO be
sold subject 20 the mortsage Of Ne L.
Reynolds, above named defendant.
Notice 10 therefore hereby given that ON
SATURDAY, tine a2d day OF August.
1855.
At II o'clock q. m. Of said day. In front of
the CoHrt House door, in the city of Seat
tie. King county. Washington Territory,
viii. In obedience to said order of sale.
sell the above described property or 50
much thereof ~ may be necessary 70 sat-
isfy the Judgment In said acIinn. with IN
terest thereon snd costa. at public auction,
10 the highest bidder for rash.
Dated at Seattle. July Esd. 1885.
!. II. MEG hAW,
ty2s Sheriff Of King county. W.T..