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MOVEMENTS Ar THE LEVEE.

Arrirais-James W. GaG, Cincin-
natl; Coshoma Friars Point; Chss. p.
Chouteau, New 0rleans; X ,ts Adams,
Arkansas City; Enquirer, Oat Island.
observation-disclosures w. Gaff, Cincin-
matt; Gayoso, Tiptonville; Dean
Adams, O5ceola; Eoquirer. Cat Island I;
Coahoma, Friars Point; Kate Adams,
Arkansas City.
Bouts in .Port.- Chas. p. Chouteau,
Joe Peters and Rene MacTeady.
Boats due Doin-0hio.
Boats Due Lp.-Enquirer and God
on Rule.
Receipts Yesterday.
Colhoma-77 bales cotton, 90 bags
seed cotton, pkgs sundries.
Enquirer-3 bales cotton, ~ bags
seed cotton, 10 SKIS seed, 10 rkgs sun
dries, lot hides and furs.
Kate Adams-2S4 bales cotton, SO
bags seed cotton, 1888 SKIS feed, II
wagons, 80 scTapers, AZ pkgs sundries.
Cha5. p. Chouteau-6 bales cotton,
6 bales notes, 1917 SKIS seed, 90 hds
sugar, S45 brls sugar, 100 brls mo-
lasses, 10 brls cement, 10 hhds Cocoa
NUT, 45 bales bags, 81 pkgs Ii. III.
goods, Is nd mules, pkgs sundries.
James w. Gaff-l3SS bags corn, 1854
brls potatoes, 80 hrls onions, $50 brls
meal, Is brls flour, 90 brls OIL 2 brls
whisky, $50 brls salt, Is brls starch, Is
brls cement, brl sausage, l40 bales
hay, 500 cases toms res, 81 cases glass,
cases butter end eggs, ~ ca ies sun
dries, 7 cases hardware, 10 cases milk,
8 kegs whisky, 100 kegs nails, 100
boxes starch, l52 pkgs furniture, 20
pkgs sundries, 20 pals butter, 81 tubs
butter, 800 oil barrels, 50 bdls spokes,
l2j q and Cs, Al bdls collar, 46S reels
wire, 1926 reels rope, . coils rope, 90
bdls wire, 80 car aXles, 60 plows, 20 doz
b,o)ms, 46 bdls c. ties, ckg stove,
skitl, 100 empty kegs and rs dresseds
hogs.
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HORsES AND MILES

HoRsEs-Good driving, Sl256250;
good saddle, $40 $500; plugs, S35@SO;
good mares, 3S5@l40.
MULEs-l4l 10 Is, fll09l30; Is 10
l53, Sl25@ll0; l5l to 10, Sl40@l75.
Supply small; demand moderate.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09

Receipts at Memphis during the
week ended February 5 1885, 1887
bales, against 7l9l bales the previous
week, 8429 bales the corresponding
week last year, and 1886 in 1884. The
total receipts since September l. 1885,
were 45S, LAG bales, against 375 G2O
bales at the corresponding period last
season, an increase Of 83,s6S bales.
The total stock on hand yesterday
was 1873 500 bales, against 104, 567
bGles in 1885, and rs, AIS bales in 1884.
There has been no perceptible change
in the money market during the week
ended January 25tb, and money rules
strong at s per cent. The following are
the detailed figures OF the clearings:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
GENERAL TRADE.
FUTURE DEALS.

AAn ~ ~
The following is the record Of the
bids and offers at the Call Board OF the
Mercbauti' Exchange yest srday:
CORN.
No. ., white, spot, 40c bid February,
Ale bid, Ace asked; April, 42Ic bid, Acc
asked: May, 44c bid, 47c asked; No. 2,
spot, S7Sc o. {. bid; February, 37sc o..
{. bid, 39i asked; March, IS, o. t. bid !;
April, $3.50 bid; May, Ale bid, AS
asked.
OATS.
No. 2, February, S3c asked.
BRAN.
SPOT, $l4 rs bid, SIS p asked,
CoRNMEAL.
Spot, 81 95 bid February, 81 95 hid;
April, 81 10 bid May, 81 20 bid, 81 IS
asked.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
RNGaINa AND TIES.

NG-Jute, 9i@llc; fax, 1O@
l0iG, according to weight. Ties, 81 20
al %.
NAILs-$2 5000 rs.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
NEW YORK Day GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, February 8.-There has
been a less general request. Still de-
maud of some irregularity has re-
turned a very good business on cotton
goods, but principally the colored
styles, with q much better feeling
ruling.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
COTTON MARKETS.

The local market opened quiet, and
closed steadier; mddling, ssc. Sales,
1900 bales, inc uding 400 Saturday,
evening, OF which $500 were TO export
ers, and 600 to spinners.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09

The New Orleans future market
dull, and and closed steady, and
A to s points lower. Sales, 49,500
bales. The closing quotations were as
follows, as compared with yesterday:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
New York soots oDened quiet, aud
closed dull. Sales, 2l9 bales. Quota
lions WeTH "a fDlloWs.

New York futures opened dull, and
closed st lady and to 8 points lower.
Sales, ll6,S0O bales. The closing quo
tltions were az follows, az compared
with Saturday.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
JOHN II. NORTON
o Madison St, Memphis, Tenn,
DEALER IN
STOCKS AND BONDS

GO correspondence solicited. InEOr-
nation cheerf0IIy furnished. ga
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RIVERS And STEAMBOATS,.
sTEAMERs LKAVING

THIS DA1.
Arkansas River. jos PETERS, pm.
StFraucisRiver. RENE MAcREADY, 5 pm.
Cat Island ........, ESoUIRER, pm.
WEDNESDAY.
New Orleans....WuL S. HAYS, 10 am.
New Orleans. C. .CHOUTEAU, pm
Cincinnati .........GUIDISG STAR5p.m.
Friars Point.-....COAHoNA, 5 pm.
0soeola........ DIAN ADANs, 8 pm.
Cincinnati..-,...0HIo, 5 pm.
THURSDAY.
Arkansas City. KATE ADAMS, SPIN.
Tiptonville.,-...GAYOso, 8 Pm.
White Riyer.......CHiOKksAw, SPIN.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
COrION-sEED. on. E,e

SEKD - Delivered az depot and
wharf, IS per ton; on bank Of river
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
DAILY REPORT

Money in good demand at Sper cent.
Local securities firm and advancing.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09
FINANCE.

Money in good demand at per
cent. The Clearing. House report is as
follows:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09

Net r'pts at ports
to Feb. 5th.....4, 27 ,I02 4,i79 $40 4,O64,4S0
Net OY' dm've-
ment Dec. 81. 1926 S79,35l 363,507
Rst' d S'th'n con-
spin Dec. 81. l31 600 ll5,0O0 $4,000
Amt IN 'keted 4,S7O.756 4,674,191 1850, 9S7
Interior stocks in
excess Sept /. 45S,16s 25I.575 2sS,sl9
Amt in Sights, 1919 4.92s,766 4,Ts4, 1906
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-09

Totals for week. 81 1915, 5sl 80 sl,6sl 49, IS
same week lglH,9SE bI
Same week 679,59t 81
WEEKLY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
WEEK ENDING sRCR sEPigM-
FEB. 5, 1886. BER lsT.
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lSBE EIGHTH PA9sl
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DAILY PORT AND INrEKlOR MARKETS.

Total receipts at ports, this day, 1886 20, 2s7
Total receipts at ports. this d ~. 1885 ..l6,2ll
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
1856. 1885. 1884.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
Too Late.

After suffering defeat through their
own folly, the Free.traders now turn
to Mr.. Randall and ask him to pro.
duce tariff bill to save the party.
We have always supposed that meas
ures affecting the revenue originated
in the Ways and Means Committe and
not in the Committee on Appropria.
tions.
Both Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Morri.
SON refused Mr.. Randall's friends any
representation on the Ways and Means
Committee, though they we're both
asked to make up the committee so
that it would fairly represent the diff
ferent shades of opinion on the tariff
question. They preferred extremists.
Hewitt himself was even regarded as
uncertain, and Morrison made his
boast that he held majority without
the "Old Man of the Sea-" which is 8
playful way the Illinois statesman has
Of describing Mr.. Hewitt.
1t is hardly likely, therefore, that
Mr.. Randall feels it necessary to per.
form the work of the Ways and Means
Committee when his services and that
Of his friends have been disrespectful.
ly declined from The beginning. Sure
ly the Southern and Western wing of
the Democracy, aided and abetted by
the President ought to steer the party
successfully on this question without
the help of Mr.. Randall.-Phila. Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
The Result.

The result Of the Republican pri.
msries held last Saturday, shows that,
Notwithstanding the contest was q
very quiet one, very large and re-.
spectacle vote was polled, which must
certainly be very satisfactory to the
Republicans of the county. As to the
choice Of candidates, we feel safe in
saying that the result will be cheer.
fully acquiesced in by every true and
loyal Republican in the county. We
have not the time at present to speak
of the ticket in detail suffice it to say,
it is an excellent one, and will COM
mand the hearty support of the party
in the fall. AS to the defeat Of Mr..
Berry we can only say it was square
and honorable contest between him
and his successful opponent, Mr.. Ran
dali, and We have yet to hear of a
place where there was any work done
by any except the two gentlemen
named. Mr.. Berry made good Rep.
resentative, and had the choice fallen
to him, would have been as cheerfully
and as earnestly supported by every
Republican in the fall as will Mr..
Randall.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From our regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 19, 'S6.
Republican Senators held another
order of business caucus Monday
morning. They discussed the propo.
litiOn of the democrats to put the
Mexican pension bill and the Hot
Springs bill upon the list of measures
to be considered this session. The
proposition found no advocates but
many opponents in the caucus. No
determination was reached. The river
and harbOr bill, the time of its con.
sideratiOn, the limit within which it
Was best to keep its aggregate and its
probable fate when it reaches the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23

n Y. State fairs. Send for Catalogue. station
ENsRoRE, on Southern Central X. IL JOHN W.
AKIN, Scipio, N. Y. Box 80.
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BARK AND LOG JOBBERS

Should send for Cartwright's Bark Tally
Book. The principle is similar to Cart
wrights Standard Log and Lumber Tally
Books, so well known-slated surfaces !;
May be used in the Wet, Written upon
and Erased. 1t gives the exact contents
of any sized pile or any number of such
piles.
IT INSURES ACCURACY,
And absolutely makes disputes between
jobber and owner impossible, no matter
how deficient in figures either party may
be.
A paper book properly ruled and print
ed, to contain general results of each
measurement accompanies each slate
book, so that the slate book may be erased
whenever desired. The price of these
books can be saved, many times in each
measurement.
Liberal discounts to agents and the
trade. Price, $3.50. Address
RlDGwAY PUBLISHING Co., LIMITED,
myl9-St. Ridgway, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23

In Venango County the Democrats
will antagOnize William L. Scott's re.
nomination. The Free-trade faction
of the party, which has lately had con.
troll there, has brought out ]. d. Han
cock. He is a Free-tradsr without
any saving clause, but Why there
should be any opposition to Congress.
man Scott on this ground it is not
easy to see. Perhaps ScOtt's position
as a friend of the Morrison bill isn't
Frse-trade enough for the Venango
Democrats. -PhiJa.. Press.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
N Egg4yIIZkEHg!s'XS'i:y'S:I 4 , y

HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED!
Just published, new edition of DR..
Culverwell's Celebrated Essay on the rad
ical cure of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses,
Impotency, Mental and Physical Inca
pacity, Impedinents 10 Marriage, etc. ;
also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, in
duced by selfindulgence, or sexual eN-
travagance, dc.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
essay, clearly demonstrates from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarm
ing consequences of selt-abuse may he
radically cured pointing out mode of
cure at once simple, certain, and eflectual,
by means of which every sufferer, no
matter what his condition may be, may
cure himself cheaply, privately and radi-
cally.
gsO-This Lecture should be in the hands
of every youth and every man in tho land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid, on receipt of
four cents or two postage stamps. Address
THE 0ULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
Al Ann ST., n. Y, N. Y, p. o. Box 45o
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23

ADDITIONAL TRAIN - Leaves Kinzua
1l:05am, Warren l2:50pm, Irvineton l:4b
pm, Tldioute 3I5pm, Tionesta 5:05pm, ay-
rives Oil City 6:i5pm.
ADDITIONAL TRAIN-Bcavos oil City
600 am, Oleopolis 6:I0 am, Eagle Rock
6;55am, President 7:02am, Tionesta 7:a2am
Hickory S:40am. .Trunkeyville 9:00am, ,Ttd-
cute 9:50am, Thompson 1900, arrives
lrvineton 1l:S0am, Warren 12;5opm, Kim
zua 2:05pm, Sugar Ran 2;20, Corydon 800,
Onoville 3:l5, Wolf Run $3.50, Quaker
Bridge 3:40, Red House 4:l0, Salamanca
5:02 South Carrollton $3.50, South Vanda-
liza 5:4S, Allegheny 6:lS, arrives olean
6:30pm.
Trains run on Eastern Time
TRAINS leaving Pittsburgh o:o0am, ar
irving Pittsburgh S:2bpm, are Solid Trains
between Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
TRAINS leaving Pittsburgh s:d5pn, NF-
irving Pittsburgh 7;40mn, are Solid Trains
with Pullmans Sleeping Cars between
Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
sG-Tickets sold and baggage ehoolReL
to all principal points.
Get time tables giving full ipfeFmaeif y
from Company's Agents.
GEO. S. GATCIIELL, cfen'l Supk
j. y. FELLOWS,
Genl Pass'r and Ticket Agent,
No. Al Exchange ST., Buffalo, n. p.
j. l.. CRAIG. Agent, Tionesta, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
OFFICIAL VOTE

PoLLED AT THE REPUBLICAN PRI-
MARY ELECTION OF FOREST
COUNTY, JUNE 10, 1856.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
I. AMGEA IS
I AS TE-lE@A
n AND
5 affair RFE
n EMg e. DY.
SOLD n ALL DRUGGT9 MS.

SOLD BY ALL DRUGGI3 rs.
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my SuherinSs were beyond description.
In despair | experimental on myself by
compounding roots and herbs and inhAl-
ing the medicine thus obtained. / fortu-
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read the following condanscd extracts from
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Oliver V. X. Holmes, San Jose, Cal,
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p PATEN T S.

Caveats, Reissue and Trade-Marks seeur-
ed, and all other patents causes in the pat
en- Office and before the Courts promptly
and carefully attended TO.
Upon receipt of model or sketch of in
vention, made careful examination, and
advise as to patentability Free of charge.
Fees Moderate, and l make No Charge
unless patent is secured. Information,
advice and special references sent on ap-
plication. j. r. LTTTELL, Washington,
d. c. Near U. S. Patent Office.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-23
PERcHERoM HORSES.

My recent import
ation Of Percheron
horses, together with
my present stock OF
nearly 100 head, make
one 0f the most desir-
able studs in this coun-
try to select from. All
stock recorded, with
pedigree, In Percher-
ON Stu d-B o ok 5 OF
France and America.
Took q prizes and
gold medal at last two
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29
FARM WORK FOR JUNE.

This is the busiest Of months tor
the farmer. Corn planting which is
planting" par excellence, over
large part of the country is not
over before corn tillage presses,
for the weeds grow very fast, and
the grass grows, too, so that haying
ought to begin. Millet and fodder
corn must be sowed and in many
sections Swedish turnips or ruta-
bagas need to he in as early as the
25th, though in others, good crops
may be depended upon when sowed
month later. Those who have
orchard grass and clover in some
fields will be glad that they may be-
gin the hay harvest by cutting these
long before timothy and red,top
meadows are ready for the moving
machine. This saves a great deal
of worry, and when the timothy is
ripe it may be cut at once if proper
calculations have been made. As
to the age when timothy should be
cut, it is we'll to bear in mind that
for ones own use 1t can hardly be
cut too green after the heads are
well out, but for sale for city feed.
ing it is preferred as old as it can be
without the seed Smelling off from
the heads. 1t is used not so much
as nutriment as for bulky food with
oats or ground feed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29
A DOG THAT CLIMBED TREES.

A friend of mine who lived in the
Sierra Madre Mountains had collie
that was an inveterate climber,
and woe to the squirrel that climb
ed up trunk that Jack could scale
OF course, straight trees were out of
the question but one that grew at
an angle of forty five degrees, and
had rough bark, was quickly
mounted by the collie.
This curious habit was the result
of his passion for squirrel-hunting,
and the moment one of those little
animals would dart up a favorable
tree, Jack was after it, scrambling
up so high that he was often found
by his master thirty or forty feet
from the ground, barking fiercely al
the squirrel, which had sought
refuge on a limb beyond the reach
of the dog. In returning, Jack
would settle close to the tree-trunk,
and back down, inch by inch, exer
cising great precaution, well know
ing that with his short claws he was
at disadvantage. When within q
few feet of the bottom he would
slide and scramble to the ground
From "Dog Stories," st. Nicholas 70,
June.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29
A VOICE FROM KENTUCKY.

The fugitive Senators of Ohio are
out in statement of their case.
They declare that the Republican
presiding officer had maturcd rev.
dictionary proceeding, and, "as our
presence would tend to make valid
that which would otherwise be a
nullity, we have remained beyond
the reach of the minority, leaving
them powerleSs to make, read or ap
prove lawful journal"
There are some radical defects III
this statement. The Democratic
Senators did not remain beyond
reach of the process. They fled the
jurisdiction, and then they began
the tedious and disappointing work
OF remaining. BY their voluntary
but no less painful absence they
have not made that a nullity which
otherwise would have been valid.
Ex-Governor Hoadly, whose Democ.
racy is above proof in these days,
says they havn't, and nobody ser
iously thinks they have. The thing
has been done. The record shows
it, and there was no Democrat or
other dissenter present to make it
show anything else.
This is where the mistake of the
fugitives becomes strikingly appar-
ent. Their abdication did not make
any difference whatever. Every.
thing ran along smoothly and nice
~ without them, and so it will con.
tinue to as long as they prefer Ken.
lucky bourbon tothe liquid delights of
the Columbus taverns.
Nobody misses them. Nobody
pines for their return. Their own
party has no regard for their re.
turn. Their own party has no re.
spect for them and no sympathy
with them. The more they boast of
being the majority the more they
make themselves fit objects of ridi-
Guile. The idea of a majority run
ming away from a minority land
losing everything by runningl Moth
ing IN opera bouffe is so extravagant.
ly absurd Intelligencer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29

POINT PLEASANT, w. VA, May
21.-Mrs. James Guerln and sisters
are widows, each being left with a
large number of children. They re.
side near each other at Apple Point,
a small town twenty miles from here.
Yesterday the children quarrelled
over the ownership of stepladder
when Mrs. Thomas appeared and
carried the ladder home. Her neph.
ew, Jas. Guerin, aged nineteen, fol
lowed her and struck her with a
large stone, crushing the back OF
her head, the woman soon dying
Soon after the dead woman's daugh.
ter Eliza, aged fifteen, secured a
gun, and, firing upon her cousin, the
boy murderer of her mother, riddled
him with shot, he also dying in a
few moments. The girl was ares
ted. Much excitement exists in the
village over the terrible affair.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-05-29
WHY THE IRISH LIKE GREEN.

Some old Greek traditions tell
how Kadmus, mighty leader and
very wise man from Asia and taught
the B9otians letters. In Phenl-
clan the word Kadmus means the
Eastman, while the word Europe,
which gradually was applied to
vast extent of land, continent, at
first belonged only to the land just
across from the island of Eubea. on
the other side of the narrow strait
called Euripus, and means in Ph9n-
ician, the Wcst-land. So when you
read of Kadmus coming to Europe,
it is the Eastman coming to the
Westland. Over and over again in
history we find names, to which all
sorts of fanciful derivations have
been given and beautiful legends
and myths have been attached,
turning out to be the simplest kind
Of words. Thus, Ireland also means
the Westland, and it comes from the
Celtic word lar and our word land
lar meaning the West. Tar, be.
fore being used to denote the West,
meant the back, and that fact lets
us into an important secret concern
ing the religion of the Celts who
first came over the Irish sea to the
Emerald Island. 1t tells us that
those early men named the points
of the compass according to the
other directions when the observer
| faced toward the East. So the
East was named from front, or for
ward, the West from back or be-
hind, the North from lett hand, and
the South from right hand. That
means that the carly Celts worship.
ed the Dawn and the Sunrise. And
so faithfully have the old traditions
remained in mems minds in that big
western island of the British En-
pire that, to this day, the emblem
on the coat of arms of Ireland is
sunburst, or rising sun.
Another curious thing is that it is
more than probable that the Irish
preference of the color green, for
their flag and their sashes, arose
from a mistake among those who
lost a thorough knowledge of the
old Irish language. The sun, in
Irish, is called by word pronoun-
ced like our word "Green :" and it
is likely that the Irish fondness for
that color arose from the words ex-
act likeness in sound to their word
for the sun. In the same way, when
we talk about greenhouses, we think
they are called so because the plants
are kept green in them during win
ter. Yet it is far more probable
that "green." here, is the Irish word
meaning, not the color, but the sun;
because greenhouses are built so as
to catch the suns rays and store
them up while it is hidden by clouds,
as happens more than half the time
in showery Ireland.-From 6 Won,
ders Of the Alphabet" by Henry Eek
ford IN ST. NICHOLAS for June.