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BABT SEALS At PLAY.
Cute Little Pets which Have Been Taugh.
Many Interesting Tricks.
November Wide Awaks.J

Cute Little Pets which Have Been Tanghr
Many Interesting Tricks.
November Wide AWake.l
Imsde the other day a call on unique
household. Ny. entertainers were seven
young seals. recently captured. believe
they are to be trained, but at present they
are in purely natural state, and, to my
mind, much more interesting than they will
be after they have been taught to count, to
shake hands, to play the banjo. etc.
They are kept in pen in which the tide
ebbs and flows. There is ample space to
swim, and the pen incloses q portion Of
rocky ledge upon which, at low tide, the
seals'can come up and sleep. We climbed
over the barriers Of the pen, and sat upon
these rocks long time, watching them at
play. One only declined to gambol. He
lay motionless on the surface Of the water,
sending out an occasional mournful little
cry. He was homesick, said the keeper. for
his mother, and be thought he might let
him out, and I begged that he would; for
these seals were none Of them more than 2
months old--mere babies, not yet weaned
Indeed. If they had not been 50 young, they
would not have been caught in the net set
for them. Thes keeper said the old seals
were wary, kept away themselves, from the
nets, and prevented their young from going
near, so far as they could. He said he had
known seal-mother to tearhis net in tatters
in order to release her baby. They also
follow their young to the pen, and call them
from outside, while the baby seals reply
with plaintive cries. This they do day
after day, but finally retire, discouraged. II
With the exception Of the homesick one,
the small seals seemed happy, and played
and tumbled about, throwing their fippers
around each other like children.
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when you bid me set my hopes on Won and
remember you? Did the hatred which
Moses implanted in your heart exclude all
else, even love?"
sEven lOye?" cried Miriam, raising her
fearful eyes to his face. "Oh, mol How
could L ever forget that time when Moses
came from the desert to redeem the people
from bondage by the command of the Lord
lit was three months after your departing
from that day have lost all count Of
years and months, days and nights"
''And you will forget this night9" asked
Joshua, bitterly.
"Nay, not 50, )" said Miriam, looking be-
seechingly in his face. s'The love which
grew up in the child's heart and did not
fade in the girls can never die" Here
she suddenly broke of, raised her hands
and eyes to heaven as if wrapt in ecstacy,
and cried aloud: Thou art nigh to me,
great God Almighty, and canst read my
heartl Thou khowest wherefore Miriam
counts no more by days and years, and asks
only to be Thy handmaid until Thou hast
granted to her people, who is this mans
people, that which Thou hast promisedP'
While the maiden was uttering this pray
er, which came from the very bottom Of her
heart, light breeze had sprung nm. the
herald of dawn, and the thick, leaiy crown
of the sycamore tree whispered above her
head. Joshua devoured her tall, majestic
figure with his eyes as she stood half lighted
and half shrouded in the doubtful CLEAN Of
dawn, for the things he saw and heard
seemed to him as miracle. The tidings of
great joy to which she looked forward for
her people, and which must be accom-
plished before she would allow herself to
follow the desires Of her heart, he believed
himself to be the bearer of in the name of
the Lord. Carried away by the high fight
of her spirit, he hastened to her side, seized
her hand and cried with hopeful excite
ment:
"The hour has come when you may once
more tell day from night and hearken to the
wishes of your heart. For I, Joshua, no
more Hosea, came at the message of the
Lord, and the message I bear brings new
happiness to the people whom will learn
to love as you love them, and, if it be the
viii Of the Most High, new and better
land"
Miriam's eyes flashed with gladness. Car
ried away by thankful joy she cried:
Are you, then, come to lead us to the
land Jehovah hath promised us? Oh,
Lord, how great are Thy merciesI He-he
comes as Thy messenger"
Yea, he comes; he is hereP cried
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j OS Il u a :
A STORY OF THE EXODUS.
By GeOrg EberS,
Author of "UARDA," SCRAPS" Etc.
QIoW FIRST PUBLISHED1
A STORY OF THE EXODUS.
By Georg Ebers,
(Now FIRST PUBLIsHEDl

speak with Aaron?"
''Is he in the camp?"
"No; but we look for his return before the
departing of the people--that is to say, in
few hours"
tHas he the right of deciding questions of
importance in the absence of Moses?"
''No; he only declares to the people in
eloquent words that which his great brother
commands"
At this the disappointed warrior gazed
thoughtfully on the ground, but after a
moments reflection be eagerly went on: sit
is to Moses that the Lord our God declares
His will; but to you, too; his noble, virgin
sister, to you, too, the Most High reveals
Himself"
''Oh, Joshua, [" the Eprophetess broke in,
lifting ner hands to him with an imploring
and deprecating gesture; but the Captain
paid no heed to her interruption, and went
on in an earnest tone: 's'The Lord God
charged you to call me. His servant, back
to His people. He commanded you to give
me the name am to bear instead of that
given me by my father and mother, and
which 1 have borne in honor for 80 years.
In obedience to your bidding I have cast
from me all that could make me great
among men. 1t was when was in the way
to face death in Egypt, with my God and
your image in my heart, that the message
came to me which am here to deliver,
and 1 therefore believe that it was laid
upon me by the Most High. I
an constrained to deliver it to the
leader of the nation; so, as can
not find Moses, l can do no better
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tive Hebrews, and he had hsstened his
horses pace. But before he came up with
the wanderers some peasant folk and drivers,
leaving their carts and beasts of burden in
the lurch, had flown to meet him with loud
shrieks and shouts of warning, telling him
that the troop in front were the multitude
of lepers. And their warning was but too
we'll justified, for the first who met him
with the heart-breaking cry, "Unclean! un-
eleanr bore the tokens of those who were a
prey to the terrible disease, their dull eyes
staring at him from faces devoid of eye
brows and covered with the white, scurfy
dust peculiar to leprosy.
Joshua presently recognized one and
another of them, among them here and
there an Egyptian priest with shaven
head, and Hebrew men and women. He
questioned them with the calm severity of
warrior chief, and learned that they had
come from the uuarries opposite Memphis,
their place of exile on the eastern shore of
the Nile. Certain Hebrews among them
had heard that their people had fed from
Egypt to seek land which the Lord had
promised them. On this, many had de-
termined to put their trust in the mighty
God OF their fathers and to follow the
wandering tribes; and the Egyptian priests
even, whose affection had cast in their lot
with the Hebrews, had set forth with them,
fixing on Succoth as the goal of their
wandering, whittier, as they heard, Moses
was the first to lead the people.
But every one who might have told
them the road had fled at their
approach. Thus they had gone too far to
the northward, even almost as far as the
fortress of Tabnae 1t was at mile from
that place that Joshua had overtaken them,
and had counseled their leaders to return
forthwith and not to bring misfortune on
the host of their brethren. During their
parley, company of Egyptian soldiers had
come out from the citidal to meet the lepers
and clear the road of their presence; how
ever, the Captain, who knew Joshua, had
used no force, and the two warriors had
persuaded the leaders of the unclean to let
themselves be guided to the peninsula of
Sinai, where there was already colony of
lepers among the mountains, not far from
the mines. They had yielded to this pro-
posal because Joshua had promised them
that if the Israelites wandered eastward
they would visit them, and receive all who
should be healed; but even If the Hebrews
remsined in Egypt the pure air of the
desert would bring health to many sufferers,
and every one who recovered was free to re.
turn to his people.
All this consumed much time; and then
other delays had occurred, for, as Joshua
had been in such near neighborhood to the
lepers, he had been compelled to 60 to
Tabnae, where he and the Captain Of the
troops, who had been with him, we're sprin-
kled with the blood OF birds, clothed in
clean linen, and obliged to 90 through certain
ceremonials which he himself had deemed
necessary, and which could only be per-
formed in broad sunlight. His squire had
not been suffered to leave the citadel;
the soft-hearted fellow. seeing kinHman
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tween us, and he taught me to know Him
who is the God of our fathers. listened to
his burning words with fear and trembling,
and his weighty speech fell, as it seemed to
me, like rocks upon my breast when he i'm
pressed on me what the Lord God expected
of me, or when he described the wrath and
the greatness of Him whom no mind can
comprehend, and whose name none may
utter. Yes, when he spoke of Him and Of
the Egyptian gods, it appeared as though
the God of Israel stood forth like giant
whose brow touched the heavens, while the
other gods all crouched at his feet in the
dust like whimpering hounds.
"He also taught me that we alone, and
no others, we're the Lords chosen people.
Now, for the first time, I was filed with
pride that was scion of Abraham and
that every Hebrew was my brother, and
every daughter of Israel my sister. Now,
too, understood how cruelty those of my
own kindred had been tortured and op-
pressed. I had hitherto been blind to the
anguish of my people, but Moses opened
my eyes and sowed the seeds of hatred in
nv heart-a great hatred of the tyrants of
my brethren; and from that hatred grew
love for the oppressed. I vowed that
would cling to my brother and wait on the
voice of the Lord, and, behold He did not
tarry; the voice of Jehoyah spoke to me as
with tongues.
about that time old Rachel died, and by
Moses desire I did not live alone, but fol-
lowed the bidding Of Aaron and Aminadab
and became q guest under their roof Still,
even then lived a life apart. Nor did they
hinder me; and this sycamore in their field
became, as it were, my place. 1t was under
its shade that God bid me call thee and
name thee Holpen of Jehovah-and thou,
Joshua, and no longer Hosea, hast done the
bidding of the Lord thy God and of His
prophecies.
At this point the soldier interrupted the
damsels tale, to which he had listened ear
nestly, though with growing disappOint-
ment.
Yes" he said, 81 obeyed you and the
Lord Godl What it cost me to do so you
care not TO inquire. You have told ell your
story down to the present hour, but you
have nothing to say of the days you spent
with US as our guest at Tanis after my
mothers death. Can you forget what your
eyes irst told me there, and then your lips2
Has the day Of our parting vanished from
your memory. and the evening on thasea
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.mong the haple.s rretobe., Lad olasped his

among the hapless wretches. had clasped his
hand.
The cause Of this detention was sadden-
ing and sickening, and il was not till he
had Quilted Tabnae at MONDAY and turned
his face toward Succoth that the hope and
Joy of seeing Miriam again and of deliver
ing SO cheerful q message had revived in
Joshua's breast.
Never had mis- heart been higher with
glad anticipation than as he rodeon through
the night, each step bringing him nearer to
his father and his beloved, and at his Jour
news end, instead Of the highest bliss.
naught had he found till now but the most
1hel disappointment.
He had related his meeting with the lepers
briefly and reluctantly, although ne had
done. as he believed, what was best for
these hapless folk. ANY one of his fellow
soldiers would have had word of praise
for him, but she, whose appreciation was
dearer to him than all else, pointed, as he
ended, to certain spot in the camp, saying
mournfully:
''They are of our blood; our God is their
God. The lepers of Zoan, Phakos and
Phibeseth followed the rest at reasonable
distance, and their tents are pitched outside
the camp. Those of Succoth likewise
they are not many-are to journey with
them, and when the Lord promised the
people. the land for which they longed it
was to great and small and poor alike, and,
of surety, to those poor wretches who now
are left in the land of the enemy. Would
you not have done better to divide those of
our race from the Egyptians and bring
them hither?"
At this the soldiers manly pride rebelled,
and his reply was grave and stern:
'In war a man learns to sacrifice hun
dreds that he may save thousands. Even
the shepherd removes the rotten sheep to
save the flock"
every true" replied the girl eagerly.
''for the shepherd is but man, who knows
no remedy against the evil. But the Lord
who hath called all His people will not suf-
fer them to come to harm through obedi-
ence."
$50 women thinkp retorted Joshua. "But
the counsels of compassion which move
them must not be suffered to weigh too heav-
lily in those of men. You are ready to fol-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-24
ANTI-BURGLAR INSURANCE.
A Novel Scheme for Home ProtsctIen Intro
druced In Great Britain.

A Novel schems for Home ProssctIen Intro
druced In Great Britain.
New YORK Commercial Advertiser.l
Now every woman will wish that she
lived in England, for there they have a
burglar insurance company. For q very
small premium one can leave his house
without all the worry and anxiety usually
felt by those who cannot leave any one in
charge Of their homes when out Of town.
The new insurance has, too. another recon-
mendation. Nervous people who are al
ways fancying that some one is in the house,
need not leave their warm bed to explore
cold rooms and draughty corridors, but can
simply lock their bedroom door and sleep
on, " says the Pail Nall, knowing that if
there is any burgling going on they will be
fully recompensed for whatever loss they
may have sustained"
This is all well and good while the burglar
stays down stairs, but what is to prevent his
bureling in ones own bedroom? The shock
to ones nerves is as great whether he has q
burglar insurance policy in his safe or not
If he Is not . nervous man he will say:
'Burgle your worst. sir, 50 long a. you don't
disturb me. have an insurance policy that
covers msrs than you can carry away"
see great future for the burglar in this
new insurance.
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aoW sHE REMEMBEREp ROM.
A Woman Evsr Foygsisa Place where shl
Finds Good Bargain.


New York Evening sun.1
The ffiends Of pretty young girl in one
Of the suburban towns are telling under
their breath the following story:
The young woman who is noted for her
pretty face and winning ways rather than
tor her gifts Of mind, has just returned from
a personally conducted tour Of several
months in Europe.
"And you visited Rome, Of course" Faid
friend on her first morning call.
"Let me see, mused the young girl
deeply, "did we visit Rome2 Mamma, did we
visit Rome?'
"Why, child, don't just remember, but
itHeems to me that we did; let me see---''
"Oh, yes, mamma. broke In the
daughter. 81 know nov, Of course We did
Don't you remember Rome2 Why, that
was were We got those lovely cheap stock
ingsl'
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ssr YoEtsan.1

Ne" 4 OK 14ns1
As : cosmetic. II seems, this weather d
not 70 Be despised. A young woman In an
elevated car vas overheard the other morn
ing giving the following point 70 friend
with her: "Oh. do you know" she said,
these moist, ioggy winters ara splendid tor
the complexion Our doctor told me 30,
and I 60 out regularly in every fog without
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BFan5Wiek tMs, } Ielegraph.l
A lady Of our acquaintance has been
teaching her little boy, not quite years
old, some Bible stories she told him about
the Garden Of Eden, which interested him
very much. The next day be looked up from
his play and said, Mamma, il is TOO bad
that eaY minded Ihs Ennka She ought
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Mirsom's TTsfon.

Joshua, rapturously, and she did not pre-
vent him as he clasped her to his breast.
With thrill Of joy she returned his ardent
kiss.
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CHAPTER XIV.
For some time nothing was to bs heard
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CHAPTER XIV.
CH disturbed and
grieve I'd by such
thoughts, as these.
Miriam turned ber ste ms
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-07-19
-
General Grants Gallantry.

1t is doubtful whether any chronicle
or romance OF the days Of chivalry
contains so touching an instance of
matrimonial devotion as that lately
told OF General Grant When tho
honors came upon the Grants, like sor-
rows TO the house OF Denmark, mot
single spies, but in battalions," the
mistress of the White House began TO
renew the dream OF her girlhood- to
have her cross eyes Strengthened. Wish
ing to surprise the President. Mrs.
Grant, telling nobody, sent for the
most eminent oculist in America He
willingly promised to undertake the
operation, which he assured her would
be easy to accomplish, and without
danger. The good lady could not con-
tain herself for joy, and, woman-like
lam i right, mesdames?) gave way
when she saw her husband and confid-
ed 10 him her secret, the pleasure she
had in store for him. He looked wist-
fully into those dear eyes which had
held him with tender gaze through all
the trials of checkered career, and
said, in a simple way: "Julia, / wish
you would not change them. love
them as they are. and they might seem
strange II altered" Nor Launcelot,
nor Romeo, nor lover OF any cline or
age. ever spoke words OF tenderer gal
lantry than those OF the hero OF Apo
mattox. IN. Y, Graphic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-07-19
FOUGHT TO A FINISH.
An Exceedingly Ludicrous Episode of the
Battle OF Dug Springs.

Battle OF Dug Springs.
The advance of Prices and McCul-
loch's army, commanded by General
Rains and consisting of Craven's Regi-
ment of Missouri Cavalry and an inde-
pendent company of Arkansas troops
commanded by General Reif, camped
at McCulloch's store, in Christian
County, August l, 1861. The main
army was on Crane creek, some ten
miles in the rear ztU ltt
The morning OF the I'd day of August
Rains scouts reported a Union force
advancing from the direction OF Spring
field. Mo. Rains supposed it was a
scouting party sent out by General
Lyon to watch the movements oil the
Southern forces. He therefore deter
mined to move out his command and
attack at once. On reaching place
called Dug Springs he found the Union
troops drawn up in the timber on the
opposite side OF small prairie or
opening which separated the two
forces.
Rains was advised by Colonel Nc
Intosh OF General McCulloch's staff, an
old army officer and graduate of West
Point. not to attack. as he believed
Lyons whole army was in our front
But Rains had great contempt
for WestPointers and paid no at
tention TO the wholesome advice
given him by Colonel Mcintosh.
He ordered one-half of his force to
dismount, and sent 1t TO make the at
tack on the right; the other half to
charge up the main road as soon as the
right wing was engaged. II was but a
short time until the right wing was
heavily engaged. and but little while
until the whole OF Rains forces were
in disorderly retreat, as Lyons whole
army was there. The left wing OF
Rains troops had no trouble In getting
away. but the dismounted men had 10
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-07-19
SHEEP IN SUMNER.
The Caro- and Attention They Should Re
ccive From the Flock Master.

The Caro- and Attention They Should Re-
ccive From the Flock Master.
In tying up the wool after shearing
no small amount OF care is needed to
give the fleece presentable appear
ance. BY the use of a box more COM
pact package is secured, the amount of
twine used will be more uniform, and
the whole operation can be more expe-
ditiously performed. A fleece always
looks badly with locks or punches of
wool ready to fall from it, and an ex-
cessive amount of twine makes trouble
with the dealer. In nearly all neigh
borhoods there is some one who is an
expert in wool tying, and is usually en-
ployed by the inexperienced. 1t always
pays to employ such skilled labor, in
shearing as well as in doing up the
fleece. 1t is positively ''cruelty to ami
mails" the manner in which many
shearers cut and mangle the sheep. In
many barns it would not be tolerated
for moment
After shearing, sheep need little
extra care and attention for two or
three weeks. They need shade to pro-
tect their bare back from the hot sun,
and, If possible, shelter during cold
rains.
Salt the sheep frequently. Go among
them, and treat them kindly, so that
they will crowd around you instead Of
scampering to the opposite side of the
inclosure. Many seem to think that
bells should be placed on several OF
the tamest ones in order to frighten
away dogs, etc. L have my doubts
about the plan being efficacious. Yet
If the flock is near the house, the
jingling of the bells at any unseason-
able hour may lead to an investigation
of the cause of the disturbance, and
perhaps decide what neighbours dog is
guilty of causing it.
During the heat Of the summer, when
pasturage is short, sheep require quite
an amount OF water, not of the muddy,
stagnant kind that cattle choose to
quench their thirst. but pure and cool
IN. Y. Examiner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-07-19
White and Black Dresses.

The white and black dresses always
liked by women of refined taste are
made this season of India silk with
white ground strewn with black outline
designs of flower and leaf, trimmed
with cross bands of black lace inser-
tions, either OF Chantilly or of the heav-
Ter fish-net. Four bands of Chantilly,
each four inches wide, cross the side
and back breadths, which are pressed
in large side pleats; the front breadth
is plain and slightly draped, and there
is similar breadth each side OF the
back. The waist has jacket front
opening over a full gathered vest,
striped across with lace insertions, and
the full sleeves have lengthwlse rows
of the black lace. A black lace round
hat and full lace parasol complete this
toilette. An evening dress suitable for
very light mourning is of white NOUS
saline de sole wrought all over with
small black dots, and bordered at the
foot and up the back with black en-
broidery in vine pattern edged with
white watered ribbon This is made up
with low Empire corsage and wide sash
OF black armure silk deeply fringed. =
Harper's Bazaar.