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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
The Peiar Rear. log snui,y.

Man is no, The only enemy Of tho seal.
They form large portiou Of tho prcy 81
polar bear, though nnlesa very hungry
he is dainty cnough 10 eat only ia bluh
bar The bears often surprise The seals
when asleep on the Ice. but they also cap.
,ure them ia the water, siuking their
bodies 10 a. only 10 leave their white heads
visible The seal which peers aurioualy
around mistakes this Tor lump Of foal
ing ice. aud allows iis enemy 10 como dan.
gorously near. then while the timid seal
Is scanning the upper world for possible
dangers. the crafty bear dives under II
aud seiEes I, from belo~ The seals iouud
ia The Arctic regions make excavations in
tho snow ior their young ones aud leave
q hole through the ice by which they oh
tam access TO the water from this lair.
The bear is said TO jump on the dome ef
the seals snow house 40 ~ 70 break II in,
il then seizes tho baby seal in one Of its
paws, and holding IL by Tho hind aippcr.
allows the young seal 10 founder in tho
water, When tho mother arrives 10 viaii
her youngnne, the bear keeps drawing
the little creature backwards til the old
seal is brought within reach, when hs
pounces upon her With his other paw 80
many facts are narrated OF tho sagaciiy
shown by the polar bear that ii is DOT snr.
prising that the old Norsemen consider
that 'the bear had ten men strength and
eleyen men's wit"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23

A mans occupation or condition has
good deal to do with making bis facial Q, :
preston. Intellectual pursuits. like ID,
student Of tho scholarly profession. whtb
coupled with temperate aud moral habits
OF life. brighten the face and give person
a superior look. Magnanimiiy Of nature.
or love OF stndy and art. will make bright
glad face; bnt. co1tsry 10 this, . man msy
have face that does not please anybody.
because Of . love OF self to the exclusion OF
all others. notwithstanding his learning
snd worldly shire <dness. Soldiers get
hard, severe lools oyerworked lab0rers
constantly look tired; reporters lock in
quisitiye. msthemsticiaDs look stu1ions.
judges become grave, even when Of ths
bench, the mao who has had domestic
trouble looks all broken up,
An example Of the ludicrons side Of this
subj scl /. 10 see . third class layer stalk
ing around police conrL looking as wise
ss an owl. The bnsioess makes ,be face.
Is4y. There's the butcher iaer. tbs min
isleriai face. ths lasyrr's f,cs. the Doctors
face. the boodlums face, 81 ~ distinct
eAei, from the other aad singly. ihs. eel
dom fail to rrc5gsiz those ciiIings show
,pg through the faces. hsd What city b y
caDnDt recogDiz gsnnipe farmer tho mo-
ueni be sees him on The street,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
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Austra Han Bushrang.rs.

The bnshrangers Of Australia arc now
extinct They were highwaymen whom
thelove OF adventure, quite as much as
the desire for gold, allured to tho lilo
OF outlaws. A writer in the Fortnighily
Review describes some OF them o. gifted
with courage and invention worthy Of bet
ter calling.
A small band OF Bushrangers in Victors
manufactured for themselves ont OF soy
thes and ploughs and old iron complete
suits OF srmor. Each suit was so hoavJ
that Goliath himself might have fainte
under its weight but on the Herculean
frame OF the bnshranger il seemed igL'.
and 1T served its purpose. Several Of the,e
suits are in existence, bearing marks 0.
Intellectual pistol shots.
Two busbrangers once laid whole TOW
under contribution They forced shoI
and banks to pay literally for tho priv
ege OF resnming business Some OF then,
were as supersiiiions as italian brigand
who kneel beside wayside cross, and asl
for much booty and little trouble.
Once bushranger gave his victim tbe
usual alternative OF his money or bis liz
When the victim declined TO "hand over,
the robber knelt down and prayed that
might be put into the travellers heart :.
give npall that he had. and 30 save The
bushranger the necessity Of shooting
him.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23

A minister's wife tells some funny storles
about youug couples who have come to her
husband to be married. Ga one occasion
there came selt-possessed bride with a
dialdent and nervous bridegroom. They
came alone While they were waiting for
the minister to appear, his wife. sitting in
room adjoining the parlor. heard the
young woman speaking words Of encourage
ment to the young man aud insiructing
him 10 the part he was to take in the cere.
mony.
Now be sure that you don't let yourself
get so befuddled as to say no ut the place
you'd onght to say yes, John, for then
we'd have to be married oil over again.
and, like rs not, he'd charge double.
The double charge was not made, how
ever. for John said yes, In bashful scar.
ed manner, when the time came for him
to declare himself.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
.u,ip..hy 70 nv mu.ie. Marmaaule.

hnslpaths 70 nf music. Mht1sueA"s
The professor said not word. bat, be
forc Mrs. Vernon eould evsde him, he
caught her 10 his arms and kissed hor as
ten years before be bad kissed her on their
Wedding day.
Margeryi nv wiiel he cried at length
as he held her from him to look into her
eyes
What ho read therein must have saiish {.
cd him (and be Was hard TO please, oil his
pupils knew. for he drew her toto his
arms again. aud. being stronger than she.
she conid no, &c, away.
But you hate Chopin still, she said at
last; aud my rival. the microscopes more
formidable than ever.
You may play Chopin from morning un.
Ill night il you will forgive me and love
me again, Margery.
You have more TO forgive than |. the
true woman answered. rs she put up her
hand aud gently stroked the face which
looked older aud more marrod then when
she had seen il last; am ashamed when
think how horrid WAS But. let me
whisper IL. l thought you loved those
dreadful worms and things better than
your wife, aud was afraid was too
young, and.---
ASd so We lost ten years OF happiness
be answered as her voice broke with sob
but. although his voice was sad and rather
stern he stopped and iondly kissed away
the mist OF tears from her eyes.
II was some days before the Teesdsles
heard anything Of the professor. The
came note from him from the Isle OF
Wight. | found Margery playing Chopin
on the third. floor. be wrote. The micro
scope has u holiday. and we are enjoying
second honeymoon. like it,
Quoth Mr. Teesdsle: She's million
times too good for that cantankerous little
bookworm. Quoth Mrs. Teesdal,; | am
snrs hope she will be sensible now and
treat him properly. Too good for him
Good gracious Why. he is perfect an.
gel. do not know woman fit to tie his
shoes
Msrgery was Of the same opinion, but
she always tied the professors.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
Chasing a wild Engine,

runaway locomotive caused Intense
excitement along the line OF tho Western
Shore railroad between Kingston and Cats.
kill last Thursday night II had been ia
use hauling freight train, aud at night
was uncoupled. run into the round house,
aud left there with steam up. At about
7 o'clock the engine started out Of tho
round house pufllng and blowing. and mp
the south bound track il sped like light.
ming.
The news OF the runaway was telegraph.
cd to points north, so that employees could
take every precaution to prevent misbapl
at crossings aud stations. Meanw hile or
ders were sent TO the conductor and en-
gineer Of the day express between Buffalo
and New York city, which was then on lie
way on the same trsck 10 the station hore.
not to run the train below Catskill. Then
a switch this side was opened so that The
runaway would be switched from tho
south to the north bound track. Mean
while full head OF steam was gotten up
on the locomotive Of tho express to chase
The runaway.
The wildcat engine switched all righi
and then followed thrilling chase. Both
locomotives ran at the rate OF sixty five
miles m hour with the odds 10 favor II
the express train on account OF its full
head Of steam. The runaway was over.
taken and captured two miles north of
Catskill. Fortunately nobody was injur.
al
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23

The Chinese merchants keep rs full q
set OF booke us our merchants do, and
they do business on smaller margin.
They keep account OF stock and daily
sales, and bavs seen some Of their led
gers The Pekin banks have a clearing
house system. Each depositor has from
bis banker book with two columns. in
one OF which are entered his deposits and
the other his drafts. He pays his credi-
tors by checks on the bank, and in the
evening sends his book to bs balanced.
The next morning the clerks OF the vari-
ous banks get together. checks are inter-
changed aud the accounts OF the various
depositors are squared. These banks are
also expected to loan money TO their de-
positors, and man is supposed to have
the right to draw on his bank for loans
equal to double the amount Of bis average
deposit.
The disgrace OF dishonored debt is such
that business man failing will hardly at.
tempt to regain bis standing in his own
province. and dutiful sons often pay their
fathers debts, II is not 30 in Corea, and
while was visiting Chemulpo, Mr.. Towns
end, the American merchant there. was
approached by the prohigate son Of CO.
rean nobleman. The son wanted Mr..
Townsend to accept papers from him stat
ing that Mr.. Townsend had sold him
goods to the amount Of 81, 900. Then, said
he, you can take these papers 10 the old
man aud tell him you cannot collect tho
money and are going to have me whipped
He is fond Of me and will pay rather than
stand the disgrace. and we will divide the
proceeds. Mr.. Townsend, Of course. re
fused and sent the young man about his
business.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
Not a Very Dead Lapgaas.

Hey. Bill. vhydn'i chu kum,us koo
yisiai,noon'
Coma hsdda siaieom Coz mummathcri
sick.
Ya.as, coz yerra lier; Jim Tomson saw
yJu gonna dshin.
Weli guess the doctor said mummuthe,
roughtio have some hsb.
Belehu didden ketch nautiu.
Bctt caughtia bull pout tha, long with
a pinnock.
ia-as you did, Beiehu you keteh som
thin bigseru tina, when Yen 81, toskoolntbo
ole teacher gitsoldo you.
HowinnoS
Coz Jim Tomson civ yoaway.
Bill weeps softly aud goes of IN quest
OF James Tomson before seeking the inye
table interview with the teacher, which
really he does not seek. bu, fluds il rather
thrust upon him. against his urgent wishes
and strong protest,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
e

Dr. Samuel Cooke. rector OF st. Bar
tholomew's church. New York, in his ser
mon on Doing" preached November 10,
1881. speaking Of feeling used these words
THE Rest is the mere spray CT life as il
comes up from the grea. deep Of our ma
ture in the form Of feeling and OF words,
how transient and useless, and like to moth
ing is it, it makes no mark, our sctions are
the great blocks in the quarry Of life which
remain after the hand by which they were
hewn and shaped is stiff in Death" The
following thoughts we're suggested to my
mind on reading it,
1t seems, oh Father. there is naught but
spray
In my whole life unto this very day,
And strong conviction on my soul has
seized
Aud tainted me with an unhallowed ease
While filed with feeling | am prone to
say
How few great Blocks to pave the Heaven
ly way,
i nave no mlBut,ho poWer, w nct UT 40,
Save this small gift consecrste anew;
Take Thou. my pen upon Thy altar laid,
And make it into blocS to sing Thy praise
Give to the power that's guided by Thy
Hand
An inspiration for the Heaven bound band,
And let me strike some note TO reach the
heart
And every hour some little good impsrt.
Feeble my efforts Thou canst make them
great
To bring back wanderers to their last es
tate,
Some prodigal, that's feeding on the husks
Shall own Thy power and in They bounty
trust,
Obi Father let Thy blessing and Thy
might
Come down with power upon some dark
ened night
Showing how useless every life must be
Unless We consecrate it all TO Thee.
Thou art our Sun. ever with us abide
When Thou art shining. then we grow and
thrive.
l.. A. l..
Hudson, November 80. 1888.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
Only an Old Mare.

II is not uncommon to find dog or a
horse With intelligence above it's kind 10 $
marked . degree OF superiority OF certain
men over the common average. This, too.
is aside from breeding. ~ the animal is OF
ten mougrel. With no approach to . type
or family. II does not follow that horses
could not be bred with view 10 mental
development, with startling results; but
Thus far that does not seem TO have been
done, and the instances Of which we speak
were doubtless the result Of accident
that Intelligence is ever the result OF ag-
grsvsted stupidity. but the mating Of the
given animals wss done without such 70
suit 10 view. About thirty years ago .
Pennsylvania Dutch farmer named Consrd
C-lived 10 the western part OF that
state several miles from the village where
be did his trading. He owned 40 cid
black mare which be always rode on his
trips TO town, and being q sort OF Tam
O'Shsnter, the old mare never carried
home sober load. Her care over her
owner tfor when be was drunk she furnish
ed the sense for BOTH WAS remarkable
She would go up TO stump or fence
enable him TO climb on her back when h.
bad great difficulty 10 managing himself
and would never start till he was 10 the
saddle. When he would lean over her 10
the right or lei, she would move 10 the
same direction. and would actuslly strive
to keep himself under hin. II be fell or
which be often did. she would stand over
him till help came or be go, sober enough
70 rise. When she got him home sh~
would whinpy till some member Of th'
household came ont She was mare Of
spirit. too: and bad the witches. like those
of Kirk-Aiio.sy. assaiIed her master, abe
would donbtless have carried him of wiih
al the speed Of the famous Maggie. shs
vss known far aud vide. and justly con
usnded higher degree Of respect than
her master.
II sands 10 reason that won Who
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
John q. whiuier's Little Dog and the
singer.

During Mr.. Whittier's recent birthday
celebration he was visited among Others
by Mrs Jnlia Houston West, America s
most celebrated oratorio singer. After
dinner Mrs West was asked to sing, and
seating herself at the piano she began the
beautiful ballad OF robin Adair, sing
ing it as she can with all the longing and
break OF the words and music 10 her voice
She had hardly begun befor Mr. Writers
pet dog came into the room, and seating
himself by bis side, watched her az II fas
cinsted. and listened with delight unus-
nal in an animal. When she finished be
came aud put his paw very gravsIy into
her hand aud licked her cheek.
Robin takes that as tribute TO himself,
said Mr.. Whittier, he also is Robin Ad
air.
II WAS true. That was the dogs name.
aud he evidently considered that be was
the hero Of the song. From that moment
during Mrs Vests visit. he was her deyot
cd attendant. He kept by her side when
she was Indoors. aud accompanied her
when she went 10 walk. Hien she went
away be carried her satchel in bis mouth
to the gate. and saw her depart with every
evidence OF reluctance and distress
Another story. Mrs. West is one Of the
heroines, /. good enough to tell here. A
few years ago she snd Mrs Flora Barry.
the famous contrslto. were engaged TO sing
10 the Oratorio Of the Messiah" 10 one
the inland New England cities They
uiyej on the morning OF the day on
= bich the 0ratorio WAS 10 be given, aud
~rut At once 10 hotel. The small boy
sho acted A. porter and bellboy all 10 one
attended them TO the psflor, carrying their
travelling bags Mrs West 10 her most
dlsnined manner s.ked that her rooms
might b, prepared The boy started oul
Of the psrlor. then seeming impelled by
force that be could not resist be walkcd
back into the room. surveyed The two 10
dies With the greatest Interest, and sud
denly broke ont With the question:
Say. be Won the shov1
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23

Anfnl Amy Aigefgon. 10 pafliamen
tary usage, shst does the presiding offi.
Ger say wheu matter 10 10 be put tos
voter Uasuspeeting Aigsfnos you
ready Tor the question: Arlial Amy-Y--
Yos, Algernon, think | am,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23
Say, be yg the shos1

El-why did you marry Eisisl Al
Because she's 10 fraud. asked her at
the ball shat should get her from the
supper table, aud Instead Of saying cream
and jelly. II was Bring me some rosss
beci, and little chicken sslii and clafei.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-23

II sands 10 reason that w0nn Who
wears an sccordisn skir puk oa afro.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-09
Are We to Have Another War?

Some political prophets aver that We shall.
BE that Is it may, the battle wayed by medical
science against disease will never cease until we
arrive at that utopian epoch when the human
family shall cease to DO afflicted with bodily
ailments. One OF the most potent weapons
wnich the armory OF medicine furnishes is Hos
tctter's Stomach Bitters, which is OF special
utility as a family remedy, as it is adapted to
the immediate relief and ultimate cure of those
disorders OF tho stomach, liver and bowels
which. nre of mmoaest occurrence. Indiges-
ton. biiiousness and constipation are INSOFAR
able companions, AMI these ailments are COM
pletely eradicated by the Bitters. But the
remedial scope OF this superlatively wholesome
and genial medicine takes in also nervous all
ments, rheumatism and kidney troubles it's
action in these rs III the other compla nts, be-
ins characterized by unequaled thoroug hness.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-09
A Foreigners Property Rights.

An alien who may come to this
country intending to become citizen
as soon as he can be naturalized, upon
making deposition to that effect before
any officer authorized to take proof OF
deeds, shall be entitled, after taking
out his first papers, to acquire real
estate. Certificate of such deposition
is filed in book kept for such use il
the Office of the Secretary of State
The person SO acquiring real estate may
sell, assign, mortgage or dispose of il
in any manner for the ensuing six years
as if lie were a native citizen, but he
cannot lease it, In case of his death
within the six years real estate thus
regularly &C Iuired falls to his heirs, if
he die intestate, as If he had been
naturalized. -NeU York Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-09
The High Hat.

AT this la:e day it is preposterous to
suppose that anybody can talk down,
write down or laugh down the high hat.
1t is alike impervious to reason and to
ridicule. The solid shot of the one
and the CHANGING shafts OF the other
rebound from its glossy surface without
rlffiing n single fiber of its silken
sickness.
The health reformers rage, and the
aesthetics imagine a vain thing when
they for moment fancy that fashion :
hideous capstone of the human column
is to be displaced by any OF their weak
inventions. The former may hold up
the horrors of brain disease and bald
ness, and the latter persistently preach
the gospel of beauty. But, spite Of the
good sense of the one and the gushing
virtuosity of the other, that monumental
monstrosity, the high hat, will abate no
jot or little of its terrors, nor bulge a
millimeter from its lofty perch.
Straws, derbys. wideawakes, wha.
may vary the mournful monotony OF
mans headgear. Styles may come and
styles may 60, but the high hat goes on
forever. 1t has all seasons for it, own.
And though these same seasons make
some slight changes In the scope of its
periphery or the altitude of its cylinder.
they merely mark degrees OF uglincss.
One style is only little more or a
little less hateful to the eye than the
one that proceeded or the one that shall
follow it, and the mutations of the
mode but emphasize the fact that folly
rules the roost.
To the society man nothing is of more
stupendous portent than the date OF
his hat. Make and condition 60 for
nothing with the deyotee of fashion.
What boots the best brushed brand of
the vintage of last July! Who that
values his reputation as member OF
the boHton brigade would stultify him
self by sporting "tile" bit behind the
times?
No man who prizes his social posi-
tion-unless, indeed, he be Jay Gould
or man Of genius-can afford to
"mount" an old-style "stove-pipe." A
CrGsus can, of course, afford to wear
rags if he feels like it. y poet, a pain
ter, a paragon of any sort can do the
same thing
IiO'ANihS, bt ~ uuhtIoiNOU,
that he is recognized as paragon.
In that even, the vagary that would
otherwise be put down to poverty will
come in under the convenient head of
eccentricity, which, like charity, covers
a multitude of sins.
But no respectable nonentity can
risk his reputation by such perilous
practices. And the average man who
aims at any sort of social recognition can
no more dare TO do his devoirs at the
shrine of conventionality in last sea-
sons shape. than he can TO appear at a
ball in shabby suit of clothes and
patched shoes.
There is no denying that, to
the average eye, the so-called "tile" is
badge of respectability. What are
patents of nobility and coats-of-arms to
the saving grace of new silk hat p
Boston Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-09
Home Longing.

Sitting in the cars one evening L
overheard travelling man say: Il
find il little bit harder each week to
leave home. / have little girl of
three, and L see so little of her il makes
me discontented. Her mother knows
just what time / ought to come up
the street, and she and the baby are
watching for me at that hour every
Saturday evening. When they see me
the little one comes running to meet
me. Her excitement and her running
just takes her breath away, so that
when she gets t. me she cannot speak
word But she can squeeze me and
kiss me. How do hang to her all the
time I'm az home. / 60 to bed two
nights in the week like man should.
L wake UP to find those little arms
around me, and on Monday morning l
have to pull myself away. 1 tell you
it almighty hard"
His voice hal tremor in it, as if a
very little encouragement would bring
tears
Yes said the other, 1T is hard.
I've been there. had girl six years
old that was to me all yours is to YOU,
and all she ever can be. l s.alted OF
one Monday morning leaving her happy
as q lark. On Wednesday l was tele-
graphed TO come in, and when | got
home Thursday morning she didn't
know me. Just rs long rs she could
speak she kept asking for me. l never
start out on Monday morning but
think OF II +, and / never walk toward
the house Saturday night that | do not
miss her. / don know, but j. seems
to ne that a travelling man has no bust
ness to have q wife and family"
Il never knew you had lost child, F"
said the other; "if / should lose my
baby believe L would go insane.
ooh, no, you wouldn't; YOU would
do just as every one else does; you'd
go on and suffer. But men that can
be with their families seven days in the
week ought to thank their God every
hour of the CAV. "-ECtrdct from
Makers Man OF Samples"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-09

Il think / ought to have more than
81 week, said the Office boy, deter
minedly.
"Why, you little rascal" said the
merchant, what in the world do you
mean? You are careless about your
work; you never have anything done
right; you are always late in the morn
ing. III / want an errand done / have
to do it myself, and you have the face
to ask me for an increase of salary"
Il know" said the office boy, more
determined than before; but you for
got one thing-I don't know how to
whistle"
And the merchant doubled his wages
right away. Some day, if that boy
keeps right on not knowing how to
whistle, he will be taken into the
tirm.-SomerUiUe (Mdsso Journal.