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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

TT G. I. UNION meets at the Presbyterian
wv Church second and fourth Tuesday at
> NJ. of each month, Loyal Legion meets at
Z. Church every Sunday at 8 p. M.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

/. L. STATZELL,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, EXTRA, IOWA. Office
n over Shaws Furniture Store.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02
BUSINESS CARD COLUMN.
ATTORNEYS.

JNo. A. NASH. b. s. PHELPS. w.R. GREEN.
NASH, PHELPS & GREEN,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Audubon, Iowa.
q Rooms over Commercial Bank, Park
Place South.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

CHAS. BAGLEY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office over Refine
~ mund's Hardware Store, Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

THEO. F. MYERS,
A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
n Audubon, Iowa. ONCE over DR.. Cloughly's
Drug Store
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-10-02

j. M. GRIGGS,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Office in front rooms
n over j. L. Cloughly's Drug Store, Audubon,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
FISHING FOR PEARLS.
1Ao Dlvess n DaArsia Are lGessly 01ov
Heon Afeean.

3Ao U4ve9o n 0oAfoo0 Are A0Oely Slaves
The pearl fishery IL the great occupa-
tion Of tho Bahreinea The pearls OF
their secs are celebrated for their Arm-
ness and do not peel. Thcy are COM
monty reported to lose ono per cent
annually for afty years in color and
water and after that they remain the
ssme. They havc seven skins. whereas
the Cingalesc pearls havc only six.
Tho merchants generally buy them
wholesale BY the old Portuguese
weight Of the CAaa They divide them
into different sizes with Stoves and sell
them in India. % that - is usually tho
case with speoialtics, IL 10 impossible 70
buy good pearl In Rahrein-
Diving hero h exceedingly primitive;
all the necessary pafsphernalia arc .
. loop Of rope and . stonc to 90 down
with, curious horn thing to hold tho
nose, and oil for the orincc Of tho cara
Oncc . merchant brought with hum ..
diving apparatus. but tho divers wcre
highly Indignant and, leaGuing against
him. refused to show tho best hankA In
this way the fisheries suffer. for tho
best pearls are In tho deeper waters.
which can only b visited lato In the
season Tho divers are mostly negro
slaves from Africa; they do not 1.-Two
long. poor creatures. developing awful
sorcs and weak eyes and they 1.-Two and
die entirely without medical aid-Cogar
e0l Naeasiuo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
IN THE, WOOD LOT"


ThereS blue jays a-plenty up In the
Wood lot" said the farmers boy, hear
Ing mo lament my unsuccessful search
for that willy bird There's ono pair
makes IN awfnl fuss every time I
passes" .-
1 Immediately offered 10 accompany
the youth on his next trip up the mount
ain. where he is engaged in dragging
down to our level sunshine and summer
breeses winter winds and purc mount
ain CIR. In tho shape OF tho bodies Of
trecA whose noble heads wore laid low
ny the axes last winter. One hundred
and nifty cords Of beauty, tho slow work
of unnumbsred pears. brought down to
''what base usesl' the most beautiful OF
natures productions degraded to the
lowest eeevice-to fry our bacon and
Asko our plea!
The farncrdoesat look upon It exact
ytn that way; he calls It .cord-wood," !"
and his oxen drag it down day BY day.
Tho point Of view makes such . dif.
Terence! Tho road that winds down
through the valley. skirting its hills,
hradgine its brooks and connecting this
lonely homestead with the rest Of the
human world. has On one side beausi-
4ul border q AL sorts OF Rreeneriea
1use as nature. with her inimitable
sooch. has placed them. It Il . homo
and eevsr Tor small birds; IL d . shade
On warm day: it 10 . deliRht % the
eye assu ancA Yet In the farmers
eye It Is 'shiftless~ (the New England
sr1 oogyl Tho other side OF the rosa
No mas 1mprovcd;" 1t glories In what
looks at little distance like \ sinele-
gle procession Of glaring new posts,
weich on sppeoaching are found 70 be
the supports Of one Of mans neichborlv
devices-harbed wire. Rejoicing In tbis
49, Oh eis hands on tho left no longs |
@ turn ~ nurdcrous weapons against |
soc fight Side. He has been lahoccd
wsn' no oldes his time. but know in
NJ nears that whoever comes herc next
summer wtll ind that pictsresoue roed
ot1stun& With barbed wirc ON hoth
Dsae6 It win be as ugly Is man can
make It o1t it will be .'tidyr (Nev En-.
l.nos Saioooleth). for no sweet green
!alne wall grow up beside it. Nsturo
Aessas sskc kindly to barbed wire
:. Ane oia stone wall now Is an irresist-
loso ansasstaon to tho riotous luxurious-
.ess OF vine& Alder bushea vith
Ieesr mo crean-colored bloasoma han9
ov.y over it; blackberry bushes,
ovely tseo snowy towering to rich
.senn seoaes. flourish beside It and
seeasaao aad one exquisite. .,a.d to
...s .A eFeen things hang upon
J = - seaa against Il and nearly cover
w Ase whss . gsrasa os dslieht
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
HuMoR oRoUa

If IL b true that true love sever
dies, how can there b, . eorse Of true
love?-Puck.
-She-''Whst do baseball players
d. all the wintse leagY' 20 they
practice their profession BY going On :
bat""-Boston Times.
-Gsntleuan Sport (who has not yet
made up his mind gsimly.) i'.Hou1ho
Assitatss. they say. "a lask" .lptsd
Sport-''Yes; but II he keeps On hest
tating long enough, his money isurk-
4nnsey's Weekly. o
Tho hungry guest at the nsssest
table was beginning to lose patience.
How long have Jon been here?" he
asked . waiter who was pa0in0, busy
over nothing. "Abous three years"
''Oh. then you were here befoeo I came"
-PAiladelphis Tme&
Result Of the Carpenter 6triks.-
Friend to Chicago Carpentsr)- )-'sYeu
won The day, I undsrstsaas 6tzildne
Carpeatsr-ssYss. indeed. TAs bosses
had 70 come down 70 eight hours." 'Any
Immediate rssult?'' ''Well. YEA" 'sWhat
II it7" ''Landlords have raised tho rent
ON u&"-Texas SiftingA -es
Editor Of College Paper-''Ddd you
see the last issue Of the Phi Gamma
Kappa7' Sabscsiber-.sYaas, snd
must Say, old man" Editor-Yss; I
know what you're going to say, and
apologies. was absent last week and
my assistant ran In IN article o. a edu-
cational topic. It shall never occur
Gsin"-Lippineott's Magssine.
-"Hsv 20 got any medicine dat will
purity d bloodT' ''Yss; ~ keep rlhis
ssrsaparilla, at one dollar . bottle, Il
puEifes the blood and clears the COM
plexion." ''Well, boss. hasn't 10 rot
sunAn' 70 aboat Afty cents. jsss So' do
blcod9 ! don't keef about Dc compiler
ion."-Life.
DIR. Occult-"Ny dear DIR, the str,-
bismus ef yoar dsughtsr's hight eye il
Of no Consequence ard glasses aro not
needed for IT. correction. since the left
10 irreperably opaQue ana the OPTIC
nerve 10 disintagrated" Seth 0rubbr
Lets 90. Molly. The durned fool
don't know your right eye Il crossed and
the left one blind - bati"
-Too Lste.-Aftse the weddine csre-
noay . friend of the family took the
father Il The bside apart and whispered
70 him: "Yoa do not seen % b aware
that your son-in-law II over heed and
eass In debt" Are yoa sure7" Ger.
ta1A He has oaly Married your
daughter with the objsct Of paying OF
his creditors" why did you not mem
t3oa this boSoeoF' He owes me- 40oo
EoalA -CalenaaEio RilhainA
-MA Pneunoaie- was = ueovoked
at ths art museum today. There was
. painting By man By the name Of
1aS1lla II yea believe - it was saly
. copy q that beautiful chrome q ours
over the perloe mantel! I don't know
Who this Nurillo Il. but I thisk it's
shameful hat - should - allowed
thus 70 cheaper works of art; And
diln't hssitsts - let the psopls knew
Just bow ] tilt seevt jt-0ge1sagA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
eFFecrlmo rninoa


0en0sa-osase Advise 1eeaealne ~
Rlghtlag e Public Aboses.
1t was the remark Of maa who had
doAe . good deal Of pablie service ol
that sort which IL wholly unrsnunera-
tive. and which must b dons from Z
pure love Of seeing abuses righted, that
evssy body would apply hinsslf 70 the
fighting Of public abuses wsre IL only
generally known how easily things Of
this sort can be done. '"The ffst time
I undertook any thing Of this sort" he
said. 81 went into it without the
slightest hope Of really accomplishing
any thing moro than the easing Of my
own conscience. and possibly Of pre-
pairing tho way for some ono who should
come after mo and finish what I
could not moro than begin. but 70
my astonishment discovered that
after all one has only to set
TO work to do about what he will The
public IL 20 observed because 1t II too
indolent 70 take the trouble to ilnd out
that 1t may have most Of tho abuses
which torment It remedied almost for
tho asking"
It Is feared that this view Il not to b
taken too literally. It WAS probably
too highly colored BY personal expert
ence TO be reliable as far - the public
In general goeA And yet it II undoabt-
edly true that the people who hold back
from the attempt to have tho unpleas-
ant and undesirable things which vex
the community righted would Be amazed
at the things they could do II they
would but try. 1t Is often the mere
starts that cost. - has been 80 continu-
ously remarked by the proverb mongcrs
for hundreds Of years
In matters touching the well-being Of
the community, IL il almost always 70
those who arc anxious 10 retain some
hardly bought political preferment that
ono must apply for relief; and the fear
Of offending . possible voter 10 In itself
not infrequently sufficient to bring
matters about 1t IL to be noted,
moreover, that - rule people are good
natured enough to be willing 10 do any
thing for the public good IL it is not too
much trouble. and the amount Of urging
in such case not usually large that Is
needed to bring them up to the working
point Tho reason that things 60 ua-
done Is because people in general arc
persuaded that It is Of no use 70 trouble
about them. while people
In particular arc apt to bc so engrossed
In following ont their private affairs
that they have no time to give 10 the
Of public wrongs. even
though so doing may be their manifest
and individual duty. II only folk will
take hold with will it il not essential
that they have great deal Of influence
or power. but they can. effect . good
heal simply BY making . beginning-by
Eaking that Arst step which pcovebrially
Courier.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
PERSONAL. AND LITERARY.

-Ytanoas Pafkman, th0 N01QiaA.
gives two Aeazs . day - eultiv1tiAg hid
flower gardsa
-llsdisas great libeary iA EsG1oa haa
pat Into eisoulatipa sinee IT. Ss111ation
nearly Aoea 90 books. An annual
ticket costs guinea, snd for this sum .
dnigent reader san peruse books that Il
would cost hin about q. go 70 bay.
-William n. Brooks. Of Roxbafy.
Masa.. who h nSw ninsty.slx ysszs old.
has taken Tie Boston Journal thirty
consecutive ysaRa. the Christian keRis-
ter sixty-Avs and the Eastpset Hentinel
seventy-one yearA He must b. the
original ''Old Subecribec."
-Bismarck likes . god hasse b.
cause he knows % well limself show
70 hate. He was more cordial to
Jules Simon than 70 any other Of the
French delegat4s 70 the BARli1 Labor
Conferenoe. because Simon shows s1dHf
cool hatred Of him In his political
writingA % - g
-whensvsr william u Gladstone
catches cold he At onee esss 70 bed.
TAis hes been his rule for llftse1 ypsrA
1t II IN Interesting fact not gspQ.ally
known that he wrote huEIle6436a ~
dress a1noaaeing tA6 1lesolusao4 OF
Paflia~snt N 1874 n beds ga
M Alexandre Dumas Is now hale,
rvigoRous man Of some sixty-six years.
broad-shouldered and strongly huilt.
with gray hair. the ample forehead Of
thinker and observer, ard with Q
shrswd. satirical expeeesioa ahDut his
mouth. He lives In the Avenue Dc Viii
lierA comfortably and unostents stiously,
occupied with bis books. his playa: and
his grandchildren.
"A London pablishef has recently
issued a edition Of ''Gsemany Seen
Without Spectacles," hook written BY
Henry Ruggles. Of Norwich, Conn, ex-
Consul Of The Uiited Ststss at Malta
Three editions have appeared in this
country, and there II stin constant de-
mand for tie book. - @ ii''i'a
e =. Knisht whose 'Crvise Of the
Falcon" made IN impeession years ago,
has been at the head Of IN expedition
which visited oas Of The deserted ISL
ands in the South Atlantic, Loo miles
east Of Rio Janeiro. to recover q, ,ooo,-
90 worth Of Treasure seesetsa there
seventy years ago In . cave BY pisstea
A landalip covered the mouth OF the
cave. and. It was supposed. still covered
the treasure. Mr.. knight and his party
spent four months in digging through
the -landslip. s1d vhsn they sntsred
the csve found nothing bat . few pisces
Of broken china
There IL said to b youals woman
In New Yesk, The daaeht1r - Svell-
known editor. whose romaRkNhlo mem
ory IL literally her fortune. She II IN
o0nivoeeus readae. No. box escapes
her. and once read. it Il never foegot-
ton. She II q ihmiliaf With thusii6era.
ture Of past aeeS - with ths novoh Of
today. and 10 employed by . leading
publisher for the sole purpose ol read
Ing manoscripe end pronoaHciAg Upon
its oeiGiAality. Not oaly; hsfrewed
plots. but borrowed styles and borrowed
phrases are instantly detected. and
their original source 10 noted down.
She occupies . position unique In the
history Of publishing houses.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
NOME. HINTS. AND HELPS

"A few bits Of salt Goldfish added b
seeetabls oysters . few minutes before
they arc served. add much to thsil
0avoe.
Chess Pie: Tho yelks Of two esr,
beaten to . cream; oae cupful Of sugar
one tablespoonful OF batter. Bake In
one crust Beat tho whites Of the eggs
to froth, add one-hslf cupful Of sugar
and spread ON tho top, Flavor with
vanilla.
French Boiled Pcas: Boil tho peas
rapidly in plenty Of ssltod water. The
moment they arc done. drain them and
odd . large tablespoonful OF butter to Q
quart Of peas, sprinkle little salt oyer
the peas and toss them. When the but
ter II melted the peas arc done.-N. Y.
Tribune.
When papering . room take two
rolls Of paper. match tho figure, and
cut first from ono then the other. In
this way there will b no waste in
matching. Starch made thick enough
to spread evenly when cold. Is much
nicer than paste made Of hour.-Rural
New Yorker.
Baked Fresh Mackerel: Wash and
wipe carefully, make dressing as for
baked cod or haddock, stun with this,
dred4e with salt and -four. and haste
often with butter and water; make q
gravy with the wster In the pan in
which the fish Was baked. adding lit
tie worcestershire sauce. Serve baked
mackercl with asparagus and mashed
potatoes Globe. -.-'z'sIf
Olive sauce: Remove tho stones
from cup Of olives BY pairing down to
the stone spirally. Throw them into
cold water. and soak few minutes to
remove the, saltncsA Drain aud stew
BY simmering gently in . pint Of good.
rich stock or brown gravy. Add half
the juice Of . lemon and little cay.
cnne. and serve very hot Very sice
with poultry or game.-Country Gentle
man.
III ono has . surplus Of sour apples
on hand in the spring. it IL nice to uss
them for jelly. Take two quarts of
water to . dozen apples, pared and
sliced: boil soft and strain through .
flannel bag. To one pint OF juice, add
ono pound Of loaf sugar ana the juice
and rind Of . lemon. and boil fifteen
minutes Before boiling put in tea-
eupfsl Of tho juice Of slowed or canned
Tho result will be very
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
r Lobster sauce fer Fish: Ono small
lobster, four tsblespoonfals Of butter,
two Of -four, one-dfth Of . teaspoonful
of cayenne. two tablespoonfuls Of lemon.
Juice. ono pint OF boiling water. Cut
The meat into dice; pound tho coral"
With one tablespoonful Of tho butter.
Rub the -four and tho remainder Of tho
butsee to smooth paste; add tho water.
pounded coral" and butter and The
Simmer fve minutes and
hen strain On the lobster. Boil up once
Ind serve.-Ladics' Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
RePErtr,oM.

=
061f oe gold and eyes q hlue; H.
Oinpled cAeeks thas health hsd A1ss't
1ss1A q b The Dogning dew;
Graceful - ~ msrniAg niseS
Swinging On the garden gata.
hsAe evening afsesxiow.
- . Msalo sm1lo q Fasa. ~
Wo0 Q maiden-long aga
LoAest lniGAt n tines aAvanoa, =.
0trung sf LIMB ana strange - feoI :,
cofTyfng Q coEnstalk lance,
AAd . nieAty mullen speaRs
e10ging like summer bird.
In the evening afteFglow;
Driving homo his lowing herd
CAme an Urchin-lo1G aeo. -.
D1sh M eyes anA brown his hair:
Brown his facs, With dust aad taa;
Ana his careless, joyous ar
Tbld no thought hfmself man.
~ he cane alon9 the lano,
6u0denly his song was husAed;
xyefy bsshful, boyish vein 49,
70 his cheek n blushes rushed
Swinging IN the gentle shsde
OF TIE evening afterglow.
1hseo 10 sow the little moid .sIf
Ard she smiled and SAID: Hello"
Ysass veas BY: again thsy stood
AZ the gardea gase; In ruth
0ne Sne 0OWer of msidenhood,
aHeshs elowing prime a youth.
ueGper smiled from ont he West
Aeeven SMILED from up shove;
Wlv1eeA I tell yua tAe Bssti
ANTI pesas saas q love
o., ae.l. SsaeasA ~ trss9
Down bcs1dc The lissle gats.
6toQ0 these two. ard moro tha0 the8e,
Ftsesds and ncighborA small md greaA
&QoRy 9eufle beca&h % aAR
Drought TIE incense a TIE dawn.
And tho orchards everywhere
sR0s sAe1e feseal eefnenss o.
All n Vas pretty siGhs.
'1olningtwo o ~ I'D Wied
0eaaAlag in tAe Dosning ligAA
Pledging voWs that last for ma
App1e baoGD0zAs On her breast.
-AooaD boeoonms 1n hef hair;
Duk q IN she was TIE best
Faafess 0oeer among The fair.
An her beauty was not seen,
AN her worth, NOT underStood;
EWn score a yeaso between,
,AN Aesc proved her trus a.d goa
Evsi nsw. lsee sAea satAlns i-,1.. 50
.OniA morning Eixied porch.
As tho summer dag Is hitting.
9Aul he twilight afeo its Sorcos
An1 / So . hrpwn yo1ng farmer
Bring his herd along the lanes
And heard the distant DuFmuP
-Oe - Do0nrelAos 1ofkaan. .soE t-7.
f~riss aowsthe words he's slngine,
M Ihsed his thoagAs II tEue: s5--
Time Is n circle svinG1Ae,
There y aoehins new.
Tlmc = ~ tho restless oOean,
,Whlse<itA waves. o. saln eaA haae;
CAsagiAg With cscA winds coonotioa.
Ever ehmginE, never new.
.1ssa srelolng ana psrsuinR -
A 1nok elfhers did before; S-.-
tAe past nagasving;
Leeping o'er again its lorss
C1flgiHCto the "a traAfttoo- -
v6as Il y IN ages thFoaoA = Il
Repesitina: rspctitien: a..
There , nothing new"
Hsrk, tAe stardy youth Is pspains /
~ E0 U1x001c Ct oUgS.
what d jt that now u causing 80. II
-Snch ,ssmDaeioa in Ia tAroo&S
All. ! see his cong q pfovins /
NE bsfese ,tis nAiriy sOG. 80
D6XSee : ltthc form noving -, I
whsse her 1other once had svuaN
swinSlng % the garden gate,
Back ana forward. - ana fF4
Like 0nguV 0Uilo GelneG. pr r-Lrl
70 . nth maid know. .-rs
rAst is why Tie song = staysd: /
That Il WY The blusAoo glow;
loe - 0ece the Mttle Dald = gfts
AnA she smiles and says: ''Hella."
-R Buffitt Hamiltoo, b Inter Oooan.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23

'.No I denounce flirting from the
bottom q NY heart" asserted tho mar.
ried lookiAG man. II think it calcu-
lated very often 70 lead 70 results that
. lifetime b TO short 70 repent o."
"Yeu aso unusually energetic. Drink.
Oh: whsts The roaooor'
-"Well. it was through . airtatios
that ! got sca1aiated VIII ~ VITA
phila0olpAio 3Inea t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23

us your husbs,d . very gsnerous
0an?'
'Indeed ho L. Yea remember tAoss
nice cigars gave him iee . birthdsy
pcessat7 Well. hs smoked enly one. a.d
gave al he rest away = Ais tEissaA--
4yeoo,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
A mad ce.atry Ter Ola Fsaks.

Tho Thibetans treat their dead much
the same - the Psrsees treat theirs.
They put them in IN open inclosure and
allow the vultures and beasts Of prey =
devour them. Great priests are always
burned, and their ashes are collected
into urns In much the same way - il
the custom In the better class Of crema.
tions In Siam. Mr.. Rockhill says that
whom man Is supposed 70 b dying he
II asked by his relatives and friends Il
he intends to return. II he says he does
not he 10 allowed 70 die in peace, but II
he says he will como back. they st.anelo
or smother him to hastsn his death.
Tho Thibetans have no regard foe age.
sad the elders and parents have No
rights which their children srs bound
to respect 1t 10 not uncommon for peo.
pie 70 kill their friends and relatives
when they como to b too old to b q
ne. and the alial piety 20 noted among
the Chi1eso seems to he entirely lackin4
In the Thibetans.- @. Ca1penteI.
II National Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23

Poets Wife-What Arc you deinG9
Poet-f0 writing a-poem that win
live until time shall b NO more.
Poets WifoeAnd how much aeo you
Going . Ret See the product ef year
geniusf s.
Positive dollars Il II y aeesptea-
vsa 0esa's 1aga01DA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-08-23
THE HOUR HAND.

4 Tale which Teoehes That The S0aFeoeu
People Are Not the lGest Usefsl.
o'Come. come. you won't get around
this week IL you don't hurry up!" said
the Minute Hand to the Hour Hand,
and he winked At figure One as he
passed along. Here comes old Hour
Hand" he said to figure Two Look
out he doesn't run over you. Hello.
Three!" he cried. i've minutes later,
my short friend will be around after
I've made about two moro trips Oh,
he's travelling! All. Four! Don't stop
me for goodness sake! Old Hour Hand
Is after me.Y
And % the Minute Hand went round
putting them all up to poke fun ct his
slow friend. The figures laughed and
called out to one another that the MIN
uts Hand was too smart . chap for the
Hour Hand to travel with. Tho Pendu.
lum down below knew what was going
On. and laughed softly - It rocked to
and fro. Even the pale face Of the
clock seemed about to break out into .
smile 1t tho general hilsrity.
Meanwhile the poor Hour Hand crept
laboriously on.
"Ah. Shorty!' cried the Minute Hand
close behind him, ''been taking . nap?
Come, I'll bet can 60 around the rine
twelve times to your once: look out nowi
I'll soon pass you"
Tho little bell struck sharply, ''one-
ewo!''
'.Hello. he's got as far - Twor' The
figures saw, and they all laughed loudly.
'Oh dear. dear!" sighed tho Hour
Hand. II can't 30 any faster to save my
life. How wish was - smart q the
Hand. I'm the butt Of all his
Jokes. and tho others laugh at me, too.
! haven't . friend on the face Of the
clock. can't endure it any longer. I
won't 60 On. I'll just stop right here"
''Where's our moderate friend?" asked
The figures Of the Minute Hand An hour
Or two later.
20, he stopped back there" was the
answer. HE started to race with me.
but I guess he got out Of wind"
After awhile the owner Of the clock
tame into the room. s.Hellor' said he.
'clock stopped? No" he continued,
but II might as well b for all the
rood it'll do without the Hour Hand"
Then he gently touched the Hour |
Hand, seized the Minute Hand, showed
him round and round the circle, waited
10 $50 that they were going properly
Ind went away.
''Whew!" exclaimed tho Minuto
Hand, dizzy and bresthless: "How ha
Id ahovA Unal0 aud hA ~aa ~j~h<30-
because the figures had seen
him % roughly used.
But the Hour Hand travelled On with |
! happy face and the figures looked upon
him with great respect
The moral Of this tale Is that the |
martess people are not Away the most
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