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A Little Girls Diary in the East.
| St. Nicholas


| will only describe the bowling and
whirling dervishes. First we went to
the whiling dervishes. After We had
been sitting around the circle the dervishes
came in one after another. The first one
was the sheakh. He was very old man
and had a great big hump on his back. He
was clothed in brown mantle thrown
over his shoulders and he walked very,
very slowly indeed. His step was about
half foot long. After they all were in
they sat down on the prayer mats. Then
they all came and bowed to the sheakh
then they began whrling. 1t was beauti-
full to see their white skirts all stand out.
They stuck out as if they were made to
stick out Every one of them held their
right palm of the hand down and left up
towards heaven.
Then they stopped and all sat down on
their mats again. They did the same
thing over several times. The second
time we went away to the bowling der
wishes. When we got there 1t was quite
crowded aud after while the door opened
and everybody went in We had not been
sitting there long when the dervishes
came in. When they had all seated them
selves they began to say ALA, Ala. First
they said it very slowly and soft and then
they said it louder and faster, more louder
and faster. They shook their heads every
time they SAID anything from one side to
the other aud every time they said it loud
and fast they would shake them very yio-
lently indeed. Some of them had strang-
ling long hair. thought the sheakh was
very good looking. He had a very pretty
little son there with him and when he
went out he made such a broad smile at u.s.
One Of the men got kind of crazy and be
made a frghtful noise and called ALA,
Ala The Arab right next to him took
ahold of him all through until the end.
They did the same things over and over
again. When it was through we went
home to the hotel.
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Papa Sung "Bye-Low."

LITTLE ONE PASSES AWAY TO THE Groom
OF \ FAMILIAR MELODY.
There died not long ago the little daugh-
ter of a New York LAWYER, who approach
ed the dark river with aComposure that wa,
a. pathetic as it was unusual She was the
second in the family connection u succumb
to diphtheria. A few week, before She
sickened she had known of the Illness and
death of young cousin and playmate
and. though not allowed at the bedside or
funeral had been much impressed and had
asked questions which showed that the
dismal features of the last rites were full of
horror to her.
When she was taken i'll it was carefully
concealed from her that she had diphlheria,
lest she should be frightened 1t was a
malignant attack, and it ran its course
quickly, says the New York Times. The
crisis approached, and all hope was aban-
doned. Her father sat by her side, watch
ing her pale face take on grayer pallor
that had only one meaning The little
girls eyes were closed, and in her fathers
hand her own nerveless fingers were held
A tear rung from his agony dropped upon
them, The child opened her eyes wide.
Are you crying, papa she said. as
well as she could speak IAN | so sick?-
papa, am going to die?"
The question was earnest, and the eyes
searched his face for hope, but she saw
there was none. For long minute she
watched him closely. Who shall say what
that look contained? Fear, entreaty, af-
fection, and finally, renupclation-for, at
length, with q little weary sigh, she turned
away, putting her face toward the wall,
but leaving her hand still fast in his.
Papa, she said again, after a brief sill
ence, and in the tone there was a touching
resignation, "sing 'Bye-low,'" which was
nursery melody she had never outgrown.
Although choking with grief, the strick-
en- father complied, and so, holding his
hand, with her face still to the wall, and
in her ears the grooming familiar melody,
the little girl quietly met her death.
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dered To do the same from the mountains
on the west. After some telegraphing il
was arranged between President Lincoln
Fremont and Gen. Mcdowell that a columI
OF McDOwelis command should make q
junction with Fremont at Strasburg, May
81 Jackson surmised that his enemies
would attempt to bar his retreat back up
the valley, and fastened his movements SO
that he was at Strasburg to keep an ap-
pointment not counted upon by his adver-
saries. Some of his infantry marched
thlrty-siX miles on the 3lst. After it was
all over Jackson sent word to his govern
ment that through the blessing Of an ever
kind Providence" he mad passed Strasburg
before the Federal armies effected juno
ton in his rear His soldiers took a differ
ent view of the causes at the bottom of it,
and dubbed themselves "Jacksons Foot
Cavalry" in honor of their achievement
thirty y-six miles day
In point of fact Gen. Mcdowell S column,
led by Gen Shields, and fremonts army,
also, reached the valley pike on which
Jackson was retreating, near Strasburg,
on May 81, and lively skirmishing took
place all around But Jackson fo09ht
them off in both directions, and kept them
at bay until both Shields and Fremont set
out men for point of meeting farther up
the valley Jackson also set out for the
next convenient point for the junction,
which was New Market midway between
Strasburg and Staunton. Here he destroyed
the bridge on the Shenandoah on Shields
route, and moved another peg back to Port
Republic, where there was bridge on
Fremont's route. At this point Stone
wall" decided to strike his enemies again.
The village of Port Republic lies in an
angle between North and South rivers,
which unite to form the south fork of the
Shenandoah the stream that rolled as a
barrier between Fremont and Shields. In
order to reach Port Republic Fremont
must pass the North river and Shields the
South river The North river had a bridge,
the South a ford, and Jackson prepared to
defend both, and also to give battle to Fre-
mont and Shields in turn. Planting his
army along the heights of North river, be-
tween Fremont and the bridge, he sta
toned picket in Port Republic to warn
Shields from the ford on South river.
Fremont and the advance Of Shields
reached the scene on the Sth OF June.
Shields men dashed into Port Republic
early In the day and drove Jackson's men
out, himself among them, and planted q
cannon at the end of the bridge, command
ing it completely. Luckily for Jackson,
the leader of the Union detachment scat
tered his men in his zeal to gobble up ev-
erything within reach, and failed to destroy
the bridge With this bridge destroyed
Jackson would have been caught between
Fremont on his front and an impossible
river behind him, and Shields would have
been in position to play across the stream
with artillery in Jackson's rear. SEEING
~ dangeE, "StaneKalln haDtily Gathassd
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MAKE WAY FOR LIBERTY"
upon the Austrian square, aiming at q
point near the corner. The intention was
to crush in one corner of the square, throw
ing the front and one side into confusion
This done, every step in advance through
the gap would take the nearest Austrians
in reverse and if persisted in with success
would soon break up the square.
The first efforts of the Swiss failed
utterly Several of the leading ranks were
destroyed, sixty patriots had fallen, and
the valor of those remaining was fast Civ
ing way. 1t was supreme crisis. The
daring of the Swiss in offering attack
against an overwhelming force seems fool
hardy Had they stood fast the Austrians
would have torn themselves to pieces in
surmounting the stubborn barrier. Such
tactics could not, however, save the Swiss
when once the contact had come. To halt
then would be certain ruin, and nothing
could save Switzerland but the onward,
onward, and ever onward creeping of lib
erty's human wedge. A knight of the
Unterwald, Arnold Struth Won Winkel
ried, stood in the battered front ranks of
the wedge, and with quickness of thought
not less remarkable than his knightly cour-
age saw the only hope of Switzerland to
sheathe in some way a handful Of those
bristling Austrian spears while a dozen
Swiss battle axes should hew little road
through the bodies of the foremost Aus
trian knights.
Dropping his own ak he stretched out
both arms, gathered all the lances within
reach and buried the points in his own
breast. Through the slender gap food OF
Swiss soon poured, snlasGing The opening
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pretty severely punished il not stunned. in
the action at Gross Keys His next move
would therefore hc cautions, and liyh,
Confederate force on the admirable ground
selected To receive FrruutA's attack would
bc able tn cheek him indefinitely Two ori-
gl'ie- were ordered To hold the position at
tro~, Key. and J,"h,on led the remainder
of his TROOPS across the brid q 70 PORT Re
public Shields advance had retired down
thr y..."g Gppn II, supports, aai jackson
put n.> tru1 1u, acrp~, North river on an iIn-
irovi-"i bridge ana went uut fu meet tile
new rrr'uy ~ucA tactics would ruin the
fame ~ ANY general The moment the effort
tallcd ill., hId divided his force in the
presence uf t,vo atlver~Iric-, hal separated
Ll- wIu--, lis many miles. and two streams
flowed h..,,,.,.,, tb,.,o
pr,. n Pa. .,-,...,,,- t.., IAN. .t..,,.
- ""' N'"T'e
''9' ""' l"e ,' "r' " NN"'''h t'FH ana
'i ''l '''''. '''' pIt'+'. once III 'Te Tort
~" lAN"5ri ta' 'u.~i"rttrs Shields
culumu ~a~ uat L up Alcr the Ell
cpGutrt jn Port Il .puhll.. on th. ureviou,
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some cannon and opened on the umon
gun. and soon led regiment across the
bridge, clearing the Union troops out Of
Port Republic effectually.
During the skirmish at the bridge b.
tween Jackson and Shields, Fremont at
tackled the Confederates in his front, and
the result was "A stubborn battle, known as
Cross Keys. Fremont's tactics were to
break through the Confederate flank rest
ing r>ar the bridge, and so open the way
for Shields, whom he believed to be in the
vicinity, to cross over to his aid jackson
repulsed Fremont successfully at iirst, and
the latter was making ready for a new at
tack when a courier from Shields reached
him with note that led him to believe the
Shields column held Port Republic He
decided to wait until the morning of the
9th before renewing he battle, counting on
Shields to do something
During the night jackson resolved upon
another bold plan. Fremont had been
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The council appointed to investigate the
matter between Rev. d. B. Phelan and
Kew. ). .. hltten, met at Surry on the
3lst ut. After hearing the evidence, the
council decided, In substance, that the
trouble originated on account Of misap-
prehension of facts aud motives Now
let peace and harmony prevail. 50 much
tor gossip and magnifying mole hills into
mountains.
Last Monday morning j. X. Long, Esq,
attempted To attach stone drag to a light
wagon, he crawled in betwe the wheels
to make the chain fast to the fore axle,
when the horse suddenly started and Mr..
Long picked himself up slightly damaged
and somewhat the worse for mud The
horse ran about twenty rods and was
caught by c. d. Miller.
During the past week the following YES
sells have loaded with paving Three-mast-
ed schooner Samos of Boston, C. Smith,
master for G. g. Candase schooner Olive
Branch of Ellsworth, C. f. Bowden, mas
ter for Dugdale. Stansteld and Ashworth; :;
schooner Vandalia of Ellsworth, A. w.
Belts, master, for Bert Leach; schooner
Damon of Deer Isle, is loading with paw
ing for Dugdale, Stansfeld and Ashworth
The keel for the new schooner is laid
the stern up and the carpenters are making
the frames. Capt. Cousins is driving busi-
ness.
On Thursday quite an excitement was
raised by the report that George Shows
house was on fire. The granite cutters
FASTENED to the rescue but the fire was ex-
tinguished before they arrived. Not much
damage was done.
On Friday evening as Mr.. W. G. Pert
accompanied by Mrs. Pert and Mrs Mau-
rice Peters, was returning from Bluehil
village he saw, near Richard Abbotts. a
team approaching rapidly on down grade !;
the next instant the buggies colided
throwing both ladies TO the ground. The
other buggy containing Capt. J. W. kane
and Mr.. George Pllsbury was upset and
Capt. Kane, l understand. was severely
hurt. The others escaped without injury
Both buggies were badly smashed.
| understand that the membership of the
A. .. U. W. is increasing rapidly.
On Monday evening a reception was CIV
en- to Hon. Joseph NJ. Ridlon under the
auspices of A. o. U. W We are glad to
| welcome our genial representative home
| again.
johnson Long are increasing their
force Of workmen and making things live
| ly.
Miss Julia E. Curtis health is very much
improved this spring.
L. B. Grindle, Richard Ellis and Reuben
Thorn have been sick with the grippe.
Mr.. James Redman has been laid up with
rheumatism, but is now able to work.
Schooner Addie J. of Kingston, John F.
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"lL.te Nay for liberty" h. cried;
M4!e way for liberty and died
1t must na; b." TIL, day, tLis hour,
AnnihIl;-- the oprrr's-,rs ) power.
All Switzerianl j. 10 tAp tield
She vii MT liy, 81" c4unot yield
She must uat fail, ner bitter f4te
Here sy-s her "A in nyrt-.. date
Ftw were the numbers She cou.l boast;
But every freeman was 4 host
And felt a. though himself were he
ON whose sole arm hung victory.
II did dep-nd on one. inlced
Behold u.n- -Arnol! W.uEelrieI
Tlrre sounds not To the tramp Of fame
Tie echo Of a uobler name
Unmarked he stood among the throng,
In runination deep ami long,
TIL you might see with sudden grace
The very thought come o'cr his face;
And. by the motion pf his form
Anticipate the bursting storm;
And by the uplifting Of has brow.
Tell where the bolt would strike, and how
But twas no sooner thought than done
The field was IN moment Won.
Make way for liberty he cried.
Then ran, his arms extended wide,
As if his dearest friend to clasp;
Ten spears he swept within his grasp.
Make way for liberty, he cried;
Their keen points met from side To side
He bowed among them like tree,
And thus made way for liberty.
Swift 10 the breach his comrades lily.
Make way for liberty" they cry,
And through the Austrian phalanx dart,
As rushed the spears through AInolds heart;
While, instantaneous as his fall,
Rout, ruin, panic, scattered all;
An earthquake could not overthrow
city with a surer blow.
Thus Switzerland again was free,
Thus death made way for liberty.
James Montgomery.
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Obituary.

Isaac Newton Morgan. died at So. Thomas
ton, Maine, March 3lst, 1891, after brief i'll
ness of only five days. He was born in Sedg-
wick, Me-. May 18th, 1S4l. He served in the
war Of the rebellion rs lieutenant in the First
Maine Heavy Artillery, Com, m,'any b., and was
severely wounded in the battle of Spottsyivania
Court House, losing an eye. The funeral took
place at So. Thomaston, April 4. After the fun
eral services the masonic services were per-
formed by Knox Lodge, of which the deceased
was W0rshipful Master at the time Of his
death. A wife and two children survive him.
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Portland Press
Readers Of the papers viii remember
that Du the programme Of the recent Senior
exhibition at Bowdoin l.. \. BhrlcIgh was
credited with the theme ''Deanthroromor-
rhzatiou,' marked Excused, Mr.. Bur
leigh, who i Governor BurejghS son, il a
member of the class, but this winter has
been reporting the legislature at Augusta,
He knew nothing Of the extraordinary sub
ject assigned him by some roguish fellow
students until he read 1t in the paper. He
took the joke good naturedly, and with
out any demorrhorraliZation
AND 50 SHOULD THE RUMsEfLER WHO FURN-
I>HEp IHE WIIIskEY.
lRockland Free Press
The men in Bangor who looked on and
saw Leslie Ellis while in a state of intoxi-
cation hold quart bottle Of whi>key TO
his mouth until he had drained the last
drop, lie dying within twenty-four hours
from its effects should be held As acces-
sories to his death
A PLEASANT BEGINNING
Lewiston Journal
The new town of Rogue Bluffs was duly
organized with a clam chowder all around
and a general iollfication. There was a
free supper for everybody after the trSt
town meeting. A Sood start, luli surely
TIME Is FOUND FOR THE HIGHER AND BET
TER prE,t-Irs
III. f. E.. in Bar Harbor Record
While Ellsworth fnIk NAV NJ riobtIv
ranked as a pleasure loving people because
of its many bal maS4ues and balls un
masked, It's parties large and small, its
numerous orders OF Foresters, Masons,
ot'u reiIo"s' etc,' WIN thelr respective
t'pa. qaoht ~ $500 y; ,t ,me at'.n g.
sea bny for rho b;ahar and h..,tar n,,rsnitS
so needful to this many-sided human ma.
tine of ours.
One Of the most famous nic,ures Of the
World has heen engraved ~ Mr. Cole for tho
,rop,i.pi, "a ~ the ApriI Cent,,rn the Man.
Iiss Of Leonardo da yinci This il in The
renturu,s series of ola masters engraved i'm.
medi,,elv from the ORIGINALS in the galleries q,
Euro,e Tyo o,her.y.mrIo.o a, I eonardo 40.
comnanv Mr. S,1,mar,s .r,;,.,e ., This ua.,or
In Tho C.;tor,;. sar;o. A. 1,,I;,,u Dat.
gives grap1lc description OF the emigration
to California by way OF Panama in 40. The
pictures are very striking. having been drawn
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At The Lighthouse.


Boston journal.
What unknown spirits OF The air
Must throng this place when storms are nigh
These waye-worn rocks. so bleak aud bare,
This tower so dark against the ky
Save when the great lamp, all aght.
Throws far aud near its radiance bright.
They are abroad when thunders roll
And lightning flashes burn and glow,
| When stormy winds, from pole 10 pole.
Seem searching all the world below
For what has been. or what may be,
tnraveling its mystery.
But come they in the lonely night.
Or come they at the break of day,
| They tell of ships that sank from sight.
They tell Of boats tha, lost their way;
They tell OF those who nevermore
viii tread again this rocky shore.
The tide is out. and on the strand
We walk with eager. restless feet;
our faces hy the salt breeze famed,
Our ears attuned to music sweet
The sad, sweet music OF the sea,
So full of untold harmony.
Now from the past comes tbronging back
The loved and lost OF long ago;
We look along the misty track.
ourselves ~ changed we scarcely know
II here, or there, hope was lost:
II here. or there, deep WAS crossed.
The tide comes in once more the waves
Around the lighthouse dash and leap,
lmpeled by force that fearless braves
The spirits of the air aud deep.
How vast the sounding> OF the sea-
How broad human life may be,
CLARA b. HEATH.
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with every blow. A square once broken is
OF course as good as defeated The Aus
trians fought heIpically. Three times
their banner went down and was as often
lifted on high. The duke aud the prince
liest Of his host of mobiles rushed to the fore,
but all was of no uAe. The duke was killed:
an Austrian prince and many counts and
barons fell
The Austrian horse holders became
alarmed and fled with the horses, and the
infantry supports were not in sight There
was no recourse now for the knights but to
sell their lives as dearly as possible. The
bloodest fighting Of the field took place
over the banners of the Austrans. One
banner was defended to the death By no
less than thirty-four Austrian knights and
allies. Another had twelve slain around it
III the last rally, another seven and another
fourteen. In one case the standard bearer
tore up the banner and died with the staff
clinched in his teeth. The Austrans lost
1900 men, 6s6 killed; the Swiss lost 2D0
killed and nearly all Of their leaders The
battle was fought July Q, 1886 The tide of
victory ushered in by the brave Winkclried
did not stop with the battle Of Scmpach.
The confederates went on with conquest
after conquest, and gained adherents from
tHt iiilAS tuNF IIttfi ol ipriIS lNFaHls. Al
last Austria negotiated and secured a truce
with the brave cantonese
AT the end OF the truce the Austrians
and their part lsan, in Switzerland resumed
hostilties, and by trcachery and cruelty
combined stirred UP the confcdcrates
Another bloody battle took place at Nafels.
in 1855, where the Austrian cavalry WAS
defeated IN mountain fight with terrible
slaughter. The Swiss rolled rocks and
stones down the prcipices upon the horse
men, and caused stampede that soon
affected the infantry, amt the battle ended
in confusion for the iustrians Over two
thousand were killed A. a result of this
victory Switzerland had peace with Aus
tra for twenty years. The confcdcracy
grew in strength and wealth, and laid the
foundation Of lis great prosperity sem
pach is recognized as the opening stroke OF
a euccc~sful and fruitful war
The hero OF Scmparh belonged to a family
OF Stanz. i'll the tutrrwAid, south Of Lu
zcrne and beyond the lake He served in
the contingent that came from forest cities
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HlLE yet Il nov
ice in war Jackson
held two theories
about military op-
erations which he
afterward prac
ticeti with success.
The first was, "Al
ways m ystify.
mislead and sur
prise the enemy i;
poss 81 BILE. and
" hen you strike
and overcome him
never let up in the
pursuit SO long "a
your men have
strength 10 fol
low; the second,
ver fight
against heavy
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Nothing is so odious in Gods sight as
that pride. that presumptuous spirit of dis
tinction. that naughty looking down upon
others, which leads men to magnify what
is peculiar in their condition, intellect, or
character, and to erect this into barrier
between themselves and mankind.-W. E..
Claiming.