Year: 1873

ages, and so will she ever be- Let he


ever rightly use her God given powe


and make her gift of womanhood bless


ing to the world Let her bear upol


her pure brow the temperance motto, S,


shall men reverence her, and call he


blessed. A pure heart will never ALLOW


the lips to be sullied by that which i


impure, and she who in the presence o


gentlemen puts the wine cup to her lips


degrades herself, and sinfully misapplie


her influence. Aud you, young man


let the wine cup alone. When first yor


put it to your lips, sea of death hai


commenced its flow, aud rushes past you


while the dark, angry breakers shall ere


long dash over you, and bear you far


far down into the depths of sin, misery
and woe.


A BATTLE IN THE ARA most ter
rife battle between two BIRDS" says
the Virgins (Nev.) Mountania of the
18th ult., Occurred between two large
brown eagles in the vicinity of the lakes
above Virginia on last Wednesday even
ing.


When first noticed, the birds were
soaring one above the other at an alti-
tpde Of perhaps tbree-fourths of a mile,
and seemed on a sail for pleasure. Pres.
emily the uppermost bird, closing its
broad wings, shot downward for two or
three hundred feet, aud with scream
lit fairly upon the back of the other bird.
Turning, the victim elutched its adver-
sary with talons and beak, and fierce
struggle ensued. The yells, and striking
of huge wings, and showers of falling
feathers, gave unmistakable evidence of
the ferocity with which the contest was
waged.


As they fought they fell earthward,
and when within five hundred feet of
the ground they became disentangled,
and each swooped upward again. Now
followed an interesting trial as to which
should first gain sufficient altitude to
make another plunge. The circling of
the smaller was rapid and close, while
that of his antagonist was made with
greater limits, and his ascension was
quickest accomplished. The largest ea-
gle was soon fully one-half mile high,
and some hundreds of feet above his vic
tim. Hovering in mid-air for a mo-
ment, as if to make sure of his aim,
he again darted down upon his enemy,
striking him as before with a force that
seemed sufficient to kill of itself. Again
they grappled and fought, whirling, fall
ing and striking furiously for the space
of two or three minutes. They were
now near the largest of the lakes, and
gradually descending to the water. The
struggles of the smaller became less and
less fierce he was getting weak, and was
evidently nearly vanquished, while his
more powerful aggressor seemed to wage
the battle with increased vigor.


Another moment and the conquering
monarch loosened his hold, and with an
exultant shout of victory scared upward.
The battle was ended, his prisoner, limp
and lifeless, fell into the waters Of the
lake with splash and foated on the
surface without struggle. Both birds
were Of very large size, the largest meas
uring we think fully twelve feet from
tip to tip. The spectacle was excl
ting in the extreme and the victory
tragically complete. The battle had
likely commenced before We discovered
them, as it does not seem possible for
one to kill the other in so short time,
the fight was terrific"


A certain political speaker closed an
address in behalf Of his party with the
peroration: Build a warm
fence around the winters supply of sum-
mer weather skim the clouds from the
sky with a teaspoon; catch thunder
cloud in bladder; break hurricane
to harness ground-sluice an earthquake;
lasso an avalanche; pin napkin on the
crater Of an active volcano; have all the
stars in a nail-keg; hang the ocean on a |
grape vine to dry; put the sky to soak
in gourd unbuckle the belly-band of
eternity and paste To Let on the sun
and moon but never, sir, for moment,
lelude yourself with the idea that any
ticket or party can beat our candidates.


I'm not in mourning said a young
sdy, frankly, to querist, but as the
widows are getting all the offers nova
! /