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I - , - . ; , . . . : • ' J(eflwy J. V<tf SIiVKfU MltorlhMMir. IcHENRY, t ILLINOIS NEVER SAT FAIL* „ iJ?r3r fifood advice--within limits--(ifni ' «!•. Winton in the following verses: Keep pushing; 'tis wiser Than sitting aside, v And dreaming, and sighing. And waiting the tide. In life's sorest battle They t>n'y prevail Who daily march onwud And never say fail! With an eye ef«er Open, A tonsrue Stmt's not tinmbk^A „ .u, And a heart that will never •( To sorrow smxnrab -- *4 , You'll battle and conquer, **4 Though thousands assail; i How strong and how miirhtk Who never say fail! , " - * The Bpirit of angel* Is active, I know, * Ah higher and high«'i' In glory they go. Methinks on bright tanioM From heaven they sail, T6 cheer and encourage Who never say fail! In life's rosy morning. In manhood's firm pride, lift this be the motto Your footsteps to guide; In storm and in sunshine. Whatever jissail. We'll onward and conqner. And never say fail! --Christian, at Wert. A PERILOUS JOURNEY. [THE .following sketch is abridged from a pamphlet published in 1702 and entitled "A Narrative of the Extraor­ dinary Sufferings of Mr. Robert Forbes, his Wife and Five Children, During an Unfortunate Journey through the Wil­ derness from Canada to the Kennebec River." Wc presume but few copies of this pamphlet have been preserved to the present time.--Ed. Maine Farrn- rilr [r. Robert Forbes, not being a native of Canada, but having resided there a number of years, was desirious of be­ ing where he might have a more fre­ quent opportunity of associating with his own countrymen. He and his wife premeditated a re­ moval to the United States of America, when falling in company with three Dutchmen, by the names of Midstaff, Pancake and Christian, were induced by their insinuations to undertake the journey by land, the said Midstaff en­ gaging, for a certain sum, that with the assistance of the other two he would conduct them in twelve days' time to the settlements on the Kenne­ bec River. Mr. Forbes1 neighbom endeavored to dissuade him from th? attempt, not only on account of the length and diffi­ culty of the way, but because there was a possibility of his being deserted by his guides in the midst of the wilder­ ness. Nevertheless, being determined on a removal, and having paid Midstaff a large stipulated sum for that purpose, on tne 17th of March, A. 1). 1784, they entered upon this unfortunate journey. From Nouvelle Bois, on the River Chadore, they took their departure, the men and Mrs. Forbes, and Mr. Forbes' son John, a lad about thirteen years old, on snow-shoes. Their provisions and other effects, to­ gether with four children--viz: Mary, about seven years; Peggy, about five; Katharine, about three, and Robert about fifteen months old--they under­ took to haul on Indian sleighs, or hand- sleds. [n this manner, but with great diffi­ culty, theur pursued their way eight days; ana on the ninth, being obliged to leave tfte river, which they had hitherto followed, and whereon they had trav eled some part of the time, they found the country so broken by large and deep gullies, and so rough and mountain­ ous that they concluded it next. to im­ possible to proceed farther with the sleighs. Here they were obliged to make a halt, and, after a short consultation, having first erected a small camp, wherein to leave the woman and chil- . dren, they took the chief part of their provisions, and as much of their bag­ gage as they were able to carry on their backs, and leaving the woman and children, about ten o'clock in the morn­ ing, set out in quest of Meconich Pond (otherwise called Lake Chadore), ex­ pecting to return the next day. But meeting with much difficulty they did not reach the pond until the next day about three o'clock in the afternoon. Here, being much fatigued, they left their baggage, and Midstaff having some previous notice that there was an Indian residence not far from there, went in quest of him to the other side of the pond, where they found an old camp, but without inhabitants, and, there encamped that night. The next morning, being Sunday, the 27th day of March, they crossed the pond back to where they had left their baggage, when to the great astonish­ ment of Mr. Forbes, his pilot and the other two (taking to themselves the pro­ visions, and all his other effects of any considerable consequence), frankly told him that they were determined not to return with him to his family; and that they must now leave him and make the best of iheir way to the Ken­ nebec. This may well be supposed to have been shocking indeed to one who was already discourged and disheartened. "This," said he, "struck me to the heart, and my eyes filled with tears; it confirmed what my neighbors had re­ peatedly mentioned among their fears of what might happen to myself and family." Notwithstanding his importunities, his most earnest entreaties and solicit­ ations they would not be prevailed upon to continue any longer with him; but, leaving him only one poor ax, a small firelock and two small loaves of bread, they departed. With a heavy heart did this unfortu­ nate man then make the best of his way back to his family, where he ar­ rived, with the sorrowful tidings that evening. Here were they left in the wide wdderness, strangers to thr coun­ try, destitute of provisions and without a compass, eight days' journey from the inhabitants in Canada, and bow far from any other settlement they knew not; but probably not less than 150 miles. The wife and son had labored tinder the most terrible apprehensions during Mr. Forbes* absence, especially that he did not return at the time ap­ pointed. The fears had driven them almost to despair, and the poor little lad, a little before his father's return, had fatigued himself almost to death, .having followed their tracks for sever­ al miles, and had just got back when his father arrived. , The next morning they were in the most doubtful perplexity whether to go Jbackward or forward. Should they un­ dertake to return to Canada, it might take them more than double the length of time in which they got. thus far, the fiver being then about breaking up; Rnd in that ease thev must inevitably starve. While the husband and wife were in this pitiable situation, gazing »t each other, and tears gushing from %heir eyes, their children were hanging round them, crying bitterly for a mor­ sel of bread. Upon the whole, as the before-men- tioned two loaves of bread were in the Way toward Kennebec, and as they might, perhaps, find the Indian at Meconicn Pond, they concluded, by the help of God, to proceed on their jour­ ney. Accordingly they left the most cumbersome, though necessary, arti­ cles which they had now remaining, and the eldest daughter undertook to travel on foot with her mother, while Mr. Forbes took two of the children, and John one, upon sleds; and thus they proceeded with as much dispatch as possible. The way, however, was rough, and they traveled but a short distance during that day. At night they encamped, and the next morning there came on a violent storm of rain, hail and snow, which continued till Wednesday night. In the meanwhile the children were pinched with hunger and with cold, and their cries were so bitterly distressing, that, leaving the mother and children in camp, the father and son pushed on with all speed to the pond; but it was sti 1 stormy, and the traveling so difficult, that they did not get back with the two loaves till Wednesday evening. Upon their return they had not a dry thing about them nor any dry clothes to put on. And, to add to their misfortune, the fire was extinguished, and they were unable to rekindle itfor the whole night. The next morning, the storm being considerably abated, they proceeded on their journey; but the trees and bushes being wet, they had an uncom­ fortable time, and did not reach the pond till Friday morning about ten o'clock. Soon after this, to their great consolation, they met with the before- mentioned Indian, who proved to be one John Baptist, and with whom they had had some previous acquaintance in Canada. He very hospitably in­ vited them to his camp, which was at a considerable distance from the pond, and here he kindly treated them with the best of what his house afforded. This was a camp where he and his wife resided while he followed hunting. Here they tarried until the next Mon­ day; and the Indian having just before their meeting killed a moose at a few miles distance, Mr. Forbes and his son went with their sleds and assisted him in bringing it home. The Indian gave them as much moose meat as they would undertake to carry, and agreed to pilot them to the Kennebec River. This agreement he punctually fulfilled, and would have proceeded with them to the settlements, but his wife was so unwell that he did not dare to be any longer absent from her. He therefore marked the way on a piece of bark, representing the bends, windings, falls and carrying places along the river. He then wished them well and left them. On taking leave of the Indian, they could not sufficiently express . their gratitude. His kindness was beyond their expectation. Before his depar­ ture, however, they gave him what things they had left behind, together with some other articles of considera­ ble value. And they had reason after­ ward to wish they had presented him with more, for their loads proved so much t< o heavy for them that they were obliged to leave by the way a large bag full of valuable articles. They now met .with almost insur­ mountable obstacles, for in pursuing* the river their progress was obstructed by craggy windfalls, rocky ledges, lofty mountains and hideous precipices. On the 12th day of April their provis­ ions were again exhausted, and Mrs. Forbes thought it advisable to have a camp erected, and for herself and chil­ dren to remain here while her husband and oldest son should go forward to see if they could find the inhabitants; ap­ prehending that they were much nearer than they afterward proved to be. A camp, therefore, was erected, and leaving Mrs. Forbes, with her four children, Mr. Forbes and his son went forward with as much speed as possi­ ble. The first and second days, finding the ice would bear them, they traveled on the river; and would have made considerable progress, but unfortunate­ ly they mistook their way at a material carrying place, where instead of leav­ ing the river and crossing by land to the next bend, which was only twelve miles, they followed the river sixty miles rouna. A little before night, the second day, they came to the falls, and could go no further on the ice. They went on shore, and soon after oame to a preci­ pice where they were obliged to de­ scend twenty feet almost perpendicu­ larly, and at the risk of being dashed upon the rocks. Night coming on, they encamped; and tne next day find­ ing a shoal rocky place in the river, they crossed over to the other side, in hopes of finding better traveling, and a more convenient place to encamp. Here they were obliged, by reason of stormy weather, to encamp the re­ mainder of the day. The next day they traveled, on, and perceiving the river to be almost en­ tirely free from ice, they concluded to build a kind of raft--a thing with which they were altogether unacquaint­ ed, and by means of which they had both like to have lost their lives. They got on the raft and under way about ten o'clock the next morning. The current, however, ran so swift, that they soon found there was no possibil­ ity of turning it to the shore. As they passed down the river they struck against a tree, wl jeh they were obliged to cut away in Order to clear the raft. When they descended over the ripples, the water never failed of dashing over them, so that they were wet contin­ ually. About the middle of the day, the raft, moving with great rapidity, struck a large rock, parted one of its corners, ana spread into a single string of logs. At this time they lost their ax, ana it became extremely difficult to keep upon their broken machine. They were from thistime driven with amazing rapidity, expecting ever}* mo­ ment would be their last, until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when, falling into an eddy, they were brought up by a point of land, and both got safe on shore. They now traveled on land till their strength was almost exhaustied. About the 20th of April they heard the report °f a gun» which seemed to give them new life. They fired several times, but were not answered. Then, concluding it might be nothing more than the fall of a tree, their spirits again sunk within them, and they moved with heavy hearts. But on the evening of the 22d, hav­ ing built a small hre upon an emi nence, they were discovered and kind ly relieved by two hunters--John Cros­ by and Luke Sawyer. It was now the tenth day since they left Mrs. Forbes and the children. And during this time they had eaten up the two or three ounces of moose meat which they had with them, and their moccasins--having had nothing else to subsist upon. The hunters supplied them with such articles of nourishment as they had with them, and then conducted (hem to the settlements at Seven-mik* Brook, so called, a little above Norridgewalk. where they arrived in a few hours; but so reduced that they were scarcely able to stand alone. Upon their arrival, Mr. Forbes pro­ cured Maj. Hale and Messrs. William Huston and Ebenezer Hilton--three of the most suitable men that could be found, to go with all speed to the re­ lief of his wife and children. They set out immediately, and after having been gone thirteen days, returned without aving been able to find them. It was nowi twenty-four days from the time Mr. Forbes left them, with only one pound and a half of moose- meat, ana a pound and a half of tallow ior their subsistence. It was the gen­ eral opinion, therefore, that they must have been dead. Nevertheless Mr. Forbes' anxiety would not permit him to rest satisfied until he had procured other persons (Messrs. James McDonald and Jona­ than Ames) to go with him, and see whether tney might not be still alive. But by this time all the lowlands, adja­ cent to the river were overflowed, which rendered the passage extremely diffi­ cult. For this reason, and because they had no expectation of finding them alive, they could not be prevailed upon to set off until the waters had abatea. On the 28th day of May they set out. Having traveled one day Mr. Forbes found himself unable to keep with them; and upon their telling him that he could be of no service, and that he might depend upon their fidelity, he consented to return. They proceeded on their way, and on the second day of June arrived at the place where Mrs. Forbes and her chil­ dren were left. And here, to their great astonishment, they found the mother and one of her children alive. It was now fifty days since they were left with nothing beside the before- mentioned moose meat and tallow. Nor had they anything else during that whole time, excepting cold water and the inside bark of the fir tree. And in addition to .this they had been forty- eight days without fire. To paint in proper colors this scene of distress is altogether beyond my powers of description. It must be left to the imagination of the reader. On the thirty-eighth day after the de­ parture of Mr. Forbes, the little boy expired. Katherine died the next day, and Mary lived but four days longer. It is remarkable that this last child had often tele! her mother that they should all fcctiaiiiiy starve to death, ana earnestly begged, in cape her mother should outlive her, that she mfcrht be put where the wild beasts could not de­ vour her. The poor woman was her­ self but just alive, and expected every hour to elbse the ej?es of Peggy, her only remaining companion. Tne bodies of the deceased children were laid out and kept by her side--for she was una­ ble to bury them, having been so weak for the last fifteen days that she had been obliged to crawl upon her hands and knees to the spring for water. The breath of life, however, was still remaining in them, and the two men j who came to their relief afforded them j such assistance and administered to them such nourishment as their situa­ tion and circumstances required. On the third day of June they set out for home, and carried Mrs. Forbes and the child on a bier by hand, and in a canoe by water, till they all safely ar­ rived at Norridgewalk, where, to the surprise of the inhabitants, and the utter astonishment of Mr. Forbes, he was presented with a living wife and C W W* , , , A Colored Knock Irin. There are maay Enoch Ardens in this world beside the one that the poet conjured, and Chicago has proven that she is not behind the rest of the world in their possession. Thereby hangs a 8tor}'--and a most true story, too, for which the veracious reporter of the [rite--Ocean will vouch. The great Re­ bellion was not unfruitful in this class of real romances, and that same Rebell­ ion is responsible for Chicago's pet Enoch Arden; and, as the sequel will show, though the hero of this true story did not remain away from his long-lost wife or only gaze at her round the street corners and through the dis­ guise of sorrow-wrinkled features, it was not his fault: and in this fact is added a halo of glory to Chicago's Enoch Arden and to his lost bride, that the novelists can lay no claim to. iBut, to come to the beginning of this true story. Fifteen years ago, on Christmas Day, there arrived in Chicago, from the ancient-looking but interesting Vil- lage of Carlton, in Missouri, just es­ caped from slavery, an octoroon, beau­ tiful then, and still possessed of the traces of that beauty, together with charming manners, that captured the heart of young Jackson so many years ago, and that less than a year after her landing in Chicago, ensnared the now happy Charles Taylor. Just before se­ curing her freedom Mrs. Jackson was sold, and left the place where they had lived happily together. The war came, the proclamation of freedom was wafted over the land, and old homes were deserted by the slaves. That what was declared might become a reality, Mrs. Jackson fled to Illinois. HOT husband, too, fled to escape from his once owner, and no one knew whither. Two causes, war and the desire for actual freedom, as well as legal, effec­ tually succeeded in separating from each other this husband and wife. Aft­ er the _war closed, Mrs. Jackson made inquiries as to her husband's where­ abouts, and he made the same efforts, no doubt, to find his lost wife. But well might those once slaves, raised in ignorance, fail to discover each other. Nearly fifteen years passed away with­ out their seeing or hearing of each other. ̂ Still the memory of the early love, if not the love itself, lingered around the heart of Mrs. Jackson." Though having another husband, she decided to visit, the old spot where she had once lived happily, even in slavery, with her first love. But, like a true and faithful wife, she told her husband what she desired, and of her old love. With a generosity much to be com­ mended in this great age of selfishness, he consented. She went to the old place--Carlton. She met the old love there. He, too, had longed after the old place. Thus they met together last summer. The old love, however, had fled; but the kindly spirit of friendship remained. The story of her after-life the old husband heard. He wished her continued happiness. She returned to Chicago, told her husband of what had occurred, and Charles Taylor, like a generous man, and grateful to him who had had the means of destroying his happiness, but did not, wrote to Mr. Jackson, and invited him to visit them in Chicago, and he accepted the kindly invitation, arrived here the day appointed, and spent a happy Christ­ mas at the little cottage on West In­ diana, near Oakley sstreet. --Chicago In­ ter-Ocean. Charlie Thome's "Ifoeks.# THE admirers of Mr. Charles It. Thorne, Jr., in his impersonation of the serf Osip in " Les Danicheffs," would have recognized his manly form, set off by a hunting costume of the latest fashion, stealthily stalking about the Alameda marshes, with a gun over his shoulder and a dog at his heels. Mr. Thorne is not only a great actor, but also " a mighty hunter, and, hear­ ing that there was good duck-shooting to oe had a t*. Alameda, he borrowed a dog, and, accompanied by a friend, came over yesterday afternoon to try his luck. At first the two sportsmen kept together on the marshes, but the ducks aid not seem to be around. Mr. Thorne suggested that they should separate, and see if they couldn't do better. Accordingly Mr. Thorne, ac­ companied with his dog, struck out for the beach. Coming suddenly round a clump of rushes, the great actor stop­ ped abruptly, with his eyes fixed Upon a group of birds, floating quietly in the shallow water. "The California duck!" exclaimed Mr. Thorne, in tones of suppressed delight, creeping gradu­ ally to get within range. 44 I've heard," he continued, "that the ornithology of California had never been properly studied. These birds are not exactly like the genus ducks in other countries, but still lean recognize the species." Just then several of the birds arose and wheeled slowly up. Mr. Thorne is a good shot, and four of them fell to his right and left barrels. To his surprise, however, his dog manifested no inter­ est in the proceedings, but calmly sat down and gazed speculatively into vacancy. Nor woula any persuasion induce him to fetch the game. Finally Thorne. determined not to lose his first California ducks, waded into the water and brought them out himself. When the dog saw this, he began to appre­ ciate the situation and gave himself up to uncontrollable mirth. After Thorne had more than filled his game-bag he ran across his companion. " What sport?" he inquired. "Only one," was the somewhat -disconsolate an­ swer. " Look in my bag," said Thorne, triumphantly, "I shot twenty-two." As Thorne proudly displayed his slaughtered innocents, a gentle smile rippled over his friend's countenance, ana he remarked in a loud tone, " Sea­ gulls, by the living jingo!" The ex­ pression that came over Thome's face must be imagined, for it cannot be de­ scribed. Suffice it to say that his bag was hurriedly emptied, and that Thorne got on the next boat for San Francisco. --Oakland {Cat.) Democrat. Youth's Department. MUSIC ON ALL FOURS. « ̂ a Black-and-lfcn f»i Were shut in a room together, % * m * season of quiet., " . «>f. the change in the weather. And new spring fashions, and after Sat Ihey had a sort of mwsical chat. Said Fuss: " To me it is quite absurd-- t But tastes, and opinions vary; And some have declared that no beast or bird Can sing like the small canary-- Who, if it be true as I've heard it told. Is really worth more than its weight in gold!" Seid the Dfasck-and-Tan, with a pensive smile; I've wanted ̂ To this bit of scandal for quite a while. And. if not amiss, to mention That my daily allowance of bark and w(h)Jne HAS improved this voice of mine. ' It has," said Puss, with a comic grin: " The words of truth you have spoken; A name for ourselves we must strive to win At once, now the ice it* broken; For one or two dosee of catnip tea Have had a wondrous effect on me! 1 'Twas only the other night I strayed ' Where a silvery moonbeam slanted. And gave such a beautiful serenade You'd have thought the place enchanted. It roused the neighborhood to a pitch Of praiae, or envy--I can't tell which." Said the Black-and-Tan, " Why shouldn't we try To sing a duet together ?" Said the Puss, " I see no reason why We can't; and we'll abow them whether To birds and bipeds alone belong 'The gift of singing a pleasing songf* They sang--and they sang; but oh, ttjrthnl If you had been any whet e near them. You d have shut your eyes and stopped ears, [ your A Crow's Four-Footed Favorite. LAST spring Mr. William Sinclair of Cambray caught a young crow before it could fly and brought it home, and it soon became quite tame. It struck up a warm friendship with a young hound belonging to Mr. Sinclair. The crow always was around with the hound, shared his meals, and slept in his box at night on the bottom, not seeking a perch, unless they were disturbed dur­ ing the night, when he would come out and fly up into one of the trees near by and remain there till morning. When given food it would invariably take a part to the hound. It would not give it to him at once, but would fly around just above his head with a piece of meat or crust of bread in his bill and keep teasing him for quite a while with it, and then would finally let him have it. But instinct began to be too power­ ful, and he concluded that he must go to other quarters for the winter, and it was amusing to see how he tried to coax the hound away with him. He would fly away a little piece and then light and caw to the dog, then he would fly back, and seemed in great distress because he could not induce his four- footed friend to go to warmer quarters for the winter; but finding he would not leave he at length flew off.--Toronto Globe. And wished that yon couldn't hear them. Twas a brilliant effort, upon my wold, And nearly killed the canary-bird. The Fussy-Cat and the Black-and-Tan W it h the music were so delighted. They will givea concert as soon as they can, And perhaps we may be invited. * Bow-wow!" 1Miaow!r I'm sorry, yon know, I ve another engagement--Mid cannot go! --Josephine Pollard, in St. Nicholas for Janu­ ary. A Little Girl's Joirney. ^ ONE of the pleasantest instances asso­ ciated with the recent Christmas anni­ versary that has come under our obser­ vation was a journey that a little Chi- cago girl, only ten years old, took alone from that city to Concord, this State, a distance of over 1,100 miles. It was such a remarkable journey for one so young to venture upon that we are sure that the many young readers of the Journal, and probably every one of the older ones, will want to read about it. The little girl's grandfather lives in this city, and she wanted to spend Christ­ mas with him very much. She thought it would be so nice to make such a visit that one morning, at breakfast, she said to her father that she wanted to go to New Hampshire to Christmas, ana that if he would be so good as to buy her a ticket and take her to the cars she would not be afraid to go all the way alone. Her father could nardly believe her to be in earnest in making such a request, and told her the journey would be more than 1,000 miles, and that she would be two or three days and nights on the cars before reaching Concord. The matter was talked over in the family, but the little girl persisted so strongly in her desire to make the trip that at last her parents consented, ana all the necessary preparations were made for the journey. It was a Monday evening when a gentleman in the Chicago railway sta­ tion approached the conductor of the Pullmaji sleeping-car train and asked him if ne would take charge of a small S'rl, who was going alone to New ampshire to spend Christmas with her grandfather. The kind-hearted con­ ductor looked down on the little girl with astonishment, and at first could not believe that the gentleman really meant what he said. The little girl was so very small that the conductor said he was afraid he should lose her. He looked at her carefully, and noticed that she had black hair and eyes and rosy cheeks. She wore a black dress, a dainty traveling hat, and a dark sacque trimmed with very rich fur, and she carried a heavy shawUn a strap, and a nice bag on which wife- inscribed her name and residence. The conductor took her on the train, assigned her a nice section of a car, where she could sit in the daytime and have a bed made for her to sleep on at night, and at just nine p. m. there was a rattling- aud rumbling, and she had just time to say good-by to her father when the train rolled out of the depot into the dark­ ness, and started on its way to Canada and the States. We have not the room to give all the particulars of the little adventurer's' journey, but would say that on the next morning she woke up to find the train on a huge steamer at Detroit that was carrying it across the river to tlw other shore, where it would be placed on the rails again. She took breakfast on the steamer, and when the conductor was assisting her back to the car, a nice looking man kindly asked her name and how far she was*going. I will give her exact reply, because the boys and girls who read this letter will become interested in her, and will wish to hear from her again. She answered the gentleman: " My name is Emma Rand. I live in Clybourn place, Chicago, and my father's name is Douglas Band, and he is a manufacturer. I am going to New Hampshire to spend Christmas with my Grandfather Rand. My mother says he lives in a white house near the City Hall. I don't expect to have any trouble finding him when I get there, for my Aunt Nellie has written me that she will be close to the cars when they stop at Concord, and will not miss me when I step out." Her artlessness and simplicity so pleased the gentleman, who was a Methodist clergyman from Kansas, that he at once told her that he was travel­ ing alone as far as Montreal, and would most gladly do all he could to assist her. Emma, as we now shall call her, was much pleased with her new acquaintance, who did all in his power to make her journey a happy one. Near Kingston an accident oc­ curred to the tratn, but it was uot thrown from the track, and no one was hurt. There was, however, considera­ ble delay, and when at last it reached the Bonaventure-StreetStation, in Mon­ treal, the Boston train had been gone some two hours. By thus missing the railway con­ nection the passengers for the South were compelled to wait and take the late afternoon train. This gave jthem a good half-day to spend in that quaint old city. The weather was deHgWfnl, and the kind minister took to many places of interest. He pointed out to her the beautiful buildings in Notre Dame and St. James streets, showed her the city squares, and finally took her up into the great high tower of the Cathedral of ISotre Dame, where she had a most lovely view of the city and the St. Lawrence and Ottawa hir­ ers. At about four o'clock in the after­ noon she went to the Boston train. She shook hands with the clergyman and conductor, and thanked them for all they had done for her. The latter introduced her to the conductor of the Boston train, a tall man with «*ndy side-whiskers, who in a most pleasant voice said he would take the best care of her, and would wake her at least half an hour before reaching Concord. On this train good fortune'continued to follow her, for a kind lady who learned Emma's history told her that she was acquainted with her father, who went to school with her when he was a boy. At five o'clock the next morning Emma Rand stepped from the Pullman sleeper at Concord, where her Aunt Nellie clasped her in her arms. She had traveled over 1,100 miles, and had shown what a brave little girl could *do who wanted to go to her grandfather'* to Christmas.--Concord (N. H.) Otr. Boston Journal. A Word to the Boys. WHEN the Duke of Wellington was sick, the last thing he took was a little tea. On his servant's handing it to him in a saucer, and asking him if he would have it, the Duke replied: " Yes, if you please." These were his last words. How much kindness and courtesy is expressed by themP He who had commanded the greatest armies in Europe, who was long accns to tiled to the tone of authority, did not despise or overlook the small courtesies of life. Ah, how many boys do! What a rude tone of command they often use to their little brothers and sisters, and sometimes to their mothers. This is ill-bred and insolent. It shows a coarse nature and a hard heart. In all your home-talk, remember, " If you please." Among your playmates, don't forget* "If you please." To all who wait upon or serve you, believe that " if yon please" will make you better served than all the cross or ordering words in dictionary. Don't forget 1 if you please.™-- the whole three little words, Chtirch Union. f FACTS AND FIGURES* THE cost of the famine in Madras is officially stated at $42,500,000, and in Bombay at $10,000,000. THE losses of the Scotch farmers tUs year through floods and bad weather are estimated at $40,000,000. IN 1876 the United States cultivated 540,457 acres in tobacco, with a yield of 381,002,000 pounds, valued at 928,- 202,968. THE agricultural population of Georgia is 900,000 souls, and the num­ ber of acres in cultivation is a trifle OTtof six hundred thousand. THE St. Gothard Tunnel has Into thfr bowels of the land marched on without impediment a distance of 9,020 meters* say five and a half miles. * NORTH CAROLINA contains 1,025 dl*. tilleries, the largest number of State in the Union. Kentucky next, with 754 distilleries. w MR. LYMAN, geologist to the Japan­ ese Government, reports that the Isl­ and of Yesso probably contains a hun­ dred and fifty thousand million tons tit - coal not yet explored. THE decline in real estate is not con­ fined to this country. A property bought near Berlin five years ago for villa sites at the price of 2,550,000 marks was sold the other day for 258,- 770 marks. THE shipments of oil from Pittsburgh during November aggregated 173,6o§ barrels. The total stock in the pro- ' ducing regions at the close of Novem­ ber was 2,471,798 barrels, against 2,504,012 at the close of October, show­ ing a decrease of 32,214 barrels for the month, and 488,294 barrels less daring the year than in the corresponding months of 1876. THE following record of great snow* storms in Connecticut is of interest Last winter the first snow-storm oc­ curred November 29, and gave good sleighing for forty-five days in succes­ sion. On December 28, 1878, the snow fell twenty-two inches deep on a level; also January 19, 1867, the snow fell twenty-four inches deep in Hartford| January 15, 16 and 17, 1816, there was a terrible snow-storm, the snow falling four feet deep. On February 19,20 ana 21, 1801, the snow fell five feet deep. The winter of 1741-42 was famous throughout New England for deep snows and intense cold weather, the first de».p snow falling on the 13th at November, giving sleighing which lasted until tne 20th of April. In Feb* ruary, 1717, occurred the greatest snowft . storm ever known in Connecticut, snow falling ten feet deep on a level. THE Sutro Tunnel has been pushed on to a distance of 18,400 feet, being within fifty feet of the great combin#" tion mining shaft (Comstock lodeV where its usefulness and value will h| tested. The sound of the blasts can tyfc *v heard in the Comstock workings, com^ plete connection with which will be made by April 1, 1878. Thus far tho expenditure has been 92,830,597; about 9250,000 will be required to complete the work, and 9500,00j more to equip it. The object of the tunnel is to afford a natural outlet for the waters of the Bonanza Mines, now pumped up from the depth of 2,300 feet, at an annual cost of 93,000,000; with the tunnel ft will only he necessary to raise it to the 1.800-foot level. Beside, the tunnel will afford ventilation, and so do away with the necessity for expensive mining where, the atmosphere being at 12w deg*. and the water at 160 degs., a miner cannot work more than live min­ utes at a stretch, having then to take refuge in cooling ehamtier* to whioh compressed air is forced. Further, the cost of moving the ore from the bottom ' of the shafts to the open air will by the tunnel 9150 a day, as against 94,50®^ * ; by the present system of hoisting.