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Tweuty-seven years ago on Jan. 2, 1861, Prince William, the second son of Frederick William III. and the beautiful and accom» plished L'msia of Hesse-Darmstadt, upon the death of his brother, Frederick William 1V., ascended the throne as King of Prussia, under the title of William I. He had serv- EMPFRORWIL‘UAM’S CAREER ed as Regent for neatly four years, so that this public investment with kingly powers was but a matter of form. Prince \Villiam was born in the palace of the Crown Prince in Berlin, March 22‘ 1797. When in 1836 the news reached Berlin that, the Prussian armies had bern defeated in @116 two great battles of J ens. and Auerstadt, Prince William was but!) years old. Al- though unable to fully comprehend the scope of Prussia’s defeat, his mother’s words, " The King was mistaken in regard to the efficiency of his army and its leaders;we have been defeated, and mu“; flee," made a profound impression upon his youngmind. One of is that the princes shall enter the army at the age of ten years ; but the events of 1806 threatening the destruction of the Prussian monercy, the 22nd of March, his tenth birth- day, was anticipated by his appointment as first lieutenant of the Royal Guards on the 1st of January of that year; so that King William could count his 81 years‘ service in the army. Koenigsberg, in which city the Royal family had taken refuge, soon after being threatened by the French, Queen Louisa, with her two sons, hurried away to Memel, near the Russian frontier, Where young William was attacked with a nervous fever, while his elder brother was seriously ill with scarlatina. These were trying times for the Queen. On the 15:h of June, 1807, Prussia's Russian ally was utterly routed near Friedland and nothing but a treaty of peace unier the most humiliating terms could avert the complete annihilation of the Prussian monarchy. It was even a ques- tion with Napoleon I. whether brederick William III. should be permitted to take art in the peace negotiations, the Emperor eing in favor of striking Prussia from the roll of States. Not even the tears of the beautiful Louisa, who had been prevailed upon to appeal to the Emperor in person, was able to persuade him to modify or withdraw a single point of his hard condi- tions. Finally, the Treaty of Tilsit was conclud‘ ed, by the terms of which Russia loat half her terxitory, and loaded down with heavy war indemnities, she was reduced to the rank of a second or third power in Europe. The old maxim that early hardships are necessary to the development of a full mun- hood must have been in the mind of the Queen when, in a letter to her father, the Grand Duke Mecklenburg-Sterlitz, in 1808, she wrote :â€"“Circumsta.nces and his sur- roundings educate the man, and therefore LlFE‘S STEBNEST REALITIES in their youth. Had they been permitted to grow up in luxury and leisure, they would think life must always be so. That it can be otherwise they can now see from the sad countenance of their father and the abund- ant tears of their mother. We have, indeed, gone to sleep upon the laurels of Frederick the Great, who mastered his country.” The Royal family continued to experience the bitterness of unsuccessful warfare. Their country remained occupied by French troops, and the small revenue that could be collectv ed from the people hardly sufficed to cover the necessary expenses of State and the sup port of the army ; so that it often hap- pened that in their asylum at Memel there was barely sufficient means left to defray the most urgent demands of the Royal household. ‘fierré‘d’ 335* max“ A change for the better occurred only upon the withdrawal of the French troops on Dec. 23, 1809â€"12116 sixtéenth anniversary of Queen Louisa’s entry into Berlin as the bride of Erederick William III.â€"â€"when she returned again to the capital amid the en- thusiagtic greetings of her subjects. On Jan. 1, 1814, Prince “'illiam is; found at the side of his father in the Battle of La. Rothiere, between the allied armies and France, and on the 27th of February at Bar- sur»Aube and Fare Chumpoise, which battle resulted in the total defeat of the French under Field Marshals Marmount and Mor- tier. He was also present at the entrance of the victorious allied troops into Paris, March 31, 1814. Prince William was appointed by Emperor Alexander of Russia. colonel of the regiment Kaluga. 'T he following twelve years of his routine life were spent in the reorganisation of the Prussian army. In 1829. at the age of 32, he married the Princess Augusta, second daughter of the Grand Duke Carl Frederick of Saxe-VVeimar. From this time on until the death of his father, which occurred on June 7, 1840, Prince William’s energies were devoted principally. to military atfairs. Upon the acsession of the eldest son, Frederick William 1V., it was expected the new king would keep peace with the people, who, under the fostering care of his father, ' had had extended to them a new system of 3 popular education and the extension of muni- cipal liberties, but he proved not to have been formed of the same clay as Frederick William I., Frederick the Great, or Freder- ‘ ick \Villiam III. Until 1847 the only re. form of a representative character in Prussia. was the “ Provincialstands” (Councils of the Provinces), which, however, were closed with very limited powers. In this year the rumblings of the approacling revolution of 1848 began to reach the ear of the king, which induced him to call together the re- presentatives of the eight provinces compos- ing the kingdom of Prussia into one body at Berlin. But this measure proved too late to avert the storm. The successful re- volution of February, 1848, in Paris, and the flight of Louis Philippe were the signal for action at Naples, Milan, Vienna and Berlin. Emperor William stands charged with having issued the order at this timeâ€" the 18th of March, 184Sâ€"to fire upon THE DEFENCELENCE PEOPLE in the streets of the City of Berlin, but, as he was appointed Governor-General of the Rhenish Provinces on the 10th of the same month, his personal engagement in these bloody conflicts is seriously doubted by his admirers. On the other hand. his enemies assert that his departure was delayed until the day following the order, and that the massacre was due to his advice. The revolutions throughout Germany and Austria or 1848 had shattered What romain- ed of the “Holy Alliance ;” the “German THE HOHENYOLLERN TRADITIONS Bnnd” had been dissolved, and in order to appease the popular demsnd in a. measure, a. Parliament, composed of representatives from all the German States, Austria. and Prussia included, to be elected bv popular vote, was ordered to assemble at Frankfort. The history of this representative body may be comprised in the term of derision which a 2,L L- was then applied to it, and with which to this day it is spoken of, “The Papperla. ment” (chatter gathering). The oniy semi» ment upon which all the representatives agreed was that of German unity. , ,__L1-.l .u. At this Parliament were assembled pa. triots, statesmen, authors and historians,‘ who for many years had labored and strug gled for a principleâ€"the rights of the peo- ‘ ple as against those of kings. Their names were dear to every German heart. But the single-mindness of such men as Arndt, Auerswald, Beckerath, Camnhausen, Dihl- man, Heinrich von Gagern, Von Rodowifz, Von Rommer and many others, weighed lit- tle against those having great personal in- terests to promote. It soon became evident that Austria was manipulating this Parlia- meit with a view to acquiring the ascen- dency in Germany, and thus to gradually restore the old German Empire under the Hapsburg suzerainty. The suspicion was confirmed when on the 29m of June, 1848. Arcnduke John of Austria was elected reichsverveser over Germany, he having once, in the exuberance of his enthusiasm, given vent to the sentiment. “ N0 Austria 1 No Prussia! Only a united Germany!" This office, however, was of short continu- ance, for on the 3rd of April, 1849, a depu- tation from this Parliament proceeded to Berlin and offered the Imperial crown of the States of Germany to Frederick William IV., whichlhowever, was refused. a Qua-Shgs'eisv whiéh city hE wrote his brother, the King of Prussia, as follows :â€"â€" J. v . "ulvnn. uvuvvvl, vvwn .v.....n.u. P’rince William, during the latter part of the revolutionary days of March, 1848, had considered it beneficial to take “ I hope that the free institutions which are to be consolidated by the represen- tatives of the people will, for Pruesia’s wel- fare, develop themselves more and mere.1 A. A TRIP TO ENGLAND, where he remained for six weeks, retprnipg Upon his arrival in Berlin he repaired to the Prussian Assembly, to which he had been elected. In his first speech Prince William assured the members of his loyalty to the principles of a Constitutional Monar- chy, but notified the President that, it being impossible for him to always be present at their meetings, on such occasions the Presi- dent should take the liberty of calling upon his alternate. It was not, however, until 1849 that Wil- liam was called upon to perform special pub- lic duties. Austria having dissolved connec- tion with the Frankfort Parliament, declar- ing against the choice of any other German prince oven Germanv, and Prussia refusing 1:0 sancficfi fiheir cdfifederate Conrtitution', and some objeptjons having been raised 562mg: "2 afcém°aé?g,‘w޴armh‘€éu Sfifisy cede to Prussia’s suzerainty, the dissatisfac- tion of the people over these abortive results began to make itself felt p.11_over_Gfarmany. This dissatisfaction culminated in May, when an open revolt occurred in several of the principal cities of central Germany. In the grand duchy of Baden the king‘s army made common cause with the citizens, and established a provisional Government, with Lorenz Bretano, the present educated citizen of Chicago and former representative of Con- gress from the North Side as chief executive officer. Lieut. Franz Sigelâ€"Gen. Sigel of the Union armyâ€"was put in command of the revoluntinnary forces. 0n the 8th of June Prince William (at the request of the Grand Duke of Baden and the Princes of other revolted German States), with an army of 10,000 men, marched into South- western Germany, and before the expiration of a month had so effectually quelled all disturbances that Gen. Sigel and the other revolutionary leaders were forced to flee to the neutral ground of Switzerland, While others took the first ship across the Atlantic for America. Thus were the last efforts and aspirations of Republicanism in Germany crushed and extinguished. Throughout the reactionary measures which followed, to which Frederick William IV. acceded wiliinglv, and which were troublesome enough to have turned the head of a. stronger monarch, his brother William was living with his family at’Coblenz, de- voting his time to the improvement of the Prussian army. In the fall of 1857, how- ever, he was called upon for more serious work ; in fact, to take charge of the G overn- ment. A Royxl order had been published, in which it wasfismted that the King’s phy- sician had advised his abstention from all uf~ ficial aflairs connected with the administra- tion. and that the Government of the State would be intrusted to Prince \Vllliz'm. His first term of THE REGENCY was limited to three months. Three times the power was renewed, but on the 7th of October, 1868, the office wxs made perman- ent. He was then 62 years old, at an age when the renewal of physical and intellect- ual vigor is rarely accomplished, and few people anticipated that William L’s reign would present so warlike a. character, and but for Austria’s pretentious to power in Germany and French chauvinisng, his days um unuuy Lhuu L' 1. Cuvu mm“ I “new, u... __', .. might have passed more peacefully, and to- day we should hear of Prussians, Swabians, Wurtembergs, Saxons, Hessians. Hanover- iaus, Badeus, Loewonsteiners, em, but no Germans. 0n the 2nd day of January, 1861, King Frederick William IV. breathed his last, and his brother, Prince XVilliam, ascended the throne. On being con- gratulated by a. magistrate of Berlin the king {eplied -â€"- 7r ‘ 1. “ History has shown that the Hohenzall- erna have always kept a. warm heart: for their people. I am known to possess the some feelings. I may have been misunderstood in the past, but; I assure you I have ever been animated with the most sympathetic sentiments for the people of Prussia, and it may not be amiss for me to acknowledge, perhaps, that everything has not been'done ss’cjsfagtorily to the people of late years.” _On Januai‘y 9 the king issued a firoclama.‘ tlgg, in which, among other things, be 5211 :â€" “ It is not Prussia’s destiny to grow great by acquisitions, but in the exertion of her moral and intellectual power, in the earnest- ness and steadfastness of her religious senti- ment, and in the strengthening of her defen- sive arm will be found the condition of her power and rank among the European States.” It was not until October 18, 1871, that the king was crowned, the coronation cere- monies taking place at Koenigsberg. The an eye-witness :â€" following is a. description of the occasion by It is a matter of common notoriety that the acts and words of the king at this crowning ceremonv did not impress the people with the deep conviction that his reign would be acoustitutional one : but, on the contrary, they were looked upon as new declarations of absolute rule. The next Chamber, which met after the coronation, proved conclusively that these were the prevailing sentiments of the country. A large number of representatives had been elected upon the understanding that they were to give support to Government mea- sures only upon condition that the Govern- ment would pursue a. liberal policy at home and a. decided German policy abroad The FIRST DEMAND OF THE KING was an increase of the war budget; this was refused. The monarch, however. was not to be thus thwarted in his favorite projects of increasing the efficiency of the army. He accused the Ministers who represented his wishes in the Assembly with timidity. He looked about for a. more decided character to form a Ministry. His choice fell upon Otto Von Bismarck von Schoenhausen, then Ambassador at the French Court, whom he recalled wwsstgfigtmmgiatjng him of the Ministry. But the people and their rep'esentetives were not to be driven from the stand they had taken upon the Constitu- tion. They remeined steadfast in their de- termina‘ ion to uphold their prerogatives in the matter of money appropriations, ant] to resist any attempt on the part of the Govern- ment to subvert them by diverting any of the funds which had been voted from their original purposes. in this dilemma, the Schleswick-Holstein 1 question, which threatened serious compli- ‘ cations on the northern frontier, seemed to come to the relief of the Government. The death of King Frederic of Denmark, which occurred Nov. 15, 1863, opened the question of suzeminty over these Provinces. A Con- stitution had just been adopted in Denmark, in which these Provinces were declared to be Danish territory, contrary to the stipu- lations oi the London protocol, Which had been signed by the great Powers, and, H01- stein being a member of the German Confed- eration, the Act was also considered a direct insult to the Gelman Parliament. The con- sequence was the sending of some sixty thousand federal troops, partly Prussian, partly Austrain, and zontingents from some of the other smaller German States, into Schleswick. The Dames were defeated in SEVERAL BLOODY ENGAGEMENTS on land and sea, in which the Prussian troops and marines exhibited unexampled courage and intrepidicy. But this war, which was but of short duration, and delivered Hol stein into the hands of Prussia and Austria, contained the germ for the next conflict between these two Powers of much greater magnitude. The German Parliament declar- ed in reference to these provinces in favor of Austria’s demand, which amounted in efl'ect to a declaration of war of all the Ger- man Statesâ€"Austria. includedâ€"against Prussia. This gave William I. the oppor- tunity to retrieve his popularity with his subjects, and to revive among them the spirit which had made the armies under Frederick the Great invincible. “ If they are then all against me,” he said. upon being informed of the action of the Parliament. “I shall P1106 myself at the head of my army and sooner perish with it thanto submit to these outrageous demands,” and in a. proclamation which he at once is- sued to the people of Prussia, he said, “The country is in danger 1 Austria. and a. large portion of Germany are up in arms against us. Wherever our eyes turned over Ger- many we are confronted by enemies whose watchword it is :â€"‘ Humiliation of Prussia. 1’ It is a. struggle for our exist- ence. If God gives us victory we shall then be strong enough to renew in a. better and more indisaoluble form the loose ties which to-dny are uniting the German Stabs more in name than in fact.” These sentiments created a. deep imprcs~ sion upon the people of Prussia and were favorably received by a. large number of Germans beyond the frontier. The war measures received the most enthusiastic sup- port, and in less than a fortnight 265,000 men were ready to cross the line into Bohemia. The war was as short as it re- sulted gloriously for the Prussian arms. Austria. was defeated in every battle, and the last and decisive one at Koeningsgratz laid her at the feet of her conqueror. King \Villism, however, was magnanimous. His sword secured Prussia’s supremacy in Ger many; that was sufficient. A further Yhu- miliation or a. dismemberment of Austria. was neither politic nor desirable. These EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESSES in the field caused also a revulsion of pub- lic sentiment in favor of King William at home, which resulted in the election of a Conservative Chamber thoroughly in sympa- thy with the Government. This favorable turn of afi'airs was immediately seized upon by the king to increase and strengthen the army, which soon assumed enormous prO» portions and prepared to meet the arch- anemy, who was lurking on the western borders of Germany. Napoleon III. had been watching Prussia’s success with un- feigned displeasure, and fearing a unificaâ€" tion of the German State: under that power, he resorted to the most shameful intrigues to prevent such a consummation. Under various pretexts he sought Austria’s alli ance in case of a war with Prussia. He pro- srred his influence and. if need be, his ma~ terialaid, to the States of Southern Ger- many in forming». South Gsrm‘sn Confed- eration, but he exceeded the ordinary limits of courtesy and prudence in sending the Duke of Grammont on a special mission to Ems, where King \Villiam was sojourning, to make the impudent demand of that sov- ereign to openly declare that none of the Hohenzollern princes should ever occupy the Spanish throne. King William very properly refused to see the French envoy again, sending him Ward that he had noth- ing further to communicate. This was the signal for the war between France and Prus- sia, or rather Germany, which closed with the humiliation of France. the loss of two of her provincesâ€"Alsace and Lorraineâ€" and the destruction oi the second Bonapart- ist dynasty on the one side, I=nd with the ‘ establishment of a. united Germanv and the coronation of King William of Prussia as her emperor on the other. THE MEETING OF THE EMPERORS. The meeting of the Emperors of Germany, Russia. and Austria took place at Berlin in the autumn of 1872 In October of that year Emperor William gave a. decision ad- verse to England on the San Juan boundary question, submitted to his arbitration by the British and American Governments. In April, 1873, he visited the Czar at St. Petersburg, and in October visited the Em- peror of Austria. In 1875 the Czar visited Emperor William. An attempt was made to assassinate Emperor William while he was driving, on the afternoon of May 11, 1878‘ in Berlin. The crime was committed by a young Socialist named Emil Hoedel, he firing two shots, neither of them hitting the Emperor. The man was pursued and finally captured. He said he had no inten- tion of murder ; but, being unemployed and dissatisfied, had resolved to commit suicide. He was tried, found guilty and executed. ...u “y... ._,~.r, ,_, A second attempt; upon the Emperor's life was made June 21, 1878, on the avenue "Unter den Linden,” whilst he was out driving. Two shots were fired, both of which took effect. The would'be assassin was a. Dr. Nobiling, who, after an attempt to commit suicide, was captured and re- moved to the hospital, where he died from his self-inflicted wounds. Fr'ihiwr‘kfihpgffgzflfanfs with the greatest difficulty kept him from going to San Remo to see once more his afflicted son. A trifl- ing illness combined with his great mental suffering was more than even his iron can stitution could bear, the thread of life The illness of the Crown Prince was a. terrible strain upon the vitality of the aged Kaiser. Though always hoping for the best, he grieved over the sorrowful prospect with a suffering that only parents know. At times he completely‘ gave Way to his {8811: -_-.: u... . . .. éfiralprped, and German'y is today plunged in mourning. Mr. Burton, of Minneapolis, some time ago lost a valuable Gordon setter dog, which was found eventually in the possession of a. sxloonkeeper, who claimed that he had raised the animal. from puppyhood. The evidence in Court was equally strong on both sides, and there apfieared to be a. case of mistaken identity somewhere. Judge and jury alike were in a. terrible quandary. At this junc‘ Lure Mr. Burton asked the Court if he might be allowed to introduce the evidence of the dog. No objections were made to this novel motion. Mr. Burton, mindful of the accom- piishments which his wife had taught Sport in his youth, turned to the dog and said in a careless tone of voice :â€" “ Come, Sport, go and shut the door.” Without a moment’s hesitation the inteili- gent creature trotted over to the door of the Court-room, which happened to be ajar, shoved it shut, and then trotted back to his master, and looked expectantly up into his face. The latter then took a bone out of his pocket, and, laying it on the floor at his feet, said 2-â€" “:Well, Sport, that was well done; and now woruldr ypu like yqux: dinner?" . m m’l‘he dog’; head noaded an emphatic affir- mation, but: he seemed to be in no huu‘y to take the bone. W“Do you ?” said Mr. Burton, “ but ycu must remember that it is necessary for a. good orgbodox dog to say grace before eating." Upon the word the dog dropped down on his stomach, extended his head along the floor, and reverently covered his eyes with his paws. In a. moment Mr. Burton called : L W“ (N ,V out “Amen,” and Sport sprang to his feet like a. flash and seized the bone Without any more ceremony, crunching it between his jaws. Mr Burton then had the dog do his famous “gallant ” act. In this Sport sat: upon his hauuches with a. hat upon his head. When asked how he saluted a. gentleman when meeting, him, he deftly touched the edge of the hat with his right paw; but when asked how he saluted a lady under the same cir- cumstances, he brought up his paw and knocked the hat off his head. All concerned were perfectly satisfied, and the jury in a few moments brougha in a. verdicu for Mr. Burton, and Sport: followed his triumphant master out; of the court-room. She gently took his And tenderly she Her arm, without 3 About; his willing She drew him close? a fervent kiss Upon his brow she pressed, He yielded, and a. new found bliss Set all her tears at rest. Then in a wild impassioned way. Her love for him she told, And begged of him that he would say She’d not been over bold. Without him all her life, she said, Would be a. desert drear ; If he said “ No,” she’d never wedâ€"â€" At least: till next Leap Year. Blushing, he heard her bravely through, And then he cooed ; “ 0h, 13. I This is so awful sudden, Sue - You’ll have to ask my ma_l” A Bog in the Witness-Box. Poor Fellow. passive hand, placed reprimand, Waist. And the old mm, m bent before h And agam she called at dew-fall in the sunny Sum mer Weather, “ Where is little Chm-lav, father? Rank and Rob- ertâ€"have they come ’3" “ They ,are safe," the old man faltered! “ a.“ the chil dren are togethgr: Then he murmured gentle soothings, but his grief By the bed the old man, waiting, sat in vigil sad and tender; Where his aged wile lay dying; and the twilight shadows brown. Slowly from the wall and window chased the sunset’s “ Are the children in 7" :he asked tell her. All the treasures 01 their household lay in silence neath the snow ; But her heart. was “inn them living toils and pleas-tree, grew strmg an?! Ltronzer. . Till it choked and skilled him as he held her wrink- led hand, For her soul, far out of hearing, coqld his loudest words no longgr _ Still the pale lips stammcred questions, lullnbies and "Is it night ‘3” she whispered, wakinc (for her spirit seemed to hover Lost between the next world’s sunrise and the bed- broken verses, Nursery prattln, all the language of a. mother’s lov- ing heads, While the midnight round the mourner, left to sor- row’s bittarmercies, Wlapped its weeds. There was stillness on the pillowâ€"and the old man listened lonelyâ€" Till they led him from the chamber, with the but- denpn his breast. For the wxfe oteixty years, his manhood’s early love and only, " Fare you well I” he sobbed, “ my Sarah: you will meet the tubes hek re me; ’Tis a. little while, for neither can the parting long abide. For you will come and call me soon, I knowâ€"and Heaven will restore me To your side. ” It was even so. The Spring-time, in steps of Winter trendmz, Searcer shed its orchmrd blossoms era the old man closed his eyes, And they I) lried him by Sarah, and they had their " diamond wedding " “ Speakin’ 0’ John Stebbin’s barn puts me in mian of the time when that are barn wur,p1m:med. John insisted, John did, of erectm' it upon a. side hill ; an’that side hill wur clay ; nu’ clay is considerable more nor less like a. Man-ch Windâ€"continually on the shift, A w“ “by, clay, there ain’t no more confi- V “I . ‘ .. éflssltfime, 105.6!“ cljxfihaa .P935% is we it'll cling to ye like the cankerrash, or else take ye right. in for all your Wornh. When it's dry it’ll crackle and. slough off an' do everything else that’s mean an” inhuman ;v an’ when iu's frozzn ic’ll hump up like a. cam» el’s back, an’ twist: everything askew that’s on top of it. I allus climb a. clay hill by] goiu’ roundvib, espeeiaI-ly in ‘the spring. I “ Afore John Stebhins planted his barn!‘ he held a. consultation ez to how the foundw tion should be built. John had his own op- inion, John did, but afore he expressed it he wanted the opinion of others. One sorter thought that a. trench, four foot wide, ten foot deep, filed with stones, an’ the sills laid on top, would knock the stufiin’ all out of the clay, an’ the ham would stand ; John didn’t. Another thought that in addition to the stones there should be two foot 0’ sand on each side 0‘ the wall. The sand would sorter hold the stones ; the stones Would sorter hold the sills ; the sills would sorter hold the barn ; an’ the barn would re- main firm as the rock of ages. John didn't think eny each thing. Another said drive spiles inter the ground an’ set the barn on top. John wouldn't. John’s oldest boy, Sim, said : ‘ If they’d build a. fire round the barn, and keep the clay thaWed out, the ‘ pesky thing ud never hisc ;‘ an’ they award- ed him P. leather medal on the spot._ “John's theory, though speculative, was right to the pint. ‘ Frost,’ said he, “ never ahoWs any partiulity. If i: nippith one ear, it nippith tother alsoâ€"u nless it’s kivered up. It's agoin’ to freeze that are clay jest ez it would a pond (1’ water ; an’ when it heaves, it’s agoin' to heave all the way alike. Jest lay them are sills upon nuthin’ but clay; an’ when the clay elevates, jest let the barn elevate with it. It‘ll got up in the fall, an’ down in the spring, an’ allus be on a dead level.” So that are barn was built, an’ the founducion weslaid upon nuthin’ but pure undefiled clay. Tom Tompklns Relates flow lhe Edlflce “‘as nullt. “ Well, you oughter seen that barn travel the fust season. The west side went up an’ the east; side went: down. The south ensu- corner chassezed to the left. an’ the north end humped itself up like a. man with the: rheumatics. Squintin’ along the rirlgepole Wus like squintin' along a. range 0’ moun- tains. There wus valleys and declivities, an’ deep gorges, an‘ canyons at irregular intervals along the hull line. \Vhy, it seemed the delight of that are Olav to see how infernally is could twist that burn an’ still leave it staudin’. An’ stand it did until John had to prop i; up with seven by nine joxce. .. In“ . J “ The Wust feature of the barn, though, wur the way it affected the cattle. In it wur some twenty head which John war a win- terin’ the fust season. There were J uraeys, an’ shorthoms, nn’ Sufi‘olks, an’ Ayrshires, an’ some as wasn’t neither but a leetle of all. They wur 92 straight, plump, W911 propor- tioned cattle when they entered that barn ez a man would Wish to see ; but you’d orter seen them in the spring. So confoundedly did that ban-n warp up an’ double about durin’ the winter months, that, when them are cattle were let out in the month of May, I’ll be blest if each one of ’em wern t twist- ed oomph-1ter out of shape. Now that’s a fact.”â€"â€"[Bcston Courier. The reverence for the Sabbath in Scot- land sometimes takes a. form/one would hardly have anticipated. An lighland- man said to an English tourig’ “ They’re a. God-featin’ 3 Ike here, ’deed they are, an’ I’ll give : instance o’t. Last Sabbath, just as kirk was skailin’ there was a. drover ch ae Dum- fries along the road, whistlin‘ lookin' as happy as if it was 1:2. muddlt. ‘ *a. week. \Veel, air, out laads is a God ‘11: set 0’ lands, an’ they yokit upon him ..n' a’most killed him.”â€"â€"London Chroniae 'golden splend_or., JOHN STEBBINS‘ BARN. Their Diamond Wedding. she called at dew-fall in Reverencc in Scotland. Answéred “ Yes. Going down, world’s sunrise and the bed- this), weak and tea‘ful, trembling as ho Understand Safe at home‘ Long ago Lay at rest 1n thva skies‘ many years he the sunny Sum hack among her him. Could he lks here, instance kirk was ae Dum-