m. F. ROHWEIKR, VOL. XLVII. -- taaw-enjjaajjanl lb Brooklyn Divine Rnnrlar nenin. n. ' M in finaiiinil h rum tho Story of Khinl." ekSUrtm of T.irnel '- I raised Owrn up a Km of (fern, a Benjam V Jiiiisffl til., 15. is 11 ruler la Israel. He was loft if I uliar about the to h- :i.-h he belonged, i lianded men, and , is had they all lieeome In the in I H at the Kil.le savs they - at a liair's breadth and - n king iif the name o bmi of Israel. He the a a moat outrageous tax. N ml llrst spoke, had a a tod stroy that oppressor, ting that lie wus iming to iked toaee King EgVr hh :i tii" summer house, the ing r.-tired when it wan the palaoe. This summer surroon I-.! l.y Cowers and fountains and warbling the summer house and salt) !in I a se-ret errand a) !y all the attendants the royal presence. King ip t" receive the messenger, m .in. puts his left hand ' side, pulls out a dagger and fh until the haft went I -I 'M falls. Ehudeomes r a trumpet of recruit ami.l the rutin, and a irrent host is led, in l proud Moab submits to the srael la free. So, O Lord. - p rlshl So, OLord. le' this subject the power Ci l M'-r ar.' some men who it ion have as much hand as in thetr rig t there Is something In the writing :i I nplies that Ehud had - ri-rht hand wluoh com is the left. oh. the power of Genius is often self obaar- tself, not given to muehtoll, 1 i its own ai:i,randizement, with n natural endow tive iu physical and has an earnestness for Industry, an all eonsum- rhieh u-hleve marvels for Though lft handed strike down a sin as great W' ilth gathering about ires, snnfflng at the cause lying in wickedness, roughly ring ' izarus off their doorstep, sending :-. not to liek his sores, but to hound pt ises, eatehing all the pure rod's hli B&ing into thestagnant. ropy, ! of their own selfishness men, worse than useless ly a man with large heart and little a out of his limited means made - oy and started an biOuence - ti grave and will swing and the throne of God, world b - high time that you left handed aye been longing lor this gift and ii toe and the other man's wealth ike your l-ft hand out of your poek- 1 made all these znllroada Whoset these cities? Who started all these a and schools and asylums? Who b lone all the tugging and running and i ng? Men of no wond-u-ful endowments, .lis of them a knowle lging themselves to 8 -ft handed, and t they were earnest, they were determined, and yet they V- re triumphant. not - ippoae that Ehud the first a sling in his hand could throw a - l ha r's breadth and not miss. I IU 11 was practice that gave him the r :i : rful dexterity. Go forth to your ity and be not dan iiiHaailil if in pta you miss the mark. Ehud Take another stOM, put it eare- the aling, swing it around your t r o n. and the next time you the center. The llrst time that a S bis trowel upon the brick he : t put up a pet feet will. . larpenter sends a plane over Lor drives a bit through a beam he t to make perfeo execution. i boy attempts a rhv:ue he t to 'hime a "I.alla ltookh" the Like." Do not be sur- li in your first efforta at doing good very largely successful. Under is an art, a science, a mist performing every p ration on the human eye. A St id by andsaid I "How easily It doesn't seem to cause you at all.' "Ah," said tho old o. u- isy now. but I spoiled a liat irn that." Be not surprised pra tiee before we can help dght and bring theui to a ross. Left handed men to tho gospel for a sling anil faith :r the smooth stone from take Sure mm, God direct the great GoliathS will tumble be- thifl subject the danger, ition, this Eglon was what a great man. There were en who would have considered . it ol t heir life just to have Vet, although se is so U1 1 in, ne is not beyond I : r. I see a gre.it ig to climb up in soeial Ii t that there is a safe ve, not knowing thai has a top like Mount perpetual snow. - a of Shinar for try that could reach to the lie il our eyesight were I'igli we could see a Babel in 1 h, the st rugL'le is tierce ' lii -tre. house against street. Nation against for which men are run- ura leliers and mirrors ind presidential equip what they anticipate. Men are not safe from v and, worse than - after they are dead, i root up ginvojards, s mi into publicity, him honor, and it i sycaasore trees to sea, and as ho - . ilders of the people h its and a wild hU7.za. .a is caught between c itlng preas and niangUsI i v. ry same persons who r cry "Down with the I e feast, the mighty men all around him. Wit win.- and the wine like the up among the chandeliers, ish down on the decanters, '-.'inr gardens Moats in on I revelry floats out. stry and folded ban rrites. The march of a host is rs. Laughter eatohea inthe sand hearts stop beating. I lie blood on the floor in the wine on the table. - has departed. a irse pcrhapsthan hun Rabylon, bul his position content witli just such a led you in! It- may "it was a great general." 'i red chieftain," or "He ty in worldly attainments," but this 1 of you and ran, "He was a ilthful i liristian, a friend of il in the last day will be the - . hro a tins subject tnat death ton, ... 'i1" 8U !!'""r huse. Eglon lid not Sow' , 1 that fine place. Amid all tha U drifted like snow into the i in the tinkle and dash of the foun- and of a thousand leaves flut- '; ;r' ' omneJi ; in the cool breeze P to shall feverish trouble out of - ' ere was nothingthatspake he died ! In the whiter, wind i Y ' " ahroud. and when the "Urge. It Is eaer to t of our "therta pleasant un -..it it i- foTuto" h,,w X -are mortal t jjf '? "'' tml' ( junf ioiue Idin com.-. Push straw u ' fPr'n' "round its I II wlill It r.ark for Iiah, hforn work. He has done it gloriously. The com panions of his youth are all gone his chl dren,U.l. H ,onin) to bify; "2 oTkra Lori1 i-on.ePo,ckly " Oil, death, there is a mark for thee' Take from him the staff and give him the eoantre! I with him mto the light, where ,v.s , ?"" '' ,in'1 w'utens not through the long years or et"rn it v. Ah death wi't st'r.w",1- , ''"rns bt "fcSaTS raw bed and from the aged man readv for the skies an 1 .via,., to the summer hous"e. Whatdoeat thou here, thou bony ghastlv monster, amid this waving grass and und-T this suiiught siding through the tree er.m. hesi' Children are at play. How quickly t heir last go and their locks toss In the wind'' lather and mother stand at the side of the room looking on, enjoying their glee It does not seem possible that tho wolf should 'ver break into that fold and earn- off a lamb. Meanwhile an old archer stands look lag through thethi.-ket. Hepolnts his arrow miKura oi bh group he ls a surs marksman the bow bends, the arrow snne.!s I Hash, now ! The U1C have stopped. you were is weary UOI the locks toss no more in the i A Laughter has gon out of the nail. Dear In the summer house ! Here is a father in midlife. His coming home at night is the signal for mirth. Th children rush to the door.andthere are books en the evening stand, and the hours nam away on glad feet. There Is nothing want lng in that home. Religion is there nnd sa. rillces on the altar morning and night lou look in that household and sav . "I ean not think of anything happier" I do not really lelieve the world Is so sa.1 a pia a as some people describe it to be." The scene changes. Tather Is sick. The d. ors must be kept shut. The death watch ehiros .lole fully on the hearth. The children "whisper and walk softly where onee they romped Passing the house late at night, you see the quick glancing of lights from room to room It is all over. Death in the summer house ' Rereis an aged mother aged, but not in firm. You think you wit: have the joy of car ing for her wants a good while vet. As she goes Bom nouse to house, to children and grandchildren, her coming is a dropping of sunlight in the dwelling, four children see her coming through the lane, and they cry. "Grandmother s .,.' ( .lr., for you has murned up her face with many a deep wrlnkl'. and her back stoojw "with car rying your bur l-ns. Some days she Is very quiet. she says she Ls not sick. but something tells you you will not much longer have mother. She will sit with you no longer at the table nor at the hearth. Her soul goes out so gently you do not exactly know the moment of its going. Fold the hands that have done o many kind nesses for you right ovr the heart that has neat witn love for you since lu-fori' horn. Let the pilgrim rest. She Death in the summer house I I'.ather about us what we will of comfort and luxury, when the pal" nseaaanmnr comes he does not stop to look at the architecture of the house heiore he comes in. nor cut -ring do"s he wait to examine the pictures we have gathered on the wall, or U n ltng over your pillow he does not stop to sw whether there is a color in the cheek, or gentleness inthe eye, or intelligence in the brow. Hut what of that? Must we stand for ever mourning among the graves of our deJ. No! No! The people in Bengal brine cages of birds to thf graves of their dead and then they open the cages, and the birds go singing heavenward. So I woul.l bring to the craves of your dead all bright thoughts and congratulations and bid them think of victory and redemption. I stamp on the )ttora of the grave, and it breaks through into the Hjrht end glory of heaven The ancients used to think that the straits entering the lted sea were very dangerous places, as they Supposed that an ry -hip that went through those straits would be de stroyed, and they were in the habit of Hit ting on weeds of mournmg for those who had gone on that voyage, as though they were actually dead. Ho you know what they called those straits? Tiiey call them the "Gate of Tears. ' Oh, I stand to-ony at the gat" of tears through which many of your loved ones have gone, and I want to tell you shat all ar- not ship a reeked that have gone through those straits into the great ocean stretching ait beyond. The sou. id that comes from mat other shore on still nights when we are snapped la prayer makes me think that the departed are not dead. We arc the dead we who toil, we who weep, we who sin we are the dead. How my heart a. dies for human sor row ' This sound of breaking hearts that I hear all about me 1 This last look of faces that will never brighten again ! This last kiss of lips that never will speak a. 'am ! This widowhood and orphanage, ! Ob, when will the day of sorrow be gone? After the aharpeat winter the spring dis mounts from the shoulder of a south -ru gale and puts its warm hand upon the earth, and In its palm there comes the grass, and there come the flowers, and Ood reads oyer the poetry of bird and brook and bloom and pronounces it very good. What, my frien.Is, if every winter had not its spring, and every night its day, and cverv gloom its glow, and every bitter now its sweet hereafter? If you have lieen on the sea, you know, as the ship passes in the night, there is a bhosphlll raival track left liehind it. an I as the waters roll up they toss with unimaginable splendor. Well, across this great ocean of human trouble J reus walks. m, that in the hOSphor s eut track of His feet we might all follow and be illumined ! There was a gentleman in the ra.l car who saw in that same ear three passengers of very different circumstances. The llrst was a maniac He w-is carefully guarded by his attendants ; his mind, like a ship dismasted. was beating against a dark, dssol.it ast. from which no help could come. The train stopr 3d, and the man was taken out into the asylum to waste away perhaps through years of gloom. The second passenger was a culprit. The outraged law had seized on him. As the cars jolted the chains rattled. On his face were crime, depravity and despair. The tram halted, and he was taken out to the aenitentiarv. to which he had bean con demned, ther. was the third passenger un der far different circumstances. She was a ride. Everv hour was gsv as a marriage bell. Life glittered and beckoned. Bereomr panion was taking her to his father s house. The train halted. The old man was there to welcome her to her new home, and his white looks snowed down upon her as he sealed IU word with fathers kiss. Ouickly we lly toward eternity, we wui soon be tnere. Some leave this life con demned culprits. They refused a pardon they carry their chains. Oh. may it bo with . . . , . e. ilfj f.,r the next. us that, leaving ims --- - we mar find our Father ready to gret t us i That will wol ;oMa I ! kiss! Heaven! our new home with Him forever Ih a nmriairo bamUUet. Fit iters Fathers bosom" Father's Heaven 1 Beauty of iace Mid ftfeote b the aorttosnd rhythm of ,1 poeti ; h" ntvof Firnl is Hie poet's meuiii: dr. Avart is iilways poor, but poor ly its o.'ti fault II you io rot pay OoWE t'.t re comes iIhv when voti mnsi pT i. Never wa" a voire of conscience silenced without retnl'utlon. Whatever I :! tU'ly "ti"1 eu:.igeil in with all my soul; for 1 will I e euiint'tit in awnethinir. To grow ol 1, Mid yet be agreeable, is a great art. . II, iw eloriiu.s in the eye of the world is tii heioof poverty ai.d aacrinevs after he has rsen above them! To popsess the gift f help!e-ii- s to e mortgaged to all humanity. We can endure am thing better than to be laughed a'. All that 1 hav seen leuls nie u irus Go I tor all that ! have not seen. Leurn undeviating steadiness of pur pose and endurance of misfortunel THI OONBTITDTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THF. I A WrJ Editor aad FTotrtmir. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNK 14, 1893. NO. 2 THt ALP'iAtiT-TREE. bt ci.aiia. dott r.Anss. To Jack all play was cnoit, AM lean nig very had. Until one nltl.t. when tired out. Aataranattdreaai kenad; In A wide : 11 den sp ice All shine and ereen. Moo t he, Where, the sunniest, wir-st pUee ttrew an Alphabet tree. Kruits puri.le. aaM and red. Bent cvrrj tii i-st tsl": A's were ai ples. Hie bunches of IPs ruiianas vellnw unit big He spied an ..ranue-O : I'luni. ami tha: was P C was cherry. Q a quince. And a Rieat blue urapc was O. Him full f Juice thev were' an ripe the rtlifile eandl and when l e h:id eaten Ir.im every bouch. lieho.d .lark like i to re! He ate from ri'H-streaked A V ay ilnv.n to X. V, Z, Ami cried: There never wa enrrtafaa be nice as this Alphabet-tree!" Wide A .ii- - The Way to Manage Bennie. BY M. L. n. HRANCH. Mame Short ledge lias a rever, a'd bar mother-naa'aent Beoaia over iiere to Aunt Ann's for fair heU catch it. Aunt Asa is tuba r keep bisa till Al uie get." well i: it lakes two month, She s:iy--, because she is sorry for Mi 8. si'ortleie. Da ateapa in toe trun :.. -bed in Aunt Ann's room; and he looks real Banning n 1 i nig.it-gown. When be Bn-t tame, .Marian and 1 curled Lis hair and showed him p c ture", and p aved wilh him all the time we w ere not in school. But after a day or two we got tired, and there wei- an many otber things we wanted to do we co : idn't be Dothand with Bennie. S.i when he oime hanging axonnd with Ids plctun -1 ook. we'd 3 iy, "Oh run away, Bennie We can't "stop to btio. pietnres now. By and bv we will." Then n a minute or two he'd com again, and i-a : "It i'sbin:ebn w, Jaraarian!'' That'e the way lie mixe uur nan es up. be cause be bean Aunt Ann say "Jane aud Marian," when she -peaks to us Well, of nu rse we couldn't stop to show him licturts when we had all our li BSOBS to le lm aud "worsted work to do; and hasMei, I am learning to crocl et. So wl.en ha ke(it teasing us, we'd say: "Oh, do get out of our way, Ben! Don't you ste We're busy?" And once or twice we t'ave him a lit tle push. Itdidi'i hurt him a lit, but he went in a corner and crlei. and Aunt Ann s?.:d we ought to hav- more patience. I felt -orry myselr when I heard him sobbing: "I want nn manua! I wait mv mimiu.i!'' For we ha. heard that very dav that Maine was worse aud her mo-her was all tired out, but she couldn't ltave h -r a minute. So then I told I'ennie 1 would snow him feu pictures if he would let mo alone af e.waa, and Marian sad she would give him a lozeugo 'f he would let. her aloua, ond no wo icofc tkl rouo'i as an hour to do our owu work in peace. Beuuie went and sat down by himself in his little hiir;and he looked so for lorn and so OunninjE I had half a mind to g i and play with him. but I Just turned away and wouldn't notice him, and got all the ted done In tit- bo.ik mark I was working, before dark. After supper he cried ara:u to go home. Aunt atari had ore of her headaches, but she took him In I er lap and got him to slei p, aud M u i in and l had a chance to do our sum-. W hen we went up-b'alrs to bed w agte d lb it It was really trying to hue a child like tnat in the house. "It mixes up your duties so," said Marian. "It makes you feul as if you did wrong to learn your lessons and mend your stocking! I know Aunt Ann ac ualU frown d at us when we were ciphering." I smiled ir.der the bedclothes, for Marian never dues mend her stockii g. till the very last minute befor she puis them on, but I agreed with her that it was too bad to be made to feel selflsb when we were doing tlilugs we ougl t to do. The next morning one of the girls in school lent us a splendid bo.i!; to tea', but -he said we must linisli it Ihct sain, day, lor she could no! let US ktep it any longer. So we thought we would read all we coi 1 1 at noon to get a -tart. As we turned it to our yard, there was Bennie wat bin. f r m a" I he w in dow. He laughed and clapped h a haiidf when he saw us, and we could hear him call: "Jauiarbn! Jamarian!" "There now I" eaid Marian. "He won't let us read one word. Let's po t;p garret and stay till dinZM r Is ready." So when we went in we just laid our books and states on the table in the trout entry, and slipjied npstaira instead of going Into the sitting room. We found a nice place up iu the west gam-t by the window, and th re we t-at si le by side, mailing as fast as we c.iiild for nearly half an hour. It was a fany-book. "I w ish I could b-? a fairy," sa:d Marian. "I could make so iram people bap, v. Either a fairy or a missionary." I thought it was very noble in Marian to want to do so ranch goo.', and when Aunt Ann called us to din ner we wetit down with our aim around e;.cli other, and felt pleasant towaul everybody. But the minute we opened thesittlng ro'jB d' or, Bennie lan to meet us, n claimtng j ijously: "See my pretty horses! I drawed 'em all myself. Look, Jamarian T We looked down. It was my slate! He had got it from the entiy tab e, and rubbed out nl my sums that i had worked so hard over the evening lie fore, aud that I was keeping on my elate for that afternoon's ucitationl I was so provoked I could have shaken him. "You naughty, naughty boy!" I cried. "Now you've spoiled mv lesson, and I shall lose my perfect card, anil 1 do . binK It's too mean!" A olond came over his bright little face, and his lip quivered. I didn't raie 1! he did cry. I thought he ought to after doing such a thing as tuat. I expected Aunt Ann would scold him, t ut the didn't; she only looked fad. There was no time to spare. Marian aud I ate our dinner, and went oiT to fchool as quick as we could. Before the bt 11 rang 1 Stopped up to the teach er and told her bow Bennie Miortle g bad rubbed out my sums, and asked her to excuse mv lesson. Sh was a rear dal nicer than I thought she would be. "Ceita tilv I will exeme vou. Jane," she said, pleasantly, "and you shall have your meriis just the same. IVor little Benntel I suppose he doen't (www wb0 o '"'" W'fch himself away r.om hit Bother. I em so glad he is with you and vour aunts, you can make him so h ipny!" I sat down at my desk, thinking to mselt that f Iks didn't know wl at a trouble Bennie was; but all theafternoo;' I kept, tetnemlH rin r how glad his Httk face looked thromrh the pane when he w us coming home, and how timid and sorrowful he was after I scoldtd htm. When school was out, and Maria-, and I went home, there was BeiUaW watching again, but he didn't call cut to i. p. We clupped our hands am' laiikhe.l, and then he laughed, too, and met us at the door. Something bad come over us both, so that we did no' want to push him awav. We got tic fairy-biok and finis! oil It, and we le: bm :e all the pictures. Then we wanted to do our sums for next day, and I thought it Bsjaeif: "Oh dear. D w we shall have tine!" But Mar au said: "Bennie, want to do sums, too? There's an old slate in the closet, ami I'll give you a rencil." And then, lioa't you think, that little mite drew up his little chair and fa' down just as sober, and nitde little narks and lines all over his slate till w had Bll jehad every one of ours tms, and he thought he was ciphering Just as much a ire were. Then he trotted up to Aunt Ann for her to see, and shi looked as pleased as could be. Well, just that little thing, thai feemed like an accident, has been the greatest help to Marian and tne. We haven't had a bit of trouble with Ben nie since, a .d we love him better even day. I wlsli he was my little brother. When he wants to Lang around us, we let him. When v.e are wrltinv compositions, we giv- him some pap-r to scribble on, toi. When we study out sjielling we give him a word to sped now and tben. He is B cunning! He speils like this: "B-l-d. call" And when we work with our worst eds, we let him have a nee lie threaded and a bit of canvas, and he is just ;. busy as we are. He isn't any trouble at all, now that we i.ave found out how to mi na;e him; and wheu lie thinks lie has done something pretty well, his voice so-inds so sweet, rs he calls out: "I-iook! Look, Jamarian!" Youth's C'ojnjmnion. BWEETAESS ANT) LIGHT. tiY Mils. TAXiBOl COKE. nse'ess appendix to the two i-tbers. A much better way is to have glazed slid ing doors opening into both the other rooms. If the g ass is "ground" the room will retain all necessary privaey and yet be Butliaiently liht to be avail able for fepar.'ite uses when so desired. Large mirrors iu snc.i a room are al ways desirable, if there ia space for them, as they aid in making the place cheeifnl by reflected light. As my constant readers know I am nor Deadened with decoratne prinei pies. 1 kuow what things I like ami dislike, and, judging by the man grateful letters I receive, the followi'ig of the former and avoidune of the latter plea it good many folks, and iu amount of argument will over con vince me of the "artiBf.c enormity" of Uring mirrors as a means of increasing oiie's scanty light. I tuink this tenet arose tn tho ".iis t'uet c" days, and, perhaps, eonsideri ie; tfce weird and "lloppy"cr at ores which aisesnbled in so -c died "High Ait ' rooms, it wan well lor us that we had not also their reflections to contend with! but in a long low room, with perhaps but one window at the end, a mirror craftily i laced .-o as to retli -d that window makes a vast difference i to the cheeriness of such a room. Yet still in many an old-world house a mir ror which woull thus be well bestowed, is perched on the muntclpiece, where reaching to the cornice it has yet never had the good fortuno tfc reflect anything morn interesting than the white washed ceiling, which, whenji u come to think of it, makes rather a "wasted existence" for a mirror! Of cohr, as u giver of light, I am never tired of writing; only this morn ing a letter came, full of woe, (self mude.as usual i. "We have papered our dining-room with an olive greeu-and-beo w n-paper, the enrtabaa are bronze green serge, aud the carpet is black with u brown patten; the room wus dark to begin With, but now we think it looks more dismal. Will you kindly," etc., etc. Now, if this deal lady had spent a week trying to kill all "sweetness aud lis.'ht" iu that unhappy diuing ro m, sl.e onld not have succeeded more eCsetoallyl it should have had a warm yellow papei with a soMpcon of orange in it) a yellow ce'line, with Oriental-toned carpet, chestnut colors, and lo! the oor, misuudurstoo I, downtrodden "dismal room" would have "smiled buck," aud amply repaid the outlay of intelligt.nt attention. Few com' in ttions ot words have, perhaps, of hue yours been more ridi culed than tbe above no doaht be cause they became a "catch word" with the ' too, too preciously diviue" class of b dugs, male uud female, with winch tho world was flooded ut the time of the blue teapot and peacocks leather craze. Yet, looked at dispas Monntrly, what a loely combination they suggest. 1 fancy most of ns. however, know very "sweet" wi.meu who are not only iuliuitely depressing but aggravating beyoud belief in their selfish mono tone. This special form of so-called sweetness often aeeosnensnVaa mairt : finaire1 by which 1 mean the in v.i .1 who can do anything she want to do, but nothing she doesn't! "I havo my good days," she says with a smile of harrowing sweetness and it is nnite remarkable how those "good days" coincide with any pleasant invi tation, or how tho "bad days" crop up when it is a case of drearv duty to be done, or boredom to lie endured! Sweetness, therefore, is not so at tractive without light, i.e., brightness aud unselfishness, and if this be so in woman it is so in her surroundings. Take in that case sweetness to mean beauty of color, freshness of idea, and ipiuiutness of arrangement, we still w ,nt liht by which to really enjoy the-o attractions. Now, we aro all far too fond of blocking up our windows, in town or country in the former, in dei d. this fad amounts to a mani i. Look as yon drive through the squares, terrace -. street . uud "gardens" of our large cit: s where people most do con gregate, and notice th9 arrangement of even the dining-room windows; at best there are heavily patterned lace curtains rmost meeting, with thick curtnins behind; at worst the lace cur tain are heavily crossed half way down, so that no breath of air in sum mer, no ray of ligh in winter, shall ever penetrate that gloomy dining room. And u lnj is this sacrifice offered np? I Inly preaamably, because if in a street ) it wonld be ho dreadful if "the people oppos te" could see us at break fa-t! For the life of me I could find no other reason. "But then yon've never lived in a city," I am soldi which in no whit changes my opinion that if I ever do, I will have all the light (to say nothing of the sweetness!) which the citv o in af ford me! I own, however, that many town windows are quite ngly enongh to make us th inkiul to hide them, but a delightful fashion has come in of fixing more or less elaborate traoerv of wood work on the upper plate glass pane. thus partly frustrating "over the way's" overpowering oesire to see wnat we have for luncheon! and certainly mak ing a pretty window out o an undeni ably plain "one, and that at a very tri fling COS" . No w I hold that such an arrangement, with a row of p ants in summer, and sin .11 e uinymus bushes in winter, is quit screen ecough for any dining room window, if in town I would ( regardless, for once, of the look out side have no thin curtains whateve during the winter months, bat have a silk frill edged with pretty fringe add ed, to just break the hard line of the thick ones. How much less exenae, is there for veiling and blocking the windows in a square or "gardens"? I am always glad when I see a crusade beginning in a dreary street as to bringing in more light. I noticed one the other day in which the proprietor appeared to be knocking the two narrow-minded-looking "eyes' of the drawing-room into one broad smidng projecting ex panse of a cheery bay wdndow, and I longed to stop, peep into the dnll din-ing-ioom, ami then run npstairs to reali.e the sweetness and light" this wise alteration must have shed into the front d. uwing-room. What a difference to the outside of a dull level street it would make if everyone threw out pretty windows, even iu dining nnd drawing-rooms. Another hobby of mine, in dark town houses, is that the rooms, though not leading into each other, shonld yet It'll' liyht arh ntliir, and thus, say in a str-et where side windows are impos Bible, do away with the defect of the light being ah at one end of the room. It is a common fashion in city houses, having one dark room sand m Shed in between two lighted ones, to have only unglazed sliding doors, or even door-ways with portieres mak ing tbe dark room praotioaliy but a THE FAMILY DOCTOR QflNsY. It ia wonderful how the inflammation of borne small organ or glai'd can give rise to Considerable constitutional dis turbance. The tonsils, for example, are only two small almond-shaped glands, whose function is to lubricate the foo 1 before it passes into tho gul let, and yet when they become in ilamed, the individual has usually to I ass through all the symptoms of a h.gh fever. THa tonsils generallv participate in any inflammation of thai congery of organs which is popularly known as the "throat." Kven a cold in the head claims sympathy ironi these two nnfor tunate glands, and they aro also In volved iu such constitutional diseases as scirlatina, diphtheri-, etc. The tonsils, however, being highly vascu lar iu strnctnre, i. e., provided with a close network of blood-vessel-, are able to throw iff any intlan.mation of '.heir substance as easily as the appeal to acquire it, aud on tiiis account any disturbance of these glands is not looked upon as very grave. The most serious of the troubles to which the tonsils are snbjeot is Tonsil itis, or (Quinsy. It is most ci mmoiily met with in youDg people, chiefly dnr ing the damp weather of spring "sr autnmn. Unlike the generality of these febrile affection-, one attack of tcnsilitis predisposes to another; this fact strongly supports the view held by many that the sufferer has a constitu tional tendency to the disease, especi ally since mere exposnre to damp and cold is sufficient to bring on au attack. Another argument in support of this view is, that those who suffer from en larged tonsils usually iuherit the ten dency from one or both parents. The symptoms of acute tonsilitis are usually those of a high fever. The snfferer complains of headache, be comes very irritable, drowsy, and feels generally weary; as the night ap proaches delirium may come on, es pecially if the patient be yonng. The t mperature usually rises to 102 deg. or 106 deg., thonuh in some acute cases it may rise to lot deg. or 105 deg. The tongue ia coated with a thick, yellow ish tnr, and the usual symptoms of a Cold are present, while salivation to an uncomfortable degree is alwavs no ticed. Not only does swallowing food be come difficult, but the month can hardly be opened owing to the swell ing of the tissues about the jaw. The breathiug is not much interfered with, bnt the patient snores soundly during sleep, and even when awako the re-- lration is noisy. Sometimes the snf ferer becomes deaf, and this me ins that the mil in. m it ion has spread to the ear; bnt this seldom occurs to any great extent, so that there need be no anxiety lest that ..-. in be impaired. Locally, the tonsils first feel dry, and the curious prickling sensation so com mon to all affections of the throat makes itself manifest. After this nn comfortable 'aensation has existed for some time generally from about twelve to twenty-four honra the tonsils begin to feel raw aud sore, and a dnll, throbbing pain shoots up to wards the ear. Although both tonsils nsnally participate in the inflammation, one gland only will be found to be greatly swollen and red, while patches of yellow secretion are to be noticed dotted over the gland. The other parts of the throat are also affected, and the uvula, or "little tongue," likewise partakes of the inflammation to a con siderable extent These conditions continue for abont four or five days, after which they gradually subside, and in from ten to fourteen dayB the patient is able to re sume his occupation. Frequently, however, the inflammation of the tonsil terminates in an abscess, in which case all the symptons become aggravated and the patient is laid up for a considerable period. The abscess is nsnally opened by the physician in attondance, but it often bursts of its own accord. Sometimes an attack of quinsy may be stopped if seen early, bnt this is not easily done. An emetic shonld be given, or aconite in drop doses admin istered every hour, while the gland should be tonched with a solution of the nitrate of silver. All these measures, however, can only be taken under tbe guidance of a skilled person. Quinsy ia not an affeoUon which ahonld be trifled with, for although uat a grave disease in itseli, tonsilitis is olteu tollowed by other serious tronbles. Tho-e subject to quinsy shonld take every precaution to prevent au att ick coming on. They shonld not wear shirts with low collars, e-pecially as regards night dress, while a warm light wraper not a hot, amotherin comforter onght always to 1h worn when they are out at ni.ht. Auv sus picion of a sore throat can o'ten be cut short by wrapping a piece ol nar row flaunei round the nock before go iug to bed. Our great-grandmoth -rs were in tbe habit ol usmg for this pur pose a stocking which they had worn during the day, and for some supersti tious reaton they always selected the oje worn on the left foot! Once the quinsy has set in the pa tient should keep in bed, and havo Let fomenta'. ions or poultices applied to the throat. Gargles made with the tinc turo of capsicum, or the chlorate of potash, are very useful in relaxing tne tissues. Locally the best applica tion is the ordinary powered bic.irlsi nate of soda, which shonld bo dusted on to the affected tonsil. The suf ferer will gain great relief from suck ing small pieces of ice. or a very sweet solution of lemon-jnice may be sipped with grateful results the eliuhtly eweetencd juice of the piue-applj is often very effective. Owing to the great difficulty in swal lowiug, the patient cannot take solid food, so that concentrated liquid food should be giveu in small bnt frequent quantities. A little stimulant la often usefu", especially id the later stuges of the attack, when the patient appears to be exhausted. If the mouth cannot be easily opened, then the snfferor should be made to inhale the steam of hot water with a little creasote dropped into it. When the abscets ripens it shonld be lanced; bnt this is a very delicate proceeding, and can only bo p. rtorm -d by sargeoa, for the tonsils are sita ted near very important and large blood-vessels. A popular method of "bursting the abscess" is to eudeavor to make the put.ent laugh heartily; the effort to do so usually results in the breaking of the a' aeeea from the strain on the already tense tissues. Before concluding, it may not be ont of place to say a few words abont the enlargement of tonsils frequently met witu iu certain children, i'he condi tion is the r. suit oi a scrofulous con stitution, which should receive imme diat attention, otherwise the cnlarg d tonsils are likely to prove troublesome. A long course of cod-liver oil and m.ilt Will prove very efficacious, aud the en largement will often di appear wren the child grows into adolescence. Oc casionally, b'iwever, the enlarged gland has to be excised, bnt this is by no means a dangerous operation. Tha Safest plan is to seek early medical ad vice, as there are seldom two cases alike, aud no general rule can be ap plied to the treatment of enlarged tousds. A contiun.d application of tbe tinctirre of iodine to the neck, near the angle of the jaw, often acts bene ficially, and every healthful condition of life, such as mountain air or sea bathing, will be found helpful. NEWSPAPERS IN GERMANY. Little tnterprua Uls) l ycd, .Uiout Mm Blr e.t t'lrcnlntloe IT Blag llin.llOO DaUy. The newspapers iu Germany are argely sold by women, and the small newsboy of America is unknown In berllu. Now and then, says a writer ii the Washington Star, you see a nau selling pajers. but the gremter art of the circulation of the jour nals is by sul s ription, and women tlwaya deliver the papers. There are nmnj queer things about the news papers, and few of the Berlin journals 3ave large staffs of reporter.-. Tho ocal news is about the same in all papers, and no one thinkaof trying to nahe B scoop, as it is called, or lo nave the news in advance of his fe -ows. The editors of the morning papcis leave their offices at 8 o'clock ind the p ipers ar. on the press at 1 L By - o"ciock even the printers havo lone home, and when Gerwral VOU Moltke died at 1 1 o'clock at night there was only one Berlin newspaper that hud a line about it in its issue at xt morning. The announcenietib ll the death was published In New Fork and elsewhere in full, but the Bennan newspapers knew nothim 'bout tt The newspapers publish items from their contemiiorary journals wh ch they should have had themselves, aing that the other papers say so snd so. aud there is no life in Berlin journalism. The papers have not a very large circulation, and they do oot make a gr at deal of money. I'he biggest of th-m sells something iike 100,000 copies, and this paper makes 1131,000 a year and thinks it Iocs wonders. Men who write for the papers aie moderately well paid, and editors-in-chief get from '4.' 0 to $5,000 a year. The Germans arc ro-jd advertisers, and there seems to be no reason why the papers should not do better. Kverything under tha iun Is put into t he papers in the shape Df an advertisement. And there it a great deal of social news that wt publish for nothing which is put in ai io much per line. Engagements are renerally anm unced in the newspa pers by the parents of the bride and also by the groom, and there are a targe number of matrimonial adver tisements in which men aud women state their good qualities and ask for husbands and wives. Sometimes m n idvertise, stating they have a daugh ter whom they wish to get rid of. and in one year there were 4 0 advertise ments in one paper of persons seeking better halves. Marriages are also published In the same way, and there 's a Uxed rate for births and deaths. The Germans are very proud of having children, and It is generally expected that a son or daughter will make his or ber appearance In tho uewspaper columns immediately ujon its appearance in the world. There are always numbers of death not ces, and the official advertisements of the city amount to something. Adver tisements of patent medicines have as much prominence In the Berlin newspapers as In our own, and alto gether the German la a very good advertiser. and make for them a pleasant resting piace iu hot and dust , weather, and may there be many more who, seeing what may be done by a little bard work and perseverance, also resolve thai every year these little yards shall hole some fragrai.t Mowers, whose blossom ing shall whisper to these dweller- is the city of tho green country fields, the murmuring trees and babbling brooks, where birds sing and leiifletl flutter and cool, soft breezes blow, am) in spirit, at bast, if the body still re mains a prisoner, enjoy all these good things which God has made. After tbe Lovem" Qmrrl. CoinrcrN-iox with the good is like a fragrance of flowers that permeates the neighborhood. Be not penny-wise ; riches have wings; sometimes they must be set dy ing to bring in more. Tub primal duties shine aloft, like stars; the charities that soothe and heal and bless are scattered at the feet of asan like flowers. armsots iiv-rtK. 'Vhat spirit of Permlit com Oi All 1 -aita to the huds4ri.e' Eieeverihe rlrst ! huratre ii pewoeeaMd ni tiocr blew WhHt pr ien' hoiiI la the ao-i QatheaSS nch i arren rod W;h frilifr - ot hliKim thai speak Or the baby tendi r ateaeti .nl the bey' pure lip m t-i. -.1. And the pink ot the i .1 .1. - . : e- k The swill. Keen orient so Prophesies tl 1 Id, Wh le IBS iipi'h ' blood Is cold, HeineinberlDir the snow. - HlVAIlli TAVM.R. fs it the warm breath wafted from those far-off lands of the Kast that brin s us the mystery ot the spring nd glowing heat of the summer? That warm and dazzling orient that tfave lo our childhood the mystical tales of the Arabian Nights whose wondrous magic si ill lingers over those Beaten climes! Here iu onr Western land where sprinpaud summer, autumn n l winter earoeed each other in reg but succession. Mean scarcely realize tho life of those tropic countries when winter is bnt n. t ame and the fresh spring succeeds with bnt slight inter mission the rich, fruition of autumn. And to onr poet dreams that some wonder-working spirit from that glow iu'.' lano, taking pity on our barren Boldness, whispers lo the sleeping bads and bids them awake and prophesy of blossoming year. Truly a delicate fancy, yet as fancies always are loss majestic, les satisfying th.n trnth. " . he w nt r is ovor and gone," says the Bong oi S mgs, and everywhere iu Holy Writ tho Hand that painted the lily's cup or made to prow the "grass that withereth" is extolled. So let ue lift our hearts in praise to that Wis lotn w hich alone cau "make the wast places to bloesom as the rose." OUR lllllllinUB'fl BACKYARD. Hoourrfing for awhile in the oity,th6 vindows of onr room looked ont upon a tiny grass plot in the rear of atately hrick mansion ;a pleasant sight to coun try eyes wus the fresh green of tbe voting grass and we looked with in terest upon the efforts of onr neighbors to improve this little handkerchief garden" to its utmost capacity. Every evening about tivj o'clock, a pale look ing man, evidently just home from bis hn iness, made his appearance, an 1 spo.it an hour before his i-npper in this little garden. First, he spaded a little space all around near the fence, and, ifier exploring the alleys for such fertilisers as tbey might vield, enriched his litile beds with a carofnl hand. Here he sowed sweet peas.nasturtinms, .ind such climbing vines as by and by shall hide the unsightly walls aud blos som in their brilliance and fragrance all the summer long. In the midst some one hail long liefore set a rose bush which still grew, thongh long ne glected. This was trimmed and fertil ize I and already begins to give prom ise of thrifty growth. One day our neighbor came home, evidently by way of the market, for he had a basket filled with plants, which he set in a bed made neur the house and extending ita length. Pansies are already blossom ing there, and Carnations are budding, while Orummond Phlox and Mignon ette are growing thriftily ami the Dahlia and Chrysanthemum plant show that onr neichbor understands how to plant for a succession. It has been very plea-ant to watch this preparation for flowers, and very amusing sotuotime-s to note the anxious expression npou our neighbor's face as he looked about planning how liest to utilize hie slender facilities. Home times a little woman made her appear ance and joined in tbe consultation, and a spruce bin -k-acd-tan dog, with a ribbon u round his neck followed abont eemiug to take a deep interest in the work. Sparrows chirped about gaily, and now and then a stray robin sw ung in the branches of a tree, and looked on approvingly. May our ncighliors' garden bud and bloom in full measure all summer long v KH 0 IN Bltlrl' Blue "a Chin i. The lint lb.".S. the mourning color lr Pege v.-. Ffur ard, in have 41! th .M. imported from -ia The United ihti p. UasnrMl is In di in 1772. Chinees Irrhintefs can grow oaks in thimbles. Las" year our railroads carried tKW -000,000 people. .'ci:s were flist made in Rhode Island ill 1777. re-'se In migrating often travel nvi 0000 miles. The average height of tin elephaf is nil e teet. single tobacc i plant will produce t'.0 0 10 seed At li e equator the average annua' raluf.d! i3 100 iccnee. The earth receives only ouo tw -billionth heat of the sum A kwewonfal ;" microbes contains aver 4 0(.0,OOo in It id Bala. BotaadSftA si that there are upward of CO.i OO var.etiesof plant, The alii n Ills W lap is caused b the decay ot vegetable matter. YegetaMans say i' ta a po u'ar fa' lacy tha meat is ne. ded fi r stn i gth. 11 vers hold In suspension over out -hundredth of their volume of ajlid ma ter. An oak tree nearly five centuries 3ld was recentlv Mled near CasfJeten, Ind. De La Heyniere's "Alosanash des Gourmands" is tbe most famous cook book. 1- ranee lias three dynamite factor ies which produce over 85,000,00 dyua note cartridges a ye ur. Berlin, Germany, has the wide ! train roof on the continent that at Anhalt station, which 's 198 feet Sw indles. The Kijlan-Jbelieve that the aooU of all people of marriageable age wl die unmarried can never ent l into heaven. -o dense is the witer in the deep part of the ocean il a' an ironclad, i it were to sink, would never reach th bottom. A writer calculates that it la' i eight times the strength to go npstaln that Is required for the same dntaoce on the level. Doctor Eugene L. Crntehfield, of Bu tlmo e. Md., has r.celvel the sold medals of the Society of Science, Let ter and Art of London. Peach-stones are used as fuel in California. Tney are supplied b. canning factories, and bring jd", i er tor. A Mavea quarter of a mile III breadth aud forty feel high is not i-eus.bly felt at a depth of '220 fathoms T lie remains of a race of lilliputlans, IwlieVM! l to the rtc'oetvra of lb Mexican ASteCS, have teen unearthed In E.isl Tennessee. Au agency for the sale of exclusive reiipes for soups, sauces and entree has lieen opened iu i'aris by a retiied chef." Hash must have teen an Invent ''on of ttie old Romans, for it is related that they mixed all sort of meats and pound- d them into a pulp." The phenomenon or phosphorescence ls not un'.vers ihy understood. Objects ; po-sesstng this properly absorb light : during the day and emit it at night. Ooctor sievers, of Oiessen, has re ceived a grant of $2000 from the llam ! burg Geographical Society for explora tions in the l.lanos of the Orinoco. Fulgurites, or lightning tubes, rans d by the lightning striking Iu ' sandy soil, have bteu found in New j Mexico thirty feet long. The first Sunday school in New York City wa- started about lslr, I y Mrs. David Bethune and Mrs .Mary Mason. The largest Gothic church In the world is Cologne Cathedral. Its foun dation stones were laid in 1l'4S, and the edifice was Completed in 1S i A kite string 1000 feet long olew and lod.'ed against the rigging of the Baltimore schooner Souther when it was In the Atlantic thirty-five miles from laud It is calculated that on a bright summer day there are raised Into the .ur t.v evaiM.r.iti n from the surface of i the Mediteiranean ft, 20 mm tons of water. Cable dispatches are generally re ceived at the rate of twenty to twentj llve words a m Bute. Au expert te.e.' raphcr of a land line sei.ds about for y words in that time. It has been estimated that a liell of common siz-, whose Bran I i onld peneliate a distai.ee of thne to live miles on shore, could If submerged in the sen, bebeuid over a.x'y miles. The Mariposa (OaL )Big Tree grove has 427 dig trees. : ue bilges is ;:i feet in diameter. Through a tunnel or hole cut In one a .our-horse stage is driven dally. Luminous earth worm-) have re cently bte i seen near Richmond and other parts of the Thames Val ey in ; England. But it is pointed out that I these phosphorescent annelids ao not uncommon, hav'ng len deeciitied by (irimm as e i ly as the year 1G70. The human Istdy contains 150 boats and 500 muscles; the he.irt beats beventy times a minute, displacing i ach time f. rty-four sr immea of blood, a I the blood passes tiuought the heart in three miu'ites. The ancient Komans made tlie kilcheu one of the chief rooms of the hou.-e. It was paved with ti'es, while the walls weie hung with pictures una other wi e decorated. Miss Radclyffe (who has net spoken for an hour) Aren t you liu.glm: tha shore rather closelv. Mr. Herbot? i Mr. Heibot (glumly) Rave to. ) There's nothing else at present- Truth. "You wish me to be your wife? Why, I've known you only fifteen minutes: That is true madam, but I wished to give one lady the oppor tunity of saying with truth: 'This Is so sudden!'" New York Bresa. Impossible. When will doctors learn to male, their prescriptions so closr tnat they cannot be misunderstood? A Germar Taper repoite this dialogue: Doctor What! your dyspepsia no better? Did you follow my advice and drink hot water one hour I i or breakfast? Patient I did my best, doctor, hut I couldn't keep It up for more thai ten minutes at a stretch. The Old Story. 'Youreyes are awfully red, Jennie." "Yes; 1 was up most of the night." 'What doing?" "I bad let the dairy I itarted on new year's fall behind, and was writing it up to data." New ' fork A 4-year-old boy In Geoigia is said to weigh 90 pounds, wear a So. 7 hat and a No. 6 shoe. Kot a New Toy, The magic lantern was the inven team ef Roger Bacon in 1260 I
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers