. m a illflftl t . : m. i ; ''K ;v". It it If ISC fL V. F. BOHWEIER, THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. YOL. XLVII. MIFF UNTO WIS , JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 28. 1893. NO. 28. j Brooklyn Divine's Sunday Subject : "the Thrashing Machine." Tut "F.- I1 filches are no: ftrtj.d Wirt a firas'una iitrumsit, neither is a cart ifl,' turnnl (i'ioii upon the cummin, but tiu JUdu-s n-e U-nt.n out tci!h a staff and the cum 'min vi'h ti r...f. y.Vf.T'f corn is bruised be. ra-i.'e fte trill nnt ever be thrashing it" Iianh xtviii.,27. 2H. There are three kinds of seed mentioned Bl.di . cummin and corn. Of the last we all kn .w. lint it may le well to state that the :'.i-iies nn 1 the eutumin rre small seeds liket'ie carrawav or the ehlckDen. When theses-rains or herb were to be, thrashed th-y r - thrown on tiie llonr, aud the work man w .iil.l .. around with staff or rod or flail h:i I Lent th-. mi until the seed would be spitrii-l. I .ut when the corn was to 1i t!.rr:-l th it w;n thrown on tbe door, and tn--:i:. .i would bis.en horses or oxen to a cart u.ih inn dented s-hHs. That cart .11! I l- ilrawn around tile thrashing floor an 1 si the rk w mid t accomplished! Ii.f-r -nt kinds of thrashing for different pro,!u t-. "Tlirt fit.-h.-s are not thrashed with t .r.i-hin instrument. neither is a cart wheel .: rji -1 11 ! .ut upon the, cnumin.but the ltt-he are beaten out with a t,taff and the cummin w.Tn a r I. Hred com is bruised be-aii- i-- will not ever bo thrashing it." Ihe i-r 't th. m-lit that the text presses up . u .Sir .;ii h that wj all vo through gome kin 1 oi t'ir.-ishiui; prv..s. The feet that you may l.e .i. v .tnii; y..ur life to honorable and n .Me 1 .ri - will not win you any escana. W111. -rr. r .-e. the Christim emancipator, was In h.s .!.;v .1. ri-iv.-lv cal!...l "Dr. CanteU. Tb i.:.:i- I'-i'int.n Ma -aulay. the advocate of alt that was coo. I luu before he berame the most :h:..'ii. .us historian of his day, was eari.-nintv.i 1:1 "ne 01 ui quarterly reviews tn lii'l.tui-iie Maeaulay." Norman jI0l..'-:.-!.eirre:.t irien.t ot the Seoteh coor w.h :. : i-:r. . isiv umliyned in all quarters. :th..:.:i ;i the .lay when he was carried outi 10 in-. iin.n a worstiiau stood and looted at triH fi)i nil i r.i -. s-.il. n an 1 said, "if he had d. n. Ti tier..-!.t 11n.vr.ody more than he hu d. ne f .r h.- should shine as the stars fori evr an 1 All the small wits of T,on- a..n 1 i'1-ir .nilgai J.jtm Wosley.the futher u! M"!. .Mii-m. ! '11 h men eould not os-ape the malign-, Ice .; t ! w .ri !. n-ither can you expect tj H -t r. ! .; t:,- -h.irp. keen stroke of the trilH uiii ii. A.I wh..w.il live i;odijr in Christ Jesus - . T-r . rs i:ti..u. It.-sides that therj '' - 'ku. -s. and the bankruptcies, and tl irr.tir.i. :is. n n 1 the d!3apiointuiPnts h are ever putt in tt cup of aloes to yout t:;. i h..-- wriukl.-s on your faee are hienx g.yphi.K .!iieh, if deciphered, would make ojt a turilliii - :ory of troulrie. The footstep o( tho rah .-it is sen the next niorninjf on the . 1 "ii t!te w'.iito hairs of the aired are lot; r.tits s!.-wiiK wlier.iswift troublealight- 8.1. Ev-n n-i i I Ui' ji.ys and hilarities of life Irju' ie ili s.,.,,. tim.-s break in. As when the 1 ., .pie were n..mbled In the C'harles town thatredur.n? the Kcvolutionary war an.l wlu'.e they w 're witii.-usini? a Bn,j th i an. ii. n was in crest trattilation the sum of an a lvan inc; army w. re heard an 1. the 111 '.i n -e broie up in wild panio and raij for t i -ir lives, si ofttlmes while yqn are: i-at-1 an i l the j.,ys and festivities of this ff.jrl'1 ej !iear tlie canuouade of some great iliMi-ter. All the litehes, aud the cummin, as.l th- ru n.ust come do.vn ou the thruah ln l'oer and bn pounded. My ?ul jeet. in the tirst place, teaches US that It is no ...u pliinent to ua if we escape; grei.t trial. XI. litcheg and the cummin on the thrashing floor miirht look over to the ni 0:1 another thrashing floor and say "L." k at that poor, miserable, bruised corn. We hae only be. n a little pounded, but that ha-1.. 11 alti.ost desiroyed.'- Well, the corn. If It had I'i'S. would answer and say "Do feu tie .i the r a-ou you have not been as n-u-ti . ua !e. as I have? Jt la because you rL t so 1'i.jeti worth as I a-n. If you were, f U Would bo ni Se -erely run over." Yet th . r" m. 11 who suppose tin y ara the Lor.l 1 fav .r.t. s simply because their barns are full. 1111. 1 their l ank account is Hush, aud tirre ar n-. funerals in the house. It may be t au. th -y are tit. -lies aud cummin. w"hile down at tie- en I of the lane the poor widow may l.e the Lord's corn. Vou are but little pouii l.- i i.eeU.i-.- you arc. but little worth, mil she hrui- d an 1 ground be.ause ahe ii jebes! ..irt of the harvest. The 1.... 1 o: the thrashine; machine Is ae 5ord;nu' to the value of the cr;l'U. If yoi t&ve le t I n much thrashed in life, perhaps. thr is le t 11.11 .-h to thrash. If you havd not l.eeu 11 V1 sunken of trouble, perhaps Aire is to be a v.-ry small yield. Wheu Uwre ure plenty ..f blaeki.erries the iratherers go out u:th larie baskets, but when the drought ha- aluio-t ml the fruit then aquun a.-a-ure will do as well. It took the TfLuiLoiis -nase . ii Paul's hand and the poua din ..f hi 11 .ith ntoiKS until he was tasen up f,.r d-a i. and the jamming ai;aili--t bim of j.ris-.n e.it.-.s. aud the Kphesian vocif erutiuu. an 1 tie- smittfd ankles of the pain fui stocks, and the foundering of the Alexs andnun ..rn -hip. and the beheading strok sunn bonian sheriff to bring I'aul ton: Dr...er .e-,e,, i.ii. .-ut. It wa tt-t i -..;.n.-e r.o'.ert 5roffat andLady Ea.'bel l;u-,.-il and 1 re.leri.-k Olierlin were wors than oti,..r people that they had toi offer; u w is '.e.-a i-, thev were better and Oo.l wanted to make tlie"m best. By the! careiumei-s o. tlie thrashing you may als5 Vkvs ...ju ..ua.- the vaaie of the grain. Next ii v fxi t a lies ua that God propor-i tiona our trial- to what we can bear, the Kaft fur the :!t..,.-s. the rod for the eummini tue iron wii.-.-l for the corn. Sometimes) fple in er-.vt trouble sav, "Oh, J. can'l t-earit.'" li.it y.u did le-ar it. (iod woul.i 0t have s. nt .t u,;i you if He did not know ti-at Vou .'..11, 1 ..-ar it. Vou tremliied, and fou sw , .n.... leu you got through. God wui nut la.- ir...n your cyea one tear too ininy, 11 t :m y.-ur luiigs one sigh too 'l, u..r fr.e.i y..ir temples one throb too i.ar. 'i ne j r; iexlties of your earthly Lusm. s, ,d.,e c .t in th.-in one tangle too iu-i tr.-ate. V ju so-,.,..,.. .. f....j M if our world werq J-l of 1 in ......... tlv, m; haphazard. Oh, no t taey are t: ra-...n H.-trum-ms that Oo.I just aits toy .ii-d ie-re is not a dollar ot tad dc:ts .. . , ir l,.,o,.r. or a disappoint-' ".titaitt .... tliat j u expected to gi "pi hut t.'iat inne gone down, or a swindle ' y eir I n-;., partner, or a trick on the) part ..f ti,,.-.. w'.., :,r in the same kind oil Lusinj l:.; ;ir,. (ioj imendeil to. 0WrH:n !,,r . ,i,r immortal help. ''Oh," ou "t : r i. no need talking that way ' Jir.-. 1 .!,,,, t ,,, , ,.,eitted ami out-'-'l. N-ifi.-r do.-s the corn like the corn wrasiier. 1 ,lt ;t..r lt been thrashed and airmowd it 1,. -, cr.-nt deal better opinion vi winuoun, ; ;,,,!!, ,,,,1 ,.ru thriishers. "-11, ' y. ,11 -,y. "if l could choose my Ab, U..I--3 1 v . 1 .... vl- I.... In 1. tr,.nh n.l " . my hr .ih. r. then it would not be trouble. 'JU W..nl, !'', and i; -one tiling that would not' it hurts it docs not getsano- 'si. Yourtrril p -rliaps in a v be childless !': "" ar-f,,nd of children. You say' hou-e ehlldren to that other .A ' w:i'r" tt,MV are unwelcome and ?! . !' u a!"1 1 "'in i alK)ut, when I would 'tiitu th.-ui in the arms of my afTeo ' lou say. -Anv other trial but this." ,nal l-r.iaps may be a disflff eouut,,..,,,,.,. or H fll0e tnat Jg uy .-Hri.-atured, and you say, "Oh,. oiua mdnru anything If only I' J" f1 'ooking." And your trial perhaps Ilk a '' 1 1 "r- ai1,1 'uu have to drive 14 iUU,'r'jk''" 1"jrs' audd the guupow anl?1' "'rt uoliday, and ever U th?' !X r""" i,Wi,y wit, you- Vour trial rhiulfth:IiH- V"u s"y. 'oh, if lt were Until ,or 'uralgia or erysipelas, but Uurth'i a"'1 il 13 SI1"Q RU exhaust- tnj ' , ' hr.-aihe.- Your trouble is a hus th, o; u"r' :irl'- suappy and cross about btt.,n i " '" 'Us- a sinull riot because a ton is o'r,0 lioiV v:oulJ yu know 1119 but" "rvala''1' 1 Tire "-Torln contest with the aa s"" H a sloven. Though she join-,.." '"'"ii aV.ui rLr- '"ref"l about her npiiearance in a- sh-''"''H,'J""''- ""Wshe is careless. be sai l h. r fortune is made! Your u a hard sehooi lU9e mrn ani . - " .-"u vu rnim.'i "atilthev ' ''ittn vour linger nails " some T " "'!lt U h"i Evervbody ""J he ur i '""'u "r annovnnce or trial, Wapt.s tl,illk it is' the one least ''lw"iuiS ''Ut tbi"'" aU complaining mu'itMaSSt wl manages the affal fth2f,.Pod? .Wb9 U it an Infinite Modoc oTI Sn1r Bull V h".?'1", ln tJf siKh of the agels7 .v,"?' nyl architect, and he draws out wnue. The ship is done, and some day with At that mT.e taonch"o-8onthampton: ,nt Um a lad six years of age cornea running down the dock with a toy bolt wfaTch wvs" "RdS "th t!? 0wn JackkniJd he wys: "Here my boat is better thai yours! lust look at this jibboom and theseWeath Seeide'tT69' 7l, h9 d MAro?y 'riond8' treat hlp to your life as God planned it-vast, million tonne.1 scenn dertlned. etmity bonnd. That Uttli ooat to your Ufa as you are trying to hew It J"t and fashion it and launchit Ah do n :ry to be arival of the great Jehovah. Ood always right, and In nine nuua ?r W"?- He ends J"" ,ne l"rdshlpsl ustthe bankruptcies, Just the cross that it U best for you td have. He knows what kin.2 1 5'" yu re, and He sends the right klndl of thrashing machine. It will be a rod or rtafT or iron wheel Just according as you are! n tehee or cummin or corn. i Again, my subject teaches us that Oodi keei trial on us until we let go. The farmer) houta "whoa!" to his horses as soon as thel nun has dropped from the stalk. The far J mer comes with his fork and tossaa h ittaw, and he sees that the straw has let g5 the grain and the grain to thoroughly' thrashed. Bo God. Bmltfng rod and turn ing wheel both cease u uvn , w We hold on to thw world with Its pleasures; and riches and emoluments, and onr knuckles) are so flrmlv set that it niwmi if hold on lorever. Ood comes along with! zmc mi uuiug irouoie ana Dears us loose. ' We started under the delusion that this waai a great world. We learned out of our geogs raphythattt was so many thousand miles. In diameter and so many thousand miles lnl Mrcumferenoe, and we said. "Oh, my, what! a world !" Troubles came In after life, and) :hls trouble sliced off one part of the world' and that trouble sliced off another part of the world, and lt has got to be a smaller worldj and In some of your estimations a verv InJ ilgniflcant world, and it is depreciating all Ihe time as a spiritual property. Ten pel" sent, off, fifty per cent, off, and there are :hose here who would not give ten cents for ;his world for the entire world as a soul possession- ' We thought that friendship was a grandj .hlng. In school we used to write eoniposis dons about friendship, and perhaps we nade our graduating speech on commenoeJ nent day on friendship. Oh, it was a charmed) hlng. But does it mean as muoh to you a t used to? You have gone on in life, ami ne friend has betrayed you. and another 'riend has misinterpreted you, and another! rlend has neglected you, and friendship; Hiines now sometimes to mean to yon merely mother ax to grind I 1 So with money. We thought If a man had, i competency he was safe for all the future,1 )iit we have learned that a mortgage may bef lefeated by an unknown previous lncum-j runce ; that signing your name on the back) f a note may be yonr business death wars -ant ; that a new tariff may change the our-j ient of trade ; that a man may be rich to-day ind poor to-morrow. And Ood, by all thesei nis fortunes, is trying to loosen our grip, bus it i 11 we hold on. God smites us with a staff,' rat we hold on. And He strikes us with a od, but we hold on. And He sends over ua he iron wheel of misfortune, but we hold on J There are men who keep their grip on this irorld until the last moment who suggest to ne the condition and conduct ot the poor Ins lian in the boat in the Niagara rapids corns ng on toward the falL Seeing that he coul.l lot escape, a moment or two before he go o the verge ot the plunge he lifted a wind Kittle anil drank it off and then tossed the Kittle into the air. So there are men whoi dutch the world, and they go down through! .he rapids of temptation and sin, and they lold on to the very last moment of life, drink-) ng to their eternal damnation as they go) )Ver and go down. Oh, let go I Let go ! The best fortunes are n heaven. There are no absconding cashiers rom that bank, no failing in promises to payj jet your affections on things above, not 04 ihing on the earth. Let go I Depend upon t that Ood will keen upon you the staff, od die rod, o.r the iron wheel until you do let go. Another thing my text teaches us is that Christian sorrow to going to have a sure erminus. Sly text says "Bread corn is jruised because he will not be ever thrashing t." Blessed be God for that. Pound away, 'J flail. Turn on, O wheel? Your work will toon be done. "He will not be ever thrash- nir It." Now the Christian has almost as much use ln the organ for the stop tremulant u he has for the trumpet. But after awhile He will put the last dirge into ths portfolio forever. 80 much of us as Is wheat will be ieparated from so muoh as is chaff, and there will be no need of pounding. They never cry in heaven because they have nothing to cry about. There are no tears of bereavement, for you shall have your friends all roundabout yon. There are no tears of poverty beoanso each one sits at the King's table and has his own chariot of sal vation and free access to the wardrobe where nnn trot their arrav. No tears of sickness, for there are no pneumonias on the atr and no malarial exhalations from the rolling river of life, and no crutch for the lame limb, and no splint for the broken arm, but the pulses throbbing with the healthof the eternal God in a climate like our June before the blossoms fall, or our gorgeous October be fore the leaves scatter, in tht ind the souls will talk over the different modes of thrashing. Oh, the story of the staff that struck the fitches, and the rod that beat the cummin, and the iron wheel that went over the corn ! Daniel will describe the lions, and Jonah leviathans and Paul the elinwood whips with which he was scourged, and Eve will tell how aromatic Eden was the day she left it, and John Kogers will tell of the smart ot flame, and Elijah ot the fiery team that wheeled him up the sky steeps, and Christ of the nuinbuesa and paroxysm and hemorrhages of the awful crucifixion. There they are be fore the throne of God. On one elevation all those who were struck of the staff. On a higher elevation all those who were struok of the rod. On a highest elevation, and amid the highest altitudes of heaven, a those who were under the wheel. He will not ever be thrashing it. Oh. my hearers. Is tnere not rau In this text to make a plaster large en ugu to heal all your wounds? W hen a child to hurt, the mother is very apt to say to .It, "Now. it will soon feel better." And this is what God says when He unbosoms all the rouble in the hush of this grea t prom is, "Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comhithemorninR." You may leave vour pocket handkerchief sopping wet with ears onyour death up al-solutely s-rowless LTt black ; you will wear white. Cj presses tor them, palms lor you. T You will say: "Is it possible that I am here? Is this heaven Am will never do anything wrong An I wH that I will never again bo slot? Are tuesn copamonjnips so firm that they will I never ,.ain be broken' Is that Mary? Is tnat Jota Is l loved one I P"tW darkness? Can it be that Ja ,ie of those who lay so wan and actoed ln tdu back -ai -.1 "in tuat awful night trying 1 how radiant they ar. Look at them I HOW radiant they are ! Istera drew p ,"w wA realitv! They toll tame comparer me on earth that death was sunset. No, not It is annrise? Glorious suanse ! I see inw Mg nowlurplingthehUls,and the cloud. ZXlk will be opened and the enticed soul, with the atenes, and power of the celestial vision wM oK ten thousands of mHes down upon toe ban nered procession a r,vri. thev?'1 splendor-and will cry o-"J! "rl And the angel of God standi jii g clow by wui dav -'Don't you know who they are "In the eVtrnced soul. '.efl they are," The angel WiU 7-J they youthen, who they are ZXn, oj made white in the blood of the Lamb. 0 that I. could administer some of the ' iAH "odyn.'to th olted "you would OSA BAnnna Dflt it wonaiaice enough I after .wMleUthu, 'ZrrlTT which will be the grandest.dlT o aU rie won ages of heaven. You sav " .re von uavwefth7" HTea-?' "-'"bltnl J CBt ,th!re- Bome y heaven to grow tog more glorious. I suppose it to, but I do notcare much about that. Heaven now Is 5000 cuuugu ior ma. I .. His'.orr has no more gratulatorv seen. nZl f bJeaktof fa t the English army upon Lucknow, India. A tew weeks before a massacre had occurred at Cawnpof. and t60 women and chUdren had been put ln a room. Then five professional butchers went In and slew them. Then the bodies of the WT taken out and thrown into a well, as the English army came Into Cawnpore hTZiWent '"J1 the TOOI. and, oh. what a Horrid scene! 8word strokes on the wall oear the door, showing that the poor things had orouohed when they died, and they saw also that the floor was ankle deep in blood. l? .1? d ra walked on their heels across it lest their shoes be submerged of the carnage. And on that floor of blood there were flow ing looks of hair and fragments of dresses. Out in T.nnlrnM 1. .... I. .. 1 . . . . I . : j u uaani or inn maftuiini a n .1 i.a I ,T. were waning ror j die same awful death, waiting amid anguish . nntold. walrino- In tiB;n .,.! . . . . . ' , i "uuvauuu, UUt waiting heroically, when one dav Havelock .anil llnlMm . ,1 v: . - , . - . o T-j ' "oi miui ana bit uavld Baird and Peel, the heroes of the English army huzza for them! broke ln on that Horrid scene, and while yet the guns were Kiundlng, and while cheers were issuing from the starving, dying people on the one Bine and fvom ih. I . , -- " noru aau powaer I Slackened soldiers on the other, right there ui uu, mS n paiace mere was such a cene of handshaking and embracing and DOisterous Joy as would utterly confound the fen ot the poet-end the pencil ot the painter. And nn wrmHsi. m V. .... .v. . . . I ( . u uicm oiuauiaiea , women, who had suffered so heroically for I IlhHst ' RrItM . m.-ikal nn. . V. . . ---. . ii 1 1, ni .ii r inoar serations one wounded English soldier got ip in his fatigue and wounds and leaned against the wail and threw his cap up and touiea, -inres eneera, my boys, for the )rave women ' .... r - - Oh, that was an exciting scene But a ladder and more triumphant scene will It e when you corns up Into heaven from the xmflicta and Incarcerations of this world, it reaming with the woun.la of battle and won rith hunger. And while the hosts of God ire cheering their great hosanna you will .. . ..u unuuj wi wuKiniaiauun mna eternal leliveraaeo ln the presence of the throne. On bat.nlght there wtQ be bon tires on every hill )f heaven, and there will be Illumination in rvery palace, aud there will be a candle ln very window. Ah, no , I forget, I forget, "hey will have so need of the candle or of ihe sun, for the Lord God giveth them light, ind they shall reign forever and ever. Hail, lall, sons and daughters of the Lord Gud almighty I The Famed Blue Laws. The blue laws of Connecticut were 10 called because they were printed on Dine tinged paper. These are some of them : "No one shall be a freeman or have a Tote unless he is converted and a member of one of the churches allowed in the dominion." "No dissenter from the essential worship of this dominion shall be al lowed to give a vote for electing mag istrates or any other officer." "So food or lodging shall be offered to a heretic." "Xo one shall cross the river on the 3abbata but an authorized clergy man." No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut hair or shave on the Sabbath day." "Xo one shall kias his or her chil dren on the Sabbath or fensting day." "The Sabbath da shall begin at sunset Saturday." "Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or bone lace above one shilling a yard shall be presented by the grand jurors, and the selectmen shall tax the estate 300." "Whoever brings cards or dice into the dominion shall be lined 5." "So one shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards or play any instruments of music except the drum, trumpet or jewsharp." "Xo man shall court a maid in per son or by letter without obtaining the consent of her parents: 0 penalty for the first offence, 10 for the second and for the third imprisonment dur ing the pleasure of the Court. Sizes In Tiger Skins. TTiot tbe Ttoval Tlencal tif?rr is no tn....nuiibrithlA Least is a well-known (fact, but to even givo an approximate I . . ,., 1. . Iah n.th 1 . f mm of tba guc uu I"" . . .. . mnalur'o alrina wmild nuzzle many "persons who really believe themselves . ... r. ii 1 .it . M to be naturalists. ror mo ueuem 01 the Kepublic's scientific readers, as J well as the would-be Ximrods, who wish to appear to be loaded with ani mal statistics and facts of all kinds, I will say that the length of the largest tiger skin ever taken (after being stretched and dried) was 13 feet 6J inches. This must not be taken a3 meaning thj actual length of the living , i,...i tlm f-liins exuand sur prisingly while undergoing the curing process, a green sain m yen n-n, icm8 ...1 a wonder 1 in fact. Mr. KUUUUKu -- -' ' Inglis, the recognized tiger authority of Great Britain and Indiu, says that the greatest known length of an un- 1 10 fnt Ol J.o.b.W Tt tlroRseu sain a o -! ...v... is believed, however, that the pre decessors of tho present tribe of Bengalese ctn were from a fifth to a third larger than tho gigantic striped feline that roams the Indian jun;,'les and that the old stories of J L V their carrying off full-grown oxen are not exaggerations. - . publio. ! Love acheves many victories by compliance. Xot to hear conscience is tue way 10 silence it. The true and false speak the same anguage. The society of ladles is the school of poU'eces . Learning makes a man HI company for himself. It is hard to kill a sin that appears to pay well. The whip grows awfully near the for bidden fruit, Nature abhors a vacuum into the af fections. HamDSon was the first actor who brougnt oown the house. A man who likes anytbiug that is good for him is a curiosity. Higher education nowadays teglns with the ball of the foot. If the State were as hard a master to men hs money if. the world would bo full of treason. The man who claims that the world owes him a living, eenerally has trou ble in collecting ttie debt. THE EARTH SIDE. BT ELOISI PltCIMKT. W. vtand on the banks of a surging sea, Aeroas, are the snores o eterii.iy: We eaunot measure the restless tile. We only know it is deep and wide. Sometimes, in the midst of our busy life Of pleasure and pain, and bitter strife We pause; and look with our re -it less eves To where In the sunlight that city lies. And we catch a gleam from the world afar, For the shlmm; nates have been left ajar. And oft In the hush of the twilluht i;r. y We catch a sound cf the dasnlug spray. For the rolling sea with Its ceaseless beal la washing the Bauds at our verv feet : And e hear the dip of the o.irs so nlh, AS the shadowy boatman hurries by. r.ut we cannot say. and we may not know If sooner or later we're called to no. Tis our's to toll lu the he n and strife. Wh.le we wait ou ttie shore that we call life, Till out otthe mists that veil our eyes We shall see the walls o( that city rise. And gladly know that shadows 'iers. Ware better for us than skies inure clear. A Viking's Voyage. A lolk-Lore tfaga of Borland. BT JESSIE AC K. SAXBT. It may be well at the ontset to ex plain that "Viking" has no connection with "King'' as is generally supposed. It comes from "Vik" a wick or I ay. When Norseman rebelled or wished to evade "customary and tyrannous dues'' they put off from the -remote Viks, not the lawful Hnrbora, where much ceremony attended the departure and return of the boats. Thus the Viking ers became out-laws an 1 pirates, though in many cases tbey were good men aud true. The Legend of Balder, Prince Peace, is without doubt, a figure type of a great and unknown God; Christ the Prince of Peace. "Art thou a Viking," the man of or of of raroe asked. "I am perforce a Viking, but T. come in peace" answered Herjolf. "The good faith of a Viking we trust. Tell ns thy tale." 'I have sailed many kingdoms; 1 have found new lauds: but I bring no plunder home. I take no captives. I followtheSnn whence descended Odin, whence shall return Bilder, Prince of Peace. Because I go not out to conquer, nor to bring homo spoil, the Mea Kings deny me honor, becanso I refuse tribute to n tyrant Thus I cau only put to Sea from some seqnefdered Vik; can find shelter on my return only in the same obscure haen, as pirates do. "Xot for me the holy sacrifice and blessing-hands when my thip sets her prow 10 the Sea, Xot for me the song of triumph wntn my ship rides home. Trns I am a Viking. "Yet I bavedreams which it il that my V peaceful voyages 01 discovery may be of more value than the cruel conquest of the Sea Kings. I love not Tbor. I worship Balder. "But mists hang over the Snn, and when the night-birds scream, when the storm-fiends haunt the main, when the might thunderer (even Tbor whom you worship) speaks aud the north wind raves, 1 pray to Him who dwelleth in light, and 1 ui-k for a sign. 1 say to Him, how long oh. Balder the beautiful, shall men wait for thy coming again? How long shall the clouds hide the? Is there not a land where thy snn shines forever? "He gives no sign. But his sun rises and sets daily behind the clouds. It bids me follow and I follow." Such was the speech of Herjolf. They made him welcome in the Faroe Isles, though they had not known a Ser-king who followed Balder rather than Thor; though they had not known a Viking that was not a ruthless war rior. They had heard of Herjolf as one "possessed" and as such he was aafe to come or go where he listed. Men called him a dreamer, a Scald, a Prophet. The men of Faroe smiled at his words, aud accorded him hospitali ty. So he rested in Faroe many days. Then he said: "Ihe spirit of the sun is npon me. It warms my blood, mi I stirs my limbs. 'Onw.ird' is its tnorj ing song. To the West' is its evening whisper. Thus ever shall it move tho worshippers of Balder, Prince of Pece. Thus ever shall his followers be stirred to carry tidings of him from east to west. With his sun shall the news go. I must follow t'10 sun." The men of Faroe heard, and laup.li iDg said "Follow thy dreams, oh, dreamer." Then Vain a Sibyl of those isles brought from her mystic cave three sacred ravens. They were descended from the bird which Odin brought to Xorlaud, and they could speak the language of soald and Valky rur. "1 will give thee, Herjolf," said Vain, "these birds consecrated to Odin, to Thor, and to Balder. Henceforth thoa shalt be known as Herjolf llraln, and the story of thy wanderings shall ever more be associated with tiie sie.red bird. But when the 1-aroe isles ore left far behind thy buck, see thon let fly those ravens throe, aud follow them as thoy lead. "First send the bird I doiHcited to Odin, as is most meet, for Odin is tho All-Father. Xext let loose the bird given to Thor, for ho has lent power to thy nation, and they make his ham mer resonnd in m uiy lands. Last, set free the bird sacred to Balder, wh im thou lovest, of whom Scalds sins, and for whom woman weep. The Gods bo about thy pith. Herjolf Hrafn." So He'jolf Hrafu Bailed from Faroe, .. 1 .... I... ..,'U.I h-t I..... b.o....l to ti, words of the ravens, who talked to each other in Rnni s speech. When the loft v cliffs of Stromoe were rapped in a veii of distance, and morning was breaking over the east- ru hnrizou, us tho sun leaped from tho sea like a t onus? giiut K-Jini; forth to conquer, the Viking bade the bird of Odin fly. It rose from his hand, stately and slow, and hovered over the ship for a short time, then stooped aud settled on the rigging, and would not depart from Mieore. "Odin s with ns, and will be with us, "said the Vikinger. "But the way wo sro to follow, be leaves for another to show." Then the bird of Thor was sent ont, nnd eager eyes watched to mark the course of its flight- It rose sullenly over the vessel, and croaked ai the ravens do. It had lost tbe lauguage of myBtic lore in a moment. It wneel od around and round the ship, and then soared away back to Thorsliaven in Faroe, leaving the Vikinger por olexod and dismayed. "Ara we then to return from our quest?" the men asked of their loader, who answered: "Xar for saw ye not the bird could only croak? Its supernatnral power, had left it, as a sign that we were nof to bo guided by it" Then Herjolf liberated the bird of Balder. Strong of wing exultant of spirit, the last raven rose steadily over the vessels prow, which pointed West; and as the bird flew it called as thr Sibyl taught, "So help me, O Esir." j For a few moments he hovered over the ship; then, straight as an arrow to its mark, he led to the West, and the Vikinger followed rejoicing, and ever as they sailed they sang: ; "Skinfaxie Is the steed that drags, Th- golden car of dav. I The fleetest steed of steeds Is ha With ever shluing mane; And Balder rides upon the car Heg-uides with silver rein; j But none mar look upon bis f.oe For clouds and mists, and spray . i "Skinfaxie leaps from eastern lands I Ana Dears tne goi iun car. Across ValiialU's vaulted floor Tho phot9 rejoice to see Fair Bolder mount the morning clouds. His tresses streaming free. He rides to rest by western waves, He is the Vikings var " When night fell the raven earns and rested on the ship, bat with dawn he new out again, ever calling, -'80 help me O Ksir." And that evening the Sooe-holm, "Snow Island," appeared before them like a spectre. Its ghostly-white mountains rose to the sky emitting showers of lava and wreaths of smoke. The hills were girdled with green woods, the plains sent forth jou of boiling water, the earth qnaked and the heavens were clouded. Xo human beings peopled the land, and Her jolt Hrafn thought it was a sacred spot He rested there mtny days, and some of tho Vikingers believed that there was no more western land than IcelamL Some became disheartened, and secretly made another sh'p, and so nailed back to Norway, where, at first bone woul I credit their tale. Hut Herjolf Hrafn still listened to thn spirit of the sun, and again he sailed to the West, sending forth the raven as before, believing ever that that the cods were with him, hoping that "the perfect light" should shine npon him at lest; and so, following the sun, he left Icelund, which afterward? became peopled by his followers. By-and-by he came to a land covered with verdure, and he called it "Qrun laud,"and there remained some mouths teaching the savages he found there to worship the god of Day and Peace. 'these savage tribes, told him of lands beyond theirs, and they showed him delicious fruits and curious thinge they had brought from thence, which confirmed Herjolf's belief in a western world where the sunlight wa? never dimmed by snch clouds as swept his X'orland skies. But again some of the Vikinger thought tUey bad jonrneyed far enough and they made them canoes and strag gled back to Iceland.where they found I.' " . . . , , otsrjvii-gs 01 noivny,vno naa oome in Herjolf's track after alL The follow ing which left Grun-land with Her jolf Hratn was a small one. They sailed, as the raven led, south-west touching at many lands, seeing many marvelous sights, eceountering many dangers, and gradually reaching the tropics where the sun shines ever. At last they came to a beantifnl eonutry abounding in rich fruits and Mowers, "wit u birds and beasts excel lent for man's use," and they nimed that laud "Yucatan." which is sup posed to have been Mexico. They found there a gentle, simple raoe to whom the story of Balder was no new gospel, for they worsbipood the sun, not as fierce warriors did, nor as the latter invaders of their country did, but as reverent tender souls should do.lov ing light and hating violence. ln that sunny clime the hardy Xorsemen learned many new things, but tho restless spirit of adventure forbade them to fix their dwelling there They cruised over those blue seas, resting at tunes on some coral isle amid gorgeous foliage. aud nnder glow ing t-kies; tasting fruits as delicious as the food of the gods; hearkening to the melody of birds bright as gems; bathing in waves warm and invigorat ing as Mowing mead. "Surely this is the home of Balder, "said the Vikinger. But Herjolf Hrafn pointed to the west ern skies. " 'ee where Balder rides over west ward," said he, "and I know he gives to ns his followers, the spirit of the sun. Onward I Westward! We can but obey the highborn impnlse, and go as Balder goes." I (Herjolf Hrafn returned not to Scan dmavia. A few of the Vikingers who were with him in Yucatan and in the "Blessed Isle," the golden gates of the West, returned to their homes to tell of such marvels as no man would credit, but their chief and their raven, they said, were still going westward. And so Herjolf's voyage was doubted or forgotten, and in thn lanu j of time becsme regarded 9.8 entirely mythical. We of modern days know ! that the Xorsemen did visit those lands and left the rugged virtues of thd Xoith among the geutle effeminate tribes of the West. We know that Herjolf Hrafn followed a true and noble instinct, and perhaps it was given to him to koow as through a plass darkly (ere he died 1 that bis ; Balder was tiie type of one who is I the light of earth, the true object of j worship, the true God to obey and to j seek after. j Perhaps in some vision, he forsaw j that the same spirit which had led him 1 fcuonld carry the sons of the Sea-Kings on a like quest; aud tnat a race, sprung 1 ,rora Ahe Ul N?rse rovers "honld be i mov J follow tlJe Bnn. honl people : J"8," e8t' . Plant Jn its farthest 1 luuds. tn banner of a Prince of Peaoe Gowns of Glass. The idea of wearing dresses made of glass may, at tlrst sight, appear in the light of an impossibility, and yet the great novelty of this season is a material made of spun glass and which is as bright and suple as silk, with a peculiar sheen reminding one of t he sparkle of diamond dust, This material is to bo had In white, green, lilac, pink, and yellow, and bids fair to become very fashionable for even ing dresses. It Is an Austrian who is the inventor of this material, which is rather costly. Tablecloths, nap kins, even window curtains are also manufactured thereof. In Court: "Have you anything to say in your defense, prisoner!" "Xotuin, your Honor, except that I made a mis take in the number of the house. I did not at all intend to break into that house. "Fliegends Blatttm. LAUGH AND GROW FAT. A HEALTHY TONIC FOR VALIDS OF ALL KINDS. IN- 11 a morons Anecdotes Gleaned from Tart- ou Souroes-Something to Itoad Which I WIU Make AilTbotlT steep Well-Better Than Medtelue When Taken Uelore KeUring. A Feat of Memory. Lord George Gordon Fitzhugh (who is taking his leave) Aw. it seems to uie, Miss Morleigh, I have fawgolteo something. Aw let me see. Mi9S Morleigh Your gloves, per haps. ) Lord George Gordon Fltzhuah Oh, do. Xow I wemembah. Aw will jou mawwy me Brandon Buck saw. A Natural C onclusion. Police Commissioner Mr. MoGobb, how did it happen that you let a rav ing lunatic go around terrorizing peo ple on your beat for 1 whole after noon? Officer McGobb Sure, I thought he was some felly pavln a 'lection bet. Indiana xUs Journal. Going Too Far. Lecturer Vou see here a drop ol pure spring water, enormously mag nitied. I w ill next show you a droj, of water from the Hackensack River. Spectator Hold on a minute, m' friend, an" girume a hit:! cha.sh to get out o' this buildin ', P.rsht! Puck l-asily Kemeflled. President of the Doemup Bond, In. vestment and Silver Mining Com pany Wo hate sold every share ol our stock. Investor But you are still advertising stock for sale. Presi dent of the Doemup Bond, Invest ment and HUer Mining Company Yes; we are having a lot more printed. Puck. Time's Changes. Mrs. D'Avnoo Those street re pairers have got through at 1;isL Mr. 1Avnoo They have-? Mrs. D'Avnoo Yes, they have taken away their red lantern. Mr. D'Avnoo Taken away their red lantern? Well! Well! Another old landmark gouo. Xew York Weekly. rt t'p by the Tieil. Judge. The Questioning llal.lt. The Shopper (examining 4-cent .:otton prints) Will tho colors run'' Salesman (with prompt assurance) Xot unless they're wet, lady: how many yards? Shopper (evidently re 'leved; Give me eight yards. Puck. Pronahlr. Edith I am going to sing "I Love Thee" on my tmnjo to George this evening. What do you think he'll sav? Beatrice He'll say you're stringing him. Life. Not Surprising. Wife Why do you keep such a close watch on your dog? Husband Didn't vou know sausage was 40 cents a pound? Sleepless Nlht. The Victim I wish I had a bittH of that stuff! I can't get a wink of sleep until those fellows get their difficulties settled. Two tor 11 ve. Patient And you attribute mv trouble to smoking? iHictor Yes. Patient Oh, doctor, must I give up mr cigars? Doctor Y'es and get a better brand Life. f-ntilfln't See It. I "Well, somehow, this is good brae- Ing weather, isn't it?-' "Huh! Good ; bracing weather! Why. I've braced i 1 . . r . 1 . . .. .i ...... 1 . 1 . . - SIX leuows s liue ..iiiiiiia aim t,vui'iu - ra.se a cent!" V'il'8- Threat! Drawing Made iusy. To draw linen threads for hem stitching take a lather brush and soap and lather well the part where the threads are to be drawn. Let the linen dry and the thread will come out easily even in the finest linen. If wo ail sing solos, there will be no one left for the Heavenly chorus. tgypl has ovev 2,000 obelisks. My kT Ml II SSrvl . remlnloe Contrariness. . Old Rooster What have yon Mopped laying for? Old Hen It's ' too cold. Old Rooster Huh! Just I like you females. Quick as it gets ; cool enough for me to crow without ' I eetting into a perspiration you quit I laying. Good XeWS. Ur. 'Wayback In the City. Clerk (at telephone psr Vyp Hello: That you? Hello Mrs. 'Waybuck (entering, how.lna feeling) Sir! You're an impudent fellow, and I'll thank you not to ad dress mo till you're spoken to! Truth. Soulletti Corporations. Rural Child I don't believe the ;anal companies cares much for chil dren. Mother Why not? Rural Child In the summer they put the water In so we'll get drowned, and in the winter they let the water out so we can't skate. Good Xews. Mo French for Them. Bouttown Better not go to the it Fashion hotel. Their bill of fare Is in French. Cultured Friend (In dignant)') 1 can understand French. Bouttown Yes, but the waiters can't and neither can the cook. Xew York Weekly. A Taftte for Inventions. "Lambley has a taste for Inven tions." Sharie said. "Well, I pre snmi that is why he swallows every lie that is told to him," said Eeepe, Waverly Magazine. In Sunday School. -rr.-rr-jt Pretty Teacher Xow, Johnny, can you tell me what is meaat by a miracle? Johnny Yes'm. Mother says el yew don't ketch the new parson lt will bj a miracle. Judge. It.iw They llrow. Old Friend Well, I declare, ole, joy, vour wife Is fully as tall as you are, Mr DeMeek (in a whisper) Y-e-s, I guess that's so. "How came you to marry such a big woman?" Well er she didn't seem so bltf before marriage." Xew York Weekly. A Lo!t-Hunnesl Compliment. Trotter I can't imagine why Miss Bu Id is so angry at me. I paid her a compliment. Harlaw What did you sav to her, Trotter? "Why, I merely asked her if she had found the fountain of youth." Xew Y'orif Herald. lie Love Musln. "I'm afraid you do not love music, Mr. Kecnear," she said asshe finished at the piano, "uh, I do," he said catierlv "I thought you looked iMired." she said. 'I may have looked bored," he answered, "but I love music for all that." Albany Ar. gus. toand to De with the Times. "Say, why don't you shake that old eggshell ofT?" "Shake nothing! Don't you know that crinoaine is tho style again?" IURerent Mow. "Von Blumer You don't crease your trousers any more, do you? Van Winkle Xo; I gave lt up Couldn't make them stay. Von Blumer That's strange. You never used to have that trouble. Van Winkle Xo. But I am engaged now. Hail Seen the Bogy-Man Before. She (to her little sister, aged 8 Xow, Kose, you must go to bed, be cause the liogy-man will soon be here. Little Hose I'm no more afraid ol young Mr. Jones than you are. Browning, King A Ca's Monthly. Why She Stopped. Tom Keyes Have you given od the idea of taking singing lessons? Car rie d'Alto Yes. I found it would take me three years to learn to sing as well as 1 thought I sang already. Life. At the Gates. Xew Arrival What is that angel weeoing about in the corner? ht. Peter That's CoIulm-. He ha just seen a set of the Columbia stamps. Life. Pure Labor. Y'oung Man Ikies your sister plav the piano, Hobby? Bobby Play it! Xo: but she works it about seven hours a day. Texas Sifting. Russia's Kohl-Snppp. Kohl-suppe to the Russians is what the pot-au-feu is to tbe French. A large cab bage is cut into quarters and put in a stewpan, with a pound each of fish (usually sturgeon), beef and mutton, an evee of salt, aud is covered with cold water. This is allowed to cook for about four or five hours until the meat and fish can be shredded, when it is skimmed, seasoned with salt and pepper, and sent to table in a deaa turfs n Sins Tmrk JamrmaL U MY ROSES. The mellow tint ot purest yellow gold ; The soft, neb alow of happy maiden's blush, When love's tint thrilling set her cheeks atiush ; The ruby hue of vintage rare ind old ; The glint of amber by tl.e nor i-wavrs roiled From t ut the sea; all toloist 1 it the brush of artist finds in cloud: of eve ilng lush With flame from dying sun; the autumn wold The thistle down: th drifted banks of snowl The scasheU's tinge; the alabaster's white 1 The opal's flery heart; tbe amethyst With all these tints at morn my rosea glow; And lift their glai'. sweet faces to the light. Their velvet cbeeka by dews of bearea kisseo. H. L. Wills, In V.ch't Migatin- Jane is the month of roses, and everywhere we see them bloumiag. By the dusty wayside, where the pale pink of tbe wild dog rose makes the hedges aweet with its blossoms and its frag rance; by the cottage window, over grown with climbing prairie roses and sweet briar; high up in the poor attio, where the busy toiler keeps in her window a struggling rose in a pot to remind her of pleasant country days, of youth and love and hope, and in oostly conservatories, where rich tea roses bloom in luxuriance, all the sweet June days the Queen of flowers holds her court, and rich and poor alike acknowledge her supremacy. The sale in this country of rose plinU and of the ont flowers is in enormous quantities, which every year is ste tdily increasing. If the plmts are properly eared for there is nothing more satis factory, either for garden or pot cul ture, but neglect not only shortens the avenge life of the plant, but also the result in bloom is far less satisfactory. Roses make continuous growth from t the time they begin to grow in Spring 1 until frosts check their vitality, and all this time the tiny roots are reaching out and greedily appropriating such plant food as is suited to their needs. If thn soil is poor and not enriched by fertilizers its growth is stunted an I its blossoms small and pale. There is no better fertilizer for tbe rose than well rotted stable manure, and many of the commercial fertilizers such as phos phates, etc., are good. Besides generous soil and food the rose also needs carefnl pruning; if this is properly done in Spring the plant will perfect many more flowers and re sist more successfully the attaoks of insects, fungi, and other of its enemies than if the use of the knife is ne glected. The rose repays with interest the care and attention it receives, and is by no means a difficult plant to man age. LOVE FOR WORK. It la another requisite or the success, ful worker that be shall be in love with his work. If he ia a mechanic he will take pride in his tools; if he Is a book keeper, lie will plume himself on the merits of his pen, and on tbe neatness and forwardoeisnf hlsaoconnts. Jollao Hawthorne counts among the pleasure! of authorship tbe satisfaction got from (rood writing materials. As the lat Colonel Foruey ODce said to a youthful member of his staff: "A man must work con amore to have his woik worth anything. A young lady who wished a place ai typewriter rot lt ln a common-sense way. She wrote out hair a dcz-n "re plies," so to spfak brief, business like, and rerpectful setting forth her exper ience, qualifications, and ideas as to pay, putiing her figures ra'her above the matktt rate. Next morning there were four advertisements for type wi ltera in tbe Ledger. She promptly ma'led her four replies directly at the malD post-tifflce, enclosing a iwj-cent stamp in each. One or the four fhots brought down her bird. That evening her posi tion came to her by mail. it is not true that the world Is a bet ter margin lor muscles than for brains. The difficulty Is that the Dia'n matter, whatever its native brlh'ness. Is prac tically worthless without training or ex perience. For one play produce I by a manager a thousand are r jeered. The accepted one may be Inferior in man) respects to many a rejected one; maj mav have lss talent In it; but it. le flow a trained head, and It suits the manager's want, and that is enough. II Is so with storj wrilinr, with headwork of evei y kind. Suitability is the qualitj that gives lt pecuniary value. Men and women, who with certain b'illlaot qualities fail to reilize thU truth, often fancy that the condition! of success are bard and limited. Yet, theatrical managers, magazine publish es, and many others are subject to the very same laws themselves. They In turn are employes of the pu'ilic. They must suit lt, or it will turn elsewhere for what lt wants. Finally, lt is not necessary that want should be proclaimed in ord r to txisU Sometimes it may be anticipated Sometimes it may even le created. Whoever can create a want for his wares or his work is on ttie way to m istertul success. The philosophy of sncces in life l not a whit changed from what It war in "Poor Richard's" day. His homely old maxims on industry and thrift which lie quaintly admits that he him self found difficult to practice have not been outlawed by the 1 ipse of years. There Is an Impression that opportuni ties for individual success are being re strictest nowadavs and over jhalowed by coriKiratlons. To come extent, and temporarily, this may be true, but cor porations in turn are dependent on the Intellectual and moral qualities that in sure individual success, and lhe can uo more be dispensed witu than m inual labor can be superelel bv the multi plication machinery. The Jenne.t Miller Illustrated Monthly. A Home-Made Weather Glass. Two articles only are required to con struct this simple weather prophet. First a clean oil flask (such as olive oil comes in), and secondly a wide-mouthed fruit jar. Fill the jar to within two or three inches of the brim with soft water. Place the neck of the oil flask within the fruit jar. In fair weather tbe water in , the neck of the flask will remaia about half an inch above the bowl, but in stormy weather the water will rise grad ually in the neck, and rain or snow may then be looked for. If the atmosphere, be very heavy it will rise at times to ths height of two or three inches in a few hours. The water needs no changing, nor does it matter if the weather gloss be kept out of doors or in, save that in freezing weather, of court e, the glass would break. Detroit Frea Frtt. street car ia not a very high calling, but lt can scarcely be classed at among the lower walks of life. r Hi- t ' s- !' -f m 1 o I '-.I';.' ' '-:' .1 ! - 5'. ; ,', " n, . ' '')!!, ir-' v '.1 r': . 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