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"MIIJJHEIM .11 T'TINAL."
Trip Lightly.
Trip lightly over tiouble
Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make a grief double
By dwelling on it long.
Why clasp woe's hand HO tightly f
Why a-ng o'er blossoms dead?
Why cling to forms unsightly ?
Why not seek joy instead?
Trip lightly over sorrow,
Though all the ways be dark,
The sun may shine to morrow
And gaily sing iho lark.
Fair hopes have not departed,
Though roses may have flod,
Then never be down-hearted,
But look for joy instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,
Stop not to rail at doom.
We've pearls to string of gladness
On this side ot the tomb;
Whilst stars are nightly shining,
And the heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining—
But look for joy instead.
= DELILAH.'
Sir Thomas Winston was a widower,
and his present family consisted of two
daughters somewhere between eighteen
and thirty and a son. There were
several guests besides myself at Win
ton hall—Capt. Seymour, a brother of
ficer of young Winton's, with a sus
pected desire of forming another fra
ternal connection with him; "Paddy"
O'Brian, a sort of social Crichton, and
others. Of the fairer visitors, I need
only mention one, Ada Dart, for what
man of sound mind could notice any
other girl when she was in the room?
Well, Capt, Seymour, could do so, hut
then he was infatuated and not of
sound mind—suffering from younger
Miss Winton on the brain in fact. It
surprised nie very much to see the
beautiful Ada sail into the drawing
ioom lefore dinner on the evening of
my arrival. I had met her at a din
ner party and three balls; I had attend
ed her with grateful humility through
out the whole of a picnic, and her
image rose before me rather more than
1 liked.
1 could not remain long by her side;
the room was full of strangers, with
many of whom I had now to form ac
quaintance for the first time, even the
ladies of the house being unknown to
me. I was eventually paired off with
a companion, and dinner was spoiled
by a perpetual dread of speaking with
levity of things she reverenced.
The place I coveted at the side of
Ada Dart was filled by Paddy O'Brian,
who had a wonderful and enviable
power of showing politeness and ap
parent attention to the general com
pany while really attaching himself to
one selected individual.
Before the evening was over I felt
certain that I had no chance of "walk
ing over'Z for the prize, and also, that
she was worth winning; for Paddy
was not the man to court undowered
beauty. Indeed, he could not afford
so romantic a proceeding.
When the ladies retired, most of the
men repaired to the billiard room,
where cigars were provided, but the
majority were tired and went to bed,
early, leaving O'Brian and myself to
finish a game.
"Well," said he, as soon as we were
alone, "I suppose that you and I have
been asked down here for the same
thing."
' "Oh yes; the shooting, you mean," 1
replied. " *
"Shooting! That's the polite way of
paying us. They want us to help them
with thtir private theatricals."
"Oh, they're going to get up private
theatricals, are they?"
"To be sure, or you would never
have been asked to Winton hall, nor I
either, faith! I got it out of Miss
Dart."
"Who ill tell us what to do about
scenery, dresses, and all the little de
tails?" said Miss Winton, when the
family took the stage fever badly last
summer. "Don't you know some one,
papa?"
"I have it," cried Sir Thomas. "On
of my acquaintances is great on the
•drama; at least lie talks of nothing
else, and though not a Solomon, that
seems to be his specialty."
"But is he presentable ?" asked Julia
Winton—'"Seymour's girl, you know."
"Oh, yes," replied Sir Thomas; "he
has paid up on his shares, and he as
pirates his h' s, and he has really very
fine whiskers!"
"Shut up, O'Brian!" said I. "Do not
foist off your own impertenencies upon
the innocent. And what w r ere you
asked here for?"
"To act, of course. If it had not
been for my success in Sir Lucius
O'Trigger at Lady Sock's I might have
gone hang before ever I'd have been a
guest in this elegant establishment.
Oh, there is no shirking the truth with
me, my boy; nobody does anything for
nothing in this world."
There was undoubtedly a sentiment
of truth at the bottom of this frothy
cynicism of O'Brian's; for on the fol
lowing day the subject of private theat
ricals was quietly broached in my pres
ence by the Misses Winton.
®h< fllilllifi* 3ounuU.
DBININ"GER & BUMILLER, Editors and Proprietors.
VOL. LVII.
My theatrical'a -tea had never as yet
hnl ine to take a part In any perform
ance, and, indeed, of tlie ladies and
men forming the present company,
Ada Dart and O'Brian were the only
two who were not about to make tin ic
first appearance upon any stage. Ol
course, these experienced members
took a prominent lead, besides being
necessarily drawn together in a con
fidential way which it was very un
pleasant for me to witness. Jealousy
and envy so stirred my bile that I was
inclined to regret the good old days of
duelling, when 1 might have picked a
quarrel with my rival, and so had a
chanceof removing him from my path.
But the way in which the odious
Irishman knocked over pheasants and
rabbits, and a particular snapshot,
lirod from the hip, which was fatal to
a woodcock, forced me to own that
there was a deep truth in the ingen
ious assertion so constantly repotted
in newspaper articles, that private
combat is a "cowardly practice."
The fine old hall of Winton park
was to be our theater, and it was my
particular province to take the best
advantage of the many natural facili
ties of the place; to arrange about the
scenery; to find out what were the
proper dresses for the plays we were
to perform, etc., and Ada Dart, being
the only person whose*counsel was of
real service in case of a dilliculty, 1
was perpetually obliged to appeal to
her. Dangerously intoxicating were
those conferences, which, 1 confess, 1
prolonged needlessly; indeed, I used
sometimes to get up a vexatious oppo
sition to her wishes in order to give
our discussion a matrimonial flavor.
Ileigh-ho!
The plays selected were "The Belle
of Penzance," followed by the farce
of "Eyes and Nose," and the distribu
tion of parts was a work for Job and
Solomon, most of the company at first
declaring their utter inability to take
the simplest characters, and coming
round gradually to demanding the
principal roles. At our first general
meeting it really seemed doubtful
whether it would be possible to cast
the mildest and lightest of pieces,
but at the end of a fortnight if
"Othello" could have been rewritten
with three Moors, four Desdemonas
and two lagos, our little company "had
stomach for them all."
1 was cast for Fortescue, which was
too prominent a part for my taste; for
beside that, on principle, I very much
prefer that other people should amuse
me to reversing that proceeding; I
hated having so much to learn by
heart.
In a little time matters began to
run smoothly and we had our first re
hearsal. By recalling to mind the dif
ferent actors I had seen in my part,
and endeavoring to imitate them, I
succeeded better than I had anticpa
ted,and gained considerable applause.
"But," said O'Brian, "you must shave,
you know. The idea of Fortescue
with those whiskers is too absurd."
Now, my whiskers were black, pen
dant, silky, and had cost mean infinity
of trouble. It had taken five years of
constant care and scientific training to
bring them to their present state of
perfection. Any one without experi
ence in the matter would scarcely
credit the amount of time and labor,
not to mention the mere money, that
I had expended upon them. Little soft
brushes, delicate combs, bottles of a
peculiar oil, more delicate than is ever
used for the head, were appropriated
to their service. When 1 visited my
hair-cutter that artist would deliber
ate for at least five minutes before he
could come to a definite conclusion
upon the important point whether he
should take the "hends" off. When 1
took my walks abroad and the breeze
fluttered them over my shoulders,
scornful indeed was the beauty whose
eyes did not light up with admiration
as she passed. Even envious men were
unable to withhold their tribute of
praise.
"Cheevers, my boy," observed Riv
ers, who has spent his own fortune
and is looking out for a wife, "my
figure is twenty thousand, but, by gad,
if I had your face hair, I'd make it
forty!"
You may judge my feelings, then,
when it was seriously proposed that I
should shave. I repudiated the notion
w r ith a shuddering earnestness which
seemed to amuse some of the company,
and they all set to work to argue me
out of my objection to the sacrifice.
"They will grow again," said one
Miss Winton.
"I am sure Mr. Cheever's face would
look better without them," added the
other.
"Yes; there is a particularly fine
contour, which is completely hidden
at present," said O'Brian.
"How do you know that, Paddy ?"
"Contour or not," said I, firmly, "if
you cannot put up with a whiskered
Fortescue, some one else must take
the part." And to that resolution I
stuck in spite of flattery, persuasion
and satire for three days. And I got
it hot, too, at times.
First one and then another male
visitor was tried in my part, and found
wanting.
On tin* fourth morning after break-
Lust, Ada Dart expressed a wish to
learn how to plav at billiards. O'Brien
was not in the room, and 1 seized the
opportunity of offering my services,
which were accepted.
"1 am so sorry, Mr. ('hoovers," said
she, "that you cannot take the part of
Fortescue. You must change with
Mr. O'Brian; that is the only way in
which we can manage it. and even
that w ill spoil the play."
"Is it quite necessary that Fortescue
should bo whiskerless?" 1 asked
faintlv.
"Why, judge for yourself; how
would a powdered wig look with—
them? The worst of it is," she added,
"that when 1 undertook the -the part
of Maria it was with the supposition
that you would be Fortescue," and she
blushed slightly.
Those who are unacquainted with
"The Belle of Penzance" must be told
that Fortescue is the lover of Maria,
and several half-romping, half-loving
scenes are enacted between them.
"Hit your ow-own bleb-ball in the
exact center, and rather high," 1 stam
mered, "and you- you would not like
O'Bri—that is, any other fellow to
to—to take that part, in fact."
"1 declare 1 won't answer you!" she
cried. "Of course, 1 know you, and
never saw most of the others before,
and such things make all the difference,
you know. To be kissed, even in
make-believe, by a man one has seen
for the first time a week before, makes
one feel nervous. But there!" (At
this point I went down on one knee.)
"(let up; there's some one coining!"
It was Miss Winton and Captain
Seymour, who came just in time to
prevent a formal offer. 1 went off to
my bedroom, looked the door, opened
my dressing-case, took out scissors ami
razor, and finished the dreadful task.
On my way downstairs, 1 met Sir
Thomas, who stopped, stared, and asked
my name. Ho did not recognize me.
Young Win ton. who was always late,
was breakfasting when 1 entered the
morning-room. He dropped a cup of
hot coffee over his knees, and nearly
choked. Leaving him in his misery, I
encountered a young lady visitor, who
crammed her pocket-handkerchief in
her mouth and lied. Hut it would be
tedious to recount the effect I pro
duced upon each individual member
of the household. All, even the faith
less Ada, laughed at my appearance,
except O'Brian, who looked upon my
transformation from a purely dra
matic point of view. Others were di
vided as to whether 1 most resembled
a plucked'fowl or a recently shorn
sheep, but the veritable amateur said:
"Sure, he will make an elegant For
fescue,*' and stuck to that view of
the question. The company soon got
used to the alteration, and the dra
matic business now went as smoothly
as a hand passed over my cheeks. I
had the intoxicating privilege, the tan
talizing element in which was tem
pered by hope, of making second-hand
love to Ada in daily rehearsals, till at
last the day of positive performance
arrived.
We all knew our parts, but whether
we acted them well or not it is difficult
to judge; our audience was bound in
common politeness to be pleased, and
the Mattering applause and profuse
congratulations wo received cannot be
counted for much. At any rate, every
body seemed delighted, and the whole
affair was voted a success.
On the morning following the per
formance, I awoke early with a firm
determination to turn mimic court
ship into earnest, and force a plain
yes or no from her that very day. To
lie in bed with such a prickle in the
pillow was quite impossible, so I got
up, dressed and went for a walk. On
passing through the garden on my
way back to breakfast, I became aware
that some one else was also in high
spirits, for a well-known voice behind
the shrubberry was singing " The Tigs
in the Morning," and on turning the
corner of a path which brought me
into a little open dell, I came upon
O'Brian, with his hat stuck on the
back of his head, executing a pas seul
to a vocal accompaniment.
" Ah !" he cried, on seeing me, "sure
you have caught me making a fool of
myself. But it is a good thing my
mother's only son has done for me this
morning. Congratulate me, my boy!''
" Certainly," said I, feeling a little
sickly. " What on ?"
" I am going to be married to the
prettiest little angel that ever wore
boots, and has a nice little sum all at
her own disposition into the bargain.
Whoop!"
It was too true; he had stolen a
march upon me. I left Winton two
hours afterward.
At present my whiskers are in the
blacking-brush stage.
MILLIIKIM, PA., THURSDAY, AIT.CsT 0,18*3.
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
M . _ ..
Curiosities of Statistics.
Let us observe what our fnrinn'nnd
farmers are annually .producing foi
every man, woman and child of the
country's population. The year IXBO
produced for each person thirty bushels
of corn, nine bushels qf wheat, eight
bushels of oats, one bushel of barley,
two-fifths of a bushel of rye, one tenth
of a bale of cotton, three pounds of wool,
two-thirds of a ton of hay, half a pound
of hops, two pounds of rice, ten pounds
of tobacco, three and a half bushels of
Irish potatoes, and half a bushel of
sweet potatoes.
Of animals there was one hog for
every person, one horse "for every five
persons, one mule for every twenty
eight persons, one milch cow for every
four persons, and two sheep for every
three persons. There were fifteen and
a half pounds of lmtter and a half
pound of cheese made flhr each person,
and the cows averaged Sixty-two and a
half pounds of butter each for the year.
Although our farm products seem im
mense in amount it isn astonishing
fact that if every acre of Illinois was
ilevoted to wheat for one year, and the
average yield should be the moderate
amount of fifteen bushels to the acre,
the crop would exceed in amount the
entire wheat crop of the country for
the last year. If tin* state of Missouri
was wholly planted with corn, and
should give a moderate yield of forty
bushels to the acre, the aggregate
would equal the entire corn crop of
the country for the year 188'*. The
state of Kansas alone can raise beef
enough to feed the present population
of tho country. When we have ten
times the present population, and
when all our lands areas well cultivat
ed as the valley of the Nile, the aggre
gates of the farm products will be ex
pressed in figures difficult to compre
hend. Agriculture is be oniing chem
istry, and husbandry is becoming
mechanics, so that one good man to
day can do as much work upon a farm
as four men did fifty years ago.
Facial Characteristics.
In the practice of the art of palm
istry some knowledge of physiognomy
isof great advantage; indeed, the two
sciences go hand in hand, one supple
menting the other. This is why the
shrewd gypsy fortune teller scans the
face almost more closely than the hand
of her patron.
And first of all, the soul dwells in
the eye; and the ability to understand
its language is inborn with most
people without having to study it; but
a few words in regard to it may. not
be amiss. Very quiet eyes that impress
and embarrass one with their great
repose signify self command, hut also
great complacency and conceit. Eves
that rove hither and thither while
their possessor speaks denote a deceit
ful, designing mind. Eyes in which
the white has a yellowish tinge, and is
streaked with reddish veins denote
strong passions. Very blue eyes be
speak a mind inclined to coquetry;
gray eyes signify intelligence; greenish,
falsehood and a liking for scandal;
black eyes, a passionate, lively temper
ament; and brown, a kind, happy dis
position.
Of the nose- A Roman nose denotes
an enterprising, business-like char
acter; a long nose is a sign of good
sense; a perfectly straight nose indi
cates a noble soul, unless the eyes con
tradict it; a nez retreusse signifies a
spirit of mischief, wit and dash; a
largo noso generally indicates good
mind and heart; a very small nose,
good nature but lack of energy.
Thick lips indicate either great
genius or great stupidity; very thin
lips cruelty and falsehood, particularly
if they are habitually compressed.
Dimples in the cheek signify roguery;
in the chin, love and coquetry. A lean
face is a indication of intelligence; a
fat face shows a person inclined to
falsehood.
Irascibility is accompanied by an
erect posture, open nostrils, moist
temples, displaying superficial veins,
which stand out and throb under the
least excitement, large unequal, ill
ranged eyes, and equal use of both
hands.
A good genius may be expected from
middle statue, blue or gray eyes, large
prominent forehead, with temples a
little hollow, a fixed, attractive look
and habitual inclination of the head.
—Belle C. Green. '
The Young Man Was Cold.
"Good morning, John," said one of
the leading pastors in Scranton, Penn.,
at a young friend whom he met on the
street the first warm day of the season,
"How does your father stand the
heat?". The young man made no re
ply, but went his way with a clouded
brow. And when the good pastor
learned that the young man's father
had died only a week before he under
stood why his cordial greeting was
met so coldly.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
M. Schlumberger recommends that a
bottle of ammonia should l>e placed in
each barrel of petroleum. On ignition,
by accident or otherwise, the bottle
would break and the amnioniacal vapors
would at once extinguish the lire.
Dr. Pietra Santa proposes to apply this
method to collieries liable to fire-damp.
Tanks filled with ammonia, would, it
is said, stop the combustion, sis it could
not'continue in an anunonisical atmos
phere.
How do earth-woims increase the
fertility of the soil? is a question
which may well be asked, since it is
plain that these creatures can add no
new material to the soil. 11 *rr 1 Jensen
has answ ed by proving that tho worms
greatly aid plant-growth by making
burrows through which the delicate
roots reach the moist subsoil. They
also draw into their burrows vegeta
ble matter from the surface (where its
fertilizing ingredients would be wasted)
hasten its decomposition and distribute
it through the various layers of the
soil.
Besides the conspicuous displays of
aurora borealis so frequent in Arctic
regions, several observers have reported
the presenceat times of a peculiar dif
fused light after the total disappear
ance of daylight. The phenomenon
was witnessed last winter by Prof.
Lemstrom from his observatory in
Lapland, lie describes it as a phos
phorescent shine or diffused luminosity,
of a yellowish white color,rendering the
night as light as when the moon shines
through a thick hazy air. He is dis
posed to believe that the appearance
has an auroral nature, and that it is
present in Northern Lapland during
most winter nights.
Dr. Goetan Pelaunay has just com
municated an interesting paper to the
French Anthropological society, in
which he seeks to establish that right
handedness is not an acquired habit,
but is a natural attribute, characteris
tic of the superior races. Savage
tribes, he states, and communities in
an inferior state of civilization, show
a much larger proportion of left
handedness than highly-civilized peo
ple do. Idiots and epileptics offer a
very large percentage of left-handed
individuals, and there are more left
handed women than men. His gener
al conclusion is that in the evolution
of the species there has been a steady
tendency to the development of the
right side of the body at the expense
of the other, and that the examples
of left-handedness still to he met with
in the superior race are mere "survi
vals."
Prince and Princess of Wales.
The London correspondent of the
New York Commertrit.il % having seen
the Prince and Princess of Wales at
tlie opera, draws this picture of the
royal pair: "The Prince of Wales,
who was looking uncommonly well,
studied his libretto with his usual dili
gence. I have remarked this fact,
that 'the royalty' scarcely take their
eyes from their books. The prince has
probably seen 'Lohengrin' fifty times.
I will venture to say that during as
many evenings he has held a libretto
in his hands from the commencement
almost to the clo'se of the perform
ance. The Princess of Wales, by the
way, usually—in fact, always—does
the same. How much she is loved by
everybody. Her eldest son sat beside
ner, and she looked young enough to
be his sister. &he was dressed in a
dinner gown of pale blue silk, high in
the back, and trimmed with magnifi
cent Valenciennes lace. Iler hair was
dressed high, and several diamond or
naments glittered among her tresses.
She is to my mind the most distin
guished and lovely woman in England.
Her face is sweet beyond words, but
very sad. I have never seen her smile
more than good breeding would sug
gest. Is it etiquette or melancholy
which imposes such quietness upon
the features of so charming a woman?
I have often wondered."
Catching a Prairie Dog.
1 was assured that 1 might as well
try to dip the creek dry, as each dog
had a passage from his residence to the
level of the creek, that all the water
that could be emptied in would not
raise an inch above the river bed. I
didn't take much stock in this water
passage idea, however, so, after secur
ing a box for the game and half a
dozen water buckets, I took three or
four men and ran the engine up to the
water tank, filled up the engine tank,
and then ran down to call on the deni
zens of prairie dog park. The old
pioneer was at his post as usual, but
disappeared like a flash when the en
gine stopped opposite his door. I dis
connected the hose on the engine tank,
and the bucket brigade went at it live
ly. Dozens of buckets of water were
used, and the tank was getting low,
* hen at last the hole was filled to the
mouth, and shortly the old fellow put
* Terms, SIOO Per Year in Advance.
his nosq out for a little fresh air. II
was put in the box, and in less than
an hour he had a dozen more to keep
him company.— American Field.
Why Cochineal and Carmine are §o
Cosily.
The Ironmonger, of London, explains
why the beautiful cochineal and car
mine colors are so expensive. It says:
One of tho best and most powerful
animal dyes used in the arts and man
ufactures is the body of the female
cochineal insect, dried. This insect
exists on a species of cactus, and when
alive is about the size of a ladybird, or
perhaps a trifle smaller. It is wing
less, rather long, equally broad all over,
and is marked behind with deep inci
sions and wrinkles. It has six feet,
which, curiously enough, are only of
use directly after birth, and secures
itself to the plant by means of a trunk
which is found between the fre feet
and derives its nourishment from the
sap. 'idie male cochineal is like tho
female only during the larva period.
It changes into chrysalis, and even
tually appears as red flies. The female
deposits some thousands of eggs,
which she protects under her body un
til they are hatched, and on the ap
pearance of tho young ones the parent
dies. While the young are in their
larva state their sex cannot be deter
mined. They lose their skins several
times, and while the female fixes her
self on the plant, the male, after get
ting over the pupa state, is winged.
Two or three months is tho. extent of
the life of these little insects. They
are gathered before they lay eggs, and
are then rich in coloring matter.
Carmine is prepared from the cochi
neal insect, the Cornis acti, which is
collected by brushing the branches of
the cactus with the tail of a squirrel or
other animal; this is very tedious work.
They are killed by immersing them in
boiling water, and this has to be done
at once or they would lay their eggs,
and thereby lose much of their value.
There are many processes for prepar
ing the carmine. The French process
may be taken as an example: one
pound of the powdered cochineal in
sects is loile,l for fifteen minutes in
three gallons of water ; one ounce of
cream of tartar is then added, and the
boiling continued ten minutes longer ;
then one ounce and a half of powdered
alum is thrown in, and the boiling con
tinued for two minutes longer. The
liquid is then poured off, and set aside
for the carmine to settle down. In
other processes, carbonate of soda or
potash is used.
Popular expressions are often very
significant. " 1 saw three dozen lights
of all colors," or some similar expres
sion. may frequently be heard from
persons who have received violent
blows on ilie head or face. Under the
intluence of shocks of this kind, the eye
really seems to see infinite numbers of
sparks. Shocks of a certain class im
pressed upon the nervous system seem
to have the faculty of producing phe
nomena of light. This remark has
been suggested by the facts which we
are about to relate, which lead us to
suppose that sonorous vibrations are
susceptible in certain cases of provok
ing luminous sensations. There are,
in fact, persons who are endowed with
such sensibility that they cannot hear
a sound without at the same time per
cciving colors. Each sound to them
has its peculiar color; this word corres
ponds with red. and that one with
green, one note is blue, and another is
yellow. This phenomenon. "Color
hearing,'' as the English call it, has
been hitherto little observed.
Dr. Nussbaumer, of Vienna, appears
to have been the first person who took
serious notice of it. While still a child,
when playing one day with his brother,
striking a fork against a glass to hear
the ringing, he discovered that he saw
colors at the same time that he per
ceived the sound ; .and so well did he
discern the color that, when he stopped
his ears, he could divine by it how loiul
a sound the fork had produced. His
brother also had similar experiences.
Dr. Nussbaumer was afterward able to
add to his own observations nearly
identical ones made by a medical stu
dent in Zurich. To this young man,
musical notes were translated by cer
tain fixed colors. The high notes in
duced clear colors, and the low notes
dull ones. More recently, M. Pedrono,
an ophthalmologist of Nantes, has ob
served the same peculiarities in one of
his friends.— Popular Science Monthly
A man asked for admission to a
show for half-price, as he had but one
eye. But the manager told him it
would take him twice as long to see
the show sis it would anybody else,
and charged him double.
There are only five states in which no
beer is brewed —Arkansas, Florida,
Maine, Mississippi and Vermont. Last
year Alabama produced only eight
barrels and North Carolina thirty-one.
NO. 31.
Color-Hearing.
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The Stranger.
AN EASTERN LEGEND.
An Aged man came Info to Abraham's tent.
The sky WHS dark, and nil the pluin was bare.
He asked for bread; his strength wm well
nigh spent;
His haggard look implored tho tendorest care-
The food was brought. He sat with tliankfr
eyes,
But spake no grace, nor bowed fie townrd the
cast.
Sale-sheltered here from dark and angry
skies,
The bounteous table seemed a rr>3*al fea*t.
But ere his hand Imd touched the tempting
fare, ,
The Patriarch rose, and leaning on his rod,
"Stranger," he said, "dost thou Dot bow in
prayer?
Dost thou not fear, dost thou not worehip,
God ?"
He answered, "Nay." The Patriarch sadly
aaid:
"Thou hast iny pity. Go! eat not my
bread."
Another came that wild and fearful night.
The fierce winds raged, and darker grew the
sky;
But all the tent was filled with wondrous
light,
And Abraham knew the Lord his God was
nigh.
"Where is that aged man?" the Presence
said,
"That aeked for shelter Irom the driving blast?
Who made thee master of thy Master's bread?
What right ha/Lt thou the wanderer forth to
cast ?"
"Forgive me, Lord," the Patriarch answer
made.
With downcast look, with bowed and trem*
bling knee.
"Ab, me! the stranger might with me have
staid,
But, Oh my God, he would not worship Thee."
"I've borne dim long," God said, '"and still
I wait;
Couldst thou not lodge him one night in thy
gate ?"
r- Wallace Bruce, in Harpef* JMagasine.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Beats all—the tramp.
A tailor's goose—the dude.
The gunner's style of hair—Bangs.
The lawyer's usual garment —Long
suit.
When a man loses his temper he al
ways gets another that is much worse.
Teacher: " Can you tell me which is
the olfactory organ ?" Pupil frankly
answers, "No, sir." Teacher: "Cor
rect. ' Pupil goes off in a brown study.
Miss Edith Thomas inquires at the
top of a poem," Where Are the Springs
of Long Ago?" No one can be quite •
certain, but it is possible that they
were put in the garret with the head
board and mattress.
An observing pedestrian has made
the startling discovery that the rea
son why women cannot succeed as well
as man in walks of life, is because
when she is on the walks one hand is
usually employed in holding up her
dress.
Even the "old watch-dog of the
treasury." with the nation's millions
behind him, could not assume the
malignant expression of jealous vigi
lance which is worn by an old hen
studiously sitting on a broken tumbler
and two door-knobs.
A boaster in a hotel was telling of
the many sections of the country that
he had visited. A fellow at his el
bow asked, " Have you ever been in
Algebra?" "Oh, yes," said the boaster,
k, I passed through there on the top of
a stage coach about a year ago."
A proud father has been question
ing bis son, who has just returned
from an expensive school, and says
the boy answers four questions out of
five correctly in every branch of his
studies. To four questions out of the
fivw the boy says, " I don't know,"
and this answer is always the true one.
When he hazards any other it is apt
to be wrong.
Power of Habit.
The power of habit, so-called second
nature, is well illustrated in our every
day's doings. It grows so strong and
clings to us so like the ivy in its tenac
ity that it oft becomes a ruling passion
strong in death. It is well illustrated
by a little incident that occurred last
Sunday in one of our leading churches.
Our telephone exchange is very effi
ciently presided over by young ladies,
one of whom was the innocent cause
of the mirth at the church referred to
in our remarks above. In her daily
toil she shouts "Hello!" "Hello!" from
the moment her duties begin until the
close. On last Sabbath she nodded as
even Homer did when the preaching
was long. She was suddenly awaken
ed by the silvery tinkling of bells, and
raising up in her seat, and placing her
prayer book to her ear would
an car-phone, she shouted "Hello!
hello! Central office." The scene can
better be imagined than described.—
Bloornington Eye.
Two medical schools for women are
to be established in the province of
Ontario, one in Toronto and one in
Kingston, and the Toronto Globe says
that in this respect the women of the
province will be better off than they
are in the matter of higher education
In general.