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Our tantieme Bafldlo a is literally pack- jd with goods from attic to cellar. We are enabled to sell the lowest beeai jse we sell the m oat. Everybody visits us and thinks our liouse a marvel. ' fhe handsomest Side-Boards. Escritoires, Chlffouleres, Wrjtiug '.'Desks, Hall Racks, State and Marble Mantels in the land. Biiey all the time.' Every Bid a Sale A PAPER FOR THE ROME CIRCLE MILLHEIM PA.. THURSDAY, JUNE 16., 1887. What She Dreamed Of. 'I tloii't see w hat ail* the girl !' *uhl Mr*. I'oplcy, scratch lug her use with the ex treme cuil of her knitting-needle. 'I H')MMM-I she'll In- perfectly contented. Took out of tin- very edge o' the work home-, a* it were, and made sort of tow n folks here, with a corner I**l-room to hcrm-lf sud a fringed towel on the bureau, as a lady couhlu't hev no nicer ! Aml hsrs shs is, a fri-itin' aud cryin' half the time.' They're a fault-fliidiu' set, anyhow,' said Don-as Jones. 'Aiu't no use try In* to satis fy them. I've giv' it up, huig ago. Hired gals is hired-gal* !' 'liut she ain't a hired-gal !' protested Mrs. Popiey. 'l've took her all the same as my own.' 'More fool you !' remarked Mis* Jones. llut she keenly olwervnd Marietta Tyson (commonly culled 'Muritty') when she brought lu the teapot, aud the plate of hot biscuit for supper. 'A tall girl, with eyes as black as cher ries, and cheeks for all tho world like they had beeu ]tainted,' muttered she to herself. 'Hhe's pretty, I'll allow. I wouldn't take no such hired-gal into our house, with Johu Heury around. Men are so queer. 'l'd ruther do tho housework myself, until I dnp.' Dorcas Jones's visit was rather prolong ed, aud it was nine o'clock—a jMirtentously late hour for those country wildernesses — when at last the redoubtable John Henry escorted his auut home, and Mrs. Popiey caiue into tho kitcheu, where Maritty sat moodily by the fire. •Maritty ,' said she, 'is everything ready to lock up aud go to bed ?' 'Yes, Mrs. Popiey.' The old lady came to a dead standstill. 'Maritty ,' said she, 'you've beeu crying agaiu.' Maritty jumped up and threw her anus arouml Mrs. Popiey's neck. 'I can't help it I' she sobbed. *Uh,I can't help it. lam so unhappy !' 'What troubles you, Maritty ?' said the old lady kindly. 'I—I waut to be a lady!' sobbed Maritty. *1 want a house of my own, with a piano in the Is-st room, and a carjK-t on the floor— that's w hat 1 waut !' 'Hush !' said Mrs. Popiey. 'What's that ?' Maritty turned scarlet. 'lt's the wind rattling the old lay-lock bushes against tho wooden shutters,' said she. •No, 'tain't,' said Mrs. Popiey. 'lt's souieliody kin iking. Open the door, Ma ritty !' 'lt's rats !' jiersistcd the girl, who was now as pale as ashes. 'I—I often hear them when I'm here, all by myself.' 'Nonsense !' cried Mrs. Popiey. 'Do you s')m>*<- I don't know- rats when I hear 'ein ? Open the door, 1 say,or I'll open it myself !' And she did open it benM'lf, for Maritty had sunk trembling on a chair,her face cov ered l>y lioth hands. A little old man stood then- under the dt-w-dmpping lilac-bushes, his white hair gleaming in the starlight, a certain implor ing look in his faded eyes. 'Good gracious !' said Mrs. Popiey, 'lt's a tramp ; and Popiey gone to the city !' Tin- old man, however, did not seem to hear her. •Maritty !' he said in a faint, subdued voice—'where'* Maritty ? I want tc peak to Maritty.' 'I wonder,' said Mrs. Popiey, in a sudden |ianie, 'if we'd better loose the dog ? Oh, Marittv ! you'd better cut across the fields ami tell John Henry Jones and his aunt to 0 une hack ! They can't Is- g ne far.' Hut Maritty had recovered herself all of a sudden. She n>se and came to the door. 'No,' said she, tain't necessary to do that. It ain't a tramp—leastways it ain't a tramp that will do you any harm, Mrs. Popiey. It's—my father.' •Your father, Maritty !' gasped the good old woman. 'Yes,' the girl doggedly answered. 'He's on the town at Mudville, poor father is. I told you, didn't I,' with a hard mirthless laugh, 'that we weren't a very prosperous family ? And they ain't very good to him, nor he don't get any too much to eat ; and so I've taken the liberty every night to give him the sour milk, that was left in the pail. Father's dreadful partial to sour milk, and 1 didn't think it any harm, and ' 'Harm !' cried the old woman. 'Tell him to come in—tell him to sit down right away. Give him some of the raspberry short-cake and a glass o' milk outen the night's milk en*. But why on earth didn't you tell me, Maritty ? Why did you keep this a secret from me ?' The girl looked up with glittering wet eyes. 'Did you s'pose I wanted folks to know how low the Tyson family hail fell ?' said she bitterly. 'Father had a farm of his own once, and he'd 'a hail it now ef he hadn't underwrit for his brother and lost it all. And that's why I want to be a lady, with a house of my own—to give father a home.' Old Mr. Tyson slept In the kitoben-cham lx-r that night, rather to his own ltewilder luent ; hut he had reached that stage of do cile servility in which he accepted all things as a matter of course, and understood very little about it. Maritty told him that 'it was all right,' and he Implicitly believed her, and troubled himself no further on the subject. 'l've a mind to let the jmor old creatur' stay here,' said Mrs. Popiey. 'There's the kitchen-chamber ain't never used for noth ing and I shouldn't never feel what he eats and drinks, and he might do odd Jobs about the barn.' Mr. Popiey, however, who had by this time returned, shook his head. 'Maritty's very well, said lie ; 'but we can't keep opeu house for all her people. There ain't never no know-in' where tills things' golu' to stop. I guess, Phcebe Ann, we'd 1 tetter let hi in go about his own busi ness, and tell Marltty not to feed him at our hack-door no mora. I don't quite approve of the principle.' When Miss Dorcas Jones heard of this new development she chuckled within her self. 'Ain't I glad that Maritty Tyson ain't our hircd-gnl ?' said she. 'I don t s pose John Henry would fancy that sort of a girl, but there ain't no accoutiu' for a man's whims. And she has got a pair o' hand some blaek eyes of her own—for them as fancy black eyes. I prefer blue, for my partwith a glance at the cherry-framed glasf opjiosite, which reflected her own fad ed blue orbs with painful accuracy. That very day, however, just on the verge of twilight, when the sweet fern thickets wore iliHtilUiig their |i|oiuiaiitoat odora uinl the yellow glow in the west was turning to oriuiNoti,Jolin Henry June* met Marltty Ty son in tho high-roml. 'Could you lend mo your one-horse wa gon,' said she wistfully, 'for a couple of hours to-morrow ?' •Yes,' the young farmer answered, 'with pleasure. Shall you waul me to drive ?' 'No !' the girl replied with decision. 'That would eoat too much ; I want to go •-heap.' * •Ob, 1 shall not charge anything for the driver—or the team, either !' he said, shrug ging his shoulders and smiliug. 'When do you wuut to go Marltty ?' 'l—l don't kuow !' •You don't kuow, Marltty ?' he echoed iu a tone of surprise. 'Yes—ami no !' retorted she. 'l've got to make enquiries lirst. I'm going to liridge |iort to gel work iu the factory.' 'ln which factory ?' 'ln nity of them. It don't matter which. They're always glad to get hands, folks tell me.' 'But you don't understand factory work.' 'I ean learn,' she insisted. 'And I've father to care for now. I shu'u't let him go back to that place. I've got all my wages saved up, aud it'll keep me until I secure a place iu the factory—me and father,' she added. 'And the time shall come yet when I'll be a lady, with a house of my own, and a piano, and a carjM-t on the best room Hour, and a cushioned rocker for father ?' John Heury surveyed her with admiring eyes. 'You're looking a long way ahead,' said he. 'Perhaps,' with a shrug of the shoulders. 'Hut every day I live is going to bring it nearer.' 'You'll have to work dreadful hard to get all that!' 'I mean to work,and to wait. Can I have the wagon, John Henry, at two o'clock to morrow afternoon ? I think that time will do as well as any.' 'I don't believe you can.' Her eyes Hashed. 'I don't care for myself ; I can walk. But there's father. No matter, though !' she cried quickly. 'l'll go and see if I can get Mr. Pratt's cart.' 'Stop a minute, Maritty !' said John Hen ry. 'I alu't its quick of speqch as some folks ; but I'd like to discuss tills 'ere mat ter with you a little.' 'I hain't no tiiue for discussion, said Ma rltty. 'Yes, you have,' said Joibu Henry com posedly. • • • • • Miss Dorcas was slicing up apples for a pie that evening when Maritty Tyson came in. Kite viewed her with unsympathetic eyes. 'So you've lost your place ?' said she. 'I have left Mn. Popiey—yes,' said Jfarit ty quietly. 'Ami you are a fool for your paius !' de. dared the uncompromising spinster. 'Where do you expect to get a better place ?' 'Here !' said .Maritty calmly. 'Here !' echoed .Miss Dorcas. 'What ou earth lie you a-talking of? I don't waut no gal. And 1 wouldu't Lev you if I did. Come, clear out ! Johu Henry will be com ing directly, and ' 'John Henry is here now,' uttered a calm voioe at the hack of the irate old lady's chair. 'And if anybody is to clear out, Auut Dorras. it must be you ! .Maritty is coming here for good and all. She's my wife. We were married at the parsouage half au hour ago. I've liked her this long while, hut I never had courage to sjicak out my mind before. And her father is coming to-inorrow. We'll fix up the corner chamber upstairs for her father, Auut lKtrcas. See, .Maritty,' he added with honest pride,'there's a carpet on the floor, just as you've always longed for, and here in the parlor there's the piano mother bought for poor Jennie, who died la-fore ever she learned to play on it. And you shall be a lady, dear, with a hired girl to wait on you and your father, and there's nothing money can buy that shall lie denied you. Speak up, Aunt Dorcas !' he went on, with kindling eyes and rising col or. 'Kither welcome my wife or leave the house ! And don't be long iu takiug your choice, either !' •Oh, I'm sure she's kindly welcome !' stammered Auut Dorcas, with a spasmodic click in her throat. 'Walk in, Mrs. Jones. I>ay off your hat and shawl, and I'll get the tea directly.' And .Maritty, with her soft dark eyes flx ed tenderly on her husband's face, smiled to herself. '.Me and father have got a home now,' she murmured. 'With a piano aud a carpet and all, even down to the cushioued rocker iu the corner. Just what I always dreamed of I It seemed such a long way ahead. And yet all the time it was so near ! Why Uncle Mose Got Fat. Tbe Rov. Whangdoodle Baxter re cently met one of tbe male members of bis Hock, and at onco addressed him .- 'Why Mose/ be said, 'bow stout yuse gittin'. Yuse gittin' mighty fat an' corpulent in mighty fine order, I tells yer. Par's nuflin' lean about you, fizzically, but spiritually yuso tbioncr dan a rail. You don' lean on de Lord enuff' 'I kin 'splain all dat ar,' said Mose. 'llow does yer 'splain it, Mose ?' 'I did lean on de Lord an' ebbery Sunday I listened to yer preacbiu', an' I got as poab as Job's turkey.' 'But bow doos yer 'splain it f How does yer count fer de transforma tion V 'Why, doan'yer see ? You fum isbes do 'ligion an' I does my own fatten in'.'— Texas Siftings. Why Poverty Reigns in Syracuse. It is said that since her marriage Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives all the money she earns by writing poetry to tbe poor. That's nothing ; so do we. —Syracuse Herald. —SUBSCRIBE tor the JOURNAL. —Firat-olase lob work done at the JOURNAL office. Terms, SI.OO per Yar ,In Advance. , CHRISTIAN IIKNKVOLKNCK; Or The lllhlr System of Givlug. Kwity ItBAD TO TUB MITK SOCIKTV OK TilK ST. JOHN'S KVANOKI.ICAL LOTUBKAH CON OUKOATION OK MII.I.IIKIM, I'A., lIY It. O. DKIMINUEK, JUNE 2ND, IHM7. Tin- first graud thought that calla atten tion in the consideration of our Hiihjcct is, that Goil in the one, al mighty creator of the universe. This fact aland* out promi nently in whatever direction wo turn. On thia point both uature and the sacred script ure* give abundant and conviucing testi monies 'ln the beginning God created the heaven aud the earth."(Oeu. 1 ; 1.) "Hast thou not known, luut thou nut heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faintheth not nelth ey is weary ? There is uo searching of His understanding." (lsa. 40 ; 28.) Aud as God by His sovereign power railed nil things iuto being, so does He iu infin ite wisdom aud tender mercy, govern and control all for the good of His national creatures. What we call the laws of ua ture are in reality the laws of nature's God. The wonderful, harmonious working of the planetary system, as each moves in his own grand cycle, the changing seasons, the gen tle dews, the early and the latter rain, the beautiful productions of the earth, the fear ful storm, the dreadful earthquake, and o ver and above them all—man, immortal, with all his hopes and fears,his longings and aspiratious, are all in the hollow ot His hand, uuder the shadow of His wiug, who "laid the fouudatiou of the earth." "He ran create, aud He destroy." "Thou even thou, art ,Lord alone ; .thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host ; the earth, aud all things that are therein ; the sea, and all that is tbereir, and thou preserrest them all." (Neb. 9; 6.) "Be plants His footsteps In the sea And rides upon the storm ; 0 God. amidst the raging storm, We're sale beneath Thjr care." Since God ia the creator and preserver of all, so is He the sole aud absolute possessor and owner of all. His right and title none dare dispute. He is the supreme, sovereign Lonl of the universe. "The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof ; the world, and that dwell therein."(Ps. 24 ; 1.) "For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hilla."(Ps. 50 ; 10) But while God is the common Father of all mankind, it is the christian's happy privilege to he God's in an exclusive and peculiar sense. We are His by the right of creation, by merciful preservation, and a bove all by the glorious redemption wrought for us through His only beloved Son, our dear Saviour and Lonl. "We are his peo ple, aud the sheep of His pasture."(Ps. 100; 3.) "For Thou wast slain, and hast re deemed us to God by Thy blood, out of eve ry kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation."(Rev. 5 ; 9.) All this shows most conclusively that God has the first aud best claim upou us. Our time, our talents, our meaus, our all are His. All other ties of wtelier kin or friendship, are less sacred than our re lation to Him ; all other duties and obliga tions must he made subject and secondary to what we owe our God. The question then arises : What can we do for God and the promotion of His cause? We should give Our Heartt. It is uot sufficient to be mere nominal members of the church and observe the outward forms of religion before the world, if the heart be a stranger to God. The heart must be regene.ato.l first and reconsecrated to the cause of God and the work of the church, time and again. "My son give me thine heart." (Prov. S3; 3fi.) The inspired writer here indicates un mistakably the grxt and fundamental step in the christiau course, and in the wonis of the blessed Saviour as to which is the great commandment of the law : "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, aud with all thy mind." (Matt. 22 ; 37,) we have the pro gressive consummation. Our Time and Talents. Christ's beauti ful parable, recorded In Matthew 25 j 14 to 30, plainly teaches that each one is entrust- a talent, "every man according to his fcveral ability." My talent, your talent, may he hut the single one pound, but we have no more right to bury even that than had the unprofitable servant, who for his sins of omission was cast into outer dark ness, where shall he weeping and gnashing of teeth. The Church of Christ in her various de partments of work, has need and room for all. The congregation the, church council, the Sunday school, the prayer meeting, the Bible class, the missionary society, the mite society, the quire, all need men aud women who for the love of Christ and immortal souls will freely give their time and talents to the cause of God. No one has a right to to refuse work In any place or position if regularly called by the voice of the church. There is yet another line of unofficial church work, much neglected, rarely refer ed to from the pulpit, in other religious meetings, or in the social circle, that de mands our time and talents. Do yon antic ipate to what I refer ? Ask yourself the questions : When have I visited the aged, the Infirm,Jthe frail ? When have I read the sacred Word of God, so full of richest consolation and promised, or prayed at the lied-side of the sick and dying? When have I visited the poor, the downcast and distressed, and ministered to their material or spiritual wants ?What have I done, by precept and example, to bring others, and especially the young of ray own family, in to the fold of Christ ? Do I "occupy" with the pound entrusted to me, or did I bury it, like the unprofitable servant ? Do I give my time and talents to God and His cause, or is my pretended christian life a fruitless one ? These questions, so import ant and direct, deserve our most serious and prayerftil consideration. Our Means. The obligation to give our means for the cause of Goil. although readi ly admitted, is yet very imperfectly, under stood. People are slow to learn this parti cular duty. With many ir is a real burden instead of a pleasure, as it should be. If we view the matter in the plain light of the Bible, and conform ourselves to its precepts we will learn to regard giving to God as a a high privilege, and not as a harsh duty, as is too often the case. We give not our own, for in an absolute sense we own noth ing, but of that which God entrusted unto us as His Stewarts. We may be faithful servants to our trust and received the prom ised reward both here and hereafter, or we may barter away our soul's salvation for a little filthy lucre, which we can enjoy but | for a short season at best. "Will a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye NO. 24. NEWSPAPER LAWS If subscribers or-Jer th* discontinuation of newspapers. the miMisitrrx may continue to send ihnn until all arrearares arts jmlU. If subscritH-rs refuse or neglect to take their nwß|ia|>eritfrom theoffice tolileh tin? anVent they an hold responsible nutil they tmvc settled thw till In and ordered them dlcontiniiei. If subscribers nu>vototili r plain's without in forming the publisher, and the newspaper* are sent to tlie former nlsee •■■■• >nbU>iC. AUVBRTOStWa RATES. 1w K. I mo. I S mow. e runs. I year 1 square ♦2 ( 14 on |#a no #a Mi s oo kooiamn 400 fit*) i 1000 ]nm woo 3 •• 7 (* 1000 lftno row tow r • 1000 ift oo I row aioo 7ft w One lnc i makes n square. Administrator* and Executors' Notices pi-flO. Transient adver tisement* und locals 10 cent* tier line for first Insertion aod ft cents per Use for each fuidlUoii ai insertion* H.iy, Wherein have we robbed "tkoc? In tithes and offerings." Olal. 3;H.) In the light of eternity and of our HOUIH' eternal welfare,how itiqxtrtnut that we should have clear,sound,scriptural understanding of this im port ant subject, seasoned with the graco of God in the heart, to prompt us to Uo our whole duty. We thould yire cheerfully, liberally,scn*on ably. Our duty to give is a duty wo owe to God, and for that reason moos sacred and bind ing than all other obligations of tbW kind. If we have a debt to pay on a certain spec ified time, we are very Solicitous to redeem our pledged promise and maintain our busi ness reputation. We make onr arrange ments to suit the caae, and collect our duos if we can. If all other means fail wo re sort to borrowing in order to cancel the obli gation. Our credit and financial standing must !>e saved at all 1 wizards. But do wo manifest any such promptness in discharg ing our obligations to Cod, our greatest henefhetor and creditor 4? If the contribu tions for God's cause were given cheerfully, liberally and seasonably, what world of sor r iwful labor it would save the church coun cil. What an amount of Importuning,argu mentation, even downright begging would then be as nnneccesaarjf as it is now com mon aud discreditable. What agony and worry over deficiencies and bstancjn dne would then be avoided. Then could we lift "up holy hands without wrath and doubt lng,"(l Tim. 2 ; .) and "pray for the peace of .Jerusalem," Ps. 22 ; fl,)for the prosperity ofZion." And how graciously and boun tifully would the Father in heaven answer such prayer 1 , "We thould renumber (he poor." (Gal. 2; 10.) How often Is this divine command neglected, forgottesor ignored—not only by the congregation oollectively, but also by the individual members of the cburcb. How little does our religion manifest itself in practical works of charity to the poor. Onr own wants, both of necessity and luxury, must be satisfied to the full, but the pour we leave to themselves and to God. Our alms houses and jioor laws are a standing re proach to the church. The state la compell ed to do from sheer necessity, what the church should do,as a sacred duty ; and our giving is very incomplete according to the Bible standard, until as God's people wc do more fpr God's |Kor. This command is more full of rich promise than perhaps any other in the sacred Scripture. "Blessed is he that considcreth the poor : the Lord will deliver him iu time of trouble." (Ps. 41; L) He that hath pityiupnn the poor lemletb to the Lord." (Pa 19; 17.) "Inasmuch as ye have done It unto one of the least of them, ye have done it unto me." (Mat. 25; 40.) "J*ure and undeflied religion before God ami the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their af fliction." (Jas. 1;27.) A Story About a Successful Man. Here is a story about a well-known railroad man which a Chicago rail roader, who used to work with him, relates. It is about William M. Cle ments, who leaves the Erie Express to become general manager of the Balti more & Ohio Bailroad east of the O hio River, and is from the columns of the New York Sun : Clements' career has been a remark able one in many respects, and he eer tainly is a remarkable man in every respect Prior to the war he was a freight conductor oo the Baltimore A Ohio, and he first met John W. Gar rett, then president of the road, near Wheeling, W. Ya. Three rear cars of Conductor Clements' train were de railed one day near Wheeling, and Clements took the red signal and went back to flag an express, which he knew was following. He sent the engiaeer and fireman ahead to stop all trains coming from that direction and to get assistance, hurriedly calliog out to a stupid brakem&u : 'Pull the train ahead about a hundred yards.' The rear cars had commenced to buru from the broken stove in the caboose, and Clements wanted to save the valuable freight in the others. The brakeman climbed aboard the engine, but was too stupid to opeu the throttle. The whole train was burned, causing a loss of over $73,000. When Clements returned to the scene with some of the passengers from the express which he bad stop ped half a mile away, he looked at the burning cars, and, stepping up to the stupid brakeman, floored him with one powerful blow. A stout quiet-look ing passenger walked up to Clements said: 'Why did you desert your train ? You could have sent that mau back with the flag and saved these cars yourself. It seems to mo that you don't know your business.' Clements is a broad shouldered six footer, and when he glared at his au dacious critic many people suppesed there would be another knoek-down. 'Why, you d— fool 1' he replied, con temptuously, 'do you suppose I was going to trust that man. I knew he was a fool, like yourself, and that's the reason I let him monkey with the cars while I went back to look after human lives.' 'Conductor, do you know who I am ?' 'No ; and I don't care a d—l' 'I am John W. Garret.' 'Well, I don't care if you are. If you value freight more than human Ijves, I don't And I burn up a doz en trains before I'll let one of your Cheap John brakemea kill a few dozen people.' Clements stalked away and busitd himselfdirectiug the wrecking crew engaged in clearing the track. Old man Garrett looked quietly on with out uttering another word. The fol lowing week Clements was made a passenger conductor, whereas every one supposed that he would be dis charged. He rose steadily until he became master of transportation of whole road.
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