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(ueti In all Its Oram lie will be earriedlun In til
luture. tvi-rnliirii neat and Glean.
Vuur palrunae .ollcited.
SPRINGTIME'S TEACHING.
When the wild sim uis of winter are over.
Anil all nature thrutis "ne;ith the sun's loving
lit'ht:
When from earth's bosom the trreen prass is j
peeping.
And Mowers are sprinpinir from dampness and
Mit-'ht,
Should not our hearts, filled with deepest emo
tion, I'r.to "Our Father in Heaven" ascend;
As the sweet warblers of nature s Te Drum
t'arol tlu-ir praise to their Maker and Friend?
Karth is so tieautifiil, man so ungrateful,
Ind Is so kind, so foririviinr, so good;
Take heart, then, weary one, lie who from
darkness
C'.in this cold world with His j.-lory thus flood.
Shall lie not penUy, when prief sea ms lo fold
tla-e
In the black fetters of life's winter niht,
I.iftimr the cloud that hani--s over thy spirit,
Lead this- from darkness to marvelous lit-'ht?
Shining through showi rs the rainUiw of prom
ise. Spring's lovely child throws its arms round the
earth.
Arid will not the "Sun of God's Itiirh-luousness"
gladly
For the -spirt of heaviness" prant thee "new
t'irth."
So let us praise Him for life's plad awak'ninp,
let us thriil neath the breath of His love.
And the sweet balw of hope, Umi anew in our
tsisom.
With fond arms will roach out to Heaven above.
Allies Nourse, in N. Y. Observer.
LAIiliY'S KSCAPE.
IIow a Sailor Oavo a Brutal Cap
tain tho Slip.
Larry Marker, tirst two thtys ashore
from a lonfftlty China cruiso. puslicl
ojK'n the ilnorof one of the numerous
.rrof .shops alony the water front arnl
walking-up to the bar called for a drink.
His pockets were well linctl with tho
shiners," anil he hail Wen having anil
was yet having a V"1 time," while he
saw the town anil rotsome of the kinks
out of his le-rs. Larry was by no means
a reekless fellow, hut he did like to
spend money freely when lie had it, and
thi.-. was one of those oeea.sion.
Hello. Larry:" said a heavil v-Ward-
ed man leaning against the bar, "where !
did y' drop from? How lon a y In-on
asln ire'.'"'
Larry looked at the shaker an in
stant ami then wrung- the hand that
was put out to him.
"Illow mo. .Jim, but I never 'spected
to see y"! I just eame from th China
seas. What a' y" loin"?"
"Same ol' tiling eoastin'!"
"Thet so'.' Well, I wouldn't mind try
in' it m'self. I'm (jettin tireil o these
lony trips."
"There's a frood many o th' same
mind, I tell you. Y' know the Carst airs?
Well, nine o Jut men desarted to-day;
Couldn't stand th" treatment old Tasker
friv" 'em. an now she's a'lyiii' out in
th' bay short-handed, all ready to sail,
but ain't yot 'nulf men by three or four
to handle her rocs. Sarves old Tasker
riyht. too, I say. Never was a meaner
cuss in a captain's lerth."
'Ki'ht y' are there, Jim: ripht y
are," returned Larry, and the two fell
to talking over old times.
A few minutes later Larry Marker
had left the place and with bent head
was pushing his way alony the uneven
pavement which tordered upon the
wharves. His lod'inrs were at a sail
or's iHiardinjf house at thw lower end of
the shipping front.
The rain beat, furiously in his face
and the water g-ot in his eyes and half
blinded him. The nifrht was a dark '
one, anyhow, and the lamps which lit
the pavement were so few and far le
tween as to In' almost useless.
He had ej-one a couple of blocks in
this way, hardly looking around at all,
when suddenly something- thick was
thrown over his head and a priir of arms
were clasped about his own as he tried
to tear the covering- from him.
Then, kieking- a:ul strng-g-ling- with
might and main, he felt himself picked
up lodily by what he judged must be a
couple of men and carried along at a
dog trot.
Where he was going lie had ut the
least idea. As to who had him he had even
less idea, if that was jmssible. All he
knew was that a thick covering, which
felt like a double gunny sack, was over
his head and that a hand on his month
prevented his making any outcry.
In a few minutes he beard the steps
of those carrying him resounding' on
planking and he eame to the conclu
sion that they were on one of the
wharves. Then lu heard a man ask if
they "had him," and another say "yes,"
but that "he fought like a demon."
Next, he felt a roiio Wing passed
around his ImkIv, lashing his arms
tightly to his sides, and an instant
later, helpless, he was loing lowered
into what he knew from its move
ments must W a Isiat. Then he could
hear the regular rise and fall of oars
lietwcen the thole piiisandtho soft run
ning of water close Is liind him.
Fifteen minutes later, as near as he
could judge, he was hoisted in the air,
the covering was pulled from his head,
the lashings around him cut loose
and he found himself standing on the
deck of a giMMl-sized bark and con
fronting a rcl-loardel. surly-looking
man in a sort of half uniform. On
either si le of him were a couple of red
shirted men. evidently those who had
just hoisted him up from the lioat.
One glance was sufficient for Larry to
realize the whole thing, lie had liccn
"shanghiod," and by the very idd
Tasker of w horn he and .1 im had Won
talking a short while lefore. Tasker
was short handed, could not tfet men
liccause of his brutal treatment of
them, and K-ing- all ready to sail had
sent out a kidnaping1 party to fill the
vacant places.
The Caistairs was off for a long
cruise and Larry was off with her, just
as he had .'otten ashore from two 3-ears
of hot stius and hard work. The w hole
probable future passed like a panorama
lie fore his mind's eye.
He w as standing close to the rail. Old
Tasker was waiting for him to burst
out in a torrent of rage and abuse. He
wondered at Larry's silence and stood
there, eyeing his captive with a de
moniacal leer of satisfaction.
"Well, I guess yer in fcr the v'yage!"
he said.
With one bound Larry was up with
him, and had knocked him flat with a
blow from the shoulder The next in
btaut, before any of the others could
stop him, he had sprung- to the rail and
dived head first into the waters of the
hay.
Tasker jumped to his feet, half dazed
by the blow.
"Into that boat, all o'y'!" he roared,
"and briny th' cuss back or drown him!"
There w as a rush of half a dozen of
the men to the side. The falls had not
been unhooked, and they swarmed
dow n them into the loat- In a flash
the fastenings were cast olT and. with
the second mate in the stern sheets,
they pulled away.
Larry had taken a long header from
the Carstairs' rail and, when he struck
the water, he went down for ten feet
without a stop. Then he struck out
horizontally and, with quick strokes
made in the direction he knew the shore
to lie in. all the time, keeping- under
water.
At last, when he felt he must have
fresh air. he let himself rise slowly, so
slowly that his head made not the least
splash as il broke the still water of the
bay.
Then he took a bir draught of fresh
air and looked around him. He was
nearly a hundred feet from the Cars
tairs, and he heard "old Tasker" swear
ing and In-llowing some commands to
the boat.
Turning his head in the direction of
the shore he saw, not twenty feet dis
tant, the Imat which he judged had
leen put out after him. The men were
lying-on their oars and the officer in
the stern was standing up w ith his back
toward him. scanning-the bay around
him.
It was evident thy had not yet de
tected him. They were looking in every
"irection bnt the right one. Hut it was
equally evident to Larry that he could
not hope to pass them and get to shore,
his only place of refuge, without Wing
scon, when his capture would Ik- only a
matter of a short time. The night was
dark, hut there was a good ileal of
phosphorescence in the w ater and his
movements would show him to them
very speedily. Swimming under water
for that distance was ltcyoiid even him,
and lie was an excellent swimmer.
As the lxiat lay there, not moving ex
cept for a slight riK-king, and he saw
tin-in all looking away from him. an
idea came to Larry which made him
silently sink his head lxdow the water
agaiu and strike uut under water to
ward his pursuers.
A few strokes and he allowed himself
to rise very grudually. Kverything de
pended uiou how accurately he had
judged the distance Wtwecn his tirst
lositioii ami the 1-oat. If he hud gone
throe feet to little or too much his
capturewas insured. What he wanted
what he must do was to come up
immediately uuder the stern of the
lioat.
IYcseiitly,jnst as he thought his head
would come nlxive the surface of the
water, he felt something hard over him,
and. reaching up, he touched the boat's
1m it torn. With a little maneuvering- he
moved backward and felt his head rise
alxve the water. He was just under
the counter of the lioat.
"Let her go 011 there!' a voice
growled overhead, and Larry thrust one
arm forw ard and down and grasped the
keel: the other arm he Wnt above his
head against the sternmost part of the
counter to fond himself off with.
As he lay his position was not an
easy one. but he thought he could re
tain it for a time. His Imdy sloped
astern, entirely covered by water, so
that only his head and part of his
shoulders w hich were concealed by the
Ihi:iCs overhung, were alve the sur
face. The liat started ahead slow ly and
Larry thanked his stars lo.var.l shore.
For awhile they patrolled parallel with
tho water front and he had to hang on
and In ijh' they would come a little nearer
to the wharves.
He was licginninjj to get very tired.
He had nothing to prasp which afforded
him any ?xl hold and his fingers were
lioeoming numb. The water swirled
and rushed past his head, but it was
evident the trilling noise it made was
not heard by those alxive him.
Presently the lioat turned toward
shore. In a minute or so he saw the
dark outline of one of the bulkheads of
the piers. He glanced at the water in
tervening. There was aliout two hun
dred feet lM'tween him and the shore.
He made up his mind to try it.
Once again he sank, having- taken a
long breath, and made for the shore
under water, l'y and by he had come
to the surface again.
The instant his head broke the water
there was a yell from out in the river.
They had discovered hiiu, he knew.
Hut they were nearly a hundred feet
away and he had not more than that
to cover in order to lie safe.
He went at it arm over arm. He had
never know n In-fore how fast he could
swim. They pained on him but Larry
kept it up. When he reached the pict
he dived under the stringer piece and
his pursuers halted. They couldn't fol
low him there.
A couple of minutes later a figure ap
peared on the wharf. It was Larry.
The men in the lioat saw him shake
his fist at them and then move quickly
away. The second mate's heart quaked
as he thought of the reception 'Old
Tasker" would give him w hen he came
back empty-handed. And Larry went
off to his lodgings, well sat islied with
the outcome of his adventure, notwith
standing it had given him the most un
pleasant exjierieiu'o of his life of dan
ger and hardship. Francis C. Williams,
in letroit Free Press.
A i'oatly A 111 11 let.
fine of the most precious and lteauti
ful amulets of history is that of which
Moncuro I . Conway tells us. It sas a
treasure from the past, owned by the
Fmpcror Lnis Napoleon HI. It was
set with a blaze of precious stones, the
gift of many priiwcs. It descended to
the prince imperial, who wore it as a
watch charm. He wore it when he was
killed among- the Zulus, and it is gone
no one know, w here. Ah! if he had but
known the rules of amulet wearing
among those jK-ople and had worn it
a I out his neck! No matter how costly
it was. it would then have been left un
touched. The dead of battle may In;
stripwil of every parruont or ornament
but that aliout the neck.
A Funny Fire. Ihirlcsque "I saw
a liookstore burn yesterday. It was
one of the funniest siphts in the world
to see the firemen waterinp all those
looks." Hookworm- "To me, bir, it
seems like saerilepe. Why did it strike
3'ou as funny?" lSurlesque "It was a
pun." Hookworm "A pun! I do not
understand." Hurlesque "Yes, a pun,
for it was a play upon words." Mail
and Express
Its Feminine (lender. Illoobumper
"Vou know that five-dollar bill you
taw Hunker pay me yesterday?" Spatts
"Yes." "I lost her within half an
hour." "Why do yon apply the femin
ine pronoun to it?" "IJecause money
talkb." Detroit Free Tress.
A LION TAMKK.
Observations of a Man Who Sub
dues Wild. Boasts.
flow lit (' uie to Adopt Hi I aiiKroiia
l'ruftMioii The Nature of LJonft
and How They Arc Taught
to Perform.
"No, everyone cannot lie a lion-tamer,
neither can every lion Ik' tamed."
Col. I Sonne big t'ol. Daniel ISoone,
once of the confederate army, for many
years superintendent of the National
Zoological pardons of Pern, and at one j
time military instructor in tho Peruvian
army was talking aliout lion-tuminp.
Ho had just liuished an exhibition with
his trained beasts in tho theater tn-nr
by. In one corner of tho round perform
ing cage the'proat cats had slept un
til the colonel's step on the floor wuked
them slept much as houst cats sloop,
rolled together gracefully, their paws
intertwining and their heads thrown
backward for comfort.
At the word of command the lions
roused the iust-1 res, and after a planet
at their master they sprang to their
feet, crow ding on each other's heels in
tlu-ir frightened haste to i-soa's- from
their sleeping- pen into the performing
ring. Then they went through their
tricks whih tho band played. ;md the
audience kept very still. Only once i!id
the people applaud, and that was when
the trainer's assistant drew her head
from the mouth of the ugly, snarling
lioness. lint all was- quickly stilled
when the colonel threw himself full
length on the floor and rolled and
played with the biggest of the lions as
though ho had lioen a school 1 -iy and the
liimatlop. Had one of t h- brutes chos
en at that moment to vent the rage that
he really felt against Lis master, in
one quick blow of his great paw but
he didn't.
"I know ho wouldn't when I lay
down." said tho trainer afterward:
"ot'u-r.vise I should never have lain
ilown. 1 can tell, of course, whether
it is safe to 1-egin my performance or
not. Then are was of knowinp. I
shall tell you later 011. There w as 01100,
though, when 1 went through a per
formance without that know led ire. It
was shortly after the close of the war.
I was living in Lynchburg. Ya.. with
my folks and was trying to repair the
family estate by h-;Uiiiy i:i tobacco.
Costcllo's circus came to town one day.
Among-the performers was iicrr l'iit'i-1,
who was killed by a tiger tho next year
in Hayti. a great tiger trainer in his
day. He had a cage of trained tiger..
After tin shruv, in the village hotel I
met him. and he asked me if 1 was
afraid of tigers. I said I was not.
" "Have you ever handled tigers'.'" he
asked.
" Alout six hundred of them. I re
plied. I had been colonel of tho Louisi
ana Tigers.
"This talk led to a foolish waper that
on the next day, which was Sunday. I
should po into the tigers' den. Tho
next morning I met my friends, and
they asked me w hether 1 was going to
po into the cage.
-of course." I said, but I really had
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thought I was.' The bluffer can be
tamed sufficiently to let me
;i into the 1
cape without danper in a week's time.
but there is never any safety with a
sneak lion.
"Another thing. The lion must lie
not over two years old and he must be
straipht-backed and stronp. A weak
lion brci.ks down verv quickly durinp
traininp. Such a brute is worth from
one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars
untrained. When he is trained ho is
worth from three thousand to live thou
sand dollars, and sometimes more. It
takes several years to train lions per
fectly. The first step is to show them
that I am the master. Next I teach
them that I do not intend to hurt them
unless they disolioy me. I ln-pin ca
ressing them with the end of my whip,
and I do it pently. It is not safe to
i-ntiin with j-our hand at first. After
this, which takes weeks and even
months sometimes. I teach them to
take food from my hands. When a lion
disoWys I punish him, but I do it w ith
judgment. There is a point lieyond
which it is dangerous to po. My left
arm has no muscles from the elliow
up. I whipped a lion one blow too
many in (Juito, Chili. If his teeth had
not Wen worn with ape I would not In
alive to-ulay.
""When a lion crouches down, and his
eyes turn preen, anil his tail stops wav
ing from side to side and merely wip
ples at the end like the rattles on a rat
tler, look out. I stop thou and pivo him
a chance to quiet dow n. Sometimes I
call assistance or do anything that I
can to distract his attention from mo,
and then I escape."
"What is the easiest trick to teach a
lion'.'"
"After pcttinp him to come to me at
command, to make him lie down.
Vm can't throw a lion on his
side with your hands as you would
throw a dop in training it. After
this, mountinp a chair or in-destal is the
easiest. Hut all this takes months of
daily work patient work. Never pive
up: that is the lion trainer's motto.
"In makinp a lion mount a chair I
ponerally put his meat on tho seat and
accustom him to oat it from there.
Then by d-proes I coax him to put one
paw on the chair. When he has done
this I jH-t him. In the course of time I
induce him toputliotli fore paws on the
chair. Now comes the struggle. Ho
d.ies not w ant to put up his hind foot.
I force him to tlo this by tapping them
with my whip until he hops up to avoid
punishment. When he has once learned
what I want him to tlo I have little
trouble with him. Hut all this takes
time."
"I suppose the hardest trick is put
ting your head in the linn's mouth'.'"
"ln tho contrary, it is one of th" eas
iest and safest. 1 hold the mouth open
with both hands, and I can feel the
least attempt to bring the jaws to
gether with my fingers. This pives me
a chance to withdraw my head in time.
It well, however, to know your beast
pretty thoroughly Wfon-1 rying it. Af
ter 1 have mice taught a lion a trick he
novel- forgets it, and each time he d.os
it easier than before. The hardest
trick is t'i drive a lion in a chariot. I
have toiiictimes worked for years to
teach that. A filer I have the harness
adjusted, which takes months. I jump
into the chariot and trust to Provi
deii. The lion dashes away like the
wi id, and never stops until he is wind
ed. It's a lively race, I tell you. and
must bo repeated hundreds of times W
fore I can rely on the steed to submit
to a public exhibition.
"Another hard trick is the see-saw.
I worked for a year Wt'oro I taught
Parnell to craw l backward up the plank
and allow himself to lie jolted up and
down. When tho plank, which rests ill
the center on a low pode-tal, is at rest,
one end touches tho floor. I first
forced the lion to turn his back to the
j plank. Then I tapped him on the nose
iiniion uic lore paws until ne itacKCU
aw ay from me to escape. To pot him
to po up the plank without leaving it
and running away required alunst end
less patience. When he had backed as
far as the center of the plank the Ward
was -of course level, and parallel with
the lloor. As Parnell kept on backing,
the further end of the Ward slowly
came down to the floor, and he found
himself poinp down hill. He lidnt
like this. When bo reached the end
his part of the work was done. Then I
had to teach his mate to jump npon
the raised end facing Parnell. This
brought the board to a level again. I
teeter-tottered them up and down by
having my trained dop step from one
side to the other of the center of the
plank."
"How aWut taming a lion by lookinp
into his eyes".'"
"You might as well tame him by fix
inp your eyes tm his tail. I look into
my lion's eyes tt see what the expres
sion may Ik. There is whore I find
the danper signal. If the signal says
'po ahead' then I can turn my back on
Mr. Lion and po ahead safely.
I never turn my back on him,
however, within reach of his
paws outside of tho bars. Inside the
cape I am master, but if I turn my back
w hen I am outside and am within roach
I court instant death. Female and
male lions should not lie kept together.
The lions are more tractable when
they are alone. The average lion
lives fourteen years in captivity, but
perforiuinp lions sometimes die
younger. Tipers are more manage
able than lions when once trained, but
they are harder to train and make less
spirited performers." N. Y. Sun.
Stl.tri.l of I t V sl:ir.
salary of a Wy singe.- logins at
do l.irs and is gradually raised
, car to year according as he tis
al i'it;.- 1. 1. til ho ret ives ;.s milch
The
f :: tv
L. m
1 l-ljs
as three or four hundred dollars a year.
The salaries of iin-ii singers vary prcat
ly. Woaiiso :-ome t hurt lies are very ixior
and cannot aii'ord to pay so much: they
r;:ngo all tho way lioni t.nc hundred
dollars a your to nut thousand dollars.
Once in awhile a very superior solo
sinper will receive twelve hundred ol
lars a year. Kchoursals are held throe
or four times a v. ock in the mornmg. I
have kept a record, s.i;,s a writer in tho
Now York L;kk-1i, of all tho horisters
who have over Wen con net tod with
Trinity church for tho past twenty-one
years. We have employed one hundred
: -id seventy-two In .ys in that time and
their average stay has lton aWut live
years. The love of the choral service
seems to prow iiim those w ho take part
in, it, not only in Wys but in men.
Aut Tuning- InMrunif-nta.
It has often puzzled the uninitiated to
pive a reason why musicians tune their
instruments in public and Til tt 1 aw'fi I
t hey enter the orchestra. If they tuned
their instruments It fore cnteriri" the
theater or concert room the tempera
ture is very apt to W different in the
place of performance, and therefore the
instruments would not lie in tune. A
piano that is in tune in a cold room
would pet out of tune if trie room were
suddenly heated.
THE DEACON'S MEETING.
How a Soul Received New Light
and Inspiration.
"There, .there! Somebody's a-knock-in',
Jotham. Do you hear? There's
somelmdy a-cotnin' in."
"Iet "em come, blast it all! Don't
you suppose I've pot ears as well as
you?"
'I here was a heavy foot on the
scraper, then a vigorous rustling of the
braided husk door-mat and Heny's sec
ond appeal was in a whisjier.
"Oh, Jotham! Don't! I ll have it put
back; I'll do anythinp, if you'll take
that thinp tiff and not make yourself
ridiculous."
"Mind your business," prowled the
man addressed, and he tlrew up still
closer around his shoulders the faded
print Wd-quilt in which ho had wrapped
himself, and tucked the buffalo rtilie
tighter still into the arms of his rock-inp-chair
and aWut his knees.
There were only two seasons in Mrs.
Dea Crablts household. The transition
of summer to winter was marked by
domestic rather than solar movements.
On the first tiny of May, unless that fell
upon a Sunday, the good woman's
kitchen stove was moved into the shed,
the rag carpet, which had hung sus
xnded on a polo in the attic all winter,
was tacked down in its place, chairs,
tables and lounges crossed over and i-x-chanped
partners, and after a lively
dance settled themselves down into
their regular summer relations to the
points of compass. After that warm
weather was in order. If a belated
chill ventured to make itself felt in the
atmosphere, it was stoically ignored so
far as the old lady herself was con
cerned. Her husband, who had always
Wen. in his private home. life, some
what inconveniently left-handed in his
disposition, prumbled out a few em
phatic denunciations from his secular
vocabulary for he was a church dea
con, ami had his prayer-meet inp phrase
olopy as well and then quieted down
into summer routine, and knew from
the transition that it was time to plant
corn. Wans and cabbage.. He never
had taken on in this fashion It fore.
Perhaps be was getting rheumatic.
Keny was just thiukinp over the re
spective curative properties of the
herbs in the attic when tho visitor
entered.
It was tho round, weather-Wntt-n
face of Sam Tooloy. the stage driver,
that appeared in the door. Ho took out
the red cot ten bandanna with which he
was wont to muffle the trumpet blast
from his nose, and ::ftcr this lilt!" cere
mony of saiu'e ho carelessly diffused
his loosely-hung mcmWrs on the near
est chair.
"Well, deacon." said Sam. surveying
tho old man's wrappings with a quizzi
cal air, "It ye to hum, or W ye pone to
Ih-iI, or lie ye out ridin"? 1 hoped, for
the prosjt-rity of Zion. that 1 should
find ye to hum. 'cause you've pot tor
preach t'i-uiorrow. IVa Turner says
so. He wanted me to tell ye that Par
son Peters didn't c-niie up to-night."
Sam was one of tho most righteous of
sinners. He was as upright as a saint
in his dealings and as flippant as a
scoffer in his siH-ech.
"So. you see, you'd It-ttor If a castin
tiff tho roW of your own righteousness
kind o' patch-work, ain't it?" and
Sam drew up nearer and caught hold of
the corner of the lied quilt for closer
inspection "and a put tin" on the whole
armor o (iod. You must anoint yer
foot and wash yer head and take the
shield of faith and the sword of the
spirit and go at 'cm. hammer an" tongs.
Tell '0111 they're a w ioked and perverse
pcneratioii. and it's the Lint's many
they ain't consumed. Keel off a list '
their sins to "em. 'Ttvon't hurt 'em
none. Tell "P.ijah Davis that he'll pray
like all possessed in the prayer meet in',
and he's Wen a ow in" mo for hay nigh
tm tor three years anil I can't pitaociit.
An' Joe Joslyn'U grind out texts o"
Scripture as ho prinds out corn in his
mill, but he'll po right homo and take
three times the toll he'd ought tor.
"And the womon'll whine out pray
ers, as women alius will when they
pray in meet in", and end up w ith a
pious snufllo, an then on their way
home they'll toll a stream of lies aWut
their neighWrs big enough to carry a
saw mill. I tell ye wo oiipht tor have a
few more deaeons appointed to po round
and look into the private lives o" these
church members."
Sam paused with a look of serious
concern on, his face as he meditatively
twirled his thumbs. The old clock never
ticked so loud.
"An then there's Christy Jones she'll
squeal out a sky-splittin' psalm aWut
the Iord's marcy Win" ovcrlastin" an
to all poncrations. when she's sent her
old Ifd-ridden mother off to the m ir
housc sos't she can lie free to spin street
yam. Wilbur Hrown. he's another of
them church fellers. Kvoryliody knows
that he starved them t wo-year-oid crit
ters of his"u till they couldn't stall" up,
he's s i "fraid he'd have to buy hay "for
: pring. An' then the younp folks they
take to the creed an covenant mighty
easy when them revival fellers come
round, but they're an awful ungodly lot
for all that.
"Now that's the way I'd preach lo
Vin. deacon. Fd tell V-m what's what,
and say amen and 'evcrlastin ' and pit
off the Wncdictiou and the doxolopy to
wind it up with, stronp, and then I'd let
'em po home anil think oti't."
And Sam Wgan to collect his scat
tered members as if aWut to rise and
depart.
"Set still, Sam," said the deacon, who
appeared to ipnore the fact that his Wd
quilt and buffalo were sliding down to
the floor. Hut Sani would not let him
shod the skin of his disgrace and rise
into his manhood on the sly.
"Your things arc a pittin" off. here,"
ho said, as he jumped 11)1 and readjusted
them with remorseless dexterity. "I'm
afraid the wind "11 pit in round your
feet; Fll tuck this up a little tighter."
"Sam, I understand you," said the
deacon, and the prim jaw which had
snapped together like a vice after his
thunder blasts to Keny an hour Wfore,
Wgan to relax its firmness a little. "I
see clear throuph you and j-ou see clear
through me. I know that next time
.you make out a catalopue of the sins of
the church memWrs3-ou'll put my name
at the head of the list. You'll tell how
I've Wen a deacon for thirty years, and
have Wen so uply to home that my old
est Wy rau away and went to sea, and
t'other one went to Alaska to pit just as
far away from me as he could, and my
pal threw herself away marryin' a
pood-for-nuthiu feller, to have a houi?
of her own, and that iry wife" f A
broke down w ith her trouble. - a.n,
you'll lay it on thick, ai d I s'- -n't
blame ye none, neither. ''
The deacon junijx-d up. picked u; ii
fallen iie.nth s :no passed tic-m ovt-i to
his wife, sayit g, in . voice w i.ose pen
tleness startled her: "Lev . l.cl. ,
you'll ob'ige ui" by foldin thec up ud
puttin" "em away. 1 shan't want' 11
no more. It's prowi'i" a lc warn."
Yes. Sam, you may tell Ie-t i i incr .1
take charge of t' incel i ' to-iaorrcr.'
"All rigid. de::coii. you'll do List :
I don't do::h . I'vcn imd;, kn. .vsyoi.
pot more al llity than any other aaa
in the pa rh h."
"An" hold on, Sam. 1 do:. w i:jt
none o" yer s ift soap 'lKe.it "al ili.y.' but
I do w ant you to cn;iji tn-r -ir: w i-:
hear me. I've pot a speoial aso;i."
Hy t.eorpo! I will! I've had a now
niectin' coat for mo-1 a year. 11 I there
haint iio1mi.1v asked 1110 lo w.ar it.
Now's my t-haiice. I'll l-e tuero."
A deacon's i.ieeting in tho t.o n of
Poachblow had never lt-eti a -ry wild
ly exeit inp t-c:isioii. ur: 1 nu ll s.-i-v!c'
wer thinly attended, but it V. H - UI.-1 T
stood that a brand-new t-ant.iita . Car
son Peter ,, was to set fori.i im- claim
to 01-thodox soim.i.ics tJ-.iit day and
soundness in doctrine '.' u - a fi or
potent key to the kingdom than sound
ness in livinp, in the 1'. aciibl w cstii.m
tion 0 values and ::11 the ii.h ibita ..s
had t uriied 01 :t to hear him. io-lr disa.i
pointmcnt was not very w ell co:i--o-l. d.
Tho dcueou s-'.w it ..nd Xi !. it n, he
pave out tho ojm-i in hyr-iii. but he l.ad
anticipated it an? was i-t-'iig in his
purpose. Tho Script Tes . o"e 1 ad.
the prayers efTcrcd. tho not iiv, pive a,
and again the deacon h-ar. his throat
and rose upon the h..v pLilf.-rm in fr- nt
of the polpit. He h:.d no Wok of si r
moiis from which to read.
"My friends." he said, and l is voice
had a slight tremor, "I've Wen 1 ilo-o
con for thirty year.-. I vo 1 r iyrii e. i.h
in 1Iii-m- walls for the out; ".. in 01 itu;
Spirit, for the upoui !. in' f the church,
for the spread of the p.is;.. i. for t.
conversion of sinners and for t he i.anp
titication of believers. N .w I want to
ask ye all to pra3" for r.iO for the ul
vat 1011 of my soul. I've "ecu a 1. -. :
in" myself, and 1 ni"'t pot cb'm n
lt-iii" called a t hild o' ind. I've r.-.iiiy
cared a great deal inure 1. 1 '.( tie. -. .'
up o" my tarm Can 1 halt fnr 1 ! p.. -fyiu
of the church. I've : 'l a'or.g b cr
willin" to i'o more an' po ll.rtln-r f r It-,
carry in" out of my own n-el tc 1: .r
than 1 have for the son a-i:': of toe
gospel. I've proved for the n'.il.mt - , .
of tho Spirit, and F i. been a: h:itt ;ir
my heart against it all tin i;'.
When it told m. I was i.-d. :i" wro:i i
said 'twas other f'M;s. and not .ie.
When it told mo I wa'n't aclin' : .'l.ris
tian. 1 thought back tho tin: woe;
see a hind of alight, and h-ar." -.:m-thin"
speak 10 mo when then v. nn't no-IhmU-
round, a'1..'. 1 was sure thai w .
conversion, and :: for sta; in cor-vor ic
ed. I wa'n't no M. thodist. I'd :.l ays
heard say it w as tli -!n aiorin" t 1 , n t
to Wliove that ib-'.l kc-p a ; 1 1 . n a
man w hen He once got it. And --o her;
1 It, an obstinate, sclfi-h, world"..- i.hl
man that my own children caii I've
with." and something very alio a so
choked further utterance. "ISrcthrf n.
pray for me," at last he j.as;Hd. and sat
dow 11.
There was a prolonged silence. The
surprise, the sympathetic nn'od of s"'f
accusatinn, the awakening voice of con
science in each heart piodi.ced dop
impressions. No soul fe't itself pur-2
enough to respond to the pithetic
ap"K-al.
At length the other deacon arose,
read a few verios from the FiTly-hr C
Psalm and pronounet d tho -.nectipg"
closed. A business meeting was hold
during the week at which .ea 'iahle
insisted ujioii resigning his 1 .Ihee, and
in recommending as his spec .u- 4
quiet young man whoso 1-fe o" self-denial
and loving sacrifice for his invalid
parents had won the love a:id confi
dence of all.
The spirit of self condemnation went
round. There had Won, no such deep
spiritual earnestness manifested 111 tiie
parish for years. Little comment was
ever hoard upon the dcai-oids wnrtls.
All knew that as much might be said
of their own fruitless lives. There v is
a humble seriousness, a faithful effort
at quiet riphteous li ing. thr.t had not
Wen known in all the history of the
church, and yet there was tin revival
and no extra meotinps. W hen people)
accuse each other there is a rebound of
resistance which fnils all attempts at
lasting impressions, but
when olio s
t
own heart and conscience are the ac
cusers the re is none to rise up and de
fend, and the voice must It beard.
"Weil, Keny," said the deacon, a
twelve-month later, "it's tho firt of
May. ain't it? Dn you wai.t I shn-.ihl
help move the things lt-fore I go 011 to
work?'"
"No. Jotham. I was just a-thiukin'
we'll lt-tter wait a fortnight lat.-r. V.'e
may have some more cold weather
yet." lulina O. Hall, in Sprinf.old
(Mass.) He publican.
WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
A MniiMrt-h Wlttn Ha AhanUourd All III
1'ot.aat.loiia
Milan, the former kinp of Srvia. n
cupies at the present moment the most
extraordinary ixtsitiou which it i-,
possible to conceive, says the New Yi rlc
Recorder. He has abandoned not ouiy
all his rights as a mornWr of tho re'gn
inp house of Servia, as well as his p""n
erty. honors, and dignities in the king
dom, but he has even renounced I"i
citizenship and undertaken never Rgum
to sot his f. Nit in the country. There "
Rome talk of his Itt-ominp naturalized
as a Russian, but he has not done so
yet, and accordinply ho is just now
without any nationality or civil stati;3
of any kind. He is without what the
French descriW as an etat civil, end is,
to all intents and purposes, sin outl.'.w,
since he possesses no lepal rights of any
kind whatsoever. He is the most home
less and a band, mod of creatures, and
his position is so abnormal that the
emperor f Austria has deemed it
necessary to deprive hint of the honorary
colonclship of the Austrian repiment of
infantry w hich ho has hitherto held and
to remove his name from the Austrian
army list. It is the tirst time that a
kinp has ever placed himself in such a
predicament as that of tin- ex-monarch
of Servia, and it is to Ik- hojit-d that it
will not constitute a precedent.
"Just think of it," communed the
anarchist with himself. "I fiT a
nickel in the street and two seconds afterward.-,
1 find a saloon. Some men
are bora lucky." FlicpenJe 1$ latter.
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