— cl 3 SOAS IIE RACE. 1. T.eave me here those looks of yours | All those pretty airs and lures: Flush of cheek and flash of eye; Your lips’ smile and their deep dye; Gleam of the white teeth within; Dimple of the cloven chin; ¢ All the sunshine that you wear In the summer of your hair; All the morning of your face; All your figure's wilding grace; The flower-pose of your head, the light Flutter of your footsteps’ flight: I own all, and that glad heart I must claim ere you depart. It. Go, yet go not unconsoled ! Sometime, after you are old, You shall come, and I will take From your brow the sullen ache, From your eyes the twilight gaze Darkening upon winter days, From your feet their palsy pace, And the wrinkles from your face, From your lock the snow; the droop Of your head, your worn frame's stoop, And that withered smile within The kissing of the nose and chin: 1 own all, and that sad heart I will claim ere you depart Il. I am Race, and both are mine— Mortal Age and Youth divine; Mine to grant, but not in fee; Both again revert to me From each that lives, that I may give Unto each that vet shall live —{W. D. Howells, in Harper's Magazine. THE MINISTER'S WIFE. BY WILLARD N. JENKINS. The clergymen who had successive ly, but alas! not successfully, filled the pastorate of Farmingvale, had had reason to congratulate themselves when they left the place. They had all been married men ; they had all had large families and small salaries, and they had never given satisfaction, the first few good After months the trustees had groaned over the salary; the elders decided that Brother A. ‘wasn’t gifted in prayer;”’ the congregation complained of not being visited enough, of not being sufficiently edified, and wondered whether sinister couldn't do more good in another And then matters to a crisis, and there was a vacancy in the Farming- vale pulpit, and a ession of ministers young and old, who preached by request and generally made a favorable And finally another call was made, another pastor came, who was cordially, treated to donation parties, and then descended in popular favor until his light died out in darkness. Farmingvale was particularly un- fortunate in this respect; it was in fact famed for its dismission of pas- tors without peculiar Many a grave, middle-aged man gave good advice to Arthur Bartlett, the newly-fledged clergyman, who had proclaimed himself ready to be in- stalled as pastor of the church Farmingvale. Men of much expe gence had failed there—able m whose orthodoxy could doubted. Bartlett was promise—why should he doom hi self to disappointment at the ning of his career? of the act; but hopeful, and only twent) all the more resolved to accept the call He hoped to succeed where no one had ever succeeded; to do good, to become beloved, and to end his days where he had begun work. It was a pure and beautiful ambition, although worldly men might smile at it as being very hum- ble. So Arthur Bartlett came to Farmingvale, and stood before the pulpit during the ceremony of in- stallation, and received the charge with an humble determination (God being his helper) to obey it: and the next Sabbath stood in the pulpit and preached unto the people. There are some have a woman's ing effeminate. place, came sce Impression. welcomed provocation en y Cike i is young men who beauty without be- Arthu- Bartlett was one of these. He “av soft, golden brown hair, winch ™uid not be called red t4 his greatest enemy, a broad, bZgn forehead, white as flesh and Mood could be, and a color that ez.ae and went, now the faintest tinge of rose, now deepest carnation. Moreover, he was neither puny nor ungraceful, stood straight as an ar- row. and had a voice clear and singu- larly musical, and powerful enough to fill the church without an effort, That day bright eyes looked up at the young minister, and many a girl, | if the truth were known, thought | more of his fair face than of his ser- mon. But he preached with all his heart in the words he uttered, and | thought not at all of any one of | them. Perhaps they did not quite under- | stand this; for that day the young | ladies took a violent fancy to the new minister, and most of them resolved to do all they cou.d to mak: Farm- ingvale pleasant for him. Of course he would marry soon. He needed a wife, they decided. Sewing societies, fairs and tea-drinkings followed each other in quick succession. Farming- vale, 80 to speak, caroused, though in a genteel and virtuous fashion, for the next three months, and Miss Allen, the dressmaker, took a new mpprensice, and superintended the fitting department herself, leaving the needle to vulgar hands, so at was the demand upon her skill. New bonnets, fearfully and wonderfully made, eame by express from ‘‘the city,” and the five Misses Marden excited unparalleled envy by appear. ing In pink silk dresses. here never had been such a sac. ~ gessful minister before ; nobody dared to find fault with him, upheld by all the womankind of Farmingvale— young and old, grandmothers, grand- daughters, mammas, spinsters, aunts and school girls. By and by whispered rumors were | set afloat. The young minister had | paid particular attention to Miss | Green, he was seen out walking with | Miss Jones, he had taken tea thrice | with Mrs. Adams, who had two un-| married daughters; in fact, he was | Then ‘dearest friends’ became ri- | vals, and quarrels occurred which in-| terfered sadly with a religious frame | of mind, and young farmers were jilted, one and all, in the most ruth- | less manner, for the fair-haired young | pastor, who had no more thought of | aspiring to be king of hearts in Farm- | ingvale than he had of being a million- | aire, but was gentle and amiable to | And so the weeks passed on, Spring vanished, summer followed in | and the or- moon seemed rounder and more brilliant than it ever was before, | Arthur Bartlett took the train to Portland one evening, and it was known that there was to be a strange face in the pulpit on the next Sab- bath, There was a special tea-drinking at and stories started no one lated. His mother was ill. No; that could not be, for Miss Wood knew that he had lost his mother years before. Somebody had told Deacon Green that an old uncle had died, leaving the minister a large fortune, This was very favorably received and gained universal belief. It would have been firmly established but for Mrs. Thurston, who had neither daughter nor granddaughter herself, and who enjoyed being on the ‘off side, with a wise shake of her head, ‘I don’t believe any such story. It's my opinion that the min- ister has gone to get married.” Mrs. Thurstor threw i water on the enthusiasm of maids and mothers, although they all declared that ‘‘it couldn't : It was Rev. Augustus large a church on the "saying, col 8 words possibly be 80.’ reputation Dent that drew congregation at the little next Sabbath. Curios ity led most of the ladies thither, and it was gratified to the utmost: for in his very first prayer the old gent an uttered an earnest supplication f the pastor of the church, who during iis absence would take upon himself I solemn obligations of married Might Heaven bless him and he young and pious lady whom he had chosen for his companion, ete It was a prayer worth hearing, but the ladies of Farmingvale heard noth. ing after the wonderful revelation, They were lost in and hurried away, after the benediction to discuss the affair by their own fire- And on Monday, when it was known that Bridget O'Neil had been engaged to scrub and scour the par- and that a piano had arrived the certainty of the fiil news be- Farmingvale lartiett as said the of the five Misses minister of earn such couldn't tel girls he wanted. 1} them. I'm man as we the 803 not the of Pauses wr s astonishment, Sides, sonage awl came established joined in denouncing a de spicable #irt Marden, ‘‘of the gospel should blush to Why. I my indignant mamma all men, a a reputation, which one of was so attentive to all of afraid he isn't thought.” The excitement lasted all the week, and was still strong on the next Sab- bath, when a young girl walked up the church aisle with the minister, and the Farmingvale girls looked upon # face so lovely that none of them could resort to the usual course of declaring her ‘not a bit good-look- ing.” They were decorous and prudent in Farmingvale, and complied with all the forms of courtesy. Mrs. Bart- lett was called upon by all the ladies of her husband's flock, was invited out to tea, and was favored with a donation party; nevertheless a keen observer could have seen that some- thing was wrong. The ladies did not take kindly to their pastor's wife, and soon the clouds began to gather, At first, in whispers, Mrs. Bart- | lett’s bonnet was too gay, she felt above them, was not a good house- keeper, not spiritual-minded enough. At last there was louder, more seri- ous fault-finding, not only with the minister's wife, but with the minister himself. The women began it; the men were | talked over by their wives and daugh- ters; finally the firt step was taken. | Mr. Marden and his family gave up| their pew, and found themselves such a next town; others followed their ex- ample. The fault-finding and slan- | der reached the parsonage itself, and Ann Bartlett, with her head upon her husband's shoulder, sobbed. “What shall I do, Arthur! 1 meant to help you and to make them like me, and you see how it is. It must be my fault, but I don’t know what to do.” And the young man soothed his weeping wife, and bade her have good cheer, for matters would soon mend, and all would be well. He was mistaken; matters did not mend ; they grew worse, and a year from the date of his marriage, came to a climax. The trustees walted Bpon him in his study, and bemoaned their wrongs. ey paid a fair salary: and they expected the pastor to his part; but he had failed. Bestdas, his wife should have been instructen in her duty , She was generally dis liked : if the minister's wife was aot popular it was a very unpleasant thing. Could he explain? Of course the visit ended as they expected ; there was but one consume. Farmingvale knew that their pastor would soon leave the place forever, The winter set in warm and moist, instead of cold and bracing. Every- body declared that it was *‘dreadful unhealthful weather.” At length rumors of prevailingill health spread to hear of them. Whole families of children sickened and lay low, and a dread ery arose—‘'It is malignant One day Arthur Bartlett left his home to perform the burial service over the graves of two children of one family ; and the next the father called him to the bedside of his wife to see her die. And with these deaths time never to be forgotten by any who dwelt there, began in earnest. Men, women, and children sickened with the terrible seized those yet unsmitten, and they Farmingvale became a great lazaretto, and Arthur Bartlett said to his young wife: “Let us go quickly, darling, before the scourge falls upon our house hold.”’ disease, and knelt before him, resting her head upon his breast, as he sat be- fore their evening fire, in fashion all her own: and as he ¢ ressed her tenderly, whispered “Arthur, do bid me go, must stay here, and do all 1 watch with them, pray with them, ¥ not CRI e— reaved., I should indeed bo all think of me if 1, fled at such a time. they astor's wife, Oh, 1 their | go. The man listened vinced. ‘Ann, my gently, ‘we owe the member, they have fully, and I am actually no longer.’ But his wife pleaded to stay and touching hi Christian spirit tO consent, And upon their at dawn the mission horror kinsfolk fled from shrunk from tho pursed at the children deserted thels friends grew brutal but those two young © from misters been swerved their like from house weary physician, wther’s failing conls of fire on the igvale people together, but apart; there was a When they could they but often were parsonage, arated for prayers fe it very several slowed wis a faithful trying and cou of these who had been Ann ] and lay helpless as infant hi hie watched over t lartiett were hom save for her friend had ie watched beside the some disease: when hands robed the dead infa 1 1 3 sleep: When she sat all nig in jast the and it was known to all had taken upon wonder filled the vi and in a little while there arose to heaven many fervent prayers for Ann Bart. lett and her husband. deat h-room, what n herself, iission she 1 iiage, the Ray All through the winter raged, then when homes were left desolate pesti- lence many it began to abate, and on May day the church bell was rung to tell the people that the dread disease was stayed. But before night sad news was ear ried around the village. She who had watched with the who had closed the eves of the dead, who had been so pentle and patient, was smitten, now that she was no longer needed, sick, The windows of the parsonage were darkened, and silence as of death reigned throughout its rooms, forthe angel of the house lay trembling on the margin of the grave. Another pastor preached on this Sabbath in Farmingvale, and all knew well why he was there. Arthur Bartlett watch- ed beside hisdarling's bed, and never left it day or night. Then the hearts of those to whom she had ministered went up in prayer that she might be spared to them and swered—Ann Bartlett lived. Arthur Bartlett is still the pastor in Farmingvale for the penitent people will not part with him. Through his wife, his cherished wish has come to minister—now white-haired and ven- eranble—and that one is the minister's wife.~Yankee Blade, AAA sioniors Dust Particles in the Air. The atmosphere is at all times charged with dust particles to a de- gree difficult to realize. The most pure air tested by Professor Atkins previous to his celebrated experi. ments at the Observatory at Ben Nevis, contained abopt 94,000 such particles to the cubic inch, which would give 85,282 000 ticles to every cubie foot, or 85,282 000,000 to a horizontal column of such air ex- tending but 1,000 feet high. It would be interesting to see a calculation on the number of deadly microbes in the same proportion of “the air’ we breathe.~[{St. Louis Revublie NOTES AND COMMENTS, Kansas ranks third in the produc- tion of salt among the States, and with New York and Michigan year produced 83 per cent, of the to- tal product of the United States amounting to 11,485 487 barrels. A Frexcu paper, called Le Matin, declares that drunkenness in France is the cause of many suicides and much crime; and earnestly mends the government to check its progress. The number of suicides in France, in 1890, was over 8,000, A WELL-EXOWN specialist in nerv- ous diseases says women should sleep nine hours at night and one hour in the day time. We are inclined to think he is right, women sleep enough and so are un equnl to the demands of what we call American civilization. Tue total production of coal in the United States during the year 1893, according to The Engineering and Mining Journal, was 188,422 710 tons This is an increase of 1.67 per over 1802, a very singular circumstance in view of the depressed business conditions which existed during a portion of the year 1803. cent, AMONG the pensioners of the Uni ted States government are than 4,000 residents of foreign coun- tries, There are 2,000 in Canada, 600 in Germany, and 750 jris- ain. There four Africa. 11 mailed jis no in Great are Four times a year a check is in the Fiji he's to pensioners in to a and no pensioner islands doubt got it. boom inthe England last {f or dle spite times is an interesting point There were there in % ; year than i iy Turns gular matrimonial market in year, whether because o he hard or speculation, Was na sit more people married i quarter of last iar quarter of 1 the exception of 15801, rate was highest in hard times to be e last ten yes The marriage Laon don, reported where were most felt. generally Ww garner H Tug ancient house Portsmouth, N the is noted a oldest dwel 3 #1. 3 » + Helly interests i in * i i Ladone] “TDi Warne: I he house more than a century ago engaged Ben Frank! } ical CXperimet 1 * 5 we? = 1s 3 to erect a ligh first was the New Hamp after a servi Dr. ALi crHaM, of Chi Cli- y { s tha fi Mission, 10 t the cook the i ns of cooking appara- # tha stove eRtes #8 In aay in a certain common Yance in the # Tae cnglish household Tue great Philadelphia i December 24 resident {ir The 1851 Record i well recollee APPEATATCS riage along Chestnut street, fervor of the he Medals bearing his profile were the his soft felt ne a8 he rode in the and welcoméb received sold hat ¥ fashion 3 streets lume, was the l with time beards i mus~ the day, and tache that were country, were But the spirit evoked by his 8s the formally invited Grovernment the effect of his visit. In my opinion the true spirit of na- reached its height here worn in this gradually ng tinetly introduced, dis- wmtional of our was then.” BALTIMORE is coming rapidly to the as a port of export for hay Partial cargoes of this staple are shipped almost every day. [It comes from the West in tightly packed bales weighing from 80 to 100 pounds. At first the Maryviand farms made an attempt to supply the demand, but it soon grew beyond them. A ware. house on Holliday street which was recently opened for the storing of hay, and holds 1,000 tons or 90 car- loads, is always full, with many cars waiting in line to unload. Each bale in a car lot is tagged with its number and the date of arrival. First-quality hay has been selling at the warehouse recently for $15 a ton. The freight from the West to Baltimore is $5.20 a ton. Foreign dealers are pleased with the American hay, and it brings good prices in England and on the continent, Tur Boston Journal quote some figures intended to show the growth medical fraternity, the number of in- sane is increasing, and that, too, with a rapidity far ahead of the increase in the population.’’ This conclusion is perhaps true, but it should not be forgotten, adds the New York Press, that g fair comparison of the present with earlier generations on this sub ject is not practicable. Not only are statistics respecting the mentally de- rar ged more carefully collected now than they ever were, but the better housing and more scientific treats ment of the insane that now exist have a tendency to expose cases that uader other conditions often passed unnoticed. Statements which do not make due allowance for such facts are misleading. Ivy October last an International Irrigation Congress assembled at Los Angeles Zal. This convention was attended by delegates not enly from all of the trans-Missourl States and Territories but also from various that time an inter-State organization wis perfected for the of wolding inter-Stute and local conven in the of great One convention held in New Mexico three in Kansas, and another sp-Ntate convention met at Oma- It is thus meen, says Harper's Weekly, that great interest is taken in this subject throughout the West- ern half of the United States. This ancient industry comparatively new in eivilized America, but has al- ready attained large proportions. The last reports an area of nearly four million acres cultivated by irrigation in the trans-Missouri country. A little more tlan two- fifths of the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is either sub-humid or arid. In the sub-humid regions pre- carious agriculture is possible with- out an artificial supply of water, but crops very often fail for want of rain, and irrigation is necessary for peren- nial In ari purnose ions interest this and int 15] census SUCCORS, thie region fail | agriculture depends on irrigation. A KNIGHT IN HOOFS. A Horse Saves His Master's Daugh~ ter From a Dog. James B, Dill whe a New York lawyer hunters at fit y has a stable of fine his home in Ora: ae N. 4 and his farm at Huntington named Jack have been easonable price : id thereby RET nn & which Mr. 1 » at his home Harrison street Orange, His fad | breeding hunters H« hur Essex (C« 10 ride i¢ does not hunt himesel with the Ives MINS Very morning bq rama bei #£ alt low oe tha ie the DiRce return fre 54 eel i iB nes started from the $110 her cu to meet hi asx was strange dog had sprung at teeth were tearing her dress was vainly struggling if What Mr. Dill hunter, saw, too had the same appreciation of the tie girl's danger that the father hs Running until } reached the girl and the dog, he reared up on hind legs, and then brought his fore feet down with erushing force on vicious cur. The dog released hold on the girl's elothing and but Jack had not finished his work &¢ Jack and he mu HEWN 16 falls Ae33 rise again, he let fiy his hind legs and gave the cur a kick that landed it in a heap against a stone fence full ten feet away. Then Jack's done, and he waited for Mr. come up Mr. Dill found daughter was not badly frightened. Then he went over and took a look at the dog. It was dead. Then he went over to his bay hunter, Jack. gave him an affection. ate slap or two and placed his little daughter on Jack's back. The hunter seemed to appreciate the compliment that his injured, though him ‘the best in the house and plenty of it." =| New York World. Warned by a Gypsy. The Austrian Archduke Joseph's intimate acquaintance with the Tzi- ganes saved him on one occasion dur- ing the war with Prussia from being surprised by the enemy. He recently related that one night, when all was quiet and no intimation had been given of the enemy being anywhere near, a gypay called his attention to a large flock of birds flying southward. “Birds,” the gypsy declared, “need sleep as well as men ; they would not fly about unless disturbed. The ene- my is marching over those wooded hilla and has frightened them.'’ Three hours later the camp was at- tacked by the Prussians, and only saved from being surprised and anni- hilated by the preparations made by the Archduke after receiving the Tigane’s warning. {New Y Url ao, * 'HE SQUIRE'S EXPERIENCE. HOW SQUIRY, WERR, OF WEST Vil. GIXIA, CONQUERED AN ATTACK BY “SERYOUNKNESS" Care BaMied Phosicinns—~Simast = Phywien! Wreeek «Cured at Lassi, West Vay it; Boangr, Hu inglon, Albans is one of the busiest little towns the Jirinia, Caesapeake & Lis situstion on the Kanawha and at the mouth of Coal River makes it a very desirable shinping point for timber, Jong the line of Ohio Hallway in We! Bome days ago a representative of the Baplis’ Daimer was compelisd to spend a jew bours here, between trains, After viewing the magnificent scenery of the Kanawha Valley he took occasion to have s chat with some of the prominent business men of the place, The reporter ealled ou magistrate 8. FL. Webb at his office, and heard him relate the following strange but interesting story io re- gard to himself, The Squire, by the way, is % handsome, fnlelligent man, about forty years ol age, possessing a large amount that fascinating Old Virginia” culture, und withal a prominent and influential man in political nnd business circles along the Kana- whe River “1 was affected of for ten or twelve years as the indi- stomach trouble, eall it, (I don’t know or care what medical name is It wes the result of kind of westion and some f had also--sinos our {roubles never come singly—a chronic bowsl complain, at the sams time painful and unhandy, 1 bad to almost entirely and was period when I should have been most strong I tried every kind of medi. that | conid find without avail, A doctor of Charleston, now de- sine prominent on my case without accomplishing any good resulte, Fioally my mother induced me to She had used a medicine kpown as Dr. Willlams' Pink Pille with great benefit, and she persuaded That was in January, 1888, | was down at Mr. C. E. Griffith's store that day, and he and I weighed curselves on his I weighed but 140 pounds, From that day | began to improve. Toe first thing I noticed was my appetite. | wanted to eat all the time, Then my clothes got too tight for me, and actually when | weighed the ther day on the very same scale my weoight was 167 pounds. Now I am a new man, nd just now came from & picnic, where | have been rompiag around asd having a big time, Dr. Williams Pink Pills did the work for me.” Squire Webb is such an enthusiast that he has his office ornamented with all the Dr Williams advertisements that he can find and spends bis extra time, between cases, in teli- iug people about his rémarkshie cure and wbout the pills, He is an influential member ! the Methodist Episcopal Church. The reporter next visited Mr. C E. Grif- Ath, at his store on Main street. He said Squire Webb is >eriainly a new man sines he began taking Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. He used to be this and pervous, but now he is bhenithy and robust, and is in every way a noble specimen of manhood. I have been inking some of the plils for the after «fects of the la grippe, and they have Leon of great benefit to me, Just the other day I sent for some more, and 1 sam going to keep them on hand, Alithat Mr. Webb has told you about his condition and cure fstrue, (0 my person- a! knowledge Squire Webb sald on parting with the serie, that be had made a solemn vow with himself to do all fu bis power to get people y ase the medicine that had cured him, The Baplis! Romer is glad at any time to find stich ready testimonials to the efficacy of any elinble medicine, so listenasd with a good jen] of satisfaction to the story ol Squire Wahl At analysis of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills shows that they contain, in condensed orm, all the elements Decessary (0 give now life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves hey are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxis, partial paralysis, 8t. Vitus’ dance, sweintion, neuraigia, rheumatism, Dervous headache, the after affects of la grippe, pal- pitation of the heart, pale and sallow y 1 plexions, and all forms of weakness either in pale of rtemale. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt 1 price (30 cents a bux, or six boxes for 42.50 they ars never sold in bulk or by the by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine , Schensctady, N. Y., or Brockvilie, On- semanas —— Not Quits Apyr priate. A young 1ellow, says the New York Times, was looking over the various purchases of his stepmother, intended fur a long and varied list. “Dia rou «ay this was for the new clergyman®” he inquired, holding up one card. “Yes, that with the dove flying against the blue sky. Pretty, isn’t it?" He gave a low whistle “You dido’t bappen to read the legend, I suppose®” She shouk her head. “I never thought of itt Why*” He tossed it into her lap and she saw: “1 would take thee to my bosom, but thou wilt not come” The new clergyman did not get his Christmas card. straighten myself up. I could not sleep at night and shortly after 1 was taken with night sweats. 1 had no appetite and when 1 did eat | Became Deathly Sick. Then large lumps the sige of a ben's egg form. od upon both sides of my nook. | opened them and closely followed the doctor's directions, but | grew worse and the hair commenced to fall off my head. Finally, | heard so much talk about Hood's Marsaparilis [ decided to take it. 1 continued until 1 took five bottles which cur od me as sound as a dollar, and from that time
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