WEAVING.
Daily, hourly, we weave and weaves,
And whether we sing, or sit ani grieve,
The weaving goes on without delay,
Shaping our robe for the judginent day.
Our smiles and our tears in
sheen,
All through the woof of the fabric gleam;
And the threads of
1
garment glitters with
- §
roid
Wrought in by a patience manifold.
The kindness that won an erring soul
Stren
hens the strands and brightens the
the deed we deemed not worth a
hed web with joy wa trace.
Our very thoughts in the pattern fair,
Now
t'ned with love, now dark'ned
are,
The we
Till in
aver's mystical shuttle throws,
} } i { y py
{tO the robe thelr HHIKeness grows,
tangled threads, the knots and the
And with a touch of His sl
Brings into its
Hace each
OQ beautiful garment, th
gold,
Reflecting God's gle
ny
from fold!
with
soul
Environ my
“Ley
the right to do as I please with my own.’
“The right —yes; but I thought my wife
had more diseretion, I did not
cat =d for vew.oaws, Mabel.”
Ho the tirst cloud came on ti
| their love, but Leander was
{ pered, and Mabe. satisfied
| peared Fhe trih was that Leander hud
expected a handsome sum of money from
this very uncle, who wus a helor, and
| very old. But |
ugly disposition to thwart
ne the
woeie a pL to ane suiely 1 have
KUOW vou
+ horizon of
eood-tem.
and i disan-
age had not
younz mans
in «d SUP
ing them.
The young couple began life
furnished cottage on the modern
like an charm, Mabel
it worked
the parlor and really did wonders
feil in love with her «
But
for
the diamonds
Did they
a burglar after
were afraid to leave the I
hear a sound at
those precieu
thieves break in and ste
r fWO Ww is Con
» of the jewels,
r. Mabel di
sermon
‘hen Leander Cla
and tind
sinners, and ber severe
in themselves of a sir ful
righteous are too o
than the sinner
Leander Clarke |
and bi led 1 3 wood husband
was both proud ond of
certa iy regretied that he
her luxuries cold
preciate, not even the grand piano that Ler
musical talent deserved. But to
work to make Ler "happy, and
hoped in a few years to be able to add all
other needful things,
Among the i
young couple was one that far outshown
all the rest—a superb set of dismonds sent
by an uncle of Leander's who was near to
death, and gave the residue of a large es.
tate in this extravagant present. Leander
himself was genuinely sorry that such an
undesirable gift had been made, but he ar.
gued that his wife was a sensible woman,
snd would turn them into something more
suitable to their condition in life-—a piano,
for instance, which was a necessity rather
than sa luxury. What was his surprise when
his bride said:
*1 never was so pleased in my life. Dia.
monds represent to me the crystallization
of everything beautiful in art and nature.
I never dreamed that I should possess such
magnificence.”
“But these have no associations,” said
ber husband, ‘they are not heirlooms,”
“They will be; all dinmonds were new |
at some time. And are they not assoc. |
ated with the dear old man who gave |
them
The dear old man had been a terror in |
the family, and Lad only given the dia. |
monds to Leander's wife because he hated |
that nepliew a little less than the others, |
whom he hoped to make horribly jealous |
snd angry and-—had succeeded.
When Leander asked Lis wife to keep
her diamonds 1n the bunk, she promptly
declined.
“‘But you surely will not wear them
dear 7" Le suggested.
“Why not?" she asked.
It would injure our prospects, and not
be consistent with our position.”
¢ i ¥
good son,
He
his wife, but
ould not
she
give
t hes £11:
wit the that
ap.
he went
t
with a will
wedding presents of the
If fa ander
manner of bh
was astonisl
th which she parte
the usual con
thief,
allowed » taken to re.
but
was
cover the or thieves, to istice,
10 results followed, sh
glad of it, that the gems hb
when dd slic
like an
evil eye to them, and for her part she never
id been
wanted to hear of them
1 wonder,” not
itin that ligt never
keep anything in my house again to tempi
the cupidity of ¢ unfortunate.
To that extent am [ my brother's keeper.”
jut the eflect upon her husband was en.
tirely different. Either he caught cold on
that night of the burglary, or his nervous
system received a shock, for be was almost
ill from the effects of his tussle with the
burglar. And he could not endure to have
the subject mentioned before him. Not
even the success of the “LL Catawba,”
in which a friend had invested for him,
gave him the peace and rest he craved,
A litte incident that happened at that
time did, however, help 16 restore hun to
his normal condition. His wife received a
small package, accompanied by a soil
iZuin
said, at 1 did
before. 1 will
si
Rg
the wicked o
teed
thie
“honord madem :
‘*1 gets no sleap sence I stoal yure di.
mons i no yure lnidy an | am a reten if |
glu them up pra fur me,
“an unncne frend.”
And in the package Mabel {found her
diamonds, exactly as she had last
them.
4
ya
the whole scheme,
happlueas If well Leander's of
science does not
He would give
upset
a great deal to know, what
wuld tell him, much
Mabel has di My
own opinion 18 that she saw through it fro
the first, and holds herself
ns accessory after the erime,
no ciairvoyvant ¢ how
or how little scovered,
equally guilty
and with thas
sweet fickleness which even an upright
herself
woman employs she will make
loving a« complice
that
Det
Coneciuasion
own burglar
SACRED BEETLE.
Insect That Invested the
With Rare Powers.
4
. Omar joy
lad, and our griet
sel SKY.
The
He
ment
bears no
truly noble heart
3
Many a man who now
would
were the
wear golden if Knighth
reward of worth.
Splrs Oud
Towels, but No Soap.
A recent and noteworthy manifestation
of the newspaper enterprise and liberality
toward subscribers in tue matter of prem.
d 10 the credit of our
COMEMpPOrary, Journal, of
It says
ums is to be records
esteemed be
TURKISH TOWELS Fit
We are making every honest effort to
secure new subscribers to the Journal, and
now offer to send the Journal one year 1.
gether with a beautiful brown Turkish
towel, size 12x23 inches, two ply goods,
funcy color, for only 15 cents. Send this
Springs, Penn. , and receive the towel at
This is a great
Surely a great opportunity for the people
of Pennsylvania, but why the Journal don’t
once showed ber confidence in hier husband
by placing the gems iu his hands for safe
keeping in the bank,
“1 wish I had taken your advice earlier,”
|
i
Ralse a Crop of Plekles.
A great proportion of the cucumber
us so much trouble.”
Leander murmered something about all
being well that ends well, and st noon
brought her a certificate of deposit,
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Over 160 acres are given
up to pickle growing in the vicinity of the
town of Camden, The crop is a profit.
able one, usually yielding ut income of
£100 to #100 an acre.
FLOATING HOUSES OF
OF PEOPLE.
MILLIONS
Numerous Craft of Queer
Express DBoats«-Cormorant
Shapese«
Fishing
Vessels.
3 in Harper's Mag
iw article on Chinese life.
} writes,
thie wal Le
are us pumerous
hold
IMpressive
or ti
ire
prepostero suis 1
ind them fro irth to
in front
Pinta,
HI ¢
Her sR
i
i Las Goomed them 10 servile
¢ '
gut on the
i
Sea coast when
i are trained by their purchasers
worth ten
Their tmining
throttling
become dollars,
+ apiece. Consists
ig them all day and in
i » Lhat thy cannot swallow what they
i. When they are in the water they
t only dive for fish, but are sai
iftly under the water after their
Wien a fish is caught, the bird rises to the
surface and and chokes to
fish The other birds rush him
to wrest his prey from him. The fisher.
man hurries to the spot, beats the other
greedy birds away, and lifting the success.
ful cormorant into the boat, takes his fish
from him, looseus his throttling string, and
pokes some food into his ravenous beak as
a reward of merit. At last the birds dre
Il returned to their perches. They yawn
and Hap their wings to dry themselves,
| toswim
pre ¥
the
rprt
gasps
down. al
per of rice and small fish, or whatever is
and beat one with a cave if one is quar.
CHILDREN WHO TOIL.
Shocking Conditions Found in Wise
consin Factories.
Ethelbert Stewart, special agent of the
United States Labor Department at Wash.
ington, who is looking up labor strikes
from 1887 down to and including the Am.
erican Railway Union Strike of last sum.
mer, in an interview with the St. Paul,
(Minn), Dispatch, said :
“You talk about the sweatshops and
homes in the big cities, but I have seen
places over in villages of Wisconsin that
are about as bad in every particular, 1 was
amuzed in the first place to learn of the im.
mense number and variety of factories in
Wisconsin, They had every kind of fac.
tory of whisa I know anything aa she
number of children employed is something
wonderful. In the town of Oshkosh they
more children employed in propor.
the East or Bo
the
ith, 1
condition is
isited in
many factories
awful,
“The children are
and
and short of
have v
cr ywded
itary
§ thelr
ventilated rooms, and the
§ '
ong ives arecoined
into dividends f« i { that ene
them. Ti “13 ei ure Li
where they «1 y little child
cotion
compel them ts ¢ eleven hours a ds
a custom which was abolish
every ot F communis
pection aw
FHE MARE WAS RETURNED.
Hers
Feat
Ride.
Many Brave Fakes a Long
A CAT'S QUEER KITrIEN.
Experimentin Foster-Mothers Where-
in a Young Hare Took Part.
An interesting experiment in the rearing
of animals is recorded by a German §
A country
young hare a few days old, conceived
wea of giving it as foster mother a
which had just had a litter of kittens. The
cat showed no objection to this curious ad.
MATA.
gentleman, baving captured a
pursling seemed to take very well to the re.
gime to which it was so unexpectedly sub.
jected. The hare throve and grew, and the
vat soon thought it time to begin the edu.
cation of ber foster child.
For the catching of mice, however, the
hare showed not the slightest disposition,
and at each fault committed the ndoptive
mother administered vigorous correction
with her paws, This produced but little
improvement, and the relations between
the two animals were becoming somewhat
strained, when one day they were placed
the vegetation with remarkable avidity, to
the evident astonishment and indignation
of the cat, who could make nothing of
such conduct. Finally, perceiving that
she had nourished anything but a Kitten,
the disappointed nurse withdrew with an
expression of unmistakable disdain,
HBA SIAL
Rise and Fall of a Town.
———
Red Mountain, Col., which four years
Ago was a prosperous camp of several
thousand people, and did the largest money
order business of any camp in the San Juan
country, is now without a postofiice,
Temple Emanu.el, of New York City, is
the richest Hebrew congregation in the
United States.
HE LEFT IT OUT.
Wanted No “"Obey’’
Marriage Ceremony.
She in Har
New Y
xperiencet
Mayor Btrong, of
cently ba
him very
say ‘obey.
Philad
Bessinger
Pauline
The
nat
Gur
he was
news
Iroc
gi iil
1 ¢
ireq ia
. &
€
HUAr
apget
1¥y Deg
he read,
faithful
"“Sereaming Colors '’ in Fashion.
countries mine
amount
ows: Aust
) tons; France
6,250,000 tons each:
250 «
£965 193
irom
ria-
$ AV H) EMMY.
Japan 3
Scotia, 2,200,000; Spain,
British Columbia, 1,200 «
S00 00: Sweden, 200 O00,
ova
SAK) (MK).
Italy
énsumption of coal per head
lowest in Austria,
one-sixth ton per an-
num, and highest Great Britain,
where each person averages three
and three-tenths tons each year. In
the United States the average is two
and one-fourth tons a year.
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PEM
n is
\ x
wiere it | miy
an
The Mustang "Was Endurance.
Mexican wusiang pony will very
likely be introduced into the United States
Army is a small, tricky
animal, mostly used by cowboys in runuing
down stock Recently the War Depart.
ment made a series of tests and the official
reports show that it stronger, faster,
cheaper, and can endure more than the
large cavalry stock of the East. One of the
tests included a horseback ride from Santa
Fe, New Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas,
The animal averaged forty miles per day,
and once went without water or food for
forty-eight hours,
ie mustang
is
Was Misunderstood.
A professor who visited ‘the Russian
town of Vitebsk for the purpose of mak.
ing anthropometroc studies of the local in.
habitants nurrowly escaped with his life.
The measurment of the Leads gave rise to
the conviction that he was the evil one in
person affixing his seal to their foreheads,
and the more courageous among them res
solved to attack him and, if possible, to
deatroy him, Fortunately the Ispravaik
of the district prevented the infuriated
peasants from carcying out their intentions.
a i
Greatest Bridge in the World.
The greatest ridge in the world
was planned by a Chinese engineer
and built by Chinese workmen. It
is of stone, and reaches across an
arm of the China Sea by 300 arches.
Over the pillar of each arch reclines
a lion carved from a block of marble
twenty-one feet long. The roadway
is seventy feet wide. '