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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
Third Quarter.
ST SXV. HtSRT M. oSol'T, t>. V.
SRI'TKUHKK 4.
Lesson 10,
THE COMMANDMENTS.
Kx. ; 13—21.
(loinxs Txxr"Ail < h ® •" "to l " :
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two f-mnpintliiifni 4 ' l * *nl lic pro
|>beU."—Milt, 23 : -It', •
Central Truth To love our neighbor
ns ourselves i an inseparable part of all
true love to God,
Our present lesson is a continuation
of the last. In that we considered the
circumstances of the giving of the law,
and the meaning of the first tablo. In
this we take up the second table.
It is commonly said that the first re
bates to our duty to tiod. ud the sec
ond to our duty to men. This lan
guage is not strictly correct. If it be
understood to mean that the duties are
distinct and separable, that we can
keep the first taf-le ami not the second,
or the second and not the first, it con
vey a very great error. Tho duties are
not two, but at their basis one.
t-od only is our .Sovereign and I,ord.
All dutv is to him, as all sin is against
him. We are required by our Saviour
to love God with all the heart and soul
and mind and strength. It follows
from this that every right moral afl'ec
tion is included ir. such love. We are
therefore to honor and love our fellow
men because tiod requires it. and they
and wo are alike God's offspring.
The notion that we can keep either
table, while disregarding the other, is
the greatest of mistakes. <f this the
devotee is guilty when he multiplies
prayers and religious observances, and
is meanwhile cold and harsh and selfish
toward men. Of this the moralist is
guilty when he makes fair dealing an-1
kind offices to others substitutes for the
worship of God an-1 spiritual obedience
to his will. Both are in fatal error.
Neither truly keeps any of the law.
God's law is a unit. Love is its fulfill
ing, and we are to honor and love oth
ers as a p-rt of the homage and loving
service due to our common Father ami
Lord.
A more correct statement of ths dif
ference between the two tables makes
the first relate to our immediate duties
to God, and the second to those we are
to render to him through honor and
service to others.
Here we may note a progression ir.
the requirements of the second table.
The sixth, seventh and eighth apply
more to outward deeds ; the ninth to
sj-eeeh ; the tenth to thought an-1 cher
ished desire, "sounding the inmost
depths of our hearts."
Passing to specific commandments,
the fifth requires honor to parent*. This
includes affection and obedience accord
ing to the changing relation of parent
an-1 child, as the latter progresses to
ward maturity. In the lauguage of
Luther, parents are ns "the vicars of
God." It follows that the command
requires due respect to all God's repre
sentatives, as persons in authority over
us. If, as in rare instances be tho case,
conscience or tho direct requirements
of God compel disobedience, even then
the debt of reverence will not be for
gotten. This is "the commandment
with promise." And the tendency of
the temper required by the word
"honor" can very plainly be sepn to be
to long life. It is a spirit which surely
permeates the entire character. It
tends to self control. It fits for nil du
ties toward God.
The next four commandments—the
si.rth, seventh, eighth and ninth —are de
signed to protect the rights of person
and life, of chastity, of property, an-1
of reputation. Not only do they for
bid murder, adultery, theft and false
witness, in over acts, but in their be
ginnings. Allowed thoughts an-1 in
dulged feelings, which lead on to the
open an-1 gross offence, are included.
He that hateth his brother is a murder
er. In the unchaste desire there is the
sin of adultery. God looketh at the
heart. The moral quality of the act is
in what he sees there. He prohibits in
each one of these precepts the inner
passions which tend to the flsgrant
deed or word. Then, these precepts
all have a positive side. They affirm
the duty of protecting life; of cherish
ing purity ; of guarding, if need he,
our neighbor's property ; of defending
another's good name. In spirit, though
not in letter, the ninth forbids every
kind of false statement. And on this
too much emphasis can hardly bo laid.
There are no virtues of which truthful
ness is not the basis or support. The
habit of speaking and acting the truth
is among the most powerful of all re
straints from every form of sin. Few
characters are so hopeless as the un
truthful. The specious reasonings by
which falsehood is justified are to be
repelled. We need not s|>esk at all,
"but if we speak, and speak not truth,
we serve the devil, who is the father of
lies, and we shall, if we repent not in
Christ, have our portion with him in
the wrath of a just God, who has made
truth a duty to himself, and a lie a sin
against himself.
The tenth forbids all wrong and inor
dinate desire for anything that is our
neighbor's. It does not prohibit every
form and degree of desire for what is
not our own, since in that case there
could be no traffic or transfer of proper
ty, or improvement in outward condi
tion. The reference is to discontent
with the lot God has appointed us, and
envy of others seemingly more favored;
to desire for that which cannot be
rightfully obtained; to all merely sel
fish or Inordinate desire. It empha
sizes the inner ststc. It makes no ref
erence to outward acts, but goes straight
to the heart. It prohibits the begin
nings of evil. It is a safeguard agninst
temptation. Faithfully applied.it is a
great revealer of the moral state. It
was this precept, " Thou shalt not cov
et," which brought home to I'aul the
sense ol hin. Faithfully kept, along
with all tho rent, it would make oarili
a heaven.
PRACTICAL SUOOESTIONIe
1. These command men ta are for us.
They were, in this particular form, ad
diosod to .lews, but were not meint
lor them only. Kveryoneof them had
been a divine rule from the beginning.
Kvery one of them is reaffirmed in tin-
New Testament. The fourth is 110 ex
ception : "The Sabbath was tuado for
man,'' not for a nation.
2. They are to be kept. There is a
sense in which tho believer is freed
from them. Ho is no longer under law.
Hut this means that it has no longer
any power over him for condemnation.
Hut, as precepts, the commandments
are still his choice, "till how love 1
thy law !" We are forgiven, justified,
not that we may live in disobedience,
but that our well-doing may bo in the
newness of the spirit and not in the
oldncss of the letter.
Tho law is spiritual. It applies
not to the outward conduct only, but to
tho thoughts and intents of the heart.
4. It never ha been, slid never can
be, abrogated. It may come to be
written oil tho heart ; perfected love
will be its perfect fulfilling; but not
one of the things forbidden in it can
ever be pleasing to tiod; not one ol
those repined can ever be to bun a
matter of indifference,
5. Save as som-liow redeemed, we
must perfectly keep the law or perish.
ti. The study of the commandment*
show ns our need of Christ. We are
made to see how far short we have come
ol that rule which is holy, just and
good. God's holiness is a part of bis
nature; he can never cease to hate sin
and to require holiness. Having sinned
and come short, no hope is left us save
in him "in whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins according to the riches of his
grace.' 1
7. The commandments have done fur
us their entire work only when, as
"our schoolmaster," they have actually
brought us to Christ. The law enlight
ens, restrains, condemns; only Christ
can save. In him we have pardon and
newness of life. "Neither i® there sal
vation in any oilier."
The Chief ol the Bureau of Statistic*
reports that the total values of tho ex
ports of domestic breadstuff's from the
Cnited States during the month of .1 uly,
ISSI, were ft I'.i*l ."'.'J, and -luring duly.
IbM), $37,229 ri77. for the seven months
ended July 31, l ss l. they were sl3l.
962.7H9, anl for the same period in I**o,
? 1 33, 3v>, 302.
It is said that the Pennsylvania Kail
road Company is about to introduce a
new an-1 neat arrangement lor notifying
passengers of the name of the station
they are approaching. At either end
of the cars is to be placed a small cac
containing a piece of muslin or can
vas ou rollers, ujein which is painted in
legible letters the names of all the *t
lions on the road. By a lever on the
locomotive the engineer, on leaving a
station, will change the indicator *<> a
to show the next stopping place. It is
a neat and convenient affair.
A new device for arranging ll -wers, as
given in 13 M nth/g, consists of a
piece of cork about a quarter of an inch
t hick, circular in form an-1 perforated
with holes like tho rose of a watering
pot. The diameter of the cork is made
to correspond to the i/ of the saucer
or shallow dish with which it is to be
used. The cork tloating on the top of
the water supports the flowers, whose
stem* are inserted through the holes.
For tho display of small flowers and
those having short stem*, this method
seems well adapted . po"ii,|y it may be
better than -lamp sand, though that is
doubtful, but, a* the r-irk may le pre
served, it would always he at hand, and
it might not be convenient sometimes
to procure sand.
The following are the recorded dry
spells in this country since the land
ing of the pilgrims of Plymouth rock :
fn summer of 1630. twenty four days;
1635, fortv one days; 1' 7, seventy five
days; 1662, eighty days; 1604, forty
five-lays; leighty otl days; 1694.
ninety two -lays ; 170'-, forty days ; 171"-.
forty six days; 17 IS, sixty one -lays;
1730. ninety-two days; 1731, seventv
two days; 1743. seventy two days; 1749,
one hundred nnd eight -lays; 1733,
twenty four -lays; 1762, one hundred
and twenty three -lays; 1772, eighty
days; 1791, eighty-two days, 1312,
twenty-eight days; 1H56, twenty-six
-lays ; IS7I, forty two days; 157.3, twen
ty six days ; 1576, twenty six -lays.
A Washington dispateli says that Gui
teau's autobiography, now complete.con
tains about ](J(l,000 words. It will not
be published nor used in Court in it
present shape. Some parts of it will
never see the light, t lite portion of it
relates to the ruin of his wife in Phila
delphia before their marriage, an-1 an
other to various scandals nl-out public
men of both parties. Ouiteau thinks it
is to be published in full, with pictures
and autographs of himself and t'olnnel
Cork hill, an-1 a photograph of the jail.
Half a dozen publishers havo applied
for it. < >ne offer* a handsome sum of
money on-l 25 per cent, royalty. He
estimates the probable sales of the first
edition at 250 000. Of course no pub
lisher will get it.
A circumstance occurred recently
which proves conclusively that diphthe
ria is contagious. A few days after the
death of a member of a highly respect
able family in this city, says the liar
risburg Patriot, a young lady aged eleven
years, sister of the victim of the disease
was sent up the Cumberland Valley
some thirty miles with a iiew of bene
fiting the young lady's,, health. She
took sick, however, with diplheria, re
ceiving the closest nieiical attention
and most careful nursing, but finally
succumbed to the diseon. While in
life and taking nouriahriwtt, toasted
bread was administered, nurse
threw all the bits or pieces <* toast left
over into a reeeptaele, and ißwas after
ward fed to the chickens Bout the
place. In a few days aft-rßr-ls the
chickens became infected witß the di
sease, the mouths of the fowlßbeeom
ing very sore and the throat-lwutrid.
-Several of the fowls died. ®
A It ACE FOIt LIFE.
TUT. lIABIKO or AN API/UNA ENGINEER
SAVES MASV I.IVES,
Tnarrn (A T.) tRUIy Journal.
At I'liiitnno Wednesday afternoon
tin) brakes of u flut our loaded with
ties became loosened in some inexpli
cable manner ntul the our begun to
move down the steep grade to ('ienega.
A bystander jumped aboard and en
deavored to tighten the brakes. He,
however, found them unrnunageable.
Another tried and tailed. A regular
brnkemun then boarded the car and
quickly discovered the brakes were
out of order. The car by this time
bad increased its speed to fully twenty
miles an hour, and to remain upon it
would be almost sure death when the
lirst washout was reached, lie there
fore called to the other two men on
the ear to jump, and this they did.
Engineer Frank Shaw at this time
was sitting oti his engine at i'autano,
and attached to Ins locomotive was a
eur filled with Chinamen. He at
once rcali/.cd the terrible result if this
runaway Hat car wan allowed to pro
ceed unchecked on its way, for a score
or more of laborers were engaged tar
down a. deep gulch in the < .'ienega
I'ass strengthening the braces of u
broken bridge that spanned it. They
would not lie able to hear the ap
proaching ear, and it would soon
erash through the weakened timbers
and probably crush many beneath its
weight.
As these thoughts flashed through
his mind lie pulled wide open the
throttle-valve ami started in pursuit of
the fast-receding car. It was a race
for life, ami Shaw was soon thunder
ing down the track at sixty miles an
hour, with the car load of terrified
Chinamen behind him. The Hat ear
ahead was increasing speed at every
turn of the wheels, and the giade
there is very steep. The locomotive,
however, kept gaining, and finally
Shaw, placing the lever in charge of
his fireman, crawled to the cow-catcher
and, taking the heavy coupling-rod in
his hand, stood in that perilous [ii
lion until the car was reached. The
chasm where the men were working
came in sight and still the fugitive
car was two hundred yards away. ll
called for his fireman to open wider
the valve, and the tailoring engine
made a lurch that showed she hud felt
the increased volume of steam. They
sped on with lightning rapidity. The
space between them gradually Ic--ened.
Shaw stood with the rod in one hand
and a coupling pin in the other. Fi
nally the few feet intervening disap
peared and with a dexterity that
comes from practice and a cool brain
the coupling wa> made. The 1 *oolllo*
live was reversed and the train came
to a stand -till and within fifty feet of
the bridge. This j* the way one man
saved many lives.
\\ rather I'mifnostlcatioiis,
Fnrn (h Am'tKin Cnlllribir.
Many so-called weather prophet*
make numberless guesses, the public
frequently applauding tho-e which
bapfX'ii to prove corn et, while gener
ously forgiving the much larger per
centage of error*. The following de>
scrilied color* of the sky, at cliff* rent
times, are a wonderful guidance, a
many nn observing farmer knows from
<-x js-rionre. Such observations, and
otlx rs of similar nature, confirmed by
daily experience of farmers and mar
iners, are la tter and safer to follow
than the prognostications of the weath
er hy any professor who foretells n
rainy or windy day twelve months in
the future. A ch-ar sunset not only
indicates fair weather, hut there an
other tints which -jsak with clearness
and nc iiracy. A bright yellow sky
in the evening indicates wind ; a pah
yellow, wet; a neutral gray tint in
the m* ruing, a dry, calm day ; in the
evening, very unfavorable weather.
The clouds are also full of meaning,
and are in themselves many times
very safe guides. If they are soft, un
defined and feathery, the weather will
be fine; if the edges are hard, sharp
and definite, it will lie rainy ami
windy. As a general thing, deep,
unusual hues lictokon rain ami wind ;
while more moderate tints bespeak
fair weather. If a dense cloudy sky
suddenly clears up in the north or
northwest at sunset, it indicates wind
from the direction of th<* clear space.
A luminous circle, known as a halo,
around the sun or moon, caused bv the
reflection of light through crystals of
ice in the atmosphere, foreshadows a
storm —wind, rain or snow. When
the atmosphere is dense and in a con
dition to convey ordinary sounds long
distances, foul weather is sure to fol
low.
Unmanly Modesty.
Man loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky and the full-blown rose leave
him unmoved ; hut the violet which
hides its blushing lieauties behind the
hush, and the moon when emerging
In-hind a cloud, are sources of inspira
tion and pleasure. Modesty is to merit
what shade is to painting—it gives
boldness nnd prominence. Nothing
ndds more to female beauty than
modesty. It sheds around the coun
tenance a halo of light which is bor
rowed from virtue. Botanists have
given the rosy hue which tinges the
cup of tho white rose the name of
"maiden blush." This pure and deli
cate hue is the only paint Christian
virtue should use. It is the richest
ornament. A woman without modesty
ia like a faded flower, diffusing an un
wholesome odor, which the prudent
gardener will throw from him. Her
destiny is melancholy, for it terminates
in shuttle and repentance. Beauty
passes like tho flowers of the alhe,
which bloom and die in a few hours ;
but modesty gives the female charms
which supply the place of the tratx-i
--tory freshness of youth.
TIIE 111,001).
The Chicago Hour (Horn publishes
1 the following suggestions, bccuii.se pop
ular ideas have never been corrected
by medical men :
Never, under any circumstances,
rub the limbs downward. The blood
j in circulation which can he reached
I hy rubbing fs all venous or hlu<- blood.
It is charged with wast- and poisonous
! materials, and is struggling to get to
tin- In art and lungs lor purification.
! Always rub upward, lint few invu
: lids, e-pecially with female difficulties,
i who will not fi-1 a new life imparted
' to them when this i- tried for tie- fir.-t
time. Valves are placed in tin- veins
, purposely to n -i-t downward move
ment, while the -tiff arteries near the
hone an- without them, t'la-p tlx
| wrist tightly and see what multiple
| currents of poi-mi start ou tin.- hand,
{ while none uppcur on the arm hack
lof the ligature. A life could In- de
stroyed in a short time by -imply rub
bing tie- limbs downward, while you
| can almost drag a dead man out of
! the grave hy rapid, p-r-i-t* lit, and
I general rubbing of the limbs upward,
! if no lei-oii of vital part- ha- occur
i red. In view of this why ha- it not
been so stated in the hundreds of "di
rections" for restoration of the ih-ad
from asphyxia and syncope? Huh
tiing to and fro simply alli-cls tin- cap
illaries, doing litth if any good. Ar
tificial respiration i- beneficial, hut
only when it has given impulse to the
heart. The best rc.-ult.s will !*■ ob
tained by having as many a- four or
six jicrsoiis rubbing th<- limb- syn
chronously all alike —in rytliiu while
aiiotln r manipulate - the < !x-t and ab
domen. At tlx- ri-k of some vai ity
we advise out exchange- t• < copy this
article, and invalids to put it into
practice.
A Itriikriiian's l.nckj Hud.
I'll KIM. ll' f.VI.tSN) IN A< Ml -111-TSN
7IA I. I.IMTIII I*l. or TUE OH NEB.
Colonel Bry->n. of No. Wall
■tract, New York city, took tbe Sum
mit special 7:1• I Ist* r A Delaware
railroad train for Fhu-uicia. at Kings
' ton, N. V., In-t Friday evening, and
put up at tlx- TreiD|er hou*\ Just
la-fore retiring he discovered that Ix
had lost his wallet, and in great haste
he procured a horse and w a_-oii at
I'ixMiicia atxl followed tlx-train as far
as Bean's Corners w here be ovi r
t'sik it.
After th- train had left IMxinicia,
Elmer Kmnxtt, a brakem.an, was
walking through one of the .aches,
and secjng a wallet lying on the tl • r
picked it up. Imagine hi- fx* ling
when, on opening it. In- found S-Vi.ottfl
in government lx*nds and -< veral hun
dred dollars in greenbacks contained
in it. He sai l nothing to any one
about it.
When Colonel Bryson arrived at
I 'can's (Virncr- he acquainted ("oixlue
tor llcrdman with his |*i-s, and to
gether they iw arched through tin
train without avail. Win u thev were
alvnit giving up the search, they nn-t
F.mmctt, and he asked them what tlu-x
were searching for, when C >|. I'ry-on
said SoO,OOO. Einmctt inquires! how
it had Ix-en Inst, and on a correct de
scription of the p*M-kcl book by tin
owner, the purse was produced mid
given to the colonel. The latter gen
tleman was extremely grateful for tin
recovery, lb' gave Emmctt t'JO, nnd
told him to come to the Trcmper
house and he Would negotiate with
him as to the choice of a position n
conductor on the Hudson Itivcr rail
road or on a southern road ; a lucra
tive position on any of his many Mis
sis-ippi steamboats, or Ix- ns-ociatod in
his Wall street office. Emmctt is a
trustworthy, intelligent and honest
young man, ami his goo*l fortune is
looked upon bv his many friend- as a
deserving windfall.
♦ -
Ati Alleged Fossil Mini,
At Ashley, a Mr. McCauly has the
contract from the Wtlkesharro coal
and iron company for sinking n coal
shaft. It is twenty feci square ntul is
intended to have two tracks for oar
i riages to run in hoisting up the coal
and is said to be tlie largest opening
of the kind in the coal regions. It is
l located near the base of the mountain
and has reached a depth of 47" feet.
On Saturday last, when ttie gang, or
what is known ns the second shilt of
men, were about retiring, after firing
I ofl* a course of boles, loin I'assidy,
the foreman, descended th" shaft to
ascertain the result of the explosion
and was astonished to find an immeusc
I cavity in one of the sides of the shaft.
The explosion appeared to have a ter
rible cHect and caused more damage
than benefit on account of an unne
cessary opening in ouc side, but bis as
; tonishmcnt was still greater increased
; ou clearing away some of the dirt and
i refuse of rock filown hy the shots to
discover a solid mass of rock in which
appears a clearly-defined humau shape
of giant proportions. All the limbs,
muscles and lineaments arc appareut.
The rock ia about 1(1 feet in length,
10 in breadth and about H in thick
ness. The dimensions of the humau
frame arc giantly, measuring 12 feet
in length and 1 feet across the chest.
Across the breast is tlx- impression of
a huge shield about I feet in circum
ference, while the right hand clutches
the broken and butt end of a large,
cutla-s or sword. The rock was taken
out whole and is now in nos-ey-ion of
Mr. McCauly.
nn: I'EitsEn TEH nkoko.
A COI.OKEB MAN IN GEORGIA I'AVH (i.'ig.OOO
EOS A FARM.
From Ihs ogleUior|H) K<lio.
Eti-t week Picas Harper, a colored
I'M run r living near (ilude, paid M*—rs.
Powell A- Davenport ?.T2,OftO for 2.100
ii'T'-s ol land, lying on Brond river,
in this county. This is one of the
| lurg<-:-.t purchases ever made hy a ix •
• gro in (ioorgia, and it oeea-ioned u
1 grxnl <lt-nl of comiiient. We last Hun
-lav saw Mr. Powell uixl asked him if
there was any po.--ihility of Pleas
; ever liquidating tlx- debt.
"1 fed confident that Ix- can and
| will pay ev< rv dollar a- it falls due,"
wa- tlx- reply, "and would a- soon hold
a note oil Pleas Harper as tlx: lx-t
white mini in < ieorgin. lb- is worth
now at least 9b',o'M,i, and doesn't owe
a cent, lb- ian pay 9)0,000 if lie
wants to cosh on the place, ami I give
liini ten years on the rest at eight tier
eent. lie has thi< year a fine crop
ami will make plenty of provi-ion to
run hi- farm. Pica- ha- been j aving
o !?1,000 u v< ar rent lor about one
filth the larxi we sold to him, and by
im-rea-ing hi- farming ojc rations he
I euu easily meet the claim."
J "But do you think he i- eomjx.-tont
to manage such a large busiix -- ?"
wa- a-k'd.
"Dure i- not a letter businc-* man
in < fglcthorpe county than this negro,"
replied Mr. Pow< 11. "lb-can tell you
any day to a cent how he stands with
the world, and a- a farmer I never
-aw ah !t* r. He i- economical, his
family all work, and be can get more
out of a hand than any one 1 ever
-aw. Pleas, too, i- not an all-cotton
far IIX r. lb- las b'-eii making from
pw) to bVt bale- of cotton a year on
rcnt'd land, beside- growing enough
apples t , run his place. In fact, his
>■ ttoii crop i- m-arly all clear money.
} on just ought to 800 tbe Bermuda
gra- Lay lx ha- -avid thi-summer."
I hi- purchase conclusively prove
what a • oh*rcsl man < an do in < <■■
f he will hut go to work, and we
think it will be ab<* ,t a- g>* *1 a earn
paign d" utix nt a-can l*<- circulated
m the North. Pleas Harper is a
| bright mulatto, with a g >1 faee, and
ha- always IKS n note I for his honest
haling and g" d niatiag* rnctiL The
I little education he ha- received was
•eeurc-d since freidom, and he has a!-
way- l<ii a staunch Democrat. It i
a -ingular fact thut whenever a negro
begins to accumulate property he
i h av* - tin Radical ranks.
( .illlne on the Sick.
E ' tidy call at the door, onb-ss you
art -urc your friend i- able to see you
without harm.
J. Enter and leave the house, and
move about the- room uiiioth.
J. < arry a cheerful faee, and speak
cheerful word*.
4. In ortler to cheer you need not
to tell lit*.
•*i. If your friend i* very sick, do
not fall into gnv anil careless talk in
the attempt to IK? cheerful.
(. I)ou't a-k questions, and thus
oblige your friend to talk.
7. Talk alout something outside,
and not about the di-oasc and circum
stances of the patient.
ft. Tell the news, hut, not the list
of the sick atxl dying.
ft. If |>>— ilile carry something with
you to pleae the eye and relieve the
monotony of the sick room ; a flower,
or even a picture which you can loan
for n few days.
10. If d. -irable, some little delicacy
to tempt will lie well bestowed.
11. The perfume of some flowers is
poisonous, and they should never be
carried into the sick room. Especial
ly is this true of the tuberose, helio
trope, hyacinth, orange, lilac, svringa.
and lilies.
12. Stay only a moment, or a few
minute* at the longest, unless you can
lie of some help.
The Tomato.
WIIO FIRST iNTßonrctn IT INTO THIS eorx-
TRV?
IV>m fh# PtiiiMM|-hUr Plr.
A goo<l many years ago a scamp
who had recently arrived from the
Bermuda islands was sent to the York
county jail for some olfi-iise committed
against the laws of the commonwealth.
He had wi;h him a few seeds which
he planted in the rich soil of the jail
yard. Before the plants which sprang
from the seed reached maluritv he was
discharged, and no one knew the name
or nature of them. They grew luxu
riantly, bearing fruit of n largo sixc
and unusual appearance. As this
strange fruit ripened, its color chang
ed from green to a brilliant red, and
lieeamc an object of wonder and ad
miration to all the inmates of the jail.
Mrs. Klinefelter, the lady kec|er, cau
tioned all the prisoners against eating
any of tho fruit, as she was sure it was
poisonous, and besides that, she had
promised the man who had planted
the seed that she would endeavor to
preserve specimens of it for him should
he return in time. Just when the fruit
was fully matured the Bermuda pris
oner revisited the jail and asked to see
the plaul. This request granted, he
next called foe pepper, salt and vine-
gar and, to the horror of the good
ludy, commenced to cat of the sup
posed poisonous fruit with a relish
that iwtonishcd the beholders. After
enjoying the strange repast lie inform
ed .Mr. K. that tin; fruit or vegetable
wan the tomato or love apple, and that
it would In- found wrholcsomn ami nu
tritious. 'I he need of the remaining
tomatoes wan carefully pre-erved and
distributed among the friends and
neighhorH of the lady, and thus this
now popular e-eulent was introduced
into the ancient and goodly borough
!of York, for many years ther< after it
was cultivated as an ornament rather
; than for table use, hut by degree* it*
j merits began to be more fully under
stood and appreciated, and there, as i
elsewhere, it grew into general public
favor.
lIIK WHITE 1101 SK.
Its corner stone was laid on the
thirteenth of October, 17!>'2, under the
•iipcrifitendeuee of Captain .lames
Holion, an Iri-h architect, direct from
! Dublin, who accepted the award SSOO
then thought to he a large amount)
, for the design.
If- i- buried in the Catholic ceine
j i.<-ry at Washington, and his descend
ants still live in that city.
Ih" firili-h de-troved the building
in the year I*ll, but it was rebuilt by
' .plain I lotion, and wa fir-t opened
for the reception of visitors on Jan
; uarv 1, I*l*.
Ihe portico of fojr lofty columns,
on the n irth side, was addel in 1 *_'!!,
during the administration of Presi
dent Jackson.
It is a lofty building, two storie- in
height, with a frontage of one hun
dred and eighty feet and a depth of
eighty-five feel, The vestibule within
the front door is fifty feet long by
forty wide. The famous Fa-t room,
' which was finished ffity years ago, is
eighty feet long, forty feet wide and
twenty-two feet high.
Might large mirror- and three chan
deliers, of crystal and silver, adorn
the room. 'J he walls are covered
| with gray paper, and the furniture i
trimmed with gray rep and maroon
velvet. \\ it It the exception of our
public haIN, it i the largest in the
country and, fir it* cix,-, i-certainly
the harid-omct.
The President's office, which is on
; the second story, and which is the
Cabinet r'mm ai'-n, i- not very large.
It i- thirty-five or forty feet long and
thirty or thirty-five feet wide, with a
ceiling alsnit twenty-five feet high.
In the middle of the ffisor is a long
table, surrounded by leather-seated
chairs; long lambmjuin curtains of a
dark, bluish gray color ad >rn the win
dows, and the carpet i- of red tint,
with large figures, and u large map of
the I'nited Mates is on the wall.
Washington i a Government crea
tion. and the White House is chiefly
' memorable an account of the men
who have lived in it. Every one of
our Presidents except Washington has
resided in this famous house.
The original cost of this building in
17:_' was almut and the
total co-t up to thi- time i- about sl,
MINIfKH).
Indent Free Masonn in Mexico,
l
Fr m II N'> I* i
CITY OF MEXICO, August Dr.
Plougeon, a distinguished archaeol
ogist, writes the foil wing interesting
letter from Mrrida, Yucatan :
"I have discovered the ruins of an
ancient Masonic temple, where the
priests and magician- used to gather
in order to celebrate their mysteries.
The Masonic lodge of those belonging
to the first degree fronts toward the
north : that of the Masons belonging
; to the second and third degrees points
to the south. 1 have found a few of
i the mvstical dice, a stone on which is
carved an apron with a hand on it,
and a cabalistic stone the stone is of
such a description that your corrcs
i pondent is of the opinion that he
| found a similar stone in the Temple of
lieliopolis). 1 have taken copies in
clay, and shall try to establish the
relation between these discovered Ma
sonic attributes and those found at
Memphis and Thebes. 1 think I may
not le mistaken if I suspect a relation
as well with those attributes discover
jed by Gorringe on the pedestal of
the Cleopatra obelisk at present iu
Central Park. New York.
I'r in Franklin, Venango county,
Pa . Patrick M. was an honest, hard
working Irishman, illiterate rather,
but not ignorant lie joined the Epis
copal church, was confirmed and in
stituted the observance of family wor
ship. His wife had been a school
teacher, and of course, was educated.
One day Patrick was reading in I<uke,
I think, about laizarus. lie read
while his wife was listening : "And
the beggar died, and was carried by
nigles into Abraham's bosom." "Not
eagles. Patrick," said his wife, "but
angels." Patrick was alwara impa
tient of contradiction, so looking over
his spectacles at his wife, he replies!:
"Dnm the odds, Hetty, so long as he
got there," and went on with his wor
ship.
—
"DOCTOR," said a gentleman to an
aged clergymen, "why docs a little
fault in a good roan attract mote no
tice than a great fault in a bad roan? - w
"For the same reason, perhaps," an
swered the reverend doctor, "that a
slight stain on a white garment is
more readily noticed than a larger
j^^^acj^edone."