Eternal Nome. Of all good gifts Otir father gits*. "Tin only Song forever limt The day shall come when not again By any shall bo said, Lo, here tbo wiue-onp in Ills tissue, Tho sacraments! bread, For then by Christ's own baud tho sonl Khali lie forever fed. Boon dawns the day when novonuoro Khali the baptismal tida By any man, to babo or mau, Bo evernioro applied, Boca.iso each soul as clean as God Jforever shall abido. When not again from human lips Shall rise upon the air Nor stir tho soul to mutest speech The fs intent breath of prayer; For then all things that God can giro Its own already are. The day shall count, shall not survive. While endless ages roll, \ page, a word of Scripture, for With heaven and earth the whole Khali shrivel in the final tires. Like a consuming scroll. Our worship, liorn of earthly need. With earthly need decays; Beginning ere the earth was rasdn, Not measured by its days; This only shall endure of all, Tho dialect of praise. God's universal language this. The tongue which uever dice; The simplest, sweotest speech of souls. Its accents let us prize; Since, low or loud, our songs are but I'ehearsals for the skies. W. .V. /fuJbr, in Our Continent. THE EMERGENCY DRILL. Sometimes in the long winter even ings Henry Bruce amused himself making out lists of lonely people, and his own nan o always stood at the head. He agreed that Robineon Crusoe had a hard time, but Robinson Crusoe could remember when he had as much com pany as he wanted, and Henry could not. The Man in the Iron Mask was solitary enough, but how about the time before he wore it? As for St. Biiueon St. lites, Henry would not pat him on the list at all, because, even if he did choose to live on the top of a high pillar, he always hail a crowd gaping up at him. Henry's grievance was one he sharod with Adam; he hail never had a boy to play with him. His father was the keeper of a light house on tbo northern coast of Eng land. The lighthouse stood on a rock two miles out at sea, but Henry lived with his mother and little sister in eottaeo on the mainland. There was not another house within sight, and not a boy within a day's travel. Men used to come np tho coast thooting and fishing, but curiously enough no boys ever came along, and although Henry had seen him on veisels, he had never had a good, honest hour's play or talk with a boy in all his life. There was another odd thing about the life here. At all lighthouses in these times there arc two or three men, so if one gets sick there will be some one to take his place. But Mr. Bruce had never had an assistant. Everything j had always gone on right, and so the government bad never realized that he was alone, and ho never spoke of it because ho was afraid that be would be paid lees if he had a man to help bim- He expected Henry to take the place of assistant as soon as be was old enough. In the meantime to educate the boy for possible contact with the world he used to put him through what he called " The Emerge ncy Drill." This related to different mat ters, but it always began in the same way. The first question was: " What is the matter?" The second: "What first?" Then, "Do I need help?" and if the answer to this was "yes," then l " Where shall I get it f Henry became so used to these queations that he put them to himself on many occasions, and he often amused himself playing he was a general on the battlefield, or a king out hunting, and he imagined all sorts of troubles when the " Drill" was •f use. One morning s fishing boat came in bound to the nearest town, and Mrs, Bruce asked the men to take heT aloig to buy vara for the children's stock ings. They agreed, hut told her she would havo to walk bock, bat she was willing to do this, although the dia tonce was twelve miles, because, as she said, if they did not take her she would have to walk both ways. Everything went on very well until near sunset when the sky began to elcud, and little Lucy became cross and sleepy and cried for her mother. Henry gave her bread and milk, but still she fretted. She did not want to play and she would not go to sleep. "My goodness I" he cried. "I wish all babies were grown up I I would lather hunt lions than take care of you I" He then picked her up and carried her to tho door, "iww," he said, "we will Watch for msdH" The rocks Hood up against a gray and heavy iky. The wiud had begun to mosn, and tbo birds flew screaming over the water. Thore was not a sign of their mother coming on the beach, and Ilenry felt more lonely than ever. | He looked over to tlio lighthouse and wished his father would light it up. and it seemed to him that sunset, the ' time for lighting, must surely have | oome. Suddenly a little flag appeared in the lantern. Henry sprang to lUH feet. " What is the matter?" he exclaimed iu real earnest. "I don't know," was his reply. "What first?" "To go to tho lighthouse." But ho was mistaken. The first thn,; ho had to do was to dispose of Luoy. Ho could not tako her; ho could not leavo her. "If you were only a horse," ho hur riedly cried, " I could put you in tho stable. If yon were u cow I'd tie you to the stake; hut what can I do with a baby?" " Lucy can go." said the child. " No, she eau't," ho answered. And then he looked out again, hut his mother was not yet in sight, and the red flag which meant " Come at once," still shook and beckoned to him. Ho tied Lucy into her little chair with an apron, and wrote a nolo to bis mother: " Dr. AH Mi ULTRA father wanted ME right away and tho lamp ia not tit and it is after sunset and I hope Lucy won't get into any trubhlo. " Your sou Hrsar Barer.." lie put this note in front of the lamp and hurried off. A ljot wan always kept ready, anil Henry sprang into it and rowed off with energy. It was dark, however, when he reached the lighthouse, and the rain load begun to fall. He tied his boat to the littlo pier and ran to the tower. He opened a small, heavy bronze door and entered a large, always dimly lighted room, in which was stored coal and wood, oil for the lamp and fresh water from the main land. The stairs were in this room and Henry ran np. The room abovo was the kitchen, over that was the lted room, and from this a ladder led to the lantern. Henry called but there was no answer. He went up into the lantern. All was dark and silent. He spoke again and again, but still ail was silent. Then he heard a groan and he rushed down the ladder, got the keeper's hand lamp and ran back. His father lay on the floor; his eyes were closed and blood ran from his temple. It was plain that he had fallen and hurt him self. Henry began to cry. He did not know what to do, and the "Emergency Drill" didn't occur to hini. Then he romomborod that he ought to stop the flow of blood, and taking his father's handkerchief from his pocket tied np the wound. Still his father neither spoke nor moved. Then he cried again- And then he thonght of his mother. She must by this time be at home, and without hesitation he rn*hed off again, hut this time to his boat. It took but a moment to untio it and spring in and bo off. The rain fell heavily, the waves dashed on the rocks, and Henry look' ing up saw the dim outline of the light' house. He stopped rowing. His heart gave a great jump, and before bis eyes seemed to flash the "charge to keep ers" hnng up in the lighthouse: "You are to light the lamps every evening at snnaetting and keep them burning bright and clear until annus ing." His father's faithfulness, the great importance of lighting up, rushed into Henry's mind, and again he involun tarily repeated his "Emergency Drill." "What is the matter?" "The lamps are not lighted.'! "What first?" "To light them." He turned his boat and rowed back a few rods. But was it first ? It could not be I He must take his mother over. His father would die for want of help. As he paused, trembling, anxions, ir resolute, he remembered how often bis father had said that no wreck should ever be his fault, and it was a terrible night I Henry knew what his father would nay, and he at once rowed directly back. He returned to the house, stumbled np the dark stairs, got the lamp again, and ran up into the lantern. It took him but a moment to light the lamps, and the glow spread out on the sea, and aron-ed by the glare bis father opened his eyes. " The lamp*," be said. " I have lighted them," Henry re plied; "and now I am going for mother." " HUyP VM the answer, sod hia father closed hia eyes again. Henry hesitated, bat he sat down in the hard chair in which his father spent each night watching. He knew what his father meant. The lights wonld go out, and needed care ail night. And so Heniy sat there. The wind howled; the house shook and swayed; the sea-birds dashed against the glass; the rain beat on the roof, and all sorts of wild eonnds seemed to be in the air. Sometimes he got up and bathed his father's head with water. Ho brought a pillow. Ho talked to him, bat had no answer but a moan, yet he never cried, and he never oeesed to keep the lights burning" bright and dear." It seemed to him nearly morning whon he hoard ponnding at the light house door. lie knew it wns some one seeking sheltor, and ho wont down and oponod it. There stood a man and a boy and—his mother I Henry cried then 1 And ho laughed and he clung around bor neck, and he poured out that hit* father was hurt aud ho had kept the lights burning, and he had to leave Lucy, and all of it in one breath. " But," said his mothor, pushing hack her wet hair, "I do not under stand. Where is your father? Whore is Lucy ?" "no is up stairs. I left a note for jou by the lamp." " But I have not been home," ex claimed bis mother. " I have l>een all night on the sea. Our friends hero told mo thoy would give mo passage back, so I waited. 11 became dark so early, and we were duelled on the rocks and our mast broken- Wo had no idea where wo were, and we could not see tho lighthouse. Then all at once it blazed up, and all night, this fearful night, wo have struggled toward it." And so it was his mother that Henry saved whon he decided that his father would hold his duty dearer than his life, and turning back took his place and kept the signal lights burning. How happy they all wore that night after tho keeper was carried downstairs and came to his senses, and told how ho fell a- d only had power to put out the flag. Tho only thing that troubled Mrs. Bruce was tho thonght of Lucy tied in her cliair. When Mr. Bruce recovered he ask**! for an assist ant, and when the man came behold he brought his son, a year younger than Henry, and Henry felt as if he hail got his "Mxu Friday."— Our Continent. Towed hj a Shark. Wo flnil the following fish story in a letter to the Albany (Ga.) ffrtrt: Head ing across the buv to Ht. Simon's light the man in charge of the wheel hailed Mr Tift and directed his attention to something ahead of us. Tho object turned ont to be a shark's An, so large as to be a matter of wonder to the sailors aboard. The boat happened to bo provided with a shark linn—a ma nila cord abont a half inch thick, with n large hook tied to a trace chain. A small piece of beef was quickly put on tbo hook, a Aoxt put on the line and then cast ont, and then the line made fait to tho capstan. As we ncared the Ash the An disappeared and all eagerly watched the float. Suddenly the line tightened, the float disappeared and the headway of the boat was checked and the man at the capstan yelled out : "He's hooked!" I have been Ashing, but I never saw the like of that. The fellow rose to the surface of the wave and looked at ns. He hal about seventy-five yards of line out by this time, and actually in a sec. ond he male a rush and jumped clear over tho bow of tho steamer. The la-lies then got under shelter and all hands helped to hold that line. The fellow, when he failed to cat ns up, made for the ooesn and fairly made the waters foam. After about a mile's run ho begsn to tire, and the 1 oat was headed for the beach on J< kel island. Gradually we pulled in the line nntil tho boat touched the beach, and then one of the hands waded ashore, taking tho end of the line with him, which be made fast to a stump and came back for help. Poor of ns got on shore and com menced to pull Mr. Shark ashore. It took all we could do, and two rifle balls to boot, to land him. When I tell yon that be measured seventeen feet ten and a half inches from tip to tip yon will know what a job we bad. Wo determined to prove that wo canght this shark, so we gave two negroes $4 to cnt him open and get his head off eo that we could get his jsw over home. His teeth are wondnrfnl, being abont three and a quarter inches long and so strong that he actually flattened ont the big iron book. The negroes made quite a prise. In his stomach they fonnd eleven silver Mexiean dollars and one Bpenish doubloon, gold, and a whole lot of brass buttons. Care of Piano*. A piano should bo tnnod at leaat fonr time* in the year by an experienced Inner. II yon allow it to go too long witbont tnning it turaally become* flat, and trouble* a tnner to got it to qtay at tnning pitob, especially in the oountry. Never place the instrument againat an ontaide wall or in a oold, damp room; there is no greater enemy to a piano than damp. Olnae the inatmment im mediately alter yon practice; by leaving it open dost DIM on the sound-board and corrodes the movements, and if in a damp room the strings soon rnst Bhonld the piano stand near or oppo site a window guard, if possible, against its Vising opened, especially on s wet or damp day; and when the snn if on the window, draw the blind down Avoid patting pMtaltfO or other articles on or in the | iauo; neh things frequently cause unpleasant vibrations, and some times injaro the instrument. The more equal the temperature of the room the bitter the instrument will remain in tone. I'KAKLN OP TflOllOlir. Charms striko the sight, but merit wins the soul. Kiudnessis the golden chain by which society is bound together. Wo would willingly havo others perfect, and yet wo amend not our own faults. He that will not look before him will havo to look behind him—with regret. Hear ono side, and you will be in the dark ; hear both sides, and all will be clear. How noiselessly the snow comes down. Yon may see it, but never hear it. It is true charity. Tho men who have " a great mind " to bo honest generally succeed. It is the man of small mind who yields to temptation. The time spent in reading books that do not make us think is worse than use less. One good book, however, is food for a life time. Pleasure may aptly !o compared to many very great Inxiks, which increase in real value in just tho proportion that they are abridged. Investigation frequently leads to doubt where there was none before. So much the better. If the thing was not true, inquiry can do no |>ossihle harm. The best pooplo need afflictions for trial of their virtue. How can we exer cise the grace of contentment if ail things succeed well; of that of forgive ness, if wo have no enemies? A l(pf#rmwl Wwrr'n Gratitude. William H. Malcolm wax an Knglixh silk weaver, who year# ago went to Pet ersen, N. J., to work in tbo silk mills. He wan humpbacked and otherwise do former], and in the mill whore ho wan employed bo wan made the hntt of a great deal of ridicule. Hin tmj>er bad already been nonred by nuch treatment, -o that he wan anything but amiable to those smund him. Among tbo em -1 ployea tn the name mill wan a yonng girl named Lazure, who felt sorry for the old hunchback and took hin ]>art on every occasion, thun making herself many enemies among her com j {/anions. Malcolm hal worked hard '■ and noon started a nilk mill of hin own, in which Mian Lazure wan hin moot trusted operative. He succeeded in hin bnninens venturen, and when he died some time ago he left an estate worth $12,000 in bondnand mort gagee. Hin will provided that lis wife should receivo s.'{so per year out of the income of the estate, Minn I/azure wan alao to receivo an annuity of $.150, or nuch a nam an might come from the estate after deducting Mm. Malcolm's 8-l.V); but Minn Leznrn'a annuity wan not to exceed $l5O. In cane the relate nhould bring more than $7OO per year, the balanco wan logo to Mrs. Malcolm. The annuity of Mr*. Malcolm wan to be continued during her life, and Minn 1/azure waa to liave her yearly $350 until her marriage or death. At the ex piration of thene legacies the whole es tate wan to bedirided among "the most deserving poor of Peterson," who were also to be entitled to any surplus reve nue derived from the estate after the death of Mrs. Malcolm. Mr. Malcolm bad several relatives, including a sister, living in Peterson, but an these hail offended him he did not leavo them anything. The annnities were paid by the executor, Mr. John Mnrphy. Mrs. Malcolm died abont two years ago. Miss Laznre in still in reoeipt of her annuity. Shortly after Mrs. Malcolm's death Mm. Mary Ann Hesketh, the sis ter of Mr. Malcolm, filed a petition in chancery asking the chancellor to strike out of the will the provision relsting to the " most deserving poor of Pater son, ** on the ground tbst it was indefinite and nncertain, ana conse quently illegal. The result of snoh an sction would have been to give Mrs. Hesketh the whole of the estate, as the nearest of kin, with the exception of the $-160 per year to Miss Laxure. The opinion in this case has been filed, and the chancellor declines to grant the prayer of the petitioner, as he decides that the term " the most deserving poor of Peterson" is sufficiently clear to direct the execnlor what to do with the estate. Mr. Mnrphy now Las the in* teresting question to decide as to who aro the most deserving poor of Pater son, for all of the income of tho estate exoeediog $l5O per year is to be divided smong them. Nc* York HcraUL Fighting ((nails. While Madrid rnna to ball-fights and New York to walking-matches, Luck now, par excwllenoe the sporting town of India, finds combats between qnails her most popular " pastime." A native miter asserts that tberelaacaroelyarich Mohammedan in the place who does not keep a training establish meat. An nntrained quail is worth from one to fonr cents, bnt when a bird hat beoorae a famous fighter its owner can get #lOO for it any day. Distinguished quails live prondly in gandily decorated cages, and in the pit evince great valor and dexterity. TIIE FAMILY UOCTOK. Oil of cloves in good for toothache. A fow drop* on a bit of cotton. Heavy person* growing too stout for comfort should stop eating bread, pota toes, sugar, etc., and take meats, above ground vegetables, fruits, toast, etc. Celery boiled in milk and eaten with the milk served as a beverage, is said to bo a cure for rhumatism, gout and a specific in case of smallpox. Norvons people find comfort in celery. For the violent internal agony termed colic, tako a teanpoonful of salt in a pint of water; drink it and go to bod. It is ono of the speediest remedies known. The same will revive a person who seems almost dead from a heavy fall. A cold in the eye is aver. common affection, and consists of an inflamed condition of the membrane covering the eyeball and lining the eyelids, and is often due, as the name implies, to exposure to a draught. The patient feels as if some dust had got into the eye, and sometimes be hardly persuaded to the contrary; the white of the eye itself is seen to bo reddened, and there is a constant flow of blinding, scalding tears. The best treatment is to foment tho eyes with pure warm water, or let ter, with water in which two or three crushed poppy heads have boon boiled for half an hour to extract their seda tive finalities. A shade should be worn over the eyes during the intervals of fomenting, and a dose of rhubarh and magnesia should l>e administered. If tho inflammation docs not subside in a day or two a doctor should be con sulted, if possible; but if this is not possible, good will probably be done by dropping into the eyes two or three times a day some solntion of sulphate of zinc or white vitri'd in the propor tion of one grain to two tablespoonfnls of water. The I'ccallaiitif * of Smallpox. 11 is one of the most commnnioatable of all diseases, being l>ctb oontagious snd inftioa*, tbst is, it may )>e com municated by touching a js-rson who has had it, or by touching a garment that he has worn, or an article that he has handled, or it may be carried in the air and thus communicated to a person who never saw nor never came very near to one afflicted with it. It may come from handling ]per money ; it may l>e br ught by mail in a newspaper or let ter, or in a jwe :age by express; it may l>e caught from a fcllow-tiaveler on a railroad, or from a passer by in the street, or from the casual visit of a friend. The germs of it will remain in l>edelothing, carpets and the like for months, and perhaps for year*. It respects no season the year and no spot on tho earth. It visits the tropics; it has slain its millions in Mexico; it nearly depopulated Green land; it reaches tho monntain tops and breaks out in midocean; it lias no favorite localities; tho whole earth is its homo. Its most frightful slsughter was in tho sever,teenth and eighteenth centuries But in those days there were no railroads and no steam, and but little commerce, no express companies, and but little mail matter, snd but very lit tle travel in any way. In these days of ceaseless intercourse and perpetual run ning to and fro, if the disease were un checked as it was then, its ravages would probably soon depopulate the whole civilized world; and perhaps this proportion would remain true if the word civilised were stricken ont, for it is a well established fact that the dark skinned races are much more suscepti ble of it than the whites, and are also more likely to die from its effects. Maklnr Acquaintances. Two gentleman of business lived oo tho nn street. They were not ac quainted. The formal process of intro duction had not taken placa, and of conrae they conld not apeak, for that would be forward and improper, yon know. Theae men passed each other three time* a day usually fer seven years withont a look of recog nition. One winter's day thay met nnddenly on a slippery corner. The feet of one went astray suddenly, tripped the other's, and their owners rolled over and over down hill nntil checked by the gutter. Apologies were exchanged, hands were shook, and the two mon became acquainted. Tho reader may help himself to the moral. Another story points in the same direc tion. A pocket book was found and left where it conld be obtained by the owner, who said when he was told who fonnd it: "I know who he is vary wall; I've seen him a great many times, and if I were acquainted with bim would thank him." George Washington once disposed of an ofllceseekcr'a petition by writing thereon: "As George Washington I should be glad to do this gentleman a favor, hot as President of the United Btatee, I am nnablo to oomply with his request, ___________ In London, property to the amonnt of $3,000,000,000 la insured, mid in the whole kingdom the riaha taken amount to #35.000,000,000. Ilcjond. Nv*r a word In mi,] But it tremble* in itm Ao'i the truant voire ),u ap*4 To vibrate everywhere; And perhape far off in eternal yewa The echo may ring in our ear* Never are kind acta done Tj wipe the Warping i*y#o Hot like flaeh.M of tie win. They nigttal to the ekiee; And tip ilxtvv the an '{o.la read How wo have bolpn) the aorrr ae*d Never a day i given Hot it totiee the afb-r yrara, And it carrion op to h'-avea It* aunahins or it* teara; While the to-morrows aland arid wart Like ailent unites by tlie outer gat*. There i* no end to the aky. An-1 the atara are everywhere, And time in eternity, And tin* here ia over there; For the common d<*v|* of th tv,m moo day Are ringing bella in th- far away. I'l .MiUNT i'AK AH KAPHA. A china net—A hen on a porcelain n out-egg Foil-length statute* stand all kinds of weather. How to prepare a hot bed—Pat cay enne pepper between the abeeta. A batcher 1 # i* a riaky business; be often has the greater part of hi* fortune at ateak. We have alwaya thought the quota tion ahould real "The boystewedon the burning deck." The oldest inhabitant ia generally a ; man ; not lx-csu*e he ia given to lying, but because he commenced owning up i to his age sooner. fee cream ia tame and chicken aalad commonplace. A regular dried apple party would le something unusual, and ' a real swell affair. No piece of art in America haa charmed Oscar Wilde more than the picture on the back of Uncle Samuel's hundred-dollar b.Us. An esthetic poet wrote: " The muses | kiss with lip* of flame," but when he found the second word printed "mulea" he talked like a burly pirate for five minute*. In the mountains—Arabella (whose soul is wrapped in science]: "Charles, isn't this gneiss?" Charles (who ia 1 deeply interested in Arabella): " Nioe! I it'a delicious. ' "Man Reading," a picture by Meis sonicr, had been sold for tlfi.ono. If i the man ia reading a dressmaker's bill j the sale of the picture will just about get him out even. " Thole, I have it f" eiclaim-d Jones, who had been looking at Hlapdaah'a painting. " The trouble ia this, he uscd too much ochre." " Yes," said Fogg, "mediocre." A while ago a party of lyncher* post-* poned the hanging five minutes to allow the victim time to finish smoking a cigar. This proven that the use of tobacco prolongs life. Mustapha Bey, the ruler of TuaJ*, taught 100,000 umbrellas while in Paris. He is bonnd to have one around when wanted. Mustapha ia evidently preparing for a long reign. Miss Ween his servants. A beggar woman roasting him in the street made him a very low courtesy. "Ah? bleaa your lordship." she said, "and send you long life, for if yon do but live long enough we shall all be ladies in time." " How do you like Europe?" " It'a too splendid for anything!" was the re ply. "And wore you sick?" "Tea, awfully sick." " And was your husband good to you?' " Oh, he was too good for anything! Jnst as soon as he found ont I was tiok he went and drank aalt water, ao as to be seasick In unison with me, and I'm not his second wife, either!" A shrewd belle called on several rival beauties and made them believe that her father was going to have the house illuminated by electricity. Not to he outdone they persuaded their pepas to got the electric light and have it doubly strong. Now those tasuties am cov ered with freckles and tan, while the originator of the plot oontinues to daa ale visitors beneath her gas jets. to * rouu srTTo*. Somehow you always *eem too small To rightly fit the knttoohol*. Oh pearly disk, yon rack my soul When down into my aborn yon tall. 1 loaa you twenty liaaos a weak. And And yon ebon I thiak yon hat, When hunting yon oa mow of fhwt. What a ilofiea of peace I spnak I Ton wso.'.oi coldly down my back. And o'er ft* cm pet nimbly nail. Tbsa nndetiMMth tbe bureau roll, And wttle in Ibe farthest crack. -A. .** * *