BAY ED FROM 33IKVEST EC. ITTEIITEN TOE THE DISPATCn.3 X was evening, and the streets in the town of Jackville were 'all alive with people, because there was a great circus in the place and every body had come ont to see it and enjoy the fanny capers or the clown, the grand gymnastic feats of j the acrobats, the agility of the riders and the beauty of some of the animals. The circus stood in the market place,Iand all the youths -were standing in the front of the entrance gate laughing and joking, chaffing and teasing each other like young fellows will do when they are together in great numbers. But if they had only passed jokes among themselves it would not have mattered much, but soon a few of the ruder boys commenced to make remarks about the people passing by. "When the young men began to show their ill-behavior, little Charles, -the cob bler's son, of JackviiR, objected. But his playfellows did not take the least notice of his show of displeasure, and they kept their sport up for quite a ft bile. .rresenuy an old, aecrepii-iooKinK man tried to grope his way through the crowd on a big crutch, and as soon as the young men in the crowd saw him approach their game commenced on him. ".Make room for the old party," said one of them, "he is going to hire himself as a monkey in the menagerie." "Maybe he is going to have a bout with the clown," said another, and "I believe he is going to try his luck at rope dancing," card a third. Charles stood indignantly by, and never said a word. The old man had to pass through the midst of the rude Iellows, and one of them held out his foot to see the man trip and fall to the ground. The brutal fellow would probably have succeeded had Charles not been watchinp him. Before he could thrust his loot before the aged man Charles took hold of him by the shoulder and pulled him away. "Leave the old man alone," he said, "maybe you will be old yourself some day. How would you like to be ill-treated by the young people?" " The old pan thanked Charles and walked into the circus, but the young man whose shoulder had been pulled was very mad, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could be prevented from making an open attack upon Charles. "While the quarreling was still going on among the youug men, and the noise and the music in the circus had commenced, it suddeulv began to rain. First the drops falling from the clouds were small and in significant, but gradually they grew in size as well as number. 2Tow the rain came down in torrents, thunder filled the atmos phere, lightning pierced the clouds, and the wide heavens looked like a pano rama of fire and water. As the hours" went by the storm increased in its terrible force. Several houses had already been set ablaze by the rapidly descend ing streaks ot lightning. The streets began to be covered with water. The gutter grew into a stream, and the river, which was wont to float through the town in a calm, even manner, changed into a roaring . torrent. The ripples of an hour ago were1 now transformed into wild waves, threaten ing to roll over the banks in tumultuous rage. T, In the meantime the circus was a waste 'plain. Tne sightseers from the town had run for their homes as soon as the rain poured in through the canvas roof. But. before all'had succeeded in getting out of uic ciiuusure, me ueavy wiers aaa soasea tnrongh the entire tent. The pillars were loosened in the ground, a wavering of the irau structure, a snaiung in its weaK founda tions, and, behold, the entire building col lapsed, burying hundreds beneath it. Still At the Circus Entrance. the rain grew worse, and the jraters from the stream had now the upper hand. They were running over the banks and making wild ways through the whole town. Noth ing could resist them. The houses were swept away like cardboards, and the people wereovertaken in their flight to be dragged within its grimy folds of waving waters, never to get out again. Go back to the circus! There stood the young men who, but a short hour ago, were laughing and cursing, teasing and pro voking everybody that came within their reach. There they stood. The first bit of rain had not frightened them in the least. They -were used to a little shower like that. But, alasl from the small rain the storm came, from the storm the flood and deluge, which transformed the entire scene into a roaring sea and a watery wilderness. When the circus collapsed before their eyes it startled them, but they were not yet afraid. What did these Iellows care who was being drowned under the large canvas sheets as long as they were still alive? But they were to get frightened too. nen tne circus tell to the ground and buried hundreds of people beneath it, and the atrial shrieks of the dying masses went u; uiw me air snouting lor help to be saved, the scornful laugh on the faces of the oune men died away into a pallor of most ghastly whiteness. "There is my mother's voice!" cried one of them. "And I hear my sisterl" called out another, and so on. Nearly everybody had a dear friend or a relative in the circus, and now they could not help them. Only Charles, he had no friends. His father was too poor to go into a circus, and his mother was too old, and then she was also deaf, and the fun of the circus would not be fun for her. When the young men heard the dying shrieks of their dear ones resound through the awful night of destruction they jumped within the wrecked circus to see what they could, do, but it was too late. The waters in the street were rising higher and higher, and now even they had to battle with the maddened waters to save their own lives. "What shall we do; we are all lost 1" they cried, and so it seemed, for in their yonth inl, reckless forgetfulness they had stood in the nater until the very flood came running over their heads and threatened to draw them down within its ghastly depth. But what is that? There, "from the midst of the wreckage of that circus, where there are hundreds and hundreds buried under the canvas, which covers them like a funeral shroud, there from the very midst comes forth the form of an old, decrepit man. He has his crutch still in his hand, and he Walks alnnrr net na nnipflv m na rlid m law iiT ae' n "I'B"ayw.a bent toward j -Mrn. Tin.-.-.. I... -.-.:....;. -..- . ! -. .. -"iv ".- "e jroung j r hBPg-"1 jLypil f I ill I if I WLS FLOOD. THE BY HSIKBICHB. 1 men in the water, fighting for their lives, he walked steadily towara unaues, wnom he asked to stop. It was very peculiar to see this old man wade through the raging deluge without getting wet, when these young men had the greatest danger from drowning. "Take hold of this stick," the old man shouted to Charles, "and you willbesaved." The voung man looked in bewilderment at the wonderful stick, but the old gentle man looked so honest that he trusted him and grasped the cane with the greatest con fidence. It was well that he did, for he was just sinking down into the depth. Just when he held the stick and the old man led him away from the seat of the flood, Charles looked around and therehe beheld his companions vainly struggling with the wild waves of destruction. An, other moment and they all disappeared never to rise again. The old man led Charles away from Jack" ville.to the top of the mountains, and when thev arrived there he said: "You can stop with me and I will be your guide in your life. I saved you from the flood because you were worthy of it." But Charles mournlully shook his head. "Ah I what is all this to me, if so many friends of mine have perished in the waters? "What do I care for the treasures you have heaped up here within your vaults, and what do I care for the delicious viands and the sparkling wines which yon spread out on yonr tables? What does it matter to me whether I can lounge upon s 'ft divans and sleep in silken bed clothes, it my friends are dead and rotten- ing in the treacherous waters beneath. If you could save me, please restore them to me and I will be your slave for the rest of my life." "But then, my dear fellow, those friends of yours are a very bad lot; no good to the world nor themselves. Bet them be wher ever they like, forget them and enjoy your life, which you have earned by your kind ness to me." "I do not know that x have done so much to deserve all you mean to give me. All I know is, that the pleasures of all the world are nothing to me, if I have not somebody to share them with me." "All right then my lad," said the old man, '"your kindness of heart and your devotion to your friends shall be rewarded. Here take this sponge and carry it to the bottom of the hill. Then throw'it into the water as far as you can; wherever it falls it will absorb all the waters of the flood and the town will be as clean as before. As the waters recede and you discover the bodies ot the drowned take this horn put it on the mouths of your friends and blow into it until they awaken." Charles joyfully jan down the hill into the streets of Jackville and then he threw his sponge. He managed to have it drop just in the center of the town, near the mar ket place, and no sooner had it touched the waters than the sponge began to grow and absorb all the water until it had all disap- E eared from the streets and out of the ouses. Then Charles went around from house to house to find the bodies, and when ever he discovered one he blew his horn into their mouths until they awoke. It was a hard task, but the young man accomplished it at last. When all the people were alive again and they realized whom they had to thank, for their great deliverance, they all became very grateful to him. They offered him the crown of the city and made him Charles, King of Jackville, for the rest of his life. COMPEESSED.AIB. The Success With Which It Is Used as a DTotlve Power In Paris. Engineering and Mining Journal.J Everyone who has visited Paris in recent years must have noticed at the corner of the streets, in the rooms of the principal hotels and public buildings, the pneumatic clocks. In the apartment in which they are placed you do not hear the usual ticking of the clock, but a sound sharp and clear, which is repeated each minute. The mechanism is extremely simple, the important part being a Kmjill nvlindpr fnrniQtipd with a m'efnn ..., .. ...... ... .. .0.V,, joined to a small flexible metallic tube and to a system of pipes connecting with these in the street. Each minute a wave circu lates through the whole system of pipes, marking a progressive movement on the face of all the clocks The number of these clocks on the 31st of October last amounted to 7,800. Their installation has been largely facilitated by the existence of the sewers in which the pipes are placed. According to English ideas, these sewers should be rather called subways, as they are spacious, high and furnished with sidewalks, so that a man can walk in them with ease. The compressed air is supplied as power to 13 sewing machine shops, four ice-making establishments, 39 turners, each taking about two horse-power, 16 printing houses requiring about 43 horse-power, 35 wood working factories taking 70 horse-power, and to 86 various industries. Paris offers a specially good field for this Bystem as the police regulations do not allow boilers above the basement floor, and there are many industries requiring small power which could not economically employ separ ate steam engines and boilers. The gas en gines offer many advantage! to the small manufacturers, but when gas is as dear as it is in Paris it is not economical. These facts explain the great success of compressed air power in Paris, and in less than two years its progress has been enor mous. In the interval between October 31 and December 20, ot last year, 78 horse power additional has been supplied for mo tive force, and for electric lighting; 261 horse-power. Jin Apology From the Heart. . Miss Chamberlayne "What does your father, the baron, call his estate on the Jihine? Herr vin Griff It vos named, bv mein grossiaaer, aer casdle ol Scbeinderblitzen scnonenperguenhauseu.' - - - I .. J . ... h ' n jui.s unamberlayne Thank nn. Tt- ---.. juiiy sorry to navetrouoled jtia.Juigt. Saved From the Flood, IT 1 f " f BESSIE IN BROOKLYN. She ..elates Her Impressions of the Famed City of Churches. A -T1SIT TO PROSPECT PABK, The One Feature of "Which Pittsburg is the Host in Need. THINGS NOT ALWAYS AS THEI SEEM COEIUuSPONDECE 07 TEE DISPATCH.. Beookltn, June 13. Brooklyn is famil iarly known as "the bedroom of New Tork" as Allegheny so largely is of Pittsburg and it is not badly named, since thousands of New Tork business men only sleep in this great city and have their washing done, and vote when occasion offers. Thepeople of the provinces in which Pittsburg is rather con temptuously included by the metropolitan brethren of New York have little con ception of the size of Brooklyn until con trasted with other towns less famous and populous to size in the Union. It exhibits but little of the rush, roar and racket that so strike the stranger in New York it is not noted for business or manufacturing, but is chiefly, it would appear, engaged in the traffic of feeding and clothing the multi tudes within its borders. There are miles and miles of provision stores and saloons, bakeries, meat shops, shoe stores, drug stores and drygoods estab lishments, as may well be believed are nec essary to supply such a host of people. It lias avenues almost wholly devoted to Cheap John trading, and back streets as dirty and foul-smelling as can be found anywhere, but it is withal a beautiful city of comfort able homes, adorned and beautified in most cases with good taste. One ot the striking features is that on most of the residence streets the houses are set uniformly back from the sidewalk, which gives room tor small garden plots in front, that, as a rule, are beautifully kept as lawns or planted with flowers. This building back from the line is estab lished by law, and the pleasing effect is of a continuous garden. No man can spoil his neighbor's view or shut out his sunlight by building in front, as is so frequently seen in Pittsburg, where no such rule exists. On both sides of the street are rows of beauti ful trees, lovely maples, graceful elms, drooping willows, sturdy oaks that for size and beauty are hardly to be equaled.' On some of the narrower streets the branches meet, and their foliage interlaces and forms an arch of richest green. PKECIOTS TEEES. "Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command," says Landor, but this is hardly true of some of the streets of Brooklyn, where money will buy vacant lots with splendid trees in front already grown. It seems to be the . custom to plant the trees, whether the lots are im proved or not, a plan which adds more value to the property and which gives the buyers the advantage of good shade trees at once a .valuable consideration especially on the sunny side of the street. This plan has been adopted in Washington, where the streets are shaded with unbroken lines of trees, whether the lots are vacant or im proved. But while Brooklyn is so well supplied with garden space and lawn delights and splendid trees along its streets, that, as Pope says, "are nobler objects than a prince in his coronation robes," it glories also in its parks, and especially in Prospect Park, which is one of the loveliest to be found anywhere. It is located on what is known as Prospect Heights, and when within its beautiful forests and in view of its grassy meadows and wooded slopes and dells, it is difficult indeed to believe that it is within the confines of the great, busy, populous city. This park is 550 acres in extent, and the ground cost somewhere about $5,000,000. Think ot that, Pittsburg city fathers. The Brooklyn folks hold the opinion that their great park tar exceeds in beauty the more famous Central Park of New York. The lake alone covers an area of 61 acres, and in the winter it is a great skating ground for the young folks. It is to be noticed that this magnificent pare is not simply to be looked at and admired while great staring boards warn everybody to "keep off the grass," but is intended for the enjoyment of the people. Its large tracts of close-cut lawn are used by tennis parties; its lovely retired and shady woods are the delight of picnic parties; its broad stretches of fields are the resort of amateur Jjaseball players. It is a paradise for children, who are to be seen on Saturdays and holidays loaded with lunch baskets, balls, tennis ac coutrements and game devices, going to spend the day in the park. A POPULAR PLACE. It is the resort of babies and nurses for country air. Women take their sewing and their books and luncheons and revel in its sunshine and fresh air. Here resort the lover and his lass to enjoy the rapture of young love s dream in happy ramblmgs in the shady woods, or by the side of rippling waters. Prom its highest point can be seen the city ot .New xork, the bay and harbors, the Highlands, the Kill Tan Hull and all the country for miles around. Handsome provision is made for enjoyment not only of outward loveliness to delight the eye and re fresh the soul, but also for the regalement of the inner man. The department of public comfort includes charming resorts for the obtaining of tea and coffee, milk and re freshments of all sorts. A grand boulevard over 200 feet wide and 6 miles long leads directly from the park to the ocean at Coney Island. Provision is made for baseball, cricket and polo, and there is also a parade ground for the Na tional Guard where they can show them selves for inspection in full array of soldier clothes and the toggery of glorious war. Park carriages are in abundance, which for a quarter will give the visitor the grand iwuuua v tuc jjuia. nuu buuiv uu luf ucauwes. Music in the park is a regular institution, and it is now proposed that the band shall play on Sunday afternoons. As a relief from carkmg care, a refreshment from toil, a taste of the delights of the country, a refuge from dust and dirt and bricks and mortar and closeness of city houses and tenement surroundings and gutter odors, the inhabitants of Brooklyn have a refuge 'of heavenly delights in Pros pect Park. On pleasant Sundays and holidays it is thronged with the workers, who find health and enjoyment amid -its cool "sequestered shades. It is to be noted, moreover, that many of the merchants and employers give their employes a chance for such rest and pleasure by a half holiday every week in the summer. On a large drygoods establish ment we saw a placard to thisseffect- "This store will be closed at noon every "Friday." A 'WELCOME PEATTTEE. This had no reference or relation to the keeping of the seventh day holy, nor was it framed in the belief that Friday was an un lucky day, nor was there any special holy or superstitions observance about it it simply meant that the employes were to have a half holiday for rest and recreation every week. This is a eood arrangement all aronnd. Nothing will be lost, and much probably be gained. Everybody knows that the store is closed on Friday afternoon, so they buy all they want on other days. In viewing the magnificent park of Brooklyn the contrast with home crent in, and the thought came, when will Pittsburg, with all its wealthy prosperity and pros pects, give to its citizens a park ? Is it not shameful that a ciiy of toilers a city of such advantages, privileges and pbwer as Pittsburg should be so far behind the age in what constitutes the advantage of its people ? Prospect Park is a liberal educa tion for the citizens of Brooklyn, to sav nothing of its beneficence as to health and happiness. v Brooklyn is also known familiarly as the City of Churches, and to the stranger within its gates it would seem that they hardly Jive .. .. At..:- .:ti a- . jV . uiku ivtrucgea as to piety anuineir means of grace. Notwithstanding all its saintly advantages and notable preachers and numerous churches, it falls very :ar short of keeping the Sabbath day holy m Puritan style. We rather fancy the saloons are closed'by law, but within reach of our vision women work and sew and go on with their daily avocations ; within sound music lessons are given and the air is pierced by the high C endeavors of aspiring tenors and the lowD descents lot .ambitious bassos. Sopranos shriek Wagner selections a la JIaterna and Lilli Lehman, and altos fill the air v ith the direful ditty of the "Fisher Maiden" a.song harped upon and hung on to with maddening monotony by back street singers. A persistent Sabbath breaker ot the most exasperating and dis gusting order is a man with an organette a most diabolical instrument at the best which discourses character-dance songs that would make a muddle of the pious medita tions of a saint, and wake him to righteous wrath. HOT A "MODEL OP PEOPKIETY. Why sueh direful infractions of the Sab bath should exist in a town which once held Henry Ward Beecher as a demi god, and now holds Talmage as prophet, priest and king, is past the power of man to under stand It would seem that, with such elo quence and power as theirs, backed up by its wealth of churches and Sabbath schools, that Brooklyn should be a model of Sunday propriety and saintly goodness. But, truth to tell, with all .its noble institutions and the puritanical notions that have been handed down from Jphnathan "Edwards and Increase Mather and the holy men of old, and that are still pounded in, in a modified measure, by some of the most noted divines of to-day, this great and populous city does nut differ widely in the way of Sunday observence from others less favored and gifted. It has, moreover, its political rings and bosses and hypocritical tricksters just as have the less pretentious cities. Indeed, judging by the many stories of double lives led by some of its citizens, as are told, we might say it was vastly worse as to its Sunday school superintendents and pillars of the church. Bessie Beamble. A DIET-OP TACKS. A Doctor Says They Are Not So Dangerons ns Is Generally Supposed. Philadelphia Kecord.1 Carpet tacks are not generally regarded as a healthful kind of diet, but many men have taken them into their stomachs in varying doses without suffering any injury from them, but even deriving benefit from this peculiar article of flood, if the word of prominent physicians is to be believed. In addition to the many carpet layers who fill their mouths with tacks while at work, and now and then slip one down their throat by accident, there are three colored men on Bombard street who are able and willing to startle a spectator by swallowing a handful of sharp-pointed iron tacks with the greatest nonchalance, as if they were the most nutri tious morsels. These men haves, neither leathern intestines n'or copper-lined stom achs, but they are able to take care of a prodigious quantity of carpet tack without any apparent discomfort or ill effect. Medical anthorities assert that there is far less risk attendant upon swallowing a tack than is generally supposed, and that such a performance is sometimes productive of beneficial results. The freak who swal lows a single tacbora handful of them is seized with an abnormal desire for food, and it is to this fact that the harmlessness of the swallowing of tacks is ascribed. Curi ously, the tacks invariably pass through the stomach with their heads "bowed down in reverence" and placed in the center of the food. Even when the points of the tacks penetrate the walls of the stomach the result is not so dangerous as would be supposed. The reason was explained in a very sim "ple manner yesterday by Dr. T. S. K. Mor ton, who said: rxhesetacK strallowers gen erally have very 'strong stomachs, and the amount ot gastric juice in them dissolves the iron, and the result is a liquified mass similar in nature to the oxide of iron which we prescribe to sick persons as a tonic. Beally there is a certain amount of benefit attached to the swallowing of tacks, and yet there is always danger of a serious result in consequence of sueh an act. I have never known of any person who has been com pelled to go to a hospital from such causes, however. "But I remember a case of a horse that swallowed a large sized tack. Alter his death we cut open his stomach. We found there a solidified mass of a stony nature. When this hard substance was split open we found that the tack constituted its nucleus. A similar effect would take place in a per son's stomach, if the tack should happen to stick for any length of time in the walls of the intestines." THE WESTERN COWBOY. Qualities That Are Neces.nry for a Ranch man to Have. Philadelphia Times. To be a successful cowboy one must be skilful in four qualities. He must be a good rider, have complete control of his lariat, a good knowledge of the country and be a keen judge of cattle, and their brands. Biding all sorts of horses, as he does, soon gives him an intuitive knowledge as to whether any particular horse will give him trouble and when once on he has got to stick for all he knows how. His rope comes in handy CO times a day either to catch some maddened cow or runaway calf, to haul wooiand hundreds of other uses. Without a knowledge of the country he could never pilot a branch of cattle to the main herd or could be look up strays and final ly other cattle men would palm off the most miserable specimens upon him if he could not tell food beef from bad. His readiness to distinguish and knowledge of the various marks used to denote ownership is exceed ingly important, especially in the spring, as disputes frequently arise. All these qualities a really good cowman excels in and when to these is added cheers fulness, adaptability, and good humor it is hard to find a more pleasant companion. The life is hard, but the freedomland excite ment seem in most instances to outweigh the hardships. Not All Her fault. Chicago Tribune, j "Maria," demanded Mr. Billus, with much seventy, "do you mean to tell me you paid 50 cents for that lot of worthless auc tion trumpery? Are you never going to learn the value of money?" "How can you expect me to learn any thing about it, John, when I have only $1 50 a week to practice on?" replied Mrs. Billus, sweetly, and John stole softly out into the woodshed and kicked himself. Explained. Denver Times. 1 A fashionable bootmaker of Chicago says the average shoes outfit of a fashionable bride costs 5100. But .then it must be re membered that the shoes are made for the Chicago foot, and that leather is dear. The Dinner Honr. Shippen Clerke Good gracious, Bich, whv do you eat so fast ? You'll choke your selll Bichmond Stratecott Why, can't you see fbereVonly 25 midftes lelt us to smoke M? cigarettes in ? Puck. . t A ij 1. SUNDAY THOUGHTS AND BY A CLERGYMAN. IWKITTEK JOB TBI DISPATCH. People who are superstitious are in high feather, these days. They .remind the skep tical that the year began with an eclipse on the 1st of January 'and will end with an eclipse on the 31st of December; and, ask ing triumphantly, what might not be ex pected in such a portentous twelvemonth? point by way of an answer to the elemental furies which have smiften the Conemaugh Valley and the city of Seattle .in the New World and Hong King in the Old. What next? they inquire. Plain and unimaginative folks regard these happenings as coincidences. We re member that fire and water have broken loose before; and the only new thing is the electric girdle which to-day runs into every newspaper office and makes these occurrences a matter of universal and simultaneous knowledge. How much latent heroism there is in lying around loose, waiting for an oppor tunity to reveal itself I How many heroes there are whom we never suspect of being such until they lift themselves into uncon clons grandeur on the arrival of the occasion. We thought them common, coarse, illiterate, selfish good fellows not to know. But when the steamer was sinking, when the railroad train jumped the track: when the mill dam cave way and. flooded the valley with desola tion, la. these men were the only clear.headed and self-sacriUcing ones. They measured up to the hour and died to keep others alive. Read this acennnt of otia sneh nero vonder at Johnstown, and then take off your hat to your kind. Just before the disaster of 'Friday broke upon the town a man came riding down the road that passes through Conemaugh to Johns town, liko some angel of wrath, shouting his portentous warning, "Run for your lives to tae hills I Run to the hills I" The people crowded out of their houses alone the street, awe struck and w6nderiufr. Nobody knew the man, and some thought he was a maniac, and laughed. On at a quick pace he rode, and shrilly rang out his awf nl cry. In a few mo ments, however, there came a wave of ruin down the broad streets, down the narrow alleys, grinding, twisting, hurling, overturning, crashing, annihilating the Weak and the strong. Forty feet high, some say; SO, according to others, was this sea, and it traveled with m credible swiftness. On and on raced the rider, and on and on rushed the wave. Dozens of people took heed to the warning and ran np to the hills. Poor, faithful rider; it was an uneaual contest. Just as he turned across the railroad bridge the mighty wave fell upon him, and horse, rider and bridge all went Into chaos together. Rights anil Duties. The Rev. Dr. J. G. Roberts, formerly of Kansas City, now of Brooklyn, read a paper before a recent gathering of the "American Clerical Union," on "Rights and Duties," the key to which is found In this sentence: "There has been of late a clamorous, universal cry for rights rights of capital, of labor, of women, etc, with very slight mention of, or regard for, duties." There is truth in the statement. The old "sense of duty" has been supplanted by a de sire for the enjoyment of rights and privileges. Rights are essential. These have been wrenched, too often; from the grudging band of oppression as the result of the solemn pro 'tests of martyred patriotism. They have walked from scaffold to scaffold and from stake to stake have lought their -nay up and out, like a tnunaer storm against tne organized seinsn ness of human nature. Men may justly claim and exact their rights. But dnties are no less important. Theie is the force of gravitation In the word ought. When we have our rights, when we should begin to practice our duties. Rights relate to the individual. Duties relate to the com munity. Rights are what we should have. Duties are what we should do. Rights are in herent. Duties are diffusive. Rights are what we appropriate. Duties are what we ive forth. If it is indeed true that "It is more blessed to give than to receive." then we should put even more empnasis upon amies man on rights. Rather let It be said they should go together. They are united, like the late Siamese twins, by a vital ligament. The inquiry of a Christian 13. not what can I get out of tho world, but what can I put into M A Deprnved Pair or Shoes. Did you ever realize, beloved brethren, how much depravity there is In a pair of squeaky boots? We went to a conference the other day. and you were there with those boots; and you were very active and untiring, bless your generous soul, in efforts to promote its inter ests, and the comfort of the guests, and you would have been entirely successful had it not been for those boots. First you went up to the pulpit with a notice, and every step was empha sized by that unrythmical squeak. The eyes of the audience left the speak er's face and sought your feet, and you almost broko the thread of his discourse by treading on it, as it were. Then you remem bered that the coffee for the supper bad not ar rived, and you must needs go and see about it. If with dignity and propriety you could have left your boots in vour pew beside your hat, your" exit would have attracted no attention; but, unfortunately, an extra squeak seemed to be Imparted to those boots, and the eyes and attention of the whole audience followed you, as with conscious but ineffectual efforts to step quietly, you left your seat, went the whole length sol the aisle, and clumped dpwn the stairs to the vestry In your laudable deslie to see about the coffee. Then when you came back the same process was re peateJ. You had not been In your feat ten minutes when you noticed that Dean Drowser was fast asleep, and that others were likely to follow his example, so foul was the air. So, what should you do. but open the windows on the north side, another very laudable task Had it not been for the squeak in those brogans, wblch was a little more unpleasant, to the preacher at least, th n the foul air would have been. When the collection was to be taken, you must pass the box, and the squeakqueak, squeak kept time to the clink, cllnk.clink of the coppers and the nickels. It is such a little thing that we would ask of you, dear brother. surely it is not unreasonable. Leave that squeaky pair at home tho next time, and wear the old boots. We do not care if tnere is a patch on the toe and a break on the Instep, or even if they are run down at the heel. On the principle of a boy's definition of salt, that K is "the thing that makes meat taste bad if you don't put any on," so your new boots left at home will add more than anyone thing to the solemnity and impressiveness ot the next con ference. . "" t Curt! on Urlclit. Mr. George William Curtis in the current number of Harper's Magazine, has an appro priate leader on the late John Bright, in which he contrasts the great commoner with other eminent Englishmen, and emphasizes his moral character: "Those who take a desponding view of the world, and who site the oldestcry of discontent that it Is sinking from a golden to an iron age, cannot deny the occasional signs of a better fate than they admit. One such sign is sug gested by the late speech of Mr. Gladstone In Parliament upon bis friend John Bright. They are by far the most eminent of English states men of tuoir time. In gemns, in ability, in comprehensive grasp, )n oratorical power, none of the greater modern English figures Sir Robert Peel, Canning. Pitt, Fox surpassed them. In purity of character and loftiness of life no Englishmen have been greater. Pitt died broken-hearted after Austerlitzj Fox was a great leader of opposition, rather than a constructive statesman; Canning but fancifully "called the now world into existence to redress the balance of the old;" Sir Robert .feel proved his own greatness by accepting Bright's and Cobden's national policy, and nobly enforcing it. But ot John Bright. Glad stone said truly: "Ho llvod to see the triumph of everr great cause to which he specially de voted his heart and mind." He illustrated noble citizenship. He showed the profound difference between a public man and a poli ticianand it is the difference between a lion and a mouse. His signal and unique service lay In the demonstration of his life that the loftiest influence, the surest power and the purest renown in puouc iiio oeiong to qualities Yirilri nnlltinlanfl nn tint hflPPtMrili tinL.uG. which politicians do not necessarily possess. "Such a life and career are of the utmost service to young men of the English-speaking rare, both in England and in America, by re minding them that meanness and trickery and littleness f every kind are not essential to the highest success." A missionary Micam Gonjr. "If wo are trying to bring Hottentots to the knowledge of Jesns Christ it never occurs to us to set up on onr Atlantic coast some colossal steam gong, and sound npon it prodigious thumps of Invitation to them to cross to our own evangelized continent for the purpose of breaking with their Idojs of wood and stone, and turning to the living God. We bring the missionaries to the x heathen, and not the heathen to the missionaries'. But as 'dis tance becomes less, and tho "candidates lor redemption come closer home, an Inex plicable change begins to coma over our Ideas and methods. The gong expedient grows in our estimation less and less Impracticable. If we do not literally resort to a gong or to a church bell, we at least project a church spire high enough into the air to answer the purpose of an evangelical placard, and supplement this standing invitation by inexpensive resort to printers' Ink and newspaper advertisement. We have'rlot adjusted ourselves to the gospel policy of Jesus Christ till we have gone clear to the man, live he In Timbuctoo or on the same block with the church." Rev. C. H. Pabxhttbst. Interesting Yonns Men In Religion. In our religious exchanges there is a per ennial discussion of the question as to how to Interest young men in religions work. It seems to be taken for granted that young women will engage In such work without urg ing. So thev an. Ix this because tnev are bet ter than menf Is it because their sympathies are quicker? Is it because thev have more leisure? Anyhow, the young men need coaxing. The great point to gain is right adjustment. Young men must be made to feel at home in the church must have a social rooting. Then tbey should be assigned to posts for which they are fitted. When stationed, make them feel re sponsible. Nothing educates like responsibility. You cannot interest any man, old or joung, until doomsday, by letting him swish arouhd. Give him a definite commission. Short Sunday Selections. Not to detract from the fame of Father Da mien, the heroic leper priest of Molokat, In tho Sandwich Islands, it ought to be borne In mind that Roman Catholics and Protestants are about equally numerous, and that a Protestant native minister who had come to Molokat In charge of his leprous wife, is also doing effi cient work there, and all this is the product of a Christianity but half a century o d. Judge ToUKQEE.in an article in The Forum, says: "The African Methodist Church which has not a white man among its members or any organic relations with any white church organ ization, reports a membership of 460,000; it has 12,000 place? of worship, numbers 10,000 minis ters, has 15,000 Sabbath schools, supports Its own denominational papers, has missionaries in the West Indies, Mexico and Africa, and its reported contributions foot np more than 2,000,000 annually for the support of church work. Over 43,000,000 copies of gospel hymns have been issued in tbis country and in England. It is estimated that In Paris 50,000 persons who were formerly free-thinkers and indiffer ent to their religious Interests are under gospel Influence through the M'AH Mission. Tax London Missionary Society, with only 30 English missionaries at Madagascar, reports 828 native ordained ministers and 4,295 native preachers, with 61,000 church members and 230,000 "adherents." - Listen to a short sermon out of church, preached by (and from) the O olden Sule: A wife must be one of two things to her husband either bis crown of glory or his crown of thorns Selected. It is estimated that some women carry 40 or 50 miles of hair about on their heads. Forty or 50 miles wfthout a switch is a good longdis tance for an 'air line. Laivrence Mass.) American. Some people were talking with Jerold about a gentleman celebrated alike for the intensity and the brevity of his friendships. "Yes," re remarked the wit, "his friendships are so warm that he no sooner takes them up than he pnts mem uownagaio. iriuv xnougnis. "See is insupportablef ' exclaimed a wit, with marked emphasis, and referring to a well-known society lady. Then, as though he had gone too far, he added : "It is her only de fect.7' Ibid. I plead against the carping spirit which makes a preacher an offender for a word, and the lying spirit which scatters falsehood right and left, to the iu jury and grief of tlje most zealous of my Master's servants. Many lose much blessing throngb criticising too much and meditating too little; and many more incur great sin by calumniating those who live for the good of others. Spurgeon. Arii missionary effort is a matter not of choice, bat of obedience. Mrs. J. X. Hilt. Hebe is a text which it will do us all good to commit to memory: "If a man think himself to be something when be is nothing, be deceiv eth himself. But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in him self alone, and not in another." If you could make a pudding wi' thlnkin' o' ..the.batter.. it 'ud. be easy gettin' dinner. Mrs. jroyier in jiaam jieae. Attainments are never so well exhibited as when they exhibit themselves. The attain ment ought to show the man, and not the man the attainment. A small man is generally anxious to show all the size that he can: but a great man's size is seen without his effort to show It. M. Clay Trumbull. Some men get on in the world npon the same principle that a chimney-sweep passes unin terruptedly through a crowd. Doug lass Jerold. WHAT ALCOHOL IS USED P0E. Carlon Fact as to Its Universality In Both Art and Great Industries. Phlladelphla.Tlmej.1 In looking over the books of a "Western distilling company the fact has been shown that saloon keepers are not alone the buyers of the alcoholic 'products. In fact, it has been ascertained that among the best custo mers of the distilling business are the man ufacturers of carbolic soap, fireworks, brass goods of different kinds, various iron estab lishments, lock manufacturers, celluloid manufacturing company, watch-makers, woolen manufacturers, cotton mills, varnish manufacturers. All wholesale and retail druggists and manufacturers of proprietary medicines, nitre manufacturers, chloroform manufacturers, chemists engaged in over 30 different pprsuits, all straw good makers, picture- frame manufacturers, perfumers, all extract manufncturers.patent medicines, all gas companies, all electric light manu facturing companies, all hat and cap com panies, furniture manufacturers, compass makers, all preserving of specimen com panies, all the hospitals, vinegar men, all tobacco manufacturers, cigarette and cigar men, 'all the railroad machine shops, all sh ellac makers, lead pencil makers, organ and piano manufacturers, ink makers, blacking manufacturers, rubber goods makers, cement makers, brush manufac turers, quinine makers, wall-paper makers, patent-leather manufacturers, cutlery men, all the carriage manufacturers, fulminate men, etc. These are the'occupations represented on the books of the manufacturer of alcohol, and there are probably over 1,000 other kinds of industries employing alcoholic preparations in their business. It is one of the prime articles in use, and- the only known practically useful solvent of all the essential oils. There is not a single article of clothing on the human body where alcohol is not used. Shoes, trousers, stockings, hat, shirts, collars, cuffs, sleeve buttons, etc., all other buttons, thread-makers, jewelers, etc.,, all employ it in the progress of their arts. Boond to Kill Them Somehow. Chicago Tribune. 1 "Mary," said the sick man, feebly, "those yowling cats annoy me terribly. Can't they be reached by a shot-gun or something of that kind?" "No," replied his wife; "they are on the tint roof ot the adjoining house." "Mary," exclaimed the invalid again, after a pause and his face grew hard and pitiless "throw some of those medicines up on the roof." The Appreciated Party. Hcxr Xork Weekly. Mr. Bouillon Yes, sir, I am a profes sional cook, and it gives me pleasure to think that I belong to a profession that is fully appreciated. "When a particularly palatable dish is set before you, your grati tude goes out to the cook, does it'not? Mr. Blinks "Well, to tell the truth, my gratitude' generally goes out to the waiter. Why He Wanted to More. Texas SIftlnzs.1 Jack Borrowit I think I'll haye to move next week, Mrs. Pancake. Mrs. Pancake-rMr. Borrowit, haven't I always treated you with the ereatcst consid eration? If your money wasn't ready, I've ueeu willing to wait a aay or two. "I know it, ma'am, butyiu've' put in the ivum wt juc n jnuiiiy wiiii two smau chil dren, and" next door',"a man who plays tie WMUJW. . 1 THE FIRESIDE SPHIIX A Collection of EniMcal lis for Home CracMm. Address communications for tMt department to E.R. Chadbouek. Lewision, Maine. 62$ A HXKX TO FOIXOTT. E."W. Harms. 627 AT HOME AifD ASBOAS. I am very soft and light, Trembling if you breathe on me; But am mostly out of sight, As many truest comforts be. Often from the lips of youth, In a modest way I come; But I tell you of a truth, 'Tis a signal there for fun. Borne of England's lands we AIL In a poor and barren way; Farming many a sandy hill When the sheep and lambkins stray. And a rendezvous are we. Lying off the coast of Kent, Where ships at anchor you may lee Until on active service sent. F. SHAW. 628 CURTAILMENTS. In "Webster you'll see that Wotton sayi I "need a temper fresh and cool' That in my keeping yon may trust Milk, wine, and mayhap dairy tool. Curtail my name, and a substance rich And unctuous, yellow as pure gold, Seen dally in the most of homes. Here likewise you may now behold. Curtail again, to Western wilds j Take me a journey if you will; Behold that peak; a mountain? nay: But yet too high to be termed a hilL If again you curtail, npon its slopes Two gracefully frolicking lambs appear; My present form tells you what they do When either one ventures the other one near. But If you're inclined to dock yet again. I'm a mark to be shot at, an object of aim. And again, then my favorite drink I resien. And once more. If you leave ma there's no one to blame. Now I'm left all alone, and I feel pretty cross; Let me be, or I think I will sting; In which case you might wish to curtail me again. For a vengeful and venomous thing. Happy Thought. 69 ANAOBAMS. GeoorapAfca". 1. 1 begin R. A. T., Rat. 2. Date it Sunset. 3. A rails at U. 4. Scold Nat. S. Ol nine mats. 0. Philip bad ale. Classic 7. Coarsest. 8. Lol A. dines. 9, Ol see N. dig. 10. Stir Sadie. IL A clear top. Miscellaneous. 12. Do mine on satin. 13. This stone man. 14. If my cat is on it. 15. Lee can drive. 18. So Marv Is in. 17. No. M.. praise bis peu. SYZYGT. 630 Tn-rMPOBTAlfT. Clipped and not of legal weight. Diminished, scanty, moderate, I come before you. lively, gay. And In an actve, nimble way, For I am volatile and small And neither strong nor dense at all. Though wanton and unchastel be, Loose, and indulging levity, I am not gross or burdensome, Howe'er unsteady I become. I own I'm unimportant quite And inconsiderate, trifling, slight; Therefore 1 cannot be aggressive, Nor vehement, nor oppressive Clear of impediment am I, Jiot difficult to those who try. Nxi SELSONIAW. 631 CHABADB. Eternity holds rich rewards. Prime's noblest efforts there are crowned; Ob. may we 'gainst temptations guard; Our totals with good works abound. Onr second here may we improve. And wisdom's nobler heights attain, Not taking when 'tis ours to give. Nor counting smaller efforts vain. Fuss. 632 NTJMEEICAI, ENIGSIA. SO, 5. 6. is to strike. 83, 71, 65, 88. 54. 72 is a masculine name. 4, 81. 63, 27, 89, 76, 73, 13 was an ancient phflosc- 74. 39, 19, 42, 36, 63, 8b, 82, 88 is a poisonous plant. 29. 77. 91, 57, 25. 40, 68. 85. 16. 33, 64. 78. 79 was an Important region in West Virginia during the Civil War. 34, 15, 9 is a turf. 11, 52, 61, 55. 3, 68, 2, S2, 48, 31 names an Ameri can author. 4L 12, 44, 46, 69, 49 was the Goddess of Morn ing. (Mvth.) 56,17, 87. 80 is a bird. 8, 1, SS. 70, 14. 67, 75 is a much-esteemed fish. 84, 22, 18, 28, 60 is a famed woman of Greek mythology. 87, 7, 23, 10 is a musical Instrument. 46, 2-1, 00. 58, 28, CI. e0 Is to train. 69. 47, 62, 43, 20, 21 is a garland. Whole, of 91 letters, is a quotation from Byron. Don Juan, allegheny, pa 633 logogram. Of eight different letters are we, intact; If you take us by three and Ave. Wo are statement of a wintry fact Or plants in the spring which thrive. Just take ns now by four and fonr. In the animal kingdom we'll be The brizht-hned flowers of spring no more, In spite of our louglngs are we. 'Tis true that we open and close the same. That we live till our owner dies; But we're uglyand clammyandcold ana fame To us never a poem applies. Although ages ago in describing Juno A poet almost praised our mistress' eyes. 'Red, White and Blue. 634 EIDDLE. I had a little dog With which I nsed to play; I will not tell bis name. You can guess it any day; But alittle devil came one time, And led my poor dog away; Then 1 felt so very sad I could hardly get along, "When a meliorator came And righted up the wrong. :i23 AnTraus Laueenttus. THE MAT WINKERS. The prizes offered for the bestlots of answers for the month of May" are awarded J. Bosch. Salem, Ohio, and Ellen Maynard, Allentown, Fa. No competitor succeeded in getting a list very nearly complete. Wwk ANSWERS. 617 Because they are my own. 618 Puzzles, riddles, enigmas, anagram. (119 5 SO 9 73 61 3 63 12 ' 13 1 20 55 30 67 23 71 28 81 4 14 31 SO 2960336378 76S84S33 45403024 8 7 65 33 43 41 39 49 17 75 74 64 48 42 37 44 34 IS 8 67 10 47 32 63 22 SI 72 IS 6ti 66 27 62 25 64 11 63 1G ! S 9 21 79 10 70 77 Sams," 123, 205,287,309. Center, 11. 620 The Scriptures. 621 No-t. 6J2 CHESSBOARD UMBILICUS RATABLE ADMAN BEE U BEE ARSON REISSUE TJNGUDATE8 CANARYORAHS 623 Whip-poor-will. 624 Demagogue, Magog, Gog, G. 625 Emit. Eligibility, Llfe.1 "But my dear, what has that old man to iTecommend himsolf aside from his riches?" 'Heart disease.' IUMA TEAILEES. They Follow a. Sign With a Sagacity Va equaled by tbe Bloodhound. E. J. Trippel, In June Overlssd.1 ( The tenacity and endurance of the trailer are proverbial. They follow a "sign"-with a sagacity unequaled by the bloodhound, and ara often employed by the civil officer of the territory to recover convicts escaped from the penitentiary. The exactness with which eyeiy leaf is scanned, every rock and bush examined, and the close scrutiny to which the soil itself is subjected, together with their rapidity of movement and the absolute accuracy of their inferences, is, to say the least, startling. Seldom do they miss the foot prints, and then only when rains or violent sandstorms obliterate every trace. They are as skillful in hiding their own tracks as they are in uncovering; the indications ofothers. The procedure on losing a trail is identi cal with that of a pack of well-trained hounds. Starting from the last clearly de fined depression, they circle about until it is again found. Then jogging along at an. easy gait with eyes fixed upon the) ground they do not waver, until the pighthu fallen or the fugitive is overtaken. They have a wonderful faculty for distin guishing the footprints of a particular horse or person from dozens of others. They carry a few mesquite pods, which consti tute, with an occasional mouthful of water, their only refreshment. Save Tour Hair BY a timely use of Ayert Hair Vigor. This preparation has no equal as a dressing. It keeps the scalp clean, cool, and healthy, and preserves the color, fullness, and beauty of the hair. "I was rapidly becoming; bald and gray; but after using two or three) bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor my hair grew thick and glossy and the original' color was restored." llelvia Aldrich, Canaan Centre, N. XL I "Some time ago I lost all jay hair in consequence of measles. (After due waiting, no new growth appeared. I then nsed Ayei's Hair Vig6r and my hair grew i Thick and Strong. It has apparently come toj stay. Tho Vigor is evidently a great aidt to nature." J. B. "Williams, Floresville, Texas. 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