'V THE , PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1890. 19 ?The Butterfly Queen. A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. TBIXTSK IOB HEN I wai a little boy my happiest hours -were spent in the great beech forest, where grew the sweetest strawberries, the earliest violets and the first wild roses. One day in summer, having sought my favorite resort, I threw myself down on the grass under a large tree, and, looking up into the high, green arches, listened to the chirping ot the birds, and the bnuing of tbe bees as they sipped the honey from the flowers. My long, warm walk made me sleepy, and I was jnst about to close my eres when a butterfly, the like of which I had never before seen, flitted past me. Tbe insect had large, white wings, with red eyes, and I thought what a beauty it wonld be for uncle's collection. As I tnrned to look at it the butterfly disap peared and was seen no more; tint hundreds of others of every imaginable color appeared berore my astonished gate, and a bright light fell which shone as gold over the grass, and the flowers glistened like precious stones. "What does this mean?" I asked a large beetle which sat sunning himself on a great green leat near by. But without replying to my question he flew away. In turning to rise I accidentally touched a little blue bell, and distinctly heard a silvery ring. It was as a signal; for the next one an swered, and so it continued till all the little flowers in the lorest were ringing merrily, and T saw whole troops of butterflies run ning through the lorest as if they had chosen this place for some grand meeting. I lay down ana shut my eyes, so that the butterflies would think me asleep, and would not be disturbed by my presence. iSlr Soon I frit a light shadow fall over my face, and heard a low, sweet voice: "Who lies sleeping here in tbe green grass,?" Opening my eyes, I saw bending over me a lieantilul maiden, with long, golden hair fallius down over her shoulders. "What a stupid lace you can make," she said, laughing, and taking my hand, said: "Come, take a run through the forest with me." I scrambled up ana stood beside her, and then noticed that she wore butterfly wings, and that her rosy feet scarcely touched the earth, over wnich she seemed to float along. "What clumsy feet you have," said the fairy maiden, and, stopping before some moss covered rocks, she clapped her hands three times and cried, "Mother Frogl Mother Frog!" From between the stones a fat old frog came lortb, and looked at us with its great green eyes. "We must have a pair of wings at once," said the maiden: "so bring them quickly, old iro?." In a moment's time a pair of gay butter fly wings were brought and fastened upon my shoulders. Then I felt as light as down, and hand in hand my compauiou and I floated through tbe forest. "Do jou know me?" she asked. I shook my head. "I am called Wiegland. and am the but terfly queen; do you see my diadem?" I had noticed tnat she wore in her hair a crown of yellow butterflies, which continu ally flutterea their wings, and shone in the sun like pure gold. "You shall see my palace," she said; "it is not far from here." And putting her arm around my waist we, surrounded bv in numerable butterflies.sailed up into the air. Over the tons of the trees we mnt until wide sea spread out before us, to whose green shores we descended. A little tongue of land covered with flowers and bordered with woodbine hung with clusters of red blos soms, extended out into the water. And now a very wonderful thing happened; "Wiegland clapped her hands, and immedi ately the little cape on which we stood, separated from tbe mainland and floated out into tbe sea. "Do vou See my little steeds?" asked Wieglaud. And I then saw that countless butterflies bad harnessed themselves by spiders' webs to our island, and were draw ing us through the water. As we leaned back on our flowery cushions, I saw that each woodbine blossom held a tiny cham pagne glass. "Will you drink butterfly wine?" asked Wiegland, breaking off a flower and band ing it to me. As soon as I had tasted the fairy nectar a change came over me; I could now hear sounds which I bad never heard before. The little waves rippling about us sang a low, sweet song, and I could hear the butterflies chauting the praises of their queen. Soon our flower ship glided into a little bay, and before us ly a most beautiiul island covered with blooming shrubs and trees, and on the shores stood hundreds of butter flies awaiting our arrival. The butterflies row had human forms; but so gay was their dress that they might have been taken for nchanted flowers. When the little creat cv. !;,. jfrN tiJtisiw-s- js,."1!.' (gL TpS.jfr' "Tib THE DISPATCH. ures saw their queen, they ran to the boa with shonts of welcome. "These are my true and faithful subjects," said Wiegland; "and this is my kingdom." In the middle of the island stood the palace, with arches and towers bnilt en tirely of red and white loses. When we bad passed beneath the flowery arches and entered the great hall, we saw Wiegland's throne made of blue and white violets, and having for steps wild anemones. In the middle of the ball stood a long table covered with all kinds of dainties. After we bad eaten of the fairy food, we wandered abont the royal palace, admiring its beauties, until at length, tired out, we sat down to rest on the shores ot a crystal lake near the throne. Here the fairy butterflies came and sang for us and plaved on their tiny instruments. Finally Wie gland rose, saying, "It is now growing dark in your country, and we must return." When we reached the beech forest, and were once more gliding over tbe tree tops, I said to Wiegland. "Your kingdom is so beautifull I wish I could stay there al ways." "Oh, no," she answered; "we are not al- wavs as gay as to-day. When it rains or is cold we are very miserable, for we love the sunshine. Then, too, we have an enemy whom we tear very much. He is a wicked hat, whose kingdom is many miles from mine; but he is envious of us, and threatens to enrae with his men and carry me away." We heard through the trees a whirring noise, which continually grew louder. "It is he," cried Wiegland; "save me, save me." Almost before I could look around poor Wiegland was in the grasp of her enemy. I ran to the monster to strike him to the ground; bnt his companions flew about me and beat me so that my butterfly wings were broken and torn, and I could no longer stand on the tree tops, but fell senseless through the branches. When I recovered I was ly ing on the grass under the beech trees. It had become very dark, and I felt very stiff and sore from my tall. Many times since then I have visited the beech forest; but as Wiegland never came to me again I was obliged to think that the poor butterfly queen had perished at the hand of her wicked enemy. Patsie. LITTLE THINGS IN EAILROADING. How a CracK In a flrnkrman'a Lamp Canned a Collialon. New York Star.. "In managing a railroad," said Colonel Hain, the General Manager of the metro politan elevated roads, "what appears to the casual observer to bo trifling things some times demand the closest attention of the management, and are watched with great care and caution. The axiom 'Take care of little things; big things will take care of themselves,' is peculiar applicable inly cer tain respects to the management of a great railroad. Little things, so called, which are apparently of no moment, when neg lected have olten resulted disastrously. I have known where such a trifling thing as a common brakeman's signal lamp, the globe of which had been cracked, caused a collison which resulted in great damage. "The lamp relerred to was used by a cer tain brakeman to signal passing trains. It was his custom to place the light alongside the track in a certain spot whenever he wanted a train to slow ud or stop, and leave it there while he attended to some other duty about the place he was stationed. Tbe engineers were well acquainted with his signal, and were always on the lookout for it. On this occasion the man received or ders to stop the next train. Just before the train was due he placed the lamp in the usual place and position. Tbe cracked globe had served its purpose well up to this time, but after burning lor a few moments the light was extinguished by a gust of wind. The train thundereJ along, and a collision resulted, which caused a loss of many a thousand dollars to the company. There are a hundred and one other things just as trifling that the officials of a railroad are always on the lookout for." A GHOST AT THE DOOKBELL. The Man Who Tried to Shoot It, Bat Fell Dend on Taking Aim. ew Tork World.; One night about six years ago I was on a visit to a friend. The family were very much annoyed by the constant pealing of the doorbell. Every little while someone would run out and open the door.to discover no one there. We thought somebody was playing tricks and that a cord might be at tached to the bell. But there was none. My friend's uncle, getting angry, resolved to find out who it was. So, with a revolver in hand, he sat out on the porch, while her father sat in the hall, ready to open the door at tbe first sound. While her uncle sat there the bell gave a very loud peal, and looking around he saw a white figure flying over the barn. He raised his revolver to fire, when without a sound he fell back in his chair dead. My friend's father and several of the fam ily, including myself, witnessed it and have not forgotten it. They moved very soon aft erward, while the bouse has the name of be ing haunted. . Whnt Jny Gonld Doein't Tell. Chicago Herald. J Jay Gould has been telling how he made his first $1,000. He would doubtless rather tell how he made his first thousand than how he made his later millions. This Coal Dealer Is Dend. A coal dealer sat in his office and swore At the weather so fearfully warm. The winter was hastening rapidly o'er. And never a freeze or a storm. And lie said to himself "May God help the poor soul Who must live on the profits he gets selling coaL" There hadn't a customer come to his place a or many and many a week. And no one appeared to remember his face, ISor favors did anyone seek. Men used to implore him for fuel to burn. But now he had nothing but what they would spurn. BUt pr" T1"!B', a customer-yes, a poor No doubt she will order a ton. It wU the glad dealer's brain in a whlrl- EIs nerves are quite sadly undone. "Will you take back ma's coal, bomrhtlast fall, sir," he said, "And Eire us our monejT" That dealer Is dead, . Chicago Herald, MUSIC AT THE HUB. Ladies Who Put the Symphony Con certs to a Novel Use. A FACE THAT FOOLED EVERYBODY. Progress of -the Free Classes That Straggle With Yolapnk. WAS 01T CLUBS BI BOSTON LADIES tconaasroKDEKCx op the disiutcii.1 Bostoh, January 17. Everybody knows that there is nothing in Boston to-day that is of more general interest and importance than the Saturday night concerts and the Symphony orchestra. During the present week the orchestra is on a tour "of tho pro vinces," so to say; shedding the light ot its presence upon New Tork, Philadelphia, Washington and other benighted places. Society takes the concerts so much into account that it is very seldom that a dinner is given on Saturday night, or an engage ment made tbat is not for an hour later than that of the close of the concert. There is a good deal of superstition in the cult, of course, and certain stories, for the truth of which I can vouch, illustrate this not badly. The first is simply a remark madebyalady who belongs to an old and influential Boston family. She is in some re spects a typical Bostonian, belonging to clubs enough to drive one mad simply in an attempt to remember the names, she enter tains, (roes into society, is concerned in SO charities, more or less, and keeps up with all the literature of the day. She has a seat at the public rehearsals, which come on Friday aiternoon, and which absurdly enough are even more of a fashion than the concerts themselves, and lor her ticket thereto she paid a premium of over (40 besides tbe nominal price. A Iriendsaid to her recently: "I did not know that you were so musical. You are never to be bad for anything on Friday aiternoons now." "No," was the reply. "I have been to every rehearsal this winter, and I would not miss them for anything. It is so lovely to have a whole hour and a half when I can sit down and think and know that I shall not be interrupted by anybody." Doubtless there is many another who has this same feeling who would not confess it; and the lady who said that all Boston's so cial problems were nowadays settled in the meditations of the women at the Symphony concerts was not far :rom right. CABBIES THE CONTEBSATION OTEB. A friend recently sat near a couple of young ladies at the Friday afternoon re hearsal, and at every interval they chattered like magpies, the odd thing about it being that they would leave a sentence in the middle, wait fifteen minutes for the conclu sion of the particular piece of music which interrupted them, aud then take up the thread of their discourse just where it had been broken off; although whether they were silent lrom interest in tbe playing or from simple politeness to those about them, it was not easy to determine. At length as tbe concert drew near its close, one said to the other: "What else is there on the programme?" "Oh, nothing but the 'Tannsauser' over ture." "Oh, we've heard that," the first speaker rejoined, "we needn't stay any longer." And they straightway took their depar ture with the airot duty triumphantly done. Still a third tale told me by one who heard the conversation, had also to do with the talk ot a couple of young ladies at a public rehearsal. "What comes now?" one asked the other. "Somebody sings," the second answered, consulting her programme. "Who is it?" "His name is Mr. F , bnt I don't know who Mr. F i." "Why, yes, you do, Kate; he is the man that wears those beastly gray trousers. Let's go." They arose with considerable bustle, and were gathering their belongings to depart when a corpulent lady, who sat in front of them, and who evidently was a total stranger, tnrned and said with suddenness and asperity: "Mr. F is perfectly lovely.'r Ol course everybody around laughed, and the young women departed, covered with shame and contusion ot face. FOOLED BY AN EXPBKSSIOH. I watched one afternoon a girl with a beautiiul. spintuel face, who seemed to be utterly absorbed in the music and lifted into regions of ineffable light by the heavenly strains. She had that rant St. Cecelia expression which one supposes to be possible only upon the faces of the trne lovers of music, and only with them under peculiarly favorable conditions. For a time she stood, the seats being all taken and she evidently not having a regular ticket, and I really became quite carried away with the heavenly absorption of her expression. I naturally thought that she was too poor to buy a season ticket, but that so great was her love lor the divine art that she could joyfully stand through the concert if she might but be present, when suddenly the delicate shade of perplexity and trouble which I had noticed upon her face deepened. She thrust her hand into her pocket and pulled out two samples of red silk. For a moment she brooded over them with an ex pression of divine yearning; then, with the gesture of one at last resolved beyond a question, she flung one sample to the floor, placed tbe other in her purse, and turned and walked out with a face of angelic con tent. Now it is of course possible that the young woman was one ot those fine strung natures that can make an important decision only to the sound of sweet music, and yet some how I was deeply disappointed. I have no longer faith in the pensive young women at the Symphonies; I suspect that secretly thev are considering samples or the manner of making gowns. It would be unfair to leave the subject with this sort of a flavor, however. These are some of the humors of the thing; but under all this it is really remarkable to see how the musical education of the people of Boston is advancing. When one considers how large an undertaking it is to train an American audience into anything like a genuinely musical feeling, it must be ac knowledged that the effect of the generous exjieriment of Mr. Higginson, who is said to have put aside $1,000,000 of which the income is devoted to the support of these concerts so far as it is needed, lias been won derfully gratifying. STUDYING VOLAPUK. Knowledge of all sorts is, I suppose, to be considered as being in the line oi culture, so tbat Boston may score one lor the introduc tion of free classes lor the study of Volapuk in tne evening scnoois. a. gentleman who has tried it remarked the other evening that though the city could make the study of Volapuk free, no city could make it easy; which is not so very brilliant as a joke, tut it is a fair expression of the fact of the case. The languige is really very hard, and to one who has studied real languages with their constant affiliations lo other tongues, the arbitrary patchwork of Volapuk seems not only lileless, but irritatingly dry. A dead language is bad enongb, but deliver us lrom one that has never even lived. The plea upon which these classes have been established is that Volapuk is to be much used in commercial transactions, a theory, it may be noted in passing, in which commercial men do not seem iuclined to take a great deal of stock. It remains to be seen whether the tree classes will have vital ity enough to live, but it is difficult to have any especial faith in them. , The Athletio Club, which opened its house last winter, and which has been very popular ever since, is making a good deal of a hit with its private exhibitions of sports and the manly arts. The exercises take place in the gymnasium, and, as there , are over 1.B00 members who may be present if they choose, -the rule is that no one except those performing shall bring guests. There is now and then an artist smuggled in to see the wrestling or the fencing," in which the posingis ex tremely good, some of tbe men entering being-very well made and equally graceful. The exhibition this week has been looked forward to with particular interest. The gilded youth of the town are giving their attention to athletics nowadays, and the re suit is on the whole very good. Some of them really do something worth while, and the rest who play at it at least get a certain amount of exercise which is usually badly needed to keep them up to the proper physi cal level. women's tvae on clubs. The multiplication of clubs is one of the most striking features of Boston life of late years, and has been often commented upon. At the meeting of a women's club here last week, where topics relating to borne and society are discussed, the question was pro pounded how men should be kept at home trom the clubs, which it was claimed were interfering greatly with home life. The talk ran on in the nsual style for some time, all the platitudes having their full swing, until a sharp-spoken old lady, whose part in the conversation up to that point had consisted in audible sniffs of disapproval at much that had been said, broke forth and remarked: "If you women didn't have so many clubs of yonrown, but gave more thought to the old-fashioned habit of making borne attract ive enough to keep them there, there wouldn't be any trouble about the men's clubs." This was heresy of the worst sort, and for a moment there was silence. Then one of the best known women in Boston, with her smooth voice and gracious manner, re marked: "Yes, that is all very well for husbands, but it is the unmarried men who frequent the clubs. They had rather stay there than to get married and have homes of their own." "Humph!" sniffed the old lady. "That's where they are downright sensible." And it was manifestly impossible to carry that discussion any further. GOYEBNOB BBACKETX'S LITTLE SON. An amusing anecdote is told to the effect that during the recent gubernatorial cam paign, the little son of Governor Brackett said to him: "Papa, is there any hope, do you think, of your not being elected?" wen, yes," his lather answered; "as things look now there is some little 'hope of it,' as you say." Thereafter the small boy every evening when he said his prayers, devoutly added a petition that his father might be defeated in tbe coming election. His mother was naturally surprised, and perhaps a little shocked, and asked the meaning of this strange prayer. " "Well," the boy said, "I want papa beaten in the election so that he can stay at home sometimes." It is to be hoped that the Bepublicans of Massachusetts, in electing Governor Brackett, and thereby defeating his son's Eetition, have not sowed the seeds of un eliefin his childish heart. Ablo Bates. UNROLLING A HUMIIT. Description of Ita Appearance at Stares ol the Operation Newcastle, En?., Chronicle. The other afternoon a large and dis tinguished company assembled in the botan ical theater of the TJnive.sity college to witness the unrolling of a mummy from Upper Egypt This mummy has for about half a century occupied a place in the col lege museum, but it is not known how it came into tiie possession of the authorities. Mr. Budge proceeded to unroll the mummy, which was closely swathed in scores of yards ot thick, yellowish linen of fine texture. The bands of linen varied in width from four or five inches to about a foot. Some of them were laid lengthwise along the body; others were wrapped round and round it. At the beginning of the process of unroll ing, there was a very perceptible sickly smell of aromatics. which, as thework went on, gave place to a more "pronounced and decidedly disagreeable odor. When a great part of the linen had been removed, black stains, caused by tbe bitumen, became ap parent, and nearer to the body the wrap pings had suffered considerably from con tact with this substance. Two small pieces of linen with fringes were discovered in tbe course of the unroll ing, and these bore inscriptions more or less impaired by the bitumen. When at last the coverings had been removed, the body was found to be of a very dark brown color1 so dark, indeed, as to be almost black. Tbe skin where it remained was hard and shiny, the arms and hands lay lengthwise upon the abdomen, while tbe heart and intestines were placed beneath the knees. The features when disclosed stood out very clearly, and were those of a rather handsome, person but the sex could not be determined. Glass eyes had been placed in the head, and there was a linen plug in the ear. Mr. Budge, at the conclusion of his task, said that the mummy seemed to belong to a period about 800 years belore Christ. The mummy was aboutfl feet 3 inches in height, and was that of an Egyptian, probably one of the class corresponding to the lower mid dle class of modern times. LTJIUEI IN BATHROOMS. Expensive Feature Which Go to Make Dp tbe Modern One. In the construction of modern dwelling houses, says an architect in the St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat, there is a marked tendency to the luxurious in the equipment of the bathroom. Formerly a narrow cell built at the expense of a hallway was considered suf ficient, and these rooms were often so small as not to permit a tub in which a bather could lie at full length. The bathroom has not as yet become the chief or the finest room in the modern house, and the tendency is short of tbe Pompeiian, but much money and artistic skill is lavished upon the apart ment, and architects are given to special de signs. In the first place, tbe rooms are not less than four times the size of the old apart ments. The walls are of tiling, though hardwoods are sometimes used, and the floors are of tiling or marble. The fittings of a well-furnished bathroom now include, besides the regular tub, a sitz-bath tub with spray and wave bath attachment, and vari ous closets and other apparatus to suit the taste or convenience of the owner. The business of family bathrooms has become so important that- Rome manufacturing firms devote their whole attention to it, and issue illustrated catalogues showing interior equipments to snit any house. In some in stances the bathroom" is lighted by a sky light in stained glass. The surely useful in the bathroom can hardly exceed $500, but there is no limit to the extent of tbe decorations. Many beauti ful works of art, both in fresco "and oil painting, and statuary in bronze and marble, are to be found in the bathrooms of the rich, and a loan exhibition of the art treas ures of the private bathrooms of the country would create as profound a sensation in ar tistic circles as it would perhaps in the circles that look upon Anthony Comstock as the true propnet ot tne proprieties. A Galilee Inmlt. Chlcaeo Tribune. 1 Chance Acquaintance (reading news paper) "I see Henry M. Stanley is on his way to Cairo, by way of Alexandria." Indignant Fellow Passenger (from Mis souri) "Darn his picturl Is he goin to skip St. Louis?" Popular June Kmvr. Little grains ot quinine, Little drinks of rye, Make la grlppo that's got you Drop Its hold and fly. This mar quickly help you If you'll only try; But don't forget the quinine When you take the rye. Chicago Etrald. SUNDAY THOUGHTS -ON- MORALSMAUNERS BY A CLEEGY1IAN. I WRITTEN FOR TUB DIS1M.TCH. .The world is full of failures. Indeed, the most successful in some directions may be the most dismal failures in other endeavors. As the poet sings: No perfect whole can our being make; Here or there the circle will break; The orb of life as it takes the light On one side leaves the other In night. Never was saint so good and great As to Rive no chance at Saint Peter's gate For the plea of tho devil's advocate. Now, the first impulse of one who has failed is to despair. This is specially true of moral endeavor. If one has aimed at virtue aud missed it, at goodness and missed it, at noble character and missed it, instantly temptation says: "Why struggle after the unobtainable? Sin on. 'Eat, drink: and be merry. Give np the vain effort to be good." This is the philosophy of perdition. 'lis the devil's gospel not Christ's. While the friend of publicans and sinners occupies the throne there is no ground for any publican and sinner to despair. There is not one at tribute of God which does not compassion ate and ache to help the wayward and astray. As there is medication in tbe air, in the rain, in the soil and in the blessed sunshine for the wounded shrub and the broken tree, so is there diyine medication in the heart and providence of God for the morally infirm. All that is needed in order to the securing pardon, help, and another chance, is the turning away from evil and toward good. He or she who hates tbat and loves this, shall find sure recovery. If the wounded shrub or tree should reject the ministrations of nature there would be no hope welcomed they are curative. So with the soul. Though evil be present, though the will be weak, though the life be sinful, if men and women will pray with the male factor, "Lord, remember me 1" back from the lorgiving and strengthening sky shall sound the inspiring answer: "Lo, I am with you alay, even unto the end of the world." To every reader, we say on this Sunday morning, nil desperandum never despair. Look up, and then live up. Hurling the Harpoon In the January number of the Eomiletic Review the following is found: A sailor who had just returned from a whal ing voyage was taken by a friend to hear an eloqueut preacher. When they came ont of church the friend said: 'Jack, wasn't that a fine sermonT" "Yes, it was ship-shape; tho water-lines were graceful: the masts raked just high enough; the sails and rigging were all right, but I didn't see any harpoons. When a vessel goes on a whal ing voja;e tho main thing is to get the whales. Jut they don't coma to you because you have a fine ship. You must go after them and harpoon them. Now it seems to mo that a preacher is a whaleman. He issent, notto interest or amuse the fish by sailing among them, but to catch them. Jesus said to His disciples, 'I will make you fishers of men.' Now, how many sermons like tbat do you think it would take to convict a sinner and make him cry out, 'What must I do to be savedP " The friend said: "But, Jaek, people now adays don't like to be harpooned. They like to listen to sucb expositions. Sorely It Is a grand thing to attract such an audience to bear the gospel." "To hear about the gospel, you mean? 1 don't object to the doctors exposition and illustration. As I said before, they were all ship-shape. But the trouble was when he sailed to the fishing ground and the whales had all gracefully come to the surface, instead of manning the boats and striking for a haul, he made a polite bow ana appeared to say: 'I am very glad to see so many whales. I must not do anything to hurt or frighten them; hope they will admire my ship aud all come again on my next voyage.' Do you think the ship nwner would send such a captain to Bearing Straits a second timer Bead in Acts there port of Peter's first gospel sermon. He begins with an able exposition of Old Testament prophecies in regard to tbe incarnation and resurrection ot Christ and the outpouring of the Spirit, and "then, when he had gained the attention of the crowd, he charged home upon them with the words of 'Jesus, whom ye have cruciUedr That was hurling a harpoon." Education afthe Schools. Whatever may be thonght of Herbert Spencer's theological opinions, his words re garding scientific and educational interests are noteworthy. Beferring to the prevalent school and college courses of stady, he says: Tbe vital knowledge that by which we have grown as a nation to what we are and which now underlies our whole existence Is a knowl edge that has got itself taught in nooks and corners, while tbe ordained agencies for teach ing have been mumbling little else than dead formulas. In other words, if England is powerful and prosperous to-day, the musty systems of her universities, her colleges, are not, in his judgment.the potent lactors.in the prosperi ty ol the Empire, for, adds he: That which our school courses leave almost entirely out, we find to be tbat which concerns the business of life. All our Industries would cease were it not for tbe information which men begin to acquire as tbey best may, after their education is said to be finished. Is not this as true of America as it is of England? Hot. Sidney Smith's Fall. The Bev. Sidney Smith tells this story at his own expense: I can't bear to be imprisoned in the true orthodox way in my pulpit, with my head just peeping above tbe desk. I like to look down upon my congregation, to fire Into them. Tho common people say I am a bold preacher, for I like to have my arms free and to thump tbe pulpit. A singular contretemps happened, to me once, when, to effect this, I bad ordered the clerk to pilo-up some hassocks for me to stand on. My texi was: "Wo are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." I bad scarcely uttered these words, and was preparing to illustrate them, when I did so practically, and in a way not at all anticipated. Mv fabric of hassocks suddenly gave way. Down'l fell, and with difficulty prevented myself from being precipitated into tbe arms of my congregation, who, 1 most say, behaved very well, and re covered their gravity sooner than I could have expected. Tho Iitcbt of Mercy for All. Who are they that whiten heaven with the flowing of their garments? queries an eminent preacher. Whose hands lift those vibrating harps? Whose heads are crowned and wreathed? Are they not those who came out of great tribulation? Who first followed Christ along the path of His ascen sion? Was it not the penitent thief who bung on the cross? Unto whom were given the keys of the kingdom, as the badge of honor? Was it not him who, having denied his Lord, repented of it? Who was ap pointed to break the bounds of Je'wish 'prejudice and preach the Gospel to the Gentiles? Was it not Paul, the converted persecutor? And whose heart to-day is fullest of gratitude? Is it not that one among us whose darkness was most dense when the light of mercy broke through and illumined it? One Wept and One Tjnuglied. Two rabbis, approaching Jerusalem, ob served a fox running upon the hill of Zion; and Babbi Joshua wept, but Babbi Eliezer laughed. "Whereiore dost thou laugh?" said he who wept. "Nnv, wherefore dost thou weep?" demanded Eliezer. "I weep," replied Babbi Joshua, "because I see what is written in the Lamentations inlfilled: 'Because of the Mount Zion which U deso late, the foxes walk npon it.' " "And there fore," said Eabbi Eliezer, "do I laugh; when I see with my own eyes that God has fulfilled his threatening to the very letter, I have thereby n pledge that not one of his promises shall fail; for He is ever more ready to show mercy than judgment." Catholic rUatlatlci, The Catholic Review says tbat there are in Ireland 3,797,357 Boman Catholics and 3,251 priests. Tbe Catholic population of England numbers 1,353,465 and 2,340 priests, while. Scotland has 338,541 Catholics and 329 priests. According to this same author ity, there are in the United States 7,762,168 Catholics. On the Boaom ol Inflnltnrfe. Men can understand ot God only so much as He discloses. "His thoughts are not as our thoughts nor His ways as our ways." What does the babe comprehend of the dear mother on whose breast it hangs? Nothing, save that the breast is the fountain of sub sistence and love. This world is 'God's babe. He holds us all upon the bosom of infini tude. He reveals so much of His nature as we need to know His compassion, His tenderness, His self-sacrifice. For the rest we must wait, like the babe, lor larger growth and wider environment in order to luller comprehensions. But what more do we need at present? Is it not enough to be assured that God loves us and cares for us and means to train us to be kings and priests? This knowledge is well fitted to wipe the tears from our eyes in sorrow and to make our joy more joyous. Figure on Dlormonlira At the closing session of tbe Mormon Conference, April 8, G. Q. Cannon read the statistics of the church, which are: Apostles, 12; patriarchs, 70; high priests, 3,759; elders, 11,805; priests, 2,069; teachers, 2,292; deacons, 11,610;, families, 81,899; officers and mem bers, 115.915, and children under eight years of age, 49,302 a total Mormon population of 153,911. The number of marriages for the six months ending April 6, 1889, was 530; births, 3,754; new members, 488; ex communications, 113. In Other People' Graves. Some people, suggestively remarks a sharp critic, are so busy meddling with other people's business that it would not be surprising at tbe general resurrection to find some of these everlasting snoops getting out of somebody else's grave. Tho Second Advenflsts. The Second Adventists may be grouped in this wise: New England, 12,000; Middle States, 6,000; Western States, 8,000; North west, 2,000; Canada, 5,000. Then Don't Go. "Pay as you go," saith the proverb. But, comments one, "What if I can't pay?" Then don't go I Gems From Different Ambon. No one can ask honestly or hopefully to he delivered from temptation unless he has him self honestly and firmly determined to do the best he can to keep out of It. Ruskin. Tiieki; is no key to these dark letterings; we cannot tt ace them through our blinding tears; here we have only partial links. But God has the whole chain unbrokenin his band. And this we know it is enough to know tint nothing conies wrong that conies from him. M. C. Duff. Each one of us Is bound to make tho little circle in lvuich he lives better ana happier; each one of us is bonnd to seo that out of that small circle tho widest good may flow; each ono of us may have fixed in bis mind tbe thougbt that out of a single household may flow influences that shall stimulate tbe whole commonwealth and tbe whole civilized world. Dean Stanley. Give ma these links: First, aense of need; second, desire to get; third, belief that God has in store; fourth, belief tbat though he withholds awhile, he loves to be asked; and fifth, belief tbat asking will obtain. Give these Units, and the chain will reach from earth to heaven, bringing heaven down to me, or bearing me up to heaven. Guthrie. What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within tbe brain, If, knowing God, tbey lift not bands In prayer. Both for themselves, and those who call them friends? For so the whole round earth Is every way Bound by gold chains about tbe feet of God. Tennyson. CABLING ROUND THIS WORLD. Rates of Transmission to the Host Remote 0 LnndH Clpber Melanges St. IOids Olobe-Democrat.l A glance at the table of charges of the Commercial Cable Company recalls Puck's declaration that be could put a girdle about the earth in 40 minutes. There seems to be no portion of the globe where civilization has not obtained a foothold. Messages can be sent to New York and thence by transat lantic cable to Great Britain, Irelarfd, France and Germany, to Algeria, Morocco, Tripoli and Tunis on the northern coast of Africa for from to 8 cents to 27 cents per word. Delagoa Bay, Mozambique, Zanzi bar and the Transvaal in South Africa can be reached for $2 16 per word. There are 28 telegraphic stations on the west coast of Africa, the tariff ranging from 1 45 to $2 per word. In South America, the Argentine Re public, Brazil, Chili, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are reached from England by 28 stations, the charges ranging from 1 40 to 4 70 per word. All portions of Arabia, Australia, China, Cochin China, Corea, Ascension Islands, Corfc, Corsica, Cyprus, Canary Islands, Greek Islands, Herzegovina, India, Japan, Java or Sumatra, Liberia, Persia, Phillip pine Islands, Siarn, are reached by telegraph direct, and telegrams are mailed from these point.s to all known countries. The highest price charged is ?11 76 per word to South Persi a. Cipher dispatches are prohibited to Tur key, both in Asia and Europe, Boumama, Tripoli, Servia and several other countries. All messages to the Orient must be written in French. It wants but a trans-Pacific cable- to complete the girdle about the earth. WHERE THE RAGS GO. Ninety Per Cent Go Into the Manufacture of Sboddy Goods. St. Louis Qlobe-Democrat. Housewives must often have wondered where all the rags go to after they pass into the wagon of anyone of the several hundred ragmen who pass through the alleys with their monotonous cries. These gatherers of old rags take them to warehouses where they are bought in bulk, and then assorted by girls according to quality. There was a time when most of the rags were sent to paper mill i. Now a very small proportion ot rags are made into paper, straw and clay being the chief ingredients. Fine linen paper, so called, is made of rags. Ninety per cent of the rags collected, however, go into the manufacture of "shoddy," of which cheap ready-made clothing is manufactured. This stuff is now made up into the brighest and most at tractive patterns, and can only be told when new from wool by the expert, and by ex perience with the wearer. I heard to-d y ot one "shoddy" mill located at Newark, N. J., which has just increased its capacity to 90,000 pounds of "shoddy" per month, and they have been running overtime lor a month. "Shoddy is king," says the wool men, and this accounts for the mercurial condition of the wool market. COMFORT CHANGES THEM. Men Wbo Are Gallant Sinndlng Up, Aren't 6o If Sitting. New York Sun.i It is an interesting fact, which a little observation will readily verify, tbat men standing in crowded street cars are much more gallant to ladies than tbe same men seated. On the elevated railroad it con stantly happens that the Beats are filled with men, while women hang on to the straps as best they can. When a seat is vacated the man standing nearest to it almost always looks around to see if there are women standing, and if so relinquishes his right to it with a bow, and continues standing. After a while the man will secure a seat and take it. Perhnps at the next station tbe car will fill up again with women, some of whom will have to stand. One would nat urally suppose that the man who yielded to a woman in the first instance would offer his seat now. Bnt nine times out of ten he will tit .still and try to look unconscious. THE FIRESIDE SPHINX k Collection of EimaM Ms for Home CracME Address communications for this department to E. R. CnADBOURS. Lewiston, Maine. 890 PICTOBIAIi COMBnTATTOHS. Isvv f- M Combine the outer figure separately with each of tbe inner ones, and find the following: L A Danish navigator. 2. To give. 3. A peculiar kind of petition. 4. To surround. Ethti. 891 A STVAEM OP BEE3. One bee Is always in the front. Another in the rear; The middle is another's wont, And one is always here. And one is very dear to all, And one is very humble: Another one is very tall. And one will always tumble. And one poor bee was lost at sea And two make sounds of woe; And one, a dish aspires to be. And one will not let go. One likes to scatter far and wide, And one likes to posses; Another fast to sin Is tied, And one to a sorceress. Some like with filth themselves to soil ' And one will drunken lie; And one will ne'er forget a broil, And one is always by. Atdtl. 892 ciiabade. Primal In a last. Humans have been classed As residents, Not nomads, since The roving times are past A total seems to be Necessity, for me: I would not care The open air To live In, wild and free. Botes Bitot. ' 893 OBLIQUE BECTANGLE. L In Chicago. 2. A Hebrew measure of capacity, containing ten baths. 3. A kind of snail, i. Affectionate. 5. Governed. 6. (Ornith.) An American bird allied to the finches aud sparrows. 7. (Bot.) A pod de hiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one snture, as that of the pea. 8. Bequeathed. 9. Liberated, la Neither very good.uor bad. 1L A celebrated horse race which is held annually at Epsom, near London. 12. Tbe interval between one night and the next. 13. In Baltimore. Iek L. 894 ANAGBAM. There's a mountain of Wonder that greets my sight. As it stands in the realms of Eternity's years; 'Tis a mountain of Pleasure, of Joy and Be light. And of Sorrow, Temptation and Tears. The Angel of the Mount was now before my face; On bis back he bore a scythe, an hour-glass in his hand: He looked as old the Hnman Race. And tbe ages were bis in command. I asked the Angel tbe name of this Mount, Said he: "It Q ML Life or Death,"' "For on the up-bill side are great pleasures to count. And the down-hill Is sorrow and shortness of breath 1 There are millions of weak ones who start the ascent Whom I clip in the bud of their years; But the strong I let go with a ready consent. Though their life-force gives them a surplus or tears." There are beautiful trees on the Mountain of Life. But Death's Mount is the ODnosite side. Where Autumn prevails, until Winter is rife, And the snows of the ages abide. Obi the lower descent of this wonderful moun tain Is a dreary and desolate place. Where the ased alone can drink of the fount ain Which flows at the end of the racx. "Jit. Life or DeathP' O, who can conceive Of the millions and millions who are scaling its height? And tbongb they all start in the morning, be lieve. They reach the lowest descent In the dark of tbe night. The Angel whose name is in the Mountain, alas I He mows them all down as though tbey were grass. Abtibt;3 liATrBEjrnus. 895 ENIGSIA. A hall Is here, the host is fled. His name Is numbered with the dead; The window's wide, the light's gone out; There's certain air of vacant doubt. Tbe portal, too, Is sadly wide. And tbe blank gates at either side. Yet there was once tbe sound of cheer Mirth, joy and laughter centered here; And in those loop-holes dark, above. There sparkled once the light of love! J. A 896 DOUBLE ACEOSTIC. ( JForcfj of Six Letters.) L To ramify. 2 (Zool.) A genus of gasteropo dous mollusks, having a smooth shell covered with a shining enamel. 3. A beautiful irides cent substance which lines the interior of some shells. 4. A long iron chisel used by masons and miners. 5. A Turkish silver coin. 6. Sojourners. 7. A blue coloring matter. 6. Ex pectation. Pritnals and finals name one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Ike L. 897 DOUBLE LETTEB EKIOMA. In "fellowship," In "fall or trip;" In "banishment," In "punishment." Some folks like to ride On a total; they Never can abide For a last to pay. Those who travel one. As dead-heads are known; 'Tis a name I'd shun Would not care to own. Bitteb StVXXT. 898 DECAPITATION. , First I'm an animal wandered awav. To be ruffed by humanity from day to dty; Bebead me and load me with luscious fruit, And who before cuffed me will now salute. Bebead once again and then I will gleam In at your fireside, a glorious beam; Behead me once more and the word you then find Will be savory food for the wooer's mind. Mayday. december's cojipetitioh. Prize winners: 1. E. G. Applegato, Swiss vale, Pa. 2. Glass, Pittsburg, Pa. 3. Eva S. Nelson, Ford City, Pa. RoU, of honor: Hugh C. Dorworth. Houth Oil City, Pa.; B. Mayers, New York, N. Y.; Wm. Hughes, Apollo. Pa.; James Martin, Pittsburg, Pa.; Allen F. Parker, Allegheny City, Pa.; W. J. Donnelly, New Castle, Pa.; J. L. 8., Pittsburg, Pa.: Ortie Fairchild, South Oil City, Pa.; J. 8. T., Raukin, Pa.; Arthur S. Yates, Pittsburg, Pa.; Minnie Wood. Crafton, Pa.: Geo. P. Raymond, Willtamsport. Pa,; Bar bara Inglis. Sharpsrllle. 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