THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, STOTDAY; IFEBRTTABY 23, 1890.
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In a little Tillage in the northern part of
Germany there liTed a Terr poor and dis
tressed family; the father, a good, pions
man, was so lame and constantly suffered
such great pain that it was almost impossi
ble for him to moTe from his armchair. Th,e
mother was blind ; and the two elder children,
a girl and a boy; were deaf and dnmb. But
the youngest child, Lena, was well and
strong, and beautiful enough to be a
princess. "Without a word of complaint
she did all the hard work, and kept the lit
tle house in perfect order. When her blind
mother called, "Lead me," Lena was at her
side in a coment, and led her wherever she
wished to go. With equal lore and kind
ness she waited upon ber father, and cared
for her unfortunate brother and sister.
The poor little girl thought every night
how she might help these afflicted ones; for
ahe could not Have them to earn money, and
as no otner one of the family was able to
work, they were daily growing poorer. If it
had not been lor the little vegetable garden
that Lena tended, they would olten have
been without food. The little house in which
they lived was owned by a very rich man,
who was abundantly able to help the poor
family, but his heart was as hard and un
feeling as his gold pieces. One day when
the rent had not been paid for a year, the
owner of the house sent for Lena, and told
her, that unless she would bring the money
to him within eight days, he would drive
them out of the house. The child, weeping
bitterly told ol their great misfortunes, and
begged that he would have pity. But the
cruel man would listen to no entreaties, and
declared that he would have no such vaga
bonds about nim, and, culling them a set of
beggars, he drove Lena from his door.
Breading to tell the sad news to her pa
rents, Lena stopped at a neighbor's house
and related her sorrows.
THE WOKDEBFtJIi
'Let me sive you some advice," said her
neighbor; go to the lake in the mountains,
and call for the fairy Holpen. She is kind
"and good, and always ready to help those in
distress. Be sure to do exactly as she tells
you, and do not forget to thank her. I shall
keep house for you until yon return. If
you start at once you can be back before
unset."
After thankinir her kind friend, Lena re
solved to start immediately up the mountain
and try her fortune with the good fairy, and,
taking a piece of dry bread in her pocket,
ahe hastened on her way. The path was
very steep and the day hot. It caused the
little girl many a wearv step to climb the
rocky mountain. When within half a mile
of the lake, where its clear waters could be
seen gleaming in the sunshine, Lena sat
down to rest and to eat her dry bread.
.Hardly had she seated herself on a mossy
stone, when she heard behind her a heavy
sigh, and turning around, saw an old woman
toiling up the mountain and carrying a
basket of vegetables.
"That basket is too heavy for you," cried
Lena, springing toward her; "let me carry
it."
And taking the basket on her strong
young shoulders she trudged along beside
the old woman, and in reply to her ques
tions told her the distress in her home, and
that she was going to ask the fairy Holpen
to assist them.
"Mr dear child," said the old woman;
think twice before you ask the aid of this
fairy. She can certainly help you; but do
you not know that she demands a great sac
rifice in return? Every one who receives a
favor from her must remain in her service
as slave for ten years."
"I would willingly devote my whole life
to her, and be her faithful slave always,"
answered Lena, "if she would only heal my
Lena Sat Down to JCat.
father and mother, who are no w so wretched ;
and cause my brother and sister to speak
and hear."
They had now reached the lake, and Lena
put down the basket, saving she was sorry
the could not carry it farther, but she must
hasten, if she would reach home before
dark;
Instead of taking the basket and continu
ing her way up the mountain, the old woman J
cent over me waier, ana latmg a lew arops
in her hand sprinkled them over her faded,
worn clothes. Immediately there stood be
fore Lena a fair, beautiful woman, clothed
in pure white. The old woman was no other
than the fair Holpen. Surprised and
frightened.-Lena fell down on her knees be
fore her. But the kind fairy took her hand,
Baying: "Do not be afraid; I know why
yon have sought me, and shall grant
your wish. Here are three- plants;
take them with yon, and put them
in the earth in your garden. To-morrow
morning, while the dew is still on the grass,
take two leaves from this first plant, and
Kith them touch the lips of your brother
ll rM villi z "u-
VaasalTjL
and sister; with the leaf from the second
plant touch your mother's eyes; with the
third plant make a tea which your father
must drink. Itow hasten home and do as I
have told you for three days, but do not for
get to return, or else your journey here will
have been in vain and your misfortunes
will be ereater than they were before. On
the eighth day from now I shall wait for
you ou this spot, and shall take you to my
home where for ten years you shall serve
me.
The lairy then vanished, giving Lena no
time to express her thanks. The little girl
went joyfully down the mountain, put her
Elants in the earth, and did exactly as she
ad been instructed.
What rejoicings there were in the little
house when on the third day it was fonnd
that the mother could see, the father could
walk and run as a yonng man, and the
brother and sister could both speak and
hear. They were now a happy family, and
were soon able to pay their landlord what
they owed him.
Lena did not forget that she must return
to the fairy; and on the eighth day was at
the appointed place, where the fairy Holpen
was waiting for her. She went with her to
her palace in the mountains, and there was
such a true and faithful servant that the
fairy rewarded her by shortening the time
of service to five years. When the day
came on which Lena should return to her
home, the fairy led her out into a broad
meadow.
"This is for your true services," she said,
shaking a large bag which she held in her
hand. "All you can carry is yours." Then
thousands of snow flakes iell about Lena,
which, as fast as she touched tbem became
shining gold pieces, and those she lelt on
the ground became beautiful butterflies with
glistening wings.
Lena was not long in returning home with
her great treasure. One large butterfly fol
lowed and was always seen hovering near
the little girL The village people called it
TEANSFOEMATIOX.
the money "bird," and whoever sav its glit
tering wings was reminded of the kind
Fairy Holpen and the good little Lena, who,
by her willing sacrifices, had brought such
great happiness to the afflicted family.
Patsik.
AKOTHEE BMP CANAL.
Project to Connect Harre With Marseilles
Throneh France.
London edition New Tort Herald.
It is not so long ago that the idea of cut
ting a navigable canal through the South of
Prance,from Bordeaux to the Mediterranean
had a great fascination for French minds,
but a much more ambitious project has now
been conceived by M. Jules de Douhet, a
French engineer. This scheme is nothing
less than a ship canal going right through
France from Havre to Marseilles. It wonld
indeed be a stnnendons undertaking.
The length of the canal would be 1,083
kilometres, its depth 9 metres, and its width
would vary from 22 to 300 metres. Its
course would follow the Seine and pass
round the north side of Paris; it would then
cut through the Marne, and follow first the
course of the Loing, then that of the Loire
from Gien to Boanne; from thence it would
make for Lyons by a tnnnel of ten kilo
metres, would then go parallel to the Bhone
until it came to the little late ot Berre, and
wonld reach Marseilles by another tunnel
of five kilometres, through the hills of La
Kerthe. The water would be obtained
partly by damming np the Loire and partly
from the Lake ot Annecy.
The cost is estimated at 2 milliards of
francs, and the time employed in its con
struction wonld be 10 vears. M. de Douhet
reckons upon 50,000,000 tons of traffic to
pass through bis canal annually which
would yield 600,000,000 of francs, and thus
leave a profit of 150,000,000 for the fortun
ate shareholders. The passage through
would take seven days.
CHLNESEFOKEEALLf ENGLAND.
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Peculiar Ceremonies That Somewhat
Startled the Good People
Newcastle, nf?., Chronicle.
The body was dressed in Chinese costume,
consisting of a new hat with tassel, blue
serge blouse, canvas trousers, and boots. A
new white handkerchief was also placed by
the right hand. The coffin was not
screwed down till the last mo
ment, it being customary to place
cards and money with, the body,
but this part of the ceremony was omitted.
The dead man's cousin, named Ah Tnck,
and a friend, Ah King, were the only
Chinamen who attended the burial. On
arrival at the grave the body was at once
lowered, and Ah Tnck proceeded to place a
large piece of cooked ham and a bag of bis
cuits in front ot the grave. A bnndle of
thin brown sticks was lighted and placed in
two portions in the ground, and next, by
the Bide of these, were placed four lighted
candles.
A bottle of gin was then opened, and part
poured on the ground, the two Chinamen
saying something in Chinese. The food was
then placed nearer the grave, the remainder
of the gin thrown on the ground, and a
handful or earth thrown by each of the
mourners on the coffin. completed the cer
emony. j.o .European notions such pro
ceedings have a strange look, but they are
none the less entitled to be regarded with
respectful toleration.
An Editor Invites Trouble.
HaTerhlll Gazette, 1
Mrs. T. Jefferson Orne brought to this of
fice a delicate yellow butterfly which she
had found this morning at Mr. Orne's Em
erson street stable. This species of the
butterfly only comes with the warm weather,
and is a considerable curiosity for this time.
Poets will please take notice, and send in
their spring poems.
A SOCIAL SOVEREIGN.
The
Manner of Man Who Beigns
the Four Hundred.
NO REALM MORE STABLE THAN HIS
On the Floor He Cuts Old-Fashioned Pigeon
Wings Before Bis Lady.
A TALK WITH A MUCH COUBTED HAH
rconsxsroxnxxcx of thi dispatch
New Yobk, February 22. The king of
society has put the cares of state away from
him. Lent is upon the world and the win
ter social season is over. McAllister L is
his regal title, bnt in the New Tork City
Directory he appears simply as "McAllis
ter, Ward, lawyer." Here blood tells as
well as it does in the effete monarchies of
the East Before he ascended the throne,
McAllister practiced law, bnt it is many
years since his voice was raised in court.
The king in his day was one of the hand
somest of men. With over two score years
and ten crowding npon him, he is still a fine
looking man. He does not betray his age
by his looks, speech or actions. He has
been as carefully groomed all his life as a
race horse. As a consequence, time has been
almost set at naught.
As the King scarcely moves outside of
the Four Hundred, the general public has
little opportunitp to see him. He is a
Southerner and Georgia is his birthplace. It
was there that the legal sheepskin was be
stowed upon him. He is nearly six feet
in height and well built, though not portly.
He has a military air in his movements.
There is scarcely a gray spear in his well
thatched head of brown hair. He wears a
luxuriant mustache and an imperial such
as Napoleon III, wore, thereby setting the
style lor men in his day. He dresses in
dark clothes at all times,but the material of
which his garments are made is always ex
pensive and the cut is fashionable. His
personal adornments are few. They merely
consist of a signet ring and a scarf pin.
NOT A BICH MAN.
McAllister is by no means a rich man, at
least as fortunes rank in the Fonr Hundred.
He has a competency, so that the thought
of the wolf being at the Boyal door does
not disturb either his waking or sleeping
tours. He lives in a brown stone house in
Tfest Thirty-six street, not far from Fifth
avenue. His residence is almost in the
center of what in former years was known
as Hurray Hill. Here ft is that the affairs
of state in the social realm are condncted.
The back parlor is where His Majesty for
mulates his decrees. When he seats him
self at his mahogany desk, McAllister puts
on a pair of gold rimmed spectacles whose
uows extend oacK over ms aristocratic ears.
This desk, by the way, contains documen
tary evidence of the standing or rank of
every one of the King's subjects and tell
how'absolute is the sway of the present
reigning Monarch.
Nor has the King any apprehension, or
even cause for apprehension, that his throne
will be toppled over and a republic pro
claim ed. No kingdom was ever more firmly
established, and no King was ever more cer
tain of the loyalty or his subjects. There
never was but one revolt against the Mon
arch, and that was when the great Centen
nial ball was given in 1889. Then Stuyve
sant Fish, as the Chairman of the Public
Committee, disputed the authority of Mc
Allister L His punishment was condign.
He was banished from the kingdom by Mc
Allister. At any rate the King and Fish
do not speak as they pass by, and the Ki g
showed his royal displeasure by not invit
ing Fish to the New Year's ball, which was
the crowning event of McAllister's reign.
FAITHFUL TO HIS TBUST.
People outside of the Four Hundred may
not understand why McAllister is so firmly
fixed in his place. It is because of his fidel
ity to his trust. Ihe clamor for admission
to the charmed circle of "exclusive society"
is great. But admission can be gained only
by satisfactory proof of the pedigree or
standing of the applicant. Neither entreat
ies, threats nor bribes will avail with McAl
lister. It is a fact not generally known that
there are poor persons in the Four Hundred.
They, however, have family names that en
title them to social distinction. Not that
any member is actually in want, but there
are several who are in "reduced circum
stances." Manv in the past have tried to
buy their way into the kingdom, but their
breeding and connections proved a barrier
that even millions would not sweep away.
McAllister's ratings of society people are
like those in a commercial agency. There
are only 400 who are qualified to rank A 1.
To be sure there were 1,200 at the New
Tear's ball, but 800 ol tbem belonged to
dependent social principalities. The balls
at Delmonico's, known as the "Patriarchs,"
are the most restricted society gatherings.
Nobody can be introduced at 'one of them
without the consent of McAllister. First
the name of the lady or gentleman must be
presented to him for consideration. If he
approves, the name is entered on the list,
which he has sole authority to prepare. If
the lady or gentleman is not known to him
he institutes the most rigid inquiry as to the
person! family history and standing, and
there can be no appeal from his decision.
THE SAME AT NEWPOET.
It is the same at Newport as in New
York. During the seasou McAllister sets
up his kingdom at Newport, aud no ball or
important social event of a general charac
ter is considered wholly correct unless under
his immediate direction. Barn dances are
popular at the summer rendezvous of the
fashionables. These barn dances are de
cidedly different from the hoe-downs which
wind np a corn-husking in the country. In
the first place the barns are not sheathed
with hemlock boards which pull apart under
the seasoning influence of the wind and sun
until cracks half an inch wide are created
for the stars to peep through and the wind
to blow through. The Newport "barns"
are of brick and stone, and many of them
cost from $50,000 to $100,000. The dancers
thread the mazes on stone floors, and refresh
themselves with champagne right off the
ice. McAllister sets the seal of royalty on
the dances under his direction by leading
the cotillon. He is an old fashioned dancer.
He cuts pigeon wings before the lady on the
corner in the style which onr grandfathers
approved, and pirouettes in the same erst
while fashion.
A MUCH COUBTED MAN.
' McAllister is one of the most courted men
in the world. He is rarely permitted to
dine at home. The fashionable hour for
dining is 8 in the evening. Mr. McAllister
begins to dress two hours before. He does
not accept invitations to dine for the sake of
gorging with food and wine, but for the,
sate ot sociability. Mis "omce hours ' are
from 10 to 12 in the morning. At no other
honr of the day can he be fonnd at home.
He is not a haughty man by any means.
He has a sort of stammering way of speak
ing. He repeats every second or third sen
tence and conclndes every repetition with
the query "don't you know?" One might
think that he was a coxcomb. He is any
thing but that He is a brainy man, and
the gratification of his ambition to be the
social leader in America is not so remarka
ble when the general strife for social dis
tinction is considered. The correspondent
of The Dispatch spent a portion of a
morning talking with Mr. McAllister in his
back parlor office. His methodical natnre
was shown by the way in which his books
and papers were kept. The lists of society
people and the record, of events past and to
come were all arranged in alphabetical or
numerical order so that he could make in
stant reference to anybody or anything un
der consideration.
OFF FOB EUROPE.
"The gay season," said he, "begins at
Christmas time, and lasts until Ash Wednes
day. The habit of going to Europe after the
arrival of Lent has become universal, and
the exodus of society.pe.ople this year trill be
tremendous. The duration of their stay will
be about three months. On their return
they will betake themselves to Newport,
Many go to the j)her side to obtain the bene
fit of a sea voyage, and all for rest. The
Newport season does not really begin until
August 1. There are some Lenten pleasures
like riding and theater parties, and there
may be a mi-caremeball this year. II there
is it will be held at some private house.
Balls are the most popular or social events.
The cotilon ball and dinner is the most ex
pensive and luxurious, bpt it has its ad
vantage. The guests are all selected by per
sonal invitation. They must say yes or no,
and thus the exact attendance is known be
forehand. The NewXear's ball is to become
a permanent institution, and it is intended
to take the place of another New Year a
custom, that ot making calls. Conservative
society people have grown tired of New
Year's calls because they were overdone,
and many have made it a practice to leave
the city to avoid them.
WHERE BAILS CAN BE HELD.
"The reason thejlew Year's ball was given
in the Metropolitan Opera House was be
cause there was no private residence in the
city large enough to hold the people, and no
one wants to go to a ball where he cannot be
in a big dancing room. A ball of any size
at all can be held in only four private
houses in New York, those of $Irs. William
Astor, Mrs. William H. Tanderbilt, August
Belmont and Pierre Lorillard. In these
houses the guests wonld have to be divided
among a number of rooms. Few could
dance at once and the others would not be
able to look on.' One of the principal pleas
ures at a ball is to watch the dancers.
"It is easier to manage a ball in Europe
than it is here. On the other side they have
supper ready as soon as the ball begins, and
people eat when they feel like it, which
keeps things going on all over the houseat
once. Americans, on the other hand, insist
on all dancing and supping together. No
one can get up a ball who does not possess
the confidence of the society leaders. This
confidence must be begot of the tried judg
ment of the manager in selecting as partici
pants persons of social' eligibility. The
manager must have been familiar with so
ciety for years, and know everyone in and
out of its ranks. He must be out of busi
ness, so as not to be influenced by personal
interests.
he must be feabless.
"He mnst be capable of understanding
the social prejudices of all kinds of people
in society and also perfectly fearless in pro
tecting both the kernel of society and so
ciety in its entirety. Men secure'admission
to clubs through business influences. So
ciety could not retain its integrity under
such a system. Having determined the
outlines of a great bail, I seek the counsel
of artists, into whose hands I put the details
like the decorations, the supper, the musio
and the control of the cloak room. These
must be men of known ability and experi
ence, who can be .depended on to perform
their parts. All the genins of mind and
beauty is not fonnd within the boundaries
of New York society. There are people in
the world whose presence will set off an
affair as
DIAMONDS DO A PAIB FACE,
but who may never be brought into society
unless somebody brings them in. The man
who undertakes to perform this service must
never let a new face escape him, and must
notlet prejudice influence his. judgment.
Society must have handsome as well as witty
women. For men great talent is a recom
mendation in any field. Great beauty is a
woman's passport. But, of course, this is a
passport onlv when the owner of the face is
unexceptional in all other directions. Here
is where judgment and tact must be exer
cised. Society grows constantly. It moves
in a circle and with every revolntion new
material is gathered. Society wants to keep
out no one who will prove an acquisition."
H.I.S.
SUBSTITUTE FOR OAK BARE.
An Australian Article That Will Taa the
Hides Even Better.
Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle.
Hitherto oak bark has held the field
against all substances for tanning purposes,
the tannic acid contained by it beinggreater
than in any other material yet tried. The
red earth of Japan, or terra Japonica as it is
known, is largely used for this purpose it is
true, but the leather tanned by it is very in
ferior in quality, tne chemicals contained in
it having a tendency to destroy the fibre of
the hide. According to an American, Mr.
Merry, who has been on an official visit to
Australia, there exists in the latter country
a vegetable product which will become a
ready and perfect substitute for the rapidly
vanishing oak of this country.
This is the Australian wattle, which be
longs to the widespread family of acacias.
and which is cultivated extensively in New
South Wales and Victoria, where, by its
fragrant blossom and elegant foliage, it is a
charming object in the landscape. The two
varieties inojt grown are the black and
broad-leaved wattle, and of these the first
produces the largest amount of tannic acid.
The proportions of acid contained are in the
black wattle 30 to 32 per cent, in the broad
leaved wattle 26 to 28, in Santa Crnz oak 16
to 18 per cent, and in other kinds of oak still
less, the Santa Cruz being the best known
for the purpose.
Hides can he readily tanned, in a bath of
liquor made from black wattle bark in 47
days, whereas 75 to 80 davs is the time re
quired for tanning in the best oak bark.
Mr. Merry suggests that trees of this de
scription should be largely planted in the
United States, a suggestion which might
also be adopted in England with advantage.
The broad-leaved wattle, though less valua
ble as a tanning agent, is the handsomest
tree, and more hardy than the black, and
will stand the ordinary frosts of our winters
in this country.
A BIG FIND OP TRUFFLES.
Epicures of the Old World Mads Happy br
New From India.
London Edition .Newport Herald.:
The truffle has been discovered in prom
ising quantities, it is whispered in the
hills not far from Mussoone, India. As
was fitting, the find was made by a French
visitor, and after being submitted to such
practical experts as Signor Peliti and the
Viceroy's chef, the specimenshe exhumed are
pronounced to be undoubtedly truffles. The
discriminination is not easy, for false truf
fles Of different kinds are as plentiful as
toadstools; but, in this case, says a Calcutta
paper, there appears no room lor doubt; and
at any rate local talent is so well convinced
that it has got hold of the real article, and
not Epping truffles' or puff balls, that
dogs are now being methodically
instructed in the business in order
to exploit the discovery. As is well
known, the natural field of the epicurean
fnngns is very limited, and the price which
it fetches large. If it exists, then, in suffi
cient abundance round Mussoorie, expecta
tion may fly to tbonghts of a flourishing ex
port trade; that is to say, if we can rise ail
at once beyond the idea of fresh truffles for
the Indian dinner table.
Not n Difficult Feat.
Columbus Journal.
An Eastern jonrnal remarks that, al
though Connecticut is but 90 miles longand
70 broad, it is so well supplied with rail
roads that you can travel in its cars close
npon 1,000 miles without crossing its bor
ders. Well, yon can do that in any county
in Ohio, providing you go back and forth
often enongh over the same line.
From Gettysburg:, Fa.
Elder B. P. Kittinger says: "I have
been suffering with a cold and cough, my
wife also. We took to using Chamberlain's
Cough Bemedy and we thonght it was a
great benefit, yet so pleasant to take."
Pifty-cent bottles for sale by E. G.
Stuckey, Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth
sts., Penn ave. and cor. Wylie ave.
and Pulton st; Mnrkell Bros., corner
Penn and Prankstown aves.; Theo. E.
Ihrig, 3610 Piflh ave.; Carl Hartwig, Forty
third and Butler sts., Pittsburg, and in Al
legheny by E. E. Heck, 72 and 194 Federal
St.; Tbos. P.. Morris, cor. Hanover and Pre
ble aves.; P. H. Eggers, 172 Ohio St., and P.
H. Eggers & Son, 199 Ohio st and 11 Smith
iie.ldst st,fit z, -t v-nto '.ox.WSU
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
-ON-
MORALSMAIERS
BY A OLEBGYMAN.
twnrrrzK ran tbx disfatch.1
Good manners are desirable everywhere
and praiseworthy anywhere. They are su
premely important in church. Eeligion
should infnse solemnity into worship in all
its parts. The church should be a school of
decornm. Nevertheless, it may be doubted
whether a critic could find anywhere more
scope for criticism, or a satirist more ma
terial for satire than is supplied by some
churches.
To begin with the minister. Mark how
often he is restless and inattentive when not
directly engaged in leading the congrega
tion. Who has not seen him leave the
pulpit alter .entering it and skip down to
whisper to some officer in the pew? "While
seated and waiting for the service to begin,
he sometimes nods familiarly to this or that
friend to right or left. If a brother clergy
man is in the pulpit with him they chat
during the voluntary by the choir. What
utter lack of reverencel What an object
lesson in bad manners, visible and de-
moralizing to the entire assembly!
The example of ministerial indecorum
naturally corrupts the singers yonder in the
choir loft. As soon as their duties are dis
charged sometimes while thev are pro
ceeding their by-play is marked and re
marked. When they seat themselves the
curtains are drawn. Behind the curtains
strange scenes are enacted. The soprano
places a box of caramels on her lap, draws
a novel from her pocket, and regales her
palate and her mind at the same time.
The organist scribbles notes to the con
tralto. The basso goes to sleep. Mean
time the tenor slips out and speeds away
whither?
All are alert, however, and in their places
when the last hymn is reached, and the cur
tains are drawn back to display the quartet
once more. True, the basso's hair is un
kempt; the soprano is chewing snspiciously,
as though she had not had quite time to dis
pose satisfactorily of that last caramel; but
the organist is seated at the keyboard; the
contralto stands demurely in her place,
while the tenor exhibits an amount of shirt
front calculated to mislead observers into
imagining that he means to make a clean
breast of it all 1
What wonder that the congregation, sand
wiched between such pernicious examples,
should be ill-bred and inattentive. When
the preacher is oblivions, when the choir
mistakes the house ot God for a free-and-easy,
is it strange that the people whisper
and ogle and interchange notes and nod as
sent to the sermon in the wrong places? In
some churches the officers are in the habit
of gathering about the door in the rear of
the pews during the devotional services to
hold an informal meeting. They interrupt
worship by stage whispers or untimely
laughter. Bnt are there not side rooms in
which they might meet? Have they not a
regular time aud place for offielalgather
ings? Many a sexton is a perambulating nui
sance. Fussing here, scurrying there, he
distracts attention by his obtrusiveness.
And why will he move to the accompani
ment of squeaking shoes?
In some quarters, this matter of church
manners needs reformation. Some scribe,
who writes with the pen of Swift; some
genius, who dips his pen .in the ink of Cer
vantes, should arise to describe and, by de
scribing, annihilate these abuses. Better
still, pray that the spirit of true worship
may descend upon the scene. Inthis mat
ter of good manners, judgment should begin
at the house of God. We do not affirm
that what is true of some churches is true
of all. -By no means. Most churches are
exemplary in these regards. We emphasize
the word some. Bnt the offenders are nui
sances to be abated.
Selfishness la Not Christian.
We find an interesting address by Prof.
Drummond, in a late number of the British
Weekly, delivered before the Young Men's
Christian Association, in Stirling. Among
other things the Professor said: "Young
men are learning to respect more and more
the word 'Christian.' Time was when it
was synonymous with cant and unreality and
strained feeling and sanctimoniousness. A
cynic defined a Christian as 'one whose chief
aim in life is a selfish desire to save his own
soul, and who, in order to do that, goes to
chnrch, and whose supreme hope is to go to
heaven when he dies.' This reminds one of
Prof. Huxley's examination paper in which
one question put was: 'What is a lobster ?'
A student responded: 'A lobster is a red
fish that moves backward.' Huxley said
this was a very good answer except forthree
things: 'First, the lobster is not a fish; sec
ond, it is not red, and third, it does not move
backward.' So if there is anything a real
Christian is not he is one who is selfish."
This Is Woman's Age.
In religious, as in other matters, this is
the women's age. 'Women were never before
so blessedly active. Take for example their
work on behalf of missions. There are 61
female foreign missionary societies. Of
these 13 are in Great Britain, with an in
come in 1889 of $234,000. Canada has 9,
with an income last year of $84,257. In the
United States there are 39 of these bodies,
with 25,000 auxiliaries, and 8.000 children's
bands. The anxiliaries uumber 500,000
members; and the children's bands have a
membership of 200,000. Their total receipts
in 1889 amounted to $1,250,000. They sup
port 1,200 missionaries in the aggregate, be
side 2.500 native Bible women teachers and
helpers, and have in charge 2,500 schools of
various grades, with 60,000 pupils. All this
is in addition to and outside of the great
missionary organizations of England and
America. 'Tis woman's peculiar and spe
cial contribution.
Turn Yonr Back on the Past.
The Christian life is one of new relations.
The Christian is himself a "new creature,"
with new hopes, new prospects, new rela
tions, new purposes, and a new destiny.
He should therefore turn his back npon the
past. Host or the troubles ot the Christian
arise from a forgetiulness of this. A good
detl of the old creature survives in the new.
Many believers are only half converted
changed in the head, not in the heart
Hence former relations prove a source of
weakness, and proda.ee a divided life.
When Lot's wife was told to quit Sodom,
she left; bnt so mnch of her real interest was
in the fated city that, and in the very act of
flying from destruction, she looked back
and was lost. "Remember Lot's wife."
Who Is n Cbrlittanf
In the Congregational News we find the
following:
On Sabbath afternoon, at the meeting of the
Society jot Christian Endeavor, the question,
"Wtioisa. Christian." v. as asked. At once a
little bright-eyed girl answered, "One who be
lieves In tho Lord Jesus Christ tni behaves
himself."
Well does the Hews ask this question:
Could any minister of the gospel give a com
pleter answer in as few words 7
A Matter of Staring- Power.
"I have been watching the careers of
yonng men by the hundreds in this busy
city for 30 years," remarks a keen observer,
"and I find the chief difference between the
successfnl and the failures lies in the single
element of staying power."
She Wni In Mo flnrnr.
The following qnaint epitaph on husband
and wife the husband having died firsts is
to be seen in one of the Parisian cemeteries:
"I am anxiously awaiting von. A. D.
1827." "Here I am.' A. D.'l867." The
lady had taken her time about it 40 years.
i
The Bloat Costly Bible.
It is said that the most costly book in the
world is the Bible in HcbreYtMsiajx ofer for 'J
its weight in gold was once made for it, and
it was ascertained that this would represent
102,000. It was refused. The volume is
in the library of the Vatican at Borne.
Abhorring- Evil Faintly
A well-known journalist writes as fol
lows: "One of the greatest evils of onr
times is that we abhor evil so faintly. Look
at the evidences of this: Consider the com
parative impunity of crime; how often it
deludes detection; how olten, when de
tected, it escapes judicial conviction; how
rarely, when convicted, it receives due sen
tence; and how, at last, a mawkish senti
mentalism obstructs the course of justice.
A policeman prostitutes his uniform to the
perpetration of repeated burglaries, and is
justly sentenced to a long imprisoment; the
foreman of the jury, who could not but con
vict him, hastens to assure him that after
three or four years he will be the first to sign
a petition for his pardon. A most delibei ate,
cowardly aud brutal murder is committed
because a gentleman speaks a few words to
defend some ladies lrom shameful insult in
a public conveyance. The murderer is con
demned to die. And now the unseemly
spectacle is presented of every possible in
fluence being brought to bear to prevent the
execution of the sentence; presented vainly,
however, because the chief magistrate has
the sense to see and the conscience to feel
himself called to be 'the minister of God, a
revenger to execute wrath upon him that
doeth evil.' These are actual and recent
cases.
"Go into what is termed 'the best society,'
and see what practices it tolerates. Men
whose characters are blackened with known
dishonesty, with drunkenness, and even
with personal impurity, are welcomed and
smiled upon in some of the sumptuous par
lars of 'the very highest circles.' Fond
parents give their fair daughters to splendid
scoundrels, aud the only explanation mnst
be sought in that pagan wail which has
been sounding down the ages for 2,000 years:
'Accursed lust of gold, to what iniquity
dost thou not inspire the hearts of mortals!'
"Come into the Church of God. What
do you find there? Multitudes ot half-conversions,
followed by negative characters;
milk-and-water piety, addicted to worldly
amusements and self-deceiving apologies for
them; large numbers of well-meaning pro
fessors, who have little power and less dis
position to grapple with the outlying world
and subdue it to Christ. Many a church is
a large battery filled with weak acid; a
stupendous engine with hardly steam
enough to tnrn its wheels. Our manifest
want in such cases is a more effective sense
of 'the exceeding sinfulness of sin."'
A Pompom Doctor. ,
Some years ago, in New York City, there
lived a divine named Osgood. He is now
dead, but many people will noc fail to re
member him and his amusing pomposity.
For a long time be was pastor of the Church
of the Messiah, but after giving up that
charge he never got another. This fact was
a matter of some wonder to many who knew
him, and also to many who knew him it was
not a wonder in the least, for the latter class
felt confident, from the doctor's actions, that
it would have to be a pretty, good place to
suit his vanity. He attended all the swell
meetings, bnt none of the small ones.
While at one of the former Dan Haskell,
then ou the Boston Transcript, and some
others got into conversation about the good
doctor. Someone asked why Br. Osgood
did not succeed in getting another church.
The reply was that he was not very anxions
to get one; bnt Dan Haskell chipped in say
ing: "Oh, yes, he is, but he is waiting for
a particular place."
"What place is that, Dan," someone
.-asked.
"A vacancy in the Trinity." replied Has
kell."
Gees Frera Different Authors.
It we tr our preaching do not wake you. we
rock your cradles and make you more insensi
ble every time we warn you. The most start
ling preaching in acertaln time ceases to arouse
the hearers. You know the great boiler fac
tories. I am told that when a man goes Inside
the boiler to bold the hammer- Khen Jbeycrs-
nxing rivets, tne sonna oi tne copper aearens
him so that he cannot bear It, it is so horribles
but after be has been a certain number of
months In that employment, he hardly noticrs
the hammering; he does not care about it. It
is lust so under the word. People zo to sleen
under that which was once like a thunder bolt
to them. It would need an earthquake and a
hurricane to move some of you solid ones.
Spurgeon.
Time is not an enemy to he killed, but a
friend to be cultivated. F. E. Clark.
And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace.
Lowell
Liberality consists less In giving much
than in givlnc seasonably. French Proverb.
We measure great men by their character,
not by their success. Jfepos.
Everyone has bis faults; but we do not see
the bump on our own back. Catullus.
Having sutt ered, I know how to help those
who are in distress. Seneca.
Love is sunshine, hate is tonow. Long
fellow. The earth is a host who murders all his
guests. Haflz. '
He that would not when be might,
He shall not when he wold-a.
Percy, BeUques.
One of thabest prayers ever offered is that
which Christ himself hallowed "God be merci
ful to me. a sinner!" There Is no title, no "for
ever and ever, amen." to It. It is 'only the heart
broken out of the mzn.eecfer.
He wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Queries. -
BOWLEGS FK0JI BICICLING.
A General Deformity at Washington Lends
to a Conclusion.
"An observer on the streets of Washing
ton," says a correspondent of the Washing
ton Post, "is struck with the extraordinary
number of young men and youths who are
bowlegged, or have legs inclined to be
bowed, with the toes of the feet turned in
more or less. The fact can be verified any
day by whomsoever chooses to look. I
think the explanation is chiefly, if not alto
gether, fonnd in the bicycle. The cavalry
man, as a rule, is bowlegged, with toes in
turned, and the wheelman, like the horse
man, assumes conditions that tend to throw
out the knees and turn in the toes, if, in
deed, the wheelman, in propelling his ma
chine, does not more fully than the eques
trian subject his lower extremities to exer
cises that curve them thus?
."Now. if it be true that habitual ridinz
on the bicycle is giving us a generation of
bow-legged young men and yonng women,
will it not be well for all to seriously con
sider whether it be worth while to incur
such results? Occasional bicycling, as oc
casional horse ridiug, may not bow the legs
and turn in the toes, and the bicycle itself
may, perhaps, be so constructed as to avoid
the tendencies now considered; bnt it is not
very desirable to sacrifice grace, shape, and
symmetry to any mode or fashion of locomo
tion." A LADI EXPLORER.
Flack Displayed In tho East by Madam Le
Ray. of Paris.
London Edition New York Herald.
One of the most intrepid explorers of the
day is a Parisian lady, Madam le Bay,
mother of the Due d'Abrantes, who has
been for several months engaged in Eastern
travel. Alter having visited Babylon and
Nineveh, she traversed the Persian deserts,
amid terrible privations, in order to reach
India. For five days and five nights her
little caravan had to encamp in the wilds
without meeting a living soul, or even dis
covering the slightest trace of a human be
ing. During all this time the cold was so in
tense that Madame le Bay's fingers were
frostbitten, and her guides became seriously
ill. She managed at last to reach the Per
sian Gnlf, where she embarked for India.
An account of her adventurous jonrney will
be almost as interesting as that which will
be given by M.Bonvalot and Prince Henri
d'Orleans on thei&return from Thibet.
THE FIRESIDE SPHIM
A Collection of Enigmatical Ms for
Home CracHng.
Addreu communications for thU department
to E. R. CHADBOtrfcs. ZewUton, Maine.
932 FOUE GAMES.
iM?ij
Edith Esxes.
933 CHARADE.
We sat together, she and I,
Dlscnsiine on the sexes;
Ihe difference, and chiefly why
This difference perplexes.
"Were I & first," she slid in scorn
So keen I felt a total
"I would regret 1 e'er was born
Aught else than sacerdotal."
"All men cannot be priestly men.
Nature such laws would sever;
For, if there was no union, then
Mankind would die forever."
"Yet still, though that be two three not,"
She spoke a trifle chlrper,
"His tyranny is one dark blot
Man Is but an usurper."
And so we argued all that day
Till, vexod at one another.
We went off angry she one way
And I just the other.
But oft I've thought, as one well can.
When bound by doubt's strong fetter,
If man was woman, woman man.
Would this world be much better?
Anonymous.
- 934 cubtailment.
The dandy who two sport an all
Devoid of it, "dude" we can't call
Most make the bead
Fit. it is said.
His mouth, bo It large or small. ,
It nils full many a gap In speech.
Which his weak intellect fails to reach,
To stop with whole
His mouth qnlte I nil.
And blandly stare at all and each.
Bitter Sweet.
935 A POETICAL MAZE.
ETTINLETJTJ
GREWG OD BR a
POAliTAYOI-O
S E OYH SR-OB E
EM URN INKE T
HCGIEHT8EH
R8HBOHERRU
TJOOIiRTOTEL
IiYVEAWHAF O
JjAOYS FLEYR
I NUYO UR SO U
" A stanza from Moore's poetical works is here
written; the lettersformlngthe same are in close
order. 5 ou may go up or down; you may more
backward or forward, bnt you mnst not go in
a diagonal direction; that is, yon must not pass
from letter to letter through the corner of a
square, but always tbroagh one of the sides.
The object is to find the first letter, and then
unravel the whole. K. E. A. DEfO.
936 A MEDLEY FLEET.
1. The Tessel Royal,
2. The Quaker's vessel.
3. The vessel of the Holy Friar;
4. The story-man's vessel,
5. The vessel of Religion,
6. The vessel of the Mclntyre.
7. The writer's vessel,
8. The driver's vessel.
9. The vessel of the evil one;
10. The nobleman's vessel, -,
1L His better half's rersel, ,
12. The vessel of the dreaded dan.
13. The vessel of the Friend, ,
14. The associate's vessel,
15. The vessel of a worthy trier:
18. The army officer's vessel,
17. HIS subordinate's vessel,
18. The vessel of an officer higher.
19. The vessel of the scholar.
20. The Papal officer's vessel,
2L The vessel of the missing tenant;
22. The vessel of the landlady,
23. The Royal Messenger's vessel,
21. The vessel ot the merchant's pennant,
25. Tho vessel of an Imp,
26. The near resident's vessel,
27. The vessel ot the rightful successor;
28. The vessel of the pate,
2i. The mean person's vessel,
30. The vessel of the lawful possessor.
H. J. A.
937 AXAOEAM.
And soon the politician
Who thinks be Is in the race
For a "nice rure" position
Will wear a smiling face.
R. E. A. DIN a.
938 DIAMOND.
L A letter. 2. To indulge. 3. Vallovs. 4.
Requires. 5. A musical composition. 6. Ad
Tancinc. 7. A species of tide water tortoises.
8. Settling. 9. A stroke. 10. Being (ObsJ. II.
A letter. X.L.C.R.
939 CIRCLE.
ELEVEN LETTEES.
Place In a circle three words that suggest
A contemptible child, smoked meat and to
cure;
Then start and read through from a point that
is best.
And if your selection of words have been
sure,
A beautiful palace before you will stand.
Once the pride of the kings, in a far-away land.
a.
JANUARY UNTANGLING.
Prize Winners. L, Glass, Pittsburg. Pa. 2.
Helos, Allegheny City, Pa. 3. H. C. Burger.
Alliance. O.
Mou of Honor. Vim. Hughes, Apollo, Pa.;
R.D. 8., Pitt-burg. Pa.; Hugh C.Dorwortb,
So. Oil City, Pa.; Daisv Krieger, Pittsburg,
Pa.; L. Dennis, New York, N. Y.; A C.
Amend. Derry. Pa.: Arthur Newton. Colum
bus, O.: Thomas La wry. Braddock, Pa.: N. N.
Avery. Pitts bare. Pa.: Barbara Ingllls, Sharps
ville. Pa.: John H. J. Monsee, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Era S. Nelson, Ford City. Pa.: Jennie Gilmer,
Pittsburg. Pa.; Ellen P. R, Rochester, N. Y.;
Luther Darts, Pittsburg. Pa.; Old Man. Pitts
burg, Pa.; Ida Robson, Allegheny City, Pa.
ANSWERS.
923 Beacon lighV.
924 P-o-M-c-e. (P-ranks, p-luck; well-b-o-red
man: G-o-od: f-Mght, f-I-ame; .C-a-I-n: chair,
c-ash; plan-e-r, f-e-ast.
925
"By woe, the soul to daring action swells,
By woe. In paintless patience it excels."
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881 About, Abos, Abo, Ab, A.
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eaUford, Mt.. Correpae: Dexter' Gazette.
We have in Guilford a baby; who"at U(
age of 10 months began to whistle a ruL'"
genuine whistle, clear tad dlstincbv '
could speak several words at 6 mdnthrlo.
age, plainly enough to be understood by
anyone. He will read aloud from the
Gazette, changing his tone as anyone would
do, and occasionally stopping to laugh, as
though he had found somethin g particularly
pleasing. This boy is the onlv child of
Mrs. W. O. Monlton, of this town, and is
now 11 months old.
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