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A STORY FOR THE LITTLE
ADAPTED FOE
There was one time a poor fisherman who
bad but one son; his name was Fritz. The
boy was strong and brave; but he knew so
little, and was so dull, that the Tillage peo
ple called him "Stupid Fritz." One day
he was fishing with his lather, and had
promised to be very careful about drawing
in the net. But he pulled so hard that the
net broke and all the fish escaped. The
father was very angry, and scolded his son
severely for his carelessness; but the boy
answered: "You should send me away
from here, dear father, for I am not fitted
for this work."
When they drew the net ashore they
found in it a bright, sharp sword, and al
though it had lain in the water for some
time, there was no sign of rust to be seen.
Fritz took the sword, and swinging it in the
air, shouted: "Hurrah: now I shall go out
in the world and conquer a kingdom."
"Foolish boy," said his lather, "you talk
as if kingdoms were lying about in the
streets."
But Fritz determined to leave hs native
village; and the next morning started on
his way. As he walked through the woods
near his home, the birds sang from the
trees: "Ah, ha; there goes Stupid Fritz to
conquer a kingdom."
One day, when he had traveled through
manv'ands without meetine with any ad-
Tentiires, he came to a dark, wild forest, J
KILLING THE
through which he journeyed all day. and
saw neither man nor beast. When night
crime on he saw a light in the distance, and
timing toward it, ound a cave, in which
sat three robbers around a fire, and
on the floor lay an old man
bound hand and foot with heavy
cords. Fritz crept softly near 3nd heard
one robber say: "I am glad we found the
old man; to-morrow he shall lead us to his
castle in the rock and show us his treasures;
and if he refuses we shall roast him."
Quick as thought Fritz sprang into the
cave, swnng his sword through the air, and
with almost one blow killed the three wicked
men. He then released the old man, who
thanked him, and invited him to go with
him to his castle in the rocks. Fritz fol
lowed the old man bv a narrow path through
the forest, and finally they paused be'fore a
high wall of solid rock, which looked very
black in the darkness. The old man struck
three times with his cane; a noise like thun
der followed, and the rocks parted and a
flood of ligbt shone through. When they'
had entered tue rocs: closed again witn the
same thundering noise. Although no lamps
or candles were to be seen, the long, wide
hall through which they passed, was bril
liantly lighted by a bright lustre which
seemed to shine irom the walls. They now
entered a high arched room, in the midst of
which stood a large tree covered with red
and white blossoms. When the footsteps
sounded on the polished marble floor, there
was a rnstle and murmur among the bran
ches, and from each of the hundreds of
blossoms a tiny face appeared and gazed
curiously at Fritz. Then there was a great
whispering and sounds of suppressed
laugnter, and finally a chorus of small
voices cried: "Here is Stupid Fritz, who
wants to conqner a kingdom."
The old man now threw off his old cloak
and stood before Fritz in rich attire. When
he raised his cane, which had become a
golden wand, the little faces drew back into
the blossoms and were no longer visible.
The old man then led Fritz through manv
rooms and halls of wondrous beauty; and
when he had displayed the treasures of his
castle he nad a couch of down prepared for
his guest, and Fritz soon fell into a deep
sleep. When he awoke the next morning a
large green parrot was perched on the loot
of the bed, which nodding gravely, said:
"Jly master wishes you good morning, and
desires you to come to him."
Fritz sprang up and found on the chair
beside the bed not his old, worn clothes, but
princelv garments of royal purple. AVhen
he had arrayed himself in these and buckled
on his sword, whicn had been placed in a
new golden sheath, he scarcely recognized
his own image in the mirror. He then fol
lowed the parrot into his master's presence.
The old man sat before a table on which
werejlaced bread and wine, and while they
ate he said: "I Baw 'ast evening that
you carried one of the water nymph's
sirords. These are given only to such peo
ple as are destined to perform some great
deed. I have consulted the nymphs and
have learned that they wish you to release
the Princess Nina from her wicked en
chanter. But they could not tell me where
to find her. Tcti rescued me from the hands
of the robbers, and now I want to help vou.
I shall consult the sunbeams which shine
everywhere; they can certainly tell me
where the Princess is."
The old man then placed a small golden
chair on the table, and drawing back the
curtains allowed a stream of licht to fall
into the room. The sunbeams played around
the small chair, and in a few moments the
figure of the little girl, surrounded by a
halo of white, was seen.
"Can you tell me where to find the Prin
eess Nina?" asked the old man. A clear,
ringing voice replied: "I have seen all the
FOLKS, FROM THE GERMAN.
THE DISPATCH.
King's daughters o whom the sun shines;
but I do not know th Princess Nina.
The little figure ih.-n vanished, and the
old man said that he must now wait until
evening and consult the moonbeams. " hen
the moon arose and shone in at the castle
window, a silver chair was placed on the
table, and on the white beams a small fairy
like creature glided in.
"Can you tell me where thePrmcess Nina
lives?" asked the old man. And a silvery
voice replied: "I have seen many king's
daughters; but I do not know the Princess
When the fairy had disappeared the old
man drew the curtain and lighted a candle,
The flame flickered, burned up, and then a
little voice asked: "Why don't you consult
the candle-light? I know where the Prin
cess lives; in the land of Baroko. at the end
of the earth. When the Princess was two
years old. a wicked fairy who was angry
with the King went into the palace and
declared that if a ray of sunshine
should fall upon, the little child
she. would become a bird and fly
awav. The Kintr, who was very fond of
his 'dauchter, had a palace built under
ground. Here the Princess lives. She has
beautiful gardens; but the flowers are all
made of gold and precious stones; and the
Princess lons to walk throuch the green
mcaiows. and gather the daisies and butter
cup5. If a brave youth carryinc a water
nymph sword shall approach this palace,
and boldlv enter, he will overcome the power
of the wicked fairy, and will receive the
THEEE ROBBEBS.
kingdom as a reward.
Both Fritz and the old man were rejoiced
over this information, and began at once to
make preparations for the journey. Theold
man had much advice to give his young
friend, and presented him with a spirited
white horse and a purse of gold. Early the
next morning Fritz started out to find
Baroko; and as he rode through the vil
lages the people on the streets stopped to look
after him, declaring that they never before
had seen so handsome a knight. Finally he
came to the end of the earth, and the country
of Baroko. He first went ta the King and re
ceived not only permission to enter the
palace, but also the kingdom, if he would
free the Princess Nina from the powerof the
enchanter. As Fritz passed throuch the
rooms and hfUU of the underground castle
he was filled with astonishment at the sight
of so much splendor. In the garden, with its
flowers of gold and precious stones, he saw
the Princess, and kneeling before her he
said:
"Most beautiful Princess, you are now
free."
At these words there was a great noise,
and the castle rocked as if shaken by an
earthquake. All the maids and courtiers
sprang up in terror. In a moment all was
still, and instead .of a large, dark castle,
there stood a crystal palace, in which the
morning sun shone brightly. The Princess
shouted for joy, and ran out into the garden
and danced in the sunshine. The king
willingly gave up his kingdom, and when
Friz had bronght his father to the castle, the
old fisherman could scarcely believe that his
Stupid Fritz had become such a great ruler.
Patsie.
A DEAD CHINESE BABI.
The Methods of n Mongolian Undertaker In
Snn Francisco.
From the A1U California. 1
Two gentlemen, while passing along
Dupont street yesterday, between Washing
ton and Jackson, were surprised to see the
hat of a Chinese infant projecting from the
top of a sack of charcoal which was being
carried by an excited Chinaman.
They followed the Mongolian to 712
Pacific street, and entering the place,
demanded to see tho contents of the
sack. To tneir horror, they found it con
tained the dead bodv of a 3-year-old male
infant and about 15 pounds of charcoal.
One of the gentlemen remained by the body
and held the Chinaman while the other went
in search of the police.
Sergeant Price and posse made an inves
tigation, and found that the Chinaman who
carried the sack was a Chinese undertaker,
and was about to prepare the body for
burial. The body was taken to the morgue
and the proper steps taken.
HDMOK IN EXAGGERATION.
This Source of Fan Wni Retorted to Nearly
Two Ccntorles Abo.
Tooth's Companion.!
The special mark of American humor is
exaggeration, bnt the trick is nothing new.
In 1701 the first grist mill was built in
York, Me. Naturally it was a pretty rough
affair. The inefficiency of its work was hit
off by a current anecdote.
According to the story, a certain man had
some grain ground at the mill, and his wife
tried to sift it The meal sieve proved to
be useless, and she had recourse to a ladder.
This worked somewhat better, but even this
was considerably too fine until she took out
every other round,
FAMOUS BLIND MEN.
Lawyers, Editors, Merchants and
Builders Who Cannot See.
THE SIGHTLESS ORATOR OP OHIO.
William . Cramer and Walter L. Camp
bell Toiled in the Sanctum.
CHRIS. BUCKLEY, THE POLITICIAN
WHIT TEN FOB THS DISPATCH. 1
I was standing in the lobby of the South
era Hotel, in St, Louis, one day in Novem
ber last. The silver men's convention was
then in session in St Louis, and the parlors
and lounging rooms of the hotel were
crowded with delegates and strangers. A
tall, gray-haired man, of dignified and
stately bearing, came in, leaning on the arm
of a youthful companion, and at once be
came the center of an animated group, who
crowded about to shake his hand and ex
change greetings with him. Only the
closest observer would have divined from
the newcomer's movements that he was
blind. His face was a striking one, strong
and clean-cut, and carved with deep lines of
thought.
At the stormy and tumultuous Republican
National Convention held at Chicago iu the
month of June, 1884, the owner of trie
striking face had, under conditions that put
to the fullest test an orator's powers, for
half an hour swayed a great audience of
10,000 people at his will, as, in a speech
memorable for its eloquence and dignity, he
placed James G. Blaine in nomination for
the Presidency. He was Judge William
H. West, the blind orator, who, by reason
of his physical afflictions, his exalted char
acter and" snperb mental endowments, has
long been one of the most picturesque and
attractive figures in Ohio politics and at the
Ohio bar.
Though blind from birth Judge West is a
ripe scholar, his abilities as a lawyer are of
the highest order, and his powers of oratory
recall the best traditions of the American
forum. He has held a number of public
positions and served on the bench with dis
tinction and honor. He resides at Belle
fontaine, where, though now well ad
vanced in years, he is still actively engaged
in the practice of his profession, possessing
a large and lucrative clientage. He has a
beautiful home at iiellefontaine, aud an in
teresting family whom he has never seen
and never will. In private Judge West is
one of the most genial and companionable of
men, apparently content with his hard lot.
His life is a striking refutation of the popu
lar belief that blindness debars a man from
a life of usefulness and honor.
A GREAT POLITICIAN.
The most powerful Democratic politician
on the Pacific slope is Chris Buckley, of San
Francisco, who during the greater part of
his political career has been totally blind.
Buckley, who is now 48 years old, was born
in Ireland and spent his boyhood in New
York City. He went to San Francisco in
1SC0, and for the first three or four years
found employment as a street car driver.
Then in partnership with one "Al" Fritz
be opened a saloon which soon became
headquarters for the local politicians,
and in an incredibl short space of
time the two young men became all
powerful in the city. Fritz, a wire
puller of unusual shrewdness, committed
suicide during a drunken debauch ten years
ago, and in 1874 Buckley lost his eyesight
through chronic neuralgia. But despite
these drawbacks his political influence has
grown steadily and has often made itself
telt in State and national affairs. Buckley
managed Justice Field's canvass for the
Presidental nomination in 1884, and it is
said that Millionaire Hearst owed his elec
tion to the United States Senate mainly to
the skill and shrewdness of the blind saloon
keeper. He is a man ofjjreat resolution and
force of character, fitted by nature to rule
turbulent and lawless men, and those who
know him say that his loss of sight has in
creased his skill and cunning.
The blind boss is a handsome man, of fine
figure and prepossessing face, and always
dresses richly and in the latest style. He
has spent large sums in efforts to regain his
eyesight, but thus far in vain. His fortune
is estimated all the way irom $250,000 to a
round million.
A FAMOUS EDITOB.
Another remarkable blind man is Will
iam E. Cramer, who for 42 years has been
the editor and proprietor of the
Evening Wisconsin, a daily paper
published in Milwaukee. A coasting acci
dent, which befell him when a boy in New
Eneland, rendered him both blind and
deaf, but these drawbacks have not pre
vented him from carving out a brilliant and
remarkably successful career. He is one of
the best equipped newspaper men in the
country. He began editorial work in Al
bany in 1843, where he was the intimate aud
trusted lriend of Thurlow Weed, Horace
Greeley and Henry J. Baymond. He went
to Milwaukee in 1847, and by his own ef
forts has built the journal over which he
presides fiom humble beginnings to one of
the best paying newspaper properties in the
Northwest,
Cramer is a man of splendid attainments.
He graduated from Union College and
studied law before he went into newspaper
work. He owns oiie of the finest private
libraries in Milwaukee and he is acquainted
with the contents of every volume which it
contains. In the discharge of his editorial
duties, though now 73 he was born at
Waterford, N. Y., in 1817 he is as enthu
siastic and untiring ns a man of 30. He
daily dictates several colnmus of editorial
matter to a stenographer, and has done so
for many years. By the xaid of an audi
phone all the leading journals of the coun
try are read to him every day, and in this
way he keeps abreast with the progress of
public opinion and events in all parts of the
world. Mr. Cramer has been a great trav
eler. He was in Paris during the Franco
Prussian war, and was one of the foreigners
who, locked up in the bcleagured city, were
compelled to subsist lor weeks upon mule
meat. Like Chris Buckley, Mr. Cramer
dresses neatly and elegantly. He goes about
Milwaukee unattended.
EDITOB, LAWYEK, BEFOKMER.
Youngstown, O.. also has a blind editor
in the person of W alter L. Campbell, who
was born in Salem, O., 48 years old. His
father, a preacher, died before he was born.
A stone thrown by a playmate when he was
5 years old bit him in the left eye, and he
became totally blind in both. When a lad
of 9 he was placed in the Columbus institu
tion for the blind, where be made wonderful
progress in his studies, showing an especial
aptitude for music. He completed his
musical education in the School for the
Blind in Philadelphia, where Blaine was
once a teacher, and then taught music in
his native place while fitting himself for
college.
With the money earned as a music teacher
he went through the Western Eeserve Col
lege, distinguishing himself as a classical
scholar, and gtaduating at the head of his
class. He then studied law, and passed
through the Harvard law school. In school
and in his law studies it was his practice to
have a fellow student read over to him sev
eral times the chapter or paragraph which
he desired to master, a singularly tenacious
memory easily enabling him to retain and
absorb it. After a two years' residence in
the West he, in 1874, became the editor of
the Youngstown Register, filling that posi
tion for eight years. During the early part
of his newspaper career Mr. Campbell wrote
all of his articles with his own hand, using
a grooved board to prevent the lines irom
running together. Later he began to use the
typewriter, and soon became a rapid and cor
rect operator. In 1877 he married Miss
Helen C. Lagorgue, of Cleveland, a most
accomplished lady, who acted as his assist
ant, reading the newspapers and taking his
dictation until he retired from the editor
ship of the Register.
MADE MATOB OF THE CITT.
The municipal affairs of Youngstown were
in a bad way and in April, 1884, the reform
element in politics nominated Mr. Campbell
for Mayor. He made- a vigorous and ag
gressive fight and after a bitter and exciting
contest was triumphantly elected. He en
tered upon the discharge of his duties with
his accustomed energv and vigor, and soon
became a terror to evil doers. So effectively
did he enforce the laws duing the first year
of his term that toward its close the police
courts had little or nothing to do. Mr.
Campbell has been an extensive traveler,
and it is his one boast that he never forgets
a voice or a name. He has an elegant and
costly home, obtained by his own efforts,
and during the past six years has built up a
large and lucrative practice as a lawyer.
Beside Judge West and ex-Mavor Camp
bell, Ohio has a third extraordinary blind
man in S. S. Bicklv, President of the Capi
tal City Bank of Columbus. Mr. Kickly has
been totally blind for the last ten years.
The tragio incident by which he became so
is best told in his own words. "One day in
the summer of 1880," he wrote not long ago,
"a man came into my private room in the
bank, of which I am President, about noon
time, and, presenting a certificate of a trus
tee of a bankrupt coal firm, which called for
about $100, roughlydemanded that I should
give him $50 upon it. I looked at the cer
tificate and saw that several payments had
bten indorsed upon it, leaving but ?70 still
due. I knew the man, and calling him by
name, told him that I did not know what
the certificate was worth, and that I did not
want to take anything from him if it was
worth more than 550. He then demanded
that I should give him $35. I told him
that I had not the money to spare, and
was turning away when, quick as thought,
he presented a revolver to my forehead and
fired."
PASSED THROUGH BOTH EYES.
"The last thing I ever saw was that revol
ver within an inch of my forehead. The
ball entered by left temple and passed
through both my eyes, lodging against my
right cheek bone. Two thoughts flashed
through my mind as I lost consciousness.
One was: 'Is this fatal?' The other: 'Shall
I fall?' When my son and a clerk, who
were in the next room, rushed in they found
me lying on the floor insensible with my
would-be murderer beside me stone dead.
Thinking he had killed me, he had shot
himself through the heart. I finally recov
ered from my injuries, but my sight was
gone from me forever."
Though thus terribly afflicted, Mr. Eick
ly did not lose heart. He has ever since
continued at the head of the Capital City
Bank, and with the aid of an amanuensis
daily disposes of a large volume of business.
Every visitor to Middletown, N. Y., has
Alfred M. Horton pointed out to him as one
of the wonders of the place. Mr. Horton is
now 60 years of age, and has been totally
blind since he was a boy of 14. Born poor,
he made a fortune as a farmer and contractor,
and for the last seven years has been a
wholesale grain and feed dealer, supplying
the retail trade in Orange and Sullivan
counties, N. Y. He does all of his own
buying, and by the sense ot feeling can in
stantly detect whethcra consignment of grain
or feed differs in the slightest particular from
what the invoice calls for. He also buys
and sells horses and cattle in the same man
ner, and the most skillful trader finds
it a bootless task to attempt to im
pose upon him. Mr. Horton keeps
only a mental record of his business trans
actions, and acts as his own collector, de
termining the denomination of bills and the
value of coins by touch. He is an exten
sive owner of real estate and is expert
enough in the use of tools to perform all
needed repairs upon his buildings without
assistance. Mr. Horton never has need of
a guide in his goings and comings in and
about Middletown, and frequently goes to
New York City alone, making his way across
the ferry and to his brother's office, on Sixth
avenue, unattended.
A LITTLE KEAKEH HOME.
The principal coal dealer of Sewickley, a
little town near Pittsburg, is Alden F.
Hays, a young man of 39. He is the son of
General Alex Hays, a heroio soldier who
fell in the battle of the Wilderness, and has
been blind from birth. He goes backward
and forward between his home aud his office
alone, and conducts an extensive business
without clerical aid. He makes out his own
orders, keeps account of the cars as they ar
rive from the mines, weighs the coal before
it is delivered, collects and receipts the bills
of his several hundred customers, and posts
and balances his own books. He is an ex
pert typewriter, ana his work equals in
neatness and exactness that of the most
skillful copyist. In addition to his other
accomplishments Mr. Hays is a trained and
gifted musician, and for nearly 20 years has
been the organist of the Presbyterian Church
of his town. Before his coal business grew
so large as to occupy his entire time and at
tention he taught music with great success.
Everybody has heard of the blind chap
lain of the Lower House of Congress, Eev.
W. H. Milburn. He lost his sight when a
child. He has been an untiring ministerial
worker all his life, but has found time to fill
various positions of trust and honor, and to
write half a dozen books.
TIIE BLIND SHIP BUILDEB.
The most notable blind man now living
yet remains to be spoken of. His name is
John B. Herreshoff. He lives at Bristol,
E. I., and he is at the head of one of
the largest ship building firms in the
United States. He has been blind since his
fifteenth year, but he has designed and
superintendended the construction of some
of the finest steam yachts now afloat. So
completely is he the master even of the
smallest details of his vast business, that
when the representative of a South Amer
ican Government called upon him a lew
years ago, and asked for what sum he could
build and deliver three torpedo boats of a
peculiar size and pattern, he requested only
half an hour's time for deliberation before
giving his answer. Before the half hour
was up he had mentally gone over the whole
matter, working from the new and stiange
plans submitted. His offer was accepted.
But John B. Herreshoff is more than a
skillful designer. He is also a man of great
executive ability. He personally superin
tends every department of a plant employ
ing hundreds ot men.
Kufus E. Wilson.
TOO MAN! KIND FRIENDS.
Trouble Into Wblcb Onr Sccretnrrof lega
tion at Cornea Baa Fallen.
Boston Glohe.l
Mr. Arthur W. Barrett, formerly of Bos
ton, and late United States Secretary of Le
gation at Caracas, Venezuela, has abundant
reason to utter the old prayer, "Save me
from my friends." Mr. Barrett is a bright
newspaper writer, and while at Caracas
wrote an occasional letter to a New York
newspaper.
Appreciating the fact that the regula
tions of the service prohibit a person in a
diplomatic position from acting as a news
paper correspondent, in his official capacity,
Mr. Barrett's letters to the Herald were
confidential and unsigned. But hisi'riends
have "given him dead away."
His own brother's paper, the Boston Ad
vertiser, republished one of his letters, with
the author's name, containing rather spicy
cnticisms'of Caracas society. This came
to the knowledge of the Venezuela Govern
ment through its representatives in this
country, who at once demanded Mr. Bar
rett's recall by the State Department at
Washington.
T1IE AGE OF TIIE CIGAR.
Americans Like It Green and Englishmen Old
and Dry.
New York Evening Snn.l
The American man wants his cigar fresh
and green. The Englishman, on the other
hand, values his as he does his wines, the
older and dryer the better. Mr. William
Black, the novelist, who is a connoisseur
in tobacoos,has In his chambers the ones on
the Thames that Dickens used to occupy a
much prized assortment of old cigars, some
of which are 14 years old. These he guards
with the most jealous care, only at rare in
tervals and as a mark of the most distin
guished consideration bestowing one on
friend. ' ' '
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
-ON-
MORALSMABHERS
BY A CLEEGYMAN.
IWKtTTIN TOB THJS DISPATCH.
The International Sunday School lesson
for to-day paints Jesus as the Great Physi
cian. It was a distinctive glory of the Naz
arene that he "went about doing good."
His was not it life of hermit contemplation.
He did not dwell in seclusion and exclusion.
He was a man among men. He cultivated
character made this the chief article in his
creed. But he did not cultivate it selfishly.
He put his Godness out at interest He
made himself a positive, aggressive force
for righteousness and helpfulness. He
sought out cases, made opportunities and
became an inspiration to struggling men
and women.
The followers of Christ need to copy the
example of the Master in this respect. It is
not merely to do the good that forces itself
upon us and that we cannot evade, like the
collection plate on Sunday; it is to go out
of our way, to create the chance, that we
are called as Christians. There are many
in the world who are like poor, blinded,
bewildered Elymus, of whom it is narrated
that he "went about seeking some one to
lead him by the hand." Is there not some
unfortunate whom we might lead into the
lightsome darkened xoul, some prodigal son
or daughter, some spirit imprisoned in sin
and wretchedness? The doing this would
be the noblest form of discipleship. The
best argument for Christianity is a Christian
man or woman. Books may be refuted. It
is impossible to refute a Christian life. Why
not put our apologetics in flesh and blood?
Ono Type of Character.
The editor of the Golden Rule makes a
good point as follows: The author of "Tom
Brown" tells us of a nurse that watched
over Tom's infancy, who was gifted with
"two left hands and no head." How often
this anomalous individual is found outside
of the nurseryl In the kitchen she is
always dropping dishes and making the
fortune of the crockery dealers. In school he
is alwaysfct the foot of his class rather by rea
son of a certain mental carelessness andin
aptitude than because of positive stupidity.
In politics he is constantly making those
blunders which statesmen pronounce worse
than crime. In society, by various contre
temps and maladroit remarks, he blazes his
way through life. If there is a corn under
the table, he is sure to step on it; if there is
a sore and sensitive heart, he is sure to
probe the wound with his bnngling
lancet, and without the least intention of
hurting anyone's feelings. Sometimes this
man with two lelt hands finds his way into
the pulpit, and then, alas, his awkward work
is disastrous indeed. He citnuot perceive
the difference between foolish preaching and
the foolishness of preaching. He cannot be
made to believe that a word in due season is
any better than a word out of season. In
any walk of life this man seems to have no
innate conception of little proprieties or
small amenities. A course of action is al
ways in his eyes lawful or unlawful, never
expedient or inexpedient. Very olten such
a man labors under the delusiou that he is
unusuallv frank and honest; and if he gets
into trouble through his inveterate bung
ling, he is likely to pride himself on being a
martyr to the truth, whereas in reality he
deserves no more Honor for his bravery than
the man who runs his head against a hor
net's nest. However, many a man who
starts out in lite in this sad condition is by
no means a hopeless case. By recognizing
his besetting faults, by taking "the advice of
his friends, Tiy putting himself under the
tutilage of a jndicious wife, by care and
thought and prayer, by looking at the
"other side of the shield" and by recogniz
ing the rights of other people, he can often
become ambidextrous, and even grow a head
with the same brains in it. This piocess of
development is worth striving for.
Henry Georce'a Sermon.
One of the religions periodicals asserts
that there has been sent to many ministers
a small sheet containing what purports to
be a sermon by Henry George, delivered in
Scotland not long ago. Psalms were sung.
The Scriptures were read. Prayer was
offered. It was a meeting in the interest of
the single tax theory adapted to the local
ity, for Scotland is nothing if not ortho
dox. Mr. George spoke on "Thy Kingdom
Come," the fulfillment of which, he said,
would occur when his land theory was put
in practice. Was ever a greater absurdity
uttered ? 'Tis like the cry one hears from
tho lips of the peddler in the Orient, "In
the name of the Prophet figs 1" Suppose
the single-tax law enacted and obeyed, men
remaining morallv as they are, where should
we find the kingdom of God on earth that
consummation of which the Bible is full,
and lor which saints of all ages have prayed
and toiled? What sort of a minister must
he be who offers prayer before a discourse
which contains not one word of the gospel,
and which is of the earth, earthy, from start
to finish ?
Money Spent on Armies.
Statistics are published showing the mili
tary expenditure of the great powers during
the past three years. France spent 5,082,
000,000 marks; Russia, 3.254,000,000 marks;
Great Britain, 2,475,000,000 marks; Ger
many, 2,430,000,000 marks; Austro-Hun-gary,
1,352,000,000 marks, and Italy, 1,254,
000,000 marks. This shows a total expendi
ture of the European Governments named
of 15,874,000,000 marks. Eeduced to Ameri
can money it aggregates $3,961,750,000!
Suppose this had been expended iu educa
tion, or in benevolence, oriu religion why,
the good done would be even vaster than the
stupendous expenditures. But these sums
were lavished upon armies; and labor footed
the bills. Is it any wonder that Europe is
honeycombed with discontent? Talk about
the millenium; evidently it isn't in sight
yet over there.
Strong In Fa lib.
The strength of a church lies in its faith.
It may have everything else guilds, broth
erhoods, Sunday schools, mission chapels, a
large congregation, an eloquent pastor, a
humanitarian spirit, every advantage; but if
the supernatnral spirit is lacking it can
never be a proper church. Because, accord
ing to a famous definition, "a church is a
body of believers united together in a cove
nant with God to walk in all His ways made
known, or to be made known, unto them."
A church plus God that is irresistible.
"The gates of hell shall not prevail against
it" A church minus God that is ''sound
ing brass and a tinkling cymbal."
Here is an engine. The machinery is all
right. But there is no fire and hence no
steam, and hence no motion. A church
without laith in God, a vital and vitalizing
faith, a faith that endures "as seeing Him
who is invisible," is like a steam engine
without steam.
Bnlldlnsa With tower.
In walking along the streets we sometimes
come upon a building marked, "For rent
with or without power." There is an engine
somewhere around and the steam can be
adjusted at will. Wouldn't it be a good
idea to ask those who are candidates for
church membership whether they propose to
unite with or without power? If they say
without power, reject them. That depart
ment is fully manned in all the churches.
What is needed is Christians withpower.
A Terr Good Well.
A gentleman of this city in speaking o!
a well on his premises said it was a very
good well, with two exceptions. It dried up
in the summer and froze up in the winter.
Does any reader find any application in this
to his Christian activities?
A 8elf-DenylnB Rich Man. ,
One of tho missionaries of tho Chlaa
Inland Mission, a Scotch gentleman t orth
a million, is living in China on 25 cents a
week, using all his fortune in the work.
Power of the Pnlplt.
In answer to the question, "How does the
American pulpit of the present compare
with that of earlier times?" Joseph Cook,
who is a shrewd observer, remarks: "The
earlier American pulpit had fewer rivals
for public attention than the latter. News
papers and platforms iu the Colonial era
were by no means such instructors of the
people as thev are to-day. The pulpit of
our time must stand on its rendered reasons.
Ministers as a class have great social pres
tige, but not as great now as in the days of
our fathers. It i3 more necessary now than
ever before that the pulpit should expect
to be measured, as it certainly will be, ac
cording to the standards of its actual char
acter and achievements in spiritual fields of
activity. After all, the pnlpit has no rival
as a teacher of religious truth. Neither the
press nor the platform answers, as the pnl
pit does, the supreme question, 'What shall
I do to be saved?' The power of the pulpit
to-day, as it has been in everv age of th
world, is in meeting man's deepest spiritual
wants. The modern American pnlpit has a
practical spirit not surpassed by that of the
pulpit of any earlier period."
Seven Wnye of Giving;.
The Eev. Dr. Pieison catalogues seven
ways of giving: First The careless way:
To give something to every cause that is
presented without inquiring into its merits.
Second The impulsive way: To give from
impulse as much and as often as love and
pitv and sensibility prompt This is un
certain and irregular. Third The lazy
wav: To make a special effort to earn money
for benevolent objects by fairs, festivals, etc.
Fourth The self-denying way: To save
the cost of luxury and apply this to
purposes of religion and charity. This may
lead to asceticism and self-complacence.
Fifth The systematic way: To lay aside as
anoffering to God a definite portion of onr
trains, one-tenth, one-fifth, one-third or one
half. This is adapted to all, whether rich
or poor, and gifts would be largely in
creased if it were generally practiced.
Sixth The equal way: To give to God and
the needy just as much as we spend on our
selves, balancing our personal expenditures
by our gilts. Seventh The heroic way: To
limit our own expenditures to a certain
sum, and give away all the rest of our in
come. This was John Wesley's way.
Tell Yonr Mother All.
The London Freeman gives this good ad
vice to girls: "Your mothers, dear girls, are
the wisest and best confidants you can have.
Their love will be sure, will guide and coun
sel you aright, and although you make
many mistakes and blunders, you can never
go very far astray if you tell your mother
everything. A girl whose first thought is,
'Mother mustn't know anything of this,' is
standing on very unsafe ground. Hide
nothing from your mothers. If you do
wrong, go to them and own it) don't wait
for someone else to tell them, and thus
shake their confidence and trust in you.
Concealment and deceit shonld never be
tolerated in your intercourse and associa
tions with other girls; shun those who take
pleasure in snch things, and seek the com
panionship of those with whom there need
be no mysteries."
The Christian's God.
The Christian's God is open and acces
sible. He is near at hand. He is inter
ested in whatever concerns His children
like any other parent His name is Love,
and His other name is Comfort At the
head of universal empire, He yet has time
to feed the very sparrows and to count
the hairs of His children's head. What a
God!
A Shield In n Letter.
In the face of difficulty and in the
midst of trouble, make a sword and a shield
out of the threj P's prayer, prudence and
pluck. As little David brought down tow
ering Gohatn with a pebble and a sling, so
shall these P's slay any giant despair
who stops our way.
The Missionary Work.
In different parts of the world, under the
auspices of 16 different societies, there are 27
vessels engagedin missionary work. Six of
these are employed in the Pacific Ocean and
16 of them along the coast or on the rivers
of Africa.
Onr Snndav Schools.
There are reported to be over 100,000 Sun
day schools in this country, with 1,100,000
teachers, and8,233,000 scholars.
Gems From Different Anthors.
Then you think tile judge will bo satisfied
if you say: "Lord, I had so many names In my
visiting books, and so many invitations, that it
was impossible lor me to attend to these
things?" Macdonald.
I hkveb was deeply interested in any object,
I never prayed sincerely for anything, but it
came at some time; no matter at how distant a
day, somehow, in some shape, probably the last
I shonld have devised it came. Adondiram
Judson.
ACT as though each day that shines upon you
were yonr last. Horace.
Let that pleaso man which pleases God.
Seneca.
Some men do not live by their estates, bnt for
their estates. Juvenal.
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes
even elects a man. Tacitus.
To swear is unbecoming to an honorable
man. Quintilian.
Our minds possess by nature an insatiable
desire to know the truth. Cicero.
If wo would spare persons we must lash
vices. Martial.
How hateful is that religion which says,
"Business is business, and politics is politics,
and religion is religion!" Religion is using
everything for God. Bat many men dedicate
business and politics to the devil, and shove
religion intnjthe cracks and crevlcos of time,
and make it the hypocritical outcrawling of
their loisure and laziness, Beecher.
It is not a new Jesns that is come. That
gives me confidence. It is the same Jesns that
heard David's prayer, that offered his breast to
John, that watched in the dungeon with Paul.
After thousands of years of sin-bearing, sin
pirdonlnz. and wound Iiealine. he knows hov
to do it. You can't bring Him a new case. Tal
mage. COULDJi'T KEEP HIM FROM TEA.
The Amnslnz Persistency of a Social Bore of
Ye Olden Times.
Uncle Toby Paine was quite a noted char
acter in the early days of Jay, Me., says a
writer in the Farmington Chronicle. He
had the habit of paying unexpected visits
and sometimes these visits occurred at
times when his host or hostesses would have
been well pleased had he stayed at home.
One atternoon he happened to drive up to a
house where a quilting bee was in progress,
hitched his horse and went in.
As tea time approached bis hostess devised
a ruse to get rid of him, and exclaimed:
"Mr. Paine, your horse is starting!"
Pretending to be deaf the old man took a
seat at the table, with profuse thanks, ac
cepting her invitation. Much scandalized,
the lady again sought to move him by
sharply'remiading him. "Mr. Paine, your
horse is starting!"
"No apologies, no apologies, the victuals
are very good," said the incorrigible Uncle
Tom.
Another Smokeless Powder Man.
Newcastle, Eng.. Chronicle.
The credit of the invention of smokeless
gunpowder belongs to Eobert Funshon,
formerly connected with Newcastle, En
gland, in which it was in use more
than 20 years ago. Mr. Punsbon was
well Known as a successful marksman
in the early history of the volunteer move
ment; and, although he is now resident in
London, he has still many friends in the
north.
THE FIRESIDE SPHINX
k Collection of EnimaM Nuts for
Homo CracMi,-
Address communications for this department
t o E. K. CnADBOUltw. Lewtston, Maine.
949 BEnr3.
An illustration of a passage from Shakes
peare's King Henry IV.
950 CIECLE.
Fifteen Letters.)
Within a circle's mystic band
Place three small words as I command:
One names a city or a town
Which men to London sent:
One is a sort of plaster coarse.
For cisterns a cement;
And one in figured ankles fine
Of hosiery is found.
Now these three words aright combine.
And read them right around
From certain point and lot beholdl
A work of skill with world-wide praise,
A wonder in the time of old.
And prototype of latter days.
951 SYNCOPATIOX.
A wholel A. wholel That was the cry
That startled all the company.
And made the picnic throng disperse,
As though a bear or something worsa
Had sprung among them. The alarm
Was followed bv nogreater harm
Than fainting of soujo girls, and those
Fell in the arms of gallant beaux.
For last of truth I must declare
There was no real fainting there.
Nelson, 111. Nelsokias;
952 DOUBLE ACROSTIC.
L The public hangman (Eng.). 2. A dnn
geon. 3. Occidental. 4. An instrument for
measuring the ri3e of water, 5. A kind of pud
ding. 6. (Astron.) A constellation in the
Northern Hemisphere. 7. (Bot) A species of
anemone. 8. A genus of diminutive aquatic
olants. .9. Preternatural straitness. 10. Even
inc. 1L A particular kind of plum. 12. Earthly.
The primals and finals give the name of a
celebrated explorer. The primals Rive his
original name; the finals, his present name.
Hesperus.
953 PALISDBOMES.
(Fiji blanks with palindromes.)
In Bombay for money the Is used.
For Cuba's 'tis never refused.
Tho are dear to the Norseman bold.
With the of truth for him they hold.
In Turkey the , born to command.
May a enforce or a dogma withstand.
The Greenlander's is light and strong.
And helps him to in fishing and song.
On a high and deserving re nown,
Ktood the Roman who won a crown.
No seaman would In a leave port.
To seek for where C.rce held court
Bee.
954 diamond.
1. A letter. 2. A form of the verb to be. 3.
Heads applied to persons. 4. Official docu
ments conferring rights on certain parties. 5.
Water cocks. 6. The flowers of an aquatic
plant. 7. A sentence considered as the ex
pression of a thought 8. Of old. (Obs-). 9.
Thorny. 10. Obstinate. 1L A letter.
BFXISA.
955 TEANSPOSITIOJT.
"Repent! repent!" the preacher cries:
"Salvation in repentance lies:
O terrible will be the fate
Of those who're nnregenerate.
For without whole and sins forgiven
The toul can have no place in heaven."
A scoffer said: "I only see
In whole a NEOKO IN A TBEE."
Nelsox, III. Nelsoniait.
956 NUM-EBICAIi.
Mv 1, 8 and 7, of tea
Had long ago been drained;
A 5, 2. 3 and 9 1 sat,
Saa thonghts my memory pained.
The 1. 4, 6 and 3 peeped In
As if to arouse me:
But still I sat, and long lasted
My lone soliloquy.
Fkahk.
957 HALF SQTJAEE.
1. Deserts. 2. Presages (Obs). 3. Ample. 4.
Inoculates by tbe Insertion of a bnd. 5. Weeds
that grow among wheat. 6. Festivity. 7. An
abbreviation for one of tha United States. 8.
Ells Scotch (Abbr.) 9. A letter.
Solos.
958 decapitation.
The first is most always in second,
Tbe second has rights to respect:
On both have the candidates reckoned.
And hoped that their votes wonld elect
Tbe candidate thinks when elected.
"Adherent," "mechanic" but fools;
No longer those rights are respected
With office secured, drop tho "tools."
Gwendoline.
959 C1IAEADE.
Swift of flight the total's glance
O'er the river's broad expanse;
Every bright metallic fine
Seeming, in tbe hot sunshine.
Like a polished, burnished lance.
Primal is no name for you.
Wings of gauze and lnstrous buo.
Rather shonld tby rightful name
Have to do with flash and flame
I should name thee, darting-ftco.
Bitter Sweet.
answers.
940 "Back Log Studies."
941 Bar.
912 Carte, cater, trace.
913 Sparrow, spa, spar, arrow, row, o, w.
914 A misanthropist
915 Space, pace, ace, ce. e.
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