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A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
ADAriED MOM THE CEItMAJT TOB THE DIS
PATCH. "Oh, mother, see what I have," cried the
20-year-old Bella, as she ran in from school
carrying a large paper box. "I have rescued
these pretty little ladybirds from the chil
dren, who were abuaiug them. Now they
shall live in my paper castle, and I shall
take pood care or them."
"K,w should yon enjoy," said her mother,
"if yon had wings and conld fly through the
air, to be shut up in a castle and never see
any sunshine? And what will fairy Holda,
the guardian of these little creatures, say
when so many of her ladybirds do not re
turn to their crystal palace on the mount
ain?" "I do not intend to hurt them," said Bella,
"and if I let them jro now they will fly on
the trees in the Tillage, and the children
will catch them again. But to-morrow I
will take them to the forest; then they can
find their way home."
That night little Bella could not sleep.
She thought constantly about the ladybirds,
and wondered i. they could live till morning
in the paper box. After tossing restlessly
about tor several hours, she nrose and
looked out of the window of her bedroom.
The streets were verr quiet and still; every
one in the village had gone to rest, and not
a living creature could be seen. Bella
thought, "Whv couldn't I take the lady
birds to the fores; to-night. Nothing could
harm them, and they must want to o
home."
Hastily dressing, she took the ladybirds,
and creeping sottly from the house walked
down the silent "street toward the iorest.
The moon shone brightly, and the stars
seemed to smile kindly upon her. When
Bella reached the forest, she set her little
BELLA. BUSHED Hf CBTOTQ: FATHER 1 FATHER!
prisoners at liberty, and was delighted to
see how they enjoyed their freedom. She
was about to return home, when a slight
rustle among the branches attracted her at
tention, and a white cloud seemed to be
floating down from the trees. She watched
at with Astonishment, and soon recognized
the grace ul form of the fairy Holda.
"Ob, Holda," cried Bella, "please do not
be angry with me, for keeping your lady
birds; I was afraid the children would hurt
them. And now I have brought them here
to th-t they can find their way home."
The tairy smiled kindly, and then disap
peared; and the little girl went home with a
light heart. Summer passed by, and when
autumn came a great war raged in the coun
try. All the strong men in the village
must leave their home, and fight for the
King. Bella's father was amoog the first
to leave. All that long, dreary winter, the
mother and her little daughter lived in that
lonely cottage, and waited for tidings from
the absent father. But they could bear
nothing of him, and feared that he had per
ished with so many others.
One day, when the spring had come again
and the trees and flowers were all abloom, a
neighbor returned from the war and brought
the sad news that Bella's father was raissmg,
and it was thought that he had fallen in
battle. The poor mother was saovercome
with grief that she died a few days later,
leaving her little daughter alone in the
world. Then arose the terrible cry that the
enemy was approaching the town, and the
people must flee for safety to the mount
ains. Bella fled with the others, but stopped
a moment at her mother's grave to leave a
garland of flowers which she had gathered.
The poor child wept bitterly when she
thought how friendless she was, and she al
most wished that she could die and be with
ber mother. At that moment a ladvlird
flew upon her hand, as if to say, "I have not
forgotten ou."
Then others came and tried to express
their sympathy for the lonely orphan.
Suddenly Bella heard a great "noise, and
knew that the enemy had attacked the vil
lage. She could hear the cries of the peo
ple, who seemed to he approaching her.
"What shall I do?" she cried; "they will
be here before I can get to the mountains,
and I shall be carried off. Oh, if I only had
wings like the ladybirds."
Scarcely had she spoken when thousands
of the insects flew about her and seemed to
draw her into the forest, where she found a
small crystal chariot with golden wheels.
She felt sure that her little friends were now
going to rescue her; and without further
delay she entered the cnariot, which began
at once to rise in the air. TJp, up, it went
until the tree tops looked like a green lake
and the village a mere speck. While Bella
was wondering where her journey would
end, the chariot stopned, and she was sur
prised to find herselt in a large meadow, so
brona that she could not see the end. She
looked ab(Ut inquiringly, not knowing
w Inch way to turn, when a group of beauti
ful maidens came toward her, and among
them the fairy Holda.
"V'elcome, my child," she Baid; "the
lady birds have uot forgotten your kindness
to them, and have asked permission to bring
you here."
And now Bella knew that she was in the
kingdom of the good fairy Holda; and tak
ing the fairy's hand, she walked along the
silver path with her, on both sides of which
bloomed red and white flowers such as the
little girl had never before seen. Then they
came to a snarkling lake, where the fish
could be seen sporting in the clear water;
and in the midst played a fountain which
shone and glistened like precious stone.
But the crystal palace was the most beauti-
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ful of all, with its ruby walls, sapphire
arches and pillars of gold and silver.
-Oh, how Invelv it is here," cried Bella;
"I wish I could stay here all the time."
"The fairv laughed, and said, "I fear you
would soon tire of it But you may stay
with me as long as you are contented."
Bella thought she could never grow tired
ot such a beautiful home, and laughed at
the idea of ever wanting to leave the kind
fairy. Every day brought new pleasures to
the little girl. She wandered along the
shore of the lake, where the birds would
nestle lovingly on her shoulder, and sing
sweet songs; or she would sit in the palace
with the fairy Holda, and learn to sew and
spin. Thus with work and play the time
passed very happily and quickly. One day
Holda said to her: "Since the war there has
been great trouble in your village, and
many people are in want. To-night I am
going to carry aid to the sufferers. Would
you like to accompany me?"
Bella eagerly assented; and that night she
and the fairv rode in the crystal chariot
with the golden wheels through the little
village. The streets were quiet and de
serted, and all the houses were dark, Holda
went here and there leaving her generous
gifts for the grateful people to hnd in the
morning. Finally they stopped before a
small cottage, and looking in through the
window they saw by the light of a candle
burnt low in the socket an old man sitting
be ore the fire in deep distress.
"Here," said Holda, "lives a poor man
who is in great trouble. When he returned
from the war he learned that he had been
given up for dead, and his wife had died
from grief. His only child, a little girl,
had disappeared when the enemv entered
the town."
Bella hardly waited till the fairy ceased
speaking, when she rushed into the house
crying, "Father, father."
The old man's look of sadness changed
into one of joy as he recognized his dear
child; and the fairy, after witnessing the
clad meeting, slipped quietly away leaving
Bella and her father to enjoy their great
happiness. Although Bella often talked ot
the crystal palace, and the kind fairy Holda,
she never wished to leave ber dear father,
and was always happy With him.
Patsie.
KEFOKil in WEDDING TE1PS.
The Itinerary No Laager Advertised
and
Bridal Chamber Are All Gone.
New York World.I
Fifteen or 20 years ago a young couple
about to be married told their friends long
before the marriage occurred exactly where
they were going on their wedding trip.
Niagara Falls was the favorite destination,
but in many cases an elaborate trip was
projected. Their route was so thoroughly
advertised that the hotel keepers were all
well informed of their coming as though the
bridal contingent were a theatrical
company.
But the wedding trip as announced and
carried out after the fashiou here described
is decidedly a thing of the past. The bride
and bridegroom do not announce their
plans and the hotel keepers know nothing
about newly married couples coming along.
The bridal chambers which were once the
showrooms of every well-regulated hostelry
do not exist now, either in fact or in name.
The bridal chambers in the old St. Nicholas
Hotel had been held for the purpose indi
cated by their name during a long course of
rears, and it was no unusual thing for young
men to come along and engage them in ad
vance, and say that their fathers had occu
pied them on their wedding trip years be
fore. The secrecy observed by the brides and
bridegrooms concerning their wedding trip,
and the fact that hotel keepers aiM steam
boatmen no longer have bridal chambers,
would seem to indicate a distinct advance in
good taste and attention to the proprieties of
li e. It is scarcely possible to conceive of a
situation when young married people would
consent to put themselves practically on ex
hibition and occupy magnificent apartments
set apart from those occupied by the ordi
nary run of peopleand announce in advance
the programme of their progress through
the different cities or resorts of the country.
This is an exhibition, and a. very ostentati
ous and theatrical one at that.
A PARKOrS INFLUENCE.
The Family Dos Loomed to Sat Crackers
From Pollj'a Example.
Hartford TcleRram.3
There is a family residing upon the East
side which owns a dog, and quite an intelli
gent dog at that He is ever causing them
to wonder at his surprising and almost hu
man knowledge. A short time ago a parrot
was taking up a temporary residence with
the family, and the bird, like all others of
that genus, was very fond of crackers.
Previous to the advent of the bird Nero
conld not be bribed to eat a cracker, but no
sooner did the bird appear than be developed
a wonderful liking for the food. He could
not seem to get enough of them. After a
time, however, the bird was carried away,
and Irom that time Mr. Nero would not
look at a cracker. -
THE
THEWILD HORSE WON
Edward Wakefield's Victory on
Hace Track in Australia.
THE AH11IAL SAYED FROM A HEED
That Had Been Attacked bj Ranchmen and
Butchered to Save Water.
WILD EIDE IX THE EAELI MORNING
fWBITTKN TOH THE DISPATCH.
Some years ago I was on a back station in
Queensland, right on the .edge of the great
Australian desert It was a rough place at
the best of times, but in a dry season it was
simply purgatory. The heat was over 100
degrees both day and night, and the only
water for 30 miles around was contained in
a chain of mud-holes, which were all that
was left of a large river.
A dry season in that part of Australia
means a total absence of rain for nine
months or a year, with one wave of heat
following another irom the torrid zone, and
weighing down on the parched earth like
molten lead, and licking up every drop of
moisture, and shriveling every green thing
to dust Sheep can live for a wonderful
time on a mere picking of grass as dry as
straw, if they can only get the smallest
drink of water once a day, or even once in
two or three days. When both grass and
water fail, however, the miserable wretches
shrink up to nothing but ragged skeletons,
and totter under the raging sun, and die by
tens of thousands daily. The last severe
drought carried off more than twenty mil
lions of sheep during the summer months
in the colonics of Queensland and New
South Wales alone.
In our case there was still a good deal of
burnt up grass left; and the chain of mud
holes still contained enough moisture to keep
tne noes alive. But it was only a question
of how many weeks longer we could hold
out, unless the rain came, of which not the'
slightest sign was visible. And we knew
that there was countless stock wandering
about there in search ot feed and water, and
that if they got inside our fences the late of
our flock was sealed.
A-WAKENED BY -WILD HOESES.
We were all iu our bunks one night the
manager, four station hands, and myself
trying to get a little sleep in spite of the
mosquitoes and other tormentors, when we
were disturbed by a rambling noise like
distant thunder.
We all Bat up in our blankets and
listened.
"Horses!" exclaimed the manager, tum
bling out of his bunk, and reaching for his
boots. "If they get at the holes we're done
for."
In less time than it takes to tell it we had
all scrambled into our breeches and boots,
and run out into the moonlight. The man
ager and one of the station bauds took each
a rifle and bag of cartridges, while the rest
of us took the best weapons we had, our
stockwhips; and in a very few seconds we
were on our own horses and galloping as
hard as we could ride in the direction of the
waterholes, a mile and a half or two miles
irom the hut
Not a word was spoken, for every man of
us knew that that thundering noise was the
tramp of a herd of wild horses; and that if
they reached the water holes before we
could intercept them not only would our
flock die to the last sheep, but we ourselves
would be in imminent danger of perishing
by the most horrible of deaths.
We had not ridden more than half the
distance to the water-holes when we came
in sight of our dreaded visitors. There
must have been 800 or 900 of them in a long,
straggling mob, not galloping, but running
along in a sort of half trot, half canter, and
checking their pace every now and then to
browse as they went. They were evidently
making for the water-holes, but were divi
ded between hunger and thirst. They were
led by a very tall bay horse with mane and
tail almost sweeping the ground, and among
them were several other very large animals
stauding conspicuously above the general
mob, which looked rather undersized and in
wretched condition.
IT TVAS A KACE FOK LIFE.
The moon was beginning to pale before
the first red rays of dawn when we came
into full view of"the wild horses, and put on
a terrific spurt, with the object of heading
them off Irom the waterholes. The moment
they saw us the whole mob stopped short,
wheeled round to stare at us, and stood snif
fing and snorting and pawing the ground,
with their long manes and tails flourishing
in the air. Seeing that we kept on our way
toward the water holes uninterruptedlv,
however, a fresh impulse seized them. The
big horse, which had led their march before,
now neighed loudly, and broke into a furi
ous gallop, lollowed bv all the rest. It was
a ride for life, and ride we did. The wild
horses, however, gained upon us. They had
no weight to carry, and they were accus
tomed to gallop for days together without
fond or water.
The big bay horse that led the mob was
already neck and neck with the noble black
mare that the manager was riding. They
were about 100 yards apart. The manager
unslung his rifle from his back, stood up in
his stirrups to take aim, and, without check
ing his speed in the slightest degree, fired.
The big bay horse reared high in air,
uttered a hideous noise, something between
a neigh and the shriek of a woman in
agony, and staggered headlong to the
earth. The mob galloped over him, kicking
and plunging madly. Another horse, larger
than the rest endeavored to take the lead,
but a shot from the station hand, who was
riding behind the -manager, instantly
brought it to earth. When two or three
others had shared the same fate the mob
divided into several lines, wheeled first one
way and then another, and eventually broke
and scattered in the wildest confusion. Most
of them turned round and rushed back
whence they had come. A smaller mob
still made an effort to reach the water-holes.
By this time, however, we had got well
ahead of them, and by rapid firing with the
two rifles and incessant cracking of stock
whips, we succeeded in diverting them Irom
that direction and driving them to a large
stock yard, inclosed on three sides with
posts and rails.
A BECKLESS BtJTCHEET,
By the time we reached this spot and
hemmed them in theinob numbered nomore
than 40 or 50, but they were the strongest
and finest of the herd that had come over
the boundary. A systematic slaughter now
began, the manager and his lieutenant de
liberately shooting the horses at close quar
ters, while the rest of us galloped up and
down in front of the open side of the stocK
yard, driving the maddened animals back
witn our wnips wnenever they tried to rush
past us. The earth was soon strewn with
kicking, struggling, bleeding carcasses, and
the survivors at length became so terrified
that they crowded helplessly against the
rails, trembling and squealing, but making
no further effort to avoid their fate. It was
a sickening sight, and 1 was not sorry when
the manager's ammunition ran out, and he
got off his weary horse and leaned up
against the fence to smoke his pipe. The
other man, however, still went on shooting,
accompanying each shot by a torrent of pro
fanity, and evidently enjoying the cruelty
and the bloodshed.
Among the horses that remained standing
I bad noticed for some time a large and pow
erful looking colt, of a dark iron gray or
black roan color. I was so close that I
could see the poor brute's eyes and the mute
expression of terror on its face. I felt a
strange longing to save it. I knew I should
onlv be laughed at or sworn at if I proposed
such a thing; but the impulse to make the
attempt was too strong to be restrained.
"Coo-eel" I shouted to the butcher, who
was sitting half sideways in his saddle
picking out one horse after another, anil
driving bullets through them at 15 or 20
yards range.
He turned round and stared.
"Don't kill that roan colt," I said, my
PITTSBURG- DISPATCH,
temper rising with mvdeterminatiou to have
the animal for my own.
A POUND FOB THE COLT'S LIFE.
"What'll you gimme, if I let you have
him? Will you gimme a note?"
A note in Australia means a pound note.
I had no "notes" to spare, and, In any
case, it was an exorbitant price for a wild
horse. Still, I had such a strong presenti
ment that I should not regret it, I resolved
to submit to extortion for once. "
"Yes, Bill," I replied, in a conciliatory
tone, "if you'll gave that colt for mc, and
break him in, I'll give you a note."
Ruffian as he was, Bill was really the best
hand with horses on the run, and I knew it
would flatter his vanity to ask him to break
the colt in lor me. In a lew minutes be
bad finished the carnage atid secured my
colt by a halter, skillully improvised with
the end of a tether rote. It seemed too
scared and dazed with the noise and smoke
to make any effort to escape.
I had some words with the manager as to
adding another head to the stock on the run
in a dry season; but he had reasons for
obliging me, and did not make much luss
about it In fact, as Bill had broken the
coit, by some method of horse taming
peculiar to himself, I liked it so well that I
consented to my old horse a sorry station
hack being turned out in the desert to take
its chance.
I rode the roan regularly after that, and
though it had a rough,ungafnly appearance,
which no amount ot grooming could im
prove, and a single pace that was a walk,
trot, canter and gallop in one, I found it the
most serviceable mount I ever bad in my
life. One thing I soon found out about it.
No distance that I could ride it seemed to
fatigue it at nil. Speed it had not; at least,
nothing much out oi the common for a well
bred horse. But its staying power was sim
ply miraculous.
ENTERED FOB A EACE.
I came to love the patient little creature,
and it responded to any little kindness or
caresses. A year or 18 months alter I hap
pened to be at a large town on the border of
Queensland and New South Wales, where
the people are of a very sporting turn, and
the race meeting is the great event ot the
year. I met there a man whom I had for
merly known when he was an officer in the
Dragoon Guards, but who had had many
ups and downs, and, at the time I speak of,
was getting his living as a horse trainer.
We iraternized, for we had been good
friends, and were glad to meet again. One
evening, sitting in the commercial room of
the principal hotel, we were talking about
station life, and I told the Captain the story
ot the wild horses and the wondenul roan
colt
"Do you think he'd stand training?" in
quired the ex-dragoon. "I never knew a
wild horse that would. They all get soft
and go to pieces as soon as vou put corn
into them. But yours may be an exception.
There's a big sweepstake at our next meet
ing, three miles on the flat, owners up. We
are sure to get rain before then and the
course will be like a plowed field. The
horse that can stay longest will win the
rase. If your roan ban got the bottom that
you descnbe.and if he'll stand training, I'll
undertake that you shall win the sweep
500 at least There's only one horse that
you need have any fear of, and that's Cats
paw, hut if the roan will only keep hard I'll
back him against the favorite. You've time
to enter him if you'll look sharp, and I'll
take him in hand at once.
IT MADE THE CAPTAIN 'WHISTLE.
The next morning I entered Mazeppa,
as I had named him for the big race, and
lelt by the stage to bring him into
town. When my friend the Captain saw
him he raised his eyebrows and whistled.
Poor Jiazeppa. with his patient, heavv
face, his thick legs, his rat tail and his hair
staring all ways, no wonder the first sight of
him made the fastidious trainer shudder.
What was much more alarming, however,
the first feed of corn made him very queer,
and he flatly relused to eat the second. Here
was a pretty state of affairs. The Captain
tain stroked his mustache gloomily and
looked as black as thunder.
"Those desert brutes are all alike," he
muttered. "Confound them. And here I
have been and given 5 to 1 on the field against ,
Catspaw."
I didn't like to hear Mazeppa called a
desert brute, so T said to the Captain: "How
would it do to train him on grass, and trust
to his natural stamina to pull him through?"
'Train him on grass!" he exclaimed, with
a pitying smile. "And Catspaw trained on
black oats two years old I Do you want to be
the laughing stock ot the whole course?"
"I don't mind that," I replied bravelv.
"but I don't believe we shall be anything of
the sort I know what the horse can do."
MAZEPPA TTTElfED OUT ON GRASS.
My friend had always been a bit of a
plunger, and he admired my pluck. Ma
zeppa was turned out then and" there on a
rough hillside near the town, and within an
hour he was peacefully browsing the scanty
grass and thorny bushes. The more the
Captain saw of him the better he liked him.
My business took me away during the great
er part ot the interval before the race meet
ing, but I had several letters to say that
Mazeppa was getting on famously, and
would rather astonish the knowing ones.
When the great day came I conless I felt
decidedly nervous. Compared with the
corn-fed racehorses, especially the superb
Catspaw, Mazeppa looked positively awful.
As we came out of the saddling paddock the
crowd sent up a roar of laughter. The bet
ting was 10 to 1 ajainst my poor roan, at
which figure the Captain put on a modest lit
tle pot on our joint account, lor he assured
me we had nothing to fear. It had been
raining on and off lor three days, and the
course was a mass ot stiff clay. It was just
a mile in length, and we had to go round
three times.
Mazeppa took his place in line as stolidly
as if we had been rounding np sheep, but
there were half a dozen lalse starts before the
others could be got off properly. They went
away from us as if we had been standing
still. Mazeppa, however, got into his stride,
such as it was, from the very post and never
varied iu it the least When we passed the
staud after the first round. Catsnaw was lead
ing just as he pleased, four or five horses
coming on in a bunch a dozen lengths be
hind him. Mazeppa was still last, but not
very far in the rear, and the rest had already
dropped out of it, covered with mud, two
having fallen down aud one bolted oil the
course.
THE LAST HALF MILE.
About the middleof the last mile Mazeppa
had passed the mob, and was going like a
steamboat in smooth water, while Catspaw,
though still a long way ahead, was laboring
terribly, and taking all the whalebone his
rider could give.
As wc ran into the straight the crowd sud
denly realized the situation, and sent up a
shout that made my flesh creep and my
blood boil.
"Now, old boy! Away you go! '2ep!
'Zep! 'Zepl" I cried, pressing his sides with
my knees.
I hardly knew what happened next, for
everything seemed -to swim around me. I
heard confused yells of "The wild horse!
The wild horsel The roan! The roan!
Mazeppal Mazeppa!" and a moment later
I found myselt in the saddling paddock,
with Mazeppa standing by me calmly rub
bing his honest muzzle against mv shoulder.
while the Captain was wringing my hand
and laughing like a lunatic
That night champagne flowed freely in the
commercial room of the Boyal Hotel, and
on settling day the Captain "and I divided
1,000 between us.
My presentiment had come true. The
wild horse had returned a thousand-told the
"note" that I laid out to save his life.
Edwabd Wakefield.
Usutnlng Strikes iho Conductor.
Boston Herald.
Hollis Beck Riding on an electric car is
the safest place during a thunder storm.
Hal Worthy Why, how is that?
Hollis Beck Because, if the lightning
strikes the car only one is affected, the cur
rent goes through the conductor.
A llninbum Fiir.
There is no longer need to force children to
take ca-tor oil for constipation. A Hamburg
Fig. which is like preserved fruit, will be taken
by thero with relisli. 23 cents. Dose, one Fig.
Mack Drug Co., N. Y. .. r ttsu
SUNDAY," MARCH 16,
SUNDAY THOUGHTS
-ON-
MORALSMANMS
BY A CLERGYMAN.
1WBITTXK TOR TUX DISPATCH.!
The great need of our day is child-like
trust in the All-father. The Bible blooms
with assurances. It is flowery and fragrant
at every step, like a summer garden, with
promises. Your hunger shall be fed. Your
sickness shall be healed. Your sorrow shall
be comforted. Trust God. Obey God.
Trust Him in spite of mystery. Obey Him
in spite of difficulty.
Do not borrow trouble. Why stand a-tip-toe,
peering into the future to spy out evil?
If He is caring for you to-day, surely you
can trust Him for to-morrow. Can you pay
your rent now? Can you meet your notes
now? Can you carry your present burdens?
Then do not worry about next year's rent.
No matter about notes that fall due six
months hence. Do uot take up and carry
burdens that God has graciously distributed
over inanv weeks. Be prudent and then
be trustful. "Jehovah Jireh." God will
provide. 'Tis a cruel thing, saith one, to
load on the back of one camel the cargo in
tended for the whole caravan.
But perhaps you are lace to face with an
emergency. Is it so that you are in straits
which you have neither the wisdom nor the
strength to pull out of? Well, God knows
all about it. He is superior to the'iiili
culty, though you are not Trust Him.
lleniember His mighty interposition in
former passages of your life. From what
He has done be convinced of what He can
do. Do your best then fall back upon
.omnipotent love.
A Methodist Amen.
We were examining an order of service
in a Calvinistio church the other day, re
marks the editor of the Golden Rule, and
after the usual order of singing, prayer,
scripture reading, sermon and benediction,
we saw the conclnding direction "a Meth
odist amen." If we interpreted the direc
tion aright, it meant that all the people
should join in a hearty and audible "amen"
at the close of the service. We like that
direction. Why should not all Chris
tians make every prayer their own, at
least to the extent of uttering an audible
"so may it be" at the end? The lack of
audible expression often, though not
always, indicates a lack of silent participa
tion in the prayer. Why should not every
congregation, Calvinistic or Arminian. ritu
alistic or non-ritualistic, join in a hearty
Amen at the close of every prayer? Why
should not every member of a Christian
family, from grandlather to little Johnnie
Two-year-old, join in the "Amen" when
grace is said at the table, or when the morn
ing and evening petitions are offered at
family prayers? Enlarge the "Methodist
amen" and make it also a Presbyterian
amen and a Baptist amen and a Congrega
tional Amen better than all, a Christian
amen a word which, without any appear
ance of affectation, all can use to show that
they have lollowed the devotions, and made
the service their own. By all means, let us
have more o the "Amen" in our public
and family worship.
Should Have Convlctlom.
We ought to have convictions and to hold
them. When once we are persuaded we are
right, not the granite that underlies the con
tinent should be more immovable than we.
Truth, the love of it, the service of it, is the
basis of every virtue. Some peonle treat
trntb as the false mother in the Scripture
treated the babe when she stood before Solo
monhad rather see it divided and par
celed out than yield a fraudulent claim.
It is not upon our station in life, but nn
the principles we adopt, the choices we
make, the truth we hold to or betray with
Judas' kiss, that our weal or woe, or honor
or intaniy, depend. Jf, instead of exerting
our energies on the side of right and duty,
we deliver ourselves up to sloth and pleas
ure; if we reluse to listen to anv counsellor
save humororto follow any guide but fancy;
if we allow ourselves to floit loose and care
less on the sea ot affairs, ready to take any
direction theenrrentof temptation or fashion
may chance to give us; if we say ' Good
Lord" in the presenceof Jehovah and "Good
devit" when Satan confronts us; if we never
say Nol under theprompting of earnest con
viction, and stand on it if this be our habit
it will be woe to us here aud ruin hereafter.
Some people are like intermittent springs.
They flow to-day. To-morrow you can't
get a thimbleful of satisfaction out of the
dry channel of their life.
The TJbck of Affliction.
The uses of affliction arc manifold. They
need only to be looked for to be found. For
one thing, affliction is a sonrce ot self
knowledge. When all goes well with us
we leel self-sufficient As in nature, unin
terrupted sunshine is as fatal to vegetation
as darkness itself, so in the moral world un
clouded sue ess shrivels the heart The
fierce glare destroys the finer feelings. We
come to believe that the race is to the swilt
and the battle is to the strong. It is the 4th
day nf July to us 365 days in the year.
Affliction teaches us better shows us our
exposure discloses our weakness reveals
our need of some more staple resource than
broad acres, bursting barns and railroad
bonds drives us to seek outside support.
Inhabiting as we do this island ol lights
and shades in the midst of an ocean of un
certainty, we realize our need ot something
beyond and above sell. The greatest and
best men have graduated from the school of
tribulation. In this school the heart was
soltened and the hand was opened.
A Good Worn no's Tnct.
Referring to tact, that rarest of posses
sions, a writer in the Guild's Calendar, tells
this story: "The clergy have many funny
things said about them, and it is not always
easy for them to keep a straight face during
their ordinary parochial calls. The writer,
was at one time engaged in making his first
round of parish calls, when a good woman,
whoso tact was striking, chose as the topic
of conversation the virtues ot his predeces
sor. Of course she met a ready assent to all
her assertions of the departed rector's saint
liness, etc., and the wickedness of the con
gregation in not appreciating his virtues.
At last she exclaimed: 'Well, if I do say it,
this parish will never get as holy a man
again.'
"Then suddenly grown conscious that she
had said something wrong, she mended it
by adding: '1 am glad, sir, that you are
getting on so successfully. I don't think
such a good man as Mr. the right man
for rector of this church.' "
Molimnmed Should Go to Iho Mountain.
A church exists as the representative of
Christ. It should be a saviour. Iu the
storm of sin, like the tenants of life-saving
stations on the coast, it should seek as well
as save the lost Mohammed, surrounded
by his followers, was traveling one dav.
Suddenly be halted, and hailing an adjacent
mountain, he cried: "Mountain, come
hither!"
Presently, marking that the mountain
moved not, be said: "Mohammed will go to
the mountain."
A Christian should be as good a theologian
as the prophet of Islam.
Immlaratlon Into Palestine.
The immigration of Hebrewsinto Palestine
is steadily on the increase, and the moneyed
menaf Europe begin to take an interest in
the migration by buying up land and build
ing blocks of houses, founding schools and
hospitals. The Hebrew population of Pales
tine are tolerant and liberal toward people
of other faiths.
4 Socirir of Pastors.
The New York Witness says that there are
in the Congregational denomination 758
congregations unprovided with pastors, or
1890.
nearly twice as many as there are student of
ell denominations now in the seven Congre
national theological seminaries.
Exploring the SInllou.
A co temporary complains that some pro
fessing Christians have no more practical or
experimental knowledge of the joys and
privileges of the real Christian life than has
the railroad brakeman of the places through
which bis train, passes every day. He knows
the scheduled time. He knows their dis
tances from each terminus, but be only
dashes through and has no time to explore
their attractions.. And so it is with these
heavenbound travelers. They are not hvpo
crites or false professors, necessarily. They
may be duly ticketed. But they have not
time to explore the choice stations on the
line of "the Pilgrim's Progress. '
Wlint Little Gifts Aggregate.
The Pope's "Peter's pence" during the
last year amounted to 51,600.000. The Rom
ish Church in the United States contributed
$360,000 toward it. Beside this regular
sonrre ot income the Pope received bequests
of 5800,000.
GfRia From Lord llncon.
Children sweeten labors, but make mis
fortune more bitter; they increase the cares of
life, but mitigate them, too.
The parable of Pythagoras is dark but true,
"Eat not the heart." Certainly those who lack
friends to open themselves unto, ara cannibals
of their own hearts.
To day we surronder the spaco usually al
lotted to tho miscellany of gems of thought to
Lord Bacon alone, from whom wo quote the
following utterances:
God grant that we may contend with other
churches, as tho vine with the olive, which of
us shall bear fruit first; and not as the briar
with the thistle, which ol us is the most un
profitable. Fob music in churches; that there should be
psalms and spiritual songs, is not denied;so the
question is de modo; wherein if a man will look
attentively into the order and observation of it,
it is easy to discern between the wisdom of the
institution and the extravagance ot the late
times.
It was prettily devised byJEsop, the fly sat
upon the axle-treo of the chariot wheel, and
said, "What a dust do I raise!" So are there
some vain persons, that, whatsoever goeth
alone, or moveth unon preater ra.nse.s If thnv
have never so little hand in it, they think it is
they that carry it.
Printing, an accidental invention; artillery,
a thing that lay not far out of the way; the
needle, a thing partly known before; what a
change these things have made In the world:
the one in the matter of knowledge, the other
in the state of war, tho third in navigation.
And these things, I say, were butstumbled upon.
I cannot call riches better than the baggage
of virtue; the Roman word is better, impedi
menta; for as the baggage is to an army, so is
riches to virtue; it cannot be spared nor left
behind, yet it hindreth the march; yea, and the
care of it sometimes luseth the victory; of great
riches there is no use, save in distribution; the
rest is conceit.
THE FIEST REP0RTEEB.
A Blitorlcal Reference That Dlakei
tbs
Prafeaslon 3,200 Years Old.
Kewcastle, Lnp., Chronicle.
There are few of the learned professions
that can boast such an ancient and noble
origin as that of the newspaper reporters.
In O'Halloran's "History of Ireland,"
published in Limerick in 1778, is the follow
ing curious entry: "Bille, a Milesian
King of a portion of Spain, had a son
named Gollamh, who solicited bis father's
permission to assist their Phoenician ancestor,
then greatly distressed by continental wars,
aud having gained his consent, with a well
appointed fleet of 30 ships, and a select
number of intrepid warriors, he weighed
anchor from the harbor of Corunna for Syria.
It appears that war was not the sole busi
ness of this equipment; for in this fleet were
embarked 12 youths of uncommon learning
and abilities, who were directed to make
remarks on whatever they fonud new, either
in astronomy, navigation, arts, sciences or
manufactures. They were to communicate
their remarks and discoveries to each other,
and keep an exact account of whatever was
worthy of notice This took place in the
year of the world 2650."
It is quite clear that those "12 noble
youths" were reporters, and it is curious
enough that when a few of the Dnblin or
London reporters attond in the country, at
meetings or on other business, they do what
tnose nouie youtns were commanded to
do, namely, "communicate their remarks"
and information to each other. Reporting,
therernre, according to the above, must be
over 3,200 years old as a profession.
THE MARRIAGE EXPENSES.
Laws cf the Domfaar Government That
Might be Welcomed Other Places.
The Bombay Government has curious
laws regulating the marriage expenses of
the Kadva Kanbi caste in the district of
Ahmedabad and Kaira. The chenllo, or
present given at betrothal by the bride's
father to the bridegroom's father, is not to
exceed 1 rupee and 7 suparis aud betelnuts.
The marriage cheullo payable to the bride
groom's father may be 1 rupee, and shall
not exceed 100 rupees. The value of the
coacoanuts distributed at the marriage pro
cession is not to exceed 10 rupees, and the
same limit is fixed on the value ot the mos
alu, or present by the bride's maternal rela
tives. The payment at the ceremony when the
bridegroom touches with his finger his
mother-in-law's dress must not go beyond 2
rupees. The number ot dinner parties
given by the bride's family is not to be more
than five, aud the number ot guests at each
not more than 25. The marriage party go
ing to the br'de's village are not to spend
more than 30 rupees, and when the bride
groom is invited to a social evening at his
lather-in-law s house he is not to be paid
more than 2 rupees, nor to take with him
more than five men.
DIFFEREM KLNDS OF DUST.
The Motes in 'tho Sm.beams May be the
Soarce of Diseae.
At the recent annual meeting of the Lon
don Meteorological Society, a most interest
ing paper on "Atmospheric Dust' was read
by "the retiring President, Dr. Marcet He
remarked that the dust which, when lighted
up by intense light, we call motes in the
sunbeam is chiefly of an organic character,
and it is impossible to say how much of it is
innocuous, and what portion of it may be
come the source of disease. There is little
doubt that many of these motes must belong
to the class of micro-organisms, and thus
form the means ot spreading infectious
diseases.
He also remarked upon the injurious
nature of many trades where dust is con
stantly breathed into the lungs, and gave
some nccouut of the danger of certain kinds
of dust forming with the air an explosive
mixture. Volcanic dust, consisting of min
eral matter in a fine state of subdivision,
also rame under review, and the interesting
paper was. brought to a fitting close with au
account of the dust phenomena which fol
lowed the terrible eruption of Krakatao in
August 1833.
EOCE-S DKDEE THE MICROSCOPE.
The Informnilon the Inntrnmcnt Give of
Great Use to Engineers.
In a recent lecture on "Rocks Under the
Microscope," at Newcastle, England, Prof.
G. A. Lebour exhibited by the aid of the
new electric, microscopical lantern, 50 sec
tions of limestones, coal, lavas, gran
ite, sandstone, etc. Under polar
ized light the mlure and variety of the
crystals contained in the rocks produced
the most brilliant effects of color. He im
pressed particularly upon the audience the
tact that the mlcroscopist was now recog
nized abroad as one essential in the equip
ment ot any large engineering works. Mil
lions have already been saved by the knowl
edge the microscope gives.
THE FIRESIDE SPHBfl
A Collection of Enismatical Nuts for
Horns CracMng,
Addreu communications for this department
to E. R, Chadbourn. LewUton, Maine.
960 PICTOEIAL combinations.
T Vy A
Combine each of the outside pictures, seD
arately, with some part of tne one in the cen
ter, and And word of the following definitions:
1. Musical instruments.
2. A command.
3. Part of a ship.
4. A little blue flower.
5. Part of a locomotive.
6. Something found at the postolllce.
7. A town in Massachusetts.
8. Wild flowers.
9. To make more beloved.
10. A countersign.
It A sorcerer. E. W. Harris.
961 A COLLEGE SONG.
As Bung in the Parlor of the Ladies' Dormi
tory. Well, I know a charming maiden,
Primal happy, smiling, gay;
One who rooms in No. 30,
Ono who's happy all the day.
Since she's in the second story.
Oft the stairway I do climb.
For she meet me at the doorway.
Total I get 'round in time.
Chorus
Bards may tell of golden stairways.
Leading up to heaven's door.
But the one to me most precious
Leads up to the second floor.
Oft I meet her In the parlor.
Final all are at their rest;
Soft and tender words are spoken.
We by care are unopyressed.
There we talk of coming conquests.
Coming battles, conflict", cares;
When the midnight hour is tolling
I descend those golden stairs.
Chorus.
Often wo review our Latin,
For review will hold it fast
'Stella. Stella," first declension;
"Amo." present, future, past.
"Slella, Stella?, amo, amas"
How the hours ghdo away!
"Amat," then wo reach "amamus'
Gloomy night has turned to day.
Chorus.
"Do I carry coal and waterf
Well, the fact I shan't deny;
It is onlv right and proper.
And I'm paid when no one's by.
"Do X stumble on the stairway.
When I trip down in the dark?"
Well, I tell yon, boys, the truth is
There's no flame without a spark.
unorus.
Yes, I've learned to love that stairway.
With its taults I love it still;
Yes. I go up higher, higher.
All the while my pulses thrill.
At the top I know there's favor.
That a star doth brightly shine.
Warning me from snares and pitfalls
Would that star were only mine.
Chorus. If. C. Bubqxb.
962 A CIRCLE.
(Twelve Letters.
Place in a circle's endle's band,
A com once used in foreign land,
Worth twenty-five denarii.
Yet later valued half so high;
Then add a word of simple size
That margin, edge, or verge implies;
And after this but one thing more.
A metal hid in certain ore.
Now start aright and you will find.
In reading round, if well combined,
A vessel built iu times of old
A pseudonym in fact, I'm told.
963 DOUBLE ACEOSTIC.
( Words of Four Letters.)
1. The edge of a hill.
Z Against,
3. Noise made by cannon.
i. Low spirited.
rnmals A horso noted for its speed.
Finuls K thread of metal.
Combined A. kind of fence. ASS.
964 AJT OBJECT LESSON.
A zig zag thing be held to view,
In size aud shape 'twas double you.
He just behind it placed his key
And asked mu then what I could see.
"It was opinion some opine.
That crucified oar Lord divine;
And pestilence has hundred) slain.
Who come beneath its baleful reign.
'The cookery we moderns have
Has sent its quota to the grave:
While pnjslc s credited by some
With sending many to their home.
"But of all evils ever curst
The human race you see the worst;
The key that upe's Pandora's box
When out the luries fly in flocks."
W. Wilsoit.
965 RIDDLE.
Come all ye students of the Sphinx,
Unite for me these severed links;
My second you must agitate.
Until voar poor arms fairly 3che.
Kemove uiy first and you will find.
My total left, if you're uot blind.
3e A drink it is that's quite nutritious.
On ice insummerit's delicious. Aoz.
966 DIAMOND.
1. Aletter. 2. Chief or commander. 3. Mora
prudent, i. Certain annual herbaceous plants.
S. blazed iratnes or sashes. 6. Binding. 7.
Deprived of reason. 8. That which is invested
f.ir the sake of a return. (Ohs.) 9. The ermine.
10. To follow up. It A letter. U. Reka.
967 CURTAILED DECAPITATION.
A word I have In view
Rise to begin will do;
ff jou behead,
Will leave, instead,
The beard of grain lor you.
Or, if you should curtail.
You'd find, then, without fail,
A certain bird;
Aud, take my word,
Its color is not pale.
Hitter Sweet.
968 transposition.
I first essay to guide or sway;
Then, 'twixt green hills I nestle low;
Now out agaiu to treat uhh men,
And weight my miud with details slow.
SYLVIA.
ANSWERS.
943 A spirit raised from the depths of un
derground. Ktng Henry I V., act 1., scene t.
930 Burg, tras-), clocks. Differently com
b.ned, and read in a circle, the worus give
"atrassburg clock."!
vol -auake, sake.
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9a9 Dragon-fly.
POPPING THE QDESTI0H.
The Momentous Propotllloa Often Pm
Moil Novel Circumstances.
A group of benedicts in Chicago the
day amused themselves by telling bow
"crossed the Rubicon" of courtship. 1
confessed to successfully putting' the n
mentous question while leading bis bor
over a stretch of ground encountered whi.
sleigh riding; another was acceptet
while sitting in a snowdrift after being
tipped from the rear of a four-seated
sleigh; a third proposed while without coat
and waistcoat and while perspiring freely
from a two-mile row under a burning sun,
and still another was refused in a romantic
nook only to be accepted a little later by
the same girl under the most commonplace
conditions.
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