SsfSsWi c it 1 1WBITTIX TOB THI BIS PATCH.! Hundreds of years ago there stood a stately old castle protected by high towers and strong walls, and surrounded for miles and miles by a dense oak forest, in the midst of which lay a clear, blue lake, whose smooth surface had never been seen by human eye. Here the wild animals of the forest came to quench their thirst, and in the morning the little birds undisturbed would sing their eongs of praise and gladness. Under the blue wares the water nymphs had their fairy home, and no one disputed their right to this kingdom. One bright sunny afternoon little Annette ran down the castle steps and out into the forest "How lovely it is here," she cried; "why must I always stay so close to the castle? Nurse says the forest is full of wild animals, which would tear me in pieces; but I am sure nothing: very wicked conld live in such a beautiful place. So to-day, while there is no one to watch me, I shall walk and walk, and cather these sweet flowers until I am tired. Then to-night, when mamma returns from her journey, I shall tell her of my happv day in the forest." So the little girl, wandering on in paths which perhaps had never before been trod, finally came to the blue lake whote crystal waters reflected the skies, the green trees, and little Annette herself. Near the shore of the lake, and rocked gently by the waves, floated myriads of pure white water lilies whose broad green leaves formed inviting stepping stones to the delighted chiid. She confidently sprang on to the smooth lily pads which sank beneath the light weight. Annette floated on the surface for a few mo ments and then disappeared. A little water Vmnh tiwninr shore, the water looked on in astonishment, and as the child was sink- I ing for the last time, the little elf caught mm, w ftta&j SHE SAT "VTATCHTXG BY THE LAKE. her almost lifeless body in her arms and hastened to her home. "See, mother," she cried, "see what I have found. Now I can always have a playmate. How beautiful she is; I shall love her dearly." The mother having the same golden hair and blue eyes as her daughter, arose from the coral chair, and after looking a moment on the sweet face of little Annette, said: "She is certainly beautifnl, mv child; but you must not keep her. Our home, lovely as we think it is, would not suit her, and she would not be happy with us. So heed your mother's words, my daughter, and carry the little girl back into the forest. where the people from the castle can find her. ' Sorrowfully the nymph obeyed the mother's commands, and carried Annette to the wide road leading through the forest. and after kissing her many times, said: "Ixoodbv. little sister: Ishall watch lorvou. end maybe you will come again some time." boon alter the Count and Countess, riding by in the royal carriage, were much alarmed and astonished to see their daughter lying do still and pale by the roadside. They lifted her up tenderly and hurried to the castle, where she soon recovered and told of her walk in the forest. But when she talked of the lake and the water lilies they believed it to be only a childish story, for no one knew of either. Annette would often speak of a fairy creature who had carried her under the water, but her mamma said: 'Ton must have fallen asleep in the woods and hare dreamed about tbe fairies." Every day the little water nymph sat on the shore of the blue lake and watched for her little sister, as she now called Annette. But no one came, and the fairy grew quiet and sad. She no longer enjoyed the sports among the waves, and the beautiful shells and coral trees had lost all their charms lor her. She thought only of the little countess who had been once at her home. Finally she went to her mother and said: "If my sister will not come to me, can I notgo to her? I know where the castle is, and conld easily find my way there." The mother looked sadly at her daughter, and then replied: "My dear child, why are you not happy in our fairy home? It grieves me to see you so sad. But il you think it will afford you pleasure to see once more the little stranger, you may go to her. At the next full moon when the harvest is gathered the peasant people will bold a festival in the village. The Count and his beautiful wife, and little Annette will be there. Ton may join them; but you must say nothing of your home here. Otherwise this will be your last visit." And now the nvmph was happy again. She played with the fish and gathered shells as before. How eagerly she watched for the next fall moon; and when it came, she wished at once to start lor the village. The mother then took from under a large rock a costly dress, such as a princess would wear and strings of pearls and coral. Arrayed in these, the nymph hastened away. Everyone wondered at the beautiful stranger who spoke to no one, but all evening stood near the Count's daughter and gazed upon her with loving glances. Annette returned these looks with those of admiration, and when the evening was drawing to a close, she whispered: "Are you a fairy princess?" "Oh, no," answered the Princess, forget ful of her mother's commands, "I am only the water nynmh whom you saw on the lake, and I live where the water lilies grow." She then fled, and was soon lost to view. "When she reached home and told of her evening's pleasure, her mother said: "You have disobeyed me, and can never again leave the shire of the lake." The little nymph now became more un happy than before, and sat listlessly on the . sandy shore listening to the songs of tbe waves, or humming .arl mlnH; to hor-clf As she thus sat one day a woodland fairy came to her and said: "What alls you, pretty nymph? Why do you wear such a mournful countenance?" t When the nymph had told her sorrow, the fairy cried: "Oh. lean l,.!,, .,.t; . , much dislike the prond Count, and von - shall, if you want to, have his daughter for playmate. Here by the lake grow thou sands of violets; they are my magic plants; and if you will make a chain of them long rsfcfcenoueh to reach to the castle, and place one , jBette' hand, she will at once .follow the I aiu iieie vu uic buuio anu me other In An- ;j. r guiding of the chain and coma to the lake, which she can never leave wunou. jum v mission." "Alas," cried the nymph, "my mother has forbidden me to leave the shore, and 1 could not carry my chain to the castle. "Then I shall carry it for yon," said the fairy, "and to-morrow night I shall go to the Count's home, and you will soon see his daughter coming to you." All day and night the nymph was busy with her chain of violets, and when the fairy came it was ready. The woodland elf sped away to the castle, where all was quiet and stil, and the bright moon threw a so t light over the flowers and trees. The fairy with her flowery chain crept through the strong oaken doors and up the broad stair case into Annette's room, and there she lafd the violets in the hand of the sleeping child. The little girl rose at once, and holding fast to the flowers, ran out into the forest and onto the lake. The water nymph stood waitintr, and with a cry of joy re ceived her "sister" and carried her in her arms beneath the moonlit waves. And An nette never came back to tell of the water nymph's home under the blue lake. Pats ie. MRS. LAKGXBY CHAHGED. She Hm Turned off Gebhnrdt nnd Now l Spcklns ftolnce In Religion. A recent private letter, says Blakely Hall in the Brooklyn Eagle, says the Jersey Lily has made a remarkable and complete revolu tion in her ideas of life. She has become more or less religious and has such a strong leaning toward the established forms o. devotion that her presence in some of the smaller chapels of London is frequently noted. Mrs. Langtrv. according to mv J informant, has not experienced anything . -3 that might be called religious fanaiicism, and her sudden swerve in the direction of the church is not the result of one of those erratic impulses to which women of high strung emotional natures are subject. The quiet, placid, almost bovine nature of this lamous woman has never been disturbed by any violent esthetic emotions of any sort. Her thoughts have turned toward relig ion and her convictions are apparently deep and sincere. "There is no suggestion of parade in it at all," the letter says. "Mrs. Langtry's devotions seems to be a sudden return or perhaps a development of her early religions training. People who know Mr. Langtry well believe that the two will some day come together again. He is a most commonplace man, and it is not regarded as by any means improbable that he will be willing to become the husband of this famous woman again in truth as well as in name." The sudden evidences of devotion on Mrs. Langtrv's part come very close upon the heels of the hot, seething storm of religious zeal which is sweeping over Sarah Bern hardt's life. Only in her case the public is asked to belive too much to accept in good faith her external evidences of religions iervor. MUSIC LOVING CAHABY. AJ31rd That Greatly Eitjors the Flute and Ibe Church Organ. Rev. Mr. James, of London, writes as follows or a remarkable canary bird: "Im mediately I begin to play upon the Ante she chirps about as if enjoying the music. If I open the cage-door and leave her, she will come as near to me as possible, but no at tempt to fly to the music; but if I put her upon my desk, and lay the flute .down, she will perch upon the end.and allowme to raise the instrument and play. I often take her into tbe church and play there upon the organ, and she will perch upon my fingers, notwithstanding the inconvenience of the motion of the bauds, and chirp in evident delight at tbe sweet sounds." THE LATEST DT CABS. A Smart, fStjll.b, Robber-Tired VohlM. Brcomlnc Popular in London. rail Will Bad jet. Under the enterprise and fostering care of earls and limited liability companies the hansom cab has been transformed into n very smart and comfortable vehicle, but the four-wheeler remains the shabby, shjky concern which it has been time out of mind. The recent apbearance of a vehicle like the Paris coupe, though on finer lines, in the streets ot London has thereiore been a wel come sight. It has all the smartness and style of a private brougham, with some novelties in the shape of steel tension wheels and India rubber tires. The hub of the wheel is made oi eun metal and the spokes and rim of steel, and, although light and fragile in ap pearanc, this wheel, which is patented, Will OUtlaSt tWO or thrco np ,. .,!;.,.,,.- wooden kind. The India rubber tire is 1J in. in thickness. Another feature is the ar rangement for raising and lowering the sashes. By means of what is termed the "silent crip" the window is locked at anv point, and held so firmly that-there is no rattling. Iudeed, noise is reduced to a minimum, and smoothness of traveling raised to a maximum. The coupe, like the hansom, only holds two persons, and in order to secure lightness so accommodation is provided for luggage beyond a port .beside tie driver, x manteau, wuitu can no piaceu on ue DOX 1T-- AifTWJ WOT. r JUSJbk I-S?X( JltM& V3a5 M3iin23KJsS"i ThelCew London Cab. w . -, .i THE THE GOOD IN PAIN. Views of the Pessimist and Effect Upon Religion. Their ANALYSIS OP AN OLD DILEMMA. The Creator Conld Abolish Bin, hut Then We Would Hot be Men. FKEE-WILL A FACTOR IN THE PROBLEM rWBlTTIlt TOB TUB DISPATCH. J Go'd is, andOod can be sufficiently known. Materialism cannot banish God, neither can agnosticism obscure Him. But is God good? This is the question which pessimism puts in the way of the argument for God. The question turns upon the problem of pain. There Is no escaping the fact of pain. There is a story in tbe "Light of Asia" of a poor mother with her dead baby in her arms, who came and fell down at the Master's feet and begged that He would give her baby life again. And the Master answered that He would if she could get Him a handful of black mustard seed fiomahome without a sorrow. And away went the poor mother from house to house, and street to street, and along the roads and byways of the country round about, beseeching everywhere this handful of black mustard seed, and trying to find a home without a sorrow. Bnt there was no home without its sorrow anvwhere. The First Cause, as we have seen, has pro duced two great effects in this world one is nature and the other is man. That is to say, God has manifested Himself in nature nnd in man so that we may know Him. Bnt nature and man are the sources of pain. Nature is so ordered that for a great propor tion of living creatures life can be sustained only at the cost of lite. The world has a pleasant look on a summer day, but it is a field of battle, nevertheless. "Whoever looks beneath the surface, whoever reflects upon the meaning which tbe law of the survival of the fittest shows in the life of nature, understands what these lines, out of the "Light of Asia," mean: Then marked he, too, How lizard fed on ant. and snake on him. And kite on both; and how the fish hawk robbed The fish tiger of that which it had seized. The shrike chasing the bulbul, which did chase The jeweled butterflies, till everywhere Each slew a slayer, and in torn was slain. Life living upon death. So the fair show Veiled one vast, savage, grim conspiracy Of mutual murder. GBEAT CATASTROPHES. Nature, moreover, is so ordered that out of the universal and necessary elements of the world can come at any unexpected moment a whole legion of devils to devour men alive. The conflagration, the cyclone, the flood, the earthquake, slay every year their tens of thousands. We live in a world in which disease is simply inevitable. Our bodies are ,o made that any smallest part may become a pain-center which shall make a man regret the day of his birth. And, after disease, is death. That fiendish out rage upon justice which they call in Russia "exile by administrative powers," by which, at an hour when no one is aware, men and women may be taken from their friends, sent away nobody knows where, and never brought back again this is done by nature, with death for policeman, everv day. And worst of all is this terrible fact that nature is supremelv and absolutely indiffer ent. The good and the bad perish together without distinction of persons. The train breaks throueh the bridge, and tbe man whose life is ot value to his generation drowns, while the man with handcuffs on his wrists, bound for the penitentiary, whose life is a rurse to himself and to everybody who knows him, lives. from nature we turn to man. There is pain enough which nature makes in this world, but man is more than nature. Man is so made that it is possible for him to sin. He can degrade his body, his mind, and his soul. He can make a beast of himself. He can bring upon himself the agonies of con science and tbe terrors of remorse. He can make his life utterly miserable, "Worse than that, he can make the lives of others utterly miserable. There is no torture in the power of nature but it is outdone by man. Think what war means, and exile. and solitary imprisonment, and slavery! Think what is coing on to-day in the heart of Africa! Tnink of the long procession of men and women, bound with chains, tramp ing through mud and dust and ice across Siberia! There are no adequate words in any language to describe man s inhumanity to man. HOW THE WICKED PROSPER. And here again God seems so strangely indifferent. Bascality prospers. The vicious and the cruel sit in places of power. The man who lilts his hand to strike an unjust blow, no lightnipg out of the sky hits him. 1 be good have often died at stakes, and are all the time suffering some kind of martyr dom. And there is no interference. The Supreme must hear the cry of the oppressed, but it seems as if He hears it as the lotus eaters heard it, only as a far-off murmur having little meaning. It is said that a few years before the Civil War there arose a strange religion some where among the negroes ot the South hav ing for its central doctrine the belief that God is dead, Sometimes we loot about us, and that creed seems true. There is a great religion in the East. The religion of the Buddhists, which is based upon the assertion that existence is an evil. In the opinion of the disciples of this re ligion the only happiness lies in getting out of this miserable life into Nirvana. And Nirvana means simply an everlasting con dition of unconsciousness. There is a philosophy in Germany, the philosophy of the pessimists, which is based upon the assumption that whatever is, is bad. One of itsleading teachers maintained that this is the worst of all possible worlds. Another held that it would have been far better never fo have been born, at all. John Stuart Mill declared'that nature is the great criminal; that there is no crime which puts men into prison or conducts them to the gallows, but nature is guilty of it every day. Mr. Ingersoll has devoted two-thirds of his writings in opposition to the Christian religion to comments upon the fact of pain. "There may be a God," he says, "or not. I do not know; but when I look out upon the pain and sin which curse the life of man, I am inclined to think not" This is the centre of Mr. Ingersoll's posi tion. TUB OLD DILEMMA. Finally, here is this ancient dilemma, which is older than the Christian religion. and is not worn out yet. If God is omnipo tent. He can stop pain: if He is cooa. He desires to stop pain; but he does not stop pain; thereiore lie is either not omnipo tent, or not good. Now here is tbe problem of pain. Is there any solution to it? Here is the fact ot pain, w nat can we ao wun lir is it possi ble that we can still maintain that God is good? Adolpne juonoa, a saintly Huguenot, has a remarkable passage at the becinuini- nf one of bis sermons, in which he imagiues, in a world which is altogether ignorant of God the discovery of an inscribed tablet on which is written an authentic revelation. Who ever can read the sentence which is on this stone can learn from it the truth about God. But the inscription is blurred and broken! There are only three words in the sentence, but the third is so dim and marred that it seems unreadable. God it what? AVith what unspeakable eagerness, with what keen scrutiny would that third word be studied. Together would assemble all the linguists, all the scientists with all their microscopes, nil the philosophers, ail the saints, and all the sinner. God is prce? late? energy? Wrath? Godis-deadT Oh. what joy Inexpressible if at lat the letters of that di vine word should stand out clear and plain, and the revelation should be found to say that God U love I We look Into this world ot pain and txrto r-" PITTSBURG DISPATCH read -its meaning. Can It mean love? Is God love? Is God good? Now let us understand clearly at the begin ning that the mere presence ot pain does not tell us anything whatever about the character of the causer of the pain. He may be bad or good. The mure fact of pain throws no light on that whatever. IS THE TVOBLD SO BAD? I believe, indeed, that tbe common sense and experience of people In general finds great ex aggeration In the pessimistic opinion of the world. It is not such a bad world. There Is not In reality any such overbalancing of pain against pleasure. In the animal world, especially, there can be little doubt bnt that we greatly overestimate both the quantity and tUe quality oCpaln. But put all experience and common sense to one side, take the pessimistic opinion as It stands and. Instead of subtracting from it, multiply it by 10: still It remains true that the mere presence of pain In the world does not tell us either that God is cruel, or that He is In different, or that He Is good. For pain de pends for Its meaning upon purpose Its -ine upon character rests upon Its motive. The one question which can alone interpret pain is me question "Whyi" It would be a cruel thing to mix together a great mess of bitter drops and make a little child drink it. unless the person who did the mixing was a physician, and the purpose was to heal the child. No matter how intense the pain is, or how much there is of it, no mauer though the whole world bo full of it. That does not show that God is not good. It may show that God lstaflnltely good. What is pain for? That will Now pain, when it is interpreted by purpose. Is fonnd to be of three nns.ible kinds: There may be pain with a bad purpose, or pain with a good purpose, or pain with an unknown pur pose. Of these three kinds of pain, however, we may say at once that tbe first kind is absolutely undiscoverable in the realm of nature. There is enough of it, no doubt, in man's part of the world. That io will study presently. But In nature, in that pari of life to which "we go to learn directly the workings of God, there is none of it whatever. There is no part of the organic economy of any living creatnre of which it can bo said. This was set here for the purpose of making this creature miser able. There is no act of the elements of na ture, whether in fire or flood, in eartbqnaKe or tempest, of which anybody can say. This was done from malice. There is no pain in the whole universe which anybody can reasonably point to as proof that Goi is cruel. MUST BE A GOOD PURPOSE. On the other hand, we may reasonably afHrin of the immense proportion of all pain, that the purpose which lies behind it is a good purpose. That evidently must be a good purpose which tends toward the betterment and happiness of min. But the betterment and happiness of man depend, we can see clearly, upon man's obedience to two great sj stems of law by which we are surrounded. We live in perpetual rela tion to two great systems of law tbe law of na ture and the law of righteousness. If we are in right relation that is. In a con dition of knowledge and obedience to the law of nature, we are physically happy. If wo arc In right relation thai is, again, in a condi tion of knowledge and obedience to the law ot righteousness, we are spiritually happy. The bettorment and happiness of man lies accord ingly along that path which leads to perfect knowledge and obedience to these two great systems of law. Suppose that the law of nature is perfectly knowu and kept, there is an end to all disease aud to all premature death. Think how much pain that would take out of human life! Bup poso that the law of righteousness is perfectly known and kept. There is an end to all Injus tice, cruelty, unbrotherliness, to all inhumanity of man to man; that would be the millenium. row, now can perfect obedience to these two great systems of law be brought about? It can be enforced in either one of two ways: by par alysis or by pain. We can be compelled to keep these laws by such a change In our nature that disobedience becomes impossible; or we can be taught to keep them by getting a schoolmaster over us, the grim pedagogue, pain. The choice is between paralysis or pain. Either a world of free men and women, with pain; or a world of smiling dolls, with no pain. WHAT GOD CANNOT DO. The alternative is absolutely inevitable. There Is no getting away from it. We speak of the omnipotence of God, but there are many things which omnipotence cannot pos sibly do. God is all-powerful ln.the same sense in which He is all-loving. He cannot love sin, neither can He do anything which is contrary to the direction of power. God cannot make a straight line other than the shortest distance between two points. God cannot lie. God cannot make a man who shall have the gift of free will, and yet not be able to make a choice between tbe better and the worse, and choose tbe worse. If he will. And God cannot bring about tbe betterment and sanmness of a man who possesses this supreme gift of free wilexcept by teaching him tbe folly of a wrong choice; and the only efficient teacher is pain. T And so we come back to that old dilemma of which I spoke, and we see where the fallacy of it lies. "If God is omnipotent, He can take away pain." Yes. "And if God is good. He desires to take away pain." Yes. "Bnt God does not take away pain, therefore He is either not omnipotent or not good." There is the mistake. God does take away pain. But Ho takes it away gradually, not suddenly. If God were to take away pain suddenly. He would have to put paralysis in tho place of It; Ho would have to take away free-will with it. Century by century man has been growing, learning under the tuition of pain to leave the worse and choose the better. The pain which comes with sickness has taught him to keep tbe comes with sin has taught him to keep the laws of righteousness better. Century by centary tbe race ha been improving, has been going on along the path of betterment and happiness, guided by pain, fain means progress. THE MILLENIUM. The day will come when pain's work will be ended. The race will have learned the supreme lesson. Alan will keep the law of nature and tbe law of righteousness, not because he has been changed into a doll and must walk in the way of obedience, but because he willingly and gladly rejects the evil and chooses the good, re membering the instructions of pain. In that day there will be no more sickness and no more sin. and sorrow and sighing will flee away. But if the purpose of paiuisgood. if pain tends toward tUe happiness and betterment of man. then He who permits pain is good. Go'd is good. And this good purpose, which we seo to be in the Interpretation of some pain, must, it would seem, be the interpretation of all pain. There is no pain with a bad purpose; there 1 much pain with a good purpose, and we can argue about the unknown purpose of pain only jaws ui. uaiure ueiter. ice pain wmen iruiU WUH6 ITC KOOW. Thescientist finds much whtchhecannotas yet explain, for which be has not as et found any place in the realm of order. But ho. believes most confidently that order pervades all things. We maintain, with equal reason and with equal confidence, that goodness pervades all things. Behind all which is apparently dis ordered lies order somewhere; and behini all pain, which is apparently without purpose, lies goodness somewhere. Even without revelation we may be suro of that. God is good. Geobok Hodges. Tinln and Ills Tiip. Boston Advertiser.! Citizen Train's declaration that he has circled the earth and has discovered that it is not round is areminder oi the lady who visited Italy. When she returned her friend said to her impressively: "You have visited Italy. Now tell rue, do, is it shaped like a boot as the maps represent?" Porter' InqnNlilTo Men. LonlsTllle Courier-Jonrnal.3 The census enumerators will not ask how many members of the family walked home from the races. The Government has no deposition to discourage the amusements of the turf. PATROL BOATS. FOB AFBICA, England's Latest RiB Ueicroblea PlttBbnrs'a Uivrr Mcainerii. The British Government has determined ' to follow the example of the Portuguese,and send out gunboats to patrol the Shire and" Zambesi rivers. Two specially designed vessels have been built on the Thames for that purpose, and will be immediately dispatched to East Africa; but with that readiness to , supply the wants of all nations which is our charac- teristic, no fewer than nine vessels of a similar clnss'havo been supplied to the order ot the Portuguese Government by the same builders. It is to be hoped that tbe natives will not become so familiar with the use of the sternchases as with the stern wheels which are a feature of this armed flotilla. .Ax , . .IfeMjj. i pBU "PPP? 'SUNDAY, JUNE -j 1, SCOTCH-IRISH TYPES. Bessie Bramble Cites Jackson Kepresentative of His Kace. as HIS DEFENSE OP A CABINET LADT. The Apparent Neglect of Women Celebration Last Week. in the JAKE GREI SW1SSHELM AS A WBITEE. rwnrrraif xon tbx dispatch.! At one time in the history of this country great fear of the dissolution of the Eepublic was felt by some most eminent statesmen. Such leaders in Congress as Clay, the idol of his party; Webster, pf such brilliant renown, and Calhoun, the fiery defender of States rights, were all discouraged, depressed and sick at heart over what they dominated the usurpation of power, the reckless disregard of the will, of the people, the ruthless denuncia tion of all who did not conform to his will, by Andrew Jackson, who was the most famous specimen of Scotch-Irish blood and training that ever held highest place in tbe United States. Jackson had such a hold upon the hearts of the common people through his courage and unswerving will, that the boasted honesty, Independence, patriotism and desire to promote the public interest as announced by the opposition, availed as little to impair his influence and popularity as a feather to impede theprogress of a cyclone. So sore and embittered aid iay ami Webster become under the Jackson dy nasty that they declared their intention to resign and retire from the field,and per haps they would have become eminent pre cedents for Conkling and Piatt, save for the fact that their party was so solicitous, so urgent, so powerful in the plea that they should not give up the ship. AN UNBELENTING ENEMY. During his administration Jackson waged unceasing war upon his enemies and put them under his feet, or in present parlance, he wiped up the earth with them. Clay and Webster died disappointed in their fondest hopes. Jackson dictated his own successor, not withstanding all of their efforts and elo quence, and carried every measure of his administration to his own mind. His only failnre, it failure it may be called, was when he attempted to introduce Mrs. Eaton into society. Scandal had been busy with her fair fame; though nothing had ever been proved against her, and the ladies ot the administration at that time refused to call upon her or even speak to her. Mrs. Eaton, known berore her marriage as Peg O'Neal, was the daughter of an old tavern keeper where Jackson and his wife were fond of stopping when in Washington, and they were both fond of Mrs. O'Neal and her pretty daughter. Major Eaton, who had fallen in love with "Peg." then a widow. consulted Jackson, as his intimate friend, as to whether he should marry hei. "Why, yes, Major," said the General, "if you love the woman and she will have yon, marry her by all means." The Major explained that she had not escaped the gossip of the Grundies. "Well," said Jackson, "your marrying her will disprove these charges and restore Peg'sgood name." Major Eaton accepted this ndvice, and shortly after Jackson was inaugurated as President, in making np the Cabinet, Major Eaton was made Secretary of War. This started all tongnes wagging, and set the gossips going, as never before. It became tbe foremost topics at the tea tables and a leading subject in political circles. The ladies determined they wonld not call upon or recognize her socially in any way Jack son or no Jackson. ALL THE POWEB OP POSITION. That the President did not believe the stories told of Mrs. Eaton is made very plain by his 'letters. When called upon by clergymen and others to repudiate her, he stood up lor her with all the fire and cour age of his Scotch-Irish character, and swore "by the eternal" that she should be recog nized with the respect dne to the wife of a Cabinet minister. He was seconded in his efforts by Mr. Van Bnren, who used all the power ot his position as Secretary of State. He enlisted the British and Russian minis ters in her cause, who gave balls in her horor. But not one of tbe ladies would dance in the same set with her. She was publicly insnlted by the wile of the Dutch Minister refusing to sit next to her at the table. Jaekson gave a grand dinner in her honor, where she, seated at his right hand, received hismarked attentions as one of his particu lar favorites. But with all his courage, de termination, stratagem, Scotch-Irish obsti nacy, he found that the women were im placable and relentless. Mrs. Eaton was an extremely handsome woman, and, as re ports go, she sustained herself proudly, with dignity and self-respect. Many have found fault with Jacksou lor attempting to force his influence in the social circle as he did in the political world, but his conrage in standing np for his friends cannot fail to be admired. JACKSON'S CHABACIEB. Tnhii interesting biography of Jackson' James Parton says ot him: "No man will be able quite to comprehend Andrew Jack son who has not personally known a Scotch Iriibman More than he was anything else he was a North-of-Irelander. He was of a tenacions, pugnacious race; honest, yet capable of dissimulation; o ten angry, but most prudent when Jurious; endowed by nature wun ine gilt oi extracting Irom every aflair and every relation all the strife it can be made to yield; at home and among de pendents, all tenderness and generosity; to opponents, violent, ungenerous, prone to believe the very worst of them; a race that means to tell the truth, but, when excited by ancer or warped by prejudice, incapable of telling, remembering or knowing the truth; not taking kindly to culture, but able to achieve wonderful things without it; a strange blending of the best and the worst qualities of two races. Jacksou had these traits in an exaggerated degree; as Irish as though he were not Scotch; as Scotch as though he were not Irish." Those who have lived here all their lives among the Scotch-Irish and their descend ants in business and social relations will know whether this portrayal of the Scotch Irish brethren is true to nature or not,and will be able to tell whether Jackson was one of the highest types of the race, who felled the f forests, and built the cabins, and endured the hardships ot pioneer lite in Western Pennsylvania, and constituted the first families of this picturesque and prosperous portion oi too country. AN INCOMPLETE HISTOBT. If, as one writer asserts, the history of the Eeformed Presbyterian Church is the his tory of the Scotch-Irish, then their record is lamentably meager and incomplete. Al though not a word up to this writing has been said of a Scotch-Irish woman as hav ing existed in this region, we presume that good Scotch-Irish women were here at that time. They are not deemed worthy of men tion in the various records, but without them there could have been no Scotch-Irish to hold celebrations and glorify over the char acteristics and achievements of the race. Andrew Jackson's father died when he was an infant, so it is to be fairly inferred that he was trained by his mother, and strengthened by her tuitions in the tradi tions and superstitions of the race, as have been many others beside him. But how little is known of those heroines of the carlv days. To say nothing of the women their influence, their heroism, their struggles and endurance was tbe fashion of that day a fashion which still holds sway even now as is shown by the Scotch-Irish celebration. ..No woman's name appears on the com mittee to represent the mothers ot the men who were nurtured and trained by them. No eminent Scotch-Irish women seem to have'been invited as honored guests. It is Sad tO See this neclent nf tht. ffftftd mniliprfl iwho taught their, sons and daughters in their 1890. little cabin homes, who instilled into their youthful minds the principles of opposition to tyranny, who impressed upon them tbe duty of upholding the church, who, when no schools were in existence, yet trained their children in such wise that they grew to be the strongest advocates of liberty, the devoutest adherents of the church, the wariest and most aggressive of people in war, "finance, statesmanship, commerce, manufactures, science, jurisprudence and theology." ONE BEFEESHING INSTANCE In this connection it is pleasant to note that our distinguished fellow citizen, Jndge Mellon who is also a Scotch-Irishman of the best type is cited in the History of Allegheny County as giving the credit of his success in life to the care and counsels and teaching of his good Scotch-Irish mother. The Scotch-Irish have made no name in literature, says an authority on the Scotch- Irish. What place he would assign to tbe late Jane Grey Swisshelm in the line of literary genius we know not, bub she was a strong writer, and wielded a pen that was mightier than the sword in striking blows for freedom and against oppression. She was a Scotch-Irish woman of the most pro nounced type. She was as tenacious, ag gressive, obstinate, positive in her opinions, unyielding in her convictions of duty as Andrew Jackson, or any of tbe hard-headed race who have distinguished themselves in church and State, in the march of progress, and in the forefront of the battles lor freedom, for psalm-singing, for tbe creed of Calvin and lor their own way. Mrs. Swisshelm's ancestors were signers of the "Solemn League and Covenant." and "de fended it," as she says, "to the loss of liv ings, lands and life." Her forefathers fought in the battle of the Boyne, and shared the sufferings at the siege of London derry, and the relentless persecutions which the Scotch-Irish endured in those days of savage bigotry. PIESX OUT OP HER SFHEBE. This accounts for her having been en dowed by nature, as was Jackson "with the gift of extracting from every affair and every relation all the strife it can be made to yield." She was the first woman in Western Pennsylvania to venture out of her sphere, the first woman to become the editor of a political paper a paper, too, that showed no hesitation in calling a spade a spade. Sheattacked Judge Grierforhis ruling in a fugitive slave case to such point of aggravation that the lawyers said "Grier was more afraid of her than the devil." ,She claims the credit of killing Daniel Webster politically with her little pen. She defeated the dictator of Minnesota and the Democratic party, and was burned in effigy as "the mother of the Bepnblicanv party. She was discharged from a Gov ernment position for speaking disrespect fully of Andy Johnson. In short her Scotch-Irish "dander" was up most of the time, and the spirit of her ancestry to dare to do or die was always a ruling trait in her character. Other Scotch-Irish, women there maybe with the same strength of mind, with' the same aggressiveness, the same disposition to right wrong, the same courage of their con victions, bnt they have not put themselves into print as did "Sister Jane." Bessie Bbamble. A COLD-BLOODED GEOOM. He Sends His Bride After u. Bridemald and Then Want la Mnrry tbe Latter. Newcastle, Eng Chronicle.: "Have yon brought any witnesses?" asked the Rev. Mr. Wood, of Bathgate, of a middle-aged couple who had come to be married. "No; we ne'r thocht o that. Is't neces sary?" "Oh, certainly," said the minister; "you should have a groomsman and bridemaid as witnesses." "Wha can we get, Jean, dae ye think?" The brtue so addressed suggested a fe male cousin whom the bridegroom had not previously seen, and after consultation a man was also thought of. "Step ye airs' alang, Jean, an' ask them, an' I'll Walk aboot till ye come back." Jean set out as desired, and after some time returned with the two friends, the cousin being a blooming lass, somewhat younger than the btide. When the parties had been properly arranged, and the minister was about to proceed with the ceremonv. the bridegroom suddenly said: ''Wad ye bide a wee, sir?" "What is it now?" asked the minister. "Weel, I was just gaun to say that if it wad be the same to you, I wad raither hae that ane," pointing to the bridemaid. ' "A most extraordinary statement to make at this stage I, I'm afraid it is too late to talk of sucn a thing now." "Is it?" said the bridegroom in a tone of calm resignation to the inevitable. "Weel, then, ye maun just gang on." A BEMAEKABLE BIDE. The Record to be Broken by a Cossack Cnpinin nnd nil Little Steed. Pall Mall Budget. A Siberian Cossack, Dmetree Pjeshkoff by name, is now on a ride from Blagovjecb ensk, in Eastern Siberia, to St. Petersburg. The distance Pjeshkoff will have to cover before he reaches his destination is about 5,400 English milos. The intrepid rider set out on November last, and 113 days after wards arrived at Omsk,having accomplished nearly 3,300 miles of his journey. He is ex pected to arrive in St. Petersburg at the end of May. The same horse will carry Pjeshkoff Irom one end of his journey to the other. This animal is of the ordinary-Cossack breed. It was born in Siberia and is 13 years old, and much under the average size. At Omsk it was in excellent condition, save that the hair on its back had been worn away by the constant friction of the saddle. In the person of Captain Pjeshkoff it has only a light weight to carry, that officer and ac coutrements, etc., bringing up the total weight to about 11J stone. The food of the horse consists of oats and hay. Captan Pjeshkoff has noted In the dairy which he keeps the weight of these consumed per diem, aud has observed that the appetite ot his steed increases as the distance traveled becomes greater. At the start 8 pounds of oats aud 10 pounds or nay per day were sufficient to satisfy it, bnt by the time Omsk was reached 30 pounds of the former commodity and 14 pounds of the latter were required. As for drink, for the greater portion of the journey thus far the horse has drnok no water in tbe liquid form, being obliged to be con tent -to quench its thirst by eating snow snatched upon tbe road. Captain Burnsby'a ride to Khiva was the greatest riding feat up to last vear, when Cornet Asayeff rode from Lubeen, in Po land, to Paris. Captain PjeshkofTa feat .will break tho world'i record. Captain D. Pjeshkoff. THE FIRESIDE SPHEfl A Collection of Enigmatical Its for Borne CracME Address communications for tnts deparlmm to E. B. Chadbourn. Lewiston, Maine. 1063 THE BOATIIAN'8 CATCH, Combine, in succession, each ot the left hand objects with the right hand one. MINNIE SINOZB. 1064 TRANSPOSITION. Of all the places on the first, I've seen, I think, the very worst Which one can e'er expect to. I've seen them covered o'er with saow, Till scarce outdoors a man could go; To this I'll not direct you. Then there are towns of lesser note. Where men don't need a frock or coat To keep tbe nexf-blood flowing: For Sol, m all his fury's Ire, Shines forth In life-inspiring fire. While through the zenith going. Then Alexander Great the King, In Asia, so the poet's sing. Built final, famous city: Oh, final in the next ot first, Ifposslble. we'd bave rehearsed Thy glories In this ditty: But abler pens by far than ours. Must tell the greatness of thy powers, Ob, Alexandrine city. U U. liTJEOZB. 1065 CITIES. What is the citv where the blest Rewards your questl What is tbe city where the true Will welcome youT The city where the maids are neat With manners sweetT The city where the rural swain Is rude and plain? What is the city where deceit And falsehood meet? What is tbe city where the greed Mocks every needf The city where the robber band Despoils tbe land? The city where with fierce intent Your goods are rent? What is the city where the talk Disturbs your walk? What is the city where the speed Is great indeed? The city yielding oft to strains Its shape regales? The city where tbe sudden shock lour course will knock? What is the city where there's room For all who corns? What Is tbe city where bnt few VHI meet your view? The city where with cunning art They read tbe heart? The city where the obstinate Will make yon wait? Atdtx. 1066 DIAMOND. L A Letter. 2. A trick. 3. Mere extraordi nary, i. To resolder. 5. In the manner of a cathedral. 6. Pertaining to a timepiece. 7. Set off (Rare). 8. Counts. 9. Trains, la A stripling. U. A letter. Hispibus. 1067 CHARADE. One and I went on a spree. And sallied to tbe nearest inn; But there was such a crowd and din We thought we hardly could get in. But I called out, "Come, one, two, three, I guess there's room enough for me." And then we called for beer and gin, And then we thought we'd bave some tea, With which we had some cakes and two, And thin to play we did begin, Never once caring for tbe sin. Hut 'twas the luck for him to win. And he was quite elate with glee Until our bill was handed three. 1 said, "Things do look rather bine," When Boniface for pay did call; For I had not a single sou. And so tbe scores must come on all. But be demurred and backward drew; I, being boozy, sought tbe wall, But Boniface would have his due, Or else to-morrow be would sue; And so arose a drunken brawl. But as for total, he got through. And left me lying in the hall. Since then old things have changed for new And time hath kindly laid his pall. And hidden all tbe past from view. But that disgraceful scene I rue, W.hene'er its memory I recall. Atdtx. 1068 numebicai. chabade. ltoi. Sometimes I'm heard upon the deep, Sometimes I'm seen on cows or sheep; I tell you thatsomeone you'll meet; No church without me Is complete. 5-10.11.7.6-9-8. An entity complete and fixed, A thing of kind that is not mixed. Some knowledge of arithmetic Will help you if you'd guess me quick, ltolL Whsn nations for a war prepare. Or meet in strife. I'm what they are. Before combatants' Ught begin. I name tbe attitude they're In. Nelsonian. 1069 SQUABE. 1. Nicest. 2. A kind of rush, in Fpaln. 3. Febrile anxieties (Med. Art.) 4. A Celtic di vinity, regarded as the evil principle. 5. A native arseniato of copper. 8. Lines of rails forming the extremity of railways. 7. Throw est. Duphini. ANSWERS. 1051 Ulysses Simpson Grant jTf T 0 JL - N u N 1055 An old pair of shoes. juoo Decree, recede. 1057 , M G A M B R MONO Q E N E B M A B O R A D K R I V B E C I li A N L E S 1053 Smitten, mitten. 1059 JBrpitoIoeist. Sgl. 1060 N A N N I B A B B I N 1061 Bon-ate. 1063 George, gorge. 1070 BEVEBSAXb 7m a verb then a noun, As you get further down. And loved not accuxMd- 19 As a noun when reversed. I advance or recede As I chance to have need. On the slightest insistence I go a short distance. When feeling acutely I walk resolutely; Onjcround that is holy I aim to move slowly: If memory grows stack 1 Just bear the mind back. A noun I'm a pace. Or a very small space; . A gradation, degree. Or progression jou see. A trace, trace, or vestige. Which made, gives me prestlga, I'm a block placed aright To sustain an upright: As a prefix 'tis sad I am mostly thought bad. Reverse me. 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