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4la the little village of Lorch the peasant
Ifpeople loved to show to travelers visiting
Jtbeir town the picturesque ruins of a stately
fold castle standing on the summit of the
hill, and to tell the wonderful history of the
-I renowned Count Gilgen, who in early years
-made hit home here. The Count was a
stern, severe man, hated by many and loved
"by cone. His harsh, cruel ways were a con
stant source of terror to his servants and
other members of his household. The only
person who ever received a kind word from
him or could cause a smile to appear on the
cloomy face oTthii strange man was his
only child Geriinda. Count Gilsen loved
her with the greatest devotion, and for her
be coveted riches and fame.
But in spite of all his efforts to gain
wealth, the Count became poorer and poorer.
One by one his possessions vanished, until
only the old castle remained. He even
robbed the poor peasant people of their hard
earnings and deprived them oi their fields
crops in order that he might have an abund
ance for bis daughter. But his treasures
disappeared almost before he had gained i
'them. At last, in despair, be determined
to consult an old witch, who lived in a dark
INVITED IN OUT
cave in a mountain, and who declared that
.if he would throw his daughter's jewels into
a cauldron of boiling water that the air
would be tiled with gold, and should bave
all that he desired. Bnt when, one cold,
stormy night. Count Gilgen sought the
dreary cave and threw the jewels into a
black kettle hanging over a blazing wood
fire, no gold was to be seen, but only dense,
black smoke tilted the place. The Count
was very nnery, and would have struck the
witch, hut she cried, in her shrill, piercing
voice: "It is not my fault; the dwarfs are
to blame for this. They are the ones who
steal your wealth. Xour daughter invites
them into your house and feeds them from
yonr table. Drive them away and you
shall again be rich."
A few days after this, a furious storm
raged in the land: the rain fell in torrents,
and the winds whistled angrily aronnd the
castle walls. The beautiful Geriinda sat at
ber window, and as she saw the flowers and
trees bend under the force of the storm, she
felt grateful for her safe shelter, and pitied
any untortunate traveler who mi;nt be
.abroad in such weather. Suddenly ber
quick eye detected one of her little friends,
a mountain dwarf, trying in vain to seek
protection under some overhanging plants.
Unmindful of the wind and rain, Geriinda
threw open the window, and leaning far out,
- cried: "How do you happen to be so far
away from home in such a storm? Come in
here where it is warm and pleasant, and re
main till the rain ceases."
The ugly, wrinkled ace or the little man
grew bright with smiles. He climbed up
the vines, and on to the window sill.
. "You are very kind, little friend," he
said; 1 feared 1 should perish in the storm.
Can you give me wine and food that I may
recover mv strength?"
"Certainly," replied Geriinda; "I shall
fet them at once for you." But a rough
and seized the. little girl, and the Count,
pale with auger, cried: "How dare you
bring this rascal into my house? It is he
who has made me poor."
The dwarf looked up in astonishment and
said, "If I had such a beautiful daughter
as yours I should consider myself the richest
man in the land."
But the Count, still very angry, answered:
"Hy daughter helps to make me poor; and
you. scoundrel that you are, rob me ot mv
wealth." '
He struck with his sword at the dwarf,
but the little man disappeared; and, al
though the Count and his servants searched1
eagerly for him, no trace ot him could be
found. Geriinda was much grieved that
her guest should receive such treatment, and
wished to join in the search, but feared the
displeasure of her father.
The next morning when the storm had
passed away, and the sun shone bright and
clear, the Count mounted bis horse and.
calling bis dogs, started away to the chase.
Be was still displeased with his daughter,
and at parting had said no kind word.
Often during the day be thought of her, and
regretted his harshness to bis beautiful
child. "When he returned in the evenine
be was met at tbe gate by one of the serv
ants, who was weeping and seemed in great
distress. He said that early in the morning
Geriinda had gone into the valley to gather
flowers and had not returned; and, although
they had searched diligently, she was not to
be found.
The Count was almost beside himself with
grief, and ran hither and thither, calling
for his daughter. He commanded his men
to ride over hill and dale, and not to return
till they had found Geriinda. He himself
rode wildly over the country, asking every
one he met, "Has Geriinda passed by here?"
A shepherd lad said he bad seen a beau
tiful maiden with long, golden hair and
bright, blue eyes, riding on a white horse led
by three dwarfs wearmrr lonr red cloaks.
But he had seen them only lor a moment,
and could not tell where they had gone.
The Count then went to the old witch on the
mountain, saying, "You surely know where
my daughter is, and must tell me where to
find ber."
The old witch crooned some magic.songs
over the fire, and then said:i"Your dauchter
is in Mount Kedric"
S,23ow the Count raged more furiously than
jbelore, and he knew he was in the power of
sthe dwarfs; for the Kedric Mountain was as
smooth as glass-and-as hard as flint. No
human foot bad ever been able to mount its
BteejSSlipper jMope. Turning to the witch,
-fthCKtaaf cried: "If you do not tell me
hjowXtojfiscend this mountain, I shall cut
yoonirpieces with my sword."
rSJlt'is a very easy matter to ascend Mount
"KedHc," said the witch. "My band of
sprites shall go with you. and with their
fiery feet shall burn a path.'
2b Count went at once to the mountain, J
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and there on the top stood many little dwarfs
who laughed scornfully, and cried: "In
vain have we sought aid from yon, and now
you shell receive nothing from us." 3
"I shall have my daughter," said the
Count, "and when I reach the top of the
mountain, you shall know the power of my
sword."
The dwarfs laughed, and made no reply.
The witch's sprites then began to make the
path for the Count. Bnt he had gone only
a few steps when the whole mountain began
to smoke and burn with such a heat that he
had to flee for his life; and all the time he
could hear the mocking laughter of the
dwarfs. Then Gerlinda's voice sounded
sweet and clear: "father, go to the hermit
in the forest; he will help you."
: The Count followed this advice, and when
be had told his trouble the hermit said:
"The'dnarfs are very kind and good, but
they are angry with you for defrauding the
people, and denying shelter to the needy.
For this reason they have taken your
daughter and will restore her only on con
dition that you promise hereafter to deal
justly with everyone, and devote your time
to doing good rather than getting wealth."
The Count hesitated; tor he loved riches,
and wished greatly to pnnish the dwarfs for
carrying off his danghter. But his love for
Geriinda conquered, and he gave the re
quired promise.
"Go then," said the hermit, "to Hount
OF THE STORM.
Kedric, and you will have no trouble in
finding your daughter."
Joyfully Count Gilgen went his way, and
was surprised to see a flowery, shady path
winding round the mountain. .Following
this, he soon reached the top, where he was
received with cries of welcome by Geriinda
and tbe dwarfs.
After being loaded with rich gifts, the
Count and his daughter returned to their
home. Count Gilgen was never unfaithful
to bis promise; and the formerly steriuand
orbidding man became a friend and confi
dant of the people; and was loved by all.
This is the story the peasants tell of the
Castle Von Lorch. Paysie.
THEY HABCHED TO HIS SHORE.
A Pliilndelpblan WLo Gave Three RegN
menu the trp While lie slept.
Philadelphia Record.
Select Councilman Franklin M. Harris
prides himself on his proficiency as a snorer.
In fact, several committees, representing
the 75,000 people who have taken up perm
anent residences in the Thirty-second ward,
have waited upon him with protests. This
story, however, is intended for family use
only.
"I established my reputation as a nasal
trumpeter during the war," said the sage of
the Diamond Club. "Bight after the Bat
tle of the Wilderness we were marching
rapidly along hoping to reach a suitable
place to camp before night. I had been
awake 48 hours, and fell asleep while march
ing. Alter sereral hours I awoke and dis
covered that three regiments had marched
by me, keeping step with my snores fact, I
assure you."
GEMS FOE SEALS.
TheEncrnved Slsnei of the Various Peo
ple nt the Dawn of IlUtorr,
Gems to be used as seals were engraved at
an early age of the world. A square signet
of yellow jasper, engraved about 1450 B. C,
is in the possession of tbe British museum.
It has engraved upon it the horse, and the
name and titles of Amenophis U. Herodo
tus informs us that the Ethiopians engraved
signets.
In Jndea, the breast plate of the high
priest was adorned with 12 precious stones,
with the names of 12 tribes engraved upon
them. Strange to say, however, no Hebrew
engraved gems older than the fifth century
are known to exist The Bactrians and the
Hindus are the other Oriential nations of
antiquity that engraved gems. The Chi
nese, early in their history, used gems,
soapstone and porcelain lor seals, with de
vices in relief.
THE HEAD OF A H0ESE.
Most Men Are SnrprUciUto Find It as Loos
n a Floor Barrel.
Philadelphia Press.
"Which is tbe longer, the head of a good
sized horse or of an ordinary flour barrel?"
"Why what can you be thinking of?"
"I repeat it"
"Preposterous!"
"Yes, but let us measure."
So the two men found an emply flour
barrel, measured tbe barrel and then stepped
over to the curb, where stood a big-boned
draught horse. They measured his head.
The man who bad at first demurred opened
his eyes.
' Good graciousl" said he, "cap, you are
hoodooing mel I won't believe it"
But it was a fact It you dont believe it',
try.
A MATHEMATICAL PAEE0T.
He Hbp Learned lo Count lho Number
of
Dashes Id His Shower Bath.
JTrom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
H. Veil, the Eleventh street confectioner,
Js endowed with a remarkable parrot, widely
admired for his beauty and intelligence.
The bird, jnst out of his teens, is still
young for a parrot, and is a brilliant con
versationalist; but bis strong point is bis
talent for mathematics. Mr. Veit adminis
ters shower baths with a sprinkler, and
used to keep count of the number of times
he threw the water over the parrot
One morning he had a surprise the par
rot did the counting! At the first dash
from the sprinkler he said: "One!" at tbe
second, "Tirol" at tbe third "Three!" and
so on. Tbe bird has kept it up ever since,
and Mr. Yeit declares tnat he never makes
a mistake in his figures.
HOE TET THAT WE CONFESS TO SIN,
Turning to a Eight Life Must be Accompa
nied by Divino Pardon.
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THE SACRIFICE UPON THE CROSS
rWEIXTEK FOR TBI PISPJLTcn.I
What is it which saves men? We all
want to know that We all need to know
that It is the question of questions. How
can we be saved from sin from Bin past,
from its guilt, from its penalty; from sin
future, from tbe love of it, from the power
of it how can we be delivered from the
guilt and from the love of sin?
(1) If we could prove ourselves innocent
of sin, we would be delivered from the guilt
of it; we would be acquitted. Some people
try to do that They do not attempt, ot
course, to make themselves out as altogether
perfect They have some faults. They have
a brief catalogue of amiable failings, which
lean decidedly "to virtue's side." But they
say, "I don't do anything very bad. I don't
do anybody any harm." There are a good
many such people, and there are several
things which ought to be said to them. These
needful truths all begin with the word
"not"
Not to do good things is sin. In the par
able of tbe rich man and Lazarus, in the
parable of the Good Samaritan, in our,
Lord's picture of the Last Judgment, that is
the sin. The men who passed by on the
other side, the rich man who let the beggar
on his doorstep starve; the people who saw
their brethren have need, and failed to ex
tend to them a compassionate and helping
hand these stand on the wrong side, when
the race is parted right and left, before the
Judge. To be unhelpful is to be unchrist-
like. It is to be in sin. Among the mani
fold opportunities which crowd our lives,
and the daily chances there are to put money
and time, and kind words, and helping
hands where they will do the most good,
who will affirm' that he who neglects them
is innocent of sin? The sin of omission
shadows even the saints.
THE OTHER HOTS.
(2) Not to love and serve God is sin.
Some people think that they are doing their
duty when they keep five of tbe command
ments. They honor their parents, do not
kill anybody, nor commit adultery, nor
steal (.except perhaps in a commercial way),
nor bear faUe witness (except occasionally
for the sake of piquancy of conversation),
nor covet (very much). But there are ten
commandments. And the other five are
both first and greatest Christ said: "Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart" No amount of love and well-doing
toward our brother men can makeup lor vio
lation or neglect of that Whoever is not
serving God, seeking to know His will and
to learn His truths, rendering Him rever
ence and adoration, putting His service first
is in sin.
(3) Not to be conscious of sin is itself evi
dence ol sin. The holiest people have always
been conscious of their sins. You cannot see
the disorder of a closed room. But open the
shutters, let the light in, and soon'the dust
is visible. Whoever is not conscious of
sin must have a low idea of righteous
ness. And that itself is a grief and an
offense in the sight of God. Not to have a
high ideal or sin. "Wide is the gate and
broad is the way that leadeth to distrac
tion." You can walk in the way without
any trouble, without thinking. "And many
there be which go in thereat." "Because
strait is tne gate and narrow is tbe way
that leadeth unto life." You will have to
mind your steps if you walk that
road. "And few there be that find 'it"
Whoever has a low ideal, whoever has a
good opinion of himself, and is not trying
very hard after any better way of living,
and is not conscious of sin, which road do
you think be is walking in? "If we say
that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves
and tbe truth is not in m." No; we may
not think to escape tbe guilt of sin by" plead
ing innocent
THOSE CONSCIOTS OI" SIX.
II. But suppose we are conscious of sin.
We plead guilty. May we cot be delivered
irom the guilt ol sin, it we repent and amend
our lives?
How many hard questions would be an
swered if we could seta "yes" to that! How
many heavy volumes of theology that would
send out to tbe dust pile! The mysterious,
the miraculous, the supernatural in religion
how it would be minimized! Why, it
wonld make Christianity as simple and as
reasonable as arithmetic What shall we do
to be saved? Bepent and re'orm, every one
of you; imitate the Master, follow His steps;
abhor that which is evil, cling to that whieh
is good and live lorevermorel
Many believe that Many more would
like to believe it It is an attractive doc
trine. And the best thing about it is that it
is trne as far as it goes. Without re
pentance, without an endeavor to put awav
the bad with sorrow, and to seek with earn
estness after the better.no man can be saved.
What is it to be saved to be saved from
what? From sin; Irom tbe guilt and from
tbe love of sin. It is plain that no man
can be saved from sin who does not try to
put sin away. But suppose a man could
put sin away, would he then be saved?
From the power of sin. he would. But the
guilt of sin, thestain of the past, the pen
alty of Nsin would he be saved from that?
THREE IMPORTANT FACTS.
(1) We turn to human law. Is the con
vict pardoned who repents and tries to re
form? No; he has to bear his sentence.
(2) We turn to the universal legislation
of nature. Will repentance and amendment
save irom penalty the man who has broken
nature's law? Let a man unnerve himself
witb strong drink, and then sign a pledge,
will nature pardon tbe past and make him
well?
(3) We turn to the instructive belief of
the race. In all lands and all times, men
have erected altars and offered sacrifices,
and had faith in prayers and sacraments.
Never have men been content witb their
own endeavors after goodness; never have
they trusted in the power of sorrow to wipe
out the past; never have they been satisfied
to regard salvation as simply a matter be
tween the will and the soul. The thought
of God has entered in, always. Somehow,
God must be reconciled. God's pardon
must be somehow gained before the guilt of
sin can go away. Men have never been
satisfied, and are not satisfied to-day, with
any endeavors of their own. Beformation
and amendment are not enough to save man.
III. But pardon saves. God can pardon
us, and so save us. Why not be delivered
from the guilt of sin by being pardoned.
Let us think of that
(L) Suppose that our heavenly Father,
in His infinite love for us. His children.
were pleased to forgive freely and at once
all our offenses against Him. "Suppose that
after each sin we had but to kneel down,
and holding up onr offending hands to
heaven, ask to be forgiven, and the guilt of
sin would go away.
THE IMPORTANT CONDITIONS.
That is true now, but under certain in
finitely important conditions, one of which
is that we ask in that sacred name which
was written over the cross, and for His sake
who bore that name, and upon that cross
suffered and died. Snppose there had been
no cross, and we had but to ask and be for
given, do you not see that the standard ot
holiness would at once be lowered? Sin
onld not seem such a very grave offense
against God if He were ready to pass it by.
Tne denunciations of transgression in,
Holy Scripture would quickly come to be
read as the language of Oriental exaggera
tion; and the declaration of the future pun
ishment of the wicked would speedily be
resolved into poetry and myth. We do not,
as it is now, even begin to realize the sin
fulness ofsirif-but''if-"the guilt 'of trans
gression were to be done away by daily,
and hourly, and wholesale, and easy par
don, we would be farther than ever from
that needful realization. It would -be the
granting of a universal indulgence, without
even the necessity of doing penance.
Second And no vou not see, too, that this
further result would follow. That if any
realization remained of the sinfulness of the
sin which God had forgiven, we would be
utterly and miserably ashamed in His
gracious presencel We would be pardoned
culprits. Suppose a man owes a large sum
of money, and his creditor, pitying such a
poor bankrupt, tears up his notes, throws
them in the fire and lets him go, would the
debtor be at ease in that presence after
ward? Or, suppose a man had been a
traitor to his country and then been simply
pardoned, would he not feel himself a
branded criminal? Imagine Benedict
Arnold forgiven, and living in the court of
Washington and Jefferson! But God would
draw us near to Him not repel us. He
wants us to be full of joy, not of shame,
before Him; and to that effect something
more than pardon, something more than
simple, unconditional, unearned forgiveness
is necessary. So we add still another nega
tive. Still the way of salvation is undis
covered. What saves men is not yet an
swered. THE BEST PLAN.
Fourth How then? How can we be de
livered from the guilt of sin? Suppose that
God himBelf should say: "I will take
upon me the burden of my children's sin.
I myself will bear the penalty in their
steady I want them to know what a dread
ful thing sin is, and I want them to realize
how I love them, even infinitely. I will
teach thetM and save them by being mani
fested among them, and taking their sins
upon me. I will be lifted up, for my chil
dren's sin, upon the cross. So will I draw
them away from sin, and save them!"
Would not that meet the needs of men?
There would be no denial of the sinfulness
of sin rather an emphasis of it There
would be no separation set between God and
the forgiven sinner, rathera closer union
made.
That was what happened. Here tbe ques
tion of questions finds its answer. There is
still difficulty, there is still mystery, that
we would expect when we try to understand
the plans and deeds of God. But the main
truth is perfectly plain. "God was in
Christ, reconciling the world unto Him
self.,' Setaside all "theories" ofthe Atone
ment and take this. This is enough.
Christ "died for our sins." He was "cruci
fied for us." He was "made sin for us."
He "put away sin" by the sacrifice of Him
self. He "bore our sins in His own bodyon
the tree." He "hath washed us from our
sins in His own blood." He "gave His life
a ransom for many." He "hath reconciled
us to God by His own blood." He "is the
propitiation for our sins, and not for ours
only, but for the sins of the whole world."
SDFPEEING FOR OTHERS.
"God was in Christ reconciling the world
unto Himself." That throws light into
some dark places. Shall the innocent suffer
for the guilty we ask, and there is an In
stinctive negative. And if the question
means "in the place of," then it is hard not
to answer "No" and be done witb it One
sins and another is punished for it That is
strange justice! But it the question means
"tor the sake of," shall the innocent suffer
for the sake of the guilty? Why, inno
cence is suffering for guilt, in that sense, all
tbe time. Every noble soul who treads tbe
way of sell-sacrifice that bis brethren may
be UDliited is an instance of it Indeed",
there is no way yet known among men by
which there can be any saving ol the gnilty
except by the voluntary suffering in some
manner ot the innocent Down comes some
Greatheart out of his home of comfort
and sets his dwelling among the poor,
denies himself almost everything that men
account worth having, and gives bis life
for bis brethren. That is the noblest sight
which the sun looks down upon the wide
world over. But it is only a faint reflec
tion and dim echo of the Incarnation and
Atonement ,
It is not, as some think, that the Father
gives over the Son to death, compelling the
endurance of that shame and pain. Still
less is it, as others hold, that tbe loving Son.
by tbe offering of this fearful sacrifice, either
purchases the Father's love or appeases the
Father's wrath. We distinguish between
the Father and tbe Son too widely. There
are not two Gods. We may set that down
emphatically. It mavbe'too much to sav
that the "Father,"-the "Son," and the
"Holy Ghost"
ARE BUT NAMES
describing God in His different relations to
us. Such a statement would need some
qualification. It would be very much nearer
tbe truth, however, than the duation or
tritheron whicli colors our popular theology.
It is not true that one God the Father
compelled the sacrifice of another God the
Son before He would forgive the sins of
men. "God was in Christ, reconciling tbe
world unto himself." It was God himself,
manifested among men, who for love of us
endured tbe cross.
I think we can see here why it is that the
death of Christ, rather than thelifeof Christ.
la act. Auiiu us me uui. wiiicn won salvation.
All that the life meant, and more also, is
included in the meaning ol that death. Here
is set forth pre-eminently the love which
God has for us, and the hatred which God
has for sin.
Explain it as we may, here is the fact
The sacrifice of Christ has made salvation
possible for every child of man. The cross
has bridged the gulf which seemed impassa
ble between sin and pardon. Fortunately,
it is not the "doctrine" of the Atonement
which saves men. Salvation does not de
pend upon our understanding of 'the atone
ment, or onr "views" about it, or our belief
in any particular interpretation of It We
are saved, whatever we may think about it
by the fact of the Atonement We are
saved by the fact that "Christ died for our
ins." George Hodges
GETTIHG EVEH OH ICE.
People Frnctlco So Much Econoinr That
HIbu Prices Will Not Bring Profits.
New York Tress.
I heard a club steward talking yesterday
abont the economies that are now required
in such institutions on account of the high
price of ice. He said: "We have been ex
travagant beyond any sense in this country
in the use of ice, because we have had such
a bounteous supply of it In all the lead
ing clubs cracked ice has been kept in great
bowls on the tables and served in glasses for
tbe cooling of water to drink. In our club
all that has been stopped.
"A member can have the ice by asking
for it, but it is not set around to melt and go
to waste. If the same economy we practice
takes effect all over the city, the ice com
panies will make less money this year than
any year of which I have any knowledge,
even at the high prices they charge."
COLLEGES A FAILTJEE,
An Old Gentleman Silcki a Senior CIn on a
Coaple of Qaestlom.
An eccentric old gentleman recently
knocked out a whole graduating class in a
Western college. He got tbe boys together,
the day before commencement, and told them
that he would give $10 to every man who
would answer correctly two plain, every
day questions. The questions were as fol
lows: What is the origin of the common
phrase, "to hope against hope?" And, why
is the human ear shaped as it is, instead of
being flat?
Not a man answered the questions cor
rectly, and the old gentleman went away
declaring that colleges are a failure.
New War Vesiel far ibe Japs.
A Japanese steel war vessel, the Chiyoda,
was launched recently from the Thomson
yards, Clyde Bank, near Glasgow. Her
dimensions are: Length, 300 fee t; breadth
42 feet; depth, 24 feet She has twin screws,
carries 28 guns and 3 torpedo tubes, and is
of 2,450 tons. The Chiyoda is manned by a
a Japanese crew of 200 men, who will take
Ififrto Japan. yiThe-veisel'Was cbristened'hyl
Viscountess ixewass, a Japanese lady.
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Inventions Fail if They Only In
crease Labor's Productiveness
HAPPINESS IS MORE IMPORTANT.
Will Electricity Servo to Make the World
Brighter and Better?
THE TELEGRAPH AND THE INTELLECT
IWBirrN FOB TUB DISFATCn.1
The great advances made in electrical
science during the last few years have drawn
many thinking men to look forward in con
templation of its probable results. Science,
they say, hag hitherto increased oulythe
effectiveness and productiveness of man
kind, but added nothing to its happiness.
Tbe men and women who lived and toiled
before the great forces of steam were utilized
were doubtless as happy, if not happier,
than they who fill the factories and work
shops of to-day. The shoemaker at bis
bench, the blacksmith at bis forge, tbe vil
lage miller in bis mill, the farmer in his
fields, worked longer hours perhaps, and
made less money than do the wage workers
of the great manufacturing concerns ot to
day, bnt they were more independent and
therefore more contented.
At least, so we are told by those whose
memory goes back to the day when the
shoemaker could stop to gossip with bis
visitors, or sing songs as an accompaniment
to his own industry, and when the black
smith could crack jokes with the village,
pundits and shower them with sparks from
his anvil and his wits. Nowadays the "no
admittance" signs on the mills and factories
preclude the social intercourse so dear in
days of old.
LORD SALISBURY'S OLOOMT VIEW.
But as the old times can hardly be ex
pected to return, tbe present business is to so
adapt the new force as to avoid the failures
that have followed tbe adoption of steam
power and the vast inventions that have
revolutionized society in the past century.
In a recent speech, Lord Salisbury, who in
the leisure of his ministerial duties makes a
stndy of electricity, expresses himself as
doubtful that its effects will tend any more
to the hanmnes-s of mankind than bave the
great labor-saving inventions of the present
century. He has an idea that if electricity
could be so diffused that work could be
done in the rural districts and villages in
stead of the great cities, much happiness
would result This would do away with the
evils and miseries of living in tenement
houses, back alleys and the haunts of vice
and crime. If it does not do this then his
fears outweigh his hopes.
But if Lord Salisbury knew it, this
is what is being done, or at least something
akin to it, around Pittsburg, not so much
as the effect of electricity, perhaps, as of the
growing taxes of great cities.' The large
corporations, while said to have no souls,
have pocket nerves so susceptible of compe
tition that in self-defense they are establish
ing their great works and manufacturing
interests in the rural regions.
EXAMPLES HERE AT HOME.
Homestead, Jeannette, Wilmerding and
Creighton are examples here at home where
carelul, well-doing working people can se
cure pleasant homes and rural surround
ings at low rates. The quiet, rustic village
life of the old days, when "mute inglorious
Miltons," and "village Hampdens," and
"guiltless Cromwelts" were laid away in
the village churchyards with "names and
years spelt by the unlettered muse," may
never return, but nevertheless science, in
telligence and wealth can establish villages
and towns with surroundings, appliances
and devices for comfort and health and
happiness such as were never dreamed of by
those who see in tbe decavof the picturesque
old villages and their clod-hopping inhabi
tants a decrease of happiness, and all that
makes life contented and cheerful.
We have in our mind's view a country
village, not a hundred miles away, where
the people still live in the most primitive
Puritan style. In spots it is picturesque,
and artists would rave over it, but while it
mieht be pretty in a picture, in reality it is
about as ugly as it could be made. Its plain,
inconvenient houses are built in most cases
out to the clay road that in winter is a deep
expanse of mud, and in summer dusty be-
yond description. This state of affairs
requires a locked front door and closed win
dows, shaded by blue paper blinds. Around
tbe corners may be seen, perhaps, a half de
cayed lilac bush, or a hopeless looking
grapevine struggling with abounding weeds.
No convenience lor the housewife is dreamed
of; the well may be 40 feet from the kitchen,
and the coalshed even further, while the pig
sty may be located where its odors fill the
interior with sickening smells. Here frowsy
women live, and "raise children," and when
they die go to the neglected churchyard over
the hills. Their one amusement, perhaps, is
talking to their neighbors over the broken
back fences, and discoursing upon the mys
teries of Providence in decreeing that so
many children shall die of the "summer
complaint" and "dipthery." Those in the
village who have a little pride are derided
as trying to be people of quality.
THE MODERN VILLAGE.
What a contrast is such a village to that
where intelligence, cultivated taite and
science have united in providing healthy
drainage, comfort and beauty. Each-house
is set back among trees and shrubbery, tbe
water is in the house, and the streets are
lighted by electricity. Pigs are shnt off,
and cows confined to proper pastures. Such
towns are growing common, and they will
become more so when corporations and capi
talists nnu mat sucn surroundings mate
their employes more contented, cheer. ul
and less given to strikes, that despoil both
masters and men.
What men need and desire is to enjoy the
earth and all that therein is, and this, those
can never do who have to grub and drudge
for long hours under the hardest conditions
for barely enough to keep themselves alive.
If by means of electricity some abatement
in working hours can be made, if the util
izing of nature's forces can bring its benefi
cence into tbe working-women s kitchens
and deliver the toilers therein from martyr
dom, it will be a most blessed boon. Bnt if,
as Henry George affirms, "discovery alter
discovery, invention after invention have
not lessened the toil of those who most need
respite, nor brought plenty to the poor, nor
diminished the deadening pain and keen
maddening anguish that fill the world with
distress," nor given the highest and noblest
qualities in man lull scope to grow if, in
short, progress has made wider and deeper
the gulf between poverty and wealth, an3
if the new forces of electricity will only
form part of "the immense wedge, not un
derneath society, but forced through society,
so that those above the point of separation
are elevated, while those below are crushed
down," then the new force will only make
the misery ot the masses deeper and the
doom of the world nearer. In this pessim
istic view Lord Salisbury seems to share,
but then he is on the "conservative" side,
which ever looks back to the glories of the
past, rather than to the bright promises of
the future.
EBOM AN INTELLECTUAL STANDPOINT.
Another writer upon the same subject has
not so much lear as to the evils ot tbe pres
ent being intensified in the future by elec
tricity as he has of its being a curse upon
the intellect He thinks the hurry-scurry
of the daily telegraph, in serving up the
world's news ia a sort of a hash every day,
will be destructive of reasonable thinking
and sober judgment The telegraph, he
thinks, reduces the world to a vi!-'
lage, in which gossip and rumor
are ever on the wing. This, he
claims, muddles the brains, overexcites the
mind and uses up the emotions to an in
jurious degree. This view will perhaps ac
count for the fact that only a few have time
or interest tor the books that require thought
or carefuj-readlng. y&ireJisStbtf 'shbrt,theyl
say, io waBte upon Walter Scott or; Thack-
eray, or even Charles Dickens. A study of
Addison, Bacon, Shakespeare or others o.
great name and fame, did very well for a
former generation before the telegraph was
invented, when people had time for con
templation, bnt now, with all ofthe history
of the world to take in in the daily papers,
the great masters of the mind must be con
tent to return to dust upon library shelves,
unopened save by the few. The emotions,
the passions, the sensations all find plenty
to keep them going by tbe telegraph and
telephone, and if not, they have the authors
of the present, whether wise, or witty, or
wishy-washy, or nasty, notorious br sensa
tional to fall back upon.
IT'S TVITH US TO STAT.
But does electricity tend to injure the con
science or deteriorate the intellect? Is "its
universal result to over-fill the mind with
undigested and indigestible scraps and sen
sational items, the ultimate outcome of
which will be to paralize reflective power?"
Will the blessings of electricity balance its
blights?
However these questionsmay be answered,
it is manifest that electricity is with us for
weal or for woe. The world could not go on
without the telegraph, although it did do so
pretty well 100 years ago. The powers of
electricity mu:t be developed even if its re
sults are immoral and injurious to intelli
gence and reflection. The children of Israel
and everybody else must "go forward"
whether to plunge into gulf of dark despair
or to realize Utopian dreams of happiness.
Bessie Bramble.
BACIHG BULLOCKS IK INDIA.
They me Very Speedy bat Can't be Taught
to Ran In Straight Lines.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
In India the favorite animals, both for
speed and for endurance, are the native bul
eocfcs. The animals are small, wiry, muscu
lar and swift They are trained to race and
run well, not only under the saddle, but in
harness. The Indians are fond of racing
their beasts, and the sport is encouraged by
the English part ot the population.
The animal is guided by a cord through
the nose, but the driver places more reliance
on whip and voice than on the cord. The
Indians are natural gamblers, and will bet
their last rupee on the result of a race, tak
ing so much interest in it that a penniless
native has been known to wager his liberty
and that of his family for arf entire year,
and sell himself into voluntary slavery as
tbe result ot losing a bet Tne races are
frequently attended by serious accidents,
from the fact that, although the bullocks
may be trained to great swiftness, it seems
almost impossible to teach them to run in a
straight line. They will bunch together
and thus frequently smash one or more of
the vehicles.
Exciting as are the bullock races when
the beasts are harnessed and driven by
native drivers, they are far more bo when
tbe bullocks are ridden by European soldiers
or sailors. The chief danger in a race of
this description lies in the tails which are
the almost inevitable result of an attempt to
ride these awkward animals.
CTTSI0US EPITAPHS.
A Few That Are to be Foncd Near Chelten
ham In Englaad.
The following epitaphs are to be found in
the vicinity of Cheltenham, England:
Here I lie with my five daughters.
All along of the Cheltenham waters;
If we bad stack to Epsom salts
We would not now be lying in these cold vaults.
Here I lie, and no wonder I'm dead.
For a broad-wheeled wagon went overmy head.
Here lies my wife; here let her lie
For she's at rest and so am I.
Here lies tho body of Sallle Gray,
bhe would if she could, but couldn't stay;
She had two sore legs and a baddish cougb,
But 'twas her lees as carried her off.
Here lies the body of Snsan Lyon
Bhe was so very pure within,
Bhe broke tbe outward sbell of sin
And hatched herself a Cherubim.
Here lies tbe body of Charlotte Hexton
Who as a wife had never vext one.
A DOCTOE'S K0VEL SUIT.
He Wants Damages far Injarlea Received
While Being Hnnleil lo a Patient.
At Philadelphia Dr. John P. Parthen
heimer has brought suit in the Common
Pleas Court against H. L. Cooper to recover
$25,000 damages for injuries sustained on
September 2, 1889. The doctor alleges that
he was practicing medicine in Philadelphia
and was the family phvsician of the de
fendant, who was residing near Ard
more. On the date given tbe doctor went to
Ardmore in answer to a call, was met there
bv defendant's carriage, and while being
driven to defendant's house the horses ran
away and the doctor was thrown out and se
verely injured.
AS onioh-eathtg COHTEST.
A New York Colonel Gets Awnj With Eight
in Nine anil a Quarter Seconds.
New York Press. J
Last night there was an onion-eating con
test at No. 288 Front street Eive contest
ants entered the arena. Half a dozen onions
were laid on each plate, and the man who
ate them in the shortest time was to be de
clared the winner. Salt, pepper and vine
gar were furnished gratis.
At 8 o'clock tbe word was given. Colonel
Brown cleared his plate first and started on
the second batch. He had made eight on
ions disappear in $ seconds, and was far
ahead of any of his rivals. Colonel Brown
was told to call on Monday for the $50 purse.
THE ST0BY OF MOSES.
Pretty Stories Sometimes Found In
tbe
School Examination Papers.
Topeka School Journal. J
While visiting one of the schools in a
Kansas city, I had occasion, to look over a
few examination papers of the scholars of
the fi.th grade, in ,a branch which is
"dubbed" ethics, and which in this par
ticular case included some lessons from the
Old Testament One paper contained this
statement: "Moses was born in a manger,
and the king's daughter found him and
took him down to the water and raised
him." In another paper, in answer to tbe
question, "Name three of the ten plagues,"
a little boy oi 11 wrote: "Frogs, fleas and
flies."
Getting More and More Crnnkr.
Count Tolstoi is just recovering from a
severe attack of pneumonia. During his
illness he refused all medical attention, be
lievmir it impious to interfere with the de
signs of Providence. The author of "The
Kreutzer Sonata" grows more decidedly a
crank all the time
Shipping; Ico Eaat.
Shipments of ice from Chicago to New
York are now being made over the Michi
gan Central Railroad. This is a new de
parture, and the first time in history that
ice has been scut from the West to the
Eastern seaboard.
Riches Make Ulm Economical.
When Mark Twain was worth $10 or $12
a week, less the price paid for meals and
lodgings, he smoked real Havana eigars.
But now that he is worth a million or so, he
has taken to a 5-ceut corncob pipe.
Tlio Weil Wind.
Tell me. O thou gentle west wind
Linger here and whisper low
Ofthe "girl I leftbehind me"
Didst thou on her soft cheek blow.
What, O loitering wind, what said she
What the mesjasro she gave to tneo.
Charging thee to swiftly bear it
Eastward, many a mile, to met
And tho cruel west wind, howling
Round me, o'er me, roaring, yowling,
,.T-, Answered, with his hoarsest hollow. , , ,
"Stiehas married another fellow." , j
T. K. HxsbioxT
THE FIRESIDE SPHDTX
A CollectiOu of MmaM Its for
Home CracHng.
Addreu communications for tM department
foE.lt Chadbourk. Lewiston, Maine.
1101 TO A FLIGHTY OSfE.
1102 ANAGRAM.
My whole is that they always try
To shan the fault of being dry;
When writing flats 'tis a good plan
To be as spicy as yon can.
For puzzle-making, I divine.
Gives locate wit a chance to shine.
There should be harmonious chimes
And melody in all yonr rhymes:
Tbe measure should be faultless, too.
The sense unto the subject true;
Tbe sentiment so pure and chaste,
As to please fastidious taste.
Though it may be delusive hope.
Try. if you can. to rival Pope
That is in diction and in grace.
Where every word has proper place.
When one who loves the poser's trade,
And fain would elevate its grade.
Finds a producer who has skill
All these requirements to fulfill,
He ''ditcovers apoeC then
That can delight us with bis pen.
Nzlsosian.
1103 RIDDLE.
We're sometimes made of piper good.
And sometimes made of gold;
Wo're also made of polished wood.
Ana neavy ouraens noia.
Oftimes the treasures we contain
You never would resign;
And tbongh we're bound, beneath the strain.
We never dare repine.
Again, we are free as air
A lightsome, merry crow.
That live and die without care
Amid the snn and dew.
Axdtl.
1104 DIAMOND.
1. A letter. 2. The conical ball of thread
formed on tbe spindle of a wheel. 3. A village
In Servianwoiwode. Austria (Bij.). i. A. Chi
nese toy. 5. One who secretes. 8. (Bnt.) A
small herb of tbe genus mjosotls. 7. Orna
mental hangings of a state department 8. The
first day of eacu month among tbe Romans. 9.
A town in Germany. 10. Biver in Russia. 11.
A letter. Hespeeus.
1105 CHARADE.
When Mother Hen would call her brood
In langnage by them understood.
And bring them to her with a flatter,
Mrst. oft repeated, she will utter.
A bnman mother flrtu her child
Beneath tbe chin in manner mild.
And then a pleasant smile will trace
its outline ou tne infant's lace.
In last we have a pit or cell.
Also a cavity or well:
A hnnter lasts a fox or hare.
Ana he may last a wolf or bear,
But never the fleet-footed doe.
The moose, the elk or buffalo.
When pnblic roads neglected are.
And stand in need of much repair.
And when their surface show tbe cuts'
Where wheels hare sunken in tbe ruts,
There, to obstruct the travel more.
And rack tbe traveler till he's sore.
The totals help to rack tbe sides.
And wrench tbe frame of him who Tides.
Nelsosian.
1106 A PROMETHEAN TASK.
If you kindly will find for me, somewhere, a
head
(A commonplace cranium will do, if well
bred!). And Join to it it someway It matters not how
The tall of a bird and tbe heart of a cow.
And give your creation a hnsband. you'll find
Her a lady of very high station and mind.
Hxsfxbus.
1107. COMBINATIONS.
1. A common article. ")
2. To diligently consider. I A piece of
8. Br. V arcbitec-
4. Within. I tnre.
5. A prefix denoting repetition. J
Tbe words defined on the left of the brace
combined with tbe one defined on the right
form words with the following meaning:
1. To reach up.
2. To plot against
3. One of the things warm weather causes us
to do.
4. To take in the air.
6. To breathe. M Ethtl.
1108 SYNCOPATION.
Whole.
Unlimited is my domain;
To heavenly regions I pertain;
To the whole universe I may
Apply In a descriptive way,
Tbe rfslng with the sun 1 name.
And setttng witb him just the same.
Last.
How different am I from whole!
I am diverting, sportive. drolL
A circus clown I may describe.
And all the laugh-producing tribe.
My name has reference, in abort.
To anything that's down for sport
Nzlsoxiajt.
1109 DECAPITATION.
The whole is simply beautiful
And vigorous with youth:
Bo delicate, tonch will dispel
Its freshness, too, in truth.
Behead, 'twill bo machinery.
With noise and use combined.
Where threads in many ways, you'll see,
And patterns, are entwined.
Bitter Sweet.
1110 cdetailment.
Tbe monarch has an all;
Curtail, a sonnd does fall
Upon the ear
Both shrill and clear
Which us from sleep does call.
ANISE LANG).
D.ir.H.
ANSWERS.
1C91 Excuse excesses: I am in exuberant
spirits.
1092 Polka jacket
1093 Stifle, ftselt.
1091 M
MAD
M A N E'D
MANDREL
MANGROVES
MANDRAGORAS
DEROGATED
D E V O T H D
L E R E D
SAD
S
1093 Egotism, egoism.
109 Sunday papers.
1097 KickshoE
NEIGHBOR
I NVTTL OAR
GLI COOKA
HISTRION
T OAS SPIT
1 ODS Romanesque.
1099 Racer, race.
1100 Argument.
COTTRTIKO IN PERU.
It Wonld be Scandalous for u. BennlT to be
Alone Willi Her Lover.
tit. Louis Fost-Dlspatcb.
When a Peruvian lover desires to see bis
sweetheart, be calls upon her father 'and is
at liberty to gaze at her during any brief
moments in which be can divert bis atten
tion Irom ber parents, who are entertaining
him. If his loved one's residence has a
window opening ou the street, he may con
verse with ber and other members of tbe
family through the iron grating with which
the lower windows of bonses in Spanish
countries are alwas surrounded to protect
against robbers, lovers and the like.
After he is accepted be fs asked to dinner
at 7, and as this meal lasts two hours and is
followed by tea at 11 he can feast his eyes
upon bis charmer lor five consecutive bliss
ful hours; and if there be a number of guests
he may get a few minutes' talk with ber in
a corner. Here if a young lady is alone
with a yonng man she is seriously" com
promised. A moonlifht hncrirv rirl vnnlil
be cause for public seandaL theyouug
lady being-the only one to suflir inrepula-
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Craig.Royston," is the family motto of one of
the characters introduced by the author and a
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diridnal he prores himself to be. But his great
est claim upon the reader lies in the fact that
his daughter is the heroine of the story. Will
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heroine of the present story is equal to the best
of her cbarmme predecessors. "Stand Faat,
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first and foremost,
A Love Story,
Introducing Scotch Poetry and Saxon Prosa,
American Girls and English Aristo
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"jSTAJNT) FAST,
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Mr. William Black.
Mr. VflLLIAU BLACK, tho author of "A
Princess of Thule," "Sunrise," etx, was born a
little short of E0 years ago. in Glaecow. His
youthful ambition was to become an artist, but
eventually be drifted into journalism, of which
he may still be considered a distinguished and
successful representative. He located himself
in London in 186 As a newspaper representa
tive he went through the Prussia-Austrian War
of ISCa. "In Silk Attire." produced in 1869,
dealt with peasant life in tbe Black Forest. "Kll-
meny,""The Monarch of Mincing Lane" and "A
Daughter of 11 etb," followed In tbe order named
and ran through many editions. Next cams
"The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton,"which
literally described a drinmr excursion the
author made from London to Edinburgh, with
a thread of fiction interwoven. It is said that
a good many people. Americans chiefly, hare
adopted this plan of exploring the English
counties, and hare taken these "Adventures"
as a sort of guide book. A glance through tha
author's list of published works reveals that his
later stories appeared in the following sequence:
"A Princess of Thule," "The Maid of Kileena,"
Three Feathers.." "Madcap Violet," "Green
Pastures and Piccadilly," "Macleod of Dare."
"White Wings: A Yachting Romance," "Sun
rise: A Story of the Times," "That Beautiful
Wretch," "Sbandon Bells," "White Heather."
"The Wise Women of Ivernesa," "Sabina
Zembra," "In Far Lochaber."
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The heroine Is a young American girl of
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The story is full of Interest and the move
ment is steady and continuous, Tbe perusal of
the opening chapters gives promise of some
surprising situations in the near future. Tha
hero is a young fellow of means, with brilliant
prospects In the political world; bis father fs a
millionaire with socialistic theories.
The lore story which the author has to tell Is
of a most original kind, and requires for its
elaboration several interesting personages, in
cluding a family of Americans and several
fashionable notabilities In London.
The political characters Introduced can al
most be recognized as counterparts of peopte
now living. We have copious references In the
mouth of an old Scotch poet to the claims of
Scotland In song and story, and as a back
ground we have fashionable life In Majfair, at
Henley and Brighton, labor and co-operative
congresses in various parts of the country, and
a characteristic leader of the masses in a
fNorth Country man named Ozden. "Stand.
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