T-BHMPPiPBHllll - Wi J yvz-'' y r -ijm wSSsS W5w m ?r!X. i nrKirrsit fob thx DtsrATCB.1 Many, many yean aj-o, when the pood, little fairies made their homes in the forest and flowery delis, there was a little girl earned Linda, who lived with her step mother and her two Eistcis. The poor child was in j-rer.t need of a mother's tender care; tut she tried to be happy, and performed, uncomplainingly, all the hard tasks im posed upon her. Although but 10 years old, she must -carry wood, draw water and wait upon her Wdert sisters, from morning until eight. She was kept so busy that there was no time for her to go to school; and often shelooked longingly at the rows of books on the shelves, and wished that she might learn to read and become wise. One day as Linda sat resting for a few moments on the doorstep, au old woman, hctit almost double with age, came to the little girl, and, in a pleasant Toice, said: "Linda, why are you not at school with your sisters?" "Alas," was the reply, "do you not know that I must remain at home to do the work?" 'But you must learn to read and write," said the visitor," and if your mother will allow I shall teach you." Linda was overjoyed when her stepmother gave the desired permission, and that very day the instruction began. After the les sons were over and the old woman was taking her departure, she whispered to the little girl: "If you are ever in trouble call upon the tairy, lilanka, and she will bring you aid." Linda progressed so rapidly in her studies that the old woman said some great, good fortune would surely come to her. When the mother heard this, she begged that her VHT AKE T0T7 daughters might learn with Linda; and she bought them beautiful books with gay pict ures. But they were lazy, and although the old woman scolded and scolded, they would not study. Soon the pretty booki became soiled and torn, and finally were lest. Then Linda must search all dav for the missing books, but they were nowhere to be seen. When night came the mother said to Linda: "It you do not find the books in the morning you shall receive a severe beating." The little girl was very sad; and that night when the house was quiet, and her mother and sisters were fast asleep, she rose from her little couch, and heedless of l..- darkness, wandered forth into the foiest. As she ueared a crystal spring, gashing from the rock, a bright light fell around her and she heard a silvery voice saying: "The fairy Blanka is near.aud she will help you." Then sinking to the ground, she fell into a deep sleep. When she awoke, the bright sun was bidding her good morning, and in her lap, lay the lost books. At her side, stood a small cart, drawn by three white owls, one of which, in a rough, hoarse voice said, "The fairy Blanka has sent us to carry you home." The little girl quickly mounted the fairy chariot, the owls flapped their wings, and away they went, so swiftly that they reached Linda's nome before her mother and sisters had awakened. 2ow the old woman wished to teach her pupils fine needle work. As before, Linda applied herself so diligently that she was toon as skillful as her teacher. But although her sisters had golden needles aud the finest of silk with which to sew, they would take uo care, and finally threw away the golden needles in order to escape the hated sewing. "When the mother learned that the needles were lost she commanded Linda to find them. The little girl sought all day without find ing the object of her search. At night the mother said- "To-morrow you must find the needles or yon can no longer live in this house." The child was greatly frichtened, and de termined to go again in quest of her kind friend, the lairy. So when everyone was sleeping, she quietly left her room, and walking through the silent, deserted streets, came to a large meadow, which was so broad that even in the bright moonlight, Linda could not see the other side. Ou the little girl wandered until, weary and footsore, she sank on the shore of a brooklet running through the meadow. "Please, kind fairy, help me," she cried, and then lell asleep to dream bright visions of fairyland. She was aroused by some thing tugging at her dress, and on looking up she saw a tiny humming bird holding the golden needles in its mouth. Beside her stood the fairy chariot, having for steeds eii white swams, which arched their necks, and cried: "The fairy Blanka bids you awake aud hasten to your home." Linda obeyed the wishes of the fairy. Great was the astonishment of the step mother and her daughters when they learned that the golden needles had been really found. In a short time the old woman made an other visit to Linda's home, and showing a bag of pearls, said: "I am faint and hun gry. To the one who will cook me the best meal I shall give this bag of pearls." I'ach one wished to possess tne jewels, and went to work In prepare the meal. But one burnt the meat and the other did not cook it enough. Linda, alone, made ready that -a Inch -atisfiVd the old woman's hunger; and as a reward was given the bag of pearls. The mother was very angry that neither ot her daughters had received the jewels, and as soon as the visitor had taken her de parture the pearls were taken from Linda and given to her elder sister, who became very haughty, and treated the poor step child worse than ever. Suddenly the pearls disappeared, and although neighbors and friends joined in the search, no trace of the missing jewels could be found. Finally, the mother said: "Linda, you have found the books and the golden needles, and now you mut find the pearls. If you do not find them by to-morrow morning I shall beat you ana drive you from the bouse." ii'nda wejit bitterly nnd begged her mother not to be to cruel; but the mother E.urte no rcji'y, exrept to repeat her threats. That ntgnt :iic little girl couM not sleep. She fc3d almost 'orottcu, in her trouble, ihe good fairy, who had been so kind to her. r.aflrWP. Suddenly remembering the words of the old woman, she sprang up and crying, "The fairy will help me," hastily left the house and took her way to the mountain. Here she called acain and again for Blank; but no reply came. At last, exhausted by grief and fatigue, she fell to the ground, and knew nothing more until the morning shone bright upon her. At her side lay the bag of pearls, and she was about to hasten home with her treasure when she heard a noise as of a rushing wind, and down the mountain came the fairy chariot, drawn neither by the owls nor the swans, but by 12 large eagles. Linda now knew that the fairy had sent her aid, and seating herself in the chariot she was soon at her home. Banning into the house, she cried: "See, see, mother, I have found the pearls in the mountain." But instead of being rejoiced over the re covery ol the jewels, the mother was white with rage, and seizing the child by the arm, cried: "Wicked child, you have stolen these, and also the books and golden needles, and have hidden them in the mountain; else how could you find them in one night?" "Indeed, mother," sobbed the child, "I have not stolen them. The fairy Blanka helped me to find them." But the mother would hear nothing, and drove the friendless child out into the street. Lone and sad, Linda wandered again to the mountain, where she sat down on an old moss-covered stone, and shedding bitter tears, wished she were dead. As she thus sat, a slight rustling in the bushes roused her, and looking np, she saw her old friend and teacher, who inquired the cause of her trouble. When Linda had related her griev ances, the old woman said: "I prophesied that good fortune would come to yon, and now it is here." Scarcely had these words been spoken when the latry chariot, drawn by the 12 eagles, was present, and instead of the old IfOT AT SCHOOL? woman, the fairy Blanka, herself stood near and said "Your troubles are at an end. Come with me." She then carried Linda away to the beau tiful palace in fairyland, where she was happy every afterward. But the cruel step mother and her two daughters lived in great want, as punishment for their evil deeds. PAYSIE. THE DISCRIMINATING BEE. Catastrophe That Overtook a City Swain as He tint With Hii Love on the Bank of a Flower-Bound Brook Glee ot the Flowers. rWBITTEirPOBTirjt DISPATCH.' On the flower-fringed bank of a slowly running brook a city swain sat with his summer girl one sunny afternoon. The gentle sighing of the wind, and the warm, somniferous rays of the sun wafted them off to sleep, he upon the grassy bank, and she upon his shoulder. The water lilies watched them and listened to their symphonious breathing. The daisies nodded their heads and winked at one another. The bnttercups lifted their golden petals, whil- the blue bells swayed to and fro in the shimmering sunbeams, gracefully bending to the sooth ing breezes that stole through the rooky ra vine. Said the water lily to the buttercup: "How vain these mortals are. To-day they hill and coo like turtle dovei. To-morrow they will be full of cares and troubles and pains and sorrows, and, after all, they droop and die. I have no cares. I never "shed a a tear Who would be a mortal?" Tes, who indeed?" replied the butter cup. "I'd rather be a flower, and bloom like burnished gold, than be a mortal, or even a poor, sickly lily, floating on the cold, dark waters." ''Tut, tut," said the daisy. "You puny things. Look at me. I bloom in the SDring, I do. I'm a daisy, I am." "You may all boast," ejaculated the blue bell, "but I'm more gorgeous than vou ali. I am painted like the vaunted dome of heaven. See how delicate and beautiful I am." "Vanity, vanity," said the violet, peep ing from behind a leaf for a moment, "all is vanity." Then came a honey bee, and levied a tax on every flower. Mistaking the sun-burnt nose of the city gent for a belated June rose, it settled there, and bored away like a natural cas prospector, but all "in vain. Turning his other end, he administered a severe rebuke and flew away. "Great Scotland, alivel Oh. 01" "Why, why. what's the matter, dearest?" anxiously enquired the maiden, thus un ceremoniously awakened from her slumber. "I've been bitten by a rattlesnake " he cried. "See? See?" "Oh, pshaw, its only a bee .sting. Cover it with mud." Down by the purling stream she made a mud poultice and lovingly bound his proboscis, while he writhed in pain and terror. The lilies, the buttercups, the blue bells and the daisies laughed their loudest. Even the modest little violet could be heard titter ing beneath the leaves. And then I awoke. The sun was pouring down upon me. What strange things a man will dream these September afternoons. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the Utile Folks Thai Will Keep Their Brains Bnsr for Blost of ibe Week If They Solve Them Correctly Heme Amniemeuta. Address communications for this department to E. K. Cuadbourn. Lewiston, Maine. 1198 FOUB FAMOUS BATTLEFIELDS. We have many gin palaces now, my boy, Whero the vine-god's votaries bow, my boy. And in a E" court Death, seeking for sporty Once held a rum revel I vow, my boy. For a field that's unfading In fame, mj boy. Take a temperance drink and a game, my boy. To their fusion attend Get a moderate blend, Thau-your rank whisky-poker more tame, my boy. , What the Alfred of whom we're so proud, my boy. In fleeing from foeman allowed, my boy, (For which It appears He got boxed on the ears) Will show where bis country was cowed, my boy. Out of letters of ebony frame, my boy. Where two kings to a sceptre laid claim, my boy. The supporters of each Are deserving a niche High up in the Temple of Fame, my boy. Bach are some of the fields of the world, my boy. Where the Moloch of War has unfurled, my boy. His banner blood-red. Gloating over the dead So soon to Eternity hurled, my boy. W. WlLSOIf. 1197 ILLUSTRATED DECAPITATIONS. Behead the words above the center and get those below. The decapitated letters trans posed give the central object. Solon. 1199 CHABADE. A whole is one who should be quick In writing and arithmetic,' If so he'll ne'er employment lack, E'en when business Is most slack. Another kind ot wholr I know On whom no praise I can bestow; They are such lasts of firsts I lend them That I cannot recommend them. As persons in their dealings just. Or snch as it is safe to trust. The quality these wholes display Is not a virtue I should say. NELSONIAN. 1200 HIDDEN ABTICLES OF FUBUnUBE. Sow Marry and What f Our servant girl is just over from the old country, so she says, and, so far as I can judge, she tells the truth. When she comes down at 4 o'clock Monday morning to get her washing in the tub, racket is no name for the noise she makes. She puts on such airs that she makes us laugh, and when once she enters the sitting ,room or parlor she sticks like a bur. Eau de Cologne seems to be her favorite perfume, and she helps herself to the contents of my toilet bottle whenever she pleases. I am not yet able to teach her tho things she must learn. When engaging help I, another time, should inquire more about the capabilities of the applicant. Ethtl. 1201 NUMERICAL. If I encroach on your domain 1 1 to 6. as seems qnite plain; A 7 to 9 might do the same. But act of his yon would not blame; You'll always find him on a farm. Yet he's too small to do much harm. There's naueht in whole to eive one cheer. It is unsparing and severe. M elsonian. 1202 DOUBLE LETTEB ENIGMA, In "ninny tribes;" In "oystering;" In "thatdesctibes;" In "harrassing." The pretty whole. Five-pointed, queer, A leech I'd call. From all 1 bear. It clasps about The oyster's shell, And squeeze' out Its juices well. Fast does it cleave. Its hold maintains, And will not leave While life remains. Bitter Sweet. 1203 cities in enigmas. L A kind of vegetation that grows in damp places and a domestic animal. 2. Something that clings closely and a water fall. 3. A kind of fruit and exists. 4. An orgau of the body and a small body of water. 5. A preposition and fowls. a An imperfection and lacerations. 7. The cry of an animal and a measure. 8. A harbor and to go ashore. S. To settle, a pronoun and to bite off. 10. A person and the given name of an ex President. Ethyl. 1204 ANAGBAM. A definition rare, iudeed, 1 have when I relate to seed: But when I say without oisgaise That I'm a place where "many rise" From small beginnings toward fame Then my true meaning I proclaim, For many a lad and many a lass From my portals yearly pass To enter on life's active sphere And labor for a high career. Nelsonias. 1205 decapitation. No second name we ever call Can quite so lovely be as all; No second name, in all the land. For our dear all can ever stand; So prize it while 'tis yours to say Too soon will come a vacant day. Bitter Sweet. 1206 syncopation. Whole. I am a fearful homicide, Upon a vehicle I ride, My mouth is always open wide; W 1th neither tongue nor lungs endowed I bpeak with voice that's very loud. Last. " For me In war you need not search, I do my mission lti the church; That I'm an edict churchmen know. And part of Holy Writ 1 show. .Nelsoniajt. peizes fob septembeb. As the evenings lengthen the solvers should prepare for some lively competitions. For the best three lots of September answers for warded in weekly installments handsome prizes will be awarded, as small lists often win.' beginners should not be discouraged from sending in the results of their work. ANSWEBS. 1188 "A bad workman quarrels with his tools." 1189 A-bad-don. Uao Found, pound, wound, round, ground, around, sound, resound, bound. 1191 Warder, drawer, reward. 1192- SESSION HUNTERS MANDATE P O N D E R S G is N D E R S MURDERS MATTERS 1193 Perfume. 1181 BALLADS A Ij I E N E E L I N G E T S , LEGUMES ANEMONE DETENTS S E S H E S T 1193 Valedictorian. 119S Fable, able. . lioua Disianeo Concerts New Tort Star. A novel device of the long-distance tele phone people is to give a concert from New York to any city where they open a new ex change. The matter of long-distance telephon ing is still no vel enough to excite deep interest and these concerts, olten as much as 300 miles distant irom the spot where the music, is produced, are heard with delight by the most conspicuous citizens. TEE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, IT'S ROUND AND RED And Once it Was Thought Poison, 'Brit Now It's a Popular Food. TOMATOES IN DOZENS OP WATS. The Cheapest, Healthiest and Most Tooth some of Vegetables. ELLICB SERENA'S HOUSEHOLD HELPS rWEITTEir TOB THI DISPATCH.! The tomato, or love apple, as it used to be commonly called, is of American origin. It is now grown in almost every part of the United States and in many of the countries of Europe. It was first cultivated as an or nament, and although beautiful to look upon, it was for a long time regarded a poisonous weed. There are old people still among us who have never tasted tomatoes, having an aversion to them from an early prejudice still retained. The tomato was first used as an article of food in Europe; and since then it has con stantly grown in public favor, so that at the present time there is no other vegetable more extensively cultivated or more gen erally used than it. As au evidence of this it is estimated that in the United States alone during the past five years over 50,000 000 cans of this vegetable have been used annually. It may be seen on the pine table of the laborer and on the mahogany table of the millionaire; to use the poet's figure of speech, "it is found in the palaces of the rich as well as in the hovels ol the poor." 'THE TOMATO'S GOOD POINTS. And indeed it is a very desirable vegetable. It is cultivatedeasily.and is readily preserved; it is wholesome and palatable; it can be cooked in almost innumerable wavs; it may be used raw, and is eaten in perfection, just from the vine, (a little salt in hand) with the oder of earth still upon it, it is used to give zest and flavor to other dishesjin the form of catsup it is a standard condiment; among salads it ranks as a prince, and at many breakfast tables it takes the place of frnit; it agrees with most stomachs; is recommended by physicians for the liver; is used as a cosmetic by the ladies, and as a bleacher by the washerwoman. By the canning process it is within the reach of all, and that throughout the entire vear. Competition has been instrumental in reducing the ordinary cost to a trifle, and for a small family two good dishes may bo made from one can. They should be cooked in porcelain, granite or earthenware never in tin, and for stirring, a silver or wooden spoon should be used. MUST BE "WELL COOKED. It is a common fault with many cooks to serve tomatoes about half done; in some in stances they are scarcely heated through. They should be slowly simmered from half an hour to an hour and passed through a sieve to free from seeds and bits ol skin. If they are to be served raw they should not be sliced till needed. If cut before serving time the loss of juice (with which they part so readily) renders them flat aud insipid. It is of the utmost importance that toma toes (or any canned goods) should be taken from the can as soon as it is opened. Packers do not hold themselves responsible for the evil results which might follow the neglect of this most imperative duty, as they regard it. At this season of the year with such a scarcity of fruit, as is manifest, the tomato (which serves as a fruit as well asa vegetable) will be donbly welcome. TOMATO SALAD. Select six or eight fresh npe tomatoes, with out blemish, and uniform iu size. Rub them with a clean damp cloth and pare them with a very sharp steel frnit knife. . Arrange a naDkin neatly on a pretty dish, stew with crashed Ice, and place on it as many shanelv lettuce leaves as there are tomatoes. At serving time the hostess may lift to each salad plate a tomato on Its bed of ercen-by the aid ot a fork cat it in Ihreo slices, and cover with the following dressing: Into a salad spoon dash salt and pepper, add a little vinegar and nil with olive oil. Beat with a fork till the ingredients are well blended and pour this quantity over each tomato. TOMATO SAUCE. Cook one quart of tomatoes; after being mashed and passed through a sieve for 15 minutes, with two cloves and a little grated onion. Put two tablespoonfols ot butter in a pan; when it begins to bubble add two tablespoon f nls ot flour and stir till smooth and brown, add this to the tomato, season to taste, throw in a little bruised parsely and cook IS minutes lontrer. Tomato sauce is much liked with fish. It may also be used with meats, cold or warm, and with macaroni. f GBEEN TOMATOES. Cut in slices, season, dredge with flour or roll in meal, and fry In butter, lard or dripping. TOMATO STEW. Cut in small pieces cold stewed veal, and mix with one quart of tomatoes which have been cooked for 30 minutes. Season to taste, add a little grated onion, and thicken with two tablespoon! uls of flour and butter rubed together. Serve on toast. TOMATOES -WITir 1TACAEONT. Cook one pint of fresh tomatoes for 45 min utes if Canned tomatoes are used less time is required add a small piece of butter, one-half teacupf ul of stock, aud a bunch of herbs to taste. Season with salt and pepper and press through a sieve fine enough to retain the seeds. Pour this sauce over macaioni prepared in the following manner: Break one-half pound of macaroni in pieces two or three inches long, place In a colander and dash with cold water; throw into two quarts of boilinc water with a teaspoonful of butter; cook (uncovered) for 15 minutes, add a tablespoonful (level) of salt and cook ten minutes longer; drain off the water, return to the saucepan, add a tablespoonful of butter, a half pint of cream, or rich milk, a dash of pepper and a quarter of a pound of rich, sharp cheese, grated. Let simmer till the cheese is melted. Add a little grated or minced onion. A BREAKFAST DISH. Remove the skins from a dozon tomatoes; cut them up in a sauce pan: add a little butter, pep per and salt; h lion sufficiently boiled beat up four or five eggs, and just belore you serve turn them into tho sauce pan with the toma toes, and stir one way lor two minutes, allow ing them time to be done thoroughly. TOMATO CATSUP. Peel a peck of ripe tomatoes, cut in pieces, sprinkle with a little salt, boil fifteen minutes and press throngh a colander. Boil again, and skim off the froth. Add hve tablespoon fuls of ground mustard, two and a half of black nepper, two of allspice, two of cloves, two ponnds of sugar, a qnart of onions chopped very line, a handful of minced horse-radish and two quarts ot vinigar. Boil together nntil thick enough, bottle and seal. BROILED TOMATOES. Select large ripe tomatoes, cut in two, from side to side, place In a greased gridiron, the cut surface down. Turn frequently till done, and season with butter, salt and pepper. CREAMED TOMATOES. Btew one quart of sliced tomatoes until very smooth, add one tablespoonful ot butter and season with salt and pepper. When aboni to take from the fire stir in one cupful of cream, with a tallespoonfnl of flour mixed smooth in a part of it. Pour over toasted bread, and serve hoc TRIED TOMATOES. Cut the tomatoes in slices, without removing the skin, season, dredge with flour and fry in butter till brown. Put them on a hot platter and cover with sauce made by adding cream or milk to the gravy in the pan. TOMATO SOUP. One pint of beef stock, one teaspoonful of butter, two teaspoonf uls of flour, one-fourth of a small onion. Put the butter in a frying pan, mince the onion and fry brown; add one can of tomatoes and cook one houn pass through a sieve, re turn to Are and add the stock and flour. Season with salt, pepper and some pnngent sauce. f BASED TOMATOES. Take six or eiget large ripe tomatoes, re move the skins and cut into small pieces. Spread a layer In the bottom of! a baking dish, season with salt and pepper, put a layer of coarse bread crumbs over the tomatoes with plenty of iutter. Continue ibis until the dish is fall, having bread crumbs on top. Bake one hour." If prelerred, the tomatoes may be baked whole. ' .Make a hole In the stem side, fill with sea SUNDAY ' SEPTEMBEB 7. soned bread crumbs, dredge with flour, pour a little water in the pan and bake. TOMATO BUTTER. Bcaldand peel the touiatoe. squeeze firmly In tbv hand, and pot on to conk, allowing three pounds of sugar and one-half pint of vinegar to seven pounds or tomatoes. ' When nearly done add-ground cloves ana cin namon to taste. This is cheap and excellent. TOMATO JAM. Scald ripe tomatoes, remove the skins, take ont the seeds; put in a kettle with one-half pound of sugar to each ponnd of prepared tomato; boil two lemons, and pound them fine; take out the plpsiand add to the prepared tomato; boll slowly, smashing to a smooth mass. Put in jars when smooth and thick. TOMATOES AND OOB1T. Prepare ripe tomatoes for cooking and cut the corn from the cob when canned goods are not used. Mix the tomatoes and corn together a pint each cook slowly for 20 minutes, season with salt and pepper, add a few drops of onion inice, a little sngar and one tablespoonful of utter. Simmer a few minutes longer and serve. TOMATO CURKT. Wash one-half teacupf ul of rice and boil nn til almost tender; drain and put in a stew pan with eight large tomatoes peeled and mashed fine." When the rice Is done season with salt and pepper, add a large piece ot bntter, a sprinkle of sugar and a little curry powder. Cook five minutes and serve. TOMATO TOAST. Remove the skins from ripe tomatoes, and press through a sieve. Simmer f lowly for 30 minutes, season, add a cop of cream, and one teaspoonful each of butter and flour rubbed together. Pour over toasted bread, WITH ORANQK OR I.EMOH JUICE. Pare with a very sharp frnit knife, firm, ripe tomatoes; keep In a cool place, and when ready to serve cut in slices with pulverized sngar, and pour over them the juice of a large orange. Lemon juice is much nsed on raw tomatoes; It should be free from seeds and sweetened. Tomatoes prepared in this manner are de sirable for luncheons. GREEN TOMATO SOI. Wash one peck of green tomatoes, slice with the ekins on, sprinkle with salt and press over night; in the morning put in a kettle with one quart of sugar, two quarts of vinegar, one tablespoonful of salt, two Xablespoonfnls of pepper, two tablespoonful; of mustard, one tablespoonful of cloves, one tablespoonful of allspice. Cook slowly till tender and put in fruit jars. TOMATO PRESERVES. Wash three pounds of yellow tomatoes, peel them, cover with three pounds of granu lated sugar, let stand till the next morning; drain the syrup Into a kettle, let boll, remove the scum and when It ceases to rise, put in the tomatoes and boil tbem slowly tor 20 minutes and take ont with a perforated ladle, place on a flat dish; boil the svrup till it thickens, and at this moment pour in the juice (withont seeds) of a large lemon; put the tomatoes care fully into fruit jars, pour in the hot syrup and cover quickly. HOUSEHOLD HIHTS. To remove mildew from white goods, saturate tke spots with raw tomatoes, cover with salt aud lay in the sun Tomato juice will remove ink spots from clothing and stains from the hands. Apply fermented tomato juice to hands and face for tan or sunburn. Tomatoes pnt up in glass and exposed to the light become thin and watery, and often spoil. They should be kept In a dark closet or in a covered box. Ellice Serena. HOVELS D0FT PAY. Financial Experience of ibe Wrltere of Two .Sncceisfal Novels. Two friends of mine spent each of them the best part of the year 1888 in writing and revising a novel apiece, says Edward W. Bok, in the Ladies' Home Journal. Both stories were published by leading houses during the early part of 1889. They were well advertised, skillfully handled, and both novels are, according to the popular acceptance of the term, successful that is, they have been widely written abont, para graphed in the press irom one end of the country to another; English editions have been printed of each, and to every literary person the names of both novels and'authora are thoroughly familiar. Now what have the authors received in hard cash for their year's work? I will tell you exactly: Of one, 1,700 copies were sold; no royalty was paid on the first thousand to cover manufacture, etc., and upon the re maining 700 copies the author received the regular 10 per cent royalty. The book sold tor ?1. The net revenue to the author was, therefore, $70. His type-writer's bill was $61 SO. Net profit, $8 0, and the book has stopped selling. The other author was a trifle more fortu nate in that his novel reached a sale of 2,000, all but five copies. Like the first, he re ceived a 10 per cent royalty only after the first thousand copies. ITnfortunately. he bought so many copies of his books for his friends that, when his publisher's statement came, it showed a credit in his favor of just $39 50. Had the type written his manu script, the novel would have thrown him into debt! And these are but two of a score of instances within my knowledge that I could cite. A WALK-0VEE FOE PATTISOH- He Had n Clean Lend In a Bnllvrar Straw Vote. Philadelphia Record. A well-known broker of "Walnnt street re lates he following story of a straw vote taken last Monday: "We were on the east-bound day express from Pittsburg, and had just passed Mifflin, when two men in the forward part of the car began an animated political discussion. One was a Democrat and the other a Re publican, and for awhile they had the attention of all the passen gers in the coach, so loud aud earnestly did each present the strong points of his favorite candidate for Governor. At last the Republican exclaimed:' We'll settle this thing right here with a straw vote;' to which las friend agreed, but alasl unhappy thought for the follower of Delamnter. The passengers were carelully canvassed, only meu above 21 years being allowed to cast a ballot, and the Democrat gloated over the following gratifying result which both.coun ters agreed was correct: Votes. Pattison 11 Selamater 47 Prohibition 5 Undecided 8 A FOEM OF BLACKMAIL. How the Candidate Are Importuned to Purclin.o Rnflle Tickets. The most exasperating form of blackmail I can call it by no softer name to which an office-holder or a candidate is subjected is the raffle, festival, ball and picnic ticket imposition. Every morning, says a candi date in the St. Louis Olobe-Democrat, my mail is bulky with envelopes containing all the way from 10 to 100 tickets for this, that or the other thing. I was in the office of a popular official at the court house the other day, and I noticed among the neatly labeled pigeon-holes, or rather filing hexes, over his private desk one marked "raffle tickets." This man looks upon this lorm nf assess ment as one of the amenities of official lie. He makes it a rule to divide the number of tickets sent him by five, returning the money for one-fifth with the remainder of the tickets. EOTJND-TOP MUST GO. Bclwt Rapidly Replaced by Ono the Dac ca ce smasher Can't SmnIi. The old rouud-top trunk has gone out of date almost entirely, in a few years it will not be known at all. The fiat-top is all the go now, and it is a good thing that it is. It has all the conveniences of the old round top, and it offers resistance tc the baggage smasher that can not be overestimated. It lands just as it is thrown. It can't roll around, fall off a truck, break by falling off, and all that sort of thing. It doesn't look so stylish, bnt it is a great deal more serviceable, and is becoming fash ionable for that reason. The old Saratoga is all right, but one of these will safely ac commodate jnst as many hats and bonnets, and people are beginning'-to find this out. - , 1890.- DOUBT AND ITS CURE. Lesson in Thomas2 Eefasal to Be lieve in the Resurrection. TEST HE PROPOSED FOE HIMSELF. The Wonderful Change That Came When He Looked On the'Savior. ujIbelieyees IN .THE CHURCHES IW1UTT-OT FOB THX DISPATCH. ! The central truth of the Christian relig ion had to win its way against the opposi tion of doubt. The apostles themselves, at the beginning, both questioned and rejected it "When Christ said to them that after He should be put to death He would upon the third day rise again they listened with a dull amazement, hearing His words (which were certainly plain enougb),but having uo sort of understanding of them; and present ly they are found questioning one with an other as to what this "rising from the dead" might mean. But they got no answer to their question, and they seem speedily to have forgotten both the question and the hard saying which had started it. When the women came hurrying from the empty tomb, declaring that they had seen a vision of angels which assured them that Christ was risen from the dead, the apostles gave no credence whatever to these strange tidings, accounting them to be but "idle tales." The gospel of the resur rection was preached to them, and they .ill with oue consent rejected it. "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain," SL Paul said afterward, making the fact of the resur rection the very foundation of our whole belief. But the apostles at the beginning refused to believe it The central truth o I the Christian religion was preached to the apostles, and they would not hear it. THE DOUBTING THOMAS. The eminent illustration of this initial unbelief was that stout and persistent doubter, Thomas. Here is a man who held ont against the evidence of a dozen excel lent witnesses. The whole company of the apostles could not persuade him. The record pi this unbelief of Thomas is my text Here it is, as St. John wrote it in his gospel. Christ, you remember, has already appeared to Mary Magdalen, and to the enmnanv ot devout women; He has manifested Himself to tne two oisciples who were walking home to Emmaus; sometime during the day, Peter has seen Him; He has entered into the pres ence of the frightened apostles who were gathered in the upper room that Easter night, and shown them by the sight of his nail-pierced hands and feet that it is He Himself. "Eut Thomas," we read, "Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with thenrwhen Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him: 'We have seen the Lord.' Bnt he said unto tbem: 'Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his aide, I will not believe.' " Then a week'went by. "And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them; then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: 'Peace be unto you;' then saith He unto Thomas: 'Beach hither thy finger and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side, and be not faith less, but believing.' " DIDN'T HEED A TEST. But Thomas needs no test. The sight of the lace of (Jurist was enough for him. "And Thomas answered and said unto Him: My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him: Thomas, because thou bast seen me thon hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed." This is the record of the unbelief of Thomas. I want especially to emphasize these three beuteuces: (I) ".Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails I will not believe;" (2) "And after eight days His disciples were within, and Thomas with them;" (3) "Thomas answered and saith unto him: My Lord and my God." These three sentences, if you will think of them, tell us three things abont Thomas: (1) That he was an unbeliever, (2) That he conducted himself in a certain manner, aud (3) That his unbelief was at last translated into faith. The presence of the unbeliever, the behavior of the unbeliever, and the con version of the unbeliever, are the three facts upon which I shall comment in this sermon. There was an unbeliever among the apostles. Let us begin with that. Indeed, as I have reminded you, there were at one time among the eleven apostles as many as eleven unbelievers. Only one was left now, but he was an unbeliever in good earnest. Listen to him. He will not even say, "If I can bnt touch his nail-pierced hands, I will believe." That would at least allow a possi bility of future faith. Thomas sees no pos sibility of belief; "I will never believe," he says, "unless I can put my finger into the print of the nails." And that he never dreamt of doing. THOMAS' CHABACTEE. Part of this unbelief of Thomas belonged to the man him&el.'. He was not a man who believed anything easily. He was not readily provoked to hope, nor apt to console himself in trouble by the comforting visions of a sanguine imagination; he did not possess that excellent habit, the habit of looking always on the bright side of things. He was naturally despondent, quick to see dif ficulty, slow to believe. Everything that is told about him show that. We are told, for example, that when Christ turned his face toward Bethany, going to raise Lazarus from the dead, Thomas was in despair. They had threat ened in Judea that they would kill Him if He dared to venture within their borders, and into Judea He was going. Thomas saw nothing but death before Him. At once his mind settled upon the worst. "Let us also go," he said, "that we may die with Him." He was a brave man, but he lacked hope. Again, at the Last Supper, during our Lord's long conversation with the apostles, it was Thomas who broke jn, as the Master said, "Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know," and "Thomas saith uuto Him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how cauwe know the way?" It was the same refusal to take things lor granted, the same inability to believe contentedly that everything would come out right somehow, which he had showu before. Thomas looked ahead into the luture, and tt was all per fectly blacE. He could see no "way" in it at all. WAS AN IDEAL -WITNESS. Kow, this temperament of Thomas is of interest aud value to us especially in this: that here we have among the witnesses of the resurrection au ideal witness. Let us have an unbeliever in the midst of that en thusiastic company of disciples, somebody with observant and critical eyes, with a practic.il mind, not easily roused into en tliuuasm, naturally incredulous, with a strong confidence that tiead people stay dead; give us a witness with a will of his own, whose judgment is not jostled out of its way by any crowd however big, whose best friend cannot persuade him to believe what he does not believe, who resolutely re fuses to credit what he has not seen with his own eyes. Here he is iu the person of Thomas. Iu the cathedral at Copenhagen stands his statue, a man ssnher leatured, with brows stern and furrowed, poudering hard ques tions, and looking down at a measuring rule which he holds in his hands. Here is the ideal witness. Here is the apostolic unbe liever. Now, how does the unbeliever be have himselt toward the company of the be lievers? and how do they treat him? and how does Christ treat him? So long as there is unbelief ainnug men, it will be worth while to ask these questions and to give tbem an swers. Thomas' is not dead. He is ali ve to day, multiplied by a good many thousand. TVe are all ot ns- acquainted with Thomas. 10 a nil.' in i . I. i . " ' m m What shall Thomas have to do with us? and we with him? THE DOUBTEH IS WITn US. Why, assuredly, if the example of the old time is to be followed, Thomas will con tinue in our company,and we will be glad to have him with us. His unbelief will not hinder his association with us, nor will our faith forbid him. Thomas did stay away once. And that time he missed some thing. The next Snnday he was in his place, and the revelation came to him. The best thing that Thomas can do to-day is to come to church. He does not believe the very central truth o. Christianity. He is a heretic, he is a skeptic, he is an "infidel," it anybody chooses to insist upon accurate language. Well does he know that he is right. Has he got then quite to the end of it, and made the supreme discovery? Is he sure that the creed ot the ages is a lie? Has he shnt his mind against the entering in ot any possible new light and truth? Has he stopped tliinkine? Is he completely and serenely satisfied? A man who hears one side for six days, as some men do, ought to give the other side one day's hearing out of the seven. An honest man owes that to himself. It ought to be understood that the church is not an ecclesiastical club, within whose doors only they may come who are perfectly congenial with all the others. It ought to be understood that the net ot attendance at the services of the church does not commit a man to a declaration of per.ect accord with the church in all tespects. THEY ABE GOOD MEN. He may be attracted by its good works, and gfad to take his share in them, but he may be lacking in full sympathy with its faith; be may be but a little way along in the Christian life, being conscious of serions de fects of character, yet setting a worthy ideal before him and earnestly desiring to attain it; he may be an honest seeker after truth, and in perfect fairness willing to hear what they may have to say who hold that the truth of the ages, the truth which declares heaven open and God near at hand, is still true to-day. Iu any case, his place is in the church. If there is any truth outside this truth he will come to a knowledge of it, just as Thomasdid, by keeping in Christian company, by his presence in the Christian congregation. The lesson of that Sunday after Easter needs to be learned not ouly by unbelievers but by Christians. Thomas is a good exam ple, but so is Peter, so i3 John, and the rest of those whose faith was sound. Thomas did not stay away, and they did not want him to stay away. Kobody cast curious and questioning eyes upon him, asking why is this unbeliever among us? They made him welcome. That is worth thinking about. Many, many times has this lesson been lost sight of among Christians. Thomas has been many times turned ont of doors, ex communicated, and worse things done to him. Doubt has been accounted as a crime. It has heeu held in worse odor than any breaking of the Ten Commandments. Pris ons have been prepared for it, and stakes set up iu market places, and fires kindled. I.OVE FOB THE DOUBTER. Thit was not the spirit of that apostolic company; that was not the spirit of Him who stood there in the midst of them, hold ing out His hands to Thomas. Christ loved that unbelieving Thomas, just as He loves all henest and earnest men everywhere. He had no wish to put him away. What He wanted was to bring nim nearer. He knew the love that Thomas had in his heart; and love was bettereven than faith, as it always is. St. Panl being our teacher there is no room for any question abont the attitude of Christ toward honest doubt. When He held out His hands to Thomas there in the upper room, He made that as clear as the light. We make no mistake when we follow Christ. And we are taught here just how to behave toward Thomas. At last to unbelieving Thomas, while in the apostles' company, came the revelation of the truth, and doubt was changed to faith. Down he fell upon his knees, crying ont "My Lord and my God." And that was very exalted faith, indeed. None of the others had said that. Sometimes the doubters make the best believers. When they come into the light ot faith, they know how to appreciate it after the darkness. They value it higher than those who have always lived in the light. SOME NEVEB DOUBTED. There is a great deal of conventional believing. There are many people who be lieve because they have never really thought very ninch about it. They were taught the Christian religioc, jnst as they were taught the decent customs of Christian civilization by their good parents. And they have gone on ever since, taking things for granted, ask ing no question?. A good many of tbem are like the people who live all their lives in the presence of some majestic mountain, or fair river, or beantifu! valley, or sub lime ocean, and behold every day that which others, less favored, come miles to see, and themselves never really see it at all. Some times it is a good thing to fall into the dark ness of doubt. It breaks up conventional ity. It brings us face to face with the reali ties of things. And when we get out into the light again, we appreciate the light. Thomas cried, "My Lord and my God" when he saw Christ. What converted Thomas? Was it the test which he had pro posed to himself? Did he put his finger into the print of the nails and thrust his hand into the wounded side, aud so stop his doubting and believe? No. Thomas looked into the face of Christ, that was all. He asked no more than that. He tried no tests. He saw Christ. That was enough for Thomas. We, too, can see Christ; and the sight of Christ will help ns, as it helped him. He speaks still iu the pages ot the gospels; every day He holds out His nail-nierced hands to us as He did to Thomas. We may know Christ. And to know Christ is to love him and to trust Him. Bead the story of that blessed life. There is an answer here to every question which any doubting Thomas can think ol. To believe the word of Jesus Christ is the whole of faith. Geobge Hodges. PARENTHETICAL SHINS. The Slost Coniplcnons Characteristic of the Dweller) in Tacunia. TscomalWasb.) Kccord.: "Are you bow-legged? Nearly everybody else in Tacoma i." Such was the remark of one sentleman to another as they stood listening to the music on the Tacoma Hotel porch last evening. The person addressed had his lower limbs encased in extra wide trousers, and, there fore, the crookedness or straightness of those articles could not be gleaned by a superficial glance. Actintr upon the remark of the apparently observing gentleman, who was a visitor on bis way to Alaska, a Record reporter started out to investigate the subject for himself. While walking ud Ninth street this niorniug he kept his eyes open, and what he saw indeed surprised him. Hardly a man or youth trod up the hill from Pacific avenue to Kailroad street who was not af flicted with a bow in either or both legs. The victims were in all stages of the terri ble affliction, and the eye ot an observer could easily detect fie who had but receetly started to curve underneath and also who had "been there" for years. Out of SO men, youths and hoys who struggled up that ' just 35 were bow legeed, some much so and some just a little bit so. In every group of three or more the majority carried with them bent lower limbs. 'One man almost tread one foot upon the other as he walked, while another, a handsome young fellow with a blonde mus tache, stepped out in a enrious way, ap parently conscious of the fact that his limbs were besinuing to turn, and evidently seek ine to hide the fact from the general public. The cause of so mnch crookedness in the City ol Destiny is a natural one and a surely insurmountable one the bills. To climb them, and Taconiaus cannot do without climbing them in some degree. Is a strait) on the nether limbs, and gradually they give way and in some eases bring humilia tion to their owners. There are plenty of handsome young men in Tacoma to-day who would give anything to have their legs straightened, and as mnch can be said of slenty of young ladies in Tacoma. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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