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In the Tillage Krnmhnbel, lying at the
base of a snow-capped mountain, lived a.
little boy named Gebhard, whose mother
had been dead many years, and whose father
was a poor wood cntter. The little cottage
in which he lived was tended by an old
aunt, who, although she did not neglect the
boy, did not love him, and his lively, child
ish ways were a great trial to her. At night,
when the father returned from his work in
the forest, he would hear such complaints of
his sou's behavior that often the little fellow
would receive most undeserved punishment.
But, in spite of his troubles, Gebhard was
cay and bappy, and spent the long summer
days in the fields and meadows, running
alter butterflies, gathering wild flowers and
playing hide-ind-seek with the cuckoo,
whose S3ng olten led him a wild chase
through the forest, in hope of gaining a
sight of the teasing little bird, which never
allowed itself to be seen by the eager boy.
In the winter, when the suow covered the
ground and oiled itself in great drilts about
the wood cutter's home, Gtbhard's winged
friends did not desert him. aud early in the
morning the sparrows would come pecking
at the window, and chirped as if to say:
"Gebhjrd, get up. "We are hungry and
want some brcikiast."
The boy understood their cries, and quick
ly opening the window he would share with
the birds his morning meal of black bread.
When the greedy sprrows had satisfied
their butiger, tney would fly away, leaving
their little 'lend to spend the day as best
he conld with his scolding auut.
One mornintr Gebhard was aroused from
his pleasant dreams by the harsh voice of '
ENOUGH FISHES
hisannt, saying: "Get un, von lazy boy
Wou ire now old enough to earn your bread.
'Your father is ill to-day and cannot go t
bis work. You must go into the barley
fields and glean. Takt this sack, and do
not return until you have filled it."
Gebhard took the s.irk and going out into
the field set bravely to work, but only here
and there were stray grain j to be found, and
although he wandered, all clay long, from
field to field other gleaners were always be
fore him, and when evening came his sack
was not half lull. Then weary and dread
ing to go home, he laid down by the road
side and began to weep. At the same mo
ment an old hunter approached and kindly
inquired the cause of his tears. When the
boy had told his troubles, the hunter said:
"Do you wish me to cut off jour aunt's
tongue, so that she cannot scold you, or
stop her ears so that she cannot hear, or cut
off her 'eet so that she cannot run after you?
Only tell me what you wish, and Ishill
punish the ill-tempered woman as vou think
best."
"Oh, sir," cried Gebhard, "I would not
have you injure rcy aunt; but if I only
knew where I could find enough barley to
fill my sark, I should be satisfied."
"Then," said the hunter, placing his hand
on the boy's curly head, "you shall have
what you wish."
He then gave a shrill whistle, and in
stantly hundreds of sparrows flew into the
field and began so busily to pick up the
barley grains and lay them in a heap that
soon there was enough grain to fill the
sack.
".Now, my boy," said the hunter, "take
what you need."
Gebhard hastened to fill the sack, aud
when he turned to thank his friend the
hunter had disappeared, but the s-nirrows
were still there, and hovered about Gebhard
until he reached home. Scarcely had the
lad entered the house when his aunt cried:
"Idle boy, where have you been so long?
D.d you need a whole day to glean that lit
tle sack of barley?"
But Gebhard was so lost in thought over
his adventure with the hunter that he paid
little beed to these scolding words, and was
soon on his way to the mill to have his grain
ground.
The next morning, be'ore Gebhard had
finished his breakfast, his aunt said to him:
"You must go and catch a dish of fish for
your lather as he is much too ill to eat this
coarse food."
Gebhard took his net and basket, and
going to a neighboring btook, seated him
self under a large willow tree, and threw
bis net into the water. The hours passed
and noon came; still the net was empty.
"Oh." tnoucnt the boy; "my father will
die ol hunger. If only my kind Iriend of
yesterday would come, I know he would
help me."
And as he looked wistfully down the
valley he saw the tall, strong figure of the
hunter appronching.
Jo, sir," cried Gebhard, running to
him, "please help me catch some fish for
my father, who is too ill to eat our black
bread."
"Poor lad." said the hunter, "have you
caught nothing yet? Then you certainly
need my help."
Ana again the hunter's whistle sounded
loud and shrill. Tnen came down the
brook a large trout, lollwed by so large a
number of smaller ones, that allowed them
selves to be caught, that Gebhard could
with difficulty raise the net When he saw
the large number oi fish the boy shouted
with joy, and said: "Now, not onlv my
father, but aunt and I can have a least.
Will you not come, sir, and be our guest,
tnat we may thank you lor your kindness
to us?"
"No, no," replied the hunter, "I cannot
go ncme with you; but whenever you are in
trouble, and need a friend, come to this old
willow, and blow three times ou this
whistle." j
He then gave Gebhard s small whistle,
ut frm maple wood. For the next few
days Gebhard remained in-donrsbv the bed
side of his father, who constantly grew
worse, and it was feared that be must die.
Bat in the midst of all the sorrow- the
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annt fTtd Tint. fXrvr tn nlri- And to
Gebhard for his idle wavs. I
One day, when the wood-cntter was suffer
ing more than usual, the aunt said: "Yoa
must climb the mountain and gather the
cmull hmiFn hjrli that, frrnirfi nearest
tln snnir. "With thnt I can make a tea
which will restore vour father's health. So 1
make haste and do not loiter by the way."
Gebhard knew that the path up the moun
tain was steep and dangerous, and he had
heard that wild beans made their home in
the forest through which be must pass; but
he was a brave boy, and for bis father's sake
he was willing to undertake the journey,
aud armed only with a staff, and a basket in
which to carry the herbs, he set out on his
way. So absorbed was he in his errand that
he gave no heed to th'e butterflies fluttering
so near, and the songs of the birds were un
noticed by the little traveler. Bravely he
climbed the rocky path, while the mountain
top seemed to grow farther aud farther away.
The sharp stones cut Ilia bare feet and the
thorny bushes scratched his hands and face.
Thcu Gebhard thought: "If I had only gone
to the willow and called lor my friend; but
perhaps he would not wish to climb this
rough path."
"Yes, he would," said the hunter, who
stood on the path directly in front of Geb
hard, "and you should always call ou me
when you are in need. What is the trouble
this time?"
When Gebhard had told bis errand, the
hunter said: "You need go no farther, for
the herb you seek is growing all about you,
and you hve bni to stoop and gather it."
Gebhard joyfully thanked the hunter, and
having filled bis 'basket, hastened home.
When he told bis aunt that he had found
the herb hal. way up the mountain, she
cried: "You have brought the wronc plant,
and would poison your father. Let me
FOE A FKAST.
tate it."
But scarcely had sheoiut the herb to her
lips, when she began to cough and choke,
ind finally grew black in the face and fell
lifeless to the ground. From that hour the
Tather began to improve and in a short time
was fully restored 10 health. Then the
wood-cutter and his son lived a quiet,
peaceful li e in their little home, and they
ever found in the hunter a true, faith ul
Iriend who always responded to Gebhard's
whistle and gave the counsel :md help
needed. PAYSIE.
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS,
Pilules for the Little Folks That Will Keep
Their Brains Bmy Tor Most tof tho Week
ir They Solte Tliem Corg'ectly Home
Amusements.
Address commimtcaUoTU for thlit department
lp h. R. Chadbodkx. Lewislon, Maine.
1205 BTEON ILLUSTKATED.
1256 QUEER LOGIC.
Ego.
"Well. Jack, your like I never knew.
We're bound to disagree;
If I said one aud one were two,
You'd try to make them three.
Upon my word, 1 take it bail.
For friend like you Pre never had.
"You made me in the bawn believe.
The rin s-et there to catch
Some apple-loTing son of live,
Exploded iih a match.
When in the lane 1 saw a hog.
You tried to prove It was a dog."
Jack.
"You think that from the sen above
Light, life and heat have birth;
What would ou say were I to Drove
That it has blighted earth?
Nor is my logic at a loss
To prove the soul but earthly dross."
Ego.
"A Briton bold who'd like to see
His ciinntry rule the globe.
For lauding British bravery
You called me Anglopbobe;
And backed your logic with a bet
To prove ns all a brutish set.
"You said last night, and argue still,
Jlisleadmr honest folk. '
That Gladstone's famous Irish Bill
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Was but an Irish Joke.
We can't agree no use to try
We'll always differ, you and i"
W.WiWOK.
1257 TRANSPOSITION.
Ob, the woes of married men
Are ton numerous for our pen 1
But of all, the greatest woe
Is inflicted just for sbow.
Spring an J summer, winter, fall.
At tbe sciond' women call,
And their husbands pay tbe bills
Tis tl.u greatest ot their Ills.
Wrsli o W no mr to pay,
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D. M. H.
Don't suffice they hava their way.
H. C. BiqiQM.
1258 CHANGES.
Deprive a servant girl, a flat flsu. one who
steers vessels Into harbors, a sea-rover, ana he
who built the first city, of the organ ol sight,
and change them respectively into angry, a
portion of space, a scheme, to talk idK and a
drinking .vessel. H. J-4-
1259 DOUBLE CBOSS "WOBDS.
15 Letter Name.
In "the blades ot dying grassr"'
In "the fortunes men amass?"
In "the dashing of the waters:"
In "the training of i be trotters:" S.
In "the surging of the sea?'
In "the chimes, so clear and freer
In 'the record of tho ages?'
In the words of hoary sages."
In "the blades of dying grass"
In "tne dashing of the waters:"
In "the fortune men amass:"
In "the training of the trotters"
In "tho surging of the sea:"
In "the record of the ages;"
Iu "the chimes, so clear and free;"
Let us pass "the words of sages."
We have read the tale to-day
OT this man and maiden. "Say.
The Dispatch, from week to week,
Told the story; did yon seek
To pass by great attraction?"
i "No," we answer, "for our action,
We can give full satisfaction.
Every week, we truly say.
Each Dispatch was put away.
And story kept for rainy day."
Had e known 'twas so Inviting
Naught bad Kept us from the writing
From the Sunday of the year
When "First chapter did appear
Till the end was reached in May.
This Is all and here we stay.
Hero and heroinel
Sad, sad the tale has been,
Two hearts are sundered by crudest fate;
And In the after lire,
May you b man and wife.
Never your tenderest passion abate.
H. C. BTJKCIER.
1260 HUM EBICAL.
A portrait 5 to 11 should
Do only work he knows is good;
To slight the 1 to 1 will bring
Him in no cash, or anything.
Landscapes, indeed, allow more scope.
Are easier things with which to cope,
But the complete must make his art
The living, breathing truth impart.
Bitter Sweet.
1261 HALF SQUARE.
L Monks of a reformed order. 2. Epic poems.
3. The van. 4. Ones who open. 5. Little flat
rings on horses' bits. 6. Boundaries. 7. Gentle
winds. 8. Father. 9. A mouth. 10, A letter.
X. L. C. R.
1262 CHABADE.
Last, and thy store shall be Increased;
Help, and thy burdens shall be eased;
Ml, and when mercy thou wouldst crave
Unstinted pardon thou Shalt have.
First sweeter is it to entire
Than thirst for vengeance, dark and dire;
A naked sword, which often tnrns
To pierce the heart which for it yearns.
BITTER SWEET.
1263 ENIGMA.
What is it all men seek and prize,
Yet know not when they hold;
Which comes 'Death every country's skies,
Alike to young and old7,
Without whose aid the strongest men
Would soon grow faint and weak;
Which children do but little prize.
And seldom gladly seek?
Lucia Rose.
pe1ze winkees for september.
L H. C. Burger. Salem. O. 2. Lottie Hughes,
Apollo, Pa, 3. Florence Weber, Pluiner, Pa.
ANSWERS.
125 1. "The Open Door," (by Blanche Wil
lis Howard.) "The Black Cat," (by Edgar Al
lan Poe.)
124o-Whlt-tier.
1247 Eye-witness.
1218- V
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M 0 R ADAB AD
VIR I DOIIARUS
DECAMERON
DEB ARKS
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1249-Levi, evil. vile. line. veil.
1250 Check-mate.
1251 SAGUERTJS
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Athletic
Viii liaK
Examinee
lzofc Honeymoon.
1253 Along, long.
1251-Flag.
What Mayors Are For.
Hew York World.
Prominent Citizen (of Dinkeyville, Kan.)
Colonel Pride, the Mayor,has just re
sigued because the people abuse him so
much.
Second Citizen (also prominent) Abused
him? Wal, he ought to know that that is
about all a city of the third class elects a
Mayor for.
The Charm of Crime.
Detroit Kress Press.
Three Michigan men, each one of whom
conld have earned $12 per week at honest
.labor, went into counterfeiting with a
knowledge that thev conld not make above
$3 or $4 apiece weekly with the best ol luck.
No crime has a greater chnrm than that of
counterleiting.
How Providence Works.
Petroit Free Press.
At Battle Ground. Ind., a brakeman on a
freight train left the switch open and sat
down with a friend for a smoke and a game
of euchre. At the end of an hour, much to
his surprise, a passenger train came along
and was ditched.
Gentlemen's Rings.
Men are wearing m.iuv rings at present.
Bloodstones and the sard, from deep red to
brown, are fashionable. Often these rings
have an inscription inside.
NCVL BREAKFAST SERVICE.
The Swedish Menage "Which Goes With the
Scandinavian Morning Meal.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Swedish Menage consists of a deli
cately worked nickel frame, laid in with
several handsomely decorated dishes and oil.
yinegar, salt and pepper, and mustard cas
ter in the center. The whole represents a
novel breakfast service, wherein the various
viands are served, and, as the disk turns, it is
asconvenicnttoplaceitiuthecenterofasmal
The Menage.
table as to pass it from plate to plate, be
sides it does away with any crowding or the
table with a mass of dishes. Its name,
"Swedish Menage," Is derived from the fact
that the hotels of Sweden provide the best
breakfast on the continent, more diversified
it condiments than any other country.
The small, sinule menace for salt
and pepper can bo
to every plate. The
fastened
apparatus
Individual Menage.
is very delicately formed of nickel, and is
the latest novelty in individual salt and
Deppers. Its simnllclty will no donbt as
sure it a speedv introduction.
THE GOSPEL OF L07E
And
How Saint John Learned
Preach it so Sincerely.
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A TOTAL CHANGE OP CHARACTER
From the Time He Met Jens Until He
Wrote His Epistle.
LE8S0NS THAT COMB HOME TO ALL
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"Beloved.Jet us love one another, for love
is ot God, and every one that loveth is born
of God and knoweth God."
St. John wrote that. He wrote that who
stood one day beside the gate of a village in
Samaria and wished titat the whole village
might be struck by lightning, and all its
houses burned into cinders, slid all its in
habitants roasted in the ruins. The Master
and the Apostles, weary with their journey,
had sought lodging in that village, and the
villagers had refused to take them in for
either love or money. Hating Jews, as all
Samaritans did, they had no open doors for
this company ot Jewish pilgrims bound for
Jerusilem. John was very angry about it
"Beloved, let us love one another." He
wrote that who saw one day a man doing
some good deed in Christ's name, and the
man was not numbered among the apostles.
And John wanted'that good work stopped.
Tbe man seems to have cared more for
Chrnt than he did for Christians. He
revered tbe Dame of the Master, but he did
not choose the company of the disciples.
Perhaps he was one 01 those people who
work better by themselves, or pernaps,
while accepting a good deal of Christ's teach
ing he was not able yet to accept it all. He
was a Christian, but hebclonged not to the
Christian societv. For whatever reason,
good or foolish, he was in the anomalous
position of a worthy and righteous man to
day who stands outside the church.
A TIME OF PAILUEE.
The apostles came upon the man just
after a time of great mortification and
humiliation for them. They bad tried to
cast out a devil and the devil bad somehow
managed to dely them. And a great crowd
bad gathered around and there was no little
tumult, and no doubt there were accusations
of imposture, add the apostles were in a
sad plight when Christ came, descending the
mountain of His transfiguration, bringing
them His heavenly help-
"Why could not we cast him out?" was
their question as they were leit alone with
.Him after tbe departure of the crowd. And
the question evidences their state of mind.
And here they come upo'n tbis man, not an
apostle, not a proposed follower o Christ,
and yet able to do what they have jdst now
failed to do. The man.is casting out devils
in Christ's name. Tbe spirit of jealousy
seizes them, they rebuke the man, John being
their spokesman.
Pre.' clung is so much easier than practic
ing! TJnon stilt another occasion this same
apostle who writes these words of love got
his mother to go to the Master, being really
ashamed to go himself, and asked by her
lips that he and his brother James might
have better places than any of the other
apostles in the kingdom of heaven. There
was going to be a kingdom of heaven pretty
soon, he thought, which would have some
what of eartli about it, too. Any way, there
would be offices in it, and preierments, and
emoluments, and thrones, and scepters, and
ti'les; and James and John wanted to an
ticipate the others aud get the best for them
selves first.
THEIR EXALTED IDEAS.
Christ would sit upon some great gold
throne somewhere in Jerusalem, and the
two simple peasants wanted to sit one on
the right hand and the other on tbe left. TJd
would come in homage'the proud kings and
the nations, down would bow the haughty
knees of Ctesar, in would be led the Gen
erals of Koine with chains about their
wrists and sitting bv and looking on, and
sharing in all the splendor and the triumDh
of the scene would be these two plain menJ
iroru tbe nsning neet ot uaiiiee, on the one
.side John and on the other James. Peter
and Andrew and Thomas and the others
might have whatever honor might remain.
They must look out lor themselves. The
sons of Zebedee would have the best.
The apostle John then, whom we often
call the "jpostle of love," and who wrote
these words of love which we read to-day
and many others like them, was not born
with a smile upon hislips. He was not a
man blessed with a disposition naturally
and easily amiable. The great painters
have for the most part given him a face like
a woman's, in which the prevailing exprts
sinn is sweetness rather than strength; but
you see what sort of a man he was. Christ
saw straight into tbe hearts of those two
brothers when He railed them sons of anger.
It was natural (or the apostle John to hate
his enemies with a vigorous and vindictive
hatred. It was natural for him to be jealous
and intolerant toward his rivals, toward
people who were more success'ul than he
was. It was natural lor him to be self
seeking, and regardless of the welfare of
others. A vindictive, mtoltrant and selfish
man was the apostle John when he met
Christ, and for a good while afterward.
HOW ST. JOHN CHANGED.
But when St. John wrote in bis old age
the words which we read to-day, all that
had long gone by. "Beloved," he says,
and the words come out of a heart full of
love unfeigned, "let us love one another, for
love is of God." Presently he tells us that
"God is love." Twenty-seven times in this
short epistle of his does he write the word
love. You see what Christ did lor John.
He made a new man out 01 that "son of
anger." John, after he had rome really to
know Christ, kept all the strength of "his
character, but put awav the weakness of it
put away the quickin-ss of passion, the jeal
ousy, the flfiOme's "which marred and
maimed him, and hecame'a new man. That
is what Christ did for John.
He will do as much as that for us. John
is a common name. And there are a great
many peopb who are like Johu in more
than name liKe John as he was when he
met Christ. Those men of the old time were
not different from us. They had as many
laults as we have. They did not, it is true,
talk in theEuglishlanguige, but they found
it jut as hard to hold their tongues'in Greek
or Syriic, and just as easy to sav things
which they needed to be. sorry for. They
bad the same temptation of temperament
and of surroundings to test- their tempers
and to persuade them into intolerance and
sclbshness which we have. Here is this
vindictive, quick-tempered, hot-ipirlted,
jealous, self-seeking John. Who of us can
look at him and not see something of our
selves mirrored in him? But he got the
better of all that was bad in bim. And so
can we.
THE CHANGE CAME SLOWLY.
It was not in an hour nor in a day that he
won the victory. Three years he spent with
Christ, learning His blessed Iessons,and yet
not perlect then. Little by little.atter many
failures, still persevering, the son of anger
grew into the apostle' of love. Step by step,
with many stumblings and strayings, he
followedjm the way where Christ went lead
ing himJ We can do the same. It was
Christ that made the change in Johu. John
came to know and love Christ that was the
secret of it And the Christ who helped
John is still living and still helping. Who
ever comes to him. He will in no wise cast
qut. Whoever tries to lollow him He will
take by the hand and be his guide, out ol
all infirmities of temper, out of al) quick
sands ol temptation, into tbe way of safety
and strength.
The; first lesson, then, which tbe text
teaches is a lesson of encouragement. Tbis
ideal has been realized. This loving spirit
has been attained. And he who attained it
was once as tar trom it as. any ot us can be.
Let us see now what it is that St, John says
about this loving spirit. .
At ouce be insists upon the relation be
tween love and religion. St. Paul has al
ready told us that the- mostemphatio word
in the Christian religion ia this word love.
Unless we v low ur hearts nothing
that we 'do counts with God. No
amount of ,zeal, or of orthodoxy,
no amount of diligence in church
work, or of . attendance at church
services, no amount of generosity in chart
iable giving i of any value without lave.
That is St. John's doctrine, too. "Love is
o God, and everyone that. loveth is born of
God, and knoweth God." Love is the very
essence of religion. There can be no re
ligion without it. Wherever it is present
there is religion. It is worth noticing, that
the love of which both St. Paul and St.
John were writing is that pUin, everyday
love for onr neighbors, which is sometimes
discredited by religions teachers. The love
which we have toward our lellowmen is "of
God." It belongs to religion.
THE SACEAMENt OF LOVE.
Indeed, so close is its association with re
ligion that "every one that loveth is born of
God." To be born of God surely that
means as much as Christ meant when He
said, "Ye must Jbe born again." Whoever
is born of God is born again. Above the
sacrament of baptism is the sacrament of
love. See how that widens out religion be
yond all ecclesiasticism. He is a Christian
who is one inwardly. To love your neighbor
trnly is to begin to be a Christian. It is to
be born of God. The other sacrament, also,
is paralleled in the language of St. John :
"And this is His commandment, that we
should believe on the name of His son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He
gave us commandment. And he that
keeneth His commandments dwelleth in
Him, and He in him." That is the blessing
which is associated with the eating of His
flesh and the drinking ol His blood. And
love wins it.
And everyone that loveth "knoweth God."
Only through the eyes of love can man see
God. No man who hates his brother can
possibly see God. All unforgiveness, all
unbrotherly anger drifts in like a black
cloud between man and God, and shuts out
the sight ol heaven. Our relation to God is
based on spiritual conditions. Unless those
spiritual conditions are fulfilled, knowledge
of God is impossible. It is as impossible
as seeing is impossible with eyes.
THE DESIKE OF THE AGE.
a To know God Is one of the supreme de
sires of our generation. The age is not
orthodox; it does not follow very closelv in
the old paths, sometimes it gets far afield
and astray. But the age is profoundly re
ligious for all that "My soul is athirst for
God; yea, even ior the living God," ex
presses the longing of thousands of earnest
people whose laces are not seen oiten in the
churches. We all want to know the truth
about God.
And.here is the way to know God. To
know God is not a knowledge which can be
learned ont ol a book o theology. It is not
a knowledge which can be arrived at as the
conclusion of an argument It is dependent
upon love. In proportion as we love our
fellow men, we come to know God.
How easy that isl First, the natural, and
after that the spiritual, St. Paul said.
First, tbe love of our kin, and of our friends,
and of our fellow-men, and of our enemies,
and then the love of God. Whoever would
know God and love God, let him begin by
doing the nearest help'nl duty which lie's
beside his hand. All the rest will follow in
its time. Our Lord came to emphasize this
blessed spirit of love- in the world. He
came to help us to love one another by show
ing us how much God loves us He bad no
hard words, except for the unloving and un
brotherly. He was forever 'preaching love.
He set a prayer for u, in which this broth
erly spirit is so breathed into every phrase
that we cannot pray it selfishly, and in the
midst of it He set a petition that God may
love us only as we love our lellow-men.
"Beloved, let us love one another," that is
the characteristic utterance ot Christianity.
A UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD.
"Beloved, let us love one another." St.
John is not content, you see, to have tbis
loving spirit just in bis own heart. He
wants everybody else to share in it. So does
every one who is the kind of Christian he
was. To be a Christian and to be a mission
ary of love ought to mean the same thing.
To be a bringer of peace among men, to
reconcile those who are at variance, to so ten
the HDgry speech and moderate the harsh
judgment, to help on all that makes lor
charitv, for tolerance, lor sympathy, lor.jns
tice, afor brotherliness that is what we
Chris'tians'are set in this world to do.
And we can do that il we will only begin
in the right wav if we will but set about
it as St. John did. Bo you see how he first
says "beloved," and then afterward "let us
love one another." That is the right order.
We must ourselves begin by loving, then
we may hope to lead others into the path of
love. Indeed, whoever really loves is a
missionary of love whether he tries or not.
He cannot help it There is that about the
tone of his voice, and the grasp of his hand,
and the look in bis eyes, which brings love
with rum wherever lie goes. There is no
lack of work for missionaries of love. And
the mission fields are not very far away,
either. Think of all the mean things
which are said in society, of all the per
nicious talk which goe on endlessly to
somebody's discredit behind somebody's
back, of all the unfriendly and unchanta
ble'criticisms wherein wit or smartness has
taken the place of love.
THE TONGUE OF GOSSIP.
Let us tell the truth; yes but "in love."
St. Paul says, "speaking the truth iu love;"
bow often we lorzet thai! Think ot all the
mean things that are done in business, big
and little; all tbe over-reaching and the
under-rating and the stealing; all the
tyranny and greed; all the murdering for
we can, I think, fairly call starvation
murder. Christ heals a poor man in the
land of Gudara, and makes a sound and sane
man out of him. But somehow the loss of a
drove of swine is involved in the healing.
Down they rush over a steep place into the
seajand that is the end of the swine but it
is the beginning ol the manl
And then the owners come. And the
owners do not so much as loos: at the new
man, their eves are n-search for swine. And
the end is that they are angry, and they re
quest the Master to part as speedily as may
be convenient out of their coasts. A drove
of pigs is in thp balance against a man; it is
a question whether they would rather have
their nockets full of monev or their brother's
li'e, full of sanity and strength. How
often the scene upon tho shore of Galilee is
re-enacted upon other shoresl Men set gain
before love. What a need of missionaries
in the world of business. What a need of
missionaries of lovel
Beloved, let m not love in word, neither
in tongue, but in deed and in truth. "Be
loved, let ns love one another; for love is of
God, and everyone that loveth is of God and
knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth
not God, lor God is love."
George Hodges.
WATCHES ABE COMPASSES.
Tbe Cardinal Points Can bo Ascertained
From Them Very Easily.
London Truth.
A few days ago I was standing by an
American gentleman, when I expressed a
wish to know which point was North. He
at once pulled out his watch, looked at it
and pointed to the North. I asked him
whether be bad a compass attached to his
watch. "All watches," he replied "are
compasses."
Then be explained to me how this was.
Point the hour hand to the snn and the
South is exactly half way between the hour
and the figure XII on the watch. Por in
stance, suppose that it is 4 o'clock. Point
the band indicating 4 to the sun and II on
the watch is exactly Soutb. Suppose that
it is 8 o'clock, point the hand indicating 8
to tbe snn, and the figure X on the watch is
due South.
' My American friend was quite surprised
that I did not know this. Thinking that
very possibly I was ignorant of a thing
every one else knew, and happening to
meet Mr. Stanley, I asked that eminent
traveler whether he was aware of this simple
mode of discovering the points of the com-
fiass. He said that he bad never beard of
t I presume, therefore, that the world
is in tbe same state o ignorance. Amain is
proud of having been the home of the in
ventor of the compass. ? do not know what
town boasts ot my American friend at a
citizen.
ERIN'S STAPLE FOOD.
:
Evolution ofitbe Potato From a Wild
and Neglected Boot
TO A FIRST PLACE 05 THE TABLE.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Gallant Struggle for
Its Becognitlon.
THE FIG AND THE TDBEE GO TOGETHER.
rWBITTZH VOB THI SISFATCB.1
Br. Johnson says Shakespeare had as
little regard for those violations of the pro
prieties in times and circumstances, as they
appear in the plays, as the lion would have
for the dew which' he shakes off his mane,
when, in the morning, he rises from his lair.
Critics have found many anachronisms in all
the plays, some of which are amusing, and
with which most readers are familiar; for it
is taken as granted that everyone who finds
pleasure in reading is more or less ac
quainted with the works of the greatest
writer of all time King Shakespeare as
Carlyle rails him. It is well known, for
examnle, how that in Winter's Tale, Bp
hernia is located on the seacoast, when in
reality it is an insnlar country, and how
billiards are spoken of in Antony and
Cleopatra.
So in like manner has he been taken to
task for mentioning "potatoes" in Troilus
and Cressida, and of allowing Falstaff to
use such expressions as "let the sky rain
potatoes; let it thunder to the tune of ''Green
Sleeves,'" as he does in the "Wives of
Windsor." The. former of these plays was
laid at the siege of Troy; and Falstaff was
cotemporary with Henry IV., whereas pota
toes were not used in Europe until they
were introduced there from Virginia by Sir
Walter Raleigh, as tbe school books declare,
in 1584, or thereabout.
FIESI IN ENGLISH LITEBATUEE.
But the defenders of the fame of the
great dramatist declare that the potatoes
here spoken ot were sweet potatoes, and not
the common sort, and that sweet potatoes
had then been in nse in England for some
time, whither they were brought from Spain
aud the Canary Islands. This proves notb-
iug,and tne only point made in the con
tention is that the mention hero made of
it is generally taken to be tbe first
in English literature. It certainly is
among the first, but in the reprint of an old
book called Elizabethan England, taken
from Holinshed's Chronicles, in the chapter
on "tbe lood and diet of tbe English," under
date ol 1587, it is said that potatoes and snch
like roots were then "beginning to be
brought out of Spain and the Indies to
furnish up our banquets."
The name is oi Spanish derivation, and
probably at first was a corruption of its In
dian name. Baleigh tried persistently to
nave the potato recognized as an article of
food, but without avail. It was not till af
ter a long struggle with prejudices and
ignorance that its edible properties were
appreciated. By virtue of this fact, Sir
"Walter, bv common consent, is regarded as
one of the benefactors of his race.
IMPROVED BT CULTIVATION.
But this familiar vegetable as we have it '
now is nevertheless largely tbe product ol
cultivation and development. Although by
nature it is wild, yet it nowhere grows wild
in the same quality as in the cultivated'
state. It is otherwise with the sweet potato
and the yam, the varieties raised in New
Jersey differing little from those grown in
South America. Some of us may be sur
prised to learn that in no part of the world
has the potato been recognized as a common
article of food not even with us in America
until within the last hundred years. In
some parts oi England, even up to the mid
dle ol the last century, they were reckoned.
bygood authorities, as inferior to radishes
and carrots.
The new English colonists did not take
kindly to tliem. "Baring the Revolutionary
War, however, they were made part of the
commissariat of the army; and the fact that
at "Valley Forge the soldiers were reduced
to such nn extremity as to have to subsist on
this diet was much commented upon.
Colonel Francis Marion, it will be remem
bered, invited the British staff officer to
share with him his supper, which consisted
of some sweet potatoes raked out of the
ashes. But they were even then, and still
later, used as a second or only choice.
POTATOES AND -WEALTH.
The potato was used in Ireland much
earlier as a common and substantial article
of food than eisewhere in Europe, and its
general use in Ireland gave Mr. Buckle,
one of the greatest of modern writers, an
ooportunity to mention the fact in con
nection with a theory he had pertaining to
food and wages. He said that Ireland was
tbe only instance of a great European peo
ple possessing a cheap national food; that
potatoes are perhaps cheaper than any other
food equally wholesome; that one acre sown
iu potatoes will support twice as many as
tbe same quantity sown in wheat; that as a
consequence, in a country where men live
on potatoes, the population will, other
things being equal, increase twice as fast;
that this actually occurred as between En
gland and Ireland; and the resnlt was that
in the two countries the distribution of
wealth was altogether different.
It is commonly admitted to be a fact that
on al least two occasions potatoes saved the
people of Ireland from starvation; but if tbe
theory of Buckle is correct, it would be
more proper to say that potatoes on these oc
casions were the cause of the people being
uroagui to ine verge oi starvation. At the
present time there Is lear of much misery
and waut incident to the failure ot this
year's crop there.
From the history of that unfortunate peo
ple the prospect ot such a calamity is alarm
ing. No one of the generation living at the
time of any former "famine" in Ireland
ever forgot, or could forget, that era. But
from such, and like experiences, it has been
demonstrated very satisfactorily that in
times of scarcity, dearth or famine, nothing,
excepting only the flour of grain, bas an
swered iu tbe emergency so well as potatoes.
IRELAND'S OTHER FOODS.
While it is said the potato is the chief
food ot the peasantry in Ireland, it is not to
be taken that it is the exclusive and only
diet. It is supplemented by milk, such
grains as barley and rye, the flesh of the
bog, and in some parts, so we are informed,
other vegetables and fish and domestic
fowl. But tbe potato is understood to be
distinctly tbe staple reliance; other produc
tions being contributary to this. Ot these,
perhaps the pig is the most common, for it
seems'thc Irish peasant and his pig are asso
ciated together as inseparably as Mother
Hubbard and her dog.
And in this there is much more than a
mere figure of speech. When foreigners
came visiting to tbis'country a generation
ago they remarked that potatoes fried in
hog's fat was a common dish on all public
tables at every meal. This was noticed as
peculiarly an American disb. It is referred
to bv Charles Dickens in his "American
Notes," and commented upon in a way not
flattering to us. He has been fallowed by
others in the same strain, some of whom, if
we may be excused tne expression, would
possibly have been humorously character
ized by Judge Haliburton, in the language
of Sam Slick, as "mighty small potatoes,
and few iu a hill."
MIXED UP 'WITH POTATOES.
Without regard to such unfavorable com
ment the fact is that the mixture of the lat
of pork with tbe potato is one ot those happy
combinations of food which, founded on
necessity and common sense, is recognized
and accepted by the highest scientific nu
thorities as a most excellent one. Of such
authorities Sir Henry Thompson, to whom
we have before referred, is un
questionably one of the highest On
this subject be says that the potato
forms a vegetible basis in composition
closely resembling rice, and requiring, there
fore additions of fattr (or nitrogenous) ele-
ments, and that the pig Is to the Irishman
the natural, and to bim necessary, comple
ment of tbe tuber, making the latter a com
plete and palatable disb. He furthermore
says that the everyday combination of
mashed potato and sausage is an application
of tbe same principle.
In tbe absence of pork, tbe potato eater
substitutes a cheap oily fish, the herring.
The combination of fatty material with tbe
potato is still further illustrated in our
baked potato and bntter, in fried potatoes in
their PndlPfiX V,pitv nt lA,m In nntafo
gnashed with milk or cream, finally arriving
at tbe most perfect and finished combination
of the Parisian restaurant, that "dish of
luxury," of which travelers tell, aud which
is known on the menus s porumes de terre
sautee'a an beurre potatoes fried in butter.
BLACKJIORE'S WORD FOE IT.
And on the literary side of this subject it
so happened that one of the foremost of
English novelists has left it on record that
his own country people were first to find ont
there is an affinity between "lat and pota
toes." In "Lorna Boone," that exquisite
Mosaic o' early English farm life in Somer
setshire 200 years ago, John Eidd, who
speaks for himself, in his account of the
opening of tbe harvest and tbe feast that
followed goes on to say: "I had no time to
ask questions, but help meat and ladle
gravy. All the while our darling Annie,
with her sleeves tucked up and her comely
figure panting, was running about with a
bucket of titles mashed with lard and cab
bage." Mr. Blackmnre, the author of
''Lorna Doone," is recognized as an author
ity on the subjects about which he writes;
and he is, beyond doubt, an able antiquary,
from which we conclude that he bas here
adhered closely to facts.
From these experiences it is obvious that
tbe potatoe, as an article of food, is one of
the most important known to modern civil
ization; that as a staple it ranks next to
grain aid flesh, and that it should be used,
as science and common sense indicate, with
other foods and not alone.
We shall treat in another article ot the
more practical side of tbis subject
Ellice Serena.
DJCIDENTS OP THE WAS.
Stories of Sharpshooters and Soldiers Told
by a Union Veteran.
, tW51TTE TUB TH DISPATCH.
The Army of the Potomac was annoyed a
great deal by the enemy's sharpshooters,
who kept so well concealed that it was
almost impossible to catch a glimpse of
them. A few days after General Grant bad
started "on to Richmond" these fellows were
doing some very effectual work in killing
or wounding our officers, whom they took
especial delight in shooting. A private
soldier in General Burnside's command
started ont one morning ou bis own hook in
search ol one of the sharpshooters. He bad
not gone very far until he caught sight of a
very unnatural looking bunch oi something
in tbe top of a tall pine tree. Being satisfied
that it was the object of his search, be
secreted himself and waited for results.
Soon he saw asm ill puff of smoke in the
tree top and heard the report of a rifle.
Taking aim at the place with his rifle he
called out to the shooter to come down or he
would shoot Immediately there was a
movement, not caused by the wind, but by
the appearance of a man completely covered
with pine, who, rather than run tbe rik of
dropping from his high perch with a bullet
hole through his body, came down alive.
He was turned over to General Burnside. '
who gave the brave captor a sum of money
and a 30 days' furlough.
Genebal B. F. Butleb had command
of the Army of the James for a while and
so determined was he to secure the coveted
prize, the rebel capital, Richmond, that he
resorted to two very ingenious methods.
The hrst was to cut an island in two and by
means of tbe channel keep clear of a very
formidable lort commanding the James
river for three or tonr miles. It was known
as the Butch Gap Canal. He dug and dug,
but as fast he threw the dirt out it rolled
back again. Quicksand ciused bim to
abandon the project. His next idea was to
smoke tbe rebels out He secured all the
old worn out blankets, clothes, boots, shoes
and in fact everything that would burn,
and make a smoke and load smell. After
placing piles el this stuff in line of battle
the soldiers applied the torch. For a while
the wind was in Butler's favor and swept
this blinding and choking smoke in such
dense clouds upon the enemy that the rebels
were forced to seek a more congenial breath
ing spot. Soon, however, the wind changed
and then it came the TJnion men's time to
suffer. So both attempts of General Butler
to reach the capital were futile.
At Cbancellorsville a rebel signal station
was established in the top of a large tree
where a commanding view ofa part of our
army could be had. It was about a mile
from General Hooker's headquarters where
two batteries were located. This signal
station was soon discovered and one of our
Parrot guns trained ou it and fired. A.
better shot could hardly have been made
without bitting the man who was-signaling,
as it cut the limbs from the tree but a few
feet below where he was standing. In an
instant the signal flag was dropped and the
fellow hurried down the tree like a sanirrel.
No more signaling was indulged in from
that tree.
.
In the midst of this same battle one of
the TJnion caissons, which was drawn by six
horses, was left unattended by the drivers.
Tbe artillery occupied a slightly elevated
position and the horses became frightened
and started down toward the enemy's line
COO or 600 yatds in front. They went into
the rebel lines wheeled about aud returned
in good shape. Not one oi the horses was
injured in the least Another marvelous
escape of a horse from death or capture was
witnessed at this same battle. A sergeant
of one oi the batteries had tied his horse to
a wheel ot a caisson. The animal broke
loose, ran down into the rebel lines and re
turned with only one flesh wound. His
saddle-bags, however, were rifled by the
Johnnies while he tarried inside their lines.
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