2Sffi?H991 HS1 rHVLH99EvLl ffW t? t& pMHjH PV1HJT1CH TOR TH PISPATCH.J "How I wish 1 could see a fairy," sighed little Ellen, as she rested under the old apple tree in the garden, "a leal, lire fairy, such as X Ece pictures of is my books, and about -which grandma has told me inch beau tiful stories." "I shall tell you how to see one," sang a little bird, -which from its place among the branches had heard the little girl's -wish. "To-morrow morning, I shall give you a seed, and if you will plant it, the fairy will appear soon alter. Ellen could hardly, sleep that night for thinking about the fairy, and she wondered if it would really come as the little bird had said. Long before the sun was up the little girl ran to the apple tree, where the bird oame to her, and placing a small, brown seed in her hand Enid: "If you plant this and carefully water it a beautiful flower will spring" up, and then you shall have your wish and 6ce a fairy." Ellen planted the seed in a retired corner of the garden, and many times that day she ran to the place in hopes of seeing the prom ised flower; but not even a sprout was to be seen. The nest morning, however, when Ellen asam looked for the plant she was not disappointed, for there stood'a green stalk,having upon italarge.red flowef,much like a tulip. Peeping out of the cup of the flower was a fairy, a little creature not more than an inch high, but so beautiful that the little girl clapped her hands for Joy and shouted with delight. "I have come," said the fairy, inasil verv voice, "to stay with you until a little bird comes for me and takes me back to Fairyland." "When Ellen had taken the fairy in her hand the red flower wilted and hung its THE MAGIC head. "Since you have come to me from a flower," said Ellen, "I shall call you Blossom, and I shall take the best care of you." The little girl kep. her word, and Blos som did not suffer from any lack of atten tion. Her bed was a large walnut shell, with a mattress of violet leaves, and rose Setals for a coverlid. A large porcelain ish, filled with Mater, served for a lake, and hen the fairy wanted to take a sail Ellen would fasten threads to the walnut shell and pull the small boat over the water. One night when Ellen was sleeping in her little bed, and Blossom on her coach of violet leaes was dreaming dreams of Fairyland, a large frog hopped in through the window, and sceins the fairy thought: "What a beautiful bride she would make for my son." And taking the bed between her thick lips, hurried away to the pond, where she made her home "When Blossom awoke, she was startled to find that she had been carried airav m her shell from Ellen's home and was on a large lillv pad near the shore ol a stream. The little iairv wept bitterly, and thought she would surely die of fright. The frog hearing her cries, went to her. and said: "Here comes my son, who wishes you for his wife." "When Blossom saw the son, who was even uglier than his. mother, she cried louder than befoie and begged to be taken home. . But the frogs paid no attention to her wishes, and threatened if she was not quiet to throw her into the water. The fish hear ing all this commotion wondered what was I the trouble. They poked their heads above the water, and seeing the distress of the fairy, determined to help her. They tugged nway at the stem of the lily pad until it broke, and the great leaf floated out into the stream, heyond the reach of the frogs. The little fairj sailed past villages and cities, and the birds on the trees, when they saw her, said: "What a beautiful maiden." A white butterfly lit on the leaf, and after hearing Blossom's story said: "If you will tie vonr sah to the leaf, and then around hit body, I can fly over the watf r and we shall soon reach the shore." Blossom did this, aud soon the little boat was gliding merrily along. But it had not gone fir, when a large beetle buzzed near, and after gazing curiously at the fairy for a moment, ne thrust his claws around her slender waist, and flew with the frightened little creature to a high tree on the bank. The beetle was very kind to Blossom. He brought her honey from the flowers, and other kinties to tempt her appetite. Thus, the fairy came to regard the homely insect as her dearest friend. All the beetles for miles around came to see Blossom, who sang pweetly and did her best to entertain her isitors. But after a few days, the beetle grew tired of giving so much attention to his guest, aud one morning he carried her to the mots under the tree, and left h'er. All summer the poor little fairy lived in the iore-t. None of her friends came to iii.d her, the flowers seemed new and strange aud eeu the beetles paid no at tention to her cries lor help. All day the would wander about through the forest, and at night would seek shelter under some large lcat, which had fallen across her path. Autumn came. Chilling winds began to Mow through the forest, and cold rains drizzled through the trees. Blossom thought the would certainly perish, and she watched the more eagerly ior the little bird, which was to carry her back to Fairyland. A field mou peeping from its hole, saw the lonely little crcatuie, and seeing how she shivered with the cold, went to her and end . "I ha c heard of fairies, and think you must be one of them. Why do vou lite here alone, when jou must have such a ticxuulul home somewhere?" . Blossom, when she heard these words, could not keep back the tears, and between xnanv sons, slip rlnf nA !.- .4..i .: . ,--... ,,M,VM Mt4 rtvuvvwu ilia-j tory, and said that she was now waiting for the bird to take her home. "But you will freeze ont here in the cold," said the mouse "my bole is drvan comfortable, and if you will keen my home neat and clean for me, you shall live with me, and I shall see that you do not suffer from hunger." Blossom knew that the mouse meant to be kind to her, and although she wondered how she could ever live in a dark hole in the ground she decided to go with ter new nend; for she felt that sne woma soon aie if left alone in-the forest The mouse was anxious that the fairy should not be un happy in her new home, and she began to mase some lmproTeiueuw iu iuo uuim First, another room was added, several windows were made, so that the sun shine might drive away the gloom, the softest mews gathered for beds, and all the most delicate food which could be found was carried into the mouse's hole. The mouse even tried to make herself more at tractive, and from stray bits of bright silk, which she found blowing over the fields, she made caps and aprons, which she wore in the house. Blossom soon learned to cook, and prepared such good meals, that the mouse could wish for nothing "better. Every day the fairy would walk out in hope that she might see the bird that had prom ised to come for her. Bat one morning when she had gone only a short distance from home, she saw, not far away, the large frog which had taken her away from little Ellen. Remembering her former ex perience, poor little Blossom was greatly frightened, and thinking that she would rather always live with the mouse, than to be carried away by the ugly frog, she ran back in tho hole, and determined .never to again expose herself to such danger. The long winter passed very pleasantly to the two friends. Blossom told wonderful IXOWER. stories of Fairyland, and the mouse would relate her exploits in the field. Spring came, and the mouse began again to make her trips in search of food. One evening when she returned, she said: "Little Blossom, I have some good news for you. The bird for which you have been looking so long, came to me to-day and asked about you. It will be here in the morning to tike you awav. I shall be very lonely without you, for I have learned to love you dearly; but I know you will be much happier in your own home, for this hole is no fit place for a fairy." And the next morning Blossom was car ried back to her own dear Fairyland, where she was received with great "joy. Little Ellen had long since ceased to search for her fairy, but often wondered what had be come of her. The moment Blossom reached Fairyland, the large, red flower raised its head and bloomed brightly year in and year out, never heeding heat nor cold. Pays IE. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for the little Folks That Win Keep Their Brains Busy for 3Iot of the Week If They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements Addrax communications for tftU department to E. E. CHADBOURy. Lewitton, Afaina 1705 COMB INATIONS. Comb.no one of the above pictures with 1 eacu oi tno oiners in succession, ana oDtam: 1, Commenced. 2. To happen. S. To in snare. 4. To remove the top part 6. Gracious. 6. Tne shortest way from one place to auother. 7. To deceive. Evai.gki.ine. 1706. A STRAKOK KEStTLT. I. Where are greater men than If Where is there a man more freet Who would sooner, quicker die That his land, as 'tis, shall bet No, I cannot yield; my name Stands forfreedom o'er the world; Never shall decrease my fame, While our flag is still unfurled. See the change! Two letters gone. One inserted in their stead, What a work the change has done! Into shu cry I am lead. Little freedom do I know, " All my path is dark and dread) Toiling on my way I go. Hoping light shall soon appear. H.C. Bursar. 1707 TKAiraTOiraATiOx-s. 1. Add an L to a small house, and It he comes a young animal. 2. Give a dog a now head, and all that re mains Is hair, which becomes soft and One. 8. Give a wild animal anew tall, and it be comes globular in form. 4 Ta.ko J vegetable froma garden, and the ground will bo left. 6 Add a small measure of length to useless material, and it becomes a sweet-voiced bird. . 6. Draw a small nail from piles of hay, and leave an abbreviation used in letral docu ments. TUTU 1708 DECAV1TATIOH. 'Hc that hath iwttfo total, lot him wfofc," 1LJLP;'! THE Was spoken by the Savior of the soul Upon the snores of ancient Galilee. These words were meant, dear friend, for you and me. Though many centuries have passed, since then. These words are full as pregnant now as when They issued from a loving: Savior's mouth. Extending to all lands, east, west, north, south. ZxxiTO. 1,709 Diamond. L A letter. 3. The blaok beetle, or .the hedge chafer. 3. Recards, 4. Running or moving rapidly. 4. Those who darken. 8. Corresponding similarity of relation. 7. Acted asain. 8. Blown (Obs.) 9. Attempted. 10, Turfi 11, A letter. Iowa Box, 1710-rOHABADE. What changes come from year to year? What hopes are gone, nerer to return! What other hopes, to ns now dear, With other hopes must we inurnt -ais wen me luture lies Deyona 'Tis well 'tis veiled from mortal sight! Else crow the human heart less fond. Else fears would cloud us as the night. But no w, when sorrows cross our way, When strife and turmoils all have ceased, Sweet first her olive-branch doth lay Down at our feet, and shows the East. There whole the glorious Sun doth rise. To shed its beams to light the world; And hearts once sad. now final prize That Hope, -a hose life is there impeared, Tes, other hopes and other scene To human hearts again grow dear; And light our darkness intervenes, And serves our weary heart to cheers. H. Q. Btbqkb. 1711 A xoif-.SorcAir talk. A small animal and a serpent were one day in company. The serpent had dope the little oreature some act of kindness, where upon the latter, acting npon an impulse of gratitude, generously oflered the serpent his head. The serpent hesitated at first, but finally nocepted the offered jrift, when he at once uocame very rnucn reaucea in size and was much less harmful than before, though still an unpleasant companion. The small animal was no longer the graceful little creature of former timei, but became an artist's assistanttand bore many burdens, yet they wero all light and beautiful. Ethyl. 1718 TBAltSPOSmOlf. The vessel labored In tho storm, And we could just discern each form. That wildly to the uggmg clung As round the sea-lashed rocks she swung. "O horrors !" cried I in despair, "O is there not a man to dare, These poor distracted souls to save And one them from a atury grave." But a I spoke a sailor bold. "With sinew s iron, and heart of gold. Had launched his craft upon the tide And all the elements defied. "I'll do or die," he beavely said, ' And o'er the seething waters sped. Inspired by his example brave. More ventured on the treacherous wave. And strove, regardless of their doom, To snatch them from a living tomb, Snarinc- no labor and no skill. Behold the. grand results of will I Despite the raging of the sea. Despite the wind's fierce Jubilee, This wretched and despair!? crew. Soon reached a iarbor -safe and two. Amir 1718 OBLIQUB BXOTABGXB, L A letter. 2. Undivided. S. To deliver a publlo discourse, i. A "flat" familiar to solvers. 8. An ancient country of Europe. 6. A part of the ear. 7. A balcony. 8. A listener. 9. A bird. 10. A kind of ood. 11. Pertaining to castor oil. 12. A weapon in early England. 13 One who makes holes in the ground for seed. U. A point. 15. A tumor. 18. A letter. Booaja. 171t CURTAILMEHT. Primal and final were two final branches. Who arrived in this sad world together, Or, in order to make my meaning more clear. They were twins, born In fair summer weather. Prime flourished and soon toozerf exceedingly strong. While final was sickly and weak; But aside from this defect, they looked as near like As two peas in a pod, so to speak. But, alasl for fond hopes, one unfortunate day Sweet final grew worse and soon died; While the mother stood near, as in agonized voice, Tinal, darling, sweet jlnaV'.she cried. ZxVTXfi. JIXW miZES JOE SZTTXirBBB. For this month there will be six winners. The prizes are six annnal subscriptions to "Garden Notes," a neat little monthly full of hints for the amateur, and they will be awarded the senders of the best six lots of answers for the month. The solutions, as usual, must be forwarded in weekly install ments. AJT8WZK3. 1694 The House of Seven Gables. 16951. Oc-cur. 3. Pat-tern. 3. Hag-taper. 4. Man-drill. 1695 For-oge. 1697 E UAH E A C E D RANKLES MANTJ K A N C E RACKBENTEB8 MELANIANS DENTATE SCENE EE S S 1688 Brain, rain. 1699 Forest-meadow. 1700 D E T E S T S REMA INS G EMM ATE V M B R E L S YE LL O WS REAPERS ,, ... v DE ST INT . 1701 A tmosphere. 1702 Frow-n. ' 1703 N abo B I nnr E Gyra L H ora L T lar A S api D H pU O A sne N D ivaN E xfr A 1704 Slave, veals, salve, laves, rales. The Robin and the Bobolink. fw kitties ron Tin Disr-ATcn.j Of all the birds in our town I like the robin best. For though he gulps our cherries down He sings with such a zest. He gets the first berrv So always is merry. And so sweet is his lay, That I think a great pitv, Of folks in the oity, Who don't hear his ditty, In the early spring day. Then next I love the bobolink, MJho starts his song with, "spinkl spankl spinkl" The Robin. He cornea in May, t Oh happy day, That brings him to us from the South; And the meadows resound. With the Jubilant sound. Which rings with glee from out his mouth. In corn plant ing time He always is near, And his funny rhyme I was glad to hear. Of "drop it aownfplclc it upl' quick! qulckl auickl Advice I was veryapt to (; rase, When many grains I'd rop by mistake. For we wero told not to plant them ' too thick, Robert of Lincoln. Atmr Clare. They Speak From Experience. "We know from experience in the use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy that it will prevent croup," says Messrs. Gadberry & Worley, JPercy, Is. - They also add that the Hemeoy has givtn great satisfaction in that vicinity, and that tbey believe it to be the best in the market for throat and lung diseases, , wbu flitm Ww ' FITIBBTTKQ - DISATOH, THE BLKDM SAW. A Lesson Drawn from the Story of the Miracle at Bethsaida. FAULTS OF SOCIETY AND CHUECH, Good Seeing Finds a Dlflerence'Betirew a Jten and a Tree. THJJ ONE BAB A SOUL, THE OTHEK HOKB rwWTTwr s"ob tes prsr-ATCH. j "And he looked up and said, I see menj for I behold them as trees, walking," That is what a blind man' saw. The man was blind like the rest of us. We may have better eyes than he had; but we do-not see with our eyes. Everybody knows that "We sea with our minds. The mind looks out through the lens of the eye, as through a glass, and so sees. But how much we see with our eyes depends upon the seeing mind. Every summer crowds of people go over to see Europe, but what they see depends upon what they know. The most expert oculist cannot make a dull mind see. There was a wise man in the old time who put out both his 'eyes, and even then saw more than anybody else in all Greece, It is the mind that sees. And when we coma to think of sight as mind seeing, we cannot escape the confesiion of blindness. For clear seeing means clear thinkiner. And who will claim the prize for that? We are all brothers of the blind man, r HIS ETJSS HAW OPEH. This blind man, who at first saw nothing but a universal blackness, presently got his eyes half open. And Christ Said, "Do you see anything?" and the man answered "I see men, for I behold them as trees, walk ing." He saw men, and he was quite sure that they were men because they were walking about like trees. AVhether the men looked to him like trees, or the trees seemed to him to be walking about like men, it would ba hard to say. But it is evident what a hazy, blundering visiou he had. "We can see better than that. "We can tell a man from a tree. Anyhow, we think we can. But can we? Is that sure? Isn't it true, now, that a man is more of a man if he owns a tree? Suppose that he owns 'a hundred trees, and a great green acre oj smooth lawn in tne soaaow ot tnemj suppose that he has got a lot of big trees together and built himself a fine house out of them, isn't he more of a man on that account? And so, isn't a tree a part of a man? Doesn't it go to the making of man hood? Ought we not to regard him as the first among men who posses the most trees? DETEBMINATION OP STATION. You will not say that, nor will L "We know better than that. "We know very well that not what a man has, but what he is, makes him more of man or less of a man, and settles his real station in the company of men. We know that character means manhood, and that the man of best character is the best man,' and that trees have nothing to do with it. We do not mistake trees for men. Butcan we say as much of all our neigh bors? Is that the common way of estima tion? Look closely at this blind man of Beth saida, and see if you don't know him. Isn't his name Society? What this blind man needs is that Christ shall touch him and set his eyes wide open, so that he may know a man when he looks at him. Aristocracy is an abiding charac teristic of human life. It has always ex isted; it exists everywhere, and it will con tinue on into the world to come. For the aristocrats are simply the best That is what the word means. And there will al ways be the best There will never arrive a day when we Bhall all be perfectly equal saints and heroes. But best in what? The ideal aristocracy who shall belong to it? Sometimes it has been made up oi the men with the stoutest muscles; sometimes of the descendants of the oldest settlers; sometimes of the people with the fullest pocketbooks. But Christ leaves no doubt as to THE IDEAL ARISTOCRACY. Society, looking about with open eyes and clear vision, to choose its best, will base its choice not upon any of these condi tions. Christ cared not for strength, except for strength of character. It mattered not to Him though a man's great-grandfather was the patriarch Abraham. And He loved the poor man just as much as He loved the rich man. Look at the men whom Christ chose as the aotual aristocracyin His own ideal commonwealth. The Twelve Apostles were selected not even for their wisdom, but sim ply for their devotion to their Master. They were men who gladly followed Christ They were the friends of Christ xne uime maKes snort work or conven tional aristocracies. The proudest prince gets no nraise in that impartial and just uisiory ii ne were a man wno loilowed not the will of God. The standard of approbation in the Bible is the rule of righteousness. And when society looks out of dim eyes no longer but sees with clear vision, touched by the healing' hand of Christ, then he will have praise and welcome who brings man hood with him; Christian birth or bank ac count There will be no longer any doubt as to the identity of a man. KNOWLEDGE OF DrFFEEEirCTjB. One oftheniost important advantages of signi is mat it gives a Knowledge of differ ence. It makes it possible for us to dis tinguish between a man and a tree. Anil this knowledge of difference is one of the most useful pieces of information that any body can have. Because it tells us what is valuable and what is not We know what things are really worth. And that is the be ginning of all sorts of success. A large part of the battle of life has been fought and gained when one has learned the difference between a man and a tree. For that is the difference between thn irrpnt tin A the small, between mind and matter, be tween the eternal and the transitory, be tween earth and heaven. Success begins with a recognition of the value of things. It is conditioned upon a sense of proportion. Nobody ever made a fortune who expended any considerable amount of "?5 time upon "60 cent jobs." Nobody ever succeeded who habitually mistook small things for great, or great things for small. ANOTHEB BLIND If AN. Look again at this blundering blind man. Isn't his name the Church? This, anvhow. is exactlv what tho nVmrnli is doingmaking a mistaken valuation, reading life with a wrong emphasis, setting small things in the place of great things. Some people think that the adoption of col ored bookmarks is a sign of the advance of true religion. A vested p.hnir i n roo-I. ment enlisted against the armies of the devil. The growth of ritual is a growth in righteousness. Other people think that those things are earthly, sensual, and of the pit The mischief is in caring about these things at all. What the Church wants is men. The mission of the Church is to up lift men. All else is utterly subordinate. To teach the truth of God, and to get peo ple where they can take the hand o? Christ this is what the Church exists to. do. Christ looks straight into tho eyes of men. What does He care about the color of the leaves in the tree over his head. It is only tho blind man who mixes men up with trees, and cannot tell which is which. ' The whole question of ritual, the whole discus sion on both sides as to the cut and color of the parson's clothes, is nothing but a blind man s blunder. " quarrels as small things. There ar few hindrances which offer worse obstruction to the progress of Chris tianity than the dissensions of 'Christians. And if you wijl think what these dissen sions are about you will see that they are very little things Indeed. Some people say that the rest of ns are not good Christians because we -eing "psalms and hymns and spiritual sontrs." iWn.irl nf slneios the psalms only, in Francis House's version. tjome people say that the rest of us orB.not SUNDAY.. SEPTEMBER 6. Christians at all, and have never been bap tized, because we have not been baptized ac cording to a certain peculiar ritual. Now it is a particular musical instrument which makes discord in the Christian congrega tion. Again, it is the necessity of inserting a certain word in the Constitution of the United States. Shall the Christian man be long to a secret society? After what pat tern shall the ideal Christian Church be organized and governed? In our way, say the Antrlieansr in -nnr wav. sav the Koman- Jts; in our way, say the Presbytenftna;in our way, say the Baptists, Down in the southern counties of this State THK ITDMBEE OF BUTTONS which a man shall wear upon his coat Is a matter of religion. Over in Eussia the number of fingers whichHhe priest shall hold up" when ne pronounces the benedic tion is a matter of religion. Hint, anise and cummin ! These are the things about which we can't agree. We are at'one in the essentials. We can say the Apostles' Creed together. But we figh't each other when we ought to be fighting the enemy, becaust our different regiments wear different regiment als. Blind I blind 1 The Christian Church is a mighty giant There is no end to its strength and its power, and no limit to the possibilities of Its victory over the world, the flesh and the devil. But the giant is blind, and cannot tell the difference between a man and a tree,, between the little and the big. And the fiant is breaking twigs, when ne ought to e uplifting nations. Christ healed a great many people in the years of his blessed ministry.but the writers of the gospels seem especially fond of tell ing us how he opened the eyes of the. blind. For that is one of THE SACKAMENTAL MIRACLES. Beneath the outward gesture and deed lies the spiritual meaning. We are all more or less blind. We are all feeling our way about in the haze, not seeing every, thing clearly, and otten making blunders, taking men for trees. And Christ came to be the light of the world. He came to open our blind eyes, and to show us what things are to teach us the eternal difference between trees and men. Itis all very well to talk about the short comings of soeietv and thn fanlla of ihn Church, but we must.remember that there is no sucn tning as aostraet society, nor an ab stract Church. These names mean us. So ciety means all of us considered socially, The Church means all of us considered ec clesiastically. Every time we are counted in. Society is blind, and the Church is blind, because you and I do not see as clear ly as we might Look once more at this mistaken blind man. Is there not a certain familiarity in the features of his face? Where have we looked into his blind eyes before? Ah, yes; in our own mirror. I know a groat many people, and could set down their names and residences upon a sheet of paper, and would only hesitate about the stopping place, who are as blind as that blind man was at .Bethsaida. They are taking the small things of life tqbe the great things. CHTTBCH-QOINa AS A TESTi They are very busy, day after day, in car ing for what concerns their bodily comfort: they are neglecting their souls. I would not say that church-going is an essential duty of the Qhristiaa life. There is scarcely anything about it in the hristain Script ures. But church-eoinff is a nrettv sure Ltest of the Christian life. I have never known anybody about whose real Christian ity I was certain, who did not want to go to church. And when I see. people busy and interested on Saturday, and busy and interested on Monday, and invisible and asleep on Sunday, I take it that that means something. And I know not what it means unless it is that these Sunday sleepers are forgetting that they have any soul. My friends, if there are any of you with in reach of these words honestly now, what are you doing for your souls? I know pretty well what you are doing for your juiuua, nuu wuai you are doing ior your business, and what you are doing for yonr pleasure. But you have a soul; you know that And your soul is THE MOST YALTTABLB POSSESSION " that you have, isn'$ it? This alone, of all that makes up your life, will determine your eternal future. And your soul needs care, doesn't it? Xour body does, your business does, your mind does. The soul won't grow, left to itself, like a tree. If you doirt care ior your soul, your soul will simply go on in the way of all things that are uncared for; it will die. And you will lose your soul. There is a big difference between a man and a tree, and tho biggest part of the dif ference is in the fact that a man has a soul, while a tree has only trunk and branches. But there are always people blind enough to miss that Somehow, it takes pretty clear sight on the part of all of us to see that distinctly, and really to get it into our understanding, xo set tne emphasis on great things rather than on small things, to value the spiritual side of life at its right valuation, to keen the Kingdom of God and His righteousness first and foremost every day we live, is the order of things with all people who know a man from a tree. George Hodges. TEE GOOD IS BASEBALL. A lawyer and a Minister rind Good Many Things in It to Commend. Philadelphia Press. "The future historian of the manners and customs of the people at this latter half of the nineteenth century," said a lawyer whose practice is too large to permit many afternoons off, "will have to give not a lit tle attention to the great open-air game of baseball. I wonder whether we of to-day catch the full significance of the mania? Street gamins who 30 years ago were plot ting all sorts of iniquity in imitation of dime heroes, are to-day holding heated ar guments over their favorite ball players. Look at the immense educative features of the game. You will find dozens of young sters who have never read a book fully posted on the records and features of all the I great players. "Ana tnennotetne enormous aisclolinarv effects on the countless many who play the game. To hold your peace under provoca tion, to work against certain defeat, to obey orders, to keep cool under the most trying circumstances. America will never lack for military talent so long as its youth have "There is another aspect your remarks suggest," put in a well-known divine who had been an interested listener, "That hun dreds of thousands of people throughout the land should desert their tasks daily to sit in the open air and watch a game, which, while it may appeal to their gambling pro pensities, certainly also appeals, to their love of fairness, and to the higher emotions is most significant Contrast it with the enervating pleasures of the dance, or the often dangerous illusions of the theater. I should like to see my old friend Walt Whit man sing the song of the ball field. He says that all heroic deeds were conceived in the open air, and all free poems also, and if so, then baseball is producing the heroes you expect" a wwa .u.Ma. COLD TO BEDTCE FACT. Carbonlo Add Snow Is Now Used to Do the Work at Cocaine. The use of solid carbonic acid as an anaes thetic has been patented by Dr. Eobert Wiesendanger, of Hamburg. When the liquefied gas is poured from the iron cylin ders in which it is compressed it rushes out in the form of white mist, which may be collected as flakes of -pure carbonio acid snow and pressed into solid Brasses that will last for several hours. The solidified carbonio acid produces great cold, which may be made to benumb any part of the body to such au extent, that minor surgical operations are made painless. In the -experiments made at a, Hamburg hospital it was tried on a boy of 13 with SUCh Success that lis trntoliiw? wllhnnt shrinking while a out five inches long was made In his leg. good old Rakers. Their Distinctive Garb Is Not Seen Yery Often Nowadays. STILL THE SOCIETY IS GROWING. Yearly Meetings Are Now Diacmalnff the Hireling Ministry. THE PECTJLUE MaEEIAGE CEEEH0HT rwBimar jroit tub dispatch. Tbe.Quaker stood under his smooth, broad brim, In a plain, drab suit, that, simple and, trim, Was Detter than royal robes to him Who looked to the Inward part. The Quaker is still with ns, although the "smooth, broad brim" and the "plain, drab suit" no longer mark nine out of ten. of the present day followers.of Penn. This dis tinguishing feature in the garb of the early Friends is still quite common in the City of Brotherly Love, and scattered up and down all over this great country are little hand fuls of people whose religious faith is known by the shape of their hats and bon nets and the peculiar plainness of their coats and gowns. But if the Quaker census of to-day was to be taken by the rule of dress and speech alone, the prevailing opinion that these people are surely dying out would be justified by the figures. The Quaker is still in the land in greater numbers than ever before, but the "thee" and the "thou," tho "first, day" and the "second month," the broad-brimmed hat and the cutaway coat, with straight collar, are not prominent features of modern Quakerism. WEAKEST AT ITS BIRTHPLACE. The Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, is now known as the Friends Church. Its representatives are found in every State and Territory of the Union, but where William Penn built his city and George Fox preached, and Quakerism for two oenturies flourished, the society as a church is to-day the weakest." The annual convocations known as "yearly meetings" for this year began in April with Philadel phia, followed in regular order and a lew weeks apart'by Dublin, London, New Tork, New England, Canada and North Carolina. Ohio yearly was in session at Mt Pleasant last week, and the annual meetings of Iowa, Western and Eastern Indiana will be held this month, followed by Kansas in October and Baltimore in November. Each of these yearly meetings is the ultimate authority and the highest court of appeal In its own territory. It Is officially attended by repre sentatives from the subordinate meetings, but all members mav be present with the. privilege of taking part in the proceedings. There is no ecclesiastical connection be tween the yearly meetings, but a system of fraternal correspondence exists throngnout the entire chain, with the exception of Phil adelphia yearly meeting, which stands aloof, and by aetion, at least, if not by word, pro claims to the others, "I am holier than thou." Many of the individual members, however, are in hearty accord with the great body of the church. In not a few of the yearly meetings this year the important work of revising the dis cipline in order to make it conform more nearly to the needs of an enlightened and advancing church will claim much serious attention. The pastoral question now has a large place in the annual discussions, and the people who only a few decades ago were a unit in their opposition to a "hireling min istry" in all Its forms, are to-day asking for pastors toi whom they are willing to give liberal and stated sums, in other words, a salary. The sessions of the yearly meeting continue about one week. Not one of the great moral and religious questions of the day is overlooked in the discussions and de liberations. NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. Wonderful have been the ohanges that the Friends as a church have undergone in the last 60 years. It is within the 'recollection of those who count themselves still young that silent meetini7i wfirAimnnmTn nn nthna. J with preaching and prayer. Singing was sao- ucgu, uuu ruuuiug ino jjiDie in cnuron was no better. The meeting houses all over the land were built on the same plan. They were rectangular buildlmrsdlvideuln to tworooms, one for each sex. Tlie partition was so ar ranged with ropes and pulleys that the two rooms could be made into one tor general services. On meeting days for church busi ness, the "shutters" were closed; and men and women thus formed two separate de lioeratlve bodies. Marriage services were held according to the "Ancient Order of Friends." No one conlfl safely look over the denominational fence for a life partner without finding him Belf on the outside of the fence. An offender in this direction was visited by a committee fiom the monthly meeting. If he was will ing to stultify his actiozvor to dissemble to the extent of saying that he wns sorry for the step he had taken, he was further "treated" with, and the probable result would be a condoning of his fault. But gen erally the offending member had too much spirit and honor, and sometimes too mu;h religion to tell a deliberate lie, so out of the chmch he must go to keep company with his '"worldly partner," a term or reproach which was as often applied to members of utuer uepurawaiions as to inose wno had no church connection. THE QUAKER MARRIAGE CEREMONX. In olden times it was an infraction of dis cipline even to witness tne marriage of a member by any other ceremony than that of the church. Getting married according to the established custom of Friends was cer tainly a fiery ordeal, and no greater test of tuynLiy cumu uave Deen Drought to bear upon the young people of that-day or any other. At the monthly meeting just preced ing the date fixed upon for the nuptials the contracting parties publicly announced their intention of marriage. A committee was appointed to take the case in hand. It was to make inanirv toisnrtin rth existed any prior engagement on the part of either person that might cause grave com plications. On finding no obstructions the committee finished their work by attending the marriage to see that everything be done decently and in order. But these church ureLuruii auu sisters naa no commission to perform the ceremony and make the matter as easy as possible. O, no, the young peoplo must marry themselves. No gllb-tongued priest or minister, no awkward Justice of the Peace to take the lead and bear the brunt of embarrassment Marriage in Quaker meeting meant something very On the day appointed tho old meeting house was filled tq the very doors with an expectant throng. People had come from many miles around to witness what to them wan u incre entertainment. A ne bridal party was seated facing the main part of the audi ence, and for an hour or more was the cy nosure of a thousand onrious. critical ?. less eyes. The young couple were gettlntf their nerves in trimforthe affair. At length thevenerableheadoftbemeetingannounced that the time was at hand for the marriaire to take place. The critical moment had come. The flushed and trembling couple who had never spoken a word befqje an au dienoe in all their Uvea, now arose and with hands clasped nlisrhted their Vnwg Tirnr. many witnesses. The groom spoke first, as AUUun. i i " mo presence oi tne Lord and before this assembly I take Mary White to be my wife, promising, with Divine assistance, to be unto her a faithful and lov ing husband until death shall separate us " The bride then repeated the same words with the necessary changes of names and pronouns, and the ordeal was passed. EVERYBODY SIGNED THE CERTIFICATE. The marriage certificate "was then read to the congregation and signed, first by the new married couple, followed by as many of their friends as- dtsired to Icita ii ,-. minder that they had witnessed the solemn ceremony that had mr.ae Henry Wilson and Mary White one Cesn. The company then dispersed. The church architecture of the Friends has undergone as decided a change as their dress and speech. Although plainness is yet a eardlnal feature, new churches are invar iably built after some modern plan. The minister's desk and the pews it other de nominations have gradually found their way into them. Congregational, singing is Sraotlcedin all church services, but nowhere as instrumental musio been adopted. The reading of the Bible is a regular exercise Families sit together in church, but pews are not rented. These changes cost many a pang to the conservative and lovers of old wavs and old thinors- hnt thn nf-rna nf k- 1891 times, as read by the younger life of the churoh, pointed plainly cither to the changes and innovations on the one hand, or to a slow and lingering though sure death on tho otner nana. Ana, maintaining the princi ples for which Fox, Penu ana Barclay suf fered bitter persecution, but discarding the empty husks of a peculiar speech and garb, the church is enjoying almost a phenomenal growth. Especially is this so in the Central Northern States, with Indiana as the banner itfiuuLsrinato extae union. NEW AU VJiarriSEMENTS. -t - p. VsWif"V2-' w. t vr i v r r , I ' WANT N 1 ADVERTISEM'TS. 1 1j Shrewd advertisers J prefer The Dispatch ' "-! nun I it i because it reaches the , best class of help, i " cent a word' 'is all it ' -' costs '. I SITUATIONS. 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