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KATY'S QUESTION&
Way down In Ws buttercup meadow,
I saw a Wl:Wilma-sheep to-day ;
And close by her side, in the clover,
A dear little lamb was at Way
Does the sheep-rnantuna lore her white tansnite,
Just as you lore use? Say,'lnannua, say ?
"yes, Klty, yes.
1 guess."
In the orchard, up lb the old pear tree,
• There are four7:.lttle birds In a nest t
Willie says they belong tqtlle robin
That has a red bib on her breast t— -
In all the great, wide world of birdies
Dots she love her own birdies the best?
" res, WNW, Toe,
So, I guc3s.
1
The last time I played In ty'ey.rden.
There was Just ons rid rive to he seen
But to-day there's a tiny pint rosebud,
Wrapped sip lu a blanket of greeut—
Does the rose want to k iss baby rosebud,
When else tries So far over to lean?
" Yes, baby, yes,
So, I guess,"
hastz4ltt I peeped out at the window,
Jttst, before I repeated illy prayer,
Arid the moon, ult it a star chew beside her,
Wasvalklng high op 1:a the
ht ! ' (;(41make
'Cause the.tataori W 3,3 SO lonely up there?
"lox, darling. yes,
!+, • so, I gaes3."
aiAellaqcolq. -
MOTHER 1 AND L
" Take a seat, sir, and welcome;
this is my favOrite spot sir, 'Linder
the maple.. Mother and I arc here
every day in summer,-, hi ;fact, as
soon'as the trees leave out we come,
too." .
IA very pleaSant place it Was, " un
der the maple," charming enough to
r,e the " favorite spot" of any one
possessing. the least admiration of
nature. The old-fashioned cushioned
chairs 'sat side by side, and near
thQlll little rustic table with some
newspapers, a copy of "Stepping
Ileavinmaed," and a half-knit blue
yarn sock lying upon it. One chair
was empty, for Mother Bray was
"looking aft'er supper," and Father.
Bray occupied the other chair, * and
gave the stranger a cordial invitation
to a seat by his side. • •
The stranger accepted readily; in
fact, he looked so weary, this quiet
resting place ; seemed a .delightful
heaven.. " What a lovely spot !” he
exclaimed, ,as he gazed about him ;
" this is indeed a home." .
In front of them a smooth lawn.
with a shaded lath leading' to the
gate at which the stranger had lin
4-iered a few minn!tes since. On the
right, separatin:r the lawn f..om• a:
carriage way was a low lattice fence,
almost concealed by a luxuriant
growth of honey,2tickle,linown to the
ohl people as "perpetual bloomer,"
and to the children as a friend that
qlways held out to them a tempting
*ray, and proved itself a public ben
efactor by filling the air with its del
icate perfume. Beyond a similar lat
tice on the left, covered with wood
bine, lay the kitchen garden, the
equal pride and delight of Father
and .Mother Bray. Directly before
the house, or rather before the 'gate-
Way, ran the country road mueThlused,
being the most direct way to the all
important " mill." Across the !road
way, neatly kept gardens and pretty
homes attracted the attmtion, vhilc
wooils and =hills stretched far " away.
ThC houses, live in n't4nher, I were
owned and-occupied f -byl the children
of. Father Bray, wlt& bOa,ted early
and late 1,1" ttie " live hopies with the
gram behildren the World
ever saw."
While the stranger p.,razeil ;;Iliont
himself, Pat,lii:r 13ray g - :;;;e4i
and at lezi;4ll he said,:
"Traveled far to-(fay, sir?
" Vc.s. $r ; ft 1on! , ilistanee."
"Business in these parts, may be ?"
" Not nmeh," said the stranger in
a careless tone, "only looking after
specimens."
" Oh!" said father Bray, with a
vivid recollection of two specimen
hunterslof.h previous season, who
had filled thc best china basin in the
stranger's room with all planner of
creePing.diings and twhose exploits
with some turtles had. caused all-the
yot6g Brays to go iktensively into
the turtle business ; but the old gen;
tleman did not allude to his former
guest.
El
•• Tids,is the sweetest place I have
seen in years, r ," said the stranger, as
'he lifted the blue, y;u•n stocking from
the little table.
••• That's Mother's work; she's al
ways knitting for some of her Ibqys,
or the boy's children. Mother never
likes to he idle."
The , stranger held the knitting
work carefully, almost tenderly, and
seeniedlost in thought. At last he
placed it. on the table, and said to his
new friend
" Von have certainly something
here good, sir, which money cannot
purchase. and which in my wander
ings I have longed for-a happy home."
Father Bray was On 2 of thoSe de
lightful old people it is sometimes
our good fortune to know.. lie could
talk so cheerily of the past, so happi
ly of the present, -and hopefudy of
the future, •it was a pleasure to hear
lifm. Ile never treated you to a
chapter of the sins of the present
time, and the virtues of the pa w l ; of
th e good boys and giris in his days,
and vicious oia s of now-a-dayS ; on
the Contrary, he often declared that
"human nature was of a muchness,
just ahead. as it always was." Mother.
was his model woman, and a lOvely
mamma she was, still erect, although
nearly seventy; rosy checked, bright
eyed and kindly face; she spoke to
you in a sweet nice, and looked so
charniing under her 'white muslin
cap. you could forget yourself if a
stranger, anti calf her " niothcr's i as
sincerely as her own proud children.
Just the satin.; year after year.
"Mother Bray " never seemed.old or
seemed to grow old ; in fact, some of
the-young members of-the dock have
been known to treat certain urchins
to a sound drubbing for the unh e ard
of impertinence Of saving "Old Miss
It was a pleasure to bear Father
Bray speak of his wire; ainee the day
the oldest, had nestled in her
:I A111 ; 4:fi e had called her "Mother,",
hpys and rz.irl besides their own gave
her the sweet, holy title, anti even
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RWANDA, q,Alivolp),CollNTY, PA., PIOiSDAY.3IO4NIXG, JUig _29.. tOd.
T" -- — l -- 1" -- ' 7 7 ---- ' l---- , --- 7 - 7
the reetor• of
.St. James,' a man T- -, ,who
froze allthe nn stilt whenever he iii)-
peared, e.alle r 1
her not only, "Mother
Bray," but`dicelared that she was " a
- Mother in Israel." .
Far away the neighboring towns
she was known as a skillful nurse, a
trusted friend,, and "a goOd ehris
tian, it there is dile Oil earth:"'
quite handsome," but alittle more
feeble, washer husband, wh4 pointed
out his age; in the old Bible as, seven
ty-tWo and tbld his friends he "had
reached his three score and*, and
was , now .-- walking •on borrowed
ground."libthing except his Bible
pleaSed the old man so well tis:a good
listener while he preached.Ntn his
favokite text " Mother." ,IlUnd in
Land, heart, a iswering to heart, they
had joiirneye on, since the lone ago,
when - she,a b I
bushing bride, Mid taken
him,s,' for bet ror Worse." The years
with their joys and sorrows had
bound.them closer, and the ilitisband
of seventy-tWo far surpassed as a
lover the bridegroom of twenty-four.
All his essays on "Mother ~' ended
with' this sentence, utteredi in the
most emphatiO manner: "Ile!! you.
no one knows; half her goodness; hut
then:we are :t foolish pair oft old lov
ers.'?
TO-night, while the strangei rested,
the 'Old mag', pointed out tLie homes
of lies children; and in reply to a
questioh of guest as , to the means
used' to Induce them to remain near
him lie said :
" I owned all the,land abut here,
sir, ;and it always 'seemed ci pity to
me to see i breaking up and
wandering a`way from each `other, so
Mother and I talked it all Over and
agreed to treat all the Lord sent us
alike; and las preri Mostly want good
hoines fOr their wives and children to
start; out why, we thoUght we
might help them ; so when Sam want
ed tOsettle th we gave hiin the
landiund Money enough to build a
comfortabla. house. Mother kept an
account of 1 1 ito and put it irlown
what: she calls ithe ".childreus hOok;'1
and three years after we,did the Same
by our iirstl giO, and soon,l all but
one—:.,his shat is waiting for him, 'if
he wants it if not, the Maker knows
best.?!
" llow'many children in al
"Five.about, here, sir; or.!,
derer, and three with God." 1
The maple leaves fluttered
- interlude, and once more the
spoke.
, "Would you mind tellinFia Stran
ger Somethiroilof your life 1 Peace
- am prosperity'
arc so cleverly yours,
I weillil• like to find your pathway."
"There is not much to tell; sir,"
the old mat said. "I was married
to the best 1,,- iin ton'n, am :.settled
dowridiere to r ' work. We made ,our
i
way slowlyind surely, adtb4g to'our
house as tiM Lbril added to Or flock,,
If We have I.)Cen more, prOsperous.
thanlsome, it's all MotheriSdoing;
and as to peace, she is the lest kind
of a! peacemaker. Now and then,
When the boys were small, and things/
Wentlicontrary4 why I use/ to get
crossc,and nervous like, for 4 had a
tempir i of My oNiti ; but bless
with -=-.MOther, shOljust look atlme with
thOse sorroWfui. looking eyei, and it
alivaYs made me feel mean and bate
myself. She bilought her:children up
so, , sir, her pitiful lookg, and her
prayers, did nuire for their than sharp
wor(18 or a rod. As to' money, the
credit is hers for it all; the little a
. iilan . earns don't amount to much,
but the little ahvoinan saves seems to
count, up. 'What With her teaching
the bbys to saV i e the school bills, and
patehing and mending to cheat the
tailor, and turning this and! twisting
that, ;she alsr.iys made things come
out tight. Wily, sir, when I was
mourning laseanse I could iOt see my
way Clear to send Will to college,
wheni I found 'that he was set about
going; she to:dime not to wOrry, she
and the girlS•could manage l it—and
they did, sir ; they sold butier, milk,
eggs,ll poultry„ and, took 1 summer
boarders, Working &illy and liite., ,
Will I can liobV up his head with any
of your learned men now. Ilk's got
all t,11,.6 practice he can atten I to,
and!
is called the bebestdoetOr are and hoe.
1
He owes Wall to his. mother and sis
ters, I . Sir.. • The!,children all helped
themselves,, .aM, that made thingS'
easy. By the time our youngest boy
was ready for si7lio4 I made some
thing hand Some by selling al mill site
to a city cOmp:inv, it'nd sinee then,
,-) - .
.one Way and anotherOt's been pretty
plairsailing. 1 wasLn't,. for letting
then; have it, lint ..Mbther aid yes,
411(1 . I
have alWays been glad. Our
town 11881 gro'n wonderfnlly 'since .
then.l and, thOe grandchildren of
mine ;: won't he obliged to •itti away.
,
to find . work. !I've always said men
don't , give their wives half .credit
enough for their work. It {{seemsa
' Mean way of looking at thi g 8 for, a
man to live on less moneyltlian one
of these 'servants our eit;) l ' friends
bring .here ever , summer—but there,
there!s Mother calling me tl tea; she
.always. tap . on the window ;that way=.
'for the. Walk -ight in; sir,land take
a cup of tea and home-made' bread.
It's 4 longi NVII - 4 - to the, ta‘lern, and
Mother neNler teela put out j)) , unex:-
peeted company." 1
The stranger hesitated a moment,
1
and then aecepted the invita ion with
I
many thanks.
Father Bray ntroduc,ed him in his
own fashion, saying : " Here's a stran
ger, Mother, ‘ ,4 ..i take a bite with us;
I caul!, justly calliiim by ;same.!'
"JOsepliS, sir said the 'stranger;
with a polite bOw. I
" Yes, yes, 11!r-, Jo.4ephs, !Mother .;',
I tell : Wm we always have room fora
stranger at our table."
. 1 . 1
" Indeed we i have,' sir ; i you are
heartily weieoe." ' - 1
"Hannah," lid site, addressing,
T i.
her assistant, ' bring a. plate for the
gentleman," anl all Mother Bray's
hospitality w.a. aroused When the
1
stranger said it vas along taut; since
he had tasted f bonie7made. bread:
A very pleaslintlittle tea , , party' of
three and a ve social .one for the
i • .
stranger asked l ry a
good mauy tille.:4-
tiotis ii conc!;:rbing the town, which
host and hoStesS were pleased to an
swer. At last he asked, " Who has
charge of the Mill you were BpeBking
of?" L
" ayer"Ory," said the old i'llail ;
" one a'. our town liOys f and the (imit
of our Joe; jiist his age, too."'
Mother Brayl ; piit . down . the tea
spoon she' hal lien bahineing u 4 the
REGARDLEM OF DENUNCIATION ' OM ANY qtrAM'ER.
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,
'top of her 'eup during the conversa
tion and a sigh escaped he .
The sanger looked at her instant
ly, and rather Bray hastened to say:
There, Mother dear, I didn't mean
to name him; my tongue, grows este
less as my head grows clumsy."
Mother Way rose at once, and the
old man led his gdest back to the
Seat 'under the znaple, sayibg as he
went,'" Poor Mother,' she eat't give
tip her baby yet; my fooliSh speech
will cost her a sleepless night. Do
you smoke?"
" I confess to a weaknc.
point."
"Then you'll have comp
sir, f'or the children come ix
Mid Willie is a great smoke
"Do your children visit
livening ?"
" Oh, yo it Is ode of t
customs. The boys take
looking after the chores furi .i
insist on coining to my chaff
as supper is done; in winter
my chair close to the wind
can watch them coining* in.'
One afternOon they tntc
gate and walked dp the lit
the grand-children running
krandpa• first, and the elder ,
ing as they saw his guest. T
ger moved away from the
after greeting his children, al
apparently looking at the lo
but in reality .seeing nothim
happy group.
X moment or two later a
ing man, came whistling to•
party, and was introduced
son William."
" I have been saying to
Willie, 'you would soon be
join him in a smoke."
" With all nty heart," said Willie,
holding out his hand to the Stranger;
A very foolish habit; sir,blit a kind
Of a solace only busy men can enjoy."
The stranger drew frond his pocket
can elegant cigar ease and requested
him to try one of then, ; _lie had
brought them across the sea fdr his
Own use; perhaps he. mig it fancy
them.
In ten minutes the two wi
Ling away like old friend
Mother Bray and the girls w
brig an important 4onsUltal
oerning tomato catsup, mid i
Was holding Mary's baby.
"This is certainly the Ga
r have ever smoked ; you
My Unita exactly."
!" said the'stranger;
quiet smile, "I am very glad
predate them; wanderers lilt
sometimes•find a rare articN
"Speaking of wanderers,'
doctor, "did fathertell ye
stray one? is, next to ml
]tubby."
;! t " Ile alluded to an absent' One, but
t, did not ask him any questions; al
though I was ; greatly it terested.
You know , we rovers ltav, , a kind of
Masonic friendship for one another."
" I can imagine it, for onr absent
brother left us twelve years rirro to see
something of the world; he possessed
mania , far travel: At I first he'
thought only of Cali foinia, ia
year was enough foe 'hint ; N then , he
Went to China, anal afteriyards joined
scientific party and went to Brazil.
We heard froM him once or twice
after he left the party, and joined
sOme gentlemen as restless aft himself.
Ile had a superior mind, kaswell
-
read, and one Of the,best brothers a
an ever had. 4. Poor, dear Joe S I
Would give a half, yes, :two-thirds of
niy. income, to hear Something of
him."
MI
c a wan-
a short
speaker
"Did he never send home
from the places he visited ?"
" Yes, once only then a
taming a Chinese present fq
us, and a picture of
painted, but showing us hl',
ugly sear on his forehead e
a!terrible fall. Ben's you*
is named forihim, and fall
hOlds Lira an hour at a.tline
at the picture, and telling hi
(tear Uncle Joe, who was
(rood little boy."
" Do your parents still
Ills return IMnsked the strut]
seemed much moved by tl
We.
" Father gave him up lc;
bid mother and the girls at
he will come; and little Ben
tither and mother by
Uncle Joe will come some
then won't •we love !
says, ',Poor Joe, he must 10
to the other three.'" L
' The light had gone did
stranger's cigar ; he Wati
more towards the family gPe
just then Father Bray called
" Willie, can't you: lirevai
new friend to pass the, night
The tavern is a poor place :4,
H" With my heart," Sahli
tor ; " 1 can assure yen moth
bi.als are an improvement on!
you will find at Mir hotel; a,
ifs, we .are glad to see a s
face, although we are quite
Ment among ourselves."
" . D0 you. give every on
hearty reception ?" asked th
• ger. "If so, I wonder 14
. eVer visit the hotel ?"
It is selfish in us, sir," sai
Bray ; "we are pleased
gnest to entertain, and nic
that, I hold it a command fO
use hospitality without grO
the stranger rose s , touched
and said : " You may nevi
hOw deeply I feel your kind
Mary and he - r loisband'
said they must go, for babyl
ea asleep in grandma's ar
Ilen came around the corn
house leading little-Joe by t
``. I've helped to de k all - ,yo
grandpa—". and; the child I
short and glaneed at the
who was listening to Unclej
"Come here, Joey, come
gentleman ; lie can tell a l
storie:3."
:11e walked slowly up
Will,keeping his eyes fasten
st:aug.er • but :Lt last. he fu',
self nested in the doctor's I.
he' sat. looking eagerly at. th
"My little than," said the
won't it sit in my lap ~
Will 1133 bellies to love
good people have some one
for and pet their, brit I Lace
person in this great world td
to'-night."
, 4 TWIT' i wilt," Raid the ci
with a Wind hu was in the b
• •
ME
CM
argil., The gentlemen looked at each
othei and smiled. The boy played
Witham atraner's wateliguard, asked
Homo questions about a Arauge charm
upon It, and at last, , looking the
Strluiger full' in the face, lie said, with
childish abruptness, " I've seeil you
some place before."
" Did you ?" said the stranger;
"where could it have been? I never
seen:yOn ,befcirb:"
" I" raps it Tras at the State Fair,"
said Vie child
" Think not, my man ; I have only
.lieeriin the State 11,. few hours." •
"Joey, dear, don't annoy the gen
tleman with
,questions."
" Do r I , noy you?"' queried Josef.
"!cot g particle," said his. friend.
: ‘‘ I've seen you some place,"
said 14osey eolandently, " or else you
are juSt like somebody somewhere."
"Joey takes queer fancies that
head orhis, sometimes," said Uncle
Wilk .1.
s on that
~ ny soon,
at night,
f?
ou every
c
tßrns
us,' and
as soon
they roll
ow so I
The :stranger Ohl not reply, bnt
watched the boy closely. "Josey,"
said "could you remember who
the SOmehody was if I took off my
hat .
red the
'tie path,
to kiss
s hesitat
['he stran
old man
:nd stood
iulscape,
but :the
" I.'raps so; do it." And the stran
ger did, but still Josey looked pnz
z,e4; " May be I dreamed 'about
you," Said Josey.
JOSey's father was busy 'then tell
ing the family
. group about- a new
puniP be proposed trying ; and plo
one obSeriwd Undo Willy the strang
er and Jo.
Fine look
aril the
as. "my
" new friend w
aititt4l glance at the doctor, "1$
Icioklike tiomebody?" a,n(l.t
Ily guet,
1 liue .1.,0
away?' from his; broad full curdle, d.
The iI iI I gate one long searcbig
lookiJand then reaching . Up.ne:i7r
the `stranger's ear he. • . 11 , 11.isfier (1,
"yolf;l6,ok like Uncle Joe's-picture,
is vnu?''
• `•Y'-es:darling," he ansWered in a
husky yoice, l 4 your own' wanderinr!
uncle , eon:di:it last."
Pr.l sprang to his feet, the
never; knew what became of that "sit
perhir cigar,"'but seizing his broth- -
er's linnfis he led him into the group,
saying,"Pather, Mother, here's the
best Present you ever had, here's our
dear . ? Old Joe, God bless him." ,
Mother Bray kissed the "dp,ar
chile as she had twelve years be
fore,*ittirer, wcPt like a child over
his "preeimis boy," and brothers and
sisters ivhirled; him about, hugged
him, .kissed and shook him, un
til hdAhrew himself upon the gi.iis4
'quitere.N.hausted, where he was jOi
ed bylittle Joe, who declared "lit is
mine anyhow, furl finded him first."
The Children were allowed to sit ;up
an WO later than usual, and their .
parents!nsked so many questions of
"Mr.;JOSeplis," he insisted upon it,
they 4tUelied him - As fiercely as Mos
quitoesjlin India.
"IIOW about tho.4e specimens, You
rascal,'? said Dr. Will, giving him an
affectionate pinch.
iraS looking for specimens of
the hiniian Wart," Said Joe gravely,
lbund rare precious ones."
"11 - ,4, could you see us all, 4nd
keep Still?" said Ben.
"I nearly broke down," he' answer
ed, "when,Lwent into the old in
ing rOuni, and saw' Mother, .but She
did not; see her baby in the rough
man,- - and then, when yon all came
in, mithing but that cigar kept me
from playing the baby; and I came
near drOpping that, when Will *as
telling me what he would give to see
his brother once more."
re chat
is,
while
ere hold
con-
I grandpa
est cigar
have 'Lit
4 with a
t 1 'you up
-14! myself
siahl the
u of "our
ther his
Th 6 doeter responded to this with
a hea rtY shake of the eau t,
"I think, lehildren"'said{ Father
Bray, "we had Letter walk - into the
sitting room, and say a few wordsto
a Fri lid that has been good to us
all, especially to Mother and
And they went in, the old man
leaniaig on .lbe's arm. After pray
ing came the good , nights, so very
hard to'Say, when each had so much
to hear and, tell. !Will declared he
had lialta mind to give all patients
the slip for one night, and try his
old gnarters Ivith Joe, and Joe hearti
lv wisfiled he would, and asked ifthe
shed roof Was still underthe window
so lie Conti', steal out and help him
self toil . ii?clons„ris in the old days.
"Better stay Will, I have a thousand
.
thmffs.to tell von."
• But Will's pretty wife looked sob
er, and illother knew ,they would
tall: ail Inight. '!"isio, they must go
twine; and all return, even the wee
babyytO take ,breakfast with' Joe
next *ruing, it should be a grand
holiday for old)and young.
"All right, old fellow," said Sam,
"get YoUr pipes in good order for a
{lay of talking." "Good night, good
,night,:l' sounded on all, sides of hap
py J(4 3 - _
anything
lbox eon
r each Of
poorly
lainly an
sassed by
i l lest boy
her often
!I, looking
of his
ttlways a
think of
ger, who
e simple
no. • a go g
ill think
I pomforts
elaring,:
iay, and
Father
ave gone
in the
looking
up, and
out :
it on our
I►rith us ?
bt‘st."
thni doe
aer!s best
the ones
ut as fOr
rangt.t . r . 's
a settli!-
.Wloe4 the door had .elosetLafter
thetu,:hetook up his lamp "Come
up for, Our little talk Motlicr or I
shall not realize that I am home
again; lint no, you precious woman,
you unnA, not, you arc too old for
-
that Ow."
"A;woman is never too old to tend
her baby, Joey, if he is a bearded
man; 1 shall come dear."
Once !;inore in the old room, the,
man realized the beauty of "home''
as ncOnic can, save those who have
beeir ;bossed about on the restless,
ehangin4,
.scenes of life,
.among
strange people in strange. places. The
little roorn looked like the face of an
old friend--even his old slippers were
still hanil,eing in the old place, and the
pencil sketch of sweet Annie Lee.
still iting over the mirror, where his
hand : had fastened 4. He looked
from :One thing to another, and pre
piqedhtOl retire, saying to himself,
If all iS well with Annie, I shall
thinktnY Koine comming almost a
visit in l!aradise'; and to think, these
dear peOple did not get atthe preS
ents I !sent - them, and not even one
letter for years.". lle had just set
tled his head oil the pilllow„.Then he
heard mother's rap.' 44 eptilc in,"
add in She came, in he wrapper, sit-
Wig dOWn,Lpn the side of his bed, as
she aiwtiLvs' had in the old days, and
takial;:. his hand in hers, in the f' : Ad
gentle
a l j fund they enjoyed a sile"nce
• I;
too sacred, for speech. -At last she
said as she might have done had no
years , : 'come and •gone between 'her
last yisiti and the present—"has my
1!lv anYthin!!• to tell mother to-might[!'
mother, something to tell,
and ont,iiiiestion to asky 1 want to
_
tell
yOtC that your wanderer has
i • such a
Ike strum
w many
=ma
' 'with a
re than
r us 'to
I ,(lging.' "
Lis fiat,
r • know
{tress."
just
had fall-
' ', when
r of the
he hand.
r work,
stol►laCc(
.trangei,
Villie.
see ,this
undercut
Uncle
.!(.1 on thc
hn'l him
p, where
strange
.tranger:,
all these.
le to care
e Lot one
love me
ild, awl
tattaut',..;
=EI
'1)) "
ti
•
I=lll
never done
_One net that 4oisld cause
you to , blush for him ;•and also, to
say it was yeinr lovei and the memory
of good night talks, that served
,to,
-keep me frdm evil ;if have tetttrned,
proud hold-your. dear :hand, and
.
feel desqrvur of yonr love." .
".tosey, my prayers are; anSwered ;
a man in years, a Child at heart ; and
.now the queition."
Tlie.man ghanced toward the little'
sketch and his mother answered his
:unspoken thtdglrt. ; •
" Annie is! the .sane,dear ; your
sweet-heart When yon let, 'yours still.
She has beda a great comfort to us
all; she has such perfect-I - faith and,
trust in yotii : she knew 3tou' would
,come, and she was 'Sure the' silence
meant *. no ev i l. I have sent;for her
to take. brcikfast With Me, as she
often does, and you shall •have the
pleasure of ;surprising- her, as you
did us ; her eyes, I fancy, will. be
keener than ~ your little naMesakes."
" Thank yeu, mother darling," and
tyre good nights were fervent enough
to make up fbr the lost; years: -
Down stairs rather Bray sat bold
ing Joe's picture in one hand, and fi
candle in tlic other caying, ," The
same dear bby; just the same • hoW
very tender *ad mercifuV,,God has
been to inothiir and Me.",
==
MACAT4AY'S EB,ECOOIT Y.
Master Mabaulay was th . mostpre
ea:ions little )ioy of iwhoin we have,
anysaccount in. English literatnre,
There is' , extant a letter (fromjlia
mother_datedJu his eighth year,;
narrated , his') literary,, doings.. He
had written tF. corapendiurn .of unit;
vernal history from the creation'
down; he had written three eattto4'
of ‘iThe Battik of Cheviot," a
cal romance, and two' cantos of a he
roie poem, entitled "Glans the Great,
or, The CoMplest of Mona ;1" anci he
had composed she knew not how
many hymns. Good! Mrs. Hannah
More, who as a judge of that eta-
pie, pronounced these Ilyzubs to be
`quite extraOlinary f!or such a baby.'
lie'lvas a coniStant visitor at Mirky
Wood, - where* was eneourpged ; and
not spoiled. '4 All the Misses More
made a companion of hiMand.relish
ed his Convet'sation., Mr5.1 1 4 13 ,0'07
who iris inher sixties, stiperintend
ed his studies' his pleasuresi and his
health.. She ..liept hint With her for
weeks, listening to him as'
_the read,
prose by the ell, and:l:Mark by the]
yard. She diSeussed and compared
with hint his favorite]heroes; ancient,
modern, fictitious; coaxed him into,
•the garden Walks under the pretence
of a lecture oz[i, botany ; and sent- him
to run abOut the grotinds, i or
into the kitiThen to! play cooking.
She gave hint Bible ;lessons, which'
always argu
ments:
theological argu
mod t% henrithe conversation turn
ed on her more drathatic (lags, she
coubltell him t Of the great Roei us',wlm.
was her dear-friend, Of that Singular
coxcoinb, Junes 13osWell, who 11if_1
about twelvefi years lbefore,_ of the
great Dr. Johnson (who bullied your
grandfather so, Tom, at Inverary, 39
you read last tiveek .. ,in Boswell-the
Doctor was a tgood,Christian, but he
was rather rough at, times, morels
the ) of it Josbua, Miss Bur
ney, Mm's. Thrale, now Mrs. Piozzi,
who is sevent', if sheis a day, Miss
Patty deelareo. She could tell him
of old Lord Bthurst,who had known
Pope and Swift., and the, wits of
queen Anne' S -- time,
s 'Wheni, he was
six; she wrotehint:i "Though you
are a little boy- now-, 1 you will one
day, if it plea SC God, be a Man; but
long bet; ire you are 0. hope
yon will lie a t scholar. I therefore
wish you to Orelinse!sueh 'books as
will be' useful!to:you (hen,- and that
you employ this very, small 'sum in
laying a tiny . corner-Stone for
your future library."--_R. Stod
tlard,in HerpiT's Mag`rtzine jor Jong,.
TIM GIIAAGEES.
.
Of all the 4iotel enterpriSes born .
of the Centennial, the most-original
and_ one of the most gigantic is the
encampment , k,f the: Patrons . of
Husbandry, as Elm: Station, on the
main line' of the Perrnsylvnia rail
road. The fict that leading officer§
of that great corporation have -their
summerhomOS in thei l vicinity of this•
spot is strom.%evidenee of itS supe'ri
or charms, eYen thdugh 'compared
with any of thel other natural beau
ties which lia!Ye won for the route of
that line suet Wide-spread 'celebrity.
Within thre.O. miles of the grounds
of the „Exhibition, and on the south
ern side of that- great iron . artery
*MO conducts the life'sbloed of the
continent. froza ocean to ocean, stands,
with the appoaranee of a mammoth
railway station of SwiSs.arehitecture,
i
the Centennial, home of the Oranger.
The location is a plateau i ear the
southwestern !Corner of Mon gotnery
county, and (Liitering i in art amphi
theater of, hilh4, thickly wooded with
chestnut, on the south, covered with
rich pastures Ond green waiving grain
among the groves Of 'elm and cedar
on the 'east gild west,nnd romaticully
diversified with bold, wooded :bluffs
and watered invines ;on, the - north.
Not Only thejjite, but also the hotel,
offers nearly till the inducemimts of a
most eligible 'Country seat.
W h e spee'fally cleignetl l
'aceoramodaticitt of the Pa
llnsbandry. oft the United St,
Canada, the 14)tel is open to'
respectable *sons. IThe
is a reetanglo, Ininnsl one s,
feet long 450 tlbet wide, witli
instead of 1).4 one wing in th
and all these are as long as 9
The main portion is two sto
height, elevat*Lat each flank
so in the centie. The ;wings
one story in Height: There
the first floor ,),o'2o sleeping room g,
and on the solit;oml, I Or, hay ing c.‘m
fortable aceoitimodatiOns for 2,400
I)ersons. In .he rear ;of, at d sepa
rated from the buildings &scribed,
thereby keviiiiig at a'i distar,ice that
disagreeable Our which frequently
arises from agreeable .intlistatices is a
dining room (*Fable of seating !sev
eral regiment at onetime, ilm sim
ple comfort of - which; can be best
imagined byi those having ever, when
hungry; eittenlehowder in a tent oti
the seashore,lk while
u lthe still; cool
I t
indling of NePtime ran mist heivOn4-
ly landward with napkins an Macki
naws.. Back 3)f this are the ; kitchen
J i 1- • ' .
ctf . qe
( z :~ t C a" r
NM
$2 per Annum In Advance.
•
and laundry, models .0 , system and
. ,
,supplied with labor annihilators that
"n , Ould• send4ohn Chinaman .baelttrto
HOng Kong in despair aftera glance
atithernm
practicalfogetiOn e . v an
gtets housetsupplies 'tin:hotel with an
artiele of the like of which most Ci.•
ties are innocent. Off in the) ki*e
of cliestnnt trees is an hospital that
maltes'one wish he Was iiickjustito
101 l on the sweet sinellirig, hnsk mat,
trasses and, listen. tO the . , singing of.
the - birds in the trees whose foliaged
branches sweep the roof and , win,
doWS at every breath of !wind. Near:
"this is the physician's residence, mid
also a great crystal spring of pure
cold water, and an eng,ine which
purnps it the kill on the opposite
side of the hotel,' where it is received
in two tanks, each having a capacity
of 0,000 gallons. •
- here is also on this hill, whichis
north of the hotel, a large hall for
dramatic, lecturing, religious and
other purposes. emi-weekly :,
theat
ricals will be given there by com pa
pies from this city, and neither for
these - nor for any other entertain-i!
mentogiven will more than a riorni-,1
gal adreission. fee be eliarged—jtist
enough to pay expenses. The 4otbr,
with its branch posteollice, drilled
fire department and police forge,
: drug ~ store, general, store, and
'telegraph, baggage, express and Oak
et Offices, is a town
. •of itself—and
quite a large one, too. iNo
Colin.. 'drinks can be had on the
grounds. Trains run betiveen. Elm
station and the, Centennial depot - Of
the PeimsylVania Railroad every
half hour, and between the former
and Thirty-second and M;rket streets _
every hour. The ride fr m the'-sta
tion fo:the Exhibition grounds omit-.
pies but ten minutes. . The immense
pa-Viol* and sitting monis, furnished
with 'organs and 'piands, face the
hills and ravines, , which are but
few yards to the north, and here,
.on
moonlight evenings,' lads; and lasses,
relieved _from hay-Making, jolly 101 d
farruera grown toorich to svork, - and
bu.V.om housewives furloughed frbin
the dairy; sing, dance,
, talk tender
things, listen to the. crickets in the
woods, guess at tlie - isize of the moon
and enjoy pleasures unknoiin - in ci
ties—above all in city hotels. When
they retire for the - night it is to
rookn,attnosphere redolent with fra
grance from the ilbwry l lawns sit--
rounding the building, from from the
Courts, froni the hillsides , and froM
the: yery beds they are to lie upon.
While the furniture thrnughout nitu i t
please the finest taste,there is not an
ounce of paint in the whole structure.
It is that very air of 'refined'rustici
ty iyhich•gives a charm to theArbole,
and which, coupled with the fact
that the greatest circumspection is
used tokvards excluding from the
tef all persons of doubtful character:,
or nOt known to he respectable, baS
attracted so great a proportion cif
Centennial visitors to the encamp
ment of the Grangers.--- 7 .Phifaile/phea
Times.
THE LIGHTNING PRESSES.
A correspondent ,writing. 'froin •
Philadelphia speaks as follows of the
two fastest printing preSses in • the
world : . I • • :, z
In'presses the -Otto that attract the
mOSt attention are the Walter per- •
feeting press in the English depart
ment, and the Bullock perfecting
press in the American department.
On the. Walter the New York Tinfee
prints a! large edition of their papei
every day for free distribution. On.
the Bullock, the New York //er4
prints - an edition every': morning
which is also gratuitously distrilaite(r .
Both these presses claim to be the
fa:4kt inanufactured,and when tit 4
are running are always' Surrounded
by a. dense crowd: The ;working Of
these machines is certainly wonder
ful. The sheets ' , .bes in at . one end
froth a huge roll of paPer, and utter
passing through a Inas, of rollerS;
comes opt at the other end printed
on both sides and, cut at the right
spot. After the roll of paper is put l
in position . all that , has tO be. done
tomove the lever that starts the presi4
and almost instantly the paper begun
to rush, out at the other l end at the
ratelef_pil,ooo an hour. In the, Wal
ler thepapers are-thrown off one at
a time, ;tut the Bullock thrOws cif
four at alChongh •it is the
smallest, press. The Bullock lets an
_instrument for ,registering every
sheet printed, attached in a conspl-1
.cuous place, but the Walter has no 1
such attachment. The general vet- I
diet seems to be in favor .of the {
- Bullock as doing the fastest and best
work, a Verdict with ; which we fully
coneur. l
-
WHIT PRERMENTii WMRF. M i ORTO.
•
— . Washington left an estate Valued
at over sBoo,ooo ' John
. AdamS'jeft
about $.'P,OOO; Jetfersou died so poor
that- if :congress; had not purchased
his libraryjat $20,(10(1 helwould have
beefi a pauper ; Madison was frugal,
• and left about $1150,00p ; Monroe
died so poor that he was buried at
the expense of his relatives ; John
Quincy Adams left. about $55,0004
'about Jackson died worth 'id, $80,000,';
Van Buren left some $40,000; Ta
lor hadi .saved something from. pi's
pay while in the arrny;• and died
worth $150,000; Tyler married a lady
of Wealth ' • Filmorewaslalways
gal and added to his, savings by mar 7 ,\s,
tying a 'lady of wealth, and was
worth about $200,006 ; t'ierce's es
tatewas valued at $50,000; BuchanaU
left 4209;000; Lincoln abOut $75,000;
and Johnson $50,000... ••
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NOTEKON THE INTEESATIOHA,L LESSON*
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2. Chum. :
t i
14;5 Ntos
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t:olomott was abOnC twtlity years old,
whim •hisfather died. bike ( the youthful
Saul he was motic4.and humble, and I'4
heaily:itlie, great respousiblities of till
regal poOtion. He was deeply anxious
to xtele well; and this, conj l pined with ti
sense or personal oblig-atiou to tiod, ruto4
hav i e, illspireil large 41!ectlations ift the
Mails of the rulers of l'acS, and if'matti.
ire:slol to havid, must ;ewe Fweet4
col liis last days, Ouriast icasoo contain
pi,,vos exhortations tQ Solomon
connection with the trausfur of the crown,
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' bat eve no hint girt Ow tipirit InWhic
heywere receiv received ; But as adoil l sni he ,
entered, upon. his Pirblie duties . lie (Winced
t such a bumble and pious „ disposition as
' 'showed; that the isonxisehil of his. dying
»father bad taken'tleep poSsoision of his
h,I - ' 4% 41 lie, fore - the 41 ville:Ort'o!,wiadoing
of whieb we rigid In i eur,ittiient ",
be partrievidence of: :ttriusu4l wisdom and
vigor. Adonijah r wbo>begtw in iitsind.
a-bout way to roam his ;Pretentious to
the throne vnit
; pitt,to dealttb y Wtrik Jo*, '
who &lined his , eitusei wall 'slairi.iii ltie
ircry tabernacle : l:whither he ;had. lied for
refuge.:( Ablathar, the Rios 'irks, 1,10
was, alaci in the etinsPiracy? Was wpmetided
from his of e, and thus # threatening
evil' wea l -nipped in the bud.'l Shimeri, who
bad ctiroed D i
avid bitterly n his flight to
Malianairn, and who could nA, conceal his
beniilityita SO:Knott, ( was spared on con -
ilition that 'be should not go beyondOn
wall of 4Criisalein. But whqr! threelyears '
afterwards he broke his parole', he Was
visited with condign' and sieedy punish-,
ment. -1 3 ,
T hus ; Py the blessing of 4
k § l E‘olOaron
.
was strengthened in his
magnified exCeedinglYbefo the people,. , ,
of Israel ? v. 1. This intrilances us to
Soicron', choke, with antectklent and ac
compan,ying circumstances.j e , '
I. The Gatherings at Gi on, vs.; 2-6.
lie called togethertbe (ac
• ng of - every
grade throughout Israel, this securing 'a
ff'll* representative assemiily, like; that
I
of whip.; we read in , our !aft lesson. It
was, doubt, an august "eoiagregation,"
worthy_of_the p ro sperous Didion and its .
honored:elder. The place or assemblage
was Gibson' (belonging to 4 hiU). , "It
lay within the territory Of
.Benjamin; ; for
having obtained through 'c ft a league
with Israel, its inhabitants wpre condemn
ed to be hewers 'sf' Nvood' add dra4vcirsof
water, (Josh. ; 9:34547). lint wheU the
Gibrionites were beseiged by fhe fiye kings
Joshua came to their defence, and it was
in the great battle which ) ensued ,that
"the' sun stood still upon Gideon," . . (Josh.
10; 1:241). ; The place afteriiard fell to,
the let of Benjamin ands became a LeViti- 1 ,
cal city gash. 18:25; 21;17 where , •tho
1 1 tabentacylyvas set pp for many'years un
der David Od Solomon; the ark being at
the same= in Jerusalem."-- Whitney.
,
Gibeou lied Pam great high place. '
,
(I Kings l 3:4) because, from the presence'?
of the tabernacle , and alta it was the
'••
proper place of worship. Wily the taber
nacle and ark were kept apart so long, it l
is difficult, to explain.
He offered a thousand be rut-offerings.
upon the large altar in thp tabernacle.
So manylofierings must have required a
considerable period. Some, ii.iwever,' sup
pose that i the sacrifices were only devoted
at Gibeo n , and afterwards offered up lat
Jerusalem._ lint this is n t probahle.
)
"This o ff ering was of nation . l import. It
1 theo f
was an expression on t o ne slat
thanks for the establishment of the new
reign, onithe other of prayer 'for its furth
er prosperity. Hen& also the rePresen
tatives of the people took pinin it, and
burnt-offerings were' presen in ' , .such
numbeis.r--Keil. , I '• ,
11. Solomon's Choice; vs., i-12.: Two
i
accounts are given of'this: ode lin I Kings
3: 4-15, 'lthe other in our tesson... The
choice is most fully narratedin I Kings,
i i
but the anteceden circa stances in
Chronicles.
Chronicles. 1. The time. "1 the ni;.l'lit;"
verse 7. . 1" By night;" I Kin s 3:, 5.' We
aro disposed tarefothis to Hilt night [ l fol- '
lowing the comp letion-of tl4 sacri fi cing.
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It must have required several (lays to of
,
fer a thensaud buret offerino r s . upon the _
,
one brazen altar. "Id thattivtht", (When
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the last victim was consomod)' "did God
appear unto Solomon." This choice,
therefore, ) was God's seal of ae-ceptance
upon Solmon's worship. It was a fitting ,
finale tol
such an' imposing service. L',2.
Solomon', condition. He was asleep l ; I
Kings 3: ii, 15. It was in a dream that
God appeared and soak() to him. His in
telligent qhoice, inade'in sled, show - inhow
the desire for knowledge iind wisdom I
ruled his heart. It was his aster _pas
sion. There may have heel a supernat
ural intliiince at work oil Solomon's mind,,
quickening but not constramilighis facul
ties,
and making• his mind as cleat' and
acute as in a waking '
state. 3. llis
choice; v use 10. "If Solontiou had not
been wise before he weal noti have known
the worth of wisdom. He- as a great
king, and saw that he had polrer enough, .
but witha r he found that roy Ity without
wisdom w as' but eminent ishunor."---
Bilitop, , s//. His prayer rel ted entirely
f
to his oJlce, to his position i as king and
administritor of law i he asked nothing
for 'Anisef personally; It coveted, how
-1
ever, , the whole world of n K ture and-of
man. It was a petition for erery kind of
ktowledgp and wisdom thatcrild grepare
him for his great work of gveming , and
guiding the people of God. 'So far all
el
was well.l The prayer was i a, right and
noble one Yet there is alsd i a contrast
between it and the prays rp of David
whi.ili accounts for • many other contrasts. •
The desitie of David's heart is not chiefly
for wisdom but for holiness. lie is eon
scion I s of an oppressing evil, snd seeks to
be delivrell from it,, lie.•repents, • and
falli; anti repents again. Solomon mks
only for 'Wisdom. Ho has. a lofty idpal
Before him, and seeks to aicomplish it, :
but he is/ as Yet !merited by no deeper
yearning, and speaks as one *ll6 has'
need Of repentanze.!
But Solomon chose more *rely than ho
knew. God was so pleased with his.pray.
er • that l i re not only gave him a wise and
understanding heart, so tli4 no king be,.
fore or after him equalled lima in specula
tive and practical. wisdom, bi,Calrie. in ac
cordance, with the after promise, . 4 : seek
ye first the kingdom of God.4Ml his right
einisires.s,l and all these thil l ?gs shall l 'be
added, unte yen," kiqu hini all:earthly
blessings lin great abundance riches and
honor, and_ on condition of
long
to
his commands, he prcimised long life 'also.
'Let young people iearn tOlpre(er &mike°,
to gold, because. godliness hat.li the prom
iSe th_life that now is, b.it _the 'life
that now is Lath not Ilia proiliise of
ors;_
ness ry.
Ilk Thei3lagni II cence of Solomon' Court.;
s. 13-17. 1 This was pleasing and imposing
to the people, but ensnaring Ito both king
and subjects. The e Oat and.elniost_hb
ulouS wealth was te resVt, Solimion'S
Marvellous sagacity and Vnterprise. For:,
eign treaties wisely eoatraCt4l, con
struction II of - mercantile fleets, and. the .
opening 4 of well-made and ivell-gnarded
roads, Made his kingdom the highway ;of
the nations.and the emporium of the corn-
mere° of the World. But this prosperity
and wealth was a snare and elirse. It led .
1.
him into dealings -3rith forogn nations
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-which inioved in the highesi tlegiveinis
eltievons.l " Ile had horses 'brought nut
i,t Ei.Typt,l" cointary t 0 the 14v which 'for
hadethe rtahlir , hment, of a body of cav
alry (1: h.ings 24. This traffic. wit
~Egypt foI• horses *Tins to hore been the
beginning of his dolvnfall. "Shall wo
praise hirn for this? We prltistr:him not.
The king lwas: Forhiddett:ko rnidtipty horses
(Dent. I"V' 1(i). do pot rein eliiher that
'we find 'Vim his good fathet ill a chariot
or on horsebaek. A mule was the
be ►utiunted. We sl►uuld endeaviir to
eel these that went before nsi to gnottnefai
ratlit r . than inigrantleur."—yenry.
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