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VOLUME XLI.
IT TkrltilklT4lr, ISt rerr num.
I walked down the valley of dpeoem
Down the dlm, voleslers vaGey &Moe.
And heard not the fall of the footsteps -
Around me. say God's and my owe t
And the Milt of am heart Is is holy
As hovers where angels base Sown.
Long airo I was weary of voices
Whose music, my heart could not win
Long ago I was weary of noises
That.flatted my soul with their din
Long ego! was weary of Ogees
Where I met Dud the human and sin.
Towaown46 PA:
I walked through the world with the worldly,
I :craved What the World never gave-
And I wild: In tile world each ideal.
. _
That shines like it stir on Itte's wain.
Is toned on the shores or the real,
And sleeps like a: dream In a grave.
And still I pined for the portent, 4
And still found the Mae with the true,
I sought •mid the human for Heaven.
Bat caught a mere glluipse of Its blue :•
And I wept when the Meads of the mortal
Veiled even that glimpse from my Mew.
And I toiled on, heart-thed of the human,
And moaned hula the muses of men,
Till I knelt long ago at an altar ,
And heard a voice ell me—eines then •
I walked down the *alley of Bllcnee
That Iles far beyond mortal ken,
5ep:25,19
Bid you ask what I found In the valley? '
`Tie my tryatlng peace with the Divine ;
And I fell at the feet of the Holy, -
And about me a voice said, "Be Mae !"
And there rose from the depths of my spirit
An echo, "My heart shall be thine."
BiNJ. M. Bum.
Do you set how I live in the valley ?
. I weep andtt dream Ind I pray ;
But my tears are as sweet, as the dewdrops 2 _
That tall on the macula Kay ;
And my prayer, like perfume from censor,
Arneendeth to God night and day.
In the hush of tbevalley of Silence
I dream all the SOUP that t deg ;
And the music Boats down the dim valley
Till each finds a word for a wing,
•That to men, like the doves of the deluge,
The message of peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are billows
That never Shall break on the beach,.
And never beard sountialn th e silence
That never shall float Into speech.
And I have tumid dreams In the valley
Too lofty fOr language to reach.
And I have seen thoughts In the valley—
Ah,lne 1 how naispirit was stlrrcnli
And they had holy vellson their faces—
Their footsteps can scarcely be beard ;
They pass through the valley like vlrgtne.
Too pure ; for the touch of the world.
Do you ask me the place of the valley
Ye . hears that are narrowed by citro—
n Ileth afar, between mountains,
And God and - file angels are there ;
And one is the dark mount of sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of prayer
ki
A Pretty tittle - Stery, , Notlly,
nett°l v Front thePrenellt of
Aarelien Reboil.
In the chamber on the first floor in
the Avenne Montaigne, a woman was
dying. From the Apartment itself,
which was• almost empty, it: would
have been difficult to discover to
what class of society the dying wo
man belonged. The salon was empty.
Not a - single piece of furniture re
mained in it. Some old blue velvet
curtains were still hanging at the
windows,. ,doubtless because the
brokers haft disdained to take them.
It was . old velvet, yellow at each
crease and eaten. awa y by dust. In
what had , been the dining room there
remained )only a dilapidated cane
seated chair and a little table of
white wo o l, covered with bottles of
' I
all kinds On the floor were two or
three dirty r towels, still wet, a sponge
and a chipped salad bowl, that served
as a washg basin. -
The be droom s was evidently the
only room t at the baliffs had spared.
'c to
There, a hreadbare carpet still
covered the or. At the foot of the
bed was a large arm-chair filiateed as
It.e
if it were - a isentiy-box. The stuff
curtains,had ' n, left, but a prac
ticed eye wo Id have seen by the
rents in the !ivalid curtains that a
rapacious hand had torn away the.
lace.
L. ELBBILICS.
tteb.l'7B.
.Two billets of wood were smoking
sadly in the fireplace, having for sole
companion a kettle, from Which emerg
ed two or three leaves covered With a
white foam. The room was lighted
from a sanded courtyard in the midst
of which a close-cropped grass plot
humiliated itself at the foot of an
cacia. The leaves had fallen; the
black, gnarled bmnches, twisted into
knots, were -waiting for the rays of
spring in order to put on a little
verdure. '
" Madeleine,". murmured the sick
woman, 4 1 Tim thirsty."
A woman or l some fifty years who
was standing near the window; came
'up to the bedside and poured a few
drops of potion into a - glass. Then
she raised the head of her ) mistress,
approached the glass to her lips, and
said :
" Does Madame la Comtcse suffer
much?"
" Yes, there is fire there," replied
the sick woman, placinglan emaciated
hand on her breast.
The woman , who was dying thus
in a deserted and . desolate room,
was
no other than' the Comtesse deSan-,
Castelli, about whom there waa so
much t alk a few years ago. Now, of
her past luxury, there remained only
an Indian shuiri of a reddish brown,
embroi.f.ered with gold, in which she
wrapped herself tip ,for want of d
bed cover.
The success of the - Countess in the
world of fashion Ilia not been for-
gOtten, and more than one European
prince still keeps a medallion in
which the features of the fallen idol
have remained—young an&. smiling.
To-day her black hair , seems to fa
tigue her enfeebled head with WI
weight; life has already : retreated
from her hollow cheeks and pale
brow. A dry and jerky cough tears
her bosom; at the age of thirty-tivt
death has marked her as his own.
A sovereign, who bad enriched her,
bad left before her for the regions
where go the souls of those who have
souls. The prince X., her third loved,
has ruined himself and disappeared.
The banker L., who had given the
Countess ,ber hotel in the Avenue
Jena, can no longer even pay his
margin at. the Bourse. It is only by
a miracle that he has been able to
escape the hand of the law. He was
not declared a bankrupt personally,
but the company that he directed has
gone to joln the swarm of companies
that are of no 'account. Raoul is in
Ati11.1473
SONO OF THE arrenc.
A-frici with his regiment; °outran is
married; Adrien has disappeared. A
hurricane of rain has - blown upon all
,her old adorer& The two or three
who have held out have been wearied
by repeated requests for money's an
other is placed in such in elevated
region that he is unapproachable.
The Countess has sold , her jewels,
one by cfne, and after her , jewele - her
toilets, and after her toilets her furni
tore. .'
She has still but one only Mend,
Dr. D—, whose-fortune she made,
but Dr. D— himself, whose fortune
has been encroached upon by un
lueky speculations ' has sc a rcely any .
to live 'upon but the income ob.
Wined from his practice. Still he
comes to see the Countess every
morning,''and after each visit he
leaves a lonia on the corner of the
chimney piece.. It is this- daily lonia
that has hitherto kept the Countess
and her chambermaid.
Madeleine, who has seen the horses
and carriages and diamonds, who re
mqmbers the days when the Countess
hao fifteen- servants , and fifty ad
mirers, cannot believe - that these
times will not return.
As for the husband otthe Countess
he never knew his wife. The mar
riage was. arranged by Prince de
and a post of three thousand
francs a year waksiven to the ruined
descendant of a fgreat family in ex
change for his ti tb He saw his.wife
during the marriage ceremoay, then
he took possession- - of his post, and
sometimes hetresul with-medioare in
terest in the , newspapeit that the
Cointesse de San-Castelli was obtain
ing great success if-St. Petersburg
and at Paris. '
It did not seem to _him that she
was his wife, and when he was ques
tioned, on the subject the Count re
plied coldly,: •
" I believe that she is a relation
who has turned out badly."
, Madeleine had passed more than
thirty nights in the large arm-ctiair
athe foot of her mistreAs' bed. The
doctor said : " That woman needs
rest There are Sisters of Charity
who have imposed 'upon themselves
the mission of watching over the
sick.. I will send.yon one to-night "
At 6 o'clock a little sharpand rattl
in g'noise Was heard,produced by a bell
rope, pulling a broken spring. Made
leine went and opened the door: The
Sister of Charity followed her.
"Ilere are the - potions," said Made.
leine, "this one every ten minutes,
that one every ht. ur: There is still a
little wood in the corner."
Madeleine went to share the bed o
a chambermaid, a friend of hers who
lodged in a neighboring hotel, and
the Sister of Charity took her seat at
the foot of the bed. i •
Mme; de. San-Castelli asked to
drink. The Sister raised her head
gently; then the sick woman, instead
of ' drinking: fixed her large black
.eyes on the face of the Sister.
" How old are you ?" she asked.
iEighteen years; Madame."
The Countess murmured .to herself:
"Eighteen yearl!" drank: greedily,
and resumed, as she let her head fall
back on the pillow. .
" Do you know that I. am going to
die ?"
" They did tell me •so, Madame ;
perhaps there is still a possibility of
saving you?"
"Saving me !" cried the Countess,
with irony, " and Why? Life means
youth and beauty. I am already
dead, my child.". '
The Sister opened the
-book of her
order which she had brought with
her and began• to read.
This young girl had the most
charming face that attist ever dream
ed of. Hers was an improbable beau
ty, shinging forth_with sweetness ant
holiness. The while band that con
fined her
_pure ivory brow hid her
huh', leaving visible only her eye
brows, which might have been traced
with Indian ink, so delicate and cor
rect were their lines. -
. ,
The Comtes'se de San-Castelli t eon
templated her - with Sdmiration and
envy. Suddenly she exclaimed i
" Are your Vows eternal?" '
" Yes, Madame." .
" What is your name ?"
" Sister Rosee Lima." ,- 1 •
'" But your 4
fa ily name i i „
"It is forbidden us to reveal it,
Mad me." i .
" his the rule of the order." '
" Still, you' may tell, me if you have
any !Areas."
" None, Madame.",
" Your mother?"
"I never knew her."
"Your father?" .
" Ile is dead."
Wearied with so persistent an in
vestigation Sister Rose de Lima , ask
ed gently if the - Countess would
. have
a little tisane. e
" No, thank yOu,"'
Countesi, and then suddenly she add
ed, "you are more dead than I am,
young girl ! To-morrow, perhaps, a
spadeful of earth will bury even my
memory, but I have had of life all
that life can give.
.You will. only
have known walls, bars and silenee—
dry bread,prayer and austerity. When
I entered a salon I used to.raise a mur
mer of admiration as I passed along,
bave made 'veens 'and princesses
weep with rage.s. The horses pranced .
syJny door and adOrerserowded my
staircase. - I have worn - on my brow
a diamond that Serbirtiimis would
have envied,And I have melted more
pearls than Cleopatra. Noise, move
ment, luxury, flattery : alLthat I have
exhausted,, without departing from
an inflexible 'Motto : .' Shine, seduce,
and love not.'• .Poor young girl, you
might have all that if you wished—"
The Sister of Charity rose:
What are you saying, Madamb
Do you not see what these vanities
are?. Ton hive 'had all that, and I.
am happier tbanson are. If I had
Weed - of consolation, 'the history of
Mary, the sister of Martha, would
suffice. 'For' me a contemplative' life
has . replaced an =active life. In the
depths of my solitude-I hive to kise
myself in mute adoration, sod .I -for
get. the world that, passes in 'view of
the world which does **pass."
The voice of. the young nun hid
assumed s sonority full of enthuiii
asm.
• " Just now," . she added, ayon
1
1
TOWAI9A, BRADFORD 0007, PA, TIEMDAY MORNING, D
spoke to me of my father. I receiv
ed his last sigh and his last benedic
tion. I cultivate that- cherithed souv
enir like a precious plant, and' I
should fear to see it crushed and
withered outside of the retreat that I
have chosen."
Mane. de San Cadent interrupted
her:
" Vanities, did you .'say? And
what is life without its"' cortege
pleasures ? In human passions there
is sometimes .a mixture of
_the gigan
tic. To be beautiful, islo' reign. A
cavalier who loved me kilted h imself
at mg feet ; he gave ttiat what he
would have given to no - other. I have
been adored like a goddeas of an
tiquity. To make one's self the rival
of God is something high and terri
ble: Little a our life is, it is enlarg
ed by Pleasures, and takes a peculiar
importance by the 'profusion of our
disdains and the number of our
victims !"
Sister Rose Lima placed her hands t
on the Countess' lips as if to arrest'
her words. Ts
" Yon are -
,feverish," she said.
" You blaspheme - and you, pain me."
Mme. de San-Castellr seemed -to
reflect.
"Nevertheless, I have loved, I
have loved once in my life. I; was
sixteen. What has become of him ?
I was carried away in the whirlpool
of life. But if he were there my
life 6uld be sweeter. Open that
casket, I pray you, Sister. - ,Here are
my papers--My certificate of birth—
Florence, 10 October—Maria Theo
dora Basta." 1
The Sister advanced slowly toward
the bed, holding out her handa.
"The man idiom you loved," she
murmured, "was named Gabriel.?"
"Ares," cried the dying woman,
" Gabriel de Beryls.. How •do von
know that ?"
"It was he who brought me-up."
'Stour. rather'?" .. •
" GabtfA de. Betyls."
The Countess continued wildly : •
"You
_were born in Italy. Ile
brought you to France after my trea•
son—and be is dead l" ,
The poor woman isobbed. ) Sister
Rose de
Lima had fallen on her
knees' and hidden. her :face in her
bands. The ConnteSs seized her and
covered her with fer!prish, passionate
kisses. '-
"You did not, then, know who 1
was when yod came here ?"
"My father never 'pronounced the :
name of gastelli."
" True;for to him, I' was never
anything but Theodora Dasti. But
tell me, how did he die? What did
he say ?"
"He died with one , band in mine
and the other in that of his best
friend,-in old man—a priest." •
The Countess raised up her daugh
ter.
" You are my redeinption," she
cried. " I shall die in peace. Go,
fetch me that old man."
A STORY FOR CHILDREN.
The Pallor Who Gave Away the
Weight ae r ate Elephant in
•• - Maar. • '
The story that follows is for girls
and boys who are just beginning to
study the arithmetic. It is not only
a story, but may be called "The Ele
phant Fxample." Of course big
children may make it out easily, but
it may cause the beginners to think if
great deal. Big children, therefore,'
need not send the answer to be print
ed in . the Time x 0 next Sunday, but
ally Of the beginners/may send the
answer. Well, here is the example :
In the far-away country of Hindo
stan, which is on the' other side of
the world, there once lived a Peace
"named Shajee. Perhaps bad boys
called him " , Old Shaggy,". but, how
ever that may be, he . was a good, l
kind Prince and loved his people.
Shaggrwas very rich: One day he
counted his castles, :his elephants, his
household goods and his silver and
gold, and found that • he had much
more than he could ever use. He
thought over the matter a good while,
and at last ordered those around him
to lead inithe biggest elephant in his
domain. When the big elephant Ai r
rived Shaggy exclaimed : "I give to
the poor people of Hindostan the ,
weight of this elephant in silver
money!" Just think of that! Why,
an' elephant weighs 'hundreds - and
hundreds of pounds, and Shaggy was
going to give away a pile of silver
that would weigh as much as the ele
phant! . The people were in great
glee. They praised Shaggy day and
night, until by-atid,bye some one
said : " Aha! ha! ha! his - Great
Whiteness, the Most High Shajee isF
joking. No scales in Hindostan
weigh an elephant.t! " Kilt the ele!
pliant -and cut him into little bits,"
suggested another. But Shaggy, who I
had almost repented of his promise,
Lanyhow, wo uldn't
s hear of that.' The
elephant must be weighed alive or no
silver would be given., Here was a
bad-fix. The greatest scales - in Hin
dostan in that day "were not capable
of weighing more than 200 pounds.
They had no Fairbanks then. -What
was to, be done? There stood the
elephant, and' he wasn't much- of a
baby elephant either. The little Cel
lo* at the circus could have walked
replied the
under Shaggy's elephant easily. As
the, people stood on
,the riverbank
talking over the great difficulty a
wise man came rowing, along in his
great boat. "What's]. the matter ?"
said the wise"; man. giverybody told
•him at once, but he at last managed
to understand, and ?r hen he did he'
laughed aloud. " Why," said the
wise man, "bring the elephant hith
er; I'll weigh him." A great shout
went up from the people. Some hoot
ed at the WI" man. " You'll weigh
him, indeed," said the hooters. "0
ho ! what a wonderful wise. man 1"
They laughed, but the wide 'Aiiransaid
nothing. The elephant well lead to
the river bank, and being a tame
animal, was induced to stepinto the
wise man's boat. The boat sunk away
down until' the edges were nearly
under thejrater. Then the wise man
got in a ilittle ~boat, and, - while the
elephant 'kept very still, paddled
around the big' boat, marking a line
on theiboat just at the edge of ithe
water. ;1 After an exapt line :had been
made the elephant was put on shore
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REGARDLEBI3 Or DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTS&
and the wise- man ordered a number
of big rocks to be put in the boat:
As the rocks and stones werathrown
the -boat settled into the water,
by-and-bye, the line before
marked again touched the wat e r..
"Now," said the wise man, "the
stones in this boat when taken alto
gether, weigh exactly what the--ele
phant weighs." "That's true," shout
ed the people, and the hooters felt
ashamed of themselves. Sailetovere
brought and every stone . was neigh
ed. There were - 48 stones altogether.
Five of them weighed just 200
pounds each, or just 1 4 000 pounds
taken together; seven :weighed 180
pounds each, or 1;260 taken together,
ten weighed 115 pounds each, or ,
1,750 pounds; six weighed 150',
pounds each, or 000 pounds, twelve . :
weighed 125 pounds each, or 1,506
pounds. Eight other stoned had dif
ferent' weights, as the following tabia
will show :
Five 200. pound thanes weighed
Peres tilapound skews weighed
Ten I lb-pound stones weighed......
Six 150. pound stones weighed
Twelve. I:5-pound stones weighed.
Another stone weighed
Another stone weighed
Another stone weighed
Another stone ......
Another stone weighed " •
Another stone weighed...A -
Another stone weighed
A very little stone weighed,.
What was the weight of the, ele
phantY—Phfladelphta Sunday Times.
Vends' is evening star, and easily
wins the place of honor among the
starry bost that studs the . December
sky. Ahnost_asi soon as the sun sitiks
below the horizon she makes her at:l=
pearancei in gm twilight's mellow
glow,.shining with a soft golden lus
tre peculiarly her own, and looking
so belivitchingly fair that no observer
wonders that the early astroanners
saw in her the goddess . of love - and
.beauty enthroned - in. the heavens;
She is still receding 'from - the Sun,
oscillating on her eastern path, like .
a golden bid strung'on an invisible
wire. The proof of this is easily
seen, for she sets later every evenilig;
and incren,ses in size and brighti?ss,
her increasing stay above the - hoilzon
being caused by - her greater distance
eastward from the, sun; and her in
creasing size and brightness by her
cons Anent iipProach . to the earth.
The,apParent movement - of this plan- -
et is: so slow that she can be easily
folloWed in-her course. It must he
remembered that she is now traveling
from' her superior conjunction, which
occurred on' the 13th or,July, to her
greatest eastern elongation, which ;
Mk' will not reach - until the 20th 'of
February. 'Until that.' time she will 1
continue. on her 'eastern path,' just as
'she -is • moving at the present time.
.The comparative size of Jupiter and
Venus is now ati interesting point
for observation. An Ordinary:' ob
server would probably say that
Venus lboked the larger of the two.
But -the wise men of science, who
take care of the Stars, measure their
dimensions for years ahead, and from
their• computations we learn that on
ihe . .pth of . December the diameter'of
Venns was about-fourteen - seconds of
a degree, and that of . Jupiter . forty 7
:two secouds, Jupiter's diameter being
three times as -large. Vent* how
ever, -is so much nearer the eon tbat
} her illuminating :power is much great
er; and like all the' heavenly bodies,
she looks larger as she. approaches'
the„ horizon, while her rival loses in
apparent : size as he approaChes -the
zenith Thisi . beautiful planet, sets'
,now
,aboriC a - quarter before,;seven
o'Clock: At the - end of the month she
will grate the winter evening - sky
until about eight,
,more] than three
hours after sunset.
Jupiter is evening star; and a'bead-
Alin' :object in the sky, though his
- waning glory forces him to'yield,the
starry sceptre to his , fair rival.. The
contrasted movements of the two
planets' are , still a matter of promi
-bent planetary interest, Jupiter ris
ing in the;east as Venus descends in
the west, the•one nearly reaching the
zenith as tpe other. disappears below
the horizon. They arc also apprcteh4.
ing each other as Jupiter Moves West
ward and Venus eastward; obServers
easily notice that the distunce leSsens
between them, 'On the 21st of Feb
rua►y. they will be , in conjunction,
Jupitet being three degrees south of
Venus.
Saturn is evening star, and though
not the most beautiful, tibia the Most
interesting-of, the planets.. 4upiter
and Saturn change little in their Po
sition in regard' to each other during
the month. Saturn is abbilt three
degries north of Jupiter, and sets an
hour later. He sets now at. three
o'clockin the morning; at the end
.of the.niOnth at one o'clock. .
'the, Deceinber moon isnn import
ant' member of the planetary fraterni
ty, - There are two new moons,_one
on the Ist and one on-lhe 31st. On
both occasions, as the moon passes
between the Sun "and the earth, her
path lies sbnearly in the plane of our
orbit that shccauses partial eclipses
of the sun. 'She is, therefore, the
cause of our having two solareclip:
ses in one month. " The eclipse of the
lit was invisible in the United States.
That Of the 31fit is partially visible.
The sus ; will rise eclipsed,- and, the
eclipse Ida end soon after nine,
o'clock, .a little more than seven
tenths of the sun's disc being hidden
at the time cif - greatest obscuration ;
the last morning of the year will
thetefore be a.dark one. The eclipse
of the sun on the 31st can be watched
by anyone who commamis a' view, of
the pie& of sky where the sun irises,
and a piece of smoked glass is all
that is required to watch thci progress
of • the grand phenomenon in which
the moon dares to obscure the face
of i the glorious king of dv:—,Provi
dence Journal.
"Up. to widin a few weeks de col
lecksbuns have been very satisfack•
tor(in amount.", began the old man,
as Giveadam Jones got his hat ready,
" but of late dar has been a. great
Min' behind: At de • last meetin'
six nails and' fo' buttons war' in
clooded in de eolleckohun, an' it
seems to me dat some of members
am Sort o' standin' back on deir
rounds.
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1,200
1,750
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December Astronomy.
The Lime Kiln Club.
nity. If any man among you kin run
dis club on nails an' bittons an' etch,
let bim step for% an' take my cheer.
For de purpose of f,lndln' out Who
flows in mills, an' who from; in nick-
els, I will pass 'de hat myself-"td
night." -
The `resident took the hat and
made the rounds, and-such giving
down has not been witnessed In two
months.
Under the head of In finished busi
ness, the Committee on Inland Nay'.
.gation made - their report on ithe cue
of &other . Enhancer Simmons, who
was charged by several white persons
with having taken .a jug of vinegar
fromm grocery stare. The. Commit.
tee'sleport was full and exhaustive,
and concluded as follows :
" Brudder, Simmons had no .diffi
cultpin 'sWdishin' de tack dat he
had a cabbage under his arm when
he entered dat grocery. He placed
dat cai.bage on de counter beside "de
jug. When he .went out he war'
talkia'ollytieks, an' his mind war'
busy avid de Presidential quesbun.
In a moment of. absent-mindedness
he picks up de jug instead of de cab,
bage an' walks out, an' dat'sde long
an' - short of de story. It am de olim
yun of dis committee dat he didn't
mean to do it."
" I,dOttie believe dat Brudder Sim
mons would steal a jug o' vinegar in
de daytime," remarked the President
as he received the report, "but I feel
it my dooty to canshun him to be
mere keerful in de fucker.. De like
ness between jugs and cabbages am
,not so clw.4 dat he need ever make de
same mistake again."
When the sound of the triangle
striking the closinghour ',MAW
away, to a mere Whisper,' Brother
Gardner extended his arms and said:
" Life'i pathway am uphill an' down
hill, an' across lots. De toed runs
'longside o' cane-brakes,' whar de
wolves howl , an' make de 'children
steered ; ober ribbers whar de ole
men and dd.women ' may get lost ;
frew- dark 'woods in which strong
men tremble as de midnight brew
whispers in detree-tops. - We ard'all
on a journey We are all: gwindit6
'one place. Fast as we git dar we-ant
put on deright - han' or de left, in' it
.am a conrt o' judgment dat nebber
;skips a day or adjourns for an hour.
De man who does de mos' prayin'
may not git dai befo' all de res', but
ize figgered it up an' I believe de
straight- way-am de bes' way. Git de
domptu3s pint'an! den Move on, lend
in' a dollar heah--iipeakin' a kind
word dar—bracin' ups de weak—
clieerin' de. lowly—piittin' out. boat
han's - all , de time fur chireiTo lean
on. - We will now bulge outwards to
our homes."
A litndred Years Ago:
One hundred years ago wedding
tours were not 'fashionable.
- One hundred years ago farmers
did not cutitheir legs off.w,ith mow:
ing machines .
One hundred years
,ago every
young man was not an applicant for
A, position as clerk or book keeper.
One hundred years ago a young
woman did notiose caste by wetting
her bands in dishwater, or rubbing `
the skin off her knuckles on the wash.!
board. -
One hundred years ago the physil
cian .who could not draw every form
of disease from the system, by tap
ping a large vein in the wrist, was
not muchfof a doctor.
One hundred years ago 'people did
not worry ab . ont rapid transit and
cheap transportation. but threw their
grain across the backs of their horses
and uncomplainingly went to mill. •
One hundred years ago every man
cut! his coat according to the clot') ;
every man was estimated at his own
'aloe, shoddy was not known ; no
body had struck -"ile " and true
merit and honest worth were the
only ground for promotion.— Terre
Ratite Mail.
He Was on Hand.
It was darkln depot one day
last. week when the evening, train
come in. An elderly, farmer was
hacked • up 'against the partitibn,
watching in open-mouthed wonder
,the big pulling engine and the yellow
covered cars as they discharged their
passengers, when, a handsome girl in
a sealskin cloak dashed forward, and
throwing herself upon ' the honest
granger's manly breast % imprinted a
kiss upon his sunburned cheek and
exclaimed "You dear old pa, I
kriew you would be waiting for me I
And how's mother, and'how's Jennie,
and how's John--wand oh ! I'm so
glad to get back—and where's my
trunk—and oh ! pa,' you take the
check and let's hurry."
The.granger , was .old and kind of,
dried up, and he had never known=
what it,was to have a wife '
muctiless
a daughter. He mistrusted the yourig
lady in. the sealskin sack had made a
mistake, but instead of stammering
and hemming and hawing, he came
gallantly up 'to the scratch, and
throiring both arms around the fair .
,
creature, he made up his mind be,
a father tt3 her or die in the Atte. pt.
Imprinting a kip: on her cheek like
the report of a pistol, he enthusiisti
cally ejaculated ;
, " Oh, your mother's welLan' JOhn
an' Henry an' (smack), an' Jane an'
Susan (smack, smack) an' Home n'; Belindy an' Calvin (smack) an' Te-,
ter, (smack, smack) oh, they're all
smait ald hearty an'--"
By the" time tte young lady's friemils
could g 4 to her she had slid into a
stony faint, and they bad to lug her
hoine in a hack, While the aged gran
ger, as he finished the third round
with herd outraged' young 'man, and
sauntered out, the depot, leavirig him
with 'a bad eye and a ruptured coat,
chuckled to himself:
"Thee ,, , old man's gittin' old an' still
an' careless like t but when any young
females Wants to play any games o'
copenhagen, they'll find him right to
time, an' I'shouldn ' t be s prised if it
rained 'fore nine o'clock. Wang
Kate !"—,llockiarid Courier.
IT is a beantifat sight to get up early
in the morning soli see the sun risk but
tlwwise nab will continue WIC abed an
ti' the atmosphere Is charged with the
aroma of the breakfast coffee. ' • 3:
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Talr U the tkosor of the Mate,
' Watt Is the I tlowir of today.
3111 at, the Mitre of the past le fetter.
Let tollts* whet they may.
Olivet el the ;sous of the linnet, _
deft As the' eoo et a floe%
AU memeey !nib vitas It,
lessediremeinbered love. .
' .Ifixxis C. BAIAAut.
In a Turkish Past-Office.
A turbaned Ottoman, approaching
the pigeon -hole i•of the post office,
bows repeatedly to the official, and,
laying his right hind on ibis breast,
-exclaims, "May the noble morning
be fortunate for you, sir 1",
Official retUrning, thi salutation,
inquires; " What is your pleasnie
" Thy servant desired 'a few stamps
—postage statnps—in Oirksr to send
letters to-, Eurrlpe. My 84, Abdul
lab Effendi, glass mer. hank or Ak
Berta, his travelled to • LOnd9n, and .
his family wishes to write-Jo him.
I, myself, indeed, do not possess the
accomplishment of writing,.but a rel.
native, the grandson of my first wife's
great uncle, ths-great pipe-boWl man
tfacturir of: Tophane, is master of
'that art, and hi will pen thir epistle
for us. "
" Very good, and how many stamps
do you want, sir?" '
" Ab, my jewel, bow many do I re.:
quire? One I suppose, will not be
sufficient, for he will not return yet
for four, weeks; so give me two." .
: ." Very good ; here they.are—two
arid a-halt piastres." i
" What is that titou sayeth, my
lamb? Two piastres was what 1
used to give some years back when
Abdullah was previously in. London.
Wait, it was-- ;
• "Quite right, Efiendim.• but since
Then the fee has been alte red and the
price is now greateri.".; : .
"Is it so, apple of my. eye? The
price is greater; alasl alai; !"
' Herewith the Turk pulls outs roll
of notes, on seeing which the 'official
exclaims, "140, my diamond, no!
'We take no paper money here. You
must pay in silver." .
iL Eh, what ? You take no paper ?
Why not ? _Surely it isiood money
of the Padishaii in whose realms you
are.- Well, well, I will give you hard
money. have some with me in cop
,
per." , - ,
" No, Effendim," rejoined the offi
cial, "we don't take copper, either.
You Must pay in silver." _
" Silver ? By my head I have none!
Do me:the kindness of taking copper.
I Will pay you the agio."
0 Impossible, Effendim, I am not
allowed to ,take it." -
" Well, what am I. to do then,' my
son?"' •
-" Go to the money changer; he is
sitting there 47111 the corner. "
" Ahi me, .it is very hot Won't
you really Sake copper ?"
eannol,under any circumstances.'
"Very well, then, you shall have
silver. Here it is."
"Thanks." '
This part of the business being
conclud,ed i the - Turk asks :
" Whei will the,lettcr be sent Off?"
" First tell me, father, when do you
intend to Write ?"
"•Oh ! toAay, as soon as I gqt back'
from the fish market, whither I must
first go. 1 will have the litter writ
ten." . •
"Then it will be dispatched in the
morning if you bring it here before
two o'clock this altornoon."
" Excellent; and when will the an
swer come baek?"
" Well, Eirendim, that will depend.
on when your son , posts his reply."
"Writes his reply, my lord: Why,
,what are you thinking of? Ile will
do it at, once,of course. Do you
suppose he wil keep his father walt
ing ?" '
" Very well ; in that case the an
'nicer 4viit arrive quickly ; you may,
perhaps; get it in ten' days." '
"Bravo ! bravo ! Then I will come
back in tea days' time. Good-bye
May Allah lengthen thy shadow,, my
heart"
" Good-bye, 'di., and may thy beard
luxuriantly flourish."—Cologne Ga
zette. "
NEED teaches unlawful things.
NOTHING is so nearlove asvity.
WORDS are the lury:ofthe *art. ,
ItAPERTANDE br &emptied remorse.
THERE is no sculptor lilt the mind.
QPiNtim crowni with iiiPiteperial voice
To quillble at trifles is'a sign of a sniall
mind.
KNOWLEDGE is more than equivalent
to force. ' - ' •
A: MAN'S best fortune, oi , his, worst, is
his 'Wife. . .
VIAT is,,best for tis whiCh is 'best for
our souls. • ; ,
ENVY is usual more' quick-sighted
than love. - <<
Love, like fear, makes iis believe eve
rytning. ,
Mm make the laws, wdasen make' the
•
customs.
Tuosz who jump at
,conclusions leap
nto delusion's. . ;
BE - -that is trusty is little, shall be
trusted with more. • , 3
A nuious Mail always fhWla more than
he looks for. ' • •
Omar counts the mindis • • happiness
forgets them. •
Ntrrimn rice nor mischief •is hatched
from sound eggs. ,
NOTHING ie MOTH daagerans than a
?dead without disoletion.
,
'Evan"' maw who has iliSislos of 'chsr
enter will have mimics. Tif-, -, • • '
Uousine,' alter virt 4 hit the best
guardian of a young w ' ' 1
G
ooti affections wan • — expresSion
shall have God's furthe ,
Tan most manifest sign of wisdom 'is
oontinuedcheertuiness.
CIMPITILIS is the tan a man pays to the :
public for being eminent.
Glows and talent do not avail much
without l lexectitiire Allity. •
Ir prayer stand still, the whole . trade
of godliness standetlt still too. • •
TawWrit favor that' is shown to the
godliithall be repaid double.. •
NEwnrinsult soother by bush words
when applied to for s favor.
rhigitire
• ,No change o condition will curers dia.
ption to mu 'r and fret. /
' Ons oft pleasing' to God,
when they come - from lose to . Him.
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Love.
Dar love fa Its tallness., . 3
• And dear Is the birth et love;
BEt love retiembeivd Is dlers;er.-
- All other liwes above.
Thoughtful Thoughts.
111.00 per Anetirn In Advance.
Wearing. Bright Faces.
" Why don't yeti laugh, mother?"
said a little three-year-old daughter,
as her mother, with. rather clouded
countenance, was dressing the little
one. The earnest tone of the child
provoked the wished-for laugh, and
the little heart was happy.
And, mothers. I fear we do not
laugh enough. The housek .teping is
so onerous, the children so often try
ing to nerves and temper, the ser
vants most exasperating, and • even
John, kind, good husband as he is,
cannot understand our vexations and
discouragement+, ; 'and, so wearied
and worried, we often feel that it is
too much for the household to depend
on; Ili, 'in addition . t o all our, cares,
for, social sunshine as well -Yet the
household does, and it must. Father
may be "bright and cheery; his laugh
ring out, but if mother's laugh fails
even, the father's cheerfulness seems
to lose of its infectioni In ,the
sad but forcible lines of one of Joana
Bailie's dramai—
."
Her little eblid had caught the trick of grid
:And sighed amid its playthings."
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we may catch a glimpse of the
stern, repressed life at Bothwell
Man 4, where "'the repression of all
emotions, even the gentlest; seems to
hal been the constany , lesson."
I remember well" hearing. a lady
say, " When a child; I used to wish
:so often that my mother would look
cheerful."
Then laugh, mother, even if you
do feet almost_ too weary.to exert - the
faeial muscles and you have to make
a pitiful effort, which' tomes nigh
bringing tears _instead .of a laugh.
You will feel the better , for the effort,-
add so will the children. • The little
ones, unconsciously to you and to
themselves, are catching the very
phases of countenance which will go
far to brighten or cloud some future
borne.'
Then laugh, .motherthe parlor,
nursery and kitchen all feel the effect
of - your smile or frown.. The cheery
latigh of a mother goes down through
generations, as well as her frown..
And .when the mothe , r's eyen are
clo — sed, and lips and bands are - forever
still, there is no sweeteF — epitaph
which children and friends can give
than, "She was always bright and
cheerful at home."—Lucy Randolph
Fleming. •
Rules for Living.
I am no doctor, quack or pill vend
er, yet I lhave had a pretty good long
life and a happy, one.. May I not,
therefore, just give my simple rates
for health in hopes some poor travel
er on the up or down hill of life may
look at .them, perhaps be benefitted
by them ? I practiced them- - for many
yeari, and they have done me goCid
perhaps they may do good•to others.
They are inexpensive and may easily
be abandoned if they cause harm.
1. Beep In the sunlight just as
much as possible. A plant will• . not
thrive without the sunbeam, , o2uch
less a man.
2. Breathe as much fresh air -as
your business will permit. This
makes fresh blood ; but it will never
be ',found within the. four walls of
your building. Beneath the open
sky, just there, and only 4 ,there, it
comes to you. .
.3. Be strictly temperate. You can
not break organic law, or any other
law, with impunity. '
4: Keep' the feet warm and the
head cool. Disease and death begin
at the fret more commonly than we
think.
5. Eat white bread when you can
not get brown_
bread. .
6. if out of order, see which of the
above` Iles you have obseryed, then
rub yourself all over with a towel,
saturated with salt water and well
dried, and begin upon the rules again.
7; Look ever on the bright side,
wineh is the heaven side of life. This
is far better than . any medicine.
These seven simple rules, goOd for
valid or invalid, if rightfully observ
ed,_would save, I ; apprehend, a deal
Of pain, prolong yot rlife, and scr.ftir
as health goes, make it worth having.
Will you then practice themlt • s
Newspapers as Makers of History
For a long . time--a full generation
at leait—the idea has generally ob
tainid that the press had only become
a power in , affairs of government
within the memory - of men still liv
ing, and .that this supposition more
than held good in reference to Eulope
—an erroneous idea, strengthened to
the point of °invulnerability by the,
unanimous manner in whichAhe later
historians of Europe ' have entirely
ignored the press. These chroniclers
do not deign to mention the bare ex
istence of newspapers, much less ,
mention that they were a' power, or:
exerted any influence. , A ,flood o 1
light has just been thrown on the'
state of Continental Europe during
the rule of ,Napoleon Bonaparte, kir
the publitation• 'of the memoirs of
Prince Metternich. Unlike less difi
tinguishedondlar less well-informed,
'though infinitely more obseqpious,
historians; the diplomatic Austrian
Prince has much to say concerning
newspaper! during the most 'Merest,
ing periodAn the history of modern
Europe. • The great Napoleon him
self conptantly meddled with the
press ; he was ever anxious to have
the newspapers on his side; to this
end he cajoled, threatened, command
ed and bribed by turns. In the 'me
moirs of Prince Metternich we read
' that in 1809 the intelligence went the
rounds of the journals that he (Met-'
ternieh) was to be recalled from Paris
and.sent as' Austrian Minister to St.
Petersburg. Napoleon's official or
pn the Journal de PErnpire, con
tradicted the announced change in 'a
curt way; in the "palace of writing,"
Metternich calls it. At the first au
dience of the Diplomatic Corps, after
the annonnwment of Metternrch's
removal from Paris, Napoleon_ said
to him : " I hope the journals have
not been correct in their Informition
concerning you." Upon Metternich
diplomaticallk rejoining that ,proba
bly the Court at Vienna knew as lit
tle as hedid himself of such a change,
Napoleon replied, hotly: " I beg you
.tO believe that personally Fahould
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be extremely sorry for your &par. ,
tare; but those wretd Journalists
form a state within the St ate."
On no occasion 'dill Napoleon
apes! well of the editors end news-
• pert; he pbsitively disliked them,
• -•-• use they were obstructions to his
cOnsuMingdesirefor absollie p l ower.
After one of his babituaßrtirades
against the press, Metternich, who
throughout the memoirs . professes a
high-born disdain of journalism and •
journalists, Said to bim "You must
find it difficult to keep order and dis
cipline among these people,* meaning
the editors; to which Napoleon re
joined fircely : "More than that;
they o ft en try to lay down the law to
me, myself." Anything more pre
sumptuous than such an attempt, the
first and gresitest of the Napoleons
could not imaging, With .W his
worldly wisdoin he was not wise
enough to heed the counsel of the
coorbeided„ far-seeing editors. • lie -
always wanted submission, never
counsel, and rushed swiftly headlong _
to" his ruin. Too iste - be learned
that the press was wiser and stronger
than he. Metternichli memoirs - may
induce some one fitted for the per
formance of the task' to write a his
tory of the journalism of Continental
Europe, from the dain of the first
.French Revolution to the downfall
'of Louis, Phillippe, in 1848.—Prin
ter's Circular. •
A Strsingerli Mistake.
. A few days ago a western merchant
who wanted to do some sight-seeing
and buy his ; fill stock at the same
time, entered a dry goods jobbing
house on Broadway. and accosted the
first person he met With : . 44 Are you
the proprietor here?" " Not exactly
the proprietor," Was the reply.. "At
present I am acting as shipping clerk,
but i lam cutting - my cards for a part
nership next year by, organizing noon
prayer-meetings irithe basement"
The stranger palmed on to a very
important-looking personage with a
diamond pin, and asked; "Are you
the head of the house ?"
-14 Well, nb ; I can't say as I am at
present, but I have hopes of a part
nership in January. I'm only one of
the travellers 'just now, but I'm lay
ing for a $2OO pew in an up town
church,-and that will mean a quarter
interest' here in less than six-months."
" The liat man had his feet up,
his hat back and a twenty-cent segar"
in his month, and looked so solid
that th&strsnger said :
" I'm:must run this establishment?"
" ?Well, I may run it-very soon.
At present I'm the bookkeeper, but
'l'm expecting to get into a church
choir with the old man's darling and
becOme an equal Partner here."
The stranger was determined not e
to make another mistake. He walk
ed
hied
until he found a man with
his coat'off and busy with a case of
goOds, and said to him : -
"The porters are kept pretty busy—
in here, I see." '
" Yes," was the brief reply. •
"But, I suppose you- are planning
to. inve nt • a gospel hymn-book and
sing the old man out,,,ofthreighth in
terest, aren't you ?" •
Well, no, not exactly," was the
quiet reply. "I'm the old man him
self."
And all that the stranger said, af
ter a long minute spent in looking
the
Burn
- over, was : " Well,
durn my - buttonsr Wall-street -
News. -
Kill the Clerk, but . Pay the Bill.
A -worthy southerner was speaking
of the diStress through which his
State had passed. "We lost every
thing in' the world" - but 'honor," he
said. " Why, sir, there was Colonel
Carter, of Cartersville, as high-toned
a gentleman .as you ever saw. He'd
lost everything in the world but his
honor. Now, Grant sent a Yankee
postmaster to. Cartersville, and oue
day the Colonel *anted to send a
letter to his factor in New Orleans,
and as he'd lost everything but honor,
he asked the Yankee to trust him for
a three-Cent stamp, and -the fellow
wouldn't do it, and,- of course, the
Colonel drew his pistol and shot him
dead. And , do you I%now, s ir, it took
all the exertions of Judge Bowie - and
some of our most influential citizens
to prevent that thing from coming to
lawsuit ?" This is not unlike the -' ,
narrative of the' two Kentuckians at
a Chicago hotel. One of them was
fiercely disputing the correctness of
the- bill, which the clerk- bad just prei,,
stinted to him, when the other took,
him by the arm and said : "Colonel,
never forget you are a Kentuckian.,
Kill-the clerk, but pay the bill."—
Hour. -
/Children's Fancies and Sayings. .
THE owner of a pair of bright eyes says
that the prettiest compliment that she
ever received came from a child of 4 years.
The little fellow, after looking intently at
her eyes a moment, inquired naively,
"Are your eyes new ones?"
A MASSACHUSETTS boy about as bigb ad
the• counter recently tame into a bookstore
and caked for "a book for ten centi with
murder' in it."
Tuts is' from a small book printed by a
boy of 13•Und written by his sister of 7 at
Warrenton, Va., , and is the closing sen
tence of a story entitled "The Dame and
the Wild' Animals
_:" "And. when the
baby- grew bigger it wouldn't have its
hair banged, s 9 they found it was aboy."
,PREDDY Mii.ns, of Cleveland, aged four,
accompanied his .parents to church. Oil
entering they kneeled and bowed low." As
they resumed their seats, thus. Master
Fred "Is you 'fraid 'cause God is here?"
Why, no, my child !" "Then what
Inalces you hide ?"
Dn. L---called upon a lady acquaint
ance the other' day and was met at thi
door by the lady's little girl. Be asked
her to' tell-her mama that Dr. L— had
called. The child went up stairs and pres
ently returned. " Did you tell your-m*-
1 ma?" asked the doctor. " Yes. ' "And
what did she say ?" " Elbe r said, 4 Oh,,
pshaw "
• A Irrn.n felloir of five going along the
•street -with a dinner pail is stopped by a
kiwi-hearted gentkmma, who says :
Where are you going, my, little man ?"
"To school." " Awl what do 7.01 do at
school?- Do yott learn to read?" "No."
"To write?' " N0.".._" To count:"
" No." " What do you do?" " I wait
for school to let out."
Fun, Fact and Facetise.
Ir thou art a Master be sometimes
blind ; if a serrint, sometimes deaf.
_ IF Lotta should Ole! be 11400011, to the
necessity of accepting a position as con
ductor on a street car, we suppose the
newspapers would allude to her as ' Poor
Carlotta."
A STROLLING alelli4olll company was
at the dinner' table; A waiter appr9aebed
one of the members, and said : "Soup?"
"No, sir," said the person addressed, " I
am one of the rutudeians."
WIErAT part of the wheel make. Abe
most noise. Why, the spokes, man, of
course.-r Detroit Free Press. No, thebub,
bub.—Boston Post. The felke's axle
made more noise than either of them.-;-
Burlington Hawkers.
Woman have a great respect for. old
age. Watch a yountlady seated.in a 'bus
between a young gentleman and an elder
ly one, and see how determined she is not
to inkmmode the latter by squeezing
against him.-