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These were , the *Ords which the General of . the -- Franeiseans had spoken to the young iFreneh monk, Brother Eupltrastua, when the latter had-applied to be sent as a missionary to China ; and as the two were alone in 'the confessional, the good but shrewd old man added gently 'I have watched you, tupltrasius, and love you as a son ; ,that t f is why I should like you, to: know yourself. You are •not an ordinary monk, for you - were a.soldier, attd believe a brave one, before joining us; but it was a:: love disappointment which drove you into the Church, and that Was weakness. •A man of true moral courage would have remained in the world to bear his misery and do his duty in that state of life which he had. adopted. You would have Saved Christ -as well in the camp as in the cloister. Have you thought of this ? Have you ever asked yourself-wheth, er it .was not your woundeflunity, l and, in part, a. spirit of vindictiveness that sent you amongst us ?' . I 'lt may,be,':'answered EuPhrasius After a pause,. He was kneelincr ° .With" his arms crossed and' his head bent in an attitude of the lowliest submis, sion. 'Father,' he pontinued, making his full confession,in a Sob, cannot drive her out of my mind—l canna.' 'That's it,' said ,the old man in a still gentler tone than before. 'And you have been guided-in oiliest all that you have dope and now want to do by the desire of being revenged on her. You could 'not endure to live in the world and see her happy ,with another man. You said to your self : ,"I will. plant a thorn in her breast ; I will show her how she has wrecked' my life:" Perhaps you are aspiring- to the martyr's crown, in order that hearing how you died she may give back to you some of the love which now ought to belong Wholly to her husband: 'God forgive me ; it is all true,' murmured the young monk in abject contrition, as he .trembled 'in every limb: JOHN F. SANDERSON Tel .7,'79 (novll-75. ;-L.ELsszess. -'Well; pray God to move you with a pUrerspirit,' Paid the Father. 'lt is but two Years.since•you - became a priest,and one only:since You joined our bratherhoodond yet already the monotony of cloister life is beginning to pall upon you. -The adventurous. ness and perils of a missionary's life tempt your mind ; you cannot bear to end your days in obscurity, pray ing for your Self and for her whom you have lost. Yet recollect, my son, that your lote as it burns now in your'breast is deadly sin. If you could bear to become.contemptible in the eyes of this. woman so that she might never repent having chosen your rival, if you could do something to give her full pea& at the cost of your own .pride, then . your love would be good tudeed,.and sweet in God's sight, sweet in her's; too, when she came to know of it by and by in Heaven.' Jan.l,lBZA 'I will pray for strength, Father,' faltered Euphrasius, almost inauli bly. Then he remained on his knees for some minutes longer, till, having received absolution for the sins he had confessed, he arose and walked off slowly to his cell. As there'are many forms of human weakness, so the methods-.of proba tion must be many and divers. Some have to be tested in the self-denial of creature comforts, some in endur ance and temper, some in physical bravery.' On these points there seemed to be not much need for try ing - Brother Euphrasius, who was absteminons as an anciiorite, strong in body, and impervious to heat or cold; mild temper;- and as regirds courage, a soldier who had been dec.' ()rated or valor on • the battle-field. Henri de,Garderoy, as his _ name was w in the- , orld, had been one of the most dashing-officers in the French army. He had won his' captain's epaulets in the Crimea; but, then coming home, he had learned; that the girl to whom he bad plighted his love had, during his absence, become affianced to another man. The blow had well nigh driven him mad.' An gelo de Montcroix, young'• lady in question, was of higb birth, beau tiful, fliscinating, and gifted in-many ways. Henri. would'have Staked his life on her constancy ; and yet, in spite of her plighted troth, and even as he was risking his life in war, win ning laurels which were only precious to him because he hoped to lay them at her feet, even thin she was untrue to him and'gave herlkind to a man of no great merit, all for money! The contempt he felt for the girl who had betrayed him did not serve to cure Henri of his love. Angelo appeared to be indifferent for his re proaches. At the one interview which they had after-his return 'she offered no excuses lor her condua she told him that her love for him COODRICH* - MITCHCOCK. Publisheni: VOLUME TLIT, . CVO!: ttio REPORTEII.I AN IDYL. . - sweet within this garden.close, So sweet that I sun fain To case nip of all :wear? woes, Aud ne'er go forth again. - Here would I build a bower c'ot, ' With * flagrant tlowers entwined, And .rent betioath Its tinder shade, , I At peace with all mankind. . ' The little ll:Miles they would come ; And eat from out my hand ;. . The thrush and nightingale would sing The sweetest in the land ; • Tho sqldrrel and the yellow fox_ Should know me for a friend, I would be one with Nature's heirs, ' And3n my queen attend. . - In sylvan sports the days should pass, Or Idly I would look. Upon some treasured volume old, Or . 611 remembered book. - .1 =Nothing or new, or harsh, or strange, My blessed trance should mar, lie and muse on heavenly things Till golden gateS ajar • Should let the precious sunshind through That heavenly tralia.' Au Eden hereandrillere IN vie*, And in them Both have room. • • • • .3Tur.Ntr. c: BALLARD. ME NM dead, and she bowed her head to his - scorn ; but this did not wipe out" - her image from his heart. He lost all pleasure in his career and left the service, to go and wander in an aimless way-over the world. Whilst on his travels he read in_the papers of! Angele's marriage to her new lover, the Barob do ROsenlieim, a, banker nearly twenty - years older thOr herself, and soon afterward he learned - that she was becoming one, of the gayest leaders of fashion in: Paris. Thereupon he_ returned to France, capitalized his fortune, and entered a seminary to' study for priest's orders. Angele had been callous to the lustre of his military glory, he „would now shame her by his renunciation of all wordly things, and be.constant -to her in the en forced celibacy or priesthOod. Such were the thoughts uppermost in, his mind when he prepared for ordina tion; .such were the thoughts which still inspired him when; a - year after taking, priest's fall orders, he gave up all he possessed to the Franciscan order and assumed the tirown'eowl 'and sandals. Truly, by that time there was no more in , him of rancor, as men usually understand rancor. He prayed morning and night that Angelo might be happy,but the Gen-, eral of his order had rightly divined that his ;sound was not 'healed, and that the sentiments he cherished to ward his faithless love, generous as they might seem to 'men, would to the scrutinizing eye of God appear vindictiVeness, and petty vindictive ness, too. It is not enough that 'we should pardon those who wrong ass; we must so pardon as to make tile forgiveness easy and comforting to receive. I - Brother • Enphrasins understood this after the fatherly chiding he bad reeeivad from his superior •, but he Could not cease. to love, and $o- long as his hive retained -any earthly ele ment it must remain mixed with hu man resentments.' • Of course he knew nothina , of what Angelo was . doing. She had • been • Married some years now, and in the secluded Norman monastery where he resided no'news of the outer world ever penetrated. Kuphrasius• spent his days in 'prayer and study. He was permitted to 'learn the Chinese- - language, and diligently did so, but Without knowing whether his appli eation-to--be enrolled as a missionary would ever be granted._ The Father Supeiior purposely kept him_ in . ig,, i norance on this. point. A wh 'le year passed and Euphrasiue did n t, again prefer his request, nor did e Fa ther Superior himself allude' to. it. But the young friar was learning-pa tience at a good • School, and • gradu ally, as' he devoted himself. to his books, his mind grew'caltner lid his spirit was soothed. .I . le began.to see his • position in a clearer. Jight, and, understanding that this earthly life is a shot, one, to feel that the other .and better life beyond this 'is worth Striving [for at any cost. . - ' i . About eighteen months after • Eu phrasiu.4, bad confessed himself to his superion as above recorded,'the father entered-his cell one day and abruptly said, 'Euplirasiusi you are still in the same mind about going to China?' 'Yes, father,' Was all that the 'young friar could say, ,but .he turned erim- Son. ' ' ' ' - . ' . . • . 'Then yon shall go and' spend, a few months at the Foreign Mission College in Paris, where you will be Instructed in your dhtits. Be a good servant of the Church, my son." will try, Father.' '1 would not make you vain, Eu, phmains,' continued ,he old Watt, lay , .. ing a kind: hand, on the young man's shoulder, .but remember that you are' one of those to whom much has been: given and of whom much will be re quired; the trials that will be sent to test the fortitude of other missiona ries, may seem no trials at all to you; but you will have your temptations, too. pod tries each according to his strength, but not above his strength, recollect that.' - 'Father, if I am to die in my work, !et your- blessing be with the,' said Euphrasius' as he. knelt down. do not think you will die; my son,' said, the Superior when -he' had given his blessing wpresumptuois as it may seem . that I Eiltoll4l - try to pre dict the ways of the Almighty; I yet do not believe that Ile wilktikke from you. a life for which you *mar to care late. I have .a pregeniNent that I 'Anil see you again.' 'May; you be satisfied witji my work when Inext meet you, Father. ' • believe I shall be, Euphrasius,' said the old mak; 'I must not grudge you the confidence you deserve. look upon you as one of the elect up on whom - God' has set his seal for the most difficult of labors that are to be performed here below. '(Jo, striving to be worthy of your election, and come back tome with peac 3 in your heart!' _ BrotherEuphrasius , had certainly rienee• in his heart at that moment, as he listened to - the exhortation of a man: whom-lio revered ; and he went to Paris thit day with a. thankful • mind. • • . While Euphrasius wus preparing himself for , the career of a missionary, Angelo de Rosenheim was leading a by no means happy life in Paris. Little as the desolate monk suspected it, she loVed , him as deeply as 'he did hut and she had suffered, as much is he from this love,. though her pings were of another kind. In her case there was remorse and the bitter humiliation of 'feeling that she was despised for her mercenariness. Poor girl, she had never given a tliought to money matters as long as she her self bad been_concerned ; but there had been heavy trouble in her amily on account of a scampish brother. And she had been compelled to seed fide herself for-this scapegrace. An geles father, the Count de lifonteroix, was a squire orno very large estate, who enjoyed amlonorable compete'', cy,'but nothing more. He had two childre4and had so husbanded his resources that he hoped to give . , his son, a good start - lt life and to pro vide his daughter with a satisfactory dOwer. : Hut Philippe ileliontcroix, Angeles brother, was a weak-willed. TOWANDA, BRADFORD CO spendthrift, who, from the day when he got a commission in a cavalry reg iment, started at a gallop down the road to ruin. He ran into debt, and had to be paid out again and again. First his own portion was swallowed up, then his sister's.; after this the Count had' to mortgage his esiiites -to meet another disgraceful scrape. At last, there came a day When Philippe de litontcroix, in order to obtain _money which his father could no longer give him, committed an offence which might have brought him with in reach of the criminal law. He had to be saved-once more, and the only way to do this now was by his sister making a rich marriage. The Baron de Rosenheim ' the Count's banker, who had seen Angele, and admired her, declared himself at this juncture and preposed for the girl's hand. He had heard of Philippe's .scrape, and with considerable delicacy he adVaneed the Count a large sum of money without any security at the very moment when it was most need ed. Angelo, for her father's sake and her brother's, responded to this gen erosity_ by consenting to become the Baron's wife; and when the marriage seti,lements were-drawn up shortly afterward, the banker cleared all the mortgages off her father's property, gave her penitent brother a fresh start in life by sending him as man aging agent to a cotton plantation in Louisiana, and settled a million of francs on Angele herself. -It was under these circumstances that Angele !clad t 6 meet Henri de.. Garderoy i when he returned froth the Crimea. Her: love for ow had never abated a moment • on 'ate contrary, it had expanded till it filled her whole being and tortured her. How hand some. he looked on-_that day when he came back to her, having heard no thing of. her unfaithfulness 'How I . ave, how knightly and trnstful, as: he held her !muds which for a mo ment she had not strength to with draw from him, and gazed rapturous ly intolier eyes! . . But she had to tell him what occurred, and she did so at length without faltering. - Nor would she accuse any but her self. Having chosen heeown : part, she had the fortitude to 'take sill the blame on herself ; :she - did not dis close, her father's and her brother's trouble; and not a word escaped her to show:that she looked' upon her coming Alliance as a sacrifice. ' Her husband's honor was now to be her 'own, and she would not suffer him to appear odious or ridiculous in any man's eyes. So when Henri, in the paroxysm Of his despair and anger, flung at her the words, 'Jilt! ,you have sold .yourself for money!'- she answered ::'I shall at all events be the taithful wife of a man whom I admire and esteem'—and • this she had said with an apparently cruel . . But it had:,.been an awful scene, and. the recollection of it would sick; en her whenever her mind dwelt upon it - in after time. Her marriage tool. place; and she - went to_reside with her husband in the latter's splendid Paris Mansion. Then came -the news that Henri de Garderoy had thrown up his commission to become a priest, and this added another .weight to Angele's load of secret misery. For she had been hoping and pray ing that he might forget her. Some may think that women 'lover make such..wishes in real .earnest, but al ways derive ;some consolation from the constancy of those whom they had wronged'. Angele de Rosenheim, however,.had not wronged. Henri in ivinton -caprice, and it - was essential to her peace'of Mind that he should be cured. of Ilia' wound and become happy. 'Two children Were born to her within , thc", first ..three years of -her marriage; ft . nd if she could have seen Henri married too, she might have found rest, and have lived con tent . in her .children's and husband's: love., - .The Baron was a kind, affec ; tionate husband to her; and he was also a -genial, honorable man, whose upright character she esteemed, and whose many amiable . qualities she loved. Not for worlds .world she have done anything to pain him; and she bad jealously kept from him all knowledgment . to. Henri. The Baron had-:never so much as .heard Henri de Garderoy's name pronounced by her. - For all this Henri , stood like a 'shadow _between him and his wife. Angele could not forgive herielf, for aving, as 'she thought,,ruined the life - of her lover. She understood'but too well the .implied rebuke to her own mercenariness which was con ‘ veyeci in 'is renunciation of all worldly goo s, and the ;censure upon her marriag which he'expressed in hi - s own'voles of eternal 'celibacy. But now that he was a priest and monk -'she sometimes thought that she could har to tell him the whole. truth under the sacred seal of the confessional. She would be wrong ing no one if she disclosed to a priest that vaiich his' lips (tared never. re veal ; inieed, she had perhaps failed in her dutY by not making full avow als to the priest of her parish whose confessional she ordinarily attended. One morning, when 'Angelo had been ;breakfasting with her husband and children, the Baron, looking a his watch, said, 'lshall not go to th office just yet, for I expect the visit of two monks, brothers of the Church Mission, who are coming to me for My yearly subscription. 'How much do you give?' asked Angele, whose attention was not yet quite awakened to the'subject. _ 'A thousand francs generally.' 'And do the monks always,come for the money themselves?' - "Yes, it's their rnle, I believe. ,The Superior of the Missionnry College writes to me that the two friars whom I expect are going to China; and will take my subscription toward their expenses from our hands, "and" —as ho adds—"leave a blessing on our house."' ' ''Does the Superior say to what or ,der these monks belong?' !Yes, Franeiseans—Brother Baboi lions and Brother Euphrasius,' ing which the banker smiled. - Then Angelo was siltnt: She knew that Henri de Churderoy had become Franciscan, and a hot. Bush rose to her , faee. Her -_ two "children- were , , f 1 _ . . . .. . Li j. , t ;31 ' :. l' . , . I . ~ • I , ' , W , .1 . i . , :,?, : ,': -'- • . ~ - ( . , _ 11•1 REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER. I I ; • G, AUGUST 18, 1881. standing bekide her—the one a bright boy of five, the ocher a blue eyed lit tle girl of three. Angeles to hide her face from her husband, stooped and kissed them ; and it was at this mo ment that a servant coming in an nounced that there were two friars below. :'Show them up,' said the Baton; and the next minate the pair were introdu4d. A 'gloomy pair, dalled, scowled, with knotted ropes round their waists, whose aipect made the children cling closer to their mother's dress, end whose sad garb formed a striking contrast to the , luxuriousness of tic banker's furniture, anti to the wealth of silver and china displayed on his table. herself. was beeutifully at tired_ in a gray silk trimmed with - pink satin,and lace. Her beau ty was then in its prime, full of youth, sweetness., and matronly dig nity. Nevertheless, her face blanched or all color, and her eyes were almost haggered, as she rose to her feet on recognizing Henri de Garderoy. Henri, too, knew her at once, and stood as if transfixed near the door. He bad thrown back his hood, and his thin, pale face, surmounted by his shaven crown and small fringe of brown hair, looked like that of a - man ,risen 6om his grave or descended frOm the picture of a saint. For a moment his wan cheeks became tinged with pink itt.d a flash vivid as light ning in the night shot through his eyes: - But he promptly remembered his vow of humility,and with lowered glance and arms folded, stood mo tionless, though his head swam. Poor .EuphraSius ! this shock had come - upon him more heavily for be ing unexpected. Ife had gone out with his' brother; Babolinus, dience to his Snperior's orders; but as it was Babolinus who had, to col lect the money, Euphrasius had not asked;where they were going. Monks do not 'converse' with each other in the streets, and Euphrasius had en- - tered two houses before this one with out knowing, or indeed caring, who be owners were. Luckily for him, it was Babolinus who did the talking, and very expert he was at the woik7for he was a friar of the jocose order. Not all the ab stemiousness of convent life, 'or its rigid discipline, had been able to freeze the source whence his good humor flowed in a - limpid ,stream. He tasted-as much as other monks, prayed like them, toiled like them, but be was dlways cheerful ; and he had been ordered now to go out to China because men like himself, bub bling over with the milk-Of human kindness, made precious missionaries. ‘Monsier_ie Baron,' he said, advent.= ing with La smile as he held out his money bag, 'we St en -du palln'a as a . allgika jesky plan To snake your judgment by de clo'ea dal klvers up A For I bardly needs to you bow youoften come ercroas A fifty dollar saddle on a twenty dollar bola. An', wakin' In de low grounda . yon dlaklvefalyou • go ' 4 Dat do flnea' shuck may bide de meshes' nubbin In a row I think .a man his got a mighty slender chance for heben Dat holds on to his piety but one day out Or seben ; Dat talks about de sinners wit' a heap o' solemn chat An' neber drape a nickel in de missionary hat; Dat's foremost in de meotin'•horise for raisin' all de cbunes, But lays - aside his 'llgion mid his Suuday panta ioOM! • I nebber Judge o' people dat I meets along de way By de 'places where dey cum Irina an' de houses whar doy stay ; For de bantam chicken'a awful fond o' roostin, pretty blgh, An' de turkey-buzzard 'salts above .de eagle In de WE Dey -retches little manners In de middle ob de sea, An' you finds de sinalles"possum up de biggest kind o' tree l• - Suigestions to the Public. FROM THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 1. Mail all letters, as early as prac ticable, especially when sent in large numbers, as is frequentlyi the case with newspapers and circulars. • 2.. Make the address legible and complete giving the name of the post office, county and State. The name Of the street and number of the house should also be given on letters ad dressed to cities where letter-carriers are employed ; while the letter will eventually reach its destination with out a number, the omission: is often a cause of hesitation and delay. In ease of letters for places in foreign countries, and especially in Canada; in which country there arc many post offices having the same , names as post offices in the United States, and in England, the _ name of the country as well as the - post office should'be given in full. Letters ad dressed, for instance, merely to " London," without adding, are fre quently sent to London, Canada, and, rice versa, : thereby causing delay, and often serious loss. Letters ad dressed to Burlington, N. S. (Nova Scotia); often go to Burlington, New York, on account of the resemblance between S. and. Y. when carelessly written. - - • . • - , - Avoid using, as Much as possible, cheap envelopes; made 'of thin paper, especially where more than one sheet of paper, of any 'other article than paper, is enclosed. 'Being often handled, and even in the mail-bags, subject to pressure, such envelopes not unfrequentl37 split open, often giving .cause of complaint against of ficials who are entirely innocent in' the matter. _Never send money, or any other article of value through the mail, ev cept, either by means of a money-4)r der or in a registered letter. Any person who sends money or jewelry in an unregistered letter not only runs a risk of losinr, his property, but expo4es to temptation every one whose hands his letter passes, and may be the means'of ultimately bringing some clerk or letter carrier to ruin. See that every letter contains the full name and post office address of the,riter, with county and . State, order to secure the return of letter, if the, person to 'whom it is directed cannot be found. A- much larger portion• of the ,'undelivered letters could be returned if the names and addresses of the . senders were always fully and plainly written or printed inside or on the envelopes', Persons who have large eorrespondence finch - it most convenient to use " special 'fel - pest, envelopes," but those who only mail an occasional letter can avoid mach trouble by writing a re quest to " return if not delivered," on the , envelope. • Postage:stamps should be plaue_d on the upper right-hand corner of 'the address side of all mil-matt - et: - In using postal cards, be careful not to write or have anything print ed onn - the side to be used for the ad dress, except the address ralso be careful not to paste, gum, or attach anything to them. They are unman-. able as postal cards when these sug gestions are disregarded. All inquiries, whether, from post masters or the public, relative to lost or missing mail-matter of every de scription, both foreign and domestic, ordinary and- regiStered, should be addressed to the Chief Special Agent, Post Office Department, Washington,D. C., to whom all loss es ori irreguarities should be report ed as soon as knowledge is had of their occurrence. All - inquiries or communications , relative to mail-matter ' which is known to have been sent to the Dead Letter Office should - be addressed to the Third-Assistant Posimaster-Gen eril. In , both cases the letter of'•in quiry must state to whom and what post office the article was addressed, and give the name And full aidress Of the writer or sender, the date and place of mailing and a brief descrip tion-of the contents. If it is known when the missing matter was sent to the Dead Lette;olllce, the date and the reason should be given. If re gistered, the number should also be furnished. If all losses are promptly repotted 'it will be the•means of, correcting ir regularities,-and the interests of the public, as Well as the efficiency of the postal service, will be enhanced in a most important degree.' Brother Gardner's Address, "De other Sunday afternoon ; ;' said the old man, as he gave a tug at his shirt collar, "I stoppedla look over a colleckshun of stuff In a yard on street. Dar was a heap of ale: chairs, two ole stoves, two or three lounges, a broken bedstead, two ole mattresses, an' I dean' know what else. Pe stuff spread over a quarter of an acre of groan' an' yet de hull pile wasn't wort fifteen cents. I turned from de yard to de world aroun' me an' I founl, de same result. Dar am heaps of people, spread ober NIIMBERII2 OEM a vast amount of territory, who am but rubbish to de rest of do world. Dey occupy groan' dat am' wanted for better use. Dey . consume time an' food an' room which belongs to - betternien. De man wid his hands in his pockets am rubbish fur good men to stumble - ober. De man who sits on adry goods box am err ash heap; n life's. highway. De drunk ard am an alley full of blind ditches., Take the world as 'you find it, an' one-half tie people in it seem - to have come along just to fill up an' keep de weeds down. We doan' want any 'rubbish in dis club. We dOan' want - members-to bold de chairs down. We doan' want members to simply fill up wid. Uncle David Crane war - axin me to preaent his mire, an' I had - -to smile. He began life fifty years ago wid a dog an a_wheelbar row, and he's nebber seen de day dat le had - two dogs an' a wheelbarrow. He's stood an' stood an' sot, an' sot, _ an' he's had no mo' to do wid run nin' the world dan a gate post.—Trus tee Harnback - war also sayin' dat he'd like,to jine to us.. You've all seen him. He kicks boat hands down in his pockets, en' walks along wid his head down 'en' his back humped up. He eats an' -. sleeps an' , moves about, but he's a hitChint. Be keerful whom ~: y ou recommend, an' be twice as keerful whom you: - wote in. No man who carries: his= hands in his paketsAin keep peace--• wid di-World." Samuel Shin had 'for some time been moving about in an uneasy manner, and as soon as the president sat down he jumped up and present ed the following resolution : Rtmolved,' Dat de' present great need of dis kentry am an airly spring. Brother Gardner :waited half a minute to-see if any one favored the resolution, and then said : - "Brudder Shin, you arn4 a good man benind a buck saw, an' .f ou - kin handle O. whitewash L brush with grace an strategy, an' it -makes me sorry to "seeTcia bite off more than you can chaw; when it comes to regulatin' the weather. How - do- you know what dis kentry needs? In de course of a day you move ober four or five miles of groun', an' y'on go home wid de idea dat you know what 'de hull world am sighing 0ra1 .. .. When de Laved gets ready to resign de makin' of de weather into de hands of man dis club will present your name ale vote fort:you, but until• dat time comes yo'i\ had better put yer airly spring resolution down in yer pock et an' sot down." Brother Shin. wilted away like a pansy hit by the breath of an ice-, ber g , and the president continued : " r iVe will now go home. ,We will let naturrgo ahead wid her rain- an" slush an' snow or mud,- or she kid send us gentle breezes an' red roses. We am simply dead headed passen gers, am not fax -us to blow 'about how de rnasheen am run. Let delights be put out,._de stove shet up, an' all• remember Gat de fo'th stair frojn de bottom.. am liable to smash out if you b'ar yer full weight 'on it.” - • The Revised Testamint. "I take pleasure an' satisfaction," said the President as he held up a parcel, "in informinl you a worthy citizen of Detroit, who does not car' to have his name menshun'd, has, prelgented dis revised edishun of de Bible to de, Lime Kiln ClUb. We do not open - our meeting wid prayer, nor do we close by.singin' de Doiol ogy, but neberdeless I am suah Klis gift-will be highly appreshiated by all. Dar has been considerable talk n dig club about dis revised edisti an. Some of you hab got de idegh dat purgatory has all been wiped out an' heaben enlarged twice ober, an' I hear others assert dat it didn't for bid lyin', stealin',' an' passin' bad money. • My friends, yon--are 'badly mistaken. Hell - is jist as hot as gib ber, heaben hasn't got any mc.' , 'room. .Inlooking ober Some ob de changes lig' night, I selected "out a few paragraphs which hab a gineral b'arin. Filr instance, it am jist as, wicked to steal waterktlyons as it was last y'ar befo', an de skeercer de crap de bigger de wickedness. "No change has bin made in regard to loafin' arounrde streets: De loafer am considered jist as mean and low as eber he was an' I want to add my belief dat he will: grow meaner _in public estimashun all de-time. "De ten commandments am all clown heah widout change. Stealin' an' lyin' an' covetin' an' runnin' out nights am considered jist as bad- as eber. "I can't find any paragraph in hich men am excused from payin' deir honest debts an' supportin' deir families. " I can't find war a poo' man or a poo'- man's wife, white or black, am expected to sling on any ,particular style. Pog fights, chicken liftinf, poly tics, playin' keerds for money, an' hangin' aroun' fur drinks, an' all sich low biznessiam considered meaner daneber. -I #act is, .I can't- fin' any change wliateber which lets up onta man from bein' plumb up an' down squar' an' honest , wid de world. Dey have changed . de word 'Hell ' to Hades,T - but at de same time - added to de strength of de .brimstun an' de sizeknf de pit, an' we want to keep right on in de straight path if we would . avoid it. Doan' let any white man make.you believe dot we's lost any any Gospel by dis revision,t,or dat ;Peter or Paul or Moses halflinder _gone any change of sperrit regardin' 4.cle ways of respectably; and dy ing honorably."l.—Detroit Free Pras. ALL ATIOMID - FOB, WATKLVL--Graud Excursion via Waverly, Elmira and Hav anna, via Pa. & N. Y., N. Y., L. E. & W. and Northern Central Railroads. No chadge. of Cars. "Who is running this Excursion?" "Germania Band of course.. All aboard August • ,26th. - Get: out those Lunch Baskets. _Korner • up those Spring Chickens. TUE tithe to save money Is when others are spending it. ' MEN aie like pins. One With a little head - may be just as sharp as one with a, bid head. "Git Actors! wife,"! said a father, as ho looked at his son William's torn troll- sers, "got that little Bill veseated." 7 — Burlington Hawkeye. - • Wn= a thief steals five cents he does not think half the dime that some day perhaps old nickel get him.— Wit and BARBER "You're very bald, sir! Uave you tried our tonic lotion 2" Cus tomer--" Oh, yes. But that's not what made all my lair fall off !"—PuneA. PnEsErrcz of mind : Visitor (in cathe dral town, desirous of information and willing to pay for it, to respectable-look ing party, whom he takes to be a berger) —"I suppose, now, these cloisters' (slips florins into his band) are not; pplder than the , sixteenth century?" Respectable Party—" Well, scr;l'm sure I -(pockets the coin)—thanky, sir—can't say, sir; 'cause I'm a stranger 'ere myself !" [Exit hastily." Tableau.—Punch. . II