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A BISHOP'S CONFESSION.
fore you can be chosen as a
missionary _you ! must . . pass through
an ordeal which will trywhether you
have every_ sort of• - courage—the
physical and the' moral.'
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:
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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.
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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
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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 <come as wayfarers
thanking you for 'paying the expenses
of our journey.'
'You are going to China ?' said. the
Baron, dropping a bank note, into
the bag. 'lt is a long voyage and a
dangeroud country, eh ?'
'Dangers exist everywhere; but we
live throUgh them somehow,' answer
ed . the ~4eefful monk. 'May . your
path and %hose of your lady and chil
dren be fia from them.'
'Thank ' you,' said the banker ;
'when- dO you sail, brother ?'
about a week.'
'And your Wend .is going with
you?'
'Yes, we are to be Companions.
Speak up for yourself, .guphrasius.'
Up to this moment. Angele; ,who
stood with heaving breast, , had .said
said
nothing. Her children were clinging
to her as if frightened, and she coultl.
find no words to reassure them. She
was trembling, and felt ,ashamek. for
as her eye wandered from 'Henri—
Oh, how changed from former times
the i finery around her - , ,she
thought she could read what was
,
passing in mind. There was he
barefooted, clad' in serge, and wasted
by long privations, whilst sl.e reVelled
in rich attire and plenty. She wished
she had been clothed in rags sooner
than in these , rustling stuffs which
seemed to mock his ut.ter poverty.
Where would be the use of kneeling
at his feet now to make her shrift ?
Would he ever believe in her repent
ance now that he had seenyher appar
ently in the full sunshine of domes,W
bliss, and her husband giving alms
to him ?
But the banker was speaking with
Euphrasi us.
'Dear me, sir,' he said, 'it 'seems to
me that I have met you before. You
remind 2 me strangely of 'a'brave young
officer whom I once knew very slight
ly, Henri de Garderoy:
'Such was my name once,' replied
the young. monk in a low, voice.'
'What, the hero of Redan ? And
now you are a monk ! Well, won't
say there's anything amiss in that;
knit yet I hope, brother, you have not
bear banished from the world by
sorrows?' - • -
have never felt any wish to re
turn to the was Euphrasins's
evasive ans'irer, and the banker, feel=
ing he had been indiscreet, desisted
from further questions. But at that
moment - Angele intervened.
•Illy brother, let your blessing rest
on my children,' she faltered, gliding
forward, and holding her children - 4)y
the hand.'
'God's peace be upon aim!' said
Euphrasius, lifting three fingers of
his hand, but still speaking very low
and avoiding Angele s glance.:
'And on 'me, brother, and on my
husband . ."
'And on you, lady, and on your
husband,' continued the monk gently.
:nude bad sunk to his knees and
lo ered her head. When sbe raised
it the two friars were already: gone,
and it was her husband who assisted
her to rise. .
'Fine fellows those Monks,' he said,
wondering a little to see hi wife so
much moved, but attributing thci fact
to the magic which ecclesiasticism
i p
exercises over the femal mind.
Taney, though, a captain of ragoons
turning friar I I supposS me girl
jilted him ; it's - an old story;"
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Our scene ii-now in athinese'vil,
lage4died Seiko-Tchin. A mission
ary. atatign WaS established there,
with its church, its school, its dbmen
sary of niedieines, and its hospital.
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Brother Babolinos was the nominnl
director Of.these institutions, but the
real, fictive manager of them all was
_Euphrasius '
who had more-energy,
culture and knowledge of the world
than his senior. He bad found Seiho
a wilderness, spiritually speaking; in
two years he had raised it to a con
dition of prosperity, 'happiness and
order which , made it enviable in the
sight of surrounding. Chinese comma
,nities.
. One man may work wonders when
there breathes in him a sacred fire.
Euphrasius had practically converted
the whole population 'of Seiko, to
'Christianity,-and . in doing so had
stripped them of many prejudices
which kept them backward In the
management of their worldly affairs .
He taught them improved methods
of agriculture, enterprise and honesty
in - trade, cleanliness, sanitary laws ;-
he -made them des'Foas of useful
knowledge, and instilled into them
all sorts of ideas tending to their
general enlightenment. His school
was crowded with children • his did
pensary and: hospitals helpe d to stifle
in the , germ many of , those fearful
epidemics which are continually dec
imating the Chinese population; and
in. his Chnrch, Sunday
,after - Sunday,
he addressed large and eager congre
gations who iaarvellerarhis facility
in speakinff t' - their langtiage. l Brother
Babolinus had . never - been able. to
master the*Chinese tongue, but Eu
iphrasius spoke it so well that his use
fulness as a missionary had the full
est scope. ,
_ Alone with Brother labolinus in
a hostile country, two hundred miles
away from the nearest European set
tlement, Euprasius had to cope with
these difficulties and dangers as he
could; b.ut, his very weakness was in.
some way a protection to him,
and
on the whole he got on very fairly
till a fellow-countryman of his, a cer
tain Monsieur Rigobert, came, and
settled in the village as- a general
dealer in European wares, a cook,
publican, fiddler, dentist; surgeon,
and performer of conjuring tricks;
This Rigobert was not at all_a bad
fellow ; so far as heart and intentions
went. He wanted to =lke money,
and would have been content to make
it honestly so tong as thii was possi
ble.. A small, crop-headed, daplier
little fellow, nimble as an ape, garru
lous as a magpie, and always smiling;
he boasted a hundred ttlents, and
would °never scruple to lay claim to
a hundred others which he bad not
got. This - unprejudiced genius had
tried all. sorts of trades in France
Without much success, and had at
last._ gone out to China as cook on
board a merchant= vessel. But being
horribly seasick 'on board, he had
Vowed that he would not set foot on
a ship itgain till he had earned money
enough-to justify his traveling hOme
as a first class cabinpassenger.
Hearing that a Christian .settlement
was flourishing at Seiho, and that an
'opening', existed there without com
petition for a man .of enterprising
turn,. he had started off with a stock
ormixed goods—also a' iddle, a cOn
ceitinA, and a box of conjuring im
plements-, including an inexhaustible
bottle, out of which -he lost no - time
in dispensing liquor to the natives.
This marvellous proceeding had its
due, effect on the Chinese mind, and
in a very short time, by dint of his
fiddling, conjuring, quacking and
fortune-telling, Monsieur Rigobert
became a popular character in the
villain, and began to feather his nest
pretty ani-gly'at the expense of the
Chinese.
[CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.].
The Feeding Value of Cornfod
der. 4--
T,here has always ikon a great dif
ference of opinion as .to the feeding
value of cornfodder after the corn
has been taken from it. While one
will declare that it is , almost worth
less, that his cattle Will eat only the
leaves, another will assert that it is
- . Werth as muchlper ton as the best of
English hay, , and that his cattle will
eat up both
,the stalks and the leaves.
Among a very large number of ex
periments that have been 'made by
thoie who — undeistand how to feed
cattle so asste make them eat it, - -ao
far lase know, every one has 'found,
that cornfodder very much improves
he milk, and where 'careful experi-,
bents have been made it has been
found that it is worth as much where
one or two feeds have been given a
day as, the same weight of good En
glish hay, and that cows keep in
quite as good condition, giving rich
er-milk, and making butter, of a bet
ter color and flavor. Last winter,
to more thoroughly test the value,
and to aseertain_to what extent corn-.
fodder could be fed • out, two cows
were fed entirely on eornfodder and
a daily ration of two quarts of Indian
meal each; not a single pound of hay '
of any kind was given 'the entire
winter, the fodder was cut and most
. of the time wet with hot water, but
not always; the result was the most
gratifying; not only did the cows
improve in condition, but did not
consume any more, if as much as
they would of — good English hay;
sometimes the fodder was weighed,
giving sixteen pounds to a cow.
_As
the quantity of any material requir
ed to keep a cow in 'good condition
depends very much on .i the man who
feeds them, it it but fair to say that
the man who tried ' this experiment
will keep .cows on a much smaller
qutintikp of hay than the most of
men. It is al well-known fact that
one man will keep his cow on twen
ty-five pounds of hay a day in no
better, if so good,conditien as anoth
ertwlllon sixteen pounds. In mak
ing comparisons it is always neces
sary to' take this - fact into considera
tion. there are but few who ever
learn how to feed cattle to the best
advantage. Thoie.wLo fail to make
their cattle eat cornfodder up clean
bave yet something to learn in cattle ,
feeding. E If it be a fact and there ap
pears to be the best of evidence to
prove that it is, that cornfodder is
equal to. English hay, ton for ton,
then the corn crop not only becomes
an important but also a very profit
able one;` for if fifty bushels of °env
and two tons of foddpr equal tOzga-.
gnat' hay can be grown on a'single
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acre_" of ground, it is worth much
more than it will cost. Cornfodder
proves. to be not only a good healthy
food formilch cows, bat it produces
better milk than the - .best of hay.
The difference is so crest that pro
ducers say that their regular custo
mer can tell when .they,ichange from
cornfodder to hay, and they also tell
us that butter made while feeding
cornfodder is better than when feed.
ing the best of hay, being richer and
better color.—Maas. POghman.
Growing, Cabbage Seed
Cabbage seed is almost invariably'
procurred from seedmen, and to the
credit of 'the growers of such seed
they are very reliable as a class, and
especially are the Philadelphia seeds
men regarded with confidence in the
matter of sending out the hest.
They take great pains to improve
the quality every, year, and we are
really indebted to them for their et .
forts. What the few seedsmen do in .
that respect, with the disadvantage
of being few in number, the farmers
could better improve by reason of
being more numerous. •
Fhe cabbage has passed the time
of being considered a "collard" and
is now grown true to name and quali
ty every season. If _the - process of
selection was persisted in, for a fewt
years by the farmers as a clasi, in
conjunction with the seedsmen, there
is - a. wide field for improvement.
Cabbage seed is not grown on a sin
gle farm in the hundred, the farmers
relying entirely on dealers. Every
farmer should know just exactly what
he is-doing when he sows cabbage
seed for plants f and this applies not
only to the preparation of, the bed
-but also to the seed. It 'is no mis
take to state that it would puzzle a
great many farmers if they were re
quested to give the 'method of grow
ing , cabbage . seed, especially if the
seed is to be --gird pure , and true to
variety.
There are several local methods,
but the preferable way is to select
froth afield of cabbage that has been
grown from seed furnished by a relia
ble dealer and fully tested on the
farm. The heads so chosen are taken
up from the field and carried to a
special location that has been pre
pared for the phrpose. The cabbage
from which the'seed is to be grown
is pulled up with its roots and before
putting in the ground should have
the lower portion of the stalk with
r,
the roots attached, cut entirelyff
o,
leaving to the head only small por
tion of the stalk. This is. put in a
dry location of the soil; stalk down-,
ward, and well covered - hp, leaving a
mound over it to turn away the wa
ter.. Do not bury it too deeply, but
leave about half of the head above
the surface line, trough the whole'
head shoulg be well covered and pro
tected against extreme cold. The
cabbage will remain in such condi
tion until spring., when the earth
forming the mound should be remov=
ed. Often the cabbage will begin to,
grow before being uncovered, if the
spring is early and mild, when, a
cracking or bursting of the mound
may be noticed. As soon as it is uri
covered it begins to bulge out, some
times from the centre, and again
from the sides of the head-. When
this is seen the - head is relieved by,
cutting across the protruding.parts
with a knife, and the shoot will im-.
mediately, make, 'its appearance._
Shoots will grow ,out from' different
parts of the cabbage, but they should
be pulled ofrind not allowed to grow
as such - shoots : yield seed that will
not fill the expectations Of the farmer
producinganterior heads.- Only the
shoot, that grows directly from the .
centie of the head or as near as pos
sible thereto, should be allowed, and
care should I be exercised in keeping
cabbage of different varieties apart.
Quite a large numbertof seeds can be
procured from a head, and they bear
a strong resemblance to those of the
turnip. It is but very little trouble
to grow cabbage seed, as a single
head of cabbage usually provides•the
ordinary farmer with more.than suf
ficient for his wants, and the advan
tage is that by selecting the best cab
bage every year and allowing no side
shoots when growing, much annoy
ahee is ;avoidedfrom imperfect stock
and spurious -weeds. •J.
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ANCIENT MAN IN RUSSIA'—The
discoveries of remains of palreulithic
man in Russia; says Natttre, eontin
nerto be most interesting. Recently
M. Shaposhnikoff discovered-.a great
quantity of stone implements in, the
district of Valdai, where a forest ins
been cut down and the wind has de- -
nudated the sand of the subsoil. The
implements belong to four catego
ries : - 1: Knives and saws similar to
those of Moustier, St. Acheul, and
Solutre, more perfect than any found
previously; 2. The same in minia
ture'most accurate, and made of the
finest kind of flint—they might have
been used as ornaments, or for tat
tooing. 3. Figures of animals, and
men made in flint, and relief pictures
of the same, also in flint. 4. Orna
mental designs on stone. The col
lection is very-rich, especially in
_miniatiire implements.
THAW', with his arm in a sling, call
ed on Gilhooley for, a quarter, alleging ,
that his arm had been injured in the re
cent railroad accident Dear San Antonio :
"But yesterday you had the_other arm - in
a sling, "'replied Gilhooley. "Well, sup
posin' I had. Don't you think a feller 's
arm gets tired of being tied L up all day.
Besides, I have got concussion of the
brain, and can't remember half the time
which arm was broken."—Thas Siftings.
COLONEL GILUOOLY and Gus De Smith
went walking up Austin avenue and pass
ed Moss Schaumburg. Mose bowed polite-,
ly, but Gus Do Smith utterly failed to re- '
cognize his old friend. • "Schaumburg
bowed to you. why didn't you return his
bow ?" asked Gilhooly. "If you give
him an inch he will take an ell: If I re
turn his bow the next thing he will want
returned will be that five dollars -I bor
rowed of him last Christmas; and I never
like to have things carried to extremes."
—Texas Etrings.
How it - came about : She—" And so,
,Mr. Jefferson, you go back to your own
country next week, And pray, now, What
,would you likoMitakel_vith you?" (tipon
'which he plucked 'up courap and told. her
right off ; and .now - ghee Mrs. Jefkuson
and haslone with him).--Judy,
81.00 per Annuni In Advance.
OBSERVATIONS OF REV. GABE
TUCKER
You may notch >St en -du palln'a as a
. allgika jesky
plan
To snake your judgment by de clo'ea dal klvers up
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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
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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. .
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