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EOAED OF DIRECTORS :
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Joh R Scott, Geo, R Sanx,
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hmi County National Bank
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CAPITAL, $50 000.
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Wm. B. Frease, Mce Pres't.
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TnZr Viiur-rf ivanta n-
eternal
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ing a fciToralile opportunity to a.ert tbenv
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blood nay be hidilen for year or eTen for
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rr.iuinc: health and ta.t-nlug desth. For aS
diea.v5 artsLng fri.m 1-npure blood
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Purifies the Elood
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Jacob D. Swank,
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Somerset, Pa.
Having opened up a shop in this
place, I am now prepared to sap
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and jewelry of all descriptions, as
cheap as the cheapo st,
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SOMERSET, PA.,
SEPARATION.
Ah ! we were eery near to-night
Toe simple word for which we longed.
And ther were moment, when I thought
Our impulse, could not be wrongeL
Why was it, when you changed your place
And passed so close bid my chair,
That all the life within me thrilled
With pleasure that wa half despair ?
Why was it that I felt your gaze
S'iil fixed upon me a I read.
Yet. with a?tranrt. defiant fear,
kef use. 1 too well to turn my head ?
How came it that we lingered on,
A, one by one the rest withdrew ;
Till, without seeing. I was sure
That I was WU. alone with you ?
Could you not hear my page fast
Turned over wiih a reckless hand .
Lid they not whisper all your wtll.
In words not bard to understand T
And, in the stillness did they sound.
Like breathless ruftiinrs of the leave
That, irembiinir, wait the blackening storus.
Which silent hangs above te trees .'
A word had done it With a flash
Of heaven's owo light from heart to heart
Kesistlese lore bad rent the pride
That kept our pent-up lives apart !
But ere it came, a sudoen breath.
The rising wind of common life.
Blow cold upon us ; ar.J we sighed.
And turned as to our lonely strife.
M'irmillnt't ilanazliie.
RENE AND CLOTILDE.
u Why do yon wish to run, Clotilde ?
My Cousin Pierie is not a wild beast that
he should harm you ! On the contrary,
he is very good-natured and entertaining
and if yon will wait till he comes I will
ask hiui to tell as about one cf his ad
ventures at sea. It makes one's blood
run cold to listen to what he h:is been
through."
The speaker was a dark-eyed, rosy
cheeked, pleasant girl of sixteen. She
was a complete contrast to gentle, golden-haired,
blue-eyed Clotilde who was as
timid and shy as Bene was brave and im
petuous and fond of attracting the ad
miration which her vivacious, sparkling
style of beauty most generally called
forth.
Rene and Clotilde had been infim.ite
friends from babyhood. Nothing had
ever come between them to mar their
pleasure in each other's companionship.
Had Clotilde been of s different disposi
tion, Bene's loving tyranny would have
been insupportable ; but aa it was sh
looked up to her as to a superior being.
while Bene, in turn, petted gn j patroniz
ed her much after the fashion in which a
young princess of the blood royal might
caress and humor one of her attendant
maidens.
Clotilde seated herself, obedient to
Beue's wish ; but the color on her cheeks
deepened into a pink, like that upon the
outer petal of a wild rose, and the soft
blue of her eyes hid beneath the golden
lashed eyelids like myrtle blossoms un
der the snows of early spriog.
Fierre gave her an admiring glance as
be came into the room. lie was very like
Bene, with the same dark, rich ekin, aal
and glowing black eyes.
Pierre,"' said Bene, " this is Clotilde
Desparde. She ia my best friend ; sh
tried to run away because you were com
ics, but I told her you were not a bear,
but a good and interesting sailor, who
would tell os a tale of the sea.
" But I have brought my violin with
me to play some of my new tunes on it
for yon, as you asked me to do. Which
shall it be, Rene a story, or some mu
sic V
'Oh, Bene! choose the heavenly mu
sic I" exclaimed Cotilde, forgetting her
shyness in her delight at the thought of
hearing Pierre play his violin.
Well, then, music it shall be ; but we
will have the story afterward," answered
Bene.
So forth from its case came the violin ;
and for a few seconds naught was heard
but the waiiicg of the strings as Pier.-e
tightened them into tune. Then, after a
soft, plaintive prelude, rose the notes of
an exquisite adagio. Pierre's long fin
gers seemed made for lingering the weird
toned Cremona ; fr, sailor though he
was the happy owner of one of those
rare instruments.
"t h, Pierre ! but you have improved !"
was Rene's delighted exclamation after
the last tweet sound had wavered into
silence. Yoa played not like that when
you were last at home."
"True, liene, I did not, because I had
not then met with one who is such a
master of music that I am only tit to sit
at his feet and listen. It was his violin
too, that saved his life and property, and
also the life of your cousin I'ierre."
Bene' dark eyes were bright with ex
citement and interesL
"Then. Pierre, that is the story yoa
shall tell to us. Iidn't I say, Clotilde,"
turning toward her friend with an air of
triumph, " that Pierre would tell us of
something out of the ordinary ? Think of
it ! To have been in peril of his life ! It
was upon your last voyage, Pierre, was it
not?"
" Yes, little cousin, it was. It is only
by God's mercy that I am here in flesh
and blood before yoa, instead of lying
fathoms deep in the blue ocesu Yoa
know I left here in the .Vir a vtel
bound for Holland. Well, she was an
unseaworthy craft, and barely took ns to
our destination. The very da after we
got there, there was a fight curious to
see. It was a procession of rats leaving
her. That was enough for us sailors.
Not a man would have risked his life
aboar 1 her after that I don't know what
the rest of my mates did, but I made
haste to secure a place in a ship which
was soon to leave Holland for St. Peters
burg. I can truly say that never before
had I been in such gay company. Such
fine clothes of velvet, and of silk that
rustled like a sail that had been frozen
stiff. The passengers were mostly gen
tlemen from the French court and s mer
ly sett bey were.
Une among them was name I Le
prince. Ke waa a picture-maker, and was
going to SL Petersburg to get some fresh
subjects to painL But he was as fine at
music as he was at painting, and from
the moment I heard him take out his vi
olin and draw his bow overths strings,
I was his ardent, though aa yet unnotic
ed admirer. He could bring tears to the
eyes with his plaintive notes one min
ute, the next, perhapa, he would give his
listeners s merry tune, w hich seemed to
fiy into their feet and set them wild for s
dance.
" Well, one day s sail appeareJ like s
speck upon the distant horizon. We
watched it with the Interest mariners al
ways feel for anything that breaks the
monotony of a ses voyage, But we little
thocght bow many of us would be sleep-
set
ESTJBLISTTRD 1837.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1892.
Ing under salt water, nevr to wake np
again in this world, before we had seen
the last of that craft.
" It was manned by s piate crew !
" The scene of terror std bloodshed
that followed within a few hours was too
terrible ta describe. Many of the merry
company of voyagers wert struck down
relentlessly, and stripped of the valua
ble jewels they had won. Then their
murderers cast their bodies overboard.
"One black-browed ruflan was mak
ing for Leprince, but I had my eye upon
him, and sprang forward just in time to
ward off the blow and to send the ras
cal overboard for food for tie fishes. Le-p.-ince
was calm, as it became a brate
man to be ;but he looked like one who
knew the next moment night be his
last. He saw that it was I who bad sav
ed his life, and he put oit his white
hand and gave me s hearty grip with it.
I whispered to him :
" Get your violin, master, and give the
rascals s tune ; it may disarm their fero
cious natures. Kves wild beasts are
calmed by masic, I have beard telL"
- He seemed to see good sense in my
suggestion, and drew forth his precious
Cremona from its bid ng place.
" That tune I just played for yoa is the
one he chose to play for those worse than
wild beasts, and itsoinded positively un
earthly to hear the soft, sweet strains
amid that scene of carnage.
"The effect was magical. The pirats,
already gorged with plunder, and with
but two or three left alive: for new vic
tims, topped their bloody work and
crowded around Lepriace, listening as
though it was business of their lives. Af
ter that Leprince was elevatee by them
into s divinity. His life was safe, and he
demanded of them that they should
leave me also unharmed. The pirates
gave us all of our own belongings, and
took us aboard their craft to carry us to
their own homes.
" Leprice amused himself during tke
voyage by teaching me, saying that I also
had the fire of genius within my soul.
When at last we parted, he said to me :
" I am about to prove my gratitude to
you, Pierre. I will give you my vio'in
It is as dear to me as though it were my
own child, and for teat reasou I give it
to you my preserver."
" I was loth to accept it. but he made
me, and now it is the dearest possession
I have on earth."
"Dearer than your sweetheart?" laugh
ed Rene.
I have none," answered Pierre, very
gravely : or, if I have, it is muic."
" Hear him, Clotilde 1 To thick of s
man contenting himself in such an un
gailant way. L?t us set to work to charm
him out of such a notion, and then re
venge ourselves upon him by turning to
ward him s cold shoulder." .
Clotilde raised her blue eyes timidly
to Pierre's handsome, dark face but blush
ed vividly and looked . dow apain in
contusion as stie met the glance of his
bright eyes.
" That is like yoa, Bene, to wish to re
venge yourself fur a fancied wrong ; but
unless I much mistake, a greater spirit
dwells in the breast of your friend.
Would you win a man's heart out of his
bosom only to harm him, little maid?"
" No. If I should be so happy as to be
loved by s brave youth, I would give up
my own happiness to keep him from sor
row," exclaimed Clotilde, shyness for the
instant forgotten in that ecstatic vision of
s handsomeyoung lover which Pierre's
words had conjured np before her.
"And I," said Bene, catching her
breath almost savagely, " I would kill
him as I would a worm if he should pre
fer his own happiness to mine, if be
should dare to love me and win my lve
and then prove faithless."
Rene's flashing eyes were turned upon
Pierre as though to emphasize her fierce
words. Clotilde saw the glance and trem
bled and turned pale.
It would not be safe to be an obstacle
in the way of such a savage nature. And
why did she look so angrily at Pierre?
Was he her lover in spite of what be had
said?
rierre remained in the place a number
of weeks. During that time he was much
with Bene, and to be in her society waa
generally to be in Clotilde's also, for the
two friends were almost invariably to
gether. Once he came to Bene's cottage, to find
her absent upon an errand. She had left
Clotilde in her place to keep the boose
and to take care of Bene's invalid
mother.
He bad his violin with him, and af
ter nodding to Clotilde he sat down and
commenced to play so softly and sweetly
that, as though lured by a siren's song,
Clotilde gradually forgot all but the
charm which was luring her to stop and
listen to Pierre. f late she Lad studi
ously avoided being left alone with him,
as she had become conscious of s certain
passionate meaning in the dark eyes be
so often fixed upon her face. Then, too,
her own heart had learned to thrill at his
glance; but she also experienced a sort
of terror at her new em. 'lions for she
had decided that Bene loved Pierre, and
she well knew that their long and warm
friendship would avail her little should
she come in Rene's way in s love af
far. Pierre had noticed Clotilde's avoidance
of him, and not understanding its cause,
bad been at once vexed and spurred on
in his pursuit of her. Now, as he played,
he fixed his eyes upon her, with s pas
sionate appeal in them, which acted
upon Clotilde more powerfully than
words would have done, and, almost un
consciously, she drew near to him, her
sweet face aglow with delight.
Suddenly Pierre laid down his violin,
and held out his arms with an impetu
ous gesture.
" Clotilde, why is it that yoa are so
cruel to ice of late ? Is it because thou
know est that I love thee ? Is it beneath
thee to so trifle with sn earnest lover,
and one, too, who will worship thee un
til life's end V
Clotilde stood, contending emotions
struggling for the mastery within her
heart.
The ti open arms invited her to come
to the embrace of the man ahe loved.
But the fear of Rene's angt-r was power
ful enough to deter her Iwm accepting
her proffered happiness.
" Ob, no, no, it cannot be, Pierre,' she
at last gasped forth, hysterically.
And then she turned and fled, as though
in danger of her life.
Pierre stood gazing wonderiogly after
her retreating figure.
" Is the girl mad?" he mattered to
himself, "that she runs from me as though
I were a wild beast V
Just then Bene returned. She had seen
Clotilde's hume-1 departure, and now
rierre's agitate-J Cice gave her a clew to
the mystery.
A few questions, and she had learned
the truth from Pierre, and with s face
aflame with anger, she delayed not an in
stant in following after Clotilde.
" Tell me what this means?" she ask
ed, shrilly. What hast thou been do
ing to my cousin?" and she took Clotilde
by the arm and shook her angrily.
"Oh, Bene, forgive me! I could not
help what happened ! It was all so sad
den and unexpected ! I assure yoa, dear
Bene, that I had no intention of standing
in your way !"
" Standing in your way ! What do yoa
mean ? I fear not that any girl would be
able to do me harm ! How is it, though,
that yoa have dared to win my cousin
Pierre's love, and then treat him as if
he were a beast yes, that is his very
word .'"
"I I Oh, Rene, don't torture me!
sobbed Clotilde. "I have been Oh, but,
Rene, I love Pierre so dearly, and yet for
your sake I would not listen to him, and
now yoa scold me and sav that that
I"
Rene's angry face cleared as suddenly
as it had clouded, and she burst into a
ringing laugh.
"I see it now. You thought Pierre was
my lover. Yoa are a good little thin
Clotilde, after all. But I could not love
Pierre except as s cousin ; and he was
your lover, instead of mine, from t.ne
moment his eyes rested upon your pink
and white fare. I will go home tell him
the truth. Wait here, and yon shall soon
see him and speak for yourself"
That Pierre and Clotilde adjusted their
love affairs satisfictorily is proved by the
fact that, before many days, a bridal
procession wended its way to the village
church, and that Bene's friend and her
cousin Pierre were the bride and groom
at w horn the uierrv children threw their
freshly-gathered flowers.
Now Try This.
It will cost yoa nothing and will sure
ly do yoa good, if you have s Cough,
Cold, or any trouMe with Throat, Chest
or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Cocghs and Colds is guar
anteed to give relief or money sill be
paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe
fouai it just the thing and under its use
had a 6peedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at our expense and learn
just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles
free at J. N. Snyder's Drug Store. Lirge J
size and fl.CW.
Evils of Smokinjt.
He was a pretty old man ; that was
apparent. His hair was white and his
beard was white, lit. walked with a cane
but, su the Chicago 7". .;.'o Le Was
able to look out for himself and get
around reasonably well.
" Most eighty-one," be said, as he took
a big black pipe out of his mou h.
"And you've smoked all your life?"
asked the young tnan, who had stopped
to speak to him.
" Pretty much all," he replied. " I ve
smoked some sixty odd years."
" And it hasn't hurt youT,
"Well, I don't know, young man I
don't quite know about thaL My wife
has always told me that it hurt me, an'
my father, when he was alive, used to
say it was bad for my health."
" But it doesn't seem to have hurt yoa
any."
Now, don't be too hasty. I sin't just
sure about that I set great store by
what my wife an' my father say, an' I
don't advise any young man to begin
smokin'."
" Yes, of course. But you've smoked,
and you've lived to a good old age."
" Yes, that'aail righL But there'- no
tellin. young man, how old I'd s been
now if I hadn't smoked. It's a bad had it
that I sort o' worked into before I knew
iL"
Sermons in Satire.
The right kind of a smile never hurts a
prayer-meeting.
If you set up for a growler, you can al
wavs be busy.
There is no nianion in heaven for the
man who is mean to his wife.
Every time you look at a sin it seerris
to become a little better looking.
There isn't s bit of religion in making,
a boy do s man's work with a dull hoe
It is only when s man gets where be
has nothing left to be proud cf that the
devil leaves him.
People who blow their own horns do
not always furnish good music for other
people.
A man with only one coat never has to
lie awake and worry for fear it will be
come moth-eaten.
It is s step toward heaven to find out
that we are made of the same kind of clay
as other people. Raaii H,r.
Simple Questions Simply Ans
wered. Why do people often allow s Cold to
run on? Because they think it will
wear away. Why does the Cough that
at first mused no alarm lecome deep
sented and chronic ? Because the prop
er remedy was not used. The way to
break np any Cough or Cold, no matter
if other medicines failed to benefit you,
is to try Pan-Tina, the great remedy for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption, i" and
50 cents at . W. Benford's Drug Store.
He Ate Voo Much.
A short time sgo the writer had the
care of a valuable horse on bis hands
an imported drail stallion. We inquired
of the former owner how he had fed the
horse. The reply gave sn ordinary grain
ration wheat, bran, etc., and at the end
we suggested, "sn 1 all the good bay he
would eaL" The seller with a look of
surprise but s horse dealer's sense, gave
the affirmative answer, and on the
strength of the answer alone we proceed
ed to feed the horse all the bay he would
eat with the dire results. It took sn
experienced horseman months to correct
tb mischief we did by s seison'a staff
ing with hay. Since that severe lesson
we have bad constantly, the care of work
horses and have found that fully as good
results in feeding were had where good
bright straw, of which animals ate but
little, was used for roughness and s vari
ety but not a greater amount of grain was
fed as where bsy was s large and con-
stsitt part of ths diet. TIVfrTw .Voctmut.
He
Reciprocal Favors.
In talking yesterday with Col.-nel
James E. Jones, one of New York' port
wardens, it came out that he had been in
the United Statrt Army servi.-e during
the Bebellion with the late General
Henry A. Barnum, about whom he told
me an incident which came to his knowl
edge from the General himself. General
Barnum was in command of a brigade
under General Fitz John Porter at the
battle of Hanover Court House. Among
the prisoners captured was a Confedeate
surgeon, Dr. Deshay, who was mounted
upon s magnificent white horse. It was
the custom of war not to bol 1 surgeons
as prisoners, and Dr. Diahay m brought
before General Barnum for disposition.
The soldiers meanwhile had taken his
horse from him and an excitid sergeant
was riding it back and forth within
plain view of the two men, abj.it a mile
sway. The animal was cleir!y beinr
abased, and when General Rimum greet
ed the surgeon with courtesy and inquir
ed what he might do for hiin. Dr. De
hay replied, as he pointed to the animal
hehal just biea riding: "That white
horse, which ous of your soldiers is abu--ing,
was given to me by my wife, whose
pet animal it is, when I cams into ser
vice. I would rather lose an arm than
the horse. G cril Biruiru give im-n-diate
orders for the restoration of the
horsi to Dr. Deshay, and on closer ac-juaintan.-e
found him s vh a pleasant
gentleman that he went with hiru to the
outer lines of the araiy, when thed-.or
was permitted tog back into ths Con
federate lines.
The setjuel of the epLsa le oc-urrei in
Richmond. General Biraun was
wounded and capture I at the bi'.tle of
Malvern Hill. The woanl which he re
ceive.! at this time was from a b.iiiet
which passed entirely through his b!y,
and did not heal to the day of his death,
but re-iiired a rubber seton for its con
stant driiuige. Uin to his orli.-ii!
rank, which was shown by his naif jrin,
Oeneral Barnum, in spite of his desper
ate wouud, had Uien taken to Richmond
as a prisoner. He lay on a cot which
wasplaeedon tin si le va: k o::sils of
Liboy Prison, where the sua beat down
on his face until it was blistered and the
maggots gatherel in hisfrightfi! wound
A Cjnta-lerate sirgea ciniug along
stopped sud lenly in front of the ener
al'a coL It was Dr. Desliay, and he rec
ognized his friend. He secured a parole
for the General, toik him to Lis ho:;?,
nursed him through what woi!d o'.'ier
wise Lave b.-en a fatal injury, and finally
secured his exchange for a captured Con
federate otlher. Gjn-?ral Barnum was
wont to speak of this incident as one of
the touches of war lifi which dn mstra
ted that all mea are ful! ofhnm initv.
Catarrh in New England
Kljr"B CVeaiu Ba'.m gives satisfaction to
every one u.-tng it for catarrhal troubles.
i. K. Meilor, Druggist, Worcester,
Mass.
I believe Hiy's Cream Halm is the best
article fr catarrh everoff-'red the public.
Rush ,tCo , Dn:g;:.sts, Worces'er, Ma-s
An article of real merit. C. P. Al ien,
Druggist, Springfield, Ma-ss.
Those who use it speak highly of it
Geo. A. Ilil!,Druggi-t, SprigafWd, Mass
Cream Dalm has given satisfactory re
sults. W. P. Draper, Druggist, Spriag
f.eld, Mas.
Thoughts to Carry With You.
Strong faith in human beings is the
stronger faith ia G xl,
When we feel the narrowness of these
lives of ours, each in its own small circle,
we are console.! by knowing that every
star must move within its limits, though
arvaifk t arn-.ml it
tv...- v.. i . - ,
The rich are onlv enviable in one at -
. v. . .v. " , , ,
tribute their power to help the poor.
t. - ! i . .i. .
It is onlv lookm? on i!at"i th-if
comprehend immortality, and only utter
weariness gives promise of perfect rest.
The friend who becomes a lover con
tinues still to be a friend ; but the lover
who becomes a friend ceases forever to
be a lover.
SutScient unto the day is the evi
thereof; but sufficient unto a lifetime is
often the evil of a single day.
Children are taught more than they
ever learn, and learn more than they are
ever taught.
Wisdom, like many other huuiau at
tributes, is only for the time. We are
wise to-day, that to-morrow we mav look
back and say, "How foolish we were."
The desire to teach is stronger than
the ilt si re to learn. We oaly study that
we may be enable to impart again
Specimen Cases.
S. U. Clifford, Nw t assel. Wis., was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma
tism, his Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and be was terribly re
duced in flesh and strength. Three bot
tles of Electric Bitters cured h:.m.
Edward Shepherd, HarrisDurg. I!!-,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
years standing. I'sed three bottles of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Biick
len's Arnica Salve, au l his leg is -xin 1
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, (..,
had S ve large Fever sores on Lis lee, doc
tors said he was incarable. ie bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Backlen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold
by J. N. Snyder's I'rug store.
Did You Ever Know
A church that died because it paid too
much?
A revival of religion that spoiled the
missionary collection ?
A missionary pastor who did not build
np ail sides of his church ?
A man who paid liberally to missions
and then felt meanly about it ?
A man that does not believe in foreign
ntiasions who takes much stock ia home
doings ? Xstiow'l fTp.'i..
How to Tell Them Apart,
"My anni eats I'm so like my pap"
that she can't teil cs apsr;, b:t I know
the diff-rence." said To'nmy.
"What is it?" asked the visitor.
"Papa wears suspenders and I don'L"
llvyfr't li7 Pf pi I
The latest architectural novelty in Chi
cags is a bock-shaped block, 12 stories
high, to be kno a n aa the Mercantile Reg
ister. This block will have steel bindings
with terra cfitta trimminrs.
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SllCi
WHOLE NO. 17.
Character.
-
Character Ls the sum of the qoalities
which distinguish one person or thing
from another. In sentient beings it is
generalization of personality It is the
wholeness of personality. Looked at as a
result it is the product fall influences
used by and brought to bear upon the
soul. It is the soul's organism as the
bix!y is the organ of the physical life.
Like the body it may be undeveloped,
mutilated, diseased or dwarfed. Active
y it is the whole man working to one
end. Ia physics it is held that ail forces
have their origin in some common source.
Light, beat, electricity and magnetism
are different manifestations of the same
power. So intellect, sensibilities, will,
conscience moral and mental manifest
atioas tiud their correlation in charact
er. Character is quality of person. It re
sults from endowment and culture. The
man with one talent hal endowment,
bat not culture. II is fellow servants
farmed character by using wiselv what
was entrusted to them. A quality was
developed within them that made them
to be trusted. "Thou has been faithful
in a few things. I will make the ruler
over many." Therefore to secure divine
blessings we mast show this abiding
faithfulness written on ocr souls.
Oae eleaient of true character is gen
uineness. It is being rather than seem
ing. Toe thought is shown by the act.
Ttiis Jesus saw in N'athanael an Israelite
without guile. Even faults must not be
hid. Tlie very sincerity of liie. which
tnie craracter deman.ii, reveals the sins
whi:h the evil ma conceals; like amber
hose transparency shows the insect it
has eniba!me i, so even failings may lean
to virtue's side.
Ltiaracter is i raie-l from tne activities j and was n;ipiided by his fair critic,
and pa.ivitis cf man's whole nature, j What man was ever so hopelessly in love
Bach thought, feeling purpose, word, j that bis eyes did not kindle ia ready ap
deed, pleasure, pain, leaves ij impress J preciation of feminine !oveiines w her
on the soul. Fifty thoussnl flowers j ever found. And what woman d.- not
make l'it an o::nce of the attar of roses, f like to be admired by other men than her
But the quality of each rose is in the pro- own husband or lover. It is a snonta-
durL
the quality and inrlu.-nce of a
ruyriai thoughts and deeds in the finish
ed life.
Character L stored up moral force.
In:!n::e beams of the sun are in a pound
of coal. So ceaseless eJorts and suffer
ings leave their deposit and store up their
moral force ia the soul. Thus character
is reserve power, He who depends upon
his strength f-.rthe moment and who
measures influence by direct effort alone,
is like the foolish virgins who took no
oil with them in their vessels with their
lariip. Character is the "old guard" hi
tlie ba'tie of life. It bears tbt same rela
tion to one's active life that one's capital
dx's to his I. a-in ess. While he works
his wages go on ; but his capital works for
him while he sleeps. So the wise busi
ness man ever takes something from his
active earning an. I atorwa it away into
this permanent form of power. And he
wno is msiructea in spiritual mngs
makes the sum of his past life as well as
the activines of the present his strength. ,
Happy the man who is storing up this j
secret power.
It is not so much what a man intends
to do that works through character as
what his life and principles suggest. The
engxeer saves his ps-jengers and goes
down to his own death in the wreck.
He was intent on his duty to his employ
ers. He was intent on saving the pas
sengers. He did more. He preached a
sermon on heroism and acri:ice which
thrilled all who read of his unselfish
death. Sj in the true life, every deed is
germinal in relation to other lives. In-
spirat:on. therei'jre, is
quality of true
character.
B it character is more than reserve
force and inspiration for others. The
1 activities of the present are referred to it.
1
; -Mn measure deeis according to the
j , t . . ....
tha-aoter behing them. Liberal giving
5 a &
is prai.-cu a it comes iroin a iiDerat nie,
otherwise the gvver is called a hypocrite.
Tr.e politician is despised, not because he
issuable to every one, but because he
saiiles for revenue. It is out of a sellish
Lfe. If then we would have credit for
gl a;; 1 kind deeds, our orksofmery
in list come out of a good heart. A good
man out if the good treasure of bis heart
brings forth gxd things, and an evil man
out of the ev:l trearuy of his heart brings
forth evil tilings. Be w hat you say and
do, and you i.i lack nothing of power.
It is conimu to glor.fy truth as the
s)Iution of every question of life. But
truth gnins its power through character.
In some fjrin the tnths that Jesus taught
might be found scatteraj through the old
religion , and histories: but ttiey could
not regenerate cntd thry were translated
into life. "I am the way. the truth and
the I if?," he sai 1 : Water is insipid until
it passes throogh the soil and comes
f rth with the qualities which satisfy the
th-.rsty soul. So truth gains its attract
iveness through character. Tnilosophies
may interest the few ; bat truth incarnate,
wrjc.gt-t out ia character, will aloae
draw the multitude.
True character is unconscious greatness.
Moses, when he camed"n from the
mountain, "wist no that his face did
shine." Tne fa.thful disciples do not
see that the glory ofChriat shines forth
from their simplest service. '-L.rvi," they
will sy in the judgment, "Lord, when
saw we thee hungry and fed thee?" Tae
patient w eaver -f some rare pattern does
uot see its beauty until tne web is done.
For mouths the persetering shuttle told
of duty and contented labor. Bat now it
! is discovered that patience and duty
aueant beauty as well. The work of a
peasant shall adorn a palace or clothe
the king. So the web of our lives, shot
through with suffering, made up of cease
less I.ttle deeds, monotonous repetitions
of daily tasks, shall in the kingdom of
our God in the heavens shine forth as
garments cf praise.
Antidotes for the Blues.
No actor has yet attempted the role of
a steamship.
Some machinery is very modest It
prefers to go round in-ceg.
"That man has no small vices," said
the disappointed carpenter as he left the
i hardware store.
"What ! Yoa gwine to put dat little
black imp in de baby show T "Yes in
deed. 'Bout de time de madders o' all
dem white yoanguns gits after dat com
tuittee dey'll he mighty glad to com per
mise on my iittle Rastns, an' don' yoa
.: r r r, r .
Somewhat of a Mystery.
One day. says an oM Turkish fable, a
man saw a woman pass along the road,
and being greatly iaipreed with her
charms, followed. Soon the woman no
ticed this and halted.
"Why do you follow me?" pb asked
"Be.nnse I have fallen in !..ve with
you," replied tie tcaa.
"?it hv sbal i !ot ;"" tv-tin-!
tb fAi rreV'ir?. 'h x wiman s
usual assiduity tn .i :n uj rwsiis.
i-My sister, wLois behind Uie, :s HiuvLi
J anJscmer thaa I ; go tact and fall i a
love with her."
The man turned back and saw a wo
man whose ugliness would have stepped
a clock. Returning, he angrily said,
"Why did yoa tell me a falsehood ; your
sister is uglier than the queen of witchesi.
"Yoa also told me a falsehood," caJd--ly
retorted the woman. "If you had
truly been in love wi;h me you would
not have looked back for Another wo
man." How like a woman! Always ready,
eager indeed, to be loved, her warm an t
impulsive heart waiting to yield truest
homage to its fortunate captor, and yet
demanding the most unrelenting and per
sistent loyalty her quick eyes readily
piercing any shamor deceit and looking
down into the depths of a man's soul.
No doubt in the world, if the man ia tho
fable had possessed suriicient tart to es
cape the trap so artfully laid, and had
declared that no other woman could pos
sibly be handsomer thn one who had
stolen his heart, she would have sur
rendered at once, taking chances on his
character, worth and social position.
That's like a woman, too, Eu, poor,
fooiih mortal, his ready wit was not
quite a match for herj ; and ato.' ns
doubtless would have done the same
thing.
Oh, woman, lovely, loving, loveable
woman, why do yoa lead masculine hu
manity such a merry dance! We adore
you. we worship you, we regard yoa, al
most as
tin.-e too fa.r .in.l good
Ktr human nature's .tally ffl."
and yet we cannot, never did, and never
will understand yoa. Wnen a man de
termines to understand a woman he is
on as hopeless a quest as if he aere hunt
ing the ' pocket in her dre-a. he is a
mystery incarnate, and yet a mvsterv
men will eternally keep trying to solve.
Voltaire once said in his hijh-rt own war
that most men delight t hi:g a mystery.
That's very true, Voltaire in this case.
To return to the man in the fable he
was doubtless sincere in his protestations
; neous. irresistible tribute to the charms
of Eve's daughters. A man's favorite
flowers n.ay be violets anil yet walking
through a garden he stoops to admire
the ulushing cheek of the rose or the ma
jestic loveline. and purity of the lilv.
This by no means indicates disioyaltv t,
the sweet little violet but shows the
man's mind to be warmly npoosiie U
the beautiful flower faces L.ted cp to
him on all sides.
Miss Cushee Strikes a Snag.
Two refined -looking l.t Jies sat in the?
member's gallery of the House of Repre
sentatives picking out the various states
men on the floor with the aid of th
chart in the congressional directory. A
rather loudly attire j young la Iv saunter-
1 ed in an I t-k a seat besides them.
"It, tU m wber .Jrrir lrup.ff
exclaimed the newcomer: ' I ha.e heard
so moeh ab,-iut him "
0q of the u,jie, ou. thp
Kiln;)an ; ,he ,remj Mtl.
A
"On. no, that isn't Jerry Simpson,"
protested the loud young laJy conliden
t:a!!y. "I son! 1 know him because I
have seen his pictures 1"
"And I have known Mr. Slrajison for
some time myself," replied the laiy.
Well, he does not -?era to Ke su.-h a
bad looking man after all," the vocifer
ous young lady commented after a care
ful scrutiny. "I wonder if he brought
his wife with him."
"I believe she is in the city," the quiet
lady answered.
"I would like to see her too. They t!
say she isn't very awful. H jw do yoi;
thiak she likes all the things the papeis
say about him?" and the fashioual.le
maiden rattled away several conjectures
in regard to Mrs, Simpson.
"She d.jesn't mind it," responJ-d the
elder lady.
"Do yoa know Mrj. Simpson, too?" in
quired the young sightseer.
"Very we.I, remarked the other se
cretly, "I am Mr. i.aipson."
The following proceedings t-el-ereft
of interest for the one in mK-- - lay,
who did not stand on the or 1 her
departure. Y uhlitji ui l'tt.
Is Man the Only Reasoner?
Thi nkers, from I'loto downward, have
not unnaturally perhaps, regarded the
faculty of rational thought which thry
theaiiveexhitited in the highest degree
as the distinguishing pcrogative of men.
Tie Christian religion, too, with itsi
doctrine of immortality for man and f.r
man alone, b is comirnied the tendency
to pal the animal mind as Car below th
human as possible. And so we find
Descartes setting forth the hyp:iei
.hat animals are unthinking automata
Not forever, however, was the aniuia)
world to suffer this indignity at thehnds.
of man. Thinkers !he:us ives prepared
jhe way for a oy.J-,'.,,;, tHeen the
t0. More particularly ttie English
phi! Ciphers from Locke onward, togeth
er with their French folhxer, pursuing
their modest task of tracing back our
most abstract ideas to impressions of
sense, may be said by a sort of leveling
down process to have favored the i jes. if
a mf-.-ital kin.-h.ip between man and Je.-t
supplemented by the leveling-np woiit of
the modern biologist. There U n.t lb,
least doubt that tne wide and aci -arate
observations of animal habits by l be
naturalists of the last century has tended
to raise very greiily our est.mate of their
mental powers. So that it would seem a.s
if in the estimation of aatmai inteing-m e
scientific knowledge is coming round to
the opinion ot the ruigir.
Was it A Miss?
"And you reaily think that s miss is
as good as as a mile '."
"Yaos, and a good deal better, for oon
can kiss a miss, when one couldn't
kiss a mile, don'cl.er know?" TV'-m
tf.itn.jt.
Hobn I'm tired of life, you e, ant
yet if I blew out my brains, don't yo
know, the world would condemn mea
a suicide.
Dorson--No: I believe the gvnera! ver-
i:ct would be oweiflable houicii
Clippers from Atlantic ports to Califor
nia have increased in numbers of late,
until now there are 32 loading or et
route.
There are -X),otO s:ugrrs in the choir
II .' .1 '"an' I ml. aw i I I '
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