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Boys Wanted.
Boys of spirit, boys of will,
.Joys of urocele, brain and powor,
Fit to cope with anything
These are wauted every hour.
Not tbe weak and whining drones
That all trouble magnify ;
Not the watchword of " I cant,"
But the nobler ono, " I'll try."
Do whate'er you have to do
With a true and earneg' zoal j
Bond your elnows to the tank.
Tut your shoulder to the whool.
Though your duty may be hard,
Look not on it u an ill j
If it be an honest task,
Do it wl.Vh an honest will.
At the anvil or the farm,
Vhereeoever yon may be,
From your future efforts, boys, '
Comes a nation's destiny.
HE STOOD THE TEST.
" Who ever heard of snob, a beastly
provision?" Valentine Thompson was
saying, savagely . I tell yon, Stephen,
I won't marry the girl If I never inherit
a shilling of Unole Harvey's money. I
don't propose to be victimized merely
for tha gratification of an old man's
whim, fend it's nothing but a whim you
know very well some cranky notion
be, got out of his everlasting novels.'
" Steady, my boy," his Cousin 8tephen
observed, with a quiet twinkle in bin
eye. "Perhaps you wouldn't consider
yourself victimised if you were to see
Miss Lulu. By Jove, Val, a fellow
might be proud of such a wife."
"Not it he had been coerced into
snurrying her," wss Val's hot-headed re-
ininder. ' That is one thing in which
will lot brook interference. I shall
toarry whom I choose, f may as well
aay so first as last."
Stephen whistled softly to himself for
a few moments, and then Be id :
"Ton absolutely refnse compliance
Is that what I am to understand ?
Bather than marry Uncle Harvey V
protege, you will forfeit your prospect
ive inheritance, eh V
" Exaotly," replied Val, with scornfol
indifference. "When you go back ti
town you can tell himso."
"D n't be too hasty, my .boy," Ste
phen remarked. "Hadn't you bette)
see Mi Lulu before you make op you'
mind V
" No," Val answered, without hesita
tion. " The conditions attending snc
a marriage would make it disaereeabh
nnder any circumstances. But I sav
Stephen, you seem to have been quit
struck with Miss Welwyn; why don't
you marry her yourself?"
Stephen's face flashed slightly, and
he moved uneasily in bis chair.
' Oh, I'm a confirmed bachelor, Val.'
he said, with an awkward laugh. '"Ton
know I am not a marrying man."
" That is no reason why you shouldn't
leoome one," Val eo-d, stoutly, quite
oarriod "way bv this new idea. " You
could bear her off in triumph, and I've
no donbt Unole narvey would be all
the ber,ter satisfied if you were to be
her husband. I'm a kind of a scamp,
you know ; but you, my dear Stephen,
are a man of responsibility."
" Thanks ; no, Val 1" Stephen said, in
his dry, humorous way. " You know I
never did get along with the women,
and I'd sooner be shot than court one I"
" Nonsense 1" Val answered, enthusi
astically. "I'll help you. Nothing
easier, Stephen."
Stephen shook his head.
"That's one of the things in which
there can be no co-operation, my dear
boy," he observed.
"That's what inexperience says,"
Val rejoined. Til prove the contrary.
Just let me see Miss' Lulu. I'll make
you the burden of my praises. I'll paint
you as a little god on wheels. I'll
extol you to the skies, till you present
yourself to her mind as a hero of
romance. Young girls are very suscepti
ble to that sort of thing, Stephen.
Just say the word, and I'll open the
campaign at once."
"She won't have me, Val," Stephen
said, but he was obviously wavering,
and his cousin came .down with several
other reassuring arguments whioh won
him over.
"If I really thought she would marry
me," he said at last, "I might ask her.
Bat I swear, Val, I'd sooner walk up to
a cannon's mouth than have a Woman
say 'No to me."
"Follow my advice," Val answered,
confidently "I'm an old stager,
Stephen, For the present, just you go
back to town, and tell Uncle Harvey
that you have oonoluded to take the
contract off my hands. By Jove 1 You're
a brick, Stephen. You'll save me from
penury, my dear fellow, for I swear I
wouldn't marry Miss Welwyn under any
consideration, though I hare no doubt
she is an angel."
" You will go down to Redner right
away then?" Stephen inquired, when
they were parting.
To-morrow," Val replied, and he
kept his word.
The next day at noon he found him
self in the little library at Welwyn
Woods, chatting with his hostess and
one of tbe prettiest girls he had ever
seen. Val was a connoisseur in beauty,
too.
" Your unole told us," Mrs. Welwyn
observed, cordially, " that your Cousin
Stephen might be down with you. I
am sorry he couldn't come."
" He hopes to get away after awhile,"
Val replied. "At present he is so en
, tangled in engagements that he hasn't a
moment's leisure, i never saw such
vitality as his. ne is perfectly indefati
' though I know there ian't an
other man in town so much sought
after."
"It seems strange," Mrs. Welwyn re
marked, "that he should never have
married."
" Ha is not easily charmed," Val said,
with a laugh and a suggestive look at
M iss Lulu. " The woman who wins him
will have a great triumph."
These were the entering wedges, Val
said to himself, and he deliberately laid
in ambush for occasions to drive them
deeper in.
It was not Vdisagreeable task, he
found, for Miss Lulu was a charming
listener; and there was something so
novel in it that it was more diverting
even than flirtation. He did a great
many things on Stephen's account which
he wouldn't have dared to do on his
own.
It was quite delightful, indeed, to
ramble through Welwyn Woods with
snoh a companion, for he felt so much at
ease in her sooiety, having already set
her apart in his mind as Stephen's wife.
And there was a peculiar charm in the
long afternoons on the lake, when he
looked so persistently at the fair face
under a broad Leghorn, and reflected
that this was to be his oousin.
So the days went gliding by, and Miss
Lulu was courted, as Val said, "by
proxy." He had kept his promise to
Stephen, pouring into her ears the most
glowing accounts of his merits, the
most piquant recital of his doings, the
most winning reviews of his wit.
Miss Lulu liptened apparently in
wide-eyed wonder, and Val wrot? at last
for Stephen to come down to Redner.
Of course it was understood thai
after that he was to leave his oousin in
full possession of the field, but some
how he was not at all pleased when Ste
phen made the very reasonable sug
eestion that he should go away from
Welwyn Woods altogether. In short,
he went back to town in a very nnamia
fole mood.
Everything was exceedingly dull just
then, and Val was like a fish out of
water. There was nothing to do but
" sit around," as he said, and when
ever he undertook to do that he fell to
thinkinc of things that made him nn
accountably savage. He began to wish
tie never had gone down to Redner, for
it was evidently there tbat he had ab
sorbed the germ of this unrest It was
ome time before he knew what was the
na'ter with him, and when he did he
continued to oppose the conviction.
It was too too- too much like retribu
tion that he should have fallen in love
ith Miss Lulu.
He went about in a very miserable
rame of mind, though, haggard and
uetnlant, cnrsiDg everything and every
body, btjt I'ate and himself most of all.
tt had rather a startling effeot upon
uim when Stephen burst into his room
one day in a very ruffled state,
" Confound ton, Val 1" he exclaimed.
" I knew you'd get me into difficulty I"
"What's the matter?"
"Why, I followed your sdvioe to
the letter, and what was the conse
quence?" " You're engaged to Miss Lulu, I
suppose ?"
"Engaged? The deuce I She re
fused me on the spot. And and some
confounded meddlesome old busybody
has gone and told her about Uncle
Harvey. I haven't the ghost of a
chance I"
"Thank Godl"
This fervent exclamation rather stag
gered Stephen, you may suppose. He
started at Val's white earnest face, as
though it had been a phantom.
"Well," he said, slowly, " I must
say you're a fine fellow I"
Val had jumped up hastily. He went
toward his cousin, and laid one hand
heavily on his shoulder.
"I say, old fellow," he said in a
husky voice, " you're not hard hit are
you? Because I am, you see. I
wouldn't for the world go back on you,
Stephen. You know that. If it makes
much difference to you, I won't think
of it, but I love Lulu Welwyn with
all my heart 1"
Stephen stared hard at his cousin,
but not unkindly.
"If I didn't know you so well, Val."
he said, presently, "I'd knock you
down."
"I know," Val replied, "it makes
me look like a scoundrel ; but, before
God, Stephen, I didn't mean it."
Stephen took several hasty turns np
and down the room, and then grasped
his hand,
"It's all right, Val," he said cor
dially, "She wouldn't have me, any
how. It don't make so muoh differ
ence to a mau of my age. God bless
you, boy 1 Go and win her."
Val needed no second bidding. He
was back at Welwyn Woods in two days'
time. But he was bent upon a new
purpose. He would win Lulu for him
selfyes I But only on condition that
he oould not win her for Stephen.
She met him in the library, but not
with her old oordiality.
" I have a singular errand, Miss
Welwyn," he said, hurriedly, striving
to conceal his emotion. "My oousiu
tells me you have refused his offer of
marriage."
Lulu flushed slightly, but gave a dig
nified assent.
" May I ask," he went on earnestly,
"whether you have fully considered
your decision ? My cousin is a man
that any woman might be proud to win
for a husband. He is a noble fellow.
He wiil be rich some of these days, and
he certainly is fine looking enough to
suit the most fastidious taste. You can
not have fathomed the depth of his na
ture, Miss Welwyn, or you must have
esteemed him more highly."
"I'm jifraid, Mr. Thorne," she re
plied, coldly, "that I do not appreciate
your perfect men. I never did."
" Stephen does not profess to be any
thing of tbe kind," he said, hastily
" You know yourself that he is the sou.
of modesty. I am speaking of him as 1
know he is, from long acquaintance
with his character. From my heart I
honor him, Miss Welwyn, and, as your
best friend, might urge you to regard
his suit with favor."
" Your cousin has an ardent cham
pion, Mr. Thorne," she said, with the
same frigid calmness; " but it is quite
impossible for me to marry him. In the
first place I do not love him; and, in
tbe second, I would not marry any man
who sought me as his wife only as a
means to securing a fortune to his
friend. Your cousin's conduct is most
magnanimous so far as you are con
oerned, Mr. Thorne; but I must decline
the honor he would oonfer on me."
" Upon my soul, Miss Welwyn," Val
said, eagerly, "Stephen would not
have lent himself to such a soheme if
he had not cured foryou. Nothing oould
have induced him."
Then, seeing the scornful smile that
played about her lips, his own love
leaped beyond all barriers of restraint,
and he cried:
"You would not make that tell
against me, too ? I love you I Hear
me I I refused to accede to my uncle's
roposiuon, tnougn ne tnreatened to
isicherit me if I would not marrv von.
I refused ; but Stephen had seen you.
He knew you as I did not, and he
offered to take my place. Then I came
here, and without intending it, I
learned to love to worship you. For
Heaven's sake, believe me I What do
I care for the money ? It is you I want I
If you will not marry Stephen, will you
marry me? My happiness depends
upon it, for I love you with my whole
soul."
She trembled from head to foot, but
she evaded his touch, and said, with
studied indifferenoe:
"I am sorry, Mr. Thorne, but I can
not aooept all you say on faith. Confess
yourself ; it does seem as though the
money were behind the persistent pur
suit of my hand. Luckily, some of my
friends had heard of your unole's sin
gular exactions. I appreciate the
honor his preference does me ; but I
must decline it. ' There is no necessity,
however, of your suffering in con
sequence. You have done your part,
and your nncle must know that you
can't marry me against my will."
Val stood before her with a pale, im
passioned face.
" You do me a great wrong," he said,
hoarsely. " I love you as truly as ever
a man loved in the whole wide world.
I swear it I You must believe me, for
this is God's truth. Tell me is there
any way? there must be a way in
which I can prove it to you."
She paused a moment. There was
something in his voice and manner
whioh thrust oonviction upon her, and
her whole attitude ohanged. She
turned toward him with sudden im
petuosity. "Yes," she cried, I will believe
you, Mr. Thorne, if if you are willing
to renounoe your unole's fortune for my
sake."
" I will do it gladly' he answered,
seizing her hand and covering it with
kisses. " My darling, my sweet little
darling 1"
" But are you willing, Mr. Thorne,"
she asked, in a voice that trembled in
spite of her efforts to control it, " are
you willing to formally make over to
your cousin your share of your uncle's
money? There is pen and paper. I
will marry you only upon condition that
you sign such a contract."
Val had seized the pen while she
spoke. In a few moments he had written
aud signed this :
"I, Valentine Thome, do hereby
formally renounoe all claim upon the
estate, real or personal, of my unole,
Harry Thorne, and do make over, un
conditionally, to my cousin, Stephen R.
Thome, any bequest or inheritance that
may aoorue to me upon the death of the
aforesaid uncle. This act to go in force
upon tbe day of my marriage with Miss
Lulu Welwyn.
" (Signed) Valknttub Thobnb."
He put this into her hands, saying:
" This will leave me nothing but my
love to give you."
" It is quite enough," sho said, softly.
" Go and procure a witness," he said;
" I want it perfeotly legal."
She turned and went toward the
door, but she paused on the threshold.
The next instant, before he knew it,
she had torn the paper in pieces and
thrown it at her feet.
"I believe you, Val," she cried,
holding out her arms toward him, " I
believe you I"
He drew her to his heart with a faoe
that shone.
" I will give up anything for you, my
love," he said, in a low tone. "There
is nothing in this world half so dear to
me as yourself, my own little treasure 1"
Bnt he gave up nothing, in fact, for
old Mr. Thome, whom they agreed not
to inform any better, supposed his du
tiful nephew was merely acting in obe
dience to his expressed wish, and a
handsome bundle of stook and bonds
was forthcoming on Val's wedding day.
"I shall do my courting by myself
next time," was Stephen's observation;
and he carried it out with the best of
results. Twelve months later he married
a charming girl whom, as he said, Provi
dence had been keeping for him all the
time.
A trade journal gives directions for
"preserving harness." Preserved har
ness may be considered very palatable
by those who like that sort of thing,
but we don't want a bit in our month
JAPANESE FESTIVALS.
LBd al the Hon ndmm Trn-Wl. Dal-ZIa
In tbe Cilv mf ike Dend.
A Yokohama correspondent of the
San Francisco Chronicle writes: The
15th of May is a grand religious festival
day in Japan. On that day, from one
end of the land to the other, the patriot
irm and religious devotion of the people
are made manifest The flag of the em
pire is given to the breeze and the
temples are thronged with worshipers.
The festival is in commemoration of the
creation of their first parents. The
legends of Japan tell of this sun goddess
Ten-sio-dai-zin, the favorite daughter
of Iza na-gi-mikoto. creator of the earth.
Iza-na-gi-mikoto was the Columbus of
the gods. He conceived the idea that
beneath the heavens under the boiling
waters there must be a habitable
sphere. To think with him was to. act.
He plunged his spoar into the waters,
and npon withdrawing it the drops fall
ing from it were congealed, and so the
world was formed, the largest drop
becoming the islands of Japan. He
then created the ten thousand things
known to men, and placed his favorite
daughter to reign over his
creation. After lapase of over two mil
lion years, without counting the odd
thousands, one of her descendants
married a mortal, and from her union
sprung tbe race of the mikado and his
people. The 15th of May is a festival
day in honor of the sun goddess Ten
Bio dai-zin. So patriotism, loyalty and
religion are inextricably involved and
joined in the minds of the people
Through the mikado they claim lineal
descent from the creator of this world
and all that therein is. In the near past
the sun was worshiped by the Japanese,
and at this time very many of the un
learned are sun worshipers, this being
especially true of seamen. As the sun
rises they bow their heads and invocate
the god of day. There Is a romantio le
gend connected with the reign of the sun
goddess Ten sio-dai-zin as queen protec
tress of the earth. It appears that she
had numerous brothers and sisters, and
that one of tne brothers was wild and
made it very troublesome for his sister.
At last she became so much afraid of
him that she secluded herself within a
deep cave in the mountains, the entrance
to whioh was securely closed. Owing
to her absence the world was wrapped
in continual darknrss.
This state of affairs became intolera
ble, and the gods, meeting in conclave,
determined that Ten-sio-dai-zin must be
prevailed npon to reappear, they agree
ing to assure her that her troublesome
brother should be banished to some far
away realm of space, to trouble her no
more. They prooeeded to the cave
where she had immured herself, and by
great efforts opened the entrance a little,
when the sun goddess gave a peep out;
and seeing the vast multitude of her
fellow gods and goddesses, whom she
knew as her friends, she oame out from
her seclusion. The brother was duly
banished, but after a time it was'.thought
that if he was allowed to return to his
old dome the experience he bad gained
in his banishment would deter him from
further troubling his sister, whom he
knew was under their protection. He
came back among them, but the devil
was still in him. It was the fashion in
those ages cf the gods for all female
deities to always have with them a mir
ror, and to this day a mirror is consid
ered an emblem of purity, and to be
found in every Shinto temple in the
land. As this wicked brother met his
sister he tried to kill her with his flam
ing sword, making a deadly cut at her,
which she warded off by interposing
her mirror. From the meeting qj the
sword and mirror another god was
created, who proved to be as vicious as
his father. The fate of both father and
son are not authentically established,
Probably they became first-class demons
in the infernal regions.
The festival in honor of the sun god
dess is celebrated with due ceremony
at a temple especially dedicated to her
worship in Yokohama. The temple is
situated upon one of the sightliest
elevations of the place, and looks toward
Tokio. The busy city lies far below it,
and a complete bird's-eye view can be
had of the city and its environments ;
and the whole expanse of the beautiful
bay of Yokohama, with its fleet of
shipping, is before the gazer from this
spot. I am told that it is only upon
this anniversary day, during the entire
year, that this temple is open for cere
monial worship, the devout all the rest
of the year praying before the closed
doors, On this day the Shinto priest
hood array themselves in their robes of
office and perform their sacred functions
during the day, and also in the even
ing. The temples devoted to the
worship of Buddha and his disciples,
who have been sainted and deified, are
always open for business to be trans
acted, though there are days set apart
for peculiar ceremonies befitting ex
traordinary events connected with the
lives and death of their peculiar object
of worship. Some time last year the
god who has charge of tbe thunder
machinery of heaven was placed in a
new abode that was prepared for him.
From the temple where he had been
enthroned he was taken in a saored
traveling-box at the head of a long
procession of worshipers, and placed
in the new house, where he is now sup
posed to abide. There was no idolatry
in all this, only a spiritual conception
of the faithful.
On the hills of Yokohama here
termed the "bluff" are to be seen
the elegant homes of the city. Here,
too, are the marine hospitals of the
English, German and American govern
ments, and here live the missionaries
who have left their homes in New Eng
land to come to this land of sun and
flowers, that they may sow the seed of
their different religious sects. On the
"bluff" also is the home of the resting-place
of those who have learned the
secret of the hereafter, and who have
no further need of priest or physician.
On the most elevated plateau of the
reservation dedicated to the dead, is a
granite obelisk, about six feet square
and some twelve feet in height, stand
ing on a granite base eight feet square
and four feet high. On its four sides is
told the story of the loss of the United
States steamer Oneida, with all on
board. On the east Bide of the obelisk
is this inscription :
; In Memory :
: of the :
; Officers and Men :
t Who went down with the I
I U. a a Oneida :
: When that vessel was sunk :
; While homeward bound, :
; By the steamship :
; Bombay, ;
: In Yeddo bay, Japan, Jan. 24, 1870 . ',
The other sides of the monument
contain the names of the officers and
orew who lost their lives. It stands on
a plat, inclosed with cable chains at
tached to anchors, set with the stocks
upright, at each corner. Outside of
the chain is an evergreen hedge, nicely
kept and trimmed, and on the inner
side are growing beautifur cedars and
camellias.
Tomioka is the place where the
wealth and beauty of Yokohama resort
during the heated term. Tomioka is
distant from Yokohama about eight
miles. The road thither is one char
acterized by the same diversity of
scenery so peculiar to all roads in Japan,
hills and dales vying in the attractions
they offer to the eye of the traveler.
The village is a picturesque one, as it
nestles among the hills, which come
down to the sea in all their pride, show
ing high bluffs, in many places their
bases washed by the waves, with here
and there quiet nooks and reaches of
hard, clean, sandy beaches. It is
a charming plaoe for sea-bathing,
the clean sand insuring against
any torpid condition of the
water, which is at the ebb and flow of
the tide as clear and transpaient as old
ocean gives any ooast There are many
3ne old trees at Tomioka offering ample
shade to all comers. The usual para
phernalia of the fishing village is here
not encountered, as theabsenoeof facil
.iiies of runnirg boats npon the beach
where they may be left in security, are
wanting. Its elevation secures fine
views, and the fresh, uncontaminated
breezes from off the water are grateful
to the senses. There are three temples
here that are occupied during the sum
mer months by parties renting then,
rom the priests. Many of the native
houses are utilized, and there ia plentj
of room for camping out. It is a de
lightful soil from Yokohama to Tomioka
by Sampan, and during the season there
are regular trips made daily by man;
small crafts for the accommodation of
those visiting there. Somehow.it seems
to be the more favorite method oi
bathing with .the Japanese to take
theirs hot The hot bath
is an institution patronized at all sea
sons, both males and females indulging
as often as their means will allow. The
cost being in tbe neighborhood of one
and a half cents at the more ordinary
institutions, not many are debarred the
luxury of the hot bath, Formerly, and
until very late years, bathing establish
ments were open to all of both sexes,
without discrimination. All bathed in
the presence of eaoh other and in view
of the passing public. At the present
time the males are segregated from the
female bothers, and the resort is no
longer open to the public gaze.
In the Haoone mountain range are
many wonderful medical springs, flow
ing in large volume and of very high
temperature much hotter than the hot
springs of California, and perhaps more
highly charged with sulphur. As these
springs are at an elevation of between
5,000 and 6,000 feet above the level of
the sea in a mountain range, they are
visited by very many who desire to
enoape tbe sultry heat of the lower
levels, while at tbe same time they may
benefit their health by using the waters
to bathe in. I have listened to the re
lation of the wonderful curative pro
perties of these hot springs by those
who have visited them, and have been
delighted by the descriptions of the
grand and majestio scenery tbat is pre
sented to the adventurous tourists who
have penetrated into the fustness of
this pile of everlasting peaks that nestle
around old Fnliyama, but I have yet to
visit them in person. '
How a Hill Traveled.
Just below Savertnn, Rail county,
Missouri, is a very high, steep bill. Be
tween the foot of this hill and the Mis
sissippi river is a very narrow spaoe
only a few feet. Along this space runs
the Long Line railroad track. One day
recently some tremendous power tore
the hill loose from the balance of the
range, and the whole hill, comprising
several aoies of ground, began to move
slowly into the river, pushing seventy
five yards of railroad ahead of it This
tore the track up fox several hundred
yards on eaoh side. The whole earth
seemed to tremble, and strange noises
were heard in the bowels of the earth.
The spectacle is said to have been a
grand one, and hundreds of persons
flocked to see it. The hill moved at the
rate of ten feet every twenty-four hours.
Occasionally a small piece would break
off and float down the river with large
trees standing erect on it, presenting
the strange speotaole of a miniature
floating island going down the river.
My Little Neighbor.
Ton came to live near us
One bonnie spring day;
The next sunshiny morning
A morning in May
I hoard yon a-gardening
Over the way.
But between, like Fife's battlemeat,
Grim rose the wall,
And you were so little,
And t was not tail
Should I shout?. Would you answer ?
What name could I call ?
I hate the man
Who had built the wall tiers.
I climbed with the aid
OI a venerable chair !
A diminutive Borneo
Scaling yonr stair.
The ledge I laid over
Ah, such a wee thing 1
Like a roatless white butterfly
Light on the wing ;
Hair gold as the primrose
That blossomed in spring.
Yonr rake dropped, your sun-hat slipped
Off your bright head.
" Are yon the boy next door ?"
You solemnly said. -I
nodded, slid over the wall,
Itadiant and red.
Oh, my wife, in Life's garden
We linger to-day ;
Many snows, many Hay-bldoms
Have kissed gold to gray,
Since I wooed my wee neighbor
Over the way.
K. Temple More, in Our Continent.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
One part of the baseball fever is
catching.
Cannibals sometimes have their
neighbors at dinner.
Hanlau has won 880,000 by his skill
with the oars. That is what we call
good soullership.
Some traits run in families. Shakes
peare's father, being illiterate, made his
mark. So didShskespeore.
"Great Fains Taken" is the heading
of an advertisement in one of the dailies.
Probably some gentleman has eaten a
whole watermelon.
Jones says that he used to be pro
ficient in half-a dozen languages, but
tbat since marriage he is not even
master of his own tongue.
At the seashore, as usual, one wave
'rom a woman's handkerchief will con
tinue to attract more attention than
hundreds of waves from the ooean.
A teacher was trying to make Johnny
understand the science cf simple divi
sion. "Now, Johnny," she said, "if you
had an orange which you wished ';o di
vide with your little sister, how nuoh
would you give her ?" J otnny thoaght
a moment, and replied. "A suck."
The farmei in the grassy field;
Doth make the fragrant hay,
And as he pauses ia his wori
Sings a roundelay.
Oh, whv does he behind the barn
So suddenly retire ?
A bee hath climbed his trouser's leg
He's putting er.t the fire.
Scrambled snakes' eggs are the new
dish, and as yet there seem to be no
particular direction for preparing them
in the oook books. We would suggest,
however, that yon go out into the coun
try until yon find a nest with eggf. and
then, when the snake puts in its
appearance, it will come natural to you
to scramble some.
"Why, my dear," said poor little Mr.
Penhecker, with a ghastly smile, "why
would the world without woman, lovely
woman, be like a blank sheet of paper?"
Mrs. P., who had just been giving the
little man "a piece of her mind,"
smiled and "couldn't think." "Why,
because, don't you see, love," said the
long suffering one, "it wouldn't even
be ruled."
The Mohammedan's Messiah.
The Mohammedans await the coming
of their Messiah. lie is called Muul
Saa, the "Master of the Hour," or, as
some will have it, "The Ruler of the
Moment." The whole complex and
intricately ornate edifice of Arabic faith
and religious Gaining is based upon
three books: The Koran, the Conversa
tions of the Prophet (colleoted by his
disoiples, tbe Sahaba),the Book of Sidi
Khnlil, which is to the others what the
Getnara is to the Mishna of the Tal
mud. It is in the second of these
books, the "Conversations," that we
find the prophet's words regarding the
Messiah:
" A man shall come after me. Ilia
name shall be tbe same as miue ; tbat
of his father tbe same as the name of
my father, and that of his mother the
same as the ncme of my mother, lie
will resemble mo also in his charaoter,
buijiot in tbe features of his face. By
himShe earth shall be filled with jus
tice and equity."
Two hundred and twenty millions of
Mohammedans, from occidental Airica
to farthest India, await the coming of
the Just One.
The Maady, or false Prophet, who
reoently smote the Egyptians hip and
tbigh at Kordotan, claims to be this
Messiah.
Sir Francis Lyoett, of London, left by
his will 81,000,000 to built Wesleyau
chapels in Great Britain, and the will
being contested by a nephew it was, a
few weeks ago, sustained.
The leading induntries of Pittsburg
required, last year, $70,000,000 capital,
employed nearly 67,000 hands, and
turned out over $84,000,000 of nakura
and manufactured merchandize.!