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ft. P. SUHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE UWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
MIFFLINTOWIN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1892.
NO. 35
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hV JIlRiH KOC'IS.
Uncials -.kh up 111 the tree-top.'
in tiie soli I'tw1 afloat In' the sky,
VU,.'u II. i ml 'dims I lie cradle will rock "
CiK'Hii ami eiooiiint! a low luliar.v.
If ami Hi I-ii uoK u ilirouttb the sweat summer
sr.
I mil- round bibles all downy and small,
s itr in then I'ictU nr en cradle so fair.
Men tl jy, with no fear of a (all.
Gail) they sll through the long Summer
djl
iir.iiiit .i fat. and so iilutnp. u so round
Lull.:''! i peen through the soft mellow hai'e
Ii, i. in above li.ein, jy and around
S.u,,:li: m u. ri see lt.il Hie sunny lilne sky
IVjii lille cloudlets thut sometimes turn
U ' i v ,
Sitl. runt feautiops th it palter and ury
.N.ill. Hi e Kieeu cm t :illis, that hide tlieui
i i. .i .
Litre t.. ..wn 1. 1 1. lies come twittering round,
I el i.i. . "I i..auties aw.) down below ;
lil-.- ;.i,l bntti-mibs dotting the ground,
Uil i in j g'ass where the biiht lilies
urow
liir.il k-oi.ien inii.uvs ..I ileti yellow er.itu,
i,i. ,:i -i,j.i nooks where the blackberry
k; i , , :
fn-ts . f corn-taels wave o er the plain,
.VJ tt i lie breezes in rhythmical rows.
F .j-1 with l..rini! the little brown kead.
I'u-i.inK and -ry inii, their freedom to earn,
B,.it h i the bonds of their siitii little beds,
r.ittei i;.'iui hKe a .leluue of ram.
r.uueiv the mints -..si their babyhood's home,
' hen tl.e boiuiu bends the cradle will
i.iH."
rottl. !. their life-work they 1 . v f 1 1 v eome.
I'
aii Las come rock.iuy-baby and all.
'i he Iluuiekecptr.
HA.NUFUL ELLIS.
vowiy toe sun crept over fie wheat
ticM, tracking abroad, black shadow-
veil across the billows of green falling
Inline me wind's swllt passage, and
rising a'ain as the sun sent long.
quivering gleams through the bright
restie'9 niaaes.
lieyouii ine wnenueld. Just across
the creek, Deacon Ellis was ploughing
Iii9 corn . iih nearly "chirrup," when
ever old Moll turned into a new furrow
ceuld be heard away down to the big
road. Aim between furrows the good
.leacoii w died away the time by s'ntiiig
tl.e old laminar meeting-house ityniL.:
C.mie. tliuu fount of every blessing."
lthappenet fiat while the deacon
was singing in the corn Meld, Parmer
Foster and his wifj were driving to
iowa in tneir new jersey, They were
era-sing ttie creek at the tnrn of the
ou road, and stopped a moment to
Cive the mare a driuk just as the dea
con's song rose to its highest pitch:
"Here I'll r:ilse mine Kbenerer,
Huh r by Thy help I'm c ,ine.
And I li"i e tiy hy uood pleasure,
Palely to arrive at home."
Tlie farmer's wife laughed as sh8
pu-hed back lier siiuboiii.et to listen.
' The de..cou's singiu' "Zekiel," she
said, ".same's If his ouly cow didn't fall
in the ditch ylstiudy, an break her leg,
an nave to ue Knocked in the hea l."
The farmer tapped his whip at a fly
ou ttio back of Ills mare.
'An' the same, ' he faid, "as if his
Litest helper wasn't d wn w ith the
pink-eye. Nothin' can't, stop bliu a
tninkiu' of the Lord, Nancy, Ham or
shir.e, summer 'n winter, hit's all the
same to Deacon L:lis. There's alius
somethin' not quite as bad as it might
'a been. I've a g od m n' to drive bv
and ax after th heifer, Mancy."
"Do. 'Zekiel. H it'll look kinder
neighborly," said the tanner's wife, and
the Jersey w.igon turned out of the
big road Into the red lane running past
the deacon's cornfield. The deacon
saw them coming, and called old M..1
to a halt. Wuile h e went, over to the
worm fence and exchanged "how d'ye
do's" with hi neighbors. Greetings
being over. Farmer Foster Inquired
after the deacon's wife.
"Well, she's ailin' same to be sure,"
was the aLSwer. "She's ailin' some,
but, the Lord I e praised for it, she's
up an' about again!''
"An' how's the heifer, deacon?"
"Poo'ly, mi.'hty poo'ly; but 'Uiut
the only one we've got, an'l'ina-thank-in'
of the Lord fir that."
Farmer Foster tojk up his lines; It
was no easy matter to condole with his
neighbor Ellis.
"Well, deacon," he said, "we druv
by to te:l you as we felt pow'ful cut
up 'tout that fine cow o' yours as
broke her leg ylst.lddy, but seems you
don't need no help to bear vour bad
luck."
Deacon Ellis pulled a cedar splinter
from the fence rail before he answer
ed. "Well," he said, slowly,
'oman set a sight o' store bv
an' my little gal cried for
ntht, to be sure. We'll
my ole
that cow
milk last
miss old
Spot, thar ain't no denyin
o' that.
But we've got a sight o nice beef ofl'n
her, an' that's somethin' to be thank
ful for."
"See here, deacon,' Mrs. Foster
would hear of no further thanksgiving
in the mi. 1st of such dire misfortune.
She unterstood exactly what the loss
of the cow meant to the invalid wife
and sickly daughter of the man who
was straining every point in order to
pay off the mortgage upon the few
acres he called his farm. "Se here
deacon," she said, "you send David
over to my house every evenin' an get
a quart o' milk for that little gal o'
youis. 'Taint no manner o' 'count to
us, an' David can cut across lots an'
come for it In no time.'"
The deacon thanked her and said be
would, and in bis heart he thanked the
l ord for the unexpected good, and that
night he thanked 111m aloud upon his
knees, for the gift of neighbors and
friends. And the next morning at
breakfast when a blessing had been
a ked upon the humble meal and Mrs.
Ellis set a mug of Farmer Foster's nice
new milk before the sick child, who
clappd her little hands Joyfully at
sight of it, the deacon bowed his gray
head again, ard thanked the Master of
mercies a second time "For all lTis
many blessings.''
The next Sunday he was in bis ac
customed place at the villaze church
Rui when he knelt to pray few would
have suspected as he poured forth ti9
prayer of praise and thanksgiving,
that Ids only cow had broken her legs
in the ditch and his be3t he fer bad
died with the pink eye only the week
before and that his last and only botie
' a cow had been stricken down with
the same diseasp.
"'Streams of merry never ce using
-a;l lor songs of loudest praise. ,r
Hijltcr and fuller the sweet song
ro e, as if the singer's life had been one
roiitlnuat toiind of ieace, and his pr.th
way one of n s -s and uerpetual summer.
The good man shut his eyes to visible
H'li'KS and dosed Ids heart to worldly
c :rn; and neither tlie dead heifer nor
tlie unfortunate cow could shake the
foundation of thankfulness lu his
heart.
Spring ripened into summer, the
Mrn m the deacon's field looked healthy.
But the wheat alas! tbe sun creeping
"cross the waving billows found rust
among the ripening heads. And wben
Kwa cut and waiting the deacon'!
THE NUT-TREE BABIES'
LABY
turn for the thrMimr n,. .., . . .
the gram sprouted.
The loss of his wheat was a blow to
the embarraw,,l faPm . - ' ,
ari ,,,. it.. o., nun no receiv
ed but little sympathy from his neigh-
r!!LWi hJ urge4 h,m to 'o'low melr
?,et?n.i8,,?c,c nd "l" wheat
means or aavlne IL But wit h t ' .
un omnia. n na fha ni ... t .
aiatenc, for which he waa noted, b
refused to desecrate the Lord'jsday.but
chose rather to keep that holv ni
trust the result to Hlra who controls
the weather.
"Here I'll raise mine Ebeuezer." -
Farmer Foster ruling iinnn o, a
beard tbe deacon's toia in.t fitn,in
the sound round the old man in the
ruined field singing among the stubble.
-s v., 0. ln me gr4nil ola 0?mn t0
tell of doubt or discouragement, or
distrust, in the midst of wreot ann
ruiu the alur bad been ereoted and
reconsecrated to Him who seeds both
sun to soften and rain to dmtrrn
"It's bad, mighty bad, a-comln' on
me just now; there ain't no deny in' o
that," he told Deighbor Foster. "But
the cornfield's left, an' that's a good
deal to be thankful for."
So 'tis, so 'tis," replidd the farmer,
and he went borne feeling that some
how Deacon Ellis affairs were as bad
as they could be, but might be worse If
the deacon had a mind to look ou tbe
dark side.
"Well," said Mrs. Foster, when her
good man rode Into the back yard,
"Is Deacon Eliis a.thlnking of the
Laid became tbe wheat's all sp'iled,
'Zekiel?"
"io, Nancy, replied Farmer Fos
ter, "the deacos ain't such a fool as to
uo that. He's some cut up about the
wheat, but he's Jubileein' pow'ful over
the enrn."
"Well, when the corn's gons he'll
in irate over the ground being lert.
An1 when that's tuk therell sholy be
nothin' left for Deacon Ellis to be gl r?
ym' over, a n it'll be tuk, mark what
I tell you, 'Zekiel."
It was n it long after this that the
deacon's little girl died. This was the
heaviest blow that had fallen upon him,
but eo deeply engrossed was he in the
effort to comfort his stricken wif j that
he forgot his own sorrow, and failrd
also to notice that the drouth bad
ripened the corn before its time; so
that where be had hoped to find tbe
full, ripe ear, only premature nubbins
were hidden away under the crisp,
yellow shucks.
"Well," the deaion drew bis wifj's
bead to his bosom, "we have got each
other, Mary, an' that's a heap to thank
the Lord for."
But even that solace was denied him
very long. Always as the deacon said,
"one of the ailin' one?,'' the strain up
on mind and heart was too great for
tbe frail body, and Mrs. Ellis was laid
to rst by the side of her little girl
under the cedars beyond the wheat
Geld. The deacou's cross was growing
heavy iudesd. The neighbors began to
call him Job, and, although bis voice
still led tbe old b mu on Sabbath
mornings In the village church, there
was a quiver in it that told how heavily
tbe tired heart was leaning upon the
"Goodness and Mrcy1' which he
declared had followed b'.m "all the
davs of his life."
Yet be Btdl sang In the corn3eld
when the skimpy nubbins had been
stored, and fiere was nothing to do but
to gather the fodder:
"(lb, to Graee how great a debtor
Daily i iu constrained to be."
The poor heart Tel: a revival of the
long-tried trust as the crisp, golden
blades rustled to his touch. "It's
something to be thankful for," be said
to his hired boy, David, pulling the
last armful from the stunted stalks.
Then the harvesting was finished;
except the gathering of the pippins
and the wine-saps, and, as tbe crop
had been a short one, the gathering of it
in was a small matter.
"We've got enough to eat, anyhow,"
be told tbe neighbors, "an' that's
something to be thankful for."
Finally tbe fruit was stored aud
Deacon E, Us entered into his well
earned winter rest.
"The Lord will let Job alone now,"
Farmer Fostei's wife now said, "au'
sholy it Is time."
But the deacou's troubles were not
yet ended; there was still one more
calamity in store for biro the Are that
burned bis barns and destroyed his last
faint hope of paving off the mortgage
upon bis land. It was nearly the final
stroke. The old mau had buried his
w'fe and child, for whom be worked
and saved sow the means of his own
livelihood were vanishing.
His neighbors were applied. The
good old deacon had no enemies; and
now even those who had found some
thing to laugh at in his great faith In
the race of calamity were shocked.
The Sunday following the burning
of the barns the neighbors met early
at the church and discussed the matter
among themselves It was nnauy ae
cided turt among themselves they
would raise enough money to pay off
the mortgage on the farm, and from
thpir own full arranar'.es furnish seed
for the next year's crop.
"I want to hear him ble33 tbe Jord
once more," said Farmer Foster, with
a big tear in either eye.
"And have somethin to bless Him
for," added bis wife, as she brushed off
u crystal drop that bad trickled to the
tip of her nose.
Then some one whispered that the
deacon waa at the door and the congre
gation settled down to its accustomed
quiet and decorum as the old man
entered. He was aging, Deacon Ellis
was, be leaned heavily upon his sUT,
and the neighbors noticed, for the first
time.
bow the silver m nis mwr "
givea place to snow.
Farmer Foster's tears no longer stood
vi. -.. rint followed each other in
nuick succession down bis sun-browsed
- ,11.1 .anw nthora nf I
cheeks, tie ieii v..
the congregation, that at last Deacon
Ellis stood face to face with that mo
ment in his life when there was nothing
left for gratitude.
For the first Sunday since the little
church had beard his prayers there
would be no thanksgiving. Then the
sympathetic farmer thought of the
mortgage, already as good as lilted,
and he felt a strong Impulse to rise up
ln his place and tell him; to cry out:
"Tha-k the Lord if you wish; go ou
thanking Him.'
So excited did he become that M s.
Foster touched him on the arm and
said, ln a whisper: "Zekiel, kneel
down "
The deacon had begun bis prayer;
broken and quivering the accents, soft
and slow the petition. Tbe rod bad
rallen so heavily! There was a plead
ing cry for strength, a KP' h,
a full surrender to the will of Him
wbodoeth all things well; and then;
as the voice gathered strength and the
tfeart returned to its old-time trust,
e cbJef cbaracteristio of hia religion
exerted Itself, and Deacon Ellis
thanked the Lord that she whom He
had given to be to him a helpmate and
a solace had been gathered Into rest
before his calamities bad overtaken
blm.
Then, as tbe grand old voice rose
again la the sweet, familiar hymn:
''Here I'll raise mine Ebeuezer,"
the people listening felt indeel the
sublimity of faith erecting Its altar up
on tbe ashes of despair.
KEEPING A DIARY.
To nearly every one any reference to
keeping a diary recalls that which has
more than onee been decided upon and
even attempte 1, bat, like many other
New Year resolutions, became irksome
and waa soon given np. Muoh has
been written, and a great deal of ex
cellent advioe given, yet there is proba
bly no other task so many have begun,
yet so very few have finished. As
most are situated one day is so much
lake another, any attempt at a daily
reoord of events becomes so monoto
nous there is no wonder it should
quickly lose its oharm, and, as is
usually the case, be continued for only
a few days; still in portions at least of
nearly every life, however common
place, there is muoh in the way of im
pressions and observations which are
well worth recording, and which are
quite certain subsequently to prove of
remarkable interest to the writer, and
possibly to others, while no life is so
varied, interesting or exciting that
ever yday should bring forth what is
really worth describing. The usual
ready-made annual diary, dated for
every day of the year, is what is almost
invariably selected to begin with, but
a three-hnndred-and-sixty-five or six
days allotted task is very liable to
prove like too great an amount of food
set before one who is convalescent, and
discourages or takes away what Utile
appetite there was, which a smaller
amount, more daintily served, would
have Increased.
If, upon starting out on a somewhat
extensive journey, or even a short va
cation, a small, neat blank book is
provided and a diary kept, not of the
days, bnt of the events worth noting,
and sometimes several will occur in a
pingle day, while numerous days may
sasa without a single one, a real pleas
ure will be found in the writing
scarcely leas than that originally ex
perienced; and again, perhaps, years
after, wben most of tbe circumstance
have been forgotton, the whole may be
vividly recalled, and, possibly, just as
thoroughly enjoyed by reviewing those
pages. To the few who have made but
one journey in a whole lifetime, all the
details may have been so indelibly im
pressed on the memory as never to be
forgotton, bnt it is only a very limited
amount wbioh ean be permanently re
membered, and one, -even though
remarkably fond of scenery, may see
so much that is beautiful Vud striking
as to have in the end if trusted solely
to memory, only a very vagae impres
sion even of tbat which was grandest
or most picturesque. Though the
weather is for the diary as for conver
sation a never failing topic, it is doubt
ful if any bat the very unsaal, such as
the earthquakes, the tornadoes, the
violent storms, or perhaps those ''per
fect days of June," with their effects, are
actually worth more than the transient,
conversational oomment.
hen nnrronnded by new scenes is
the most favorable time for keeping a
really interesting diary, and when
taking long trips, whatever the taates
there is always ample to be noted.
Almost every one has a natural love for
flowers and Nature's flora is varied and
constantly changing. Each section
also has its birds, and, in fact, its gen
eral fauna. Geology, so termed, may
sound rather dry and antiquated, but
natural scenery, which is only another
expression for it, has more or less
charm for everyone. Momethiag of the
differences in the productions, pur
suits, customs, expressions, habits,
mode of living, articles of food, or
ways of cooking it, is certainly very
interesting to note and subsequently
recall. Ail these are at first particu
larly noticeable, bnt it is really sur
prising how soon they become familiar
as to be afterward regarded as com
monplace and then forgotten.
The first sight of a log house, such
as are common in most newly settled
sections or of the adobe, of which there
are many in Southern Texas, Colorado
and California, and scarcely any others
in portions of Mexico and Central
Amerioa, oertainly may oocaaion a re
markable degree of interest, but all the
romance is, at least for a time, lost if
no others are seen for a few weeks or
months, hence a vigorous description
would at first be written, though later
on they might have been regarded as
scarcely worth mentioning. Many of
onr great natural objects such as Niag
ara Falls, for instance, are in the main
constantly the same, or the change is
so slight as to be, according to geology.
scarcely noticeable in a lifetime, or
even in the whole time since the first
description was written, still the cir
cumstances nnder which they are seen
and the impressions may differ greatly.
The writer has seen and recorded more
or less extensively, diary description of
Niagara in summer, and in winter,
wheu the delicate frost work bung
from every natural object, wben the
constantingly changing ice bridge wae
there, by daylight, by moonugnt, ar
tificially lighted by electricity and far
grander when in a thnnder shower at
night, illumined by flashes of lightning,
followed instantly by a' most total dark
ness, in each of whioh conditions there
was something well worth noting.
Everywhere in America, at least.
lady can, travel with perfect sift ty, and
there have been instances where our
self -reliable American women have
codp nearly or quite around the world
practically unattended. They can climb
the highest mountains, ana, it so in
clined, can, with proper precautions go
down into and through the deepest
mines. It is said that in the latter half
of our lives we live in the recollection
of the first, and those are indeed fortn
nate who have seen and carefully noted
what will give genuine pleasure to
recall. vision,
The California Bee Keepers' As-ocia
tion is preparing a notable exhibit for
the Fair. Besides honey sod bees, the
exhibit will include presaed flowers of
all the different honey flora, specimens
of the birds and insects which are the
enemies of bees, models and photo
crraphs of apiaries, and novelties in the.
shape of production distinctive to Cali- i
fornia, especially in the line of bees- j
wax and foundation. i
The latest work of Miss Mary Tile I
linghast. of New York, is the stained
glass windows designed for tbe new '
Alumntt Hall of the Western Female
Seminary at Oxford, Ohio. It is to be '
presented to the seminary by the clans
of 1866, and will be sent first to the
World's Fair for exhibition. 1
OUR LADY Of PEACE."
a ft.mmrkwbl. Omk Tim Charoli la
Frvuli ProTtae..
Among the early inhabitants ot
Frano and of tbe British Isles oak
trees were an object of worship, and
inuok of the Druid ical service of
those far-off days was connected with
the monarcbs of tbe forest. Wben
Christianity was Introduced
the
early teachers of the gospel of the
crucified turned these oak trees into
temples, and statues or the Divine
Son and His mother were erected in
them. Many of these trees became
places of pilgrimage and Gothic
churches now mark their sites.
At Alonville, ln Normandy, one of
these trees was stauding a few years
ago and may perhaps still remain.
Years ago time hollowed its mighty
trunk, thirty-five feet ln circumfer
ence, and the Inside was lined with
marble. Within the crypt an altar
was erected, and upon it was placed
a statue of the Madonna. Here ser
vice was often performed, and here,
tradition has it, crusanders knelt in
worship before and after visiting the
Holy Land. When, during the
French revolution, tbe agents of the
Infidel govt rnment were sent to de
stroy tbe shrine Alonville, the peo
ple flew to its defense and prevented
its demolition, and during tbe ter
rible reign of terror In France this
was the only spot where the old faith
THB REMARK A BUB OAK.
was openly practiced. over -ine
portal of the shrine is the inscrip
tion: Notre Dame de la Paix Our
Lady of Peace.
Sanaa. Philosophy.
The worst kind of a lie Is an acted
lie.
No life tbat seems long is a happy
one.
Some people tell anything,' and be
lieve It.
People exhaust Joy so much earlier
than they exhaust sorrow.
Many men loaf under tbe pretense
of taking care of their health.
Woman's lips seldom betray her,
but her eyes tell the secret of her life.
When a man says he loves children,
someone is sure to ask him to bold
tbe baby.
A man cannot think of very mean
things to say to bis enemy until the
enemy Is gone.
Patience may be found always
where there Is hope, but it seldom
abides where hope is not.
We often wonder how It Is possible
for some people to work so hard, and
accomplish so little.
If ever you bear tbat a man is re
signed to his troubles, you may know
that It Is because he has to be.
The greatest of the virtues Is char
ity; probably It Is for this reason that
a man keeps it all for himself.
A man will always stand at his
post, so long as it is the only place at
which he can get his bread and but
ter. How people like to create the Im
pression that they are daredevils!
And what cowardly wretches they
are!
Investigate most worthless men
closely, and you will flDd that they
either sing, or play some game par
ticularly well.
Wben women get together one of
the main subjects of conversation is
wonder If some other woman knows
tbe way her husband la acting.
After lovers become engaged they
begin to notice what there is to eat
on the table, and wben tbey are mar
ried they growl because there Isn't
more.
There Is an impression that men
like to be petted when tbey are sick.
As a matter of fact, men like to be
petted when they are well, and can
enjoy it.
Treat your friend as you would a
piece of furniture; if you roughly use
him, you will have no right to com
plain because tbe polish and varnish
wear off.
It is of no avail tbat a liar calls our
attention to the principles of truth.
We may admit that there Is such a
thing as truth, but we cannot be per
suaded tbat be knows anything of its
existence.
When a man determines to reform,
the first reform thought of is to quit
bummlDg around at night. Those of
you who do not have the habit, but
who are thinking of acquiring it, are
invited to think of this. Atchison
Slobe.
Tite career of the famous base ball
pitcher is not unlike the public lifo
of an opera tenor. There is sudden
glory. For a season tbe man is in
the sunlight of success. His photo
graph is in the show-window. His
breakfast is described with pains by
an interviewer. He is pointed at in
the street He receives perfumed
notes. In the exercise of his calling
he is applauded before he gives justi
fication. At the zenith of his fame
a neck Si a is named after blm. But
If he loses his cunning through
nervousness or rheumatism his name
la Sejttnus, and the mob that once
fawned Is ready to tear him in pieces,
plained. "Every now and then the
men get careless or something goes
wrong and some inferior articles are
turned out; and every one sold does
us harm. It destroys confidence in
the rest."
"O, well, there's a way to stop
that," said the patent medicine man,
who had his feet wn a desk and was
puffing earnestly at a cigar.
"Throw away everything that
doesn't come np to the standard set,
I suppose?" said the manufacturer.
"That s one way.
-- fvft. I .can't r afford it Think of
tbe hole It would make in my prit
lts."
"Or course. And It wonld be
criminal waste, too. Sell 'em, my
friend sell the worst or 'em. but
advertise everywhere 'bewarv of Im
itations.'" "For what purpose?"
"So that when a man gets on.
that's inferior he'll think it's an 1ml-
J tation. That's the way to sell tbe
wltn the good w.thout hurting!
.nu, renntatii.n. Tcmess vnu haven't i
done much with patented articles or
special lines, or you d have learned
this before. Always maka un extra
spread ln that way when you are go
ing to turn out anything particularly
bad."
lllrty Flower Girl.
' If one goesto to the Covent Garden
market early enough one can see the
street flower venders laying in their
stock ln trade for the day. Girls of
15 or 16 as blase and depraved, beg
ging a copper hare and there from
some well-to-do visitor in tbe market,
and then bargaining sharply to get
its worth from a gardener. There
are old women, doddering, blear-eyed
old things, who have been standing
at the same corner year in and year
oat for so long they've forgotten wben
they began; there are crippled men and
flippant boys, and the choice of flow
ers they make is a pretty sure guide
to the locality tbey sell in. They all
bargain well, and get a bit of green
thrown in if they can, watch like
hawks to see a blossom drop from
some one's basket, and snap It up
eagerly as so much clear profit.
Slovenly wretches they are for the
most part, with flower trays under
their arms and occasionally a toddler
at their heels or ln their arms a
little, dirty bundle from which a
faint, querulous, hopeless cry comes
now and then to let one know there
Is a human being ln It. One of these
little bundles was in tbe girl-motber's
way when buying, so she plumped it
down upon the damp brick floor, and
some careless foot kuocked the con
tents of a watering pot over it. Did
she mind it? Not a bit, but she let
it He there, drenched, till she got
through with the business in hand,
then caught it up and carried it away
swung under her arm. All around
the market these flower venders
squat on the curbstone and arrange
the loose flowers Into little bouquets
with a skill that Is wonderful when
one looks at their filthy unkempt
selves. Pittsburg Despatch.
OUR FLAG AT SEA.
Some of ns may yet live long
enough to see the American flag flying
at the masthead of certain "grey
hounds" of the eei. Ou May 2, the
rules of the House were actually sus
pended long enongh to introduce and
-.ass a rjlJ authorizing the Secretary oi
the Treasury to grant "registers, at
vessels of the United States, to such
foreign-built steamships now engaged
in freight and passenger bnsiness and
sailing in an established line from a
port in the United States as are of s
toDuage of not less than twenty knots
per hour, of which not less than ninety
per cect of the shares of the capital oi
the foreign corporation or association
owning the same waa owned January
1, 1MH), and has continued to be owned
until the pasaage of this act by cit-
zens of the I cited States, provided
that such American owners shall, sub
sequent to tbe date of this law, have
built, or have contracted to build, in
American shipyards of an aggregate
tonnage of not less in amount than
those of the steamships so admitted to
registry."
If the Senate concurs with tbe
House, people who go to Europe on
the Inman line can contemplate tbe
Stars and Stripes from the time they
leave New York until they reach Liver
pool, and feel that Brittania does not
entirely role the sea. The Inman
line is owned and officered almost ex
clusively by Americans, and before
long, there will be no reason why its
ships sbonld not be built by Ameri
cans. Naturally, England does not like the
attempt to maintain a oertain degree of
self-respect on the high seas. Lord
Derby already expresses the opinion
that such a transaction will breed in
jury to Great Britain, and Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach thinks it a bold bid for
the Atlantic trade. Isn't it about time?
And if, as Sir Michael opines, shis en
rolled in the list of tbe British Naval
Reserve cannot fly the American flag,
it ought to be easy enongh to withdraw
Inman "greyhounds" from tbe British
Admiralty and recognize them alto
gether. Let this be done, let Ameri
can travelers always give the prefer
ence to the National line, and our first
step toward maritime ascendency will
have been taken.
By a unanimous vote tbe Senate
Commerce Committee has decided in
favor of this House bill. Secretary
Tracy declares that it is second in im
portance only to the naval appropria
tion bill. Senator t rye should give
the senate no peace until an act of
justice ib done to our sailors, our ship
ping, our commerce and our nag.
Kate Field's Washington.
PERSONAL.
Miss Elliott, the daughter of the
late Dean of Bristol, has given a vain
ble present to the Bodleian Library at
Oxford, in tbe shape of twenty -two
volumes of collections made by her
father for a bibliography of all books
on religious subjects from the fifteenth
century down to 1325, arranged chro
nologically. Mf.s. PoTrr.B Faliteb and Miss
Frances E. "Willard have been elected
trustees of the Northwestern Univer
sity at Evanston, I1L
Miss Ella L. Knowles, whom tbe
People's party of Montana has nomina
ted for Alto'roey -General of the State,
is a successful practising lawyer in
Helena. She was born in New Hamp
shire, and was graduated from Bates
College, Maine, 1334. She has an ex
tensive practice among miners and
workingmen, and it is thought tbat
they were influential iu securing her
the nomiation.
The trnetees of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity have appointed the Hev.Dr. W.
K. Huntington, rector of Grace
Church, this city, as the Levering Lec
turer on Christianity for lavx
There Is a certain kind of Jealous
which is swee". and without stlug that
which Is tacitly recognized as fictitious
all around, set a guard over a lovs
j prown too precious to leave withoo'
some show of mediseval delenae.
' "NOW I
LAY ME
SLEEP.'
DOWN TO
Vk Are upon toe neirtn is iow.
And there is stillness every wheie;
l.ike troubled spirits, here and there
Tbe firelight shadows fluttering to.
And, as the shadows round me creep,
A childish t eb:e br aks thegloo u.
And softly from the further roo o
Comes: -Now I lay ine down to a eep."
And. sorm-how, with that little prayer.
And that sw et treble In my ears.
My th unht ito -s back to dist int years.
And lingers with a de ir one there.
And. as I hear the child's amen.
My mother s fault comes back to us;
Crouche t at tier sid 1 seem to be.
And mother holds uiy bands again.
Oh. lor an hour In th it dear placet
Oh. for the pe.ice of that de ir timet
Oh, for Ilia' Cillfinh trust subllinet
Oh, for a ft linpse of mother's facet
Vet, as the shadows ronn t me creep,
I do not seem to be alone
Sweet mafic of I h.t treble ton
And "Now I lay me down to sleep."
Kocbne Field, in Chicago A'tsM
A STITCH IN TIME.
A stitch in time saves nine," says
.be old proverb, and it contains a very
great deal of truth which many people
too often forget, or to whioh, if they
remember it all,, tbey do not pay any
attention.
One reason of tbe neglect of mending
is that as ready-made linen is nowa
days, by virtue of sewing machines and
sweating, very cheap indeed, many go
on the prinoiple of wearing their cloth
ing as long as it will at all hold to
gether and then baying new. This is
wrong all round. It is wrong to en
courage directly or indirectly all ill
paid labor, and it is verv untidy and
unseemly to wear things which by their
holes and rents show tiieir need of
repair.
In miny households, particularly
where there are children, it is a good
plan to have one special day in the
week for mending and darning, those
articles requiring repair being con
signed, wheu tbe need is noticed, to a
banket set apart for the purpose.
We will here give a lew hints as to
C lacing the "stloh in time," which may
e of nse to some of our readers.
When you are darning linen yon
ihould always make your darn on the
wrong side of the staff, there being a
very few cases when it is better to
make it on the right side. Always be- J
gin by making the longitudinal run
ning, to form the warp, taking care
not to draw your threads too tightly
and to leave loops at each turning, so
tbat wben the thread shrinks in wash
ing, as it is sure to do. it it may not
pull the darn together.
Run your needle in above the worn
part of the article you are darning,
taking up one or two threads of tbe
material and missing tbe same number,
working straight to a thread. When
you reach tbe actual hole supposing
there to be one carry your cotton
straight across it, taking up alternate
threads beyond and proceeding
as before. Continue making rows back
wards and forwards, taking up in asch
row those threads left in tbe preceding
one. To make tbe woof, turn tbe
work round u 1 work as before, alter
nately taking up and leaving tbe warp
thread", where the cotton crosses the
bole. '1 be threads both ways should
lie so close that, wben completed, tbe
darn should replace tbe original web.
There is a kind of darn used for
mending rents where tbe edges fit ex
aotly one into another. Todo this you
should not cat off the torn threads of
the material or tbe rough edges. The
torn part should be tacked upon a
piece of oilolotb, wrong side upper
most, and the edges should be drawn
together by a thread run in backwards
and forwards across them. Set your
stitches as evenly together as possible,
aud let them be regnlarly inverted, as
in all other t'arns. You should use
very much finer thread than tbat of
which tbe material is composed, and
this applies to all darns.
Invisible darns can be made in cloth,
and it is a very useful art to know how to
do it. It is rather a tedious process, but
it has a satisfactory result wben well
done.
Take a very fine needle and thread
it with hair instead of silk or any other
kind of fibre. Red and white hair is
the strongest, and stronger than tbe
ravellings of the material. You must,
ere yon begin, carefully cleanse the
hair from grease. Pare the edges of
the rent on tba right side with a razor,
taking care to make them quite clean
and even. Yon cannot do it so well
with scissors, as they are apt to inter
fere with tbe nap and to make tbe darn
more visible. Wben you have done
this, fit the edges together and over-
oast them. Then thread a needle with
a hair and slip it in a very little dis
tance from one edge, and back again,
keeping it pointed towards you,
through tbe other, so that neither
needle nor bair can be seen on eit'ier
side. Set your s'ltches ratber in a
slanting direction and let them be lost in
tbe thickness of tbe cloth. Always put
your needle in exactly where it came
oat, and not let tbe hair be too tightly
drawn.
When you have finished your darn,
lay the article on a bare table or fron-ing-board
and cover it with a damn
cloth before you iron it. If the darn
is well done, tbe sharpest eye will be
unable to detect it.
Patcdino can be done in several
ways. If the article requiring patch
ing is not new, yon should patch with
a slighter material than that of the
stuff. Always allow for tbe turning in
and so cut your patch larger than tbe
hole.
To backstitch and fell in a patch
proceed as follows: Tack in your new
piece so that the edges overlap the
edges of the hole. You must do tbe
backstitching on the article itself, and
the hem turned down ami made on the
patch. Snip tbe corners with your
scissors to prevent puckering, and let
the backBticbiog form a right angle at
each corner.
To top-sew in a patch, yon should
irst hem in the edges of both hole and
patch, and let them be overcast or
hemmed to prevent 'fraying; after that
sew the two edges together. You can
also turn the edges in and herring
bone them over, putting needle only
through one layer of tbe staff.
Besides patching and darning, there
are various little stitches whicb, if
made in time, save a great deal of
trouble in the long run.
When buttons are half pulled oat by
rough usaage you should put a double
piece of cotton or a piece of wide tape
on the wrong side, hem it down and
then replace tbe button.
When yon buy ready-made clothing
you should look over the buttons very
carefully, as they are often sewn on
very carelessly, a stitch or two being
all that secures them.
Strings often wear half off just
where they are sewn on. They should
be ripped off and new strings put on,
or the same ones sewn down higher np
where not worn.
The hems down the backs of white
dresses or yokes should be folded down
twice, or interlined, so that there
should be a strong place for buttons
c Tftmttoaboles. E. 0, D,
CP .J!TSME!t OF TRfcl EAST, AN
CIENT AND MODERN.
THE TSNT-MAKgR.
Throaghout the Bible, from first to
last, i be people among whom the sacred
record was compiled a ere, for tbe
most part, tent-dwellers.
Thj fathers of tbe Hebrew race, as
will as the children of Ishmael and the
posterity of Esau, were wanderers
(Gen. iv. 20; xxv. "J7, pitching their
tents on a fertile plain; and, when their
flocks and herds had exhausted the
natural supplies of tbe place, they
lifted their "tent-poles," and packed
their "houses" on the backs of camel,
and journeyed to fresh pastnres and
springs, pitching their tents beneath
the shade of trees if possible.
These simple peple wove their own
tent-clotb from tbe hair of the goats
and camels, and hangings for the in
terior from tbe soft, white wool of
their sheep, just as the Bedaween do
now. They gathered herbs to dye
their wools ot various bright hue,
and their own taste supplied the de
signs. Tents vary as much as do houses, ac
cording to the wealth or habits of the
owner. A poor man has a single tent
of black goat or camels' bair (Song of I
Sol. i. 5 1. A curtain of anything that
he has at hand his buurnous, perhaps i
is drawn across the centre to hide
his family from strange eyes. Bat
such as are better off have the central
curtain of white woollen stuff, often
worked with colored wools in pretty
patterns. The wealthy chiefs have as
many tents as their family need. If a
chief has several wives, each has a tent
for herself and family.
The nsual mode in whioh tents are
constructed, and which seems to have
been the rule from earliest times, is
this: nine poles, from seven to ten
feet long, are set up in three rows of J
three each, as near to or as far from
each other as the size of tbe tent re
quires. Ov. r these is stre'ehed tbe
hair-cloth covering, a separate piece
going round the sides, whioh is looped
up or lowered at pleasure, ine poles
also support the interior curtains and,
being supplied with plenty of hooks
and nails,, all tbe household chattels
are hung on to them.
We read of tents whose walls consist
ed of three distinct sets of hangings,
each several feet removed from the
other: tbe outer of black or white
camels'-hair cloth, capable of resisting
tbe heaviest rains; next came a wall of
linen, which was continually sprinkled
with perfumed water to keep tbe air
in tbe passages cool; the interior of
tent was lined with silk or tapestry,
and the ground covered with rioh car
pets. The periodical gatherings round
Jerusalem must have been an impos
ing sight. It was impossible for the city
to accommodate all tbat came, even
bad tbey wished it; but most by far
preferred to pitch their tents without
tbe wails. These were not "tent
dwellers," bnt such as purchased their
temporary habitations. All travelling
in the East, in past ages more even
than now, required tbe nse of tents,
therefore we mast infer that this craft
was a thriving ene.
How eminently suited to the ideas
of a wandering and tent -dwelling peo
ple must have been tbat first great
temple to the living God, the taber
nacle in the wilderness. Even as tbe
Temple of Solomon was the perfection
of beauty, so also was this "pavilion"
of the Lord.
In Acts, we learn tbat St. Paul was
a tentmaker, and tbat he worked at his
trade, together with Aquila and Pris
cilla, at Corinth. St, Paul was a native
of Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor; at
that time and long after noted
for the manufacture of a cerain much
esteemed tent cloth, called after tbe
"Cilicium." This hair cloth was to be
purchased at any of the seaport towns
cf Asia Minor, and was nniversa'iy used
for the oovering of tents.
It is not probable that either the
Apostle or his two friends wove the
cloth; their trade would be only tbe
fashioning of tbe tents.
It nitty be tbongbt strange tbat a ninn
of the social position oi "Haul of larsus,
said to have been educated with Herod,
should have been a craftsman. But it
most be remembered that among East
erns it is no disgrace to know or work
at a craft. Tbe learned Gamaliel, the
teacher of St Paul, says in one of
bis preempts, "He that hath a trade in
his band, to what is he like? he is like
j a vineyard tbat is fenced." And the
lalmnd tbat oracle among tbe
Hebrews commands a father to cir
cumcise his son, to teach him tbe law,
and teach him a trade.
It was natural that St. Paul, the
young Cilician, should learn the trade
for which his native province was held
in high repute; and it proved most
useful knowledge to him in time of
need. Madame Mustafa Ben Yusuf.
LITERARY NOTES.
All those who are lovers of a graceful
and expressive style in literature will
be charmed with Anna Bowman Dodd'a
most recent work entitled, "In and
Out of Three Normandy Inns," which
has just been published by lovell,
Coryell & Company.
Adeline Sergeant's works are always
fascinating in whatever line of fiction
she chooses to venture. In the "Story
of a Penitent So A ' she has discussed
to a more marked degree tbe emotional
side of human character.
It is not always tbe best known an
thor who writes tbe most interesting
book. A striking instance of tbis fact
is in "Tbe Slave of the Lamp," by
Henry Seton Merriman. It will re
quire but two or three such works by
tnis author to place mm in tne iront
rank of novelists.
That active publishing firm of Lov-
ell, Coryell Company have recently
issued an invaluable work entitled
"Manhattan," which is at once a com
rrehensive guide book to New York
City and an authori'ative record of its
history.
Few people have tbe faculty for
making the local coloring of places
visited completely apparent to tbe eye
of the reader. M. Betham-Edwards is
one of these few, and "France of To
day" is a striking evidence of the
'acaty.
A delightful novel by Miss Minnie
Gilmore, entitled "A Son of Esau,'
bas recently been published by
LovelL Coryell 4 Co. This author's
previous work has been accorded the
highest praise, and in "A Son of Esau"
her style is equally strong, fearless
tod force! nl.
A novel application of the electrio
light is now to be witnessed in tbe
vehicles of the London (England) Gen
eral Omnibus Company. 1 he mspeo
tors have been provided with an elec
trical apparatus, which, from a case
sbnnt tbe size of a hunting-watch fas
tened to tbe waistcoat, throws a steady.
mild and effective light on the dirtiest
and most tattered tickets.
KEWSIN BRIEF.
A gas engine has been made in
Engl ind that mikes 54J revolutions a
minute.
Canada will make a remarkable
display of her mineral resources at the
World's Fair.
It Is now claimed that M. Pasteur
Is working on a means for the cure of
epilepsy, and that he bas every hope of
success.
According to the scientist, walk
ing ten miles in line is as exhaustive as
walking twenty miles at a go-as you
please gait.
According to Profeseor Rogers,
every pound of coal contains a dynamic
force equal to the amouut of work a
man does in a day.
Cirbon Is so good a conductor ot
electricity that in tbe form of coke, it
is used to make an earth connection for
lightning rods.
Experiments toward rust prevention
are being made In all the Australian
colonies, and a conference was held in
Adelaide, in March to report re
sults. Mr. Glalsber, when ln a balloon.
at two miles from the earth heard a
musket shot and a dog bark, and at
four miles a railway train.
The new science of experimental
psychology aims at measuring tbe
mental capacities of men as the an
thropometrlst measures their physical
capacities.
Examination or the human skin
with the most powerful microscopes
reveals the fact tbat it is covered with
minute scales, overlapping each other
exactly like those of a tlali.
There are most beaut'f ul butterflies
in the Malay archipelago, of an exquis
ite blue and other Iridescent hues, which
measure eight inches from wing tip to
wing tip.
The "born" of the rhinoceros Is
simply a hypertrophied bunch of hair,
tbe horns or lizards and or cattle are
morphologically hypertrophied portions
or the skin.
When ripe, tbe banana consists ot
seventy-four per cent, of water, twenty
per cent, of sugar, two per cent, or
gluten, and the remainder of mineral
matter and woody fiber.
A tender-hearted Parisian lady has
made ber pet dog comfortable in cold
weather by clothing It with an embroid -
ered fur-li led blanket, and decorating
its little legs and feet with thoes and
stock iDgs.
A solid gold brick, weighing 300
pounds, and worth $ lk,0 X, will be ex
hibited in the Mines and Mining Build
ing at the World's Fair by a Helena,
Mont., mine owner.
"Prince Michael," the long-haired
leader ot the Detroit fanatics, who lias
just been sent to tbe State prison, has
sold bis hair and whiskers to a dime
museum man for 1750.
A company was organized at
Phoenix, Ariz , recently for the con
struction ot what is claimed will be the
largest reservoir in the world. It will
lie sixteen miles long and coTitaln 103,
053 040.goo cubic feet of water.
Every portion of soaps tone lost In
cutting Is utilized in other ways. It
gives the dull color to rubber goods. Is
used in paper to gala weight, and Is an
excellent article to use in making fire
proof paints.
A remarkable case Is tbat of a man
who was stabbed in the heart. Tbat or
gan was punctured, but yet be lived
and would have recovered had he not be
come Intoxicated before the wound en
tirely healed.
An automatically-working match
machine bas recently been invented,
having a capacity of 10,000 sticks a
day, which It arranges over a vat
where the heads are put on.
The telephone line over Pike's
Peak, Colorado, is said to be eclipsed
In altitude by a line that crosses the
Andes on tbe Tranr-Andean Railroad
at an elevation of about 16,000 feel
above sea level.
London has a firm of opticians
whose specialty is the sale of spectacles
for horses. The object or tbe spectacle
is to promote high stepping.
There is a church ln the town ot
Bergen, Norway, tbat Is built entirely
ot paper. It can seat 1,000 persons In
comfort, and has oeen rendered water
proof by a solution of quicklime
curdled milk and white of eggs.
Africa is 234 times as large as tbe
State of New York. It Is the most
remarkable ot all the countries as re
spects its auimal distributions. Out of
a total or 23 known species, 472 of
them are to be found In uo other coun
try. The block which probably has the
largest population of any in tte world
is in New York, bounded by Avenues
H and C, Second and Third avenues.
It has a population of 3,500, or at tbe
surprising rate of 1,000,000 ta the
square mile.
In London there is a cripple entire,
ly without legs who is said to surpass
bis comrades iu school in his skill of
swimming. He is furthermore an ex
cellent runner, moving along rapidly by
means of his muscular arms.
Scientists estimate that every yeat
a layer equal to fourteen feet deep of
the surface of all oceans and their bodi
es of water is taken up iuto tiie atmos
phere as vapor.
Experiments in Germany show tbat
peat is a good material In which to store
potatoes, turnips, onions and other
similar vegetables. Potatoes, after
eight months, were round in perfect
condition without even having germin
ated. Several of the higher apes share witt
man the involuntary habit of blushing.
Indeed, they seem to possess it to a
higher degree than we do, for the blush
or an ape extends over a larger por
tion or the body than tbat or a human
being.
A woman is tbe inventor of the
"Coston signala" a system of signal
ing with colored lights which is used
on land and sea all over the world.
She is Martha J. Coston of Washing
ton. While she was very yonng, her
husband, Benjamin Franklin Coston,
an officer in tbe marines and an inven
tor, died, leaving her with three little
children to support She devote I her
self to the perfection of experiments
begun by her husband, and worked out
tbe system which has brought ber fame
and fortnne. Her code was of
great value to the government
daring the war, and sinoe then
it hS been need in other depart
ments, notably the Life Saving Ser
vice. Her signals have bee adojitod
by the principal European govurn-
ments, and she has received many
honors from royalty.
1. " '.'I..V.