r.- V,- ' 1$' III iiSiii JB, F. BOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor evnd Proprietor. VOL. Xl.Vll UF'JJiNTO'VN. J UMATA COUNTY. I'EIN'iSA.. Y l5INiiSl.)A Y. l-'KHKUAUY !5 iSJ3. NO 9 A WOODLAND WORSHIPPER. BT EU1LINE SHERUA SUITS. one lv. In ii1p::Tattm-9 rimmr, i v.u stui'enH laii'li eti in a wroJ ; And a- they uwlv trod- ;1nu 1 tirtr word wer htiih. !hiir v.t strong. 1 t ry hi nued n tuiim oV r a: d or. n(i still they titfT! e-I twre ud nioio. 1 ;-lr utiLj ct was tne T.iiTh of man A theme 1 1 at si nt'e I h world btnri, i iih varrtnr rbure hmwi. snre'y veit, A iid often wisest ittliiufl perplext. 1 t!il affirm. atd one, "my cived 1 far Hit- tst f ir ?tl men' need; . foioi of wor-dnp )u Lite laud '( i a f o sinipv, yt o and A uur, aud -t must lo!mst stand." ot -o." the other atd with Ire, V ur ritual has no force, mi Are, id ; our relL-lon Is so fold It i. not I li te i's vo!;m" hold; u ciuis ii" diina of ;i day, Wnt he Ul.e ct atuvu s roll awriy. l L'pr.e arc alttlieiti sweet and cleur- I n( .living krove .ippeare I a tuny shrine. ruiild phunlif r :v. -'ilejot'-e! Kejidcef He Jo-ce. and let t h heau'eooi eat Hi Call praise aud p.avei Jul tLotiKht to buta." With otrei t'ushd, the sctixoimeu bem And liMef ed !n bewrderment 1 u tliiH new ii.tm-.ter. w hose view i ! nacred hum's e;i ed wie and true. V. a nor his form of orhlp iet f to. still his wordicsji song expest Mich fei vent faith, such hound'ess love, K needs aiust rise to court above. I uiig long ti.at anrteui t-chinni round; a nd when at last the iaptur'U9 souud i'd sofilv on I he Su.nri er air. Alt u.tture seemed in .client prayer. In altered n-ood the M-Uo'ars turned i c a f k f tie 1 1 home, for i hev had te.trntHl A lesson wllhin- ie wistciii fi;UKt.t I nan any v. nklj lhetr ciec i li.nl taught. i cler, they must d. than studied art J tr:-t dvotloD of the he.ir' V. b.tii, like tle hii. I s ui' loJlous l7. In in. premeditated way l.iei spontaneous, in h aud fred 'lu the Ureal Itiroue vt I'eity ! Home Journal. A FAIR PURL. BY A. STEWART. CHAPTER I. The crit'fitl moment km arrived. Ia the pnvduj of J.iliaa'i Doll's bel ro m sat two girlo, with damped huits uJ eyes iiil;itoil with foveriuh ex (ectaucy; gazing at nothiog more Iragio than two email slips of paper which lay npon the JresHin-t ililts. "Angel," bai J Juliana Dell in a chok iiig voice, addresniug her fair-haired Sofuparion, "if I win, will you forgive me?" Angelica Rose clinched her handa Ciore tightly than before, and a look of deep anguish contracted her white forehead. "Julie," she replied, lisping more than usual in her agitation, "if yon wiu, I shall not live to see your bappi-Le.-e." Jnliaua covered her iace with her Land, and shuddered at this terrible announcement. "Oh, Augel," sho moaned, looking p at the grief-etrick. n face of her companion, "not euu to i-pjre yonr life can 1 forfeit my ihace of wiuuitig Aluysius. 1 love him so I canuot give lim up. His happ'nes tools " -Angelica Kose interrupted her. She arte J from her chair a'jd began to pace wildly up an I down ihe room. "Julie," she said, suddenly stopping and laying her hand upou her compan ion's shoulder, "let ns look the thing cltarly in ttie face. J vt n at oar lust extremity we will be rational." Juliana's dark grov eyes became snf lused with a slight moii-ture. "Aloysins always said that I wai so r-tional," che n.urmnred, in a sort of efctatio whihper. "Do you think he wuld approve of our present proceed ings?" Angel's eyes had fixed themselves upon a magnificent oak-ti ee which cast its mighty sha low over the small lake lying peacefully at the bottom of the garden. Suddenly she uttered a little scream. "There he if," she cried, almost pre cipitating herself throngh the open window at the sight of a black-coated tigare. "Oh, Julie, doesn't he look heavenly!" Along the winding path which led cp to the nonce came a tail renn, dressed in the clerical gatb of a Ili-h Church rector. His head, covered with a felt wideawake, was bent down over a book, from which at intervals he .lifted up bis cold bine eyes in saintly meditation. As he approached nearer the house his a?o-tic features became clearly visible. Xho abnormal pallor of his face betokened prolonged fasts and lengthy vigils; the hues round his thin, bloodless mouth spoke of severe abstinence; bis whole aspect breathed forth a protest against the desires of .the world and the tienh. Absorbed in Irs book be failed to notice the two girls hanging ont of the window; an intersecting path led him out of their sight, he walked slowly way, and presently his whole form bad disappeared from view. A long, deep treath of awed trans port escaped J uliaaa Dull, "Angel," she seid, withdrawing ber curly head from the window, ' which of us does he love best? " Angelica looked sorrowfully at ber friend and claoped her hands in deep agitation, "He said that my altar-cloth was a marvel of exq ii isita workmanship, and declared that some day I should meet my reward for giving up the frivolous pastime of tennis. " A gleam of triumph shot from Juli ana a eyes. "He said that my reading of the Scriptures to the poor in the village was simply perfection: and that some dayl should rejoice to think that i had sacrificed my riding in order to give more time to district visi'ing." "He said that my playing of the har monium in the Sunday School was un surpassable." ' He asked me if I could give up this gay world to live among the E ist tnd poor, dispensing smiles nnd un derclothing to an nngrateful people." Angelica's voice rms out like a clar ion: "A little time ago he Raid to me: "Sister Kose. could you pnt aside all the comforts and pleasures of yonr present ex stence, and sail across the bonu lless ocean to minit-jr to the wants of the gentle savage?' He would have added more, but unfortunately you made your oppearance." A long silence ensued. Both girls sat absorbed in feverish meditation. Presently Anpelic R3e moved rest lessly in her chair. "Julia," she said.in a tone of pathet ic solemnity, "ue loves ns both in the degree. We have choeen the only way - to decide. Unl.ke men, we cannot fight a duel to the death. Let ns therefor draw lots. Juliana seized the slips of paper and . looked tragically at her oompauioD. tpon one piece I have written I 7laa- -Tte other Wait Who V it sil draw first ?" ' A Eu 'dea knrck at the door inter rupted Angelica's reply. Hastily Jnli aua shamed the tell-tale slips out of sight; Angelica pounced upon a book; and both girls tried vainly to a-sume a mattor-of-fi.ct appearance. "May I come in?" asked a cherry voioe at the door. "Certainly, Mrs. Seymour!" exoilmed J alia, ruxkiog to nnf,:stcn the bolt. A stout, motherly-looking woman en ter, d, wearing an expression of deep concern upon tier pleasant face. She sat down on the couch, and pointed a reproving finger at Angelica. " tVhat have yon done to Clifton i)e vereux?" she demanded solemnly. "And you aL o, Julie," facing Miss Dell with sudden savageness. "What has become of seddy V ane?'' Both girls bl.ished deeply, and aver ted their eyes fro u their hostesb's keen gae. Sho looked at them searchingly, and resumed in a sharp tone: "Do yon kno that both Clifton and Fre id left this morning one some ab surd pretence of a walking tour? It Is no walking tonr that takes them away. You two girls are at the bottom of this audden resolution." Juliana Dell plunked up a fictitious oonrage and faced her hostess. "R a'ly, Mrs Seymour," she said weakly, "why should we be responsi ble for the whims of two foolish young men?" "Don't dare to speak in that manner, Jnliana Dell," buiet out Mrs. Sey mour iruly. "Vou and Angel have both behaved shamefully to those two poor boys. Six weeks aao, when you tour arrived at Meadowside, would you have dubbed Cliltoo a 'foolish young man' ? " Here Juliam blushed still deeper and stared steadfastly out of the window. "Until the appearance of my nephew Aloysins everything went right. Clifton and Freddy, in their own words, were having a "plly good time'; ana as for you " Both girls deolined to fill in Mrs. Seymour's expressive pause. "Saddeiily a change occurred. An gelica, you gave up tennis and took to church embroidery. Julie, you for swore ndiug and attended every saint's day service, 'those poor boys were t flouted at every tnrn. Now the climax has come: your joint cruelty has ao- tually driven away both my vis tors." I Moved by the tears in Angelica's soft j eyes, Mrs. Seymour stopped her scold ing. "At pres nt I will say no more," she said, ttoopiug to kiss Angelica. '-Yon two motherless girls are in my charge: and 1 feel bound to rebuke you at times. Now 1 am going dovrn to Aloysins" both girls started uneasily "to discuss the very important step he is about to take." She patted Julie on the shoulder, nodded kiudiy to Angelica, and sailed out of the room in search of her liephew. Hurriedly Julie locked the door and threw herself down by Angel's side. "You heard Mrs. Seymour?" she said in trembling excitement. "Angel, what is t.us important step?" "Mairiae, Julie, marriage!" replied Angelica bre.ithlest.ly, a red spot burn ing on cither cheek. "Quick, quick! This very moment we luust draw lota for Aloysius. He cannot wed ns both." "Trne," said Julie, hastily producing the papers and enclosing them in a bag; "and if one of us disappears," allud ing grace'ully to Angelica's contem plated suicide, "Aloysius will be more decided in his choice." With a lirm hand she held oat the bag to Angelica. "Close your eyes and take one out," said Julie, cousoious of her own trem biiug Gngers. Angelica closed her eyes, put for th her right hand, dipped it in the bag, and then drew it suddenly back. "Oh, Julie, I daren't." she whim pered feebly; "what if I draw the blank?" Over Juliana's face swept an express ion of deep contempt; she shook: the tag agaiu and held it unflinchingly beneath Angelica's nose. "Coward," she sail sneeringly. 'Choose your fate at once." At this peremptory tone Angelioi once more closed ber eyes, held her trembling hand poised a half-second in the air, and then with a sudden decis ive movement plunged her fingers boldly into the bag. "Quick, draw a paper out!" corn minded Jnliana with brut-que impa tience. Slowly Angelica withdrew ber slim fingers, between which was held the fateful slip. Her eyelids quivered with impatience; she looked up piteonsly at her companion. "Feel my heart beating," she said brokenly, not daring to unfold the pa per. "Julie, I haven't strength to read the slip." "Then I will read mine," said the dauntless Jnliana, diving into the bag for the remtinin paper, Bnt Angelica's fingers involuntarily opened the slip, and her eyes mechani cally followed the movements of her bauds. A dreadful cry broke from ber lips. "Blank, blank i" she sobbed, throw ing herself down on the couoh, "Jo hanna, my he irt is broken I Aloysius is lost to me for ever 1" Juliana's grey eyes were radiant with joy; she crushed the preciops paper to her lips, murmuring half aloud, "Mine for ever, mine for ever I Beloved Aloysius." Angelica's sobs grew louder; she bur ied her lace deep down in the cushion, and every now a::d again a convulsive movement of ber" body testified to the acute agouy of her mind. "Dearest Angel," said Julie, kneel ing by the couch, "don't be so cast down. Aloysias couldn't marry ns both; and I really think he loves aie best." 'Ihe ring of triumph ia her voice proved too much for Angelica's strained nerves. She raised herself suddenly from her recumbent position aad pushed Julia on one side. "I believe you cheated, Juliana Dell" she said fiercely, exhibiting a tear fctnined, swollen face. "I won't abide by the drawing." 'Juliana drew herself up with tragic dignity. "You borrid little wretch," she ex claimed passionately, "how dare you accuse ma of cheating? Had yoa been the winner yoa would never have sug geted such a thing." Pressing her handkerchief to ber eyes. An, el began to sob spasmodically. "Forgive me, Julie," she gasped ohokingir, "I'm ao tciserabe I Jou't know what I'm saying. You're going to be happy with Aloysius; and I'm g g-going to d-d-dit." Forgivingly Juliana placed her arm round the ueck o ber wretched com panion. "Don't die, Angel dear," she said soothingly, offering her own dry band kerchief to replace Angelica'! soaking wet artiole; marry Clifton Deveraux Instead.'' Angelica glanced np at ber with moist, reproachful eyas. "How can you be so cruel?" sha asked, ber shoulders still heaving wit'i emotion. "Will you exchange Aloy sins for Freddy Vane?" "That's qnito dirTerent,"said Juliana : coldly, withdrawing her encircling : arms, and walking across to her niirrur. I "You've lost Alovsias and you might as well put up with some other mtu. She began to arrange her hair more becomingly, at tiie same time hamming a httlii tuDri. An.elie'H nobs ceased: she rose from tue coach, dabbed her ! own handkerchief fiercely ou her face, and swallowing the rising lump in her throat summoned all ber energies for a telling farewell speech. "Good-bye, Julian i," sha said in tones of deepest gloom, "I hope for Aloysius's dear sake that the wroug gi 1 has not drawn the prize." Indignantly Jaliana turned round to make some rejoinder; but Angelica bad disappared through the door; aud the successlnl prize-winner was o impelled to keep her scathing reply within the recesses of her own mind. CHAPTER II. Upon reaching the privacy of her own room Angelica's first procedure was to ring the bell for the maid. "Phoebe," she said to the girl, hold ing np ber handkerchief to hide the ravages of erief on her face, "my tooth aches dreadfully. Didn't the doctor give yon some stuff for your neuralgia the other day?" "Yes, Miss Rose," replied the sym pathetic maid: "it was morphia, aud sent me to sleep immediately. Would you like me to ieud you the bottle?" "I wish you would, PhOB ," said Angelica, pressing her cheek suggest ively. "My tooth is so bad that 1 shall not be able to go down to dinner to night" In a few minutes Phoebe, a a nail phial in her hand, returned to Mii Rose's room. "Be very careful, miss," she said impressively. '-Yon mustn't take more than half a teaspoon ful." Angelica smiled painfully; and cau tioning Phoebe not to allow any one to disturb ber for her dinuer, saw the maid depart down the corridor. Then going to the wardrobe she hastily ex changed her serge dress for a white tea-gown. "I may as well look nice even if 1 am going to die," she said, tukiug don a her wealth of golden hair sna care fnlly arraying it in loose waves oer her shoulder, "ferhaps Aloysius inny come and look at- my corpse nbau he hears how I could not live without him. ' She surveyed herself not without ad miratiou in the long mirror; then turn ing away with a little shudder, took np the phial. "Ugh!" she said, wetting her finger with the yellow liquid aud putting it to her mont'i. "How nusty it tastes!" A deep sigh escaped her lips; she sit down and began to thiuk pityingly of herself howyoang she was to die, and how she never dreamed :o loivo the world us an old maid. "But I oannot live to see Juliana triumph over me," she sal J, resolutely pouring out the liquid in a glass. "Perhaps if Clifton had not deserted me, nasty cruel tiling!" beginning to sniff a little "I shouldn't have len compelled to take this borrib e staff." Carefully measuring out treble the quantity Pbosbe had mentioned ss the right dose, Angelica took up the vlass prepared to droiu off th morphia -it one galp. "If I only ha l a chocola'e almond to eat after it," she thought bitterly. "Bat even that pleasure his been wrested from me by cruel fate. Ob, Cliftonl why did I refuse the box of chocolates you offered mo the other day?" At this remembrance she shook her head sorrowfully; then canting a path etio glance round the room she taid sadly: "Good-bye, everybody. Good bye, Clifton. Goo l-bye, beloved Aloysius," and, with on.i final grimace, raised the glass to ber lips, and drank off the nauseous contents. "Had I known bow horrid morphia was, even for Aloyt-ins I could never have taken it," she sai I, wiping ber lips again and again. "But now I will lie down. Alas! I shall never wake gain!" hile Angelica was thus sadly. engaged Jaliana in the meantime had success fully completed her toil tte and ha l tripped joy fatly down stairs to the li brary. In this sombrely furnished room the Reverend Aloysius St John was wont to spend much of bis leisure time in the perusal of ecclesiastical lit erature, and not for the first time was it that Miss Dell had interrupted bis reading of the "Fathers" in order to receive absolution for some pecca dillo committed during the day. Bat this eveniag no severe counten ance returned the gaze of the radiant Jaliana; the confessional chair was drawn op to its usual place, the "Ufe of St. Jerome" lay open on the table, but the beloved priest was absent from the sanotnary. " With s disappoiuted sigh Juliana sat down by the open window and gazed anxiously along the balustraded ter race which ran along the front of the house. All her thoughts centered them-elves on her coming bappiuess. To become the wife of the sainted Aloysius, to minister to Lis wants, to devote her whole life to him what joy I what "And so, Aloysins, yon have finally oecided to take this great step," said Mrs. Seymour's voice, coming from the direction of the terrace steps. "Nest week, aunt, I look forward to be received into the arms of my bride,' replied an austere voice, whose tones thrilled on Jalina's heart "Don't be precipitate, Aloysius," said Mrs. Seymour, pausing a moment in ber walk. "Keinemler, this step wi!l change your whole life." "I have counted the cost, aunt, and shall know no rest until I can em brace " Bnt the last word was lost on Juli ana's ear. She bad risen from her chair and bad fled from the room. The near prospect of ber happiness almost suffocated ber with joy. Aloysias bad openly stated his intention to be mar ried next week I How t-hould she calm her beating poise and prepare to go throngh the weary ordeal of the long drawn ont dinner? "I believe my nephew wishes to see yon," auid Mrs. Seymour, coming cross to Juliana when dinner was at last over and all the ladies had ad journed to the drawing-room. "He asked my permission to speak to yon in the library as he would like to make his communication to-night" Jaliana rose from her seat, her heart thnmping so violently against her side as to render her almost speechless, For moment, Mr ieymonr looked stead fastly at bar aa tnonffh ahont tn ( oat of bar eus ternary admonitions Bat some impulse stayed her lips; she merely gave tbn blushing Juliana lit tie pnsb and told her not to be too snr priced at Aloysius's lortuoomiog au j noiineement. I With a tremhling band Juliana knocked at the library door. A grave voice bade her euter. aud tne next mo meut Mish Dell, scarcely conscious of her uioveineuta, found herself seated in the upright chair whereiu she was wont to confess her little sins. Upon the centre of the library table fctooi the reading-lamp, the no softened light which revealed the ascetic lineaments of the Reverend Aloysius rit. John. As Julisna entered the Anglican priest raised h.s cold, peoetra, iog eyes from the "Js.Io of Saint Jro i.e;" his long, attenuated hand waved ler to her usual best, and out of deference to her presence, bis book was gently pushed to oue sids. , Jaliana sst bolt uprigl.t. her finger tightly ciencbed to assist bar in sup. pressing ber emotion; her grey eye, dilated with excitement, fixed them selves nervously a;on one dark oorner oi the room. "Miss Dell," began the nlear, nn.m passioned voice of ber companion, "yoa will b ve heard fr )m my aunt that it is my intention to take a step v hich will completely alter my wnU life." He paused solemnly; Juliana's he irt beat wildly, but as yet her eyes re mained glued to that one dark spot. "in yuur ami Miss Rose" Juliana quickly raised her eyes "I have found tne ou y two persous in this house fit ted to receive the tallest mark of my esteem and contiden e. " A little frown appeared on Miss DcU'i forehead. Why should Aloysins nee I to mention Angelica's uaon? "However, I doubt not th.vt it will'lte your pleasure to inform Miss Rose of my long contemplated step." Juliana blushed deeply and dropped her eyes to the ground. Of coarse Angelica should be the first to bear o' her euga emeuf to Aloysius. "And now, Miss Dell." coutinaed the calm - voice, "you must have guessed the truth. Have yoa not seen how ardently, how fervently my whole heart is set npon embracing " Julian raised ber eyes. At last! Half an hour later Miss Dell, with deeply flushed cheeks aud agitated mien, rushed from the library and dew upstairs to the bedroom of her unsuc cessful rival. Witnout pausing to knock, she burst open ths door and rushed towards the white-curtained bed. There, in the attitude of peaceful deutb, with hands crossed devoutly on ber bosom, lay the form of Angelioa Rose, clad shroudlike in her suowy tea gown. Tne flush still liugered on her ch ek, an angelio smile played round her m utb, ber golden hair streamed aureole-wise over the pitl.iw; never had Angelica looked so beau; if ul as in that calm, s'.ill sleep. Juliana fell on her knees and stareJ wildly at the peaceful face "Angelica, get up." she cried with feverish iteration. "I want tj tell you something." But Angelica's position remained un changed; her ears were deaf to JulianaV cry. "Angelica," shrieked Miss Dell, ab Bolutely shaking the white, robed form in ber frenzy, "open your eyes imme diately. Oh, if yoa would only listen to my news!" i At the still prolonged silence J.iliana grew alarmed. Surely Angelica had not already carried out her v.iw of dy ing I Some means must at once be fouud to awaken her from this terriblr sleep. " Angelica," said Miss Dell, applying her lips to the shell-like ear and spe ik ing in slow, deliberate accents, " Do you hear me ? I should be ashamed to die for such a wretch as AloysinfcS' John." j Marvellous ! The beloved name hie1 , power to resuscitate a corpse I With a sadden bound Angelica Rose jumped up from her death-like attitude and surveyed ber friend with wileopor eyes. i "What?" sbriekel the enpers iiious snic de, " yon call Aloysius a wretch I Quick t 11 me," grasping Juiana's wrist in a tight clutch, "Am I the our he loves best Y" , Juliana Dell shook off the detaining grasp and rose to her feet in proud scorn. j " 1 knew you were only shamming, Angelica Rose," she sa.d contempt i uously. j Angelica interrupt- d her. "Julie, I really meaut to die," she said plaintively, " but romething went wrong with the morphia. 1 thiuk Pkoeba must have watered it, and it didn't act." " Stuff I" ejaculated Juliana. "Bui yon might as well have died Juliana for any hope of that wretch." i Suddenly ber voice collapsed ; the wretched Jaliana fell down by the bed in fit of vehement cobbing. "To think we both sent our trne lovers aw.y for that that brute 1" exclaim. Miss Deli passionately. "Oh, Angelica, how be has deceive. us !" , Angelica Sang herself down by thr side of ber friend. "Tell me, Julie," she said brckeuly; "as long as be isn't engaged to yoa,' I can bear anything. Whom is he goiuf to marry ?" Juliana raised ber face from ber hands and gazed at ber companion wittr tragic wilduens. "Angelica,'' she said, in tones of icv coldness, "next week Aloysius St John will take the vows of a Trappist I Mouk." j There w s a 1 jng, long Bilence, bro- ' ken only by sounds o spasmodic sobl iag. Then two tear-stained faces raised themselves, and two snbdaed voice 1 said ia simultaneous tones : j " Angel. ia, is it too late to lelegraph ! for Freedy ?" I "Juliana, is it too lato to te'egrapb ior iiuion t A FroffNifiional Reaoty. Mrs. Whearty Here's anither shtory in Katie paper about wan av thim ar-rllsts failln' in love wld a gir-rl's purty face an' wantin' t' mok a plcther av ber V wansl Tbey mek' me toired. Whearty But, Johanna, it (is thrue. Whin they ace a handsome face they want ut. Wan av thlm ofllered trie fifty cents t' let 'em dhraw me fact only yistberdaj.-'Jridas. THE CHINESE NEW YEAR. HOW IT IS Om.F-.BIU.TCl IM OH1S4. In China, where there are oi Sun days, the oue universal holiduy throughout the country is at New Year time. T .ere are certain other local festivals, b it at New Year only are the shops closed ami all business. suspended, ihd uato oi mis least is a variable one, but it always cornea uol earlier than January 21 or later than February 19, falling on the first new mou afier the sun en Urs Aquarius. It is a season of rejoicing and merry making in all classes of society. The holiday id a legal one for three days only; but its elebration actually con tinues much longer. Many shops are closed for a lortnlght, and for a mnch more prol. ngid period it is often very ditiicult to have various kinds of work done. In Shaughai and Hong Kong, which are the two principal open pons of China, the tradesmen, tailors, thoe makers, carpen ers, painter -, etc. , ba?e many employes coming from tho in land districts and surrouudiug country. Niarly all these m n go to their homes for the holiday seas n, which causes great delay before ail the wheels of business are set tarn ng again. These facts conspite with otbera to jiake the reason oue of considerable incouvenieiice to a foreign housekeeper in t'hin.u She must lie blind to the de-appeurauce of h -!f her usual staff of domett e's, and to the flushed faces and unsteady gait of those who remain. Sha must also be deaf to sounds of merry-making prc.ee dmr from the tervauts' quarters. Her purse as well as her patieuee is severely taxed, as she is expected to give each t-ervant iu ber ni; 'oT a present in money equal in amount to bis monthly wages. If no presents were given, she would be punished for many months by poor servico and sulky faces. And this is not a) I. If she be tho wife of a "largee maj," i. ., a man occupying an im portant position, she will have been deluged at Chiistmas with gifts of tur keys, live sheep, boxes of tea, baskets of oranges aud apples, etc,, from her tradespeople, and with rolls of silk, valuable furs, embroideries, and curies from Chinese merchants and mandar ins, who may chance to have some bnsiness connection with ber husband. These presents m.ist hot be suitably returned. The tradespeople are sup posed to be sufficiently repaid by a oontiunance of patronage; but the master of the house must relnrn the more valuable gifts maJu to his wife by sen iiug the donors cases of cham pagne, boxes of cicars, clocks, watches, j aud musical boxes, all oi which are articles regarded with e.pecial favor by '.he npper classes of Chinese. A. foreign merchant finds bis busi jess affairs greatly hampered by the absenoe of uiauy Chinese from the town aud ry the nunounaea piu icationR and cups of "earn ghtt" i Chinese whisky) indulged lu for several weeks by those who remain. The rewird of foreign era for the inconveniences undergone at this season is in the opportunities it sffnr.ls them tor picking up rare and valuable curios at low prices. The uni versal Chinese custom s that all do'is must be paid and accounts settled with the ending of the old year. In order to do this many f undies are obi ged to part with heirlooms and long-oberished treasures at a great sarri'ice. Ad the cities now assume a very gay appearance, the outside of the houses being decorated with fanciful lanterns, Iarg3 sprays of attilioial flowers, and trips of red paper with mottoes on them which are pasted around aud above the doors. The following root toos ar1 specimens of some of the favor iies: "13. tier be upright with poverty than Jeprave 1 with awundauce." "Bet ter not be than be nothing." ''The happy-hearted man carries joy for all the household." Here and there one sees blue papers among the red ones, which de::ote that during t ie p iht year there has been a deitti in the bouse. 1 he streets are thronged by a gor geously dn s-ed crowd, most of them attired in brighth colored silks and eatins; for the lih don their best, and even the very poor, who are in misera ble rags ail the rest of the year, gene rally contrive to hire or to lake out of pawn fine clothes for this occasion. If it is quite impossible for them t ) do this, they remain hidden away in their homes. The fashion o: paying New lear calis cow dying out with ns, is still iu vogue in China, where it probably bad its ori gin, bit there it is men who receive as well as who pay the visits, Chinese wo men taking no part whatever in social life. Every Chinaman, except among the very lowest classes, expects, to re ceive viKits from bis inferiors, and to pay them to those who are above bim in station. Pupils must call on their teacher", married sons on their fathers, poor relations on the r oh and powerlul members of the family, etc. In some coses sending a curd is deemed suffi cient. These cards consist of thiu strips of scarlet paper with the name of the sender written on them in black ouar acteis. Sometimes good wishes are add ed. People meeetnig in the streets salute each other by crviug "Kung-hil Knng- bi!" (I humbly wish you joy,) or "Sia hi!Sinh:l" (May loy be yours,) so that it neems possible that our custom of sayiug Happy New Year" as well as that of paying New Year visits may come to ns from the Chinese. C. M. S. TWO GREAT LEADERS OF MEN". The death in one week of two inch eminent and typical Americans aa Phillips Brooks aud James G. Blaine is an event of no ordinary significance .Naturally, it suggests an analysis of the qualities in these two great men which gave to them the rosition of supreme leadership in their respective spheres of life. Superficially, indeed, thoy appeared to be widely apart not merely in their careers, bnt In their ideals. It ws the mission cf Bishop Brooks to prepare men for the life to come, while Mr. Blaine devoted bis exut erant genius to the great problems of statecraft relating to the betterment of his fellovv-citiens in this world. Bnt surely there is a substantial unity underlying this apparent divergence of aim. Phillips Brooks would have been the first to reject with fcorn any theory of religion that iguored the welfe and happiness of men in this life, and was ever ready to welcme as allies all who in whatever sphere were working for the progress of the race. On the other band, the great National policies promoted by Mr. BUice cannot be divorced from the moral progress of the country. Just as truly as Phillips Brooks, bat in different way, Mr. Biaine wrought for the uplifting of the people. Each moulded indelibly the thongbt of bis generation, and the name of each will be recorded in shin ing letters on the scroll of the Nation's Hsvtbies. TEMPER. It has been said that "notwitlictsn ding the tuauy complaints of the calam ities ot baoiae life., it is certain thai more constant uneasiness arises fro a ill-temper than ir-iru ill-fortune. It vain has Providence I estowea ever; external blesMug if csre has not beet taken by ourselves to smooth tbeaspt-T itits of temper. A bad temper eiub t ters every sweet, aud converts a placj of hsppiuess into a place of torment.' Mow true the above is, none who ar much knowu with their fellows cat deny. Undisciplined tempers bring ill feeling, quarrels, and all kinds of evil in their train. They do more tl.ac many other sins to effect separation) between friends aud disunion iu fami lies, they cause wounds which time ran seldom or never heal, they form breaches which apparent reconcilia tions bridge over but faultily. There are w. rda spoken in anger which ar never forgotten; there are looks whiob imprint themselves on the tuiud as ac indelible mental photograph; thexc re suilen silences which chill and wound as effeolually as the most bittei nd scathing speech; there are the ac tions outward and visible signs of ill feeling which leave mark in hearts which little deserve the pain they cause. There are these things and many ('then which add to the suflering and sorrow of many, all caused by bad and uncon trolled temper. It mast be borne in mind that not U poss-ss a temper at all argues a state of phlegmatic indifference, of stony callousness whi :h is by no means ad mirable. A person who is so unemo tional as never to be moved to just in lignation at wrong or oppression, whe feels nothing very acutely one way oi the other, who boasts of never having his equan'mity disturbed, is one in most cases of a selfish nature and ol small psychical power, and having t narrowed ouilook on life. We have the highest anthority of kl. for the fact that those who rale theil i-pirit are greater than tliof-e who rult a oily, and so it may be logically in terred that one possessing a quicn eino tiouul temperament, keenly sensitive aud highly strung nerves for tempei is neurotic, and consequently worke with the brain is. if governed by the force of supernatural law, on very much higher plane, and ia of greatet worth as an individual, than the cold, sluggish person with whom we mnsl admit we have noaympatby, but a greal dtal of pity. As there is no hiatus in Nature, so it her there is no force given that cannol be turned to account. And it may lit said of temper as Browning said of the body. The question is:' Buw 11 can mat piiiject thy soul oa Its lou wayt That it can be a great power in th. life is uudonbted a power for good at well as ill. Which it is allowed to tx lies in the direction of the will. A qii.ck temper which can be ronsec to anger knows when to be angry and yet not sin, and that very indipuatior, which is felt when individually wrongec can. if diverted from self and s If-inter est, be the motive for active altruism Restrained force, too, is always power ful. Passion and love "held in a leash' often tndnre longer than when bott have liberty for full play and expres sion So with temper. The most mag ui tic .ent calmness of demeanor is nol the dull tranquillity which cannot be disturbed, but the strong feelings, the intensely keen seLsitiveuess, tho great " .liveness," if we may oin a word, wl.ieU is yet all under control. Snct ruling of the spirit is uot eifecteo by common means, nor by an effort tc be indifferent, but by quickened per ception as to the relation of things, by increased knowledge of the worth oi peac, of the internal growth which if promoted by the res'ralnt of anger. A great means of acquiring the habit of control is to pra. tise it in sniil. things. Continual grumbling at every thing is a p aotice with many, and not oue t- ndiug to promote au atmosphere of peace, t he ireqnent expression ol annoyance, when clothed with words, only ma lies the small ills whion provoke them more real. It gives them life, and remember that though angry feel ings are ever to be deprecated, still, when tHey find form inaction or speed th y sre more culpable and wrong. A nagging temper is mcst detestable We have seen people who were sup posed to rare for each other go on nag ging to a pitch we thought Leyond en dnrance. It may be very hard to "be mistresi of y urtelf though China fall,'" verj difficult to keep back words when yor, are augry, vindictive acts when yot are wronged. It will be slow work tc learn to do tbip, the failures may bt great and many, but so much of tl present and future good of yoursel and others depends npou it, so great at import has it upon your real lif oc the bettering of it, that if people ast themselves il it is worth while taking so mnch trouble and so many pains u rule that turbulent spirit, to struggli ont of that sullen temper, to maatel that irritability there can be but on answer: It is. THE HAWAIIAN REVOLUTION The news from San Fr.-.ncisco of th r volution ia Hawaii, the dethrone ment of the Queen, tne abolition ol the monarchy, the establishment of i Provisional Gov. rnment with Justici Sanford B. Dolo at its head, and tin arrival in this country of delegatioi instructed to negotiate for the annex tion to the United States of theUawai iao groai-, brings at once before om statesmen questions of a most del eave comp icated and momentous nature In their determination other matter: are involved, and not remotely, be sides the fate of Hawaii and onr policj in the Pao fic. Whatever may be the rt solution onr Government forms it the impending application, i s signili canoe as a precedent will be apparent to all the islands south of ns and tc every European Cabinet that thinks it self concerned in the political relatione of the States and dependencies neat our borders. It has been apparent foi half century that the circumstances would inevitably arise, and might arise at any moment, their occurrence beiug dependent on forces and conditions quite beyond our control, when a specific declaration of onr purposes to ultramarine jurisdiction oonld be longer avoided. And yet, so reluctant have been our people and their succes sive Administrations to anticipate such an occasion, that the arrival of these Hawaiian delegates will express pro posals of annexation finds American tnblic sentiment but slightly ory at si zed and majority of onr publio men dour.tless stilt inclined toward the traditional view, whiob prefers that onr influence over the islands in either ocean be exerted throngh native Gov ernments rather than by protectorates or a closer onion. A TALE OF T WO PEOPLE. 'A soft answer t iruelw away wrath.", 9iy the good Book. It is woman who is generally expected to keep the soft answer ia working order, although it si.aiet iuies d -pen Is on man. However Ihi.-gs nave changed in l,i?93 years, and Ihe oue who gives the sort a iswer is I n-lty apt to get bullied. In domestic life tue soit answer no longer ccm pares with a sense ot humor. A prop t rlv directed seusi of humor will not only dt-face the casus belli, bnt restore the status qio. file appropriateness ' ui uiese pnrjs. s win luun-aie cuanges in the social relitious since the original system was put forth. This may be illustrated. A "omn with a seuse of uninor delightful to all her friends, inrr'el. Aa most brides she tad stud ied well her role. This obliged her to be sweet tempered in sca-sou and out of season. She literally kept soft an twers in stock. In the early period of Ler doiuestio career, t iese did all that i-outu iw expecieu oi mem iu Keeping iu.j r tersonol happiness. the atmosphere of home sweet and , . ,,, ., , clean. But so: t answers like all other - A woman who says silly things remedial means In time seem to lose 1-rM 10 mal'cloui ones, their efficacy. Nothing daunted on her Faraday expUlned lu 1S40 electric part, she had .me on tap against all .ty generated by high pressure steam. manner of unreasonableness from a tired nervous man. Alter time she came to see that only did her soft an ; swer fail to work out properly.bat that si.e was encouraging the development of a species of doniestio bully. After every turn other soft answers she real ! tzed not only a loss of her self respect, I bnt of resp. ct for the being whose un- .1 I , 1 L . reasouaoieueBs sue was uumoring line that of a fro ward child. iter s u-e of just oe was roused. If ber domestia uu happiness was to go down, it should jo down with flying colors. She met attick by attack, isbe secured the last word at all hazards, j In reviewing these scenes, she draws a , veil over the details, but exhibits a cer ! tuin reureuensible oomolacence at her own achievements. One day. friend who had sometime seen the frirge cf bb!tle. said to her: "Whv do ton take your husband so seriously. Vou used I to have a lovely sense of humor. Why cau you not see yonr husband in the 1 ght of a joke." "Joke" excluimes the I disgusted woman. All the same it gave I a turn to her thoughts. Feeling mis : tr ss of herself on the next occasion. ! she turned her wits on him. He was routed, bat retired in good order, and wbisiled. Evidently, he was as glad to cet out of it in that way as she, since their amicable relations escaped with scarcely a fracture. In time it rather ente-taiued her to be suddenly called npou to practice her wits in meeting sudden emergencies. But what was most distinctly gratifying was the in creased respect her husband appeared to show for her intelleot. She amnsed bim, he began to value her as a com panion. On the other hand in ceasing to regard bim as a child to he humored, she began to respect him aa a man. STEP-BY-STEP. It is now the almost nnanimousopin ion of the leaders of the Spelling Re- jfoim movement, that the changes nteded to bring it about must be made gr.ulni'llv; and that the modifications mast be such as commend themselves to the common sense of all who are open to conviction tn the subject The toiiowmg manuesto irom the spelling Reform Liag, 24 Clinton Plaoe, New Yoik. is being considered very favor- ably by even conservative minis: ''English spilling b the worst iu the win Id. liillio s of dollars are wasted each year in the writing and printing of useless lettfrs. The education of our children is retarded and the pro- gress of our people is hampered by oar ccmbrons, illogical, misleading ortuog rafy. The scholarship of the world is almost a unit in demanding a change. The Amerioun Philological Association has recommended tbe following Rules for New SrELLiN'09, and resolution has been introduced in Congress, in structing the Public Printer to conform to them in all printing for the govern ment: "1. Drop tje at the end of words like dialogue, catalogue, eta., where the preceding vowel is short Thus spell demagog, epilog, synagog, etc. "2. Drop final e in such words as defi nite, infinite, favorite, etc., where the preceding vowel is short. Thus spell oppos.t, preterit, hypocrit, requieit, etc. I "3. Drop final te in words like qnar .ette, coquette, cigarette, etc. Thus spell cigaret, roset, epaulet, vedet, gnzet, etc "4. Drop final me in words like pro gramme. Thus spell program, orl- j nam, gram, etc. "5. Change PH to F in words like, phantom, telecraph. Dbase. etc. Tbna spell alfabet, paragraf, Sloeofv, fonetio, ' totograr, etc. "6. Substitute B for the difthongs s and ce when they bave the sound of that I letter. Thus spell eolian, esthetic, I diarrhea, subpena, esofagus, atheneum, 1 Park menagerie, New York, has two eto. J perfectly developed tongues. "0"lf you wonld array yourself on I . n v tt... r- . , the side of progress, a-opt the forego t,Z, ?Z Conu-' ing in .11 that yoa write, and especially I a?2 L ? ". ""iT. comm,"1 in -11 that yoa print." Sm, ihi,? , W ' ptei out Perhaps many persons do not know 0f the tDlrJ lo Jow ot a factory, that all these sborter spellings are I There is at present on exhibit ou to be found in the new Century die- In tbe window of a well-kEown New tionary. They, and a great many j Fork jeweler the tusk of a sacred ele others. fill several pages at the end of ; pliant from the east The tusk is said the last Tolnme, end they all have the : to be one of tbe finest ever seen In the anthority of tbe most eminent pbilol j United States, rgists to snstiin them. Therefore, tj irarin -r, i any periodical or person who uses L ADn7 Jl' Wha .,8 M l" hen; an claim the very best authority ! iV,ef"tel by 'v't ' WM for no doing. I IS li e ,Wa,tnam (Mass.) polios Suppose theWouis's Ilmtsttuted I ln ,"u, 8nd m8"- WoRr.n .hmild r.1. ,r.if n ,h . tallJ unbalanced condition. of progress, with the Ind pendent and other papers, and, by spelling accord ing to thse Rales, hasten the "good time coming" for the little children. It would be fine exeroise for its readers to 'ook out for tbe the new spellings With the exception of Rule 5, the changed words come very seldom. Eliza B. Bcrnz. Wr are truly in favor of simplifying English orthography, if it can be done wiihont too sudden a disrnption of ex isting business methods. Any of our readers who aro interested la this sub . . ject, will receive pamphlets of informa tion if they address, with stamp, the secretary of the Spelling Reform i Leag. (Ed.) Mrs. Caroline McC. Everhaio President of the Ohio Woman Svf- j'rage Association, bcl'evcs that, In ;rder to maintain always tl;c IJen ; ilty of man and wife, instead of s,--;lng "Mr. and Mrs. John Jones" vb ihould always say "Mr. Joha an-; Mrs. Jane Jones." With the Joiv-s !amily that Idea might answer very well, but wben it came to sayin? 'Mr. Alexander Obenhau-ser and M.-s. 3aroline McClosky Everha.-d," f r bstance, a patient and loog-saffer-Bg public would be ?ery apt to kick ,'EWS IN BRIEF. Buckles were first made In 1680. The is. rich ia the swiftest runner knowu. Fear Is the child of wrong doing. A starving man won't fiad fault with the table cloth. You c innot buy a man honest If it s agaiust bis uatute. The price ft parrots In jierica is only 10 te its. South A- Italy seuds 5,000.0.0 eggs to Eng ! .aud every week. j Last year b O'O.OOO telegrams were aandled lu Loudon. I We pass our lives lu realizing the i.i ut i of commos.pUcea. Many ch ldien, many cares; no children, uo felicity. Bovee. There Is a nobler use than the our. A successful hypocrite is never success at anything else. The villain likes to be called names that sound respectable. As soon as a sin begins to pay U seems to become better looking. Siime men tire themselves almost to death looking f jr an easy place. Some women seem to think thaw saving a grievance adds to their at tractiveness. The female ostrich lays seveuty fggs a year. The G tiling gun was Invented b datllug iu 18G1. TT , , 8I7 t0,'leeti ctUled treut:u master. Military eogiueera were formerly In India there is a species of orow .hat laughs Just like a human being. It is tald that 32,000 varieties of goods are manufactured from wood. Market gardens In Paris pay il a Jozen for live toads as Insect destioy ers. The game of billiards was Invented m France towards the end of the nf- teeuth century, . ... , .. . Je,au Btwthovdn. the father oi ''"dwig van Beethoven, was a chorus "HUef' Flowers In the garden of memory ot ly reach perfeo'.iou If watered by tears. There are 40,000 oil wells In thla country, and their dally output Is 130, 000 bariels. Mosquitoes did not Inhabit D llo dntil the railroad was built through that town. There Is considerable difference oetween firing into a ualu and being fired out of one. Klrke White.the English poet, wa a butcher's eo' and carried steaks to his father's customers. Th oldest man In the house o. .epiesetitatives is Etward Scull, of Fenusylvaula He was born In 131S. if we had no Uoubles but refc. troubles there wouldn't be a round shouldered mau lu this world, lt ,ake, a strong mm to hold bl. n thoughts so much In subjection tUi,c tbe w,u not worr hlal- We aie born to be sociable to om innihar. ihrrAra hr r. n, world, or bear with it Tiue culture has been compactly Jtil ed as learning one's relative posi tion and luipe rt ince In the world. Tbe world would have less cianks if children were taught the diff rence between sent-uient aud principle. After the passage of the cape clc j.iuion, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg and pepper came into use. The State of Washington Is oue ot the heaviest cum mers of condensed milk In the country. In the Eleventh Century both tngllsh and French dandles covered tnejr arms Don't with bracelets. look for much growth In grace as long as you keep your hands In foul pockets. There are re'ormers who nevei think It worth while to work at tbe:r trade on themselves. Ad Indian ghl student at Haskeh. ao., institute Is named Jennv One Feather. One-fourth of the land surface oi ihe globe is o cuplfd by Enclish- speaklng peop'e. It bas been discovered that Smile, (he female rhinoceros in ths Central all censure of others is oblique praise of s. lr. It is uttered in order to show the superiority of the 8jeaker It bas all Invidiousness or self naise, aud all tbe 111 desert of a falsehood. At tbe table of the Recent Duk j( Orleans it was the custom for the guests to drop a piece of gold in the plate from which he had just eaten a dish w hose taste he fancied. The word "preface' used in th beginning of books was originally a word of welcome to a meal, and was equivalent t "Much gcod may it do you." There are 300 depositors in the Boston Five-cent Savings bank: with sums ranging from S2.j to $2300 who haven't been beard fiooi for over twenty years. A deaf and dumb book caovasier sold strenty-six books within four i aye recently in thre mm it v, .Hampshire towns, with commission mounting to $15U Famlnln Amenities. "There is Mrs. Mature; I hive tried twenty times to male hir , tell her age" "My dear, per ; haps she is so old that 6ha has for- Retten it" BrowniDg, King & Co.'. Monthly, 4 V
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