I B. F- BOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor end Proprietor. MIFFLINTOWIN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 19. 1893. NO. 31. 1 1Tr VI TTTT ' 1 I ' I .1 Y VJU. jVIj V 11. THOU. AND l.ft -iu THa YEARS. EI MJl'llE V. KEDllICt. "iron, nn 1 I, and u-e yenrs: it t M .t my heart ham known! O b.ii-r. ieieiitant tearsi 0 ii ippy hears that have flown! Tli'tu afi'l I. ?tH t!.e years; Tli'-y .'re I-ilulit Iri the n!ilin time, A a :--.-if tarns n 1.1 e'er it sears And -adlj dirs-m in prime Tlii-u- and I. ail"! the years; 1 hue p il l's n"t a In-art 1 ween, I'.ut Iho' ce.d the Man, thou wilt nnd at last 1 linl ii y love f..i thee overcome the past. A nil Hire' iMiuitl'-M Iiojio- an-l fears K r i;rus for rice, wiin the yearn. Jljm- J-.urnal. IN A SHINTO TEMPLE. jy riiAniKs r.. x::n-r. To one whose, ideas bnve boon trained l.y thohr.bits of Western civilization, the "Lund of tl e llistcg Sua" is pre eminently tho laud of surprises. It m-eds b it a sojourn of from sis to nine months iu Japan, not oniy to acquaint tue tr.Vi.-Hor with a vast variety of facts, both now ami ptrunge, cone rn mg tho miiti'.i'rj, thoughts, an 1 meth od of life of its inhabitants, but to en able him to cirry homo a store of in formation mi l of t'.ioory as to tho past, tljo present, a-id (more especially) the future, of that interesting people. Ano tho fic-ts bo lesmed, uoa-i perhaps are mora astonishing turn tlios-i presented to us ns consti tuting t ho origin of tho coir 1 1-v itself; uidess it bo the hold whi.di sub. tradi tions exert upon tho muds of the people, and the persist -nee with whicii they nre retained iu the present day. .1 lit an hns now its railways, telearaphs, nni electric liThtia?, its schools, nnd its' nriny, equipped with a breeohlo i l ing ride; nnd there nre numoious Christian missionnrios, besides fiiteen or ni'ire sects of Hu ddhi-ts; jet the old :incstrul religion btill seems tj satisfy the religious cravings of a lar e por tion of tho population, lti-i rightly culled ".ineeslral," for it eons'ers in n 7r.-at degree of the worship of ancestor-1. Japan, bo it known, is tho r-nl centre of ereat'ou, the first bud of tho hutnau world, kiss ill by tho Heuvo l that ca nted Man, ii 3 lir-it man, father of tho .hip mese race. The fact has been re--oi ded in doeti. rents for nt least two thou.-and yeirs, un l no ilojiit can enter the min i .f the faithful, that the pres-i-iit Mikado is u d rect descend ojt of the ods. We le-irn from ihe nucicut Ja panese writers tint, many centuries hu f re the t-po;-h when our own U. 1 1.? island itr s, nt J leaven's co'ammd, from out the azure main, the gods were wont to make .Tapa-i tlie r pl .ee of resilience, or t least tiiat they puid very frequent visits to that country, and that the first emperor w is himself a trod. TIip worship of these deit es or I unu (;'tui w uih liii i-; the bas s of the priiuovid religion of .Ini 'in. Tno u ime of the heavenly host is ninre than "legion." It is somewhat d.llic dt to mike nuy thincr like im a.'cur itj estimate of the number of the-e fr-vls, but ace Tdinsr to lapaiiese authorities there i.re about eieht million of them. Such was the old national faith, whieti is mimo I the Shi, do reliioi of the Japanese. The temples dedicated to its worship nro acjoriliujr to my xueri enee, most frequently situ ite 1 outside tho towns,geuora;!y in crovos an.l on sites whero the pro-ind len is itself to the purpose. Ma y nro ihe artistic surprises an I delights whic.i crrect the traveller's eye, wherj the Khriue-', sometimes insignificant only, jeep forth witU a dfuuty ch arm from the midst of beautiful foliage. O.iO of these Shinto temples, which may be taken as a typo of tho rest, is my faror ito resort, and I go there day after day to make stn lies. My v.-ay to it is by a loDg street leading out of town, nomss whioh tho beams of early morning 6lant their rays; nad nt tho end ap pears the stone t'jni which, as usual, marks the entrance to tho temple. The highway is a bu-y one, and it abounds in picturesque groups and characteris tic fignros, to beg:ul the eye as I walk thither. Coolies and countrymen, clad in strangely cliequered coats of blue and large hats, are pulling their little hand carts, come with wheels of solid wood, aluug the rough road, others are carrying goods in strange-looking boxes slung on poles. Here a woman with flowers to sell stops to listen to the haggling that is goin on between a fisherman nu 1 a female custo-.a r who stands outside her house door. There a shock-headed appren'ica boy, with bare legs, is carefu ly carrying a small pot Of some steaming mess between his two hands Now I passa stall w-ieie a man is cutting up some funny-looking condiments into pquare lamps, whi e two women watch the operation, bo'h dressed in sliadas of blue, one of them with a bald-headed b by on her buck. There is a thirl woman, also ia blue, who carries by way of contrast ia color, a ban He tied up in bright yellow stuff.and talks to a man whose Lair is all concentrated nt the back cf his head, while the skirts of his dark blue coat are tucked into his girdle a I tho middle of his back. 1 am not t: e only looker-on at this gro-'n, for a portly gent em -in in brown, villi n blaci bundle, and his nmtirella on Ins shoulder, observes them too, ns the woman chatters and tho man bows. Taking mental notes of such figures ns 1 pass on, inc'.uling also that of a young girl in browu vellow dress, n:i-1 tho inevitable baliy on her back, cluttering slowly along in the clogs, which most of tho womcu drag with them as their footgear, I won 1 bit wav towards the Shinto tem ple. " Old legends seem to Lover about its threshold. The stone trabeated erection called a lurii, under which ouo passes from tho outer world, wa in its origin a wooden beam, erei ted (as the name signifies) for tho fowls to perch noon when they announced, as was their wont, tho coming dawn to the priests whoso duty it was to do honor to tho rising sun. That these erections were formerly made of wood is indicated by certain wedges, fre quently to bo observed in those bni!t of stone, which are of practical value t the structure in in- ' latter muteria'. To the lower cross-picm of the trii is snsp ended a straw rope called .--''o'i- cr sthm n'ura, which is suppcd to ward oil" all disonsos an 1 harmful things. It is also, as I am told, a symbol of tho legend of the luring of the Kun Goddess from her cavern by a straw rope which J'utorlaina stretched behind her, after tho hero Tojikarao, or (irrut Ktrength, had pulled her out. The gods who control the lives of men are also termed Shimr.i, From his ,imc thero dangle strips of cufs paper called the (jnhri. These were originally supposed to attract the gods, they now represent tho .rcw.and witu the ttinic and torrii are the common characteristic emblems of Kluaio ism. iho grounds 0f a typical Shinto f r d,lvIll"J lato taiee conrts. The first or lowest is entered by the main T.oreh; and bore are placed the rnests dWel;,ngS tha well, and the fcri'Vr:' ,' bore particularly t , . - mm lmtu- t l-tm thin a L ay leans to th Becond court, having a largo roofed ,,ltfjrm in the centre and secondary nhriuea and outbuildings on the sides. TlJs stcoad court is raised a low feet abovo the first. The third is raised considerably higher, and in closed in a stone wall surmounted by a tile-roofed paling. Steps in the eeatro lead nnd,,r another porch into this highest level; and here, r.c.ng the en trance of the tempi,- ei.closare. st:n ' tho principal thrine. Under tLe eaves or the nor-'i thro sit two coolies taking a sl-nt meal" of tea and rice, and conversing with a pnn.ll girl and ab.'. bov, who crows at the attention p-dd him. I exchange bows with the old woman who refsils the refreshment, and has a pot full of Japanese deli -aoies on sticks, simmer ing over u charcoal brazier and wafting a strange odor to my nostrils as I pus's od. Here the tempi ? gro in Is lie fairly before me. The hue curved roofs of tho priests' h asoH are shining in tha sun thro-igi :Uo grand foliage of trees that c st (roa I shadows across tho open court. Lanterns (torn) of s'oue. and bronze are arranged everywhere, catohing the light here, nad there halt obscured iu shade. Litllo groups of children at pluy are dotted about, some in garmouts of gau ly color, which stand out ia the bright sunlight like gems. There are paiiugs oi srono blaekene t woo l, orbain'vio, contract ed in devices new to the European eye, whioh waud. r res lessly (rem oue spot of light or color to another, now catch ing the white dres of a priest as it ap pears spasmo Hie illy among the trunks of trees, now attracted by the sheen of gilt gablo protruding from amongst the fol-.ao tint obstructs a complete viewof the whole extent id thegroamls. Immediately to tho right, after pass ing through the entrance, one cannot but notice a sitnill wooden buildin , from au qun part of which there pro jects the bead of a white hog-maued pony, swaying over the bar which keeps the animal in its prison. This is the stjed which the den to whom tho temple is dedicated condescends to ride ( when lie visiu the earth. This eqnes- irir.a exercise, it is said, is chielly taken in the night tim?. The horse is kept for no other purpose, and fed upon beans. S the p or brute g;;ts very f it, and I ara told that its un natural life cannot be p istaiiied for any lengthened porio.L A temple servant, cladia adark bine coat, with the temple crest or symbol in large white figures on his buck, is in attendance, to sell a handful of beans for a copper, in order that tho devout or curious mt; have tli9 privilege of feeding the her e of the Imtnort i'. .Next, under a heavily tiled roof sup ported ou carved wooden pillars a-jd ro-iS-pieces, wo find a well on 1 a granite tank, tho toriner bearing n inscription to tho effect that the water is clear and fresh, from a rack over head nre su.-puiided small colored cot ton cloihs, whereon are inscribed, in white characters, certain pious provorb.s and quotati -ns. These aro towels, used by the visitors to dry their bands a ter ablution, before going to pray. Tho well, however, is used by everybody, as one can see by the group of ohattcr ing, smiling girls and women, one of whom, with her brown legs bare to the knee, is goodnuturedly drawing water for the others by means of the rope and pulley. Apparently no one is in a hurry, for the tubs which she fids stand about for sometime before re moval. 1 he sturdy elderly man, with ehort thick coat bonnd around the loins, bronzed limbs and sandallod feet, who takes refreshing draughts out of one of tho little wooden dippers pro vided for fh- public use, is a peasant. His if:) stands by, holding tho straw hats. Her bkirts are tacked into her waistband, so as to display a briifht red petticoat, nud her legs are encased in light blue silk wrapping", while on her feet sh wears white cotton socks besides sandals. Truly these, in sp te of homely tuces and short stature, are good spec mens of a good typo, people industrious aud thrifty. To judge by the bundle on the roan's baclr, they have bceu making their purchases in town, afier trudging many miles on foot, he carrying tone goods for sale there, slung on a pole, nnd she clad iu her holiday dress in order to appear to ndvantase before the tradespeople. .Farther away on the right is the dwelling house of the priests. Woo.l en steps lend up to tho froLt apart ments, the slides of which being open, a glimpse is obtained of the interior, where a white-robed priest is seen seated at a low table with writing materials beTore him. Opposite, on the left-hand side or the court, are more curved roofs, belonging to places for rest and refreshment. The pavement from the porch leads on to three or tour staps, by ascending wh ch one reaches the second part of the inelosuie. This is mnrked ly a low ficee of ro.indel stone posts placed on tho nprer level, and planted with rlov.ering bnshes ami small trees. Some tweuly paces ou is the ord nary wooden cish-box, ft Hid ing at the rutram-0 iut the largo cen tral budding. This cous sts of au ele vated rail d platform, coust ueted en tirely of wood, and s:ind--dby aspread mg roof of wooil thatch, having upward curved endu, aud being supported oi large carved wooden pillars. Above the steps leading to the platform is spread a long white cotton curtain, looped up iu the centre, and bcanug the imperial ohr sauthemum in blaeit outline, the same ciest being also on the largo paper lanterns that hang oil eaoh Bide. The cish-box meutioued above as standing at the entry of tuis i.n,i.i.'nT ia for the use of the devotees; whose practice is to clap their bauds tew after castiusr in a coin, aud before This is their mode of calling the attention of the djity to their pious ouermg-. -v m rope attached to very small clatter box haDgs behind, to bo used for tho same purpose. . , Passing round to the back of this ed ifice one'faces the wall inclosing the third and principal part of the temp.e grounds. A row of stone lanie m i on fstone platform afford by their . r.cn sandstone colors a relief against the black palings; and the wall roof ao n mres peculiar prominence from the wh te markingsoh The porch in the centre, over do stone steps, is of carved wood, rich n natural color, red and brown, lhc riot of wood thatch lakes the usual upward curve, and i, ooi ridge, of which the upturned enjs c,lt. Underneath these stands another cash-box, and gnhti hang in the ceil Within tfaT. enclosure .san ed- ifice of carved wjoa, uoiiuiuu.o $ZU with wood thateh roof, the ridge polos and ornaments gUt, as are aiso we curious cross-beama on the ridge, all the latter gleaming gold against the dark green trees behind. Here, at an elevation, of about twelve leer, on the top of a series of steps, and concealed by a lightly colored screen and a reed curtain ' in front, is the holy of hclies. On either side of tLe step, and under tho eave, is a grotesque and brilliantly-colored fig ure of a seated wr.irior on a high railed platform. Tl cse two are the "guards." iho centre of the steps lealing up to the fcreeus, usually kept closed, is 1'iid viiu line matting, npon which tho piiests do not tread. In ascending aud descending they plnnt their bare feet on the wood at the sides only. V.'ithin the inclosuro of the great shrine aro various minor nnd very pretty serines in miniature. Without tho will', Hud forming a grand background o: Jo.iage, is a grove of tine trees; and on each side, by the niaia build ings, are other trees among other small shrines, and tnrii of wood nnd stoue, including a stablo containing a grotesque wooden white horse. 1 he roofs art often moss-grown, ant lan terns suspended here and there with a rich torii indicating a "fox" shrine, form many spots of beautiful color. dust now the reed cm tain is half r..isoJ, to enable the oibciuting priest to deposit ceremoniously under it two diminutive tables bearing dishes of food (ambrosia, no doubt), for the deity's breakfast. Having done to, his rever ence descends the stoue steps nnd salutes me smilingly, as ho utters l;,e Jnpnnese morning greeting, "Uhaio" ("Honorable, you are early";. After the dishes have been some time under tho curtain, a priest will go up ngain and remove them. Then, I believe, tho priests will make their own meal. The vestments are of pure white, aud ou tiie head is worn a conical hat, made of gauze, like a meat safe; and very nseiul must such a headdress be to kiep off the flies and mosquitoes from a bald pate. One morning when there was a great feast, the screen abovo mentioned was raised, and a high priest, in grand srkeu robes of green nnd purple, olli ciuted. He was nttondud by other priests wearing white satin robes (ex cepting one ia green silk less gorgeous than tue first), and all with curious lit tld black lacquered headgear. Tho iood offerings were fruit, biwis, bnunnas.etc., bowls of rice, and a fine lis'i, the head and tail of which were connected by a striusr, so that it as sumed u eurvedform as it lay upon the tray, with heal and spread tail ele vated close to;;e;her. TLe ceremonies consisted mainly iu a variety of obei sances and approaches to the shrine with tho offerings; and on that occa sion tue diguity of all concerned was marvelous to behold, especially that of the chief functionary. home of the more ordinary cere monies connected with tho lives of the people tako place at tho lower level in the second court; among them one which I often witnessed, and which is interesting Everywhere namelv, the baptismal rite of infants. It is conducted hire utter tho following fashion. A hand some dress, suspended from the mother's shoulders, covers the child carried in her arms, and, where the straps of the dres nre tied behind, a gaudy ease of brocade (shaped like an envelope) is attached, fcho is accompanied by a friend or two, or, if she be of the upper class, 1 y oue or more fema!e servants, who assist her to perform the custom ary ablutions on enteriug the temple grounds. The little party then goes to tho ptiest's Louse, the brocade envel ope is handed to him, and ho draws lorth a document from it Sundry questions aie nskfi', and liltl cere monies -one throufeh, ulter Mhieu the priebt a e ii. panics the pnrty to the central platform, which they all as cend. lU-rethey kneel on the mat xu)i, nnd the dress is removed from the ehil3, which Las, of course, been gorgeously clad. The priest now ad vances ou his knees, bowing and prostrating himself towards tho end of t ie building neatest the high shrine, where thero is a little altar wheroon nre wunds from which golie.i nro sus pended. After making sundry obei sances, prayers, etc., he takes one of these wands, and, still on his knees, approach s the child, which, being now allowed its freedom, is crawling obotit where it pleases. Thus, before the jrieit can come m ar enough to per lotm Lis office, a chnso sometimes takes place, w hich is apt to bo comical. It concludes by the priest's waving the papers over the child in c.rtain ways and muttering some accompanying formula. The child is then retaken possession of by the mother, who re places the gorgeons dress, and the pnrty again repair to the priest's honse, where the document is written on nnd handed back by Iiirn, and replaced in tho envelope. After the cu-tomary bowing mid smiling, the baptismal patty then go hoim looking very happy and picture-quo. t;uce I saw nnother of theso c istom nry n'es performed in tho same tem ple th-it of purification by hot witer. Xiar tho central platform two wiit.r 1 oilers with wooden lids were placed in tue middle of a square, marscd out by four slender poles, ronnr c-tcd nt the tops by strin s to whili little pipers were attached. A woman in whit" ceremonial dress stood on a slrip of matting behind the water-jars or boil ers, and afU r some preliminary vo.vs nnd prayers removed the ltd of o p; and, taking a small bundle of sticks, li!:o a birch rod, in each bun i, began to sw i.-ii; the steam'iig water ruut ami left, to tho nccomputiiuieut of a drum beaten by a temnle uttendant on tho central p i'- foim. Wheu i-ns jar r boiler had been fairly emptied by this proceeding, the li-ls were change -1, and, after a pause of rest (for it seemed to require no slight exertion;, the performance was renewed until the second jar was finished ulo. 'I he woin-n then ma le her final bows hi d r. tired, nnd the drummer descended and cleared away the apparatus. Tho performers of this rite were seriona enouxh thems dves; but an in cident occurred which showe I that the impression made upon the spectators was not to deep ss to deaden tl.eir sense of fun. While tho hot water was flving about some children were i-plashcd by it, nud Innnhingly retired out of reach. II .it one yo -ug urchin pretended to ba dreadfully hurt, howl ing alternately with roars of laughter nt his own humor. Nobody, however, took offencp, and the few lookers-on only laughed too. Sometimes, iudeed, a ludicrous inci dent is appreciated even by the official functionaries of the temple; and, in deed, there is simetimes a want of seri o0(,n..s which cannot but be re lOHrfccd. The levity of one of the pr esfs, with whom 1 became acquaint ed was perhaps above tho average. It was he who, in deseen ling from the high shrine, once tripod over his clumsy wooden clogs, and strewed the steps with diviuo lood; out ho onl; rubbed his shins and laughed a his mishap, whila he was irrever entlyjoined in his hilarity tv the onlookers. This same pries with whom I was in the habit of drink ing tea while he smoked my cigarettes used jokingly to make signs to me t clap my hands after the manner of i devotee when he makes his offering and when I onee responded by throw ing an old-fashioned coin, three lnche; long, into the box, where it rattlel through the bars like a horseshoe, h tupped me lightly on tho shoulder, an giggled immoderately at the smal joke. Once he went so far as to salufa me with his fan between his hands, ai if he had been before the shrine, bi winch irreverent action another priest v. h-- chanced to observe it was indeec a lutio disconcerted. The prayers mnt tered by most visitors are only shor phrases said in a couple of seconds aud immediately before and after suet praying, they indulge in laughing con vers'tio-j. and even, as I have seen, It boisterous mirth. 'I here d ics notecm,however,to be anj lack of votaries in this temple. Hun dreds of people visit the shrines during tho day. Sometimes they are working men, who find time to put their poles baskets, or tools on one side, approact tho cash-box, throw iu their r, claj their hands, and say or chant prayers, of a length proportioned to the ptetj of the individual, but generally pruttj short. Here we sea a party of pilgrimi fiom tho south, of the long-faced Jap anese type, wearing large, round rns! h its, and kimono tacked up to g.v freedom fo the legs, which cr- clad ii w hi:e gaiters to the tn"e. They beat long staves and carry small bundlai slung over the shoulders. Many mile1 have fhey tramped in their stra sandals, and they are dusty anc browned by the sun. They bear them selves with a proud air, however it strong contrast to the few of the shop keeping class, clad in sober-colored kimono and Coats, ivho are not usuallj very devout. Hut now there comes i prrnnp of women on a holiday trip, thi blue dresses looped up so as to show i brilliant red or white petticoat reach ing to tho knee, tho oalf of the le cov ered with white, or sometimes beauti ful lisht blue silk gaiters, their headi bonnd up with blue and white cloths, surmounted by the usual basin-shapec hat. A3 the day wears on into afternoon, p anqrs of holiday-makers from the towt make their appearance, mostly womei and childreu in bright obi, gay sun shades nnd plenty of color about them, including that of the artificial floweri in their hair. They wander about, chatting and laughing; they feed tht whitopony, throw their offering int tho cash-box, and gaily try to teacl the baby of tho party to clap his litth fat hands together before a shrine. Oi they may be a knot of noisy, irrever ent youths, who intend to have amerrj time nt tho tea-houjos, nnd come onl to stroll carelessly about. Meanwhile tho proprietors of these tea-house. ar busily engaged in providing the visit ors with refreshments; and the plump smiling waitresses ehuflle about, shout ing a long-drawn "Jlr-e-e" ia answel to the cinpping of hands that summon! them. But the light-hearted and the gay ar not the sol-3 frequenters of the temple. Thero i a certain preoentage of poor looking men and women, who attend with real devotion, to call on the deity, nnd clap their hands and pray. Jt la I pathetic sight to mo to watch the ragged figures, with their soarrec and wrinkled faces; to see their. bring forth, with fumbling fin gets, a copper coin from a dirtj wrap to cast into the box; and tc hear the low agonized voice humblj petitioning the Unseen. The verj aed totter up the steps and feeblj strike together their withered palms as their bleared eyes are bent dimly and vacantly upon the shrine. It maj be that tho coiu now heard to rattle it the wooden box is the last humblt offering that they will make to th deity; and as I watch the slow, de crepit step, and note the uncertain Cazo that stems to Fee not, as the bent torm creeps awny, 1 think on th mystery of death that comes alike t nil races aud to men of all religions. J'uH Mull lluztltc. A Sehool of Shipbuilding. One of our grc-ut universities haj taken a step in the right direction to foster the maritime crowth of the country by opening a school of naval architecture and marine engineering. C'o:ncll University has inaugurated a school of this kind. The leading powers of Eurofe have long had such schools. France ha one at Taris, called the Government School of "aval Architecture; Italy, has one at Genoa, the German Gov ernment has two schools ot naval ar ehitecture, one in Berlin and another in Kiel. Neither is great Britain wanting in this respect, having a large school of naval architecture in Greenwich, besides a course of naval architecture at Glasgow University. Scotland. The absence of such schools In this countrv has long been felt and deplored, and has rendered it very diitlcult for ship and marine entitle buii ie.-s to obtain draughts men and designers having any special acquaintance with th& pecu liar problems involved. This school at Co nell, by . urnlshing such special training, will serve to ameliorate thif .-ondition oST aiTiilrs. Tiic school of naval architecture is a p rt of Sibley College, Cornell Uni versity. The college Is under the direction of the well-known Dr. Rob ert II. Thurston. It's the Irishman who wants his meat try Lent green. Tale Record. TriE HEART'S OWN SUNSHINE. LI STMtl GKET. Ymins Ronald, d iftlni down to the landing, Has half f-KKorten his ear to ply: liippnliv. under t lie elm-tree st.mdnn, l.xks se fair vvn h li-r etiint shy Now, lliougli It is riiihttliat a friendly nclzb tier Should fclvc you "Good morrow" upon youl wav, i'ray. wil d docs It mean when a whole day'l l..b..r ' Needs n.iililuj t-ut this to make It eayf ViliatlMit that love is the heart's own sun- shin Wheih. r .d ease w ith the stream we slide, Or stern endeavor is ours for ever. Aud we lull against I lie tide. Not all tliri.inili life will the world look cheery. Nor youth be lavish of fair sold; Koiialn's soait arm n lieuim to weary, Kaiihtul Doiiiihy's pro win a old. Hut oft wren the bo it is a tut more laden, And aiiKiby lushes I lie river hih. She Ktan-is whcie slie stooa as a in.-rry maiden. And smiles ut iter no. si mail lolling by. l'oi lov. true love, is tno hjai t'. own sun shine, sweeter than aut;ht while Joys abide. But ever dearest wnen clouds are nearest. And we yull ataiuat the tide. M. ML TALMAGFS SERMON BiooMfTi DtYtne-s Ban day semtiu Subject : "Arrogance and Humility." Test :"(7cdhe merciful unto me, a sinner!" Luke iviii.. 13. No mountain ever had a more brllllnm foronet than Mount Jloriah. The clones of the ancient temple blazed there. The moun tain top wee not originally litre enouch to hold the temple, and so a wall 600 feet bluh was erected, end the mountain was tuilt out into that wall. It was at that point that sc.'.in T-t Olirfot nnd tried to persuade- Him to est li -rs-lf -own the SCO feet. The nine cabs o! tue temple flashed the Ii-;ht of silver nil I uold and Corinthian brass, which Corinthian brass was mere precious stones melted and mixed and crystallised. The temple itself was not so very iar-e a structure, hut the eourts and the n.l.mn ts of the architecture made it half a mile in e.r -umferemie. We stand and looi upon t!at wondrous structure. What's the mnttery What strange appearance in the temple? Is it tire? Why, it seems as if k were a mantlo ail kin dled into flame. What's the matter? V;.v. Its the hour of morning sacrifice, and tiie smoke on the altar rises and bursts out ot the crevices and outof the door and wreathes the mountain top with folds of smoke throush which flitter precious stones Katbered and burnished ly royal mu nificence. 1 see two men mountinjr tho Fteps of the Luildinir. They go stde t.y side ; they are very unlike ; no sympathy between them the one the pharlsae, proud arrogant, pom- Eons ; he goes up the steps of the building ; e seems by his manner to say : "Clear tho track I Never before came up these steps lueh goodness and consecration." Beside hiin was the publican, bowed down, seemingly, with a load on his heart. They reach the incjosure for worship in the midst Of the, temple. The pharlsee (OeA close up to the mite of the holy of holies, lie feels he Is worthy to stand there. lie says practically : "I am so holy I wlrr.t to po into the holy of holies. Oh Lord, I am a very (rood man I I am a remarkably )ood man. Why, two days In the week I eat absolutely nothint;. I am to Rood. I'm very generous in my conduct toward the poor. I have no sympathy with the common rabbit) ; especially have I Done with this poor, misernt-.'.e. cO'vrv-rtpl.-iee, wretched publican, who happened to come op the stairs beside me." The publican went clear to the other side of the inclosure, as far away from the pate of the holy of holies as he conld pet, for he felt unworthy to stand nnr the sacred place. And the Bible says he stood aTaroff. (Stand ing on the opposite side of this Inclosure, be bows his head, nnd ns orinntials when they hnve any troublo bent their brensts. so he basins to pound his brenst as he cries, tlod lie merciful to me, a 8.tiDnr '" Oh, was there ever a greater contrast? The Incense that watted that morning from the irieM'a censer was not so sweet as tue pub lcan's prayer floating into tho opening heavens, while the prnyer of the pharisee died on Ills contemptuous lips and rolled down Into his arrogant heart. Worshiping there, they join each other nnd go side by Ide down the steps, the pharisee cross, wretohed, acrid, saturnine tho publican with his lace shining witli the very Joys of beaven, for "I toll you that this man "went down to his house justified rather than the other." Now, I put this publican's prayer under analysis, and I diseovered in the Ilrst plRce that he was persuaded of his alnfulneim. lie was an honest man ; be was a tax.-ntherer i he was an ofllecr of tho government. The publicans were trirnthe.-ers, pnd Cieero says they were the adornment of the btate. Of course they wore so-iewhat unpopular, because people then did not like to pay their taxes any better tlmn people now like to pay their taxes, and there were. nii:ny who dis liked them. Still I suppose this publican, this tax gath erer, was an honorable man. He had an office of trust j there were many hard thihirs said about hnn, and yet, etantllng there in that enclosure of the temple amid Hie demonstrations of God's holiness and power, he cries out from the very depths of hta soul, God be merolful to me, a Burner"!" P.y what prooese shall I prove that I am a sinner? by what process shall I prove that you are a sin ner? Khali I ask you to wuiirb your motivi-s, to s.ian your actions, to estimate yoar be havior? I will do nothing of tho kind. I will draw my argument rut her from the plan of the work that God has achieved for your salvation. " You go down in a storm to the beach, and you see wreckers put on their rouijh Jackets and launch the lifeboat nnd then shoot the rockets to show that help is coming out into the breakers, and you Immediately cry, "A shipwreck !" And when I see the Lord Jesus Christ putting aside robe and crown and launch out on the tossing sen of human suf fering and Batnnie hate, going out into the thundering sur0-e of death, 1 cry, "A ship wreck I" I know that our souls aro dreadfully lost iy the work that God has done to save them. Are you a sinner 1 Huppose you had a com mercial agent in Charleston or San Fran cisco, or Chicago, and you were paying him promptly his salary, and you found out alter awhile that notwithstanding he had drawn the salary he had given nine-tenths of all the time to some other commercial establish ment. Why, yonr indi .-nation would know no bounds. And yet that is just the way we have treated the Lord. He sent us out Into the world to serve Tli'"- He had taken good care ot us. H as eiotned ns, fin has sheltered u-, and lit has surrounded us with 10,000 l.enefai-tions and yet many of us have given nine-tenths ol our lives to the service of the world, the flesh and the devil. Why. my friend, the liible is fall of confessions, and I do not' rind anybody Is pardoned until he has confessed. What did David say? "I will confess my transgressions vtnto'tho Lord." What did Isaiah say? "Woe is me, because I am a man of unclean lips." What did Ezra snv? 'Our iniquities are increased over our head, nnd our trespass is crown up into heaven." And among the millions before the throne of God to-night not one gut thero nntil he con fessed. The coast of eternal sorrow is strewn with the wreck of thos who, not taking the warning, drove with the cargo of immortal hope into the white tangled loam of the breakers. Renentt the Toli-e eetetta! cries. Nor longer ilare delay: The wretch that si-orni the mandate dlea And meets the llery day. Knt I analyze the pnblican's praver a step furthar. nnd I find that he expected no relief except through God's mercy. Why did not h say, I am an honorable man. When Iget tlO taxes, I pay them right over to the gov ernment. I give full permission to anybody to audit my accounts. I appeal to Thy jus tice, O God ! He made no sneh pica. He threw himself flat on God's merer Have yon any idea that a man by breaking off the scales of the leprosy can chr.nge the disease? Have you any idea that you can by changing your life change your heart that you can purchase your way to heaven? Come, try it. Come, bring all the bread you ever gave to the hungry, all the medicine you ever gave to the sick, all the kind words you have ever uttered, all the kind deeds that have ever distinguished you. Add them all np into the tremendous aggregate of good words and works, and then you will see rul sharpen his knife as he cuts that spirit of self satisfaction as he ories, "By toe deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified." Well, say a thousand men in this audience. If I am not to get anything in the way ot peace from God in good works, how am I to be saved? By mercy. Here I stand to tell the story; mercy, mercy, long suffering mercy; sovereign mercy, lnlinlte mercy, omnipotent mercy, everlasting mercy. Why, It seems In the Bible as if all language were exhausted, as if it were stretched until it brok.i, as If all expression were struck dead at the feet of prophet and apostle and evan gelist when it tries to describe Oo3's mercy. Oh, says some one, that is only adding to my crime if I come and confess before God and seek His mercy. No, no. The mur derer has come, and while he was washing the blood of nia victim from his hands, looked Into the face of God and cried for mercy, and his soul has been white in God's pardoning love. And the soul that has wandered off in the streets and down to the very gates ot hell has come back to her Father's house, throwing her arms around His neck, and been saved by the mercy that saved Mary llagdalen. But, says some one, you rethrowing open that door of mercv too wide. No, I will throw it open wider. I will take the re sponsibility of saying that If all this audi ence, instead of being gathered in a semi circle, were placed side by side, in one long line, they could all march right through that wide open gate of meroy. "Wboseover," "whoeoover." Oh, this mercy of God there Is no line mst enough to fathom it ; there is no ladder long enough to scale it ; there is no arithmetic facile enough to calculate it, no angel's wing can fly acmes it. Heavenly harpers, aided by choirs with feet like the sun, eannot compass that harmony of mercy, mercy. It sounds In the rumbling of the oeiestial gate. I hear it in the chiming of the celestial towers. I see It flashing in the upUfted and downoast coronets of the saved. I bear it in the thundering tread of the bannered hosts around about the throne, and then it cornea from the harps and crowns and thrones and processions to sit down, unexpressed, on a throne overtopping all heaven tha throne of mercy. How I was affected when some one told me in regard to that accident on Long Island sound, when one poor woman came and got her hand on a raft as she tried to save her self, but those who were on the rait thought there was no room for her, and on man came and most cruelly beat and braised her hands until she feU off. Ob, I bless God that this lifeloat of the gospel has roorj eiiouga for the sixteen hundred millions of the race room for one, room for all, and yet there is room ! I push this analysis of the pnblican's prayer a step further and find, that he did not expect any mercy exeept by pleading for it. He did not fold his hands together as tone do, saying - -It I'm to be saved, I'll be saved If I'm to be lost, I'll be lost, and there is n eg for me to do," He knew what was wrth having was worth asking lor ; hence this earnest cry of the text, 'God be merciful to ma, a sinner I" rt was an earnest prayer, and it Is charao teristio of ail Bible prayers that thev vera answered the blind man, "Lord, that I may I reeeit-A tnv eiivlit .' l , I ..... fir mm m. i ' ' " " 1' , I.UIU, 11 JJIOU wilt, Thru canst make me clean ;" sinking 1'cter, "Lord, save me f the publican, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner!" Bnt if yon come up with the tip of your finger and tap nt the gatejof mercy, it will not open. You have got to have the earnestness of the war rior who, defeated and pursued, dismounts from his lathered steed and with gnuntlctcd list ponnds at the palace gate. You have got ti have the earnestness o. the mnn who, at midnight, in the fourth story, has a sense of suffocation, with the house in flames, goes to the window end shouts to the firemen, "Help!" Oh, unfor piven soul, it you were in full earnest I might have to command silence in the audi tory, for your prayers would drown tho voice of the speaker, and we would have to psus hi the great service. It is because you do not realize your sin before God that yon are not this moment crying, "Mcrny, mercy, mercy !" This prayer of the publican was also an humble prayer. The pharlsee looked up : the publican looked down. You cannot be saved as a metaphysician or as a rhetorician ; you cannot be saved as a scholar t you cannot te saved as an artist ; you cannot be saved as an official. If you are ever saved nt all, it will be as n sinner. "God be merciful to me, a sinner !" Another eharaeterlstie of the prayer of the f ul.hean was, it had a ring ot confidence, t was not a err of despair. He knew ho was going to get what he asked for He wanted nierey; he asked for it, expecting it. An 1 do you tell me, O man, that God has pro vided this salvation and is not going to let you have it? If a mnn build a bridge across a river, will he not let people go over it? If a phy sician gives a prescription to a sick man, will he not let him take it? If nu ar.;li lte.!t puts up a buildin, will he not let people in it? If God tri'vutes salvation, will He uot b-t you have it? Oh, if there tn a pharlsee here, a man who says, I am all riu'iit, my prist life has been rght. I don't want Ine pardon of the gospel, tor I have no sin to par-ton, h-t me say that while that mnn is in t.iat moo 1 there is lie peace for him, there is no pardon, no salvation, and the pro'ialdlity is he will go down and spend eternity with the lost pharisee of the text. llut.if there be here one who says I want to be better, I want to quit my sins, my liie has been a very iinperie-t life, how many things have I said that I should not have said, how many thin rs I have done I should not have done, I want to change uiy lite, I wsnt to begin now, let me say to such asoul, Go.i is waiting. God Is ready, an-1 you are near the kingdom, or rather you havo en tered it, for no man says I am determined to serve God and surrender the sins of my life , here, now. I consecrate myself to Ihe Lord Jesus Christ who died to redeem me ;noinan from the depth of his soul says that but he is already a Christian. ily uncle, the Rer. Samuel K Talmage, of Aiigusta, Ga. was passing along the streets of Augusta one day, and he saw a man, a Hack man, Wep from the sidewalk out into the etreet, take his hat off an-1 bow very siowiv. My uncle was not a maa who de manded obsequiousness, and he said, "What do you do that for?" "Oh." says the man, 'niass-i, the other night I was going along the street, and I had a burden on my shoulder, and I was sick, and I was hungry, and 1 came to the door of your ohurch, and you were preaching alout 'God be merciful to me, a sinner !' and I stood there at the door long enough to hear you say that if a man could utter that prayer from the depth of his soul (tod would pat don him nnd finally take him to heaven. Then I put my burden on my shoulder, and I started home. I got to my home and 1 sat down, and I said, -God be merciful to me, a sinner 1' but it got darker and darker, nnd then, massa, I got down on my knees, and I said, God be merciful to me, a sinner V and the burden got heavier, and it got darker and darker. I knew not what to do. Then I got down on my face, and I cried, 'God bo mere!, ful to me, a sinner T and away off I saw a Mght coming, and it came nearer and nearer and nearer until all was bright in my nearly and I rose. I am happy now the burden is all gone and I said to myself if ever I meet you in the street I would get clear off the sidewalk, and I would bow down and take my hat off before you. I feel that I owe more to you than to any other man. That is the reason I bow before you." Oh, are there not many now who can utter this prayer, the prayer of the black man, the prayer of the publican, "God be merciful to me, a sinner?" W Idle I halt in the sermon, will you not all utter it? I do not say audi bly, but utter it down in the depths of your souls' consciousness. Yea, the sigh goes all through the galleries, it goes all through tint pews, it goes all through these aisles, sigh after sigh God le meretful to me, a sinner ! Have you all uttered It? No, there is on soul that baa not uttered it, too proud to ut ter it, too hard to utter it. O Holy Kpiril desoMid upon that one heart. Yes, he begini to breathe i now. No bowing of the head yet, no Btarting tear yet, but the prayer it, beginning it is born. God be merciful tt me, a sinner! Have all uttered it? Then ) utter it myself, for no one in all the hous needs to utter it more than my cwn soul Ood be merciful to me. a sinner I A recent invention is a trlpple pen which rules the three lines of a cash cslumn at one stroke. The German Emperor recently Is sued an order against officers of his army using single eyeglasses. In the little village or Clayton, Ind., there are eight men whose united weight Is 2000 pounds. Some successful attempts to purify sewage with electricity have been made in Europe and England. In 1720 the first clocks were intro duced, to be placed in churches, the hour glass having been previously used. Ilenry Vlllard. the New Turk oipl tallst, is about to send an exploring exped ition t i South America at his own expense. The smallest bird Is the West India humming bird. The body is less than an inch long and weighs only twenty graius The highest railroad In tbe United Stales is the Denver & Rio Grande, at Marshall Pass, 10,855 feet above the sea. - The home lives of all great men and women are simple. IT RAINS. B. F. TAILOR. "One day w ith nnot'ier, they are pretty much alike." It's a no mrrh thing, if every body a'niost docs say it. This Every-body's a Xo-body, and 'has just such an ide.t of davs, as Words worth's man had of primroses; "A Primrose by the river's brtui, A yellow Primrose was to htm, Aud it was uollu.li; met -." So a day to this "E very-body," is something hot or dry, or wet or cold, or something dm; but "nothing more." Of all days, giva me rainy one for memory and meditation. They tome how softeu tho mental snrfao , trampled and trodden down by many footed interest, and let the buried germg of the pas', unl tho half for gotten, up through the pirched and indurated soil-germs bursting into tho beauty of the days that are no more Mowers of the heart, that thongn it bn a rock, clinir round its clefts, nud dock its rude nnd rou-jhona 1 hr.-ast, with a brighter "order" than evor .littered on the bosom of bravery. If the dear departed ever appear to ns, it is wheu the sky is overcast, dimly through the mist of rain nud tears. If the won Irons mlr-igo of the mind evor brings to view the shores of the distant past, it is when the cloud is overhead; just ns we sometimes see the sunshine on the swelling hills abroad, while the vale of raiu and shadow en velopes us whore we stand. 'If the footfall of tho?e ivho h.ivc toue be fore. To the unseen and silent sh nc," are ever heard by tho li-toning heart, it is when they aro so blended with the pattering rain, wo cannot tell one from the other. Tho Singer of the Vi'elsh fountains makes the Waldeuses l-.'ess (!ol "for the strength of the hilN," au 1 why may not we, in humble prose, bid the beatitude of Memory rest upon tho Kain? The Kain that brightens the past and revives lit 3 withered nnd withering llowers. But olas! for it, tho warinvst, sofiest, sweetest Itain, e'en tlia 11 ain that Mercy is likened to cannot restore to lifo those who hve obeyed the hallowing touch of time, and nro "dust to dnst." B.anmont aid Fletcher told it truly when they bade the mo-iraer, -Vi cp no more, 1 tdy. we. p no more. Thy pnirow is in lain : For violets pluek'd. the sv-- t -t s!w.vers Will ne'er make grow- a- iin." The other day wo were favored wilh a well-behaved rain, ble-t-.ed with an abundance of gent lencs-s and a dispo sition ns sweet ns .Tune. It was none of our dashiug, roa ing sort of rains, that strangle tho putters, pp'ash against tho wiudows, and taka one's brtath away with whole pailsful of wafer at onco. It was none of your cold, sleety, freezing rains, that como down point first, like an avalanche of cambric needles; nor yet, a blusterin.T, whirling shower that sweeps up bsfore you iu sheets, with the roil of thunder be tween, that makes you think of ban nersin, a battle. Neither nns it one of those old-fashionod ,'etendy"rnins, that begin to get rea3y in the morning, with the wind "a swooning over hollow grounds," mist all t.'ie forenoon, drip, drip, all the afternoon, nud set in to a regular rnttiing, pouring rain, that rains yoa to bleep that you hear when away in tha mi Idle of your dream, that rains wh-n you wake np ihnt fce-'ji raining till you begin to think of old Covenants mid bless yourself, as you turn over, that tho seal of the rain -bow has not faded from the dark scroll of the storai. No, it was n -ne of tho. e, but just a whole brood of showerettes iittio showers that came one after nno'hnr outof Iho c'on Is, c-try other one a Kunsfunc, in if to see h ov liulii wjul.l be pleased wi'h them. dust the rain that sets the flowers In the garden to dancing nnd conrtesying and nodding just tho ruin to render the poet's l.ne no fancy, "lllinded alike frem Mindiiue and from lain. As thouuh arose should shut, nnd be u bud ng-iin." It rains! But don't imigino for a minu'e that it nlwsys does the same thing when it rains. As emphatic little gills siy, under their breath, "it n'hever, n'hover does." There's the raia impnunitit, the rain progressive, the rain premedi tated, and the riu with a "to be con tinned" the obliine,tho perpendicular, tho driving, the dripping, nud tho sheet rain; and nobody c iu toll how many more if ho tries. There's your dull, drizzling, dreamy rain, that dampens the day an 1 the spirits, nnd makes ono remember old sunsets, old "flames," an I old frien Is; aud there's your right bright, merry living shower, that comes dancing down in sunshine, or moonshine, or any lime, all the snme. Here is one that comes en r ping along stealthily, first a baze, and then a mist, then n wot blanket, then oue drop, then two, and "so on," ns .laplut's Apothecary was it Japhet's? - w.is always saying. But here's one clear sky a moment ago, but all at once a cloud a cloud with an Engine in it; and all nt once a shower, that drops exactly down; then intermits, then dowu ngain; mid Ihe cloud, instead of hanging about like a smuggler, goes right on, nud the e it is, doing tho same by tho Corn, that it did a minute sgo, by tho (.'lover. That's a ".Summer Cloud"; that's what Shakespeare meant, 1 guess, by the "o'ercomini;" cloud ho tol l of. At all events, the interpretation make3 it mean nomztliing, which is mora than can be said oi ail expositions, either of Sh kespcare or Isaiah. Summer Clouds are busy creatures. Autumn Clouds are lazy and sullen; while those of winter go hurrying about, ragged as beggars, but your June - born cloud is "no such person." It's roun f- cd aud dowoy; h'o Charity; and shifts lis apparel every five mmutis all day long. It ' lots go" a clearly defined shadow over grain, forest, or mo-low, but it "drags anchor," and on it goes with the shadow, over the topi of tha corn, and the flukes do not r ample a tassel! Show me any but- a Summer Cloud, that trails its Dagncrrootype about, after that fushion. But the grandest of all rains is that with Scemo and Orchestral accom paniments; and the very sort we nre Laving hereabouts wheu I wrote, "it rains." Two hours ngo, the 6ky was as blue and clear as a IU. bin's eng. An hour and a half ago, three Macbethish i"thunder-heads" lay lurk ng sullenly in ita Northwest, behind the woods, and grimly growled at the Sunshine they meant to "put out.'' There they tUy. threo Goldev rieo-vA worthy a trio of Jajons; tor the Sun was doing what Le could, to burnish up their dingy and brazen volumes, till they looked the gorgeous Armorial Bearing of tho Storm they wore. A moment srire, coucfiant, now rampant, they Lave rolled up almost to the Zoni h, aud heh'Dd them, without rent or wrinkle, trails the dark robe of the Storm. A tram, it is shaken out over the trees; a sail, it curves from Heaven to Earth; men-of-war. tbe dark halls loom up iu tbe oiling. There's a jar ring of machinery above, as stately aud steadily they sweep up iu tho very teeth of the wind. There's a flashing of carabines athwart their dim decks. There are red lights like battle-lanterns swinging aloft. Tho drnms I e it grummer and grutnmer "to quarte s." They ar rounding to; they are lying broadside to broa 'side; they have opened ports! Oue blast from a btiglel Tho great shotted guns of tue gust roar at each other from deck to deck. The roll of tTie raiu ou roof mid Ireo rattles bn vely ou, the while, and nt last the battle ia ended. The cloudy craft wear away, all sails tet, nud what pearly and purple signals they show iu the setting suul A great I'.ainl ow is bent round the World; the half of Ihe figuet-ring of ti e Almighty, tbe gro.it Admiral oi the 1 leer, in token of peaco aud amity 'twtxt Heaven aud Earth. The illusion is melting away. That f.r.dge of Seven is breaking. The vio let hes growu 1im,tho iu lio has k'one, the blue has f ided, the green is gray, tiie yellow is tarn shod, but the rod niu holds together still. Dim and dimmer it is gone, and the woods are all splashed with the shattered bow. Do yon remcmlier, jears aud years ago, how yon looked and looked for tha fragments? Haven't you done it within a month? Nuy, never deny It; i tryiiody has, and so it's a family se; cret; Adam's Family first name not recollected and so, who cares who knows it? Outwitted. Eouehe, the famous French cnierot police, was an cdu ated man, and couiiuent'ed life as a lawyer, but do t eloped a natural taste lor intrigue, which made Mm alrno t a match for Kichelieu h Hiself. He rendered such important services to N'apoleon that he gave hint the title of Duke of Jtranda Aftor the restoration in 1S14, among the titled followers of iNa- uleon who wcr the most anxious to obtain employment at the court ot Louis XVIII, none showed more ser vility and assiduity than Fouche, IHii.c of Otrando. In exercising all bis fiiraoua faculties of intrLruc to accomplish his purpose. To this end he finally obtained an interview with the King, when he expressed h's de sire to dedicate his life to his service houis replied: "You havooccupied under Napoleon a situation of groat tru t, which must have given you opportunities of know ing everything thut pas ed. and of gaining Ins ght into the characters of men in publ c life which could not occur to many Individuals. Wen; I to decide to attach you to ray person, I -hould ex cct you to first inform frankly what were the uie isures and whom were the iuen whom you cni 1 loyed in those days to obtain your 'nformation." -.Sire," replied Foucbe, "every daj the motions of your Majesty were 1uiv tnatre known to ma" "Eh? What? All my movements?" said the King, with apparent sur 'irise. "Even so, sire. I was but perform ng my duty in spying ujxm you." "Surrounded as I was at Hart well by tru ted friends, who could have jctnyed me?" "Will your Majesty excuse mo. uin the point?" said the really discon certed I ouche. "I in I t upon your naming hiir. immediately," mid the Kin? promptly. "If you command it, then I mu-.t own, sire, that 1 was In correspond ence with the Due d'Auniont, who -.is my agent " The man who pos esscd my entire conHdence?" aked the King. "Sire, It was he." "Weil, I must acknowlrdge," re Plied l.ouls, with a malicious smile, lie was very poor; he bad many ex penses; and living is ely dear Id England." "True, your majesty." "But still, M. Fouche, it was who dictated to him tboso letters which you received every week, and he gave tue nine out of the eighteen thousand francs which you so regu larly remitted In order to obtain ao exact account of what was passing it my family." The astonished 'Fouche blushed like a woman, but still he was after wards employed by the King. All She Wanted. One of the richest men living, whoso immense wealth makes him a target for poor people, has recently been in Fails, and the way In which he reiielled ono of the applicants on his generosity Is re'ated like this: On the opposite side of the hotel table sat i woman who had once been rich. "Monsieur," said she, '7011 E111.' lisliiiien are so chivalrous, so ready V assist those In distress," "Yes," said the man of wealth, hesitating. Ho had heard that lie fore, and thought he knew what was coming, 'Would you with your generosity do nie a favor and a great kindness.-'' "Yes, madam; that Is, It dependr somewhat " "Think well, monsieur, licfore you Tiromise, tor it Is a great kindness." The tones of the same old song be had beard many tines before lrotn parties who wanted a twenty-Uvf lollar loan. "I am afraid, in ad a in, that 1 shall iave to but what is it you wish?'' "Only that you would be kind enough, monsieur, to pass nie iho mustard. You have everything on jour side of the table." If the prodigal is a lxy, he Is r reived with joy when he returns tionie, but if a girl, she isdUowued What becomes of all the smart bi'drcn after they grow up. A man loses his oses his temper. power when U 5 '
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