-fsf B, F. BOHWEIER, VOL. XLVII. IS, DR. TALMAGE'S Jtic Brooklyn Divine's Sanda- Vennbiu Sul-j. ' t : "T-h lit ia the Eveninc." T. ." ' ' ' ' l 'J ''"-' ft sall he lijht.' :-!.t l'i !iU liinnunircs u u-'ee-i nn.l suficrimr, it Is often -i:!, 1 ri ! 1 1 nn 1 impressive. I -i! eh rights as eorno down with mi-1i--.iI fr.iat above or silvered !n.-l:t frvu l noath--niuriiv, ! : !.; !, ut fu-!i ns rou olti't ! :'.; iind ma-aiiiloenee of i eat on ni-.-ht j.:.r.-i.K and it a -a Tic .n - which tho morn-e-aa s loir- as"o were chiming t ::. - constellations uul the sous s'lee.f ::i't for joy. !h" bl.-s.ses from the i.n.l t';.. trarp-T on the vast the 1 ;a:- 1 traveler by the road- "r r ' n 1 1: t.'ut. earthly :u ..!! iu av niy. and shrr.hcr.Ls ' ml-ld. while anwl v I Si.-1 tin- silver beds .rin . ' '' i:1 t'trt lib-Just nud uu : .-.-! v.'-.l t-Viir.l men." - ii :'n -J ;-cTioiis thinj- Is nIj.-ht - ; ; .'i . t a-T-i r-.'r tiiu moun--. - ' v- ; " ' p'' l'ra,-raut niirht :r ; . .1 r.-y-: lashing ni;;i-.t : ' "' r;t ": ''!- nitit on Roman hi A.vul ni-.-ht n:t-.oni the ct '; - ' r --v-- u:s:,t eid .a n.'tc r a t- : ! I ti-. i I. r t he n i-.-ht ! The . ! t';e -tar. wiifch n:l- it are li-.'ht-- - 'i t:-:i-. -t toward wh:-h, 1 hope, v. - i.: s tbui r.n-1 l'!:n I marin -r-are we : -i-.uu.r. 1 n -. naminir ' -' -!: ! w. .vsKti.-; tt.,l our war i: -r Mr l-xt n'.,.y sit-.'at.-st :.-::r.is .-v -:.u- i; ...t-n !u:i.i;,,,UJ - ' ' " !;,-?':t ta Pi" i-vi'ninst of our sor r : - -. ! f -of the worl.l's littorj- of ; ' :,r : 1 4,-V.t ev'.nuae it shall be I ; - : :. will . f-,!!V:lM l jn thi-ov.-p.-" -: .rtian surrow. l'ur a Ion,; tiin it i- ' . i t--ty.ii.-ht. Tiie sun ri-lvs hiKu. Ia- i. . : - -1 -i.' a.-tivlti.-s en Bhad with ,i thou ! .. t an 1 work with n t.'i'.-usin 1 urais .m ! t..-- ;; -k-.x stni.-k a n:it an 1 the .;iti t.T-: a : a li-,ororr, nn ! th inv.-afmrr.t yi.-' ! 1 its .-) ;,-r com. an.l th-- l-ook a:iio to ::-:.-. : :.. t; -.!:;ion. i;n 1 ti: farm nur.J-r.;.- Ii'i va'.U", nti-1 tt.e fu ll-.-n fonuni 1.- - -Mo Hi,-'i ; r.n,.n ,.. vhil.-.rt-n wore' j r i:--1, -in '. Irl.-n.ls without nn-tiu'r-,rarmed i'' ' : !'-- : liiv.', m l ;-r r'l'ritv- sua-- in ti.- :i.:isi nr.-1 '.-;. p.-1 in tti li'an. s au.l k-1 ! in ti-.- wii; ftn-1 fit- at the bni.i)a't, an 1 m ! t'i- iro '-1 of tnvi-- an-1 Mw.inil trruti ii .-..th.-r-'. r---.ir.l this Jui.it.a- hot.l- ii. .- :m w.r.hy tlntu-tcrloUs of a r. 1' c tl- l ri.-l;t.-Pt ?' ': - ' tv.::'ji:;. m.M.-ti.y the -a i- . -.-- - . -i. '! i .. f.- tiitsin .IriiM u. 1 i. i. T i.. -:t l-r-ike int-j th-i .'III a., 1 ! Al ..f V. -h th-' j.-v t ,rv, t" ! c.t In 1-st lm.H. A oa-iiH cr'.-::::i down is sy. i-V.-ai- s. At one i -.'i 1 of nis.-.-t.T harn 't 1 i i'-1 v . l'-.-.va w -nt th- stronir 'r-i. I A .v.iv w i-.t iorj.F ( i ii.ishi"l l ;. :'..-.v a 1' k ( c,;;u-iini"s ! Thx v w-.'ii i n-.t s !l. A p-i-at .miiI.1 -i-r--! 'or tin invi.ti-in. sto.-k.. .-I -.-i 1. Ti.o ii--iir.-.n .. r-iii.i- iiivx "H '-.v i'iii--;-," srs ili s'l.-riiT. T" .:t ! li- .v ' Ic ! i 8 . h !: I: I :! -...! y i ' ia lor t !ii-.s i- .-iii-..' -U...V iii-i -a '. -r f,.s tit raryV '-IIo.v tau :h K-r th.i l.i i-y m -tur.'.-'' . ; ! t:... of fi-i ! :.o! 1 one i:- in stj 'h rir- i;-i -tan -. h:.v. l-(-.-.nIw of the trr-M n.it'titu 1" of (i..-l s .-!iii !r -n who have I ii j-i:n I-l of the t!a:l hu 1 .-nwhe.l n-l-r t!." wii.-l an 1 tra-r.-!-.t uui!-r the hoof J tn. v ii- ! .vn ia the .i;-.,t w 'i .ia. w mills' .'.a 1 -rt-i-' .i r. r t i :r t. th ! Whf-n tne ro i of t ii 'r:y .-hL-'is 'r-i'Tit s:r.i -k t:ivn. oi-l tio-y -in . c: J!...-.-..;s .:!..;.- foim I n11H Litter etlp hi t'..- t ii 'i" of i ,o I su"jn-, di 1 thi-v U...'t tii-wiii.;. Mil..' l'i. I tti'.y kne.l .lo'.ru at t l..-'r .-ii pty ino-iMV vim't mi l s.iy : U1 my tr :i-iir'-- iir.' -on.''.''' J'i.l tUey -tnn.l hy tiie J.TUV.. of their il.-a l siyiu.;: "i'liiTj uev-r I"- a r--:'irr..' 'tii.n'.--' . I'l l t't. v t-troan th-lr t'w.rie l y.!an nn.l :y. !'!: sto.'ks nr v woithl (lo l I v.. re .1. a IV I'i.i the T: i r! it of their .lis i-ter e.eee u en th"In rnooTiie.-tari. -s. ilnr,c ajl I 1;. -.nine, -niothr-rin:- yn 1 ehoL-'n- their liveg oi:: y v ! No I so! At evntiaie It was li: t. The .rift t-r s ovrto-'k the-n. '1 ii- rnal ront -iiat.'ons from tiie eir-'iiit ai . 'it tio t's tV.r-.ne youre.l .'.u'va an i:i;lTi:te lu-f.-r. 1'n l'T tl'.eir sliitiii: tiie I iilo.vs of t r. .lil.le tn-k on 'T' -ts n;i 1 t'l-imeg of trol-1 an 1 ja-; ar u n 1 a-n-thyst an 1 ila'iie. A'.l th trees o. life rnsr'.e.l in th' tai-isii-n-ner air of Ho t's lov. TI." lii.-ht i.lo .iiiiti.; assiir.ai 'es ofi 'hrs' s yr;p'itiiy fill.'.l nil tiie at'nos j.here with limiv-n. Th fmi at every -rep seonte.i (t pT.'irt up fro'll i's feet Lriht wai-e.l J..V3 w irl.!iii- he iv.-rr.var 1. ' "It is L-'.-o l that I i. r.e I n r fTtlefe.l." eri s l'avi-1. -i'.:e I.er l f.-tve. aa lt'i" I.or.l hath tak.-a away,'' ex 'Lii'i s .Ion. Sorrow ful. v-t alway.s re'ivlein-.,, pays St. i'aul. -An'lio l shail wipe away nil tear from their ere." e.a.i:;i,s Joioi in apoealyptle vision." At even! iavi it w.ls li-lit. J. I !rl-.t from th" er.. ! I.i-iit fr-en the p.-.nriis-s I I.iu-ht fro-n the t!.r..n-! Str.-aniiti ;, joyous, outirnsliins', .ver!a.sti:-' ll-l t 1 The text shall ai- :m I iniillhnent in the time of oM a-e. 1: is a u-rau l t i i n r to t.e yomikT to have tiie s -:o ei -ar an 1 the liear Hir a-'Ute iiTi'l tii si.-p e'-sti an. I all our pulses mar -hini: -,u to tiie lr'.-i.Hiinr of a .tout heart. Ml . :.:i i vl a.-e will he .le niel mi'Tiy of ns, hut y-'al'i -ivi all know what that is. 1 a. - ' v, i .i. ,!.- w r- t.ot al ways pu your Lr...v. '1 eat sno- w i- not al ways on your leal. That trawr.v mi 'le lhl not alwav.s l unch your arm. Vo'.i have not always worn sp- ta : . Grave an 1 lif nitloil iw von now are, you or. -e w- nt const inir .lownthe hillside, or threw o:T yonr hat for the raee, or sent the I all flyin? sky lilh. Hut youtii will not c!way3 last. It stays only iontr enon-h to -ive us rxuherant sj'ir it.s.'an.l Lr.a.l.shouJ.iers for l.ur.Ien o.arry ltir, an.I an arm w.tii whi 'h to battle our way throucli .lilU.'Uitles. Life's path if you fellow it Ion? enou-h will corn" uu ler frown intr i-ratr nn.l mro.-i tremLlinir causeway. Itlesso.l oi l aee if vou let it come naturally. You cannot hid" it. Vo j may try to cover the wrinkles, tut vou cannot covr the wrinkh p. Jftho tiiao has come for you to 1-4 o! I, ho not nsha-ne 1 t l e oi l. The 1,-rand. -st things In nil the universe are oM. did nii.'i 'aiiis. oil river", oil seas, old stars an . in old eternitv. Tln n do not bo it-haiiio.! to I.- oi l unless you are older tlinn the mountains nn I old -r thm the Sears. Ilowmen and w.'inen w!l li"! They say thev ar- . i. but they are r.'i. They say they ar-"ji. hut t'l-y ar.- 'l. Tl'.ey say they are to. lut th.-v are in. ifow p.-ne people will li.-'. (.iorioiis o! 1 a-e if Lund in the way of nM,t"oi.si:ess ! How beautiful the old n-e 'f.l.a-.'', l.arilni: on the top of his stalT, of John (iiiin.'V Ada-r.s f.tl:m- w.la the harness n. -f W,isii"in-t on Irving sittins' pen in han 1 ,'i-.l 1 th- s.-en es liiiiis-lf ha I made classi-al, . f.I An.-ell .latn-s to tie la-t pro-lai-uinu i -:.el to the masses of l!ir nin-ha:n. of '1 . i. ... rrelin-huvsen d.)wn to fe.-hl ss a:. 1 i.a aation devtin- hi Uiii-trious 'a -aiiti. to th" kiii-'Ioin of Go L At veu t: ! i: was li-ht ! be- that j- jU do bon.-r to Hie n-e.i. A r-o' ; her -too at th" corner of th street o ivaa r .'..iv savin- to the pas- rs by M..U will be'nn o'l I man. Von will be an ': 1 ii.aa." "Vou will be an old woman. You Hoi !.. an o! 1 woman." 1'cople thons-ht he was -rai-.v. I do not think that he was. tvii iotii th" way for that mother's feet they !:' not n.ai.v inore steps to take. Steady tl'.s. t t-nnlt li:!ib tliy will soon boat t"-t. l': ;w riot'up that fa. (! with any more r.nkl . Troulile anl care have m..rke;l it fa!. . - ..:!,. Thrust no thorn into that oM li-art. it wit! soon cease to beat. "Tuocye tnut it n -k--:h its father and refus.'th to obey its :r. .th-r. tiie ravens of the valley shall pick It eat, na l the yo'.m- cables shall eat it." Tu bright m.irnlnr; ami hot noonday of life have poas-J w'lta many. It ia 4 o'clock I 5 o'elot (j o'clock! Tha shadows fall loii-.-r an 1 tMcker and fa3tor. Seven o'clock 1 H o'clock '. The pun has dlppnd below the horizon. The warmtu has pono out of the a'f. Nir.e o'clock! 10 o'clock 1 The heavy lii'-S nre fal'.iar. The activities of life's dny are a'.l jt Is titno to ?0 to bet tl-vn nv;.,c'; ! jo o'clock ! The patriarch 'ei.s the 11. s-.-i sleep, the cool sleep, the lor.-s'e p. i; -.yen's m.-scen-crs of lisht have kin 1 1 l.na.'.r.-s of vi -tor a'.l ov-r the heavers. At ,.Ve.l!; it u ii-i,t li-ht I My text -hail n:-o lind fuiajlmwit in the l.att'T days of the church. Only a few mis sionaries, a few churches, a few ROO.f men, i'0-.-.ap..i Wlt. tlly iogtmij leprous and ! lir ;,.,!. 1 it is i-'t'y y ( j;1 hisharv- of ev 'rvtlt'n'r Koo.l. Clvilu .' i-.n fit l t'hrWianjty are just K-ttinout ,cj th9 cradle.. The litrht ol etukos fliUaYaU np' and'dowa tUo lY""hVfln of the mornlni?. vt f me, r lorr toL'.0' ,h9 WOrM It ;hfJl0rY9 truth elanrtno. k.u Sword i tntempranbIe.rund;hO100J. br'Teirt8 W0W'? Parity-rrnu desceadlns charity , worTp Tr. Abeel's Saviour ; all India bellevin;; ln Henry Martyn's Bfbte ; aboriginal sup-ti-tion acknowledglnit David Kralner fa Wr human bondage delivered through Thomas parkson's Christianity; r.v;ranl-r coming back from Its pollution at the oall of Elizabet h rys Redeemer, the mountains co-uiu-down; the valleys going np, "holin." in orlbod on horse a bell nd silkworm's thread and brown thrasher's wins? an 1 shell's tinsa and manufacturer's shuttle and chemist s laboratory and kinar's seopter and Nation's .Mnirna Charta. Not a hospital, for there are no wounds ; not an asylum, for there are no orphans ; not a prison, for there are no criminals ; not an almshouse, for there are no paupers ; not a tear, for there are no sor rows? The long dirge of earth's lamentation has ended ln the triumphal march of re deemed empires, the forest harpinir it on vtne-strung branches, the water chautini it among the gorgs, the thunders drummin? it among the hills, the ocean giving it forth with its organs, trade winds touching the .-, uu eurociyuM a loot on tuo pedal. I want to see John Howard whentho the Inst prisoner is reformed. I want to see Florence Ni-htingale when the last sahre wound i,., Mopped hurting. I want to see Willia-u the last Indian has been civil i'" I. I want to see John Hum when the lost Hume of persecution has been extinguished. I want to see John liunyan after the hist pilgrim has come to the gate of the Celestial ;ty. Above all, I want to sji Jesus after the last saint has his throuj aul begun to sirg hallelujah ! You have watched the calmness and the glory of the evening hour. The laborers have c.vue from the field. The heavens are glow ing with an Indescribable effulgence, as though the sun in departing had forgotten to shut the gate after it. All the beauty of cloud and leaf swims in the lake. For a star ln the sky, a star ln the water heaven above and heaven beneath. Not a leaf rustling, or a bee humming, or a grasshopper chirping, silence in the meadows, silence among tile hiils. Thus bright nnJ beautiful shall bethe even ing of tho world. The heats of earthlv con flict are cooled. The glory of h-aven tills all the seene with love and Joy and peaou. At eventiiue it is liht light 1 Finally, my text shall find fulfillment at the end of the Christians life. You know how short a winter's day is, and how little work you can do. Now. uiy friends, life is a short winter's day. Tho sun rises at a an 1 s ts at 4. The birth anel an 1 desth an.-l fly only a little way apart. Knptism an t ' ounai re near lugemer. :tu one ban I tuo mother rocks the cradle, uul wit 'l the other she touches the irrave. I went into the house of one of my parishioners on Thanksgiving day. The lit tle child of the household was bright and glad, and with it I bounded up and downthe hall. Christmas day came, and the li-ut of that household had perished. We stool, with black book, reading over tni grve, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." liut I hurl away this darkness. I cannot have you weep. Thanks be unto do I, who givi'tii us the victory, nt eventime it shall bo light t I have seen many Christ lans die. never saw any of them die in dnr ;ue". What if the billows of death do rise aVn our girdle, who does not love to bathe? Want though otuer lights do go out in the blast, what do wo want of them when all t ae gates of glory swing open before us, and from a myriad" voices, a myriad harps, a myriad thrones, a myriad paiaoes, there, dash upon us. Uosanna ! Hosanna!" VThrow back tho shutters an 1 let the s in come in." said dying ScovtUe M m'oIIu n, ou of my Sabbath-school boys. You can seo Paul putting on robes and wings of ascension as ho exclaims: 'I have foisght the gool light. I have Uuished my course. I have kept the laith." Hugh M -Kall wnt to on side of the scaffold of martyrdom an 1 erie 1 : Farewell sun, moon and stars I Farcy. sll all earthly di-lights!" Then went to the other side of the scaffold and cried : "Welcome, God mil Father! Welcome, sweet Je-us Christ, the Mediator of the coveuaut I Wel come death I Welcome glory !" A minister of Christ in Philadelphia, dyintr, aid in his last moments: 'I move into the light ! ' They did not go down doubting and fearing and shivering, but their battleery rang through all the caverns of the s-pul ehro nnd was echoed back from all the throii'"S of heaven '() death! where is thy stlng'r O g-ave ! where ts thy victory" Sing, my soul, of Joys to come. I saw a beautiful being wan.ierin ; up an 1 down the earth. She touched the age I, an 1 they l.e.iime yonng. She touched the poir, .m i they became rich. I said, "Wao is this beautiful being, wandering up ar-i down ttis earth?" They told me that her n i ne w is 7ath. What a strange thrill of ,oy when the palsied Christian begins to use his am again' When the blind Christian begin to see again ! When the deaf Christian begins to liear again ! When the poor pilgrim puts his feet on such pavement and Joins in suea company and has a free seat in such a great temple ! Hungry men no more to hunger ; thirsty men no more to thirst weeping men no nor i to weep , dying men no more to die. Gather up all sweet words, all jubilant expressions, all rapturous exclamations, ltring the-n to tne, nnd I will pour them upon this stuo n l ous theme of the soul's diseuthrallment ! On, the joy of tho spirit as it shall mount up toward tho throue of Ood shouting Freut Tree! Your eye h i gazed upon the garn' tureof earth and heaven, but the eye baft not s.en it. Your eye has caught harjiouies uncounted an I indeserib.iMe caugiiC then trom harp's trill and bird's carol au I wit -r-r.ili's dasn an I ocean's doxology, but tiie e.ir hath not heard it. itow did those blessed ones get up Into the light r What hammer knocked , o f their chains? What loom wove their roiies ol light?. .Who gave the-n wings? Ah, eternity is not long enough to tell It ; sornp.ibn have not capacity enough to realize it the mar vels ol redeeming love ! Let the palms wave, let Cue crowns glitter; let the anthems as cent, let the trees of Lebanon eiap their bauds they cannot tell the half of it. Archangel before the throne, thou failest! Sing on. praise on, ye hosts of the glorille.L And if with your scepters you cannot re:nb it and with your songs you cannot express it, then let all the mvriu is of the saved unite in.the exclamation. "Jcaus! Jususl Jesus l" There will be a password at tho gate ol heaven. A great multitude como up and knock nt the gate. The gatekeeper says, The password." They say ' na7e Da password. We were great on earth, and now we come up to be great in heaven. A rotes Trom within answers, "I , Another group come up to the gate ol heaven aid knock The keeper says, 'It password." They saj: "We have no ms- w'r,l. We did a great mfrhy noble things on earth. We endowed colleges and took care of tiie poor." A voice from within says, "I never knew you." . Another group come tip to the gate ol heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says, -Th"word." They answer. "We were i f-vm rto 1 and deeerved to die, " ' he, r.l the voice of Jesus." "Aye.; ave " said the gatekeeper, "that Is the pass word ! "li UP your heads, J. ...tea and let these people come ln. 1 ney inad ! surround L throne, jubilant for- UVIh do you wonder that the last tours ol lhfcbristTan on earth are jUaminaled b, thoughts of the coming Lg"mTn" evening. The medicines may be bitter. 1 nt nltS may be sharp. The parting may b I ,,n,linc. Yet light ln the evening. Al henrtr?nding ici i.is anchors ol a t tne siars ui , . i !..- nn.l river and sea, so tne wav or Jordan sm' "- Th- ,jvina afeXtio d4h? soul looks up at tne cw whonl Lord is my i.gni which is fountains of water, ana n W'TmnlslVs work endelX Veil Co uing n0f,V illuminated countenance, SSgMl "US?' ThUodlor UU- - the evonlnf?. Theie is no trade to difficult nd bo arduot' asour own. THE OON HTITU MTFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 2G. 1893. WHAT THE LAMBS SAY. BT EDITH M. TUOHA3. Bald the tittle slieniierdess. ' "Many wise r.ilic cannot guess W I'Mt the lainns :iy uheu they cry. Or what the old sheep do reply." Can vou tellt (I aske 1). -o, yesl" Hald the little "ln-io.eriless: "411 tb. yoinn: lambs say, 'Ma a I mi-!' All the old slicey auswer. Ua-ai' "If a stranger conies this wav. r the younit ones, in tieir plav, rrom their tender mothers stray And go searching all around Every stone an.I lui-liy mound. ibeu the youni: laml.s cry, -Ma a! Hut their mothers answer, ll.i-i!" Just to shame them when they cry, ma-at billy lambs Ui be so shy !" ; H iiie Awake. CARCASSONNE. BY MAT CUOilVJELI.V. Where Is Carcassonne? Anil whit is it when yoa (ret there a towo, TiileRe, castlo, sea-port? S() Kngltsh readers mar exclaim, lint if any of jon have al reuch friend acqnninted with the southern eeo-raphy anl traditions if his a da viidi, ask this ipieKtion. and see if a smile does not beam broad on your ignorance. (larcossonne! Why, it is a Lonso hold proverb in France as an nniijue sight. Who has seen it may rise tot rerior to envy when travellers prate uf Nuremberg, and Homo, or Oranadu. "So mad a me is poingto Carcassoni e! Ah, she has jvl intent raittoa!" ex claimed my hotel-keeper at Pail on hearing my destination, and bo pri li ned. Two bystanders laughed gaily. It was irritating to feel out of the i 1;"', but light or serions enquiries ai to why my fioal seemed risible only pro dnoed shrubs of the shonlders. 'l don't kuow." "Nor 1; but it is tho enstom to ranko merry abont f'arcts sonne," all three oonld only tell me. There is a well-known story about it, however," cried one. "It is of an old peasant who lived in tho country not many miles from there, and every year he said he was going to seo Car cassonne, like other folk; till in tho end, being eighty, he died; and his lust words were of regret that ho had never got to Carcassonne after nil." It is made into a funny song t hou sing in the enfm rhintantx 'A7 jr n'ai 2m vtt Caras'onec.'" 'J hereupon tie oti ets chimed in, echoing the refrain, that had a despairing lilt which was really very com;e. ell, as to iritt it is after all th's. It is a City, if yoa please the old, old city of Carcassonne, containing at pres ent about twelve hundred inhabitants, liviDg behind its moat and massive ramparts and watch-towers, little less shut in from the onter world than in their ancestors feudal days, harlier still, dnrtnz the Saracen sway, it coulct not have been very different, or in still more hoary background of time, tin der the Visigoths' stern rule. Think of it! Having to journey from Fan, with its glorious view of the snow-clad Fyrenees, to Aix-les-Bains, nestled among its mountains by the blue-green l ake Bourget, I decided to stop at Carcassonne. An hotel acquaintance had impressively told ine there wero wonderful old-world fortifications there. B ledeker addod that Simon de Montfort lay buried by the altar of its church. Beyond this knowlo Ige I had few ideas or none concerning Care.is conne. but it was enough. So, leaving Pan abont noon, a pleasant journey through a wooded country all green and fresh in tho opening May tiar, brought me towards six o'clock to my destination. A good station, a fairly large t .nu, and some awaiting omni buses di i not look old world. In one of these vehicles I was rattled for three minutes over the bridge of the Ande Kiver, which give3 its name to the De partment, past a shady place plsntjd with plane-trees, to my hotel of St. Jean Baptiste. Its name had a flavor of antiquity, borne out by polished red-tiled floors, a b hallow, wide staircase, and massive balusters. Kven the large and empty anion upstairs had its expanse of floor all square-tiled, while stilt Empire furniture was ranged round the walls. Dinner waa so well-cooked it made tip for tho loneliness of seeing no other guests except a departing group of Ptont Frenchmen, probably bachelor townsfolk, who seemed to turn ln for tabic d'hot as a matter of custom, ml the fare plainly ngrecdwith them. The host was most obliging; also enthusi astic, even reverent, in praise of the cite, which he quite understood I had come spec al y to see. Many people did tho si. me, mostly Americans pa -si tig from Marseilles to Pail or Hordeaux. The only wonder in hi mind was, that sightseers did not flock in thousands. Why, he held ''the city" was incom parable! 'J here were now two other guests in the house, and they wero get ting np at half-past five to visit the old ciiy before their train started. What a pity I could not share their carriage ; it would be mere sociable to go in company. However, finding it was really only a twenty minutes' walk, I cheerfully resolved to go alone. So, on a grey windy morning I sturted forth, Uk the landlady's directions following mo down tha pavement 'Yoa will get to the oil bridge, and then the ramparts will be facing you. That is the most striking view." It was no, indeed! Battiiug with dust swirls down vide streets, au l un der a long double avenue of planes, 1 was momentarily pjnfused among nar row rough paved alleys, owning ancient fountains ami a statue or two. The a came a liue old bridge over tho browu river ono made with angnlnr manholes on either side, in v.hich foot-passengers could take refuge when a procession or troop of men-at-arms was pissing by. liaising my eyes to the hill-blope on the right, I fairly btarted. The ram parts were indeed looking down on me. The sight was enough to make ono rub one's eyes and feel transported back to the year of our 1-iora l'JOO nuy, earlier. It was a living dream. There rose a ring of grey, embattled walls, studdt d with watch-towers, ea h crowned with pointed lops, txc. pling one square, high one. That is tho Sar acens' Tower. Carcassonne was truly a strong city ln days of yore. There ore but two city gates and some postern doors. The eastern gate, the Forte Narbonnaise, is tha princi pal entrance, and the only oue acces sible for veh'cles. To reach it, some rather squalid and rather ortuous streets in a low-lying quarter between hill and river must needs be passed. Even in olden days these probably existed as fisher-huts and poor folks' cabins unworthy the shelter of the kingly burgh above. Above these, on the hill, the little city stands alone, clear of faubourg. A round-pBved road winds upwards, no whit changed from days when mail clad knights and horses olanked over Its stones. On one side the dee grasa-giowa city moat; TION - THE UNION AND on the other a bare open country, where low hill speiks to hill. How easily they must have bignalled for merly to each other, "Watch! the foj is coming." The draworidge of old is now solid masonry. But the Forte Narbonnaise looks down grimly and grandly as ever on the strangers who pass nnder its sculpture I weather-worn front. The gateway stands open between its tw great towers, and had strong defences beddes its moat aud barbican. The outry used to be, firs'ly guarded by a chain, of which the massive rivets are still fixed iu their place, and that was intended to stop on v dry from riding into the town at full speed, and m snrprii ing the inhabitants. A machi i itultit, or stone aperture overhead, pro tects the first portcullis, as also th j massive wooden gate with its heavy bars. What a tetrible showe. of molt en lead and boiling oil could be poured ui above on any daring assailants! lint should they nevertheless batter dowu the I'oors with axes, crowbars, and ram, and rush under tho vaulted entrance of the gate tower, they would gain .small breat blag-apace. A seoond oooraar and portcullis, kimiliarly guarded, are the only ineaus of egress from the tower into the town. And ' overhea I is a third deadly tquare hole. t irong.li which guarded opening tho defenders in the room overhea I would thrust down stink-pots and bnrnin fagots. Stifling, choking, the attack ing soldiers would be pent in such a deitU-trap, tha chances wore snaill that they would h ve strength to icuk ihrou :h the second gate. Besides, lateral loopholes iu tho xiio walls per mitted crossbo iiieu posted in the a I j i eut towers to diseh re a double fire of bolts ou what encode? should sur vive. VVus this stronghold impregnable enough, do W9 imagine, in those days wheu tho smo'I of gunpowder and the roar of cannon were unknown? By no means There were several other menus of defence, of which the principal was a wooden outer pent-house, or gallery, above tho gate-arch. Ou either hide of tha niche where stands the stutne of the Virgin may still bo seen the square putlog-holes, meant to receive the beams that supported this liourd, as it was called; whence our modern term hoarding. From this a terrible shower of arrows and other projectiles could be hurlod on the in vaders, to beat them back before ever tbey crossed the bridge. liet ns now pause before entering and glean a few salient facts concern ing the history of this ancient strong hold. We shall bear what says Viollet le Due, the great architect under whose guidance all the breaches of Carcas sonne have been restored. Towards the year C36 the tenate of Borne resolved to establish a colony at Narbonne, to guard the passes into Spain. And the people of the land, being unresisting, were rewarded with rights of self-government in five towns. Foremost of these was this same Car cassonne, which in the year 70 before the Christian era was chosen as a no ble, or elect, oity. A deep peace brooded over Southern Oanl nnder the Human rule for near five conturies with hardly a break. Then the Goths burst upon the fair southern land with fire and sword, carrying desolation over the mountains into Spain; and in I'M) Tbeodorio the Visigoth seized Car cassonne, and left there still-abiding Bigns of his ptrong hand. Walk round her walls now; mark her bulwarks. Tho bases of these missive towers rest truly on Bomnu foundations, but were them tolvcs reared by the fair-haired invaders. They are recognizable by being square, or rudely rounded, to receive the de -fences of the fifth century. Every five an 1 twenty yards rose such a tower, all girded together by high broad walls, guarded atop by soldiers behind bat tlements. '1 bese towers were entirely solid below, to resist napping and battering-rams. But at a safe height chambers were hollowed in their thick ness, and thence archers shot down from wi le apertures protected by wooden shutters working on horizontal bars. Imagine sunbliuds made of wood and iron, and that couli be pushed outwards or drawn to as need dictated, aud one ea i picture the deadly shower of feathered mi sles which issued thence. .Many a siege Carcassonne was forced, from its position to endure. Being sit nated on high ground above the river Ande, it commanded the valley of the latter, which was tho natural road lead ing from Narboune to Toulouse. Both Franks and Burgundians tried to dis lodge tho Visigoth intruders, but in vaiu, even when King Clovis sum moned them to surrender. But a great change was at hand. In the year 71:! let us banish the stern Visigoths from our picture I Carcas sonne of long ago. The Spanish Moors have won it and hold it fast. Turbuncd hea ls garrrison its walls, the Cresoent fleams where the Cross was once set on high. For nigh four centuries history is almost silent on the doings within the famous strong hold. Then onco more the rule changes, and these masters in turn de part like ghosts across the scene, while, as we survey tho little city set on a lull, a new procession crosses the bridge down yonder aoross the brown stream. It is a. v. 100r. And that central figure in the proud pageant is Foimj crban, jonrnejtog to Carcassonne to restore amity between tho burghers aud their lord, Bernard A to v. Some had revolted against their suzerain's authority ; wherefore to certain faith ful citizens he gave watch and ward over the ramparts during four months and eight mouths respectively with privilege thereto pertaining which ov ist unto this very day So the 1'ope came aud restored pe ce, blessing the cathedral church of Saint Nazaire, that ia htiil a joy for ever in its beauty. Again a sli..o of the magic lantern shows a burning August sky and an army nndor the great Simon di Mont tort himself. Alack for tne garrison, tho wells fail, nnd in a fortnight thirst forcos the besieged to surrender, upon which their viscount is flung traitor ously into one of the dungeon towers, and there dies a captivel His successors were despoiled and banished by Louis VIII. B;tt in 121 one gallant young viscount raised Spanish troops, and came knocking, with battering rams aud all engines of war then in use, at the gates of his own j city. In Tain. After a hard-fought j siege of a month the king's forces re lieved tne garrison, aud thenceforth Carcasonne belonged to the Crown. To hold this jewel safer in future, as some suburbs adjoining the oity had sided with their hereditary lord. Saint Louis banished their inhabitants au l demolished their houses, leaving the walled city standing alone as at this day. Only after seven years' lapse he allowed these exiles to return and set tle across the river.where newer Carca sonne now spreads wide over the plain. THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Thicceforth our little cily was consid ered impregnable, being the mo-t strongly fortified place in Enroe during the sixth, twelfth, aud thir teenth cod tunes. In trnth.it was never more attacked, an 1 only opened its gates to the Black Frincs in 1H5 , when all Langocdoo had submitted to that conquerer. Architects, archieologists, and mil itary eugineers are never weary of ex patiating ou the many defensive le sourcos of Carcassonne, so planned that foot by foot the ground must needs be contested against fearful odds. But we may glean a general idea of the mode of defence by the fol lowing details: That, firstly, there was a double ring of ramparts, which, to gnard against inner revolt, were cut off from thn town. See ndly, even were the walls gained, each toner be came a separate stronghold, com manded by its own captain, who e orders were called through speaking tubes of urns nry. Tims utmost as stern a front was turned inwards n outwards of this massive circle brist ling with towers and pierced with deadly loopholes. It is Calculated thai 1:122 soldiers were employed for its de fence, with at least doable that num ber of workmen atd meaner vat let employed to repair damages and' sop ply the various engines of destruction with missiles; great stones here to be hurled down in crushing force, there burning faggots and boiling streams o' lead. It will be more cheerful to turn out minds from the bloody hand-to-hand fights that took place on the very ground where we stand, and visit the town this chilly May morning. A very narrow street leads uphill from tuo great Narbonne gate, its bouses ev idently owning now but poor inhab itants. On the summit of the slope a space is cleared around the chateau. This castle is a keep within a larger stronghold tho kernel of the nnt. It also possesses a moat and bridge, mas sive walls, and the city watch-tower. Climbling up thither presently with the garditn we cau see ronnd all the environing country afar, aud somehow Biblical memories arico of the watch man who stoo 1 aud tu J eh il driving fnriously. Why thoughts of Fales tiuo should often occur to mo at Car cassonne I can hardly say; perhaps that the description of "the city set ou a hill wbi.'h cannot be hid," returns again and again to one's mind. The castlj is no ruin. Its barrack yard is full of BoIdiTrs, for though co turies pass and uniforms change, its strong eh mb rs still House its def u i ers in baggy blue and red garments, if not in breastplate and jerkin. Only the banquet-hall and rooms of the for mer governors wore destroyed dnrinc the Revolution. But the ramparts are the chief en j of our walk. Threading two narrow alleys, the iardicn of these is found iu a cheeiful little house. He brings a great bnnch of keys, aud going close by to the most picturesque second gateway, the Forte de L'Aude, un'o 'ke a postern door, and we climb up (done stairs to the tower bovp, and windy, broad ramparts overlooking the river valley, it is a wonderful sight. All has been here so spleudidlv repaired that not a stone is missing of w lis aud battlemonts. Down this oblong aper ture you cau descry the sharply angu lar steep ascent to the gateway. Jt is the machicolation down which they rolled stone balls, that c'attered among the enemy's legs. Some are fetill kep' as curiosities. Now on, for we have far to go, ovoi the wide walls like terraces, and uf stone stairways to the various towers All of these, fifty-four in entire nam bor, need not be described. But the prison is not easily forgotten, with iu torture-chamber and fire-place for heating iroa instruments, and private door through which the inquisitor ea tered. On the walls one can faintly trace a rudely scratched drawing repre senting a tortured wretch. There is a worse vault beneath. Feering into its depths unless you have courage tc follow the guide down a ladder you distinguish a central pillar, to which I leg-chains are still attached. "I hi- dungeon was lull of bones, and the iiiiiiui a iiiiu was id mis very niip wneu tho tower was opened," declare: the yardinn with pride; and procoodi to show bow lost to all succor any cap tive must be with such thickness ol masonry between his languishing ex istence and outside friends. The Bishop's Tower contains really pleasant rooms; it is now a smaL museum for curious carvings, and gar goyles found during tne restoration. We must hurry, however, to tho gem of Carcassonne the xquisite old church of St. Nazaire, though space forbids dwelling on its beauties. Still, its glorious rose-windows may flame before our i yes in such a glow of col r and wealth of tracery as seldom glad dens the sight Simon de Montfort'i slab is considered by Viol et le Duo as either erroneously supp sed to covet I' his remains, or as merely ( laced there to his m mory. But tho tomb of Arch t i r- !..- i- i . uioiiop nauuipu is a remaraaoie monu ment, with its sculpture I Cinons. I would gladly linger to examine the old stone walls; cross the open grassy space behind the church to the postern door, where so many fight took place, no doubt; but some hurried glances art only possible. The port de 1'Aude li near too n ar. So having enteret the city by its great gate of Narboune, it will be p'eauant to lesve by the riva river-gate which descends so sharply to the bridge. As I go down by abrupt turns, cun nlugly planned to disconcert an en emy, I seem in abso ute solitude. Then a clattering sound on the stouts, as some soldiers come swinging behind with empty b gs, snggesting need of provisions. Two rosy htik girls follow them, raoicg hand in hand, laughing and breathless lor it is almost impossible to stop. So other children, different s i.'diers, must have swunj along and raced many and many i thousand times through past ages. One last loo it at the gr y city ringod with its towers and battlements. Good bye, Carcassonne! Garner has a Talking Monkey. Professor Garner, who went U Africa to study monkey-language, has written to his brother in Sydney a letter published ln the Sydmj Evening News, In which he says: "1 have succeeded beyond my wildest anticipations and here I am safe on the coast, just recklDg with quinine, the proud possessor of a chimpanzee that can 6ay 'Tcnakoe Fakeha,' which is, you know, the Maori for 'Good day, stranger; a gorilla that knowj about twenty words of Fijian; and a female orang-outang that has picked uf Tonner and blltzen' from my German valet, and has, Judging from her actions, quite fallen ln love with. I have also got written down, which Is more Important, nearly 2oO monkey words." - IN THE SCH03LS, Notwithstanding the the Ihorongli'v accepted fact of the existence of am nal schools and colleges iu which it is uresuinsbly takon for cranted by the it'ople that the teacher is armed at nil oiuts a- a trainer of the young, s'lli he pregnant inquiry is constantly pre lentedtothe friends of the common ichools: "Where is the model tea-h-zr'i" Ono feels inclined to speak of aim ln terms like those cscd in de bribing the poet or musician: "He nnst bi born and not niad-3. pacta tnxcitar von Jit." It is a charming trait in the success ful trainer of the very young children in the English primary schools that, he is quickly appreciated on account ?f ber winning and persuasive ways with the youngest members of her class, the tender two or three year old lambs who are entrusted to her as the Hlepheidefs who wiil gently gti'de him into wisdom s ways, where all is plea anluess and peace. Doubtles-i :he winning and ersunsive way run smoothly. .Most of these "lot a a gift not inherited by every j go's" are in tho kitchen. I might jne who aspires to bo a successful philosophize alio tt that tact, but 1 w. 11 :eac' er of the young. If so, why ! not, just uow. A duil vegetable knife oiould she not immediately set ab tit ; is oue of these. Tho kitchen w hich Uncovering this talisman of prompt j contains a sharp one is tho exception, promotion:- Does the attention aud I yet it is verv exasperating to peel interest of the j onng child always turn 1 potatoes or apples, cut i:p beans, or pon tne prinoipie oi utility f --oi necessarily, judging from the interest manifested by ch.Idien of a larg. r growth in the airy nothings of myster ious romance ami magical display; it may truthfully be affirmed that fre -piontly the most weird and improba -hie events are tho-e which enchain our ittention the m"s thoroughly, and therefore gradually piepare tho mind for quicker and more prominent inter est in real facts when the happy mo- : cnent arrives to secure the prompt ac-' :eptanoe of the latter. It is at this point, after a cursory examination of the results in the pri mary grades, thnt a more thorough de velopment of our educational system might be made, aud the patient, well quauned teacher is the one to initiate 1 Bigs of rag drawn through tiny holes, the reform, beginning as low down bs or Hour pas'.o rub oo tho botton to the first gleams of intellect and eLild ; form a patch aro common devices for like faith will allow. A measnreable j pettiug along with these let-po tins, familiarity with manual training, van j instead of carrying thcui to the nearest eties of tone, form and color, even i tinshop some niorumg aud getting plain sewing and cooking are now ob- , tLem back whole and strong in th j af tainable, the possession and happy temoon for a very Kinull outlay of tiiuo power of imparting a knowledge of aud money. There is for sale, and I which might be considered an ap- doubt no', if is quite c:.mmot.Iy nse l, a proximation to the condition of a ' certain kind of solder that ih1 dialers model teacher. claim eiu easily be nsed at home. I The three li's will take good care of think 1 bought home once, but was themselves through the power of tn-'not very successful in using it, pr..b dition, and the ever present estimate ably iron lack of skill, it in no way of their immense practical utility. ! lessened my conviction tlist tiusshouhl Though lying at the foundation of our j not be allowed to cou'inuo leaky, elementary educational system, they when time or Feriej has made their are far from embracing every depart- so ment of it, while in the view of many A clothes wiinger that will not wriu, experienced educators they limit the is another aunoyai.eo. I'erii ips one of mental vision, or at least bo concen- the rollers will "not turn. Wo oil the trate its attention upon a narrow range ' gearing, anl fu-s with it week e.f'.er of subjects that the youthful mind, if week, on washdav, nr.d forget it the conn nod too long in securing an ex tended familiarity with them, losos iu tcrest in other departments cf study eminently calculated to enlarge tho intellect, develop the imagination, ameliorate the heart and atlections. widen human sympathy, and greatly improve the taste in every condition of life. There would be less frictiou and complaint in the advanced grades if this earlier preparation in the .'ower grades were made more comprehen sive, more varied, covered more ground of inqniry and development, and were finally made subject to intelligent ex amination nud merited dpploma. Among tho most gratifying indica tions of self-sustaining power among the teachers is, the continued existence of the two societies, known as tho Teachers' Mutual Life Assurance As sociation, and the Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association. The former now embracing abont two thousand mem bers with a fifty cent individual tax upon the death of any one member, furnishes $500 for contingent medical aid, nnrsii.g expense? and undertaker's bill withmt a perceptible ripple of complaint or loss, and in the words of its president "causes no trouble and simply runs itself." As the yearly depletion by death among the teachers 's largely among young men and yonnx women, there is positively no longer excuse for the latter to decline mem- bership for a single day. The Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association of two thousand members, with its permanent fund of $1;50,0(H) invested safely in bonds and mortgages upon New York and Brooklyn real estate, and its Annuity Fund of one per cent. a month on the salaries of its members. still continues to afford a handsome yearly individual annuity to its retired invalid and aged members, ot whom there are now nearly seventy helped in this way. Of the efforts of this trnly benevolent association, it shonld not be forgotten by tho yonnRer teach- ers that their davs of weakness, declin - ing health and advanced years will sure- Jy come, and it behooves them to see to it in time mai iney partially preparo f ( r them by becoming active members of the Teachers' Matual Benefit Asso ciation. Tho Common Schools of New York have sustained a serious loss in the dettb. of Ja'ob S. Boyle, Grammar School No. 7." l'rincipal of A native of this city, and a pennino example fedn- sinter, or through a carelessness that rationally of its school system, j Mr. is selfish or dishonest. The fewer "let Boyle gradually grew with its growth go's" we have tho easier will life be and strengthened with its strength, Indeed it is not too much to state that he in great measure sacrificed a score of the liest and most valuable years of his life i i identifying himself with, aud iu personally developing the conrse of study adapted, and ln seek ing, proposing and carrying out plans for a higher and morn appropriate mental elev .tion of the teachers, and for improving th ir physical condition and social surroundings. - Elected first Fresident of the Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association by unanimous voto of its members, be contributed by his jeiample and friendly counsel greatly .to its rosperity and its adhesive power of endurance. The practical character of the society under hio kindly, gentlemnuly bearing and wiss administration of its flairs secured for bim the unlimited confidence of the teachers, aud the present favorable condit on oui outl ok of thi- Benev olent Association is in great measure 'due to I is unfaltering faith in tie ne cessity lor i s well guarded provisi ons '.or t .e invalid and aged texcher. It is rt very satisfactory state jieut to bo made in connection with tho future success of this society, that it has elected Dubois B. Frisbee, Vice l'rincipal of Grammar School No. 4, as its I'resi di nt, a gentle i. an in every respect qualified lo terp t i de, w.th the aid of iia well selected t.Micera and ennimit. tees, its well earned and excellent rep- nt t:on. Onr sister city Brooklyn is also moving in uie direction ol grodnally prU..a.Dg .or ine iK.-i.cr conaiuou or hex teachers. A. gociety was formod fotnetwp or three year? sineo under h- pre.i.Tcncy of tti.li tm K. Je'iiiTe, whieii has (drug le.l thr ngh rather a piieari us ex i.-te.ico, until a fair was started a fortnight au'i, which yi'M $-'.i,0J0 towatd tneir IVrmiueut Fuud. fins looks like real Kynsp.ithy au I effects vo work in t'ae right direction. With an initiation feo of larger dimen sions and a f-t-ady monthly ono ptr cent, on the salaries of its members, it wi 1 toon expand into an extended and highly ellvtivo self-sustaining institu tion. Geo. IIkmiv CcitTls. SOME OF THE LET GO'S Ol' HOUSEHOLD DAILY LIFE AND LIVING. BV JCANlr.i SrAFFOIlD. It is rather strange, when yon como to think of it, how rainy little things are "let ro" in tho house, that ronllv 1 tret tho inmates and add friction to the household muchinerv, which should slice Mrnipa. witn a Kniie ns "dull as a lioe. in the nrst place one be grudges the money for a fine steel kuife "just to paro potatoes with," never stopping to think that tho better the knife, the cheaper it is for this sort of work. A sharp knife will pare thinner and weste less than a dull one, and will !a-t long r. A good, small' whetstone bhould ucjomp any it, with instructions to tiso it, aud not the stove pipe, stovo e.'po or s lo of tho cook's shoe. There is nn o'.d saying, that one of tho f.jw qn slums tho Devil cannot answer is: "What is a woman'i whetstone?" Another annoyance is leaking tins of various kinds, not ibly (ju.i t measures, : dippers, li ippin. pans a i l saucepans, other days, ul! the time vaguely bni vainly hoping that the matter wil! "right itself," if only we wail long noni;li. it does n t "right it self," and .- the nrnoymice coiitiuues, li e elottiis r.ro luill-w i ;i!:'', or wrnn j by hand, when it would be so cisv U drop a postcard to t'ae man who repair: wringers, aud then have this ono ceas to be a "let-go." Dull scissors who does not know them? Day after day some people "saw away" wdh such a pair, working their jaws meanwhile, nud getting i "pain in th.-ir tempers,'' a I I eeaust this is one of the "let-go's" that hai grown to be chronic. Isu't it qdeer: Why is it so? 1 only kuow it is, am that I rarely have a frieD.l, w ho visits m and uses ny scissors, v ho Tail to Bay. "Why, how nice and sharp your scis sors are!" A is . I never go anywhere, taking my wjrk, without being verj Euro my sci-sore nro with it, because 1 kuow what I bhall meet, nine times ou' of ten, if I borrow scissors. Another "let-go" has a connectiot wnn tidies. "Now tidies nro verv nic things, and very saving to t'le fnrni- ; ture, if they aro properly made and ad : Justed; but ho lew are." Mo-t of then are "everlastingly falling off," nnd nl . because wc fail to st w r.n little tapai I for tying, or littlo tapes fo. pinning j underneath. Wo menu to, each of thi fifty times we pick them nn and 1m tnem on the sola or chair; but. some how, we let it go, and fret ourselvei and others by so doing Tho weekly repairing of girmcnts n almost a religious duty in some few homes; but in Low many are the littl rents and rips, tho lost buttons anc hooks, the broken button-holes, nnd i worn edges, and tho tiny holes anc j thin places in hosiery, let-go from tiint to time until nothiug remains to bt done bnt throw aside the garments "lhe stitch iu time saves uino:' re ' mark, may be tr;t , but it is just at good as ever, an l when 1 find a horat 1 where mending is ono of the "Iet-goV I feel very sure there is a sad lark ol ! thrift, aud so of certain moral quaiitiei mat go wnn It. 1 am well nwarc that "ono cannot dc everything;" but let us not bo self-indulgent or self-dcccivcd when wo sav this. Let us not find that the "let go's" are things thnt we sion ldn. aud , that we neglect for other things thai , we preler to do because thev are plea- ready, Loudon's Milk Supply. In conversation with Frof. Wiiei of the Agricultural Department, learned of a mot!io 1 by which tin people of Wa h.hgtuii cou'd ottnir pure milk. "The milk supply of London." .said the professor, "is x.lm best in the world, and has been so for years. "Nearly all the milk is ban. lied by one company, the Aylesbury Dairy Association. "The company was formed some ears since by tho milkmen tiicrn sclves, and the milk from each dairy is lested every day by t tie of tho best chemists in the world, who is paid a largo salary and devotes hi-i entire time to the work. If tho milk does nol come up to a certain stmdard it is returned to tho dairy whence it comes. "The result or this is that only good, pure milk can lie offered for sa!e, and it is the interest of every milkman to belong to the association. Milk comes cheaper t) him in tlrg way, and he can afford to soil it at a lower price ai d still make more money than he could Lv doing an In dependent bu inc s." Wa hingtoo ) News. Tll8 hej wsit(.r ro,.i;il is one of mat- rf lIt. ;3 a ui u m,jubl it wiu u ;jrcniberoi. Editor aad Proprietor. NO. 32. ejavtl the Troia," Tho usual crowd wero gathered to rcthered ln the bar parlor, occupying ill the best seats, when a little, vsaze n-faced man sneaked in by the jack dooi and s'.unk Into a darlr turner. "That's him," said tho ungraiu aatlcal loafer. "Who Is it?" asked several at onco "Why, the chap who saved a traiu rum being- wrecked," was the reply. "Come, tell us all about It," they iemanded.as the small man crouched in the darkness, as if unwilling that lis heroic deed should las brought out jnder the glare of tho gaslight After ranch persuasion ho coin nencci: "It was Just such a night as this aright and clear and I was going bome down tho lino, when, right be fore me, across the line, lay a great beam. There it was pale an(l ghastly a a lifeless body, and, light as it ap- peared, I could uot movo It. A Bud j den rumble and roar told me that I tho express was approaching, aud ,ooa woti.d reacli tlio ratal .spot. Nearer and nearer it came, till, Just 1:3 the traiD was upon ino, I sprang aside, placed myself between the obstruction and tho track, and .he train flew on unharmed. The slience was so dense you coulc javo hoard a dewdrop fall. Presently somo ono said: "Wha lid you do with the beam?" "I didn't touch It," tho small mat .cpllcd. "Woll," persisted the questioner 'if you couldn't lift It and did not iouch It, how did the train get ovei It?" "Why, don't you see," 6ald th feazencd one, as he arosa from hi leat and sidled toward the door, th obstruction was a moonbeam, and Jumped so that tho shadow of m; body took Its place, and But, luckily for him, he- was out Cde, - THE OLD S0S0. "3ing me a little song," said Mr. StayWe, us he settled himself more com fortably in the cloje fitting easy chair, "sing me one of the dear old songs thai are full of sentiment." "How will this do!" she asked, seiz ing a sheet of music, 'It May be for Years, or It May be Forever.' That senti ment seems to tit the occasion," and she yawned wearily as he failed to catch ua. Detroit Free Fress. NAT CUE AND ART. Tommy, who had been having some evere lessons on using his knife, was sent out on an errand to the family washerwoman. When ho returned he said; "I had sotro dinner with her littli ooy, mamma, and he doesn't eat with his knife, cither." 'I S'ippose his mother has taught him It. wasn't polite to cat with his knife," s ai 1 Tommy's mamma. Xo'ui," answered Tommy, regret fully, "he eats with his fingers." P Irolt Free Press. nrn succEsson. Jones "I see you have a new stenoj-.-ajiher. Is Miss Blickcr married?" Jackson "That's just the trouble." Jones "Well, you did a good thiai to get a man iu her place. These peskt girls got married as soon as they get t 'ood situation." J.uksoa "I thought it a 1 visible U get a man, nad Miss lllicker iusiste 1 up on it." Jones "But wasn't it a little out o her syihcro to dictate as to Ler sue cessori" Jackson "I married her." Jud"e AX OI'ENINU AT LAST. Employer "Mr. Tops, 1 have lon observed, with approval, your assiduity aud devotion to buiiness, and I am now about to test your abilities in a nei' capacity, in which, I feel sure, you wil acquit yourself with credit to the house and cr " Mr. Tops (highly delighted) 'I shall do my best sir!" Employer "Aj I was about to say IU. Tops, the porter is sick this morn ing, aud I shall havj to aik you t) sween out tho office. Puck. A LEAT-TEAK EriSODT:. "Have you reformed, Bullef" aslic ) ino rather masculine girl of another. "I'm going to do so." "Howi" "Well, you see bow my life has beta misspent s j far, and I'm going to changf it." "How roP "By getting married. I proposed t Jarry last night." "When does the wedding como oflJ' 'I don't know. He didi't set tie Jay. He said it was so sudden, h j. should hava to have time to think. "Oh 1" Philadelphia Press. AN UN.S.VriSFACTORT ArtllWGEMEcT r. Mrs. Morton (angrily) "Tommy H. ir on, what maJo you hit my littlt Jimmy?" Tommy norton "He struck nie wic i brick." Mm. Morton (more angrily) "Well, icver let me hear of your hitting hi u again. If ho hits you, yju coins and tell mo." Tommy Hortou (sneeringly)- ' Y'cs ; and ifhnt would you do?" Mrs. Morton "Why, I'd whip him!" Tommy Horton (in disgust) "What! jo hits me wid a brick, and you havt the fun of lickia' him fcr it ? Not muchl' Puck. A CONTrXCOCS COMPLAINT. The old gentleman wasever comolaiu off about the late hours his son -in la i kept. I don't like it any better than yoa do," said the daughter and wife, "but you have always been finding fault .wit aim, and I shall defend him." "Finding fault, the mischief," replied .ho father. "I've never found faulf with him till now." "Y'cs, you did, too," she sobbed. 'Before we were married you always growled because he didn't get out be 'ore two o'clock in the morning, and ow you're growling because he doesn't ;ct in before two o'clock ia the tnora ul'," and she broke into a set of new vob3. 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