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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. Detroit Free Press.
A century ago there were only four
ecu newspapers In Loudon, EngUud.
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