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B. F. BOHWEIEB,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprietor.
VOL. XLVII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1893.
NO. 3G.
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BEV. DR. TALHAGE.
The Brooklyn DiYine's
Sunday Sermon.
Subject : "Fireside Musing.'
Tktts "mite I mat musing On A.t
bunifrL" I'tuilm xxrlx., 8.
Il-ro L Pavld, the psalmlrt, with the foro
nn'T of his riclit ham! against his tompl-lh.-
.lour shut iiijuiust the world, enuoired In
cont.-mplition. And it would bo woll for r.s
to MLo tho snmp posture often, ploslnjr thn
door n'iilnst the world while we sit down In
vt solltu.li" to contemplate.
In a small island olT the coast I onoe posse I
aKnM.it'i in delightful solitude, for I had
resolved that I would have one day of enttro
pili t lifon' I entered upon autumnal work
thought to have spent the day In laying out
iWiiS for Christian work, but instead of thnt
It t f.vinm a day of tender reminiscence. I
ri'vn w.' 1 my pastorate. I shook hamis with
an old dfpartd rli'nd, whom I shall preet
nciin when the eurtains of life are liite.1.
Th. days of my boyhood came baot, and I
was in years of ae, and I was S, and I was
6. There wis !ut one house on the Island
and y.-t fr. n Sahbath rtuyl,rtalt, when the
bird chant wok-o me, until the evening melted
inn t'i" bay, from shore to shore there wera
ld.OiKi !!e:i.nri's, and the proves were a-hum
with vo .sth.it liad lonir ai;o oeased.
Youth fs apt too much to spend all Its tlmo
In looking forw:ird. Old aire is apt too muoli
to spmd all its time In looking backward.
I'eoplc! in midlife and on the apex look both
ways. It would bo well for us, I think, how
ever, to spend morn time In reminiscence.!
I'.y the eoustitutiou of our nature we spend
most of the time looking forward. And the
viL-t majority of people live not so much in
the pr.-s tit as in the future. I find that you
iri.-an to make a reputation. You mean to
establish yourself, and the advantages that
you expeet to a.-hieve absorb a (Treat deal
of your time. Hut I see no harm In this if
It Jo.-s not make you disoontended with the
present or disqualify you fcr existing duties.
It is a useful thiu-i sometimes to look back
and to see the dangers we have escaped, an 1
to see the sorrows we have suffered, and tha
trials and wanderings of our earthly pi 1
griinui,')', and to sum up our enjoyments. I
mean to-day. so far as God may help me, to
etlr up your memory of the past, so that in
the review you may be encouraged and hum
bled and ured to pray.
There is a chapel in Florence with a fresco
by Oul lo. It was covered up with two
luohes of stucco until our American, and,
European artists wvnt there and after lon?
toil removed the covering and retraced the
rres--o. And I am aware that the memory of
the past, with many of you, is all covered up
K-ith lO.oOO obliterations, and I propose th'S
mornin ,', to far as the Lord may help me, to
take away the covering, that tho old picture
may thine out aain.
I want to bind In one sheaf all your past
advantages, and I want to bind In anotaer
sheaf all your past adversitlos. It is a prec
ious harvest, and I must be cautious how I
living the scythe.
Anions the irroatest adrantazea of your
past life was an early home and its surround-
roes. Tho bad men of the day, for the most
part, dip their heated passions out of th.j
boillnif sprinct of an unhappy home. We
ar not surprised that Ilyron's heart was a
concentration of sin when we hear that his
mother was abandoned and that she mado
sport of his Infirmity and often called him
the lame brat." He who has vicious parents
has to lUht every inch of his way if he
would maintain his Integrity and at last
reach the home of the uood in heaven.
Perhaps your early home was in the city.
It may have len In the days when Canal
street. New York, was far up town. That old
house in the city may have been demolished
or changed into stores, and it seemed like
sacrilege to yon, for there was more meaning
In that plain house, in that small house, than
there Is In n granite mansion or a turretod
cathedral. Looking back this morninir, you
) it as though it wero yesterday the sit
ting room, where the loved ones sat by tho
plain lamplight, the mother at the evening
tand. the brothers nnd sisters, perhaps long
go gathered into the skies, then plotting
mischief on the floor or undertho table ; your
father with a firm voice commanding silence,
that lasted half a minute.
Oh, those were good day3? If you hid
your foot hurt, your mother always had a
soothing salve to heal it. If you were,
wronged in the street, your father was always
ready to protect you. The year was one
round of irollo and mirth. Your greatest
trouble was an April shower, more sunshine
than shower. The heart had not been ran
sacked by troubles, nor had sickness broken
It, anil no lamb had a warmer sheepfold
than the homo in which your childhood
n.ietled.
Perhaps you were brought up in the coun
try. You stand now to-day in memory under
the old tree. You clubbed it for fruit that
was not quite ripe because you could not
wait any longer. Y'ou hear the brook rumb
ling along over the pebbles. You step again
into the furrow where your father in his
Ihirt sleev;s shouted to tho lazy oxen. Y'ou
frighten the swallows from the rafters of the
barn and take just One egg and silence your
conscience by saying they will not miss it.
You take a drink" again outoftlie very bucket
that the old well fet ihed up. You go for tho
cows at night and tlnd them wagging their
beads through the bars. Ofttiiues in the
rttiity and busy streets you wish you were,
home again on that cool grass or in the hall
of the farmhouse, through which there was
the breath of nuw mown hay or the blossom
of buckwheat.
You may have In your windows now beauti
ful plants and flowers brought from across
the anas, but not one of them stirs in your
soul so much charm and memory as the old
Ivy ami the yellow sunflower that stood
sentinel along the gardu walk and the for
retrnenots playing hide and seek mid the
long grass. The father, who used to come
In sunburned from thetloldfl and sit down on
the doorslll and wipe the sweat from his
brow, may have gone to his everlasting rest.
Tho mother who used to sit at the door a
little bent over, cap and spectacles on, her
face mellowing with tho vicissitudes of many
years may have put down her gray head on
the pillow In the valley, but forgot that homo
you never will.
Have you thanked Ood for it? Have you
rehearsed all these blessed reminiscences?
Oh, thank (iod for a Christian father. Thank
God for a Christian mother. Thank God for
an early Christian altar at which you wore
taught to kneel. Thank God for an early
Christian home.
I bring to mind another passage in the his
tory of your life. The day came when you
set up your own houshold. The days passed
long In quiet blessedness. Your twain sat at
the table morning and night and talked over
your plans for the future. The most sigaiii
cant affair in your life became the subjoet of
mutual consultation and advisement. You
were so happy you felt you novor could be
anv happier.
One day a dark cloud hovered over your
dwelling, and it got darker and darker. But
cut of that cloud the shining messenger of
God descended to incarnate an immortal
spirit. Two little foot started on an eternal
Journey, and you were to lead them. A gem
to flash in heaven's coronet, and you to
polish it. Eternal ages of light and dark
ness watching the starting out of a newly
created being.
You rejoiced and you trembled at tha re
sponsibility that in your possession an Im
mortal treasure was placed. You prayedand
rejoiced, and wept and wondered, and proved
and rejoiced, and wept and wondered. You
wore earnest In supplication that you might
lead it through life into the kingdom of God.
There was a tremor in your earnestness.
There was a double interest about thnt home.
There was an additional interest why you
should stay there and be faithfnl, and wnen
in a few months your house was filled with
the music of the child's laughter you wore
Btruek through with the fact that you had a
stupendous mission.
Have you kpt that vow? Have you ne
glected any of these duties? Is your home as
much to yon as It used to be? Have those
anticipations been (rratlfled? God help you
to-day in your solemn reminiscence and let
His mercy fall upon your soul if your kind
ness has been ill requited ! God have mercy
on the parent on the wrinkles of whose face
Is written the story of a child's sin! i"
have mercy on the mother who in addlt on to
her own pangs has the pang of a cnli.i s in
iquity I Oh, there are many, ma" J
Bounds In this sad world, but the . saddest
sound that Is ever beard is the breaking o: a
aether's heart I. Are there any here who re-
that k """ wirownonspM 03 from
omeand left the mother to die
mZJZZJ?7 ' 1 " that rem-
YoVIt?n,n','l":,"rJiPO,nt ,n yUT "J nlstorv.
ro-Ld """I1 ona,,Ay you were in the wrong
road ; you could not sleep at night. There
v, S?" WKr-1 t!wt SWJm"'1 to sob through
or njLln,t bona' """""Til your offl,,
or your shop, or your bedroom, and that
VZ?7.t'Jt- Go1 ha mercy I" Tne
Lord heard. IWje came to your heart. You
remember how your hand trembled as you
took the cup of the holy communion. You;
remember the old minister who consecrated
It, and you reme-nber the cenroh olllolnls'
who carried It through t'.e aisle. You re
member the old people who at the close of
the service took your band in tleirs In con
pratulatinir sympathy, as mu .h as to say.
Welcome home, you lost prodigal," and
though those hands have all withered away
that communion Hahbatn is resurrected to
a. It la maiirroclud. with, all its DraTers
nn I soncrs and tears and sermons and trans
it. mrat ion. Have yon kept those vows
Have you been a backslider? God help you I
lals day knwl at the foot of mercy and .tart
ai-am for heaven. Btart to-day as you
starred then. I rouse your soul by that
reminiscence.
But I must not spend any more of my time
.n going over the advantages of your life I
J'f P,lt hem all In one groat sheaf, and I
b.nd them up In your memory with one loud
harvest son?, such as reapers sin?. Trntee
the Lord, y blood bought mortals on earth 1
Praise, t.io Lord, ye crowned spirits of heav
en !
But some of yoa have not olwnvs had a
smooth life. Home of you are now in tho
shadow. Others had their troubles yoara ago
yoiTHre a mere wreck of what you once were.'
I must gather up the sorrows of your past
life, but how shall I do it? You say that is
impossible, as you have had somanvtr.junlos
aud adversities. Then I will just take, two,
the first trouble and the last trouble.
And when you are walking along the street
and there has been musie in the distance
you unconsciously And yourselves keeping
step to the music, so when vou started life
your very life was a musical timebeat. The
air was mil of joy and hilarity. With the
bright, clear oar. you ma le the boat skip.
You went on, and life grew brighter, until
nfter awhile suddenly a voice from heaven
said, "Halt 1" And you halted. You grew
pale. You couironted your first sorrow.
You had no idea that the flush on your
child's check was an unhealthy flush. You
said it cannot be nnything serious. Death
in slippered feet walked round about tha
cradle. You did not hear the tread, but
after awhile the truth flashed on you. Y'ou
walkel the floor. Oh, it you could, with
your strong, stout hand, have wrenched the
child from the destroyer I
You went to your room, and you said :
"Ood, save my child I God, save mv child I"
The world seomed going out in darkness,
Y'ou said, "I cannot bear It, I cannot bear
it !" You felt as if you could not put the
lashes over the bright eyes never to sej them
aaln sparkle. Oh, if you could ban; taken
that little one In your arms and with it
leaped into the grave, how gladly you would
have done it I Oh, if you could let your
property go, your houses, your land and
your storehouse go, how gladly you would
have allowed them to depart if you could
only have kept that one treasure I
But one day thro arose from the heavens
n chill blast that swept over tho bedroom,
and instantly all the light went out, and
therowas darkness thick, murky, impene
trable, shuddering darkness. But God did
not leave you there, Mercy spoke. As you
wi-re alout to put that cup to your Hps God
s.-iM, "Let it pass," and forthwith as by the
hand of nngcls, another cup was put into
your hands. It was the cup of God s conso
lation. And as you have sometimes lilted
tile head of a wounded soldier and poured
wine Into his Hps, so Ood puts Ills left arm
under your head, and with His right hand
He pours into your lips the wino of His com
fort and His consolation, and you looked at
the empty cradle and looked at your broken
heart, and you looked at the Lord's chas
tisement, and you said, "Even so, Father,
for so it soemoth good in Tiry sight."
Ah, it is your first trouble. How did you
get over it? God comforted you. You have
b. -en a better man eversince. You havelieen
a tietter womnn ever since. In the jar of the
closing gate of the sepulcher you heard the
i hanging of the opening gate of heavon and
u felt an irresistable drawing heavenward.
'.'oa have been purer and holler of heart ever
i Ince that night when the little one for the
1 ist time put its arms aroutr-i your neck and
id : "Good night, papa. Good night,
. lamma. Meet mo in heaven."
But 1 must come on down to your later
-orrow. What was it? Perhaps it was sick
ness. The child's tread on t lie stair or the
tick of tho watch on the stand disturbs you.
Through the long, weary days you counted
the Hgures on the carpet or the flowers in
the wall paper. Oh, the weariness and ex
haustion ! Oh. the burning pangs 1 Would
God it were morning, would God it were
night, were your frequent cry. But you are
lietter perhaps even well. Have you t hanked
God that to-day you can oome out in the fresh
air ; that you are in this place to hear God's
name, and to sing God's praise, and to im
plore God's help, and to ask God's forgive
ness? Bless the Lord who healeth all our
diseases and redeomcth our lives from de
struction. Porhaps your last sorrow was a financial
embarrassment. I congratulate some of you
on your lucrative proiession or occupation,
on ornate apparul, on u commodious resl
dencu everything 'u put your hand to
seems to turn to gold. But there aro others
of vou who are likethe ship on which Paul
stfleil where two sens met, and you are
broken by the violence of tho waves. By an
uindvisod indorsement, or by a conjunction
of unforeseen events, or by lire or storm, or a
senseless panic, you have been flung head
long, and when you ouce dispensed great
charities now you have hard work to make
:he two ends meet.
Have you forgotten to thnnk God for your
days of prosperity, and that through your
trials some of you have mado investments
which will continue after the lost bank of
this world has exploded and the silver and
gold are molten in lire of a burning world
Have von, nmld all your lojses and discour
U 'e.nents, forgot that there was broad on
vour t.iMu this morning and that there shall
be a shelter lor your head from the storm,
iin.l then Is air for your lungs and blood for
your heart and light for your eye and a glad
and glorious an I triumphant religion lor
your soui? .
l'erh.i:s vour last trouble was a bereave
ment. Thatbeirt which in childhood was
vour refuse, the parental heart, and which
Las been a source of the quickest sympathy
ever since, has suddenly become silent for
ever And now sometimes whenever In sud
. nn.i without deliberation yon
s ,v "I will go and tell mother," the thought
flashes on you, "I have no mother. Or the
fa'lier. with voice less tender, but at heart as
earnest and loving watchful of all your
Wivs, exultant over your success without
saying much, although the old people do
talk It over by thomsolves-is taken away
forever.
Or thera was your companion in lire,
sharer of your Joys and sorrows, taken, leay-b,-the
heart an old ruin, where the 111 winds
blow over a wide wilderness of desolation,
the san.ls of the desert driving across the
,placo which once bloomed like the garden of
Gol And Abraham mourns for Sarah at
tho cave of Machpelah. Going along your
path in life, suddenly, right toforo you was
on open grave,
T But "cheer up in the name of the Lonl JeOTS
Chthe comforter ; H ffi
ar?,h Wht He U
shelter ft better han yo could . He isoin
rur coming Jm L'
leart that J us n ew passionate.
SESS. ee 'rorn wjU the soft
tad of J-Pf JSV; itatl town the St.
Home years ago l was tn Had.
Jbn minlled ta W 'SZ ot beauty and
,on commingled in one tnBdeck f the
grandeur, and while t roe tn9
gfoT. part ot.the yenrprls
tresnets corns uown, and all th'ese plains are
overflowed with the water, and the water
leaves a rich deposit, and when the waters
are irons the harvest springs up, and there is
the grandest harvest that was ever reaped.
And I Instantly thought, "It Is not the
heights of the church and It Is not the heights
of this world that are the scenes of the great
"st prosperity, but the soul over which tho
floods of sorrow have gone, the soul over
which the freshets of tribulation have torn
their way, that yields the greatest fruits of
righteousness, and the largest harvest for
time, and the richest for eternity. Bless
Qod that your soul is Interval lanX
Bat these reminiscences reach only to this
morning. There Is only one more point ot
tremendous reminiscences, and that Is the
last hour ot life, when we have to look over
11 our past existence. What a moment that
will bel I place Napoleon's dying rem
iniscence on St. Helena beside Mrs. Jadson's
dying remlnisoence in the harbor of Ht,
Helena the same Island 20 years after.
Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one of
delirium as he exclaimed, "Head of the
irmyf Mrs. Judson's dying reminiscence,
as she eame home from her missionary toil
and her life of self sacrifice for God, dying
In the cabin of the ship In the harbor ot St.
Helena, was. "I always did love the Lord
Jesus Christ." And, then, the historian says,
she fell Into sound sleep for an hour and
woke amid the songs of angels.
I place the dying reminiscence of Augustus
Cesar against the dying reminiscence of the
apostle PaaL Tho dying reminiscence ot
angustus Ccesar was, addressing his atten
dants, "Have I played my part well on the
stage of life?" and they answered In the af
firmative, and he said i "Why, then, dont
you applaud me?" The dying remlnisoenoe
it Paul the Apostle wast "I have fought a
good fight, I nave finished my course, I have
kept the faith, nanoeforta there is laid up
tor me a crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me la
that day, and not to me only, but to all them
that love His appearing."
Augustus Cajsar died amid pomp and great
surroundings. Paul uttered his dying
feralnisaaiiAa loo kin iz nn through the roof of
l "(lungeott. MPb ypTCnt " that " our dytmr
pillow may be the closing of a useful life and
the opening of a glorious eternity.
An Emperor at the riorr.
In order to emphasize the import-
inde of the cultivation of the soil and
to encourage his subjects to follow
kfrioultnxaJ. pursuits the Emperor of
China sometimes performs certain
ritea at the "Emperor's Field" and
goes through the form of plowing and
Dther work of the husbandman. One
day recently the Emperor set out at
daybreak from his palaoe, with a nu
merous and magnificent train of
oourtiers and others. Before breakfast
the Emperor arrived at the shrines of
the deity presiding over agriculture,
tnd his majesty stopped to offer np his
Uianksgiving and sacrifices. After
changing his dress, the morning re
past was served, at the end of which
the Emperor proceeded to the field, at
the four corners of which were erected
fonr pavilions, where the seeds of
wheat aud other cereals were placed.
In the center were numbers of mag
nificently attired courtiers, aaoh hold
ing aloft a many-eolor'ea flag, while oa
the side of the passage wero scores of
sged and white-haired farmers, each
haying in his hand some Agricultural
implement. Placing his left hand on
the plow and holding the whip in his
right hand the Emperor began the
ceremony of the occasion. By prear
rangement the officers did their al
lotted share, some wielding the agri
cultural implements, while others scat
tered seeds out of the baskets as if
sowing, while the Emperor was busied
with the plow, which was hitched to a
richly caparisoned bullock draped in
yellow and led by two of the Emper
or's body guards. On the Emperor
finishing his round at the plow the
three princes were ordered to go
through the pcrformonce, and aftor
them nine high courtiers had tli-ir
turn. I'all Mall Budget
Hardships of Idle In the relax Region.
The whole region is one of severe
eold, and the sea is frozen for the
yreater part of the year, land and
nater becoming almost indistinguish
able, but for the incessant movement
tnd drift of the sea ice, says McClne'a
Magazine. Iu summer the sea ice
breaks np into floes which may drift
away by the wind against tho shore9
of continents or islands, leaving lanes
of open water which a shift of wind
may change and close in an hour.
Icebergs launched from the glaciers
of the land also drift with the tide,
current and wind through the more or
or less open water. Possibly at some
times the pack may open and a clear
waterway run through to the pole, and
old whalers tell of many a year, when
they believed that a few days' steam
ing would carry them to the end of
the world, if they could have seized
ihe opportunity.
At other times routes traversed in
safety tiite after time mcy bo effect
ively closed for years, and all ad
vance barred.
Food in the form of seals or walrus
in the open water, reindeer, musk ox,
polar boars or birds on the land, may
often be procured, but these sources
cannot be relied upon. Advance
northward may be made by water in a
ship, or by dog-aledgo, or on foot, over
the frozen snow or ice.
Each method has great drawbacks.
Advance by sea is stopped when the
young ice forms in autumn, and land
Skdrnnce is hampered by the long
Arctio night which enforces months
of inaction, more trying to health and
spirits than the severest exertion.
It is as bad to io: a man of his peace
a9 It Is to take his money.
It is bfctiife we bate the grave that
we try to hiJe it with flower?.
Don't be afraid to do your duty, no
matter who throws mud at you.
Uncharitable criticism Is throwing
mud at everything we don't like.
The man who has the king's word
commands the royal army.
Every man Is a hypocrite who prays
one way aud l!ve another.
The great question Is not l ow long
we are going to Iivp, but how.
Find a m in who has no hobby, aad
you find cat who is not happy.
Xothln? will do more to Improve the
looks than sunshine In the heart.
Runnlnz down another is only au
otber way of trying to praise yourself.
Seif-decepliou is all that keeps come
folks from being constantly miserable.
A discouraged man is one of the
saddest sights angels ever have to look
at.
People are very apt to treat us as we
treat them. If we behave like a hedge
hog, let us not complain if we receive
porcupine treatment.
There are gracious, serene, hopeful
and happy old women who are more
beautiful In their wrinkles than they
were In their maiden rosea.
MEMORIES.
Stars of that tender Fus'ern night,
Chine nn me once aKaln.
Recalling those lusirlc moments past.
Moments untouched by paiu.
Tell me, was it a ilream I dreamed,
Or mirage fair to see
A vision revealing love and pow'r.
Built on life's coustancyt
All for those slumo'rous hours once more.
Stirred by the nesert air,
Panned by Its soft breath, thrilled by the sense
Of mystic atmosphere.
Dreams or faint vision I cannot say
Hest to let inem'rles be
but ah I wneu my earthly eyes are closed
fcblue stars, ouce aijaiu for met
Vega.
THE HEIRESS.
trom the French of Paul ferret.
A. E. A.
I.
Two women sat at work near a win
dow. The mother carefully and pa
tiently stitched on a band of tapes' rr,
the daughter was embroidering on vel
vet witli bright colored silks, a dainty
bit of work, work which must leave the
fingers iu all its freshness. As the
hands of Mademoiselle Godefroy were
exquisitely fine and immaculate in
their cleanliness all that passed througii
them only took on fresh beauty.
In the street, ordinarily deserted, a
heavy carriage passed, the old house,
trembled. The e was a mingling of
noises, but two sounds wero distinctly
heard, one likethecracklincr .if plaster,
the other like the slnvei i i.r of glass.
"Ooodnes," snul Mademoiselle,
(ioilofroy, "the nail which held the
picture of my gol-mother has broken."
"Small loss," said the mother.
"Do yon hold a grudge against her
because she promised to re. me rubor mo
in tier will'"
"it seems tbnt she has conveniently
forgotten her promise; we will not re
place the glass uuloas your father in
bitts n on it."
"Why mother be disturbod, we are
not a family which inherits."
Mademoiselle Godefroy bent more
closely over her work. She was ele
gantly formed, and except that she boro
ipon l'cr faeo traces of futigue she
would have been cnlled pretty. Her
hair, lustrously black, framed a fue.)
of nurivuled whiteness. Over dark
blue eyes, long black lnshoa droopoi.
and her tnoutu was very fresh and
sweet. She was not less thnn tweiity
sovtn years old. l-'rom 1880, it was
now 18S5, Madame Godefroy had per
mitted no occasion to pass in speaking
with any person, to say, "In the twenty-four
years that I have been mar
ried " which caused many a smile.
Irene was the elder of her children,
she was thcu always twenty-three years
old, with no marriage portion, neither
any hope of being discovered in her
obsenritv by tho rare man who would
prefer her charms to money.
The Godefroys lod a life with no
hope for the future an 1 were resigned
to it. Their son Octave had obtained
employment in the railway odice at
fbnrtrcs. He sometimes visited them
and tbey kept a room for hira always
ready. Two other roms aud the diu
fng room composed the rest ot their
home.
M. Godefroy was ono of those per
sone of whom it is said with a pitying
loo'i, Another unsuccessful man."
After many enterprises, each of which
left him in a worse condition than bo
fore, ho found a place at 1)00 a ye;ir in
a financial house. The women,- by
their work, furnished tho remainder
of the moans for their necessities. Arjy
day they might be plungt d in blackest
misery, by the physical disability of
any one of them.
evening came; the mother prepared
the dinner. Irene laid the cloth. M.
Godefroy entered. As they were about
to sit down to the table tho bell rarjg.
IL
Was it Octave, who had obtaieed a
leave of absence? What a surprise!
Both women and Godefroy went to the
door. The door opened, the women
drew back, for it was a perfect stranger
nto whoso face they looked. "Mon
sieur," said Godefroy, "yon have made
a mistake." "1 think not," taid the
stranger in a very humble voice.
"You have no memory Godefroy, or
tho years have indeed changed me. 1
am Livandiere." "Ltvaudiere! Is it
possible that I see Again oue with whom
I played in childhood and with whom
I learned to read?" The god man placed
his hand on his heart and thou em
braced his boyhood's friend.
'flow happy it makes me to Bee yon
again, but come int) my house."
Livaudiere entered. He was, like
Godefroy, a good looking man, with
gray hair and tbout Mxty years old.
lie was dressed in a black redingote,
pi.in fully Ihrea Ibare, around cap on
his head, which had evidently experi
enced many an adverse wind. But
Godefroy looked only at his face.
"It is true," said he, "we have grown
old. Jt is not wonderful twenty-five
years tell. You went to Mexico, now
from whence do you come my boy?"
"From French India."
"French Indis, that is worse than
nselees, if it were only from English
India. Then yon are not rioh?"
Livaudiere cast a pitiful glance at his
clothes, ''thit can easily be seen," said
he. "I am sorry for it my old friend.
"I do not know that 1 ought to have
eome. I dare not "
"Like me," cried Godefroy laugh
ing, "not rich, you are going to dine
with us. ad, you know i-iivandiere I
cannot say dine, it is rather to take a
bito with us."
"It is much to have a bite to eat,"
j replied I ivandiere, whoso gray eyes
ordinarily so uuii toolt on a luminous
look.
'But yon are married, Godefroy, if
your wife should not like it."
"Madame Godefroy is always ready
to love my friends. My daughter
Irene is a pearl. I have a boy, he is
not here. You see Livaudiere, we are
worthy people, but not rich; oh no,
but all are nnited, four fingers of the
same hand. Wait for me I will speak
to my wife nnd daughter. Livaudiere
seated himself, wiped the perspiration
from his temples with his handker
chief. It was the gesture of the man
who was afraid, bnt who took courage.
A smile which seemed to rejnvinate him
passed over his face and he murmured,
"Yes, worthy people."
III.
Irene soon placed another cover on
the table, and Godefroy seated Livau
diere next his daughter. As for him
self he had known him for so many
years his old friend must now know
Lis wife and above all Irene, for she
was the most interesting part of the
home. Livaudiere gaily, agreed with
him. The warmth, quite unexpected
perhaps, of the welcome that he re
ceived transformed the travelers
enlire appearance. He expressed a do
sire to be frieudly with the pretty girl
by warmly pressing her hand and said
that it was indeed a dainty hand. His
gray eyes, naturally hard, never for a
momeut wandered from her charming
fuee, aud in looking, softened with a
wonderful light Maduma Goiefroy
thought that this close examination
would reveal to Livaudiere what she
believed it to bo her maternal duty to
conceit from the entire world. "In
the twenty-four yoars that 1 have been
married," she commenced to say. "Ah
well," cried Godefroy laughiug, "for
twenty-four years I have made your
happiness and you mine."
"1 hava never had a child." said
Livaudiere pensively. "I should have
loved a daughter." He coiit'nned in a
rough voice, "It is much belter that I
have not known this joy, that 1 have
never had the care of a soul, since I
am poor "
"Good," criod Godefroy; ''are you go
ing to reprooch yourself, is it your fault?
Ono may fight against fate and be
worsted, J know it, it will last one's life
time.''
"We know 'hat,"said Madame Uodo
froy in a grave voice.
"Livaudiere can you not relate to ns
your adventures? You have passed
through countries where you have
hud plenty of them."
"My adventures, you wish me to tell
of them? 1 havo had no others lhan
tuo l itter pursuit for "daily breal."
"What, innocently asked Madame
Godefroy, "you have crossed so mauy
seas and never been fhipwrecked on
any desert coast?"
"What, my poor Livaudiere," added
Godolrjy laughing, "you have never
been eaten by savages?"
"Mother," sail Irene, "had M
Livaudiere been shipwrecked he inilit
not have been with us this evening."
"For truly some remain at the
bottom of the set," said Godefroy
lou soe my frieDd my dauguur
would have been sorry not to havo
made your acquaintance."
"i see it, replied Livauiliere, "anil
that your ploasure may be complete I
will show yon that I am not ungrate
ful. Ah, my friends yonr goodness
warms my heart. My child your
father aud 1 weie always friends, lie
remembers that our greatest pleasure
was to be together. We lived in Or
leans, where was a largo school which
wo both attended; at play if one was
attacked, the other ran to defend him,
we fought bravely for each othor. I
love these memories. I have had no
happier time than my youthful days.
and 1 am going back to Orleans
to pass the remaining vears of my
life."
"What is this you say?" asked Gode
froy, "you live at Orleans and intend
to return there to-night?',
"Yes, indted to-night."
"But Monsieur," said Irene, "that
will not be wise, it is very cold.you are
not warmly clothed."
I understand the thought of my
daughter," said Godefroy, "you will
retuaiu here to night, you can have the
room of my son Octavo."
"Make no objections," added
Madame Godefrey.
"it will be useless," said Irene, "I
am goiug to prepare the bed." L1
vaudiere's eyos were moist, but ho
smiled. "My friends," slid he, "you
have good hearts to give me a bed as
well as food."
Mme. Godefrey went out with her
daughter to assist her in preparing a
downy nest for the traveler. Godefroy
followed them to speak a word pri
vately. When he returned Livaudiere
looked at him earnestly, the humble
poorly dressed man was transformed,
his shoulders were no longer bent,
Godefrey was troubled at the fixed gaze
from his brilliant eyes.
"What is the matter?" he asked,
"you have a strange appearance my
c mrude, 1 see that you have given ns
the pleasure of dispensing with your
journey for to-night, it would be
wearisome to ride in a third class car
ringe;we neither go in a first-class, poor
man, if you are content I am" Livau
diere interrupted him by a gesture.
"Listen Godeirey, I have deceived yon.
I wished to prove you. I presented
myself at the doors of three others of
those who had been my friends in
childhood. To one of them I had,
some years ago, loaned five golden
Louis, half of all tho money I had, to
keep him from hunger. Ah well, I
said to him as I said to the other two,
"My friend I have returned from a far
country, and yon know, "a rolling
stone" Gcdefroy that man put mo
out of hishouse quicker than tho others,
for ho did not wish to return my money.
But yon, you have seated me at your
table. Old friend pardon my coming
to your door in rags. 1 am rich, your
old age will be free from all care. Seek
a husband for your daughter; if ho asks
for a marriage portion, answer him that
it is ready. Godefroy your hand. I
swear that all my property shall belong
to your children. I am worth a million
and a half; to-morrow I will go to Or
leans and will arrange all witu the no
tary. And now dear friend show me to
my bed."
17.
Godefroy could only thank Livau
diere by embracing him. When he was
alono in the dimngroom, white with ex
citement, two great tears rolled down
bis cheeks. He never thought that
toars could be so sweet. What should
he do, ought he to tell his wife ? Surely,
but with cantion; she was very nervous
and such persons are apt to be seriously
injured by sudden news; even joy at
times is disastrous. lint Irene was
more self controlled, lie went to tho
young girl's room and softly knocked.
She opened the door. Godefroy took
her in his arms and whispered in her
ear. Irene in her turn grow pale
"Father," she said, "you deserve it,"
and smiling she added, "But did M.
Livaudiere truly think that we could
net love him because he was poor ?"
Godefroy tnen entered his own room.
At first there was no sound, ordinary
silence reigned, then slifflei sobs were
heard. Godefroy had told all, it was
too muoh for the mother's heart, and it
was with difficulty that she regained,
any degree of quietness.
Who can even imagine what dreams
Irene had during this night with closed
eyes, under the white enrtains of her
dainty bed. She had often said with
sadness that the supreme happiness of
life was not for her; thai she should
never be a mother. But no one is
wiser than the f utnre, sometimes thero
are surprises. Bow good Monsieur
Livandiere wasl she would make him
forget that he had no children and that
he was alone in the world.
V.
At day-break both mother and
daughter were awake. It was with a
joyful greeting that they commenced
the duties of the day. Godefroy did
not appear until nine o'clock, as it was
Sunday aud there was no going to the
office. The two women put their fin
grs on their lips.a sign of silencj
"Nonsense," said. Godefroy softy
laughing. "Livaudiere is a sound
sleeper." Ten o'clock struck. Gode
froy arose. "I am going to awaken the
lazy fellow, unless I do he will sleep
till eternity." He went to the little
room next to the dining room and
noisily opened the door with a gay ex
clamation on his lips; ho retreated
livid with fear. The two women ran
towards him, he pushed thorn back
"go away, go away."
"What," said they clinging to him in
terror, "hat is it, is M. Livandiere
ill?" Godefroy sank into a chair,
"Dead," said he. Mme. Godefroy fell
to tho ll or fainting. Irene atone re
mained standing, "r ather," s.ii I she
with trembling lips I it a qmot he irt,
"this is a great misfortune for us, but
it is a greater ouo for him who wiuhed
to do ns so mush good but was unable
to aooomplish it. Do not be dis
couraged, we will continue oar work."
"He assureJ mo of his lrion.lship, ho
gave me a climjse of fortune," ut
length naid Godefroy, "God bo with
him. My daughter, of all the misfor
tunes to which we h ive been subjected
this is the hardest; but yo.i are right
e must not iove up. And first onr
poor friend must bj buried. I am
going to notify the authorities." He
t Hk his hat aad went out.
Jreno applie 1 rstor itives to net
mother and s mi ha 1 tho satisfaction
of seeing her letdrn to consciousness.
".M y poor child, my poor ehihL"
'What could you expect mama?" sho
replied. "I told yon jeslerday thit
wo are not a family who iuiierits.''
Thou she went aud kuceled at tho feet
of tho dead man.
DIGEsTiBLE AM) INDIGEST
IBLE FRUIT.
SOME tiX'I nVLES TO FOLLOW.
'There are some fruits that disagree
with some people, and there are some
people who seem to be able to assimilate
every kind or fruit.''
"The reason for th's phenomenon is to
be found partly in the fruit and pirily
In the constitution of the person. Nc
two human btings are created exactly
alike. We note the different effect3 ol
lie causes acting upon them, Int w
c nnot tell exactly why the effects art
dilt'-renf. I'o get over the d.llisulty
doctors agree in saying that coust-Uu-tloniil
peculiarities are leipons'.ble for
it. Llut nobody knows the real nature
of those peculiar It ies, or ho v they work
out their different results.
"Nevertl.elesp," there are certain
faraili ir facts which help us to deal
with tl.o myslery if they do not explain
it. We know that fre.sii ripj fruit in
s?aion agrees with the majority of peo
ple. We argue, therefore, tha"; when
it irodttces unpleasant consequences
the tault lies with the person. The
argument, too. Is geuirilly sound.
But people wiio can eat fruit in season
are frequently anaUo to assimilate snch
fruit out of e;iso:i. Hot-honsj pro
duels disagree with them. From that
the conclusion is drawn that nature In
t 'nds cert.iin fooJs at certain times,
ami often lull'cts punishment when her
lutentlon Is violated.
' From frequent experiments it has
baen found that eickuess produced by
eating fruit is the result cl fermentation.
It may arise cither when the fruit is
over ri e, or when the system is unpre
pared to digest rruir. as a rule, there
fore, always to be observal, fruit that
shows signs of over maturity should be
rejected. In tl at Ft.te fermentation
has already begun. V hen taken into
the t-tomach it is accelerated and the
evil effects follow rapidly.
"On the other hand, unrlpo fruit is
a 'ax on the digestive powers that not
one person in twenty can affird to pay.
The load lies there, defy inn every effort
of nature to cast it IT; ciamps, colic
and sometimes convulsions are the
consequence.
"From tlit-39 well known facts," two
or three rules winch it followed woulj
save a eood deal of fickness among
fruit consumers.
"First G:ve preference to the fruits
produced in the lttltude and c'imate
in which you live. That Is nature's
teaching. Bananas in the tropics hurt
nobody. Here they are highly indigesti
tle. The same is true of pineapples aud
ol her f rullF.
"Second After it is plucke'l, fruit
Mioiild te eiiten within 4s hours, unlets
special pains are taken to keep It cool
and dry, otherwise iho fernentlne
terms are pretty sure to be formed and
the heat and moisture of the stomach
will develop them. California fruit is
specially protected en route by the
proper sudtary precautions.
"Third If perfect v lins and fresh
fruit ciufes eitlu r pain or nausea It la
a sign mat you are one or the unhappy
class whose constitutional pecaliarties'
are at war with that partlcul.tr Iruit.
Don't touch It again.
"Fourth Eat fruit very sparlneTv
or not at all when the body Is suffering
rrom over-fatigue or the effects of ex
cess, ve heat.
"Within tholast fewyeare," "thereha:
been an increasing fear of appendicitis.
ine oiseaie cause. by seeds lodging In
tne utile Fac at the end of the colon.
The only w.iy to be perfectly safe Is to
avoid iruit w itu reeds. Science pre
scribes no o;her preventive.
UJNDEli A LOW-BOUGHED
FLE TREE.
A P-
I have pictured it all a hundred times,
I shall do it a hundred more;
But I never shall own tho pleasant
homo
With the roses over tho door I
Never a dream of mine camo true;
Tt is fate's unbending law
I never shall see the applo treo,
And the bee-hive ma le of straw.
I have pictured it all a hundred timse,
1 shall do it again and again;
Bat I never shall see my roses press
Their cheeks to the dewy pane,
Nor smell the creamy syriuga flowers,
The perfume of sweetbriar leaves,
Nor hear the swallows that chirp and
bnild
Under my friendly eaves.
But yet, in the airy realm of dreams,
Where all my riches be,
I enter into my heritage
Which is else denied to me.
I have only to close my eyes to see
My Eden, without a flaw
The garden, the home, nd the appl
tree,
And the bee-hive maeTa of etr v.
SELECTED A FINE MONUMENT, T
elaborate Shaft to Mak tin Harrison XM
In Crown 11111 Cemetery.
Ex-President Harrison has given
an order for a fine granite monu
merit, to be erected on bis family lot
In Crown Hill Cemetery. The shafs
is to be of Barre (Vt.) granite, made
from a special design. It Is massive
ML-
?'v5
Tea rarrison monument.
In proportion, graceful In outline and
Bii.llclently ornate to hi In harmony
with Us character and surroundings.
It will be undo of fmir nvisslvo
blocks. Upon the third or upper base
will bo the name "Harrison," in large
raised bloclc letters. At the four
corners of this ba-c are columns with
tastefully carved capitals, and upon
this piece will rest the inaive die,
around which, near the top, will be a
handsomely carved nstra 'al In las
relief. All the details of the monu
ment will Vie cut from full-sizerl
models, and when comp'eteJ will be
one of the most noted monuments in
the beautiful cemetery where It is to
be placed.
A FAMOUS MAN'S HOUSE.
Where a Colebrateil Genius Carrtoi On
His Kxpprlmcn'4.
Near Oxford, England, there stood
a few years ago, and perhaps still
Btands, the houe in whivh Voges
Bacon, a Franciscan friar, studied
52
ine voces bacos nocsa
and experimented. This scientific
genius was born In 1214, mi l died
about 1 CUl. Among the Inventions
ascribed to him are the telescope, the
use of concave and cpnvex len-es, tho
magic lantern, and gunpowder. He
was a student of alchemy and astrol
ogy, and as a consequent of crrorj
into which he fell was, according to
tho usage ot the age, thrown Into
prison, lie was the author of several
works that reflected knDw'.eJae sev
eral centuries In advance of his gen
eration. Piil'osopber an 1 IVet.
As Tennyson was a thinker as well
as a poet, it Is interesting to see how
he Interprets the puzling half ol
creation. One thing that he in-;sts
upon Is the indissoluble bond be
tween Ihem and m .n. "The wom
an's cause is man's; they rise or pink
togethor, dwarfed or god like, bond
or free; if she be small, Bllght
natured, miserable, how shall man
grow?" Th;it places c,ulte a burden
of responsibility upon women, but
elsewhere he remarks: "As the hus
band i i, the wife is," which .guin
p'accs the burden on the masr u inc
shoulders. Probably the poet meant
to divide It. About tho esteem In
which she should 1 o held, ho speaks
in no uncertain manner, "Who doc?
not honor his wife dishonors himself,"
and "It Is tho low man thinks the
woman low." Somewhat e ;iilvocal
Is thlr, "It is hard to wire and thrive
In a year." Fossibly ho means to
Imply that so much pood fortune
does not often befall a man in sc
short a time. His various heroine
were all a little above the ordinary.
"Her eyes are homes of 6llent
prayer." "Eyos not down-dropped
nor over bright, but fed with the
clear-pointed flame of chastity." "By
common clay, taken irom the com
mon earth, molded by God and
tempered by the tears of angels to
the perfect form of woman." "Pure
vestal thoughts In the translucent
jfane of her 6tlU spirit." "Happy he
Iwlth such a mother! Faith in wotn-
tnkind beat9 with his blood, and
rust In all things h'gh comes (as?
to him; and though he trip and fall
ho shall not blind his soul with clay."
"She stood a sight ti make nn old
man youngl" So much and much
more did he say of women. And
they in gratitude may well apply to
him other lines of Ids "Ho res-ted,
well content that all was well," ar.d,
"lie crowned a happy life with a
fair death."
It is seldom that wood which has
rown more than 4.0C0 years before
the Christian era is used In tho con
struction of a present-day resldenco
and yet this really happened recent
ly in Edinburgh, where a mantelpiece
was fashioned from wood 6ald to be
6, 000 years old.
Vinegar will not split rocks, bu
Hannibal could not thus have made
his way through the Alps. Nor vlll
It dissolve pearls, so that the story of
Cleopatra drinking pearls melted ir
vinegar must have been a fiction.
A Boston gentleman recently killed
a blacksuako about four and a half
feet long, from the stomach of which
ho took another sna;e about fifteen
Inches In length that had been swal
lowed by the larger reptile.
Soup Creek, McDowell County,
W. Va., is a remarkable stream. Tht
creek passes a hamlet called Vivian,
tnd about a mile below returns, runs
around a tract of land about half a
mile wide, and then passes under Itself.
This freak is caused by the lay of the
land, which sinks spirally.
The herring family contribute a
more largely to 4 be food of hcrrjn r -uigs
than as vtba ot tha Csu families.
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NEWS IN BIUEF.
A New Yori parrot is eijhty years
old.
The anchors ot the Campania
neigh P toes each.
The Chinese live longer than peo
ple or any other nation-.
The L'tiioa l'acif.c Iliilroad crosses
nine mountain ranges.
The railways of Amerlc.i employ
over 2,ljC0,t'OO men.
Th j score of a baseball game at
Urenharr, Tex., was 111 to 11.
An Indian who calls himself "No
Shirt" is on hi3 way to the East.
The Drsf. recorded observatory war
on tLe top of tha temple of llelns.
The Colossus cf Kh xlis was cast
in over 100 pieces acd tilted together.
Successful experiments have been
made iu burning brick with eleetiieity.
On an average, the le'.tms received
bv the Eaipercr ot G;rraany number
;00 a day.
The gigantic statues of Kameses in
Egypt were placed in position t y roll
ing them along gieasod pi inks.
It is reported that the eagles alc.ng
the ocean coast of the Suite id Wash
ington are being extermin ited.
There is abjut four henrs and forty-live
mlnuts difference in time be
tween New Yorkut.d Liverpool.
rrofessor Llppmanti has succj.ikd
in photographing simultaneously all the
clots of the rainbow on a layer i f al
bumen. The United states his lal nine
capital cities 3lnce th9 Revolutionary
:ir brake out. Three werj ia IVno
slvanhi. A luminous idea for the employ
ment of luminous paint: U.se It for
Hie n unes of streets and the number?
of house?.
Aluminam can be hardened by ra
pid cooling in water, more especially if
it be alloyed with a small percentage of
Itanium ar tungestsn.
The first bridge builder was the
spider. nd the ropes and stays of tha
spidei's web are always attached with
w m trical accuracy.
TLere are two places in London
where clergymen tan buy nermons
printed. Theycvera'l subjects and
c in be had fr every se.isou.
lio'.h the Kurds and Cossacks be
lieve that Mount Ararat Is guarded by
;iu i:iorih)y being, and that no man
ein ascend the peak and live.
Chinese women devote very hlte
sup riluoustime tobain;ress'iisr. Thei.
tresse? are arranrxed once a month, aud
'hey sleep with theh- heads in boxes.
Nothing is wasted la China. The
s' or.es of various frui's and the shell'
cf uuts are cleaned, dried and carved
bito ornaments of the most gracefu'
'i:id.
The ai et c whale i.ever migrates
to t'.e south .vard as lno.-t pecios oi
whales d;( because of its inihility to
l.ve in the heated waters of the south
ein sea.
Thunderstorms are more frequent
iu Java than in any other p irt ot the
world, there being an average of ninety-seven
days of each year upon whlel'
'hey occur.
Several obsei vent ladies have dls
covered thst vegetarians have cleat
complexlors, and have t ither renounced
the use ot meat entirely, or partake of
It starlnsly.
Miss Kevere, a great-granddaughter
of the Revolutionary patriot, lives
in Simerville, Mass. !?he Is fitly years
ol I, ratter small of phys'ipie and gray
ha red.
Mrs. Alice Le riongeon, who is at
press'it rtsidin? iu lho ik:yn, is the
only woman who has live 1 among Ih?
ileserted old cltle3 in tha forots o
Yuc.it in.
llombay hasasorosisuud a cooking
clas?. Recently at a competitive exam
ination over 100 l'arseo girls cc osed it
long list of Indian delic icies to shov
their proficiency.
Mrs. Humphrey Waidsaysmodestj
U a guard to virtue, aud fiat, quiet.
, unostentatious, gentle women rarel-
pass through the experience-, wincn at
tack the ambitious ones.
The three essentials fcr a pleasant
room, saj s Alice LVnlovy, ate space,
the eppoe te of crowd ami cluttei ;Iorm.
tho oppoille of chaos and coufiiuon
uud color, the opposite of black.
The la'e fema'e can lidate for May
or r T 'i'opeka, Kan., Mis, Anui Totter
is alleged to wear a c.iueo dress and
1'iogan shoes, while lit r lingers and hei
ears glisten with f 10,000 worth of dia
rcomis.
The smallest tree iu Great lirltait
;rows on the summit of Ren Lomond,
Sijoiland. It is the dwarf wllliw.
which is mature when it attains th'
helghlh of two inches.
Sir John Lubbock, who once kepi
a queen bee for Dfteen years, declare
that, a test proved that the tegs were a!
feitile at that age as tiiey weie t aolv
j ears before.
Generally speaking we say lb it tin
CMtvature of the eaith amounts t
about 7 inches to the statu to mile; It if
exactly 0.99 Inches, or 7.902 Inches fo
a geographical mile.
A new subHance cal.e l valzin it
now being manufactured i:i Rerli-', Ger
many, under a patent, aud It is claimed
to be 200 times s.eeter than sugar,
and free from ccrtiln objectioi ab'.'
propert ies of saccharin.
The Health Department of Ne
York Cily has paid $900 for a iortabl
disinfecting machine. It is drawn bj
horsf s, and can be taken in front of an
Infected house to disinfect clothing,
bedding, etc.
The much-disputed question as U
;he source of the Uongo River in Ar
rica, has at last been nettled by the liel
glan explorer Relcom in une, who found
it In a mountain chain south of Lakr
Tanganyika.
Marltnl Rights.
It was on a train going through
Indiana. Among the passenger!
were a newly married couple, whe
made themselves known to such an
extent that the occupants of the cat
commenced passing sarcastic re
marks about thciu. The bride and
groom stood the remarks for 6om
time, but finally the latter, who wai
a man of tremendous size, broke oul
In the following language at his tor
mentors:
"Ye, we're married; Just married.
VTe are going 1G0 miles further on
this train, and I am going to 'spoon'
all the way. If you don't like it you
can get out aud walk. She's my vio
let and I'm her sheltering oak."
DuriD2 the remainder of then
journey they were left la peace.
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