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9. F. BOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd Proprietor.
VOL. XLVII.
MIFFLINTOWIN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1893.
NO. 38.
REV. Oil. TALMAGR
The Brooklyn Divine's
Sunday Sermon.
Subject: "A Croat Womnn."
Tftt: "Ann it f,U on a day that Elishc
fa"l to Fhun'tn. vfiere vat a grrai w
II Kings lv.. 8.
Tin" lintel of our llmo h.vl no eounterpart
In any -nt'rttiinmnt of olilen time. The
.ut majority of travelers mast thnn b en
I. rt:ilul nt prlvato abode, Hare comei
t;ili.i. s-rvaut of the Lord, on a divine
n.ifl'in. nrul h mint tlud shelter. A bal
cony nvfrlookimr tli vnilny Esdraoloa Is of-f-r--'l
him in a private house, and it Is es
f..v l.illy furnished for his occupancy achait
tnait on, n tfitilc from which to eat, a candlc
itl. k t.v which to read and a bed on which to
!unl'Cr the whole establishment belonging
io i crc.it and wood woman.
H.t hus'.aud. it swras, was a podly man,
hut h! was entirely overahadownd by hii
wif" cj cllcn. !.. just as now you some
times find in a household the wife the eentre
of rtlunity ami Influence and power, not by
any arrogance or presumption, but by
up Tior intellect and foroe of moral nature
wi-l iinir ilomestic aff.iirs and at the avime
:i-ne -lupervL-lnir all lininr-iul and business
uT.iirs the wife's hand on the shuttle, on the
'im.iu house, on the worldly business.
y.u w hundreds of men who arosuiMSessfuI
mly te-uus ther U a reason at home why
:hey ar su-'ceskful.
I a man marry a coo l, honst soul, no
males his fortune. If he marry a fool, the
Lord help htm ! The wife may be the silent
partner in the firm, there may b only
2ias-uline voiees down on exchange, but
:here oftentiine ennie from the home circle
i potentuil and elevatinjr influence.
This woman of my text was the superior of
ber hustand. He. as far as I can under
i:ind, w.is what we often see fn our day--
una o'. laru'e fortune and only a modicum of
ain. intensely ijulet, sittlnsr a lonir while b
the s.ime place without moving hand or foo.
It yoa say "yes," responding "yes ;" If
foil ay "no." resriondinsr "no" inane, eyes
iaif ihut. mouth wide open, maintaining "his
position in society only because he ha. a
nrLe patrimony. Hut his wife, my text says,
wu.i a creat woman.
IIr name has not come down to ns. Pttn
olomied to that collection of people who
aee.1 no name to distinKuUh them. What
iroiild title of duchess or princess or queen
hut would escutcheon or gleaming diadem
-be to this woman of my text, who, by her
'i.tcllhienee aid her behavior, challenges the
i'!mmittn of all aces
Long after the bril- 1
Sant women of the court of Louis XV have
been forotb'n, and the brilliant women of
lite court of Spain have been forirottn, and
lie- brilliant women who sat on mUt lit y thrones
Save l.een forgotten, some, (rraiidfather will
put on his npK"tclea, and holding the book
ihe other side the light read to his crandohil
iren the story of this (Treat woman of Shu
seni who waa so kln.1 and Doiirteoua and
Jiirittnn to the tfood prophet Ellsha. Yea.
ihe was a trreat woman.
In the first rlaoe, she was gr-at In ber
Hospitalities. VnoiTlllred ami barbarioui
auti-m- honor this virtue. Jupiter had the
lurna-ne of the hospitable, ant he was said
(specially to aveno the wrongs of :ning
fr. Homer exaited It In bis verse.
l'li Arabs are punctilious upon this subject,
-nl union some of their tribes It is not until
h" vinth day of tarrying that the occupant
i.w a riifht to astt hi. guest, "Who and
whence art thou?" If thla virtue is so hou
aredeven among barbarians, bow ouxht It to
Se honored amons those of us who believe
a the HiMe, which commands us to use hos
Dltallty one toward another without grudtt
intr? Of course I do not mean under this cover
' mve any Idea that I approve of that va
trant class who ko around from place to
place ranjlnt their whole lifetime perhaps
under the auspices of some benevolent or
philanthropic society, quartering themselves
an Christian families, with a rreat pile of
(ruaks in the h;ul and carpetl ng portentous of
larryintf. There is many a country parson
age that looks out wsek by week upon the
amlnous arrival ol wncon with reaking
irheel and lank horse and dilapidated driver,
some under the auspices of some charitable
limitation to spend a few weeks and canvass
Ihe nclirhborhooii. Let no euoh rolltflous
Samps take advnntaire of thia beautiful vir
tu of Christian hospitality.
Not so mueh the sumptuousne. of your
Hot and the regality of your abode will Im
press the friend or the stranger that steps
across your threshold as the warmth of your
rroetine. the Informality of your reception.
iho reiteration by grasp and by look and by a
ihoiMand attentions. Instznincant attentions,
f vour earnestness of weluome. mere wm
te hiirh ancrcciation of your welootne,
iltbongh you have nothing but the brazen
landlostlck ami the plain chair to offer Elisha
vhen he oomee to atiunem.
Most beautiful is this grace of hospitality
when shown in the house of God. I am
Ibankful that I ara pastor of a church where
itranzers are alwavs welcome, and there is
aot a State tn the Union in which I have not
asaxt the affability of the ushers or our
thuroh complimented. But I have entered
ahurches were there was no hospitality. A
Brangor would stand In the vestibule for
awhile and then make pilgrimage up the
ktnir aisle. So door opened to him until.
lushed and excited and emtarrassod, he
itnrted back ncain. and coming to some halt
sileH new with aDolouetio air entered it.
while the occupants Rhired on him with a
7 . . , i " i .A W T ntll.t
r mint " Awav With suoh accursed in
lecency from the house of God I Let every
.h..mh tht would maintain large Christian
tafhienoe in oommunity culture Sabbath by
hbbaththis beautliui graoeoi uiiruunn uua-
dtaiity. . . ta
Ibe wilderness, was overtaken by nignt ana
A ItVW " - . ..."
Itorm, and he put inata cuuin. n
.tnntha hAnmanf the cabin: and n.
felt alarmed. He did not know but that he
had fallen Into a den of thieve.
He sat
ihan ifMnflv nerturbed. After
awlule the
man of the Bouse came nora e""
i V. .... n nn
hi. shoulder and set It aowa m a
tk. .onr. .till more alarmed.
hu house whlsDcrel with
L. i- .... . nnH trnn L7ir
Uilt 1' , ' - n
nrm;iii):i v(o "-b . a
Then the man of the noae - came iornnn
rouirh and TO'le people out her, and we
rorlr hard for a living. e iuum "'VV
fall we are tire.1, and we are apt to go to bed
...i.. hnhn retiriniT we are aiwaj.
tlie L'abit of reading a chapter from the wtr;.
-...i a i,i. graver. If vou iron I
like such thimrs. if you win ju-i ni-t-
the door until we get thnwgh I'll be renuy
. .. . . ni ..nnre the stranirertar-
orilgeil IOJOU. hfer took
ried n the room, ana mo """ . ,,
hold of the horns ot the altar and brouM
....t.i..innf flod UDon his house
hold anlunon the Strang
within thoi
JBuYebut'orious" Christian hospl-
talitv 1
AffPin- this woman In my ixx . fe 7"-"
-i -.,rs messenger, j.nsna
ner 1 that houshold
lav atK)Ut th
a great many .1 tbe trials
t 1.0 in mi r
5f;? Twisrsimobody won!
Ol
1
wr.teTbokoo,U the joys ,"0 Ch
considerations of him
i. --n.llathcre
t. .nrro come to our uuiu.u . -
Hoauua - -f,..jn and nun-
through the long night wathm a
dred. of prayers going up that l brim
restore the sick
miner CUD Of Call
many to Help
table, are inere " - ." -w be com
drink of tn cup oh, for ,ome-
fortdMMUiwii-" " rewnr.l9 ol
bod? J.wt1 .I'T'hout hi- surroun.1.
the Christian mm.---tog
of Christian sympathy.
1 nis woman of the text was onlya t7
thousands of men and ?-Sl3
Idown from the mansion and frora,;tl f
j v-h. fn the T.ord'8 servants. I
' ., mn nt Shnnem had foray the bill,
but it was the large hearted Christian .sympa
thies of the women of Shunem that looked
.after the Lord's messenger. in
Again, this woman inane uu "
Isa u F u" " verT tersely when hi
?hS he"",:,1" nYeh,7he,
terert nr. thZ v-Vl , nve not Deen Wla.
Where L- tK" '8 ' " 8ahara'
i? , tne shoulders that have not been
the shlntin119 bUrJe? f SjS
after awhfi-fe? Ver 8e th as not
t h 1 Ca,,,?ht to "TOlone? Wlae
hih W"? of thly oomfort but troi
hath hitched up its Aery and pantlniTteaa
and gone through it wtth burnfng ploshS
of disaster Under the peltinir of aeso!
buwior" Wof thVwoSr
Amonand the Danube and the SILhsSw
XTk ? eI?lorHl. but who can teil tE
Kot ITreat rive, of Borrow
made up of tear, and blood rolling throwh
I1" an:1 i , bearing t he wrok3
families and of conrn, unities and of aunrim
-foaming, writUng, boUls with Um
les of 6000 1 years? Etna and Cotopaxl and
Vesuvius have been described, butSvho haa
ever sketched the voioauo of suffering reaohe
ing up from its depths the lava ami the scoria
and pounn. them down the side to whelm
the nations? Oh. If I could gather all th
heartstrings, tne broken heartstrings.. Into a
harp I would play oa It a dirge such as was)
never sounded.
Myt ho lo gists tell OS of Gorgon and Cen
taur and Titan, and geologists tell us of ex
nnct species of monsters, but greater than
Qordou or megatherium, and not belonging
to the realm of iahle, and not of an extinct
pooies, is a monster with iron Jaw and Iron
hoofs walking across the nations, asd his
tory and poetry and sculpture. In their at
tempt to sketch it and describe it, haw
semel loawwt great drop ol bkiL
t!tif, thai "Qol, TEers are thosVwho can
sonquer as this woman of the text conquered
and say : "It is Well I Though my property
be gone, though my children he gone, though
my home be broken up, though my health
be sacrificed. It Is well, it Is well !' There la
no storm on the Ma but Christ Is ready to
rise in the hinder part af the ship and hush
it. Them Is no darkneM bat the constella
tions of God's eternal love can Illumine It,
ind though the winter comes out of tha
northern sky you have sometimes aeen th
northern sky all ablaze with auroras that!
eem to say : "Come up this way. Cp this)
nay are thrones of light, and seas of sap
nhire, and the splendor of an eternal heaven.
Come up this way."
We mis Uk. the ibtps, by tempest be toa
On tierllcn depcha, but cannot h tna.
TooQtvaatao enrg tb wind and turn t'UK
Tue promise uur us to. Lord will provltla.
I heard an echo of my text In a very dark
bour, when my father lay dying, and the old
ounry minister said to him. 'Olr. Talmaire.
"ow ao you leei now as youareaoout to pass
iuo rftiiuna ui uuud xiv rvmiea .Ti l ic
was the last thing he aver said "I feel well j
i reel very wen ; an is wen, uiting tus nana
n a benediction, a speechless benediction,
hlch I pray God mav go down through all
lie generations. It Is well I Of course It
was well.
Attain, this woman of my t!xt war groat
In her application to domestic duties. Every
picture is a home picture, whether she la
entertaining an Ellsoa, or whether she is giv-"
ng careful attention to ner sick boy, on
hether she is appealing for the restoration
her property every picture in ner case is
home picture. Those who are not disci
ples of this Shunemtte woman who, going
ir.t to nttend to outside charities, neglect the
luty of home the duty or wife, or mother.
f daughter. No faithfulness In public ben
faction can ever atone for domestia nogll-
$eooe.
There has been many a root ner wno ny m-
lefntigable toil has reared a large family of
hlldren, equipping them for the duties of
lite with good manners and large Intelli
gence and Christian principle, starting them
Dut, who has done more lor tne worm man
-nanv another woman whose name haa
rounded through all the lands and all the
enturies.
I remember when Kossuth was in this'
ountrv there were some ladles who got
reputations by presenting him very urace
fufly with bouquets of flowers on public oo
anions, but what was all that compared wiin.
he work of the plain Hungarian mother who
gave to truth an t civilization and the oansei
of universal liberty a n,ossuinr xos. mis
woman of my text was great In her simplicity.
When the prophet wanted to reward her
for hot hospitality by asking some prefer
ment from the king, what did she say? 8he
declined it. She said "I dwell among my
wn neonle. as much as to say : "a am
satisfied with my lot. All I want Is my
familv and my friends around me. x aweu
mong my own people." Oh, what a rebuke
to tte strife for precedence in all ages I
"ow manv thttrfl are wno want to get great
architecture and homes furnished with all
all n.ilntinir. all statuary, who have not
enough taste to distinguish between gothle
nd tiyzanttne, ana wno wraui am ion .
rtifiire in plaster or rans irom i-aimers
"White Caitive - ana wouia not Know a Doy
penciling from Dlerstadt's "Yosemite" men
who buy large libraries by the square foot,
i i .s l f.r.rtM when thev have hardlv
enough education to fJok out the day of the
almanao I on, now aaany iDorrjiriun
to have things a well a their neighbors, or
better than their nelgnoors. ana in an. bitob-
i ...I InrtunM are exoaustsa ana Business
flrms thrown Into bankruptcy, and men ol
reputed honesty rush Into astounding for-
L-ertM-
or oourse x .ay ooiuihk iiiiioi.
nr raltursL Splendor of abode, sumptuous-
nea of diet, lavlshness in art, neatness m ap-
arel there is norning against mem in sue
tuiil. or ont of the IHble. uod does not
Trr.t ii to prefer mud hovel to English cot
tanned sheerakin to French
broadolotn, or amn io uuiouppin, wi
clumsiness of a boor to tne manner, oi a
gentleman. God, who strung the beach with
.i.ti .hell and the irraes of the field with
the dews of the night and hath exquisitely
tinged morning cloud and room rea urerwx,
ful sights, and our ear open to all beautiful
cadences, and our heart open to all elevating
sentiment. But what I want to Impress upon
von is that vou ought not to inventory the
n. ii ti reen our eve vuuu iu mi iw-
y -mnnc h. Inaisnnnsithles
and you ought not to depreciate this woman
of the text, who. when offered kingly prefer
nmnfM 1 1 1 nit. oa .uavui. . " - r
ment, rcnondea, " aweu
V""v' .v, -fho u irrent in
ICS, I II in v":ii. ' , , .
i ..J f. U h in foa. Bna oun man "
a t.i ir about it before tdolatwa. Ah,
n will never appreciate what ihao
To Christianity until she knows and I sees the
.ieirradation ot her sex under paganism and
rotmonu..-. : . . . h h-,,.
hies. Slave or an won, :"aV. i
fuei for the funeral pyre of h hm,ban,L
Above the si.riex oi -r M
India and above '?ne of
KiTe.ndTtndtVePUnd on the
ore.1 in Htle ones have
DU W"'""' ' -' -rl
. nr a.n
Island, or a
a w i wo ii, -
Chris-
Dut,
man... - - r hlns nl
tianity '"' risen
thisvasaiag , P,i sphere and he-
wife, tne np" - r.V done so mujh
.l-n tin. II
ll fi""'V . J
woman will become iti
for woman, lt. 8Ublimo.l
roc9t ardent uvr..-
rx'iaiplltluatlonl
Itul away - thelI marnas
"mSthd mother ood up .n th.
old meeting noie "f th8 christian,
took upon fhem the rows pi : i . u
Through a long ' e to nor end
door ana v was comforted.
death came to a nB". ,or the buruU.
W9s thereto roiu, 1w?lnI?
v. e mm .V .(-nn- 0 my father,
srealta or honor, but I do ask that they'all
inay bethe subjects of Thy comforting graoe !"
Her 11 children brought Into the kingdom of
God, .he had but one mora wish, and that
was that aha might sea her long absent mis
sionary son, and when tae ship from China
anohored In New York harbor and tha long
absent one passed over tha threshold of b'.a
paternal home she said, "Now, Lord, letteet
Thou Thy servant depart tn peaoe, for mine
eyes have seen th salvation." The prayer
was soon answered.
It was an autumnal day when we gathere 1
from afar and found only the house from
Which the soul had fled forever. She looked
very natural, tha hands very mueh as when
Ihev were employed In kindness for her
children. Whatever else w. force, we never
forget the look of mother's hands. As we
Wood there by the casket we oould not help
but say "Don't she look beautiful? ' It was
cloudless day when, with heavy hearts.
ws carried her out to the last reatlnz
place. The withered leaves arumbled under
hoof and wheel aa we nasseri. nn.1 the aim
shone on the Harttan River until it looked I
like nve , but more oalm and beautiful and I
radiant was the setting sun ot that aged ptl-
K" una. no more toil, no more tears, no
more sickness, no more death. Dear mother 1
Beautiful mother !
Is the alamher braoath tho sn.1,
wall. 0i purs spina resu with Ooi.
I need not go back and show vou Zcnobtn
or Semlramla or Isabella or even the woman
of tha tAxt ss-wondam of womanly excellence
or greatness when I tn this moment point to
your own picture gallery or memory, and
show you the one face that you remember so
well, and Arouse all your holy reminiscences,
and start you In new consecration to God by
th. proxtounolation of that tender, boautiiul,
glorious word, "Mother, mother !"
Xedlclne In the Middle Apes.
In an entertaining article in the
Nineteenth Centnry on meditnval med
icine, some carious, prescriptions are
given. A person whoso right ere was
inflamed or bleared was recommended
to "take the right eye of a Frogg, lnp
it in a piece of russet cloth, and linug
it about the neo!" The skin of a
raven's heel was prescribed for gout.
Diffident young men will be interested
in this : "If yon would have a man be
come iold or impudent, let him enrry
about him the skin or eyes of a lion or
cock, and he will be fearless of his
enemies; nay, he will be very terrible
nnto them. The tendency to reti
cence, which is so common a fault of
parliaments, municipal councils, etc..
might be enrod by this trcnttnent : Jf
yon wonld have him talkative, give
him tongues, and seek out those ef
water frogs and ducks, and such crea
tures notorious for their continual
noise making."
If a man had a "sounding or a pip
ing in his ears," he was recommended
to put oil of hempseed, wnrm, into
them, "and after that let him leape
upon his one leggo upon that side
where the disease is ; then let hira
bo we doune hTS eare of that syde, if
haply any moystnre wonld issue out.
The remedy for nose bleeding was to
"beat egge shales to ponder, ami sift
them through a linnen cloth, and blow
them into hvs nose ; if the shales were
of egges whereont young chickens nrs
hatched, it were so much the better.
Powdered earth worms mixed with
wine were recommended for jnnndice.
Toothache miaht be relieved by an ap'
plication of the fat of "little greene
frogges," or of the "grnye worms
breathing under wood or stones, hav
ing many fete." Frogs and toads were
favorite remedies, especially when
treated in some grotesquely barbarous
tanner. Popular prejudice against
medical science to-day is declining
and will probably disappear alto
crether: but in the Middle Age it
seems to have had a very rational bubis,
Toronto Globe.
naved by a Itluttxr.
A commercial traveler writes to the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : "The
blotter in a hotel writing room once
saved me from very considerable loss.
As a general rule the blotter in a writ
ing room is so dirtv and covered up
with ink marks that the whole presents
the appearance of an Egyptian
hieroglyphics. But on thin occnsion,
'as luok would hae it, the blotter was
absolutely new and clean ami could bo
examined very closely. The last man
who had beon using it was also the
first, and as he used rathor a liberal
supply of ink and wrote rapidly he re
produced almost the entire letter upon
the blotter before folding it up,
knew him to be the representative of a
large Eastern house in a similar though
not rival oapaoity to our own, and
without intending to do so, I found
myself glancing at the reproduction
of his letter on the blotter, l was
struck at once with the name of the
house from which I had the previous
day taken an exceptionally large
order, and reading on I found that he
had notified his Arm that, acting under
advice from a very reliable source, ho
had decided not to carry out his in
structiona and sell this firm a bill o
goods, I went out at once and made,
a few inquiries which convinced ma
that not only was the house, in ques
tion in difficulties, but that it was also
contemplating a fraudulent transfer
,'to defeat its creditors. I promptly
,wired the house I represented to ignore
imr letter by mail containing t!r.
lorder, giving the reasons briollr, an
following np tho telegram by nn ex-
tplanatory letter. Some rather ind
'nant correspondence followed, but
ithis was abruptly terminated by tho
suspension of tho latter and the nb
'soonding of one of the partners. I
have always held a clean blotter in a
hotel writing room with a fccliiig of
veneration ever since."
Mauy's the fine judgment spo'led
by
the reasons.
Tears are the tribute of humanity to
its destiny.
Golden opportunities fly low, but
they By swift.
There are times in a man's life wtien
if be oould see himself as others tee
him be would go and get shaved.
A wise man always keeps on hand
enough resignation for any emergen
cy. For his bounty there was no winter
to it; an autumn it was that grew more
by reaping.
The world comes easy to handsome
people, while those who are merely
blessed with brains have to fight for
recognition.
A rich man cannot enjoy a sound
mind nor a sound body without exer
cise, and yet these are truly the wont
ngredlents of poverty.
With little men lt may be different,
but when a tall man finds himself short
he is always embarrassed.
Covetous men need money least, yet
most affect and seek it ; prodigals who
need it most do least regard lt.
TOGETHER.
V hen to folks are side by side,
Tlie world is uv;
Eweetlv ito the moments Kliiie
And fade axay.
When two folks are far a;art,
1 heir lives estranged
Sorrow surges In the heart.
The woiid Is changed.
But when two hearts meet seals
On Summer (lay,
Faileth then the mist of p ilu
Whete those two stray.
THE MOON AN DTIIE TOAD
Tha Creation of Man.
Aa Told by One of (If. linxolo Tribe,
Mr. Hairy M. Stanley.
PART I.
In tun old, old times, all this land,
and iudeeil. all the whole earth was
covered with sweet water. But the
water dried up or disappeared borne-
where, and the grasses, herbs ana
plants begnn to spring up above the
cronnd, and some crew, in course of
many moonp, into trees, great ana
small, am
l tho w nor was oounnod into j
streams and rivers, lakes and pools.
and as the rain fell it kept the streams
and rivers running, and the lakes and
pools always fresh. There was no Hy
ing thing moving upon the earth, until
one dfty there sat by one of the pools a
large Toad. How long he had lived is
not known, or how he came to be is
not known; it is snspeoted, however,
that the water brought mm forth ont
of some virtue that was in it. In the
skv there was only the Moon glowing
and shining on the earth there was
but this one To id. It is said thtt thoy
conversed together, and ono day the
Moon said to him:
"I havo an idea. I propose to mako
man and a woman to live on the
fruits of the earth, for I believe that
there is rich abundanco of food oa it
fit for such creatures.
Xav," said the Toad, "let me make
them, for 1 can make them fitter for
the nse of the earth than thon canst,
for I belong to the earth while thon
belongest to the skv."
erily." replied tho Moon, "thon
hast the power to create creatures,
which shall have but a brief existence,
whereas, if I make them, they will
have somethiug of my own uature: and
it is a pity that the creatures of one's
own making fchouKl sutler and die.
Therefore, oh Toal, I propose to re
serve the powor of ore itiou for myself.
that the creatures may no endowed
with perfection and enduring life."
Ah. Moon, be not envious of the
power whioh I share with thee, bnt let
me have B"y wav. l will give fiem
forms snch as I have often dreamed of.
The thought is big within me, an I in
sist n on realizing my ideas."
"Ana thou be so resolved, observe
my words, both thou and they shall die.
Thee I cball May mvsolf and eni ut
terly; and thy creatures can but follow
thee, being of such frail material as
thou canst givo them."
'Ah, thou art au?ry noiv, bit L
heed thee not. I am resolved that the
creatnres to inhnl'it thisearth shall be
of my on creiiinx. Attend thou to
thine own emr ire in the sky."
Then the M.)o;i rose and soared up
ward where it big sbiuiur face shone
upon all tho world.
Ihe loa l 2 re v groat with bis con
ception, until it ripened an 1 issued out
in the shnpa of t. via beiagj, full-grown
malo an 1 fonnlo. these were tho
first of our kind that ever trod the
earth.
The Moon beheld tbe event with
rage, an 1 left its place in tho sky to
punish the Toad, who had infringed
the privilege that he had thought to re
serve for himself. He came dlreot to
the Toad's Tool and stood blazingly
bright over it.
"Miserable," he cried, "what hast
thon done?"
"Patience, Moon; I but exercised my
right and power, it was withia me to
do it, and lo, the deo l is dono."
"Thon hnst exalted thysolf to be my
equal in thine own esteem. Thy con
ceit hast clouded thy it and obscurud
thy memory of tho worning I gave
thee. Even hn.lst thou obtained a char
ter from me to attempt the task, tbou
oonldst havo done no better than thon
hast done. Even as thou art iaforior
to me, so they will be inferior
to those I contd have endowed this
earth with. Thy creatnres aro pitiful
things, mere animals without sense,
without tho gift of poroeption, or self
protection. They see, they breathe,
they exist; their fives can be measured
by one round Journey of mine.
Were it not ont of pity for them, I
wonld even let them die. For
pity's sake I propose to improve
somewhat on what thon has dono:
their lives shall be lengthened, and
snch intelligence ns malformed beings
as these can contain will I endow them
with, for their guidance through a life
that with oil my power must bo troubled
and soro. But as for thee, whilst thou
exist, my rage is perilous to them,
therefore to save thy kin I end thee."
SayiDg which the Moon advanced
upon Toad, and the fierce, spnrks from
his bnrning face were shot forth and
J fell upon the Toad until he was con
sumed.
The Moon thon bathed in tho pool,
that tho beat of his anger might be mod
erated, and the water became so heated
that it was like that whioh is in a pot
over a Ore, and he stayed In it until
the biasing snd bubbling had subsided.
Then tho Moon rose out of tho pool
and songht the creatures of Toad; and
when ho had found them, he called
tbftn unto hira, bnt they were afraid and
hid themselves.
At this sight the Moon smiled, as yom
sometimes 600 him on fine nights, when
he is a olear white, and free from stain
or blur, and bo was pleased that
Toad's creatnres were afraid of him.
"Poor things," said he, "Toad has
left me much to do yet before I cau
make them tit to be the first of earthly
creatures." Saying which be laid hold
on them, and bore them to tho pool
wherein he had bnthed, and whioh had
been the home of Toad. He held them
in the water for some time, tenderly
bathing them, and stroking them here
and there as a potter with his earthen
ware, until he had monlded them into
somewhat of the. shape we men and
women possess now. The male became
distinguished by breadth of shoulder,
depth of chest, larger bones and more
substantial form; the female was slight
er in chest, slimmer of waist, and the
breadth and fullness of the woman was
midmost of the body at tbe hips. Then
tbe Moon gave them names, tbe man
he called Bateta, the woman Hanna,
and he addressed them and said:
The Bnsoko are a tr.be occupying ihe right
bank of the Aruwlml river from Its confluence
with the Congo to within a short distance of
the rapldi of Yambuya, and Inland for a few
marches
"Bateta. see this earth and the trees, i
and herbs and plants and grasses; tha
whole is Tor thee and thy wife lianna,
and for thy children whom Hanna thy
wife shall bear nnto thee. I have re
made thee greatly that thou and
thine m ty enjoy such things as thou
mayest find needful and fit. In order
that thou discover what things are
not noxious bat beneficial for thee, I
have placed the faculty of discernment
within thy heal, which thou must
ever exercise before thou canst become
wise.
The more thon prove this the more
wilt thou be able to peroeive the
abundance of good things the earth
possesses for the creatures which are
to inhabit it. I have made thee and
thy wife as perfect as is neoessary
for the preservation and enjoyment of
the term of life which by nuture of the
materials the Toad made thao of must
needs be short. It is in thy power to
Frolong and shorten it. Some things
must touch thee. I give thee first an
axe. I make tire for thee, whioh thon
must feed from to time with wood, and
the first and most necissary utensil for
daily nse Observe me while I make it
for thee."
The Moon took somi dark clay by
the pool, mixed it with water, kneaded
it, and twisted it around until its shape
was round and hollowed within, and h
covered it with the embers of the fire.
and baked it; and when it was ready he
handed it to them.
"This vessel," continued the Moon,
"is for tho cooking of food. Thou
wilt put water into it and place what
soever edible thon desirest to eat in
the water. Thou wilt then place the
vessul on the fire, whioh in time will
boil the water and cook the edible. All
vegetables, such as roots and bulbs, are
improved in flavor and give superior
nourishment by being thus oooKed. it
will become a serious matter tor thee
to know which ot all the things pleas
ant in appearance are also pleasant for
the patute. Bat shouldst thou be long
in doabt and fearful of harm, ask, and
I will answer thee."
Having given the man and woman
their first lesson, tho Moon ascended to
the sky, and from his lofty plaoe shone
upon them, and npon all the earth,
with a pleased expressioa whioh com
forted greatly tho lonely pair.
Having watched the ascending Moon
until he had reached his plaoe in the
sky, Bateta and Hanna rose and trav
elled on by the beautiful light which
ho gave thorn, until they came to a
very large tree that had fallen. The
thickness of the prostrate trunk was
about twice tho height of their height.
At the greater end there was a hole,
into whioh they conld walk without
bending. Feeling a desire for sleep,
Bateta laid his fire down outside near
tbo hollowed entrance, cat npdryfael,
and bis wife piled it on the fire, while
the flames grew brighter and lit the in
terior, Bateta took Hanna by the
hand and entered within the tree, and
the two lay down together. But pres
ently both complained of the hardness
of their bad, and Bateta, after ponder
ing awhilo, rose, and going out plucked
some fresh large leaves of a plant that
grew near the fallen tree, and returned
la Ion with it. He spread it about
tuicklv, aud Hanna rolled herself oa
it, and laughed gleefully as she said to
Bateta that it was soft and smooth and
nice, and opening her arms she cried,
"(Jomo, Bateta, and rest by my side."
PART II.
Though this was the first day of
their lives, the Moou had so perfected
the uulinihed and poor work of the
Toad that tliev were both mature man
and woman. Within a month Hannah
bore twins, but one whs mule and the
other female, and they were tiny dou
bles of Bateta and Hanna, which so
pleased Bateta that ho ministered kind
lv to his wife, who through her double
charge was prevented from doing any
thing ele.
Tims it was that Bateta, anxious for
the comfort of his wife and for the
nourishment of his children, sought to
luul choice things, but could find little
to please tho daintv taste which hi?
wife had contracted. Whereujioii,
looking up to the Moon with his hands
uplifted, lie cried out:
"Oh Moon, list to thy creature Bate
ta! My wife lies languishing, and ehf
has a tnstc strange to me which I can
not satisfy, and the children that have
boon born unto us feed upon her ImxIv,
and her strength decreases fast. Conn
down, oh Moon, and show me what
fruit or herbs will cure her longing."
The Moon heard Hateta's voice, and
coming out from behind the cloud with
a white smiling face, said, "It is well,
Bateta; lo! I come to help thee.
When the Mixm had approached
Bateta he showed the golden fruit of
the banana which was the same plant
whose leaves had formed the first bed
of himself and wife.
"Oh Bateta; smell this fruit. How
likest thou its fragrance?"
"It is beautiful and sweet. Oh
Moon, if it be as wholesome for the
body as it is sweet to smell, my wife
will rejoice in it.
Then the Moon peeled the banana
ami offered it to Bateta, uion which
he boldly ate it, and tho flavor was bo
pleasant that he sought permission to
take one to his wife. When Hanna
had tasted it she also appeared to en
joy it; but she said, "Tell Mcxm that I
need something else, lor 1 have no
strength, aud I am thinking that this
fruit will not give to me what 1 lose bv
these children."
Bateta went out and prayed to Moon
to listen to Hanna s words which
when he had beard, he said, "lt was
known to me that this should be,
wherefore look round Bateta, and tell
me what thou seest moving yonder.
'Why, that is a buffalo."
"Rightly named," replied Moon
"And wha't follows it?"
"A goat."
"CJood again. And what next?"
"An antelope."
"Excellent, oh Bateta; and what
may the next be?"
"A sheep."
"Sheep it is, truly. ,qw look up
above the trees, and tell me what thou
seest sailing over them."
"I see fowls and pigeons."
""Very well called, indeed," said
Moon. "These I give unto thee for
meat. The buffalo is strong and fierce,
leave him tor thy lesmre; but the goat.
sheep and fowls shall live near thee and
shall partake of thy bounty. There are
numbers in the woods which will come
to thee when they are filled with their
grazing and their pecking. Take any
of them either goat, sheep or fowl
bind it, and chop its head off with thy
hatchet. The blood will sink into the
soil; the meat underneath the outer
akin is good for food, after being boiled
or roasted over the fire. Haste now,
Bateta; it is meat thy wife craves, and
she needs naught but meat to restore
her strength. So prepare instantly ano
eat."
The Moon floated upward, smiling
and benignant, and Bateta hastened to
bind a goat, and made it ready as the
Moon had advised. Hanna, after
eating of the meat which was prepared
by boiling, soon recovered her strength,
and the children throve, and grew
marvelously.
One morning Bateta walked out ol
his hollowed house, and lo! a change
had come over the earth. Bight over
the tops of the trees a great globe of
shining, dazzling light looked out from
the sky, and blazed white and bright
over all. Things that he had seen
dimly before were now revealed. By
the means of this strange light hung
up in the sky he saw the difference
between that which the Moon gave and
that new brightness which now shone
out. For, without, the trees and their
leaves seemed clad in a luminous coat
of light, while underneath it was but a
dim reflection of that which was with
out, and to the sight it seemed like thr
colder light of the Moon.
And in the colder light that prevailed
below the foliage on the trees there
were gathered hosts of new and strange
creatures; some large, others of me
dium, and others of small size.
Astonished at these changes, he
cried, "Come out, oh Hanna, and see
the strange sights without the dwel
ling, for verily I am amazed, and know
not what has happended.
Obedient, Hanna came out with th.
children and stood by his side, and was
equally astonished at the brightness ol
the light and at the numbers of crea
tures in all manner of sizes and form?
which stood in the shade ranged
around them, with their faces towardl
the plaee where they stood.
hat may tins change portend, oh
Bateta? asked his wife.
"Nay, Hanna, I know not. All this
has transpired since the moon departed
from me.
"Thou must perforce call him
again, Bateta, and demand me mean,
ing of it, else I shall fear harm untc
thee, and unto theso children
Thou art right, my wife, for to dis
cover the meaning of all this without
other aid than my own wits would
keep us here until we perished
Then he hftod his voice and cned
out aloud upward, and at the sound ol
his voice all tho creatures gathered in
the shado looked upward, and cried
with their voices; but the meaning ol
their crv, though there was an infinite
variety of sound, from the round bel
lowing voice of the lion to the snriL
squeak of the mouse, was:
"Come down unto us, oil Moon, an
explain the meaning of this grea
Change unto us; for thou only wh
madest us can guide our sense into th
right understanding of it.
hen they had ended their entreatj ;
unto the Moon, there came a vuic
from above, which sounded like dis
taut thunder, saying, ' Rest ye, where
ve stand, until the brightness of this
new light shall have faded, and ye dis
tinguish my milder light and that oi
the many "children which have been
born unto me, when I shall come Unix
ye and explain."
Thereuiion thev rested each creature
in its own place, until the great bright
ness and the warmth which the strange
light gave faded and lessened, and it was
observed that it disappeared from view
on the opposite side to that where It had
first been seen, aud also immediately
after, at the place of iu disappearance,
the Moon was seen, and all over the
sky were visible tho countless little
lights which the children of the Moor
gave.
Presently, after Bateta had pointed
these Out to Hanna and the children,
the Moon shone out bland, and its face
was covered with gladness, and he lefi
the sky smiling, and floated down tc
the earth, and stood not far off from
Bateta, in view of him and his family
and of all the creatures under the shade.
"Hearken, oh Bateta, and ye creat
ures of prey and pasture. A little
while ago ye have seen the beginning
of the measurement of time, which
shall bo divided hereafter into day and
night. The time that lapses between
the Sun's rising and its setting shall be
called day, that which shall lapse be
tween its setting and re-rising shall be
called night. The light of day pro
ceeds from the Su-n, so the light of the
night proceeds from me and from mj
children, the stars; and as ye are all mv
creatures, the restful time wherein ye
sleep to recover the strength lost during
the waking time, I have chosen that my
softer light shall shine, and during the
working time, wherewith ye shall be
dally waked by the stronger light, tin
Sun shall shine. This rule never-end
ing shall remain.
"Aud whereas Bateta and his wife
are the first of creatures, to them and
their famines, and kind that shall be
born unto them, shall be given preem
inence over all creatures made, not
that thev are stronger and swifter, but
because to them onlv have I given tin
derstanding and a gift of speech to
transmit it. Perfection and everlasting
life had also been given, but the taint
of Toad remains in the system, and the
result will be death. Death to all liv
ing things, Bateta and Hanna ex
cepted. In the fulness of time, when
their limbs refuse to bear the burden of!
their bodies and their marrow has be-;
come dry, my first-born shall return to
me, aftd I shall absorb them. Children!
shall be bora innumerable unto them,
until families shall expand into tribes,
and from here, as from & spring, man-
kind will outflow and overspread all
lands, which are now but wild and
wold, ay, even to the farthest edge or
the earth.
it
Trouble Ahead
He was from yew Haven and aba
from Providence, which is lo tha
State of Rhode Island, and proud, if
it. "Providence is tfrowlrjf," the
bubbled. "They are rUUIpop the
highest building in the State theft
eight stone.''
"Is it possible? But. (gravely) that
U likely to make trouble betweca
rour State and mine."
"I don't sea how."
"Why, all the forenoop, wfcen thi
sun Is shining the shadow of tbe.
building will Ve in Connecticut, and.
our folks will want to tax lt or i
It pay rent" New York Tiea.
make,
flEVENGE OF FATTV
jt Hem Tna Write
Come to Grief.
Had Tcrsea
ere Is a letter from a friend ol
-i in Kansas," said a guest at i
Detroit hotel the other evening-, ai
he held the epistle In bis hand, "and
It relates to a verv serious e'reum
itance. Without the letter hers to
back me up I should not have darod
to toll tho story."
lie was asked to drlvo ahead, sayi
tho Detroit Free Press, and aftei
another glance at the letter he con-
tlued:
"From my earliest recollection
love the patter of raindrops on tbe
roof at night. Many and many a
night I've rubbed snuff In my eyei
that I might keep awake tho longei
to hear the patter.
"Five years agj I built mo a house
In a certain part of Kansas. It cost
me 9600 extra to got things so ar
ranged that I could hear the ra n
drops patter as I lay lu my bed.
"For two weeks before I moved In
It rained every n ght I lived In that
bouse three years, and what do you
iupiose happened, or rather, didn't
happen?"
"It burned down ana there was no
Insurance," answered one of the
crowd.
"o, s!r. It never rained one sin-
lie night In all those three years, un
less 1 happened to be away from
home. If there were showers they'd
pass away before bedtime.
"If 1 happened to be away it would
(our all nlghU I got so mad about
It that I went to bed la the daytime
several times, and I pledge you my
word lt it didn't stop raining before
I got fairly between the sheets:"
"What about the letter?'
"It Is from tho man who bought
my house. Ho bought because he
wanted to bear the raindrops patter,
and he says?. 'What in blazes is the
matter with your old shanty, any
how? It hasn't rained here but one
night since I bought you out, and
then not a blamed drop fell on the
toof of tbs houso :' Isn't it curi
ous?" nave you any theory about it?"
"Well, yes, I have. I think it's
retribution."
"How retribution?"
"Why, I am the author of that old
song entitled 'Raindrops On the
Roof.' Wrote It when 1 was only U
fears of age. I was innocent of any
wrong, but fate "
Then everybody got up in the most
lolcran manner and walked away
ind left him to pursue his downward
path which leads to destruction.
A Two-Head ed Lizard.
Some years ajo Prof. Cope caused
I sensation auiont scientific men bj
announcing tbo discovery of a fossl)
laurlao, tbe brain of which, hi
olalmed. was located In the talL Hit
announced discovery was protty gen
erally discredited. Recently Mr,
Charles . Hlte, taxidermist of the
Peary Relief Expedition, and at pres
ent teacher In objects of natural his
tory at the summer school at Avalon,
New Jersey, was more fortunate than
Prof. Cope, for he was able to exhibit
In this office and other places a
strange lizard, having, besides a per
feet head in the place where lt ought
to be, a rudimentary head, though
perfectly formed outwardly, In tbe
plaee where Its tall ought to be. ll
Is, to all Intents and purposes, a liz
ard with two heads, one at each end
(4 Its body although tho one at th
tall Is usolea for any purpose as fat
as known. It remaining inactive.
The little saurian Is a freak, the sec
ond head not tclng the usual accom
pantmont of lizards of that speples.
Jt was found In some rocks In South
western Kansas bv Mr. Hlte during a
recent lecture in that locality.
Whether or not the rudimentary head
contains a brain can only be deter
mined after Its death, which, from
present Indications, Is In the distant
future, for the little freak is quite as
lively and healthy as lizards of lt3
age usually are. l'hlladolphla
Lcrtier.
Tbe Canadian Exodus.
The exodu9 from Canada to the
United State Increases. Already
there are a million of Canadians on
the south of tbe line. Some village)
In Quebec have lost a gretit part ol
their population. In Ontario almost
all tbe town? and villages are station
ary or going backward. The Ameri
can Consulate lu Toronto has had lit
tle to do during the rat year than
dispatch Immigrants to the United
States. In the city 5,000 houses ara
vacant, and though this is partly due
to overspeculatlon in land and over
building, lt Is also partly due to emi
gration, lt was the President of a
Conservative association who said the
other day that soon "the Americans
would have aii the men, and we should
have all the mud."
Toronto Is the stronghold ot British
sentiment and of the Canadian pro
tectionism which finds fervent love
ot tbe mother country available as a
safeguard against American competi
tion. Englishmen who visit Canada
form their notions of Canadian senti
ment from what they hear at Toronto
or at Ottawa, which, as the official
city, Is, of course, the center of at
tachment to the existing system. If
they went anung tho farmers, es
pecially Id the border counties, they
might form a different estimate.
Coming Language of the Globe.
In 1800 English speaking people
numbered 20,000,000, now they num.
ber 185,000,000, while the Gorman
speaking people havo increased from
80,000,000 to 70,000,00'J, the Russians
about tbe same, and the French from
31,000,000 to 50,000,000. The im
mense preponderance of gain among
tbe English shows that the nse Of the
English as a business language is
growing in popularity over any other.
Globe-Democrat
THAT a WHAT IT WAS FOB.
"My dear little wife I" cried the hor
rified young husband, "You don't mean
to tell me that you wont and spent the
whole of your allowance on that dia
mond ptnl"
"Well, I'm sure, Fred," sobbed the
wife, "when you gave me the purse you
told me there was my pin money."
feutler't Circular. '
Pleasure is narrow; happiness is wide.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
rigmies were
Iceland.
once numerous in
Very full cheeks ind icato great
di
gcstive powers.
Artistic oofiins aro nowadays ma J a
ont of wood pulp.
Many small animals eat their own
weight in food a day.
An iron railway lasts sixteen years;
a steel one lasts forty.
One man put of every four is trou
bled with defective vision.
Guinea pigs allowed to roam freely
in a honse will keep away rats.
Horses are said to be particularly
fond of the skin of the banana.
A barber in Brooklyn, X. Y., gives
a free shine with every shave.
Eloctricltv trave 8 about 90,000
miles a second faster than light.
A Western paper says warm weathoi
accelerates the growth of whiskers.
The totil tonnage launched in Groat
Britain in 1893 was 1,300,142 tons.
Kansas farmers have discovered that
kerosene will kill chinchbiigs al.so tha
corn.
A farmer in Estull. Kv.. owns a
young chicken which has four legs and
live wings.
Tho loiters in tho various alphabets
of the world vary from twelve to 2j-J
in number.
Among the industries of the Uuited
States that of paper making now holds
fifth place.
A Texas man was driven insane by
swallowing a live frog whilo dritikiug
from a spring.
The common frog can chango its
color, to some extent, iu harmony with
its surroundings.
France has more persons over sixty
years of age tban any other country;
Ireland comes next.
By means of the electrical current it
is now poaMblo to produco a higher
temperature than ever before.
it is httited that tho effects of im
prisonment are far sjverer, bodi'y and
iiieiiia y on women than men.
A bit of chewing-gum lodged in tha
throat of a four- year-old girl iu Fargo,
North Dakota, and caused her death.
A thousand millions of the animal -enlne
found iu stagnant water do not
collectively equal tho size of a grain ol
tiiu.l.
Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky, was
discovered in 1809 by a hunter named
liutcbins, w bile in pursuit of a wound
ed bear.
Glass bricks aro on exhibition nt
the World's Fair. They are intruded
lor buildings wherein grout light is
needed.
IuEevere paroxysms of coughing
from whfitever cause, a tablespoonful
of glycerine in hot milk or cream wiii
give speedy relief.
It is estimated, from tho census ol
lS'.'O, that tho lnsoct pests cost the fruit
growers of the United States about 31,
imO.000 a year.
In tho twenty years that have
elapsed since the close of tho Franco
Prussian war Europe has doubled hor
military strength.
More than half of tho marriages iu
Kausas last year were of colored people,
although this race constitutes only ouo
twentieth of the population.
Most of tho buffalo bones are Bhippd
to tho East, whore they are converted
into bone charcoal, which is used for
filtering in the sugar refineries.
A botanist has found by experiment
that there are grown in the country six
teen species of trees which, when thor
oughly soaked, will sink in water.
Although worth $35,000,0;X) at tho
time of his death, Leland Stanford bor
rowed money all his lifo, and said that
he could have profitably used more.
Wool warehouses in Bradford, Edr
land, are being fitted withe eetriccranes
supplied with current from tho city
mains. Hydrau!lc cranes were former
ly used.
A pneumatic bumper, to be used on
trol'ey cars, to knock careless pedestri
nus out of tho way without serious y
hurting them, has been contrived by
Bultiinorean.
A new thing in the surgical wor d ii
a curious brass button recently designed
by a surgeon for the purpose of joiuiu,i
together two ends of an intestine that
has t cen cut.
Telepbonemeter Is tho now instru
ment that registers the time of each
conversation at the telephone from tho
time of ringing up tho exchange to tho
ringing-oil' signal.
Tbo financial crisis in Spain has so-riout-ly
reduced railroad trailic, so thai
nearly all lines are badly crippled, aud
some have been lorccd to oiler new is
sues of bonds on the market.
F. G. Plurnmor, civil engineer,
says that Mount laeonia is fifteen thous
and feet high, junt one hundred aud two
feet higher than Mount Whitney, sup
posed to be tho highest in the United
Stutes.
DuriDg the last Paraguayan wor it
was noticeil that the men who had beei.
without salt for three months, and whe
had been wounded, however slight, died
of their wounds because they would not
heal.
A boy at Rockland, Mo., had been
informed by his mother that a pml
which stood in tho bink contained mi
crobes. A short time afterward the ln-J
was soen fishing iu the pml, presiimubl
for microbes.
It is learned from Loudon tbut se
dan chairs are about to be reintroduced
in England.
Pall Ma!l, tho famous locality in
London, it is said, is bo culled, from the
Tact that in earlier times it was an alley
for tuiittis plttviug, aud took its name
trom tho name by which the mullet wao
known pell ineli or pall mall.
I'elbian Dewsp.ipers are not printed
Irom typo. When the reading matter h
ready it is passed to a scribe, wboumk) '
a clean copy. From this a lienutifuilv
written tine copy is inade by n liaud
tvriting expert, and this is finally exact
ly reproduced by lithography.
Thr world loses nothing when :
bad man dies, no matter how much
money ho was worth.
Ir Is poor policy to hire a man to
watch a bank who believes that steal
ing chickens Is right
The best places In Heaven are for
those who are willing to havo a hard
time on earth for Christ.
The dismal man generally looks m
though he would like to put an iro.i
roof over the sky if he could.
We are washed in the blood of
Christ only when we believe that
avery drop of lt was shed for us.
The world Is full of nicu who in
tend to become benefactors bv and
by. who are very blow about goinj to,
work. --' . -j. -
rr Ader truaaia.