B. F. 8GHWEIER, THE OON8TITDTION-THE UNION AND.' THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Edltr ud Proprietor. VOL. XL VII. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTYl PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OOTOJJEK 4. 1893. NO. 42. 9 l vii lij.-i-t : llf-tn fort-emeu t.' Tt vr "."!, mcwisc our faith." Lulci jvii.. "'- Wo.it .1 pity lie is piinij ther !" sai.J mj Irion I. ii i! "-t ilistiniruisliH 1 ircneriil of the armv. when he was tol.l that '.Ho r '.4.-011 tot ir v 11. t l -i n -r pp-s-nt on a ccletirat'l duv in )r.i. .iilyn iv is that on that day I had siillcl f. rt'i.. II y f.an.i. "Why ,ln"yoii s.iv that '!'' ili'iuir- 1 -one oii.. My military Irieii'l r jlie 1, " h. he will be lmillusiouB,l when lie p.t n:: i-i-t the iuaIor nnl comnionj.inoe svn.i "J Pill, stine. tunl his faitli will e sh'ilc'n in '!iritinnitv. for that is often th rc-ci.t." Tim great .-ni-ral misjj.leil tlie en-". 1 vr-nt ti the Holy I.an 1 for the one pur ppsouf havuiir my faith sfrcnL.theneil.ani that w is tin- n-sult which rame of it. In all car j 'irn.vinu'. in nil our renJiriir. in all our 8.jo.-1:in..nJ. in all our plans. HUirnwntatiou rath'Ttlum the depletion of our faith should te our ohW .ir. It is easy enough to hav- our faith ,1"strrye,l. I c.ui irivo you a recipe for its obliteration. Head intlilol beon:. l..iv lone anil frequent conversations with .-k. j ti.-s. iittenl the Intum of those mmo'instii' M religion. Riv fuil swinrto pjnmo I a l habit, an.l your faith will l.e so m!r.pi"t'ly L-oii" that you will lauc-h at tiie Mnatliat you ever had any. Ify-n want to ruin your faith, you can do ft easily than you can doanythintt elsn. A.t-r .. li. vim; the ihlil.i nil my lifei 1 can sen a;:i u way by wiii-h. in six weeks, I could fC.iif my voice and pen and heart and head b1 entire nature iu the bombardment of the. S.'r.i't"rcs and the church andall I now hold fta.'rM. ThHt it is easy to banish noon and lowriill rp-t fur thn liilile I prove by tn '''at so many have done It. They wrn.it particularly brainy nor had speeia'l fr.pv of xAl. hut they so t horou-iiv aceoin-p;i-.f.ci t;;c overthrow of their faith that they i.avt' 110 Tii'Tc idea tliat the Hit. le is true, or tii.-it 't.r:tfitiity amounts to anythimr. than th-v hav. Its tic truth oftiie Arai.iim Nights' F.i:"r:ii:i"er.'s" or tlie existence of Iou (.i:i T" - '--.iiu puilis.' Tiicy have destroyed their fait!. - th. -roughly that t hoy never will httve a r-curo "f it. F;1v r of religion n"y sweep over .v:i, the ucihUirhoo ! where !:ey will fed nothing but a - ! disu-iist. Tiicre are per-i-c to-lay who 'JO years auo a th. mi l tiicy will never re-.a.-!v and d ." p to:i"d bell ol r t'i"ir head, and I take the it 1 .':!. and 1 srnke it thr-'e :ry Tiiiu'iit. a:id if soim Is. i'ut ii. y w.s.-i. and the wisri i- t ' . ' r r.ty.-r expr.-scd l-y .i' -'K 1 l.nst in tlie words of , i:i Ten-.' our iaith." - d a 'coiiiplishini; this is to it-e!f. 1 do not believe there ..w alive who has rend the tV 'ire. they !Ve iieu! -r o!l- i:. t I,:: ti:!.' the i!- - LV t-cit. "i: Tne ::r-t : tu '.y ti." 1': h mi in-!-!- BiMe through, l'ut as so important a docu ce.it r."" '.- to V r-a i at least twice through b er '.-r ti. it it may bo thoroughly under 5ti l. and r-id m eourse, I now offer 10.1 r-w:irlt" a:iv iiiMd-l w t.o has read the Ilible tr.r .ii-ii twi'" an 1 read it in cours.-. lut 1 '..nr. 1 1 1 v e - : ! 1 a man's own word for it. IcrticT" !- i ' "iii !a:i..!i for integrity ex rej.t tiie i--. an 1 t';e man who rejects the 10 iv caa I accept his t rut h- ar.otiier witness in theens) reward. I must have t!in ' ii" who has swen hilt) 11 twice. Infidels fish iiJ fV) 1 beVT1 I u iifr. r.y Ml it nil this lii'.U' .' l-.r 1:1. inereneii'8 and contradict i a: 'surdities, and if you ilud their BlMi-y.iil Wii of Jonah nti 1 aafvTfii.'. it.- ; a?. an is, ,' .. f'.'tt 1 pfl.'-is Wlii-M rr.erits. ar. i : rr.en. l Eviir..-:.-?. -.i si"i" ;i. iL'.r.r.j :r- ; T:i- f-th-r Catp-I : it ill.'T it IV!.. ;. jsntati 'ii t ..... i!jtrlin-ations in the book. :n of the chapters of that e.'c-t ii-'ariy worn out by much trts of II i.imuel or I Kinsi) :: witfi f'n'er marks, but tret le.'.aiii the. Ten (."ommand-; l'-aiM.s ,f Havi i. audtheser 1:.:. aad trie i.ook of Joh.n the : t have a simiie: lead pencil .ir.'iii. n.r any linger marks 1.: ; T-.i-1!. 0: the Presidents of the v l- a pr. uc-uneed infidel. I ..any years airo I aci'eptad his a 1 till id-ht in his home. hit r.. i&f W I V. io r-a i ti. t-re U :i v L theC to. 1 Uvc r a p-rti. as ,:u nc.tt. Yv kr...x tiit.'. I si: teryoi;r ; iti S-j21etiilL- i or the tr WalfLto Li enie.a.'e of i mlhtv that :- ol "the w. vi-ter triiii ti: 1 in v. f-t.nn at ui -ht he said in a I - i;o..'S" you are accustomed i ei-ire troiut; to bed. an i i- ie fr.ifii which to read." 11 -j v: at p-.r-ti.-iis he would like to !. oi. i he ouiy asked for thot-ij v;.i":t he could easily be (ace- y 0 .-an make fun about nny ; -e y.jii eouldtakethe last let - r r aii.ther ever wrote and find o f:.-- ra.'u.'nar or the spellinir .-r of tic penmanship afout i-r.-ively .Titic.il. The internal ie tr iThfuiness ot the MMe is sc n man out of the l.tiOO.000. r. i's j r-sei.t population or the ',- .. tiic pa.t ever r'ad the . and r- a-i it praycriully and '"!li..v. IV-.- l.-d t'J I'-lleVO It. Of1:" fa n ins book piildishcr . aii 1 tic intimate int-ud o'i '1 i ". Wa ter Sei'tt, Canninl Irvim.-. I.oir-'ht of Moor..! '.!.:;, o r- of I...r-1 Ityroii." an- lu'-h-li.'-l iiitei IIrou' . V..T" not fit to be pu'c ."1 Murray I1.1 1 paid for tiie.u vo- a s )ieo:n con. 'lave when r 01. merit ht'Tary people of ... d in Albemarle street i' .iru t ib-'ide what should! M-ti.oirs." which were - or l..-ir'.'. with defamation -. l i:e " demoirs" wererea I 10 i to- -leeision iM'iie that r-i" 1. an 1 not until the Inst " '.i -.o.. ors" went t- ashes did '- 1 ioy .'pirate. -. r. o.v. a.l tite be-t spirits of 1- 01. ; 1 to decide tiic late i,: 1 1.- tiie host will ami tcsta-!l-a'.enly 1 atlu-r. an 1 tin si . - l.-.rl wn.it Would lie -a.i tii"V burn, or siiali th"V .:;:.. .- v.T le t ..; all is, "Let io1 a.l el-.- loiru.'1 Til' n put . to - r oalid al: t rte de! -a.iences - 0:. 1 r.--a-siTis of the aire-. is v. r li- t coii "Tuiu tlie -l.'-t it Mini." : . 1. . say tn at all infidels nro' i ! say that ail the s-Tlipe-Ir") ; of t lie universe c"r"H .! t'" iili.ie. I.et Ilie vote with 1.1 tii" Holy Scripture. .Men 'ii'o.r- witi half tile evidence ! ! '..,. the JiiMo. 1'llU -dis. ' i.- r Kne.-i;, M rejijcted the to-01 put all his rr:oney into an I'!.- r-"'. c.-ery of tri.tt hocus 0 - t.-.-o-ures," Kin'elan l's ' - . ' - in .'. .-,;u l--d on a man's t !o' .-. ,11 1 1 tell W.'1'TO thoso ' I irie I Ir cu the lo l:s 01 a Mam Of E l.u! urj ScuP:-y. I'.... Si W"iL::!Uv" the j..t, to-ih.-v were to i-n':h. 1: ;t U5!i-!. alf 1"1.')H). ih fik'llt Of to-the,..-,:.... : !f-r Ilyro:. - tlolie w.til ehar 1 an i ii lli i-il M an it ..,nl. ro. h.-y ::.-; , .. worl of t-l:t'Tirv L-.it . ii Were the 111 t le. wo aient .f ttn'.oir . '. . the T-r il -liv-.' In- .: th-J, jr.., ; tO.-tfier ; inlpr..:., Hhith-.: fcu l- ; ; M :. ! ;.. aaort;,:. i ;, tfra.es :iL 1 , oh tl-.-rr. ttos-Trant.,.: beuvH other rquire.i tlJ hn-ii,he,l S-inptur- a:i at-rpri-e f. !""(.Vt:: ii:th !,,r l.o: p.-TlI,t t.0 Klass fciver 01 wat- r ii; 1 from U: Jin lson t: of tho authtiti 'ity - ; o tv:t -t an.! f. vi vil thiit :vil 1 -;i!i'f rrm llior.j'.lllty a:i-l pr iy.Tiii!ly r'i 1 lli;m tti.-ir .iis.;i(,fslii. So 1 v: !mi ! i.:ir;iTti'Hiiit. Il-w "ii- ". in a li tter yu re t ' r wif" r or v thj ha.'i tuTitiirj'. Vmu i u V'--'jni.". xha S'uti-ii-ttt-r 'Miiir-s, yuu io not !uis; -r who r-t.unpti.l it, au l r it, an i thn i -t- ' i-r:it it to ymr i!oor to :.,1L,,,. j.-tt.-r." l ho intern il . an ! l.y th ri j-ro.-i ;";i -t tii.-tt trp . - ;u: i :,utii:;it Uta ot Th ii.t. roai Ithe S.Ti;,tar. "o man. Lot,.-ali-'outii.a. o uhout .1.-.-, ttiat Int..-, v.,u 1-j t "Hv-l ,,..,, 1 Ifien lr v : : mnt. w;.,..;. . tlln. th- 1 Poitma-f..; yirrl-f ! "Jin f..P'-'..r . ha;,..,., ttAi:l!llte Ii . 1 fnhera., r.. tr.av in-r.-a'-''other, p,.r,, iuto au as I already intimate I, or faith by tie' U-stimoiiJ s We of 1,-sS.T Ifr.iijt IWI.V o'.. by sup-'Xntition or 1 ; iuce of a hollow prj- i"iaL .'. . ' I wiil t'.is rr.orninT turn tlifi ."Uses and summon wit the iurv. and T now III pi and v .n .o.-n i "fin th - purpose, and 1 will put orlH .' wl,,o -- stand men whom all the who -"'"' "' stn,n: intellectu-iliy ''iHi'""iet'''""''" any other courtroom to th-'it ""'r"v 'rtlt'1"- 1 "'" uot 6ow . , s'aii'l any minister of the Tt,rL 'r ''" m'-ht be prejudice,!, 'irtrool 7 W lva r,f taking an oath in a .,, n" is uy noting the lips to the REV, PH. TALMABR The Ir;cklyn Divine's Sunday Sermon. C.'ISe it is the Kihle thnt i An tflnl .pill not ask the witness to put the hook to his lips, for that would Imply that the sanctity ami divinity of the book is settled, and that would be tiev'sini; thequestlon. So I shall ask each witness to lift his hand toward heaven in affirmation. Salmon P. Chast. chief justice of the su prerie court of the United States appointed by President Lincoln, will take the witness ftamt Chief Justice Chase, upon your oath, please state what you have to say atmit the book commonlv called the Hihle." The witness replies "There came a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scrip tures, and I resolved, as a lawver and judue. I would try the, book as I would trruuvthinir in the courtroom, takinir evidence for an 1 E.irainst. It was a lonir and serious an ! pro ound study, and nsinsr the same principles d evidence in this reliirious matter as I al ways do in secular matters I have come to the decision that the Bible is a supernatural look, that It has come from Ood. and that the only safety for the human race is to fol low its teaching." "Jadire, that will do. Go buck airain to your pillow of dust on the bnnks of the Ohio." i . JC-xt I put noon the witness st.in I a Tr-si-ilnnt of the United States John (juineev Adams. President Adams, what have you to K iy about the Bible and Christianity?" The President replies have for many years made It a prai-tioe to read through the Bible once a year. My custom Is to read four or five chanters every morulnsr Immediately utter arisinir from my bed. It employs about an hour of my time and seems to me the most suitable manner of bev;inninir the day. In what liirht soever we rcirard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to his tory or to morality, it Is an invaluable and iuejchnustlble mine of knowledge and virtue." Next I put upon the witness stand Sir Isaac Newton, the author of the Principia" and tiw iwee.inet ntiturii philosopher the world has ever seen. "Sir Isaac, what have you to say concerning the Bible?" The philosopher's reply is. We account tJie Scriptures of Ood to be the most sublime philosophy." Next I put upon the witness stand the en chantment of letters. Sir Walter Scott, and when I ask him what he thinks of the place that our iriv.it book oirjht to take anions other books ho replies. There is but one Look, and that is the BiMe." Next I put upon the stan 1 the most famous reoloKist of all time. l!u.rh .Miller, an elder of lr. Guthrie's Presbyterian church in K l in urith, and Faraday and Kepler, and they all testify o the same thin-;. Thev all sav the Bible, is from God. and that the'mlirhtiest influence for pood that ever touched out world is Christianity "Chancellor Kent, what do you think ol the Bible?" Answer: "No other book ever addressed itself so authoritatively and so pathetically to the judgment and moral sensf of mankind." "Edmund Burke, what do vou think ofth Bible!" Answer- "I have read the Bible U'.ornintr, noon and niirht, and have over s;nce le?en the haopior and the better man lor such reidiiii;." Next I put upon the stand William E. Glad stone, the head of the Kir-osri e;,v,.ru,lu.n(t and I hear him saytuj; w:!;it he said to me in January of ls, wiieu in reply to his tel trram. "Pray come to ilaw.ir ien to-morrow." 1 visited hi.Tu Then an 1 there I asked him ss to whether in the passa-.-e of years his faith in the Holy Scriptures an I Chrlsti. n'ly was n the increase or de to.ls .. an 1 he turned upon me with an emphasis an 1 enthusiasm suo'has no one wiio has not conversed with him can fully appreciate an 1 expr-'sse t ly voice and r.-sui:-e and illuini:i"d eoiinten-n.-o los ever increas n j la tfi iu Go 1 an I tiic Bi de Mid Christianity as the only hope of our ruined world. "That is ail. Mr. Gladstone, we will take of your ti.ne novv. for. from the reports of what is iroin r on iu England just now. I think you are very busy." The sulphurous craves of Sodom an 1 Comorrah have been idcntiieiL The re mains of the tower of Battel have been found. Assyrian do-nment lifted from the sand and Behismn inscription hundreds of feet hiirh up on the rock ee'uo and re-echo the truth of Bi'de history. The siirns of the time indicate that almost every fact of the Bible from lid to II 1 will 11 n i Ks corrobora tion in ancient city'disentombcd, or an dent wall cleared from the dust of aires, oraucient document unrolled oy archaolo-.fist. Before the world ro'ls oa as Jar ino the twentieth century as ir has air a ly roiled into the nineteenth an in'idel will Ini a man who do: not believe nis own s"iises. and the volumes now critical and denunciatory of tue Bible, if not entirely devastated l.y the boo v-W.-Tins. Will be ta'eil do -VU fro n til" slieif ii eur.ostties o: i,'aor m ' or idhvy. All s'lecess to the pi"k axs an i .tow -ars an 1 p jvV l"-r blasrin o- those apostles (f archa loi,-i.'.il exrdor.it on. I like the rinin? d--tlan 'e of the old iluu -nots to the a-saiiants of Christianity : "l'oun 1 away, you rdicls 1 Your hammers break, but tlie anvil of God's word stands." How wonderful the old book hnnirs to gether. It is a library made up of C6 hooks and written by at least 3'J authors. It is a supernatural thinii that they have stuck to gether. Take the writings of any other 39 authors, or any 10 authors, or any 5 authors, and put them together, and how lonir would they stay together? Books of "elegant ex tracts" compiled from many authors aro proverbially short lived. I never knew one such book which, to use the publisher s pnr ise, '"had life in it" for Ave years. Why is it that the Bible, made up of the writings of at least 3'J authors, has kept to gether for a lonir line of centuries when the natural tendency would have Immmi to tly apart like loose sheets oi paper when a (just n; wind blows upon them? It is because (rod -tu"k them together and keeps them to il' ther. But for that Joshua would have w in lered off In one direction, an 1 Paul into i i.other, and Ezekiel into another, nnd H.i i akkuk into another, and the 3'J authors in to 3'J directions. Put the writings or Shakespeare nnd Ten nvson and f.ouirfellow. or any part of them, to.-ether. How Ion.' would tney stay to gether? No look bindery could keep them together. But the cannon of the S Tipture is loaded now with the same ammunition .v th which prophet and apostle loade 1 it. iiriuif me all the Bibles of the earth into .me pile, and blindfold me so that I can not tell the difference between day and niht. and put into mv hand any ouo of all that Alpine , .loiintain of sacred books, and put mylluirer on the last pnuo of Genesis and let me know .t and I enn tell vou what is on the next pane -namely, the first chapter of Exodus ; or -vhilo thus blindfolded put my linger on the 't-t chapter of Matthew and let me know it, in 1 I will tell you what is on the next paire namely, the ,'lrst ch ipl-r of Mark. In the r ile of 5K),0o(I.U00 Bil.cis there will be no exception. In other words, the book Kivos , confidence by its supernatural n dhesioa of writimr to writing Even the stoutest ship sometimes shifts its . ariro. and that is what' made our peril the 'reater in the ship Groece, of the Nation ' me when the cyclone struck us off the coast j.f Neiv.oundlnnd, and the e,ir,-o of iron ha.. I li ted as the ship swunr from larboard tc -ar.uoaril. and from starboard to larboard, but thanks lie to God, this old Bible ship, It'ioi'i 'h it has been in thousands of years ol tomp-st. has kept its car-o of Kold and pre 'cous stones compact and sure, and in all the enturies nothing about it has shifted. There ii. v stand, shoulder to shoulder. David an I Solomon and Isaiah and Jeremiah and E.e del aul imniel and Hosea and Joel an i Vn.os and Oba liah au l Jonah and Mici.h u Vahiim and HabbakkuU and Zephauiah and II a--ai and Zeohariah and Malachl nud:M..t rhewand Murka' ' ' " o i John an I 1 1 retcr, all there, an A with a certainty o! bem" there until the heavens and he . reatiou of which is described the first book of the Bible, shall have the while horse of the conqueror J"8"1' the last took of the Bible, shall paw th. In-tin universal demolition By that tr m. n lous fa.t n.y faith is wrof, j: ....... i ..hro.a.l ns to who wrot fhose ooks of the Bible called the P-nt. u ... whether Moses or ll.lkiah. or Ezra or Bins:,!, or Jeremiah, or another froH iL x- ..f them wrote it. lo l rnciems. .vm- ."''" .,-, ,Udavof ,-rnl.i the I'elitateucn. niio ;r tenographv and typewritiug that ought not ..n.lerstnnd. 7 he Io be a dinicuit inui: to be a dltllcuit inui-, ... u, . - i i,.rveifi- an 1 editors 'fL "r"i"""" f our towns and cities 5 irrHv" l their letters: they o. thorn 4" i ....rt.ati wrti nftor IWV ! " '"' " prophet "..ewriV. Jehovah s steuo-i..(, " --- h ,'hey put down only what Go J d,; . h. ,,gnd it r'?"rt7. vieissitudeii ol aame upon it an iurouS,i wuturics . . . . . ...,i.;...e But I come to the hoigni when I say the way to r-enforoe our faith is ' 'n nrip fftf ft KA .1 ; 1 . i . . " ' '"' "o II.3..IIIII- iu my icxt ot th 'ir a'Kmn.lini faith. "Lord, increase ir faith. " Some one suwsts, "Do you 'illy th'n'c that prayer amounts to any ' i ii.-?' 1 misht as w -II asi you. is th-ni a ie o' t 'l -'r i lie p ili s fro n New York to V ish'ii -oa, is th to a line of teleirraphio .vires iri ii M inchesfer to Lon Ion. from 'olo.-ne to 11 Tlin? Ail the people who have nf a;i 1 rveivvl miasti); -s on thos.i lin"S .iimr of tljoir ex sten-e. s there nr. mill orisof so. ils who hav b- n in constant com imnication with t'l -apit tl of the universe, .viththe thron o the Almiirhty, with the rrcat God Hnm .'i.', Tor years an I years and fears. Thcr has not br"n a day when suppliei ioiis did not flash up ami blessings lid not flash down. Will some ii;uo--ii iius. who has never rc -eive l a telegram or i tit one, coine and tell us that there is no m 'h thine; as t.'iei;r iphic co-nrnunieation? iVill some one who lias uoverolTereil apniyer ihat was heard an 1 ansivere 1 come and tell xs that tii t is liothiiiir in prayer? It may lot com- as we expect if, but as sure as an niii-'st prayer oes upa merciful answerwill ovie down. During the blimard of four or five years iito, you know that many of the telegraph 'ires were prostrated, and I t ileo;raplied to hiea jo by way of l.iverpool. and the answer Cter awhile came round by another wide ircuit, nn-1 so the prayer weofb r may come jack in a way we never imairined, and if we isk to have our faith increase 1, althouirh it ji ay come by a widely different process than hat which wo expected, our couildenco will lurely be augmented. Oh, put it in every prayer you ever maka actwecn your next tTcathand your last irasji, Lord, increase our faith" faita iu Christ is our personal ransom from present unilt nd eternal catastrophe; faith iu tlieo nii:p -:ent iloiy Ghost , laithin the liibie. tli"tr i-st volume ever dictated or written or prinbd Dr rea l : faith In adverse provi.lt u -es, har monized for our bdt weliare; faith in a judgment day that will set all tluuirs ri-ht which have for a"fes tieen wroiiir. Increase our fadh. not by a fragile a 1 litiou, but by an intluitu le of re up .ratioii. I.et us do us we saw it done in the country while wo were yet in our teens, at the old fariuhouso after a Ion drought, and tiie well had been dried, an 1 the cattle moaned with thirst at the bars, and the meadow tirook had cease 1 to run. and the i;r,iss withered, and the corn was shrive!,. I up, sud one day there was a jrrowi of tfiun-ler, jnd then a congregation ot clouds on the iky. and then a starthm; fl ish. and then a lrcnehinir rain, an t father an I mother put narrels under every spout at the corners of file house an.l set pails and tm fkets an 1 iubs and pans an I pitchers to cat-'h as much as they could of the shower. For in many of our souls trc-re. has he.m a Ion--? irouirht of con ldenee and iu many no faitu u all. Let us set out all our affections, all Diir hopes, all our contemplations, nil our prayers, to catch n mighty shower. "Lord, increas,. our faith."' I like the way that the minister's widow ii l in Elisha's time, w.ien. a.t T the ta inly oein very unrortiinate. h.r two s-eis w -re ibout to te sol i for d"ot, an 1 she had noth m In the hotis; l,ut a pot of oil. and at Eiisha's direction she borrow..! trom her aciniMjrs all the veseis sue could borrow, in 1 then tuviift to pour out the oil into those vessels an 1 Kept on pouring uutil tli.-y w.-m ill full, and she tieca 'ie :m oil riierchaiit wdli more assets than liabilities, and when s'le rrnni, 'lirino; me yet a vess-'l." the answer Mine, "There Is not a visset mor ." So let 33 take wiiat oil of faitit w have an 1 use it jntil the supply shall be miraculously multi plie.L Brine; on your empty vesseis, an 1 by file power of the Lord Go t of Llisaa they .hall be lilled uutil tiicy can hold no more of jubilant, nil ins:irin and triumphant faith. tVMit a frightful time we had a .few days Sijo down on the coast of Lorn: Island, wriere 1 have been stoppinir. That nrchauircl of :ompest which, with its awlul win-s, swept the Atlantic coast from Florida to Newfound land did not spare our region. A few miles away, at Southampton, I saw the bodies of four men whom the storm had slain and the ea had cast np, As 1 stood there amonir the dead bodies I said to myself, and I said aloud :" "These men represent homes. What will mother and father and wife and ehililren say when they know this?" Some of the victims were xinknown. Onlv the tlrst name of two of them was found ort Charleyaud William. I wou -Wed then nc i I wonder now if they will remain unknown mid if some kindred far away may be waiting for their coming and never hoar of the rough way of their tfoing. I saw also one of the three who had come in alive, but more dead than alive. The ship had become helpless six miles out, and as one wave swept tiie deck and went down on the furnaces tid they his-.e i an 1 went out i he cry was. "On, my God, w are lost!' I In n the cr-'W pu; on life pr.'-erv'ors. one of the sailors sayini to the oticr. "We will meet again ou the shore, and, if not, well, w J must all go some time." Of the twenty-three men who put on thn life preservers, only three lived to reach the beach. But what a S'?ene it was as the good and kind pi-ople ot Southampton, led on l y I r. Thomas, the great and good sur.-eori of New York, stood watching tiie sailors i trj ---irling iu th f breakers. " Are you stiil alive?" shouted Dr. Thomas to one ol them out in the breakers, and he signaled yis and then went into unconsciousness. Wno should do the most for the poor follows and how to resuscitate them were the questions that rau up and down the bench at Southampton. How the men and women ou the si orestoo I wringing their band?, .impatiently waitinT for the sufferers to come within r-'acl:, and then they were lifted up and carr:" l lu ioors and waited on with as inueii kindness and wrapped as warmly as though they hn t been tiie princs of the earth. "Are they nlive?" "Are they breathing?'' "Do you think they will live''' "What can we do for them?" were the rapid and lnt"n-e questions :is';e 1, and so much money w is S"ut fir the cloth ing and equipment oi the unfortunates tii.it Dr. Thomas had to makea proclamation that no more money was nee led. In other wouls, ull that day it "was resuscitation. Ami this is the appropriate w r l for us this morning as w stand and loo'c off upon this awlul sea of douM and uu'wli-roii wht-li hundreds aro this moment being wrecked. Some of them were launched by Christian parentage on smooth seas and w.th promise for prosperous voyage, but a Voltairecyolone struck thetn on ou'e sid", and a To n i'.iine cvclone struck them on the other side, an 1 a bad habit cyclone struck them on uil sides, and they have foun lered faraway froms'iore, far away from God. and they have gone down or are washed ashore -:th iio spiiitual life left in them. But, thank God, there are many hero to day with enough fail h left to encourage us in the effort at their resuscitation. All hands to the beach ! With a coufld-noc iu Go 1 rfiat takes no denial, let us lay hold o. tnen! Ir'etel.1 them out of the breakers '. Bring goj pcl warmth and gospel stimulus onl go-pet life to their freezing souls! U 'M'.-eut itiou I Kesus citation ! X LAVS IN BKILT. American buy is wanted iu Europe. Boston "consumes" l.OOOgnllons of ice cream daily. An English physician successfully treats iusoiun'a with electricity. A Boston housewife "tilizcl bail- stones to freeze four cjuikrm oi ice cream. -In 1730 whole, provinces of l liina. were given tip to the cultivation of the , poppy A petrified whale hns been found in An. erica 3 ')0 feC-t BDOVU the! Vflil ' level of the sea. At Northampton, Muss , there is a w ell ".TOO feet deep, that Ls perfi ctly dry ut tbe bottom. 1 Pantaloons were orinim'Uy 1DK ttockitiR3 worn in Italy us a sort oi religions habit of the devotees of ht. Puutuleone. A "gatored mule," as they say m 1'Jorida, ia a ninlo driven insane from loking down an nlligator's throat. An impecumons debtor in Mecklen burg, X. C. mortgaged himself to the man he owed, and, as be was a mar ried man, his wife joined in signing tbe document. The first balloon ascension in tbe United States was made by Messrs. Kittenhouse an.l Hopkins of I hiladel phia some time in the year 183, abont 110 years ago. THE MODEL HUSBAND, Unit wives will nd tbeir story with; "Ah woU. men ars but human. I lon to toll th aacret of A truly happy woman. Through all ths unshlnedlghted years, UtoJ now iu ret rospect ten. Ut huaband'a word brought uovcr loJ.s Mor uuuoou a sud renecliun. Whats'or the burdom of th day, TJnttiuebing. calm, and ateaxlr. To heur bia piirt th larifor bait I alwaya flud hi ill ro&dy. Jlonsoleanlug season briapa no frown In'o aarcaam, KjIntd keenlv ; tlirouKh Garrta up. and tar.ka bead dowit 11a tuakea bia way aereueiy. Our evenings pian Iu convcrae swtiot. Or quiet coolauiplation. We never diaaf re encept lo "keep up conversation. And dewy worn of radiant June, Fnir ni KHtllght of titember. Aj-rll with bird and brook atuue, btern, piulutfa Dccembor Kacbaecnia to my adodna; eyea Some new urnt e to discover, t or be tiuchauc.tiig through tbe years, la atUl luy tender lover. ho lire m Khadowa hold, tboncb we Have reached tlie Bide tln.t's nhady; My iitl-batidV (hit a dreulu is bo. And 1 la a umMen ludy. -Ladita' lluuie Journal. LOUD ANGUS. The dog show had Dcen a ureal fuocess. Everybfidy who came Into tiie great hall saio. so, and the Presi dent of the American Kennel Asso ciation watched the great crowd of I the last day with tired satisfaction, All around the hall were ran fed ti.e regulation bcuches divided into c m- pretty soon. He's a kind of generous partiuents, and in these compart- j.vounK man," he continued reaiinis uients, resting upon fresh straw, were .cently, "and lie's alius done more bv dogs and dogs. They all looked so me than he's said he would. He's clean and healthy and happy that the that reckless though. I been told spectators could hardly keeD from there ain't nothing he won't do if he patting each onc. Hut the most attention was given to a doen or so great rough-coated Bernards who lay on their straw with well-bred indifference and scarcely uoticed the admiration they aroused. The largest crowd of ad mirers were gathered around a com partment which was marked with a large square board at the back, Ch. Lord Angus A. IL C. S. It., HTl.i. Oa one corner of the board was tacked ft narrow blue ribbon. In tins compartment Itself w as seated a great, dignified St. Bernard, wh j.se eyes sometimes wandered over the group of spectators, but for the uiout part Uxed themselves on the figure of a small boy-wno sat beside him on the straw, his legs dangling over the bench and one band resting on the dog's broad back. Tiie buy stared at the by-standers with complete self-p-issession. He was a dirty poorly clothed little boy, but he seemed to have the Utmost regard of all his surroundings, except the dog. The latter seemed restless, and every now and then tugged a little at his chain; but at a word from the boy he would stop, turn his head quickly and cover the boy's face with bis caresses. The latter did not obr jeet to the unusually - unwelcome moisture. "I know, Lord Angus," said the b iy finally, "it's more' n time now to take our exorcise. Probably retcr may bo com in' now, though. An' when ye see Peter now, Lord Angus, ye. don't want to jerk at vour chain the way ye did yesterday morning. 'Cause then Peter'll say to me, 'No, my boy, yuu ain't big enough to lead Lord Angus this morning. He'll get tiwav from you.' Then we can't go O'it ti veth r. D'ye sec?" , Lord Angus at this evidently (ap preciated better the value of self-control, for when Peter came at last 'in bis shirt sleeves, be was "gentle as any vui!g lamb. An' I guess voai could give hint his walk, Johnny." Yes sir," saiil Johnny, and added with nattering deference, "Jos' the same as yon told me yesterday, sir?" Peter nodded his head and the dog and the boy started olT, Lord Angus wagging his handsome tail with sup pressed i in pat ie nee. Johnny bad a leading chain, butfof that matter lie and Lord Angus shared in the directing of their walk; when Lord Angus wished to gratify his curiosity about any dog or. thing he would give a picmonitory tug at his chain and then go, and Johnny never hind'-red Pirn except involun tarily when he found himself almost off bis feet, trailing behind, for he never lctiyo the chain. But for these mishaps Lord Angus always apolo gized as soon as he found what had happened through his ill-judged haste, and for some t i me he would be very considerate. Vhen Johnny on his part, wished lo go somewhere in par ticular, l e would put his arm round Lord Angus's white neck and turn him. It was tint such a pleasing walk as usual for Johnny that afternoon. Peter had told him that Lord Angus's owner was coming out that afternoon nnd be didn't know just what would become of Lord Angus. At any rate Johnny thought, be wouldn't see Lord Angus any mora And though he w.isjustas eateful as ever of Lord Atigus's wishes, the latter shared his il 'p;-, ssion. After the half-hour's exercise was over, however, Johnny bad overcome his melancholy and the two returned to Lord Angus's place iu good spirits. There was the usual crowd about Lord Angus's compartment, and Johnny pushed scornfully through. Lord Angus Jumped quietly into his place, and Johnny snapped a heavy chaiu at his collar. Then the boy sat down beside him in the straw, once more dangled bissmall legs and stared quietly one or two of the weaker, minded spectators out of countenanca But the thought would come, what was to become of Lord Angus when lis owner came, lie wished the star ing people would leave Lord Angus uLiil him aione. Lilt here one of them, a woman, took the opportunity of asking the very little boy a seemingly harmless juestiou. The little boy looked tip at her flercely. "Is Lord Angus a pure blooded St. Bernard " he asked with. withering reiteration. "Is he? A-ah! jo you think they'd have given tho first prize here to any kiser? Na-a. Do you see them perfect markings?" he added, kicking the bench with his heels and awing the abashed woman, with one oul-lrelched arm and rigid, dirty forelinger. Fine markings, all pure white, on his forehead Os' lift up your heal, Lord Angus,) and a white collar round bis neck, and oa tll3 breast and on cyery ono of his feet and here on the end of his tail. Then all th(? rest of him Is oraipc. Them'9 signs of hJs bicedin', and the Aape of his head and the hanrjin of bis cars, and he weighs morc'n twtv fifty. ay, J'etr," he called, sharply, "this here lady wants to Lnow is Lord Angus pure blooded:" " But the woman had Kono. f "Say, Peter," naJd the boy defor intially, when there was a cessation in the crowd of spectators as the clos Inu hour drew near, "who is it owns Lord Angus? llo must be mighty rich and likes dugs." ' Peter looked doubtfully at the boy for a moment; but the man was naturally very talkative. "Well," be said, "I gu?s he's gut plenty of money that was left to liim, and then aain 1 guess he won't h.ivtj much ?oon. They tell that he's spent innre'n half his money since he left cnlictre a couple of years aro. Hut wir.it I say is that he ain't jest a lit. owner fer Lord Annus here. Why he never came out to the Kennels when Lord Angus was sick, from the ttnderkeep. MS letting him cat tv i !o.cu raw '(SSi by mistake. .Sent a veterinary. Naw, he ain't no owner for a dog I1V0 Lord Angus." The boy listened eagerly. "I don't suppose he'd miss Lord Ajigus much if he was dead, or gone, ye know':"' Naw, indeed," answered Peler.un- l - 'ispectingiy, 1 don't reckon he'd H - are t lat He d ought to be comln' wants to. He don't cars for himself or anybody then. Well, well, here I been talkin' too much already. I got to get ready the rest of them dogs and send 'em to the depot, now the show's over. I guess I better leave Lord Angus till the last." As soon as Peter had wa'ked to the other side of the hall the boy slipped to the floor and looked quickly around. All was iiow in contusion. Keepers were hurrying here and there; with their charges, the small dogs were ; being boxed and the larger ones were being led to the car stations by tw s and threes. The barking of the dogs. eager to get away from the hall, lb led the air. No one had time to pay any attention to the small boy and great dog. And Lord Atmuswas standing up motionless, watching tlie face of (the bt;y. "Oh, Lord Angus.'' said Johnny all at once, "I jest can't let ye go away. I don't care about nothin' else but I can't let von go." lie buried his face in the soft hair of the dog's neck, while Lord Angus gently wagged his tail. In a moment Johnny raised his head. "Lord Agnus," he said, earu e,s'tly, -'would ye be wiilin' to come and live with me? I can work sellin' tapers again and 1 can easy buy all te.'vant. . Say, Lord Agnus, will ye do that?" lie paused a moment- The dog raised bis head and licked away the tears that were in the boy's eyes; then tugged at his chain. In a moment two llgures were st"a' ing softly through the haf-Iiglited hall toward the side ent'ance. At the same time a young man, whose name w-is the same as that engraved on the silver plate of Lord Angus' collar, entered with another man at this door. In the dusky light the face of Lord Angus's owner ap peared young, even lioyish; but when he passed with his companion under an electric light further on, there could be seen upon his countenance the lines which sometimes come with reckless self-indulgence. Yet there was a dcllaut look iu bis eyes which showed, one might say, self dissatisfaction, and likewise, peril ips, obstinacy. They were wandering, restless C3'cs just now. "Here, boy, what are you doing with the tlog?" be called, sharply. He had seen a great St. Bernard witii a boy beside it whose head just came up over the dog's back. The boy shrunk back and the hair on the great dog's neck began to rise. "Come, I didn't mean to frighten you, youngster," said the young man. less sharply, "hut what dog is this? Easy, old fellow, I only want to look at your collar. Humph it's my own dog. This is Lord Angus. Johnson. Now may I ask, my young thief, what you were going to do with my dog?" The hoy quickly turned and called shrilly, "Come, Lord" when he felt a hand on bis shoulder and one round his neck. It was Peter, with his red face glowing with indignation. "Well, now, my boy. perhaps you'll answer my question," continued his interrogator mercilessly. "The young scoundrel, sii! I only saw him when the show commenced, and " "That's plenty from you, Peter, interposed the owner. "I want the boy to answer my question." "Lcggo my throat thore, will ye? Leggo, I say," said the young captive fiercely. "There lucky fer you ye did," he said, for at a sign from his master Peter had released him and stood one side, holding Lord Angus by the cellar. "Well," said the boy, with an attempt at indilTerencc, "ye wanted to know what I was doin' with Lord Angus, ye did? Well, i jes guess I was tryin' to steal biru. D'ye see?" "Impudent little rascal," replied Johnson. 'Sandy little cuss, though," re plied the owner in a law tone. "Now, boy," be continued severely, "what is your name and occupation?" His eyes and face showed someamuse ment and he 'seemed quite interested. Johnson lookj'd disgusted. "Johnny Simons. I sell newspa pers. " "Why did you try to steal the dog?" "Cause I liitcihitn and Lord Angus likes ma" "And do you suppose he likes you better than anyone else, youngster?'.' "Well, I gues" said Johnny, some pride showfng itself ia his tones. He'd do anything well, jes' sec Peter thera (Come, X.ord Angus, come, come on." Poor Peter held fast to the collar until there was a sudden grpwl and a row of white teeth flashed before his eyes. Then he let go and Lord Angus walked with unabated dignity over to Johnny's side. "So-o," said -. tho ' owner looking fjuietly at Johany's red face and ; -rig n l eyes as be sLood still altci piving Lord Angus's shoulders a little it.. "The dog secnH fonder ot th; f, iy than ever dog or human was foad of tm-," he s aid. half aloud. "Johnny Simons, " he said suddenly, turning to the boy, and apparently f. irgettingth.it there was any one e! o to hear them, "shojld you say that any one, a person, Johnny, not a dog, coukl ever have become truly fond of me, like Lord Angus is of you?" The owner smiled a litlle after lie spoke, but the interest faded from his face in a moment, and he seemed to Johnny to become very sad indeed. "All fer nothin'. Look at them close:" thought Johnny, somewhat contemptuous!-. "I dun mi," be said finally, after looking at the young man's face with some Interest. "Say, what are ye goin' to do with Lord Angus and m -? Ye know ye can't put me in jail. I'm too young." Tiie owner laughed shortly. He took out a pocket-book and wrote o'i a small slip of paper. This he gave, to the dog. "There, boy, goon no with vour bog; enjoy him until you get tired or ho displeases you. then throw him over, sell him anyway, go oil now, I'm tired of talking." Johnny clutched the piece of paper and would have gone, but the man who had come with the owner. stoppeJ him. "Good heavens, man," he was say ing, "you can't mean to give this dog that I was to buy to this raga 1111111111?" The young owner bad a tired look on his pale, boyish face as be replied, with coolness and decision, however: "I'm sorry, Johnson, but the dog be longs to the b y now. Iion'tlook nma.cd. It's rather interesting to let the boy keep his dog. And I find il hard sometimes to ti:id something interesting. Cood-by, Johnny." "Sav, sir, don't you want your dog collar?" crici Johnny, eagerly. Tlie owner turned back. "I think f. will take my name otl the dog," he said. "All the better for an honest dog like Lord Agnus not to carry that rlanie around, Johnny," he added. slip ping his knife b'ade under the piaie and prying it oil the collar. Johnny watched him bold tho bright silver stiip in bis hand. "That's a good name, Johnson, lor '1 man to be born with, or rather it mis," he said in a low.half-ifite'este l 'Vine. "Johnson, when I was left, the jinly sou t. carry the family name, ".his is the way it looked toevcyone." Tiie electric light above caused the ..Vilished un t il in his out-st leti'lu' l 'land to iili-ten and spaikle. Some '.hitig in bis quiet tones made Johnny ateh his face curiously. It grew a itt'.e harder. "This, Johnson, is hat I have done with it," he saiil i low.y. Tlie naiue-plate fell from Lis Ingers to the unswept floor. Then The heel of his boot pressed it down, urushing and marring the thin metal. "Never mind, Johnson," Johnny beard a.n instant later. "Let's go. .'Ve'll soon foiget this and about tho (Vig, you lcnow. You must go with "tie this evening. Lets not waste time." Wh.'Mi thev were gon". Johnny knelt and ticked a crushed piece of silver i' IT tiie dirty lloor. He did not notice the silver dollar that John-on bad tossed toward him. But he wiped and rubbed the bftiised metal 011 lib sleeve and then put it carefully in bis breast pocket. "Come, I. ir.l Agnus,'' he said. stand ing up. "Less go home." Hubert T. French, in tlie Harvard Ad vocal'?. Molecules. All substances are made up of tint particles which cannot he further re duced in si.e without change of proit ci ties and breaking up into their eoai potient atoms. These particles 01 groups of atoms are tnulei!es. and 1! matter is trembling with their bil lions of vibrations per second. It: solids, the molecules are arranged in a certain fixed order, and t'.ieir vibra tion is in a limited space. In liqu d they move al o.it in ail directions, vei none ''an voluntarily separate them selves from the others, while in pase? they are in a state of vibration so vio lent that they II y about with marvel ous rapidity in all directions. Kvt cubic inch of air contains no less than 21,000,000,000,000 of molecules, am! every point on our skin is bombarded by thousands of millions of them every second. Each is so small lh.it .".00 would not extend a toss the width of the smallest line the most powerful microscope shows us. Magnify them 1.000,000, 0J0, OuO diameters, and each atom is the si.e of our globe, each molecule is a planetary system, ami each air-buble from the fringe around the water in a goblet, is a wonderfu! galaxy. Magnilled 10,000 tri!liou diameters, the air bubble would hav the dimensions of our entire stcliai system, but would contain 50,oio bil lions of stars instead of the 20,000,0dl our best teleseones can show us. Jtlctit 111 tlie Kusliluii. She was a tall, angular woman ol 50, in a plain, straight-waisted, calb'c diess. heavy shoes and a black straw bat with long streamers, and the younger and smaller woman with bet was patterned after her. They wen evidently fiom the headwaters o the creek, and tbe city was a noe':U to them. They were also a novelty to tnc city, and all unconsciously at traded tiic attention of everybody or Woodward avenue as they sauntered along looking in the windows .mi", giving vent to their delight in vari ous exclamations. Finally a city gir passed them, wearing the latest, an, tbe elderly woman saw her. Sin gazed a moment in opcn-mouthe amazement and caught the othci woman by tbe arm. "By gravy, Sallie, do you see that?" she exclaimed. Sallie's ej-es followed her finger and she nodded. "We a-n't up with the percession. air we?" she asked, doubtfully, as sh surveyed her attire. Sallie shook her head sadly. "Come on," exclaimed the eldcrlj woman suddenly, and catching ih young one by the hand she started for a gents' furnishing store ac-os' the street and went in with a whirl "Young man," she said to a clerk, "have you got any galluses for 2z cents a pair that'll Ut mo ana Sallie here?" Fifteen minutes later there wcr not two prouder women on Woodward avenue and surely no two who were 60 much the observed of all observers. ' r-Free Presa. UlNINQ AT SEA. Immense Jiinnlllica of Victuals Required On un Ocean Steamer. Yachting may be pursued chiefly for pleasure, but inci ientallv it is for sharpening the appetite. The capac ity of the average ocean traveler's -tomach is proverbial, and, unless seasickness intervenes, be becomes a gormandizer from the time he leaves bore until be lands on it again. So thoroughly appreciated is this that the steward's department on pleasure yachts and the great Atlantic steam ers is made a very important oilice, and nothing contributes so niu-h to the pleasure of the voyage as a com plete and varied larder of tbe most tempting nature. Soc'al life on yachts renters around the table in the r elily upholstered cabin, where the "tit: -rtaiumcnt can be as expensive as l.ic owner desires and the cost of yachting is often in direct proportion io the amount of money devoted to eating and drinking. No less ini)ortant is the dining r .om on board of the first-class ocean steamers, and the four or five meals a day are indicative of the passengers' marvelous appetites. The dining service is elaborate and costly sur passing in amount and variety that of the finest hotels in the world. For a six or eight-day voyage the floating palaces load up witii provisions suffi cient to support a good-sized city for several da.s. Everything is of the iltn'si qualitv, served in the most approved style and attractive form, making the pleasures of dining on shipboard alluring enough to elicit (pra se from the hypercritical epicure. Although the service varies slight !y nn the different lines, one steamer will generally typify all of the others. The dishes and the art of cookery is similar to that found at the leading hotels in Paris. The Herman lineis give dining services that are not ex relled by any, but there is a slight savor of (icrmany and her people in the various odd compounds and mix tures that daily appear on tiie table. The English steamers are likewise lf-t inetiveiy English, or American, rid the tables are loaded down with ill of the delicacies so much ap preciated I y the travelers. Most of the large steamers furnish four or five meals a day, ;md eaen no is an elaborate" affair. To attend 'o thee tables about 100 cooks an I rew ards are empiowd, thirty or forty -aloon waiters and a dozen or tno'c arvers, dishwashers and steward--ses. The fon e of men required for the kitchen and dining-room 011a large ocean steamer is thus much larger than the crews of many ocean -hips. Breakfast is generally served it s o'clock, luncheon i 1 2:.'W. dinner it " and cold meats and salads again it ! p. m. (in so; ie of the steamers coffee and rolls are served at ti in the morning to accomodate the early risers. Between these meals any thing can be ordered by applying to the steward, or by liberally tipping the waiters. Drinking is no less im I ortant than eating, anil the bar is so well patronized in the summer time that an enormous stock must be carried. Buying pio isions for one of the huge steamers is a work that re quires e: et ietice. for it is more im portant than buying for a hotel. The supply miis; be large enough to last for the entire voyage, and often for emergencies when a storm keeps the steamer out from port -averal days later than usual. The amount of provisions al-o varies with the num ber of passengers engaging berths, bat as the lists are generally made up weeks before the steamer sailsthis is not a disturbing element in the i ward's calculations. One large steamer, in the middle of the travel ing season, will generally carry provis ions made up about us follows: From fifteen to twenty thousand pounds of beef, from one to two thousand pounds of corneil beef, four or live thousand pounds of mutton, several bandied pounds of fresh pork, a dozen barrels 01' salt pork, four or live hun dred pounds of veal, nearly two thou sand chickens, ducks and birds, aid various other fresh meats. Pickled meats are no less important, and nearly five hundred cans ate stored away in the larder; also, nearly two thousand eggs, two or three hundred barrels of potatoes, one or t wo hun dred barrels of Hour, and enough irreen stuff to stock four or five ordi nary grocery stores. Several tons of different kinds of fresh and salted llsh arecarrieil. and all of the minor articles of diet in proportion. Wines, brandies and champagnes are provid ed in large quantities, and these with mineral Witters often serve as the chief drinks for the passengers. Such a partial list of the eatable re Hiired for one trip across the ocean gives an idea of the amount con sumed by the several hundred hungry passengers The articles are served up in fine ctystal and painted ware. ( )ne steamer carries from five to fifteen thousand pieces. The breakage is naturally very large, ami it is calculated that each voyage hun dreds or more pieces will be broken through the carelessness of passen gers or waiters. The expense of one trip across the Atlantic assumes greater proportions every year for the steamship owners, and this increase is largely due iothe better dining service which they en deavor to give to their patrons. Tlie amount of eatables consumed, and the damage done to dishes and furni ture, would seem greater than the actual price paid for a first-class ticket. Nevertheless, despite the great cost and expense, the steamship compa nies appear to thrive and grow rich off their transatlantic travelers. An idea of the cost of pleasure yachting may be gathered from these ligures, but in the latter the costly drinks are also supplied by the owner, while on the ocean steamers theso ire all paid for extra. This item iione on a first-class pleasure yacht )ften run up into thousands of dol-ar- Ilrielly Hut Truly Tolil. Mr. O'Bcilly, a trader obliged to ;top at the house of a Boer very near .ho Pneil, Griqualand West, saw mule children playing with exceed ngly pretty pebbles, and asking his Dutch ho-t whether he could take me. was promptly told that he could, ie children had plenty of them. is tlie JTleilly took the stone to Grahams- I town, and sold it for three thousand dollars; it was resold fur twetty-Uve ' thousand dollars. The Dutchman whose name was De Beer bad built the usual wattle and daub house on bis farm, but it bad been erect -d a long time before in quiring prospectors found that the rough cast used for the walls con tained diamonds, 'pne farm speedily changed hands for ten thousand dol lats. It now with its neigborinsi mines, produces over fifteen million (dollars' worth of diamonds annually, the total wealth from this discovery to date being probabiy over two hun dred and fifty million dollars. At Wesselton, a Boer riding at sun down to bring iu his horses from the veldt, where they had been running all dav, saw a small animal called a meercat, which burrows in Soatlr Africa like a rabbit, industrious y scraping earth fiom its hole. A pe culiarity of the ground so thrown ti;: led the Boer to till bis handke.cl.i. f witii it, and after he had stabled bis horses he examined the eaith. To his astonishment tmrl delight he found a three-quarter carat Giamoud in the sand. Furthersearch at the mecrcat's hole revealed other diamonds, and sit months ago two million live bundled and fifty thousand dollars was refused for the farm. Since the a' Cioe it::l di-covcry over two hundred thousand carats of line white diamonds have biien extracted from the mine. Could the history of diamond mining in south Africa be told in fewer words? The Ni-'.irnKfi;i C'kih.I. The assertion is sometimes mane that the Nicaragua Canal will not benefit us injregard to the increase ol tlie number of our ships, and this as sertion is based on the fact that France failed to add a single ship to her ram ing Meet by the completion of th .1 -ui.'Z Canal, built by French engineer in French enterprise and I retich capital. The fact isbiought forward as a b sson in history which we must i ear in mind when we are asked to ons'derthe Nicaragua Canal quest ion as an element in the development of our commerce. At the pie-en' day the Suez canal s i hi' il. devoted to the carrying t r ule if England, and Eniriand ow 11s a Iig!iT mg interest in tlie stock. We bold 1:1 legarl to the Nicaragua canal ;hr! the I'lbted States will, no malt r who builds it. take the same posit 01 that Encland could not fail to alt 1 i in t he use of the Suaz canal. Eng a 1: I pos.-csses an immense, ilourisliing an I steadily increasing commerce in I !.e East, while the commercial po-.sess'o.-s of France there are comparatively small. Like England in the East, we hav extensive possessions in the Wc-t on our Pa.'ilic shore, California, Oreo.i. Washington and Alaska, all very nourishing, while their productive ness is steadily increasing. It 111 st, without fail, stimulate our shipbuild ing trade when, by a shorter ami safer transit, the mutual comm ree will receive a most powerful impulse. All the European ocean-farin 1 nations are even more interested iu the Nicaragua canal than in the Sue, anal, because by passing it they will avoid the stormy ocean of the extreme southerly coast of South America, the sailing around which is a gre.it leal worse than sailing around tiie Cape of Good Hope. l-"'"-' 11 ' American. O'Ul KiiKilsh. Odd specimens of English nn.l peculiar bits of con-truction now ami then appear in books. From a low 1 history recently published in one m the Middle States we quut ' sum." examples of an Engli-h style "oat. would have been greatly improve 1 :f it bad passed under the supervi-in 1 if a strict editor, and then bad bad the further advantage of a proof reader who knew his speller. "In those days their were no we;' laid out public highways, as of th present tiny; but foot paths, marked by blazed trees to guide the weary traveler through the dense forests, ivhieh more or less of them has be ame extinct at the present day." "i )f all animals, the panther was the most treacherous animal that tiie settlers had to contend with; for they would lie crouched in the busp.es, ind there wait in suspense of their victim, and when it passed by, would leap out upon the same, giving no naming until it had its victim w ithin its fold." "How far different it is at the present day, than it was at seventy years ago, in keeping of the sabbata lay. No person in 1 hose days t hat mended regular service every Sab hath, regardless of the storms, or what else might happen." They at once went to him. and found a dung-fork in one hand, and the lines in the other, dead." "He was soon rescued, but Laniy njurcd, of which he never fully re covered. " A Lite oil the Orfan Wave. A steam packet company of Liver pool desired to enlarge their premises and decided to purchase tbe piece of land adjoining, and which belonged to a maiden lady. The lady was will ing to sell, and at so low a figure that the directors were astonished, she had a clause inserter, in the deed to the effect that dining tbe term of her natural life she and a companion should at any time travel free in any of the company's vessels. The direc tor w cm delighted with their bar gain and readily agreed to this. On the following day the lady sold her furniture, rented her bi ns." and went on board the tirst outwaid hound vessel belonging to the com puny, without troubling herself as to its destination. Since that time, no.v twenty years ago, she has always lived on one ship or another, and is generally accompanied by some lady traveler for whom she advertises, "she is believe! to have made some 310,000 by the transaction and the company has of.'er, d her this sum to iot rid of her, but without success, as ihc is c'irtiirig tcf.re in this way than she could in any other. . ny one who will write sign bis a !ett"i tame to. that he won't should siga the word "Coward" at .the end. The pnonymous letters tilat ;tre si(,ne j ,.A friend" should al ways bc sij.llUj Coward," ..1: il, .. . . . J ri , , ,U I i, ti,t i'P'M'i'L;l';ie;i:;i;it
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