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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor amd
VOL. XL VII I
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JAN UAH Y 10. 1894.
NO. 4:
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KKV. TALMAGK
niK IJKOOJvLYV DIVINE'S su.x.
1AY SKRMOW
M.'-j. t t : "The Morning Star."
j.'ih-. Uvel;ttioti xx'l., 1 i.
This is Christmw Eve. Our attention .ml
tli-attention of tho wort I i, drawn to the
-tirr'uit r.ointe.l down to tlio caravansirv
a i. r.- rhrist .was iborn. li,n do not let tis
'org. that t.hrlut hi mad r win a star. To
nrit luminous faet mv text calls n
It swim as if the natural world wrm
anxious to makoup forthndamaRa it dM our
i i -e in furnisnin th forbi.ilen fruit If
i - mt fniit wroii-it .l.vitfi nmon?the Nations
now nil ih natur.tl pro 'u-t 'all Ix-.-o-ne a
si-iii'.ol of hi..-..,,,,., Tim li,,w,.r;n down of
t leueaittioft'icoreliarl will mk- usthink
of lain whom Solomon .les-rihos as thannpl,,
Ir-ea-tiotiif thn tree, of tlm wood, and the
!!owor of tan-'.M -l-n and cultured parterrn
-hall Ih til- d-w ebnte.l garland forthol.row
,.f tio Lord Jesus. Y.vi. even tho nlirht shaU
I .'taxed, nn 1 iU brightest star shall tm sot
j, a oni iu the coronet of our holy religion.
1 lav you ever seen the morning star ad
v mta-rBotmly? If it was on your way homo
from a nijjht a carousal, you saw none of tt
l.-aury. IT you merely turnM over on vour
pillow in the darknesn, elan.Mnir out of the
window, you know leuuiuir a'lout the
cheerful l:iflun.-oftuat star. Euttherflare
many in tins noli to-n.i,'!it who In ure-it
? of th"irHf., o n of then far out at
-a. have -aw 1 at th-it star and !een tlirillud
through with in Iiv-.-riba!jle irlalnesa. That
-tar comes tremMin' as tiiou,h with the
in-rils of tho darkn9, anl y hriirit with
the anticipations of th day. It s-ems emo
tional with all ten lcrn-s, its eves till with
the far of many sorrows. It Is't'ne (fern on
the hands of the morning thrust up to signal
its coming. Others stais m dim, li! holy
ran lies in a cathedral or silver h-ads count
e 1 in superstitious litany, l.iit this is a living
stars, a speakini; s:ar. a historic star, an
evangelistic star hri.-ht and hrillinnt and
truia phant svm!oi of tho irr-at lto,leenir.
The telegraphic operator puts his tinker on the
silver key of th? electric ins-ra uent, and the
ti lings tly across tho continent. .nd so it
m to raethat the fin -r of inspiration is
placed upon this silvr point in the heavns,
audits thrill throu ;h all the earth. 'He
hold I trim you coo l ti lin-.-s of irreat joy
to all pople. Jjehold. I n:n the briirht anl
mornins star." The mi- iii'n,- of mv t-xt ts
this: As the morning -tar ireeedes and
promises the coming of th- dav. so Chr st
heralds the natural an I sn'ritaal lawn.
In the first place, Christ h'-ra! led the i-om-Ing
of the -reation. Th -n w is a time when
there was no or T-r. no s.eia I or liMutv. o
wing stirret. No w r 1 wn utter- f." io
liglit sped. As far as Go 1 colli 1 look up, as
tar out, there wis nothing. Imme-isureaM
solitn le. Height an ! d-pth an 1 lengtii an 1
hr-alth of nothin-rn.-ss. Did Christ then
exist.' on, vs. :- hi n w:-r all things
i: t ie that are ma l ; things in h -aven an 1
flings in earth an t things nnder the earth."
Yes. dt. ante .iated theereatum. He lediorth
r e.urus an ! his sons. H i shona Imfure the
: rt morning, li s voice was heard in the
"iieerr v:ien t'ne morning stars serenaded
: hea iveut of our infant earth, wnen. wrapped
i s'.v i 1 liing cioth'-i of ligiir. it lav in the
nr t s of the great J ihn.Mii. :e saw the llrst
(einta'n laid. II- saw the ntt light ::indt-d.
'I !i it iian I whi 'h wis aft-rward erusfixd
.p hi t ; ef. was thrust into chao-. an 1 it
r .'i ;:it nt one world an t s.vuag it in ttiat
- r1 it. an t brought out aii"ther world and
-.viTig it in an ot.h-r or lit, an 1 brought out
ni t i-worlds and swing them in their
( ir.i -uiar orbits. They came like sheep
at He- i of a sbepherd. They knew
is voice, aul ho called thern all by
i -ir n i n'-s. Oil, it is an inter-stin
t -oi.et t. me to know that Christ had some-
:rigfo dowiih the cr-atiou. I s-e now
. it was o ea-y for Uun to change water
. v,-,u . He first create 1 t'e water. I
- now wiry it was so easy for JIim to cure
r miae. lie first i.-r -ate i the ;niciliet. I
-e :i'-.v .v:iy it was so ' is,- for Him to hush
:e :e-Uj,.:. i . sink 1 -aaesaret. I s,.3
n a- x'.w it v .s so e-tsy for lli-n toswing flsn
in-s.,.(.u's n -t. II- male the flsa. I 9 -e
'.v .vy :i was so c isy lor lion to itive sight
l' tue b;m 1 man. ile -'reated t he optic nerve.
I - :i ,-.v way it was so easy for Hun to raiss
I.i'ii'is from th- dead. He create! the
' " ' i ' i: I.airns an 1 th- ro--k that shut him
ir.. s eI:.. -iipp,,s tnat Chr. st -ame a stranger
I i 1; tie hen,, (jh, no. He created the
s-i i li-T is. an l t:i" flocks they watche I, and
"a wii'h th-v pastured, an 1 the
a- ti.at o-.-e.Mr -he l the.r ii.M is, and the
au j '.s i a.,t .mi i iitc i I i'.e chorus on that C'lTtSt
!i: is m-'it. 't hat hand w'lieh w as a terwar-1
n til- t 10 fie er.-ss, w is an o .impotent an I
ereuivc tian all 1 tile wflole uuiversiwis
po -e, .in : i-tip of o ie of His tinkers. J4 -lor-
t'.c world wis Cnri-t wis. All tue
wor; l .-am., trooping up out o." til- darkn -ss,
mil li-greeted fieri:, as a father greets his
hi ir.-ii, w.ia a "goo I morning." or a "goo .
nig.it." II m. Lord ! -"is, morning star o
ttc jirst creation.
Again, C'iri.-t heralds the dawn of eoaifon
In a Caristian soul, rloactimes we coaic to
p s in life where ail kinds o: trn. illations
meet us. i'ou are building up & mo great
r. iterpr.se. You have built the foun latba
th wall youar- just nooe to put on the
eipstone, when everything ts d-mohshe'l.
Y hi have a narp all sirung lor sw-etrst a
ror , an i soin- great agony ciushi'S it,
'l iiero is a little voice nushed in the house
hold, il'ii e ic:0d 'l. Colordas'ied out Ol
tue elie.-.;, Tlie ;oo; still, iusteal of tnt
qu r' b.'i t in t'o nali, tno heavy trea ! o
tl'O- V -O 4(e':i tO tilC ertVrt. O I. W' -l.
onr Jlaster lias, an I He will take it and He
will wear it over His heart, or He will set it
in the vase of the palace eternal. 'The
Lord (rare, and the Lord hath taken away ;
blessed be the name of the Lord." Peace,
troubled soul! I put the balm on your
wounded soul to-night. The morninif star,
the mornlnit tar of the Kodeemer.
Again, Christ heralds the dawn or millen
nia! elory. It is nignt in China, night in In
dia, night in Siberia, night for the vast ma
jority ot the world's population. But it
ii- ins to me there are sotre intimations of
t' e morning. All Spa n is to be brought
n . '-r th- intluenoe of the -.spe!. W.iat is
fiat light I s-e breaking over the too ot the
J'vrenee.y The morning 1 Yen, all Italy
iiail receive ttio gosp-i. She shall hnv
h.-r schools and her colleges and net
fir- people to do amid all these sorrows?
P imo sit down and nidirn. Some bite their
lip until the blood comes. Some wrinRtbeir
t a!- hands. Some fall on their faces. Homf
lie on their backs helpless an 1 look an intc
what seems to them an unpitying heaven.
S i ne pull their hair down over their eyes
and look through with a fiend's trlare. Some
with both hands, press their hot brain and
want to die anl ry, "D Ood O God r
J n.rUht, hitter night, stupen loua mgnt
of , world's sniTermg! Home know not
which wav to turn. But not so the Christian
ii. .m. 11-looks up towardthe heavens, tie
s" -s a bright npp-viranee in te heavens
' i". it be onlv a tl i-hing meteor? Can It oe
:.;v a falling star? Can it bi only a del a-.-:
ri? Nir. nay. The long, r he looks , tl.e
tr.re distinn it become, until after
b v lie he cries out, "A iar--a mom-
Car, a star of com.ort. a star
..f'.ac..' star of p.iace, the star of
C."p i:...m,,ri ' pca-e for all trouble.
Ilaim'for ail wounds. '";
N.v Jesus, the ttreat beiirt healer, cones
ia-oo ir ho ne. Peace ! reaoe that
a i nn ler-tan ling. We look up
,.-ui. V,.: a,or,.vm.-orteil. It the morn-...g-.ar
oftho Redeemer. ho,"rXT lea
tl. a nv. r.- " said one servant m t'5
to am.thcr. "vVho broke oiT that flow
A , lihcoth -r s-rvant said. "The master
N .tain more was sain, f"r if the master had
-' t a nglTt to break off a Hower to wear over
. tela- tq set totbo v.i? 'h"Aai
- ... i' lsari-ht to toaeU the flower? AM
. c a , brist comes down into our K"r'
it h.-r hlies. shall we fight H.m back? Shall
u tab; as though He had no right to -'
1 anv one in all the universa haa
f.at which U beautiful in our homes, then
-imrches. Her vast paptllatipn shal'
. '..r themselves to Christ. What J h that
0 g..i i b.-e breaking over the top of the Alps?
1 morning. All InHa shaU come to Go.L
H.-r idols shall bo cast down. Her J"M
L.auts shall be Woken. Her Prt 'n:
i piitv shall be demolished. S bat thai
. h.ht'l see breakimr over the top oft Himj
b:a5as? The motninir. The emP"
clou-Is shall Kild the path of nVof Stamud
lay. The Hottentot Will come i out te mua
hovel to looH at tlie dwni tha OhmamAa
come up on the (?ranitfl ' 'iSS Ij'.ji the
wegiaa ill got up on the rocWs
Lea,!, of heaven iU b8nft0"'ef the sun rtae
tisil inhabitants come out to see v u fa
over the ocean of the world f ?0"-, west,
.hu from the east, and trora tue w .
tsrel na ler tropical suns. These shiver i
therueTaM.1:0 tTan-p
iftin up their dusky faces in thedawn. And
he w,nd shall waft it, and every mount?n
.rod the wave cliffs of stormy Tiberias, and 1
he son of joy shall rise toward heaven, and ,
which shall strike ba:ictheshout of sa v.t'on
?JhU.n,. r?Wla "" he
.tarofChr'.,! A""hty, anl tae morning
Har of Christian hope w ill become the full
. lunburst of millennial g orv
Again, Chrwt heralds the dawn of heaven
apon every Chrisiian s dyin- pillow. I suit
C3Ka nV,B D.'A"el ,ha,hs "haracte
, letios of people in their healthy day.
-ryapt to be thetr eharacteristies In their
avingdays. The dyin? words of ambitions"
I yI'oieon were, "Head of the armv." The
J.viug wor Is of po itio Lor.i Uyron" were !
n list slo p now." The dvm-g words of
srtcetionate Lord Nelson were, -Kiss me
I Hardy. The dying words ol Voltaire were
as he saw one whom he supposed to be
Jesus in the room, "Crush that wretch."
But I have noticed that the dyin wonts of
yinstiana always mean peace. Generally
tue pain is all gone, and there is jrrent
quietude through the room. As one ol
Ihese brothers told me of his mother in the
last moment.- 'She looked up and said,
pointing to some supernatural being that
eemed to be in the room, 'Look at that
bright form. Why, they have come for me
now. "
The lattice Is tnrnel so that the light is
ery pleasant. It is p via all around. You
room It is so different from anvthina J
ever expected." And you walk the floor
.yK0Ui00?at,0, the window, and you
come back and look at your watch, and you
took at the face of the patient again, iin i
tnere Is no ehanjre, exe-pt that the face is
eoomlnjr more raiU.-mt, more illuminated.
m wav? ' datn eons coming up higher
and higher, until it has touched the ankle
tnan tt eomes on up until it touches the
Jroee, and then it oomes on tip until
It reaches tha girdle, and then it comes
on tip until it reaehes the lip
and the soul is about to be floated nwavinti
Rlory, and you roll back the patient's sloeve
and you put your Anger on the pulse, and it
Is getting weaker and weaker, and the puis
stops, and you hardly know whether the life
naa gone or not. Indeed, you cannot tell
when she goes away, she goes away so calm
ly. Perhaps it is 4 o'clock in the morning,
and you have the bed wheeled around to
the window, and the dying one looks out
into the night skjr, and she sees something
that attracts her attention, and you wonder
what it Is.
Why, it Is a star. It is a star that out of
its silver rim is pouring a supernatural light
into that dying experience. And vou sav,
What is it that you are looking at'?'' She
says, "It is a star." You say, "What star is
it that seems so well to please you'?'" "Oh."
she says, "that is the morning star Jesus !"
I would like to have my death bed under
that evangelistic star I would like to have
my eye on that star, so I eoui 1 be assured of
the morning. Then the dash of thesurr of
the sea of death would only be the billowing
up of the promise, "When thou passest
through the waters, I will be with thee, and
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee."
All Other lights will fail the light that falls
from the scroll of fame, the light that (lashes
from the gem In the beautiful apparel, tlie
light that flames from the burntng lamps of
a banquet but this light burns on ami burns
on. Paul kept his eye on that morning star,
until he eould say : "I am now ready to be
offered, and the time of my departure is at
hand. I have fought the good fight. I have
finished my oourse. I have kept the faith."
Edward Payson kept his eye on that star
until he could say, The breezes of heaven
fan me." Dr. Goods-In kept his eye on that
evangelistic star nntfl he could say, am
swallowed np in God." John Temiant kept
his eye on that evangelist io star until he
eould say, "Welcome, sweet Lord Jesus
welcome, eternity." No other star ever
pointed a mariner into so safe a harlior. No
other star ever sunk its silvered anchor into
the waters. No other star ever pierced such
accumulated cloud, or beckoned with such a
holy luster.
With lanterns and torches and a gnide. wo
went down In the Mammoth cave of Ken
tucky. You may walk fourteen miles anj s-e
no sunlight. It is a stupendous place. Some
places the roof of the cave a hundred feet
high. The grottoes filled with weird echoes,
cascades falling from invisible height to in
visible depth, (stalagmites rising up from
the floor of the cave stalactites descending
from the roof of the cave, joining each
other, and making pillars of the Almighty's
Sculpturing. There are rosettes of amethyst
in halls of gypsum. As the guide carries ii is
lantern ahead of you, the shadows have an
appearance supernatural and spectral. The
darkness is fearful. Two people, getting
lost from their guide only for a few hours,
years ago, were demented, and for years sat
in their insanity. You feel like holding
your breath as you walk across the bridges
that seem to span the bottomb-ss
abyss. The guide throws his calcium light
down into the caverns, and tho light rolls
and tosses from rock to rock and from depth
to depth making at every plunge a new rev
elation of the awful power that could have
made suoh a place as that.
A seise of snffocatlon comes upon you as
you think thnt yju are 230 feet in a straight
line from the sunlit surface of the earth. Tlie
iruide after awhile takes you into what Is
called the ''Ktar Chamlier." and then he
says to vou, "Sit here," and then he takes
th-lantern an I irons down undet the rocks,
an 1 It gets darfcr an 1 darker, until the night
is so thl?k that the hnn I an inch Irom the
eye Is tino'wervable. An l then, by kindling
one of the lanterns an i placing It in a cleft
of the rock, there fs a re.lviiii cast na ne
dome of the cav", an i tnere are stain co.u
ing out in constellations a brilliant nignt
heavens and vou involuntarily exclaim .
"Beautiful! be mttful !" Tnen he tak-s the
lantern down in other depths of the cavern,
and wanders on, and wan iere off, until he
comes up from t-ohind the rocks gradually,
and It seems like the dawn of tho morning,
and it gets brighter and brighter. The guide
is a skilled ventriloquist and he Imitates the
vob-es of the morning, an i soon tne gloom
is all gone, and vou stand congratulating
yourself over the wond-riul spectacle. Well,
there are a great nnny people who look eowo
into the grave asa great oavern. They thint
it is a thousand miL-s subterraneous, and al
echoes seem to be the voices of despair, anc
the cascades seem to be the falling tears tiiat
al wars fall, and the gloom of earth seems com
ing up in st ilagmite, and the gloom of the
eternal world seems descending in thestalae
tlte making pillars of iu lescribubla horror.
The grave is no such place at that to me.
thank God. ,
Our Divine Guide takes us down into Uifc
great caverns, and we have the lamp to our
feet and the light to our p ith, and all tne
echoes in the rifts o! the rook are ant hens
and all the falling water-, are fountains of
salvation, and after awhile we ooi up an 1,
behold ! the cavern of the tomb has become
a king's star chamber. And while we are
looking at the pomp of it an everlasting
morntag begins to rise, and all the tears o'
liartb crystallize into stalagmite, rising up
m-Vlar onthe iJA nJl a" h'?t
dee of heaven- seem to be descending In
a -l.te, umk.ng a pillar on the
otner side, and you push against
f,e gate that swings betweon
he two pillars, and as the gate flashes open
-ou find It is one of the twelve int which
,re twelve pearls. Blessed be God that
.(trough this gospel the manmoth cave of
!ne,epulchre hasbecomethe illumined Star
Chamiierof the King!
I would Go i that if my sermon tolay
does not lead you' tq Cbru, th betai
morning, looking out of the window, the
agronomy of the night heavens might lead
Vou to tho feet of Jesus.
Hark' Hark! To Ood the eboro oraalcs
host, from .'cry gm
lint one aiooe. vu
I. ui. star of Bethlehem.
The tlist mco from ti-e fur iit point
ofIr chtcovery to tue Fole .tself
40 miles. worlJ is
-
made of the
Tl.a
OH.cn. , oni1
thigh uotie oi
was ioum.
ana i"
ie District of Columbia has lho
..ittiii on lit: ciic,
-Th'
lurtzest
deal ii t"',"." ---part
of the United btate.
. -r nn ArcbliishoD of
v-
Stephen
r first divided the Bible into
Canterbury,
g and verfcoe. -----
the twelfth century.
,-- .-, is a common disli ia
J . .1. .a arwvnt i no
(jlOSt) v .-
Kose leaf jam :
where
where roses are grown by
Koumanim
tho million.
,WINBURN'i ODE.
The following is th o-lo sa-zgested bv th.
forthcoming Chicg- Exposition written by
A. C. Swinburne, uf England
3CA3T TO WEST.
Eun-t smiles on ju arise; east and wc;t are
one.
Face to face in heaven before the sov?r;iga
sun.
rom the springs of the dawn everlasting a
glory rentws and transiljurM the w?s
"irom the depths ot the sunset a light as of
morning enkindles the broad s;a's
breast.
And the lands and the skies and tho water
ore glad ot the day's and the night's
work done.
Child of dawn, and regent on the world
wide sea,
England smiles oa Europe, fair as dawn
and free.
.Jot the waters that gird her aro purer, noi
mightier the win 1. that her wate. i
know.
Out America, daughter nud sister of Eng
land, is praised cf them, for as they
flow ;
Atlantic responds to racific tie praise e:
her days that have been aad s'-.all bs.
Bo from England westward let tha watch
word fly.
So fcr England eastward let the sas re-dy
Praise, honor and love everlasting be sent on
the wind's wings wostwird anl eas-,
That the pride of the part and th pride ol
the future may mingle as friends at
feast.
And the sons of the lords of ths world--rUc
seas be one till the world's life die.
"RETTIE THE SEXTOH.
ey jvsc c. nrsu
ll.VT'S a good (r'rl,
Beltie, wako up!"
Jlrs. Burke stonil
beside lho ru-'io fin
sle bed and wiittil
for tho slow brealt-ing-up
of her dauv; li
ter's morning; slum
bers. 'Your pa didn't
cet home till nfiet
"" miduigUt, and wucii
he did come "
"Oh mother! had he been drinking
a-nio?" asked the girl, now wide awake
aud sitting up in bed.
"Yes," sighed Mrs. Burke, despon
dently. "'You'll have to go over an 1
get B8a Haynes to do tae church w.irk
to-day. It's snapping cold, anl the
firc'll hsvc to be mala enrly to get tho
;hurch wanu enoujh, su jou m.i?;
lurry."
"Yes, mother. Out me tho ktjs. I'll
be down stairs in a miuutc."
Dettie dressed herself qutc'vly and
vtitb a soriou3 face. Hurrying down
ttairs to tho kitchen she turrit' 1 lo:i
enough to doa hood and cloak, declla
in? ineaawhiio tho "bite o' breakfast"'
that her mother urged upon her, a .d
only haif heeding tho direction that
Deacon McXeill should be called upou if
Ben Hajncs could not be found. Then,
taking a bunch of keys from tiio tablu
she started, pausing at tbe door to say:
"I won't bo back till after Sunday
school, mother. Dou't worry about me.
I'm poine to do pa's work to-'lav; he'll
lo'e tao job if t.iey find out Iil's boen
driuking." AndU.-ttic wa away brforo
btr inotaer could utter a word of protest.
AVhen Jim Burko's wife was disable 1
by rheumatism soma months before, her
earnings ai laundress to some of the
more thrifty families of tho community
coated. Tho loss was a serious matter,
for since Jim, as a day laborer, was notj
noted for special dexterity, and his usc-
fulness was further impaired by the un '
fortunate drinking habit that occasion-'
ally caused his prolonged absence from
duty, his work was not a source ol!
regular or abundant supply. And though,
tho simplo needs of tho family did not'
exceed his Income, tho unfinished pay
ment for their little cottage demanded
a persistent effort of which poor weak,
J:m scorned incapable.
Tho family council held to consider!
this unfavorable state of affairs was a;
brief one. Mr. Burke tersely explained,
that Bettlo's succession to her mother'.-i
work and earnings was tho most reason
able solution of the difficulty; that a)
fouctcen years a girl ought to bo some
thing rooro than a child, and he took oc .
c.ision to donounce Bettie's desiro to stay1
at school uulll sbo could "keep store-,
men's books for 'cm" as tbo fruit of thud
jndulgenco which his own txperieaco
convinced him was inevitable iu parents
jf an only child. !
Matters might haro gone according tq
this decision, bad Mrs. Burke's energy
declined with her health, or had the loss!
of her wnjo earning power exhausted!
her virtues as Jim's "better half."
Favored by circumstances, she soon
fsund for him a "new job" in the vacant
office of sexton in the Trcsbytctiaa
'Jhurch.
The committee wero won over to his
cause by the lack of other candidate?,
and thsir apparent readiness gave him
some warrant for his frequent boast that
this was a raro example of "the office
iccklnz the man."
So great a mark of favoritism moved
him to unwonted fidelity in the discharge
of his work, and to concession to Bettie's
ambitious desires. Their treasury was
replenished, aud Bettio bad b9en making
uninterrupted progress in her sihool
work, when this chilly Sunday morning
in March found tho sextoa to'mporari'.y
Unqualified for his duties.
Bcttie bogan her work at the church
with much confidence in herself a)
a substitute official. 610 found a de
lightful demonstration of her power in
tbo atmaipheru of tho uulionco room
steadily growing war.u after her vigor
ous efforts with tho furnace. But her
courao ebbed as she entered tbo chapil
iu tho rear of the cburcli. Jim's Satur
day afternoons wero always given to re
storing Sabbath order there, ami now
tbo silont wall clock, the darlcene 1 win
Jow3 and tho dust and disarrange ncnt
from tho mid week sessions beloiuu'.' I
tuo 1'rpth of his tiairlce'.
j . : tmi'j '.' ii too siiorc for the Uo i
be swept before Sun lay-school, which
;ouve :ed after the morning service,
conijiartilive neatness was nil she ould
icmeve; she would come back alter
dinner and restore the room t its
wonted cleanliness before the G o'c'.oclc
;haptl service.
Ten o'olock found tbe sturdy Betty in
the tower room under the belfry, both
hands clinching the thick rope, and hcrl
heart bea'in so loudly that she won-1
de:ed whether she could hear tho Meth
odist bell.
;ai the oplT pther church bell ini
tno ntnctoTn, ana r: rzm oa am-bi-
Dal, in want of a time piece.
Suddenly it rang. Bettie pulled her
rope, but without producing a sound.
Desperation gave her strength. She
Lent forward in a mighty effort.
CI ang! CI ang! CI ang!
Beitie bent her head in terrified cer
tainty that tho sonoroa3 metal had left
its yoke and was descending upon her.
Clung! sounded the distant bell.
Bcttie essayed a responsive stroke that
resulted in a strange and uncertain sound.
She grew hot and d!7.zy, but she had no
thought of giving up.
Agaiu her guide Clang! Clan!
And now a slow and steady pull
(brought out a tone more powerful and
sustained.
' "I hope our friend James h not wrest
ling with his eld adversary this morn
iiiL,'," meditated Parson Brownell, care
fully placing bis manuscript in his breast
pocket as be stood by bis study window.
At the same timo Brother Wentz was
preparing a few p'inaent remarks upon
the "sliiftlcssncss" of a board that could
appoint Jim Burke a3 sexton, these to be
lielivcred to his first appreciative hearer.
And in a neighboring house a certain
member of the fire com oany, super-sensitive
to alarms, threw down bis razr in
the midst of hi.s Su-vlay morning shave,
at Bettie's first or.st.-t.
But she soon bean to ci'.ch the tims
'iiid motion, ami, save oj.ne capriciom
ness, her bell s v j ig iu usual fashion.
Then, after the other had ceased, a
fr.v more pe tls for a slio-.v of independ
ence, a-i 1 B.ttte, dropping tho rope,
r?tcd against the wail and clasped her
lourning anl blislcre I palms together
pon her forehead. But if the Presby
terian wcrshipers failel to assemble, it
was not for want of summons.
' Tbe morning wore oa. Bettic grew
Viltn down in tho furnace-room as she
ard the service proceeding in custom
ary order, whilo tho atmosphere up stairs
i.v, need no puny handling of shovel and
lons, and inspired the trite witticism,
a fiicnd greeted friend after service,
that "Jim must havo been trying to givo
a clincher to some points of the doctriue. "
Tho last uttendant at Sunday-school
ile;.arted, aud Buttio locked tho doors
sad hurried ho ne to a dinner whose di
gestion was aided by a comforting sense
at relief.
, Following her determination of tho
lorning aud early afternoon hour found
ie stxtoa pro tcm. back iu the ciiapal,
j-irroundcd by tha clouds of dust that
rise at fie s.viit motion3 ot her Droo.n.
S un iing against the back wall of
tho loo n v. as an old-fashioned cupboard
donated to the ucs of a library, when,
years before, the Sunday-school needs
demanded such a piece of furniture.
It was disturned only on rare occasions,
3-jch as tho removal of carpets, and be
ing raised but a few inches from the
floor, to sweep under it was a matter of
some difficulty.
Jim was not scrupulous in bis notion?
of cleanliness, an I the spot was often
neglected for weeks, but Bcttie, impelleJ
by womanly instincts, included it in he:;
dirt-expelling round, thrusting her brush;
with vigor into the space.
Out rolled the collected lint, an3 with
it a rounded, dust-coated leather wal
let. She picked it up, dreading the out-'
come of a new surprise, and opened it.;
Tho sight of the bulky rolls of bills in-'
side mado her breath come fast.
Vrittca in ink upon the inside of the
flap was the name and address of Caspar
Msrlow.
The mystery begai to clear. Tho
town had been agog for weeks over the
disappearance of this money and the re
ward ollored for its recovery.
Caipar Marlow, a wealthy farmer, was
also a metaphorical pillar of the Presby
terian Church, further fancied by an ad
miring member as "the pillar supporting
tho pulpit" a frequent supply of arrears
in the pastor's salary furnishing the an
alogy. The V.'celvly Iutclli-cncar, a publica
ti u who:e prosperity vprung from the
knowledge possessed by its editor of tho
kind of news its readers desired, had
recently chronicled "An Unfortunate
Accident" as folio. vs:
'Our feilv.v townsman, Mr. Caspar
Mario ;v, was ti:e victim of a painful ac
cident Vu.l:ie-:Jny night nf last week,
which v as af.eniel -.vit'u a serious I033.
As he was pas-tug out from tin caapel
door of the Presbyterian c'nurcli at tho
close of piayer-tnoet'mg, he missed hi3
footing and lull with groat force upon
the icy pavement. He. wxs severely
bruise i, aud though he walked that night
tho distance ol one and a half miles to his
home, ho has been confined to tho house
since by the severity of his injuries. Up
on reaching home, he discovered tho loss
of $300 in casb, the partial payment for
a carload of his famous fat cattle, sold in
tho Chicago market. ITj had arrived,
homo that evening after banking boars,'
and was thus obliged to retain the money
upon his pr rion. i
"Tne lueral reward o.TereJ for its
restoration ought to bo sufficient induce
ment to the tinder of the valuable wal
let. There can be no question that the
wallet was lost in his fall, since it was it
the breast pocket of his frock coat, and
ai3 overcoat was unbuttoned; and there
s no doubt that it was found by some
bystander at ths time, or by some
traveler in tho vicinity within the suc
ceeding twelve hours."
The aggrieved Mr. Marlow was re
membering, with growing irritation, tho
discomfiting courtesy of tho onlookots
that night, who restored to him his hat,,
and the fragments of his shattered set ot'
false teeth, in t-ie dishonesty of some
no of the n b -i r-.ie nvr-: and more en
feut. And the locality about tho church
lo ir was s'iil haunted iu u'd out-of
tlmol hours liv feirching boys who ex
cn ie 1 the radius of their explored ter
iiory as ti ne ) ased and tho pocket
ion'.; was still missing.
Bettio was fille 1 with dlsmiy at tho
iisrovery, ft-ariug that it miijht involve
ler in some culpable way. Hero was a
lev responsibility, a:.d she was nlready
jvtrbur.ieiit 1 . with such. There was
j. it oue t'.iin; to do, so, abandoning
sroom and brushes, she seiz-jd her wraps
in i hurriedly left the church.
"Under the bookcase in the chapell
iV'ell! Well!" r-iteTated Mr. Marlow in
tho ha'lita7 cf ln3 bouse, pausing
thoii'htiu'ly
ino-t breath
:i:ne to i i,
must have bi
ia Lis colloicy with the
s-ss 15i.tt:c, who had "not
or sit down." "Xow :l
-n when I went back for
my rubbers; tue room was dark, Jim
thit is your father had the light'
'uior.f out wheu I went back, and I haJ
bad timo buntiug urouad for my overshoe-.
"You know I always wedge my chaii
in that anale the bookcase makes with
tne wan; won c trust my wjignt ton.
ordinary chair since one broke dowt
under me at Kitty Wilson's wedding.
"Easy enough for It to slip out frot
my pocket when I was feeling 'round lot
my overshoes, and for me to knock ii
under there myself. I had mighty good
reasons for not thinking about losing mi
pocket-book or anything else just then.
Bat I tell jou, Bcttie, I meant what 1
said about getting it back," and stand
ing his cane against tho wall, Mr. Mar
low counted out $100 from the contenti
of the wallet and thrust the bills int
tho girl's hand, aiding, heartily: "And
I'm glad you're the oue to 2nd it, Beltie.
You're a good girl!"
Bettie did not bring about her father 'i
reformation at once, as some of her ovei
hopeful admrera prophesied she would.
The old habit st'U occasionally swayed
him, but at such times Bettio assumsi
the sexton's duties, an 1, so secured.
Jim's re-election to the position was cer
tain. "Jim or Bettic, one of 'em will co
the work done, and dono well enougl
for us," was tho ruling sentiment of thi
church board, and Bettie and "her Sun
day," as it came to be called, supplieJ
the theme for many subsequent stories,
some of which gained a little ou th
facts whenever they were retold.
"I dou't know," Brother Wentz ussi
to say whenever the matter wa3 referred
to, "whether that slip of a girl would
have gone into the pulpit or nt, if any
thing had ailed tho preacher, but sh
run the rest of the nnetin', bell ringin'
nd all, and did it ju3t as we'd as Jim
could have done it, or any one else foi
that matter." Worthington's Magazine
Music at the World's fair.
The Bureau of Music of the Columbia,
Exposition has issued a list of that por
tion of ths special musical demonstra
lions to take pl-io during the World's
Fair, for which J.ites h.ie bjen abso
lutely fixed, beginning with May anc
ending in July. Although concerts bj
American artists have been arranged, anc
the programme, as given out, shows t
notable representation of American sing
ing associations, it does not contain thi
na ue of any work by any American com
po?er, nor any hint of any arrangemcati
for the pro luctioa of auy such work!
during tho duration of the exposition.
It is not, surely, enough that Amcricao
musis should bo represented by its na
tive executants; it should also bo repre
sented by native producers, and tho ap
parent fnilure to provide opportunities
for such representation will certainly
leave both American and foreign visitor!
to tiie far in doubt whether we as a Na
tioti j ;o?s any t vr,?i-y for music.i
productiveness at all. Where tho Ameri
can architect, so to speak, has been
glorified, the Atnericta artist has been
given ample opportunity of sho ving hit
capabilities au I attain nents, and tht
American Litndiijr.iftsmnn and invento
encourage 1 to the greatest possible ex
tent, it certainly see us h ud that, so fai
as one can le;iu, nothing has 'jeeu d on
for the American composer. D.irin;
September, M. Siint-Sieus, Dr. Mac
Mickenzio, and oti.er foreign composer
of eminence will visit tho expositioa
c inducting several programmes ;f thcii
O'xn choral and instrumental worlts, as
well as works of other conipjiers of theii
respective countries. It would certainly
seem only fair that in an exposition pre
sumably intended to encourage American
art and industry in ail its branches, a liki
opportunity should bo extended to simii
American compoier. Americans ma
cot yet have attained any com-niading
eminence as musicians, but certainly
something has beea dono in this direc
tion, and that something is as certainl;
entitled to representation at tha World"
Fair. Harper's Week I v.
Spony ati Didn't C.ire Who Knew It
The newly wedded couple boarduc
the train at a village station and a crowd
of about a hundred people saw them off.
The groom was a strapping young fel
low with sunburned face and hands anc
bear's grease on his hair, whilo the bridt
might have beeu the "hired gal" on the
lama farm. They had no sooner taken a
scat than he p it his arm around her an 1
began to caress oac of her hands. A voics
in rear of them cried out "Spoocsl" but
tho bridegroom gave no sign. Pretty
soon he pullod her head over on his
thoulder and there was a titter from the
rear of the car. The head staid righi
there, however, and Josh got both hei
hands in his oao paw. Three or fotu
voices cried out "Oh!" and "Ahl"' bul
it was fully two minutes before he tea
dcrly pushed her away and rose up anc
looked around and said: "We are mar
ried. It was a case uv love. We sparkec"
for seven years. She's my violet and I'a
her towerin' oak. We've got ISO mila
to go and we are goiu' to spoon even
rod of it and if thar'sany critter here whi
thinks he can't stand it ho can git oj
and walk!" Chicago Herald.
A I'Hnlonable IlilU-rcnrf
There had been a homicide in a
saloon and one man was telling all
about it, even to the minutest detail.
He bad seen it all and knew what he
was talking about, lie said, and not
withstanding everybody had not im
plicit confidence in his statement, no
body cared to call him to account and
make him show proof. Naturally
such a man would bo a good witness
and at the examining trial he was
put nn tbe stand.
"What do you know about this at
fair?" asked the court.
"Not. tain' ycr honor," lie replied st
promptly as to startle those who had
heard his story.
"Didn't you," asked the surprised
Judgo, "tell a number of people yod
tiad seen it all?"
'Yes, ycr honor."
'Then how docs it happen that
you say here that you don't know any
thing about it?"
"Well, it's this way, yer honor,'
he said with n redeeming blush. "I
was only a talking then, an now I'm
a swearin'."
The court noted the distinction.
Mcwaro the Iapl.ns.
The common daphne grown lit
flower Hardens is oiir (f the most
deadly poisons known to the botan
ists. Three or four of tbe berries will
kill a man as quickly as strychnine,
and one lias lcn k nown to kill a child
in half an hour. There are nuiueroul
flowering plants which arc perfectly
harmless both in leaf, flower and seed,
and so long as these can be readily
obtained there Is no excuse far a flor
ist, .nllr.tvin-r t- n . I . n 1 ....
daphne to grow on his premises.
HE WAS BALD.
Vi.l He Tried to Correct the Working ot
Mature.
It was one of the by-laws of the
Heartache's Heavenly Hair Raiser
that it be used freely before retiring,
rubbing it Into the scalp. Just be
fore he went to bed that night, the
man liolted the back door, put the cat
in the wood-shed, came in whistling
the "Jr'atinitza" waltz, danced up to
the clock-sheif. and. pouring out
what he supposed to be his hair ferti
lizer, he mopped it all over his scalp,
and stirred it well in around the roots
of his little hedge of hair at the back
f bis neck.
The glue bottle, by an unearthly
coincidence, was nearly the same
shape and size as the hair sap bottle,
lb: went to bed.
'(Jeorge." said his wife, turning
her face to the wall, "that stuff
you're putting on your hair smells
ike a pan. of hoapgrease."
'Perhaps I had better go up stairs
atidsleen," snarled (Jeorge. '-You're
mighty sensitive! Vou wouldn't ex
pect that a man can put stuff on his
heail make his hair grow, and have
't smell like essence of wintergrecn,
vould you?"
They went to sleep mad as Turks.
This particular bald-headed man,
ii!;e a good many other bald-headed
men, had to get up and build the
fires. When he arose next morning
the sun peeped in at the window, anc.
saw the pillow cling to the back of
his head like a great white chignon;
he thought it must have caught on a
pin or shirt button. It looked ridicu
lous, and he would throw It back on
the bed before his wife saw it, so he
Miight it quickly by one end and
"yanked."
' Oh! oh!" he screamed, "what's
I '(vii going on here? Thunder an
liejttniti'!" and he began to claw at
his scalp like a lunatic. His wife
tprang up from the couch and began
;o sob hysterically.
"Oh, "don't George! What Is it.
What's the matter?"
i'e.itg! was dancing about the
room, tlie pillow now dangling by a
few hairs, his scalp covered with
siim'tlii(ig that looked like sheet
itijicr, while the air was re-lo'i-nt
of warlike explosives, as if a
:lictona:y bad exploded. With a
womau's instinct the poor wife took
in the situation at a glance, and ex
claimed; It is the glue!"
The bald-headed man satdown in a
chair aud lookeit at her a moment In
contemptuous silence, and then ut
Vrcl the one expressive word:
'( ;iuel"'
Now began a series of processes and
experiments unheard of lu the an
lalsof chemistry.
Jane, you must soak it off with
a-arm water. I've got to go to I'tica
o-day."
'1 can't, ( leorge," she replied in a
fiiilty tne, "its waterproof."
'Yes, 1 might have known it; anil
1 suppose it's ilreproof, too. ain't it."
He scratched over the smooth plat
hig with his finger nail.
"it's hard as Iron," he said.
"Yes he said it was good glue,"
rejioated she innocently. "Can't you
.kin it off with your razoi, George?'1
Ion'tyoti trifle with me, Jane,
.let tue that coarse tile in the wood
l:ed." It may be imagined what followed,
md now as the bald-headed man sits
n theofrice he never removes his hat,
.'or his entire skull is a howling
.vast.e of blistered desert, relieved
iere and there l.y oases of black
oitrt-iilaster. The Christian at
'Vork.
Not On Our Itoatl.
One night we were coming in on
!hc train when we encountered the
fiercest looking storm I ever saw. I
knew the conductor of the train very
well, and ho knew I wanted to see a
cyclone, f-'o he" took me forward and
put me on the engine, telling the en
gineer to show me the first cyclone
that crossed our path. The great
black cloud was streaked ever and
anon with lightning as forked as a
snake's tongue. 1 could hear the
roar of tbo wind above the tremend
ous breathing of the engine. It was
a grand and terrible sceno to me.
The engine seemed to be driving
right into the storm center. 1 looked
every moment to see the smokestack
twisted from the boiler and the cow
catcher hurled into black night. I
closed my eyes for a moment, for it
seemed to me my time had come.
When I opened ray eyes the sky was
clear. The stars were sparkling like
diamonds, and the storm lay in the
back ground like a monster that had
been overpowered. 1 looked at the
engineer. He was as calm as it he
had been at a harvest dance As
soon as I could catch my breath I
aid to him,
"No cyclone yet?"
He gazed at me fixedly a moment,
'.hen he asked,
"Have you been asleep?"
Not so far as I can remember," 1
inswered meekly.
"Young man," said he, solemnly,
"no cyclone ever tackles this engine.
They get out of the way when they
sec it coming. One tried it once and
went out of the business tho next
day. If you were on the road
you would have seen the cvkc. 1 1
loves to dally with that road, not
with our'n. Sorry we can't accom
modate you. Conductor ought te
have known better than to take you
on in."
"So I go back home with no cy
clone story but this, hey?"
"You've had the best that we caq
givo you, stranger."
Light Sockets.
A new socket for incandescent
lamps has been brought out which h
I flexible and will admit f the lanir
globe being turned in mat uirecuon
or another. A sprinc coil forms on
.r tho oinn.'rt iins to the lamD base
find takes the place of the thread on
the regular socket Another novelty j
H:'Oiii iue(iri!iK mu auaiji ijuiul ui.
the end which prevents unauthorized
persons from removing the lamp by
pressing o;cn the spring, and allows
only a licrson carrying a cover for this
point to tamper with the socket.
Tweed, as n ciotu name, arose from
a tnii-tukt-. Its mime was twill, but in
a bottled invoice sent to a London
n-rrchant the word looked like twed,
and so this name came into use.
GEN. SHERMAN'S BEAR.
amuHlng Aotlt-a of ltrutu On a Itfvtnm
Cutter.
In the early spring of lf-iiG. 1 wai
ordered by the Hon. Secretary of thi
Navy to go to Detroit, Michigan, anc
assume command of the United
States revenue steamer "Dix" thet
preparing for a cruise on the lakes.
My instructions were to proceed tc
the bead waters of Lake Superior,
and there await the arrival from St
Paul, of Gen. William T. .Sherman.
l 8. A., and his stalT, and ti plact
my command under his directioi
while he was visiiing the frontlei
fortifications.
On the day after our arrival G n
oral Sherman made his appearance
accompanied by his stall', and thej
w ter. ceived with all honors.
We visited a number of the coat
fortitlcation ; in tbe region, and ar
rived finally at Grand Portage. Soot
after coming to anchor here, we re
telved a call from the Indian agent
whoinformel us that the ltidiani
would lik-. to have a t-l.c with Gen
eral Sherman. Tbe Gem ral .jirc-si C
his willingness to t'rar.t their request
and the next morning was appointee
for the interview. On reacluiug tin
shore w.' wer.- e cortcd by the agent
to the place of meeting, wh ' w
found a coodly number of Indians sit
ting around a camii-flre w;'h tin
principal chief standing in iV mid
die. We took seats assigned us it
the circle, and we were treaty 1 t
cooked veni-jon, after whi !i the
'pipe of p ace" was handed round
each one taking a puff or two fiotr.
its stem. Pres ntly from th r ar ol
the camp an old chief approached
leading a young black b ar. Walkicj
up to General Sherman, he stated
that his people wished to present th;
Lear to him, and hoped th Gen ra,
would receive it. The General')
kindly disposit'on would not permi:
him to decline th gift, i-o it wai
graciously accepted, i'.ut at the cIom
of the ceremonies an I after the In
dians had gone, came the importan;
question; What was to bo done witl
Bruin? General Mierm.in frankl;
slid he did n)t want him.
The other o'.lhe;-s ile lining tlietrif.
lh General turn d to me. and icini
very fond of animals I pminptiy ac
cepted the b ar. 1 hoped to taint
him, and really ant'clpated mud
pleasure with my ncw-i'mmd fri- nd.
Little did I r. alie ai! that was it
store for me! We so.m returned t
theshij,, Prnin was tumbled on board
the anchor catheaded, and wo wcr
once again at 's a." P.i uin was knowt
as "General Sherman's bi ar. " and at
lowed to :oam about at'. is own sw e'
will. Ho was lu'ct for the fir t lew
days, and seemed to be taking in tht
situation, and laying plans for thi
future. I was determined that, i:
jO'Sible, we should le the best o:
friends; aud as be was vory fond o:
stiar, I concluded to cultivate bli
friendship by this means. In a shorl
time lJruin discovered that I kep;
myself supplied with lumps of sugar,
and he was constantly trying t gel
his head into my pocket Often,
when I was sitting in a camp-chair,
he would walk up oti his hind legs
and placing his big Hack p.wi
against me, beg fur sugar or candy,
and he was not at all pleased wiior
he failed to get it Ile mio:i lnndt
hims df perfectly at home, and w.-n;
about investigating the s!i:;i. TtK
sailors taught him many trick-, an
really made him more ir uMe-'i:.i
than he othcrwi-e would lire b.cn.
His great gatno with livrn was a sorl
of "tug-of-war." He V (.u'd c!ut t
one en I of a rope with hi- paws and
teth. and a sailor the other, b'.dt
pulling with ail their might, and i!
Bruin happened to l e the .-uccessfu'
contestant, nc would show his delighl
by putting his head between his leg
and rolling about the decks like i
ball. He found nod iliculty in goiuii
up and down a common rung-ladder,
but a pair of stairs was quite anothei
matter. Usually, after go ng dowr
very carefully for a step or two, hi
would become discouraged anl tumn.e
I! I
to the bottom with a growl. I'.ruin
scent was acute, aud ery soon lie di
covered that the sugar-bowl and mo
lasses-X)t were kept in the pantry al
the foot of the steps. He also learned
that the colored steward was ven
much afraid of him. Stand ng up
right on his hind legs he would grow
and rush into the pantry, and w th i
cuff of his pawdrivc out the stewaid
upset the sugar-bow!, and grabbing
what he could of the contents, hurry
on deck to escape the punishnien
which he knew would follow. Io
cember St. Nicholas.
Household Itrt'nkng.-s.
A creaking joint in the domestu
machinery i- that of servants' break
ages. How often one hears tin
plaint, "I'm through buying c-Njen
sive china and glass, it seems to b
the slipperiest sort for the maids U
hold," or a sigh from the collector o
bric-a-brac. '1 can a-ure my turiii;
against lire an 1 burglary, l ut nut.
alas! against the dangers of dustim.
day."
Some mistresses try toe force 1 1
prin"iple that breakages must be pair
for out of the maid's wages, but, as war
recently tested in a oiiee court, thi:
process is not legal and the servant
can claim and secure full wages
The metbo l is, 1 esides, manifest!.!
unjust as in the horn- s of wcalthj
person it might be possible for ;
careless servant to break In an in
stant a piece of bric-a-Drac that il
would t ike years of unrequited lai o
to pay tor.
A suggestion which comes from .
writer on the subjec t is to the effect
that housekeepers might find relic!
in a "breakage fund." That, for in
stance, a sum of two dollats pel
month Le put aside, to be divided
among the servants where two o:
three are kept, less it only one is cm
uloyed, from which sum 2.1 cents ii
Ue l'ucted for every article broken b;
any one of them. This nrght be pos
sible and successful in some Louo
hnlJ,s, tut in many would not t
feasible. It would at least do awaj
with the cxesperating indifference
with which an inquiry about broken
articles is met, and would blunVthe
edge of the painful mystery which
always surrounds such occurrences. -
New York Times.
An interesting subject
traffic circles is whether
be Mnaideredjjiijjjaje.
of dUca$3lon i
a bicjc'.o ca'
-wlsery & Co
Misery loves Company. Misery
a brindled cat and Company is a big
Newfoundland dog. "
They were raised, and livid very
happily for some years, in a sham ;
hikh up on the rocks of a va an:,
block in Harlem; but times have
changed with them now, and thev
are in a fair way to become tramps
in the wide world of unclaimed cats
und dogs.
Some days ago the people of tht.
hanty were forced to move away,
and a blacksmith's shop was Unit
upon the rocks, then a wagon-load ol
large steam drills was hoisted up and
piled alongside of it; and in a few
luonths a row of tall modern house
will stand ia the little shanty'
place.
When the owners moved awav
they left Misery and Company al.
alone to take care of themselves as
best they could; and their trial wuuid
have begun before now if it were not
for tne children in the ne ghber
hood, who have so far kept them
nupplied with bones and pieces of
meat and bread for Company is one
of those great, big good-natured dog
that would not harm a niou e. and
be has made many friends among the
little toys and girls near by, whom
he is always ready to play tag with,
ar even to ride around upon his back.
; Paring school hours Misery and
Company pass their time very quietly
together, wondering what has be
L'lime of their owners, and wandering
a!out over the rocks in search ol
'hem.
At night they crawl under tht
hanty, and Misery curls herself up
;lose against Company and goes to
sleep, as a kitten docs with its
mother.
Company is always first to wake ui
in the morning, but he is careful not
to disturb Misery until she begins to
stretch herself and is ready to rise:
then she walks around him. rubbing
herself against him and purrinif. as
if to say, Come, let's take a walk;"
and they start off together, side by
side, for a ramble before breakfast.
As Company's legs are very long
Misery finds it bard work to keep
sten, arid it is eiy funny, as they
are trotting along together to see
Company looking l.wn sideways at
Misery with a great deal of admira
tjo i. but still in a reproachful sort
of way, as if he were saying, "Why
don't you keep step?"
Although Company never mind,
however roughly the children may
play with him. he Is very jealous ;md
uneasy if any one of them tries to
catch Misery: he will then give a
grulT kind of a bark, which the boys
and girls all understand very clearly
to mean. "That's niy cat, and you
must be very careful of her." SU
Nicholas.
!lnl. Him I(si(. I ...
She had a -brill voting voice rnnt
pervaded tlie wlio'e ear. and when
die spoke In the infantile ti.iriiiig at
tier side, she slopped over into baby
talk that made all the other passen
L'ers grit th'ir te'dli and clu'eli tlie
iilusli backs of the seals in fionl.
The car was lull, and 11m- f .:.d voting
kuard.aa of uifancv and innocence
tieeupiel the llrst -cut. hack to back
.vim that was tie- se.it thai faced
'.lie -tove. ai.d on this undesirable
; '-; sat a thin, old man, with tli:e-j
Mteliels aud chin whi-k-'is.
There was a lull for a lew miles
iiid the passengers began to relax
.b .-ii MiiU-cles. and breathe freer, when
!l.e fusilade suddenly began again.
Scepy, ittledirl? Oh, so seepy?'
No re-pon-e.
Was oo mamma's witlle yarn
tlamtna s wittle yarumyvam? Look
lp here! Look at me! Oh, vou bad.
Was no mamma's naughty bad?"
Three slaps.
I -
oh, you bad. preciou-. it Lie -it.g
I
.'lamina s JDaisv Ducktilliis. heiow ine
'.'.i' trots. Ivis-aim mel m vow
lea Kissliiil I'le!"
'1 nere were beads of p- i-piratioi
ui I lie face of the man with the
h 'i whiskers, anil whet! the couduo
.o: i-peiied the car door he gave a
convulsive shiver, that knocked down
die coal shovel.
''Conductor," he whispered, "you
laven't come too saon."
Why?"'
"I'm a desperate man,"
"Too hot?" asked the conductor
f.:c Imgly, opening the stove door.
Hot? Man, it's that woman and
a' v back of nie. It's the baby
:wa idle. I tell you 1 can't -tmd it.
I've raiscdninc young ones myself out
:ii i way, and 1 didn't raise 'em oh
:ha'. Git the woman anything she
.va;,'-. Git her a bouse and lot
I'll eiiip in, but keep her quiet II
? ui don't, conductor, I'll brain thai
la by with this yaller (-ample case.
:le ii ? I'm desprit!"
The conductor didn't reoly. lit
can d over to the young woman and
laid:
"Madam, you must send that dog
:o tue baggage-car." l'rce Press.
Sulifiimt- ami Tliuuilvr-StoriiM.
Among the supposed relations be
tween sunspots aud the atmosphere
of the earth is one in w hicli thunder
storms are concerned. Half a do..-n
years ago it was noticed in havaria
that destructive lightning stroke
were apparently less numerous during
a maximum than during a minimum
of sunspots, and Doctor Von Fieold
came to tho Conclusion that big'i
temperatures and a spot!e-s soldi
surface give years abounding in than-der-stornis."
It this theory is correct, the sum
aier Just passed should have been com
paratively free from thunder-storms,
for tbe sunspots arc now approaching
a maximum.
Next Summer also should, upon the
same hypothesis, witness relatively
few thunder-storms. In Lngland
there has, indeed, been noticed this
year an apparent tendency to follow
the supposed law describf-d above, as
thunder-storms there have been less
numerous than they were a few yean
ago7 when the sunspots were neat
their minimum.
Probably, as Is the case with all tin
Other supposed relations between sun
spots and terrestrial phenomena, tlm
proof in this case will be very slow to
obtain and very far from convincing,
until we have learned much morn
than we now know of the general
'aw-of the solar. action. ... ...
Ciiniditg plays no regard to virtnt
aid b bat a low mimic cf wisdom.
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irom tne nonn.syu.--- rrheseswei'
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