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B. P. SOHWEIER,
THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. XLVIII.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1S94.
NO: 24.
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1AY SKKMOX.
Jnl.ipcf: "A Cheerful Church.
TSohol.l, thrvn
nil's SnR2f lv., 1.
nit fair my love
d'cVr criticism" Pays thnt this Dook a
FVe-.,..n song Is a love scene, ft forior
r. ii ten selling for her bean. If so. It Ls ai
': deipHiiched utterance Inserted
in ! 'ir -wor 1 of God and is not fit foi
-., , -u n readme. My opinion is that it isan
ir.-t re I o le setting forth tho feeling o1
iT--f toward the church and of the church
t.w.-irl Cririst. Christ is the bri.legroom
"' V'1" i, the bride. The sami
wrd- we can ...lerto-dnytruthfully, whether
in rc-ard to the church of God In general ot
tins e!:tirch in particular, "Behold, thou art
f:i T, !!IV love.
I , ,,-..t week ha been one of prolonged
f , t .iu ation for that we have for twenty
f. years been permitted to associate with
","r ",Itl"1 relation of pastor and peo
p e. h.-n I came to lirooklvn. I found a
:m'1 at Christian disciples who from
var .. is eaiise, had become lens and less until
t ... y -too I upon the very verge of extinction
a- a e.aireli. and the question was bein"
iiLM-itet from time to time whether it would
1 f .ss,,e to maintain a church life longer
1,1 ' ha l "ot those men and women been
. -..a -.rated nnd earnest, they would have
hut n 1-re.l to tlie adverse circumstances
I . y mar-hale I congregational meeting
an ! gathering up all the forces possible they
at tun-teen vo for a pastor, all of which
1 a n hai.t.y to have received.
I was not throu,-h any spirit of personal
;''''- or real adventure that I was led
fr en ,.,. o, the w.-inm-st and most congenial
I .-!-r.t.- i Philadelphia that a man ever
en.. .ye I to this then most m, in. ill.,,, n.i.i
" was the feeling that Cod had called m4
to the .rk, .and I was sure He would see me
l! T..K.I
I l ave thought that it might be prolitable
ton-to s,ate briefly what kind of a church
have been trying to estahlish.
Im the llrst plaee, J remark that we have
r" " " ''- to build here a Christian church
i:-tm -lively such in otiier words a
rhiireh where we should preach the Lord
.I -n- Christ and Him crucified. MvtheoUvy
is all .-on,, into five l-tt-rs Jesus. Jesus
the pardon of nil offenses. Jesus, the
foundation for all structures. Jesus' the
l ai n f..r all wounds. J..Sus, the ,-ve salve
lor all bun ln.-s. J.-sns. tbe gaidn'througb
a, I p.:rp! x.ties. Jesus, the hope for all dis
(..nrageaieiits. Jesus, the r. forra for all
wr. .nes.
I have fa::h to believe that C-ero (s mv.i
power in one drop of the blood of J.ms
hrist to euro the woes of the world than
In an o.vvin lull of human quackery. Jestl4
is the grandest note in any mins'relsy. ju.j
is the briirht. s; gem in nnv crown ; height
overtopping til) height; the centre of every
cir.Mim eren v. ; the circumference to evry
centre; the paciibr of all turbulence; the
empire of all disputes. J .sus, Jesus! At
His table all nations are to sit. Around Ills
throne, all worl ls r.reto revolve. He is to
1 the Irrn.liation of the universe. J.-s.is
Jesus! It ieth.-.t truth that we have tried
to preach in this Tabernacle.
Do you nsk more minmely what we be
lieve? I can tell you. Wo have no dry
withered, jutceless theology. We believe In
God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven
and earth, the deliverer of the distressed,
the home lor the homeless, the friend for the
friendless. We believe in Jesus Christ, nhle
to save to the uttermost, pardoning the
guilty, imputing H.s righteousness to the
believer. We believe in the Holy Ghost,
tho comforter, the srinetitler, cheering up
the heart in life's ills and kindling bright
lights in evry dark landing place. We be
lieve that the whole race is so sunken In sin
that nothing but the omnipotent arm of God
can ever lift it out. We believe in grace
free fjraee, sovereign grace triumphant
-race, eternal grace. We beiievo in a lilble
authentic in its statements, immaculate
In its teachings, clorious In Its promises.
We believe in heaven, the abode of the
righteous, and in hell, the resilience of those
wiio are soul sulci, its of their own free
?hoiee refusing the divine mercy. We be
IIr tn the salvation of all men who accept
( hri-t by faith, be they sprinkled or im-n.ers-d,
worship they In cathedral or In log
-in n. believe they in Prosbyterianlsm or
Kpi- lacy, dwell they under Italian skies
or in ii.erlan snowstorms, be they Ethiopian
or A n-riean. All one in Christ. One Lord,
one l iith, on -baptism, on the way to heaven.
W"e built this Tat.ernrcle for tho purpose of
' -tilng forth these great theories ot the gos
. -l of the s .n of God. Would that we had
.e"u more faithful in the pulpit I Would
that we had been more faithful in the pew 1
. I remark, further, that we have tried here
to build a church distinctively unconven
tional. Instead of asking, as some people
are dispose l to do, how other people do it,
bnve asked the question how people do
not do it, Inp-rious custom has decided
that churches shall be angular, cheerless,
gloomy, unsvnipathetie, forgetting that what
tnen call a pious gloom is impious, and tnat
that eburch lias t 'ie best architecture where
the people .'.re tiie n o-t comfortable, and
hat that is the most efliec'iit Christian ser
vice where the peop'. e are made most sick of
i.ni and m.eU anxious after Christ and heaven.
And so we culled the architects together for
our lirst church building and said "Give ns
an amphitheater" that is, a lurgs family
circle, gathered around a fireplace.
Tor many years we had felt that an amphi
theater was the only proper shape for an
audience room. The prominent architects
of the country sai l : "It cannot be done.
You need a church building.' And so we
had plan after plan of churchly buildings
pr.-sc.'ited. but in .luetime God sent a man
who gra.-j)id our Idea and ex -cute. 1 it. Ho
far from being n failure, it satisfied our want,
and all our three churches were built on the
nmphith-atrical plan, and scores of churches
nil over the country have adopted the same
plan.
And, mv brethren and sisters, we fall in
our work just in proportion as we try to be
iiL other churches. We believe that Gol in
teiidcl every church, like every man, to be
individual, gathering up all Its peculiarities
end idio-yneraeii s and hurling them nil to
ward some good and grand object, in other
w ords, no two churches ought ever to be just
alike. Here is a church, for instance, whose
(ibjeet is to prepare philosophers and artists
mi. I critics for heaven. God speed them in
the difficult work ' Here is a churoh, on the
other hand, that proposes to bring only tl.
poor into the kingdom of Jesus Christ, look
ing not after the rich. God speed such a
church in its undertaking I Hut there is a
larger idea that a church may take bringing
iu tho rich and the poor, the wise nnd the
Ignorant, the high and the low. sothiit kneel
ing beside each other-shall bo the man faring
. umptuously every ilav and the miin who
could cot ijct his breaktast. God speedsuch
u church !
Oh, my friend., wo need to break away
from slavery to ecclesiastical custom. We
dare not sing if anybody hears us. We dare
not preach unless wo have rounde l oft our
eent.-nceg to suit the criticism of the world.
We dare not dress for church until we have
examined the fashion plates and wouldrather
Way at home than appear with a coat or a
bat not sanctions i by custom. When will
the day of deliverance come to the church of
Cod, when, instead of a dead religion laid
f.ut in state on a catafalque of pomp and In
Mncerirv, we shall have a living, bounding,
sympathetic, glowing Christianity?
I rema.k, further, that we have tried here
to build and to cnu lu -t a ehoerful church.
While, as you know, wo have not held ba-k
the terrors ot the law and the sterner doc
trines of the gospel, we have tried in this
house to present to this people the Idea tha.
the gladdest, brightest, happiest tiling in ab
the universe is the Christian religion. Ther
Is so much troublo in the world. Dusln.-st-"men
Jia7e so many anxieties. Toiling mei
have so J.ianv fatigues. Orphans have si
many desolations. Tor God's sake, if then
on anyTr!g!if place on earth, stio ,'t to them
J.et the church of Jesus Christ be the mosl
cheerful spot on earth.
tL'-t me say that I do not want anybody to
ome whining nronnd me about the Christian
religion. I have no faith in a religion ma.U
tiip of equal parts ol wormwood, vinegar and
jrod pepper. If the religion that Is presented
o us be a depression, we will get along
lieUer without it. If it bo a Joy, let It shin
rut from your face and from your eonversa
t Ion. If a man comes to my house to talk ol
jreligion with lugubrions countenance and
jjiajjper full of sniffle and dolorousness 1
lael like saying to my wife, "ton haTbeftet
lock up the sliver before he steals some
thinrr" I have found It an invariable rule
time on their sanctimoniousness, alwavs
turn out ftn.lly-1 nnver knew an exception
while those who are the most consistent,
tne most usoful and the most consecrated
have perfume In their conversation and
heaven in their fane.
The happiest Christians that I have ever
Known have been persons from sixty to elchty
venrs of affe. Iiy that time people get over
the shams and the pret-nseg of BOoloty and
have no lonarer any pnti-nee with anything
11 e Imposture in religion. O Christian, how
lare you be gloomy? Is not God yoiu Father?
Is not Jesus Christ your Saviour? Has not
your path all tbrouKti lire bwsn strewn with
mereiee? Are you insensible to the far that
there are (ilorlee nwattln you in the better
laOfIloxolo"isor celestial worship, eternal
chorala, tearuws eyes, sonjrs that resound
nnlnr arches f strength and hosannas that
clap their hands at the foot of the throne?
Is it nothing to you that all the hills of
heaven are radlanf 4th the fanes of Those
who have gone up from you and whare wait
ing ror your coming, ready to keep with yon
eternal holiday? Is there nottUng In songs
that never cense. In hearts that never none,
i 8Pifln,'1or" ttmt never die, to make you
. I nPn take no more mercy at the hand
of thy Oo 1 1 Give back the marriage ring of
lovo that Jesus put on your finger in the day
of your espousal 1 plant no more of the
flowers of heaven where there ought to be
Lothing but nettles and nightshade I
We try to make this church a cheerfnl
ohuroh. A man on Bnturlay afternoon
stands in his store and savs "How shall I
meet these obligations? How can I endure
is new disaster that is coming upon me?"
He goes nmTA. " riA" flu. la hjm
in the house of God. Through the song,
through the sermon, through the prayer, the
Lord J-sus Christ says to that man; "O
man, I have watched thee. I have seen aJI
thy struggles It is enough. I will see thee
through. I will stand between thee and thy
creditors. I will malie up Jn heavenly
treasures what you have lost in earthly
treaoiirea. Courg, man, ceuragel Angels
of God, I command you to elear the track
for that man ; put your wings over his head
with your golden scepters strike for his de.
fense ; throw around htm all the defenses of
eternity." What is the consequence? That
business man is strenirthened. He noes to
the store next dHy feeling that God is with
him and ready to deliver.
That same Sunday there Is a poor old-woman
In the ehuruh hearing the gospel. Oh,
how shrunken she Is ! Bho wears thesamti
iress she wore twenty years ago. How faded
It is and now out of date 1 She sits and listens
is well as she can. Her eyes arc so dl:n s'le
funnot see half way nero-is the church. Her
sar is so Imperfect that she can only catch
jccasionally a note of the psalm or a worl
5f the preacher. Some one sitting next to
aer gives her a book aad iluds the place for
iier. She says, "Thank you, miss ; thank
rou." She holds the book close up to her
5yes and with a voice all full ot tremors
lings :
Jesus, lover of my sn.,
Lt me to Thy bosom fly
Will! the billows .ier m mil,
Wmle Ui. tempest st II 1 lilfu
IT de me, (j my SivL.iir, hid-.
Till tee sr.tria of lira m i ;-.hl
Bate Into the heaven Kulle
Oh, rece ve my soul nt U-t.
And Jesus says to her, "Mother, are yot
eary?" And she says, "Yes, Jsui. I "an
very tired." Jesus says, ".Mother, are yoa
poor?" And she says . "Yes, I am ven
poor. I cannot sew any more. I canno't
knit any more. I am very poor." Jiu
lays to her, "Mother, would you like tc
rest?" She says, "Yes, Lord ; that Is what
want rest." "Cour.ige, mother," says
lesus. "I will see thee through."
She goes home. The next morning In the
nement house some one dwelling on
tnother fldor comas to her room and knocks.
So answer. The door ls opened. She ii
lead 1 The night before the chariots of God
aalteil at that pillow of straw, and Jesu;
kept nis promise. He said that He would
give her rest, and He has given her retff.
Glory be to God for the height, the depth,
the length and the breadth ot such Christian
comfort ! Oh, that we might have such joy
is that which inspired the men at the battle
of Leuthen ! They wore singing a Christian
song as they went Into battle. A general
al l to the king, "Shall I stop those people
llnglng?" "No," said the king. "Men that
ling like that can fight." I would that we
had a singing church, a joyful ohuroh, a Ju
bilant church, a comforting church, for then
we would have a triumphant church.
I remark, further, that we have here tried
to build a church abreast of the times. It Is
nil folly for us to try to do thlnes the way
they did fifty or 100 years ago. We might as
well be plowing with Elijah's crooked stick,
or go Into battle with Haul's armor, or prefer
a canaiboat to an express train, ns to be
clinging to old things. What we most need
now is a wide awake ohuroh. People who
are out in the world all the week. Jostling
against this lightning footed century, come
Into the church on the Sabbath and go right
to Bleep unless they have a spirited service.
Men eagaged in literary oalllngs all the
week, reading pungent, sharp writings, can
not be expected to oome aad hear our eccle
siastical humdrum.
If a man stay at home on Sundays nnd
reads the newspapers. It Is because the news
papers are more interesting. We need, my
brethren, to rouse up and stop hinting with
blank cartridges. The church of Go. I ought
to lie the leader, the Interpeter, the Inspirer
of the age. It is all folly for us to be dis
cussing old Issues arraigning Xero, hang
ing Atisalom, striking the Philistines witn
Shamgar's ox goad when all around about
us are Iniquities to be slain.
Did I say that the church ought to be
abreast of the times? I take that back. Tue
church of God ought to be ahead of thetirp.es
as far in advance as the cross of Christ is
ahead ot all human invention. Paul was
1000 years ahead of the day in which he
lived. The swift footed years that have
passed since Luther died have not yet co-ne
up to Luther's grave. Give iniquity 4'i0J
years the start, and the feet of Cnristiau'ty
are so nimble that if you will but give it f nil
swing It will cntch up and pass it In two
bounds. The church ol Go 1 ought to be
ah end of the times.
I remark, further, that we have tried here.
In the love and fear of Ood, to build a church
that would be characterize 1 by conversions.
I have heard of very good people who could
preach on for fifteen or twenty years and see
no conversions, but yet have faith. It takes
a very good man to do that. I do not know
how a man can keep his faith up if souls are
not brought to the Lord Jesus Christ. That
churoh that does not bring men and wom-n
to the feet of the Saviour is a failure, I can
not how fine the building, or how sweet the
musio. or how eloquent the preaching, or
jiow elegant the surroundings it Isafailure.
The church of Go 1 wis ma le for Just one
thing to get men out of the world into the
kingdom of heaven.
The tendency In churches is to spen 1 their
time in giving Ime touches to Christians
already polished. We keep our religion too
much Indoors and under shelter, when it
ought to be climbing the rocks or hewmg In
the foreets. Then It would be a stalw irt re
ligion, a robust religion, a religion a'.le to
digest the strong meat of the word, iusioa.
of being kept on the pap au.l gru -l of spir
itual invalidism. It is high time that w
threw off the Sunday clothes of sickly senti
mentality and put on the working dress o
aa earnest, active Christianity.
Here Is Brooklyn, here is New York, her.
are the United States, here Is the vhni
world to be converted. It ls 191 yeart
dnee Christ C.ime, and yet Europe. Asia.
A'riea, North and South America nre still
unevangelized. More people lorn every veal
into the world than are t orn into the king
dom of God. At that rate I ask anyone who
can do a simple sum in arithmetic to calcu
late when this world will be brought to
Jesus. At thnt rate, never, never, never'
And yet we know that It is to be brought to
Christ. But tho church will have tn change
Its tact snd take a wider sweep with the gos
pel net thnn It has yet taken. I believe that
the great mass of the people are now ready
to reoelvo the gospol If we give thorn a
chance. .
A bov goes alonj the street at night and
S-es a fine bouse beautifully lighted up and
hears music, and he savs, "I wish I was in
there but I have not been Invited, and so
he passes on. Here is the church of Oon.
lighted up with festivity and holy mirth, and
the world passes along outside, hears i the
muslo and sometimes wishes it was Inside
but savs that It Is not Invited Oh, Invite the
world "to come in ! Go out nto the highways
nd hediree. Send a ticket of invitation
plnted in tcseVords, "Come, for aiming,
Some yoanTago 200 men 7rs bnrted jatfcs
Hartley colliery of England. The Qujn of
England from her throne ,ef72phrhiT
there any hope for the men?" After awhile
the answer came over the wires : '-No . hope.
They are dead." Here is a wnom raw. -
The question
that thrills up to the throne of God to-aay
. "Is there any hope for the men?" Answer
ing intelligence comes back from the throne
of God. thrilling through the world's dark
ness, thrilling through the world's woe.
Y.s. Hope for one, hope for all ! Whoso
ever will let him come. And the spirit nnd
the bride says, 'Come.1 And let hiai that is
attilrst come."
We have had conventions all over the
country discussing the suhj!t, "How Shall
the Great Masses be Brought to Christ?"
They have passed splendid resolutions at the
close of the meeting a long list of eight, ten
Or fifteen have been read, and then the pre
ilding officer has said, "All those In favor of
the resolution for the conversion of the
world, purifying tho cities and redeeming the
masses and making everything all right say
ye." "Aye, aye !'' say a thousand voices.
"All opposed no." "The ayes have it."
There, the whole world Is converted Ah,
we do not seem to get along by such a pro
cess. It this world Is ever to be brought to Cod,
It will not be by the handful of ministers we
have in this country. It will be by the great
masses of Christian men nnd women dis
charging their duty. If the private church
membership of this country would put on
their armor and go forth, I believe that in
fifteen years the whole land would be re
deemed for Chridt. Would God that all tha
people were prophets ! I am never afraid to
near a man say that he is going to preach.
If he cannot preach, people will not go to
hear him- It he can. he has a message trora
the Almighty, and I would have him deliver
It. Look out how you Interfere with Mm.
Since we have been together as pastor and
people how many have Imen promoted to the
Klories of heaven? They died sweetly,
ealmly, as only Christians can d'a. They
have put down the staff of their pilgrimage.
They have taken up the palm of the victor.
Iha Lord Jesus has swung His arm through
this church a grrod many tlmna. He has
been up and down all these aisles. He has
taken the little children the dear little
ohildren. He came down into the garden to
gather the lilies and the aged as Weil. Ons
who sat right here, so that when I used to
pre ish I could almost put my hand on his
heart, when I came back from my summer
vacation was gone. Oh, how the glories of
heaven shone around that old man's face as
he sat here Sabbath after Sabbath 1 Gone
now. Happy spir.t. II ippy with all those
Who have passed the floo 1.
One ar-ny of th lirlnz Jo.
To liis command we bow.
Part of th hi.sr. ..are cr..4-s-1 the fl-KMl,
Au t part are cri-i.u3 now.
I thank you for all your kindness, for all
your sympathy, fur all your prayers for me
ns pastor, it is a sorrow to me that I am
to Iw atisent even for a few months. I have
worked to the full extent of physical, mental
and spiritual endurance for this church.
Sow we start out onourtwenty-stxthyenr.
How many of us will close it here I know
not. But, living or dying, lot us cling to
Christ. Oh, that all the people would love
Him! I wish that I could take this audience
this morning and wreath it around the heart
of my Lord Jesus Christ 1 Oil, He is suoh a
dear Saviour I He is such a loving Jesus !
He is so precious 1 He Is all the world to me.
He is heaven to me. He washed away my
sins. He eomforted me in day of darkness
and trouble. He ls mine. Oh, blessed Jesus 1
Sweetest sound I ever heard or ever expect
to hear is Thy name I
aiy closing prayer t'ms morning is tnat
Cod will have mercy on the dying popula
tion of our great cities, and that the whole
earth will put on bridal array for the coming
of the Lord, Hide on, King Jesus j ride on I
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from
everlasting to everlasting, and let the whole
earth be tilled with His glory Amon and
ameo 1
Spile IXrivinjf as a Fine Art
The san-kiaaed commuter who
crosses the ferries has an intimate no
quaintanceship with the huge derricks
and their ever rising ever falling ham
mers. But few, even of these birds
of passage, know about the require
ments of the "final drive." Tho spile
is first pnlled.np on end and allowed
to fall with a rush with ono end into
the ooze. Then it is 'ridden" for
awhile; that is, hauled up a bit and
allowed to settle by its own weight,
being worked down until it will stand
"by iteelf. Then the driver is placed
over it and down comes the block with
a huge thnmp. This is continued time
After time. At first there is no re
'bound, but as the resistance becomes
more and more the block begins to
rebound in proportion until what is
known as "the final drive" occurs.
In almost every contract the rebound
called for on this is "four inches.'
That is, when the resistance of the
pile is so great that the weight will
jump back those four inches tho spile
is believed to be so securely implanted
that nothing but an earthquake or an
ocean steamer will dislodge it, and
this is generally the case. New York
Mail and Eipress.
Xovcl Pumping Plant.
Manuel E. de Coata, who rosides si:;
miles south of Sacramento on the
Kiverside road, has built an ingeni
ous machine for irrigating his flower
garden and his orange and lemon trees.
It consists of a wooden wheel ten feet
in diameter and with a rim or tire
about two feet wid- A dog is placed
iDside the wheel, which is turned by
bis weight as he gallops in treadmill
fashion. The revolution of the axle
turns a crank which operates the
handle of a pump set in a dug well.
After half an hour's exercise the dog is
taken out and a fresh dog put in for
another half hour.
The dogs seem to enjoy the work,
for they bark and wag their tails
when they are brought to the wheel.
They know that it means something
good to eat at the end of tho half
hour's work. KcrninoTito (Cal.l liea.
FOOD FOU THOUGHT
Make yourself an honest nian, and the
you may be sure that there is no rogue
lees iu tho world.
Dresses nre made of wooden fibre
which, when spun or otherwise pre
pared, is scarcely distinguished from
tine silk.
A man miint bo excessively stupid, as
well as uncharitable, who believes there
is uo virtne but on his own side.
That remark about never crossing th
bridgotint.il you get to it has kept many
a man on tho lazy side of the btream.
Evers thought which genius and piety
throw into the world alters tho world.
No ashes nre lighter than those of in
cense, and few things burn out sooner.
Familiarity with evil is one of the
surest ways by which the soul can kill
itself.
When all tlse'is lest, the future still
remains.
To a mule's ears a mule's voice is al
ways music
Let Mm who regrets the loss of tim
moke proper use of that which is to
come in the future.
No king can rule others wo'l who is
no master of himself.
The injury of prodigality leads to this
that he that all will not economize
will have to agonize.
The will nrrt the gift makes (he
giver
There is always room for a mrm of
force, and he makes room for many.
f HE BROOK.
Tli.-r the ft -1 's an I wjols he
iie'.o iy is U lie know!
L:steu I he is sinin now
'In the bird upon tha bough.
Teaching her new trioks of soi-
That shall gladden us erelong.
Minstrel of th) meadows ho(
All he kraows is melody I
O'er his path the grasses green
Day and night in rapture lean;
And th? lilies tall an I white
Tremble with his song's ileli'U ;
Xow and then a hap;y limb
Drops a leaf to ho:jor lii:n;
You may o'ten see them lis
'.n his br ?ast as he goes by.
Ringing soinHhinj strangely swjai
Waich tho winds n'one repeat.
r'on; for him is everything:
He's a poet, and must sing!
Frank D. Bhennan, In Indjpjjljut,
MILLIE'S RELATVE&
OOH o'd uncle,
he has dropped
to sleep nt last."
The peakei
arranged a wr-jj
nbr.ut the inva
lid's Fhoulrirn
with a touc'i ai
pentle ns r. vvoinan'i
.0 tendurnesi
creat, rood
y'-i'.T'f" "iV""--4" 1-tart liDsri-rcd in
)S J " L i d i.- , .
UI eyes. i nen
P -.1. t.. i .. i...
Kill! IUC iuu-lii...ii n:c
"kinks out of his legs' ho
wa'ked away for the purp.ise of taking
a turn or two on the p'.atlnrra of a dinijy
litt'.o station nt a dilapidated wcsierc
TilhiL'c, w jere the west bouu 1 train had
stopped fur the triin-neu's noontime
luncii, whica was sui vcd at a ru 1c cjun
ter in the sta'inn.
Tae bull ilns wit lilt t'10 raie of
R: chard W.i'icm i.i's visioa hal a dis
courage, utiliapny lojk as if tho e.Tort
to keep u;j a' raspajlablo aopjirme ha l
long since been abandons 1. Tue wild,
prairie wiuds h i I snatc'ie I a vay a shin
ijlo here, and a c!ap')o ird th-re. and
ii-vc-ril of tho c liiuneys and fences
leeuied to be tottering oo the verg3 of
destruction which was certain to follow
the uext wind stnrru. That severe wind
storms were common was quite evident
from the fact that tho debris of a recent
storm wss strewn throughout the village.
It wai also evident that the inhabitants
considered it "labor lost" to gather iu
their belongings, since V.ie next storm
would, iu a'.l probability, send them
brO'id-cRj; again.
Tuc canine population of the place was
arranged in an expectant row at tiic side
nf the truck, just uuder the cj.ich win
dows, where they h td stalione 1 them
selves on the arrival of tuo tr.tin, and
were begging, with upturned eves, for
contributions from Etteru b ikesbons.
This circumstance led one to conclude
thas these hilf-famis bed creatures sub
sisted mostly on the generosity of trav
elers, a supposition which was partially
vended by a crust of bread deicending
from ons of tho windows in frjnt of tho
hungry pack, at which a confused
scrauiblc. acco.nnauiej by vicious snarl-
I iiii.1 t.inlr rd:ee. nn.l the blrre le let.
miserable dog auion taeui, c.iptured the
prize.
liic'citid Wuiicmnn glanced aho7c the
station bouse door in hopes of b-'tnable
to learn t'.ie name of the forlorn village;
but the Into storm had torn the boars'
upon wbica the name was recorded, from
its fastenings, and it cow stood prop cd
up against the station house, with its
letters inverted. Tho name might hnve
been Hard. cr.abble. Young W-cc nan
decided that it looked as nearly like that
as anything, and being a mo-.t appro
priate appellation, he neceptel it with
mt fur, icr investigation.
There was a great commotion at the
station. It eecined to Richard 'Wake
man tbst tiie entire village emit have
turned out for so.ue special purpose. Ha
wa3 not long kept in ign.jrauce of it
nature, for the loul-voiccd conversation
informed him that Millie .Marks was
taking lu r invalid mother to California,
ror the benefit of its recuperative climate.
"The hull pisol o' relatives on both
side", hez turaei out to sje 'em off, tz
was our duty, stein thet there ain't
much prospects o' JIarthj's liviu to get
home ag'in," one of the dutiful "rela
tives" was remarking in a high-pitchel
(al-elto voice, that cut the air like a
'inife.
"It's a clean wiste o' monsy, an' )
.ol 1 Abner so. lust niht. I said, sayi
1, 'this sending a half dead womau, an'
a younsr, giddy girl oil alone is a te-.npt-in'o
Provideuce, to say the very least,
an' the jjtravaganco of it is siiup'y
3rcadful.: Cut Abner slapped ono o' his
high an' mighty look9 on to his face, an'
said 'at he reckonel he could a.lord to
give Mirthy a chance for her life, at any
rate, hi' he didn't count the cost o it
nuther. Jl irthy's aliers been a savin'
woman, an" I wonder that s.:e consented
o seeh r x ra valance."
"l"s a. I Millie's doiu's," volunteered
a thirl. 1'het girl has carrieJ things
pretty much her own way since she cs nc
back from that eastern school. I
s'picioncd 'twould be tho ruination o'
her when they was a-plannin' to send
her. They heard all I had to say on tho
subject, an' then went right on just as
if I hadn'c spoke my mind at all. I had
a talk with Millie last night, an' gave
her heaps o' go.l advice about properly
conduciin of lieisjlf amongst strangers,
au' tho spendin o' money, an' so forth,
an' whether she take3 it to heart or not
is neither hero nor there. I done my
duty, an' my conscience is clear o' anj
responsibility 'n tho mitter."
IJeforc Richard hal tinT3 to mi'tJ his
escape, four gaunt, harl-fcatueJ wonen
lial crowded against him in their elljrtt
to cuter the tourist car, upon tuo lo ver
tep of whic'i be had stationed himself,
the belter to see over the hea'ls of "Mil
lie's relatives." Tne movement was so
B idden that he had no iccourso but to
cuter the car iu advance of tue;n, which
he did, iatenJing to pass through it to
lb- Pall nail co t :h beyond, w.iilo hi
c'u.'o w.is slci.p:u'i but whea ha had
reac ie I the center ot t.iceir in i..
covered tint the objjctiona'j'.o ruintive:
p.ite b!oc'i-iled tiie passage in cither
lirectiun, and there was nothing left for
iii-u but t liul a seat and wait the.'
'xi.
As ho c.'e 1 hi ii-ei', a stalwart rr.nn
a typicd Western settler p'.aced a
slmdcr little '.vunian in the o.-npiran.'n'
cext to th?! one he had enters 1.
' There jou bo, maw, cz coinl'ublc e.
if you was to hnmo on your best feathei
bed," he f ai 1, with a gigantic effort U
stctdy his voice. After sva'ioiving twe
or tiuec times in Quick succession, he
.Hid: "Tou'n Milliail have a real
nies time, au' you'll come home ez chirk
tz a e'e let, er my name ain't -JJaaai
Marus."
Hj tuc'cid her shawl about her as ht
spoke witn awkward taa.lerness, and bit
great, brown hand paused in passing to
ciasp her siender one, while his lip
twitched tromulously. He was rough
nnJ uncouth, this man whose continual
battle for a living had crowded out all
posible opportunity for self improve
ment out of his narrow, over burdened
life; uncouth airt uncultivated bul
irreat hearted in the extreme was Abnc
Marks.
It's costiu' you a jrjt deal, Abner,'
sighed the little woman, wearily, "an'
I'm a'raid wo can't aHord it. Tue rela
tives say '
"Piaiue tVre the relatives 1 I wisl
the hull paci oa 'era was in Jericho.
They'va pestered the life e'ei a most
cut'n you. I'va got my opinion thet it'i
mi;o relatives than malaria what's aiiio
of you."
Richard noticed that this was said in
sub lue 1 tones.
"An as fer to' cost, don't you go It
frettia' crb iui thet, an' spile all the gooc
ejects o' th' Caliloroy climate." Hi
continue 1 in a much louder voice. "I've
had a birr streak o lucic lately, an' can
aJord a sight more'n your trip '11 cost.
Naw s iy goo 1-by to your folk3 while )
give Millie a word o' advice."
Ha dre .v Millie to one side where tht
little woman could not hear the "word
o' advice" ho was about to give her, and
in getting her beyond her mother's vi
cinity, as well as away from the clamor
ous relatives, he paused quite close total
solitary youn ; man whom fata seemed
to have destine! as a receptncie for the
confidences of tnis family. Ho could no$
have changed his position without at
tracting considerable attention and oc
cupying much of tho precious timf
needed for the farewells.
"Here's tho puro with cv'rv di:no i
eould rake an' serape togetaer, artei
buyia' your tickets," ho begin. ''I'll
got some more to you 'fore tuis is gone,
an' rainiyou'ro not to scrimp mv.v e2
long's tho money holds out, nor let hei
know tnot I in a-sellin tn garden t.iah
to eke out, nor thet the Tad heifer V
soli nor th' white horse "
"Nj, no, father; surely you can trast
me." iuterrupte 1 Millie, earnestly.
"Mother shall never know, and if this
trip cures her, wo will bo too happy ta
care for anything else. I mean to earn
nmething to help nlong with just at
soon as we get to California."
The conductor shouted "all aboard,"
which in this case meant for those al
ready aboard to leave the train. Then
was a hurried handshaking, followed by
a general scramble for the door, ani a
moment la'er distancj had begun to
lengthen out between brave .Millie Mirks
and her prairie hotnj.
Having had so much of the family his
tary forcai upon hiin, Richard Vakc
raan regarded the two wom-jn ia the
next C3 npartment with more interest
than he was acc i3to:neJ tj bostow on
traveling companions.
The girl's face wss completely hidden
by a thick veil which sue uov proceeded
to remove. Richard was just a trifle
curious to see the face of thi;;irl whose
relatives, with the singlo exception of
the little sick mother, wero such loud
voiced, ungainly creatures. He expected
a slight improvement psrhaps, but not
much.
With an upper movement of her hano"
ihe remove i tho veil aad hut, then
busied herself making her dear invalid
jomfortiblo. Richard canao near ex
claiming with surprise at tho sweet, un
conscious beauty of the fair, 11 ver-liko
face looking out from its framo of soft
brovn hair. .Every curve and outline
of it was as delicately chiseled as he
co'i'nl hopo to behold in the faco of t
lueea.
The yrar's schooling abroad, whicl
tho rehu.vc so emphatically disap
proved, had accomplished wonders for
Millio Mirks, and Richard Wakemaa
dimly 50 nnrehendo 1 what hor later life
imong then must have been.
"To a girl liko her it must have been a
olghtma'e of horror," ho thought, as she
caressed tho little mother, whilo the
cadences of her sweet, low voice were
wafted back to him. "I don't wonder
that sho -vanted to get the mother away
fr.).n tuem, and Ood helping me they
ihstl never go back again, but the way
shall op u up for that plebian nobleman
o come to them."
Millie had already spread the eveojao
lunch for herself and mother when the
train cams to a stop at a railway lunch
ita'ion, aad sho was about to go in
juest of a cup of cjlee for her mother
when a c lurceitis voice at her sido re-'
quested tho privilcg-j of doing the errand
'or her.
'It wj'l be no trouble at all," he said,
"as I a n doing a like errand for my in
alid undo in the next car."
Miilio blushed. Sho had meant to
ipend but ten cents, and tho pitcher full
vo'ild cist much more, she feared.
'You aro very kinJ," she said, grate
fully, handing him tue dish and a dime.
"Just one cup, please. I do not drink
cofiee. Mother takes cream and sugai
'a hers."
Ha understood, bowed gravely, and in
a very short time returned with a brim
ming pitcher or delicious colfee, in which
the magic of money had dissolved the
best of sugar and tiie richest of cream.
'They are very liberal at this station,''
he remarked as he haa Jed her the pitcher
ani hastened away.
Aal from that time Richard Wake-
a a apuatja 1 .? l trtuU ii iu 1
itation, aad pureha'ei whatever they
leaded ia tho way of supplies for the
naeh basket. It was simply marvelous
.0 innocint, unsuspecting Millie, how
!.ar tha money went, and hnw many neces
titles, to say nothing of luxuries in the
vay of fruit, etc., the dimes and quarters
landed to him for this purpose pur
based. Millie and her mother were going ti
Mn Diego, and thou ;h Mr. Wake.uaa
nd started with his uucie for Los Ange
.es, upon hearing their plans ho cams to
a sudden conclusion that San Diego's
e.piablt. climate woull be the more de
sirable for the cure of his uncle's co.n
u'aint. This decision would have been
.!irri.:d lato effect but for the fact that
tr. Va.e.Tan, Er., becamo so very ill
Ma: his nephew was obliged to stop with
iJ.-n at San Bernardino. Reluctantly he
j id Millie and her mother good-by,
promising to come on to San Diego just
s ao-in as "Uncle Phil" was able to con
tinue the jo'jrney.
It was several weeks before Richard
VTs're oan was permitted to follow Mrs.
Maris and hor daughter to Saa Diego,
wi-sa he ca'.Ied upon tbeai at the pretty
sea-side cottage where they lial loma
comfortable lodgings.
Mrs. M irks presently entered the room,
and he scarcely recognized the bright
little woman who came to welcome him
with such a ro-y flush on her oval face.
"It's just like cteetia a dear old
friend," she exclaimed, gladlv, 'aa'
Villie'lt be so happy to see you."
Millie came into the room at that mo
ment with the happiness of meeting him
shining in her truthful eyes. She had
never appeared so seet and altogether
lovable before, and R chard Wakcman
secretly acknowledged that this girl with
objectionable relatives was the fairest
voman he had ever known.
He informed them that his uncle had
died at San Bernandino, and that he was
now utterly alone in the world.
"We shall be recurning home soon,
Millie said, with the shadow of regret in
her fine eyes. "Mother thinks that she
has quite recovered."
"iut sho will not remain well If sht
.eturns to that dreadful place," Mr.
Wakeman affirmed, decidedly.
"I know i:. and this lovely bouse is
for sale at such a very low price just
now," Millio began. "If father could
only sell the Missouri farm to good ad
vantage he could make a payment on
:his, and we could be so so happy here.
But it isn't possible," she ad led, cheer
fully. 'Missouri property can't bo dis
posed of at any price now, and we must
return in about three weeks."
Mr. Wakeman said that he would be
rery sorry to have them go, and after
asking permission to call often while
tbey remained, he drew his visit to an
abrupt conclusion.
Tnat afternoon he wrs closeted foi
some time with a lawyear in the city,
who, as soou as the confereucs was
ended miJo hasty preparations for a
journey to a certain dilapidated village
n Missouri.
About three weeks later, as Mrs.
Marks and her daughter Mille were rest
ing from the sorrowful task of packing
their trunk preparatory to taking leave
of tho prcity cott-go they had learned to
love so dearly, ettting on tho rose-embowered
porch thoy discovered a familiar
form coming rapidly towards them, and
both women sprang to their feet in joy
ous expectancy.
"father!" excialmei Millie.
"Oh, Abner I" cried the little woman.
nd the next iostant his great, strong
arms weie about the n both.
"Talk about luck!" ho cxolaimod at.
101a as tho kissing process was over.
"I'vo had sech a streak o luck cz you
never hearn tell oa afore. A likely sort
0' chap came to our place the fust o' last
seek an fell despnt in lova with my
far.n tho minute he clapped eyes onto it.
An would you believe it, Mirthy, ho
offered mo fifteen hundred dollars hard
cash, right do.vn in my fist, fcr the hull
urnout.''
"Ob, father!" cried Millie, tremulous
with happiness, "this pretty cottage can
bo bought for that, furniture and all."
"E7'ry last one o' tha relatives on
ooth sides called oa him, an ollered
their farms fcr sa'.o," continued Mr.
Marks, not heeding Millie's interruption,
"but ho reckoned as how one Missouri
farm was enough fer him, an I ain't sor
ry nutcr," a sly twinkle creeping int i
his eyes. "Yes, Millie, gill, we'll buy
this house and stay in this country where
maw found her purty red cheeks agin.'1
That all happened more than two years
io, and though Mil'.io has bica Mra.
Wakeman for a short, joyous twelvo
months, she has never learned the truth
concerning the sale of her father's unde
lirablo Missouri farm. Yankco Blade.
I.arg?st Fruit Fur.u in t'10 World.
Howell County, Missouri, will sooi
aavo the largest lruit farm in tho world,
if it has not already that honor. A com
pany ha3 beon organized by South Bend,
tivansville and Springfield capitalists for
tho purpose of conveiting 12,00l acres
near Brandsvillo into an immense fruit
farm, work to commence within thirty
days. There is plenty of money backing
the scheme. Tho company propo3e3 to
build a cold stoiage plant, evaporator
sod distillery. The laud is situated on
the lino of tho Gulf road and is the most
desirable location in tho county. St.
Louis Republic.
Grew Six Inches in a Week.
Bertie Peardon, the ten-ycar-olu
Jaughtcr of John Peardon and wife, of
Smirtsville, was taken ill recently and
luffered considerable pain. She wat con
fined to her bed for some days, an 1 dur.
ing that time she grow about six inches.
The girl had boea quito large for her ae,
being quite stout and healthy. Wiien
taken sick sho was about five feet in
height, and when able to leave her bed
ho measured fivo feot six inchos and
weighed 122 pounds. nor sudden
growth has caused much comment.
Marysville (Cal.) Appeal.
Tangerous Places to'Sleep.
"Talk about people going to sleep
in church," said Albert W. Ihcan,
'why shouldn't they? I don't know
nny safer place on earth to sleep iu
than a church, and It seems all the
more secure to rue when 1 sec the
dangerous places chosen by some peo
ple to do their dozing in. At Indian
apolis, the other day, I saw a tin
smith asleep on the roof of a bouse at
the very eaves, and when two police
men stole up to and carefully awak
ened him bo got mad because they
bad disturbed his rest. He felt se
cure up there because he was used to
it- I have seen a man sitting asleep
on a painter's scatlold, swinging near
the top of one of Chicago's sky-piercing
houses, and when 1 spoke to him
about it later he said it was nothing
unusual; that he often took a post
prandial nap in that way. There
must be sonic sixth or seventh sense
in man that protects hitu during
sleep; that enables him t wake ut
at a desired hour, eta I feel more
convinced of this when I see, as I do
everv day, teamsters sitting asleep on
their wagons, nodding and snoring,
but seldom, If ever, falling off. Es
pecially on warm days can you see
dozens of teamsters a-do.e on their
moving wagons, and I believe it is
only those who are under the i n 11 11
enco of liquor that fall off.' St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Playlnc tf'y.
T.Ir. Cox John, why do von call
that pretty type-writerof yours Mary
Ann? Yeu told me her name was
Mabel. Mr. Fox Well, yo 1 see, I
have a bad babit of speak ng in my
Bleep, and my wife's name is Mary
Ann. J udge-
,TITH CHARCOAL DUBMEHS
pyCTrX.Ts.Tt COMMUNITIES SCAT
I33Ei) OVJ5B NEW JZRS&Y.
"nltioc: Wool and En rn in it Em
p'oys HunitreJsot .Men Who Live
in primitive Simplicity.
7 1TTLE colonies of men, peculiai
f communities, nre scattered up
aud (loan Xew Jersey like
bumps on a log. Tuey live
remote from tue centres of civiilzition;
they havo little or no interest in tne af
fairs of the outside world, while their
wants are very few and of tho simplest
kind. These nre the charcoal burners of
the Jersey pines.
All told, there aro not more than fiftj
if them in the State. Their earnings are
s.-anty, averaging the year round about a
dollar a day, a fact in itself which pre
cludes the enjoyment of much that others
enjoy, even the poorer classes in great
li'if-s.
Day in nnd day out, in winter's cold
sr.d summer's heat, the ring of the char-c-
al burner's axe may be heard ia the
pine ioresti of the S;ate beyond the Del
aware. Oil days when the mercury in
the thermometer huirs the zero marie
these fellows begin their labor in the
woods nt daybreak. Tueir first act is to
light a tiro with such dry branches as
they can scrape together, over which
they hold their keen-edgei nxos to draw
the frost out of their glittering blades.
' "11; we didn't, why, tho fust liili 'ad
Orcak 'cm right in two," said one of the
fraternity who took enough of his timo
to tell something about their way of
life.
Atsion is the nearest settlement to the
charcoal pit.-, and Atsion is a mediaeval
dream, it is the wreck of a once con
siderable village. If its unpaintcd and
decaying houses wero of stone instead of
old-lashioned clnyboard', it would be a
fac-simile reproduction of a Yorkshire
hnm'ct gone to seed.
This part of the country has beet
pretty well chawed up bycaorcjal burn
ers," saiu the driver, as the decrepit
buigy rolled noiee'essty along. "Thiy
clear out patches here and there, and
then move off to another pieca to begin
work. Tiie man who owns this track
wont let them cut it up the way the othei
owuer did. He keeps the.u pretty much
.n one place."
In the cxpres-ive Jersey vernacular
the soil iu spots did present a "dewed
up'' appearance. There were sido clear
ings covered with a thick gro vth I
shrubbery and long grass, tbrjugh which
peeped the black stumps of trees which
had been felled years before. After an
hour's ride there cime, oil to tiie 1 ig-lit,
the sound of axis at regular interval,
and the forms of men were seen moving
to and fro. In a clearing near by were a
lot of smoking tu nuli heaps of eartn
ten or a dozen feet iu height, arouud
whose summits light vapor werj curling
in fantastic wreat is acd shapes.
ly a strange pervrsiju of Rnglisl.
these heaps of cart 1 were cilled "pits."
In them wero burue 1 tiie charcoal of
comnerce and ma iufar.'tme.
There was a light sno .v on the ground,
but the workers did not seem to mind it.
Most cf them were in tiicir shirt sleeves
heavy woolen sliirts ami the exertion
nf swinging their axes kept t.iem in a
perspiration, de-spile the cutting win !
.vhich whistled to itself ns it played hhie
and seek with tue chimes of decayc 1
.eaves. Out in the cleanug a dejected
looking horse was hauling a loa I of cord
wood on a sled, while near one of the
nits a sturdy man was wheeling a bar
rowful of logs ih it woul l have made a
city hod carrier gr j ri. There were old
;e:i and yo.n;; fiinj were boys nt
w.-rii iu tie wool 1 1:1 1. Trees of all
ii;.3', Im n tne saplrn j tour inches in di
a utter io tile giant li.'O feet in circum
ference, were crasutog hero au 1 there,
and the steady strj'io of am was never
ailent.
The burning of charcoal is dono in the
same primitive condition here that it h is
been cairied on for centuries in Eastern
lands. Tho wood is heaped up, covered
with earth nnd tired. Rut a peculiar
jonicnclnture expresses tiio virions
proee-ses of tho work. Thus after tho
wood is cut and "ranked" it is wheeled
or sledded to the spot where the pit is to
be "set" that xs, where the wood is tet
up on etid "two banks," or eighty feet
in height, with a space in the centre for
the tiro, or, as it is called, the "chim
Qey." Tho average to each pit is about
seven eor '.s of wood.
Alter the pit has been set then comes
'.ho "blacking" aud "floating." F.or a
space of three feet around the pile of
wood the earth, or turf, or "blackin',"
is dug up and thrown on the pile of
wood. Upon this is thrown more sand,
and the whole is covered compactly with
sod and soil. The lire is then kindled
from tho top, and the wood is left to bo
charred. It has to be tended night and
lay, however, and this process is called
"dressing" it.
There were ten or twelve pits in the
neld where the Atsion workcis were cut
ting fuel. Some of them had abouj
burucd out, had sunken to harf their
original size, whiie others were just be
ginning to smoke like mimic volcanoes.
I'ho average produce of a pit is about
2 JO bushels ot c iarcoal. In tending a
pit the watchman has to climb to the top
of the mound by a rule iadJcr ma la out
of a log of wood, with nic'ies or step
cut in it and set up on end against the
i.noking pile.
Sometimes the pit3 bcyn to "mull;'
that is, it burns too fast and tho fire eats
to the foot of tha pit and threatens to
consume the entire mass. Tending char
coal pits is a dangerous business,
although it looks as simple as throwing
coals on a grate. A couple of years ago
a son of the superintendent of the pits
de c.-ibed went up on a pit to attend the
fires, w.icn the whole mass caved in
under his feet and he was roasted to
death. . It was during the night and no
help was near.
The best paid men about charcoal pit.
are those who haul the wood an 1 "set"
them. They are compelled to woik
very hard to earn $3 a week. The men
uu uo in. a ttur ut Atslou are brothers,
and have labored at charcoal burnm? in
J Illinois and other Western State3. Upon
the manner of "setting" a charcoal pit
depends, very largely, the success in
burning. Sometimes the pits are built
if three tiers of wood, and then with the
;'Boat" or earthy covering they measuro
ibout thirteen feet in height. The aver
ige thickness of this float is a trifle less
.ban six inches.
Until recently only pine wood char
toal was burned in this vicinity. Now
ak and maple are used also. Where
-'big" wood that is. thick sections o.f
trees :s use-l. from tea to twsle days
ire required to burn a pit; small wood
requ'r s only about li) hour n ths
iverage. The pine wood ciarcoal is
use I for rectifying purposes a'ai.nt ex
jiusively; the oalc and maple for fur
aaccs. Philadelphia Press. '
tTow Paper Money Slnvte'.
Paper money developed from the
fulls of exchange or certificates of the
tiatiksand was probably tlrst Issued by
the Italian bankers of the fourteenth
century. Governments found it an
;asy way of obtaining money In times
jf necessity, being, in eP.ect, a forced
loan from the people. Paper bills aro
promises to pay and when the Cov
jrnment Issues them in exchange for
supplies or services it has actually
borrowed just so much from the man
to whom it pays them. It, however,
illoirs him to pass this noto In pay
ment of his debts, so instead of being
1 loan from him singly, it ls a loan
from the whole people.
The ease with which the notes may
bo issued has led many Governments
into disastrous experiments in timo
of war and stress, the promises bring
Issued in such profusion that they be
come of no value.
The continental currency Issued
luring the Revolution by the Ainen
?an Congress and tho assignats of
the French Revolution uruv be in
stanced. Paper money depends for
Its value on tho ability of the au
thority that issues it to give value
Tor It when payment ls demanded.
When the Issue of the Civil War was
in doubt the value of the irrcenbacks
Issued by the United States sunk to
jne-third their face value, due partly
to a lack of confidence In the Gwern
aicnt, and due still more to the cer
tainty that payment of the notej
aiust bo Indefinitely postponed.
Even when the war closed and there
was no longer doubt of the Govern
ment, the currency was dopre dated
for thirteen years. The Government
was In the position of the ma 11 known
to bis neighbors as "gooa hut slow
pay." His notes pass at a discount.
The Government was known to bs
rood for the anr utit, and it was cer
tain that It wiul l In; ready to redeem
its notes some u:i', but that was not
enough for the man who wauled to
sec the money right away, lie thus
passed the note at a discount.
The value of paper money thus de
pends at my given moment on tho
promise of the Government to redeem
it. If the promise will be met when
the notes are presented they pa-s at
their face value. If there Is a doubt
on this point tho notes must pass at
a discount, greater or less, according
to circumstances. If there is 110
chance that they will ever be paid
they are worth nothing at all. As
the United States Government has
stood ready since 1879 to redeem in
gold any notes as s.kui as presented,
its currency passes without question
at its face value. !?an Francisco Fx
mlner: High Hallway Spve l.
Westinghousc, the inventor ano
electrician says: "There ls no ques
tion about the development of a much
higher rate of speed than that which
even the fastest service on the rail
roads of to-day maintain I presume
that a speed of from ninety to one
hundred miles an hour could lie se
cured with modern locomotives which
arc sure to come. Hut I am Inclined
to thiuk that other Influences may
operate t prevent in the next cen
tury tho running of railway trains at
such a speed 1 have seen mentioned
In some of the newspapers. It is nota
question of attaining sped, but a ques
tion of the control of the train after
creat speed has been secured. I am In
clined to think that the development
of railway travel In the next century
along the present lines will lo not so
much great speed as unifor m speed.
The ideal speed, I think, will be
about forty miles an hour an J steadily
maintained from the time of leaving
one terminal to the arrival at desti
nation. That will give most satis
factory results. I am also satisfied
that the Immense cost of furnishing
power for electric railways, which
Mime persons seem to thitm can mv
cure and maintain a speed of 101
miles an hour or more, will make such
a development commercially unprofit
able, although tlieie is no doubt that
electricity as a motive power fo:- pas
senger trafllc w ill be extensively used
in the next century."
In a f'url PuwnOion.
The number of pledyed articles a.
the Mont de Piete, tho national
pawnshop in Paris, that have Into
renewed during the year is 307, 3l!.
The term renewed indicates tl::t a
small sum has been paid in order that
the objects may not be sold, but re
main In pawn for a further term.
There ls a timepiece which wa
pledged for G In lS.'io, and which has
been paidannually ever since.
A silver dish-cover has boen pledged
for seventy years, and a piece of lace,
upon which only I2f. was lent fur
seventy-five years.
The fact hardest to explain ls the
presence of an umbrella a green
gingham of enormous dimensions, the
original proprietor of which, or bis
Inheritors, havo duly paid the fee foi
Its renewal for the last sixty-three
Vears.
Rates or Pontiffs In 1814.
An old almanac for 1811 eives the
following a3 the rates of postage pre
vailing at lliat time: For every sin
gle letter by land for 40 miles, S
cents; 90 miles, 10 cents; 150 miles,
12 rents; 300 miles, 17 cents; 500
miles, 20 cents, and for more than
C00 miles, 25 cents. No allowance to
be mado for lutcrraedlato miles.
Every double letter ls to pay double
tho said rates; every triple letter,
tripple; every packet weighing 1
ounce, at the rate of 4 single letters
each ounce. Every ship letter oriiri
nally received at an office for delivery,
6 cents. Magazines and pamphlets,
not over 5o miles, 1 cent per sheet:
over 50 miles and not exceeding iu
miles, 1 cents per sheet; over ItC
wiles. 20 cents per shet. Quinc;
Patriot.
It is a very good thing for a man
that his friends don't have time to iu
vostitratc all bis statements.
-Eveky dnv ot a man's lif(
adds
Bomrtblng to the accumulation of an
noyanc.cn mat, it, maKes ijiiu mad
bear mentioned.
to
that jiisd.. who iprofcnltlidJhI.qrd
in sin and darkness and woe.