THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor ud Proprtotw.
B. F. BOHWEIER,
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 25, 1894
VOL. XLVIII
NO. 32.
REV. DJ. TALMAGE.
THK JJKOOKTjYN DIVINE'S
DAY SERMOX.
SUX-
Subject: "I he Rustic in tbe Palace.
Trr: "I will co aal gee him before 1
die." Genesis xlv., iiS.
Jacob hnA lonsr since nwl the hua-lreA
year milestone. In tbo- times people wers
dtstlmrnlshed forlOT?v!ty. In the centuries
afterward persons live 1 to era-it a-. Gilen,
the most eelet-rate.1 physioian of hi tltn",
took so little of his own mulleins t hit he
Jived to 140 year". A man of urxinnMel
veracity on the witness Rtanl la F.nlnnl
wore thut he rmember-.I in event 150 yin
before. Lorl Kacon speiks of a couutesi
who bad cut three sets of teeth aal die 1 at
140 year. Jos-ph Crele. of Pnasylvaalii.
lired 140 years. In 1S57 a boo' w.n printed
containing the n-imes of thirty-sevan per
sons wio lived 1 M yeir. an 1 the names of
eleven persons who lived 15) r-ir.
Amoni? the ffrand old people of whom we
have record was Jacob, the shepherd of the
text. But he had a bad lot of boy. They
Were jealous an 1 ambitious and ev.sry way
onprineiplel. Joseph, howev9r, seemed ti
be an exception, but he had been ffonmiuy
years, and the probability wis tu-tt ha was
dead. As sometimes now in a house yoa
will find kept at the table, a vieint chair, a
plate, a knife, a fork, for si:ne deoeasei
member of the family, so Jacob kept in his
henrt a place for his beloved Josoh. Thre
nils the oi l roan, the flock of 140 years In
their flicht havin? alighted Ion? enoa?h to
leave the marks of their claw on forehea 1
and cheek and temple. H's lon-rbear 1 snows
down over his chst. H'S eyes are some
what dim. and he cm see farther when they
are closed than when they are op-n. for h
ran see clear fta-k into the time when beanti
ful Kachel, his wife, was livini; an I his chil
dren, shook the oriental a Vale with their
merriment.
The centenarian is sitting drevninsr over
the past when he hears a w.iiron runblln?
to the front door. He feti up and ifoes to
the door to see who has arrived, and hi
ion;; a)Sent sons from Exypt come in and
announce to him that Joseph instead of be
In dead Is still living in an Egyptian pilao,
with all the investiture of prime minister,
next to the kin? In the mightiest empire ot
all the world I The m;vs was too sudden
and too clad for tlv ol 1 man, ani his ehseks
whiten, nndhtvis a dised look, and his
staff falls out of his hand, and he would
have dropped had not the sons caught him
and led him to a lounrre an 1 put col 1 w iter
on his fuee and fanned him a li:tl".
In that half delirium th old man mum
bles something aNout hi son .fosph. H
says: "You don't mean Jop'i, do you
rr.y dear son who has been do I so Ions?
You don't mean Joseph, do you?" But after
they h-i 1 ftillv r-suTOltated him ani tbnewj
was confirmed the tears liigin their win link
way down the rroroils of the wrinkl,
and the sankn lips of the oi l mm quiv.-r,
and ho brini: his bent ftnsore tojetner ni
he siys : "Joseph is yet alive. I will go nnl
Bee him before I die."
It did not take tha old man a trit while
to cet rsadv. I wirrint you. Hi put ot the
l.pst clothe tint the sheph-rd's w.irdro'ie
could arfr I. If-trot into the wv,-on, ani
tiioucrhthe aijed are ciutiom and like to
rifle slow th j w.ion did not et alon.? t.-ist
enough for thiB old man, an 1 when the
wanon with the old man met Joseph's ohnri
tt comins down to meet him, and Joep'i
pot out of the chariot aal not into thi w.ir
on and threw his arms around hi f:it1er'd
neck. It w is an nntitheis of royalty and rus
ticity, of simplicity and pomp, of fllUl affie
tion and internal love, whleU leave us so
much in doubt about whether wi ha I better
lnush or cry that we do both. SoJaco'jkept
the resoluti-m of the text, "I will j?o ani see
him before I di.."
What a stron? an I unfailing thin? is pir
enla! attachment! Was it not alraort time
for Jacob to forget Joieph? The hot s tus ol
many summers ha 1 blaaed on the heath ; the
river Kile had overflowed and rece le I, over
flowed nnd receded again and again; th
seed had been sown nn l the harvast reap j 1 ;
stars rose and sot ; years ot plenty and years
of famine had passed on. but the love ol
Jacob for Joseph in my text is overwhelm
ingly dramatic. Oh, that is a cord that is
not snapped, though pulled on by many de
cades I Though wheu the little child expired
the parents may not hav3 been mora than
Iwenty-flve years of ae, ani now they are
seventv-dve yet the vision of the eralle, an 1
the childish face, and the first utterances of
the Infantile Hps are fresh to-day, in spite of
the passage of a half century. Joseph wis
as fresh in Jacoh's memory a ever, tbouja
nt seventeen years of age the boy had dis Ap
peared from the old hoin ustesd. I foun 1 in our
r.milv record the story of an infant that had
died fifty years bafore, Bnll sild to my
parents, "What is this record, an I what
does it mean?" Their chief answer wis a
long, deep sigh. It was yet to them a very
tender sorrow. What does that all mem?
Why.it means ourchil Iren departed are ourj
yet, and that cor t of attachment reaihin ;
across the years will hold us until it briegs
us together in the palace, as Jacob nnl
Joacph were brought togother. That i oris
thing that makes old people happy. T.iey
realize it is reunion with those from wa03
tbey have long been separated.
I am orten asked, as pastor, an 1 every
pastor is asked the question t "Will my
ohlldren he ohll Iran in hoavsa and forever
children' Well, there was no doubt a great
change In Joeph from the time Jaio! lost
him and the time when Jacob foual him
between th9 boy s -venteen years of age and
the man In mid-life, his fordhanl dev Hoped
with the great business of state bat Jaaab
was glad to g-3t back Joseph aayhoy, and it
did not make much differenne totheold man
whether the boy locked older or lookol
younger. And it will be enongj
joy lor that par?nt it he caa get hack
that son, that daughter, at the gate
ot heaven, whether the departed loved one
ahall come a cherub or in lull grown angil
hoo '. Thero must bo a change wrought by
that celestial climate ani by those sapiraal
years, but it will only be from lovelinoss to
jnor loveliness nnl from health to more
ri'.mt health. O pi rent, as yon think of
the uarHng panting and waitein me nbrim
ous croup I want you to know it will be
f;loriously b -Iter in that lanl where tnere
as never been a death aa 1 wnere all th3 In
habitants will live on in the great future a
long as Go 11 Joseph was Joseph, notwith
standing the palae.?, ani your chil l will bi
your child notwithstanding all tha reigainr
splendors of everlasting noon.
What a thrilling visit was tbat of the oil
shepherd to the prime minister Joseph! 1
seehe old countryman seatel lu tho pa' ace
looking aroan I at 'the mirrors, an 1 the foun
tains, and tiiecarvad pillars, ant oh, hb
he wishes that Kachel, his wife, wis alive
and she could have co ne there w.tl him to
see their son in his great hou?! "Oh,"
eavs the old man withiu bi nSJlf, "I do wis'
Kachel could I'e here to sae all this!"
I visited the farmhouse of the father
of Millard Fillmore wiin the son was
President of the Unite 1 States, an I
the octogenarian farmer entertain
ed me uutil 11 o'c'.o-'i at night, telling me
whnt great things he saw In his son's house
at Washington, and what Diniel Webster
aaid to tiim, and how gran lly llillarl treated
his father in the Wh'te Hons. Tne old
man's face was illumine 1 with the story
until almost US mi Inight. He had just
been visiting his sou at the capital. Aal I
suppose it was something of the sams joy
thut thrilled the heart of the old saopherl
as he stood in the palace of the pran minis
ter. , ,
It Is n groat dav with you w i-a your ol 1
psueuts come to vis t you. Your little chil
dren stand around witn great wide open
eyes, wondering ho .v anybody could be 3
old. The parents cannot stay many day,
forthevare a little restless, and especially
nt niyhtlall, because they sleep better in
their own bed, but while they tarry you
somehow feel there i a benediction in every
room in the house. Th"- are a littl'
Ifeeble, and yon make It as easy a von ca
for them, an t yon realize tner win pro-
ably not visit you very o'ten perhaos never
asraln. Yon "go to their room after thet
have retired at night to see If the light!
are properly put out. for the old peopl
understand candle and damn better than
the modern aoparatns for illumination. In
the morning, with real interest In their
health, von ask them how they rested last
nli?hf. Josenh. in the historical scne of th
text, did not think any more of ha father
. . . i n.w. i. i . : i
man vou ao oi vour p.rvDii. xu irwinuu-
Iff Is," before thjr leSve your honsethenaU
imoll your children with kindness. Grand-
father and grandmotheraramorelenlent and
indulgent to vour children than. Uerey
wera witi yon. And what wonders of re
velation in th. bombazine no -t of the one
and th. sleeve ot the other t Rlese-t is that
l. n i. nw : - - M - A v:att l
I IVL.. I 1 ' .1 . .
nnsiBTnr may nave le-nu t.-io myio ui no
arehltectnre wbea they came, It i a
palaee before thv leave. If they visit
von fifty times, the two most memorable
Visit will be the first and the last. Those
two pictures will hang in ths hall of your
memory while memory lasts, aal you will
remember just how the? lookel, and where
they sat, and what they said, and at what
figure of the earp-t, and at what doorrtll
they parted with yon, givinr vol the final
ireodt. Do not be ebarris.l It your
father eome te town and he have the man
ner of the .heph-rd. ol if your mother
come to town and there b In her hat no
sign of eoetly millinery. Th wlte of the
Bmperor Tho losins raid a wks thin? wh-n
sheaald, "Husbands, remember what yon
lately were and remember what yon are an i
be thankful,"
By this time yoa all notice what kindly
provision Joseph made for his father, Jacob.
Joseph did not say : I can't have the old
man around this place. II. w clumsy be
would look olimbing np these marble sta'rs
and walking over them momles ! Then be
would be putting his hands upon some of
these frescoes. People would wonder whera j
that ol 1 greenhorn oame from. Be woul I
sho;k all th. Kirypti.a oonrt with his rase- I
ners at table. Besides that he might get i
sick on my hands, and hemightbeqnerulous, !
ani be might talk to me as though I wers
only a boy, w'a.n I am the seaoal mw In
all tbe realm. Of eotroe be must not euT'T,
and Uth Is fitmin in this country and
I hear there Is I will eend him o-m pro
visions, but I cai't take a man fro-n
adaaaran and Introiaw him into this
Sollte Bgyptlan Conrt. What a nulsanoe It
i to have poor relations'"
Joseph did net say that, but he rushed out
to meet hts father with perfect abandon ot
affection, and brought him up to the palaee
and Introduce I him to the emperor, aid
provided for all the rest of tne father's dave,
and nothing was too good for the old man
while living, and when he was deal Joseph,
with military es?ort, took his fathur's re
mains to tha family cemetery. Would Qoi
all children were as kind to their parenrs ?
If the father nave large property, an 1 he
be wise enough to keep ft fa hi own name,
he will be respected by the heirs, bat how
often It is when the son find his father in
famine, as Joseph found Jacob in famins,
the young penp! make it very hard for th
old man! Taey are so surprised he eati
with a knife Instead of a fork. They an
chagrins I at his antediluvian habits. Th.y
are provoked because he cannot hear as well
as he used to, and wheu he asks it over
again an 1 the son has to repaat it he bawls
in the old man's ear, "I hops yoa hear that V
How long he must wear the old ooat or the
old hat before they get him a new one! How
chagrined they are at his indepndenoe of
the English grammar! How long ha hangt
i on ! Seventy years, and not gone yet 1
Seventv-flve vears. and not gone yet eighty
years, and not gone yet I Will h. over go?
They think it of no use to have a doctor in
hi. last sickness, an 1 go up to tna drug
store, ani get a dosi ot something that
makes him wor anleaonom'z on a ooffla,
anlbsatthe nn lertaker doTa to the last
point, giving a note for the ra Jaeed amount,
whinh thev nevsr pav. I hava offlnlated at
obseiules of age 1 people where tas family
have oesn nt inordinately resigned to Provl
denoe that I felt like taking my text frox
Proverbs, "The eye that tnooketh at Its father
ani rafasath to obey Its mother, ths rAran? o!
the valley shall pick it out, nn l tho yjnn?
eagles shall eat n. in otiwr woris, u3o
an ingrate ought to have a flbJk ot crow
for pallbearers ! I congratulate yoa it you
nave tne nonor oi providing iwr par
ents. The blessings or tne .Lion uoi o:
Joseph ami Jaoob will be on you.
, I rejoloo to remember that, though my
father llvs 1 in a plain house thi most of his
days, he die 1 la n mansion provi Is 1 by tha
filial piety ot a son who ha 1 aohlsvel a f or
tune. There th9 octorsnirian sat, ail th
servants waited on him, and thero wera
plenty or horses an 1 plenty or carriages to
convey him, an 1 a bower In walh to sit on
long summer aftoraobus dreamful over the
past, and tnere was nor a room ii rue ooto
where he wis not wiloome, ani there were
musical instruments of all s-)rts to regale
him, ani when life hal passe 1 the nelghoor
earns out and express 1 all honor possible
aaloarrlel him to ths village Jtaohpelah
ani put him down bssi le thb Rie'iel with
who a ne naa nve-i more man nan a cen
tury. Share your excesses witn raa oia
people. The probability Is that th. principles
they incnloatod aehlovel your fortune Oiv
them a Christian per.'entag? of kin lly con
sideration. Let Joseph divide with Jacob the
pasture Held ot aoshoannltns glories ot
the Egyptian conrt.
And here I woaid itssto sia? no praises
ot tbe sisterhood who remain tin married
that they might administer to age t parents.
Th brutal world calls thess saorifiolag ooes
peculiar or angular, but it yon have had as
man annoyances as they have had Zan-
tlpps would have been aa angel compared to
you. It Is easier to take oare of fl v relink
ing, romping children than of one ohtldtsb
old man. Among tbe best women are thoie
who allowed tna diootj ot lire to pass away
while they were caring for their parents.
While other mal lns were soun 1 asleep
they wers soaking the oi l man's fe-jt or
tucking up lie covers aroun i ina lavaim
mother. While other maidens wera in the
cottlloa they were dauslng atteudauea upoa
rheumatism and spreading plasters for the
lame back ot the eeptenariaa and hsattng
ontnlp tea for imomnla.
In almost every clrale of our kindred there
has been some nueea ot self saorlflcoto whom
jeweled hand after JowaleT hand was offered
in marriage, nut wao iyni on im vm
place beaause of the siass of filial obligation
until the health was gone and ths attraetive
nes of personal presence had vanished.
Brutal so jlety may call sneh aons by a nlok
name. Oo t calls her daughter, an 1 heaven
calls her saint, an 1 1 call hr domestte raar-
trr. A half doain ordinary women navenor
as mnih nobllitr as could be fount in tn.
smallest Joint of the little finger Ot her left
hau J. Although ths world has oo I 6003
years, this is the first apotheosis of maiden
hood, although in the long line otthosa who
have declined marriaga that they might be
qaatiSed for eome especial mission are the
names of Anna Ross an l Margaret Breokln
ri lge and Mary Shelton and Anna theridg.
ant Georgians Willatts, ths angMs of the
battlefields of Ft'r Oaks an 1 IViogont Moun
tain an 1 Chanci! torsvllle, ani though single
life has been honorad hv the fast that ths
threi greatest men of tua Bible John aal
r.ml nnl Christ ware cVioites.
Let the ungrateful world sneer at the
maiden nunt, but Gol has a throne bur
nished for her arrival, an 1 oa one side o!
that throne in heaven thero Is a vase con
taining two jewals, the one brighter than the
Ko iinoorof Loa Ion Tower and the other
'argertban any diamond evor found in ths
districts of Qo'.con la the one Jewol by the
laol lary of the palace cut with ths words,
"Inasmuah as ye did it to father;" the other
Jewel by the lapl lary of the palace cut with
the words, "Inasmujh as ye did it to moth
er." "Over the Hills to the Poorhouso" is
the exquisite ballal ot Will Carlcton, who
found an old woman who ha I been turned
off by her prosperou sons, but I thank God
I may mil la my icxt -uvcr mi nun i me
palace "
As If to disgust u with nnfliial conduct,
the Bible presents ns the story of St'enh.wuo
tole the 1100 shek!s from his mother, and
tne story ot awoti. wnotnei to anrons
hts father. But all hlstorr is beautiful, w!t!t
stories of filial fldelllv. Epaminen Ins. ths
warrior, found his cMf delig'at in reciting
to his parents his victories. There coe
jBnees from burning Tror, on hie shoulder
Anchlses, hi. father. The Athenians pun
ished with death any nnflllal conduct. There
eos beautiful Ruth escorting venerable
N'soml across the desert amid the howling of
the wolves and the barking of the Jackals,
John Lawrence, burned at the stake In Col
Chester, was cheered In the flames by his
children, who said, "O, God, atrengthen
Thy servant and keep Tuy promise !" And
Christ In the hour of excrucistlon provided
for His old mother. Jacob kept his resolu
tion, "I will go and see him before I die,"
and a little while after we find them walking
the tessellated floor of the palace, Jacob and
Josph, the prime minister proud of his
Shepherd. ,
I may say in regard to the mrst of you that
your parents have probably visits I yon for
the last time or will soon pay you such a
visit, and I have wondered if they will ever
.i.it Von In the Kina-'s oalaoe. "Oh," you
' ,'ssy, "I am In fne plFof sin f Joseoh was in
ths pit. "Ob," you say, "I am in the prison
! ! of mine Iniquity l" Joseph was once in prl-
'.on
Ob," yoa say, "I didn't nave a ia-r
chance.
I wa-s denleJ maternal mm.
Joseph was denied maternal attenlane
i"Oh," yoa say, "I am far away from . th
maternal attentate.
land of mr nativilv I" - Josepu. was larrou
far Irqoa
home. "Ohr," "yon say. -a have been be
traved and exasperated P Did not Joseph's
brethren sell him to a pas sing IshmaelitUh
caravan? Yet God brought him to that n
blaaoned residence, an 1 if yon will trust His
graoe la Jesus Christ you, too, will be em
palaeed. Oh, what a day that will be when the old
folks eome from an adjoining mansion in
heaven and find yon amid the alabaster
pillars of the throneroom and living with ths
King I They are coming np the steps now,
and ths epaaletel ruard of ins palaee
rushes In and says t "Four father's coming !
Tour mother's coming!" Aal when under
the arehes ot precious stones and on the
pavement ot porpfcyry yon greet each othet
the soene will eottpte the meeting on the
Goshen highway when Joseph and Jacob
fell oa saoh other's neck and wept a goal
while.
Bat, oh, how changed ths old folks will
be I Thetr cheek smoothed into ths flesh of
a little child. Their stooped posture lifted
into immortal symmetry. Their foot now so
feeble, then with ths sprlghtllaees of a
bounding ros as they shall say to you, "X
spirit passed this way from earth and toll
us that yon were wayward aal dissipated
after w left the world, but yoa have re
pented, oar prayer has beea answered, and
yoa are here, and a we ased to visit yea oa
earth before we died now W. visit yon in
your new home after oar aaens!on.n And
father will say, "Mother, don't yoa see
Joseph is yet alive?"' And mother will say,
Tea, father, Joseph is yet alive."
Aad then they will talk over their
earthly anxieties In regard to you, ani
ths midnight supplications in your
behalf, andtbey will recite to eaoh other the
Id aeriptare passage with whtoa thay used
to cheer their st.gf.ring faith, "I will be a
God to tnee and thy seed after thee." Oh,
the palace, thepslaoe, the palaee 1 That ts
wnat Kienara Baxter eauea "ins saints'
everlasting rest." That is what John Bar
van oalled the "Celestial City." Thar is
Young's "Night Thoughts" turned into
morning exultation. Tnat Is Gray's "Ele
gy la a Churchyard" turned to resurrsotlon
spectacle. That Is tbe "Cotter's S.uur lay
Night exobaaga-J for ths Cotters kwoont a
morning. That is the shepherd of Sallebary
plains amid the fioeks on tbe hills of
heaven. That is the famine struck Pa Una
ram turud into ths rich peetnre flel.lr ot
Goshen. That is Jaoob visiting Joseph at
the emerald castle.
Where ths Largeit Biris Hare Llrel.
The countries south of the equator
furnish fossils of ths largest bird
forms that have been developed oa
the earth. New Zealand, Australia,
Madagascar, and South Amorioa, mak
ing ths eireo.it of ths globe, with great
intervening stretshes of osesn, ail
present fossils of the various families
of th-ve great bids attaining in New
Zealand height of some ten to twelve
feet, and in. Malsgsiaar a height of
considerably graatef. Daring the first
settlement ot New Zealand by Euro
peans the bones still lay scattered in
great qasatities on the sarfase, and
ware also found imbedded in the
mftrahes w'uers, for soma eaaso or
other, the birds had hnddled together
by the huiJreds.
It is hardly necessary to state that
no a s ot these huge birds were flyers.
Sam?, in faot, wore windlass. Tiiey
are interesting as illustrating the limit
to whioh the principle of flight is oar
ried in tha applicatfon of nature, as
she could neither couoontrate the mus
cular win.? force necessary ta flight,
nor combine wing material to stand
the necessary beating of tha atmos
phere in aerial propulsion.
The stt'l existing emu, cassowary
and ostrich, representative of the
largest bird life, havo wings to aid
them as runners, but thay are all ut
terly incapable of flight. These an
cient birdft, known as mens and whose
familifls are known as Promornts, tha
Espyornls ani n.'oitora's, hare no
fair m .ieru represents: ivjs, and in
corirma with myrials ot other life
lorns, seem to have met, in some mu
tation of nature, sudden an 1 universal
death. It is a curious fact that while
these wera etrietly land birds their
distribution extended aronul tha
eartb, while their habitats whera sep
arated by vast expanses of oseaa. If
wa may asiams that the SotitUara con
tinents were nearly or quite oon lect
ed, when ths area between the Rocky
and Apalachtan Mountains a as tha
Mississippi Sea, prior to tha ruih of
waters southward, then this distribu
tion problem around the Southern
hsmisphero solvos itself. Pittsburg
Dispatoh.
Eggs In rcrpctnal Frestincjs.
Soma months ago a Dab tin ia rod
tor olaimed for a preparation of his
that it would preserve eggs in per
petual freshness. To thorough1? tost
the efBaaoy of t'j invention, which,
if Qcoesnfnl, would revolutionize the
egg market, au experiment was car
ried out at the Freeman office. A
sample ot eggs immersed in tha pat
ent solution, which is a thin grayish
paste of tha consistency of houey,
hava remained undisturbed there for
a period ot four months, ani when
opened tbe other night in the pres
ence of experts wera found to ba all
perfcotly fresh.
"When a idan takes a partner in bus
iness thtso days it is an indication ha
wants eotr-e one to divida expenses,
not tr divide profits. Atchison Globe.
Tenements and high-class apart
ment houses- Comprise forty-two per
ct-nt. of X-.w YorJt dwellings.
D not t-pfuk ot your happiness to a
man li-as fortunate than yourH?lf. -
Wo think vf ry Ii'w people sensible
xi-e.t tLose who are of out opinion.
A 'Virnr coufictcnee" is one of tbor.o
k'nd of things that no one Las ever had
yet. .
Ambit tun it is Inn', wives men tho ens
ercy imd the will t uccoaip'.ish great
things.
Two )!rrtons Lave never yet teen
known to ice tho sunie giiobt ct the
same time.
ltillutnce is thd eslial.i'i n of chnr
!r.dcr.
Ceasj !o lament for tli it th in cnst
n t h"ip.
Civility ccsts nothing and b.iys every
thing. Tho vo:co of the majority u no proof
of jnftice.
Ve never desire crdeully what we
desire rationally.
Immortality is the glorious discovery
of Christianity.
Of ail bliLtls thaltbut up uien'bVision
the worst is self.
One umrder made a villain; millions
a hero. Numbers sanctified tho crimes!
'Vh.TO J on are is of no moment, but
only wkat yon are doing ibcre. It is
not the place that ennobles yon, but
you the place.
Decision of character will often give
to au inferior mind command over a
superior.
Ho who has not a good memory
should never take npon him the sins of
lyin?.
The way to gain a -good reputation
is to c ndeavor to te t j be what you
desire to appear.
LOVE'S FIRST KISS.
Sweetheart, twae bet a while ago it scarce
seems yesterday,
Though now say looks are white ns snow and
all your curls are gray
When, walking in the twilight haze, ere stars
had smiled above,
t whispered soft : "I love you," and you kissed
me for that love I
Tha first kiss, dear I and then your hand
your little hand so sweet,
and whiter than the white, whito sand that
twinkled 'nsath your feet
Laid tenderly within my own I Have quetiu
such lovely hands? ;
Ko wonder that tho whip-poor-will nude :
sweet the autumn lands I !
It seemed to me th&t my poor heart would xurdicioas grin :
beat to death and bread;, j 'I:;rss Beau Erummel Le Eoj
While all the world, ST7eatheirt! sweetheart I might hclr him to remember it bet
seemed sin glng for your sake ; ter. "
And every rose that barred the way in lid 'Go on with your books, sir ?"
and dyinr graoe, j Tlio cashier spoke in a quick, fetern
Forgot its laded summer day and, leaning, voice, winch admitted of no retort or
kissed your face ! ! disobedience. Silence ensued, except
I envied all the roses then, and all the rosy
ways
That blossomed (or your Bake are still my
life's bright yestordaya ;
Cut thinking of th-t first sweet kiss and that
first clasp of hands,
Life's whip-poor-wills sins sweeter eot)
though all tho winter lands !
Fran- L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
AiN U.NPl'xSiED CBD1E.
n tcciA BmrroK mokse.
E KOY, you were
well warned of this
in ample time to
prevent its occur
rence. A year ago,
when you left col
lege, I settled all
your debts, in
creased your allow-
ance. cave you a
rood start in vour chosen profession.
r
and told you "decidedly then, or tried had by mutual, though tacit, agree
to impress npon yon, that all further ment taken up tho old habit of dining
einp.nditnre mutt come within tha
limit of your personal income. Tour standing the demands of society upon
opportunities for making that income the time of each. To-night, Mr.
a large amount were better than most Leonard reasoned, Lo Koy would
young men start out with, and if it has probably not come home. Or perhaps
failed to meet your expenses you must ho was not aware of the fact that the
settle the matter in the best "way that check had been shown to his father. It
vou cun. The affair is youra alone. " would be better to wait in that case
The Hon. Amos Leonard turned until he did know. It would nhso
again to his paper., as though to dis- afford Mr. Leonard more time to think
miss the matter, while his bod, vrhoeo tho matter over.
affairs had been returned to liimseli He stepped to n window to lower a
with eo much decision, crossed the shade, where tho sun blazed in too
room and stood looking out of tho wiu- glaringly in its red setting light,
dow, whistling softly as he jingled the lown the avenue he saw Lo Eoy corn
coins in his pockets. j iag home.
He had not expected this rebuff. 'i'ha futhor stood taero watching his.
Kevrr hefnra bad his indnlo-ent father son. as ho had dono a thousand times
rofused to help him out in whatever
difficulties were brought to him for
consideration.
It -mav have been in ono feense the
fault of this Tiarent that his onlv Eon
had irrown to manhood with a disre-
card for dollars, which led his tren-
erous, happy-go-lucky nature into
wild and reckless extravagance.
Leroy Leonard had been a very lit-
tie bov when his mother and older
sitter died, leaving him alone to his
father's care.
So it was the most natural thins: in
tho world that, after the first paralysis
of crief had worn away with time, Mr.
Amos Leonard centered all his love,
and hope and pride in this lonely fel-
low. Whatever happiness was left in
the world for his father was embodied
in Lo Boy. What wonder is it that
tho boy grew to a man with the idea
that all nlistur-les would be insomo wav
removed from the nath of tho courted
Le Boy Leonard.
He had gone through college
with every confirmation of this ides
nnd it was not until he started out
in business, that his father realized
the utter lack of discipline or manage
ment in his adored son. Then with
his usual mixturo of indulgence and in
consistency, he gave him a generous
start and absolutely withdrew all further
aid.
It cost tho Hon. Amos Leonard more
than his son dreamed to hold out in
this matter. He would deny himself
anything in reason, or out of it, to save
this bright natured son of his one extra
care or trouble ; and this self-denial for
Lo Boy's own good was hardest of all
because it brought its hardships to him
as well as to his father. .
This idea of discipline had occurred
to Mr. Leonard rather late perhaps,
bnt he was determined to undo the
wrong of former "years, at whatever cost
of self-sacrifice.
There are many who will criticise
his judgment in this case rightfully,
too, perhaps but he was doing what
ho thought best. His motive was good,
indeed ; it was only that he was a man
a father, not a mother. Le Boy
stood whistling for more than half nn
hour. Thrn he took his hat and started
toward tha door.
''I shrill dino with you at home to
night, father," he said, pleasantly.
"Good-bye, sir."
"Good-bve, my son," his father re
plied, looking np as Lo Boy left the
room. He looked at tae aoor lor some
minutes after his 6on had passed out.
"The boy is all right," he said, half
aloud. "It was only a bit tie firmness
that ho needed. I have never been
quite firm enough." So he turned and
wc-iit on writing. ,
Lo Boy walked down the avenua
to Twenty-third street and stood for
a few moments in the porch of the
rifth Avenue Hotel. His debts
were larger than usual, end two of
them were w hat is called in n certain
circle "debts of honor." They muft
bo paid to-morrow at the latest, and
his entire iscome for several months
ahead waa long ago consumed. His
profession was not yet paying divi-
dends. He had been three times to his
latner, ana no rcaiizea now mat no
meant to refuse all aid.
Suddenly, standing there in the
bright winter sunshine, LeBoy Leonard
jrvf very pale and started slightly,
liter thut he stared intently ot the
tquaro opposite fcr five minutes, and
then walked hurriedly off down. Eroad
wnv. "What is this? I have no note ol
such a sua."
"It is quite correct, sir. The amount
is a large one and the check was pre
sented bv your son. Yon must recol
lect." The cashier of tho down town bonl.
placed in the Hon. Amos Xeonara t
i o'f Le Hoy's debts, not a "cent more fa
lesa. It avas Burned avith the Hon.
' Amos Leonard's name, in his own
peculiar chirography, but not by his
hand. Only he knew that he and one
, other.
'Aiyes! my memory must bo fail
ling a little, I yes, of course." jWr.
Leonard forced a short, harsh lancrh.
I 'I recall it now yee, yes perfectly.
I It is all right, good day, good day,
I perfectly indeed."
' A young clerk, with his slim legt
tnviFted among tho rounds of a high
stool, watched the stately old mac, as
he made his way out. When tho heavy
door swuag togother, ho dipped his
pen in the ink again but paused before
he usol it, to say with a throwd,
1 for the scratching of the pens.
I Mr. Leonard's f ultering steps carried
' him homeward unwittingly and he
sank into his deep chair before tha
library fire, conscious of a desire to
think it all over and a corresponding
dread of the same. Perhaps it might
not be long before he ceased thinking
altogether. He felt that he had grown
to be an old, old man in the lost few
hours.
How brightly the fire was burning.
The great library looked unusually
neat and well appointed. He re
membered that it had lately
been cleaned and renovated. He
hoped that Harry had mislaid none
of hisboo!:s cr papers. Ah I pepera!
Re must begin to think now ubont that
Bauer he had seen at the bank. When
ho had warmed his bloodless hands
well, then be would think about it.
Sinco Le Koy had entered upon his
nrofessional career, father and son had
rarely met during tho day, but they
together almost regularly, notwitn
before. Lo Boy had grown into tho
habit of expecting him there, and now
just as ha had always done, he
Enatched off his hat and waved it boy-
ishly over Lis head.
Tno Hon. Amos
Leonard nodded his
white head
then laughed aloud at the mockery
mused.
think,
He was waiting in tho library when
L Boy canio down stairs dressed for
dinner. He sat down by his father
and read tho evening papers until tha
menl was announced,
Then ho arose, and juet as he haa j
done ever since he grew to his father's '
height, offered his strong young arm
and led his father to his place nt the
head of the table.
The evening dinner had always been
happy ono to those two old friends
when they dined alouo together. So
it was to-night. There were no guests.
Le Boy's bright talk cheered the lonely
home and his father joined in it with
more than usual vivacity. It was no
time to think; whilo "tho boy" was
present.
After dinner came a game of chess,
and that finished, Le Boy got out his
guitar and accompanied his rich, sweet
baritone in the ballads his father loved
to hear.
Usually after this, Le Boy went out
some where. Occasionally tho Hon.
Amos Lcmi:rd went with him, but to
night neither ; aemed inclined to leave
tho lusury oi home. Not until the
great hall clock chimed tho hour of
midnight did Le Boy rise and bid
good-night to his father in tho old,
boyish and unusual, perhaps, but in
finitely sweet to the old man, who had
no one else to bid him good-night in
any way.
After that it was too late to think.
"To-morrow," said Amos Leonard to
himself, "he will know and ho will not
come."
"To-morrow" pased slowly and yet
the father had not found time nor win j
to think. That dull old grief had come
upon him again just as it had when he
was first left with only Le JSoy in the
world. Sometimes he seemed to hear
the boy's childish prattle, as he did in
the days past, when it wns meaniogless
to him, coming through his mist of
Eorrow.
At five o'clock he rosi and stood in
the window ngain, with
the western
And there,
gun blazing in his lace.
indeed, came his son Le Koy up tho
street. Off came his hat again ; bob
went tha curly head, and whot could
his father do but bow and smile as of
old? No one outside should know.
When Le Boy should come down to
dinner he would sneak.
xlfnner was announced, however,
before the young man appeared, eo
it must Bgain be deferred.
If Lo Eoy knew that his father had
seen that check he was either a most
.m.-lriiUjt ti-.-ir rtr a h-ii-flenod villain.
There waa in his manner not the slight- !
put traca of nervousness or fear. If
any chango could be discerned it was a
slight increase of the respect and
tenderness in his manner toward his
fnther, which had withstood all inuul-
gence.
j Aa they passed into the library after
dinner, Le Boy remained standing at
the table when his father was seated.
I "I am going to the opera to-night
i with Mrs. Van Crnger's party," ho
' said ; "but before I go I want to say to
! von. sir. that I have been thinking
things over for the past few days and I
I i : x 1: t -V,n ....n
, have done for me. I have never been j
i appreciative nor grateful, I know, and j
I a great deal of it all has been thrown
j away, but whatever I can do now to
1 make np for it I shall try to do faith
fully, and honestly. Good night.
sir.
And leaning down he nut his arms
around his father's neck as he had I
done years ago and kissed the glow
ing, grand old face with new reverence
and solemnity.
It was the only reference either man
every made to this one dishonesty in
Le Boy Leonard's brilliant aud honor
able career. Elmira (Jf. T.) Argosy.
Bell Founding.
The art of bell founding is undoubt
edly of great antiquity. The Saxons
are known to have used bells in thc.il
churches, although probably bnt email
ones, for the Venerablo Bede, writing
at the end of the Seventh Century, al
ludae to them in terms which eeem to
show that they were not unfamiliar
things. The towers of the Saxon period
I have belfries of considerable dimen
sions, in most cases ; and at Crowland
Abbey, in South Lincolnshire, there
i was famous peal of seven bells many
years before the Norman Conquest.
; The monks at ihat time, and for long
after, were the chief practitioners ot
tho art of bell founding which, in-
j deed, is one of the many things those
well-abused men have handed down to
ns. Their bella were rarely without
inscriptions, often in very bad Latin,
containing perhaps some obscure joke,
the point of which is quite lost. More
often they were of a religious nature,
sometimes, we fear, not unmixed with
a dash of superstition, as when the bell
demons of the air who caused peitil
ence and famine, liehtning and thun
derstorms. As a rule, unfortunately,
they put no dates on their bells, a de
feet which haa been in some measure I
overcome by the researches of many
enthusiastic campanologists, Dut wmcn
IB liaeiy lu WJfp liic cttiiy uiawty wi
bells shrouded in darkness for a long
time to come. Gentleman's Maga-
! zine.
! Festival in Janan
i lue "03r8 lesUTaI m Japan,
I The great event of May, in Japan, ia
the celebration on the fifth day of the j
monta or tne dots iesuvai. n is
called Nobori-no-sekku, festival oi
flags, or Shoby-no-sekku, festival of
reeds. Before the door of every abode
which has been blessed by the birth of
boys during tho past seven years, rises
a tall bamboo pole, from the top oi
which are flung to the breeze gigantic
carp koo made of paper or woven
Etufis in brilliant colors, one for every
son. This particular fish is chosen for
a symbol because it swims stoutly
against stream, and even up rapids,
leaping cascades to tho higher waters.
This implies thai the boys in like man
ner must be sturdy and indomitable,
stemming courageously the stormy
currents of life's stream. Flags alsc
are raised before tho houses, bearing
pictures of the Chinese mythical hero
fthoki, as an example of strength anil
bravery. Weapons, armor and pic
tures of heroes and horses are chosen
for the decoration of tho tokonoma,
the slightly raised platform which ia i
early chrysanthemum, and a particr.l
varie ty of bamboo, called moso-chikr,
are also used. Bundles of reeds an J
mugwort are fastened to the projecting
roofs of the houses on this day.
Dcniorest.
A Generous Cat.
A member of tho Zoological Society
says: "I once had a cat which alwoys
sat up to the dinner table with me,
and had his napkin round his neck and
his plate and some fish. He used his
paw, of course, but he was very par
ticular and behaved with extraordi
nary decorum. Y.'hon he had finished
his fish I sometimes gavo him a pieca
of mine. One day he was not to bj
found when the dinner bell rang,
so we began without him. Just aa
the plates were put round puss
camo rushing upstairs and sprang
into his chair, with two mice in his
mouth. Before ho could be stopped
he dropped a mouso on bis own plate
and then one on mine. He had di
vided his dinner with me, as I had
often divided mine with him." Lon
don Answers.
Courteous Bandits of China.
The robbers of China are banded to
gether, and form a terrible compuct. j
If a bank in the city wishes to send a J
large amount of money to IY-kin, the j
banker sends a gift to tho chief of th.) '
banditti infesting the territory through '.
which tho money is about to pass, t.dl- !
jng him the time tho silver will be sent,
nnd requesting that it be not disturbed.
When such a request is made, ac
companied by a handsome present, it is
usually honored. These banditti nru
not tho only robbers. The Government
is engaged in tho same business.
Taxes are very high, nnd every timo
one comes in contact with the rulers it
iosts something. Brooklyn Citizen,
He'd Keep It.
"Hello, Jinks, what are you dolna
here?" "I'm waiting for old Mig'er."
"That old skinfilntV" "Yes. 1 have
an engagement with him for this
morning." "Humph! Think he'll
keep it?" "Of course he wllL Wig
zer's fo stingy he'd keep anything he
could lay hl3 hands on." Harper's
Bazar. ;
Ills Ood father.
Mrs. Brown Johnny's god.'athet
has made him a present of a real
pistoL Only fancy! Mrs. Smith
What a funny thing! What did he
do that for, I wonder? Mrs. Brown
I'm sure I don't know, but he waa
always prejudi ed against the poor,
dear boy. Ally Sloper.
No Reason at AIL
I VUsmiri judire Stand UD. sir.
Have you anything to say why the
acntence of the law should nofrbe
passed on you? "I'm not the pris
oner, yer honor, I'm a detective "
Judge (fiercely) Is that any reason?
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
IJteraUy Speaking.
His Mother Ycu shouldn't throw
away your piece of buttered bread in
that wasteful war, Willie; you may ,
6ee the day you would be glad to have
lli. tier oon nuu. m nuuiuu
! Veep. Rochester P. st-Exprer-s.
1
and tne place ox nonor in every uvmg- r .-V r-I.T " While tho moionnan was teliimr his
f ,.nAm I IvU IVlUVIlvU TVVlgUU, IIHU 1-JVtlllUUl.O . , " .
i.:..w tr. recommended it for use on ventllat- story the manager noticed sometlnng
' iV V , - 6v V T- lnff fans ran!d-flrin Kun stoerinir. a little out oi tne oru.nary in inc ap
time to this festival is the xris; but a kind r ! ID .tans; raP a, ur,n. ,Kun 8l7rm' f hU. an h .!.
Gas de Smith. "I suppose the rea
cnriosity Aroused. I eon j9 Decause the workingmen have
Mri. Honser (meditatively at the gotten out of the notion of doing any
museum) I'd just like to know wors nowadays." Texas Siftinira.
Honse Know what? Mrs. Honser ,
It that India rubber man waa ever William Boyer, of Honeybrook,
one of tbe bouncing babies we read penn., ia the1 owner of a pair of mittens
about in the birth department of tbe knitted by his grandmother ia 1777.
newspapers. Buffalo Courier.
CIGNALING AT NIGHT.
deetrle
Dvla for Communication Bo-
twooa Gnnboatn.
An interesting apparatus used on
tonrd tne Government vessels for
nlnht signaling Is tho Ardols6ignal
ct. It consists of fire double signal
lanterns similar to that shown in tho
IBS ABBOIS KKVBOARD.
Illustration, each containing two
len-es, one red and one white, and
lighted by a thirty-two-candlo incan
descent lamp. These lamps are con
nected by a standard cable to the
keyboard, an illustration of which
is given, which is usua'ly placed in
bf this keyboard sixty-two different
comb nat.ous of lights can be made.
torrcsponding to a sp?clal code of
Eignals.
The introduction of electric motors
pa noard naval vessels has been quite
i hrorrrnent in
tho last few years.
The many uses for which tho electric
A TREE-TOP HOME.
The Wonderful Mipls of RjttlborRoora
for Twenty Teop'e la It Branches.
In the town of Batlbor, province
of Silesia, Prussia, on the left bank
of tbe Oder Kiver, stands a maple
tree wh'ch is a wonderful combina-
THE MAPLE OF RAT1BOR.
tlon of nature and man's ingenuity.
It is said to be more than a century
old. and, as will bo seen from tbo il
lustration, has been turned Into a
kind of temple of two stories, each
of its compartments being lighted by
eight windows, and capable of con
taining twenty people with case.
The floors are constructed of boughs
skillfully woven together, of which
the leaves make a sort of natural
carpet. The walls are formed of thick
leafage, in which Innumerable birds
build their nests.
Qjiclc as Lightning.
A photographic camera has been
specially devtced for registering the
distance of lightnin? flushes. The
slide holding the plate is inclined at
a considerable angle to tbe axis of
the lens. Consequently, thero will
only le one point where the flash
comes Into focus, and from the posi
tion of this point upon the plate it is
possible to determine tbe distance of
the lightning flash.
Gave Him Hiccoughs. j
A needle was swallowed by John ;
Minchin, of Goshen, 2s. T., and for
three weeks thereafter he had in
cessant hiccoughs. A physician
pumped out the needle and then
John's hiccoughs ceased.
Orange Trees.
It is estimated that there are 10,
000,000 bearing and non-bearing
orange trees in Florida. California
is credited with having 6,000,000 and !
Arizona about 1,000,000.
Myaterr Explained.
What is tke reason there aro so
i many worklcgmen's associations now
' adavs?" asked Pete Amsterdam of
TUB SIGNAL LAXTE11N.
'nan nniara ann ttw ricnnn rrt ipninorw i i - w . ... . -- -
I HOW HIGH WILL A KITE GO?
eighteen Uradred Feet the Maximum At.
tlto.de That a Single Kite Can Keacb.
It is one of the most difficult un
dertakings imaginable :o even ap
proximately estimate the height of a
kite above the earth. This is on ac
count of tbe fact that objects float- -ing
In tbe air 6ecni to be fartnet
away than they really are. It may
be sately said, says tbe St Louis Ke
public, that I,s00 feet is the maxi
mum altitude that can tossiolc l
attained by a simile kite. A kite liv
ing at tbe height mentioned trill ap
pear even to a conservative observe!
to be nearly if not quite a half milt
above the surface of the earth, but a
careful measurement of a string ati'l
; Its angle will qui kly p ove that it
, could not have been more than a
; fourth of a mile above the ground.
Ordinarily a kite will go no hi her.
even if more string be paid out; that
is because the wind depresses the
cord and causes the kite to really re
cede when it appears to rise. It ha
been said that it is possible to ar
range several kites in such a mannci
that they will reach a hither alti
tude than it is possible to attain
with a single, kite. In this lnannei
where three, four, or even a dozen
kites have been used remarkabje
heights liave been rca hcd.
Where mo:e than one kite is used
only the main one is atta hed tc the
end of the string, the others beinu
attached along the main line lc
a manner similar to the arrangement
of the hoots along a "trotliuc") at
an average distance of about twenty
feet apart. Hinkleman, who made
experiments at IJuda-1 esth, and lrl
sou and Watson, whose investiga
tions under the Russian Academy ol
Sciences were carried on at Eile na,
Findland, report curious results.
Where single kites could be forced
upintotheatmo-phe.ro to a height
of 1,500 feet, a pair could be made
to ascend to a height of from i'.ooc
to 2. 1 00 feet, and a tanden easily
reached the high-water mark of 2,500
feet. Tho three experimenters al-.
judel to believe that with a proper
arrangement of the Kites, and with
A scientific adjustment of both the
tail and strin-r, a height of two miles
will eventual'y be reached.
UNABLE TO JUDGE DISTANCE.
X Failing Among Klvcttlo Motormcn
Which Frequently Ciuac Accidnnte.
The general manager of the Jersey
i City and KewaiK electric street car
lines thinks that bo has discovered
the cause of many of tbe collisions
and other accidents on the roads.
One of Ins mnturmcu ran into a
wagon not long ao and demolished
it. The accouuts or tbe accident
given by bis driver of the waon and
tho motorman tallied except as to
tho distance between them when tbe
warnlnir ung was first sounded.
pearance
tloned him about his slifht. Ti.o
man answered that it wis good, or,
at least, that he ha 1 not discovered
any defect in it. He was sent to an
oculist for examination, and the lat
ter found that tho motormon's judg
ment of distances was very poor, ob
jects appeared to him to be fanner
away than they really were. Mnco
then, says the St Louis I'.epubllc,
the eyes of all tho other luolorincu
! In the two cities have been eaiuir.e 1
! and their Judgment in regard to dis
tances tested. l,iuite a number of
; them failed to pass tho examination,
' and their places on the motors are
' now tilled by men with good vis on
' and with at least fair judgment as to
' distances, 'ear-sighted, far -sighted,
'cross-eyed, and colorblind applicant!
' for the position of motormen will Lo
ruicd out ;n future without fu tlier
examination. The ruio will extend
to other defects of vision. hveti
w.th people whoso eyesight Is good
the tstimatiug of distance correctly
isadilllcult matter. If called upon
to give a number of leet between tbe
walls of a room, most of them will
miss it several feet.
Hnr Itcvcngo.
Got a boat?" she brusnuelv do
' manded of a 1 etroit photographer a3
the wa.ked in the other day.
Yess'm."
"And a Dsn pole:"
"Yess'm."
'And a painted ocean for a back"
ground."
"Yess'm. "
"Look like Cape Mai?"
"It does."
"Can you get a good-looking young
man to sit on the boat with me?"
"I can."
"Then I want six photos."
"Yess'm. Do you want to go to
the seashore this summer?"
"Saw! Dad's busted in business
and we've got to take ctvap hoard on
a farm. I want the photos just the
same, you know. Want 'cm to send
to a girl friend who is sick and can't
get anywheio this summer. She'll
think I'm down there all .ight"
"Sort of an illusion eh?"
"Sort o' revenge, rather. We were
down there last season and she stole
my summer young man away. I
want to make her belie vo I've got
him back. Hurry up with the feller,
and tell him he can sit with one arm
around me and his moustache touch
ing my ear." Free l'ress.
Explained.
A man of the world more famous
for his fondness for the pleasures of
tbe table than for anything else,
went to a physician not long ago and
asked htm to explain a singular cir
cumstance. "Doctor," said he, "my hair ts
perfectly black, but my whiskers are
turning white: now why Is that?"
"I don't know,' said the doctor,
"unless it is because your jaw- hav
worked a great deal harder than your
brain:"
Whet Bbe Vonld Think.
Tipple What should you think if
. a man threatened to commit, suicide
I if you refused him? Bob I should
I think he had made up bis mind to
; try again. Exchange.
Don't Agree.
j The wolf and the lamb lie down to
gether; but it is always the wolf that
makes tbe proposition, ana ne is lia
ble to get hungry the moment he feeli
wicked. Is'cw Orleans Picayune.
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