THE GON8TITDTION-THE DNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF TH K LAWS.
Ratter ad
A. P. flCHWCIEH,
M IFF LTNTOWN, -JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 15. 1894
no: 35
VOL. XLVUI
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UEV. DB. TAU1AGBL
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ".Narrow l'leapes.'
Text; "I -n ""dpil w'.tli th-i siiia of my
Iwlli," Jo'i x i CO.
Job h.nl it h-.r '. WVi w't'i 'oiU an ! be
rivrnents nn I Iwn'crnTit'-v nn ! it fool of a
wife h wishel lm wis leu I. nn 1 I ! not
lilnme him. nis flHh w:is ew. "' I hU
lnn were 'Irr. His twt'i 'iv ty in-
til notliin' lm thnennvl k-b-.v-I Mr. Hi
cries nnt, "I nm ps.ip- 1 wit'i I'm n of my
teeth."
There lias been som- il'Teren?e or onfnToi
nboat this passage. Sr. Jmni nn 1 S shn'.
ten ani Dr?. Goo 1 nn 1 Pmln ml liarnpj
have all tried their forei'fn or Jo'.'s t"eth.
Yon deny my interpretation .m l w, "Whit
dM Job know about theenvnl o'tlieteeth?"
He knew everything nlmiit It. Dental
surgery Is nlmost as 41 ils the. cirth. The
mummies of K-jypt. thons in of yer-.rs nl.l,
nre fonnd lo-lny -with rM fllliiij in their
teeth. OvM ami Hor-iei ari'l Solomon nn I
Moaea wrote a'lout thesi imoortint fi-;or-
ortbe bo-lr. To other provokin ; con;)' tint
Job, I th'lnt, hns nl-le. nn ex t-.peritin'T
toothache, nnJ pnttinr; M ban 1 ntrainrt the
luflnml face he iriy, "I naes-.ipel with
the skin of my teeth.-'
A very narrow es-ape. yo'i sty, for Jo') 3
Iroily and sou', tnt there are tliou'-inJs of
men who make jut as mrpv.v esc.ipo for
their son). There was a time when the p n
tition between them nnl ruin a no thicket
than a tooth's emmel ; bur. nt Job ilnilly
esoipe 1, so b-ivo t!i"y. T j-in'; (io 1 ! Titanic
Gol!
Tani expresrs tlio svne. Mei l.y n ilifrVr
ent Hnre when he stys that sono peopleara
"saved n by fire." A vessel at sen is in
flames. You go to thf. stern of the vessel.
Th boats have shoved off. The (1 lines ad
vance. Yon enn endure the hett no longer
on your faee. Yon slide down on the side of
the vessel and hold on with your linger on
III the forked tongue oT llio lire lei;insto
lick tho baek or your hand, nnd you feel that
yoir. nitiit f ill. when one of ttto lifelwats
comes back, nn l the paen?eM say they
think they have room lor one more. The
boat swings un ler ynn ;. you drop into it ,
you are saved. K some men are pursued by
temptation nVi! they nro partially con
sumed, but a l'T n:l et o'T -saved ns by
lire. l:ut 1 hl-e the li.-nro o( Job a little
better than that of I'.iu'. l e.-anso the pulpit
has not worn it rut. mid I wan: to nhmy you,
if OoJ w.ll help, titat some men make nar
row escape for their roiH nnl aro saved ns
"with the skin of their teeth."
It is h e:i?y for some p- ople to icok to the
cross ns for you to lookto this pulpit. Mild,
tenth', tradable, lovini. you expect thorn
fo become Chri-tlaus. 1 on over to the
More and "). '''Inn ioa join 1 the church
yesterday." Vour l-iiMiie cornr.i les say
"That is jn-t what mik'ht have iieen expect
el." He anviiys was of that turn of mind.
In votith this person whom 1 i1e-eri!. was
always (?ool. He never broke things. II'
never lauijhe 1 when it was improper "
Inueh. At seven be en;i!dbit an ho'.iriiiotiurcli,
jterlectly qui'?, looking neither to the riht
hand nor to thol"It, but str iilit Into the
yes of the miu:ter. a though l.o under
stood the whole ilwcu-siou ot.out t'ue oteruil
decrees. He nevr ups-t things nor lost
them. He floate i into tne kinu.lom of OoJ
so prndually that it U uncertain just when
the matter was decide.!.
Here is another one, who started In life
with an uncontrollable spirit. IV kept the
nursery in nn uproar. II is mother found him
walking on th-3 eiljre of tho home roof to see
if hecould balance himself. There wasno
horse he dared not ride, no tree he could not
climb. His boyhood wus a Ions series of pre-(lk-nments
; his manlioo I was reckh-ss ; his
midlife very wayward. Hut now he is con
verted, and you co over to t he store and say,
"Arkwriffbt joined the church yesterday. "
Your friends snv : "It is not possible ! Vou
must be joking." You say ; "So , I tell you
the truth. Ho joined the church." Then
they reply, "There Is hopo for nny of us if
old ArkwVtRht has become a Christian."
In other words, we all admit that it Is
more difficult for so ns men to nccept the
gospel than for others.
I may be addressdne; some who have cut
loose fro:n churches an 1 JSihh-s and Sundays
no 1 who have at preseut no intention of be
coming Christians taeniselv:s, but just to
eo what is Roiup; on. And yet you may find
yourself escaping bu.ore yoj hear the end,
ns "with tho skin of jour te-tii." 1 do not
expect to waste this hour. 1 have seen boats
ao off from Capo May or Long Jiruncfi and
drop their nets an 1 niter uwuiie cuin-j ashore
pulling in their nuts without having caught
a single fish. Ii tv.is not a kooI day, ortuey
had not the righ'. kin I of a net. i;ut wo ex
pect no huch excursion to-day. Tno waler
is lull of llsn ;the win. I is in la-' right direo.
lion ; the gowp"l u : i' :s.rong. O tiiou who
didst help Simon and Aielrew lo fish, eliow
us to-day how to cast th-: net on tho right
Bide of the iii.p !
borne ol yon, in comn; to lo 1, will !: ivo
to run agau.t e;fic.ii u ti-us. It in -is
leis for people to aysi irp-in leiittiugt i-ots
to those who reje. i tie o.ir.sii.m religion.
I cannot say such l.i.u. lty waat pro iess
of temptation or trt.it or betrayal you have
come to your pr.i.)iit state 1 know not.
There are io gates toyour u mire tho gats
ol the hea 1 an I she gue oi t i heart. i'ne
Kate ol your :iea i is locke 1 vc d;i bolts auJ,
bars Uiut an .".rouangei couid not break, hut
the gale of jour Iw.ut swing- easily ou its
lunges, ll 1 . le i jir.ir no ly wall wea
pons, juu v. .;' 1 ".-!! nn. wit it weapons, ami
it woitl t i.e jr ; s'.roiie lor fcf uti Kraii),
nuj wouu 1 lor ivotiud, un 1 hiuod lor ulood.
t rr i! I i e ;.
I.C-i V-
in yo:ir r .r.
ibiv w th ;.n : i
n wVi nn -nn-'v
-r ie -r
M f.. S'r
I Tioe f r I'l''!
rn "i'i ii
r" '' in rt" nv a
1 i;ne nt the door of yont
ji-i I yiri m the best seat
I ' I sbon'd eo-ne nl you to-.-ii
n nt. yon woul I nnswer
a i ' "nt ; if with sarcasm, roa
i str.-jsu. blow for blow.
' ', I nt when I come nn l
r of yinr h"-irt you open it
in, niv" I rather, and t"'l me
nit ir'st an I heaven."
i -eeii i tr i
or ihre 1 0'l 'stions : Aryon
'I o1'.
is V 1 I 'W I t- !
w i 'l vi'l h :irive t
i.. the ti i-
'leif i-in reiigloa? Would
ii e'lil Irei trivil oi in
i are now travelin'??
I. I
r ' ! w'n profess 1 to be a
ill wis ;h t-.i'i T:ly consistent.
-;n In t'n f lit 'l of tho irospnl.
.rl-l I'l
n - i'i 1
'.li i v
1 T1-.
e to liV t'n sun? quiet
) pniccfnl denfh? I re-
i i ''V one who has re
i r'"ir'on. It say-:: "t
k i ." Lhat the jo'ys nnl
i I M't'.i
-e I a i i r s n
te ! the f iri-' i
e ol t enen'rli to
r. i-v.uies lent and to realize
,- he comfortable In old.
c i e -filing relative to the
IVii. t IV i :t
n." lo l-e'iev .
filtar an l fo
fiat pro-"---th
it I won! I '
ty f.i-t.p:,
j..'.ese ! I y :i
u- li r-!v O iT "
bl.t'i. M--1
rest. So ii''n
v
f.tit'i in some system
I n n fn-. to confess
r if I cou1 1 exercise
i-i'i 'il faith that is
in n I know. I am not
in 1
tJIIV
! V- et'.ur vi or out of the
of tir.eerlaiiily is one of nn
I I'ou'it tny immortality
nn I look upon t'i d - ilV-el as tho closing
scene, after w'i'e'i t!:eris nothing. What
n'nil' I do th -t I hav not 'I'm-". Ah, skepti
pisr ;- -i lire nnl doleful land I I.ot jna
tav thai this Ui'd ) Is cilhertruo or false. If
It be false, we ar as w ill o.T as yon ; if it bo
trc- then wiii"1' of u is safer?
let me tlso a, whether your Ir.viMu lin
p- i.een th it you confoanbi l Cirislianitv
web the In insistent Ci.iri.rtT ot some who
pro'ess it. Y i i ar- a i.iwver. In your pro
lession there arj n -an and lishon t men. Is
that anything against the law? You nra a
3o -tor. There are uaskilli" I an I contempti
ble men in your proiessio. I that anything
".ainst medicine? Yo t are a merchant,
lb-re are thieves nnl ilei'r.m ler in your
titisin-s. Is that anything against merchan
dise? IS ho! l, then, the unfairness ot charg
inir upon ChrtStl inity tho wickedness of its
fiis-iples. -
W.i a '"nit sm3 of the charges against
those who profess r-'ligion. Some of the most
g ganlic swin lies oi tho present day have i
lx-oa c irr 1 on by me-nbers of the church.
I'here ar-i m m !n thu churches who woul I
not be trusted for 3 without goo I collateral
security. They lenvc tneir business dishon
esties in tue vesimui- "i inn ciiurcu as tney
(to in aui sit at the communion. Having con-
. -
rinded the sacrament, they get up, wipe tho
wine from their lips, go out and take un
their sins whero they let oX To serve tho
ievil is their regular work ; to serve God, a
lort of play spell. With a Sunday sponge
they ezpaot to wipe off. from their business;
lata all tha past week's inoonsistenoIeA. Yoa
have no more right to take such a ram's Ufa
is a specimen of religion than yon have to
take the twisted irons n J split tlm'mri that
lie on the beach at Coney Islan I as a speci
men of an American s.iin. It is time that we
drew a line between religion an I the frail
ties of tbosa w io profess it.
Again, there may b some of yon who. In
the nlte nlit a ter a Chr.stian life, will have
to rnn ng ilnst poweriul pissions and np
pe;:t s. Perhaps it is a dLspositio-i to aager
ttiatyoii havs to content a :-i:nst, no I per
haps, while in a very i r.oui moo I, yon
he ir o! so neth.ng fiat m is-s yoa feel that
you must swiir or di . I kuo . o' a Cir is
lian man who w is once so exasp -r lie ' that
he said to a mean citsto.ner. "I c iuuu Siear
nt Ton tnysel", for I n-n n member of the
church, but if yon wi'i go down stairs my
partner tn t.n-lnes-t w l. swear nr yoi. ah
your good retio'u.ioin her ilotorj nave been
torn to tat! r liy explosion of temp-r.
Now, there is no har n in ijettin? mad if yoa
only g -t mat at sin. You niel to bridle
and sad He these h'-t lire.uUe I p lss'o is, an I
with the: a ride doiva Ininsticj an I wronic
Thi re are a thonsanl tilings la the won J
that we ought to be mil at. Taers Is no
barm in gelling redhot If yoa only brisig to
the lorge that which needs hammering. A
man who has no pjwer of righteous indig
nation is an imbecile. But be sure It is a
righteous indignation and not a piitulancy
that blurs nnl unravels ou 1 depletes ta j
sonl.
Tbere la a large class of persons in midlife
who have still in them nppetiles that were
aroused in early manhood, at a time wnen
they prided themselvej ou being a "littte
fast," "high livers," "iree an 1 easy," "u iil
fellow well met." They are now paying in
compound Interest lor troubles they collect
ed I weuly yurs ngo. Home of youaretry
ing to esjape. and yon will, yet very n ir
rowiy, "as with the skin of your t ji'tn."
do I an I your own soul only know what t ie
struggle Is. Omnipotent Brace bas puile.i
out many a soul that was deeper in t-ii
.f. licit vol in. Te.- en- l-esel n
h - y . tvt. W' ' !! res
ciT-l t' ''' -n -l bil ' . ' . I
Tnn t ': '-v 'f" ' i"'.- "n the wront
nnd l rt ne r. r.., I w-' vol. O'., thi
w .-.. o .:i -n v-lp! " "i t H sym
tilth!--.- - r .i nnl t'-n 'urn yon off.
If yon tk tor I'' "ir'-w. "r will -riv
't nn 1 s-iv l'"V w''' trv vti i ;i'n ; i n', fall
n aw iv .i-ri'n e-i '--r t- . p- vr o' t mt'ti
fn. t i.'v ca-t in "T 'or -v. "1- Ool
for-'ivi-s's-v n-c Ii n-s s-vi V. seven
hen "re t :-n- t 'ivi :'i this'-ei-n ten
Iho'tsnn ll'i ti-n- If' s more earn--, more
srrnp itlietie, more 'i-'i.'u' this 1 st time th in
when yoa too'c vour first -nisst-p.
I , V th H thi InHnen 'it nM for a
rl rli't lif". m-n rnaki o m inv mistakes, how
much har ler it is wh"i. for ins -in . some
apP'tlt" fer-ts's its iron grapple into the
roo-s or the loa rne nn I n i'is a man down
w:t1 loin 's o' lesirn-ioi If unl-rsu;h
eireumst irt -es he irea't away, Ih -ri will ta
ho sport in the nn lert iking, no holl lay en
ioyrnont, but a struggle In which tho wres
ilers move from sido to side nnl benlnnl
twist nnd w ite'i for an opportunity to get in
a heavier stro'je nntil, with on- final effort,
in which the muscles are disten le I, and tho
veins start out, nnl the blool starts, the
swarthy habit fa'ls un ler the kne of the
victor escape I at last as with the sltlnof his
teeth
In the last day it will be fouaJ that Il'igh
I-ntimer and John Knox and Hnss and Rule
ley were not the greatest martyrs, but Chris,
thin men who went up Incorrupt from tho
contaminations anl perplexities of Wall
street, Water street, Tearl street. Broad
street, State street. Thirl street, Lombard
street and the bourse. On earth they were
called brokers or stockjobbers or retailer or
Importers, but in heaven Christian heroes.
No fagots were heaped about their feet, no
Inquisition demanded from them recanta
tion, no soldier aimed a spike at their heart,
but they had mental tortures, compared
with which all physical consuming is as tha
breath of a spring morning
I And in the community a large class of
men who have been so cheated, so lied about,
so ontrageously wronged that they have lost
faith in everything. In a world whereevery
thingsoems so topsyturvy they do not see
how there can bo nny Ood. They nre con
founded and frenzied and misanthropic.
Elaborate argument to prov.i to them the
truth of Christianity or thetrnthof anything
else touches t hern nowhere. Hear me, all
such men I preach to you no rounde l
periods, no ornamental discourse, but I put
my hand on your shoulder nn l Invito yoa
into the peace of the gospel. Here is a rock
on which you may stand firm, though the
waves dash against It harder than the At
lantic, pitching its surf clear above Ebly
stone lighthouse. lo not chnrge upon God
nil these troubles of the world. As long as
the world stuck to God, God stuck to the
world but the earth seceded irom His gov
ernment, nnd hence all these outrages and
all these woes. God is good, lor many
,,,-.11-1 rf T-nn He has been coaxing the
world to come back to Him, but the more He
has coaxed the more violent have men been
in their resistance, and they have stepped
back nnd stepped back until they have
dropped into ruin.
Try this God, ye who have had the blood
hounds nftcr you, and who have thought
that God had forgotten you. Iry Him and
see if He will not help. Try Him and see II
He will not pardon. Try Him and see if He
will not save. The flowers of spring hve
no bloom so sweet asthe floweringof Christ s
affection". The sun hath no warmth com
pared with tho glow of His heart. The
waters have no refreshment like the foun
tain that will slake the thirst ol thy soul. At
the moment tho reindeer stan.ls with his lip
nnd nostril thrust into the cool mountain tor
rent the hunter may be comins through the
thicket. Without crackling a stick under
his foot he com. close by the stag, alms hu
gun, draws the trigger, and the poor thing
rears in its death agony and falls backward,
its antlers crashing oa tho rocks, but tha
pnniing heart that drinks from the water
brooks of God's promise shall never bo fa
tally wounded and shall never die.
Food for Thought.
V e sre shape I by our yesterdays.
Li-.ve in a natural rro'uct " tu
rn in ity.
i'otmlu.ity tbat is p t i-h-ecilis never
a burgein.
Possession i pursuit ni h the pith
jmni'he.l nt. i
Matrimony is a remarkable developer
of eLuriH'tcr.
A 1 nppy iirebiilo is belter than a big
luiuk iici'ount.
K ignites nrd ilian.iUili in the gravel
of cotiversnlion.
A life of crime i often the resu't of
rutitiiiig iu ilc'i'.
l ife, li" never short, is nuule still
s'lotter waste of time.
Watch the dollars in their flight if
yon wnctto t-top their flyiuff.
An EaKt.in (Peun ptrl driis nsleeji
whenever s-he gets in the brilliant ana-
Ii2ht.
Where yuu are is of no moment, but
onlv what veil are doin? there. Jt is
not tho jiLice that ennobles yor, I ut
you the ploee.
We mnp.t go awcy from onru!vj t.j
fm 1 the ideal.
Civility eots nothing aad b ivs
everything.
,liiianese children are t.mglit to write
with bo h hnmls.
Hi-tory nuikes ns some auea Is for
the shortness of life.
One who learns tho art of living will
tO 'l out of trouble.
J We never desire ardently whut v e
tlffire ranuuiuij.
When Cnpid meets a worn ic be smiles
and sits down.
Ti e v ice of the miijorily is no jirool
, :nsje1
.
Love doesn't wait for ai invitation
Cupid may be blind as a bat, but he
Lss cars that can bear a dollar jingle.
Chicago is to have a hotel with C124
rooms.
STEADFASTNESS.
"Vaste not the present hour in vain re-trc;.
For prizes forfeited in days gone by ;
It naught avails for fair w inds lost sigh
Or mourn, the glow ot suns forever set;
Entomb thy past, bid memory forget
Xba fixed, and cajuing years that rear
ward lie;
Charge but thy constant soul with per
pose high.
And life shall cede thee of its treasures yet.
KhaKaw.I thine, a goodly battleflell
tlfhsreon' all past defeats redeemed may
Relit bravely on and yanquisbel foes will
.yield"!
TbyvTaliant sword a path to victory,
Ti cowards droop and moan, ' It mial
have been f
-It yet shall be." the steadfast cry, an J
win.
Donah oc'j Magssin?.
A GENUINE SURPKISE
IT DAKIir CAXfJNO
HE station
jSgi! SwampjCor
ftwp7 rcrs was never a
picturesque
spot, even in
the blue glow
of the sunniest
June dr.r; but
on this chili
October night,
with tho first
snowflnkes ot
the sea so n
eddyinsr in the
mm
slow, undcciicd vray that first suow-
fiakes have, turouga tho gray a.r, and
the tall hemlocks swaying this way and
that in the raw wind, it looked especially
dreary.
Emily Elktcn shuddered as she stood
looking out of one ot the panes of g'.a-s
clumsily iuterte.l ia the long frame
work by way of window.
"Xo,-Miriaai," she said, 'you can't
"Cut I've pot to go!'' eaid Miriam
Mudge, sympathetically compressing her
lips as she tightened the straps of the
parcel tha was fastening ono notch at a
tiir.e.
"And itivc me here alone?"
'Xobady won't hurt you, I reckon,"
eaid Jliriam, a strong-featured vomia
of forty, with a bristling upper lip like
a man's.
"If you go," said Emily, "I'll go too!"
"Xot much," composedly spoke
Miriam, "thar ain't room ia Peto Mul
ler's buckboard for so much as a sheet
o paper arter me and him's in. Besides,
what'Il your Uncle Ab-:olom say tv-hca ho
comes back and finds nobody here. EI
the fire goes out, everythiug'il froezj
stiff, and Yes, Pete, I'm a-comin';
thar ain't no need to stand thcte a-bel-leriu'
like a Texas steer! Good-bye,
Emily! Oh, I forgot I" coming back,
and mechanically lowering her voice,
although there was no one but the gray
cat by tho stove to overbear tho words.
''The ticket money and two rolls o' gold
eagles as tho paymaster's call for to
morrcr in the noon train is in the red
chest under ' your uncle's bed. 1
reckoned it 'ud be safer thar than in the
moncj-drawer. Don't forget lo give it
to him fust thing he gets baci."
"Forget I" echoed Emily, wringing
ncr hands in frantic desperation. ' "iiut
I won't be left in charge of it I I'll lis
some no such responsibility. I insist
upon jour taking it with you!''
Tlie remonstrance, however, came toa
late. Miriam bawled out some indis
tinct reply and tho next sound Miss E k
ton heard was the creaking of the buck
board wagon as it turned tho sharp curve
below the gleaming line of tho railway
switches.
"She's gone," cried Emily, c'asping
her hands like the tragic muse, "and left
me alone with all that money I And tha
navy camp only three mi'.es up the moun
tains, full of Italians and Chinese and the
miners at Lake Lodi and tha whole
neighborhood infested with desperadoes !
And Uncle Absalom not expected home
until two o'clock in the morning, an J
the bolt broken off tho door, and the
key's a misfit, and nothing but a. hook
and staple between me and destruction I
Oh, why didn't I stay in Rhode Island i
What evil spirit possessed me to come
out here to Dakota, where one might as
well be buried alive and done with il?"
Emily Elkton sat down and cried
heartily, rocking herself forward and
back and sobbing out aloud, like a child
who:-c dice of bread and treacle had been
taken away from it. And not until the
candle flared up, with an extra s;zjJ
"winding sheet' wrapped around its
wick and the cat rubbed itself persist
ently against her knee, did she arouse to
the quadruple fact that puss wanted her
supper, tho fire was low, the cmd.'i
needed snuffing and there was no sort oi
use in tears.
Emily had come out West, partly be
cause thcx' seemed nothing to do at
home auu.' jartly because Undo Abs-i'o n
bad written that one of his nine niccjj
would come very handy for a house-
kceiier at Swampy Corners, in the State
of Dakota, if she could be spared.
The latter sentence was intended on
his fart lor a sircastn, but tho Elkton
family had received it all in good faith
md he'd many a deliberation before they
:oc?cnted to let ono of the nine young
'j'.rds flutter out of the home nest.
And more especially she had come bc
;ause she had incidentally learned tint
Andrew Markham was one of the en
gineers in charge of tho new line of rail
way un the other slope of the mountain,
which undei taking involved the navvy
camp and the great derricks and steam
drills and the gangs of slit eyed Chinese
and dark browed Italians.
"Xot that that signifies," Emily had
p'auib!y told herself. "'But, of course,
it's pleasant to le somewhere wiihiu si
bundred miles of an old acquaintance."
AnJrew Markbaai had bcea to see her
twice, and both times s'.io had made up
ber mind that the far West was the only
jlace to live in.
"lie expects to settle here," sho
thought, with a soft, pink color suffusiug
her faLC. :IIa says he has already
oo'int a &uniiy b.o.t. nt uin ffuuij t
n euis to build a bouse aad br.Ui; a will
when he can a .lord it. He thinks thai
life here means twice what it doc3 in the
effete civilization of tho East."
But to-night, with the darkneaJ wrap
ping tho little depot like a blanket, aud
tho wind howling down tho mountain
gorge. Miss Elkton would not at all havi
objected to some of that samo "cffjte
civilization."
Alone in the house! During the vbolt
of her sojourn at Swampy Corners sue':
a thing had never happened to her bo
CorW "
'i
'4
Undo Absalom had occasionally beet
absent, it was true, but Miriam . Mudgt
was always there to bear her company
until his return. Now that a sudden
summons from her father, hurt in an ac
cident in the saw mill on Bagged River,
six miles below, had called Miriam away,
poor Emily was all ia a flutter.
True, the one train a day which stopped
at the station wis not duo until seven ic
(the morning. The telegram office wai
closed, and there was absolutely no care
for her to assume except to put. anothei
log of wood on the air tight stove and
go quietly to bed. '
But the very sense of solitude appalled
her. She shivered at the very click ol
the snow flakes against the window, the
crack of the boards in the floor, the slow
drip of the water into the kitchen sink,
where Uncle Absalom had recently in
troduced tho modern improvement of n
water tap, connected by pipe3 with tha
sprintr in the spruce glen above.
"Why couldn't Miriam have stopped
at one of the neighbors' houses nnd sent
some one to keep me company?-' she re
pined. "Andrew says there are some
nice girls at Almondsley, down the
mountain, and he said he'd like to intro
duce me to Marietta Mix, who teaches
Sunday-sjhool in tho South Cieating,
nnd does type writing for tho cwsyanj
on week days. I'm sorry, now that
tossed my head, and put on airs, and
said I did not care to mingle in the so
ciety hereabouts. I must have appeared
hateful enough. Gracious, what w;i
that?"
It was the clock strik'.jg nine, aad
then Emily remc-.y cr-'a that she had no
supper. Jfer vously glancing around her,
she tip-toed to the cupboard, and to ok i
glass of milk and a little bread-and-cheese.
As she replaced he tumbler on
the shelf she heard footsteps on the
frozen ground outside.
"It's my imagination," she said, after
listening for a second. "But I won't bo
frightened so. I will bo brave." Sho
took a hatchet, and sallying forth,
opened the cellar-door. "If anjon3
comes he'll sail down there before he can
get to the door," said she.
And with two prodigious slashes of
the hatchet she cut away the board rath
which ltd across a series of rugged bould
ers to the railway platform.
"There," she cried, hurrying back to
tho inside warmth and brightness, as if
a whole brigade of pursuers were at her
heels, "that's done I I feel safer no w.
But I must hang the lantern oat before
Uncle Absalom comes back. I don't
want him to fall do vn and break his
dear old neck!"
Sho had just seated herself with a sigh
of relief when something liko a big fire
fly blazed on her vision for a brief sce
ond only; thea it was gone.
"A dark lantern!" shs said io herself.
"I am sure now that I hear the sound of
l'ect oa the platform. There aro two or
three people there perhaps more. They
have learned that I am alone with all
tlat money I" She clasped her hands
oicr her eyes, and shivered as she heerd
a crash, a smothered exclamation, a sup
pressed buzz of voices, "Some one ha;
fallen down tho cellar! Ob, how for
tunate it was I thought of that!"'
And now a low whisper ". came up
through tho carelessly-joined boards ol
the floor. She could distinguish the
words, "Hold on! Bo careful! Tht
front door is fastened", for I tried it.
You can all of you get down cellar, anc"
come up that way."
- Emily's heart gave an exultant jump.
The cellar door, a mass of timber in
which she had the fullest confidence, was
securely bolted. She pesred out into
the stormy darkness. By tho occasion
ally displayed gleam of tho lantern she
could ee a huddled mass of figure!
creeping down the cellar steps.
Li3t of all disappsarei the lantern it
self, one leisurely s:ep at a time; and
then, consummating a plaa which she
had long been concocting ia her mind.
Eraily made a dash out into the night,
closed the two divisions of the cellar
door with a bang, barred them, and fled
panting into the house.
By this time there was a brisk knock
inr at tho cellar door, a crying out o',
'Open tho door! Letusinl"
But to these calls Emily Elkton paid
no heed, and it was only when a hand
was suddenly laid ou her shoulder from
behind that she uttered a piercing
scream and lost all her presence of mind.
"Why, Emmy!" exclaimed a familial
voice. "Why, child, what's the matter?1
"Oh, Uncle Absalom, how you fright
ened me I Oh, dear, the cellar i3 full ol
burglars and robbers ! Reach down j out
gun 1 Get the hot-water kettle!"
'Burglars, eh?" said Undo Absalom.
"Robbers! Why, whar on yarth did
they come from? Sure ye ain't mistook,
sissy? Anyhow, I'll be ready for 'em."
He advanced toward the cellar door
with his loaded revolver in his hand.
"Whoever ye be," ho shouted, "teli
us what your business is or take this!
Dsa't hold my arm, sissy ! There caa't
no more'n one at a time come up these
ere cellar stairs, and I reckon I'm
match for that much, if I ba old aa'
stiff:-'
To Emily's infinite alarm he unbolted
tha cellar door and flung it wide open.
There, crowding on the narrow wood
en steps, stood Andrew Markham, the
' M'ss Alnisansleys, Leonidas Mix an I
Sister Marietta, nnd Dr. Clifle'stwo chub
by daughters.
"We enme," said Markham. rathet
shamefacedly, "to give Miss Elkton a
birthday surprise. We'ra sorry that "
"Walk in walk in I"' cried Uncle Ab-
mV'II, lia r-tec 0..t jn't -v- of lf- e. ',
sftincs1. ""No need of bein sorry tat
nothia'. You're all welcome I How on
earth did yo know it was Emmy's twen
tieth birthday?" -
"Marietta has baked a cake," said
Leonida?, "and the Cliff o girls brought
a jug of lemonade, anl it was broken
wnen I tumbled down cellar, and "
"Oj, that don't matter none!" beamed
Uncle Absalom, " We're awful pleased
to see you ain't we, Emily?-'
In this auspicious manner began Em
ily Elkton's first acquaintance with the
young people who were destined to ba
her lifcloDg neighbors.
"But really," said she, half crying,
half laughing, "I thought "you were all
banditti."
"It's all my fault," acknowledged
honest Marietta Mix. "I was deter
mined that you should hive a surprise.
Andrew wasn't half willing, but I in
sisted. You sec, I didn't think then
would ever be any other wav of gettinj
acquainted with yoa, Miss Elkton. And
we kue v taat Andre.7 was so intcreitcJ
in you.-'
"Nonsense 1" cried Emily, blushing.
"Is it nonsense, though I'V. retorted
2Iariett4uiiWelJ.itims.wiUsiiadEV' - -
" And time diishow. six months nfl
terward but, after all, where is the ust
of turning over the leaves of the book a
fate? Let all true lovers gue33 for them
selves how the matter ended.
"But," Emily acknowledged ia he.
tern, "I never was so frightened in all
my life as at first and never so happy as
I was at last."
And she never returned to town life.
New York Mercury.
HOW INSECTS MAKE MUSIC
grasshoppers Make a Peculiar Sounu
When They Are Flying Others.
.Everybody la familiar with the
nusic of the katydid. Here again it
Is the male that has the voke, At
the base of each wing cover is a thin
membranous plate. He elevates the
w.ng covers and rubs the two plates
together. If you could rcb your
shoulder blades together, says the
Washington Star, vou could imitate
the operation very nicely. Certain
jrasshoppers make a sound when fly
ing that is like a watchman's tattle
clacketty-clack, very rapidly re
peated. There are also some moths
and butterflies which hae voices.
Tbe "death's-head" moth makes a
noise when frightened tbat striking
ly resembles the erring of a younu
baby. How it is produced is not
known, though volumes have been
written on the subject. The "niou n
ing cloak" butterfly a dark species
with a light border in its wings
makes a cry of alarm by rubbing its
winsrs together. The katyKids, crick
ets, grasshoppers, and other musical
insects are all exaggerated in the
tropics, assuming giant form. Thus
their cries are proportionately louder.
There is an East Indian cicada which
makes u remarkably lnud noise. It
is called by the natives "dundub,"
which means drum. Frcm this name
comes that of the genus which is
known as dundubia. This is one of
the few scientific terms from Sans
kr.t. The "death watch" i3 a popu
lar name applied to certain beetles
wnicb. bore into the walls and
floors of old houses. They make
a ticking sound by standing on their
hind legs and knocking their beads
against the wood quickly and forci
bly. Many superstitions have beca
entertained respecting the noise pro
duced by these insects, which is some
times imagined to be a warning of
death. Entomologists have suc
ceeded in recording the cries of many
insects by the ordinary system ol
musical notation, but this method
! does not show the actual pitch, which
is usually several octaves above the
stalT. It merely serves to express the
musical intervals. It is known with
reasonable certainty that many In
sects have voxes so highly pitched
that they cannot ba heard with the
human eat One evidence of this
fact is vhat some people can distin
guish cries of insects which are no'
audit le to others.
Dummies in the Kami.
Quartermaer Liebick, of the
ifth Kement. mado a discovery
once and has been careful ever since
whenever he h-is occasion to euuage
a band to play martial music for the
gallant boys in blue.
"I wanted to engage a brass nana'
.aid he, "and there was a certain
rivalry among the boys that made it
uiilicult to reach a conclusion. 1
finally made up my mind and on
gaged a certain band, and the next
day the bandmaster of the rival
organization said to me, 'You watch
your band to-morrow and see that
they don't ring in any dummies on
you.' I didn't know what the man
was talking about, so 1 asked him to
explain, and he did. A light then
dawned upon me, for he cave the
snap deliberately away, that while
leaders ot certain bands collect so
much per man from tbe p. ople that
engage the:u they frequently rin in
people in the band that don't know
a bar of music from a ba of soap
They just simply walk along with
the rest of the players aud nouudy is
any the wiser. The next day the
parade took place, and 1 followed the
advice of the other leader and
watched my band carefully. It didn't
taKe long to pick out the two dum
mies. They just strolled along with
the b:ass ii.itruments at their
mouths and acted as though they
played without inflaUug their cheeks.
We had to pay for those fellows $'
apiece just the same."
"And what did you do?"
"I asked the leader to tell the tw
dummies to play solos."
"And the did?"
"Not by a jujrful. He simply saic
that that wasn't on the contract,
and he refused to do it. 1 have had
my eyes open since, and you uiaj
rest assured they don't ring in any
more 50 cent dummies on me anr
charge me $3 for them."
What Cold I.
A person who has never been it.
the polar region can have no idea ol
what cold is. When wc have the
temperature down to ten or fifteen
degrees above zero we think it is bit
terly cold, and if our houses were not
as warm as at least tlfty degrees
above zero we should begin to thiol
sf freezing to death.
Think, then, of living where tht.
mercury goes down to thirty-five de
grees below zero in the house, in
spite of the stove. Of course, in
such a case, fur garments are piled on
until a man looks like a great bundir
of skins.
Doctor Moss of the polar expedi
;ion of 1875-76, among other odd
things, tells of the effect of cold on
a wax candle which he burned there
The temperature was thirty-live de
gress below zero, and the doctor must
have been considerably discouraged
when, upon looking at his candle, he
discovered that the l'amc had all it
could do to keep warm.
: It was so cold tbat the flame coulc
not melt all the wax of the candle,
but was forced to cut its way down,
leaving a sort of skeleton ot the can
die standing.
There was heat enough, however.
;o melt oddly-shaped holes in the
thin walls of wax, and the result
was a beautiful lacclike cylinder of
! white, with a tongue of yellow flame
burning inside it and sending out
into the darkness many st eaks of
light
Much blue blood appears to ran in
ewers.
Needles are a legal tender curreacy
in Africa.
HONS FIGHT TC A FINISH.
A Terrible Batttte Witnessed hj huuternm
the Bank or the Bio Crmado.
Following the mountains and rarely
descending into the valleys or low
lands, tbe felis coca, or South Ameri
can lion, journey in search of food
up through Mexico, and even intc '
Texas, whence the antelope, his
favorite prey, has fled from his ra-'
pacity. While lacking the bushy
mane and tufted tail of his African
brother, he is still a magnificent
creature, with his powerful body,
majestic head and lordly roar. He is
not be confounded with the puma,
which is of slender build, whose cow-,
ardly nature has in it nothing of the
lion's boldness and courage. j
A party of Ximrods from Tresidio,
Tex., while recently camping on the
Rio Grande, had the good fortune to
witness a battle between two splen-;
did specimens of the felis onca, and
which they declare to have been the
grandest sight in the way of gladia
torial contests they ever saw. The
hunters were following the trail of a
band of antelopes, and had entered a
narrow gorge with extremely steec
sides, when they saw just ahead ol
them the antclope3 huddled togcthei
in a most unusual wav. While they j
advanced on them they heard a re-1
sounding roar from the other end ol
the gorge, and in another instant bc-j
held a large male lion come bounding :
toward the frightened antelopes. He '
paused deliberately, as if to select his
prey, and then with unerring aim
sprang upon a tine buck in the middle
of the Cock, bearing the poor creature
to the earth. The rest of the herd
turned with one accord and swept
J past the hunters, who were too much
laKCii liy surprise iu iuy iucui uy
jingle shot.
The lion had evidently killed his
ictim wilh almost his first stroke,
for, rising, he stood over It roaring as
if to call his mate to share the feast,
and in a few minutes an answer did
come from a butting crag which rose
on one side of the gorge. The Kim
rods looked up, saw outlined against
the sky a second lion, a male, with a
smaller bodv than the first and more
black mixed in the tawny yellow of
his skin. But if smaller than tho
other he had evidently no fear of the
larger animal, and roaring his de
fiance turned from his lofty post of,
observation, and with tremendous
leaps made his way down the rocky j
sides of the canyon.
The first comer, seeing that instead
of his mate an uninvited guest 'had
conic to wrest his prey from him.
awaited his appcarauce with answer
ing cries of defiance ami challenge,
walking round and round the dead j
antelope with a tread of majesty and
impatience. The second lion paused
an a rock rising some twenty feet I
from the bottom of the gorge and,
gathering himself up, sprang down
almost upon the other, which recoiled
for ono second, and then flung him
self upon his foe. Over and over they
rolled, filling the ravine with the
thunder of their roars and fighting
ike demons with gaping mouths and
battling paws. Then, as with one
lccord, they would draw apart; pant
ing and exhausted, but alert for tb :
slightest movement on the other'.-,
part, and then rush back to the frav,
screaming with renewed fury.
The scene presently had another
spectator, which, spici by one of the
hunters, was pointed out to the
others. This was a lioness, which
appeared on the top of one of the
crugs linine the side of the canyon,
and walking up and down, encour
aged the combatants with furious
cries, but made no attempt to de
scend and take part iu tho battle.
The hunters fascinated by the splen
did sight of two fearless, kingly
beasts engaged in mortal combat,
were also indisposed to interfere, and
watched it first from behind rocks
and bushes, but, finding themselves
unnoticed, gradually drew nearer, al
though still content to rcnuin at
some distance from the rolling, plung,
ing creatures.
The second lion was evidently get
ting the best of the larger, which con
tinued, however, to flcht with undi
minished fury, though his shoulder,
torn to shreds, was bleeding so that
the ground for yards about was crim
son with the life fluid. He succeeded,
in spite of his crowing weakness in
laying hold of his antagonist's throat,
and could he have fought off death a
little lonircr would undoubtedly have
avenged himself, but the other, with
a sudden exertion, flung the dying
lion off, and with one last feeble ef
fort to stagger to his fect the big lion
"ell back dead.
His conqueror placed both fore feet
on the head of his foe and roared
aloud his triumph. The lioness at
this came leaping down into the gorge
and. though the lion turned upon her
as if she was a stranger, her fawning
attitude soon convinced him that she
came with no hostile intent, and the
two then proceeded to inspect the
dead gladiator, after which they be
gan to devour the antelope. The
hunters at this point concluded that
this was their opportunity for bag
ging their lordly game, and, firing to
gether, advanced on the pair. The
lioness unhurt sprang up the side of
the gorge, and leaping with tremen
dous bounds from one rock to another
-con disappeared.
The lion, however, was wounded in
the forequarter, though but slightly,
and at first showed fight; but as he
saw the number of his assailants
sprang toward Maj. Dunbar, who hap
pened to be nearest him, and upset
ting that gentleman by tho sudden
ness and force of the . blow, leaped
from his prostrate body to the top of
a boulder near by. A second volley
from the party appeared to miss hiia
altogether, and turning he fled up thc
incline and disappeared in the same
direction the lioness had taken, though
the hunters fired at him at ever?
zlinse th"v enuht of his l""!"
The dead lion was a tremendous
fellow, measuring Dine feet from the
tip of his black nose to the end of the
long, cat-like tail. He was a mass of
wounds, and his skin so badly torn
f;hat it was not worth preserving,
lis victim, the antelope, was found
to have bad its back broken, probably
by the lion as it burled itself upon it.
It is. thought by the hpaters that the
lioncas was the mate jf the larger
lion and brought on t'je scene by his
cries when he killed the antelope, but
that ate, aitettbe manner gf vtUen
of her "sex, had thought It best to
curry the favor of the conqueror with
an eye to sharing the bone of conten
tion Philadelphia Times.
OLD ARMS FOR SALE.
fon Cnele Sau P.ors m Bargain Counter ot
Um Own.
Scarcely a week passes tbat some
draud Army tost does not apply
through a member of Congress, or
direct, to the War Department for
two or four condemned cannon to be
used in decorating tbe base of a sol
diers' monument or adorning some
corner in a cemetery. All these re
quests have to be refused, be uuse
there is no authority in law for the
disposal of old orduance, and even
when special acts are passed the de
partment is unable to comply with
their terms lor the reason tbat there
are no old cannon to be donated.
Tnc soldiers' monuments in Gettys
burg and other military parks and
ceme.eries exhausted the supply of
cannon long ago and the artillery
arm of the military service is i ot
active enough nowadays to increase
the supply of londemned o dnance.
But while tho War Department is
siicri" on ordnance of the heavy
variety it is "long" on stores of the
smaller variety. Sometimes a i o.t
ot the Grand Army of the lieDublic '
concludes to decorate their headquar-'
ters with bayonets and other remind-
ersof theold davs. Theu when aoDli-
cation for sucii supplies aro sent to
the department the senders are sup
plied with a list of "ordnance stores
lor sale at New Y'ork arsenal. Gov
ernor's Island." The list embraces
carbines, rifles, muskets, sabers,
swords, pistols, revolveis, bayonet
scabbards and numerous other arti
cles of like character. The list gives
the condition of tbe goods of which
the government is willing to dispose,
together with a list of prices.
If anyone in the L'nited States de
4ires to fit out an army with old
time rifles and sabers he can be sup
plied at a very low cost. Or if he
wants to give bis library a
military
aspect he can accomplish his desire
for a song. The highest price asked
for any article is 87. 75 for a Spenccf
breech-loading ri; e with Stabler at
tachmcnts. t.'ne of Me rill's breech
loaders iu second-class condition cac
be had for 75 cents. There are about
40.0J0 rifles, carbines, and musket:
offered tor sale at prices ranginp
from 75 cents to $'. 75, and in all
conditions from "llrst-class" to "un
serviceable," and ."',000 sabers are tc
be had, from 25 cents to $1. Nine
different kinds of pistols and revolv
ers are to be had at "bargain prices."
Two dollars wiil buy the best In the
lot, while a "Star navy, self-cock in'
may be secured for i0 cent.
This is the government's bargain
sale. lurchasers can have as many
ur as few as they desire. The pr.ccs
are strictly cash, no discount lor
quantities and no favors shown. It
you want an arseaal now is youi
time. Rochester 1'ost.
'ECULIARITIES OF THE SCOTCS
Some Uelichtful Oddities l'olnted Out b
nn PtNll.nl A it twirl lw t .
Some delightful oddities of Scotch
.haracter ae given in Mr. Wilmot
Harrison's new book
Prof. Adam Ferguson, the author
of "Roman History," at whose houst
Burns and Scott met for the first aud
only time, eschewed wine and anima!
food, "but huge masses of milk and
vegetables disappeared before him.
In addition, his temperature was
regulated by Fahrenheit, and often
wheu sitting quite comfortably, he
would start up and put his wife and
daughters in commotion because his
eye had fallen on the instrument and
he was a degree too hot or too cold."
Yet at the age of 72. he started for
Italy witn but a single companion to
prepare for a new edition of his -Bo-
man History;" nor did he die till bf
had attained the age of :'."
Another ' character" is Ir. Alex.
Adam, rector of the High school, and
author of a work on Roman an-
tiquities, and a man of extraordinary
industry. When at college he lived
on oatmeal and smalt beans, with an
occasional penny loaf, in a lodging
which cost him -Id a week. In later
life he devoted himself absolutely to
the work of teaching. In addition to
bis classes in tucydllgh si'hool he ap
pears to have had for his private pu
pils some of the mostcmiucntScotcb
men of his day.
The Rev. Sir Henry Wellwooc '
Moncreiff. a member of a Scottisfc
fa'.nily distinguished during several
generations in connection both with
Church and State, appears to have
given wonderful Sunday suppers.
"This most admirable and somewhat
old-fashioned gentleman was one of
those who always dined between ser
mons, probably without touching
wine. He then walked back from!
his small house on the cast end ol
Queen street to the church, with his
bands, his little cocked bat., his tall
cane, and bis cardinal air, preached,
if it was his turn, a sensible, practi
cal termon; walke.l home in tbe same
style, took tea about 5. spent some
hours in bis study; at 9 had family
prayers, at which he was delighted tc
sec the friends of his sons after
which the whole party sat down to
roasted hares, goblets of wine, and
his powerful talk." Scottish Amer
lean.
The Bravest Man.
"Colonel, who was the bravest mar
you saw during the war?"
"Well now I "
"Ob, don't be modest, 6a y it if yo-.
think it"
"Well, it was it was " i
"Yourself?"
"No, the fellah that was altar
me." Cleveland Fiain Dealer.
Have you found out tbat it is
way you walk and not the way
talk that impresses itself upon
characters of your children?
the.
All the devil can do against
t,nH
true soldier of Christ Is to interrupt
dis communications, and make
1" a
little longer tat II pay day.
a"ing
IBM ALL DO rr.
Mrs. Minks "Mrs. Leadem is
very rapidly."
Mrs. Binks "Yes, poor thing,
is worrying herself gray trying to
Touaa.!2HNeeYork Weeklv. .
look
Young Logle.
tittle narold, out walking wltH
his mamma, saw some men lifting a
square piano from which the legs bad
been taken, as usual, for convenience
in moving, and a happy though'
tiuck him.
"Mamma, didn't you tell me tht.
other day that our piano was an up
right?" "Yes, dear. Why?"
"Well, if ours is an upright this musi
e a downright."
Religions Enthusiasm OnVndooV
l;ta Bangs and Luce Green, came
Jp before the recorder the ether af
ternoon for fighting, "Why did you
hit her, Lucy." Judge Calhoun asked.
' Cause, your honor, she up and tell
that preacher not to Hive me any
:ommunion when he passed 'round de
bread an wine yesterday." Judge
Calhoun wrote a i fine opposite her
-una Atlanta Constitution.
A leep Laid scheme.
"No." sobbed the p ctty girl
"Harold and I never speak now.
And it is all through the machina
tions of tbat deceitful Sallie Miru
mins." "Why, what did she do "
Mi ft niirsii.irla.l us to ioin the same
church choir." Washington Evening
-,ar
md ner Bt
Husband Our bills for househou
ixpen-es are as large as ever. 1 told
vou to reduce them. Wife I did.
I took from I0 to 920 off of each one,
but the tradesman acted so about it
I thought you'd better go around and
reduce them yourself. New York
Weekly.
And the Kid Came Back.
First Youngster I've got a new
baby brother, what came from Heaven
last night Second Youngster
That's nothln'. My little baby broth
er went to Heaven yesterday. First
Youngster (rei'.eciively) Fete, I tbe
't.'s the same kid.
ll.du't Believe in Overedncatlou.
TAaihur T cimnncp Vr T ftinstell..
. Wnnr. vrmr sun to learn arithme
tic, addition, subtraction, and the
rest? Mr. Leinstein Veil, he vants
to learn blcnty of addition, but a
ve y lectio subtraction will da New
Vork Sun.
- Kujored a Joke.
Jimson I just tell you, you can
dud a man anywhere who enjoys a
kuoJ joke better than 1 do. Friend
'. .uess that's so. I have heard you
tell the same joke fo ty times, and
laugh at it every time. New York
Weekly.
The Proper Idea.
Savage Tarty ("annoyed by yclpiflh
dog) If I kick that dog in the ribs
perhaps be'il stop barking at mc.
Yelping Dog's Owner l'erhaps he
will. He never wants to bark when
he's get his mouth full. I'earson's
Weekly.
Not as Bad as That.
lie (poor and idle) You reject m,
nand. Cruel girl! Reserve jour de
cision or I shall do something des-
! pcrate. She (an heiress who knows
ho-wooes her to be maintained) Go
o work, I suppose. Texas Sittings.
Not Afraid.
First Hoy You're 'fraid to tight
that's what Second Boy No, I
ain't; but if I tight you. my inother'll
lick me. "How will she llnd It out.
ch?'' -She'll see the doctor goin' to
our house." Good News.
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Narrow n-a.
He My friend writes that It is so
beautiful in the country he feels as
if he was lu Heaven. She Is his
wife with him? He You have very
narrow ideas about Heaven, my dear,
-New York World.
A ttte "' l'"laU
"I sec that tbe British yaclu
father got the best of us this time."
j "Well," growled tho man who runs
' everything into politics ' what else
could you cxjicct under th s admln:s
tration?"
An riiansneralile Argument.
Little Ethel I wish I had a new
.lull. Mamma Y'out old doll is as
good as ever. Little Ethel Well, I
nn just as good as ever, too, but the
angels gave you a new baby. Good
News.
Very flood.
i Teacher I've explained to you the
; nature of a fixed holiday. Now give
me an instance of a moveable holi
day. Class (omnis) May I. liulalo
lourier.
A Suflirlent Itpaftou.
Mr Follcy Miss Flypp, why do you
suppose it is that there is no marry
ing nor eiving in marriage in Heaven?
Miss Flypp (promptly) No men
ficre.
Itcrlln'a Clean Streets.
The streets arc well kept Ilcrliu
is fast becoming a City vf asphalt,
and you can drop your k&dkcrchief
almost anywhere and pick it up with
out soiling it. The city takes care
of its own sewers, and it has a num
ber of farms on its outskirts over
which these street sweepings arc
scattered by the paupers of the city.
The sewerage is pumped out of the
lewers on to the farms, and through
this the land has become the most
! fert ile, in Germany. A lame Dart ol
' the cleaning ot the streets is done by
boys, who get something like 25
t ents a day, and who are at work on
every block gathering the dirt as it
falls, and on a wet day scrubbing olf
the streets wan runner orooms or a
sort of rubber hose.
These boys sometimes work I:
gangs, and a half dozen of them wilt
' take up a street aud push tbe dirt
j into the sewers, leaving tbe road as
clean as though it were scrubbed. If
, this scrubbing is done at night clean
you sand in sc tttered over tbe streets to
the ! prevent the horses or men from fall
ing, and the whole city, in fact is
! run In tha Intprest nf thA t-ennle and
of health and beauty, rather than in
; the nterests of politicians and cor
irat.inna It. rnt.a mnrp th:in 'MIIKt.
i oOu marks a year to ke.-p tbe streets
j clean,and there are 700 street cleaners.
Tbe civil service rules obtain even as
to these boys, and their wages are
raised after they have been working
- the streets for three years.
I Rich men can sometimes be bough.
I for less than poor men.
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