THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor 4 Prsprtoter. D. F. SOHWEIER, MIFFLINTOWIS, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2b 1894. NO. 41. VOL. XLVIII. REV. DR. TALMAGE TIIK BROOK tTVN DIVINE'S SUX DAY SERMOS. Subject: "Communion of Saints. TexTt "Then enM they nnfo him. Say now shiotoleth, nnl he saM, sit.boletb, for he could not frnme to prononneo it right. Then they took him nn l k!jw him at the paa 8aj;es of Jordan." Judges xii., 6. Do you notice ttiedifferenro of pronuncljv tion between shil.ho'.eth and (IMioleth? A very small and unimportant difference, yon Bay. And yet that ilifTerenco was the differ ence between life and death fo. a great mauir peop. The Lord's people. Oiiead and F.p!iraim. got into a great fight, nnd Eph raim was worste.1, and on the retreat came to the fords of the river Jordan to cross. Or der w.is given that all Ephraimites coming there lie slnfn. lint how could it be found out who were Ephraimites? Ther were de teoled ly their pronunciation. Shibboleth was a word that stood for river. The Ephraimites had a brogue of their own, ml when they tried to say "shib boleth" always left ont the sound of the li.'" When it was nske.1 that they say shib lioieth, they s.ii.l sibholeth nnd were stain. "Then said they unto him, say now shi: holetli. and he sai l sibholeth, for ho conld not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and siew uim at tlia passages of Jordan." A very small d : (Terence, you say, b -twen Oili-ad and Kp'-.raim, and yet how maeh intolerance about that small differ ence! The Lord's tribes In our time by which I meant ho different denominations of Christians sometimes maenilly a very small difference, nn i the only diilerence be tween scores of denominations to-day is the ilitT t.'iic between shibboleth and sibboleth. The eh arc h of God is divided into a great number of denominations. Time would iail me to tell ot the Oalvinists, anj the Armini-an-, an 1 the Sabbatarians, nn l the Bnxteri- un. and the liunkers, nnd the Shakers, nnd the Quakers, an. 1 the Methodists, and the JVipt.srs. and the Episcopalians, nnl tue Lutherans, nn 1 tho Congregationalism?, and the rrety;eri.ms, nnd tiio NpiritnalLsts. and n scop- of other denomin itions of religion ist?, some of them founded by very good men. some of them (ounded by very ego tistic men, some of them founded by very bad men. Uut ns I demand for inysIf liberty of eonseienco I must give, that same liberty to vt rv other nvin, remembering that he no more ctiirerstroni me than I differ from him. I a Ivoeate tho largest liberty in all religious iiei and form of worship. In art, in poli tics, iu morals and in religion let Ihert) be no gag law, no moving of the previous ques tion, no persecution, no intolerance. You know that the air nnd the water keep pure by constant circulation, nnd 1 think I hern is a tendency in religious discussion to purillention and moral health. Let ween the fourth and the sixteenth centuries the church proposed to uiako people think, nriirbt by prohibiting discussion, an 1 ly strong censorship of the press and rack nn 1 giLbet nn i hot lead down tho throat trlod to make people ortho Jox, but itwas discovi r;l that you cannot -hnnge a man's beliaf by twisting ou" his hi nd nor make a man see Ii(T. r?ntly by rutting an awl through bis eyes. There is something in a roan's coa seienoe which will hurl off the mountain that vou threw upon it. and, unstayed of the lire, out of the iljmo will make red wings on which the martyr wdl mount to glory. In that time of which I speak, between tiia fourth and sixteenth centuries, people went from the house of Ood into the most ap palling iniquity, and right nlong by con jecrate 1 nltars there were tides of drunken ness and licentiousness such ns the world never heard of, nnd the very sewers of per dition broke loose nnd flooded the church, i after awhile the printing press was freed, I uii it broke the shackles of the human aiinf. Then tho.o came a large number of I bad books, and where there was oo man i hostile to the Christian religion there were twenty men ready to n-ivocato it, so I ! aave not nny nervousness in regard to this Jattlo going oa between truth nnd error. , The truth will coiitiier just ns certainly as that God is stronger than the devil. "Let ' rror run if you only let truth run along with, J. Urged on by skeptic's shout and tran- , icendenralist's spur, let it run. God's angels Jf wrath are in hot pursuit, nnd qu'ekerthan fade's beak clutches out a hawk's heart Oo-l's vengeance will tear it to pieces. I propose to speak to von of sectarianism ; Its origin, its evils and its cures. There ire those, who would make us think that ihis monster, with horns nn 1 hoofs, is re ligion. I shall chase it to its hiding p'aco and drair it out of the caverns of darkness nd rfp off its hldo J!nt I want to make a list taction between bigotry nnd the lawful lonlness for peculiar religious beliefs and lorn.s of worship. 1 have no alimration for I nothingarian. In a world of su .di Irmn lons vieissltula nnl temptation, and with a soul that must after iswhilo stun t before a throne ot in luff -ra'-le brightness, in a day when Ihe rocking of the mountains and the flaming ot tho heavens an i tho upheaval of the s 'as shall be among the least of the excitements, to givj aceotint for every thought, word, action, preference and dislike, that man is tnad who has no religious proierence. Uut our early education, our physical tempera ment, our mental constitution, will very niucli ilecide our form of worship. A styie of psalmo ly that may please me J may displease yon. soma woul.l liKeto have n minister in kowii and bamls nnd surplice, i mi 1 oiln rs pre:er to have a minister in plain ritiz n's ejtpare1. Som' are most impressed wh- n a liti ie chil 1 is ircsente 1 at the altar nn 1 sprinkled ol the waters or a holy bene li tiou "in the n ime of the Father, an I of the S n. nn ! of the Holy Ghost," nnd others ' lire tp.ore impressed when the penitent comes ii : out of the river, his garments drippinir with the waters of a baptism v.-hich aigniffes tho wn.s'iini; away of sin. Let either have his own way. One man likes no noise in praver. not "a wor ', not a whisp t. Another mnn. just as cod, prefers by gesticulation nn : e.tc amation to express his devotional r.:i rat ions. One is just as good as the other. "Every m:;n tully persualel in his own nn'i i." i". or?o AVliiteliel I was coins over a t.'u :ker rather ro-.igh'y for so-ne of his re ligious sentiments, and the Qaiker said "George, I am as thou art. I am for bring ing all men to the hope of the gospel. There fore, if thou Will not quarrel with me about mv broad brim, I will not quarrel with thee about thy black gown. George, glvo me thy Land." Iu tracin" out the rdigion ot esctarlanism or bigotrv I lhi I that a Rrcat deal of it comes from wrong education in the homo circle. There are parents who do not think it wrong to caricature and jeer tho peculiar forms ot religion in tho world nn l denounce other eeitsnnd other denominations. It is very o-f : the cas- that that kind of education net j.i-t opposite to what was expected, and the children grow up, and after awhile no :,nd see for then.selves, nn I looking in those : ur -hes and tin ting that the people are goo i there an t thev love God nnd keep His coM-'-mdments. bvii uural reaction thoy go : n 1 jo-.ii t;:os j very churches. 1 could men tion the n im-s of promin -nt ministers of tho ,-otvI who tient their whole life bombard !nT other (Vnomlnatione. ftnl who lived ta see -v-ir children preach the gospel In thosa very denomination.. But it is often the case that bigotry starts in a household, and that the suhjeet of it never recovers. There are tens of thousands of bigots ten years old. I think sectarianism and bigotry also r'se from too great prominence of any one denominat 'on in a community. All the other denominations are wrong, nnd hts denomi nation is right because his denomination Is the most wealth v. or the mot popular or the most influential, and it is "our" ohnrob. nnd "our" religions organization, and "our choir, and "our" minister, and tho man tosses his hea l and wants other denomina tions to know their places. It is a great deal better In any community wh'-n the great denominations of Christians are about equal in power, marchin? Bide by side for the world's conquest. Mere outside prosperitj, mere worldly power, is no evi dence that the church is acceptable to God. Better a barn with Christ In tho manger than a cathedral with magnificent harmo nies rolling through tho lon-r drawn alsla nnd an angel from heaven In tho pulpit if there be no Christ in tho chancel ;aud no Christ In the robes. Bigotry Is often ttt3 child of Ignorance. Tou seldom find a man with larire Intellect who is a bigot. It is the man who thinks he knows a great deal, but does not. That roan is almost always a bigot. The whole ten dency of education and civilization Is to bring a man out of tbattlndof state of mind ind heart. There -wOirtaaalCeafJl poat Cteltels, and onorWHJej2EWhfM whtte, another side of the obelisk was green, another aide of the obelisk was blue, and travelers went and looked nt that obelisk, but they did not walk around it. One man looked at one side, another at another side, and they came home each one looking at only one side, nnd they batiDened to meet. the story says, and they not into a rank quarrel about the color of that obelisk. One 1 man said it was white, another man said it wa jrreen. another man said it was bias. and when they were in the very bent of the controversy a a "re intelligent traveler came and said : "Get.tleni'n, I have seen that . obeli&k, and you are all right, and you are , all wrong. Why didn't you walk all around i the obelisk?" I Look out for the man who only sees ons - side of a religious t'uiii. Look odtforthe j mnn who never walks around about these ' great theori"s of Go 1 and eternity and the ' dead. He will be a bigot inevitably ths man who only sees one side. There is no man more to be pitied than he who has in h is bead Just one idea no more, do less. More light, less sectarianism. There is noth ing that will so soon kill bigotry as sunshine ', God's sunshine. Ho I have set before you what I consider io be the cause of bigotry. I have set before fou the origin of this great evil. What are i tome of the baleful effects? First of all, it ;ripn'es investigation. You are wrong and j ani right, and thnt settles it. No tasto for xploratiou, no spirit of investigation. From the glorious realm of God's truth, over whicn nn archangel might fly from eternity 1 lo eternity and not reach the limit, the man ' huis himself ut nnd dies, a blind mole uu--j iera cornshock. It stops all investigation. , Another great damage done by the sectar i buiiym and bigo'ry of the church is that it I Hsgusts people Irom tho Christian religion. J Sow, my Iriends, tho church of Qo 1 was . jever intended for a war barra;k. People ire afraid of a riot. You go down the street ind you see an excitement and missiles fly ing through the air and you hear the shock f firearms. lo you, the ptraoeful and in- i lustrlous citizen, go inrouga mm sireeir i "Ob, no," you will s iy ; "I'll go around tho : lock." Xow. men come and look upon this aarrow path to heaven, and sometimes see ihe ecclesiastical brickbat flying every . nrhltber. and they say: "Well, I guass I'll ! lake the broad road. There is so much ' lharpshooting oa the narrow road I guass ; I'll try the broad road I" Francis I so hated the Lutherans thnt ha ' mi l that if he thought there was one drop ' f Lutheran blood in his veins he would ! suncture them and let that dropout. Just i is long as there Is so much hostility between 1 lenornlnation and denomination, or between ne professed Christian and another, or be ween one church and another, so long men rill be disgusted with the Christian religion in 1 say, "If that is religion, I want none of t." Again, bigotry and sectarianism do great lamnge in tho fact that they hinder t'm Tittmph ot the gospel. Oh, how much wasted ammunition, how many men of Iplendid intellect have given their whole lie :o controversial disputes when. If tbey had riven their life to something practical, they night have been vastly useful I Suppose, while I speak, there were a common enemy ;oming up the bay, acd all the forts around the hiroor began to Jlro into each other, you would cry out "National fculctde! Why aon't those lorts blaze away in one direction, ami that against the common enemy?" And yet I sometimes see in the church, ot the Lord Jesus Christ a strange thing going oa church against church, minister against minister, denomination against denomina tion, Ilring away into their own fort, or tho fort which ought to be on the same side, in stead of concentrating their energy and giv ing one mighty and everlastlngvolley against the navies of darkness Tiding up through tho bay I What did intolerance accomplish against the Baptist Church? If laughing scorn and tirade could have destroyed the church. It would not have to-day a disciple left. Tho Baptists were hurled out ot Boston in olden times. Those who sympathized with them were imprisoned, nnd when a petition was offercid asking leniency In their behalf all the men who signed it were indicted. Has intolerance stopped the Bnptist Church? The last statistics in regard to it showed 115,000 churches an i 3,000,000 communicants Intolerance never put down anything. In England a law was made against the Jew. England thrust back the Jew and thrust down the Jew and declared that no Jew should hold official position. Whnt enme of it? Were the Jews destroyed? Was their religion overthrown? No! Who be came prime minister of England? Who was next t3 the throne? Who was higher than the throne becauso he was counselor and adviser? Disraeli, a Jew. What were we celebrating in all our churches as well as evnagogues only a few years ago? The one hundredth birthday anniversary of Monte llore, the great Jewish philanthropist In tolerance never yet put down anything. But now, my friends, having shown you the origin of bigotry or sectarianism, and hnvlng shown you the damage it does, 1 want briefly to show you how we are to war against this terrible evil, ana x mint we i ought to began our war by realizing our own weakness nn 1 our imperfections. If wo make so many mistakes in the common af fairs of life, is it not possible that we may make mistakes in regard to our religious affairs? Shall we take a man by the throat i or by the collar because he cannot see re- ' ligious truths just as we do? In the light of eternity it will be found out, I think, there was something wrong in all our creeds and something right in all War creeds. But since we may make mistakes in regard to things of the world do not let U3 be so egotistic and to puffed up as to have an idea that we can not make nny mistaka in regard to roiigioul theories. And then, I think, wo will do a great deal to overthrow the sectarian from our heart Hud tho sectarianism from the world by chiefly enlarging In those things la which we agree ratner tnan tnoso in wntsa we differ. Perhaps I might forcefully Illustrate thf truth by calling your attention to an IncU dent which took place about twenty years ago. One Monday morning at about 3 o'clock, while her 900 passengers were sound asleep in her berths dreaming of home, the steamer Atlantlo crashed Into Mars Head. Five huridred souls in ten minutes landed In eternity I Oh, what a scene I Agonized men and women running up and downthegang way and clutching for the rigging, and the plunge of the helpless steamer and the clap ping of the hands of the meroiless sea over the drowning nnd tho doad threw two conti nents into terror. But see the br.iyj quartermaster pushing out with the lifeline u-itll he gets totho rock, and seo these fishermen gathering up the shipwrecked and taking them into the cab ins and wrapping them in the flannels snug nd warm, and see that minister of the gos pel, with three other men, getting into a lifeboat and pushing out for the wreck, pull ing away across the surf and pulling away ntil they saved one more man. and then getting back with him to tho shore. Cao those men ever forget that night, nnd ctn they ever forget their companionship In peril, companionship in struggle, compan ionship in awful catastrophe and rescue. Never I Never 1 In whatever part of the enrta they meet they will be fri-nds when they mention the story of that night when the At lantic struck Mars Jleid. Well, my friends, ur world has gone into a worse shipwreck. Sta drove it ofTtne rocks The oM sMp tms lurched and tossed iu ths tempest of 6300 years. Out with the lifeline! I do not care what denomination carries it. Oat with tha lifeboat! I do not care what denomination rows it. Side by side, in the memory ol eommon hardships, and common trials, and eommon prayers, and common tears, let us te brothers forever. We must be. And I expect to sae the day when all an. aominatlons of Christians shall Join nands sround the cross of Christ an 1 reolie the creed "Ibellere In God, the Father Al mighty, Maker of beaven and earth, and Jesus Christ, and in tha communion ot saJots. and In Ufa everlasting. Amen r ".. -j 1,( li'vi est ii:r(k of fu'l'ti? vefsels ar. inn Jt'.O to 180 feet ln'gli nml Bjvni.l fume ,0- U lrO.OOl square feet of tatvxs. Acw'ticg to a custom of Korea all loyal Koreans ranst wear n white hat for threo years after the !iath of one of the roval famCy. In a well stocked fcive there are from 15,000 to 20,000 working bees. Caniela are being iro,ioited into Australia for use in the golJ field. Motion hasbeen conveyed by elec tric wires a distance of 120 nines. Potatoes cooked in tho bKids cm tain more "nutriment than if peeled be fore boiling. TRUTH AND BEAOl V I had a friend who lived for Truth, Who sought it east, who sought it wCf, n city streets and for. ;iy haunts, f And died unprojpered in the quest. another, who for beauty lived. f Tot Beauty bartered ail beside, &nd in the evening of his days t For Beauty, as was fit, be died. &ad many a time between them bot a Contention on the point was long; jno Truth s brave knight in weal and wv j5Tio other Beauty's champion strong. Qot when they crossed the flood of dcatli, ITne eternal, all revealing flame Bashed on their souls, and then knew they kXbat Truth and Beauty are the same ! -William Cowan, in Good Words. 'Brother Sam's Daughter, CI HELEN rOJUtEST GRAVES. L - A WELVE o'eloet, nnd the washin ain't out vet! "said w ' 'But I've lirtd an el nsighto aeLnacks! I'll have to wait ppell now, till th hired men havi Lad tlieir dinner!" She blew the liorn, nt the back door then made nil baste to Bet tho plentt fill, if jilaiu, meal. on the table, whicl fe:il h; hud buroly wcoaivdishctl be 'ire Uncle l'etcr mid his three stslwar helpers nrr'ved on the scene. 'Xnucy doLS ruike A Number Ont j-ies !"' miid Hiram Jenifer, reaching hei for n Keeond sliee. "I don't mind if I drink another cn o eod'ee," observed Xonh Johnson. "r,:tH vlenty o sugar, Nancy, xlense! While Heekiah Hopper made I J:in(e st the butter with his own knife, remarking', sot to voce, "thut to hii t:i-de there v.a'nt no butter like Juu btttUr, uu' it didu't coaio but once t j ,"ir !" ".o hot lrea;V Faid Unele Fetei ..';"i a comprehensive glance arounc the lourd, "nor riz biscuit ch Nancy V "1 couldn't manage it to-dny," sail Khik'v, with a conscious-stricken look. "vVitli the Ttashin and nil " "Naney'a yesterday's bread's gooi. enough for t::a ! " observed Hiram phil jsoj hieal'y. 'i-'or my j art," raid Uncle Petei "1 dou't we how these womcn-folki contrive to put in the time, potterin ii oitnil all day, a-doin nexttonothin'. Oil, now, th(;t am t lair.' upoke ut Nn;:h Johnson, good naturedly. " ' Tii i n't no joke to cook an wash an iron for four men." The color had risen in two rount iipots to Nancy's cheeks; a quick ro tort hovered on her lipf, when Uueh Yttr interrupted the unspoken words 'Oh, by-t he-way," said he, 'most forgotten to say anything abou it, but brother Sam's girl's to be hen o-dny. " "1'rothtr Sam's girl?" "Why, yes your cousin Xanuit from Bridgeport your UncleSam'wel'i f;al, that's to teach the deestriek sehoo. l:er . Sum, h" was innnirin" rounc f. r i ;Iuee, i::i' I calculated we conic I ii :r ! her here, so I told him to sent 1: r on, He's willin' to pay five dollari t week, nud that counts up !" Nancy looked at her uncle witi startled eyes. 'But there ain't no room for her tt sleep in," said she. "rihe can have your room, nnd vol can take the little corner chamber is the garret. One person more or lest in the family don't make no differ ence, and five dollars is five dollnrs. Have some more of tho dried peacb sass, Johnson?" Nuncy said not a word. Of what avail was it to remind Unci Peter that tho little garret chamber was cold in winter and hot in summer, that the roof leaked, and that rats plnyed high carnival there ? She only helped Hiram Jenifer to t incumber pickle, and replenished the coffee-pot for the third time. "There's a gal now Brother Sam'i durter," reflectively observed Mr. Nor ton, ns he sprinkled pepper and vinegar over his summer beets "as is worth her salt. 'Arnin twenty dollars a month ut teachin.' If Nancy could make money like that I But Nancy hadn't never no faculty !" 'I never had a chance I" cried Nancy, with rising color and tear-brimmed eyes. "I've been kept hard at work bince I was a child, and and " "There, there! don't get excited!" said Uncle Peter, waving his hand in a patronizing manner. "Gals is queer t-reeturs. You can't so much as speak to 'em, but they fly off at a tangent. Get things ready for Sam's gal, that's all I ask of you and mind you hev some fried chicken for supper. Hi Jenifer hain't had a bite o' fried chicken Bince he's been here. And look arter the young goslin's that's comin outen the shell down to the barn I suspicion there's a weasel abroad somewheres and mind tho calves don't git into the corn. I reely must mend that gate-pin some- o' the60 days. Come, boys, if you're sure you can't worry down no more vittles " It was not until the four men had huflled off to the barnyard to look at Uncle Peter's latest investment in a new Durham cow, ere they returned to Ihe hayfield, that Nancy sank wearily down into a patch-cushioned rocket and burst into tears. "I'm worked harder'n any slave'," said she, "and don't never have no chance to go nowhere nor see nothin', and yet Uncle Peter thinks I ain't worth my keep." ""Why, what's the matter, Nancy Cou're Nancy Norton, aren't you?" A sweet, cheery voice sounded on her ear a light hand touched her shoulder. Nancy jumped to her feet. "Are you Uncle Sam's daughter?' she cried, 'Why, of course I am ! Nancy No. ion, just like yourself. Named aftel our dear old grandmother only they call me Nannie." A smouldering feeling of resentmenv. had possessed Nancy's heart toward this unknown relation ; but it was all dispersed now in the light of thos clear, hazel eyes the sunshine of thaf winning smile. I In second she knew that she shouH lv .nancy morion, fU f ' with a frighteneo tVsJ'', frlaneeattheclock. x i "Nothing is" the matter," said she, "except that the washin is behind to dh.y, and I'm clean discouraged and Vred out." i "Where's the girl?" Pretty Nannie looked inquiringlj around. "I'm the girl !" Nancy answered. Then I'll be girL too," NannU laughed out, taking off her gloves and unfastening her piquant little cape. "You go and hang out the clothes and I'll see about clearing off this table. Because I'm to board here, father says, ind you and I are to be great friends. " Nancy looked wistfully at her. "Kiss me, won't you?" said she. "Oh, yes, I'd so like to be friends with you! I haven't never had no f'r' friends." And Nannie kissed her with a kisx that carried a whole heart full of love with it. The threo hired men were overcome with embarrassment, when, on arriv ing in time for tho fried chicken and hot waffles that evening, they found themselves confronted with such i daintily-dressed smiling young lady. Even Uncle Peter himself was mo mentarily abashed at the style one beauty of brother Sam's daughter. "The new deestriek ' school-ma'am, whispered Hiram Jcniter to Nont Johnson. "Earns twenty dollars n month, jttered Hezekiah Hopper. "Twenty dollars!" "Dressed up like a fashion plate lv inwardly reflected Johnson. "Propel nice-looking, though. " Nannie would not hear of banisliini Saney to the garret chamber. "Why can't we share the same roon together?" she coaxed. "I should lik a companion, and there's plenty ol room." Uncle Peter evinced ostentations ap proval of his new neice.and it required , nil Nancy s hearty atlection lor tin j new comer to preserve her from tk Itings of jealousy. i ; ' 'I don't see, " said Uncle Peter, ' 'wh;, ' j Vancy can't earn money like you do.' j ! "How much do you pay her?" askec Nannie, lifting her eyes to his face. "Me? ray Nancy? Why, her board an' clothes, to-be-sure. It's all she'i worth?" J "And what docs she do?" ''Just odd turns arond the house, j She did pester me for an r.llowanei ( once, but I soon laid it down to hei thnt it I wan't goin' to hev no 6ue) nonsense." "Oh !" said Nannie. . j l Never in her life had Nancy Norton ; had a genuine sympathetic woiwit friend before, and it was an indescrib ! able relief to pour out her troubles i' I i Nannie's car. i "It's a shame !" cried warm-heflrtec Nannie. "Why, you do the work o; j three women in this house. You rise enrly and lie down late ; .you have nt recreations, no holidays,. and Kundayi you work harder than ever, becausj Unele Peter likes to invite people here for the noonings, to see how niee h has things. Oh, you needn't think thai I am blind ! You are pale and thin, because you are overworked. Yoi don't like to go anywhere, becnus Uncle Peter wou'tgive you nny new j clothes until you've worn out Aunt j Hepsy's old wardrobe. It's an impo- ; sition, that's what it is,nnd I wouldu'' submit to it if I were you." I "But," sighed Nanev,-"what can 1 ! lo?" " ' "Tell him once againhow matter stand!" cried Nannie, her lovely eyes flashing. "Insist upon fair wages foi , fair work." I Thus instigated, Nanry made hei plea, but Uncle Peter's brow grew dark. "I don't want to hear no such non : jense as this," he roared. "Wages'. Ain't you got your home,; and board ! and clothes? What else 'd'yo want: Whv, I never heard such'talk in my . life!" 1 "Is it yes, or no?" persisted Nancy. I "It's no-o-o!" thundered Unele Peter. j '' That same evening Nannie 'incident illy alluded to the fact that they would all rise betimes the next morning, for ' she was going to give taem their break- ! fast, and hadn't much timet before school hours began. j "Why, where's Nancy?" (askec Hiram. "Oh, didn't you know ? She's gone ! Uncle Peter dropped tho gate-pin ho wfla whittling; Hiram let the two ; lays'-old copy of the Wakefield Eagle ' slip to the floor; Noah stared"'. with wide-open mouth. "She wants to make ta living for her j telf," serenely addedNonnie "toiearn I a little money. Every girl wants that, you know." j "Humph!" growled Uncle Peter. , "I'd like to see her make "money ! . Why, sho never had no more gumption than a katydid ! Sho'll bo back quick :nough, you 11 find. "But in the meantime," said Nannie, joolly, "you must look around for some ono to fill her place, for, as you con easily imagine, I have J got my hands lull. "I guess that's easy- done," said Jncle Peter, beginning to whittle ifresh. I But, to his infinite amazement, it iran not so easy a task as he had fan ' cied, and after many vain efforts and j stinging disappointments, he found himself with two wasteful, complain ing, inefficient hired girls in possession tor every one had resolutely refused to do the work alone. "It wbs too much," they averred, "for one." "It'll ruin me it'll clean ruin me ! groaned Uncle Peter, wringing his hands. "Ten dollars a month for ono nd eight for t'other and every ' Thursday afternoon and every Sunday evening out ! And look at them half slices o' bread in the pig's part, and my best towels, not three years old, took for cleanin cloths, and a broom a week stumped through ; an' tbey won't wash unless I get 'em a new patent wringer, and the fat scraps all throwed away, an' nothin' half took care of ! ' Don't yon know anyone I could get, Nannie, as would look arter things as Nancy used to do? I declare to good ness I can't live so !" ! Nannie knit her brows and re flected. "There's a young woman ..working for father," said she "a capital house keeper and the best economist, in the , world at least, so he says. , And.sinco raj -married, sister is coming back front i" Pietoraska next weekThe' may be'able tcf dispense with her. But she has fifteeD dollars a month." "It's wuth it it's wuth it !" breath lessly cried Uncle Peter. "IU go tot Bridgeport and see Brother Sam at once, and secure her. This hired-ga.' business will be the death of me !" Brother Sam was sitting on his porch, reading the newspaper, as Mr. Norton came up. "Yes," said he, "she's a smart gak The best gal I ever had. Thorough going New Englander. P'raps yon may be able to get her though I doubt if she'll come to you for fifteer dollars a month." t "I'll make it eighteen," gasped Uncle Peter, "since you suy she's a New Englander." "Well, you can try," caid brotLet 6am. "Here she is!" i. H9 flunjr open the door of the kitchen, and there, making a black berry shortcake nt the whitcly -scoured table, stood his or.n niece, Nancy Norton 1 ; "Why it's Nancy !" cried he. .' Yes," nodded brother Sam, "Naney it is ! The best, smartest creetur thnt ever stepped, nnd worth her weight iu gold. Undo Peter swallowed something like a lump in his throat. "Nancy," said he, "will you com back" here he swallowed a second Jump "to me for eighteen dollars a month ? For I do verily b'lieve you will earn it." Nancy went up to him and kissed him. "Yes, Uncle Peter," said she, "I'll come back." For tho old man had learned a les iion, and his teachers had been Nuncy Norton ami brother Sam's daughter. Baturday Night ' Mastodons. Ever since Alaska came into posses lion of the United States there have been stories, from tho lips of natives, to tho effect that living mastodons ex isted in the northern part of the Terri tory. These stories were partially confirmed by the large number ol tusks, bones, and in some cases nearly whole skeletons of the animul found ou the surface of the ground or protrud ing from it. Certain tribes of Alaski Indians, whoso homes are far north ward, assert thnt they have frequently seen live mastodons within the last feu years. One Indian hunter followec tracks "as large as tho bottom of a sail barrel" until he came in sight of a gigantic animal, with "a mouth bif enough to swallow a man. These stories nre not beyond tin limit of probability. The remains ol mastodons foutd in Siberia, as well as in Alaska, show that the animul mutl have lived iu the the cAtrt-me iiorthcrL pcrtion of both hemispheres nt a com paratively recent perioiL A Russiar scientist is now eu route to a point ir Northeastern Siberia to secure what is represented to be a perfect dead masto don hide, flesh nnd all frozen in tht ico. It is only a few miles between the extreme points of Alaska nnd Siberia. Possibly these colossal aui aials, which once roamed all over Xorth America and Europe, have left t few living descendents far up in the 4rctic circle. The reports of th Alaska Indians may, and probably will, inrn out to be fabrications, but then is enough plausibility in the stories tc whet curiohity and stimulate scicntiii'' research. New York Newfi A Horse iu a Trance. The Baltimore Herald tells a re markable story of a horse that was five days in a trance. A few dfiys ago Farmer Hubbard, who lived near Bal timore, went to his stable in the morn ing to feed his horse, and found the animal uppnrently in great suffering. Thinking that the air would benefit her, he led her out of tho stable, when she fell over on the ground, and after a time, to all appearance, breathed her last. Ho hauled the body away to n remote part of the farm, and piling some brush over it, left it to the dis posal of nature. Five days after he was surprised to sec a horse grazing in his pasture. He went to see how tho strange animal got into his field, and v,as almost paralyzed to perceivj that it was his faithful old Bess that he had cast out for the crows. She was rather worse for her experience, but lacked a good deal of being dead. He ap proached her ; and she evidently recog nized him, and submitted quietly to be led by the forelock to tho barn. The farmer called his wife to identify the horse, which she did. and then hurried sff to the place where he had deposited the supposed corpse, to make sure that he wns not deceived. He found tho brush, with which he had covered her, scattered about, but the body was not there. Old Bess had evidently risen from the dead, or had never Lu dead hi U.1JL Collection Wishbones. Stranee what fads possess some rco pie. The delegate the other even ing, calling upon one of the sweet trirl graduates, was surprised to have her make of him this peculiar re quest: "Won't you." asked she. "help me in my collection?" 'What post age stamps'." "No; indeed; that's Duly for school children. ou know, collections are a present day lad. I am going to be just a bit cccenttic and have started an original collec tion. You may think it an odd fancy, but I'm collecting wishbones." saying, she displayed those alrecd) gathered. Mic has a vust assortment strung al out hei o'fD room and any number put away in boxes. "Now. then." she poutingly said: "I think yen might help me in my collection. If you can't get a wishbone when yon dine on game at the club or at the hotel vou can do another thimr--save all your empty cigar boxes for me to put my gems away in, won't?" you. Of course, the promise was made. Then she showed more and mure of her wishbones. Among them were those of particularly large and small birds. She even had the wishbone of i humming-bird. Asked if any others were Interested in this fad, she said t' at all the girls of "her set" were vying one with another as to who could collect the wishbones of the rarest birds. As she moves with a swell circle, and a large one at that, the wish Done collection fad will prob ably soon be the rage. Cincinnati JClmea-SUt. - MONT ST. MICHEL. tor Arcs It Uu Ha the Bits of Boom, Edward IL Elwell, jr., writing ot he experiences of a party of Amen. via bicyclers at Mod& &t Michel, off the coast ot France, St Nicholas, lays: The Mont St. Michel is nearly two niles from the mouth of the river, .t is but fifteen minutes' walk around the rocky beach at its base. Its heicht is over 350 feet. It sides are nearly as steep as the side of a jouse. For ages it has been the site ol otne religious building. The Ita lians found a heathen temple there, ind replaced it by au altar to their wn Jupiter. The coming of Chris .ianity saw the beginning of the present wonderful structures, the jtrowth of centuries. The top of the rock is just large enough for the beautiful Gothic Cathedral that cov ers it. In si e, detail, and carving it equals many of the most famous cathedrals of Europe. Above part af the building there is a promenade Ihat is 450 feet above the sand. Around the base of the cathedral, and of ( ourse built upon the steep, tocky slopes, is a mass of huge stone buildings that have served through the centuries as monastery, prison, and feudal stronghold. They conceal all but the upper half of the cathe dral, which they entirely surround. The lowest foundation is 150 feet ibove the sand. The whole constitutes one mighty .tt uctuie, a vast maze of great stoti hails, with lows of carved pillars, ol Mid less passages, bioad (lights of steps ind .-p:ral stairways, of horrible dun geons and gloomy vaults. The 6tone or which it is built was all brought Trom the mainland, nearly two miles, ind, of course, hauled over the sand. Clock by block, the stone was brought icro-s the sands, hoisted up the steep :iiiTs by means of windlasses, and ,hen shaped and carved with InUnite latience and rare skill. The build .ng went on at different times be tween the 9th and 14th centuries; ind since then separate parts have Leen many times destroyed and re .tored. The architectural beauty and wonderful carving of these buildings would alone make them famous. But i.ecause of their unique location, and ilo because they were built by the monks who possessed here a little kingdom of their own, so rich and powerful were they when they ac roiuplished the stupendous task, this crowning glory of Mont St. Michel will long remain one of the marvCls f the world, and be to France al nost what the Pyramids are tc Kgypt. There is a tiuy village on the cnlj iceeesiblc side Ot the Mount Thr is room for Just one short, narrow jtreet, behind the high walls that ise from the edge of the sand. On ill other sides the steepness of the h'T itself is lis defense. In the vil lage there arc about two hundred people. descendants of the original inhabitants of the iuaiuland, wlvi Ted intt) places of safety before tl. : ittacks of the Norsemen, over oi.a thousand years ago. They are a 1 Ushermen, except the proprietors of the three hotels. It Is but recer'iy that this quaint little village, so jueerly lo ated, has been made ac :essihlc to visitors unless under the guidance of those who had learned by experience how to cross the sand ind escape its dangers. For in nuruer us and ever-changing places the surface Is as yielding as tuat ot the iccan itself, and strong indeed would to the swimmer who could support i.niself in a quicksand: But nine years ago the Fiem . jiovernment built a magnificent dike jr stone causeway freni the shore to 'tie Mount, and over its smooth sur face we hastened, that September ifternoon, on our swift wheels, eager :o reach the wonderful rock and its ;til! more wonderful buildiDgs. that lad loomed before our vision during i Yi.o'e hour of rapid riding. Workers Who Ask No Pay. it would be interesting if we could ret the statistics of voluntary and in paid work. I once Investigated .he statistics of a single parish, and ,hat a very poor one. I found over .00 persons who gave their work for lothing to the parish. In fact, there ire thousands and tens of thousands m whom the churches can now reckon lor voluntary work. This un paid work Is the nineteenth century Franciscan; he (or she) attempts, without vows, what the predecessor rf the thirteenth century attempted with the help of vows viz., organ zed personal service among the hum blest. He works upon the lowest ind most unpromising material that ,he world can show; they are lads far e'.ow the reach t f polytechnics; he ittracts them somehow, by personal naenctism, by fore of character, by ikill in the things that all lads ad- ii I re; he denominates them. He Is perhaps a young curate of no great intellectual grasp, butheknews what ic has to do, and he succeeds; or be s a layman who works in an o.Tce all lay. We go back to tbe grand dis :overy of Franc's say rather the in. terpretatlon of Francis that the treat sluggish apathetic mass in Aiiich are born creatures of hideous alien and malign brain can only be noved by personal service. Walter 'iesant Karly Christian Milkmen. St. IrenceuS one of the very early athern of the church in the second Jentury after Christ, writes as fol lows: "As was said by one, concern ing all who in any way deprave the things of Uod and adulterate the truth, 'it is evil mingling pypsutn with milk."' Some have thought that St 1 eter, when be used the ex pression in hla epistle, "the sincere silk ot the word," means unadulter ated milk. Certainly the Greek word which means In one version wo, translate "sincere," would bear this Interpretation. A SLOW TRACT. It was a very slow train indeed, and lie traveling man remarked to the con luctor : "Would there be any objection tc ny getting off this car right now?" "Why, my dear air, it's in motion." "I don't doubt it. But I thought id like to look at it from the outside tnd see if I can't tell which way it U Eoing.'WWflington Star. ARTEMUS WARD'S CHARGE. Qe Led m Comedlmn In Chains, nnd Hai' A Fan wltn the People. Daniel Setchell, tha comedian, wa I at one of tbe theaters in Philadelphia. ; Artemus Ward and Setchell had been friends for a long time, and had j paseeu turougu luaur idu;uituic scenes together. One summer dur-', lag their vacation Ward wished tu visit his mother, living at that time "Jowd east," aud he conceived the idea ot driving there instead of going by the usual railway and steamboat that had become quite monotonous to him. Setchell agreed to be his companion on the trip, so after all business matters had been arrabgcu they started on their novel journey with their "-hired hcrse and buggy." Nothing of importance happened on their way out. Ward said his time and attention were taken up by the horse. The beast desired to make the ' pacj and he did; the peisuader was useless, and Ward was compelled to allow the animal get there when he could. After two days and a night on the road they arrived at the home of Ward's mother. Some time wa; spent there. They enjoyed every mo ment of the visit and felt reluctant to leave the happy place when the day came for their departure As they were to return by the road they came they anti ipatcd a dull time, and, of course, two such spirits could not stand dullness at any time. . ct chell was a comedian of the stauc as well as on, and his facial expres sion was unexcelled, if not unequalcd by any actor of his day. lie was a stoutly built man, inclined to corpu- leacy, with a full, round, jolly face. ust as the horse was brought up, and everything made ready for their departure, Setchell quietly said to Ward: "Charley, (Ward's name wa: Charles Browne) I think I am era y and If you don't Want trouble with me you bad better chain me on our down trip." "All right," said Ward, "P known that fact for some time, and 1 would really prefer to chain you, as the landlords and barkeepers would then have protection." The chain was procured anc slipped in the carriage, no one know ing it was there, and after leave-taking and many gvod-bys as they mounted the wagon, the return trip was begun, Tlie ride was un eventful for souic time At noon they stopped at the road side inn, and Ward informed the landlord of his friend's mental condition. Several rustics gathered round to have a look at the lunatic, but., with the ex op tion of a few grimaces and rolling ol the eyes, nothing startling occurred. Resuming their journey. tliy found the road almost deserted, and. of course, no need of applying the i hain. Just at dusk they arrived at the 'tavern," where the niiiht world bo aient The chain was placed on Setchell. and Ward, carefully leading him, entered the house. Ward told the landlord that his charge was harmless except at times, buthe could always tell when the tit was coming n by his change of countenan c hich was at times startling. The landlord got very uneasy, anc hoped he would not have a tit in the house. In the early morning every body in tbe house was aroused by un earthly yells coming from the sup posed lunatic's room. There was a general rush of everyone, and tbe pro prietor with pale face, seemed terror stricket. In a short time Ward suc ceeded in quieting his companion and the breakfast soon over, they were preparing to leave the house, when suddenly the lunatic began again yell ing and distorting his features. Guests and servants flew in dismay, and the poor landlord was almost par alyzed with fear, Do get him out, Mr. Ward," he said, ncv( mind the bill, get him out, get him out." Ward, of course, paid his bill, and at last succeeded in gettinn his friend n his buggy. As they were leaving, Ward said tc the landlord, "we will stop here or our way back." "No, you needn't." shouted the bonlface, "I close this house for rc pairs to-night." Nothing further happened until they came to a blacksmith's shop on the roadside. '1 lie chain was put on and tbey stopped at the shop door, without alighting. Ward tailed tu tbe blacksmith requesting a drink ol cold water lor the Imbecile by his side. The smith brought the spark ling liquid In tbe usual stone jutr, and Setchell, after apparently taking a long draugh, with a vacant stare, and to all appearances not knowing what he was doing, threw the con tents of the jug over the big black tmith. The man retreated a few steps, shakl' T the water Irom his eyes and then, raising his huge arm, said: "You're not as big a foo! as you look, and I can lick the pair of you," and started for them with von ice ir his eye. Ward was prepared, however, foi any emergency, and before the mat could get near euough to reach them, brought tbe whip down on the horse with such vigor that the poor beast with fright jumped into a run, for tunately for the occupants of the ve hicle. The race continued for so nil dis tance, but the horse succeeded at length in leaving the pursuing smith too far behind to be dangerous. "I think tbe happiest sight of my life was that enraged and panting blacksmith at the bottom of the hill and we at a sate distance at the t'lp," said Artemus Ward. To-Day. Whitening Sugar. The process of whitening sugar as never known until a heu walked through a clay puddle and then strayed Into the sugar house, iler tracks were, of course, left in the piles of sugar, aud when it was no ticed that the spots where she had stepped were whiter than the rest, tbe process of bleaching sugar witr lay was adopted. AIX THE KATIOSAl. COLORS. "I'm a very patriotic individual just now," observed Misi Van Braam. "Ah," replied Mr. Manchester. "How is thatt" - "I'm a white girl, with red hair, ana iXeelWue.'!Pittsbura Chronicle. MY HOUSE IN THE AIIT. I notice the house that I build iu the a!:, With the architect Fancy to plan it, ft'lth clapboards of clouds nnd with thinglcj of mist, .nd with paint of aerial amctliyst, Hands more firmly the shock of Time's ruda wear and tear, ad is not so like to get out of repair As my house with foundations of granite. .ni though scoffers may jeer at my house i the air With gibes that are glib and snrcaslif-, hose hard-headed fellows ot dollars an cents, fho30 wiiolo lifo consists in collection ol rents. lave never yet been in my p:irlors up thcrf Ind sat in my easy and drt-au-.-hauuteJ eliair In the waving cloud turrets fantastic. o mortgage, yc thrifty collectors or r.-ntt Can you elap on my cloud-bosomed mini sion . Co real estatfl broker can enter its walls. Tor the drawbridge coniis up, and the pr.r culis falls -, It-uee, yo vulgar profane, with your prids and pretence, fTo weleomo for you ; so arise and go heneo From the home of the soul's expansion I hen stay with your ledges, ami t-iphcr an) plan. And jeer at tho house of my vision . snugly enconced iu its vapry wall3. Or, walking entranced iii Its shadowy irV., fan laugh in my turn nt your ciphering elan, That lias made such a traiu dUl .ti.j j ' ' man, And hold your whole tril-e in derision. Sam Walter Foss in Yankee Llai'.o PITH AND POINT. A music rack The po;r performer. Puck. A trade secret how to gi t the be. i of the other fellow. Truth. Columbus's egg was one of the bet. ukes ever cracked. Truth. The (ruiniuo luannfui-turer scldort. complains of his bitter lot. Bufl'alti Courier. The average man doesn't get niucl of a show in a ten-cent circus. Builal.j Courier. To address nn army oTin r below 'i .T:ule is to offer him a ruik insult.- -BuiTnlu Courier. A boor and nu inflated egotist nrj infreirueiitly found in the same liie.c. Kansas City Star. A really pretty girl is not often vain he is simply a candid uud iuU 11' .lit vritic. Washington Star. The man who was dissatisfied viti ,he menagerie said it was a bcP-ttly ill'nir. Binphamton Ler.de r. Not one man in twenty can (,ive i (ensible reason, if you ::sk him, why Jia keeps a dog. Bum's Horn. Nowadays a man is xore apt to bo ippluudcd for saying ngood lliitijir tha:i for doing a good tiling. Trnt;. One of the poets snys we ein.'i livt arithout cooks, and many Indies say they can't live wi.a them. 1'hiladel phia Times. She "Charley Touehall never sceim ;o work. What does he do for a liv .ng?" He (with aeiglO "Hisfrieu ls.' Buffalo Courier. Clerk "I wo.ilil like b j,-, t o.T to bury my aunt." Kniploy-r "Very well, but don't let it occur again. "- Richmond' Monthly. In the fine arts galleries: Tho Con noiseur "That is a Vandyke." Mine. Parvenu "Really? I thought it wuj in oil painting." I'hicngo lteeord. The pen is mightier than the sw-jrd , The saying's truthful iiite, E.xeepting when your fountain pen Determines not to write. Washington Star. rommie "Do you know what Jraught horses nre like?" Freddie "'CourseS do; they are the ones thai travel like the wind." Chicago ItiU-r-Ocean. Treetop "A dollar for 2"Hi"g "in tooth?" Dentist "Yes; you toolt gas." Treetop "How much a thou sand do you charge for thnt ?" Brook lyn Life. Townley 'Aren't ' the heavy dew. jut in tho suburbs annoying?" Busti ?UR "Oh, no. I get used to them. I belong to so many secret societies, you know." Philadelphia ltecord. Popper "That boy of mine ir. a re alar phenomenon." Biicheller (wearily) "In what we.y?" Popper "Six years old and never said a bright thinj; in his life." Fittsburg Disiute!i. The Butcher (haughtily ) "Madam, ny reputation rests upon my meat." Doubting Customer "We!!, if it's m tough as that hv:t steak you sent me, f 'eel sorry for you." Buffalo Courier. Teacher (in physiology class) 'Now, Johnny, how many senses have you?" Johnny (very prnmptly) "Five." "Correct. Nov.-, what ar-j they?" "All pennies." Rochester Democrat. A careful young mnn nptown whet, railing on his "best girl" always an nounces himself by knocking. If ho were to come in with a ring it might be considered a projmsal. Philadel phia Kecord. Young Collegian "If only peopU inew as much ns they think they inow "' Vassar Graduate (wickedly) "Why, then tho undcrgradtiet. would bo delivering lectures t i t io professors. " Vogue. "Gusher is not very hawvy in h. .-hoice of adjectives." "Why ro?" "Miss Gumma fished for a c-H'i iiimeut by asking what he tio'igo.t of her slippers." "And whet !hl he ty'" "He said they were immense." Chi cago Mail. "I never conld nndcrsland, M. .Videhat, why it is they call your part jf the country tho 'Woolly" West.' " "It wouldn't bo any mystery, my dear Miss Harlembridge, if "yon knew the number of Eastern lambs sheared out there." Troy Press. SIGN Or BB AVERT. After a long and delightful con versa -iion he mustered up courage to ask her and she said she would be his. She was the daughter of a rugged old millionaire, who never consented to anything but a cash payment. "But," she added, "of course you must ask papa." "I will right now," said he. "Oh, how brave of you." y , t "What's his telephone number' gangas Cjtf 7 OarnaL. ' ..." : ,
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