WItL.
Yon will be, what you wilt to be
Let fal.tim (In Its falsi content
In tbnt poor word "environment,"
Hut spirit scorns Rn'1 ,'rep'
It masters time, It conquers space,
It row that tnstful trickster chance.
And I lls the tyrant Clreunstsnen
Cuerowii (in I nil n servant's plain
Thn human Will, that forv unseen
Th off-prlng of n.!cathls Soul
din hew tho wny to any gnt,
Tt.oug'i waMaof griiiito lnt-rvoa
T not Impatient In delay,
T. it wait as nan w'io un lersianls
When spirit rses nnd command-,
Tl;e ko.Is are rea ly to oljcy.
Tii" river seeking for the sen,
Cn'ruta the da:n nn 1 precipice,
V t liniv's It 'anno; fail ..rmiss
V"U will wli.it yon will to I'".
Ll a W. Wii.-oi, in Yuma's Cjuipanlon.
A HEROINE,
Kitlv, lie
niro tln i tul-
dlllg gocS OViT
to boil at four
iiVlock, n u d
keep nn rye to
tlio r.n-t inert,
for tlio I)v.'.nii
loii't 1 1 l.o it
A,' I W ' 'J-'". I'll bo sure nnd
T rue tn In r,
'-"14 ' f -ai 1 KittvClif-
ford, curtsey-
iDfr r. ttily.
"An. I Kate," eaid iVacon O.-prcy,
"don't lit strangers in, whatever you
do, for tL re's thnt five hundred dol
lars in g. Id in tln back bedroom
cht-t. s:i I nil the m!v. r Fpoon. "
"i will bo v. rv careful, sir,'' raiJ
Kitty.
'Kitty! Kitty! Cme h-re nu.l tic
my cravat," mid Silas Osproy, who
m :Mtttitig before tlio mirror.
S Kitty stood ilium n footstool,
blushing und smiling, to tie Mr. Silas's
ra ut fur tun ting.
'I wish you were going with u,
Kitty, " hai l tin' young man, with his
chin elevated stillly in the air. "Next
Kuiiday I'll tike you."
Oli, that will In? niee," mid Kitty,
prowmg pinker and pinker, ns her
slender fingers pulled out tlio how,
ntirl ii.ljiiM.nl the ends. "Will that do
Mr. SiIhhV"
And Mrs. Osprcyulio lifvl followed
her hu'-liainl out to thu soli.l-lookiii
ni l lumliLi' Wilson, khvo a mennin',
liacliuur.l i;liilii'e.
"I think SiluH is pi tting foml of our
Kitty," Kiit.l the mother b.iely.
"JshoV" Mii'l tho Deacon, with n
ilihturln.l face. '15ut, wife, how littlo
wi) know nltout her, cxccjit Biuco the
ilay Mio fume hero with her littlo Ima
lle muter her nrm, Bskinp; for service. "
"Vis, thut'H very true," iti.l Mrs.
'OjijiHey; "Imt Mio's pretty nl Btunrt,
in.l I know hhu's gooil, nml "
"SiliiMl Hilas! Are you going to
taiv.l thero all ilay?" called out the
...iiy atAUiliu iit tho lonoly U w
(house door, her tulkeu hrowa curU
Mown about in the diurnal November
trind, and her Muo eyes sparkling be
'Death their prettily arched brows.
She went Laek into the houne, hing
ing coftly under her breath, to pre
' pyro things for the tea-dinner which
itu hunpry chnrcU-g jers would ex
ct when they returned a brisk,
tieVt-hauded littlo I'hyllis, whose top
u Bciirce heavier on tho pino lloor
thaii a fulling leaf would have boeu.
Sbo had put the pii'liiuq mi to boil
&a tho kitchen clock chimed four, and
ran down into tho cellar to pet tho
vepetnblcs from their bins. She was
pouo but u ininuto or two, but when
h. r.t.rii'd, tho door leiidiliL up
f .-, which sho had left closed, Mood
v, ;.., nu.l on the lower Mai:- n
i:iu : ly footprint w-.is dihtinctly iui-
pn
t.-d.
I
's heart Mood Mill with undo-
fin.
l it i ror, in Mio remembered tho
bii of twenty dollar pold pieces in thu
hi),' biu'l. chamber cheM.
And vhlle hho stood there, lioldiug
bv the tablu for support, she could
hea. c ..t 'used f outsteps upstair., and
t!ul uurimir o. deep voices.
T:icii there vas more than one. Kit
4v's t'.-i instinct that of defeiidiuij;
. ..f nii-t. r's treasures to the bibt, even
vcrr it with her life pavo way to
iiioro practical cousideratious. She
thought of llyiii)j out into the road
and .tv inn aloud for help, but then
he ri pieinbi red with u puup of de
spinr, how lonely was the des.ate
hills. In, with the nearest dwelliii:; full
u I'll distant.
"What caii T do? Oh, whit caul
do?" thoiipht Kitty, clnspum both lur
hands over her tlirob'01114 forehead.
lut while lu r th .lights ran in a
whirl an 1 her heart brat t.. ui.e-.ui'm-lv,
tli) foot-t.ps
the luiwcleoiu
neare 1 tlie stairway
giiestn were once more
coming down.
Instinctively Kittv
ulirank beliili I the r.lu.r.; l brick pru
jertioin of the old chimney.
Two stout-built, short lain, dre'sc 1
in coarsu 1, ray, sloueh.;,! down into
tho kitchen, with t!iu eay voui'ideueu
of those who imagine themselves en
tirely without witnesses. Kitty had
iicver seen th. in before, yet" th.'V
fceenied iputo "posted" as' t t the
various rooms in the Mraling farm-hoil.-e.
"l.'ome on, Jim. we've put all we're
likely to pet 111 this coufoiiuded old
nhnnty," ni I 0110 balancing his foot
m one of the iron tire-. lops "and be-
udes the folks will bo home
cut! v."
pl'es-
".Sandy Hill nfraid!" ieerinplv
c-aneti jui iue inner, Wlio wiiHutieuiup
nd
MlUttlIl'' tlio
various cupboard
ami uruwtrs about tho iiimrtment.
greedily ryeing their contents.
"Hallo! here's some silver spoons."
"Stow 'em nway aud let's bo mov
ing," buid Bill. "Coufouud this bag I
it Jinalen like ntrin o' uletyh bells l"
"Well, come theD," saia tn oiner,
discontentedly. "I oine fire hun
dred am t fc bn I day s ark Imt some
how, I thought, from (he looks of the
crib, there might be old silver or some
such grabbing."
And they lounged out, side by side,
with a cool deliberation that was al
most appalling to the trembling pirl
who lurked iu the shadow of tho
jngged brick work.
But Kitty Clifford's mind hnt been
nt work while she stood therw ; her
resolution was taken.
Hurriedly tying a shawl around her
head and shoulders, she sprang out
of tho house, by the back way, and
hastenod through a lonely piece of
woods which formed a short cut to
the road they must presently emerge
upon.
"They would ho hidden away some
whrro iong before I could summon
help," thought Kitty. "No what
tvrr is done I must do myself."
On either side tho road was shut in
by stunted cedar bushes, mingled
with tho clever groath of tho gleam
ing silver-birch, and Kitty knew she
ould keep in sight of them unseen.
"If thsy should see met If thry
should suspect my errand, thought
poor Kitty, with thrills of cold terror.
"Oh, it would bo hard to be murdered
in theBC solitary woods; to have my
master think I Molo the gold, and Mr.
S.las-"
While the thought passed throngh
her inin I, the ring of coming foot
steps echoed on tho hard, frozen
pround. Kitty's conjecture had proved
correct they had taken tho . Hill
lload.
Onward, steadily onward, they
pushed, Kitty contriving to keep
nearly parallel with thutu, though sho
had to llnht h' r way through matted
vines nnd thorny bushes. Fortun
ately tho wind had risen, and its
mournful, rustling sound through the
tree-tops, hid the uoise she unavoid
ably made, else her detection would
have been littlo short of inevitable.
Iut with every precaution tho peril
was preat. As sho stepped uncon
sciously upon the fallen branch of n
decayed tree, it snapped beneath her
tread with a sharp, splintering sound!
Tin two men paused to liteu, seemed
to consult together an instant, and
then turned quickly toward tho very
copse in which sho was hiding.
l'oor Kitty 1 Sho saok noiselessly
down like a wounded bird, crouching
away in mortal terror. But, although
their footsteps almost touched tho
fluttering ends of her brown shawl,
tho patheriug dusk stood her friend,
and they passed by, unconscious of
her presence.
It was several minutes before Kitty
dare. 1 to rise once nine to her feet;
ami then they were half way up a
hill-side, dotted witn blackened
slump-', whero a charoo.il burner's
shanty, long unused, aud ia a ruinous
condition, stood, with its onuuuglazod
w iudow seeming to survey tho valley
Kitty mw them disappef '
. . . . 1.
V.-. r'
at sne saw mem vuvu
iOiig, ru'iuing tnu l
. . . . 1
OUC0 liioro luio me rimu.
Aud when they passed thecX talod
watcher, tho mulllol, jingling Uund
that had heretofore accompanieittuoir
footsteps was poue.
"You'ro a fool, Dilll" sullenly ex
claimed one, as they stopped to rest
on tho edge of tho road, and tho taller
stooped to drink from a clour littlo
stream, using tho hollow of his hand
us an impromptu goblet.
"No, 1 ain't a fool," said Bill, daih-
iug tho bright drops away
from his
luu.st.iL'he ; "but I don t boo
110 use in
rutiuiug unnecessary risks,
wo should meet koiuo one?"
"We shan't!"
'I'm none so sure of that.
Suppose
Anyway,
bide, and
it's best to bo on the safe
to-morro'v night"
Their voices lowered a littlo now,
died away into tho distance, and Kitty,
standing aloue iu tho woo. Is, tried to
collect her sjutterel thouhU into
feomo definite point of action.
".Shall I still follow th-m? or shall
I Ro lip nlld See it they huvo not hid
den their booty iu that hut?"
l'or ow n moment sho hesitatod, then
sho btgau to creep up the hill-side
with weary feet und lagging limbs,
I for fatigue an 1 terror wero bogiuniug
I to tell upon her fcleuder frame.
It was nearly dark m!i msho crossed
' the luolderiug threshold and stood in
1 tlio solit try cu'iin. Through the
. started timbers of the roof the steel-
pray sky pleame.l with unnatural light,
I whilj the half-decfiycd boards of tho
1 il.mr creake I and gave beneath hor
: weight. A ilutt.-riiig noiso in one
corner ma lo her heart turn chill, and
! the next instant sho perceived it wa
' hut a dusky-winged bat, beating itself
I a.:aiust the beams uud rafters.
She stole tremulously forward to
j look into tho bluok, yawning chasm of
tho mud chimney, tho oulr ulace. as
I it seemo 1 to her. whero auvthinu as
large us tho doctor's canvas bag could
be concealed. Aud as she picked her
way a board sprung beneath her feet
.1 board whieh had beeu loosely laid
across two beams without any seour
iug nail. Instinctively she stooped
an 1 there boforj her, wedg.-d in be
tween thu heavy timbers, over which
ha I lain tho bourJ, wot the little can
vas bag !
Sho caught it in both hands, hus
piug it close to her breast, and hur
rie.l toward tho door. But, as she al
vance 1 out of tho close, moldy air oi
tho cabin into tho pray November twi
li.edit, tlio strength soomod to die out
of her limbs, tho vitality to ebb from
lier heart.
"Surely, 6iirely I am net going to
1 perish now," she
thought, wildly,
is all surnitounted,
when tho danger
tlio peril all past I God will jlever let
me die iu this lonely placs 1"
juu imit-murai jred aspiration was
btill ou her lips when all sense and
feeling left her, and sho sink utterly
unconscious on the door-step, with
the canvas bag still clasped to her
heart I
It was quite dark when the old
lumber-wagon rolled np to the door,
and Mrs. Osprey came into the house
carrying the "extra" shawl upon hot
arm.
"Kilty I Kitty I Why, where is the
child?"
In rain she called, Tho fire had
died out upon tho hearth the pan of
vegetables stood upon the table, just
as the pirl h d loft it--the doors were
open, and, altogether, there was an
air of confused desolation about the
dark and dreary house.,
"Deacon Osprey," said tho fright
ened matron, grasping her husband's
arm, "what docs this mean?"
Tho Deacon set his teeth tightly to
gether, but made no answer. He
walked silently up stairs into the hack
room, and presently returned.
"It means, wife," he said, iu a husky
voice
"Hush!" said Mrs. Osprey, with a
.itart. "What's that?"
"Something at tha door," said Silas,
rising to open it. And as he did so,
a slender figure, drenched with chill
r iin, and robed in soiled, brier-torn
airinents, tottcrod forward into his
at ms, and the bag of gold fell to the
ki-chen floor with a dull, heavy sound.
'Kitty I" ho cried; "Mother, it is
Kitty, and sho is dying!"
Hut Kitty Clifford was not dying
sho was only fainting from falipue and
over exertion, nnd Mrs. Osprey's kind
ly core soon restored her to strength
and animation. Tho Deacon listened
silently to her story, and when she
had finished ho stroked her bright
hair down with a gentle touch.
"My littlo pirl," ho said, "you hove
been very brave."
"Were you not frightened, Kitty?"
a-licd Silas, tendetly.
"Yes, but it was worst? when I came
to myself after that fainting fit iu tho
cabin on tho hill. O, it was so dark
so dismal so solitary, with owl
hooting in tho woods, aud a bat flyinp
round and round closo to tho ceiling.
When Messrs. "Jim and Sandy Bill" '
camo after their secreted treasures tho
. . ,1 !
next night, their state of minds may
easily bo faiicie I. But they ncrer
suspected who thn marplot wa. L ?ast
of all would they huvo dreamed of
pretty Kate Clifford, wh was jttt en
gaged to bo married t Deacon Oi
prey's eon Silas. Sew York Nows.
Curium ?liili of Auctioneering,
Tlio French molo of conducting
auctions is rather curious. Iu sales of
importance, suoh as of Inn 1, houses,
eta., the atVuir is placed iu tho hin li
of a notary, who, for tho time being,
becomes nn uuctionojr. Tho property,
whatever be its nature, is first exam
ined by competent judges, who fix
upon it a price, considerably less than
its value, but always sulfleient to pre
vent uny loss by a preconcerted tlau
or combination of bidders. The prop
' J then oK clvrithjbo fixe l va1-
' statetL : :.: .ttCfXi J W,W
vided with a number of small wsx
tapers, each capable of burning about
five minutes. As soon as a bid is made
oue of these tapers is placed iu full
view of all iuterostcd parties and
lighted. If, before it expires, another
bid is offered, it is immediately extin
guished and a fresh taper placed iuits
stead, und h i 011 until 0110 dicker and
lies out of itself, when tho last bid
becomes irrevocable. This simple plan
prevents ail contention among rival
bidders and n tor.ls u reasonable time
for reflection before making n higher
offer than tho 0110 procodiug. By this
means, too, tho auctioneer is pre
vented from exercising uuluo inilu-
euco upon tho bidders or hastily ac
cepting tho bid of a favorite. Chi
cago Herald.
TI ;s:ir Lam;) SiniJos Are Dangerous, j
With each new roflnomont of civil
ization there 01110 now dangeri. It
u suiiiieut to recall tho horrible scaro
of arsenic that followod tho introduc
tion of green wall papers. Tho last
addition to the category of 'Months in
tho homo" is not so far-reaching as
this, for it deals with tissuo-papcr
lamp th les, which many hold ought
not to bo included either among ro'
fluemonts or civilization. Dr. A.
Dupro describes a casa of presumably
spontaneous ignition occurring with
ona of these shades in the day tima,
and aualysis showed that th1? papjr
was colorod with inflammable chro
mato of lead. A dangerous tiro was
only narrowly averted in couseipiouce.
Yellow and palo preon tissue pnpers
nro especially to bo avoided for lirnp
sha les unless it can be shown that
this rUtty substanco is uot present in
them. It is easily detocto l by setting
light to a pioce of ths paper nnd try
ing ta blow it out again. Ordinary
paper is extinguished at once, but tha
chromato will burn like touch p iper
until tha whole Ucousutuad. L'uica'o
Times.
Tho Missouri's Channel.
"The Missouri River is a restless
stream," said a Westerner, "I ciu
remember Yankton as on the river,
aud I can also remember it when it
was two or thre ? miles away. The
Missouri, when it takes a notion to
appropriate a few farms, cuts them
down like a steam plow would. You
will see it start ou a considerable strip
of tho rich black loam soil and cut 'it
down for miles. I have a frieul whose
farm was on the west bank of tho
river when ho bought it ten years
ago. Two years later he lived ou au
island in the middle of tho stream,
and to-day he is ou tho east side. It
is even more restless thu the Missis
sippi; while tharo are not the sa'ue
lr.-oes and other safeguard plaoed
about it to prevent its encroichiug
upon the valuable farming lauds alouj
its banks." Cincinnati Enquirer.
llS LIFE WORTH LITOG ?
REV. DR. TALMACE ANSWERS
The Qaeatton Abiding Happiness Found
Only In Devotion to Ood.
Trrt s "WhTcforn doth a living man eon
plnio " Lmioot illons III., 39.
If wo leavs to th nvo'utlonlsfs to msss
wher w csmn fro-n, nnd to ths thflotoglnns
fo prophpsy whir Wfsro coln. to, wn still
bavn lft for consideration ths Important
tnrt thnt w am hT. Then? ma tie somn
doulit nbont wlmrn ths rlvr rise, nnd
Mm loul)t about whirs thn r1vr emptlm,
nt thr can he no 1ou't abont tho fact
thit WAarnssilliienn If. Hot nm not sur.
nrisdtlint nverrl oJy nskt th"? quastlOQ, "Is
liro worth liv;n?"
Bo'omnn In his unhappy mOTicnfs ssj-s It
Is not. 'Vanity," "vexstlon of plrit." "no
coot." nro his .timst. Th fact Is thnt
Polomon ws at on tins a polyamlst. sad
thai son ret his disposition. Onn wlfo matcsi
a mmi happv : morn than on makes h'ra
wrtchrd. Hut Holomon wa converted from
jiolyenrnvto monogamy, nnd the last words
ho cvor wrot as far as we can rsad thm,
wrro thn wor ts "mountains of splcM." Tint
Jpr.'tr.lali says In my text lifo Is worth llvimr.
In a l ook supposed to bo dolnful nnd
liiirul.rlons nnt sKpnlnhrst ant rntltlnd
"Lamentations hn plainly Ir.timnte that
thn blosslnif of mroly llviu t Is so 8 rent and
prind a blcsslnx that tbomru a man harj
ilid on bi n all mlsforliiuos nnd disaslnrs
in has no rlirht to oonplnln. Tha author of
mv tnxt crlns out In startling Intonation to
nil Inml and to all cnnturl", "Whnroforn
ifoth a livln man compUlny" A dlvorsltjr
of opinion In our Minnas well as la olden
time. If to Is a younit man of llitbt liulr
nn I bin eves nn I onnd dlcfostlon and
:fn.rotis sfilnry and hnpplly sftlnncnd .and
la th" wnr 10 b.-oom thn partner in a eoni-m'-relal
firm of whloh hn Is nn Important
oi.-rk. Ak him wh-thnr llfo Is worth llvlnif.
Ho will nuit' In your fnen an I say, "Vos,
yos, ye !" Hern is a mnn who bss eomn to
tho fortp. Ho is nt th tiptop of thn nil! of
lif' Everv s(p has ben a stnmblo and a
bnilsf. Tim ppopln hn trustnd hnvo turnnd
out disrter, and thi monny hn hns honnstly
main bo has lien choatdd out o'. His
n"rvs nrn out of tunn. Hn baa poor
nppetitc, nn 1 all thn .'ood he .loa ent d0"S
nnt nlmilatn. Torty mill's cllmblnir up the
bill of lifo bnv.i been to him Ukn climbinir
thn Mntt"rhorn, and thero aro forty mllns
y -t to co down, and dracent I always morn
dangerous than nsnnt. Ask him whnthur
lllii is worth l.v.m;. an I hn will drawl out la
shivering nn I lugubrious nnd nppalliag
o"?atlvi "Xo, 110, no!"
How nrn w to dts-ldn this matter rlcht
;n"".,n V' "?' r.,.w "J T'
lll.l.l .:ili.Kl, il.' lllf,ilUllUU.9..l.U-
Ion :ro:n dejis'tton to oxubnrancn, nnd If hn
l vnrv mercurial In his tnmpersment It will
itep-n I vry rr.ueli upon which, war the
wind Mows. If thn wind blow from tho
northwest, nnd yo 1 as! him, hn wiil sa-,
"Ve." aii.i if it" blow from the northeast,
nnd you ak l.lm, he will say "No." How
nre we, then, to 't thtt qii iilon riKbteously
nnwep.d? hiiepoon we ivill all nations to
tretber In a ure.u eonvntion on nasturn or
western hemlspiiern au I let all tho9 who
nro in the iifllnnatlv 1 say "Aye," and all
rho'Mvho are in tho nes-itlv4 siy "No."
Whilo there aould Ixt bnu lr'.s of thou
nn Is who w liild annver In ths nfflrmatlve,
tliern ivonM bo n.orn millions who would
auw"r In lli'i n.'iMtive, an I b.?o iuii of the
irre.ater iiii'iiImt who hav.t sorrow nnd mls
fortiiin? an I troirde tho "a-' would bsvi
If. The answer I shall plvo will be iitr.runt
from either, an 1 yet it will commend Itsjlf
lo ull v.-ho bear in': tills day ns t;iit rl.rht nn
wer. If you as' me, "Is lifo worth living?"
I answer, it all dep .-u ls upou tbu klniof lite
you live.
In the first place, I remark, thnt a life of
men money u'ettint; is nlway.4 a failure, be
eausn you will never et us much as you
wnut. Thn poorest puopln Iu this countrr
am tho r.chest, nnd thu next to thnm tbosit
T&jm If not .1 ciV
tors i;nn ler uu tha streets of New York or
Llroo'ilyn who Is so anxious to maku money
a tUuso men wiio hav.t pilud up fortunes
year alter year In storehouses, in povern
nieiit securities, iu tonennmt houses, la
whole, sity blocks.
You ou .'ht to sen them Jump when they
heir tho ilrCiell rin?. You outfit to soe
tli'-n In thoir excitement when noun bank
xn'.o les. You oilifht to sen their aitatiou
when there Is propose I a reformation in
th-tariff. Timir nerves tram1.;.? Ilka harp
rln-,-, but no niui! In the vibration. Thuy
read tno rep. iris from Wall stro.'t In tho
morning with 11 concernment that threatens
paralysis or apopb xy, or, morn protta'oly,
tliev iiave a telivraph or a telephone In their
btin -, sotli y eat. 'li every breath of cli uis'U
111 tue nuiii-y ir.ar!.'t. Tlie diseasu of aeu
niu'ntiou Ins eaten into then nut on Into
tii.'ir heart, Into their luni, into their
p. en. Into their liver, Into their bone.
Ciiemisis huvo -oaietloies analyzed the hu
man t o ly. nnd lliey say it Is so mueli minr
nesn, io tiiii'.'li ll'iie, so mu.:!i chlorstn of po
laslniii. If o:nt ( hrltian elieiuist would
iiirilyse one ol these financial belie;noth, hn
would liu I he is ma le up of copper nnd gold
nu I stl r an I zinc an I lea I nn I coal and
Iron. That Is uot a life worth llvinc. Thnm
nre 100 ninny eartli.uakes In It, too many
iik'oiil- in it, too many perditions In it. They
bail. I their castles, 1111 1 they opeu tlieir plet
iir" g.illri 'S, au I they su iiiiion prima dou
ni. an t they olT. r every liulii.iemi'L'f for
happiness to 00:11.1 and livo there, but happi
Oe w-.il uot eo'ivi.
They sn l footiiianne d nn 1 p.-stillionnd
eqnli i?e to tiriiu-her ; slio will not ri le to
their door. Th. y sen I piia.-ely escort t she
will not tal:n their arm. Taey nrikn their
n i'i-w.iy truuiiplial nr"!ie ; h 1 will not
rido uu ler tin-in. Taey net n uoeleu thronn
before a o'.. ten plain s sho turns uwaylroai
tue banoti it. T hey .;hII to her lro:n up.
bolstered balcony : shi will mt llsteu. Mark
von, this Isthe luilurj oftlioso who hnvo had
lare aeciriiulatlou.
And thu you must tako Intocoaslderatloi
that the vast majority of thosewbo niakntlin
dominant Idea oi life monsy settins fall far
!iort of iifllueiice. It Is estniatod that only
nt out two out of a hii'idrsd business men
hav" anything worthy the uam t of sU'iess.
A nma wlio imu is Ills life w.ih one do ni
n int Idea o! fiiianeiiil n.?euaiulation spun Is a
lif t rot worth living.
Ho thn bleu of worldly approval. If that
bn ilo-mnaut in a man's liie, hn Is tnls r I'.le.
Thn two most ua'ortunatn men iu this coun
try fur the aix mouth of next presl leutlal
campaign will let thn two nieo nominated
for tno prsi leuey. The reservoirs of nliuvi
an 1 dlatrl'ie nu I naldleilon will gradually
till up, gallon al'ov.i gallon, hogshead above
ho ;sii.M.I, an I it oout uut nam these two reser
voirs will be brimming full, and a hosn will
tin attached to eaeli one, nnd it will play
away ou them uorninees, and they will have
to stnud It andteke tho sjuv, and thn false,
hoo I. aud the curie nure, mi l fie an ulieiu i.
ill) I the eati rwiiuiln., nud the U. th.au 1 they
will bn rolled Iu It an I rolled over and ovr
in 1: until they are cho'xed and suom"rsl
and sirauguiate.l, nnd at overyslgu ot re
turning vousi ou'ness they will h t bucked
st by all the houud ot political parlies irom
Oijeiiu to ocnau,
Aud yet there am a hundred men to- lay
struggling forthnt privilege, nnd th"re art
thoiLiu ! of ii.-ii who are Helping th en 111
I lie struts le. Now, that Is not a lite word
living. Veil e.iu vet s'.aui rjd na I nun , id
elienicr than thnl ! Take it 11a a smaller
serde. Do not bn so ambitious to hav- a
whole restrvo r to lei ovr oa you. lint
what you see la thn matter oi high poiit.
tsl preferment you see In every com
munity in the struggle lor what U called
so.'iiil position.
T-u of thousands of psop'.e trying to g tt
Into thnt realm, and tliey urt uu l"r t 'rriil'J
teusiou. What Is social position? It Is a
d.lll 'Ult thlug to define, but w t all know
what It I. Uoo I morals nn 1 liitelllgnuiM ar t
Lot necessary, but weuitli or the show o!
wealth Is sJ-solutnlv Iu llsli junable. Tuers
sr men to-lay us notonoas lor tti'jlr ll'jvr-
tln'sti ss the ni-'it Is famous for Its dark
ne. who reovn In whst Is enllnd high social
posltloo. Them nm hundrnds of out and out
rakns In American soeffr whos- names sm
mnntlonnd amontt th" dlstlnculshnd ennstn
at thn irrent evsn. Thf y hsvs annernd all
thn known human vlcs and nrn lonln-r for
Other worlds of diabolism to conquer. Oood
morals srs not nncnwsry In many of ths ox
alt"d clrclns of society.
Neither Is Intelligence ncs.irr. Too find
fnthst malm mnn who would not know an
adverb from an adjecttrn If they met It a
hundred times a dar and who could not
wrltna lettero'snenptsnnnor rnirmts without
thnald of a snomtnry. Thny bur thlr llbrarlns
bTthnsqnsmrsrJ. nnlr anxious to have thn
binding Russian. Their Ignorance la posi
tively sublime, making English grammar al
most disreputable, and yet thn finest psrlors
open bnforn thnm. Good morals and In
tnlllgencn am not nnenssarr. but wnslth or a
jgjr of wnalth fs poltlrelr Indispensable,
ft .Ions not maVn any dlffemncs how you
got your weslth f you onlr ct If. Thnbst
way for rou to get Into social position is for
ron to boy a Inrgn amount on credit, then
put yonr property In your wife's nam, havs
a fnw preferred creditors and then malts an
assignment. Then disappear fron thn ci.m
nunlty nntll thn bmenn Is over an! then
omn back nnd start In thn svne bjtnnsa.
Do you not see how beautifully tast will put
out all thn peopln who are !n competition
with you and trying to make an behest liv
ing? How quleklv It will get yoa Into high
sonlal position ! Whst Is thn nsn of forty ir
dfty years of hart work when you tan by
two or threw brlirht strokes make a great
fortuno? Ah. my frlnn 1, whon you really
loss vour money how qillok they will M you
drop, and the higher you gJt the harleryou
will drop.
There nro thousands ta-t.ir In thnt malm
who am nnxlous to keep In It, There srn
thousands In that ronlm wiin !re nervous tor
fear they will fall out of it, and them am
rhancet going on every rnir nnd -ery
month and nvsry hour which Itvolvn heart.
I maks that am nver mportn J. High social
life is constantly In a flutter aSont thn doll
ratn question ns to whom they shall lot in
and whom they shall pus'a out. nnl thn bat
tie Is going no pier mirror against pier mir
ror, chandelier against chandelier, wlno cel
lar against wine collar, w.irtro'.n against
wardrobe, equlnagn agalnt nqulpnge. Un
certainty and Insecurity dominant In that
Malm, wrctchnlnnss enthroned, tortur) at a
premium and a llfo not worth living.
A llfo of sin. a life of pride, a life of Indul
Bnnee.allfe of worldlnes,a llfndevotnd to the
world, thn fl'-sh and thn devil Is a failure, a
dead failure, an Infinite failure. I care not
bow many presents you sent to that cradle,
or how many garlands you send to thst
grave, you neu'd to put rlgnt underthn name
on the tomltstnnn this Inscription, "C -tter
for that roan It hn had never bc-n born."
Dut I shall snow you a life that Is worth
living. A young man says t "I am here. I
am not r-wpot'lblo for my nneestry. Others
decided thnt I am not responsible for my
tnmpnramsnt 1 Ood pave mn that. B-it hnr.t
I am. In the afternoon of the nineteenth con
tnry. nt twenty years of age. Inrahem, and
I must tako an account ot stock. Hero I
have a body which Is a divinely constructs 1
nnv-lne. I roust put It to thn vory best uns
and I must allow nothing to damage this
rarest of machinery. Two foot, and they
menu loiomotlon. Two eyes, an 1 they mean
capacity to pick out my own way. Two
cars, and they nro telephones o' communica
tion with nil tint ou'sid.t world, and they
mean capacity to eat ill sweitest music an 1
the voice of frien Ishlp thn wry best music.
A tougue. -,vlth almost Infinity of articula
tion. Yes. hRnds with which to welcome or
resist or lift or smite or wave or bless hands
to help myself an t help others.
'Hern Is a world which, after 609) years
of battling with tempest an t nielleut. Is still
grander than any architect, human or an
gelic, could have dr ifted. I have two lamps
to light mt-i golden lamp nnl a s'lvr
lamp a golden lamp set on the sapphire
mantel of thn day, a silver lamn set on thn
Jet mantel of the night. Yea, I havo tnat at
twenty years ot ago whloh defies all in
ventory of valuables s soul with capacity to
choose or reject, to rojolcn or to safTnr, to
I,o or to hate. Pinto says It Is Immortal.
hVacaays it fa Immortal. Coofuoius ssys
It Is Immortal. An old book among tbn fata
lly relics, a book with leathern cover almost
worn out nn yag'-s almost obliterate! by oft
perusal. Joins tbn nrhir books lu saying I
nm Immortal. I have eighty years for a
lifetime, alxty years yet to live. I may not
live an hour, but thct I must lay out my
plans Intelligently and for a long lite. Sixty
years added to :nn twenty I have already
lived that will bring me to eighty. I must
remember that these e'ghty years am only a
brief prefacn to thn flvj huudred thousand
millions ot qulntillloas of years which will
be my ohlnf residence and existence. Now I
understand my opportunities and rcy re
sponsibilities. 'If tilers lsiny being In thn unlverso all
wise and all beneficent who can help n man
la suc'a a juncture, I want lilm. Tho old
Look ,'ouu.t anion inn family rslics tolls tin
thure is s lo i, and thst f.tr thn sake ot His
Sou. one J'isus, II ) will giv help to a mia.
To Him I appeal. Ood help me! Here I
have yet sixty v-'urs to do for myself au I to
do for others. I must develop tuls body by
all Industries, by all gvmuastic, by nil suu
shine, ty all fresh air, by n'.l goo 1 habits.
And tals soul I must have swept nnd garu
Ishel and i'liirainn I and glorifl-d by nil that
I van do for It aa l all tnat 1 rain g.it Uol to
do for It. It shall be a Luxemburg of tlu
pictures. It shall bo si orahe-tr.i of grand
harmonies. It stiall be a p ilaeo for tto 1 aud
rigiiteou-mes to re'.(;n In. I wonder ho
many kind words I can utter In the next
sixty years. I will try. I won lor how many
goo I deeds I oaa lo In the next sixty yours'.'
IwiUtry. God help mn!"
T'hut youug mnu enters life. If Is
billfalnli hi 1 t.'lel; hols perplex.). A
grave npeus ou this side, an 1 a gravt openi
on that side. He Tails, but bn rises again,
li t gels Into aharl battle, l.ut be gets the
victory. Thn maiu course ot his life is lu
the right direction. Ill blesses everybody
he comes In contact with. Go 1 forgives UU
mistakes and make everlasting record of
his holy endeavors, aa l at tho close of it
G.id says to him, "Weil done, good nn !
taltf ful servant t euter Into tue Joys of thy
Lord." sly brother, my sister, I do not cam
whether that man die u thirty, forty, fKty.
s-xty, seventy or eighty years of age. You
csn chisel ric.'it nn It his name on the
tonVmtoD" tl'e.e wor ) : "His llfo Was
worth living."
Amid tne cills of !ew Hampshire In olden
times them sits 11 mother. Them nre six
children lu the household four boys nnd
two I'lrls. Small farm. Very rough; harl
work to coux a liviug oct oi It. Mighty tug
to make the tw ends o.' theycar meet. The
boy go to school in winter nn 1 work thn
farm In summer. Mother is the niiief pre
siding spirit. With lur ban Is sia units uil
the storii'ln,- f'.rthn little feet, an t sho is
the nmiit aa nw'w for the bov, and s!i Is
Hie milliner for tlie girls. Tii ire s only one
musical lustrutn-.it lu the house spin
ning wheel. Ths foo 1 Is very plain. Iml It
Is always w-dl provide), Ta.t winters am
very cold, cut are kpt out ly thn hltukets
she q lilted. On Sunday, when elm nppnirs
la tno village enuren, i.er enuuren around
hfr, the minister looss down aad is rnailn '.
ed of tbn I'.inlnd'seription ol a good home
wile 1 "ifer children arlsn up nud call bnr
ble-ixed. llur buHiisud also, au J he praiseti)
her."
Sine years ?o by, and the two eldest boy
want aeollts'irte 11 lucatlon, au 1 tlm house.
hoid ecoa'rnics n rt severer, sn 1 the cilcu's.
lions nre closer, nu I until loose two hoys ;tet
tlieir b Ju i.tioa there li a liar I battle for
br-a l. U.ie of t'fse boys enter tho univer
sity, atau is iu a pulpit widely lofluiatl.il
anipraci.ea rIgMM.iu-.nesj, Ju Ig runt tin 1
temperaii.i", u 1 thomau is during his nilo-
Istry am bleMsd. l as otlu r l ia who got the
co, legl.it ttducatiou go-s into the law, sn I
theucs Into legislative hills, nud after a
wa Is he I'Oininaud listening senates s he
tnske a pie a lor 1 ht doffiitro Ub'ii and tat
outssjt. Oue of the younger boys oecom 'n
a mtfrctisn., snrtlui at tne fuo: o! tan It
iter, hilt Ullttlblbg OU Up UUlll ills SU.VJCIM Sil t
his n!iilitiittiroi,.eua.vreoogals id oilow.-th'
land. TU'i o:au saa st ay at norm lu'-x 1
he prefers farming life, an then hn thinks,
bn will bn able to takn care of father sndf
mother when thnv tret old.
Of the two daughter, whan the wsrbrok 1
oiu ontt weni lurnnn ine n"rmii wi 1 nu
btirg Landing and Fortress ?fonroe, cheer
ing up thn dring and homesick, and taking
tbn Inst mesnagn to klndrnd far away, so that
every time Christ thought of her He said, as
of old, "The saras Is My sister and mother."
The other daughtnr hns a bright home of bar
own, an 1 tn tho afternoon of thn forenoon
when she has been devoted to her household
sho goet forth to hunt up thn sick and to
encourage the dleourngd, leaving smiles'
and benediction all along the way.
Hut one day them start five telegrams from
"Come 1 mother Is dangerously III." Kut b
fore they can bn ready to start thny receive
another telegram, saving, "Comet mother Is
dead." The old neighbors gsthar In thn old
farmhonsn to do tho last offleen of respect.
Dut ns thnt fnrmlng son, and thn clergyman,
mm me niimur. au'i inn mrreiiniii. nu., iub-
two daughtors stand by thn casket of the
dead mother, taking thn last look or lifting
thctr littln children to see ones mom the
fsce ot dear old grandma, I want to ask
that gronp around thn casket onn question,
"Do you mally think her H'n was worth liv
ing!1" AllfnforOod. a llfe for other", a
life of unselfishness, n useful life, a Chris,
tlan life. Is always worth livln?.
I would not find It bar 1 to persuade you
that ths poor Ind. Peter Cooper, making glue
for a living and then amassing a great for
tunn nntll hn could build a phllanthrophy
which has bad Its echo In 10,00 ) phllsnthro-
flr.s all over thn country t would tot find
t bard to persuade you that his life was
worth Uvln?. Neither wonld I find It bar I
to parsuadn you that the ll'e of Susannah
westey was worth living. Hhn sent out one
son to organize Methodism nndtheotlier son
to ring his anthems all through the age. I
would not find It hard to persuade yon that
thn life of France Leers was worth living,
ns she established In Englnn 1 a school for
thn scientific nursing of thn sick, nnd then
when the war broke out between Frnneeand
Oerjiany wont to thn front, and with, her
own hands scraped thn mud off the
bodies of the soldiers dying In thn
trenches with her weak nrm, stnndlng one
nlgbt In thn hospital, pushing back a Oer
mnn sol Her to Ins eos"h as, all frenzied with
his wound, hn rushet toward thn door and
said 1 "Let mn go ! Lnt roe go to my 'llebe
mutter.' " Major-Onirrals standing back to
let pass this ang.tl of ncrcy.
Neither would I ham hard work to nets.
suade you that Grace Darling livt I a life
worth living thn here 11 a of thn llfehoat.
You are not wonderingthnt the Duchen of
Northumberland Dims o sen her, and that
peODloof all lands ssksl for her lighthouse.
nnd that thn nroprletorof thn Adlphl The.
atrn. In Lonlon, offerd her 101 a night
Just to sit la thn llfebat while some ship.
wr"cseu eeae was mm euacteu.
Hut I know thn thocbt In tho min is of
hundreds who road thl You sav. "While;
1 know all these llvol ves worth living. I
don't think my lifo amonts to much." Ah,
mv friends, whether ?u llvo a llfo con
splalous or inconsplcuot, It Is worth living
It you live nrignt. Ami want mv n-xt sec.
tenco to go down Into tbn deptlis of nil
your souls, lou nre t bn rewarde l. not
according to thn greatcss of your work.
but according to th holy in lustrlos
with which you emplojl tho talents you
reallv possessed. Tn maloritv ol the
crowns of hoavau will nois given to people
wtta ten taients, ior mit ot tneai ware
remptoi only to serve thss jlvns. Tim vast
majority of the crownsif lieavsn will h
givei to p -oplo win had 11 talent, hut gave
It all to Oo f. And remtb r that our lifo
hern is Intro luctory tonithur. It Is the
vestlbulo to a palace, buwlio despises the
door of tha Madalelnenoausn them am
grandor glorle within' our lifo if rightly
llvnd is the first bar of I eternal oratorio,
nn l who despises the (IS note of Haydn's
symphonies? An 1 thn I you llvs now Ls
all tbn morn worth livlooeeause It op ms
Into a life thnt shall neven 1, un 1 thn Inst
lotterof tho wor t "tlme'i tao first lottur
ot tno woca "oierauy
.-a Si? Scraper foPtiftictexr; -The
physicians of'ew York Citjr
are to erect a palat. elovou-story
office building devotetntiroly to the
profession. Over the. r tals is to bo
carved the name, "0 New York
Medical Building." 1 building has
been designated with tcinl reference
to the needs of tcnanVho are to bo
exclusively members tho medical
profession or engaged occupations
diroctly associutod witnodicnl prac
tice, and no ofllco wiho rcntod to
any tenant whoso stauq in tho pro
fossion is not entirely isfactory. It
will jtrobably bo lood near tho
Academy of Medicine, Forty-third
street, between Fifth d .Sixth avo
uues. It will have cvory ccnionco and
practical facility for thecommoda
tion of tenants, suc'a at agcDoy for
trained nurses, mail chi, pnoutuatio
tubes, steam heat, eloc light, elco-
trio motor power, . Wheeled
;ii : ,i,t ,
I " im au
invalid to be conveyed n a earrings)
to tne elevator ana tue to an o.Tioo
in any part of tho lling. Tho
ground lloor will beeupiod by
stores, which, it is bok.l, will be
very desirable for npottrios, lnstru
meut makers aud optici
Tliere will be about suites in the
building. Tho mntcrto be used
will bo white granite. ie entrance
will be one story hifal will bo
about fifty feet deep, thain struo
tnre rising eleven sti on three
sides of this foyer. Thtrauco will
bo very artistically d'in carved
granite, with ruassivo mght iron
gates. Thero will iMtisidcrable
carving about the first lories, nnd
everything about tho 'lor of the
building will be of lighters. Chi
oago Herald.
A Itcmnrkaul;,
I saw a new fish nejw to me.
at least in the KeuncIUvcr re
cently," Baid J. H. L'tole, of Au
gusta, Me., at Hi'r.tt'ii'ho poor
fish have no chance nt ah it. It
was an ordinary net, pnd with a
ruhbsr tube all arouu l;op. The
tube is connected witlmpressed
air-pump, operated fit boat on
the shore. Tho net i k nud the
fish aro attracted ovettniddle of
it, either by an incan 1; lamp or
by bait, if the tlalio does not
want to carry toomticli)hei nali.
When enough Huh hsvherod the
fisherman works his ⁢ and lu
ll .1 tea the r'ibbtr tube, ties slowly
nud so f.eutly us uot tot the rish.
In this way when cotintatsd tlo
whole top of the net icd t j the
surface of the water, to'y sur
rounding tho eutrapph. They
shoot downward in tliin.l ncvar
seek to po over an o'ostn l so all'
sve easily takeu.' Tin is reset
simply by allawing th to oscape
from the rubber tube, the nut
sinks uaia. lit. Lou!i3-Doiu
crat