AFTEn YEAR?,
'Hive a-k my child:" I plal thnt day,
ly face against the coffln-lld.
'H"re Is tin' place, upon my broasf;
Not there, (a ooM and darkness hbu
Why. he had just liegun to live
To know my fii. to laugh, to reach
His hands to meet my lip. mill mnko
Fweet o.-ivs nt s one unknown speech!
It'ntrn'Mi'n round hi baby feci
The wii luir r-a'.in of cluldhool 1iy,
Nor Mini" s n r tiiorm to make them ble-.l
My hand ha I smooth" 1 th"m nil away.
No Wind of hi'iivi'n ha t 1 u fTi-t 1
Hik sunny heal with rnl hrenth
My arm had safely sheltered liirn.
Cove him to in", 0 Ii'nttiV
Nw, standing by that little grave
Where in nnd out the passing year
Weave tapestries of green nii'l gold,
I smile, remembering my tears.
I lay my gray head on the mound
That drunk my t"urs, nril 'in-nth my breath
1 whisper: 'It Is l'tti'r n!
K"i-p hlni, () gentle Ih-ntli!"
Jillu Sehuyor, In the Century,
II r-
Bill Barnctt's Holiday.
T was Whitstin-Mon-
Jay. Hastings was
imply packed with
holiday mikcri,
most of whom had
1) c P tl OoUVeVOtl
down from London
ly lnnumcrahlo ex
cursion trains. The
nt'A frmit m quito
a sight. V. very
'Arry aul 'Arrkt
from tho metropo
lis appeared to lio
strutting; nlotijr tho esplanade, dressed
iu their Sunday liest, looking very
conscious ainl important.
Hill Harnett hint come down from
Waii'laworxh for the day with his
sweetheart, Anuio Miller. Kill was cm
ployed at sonm local stores. Annio
served in a ueihlioriiiR litiemlntpe r's
hop. linth hii l turned out in their
licnt Mylo for tho Whitsun-Mondny
jaunt. Hill sported a new liillrcock
of striking tdinpo; a Muck cutaway,
very full about this tails, and boldly
chicked inoxpro-sililes, having all tho
air of a first appenrauce. Annio ilia
pliyod a really Icti-hiiig thing in hats;
a Hiimrt tippet of throe tier, profusely
vpntiglcil with Huipiius ; a blue crepou
skirt, pirMilitioj tnwartl tho foot like a
lull ; a Htillly starched whito petticoat,
innguinVi-ntly f i i lie 1 routi'l tho I or
tlor, yellow open-work stockings ami
tan shoes. Anuic hail ilouiicd ull her
little stock of jewtlry mostly pres
ents from Kill, which hail cost him
many mouths' Having to purchaso.
Ky 5 o'clock in tho afternoon they
found themselves Knowing rather
tireil. They (tut ilowu upon tho shin
gles uuiier tho sea wall to rust, ami to
watch tho trippers disembarking from
the Skylark. With fatigue, a certain
tendency to crossness hl come oyer
thouu-suf 4inptacenti'ii1 In ' .'.lu's
"case by the consciousness --.iu; he
glare of the sun retlocted from the
water had "caught" her fuco and blis
tered her pretty hobo.
In this condition of things a very
small lmtter is Hullicieut to creato a
quurrel. And a ipmrrel shortly arose
between our loving jmir over tho fol
lowiiiLr alsurdit v :
"See that couplo over there, gal?''
said Kill, givitiK Annio a nulo.
"Rather tollish looking, dou't you
think?"
"Man's well enough," nnswered
Annie. "Hut I dou't think much of
her. Shy's been turned out by n
cjuntry dressmaker. That's cti
dtut." "Ah! no gal ever does think an
other gill dresses lit to bo seen," re
marked Kill, with a superior uir.
"Anyways, you can't deny that sho's
a pretty'littlo turt."
"Cull hat painted phiz pretty I" ex
claimed Annie, with contempt. "Xow
the man's 'nnd-ome, it you like."
"Yoii'vo been a heyeing 'iiu for
roiuo time, us if you thought so," fo
jdied Kill, inclining to wrath. "1'vo
potted you at it, gal !"
"An. I I'm suro you've been a hey
ting Vr," retorted Annie, sharply;
"and, wot's more, nhe's lieen u ro
turning your looks. I'm uot blind,
Kill, dou't think it.''
"If 1 see that Idler there a tuiniu,'
his sjiooiuy bimu'lais on you uiin,
as he 'ave bin' a di.in', I'll knock his
ugly 'end otV," said Kill viciously.
"ilo, indeed!" cackled Miss Audio,
with dangerous lauh. "I tuiuk
you ineuu to (pi.irrel with tne, Kill ;
and I think," she added sarcastically,
"that your 'pretty littlo tart' is up to
tho sumo game with her bo, over
there. Just look at her !"
"Lawk, how silly sho looks, making
a exhibition of 'erself like that," com
mented Annie, with shrill contempt,
"l'oro man ! I am sorry for 'im'
that I inn."
"1'iioh ! It's tho niiiu that looks
Hilly," uid Kill, scowling. 'The gal
wants to get rid of him, I say ; and no
wonder, with that ugly mug of his.
Ain't tit to be seen by dayiiht--not
it. 'Ard lines on 'er to bo associated
with such a chap aud a nico littlo
Lit sho is, too !"
"Kill," ejaculated the foolish girl,
half-crying with jealous rago as she
intercepted a mutual look between
Lit lover aud tho woman under dis
cussion, "if you does any more of that,
1 shall tako aud leave you.'
"To pul up with that over-drcssoil
monkey, I suppose?" nturtod Kill,
Lotly.
"i should- faro better with 'im for a
aweetlaiirt than with you ouy day,
sue crieii, too augry now to moasuro
rds,
uio!" cried Kill, rising runjes
I roui his seat on tho shinglo
i -lilting with trouioudoiis im-
j . .i iiess, "'this i 1'iiougU lor . mo.
oi-r. gal?"
uiii," auswere 1 Annie, also rising,
nl kUuJiuj bu.'oro him iu u pi-rfcct
quiver of an?er I from the highest
poppy on her hat to tho lowest frill
on her utarcheJ 'petticoat, "this is
more than enough for me. l)'y'oer,
boy?"
"When I m iloaf, nnnie," he re
sponded with laborious and awful po
liteness, "I shall probably take steps
to acquaint yon with the fact."
He paused, and fixed her for one
fearful moment ' with a deep and
gloomy stare. Thn, wavirnr his left
hand toward the) East Cliff and his
right toward Hopctp, ho added:
"From 'encefortb, Haunie, we tike
our sep'rate linos."
"I axree, with orl ray 'art," she as
sented, relapsing into a dignified
calm. "What 'as been shall 'enco
forth be as though it 'adu't been. And
what 'asn't been shall be 'enceforth
what is."
"Then I am to wish you good-day,
Miss Miller," he remarked, taking olT
tho new billycock with an annihilat
ing sweep.
"Hime to yon, Mr. Karnctt, she
answered, with a simply obliterating
curtsey.
Kill turned west and strutted, with
stndiod indifference, toward St.
Leonard, Annio turned cast and
strolled with sablime nonchalance
toward Hastings. Tho quarrel be
tween tho other conplo had roached
its climax almost simultaneously.
They, too, walked offin opposite direc
tions, reversing tho process, however,
for tho man walked east in this case
and the woman west.
Two minutes later ho could soarcoly
tell himself how it had come about
Kill found himself conversing with his
charming descrtod creature.
At this critical juncturo Annio en
countered tho admiring eyes of tho
gentlemanly toff.
"I trust that I do not ofTond," ho
inquired, with an anxious look into
her eyes.
Annio turned them down quickly on
the shingle, and murmured a negative.
Tho handsome stranger spoke like a
ccutlciiuiu. His renncil voioo con
trasted melodiously with William Har
nett's harsh and commonplace tones.
"You uro without a tquirc," he
pursued.
"Yes," faltered Annie.
"1'ardon me for alluding to the mat
ter," said the stranger, with a half
apologetic air. "I could not, just
now, help witnessing tuo littlo er
differenco which occurred between you
and vour hem friend.
"Ho is no longer any friend of
mine," sho answered, her eyes flashing
indignantly, as she glanced westward,
toward w here William Karnctt aud the
painted hussy were now carrying on a
spirited flirtation.
The stranger's eyes roamed in the
same direction. For a moment his
brow darkened. Then he said, rather
viciously, "I see that he has taken up
with a er admirer of mine, whom I
am thankful to say, I have just this
minute hum er finally shunted.
c:v i ndare.her no longer. Perhf p
you witnessed the disgraceful scene
which she occasiouel?"
Annie nodded.
"A well matched pair," said tho
stranger, with a scotling smile toward
tho subjects of this criticism.
"Exceedingly," assented Miss An
nio, with incredible venom.
"Aud I hope," persisted ho no long
er seolliug, but speaking in genuine
ardent tones, "that we two aro er
(ho lowered his voice, caressingly)
"a well matched pair."
"Oh, really. I I--I- Oh, you
shouldn tl protested tho girl, with a
great show of being shocked. Aud
live m mutes later Annie iUiller was
promonading upon his arm up aud
dowu tho EspluuaJe. Sho was rither
Irightened aud uueiisr, but proud aud
dated, too. When sho loaruod that
he, too, was goiug back to Loudon by
tho evening tram, and woul I tako it
us a great honor if ho might escort
her, sho was charmed.
it was with groat difficulty that tho
hauiUoiuo strauger piloted Annio
through the crowd aud found two
empty places in tho train. Ho placed
her ir ouo or tuo seats, wnicti was
next tho door, and stood himself upou
tho step i, siuokiug his cigar until tho
train should start.
"Ky Jovol" ho exclaimed suddenly,
I hav, 1 vo oh, just keep in v seat for
me, win you please. 1 11 bo Lmclt in u
jilVy."
He disappeared through tho crowd
toward the booking ollioe. Annio kept
his scat for him. Hut ho did uot come
buck. Tho engine fizzed and whistled.
Tho train started. Yet he did not
come back. Annie Miller never saw
thut handsome blade again.
An hour or ho later a smartly dressed
couple, a lady utid a gontleuitiu, were,
eujoyiug an excellent dinner in tho
largo salon of tho Ciraud Hotel.
"It was not tho amount wo took."
sail fho to hor, with a chuckle, "but
rather tho urtistio tnauuer iu which
tho alVair was managed, that was so
commendable. The readiness with
which we twigged the littlo tiff be
tween I'hyllis and Corydon, and then
played up to it, was, as a dramatio
stroke, superb. I never enjoyed any
thing moro."
"Poor Corydon," laughed the lady,
"Well, his watch, chaiu and money
aro 5 on the wroug side of nothing
to us areu't thoy?"
"Aud l'hyllis's gewgaws will fotch
pretty uoar a tenner," said the man,
stroking his mustaobe. "I'm glad we
loft them their return tickets to
town," ho added, benignantly. "Wo
didn't want to bo too hard on the poor
thiugs."
"Aud the tickets were quite useless
to us," said the lady.
"(juite," assented hor husband, with
it philanthropic smile.
Annie Miller aud William Harnett
met on the platform nt Wandsworth
Uouuuon station. JJotu-. jookeu very
blank, very downcast, aud very fool-
ith.
"Say, gal," burst out William, after
a moment of gloomy and painful si
lence. "If yon confess that yon vo
been a silly dysey. I don't mind ad
mittin' that I've been a regntar juggins."
"Oh, I hsvc, Bill," cried his sweet
heart, holding out her bands to him.
"And so have I, he answered, tak
ing thorn in his, but not stopping
there. On tho contrary, for fully
thirty seconds br tho Wandsworth
station cloc't Kill's new bowler an I
Annie's fethin hal were indistin
gmshably commingle 1. Hut the Hank
holiday public, aro an easy-going lot,
and no one present was scandalized by
this indecorous exhibition. London
Truth.
Diflrrrnt Meanings.
An account was published recently
of a suit for heavy damages arising
from lack of punctuation in a tele
gram. A man sent tho message:
"Don't come. Too late;" but tho
doctor received it: "Don't come too
late," nnd immediately engaged a
special train to convoy him a long
distance.
Mr. Story, tho sculptor, who began
life as a lawyer, tells a good anccdoto
which illustrate the fact that the em
phasis which punctuates has as much
to do with determining tne sonse of a
sentenco as the meaning of tho words.
Once, when ho wa called upon to de
fend a woman accused of murdering
her husband, ho adduced as one of the
proofs of her iunoceuco tho fact of
tier having attended him on his death
bod, and saying to him, when he was
dying, "floodby, Ooorgo !" Tho coun
sel for tho prosecution declarod that
that ought rather to be taken as proof
of her guilt, aud that tho words sho
had use I were : "Good 1 by George 1
A well known clergyman of Xow
York used to make a strong poipt by
reading tho verso: "God said, 'Let
thero bo light and thcro was light,' "
with the emphasis on tho word light,
not on was, as usually rendered.
' An elocutionist of considerable noto
has questioned tho method of tho
groat Mrs. Siddons, who in answer to
Macbeth's suggestion of possblo fail
ure was won't to reply, "Fail!" with
an cmphatio drop of tho voico that
implied, "Well, then, fail, that is all
thero is to it." "Lady Macbeth would
never havo pot him in tho world,"
said this critic, "had sho addressed
him in that manner. Sho undoubted
ly said, 'Fail', in a tone cf ntter con
tempt for a in an who could imagine
such an outcome to his villainy. Tho
word should bo given in a deep tone,
with n falling inllection aud then au
upward tendency." Krooklyn Eagle.
lti'iv. uii. taliiageI
MH K.I niVi.SK.
TIBC
Eut-jfcJ ruin rcoile.'
Origin ol "Ho'ey Pokey."
It is an actual fact that old ico
cream is bought up by Italians and
venders from restaurants and ice
pream stands, frozen a second and
third time, aud again offered for sale,
to be consumed by the newsboys and
general public- under the alluring ti
tle of ''hokey pokey." Almost every
night these venders make tho rouudu
ot all the hotels, aud buy up whatever
has been left over from the day pre
vious. This cream has all meltod
moro or less to its original consistency
aud if it is still frozen when they got
it there is littlo left but fluid by the
time it has reached Krooklyn and tho
lUl iau quarter.
This melting process is tho causo of
all the danger. Cream once having
been frozen and again meltod very
readily turns sour. In thisstago it is
poisonous. Tho vernier of "hokey
pokey" cares littlo whether or not tho
cream is Hour. Quickly upou his re
turn to his quarters ho frcezos all this
mush, and packs it away for tho next
day's use.
Tho few casos ot poisoning that
have coaio to tho public uotico are in
all probability net tlu ouly ones th it
have occurred, for phvsieiaus say that
many cases of poisoning have occurred
iu the districts where tho "hokey
pokey" venders are that could not bo
accounted for, because of tho sudden
ness of death.
It has generally been understood
that certain establishments aro putting
out large quantities of "hokey pokey"
ami supplying tho von lor.', but this is
not so. The Italians and their fami
lies are tho ouly ones who manufacture
aud cater to tho consumers. New
York Herald.
(Juoere-d ol Lead Pencil.
A German exoh:ngo gives an ac
count of a bit of Hiuuggliuf rascality
which would do credit to tho sh irpest
of malefactors. Tho ltussiaii Govern
ment kuow that counterfeit paper
money was beiuj brought into tho
country, crossiug tho iroutier at a cer
tain place, but for a long time could
uot ascertain how it got iu.
At last tho scheme was revealed bv
an accident. Tho money was rolled
tightly into the holes iu tho eeutra of
lead pencils, tho cuds of which were
filled with graphite as usual. A case
of pencils fell from a wagou as it was
beiug iuspecte 1 ; tho inspector put a
pencil in his pooket, and after a tuuo
sharpened it aud used it. Presently,
of oourse. ue came to tne uollow and
pulled out a counterfeit bank bill.
Puiladolphia lidcord.
'imt 'Mn'irM A'vnritii". Thio-ron. ITi
m i. lstr.iiMi. Iturina, rhlloloju a
Jails, n mum xvl., 11. 13.
MiM iw !t "irr. Alliert Ti-r . A
fl PO'lltlHtltl-
hi
tk"
A Clown Ki'cjiues a Croesus,
Kamato, tho mine owner of South
Africa, is at present scattering his
millious iu Paris. Tweuty years ago
he was very poor, and acted as clown
in a circus, with two trained donkeys.
Xow he is worth $130,000,000. He
was performing in Kimberley to poor
houses, wheu, on a walk, ho found a
sparkling stone in the fields. It was a
diamond, aud worth $10,003. Bar
nato bought the fields around there
aud gradually looked up gems and
sold them. Thus he went on aud did
likowise later with the JohanuisUurg
gold mines. He is a fellow-director
with Ceoil Rhodes iu the companies
that control the miues.
Civ'-. T'mu,H - iti an t all
tors mm liv i'i -s vrse witli ml mivwoi
rmark. Tin1 olh-r twenty p"ott nmntio i 1
in inn i-,iaiitv.' wtm illstluiruishiM for souk1
thing an-l wr thinfor" .lis -ins. -,l liy
illustrious pxiositor, hut nothing Is si.
anouf Asynerlt u. I'lil'-mii. ll'rmas, Pstf
ba. H-r.ne. I'lijlologu nn-1 Julln. Wh'l-o
wnre they horn? N on know. WhHrt'ij l
theyilli'' Thtn iiio ri"nrdof t;i'.'irdivntn.
For what with they illtiin;iishli A' i
lutelv for not hi m. or the trait fif oliara'tr
would hav liwu liriuxht out ly ths aixsitl'.
If they had Isji'ii very Intrxnid or opulntir
hlrut' or i:itil.il of nnlini'e orrrnsf
st vie .r In any wish niionmlous, that fattn
would lnivM iKM-ii naught ly th nnotlie
earners. Hut thoy wer goo I pnoplo, tmrnjise
I'atil sent to thorn his high Christian regatl.
They v.'r ordinary people, moving In n.
nary sphere, ntti-n ling to ordinary duty 4ud
meeting or-llnary responsibilities.
What th" world wants Is a religion for
nrdinarv pi-ople. If th'-rn Im in tlm Untl
(states i;5,n 10.00 i p"ople. them arn eertslhly
not morn thsn 1.0'Mi.ooo extraordinary, tnd
then there are lit. 00 ',0'.n or I nnry, ani woito
well to turn our lia-ksfor a littlo whiln ti)oti
the distinguish".! nnd e.inspleuous peoplt ot
th" HlMe im I consider Iu our text thoseten
ordinary. Wn spend t-n miieh of nur titnn
iu twisting gnrlan-ls for remarkable mul
luiil'lttig thrones for magnates nnd seiilptlr
Ing warriors and apotheosizing philanthropist-.
Tii" rank and flln of tho Lurft's
Soi llHry nee.l especial help. I
Thn vat majority of people to whom this
ormon eome will never le I nn army, will
never write a Ktato constitution, will never
electrify a Henatf, will n"ver maks An Im
portant Invention, will never iutr.ls"n
a new philosophy, will never le?il
the fate of a Nation. You oo not (x
jMV't to; you do not want to. You will sot
lii a Muses to la t a Nation out of bondage.
You w ill not n Joshua to prolong tho day
light until you can shut live king in a cav
ern. Yon will not I a St. John to unroll an
apocalypse. You will not lu a Paul to pre
side over nn npotollc college. You will not
he a Mary to mother a Christ. You will moro
Firohnlilv lie Asvnerilus or l'lileiron np Iter.
mas or i'atr jliits vi Hermes or l'hilologus or
j una
Many nf you nro women at tho tinad of
households. This morning you launched tho
iiimuy ror K.mtiatii ot'serviince. lourliraln
decided the apparel, an. I your judgment was
11 mil on nil iiuestlous of personal at tin1
Lvery morning you plnn for the dnv. Tha
culinary department of vour household Is In
your dominion. Yen decide nil iiiu-stioiis of
diet. All the sanitary regulations ot your
house are mi ler your supervision. To regu
late the food, ntid the nnparel. nnd t lie habits
a-i-1 decide the thousand questions ot homo
lire is n tax upon your lirain met nerve nml
general health absolutely npp-illiug If there
he no divine alleviation.
It does not help you much to bo told that
Eliziilieth Fry did wonderful things mid tho
criminals of New-gate. It doe not help you
much to he told that Mrs. Judson was very
brave among the llornesian cannibals. It
doe not help you much to ho told that Flor
ence Mghtlngale was very kind to the
woundod In the Crimea. It would he better
for ma to tell you that the Divine Friend of
Mary nn 1 Martha Is your friend, and that Ha
seen nil thn annoyances nnd disappointments
and abrasions and exasperations of an ordin
ary housfikeeiier from morn till night.
aud from tho llrst day of tho year to thn last
day of tho year and nt your call lie Is ready
wuu uoip ana re-eDioreements. , j.
They who provil tho food of the worn!
divide the health of tho world. Ona ot the
greatest battles of this century was lost be
cause the commander that morning had a fit
of Indigestion. You have ouly to go on some
errand amid the taverns and tho hotels ot
United Stales and Great Britain to appro
elnto the fact that a vast multitude of tlm
human nice are slaughtered by Incompetent
cookery. Though a young woman may have
taken lesson In music and may have taken
lessons in painting and lessons in astronomy,
she Is imt well educated unless she hastuk-m
lessons In dough. They who decide the nn
parel of th" world and the too 1 of tho world
decide the endurau"n of the world.
Au unthinking man may consider It a mat
ter of little Imiiortaiieo the cares of the
household and tlieeeonomies of domestic life
but I tell you the earth is strewn with the
martyrs of kitchr n and nursery. The health
shattered womanhood of America cries out
for a 11 1 1 w ho can lido ordinary women in
the ordinary duties of housekeeping. Tho
wearing, grinding, unappreciated work goes
on, but the same Christ who stood ou tho
hank of Galilee In the early morning nnd
kindled the lire nnd had the llsh already
cleaned and broiling when the sportsmen
stepped ashore, chilled and hungry, will help
svery woman to prepare breakfast, whether
by her own baud or the b.'iu 1 of her hired
help.
The O d wli.i ma do Indestructible eulogy
of Hannah, who mad" a emit for Samuel,
herson, and carried It to the temple every
year, will help every woman in preparing tho
family wardrobe. The iod who opens the
lllhlc with the story of Abraham's entertain
ment of thcthreo nngols on the plains of
Mature will help every woman to provide
hospitality, however rare and embarrassing.
It is high time that some of the attention wo
have been giving to the remarkable women
of the Uible remarkable for their virtue or
want of It or remarkable for their deeds
Delriruli au l Je.elsd and Hero lia and Atha
lialiuu I 1 orctisaud the Marys, excellent and
abandoned It ts high time moiuo ot the at
tention we have been giving to those con
spicuous w.iini-u of the Jllhle bo given to
Julia of the text, an ordinary woman amid
ordinary ein'um.stauees, utt-uiliug to ordi
nary duties and meeting ordinary responsi
bilities. Then thero are the ordinary business men.
They need divine and Christrluii help.
When we begin to talk about business life,
we shoot right olT nnd talk about men who
did business on a largo scale, and who sold
millions of dollars of goods a year, but the
vast majority of business men do not sell a
million dollars ot goods, nor unit n million,
lior a nuurtcr of a milliou, nor tho eighth
part ol a million. Tut all the business men
of our cities, towns, villages and neighbor
hoods side by side, nnd you will tiud that
they sell less than 1 50,000 worth of goods.
All these meu In ordinary business life want
divine hulp. ou see how the wrinkles nre
printing ou the countenance tho story of
worrlmeut ami care. You cannot tell how
old a business mun in by looking at him
Oray hairs at thirty. A man at forty-nvo
with the stoop of a uonogeunrlau. No time
to attend to Improved dentistry, the grinders
cense because they are few. Actually dying
of old age at forty or fifty when thoy ought
to be at the meridian.
Mauyot those business men have bodies
like a neglected clock to which you come,
and you wind it up, and It begins to bu.a
and roar, aud I lien tne minus start aroauu
very rapidly, aud then the clock strikes rive
or ten, or forty, and strikes without auy
sense, nnd then suddeuly stops, bo is the
bodv of that woruout business man. It Is a
liegiiH-teit clock, aud though by somo sum
mer recreation it may be wound up, still tho
machinery is all out or gear. Hie luiuils turn
around with a velocity that excites the as
tonishment of tho world. Meu cannot uu
ilerstaud the wouderful uutlvlty, nud thero
Is a roar, nud a buzz, and a rntt In about these
disordered lives, aud they strike tuu when
they ought t; strike live, uud they strike
twelve when they ought to strike six, aud
they strike forty when they ought to strike
bottling, aud suddonly they stop. l'nt
... i... ..i.... I t.A r..... ..u
Iiuonviu v&uiuiumiuu cjiuai iuo inui turn nit
the springs aud pivots and weights aud tal
auoe wheels ot uouitu aro ootuplutjly do-
rv"l. Tis li"-rs,i p'.w'i hnslmp'y nn
down. Aud at ta li no w'i"0 tli-t tadv
hand otinht to bs p ilntlng tith In lusiriou
hour on a clear and sunlit dial tho whole
machinery of body, mind and earthlveipa
Ity slops forevsr. Tiineeineterles ham thou
sand of hiMines men woo die I of ol 1 an
at thirty, thlrty-flve. forty, forty-fly.
Now. what Is wanted Is irrac.v divine
grai-o for ordinary business men, men wh
am harnesed from morn tilt night and all
the days of their life isrnse I In buslnn.
Not grsee to lo l!K,000, but ffrnee to lose
10. N-t era"" to supervise mrdovM
In a fat but to stl n-rviss th"! )'-
kiwris- A-i I two -i'-m-:i nu' t'i small hov
that w- out tin stom. Onio to luvn'
not the S.n03 of net pro.it. but the 2V
of clear gain. Once not to endum the loss
of a whole slililo, I of unices from thn In
dies, hut grace to endur" tho los nf n paper
of collars from tho leakage ol a displu -ed
shingle on a poor roof.
uraeenot to nuuro tne tarnne ot tne
American Congress In passing n iicciirv
Iaw. tint graw to endure the tardiness of an
errand boy stopping to plnr mnrbltM when
ne ougnt to deliver tne goods; sucli a grace
a thousand of busine men have to-dav,
keeping them tranquil whether good s-dl or
do not sell, whether customers pay or do not
pay, wiietiiertnetnriu is tip ortarin iuown,
whether the crops are luxuriant or a den t
failure, calm iu nil circumstances and amid
all vlsslcltudes thnt ts the kind of grace wo
want. Millions of men want It, nud they
may have It for the asking. Homo her.) or
heroine come to town, and asthe procession
passes through the street tho business men
porno out nnd stand nn tiptoe on their store
step and look At some one who In nrctle
clime or In ocean storm or In day of battle or
In hospital agonies did the brave thing, not
realizing thnt thev, tho enthusiastic si ta-
tors, have gone through trials In business
life that an' jut as great before Ood. There
are men who hnve gouo through freezing
arctic nnd burning torrid and awful
Marengos of experience without moving
five miles from their doortc. Now, what
ordinary business men need Is to realize that
tbey have the friendship of that Christ who
looked after tho religious Interests of
Matthew, the custom house clerk, andhclped
Lydin ot Th. vat Ira to sell the dry goods, nnd
who opened a bakery and llsli market tn the
wllderde of Asia Minor to feed the 70 0
who had comn out on a religious picnic, and
who counts tho hairs of your bend with as
much particularity as though they were
the plumes of a coronation, mil who
took the trouble to stoop down with His
finger writing on the ground, although
the first shufllw of feet obliterated tho divine
antigraphy, and who knows just how many
locusts ther- were In tho F.gyptlnn plague
an 1 know Just how many ravens were neces
sary to supply Edjnh's pantry by tho brook
Cherlth, and who as floral commander leads
forth nil the regiments of primroses, fox
glove., daffodils, hyacinths and lilies which
Pitch their tents of lamuty nnd kindle their
camp lire of color nil around the hemi
sphere: that thnt Christ and that God know
the most minute affairs of your business life.
and, however Inconsiderable, understanding
nu the affairs of that woman who ki"eps a
thread and needle storo as we. I as a'l tho af
fairs of a Itothschlld anda Htewart.
Then there are all the ordinary farmer.
Wo talk about agrioiilturiil life, nnd wo im
mediately shoot off to talk about Clnclu
not us, the patrlciiin, who went from the plow
to a high position, and after he got through
tho dictatorship In tffimtv-ono lav went
back again to the plow. What eiicouragi
nient Is that to ordinary farmers? The vast
majority cf them, noun of tin-in, wi be pa
trlcians. Perhaps none of them will be Sen
ator. It any of them havo illctatorshljis.lt
will Ims over forty or llfty or 100 ares of the
old homestead. What those men want Is
graoo . to keep their patience while plow
l ig with balky oxen and to keep chuorful
omld tha drought that destroys the corn crop
an 1 that enable them to restore the garden
the day after tho neighbor's cattle have
broken In nnd trampled out. tho strawberry
nod and-gone through the lima bean patch
rand eaten up the sweet ooru tn such largo
quantities that ttiev must be kept irom the
water lest they swell up and die: grace la
catching weather that enables them without
Imprecation to spread out the hay the thirl
time, aitnougn again and again in i again it
has been almost ready for the mow; a grace
to doctor the now with a hollow horn, nnd
the sheep with tho lootrot, aud tho horse
with the distemper, and to compel the mi
willing a-res to yield a livelihood for the
family, and schooling for tho children, nn 1
little extras to h"lp the older boy In business
nnd something for the daughter's wedding
out tit, and a little surplus for the time wheu
tho ankles will get stiff with age nnd the
breath will be a little short, nn t the swing
ing of the -cradle through the hot harvest
Held will bring ou the old mans vertigo
H"tter close up about Clnciuiiatus. I
SOU farmers just as noble as he was.
W hat they want Is to know ttnit tncy nave
the friendship of that Christ who often drew
His similes from the farmer's life, us when
lie sal'l, "A sower Went forth to sow," as
Wheu He built His best parable out ot the
scene of a farmer's boy coming bank from
his wnuderings.nud the obi fariiihoiisesliook
that night with rural jubilee, nud who com
pared Himself to a lamb In the pasture field,
nnd who said the eternal God is a farmer,
declaring. ".My Father is the husbandman."
Those stonemasons do not want to hear
about Christopher Wren, the architect, who
built St. l'uul t cathedral. It would be bet
tor to tell them how to carry the hod of brick
up the ladder without slipping, and how on
a cold morning with the trowel to smooth oil
the mortar nud keep cheerful, nud how to bo
thuukful to Ood lor the plain fool taken
from the pall by the roadside. Carpeuters
standing nnild the adz, and tho bit, nnd the
plane, nud the broudux need to bo told that
Christ was a carpenter, with His own hand
wielding saw nud hammer. Oh, this is a
tired world, mid It is au overworked world,
and tt is nn underfed world, and it is a
wrung out world, aud meu and women nee I
to know that there is rest and recuperation
in God and in thut religion which was not
so much intended for extraordinary people
as for ordinary people, bucauso there aro
more of them.
TLo healing profssion has hud its Aber-
crombles Hint Its A hornet hys and its Valen
tino Motts and lis Wilhird l'urkers, but the
irdiimrv physicians ilo tho most of the
world's meilicinlng, and they need to under
stand that while taking diagnosis or prog
nosis or writing prescription or compound
ing medicament or holding the delicate pulse
of a dying child they may have the presence
and tlm dictation of the almighty doctor who
took the case of tho madman, and after ho
had torn oft his garments in foaming de
mentia clothed him again, Unly and mind.
aud who lifted up the woman who for eight-
ecu years lul l boon iM-nt almost double with
the rheumatism into gracuiui si at u re, una
who turned tho sciibs of leprosy into ruhi
ouud complexion, and who rubbed the nil nib.
nuss out or paralysis, anil who swung wiiio
open the closed wludows ot hereditary or
aocldeutnl uuuiiness until inemorusag ugni
camo streaming through tho Hcshly case
ments, und w no kuow all the diseases aud
all the remedies aud all tho herbs aud ad the
oathollcous. nud Is monarch of pharmacy
and thernHiutles, and who has sunt out 10,-
ooo doctors ol wlioin tuo woria makes no rec
ord, but to prove that they are uugels of
mercy 1 Invoke the thousands of men whoso
alluiHtils have boon assuagou ami ino umu
sands of women to whom in crises of pain
thev have been next to U ju iu buuelactlou
Come, now, lot us havo u religion for or
dinary people in proiossions, in occupations,
in agriculture, iu ino uouseuom. iu uusr-
uhnndtse, iu everything. I salute across tho
ceuturies Asyucrltus. l'hlegon, UeruaSS,
l'litrubas. llcrm.es. l'tatlologus ajid Julia.
First of all. If you feel that you aro ordi
nary, thank God tluU you tire nut extraordi
nary. 1 am tired and sick and bored utmost
to death with extraordinary rtople. They
take all their tlm totell us how very extra
ordinary they relly'ar. You know as well
as I do, my brother, aud slstor, that tha tuos:
of theuHetul wuroltno world is iroua l
uuprct 'Jin Ions pojpla v. ho toll tight on, by
people wuo mo uil goi iniio.i approval, uu
no one sejms to say. "xnat ts wou uono.
I' be nog-ana of but Utile uso Things
thut uxe . 'ssxueiitloual cannot bo Uu-
pen led on. Cello tro-t too smai:,-
thn; swlnj on It orolt than ln 1
shooting this way and that. Imp.-riii,"4'
lnnirevitv nl world Mtremllnir t.-. .1. .
business. For t end v illumination '.'
m I - - I- ." T' . 1 1
ii lift mm, n roi --i. a n-n, 11 .roil M ..
vol I r. npiltnttrv Mmpmlin. IKnt 'l'
Billon Invites the lr nttsck. '
Conspicuous people how thev hsr.i
It! How they nre misrepresented sn l.i,
n,1 ahnl ml I Tlirt liliyhMP the lm.i,.
nucK tne ensierto irseit mm Mown, tti,,,
ueiiciou ining it mut ie 10 oe (... .
fnr Prethlntif nt the t'nllnl Rll.- .
be n -.il hlni t thti tirtrve' 1 n,.. '
.... .. .. in,(.
Into the soul of n enndidste sii"'i
sonmiiy wnen lie re.-i'is 1110 uu ..,.;
papers!
1 camo into possession ot tne n'.-i, t ,
toons In tho time of Napoleon I,
while he ws ypt alive. The retr.-m ,
nrmy from Moscow, thnt army burn in.
snows ot Itiissin. one of the nn.t
trage.lb of tho centuries, represent,, 1
. 1 n . . . . 1 1 . t . '
in" iiiture 01 n iuoiisi-r rniieii 'tcnt-ril fr
shaving tho French F.mperor with rt
"i'-ip. as niuyr nn-i iei7-.eiMiu ri. i, p.,
'n nil-T 1j,
rn..i....i ... t,i. u. .,.1.. is.i
fUrminu .UMlitn 1. ( ... Tl ., ... . -
" vi...n.H ", -'in-ino
Europe cursing him. North nnd H-uit!, (,
ca cursing him, the most remark ihl tt
his day and the most abused. All th
in history who now have n halo nr-nini,
name on earth wore a prown of th in,.
Take tho few extraordinary railr
nt our time and soo what alius-; im .. "
them whllethousnndsof stockhoM-r.u, ,'
aji tne wori-i iook niter i nomn s- ,tt.l'
dent of the Pennsylvania ltailr ,il,
blm until he got under tli" groim.i. t
sands of stockholder iu thnt corm,,-),. "
the blame on one man. The ("entry h
It illrond. Two or three ma g-t
blame If nnvthlug goes wrong, rw
10,003 in that company.
I mention these things to prov it i.
traordlnnry people who get a'-u-.-1 ,
the ordinary escape. Tho wciith-r ..( ;
not so severe on tne piain a it is ..n t',.
p-nk. The world never forgii"
who knows or gains or doe more tli a ,
know or gain or do. l'arents ..n.
give confectionery to tho clilldn n . K
ducement to take tdtter medicln--, ji
world's sugar jdum prcceilcs tli-
aqua fortis. Tho mob cried in r. -
Christ. "Crueiry mm, crucify I
and thny had to say it twl-e t , i.
uerstooj, lor tuey were so noars-. m,t
got their hoarseness by crying a littl
liefore nt the top of their voice, "il m
I ho river llli-itm Is toul wh'iit it . t-r- J
I, "man, but crystalline when It
tho other sldo. nut there nre m,n j ;
entered tho bright lake of worldly r-e-ystallluo
and cam" out terribly rir
therefori'. you feel that you ur- -r..
thank God for the defens-'s na I tt
qulllty of your position.
ThenreiiiemlMr,lt you have univi
enlleii an ordinary Home, mat tli .--
liverers of the world have all eotm-fr
a home. And there may b- it-1 -at
your evening stand n child nh . L
potent for the nges. Just unrilltl
ot men mighty iu church mil tv
you will lin t they nearly nil u- !r
ciibln or poor h-imi-s (l 'nln nl-.
ways runs out in the thirl r
generation. You cannot llnl m
tory an instance where th ( ,r:
enitlon of extraordinary po. - -.
anything. Columbus Irom a w -.iv.:
l"mosth"iies from a cutler" s cellar. :
lied and Missionary ('arey from a -li .-.
bench, Arkwrlght Irom a tmrii-r..-.
Ho whose uame Is high over all iiin'
air and sky from a manger.
L"t us all be content with sii-'.i t:
we have. ( 1 is just n g 1 1 1 in
keeps uway from us as In wli it ll-.-
Kven a knot may be useful if it is s: .
of a thread.
At an anniversary of a dcif mil J:;
luin ouo ot the children wr v
blackboard words as siibllm in th !
the "Odyssey" nnd tho "Uivius '
all com pressed in one paragraph,
amiuer. in signs of the mute
asked her. "Who made the wortf
deaf nnd dumb girl wrote up
board. ' In tho beginning God
heaven aud tho earth." Th
hhIici! her. "For what liurnos"
come into tho world'" The ilosfit
girl wrote upon tho bliickbe.iH,
faithful saying and worthy ol i
tatlon, thnt Christ Jesus catin- itit' -t
to save sinners. I no examm-rn
"Whv were you born deaf atidJu
hear nnd speukV" She wrote upou '
board, "Evsu so, Father, f.-r i it
u-ood in Thv slL-ht." Oh. thnt
ha oil zed with n contented sunt' T.
draws poison out of n flower: tt
honey out of a thistle, hut lu;i
heavenly elixir, and the conp-nt-'l
kuow I tracUit uot from tho rh.i t ol-ulf:
inns, out irom tuu iny ui in- " .
AGRICULTURAL EDUCAi:
How the General (iovi-niiur"
Males Are Fosti-rlni H
The status of agricultural c-lu"-'-
Uuitod States is given au i-M-ni-:
the yearbook of the Agn-'iilt in
nient. It shows there nr.- ii;--tious
ill operation under ttn pr
the nets ot July '., IHtJJ, and Au.'i
Sixty of these inalutaiu eonrv u
ture. In fourteen States
,iw urn nrovlileil for Willi'-
students. Sueclnl courses III oi
other agricultural induslrn- lo1
ccntly established nt a feiv "I Hi'
Tho value ot Additions r -,
those Institutions during '
l 41.1 4!I5. Agricultural i-M-'-r.-
nru now iu ojierittlou in nil y
T..riitoriiM. Hll li-etiltion- hl '
llshed 111 severu Slates, hvi-"
the total number of stati"u- "
which llfty-ono receive tli" r
r)vided for liy law. i ne i
the stations during l'.'l ;
which 71'J.H30 came fr-'in i"'' '
nud tho riimalneer from States
mils. The station bulb-tni'
lurk- distributed to half a
lusely laeutlliou wuu ag-
SET A PACE FOR CL-
Hr. and Mrs. Kay, of Uirt-'
ti... tn u Coim -'li-1"" I
Frnnk Knv and wife, of l,r'J
nre settinir the unco for Mr.
Clev.ilioid. Mr. and Mrs. Ri) i"l
tie girls, named lUith, '""'I
born in the order g Veil. "
I ..l,.jn-.irH. Struck hV I"" I
his. fuiiillv aud that ot " '
wrote to the hitter. He n".-' I
ln i riinlv from the lute II 1
-My Dear Sir Thel'msi i-M;
lu-knowludife tho receinl "I J"-
tnuor. iu which ou inform
two chililren bear the nam '
lather aud were naiiied m
tho children of the l'resioe"'
II, ,th Mr. Cluvehmd lUld lr
much interested in this
i ....j wish tn I
t"4vn IU VAll-m . l.
..I.il.l..... n,,.u ImVU hlllLt SU'l v
tnnt tney win aiwa -
to you. .
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liallli.
k f It
vs org,-,
"Klllld
1)0 ly t-i
''Use. I
Mesle InsiMie by V
Miss Mary Bolclier. a T
lives Pi Sugu- drove,
wreck,, owing to the usu oi ' i
1 " ," . .i j1
UUIirSIf- UlrtiTfc lint. .
nvu. her h.CH Hlkl SUu'l
worse. Hh was a m'"1 n
...u ... hi .iiitiiiail" 1
w n'u ...w ... . .
rted so ovr it that tier I
U U leardsUo will nei
. u 1 1. 1 r I.'
It Is said that the Cf
recuiviuif tuo irJ
half a million a mouta B1
thlsers in tUU couutry.
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