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GEO. W. WAOKSSELLER,
Editor and Proprietor.
MiDin.Kiii Hon, Pa., Armr. 9, ls;(.
TLc English nro naiJ, by the Now
Orleans Picayune, to bo amazed at
finding, by tbo cxamplo of I'rosiilent
Krngor, tbut a person cad bo a diplo
mat without the uso of a monocle, bnt
they aro sure that it is a very excep
tional case.
Tho New York Chamber of Com
merce, tho City Club, tho Fine Arts
Federation and other societies aro try
ing to seenro legislation against sky
scraping buiMings. Tliey would have
the height of building limited by tho
Width of tho street on which they aro
built.
There in no need fur n to lio awake
at night woriyinjr over microbcH, as
wo ha vo been wont to regard them,
announces tho New York Merenry. A
certain professor went to tho trouble
of purifying tho air of all theso germ",
and then fed it to pome small animals,
which promptly died upon his hands.
Tho enormous amount of wool now
nHcd for milking paper every year may
be judged from tho fact that a Paris
ucwHpaper, tho Petit Journal, which
has a circulation of over a million
copies a day and is printed on wool
pulp paper, eoiinumea in a twelve
month 120,000 lir trees of an average
height of nitty-six feet. This is said
to be equivalent to the annual thinning
of 25,000 acres of forest.
It in not enough that a certain ptout
woman on a certain little island across
tho Atlantic should bo called Victoria,
Queen of England and Empress of In
dia, but oho must needs bo a goddess
to boot, remarks tho Pathfinder.
Thero is a sect in Orissa, Peugal, who
worship her as their chief divinity,
and it is discovered thHt her majesty
is an object of worship in tho tcinplo
of Phadong-Lama in Thibet.
A plan has been announced in Lon
don to lay a telegraph cablo from
Shetland, tho not them most telegraph
outpobt of Great Uritain, to Iceland
under fivo thousand miles of sen.
Tho necessary funds huvo boon se
cured to nssnro tho success of tho pro
ject, tho total cost being divided be
tween Great Britain, Denmark and
Iceland. Tl ;!.' t'.V, it ir nT.wocl-
ed, greut!y stimulate? trado botween
Iceland and England, which already
aiuouuts to a considerable sum yearly,
Tho growing influence of newspa
pers in school education wns illuntra
ted tho other day nt a eoufereneo of
tho Public Education Association in
N'ow York, when Miss Josephine C.
Locke, supervisor of drawing in tho
publio school of Chicago, told how
tho children aro being trained to
Benroh tlio columns of tho press iu
working on topics of u public nature.
It should bo one of tho functions of
every school to teach tho children how
to read a newspaper to tho best ad
vantage and ulso what newspapers
should bo read.
Tho value of thoroughness in tho
treatment of any subjoct has received
a recent illustration in tho cuso of
Professor Roentgen, who gave the
matter of his X ray photography so
exhaustive a study before publishing
anything with regard to it that it has
taken tho rest of tho scioutitlo world a
month to catch up with him. lt is
said that photographs taken by him
aro better than tho majority of thos.3
token by other experimenters. Pro
fessor Roentgen's modest paper on
tho subject of his discovery, says tho
Hoientiflc American, has not beon ox
ccedud in interest, clearness of state
ment, and precision of deductions, b
all which has been published since.
A Now Y'ork Press writer says that
Menelck, Kiug of Abyssinia, had a de
cided udynntago over tho Italians,
when it oamo to a question of food.
It was next to impossible for tho sons
of Bunny Italia to get their supplies
from one part of that rough country
to another, and the troops wcro ofton
obliged to go hungry, not because
thero wus nothing to eat, but booauso
it could not be got at. Mouolek man
aged those things better. Accustomed
as his peoplo aro to existing largely
upon raw meat, they never think of
butchering cattlo for their commis
sariat, but drive thorn aloug on the
marob, and when hunger Logins to
pinch them they havo a habit of cut
ting from shoulder nud flunk strips
of raw meat, which they devour, lha
poor animals staggering aloug till ac
tually flayed alivo in this slow and
cruel manner. But there are so bag
gage wagons, no silver stowpans and
rfvnpHujcona to annoy the army.
AN EASTER LYRIC.
IVwMlppeA bails and sons of birds,
Mnadows dotted thick with flowers
In low swamps the grazing bord
Coma with April's freshening showers.
Soft the south wind's wooing breath,
Musical tho runnel's flow;
Closed Is Winter's reign of death,
And Nature smiles to sen It go.
Now tho hlunhlrd's warbled twit
Htlrsth elm-top's tilted sprayi
On tho ratl-feneo notu him well
How the robin shines to-dav!
Over meadow, knoll an I hill
Oreen gross puts Us carpet neat
And tho raw soug-sparrow'a thrill
Novor turned to song more sweet.
I'loooo-pilod clouds, In argosies,
Flont against tho deep blun !k y,
While brighter grow the wlllowtrees
Abovo tho brook that ripples by.
liurdona of earth, and mind, nnd soul,
Hllp with dull onro a while awxyi
TIih Hummer sun renins control,
And newllfodawns with Easter Day.
Joel Denton.
AN EASTER CARD.
lir nrxr.H ronrnwr onAvn.
ELL, I don't like to
bo lectured 1 said
Hylphide Egertou.
.Sho rat on the
rude etonn stile,
with her flufly gold
en tresses all disor
dered by tho wind.
her cheeks reddened with tho stormy
brightnosss of tho March sunshine,
and a next of littles field mice in her
lap, whose mother had been killed by
tho schoolboys under a fallen log.
Sylphide a creature ot reckless im
pulse had driven away tho littlo ty
rants, who wero about to torment the
helpless brood, and was now carrying
homo tho nest of velvet-soft orphans,
to caro for thorn as best sho could.
"They are only field mice, to be
sure," said Hylphide, "but they aro so
helpless and so etinuing I And if no
ono elso will snecor them, I will."
So, in tho dishubillo incident to
climbing half a dozen fences, wading
across a brook and making hrr way
through a thicket of tall bilberry
bushes, Miss Sylphide found herself
confronted with tho young clergy
man, whoso spotlessly neat uttiro and
air of quiet dignity were an unspoken
tatiroon her own torn dross and brier
scratched hands.
"Can I belp'you over tho stile, Miss
Egertoo," said Mr. Highland, cour
teously. "No, you can't!" said Sylphide,
secretly hoping that if sho kept sit
ting thero ho would not discover that
tho ilounco was half rippod off her
' dress, and that sho had lost one shoo
in the mud. ,
lie smiled a little at her brusque
reply.
"Jt ii after sunset," he said. "The
wind prows clull."Kr
' fvn '" iLjr.eJ SjfYut.A.
"You don't cipect to sit here all tho
evening?"
"Perhaps I shall V' said Sylphide,
darting defiance at him from under
her level, golden brows. "I don't;
know of anyone who has a right to die- j
tato to mo upon tho tubject."
Mr. Highland stood looking nt her
with folded nrms and imperturbable
gravity.
"You have been on a long walk?"
Paid he.
"Yes," neknowludged Sylphide,
picking at the fringe of u little scar
let India scarf that slio wore.
"And yet," he went on, "you tell
me that you cannot lind time to at
tend the daily afternoon service?"
Sylphide flushed to tlio very roots
of her hair.
"I don't want to bo lee-lured," said
the.
"And I am the last person who lias
any right to lecture you, Miss Eger
ton," said Mr. Highland. "All I ask
of you is to stop anil think. Indeed,
I cinuot comprehend how it is that tho
devotionul sweetness of your tasters
can havo so littlo effect upon you."
"Oh, 1 know I" said Sylphide, bo
pinning to lose her temper, as sho ut
ways did whou tho perfections of
Josepha and Lcsbia were snug in her
cars. "My sisters are angels, and I
am a castaway."
"Miss Sylphide"
Put sho put both hands to her cars.
"I told you I would not bo leo
tared," auid slio. "Pleaso to remem
ber that you havo brought this on
yourself I"
Mr. Highland colored a littlo, lifted
his hat with punctilious courtesy and
passed on.
Why was it, he asked himself, stern
ly, that this lawless little romp, with
the deep blue eyes and tho cloud of
golden huir, had such power to tor
ment him with her iccklcss moods and
wild caprices? .le had done his best
to civilize her. He would abandon
the task here, and let her go her own
fantastic way.
And not uutil ho was out of eight
did Sylphido burst into a passion of
tears. Sho would have cut out her
tocgne sooner than tell Mr. Highland
that she had moant to como to church
that afternoon, but thnt tho cpisodo
of the field-mice had entirely driven
everything elso out of her head.
"He always soes me at my worst,"
Bho sobbed. "Well, why need I caro?
Let him fancy me a savage if ho likes.
What is it to me?"
Whou sho reached home still with
tho nest of tleld-mico tenderly elapsed
to her bosom Lcsbia, her tall, hund
Bomo sister, met her on the threshold.
"Goodness gracious, Sylph I" sho
cried. "What a fright you have made
of yourself I"
"I am always a fright," said Sylp
hide, with ironioal calmness "accord
ing to you, at least."
"Mr. Highland was to grieved at
your missing the afternoon service,"
fluid toft voiced Josepha, who bad red
gold hair and eyes of real pansy blue,
like a picture.
"Was he, indeed?" said the rebel of
the family. "I wish he'd mind his
own business I"
"Oh. Sylphide," said Josepha,
"don't speak no t And what havo yon
got there? norrid little mice, as I
hvo I Oh, do throw them away 1"
"They are darlings," said Sylphide,
her defiant eyes softening as sho gazed
down at her drab treasures. "And
I'm going to bring them up by hand
and teach them all sorts of cunning
tricks. I know it can be done."
"Oh, indeed f'said Lesbia, severely.
"You have timo to set up a private
menagerie, and romp with all the cats
and dogs, and ponies and calves on
tbo place, but you have no timo to
paint Easter cards for the Sunday
school girls, although Mr. Highland
especially requested us"
"Mr. Highland again I" burst out
Sylphide, passionately. "Yon may bo
Mr. Highland's obedient slaves you
and all tho other unmarried women of
the congrcgetion bnt I havo declared
independence !"
And she ran away to tho barn cham
ber, a fragrant little nook, where, ever
sinco sho was twolveyear! old, she had
possessed her own little sanctum, un
disturbed by prying eyes, to make a
warm nest for her little orphans until
she could smuggle in some milk from
tho kitchen.
Aud Lesbia and Joseph1 met Mr.
Highland the next day at church with
sweet, sorrowful faces, like grieved
Madonnas.
"Wo aro so sorry," said Lcsbia.
"But Sylphide refuses positively to
help us with tho Easter work."
"It is absolutely impossible tointet
est her in church atliirs!" signed
Jose ha.
But Mr. Highland's heart gavo a
throb of exultation when, as lie was
half-way through the service, he
caught a glinipso of a slight, veiled
figure at the very back of the church.
"It was Sylphide, he said to him
self. "I am quite sure it was Sylp
hide; but she slipped any before I
Could get to the door to speak to h'-r.
But what an incomprehensible little
sprite slio is!"
Tho work for thecomiu Easter wns
progressing bravelv. Lesbia and
Josepha Egerton wcro deep iu illuml-
uated letters, sheets of leaf-cold aud
autiqno devices. White calla buds
and Bermudsj lilies were being coaxed
tondorly into bloom, wreaths of ever
green wuro being woven by busy
hands, yet from all the industrious
group Mr. Highland missed tho face
of Sylphide Egerton more keenly than
he himself would have been willing to
confess.
And when Mis Huberts Hall, an
elderly maiden whoso matrimonial
hopes wero not yet entirely blighted,
groaued over Sylphide's iniquit ies, the
youn elergymau found himself taking
up tho cudgels iu her defense with
some emphasis.
"She is very vonmr. Miss Roberta."
w.-u . t;-s' ijifiy. uur I line-.
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And Miss Huberts, whose fault was
asmrcdly not thnt of extreme youth,
could only llush up au 1 bo silent.
Jt was r.ai-ter Eve when Mr. ihtrh-
land, after superintending the decora
tion of tho church with the freshest of
spring flowers nud the brightest of
illuminated banners, ea:ne to look for
littlo Willie Egerton, who had prom
ised to L-ot him ho:iio rho lodeudron
loaves and wild laurels Ironi the woo Is.
"IIo'h out in the barn, I ' less, like
ly," said Jones, the hire I mau.
".Shall I look for him, parson?"
"No; do not disturb vourself," said
Mr. Highland. "I wilfgo myself."
Ho went into tlielntru, ascended tho
narrow, wooden stairway and entered
tho little bam chamber, whoso doois
stood Wide open.
A curious, quaint apartment it was,
its side hung with drawings, engrav
ings cut from idd magazines, ana o Ids
and ends of chintz the sunset laying
burs of gold a"ross its rude board
floor, while the lield mice, now grown
to a very respectable size, skurriud
uuder the table and eyed the intruder
with a startlod gaze.
On the table iu the middle of tho
room wero scattered painting ma
terials, while u lovely, half-tiuished
card displayed a device of passion
flowers, wreathed around a cirolo of
thorns. Besi.le it lay a brusb and a
saucer of brilliant water colors, while
one ot Sylphide Egerton's gloves
had fallen on the floor close to tho
chair.
"Mr. Highland, is this tho work of
a gentleman?"
While ho wns still standing gazing
at the half-untinished work, a slender
ilguro had glided in, and Sylphide
stood at his side.
Never had sho looked so entrano
ingly beautiful ; never had her eyes
glittered with such sapphire light, or
her lips worn such a rich scarlet.
"Sylphide," he said, "I had no idea
that this studio was yours. I cume
hero to look for Willie. It seems I
huvo surprised your secret."
"Yes," Sylphido auswerod, pnssion
ately, "you have! 1 have toiled here
daily in solitude; I havo painted an
Easter card for every child in tho
parish; I havo embroidered an altar
cover on white billiard cloth, all by
myself. 1 hnvo visited the sick, taught
the little ones and tried to help those
who wore helpless. And yet and
yet-"
Tears choked her voico ; sho cov
ered her eyes with hor hands.
Mr. Highland took the little, trem
bling hands iu bis with a tender and
reverent clasp.
"Sylphide dearest Sylphide!" he
cried "try to forgive me, for I never
can forgive myself, for thus rashly
and preBuniplut"Iy during to judge
yon I
Nothing more was spoken just then ;
but the golden silence was sweeter
than bulm. Eve appealed to eye, and
tender tears washed oat all traces of
offense.
"Sweet Sylphide, I lore youl" said
he.
And, with downcast lids and crim
soning cheeks, she answered :
"And I may confess it now Hove
yon!"
Never were prayers more earnest
than those breathed by Sylphide Eger
ton as she knelt at the sacred altar
that Easter morning; and long after
they were married, Sylphido found tho
little Easter card which she had paint
ed tho cross anl the crown ot thorns
in her husband's desk.
"Oh, Ralph," she said, "why do
you keep this poor little daub?"
He took it lovingly into his band.
"Dearest," said he, "no P.ombrandt
nor Michael Angelo could be moro
precious in my eyes thau is this I"
Pontli America's Hesnurres,
The sixteen republics south of the
United States and inclndiug Mexico
and Central America have a popula
tion of over 50,000,000 people.
Brazil is the largest of the sonthern
republics. It is said to have more nav
igable rivers than auy other country
in the world. Rio de Janeiro is the
principal city and it has nearly 1,000,
00O inhabitants.
Rubber is the best product of the
Amazon vall'ey,33, 000,000 pounds hav
ing been exported in l1. Iron
abounds, but tho mines aro uu level
oped. The Government of Brazil enutrols
tho telegraph system. In 18'JO thero
were 12,467 miles of wir and Brazil
communicates with tho United State
by three Hues.
Brazil's commerco is mainly with
Prance, Great Britain and the United
Mates. The principal articles export
ed aro eoflee, hides, tobacco, gold coin
nu l bullion, sugar, diamonds, rose
wood, coeoa and rubber.
Veuezu'dn is three, times the size of
Franco and of Germany and five tirnei
the size of Italy. It is, in fact, larger
than auy European Nation except
Russia. There are only two seasons
the wet nud tho dry. The climate
vuriei with the altitude.
Venezuela is ono of the richest of
tho South American republics in nat
ural resources. It has lino gold mines,
rare and precious wools and splendid
agricultural facilities. Many of tho
mines have never been developed.
Mexico's miues aro many aud rich.
They have been worked for over 400
years and although vast quantities of
precious metals havo beeu taken out
by far the greator port of the treasure
is yet to bo mined. Humboldt, at the
beginning of this century, estimated
Mexico's mines nt MOO.
Bolivia and Colombia have their
greatest wealth in mines. Their de
velopment is very slow, however. Vast
coal fields, gold, silver, precious
stones, iron, copper, tin, lead, bis
muth, mercury, platinum, zinc, rock
crystal, alum, tale and alabaster nro
among tho things which will make
these countries very rich.
Sumo Kcmurkahl'' Jumps.
' Eo-ug jffJlijVWrf jyajsJ ., tHtilK-ibtSli
worth seeing, says tho St. Louis Re
public, when tho winner is forced to
jump upwards of three-quarters of a
hundred feet in order to gain the
prize. At the great athletic nier ting
liehl at Stockholm, Swedeu, in l8'.tt,
there wero several competitors in tho
'running spring-board jump," eachof
whom managed to clear moro than
forty-four feet, tho winner making u
record of seventy feet three inches.
Tho Swedes and Norwegians, it is
true, do not jump iu the same fashion
that Americana do. They hate a run
way at the athletic grounds ut Stock
holm which is down the side of a hill
200 feet in height. At the bottom of
this an immense spring-board is set iu
such a way that the "spring" end is
six feet above tho ground. It is from
this that tho jump is takcu. However,
if wo think of tho matter properly,
this seventy-foot flight through the
air is a wonderful feat after all.
Hew Nails An Nuined.
Two accouuts aro given of tho origin
oi tho teims "six-penny," "eight
penny," "ten-penny," and so on, as
applied to the various sizes of nails.
According to one statement, when
nails wero made by hand, the penny
was taken as a standard ot weight, aud
six were made to equal the weight of
a copper penny. This explanation is
open to criticism on account of tho
very small size of tho nails of which
six were needed to balance even the
largo-sized, old-fashioned copper
penny. Tho other is much more prob
able. It affirms that six were sold for
a penny, and tho name grew into use,
even when the price changed, and the
larger kinds were, from a popular
mistake, called ten-penny ami so on,
without regard to size or weight. Of
the ordinary six-penny nails, thero
are eighty to tho pound ; of tho eight
penuy, there are fifty; ten-penny,
thirty-four; twelve-penny, thirty
nine. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
William's Little Oaks.
Tho Kaiser colebratod his thirty
seventh birthday a short timo ago, and
a Berlin llorist sent him thirty-seven
tiny oak trees. William II. was de
lighted. Tho thirty-soven little oak
lings were given to tho head gardener,
and will be transferred to ono of tho
Imperial gardens, while the Emperor
will personally superintend their
groupiug. And the far-seeing florist
now displays tho royal arms above hit
door. Detroit Free Press.
Profit From One Urapefruit Tree.
Tho returns from the sale ot the
product of a siugle grapefruit troe in
the Ten a Ceia Island grove, near
Braldentown, are given iu a late issue
of tho Manatee River Journal. The
fruit tilled twenty-six boxes and sold
for $170. The freight, cartage and
commissions amounted to 820. 30, mak
ing the net proceeds 04. Jack
sonville (Flo.) Citizen.
SELECT RELIGIOUS REl;
TmpoRAL Kmnr.. i ;
I knew a Christian lady who 1 'a very
linvy ternporal bunion. It too twsy her
sleep nml her appetite, and ther tviia dan
ger other henlth break Ing 1 ender lt.
One day when It seemeil exo, ly lienvy,
sh noti'-od Ivlngon tho ta!l i ar her a
littlo trnet ealled Hannah's Kli." At
tracted by the title, sh picked ll and ln
iran to rend It. Ilttlx knowing th It was to
erent n revolution In her w hole -M-rieneo.
Tim story was of a poor worn vho hud
been carried triumphantly thmiiM a life of
unusual sorrow. She wn giving L' history
of her life to a kind visitor on on .leesslou,
arid at the i-!.. the visitor said, I . linxly,
' () Hannah. I do ml see how . il could
bear so much . irnw ! "
"I did not benr It." wns tho qui reply)
"the Lord bore It for me." L
"Yes. said the vi-itor. "Unit Is ,io rltfht
wav. We nnit take our troubl to the
Lord." t'
"es." reiillcd Hannah, "but wi jmust do
more than that : wo imi-t leave tlilu there.
Most people," pihe continued, "(Ik" their
burdens to 1 1 i'li. but they brim; til in uwny
with them again, mid are hint n-i worried
and in unhappy n ever, lint 1 tnl e mine,
and leave them w ith him, and 1 come nway
nnd forget them, lt the worry cot e-n back,
I take it to IIItii again ; and 1 do this over
and over until nt lat I Just forget I hnve
Buy worries and am at perfect rest." II. W.
hmltli.
Kfcl.l'INO torso.
Keeping young n matter of keeplngabrenst
with the times wo are In, getting out a now
edition of one's self everyday s niel in order
to do that we liee. to keep oiit In the open.
Perpetual youth b the art of keeping Up,
living lii that vital u lion with the think
ing and the doing and the endeavoring that
I in the world, that all your moving Is in
the pie f the world's moving. A man's
age s the distance between hlmelf and his
times reduced to llgares. In order to keep
Up With the world We re piire to live a life
that is a part of the world's life. Wo must
keep to the organic Idea of mankind, nor try
to be it man all by ourselves. .In-t as soon
as the brapch undertakes to set up in busi
ness for itself, to cut tl irdstlmt bind it to
the general lite .f the tree, to dam the cur
ri ts that struggle into it Ironi out tie- great
Volume of the tree's Collec tive vitality, the
branch withers. The tree goes on. the
branch stops. The branch get- left behind.
There Is a life In the limes. 'I le-rc Is a life
In our kind. Th- rue Is a great deal more
than the numerical sum of all tin- Individual
men and women that happen at any instant
to be alive upon the earth. And cloister
culture is the process of closing up the
sluiceways through which the currents of
that universal fulne-saro attempting to Ilnsh
us, and to become a realized factor in our
being, feeling, thinking, purposing and
working.- C If. l .irkhur.-t. 1. 1. t Now
York.
! MNO DAV.
I saw In the early morning the sunlight
touching llrst, with its morning glory, the
golden en s of the nearest church, and the
heavenward-pointing spin- of another In
the distance, ami then the chimneys and
roofs of the houses, gradually reaching
down, lighting their si los ami nooks and
corners, until il fell upon the earth Itself,
ami the world was warmed and glorilled.
As the clay waned 1 wat'hei the light
slowly failing, from the lower things llrst
lessening on the -ides of the houses ut!r
by llttl", from below upwards, until the lust
rays of the si tting sun touc hed only the
highest points, the roofs and chimneys, lin
gering longest upon the cross ami spi re
which were the llrst to root ive
his morning greeting. And sol think it is
Willi the Sun of Kigliteousuoss. Hi'u
light touc hes llr-d thnt which Is highest In
human nature, that which a-plres,
though ever o feebly, and f reaches
d'-.T.v ev- - V o ;:.L'l"l:if. chang
ing, redeeming iroin its own darkues v Uli
as life's day declines, the tight le-ocb ( f,,r
the illumination of Its lower plinscstho
tilings which are of the earth, nnd becuuo
divi ilv in the shining of divine light -
slowly fades, and the l;i-t glow lingers upon
th.it which is highest aiel truest unci best in
a chant -tor.-Mary Klia Mann.
sc uu run: x hays.
Profc or lioentgcn In -Ists on calling the
rays which produced his wonderful photo
graphs "X" or unknown" rays, as distin
guished from cathode rays, advancing iu
support ccf this view the two considerations
that in the passage through tin' air a small
er proportion of the X ras than of cathode
rays is absorbed, ami that the direction of
the hitler can I hanged by a magnet
while th uirso of the former c annot. Il
so, those X rays would seem to alTord a line
symbol ccf the infallible illumination of di
vine truth, which enters our world but Is In
capable of being absorbed and lost in its
transit like a cathode ray, ami is iu no peril
of being diverted from its true course and
ml.--.ion by any magnetic attraction of a
lower earthly character. The Scripture ray
Is the superior X ray. -X. Y. Observer.
or a Tiiorciiiis vo don.
As In private prayer our thoughts are
turned to that (iod who sooth in secret, so
iu public worship we should seek to realize
u rather more dcllnlto conception of
the presence of the Incarnate! tiod. Tho
human presence visibly around us In the
church Is the pledge, the token, the sacra
tneut of his. lie U umong them iu all
Hi" sympathies ul his humanity. In all tho
glories of his divinity, iu all the precious
virtues of his mediatorial work. Aud It will
be found useful before the commencement
of the service, aud at any of the necessary
breaks w hich occur in tho course of it, to
occupy the mind with the thought of his
presence. The apprehension of it will Im
part to public worship u mingled sweetness
und solemnity. K. M. Uoulhurn.
KINPI.V ii:k.I)S.
The kindly deeds of this life, of every
life which has trodden iu the warm footsteps
of our Saviour through this world's dinted
snow, have had their mainspring In that
sympathy which wus expressed by the sigh
of Jesus. We cannot all do us He did iu the
brief years of His ministry "goubnut doing
good ;" but Wo can all live us Ho lived for
His llrst thirty years of quiet, holy strenuous
duty, deliberately striving each day to Ice
good ; deliberately striving each day to ab
stain from evil, In order, so far us lu'us lies,
iu His name, and for His sake, to assuage
the sorrows of the world. Cauun Furrur.
Thero aro hours in which work is trans
figured In which It does not uppcur
drudgery, but a mission ; In which lt is Uoblc
to do anything for God und man t In which
every duty is attractive. All work then be
comes a divine calling ; aud we see that men
uro not only culled to ho apostles, but also
called to bo carpenters, called to ho mer
chants, soldiers, sailors, called to bo artists,
inventors, aud that ono cau sweep a room for
the sake of tiod, and be happy and C hris
tian iu doing it. And uutil uur work is thus
truiiSllgured, and wo see religion in it, It
must le often a burden aud drudgery.
Janus Freomuu ( larku.
It Is the Joy of scrvleo that makes tho Hfo
of Christ; und for us to servo Him, serving
fellow -man aud (lod as Ho served fulluw
mau und Uod whether it bring pain or Joy,
if we can only get out of our souls tlio
thought that it mutters not If we aro happy
or sorrowful, if we aro only dutiful and
faithlul, and brave aud' strong, then we
should be in the atmosphere, we should be
la the great company of the Christ. 1'hlUlps
Ilrooks. .. ....
DARING BURGLARY.
Clothing Btors in Hew Cutis Bobbsd tl
VtlusbU Goods. 1
One of the most daring burglaries that was
ever perpetrated In New Castle oeeurred
early Sunday morning, and probably tiotfcHj
Inter than ::!(). Alxjut this time the em
ployes of an all-night restaurant saw two
men go past the place with arnifulls ot cloth1
ing. An Investigation showed that All
Wvlio s clothing store, situated on the main
stris-t, had been entered ami roblsvl. StrangeJOtxa
10 say ine entrance was eueeieci inrougn tin
front door, which Is located almost opposilitlVuef
tho Leslie House, one of tho largest hotels In I
tlio city. Jimmies were used in forcing thi,i-(i
door, and tlio thieves secured suits of cloth- " C
ing, jowciry, overcoats nuci nv gloves, ""t-i
valued ut about t.'(K).
am r.i.r.cTBtr i.n rtouT,
fn the electric line light for access to tin
Ligoiilcr valley, it hi reported that tho char
ter recently obtained by the M"llon eoinpatif
eon few the right to win- tho Ligonler Vnllej
road nnd opcruto It with either electricity oi
stcntn. 11 this le true, they will establish
the elec tric line as soon as the opposing con
corn I eglu work, nud In less than a month '
huve ears running. It Is alleged that th POBsil
immense lake at Icllewllil is designed to pre-Uls hri
vent competitors getting through the Loy-la,H8c.S
iilhaiuia water gap. i
sj Moll
An immense cave, thought to ho ""
a -res In extent, has lecn discovered In tin"
l aurel Hill range, iu miles northeast froit
1 iconler. I'viilorcrs entered liefirlv n itccfirj I
tor of it mile, stopping nt a pcrpcndi. ula
descent of Over 1(SI feet.
A numlsT of side
passages wore explored. Sear the mouth o!
the mouth oi 1
the cave a mold for making 5-ccnt pic
lit pleOCH waiv
erfelters hoo )
noes are pres'.
lociiel. Iinllcallng that eotintel
ls.i there In time past. Evidences i
cut that Illicit distilling operations have ulsf
Is-en conducted there. It Is almost certain
that the- cave was the rendezvous of n bam
of robbers which operated along the oil
State road before the war.
1 liomas ( Iciidi'tmlng died recently nt hc-v
homo nt Itichmond furnace, Franklin cc unXd.
ty, iiom vvnai was supposed to no typnoio
new plant, but the work was brought to t
Mamistill lev an order of the supremo ceurl
restraining further Work.
I I,., .,,,.10...- i,...
Icoen referred to James M. Sweurenger,
master.
At Williamsport, Cephas ltatchellor, ngec
H I years, the oldest man In this svtion, met
death bv sulTocatlicii, ut tho home of hit
grand-soli. .1. C. Il' iik. liatc-heller lived 1
me inirci siory oi me House, ami wueii
caught lire no one was able to g' t to him,
John Itrown, who was arrested at (ire
'lursttou tree i.y turn. fc.
an and that caused his yv j'
t-attorncy has the miille- IV E
.r the building nf the wate I li
burg last week for the alleged robbery 0L. '
Leo Sing's laundry and was ufterwiixj dis-09.11
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t lCCUK'-li, Mils IM-cil ITCICI C'TCl-CC. C, llltcrpr1-
tor from l'lttshurg Is sulci to ImVe discovered
some new evideiic-e against llrowu.
A life Insurance agc-rrt nnmcd Atkinson,
w hile handling a jrvedvor ut his home ut
Manor Station... accidentally nischiirged the
weapon and tio bullet Htrlkiug his young sou
inflicted a sri,lllH wound.
Tie- rcmrfins of Ollli Iteiehart, the girl who
died at Ibiuiilton. (Ht.. nniler susnic-icum
cli.-umstaie es, has ben taken to her former
home at ShaVicsvlllu for burinJ.
I Coroner JfLics l'eni will Is-ehlef of fl
Tyit Altoonu uV,er Jlayoi Hurr. Iinmo'lil
Vpoil Ills o.utriiiulli - djt tender
(resignation fm. coroner. 1
-iVl'oV'Mv ' kJic o.':Ve,-u' ,. v.,
burg railroad, lias arrested seven iersoi
In Sharon wlthiu two days for stealing fn t
trains. 1
While assisting iu tho removal of a fr
house at Itochcstcr, the building "lifst TTrSlV
and William Weavcrliiig was t'ruhlncf XliK
death. PTT'DT'
Michael McDertnit, of Dunbar, was urr U JX
cd to await the result of Injuries on The
Ib gau during 11 bar-room quarrel.
The South Tenth Street beldge, I'ittsbu
was made free, tho city acquiring it by i
chase, caying therefore eu.,ouo. ,r sales a!
Ii. II. Hughes, manager for Armour .V
at Altoouu. was lined ? let) ami costs for tress..,
ing oleomargarine. .ttress.
.iiiclge Wallace, of Lawrence county,
ruled against a new bridge between l.ilw" ft.,
and ila.cl Doll. rM,
Latest returns from Westmoreland coi Mirrors,
Indicate that bobbins will be an easy w liincOKcSrs,
for igrc-s. ua
New fustic is to have a new industry lull
Uie HIM pee OI II WIUclllllll Iliclury.
The Labor World.
A Brooklyn lodgo of tho United Order
Carpenters was organized.
of
A Gorman association of stono cutters ho?
beuu organized in New York City. 'FLINII
Northwestern lumbermen have decided
reduoo tho lumber cut twenty-five per
The Ellis and Lcsslg Iron Company
Pottstown, I'oun., has raised wages ton
cent. jJ
Four hundred coal miners at T ft
Ohio, struck against screens, whii If
claim are not ot the proper size.
Beginning April 1, tho wages of if
tbs Clearnuld, UJoen Creek. Caml m
Oallltzln coal regions was raised flv I
ton.
The Wire Nail Manufacturers' As
has advanced prices Uftoen cents a I
The latest thing in glass Is a fa
Liverpool, Engluud. built of glow
with chimney, nuors uud shingles
same material.
m MM S B
Unions connected witn tno Unit. ,,,- a,,iiu
ment Workers' Association of Araeref,'l'OL Bljna
on strike in Baltimore, Chicago, O m
ondBt. Lofils. jOm H
A project forcompulsoryinsuranff
accidents ennu skulooss oi iia ejuii
earnings to not exceed (600 per
receiving serious consideration
BWlss Government.
. , 1 . AMs.a.mAM maa .ad.mI ln Ml 111.
bead of tl' Switchman's Natioual Union and
who figure' J prominently in the Now York
Central strike a few years ago, died a few ,
days ago, ' in Chicago. till
'Charlea- E. Clark, for seven yars a printer it jj
on the Omaha (Neb.) World-Um-ald. has '','
been appointed Superintendent of the Cnilds
Dreiel Home at Colorado Bprtngei. He is at
present dt strict organiser ot the International
Typographical Union. jA
The SOU lithographers wbs had beon on III
strike in .New York City for sevon weeks re- ,
turned t o work, pandlng arbitration by anU
Hishnn Patter. The men wont boub ta work
as theresnlt of a ooufereuoe between a oom IllbSlll
mltteeof employers and a eomuittoe of tt m y
strikers. ' 1 , J M
JUIDUia. Ul U. UCtjjWiiiermttWJCB WUIV
admit women to memborshlp in th e futuja.
the Tobajooo-Workers' Union, which .Is afnliu
ted wltbitne Amerlosa Fe-leration ofj Labor,
ana many oi wuuee iuui uuioukj ojro cu afs
posed of (women, wit orgnnfio tiuH Jem. Jpf II
aliruratra -makers In Nw York Citv. I Wll
TheWkndow Glass Workers' AneltttC. at , H
Green G-'lttHs League aud AmiiriciVei n '',
VTIIUNt TT UVCkOia JUC-IUIIIJU UKVtt (., MttlV fall. UlCMl
i ur. T..iu' A. i... . . w .u.i.i am .
in leaei uiiou oi luu iireo oodles vlsn.oi ps t'allocil,
a membevsblp ot nearl 80,000. aueffJ ouU'
the stroLk'est trade orglulicatlon iu
try. win raite tpejiui luissi.aMirfr(itAn,
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