THE HIDDLEBOBGH POST. I
GEO. W, WAGENSELLER,
Editor and Proprietor
MioSLEBrKQH, Pa., Jtxr 29, 1897.
By a curlons coincidence Captain
Marrjat's "Snarley-yow," the only
novel reviewed in the reprint of the
London Court Journal for Jane 24,
1837, wai also reviewed in the literary
papers for Jane, 1897, as a new edition
has just appeared.
There are two piles of gold in New
Tork City which aggregate 2fi0 tons.
One pile is in the Sub-Treasury vaults,
is valued at $77,940,000, and weighs
150tous. The other is in the cellars
of the Clearing House, weighs 110
tons, and is valued at $55,180,000.
Mr. John Usher, of Norton, who has
given $10,000 toward tho foundation
of a Cliair of Publio Health in Edin
burgh University, once provoked Mr.
Gladstone into exclaiming: "I am
responsible for tho understanding that
the Almighty has been plensed to lodgo
in this ekull of mine, but I am not re
sponsible for tho understanding that
the Almighty has been pleased to lodgo
in thnt skull of yours."
Fart of tho surplus revenue, which
Great Britain is happy in having this
year, is to go towards improving tho
postal and telegraph services. It seems
that there are about 16,000,000 of let
ters annually which tho Government
does not attempt to deliver into tho
Lauds of the persons to whom they are
directed. These letters aro directed
to persons living in the sparsely popu
lated districts and urojeft by tho ofli
cials lit boiuo central point where the
owners can call and get them. This is
to be remedied, and direct delivery of
letters to every house in tho kingdom
s to bo made. Greater seopo is to ha
given in tho matter of parcels, and tho
charges on delivery of telegraphs out
flidothe set limits aro to bo materially
reduced.
Much good is dono in Minnesota
with an annual appropriation by the
State of $10,000 to encourage the estab
lishment of school libraries. Twenty
dollars the first year and ten dollars
annually thereafter are given by tho
State to any school district which
raises an equal or a greater amount,
the stimulus of 'which proposition has
resulted in an excess of privitto giving'
over the Stato appropriation. In the
ten years duriug which the appropria
tion has been granted libraries have
been established in over 1800 schools,
the average number of volumes in each
ibrary being sixty-five. This number
is not large, but tho growth of each
library is continuous. Moreover, tho
rules governing the choice of books
give these little libraries a value not
represented in the number of volumes.
The books are not chosen at random
or promiscuously, but each season's
purchases are confined to sorao ouo
subject, tho purpose being to create
good reference libraries to supplement
the instruction by the teacher and tho
text book.
Soys the Atlanta Journal: "Texas
has furnished a largo share of the
Ivnchings iu this country for ten
years past. An attempt to institute a
reform is seen in tho nnti-lynchiug
law passed by the Texas legislature at
its recent session. It makes all par
ticipants in a mob which for any rea.
sou whatsoever inflicts death upon
any person guilty of murder iu tho
first degree. Texas, liko all other
States, had a law against lynching bo
fore this act passed, and in the eyo of
the law all participants in'lynehings
ore guilty of murder. It was thought,
however, that tho enactment of a pe
cifio Ktiitulo against lynching would
havo a salutary effect. Governor Cul
berson tool; this view, nud in a special
message to tho legislature urged tho
passage of just such a law as has been
enacted. Tho press of tho Stato has
very generally commended the action
of the legislature, but it remains to bo
seen if the now law will have any
effect. In nearly every instance vjhero
& lynchiug occurs the community has
been shocked by soino hideous crimo
and is in sympathy with the mob.
Under such circumstances it is impos
sible to convict anybody connected
with the lynching. The Texas law is
an official condemnation of mob vio
lence, but it will not change tho nature
of men or make them less easily driven
to frenzy by tho perpetration of those
crimes which are bo frequently visited
with vengeanco at the hands of g
mob."
When you have n country woman to
dinner, not Ice how liy slie Is of the but
ler you serva.
THE CREEN LANES OF THE PAST.
I nn not to gaze at the yean eomlng on.
Thick-mantled In mist and with doubts
oimut,
Dut would rather stray back to the days that
are rods.
Along the (-men laaes ot the past
Atosw the cool meadows nf memory, whero
The birds ever i lag, and the wild water
fall.
And the laughter ot children U borne on
the air.
And loveshlneth over It all.
The painter may picture the future In dyes
That rival the rose and the rainbow, and
Still
It may leave him at last but a guerdon ot
sighs.
And a hope that it'falleil to fulfill;
The poet may sing of the splendors su
preme, Of the opulent ages, far-coming and
vast
I question him not, yet I ask but to dream
Uu the old quiet Uillh ot the past.
The past is my own there Is nothing nn
certnlu
In all Its wide rnnge, and my titlo is
clear
While, the future, at best, is a face, on the
eurtnin,
That fades as my feet drnweth nenr;
Then Rive me the. blossoms, the birds and
the bowers.
And every loved scene where my soul
ellngcth fast,
Liko nu evergreen ivy that mantles tho
towers
And feeds on the dews of tho past.
James XewtuuMatthews, In Ladies' Home
Journal. ,
)333303900300900OOOOC0OOS9
NORA'S JLUNDER.
BT HELEN rQIMEST GRATES.
nooaooooooooooooooooooooo
F Miss Matty Rice
had yawned once
since breakfast she
had yawned a score
of times; and even
pretty Evcleen was
growing, drowsy
over her embroid
ery by the window
For it was a hope
lessly rainy day iu
mid-October, with
the sky veiled iu
dark gray mist, the
tinted leaves float
ing down into mattod luvers of dim
color around the columns of the piazza.
and tho tall dahlias nearly prostrated
by the steady downpour. o walks,
no gathering of ferns, mosses, berries,
in xuo hum, delicious woods; no
dreamy rambles' to tho mountain tops
and, worst and saddest of all, noth
ing to rend.
"And I won't be deluded into work
ing worsteds, said Matty, "nor vet
into crewels and Kensington stitch
Evcleen, what is that delightful book
that papa was reading aloud out of last
night?"
"Do you mean tho 'Recreations of a
Country Parson'?" said Evcleen, com
paring two shades of rose-colored
wool.
"If that's the name of it yes."
"He took it to tho city with him,"
said Evelecn. "I saw it sticking out
of his coal pocket when he was run
ning for the tram."
"How provoking!" siched Mnttv.
clasping her dimpled bauds above her
heod; "when it's the book of all books
that I should liko to rend on a day like
mis.
"Mr. Winton has a copy of it," said
Eveleen, threading a worsted-needle
with the very darkest shado of cornet,
"But what good will that do me?"
said Matty, disconsolately.
"Borrow it," suggested Eveleen.
Everybody borrows everything in n
place like this; and I m sure Mr. win
ton would be glad to oblige you."
But how?" urged Matty. "The
hotel is at least half a mile away."
"Semi Nora."
"Xora, indeed! I don't suppose
Nora ever did an errand iu her life,"
Baid Matty.
"Then it's high time she begun,"
laughingly suggested Eveleen. "Write
a note!"
"I'd rather send a verbal message,"
said Matty; "and I wouldn't send nt
all if I wasn't dying to rend the end of
that essuy that papa began last night."
Nora, deep in the energetic occupa
tion of blacking the kitchen stove, was
summoned upstairs.
"Nora," said Matty, impressively,
"I want yon to go to the hotel. You
kuow where the hotel is?"
"Sure an' I do, miss," said Nora,
with wide-open mouth, and eyes of in
tense attention.
. "And ask for Mj-. Winton, and tell
him that Miss Matty Rico' sends her
compliments, and would like to borrow
the 'Recreations of a Country Pur
son."' "Yis'm," said Norn.
"You're snre you understand?"
"Yis'm, an' why wouldn't I?"
promptly retorted Norn, rather nettled
by this implied aspersion on her pow
ers of comprehension.
"And come back ns quick as you
can."
"Sure nn' it's mo that will," said
Xora.
And presently the two sisters caught
a glimpse of her beneath the folds of
a rusty water-proof cloak, with a mam
moth umbrella held over her head,
disappearing behind the huge leaves
of the rhododendron hedge.
"I hope she won't be long," said
Mntty. 6
"Why should she?" said serene ,
Eveleen.
And she went on comnosedlv with:
the pomegranate blossom that s he was
embroidering, while Matty sat down
to the piano, and tried to pick out the
notes of some dreamy refrain, which
had haunted her ever since she heard
it at the opera last winter, with Patti
smiling on the stago, and the full or
chestra thundering out its strnins.
And Nora, plunging down the ravine,
like anything but a wood-nymph,
plashed her way to the hotel, going a
quarter of a mile out of her road on
account of a spotted snake, and stop
ping for a good chat with a fellow
Hibernian who was on his way to the
Dostoffice.
pi
- "There," said Nora, a she tamed
way from Teddy O'Hara, "an sure
I've forgotten the name ta clane as if
I niver had heard it"
"Whose name was it.alanna?" consol
ingly demanded Colonel Ross's coach
man, whose soft nothings had put the
message completely out of Nora's head.
"There was some thin' in it about the
Rectory of a Country Parson,' " said
Nora, twisting herself into the letter
S, with the violent attempt at recol
lection to which she forced herself.
"There ain't no rectory hereabouts,"
said Teddy. "Sure it ain't built yet!
But the parson he's up on the hotel
steps. I seen him there as I came
bey a at. A tall young gentleman, with
a high vest for all the wurreld like
Father Rockwell an' spectacles as
gintale as ye plaze. Is it a message
you've got for him, Nora, niavour
ueen?" "I'm to borrow him!" said Nora,
fixing her dull, glassy glare on Teddy
O'Hara's astonished face.
"To borrow him?" repeated Teddy
"Yis, sure!" Nora answered, dog
gedly. m Teddy uttered a whistle.
"It's the qnarest loan as iver I
heard of," said he. "An" if it's a fair
question, who is it wants him?"
"Miss Matty Rice's compliments,"
repeated Nora, with parrot-like
promptitude, "and she wants to bor
row the parson."
Teddy exploded into a laugh.
"Sure, au' if it was leap year," said
he, "I should thiuk it meant some
thing. I niver heard such a message
in all me born days before. But I
must make hate, or the mail will be
off."
Away trudged Teddy, while Nora
kept on to the hotel, nil unconscious
of the curious transformation that had
befallen her luckless message.
"Is the parson here?" demanded
she, shaking her umbrella, aud stamp
ing tho mud off her feet on the steps
of the mountain hotel, which was still
well-filled with guests who had
lingered to see the splendors of the
October frosts among the woods. .
Tho hotel clerk, who had just come
out to glance at tho barometer, stared
other; the young ladies on the wide
veranda giggled; tho stout old gentle
men, who were walking up and down
tho bonrds to gain their daily two
miles of exercise, stopped short; and
a spectacled, grnve-looking young
man, who was talking with a lady
just beyond, glanced nrouud, as if he
fancied that ho were personally inter
ested. "Do yon want the clergyman?"
said tho hotel clerk, doubtful, yet
polite.
"Is it a stone-mason or a chimney
swape I'd be mauin', d'ye think?" re
torted Norn, beginning to imagine that
she was being made game of.
"I am the clergyman," said the
spectacled gentleman, stepping cour
teously forwurd ntthis juncture. "Is
there anything I enn do for you?"
"Miss Mattio Rice's compliments,"
said Norn, without in tho least abat
ing the shrilliness of her voice, "an'
she wants to borrow you."
"I beg your pardon," said Mr.
Fontaine, "but I'm not quite sure
that I understand you, my good
woman."
"I'm speakiu'the English language,
sure, said Nora, somewhat affronted.
"She wants to borrow you."
"But what for?" said he, ignoring
the titters of tho group which was
now fast gathering on the verauda.
"To amuse herself wid this rainy
day," said Nora. "You're to come
back wid me, p'lase. I was to bring
you. Miss Jlatty luce's compliments,
und "
"Really," said Mr. Fontaine, "this
is very strange."
"The luces live in the little Swiss
cottage by the Haldiuo Falls," sug
gested tho hotel clerk. "Gentleman
goes up and down to the city every
day. Keeps a little pony carriage,
witn "
"You're to come bai?k wid me.
please," interrupted Norn. " 'The
Rectory,' or 'tho County Parson.
Miss Matty Rice's compliments, nud
Mr. Fontaine, hurriedlv survevincr
the sttuatiou in his mind's eye, decid
ed that it was better to obey this
strange behest.
And DUttinir on his water-iirnnf
wrap, and arming himself with a light
silk umbrella, he accoinpnuiod Norn
.Mefihnne. to the great buzziiitr and
whispering of tho group on tho ver-
nuda.
Miss Rico was listlessly watchingj
Jvcleen s embroidery, as the door
bounced open and Nora rushed in, ex-
laiming:
"Here he is! I've brought him I"
"Brought whom?" isuid Matty, in
surprise.
"Tho conn try parson," said Nora.
There wasn't no rectorv. I inquired
for it, but it wasn't built."
"What on earth is the girl talking
about?" raid Matty, iu amazement.
And then Mr. lontamo walked in.
holding his hat in his bund.
"I am the clergyman," said he.
Can I be of nny use?"
Matty colored a deep cherry-pink.
"Oh, dear, I am so sorry 1" she fal
tered; "but there is some dreadful
mistake here. I sent Nora to the
hotel to borrow a book, and she has
brought mo back a man!"
"A book?" said Mr. Fontaine.
"Yes," said Matty, trying harder
and harder to keep back her laughter
as the comio side of tho circumstance
forced itself upon her. " 'Tho Recre
ations of a Coun'ry Parson.' Mr.
Paul Winton has il."
Mr. Fontaine began to laugh. So
did Matty aud Eveleen; and in five
minute's they were.the best friends in
the world. Mr. Fontaine Htayod to
lunch, and they never knew how that
long, rainy morning whiled itself
away, until at last the blue rifts of sky
spread banners above the pine trees
oa old Sky-Top, and every shining
drop was transformed Into ft tiny rain
bow. Mr. Fontaine came often after that
So did Mr. Paul Winton, the owner of
the genuine "Country Parson." And
when the family closes their cottage,
and returned to th city, the two
young men discovered nhat the journey
to Philadelphia was Bt such a very
long one. And there is every prob
ability that the lacking rectory will be
built in the spring, and that the conn
try parson will bring a pretty young
wife there; at least so eays popular
gossip.
"Dear, stupid old Nora!" says Matty
Eic, "it was all her doing. And she
shall have a home with me always."
"But blunders don't always term
inate so successfully," Eveleen gravely
remarks.
Matty shakes her head. She will
not concede this to bo a blunder at all.
Only a coincidence. Saturday Night.
9
Living on Dollar m Week.
Fonr of the students of the local
Young Men's Christinn Association
training school are experimenting in
cheap methods of cooking, says the
Republican, of Springfield, Mass.
About two months ago Dr. McCurdy,
in one of his talks to the physiology
class, spoke of the work done by Ed
ward Atkinson in experimenting with
different kinds of food in order to find
oat which is the. cheapest and at the
same time the most nourishing. One
of the class became interested and
read extensively on the subject. Not
being satisfied with what others said
he bought an Aladdin oven aud with
three other fellows begin to experi
ment on himself. The Aladdin oven
is an invention of Edward Atkinson,
the well-known economist, whose idea
was to cover an oven with asbestos in
order to keep in the heat, aud in this
way to save fuel, space and time. With
this oven the four young men begau
the experiment, which they now de
clure to be the "greatest thing out."
They put whatever they waut for
breakfast into tho oven the night be
fore, regulate the heat according to
directions, and when they get up in
tho morning brenkfnst is ready.
After breakfast the dinner is' put
into the oven, while the same is done
af tor dinner for the supper. This long
and slow method of cooking renders
the cheaper cuts of meat tender and
palatable, so that although they have
lived well and have eaten even more
thou usual their expenses hnve only
been 1 each a week, which not only
includes the food, but the fuel and tho
hire for the oven. . One of the mem
bers of the facility and his wife were
entertained a few days ago with fine
success. The guests politely pro
nounced the dinner to bo the
cooked ono they had ever eaten.
best
Weight of the Earth.
The weight of tho earth has been
fixed by the calculations of astrono
mers, extending over ninny j'ears, as
0,009,000,000,000,000,000,000, or six
thousand and sixty-nine trillion tons.
Our planet weights as much as seventy
eight moons. If the kingdom of Greot
Britain and Ireland be considered to
extend downward to the centre of the
earth 3903 miles its weight would
be 3,733,000,000,000,000,000 tons'.
The earth weights 1G25 tinths nsmuch
as tho United Kingdom. Further, its
weight is fifty-two nud a half times as
much as Europe, eleven and a half
times as much as Asia, seventeen and
n half times ns much ns Africa, and
thirteen and a third times as much as
the Americas. J. Holt Schooling, en
deavoring to make these figures clearer,
imagines the Coliseum nt Rome,
peopled with ghosts of 87,000 persons,
who have been counting siuco A. D.
79, at the rate of 100 tons per minute.
They would not have made a perceptible
impression on the total. If the in
habitants of a hundred million stars,
each with a population of one thousand
five hundred millions, were to begiu
to count, they would finish the task in
seven hours.
A irent Catalogue.
It is said the great catalogue of
books which the British Musium has
in process of compilation will be' com
pleted within a year or two. This
work will contain a list of nearly all
the books' that have 'ever been pub
lished. One hundred nud ten years
ago the museum completed its first
catalogue. It consisted of two volumes
folio in manuscript. In 1819 this cat
alogue had grown to eight volumes. A
new edition was commenced in the
thirties. Only the first letter was
printed. The rest were' written. It
was completed in 1831 and consisted
of 150 folio volumes. In 1873 tho list
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1 1 X - no,
Kronn 10 uuo ami nve years
unci iu owni volumes. iuo new edi
tion commenced in 1881 will be printed
nnd is to consist of (100 volumes, con
taining a list of 3,000,000 titles.
A Curious Invention,
The Government of the United
States hasau interesting machiue used
for counting and tying postal cards in
to small buudlcs. There are two of
the automata, capable of counting C00
000 cards in ten hours and wrapping
and tying the same in packages of
twenty-five each. In this operation
the paper is pulled off the drum of two
long "fingers" which come from below
and nnother finger dips in a vop of
mucilage and applies itself to the
wrapping paper in exactly the right
place. Other parts of the machine
twine the paper around the pack of
curds aud then a "thumb" presses the
spot where the mucilage is nud the
pnekage is thei thrown upon the carry
bolt reay for delivery.
The Stiah of Persia.
The Shah is brusque of speech. He
is also a magnificent shot, and can hit
a copper coin tossed in the air. He
goes off on rough hunting trips and
bags big game. He is the best gun
shot in Persia. Pi 9 is neithor a fool
nor an imbecile, and is a man of swift
action.
, AS YE METE.
"Hit 1m a welt, Jim. There that's Tight
Git there, lazy-bonesl Here we go!
Thought ye could anaie it up if ye tried.
If the hill is a leetle bare o' snow.
What d'ye s'poee I keep ye fur?
Pretty pair! a solderia' me.
Put on the whip, Jim. good an' thiek. 1
What do ye lag fur? Uit there! Oee!"
Bright little Jim on the toppling load.
Catches his lessons, quickly, too;
Swings his lash with a childish vim.
Brings It down with a loud halloo,
"(lit up, 'ary bones! Git dare, now!"
Lashing and slashing with all his might
'Learning to drive," and his father standi
Laughing aloud at the funny sight. "
Tears roll away, as the years all do.
Father is "grandpa," old ami gray,
Tottering round the house at Jim's,
Made to feel he is Iu the way.
Working hard with his feeble hands.
Toiling at burdens beyond hie strength.
'Work if you eat. No laggards here."
Is what he bean from Jim at length.
"As ye measure, so unto you
Khali be measured the same again;
Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth,"
Readeth the law In accents plain.
Mills of the gods, that grind each day.
May grind slowly; they grind full sure.
Ye who oppress a suffering life.
Must the oppressor's fate endure.
Mary Morrison, in Our Animal Friends.
PITH AND POINT.
Bingers "And were yon married
on time?" Gingers "Oh, no; I had
to pay the parson cash." Yonkers
Statesman.
"I hear she is so reduced in circum
stances that she has gone out to work."
"What a cruel falsehood! She has
gone out as a domestic." Detroit
Journal.
Dr. Pray "If they smite thee on
one cheek, turn the other." Aller
mode "That's out of date. You
mean if they pull ono leg extend the
other. "Truth.
Bass "Was that baby talk your
wife was talking ns I came in?" Fogg
"Thnt was mother talk. No baby I
ever saw indulged in such gibberish."
Boston Transcript.
Old Gent "If I am not mistaken,
sir, I saw you kiss my daughter in the
parlor last night." Freddy Flyppe
"That's all right, sir; I'll forgive you
this time." Standard.
"Your hair is always so handsomely
dressed, franleiu. You must devote a
grent deal of attention to it." "Yes, I
must confess my head is my chief
weakness." Tit-Bits.
Brother Tom "Cheer up, Bobbie;
Fse got good news fer yer. Do doc
tor told mom it wos noomonia wot yer
sick wid nu' dut she dasn't give yer a
bath fer a month. " Judge.
Miss Yollowlenf "Yes, I have had
my picture taken once a year every
year of my life." Miss Youugbud
"How did you manage before photog
raphy was invented?" -Puck.
Ethel "I saw Count Hardupski
last evening." Cousin Tom "Does
he talk as brokenly ns ever?" Ethel
"My! yes. I heard him ask pa to loan
him $10 before he left." Judge.
Teacher (angrily) "Why didn't
you answer my question, Bobby?"
His Brother Tommy (answering-for
him) "Please, sir, he's got a pepor-
mint ia his speech." London Tit
Bits. -.
Bill "And what did tho old man
say when you asked for his daughter?"
Jill "Ordered mo to leave the house."
"And what did you say?" "I asked
him if he took me for a house-mover."
Yonkers Statesman.
Teacher (conducting review in
geography) "How is the surface of
the earth divided?" Smart Boy
"Into one-fourth land and three
fourths water Yeptin' tho Chicago
River, which is about half au' half."
Chicago Tribune.
"That brute," said the indignant
buyer, "balked for three hours the
first time I took him out." "Well,"
said the seller, as ho chewed a straw,
"I told you he was a horse of wonder
ful staying ability, didu't I?" In
dianapolis Journal.
"George Pugsley called on me last
evening." "That little follow who
stutters? Why, he's stupid." "Not
a bit of it. He entertained us for
more than an hour." "How?" Try
ing to name the Sandwich Islands,"
Cleveland Flaiu Dealer.
Victoria Christened From a Golden Font.
James Cassidy writes of tho "Girl
hood Days of England's Queen" for
St. Nicholas. Mr. Cassidy says of
Queen Victoria:
"When the child was a few months
old she was christened; nnd the claus
ing was a very grand affair. No com
mon marble or stone font was used ; a
gold font was thought necessary. And
kBij u- uuiu ioiiu nun tuuuuiit xiom iuu
. . . .
. r....t .
Tower of London, where it had beeu
kept for safety.
One of the sponsors was Czar Alex
ander of Russia; and hence it was that
the name choseu for the baby was
Alexandriua Victoria, the second name
being that of her mother.
A line, healthy, lively child, with
bluo eyes and fair hair, was the
Princess, and it seems she suffered
little from the trials of infancy.
The Jubilee of llainetes.
A jubilee for a long reign is not new
in the world's history. When in the
year B. C. 1333 Ramcses II. had
reigned for sixty-seven years a mag
nificent general rejoicing took place,
with great pomp on the' banks of the
Nile. On the rocks at Silsilis there is
a full account of these festivities which
were on a very grand scale, anil it is
recorded that certain high state offi
cials traversed the country from north
to south in order to make the necessary
preparations.
Deep Dorlng.
The deepest hole yet bored in the
earth runs G571 feet below the surface
of the soil. This is nt Rybrick, in
upper Silesia. An interesting feature
was the record of temperature taken.
At the surface it was 53.6 degrees. At
6571 f eet it reached 157 degrees Fahr.
oa am
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TOPlb FOR SUNDAY, AUG i
"Putting K&ifioalnto Our Daily Tg,w
Kinp Tit 13, 14; Acts xm. 1
, stark Tl. 1-3.
DAILY READINGS
' OUR DAILY TASK
July Willing work. Neh iV i
July 27. Work with God. Ha,' Vi ,
July 23. "ily Father's business t
11. 41-52. ' L
July 29. Quiet work. 2 Thess III
July 30. Hard work. Prov. vl' t ii '
July 31. Work rewarded. 2 Tim lv i
Aug. 1. Putting reliclon lnti our rt
tasks. 1 Klnirs vil P ,
t cu 1-4; Mark
Scripture Verses. Exod. xi!l "i .
XVl. 12, Deut. xxxili. 12 23- l '
1-S; Luke xi. 3; 2 Cor. vl.'i6 '?
Phil. iv. 13. 19; Hob. xiil. K '
LKSSON THOUGHTS
All through the Hible re?onis da
toil Is reKardert with honor, and v
Jt-sus himself was known as -the ...
penter's son." We can tht-rfore v!i
perfect rlKht to ask God's b'.essln-. ni,
our honest labors, and while w
fervent In spirit, serving the Lord ,
may at the Bame time be dillc,.,,',
business. h '
Putting religion into oir thiiy tn
means to do all things &. under "tli.' 0
of the Lord. It will add n.Tiry i ,
efforts, cheerfulness to our lal..,-- h,!
etdy to our principles, and ut chan
in all our dealings.
PKLKCTIOXS.
The bflsy fingers Ily, the ey.-a may
Only the glancing needle u hkh ih,
hold ;
But all my life Is blossnnilne inward!
And every breath Is like a iituny
While through each lu!( ,r, ijii',,
thread of gold.
Is woven the sweet consclDiif-iess
thee.
In one of Murillo's pictures t!
Louvre he shows us the ir.t -iinr ,f
convent kitchen; but iloluir the
there are not mortals In ni l dnw
but beautiful white-wine.' 1 nrR-i
One serenely puts the kettle n the II
to boll, and one Is lifting up a
water with heavenly grace, and nii
at the kitchen dresser reachlnff f.,r tl
plates. . . . What the old mnnki
legend that Is represented Is, I d '
know. Hut ns the painter puts It
you on his canvas, all are e i busy, ai
working with such a will, mid so r
fining the work ns they d It, th;
somehow you forget that pans are
and pots are pots, and only think or tt
angels, and how very natural nr
beautiful kitchen work Is, just wfj
the angels would. do, of c.ui-.-v, it':
the angel aim and standard In an at
that consecrates It.
Clirlxt Mnt Miike Von.
If you nro to be anything in the . r;i
Christ must nmko you. Von eausu.-w,
only by His permission anil help. Iinv,. v ,i
let Him into your lid) to work and .. 1,1,
up ami to transform' You are nelirM. rl
witli Him; but that will not ilo. ilemntl
allowed to become soruclhiiit; merctlni
jour neighbor. Ho mut l
mlttcd into your heart. He must U
nlloweil to abide lit the vorv lecsi
of your being and In tho vtv Hirium ol
your lite. Mere neigliborline-s weiil.1 n-v-i
have mude Paul or John. It tool; yprmr,
cuthuxlnstio faith and love and surr.'nder u
make them. That you may mi h tin -!
life, that you may realize your li-t pes-lt
self, that you may be what I'hrist imin.aii
you, I call upon you to make an ubsolui.
surrender of your soul ami body ami ir:i
to Christ. Open your whole life t i Hi, it
mining. lavid Uregg, JJ. i m Oar iS-.l
Maa.L '
Gad Tlinuirlit It ( 'limn.
A man lived fifty years joy dusM wiiJ
i ear-. ;
Loved, tolled. Imd wife and child, ami k-l
them ilted
Aud left of all his long life's work one liu.i
hoiii-
Thnt: liiHtei! nfini'lif lioabln
Like the monk lelix bird tli:i! t.-ui; w J
near a ;
Doubt prayed. Faith soared, Death smil-1
llaelf . tl..,.,, .
That song saved souls. You -ay tin- nil
pain Huuiy r nay
God paid aud thought it cliean.
-Y1J.1 U'ifi
Folly tu llrooil.
When trouble comes It is lollv to sit 'I1!
and brood over It. No situation witf-Yr i:
proved in that way. Great eir.erirni,i"S '"A
for great strength of spirit and fer CM
activity. 'Iho harder the iirc-sun'. i:
more is tho reason whv you l:.uM
the man. If you once give up, n:;d wnt
Idle repining the energy that iught to .
spent in courageous effort, then you M j
as well die. lour case, let it he a mra-.
as It mnv. Is no worse than that of th
sands of others who have, ncveri!!''!''?."'
a stout heart and won the dnv. "I tq
ply putting you to tho te.t in order to iij
termini) the quality 01 your niaanoe'i. m
has no evil designs against you All I'l
Ho sends or sutfers to come will turn'
for vour irood if von onlv aeeej-t it in i;l
right spirit. Nashville Christian A'lvwl
'A-lI.dufnl Sicn.
Sign the pledge: it makes a strong
Rotion. When a man gives up the dns
he must do all that can b lo 1
strengthen his obligation, if he m
makes a resolution, he feols nt libnJ
withdraw from It If he chooses. JM "j
double-knots his resolution withasoK
promise to whieh he has put his
then he feels bound by the most '
obligations. He cannot think of hr.'
hl word. Ho dure not violate his I'lifl
troth. And lu the moment of tempi I
his self-respoet, his lovo for truth, iiisu-j
to be a man of his word, his written
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