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THE MIDDLEBDRGH POST.
GEO. W, WAGEXSELI.ER,
Editor and Proprietor
UlDDLKBCRUH, Ta., SETT. 0, 1897.
Turkey owes eeveuteeu per cent,
cf ber nutiouul debt to German capi
talists, It has taken au English authority
to discover that our Indians make the
best policemen of modern civilization.
Statistics disclose the fact that the
United States consume annually about
640,000,000 pounds of wool, or about
niue pounds per cnpitn of population.
In Borne of the cities of Europe the
cost of putting out a tire is made a
charge upon the property of the per
son for whose benefit the fire depart
ment is called out.
The Paris Figaro thinks that, be
cause ouly twenty-seven per cent,
of the persons who commit suicide
ore women, the contention that self
murder marches with civilization cau
not be maintained.
Prosperity in agriculture is . the
lmsis for prosperity in all other lines
of business. When the farmer is
well rewarded for his labors the mer
chant and the manufacturer, the em
ployer and the employe all pros
per, observes Farm News.
Although ho is in his eightieth year,
the llev. Dr. B. O. Northop of Clin
ton, Conn., is continuing his good
work, to which ho has devoted much
effort in a period of yeais.of encourag
ing the formation of village improve
ment societies. Many of tho smaller
town of Connecticut give evidence, in
improved material conditions and
, beautiful surroundings, of the in
fluence which Mr. Xorthop hus ex
erted. Tho praet ice of applying cocaine to
the eyes of firemen in order to reduce
the sensibility of tho eyeball to tho
effects of smoke has been greatly con
demned by tho Now York board of
health. Dr. Fletcher Engalls, in
commenting on this custom, says that
not only is it lltcly (o produce vic
tims to the cocuinu habit,, lnit iltit, .
when used often, cocaine, kills the
flue sensibilities upon which the eyes
depend. But in any case, tho appli
cation of cocaine to tho eyes under
such circumstances is quite wrong.
If it does deaden the sensibility for
the timo being, it will not prevent
injury to them by the smoke.
Says the Washington Star: "A pe
culiar situation him grown out of tho
efforts of certain railroad companies
operating in the far west to secure the
services of sober men on their lines.
It is plainly to tho best interests of
the public as well ns the corporations
that inebriety among tho employes
should bo reduced to the lowest pos
sible point, for intoxication leads di
rortly to carelessness and thence to
accidents, costing many lives and
largo fortunes in damages. To avoid
these results tho Santa Fe road and
some others have recently issued nn
order prohibiting all employes of
whatever grade or class of duties from
entering saloons, on pain of dismissal.
'There is, of course, a broad rule
against intoxication in force. It was
at first thought that this would suf
fice, but frequent eases of drunken
ness proved that the only way to
ensure a sobur force was to draw a
dead lino around all places where in
toxicants were dispensed. This order
has aroused tho resentment of the as
sociated salooii keepers of the coast
cities and their leader is now on his
way to Boston to protest to the finan
cial backers of tho Santa Fe road and
to threaten n boycott if the order is
maintained. As a plain business
proposition it is likely that tho roads,
if boycotted, would more than make
up the loss of traffic resulting from
this action in tho form of damages
saved, and also in the additional
traffic attracted to roads known to em
ploy only sober men. Thus tho road
puts a premim upon safety that has
never before been possible on a broad
scale. Some years ago one of the
lines running out of Chicago tried tho
experiment of prohibiting the visiting
of saloons. The liquor men nnd the
brewers protested nnd finally boy
cotted tho road. But the order was
enforced, the average of accidents was
steadily reduced and tho road pros
pered as never before. The saloon
order and the boycott still exist side
by sido and the former seems to be
having the best of the bargain.".
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Bass Was that baby talk your w!f
J,wnH taljrlne I came Iu7 Fogg That
THE WELCOME HOME.
YThen twilight belli are ringing tweet
And evening echoes greet me,
JIv happy heart seems ulnging sweet
Of some one who will meet me.
Of blue eyes 'nnath a golden crown
Dear eyesl that watch and watt
And little footsteps pattering down
The pathway to the gate.
Though sad the toll. In barren soil.
Though Fortune has not found mo,
I know that night will bring me light
And twine two arms around mel
And let the day be gold or gray
What thought to sweet as this:
'It drifts and dreams my darling's way,
Who keeps for me a kiss."
O love of Ufa. and strength in strifol
O Joy, to sorrow giveul
0 dear child eyes that make life's skies,
And earth as sweet as heaven!
1 still can bear with grief and care
And fuce the storms to be,
If Love, the comforter, will share
The crust the crumbs, with mel
Atlanta Constitution.
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THE MISERABLE AUNT
O BT OI1RVILL1 U. BTIWAItT,
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi
IIE Robbing family
was a fair lllustra
tiou of a poor fum
ilv iu rf citv who
i yS&jBtV tried to softr above
shine in tho wealth
ier society. Of
course, like most
people of a similar
ambition, they had
many inferiors and but few superiors,
and their country relatives were classed
as among the first. Mr. Bobbins bad
loner been dead, leaving a widow and
two daughters, who were tho family.
Au aged sister of Mr. Bobbins, rather
eccentric in her ways, liau lor some
time been planning for a visit to her
brother's family, which, it is needless
to state, was not destined to meet with
great favor with the Bobbinscs, es
pecially with the girls. The orrange
meuts completed for her visit, she
wrote that they might expect her the
next day.
"Well, as she is really coming, we
must make tho best of it," sighed Mrs.
Bobbins, when she had read the letter
aloud to her daughters.
"Is she really so miserable?" asked
Man do.
"Well, she's nervous and fussy, and
likes to direct things wherever
she is!"
"And you let her 'boss' you like the
meek little mother you are," said
Lydia, the youngest daughter.
"Of course, I don't like to dispute
or quarrel with her,"
"Well,0 said Maude, "I shall re
member that she's papa's sister, and
said to bo very rich, but she must not
undertake to manage me."
, !Nor me,," said Lydia.
, "But you must both show her proper
respect," said Mrs. Bobbins. "I will
see to her room, and you girls must
take a carriage and meet her at the
depot,"
So next day, when Aunt Rebecca
Whitcomb arrived at tho station, she
found two beautiful nieces with the
carriage waiting for her.
"Humph! better than I expected of
Kate Bobbins," muttered tho old lady
as she seated herself in the carriage.
She was a little, slim woman, with
bright, snapping eyes of black; and
that was all the girls could seo for her
bonnet and duster. But at dinner she
appeared in some lace and elegant
jewelry, which delighted tho girls very
much.
"Well, f Kate," said she, "you've
raised a couple of pretty good-looking
girls. Are they worth anything ure
they worth the bread and butter that
they eat?"
"Of course we are," laughed Lydia,
while Maude cast a grave look at her
aunt.
"They are a great deal of comfort to
me," said their mother.
"And a terrible expense to dress and
such as that, I dure say," dryly re
marked Aunt Rebecca.
"Well, of course, it costs some
thing." "(lot to having beaux?"
Lydia laughed again, Maude looked
vexed, and Mrs. Bobbins said:
"No; neither are they in love or en
caged, if that is M'hat yon mean."
"I'm glad to hear it," remarked the
old lady.
"I'm going to bo nn old maid," said
Lydia.
"Yes, to bo sure! I've heard girls
talk before. I was young myself.once,
anil a perfect beauty too."
Tho girls looked as if they doubted
that, hut did not say anything.
After dinner Aunt Rebecca took
nap. Iu fact, as her health was not
very good, she spent a great deal of her
time iu taking naps, during her visit of
a few weeks. But she did not, at aiiy
time, interfere with the pleasures of
the girls, and Mrs. Bobbins waited
upon her, so the girls did not find her
stay as unpleasant as they had expected,
A day or two before she was ready to
go home, she invited both Lydia and
Maude to go with her and Etay a few
weeks.
"I shall be at the expense, of
course," said she, "and as it is in the
conntry.you won't have to fix up any. It
isn't an attractive place, but if you want
to go and cheer it up for a lonely, cross
old woman, why, come on, and I will
do whatever I can for you,"
"I'll go," answered Maude quickly,
pleased with the opportunity of a jour
ney. "I'll go if mamma can spare us,"
said Lydia.
"Then run awoy, pack a few traps,
and dust your traveling-dresses," said
Aunt Rebecca good-humoredly. f
"What a queer old soul," remarked
Lydia as they shook out their dresses.
"I half like her, and half don't."
' 'So do I," said Maude. "But with
all her wealth I don't believe she's
happy. I wouldn't like to lira with
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1 suppose we shall find .things in
grand style."
"o doubt. I wouldn t go but lor
that Sbt, Lyde, Aunt Beck may take
a notion to leavens her mdhey."
They packed their trunk and retired
early to rest for the journey.
It was near dusk, the next day, when
they stepped from the train upon a
dingy platform. A carriage took them
to a building which it was too dark to
see plainly, but light enough to reveal
none other than a common, ordinary,
farmhouse. They followed Aunt Re
becca into a small room carpeted with
rag carpet, and lighted with a small
lamp. Then into a sitting-room with
another rag carpet.blne paper curtains,
'a settee covered with chintz, a half
dozen very plain chairs, and a wide
old fireplace. A plain, comfortable
farmhouse, but not at all what the girls
expected.
"Why, is this the place?" cried
Maude.
"Yes, this is the place. Why not?"
asked Aunt Rebecca with a grim
smile.
"O, nothing," stammered Maude,
blushing, "ouly I thought that that
it"
"It isn't as fine as yon expected to
see," interrupted their aunt. "Well,
girls, when I go to town, I wear my
best clothes and some real old jewelry,
and folks take me to be a great deal
richer than I really am. Now, you
see the 'plain facts in the case. BiH
maybe we can have a pleasant time, if
we are poor."
"O, I'm sure we will," said Lydia
quickly. But Maude spoke up plainly
and said:
''1 always did want to visit a plnin
old country home, just for the novelty
of it,"
"All right," said Aunt Rebecca.
"Betty, you show the youngladies up
stairs. Have the trunk taken up too.
Take off your things and come down
aud we will have supper."
They were shown a largo chamber
with a high-posted bedstead, low,
wooden -seated chairs, a pine wash-
stand, nnd a cheap bowl nnd pitcher.
"What a big, bare place! exclaimed
Maude.
"But it's nice and clean," protested
Lydia,
"Lyde, we've been completely sold."
' No, Maude, she never said she was
rich. Mamma merely took it from
common report."
'I wouldn t have come und I known
this."
"I would, just for the fun of it.
Come, if you are ready let's go down;
I in hungry."
"So nin I."
The supper was plain, and served
upon tho commonest dishes, with steel
knives aud forks, that tlulii t look us
well, but served just ns well ns the
silverware tho girls were used to nt
home. But they had plenty to eat,
and it was well cooked. Being tired,
they retired early that night. They
had not been asleep long, however,
wheii they were awakened by loud
groans from below. Tho girls got up
quickly and went downstairs to find
their aunt ill from a sudden attack of
rheumatism, to which she wus sub
ject.
Noah had gone for the doctor, nnd
tho girls watched the sick woman for
several hours. But the next day she
was able to sit up.
"I in n victim to these spells," said
she. "I'm not afraid when anyono i3
here with me."
"That's what she wanted us for,"
whispered Maude to Lydia.
"I can t go out to-day, said she
"but Noah will take you for a drive
and show you the country. '
hen they enmo homo Aunt Be
becca had a visitor. She presented
him as her nearest neighbor, Mr.
Walker. Lydia nnd Maude beheld a
handsome face with piercing, dark
eves and black hair.
"He owns a splendid place next to
mine," said their aunt, after the young
man had departed.
"I would like to know where that
splendid place is," said Maude when
the girls were nlone.
"It must be that old rick-racked
thing over in that thicket of weeds,"
remarked Lydia laughingly.
"Well, I'll not set my cap for him
if ho is handsome."
"Neither will I," returned Lydia.
But during their stay of two or
three weeks at the old farmhouse, they
found Mr. V alkcr a very pleasant es
cort, nnd began to like him very
much. One evening Aunt Robecca
said to them:
"I've kept you here running about
for a cross old woman, as long as
ought. But I don't like to be quite
alone. If oue of you girls one ouly
will stay here and live with me, 1 11
give you what clothes you need, and
half of what I have when I die. You
know how I live, and know what to
expect. I will give you to the time
you get ready to go home todecide in."
"I wouldn't Jike to stay," said
Maude quickly. "I could not bear a
country life. I should be miserable,
"Very well. You shall go home
whenever you choose. And how
about you, Lydia?"
"Well, Aunt Robecca, I, too, do
not like tho country. But I do not
think you ought to be left nlone when
you are sick so often. If yoi: want
me, why why, I'll stay awhile."
"Thank you, my darling," said the
aunt.
"But," continued Lydia, "I don'
want you to leave me anything. I stay
because I like you, and think I
needed."
"That's a good girl," said Rebecca,
and Maude looked daggers at Lydia,
"Now go and help Maude pack her
things, since she has decided to go."
Wheu they were alone upstairs,
Maude said: . '
"O. Lydia, ' how could you hide
yourself here from the world all sum'
mer?"
"Bntl pnnMn'treinseF"; she
."But such a gloomy hole as this old
shanty."
"les, I know; but yon can send ma
some books and the latest papers, and
will pull through all right
They started early next morning to
take Maude to the depot
"We'll drive around a little, and 1 11
show you one or two beautiful places
before we go. I don't think you've
seen them yet," said the annt, as they
left for the train. Through a little
village about a mile, they came to a
large, beautiful residence. And just
beyond they came to a handsome man
sion, with beautiful lawns, a fountain,
brilliant flower-beds, and nice, smooth
walks.
'What a beautiful place!" said
Maude, as they arrived before the first
house. But when they oame to th
mansion, her eyes opened wider, and
she exclaimed:
"O, how I would like to live therel
did not know there was any place so
beautiful in these parts."
"Who is it, Aunt Rebecca?" asked
Lydia.
'It belongs to a grumblesome oia
widow lady. I am going to call there
awhile, so yon will have the opportnn-
ty of seeing the inside as well as the
outside."
'It will be worth seeing," remarked
Maude; "but, Aunt Bebeoca, she must
be very stylish, and I am only iu my
traveling suit."
"O, she won t mind that."
They drove iu at the wide iron gates,
and up the gravel way, leaving the
carriage in charge of a servant. There,
to the girls' surprise, Aunt Bebeoca,
instead of ringing the bell, walked
boldly iu at the front door, crossed the
hall, and entered the large, magnifi
cent parlor, like one entirely at home.
"welcome home, Lydia darling,
said the "miserable aunt," as sheseat-
d herself in a velvet-cushioned base-
rocker, while a servant came to take
their things.
'Home!" cried Lydia, in surprise.
And Maude turned differeut colors,
aud caught her breath quickly.
'1 es, home. We have spent a few
weeks at the house of the tenant who
works my farm, aud now we have come
to our own. I am wealthy, Lydia, and
tho brave girl who would not forsake
the poor, old woman shall be the pet of
the rich one. But Maude must go,
for she does not like a country life."
And Maude went, leaving Lydia to
the luxury which she herself had
longed for. Lydia did not need any
magazines, etc., for there was plenty
of the latest reading matter already at
her new home.
She now prefers country life to the
ity, and will become Mrs. Walker
soon, and win live in tne Dcauumi
residence nearest Aunt Bebecca's.
Aud Maude may not be entirely cut
oht, as Aunt Bebeoca means to givo
her one more cha-nee, which she will
not bo likely to refuse.
Both the girls now think tlHtt Aunt
Rebecca is not indeed so miserable as
they at first thought her to be. The
Iroquois Magazine.
Eln-trlrlly nn Aid to Dentlntry.
In dentistry, eataphoresis is sup
planting many of the primitive methods,
from the reproach of which even that
progressive profession has for many
years post vainly endeavored to cscnpe,
and has made actually paiuless opera
tions at last possible. For by this
method cocaine cau be applied not only
to tho soft tissues of the body, but to
the hard substance of the tooth. The
teeth, nlthough coated by a superficial
skin the enamel internally are com
posed of a tubulous structure called
dentine, quite capable of conveying
current, since withiu the little cubules
is inclosed a gelatinous filameut rich
iu salts and fluid, which makes it a
good conductor of electiicity.
If a cavity in the tooth which is
constituted a cavity for the reason that
the enamel has been destroyed aud a
portion of the dentine has been en
croached upon is filled with a pledget
of cotton saturated with a solution of
cocaine, and to this pledget is applied
a piece of platinum wire connected to
the positive pjle of the ordinary gal
vanic battery, and a very small current
is allowed to flow, in a period varying
from six to thirty minutes, according
to the ability and knowledge of the
operator the shortest period recorded
is a minute and a half the. cocaine
will be conveyed by the electrie cur
rent down tho tubules to the nerve
itself, and the dentist can proceed with
the dreaded preparation of the tooth
without pain to the patient. The tooth
can be excavated, tilled or even ex
tracted without the infliction of the
slightest suffering. -
If one takes into account the steady
and accumulated agony of dental opera
tions throughout the world, and con
siders the wear and tear of protracted
pain which they entail, he may easily
comprehend what an enormous boon
to suffering humanity such a process
as this will be when generally applied
in dentistry. The Cnautanquan.
A Drifting Buoy.
Tho chart of the North Atlantic
Oceau just issued by tho hydrographio
office records a most remarkable drift
of a whistling buoy. This buoy broke
from its moorings off Martha's Vine
yard just one year ago, and started
southward, since which time it has
been twice reported. Its total drift
was a little over 4000 miles. It was
first reported February 2 last, S00 miles
due east of Bermuda, where it struck
a southwesterly current that sot it to
ward the Haytien coast, and on July
7, when last reported, it was rapidly
makiug its way toward this island, and
unless it strikes the gulf stream and
is swung around and sent north again
will probably next be heard from at
some of the eastern islands of the
Windward group. Washington Star.
Russia has abolished the compulsory
domestio pass regulations, which were
introduced in the last century, as an
THE MEADOW BARS.
We stood beside the meadow bars.
The sun was sinking low
Behind bank of rosv clouds. .
Fringed in with amber glow. -The
evening crest shown o'er the hill.
In disk of silver light.
The mock-bird echo'd from the tree
To greet the coming night
The running brook that, in its glee.
Had babbled all day long,
Was silent now as If to hear
The coming twilight's song.
The meadow stretched, so fair and green
Far as the eye could see.
To distant hills with purple shade,
Where slept the flower and bee.
The twinkling of the sheep's sweet bell,
Far down the willow corpse.
And swaying with the evening wind,
Was moved the clover tops.
The evening's hand swept o'er the tky
And softly lit the stars.
And hung them In the open space
Right o'er the meadow bars.
My love's bead on my shoulder foil,
Her voice was sweet and low;
Her lips met mine in sweet caress,
All In the twilight glow.
f. V. Wheeler, in Iroquois Magazine,
PITH AND POINT.
She "Yes, Mr. Detrophas dropped
out of my life for ever." He
"Elevator or coalhole?" Chicago Rec
ord. Bobby "Popper, how did 'Sleep
like a top start?" Mr. Ferry "It is
a mispronunciation. The original
was 'Sleep like a cop,' "Cincinnati
Enquirer.
She "The Sanfords contemplate
taking a trip to Europe. I wish we
could afford to do it." He "Why,
there's nothing cheaper than contem
plation." Puck.
"Does your husband act as he did
before you were married, Mrs. Light
ly?" "Much the same. Wheu he goes
out at night ho remains very late."
New York Weekly.
"Is tho Bey. Dr. Oumms as elo
quent as he used to be? When I knew
him he always electrified his audience."
"He doesn't now. Perhaps the insula
tion has worn off." Truth.
Teacher (in kindergarten) "You've
omitted something, Mabel, in making
your letter Ts. What is it?" Mabel
"I f.iess I forgot to put eyebrows
over them." Household Words.
Agent "Here is a cyclometer not
at all like some cyclometers which
register two miles, perhaps, when you
have -only ridden one." Lady "Have
you any of that kind left." Standard.
"Did that young ballet dancer
promise to be a sister to Jack?" "No;
she said she'd be a mother-in-law to
him if her younger daughter would
have him." Philadelphia North
Americau.
"Opportunities," said Uncle Eben,
"is pretty sho' ter come ter ebry man.
But it's a mighty good idoe, jes' do
same, fob him ter hustle rouu' an'
send out a few invitations." Wash
ington Star.
It was evident to the practiced per
captions of the young woman 'that he
was iu a melting mood. As if to verify
her acumen, as soon as her father ap
peared the young man ran. Indian
apolis Journal.
When a woman goes off to spend the
season at a resort, leaving her husband
at home to work through the heat and
dust, she starts a story about how gay
men are when their wives are away.
Atchison Globe.
Advertising Clerk "Your advertise
meut begins: 'Wanted, a silent part
ner.'" Patron "Yes, that's it."
Clerk "Do you wish it placed under
'Business Opportunities or 'Matri
niouial?' "Truth.
Visitor (in insane asylum) "What
is the nature of that poor fellow s hal
lucinatiou?" Keeper "He thinks
that he invented the various terms
used by golf players," "Of course, it
isn't so?" "Oh.no! He is merely a
lunatic, not an idiot! Puck.
"Do you eat missionaries now?" the
tourist asked of the cannibal. "Oh,
yes!" responded the latter. "You
kill them first, don't you?" persisted
the tourist. "We do now," sighed
the urbane cannibal, meanly. "We
found quick lunches produced dyspep
sia." Boston Trau script.
The Natural Bridge of To-Day.
The Natural Bridge iu Virginia is
215 feot in height, 100 feet iu width,
with a span of ninety feet. Under the
arch might be placed the Washington
monument at Baltimore. Cedar Creek,
the stream over which it stretches its
arch, is clear as crystal. No photo
graph or painting cau impress the
mind with its immensity or grandeur,
or geometrical proportions, or the rich
coloring, or the pioturesque surround
ings. One must feast his eyes upon
this mighty arch to realize its vastness.
Under the.arch are the outlines of an
American eagle, formed by moss aud
lichens. Upon one side is where
George Washington, when a surveyor
for Lord Fairfax, 150 years ago, carvod
his name in the rock. The ravages of
time and exposure to the elements have
nearly obliterated the name, but Borne
of the letters are quite distinct. In
the years gone by Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster and many prominent states
men, before railroads were built, spent
days of inconvenient travel to look up
on this one of the wonders of the
world. Now the iron horse speeds
over its steel roadway, and in a few
hours one can reach this destination
without fatigue. Baltimore Sun.
Germany Improving Blven.
Germany has during the last two de
cades spent close upon $100,000,000
in dredging and improving the Rhine,
the Elbe and the Vistula. This fact
has lately been brought home to the
French Legislature, which is expected
to take early action with regard to the
restoration of the banks oi the Loire
and its conversion oboe more into a
navigable stream and into an artery of
commerce. ;
Charges For Park Beat.
... Paris manages to make $30,000 a year
from permits to let chairs in the squares
and gardens (or the accommodation of
atfPEKB Elk
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S untATtST PROPHETS,
T Boar The Ever la Its Blghk-Canaaa
Blttaaina Jin ureas Hvuindcra-B
for tho Kliht Thlngo-Frayor rar g1
blllty World an Ina-Vull of Lite.
How every tempting form ot sin,
Kbaiued la tby presence, disappears,
And all the slowing, raptured soul
The likeness II contemplates wears!
O, ever conscious to my heart.
Witness to iu supreme desire,
Behold, It presseth on to tbre,
i'or It bath caught the heavenly Ural
This one petition would It urge
. To bear thee ever in its light)
In life, in death, In worlds unknown,
lis only portion and deliguti
luddrldg.
Common Bleaalnga Ilemlnil l' of flail.
We need to keep an opener eye aud oar
to earnestly set ourselves to do so to catch
the lights of higher meaning aud tur the
tones of liner and diviner harmouls Iu lit
aud nature. It ii not hard to do. It dwm
not moan nny straining of tho uilnd, tuuuKU
It does moan earnest, quiet thought. l.i(
is so full ot things la which the Uudor
mercifulness of Clod comes nvitr urn lu
which our little stroke of elTurt bring
lilusslug out ot all proportion, twlllug uf
larger Will than ours at work lu lliluict.
What U your part lu this wonderful Miot,
Mil to you oaused this to be Wbst bam
you dona towards this dally bread th
commonest mercies of our liotmabuld III'
The most that you have douo bus U.u
Some llnal touch to gracious sxarot for
that have boon worklug with a scop which,
whon you thiuk of It, nuoms lullulto, 'lblo
eye with all the woudurtul uisulilntry of
sight this ear, with its inarvoluux nu
oeptibility to souud this mind ami life t
which eye und ear are but aveuuu of that
thought which is the orownlng iiiyxuiry uf
all will you use these from dsy to .lay with
out any tonder, grateful thought of Hut
doop, gracious life and munuiug iu thu
World which causes thuin to beir Our wl
doni Is to try that more and more of lilu't
oommou blessings may thus touch us nx r-
mlndiugs of God. A thankful heart, which
onoe begins ta think this way, will funl that
Divine morclfuiness toucblug life with lu
subtle visUuttuns a score of tlmun a day.
ISrooku lierford, D. I)., la "buriuuus uf
Courage and Cheer."
Seek for the Wright Things.
If we would learn the lesson of Joy w
must train ourselves to look more at tht
blessings of life and less at Its trials. Muuy
perilous make a gloomy world of their uwu
aud stay in It. They build the watU of their
oul house out of the black stones of their
troubles and sorrows. They put dark
colored panes In the windows, shutting out
the light. They have no cheerful Are on I
the hearth and no bright lamps ttbiuini; Id I
the apurtments. lho only pictures on then
walls are tho pictures of their lust Jou.
They never forget their troubles, aud em I
give you long lists or. tucir losses ana tnait,
but they keep no record of their blessings,
nor do they remember God's beucllts. They
live In gloom in their dark house, simply be
cause they will not let lu lio.l s glurious
sunshine. They forget that their Father
ever made a (lower, a btar, a sunheiiin, or i
child's sweet face, or even did a kiuillyot
gentlu thing for them. Much persons never
can vo rejoicing uiiristiniis until uiey re
verse this hnljit, learning to forget thu un
pleasant things, as the waters forget the
keel's ru.le cleaving wheu It Is past, or u
the fields in summer forget the frosts ot
winter when the llowers have come ugmo.
There is enough of divine goodues iu the I
darkest hours of tho Christian life. If we tat I
have eyes to seo It, to keop our heart ever I
full of Joy. The secret lies iu training r-l
selves to'ilnd tho bright things, and to get I
from them the Joy they are meant to give.- I
i. 11. .Miller, D. V.
A Prayer for Stability.
We are wayward and changeful, 0 ChrislJ
our feelings ebb ami now iiko lueuie.i
(Sometimes we mum wo couiu uie wuu vm,i
then we are on the point of denying. 1M
us to dwell apart from thu life of mewl
emotion. Enable, us to live in our Willi
Inspired nnd energized by thy spirit working!
In us to will ana do ot tny good pieasuM
Take us as wo present ourselves to th.j
soiled aud dusty with the sin of the i I
Cleanse us from all unrighteouwie!
Let thy grace porvnde our lii'rt
as tne scent oi aiurv s diuuu.i
lllln.l tlin nhnmlinr. Culm our feverish bnsV.l
hush our complaining murmurs. Hmwitbl
out the lines which have gathered on ob
careworn faces. Wipe away thu traemj
our tears. Uend over us as motners uu
children that are fretful because they 4
t'.rod. Qo over the duv's work. Makc'1
feot Its imperfection. Undo its iiiMak.l,ii"J
twine its tangles. etriKO tne irue :u -j
lu broken notes. Make up to us wbm H
reea, out tall to una, since wo piead lorltl
name s sake. Amen.
The World an Inn.
In ll.n nnnnilntn Imntiq nf nil r bovllOoJ U
to be told the story of an Imiinu "fakir, wtj
entered an eastern paiace nuu
K...I In na nf Ha nntivhninhers. Iireteudl
ha hull n, ut,.ti.n thn liiiiliiinir foracaravi
sary or Inn. The prince, amused by '
. .Ti. ... .. ..I- nr,l.,n.H. Si) ril
OUOliy OI IUO l-iiuuiuaiuuuw, v. --. j
nud asked now no cnuie
a mistake. "Whut Is an i""' rj
fakir asked. "A place whew tJ
rest a little Deiore pruvu. -- . j
i ... thn run v. "WUO o,T1
Lore before you?'' again asked I lk
."JT- .Se.n.i
--AUU UlU IIO ICIUU... ",, Kffeb
nnd went away." "auu who "";... jj
fore him V" "UU aucesior. - j
thev remain here thon'r", ''N'Y; ijJ
tiled and wont uwnyv men.
tne ianir, -i uuo mom" ,. ,. j
your palace Is but an inn, afierna
:aklr was rigor, uur
and the whole world a earavausurv.
The Self Siitlnlled without
of the unattalned. The man who .
who has all, and who is enure.)
cieut, nus never una tne m.a.. - M
Ing Into ideal possession of tho I'W (
me innnun : ue nas never
taiten nolo oi mo oeyonu. -
God for the unmeasured nud iiwj
in mis is our nirauiui ,
promise of growth and our suflKiB H
lor living. cnuronman.
White is the heat of the fire
Where the strong steel blade
Is forged nnd tempered und maw
Uh..r. mtiut thu nhltiMl ho
Whose stroke shapes the marblo,
To the statue that ages auuiit",
ADU BIIUll inuil UU Ul.lk.u, i.
Whan hla Mlinr lltdnir. never ID vm
Pdla
The Uame of trial, the tool of p'n-
Shapes blm, through .nguisu, ) - (
To nobler uses and higher' f
I'riscllln I,
Everybody's Enemy- ,
The fact that some of the
Franolsco during the progresi on
Man Endeavor convention wr J"JJ
honor ot the visitors and dll",
motto "Welcome C. E." would
oate that the saloons do not kn r
are their friends and who their
against the saloon keeper as
mltyUfeit. Eat the saloon ii"
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