(treat llritnin is coming mum nnd
nioro to tlio opinion tliitt lltissin's oc
cupation of CoiiHtontinopIo in iuovi
tnblo. Nebraska in t ho lenst illiterate Slnta
of tlio Union, iliu Stnto in which tho
porcetitngo of persons of school ngo
nlii ciiniiut rend or writo is I lio smnll-i-st.
Tlio llnitfotd (!iiin.) Uournnt in of
llio oiiitiion Hint, iib a rule, tlio Ameri
can farmer is miperior in intelligence,
in cultivation, in fitly nii us moritl
it V to tlio avcrngo iiiliitliitimt of tlio
fit j", whii assumes to laugh nt liiin.
Mexico evidently cooi tlio evils
which may accrue to tlm country
through tlio U'it riiol ion of tlio timber.
A commission of live lifts just linen ap
pointed liy President Dinz to report
on tlio best tnc:iii!i of preserving tlio
timber throughout tlio republic.
Mr. Joseph ('bnuiboi lain of Eng
luud says Hint ho docs not bolievo in
cheap education. Niilimly should,
adds tlio Independent. "It docs n.it
pny to economize on wilsnnd cultures.
Money Hpctit on im1 Mention ft well
pant, provided tlio training given lio
inoriil hi well ns mental."
During 1 Him io United Kingdom
purchased ou this country 17, Will
horses, compiireil with only lO.H.'il in
IH'.Ki. England limiglit nearly I J, (Mill
horses in Canada, or no increase over
year previous. Totnl imports of
horses into tlm Uniteil Kingdom iu
t8Hfi wero 40,1177, nn increase of
Hourly 7001) coinpnrod with tlio pre
vious yenr, Tlio nvcrngo vnlim of
horses shipped into tho United King
ilom liiKt yenr from tho United States
whs nliont SM". All this goes to hIiow
reasons for cneniirngcnictit in tho
horso industry, especially tlint pnrt of
it devoted to ruining nervicenlilo nui
tuuls suitable fur foreign trade.
A novel point in Hint pnrt of inter
nntionnl law t hut dents with tho exter
ritoriality of foreign emliiiNHies lins
just been decided in tho Jierlin slier
ilFa court. 'A pnrrot belonging to tlio
Jnpnucno embassy escaped from it
cngo uud took refugo ou n high treo
iu a garden next door. To get it down
totno of tho embassy servants plnyeil
ou tho bird with n garden hose, uud
drouckod nt tho sumo timo tho owner
of tho gnrden, who hiippeued to lio
sitting tinder tho tree. Ho brought
suit for trespass, nnd received tweuty
mnrks diimngoH, tho injury having
been inflicted on (lerninu soil, though
tho perpetrators had not left J u pan
ose territory.
Tho clever forgery of notes of the
Dunk of England, which recently enmc
to light quite by neciduut, bus created
n sensation from tho fact that tho
bank's own pnper, with tho proper
watermark was reproduced. This
bad never beforo been done. The
forged notes wero absolutely perfect,
excepting that the secret cipher uinrkt
wure lacking. Tho discovery that tho
notes were not genuiuo was uindo by
cashier, who happened to hnvo ronsou
formally to check tho validity of the
notes by roferenco to tho cipher
books. About XI 0,000 or the forged
notes hnvo turned up so far, and it has
boon discovered that they were all put
in ciroulution in one day by being
changed simultaneously at twenty-five
different exchanges iu Paris, The
gang is kuown to be a large one, but
o fur the polioe have beeu unable to
trace its members.
Our English contemporary, Iudus
tries and Iron, presents the following
plunging list of inventions which it
says are oluimed by Americans. We
ourselves have never heard of any of
tbem, but then one must go abroad
to got the news. It says: "One ban
heard less lately of those of Mr. Ed
son's inventions which are to be em
ployed in case of war, more especially
of his 'sniggling chains' and 'olectrio
water,' but still one does occasionally
hear of some tall inventions' "of our
cousins iu the Uuited States. It has
been gravely announoed in inmo ol
the American journals thut n uative
inventor has perfected 'a deep-sea lo
comotive and train, capable of mov
iug on the surfuoa or beneath tho
water, or at the bottom of the sea,'
Another inventor has designed a tor
pedo, carry iug in its bows a powerful
eleotro-magaet, which will be attraoted
by the steel hnll of vessel, and affix
itself there until explosion takes plaoe.
A sabmarina boat is nlso spoken of,
which oan be separated in parts, each
part remaining 'alive' and intuot. A
leading feature of the last 'invention' is
that when destruction is imminent (wo
are surprised to leuru they are not in
vulnerable) the crew escape through
water-tight doors. Having doue this,
the esoapud crew will propubly take
eat in the Pullman curs of the 'dee),
sua locomotive train.' "
Tho Hate fur Kinior.
"Thirty days hnth Kniilnmlipr,"
Ever? person enn romembori
lint to know wlmn Krister's comi
I'uiiislK even scholars, some.
When Mareh tlm twenty-Mr! Id past,
Just wnteh tlm silvery monn,
Ami when yon one It full nnl round,
Know Kaslor'l! ho hero noon.
Alter tlm ir.oon hns ren?lied Its full,
Then Easter will lio hern,
Tlm very Hiimlny nfler
In enrh met every year.
An t It It should linn nn Mun.lnv
Tho nicmii should rwh Its height,
Tho Willi Iny following this event
Will lin tho Knstor l.rlght.
Boston TnniP?rlit.
EASTER LILIES.
EATjIjY I think
she's quite
above lior sta
tion," said Miss
riantngcuot,
lnngilidly. "I
always tell Mrs.
Honmwoll t o
send her into me, whon 1 go tliero to
hnvo a dress fitted. Sho has such a
pretty way, don't you know, and such
lovely eye lashes, aud sho understands
her LiiNincNs to perfection!"
"Sho is a very beautiful girl," said
Mr. Elwood, calmly. "Aud sho has
helped mo wonderfully with thoso
shy children, at tho Sunday afternoon
services. They seem to tnko to her by
instinct."
".Somo pnoplo hnvo a way with chil
dren," said Mrs. riuiitngenot. "Now
I never could cndiiro tho idea of
teaching until you enmo to tnko clinrgo
of our church, Dear Mr. Elwood;
then, of course, everything was dif
ferent." Mr. Elwood smiled a littlo. If Minn
I'luutngeuot had bceu loss lovely and
dimpled, sitting there, with a Lino
ribbouod pus in her lap, aud tho col
orod lights from tho Btnincd glass
window making a sort of nurcolo
nrouud her face, ho might hnvo But
her down for a fool ; as it was, ho men
lauy cnaracierizocl uer as merely a
"thoughtless child."
Yes, Mariou I'luutngenct was cer
tainly very lovely. And tho roduced
family of Plantugonct wero rockoning
largely on this innocent, infnutiuo
beauty to build np their fortunes
again,
Mrs. rinntngenct, a hatohet-faced
widow of fifty, wont around cutting
down tho daily expenses, directing tho
servants to uiuko Irish stows, hashos,
and divers other mixtures, ont of tho
scraps of cold meat, instead of bo
stowing them on beggars, taking big
coals off tho flro with a pair of tongs,
and peering into the ash oan to maka
sure that no solitary cindor had boon
smuggled unsiftci into its depths.
Sho studied the butcher's book, beat
down tuo baker's aocount and econo
mized iu everything, "in ordor," as
she said, "to givo Marion a gocd
cbnroo to marry."
In the article of white satin shoos,
cut flowers and ball dresses, she was
compelled to loose hor purse strings,
groan as she might.
And whon Mr. Elwood, the nephew
and adopted son of a wealthy old
baobolor, camo to assume the charge
of the nearest fashionable church,
Mrs. riantagenet rejoiced greatly.
"It's all plain sailing now," she
thought. "For nobody oan deny that
Marien is a beaut."
"Mamma," Miss Marion had said,
"I must have a new dress for Easter.
I did think my pearl silk wonld do,
but it is too tight, and I'va worn it so
often."
"Nonsense !" said Widow Plantag
enet, "Where in the world do you
suppose it is to come from?"
"From the stores to be sure I" said
Marien, with a sauoy toss of hor head.
"And I've promised Mr. Elwood to
send a crosa of lilies for tho font. I
must be looking around for that."
"My goodness me 1" groaned Mrs.
Plantagenet. "Do you know, child,
what they are asking for white lilies
now at the floriets? Twenty-five cents
each. And they'll go np, of course,
as Easter approaches. They always
do."
"I conldn't manage with less than a
dozen," said Marien, immediately.
'For the centra plooe, yon know. I
might arrange jonquils, and hyaointhf,
and white carnations, and thoso
cheaper spring flowers, around the
base, with plenty of climbing fern and
rose geranium leaves, and violets if
violets aren't too dear."
. "Well, we must contrive some way,"
said Mrs. Plantagenet wearily.
Wonld this everlasting warfare of
ways and means never cease ? Would
the time ever come when everybody
would be paid, aud no army of clam
orous duns would longer besiege the
door?
Mrs. Plantagenet hoped for this
happy state of things, but it was very
moon as she hoped for the millennium
In a vague, indefinite lort of way.
t'Ul'IU'H I'RAJIK
Bald fhiphli "Now, I'll lay nsldo
Mv arrow and my liow;
Tn I'luy a iirnnk this I'.astsr-lide
Upoii tho elvos 1 know."
"Mamma, I fell yon what I" said
Marion, starting from a reverio, "1
won't sny a word to old Henmwoll
about this dross. Her prioos are so
exorbitant I I'll go directly to littlo
Euuioo l'crry."
"And who is Eunico Perry?" said
Mrs. I'lautngeuot, opening hor faded
bluo eyes.
"Don't you know? I'm suro 1
must hnvo moutionod hor a thousand
timos. That littlo sowing girl who fits
mo so beautifully. Hlio is Mrs. Hontn
well's forowoninn or something. I
daro sny I can make a special bargain
with her to get mo up a gown at somo
wluit short of tho regular price. Of
courso tho profit will nil bo hers.
Old Seam well wouldn't like it if nho
knew, but nobody is going to tell her.
I'll go there to-morrow, tho very first
thing, beforo Euuioo goes out ; after
wnrds I'll go to church. Mr. Ellwood
likes us to bo devout."
"It's nn excellent idea, my dear!"
said Mrs. Plantngohet, who cnuglit
eagerly itt everything thut involvod
tho saving of money.
Early as Marien Pluntiigonet roso
from her downy pillow the noxt morn
ing, Euuioo l'crry was earlier still.
Tho morning sorvioos in tlio dimly
lighted church were vory dear to her.
Thoy scomod to shield aud shelter her
from all tho pricks and arrows of tho
day, nud up to this timo sho had not
missed ono.
Klio lightod the fire, put over tho
cofloo-pot for hor old aunt's brenkfuHt,
tidiod.'up tho room, and boforo sho
wont ont, spriuklod a littlo water over
tho magnificent calla lilies thut wero
unrolling thoir suporb scrolls of whito
volvot in tho windows that frontod to
tho east.
There will bo thirteen," said she,
to herself, her chooks flushing with
natural prido. "Thirteonl I didn't
think when I planted the roots in tho
fall bow splendidly thoy would grow
and thrive I Ob, you darlings, I could
kiss yon, if I wasn't afraid of spoiling
tho white purity of your hearts 1''
There is no accounting for the freaks
of tho flower world. Thoso lilies bad
blossomed royally out in tho sunshine
of thoso low.little tbrco-story windows'
whon, perhaps, beneath tho arched
crystal root of o ateain-hoated conser
vatory they would havo put forth
nothing but leaves.
Did thoy know how Eunioo loved
thorn? Did thoy feel the magnotio
current of her liquid hazel eye every
time that she looked at them? Who
could answer? Not Eunice, certainly.
She had been gone some time, when
Miss Plantagonet leisurely asconded
the stairs, turning up her aristooratio
nose at the various sights and sounds,
and smells whioh are inseparable from
a tenament house. Only the old aunt
waa in the room, moving leisurely
about as she put away the remains of
her frugal breakfast,
Marien opened the door, and came
in without the preliminary ceremony
of knocking. Aocording to her plat
form, the poor had no feelings that it
waa neocessary to cosult or regard.
"Is Miss Perry at homo?" said she.
"Good graoious, what beautiful lilies !
Where did you buy tbem, my good
woman?"
Old Mrs. Perry smilod complaoent-
"We didn't buy them," said she.
"Eunioe has grown them herself. My
nieoe, Miss I" with a little courtesy,
"How muouare they?" said Marien,
gveedily.
"They are not for sale," said the old
aunt, with rather a frightoned air.
"Ob, but I must have tbem I" said
Marien,smilingly arrogant. "They are
just preoisely what I want. Suob a
perfeot shape so unusually large I I
daro say she'd sell them all for seven
ty-five oents; for of course they oan be
of no use to you here?" with a soorn,
ful glance around the room. Did you
say she was out?"
'She has gone to ohuroh," said Mrs.
Perry, who instinotively app?oaohed
step or ao nearer the lilies. "If you
want to aoo her, she will bo at Mrs.
AT EASTEK TIDK.
"Who'll ilek with mnto win or IoboV"
In whooilllna: tones ho Inks;
Of nil ho mt nonn could rofune
And Cupid won tholr pkki.
Scarawoll's rooms at niuo o'clock this
morning."
In hor own mind, Marien Planta
gonet abandoned tho idoa of tho dress
nt onco. Hlio could mnko her vio
let suit do or olso tho despised pearl
colored silk, pcrhnps. And, after nil,
there was senroely timo for tho proper
making up of nn Enstor costume ( and
Hhnrko ft Henbiiry wero advertising
somo very cheap roady-mudo suits
from Pnris, Hut tho lilies sho must
hnvc I
"Wo aro very old friends, Miss
1'orry and I,' said Marlon, turning
with n hard, polmhcd sinilo to tho old
womnu, "Aud I'm quito suro that if
sho knew I nn I tnkou a fancy to her
lilies sho would bo glad to givu them
to mo. I nm Miss I'lantageuet, ono of
Mrs, KeamwcH's best customers, you
know, nud a word from mo would dis
miss any of her workmen. Hero is a
dollar. Of rourso tlio ilowcra uron't
worth thut, but I hnvo a horror of any
meanness. And now if you'll got mo
a pieco of pnpor to wrap them iu, I'll
cut tho lilies nt ouco,"
So, nolens volons, Miss l'lnntagonct
carriod off poor Eunico's whito-soulud
darlings in a pieco of tissuo-pnper,
leaving hor crumbled dollar-bill on tho
window-sill.
"A capital morning's work," said
Maricu to her Bell.
On Hatnrduy morning tlio rxquisito
bunch of lilies arrived for tho font,
with a card ou whioh was soribblod
tho prettiest of messages for tho rec
tor. Ho looked nt thorn with admiration.
"1 nover saw lovelier lilies in luy
lifo," ho said. And thon, with a not
uunntnral scquocco of ideas, ho added
to himself, "I wonder why Eunice
Perry has not sont the flowers that
sho promisod?"
Eunico camo into hor prayers that
Eastor Evo, palo and silent, with eye
lids just flushed, as if nho had been se
cretly crying, but she brought no
flowors.
Tho rector perceived in an instant
that something was wrong.
She was stealing quietly away, whon
he came out from tho robiog-rootn
door and intercepted hor.
"Eunice," said ho.gcntly.sepnrnting
himself from the crowd of young girls
who came thither to holp arrange the
chanacl, font and rails with leaf and
blossom for tho morrow's joyful fes
tivity, "don't go. I want to speak to
you."
"About the flowers?" said Eunico,
lifting her soft, shy eyes to his. "Ob,
Mr. Elwood, I am so sorry 1 But
thoy were taken away."
"Taken away?" he repeated, with
surprise.
"Yes," said Eunioe. "Miss Plan
tagenet came to our house, while I
was gone, r.nd carried them away,
without leave or permission. She left
a dollar for them. No money would
have bought them of me, after watoh
iug the earliest buds swell into
bloom."
"Miss Plantagenet," he repeated,
slowly, as if in thought. "Are these
flowers yours, Eunice?"
He took the stately cross of calla
lilies from the centre of the white
marble font.
Eunice Perry olasped her hands.
"Yes," she said; "they are mine. I
should know them anywhere."
"I thought so," said Mr. Elwood,
drily. "Sbo sent them here this
morning. It is tho old atory of the
rich man and the little ewe-lamb over
again, Eunice. But do not waep ; tho
sweetest lily that ever bloomed is not
worth your tears."
He walked home with her a part of
the way, and when they paused on the
street corner nearest her home, he
took the little oold hand in his.
"Eunice," he said, "I wish I could
comfort you."
"You have comforted mo," she ut
tered. "If I could mako your life easier I"
be esolaimed, earnestly. "Eunice, do
you thiuk that I could? Sweet one,
will you lot me try? Will you be my
wile?"
So Ue woccd bis wife, audio he woo
her, on Easter Ero. And, ns ho m'ler
ward told hor, bo never knew how well
he loved her nntil ho saw her crying
ovor those muto, mnguidcorit Enstcr
lilies.
As for Marion I'lnntngenet, nho
gained hor lilies, but sho lost tho man
sho loved, Tho callus wero not such
A bargain after nil I For, if Marion
had river enrod for nny ono, it wns for
Mr. Elwood. lint she failed to per
coivo thnt her mistake wns rooted in
her own solfinlineiN. I'coplo never see
quito straight wlu-ro thoir owu follies
nro concerned.
And Mrs. I'lnntflgcrict, poor soul, is
ns fnr away from hor millennium as
over I
Foster ftiuig.
Awnkon, swot flower!
Tho snow In tho vnllnys hns melted st ln',
And tho dosolnln nlirht nt tho yenr Is pint ;
'fliii Ico-chnlim nrn limkoii, tho riihlni aro
slnglni;,- -
Awnkoto tho call of tho IviM'.t bells rlni;
Inir! Awnken, O heart!
fobondngn of sin thou hnst sliimhrei no
long,
Arise In thy honuty and rapture of sonic,
Arlsn In tho Kindness of nnturo's adorning,
Come forth In thy Mrcntfth on this glad
Knstor moriiliiK!
Itoso Ifnrtwlek Thorpe, in Doinorojl's,
Meaning of tlio Knster Egg,
As Easter represents a new birth into
tho best lifo of all, it is easily seen bow
tho pagan idea thnt tho egg wns tho
beginning of nil kinds of lifo should
beromn purified in tho minds of tho
Christ inns, nnd accepted as the typical
offering of gooil wishoo and emblem
nlicof plens.uit hopes betwconbeliovers
of tho glud Easter day. Tho egg in
soinn form or other has been tho un
questioned typo of tho new life from
tlio vory dawn of tho Christina era.
Iu Itussia as onrly ai loH.) eggs col
ored rod, typifying tho blood of Christ
shod ns nn ntouument for our sins,
wero tho most treasured of exchanges
of Enster. Every believer went nbroad
nt this season with his pockets woll
supplied with Easter oggi, as tho
society man of to-dny attonds to his
well filled card cane. Whon two Ira
nians met for tho first time during tho
Easter holidays, if thoy bad not met
on tho day itsolf, the bolatcd Easter
compliments wero passed, first by
solemnly shaking hnndi in silonoe;
then tho cider (or tho yonngor, if ho
outranked tho cldor) would say, "Tho
Lord is risen," and his companion
would reply, "It is true ;" then they
kissed each other nnd ceremoniously
drow from thoir rospootive pockets the
Easter emblem, and exchanged eggs,
Tho Syrians believed also that tho
gods from whom they claimod descent
were hatched from mysteriously laid
eggs. Heoco wo infer that our present
custom of offering tho Easter egg em
blem has tho heathen legends for its
origin; in fact, all our most precious
festivals como down from cimilnr
sou roes, but purillcd with tho light of
Christianity. Chautauquian.
The Moravian Way of Celebrating Easter
One of the most significant and pic
turesquo celebrations of Easter is that
of tho Moravian Christians, of whom
there nre many congregations in the
United Statos. At Bethlehem, Penn.,
and other towns where Moravians
abound some musicians -with brass in
struments go at earliest dawn to the
root of the church and play music
signifying the calling forth of the
dead. The people immediately flock
to the ohuroh ana begin tho service of
the day, most of it being mnsical. At
a given signal the entire oongregation
rise, and, preceded by the ministers
and trumpeters, leave the church and
maroh to the cemetery. In Moravian
cemeteries all the gravestones are
alike small, flat slabs laid upon the
graves, "for," say the simple, literal
people, "in the grave all men ore
equal." The procedure of the service
is so timed that the rousioo-prayerful
rejoicing reaches its highest expression
just oh the sun rise.
A Itelglau Eastor Tradition.
Tho offering of the Easter egg is
also an anoient and popubr tradition
of the Belgians. It is customary there
every Sunday for the young men to
exchange boquets of flowers with
their fiancees, but at Easter time these
gifts are varied by eggs colored and
having inscriptions on them similar to
the poetioal lines one find in cheap
holiday confectionery. Among the
wealthier classes in Belgium, as in
Paris, eggs. ' adorned with beautiful
miniature portraits were exohanged.
Flemish chronicles relate that under
tho reign of Maria . Christina - Easter
eggs to tho value of twenty francs
were ofteu distributed.
This exponsire adorning of the
Easter egg has lost its popularity, aud
to-day the eggs in general are simply
colored by boiling or staining. They
also aro to be given and exchanged by
aduttu, but aro colored for children'
amunomeat and pleasure,
I'CAItf.H Or' TIIOl (JUT.
Thorn Is no rainbow without a cloud,
'J'lm greatest difficulties lio whom wn
aro not looking for them.
Iu wishing for his neighbor's pos
sessions, tlm covetous in n ii loses his
own.
Strength is not n blessing when it is
Used to tnko advantage of a brother's
WPIlkllPHS.
We hnvo rarely known n man to bit
convinced of the error of his opinions
by being culled A fool.
Men do not always love thoso they
nslouin ; women, on tlio contrary, es
teem only thoso they love.
Ho iilonu is great nnd hs;ipy who
fills his own station of independence,
nud has neither to coiiiuininl nor to
obey.
Nothing pays smaller dividends in
spiritual results than making u spe
cialty of discovering tho shortcoming
of others,
Tho blossoms of spring urn I lie
prophets of niitiimii. So n joyful ser
vice in youth promises a rich frnilngo
iu after year. '
Tliero is no good in nrguin with
tho inevitable,. Tho only nrgiiiimiit
available with nn ea-,1 wind is to put.
on your overcoat.
Tliero nro people who would do grent
aels; but bnciillHo they wait for great,
opportunities, lifo pusses, ami tlio net
of lovu lire not done nt all.
Teach Hclf-doiiial, nnd make its prai
tieo pleasurable, nnd you preato for
the world n destiny inure sublime than
ever issued from the brum of lint wild
est dreamer.
Art is long, lifo is short ; judgment
is ilillieiilt, opportunity fleeting. To
act is easy to think is dilli nit, hihI
to net pursuant to one thought is
troublesome.
Cost of llig Tunnels.
A recently published item relativo
to Hie comparative cost of Hid woild's
four great tunnels places the cost, of
lloosiic tunnel iu the United States,
tlio oldest one of tho lot, nt t'70,
ir about iJIIHl), a foot, says the New
York Times. Tho Mount Chum tun
nel, tlio next iu date, post, uccording
to tho snmo item, C71, or about
$l.5, a foot ; tho St. (rotlmrd cost
HI',, of 8-' l')tt foot, an I tlu Arl
berg, tho latest in date, co-t only
til, or 81 j n f lot, Tli'i rapid
decrenso iu cost, within comparatively
few yeiir, is cited h a marked indica
tion of tho great progress in mechani
cal methods and improvement iu rock
excavating tools. A still ni iru strik
ing result exists in tiio cusu of a tun
nel through tho Uasciulu mountains,
on tho line of tlio Northern I'.icitie
railroad, in too United .States. This,
ii ii I i lio those named, which wero ex
Rivated iu old, Settled countries, with
tho terminal easy of access, was in a
peculiarly difficult locution, ho much
so that it took montiis to convey tho
machinery to thn spot. Rivers hud to
bo turned aside, bridges built and
material transported over improvised
roads through nearly 100 miles of
forest, mud and snowllelds, yut tho
tunnel, which is sixteen and one-half
feet wide, twenty-two feet high, nud
H950 f jet long, was bored through tlm
uiouutuio iu twenty-two months, nt
the rate of 413 feet u month, nnd at a
cost for the completed tuuuel of only
21, or about $120 a foot
Juhal's Call.
The duughterof Dr. Edward Hodgos,
the orgunist, says thut her father had
a delightful way of oulliug nil tho
children musically. One Sunday
murniug, when he was playing hi St.
John's chupjl, New York, ho said t
her:
"I am going to call Jubal. Watch
him."
Jubal wns sitting in his accustomed
place near tho middle nisle. Doctor
Hodges' voluntary began tuougutfully
aud smoothly, but in the courso of it
a significant phrase of two notes was
twioa repeated. It was distinct, uud
yet so truly a part of the improvisa
tion that no straugcr would have no
ticed it ut all.
Tho first time Jubnl's uttuntion waa
arrested ; the second, he turned aud
looked up, but saw no sign. At tho
third call ho deliberately took up his.
hut, left tho pew, walked straight up
to his father and said :
"Do you want me, sir?"
"Yes," said Dr. Hodges, "ti home
and get my gold suuffbox."
The errand was speedily oxooutud.
for tho house stood near. Jubal
handed the suuffbox to his tuther aud
returned to his sjut, Youth's Com
panion. A Uud Case.
"Ue is so good thut fear his wiugs
are about to sprout. "
"Is it us bud as all that? I uways
kuew he was a bit flighty."