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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-9-1, Page 6Vire -` CALLED BACK TO LIFE, r. rtho moon. Shines brightly o er the earth ; the air fie tithe aria mitre ; in the distance the lights a the camp fit7es glows. but all is VY sileut here the camp ts too far %way S2 the tionliera' voices to be heard: Indeed) meet of them are sleeping now, for ft is midnight. Strewn upon the earth are other forms ; they to are sleeping, but it ie the sleep of deaths In hundreds the Zulu waeriore lays mowodewn by the leaden hail that they ha a faseed so bravely. Amongst those fierce, dusky faces many a white one •is to ha eeen, staring fixedly at, the heavens; • and natty a maiden, wife, and mother, at home in 13ritain, are praying with achieg breasts for those loved. ones at rest for esser upset Aftica's In and out amongst -the dead a tall young officer passes. His left arm, injured in the recent attaek, is supported in a sling, and s, bloodstained bandage ie around his head. Frombody to body he goes, gazing Into the lifeless fitees. At last he stops by one who te lying upon his side, with drawn sword fastened to his veristt The yowl«, officer kneels beeide the body --that de dear comrade. is Reginald :" he whispers, bending over hien ; "Reginald at " 41z! Bernard, old Menai." murmurs 4the aufferer, 4' you have some to seareli for me. Thank God for the I have a Message for y ou." "Stay" seys the officer ; "yon shall tell me some other time, I must get you into camp." " Too late, old friend; I am going fast. Do not interrupt me. Remember 1 the message is to my affianced wife." " Regineld, I would tether emu gave any other man than Infs that message." "I know you dread to cause her nein ; peer Edith, she will grieve for me, I fear ; it ts dreadful, tom to leave her." " Your injuries may not be so serious as you think:, you--" "1 have received my death wound," interrupted Reginald, al can feel that death Is coming ever me. Poor little Edith, tell her, Bernard, not to grieve for me ; tell her to try to be happy, I koow she loves me dearly, but time will lessen her grief, and we shall meet ha that piece where eorrow is unkuoven. But she as poor, Benet& end I have eothing to leave her. Perhaps I ought not to speak as am, about to do, but we have been like brothers, have we not?" "You are weatthys Will you, see—will you--" "While I live, Reginald, Edith shall stover want for auythinge" "I knew you would promise. You are the only man I would say such a thing to; hub when one is dying st makes a greet difference ; and I cannot die with the thought that Edith will have no one to look after her. She is se young, and so beautiful; 1 ean see her face now, and. the snewory takes away my pain; her eyes immix looking into mine, although thousande of miles separate us. It is sad to leave her, but I have no *there 'watching for my re- turn. 1 shall die more peacefully now I know that you will care 'for her, Do you remember those dap wo spent by the old mill -stream at Ewell ? I think 1 can hear the college bell. We have been friends for many years, old com- rade. Vell--/ shall die as a soldier ehould." " Pon fought bravely, Reginald," said his friend, "magnificently. That host charge made ray heart leap, and I longed to be at your side." "It was better not. Yon mighthavebeen lying by my side now, then who would have tared for her? Efark 1 'Tis the bugle sound- ing the rttack. You most go. Quick I Leave me, Bernard—good-bye—and re- member your promise. The young officer took off his cloak and placed it carefully round his fallen comrade. ".s you say, I must go, Langley, though it is harcita leave you like this; but I will send to your aid. ' Captain Wilson grasped his friend's hand, and, as the moonlight fell upon Reginald's laandsomeface, tears glistened in his eyes. " Farewell," said the captain. "We shall meet again soon." "We shall never meet again in this world," murmured Langley. "Good-bye" Captain Bernard Wilson sped towards the encampment; and, as he sprang upon his charger, he ordered two of the men to bring Lieutenant Langley into the camp. Then the sorrow died from his eyes, and a, fierce light took itgplace. Loudly his voice rang out on the night air'urging on Ins men, and bes keen sword flashed in the moonlight. Then all was wild confusion. Shrieks and yells rendered the night air Iddeous ; the air was thick with stnoke ; the racket of the muskets continuous. But now that gleaming sword no longer leads thernon, the charger is riderless. Cap- tain Wilson is found tmeonscious upon the ground; and when they carry him into camp the surgeon gives a very unfavourahle 'report, 11. All through the night Reginald lay toss • ing to and fro as the agony of his wounds increased, for the men Captain Wilson had • ordered to hie aid never reached him. Whea day dawned Langley found himself Morse amidst the dead, as helpless to move as they. Then the sun shone forth with a fierce- ness that almost maddened him, and he shrieked aloud for succour; but none were there to hear hizn. At times •unconscious- ness came to hee relief ; at others he moan- ed the name he loved so dearly. Even in his agony he pitied the maiden who had • yielded her heart to him. The sun was sinking with a ruddy light behind the plain; night was coming on *gain, and Reginald, in spite of his wild, incoherent prayers, still lived. • Presently tbe sound of a voice reached him ; then the loud crack of a whip, while the rattle of a waggon drew nearer. "Help 1 Water —oh! give me water. " He tried to shout the words, but they fell into a tremulous whisper. Still the waggon drew nearer. It was passizig. The clriv,er's voice was hushed. With one last effort tlae wounded lieutenant's voice cried " Water—give—one—ws,ter 1" As his voice (lied awayin a wail of misery, the waggon sicented. • " Surely that was a human voice 1" mut- • tered the drivee to himself. Chet:Tang his team, be sprang from the waggon, and searched about until he reach- th ed Regisaald's side. •He was amen of about we fifty years of age, and there was a look of pity upon his hatichtome, broozed face when br loelsed at the eufferea Ithocc..s.rord be tid&ed Reginald'shead upon hie brewny item ; then, pouring some spirit and water from Isis flask, held it to the itousg mar ts "'Maggie, t2 'est ?shouted, "I want you, Jamie. Never'tear the dead-Lthey will not harm Isom'-issett 14 a living mats -emits help. "0 father .1" cried a fair young girl, hurrying ep. "How dreeeful Poor fel, low 1 On, lease sorry." "Try mei make lege bed for him, lassie. ant going to carry hun to the -waggon. fetes I shall hurt yon," he added; " bue I will be as careful as possible." With a gentleness that touched. Reein, ald's heart, the waggoner lifted biza up in his arms, and 'bore aim to the waggon'. When he awoke frotn the swoon thab the pain had caused, him, his heed was resting in the maiden's 14131 and her fah. young face was bent over him, while tears were us her deep bine eyes. They took him to their home, and pretty Magige nursed him: but for three months the young soldier lett hovering between life and. death, with the balance always inclin- ing to the latter. Then he began to im- prove, and his nurse's beautiful face grew brighter, while Isis voice would bring the colour toher obeeks, and set her heart throb. bing "Maggie, you have saved my life," h said to her (me day. "'our face alway calmed my wildest thoughts. I want t write a letter; will you do it for me?"' tf yes.1) "Thank you, Maggie." "Is it to your mother?" "No. I luxe no parents. I ant quite alone in the world. 'There is only _one that will grieve terribly for me, and it is to her I want you to write," Mag.gle's Mee was very pale now; an exile ing pain seized. her heart. She brought the writing materiels, than waited for Ids words. Every word wise as a stab to her Then Reeinald dictated aa foltows:— " AlY Deeensio Emu,— " I have been wounded severely. All these weazy months I have been lying at death's door, ana but for the goodness of a beautiful maiders---" "1 shall not write that," interrupted Maggie. Why not? It is time." "What dogs she care?" "When she knows what you have done the will love you as dos like my little sie- ter," "1 will not write it, arn nothing to her, and nothing to-ato anybody but ray father." ".re you nothing to me? You little OM* how dear you hello become, !said Reginald, taking bier we/111)1in hand in his an pressing his lips to it, But Maple was not be coaxed into writ- ing one word about berself to Reginald's ladylove, se the letter was finished without the mention of her name. Thu it waited three weeks. before a meesenger could be ob- tained to take it to the coast, To the Ines:sets - ger the soldier gave a sovereign, and presu- med another on his return. The worthy messenger was a Week, aud, having his race's hatred for labour, he delegated his duties to another soul, giving him trifling re- ward. The messenger kept the rower and destroyed the letter, while his employer re- turned and received a second sovereign. The time past.ed by. Reginald could witlk round Alaggieh flower garden, lusting upon her arm; but no answer came as ho ex- pected. Then the day arrived when he was to bid his kind hostaud beantifulnurse adieu." "Dear littIe sister," he said kiseing Maggie's fair forehead, "von cannot think how I grieve to bid you farewell." Poor little Maggie could not answer. With blindingtears in her soft blue oyes, she watched Ins tall form walk slowly clown the pathway, then she ran to her roota and kneeling beside her bed, sobbed as wildly as she had done when. her dead mother lay upon it. He was gone for ever, and the world seemed very dreary to her now. The ship stalled on her way to Eneland, and when the snows were on tho ground, and the earth had lost its brightness, Lieutenant Langley heeded. Weak though he still was he lost no time, but travelled at once to 'the home of the girl he loved so well. It was mid-day when he arrived. now lay thickly upon the ground, and more was failing; but what was that to him? Hie heart beat wildly as he drove through the little village along the lane that she and he had strolled upon many a summer% evening. He knew every Well of that lane. At the very spot he was passing uow, helmet clasp. ed her to his heart as he bade her farewell. Oh, theeorrow of that parting! He eould feel it still, even in his joy at meeting her. On they. speed, though all too slowly, -until the house is reached. Carriages are drawn up in front of it. Reginald is not strong yet, and his heart is beating mealy. The cabman pane up behind the carriages, and Reginald springs out. The next minute he has mined the entrance; he bounds up the steps into the hall, and. stands facing Edith, robed in bridal attire, leaning upon the arm of her husband, Captain Bernard. Wilson. Lights flash in Reginald's eyes. With a cry he staggers back, then falls senseless at Edith's feet When he regained consciousness those three were in a room alone. "Laugley, my dear old friend," said Captain Wilson, taking bis hand, "You little know the grief and tbe joy this meet- ing gives me. I.thought you were dead. The men I sent to search for yoa reported you as dead. I was badly womided that night and was sent home. You told me to care for Edith. What need to tell me that when I already loved her passionately? I would never have uttered a word, indeed I would not, had I not believed you were dead. Already those tidings had reached her. Well, I came here, and..0 thought that if you knew, you would rather trust her to my care than to any other mares. I gave Edith your message. I told ber how you had asked me to protect her; then 1 told her of my deep love. I have done you a terrible wrong, eld friend, but / have dosee it unknowingly. Can you forgive me ?" Reginald was silent. His face was death- ly white; look of misery Was in his eyes as he gazed at the woman he had Ioved so dearly. • With a passionate sob Edith flung herself' upon her knees- beside him. "Reginald, forgive me," she said. "It was not Bernard's fault. He was so kind and good to me. How could I help loving bim ? had not forgotten you. I could not do that in a little over a year; but I looked upon you as a lost brother. It is I who have to ask your forgiveness." "You shall not ask in vain, Edith. Fare- well. Through life my prayers shall be for your happiness, though it is gained at the cost of mine," He bent over and kiesed her fair brow, en with one grasp of his friend's hand he nt out int() the deaolate world. Another year passed by. That year ought Reginald wealth; it alto broug'ht es relief. Why, 9 could meet Edith now without a pang. e ceuld play with her child, his godson. The love he once had borne her was a thing of the past ; as all our sorrows must be one day, though some will leave their scars. Then one day he came to bid them fare- well, bY "Dear old iciness, he will be happier re now, Bernard owl, as he watehed him drive away. "Little wife I warsb to ask you one emotion. Do you love me ?" "0 Bernardi" cried Edith, nestling closer to him, and looking into his eyes with an expression in hers that must have convine- ed him, "how can you ash me suth a quee. tion. I love you with my vihole heart," And for altswer he clasped her to his breasts and pressed hielips to hers. * * * * * Once mare that glowing sun has run its course, ids last rays fall with a golden light upon the mellow cornfields, lo the distance the lowing of cattle, sounds pleasantly that beautiful evening. s With hands clasped before her Maggie is gazing across theft rich fields, and tears are in her eyes. Mare than a year has paesed, but she has not forgotten. Her face is very beautiful as the evening sun shinesupon it; but it is sorrowful uow. A footstep sounds behind her. It is her father', He must not see her weeping. e &malty she brushes away those tears ; then e er itt e sands are clasped,- and Reginald'e 1 Q dark eyes look into hers. l'or a moment be holds her thus ; then; diving her to his heart, their lips sret. No need for him to speak ; she cannot doubt is love; and now, when yeasts have passed, she knows how true it is. Why We Go to Ohureh. "Enter into His gate& with thanksgiving, end into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Iiiin and Woes His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and Ills truth endureth to all generations.— Realm e, 4.0." However'weetay question tile word of the poet who sang ie aerroveful numbers that " inan is made to mourns"' it must he eve dent to all thoughtful minds that man is made to worship. He secede a home, where love may grow ; he needs a school 'where thought may be developed; he needs a church where his reverence may have an opportunity of expressing itself, and praiee may flow m happy measures. How closely the home and the church were linked to- gether M old Jewish days the book of Psalms beam witness. God loved the tents of Jacob as truly as the courts of Zion. His smile fitted the happy homes of Israel with light and joy, But God was plotted to manifest himself in special ways when the people gathered together for worship, when they entered liis gates with thanksgivings, and thronged Ins courts with songs of praise. We 4m1 little in this joyousness eoncerning the duty of worship. We titer • HOTISBECOLD. DOD:lestio • Progeny) Cuanewrs.—Prepare Ain pounds of ripe currants, wathing them in a colander by pouring water over them slowly, then drain. Leave the stems on, choosing those which ere the Jargest and most on a stem. Prephre one quart of vinegar and three pounds of sugar, add two teaspoons of ground cinnamon 'tied up, cook together 10 zninutes, then put in the currants and stew slowly five minutes ; skim out in a jar, cook the vinegar a little longer and pour over Wenn Bnorlts VziotIOELLT. —Light and delicatewhite broths may be produced by stirring the yolks of two or three fresh eggs with two tablespoonfuls of cold water, which must then be poured into the hot broth, gently stirring it all the time, with- out allowing the broth to boil aftet the eggs are pnt in, or they will be curdled. Lemon &tom —The yolks of two eggs, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one tablespoonful of corn starch. Beat the egg, and sugar until light; add the grated rind and jam& of one lemon. Stir the wholeinto three gills of boiling water, and cook until it thickens sufficiently for the table. APPLE WATEn.—Cut two large apples into slices and pour a quart of belling water on them, or on roasted apples; strain in two or three beers and sweeten slightly, Itisoutes—A beaten biscuit is a Southern dish. It takes two quarts of flour, a tea- spoonful of salt and two heaping tablespoon- fuls of lard, and milk enotteh to make a. stiff dough. Flour it and roll it out, then lay it on a atone slab or firm wooden board and pound it with a mallet or large rolling. pin, The dough must he pounded one hour, buonatrildi.t rises in blisters end cleaves front the Ruse aintes-ePo oneteacup of aeft-boiled rice add a pinch of. salt, the yoke of one egg, two tablespoons of flour, and enongh stveat cream or milk to make it the consisi teney of sponge cake when ready for the oven stir in the wee -beaten white of one egg. Bake in muffin rings. BAntOcrg Mureoss.—Take one pint of flour, half a phut of water and half a pint of milk ; beat thoroughly with au egg -beat, er ; have gem irons hot, grease and fill them two.thirds full. Bake in a quick oven 20 minutes, or until light and brown - a. Use no seat or baking powder. lieer Oerevite—Beat half a damn egga eparately, very light. Have ready a spider ith three tablespoons ef hot butter and hen pour in the eggs. Let thezn brown on he bottom and on top, then spread over it cup of finely chopped ham ; fold the orne. et over, take up and serve immediately. A Delloaoy Left-OlTer Potatoes. A delicious way to prepare any "left - ver "boiled -potatoes is to mince them, fine vttli a seasomng of pepper and salt, a half. nion very delicately chopped, and two or hree sprigs of perste), also minced. fine. felt a tablespoonful of butter in a rather arge frying -pan, and when the pan is very ot pour in the potatoes, spread. them thiu- y and evenly over the isottom, and set hem a little bade on top of the stove or m he oven, tightly covered,. When they are deep golden brown underneath fold them ver like an omelette and, servo on a pars- y-garuished dish. lutie of God commanding his people to come Nv to worship at his feet; it would almost seem t as if there were no reason for much cam- t mending, the people were so glad to weal. a• themselves of the bigh privilege of worehip 1 And euch phrases as follow have some to be the world's household words on worships 4'1 was glad -when they maid unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet ellen stand within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem," "0 come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us N make a joyful noise unto the Roch of our o Salvation.", "If I forget Thee, t let my right hand forget las canning, let my A tongue cleave to the roof of my month if I I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." h The growth and power of the VII arch of God I in these later days is matter for profound t gladness. Those who talk of the decadence t. of the church, and prophesy its downfall, a know little of what they say, and give o little evidence of the spirit of prophecy. le One branch of the Church of Jesus Christ Sent its representatives to Washington recently, and the story of increase and growing usefulness these delegtitee told outmeaeured the wonders of Pentecost. h al years. And yet it must be confessed fo with sadness that vast numbers of the la people, probably the great majority, have B their faces turned against the chunk and te take no delight in its servioes. If you should of inquire of them why they do not go to h church they will not deal with the matter ni as it question of duty, but will present some 01 excuse, witich does not often assume the In Value of a serious reason. Generally the 10 preacher is blamed. He is dun end te prosy, or he deals with creeds and dead the- la Aeries, and not with living truths. Any sort al of an excuse is made to serve as a reason by at those who have no interest in the service ol and work of the church. Here anclthere a sh bold man arises and declares t hatthe church do hasno claim on him. He offers no excuse, Cie he does not feel called upon to give a ma reason; he simply doe a not choose to itY worship, and there is an end of its It tli might be well sometimes the mats whose heart is "set ott Zion's ways" should tell men why he goes to church, and why' he loves the Reese of God, and counts the pri- vileges of worship among the chief delights of his life. If such reasons were presented , the in simple form to those who neglect g and to some who despise the church, it ru traghb Sae that they would marvel not have a very firm faith in the being of a little. After all, not very many people go to church beeause tile preacher ra brilliant 'en or orthodox. The lovers of the church God, all -wise, all -loving, a God who Is a ,bbs changeless, eternal friend. They believe 'eV they are the children of this God and that they owe Him the loving hornege of sinceee worship. They do not go to church because they ought to, but *bees:use they want to. 4, 1. They believe that the heart's noblest, "°" emotions should have some opportunity of bel expresszon, and they find, in the fellowship hull - of saints, joy which is strength. They find these Sabbath services fountains of gladness, and sources of courage and hope. Indeed T this whole matter of going to church is matter that _ touches west of all the ex. tga perienees of life. Those 'who go to church tge are the only real authorities on the value egg of church -going. If there is no God then or , worship is absurd. If we are onlesma.terial trol a, Tor Oontrollinga Husband. If the ladies of Berlin keep en as they eve begun that fair city will be as noted r old maids as aro the wilds of New Eng- nd. A hanted and deaperate husband of erlin has just brought to light the exist nce of a society celled the "Association Married Womeu for the Control of Hus- ands," A. corps of skilled detectives is aintained by the club, these keep watch the whereabouts and doings of married en who stay oat late o'nights. When my rti cotnes home at an unearthly hour and lis some ingenious and plausible lie my dy kuows exactly where he has been. Flat- ly he is lured into a meeting of the anode ion and made, in tho presence of all the embers to swear reformation. If the oak of the surprise and humiliation not cure him he is incorrigible. One ans from all thie that German women are king fatly as great strides toward equal - and the attainment of their rights as sir American sisters, --- Kitchen Rules. A little of the grated rind of the fruit is. eh more delicate for flavoring lemon than extract. cold rhubarb before cooking it. It takes eh less sugar, and yet it seems to have t none of iteacid. Orange peel dried and grated makes a e, yellow powder that is delicious for °ring cakes and puddings our boiling water over raisins, ana let m stand a moment before seeding. It ens the labor wonderfully. n using melted chocolate in cooking, t mix with it a part of the sugar before ing it to the otherengredients. O making sauces that are thickened with r, mix the flour and sugar thoroughly ore adding the boiling water, to prevent ping. —[Good Housekeeping. A Oool Read. here is nothing that eonduces to such a cessful meeting of emergencies better t a cool head, with a perfect confidence t everything is going to come out right. ether things are "coming entail right" on at least the feeling of quiet self -eon - makes one better able to work toward good result. To a mother this self-pos- ion is invaluable. In a large family 11 events calculated to upset the do - tic machinery are constantly occurring, eems to be a law of nature that chil- n should continually have hairbreadth pes, and come within an inch of losing n origin arid essence, and if our Iife is only the struggle between a cradle anti a grave, seas why the sooner the struggle ends the mit atter. But if there is a God, if ire really me ave a soul, there are sufficient reasons why It s we should enter into His gates with thanks. gre iving and throng his courts with praise, omt thei Over and Over Again. ture over and over again, No matter which way I may turn, ever Some lesson I have to learn. life 1 alwitys findin the book of life One doing will not suffice, Though.doing is not in vain ; her And a blessing failing me once or twice, T May come if I try again. of h The path that has once been trod Is never so rough to the feet; ance seem And the lesson we once have learned Though sorrowful tears may fall. alwa shed Is never so hard to repeat. And the heart to itS depths be riven one By storm and tempest, we need them all To render us fit fOr Heaven. t° h .--..........allel.........ernn oite ticul The English Derby was established n i calle 1780 by the twelfth Earl of Derby. • Mr. Balfour, M. P., when addressing public meetings, speaks at the rate of 160 words per minute. •gee Masks are of very ancient, origin. In a expe tomb 3,000 years old at Myeessa Dr. Sadie- ple s mann found two bodies with faces covered care masks of gold. One of the weeks rep- day, setitecl the head of a lion., heal r lives. But it is equally a law of na- that they should escape. And when - the critical moment arrives in her own or the life of another, his importa,ntior omisnsto remember that the very worst thing she can do at that moment is to lose head. o do that means to be helpless instead elpful, to be a drag instead ofan assist - In an emergency one should rather heartless than inefficient. There are ye 10 people ready to cry or faint or tears over the sufferer where there is who stands coolly ,by and sees the way elp him. Affection and sympathy are n best proved by ignoring them, par- arly when the moment arrives that for action and not tears. Sunburn. rams with sensitive complexione often Hence considerable suffering from sim- enburn. The remedy in eueh cases is in protecting the complexion in mid - and the use of some simple lotion to the blzetered and =stated skin. One of tbe unguents for this purpose is a cream made of almond oil. A simple c phor ice rubbed over the flesh is also e cloves, and a single application will o bring relief in a night. Whets one is certain to be exposed strong sun in riding or rowing, it does harm to make some preparation for it, this in exactly the same way that you tect your face from the wind in Win Rub the skin with a !simple, soft ere and, if you wish, powder it well. Wip any surplus powder or oil, and when come in, cleanse the complexion thoroug with .warm water and a little pure Cas soap, if it does not iiritate you skin. • It is impossible to give advice in a Ube this to all, as certain complexions especially sensitive to some one ingred which is soothing to others. Glycerin extremely irritating to many- eamplexi because of the tendency it has to dry akin. This may be partly overcome by m ing it with a certain amount of rose eve, But it simple cold cream is one of the 10 suitable and harmless things that can put upon the skin, furnishing: the pore it does witls needed nourishment; and. tl are very few complexions, except oily on with which it (Mee not agree. Oily eons's' ions need no lotion of any kind, but t should be wiped with cologne and dos with some simple poi -der to remedy t defect, which becomes a painful disligi Meet in warm weather. niiimosimimisimismoorissimmusimm000nrwilermdr, • cold ent- ffic fte n eo no Do pro - ter. am, e off you hly bUs ea(e are lent e is one the ix - t er. ost be s as sere es, ex - hey ted his we- PEARLS OP TIMIS The way to get good ie to do good. People on the fence never weigh much. The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. teaTteleethver foot is often covered with pc - If you can't be rich you can 'become well ofiby being contented. A preacher with warm heart will not long have a cold church. The man who goes to school to his mis- takes has a good teacher. The same 'opportunity never knocks at anybody's door but once. Life is not so short but that there is time forac aotutrutgeysyi.hem all tbe time telling the world that his God is like him, Faith in toimorrow instead of Quiet, is satau's mute for wants perdition. Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men tobe so. The best thing to do when we can not *see in any otherdirection is to look straight up. A revival may always he had hy anis church that iswilling to give up tbe world to get xi:: are people in every church who stop believing tbe Bible the minute they look at a dollar. There are a thousand hacking. at the branches of evil to one wlia is striking at the root. No man ever offended hispwn conscience but first or last it was revenged upon him for it. a very weak-kneea kind of religion wlwienhahte wfooelias eleikde, that never carries a ibtr.n brethren, et no lisunrocthscie xmot:t days for the taints as 'manta for the days, True riches do not consist In the things that the world can give, but in the things that the devil -eau not take away. There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend Sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths. If fortune withes to make a man estim- able, shegives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success • I have always said, and always will say, that the studious pernsal of the sacred vol. umc will make better citizens, better fa there and better usbands. Itis possible to be below flattery as well as above et. One who trusts nobody will not trusb sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counter- feit. The mountains are God's thoughts piled up ; the ocean is God's thoughts spread out; the flowera are God's thouglits in bloom; the dewdrops are God's thoughts in pearls. Mankind is always happier for having been made lusppy. If you make them hap- py now, you will make them thrice he,ppy twenty years hence in the memory of it. Love Against Pounds Sterling. Breach -of -promise actions; still go merrily on, in spite of theorists who would abolish this remedy for woman's wounded feelings. Two such cases have just been tried before Mr. Justice Day at the Leeds Assizes, and each has ended in a verdict for the lady planitiffs 'In the first the detendant was it Haddersfiels1 hotel keeper. liehad address- ed hie yietim in loving terms, had orna- mented his epistles with cabalistic signs con:molly in use among lovers," and had presented her with an engaged ring. Yet he cbanged his titbit], and when asked why he had no better reason to give than that he was " occasionailly troubled with indiges- tion." Miss Squirea the ill used. lady sar- castically assured the jury that ,she had never beard anything about indigestion until her lover found that she was not able to raise a 8003 of money to help hirn in busi- ness. Miss Squires got, a Verdict for In the other ease, Miss Temperton, a na- tional schoolmistress, sued a widower who had originally introduced himself as "a wholesale druggist, grocer, drysalter, oil merchant, and dental surgeon, and wished her to give him an order." " What all at once ?" inquired Mr. Justice Day, and Miss Temperton, standing in the witness box, attired in a light straw-colored Summer costume, with a broad -brimmed etraw hat in the current style," answered "Yes.' This widower bad formerly proposed to Miss Temperton, and assured ber that he " loved her far better than he had loved his first e ife." For all this he proved quite a typical breach -of -promise defendanb, for he finally refused to marry, with mi better excuse than that he had "5. mother and a child to keep." "You must have known that before you came and made e, fool of me," said the lady. " He asked me," she continued, " what I meant, and I said, not what I mean, but what you mean.' He then said, 1 dorntintend to marry,' and I said. Then •we will fight for it.' " Miss Tetnperton Has " fought for it," and has some off victorious ,'—damages, £400. Then Re Would ram An Irishman once fell from the top of a high house on to a telegraph wire. Some persone ran to get a ladder, but be- fore they could tzet back he let go and hurt his leg. -- On being asked why he let go he replied " Sure and I was afraid it would break." Bathing the chest in cold water and rub - bine it vigorously every morning will help P ansi strengthen• OYPR1TS A GRAIN entereeting Fates about a 'Pbrivtua Wand The saying that the time -sewer este on England's possessions la 0 trite thee it is regarded P8 8,11110St With011* But evea the smaller colonies of England are buzzing beehives of industry and progniss, aa witness a report an Cyprue summarized in the London Times. This report, written by no less a personage than her Majesty's late High Commissioner, *Sir lierey Daiwa brings us down to the close of the financial year 1890-91. It gives an intereeting pie. .ture of the island under British oecupation and government, -and proves by abundanb evidence that the inhabitants at all events have no just reason for (templets:nag of the present regime. It is to this point, indeed that the report has been principally direct. ed. Complaints there have been, whether well founded or not, says the English paper, and the High Commisaioner takers upon himself the duty of dealing wit t and of demolishing them, In the Sp 1889 the voice of discontent reach° thie- countre in tones which it wee impossible to disregard. A deputation, in the name of the orthodox Christian Inhabitants of the Island, name over to lay before her Majesty's Government a memerial on the financusl circumstances and conaition of the island. The country, in the opinion of the memorialists, Was advancing to eertain rum. The taxation was said to be e cessive. Heavy and uppressive as ib had been der the former Government, it bed beeti, increased since, while the preductis the country bad diminished. The trade returns were unsatisia showing, as they did, time imparts were in excess of exports. Thevalue of landed prop- erty had very gravely depreciated, iu con- sequence, as they believed, of the financial exlmustiou of the island, All this ',hey set clown as due to increasing taxatioe, si be by aide with deoreksiog production an,x the burden of their prayer was that public. expenditure should. be reduceil and that oppressive taxes should be eholish- ed, Thi e is the case which tIse late High Commissioner endeavors to answer in his report. Ile had already replied in gent eral terms that, in point of fiten 'legation had beeu reduced, and that the poductions of Cyprus, 40 far from having diminished, were ehowing a deckled increase as t wholes The present report goes more fully more minutely over the whole grouhd seta showe in detail the very sabstentiel progress that has been made during the years et British administration. Cyprus is estentially graintp,oducing country. It has various other industrame chief among which are the cultivation, of the vine, theeultivetionof the carob tree, and the cotton oultivation, But wl en the grain harvest is deficient, there is n,othing, eines, which can adequately make up ior the lois. ,* Now in 1887 there was a notable harvest failure, the effects of which were felt for a long titne afterward. In 1888 the harvest WaS of average amount, butoot need enough to compensate for the deficiency of the pre. vious year. The peasants, who had fullest into the hands of the mouey ninders, hnd no surplus as yet to enable thew. to clear off their debte. This, then, was iho state in which they found themselves i a the early part of 1889, before the time a; which the new harvest was to be gathered in ; it certainly lent some support for the menu to pessimistie critics and complaints. ut the elected presently passed. Thelesawest of 1880 proved to be larger than thee of any one of the ten precednig years, and it was outdone in turn by the more bormeitul crop of 1890. Never before heel seals restets been known in Cyprus. In 3802, under Tarkish ma the harvesb had. hem exes tionally good, but its asnount was scarce half that of 1889 or of 1890, whi1e. aver e Turkish years it was not muchopore then a third. Drunk on Jamaica Ginger. According to the vote of Attleboro, Rhode Island, that town is a prohibition village, Not it drop of rum or whisky is sold there, but something worse is, and in astouishing quantities. Men and women get drunk as they have done heretofote, and. not until recently wasit learned how' they became so intoxicated in so short a space of time, en - less liquor was sold on the.sly by some one, who evidently had a good thingin spits of the law governing the sale of intoxicants. People thought whisky was brought into the town front this city, but it wasn't. The situation became disgusting. Men were seen at night eleepingindoorways and upon the sideuraikElin a stupor. Some had been drinking alcohol and water, scam paregoric and other stuff which had burning qualities. These ehings were not respensible for the greater part of the drunkenneen however, and -when the good people found out that quarts of Jamaica ginger were being con- sumed every day by inebriates, they' held up their hands in astonishment. When a man couldn't get whisky or alcohol he would buy Jamaica ginger, pour it down like so much water, and then go rteling about the town. The situation has become so alarming that a crusade has been started to , shut up every storekeeper m ho sells the . stuff for purposes •other than medicinal, One store has it done up in pint whiske bottles, and gilite a trade has been brought about iu this manner. One woman, with a careworn expression upon her face, pleaded • with Sheriff Read at his office Monday re- garding the matter.. She saki ter husband was upon the verge of deliriusn tremens on use .of of the usof this ginger. lie had lost a fine position in one of the shops and she wanted the officer to do what he coold . - for her. This is but one of several cases that have come to light within ft few weeks. The people who have threatened to stop the sale of Jamaica. ginteer are thoroughly aroused and they intend to do it, A Natural Incubator. 1. The officers and men of the United Stas cutter Rush relate marvelous tales ofion- ; drous discoveriee made by thent during that: 1890 cruise. They dredged for ds'e& oddities in the almost fathomless "siihke' of the Pacific's bed. They collected,marine alga so delicate in figure that it gook the finest microscopes to bring osib mien their coarsest outlines, leaving the raiwtte fibees as a hazy mist on the vision, and:finally out- did themselves by getting a ;fine photo- graphic view of it creature sporting in the sand of one of the low•lyingl Islands which leads their 'teleologist to • the belief that some of the suppoeed antediluvian monsters are still in existenee. But the feat of which they seem proudest, judgingifrom their pub- lisheddiarre.tive, woe the discovery of a nat- ural incubator on the sides of the Volcano Bogoslov'whose millions of awkS, gulls, and other seabirds deposit their eggs, and leave t them to be hatched by volcanic heat. Who says that birds are devoid of inttiligeace? M1134 Ernestine Poorkaws —" I went some , books for my Chinese Sands,y tchool Waste Good inoial stories ; nothing wisey-tigelreet' Boalt clerk--" Something weeder -washy, Pt)