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Mit feet are wearied and my hande aro tire,.
My soul oppreasod
And T desire what 1 have lung desired-,
Rest -only rest.
''I s bard tetoil, when toil is almost vain,
In barren trays ;
'Tie; hero to et and never garner l;raiu,
harvest days.
Tao burden of my dale ie hard to bear,
i3ue Sod knows boat ;
.And I hove prayed, but vain has been my
prayer.
For rest -sweet roet.
'Tee hard tolant in springeand never reap
pant
autumn yield .
*Tie hard to till, and when tis tilled to weep
0 er fruitless field.
And so I ory a weak and human ory,
So heart opareosed ;
And so I e'gh a weak at d human sigh,
For rest -for met.
My way has wow d eoroee the desert years,
And cares infest
My path, and throng . the flowing of hot tears
I pine for rest.
And Iain restless still ; 'twill soon be o'er ;
For cow., the west
is setting, and Isee the shore
'sun a o e
i;,tfo s ,
g
Where 1 shall reat.
MY NEW FRIEND,
CHAPTER II.
Acting upon our friend's advice, and
overborne perhapa by his energy, we told
L!czie to ask the applicant into the room in
which we were seated, which, bad as it was,
was by far the meet presentable part of the
'house. The etrargar was heard descending
+the stairs slowly, and apparently with eau -
'don ; then he presented himself at the open
door, and, in obedience to my invitation,
entered and took a seat. He looked r,und
,slowly upon us, and then, fixing a large
doable eyeglate upon his nose, looked again,
fate was a etout man, apparently about alxvy
emirs of age, for kis hair" was gray, his
whiskers quite white, and though at one
time ha must have been of powerful frame,
he was now evidently somewhat feeble, as
-'e could judge by the manner in which he
seated himself and groaned slightly se he
•>cliel so.
" I am eorry to intrude upon you at this
'tune of the evening, madam," he began ;
`'but I noticed the bill in your window a few
'days ago, when I was in this neighborhood.
As I must reside somewhere in this vicinity,
I should have called earlier ; but I was not
quite certain that an old friend could not
raceommodate me. I find now that he can-
not do so, Behave ventured to trouble yen
at this unusual hour."
Ah ! I am afraid, sir, that an unfottu-
nate change has put it out of my power to
after yen tultabie apartments," I replied.
'`' To be frank, sir, I have now not enr,ugh
'arern€tura for myself, instead of being able
oto spare any for my lodgers. While I had
been speaking, the old gentleman had drop-
ped his eyeglass, and naw, ere replying, he
kelt about for it in a helpless way, which
would have been laughable if it had not
'been eomewhat pitiful too. Adjusiiog it to
'hie eyes again, he looked at as for a mo-
ment, then said : " I don't want furnished
apartments. I ought to have explained
that at first. Ihave not long Dome home
frons abroad ; and my only daughter, with
whom I have been etayirg, has now gone to
Australia with her husband ; leaving me a
elute furniture, in case I like to keep on
the house. But I don't like it ; it won't suit
me at all. I want a quiet lodging with a
=ail family, where 1 can furnish my two
rooms ; taking my meale by myself, or with
erre family, as 1 Please. I am a quiet e •
eon,' I think. rather an invalid, but no
trouble ; and I am willing to pay you rent
for my rooms, and thirty chilling' a week
for my board." His eyeglass tumbled down
caeca more, and while he was fumbling for 't
-for he did not seem able to do anything
without it-Scate nudged me with his el -
how, and gave a knowing wink,-" I
thought it beat to explain that I cannot af-
ford very high terms, madam," continued
the old gentleman, addressing my wife, "in
order to save discussion, I have made a
memo. of two other addresses which may
suit, but should prefer to close without fur-
rer trouble, as, being an invalid, I do not
care about much worry. There is my card.
iHe handed to Mr. State, who sat nearest
to him, a card, from which the latter read
aloud, "Mr. Denial Chelps," and then paas-
ed it to me.
" Mr. Chelps," exclaimed Soate, as if
struck with a sudden thought, " al'ow me
to afar . you some refreshment," Mr.
Chelps turning his head a little towards
Trim, said : " Will you please to epeak a
trifle louder, sir ? I am unfortunately a
'little hard of hearing."
Scate loudly repeated his invitation ; it
vvae easier for him to speak Icndly than In
sub dnod key.
" No, air -no, sir r retur'-ed the other
with a sad ensile, '• Yon have brandy tb ere,
1 think, and the dcctore won't allow me to
is ch anything but sherry;"
" Then, it's just the thing !" cried Siete ;
'r' for this is sherry, and the beet you'll find
within five miles from this place, I'll bet."
The old gentleman sipped the wine,
¢'snacked his lips approvingly, and said :
r' And now, sir, we will proceed to bush
niees.-I do not see. madam, tiat the misfor-
v'hsne to which Mr. Matley referred need
'make any difference in my plane. I am an
old man, as you see, and merely want to be
comfortable. I want, es I bave raid, to live
wt:ere I can either mix with the family, or
shut myself up in my own room, jnet as I
lease. I »hall give no trouble ; and though
cannot afford more than I said, my money
,is safe. I want to settle my plans to night ;
and I must honestly own, that from some
iittle information which I obtained in my
tint inquiries, a week or so back, I should
prefer to come here to anywhere else I have
heard of, believing I should be more oom-
Iortablo.
Finding him still willing to go on with
the negotiations, I at oats declared my
anxiety to obtain a tenant, and although he
askeda few questions, Mr Chelps made no
difficulties, and it was arranged that he
.hlrauld take up his quarters with 09 on the
dollowing day. The effect of the sherry
upon him was to open out his heart ; for he
grew so loquacious and diecnrstve, that with
very little encouragement ho would have
told us all about his married daughter who
toted gone to Australia ; about the late Mrs,
whelps, on whoee worth he dilated, and to
whose - memory he wiped his eyes ; and
would, i believe, have furnished ne with
complete biographies of every relative ho
lead aver posseseed, We got rid of him
.chiefly through the tact of Mr, Soate, who
-ki Iared he was going to the street through
which ran the omnibus the old gentleman
wished to catch, and ho offered hie company,
which the ether very eagerly accepted,
Mr, (.'helps having no friends in the vi -
<dinky whom he oared about troublingin the
chatter, gave ns the name of a firm some-
where down by the Docks as referees. I
say "somewhere down;" for I did not
take the trouble as I ought g t to have done,
-asf going there to make the proper inqulriea.
Re had due beldam with them, be saki
and they had known him, at home and
abroad, for years, He ineiated ea paying a
deimeit ; and while ho was sottlivg„ tfia
with my wife, and she Rae writing' down
the address of knis refereneo. which was
rather a tedious ,flair, as Mr, Chelp's mem-
ory for names and addresses did not appear
to be very good, Mr, Siete aoizedthe oppor-
tunity of saying a few words ho an uader•
tone to me.
" This is a lift. I' he said. 0' You have
let yetis plane, and let it web, too, I con -
eider, to an old fellow with no wife or rele-
tive to bother you or give trouble. Didn't
I t41 you your luck would turn ?-and here
it's turning like the tide. 'fell your good
little wife to keep up her spirits. I. shall be
retied to morrow night, anti I expect to see
my friende between thls and thou. I em
sure to have something to tell you ; and
while you are waiting, if a five -pound note
is of any service to you, it is ready at a mo-
ment's notice, -Coming, sir l -quite ready."
This was in answer to Mr. Chelp's ; and
then the two left the room and the house
together ; Mr. Scats turning at the last
moment to laver us with a grin full of
moaning.
It may guessed y be gu et that Susan and I rat
up for some little time talking over the
avenge and unexpected events of the night ;
of ourgood fortune i n e
g n securing n i g ugh a led•
ger ; and what a good thing, too, it was
that he had not come a few days earlier,
when he would have been su"jeot to all the
annoyance and turmoil of the sale. We
could manage now, poor Susan thought,
especially if 1 could contrive to obtain some
employment, which I seemed likely to do
through the disinterested kindness of Mr.
Soate. This latter reoolleotion of course
started another sal ject of conversation,
and we could hardly say enough in praise
ot him, Yet it was plain we had each a ae-
oret but very real dislike to the man, which
we. sought to smotber by continual lauda-
tion of him, It would have been ungrate•
ful in the highest degree to utter a word
which could refieot anything but praise of
him -so we did not say it ; but we found
out that each tronght unfavorably of him
all the same.
Well, the morning Dame ; and punctually
at the time ho had named, came Mr. Chelps
also, closely followed by a smell van -load of
furniture. We were pleased to see that
this furniture was all in good condition ;
was, in fact, almost or quite new, so bright
and shining was everything. He explained,
on our remarking upon this, that his marri
ed daughter who had gone to Australia,
had furnlehed some rooms entirely for him,
just before she knew she was going, and
that her departure was very sudden. He
was as chatty as before, having a nine gym-
pathizing way, which won very much upon
Susan, who was greatly taken with ham.
The deposit he had left in my wife's
bands had enabled us to purchase one or
two necessities, apd even luxuries ; and in
the evening Mr. Chelps joined us at tea, and
was so cheerful in his conversation, and so
full of queer little anecdotes, that he quite
led us away from our own troubles, until ho
brought them back by asking, but in a very
nice way too, what I thought of doing in
the future. I told him that so far as my
own resources and inflnenoo were concerned,
I bad little prospect of. doing any good, but
that a friend -an entirely new friend, in-
deed -Nr. Siete, the gentleman whom he
had seen on the previous evening, had most
generously, most unexpectedly come for-
ward, and had almost obtained the promise
of a situation for me. As in duty bound,
Susan and I broke into praise of Mr. Soate,
and told how he had been an entire strang-
er, and how he was the only one who had
anything like a friendly feeling towards us.
While I was talking, and while Susan was
talking, Mr. Chelps listened with great in-
tentnecs ; but it was difficult to avoid a
smile when I raw him put up his double
eyeglase, as though he listened with it ; and
then, when it fell off, as it was continually
doing,• the helpless way in which he would
erope about for it, was more comical still.
We raised our voices at first when speaking
to film ; but he told ns there was no occa-
sion for this with ns, as, when persona rpohe
clearly end distinctly, he could hear them
mnoh better than he oould those who bawl-
ed et him. He was very much interested in
sur t cr uat of Mr. State, in whcm he de-
clared he had taken an interest at first
sight.
Very soon after this, the ratter's loud
knock 'vas heard ; said then M. Scats was
immodlitely shown in, Mr, Chelps rose as
he entered, and after a very friendly bow to
the visitor, said to as : " I shall be down
again in is few minutes, Mr. Matley, when,
if you will allow me, I will sit for half -an•
hour and have a chat. with Mr. Soate and
yourselves." Of course we all said we
should be muoh pleased if he woaid j rfn
us, Mr. Soate probably being the most em•
phatic of the three ; and toe old gentleman
toddled slowly up -stairs.
Slate listened to his retreating footsteps
with a knowing look, until he was satisfied
Mr. Chelps was out of hearing ; then turn-
ing to ne with the grin and wink so onetom-
ary with him, Bald ; " You've got the old
boy all right then? -You will always re.
collect, Mrs, Matley, that I said at the first
moment 'he would do.'" My wife assured
him she should always remember this ; and
then Mr. Soate proposed that we should
sit down and talk business.
He at enoe geld he had seen the friends
from whom he hoped so much, and that
they were quite willing to engage me, so
that I might expect to hear from them in a
few days, If I did join them, I should
find it somewhat better then trudging on
in a miserable office as clerk, His friends
did not go in much for oferke-no, no; that
was not their game. On hearing this, I nat-
urally inquired in what " their game," as
be styled it, coneleted; but although he
lannohed out into copious praise of their
liberality, and admiration of their exten-
sive tram:actions, I could not understand
what kind of business they carried on, or
what particular situation I was likely to
fill. Yet he kept on talking about the firm,
and congratulating me upon my good far.
tune in seourfog a position witu them, and
glancing at the confidence they reposed
in him, as shown by their accepting a
stranger on hie recommendation, nntii I
hears Mr. Chelpa's slow lumbering step ap-
proaohing.
I called his attention to this, and said
that ne perhapa had better go op stairs in-
to the parlor, dismintied as it was, for a
short time, in order that we might for a
row minutes more epeak uninterruptedly.
Sante reflected for an instant, then ex•
claimed ; " 0 no. Never mind the old fol-
io w 1 1 shan't say anything that I don't
want him to hear, I shan't let him know
too much, believe me. Besides, he is rather
good fun, and I liko`to wetoh him, -Hugh 1
hero he is, Ha 1 Mr, Chelps," he Dried
with an assnmption of the heartiest ood-
feliowehip, ,as the oldcon entleman
the room, "how are you now t ,' entered
lilt, Chelp e, as he osme hi,an sw
s prod the
salutation tion
frankly and Chert Mr. Sotto
proceeded to repeat the information he had
just given to as, While ter, Solite' was
telling all this to Mr, Chelps, my wife left
Or to superintend Lizzie in her domestic
operations,,
Mr. Chelp's mind still ran on my affairs;
and as the oyening wore on, he plied. Mr,
Slate with very dirtiest questions, such, as I.
much Whaled to ask, bar, lacked the courage
to do, Mr, Srsti was at first as vague
With trim as he had been with me; but under
the pressure of the old gentlemau'e repeated
icgatrlee, he eventually explained that his
friends were !' general agent and miaoel
leneouemovements," who bought and sold
all kinds of goods fpr all markete, home and
foreign, Anything, anywhere, they would
buy It if it were cheap and saleaole; and
would sell at smallest profit to do business
quickly. That, their bas:nese Mug rather
peculiar, they preferred to conduct is by
agFnts on whom they could rely-" Such as
our friend here, Mr, Matley," he said-" to
havinga central cfGte, as other merchants
did. hey always bought for ready -money,
which gave them a command of the market,
so far as needy venders were oonoerned, so
that they oould often obtain goods at much
lees than the cost of production. This ap-
plied as mach to foreign manufacturers as
to English. When they gave short bills to
fcreigners, 8n
ore they would always diaoou
nt
them them -elves if required, They motion-
ed on it dividend of forty per oent, every
year."
The eyes of Mr, Chelps twinkled and
glistened more than ever ad he listened to
tbie, until finally he said, that the idea
seemed so good, so leasable, and so profit.'
able, that having a great deal of time on
his hande, and same spare capital by him,
ho was more than half inclined to set foot
on eomethirg of the kind himself. At this
Mr, State's eyes twinkled end glistened
even more than those of the old gentleman,
and he said that, with his influence, it was
not impossible but that Mr. Chelps might
be admitted to take a small share in this
very business, " A most difficult thing to
be done, I assure you," said he ; " for they
won't look at outsiders as a rule -turn away
thousands after thousands every year, that
peer la aro almost going down on their kneed
and caking them to take, Yet, with my
reoommendation, perhapa— Bat how much
could you invest ? he said abruptly.
" Not a great deal -not nitre than eleven
or twelve hundred pounds, which, by -the•
by, is already invested," returned Catalpa,
who seemed by his tone to admit the con
temptible smalinese of tho sum he spoke of.
"All the rest is in hoasete with a few
ground -rents."
" Well, never mind ; I will sea what I
can do about it," returned Soate. " When
Dan you get at your money ? I ask, because
I know they are making a lot of purchases,
so now will be the time."
As soon as you please after the first of
next month," replied Chelps -"That is not
very far off -W nut name did you say your
firm's was ?'
It was certain that Mr, Soate had not
mentioned enc name ; and he advised the
old gentleman net to go any further with
his enquiries at present, until ho knew
whether there would be any chance of his
money being used. But Chelps by this time
was in no mood to be put off or evaded, and
he determined to have their nacres, if only
to with auocers to the venture.
" Banner, Wee;rge, and Cerrowble, that's
them," said Mr. Slate at lath ; and then he
went on to explain that the time named by
Mr. Catalpa was the moat auspicious he
could possibly have ohosen for his money to
ba accepted, and thfa being the ease, he
would not lose a day in breaking the matter
to hie firm.
This so delighted Mr. Chelps, that he in•
elsted upon baring a friendly elm of some-
thing hot, which was Immediately sent for,
and actually proposed to dreg a song, on con-
dition that Mr. State would help' in 'the
chorus. This the latser unhesitatir gly pro-
mised to do ; and Mr. Cuelps began " My
Pretty Jens," and sang it through, while
Mr. Soate repeated the last part of ca ch verse
in crnjanotien with him, as a chorus 1
Anything more awful" in the way of sing-
ing I never heard ; I should think nothing
mora awful ever was heard, Then, after a
little more discussion of business matters,
Mr. State left, with many a shake of the
hand from Mr. Cherpi, and protestations of
the warmest frfenesnip on beth sides.
I think I have said that Mr. Chelp'a con-
versvtlon wan on this evening more than
usually cheerful and interesting; but di-
rectly Mr. Spate had left, he seemed to fall
back into his natural manner. Noticing
this, I did not find my liking for Mr. Soate
increased; in fact, it was as muchas I could
do to avoid thorenghly disreliehir g him, in
epito of the benefit he was conferring upcn
mei and the trouble he was taking in my be
half,
(To DE CONTINUED.)
The Fruits of Canada.
There is en old saying that the record of
agriculture in a European country is often
to a large extent a record of its general his-
tory. How much more so is if with Canada
whcro the class of yeoman farmers is the
very backbone of the land, and where to
their simmers is mainly due the prrgress of
national industry and commerce. To agri-
culture prominence is therefore very proper.
ly given in the Canadian section of the Col-
onial Exhibition, and it is is but natural
that, coming to treat in detail the display of
Canada's resources, the group should first
claim attention. The produces ander this
head fall into five classes, namely -fruit and
vegetables, cereals, farinaceeue products,
dsellings, utensils and fertilisers, and ma-
chinery in metier). . We will epeak firstly
of the fruits, and leave to another ocoaeion
the treatment of other olaasee,
The fruit exhlblte are for the most part
grouped round the agricultural trophy in
the eastern transept of the central gellerv.
and will be hued is comprise some 1,000
jars. Among them will be seen eubetantial
ap'pteo rf every va iety from the 'eaetera
Province', the luscious outdoor grapes of
Q•rebec and Onterto laughing to eoorn the
saeptioaf Britisher whose chief knowledge of
Canada seems to relate ti the snow•sl:oo and
ice pa;aee, the many tinted peaches, plums,
and quinoee, as well as plump cherries
gooseberries, oranberrlea, and endless other,
smell fruits, cultivated and wild, represent-
ing almost every section of the Dominion,
from Prince Eiward Islend in the oaet to
distant Vsnoouvrr Island rn the Pacific.
Shown in museum jars, esoh labelled with
the name of the grower and looality of
growth, and preeerved either in hydrate of
oblorate, boroglycertde, or sulphurous sold
-for all three solations have proved most
useful -the exhibit would be a revelation to
mo t C median eyes, even thoegh acquaint-
ed with tint exhanetive oolieottone ,shown
atBtgtonin 1873, and at Philadelphia in 1876.
Still more moot it attract attention among
the many thousand visitors to the present
Exhibition, unversed as tiro vast majority of
them are in the produotiveneas of the Do-
minion in this reepeot, " What, do you
mean to say that all these fruits oomo from
Canada that ioe-
bound aentry ?"
asked one
visitor last week.; and his exclamation ex-
peesa<e the very general feeling of surprise
that must be aroused by so admirable a die
play, -(Canadian Gazette), Leaden, England.
BMs.;L TJTE..
Fox Neuralgia,
Tonga, to the beet medloine that I' have
ever given for neuralgia, It le safe, certain,
pleaeaut to take, and no disagreeable or nn-
pleaaautsymptoms--of Bots -.follow its ad-
ministration,' My attention was palled to it
as a remedy for neuralgia about three ,years
ago, and as 1 had suffered intensely from
neuralgia almost yearly for more than thirty
years, I determined to try it in my awn
perms. 1 mixed the "fluid ex'ract with an
equal quantity of simple syrup, and immedl•
ately upon feeling the pain t took a large
teaspoonful of the mixture, and repeated
the dose every half hour, until four doses
were taken, then I took a dose every hoar
until three doaea were taken, and to my
great eatief motion the pain was held in cheek,
did not become severe at all, as it had al-
ways done before. I repeated this oouree
the next day and the next, The pain me•
terlaliy weakened the third day, and on the
fourth it camp not -I was well. I attended
to my praotioe every day, and in the even-
ing'felt pleasant; indeed I Nit so 'pleasant
thatI think nk the tong% mast have had an ex-
hilarating .eff`ett upon my nervous system,
In all former attacks I was compelled to lie
in bed kir about one week, and was 'forded
to take opium every day to mitigate the ter-
rible pain. Since that time Ihave pregorib•
ed tonga in quits a number of Danes of neu-
ralgia with great ouooess, I have also pre -
earthed it in some oases, 'seemingly of a mix-
ed character, some neuralgia, tome rheum-
atism and some I don't know exeot ly what -
perhaps the unknowable -with like euoosss.
When the pain is oontinuous, as it generally
is in mixed oases, I give a dose every t wo
hours during the day, and about twice dura
Ing the night, and if relief is not obtained
within two days, I Increarmthe dose so that
the patient will get abot five or six drachms
of the fluid extract in twenty four hours,
I s stem tongs far above all remedies known
to me for neuralgia. The time was that the
very, thought of havlrg the disease was al•
most a terror to me, new I dread it not.
Take tongs out ofs the medicine known as
Toagaline, and what remains is not worthy
of any consideration whatever. The first
ease of dysentery that I meet with I intend
to try tonga, for I believe that it will prove
of great utility in most oases of disease in
which pain ie a promineet feature. Its ef-
fects en the nervous system are certainly
vary peculiar and powerful, whioh demand
for It careful investigation.
Mountain and $ea Air.
Highly nervous persons, the victims of by
poohondrla, those suffering from extensive
brain -work -above all, those in whom these
oonditions are Lound in mini unction -should
not, as a general rule, be advised to try the
seaside. A quiet inland locality, or some
mountainous epot of moderate elevation,
will be found to suit their oases better. The
monotouone aspect of the sea, and the cease-
less beat of ite waves, are mentally depress-
ing, while the highly strung neurotic patient
le Irritated instead of braced by the atlmu-
lating effects of the Bea air. [hose who are
just recovering from a serious Illness, suoh
as pneumonia or tppheid fever, should not
be sent prematurely to the seaside, as an ac-
oeeslon cf febrile symptoms Is frequently
the untoward result. An inland looality is
more suitable during early convalescence;
bat, later on, nothing conduces more to
complete euro than a resort to the seaside.
The marvelously reatorative cteots of sea
air in oases ot alight general debility, in
persons of strumous habit, and in these with
family predisposition to phtbisie, are well
understood, and must not be regarded as be-
ing in any degree Impugned by the opinions
expressed in this satiate.
Regularity.
If there to one table law about whioh all
per.,one are agreed it is that our mesas
should ho taken at stated and regular pe-
riods. Paople may diffsr about vegetarian-
ism, about sweets, about pies and cakes,
about tea and coffee, but I have never met
a person who would insist that regularity
was of no ooneequenca, that it was lust as
well to take two meals to -day and live to-
morrow, betake dinner at one o'clock to -day
three to -morrow, and five next day, with-
out understanding the phyeiologioal law all
are agreed that regularity is importaut.
A long journey by rail does not derange
the stomachbecause of the sitting in an un-
ventilated car, for the traveler may occupy
a still worse plane In the pursuit of his bush
nese at home ; neither is it because of the
character of the food furnished at the rail-
way lunch -rooms. for the food at home io ot-
ten worse; but the stomach derangement
which nearly always comes with the long
railway trip it, in a great part, to be traced
to irregularity in the times of eating.
A Very Carious Community,
Early in this century s. number of Ger-
mane, ander the leadership of George Rapp,
made a settlement in Pennsylvania, four-
teen miles from Pittsbdrq. They aimed to
imitate the example of the Disciples as re-
lited in the Ants of the Apostles. In ether
words, they eeta:lished a community having
all thir gs in common. The family relation
was regarded for a number of years, bat
finally the oommnnity beoamo celibates
and the husbands and wives lived apart.
As a oonecquenoe the memberahlp became
Iocs and leas. At ono time tkey numbered
about a thousand persons. All that is
left le about; fifty old men and women.
The community prospered in wealth while
it dlminiahed in numbers. In the past its
mannfaotoses wore famous, especially their
broedolothe, flannels, and blankets, Sume
veers ago they bought some w;1d land in
Penneyivanla for the sake of the timber it
ooht',ined. Sobsegnently this tract preyed to
be the midcle cf the ell bearing region.
R'ooea poured in upon the community, while
ail the time It is dying ont, because it made
no proaelytee and would not oarn'eaance
family lice, Visitors to the community
toll touching stories of the hunger for chil-
dren whiob these old men and women still
feel. The babies and attic wee who come
to Harmony, as their village re called, are
pesalonetely caressed and wept over by
those oolibete oommuniete. In passing It 1a
worthy of note that the Shakers are dying
oat in numbers, They make few or no prose-
lytes, and the only reorufte they get are
onildren they adopt from the alms hcueee
A history of Amerloan soolalittto caper!.
manta, such an the Shakers, the Economites,
and the Oneida Communists, would be very
interesting reading,
wesessee -•s.
Laughter,
flew muoh Iles in laughter -the elpher
key wherewith we decipher the wholn
man 1 Some men wear an everlastirg
barren simper ; in the smile ot others liee
the cold glitter as of ioe ; the fewest aro
able to laugh what can be palled laughing,
but only sniff and titter and 'niggle from
the throat outwards, or at least produoe
whiffing, hneky eaohinatiou nn if they were
laughing through wool, Of none snob
Domes good --(Carlyle,
THE LIMs-KILN OLIN,
There was an unusually large attendance'
as the meeting oponed,,eiid it was whisper'
ed from one to the other that Brother Gard-
ner bad son;etbing on bit mind- Elia ocun•
tonanoe had a serious look as he took hie
seat, and durigg roll -Dail he Wee busy with
aletter When the secretary had finished
lila; Dull the President arose and said;
" My friend,, hash am a letter from Ashe-
villa, N ail Caroliny, inolosip' the purooed-
fn's of a late temperanoe meetln' held by
de oult'd people of dat nayburhood, an
axin' me to publiokly state my views on the
suljtok ef temperance. Not a man among
yon hoz eber heard me preaoh temperance,
Some of yeti who war' dripkin too deeply
her bin made to walk chalk, but I hasn't
forged my opinyuns upon you, I Noe my
Dull d friende siyin in an' slippinl out of sa'
loons, an' although I know dey leave money
dar, vehicle am sorely needed at home, I
baven't it word of advios to give, I often:
meet a good man drunk, but I Joan' chide'
him, I Fee young men gwine to deatruok-
shun byde aid of whisky, but I dean' hold
'em bank. Why? Bahasa-
" 1st, Advise unasked am words frown
away.
" 2d. To be known as a philantrophist
am about as had as to be known as a fool,
" All chit I could pay or do fur a decade of
y'ars wouldn't leesen de number of drunkards
by one, De man who makes a praotioe of
gfttin' drunk am, in my opinyun, so low
down in his moral natur' dat hie fel-
low -man had better let bim fiaieh de bizness
widout iuterupehun, Let me say a few
words to de men in die club :
"Do ye know what a glass of beer a day
means'? Thirty five cents 5 week -a dol-
lar forty a month -about $17 ei y'ar Nobody
stops at ghee. Jlat make dat $34 a year,
What hev yo got to show fur yer money
when de y'ar eands ? How much better
does ler bireaf emelt ? How much stronger am
yon rn
t
" lief ty long ya'rs ago, when I was a slave -
boy on de plantashun, I caw a specter. It
had hands which trembled. It had hollow
eyes -a toothless mouth -a face so drawn
au' pinched dat a blue lisht seemed to dance
aroma' It. I asked the name of de specter,
an' an old man answered : ' Rum l'
"I hev Been dat specter almoae' ebery
day since. It has followed friende to,de altar
-it has jtned de funeral puroesehun when
deme friends war' burled. When men fust
see it dey cry out in disgust but, little by
little dat grim, relontlese specter gats a foot -
bold, It pats you on the back. It walks
arm ha arm wid you. It beoomes a boon
companion, Da broken voice of a father -
de soba of a mother -de tears of brothers
an' slaters do not reaoh de heart of die spec-
ter. It has no heart -no soul.
" I have heard it laugh as de poo' ole
drunkard fell down in de snow to freeze to
death.
" I hev heard it exult ata de young matt was
brought home drank fur de fust time 1
" I hev seen it sten' at de cottage window
an' dance in glee as de brutal blown of a
drunkeufether smote a eulferin' mother an'
innocent ohill'en.
"I hev seen it iddlcelin' de youth bekase
he would not be led into temptashnn.
"I look back for twenty years an' reek
what has baoome of Ben an' Torn au' Sam
au' a scene of others. Dead, alas 1 How ?
By old ege? No 1 By accident? No 1 By
disease ? No ! They looked arms with the
specter. Drink, an' drink alone was respon-
sible fur ft,' out o' five deathe.
"I look arena' me to -day au' I see de
ape cter eeekin' new victims, It has viotlms
in ebery graveyard in de world -its dead
sleep on de mountains and under de sea, but
it ant not satisfied. It has made a million
widows, but its hand is relentless. It has
mode five miliyun orphans, but de number
mus' burette's.
" Da young man who pate liquor in bis
monf am holden' a keen -aged razor to his
froat an' walkin' ober broken ground. He
am stealing' away an' aeliin' to de dram
shops his reverence for hie father, -his love
for mother - bis brotherly feolin' fur brothers
an' sisters.. He am exohangin' honesty in-
dustry an'd's respeok of his fellow -mon fur -
what?
"Rum 1 A specter welkin' beside him wid
noieeress step. A eel -pent lyin'in wait wid
•lewdly fangs. It blights your manhood. It
h;stens ole aige. It dogs graves fur heart-
broken women and etarvin chl:1'en.
"As I num down heah tonight I heard
wails of sorrow in a house to which do mas
ter will neber return. He traded hie all for
Rum an' de grim specter walked to de riber
wid him an coaxed him to j imp from de
wharf, You cannot imagine how dark de
clouds hang ober dose left behind. Da vic-
tims of dat specter ani lyln' about us as
if Death had been holdin' a carnival. Walk
up and down the streets of any town or city
in de land an' your eye will tell you whioh
household welcomes de specter an' which
drives him away, What do broken gates,
shattered pains, ragged chill'en ' and bar'
flaors mean? What do blows, screams,
oaths an' arrests mean ? What in fo' cases
out o' fiva, cooks de murderer's stet or
draws hia deadly knife? What s crates
p
husbands au' wives -breaks n homeb-fills
our asylums and poo' houses ?
"It is Ram ! Dey talk of de deadly
weapons of war, but Rum kills its hun-
drods whar' war kills its scores. War re-
,-eots do aiged an' helpless. Ram de-
lights in delr slaughter.
"1,say'to yon, young men, look out far
do fust temptashun. De specter stande be.
bind you to drop pizen in de grass. Men
argy wid yon data glass of beer kin harm no
one. Neither kin it benefit anyone. You
am simply tradin' off yer money fur sun -
thin' of no t 000unt. It am a dap down
hill. Da man who tells you he kin dria}t
jilt so muoh ebery day an' den let' drink
alone am baltin' a trap fur hlaseif to walk
into. No vicious habit ober yit stood still
on a :nun. It mos' grow or it mu& be.
checked.
" Yeu ax a boy 12 years old what drink -
in' leads to, an' ho will tell you to gamin
lin', fightin', Idleness -do gutter, State
Prison, de gallows. 11, in do fano of (let
saran knowledge, he jmes hands wid de'
specter, who shall argy dat he kin be
turned bank ? Ebory drunkard realizes.
what de rand will be. If he am satisfied
why shonld de world be annus, 1 hev no
days to devote to de aalvashun of einem
who feel deire.lvoc well 'miff Nfi, nor to de
retinae of men who roallzs dat each glass am
enoder fenced:e'en. on do highway to deg-
rade -shun, I has simply told you how I
feel about it. Let uta go hum."
Prof. N. S. Shuler is authorityfor the
statement that 50,000 square mis of ter-
ritory east cf the Misslsoappi now covered
by ewemne mieht eeetly be drained and
turns into fertile lane's,
Mr. Brown of San Antonio, Texas, became
angry and more in the pretence of Mrs.
Williams. She oticeted, and he told her to
help herself if she could, So she told her
husband, and Mr, Williams at onoe loaded
hie pistol, sought Brown, and found him
eating supper. " Did you swear in my wife's
presence ?" caked Mr. Wilila.rns. 111 din,"
eneiwered Mr, Brown, Thereupon Mr,
Williams 'hot Mr Brown dead.
A WIFE 'T'EE WACtra
A Mission Incident`.
"You'd better give up the game for this
evening,' amid a friend of Taheretzefl. The.
young effioer poured out another gime of
champagne,
"Retire from theamse " he oriel "at
the very moment that my luck is return-
ing ! I shall not leave the table until da -
light." Y
"I pledge myself to do the ammo," replied
AuguetincBl ,, P
The game oontiuued with renewed anima -
Von. Saab 'struggles have a terrible re-
eemblanoe to duels to the death, Hob ad-
vereary watches theother, seeking to divine
in hie eyes the secret of his next play. Each
tries to hide his own thought -he yields, ad-
vancer, retreeto again; ,eyes flims, hands
tremble. A, 'Angle mistake would be irrep-
arable. Every play le oalonlated, all oonse-
quenoes are reckoned,,. and Dards are rapidly
flungdown in order to disconcert the adver-
gary. Finally one of the two becomes eon
fused ; he reels his look departing from him;
he staggers ; he euooumbe, It's tell over
with him; the game is lost!
Thus that hat memorable n t succumbed
To eretzoff
Ling e
h . before e dawn began
�i wn
b8
to glimmer, andthe nightsfn St. Petersburg
are long, he had loat all that he poseeseed-
his house upon the grand Mookala,his fine
estates in the centralprovinoee, and even his
beautiful obateau in the Ukraine, where he
tined to ratite the finest horses An the empire
and lived like a king when he went hither
with his young wife to visit hie serfs and re•
ceive the revenue ot his Janda.
But what gambler ever bellevea he has
lost, so long as thein yet remain, to him
anything to • lose ? Toheretzoff could . not
stake the diamonds of the princess, and he
had alreac y pledged all his • o wn--even the
diamonds of his decorations ani a fine jewel
he wore upon his finger -a rich gift from
the Czar,
He rose up all daztd, took a glees, filled
and emptied it several times in succession -
walked thrice around the room, and returned
to take hie plane before Auguste ,off, who
eat there quietly shuffling the garde as if
waiting for another adveraary to continua
the game.
Bat when he saw Toheretzoff again in
front of hien, Aagustinoff arose in turn.
" It ie not yet day," said Toheretziff-
" why do yon get up ?"
"You cannot play any
lost everything 1"
"How do you know?"
" Have you some hidden treasure ?"
"Yes, I have hidden treasures."
And continuing in a whisper, a atrangled
whisper that barely esoaped from hie livid
lips, he Bald:
"• You love my wife."
" Who told you so ?•'
" Nobody; I know 111 I have not now
even the means of nourishing her. I will
play you for her. I will stake her against
all that you won herd me this evening."
A flash as of lightning flamed and passed
in the eyes of Angustinoff, and for the fiat
time his handsome and passionless gambler's
faoe evinced the emotion ef his soul,
"I accept," he said.
But his voice now trembled like that Of
his adversary. Emotion choked the words
at his throat, and came forth only with
difficulty.
Ho continued.
"Still, I &coept only under two condi-
tions. The flret is this : My stake ie inaufli-
olent. I add to it 500,000 rubles, because
I cannot add any more. Ssoondly, ybn mast
have the divorce °Stained, taking upon -
yourself all responsibility for it, The rep-
utation of the princess Is without spot; she
must not be touched by so muoh as the
breath of an evil whisper."
"I accept the, conditions," replied Tch-
eretz.ff. "The first is flattering to my
wife ; the second is flittering to myself. It
shall not ex reed my generosityt
At the moment of takingtru't lthe cards
Augustinoff was selz'd with' a singular
nervonenoas. He seemed afraid to begin a
ogntaet of which the woman ho loved was
the stake, Was he afraid of Teeing ? 0:
did he fear a disdainful rejsotion by the
princess of the terms to whicn she had un-
consciously been made a part -a contempt-
uous refusal that would annihilate the
fruits of victory in his very grasp? All
these feelings blended in the tumult of nee
mind and robbed him of much of that won-
derful coolness ho had al,vays shown in or-
dinary playing.
The game commenced. It then assumed
the aspect of a mortal duel, Indeed.
A deep silence reigned in the hall. Each
held Ma breath, and nothing could be heard •
except the dry sound of the cards falling
npon one another, like the soldiers mortally
wounded. From time to time a voice spoke,
announcing a point made -then the gliding
of the counters marking it, At each play
the two adversaries paused, like wrestlers
overcome with fatigue and trembling at the
thought of defeat, The chances seemed
equal; the skill evenly proportionate. A
bold but incautious play was finally made
lay Teheretzeff. It might in other casae
have brought victory -it only led to defeat 1
Then, for the first time, the man whom
the fever had possessed for ten long years
suddenly assumed an attitude full of noble
dignity. He bowed to Augustinoff, saluted
him as officers salute earn other under arms,
and said :
" I shall keep my word, '
It !river so mach as occurred to him to
question the validity of his engagement.
Bat from the pallor of his fano, the mlet in
his eyes, the linen of pain abaut his mouth
and forehead, it was easy to no how terri-
ble t'io self-restraint and how violent the
ageny within,
Tho pledge was faithfully fulfilled. Tech-
eretzoff obtained tbo divorce, taking upon
himself all the responsibility of the act and
assuming all the faults. C•.rtelnly the most
serious fault was that of having h
stak' in
wife ripen game of Dards. In Ross the
position of a divorced husband is ve1y'seri-
oas. lie is not merely liable to a heavy
pen thy, but even to deprivation of liberty.
The Cz r'e favorite aid -de -Damp wap noti m •
priaened, but be wan permitted as a very
epochs/favor to jibs the forams at war In the
Osuoaaos. He departed, but never returned.
And you ask what was the fate of the
primate's and what free choice did she make?
Well, it is evident that she moat have ao-
quioeced in the consequences of her hus-
band's losses, inasmuch ata she became
oees Attgnstinoff,
Another Boycott Failure,
Another example of the failure of the boy-
cott
oyDolt comms from the Wert. The editor of a
weekly Wisconsin paper pitched into a local
union and was ordered to be driven to the
wall• After a period, of six weekte a aom-
mittee,called upon him to see why he hadn't
starved, and he explained :
"I hadn't but 08 subs ors ib
ere in the first
plaoe, and of those 07 were deadheads,
The Only live advertising Wal paid for in
stomach bitters, • and I hada a six month's
supply ahead. My railway pass fel good ter
eleveei ntonthi to dome, and my wife Isn't.
used to but two meals s week Gentlemen,
int your old boycott howl 1"
more ; you have
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