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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-8-6, Page 2svs1e opru. o prevent rooms The vit. tements not oceteiceued turn, which was probabky a tit -bit for quieter hours, 'hue embration of the heliday in honour iss Haldane. Vpou sone" of the inheb• ents the eelebratiou bad produced the "Whet would give my lad great joy," effeet of steegeriug it aud thick utterauee !geed "would be if you were nearer to ea.e of ispeech, but these delinqueutd all °I.whn'n other. Sweethearting at a distance is no were of the male sex, were being carefully het/ as e.g.,. cealle as when young people ar looked after by the woutailkbacl, and what :together.' ditorder was apparent was of a goeldeam- " Butet canetbe Izelped," SAW Reeitel. mired kind, an not likely to egenerate «i eappese eau't,3, said 1, with a inn Ent* anything worse. The Brindled Cow of donbt in my voice. was doiae- 4 rettling businees, which the ! " George kuews that I hove matte np m lendlord was attendino, to v.ith tact adn Rune no to knee my 3r0 uog 1a4 du she consetentiounness, persuading thee whi eetotee. 1 „melee de it, eee„ eiiiiingtone• hail had a little more than enough to heed 11 yes, he has tat sa. well. my 1e3 the advice a their wives, artil go home like the sooner dliss Hiblane is settled the Ise goatleeneibleseels, for thesel;eof theme-v.1**es ter for efit pAries. IS there any eerie- pr and the quality at the ei nor House* of peat of their. Rectal e" whom R wee evelvet they 0004 in Will°11e. 1 "I can't ay," she replied. " There ar :mute donut, As 1 niece"'11,,mohn these FOlUe. thing -el snidest% epeela. alemt." scenes 1 eeeld not hop retiectang upon *4 Quite I -igloo -ay ee:se, Never betray the entail differettee that existed enasienee. I shall nieke George bappdts elix," "Dread and liepberd's Rush said Rachel, "to do her ar se she :did not voltuasitr any informatio o the neture of the sintyiee for which s required, 1 forebore feepress her, an inwardly commended her for her prudene Neithee slid she mane any inquiries of n o the busine.es which bad brougla me t 'huilleigh Pa,rk, end this WAS hl my eye another recounnendetion. Having got thu far we fell into conversetion about Georg and you may be sure that was a subject eould Ise the most eloquent upon. 1 sal nothing that was not a pleasure for her t hear, audshe felly reptidnie by saying tha, George evoke of me exactly as I spoke 0 George ituleed there leere ane' dightenee at ol Inm how pleeeeti 1 ant with emu. —between life in an obscure village lite tide We were now at the Hell, and ite•die 11 her. I don't know how loug I remained here, the servants she bad met with just treat- ment as might have beeneepeeted by any person who was a better silage of human nature then Miss Haldane. Black looks heel been directed towards her, harsh words had been flung at her, she had been condemned withont a trial. It is the way a people fix humble circumstances, who erageeerellv far more cruel in theit• judgment of Glee equals than those in a, higher position. Stung to the soul the uultappy girl had fled, to hide herself—Where? I did, not make the inquiries myself, but, through Reeliel, I learned all that 1 welded to know. With a due regard to the fact thee Rachel 'was a youngand virtuous girl, extremelyi I was careful n the instructions gave berand what she gethered front ber fellowservants was of far less weight in her eyes than in mine. Reading -between the lines, and reasoning out the bare particulars with whielt she supplied. me •the sus- picion I had formed became a certain- ty ; and thus awresum ned I ed to Mise Haldane, accompauied by Rachel, who, as before, retired to the inner -room, and left her mistress and me to eouverse iu private. lionoria will not eon -lobe* to the Halls Miss Haldane," "Oh, Mr. Millington I" (To BE CONVINCED.) • NHOW ET PZZE.S TO BZ MAP. all. nho Recovered Me:sanely Vene eite Entolione. My wies cense to see 'me, but she slid not try to have nue released- 1 demanded a trial, bat no iawytT Newlin defend me. Theis realized that the whole ecnenutuity wee against inc. 1 h?Calite SO wroth that my row seemed to hang over me like a dirk dotal. It pressed um to the floor and iteld me there. elms came after a lone 'dine WA Y took me away, I thought, to another preens. One ;ley a cal eame into iny cell, and 1 trieil to Lite her. She made the hair tly, but 1 and life in the great 1ib onfrmn winch I wised Inc to watt white zee went anti t•O had jonrneyeil In the morning. There is her young mistress that I was come, -supposed to be a WOrld of meauitig ia the Tau Jamul tnind if you are detainee eaying that tied made the country and man little while," she toed. and left nie to ute made the Towns and meaty aecept it in the eel( for a quaeter of an hour er ese at the en t • a` ha one morning the enit rose and shone in ' at me through inc winnow. It seemed to lo P „ • „ ot whteh *lute abe inecle her appearanee I • vile. t is, however: only a question at de. " again, and bade nee follaw her to Miss gree er numbers. In town and eountry Heimaneo toms human nature is the same, as weak in the ere of temptation, as strove, ut the eausc of ince:ewe and virtue. What 1 bed witneesed during the lest few hours was preens. tut preef ef this. thought a Honoree; of the ae- e,osat ion whiels hen been brought against her, r Miss linlitaue was at dinner, Rach whispered to me as we went iipStahlis an she was presently to dres for the bell. A Around me were yr:le14 e:'e" o01'mete an granueur, whhili none but a genavalau nuti What torluoe could menden'. The :servant winela Mt was ealse ot the ehante to were in haosonie tieev„ aee the deeeles, etbieh she Ind been beought, cnna anal staircases were Isrmitt with lintel ani felt was erne 1 thousdn of her ellempient gewees. No oae toes, on,y ISOtte af inc. ever ia wbe'e meet flee eltene FdritY and elm' pereem 1 eats beine futon ou lousinet,a el il 11 41 the filet time tsseti Irul seen the greet hunt - nary fer ;swabs. mist cleared fr(M1 fore my eyes. My brain began to work, and ;suddenly realiall that I had heen in• sane. I called the !teepee,. and when he sew me be exclaimed, " Tinek Iteaven 1" ausl grain- ed my baud, I wan not long „ie putting on another suit of elothet ond turuine my Nee 3 towar.... -12 home. A physician seie that 1 wee s cured, aud everybody wooed bright and hae ppy at um 'emery. I went home. My y , fainted when she new Inc and learned lh that bad recovered my mind. I aeltes1 t nty litfle children. aud two big boys end a 6' young 1AS came forward awl greeted me. d 1 had been in the asylum twelve years. ty ; I thought of the gratin hell thet was 3ie Isom. was gild teho„ We am wa me, he Lie given Preuntld" at thtl INbncrd 11"11•=e; r. Haldane. In weeding to Miss Haldane' of the toy and Oasis:sea that wottle prevail ; eel," hae not given Mw thought, as azz. and I dwelt open the gay steno 1 es.w y when W41 tu his house that it deg:ensue girls to (then* the wd11111 W"'" osmurrea to nes that a meeting with Mot puma filled with threatening shadows.Van- „might. he aweetevd„ wasdoing no wrong, Pm and vice, light and darkness, side sly , however. ene I quietly nude up my wind, side. „ in ease of a meeting, to answer frankly any 4 hand was laid 11Pan my ann' noogen queetione he might put to me. 'riser° was down, ami aew a comely young woman, who no need oe any explanation, as I did not looked up at me demurely. see him. "Yon were Pointed out to Mei Sir," she fluke took me into a room adjoining one said, "cm Mr. Millington. It was the lend- in wines, I judged, Miss Haldane was to lord of the Brindled Cow wbo told me; dress. She went into this adjoining room, though*should have noon% you anywhere" and presently Mies Haldane MIRO from it, Pleasant eye; pteasent featurea, and a and greeted nte geavefully ; but I saw there 'dement voice. s was trouble in her face. " Anal ahead have known you," I said, f "( Rube," eaidhlies Haltlane, "I wish to holding out my hand in a fatherly wets* ' sneak to Mr. Millington elope. Remain in (" wherever I met you, How would you have tise alter room in ewe I want yon." When recognised mo I" Roche was gone she continued : " It is "By your likeness to George. How would fortunate yon are here, Mr. Millington, as you have recognised me, sir S" should not know whom else to trust. By your likeness to the portrait George weeqemis so nese, and there ate who, who is never tired gazing at, my clear." aro apt to judge larshly. They are awry I am glad to hear that, sin"said Rachel for it, afterwards, but it is not ahvays easy to Diprose. undo an unkindness." else paused, as if she "And I am glad to hear I am like nty lad." foundit difficult to speak of what was weigh- ing on ber mind. 1Vith abrupt tleciston, How is George. sir l" which denoted a certain strength of ehar- "He is well, and told me to give you leis actor, she said, "It is of the poor girl you love. 1 have been wondering Yellen 1ahead saw in the village." see you." "Minnie I said. She mewed a little into the light so that "Yes, leonorlis," she said, and paused eould see her quite clearly. It was modest- again. ly dope, and I was pleased at the action. I " You inay speak freely to inc, Miss Hale hacItad my doubts of Rachel; they grow deaudis wee. "1 will do whatever you wee* as I gazed upon her pretty face "Have you come expresslyfrom the Hall to see use ? I asked. " Yes, sir." "But how did you know I was here t" "Through Mr. Simpson, sir.' "Oh, throats+ Mr. Simpson," said. I, waiting loran ex -planation. desire, and you may trust me to stet kind- ly," "Thank you, Mr. Millington," site said; "your assurance is v.great relief to me. You aro acquainted with the pour girl's name. Has anyone been speaking to you about her ?" 4' Some parteculans of her residence in the "Miss Haldane sent me foryou, sir. She village has reached me, and I am sorry for wants you to do her a service, and I said I her?" was sure you would." She gave me a grateful look. " Youmuat Of course I will, my dear, but still1 ain not believe all you hear, Mr. Millington, p_uzzled a bit hoer this has come about. Honoria is a good girl, and. was not satisfiell Mirow a Tighten it, RaeheL" with her position. I bave suspected that a "It was in this way, sir. But we had long time, and when she went away better walk to the Hall ;we can talk more comfortably away from the crowd." She took my arm, and we proceeded in the direc- tion of the park. " It wasin this way, sir. Somettung occurred in the village that has made Miss Haldane very sad. I think you. were there at the time." I guessed that she referred to Honoria, and I said, "Yes, I was there." She con- tinued: "Miss Haldanesaw youamongthepeople, and knew you were a stranger. She spoke to irte about you, and wondered who you were. 1 said I would try and find out, and I went to Mr. Simpson, wbo was at the Hall aftecwhat occurred in the village, and.asked him. You may imagine how surprised I was when he told me your name was Millings ton, and that you had come to see Mr. Hal- dane upon business." "He told you that, did he? What made you go to Mr. Simpson for information, Rachel?" "He knows everything that is going on,. and is always curious about strangers. Are you quite, quite positive, Mr. Simpson? ' said. He said he was, and he gave me a descriptionof you. Do you know, sir, when. he said it was Mr. Millington, I thought at first it was George." "Very natural, my dear." "But his description of you. as a middle- aged gentleman didn't fit George. Then I thought that there must be more than one Millington in England, and you reighn't be any relation of George's. "told Miss Hal- o. dane what Simpson said, and she asked if you could be trusted. I answered if you were George's father—it was only then the the thought came into my head that you eaglet be—that I would trust you with my life, but Met if you weren't I hadn't any opinion to offer," As Rachel's hand was lying .ort my sleeve I put my disengaged hand upon it and patted it approvingly ; the con- viction was dawning upon me that George had made a good choice. "'Go and see, Rachel,' Miss Haldane said, and if he is George's father 0, " said 1, interrupting her, "Does she know about you and George then ?" " Yes, sir. I haven't any secrets from my leer young lady, and I don't think she has emeydreee me, " If Is is George's father," me very little, but she could not under my ..se; "ask him if he will come . and direotions. I had something more than a 'Teak to- ..gne. suspicion of the reason of 14Ionoria's hasty "To do he. a service 9" I said. departure. Being given into the care of having no family here that had any claim upon her, it was with the intentoin to bette herself. There was nothiug wrong in that.' "Nothing, Miss Haldane." "What Mrs. Porter accused her of is no true. It was unfortunate that she we robbed just at the time lionoria left th village, but Honoria is not to be blamed fo it. I see now that she could not have been happy with Mrs. Porter, and that mus have been one reason for her sudden de patine. I was very fond of her, and she had an affection for me. Mr, Millington, do you think you can find her for me?" "But she was with you two or three hours "I know. I brought her to the Hall, and asked the servants to be good to her, and to let me see her to-roorrow when this busy time is over. I was greatly distressed when Rachel told me she had left the house." "Do you know why she left ?" I asked. nor does Rachel. But she has gone, a,ncl I am afraid to think what will become of her. She is quite penniless, Mr. Milling- ton; she did not tell rae so,. but I am sure of it. I did not like to offer leer money, for fear of hurting her feelings; I thought I would wait till to -morrow, and then, niter hearing her story, I would decide how I could best assist her. Poor Honoria! She hasn't a friend, Mr. Millington." "She has one eery sincere friend, Miss Haldane." "Indeed I would like to be ; but how can I when I don't know where she is ?" "May I make a remark, Miss Haldane ?" "1 wish you would. I ain sure it would be in the right direction. "Before I can advise you, before I know how to proceed, 1 should like to ascertain the cause of her leaving the Hall. If you can Sparc Rachel, aud will receive Inc again in a few minutes, I could see my way more clearly." "Certainly, Mr. Millington." She called Rachel, "Rachel, go with Mr. Millington, and tell him what he wants to know. Bring him back to me when he is ready to come." "Yes, Miss," said Rachel, and she and I lefe the room, and went together to the lower part of the house. Rachel could tell Mario Autoillett* Slipper. In an Ohi French househohl in New York the most carefully cherished heirloom is a slipper which was worn by Merle Antoinette in the lender' 'before the Frenels Revolution. It was one of the preeioue relies et the bag. gage of a court lady who fled with her lute band to 'madam when the storm broke. She left the tiny, bine, failed slipper to her daughter, with the injunction that it should go down in the family, to the eldest daugh- ter, if alto never allowed hereeli to have corm It is a pretty slipper, and has 'seen care- fully kept in the jewel case of one French women after another, ao that it is perfertly preserved. It is short, very narrow and very high. heeled, aud is a Imes:ea..' blue, lined with soft white silk. Thc sole is of imam grained leather, and there are three satin strapsover the inetep, fastened with a paste totekle. The pc:lute:1 too is embroidered with silver threads, and the edges are bound with silver braid. The condition regarding Rs inheritance has always been strictly regarded. The wo- men of the house have taken great care of their feet Olin they might rightfully claim • the unhappy dueen's slipper, and for 100 years there has not been a pinching shoe worn in that family. A relic of this sort wouldbea, boouin agoon many households, if it had the effect of in. clueing Os° datighters to abandon the tigen boots, winch insure not only their feet, but their gait and carting; A Zulu Dainty. Mollies are the chief food of the Kaffirs, but they rejoice at an occasional opportu- nity of feasting off a tough " trek " ox—no matter if it has died from natural causes— albeit their glimmering of religious super- stition forbids them the use :4 animal food. They loathe fish as we should loathe eating e1 a snake; but, on the other hand, their fan- ,. cies forseertam tidbits run in a...curious di- , reetion. One afternoon a spray of glittering ereen foliage is brought to me, frosn whence e are depending the most enormous caterpil- lars 1 have ever seen in my life, as think as e my thumb and twice as long—fat, green fe- e lows, studded with small, sparkling scales. The little Zulu girl from whom they had been obtained wept because "we hacl taken away her food." I flatly declined to try a caterpillar or two, whereupon a native eats. erly selects a couple of the finest, Tenches off their tails, manipulates glove fashion the wriggling creatures one within the other, frizzles them before the fire, and finally daintily devours the nauseating morsel with the lingering enjoyment of an English schoolboy eating a fine fresh strawberry. Literary item. De Style "1 say, old man, you're mar- ried ; can't you suggest some acceptable and appropriate present far me to make my ebum, who 8 to be married next week ?" Benedict: "Certainly, my boy. Why do you think of a copy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' ?" Gradually the Census Bureau of the United Kingdom is making known the re- sult of the recent count of the people. Al- ready the figures in the ease of Scotland and Ireland have been announced, aud show that while the populationof the former country has increased nearly 300,000 during the decade that of the latter has decreased nearly half a million. Moreover they reveal the same tendency to the concentration of the people that has been so noticeable on the continent of urope and here in America. Thus at. persent °sit of a total population of 4,033,103 - en Scotland, 1,334,829, or more than 33 per cent. are found in its eight principal cities and towns; and of these Glasgow with its suburbs claims 656,185, or nearly one-half. Referring to the modern tendency to con- centration the London Daily News says: "Everywhere the lam of the distribution of the people seems to be that the urban popu- lation must increase and the rural popula- tion must increase. Scotland was notlikely to be my exception to this rule, which is known to apply in England, though the actual returns of t,he country districts have not yet bola published." SUNDAY READINO. The Sabbath Ohime. Iltany a burden, many a labour, Always, fretting _carol Busy footsteps corning, going, Little time for prayer. Duties waiting on my threshold Will not be denied ; Others, coming round the corner. Crowding to their side. Row shall1these number, :Vaster? How shall1 get through? Row keep calm amid the tumult? Lord whatsball Idol Thou calla still the wildest conflict 131d the billows chase; Thou canst iillearth'sbusiest moment With Thy perfect peace, Gine ThYstrengtli toineet my weakness, Give a heart at rest; Give a childlike. trustful spirit, Leaning en Thy breast. The Sabbath of The Soul. And the apostles gathered themselves together Tinto Jesus andtold Him all things, both what they had done and whatthey had taught And He said untothem," Come ye yourselves apart into a desert. place and rest awhile;" for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, so much as to cat. And they departed into a desert place by ship, privateey.—Mere: 30.32. The first time ayoung man coraesfrom the quietude of his coentry home to themetrop- olis he &ties in the crowds 014 throng the pnblie thoroughfares. luxuriates in tlse eresehme, and bustling of the thousands who !, hurry along, intern business or pleasure or game If it is Unseen. he Um for Made • while on Oxford street, Fleet street, and the Strand. Rut very soon, withoot hint from any teen. he geows tired of the eoseless roar. ited the coming end the going of the thianL• e s wearisome, and he tura aeiOe and eeelse the less frevented streets ; Mime quiet reigns end the grass grows , green among the petsceful atones. Crowds are demoralizing ; they irritate and vex they jer and net upon the enslave nerves. A.Eld many a Welly SIMI OPIPS ant in the I s • sailone i not in words, Oh for a littlequiet Oh, for an hour of peeee: Bin the fever awl reetletaness of this ago touches all life. throbs and quivers an the hamlet anal the village as much, or at least • as truly as in the town end city. The • perese ef the evangeliet, " They hail no lei- sure.so nstieli as to eat," was descriptive o au except ional comfit ion ; that phrase wouls fit the 1401 -Mal essunition of our fife. Asel the . 8 pn'1 lin' king !d:0711:.:7,0 101.01..;11 VC UP" . • 414 Nes site kip unbult en th wend t CA nil us Owl. a,l;t1 keen ince calm. ; it dr Ar'.: beating balm Pplut fever,•ii brow. , In th, plyi any wide% smyea es the 'seem for toolay we itive the pathetic story told of the way wish+ John the Ba,ptis closed hie remarkable 'newer. The flr: tbreittau roartem hasp soma into t he heavests The dttendes of 'helm teal; up the beatilese body of the great Forerunner and gave it gmet burial. And now they isail much to tell of whet they hail done, and of what they luul taught. But tlse restless tido of life ebbed nudulowe.t about them. There WAS nothing for it but to go away quietly to some piece of reat, acme solitude on tile plains or in the hills where they might have peace end undisturheil fellowship. Tc follow that exampleis notalsvays its es,ey as woeoald sleaire. It m the good fortune of many to be able at will to seelt the &Allude of mountain or river, or the healing shores of tho sound. ing SON. lnt mauy mustatay at home. How inereiful to such are these recurring Salo baths with their holy mins. The desearating spirit that counts nothing aacreil, has not been able to trample out our Sabbaths, They remain to ins, and amid "the coining and the going" amid the restless tides that ebb and flow, they bring a brief but blessed interval of calm. To that nover•ceasing whirl aud throb of life, to that tyranuous fever of haste the Sabbath says with its firet, dawning At least until to•morrow dawn Keep back your ban+ control: To -da' ye shall not desecrate The'Sabbath of the soul. Let Us make the most of these glad, peace. ful hours 1 They are for inany of ua the ouly foretastes of eterual calm we shall get this side the river. They afford the best possible opportunity of fitting ourselves for the rusk and roar, the coming and going of the other days. Upborne by the blessed influences of this ono day we shall have learned the grand secret of possessing our souls in patience and in peace. lf SUMitin MILE. 1 mat was a eensiderate ilmortar who, in writing of the deutieoeigetpenstee of eighty, said: "She died ste an atteeiteseets enuths" I tress; a voice unlike all other deices in the range of Rs compel and. the tenderness o its tone."—{Rev. Joseph Parker, D.D, The Elevation of Mau. 05 All losver natures find their highest good in semblauces and seekings of thee which is higher and better. All things strive to as rend, and ascend in their striving. .And shall man alone stoop 9 Shall his pursuits and desires, the reflections of bis Inward life, be like the refleeted image of a tree on tee edge of a pool, that grows downward, and seeks a snook heaven in the unstable element beueath it, in neighborhood with the slim water -weeds and oozy bottom -grass that are yet better them itself and more swine, in, as far as substances that appear as shadows are preferable to shadows mistaken for substance ? ! le must be a higher good to make you happy. While you labor for anything below your proper humanity, yen seek a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral peek ' Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thin is man —Sanzuel Taylor Cokriolge. Unclerteker (to putletnan): "A pleasant holiday to you, sur, and. if you want any, - thing in my line this season Ihope you won't forget me 1" •,••••••••••• The True Pole. "The other day an English clergymen visited tbe two One ships whicb have just sailed on their voyage of Arctic discovery into the land of snow ansi darkttees, and he found the brave captains full of confidence. aud raising his eyes in the cabin, he saw there, as almost ita only ornament, an il- luminated text, and the text was Have faith in God.there,' he said, pointing to the text, 'there 8 the true pain!' We like to think of those gellent men carrying with them into the oid and midnight that faith, that hope; it is a feith witielt will lighten their darkness more than the stars that glitter OVea tite floes of ice; ie is a, bope which will mane the Iteevens glove with a mare vivid splendor than the aurora wine+ flushes the nelels of snow. Talie with you thetfeiths thathope; you, the, may soil Itereafter in your little beet of life into the cold, into the hunger, into tile darkneee, into tile exploration of unknown hopes. Gigantie powerwill light againstyou there 'more terrible than the midnight, more paralyzing than the northern cold. Be sober, be vigilant; have faitll in God and in Iris Son, our Lard Jesus Christ, and Ile will give you the vletory ; resist the derB, and he will flee from you." --eirdatearon Farrar. The Lapland Bible, The Lapps have the Bible in their onn 13 tongue audfew atones are more interestiug than the account of its translation. Over thirty years ago a series of religious riots took place in a number of villages iu Lap- land and among the rioters was one Lars Haetta. During the riots several homieides acrur- s-etl and Ears and some other of his eompan- t ione were committed to prison on a charge * of murder. They were found guilty and seemed were hanged, hut is consideration of his youth Mete% was eoudeomed to life- long imprisonment. Commiserating his condition, his keepera and the'prlson chap- lain extended to hint such faVOta as COUhl aafely be granted to a lifedong prisoner, aa' finding them rewarded by good conduce took espectal pains to teach, hint to read and write, Lem became interested in the Bible, grew day by day more fond of reading it and -finally formed the bold project of tranalate ing it into his native tongue. Through many weary years tbe labor went on, for Lars was no.great scholar and the Lapp language, as may be readily supposed, is not a fluent literary medium of thought. But finally the work was done, the Bible translated and printed in the language of Lapland and the remainder of Haettatt sentence was commuted. He was living as late as 1870 and though an old man, was still active and often served parties of travelers as a guide. In the Shadow of God. "1 once entered a vi1las:4 lying at the foot of a giant mountain. Sneaking one day to the villagers, I asked if they had many storms during the year. 011, yen' aussver ed on; 'If eller° is a storm • anywhere around it seems to find us out." How do you account for it?' I asked. 'Well,' was the response, 'our wise ones says it is owing to the mountain which towers above the village. If he happens to see a cloud. any. where on the horizon he beckons it to come and rest on his brow. We villagers call it putting on his night-cap.' '"Have you many accidents from light- ning?' " 4 Why, that 8 the strange part of it— not one. We have seen the lightning strike the mountain a hundred times, and a grand sight it was. but nobody has been killed down here. We have the thunder, which shakes the houses a.nsi frightens the women and children, but which hurts no one: and we have the down -pour. The fertility of our neighborhood, which you tourists so much admire, is clue to the thunder storms.' When Jesus became incarnate He rose above the plain of humanity like a moun- tain—the hill whence came our strength. When hurricanes tore along and hurled themselves in all their fury against Him, He gathered the lightnings into His own breast and left us only the thunder shower. 'He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.'" —[Henry Simon in :British Weekly. The Work of the Preacher, "A preacher acquires ever-increasing in- fluence as an expositor and an instructor in proportion as he can help the broken-hearted in the day of calamity and darkness. A preacher ho is without sympathy is'a bird without wings. In many eases sympathy will do more than dry learning. Every con- gregation is made up mainly of afflicted, hopeless, careworn, anxious, broken hearts. The work of ministry, therefore, is that which is defined in the prophet as a work of healing the diseased, comforting the mourn- ing, 'easing away tne gm:silents of heaviness and replacing them with the garments of praise. Looked at in this light, there is no such work as that of the preacher. It has no rival. It can enter into competition with nothing. It simply stands in solitary grand. can; the greatest instrument in education, the fountain of comfort hi the day of dis- VP w The Horse of the Bible. The Israelites became acquainted with the horse through the Egyptians. They do not thew that love for the horse which is characteristic of mostnations. In the early ages tboy were forbidden the use of them to any great extent lest they intht be tempted to idolatry by the easy access to heathen nations, and further, as theywere not designed to extend their territories by conquests. The lack of horses often pu them to disadvantage with their neighbor. ami Miriam's song of victory, "The Lord hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and his rider hath He thrown Into the sea," had special significance with a people sufering the want of horses, which at that time were used chiefly for purposes of wan David was no lover of horse, or he never would have said s "Be not as the horse or as .the mule, which have no understanding, "and no Egyptian, Assyrian or Persian would have said : "A horse 8 a vain thing for safety." Solomon was not alway wise, but one evidence of hts wisdom was that he had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots aud 12,000 horsemen, which may accomn for the fact that "Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vino and fig tree all the days of Solomon." No poet of ancient or inodern times could vie with Job in that magnificent descrip- tion of the war horse,"Rest thou given the horse strength? 'last thou elothed hie neck with thunder? The glory of his nos- trils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength. He rnocketh at fear." • Dresses Made of Pure Gold. I have seen women of Sumatra, says a New York Sun correspondent, wearing dresses of pure gold and others wearing sil- ver gowns. Both these metals are mined there in Sumatra and the natives possess sufficient knowledge of the arts to smelt and form the ingots into wire. The weav- ing of the handsome and costly cloths is quite the principal occupation of both the women and the teen. Never in Christian countries do women dress as extravagantly. I remember that once the chief told me he would have two pretty maidens dress as they would on their marriage. The two bright-eyed girls were gone some time and came back wearing, one a dress of gold and the other one of silver. They had bracelets one above another from the hands and above their elbows. At the elbows they wine peculiar bracelets, jointed to permit easily moving the joint. lit brief, their arms were armored with precious metal. They had necklaces of gems and other costly ornaments, and the cloth -of -gold and cloth-ofsilver dresses were made loosely fitting above the waist, and the skirts in flounces. CARROT PRYSERVE.—Cut and prepare car. rots in long, thick pieces. Simmer them slowly in sweet cider, reduced two -third; for seven ornight hours. 4 The British A.diniralty has resolved to give $20,000 to Admiral Calends for his in- vention for flashing night signals. The difference betweea the barberand the Sculptor is the barber curie up and. dies, while the sculptor makes faces and busts. "Always aim a little higher then mark," says a philosopher. What a girl an the nose? Nem Waitrees to Landlady—" Ole ma'am Spitdre has left the table in a.rage." 1:an laxly—Prot gtad of tbat. It's the Ars thing I ever knew him to leave." ]flipper—" He has been *hosed of mur- der. I wonder what he will bedewed with next." Flapper—" trudging from the evit deuce, I should, say ±8 would be with about 2,500 volts. We must draw the liae '-m-Mthere muttered the leader of a vigileteacommittese as he looked for a limb to throw the rope over preparatory to puttiug an ene to a horse thief. The naming of palace and sleeping -ears 8 no small job, and the man who has triplets to christen 18 not belt est ineelt werried about les athe president of a sleepineacar cone pany. A moral debating society in Ceenecticut is at present earnestly engaged ors the fol- lowing questiou "11 a husbaud deserts his wife which lamest abandoned, the man or the women I" 'Twits on the elteek I kissen ben She made resistance weak; But murmured ass she felt my lips; "Well, I think yon beve the cheek 1" She—" An nfortunate alliance, thet of Miss Quieltly's wasn't ? Re—" May be, hut he WAS jitst her kind. You said, you kuow, that she WaUte*1 a husband bad, and she certainly got a bail one." "No, Harry, I itm sorry ; but I AM Qum that we could not be happy together. You know I always want my own way in every- thiug." "Rut, my dear girl, you could go ott wanting it, alto' we were married," Itobbina—" They say, 'bibles, that thae young chap who 8 payiog attention to your daughter 8 a tieing young lawyer." Jab- hins--" GUM he la. 1 know the tradesman alt say he never 4 mese down.'" Birdie treGinnia—" Do youreallyloveme. Gus, as mush as ever Gus De Smith -- 46 Trele.ed I do. Younee, and always wilt be, my future wife. 1 awear it" Then Birdie, who doesn't believe be future, went ar mad. Oh, what a splendid sight was she— Unto the eye minat a delight, As on she t•ode she fell, all 1 =— Tim grounil,thennvas a splesuledsite The nowspapera poke a goixl deal of fun at the mummer Emit but even Mora know that the Summer girl and a narrow-emted baggy and a moonlight night make a very attraetive combination. Something lusppenetl. to me yesterday thet will never happen to inc again, if / live to be a thousand years otd," remarked Gil- hooly to Gus de zimitli " What, was Oust 1" "1 was forty years old," d„, It is interesting to know tbilt life is short- ened by indulgence in anger, anxiety, envy, gmee sorrow, and excessive eine. The vital puwers are wasted by ox. cessive bodily cereal° in some cue; Aral want of due portion in others. Mere to go to this Slimmer is not nearly so important as now to find a sixdollareit week boarding-house near enough to a. fi doUar-a-day hotel to enable dvou to utilize its music, its note paper and is envelopes. Railway Official -4' Smoking' s( not allowed in the welting -room, sir. You'll have to go out to the platform." Mr. MoEinigan— " I'm not altmokin", sir." But you have your pipe in your mouth, sir." "'is, an' 1 have me ft in me boot, but I'm not wall - lit'." orkhm Hours of Other Nations. A Turkish. working day lasts from sua- rise to sunset, with certain intervals for re- freshment and repose. In Montenegro the day -laborer begins work between 5 and 6 in the morning, knooks off at 8 for half an hour, works on till noon, rests until 2, ansi then labors on until sunset. This is in summer. In winter he commences work at half -past 7, or 8, rests from .12 to 1, and. worksuninterruptedly from that time to sunset. The rules respecting skilled labor are theoretically the same, but considerable laxity prevails in practice; in Servia the principle is individual convenience in every case. In Portugal frozn sundown to sun- set is the usual length of the working day. With field laborers and workmen in the building trades thesummer working day be- gins at half past 4 or 5 in the morning and ends at 7 in the evening, two or three hours' rest being taken in the middle of the day. lu the winter the hours are from half past 7 th 5. with a shorter interval of repose. In manufactories the rule is twelve hours in summer and ten in winter, with an hour and a half allowed for meals: Eleven hours is the average day's work-in Belgium, but the brewers' men work from ten to seventeen hours, I ielimakers six- teen ; the cabinet-makers Brussels and Ghent are often at work teventeen hours it day; tremway drivers are on duty from fie teen to seventeetx hours, with an hour and a half at noon; railway guards sometimes know what 88 to work nineteen and a half hours at a stretch, and in the mining dis. tricts women are often kept at truck -load. ing, or similar heavy labor for thirteen or fifteen hours. The normal work -day through Saxony is thirteen hours, with two ho allow- ance .for meanta,king. In Bad t the me- dium duration of labor is from ten twelve hours, but ha some cases it far exceeds this, often rising to fifteen hours in stoneware and china works and cotton mills, in saw- mills to seventeen hours; while the workers in the sugar refineries, where the shiftssye• tem is in vogue, .work twenty-four hours; and in too many of the Baden factories Sun- day work is the rule. In B,ussianindustrisO establishments the difference in the work- ing hours 8 something extraordinary, vary- ing from six to twenty. It is remarkable that these great divergences occur in the same branches of industry within the same inspector's district and among esneblish- meats whose produce realizes the seese mar- ket price. 4 Hamilton Spectator 1—A large doer eame to the city treasurer's office today te buy I his own tag. He had an envelope itt las e mouth containing the money and a letter stating that his name was Oakey Fly, that 'IP he lived at Derby cottage, Wellington street, south, and lied earned the neseme hiesaelf, carrying messages, He got he 'tag arid de. parted.